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Given how important it is that the NAALC process focus on the larger issues that were raised in Public Communication #2003-01 (Puebla), a summary outlining the fundamental violations described by those who testified in both Washington and Toronto was presented to the Canadian NAO. According to this summary, the five central components of the Complaint, as illustrated by the testimony provided on May 28 in Toronto, are:
In June 2010, Blanca Velasquez, the Director of the Worker Support Centre in Puebla (CAT, for its Spanish acronym) was in Toronto for a conference on "Building Solidarity with the Democratic Labour Movement in Mexico" organized by Canadian unions and international federations. Blanca spoke about the ongoing organizing efforts at auto parts factories in Puebla owned by Johnson Controls. After the meeting, Blanca discussed her experience as a woman leader in the labour rights movement.
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Senior U.S. military officials are considering increasing the American military presence in the Mediterranean because of what they see as growing instability in recent months.
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Some notes on a Fictional Information Literacy Program (IL) for a University
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Educative Model: it should be constructivist, of course, and I think one must think always about it as a bended learning IL program, because it comprises:
- Physical activities in classrooms with IL instructors on the use of information resources.
- Virtual tutorials or digital resources with self assessment tests which could indicate advance in learning from students
Target groups: the Whole University Community, because Information Literacy is all about inclusion, not exclusion, every person on a educative institution get benefits from a Information Literacy Program, and at the same time the organization is enriched with this Information Literate community.
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- Resistance: they could find it boring, as it is YET another lecture, AND too related with librarians, always the "stereotype problem"
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- Contributions: good allies, help identify gaps, relate IL material to their course content.
- Resistance: digital and/or information illiteracy, they could not recognize the importance of information literacy, and think there's not time for this sort of activity in their courses, they could even see this initiative as an intrusion to their courses. Also, if they accept, we risk them to ask us to oversimplify it during time, so at the end we will be where we started.
- Other Staff:
- Contributions: management will provide resources, technical staff will provide technical support, and some low-management staff will feel like "finally included" in a course intended for their development, and their feedback could be motivating force.
- Resistance: technical support department could not be very supportive, other staff could be digital and/or information illiterate, or not recognize importance of information literacy.
- Information Specialists and/or traditional librarians:
- Contributions: knowledge on traditional information literacy instruction, updating on the resources available on the library, helping to improve the IL Program.
- Resistance: they could feel threatened by possible changes, or be digital illiterates.
Measurement of fulfillment of goals: try to use everything at your disposal to achieve an objective evaluation of the IL Program, keep in mind that evaluation can lead you always towards improvement.
- Surveys
- Pre and post assessments
- Assessment tests at the end of each module for the digital content
- Teacher and student feedback
- Interviews
- Collect data about students performance before and after the implementation of the Program
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In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self.
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In Sunday's column, I mistakenly attributed to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman comments made by an outside lawyer in the sexual-harassment case rocking Albany. I regret the error.
However, I definitely do not regret suggesting that Schneiderman and other top Democrats conspired to keep secret a payoff to the two women who made the harassment charge against Assemblyman Vito Lopez. In fact, my biggest mistake was in giving the pols any benefit of the doubt.
It is clear now they deserve none. Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli dirtied their hands in helping Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver settle the case outside the formal complaint system. Silver wanted the payment of $103,000 in taxpayer money hidden from voters, and aides to Schneiderman and DiNapoli went along.
An e-mail in late May from Assembly lawyers to deputies of the AG and comptroller described the payoff as a "Confidential Settlement Document" and began with these words: "After several conversations with both of you and extensive mediation/negotiations, we appear to have successfully concluded our negotiations." It listed the agreed-on payments, which included an additional $32,000 from Lopez.
The draft also included a sweeping paragraph on confidentiality that said neither side, absent a subpoena, could "discuss or make any statement of any sort . . . or any terms of this Agreement with any other person or entity."
If the women did spill the beans, they would be subject to "damages" of $5,000 for each breach. That effectively turns the payment into hush money. Assembly lawyers flagged this provision for Schneiderman's and DiNapoli's aides.A second draft included similar language and sought changes. There is no record that either office objected then or later.
The e-mail and the draft agreement are only part of the evidence investigators will compile, but their clear content damns the defense that the top officials were unwitting or minor accessories to what Silver concedes was a mistaken effort to hide the payment.
The comptroller and AG are independently elected to provide checks and balances on the legislative and executive branches. They did more than fail. As one knowledgeable Albany insider put it, they "just went along" with the unholy deal.
"They were doing a favor for Lopez," the insider told me. "Remember, both came from the Legislature and they were taking care of their buddy."
Actually, make that plural — buddies. For in helping to conceal the payment, Schneiderman and DiNapoli were also protecting Silver, a powerful force in Democratic politics.


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Monday, 13 June 2011
Hit the North
As it happens I was watching The Road to Coronation Street at the weekend and in it, great emphasis is put on Tony Warren's insistence that the actors are nothern as a southern actor putting on a northern accent just wouldn't be convincing. By all means have southern actors in the programme, I had no problem with the Baldwin clan for instance, but having them try to fake a northern accent rarely cuts the barm cake.
We'll be bringing you a video preview of Stella's first scene later today, so have a watch of that and see what you think.
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- gab said...
i saw that and agree not very convincing yet she says shes been up there doing a play all year
well she needs more lessons coz i just think her southern accent is coming through too much-i'll give her a chance but im not convinced - 13 June 2011 13:04
Shame about the accent.
Can't be as annoying as Xin's voice.
Why the funny Bill Oddie picture? It did make me giggle. - 13 June 2011 13:17
- Sunny Jim said...
Sharon Marshall, This Morning's soaps correspondent, just tweeted this: "@Corrie_Blogger In fairness I'd say that's the weakest scene accent wise, I like her, fully expecting to just see her as Cindy, but no".
Here's hoping she's right. - 13 June 2011 13:35
- Tvor said...
I'd give her a bit of time to settle into it more. It's early days yet.
- 13 June 2011 13:37
I agree Sunny Jim, southerners - no problem, but if they can't do a northern accent then don't. After all, that's what an actor is supposed to be able to do - play a character convincingly and realistically. Jessie Wallace played a blinder so it can be done. Bad accents detract from the character and the plot so I hope it improves!
- 13 June 2011 13:47
I thought she sound okay, but John Michie sounded like he was trying to be too Northern (or is that Southern to him LOL)
- 13 June 2011 13:54
- paulathomas said...
I'm with TVOR on this give her some time.
- 13 June 2011 14:02
- Dishwasher Crab said...
Jo - Many years ago, when he was a Goodie, Bill Oddie was a master of the ancient Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump, which involved wielding a black pudding.
Perhaps if Michelle Collins eats enough black pudding she will start to sound local. What a shame Roy and Hayley are away on their hols, I'm sure they could've sorted her out with a good fry-up. - 13 June 2011 15:37
- gab said...
the fact is though she admitted she had been doing the accent for months already in a play! just based on that she should have it nailed already
- 13 June 2011 18:42
Just don't like the woman. Send her back to Eastenders.
- 15 June 2011 15:54
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LONDON – The merger of digital control and power is coming of age in the era of energy efficiency. Three companies founded between 2000 and 2010 are amongst those showing the way.
Going back 40 years it used to be that the electrical industry, essentially electricity distribution, was the big, old-fashioned sector and electronics – particularly digital silicon semiconductor electronics applied to information technology – was the young upstart.
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Now the semiconductor market has plateaued at an annual size of $300 billion and a number of the familiar chip giants have disappeared or are hard-pressed or having to restructure. One contributory factor is that much of the semiconductor industry was built over the previous 40 years on a culture of functional performance first and with only secondary regard to power consumption.
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So now electronics is the slow-moving behemoth and the startups come in the area of energy efficiency.
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Don Thompson became chief executive of McDonald's Corp. Sunday, and while he currently faces significant headwinds in all three of the company's major regions of business for the rest of the year, McDonald's sees a long-term path to recovery, according to a Barclays Capital analyst's summary of recent meetings with management.
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In a research note, Jeffrey Bernstein of Barclays reiterated that McDonald's would fight off several challenges the rest of the year, including increased competition in the United States, plummeting consumer confidence in Europe, and a slowdown in growth in its Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa, or APMEA, division. He said, however, that initiatives in place to combat those pressures may risk comparable-sales growth in the near term but should set McDonald's up to recover nicely in 2013 and beyond.
"The headwinds are large, though priced-in at current levels," Bernstein wrote. "McDonald's is not a 2012 outperformer, though we expect stabilization in the second half of 2012 and 2013."
Taking rivals' best shot in U.S.
The chain's domestic same-store sales grew at slower rates of 3.3 percent in April and 4.4 percent in May, and executives indicated to Bernstein that timing and advertising of certain promotions were mostly to blame. They also acknowledged that other quick-service chains were targeting McDonald's market share aggressively.
The most obvious example would be Burger King's rollout of a new menu, which includes several items that have been successful for McDonald's recently, such as fruit smoothies and snack wraps. However, McDonald's management also conceded that recent sales lifts at Wendy's and Taco Bell — the latter driven by extremely robust sales of the Doritos Locos Taco — would threaten its market share if the Golden Arches stood still.
However, Bernstein noted that McDonald's likely would withstand Burger King due to the size of its marketing fund, which is an estimated five times the size of Burger King's. Even though Burger King increased its ad spending in April and May to reach the same dollar amount as the McDonald's marketing budget, neither Bernstein nor McDonald's executives expect that onslaught to last.
"Management was flattered that Burger King was 'copying its playbook,' emphasizing that it could 'out-gun' and execute better than any of its peers," Bernstein wrote, "thanks to a strong franchisee base, a believed better product, a more current asset base and faster speed of service."
In addition to its perceived marketing advantages, McDonald's also cited its ongoing reimaging program and product pipeline as ways to re-energize its sales growth in the United States, Bernstein noted.
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He wrote that franchisee interest in the remodeling program remains high and is working for McDonald's at the current pace of about 1,000 restaurants per year. About 40 percent of the brand's 14,000-plus restaurants in the United States have updated interiors, while about 25 percent have refreshed exteriors, at an average cost of about $600,000 — with McDonald's Corp. contributing about $200,000 to franchisees for reimaging.
Overall, remodeled restaurants generate a 6-percent to 7-percent lift in comparable sales over time, off a base average unit volume of $2.7 million, Bernstein noted.
"Outside of reimaging, management noted that beverage equipment was the last major product platform investment that the franchisees had made," he wrote. "Another large investment would not be needed for at least a few years."
As such, McDonald's menu focus would not include launching entirely new platforms, like the successful introduction a few years ago of McCafe beverages, but rather would aim for incrementally improving current offerings. "Management remains 'very confident' about its product pipeline, though the focus has shifted in recent times to extending existing menu platforms and changing customer perceptions of products," Bernstein wrote.
An upcoming promotion would be a "Favorites Under 400 Calories" menu, similar to an earlier "Wholesome Choices" promotion at breakfast.
"Interestingly," Bernstein wrote, "management noted no impact from menu- and calorie-labeling laws passed in certain cities and local regions. In some cases, the effect has been positive, as customers realize that certain items on the menu aren't as unhealthy as initially believed."
Breakfast remains strong and lunch sales are picking up, management said, and getting more of the system up to 24-hour service would be a priority.
Europe austere, but strategy clear
McDonald's four major markets in Europe — the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Russia — drive 75 percent of the continent's operating profits and have produced a mixed bag lately. The United Kingdom and Russia have shown resilient sales, while Germany and France have slowed their growth and the rest of Europe shows severe challenges ahead, particularly Spain and Italy.
The company will focus on consistent value offerings to maintain customer counts during a time of austerity and strained consumer confidence, knowing it would have to sacrifice its margins and average check in the near term, Bernstein wrote.
Currently, the core European quick-service consumer in the 18-to-34-year-old demographic is shopping around many restaurant chains and is more loyal to a low price point than to one brand, management indicated. If McDonald's could drive traffic now with compelling value offers and maintain it, executives noted, its European restaurants would benefit in the long run when confidence and stability return across the continent.
"Over time, the consumer recognizes that the value platform is a permanent menu addition and reverts back to their more traditional (and often higher-priced) menu favorites, while using the value platform for add-ons to the order," Bernstein wrote, summarizing McDonald's strategy. "The question remains how long does it last before that reversion occurs. The best guess is at least one to two quarters."
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Thus far, owner-operators in France have voted to increase their marketing spending and Spain has initiated some new value programs, Bernstein noted.
Stemming a slowdown in APMEA
Similarly to Europe, the APMEA division faces a period of slow growth due to softness in two crucial markets: Japan and China.
Japan in particular will be a drag on APMEA's fortunes in the near future, as lowered consumer confidence and restrictions on energy usage resulting from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami will continue to pressure consumer spending. Same-store sales fell 3.6 percent in April and 11 percent in May, Bernstein noted.
However, he added, McDonald's guest counts and profit margins remain resilient, even if the necessary discounting and value focus are causing declines to the average check. Like other markets, Japan will keep the focus on consistent, everyday value, even as it opens an expected 120 new restaurants in 2012.
Chinese consumers also are spending less due to concerns about slower economic growth. That dynamic, combined with difficult double-digit comparisons from a year earlier, has led to same-store sales growth falling on a sequential basis every month of 2012, with May's number coming in slightly negative.
"Importantly," Bernstein wrote, "management believes that consumer strength has flattened rather than falling into a deep decline."
McDonald's 1,500 restaurants in China will meet the demand for value in the near term with a summer promotion focused on beverages, including a teatime promotion and an offering with special glassware commemorating the Olympics.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Nell was an activist and historian during the 19th century who worked to end segregation in Boston's public education system – and he is among the influential figures featured in a Black History Month Timeline Project at Lesley this February.
Presented by the Multicultural Club at Lesley University, the project is a way to create awareness on campus that February is Black History Month, according to Amy Coole, President of the Multicultural Club.
"It's a simple and easy way to create awareness," said Coole, who is between her sophomore and junior year and is majoring in counseling. "Maybe people will learn a quick fact about a person they may not have known before."
Throughout the month, members of the Multicultural Club have been posting photos and brief biographies on the Student Center wall depicting figures important to African American history, such as Phillis Wheatley, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Eli Whitney.
The annual project is among a line-up of events and activities organized by the Multicultural Club, which aims to educate and raise awareness of the rich and diverse cultures within the Lesley community.
Last semester, the club hosted an India night to celebrate Indian food and culture, and raised awareness about an organization that focuses on children and schools in India.
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Fayetteville police arrested 26-year-old Charles Jones for several charges including DWI and leaving the scene of an accident.
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One of them crashing through a windshield and landing inside of the car.
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School-rules waiver means even more reform
People involved in public education likely were thrilled at the news this month that Washington state had been granted a waiver from the increasingly onerous rules of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
That's the law that was intended to get the nation's schools to improve the achievement of students via a combination of carrots and sticks. It is what pushed states to set high standards and hold both the students and the adults accountable for meeting them.
But it has come to be represented mostly by the growing list of schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress. Hating "No Child Left Behind" is one of the few aspects of education that unites forces that are often at odds.
With the waiver, Washington has won increased flexibility in how it uses federal money and how it will be measured. Politicians from U.S. Sen. Patty Murray to Gov. Chris Gregoire to state schools chief Randy Dorn celebrated the news.
Not mentioned, however, was that the waiver was for one year only. If the state wants it to last beyond the upcoming school year, it must adopt further changes to how it intervenes in troubled schools and how teachers and principals are evaluated. (Compliments to Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center for first reporting the conditional nature of the waiver.)
Specifically, the feds want the state to beef up how student test scores are used to measure schools, teachers and principals. Given that use of "student growth data" has been one of the most argued-over aspects of school reform, the required changes are substantive.
Some can be done administratively. Dorn said the state Board of Education has already been using test scores in its accountability index that identifies struggling schools and successful schools. And the implementation of a teacher and principal evaluation law passed this year should allow his department to meet another requirement of the feds: that teachers and principals with low scores on student growth can't get the highest rating, "distinguished."
But one change will require legislation. The new evaluation law does not specifically require that all evaluations – including a streamlined evaluation for teachers who have done well for three consecutive years – use student test results.
Dorn doesn't think that will be controversial as long as the changes are limited and don't reopen, yet again, the education reform issue. Lawmakers who negotiated the final bill say there was no intent to allow experienced teachers to go years without having test scores evaluated.
Still, all of the conditions are further examples of how much change, how much reform have been pushed onto the states by the Obama administration. In three years, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has used the Race to the Top competition and now the NCLB waiver process to get states like Washington to do what they wouldn't do or couldn't do before.
Washington, for example, passed its first meaningful teacher-and-principal evaluation system in hopes of winning Race money. Then, to get the waiver, it beefed up the system by requiring that student test results be a significant factor in evaluations and by placing consequences on poor evaluations.
Federal pressure led to the creation of an accountability system to identify and intervene in the state's poorest-performing schools. The waiver application committed the state to focusing that intervention on achievement gaps for low-income and minority students.
The last legislative session also saw passage of new requirements that evaluation results – not just seniority – be considered when deciding teacher assignments, including layoffs.
State Rep. Bruce Dammeier, R-Puyallup, who helped negotiate the evaluation and teacher assignment changes, said pressure from the federal Department of Education was vital in forcing agreement.
"Usually I am against federal involvement," said the former Puyallup school board member. "But in this case I think the feds are providing leadership in helping us get the state where it needs to go."
Dorn agreed.
"Would we have ever revised the evaluation piece and gotten growth data included" without financial encouragement from Duncan? he asked. "We had union contracts that banned the use of test scores."
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23-4A BOYS SOCCER: Poteet blanks Terrell, moves back into tie for first
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Poteet started the second half of 23-4A play just the way it wanted to on Friday with a 7-0 shutout of Terrell.
The Pirates (6-1-0-0) tie West Mesquite for first place in district with 18 points, although the idle Wranglers have played one fewer game.
Poteet overwhelmed the Tigers, who themselves are in the middle of a three-way battle for a playoff spot.
The Pirates will play on the road at North Forney on Tuesday, while West Mesquite will return to action against winless Crandall.
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West Mesquite 6-0-0-0 18 14-5-0
Poteet 6-1-0-0 18 13-1-3
Forney 5-2-0-0 15 10-10-1
North Forney 2-4-0-0 6 6-11-0
Kaufman 2-4-0-0 6 2-4-0
Terrell 2-5-0-0 6 3-12-0
Crandall 0-7-0-0 0 0-11-1
Friday's Results
Poteet 7, Terrell 0
Forney 7, Crandall 1
North Forney at Kaufman
West Mesquite, bye
Tuesday's Matches
West Mesquite at Crandall
Poteet at North Forney
Forney at Terrell
Kaufman, bye
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As the weekend approaches, meaning that the showdown between UNC and Duke… in football that is comes closer and closer, there is always pre season National Basketball Association to look at for the former UNC basketball players. Which means that Heels in the Pro's NBA Style is back on this site, this time checking out the games from 10/17, where in all there were seven games on the schedule. All of them had a touch of carolina in them, one with a former Tar Heel on both rosters. So, since this is going to be a very long edition of Heels in the Pro's NBA Style, let's get it going with the October 17 edition of it…
The first game of the night was Toronto Raptors [Eastern Conference ~ Atlantic Division] (1-1 in the preason) hosting the team from the nation's capital, the Washington Wizards [Eastern Conference ~ Southeast Division] (1-2 in the pre season) in the only game these two franchises will play against one another before the regular season. The game, which lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes, was played in front of 11,750 (max capacity: 19,800) at the Air Canada Centre. For the home squad, which ended last season at 23-43 (4th in the division), it's Ed Davis (@eddavis32 on twitter), who the Raptors exercised his 4th year option, to get 22 minutes coming off the bench. In that time frame the former Heel big man scored eight points (4 for 7 ~ 0 for 0 ~ 0 for 0) to go with nine rebounds, a block and a pair of TOs while having a 0 in points differential. As far as the game went it was Toronto squeaking by in this one, defeating Washington by three points, 104 to 101. With the W the Raptors are now 2 and 1 in the pre season and will play their next game on Friday, October 19, as they host the New York Knicks.
#Raptors hang on for a 104-101preseason win over the Wizards. Fields w/ 15 pts, Lowry w/ 14 pts, 6 asts. Next stop, #Montreal! #RTZ
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) October 18, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp5Hj-C4SQ&w=640&h=360]
The next game on the slate as the Cleveland Cavaliers [Eastern Conference ~ Central Division] (3-2 in the pre season) heading to the east coast to take on the Philadelphia 76′ers [Eastern Conference ~ Atlantic Division] (2-1 in the pre season) in the only game in the pre season between these two squads. The game, which was played at the Wells Fargo Center in front of a crowd that numbered 8,170 (max capacity: ), lasted 2 hours and seven minutes. For the road team it's rookie Tyler Zeller (@ZellerTyler on twitter), who came off the bench for the Cavs and played a total of 13 minutes. In that time frame the seven footer scored a half dozen points (3 for 6 ~ 0 for 0 ~ 0 for 0) to go with a pair of rebounds and three turnovers while having a points differential of -7. In the end it was Philadelphia winning this one, disposing of Cleveland easily by the final of 113 to 99. With the loss the Cavaliers, who ended last season at 21-45, are .500 with a 3 and 3 record and will be next on the hardwood on 10/23 against the Indiana Pacers.
FINAL: #Cavs fall to the @sixers 113-99. @kyrieirving 23 pts, @boobysworld1 18 pts, @realtristan13 10 pts 6 reb. #AllForOne
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) October 18, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ZEBLSPm1U&w=640&h=360]
Moving on to the third game of the night it's the Memphis Grizzlies [Western Conference ~ Southwest Division] (2-1 in the pre season) heading to the lone star state to take on the Houston Rockets [Western Conference ~ Southwest Division] in the only match up between these two Southwest divisional foes in the pre season. The game was played at the Toyota Center in front of 11,647 (max capacity: 18,043) and lasted 2 and a half hours. For the visiting team it's former UNC basketball player and national champion Wayne Ellington (@WayneElli22 on twitter), who started for the Grizzlies and played a total of 19 minutes. In all the shooting guard scored eight points (3 for 6 ~ 0 for 2 ~ 2 for 2) to go with a board while registering a points differential of +3. As far as the match up of these division foes went it was Houston winning this one beating Memphis by seven, with the final tally being 109 to 102. With the loss the Grizzlies, who finished `11-`12 at 41-25, slide to 2 and 2 in the pre season and come back in action on 10/18 against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Grizzlies fall to Rockets, 109-102. Stay tuned for our recap at Grizzlies.com. Your Grizz will face the Bucks tomorrow night.
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) October 18, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxYu8hcVFY&w=640&h=360]
The halfway mark of this edition of Heels in the Pro's NBA Style gives us the match up between two franchises with former UNC basketball players on each of them. Phoenix Suns [Western Conference ~ Pacific Division] (1-1 in the pre season) go to the lone star state to take on the Dallas Mavericks [Western Conference ~ Southwest Division] (2-1 in the pre season) in the only time the two will face off before the regular season. The game was played in front of an attendance of 17,049 (max capacity: 19,600) at the American Airlines Center and took 2 hours and 15 minutes. For the traveling team it's rookie point guard Kendall Marshall (@KButter5 on twitter). However for the 13th overall pick in this year's draft did not play… "DNP ~ Coach's Decision". On the other side it's a pair of former Tar Heels on the team. First off it's Brandan Wright (@bwright34 on twitter), who comes off the bench for the Mavs, getting 13 minutes. In that time the 6'10″ power forward scored three points (0 for 6 ~ 0 for 0 ~ 3 for 4) to go with three rebounds, a couple of blocks, an assist and two turnovers while having a pts differential of 0. The other player coming from Chapel Hill it's veteran guard Vince Carter (@mrvincecarter15 on twitter), who also comes off the pine and plays a total of 19 minutes. For the shooting guard it's a 15 points performance (5 for 11 ~ 3 for 8 ~ 2 for 2) to go with seven boards, an assist, a steal and a pair of TOs while having a 0 points differential. Meanwhile, in the game, it was Phoenix winning this one by half a dozen, defeating Dallas by the final of 100 to 94. With the win the Suns are now 2 and 1 in the pre season while the loss drops the Mavs to 2 and 2.
Final from Dallas. Your Suns win 100-96 behind 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting from @jareddudley619. Does he get your game ball? #SunsAtMavs
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) October 18, 2012
FINAL: Suns 100, Mavs 94; 16 for Kaman to lead five Mavs in double figures. 15 for Carter.
— Earl K. Sneed (@EKS_MavsNBA) October 18, 2012
Tar Heel fam @suns @kbutter5, @mrvincecarter15 and @bwright34. twitter.com/dallasmavs/sta…
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) October 18, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yqdqQHf9R4&w=640&h=360]
The next match up we have two franchises from California as the Golden State Warriors [Western Conference ~ Pacific Division] (3-1 in the pre season) going to play against the the Sacramento Kings [Western Conference ~ Pacific Division] (2-0 in the pre season) in the only match up between these two division foes. The game was played at the Power Balance Pavillion in front of a crowd that numbered 10,708 (max capacity: 17,317) and lasted close to 2 and a half hours. For the visiting squad it's rookie small forward Harrison Barnes (@HBarnes on twitter) who once again started for the Warriors and played 21 minutes. In that time the 6'8″ forward scored five points (2 for 5 ~ 1 for 3 ~ 0 for 0) to go with three boards and a turnover while having a -13 pts diffferential. As far as the game went it was Golden State taking this one by double digits, beating Sacramento 98 to 88. With the W the Warriors are now 4 and 1 in the pre season and will be back in action on 10/19 as they play on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers.
FINAL: #Warriors 98 – @sacramentokings 88. GSW now 4-1 in the preseason. #LetsGoWarriors
— Golden St. Warriors (@warriors) October 18, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_BI1N9Yo4&w=640&h=360]
The second to last game has the Denver Nuggets [Western Conference ~ Northwest Division] (3-0 in the pre season) going to to Rip City to take on the Portland Trail Blazers [Western Conference ~ Northwest Division] (2-1 in the pre season) in what is the only pre season clash between these two. The game, played at the Rose Garden in front of 17,856 (max capacity: 19,980), lasted 2 hours and ten minutes. For the team from the Mile High city it is Ty Lawson (@TyLawson3 on twitter), who seems very close to an extension with the Nuggets, but does not play in this one due to an elbow injury that has kept him out of the previous game as well. As far as the game went it was a lopsided win by Portland, defeating Denver by 17, with the final tally being 97 to 80. With the loss the Nuggets slide to 3-1 in the pre season, getting the possibility to turn things around on Sunday, October 21, traveling to Oklahoma City.
Portland gets hot at the end of the 4th. Final Score: #Nuggets- 80, Trail Blazers- 97.
— Denver Nuggets (@denvernuggets) October 18, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkjITxGyuFQ&w=640&h=360]
And we close out this session with the Utah Jazz [Western Conference ~ Northwest Division] (3-1 in the pre season) heading to the Golden State to take on the Los Angeles Clippers [Western Conference ~ Pacific Division] (2-1 in the pre season) in the first of two match ups for these squads. The game was played at the Staple Center in front of 14,617 (max capacity: 19,060) and lasted just over 2 hours and twenty minutes. For the visiting squad it's newly acquired Marvin Williams (no twitter account for Williams), who started for the Jazz and got a total of 24 minutes. In that time the forward scored eight points (3 for 7 ~ 1 for 2 ~ 1 for 1) to go with four rebounds and two TOs while having a 0 pts differential. In the end, it was Los Angeles winning a close one edging out Utah by a bucket, with the total being 96 to 94. With the loss the Jazz slide to 3 and 2 in the pre season and will play once again on 10/20 versus the LA Clippers once again, this time at home.
Final: Jazz fall in hard-fought preseason matchup to Clippers in L.A. 96-94. Newcomer @randyfoye led the team with 17. #JAZZvsLAC
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) October 18, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmHiWWnZ9JI&w=640&h=360]
And that is it for this edition of Heels in the Pro's NBA Style for the October 17. Come back to check out the recap for the former UNC basketball players at the next level for 10/18 which will be up later on this morning. And as usual for more information about North Carolina basketball and/or football, teams and players, present and past, make sure to check back often on isportsweb!


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Game: JAG
I have played JAG for few weeks. It is really a addictive game if you ask me. I played it so much that I was having dreams about fliping items to get three-in-a-row and making combos.
Nice graphics, nice gameplay, good bonuses. Lots of levels (50). I liked it.
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Submitted games are published by administrators, usually in a couple of hours after submission.
It also takes some time until new content is indexed by the search engine.
Forum topic: My impressions
By the way, I think that I slightly underrated Shoot/Beat 'em up category - looks like it's much more useful than it seemed to me first.
Also, thanks for adding visual novel category, I'll post few games soon.
Forum topic: My impressions
There is a big problem to make it possible for all users to submit changes. the current implementation of the image upload procedure prohibits the possibility to use drupals build-in revision system.
With the revisions all users would just post "changes" to the current game page that could be easily redone by moderators.
That said, it will take some time before this can be implemented. Not expecting that situation i'm very unhappy
Forum topic: My impressions
Some changes will require a lot of work (database structure changes, etc.), but I truly believe it is worth to do it.
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TODO list:
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Wow, thats a hell of a mess thanks for the heads up! Never looked at the preview page before *what a shame*
The banner category for the images is not working, and i have no clue why cause the other categories get saved without any problems, it will be removed.
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No it's not possible.
But you could post a feedback message on the specific game page.
Game: Hedgewars
If you liked original Worms this one is a must play, IMO. Nice graphics (some screenshots here are outdated), lots of weapons/hats/themes/maps, random map generator. It still lacks some features of original game, but it is actively developed and polished (on the other hand, original game lacks some features Hedgewars do have). The only weak point is already mentioned AI (in fact, the main problem is that it uses only small amount of weapons; also, when firing a gun it [almost] never misses). However, there are always enough people online to play with.
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Welcome to the Batavia Kart Club website. We hope you'll find this a place you can feel at home. While you're looking about, don't forget to register as a user to gain access to our forum and the latest poll.
BKC Mission Statement It is the goal of the Batavia Kart Club to provide a safe and cost effective environment for racing enthusiasts of all ages to personally enjoy the sport they love most. While running under the rules and regulations of the club, members can expect to achieve their own personal goals in a well structured, safety first, fiscally responsible family atmosphere. We are here to have FUN doing what we love most…..Going Fast!
The Batavia Kart Club is proud to announce that the DeCuzzi Tire will be the Spec tire for the 2013 racing season
The Red Cross in Batavia is holding a First Aid training session on March 19th from 6:00pm till 9:00pm. Please let me know by no later than March 8th if you would like to attend. The club will pickup the fee for the course but we have to prepay for anyone interested in attending, so the sooner you can let me know the better. If you have any questions let me know.
You can contact Jim via the forums, or through Jim's contact page.
Thank you to all that attended and helped us show what our club is all about!
Some of you may have already noticed a new menu item here on our little kart club web site. Well, for those that haven't I'd like to point your attention to the LFS menu above. It's a basic little page on our virtual off-season racing series. We welcome anyone to join in on the fun. All you need is a copy of LFS (you can get it at http://www.lfs.net), a steering wheel, a fairly recent computer (within 2 years), a fast internet connection, and the desire for a lot of adrenaline.
Even though we keep points and have some basic word-of-mouth rules, we're just doing this to have fun. The points are merely bragging rights. We race on ashphalt and rally cross circuits every Monday evening. Qualifying start at 9pm, and lasts 15 minutes. The race starts shortly after, and runs about 1/2 hour. Immediately following, we run the rally cross track, with 10 minutes of qualifying, and another 1/2 hour race. We're usually done by 10:30pm, but a number of us stay on to continue racing other tracks and cars.
If you don't meet the requirements to race with us, you can always download the game demo and download the replays on our LFS page to watch the race the next day. You can also watch in real time via the cool LFS Remote utility. The password for spectating can be found in the forum.
We look forward to seeing you on the track!
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A classic hand-eye coordination builder with a documented history. This deceptively simple cup-and-ball toss game is more challenging than it seems and very like one popular in 18th century Europe. 5¾". Learn More -
Deep Into the Forest - Wooden stage and figures for creative play
This well-made creative activity set invites children to use names for animals, plants, seasons, and spatial relationships. Absorbing cooperative or independent play. 15 figures, backdrop, base. Learn More -
Treasure Hunt in a Jar - A Search & Find Game for Primary Children
Search for and find specific items by name (a glove, a chair) or use subjective clues that test observation skills (something smaller than your thumb). Everyone can play. 1001cards in a sturdy plastic storage jar with instructions. Learn More