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Researching Potential Employers
Employers are looking for candidates who genuinely want to work for them. Researching employers will help you determine if they are a good fit with your interests. You will want to know the organization's size, location, branches, practice areas, hiring criteria, and how the organization describes itself. Begin by searching for the organization's website. Additionally, be sure to check press releases to learn about recent cases, awards, and publications, and review news articles on legal news sites. Alumni, faculty and fellow students who have worked for an employer are also good sources of information. Not knowing an employer's profile, practice and other details makes you a less effective interviewee and may cost you an offer.
The Moritz Career Services Useful Job/Resources Links is helpful to students looking nationwide.
To watch a video with insight from practicing attorneys regarding researching employers, visit this video page.
Researching Large and Medium Law Firms
Researching large law firms takes time. Statistically, many of the firms look alike. Differentiating among them requires research.
Martindale-Hubbell (accessible through Lexis-Nexis) is the most comprehensive directory of large law firms. This resource provides information on the areas of practice of firms and attorneys' biographical information. You can use this resource to learn more about the attorney(s) who will be interviewing you and you can identify Moritz alumni working at the firm.
Another comprehensive resource is nalpdirectory.com. The National Association for Law Placement is an organization of hundreds of law firms and virtually every ABA accredited law school. This resource contains statistical information about law firms, lists major areas of practice, firm demographics, employment data and contact information. The narrative section is important as it describes the values of the organization through what it chooses to emphasize. The directory allows for searches of member employers by city, state, office size and/or practice areas. However, the NALP directory is not a comprehensive listing of law firms; most mid-size and smaller firms are not NALP members and are not included.
An internet search by firm name will give you access to relevant articles in major newspapers. If you are looking in a particular city, you should also review the local legal newspaper, bar association directory, local law schools' websites, or other resources specific to practice in that city or region. Other sources you may wish to look at include:
- American Lawyer – The American Lawyer Midlevel Associate Survey and the Summer Associate Survey are good resources. A hard copy of the American Lawyer is available in Moritz Law Library.
- Avery Index
- Chambers and Partners
- FindLaw
- Law.com
- Legal 500
- Lexis
- Martindale
- National Law Journal
- NavForward
- The Lawyer
- Vault
The Career Services Office maintains a list of students who volunteer to talk about their previous summer experiences. In addition to hearing their first-hand impressions of where they worked, you can get some "tips" if you are planning to interview with the same employers.
Talk to faculty members as well. They often keep in touch with former students who are working in different parts of the country. Many have worked in some of the country's largest firms.
Researching Small Law Firms
Unlike large firms, which typically report an abundance of hiring and salary information, most small firms do not participate in such reporting mechanisms. Sometimes even confirming the name of a small firm, whom to contact within the firm, and discovering the areas of practice can be difficult.
WESTLAW has developed a database of law firms which contains a comprehensive list of small firms.
A city's bar directory will give you the names of most firms in the area, their practice areas, number of employers and address and phone. You will have to call the firm to get the name of the person to whom you address job related correspondence. This is an excellent resource for both medium and small firms. If the Moritz Library does not have the bar directory for the city you want, your career advisor will try to get the directory for you. If you know attorneys in the region, they may be able to get a copy for you. Additionally, some cities post bar directories online. In Columbus, cbalaw.org is a free resource for the public.
Intercollegiate Job Bank will give you the job postings from law schools throughout the county and can be searched by state. Once on the site, click on "intercollegiate job bank." Then enter the username and the password and you can search current job postings by school in the state you are targeting. For example, the job postings for ten California schools can be found through this site.
Researching Government Opportunities
Before applying to a government agency or public interest organization, you should know its mission statement as well as what the agency does. An excellent resource for researching both federal and state employers is a database maintained and updated by the University of Arizona to which the Moritz College of Law subscribes. To use this site, enter the username and the password. You will find information about various hiring programs and their respective deadlines which usually fall in August and September.
To search for specific jobs with the federal government, go to USAJOBS to find jobs searchable by title, keyword, city and state.
The Moritz Career Services Useful Job/Resource web page lists both multi-state and by state, including state government job postings.
Researching Public Interest Organizations
Moritz subscribes to PSJD. It is a network of more than 180 law schools and more than 13,000 law-related public interest organizations in the U.S. and around the world. Through its online database, Moritz students can access a comprehensive clearinghouse of public interest organizations and opportunities for lawyers and law students. The database is password protected and Moritz students can log on and create a personal password.
Another web-based compendium of public interest job sites is posted on the University of Virginia Law School web site. The site contains information about public interest initiatives in the U.S. and abroad, many with related job postings.
Another great resource for law and non-law positions in public interest is Idealist.com. It is a free job posting resource for the public.
Researching Judicial Clerkships
Information for Moritz students interested in judicial clerkships is available and contains information about application procedures, checklists, and deadlines for applying to federal judges. For off-cycle judicial clerkship postings, go to the Federal Law Clerk Information System web site. The site can be searched by circuit and by latest positions posted. It includes positions for judges, magistrate judges and bankruptcy judges. You can also monitor judicial nominations, where you can find the names of individuals nominated and not yet confirmed to whom you can send materials in advance of confirmation. Note that not all judges are confirmed and many will not actually conduct interview until confirmed. Others may interview in advance of confirmation and make contingent offers. The University of Michigan maintains an on-line database of judicial nominations and current status.
Don't overlook state judicial clerkships as potential employers. State clerkships are an effective way to relocate and are often a springboard to private practice in another state. Note that many state clerkships deadlines fall in the summer between second and third years of law school. Moritz subscribes to the Vermont Guide to State Judicial Clerkships. To access the state-by-state guide, click on "Career Opportunities" then click on "Judicial Clerkship Guide," then click on "Access the Guide," then click on "Complete Guide or a Specific State." Enter the username and the password.
Researching Alternative Careers
The Career Services Office of The Arizona University, Rogers College of Law has produced an excellent resource for those pursuing alternative careers. The Alternative Careers Handbook provides useful information on a broad range of related topics. Many thanks to them for sharing it with us. A Career Services counselor can help you explore alternative career options that fit your interests. To search for specific alternative career jobs, click here.


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2014 Subaru Impreza WRX: New Car Review
The 2014 Subaru Impreza WRX and WRX STI remain relevant despite being built on an older platform from the previous-generation Impreza. A holdover for 2014, the Impreza WRX is still attractive. Its turbocharged engine, sport suspension, beefy wheels and tires, and comfy sport seats make it more attractive than the newer Impreza -- unless of course you're all about maximum fuel economy and more interior room. For the ultimate thrill ride, the WRX STI brings a more powerful turbo engine, a 6-speed manual transmission and an adjustable center differential that allows the driver to choose front to rear torque distribution.
While we love the WRX's combination of compact practicality and all-out fun, it does have a few detractions. The WRX is offered only with a manual transmission, so automatic fans will have to shop elsewhere. Furthermore, insuring the WRX will cost more than the average 4-cylinder car, especially if there's a 16-year-old boy on your plan. Lastly, normal wear-and-tear items such as brakes and tires will probably cost more and need more attention.
What's New for 2014?
Aha infotainment smartphone integration is made standard on models with the optional navigation radio.
What We Like
All-wheel-drive traction; powerful turbo engine; decent fuel economy; reasonable price
What We Don't
Rubbery shifter on WRX; no automatic transmission offered; cheap plastic on dash and doors; no high-end factory audio
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The 2014 Subaru Impreza WRX is powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter boxer engine good for 265 horsepower and 244 lb-ft of torque. Hooked to a somewhat rubbery-feeling 5-speed manual, this engine nevertheless is a blast to drive, delivering immediate punch once the turbo spools up and giving right up to the redline. Environmental Protection Agency figures of 19 miles per gallon city/25 mpg hwy are more than respectable, considering the WRX's performance-oriented nature.
The WRX STI has a more powerful turbocharger and intercooler with Dual Active Valve Control, producing 305 hp and 290 lb-ft of torque. This engine is mated to a much-improved 6-speed manual that features tight, short throws for better operation. Fuel economy figures of 17 mpg city/23 mpg hwy are not far from the base car, but given the temptation to push this STI to its limit, owners should not be surprised if their fuel economy is much lower.
Standard Features & Options
The WRX and WRX STI are offered in two body styles (sedan and hatchback) and five trims: WRX, WRS Premium, WRX Limited, STI and STI Limited.
The WRX sedan and hatchback ($26,790) come standard with power windows, locks and mirrors, sport-tuned suspension, 17-inch alloy wheels, 5-speed manual transmission, AM/FM/CD stereo with Bluetooth streaming and iPod/USB integration, rear spoiler (hatchback), dual exhaust, automatic climate control, tilt/telescopic steering wheel and cruise control. Hatchbacks also include a rear wiper/washer.
The WRX Premium sedan and hatchback ($29,290) add heated seats, heated side mirrors and windshield de-icer, fog lights, a power sunroof and a rear spoiler (sedan).
The WRX Limited sedan and hatchback ($30,290) add leather seating and HID headlights.
The WRX STI sedan ($35,290) brings a more powerful engine, 6-speed manual transmission, multimode driver-controlled center differential, Brembo brakes, SI-Drive and adjustable VDC stability and traction control with Track Mode.
The WRX STI hatchback ($37,290) adds BBS wheels and a stiffer suspension.
The WRX STI Limited sedan ($38,640) adds leather seating and a power sunroof.
A 7-speaker navigation radio is optional on the Limited and STI trims.
All WRX and WRX STI models come with front-seat side-impact airbags, front and rear side-curtain airbags, electronic traction and stability control and Incline Start Assist, which keeps the vehicle from rolling backward when starting off on an incline of more than five degrees. The STI is equipped with Brembo performance brakes for better stopping power.
The Impreza on which the WRX is based excels in both independent and government crash tests. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gives the WRX four out of five stars in both the front- and side-impact crash test, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety chose it as a Top Safety Pick.
Behind the Wheel
Never mind the noisy cockpit and excessive tire noise. Forget about cheap plastic bits that can rattle and squeak on warm days. The Impreza WRX is all about driving. The turbocharged engine loves to run, and nailing the gas pedal to the floor at every stoplight can easily become an addiction. Push the WRX hard into a turn and the car sticks to the pavement with the tenacity of a gummy bear on a theater floor. The all-wheel-drive system helps greatly, as do the revised sport suspension and aggressive wheel-and-tire package.
In the STI, the ability to choose torque distribution and differential settings, coupled with the 305-hp engine, creates a driving experience worthy of the fastest supercar. It's no wonder the WRX has attracted many enthusiasts who will never be able to shell out $75,000 for a Porsche or BMW M but won't let that ruin their good time.
Other Cars to Consider
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution -- The Mitsubishi is the top-end performance rival of the WRX STI. The Evolution's ride is a bit harsher, and it only comes in sedan form, but its interior is better equipped, with such options as Recaro seats and a 710-watt Rockford Fosgate audio system.
Volkswagen GTI -- The GTI doesn't offer all-wheel drive, and its turbo engine isn't as powerful as the WRX's, but the GTI's ride is far more civilized -- as is its Audi-like interior -- and it's still a blast to drive.
Audi A3 -- For about the same money as the STI, you can get into a 200-hp turbocharged A3 with quattro all-wheel drive, a premium name and an exterior that doesn't scream "boy racer."
AutoTrader's Advice
The base Impreza WRX model is the best deal. The STI may offer the best performance, but its $35,000-plus price puts it into used BMW and Porsche territory. The base WRX offers plenty of power, doesn't have a rigidity-weakening sunroof cutting into its roof and comes nicely equipped with the features most drivers want. With a price starting at about $27,000, you can take the extra couple of grand you'd spend for leather seats and a power sunroof (Limited trim) and install a really nice aftermarket audio system.

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AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: Finished the season 15-10 overall and a record of 2-3 in WCC dual matches … earned All-WCC Honorable Mention honors … made SCU debut at the ITA Regional tournament with a win on Oct. 15 vs. Portland's No. 17 seeded Bryan Thorp 7-5, 6-0 … played primarily at No. 3 singles but also appeared at No. 4 spot … had four-match win streak from Nov. 6 to Jan. 26 and five-match win streak from Feb. 13 to Mar. 7 defeating then-No. 71 Arkansas, then-No. 60 UCSB, Cal Poly, Nevada and then-No. 71 Penn … played doubles with Maxime Armengaud, Eugene Muchynski and Keith Kamono throughout the season … with Armengaud, compiled 3-3 overall record and 0-2 in WCC contests at all positions and had four-match win streak from Nov. 6 to Jan. 26 … with Muchynski, went 4-7 overall and 2-2 in WCC play at No. 3 doubles … with Kamono, scored an 8-4 victory against Nevada on Mar. 5.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2010 graduate of Saratoga High School in Saratoga, Calif. … coached by Tom Uyehara … led 22-4 team record in his senior year … won third place at Newport Invitational … made all-American at Newport Invitational … made finalists of CCS and Norcal tournaments … played No.1 singles in sophomore and senior years … recorded an undefeated record as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Born in Scottsdale, Ariz. … parents are Mike and Geri Lamble … father played tennis at SCU … uncle George Kovacevich played baseball at SCU … has one elder sister, Kelly (19) … enjoys sports, video games and spending time with friends … his career goals are to win WCC Tournament and play in NCAA Tournament … studying in the Leavey School of Business.


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Luxury SUV Deals: October 2012
If you're looking for a good deal on a new luxury SUV, you've come to the right place. We've rounded up several luxury SUV deals in October for shoppers looking to get the best deal possible. And we've listed them below so that buyers can compare some of the top deals in the industry before setting out to buy or lease a new premium SUV.
Buick Enclave
Although Buick is no longer offering its Buick Experience lease deal on the luxurious Enclave, the GM brand still has several impressive deals available on the full-size crossover. In October, shoppers interested in financing a 2012 Enclave can get interest rates as low as zero percent for up to 72 months--a rare deal on a luxury SUV. Buyers looking to pay in full can also get a good deal, with Buick advertising cash back incentives of up to $2,000. Unfortunately, no offers are available on the 2013 Enclave, which received a revised interior and minor exterior revisions for the new model year.
Cadillac SRX
Cadillac is offering two incentives on its midsize SRX crossover in October. For shoppers looking to lease, the automaker is advertising a 36-month term with payments of just $399 after $2,599 at lease signing--a great deal, but only available if drivers are able to stay below a highly restrictive 830 miles per month. Buyers who would rather finance the SUV will also get a good deal in October, as Cadillac is touting interest rates as low as zero percent for up to 60 months--a better rate than the luxury brand is offering on its full-size Escalade, which uses an older design than the edgy, car-based SRX.
Infiniti QX
Infiniti has several lease deals available on its full-size QX56 SUV in October. According to the automaker, shoppers interested in a 2-wheel drive version of the V8-powered luxury SUV can sign a 39-month lease with payments starting at just $699 after $5,999 at signing. Drivers who would prefer to add the year-round comfort of 4-wheel drive will also get a good deal in October, as the SUV is available to lease with the same down payment at a monthly increase of just $40 over its 2-wheel drive stablemate.
Mercedes M-Class
Mercedes is running two lease deals on its midsize M-Class luxury SUV in October. According to the automaker, shoppers interested in leasing a 2013 ML350 4Matic can do so for 36 months at $619 per month after $5,313 at lease signing. While that's not a major savings over the SUV's retail price, it still represents a discount on a recently redesigned luxury SUV. Shoppers who don't need all-wheel drive get an even better deal, as Mercedes is offering the all-new, rear-wheel drive version of its ML350 for just $599 per month with $4,893 down--a great rate for buyers in mild climates.
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Volvo XC60
We're continually impressed by Volvo's compact XC60 luxury crossover, which features handsome styling, potent powertrains and a standard automatic braking feature designed to prevent low-speed collisions. In October, we're also impressed by deals on the SUV, with Volvo offering interest rates as low as 2.9 percent to qualified buyers for up to 72 months. The automaker is also offering a strong lease deal, touting a 36-month term with payments starting from just $399 after $3,893 due at lease signing. Need something larger? The 7-passenger Volvo XC90 offers the same low interest rate over 72 months, or a monthly lease payment of just $499 with $2,293 due at lease signing.
What it means to you: Strong manufacturer incentives mean several great luxury SUV deals are available in October.


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Everyone's help is needed in Lee and Collier counties to make the 20th annual national letter carrier food drive a success on Saturday, May 12. This is the day the nation's largest single-day food drive, "Stamp Out Hunger" is held.
This is the one day when letter carriers collect non-perishable food that has been left by mailboxes. Food collected in Lee County goes to the Harry Chapin Food Bank and several other food banks; food collected in Collier County goes to Collier Harvest. All food collected in food drives is distributed to participating agencies at no cost.
Individuals who won't be able to participate on, may drop off their food items at any Post Office for inclusion in the food drive. Food may also be left at Uncle Bob's storage areas at 3780 Central Ave., 4400 Solomon Blvd., or 6600 Industrial Dr., Fort Myers; 1320 River Rd., North Fort Myers; or 800 Abrams Blvd., Lehigh Acres.
Businesses can set up collection boxes for employees and customers who may not be able to leave food by their mailboxes on May 12. Virtually any kind of food may be donated in unopened, nonbreakable containers. Items especially in need are peanut butter, tuna, rice, beans, and canned meats, fruits, vegetables, and soups.
Volunteers are needed to assist letter carriers with their pickups on May 12. Contact Debi Mitchell in Lee County at5 573-9638. Volunteers are also needed to assist with preliminary food sorting on May 12. Contact Bedzaida Bryen at Harry Chapin Food Bank at 334-7007, or Kim Berghs at the United Way at 433-2000 (ext. 260).
The Harry Chapin Food Bank solicits, collects and stores quality food for distribution to families in need through a network of nonprofit agencies in Lee, Collier, Hendry, Charlotte and Glades counties, who provide food to more than 30,000 people monthly. Over 1 million pounds of food are distributed monthly. For every dollar donated, about $6 in food value goes back to the community. In the past calendar year, The Harry Chapin Food Bank distributed more than 13.7 million pounds of food and other grocery items valued at more than $22.5 million. This is roughly the equivalent of 11 million meals to people in need.
Additional information about or to contribute financially to the Harry Chapin Food Bank, contact 334-7007 or go to harrychapinfoodbank.org.


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Legendary Whistler Blackcomb is widely regarded as one of the top four-season resorts in North America.
The resort appears regularly in "Best of" lists from around the globe, winning for its incomparable skiing and boarding, as well as for its hotels, restaurants and golf courses. Whistler became even more world-renowned as the site of the alpine and Nordic venues for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Blending the charm of an alpine village with the amenities of an urban centre, the pedestrianized Whistler Village offers fine dining, vibrant nightlife, eclectic boutiques, revitalising spas and luxurious hotels.
Whistler is great for families too – it was chosen as #2 out of the Top 10 Family Vacations in Canada in the Travelers' Choice 2011 Best Family Vacations on TripAdvisor. Catch events like the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival in April, and Cornucopia: Whistler's Celebration of Wine and Food in November.
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Skiing or boarding Whistler Blackcomb is a truly epic experience. Two mountains offer a combined total of more than 200 runs over 3,307ha/8,171ac of terrain. Among the resort's many awards is Best Resort in North America in SKI Magazine's 2012 Readers' Choice awards
Visit the Whistler Sliding Centre to fly down the bobsleigh track at up to 125 km/hr, or go head first down the skeleton track. Whistler Olympic Park offers an Experience Biathlon program along with its spectacular Nordic trails.
This engineering marvel connects Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, with 360 degree views of the surrounding snow-capped mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes and forests. The special glass-bottomed gondola adds an extra thrill.
Learn about the area's two distinct Aboriginal cultures in this world-class facility. Tours include singing and drumming, exploration of the museum's vast collection of art, including totems, masks and textiles, and a film presentation of local Aboriginal history.
Whistler is home to a staggering number of trails, with options for every skill level. Explore rugged forest trails, smooth logging roads, and everything in between. Or get your adrenaline rush at Whistler Bike Park, North America's largest.
Hike or walk to streaming waterfalls, crystal lakes and rugged backcountry, with plenty of options for day trips or overnight camping. Ride the chairlift to the peak and enjoy breathtaking views of glaciers, meadows full of flowers, alpine lakes, and summit after summit.
Whistler is home to four award-winning courses designed by the greats: Jack Nicklaus, Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Arnold Palmer and Les Furber. The scenery at each is spectacular, with a backdrop of snow-capped peaks and an abundance of wildlife.
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The famed Sea-to-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler is one of the world's most beautiful driving routes. Panoramic ocean vistas and soaring, snow-capped mountain peaks abound. Another option is the Rocky Mountaineer's Whistler Sea to Sky Climb, a scenic train journey originating in North Vancouver.
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Robert Paul Gomez, 26, of Big Spring died Sunday, April 17, 2011. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Myers & Smith Chapel with Kenneth Carson officiating. Burial will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.


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Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
Now look. I know there is a lot of debate going on in the skepto-atheosphere, much of it very necessary (and some of it very much not). And that's fine. That's what we do. We make assertions, we question, we argue, and sometimes things get heated or personal. It's hard to avoid, because as rational as we aspire to be, we are still human. But to my mind, one aspect of all this arguing (much of it going on within the Freethought Blogs network, much of it on Twitter) has crossed a line. A dangerous one.
Yes, the debate has crossed the threshold into meme abuse. The overuse of a particular humorous image has offended my tastes once too often. And to all who have been beating this dead aesthetic horse, I ask:
On to the news.
Kansas is trying to muck up science education yet again, with one board of education member saying that teaching evolution in lieu of "balance" with creationism is "problematic," because "they are preferring one religious position over another." What might that religious position be? You know, that other religion, secular humanism.
You lucky, lucky people! Videos from the talks and panels at the Women in Secularism conference are trickling in! Here's what's up so far:
- Susan Jacoby: "The Dearth of Women in the Secular Movement"
- "The Intersection of Non-theism and Feminism" with Rebecca Watson, Sikivu Hutchinson, Ophelia Benson, Jennifer McCreight, and moderator Annie Laurie Gaylor
More to come!
CFI-NYC posts video of its event with CSI's Ben Radford on "The Truth About Psychic Detectives"
Yesterday Michael De Dora of our Office of Public Policy sounded the alarm about a dangerous ballot initiative in North Dakota that allows religious belief to be used an excuse to break the law. At Friendly Atheist, I make some more noise about it, along with a funny Monopoly card image
Leo Igwe, Nigerian humanist and skeptic activist, is interviewed by Kylie Sturgess at the CSI website:
I have this very strong conviction that even if everyone who lives in my country or on the continent turns against me, I can still look them in their faces and say, "Look, you are wrong—I'm not going to be confrontational but I will make all efforts to present my ideas to you."
Atheist mega-philanthropist Todd Stiefel does a lengthy Reddit Q&A
CFI intern Tony Lakey celebrates the 200th post at his blog at the University of Missouri Skeptics, Atheists, Secular Humanists, & Agnostics
Part Two of the Center Stage episode of "Women's Rights as Human Rights" is up
Hemant: Pete Stark, the only open atheist in Congress, may have a reelection fight on his hands
Rev. Oliver White of the United Church of Christ loses two-thirds of his congregation for supporting same-sex marriage equality. "They thought I was a heretic," says White.
The Institute for Emerging Ethics & Technologies, a "transhumanist" group, claims from a survey that over 70% of their site's readership is atheist/agnostic, and at the Catholic publication First Things, Wesley J. Smith calls this atheists' (sad) excuse for a religion, comparing it to the Raelians
Sarah Posner blog-heads with Marie Ashe on the history of American religious freedom as it has applied to women
Justin Dyer at The Public Discourse on how the Founders' notions of religious liberty are not necessarily compatible with "modern concerns":
The first challenge is leveled at those who would interpret every religious statement uttered by one of the American founders in some public capacity as an example of "ceremonial deism," a kind of pro forma tradition rooted in a distant past and long detached from any actual theological content. The second challenge is aimed at those who overreach in the other direction by highlighting the theological aspects of early American politics while ignoring the complexity of the founders' views of the relationship between church and state.
David Gibson at RNS reviews the past decade of the Catholic Church's dealings with child sexual abuse
With friends like these…Mr. Popey-head praises QE2's "noble vision of the role of a Christian monarch"
David Mason in WaPo: As powerful as the Christian Right is, they're still stuck with a "non-Christian" as their not-Obama choice for president
It seems to be true: The Emir of Kuwait has refused to sign the death-for-blasphemy bill send to him by parliament
Asian Human Rights Commission: End Indonesia's blasphemy law
Also in blasphemy: Spanish filmmaker faces prison time for a short film about "cooking Christ" that "offends religious feelings"…from 1978
And yet! Spain is pondering taxing church property
Here's a depressing first paragraph of an news article:
Louisiana is embarking on the nation's boldest experiment in privatizing public education, with the state preparing to shift tens of millions in tax dollars out of the public schools to pay private industry, businesses owners and church pastors to educate children.
John W. Loftus has some questions about Freethought Blogs' mission
Michael R. Powers at HuffPo weights the pros and cons of reporting on "fringe science"
The Loch Ness Monster's distant relative, "Minnie," shows up in Minneapolis
Quote of the Day
I don't think any student anywhere should have to stand up for this.
– Collingswood High School senior Chelsea Stanton, an atheist, winning her fight to opt out of the Pledge of Allegiance (hat tip Hemant)
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Modest, respectful little Indian tale...lousy with Red Commie propaganda. Warner Bros.' Archive Collection of hard-to-find cult and library titles has released Hiawatha, the 1952 drama from "Poverty Row"'s Monogram Pictures--their last before morphing into Allied Artists--based on...um, well...no, it's not really based on Longfellow's epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha, and starring Vince Edwards, Yvette Duguay, Keith Larsen, Morris Ankrum, Eugene Iglesias, Ian MacDonald, Stuart Randall, Katherine Emery, Stephen Chase, and Armando Silvestre. Intolerant P.C. dogma today would dismiss Hiawatha right off the bat for committing the 1950s Hollywood cardinal
"sin" of casting White actors in Indian roles (heaven forbid), while no doubt celebrating Hiawatha's thinly-veiled Cold War attack on America's super power nuclear status...when really the opposite should prevail: Hiawatha's pacifist element sounds nice but doesn't work (it never does...), while its quiet, positive view of Indian life that couldn't possibly exist in a "racist" 1952 Hollywood Indian picture, plays quite well, giving the viewer an admittedly simplified but considered view of pre-European Indian life in North America. No extras for this acceptable Cinecolor fullscreen release.
Ojibway brave Hiawatha (Vince Edwards), hunting deer with Pau PukKeewis (Keith Larsen), Chibiabos (Eugene Iglesias), Kwasind (Armando Silvestre), and others, encounters an Illinois hunting party on Ojibway land. Hiawatha councils a peaceful overture of friendship, which seems to be mirrored by the opposing party's leader, but hate-filled warrior Pau PukKeewis (Keith Larsen), unprovoked, sinks an arrow into an Illinois brave and a deadly fight ensues. Back at camp, Pau PukKeewis addresses the Chiefs' Council, telling them that the Ojibway's peaceful isolation has endangered them, and that Chief Megissogwon (Ian MacDonald) should let him scout the strength of their enemies, the Illinois and the Dakotah. Hiawatha disagrees, calling Pau PukKeewis' account of the battle a lie, and urging a scouting party to see if the Ojibway's enemies could be their friends, instead. Both are given their heads, with Pau PukKeewis going to Illinois territory, and Hiawatha to the Dakotah. Before he leaves, Hiawatha is threatened with death by Pau PukKeewis, while Hiawatha's grandmother, Nokomis (Katherine Emery), tells Hiawatha the story of his mother's demise: she married a brave from another tribe, whom abandoned her with child. Hiawatha splits up his scouting party, only to be mauled by a bear and rescued by Dakotah arrow maker, Lakku (Stephen Chase). Lakku looks kindly on this lost enemy, even though his headstrong daughter, Minnehaha (Yvette Duguay), wishes to kill Hiawatha. As his wounds heal, the kindly, romantic Hiawatha breaks through Minnehaha's anger and they fall in love. Hiawatha's wish to marry her is granted by Chief Megissogwon, but is resented by many in the tribe, particularly scheming Pau PukKeewis, who plans on scuttling Hiawatha's latest mission of peace: asking the Dakotah for winter food when the corn crop fails...rather than killing for it, as Pau PukKeewis suggests.
I'm certainly no expert on pre-European Native Americans, nor on Hiawatha, but from what little I remember from school (and a brief scan on the net), no one seems to know, exactly, who Hiawatha was, or what he did...or even in what century he lived. So whatever liberties Monogram took with his biography can be forgiven in the license of dramatic art: Hiawatha is no more egregious, in the strictest terms of biography, to the real Hiawatha's legacy than when Longfellow lilted about the shores of Gitche Gumee (despite some critics who frequently go off the rails when a cinematic biography jumbles the "facts"--and when has a Hollywood biopic ever not done that--most viewers, far smarter than elitist critics any day, know they're just movies). In this B-picture take on the legendary Indian leader (there have been numerous cinematic adaptations of his life, particularly during the silent era), then-contemporary 1950s politics lie not so subtly beneath the so-called biographical surface, with the real Hiawatha's purported role as a peacemaker and tribe-uniter used as a framework for some thinly veiled jabs at American military might, courtesy of Red Channels alumnus, screenwriter Arthur Strawn (Hiawatha was his last official credit, no doubt before he was blacklisted). Reportedly, Monogram repeatedly delayed a biopic on Hiawatha immediately after WWII out of fear that his story could be somehow seen as pro-communist...a concern that either apparently waned, or was somehow assuaged at the front office, when one sees how clearly screenwriter Strawn (with an assist by Dan Ullman) grafts Red-tinged Daily Worker pacifist carps about American muscle onto Hiawatha's efforts to unite his fellow tribesmen.
In Hiawatha, Hiawatha is portrayed as a soft-spoken proponent of peace at any cost, constantly counseling for talk rather than war. In the movie's opening scene, his hunting party finds enemy raiders on his land, but he instinctively trusts them, and councils friendship with them. He's also later willing to meet his enemies unarmed, to prove his convictions of non-violence. His nemesis, Pau PukKeewis, is a murderous, scheming warmonger who will lie and cheat and dishonor his own tribe to satisfy his bloodlust--a one-dimensional bloodlust that the screenwriters never attempt to explain. When Hiawatha defeats Pau PukKeewis in their first death match, Hiawatha refuses to kill him, which the movie takes as another positive sign of the innate "rightness" of Hiawatha's pacifism. Of course what the movie doesn't comment on is the price of Hiawatha's pacifism: had Hiawatha killed the clearly evil, troublemaking Pau PukKeewis when he first had the chance, the many subsequent deaths caused by Pau PukKeewis's continued duplicitous war campaign, would not have happened.
You can take this generalized pacifist streak in Hiawatha as merely a pro forma dramatic device to set up the movie's conventional conflict between Hiawatha and Pau PukKeewis, but the "peace at any cost" trend gains weight as political mouthpiece theatre when coupled with Strawn's veiled, anachronistic jabs at America's super-power status. As Hiawatha and Minnehaha begin to communicate, they wonder at how they were brought up to unreasonably distrust each other, because of predetermined prejudice instilled in them by their tribes/government (a reoccurring, frequently expressed--and naive--lament in the 1950s from those who couldn't separate the Soviet people from their threatening, abusive, murderous government). When the Ojibway tribe suffer a devastating corn crop failure, Hiawatha is positive their enemies will just give them what they need (did he ever think they only just enough for themselves?), just as the Ojibway will give their enemies food when the Ojibway are flush (all Hiawatha had to add here would be, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,"). Most glaring of all, when the War council Chief Iagoo (Morris Ankrum), mortally wounded, sees the carnage of his latest battle, he magically renounces his honorable, brave warrior heritage and gravely intones, "If we don't make our enemies fear us, we, in turn, will not need to fear," a liberal rap popular with the Fifth Column back in the 50s when attacking nuclear America's "peace through strength" military/foreign policy (...a rap, tragically, we keep hearing today, right up to our present political abominations). You can debate till the Soviet farm tractors come home whether or not any of this stealth indoctrination is valid (here's a hint, dumbski: it's not); the real problem in Hiawatha is how poorly and ham-handedly this feel-good drivel is integrated into the narrative, with Hiawatha sounding not like a fierce, savvy Native American warrior testing the waters of tribal unification, but rather a CUNY poly-sci student earnestly holding court at a Party meeting.
All of which is a shame, because when Hiawatha drops the Party line, it's a simple but rather enjoyable "Western," if you will, with the then-unfamiliar time line context of having no White men yet on the scene. All the familiar conventions we auto-pilot associate with cowboy and Indian Westerns--most obviously, the clash of Native American and White cultures--are absent here. Whether or not Hiawatha's portrayal of Indians in this pre-European America is ethno-sociologically correct is a matter for a historian, but in comparison to some other less-enlightened Westerns that were in theaters and on television at the time, Hiawatha's Native Americans are shown to be cognizant, thoughtful, characters, capable of kindness and cruelty, acceptance and distrust (racism among different Indian tribes would rarely be portrayed at this time), and speech that transcends monosyllabic grunts and pigeon English. Director Kurt Neumann (Tarzan and the Amazons, Rocketship X-M, Kronos, The Fly) achieves several quite lyrical montages of the Indians going about their daily lives, as well as several well-choreographed action scenes (just skip the silly fake bear attack). The Bass Lake, California scenery is beautiful and a reasonable facsimile of primordial Algonquian forest (most welcome for a Monogram opus: everything is shot outside), while composer Marlin Skiles contributes a lovely score unexpected in this kind of cheapie. As for the performances; the old pros do fine; Larsen is necessarily one-note as the evil Pau PukKeewis; Duguay is utterly hopeless as the famed Minnehaha (she plays this storied, mythical creature like a petulant, snotty American teen), and muscular Vince Edwards looks and sounds right as the soft-spoken, determined Hiawatha. Had Monogram and company stuck with this relatively realistic look at Indian life before the White man came, and ditched all the phony Cold War platitudes, Hiawatha might have turned out to be a minor little gem.
The DVD:
The Video:
The fullscreen, 1.37:1 transfer for Hiawatha is a tad soft, with muted color, some scratches and dirt, and some contrast issues here and there. Not bad, considering.
The Audio:
The Dolby Digital English mono audio track is re-recorded on the low side, with minimal hiss. No subtitles or closed-captions.
The Extras:
No extras for Hiawatha.
Final Thoughts:
Those Commie Indian punks. Actually, Hiawatha is a small but interesting little "Western" drama when it sticks to Indian life in pre-European America. However, whenever Red Channels' scribe Arthur Strawn has Hiawatha toe the Party line, the results will make any Western fan Red in the face. I'm recommending curiosity Hiawatha.


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This certainly isn't the place for a massive argument about learning methodology. So no flame wars. Note, it also doesn't matter what language, how old or anything like that.


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WASHINGTON : The beleagueredUSgovernment claims it was only trying to protect American lives when it took the drastic step of seizing journalists' phone records in a probe of what it calls a major security breach.
President Barack Obama's administration, embattled on several fronts, now faces a barrage of criticism that the step undermined freedom of the press.
Attorney General Eric Holder hit back on Tuesday, defending the action in which the Justice Department secretly took two months of telephone logs from news operations of the Associated Press.
He said this was done as part of a probe into a security breach which had put the American people at risk.
"I've been a prosecutor since 1976. And I have to say that this is among, if not the most serious ... a ... very, very serious leak," Holder said.
"That's not hyperbole. Puts the American people at risk. And trying to determine who is responsible for that, I think, required very aggressive action," he declared.
The investigators' action is believed to be linked to a probe into a story on a foiled terror plot, which they suspect contained leaked information.
The AP said its story disclosed details of a CIA operation inYementhat stopped an Al-Qaeda plot in 2012 to detonate a bomb on an airplane bound for theUnited States.
Holder said he had recused himself from the probe because he was interviewed by the FBI about unauthorized disclosures in the matter.
A Justice Department statement said that since Holder's recusal in June 2012, the investigation "has been conducted by the FBI under the direction of the US Attorney and the supervision of the deputy attorney general."
The White House sought to deflect criticism that it was targeting the news media in its war on leaks.
Obama spokesman Jay Carney said the White House was not involved in the decision to seek AP records and the Justice Department operates independently.
"It would be wholly inappropriate for the president to involve himself in a criminal investigation that... at least as reported, involves leaks of information from the administration," Carney said.
The AP protested the seizure Monday in a letter to Holder saying "there can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection."
In a reply to the AP, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the probe into leaked "classified information" began last year and warned "such disclosures can risk lives and cause grave harm to the security of all Americans."
Cole said agency rules require that other steps be exhausted before the seizure of phone records, and the action was taken only after "conducting over 550 interviews and reviewing tens of thousands of documents."
He said the subpoenas were "limited to a reasonable period of time and did not seek the content of any calls."
In a new response to Cole's letter, the AP's chief executive, Gary Pruitt, disputed this, insisted the inquiry had not been "narrowly drawn" and said that more than 100 journalists work in the locations targeted.
"The White House had said there was no credible threat to the American people in May of 2012. The AP story suggested otherwise, and we felt that was important information and the public deserved to know it," Pruitt said.
The revelation of the seizure brought a flurry of criticism of what critics called an unprecedented assault on press freedom.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, a leading member of Obama's Democratic Party, told reporters: "I have trouble defending what the Justice Department did... it's inexcusable."
Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation said: "It's time to stop looking at all of these leak investigations and prosecutions as ancillary to press freedom; they are a direct attack on it.
"This should be an important wake-up call for journalists."
Other analysts noted that the Obama administration had already gained a reputation for aggressively pursuing leaks of government secrets.
"It's surprising and concerning to me that they would sweep so broadly in the search of AP phone records," David Pozen, a specialist in constitutional and national security law at Columbia University, told AFP.
"It certainly seems like an aggressive interpretation of the Justice Department's subpoena policy."


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TUSCALOOSA, AL (AP) - Alabama tailback Eddie Lacy, cornerback Dee Milliner and right tackle D.J. Fluker are entering the NFL draft.
Lacy and Milliner announced their plans to skip their senior seasons Friday at a news conference. Coach Nick Saban says Fluker couldn't be there but made the same decision.
Milliner is considered a potentially early first-round pick. He had two interceptions and 22 pass deflections.
Lacy was MVP of the national championship game after rushing for 140 yards and scoring two touchdowns.
The 6-foot-6, 335-pound Fluker started 35 games for the Tide and was a second-team Associated Press All-American.
Fluker and Lacy are regarded as likely early round selections.
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tapsiwinkler necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a logo for the membership site part of our main website http://www.NoteBuyingProfits.com (-> but that URL is NOT put on the logo!)
(We are selling educational products for Real Estate Investors, but re buying & selling MORTGAGES, not houses.)
Membership part of it will be called 'Private Access Club' – and offers ongoing support.
Private Access Club
see above, but again:
We are looking for a logo for the membership site part ofour main website http://www.NoteBuyingProfits.com.
(We are selling educational products for Real Estate Investors,but re buying & selling MORTGAGES, not houses.)
Membership part of it will be called 'Private Access Club' –and offers ongoing support.
The design should still be somewhat related to the maincompany's logo (see http://www.notebuyingprofits.com – the font thereis 'MINION', fyi), but… at the same time could/should have its own spin.
(Maybe find a symbol that brings out the 'Private Access'nature of this (that it's 'exclusive'/hidden/mysterious/not everybody can seeit)? Symbol of a KEY maybe? (Open to other creative ideas re that, for sure.)
Some other guidelines: yes, this has to be 'trustworthy' (weare selling a 1k product on the main site & dealing with people who areplanning to invest a lot of money in their biz (and will pay $97/mth for this 'PrivateAccess Club' membership fee), but at the same time, I don't want this to be tooserious/conservative/'dusty'/corporate…
So, feel free to try a 'crazy one' as well… ;)
We want to convey the following qualities: real-life info,up-to-date, trustworthy, knowledgeable beyond a doubt, no-nonsense, FRESH,friendly
The text on the logoshould be:
Main text: NBP Private Access Club (-> NBP could maybe be in the previous logo's symbol(the 'document picture/symbol'- seewww.notebuyingprofits.com)?)
Underneath in smaller font size:
Your Key to Unlocking Your Note Buying Profits
(this text may still change…)
Please also include one without the tag line text
Thanks in advance!
- Text: NBP Private Access Club ('NBP' could be INSIDE the logo...)
- NEW tag line:
Your Key to Unlocking Your Note Buying Profits
- should convey being: real-life info, up-to-date, trustworthy, knowledgeablebeyond a doubt, no-nonsense, FRESH, friendly (NOT too corporate/traditional, though!)
- Feel free to try a more adventurous one... ;)
- not too corporate/'dusty'
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I am posting this here because he commited to UF this weekend and after they reviewed his film ESPN has moved him in the 150. But if this kid is legit and we offer, I do believe we flip him. He was born in AL and is a UA fan. He said he told CWM that UA was his top school and that UF was his 2nd school. UA has not offered this kid yet, but he thinks they will and plans on visiting this spring, probably A Day game. FWIW he also has a UA "A" tatooed on his chest. Again not sure he is a take. He comes in at 6'3 218 and runs a 4.4 40.
"I mean I was born and raised in Alabama," Lawson said. "I have an Alabama tattoo on my chest. That's the reason why. I'm just an Alabama fan. That's all there is about it. I mean Alabama is my dream school, off the top, No. 1. I told coach Will [Muschamp], 'Coach I was a Gator fan when I was in Alabama, they were like my second favorite team.
Rivals has not rated him yet.


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When Matt Logan purchased the property at 318 Riverside Drive in 2011, he soon realized the 2-acre tract would hold more than a restaurant.
The first phase of Logan's project launches this month, when Asheville GreenWorks opens its office on the property, beginning a three-year, rent-free lease.
"It started with the restaurant," says Logan, who also owns 5 Walnut Wine Bar downtown. "From there, we developed a plan of using the outside space, really trying to tie in community and nonprofits."
Call it Smoky Park
Logan has settled on a name for the restaurant that will open in spring of 2014: Smoky Park Supper Club, in reference to the highway bridge that shades part of the property. From 1951 until 2012, the bridge was called Smoky Park Highway Bridge. Last year, it was renamed for firefighter Capt. Jeff Bowen, who died on duty in 2011.
Logan hopes the name will give the restaurant a sense of place. "I wanted it to have something to do with this specific location," he says. "I think that's a great way to name places."
It's also a reference to a past era. "I know supper club is being used now as the underground dining thing, but in the '30s and '40s, supper clubs were big in the Midwest," he says. "They were really meant to be more of a restaurant and a social club, places you would go for an extended period of time. You might go for drinks and have dinner and stay for the entertainment. I think that really ties in with what we're doing here."
Taste smoke and fire
Smoky flavors will show up on the menu, too, Logan expects. He's in the early stages of forming a partnership with Mark Rosenstein, former owner of The Market Place and current board member of Green Opportunities. While their collaboration is still short term, Rosenstein says he's considering taking on a more permanent role at the restaurant.
Rosenstein is developing a catering company with the help of several GO: Kitchen Ready graduates. It focuses on cast-iron cookware and wood-fire heat. "The idea of cooking on iron contraptions is inspired by this guy out of Argentina, Francis Mallman," he says. "I've been cooking on wood and having these portable contraptions for a number of years."
Rosenstein's contraptions include an infiernillo (a three-tiered grill), a cauldron, a fire pit and an assortment of grills.
"The riverfront is the future of Asheville," he says. "It's growing in a way that's really organic, and there's another whole mindset about it."
Rosenstein headed The Market Place for 30 years. Since 2009, when he sold the business to chef William Dissen, he's been heavily involved in GO's job training programs. He's certainly not retired, he explains with a laugh.
The catering crew has a working title of The Iron Circus. Rosenstein and his fellows will demonstrate their techniques on Thursday, Aug. 15, at Root Ball, a fundraiser for GreenWorks that will be held on the property. (For ticket information, visit ashevillegreenworks.org/2013-root-ball.)
Even if Rosenstein doesn't sign on for the long-term at Smoky Park Supper Club, Logan says his influence will remain. When the restaurant opens in spring, its fare will focus on wood-fired eats (although not pizza, he says).
Block party
A couple of the property's buildings have been "up-cycled," as managing partner Kristie Quinn states it, from their former, somewhat derelict states. The GreenWorks office is among them.
But the restaurant building is conspicuously absent.
Logan says to watch for its sudden appearance by September in the corner of the property that borders the railway trestle.
If that timeline seems quick, it's because the building is already under construction in Jacksonville, Fla. Steel shipping containers will makeup the structure, so when they arrive, they'll be assembled quickly by SG Blocks, a group that builds similar structures worldwide.
Logan says finishing out the interior should take three to four months. Plus, he'll build wide, terraced decks around them. "It's all supposed to tie in with bringing this property back to life, allowing people in Asheville to enjoy the river and get outside," he says. "Because it's such a large property, it really gives us some great opportunities for outside and outdoors."
The grass is growing greener
Over the past two years, Logan and Quinn have focused on rehabilitating the land itself. The site used to be a cement dumping ground, so they've removed the buildup. In the process, they've been able to save a century-old Sycamore tree that shades the area. (Their efforts are part of the EPA's Brownfields Program.)
Logan says GreenWorks is a fitting tenant for the property, since their work focuses on environmental cleanup.
Eric Bradford, GreenWorks' clean communities coordinator, says the location will drive home the group's message. "The eventual ability of ours to create river cleanups from this property is priceless because, right now, we're having to haul boats all over the county to put in for different river cleanups," he says. "It's really easy to have advocacy when you can stand, and look at the river, and have a meeting staring at it, and say, 'This is what we're trying to improve.'"
GreenWorks has a new executive director, Sarah Oram, who expects the organization will experience growth in its new setting. (It has moved out of its former space around the corner on Depot Street.)
For more information about GreenWorks, visit ashevillegreenworks.org.


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So I have a domain server with the domain kudzugazette.com, and I have an installation of wordpress running at mainecampus.kudzugazette.com/wordpress. I set up a CNAME entry so blogs.mainecampus.com points to mainecampus.kudzugazette.com/wordpress, but now I want to be able to use mod_rewrite to turn on clean urls, and I'm having some problems. Some help would be greatly appreciated.
This is what was already in the .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mainecampus.kudzugazette.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mainecampus.kudzugazette.com$
RewriteRule ^blogs/?(.*)$ "http\:\/\/mainecampus\.kudzugazette\.com\/wordpress\/$1" [R=302,L]
Here's what WordPress wants me to put in the .htaccess file:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
Is there a way I can merge the two?


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Latest Features
What to Expect from Mark Barberio
In the old days of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Mark Barberio may be a 2-year veteran at this point in his career.
The Lightning had little organizational depth and if prospects showed flashes of NHL ability, they were called up to the big club and thrown to the proverbial wolves.
When new general manager Steve Yzerman took over, he changed all that, and Barberio is a prime example of his player development philosophy.
Barberio exited Moncton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League as a finalist for the league's top defenseman award, and in the second half of his rookie season started to show flashes of being an NHL defenseman some day. Under previous regimes and former organizational rosters, Barberio may have been rushed to Tampa. If not then, then surely he would be given a legitimate chance the following training camp.
Not so now.
Yzerman left Barberio in the minors last year and all he did was lead all AHL defenseman in scoring and win the league's Eddie Shore Award as top blueliner.
And that still wasn't enough to get him to the NHL.
Barberio didn't sulk when a numbers game forced him to remain in AHL Syracuse instead of joining NHL Tampa this January. He continued round out the small details of his game and serve as the engine that sparks the Crunch's offense from the backline.
Norfolk's championship in 2012 was a complete team effort, but like Dan Boyle of the Lightning in the mid-2000's, Barberio played an integral part of the team's success.
When the Lightning trimmed down to six defensemen at the trade deadline, the thought was either a new acquisition was coming in or Barberio was coming up. If there was a trade, it fell through, and Barberio was left in Syracuse instead of being called up. Then, when Victor Hedman suffered an injury, Matt Taormina got the call from the Crunch instead of Barberio, perhaps because of his NHL experience – necessary for the team's run to the playoffs.
The Lightning's last two games involved third period rallies without Hedman and therefore few capable players able to act as a fourth forward and lead the rush by pass or push.
One wonders how many times in the last two games new Lightning coach Jon Cooper – Barberio's coach for every game of his professional career – wished he had his team engine.
Barberio's first year of pro hockey was Cooper's first year with Norfolk and Barberio has grown with Cooper in his young career. Cooper puts a priority on getting defensemen involved in the offense and Barberio has played that role to a T in the last three years.
The 23-year-old has played in 70 games this season with the Crunch, posting eight goals and 40 points to go along with 44 penalty minutes and a plus-7 rating. He ranks third for assists (32) and fifth for points among AHL defensemen. The Montreal, Quebec native leads all Crunch defensemen in goals, assists and points. Of his eight goals this season, five have been recorded while on the man-advantage.
The 6-foot-1, 185-pound defenseman has skated in 212 career AHL games with the Crunch and Norfolk Admirals, posting 30 goals and 132 points with 111 penalty minutes. He registered two goals and nine points in 18 games during the 2012 playoffs.
Barberio was drafted by the Lightning in the sixth round, 152nd overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
We rank Barberio No. 7 among Bolt prospects.
What to expect
Barberio is a hard working, puck-moving defenseman with elite on-ice vision. He understands the offensive side of the game and acts like a quarterback from the blueline both at even strength and on the power play. He is smart about picking his spots to shoot and distributes the puck with precision.
His confidence grow in all areas of the ice in the last three years, especially in the offensive third. The best point producers have a swagger about them and Barberio has developed this.
Barberio fell to the sixth round of the draft because of a slight frame and he had a moderately awkward skating stride that some scouts felt that it would hinder his development. He also hadn't had a lot of prime ice time and scouts didn't foresee him breaking out the way he did.
He worked hard to turn his skating from a question to a relative strength, and now there is nothing that stands out negatively about his mobility. He has taken each moment of increased responsibility in stride and become a team leader on and off the ice.
Defensively, Barberio has improved his game considerably from his time in Moncton and he is no longer a liability on the ice. He is not a physical player, but will throw a hit when needed.
He had a nice hip check against Hershey on Saturday night.
Barberio has worked well with fellow prospect Radko Gudas in Norfolk and Syracuse and the two could be a common pair in the years to come for Tampa Bay.
Considering the current situations with the Lightning and Crunch, it's hard to predict if Barberio will be up for the duration of the NHL season or he gets a few games and is sent to help the Crunch before or during the first round of the AHL playoffs. Beyond this year, it's hard to envision a scenario where Barberio isn't a permanent addition to the Bolts.
It's time.
With the Lightning having an eye toward next year – and a top-4, puck-moving defenseman will be needed for 2013-2014 – the team likely wants to see what it has in Barberio at the NHL level before entering the off-season's free agency period. If Barberio excels, it could minimize the Lightning's need to spend cap dollars on a free agent or export assets via trade.
If Barberio struggles – especially in his own zone – he could be brought along slowly on the third pair until he hurdles the next obstacle in his way.
Either way, he's a part of the team's future.
At the least, Barberio can make a career as a power play asset used as a 6/7 defenseman similar to Marc-Andre Bergeron the last two years. He has the ability to be a 45-point defenseman at the NHL level in the right system, and Cooper employs that system.
That will take some time, but the former sixth rounder has proven he's patient.
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