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On July 23, 2010, CNN anchors Kyra Phillips and John Roberts discussed on air the idea that bloggers should be somehow "held accountable" or perhaps regulated in some way. Here's the video of that exchange.
It's no secret that CNN and other so-called mainstream media outlets, both broadcast and print, have had for some time now an ongoing loss of viewers and readers. A number of traditional journalists from time to time have had and expressed an almost open hostility towards bloggers and the Internet. They perceive the Internet as a threat to their business models, and their vaunted self-appointed job as information "gatekeepers."
If you look back over the past few years, almost every major story, particularly scandal stories, originated first on blogs. In many cases the mainstream media were dragged kicking and screaming into reporting stories. The clearly forged National Guard documents that ultimately ended up forcing CBS to fire evening news anchor Dan Rather comes to mind from a few years ago. Bloggers quickly picked up on the fact that the supposed National Guard documents had been typed up in the default template for Microsoft Word and then ran through a fax and/or copy machine a number of times to make the documents look dirty and/or old. The trouble was, Microsoft Word didn't exist in 1973. If it weren't for bloggers, this story would have likely never come to public light, and what is clearly a forgery and a made-up story would have passed into the public mind as the truth.
Should free speech be curbed? Should bloggers somehow be licensed or officially regulated in what is purportedly a free country? Should we be forced to get our news from "professional" or even "licensed" journalists?


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They say good things come in small packages and the tiny exhibition space 'Vejer Inspira' is certainly a case in point…
The gallery first opened to the public on Friday 1st July and has the following opening times:
Tuesday to Sunday 11am -1pm and 7pm – 9pm
Vejer Inspira on opening night (above)
My wall (above)…decked out with my signature stenciled cockerels, some collages, a limited edition print of my cow skull drawing, original pen and watercolour drawings of Vejer and various prints of illustrations including the Chicken Buses, Gas Bottle, Discord Nancy and the CD cover for the album Jauja by Mr Groovy and the Blue Heads.
Vejer Inspira was conceived and set up by Sabine Friedrich (left), an accomplished painter from Germany, who generously invited me and three other Vejer based artists to share the walls and shelves with her.
The other artists who are exhibiting in the Vejer Inspira space are:
Blanca Gortari – who paints gorgeously colourful swirls and dots on pretty much anything that stays still long enough (right)….I am the proud owner of a Renata keyring and have a pair of reading glasses on my wish list…
Gustavo Paradiso – originally from Argentina, who designs fabulous contemporary jewelry (left)
Debra Berger – whose fairy tale ceramic concoctions are displayed on a small scale here but feature as grand installations in various locations including her delightfully restored Vejer town house.


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To make a TURTLE, in these beginning stages - gestations - it is ideal that I reside in situ for up to three months. This will enable me to become familiar with the place and the people, and with facilities: art galleries, museums, cinemas, cinemathéques, music venues, people's homes and other potential places for TURTLE related installations or events.
PARIS is an obvious next stop because I am so familiar with the city, many people there are already involved in TURTLE and many have yet to be able to participate. And there are several ideal locations.
BEIRUT is a goal. Already there are several artists and writers involved, and curators, locations and people who will play a part. And the TURTLES themselves!
BRUXELLES because of the shared spirit and enthusiasm of Tania Nasielsk who will help build TURTLE from her home, Argosarts and the Cinématheque. I have a history with Bruxelles through my musical past, and Chris Marker has a nice story discovering Medevedkin there and i am uncovering Victor Serge. NEW YORK will come. TURTLE can happen in large cities and small locations, DÜSSELDORF was a wonderful last minute surprise without 3 months planning!
It is hoped that others can develop TURTLES of their own, outside large cities, sharing items and info. TURTLE is a spirit. TURTLE should always be open and continue to change and build throughout its exhibition time, and beyond. It will embrace the last minute and unexpected.
TURTLE should be an environment which is alive, inspiring and unpredictable.
The audience for TURTLE includes its participants - they are, in truth, the primary audience.
Locations for exhibition of objects could be in someone's home, an empty space in transition or waiting to become something, a model space in a building under construction as well as established galleries and professional spaces. TURTLE would involve students of all kinds (art, music, film, philosophy, literature, science...) to help organize and run the show!
An offshoot of TURTLE - KINOTECA - would be a more permanent space to also deal in an eclectic selection of books, dvd's and cd's. It would not be a store one would rely upon for anything but discovery. In addition, and addendum, there would be a small video screening room also for discovery. Always programmed with the unexpected mixed with the classic - always free and not advertised (but for special events).
And all aspects of this KINOTECA would be interactive. People will be invited to select their favorite book, film or music and it can be available for a limited time. It can be a new work or of the past. Very few, if any, items would be permanently stocked. A history will be built, building, as part of the essential spirit of TURTLE. Everything will have its time, nothing of permanence, but not because of war - civil or other!
KINOTECA could also incorporate a café of drink and possibly food. But NO turtle soup!


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Sri Harold's parables give the essential teachings of ECK in ways that open our heart to spiritual truths and divine love. Enjoy these delightful stories from Sri Harold. Beautifully illustrated by artist Amanda Gunz, they are for youth of all ages.
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This is a dark time for those who worry about big money's outsized role in American politics. Radical Supreme Court rulings, a comatose Federal Elections Commission, and ever more shameless political operatives have obliterated the campaign-law edifice that stood shakily for four decades. The 2012 race will be dominated by secret funds, unlimited special-interest gifts, and massive independent expenditures. Expect corruption not seen since Watergate.
Will all this stir a backlash? Perhaps. I am more skeptical than many that the current mood of disquiet will translate into a reform moment. What can we do to tip toward positive change?
Yes, we need to organize—lobby better in D.C., rabble rouse better in the countryside. And assuredly we must mount a long-term legal drive to overturn Citizens United. But these things are not enough. Let's face it: Campaign-finance reformers have not engaged in serious rethinking in decades. We need a revitalization of policy goals as well. A compelling reform agenda is critical to persuading cynical citizens that something can actually change the status quo.
The next generation of reforms must build on the hopeful trends of recent years. The small-donor revolution most evident in the 2008 Obama campaign is real, if incomplete. Social media have begun to transform campaigning while lessening costs. A new democracy movement, I believe, should pursue two key reforms that share a premise of maximizing participation.
First, we must finally and fully embrace a model of public funding focused on boosting the power of small donors. For example, New York City's system provides multiple matching funds for small contributions. A contribution of $100 becomes $700 (real money, even in Tribeca). Candidates fuse their fundraising and organizing strategies.
Imagine the impact of such a small-donor match on a presidential campaign, especially given the rise of Internet fundraising. We should explore other new ways to augment small-donor giving—for example, refundable tax credits for small gifts. These plans could work without the limits on spending that have proved constitutionally controversial and hard to enforce.
Such an approach does not end all private fundraising. (Indeed, it recognizes that some giving is a token of enthusiasm by real live voters.) It does not purport to stop spending by wealthy candidates or independent groups. It does, however, create an alternative platform on which to build a different kind of politics without addiction to special-interest funding.
The second key pro-participation reform is to ensure that every eligible citizen can vote. This year, state legislatures across the country abruptly enacted harsh new laws restricting voting rights. The Brennan Center, in our authoritative study, concluded that at least five million eligible citizens could find it much harder to vote in 2012. That's more than the popular-vote margin in two of the last three presidential elections. Hardest hit: minority, poor, young, and elderly voters.
Voting-rights groups are pushing back and will succeed in blunting or blocking some of these measures, but most will stay in place. Dispiriting defensive fights cannot be our entire future. To quote Winston Churchill, "Wars are not won by evacuations." We have proposed the Voter Registration Modernization plan, which moves toward universal registration. If the government assured that all eligible citizens were automatically registered, as Canada and Britain do, that shift would add 65 million voters to the rolls, permanently. It costs less and curbs the potential for fraud, too. Frustratingly, the Democrats did nothing to advance this when they had control of both congressional chambers and the White House. Fortunately, 17 states over the past few years moved to implement major parts of the plan anyway, often without partisan rancor.
We need to fight for both these things—small-donor public funding, voter-registration modernization—together. They offer a vista of a participatory democracy where the voices of ordinary citizens are most influential. Linking the issues offers a chance to break through the walls that often divide activists who focus on one or the other topic. I have sat through far too many earnest conclaves where campaign-finance reformers puzzle over how to bring racial and ethnic diversity to their coalition. Meanwhile, an energized, passionate, and increasingly angry movement—with deep roots in communities and in our history—is mobilizing to protect the right to vote.
As we design the next wave of reform, let's heed the words of the great progressive New York governor Al Smith, who declared, "All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."


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Pure Joy: Watch This Baby Experience Rain for the First Time
Did I expect to cry when I saw a video of an extremely cute lil baby experiencing rain for the first time? No, I did not. And yet, here I am, all misty-eyed and stuff. (It was the first "WOW!" that really set me off.)
According to Colorlines, this video shows 15-month-year-old Kayden going out in the elements for the first time. I am literally never going to complain about the weather again because just look what the weather has begotten. (Spoiler alert: there is a little damp dog that pops out at the end, so prepare yourself accordingly).
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I think educational leaders (I have been making my voice heard in a few venues, most recently this morning) need to begin to challenge these assessments due to the issues of inequality for all children. We have moved from testing endurance to testing technological proficiency. When will the powers that be consider the best way to assess learning of content? And content exit exams are not the answer…
What I think we really need is to have a more realistic approach at the center of the argument. If what we need to do is better prepare our students for a 21st century workforce, we need to provide them with a 21st century education. That is one that does not espouse archaic Carnegie units for graduation and standardized assessments as measures of achievement. We need classrooms without walls; we need project based instruction and project based assessment; we need personalized learning plans for all students that appeal to their interests and their talents while they support their areas of need. We need students who can read and write for a variety of purposes, make change and leave a tip without use of their cell phones. We need to have our students play and exercise more and take advantage of more authentic learning experiences and get them out of INDUSTRIAL age K-12 assembly line classrooms. We need to offer "Option Two" type programs to ALL students and forget about the way we are used to "doing" education in the country. We need to move towards a system, like Finland, where they have virtually NO standardized testing and very high international academic achievement.
We aren't preparing our students to work on farms and in factories any more. We aren't preparing them to work in a suit and tie, in a bank, or in a shoe store for their entire lives. The youngest billionaire in the world (Mark Zuckerberg) goes to work in cargo shorts and flip flops. Most work places offer creative outlets for game playing and relaxation. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and even the banking industry aren't looking for "schooled followers." They want creative leaders and problem solvers with original ideas! We are NOT preparing our students for an uncertain world five years from now. What is the federal government doing to help us get the students where they need to be? Reauthorizing ESEA? Supporting National Standards and National assessments? It isn't enough. What we need is a TRANSFORMATIONAL OVERHAUL in the way we "do" education in this country. And I'm frightened that the "powers that be" (including a whole host of non-educator politicians) think that common standards, national assessments, and holding teachers accountable for student achievement will get us there. They won't!
We need to redefine the role of the teacher and the training of the teacher. We need to redefine the definitions of achievement, of learning and of preparation. We need to celebrate creativity, teach independent and collaborative work habits, demand ethical behavior, model service, foster leadership and promote a love of learning in our children. None of that can be assessed on a standardized test! We need to cut the crap, and do what is GOOD and RIGHT for all students. We need to embrace a new type of education in this country, and neither political party gives me much hope today.
I am all for improving education and student achievement. However, current reform efforts miss the mark, as the end result will be the transformation of schools into testing factories. Will this prepare our students for success in today's society? Is this what we want for our schools?


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A young man who drank a quart of soy sauce went into a coma and nearly died from an excess of salt in his body, according to a recent case report.
The 19-year-old, who drank the soy sauce after being dared by friends, is the first person known to have deliberately overdosed on such a high amount of salt and survived with no lasting neurological problems, according to the doctors in Virginia who reported his case. The case report was published online June 4 in the Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Too much salt in the blood, a condition called hypernatremia, is usually seen in people with psychiatric conditions who develop a strong appetite for the condiment, said Dr. David J. Carlberg, who treated the young man and works as an emergency medicine physician at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Hypernatremia is dangerous because it causes the brain to lose water. When there is too much saltin the bloodstream, water moves out of the body tissues and into the blood by the process of osmosis, to try to equalize the salt concentration between the two. As water the leaves the brain, the organ can shrink and bleed, Carlberg said.
After the man drank the soy sauce, he began twitching and having seizures, and the friends took him to an emergency room. That hospital administered anti-seizure medication, and he was already in a coma when he was taken to the hospital where Carlberg was working, the University of Virginia Medical Center, nearly four hours after the event.
"He didn't respond to any of the stimuli that we gave him," Carlberg said. "He had some clonus, which is just elevated reflexes. It's a sign that basically the nervous system wasn't working very well."
The team immediately began flushing the salt out of his system by administering a solution of water and the sugar dextrose through a nasal tube. When they placed the tube, streaks of brown material came out. Within a half hour, they pumped 1.5 gallons (6 liters) of sugar water into the man's body.
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The man's sodium levels returned to normal after about five hours. He remained in a coma for three days, but woke up on his own.
For several days afterward, a part of his brain called the hippocampus showed residual effects from the seizures. But a month after the event, he showed no sign of the overdose: He was back at college, and doing well on his exams, doctors reported.
A typical quart of soy sauce has more than 0.35 pounds (0.16 kilograms) of salt, the researchers said.
Most cases of sodium overdose happen more gradually. In the 1960s and 1970s, doctors actually gave salt to patients suffering from poisoning, to initiate vomiting, until they realized its harmful effects.
Though it's rare in the United States, consuming excess salt was a traditional method for suicide in ancient China, according to the case report.
Carlberg said he believes the young man survived because the team got his sodium levels down so quickly.
"We were more aggressive than had been reported before in terms of bringing his sodium back down to a safer range," Carlberg told LiveScience. Reducing sodium levels more slowly has had poor or mixed results in the past, he said.
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Tia is the managing editor and was previously a senior writer for Live Science. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Wired.com and other outlets. She holds a master's degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington, a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Tia was part of a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that published the Empty Cradles series on preterm births, which won multiple awards, including the 2012 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.


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LAPA Ltd. is a Dutch venture established in Riga in 1991. Our aim is to supply world first class shipping companies with crews from the Baltic States and Ukraine. LAPA Ltd. provides crews for all types of vessels in compliance with the ITF standard of contracts.
We also offer specialists/experts for Ship Management & Technical Management industry.
LAPA Ltd. has been licensed by the Latvian Maritime authorities as a crewing agent.
LAPA Ltd. has facilities, equipment and manpower to meet the requirements of our clients. Read more →
The ISO 9000 family of standards relate to quality management systems and are designed to help organizations ensure they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders. ISO 9001:2015 certification gives us a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Read more →
The full range of services available in our company includes selection and recruitment of duly qualified and trained officers, payroll arrangements, crew insurance, contract and visa formalities. Read more →
We offer marine training courses defined by STCW convention and Maritime Administration of Latvia (including GMDSS, Medical Care, ECDIS, BRM, Ship Handling and Competence Updating Course for Masters, Deck Officers and Engineer Officers). All these training programs have been approved by the Maritime Department of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia. Read more →
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Sam Hunt Goes on Wistful Mexican Road Trip for 'Downtown's Dead' Video
Sam Hunt's single "Downtown's Dead" tells a morose story of a man who isn't able to fully enjoy himself while thoughts of a past lover still linger on his mind. For the song's video, Hunt took the sentiment of not being able to "paint a ghost town red" and ran with it visually by shooting the clip below the border, in a picturesque but achingly lonely feeling Mexican rural landscape.
Hunt chooses to get out of his mind by hopping on a motorcycle and heading down south, where he cruises arid dirt roads and wanders around semi-deserted cobblestone streets. The overall feel is wistfully picturesque, and viewers will probably come away with the feeling that even a solo road trip to foreign lands wasn't enough to erase his troubles.
Perhaps part of the reason the video rings such a believable note is that the song itself was created quite authentically. One of the song's co-writers, Zach Crowell, told Taste of Country that the tune's terse lyrical message is a direct reflection of the way Hunt was feeling during an off period with the woman who would eventually become his wife; and that the composition is a good example of Hunt's talent for striking a balance between commercial and artistic sensibilities.
"There was a time where they broke up when his career was taking off," Crowell explains. "There were things going on around him that he didn't want to experience without her — him realizing that what he wanted in his life was to be back with [his girl]."
Hunt is currently hitting stadiums through summer with Luke Bryan, and has plans to release a new single before autumn is upon us.
See Photos of Sam Hunt from the 2018 Taste of Country Music Festival


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The Sacramento Police Department will conduct a sobriety and drivers license checkpoint on Friday, March 26, 2010, in the north area of the City. Traffic flowing through the checkpoint will be contacted by uniformed officers, who will be checking for alcohol and/or drug-impaired drivers. Officers will also check to make sure all drivers have a valid driver's license.
The purpose of the checkpoint is to promote public safety; increase awareness of the dangers associated with drinking and driving, and serves as a deterrent to potential impaired and unlicensed drivers.
Approximately four hours prior to the implementation of the checkpoint, there will be a press release specifying the location and approximate duration of the operation.
Funding for these programs is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Please direct any inquiries to Sergeant David Hargadon at (916) 808-6069. Media is encouraged to attend the checkpoint in an effort to spread awareness about the impacts of drinking and driving.
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You set time and date during the initial startup of your watch. After this, your watch uses GPS time to correct any offset.
Once you have paired with Suunto app, your watch gets updated time, date, time zone and daylight-saving time from mobile devices.
Under General » Time/date, tap Auto time update to toggle the feature on and off.
You can manually adjust time and date from the settings under General » Time/date where you can also change time and date formats.
In addition to the main time, you can use dual time to follow the time at a different location, for example, when you are traveling. Under General » Time/date, tap Dual time to set the time zone by selecting a location.
Your watch has an alarm clock that can sound once or repeat on specific days. Activate the alarm from the settings under Alarm » Alarm clock.
Besides standard fixed alarms, you will also find an adaptive alarm type based on data for sunrise and sunset. See Sunrise and sunset alarms.
To set a fixed alarm time:
First select how often you want the alarm to sound. The options are:
Once: alarm sounds once in the next 24 hours at the set time Weekdays: alarm sounds at the same time Monday thru Friday Daily: alarm sounds at the same time every day of the week
Set the hour and minutes and then exit the settings.
When the alarm sounds, you can dismiss it to end the alarm, or you can select the snooze option. The snooze time is 10 minutes and can be repeated up to 10 times.
If you let the alarm continue to sound, it will automatically snooze after 30 seconds.


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Ok so we've seen the 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC and the 2011 Citroen DS3 WRC, now its time for the 2011 MINI Countryman WRC to get unveiled.
2011 MINI Countryman WRC is being presented to visitors at the 2010
Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris, and the company says that Kris Meeke
(GB) has already being confirmed as one of the drivers in the 2011 World
Rally Championship which will debut in February in Sweden.
The The 2011 World Rally Championship will see the new 2011 MINI Countryman WRC competing
in six of 13 scheduled rounds, while starting from 2012 the car will take on the whole season.
Powered by a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder Di turbo-charged engine found on the MINI Cooper S Countryman which packs 135 kW / 184 bhp the 2011 MINI Countryman WRC is probably able to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 7.6 seconds due to the fact that the car weights less, has a stiffer suspension, and various other rally competition enhancements.
MINI press release :
Note: This press release is a 1:1 copy of the original issued by MINI headquarters in Germany. Noadaptations have been made to cater for the UK market.
Paris.Visitors to the 2010 Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris (FR) can look forward to a special treat: The new MINI WRC, which will contest the FIA World Rally Championship from 2011, will receive its world premiere at this international motor show. In addition, Kris Meeke (GB) has been confirmed as one of the drivers who will contest the championship with this brand new rally car.
The MINI WRC, powered by a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder Di turbo-charged engine, recently received a baptism of fire, acquitting itself well during initial testing at Prodrive's rally track. The company commenced development of the car in 2009, and a concept of the MINI WRC will be displayed in Paris. "The Paris Motor Show is the perfect stage, on which to launch our MINI WRC," says Ian Robertson, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing. "The response to our announcement that MINI will return to the world of rallying next year was very positive. The FIA World Rally Championship is the pinnacle of rallying, making it the ideal platform for demonstrating the competitive spirit of our brand. The development of the car isrunning on schedule, and the preparations for the world championship are in full swing. The MINI Countryman production model provided the ideal basis for our new world championship challenger."
The 2011 World Rally Championship will see the new MINI WRC contesting in six of 13 scheduled rounds, with MINI competing in the full 2012 season. In addition, Prodrive plans to make available customer versions to independent teams for use in the championship.
Rallying is hardly unchartered territory for MINI. In the past this popular motor sporting genre decisively shaped the image of the brand. The MINI Cooper S became a true legend through its numerous victories on Rally Monte Carlo. The European Rally Championship, too, saw MINI notch up serial successes. "MINI can look back on a successful tradition in rallying," says Dr WolfgangArmbrecht, Senior Vice President Brand Management MINI. "The interest in motorsport among the present generation of MINI customers is massive. The WRC provides an excellent communications platform for the MINI Countryman,upon which the MINI WRC is based."
Prodrive, an experienced motorsport operation, was chosen as the partner in the quest to continue MINI's success story. The company, founded by David Richards, is viewed as one of the most respected and successful in rallying. "This project is a truly passionate opportunity," believes Richards. "MINI is a cult brand which left a lasting impression during its previous motorsport campaigns. We are both extremely happy and proud to be on board as a partner when MINI returns to rallying. We aim to use 2011 as a preparatory year, amassing experience in order to ensure we are fully competitive from the start of the following season. But let's not underestimate the task ahead of us nor the stiff competition we will face on the way, however our target is firmly set on winning the World Championship title again with MINI."
Prodrive was founded in 1984, and has established itself as one of motorsport's leading independent teams. Currently employing over 500 staff, the company is based in Banbury (GB). Among other successes, Prodrive has to date won six World Rally Championships, five British Touring Car titles, and scored three class victories in France's classic Le Mans 24 Hours.
Kris Meeke has been confirmed as the first driver to compete for Prodrive in the MINI WRC. The rally ace from Dungannon (GB) first came to prominence when he won the British Junior Rally Championship in 2002. Numerous victories and titles were to follow. With support from his long-term mentor and former rally world champion, the late Colin McRae (GB), Meeke has been able tosuccessfully establish himself on the rally scene. The Northern Irishman celebrated his most recent success last year, when he won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC).
The MINI Countryman is the youngest MINI model and also the first to be equipped with an all-wheel-drive system. Therefore this model provided the logical basis for a competitive rally derivative. The flagship MINI Cooper S Countryman is powered by a 1,6-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine, supplemented not only by a twin-scroll turbocharger and direct fuel injection, but also fullyvariable valve management – so offering by far the best relationship between engine power and fuel consumption in its class. The engine produces an impressive 135 kW / 184 bhp, and accelerates the MINI Cooper S Countryman from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.6 seconds.
As part of the MINIMALISM concept, a range of fuel- and emission-reducing features are fitted as standard and/or in appropriate combinations, including Brake Energy Regeneration, the Auto Start/Stop function, Shift Point Display and the need-based operation of ancillary components.
All MINI Cooper S Countryman and MINI Cooper D Countryman are optionally available with permanent MINI ALL4 all-wheel drive, with an electro-hydraulic differential positioned directly on the final drive varying the distribution from front to rear in an infinite process. Under normal driving conditions up to 50 per cent of the engine's power goes to the rear wheels; under extreme conditions up to 100 per cent, offering a new, high-traction rendition of the agile handling so typical of MINI.
The heart of the MINI WRC is the BMW Motorsport-developed 1.6 litre, fourcylinder Di turbo-charged engine which can be deployed not only in the WRC, but also in other championships running to the FIA's Super2000 regulations. The power transmission takes place via an Xtrac 6-speed, sequential gearbox. For its outings on the rally stages, the MINI Countryman chassis has been fitted with a roll cage developed by Prodrive, which exceeds the strict safety
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Aleppo, the most populous city in Syria, has become in August the center stage for one of the most tragic urban battles of the country's five-and-a-half year civil war.
The first battle of Aleppo that began in July 2012 and lasted for months, brought some of the worst of the earliest fighting to an industrial and cultural capital home to some 2.5 million Syrians before the war.
By early 2013, after thousands of deaths and widespread urban destruction (including parts of Aleppo's old city and the Great Mosque of Aleppo), a stalemate developed between the eastern half, controlled by various Sunni rebel groups and the western half, controlled by the Syrian army that supports president Bashar al-Assad.
Last week, rebel forces — including the hardline militia formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra — broke through to Ramouseh, a key sector in the southwest of the city. Among other things, Ramouseh is home to some of the most important bases in the area for the Syrian army. More importantly, the rebel offensive hoped to open and secure a corridor between the besieged eastern half of Aleppo to other rebel-controlled areas to the south of Aleppo that could provide a pathway to food, water, power and other supplies to the rebel-controlled portions of Aleppo.
As of last week, the rebels had the upper hand after pushing into Ramouseh. Over the weekend, however, the Syrian army reclaimed some of its territory and effectively halted the rebel advance with punishing support from the Russian military.
Meanwhile, civilians across Aleppo (in both the government- and rebel-controlled areas) face a growing risk of a humanitarian crisis, lacking access to basic necessities like electric power, food and water in fierce summertime conditions. Intriguingly, Russia's defense minister Sergei Shoigu also claimed over the weekend that Russian and U.S. forces were close to taking 'joint action' on Aleppo. It's odd because Russian president Vladimir Putin firmly backs Assad, while US officials have expressed the view that Assad's departure alone can bring about a lasting end to the civil war. One possibility is a pause in hostilities to allow aid workers to provide food, water and medical care to civilians caught in what has become one of the deadliest battles in the Syrian civil war to date.
As the battle for Aleppo dominates headlines about Syria's war, it is quickly becoming a symbolic fight for Syria's future. Continue reading Who should you want to win the battle for Aleppo?


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Health Reform Source reports:
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released guidance on the two key components that determine the level of protection that private insurance plans will provide to consumers under health reform. The first involves the services that insurance plans must cover, and the second involves how much patients must pay out-of-pocket for those services.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes new rules for what insurers must provide for both components starting in 2014. This requires balancing sometimes competing goals of standardizing plan design — which provides certain guarantees to consumers no matter where they live or what plan they choose and facilitates comparisons across insurers – and permitting more diversity of choices in the marketplace. With recent guidance issued by the federal government on benefits and patient cost-sharing, how insurance options could vary by plan and by state has become quite a bit clearer.
Covered Services: The ACA requires HHS to identify essential health benefits for insurance plans offered in the individual and small group markets. The covered benefits must include at least 10 categories: ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; and pediatric services, including oral and vision care.
While quite comprehensive, these 10 categories also leave some room for variation, including specifically what services within a category are covered and whether there are limits on those services (e.g., caps on the number of visits for physical therapy or home health care, both of which are quite common today). Rather than specify a complete standard benefit package, the federal guidance would let each state determine those specifics by choosing a benchmark plan. This is similar to the approach used for the Child Health Insurance Program. Options available to states for the benchmark include: one of the three largest small group products in the state, one of the three largest plans offered to state employees, one of the three largest national plans offered to federal employees, or the largest Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in the state. States would need to augment the chosen benchmark if it does not provide coverage for one of the required categories (e.g., habilitative services). Benchmarks will certainly vary from state to state, but the covered benefits will likely look relatively similar.
The guidance also allows insurers within a state to vary what services they cover. The federal guidance uses the concept of "actuarial equivalence," meaning that plans can trade one benefit for another so long as the coverage overall provides the same value on average for consumers. The guidance offers two options for plans to make these benefit trades. One would allow equivalent substitutions only within each of the 10 overall categories. The other would allow substitutions across categories as well, providing plans with greater flexibility. The HHS bulletin indicates that further guidelines will be issued so that insurer substitutions will not result in discrimination against enrollees or applicants with health conditions.
Insurers will also have flexibility in how they actually cover certain benefits. For example, all plans will have to include prescription drug coverage, but the formularies that specify which drugs are covered will vary. The federal guidance requires only that plans cover at least one drug in each class (e.g., antidepressants, drugs to lower cholesterol, protease inhibitors for HIV, etc.). This is somewhat different from federal standards for Medicare prescription drug plans. Medicare plans must cover at least two drugs in each class, and for six protected categories – antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs, anticonvulsant drugs, cancer drugs, immunosuppressant drugs used by transplant patients, and antiretroviral drugs used by patients with HIV – all or substantially all licensed drugs must be covered. Plans also will have different networks of providers and different ways of managing access to providers and covered services.
Cost-Sharing: How much patients must pay out-of-pocket for covered services is determined by a measure called "actuarial value" (AV), which is the percentage of health care expenses a plan would cover on average for a standard population. For example, a plan with an actuarial value of 70% would be expected to cover on average 70% of health care expenses, with enrollees paying the remaining 30% through some combination of deductibles, copays, and coinsurance.
Some amount of diversity in cost-sharing is built into the statute itself, with plans required to offer coverage in any of four standardized "metal tiers:" bronze (AV of 60%), silver (AV of 70%), gold (AV of 80%), and platinum (AV of 90%). (To put this in perspective, current employer-based plans have an average actuarial value between gold and platinum, and current individually-purchased plans have an actuarial value between bronze and silver.)
Within each tier, insurers could design a wide range of options with varying deductibles, copays, and coinsurance to meet the specific actuarial value. The only cost-sharing element specified for all plans is a cap on total annual out-of-pocket costs, equal to the out-of-pocket limit in Health Savings Account qualified plans (currently $6,050 for an individual and $12,100 for a family).
Lower-income enrollees who buy coverage through a health insurance exchange would have lower out-of-pocket caps and be eligible to enroll in plans with lower cost-sharing levels. For example, enrollees with incomes between 150% and 200% of the poverty level ($34,575 to $46,100 for a family of four) would have an out-of-pocket maximum equal to one-third of the standard level (e.g., a little over $2,000 per person) and receive coverage with an actuarial value of 87%.
The recent federal guidance indicates that actuarial values will be determined using a standard calculator developed by the federal government, rather than allowing insurers to use their own data and assumptions. This means that two plans from different insurers with the same plan design will have the same actuarial value. This approach could mitigate one potentially large source of variation across insurers in the cost-sharing they require of patients within a given tier. Last year, for example, Kaiser commissioned three consulting firms to estimate the cost-sharing that would be required in 2014 to meet the actuarial value thresholds in the ACA using their own data and some common assumptions. The results varied tremendously. For a silver plan with 20% coinsurance, the estimated deductible for a single person ranged from $1,850 to $4,200.
The guidance notes, however, that the calculator may not be able to provide results for some complicated plan configurations, such as tiered networks or donut hole designs. Insurers may be able to adjust the way they use the calculator in these situations, introducing more subjective actuarial judgment into the calculation. States would also be given flexibility to customize the actuarial value calculator using local data, which could result in some variation across states in what cost-sharing is required.
There are still a number of outstanding questions about how the rules governing benefits and cost-sharing will work. For example, will plans be prevented from discriminating against very high-cost patients by imposing substantial cost-sharing or limiting coverage for specialty drugs and other services affecting a small number of people? Will consumers be able to readily recognize and understand variations in plan benefit and cost-sharing designs, and evaluate the differences in protection they offer?
But, the basic approach for how this will all work is now coming into view. Individual consumers and small businesses will be able to choose from a very wide range of options, from bronze plans offering essentially catastrophic coverage to platinum plans with much lower cost-sharing (and higher premiums). Deductibles and other cost-sharing features will vary somewhat from plan to plan and state to state, but a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum plan should provide approximately the same degree of protection everywhere. Benefits may vary somewhat across the country, depending on the benchmarks that states choose, and across insurers as well. That variation is likely to be more around limits on the number of days or visits that are covered rather than outright exclusions for entire categories of services, and coverage will certainly vary less than it does today.
Different people, of course, will come to different judgments about how this approach balances the goals of ensuring minimum protection for consumers, comparability, and diversity of choice."


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Buffalo Function Series 20cm Casserole
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Better heat conduction, lighter in weight, innovative Thickness Varied design, and a perfect thickness of 3.2mm, Buffalo is 25% lighter than traditional 5-ply cookware and yet 30% more efficient in heat conduction. Whether you stir fry, boil, pan fry, or deep fry, low heat achieves high temperature, significantly reducing smoke and saving energy.
- Suitable for families of 2-3
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- No chemical coating applied
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- Polished wear-resistant surface: Our exclusively polished cookware surface is wear-resistant that withstands everyday wear and tear, enabling it to retain that brand-new shine.
- Pure water cleaning: Buffalo's 5-step pure water cleaning process eliminates all oily residues and the need to sterilise new cookware before the first use. This lets you cook with peace of mind and eat healthily.
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Creating GarageBand podcasts on classroom iPads is a great way to blend technology and learning. Project assignments that incorporate podcasts created with GarageBand iPad app tap student's communication and collaboration skills.
GarageBand has been around for a few years on the Mac and is known as a powerful tool for making music. However, it has a voice feature that can be used for adding vocals to music . . . or just as easily for recording your voice on a podcast. Even better, you can use the same tool for creating a musical opening or background soundtrack.
With the range of options offered for music and voice along with the capability to export and publish your final product, GarageBand has become the popular choice for many people producing simple podcasts on iPads.
GarageBand is a powerful recording tool. The following steps give you a quick-and-dirty introduction to using GarageBand for podcasting:
Create a new song with a few simple tracks.
You'll use this short song as a themed intro each time you create a new podcast. Of course, you may also consider adding some royalty-free music.
Save your theme by tapping the My Songs button in the top right of the display.
You're returned to the My Songs browser display.
Make a copy of your theme music by tapping and holding your Theme in the My Songs browser and then tapping the + copy icon.
Tap Done and then select your copy to use for your podcast.
You'll find yourself back in TrackView, where you can tap the Instruments button on the top toolbar.
Tap the Audio Recorder to begin recording the podcast.
Tap the Record button, and speak clearly and directly into the iPad microphone.
The iPad mic is located in the top-left corner when the iPad is facing you (with the Home button at the bottom).
You could also use an external microphone attached to the iPad to record your podcast. Using an external microphone may help you improve the sound quality of your podcast.
Press the record button at any time to stop.
Listen and re-record as often as needed.
Tap and hold the podcast in your My Songs view and then tap the Share icon above it to select how you want to share it.
Your options include uploading to a SoundCloud account, taking it into iMovie if you want to add images or video, or sharing it via iTunes or e-mail.
You can publish your GarageBand podcast via iTunes. Tap iTunes from the Share menu, and save your podcast as an iTunes file or as a GarageBand file for editing on a different computer. To publish, select iTunes.
Start iTunes on your computer with your iPad connected wirelessly or by cable. Click your iPad in the source list and select your iPad's Apps pane on the top tabs. Scroll to the File Sharing options at the bottom of the window and select GarageBand. Your podcast should be listed, and you can drag it to your desktop or any folder. Now you're ready to submit to iTunes.
Go to Apple's website for all the details of podcast submission.
You can also publish your podcast by uploading to a blog-based website such as Posterous or WordPress. Apple also provides Podcast Producer as part of its Mac OS X Server installations; you may want to look into it as an option for publishing your podcasts.
Keep things moving if you want to maintain interest. Try to keep topic segments around seven minutes or less. Using guests or recorded interviews is a great way to mix the conversation flow and tone. You should also consider incorporating musical backgrounds and little jingles as a way to transition between topics in a longer podcast.


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FORTUNE -- Modern America has long paired the "American Dream" with home ownership. The idea of staying put, paying property taxes and periodically mowing the lawn belonged to citizens who were somehow more American than the poor saps who could only afford to rent the place they called home.
The notion isn't accidental. Ownership and the American Dream are deeply linked in government policies that favor mortgages over rent payments, dating back before Herbert Hoover was elected president in 1929. As secretary of commerce, amid the Red Scare, Hoover trumpeted homeownership, believing that if one had an equity stake in the country, they'd less likely fall under the spell of Communism. What followed during the Great Depression were a spate of federal measures to help troubled homeowners, at a time when half of all mortgages were in default.
Massive government programs supporting ownership still exist today, but record home foreclosures and spiraling prices have forced a redefinition of the American Dream -- one that includes renting.
In today's weak housing market, ownership has ceased to be an investment vehicle that millions used to trade up into the houses of their dreams in the boom years. And it's not an ATM machine for constant refinancing, either. Instead, for the past four years, ownership has been a culprit of distress. In June, one in every 411 housing units received a foreclosure filing, according to RealtyTrac Inc. Between 2006 and 2009, home prices fell more than 32%, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index.
Renting on the rise
With homeowner markets stressed, it appears renting has become more appealing than owning. Between 2004 and 2009, the number of renter households rose nearly 10% or by 3.4 million, according to a 2010 study of the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The rise was most dramatic in the Midwest, where growth of renter households swung upwards by 15.4% between 2004 to 2009. The South added the biggest number of renter households with a 1.2 million increase from 2004 to 2009, the study states.
All that has made Capitol Hill rethink its definition of the American Dream. As recently as the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, the mantra of homeownership was almost synonymous to civic duty, but top policymakers now say that homeownership isn't necessarily good for everyone.
In May, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan testified before a House committee that the financial crisis proved the need for a better balance between ownership and rental housing. And HUD senior official Raphael Bostic last week told the Washington Post: "In previous eras, we haven't seen people question whether homeownership was the right decision. It was just assumed that's where you want to go," Bostic said. "You're not going to hear us say that."
Owning a home wasn't always as easy as the liar loans of 2000's made it. When the economy went bust during the Great Depression, legislation intended to stimulate plummeting housing starts and defaulting mortgages laid the foundation for a bigger role of government over the housing market. Hoover signed the Federal Home Loan Act, and in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Home Owners' Loan Corporation to provide low interest loans.
And the government was just getting started: a flurry of legislation was passed over the ensuing decades, helping veterans, minorities and the populace as a whole secure mortgages. But it appears the pendulum has swung.
"The government shouldn't blindly encourage homeownership," says Joe Gyourko, real estate finance professor at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. "If the government does anything the government should encourage people to make the right decision."
Gyourko says that he's not entirely against the idea of homeownership. After all, as a father of two, the 53-year-old professor owns a home. But he stresses that ownership should be looked at more broadly -- beyond any kind of long-term investment or cost benefit over renting.
Owners don't pay the landlord, but they pay taxes and maintenance costs on their house, and Gyourko says those costs can end up being roughly the same.
As far as buying a house as a smart long-term investment, Gyourko says that's not always true. He says between 1975 and 2008, the price for houses of similar quality and size appreciated an average of about 1% per year after inflation. Investors could have earned more by buying Treasury bills.
The post-crisis role the federal government decides to play in the housing market remains to be seen. In response to plunging home prices and record foreclosures rates, the Obama administration is pursuing an overhaul of policies that could put much less focus on homeownership. The administration could also scale down government support of home loans and put more focus on affordable rentals, but it isn't clear what direction officials will take.
The issues with Fannie Mae (FNM, Fortune 500) and Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500), the mortgage-finance giants seized by the government in September 2008 amid huge problems with bad loans, remain a touchy topic with lawmakers.Their combined bailout, according to some estimates, could reach $1 trillion -- a figure some might pin as the ultimate cost of generations of policies geared to favor home ownership.
Many blame the agencies' loose lending practices for contributing to the financial crisis. Republicans wanted the mortgage giants' fates to be addressed in the recently approved Dodd-Frank bill overhauling the nation's financial regulations, but that didn't happen.
However lawmakers define the government's role in the housing market, consumers have already begun redefining the American Dream: One where it has become socially OK to mail in a rent check rather than a mortgage coupon.
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Friday, October 12, 2007
Reel People: Denzel Washington is Melvin B. Tolson
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson was born in Missouri in 1898. Son of a Methodist minister his family moved around between Iowa and Missouri. In 1922 he married Ruth Southall while in college.He graduated with honors from Linoln University in Pennsylvania.
After graduating he and his wife moved to Marshall, Texas where Melvin B. Tolson would began teaching Speech and English at Wiley College. After a short leave to begin pursuing his masters degree at Columbia University in 1930, Tolson returned to Wiley College and not only taught but also worked with an award winning debate team. The crowning achievement of Tolson's debate team was their National Championship win in 1935, beating Harvard in the final debate.
Tolson was also known for his writing particularly his poetry. In 1947 he began teaching at Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma. That same year, Tolson's poetry became recognized more after becoming the poet laureate of Liberia. Tolson also served a 4-year term as Mayor of Langston in the 1950s as well.
Tolson's died of cancer surgery 1966 and was buried in Langston, but his legacy lives on through his writing, and the influence he had over the man students through out the years of teaching.
In addition to Denzel Washington, the film's cast also includes Oscar winner Forest Whitiker, Kimberly Elise, and young star Denzel Whitaker (who's actually named after Denzel Washington).
This biographical film, in conjunction with his portrayl of Frank Lucas in American Gangster, could certainly earn Washington some critical awards attention for his portrayl of this Real (Reel) Person.
11 comments:
- AK said...
Does this movie take place in Marshall? If so, how interesting that 2 movies (this one and We Are Marshall) in recent times are about events that took place in the tiny town of Marshall, TX. I didn't realize that much happened in Marshall.
(As a side note, the most important thing that ever happened in Marshall was the birth of my mother.) - October 12, 2007 8:13 AM
- RC said...
@ ak, i don't know if they filmed in Marshall, but with the movie dealing with the debate team, the setting will surely be Marshall and various spots along their debates to nationals.
Maybe someday they'll make a bio-pic about your mom and they can have a Marshall, TX trilogy. - October 12, 2007 5:47 PM
- Lorna said...
How strange that you should mention J Depp and D Washington. In quite a different context, I did the same in my blogatheday.
- October 12, 2007 6:00 PM
- Michael Parsons said...
You have been nominated! Thanks!
http://mystuffandcrp.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-thrill-to-be-nominated.html - October 13, 2007 5:10 AM
I hate to be a party pooper, but Marshall University, "We are Marshall." is in W. Virginia... - October 13, 2007 12:03 PM
- Terence Towles Canote said...
A bit of trivia here. Melvin B. Tolson was born in Moberly, the town just down the road from my hometown. I rather suspect he is the most famous person ever born there (although he grew up elsewhere). although not the most famous person born in the county (that would either be General Omar Bradley or Captain William T. Anderson (better known as "Bloody Bill").
- October 13, 2007 4:40 PM
Somebody needs to get their facts straight on this story. It reports that the Wiley College debate team won in 1935 over Harvard University. However, Wikipedia (the free online encyclopedia) states that the victory in 1935 was over the University of Southern California. So which is it?
- December 25, 2007 8:00 PM
The film is actually filmed in Louisiana, because Texas was having severe weather issues during the time of the filming.
- December 29, 2007 8:20 PM
- jane said...
My mother was born and raised in Marshall. Bill Moyers did a PBS speical on Marshall, his home town, in 1984. In it he interviews James Farmer Jr. Farmer talks about Tolson and the influence he had on his life. He said Tolson was asked to leave the college, before Farmer's time, and the Pres of Wiley College called the white bank Pres and said we need Tolson. The white bank Pres said I will fix it. It is a good documentary on Marshall. My grandmother was in it as well.
- January 07, 2008 5:45 PM
to dstan
they beat the University of Southern Claifornia - April 02, 2008 6:59 AM
- Wizdom's World said...
WI am very honored with my son's participation and his professor. I would like to also that denzel and texas southern university.
- December 13, 2009 10:41 AM


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1a. Here are the highlights:
2. The Jackets made a late push in the 3rd period and almost tied it up with about 12 second left on a Jason Chimera shot. Upon further review, it was revealed that the puck went under the side bar and thus never crossed the goal line.
2a. The referees never told the Nationwide crowd that part - they just said that the puck never crossed the goal line. The crowd didn't accept that very well.
2b. The Twitter post of the week followed from SeppeSai: "You're forgetting that the common NHL referee feeds on human misery. Our sadness is his bread, our tears his wine."
3. The Jackets scored on two ugly little garbage goals - which warmed my heart. Both Jason Chimera and Jake Voracek did the tough work in/around the crease to get the puck past the line. And Chimera almost got another in the same manner. Gotta like that.
4. Thanks to my sister-in-law and the rest of my big brother's (Blue-Grey Jacket?) family for inviting the Dark Blue Jacket family to join them in the loge for tonight's game. Dark Blue Onesie won't be attending a Jackets game this year, but you can bet that he'll be there in the years ahead.
4a. If you EVER get a chance to see a game from loge seats, jump at the opportunity. Really. It's a great way to watch a game.
4b. I snagged a couple souvenir schedule cups for home use. If you read this blog, you know that's important.
5. I'm not sure what I expected from the crowd in the return of Adam Foote, but the booing every time he stepped on the ice seemed....underwhelming.
5a. The pregame signs facing Foote as he warmed up were cute. None particularly innovative ("Foote still sucks" for example), but it's the thought that counts.
5b. I think we had more (weak) hits on Foote than shots on goal in the 1st period (4).
5c. Why didn't we have some big guys on Foote? It seemed like he was being bodyguarded by Huselius and Brassard. Those guys don't lay hard checks...
5d. Perhaps the biggest disappointment of the loss is that Foote got the win.
6. Turnovers again were a problem. Not a problem on the level of the Toronto game, but a problem nonetheless.
7. In his postgame presser, Hitch suggested that the team lacked the sense of desperation - the feeling of loathing losing. See for yourself:
I'd agree. There is a definite lack of urgency. Perhaps, as Hitch suggests, the return of Dorsett (and maybe Modin?) will light a fire under some of the players.
7a. Hitch also said that, because of the rough game schedule, they haven't had a real practice in three weeks. If you were wondering why the Jackets have pretty much looked the same - night after night - that might be the reason.
8. If you really don't bother showing up until halfway through the 2nd period, you shouldn't expect to win. And Columbus didn't.
9. I again didn't miss listening to the Fox Sports Ohio announcing team.
9a. I did listen to the CBJ radio guys on the postgame show on XM Home Ice on the way home. They took calls from listeners and, in a refreshing display of candor, agreed with a lot of what the irritated masses had to say. When they disagreed, they took the time to explain why. I like George and Bob.
10. Just another couple of games, and the CBJ will be a .500 team. It'll happen before we know it!
NEXT UP: The (not-so) feared Florida Panthers invade Nationwide on Wednesday night. It's a game that we should probably win, which means we'd best bring our A-game lest we get ambushed again.
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