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Best Basketball Players of All Timerhamilt The most dominating and revolutionary players ever.
The Top Ten
Best player the world has seen and will see. Just looking at him inspires you to become a basketball player. No matter what anyone says, Jordan is the best basket-baller.
Amazing how quickly people forget how good he was. Bobby Knight who coached him in the 84 Olympics once made a statement saying he is the best player to ever play any team sport. Knight might has been an ass at times, but he knew talent and if one of the few who knew Michael would be as great as he was. He also made Pippen and Rodman the players they are due to his desire to win. Paul Westfall after getting beat by Jordan was asked by reporters did you say you had to stop Michael. Westfall replied, nobody can and we never said we could, the only way stop Michael is rip his heart out. He was red in the face and left the podium. How many great players did he keep from winning a championship: Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, Karl Malone and basically everyone on the Dream Team unless they played for the Bulls or when Jordan was playing baseball, Hakeem O. Who was picked a head of Jordan in the 84 draft. It was a good pick, with Jordan playing baseball he was able to win 2 championships ...more
The best player ever! Everybody will know the one who is going to surpass him. (if that day will ever come)
IF YOU'RE DOING DRUGS, STOP IT - CostcoHotDogs
Seriously, you put Iverson ahead of Magic Johnson? You have lost all credibility with 98% of your audience. No one on this list exhibited the versatility, vision and capability to make others around him better than Magic!
Now Magic what a player the most unselfish in NBA history he has the highest assist average in an NBA career ever he lead the lakers to the NBA crown when he was just a rookie but yet didn't win rookie of the year he has 4 rings 3 MVP's and way way more awards he is a great player and if he didn't retire on his 12 season he would probably be at the very top at this list or at least second because he was probably the best of the era he played. - logankulas
Magic could easily play point guard, shooting guard, small forward, and power forward. He once played center in 1980 nba finals and won with kareem injured in game 6. The bulls struggled when Jordan played the point because he was not good at distributing. Jordan was too small in size and did not have the strength to play small forward at his prime.
Overall Talent
While I do give Michael Jordan the edge in scoring, Magic had more all around talent. He has 100 more triple doubles than Michael Jordan did even though he retired at only 32. Magic Johnson was the best passer the game has every seen not even john stockton, jason kidd, steve nash, or chris paul can pass as good as Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson was best rebounder who played out of any guard position averaging 7.2 rebounds a game for his career.
While Jordan did win 6 rings. Magic Johnson won 5 rings in the 1980's era that was best in basketball there was celtics who had bird, mchale, and ...more
Nope this is so falseV 275 Comments
Kobe is great but LeBron James fantastic he can dribble he can shoot he can do anything he would be the next Michael Jordan in the next few years because he has got amazing potential and he won back to back MVP's I mean who else can do that - logan101
Lebron James is the greatest Small Forward right now in NBA but he is the right now in NBA Larry Bird and Kobe is Magic Johnson Kobe said he's number 1 idol in NBA is Magic Johnson! Kobe wants he's jersey number is 33 but Kobe said 33 is on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar so he's jersey number now is 24
Lebron is the best he shines over Kobe in every way. I think he's better than Jordan too all he needs are the rings and enough said. People don't give Lebron his credit just as people don't Eminem his credit well we all know Eminem is the best rapper alive and Lebron is the greatest ball player ever to touch a basket ball!
Lebron is the 2nd best but Eminem is overrated as hell and not the best - venomouskillingmachine
Nah, Kobe is better than Lebron - LilXellyV 1305 Comments
Larry was a great shooter with few dunks unlike Jordan who had many dunks to increase his shooting percentage. Larry was also a better rebounder, free throw shooter, and passer than Jordan. Larry entered the NBA one year late, after sitting out a year in college, and missed almost another full year in his prime with a foot injury. He was not a selfish shooter but just wanted to win and would get all of his teammate involved. He averaged over 10 rebounds per game for his career - not bad for someone who couldn't jump! He was both the first AND second player ever to shoot over 50% from the field AND over 90% from the line for a season - and this from a long range shooter! He was the best ever with a ful command of the game and awareness of what was happening - always.
He was the best ever: the greatest, most creative passer ever; one of the greatest defensive rebounders, the greatest all around shooter, the greatest clutch shooter, and played great team defense. Add to all these qualities his great basketball intelligence, mental toughness, and pure skill, and you have, by far, the greatest player of all times!
Scored when ever he wanted to. Anywhere he was he was great.
I believe that Larry should be number 2 all timeV 325 Comments
Kobe = 81 points, most by a wing player in NBA history.
That's one game I'm not trying to take away anyone from this amazing night by Kobe but one game shouldn't be a reason he's number one. - chocodilesforlife
It is obviously MJ, but Kobe is probably the closes thing to him we will have. People are looking for LeBron to be the next MJ, but they don't realize that's Kobe.
Kobe is(in my opinion) the 2nd greatest player to ever play. He played during a time of stars, he should of won MVP in '06 and maybe '02, plus '08 that gives him 3 MVP's along with 5 titles. He is the 2nd greatest player - LilXellyV 1004 Comments
He averaged 50 points in a single season
Scored 100 points in a single game
Got 55 rebounds against the Celtics led by Bill Russell (2nd all time career rebounder behind chamberlain)
Had a 33 game winning streak
Of the 62 times more than 60 points have been scored by a single person in a game, 32 of those times were by Chamberlain
Blocked shots were recorded after he retired, but Harvey Pollack asked his statisticians to count Chamberlain's blocks, and they got up to 25 one night. Well above the record for most blocks in a single game.
Elgin Baylor said that Chamberlain was the only player that could dominate on both end of the court. He recalled one particular game against the bulls where he blocked every single shot for 4-5 minutes and how no one from the bulls could get a shot in.
In a sport where one game is 48 minutes for a season he averaged 48.5 minutes a game, thanks to overtime.
Bill Russell, the man who won more rings than he has fingers, said that ...more
Wilt's cool, but I feel he's overrated. If he was a NBA player in 2016, he would average 15-15-2 AT BEST. - EspioTheChameleon
Wilt Chamberlain was by far the most underrated player to ever play basketball. People are so quick to discredit Wilt by saying he played "lesser" quality players and would not be as dominant in this day and age. Kareem Abdul Jabar, Willis Reed, Bill Russell, Nate Thurmond, Wes Unseld were all excellent players who played in the post at the same time as Wilt, are you saying they weren't quality basketball players. He played 48.5 minutes a game in chucks, and all 82. He averaged 8 assist a game as a center in season, his records in scoring and rebounding remain untouched. Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest player to ever play on the hardwood.
Best ever you are crazy if you think Michael Jordan is better
Wilt all the way
Kareem second then bill russell
He is way better than MJ he can grab a quarter off the top of the backboard. Look it up.V 260 Comments
No one could guard the sky hook. Most points scored in a career - not even close
Most points scored in the history of the NBA- He has so many blocks as well as some great assists. That is why He deserves number 1
Humble giant, master of all time, takes after his original coach, unforgetable speaker... Spoke about how he learned to be a good man ^^ about life through his coach. Kareem should be number 1 player.
The greatest offensive weapon in basketball history, along with great defense and rebounding.V 208 Comments
I would simply like to say that with all due respect to the names listed here, you must remember that this is a TEAM game. If you wanted to talk about who is the best 1 on 1 player based on his individual talents and all around skills, then that is a different subject all together. The overall skill level of the game has certainly changed over the last couple of decades, but, some good, and some maybe not so good. The game was first played with much more physical play, and in most cases the player had more rules that restricted much of the modern day displays of athleticism, no doubt. But back to the main quest for who was the most dominant individual player of the game. There are only two names that stand out above all others, Statistically that should go to Wilt Chamberlain, but when you look at the ultimate goal for playing the game, it was to win a championship, and no one, not even M. J. , nor Kobe, came even close to the overall domination of the entire sport itself. Also ...more - CRUISERJ
As long as the Celtics had Russell, they kept winning. I remember Red Auerbach saying that the year after Russell left (1970) and the team went dowhill. Russell blocked shots and kept the ball in play. His defense won games. He played against WIlt Chamberlain and except for 1967, when WIlt's team won, the Celtics won every year and beat out WIlt. Russell has a record nobody will ever achieve again- 11 championships in 13 years. Today, the game has changed. There are more big men and we now have essentially two centers. One is the traditional center and the other is the power forward. Kevin Garnett is a Russell-type shot blocker, but he plays power forward. It is much harder today for a center to dominate a game because there are two "centers" or big men per team. Russell made the Celtics world champions 11 of 13 seasons he played. I don't believe Russell could be this dominant in today's game. He was an intellectual player and basketball is an intellectual game. He was a ...more - basketballer
Most opinions that I read about come from people who use stats. They simply are very misleading. And how does one define "best" basketball player? Is it the one with the best overall skills? Russell was not too good at dribbling or shooting.
But in a team game, I think it makes more sense to talk about how "valuable" a player is. In other words, what would occur if the team lost that player? How easy would it be to replace that player's skills with someone else?
If we look at it that way, then russell is a clear first. No one is even close. Russell was the Boston Celtic fast break, possibly the most dominating aspect that basketball has ever seen.
Russell got the rebound, turned, made his outlet pass, and the ball was near half-court by the time russell hit the ground. No wonder he was not scoring many points. Chamberlain, on the other hand, rebounded, shook his body, then handed off to his guard (hal greer most of the time).
When ...more
One of the best CelticsV 131 Comments
He gave the NBA a lot more image and he has a lot of NBA Championships he is an important part of the Greatest NBA players of all time - noahhurrle
Shaq has it all - Now that he is retired, his stats will be known more and he will jump up to #1. No reason for LeBron or Kobe to be higher than the Shaq!
Can't see any better center other than O'neal. I think people are just being stupid by voting for lebron instead of oneal oneal should have been in top 5
Shaq is an extraordinary playerV 175 Comments
Um honestly don't jump on me MJ fans but he is the greatest Player to ever step foot on the hardwood he has over 180 career Triple-Doubles That wouldn't be impressive if it was a double double with an assists and points but he rebounded as well and he was 6'5 who else can do that well there are a few that can do that lie LeBron, D-Wade and maybe Jason Kidd but the Big 0 should be the best or at least top 3 only trailing to SHAQ Wilt and maybe MJ but he is the best all round player ever there's no doubt about that he averaged a triple double for an entire season enough said
You guys do realize that he is the only player 2 average 27 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists a game for more than 3 strait seasons an HE DID IT 8 YEARS IN A ROW. If that's not being a complete player I don't know what is.
You can not seriously be rating the best players of all time without the "BIG O" in the top 10... come on. You have been brainwashed by the media dominated by the coasts.
He's a great basketball player he just never got the respect he neededV 68 Comments
The Contenders
Are you kidding me?! 18? Tim Duncan is in the Top Ten at the very least. I sense a bit of Spurs hating on this list. The guy is a perennial All-Star, League MVP Winner, Finals MVP Winner, Rookie of the Year all NBA etc... And possesses the traits that all true champions have, the ability to modify his game over time as needed. Duncans entry into the league was marked with moves and grace the likes of which hadn't ever been seen at the Power Forward position and will from here on out be the standard by which other Power Forwards will be judged. As he got older he continued to find ways to remain relevant, even if he was no longer dominant. His basketball IQ is through the roof and his mere presence on the floor makes his team better while simultaneously frustrating his opponents and making them worse. I'm not sure why you have so many players ahead of Tim that have not won as many championships if they even won one at all. I'm sorry, but this Hall of Fame player deserves to be way ...more
Who the hell made this list obviously no one over 40 which means their going on hearsay about players from the 60s and 70s and are not old enough to have watched the NBA in the 90s when Tim Duncan stood up against arguably the eras greatest ball players in history and proved beyond all measure his place in the NBA a top 10 legendary hall of famer who by the way was voted by the players this last season and awarded the best team mate honors with a trophy...If you think Shaq LeBron Rose Wade Durant any of those guys are better than the big Fundamental your a teenager or in denial...SCORE BOARD...BABY...check the stats and count the...RINGS...
And your a teenager if you don't think Russell was the best ever period! - Dperry
Because the Spurs play together so well that no one stands out like a Dwayne Wade or Kobe Bryant who have the ball a lot of the time in any game. The Spurs share the ball and everyone has a chance of making a basketball. That is why Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are often overlooked.
Best everV 117 Comments
Watch The Dream's dream shake vs. David Robinson. That is all you gotta see to realize that he was the most phenomenal player of any generation. All time blocks leader. Two rings. That's 2 more than nash, tmac, stockton, malone, james, and ai. Did it single handedly. Only had drexler half the season in 95. The Dream did it all. Double-double, triple-double, quadruple-double, you name it.
Watch the games that this man played Jordon, Shaq, Duncan, Robinson; he schooled them. Because he wasn't in one of the popular teams, he wasn't watched. You have no idea how good this player was. (white, 60 year-old lady that watched basketball because of him)
Do these guys know Hakeem Olajuwon? He is clearly a top 10 player. He is underrated. He can rebound, steal, block the most in nba history. Oh yeah he is equipped with a dangerous weapon the nba has ever seen. THE DREAM SHAKE! Shaq, Ewing, Mourning, Barkley, Robinson, Malone what do these guys have in common? They are humiliated by Hakeem's Dream Shake!
Better than Shaq, Robinson, Duncan you name them - never had another star (except Clyde who never came close to reaching his potential)but had good role players and we saw what he did with them in Jordan's absenceV 66 Comments
Kevin Durant is amazing. As a player and as a person. He dominates and scores more points then Lebron and Kobe. In the summer he's the one who calls up his teammates to go up to the gym and shoot. Great leader. And the reason he wears the #35 Jersey is because his HS coach was murdered at the age of 35. Humble.
the best to play basketball period better than derrick rose he is not the mvp durant should of got that award
Up to Top 10... he got the most points in 2010-2011. Yao Ming only played just a tiny bit of games but ahead of Kevin Durant. Are you kidding me?! Dude, he's an all arounder!
he is goodV 405 Comments
Allen Iverson compares with 3 different players when you talk about individual offensive achievements. Or there are 3 players who compare with him. Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, LeBron James. Go look up stats in games, seasons, and playoffs most importantly. Iverson and LeBron only players with at least 40 points 15 assists and 5 steals in a game. Most 50 point games in the playoffs: Michael Jordan (8) Wilt Chamberlain (4) Allen Iverson (3). And Iverson played much fewer games because he had no talent around him. Allen Iverson is 2nd in playoff Points Per Game in NBA History at 29.73. Only Michael Jordan averaged more with 33+ per game. Allen Iverson and Michael Jordan only players to be Top 10 in Scoring and Steals All-Time. Only 2 Players in NBA history have scored at LEAST 50 Points twice in the same Playoff Series: Michael Jordan 1988 Playoffs vs. The Cleveland Cavaliers with 50 & 55 points AND Allen Iverson 2001 Playoffs vs. The Toronto Raptors with 52 & 54 points. Only TWO ...more
The dude's only 6'1" if he stands on the New York telephone book: he IS the GREATEST scorer of all time; arguably the greatest all around player, as well.
Six more inches and A.I. would have flew past Jordan... Key Statement: he did it amidst great opposition.
An amazing player who brung the team together when they needed it.V 224 Comments
Wade? How could he not be in top 10? His shots are almost perfect.
Dwyane Wade bar none is one of the 3 best basketball players on the planet today. His averages right now may not stun you, but when this guy retires and you look back on his career, there's no doubt he'll be considered one of the greatest of all time. He's a champion, an all-star and has had many MVP worthy seasons even though he hasn't won the award yet. In my opinion, by the time he gets in to the hall of fame, he'll be one of the top 15, maybe top 10 players of all time. If top 15, probably only behind Jordan, Magic, Russell, Bird, Wilt, Kareem, Big O, Kobe, Duncan, Shaq, Olajuwon, Mailman, Jerry West and LeBron.
Dwayne wade is the best basketball player sorry lebron but he's good
he suksV 164 Comments
Dr J was Dr Dunk. His move over Kareem was monumental... Remember the under the basket hang time it was forever... Or his famous dunk from the free through line... Now there is history!
Earned an NBA championship ring, won an NBA MVP award, went to 11 NBA all star games and took home the all star MVP twice... And that doesn't even count the two ABA titles, two ABA MVP awards and 6 ABA all star games. Dr. J was the dominant player of his era and completely changed the way the game is played today.
Doc is the Best thing to happened to the game since the BALL! Erving won only 1 title in the NBA, but all fail to remember that he led a garbage team in 80 and 82 to finals to loss in 6 against the 7 all star Lakers and the sixers had no one, but the Doc! Also greatest flyer, dunker and hang timer Ever! Class act.
I think Dr.j is the best dunker in my opinion and he is better than Michael jordan and shaquel o'neilV 71 Comments
DERRICK ROSE CAN DO EVERYTHING HE CAN SHOOT, DRIVE IN THE BALL BETTER THAN ANY BODY I've EVER SEEN I MEAN HE IS THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR A POINT GUARD.
Derrick Rose is amazing, he is the player who get the attention of the crowd from his unbelievable moves and no one can stop him inside the court. The best point guard I've ever seen. Derrick Rose is the best.
He is my favorite personV 199 Comments
Greatest player- NBA symbol- admired by all NBA greats and only 6' 2" - "Mr. Clutch" -at a time they called traveling, three seconds in the key, and no three point lines. When basketball was real basketball!
Any list without Jerry West in the top 10 is stupid. This list must have been made by 15 year olds because most of the all time greats are not here. Vince Carter as number 19. No Baylor...no West. You're kidding...right!
If Jerry West had been blessed with the three point line he would be among the top five without question. The NBA should use their computer systems to check West's shots made for a year and give him an extra point for every three pointer he made. No question, Jerry West would be right there with Michael Jordan as the greatest player ever. Even without the three point shot, West holds the scoring record for a series. Move Jerry to second at the least.
He is the 2nd best three point shooter ever after Stephen curry.V 34 Comments
He was the big support for Michael Jordan. He was such a all around player and one of the best defensive players bulls ever had. When Michael was not around he led the team for almost all category.
Was essential to MJ being the dominating force that he was.
2nd best after Michael Jordan, people don't realise that for many of the bulls games Jordan needed pippen!
GOATV 34 Comments
Nobody can realistically challenge his creativity, well-honed talent and flair which was WAY ahead of it's time. If he were playing in today's game, he'd still accomplish the things that he did in his day. Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of Pete was his athleticism. Great combination of speed, jumping ability, height and quickness.
Best player to ever play the game. The other nba players hated Pete for his money. He made 400, 000.00 per year and other guys made 40 thousand. No one mentions he could light up a crowd like a match to gasoline. Who else could do that. How about being another player and everyone is coming to see this guy the Pistol? Tough to swallow. God made this man special and he did it all missing a ventrical out of his heart. HATERS only says this guy was not the best. There is not one guy in the NBA right now that could beat him 1 on 1. Would never happen. If you think so ask Walt Frazier (the best nba defender) why he hung 68 points in his face? Walt was trying to switch defenders and his teamates refused. Walt is one of the best defenders to play the game. How fitting. Hate if you will, no one will ever be the complete basketball player he was. Now he plays for GOD. How many will get that?
Averaged 44 points per game three years in a row at LSU!
He gave his life to the game! Way ahead of his time.
Pistol Pete's the best and to heck with the restV 61 Comments
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"He's a very tenacious curmudgeon. He just doesn't let go when it comes to FOI. He can grab officials by the throat, figuratively speaking, and squeeze until they say `uncle,' " said Chicago lawyer Jon Duncan who has sought Rooney's help on some media law cases and FOI requests. The two have also served together on the Chicago Headline Club's board of directors.
Duncan worked with Rooney in what became a two-year court battle to wrest financial records from the City of Chicago. According to Duncan, Rooney's testimony before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael Getty helped cinch the case in May 1996, and the story, headlined "Chicago owes millions but makes no effort to pay up," ran in February's Chicago Journalist, a newsletter of the Chicago Headline Club.

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I have had a dream for many many years, which is to live in a cottage in Ireland, next to the water, where I could live quietly and working on my art.
Over the last year, this dream has moved from sweet fantasy to something more urgent. I realized that I want to make this dream, or something close to it, a reality.
I haven't quite figured out how to do it, or what finer details I need to determine to make this possible. But, I have given myself this year to do research and figure something out. Some preliminary ideas are that I would not live alone, but part of a small community. Each member of the community would contribute to the overall running of the household and land. We would live in a small cottage or perhaps a grouping of yurts. We would work the land and live as self-sustainably and environmentally friendly as possible. We would grow food, raise animals, spin yarn, knit, weave, can and preserve food as a community. We would also support the creative expression of each member, whether it is wood working, painting, fiber arts, music, so on. If possible, we would extend those creative activities to the larger community outside of ours, by holding classes, selling or bartering products, etc.
That is the ideal dream. As I research into it, I am sure that I will find some details will have to change. I am not too naive to know that this will be hard work. But, hard work has never deterred me. It is only when the work (hard or easy) is not fulfilling or meaningful to me that I find it dreadful. I am working very hard to avoid the dreadful work. I want to lay my head down on my (hand-made) pillow at night tired and pleased that the day's work was a good and fulfilling one.
The pictures here are from when I stayed in Ballyvaughan, Ireland many years ago. Memories of staying in this cottage with my fellow travelers, cooking communally, sharing stories by the peat fire, walking to the local pub to have drinks and play dice games and have a laugh, a cry, or two are so fresh. I want that life back, and I am going to do my best to make it happen!
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution overturned millennia of humans living in the manner you describe. I think your desire is a psychic/spiritual force that still flows through us, calling out to us. May you realize your dream!
I would love to go live in a
I would love to go live in a cottage, so i could get away from my nieces, nephews and other family members..... they are driving me crazy right now.....
I am envious of you, yet
I am envious of you, yet very happy for you. I know what you mean in an essence because for me, going to bed physically exhausted is much better and rewarding than mentally exhausted.
Homesteading and self sufficiency has been a dream for awhile. I realized the other day that I should have concentrated on that dream sooner as I think I am getting to be too old for starting....and it makes me a lil sad. I still long for a peaceful life in the country, growing what I can, canning what I grow, and taking pleasure in the simpliest things in life from my front porch swing. Someday I hope to realize a portion of that dream with someone special at my side.
Good luck --- Rob
Its a beautiful dream, I
Its a beautiful dream, I hope it comes true for you. My husband and I had the same one and realised it in moving to Nova Scotia, so I understand completely the drive that you are feeling.
Take me with you. My
Take me with you.
My "Favorites" on my computer is filled with knitting, cottage, yurt, homesteading, and alpaca links. It's what I always dream of.
I don't know how sold you
I don't know how sold you are on Ireland or what your religious persuasion is, but the Iona Community on Scotland has year-long placements for everything from cooking to gardening to cleaning, etc. They reasonable work, but also have a small stipend and cover your room and board. They also value alone time...
It's an open-minded, justice-oriented Christian Community of the Scottish Reformed tradition. Absolutely great people.
Anyhow, just an idea. Drop me a PM or an e-mail if you'd like me to put you toward more info.
Grace and Peace,
WOW!!! Interesting that this
Interesting that this comes up.
I've been investigating a major change in my life and a move to Scotland to do somewhat about the same type of thing...
...and taking a bit of time to do it right...
...strange thing is, that on another group that I belong to, a short discussion on the very topic, too.
Are we drinking the same water?
Best of luck in realizing
Best of luck in realizing your dream. It sounds idyllic and romantic. Bill and I made a big change in our lives 5.5 years ago when we packed up and moved to Istanbul. The setting is a bit different, but the change for us was huge. And for those of you who think you're too old, I was 50 and Bill was 55 when we did it...
We share a dream... but mine
We share a dream... but mine lives in New Mexico. I, too, will get there.
I wanna go too. The only
I wanna go too. The only thing holding me here now is my chronically ill mother. When something happens to her, I might be ready for a really radical change. I have always thought the world might be better if something happened that set our entire civilzation back 150 yrs or so, so that we all had to work harder and more honestly for what we had and appreciated it more, had a better understanding from where it came and what it took to get/make it, etc. And while I like and appreciate modern technology, I think we have lost some of the caring and skill of more close, interpersonal communication. It might be nice to live somewhere that it didn't matter if my haircut was really cool or if my clothes were really fashionable, just as long as my face and teeth were clean and I was healthy and felt well and alive, everything was good. Just one request: We gotta have a really good massage therapist to come with us and keep him really happy. We'll knit him wonderful things and provide for him well, as long as he keeps us in good working order!


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TEL AVIV (Aug. 13)
David Markish, son of the Jewish poet, Peretz Markish, who was murdered in 1952 with 23 other Soviet Jewish intellectuals by Stalin, said Kaddish in Hebrew yesterday at a Moscow crematorium in one of many observances throughout the world of the 20th anniversary of the executions. More than 50 Jews attended the service at the crematorium where Solomon Michoels, one of the 24, was buried, according to a telephone report today by David to his wife Irene, in Tel Aviv. Hundreds of Jews visited the Markish home yesterday where the poet and his mother, Esther, are living, denied permission to leave the Soviet Union, despite worldwide protests. The Markishes received many letters and cables from foreign countries. The young poet, who has been forced to work as a porter since he applied for a visa, also told his wife that the Soviet Interior Ministry had rejected his request and that of his mother to relinquish their Russian citizenship.
He added that he intends to appeal to the Supreme Soviet on the request. The Herut Party world executive sent expressions of solidarity to the Markishes, declaring the party would do all in its power to help them leave for Israel.
(About 100 passersby joined a brief ceremony at the Isaiah Wall near the United Nations Friday in New York to commemorate the 1952 murders. Wreaths from Hadassah, the Congress for Jewish Culture, the Zionist Organization of America, the Labor Zionist Alliance, B'nai B'rith and other Jewish groups were placed on the steps from which speakers denounced Soviet anti-Semitism. The memorial service was organized by the Workmen's Circle.
(The National Conference on Soviet Jewry issued a booklet, "The Night of the Murdered Poets," containing English translations of the works of some of Stalin's victims. The booklet said that until repression against Soviet Jews ceased, "the echoes of Aug. 12," the anniversary of the murders, "will not be stilled." Some 100 writers and scholars addressed an appeal to Soviet President Podgorny, urging him to "restore to the Soviet Jews their fundamental human rights."
(The NCSJ pamphlet was described by Sen. George McGovern as "a deeply moving document." In a letter to Richard Maass, chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, Sen. McGovern added that "the most compelling memorial to those Jewish artists and poets" murdered 20 years ago "is the effort that hundreds of thousands of Americans, Jews and non-Jews, are now making in support of oppressed Soviet Jews who wish to emigrate so that they may live freely as Jews."
(In London, more than 40 leading British, American and French writers, Jewish and non-Jewish, sent yesterday an appeal to the Soviet Union on the anniversary. The letter said in part "20 years later, in the absence of reparation of an irreparable wrong, is it too much to hope that we can call on the Soviet leaders to authorize Soviet Jews who wish to live a full Jewish life and have the possibility of self-expression, to be entitled to do so?"
(In Rio de Janeiro, a mass meeting was held today to commemorate the anniversary. The occasion was the commemoration of the Chaim Nachman Bialik Library. Dr. Samuel Malamud, president of the Rio Jewish Federation, speaking at the meeting called for the liberation of imprisoned Jewish activists in Soviet prisons and for an end to mistreatment of Russian Jews seeking to emigrate.
(In Montreal, the Canadian Jewish Congress sponsored the sending of hundreds of cables by Canadian Jews to Soviet officials in Canada and Russia, asking for the release of the Markishes from Russia. To commemorate the 20th anniversary, Melech Ravitch, the Jewish writer, and Mrs. Rochel Cohn, both of Montreal, wrote a Yiddish poem honoring the memory of the 24 Jewish martyrs.)


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AN elderly man approaches a younger man selling wooly caps at a stall and eagerly asks: "How much are they?"
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As spectators huddled around the chip wagons and soup vendors hoping to warm themselves, the competitors had no choice but to brave the elements for the important business.
In what was again a closely contested match, Abbeydorney welcomed two All-Ireland ploughing champions to the competition - Aeneas Horan from Castleisland and Mikey O'Halloran from Ballyheigue - both of whom took honours in their classes.
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You don't know a thing about me, that much is obvious. You have no idea who I know nor do you have any idea what my pay grade is, like that has anything to do with the subject at all but is obviously some juvenile attemp at an insult or vain attempt to trivialize what I know is fact. How pathetic.
The BOGO's during the Bourne week were for HD DVD, or do you deny what everyone else already knows. The Warner and Universal BOGO's at Amazon lasted the whole week, the BD's were two days.
I see you're suggesting that Amazon is not included in Videoscan! Yet you're supposed to be in the loop! Why don't you contact Marché L. Boose-Welch at Nielsen, Manager, Business Development & Client Service? The phone # is 323-817-1520. I'm sure they will be happen to enlighten you as to that which you are ignorant of.
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I was wondering if the Nielsen/Videoscan data for the high def disc sales of Blu-ray and HD DVD discs includes sales from Amazon.com?
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Keep on shillin' buddy. You're obviously nothing but a liar and your outburst of insults and FUD shows that it is you who are scared of losing.
You know what you're right about Amazon. I keep forgetting it, and it's an honest mistake. It's hard to remember which places Nielsen tracks. It's close to 60% which leaves 40% out there and sometimes I forget that they added Amazon not too long ago.
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PRIVATE...SECLUDED...TRANQUIL setting with 5 acres and 125 of frontage on Lake Huron. This frame built home that features the master bedbath deck & loft upstairs a bedroom & bath downstairs sits in the forest on the sandy shore of Lake Huron south of Mackinaw City. It has a natural surrounding with only a clearing for the home and a nice boardwalk down to the beach. With an open floor plan wood burning stove hardwood floors and a very up-north feel this is a year-round paradise.
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Unique opportunity on 6 Mile Lake. 125- feet of frontage. 2 Bedroom 1 Bath cottage makes a great getaway for the person who wants to enjoy their own private waterfront. This property includes a 1 12 detached car garage to store your toys. Beautiful setting with mature trees that offer great shade for hot summer days. Great value for this lake. This home is ready for the finishing touches to make it the perfect place. Two decks on lake side of cottage plus covered porch on road side. Great Fishing Lake.
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117 feet of beautiful water frontage on the shores of picturesque Pickerel Lake. Access the inland waterway from your property and enjoy the serenity that comes with 12 acres of mixed evergreens and hardwoods. This property features clear blue waters and a hard packed sandy bottom. The building site has already been cleared and DEQ approvals are in place. Enjoy gorgeous lake sunsets and the best of northern Michigan has to offer all within a short drive to downtown Petoskey.
Lake Michigan beach house sitting on 118 of frontage located only minutes from Downtown Charlevoix. This cedar sided Town and Country home designed by Jack Begrow has over 5000 sq. ft. with 5 bedrooms 4.5 baths heated workshop natural gasTwp water walk miles of sandy shoreline or sit on the covered deck enjoying the spectacular sunsets each evening. The 700 sq. ft. private StudioOffice is wired and ready for whatever your hobby or work requires. House has been completely updated the past few years.
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Let the panoramic views of Lake Michigan take your breath away as you drive the iconic Tunnel of Trees to this waterfront building site. Over four wooded acres welcome you to a world of opportunity for Northern Michigan living. North of Harbor Springs take M-119 up the Tunnel of Trees just past Stutsmanville Road. Property is just north of intersection located on both sides of M-119. Building site on East side of M-119.
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Deer Lake Villas are Boynes only waterfront property. There is no better location in the summer and just a short ride to skiing in the winter. Enjoy the Beach House Restaurant Tiki Bar water toys and amazing westerly views including breath taking sunsets. This condo was recently renovated. Additional amenities include water park full service spa pools and much more.
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Spacious and bright Craftsman cottage on 175 of Lake Charlevoix frontage in the Horton Bay Club has 5 bedrooms - each with a bath. A fantastic kitchen with a sweet breakfast nook formal dining and a screened-in porch. Coffered ceilings and mahogany woodwork provide a refined framework around a relaxed pleasant lakeside home. Pure sand beach a long covered porch a cobble-stone drive and beautiful low impact landscaping contribute to this being the ideal summer home. Read cook sail dream. Any order.
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Adj to state and federal land Must have key code to enter. is on Silver Lake. Custom built cabinets.open floor plan.Red Oak flooring hot tub central air. gated entry to the development for privacy and security. 14.60 acres adjoins acres of state land. trail roads through-out.
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Sign Boards first appeared in Animal Crossing. They are purchasable from Tom Nook for 500 Bells. They can be placed on a free tile and are used to display a design.
Sign boards are not to be confused with Signposts.
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Sign boards can be placed by facing the free tile where the sign should appear, opening the inventory screen, selecting the sign board, and then selecting "Erect." The sign board can only be placed in the player's town, and not in any that they are visiting. After the sign board is placed, any player can change a sign board's design (by facing the sign board and pressing A) or uproot and take the sign board (by facing the sign board and pressing the pick up button, B). Even players who did not erect the sign board themselves can change the design or take the sign board to keep, sell, or place elsewhere.
If the design posted on the sign board is changed or deleted from the player's collection (including moving the design from the inventory to save it with the Able Sisters), the sign board too will change or go blank.
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- Artwork: sign boards are frequently used simply to display a design, and for no other functional purpose.
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The function of the Sign Board was replaced by the ability to display designs flat on the ground. This process is free and can be performed as much as the player wants. The most widespread use of this function is to create pathways in a players town, to make it appear more built up, and in City Folk and New Leaf, as a method to stem unnecessary Grass deterioration.
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Consumer product safety and the recall process : hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, October 8, 2015.
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Earth Days
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'Earth Days'' is the rare ecological documentary that doesn't nag us to run out of the movie theater and change the world. Not that the environmentalists interviewed would stop us, mind you. But in reconstructing the rise of the American environmental movement, filmmaker Robert Stone creates a simmering, thoughtful, visually absorbing history out of the experiences of a handful of the people who have dedicated their lives to keeping the planet from collapse. They're too busy talking about the alarms they sounded in the 1960s and '70s to be flagrantly alarmist now.
Of course, nostalgia is not what Stone is up to, either - not strictly. He wants to provide some perspective on today's ecological crises and the debates over such crises. That's the thing about looking back discreetly. The present resonates all too well in the past.
The movie shows a group of notable environmental activists - author Paul Ehrlich, former congressman Pete McCloskey, Dennis Hayes, who coordinated the first Earth Day, to name a few - back when they were treated like young Cassandras. It took a great deal of effort to convince the media and the government to take seriously their prophesies of catastrophe (overpopulation, pollution, deforestation, and on and on). Their seriousness makes today's eco-stuntpeople seem slightly foolish.
Stone encases his history in montages built almost entirely out of stock footage and an original score by Michael Giacchino, who's composed music for everything from Pixar's "Ratatouille'' to ABC's "Lost.'' And it takes about 20 minutes for doubt about this approach to go away. Stone quickly introduces his nine cast members by category: the Biologist (Ehrlich), the Astronaut (Rusty Schweickart), the Motivator (L. Hunter Lovins), the forecaster (Dennis Meadows), and, for their interviews, has them sit in front of various nighttime scenes. We see brush, we see stars. While they talk, Giacchino's score works hard to produce the Philip Glass experience.
But once the earnest throat-clearing is over, Stone's central idea emerges. For many members of the generation that grew up comfortably ensconced in the trappings of the American middle class, Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring'' hit like a bomb in 1962. The book presented a world poisoned by pesticides and other chemical pollutants. To underscore its point, Stone (who edited the movie with Don Kleszy ) finds footage of children lunching at a picnic table as a cloud of gas descends on them. They keep eating, anyway. That's followed by a scene of a woman spraying her kitchen with an aerosol can. Giacchino's music brings out the funny, scary science fiction lurking in those scenes.
The trouble with stock footage in documentaries has always been a matter of context. From where exactly are these images? And yet how much does a mushroom cloud need an explanation? You come to trust Stone's use of archival material because he uses it to tell an absorbing story. "Earth Days'' captures those years when through sheer relentlessness, activists broke through to the public and put the mounting disaster at its doorstep. The movie argues that the government became increasingly involved in conservation and preservation, culminating with the Carter administration and pretty much dying with Ronald Reagan.
Stone doesn't go very deeply into the movement's shortcomings, such as its ongoing failure to attract more non-white, non-rich, and middle-class people. (There's an amusing clip from an old "Face the Nation'' episode in which the uptight white panelists seek to discredit the radicalism of the environmentalists seated before them by asking where the black people are.) Nonetheless, "Earth Days,'' which is scheduled to air on PBS's "American Experience'' series in April, serves as both a rich remembrance and a political caveat. Listening to these men and women recount what they've accomplished or have yet to, you can hear both determination and disappointment, but never satisfaction.
In fact, they all look so tired now. They know there's still a lot of work to be done.
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School's out for summer! (Almost? Already?)
Here in the PPS, today is the last day of school; other school districts finished up last week, and some finish tomorrow. I have to say that I am looking so forward to summer; the back-and-forth drudgery of taking kids to and from school, especially with my husband off to the other side of the world, has taxed me greatly. For those of you who work in an office, summer may be even more stressful than the school year, what with juggling camps and summer travel.
I am loving, though, the urban agrarian version of why-they-originally-devised-summer-vacation, and have my first flat of strawberries arriving tonight (through the very awesome new Know Thy Food buying club). I'll be making jam tomorrow; I'll be ordering some "living compost" in a few minutes so I can (finally) plant beans and corn. I'm planning any number of jamming parties and (hopefully I can convince some of my boys to join in) garden-ins. I want to get together with some other neighborhood mamas and dads to do some fruit foraging from neglected trees and bushes and overgrown alley vines; I hope to take part in some Portland Fruit Tree Project volunteer harvestings.
For the kids, I'm plotting swim lessons with Portland Parks & Rec [pdf link] -- maybe we'll even score some of the free lessons (though you must be up early this Saturday, the 19th, at your neighborhood pool to register, in person only -- 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.). Other than that, I'm hoping lots of trips to farmer's markets, you-pick fields, and neighborhood jaunts will satisfy their thirst for social interaction.
What's on the schedule for you this summer? What are your hopes and dreams? Are you excited, or stressed, about the last day of school? School's out!


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The California state flag flies in the breeze, above a bouquet and photo of the late Jenny Oropeza at her funeral service today. Photo by Ryan ZumMallen.
4:30pm | Hundreds gathered Monday afternoon to mourn the passing of State Senator Jenny Oropeza, who most recently served the 28th District that encompasses much of Los Angeles County, including Long Beach. Oropeza was running for a second term in next week's mid-term elections, when she died unexpectedly last Wednesday evening. She was 53 years old.
Heartfelt remarks delivered by friends and family at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cypress today painted the picture of a beloved public servant and compassionate leader who lived life to the fullest. Her younger sister Lynne and goddaughter Alisha began an emotional celebration with testimony and personal memories.
The two-hour service was led by Reverend Sue Fisher and other speakers included Long Beach Health & Human Services director Ron Arias, Long Beach City Councilmember Robert Garcia (who occupies Oropeza's former 1st District seat), Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Sharon Weissman, Oropeza's chief of staff and closest friend of 38 years.
"What beautiful weather we have today," said Weissman. "I can see that Jenny has already expanded her sphere of influence."
Oropeza was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2004 and survived the disease, friends said on Monday that it only renewed her energy to fight for the issues she believed in. In May of this year, doctors discovered a blood clot in Oropeza's abdomen and she took a leave of absence. Staff predicted a speedy recovery but she missed the entire summer with continuing problems and passed away at Long Beach Memorial Hospital last week.
A locally bred leader, Oropeza previously served in the State Assembly, Long Beach City Council and Long Beach School Board before reaching the State Senate in 2006. At the time of her election in 1994, Oropeza was the first Latina to achieve a seat in the Long Beach City Council. She was also the first two-term student body president at California State Long Beach.
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Whoa! I thought these guys were from Joliet Illinois. At first listen you would swear they came outta the swamps of the American southland. The more you listen the more you hear. If you took The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and…oh let's say Guns 'N' Roses…put them all in a paper sack, threw in some chicken, shook it up and fried it in a cast iron skillet it would give you an idea of what The Righteous Hillbillies sound like. The rhythm section lays down a foundation that you could build the Sears Tower on. The lead guitar is great with its rough edge, but at times you get some of that beautiful sound reminiscent of Mick Taylor's playing with the Stones. The vocals are top notch.
The 13 original songs run the rock and roll orbit from the hard rock sound of Sweet Dove to the semi-ballad sound of Before The Devil Knows. Beautifully Broken, a great song that kicks off the CD, tells the tale of a woman who was on top, but eventually "she's all but dead and gone". Being from Joliet Illinois and the Chicago area the rails are a big part of your life and The Righteous Hillbillies include trains and railroads throughout the disc. Steel Yard Train compares the singer's sexual prowess to a locomotive and in Money Train Blues they admit that "my money trains gone". They also include a shout out to the working man with 20 Pound Hammer (great Labor Day song) about grinding out a living working for the railroad. The last song on the disc is one of my favorites, Before The Devil Knows a woeful song about catching and taking action on a couple diddlers.
When you listen to these boys you get the feelin' that they're right there in your back pocket as you roll through your working class life. Seeing and feeling everything with you as it happens. Check out The Righteous Hillbillies…they deserve a listen.
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Finca El Socorro, owned by Juan Diego de la Cerda and his family, has proven itself to be one of the best coffee farms in Guatemala. In 2011, the Maracaturra variety from El Socorro won 1st place in the Guatemala Cup of Excellence. It took first place in the same competition in 2007. In 2012 Juan Diego was awarded again, finishing in the top five of the Coffee of the Year competition.
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Finca El Socorro has worked hard to expand the farm, increase production by planting several new varieties, and improve the milling and drying on the patio. The coffee is grown at over 5500 feet and the wet mill is located at nearly 4600 feet, which requires special attention at all times to achieve quality coffee due to the elevation.
On our visits to the farm, we have watched as Juan Diego coaches the pickers on proper cherry selection and constantly works in the mill to make sure the pulpers were running at peak efficiency and fermentation times were accurate. Drying at this altitude requires a constant attention to detail, as the process is slow and even a small rain can damage the already processed parchment. Each night the parchment is swept up and covered to protect it from any rains that may occur. Quality is the highest priority for everyone at Finca El Socorro and that's why we love working with Juan Diego, his family and the staff at Finca El Socorro.
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Archive for May 12th, 2009
How Bad Do You Want It?
How bad do you want it?
This phrase has marked my journey for the last four years. I now realize it is the question that holds most people back from the things they want the most.
I've often heard people say things like:
"I want to lose this extra weight."
"I want to get that promotion at work."
"I want to go back and finish school."
"I want to find my soul mate."
"I want to fulfill my dream."
I hear these phrases often, but just as often, nothing happens. Here's the question I want to ask when I hear those phrases.
How bad do you want it?
Can you see it? Can you feel it? Does the lack of progress make you angry? Can you taste it? Can you hear it? Do you want it? Do you WANT it?
How bad do you want it? The answer to this question will take you to your next step. So…
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If you want to show off the insides of your iPhone 4, iFixit is selling a clear plastic back panel. It looks pretty awesome and definitely makes your iPhone 4 more unique. It's being sold on iFixit's website for $29.95, and with their step-by-step guide, replacing the panel is simple.


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I put this rug under my kitchen table. It looks great and has a nice heavy weight to it. Be prepared for some initial shedding from the wool, but you will be happy in the long run....
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I put this rug under my kitchen table. It looks great and has a nice heavy weight to it. Be prepared for some initial shedding from the wool, but you will be happy in the long run.Read More
Although the rug is very good quality the color line isn't even close has nothing to do with a resolution just poor picture qualityRead More
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Nice color
This rug has a nice rich color to it, but it is more green than brown/orange like the picture. I have green in my room so this rug blended in nicely with the furniture and so forth, but if you don't have green as part of your color scheme, you might want a different product. The rug is thick and has good weight. It sheds some but I think this is pretty common as it is wool. Very satisfied with this rug.Read More
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In the picture the rug looks more gold and yellow with green touches. In reality, the rug is green and brown with no gold or yellow. Also, the design looks more detailed in the picture, but in actuality it isn't that intricate. All the reasons I bought the rug for (color and design) were not present in the final product.Read More
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Ignore the pictures - this rug is green and brown with tiny goldish-yellow details. It just so happens that the color will still work for my dining room, but consider yourself warned. If you are looking for something mainly gold with hints of olive green and rust red - THIS IS NOT IT!! Once I got past the difference in color, it is obvious that this rug is great quality. It arrived rolled up, in heavy duty plastic, and the majority of the wrinkles from rolling fell out within an hour or so.. I heeded the advice of previous reviewers and vacuumed it a couple times as soon as I unrolled it. Lots of shedding, but I think that is normal for wool. The rug is nice and thick and very soft. I will order from Overstock.com again (but I'm serious about the color...the picture is not even close).Read More
Nice sage green rug at a great price
Overstock is the best place to buy rugs - the prices cannot be beat. In fact, you can buy a high quality real wool rug typically for less than some cheap synthetic rug at a local store. Wool rugs wear much better and feel so much more luxurious! They are dense and thick and usually really soft. That said, you are taking a bit of a risk buying a rug online: you have to go by the photos and trust that if you don't love it, you are not likely to return it because shipping something this large is a pain. Fortunately, I love this rug - it is sage green (unlike the photo which makes it look more gold). It does have some light tan/brown/gold in the design. Just know the primary base color will appear green and not gold. The only reason I did not give this rug five stars is because it is not all that soft. It is a nice dense pile, and about 3/4 inch thick (tall) from the floor, and looks wonderful. But, compared to several other wool rugs I have purchased from Overstock, it does not feel soft and silky under foot - more like a normal synthetic pile carpet. I still love the rug and it makes the perfect addition to my living room, making the style rich and classic. A rug like this will really make your room and pull everything together. I just find my dogs laying on the other wool rug in the room next door to it (a rug I also got on Overstock, probably a different brand), which is a softer wool (even the dogs can tell the difference). So, this is great sage green rug, of very nice quality--just not very soft to the touch.Read More
different, not nearly as intricately patterned as the foto. much less gold, much more brown and green. I sent it back.Read More
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 52-year-old Eric Renaud, who was shot and killed in D'Abadie on Monday night, sometime before he and the vehicle he was believed to be driving were set on fire by unknown assailants.
At about 7 p.m. on Monday, Northern Division police received a report that a blue Mazda 323, which was parked along the Priority Bus Route (PBR) near La Resource Road traffic lights, was on fire.
Officers from the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) observed the vehicle, PAU7165, ablaze on the shoulder of the east-bound lane. They contacted the Fire Service and appliances from Arima Fire Station arrived and contained the fire.
However, when the fire officers looked inside the car they were horrified to discover the charred remains of a man slumped across the driver's and front passenger seat.
The car, police said, was completely destroyed and the body was burnt beyond recognition.
A district medical officer ordered the body's transfer to the Forensic Science Centre in St James, where an autopsy was performed yesterday by forensic pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov.
Speaking to the Express, Alexandrov revealed that Renaud's body was positively identified by his family due to an injury he had previously sustained which resulted in the amputation of one of his fingers.
The pathologist also confirmed that Renaud's death was a murder as he had been shot twice at close range to the left side of his head.
"The subject was shot to the left side of his head twice and both bullets were recovered in his lower right jaw. The injuries were also very close together, being only centimetres apart, meaning that he was shot from a very close range. So more than likely the subject was shot by whomever was in the passenger side of the vehicle, but he was killed before the vehicle was set on fire," Alexandrov explained.
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Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff said Sunday that several immigration bills passed during a special legislative session last year are having unintended consequences, which he vowed to fix during the current session.
But Romanoff, speaking at the start of a two-day gathering of Latino activists from across the state, reaffirmed his belief that passing the measures – which are designed to crack down on illegal immigration – was the right thing to do.
"It's obvious to me we didn't satisfy everyone," Romanoff said. "There are some folks who said we should have killed every immigration bill. There are some folks who said we should have passed every immigration bill. Either of those paths would have been easier than the one we took."
Romanoff's remarks elicited some of the toughest questions of the day from the crowd of about 300 activists gathered in a ballroom at the downtown Denver Adam's Mark Hotel for the Colorado Latinos: Forging the Future conference. Romanoff, the keynote speaker, was one of more than a dozen lawmakers, activists and professionals to speak at the event.
Several speakers touched on what they said were the harmful consequences of the new laws. One – which requires law enforcement officers to notify federal authorities of suspected illegal immigrants – has led to increased incidents of racial profiling, said Lisa Duran, the executive director of Rights for All People.
Another law – requiring some state agencies to deny services to adults who cannot prove their legal status – has hurt some of Colorado's poorest and caused headaches for legal immigrants and U.S. citizens who have trouble producing one of the types of identification used to verify legal status, Duran said. As a result, some parents have given up on seeking services for their children, even though the law applies only to adults.
"This system is broken," she said of America's immigration policies, "and it needs to be fixed. But not on the backs of the most vulnerable in the system."
Romanoff said legislators didn't want children, regardless of their legal status, to be denied needed aid.
"I don't want children to be victims of a poorly written law," he said.
But the frustration over the immigration measures showed when activist Richard Moreno shouted from his front-row seat, "So why don't you fix it?"
Romanoff said he would work with state agencies to make sure they are interpreting the rules consistently and to ensure that people entitled to receive benefits get them.
Moreno said later that, though he respects Romanoff, he was unimpressed with his answer.
"I was hoping he had something more concrete to take to the legislature," Moreno said.
Only Democratic lawmakers spoke at the forum, though organizers said Republicans were invited but declined to attend.
Maria De Cambra, the program director for the Latina Initiative, said organizers intended for the event to bring together numerous activists and Latino community members to learn how to better work together. Today, the activists plan to spend two hours at the state Capitol meeting with legislators.
"I would say everybody is starting to notice the political leverage the Latino community has," De Cambra said.
Staff writer John Ingold can be reached at 720-929-0898 or email@example.com.


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