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About 48 percent of Cincinnati's youth are in poverty — a statistic that has haunted Cincinnati and landed the city in third place for the nation's highest poverty rates. Now, Councilwoman Yvette Simpson is trying to figure out the underlying causes to better prioritize city programs.
At City Council's Livable Communities Committee today, Simpson and her staff gave a presentation supporting a citywide study that would give an in-depth look at the city's youth and their issues, including crime, poverty, homelessness and educational opportunities. It would be the first comprehensive study of the city's youth.
The $175,000 study, which Simpson says would be mostly funded through private donations, will work through three phases: Look at existing data to set goals and expectations, conduct surveys with 500 parents and 1,500 youth and gather 40 in-depth youth profiles.
Simpson told CityBeat the study would help the city establish better budget priorities for youth programs: "If resources were abundant, how much would it take for us to really be able to make a significant impact? But also understanding that resources aren't abundant, where should we put the resources in order to make maximum impact?"
With better priorities, Simpson says the city would also be able to create better collaboration between the city's many individuals, agencies and organizations that currently work to address youth issues. "When you work together, you're going to be better," she says.
That's particularly important in Cincinnati, which Simpson says is "very disparate" in terms of wealth and resources. Simpson says she would like to leverage the city's centers of wealth in a way that would better benefit some of the poorer, needier areas.
Simpson says the study is necessary because there is a lack of local data for the city's youth, with Cincinnati Children's Child Well-Being Survey being the only comprehensive local study in recent years.
To Simpson, the importance of understanding the city's youth and how their situation can be improved has been validated by her personal experience.
"I was supposed to have a student shadowing me yesterday, who's a very, very capable young man, but he's homeless," she says. "He didn't show up yesterday because he slept outside the night before."
Carrying out the study and recalibrating the city's programs to provide more consistency, whether it's through education or simply providing more permanent shelter, will have huge effects on the city's youth, Simpson says.
The Youth Commission of Cincinnati was formed in the spring of 2012 to help local government establish better priorities and policies for youth programs. The study, which has been under planning and development since July, is meant to help accomplish those goals.
Despite problems with staff and records, a report is calling changes to Ohio's youth prisons system a model for the nation. The report from a court-appointed monitor praised the Ohio Department of Youth Services for reducing the number of offenders in secure confinement and spreading services for youthful offenders around the state. However, the report also points out staff shortages, inadequate teachers and inconsistent medical records. Advocates for youthful offenders claim the bad findings show a need for continued court supervision.
There's a new sheriff in town, and the old one is becoming a visiting judge. Simon Leis, who served as sheriff for 25 years, is best known for going after an allegedly obscene Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit and prosecuting pornographer Larry Flynt. As visiting judge, he will take on cases other judges are assigned but can't get to due to full dockets.
An appeals court is allowing City Gospel Mission to move to Queensgate. The special assistance shelter wants to move from its current Over-the-Rhine property to Dalton Avenue, but businesses and property owners at Queensgate oppose the relocation. In its opinion, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals said opponents to the relocation "have not raised any genuine issues of material fact in support of their constitutional attack upon the notwithstanding ordinance in their capacity as neighboring businesses and property owners."
Butler County nonprofit services are worried that a greater need for their services in 2013 will force more budget tightening.
U.S. retailers did not have a good Christmas. Holiday sales were at the lowest they've been since 2008. The disappointing sales have forced retailers to offer big discounts in hopes of selling excess inventory.
Former president George H.W. Bush is in intensive care "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," according to his spokesperson.
The Food and Drug Administration says FrankenFish, a giant, genetically modified salmon, is environmentally safe.
Fun fact: More Iranians worry about global warming than Americans.
Colleges are now helping students scrub their online footprints.
Antifreeze now tastes bitter to deter animals and children from eating it.
Scientists have developed a highly advanced robot boy capable of doing chores. Keep its face in mind, for you could be looking at the first of our future robot overlords.
With a push from Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and City Council approval, the Homeless to Homes plan is moving forward. The shelter-moving plan, which was originally put together by Strategies to End Homelessness, will use $37 million in loans to build new shelters for the Drop Inn Center, City Gospel Mission and the YWCA. But some homeless advocates have criticized the plan because it forces them to move homeless shelters they don't want to move. Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, says the money could be spent better developing affordable housing and creating jobs to help eliminate homelessness.
Just one day after President Barack Obama's re-election, one left-leaning Ohio group was already making demands. They want federal unemployment benefits renewed. The group's research director, supported by economic data, says the expiration of those benefits could have bad repercussions for the unemployed and the federal and state economies.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati investment professionals are beginning to renew worries about the federal fiscal cliff. The fiscal cliff, which includes emergency unemployment benefits, is a mix of tax hikes and budget cuts set to automatically occur at the end of the year. The Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan agency that measures the impact of federal budgets and policy, has warned about the fiscal cliff's potential economic damage. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has also warned lawmakers about the fiscal cliff.
A state appeals court ruled today that the city of Cincinnati is allowed to reduce retirees' health benefits. The cuts in benefits are meant to shore up the city's pension plan, but retirees, including former City Clerk Sandy Sherman, filed a lawsuit arguing the benefits can only be increased, not decreased. The case could still move to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Hamilton County's new Democratic sheriff, Jim Neil, is already making plans. He says he favors alternative sentencing to deal with jail overcrowding, and he wants to audit and restructure the sheriff department's budget to cut waste.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be in Cincinnati Thursday to unveil Cincinnati's first prescription drug drop box. The drop boxes are meant to reduce prescription drug abuse and improper ingestion.
A sign of what could come to Cincinnati next spring: Columbus's casino reported $18.3 million in revenue for its first month. Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino is currently being constructed and is expected to open in spring 2013.
Blue Ash-based Empire Marketing Strategies is buying a plant site in Mason for about $820,000, and it could create 200 jobs.
In case you missed it, CityBeat posted comprehensive election results for Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio and the U.S.
State Democrats and Republicans have an explanation for two incumbents losing in the Ohio Supreme Court: names. On Democrat William O'Neill defeating Republican incumbent Robert Cupp, Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert Bennett said O'Neill won because he has an Irish-American name. Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said, "Sharon Kennedy is a great ballot name. That's why she won." Redfern says he will introduce legislation that will require party affiliation to appear on the Ohio Supreme Court ballots.
The election didn't change much in the Ohio Board of Education. It remains five Democrats and six Republicans.
Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan said the approval of Issue 4, which extends City Council terms to four years, will be good for local business. She argues "there's a great business case to be made for having a more stable and reliable local government."
While marijuana was legalized in some states, Butler County led what it believes is its biggest marijuana bust in history. More than 900 lbs of marijuana were seized.
Bill Cunningham, local conservative radio talk show host, may retire due to Obama's re-election. Oh well.
In the story of another conservative meltdown, CityBeat has a special letter for the Lebanon tea party: We're sorry.
Perhaps the national media's most under-reported story of election night was that Puerto Ricans favored statehood in the polls for the first time. If Congress and Obama act, the island could become the 51st state.
Popular Science has an open letter to President Barack Obama. While they like how Obama generally supports science funding more than a President Mitt Romney would, they want Obama to do more.
UPDATE 11-8-12: An aide to Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls tells CityBeat that the $7 million loan will only go toward moving two of the shelters: the Drop Inn Center and a new women's shelter to be operated by the YWCA. Because the City Gospel Mission requires a religious component to is outreach to the homeless, it cannot receive federal funding. The original story follows below.
City Council on Wednesday signed off on a plan to apply for federal loans to help move three Cincinnati homeless shelters to new locations.
Council members voted with all but one approving the application for $37 million in loans, $7 million of which would move the Washington Park-area shelters.
If the loan is approved, the City Gospel Mission would move to the West End, a new women's shelter would be build in Mount Auburn and the Drop Inn Center would move to a yet-undetermined location.
Cincinnati had pledged $10 million toward relocating the shelters. The loan would be paid back at $532,000 a year for the next 20 years.
Councilman Chris Smitherman was the sole dissenting voice. He said he supports the homeless, but he is wary of the risks of the loan and the city's ability to pay it back.
Councilman Chris Seelbach, who said he moved to Over-the-Rhine shortly after the 2001 riots, voted to approve applying for the loan, but also voiced some concern.
"The reason I moved is because I loved it; I fell in love with the diversity of the neighborhood," he said, noting income diversity as well as racial and ethnic.
"I would hope that we could find a location for the Drop that is in Over-the-Rhine and there isn't a continued effort to push low income people out of Over-the-Rhine."
Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, said the shelters the city has now are perfectly adequate and the money could be spent better developing affordable housing and creating jobs to help eliminate homelessness.
"Historically a majority of shelters started between 1982 and 1990 because in that era we cut dollars to housing and employment," Spring said.
"Shelters were never created to end homelessness. Shelters were created for people to have a safe place once everything else had failed them. We shouldn't let everything else fail them."
This year, the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition's annual Hunger and Homeless Unity March will focus on an abundance of issues regarding the poor and homeless in our city.
Marching a route that highlights the path of homelessness, the walk will move through the southern portion of Over-the-Rhine, through the Central Business District and end in Lytle Park beside the Anna Louise Inn.
The Anna Louise Inn has been involved with a series of legal disputes with Western & Southern Financial Group as the corporation is on a mission to buy the Inn's property to expand their business. (CityBeat covered the issue in-depth in a Aug. 17 cover story, "Surrounded by Skyscrapers.")
For more than 100 years, the Anna Louise Inn has been serving local women in need. Located in Lytle Park, it is the only single-room occupancy residence for women in the city and acts as a safe harbor for women who have nowhere else to go. Former Anna Louise Inn resident Pam Franklin will speak about the importance of affordable housing at the event.
Not only will the march show support for social service agencies such as the Anna Louise Inn, it will be educational. Participants will learn about local residents being affected by gentrification, businesses suffering from displacement and the affects of foreclosure. Attendees will learn that in order for "new life" to enter, "existing life" does not have to leave.
"This will be a time to protest and to become more informed about the current injustices," says Josh Spring, the Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition.
Everyone is invited to participate in the march and learn about the affects of gentrification and displacement this Saturday.
"This really is an event for everyone — people that already are against gentrification, people that might be against gentrification, people that are for it, and people who don't know what gentrification is," Spring says. "Everyone will gain some truth from this experience."
Beginning at Buddy's Place at 1300 Vine Street, the march is from 12:45-3 p.m.
Three homeless aid groups in Cincinnati are getting a bit of help from the federal government. On Sept. 19, the Secretary of Veteran Affairs announced it awarded nearly $600 million to homeless aid groups around the United States, and three local organizations managed to secure $600,000 of that funding.
The money will be awarded primarily to Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries, but Goodwill has partnered up with Strategies to End Homelessness and the Healing Center at Vineyard Community Church to make full use of the money.
Kevin Finn, executive director of Strategies to End Homelessness, says the money will help make up for stimulus funding that was recently lost — at least in the case of military veterans.
"It's going to go to helping veterans and their families that are either at risk of becoming homeless or already homeless," Finn says.That makes the grant funding different in two major ways:
First, the money can now be used to help veterans' families, not just
veterans. Typically, aid to veterans is allocated in a way that can only
benefit veterans, but this money will help their husbands, wives and children.
Also, the money will also be used to help vets at risk for homelessness instead of just vets who are already homeless. With the traditional, limited funding, homeless aid groups can only reach out to people who are already out in the streets; with this new funding, groups like Strategies to End Homeless will be capable of taking preventative measures that keep vets in a home.
The new funding, which Finn estimates will help about 200 families, will be divided between the local organizations so they can each take on different roles. For Strategies to End Homelessness, that mostly means working on short-term solutions for homeless or at-risk vets.
"The biggest (services) will be rentals and financial assistance to either get them to be stable in housing or keep them in their housing and prevent them from becoming homeless," Finn says.
After that, care will shift to Goodwill, which will work on job training, job searching, tutoring, computer training and other important tools to help keep vets employed and housed.
"If the financial support can keep them from being homeless in the short term, then the services that the Goodwill case manager will put in place will hopefully keep them from being homeless in the long term," Finn says.
To reach out to vets in need, the organizations will use current connections, street outreach programs and phone hotlines to make sure the program reaches as many people as possible while staying efficient. To Finn, one of the most important tasks of Strategies to End Homelessness is to make sure no funding is wasted and the organizations coordinated by Strategies to End Homelessness do not have redundant programs.
Strangely enough, aid to vets has become a political issue recently. Forty Republicans in the U.S. Senate recently blocked the Veteran Jobs Corps Act, which would have funded job programs for military veterans. Ohio Rep. Connie Pillich recently introduced a resolution in the Ohio General Assembly to encourage U.S. Senate Republicans to pass the bill.
In the ongoing saga of Western & Southern vs. the Anna Louise Inn, there have been several court cases and zoning rulings, most of which have been appealed by one side or the other. Today it was the Cincinnati Zoning Board of Appeals' turn to rule on something that's already been ruled on, and it went in favor of the Anna Louise Inn.
The Board upheld a certificate of appropriateness for the Anna Louise Inn's planned renovation, which essentially also upholds the Historic Conservation Board's right to issue a conditional use permit — at least for now. Western & Southern is expected to appeal that permit, granted by the Conservation Board Aug. 27, before its 30-day window to do so expires.
Before this series of appeals can play out, the 1st District Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the Anna Louise Inn's appeal of Judge Norbert Nadel's May 27 ruling, which set in motion the Inn's attempts to secure zoning approval from the Historical Conservation Board in the first place.
(All of this could have been avoided if Western & Southern would have purchased the Anna Louise Inn when it had the chance. CityBeat previously reported the details of Western & Southern's failure to purchase the Inn and the company's subsequent attempts to force the Inn out of the neighborhood here.)
About 40 people attended today's hearing, including City Councilman Wendell Young, who said he supports the Anna Louise Inn but was not there to testify on its behalf.
By upholding the certificate of appropriateness, the ruling keeps alive a conditional use permit that could allow the Anna Louise Inn to move forward with a $13 million renovation of its historic building, once the expected appeals process plays out. (CityBeat covered the Aug. 27 Historical Conservation Board hearing here.)
The Board heard brief arguments from lawyers for both Western & Southern and Cincinnati Union Bethel and then entered executive session for about 15 minutes before ruling in favor of the Anna Louise Inn.
Western & Southern lawyer Francis Barrett, who is the brother of Western & Southern CEO John Barrett and a member of the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees, told CityBeat after the meeting that he disagreed with the board's finding because a designed expansion of the building's fifth floor has not yet had its use approved.
"With this case, the Historical Conservation Board is basically approving for the certificate of appropriateness the design of the building," Barrett said. "But the design included an expansion of the fifth floor, and until that use issue is resolved the code reads, in my opinion, you can't approve the design because the use hasn't been approved."
Barrett during the hearing read a written statement to the board arguing two main points: that the Historic Conservation Board didn't have the jurisdiction to grant the certificate of appropriateness; and even if it did, Barrett argued, the physical expansion planned makes it a non-conforming use which wouldn't qualify for the building permit.
Cincinnati Union Bethel attorney Tim Burke told the Board that the Anna Louise Inn is not seeking a permit for non-conforming use because it already received a conditional use permit from the Historic Conservation Board.
"Western & Southern is doing everything it can to block this renovation from happening," Burke told the Board.
At the Historic Conservation Board hearing last month
Western & Southern tried paint a picture of the Anna Louise Inn's
residents contributing to crime in the area because a condition of the
conditional use permit is that the building's use will not be
detrimental to public health and safety or negatively affect property
values in the neighborhood. But the Board granted the permit, stating
that the Anna Louise Inn will not be detrimental to public health and
safety or harmful to nearby properties in the neighborhood and that the
Board found no direct evidence connecting residents of the Anna Louise
Inn to criminal activity in the neighborhood. Western & Southern has until next week to appeal that ruling.
The Cincinnati Park Board today voted to strike down signs enforcing rules in Washington Park. The vote ended Park Rule 28, which allowed the Park Board to enact new rules by placing a sign on Washington Park grounds.
The signs, which the city could use to enforce any park rule as law, had recently come under fire by homeless advocate groups. In a statement, Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, wrote, "Park Rule 28 allowed opening for the back-room creation of the special rules in Washington Park that were written by an employee of the Police Department, a couple of Park Board employees and 3CDC employees — completely without the input of the public or any legislative body or process."
Before the Park Board vote, homeless advocate groups claimed the rules were being written away from public view — in part by private companies. Jerry Davis, member of the Homeless Congress, cited 3CDC's involvement in the rule writing as an example: "3CDC is a private corporation that does not answer to the Citizens of Cincinnati. This private group should not get to decide what rules are created and enforced. 3CDC is saying to the Citizens of Cincinnati, 'You pay the bills and we make the decisions.' "Three Over-the-Rhine residents, including Davis, sued the Park Board on Sept. 4 to put an end to the signs. In a statement announcing the lawsuit, Spring claimed the park rules "discriminate against certain classes of people" — specifically, the homeless and poor.
The Washington Park rules were different than rules at other Cincinnati parks in a few ways: They did not allow "dropping off food or clothing," "rummaging in trash and recycling containers" or the use of any amplified sound. Homeless advocate groups claimed these rules were contrary to broader park rules that allow the sharing of food, permit inspecting and removing items from trash and recycling containers and only prohibit amplified sound if it disturbs the peace or safety of the public.
Homeless advocate groups said the rules hurt others as well. Spring wrote in the lawsuit's press statement, "If a family decides to picnic in Washington Park and the parents hand their children food, they would be in breach of these rules, or if a friend hands a jacket to her walking companion, she would have broken these rules."
Cincinnati Police Department Captain Daniel Gerard admitted the rules were targeting the homeless when, according to documents revealed by homeless advocate groups, he said, "Until the Drop Inn Center moves, the line about food and clothing drop off being prohibited is absolutely needed." The Drop Inn Center is a homeless shelter.
Despite the Park Board vote, the lawsuit will continue. The city will file to dismiss the lawsuit, but the city claims the lawsuit should never have been brought forward.
"The issue was brought to our attention, we took a look at it and decided to take down the signs, yet they inexplicably decided to file a suit anyway," said Aaron Herzig, deputy city solicitor. "That's not how it should work. The city looks at a concern and decides to take action, and there's no need for a lawsuit at that point."
Jennifer Kinsley, the attorney representing the three Over-the-Rhine residents suing the city, defended the lawsuit and its continuance.
"We congratulate the city on doing the right thing by repealing Rule 28, but the lawsuit covers a broader range of topics than just that rule," she said, citing statutory damages. She also said she's worried the Park Board ruling will not overturn rules already enforced by the signs: "It may and it may not. We've seen that the Park Board, 3CDC and others are willing to bend the law in order to make special rules for that park, so the status of the rules for that particular area are unclear at the moment."
Herzig says the rules on the signs were not enforced after the signs were taken down "weeks before the lawsuit." He says the only rules remaining are the rules officially published by the Park Board.
Three Cincinnati residents who live near Washington Park are suing the Cincinnati Park Board over Washington Park's rules. The rules, which were allegedly written by 3CDC, discriminate against "certain classes of people," the homeless advocates said in a statement. The group says the new rules ban dropping off clothes or food, rummaging through trash cans and recycling containers and using any form of amplified sound. The lawsuit states the rules were written in an unconstitutional manner because a private group — meaning 3CDC — wrote rules with criminal repercussions without proper oversight from the park board. John Curp, city solicitor, said he was surprised by the lawsuit because he doesn't see the class discrimination at the park. He also said the city has been working on addressing concerns regarding the rules for a few months.
Secretary of State Jon Husted told county boards of elections to hold off on enacting new court-mandated hours for in-person early voting until an appeal ruling. On Friday, a federal judge ruled with Democrats when he said Ohio must allow everyone to vote on the weekend and Monday before Election Day. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine quickly announced he is appealing the ruling.
Rep. Steve Chabot, congressman for Cincinnati's district in the U.S. House of Representatives, called for supporters to vote against Issue 2, which seeks to reform redistricting laws so redistricting is handled by an independent citizens committee. The call is unsurprising. Chabot enormously benefits from the way Cincinnati's district was redrawn to include Warren County, which has more rural voters that typically vote Republican instead of urban voters that typically vote Democrat:
Ohio is playing a pretty big role at the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is scheduled to talk to the Ohio delegation today.
Teachers unions are losing members, and they are partially blaming Gov. John Kasich for the loss. Unions claim they are losing membership due to state governments pushing against public employee collective bargaining rights, the growth of online learning, changing teacher demographics, school vouchers and changes in funding. A few of those are attributable to Kasich.Ohio is now registering restricted animals and snakes.
About 74 percent of doctors are now using electronic health records, according to a new survey. Electronic systems save time and money, and they also make it much easier to diagnose a patient.Inception is coming to life. Researchers successfully manipulated the dreams of rats. The breakthrough could lead to dream engineering.
When the stimulus package passed in 2009, the federal government sent out funds that worked to prevent homelessness. The funds, which seek to prevent homelessness instead of just treating the problem after it arises, made their way to local organization Strategies to End Homelessness. With the boost, the group, which coordinates efforts to combat homelessness in Cincinnati, has been helping thousands of at-risk people and those who are already homeless.
But that funding is soon coming to an end. The stimulus package was only meant to be a temporary jolt to deal with the Great Recession. It was not meant as a long-term funding package. For Strategies to End Homelessness, that prevents a new challenge.
The organization used the stimulus funding to partner with United Way and seven other local agencies to coordinate homeless aid. The organization is continuing its partnership with United Way and five of the agencies, but it will have to draw down some of its services.
"When the stimulus funding was in place, we were able to work with 250 households at a time to try to prevent them from becoming homeless," says Kevin Finn, executive director of Strategies to End Homelessness. "Now, with the level of funding that is available, it's more like 50 or 60 households at a time that we are able to work with."
What this means is programs, such as the Homeless Prevention / Rapid Rehousing Program (HPRP), will continue to service people who are at risk of becoming homeless, but the program will have a stricter limit on who to help.
One bright spot for Finn is that even though the organization is losing most of the funding, it's not losing it all. Due to the success of organizations like Strategies to End Homelessness, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has decided to make some of the funding permanent. This will let the organization continue focusing on some preventive measures instead of just focusing on what Finn calls the "meat and potatoes" of anti-homelessness efforts — or services for people that are already homeless — that have always existed.
"Sometimes when you work with the homeless you struggle to find a silver lining," he says. "That is one right there."
Finn says preventive measures are very important in fighting homelessness because once someone becomes homeless and the longer someone becomes homeless, the harder it becomes to get them back into new homes. Finn gave one example for why this is the case: "If they would get mugged in the street and lose their ID, an ID is something that you need in order to get an apartment and in order to get a job."
At the end of the day, Strategies to End Homelessness will
continue working in Cincinnati, just with less funding. Finn says he
wants his organization's continuous work to break some misconceptions
about anti-homelessness efforts in the city.
"I think sometimes the perception in the community is that services for the homeless and also prevention measures are sort of a number of little agencies out doing their own thing," he says. "It's very much a coordinated effort between us, the United Way and these five agencies."


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Posted 09 February 2013 - 07:35 AM
Detroit 1-2 with win over Spurs
Toranto 2-2 with OT win over Pacers
Memphis 2-2 with win over Warriors
Some crazy games last night.
Happy for Pistons win over Spurs and my hope is that they will be too exhausted to win tonight against the Bucks!
Posted 08 February 2013 - 04:30 PM
Detroit doesn't have to get sucked in to any big deals this summer if free agency doesn't bear fruit. They're going to (likely) be a lottery team, and can just keep building the team via the draft while continuing to save money and, if any of the current players they have are worth keeping for the future, can be re-signed. Either way, this bodes well for their future.
I really feel Memphis made the right move, even if fans or players on the team disagree with it at the moment. Gay was the leading scorer, but he was soooooo inefficient while doing it.
So far, records WITH the players they got in the trade (so not counting games when teams were without both the players they traded away and the players they got in return:
Memphis: 1-2, with an ugly loss at home to the Suns, who've been atrocious on the road this year.
Toronto: 1-2, but with a very tough schedule (LA Clippers, Miami + Boston).
Detroit: 0-2, with losses @ Knicks and at home vs the Nets.
Posted 07 February 2013 - 12:29 PM
Raptors: Got a ticket draw in Rudy Gay. Will it be worth the price of admission? Time will tell. Might help them attract other players too.
Detroit: Got solid PG to play with Brandon Knight and hopefully some of it will rub off on him. Calderon & Bynum contracts expire, so who knows where they go. Prince just signed contract so moving next 3 years out while having several young forwards not much of a risk there. Not very risky trade...just a trade.
Memphis: What Ted said.
Posted 05 February 2013 - 03:36 PM
Raptors: You brought up the similarities between Derozan and Gay both exceptional athletes but so is Terrance Ross who now is going to lose even more playing time so that confused me a great deal. Also neither of them get to the free throw line, Derozan is terrible from 3 and I think Gay's production from outside will drop without an inside presence for teams to double down on like he had in Memphis with both Gasol and Randolph.
Detroit: Calderons expiring contract is nice but this is a terribly weak FA class so all it's going to mean is that Detroit is going to overpay someone else who doesnt deserve it.
Memphis shed Gay's contract and got Prince to fill in for him. He is a much better defender but much less potent offensively than Rudy. Davis is a good player and might become really good. I would say that Memphis won this trade, they shaved cap, got two good pieces for a big contract and will probably maintain the same win pace that they had earlier. Odd to do a deal like this though when you are a team that is supposedly a title contender and then you go and trade your leading scorer so you can shave more cap room it's risky breaking up a team like this and messing with chemistry but I trust John Hollinger
Posted 01 February 2013 - 04:32 PM
Gay didn't fit in with Memphis, contract and otherwise. And Rudy Gay has never really proven himself in this league. His scoring is so dependent on his slashing ability. He can't hit jumpers consistently.
Memphis looked to clear up cap space, while allowing Gasol and Z-Bo to be the unanimous first and second options on this team. They got rid of some of their bench, but Ed Davis has a lot of potential, and Prince, potentially, could be a much better fit with this Grizzlies squad. He's not an excellent shooter, but he can still hit open jumpers, and defensively he'll be a much added bonus. Daye was just filler.
Detroit made a great deal, also. Cleared cap space for next season (again, Calderon is in the last year of his contract). Knight is a solid defensive PG, but he's nowhere near the play maker that Calderon is. Detroit wants to make a postseason run, and Calderon could be the piece to help them with that goal, especially with Rondo and now Sullinger now out for the season for Boston.
Toronto might prove people wrong, but at least from what I've seen of him and DeRozen, they play nearly exactly the same, and don't seem to be a great fit.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 10:36 AM
although gays contract is crazy he is still an all star type player and memphis basically killed their team the last few weeks starting off by trading away their only 2 good bench players for luer. i dont understand what detroit was thinking with this trade they have brandon knight so i dont see how trading away prince and daye for calderon makes sense. toronto clearly won here they have had space for a big name player with a big contract for a little bit of time now gay alongside demar derozan and kyle lowry getting the start which i think he deserved anyway plus their young but talented front court
Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:08 AM
Not exactly breaking news, but I figured it would be something fun to talk about here.
Memphis: Sends Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi to the Raptors
Memphis: Receives Ed Davis and a second round pick from Toronto, Tayshaun Prince and Austin Daye from Detroit.
Toronto: Sends Ed Davis and a second round pick to Memphis, and Jose Calderon to Detroit.
Toronto: Receives Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi from Memphis.
Detroit: Sends Tayshaun Prince and Austin Daye to Memphis.
Detroit: Receives Jose Calderon from Toronto.
So question is, who won the trade? Rudy Gay is the best player right NOW in this deal, but Ed Davis may end up being the best player overall in the future. Here's my two cents:
Memphis- Rudy Gay was overpaid to begin with. For a guy with his salary, he wasn't a particularly efficient scorer, and defensively he wasn't anything special either. Between removing his ridiculous contract and adding a solid player in his stead (Prince) and a guy who could be special in the future (Davis), they came out of this very well all things considered.
Toronto- Got the best player right now (Gay), but what's the vision for this team? They already had a player exactly like him in DeRozen, so you have to figure that he's on his way out. Getting rid of Calderon paved the way for Lowry to finally have the starting role to himself. But overall, I just don't think this trade made a whole lot of sense, apart from adding a big name player.
Detroit- Personally, I have them as the winners of this trade for now, but I may change my mind depending on what Dumars does with this team during free agency this summer. Prince gets to go play for a winner, while they remove his costly contract and bring in a great point guard in Calderon who can make this whole team better, and has only one year on his contract anyways. Bringing in a better player while clearing cap space should make any team happy.
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JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Europe in a few months to persuade leaders to step up sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
The official spoke anonymously Tuesday because he was not authorized to discuss the issue with reporters.
Netanyahu told the U.N. last week that Iran will likely have the bomb by next summer. He has said he does not rule out a military strike.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry report that day concluded that sanctions are hitting Iran hard, and more should be imposed.
Another Israeli official, Foreign Ministry spokesman Paul Hirschson, said, "If we want to avoid military conflict, then upping economic sanctions is called for."
The emphasis on economic measures has drawn speculation that Israel is opting for sanctions over military action.
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This one still raises a chuckle. Can't find the Gough one I like when on a hat-trick and bowls Symonds (IIRC) a bouncer, gets all angry and red-faced.
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Haha, very nice delivery.
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I'm in the Midwest and have yet to see these drops in any part of the PS Store. Any answers that can help would be nice.
hi try looking in new this week and then look in hottest picks
if you are elite just go to store from MW3 game
Im in the UK and downloaded them from PS store this morning.
Still have yet to see the content in the store in every category that is possible. To the point of calling the support line.(Should be no reason this drop would be disfunctional)
When Activision decides they've taken the Pi*s enough.
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talked to support and was told it would be released by the end of the day.
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He said it in such a casual, distant manner, too — like he was saying, "That's my jacket." or "Let's pick up some chicken at the store."
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I'm not convinced of any credibility.
Remember: "It is better to keep your [hands still] and appear stupid than to [respond] and remove all doubt."
I can't believe that even after 9 years, there are tons of Americans who are so fucking stupid that they actually buy the shit that there is war against Muslim terrorists who have weapons of mass destruction.
but as the TSA post has shown, u cant put a price on freedom.
1. the FBI ambushed bonnie and clyde and flat out murdered them. this organization was built on the backs of rights violating scumbags so don't be surprised when they carry on that tradition.
2. the event in question here just happened and any real evidence for or against entrapment is going to be kept under wraps until the court case so that news video isn't really based on anything valid.
3. i can tell you from the mugshot that this kid is a scumbag and probably deserves or will deserve to end up in jail anyway.
He looks like a typical teenage rollerblader.
Four years of working on a kid from the age of 15? Those are pretty impressionable years in a persons life I'd say.
My bad then, I thought you where basically saying you don't believe anything the video touts since there is no credible evidence on display. Your statement was very open for mis-interpretation.
My second statement wasn't directed completely at you, it was towards everyone to always question both sides of an argument, no matter how far fetched it might seem.
You need something to show for all the money you have spent invading the lives of people.
Im sure if you can convince a 15 year old to fly from one side of the US to your house so you can fuck em in the ass you can convince a kid like that to do evil.
Did they contact him or did he contact them? That probably matters .
Yo, that look on his face makes him guilty fa sho. Chalmers, you're so smart and logical.
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Great photo mate !!!
Makes me want to get one today. Been lusting after one for some time now and this is not helping my wallet
Thanks for the eye candy
Daniel (Certified Persian & Kopa nut)
I love my: Persians, Kopas, and Lums
* Daniel's Spyderco Hoard *
Great looking knife!
Great picture!
Can we see more
nice pics. makes me want one before they discontinue them
Great pictures man. Those are very nice. Beautiful, clear, and nice and bright.
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Very good pic's KS!
That Manix is a freakin' tank!
Fantastic pics of your new Manix.
I got my CE Manix in January of this year. It has a "born" date of May 2005. The only differences I see between that one and the one shown below are:
1. The jimping (as has been mentioned elsewhere already). My Manix has the four large notches. The newer ones have the fine jimping, which looks like is fast becoming the Spyderco preference going forward.
2. There is no bug on the blade of my Manix.
3. The four scale screws (two per side) -- near the back-lock and the lanyard hole -- are flat and recessed on my Manix, while it appears they are sticking up a little on the new ones, similar to the screw closest to the pivot (only smaller).
Can't say if there is any difference in the clip or clip screws, as I removed mine as soon as I took it out of the box, but they look the same from what I remember.
I got this one when it appeared some online retailer had a misprint about prices. Got the Manix for under $35 (as well as a black-blade Para-Military SE for $20)!
The Manix sure is a tank of a knife. Superb ergos too -- fits my hand like a glove.
Users: SS Police PE, Delica 4 PE, Kopa Cocobolo, Blue Dodo SE, Yellow Pacific Salt PE, Micarta SPOT SE, Gray Calypso Jr, Temperance SE, Burgandy Jess Horn w/ZDP, UK Penknife, BB Delica 3 PE, Captain, CF Military w/BG-42, Lava, Caly3 SE, Para-Military SE, Manix CE, BB Para-Military SE, Delica 4 Wave, Ocelot CE, SpyderFly, Navigator II SE, Vagabond, D'Allara Drop Point CE, Black Assist I, Pink Native (and also: Sharpmaker, SS byrd Finch PE, Profile Set, byrd Firebyrd, Large Spyderpac, byrd Wings)
Thanks for the comments!
If anyone is thinking about getting a Manix, just go for it!
i hesitate which i would like first: military\manix, but after these photos i mean i suprise myself with a manix for christmas Nice pics Tanks for sharing.
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One more
KamSingh, I really dig the bold border around the pic! That is a very crisp and clean shot, which I think would be a good Spydie catalog candidate.
sweet pix of the mighty Manix KamSingh....
"All paths lead back to the Spyderhole..."
Ahhh, yeah, now THAT is sweet! Oh, your pics aren't bad, either!
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This program provides an intimate look at a variety of Balanchine's classical ballets: his one-act version of Swan Lake breathes new passion and heartbreak into a familiar tale; Allegro Brillante is an exuberant, thirteen-minute whirlwind of choreography; and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 begins solemnly and swells with each movement, finishing with a grand finale full of tutus and tiaras. Also included is Balanchine's Garland Dance from the full-length The Sleeping Beauty, the first ballet Balanchine performed in as a child.
Balanchine's one-act revision of Tschaikovsky's Swan Lake, with its corps of sleek black swans and icy landscape, infuses this enchanting classic with new passion and heartbreak.
In his own words, George Balanchine called the exuberant Allegro Brillante "everything I know about classical ballet in thirteen minutes."
Opening on a romantic note, each section of Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 swells with ardor, culminating in a radiant, majestic finale.
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Former 'Teacher of the Year' Accepts Plea in Teen Sex Case, State of the County Address and Cop Convicted of Assault in Top County News
Also in Essex County news Woman, Pets, Rescued in Apartment Fire; Man Arrested in Connection with Heroin Death; Frelinghuysen Defends Spending, Supports Israel at Kushner Academy and Alleged Shoplifter Crashes Car on Bloomfield Ave.
DiVincenzo Delivers State of County Address Before Christie, Dignitaries
Essex County executive highlights accomplishments, announces litany of 2013 projects during annual speech.
Police: Pair Cons Millburn Resident, Burglarize Home
Man and woman allegedly distracted Main Street homeowner by soliciting roof repairs.
Police: Con Artists Dupe Couple Out of Wedding Bands, Jewelry
A man and female purported to be representatives of a roof company.
Former Teacher Of The Year Accepts Plea In Teen Sex Case
A West Orange High School female English teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student pleaded guilty Tuesday to endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's office.
District: DePalo Should Have Faced Jail Time
West Orange Interim Superintendent Jim O'Neill says the county's plea bargain with a high school English teacher for her sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student is too light.
Nutley Man Arrested in Connection with Heroin Death
Police believe man delivered drug to man who overdosed in 2010.
Woman, Pets, Rescued in Belleville Apartment Fire
Kitchen fire makes for rude awakening for neighbor.
Gun Buyback this Past Weekend Largest in Essex County History
East Orange, Irvington, Orange, Montclair and Newark were among municipalities involved in the collection of 1,770 firearms.
Alleged Shoplifter Crashes Car on Bloomfield Ave
Car involved in short police pursuit following a shoplifting attempt.
Caldwell Boy Designs 'Help CF Fly Away' T-Shirt
An 8-year-old with Cystic Fibrosis creates t-shirt design to raise money for foundation.
Newark Cop Convicted of Assault
A Newark police officer was found guilty Thursday of hitting a man in the face with his gun nearly two years ago, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.
Police: Broad Street Store Robbed at Gunpoint
Suspects described as two tall black males.
10 Unlocked Cars Burglarized Overnight in Millburn, Short Hills
Police warn residents to lock their cars after burglary spree on Presidents' Day weekend.
Protecting Highlands Secures Fresh Water, Curbs Flooding in Caldwells
Highlands source of 25 to 50 percent of fresh water.
Newark Man Admits Guilt in $1.5 Million Check Fraud
Steele took part in conspiracy with more than 100 victims
Frelinghuysen Defends Spending, Supports Israel at Kushner Academy
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Anarchism, ethnicity, and culture: the Oriental anarch
Part five in a series of articles discussing the anarchist movement as it relates to non-European peoples and cultures. Asia is home to over half of the world's population, with 1,338,612,968 people in the People's Republic of China alone. As such, it represents a vital demographic of the global working class, and one which cannot … Read more


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Matthew Joseph Barry, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 18100 block of Casaba Road in Adelanto after deputies arrived at 10:42 p.m, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said.
Paramedics flew Sabastian Farnsworth, 20, of Adelanto to a hospital. He is expected to survive.
Anyone with information may call sheriff's Detective Eddie Bachman, 909-387-3589 or WeTip, 800-78-CRIME.
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Oakwood University Aeolians Tour Concert
Time: | 7:00 PM - TBA |
Date: | Thursday, March 07 |
Location: | Bellarmine Chapel |
Description: | Free admission/free-will offering accepted Xavier Music and Theatre hosts the Oakwood University Aoelians, World Choir Games Champion Choir of the "Spiritual" category. The Aeolians of Oakwood University was originally organized in 1946 by the late Dr. Eva B. Dykes. Since then the choir has traveled widely, touching the hearts of both young and old with their inspirational singing. Aeolian concerts present a repertoire of choral music, ranging from the Baroque era to the twentieth century. Moreover, the Aeolians is an authoritative exponent of Negro spirituals and work songs which express the yearnings of our forefathers to be free. |


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Travelers Collection Scarf Print Sinclair Top
Spotted with a striped border. The breezy poncho in blue and black.
- Travelers™ Collection items are custom-colored to match our wrinkle-free Travelers™ classics.
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Where Would You Rather Be Wednesdays in Cape Town: Facebook fans' top suggestions
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Why Rob Vember loves Cape Town
Rob Vember is a radio DJ and proud Capetonian. He grew up in Cape Town and studied in Grahamstown, where, working at the campus station, he was bitten by the radio bug. Returning to the Mother City to join the DJ line-up on Heart FM, he then made the move to Johannesburg to become part of the 5FM team, where he has been for the last few years. He recently made the move back home to continue presenting his weekday show from 5FM's Cape Town studios. We asked him what he loves about the city. -
Eat, shoot, share and win at the V&A Waterfront
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Facebook Feedback Friday: your plans for Father's Day in the Mother City
Bring your father to the Mother City this weekend and celebrate! We asked the members of our Facebook page, I ♥ Cape Town, what they'll be doing this Father's Day. Here's a selection of some of their responses.
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Cape Town Stadium fits into a bigger puzzle
The recent suggestion that Cape Town Stadium be demolished is unconstructive. Understandably, the venue needs to make financial sense, and concerns are warranted. However, financial sense, different from the pursuit of profit, can be achieved.
Future Cape Town: Regenerative, connected, strong and diverse
If we set aside our ideas and dreams for skytrains, spaceships and time travel, what are the values and beliefs which we should be working towards and embracing in Cape Town towards 2040 and beyond? Rashiq Fataar shares some ideals and principles that he believes should act as a guide and roadmap towards our shared future.


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Guide to Departments
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Craftsman Replacement Ignition Keys for Snowblowers with Craftsman® Engines
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Accessory Type: | Misc. accessories |
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Be Prepared for Any Snowy Situation with These Handy Snowblower Replacement Ignition Keys
Snow throwers start-up with ease when you have these Craftsman Replacement Ignition Keys for Craftsman Engines at hand. As a standard safety feature for snow throwers, this replacement ignition key is an essential part of your snow-tools maintenance kit. Store these useful replacement ignition keys in your tool box or on your snow blowers itself so that they are always at hand during emergencies.
These versatile Snowblower Replacement Ignition Keys are specially designed to fit in Craftsman snow blowers with OHV engines manufactured in or after 2008. You can also choose these keys to fit in most popular snow thrower models like Bolens, Huskee, MTD, Troy-Bilt, White Outdoor, Yard Machines and Yard Machines GOLD.
- Designed for reliability, these Craftsman Replacement Ignition Keys for Craftsman Engines are a must-have accessory for your snow blower
- These ignition keys will fit snow blowers manufactured in 2008 and beyond with Craftsman OHV engines
- Can also be used with Bolens, Huskee, MTD, Yard Machines, Yard Machines GOLD, Troy-Bilt, White Outdoor and Yard-Man snow throwers with 123cc, 277cc, 357cc, 179cc, 208cc and 420cc displacement engines
- Item Weight: 0.05 lbs.
- Available for Gift Wrap
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Orem, UT
These cheap plastic keys serve no real purpose, the throttle has an off switch and they are all the same make, so no value for theft protection. Mine snapped off with half left inside, so they want a $95 service call AT LEAST to fix the problem. To get a replacement alone costs near $10. I am usually impressed with craftsmen, but this was a stupid idea.
Candler, NC
Extra keys are great.....I placed in magnetic box on snowblower to keep handy.
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S6 Replacement Compressor
We can also rebuild your A6 Compressor, sell you one, or sell you our S6 direct replacement compressor, which is designed to be used with all existing factory air conditioning brackets and hoses with no modification whatsoever. It is available with a single 5 inch diameter pulley in brushed aluminum (Part No. 5-206) or black (Part No. 5-209) and is pictured below.
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Air Conditioning Solutions for your 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix
- S6 Replacement Compressor
- 1972 Grand Prix Condenser
- 1972 Grand Prix Air Condtioning Controls
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- 1972 Grand Prix Expansion Valve
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- 1972 Grand Prix Heater
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Grand Prix Resources
Rocky Rotella, 1969-1972 Pontiac Grand Prix, High Performance Pontiac, May 2006.
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This is your opportunity to purchase office condominiums at Exec II Office Condominiums at Commerce Exec Park a 5 story building in Reston located next to future Metro Stop opening in 2013. Building has been upgraded to Class A. This unit is vacant and ready for occupancy-Sale or Lease.Tax info in this listing is for full building.
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