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NEW BEDFORD — A new product has popped up on the city's black market and it's selling in an unexpected place: Greater New Bedford Vocational-Technical High School, which has become ground zero for a new underground economy based on trade in chocolate syrup.
Students said some of their peers are buying the contraband liquid for 50 cents and squeezing it into cartons of white milk to give it flavor. It's their way of coping with a ban on flavored milk — and a long list of other items — that took effect Aug. 1.
"Of course they got rid of dessert, (but) flavored milk ... I don't understand why we can't have that," said Paige Lame , 17, of New Bedford. She added that she thought the nutritional difference between white milk and chocolate, strawberry or coffee flavored milk was too minimal to have an important impact on health.
The changes reflect stricter nutrition standards imposed in January by the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which was championed by Michelle Obama and her "Let's Move" initiative.
They are also part of a law passed by the state Legislature in 2010 as a step toward combating childhood obesity. That law states that milk with more sugar than nonfat or 1 percent white milk may not be served a la carte starting in August 2013.
The rules, which apply to schools across the state, also reduce the amount of protein served to high schoolers, and increase servings of fruit and vegetables — going so far as to specify how many servings of green vegetables, legumes, and red/orange vegetables should be consumed each week.
"We're only doing what we're supposed to do," said Voc-Tech Superintendent Linda Enos. "It wasn't a choice that we had."
The changes are especially hard at the elementary school level, where hummus and black bean salad have been a tough sell, said Nancy Carvalho, director of food services for the New Bedford Public Schools, adding that bowls of chili served Wednesday to comply with the legume specifications were "not a very good decision."
"It's hard to plan the menu for things that you think the child is going to consume, like the legumes especially," Carvalho said.
Legumes come from pods and include beans, peas, peanuts and sprouts. She said she will tweak her menu if it becomes clear that certain meals aren't working.
"I'm going to be open-minded that it's going to succeed," she said. "When I first put salads on the menu years ago, they got thrown in the garbage every single day. Now, they eat it."
At Voc-Tech, the changes have produced complaints from some students that portions are too small — particularly since the price of lunch has increased 10 cents to $1.95, again due to a federal mandate.
"How do they expect us to go through the day and work hard when they give us smaller portions and we're hungry?" said Ashley Chaneco, 13, of New Bedford.
"You're paying more for less," said Erik Cortez, 16, of New Bedford. "I get it, but why should they have the right to tell you what you can and can't eat?"
In reaction to the menu changes, more people have started to bring lunch this year, and invitations have gone out over Facebook to protest with a "brown bag" day, students and parents said.
"Last year, my son didn't bring lunch. This year, he's bringing lunch because he's hungry," said Jessica Garcia of New Bedford, whose son is a senior at Voc-Tech.
Voc-Tech principal Michael Gagliardi said he is already seeing students eat more fruit and believes complaints will die down as students adjust.
"Kids are always going to complain about school lunch," he said.
And not everyone thinks the new rules have created problems: Many students and parents said they supported the effort to get healthier foods onto the menu — even if they will miss that coffee-flavored kick.
"It's sad that they don't have those flavored milks anymore, but I think it's good in a way," Serena Reboca, 16 of New Bedford. "I'm starting to get used to it."
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Apple's Premium Resellers are getting iPads to sell on Friday - provided their shops pass Apple's stringent standards. But retailers are irritated at Apple's insistence that they do not take pre-orders or publicise the launch on their websites or in store until Friday morning. They were even more annoyed at DSGi's claim that …
Lets see:
1. the resellers do not mind getting a (fat?) commission from selling Apple products
2. they do mind being unsatisfied with Apple's policies
Well, they can stop bitching and stop selling Apple products. Oh wait, this is against point 1above. Bummer.
iFan - I am not an Apple fan (quite the contrary, mostly due to their closed platforms and tight grip on users), but Steve does have the right to sell his products the way he wants...
After all, he is not forcing anybody to be a reseller, or is he?
...lots of fanbois put the "I'm no apple fanboi" quote in their posts.
I am sure there are a list of them that they must give you with every boxed apple product. Includes lots of non quantifiable things about how great apple products are usability, work flow, and total cost of ownership type phrases.
<quote>1. the resellers do not mind getting a (fat?) commission from selling Apple products</quote>
Apple hardware margins are tightly controlled and are not high at all (tier2 reseller <5%) . They rely on a couple of things:-
1. Education gets decent discounts (double figures)
2. Buyers are usually fanbois or have been persuaded by a fanboi, making the sale fairly easy
3. There's no tech support required - you just palm them off to a hardware repairer or to AppleCare (or sell them Apple Care Protection :P )
When I tried to buy a MacBook the sales rep wouldn't even try to sell it to me (eg. not fully answering questions, being distracted, etc). I even said thanks and moved on to another sales rep (big shop) and got the same treatment. So I guess it's too easy to sell and they don't bother.
I should have waked away but I bought the thing. I'm dumb I know.
"We're also guessing, in the name of good news management, that shortages will quickly become a big story."
..you sneer. Yet, you're writing these non-stories about the thing all the damned time. No-one needs to manage a thing, while such dullards are metoo-ing fit to bust like this.
Despite the HUGE amount of anti-Apple-fanboi-ism exhibited by Reg commenters, you've got to admit that they know how to whip up a media frenzy around objects of desire. And who can blame them? Would you rather sell an item for peanuts with a small penetration or sell out 100% at a premium price? It's a no-brainer. AND you'll even get resellers jumping through hoops to flog your kit (similar to what Sony did with the Playstation, perhaps).
You may not like it, but this will be another marketing victory for Apple.
(cue: loads of thumbs-down)
Jobs and his marketing strategists are world class, no doubt.
I guess they would have to be, to be able to sell Jobs' insane lock-in policies.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the iPad devices are very nice. I would just prefer a device that I can use without having to get a written approval from his Jobsiness for every letter I type.
I don't really mind what Apple sell (and in fact are grateful to them for creating the Apple II which is what started my interest in 'puters), but this increasing paranoia and secrecy just makes them look like a bunch of weirdo dictators. Has Job's illness affected his brain? Because some of the stuff they get up to now does smack of erratic synapse firing.
I'd love to see some photos of piles of unsold iPads and empty Apple stores on Friday.
Not because I'm an Apple hater but because it would counteract some of the pointless frenzy of expectation in the other direction.
The only reason for shortages is going to be Apple restricting the supply to make sure there are shortages, to make "news". Which then means the news is disappointingly re writeable as "Apple uses us to advertise their product for free again". Who needs paid advertising when they can manipulate the press?
It's now a 2 week wait to get a 3G iPad in the States, and it's only going to get worse since the iPad is priced too cheaply for what it does... it's beyond amazing...
No, Apple wouldn't restrict supply, that would make no sense. The problem seems to be the IPS touch screens... nobody has ever tried to make such large, high quality touch screens in such volumes before... so coupled with the tremendous demand, there is simply no way to create enough units.
Its not paranoia, its called MARKETING.
They force the sellers to do stuff, they bleat to the press, press print stories, bingo, free advertising, hype and drones like the mob on here telling the world how useless Apple are and how much they hate them (despite reading and commenting on EVERY Apple story going).
"Worse are the people who pay money for these products. They are truly the dregs of society!".
Love that. Clearly someone who buys a particular gadget from a particular company who you have a completely irrantional hatred off (after all, nobody makes you buy them, read about them etc etc, you could just ignore them...) is far worse than murders, muggers, rapists, street thugs, job dodgers and so on. Talk about a lack of perspective.
Because you just download the "free" and then run it, for free. Nobody's selling it.
Was there a part of that you didn't understand?
Let me try in little words.
"If man put linux on machine, man no give Big Baldy Jobsman any money but stuff still work just as good".
Did that help?
'"Worse are the people who pay money for these products. They are truly the dregs of society!".
Love that. Clearly someone who buys a particular gadget from a particular company who you have a completely irrantional hatred off (after all, nobody makes you buy them, read about them etc etc, you could just ignore them...) is far worse than murders, muggers, rapists, street thugs, job dodgers and so on. Talk about a lack of perspective.'
Awesome! Clearly someone who posts a sentence like that (with a JOKE icon next to it to boot) really hates Apple fans. He's got to be more sociopathic than, say, someone who presumes the OP actually has the perspective put forth in his JOKE and who doesn't even have the balls to post under an actual (or fake, even) name.
Yes, Apple tends to let their products speak for themselves, they rarely spend much money on "marketing"... they have the lowest advertising budget of all computer and cell phone companies for example.
Apple just makes great stuff... which makes people that are "connected" to all the poor quality products MAD... they get flustered since they don't have the engineering, the vision, the software skills to make great products.
It's sad, but Apple just focuses on the "customer" experience... then everything else falls into place.
The iPhone was great back in the day, but the iPad is what will change the entire computer industry... It's almost as big as the Mac... if you can believe it! It changes the entire landscape of computing... yes, it's early, but hang on tight... all computers will work like the iPad in 10 years.
This is such BS, total marketing ploy to get into the media and hype up sales. Who gives a poop when they become available, really, does it matter who is selleing them and when, is your life going to be so dramatically distorted because you can't get your iPoop on the day of release?
Apple are panicing you, making you think if you don't get it on release day you will never get one because all the world supplies will dry up. So FKN what! Life goes on, get it the week after....
Don't you see how you are being manipulated, you poor fools?
For me, just another reason to never buy crApple products, I don't appreciate being treated like a spaz.
No, Apple would never do this on purpose, that's not their ethical approach to business. The problem is the iPad is incredibly well made and they priced it too low so demand will outstrip supply for the next year or so.
You really need to use a product before you use a product, you clearly don't understand how it works, so have been tricked into thinking people are waiting in line for no good reason. Someday you'll touch one and see what all the excitement is about.
So you have played the fool... check facts next time...


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In this tutorial I will explain how to convert a color photograph to a B&W one with color restored to selective areas. With the right subject this can give really striking results, as you can see for yourself. This technique is elsewhere referred to sometimes as "hand coloring"
The basic technique is to duplicate the color photograph, convert the duplicate to B&W, and paste it as a new layer on top of the color image. Add an opaque layer mask and then selectively paint transparency into the upper mask, exposing the color photograph underneath.
Giving credit where credit is due: I did not come up with this method. I adapted it for The GIMP from a reader comment I saw in a "hand-coloring" tutorial on photo.net (great web site by the way, I recommend it).
The Procedure.
Here is the original example image, loaded into The GIMP.
Duplicate the image (Ctrl+D).By whatever method suits you best, convert the duplicate image to B&W. Once you have gotten the B&W version that you like, change it back to RGB mode (Image/Mode/RGB).
In this example, I tried the channel mixer, but ended up in this case preferring a simple conversion to grayscale (Image/Mode/Grayscale), then back to RGB.
Open the Layers dialog (Ctrl+L). Make sure that the original color image is selected in the Image drop down box. Click on the new layer button at the bottom of the dialog.Here I've named the new layer "B&W"
Make sure the new layer is selected in the layers dialog.
Go to the B&W image and select all, then copy (Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C). Then go to the color image window and paste (Ctrl+V). The B&W image should be pasted into that layer, obscuring the color image.Click the anchor button in the Layers dialog to anchor the pasted image.
You can close the B&W image window you just copied from now, if you want.
In the Layers dialog, right-click on the B&W layer and select "Add Layer Mask". In the Add Mask Options dialog, select White (Full Opacity).
Make sure that Black is selected as the foreground color in the toolbox. We're going to paint transparency into the layer mask to reveal the color image below.Bring up the Brushes dialog (Dialogs/Brushes) and select a big brush. In the toolbox, select the paint tool (). Begin painting the interior of the parts you want to be in color.
When you get to the edges of the colored part, zoom in to make life easier.
At the very boundaries of the colored image I typically zoom in to 300% or so. Switch to a small, feathered brush and very carefully paint the edges.If you only paint a little at a time it makes it much easier to use the GIMP's excellent undo feature if you accidentally stray outside the boundary. If for some reason you can't undo, don't worry: just switch to white paint and paint opacity back over your mistake to repair the mask.
When your all done, go over the colored part carefully to see if there are any gray (opaque) specks that you missed. Then zoom out and have a look. Voila!
- For this kind of fine paint work, a pen tablet like this Wacom one is very useful. For photo retouching you don't need any bigger than a 4×5 model.
- In this example I restored the original color from the color image, but there is no reason that you couldn't paint other colors onto the second layer. Just make sure that the image is selected and not the layer mask in the upper layer of the Layers dialog (click on either the image icon or the mask icon to select the one you want to work on).
- Try blurring the lower color layer, or running one of the interesting "artistic" filters on it (pastels, oil painting, etc). You probably want to do this before you create the B&W copy.
- Try combining this technique with simulated film grain, sepia toning or other techniques on this site, as shown in the third example below.
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When every inch counts, and so does the finished product, you know fluffy bows aren't going to survive an overseas adventure. This year I used some decorative paper and fun masking tape to add a little pizazz to my packages. Then I stamped names on the gifts w/my rubber stamps. And because decorating the box is as fun as decorating the gifts inside, I added Rudolph and some holiday greetings to pass along a little cheer along the journey.
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- Monica said...
Good to know about the shipping. Who would have thought. Love your wrapping!
- December 15, 2011 at 7:06 PM
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beautiful. i'm impressed!
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I love your simple but so beautiful wrapping ideas! And your Advent calendar is stunning! Have a nice Christmas!
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In this guide, we will be building ourselves a 'redundant/Highly Available' Home/Small Business server(Cluster). We will be using two physical nodes(computers)running the same exact services in an 'active/passive'(master/slave/Failover) HeartBeat "cluster". We will refer to these two computers as "node1" & "node2". As I am writing this guide the latest Arch Linux install image is Arch_2010_05(I am using the 32bit/i686 image) though I imagine we are soon due for a new image. Again, this article was written on: 08/14/2011, August 14th, 2011. I will personally speak for the accuracy of this article, I developed this guide step-by-step on my own personal servers and I have since re-built both machines following this guide to the letter, they are 100% functional, fairly secure, and my "Highly Available" services have not had a single moment of downtime since being initially powered on.
- I am personally working on the following translations of this guide: Italian, French, German, Spanish. Anyone with the linguistic skills to help/provide other translations PLEASE feel free do so.
Thank You,
--GaryMaurizi 20:01, 14 August 2011 (EDT)
On each node we will be installing & setting up the following services/daemons:
- DNS: Bind in a Chroot, with ProBIND PHP Web GUI To edit DNS Zones.
- Web: Apache, With SSL.
- Database: MySQL(i), With PHPMyAdmin Web GUI To create/edit/delete Databases & Users.
- IMAP/POP3/(S): Dovecot for Incoming Mail/accounts (w/ Secure IMAP/POP3(?S).
- SMTP/(S): Postfix for Outgoing Mail (+Dovecot-SSL w/ PostfixAdmin Web GUI).
- RoundCubeMail: Simple, Sleek WebMail/Web GUI with sieve/spam filters & identities.
- Horde: OpenSource GroupWare & Mail Web GUI Similiar to M$ Exchange in Features/Functionality.
- Firewall: IPTables with the UFW: Uncomplicated Firewall FrontEnd, (optionally: with UFW'S GTK GUI: GUFW).
Following are the IP Adresses, Hostnames, & Domain Name we'll use to refer to our machines, change these to suit your own needs, for this guide we will have TWO "virtual/shared Highly Available/Failover IP Addresses & Hostnames/Domains, we do this because some DNS registrars require a MINIMUM of TWO unique NameServers, if yours does NOT, you may use a single HA Address as such: 'ha.example.com==>192.168.1.200', for this guide our addresses will be:
- node1.example.dom ==> 192.168.1.101 (Hostname / IP of our 1st Machine)
- node2.example.dom ==> 192.168.1.102 (Hostname / IP of our 2nd Machine)
- ha1.example.dom ====> 192.168.1.201 (Hostname / IP of our 1st "Virtual/H.A" Address)
- ha2.example.dom ====> 192.168.1.202 (Hostname / IP of our 2nd "Virtual/H.A" Address)
Arch Linux Installation:
Here is a quick overview of instructions for a very basic arch linux installation that will work with this guide, if you already have arch linux setup, chances are you only need to change your hostname in /etc/rc.conf & edit: /etc/hosts, here we go:
Boot from CD & begin the Arch Linux Installation (AIF):
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Perform A regular Installation, with the following options (NOT IN ORDER):
- TIMEZONE: Your Local Time (Regular/Hardware Clock, NOT NTP)
- NET INSTALL: We will use DHCP initially, and input our static info after reboot (optionally, set up static now).
- MIRROR: Choose the fastest IN-SYNC mirror, see: http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/
- PACKAGES: Select BOTH Base & Base-Devel Package/Groups (MANDATORY)
- PARTITIONING: Use GUIDED/Entire Disk Partitioning, Make Swap 1/2 the of amount of RAM. Use Defaults for /boot, /home, /
- CONFIGURATION: After Package install, DON'T configure anything, just set ROOT PASSWORD
- BOOTLOADER: USE/SET UP GRUB boot loader(Usually you will install on SDA)
REBOOT: the machine, and REMOVE the installation disc.
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Network Configuration
We will now go over basic Networking setup so we can bring both our nodes online, get them up-to-date, and connect to them from another location via SSH, if your machine is already up & running with networking, please feel free to skip this section, just make sure you have the proper definitions in /etc/hosts & the proper hostname in /etc/rc.conf, now, here we go:
EDIT: /etc/rc.conf so that it reflects the proper hostnames, your hostnames should be: node1 for your first machine, node2 for the second:
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EDIT: /etc/hosts so that it reflects the proper hostnames, domain names & IP addresses for our cluster:
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REBOOT: To set the proper HostNames / DomainNames & bring up networking:
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Pacman Configuration
We will now Upgrade our pacman package manager database, check that we are using the proper repositories & insure that our system is up-to-date, we will only be using the stable repo's for our two nodes, please do not enable any of the testing repositories and complain that something is not working! you've been warned! ;P here we go:
INPUT: the following commands to upgrade our pacman-database:
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EDIT: the /etc/pacman.conf file to make sure that we are using the proper repositories:
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INPUT: the following command to download our enabled repositories & insure that our system is fully up-to-date:
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REBOOT: Once more, just for good measure(probably not neccesary):
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You should now have a very basic Arch Linux installation up & running on both of your machines/nodes, if you have any trouble installing Arch Linux, or need further assistance, see the OFFICIAL Arch Linux INSTALLATION Guide here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide
Install & Configure SSH:
We will now install SSH/OpenSSH so that we may connect to our nodes from a 3rd machine & manage the rest of our installation/configuration from one(single) keyboard/mouse/monitor, you may continue to work in your current environment if you like however, but you should still install & configure ssh:
INPUT: the following command to install SSH/OpenSSH:
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EDIT: the file: /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure it reflects that the following lines are UNCOMMENTED/MADE ACTIVE: Template:File
INPUT: the following command to test & make sure ssh/sshd is working:
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EDIT: the file: /etc/rc.conf and add sshd to the END of your daemons array so that our SSH Server starts at boot-time: Template:File
You should now have your SSH server/daemon up and running, continue on to the next step!
Install & Configure Apache:
We will now install & configure Apache with PHP & MySQL, We will do this in two sections, first will we install & configure the basic apache settings, then we will install PHP & create a number of "vhost.conf" style files apache needs for a PROPER setup of: RoundCubeMail, PHPMyAdmin, PHP, ProBIND, mysql, etc...Because we will be telling apache to use things like PHP, PHPMyAdmin, RoundCubeMail, ProBIND, MySQL, PostfixAdmin, Horde, etc, it (may not) start UNTIL all of the previously mentioned packages are downloaded, unpackaged, and installed in the proper places. IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO USE A SPECIFIC WEBAPP/PACKAGE DESCRIBED IN THIS GUIDE, SIMPLY DO NOT PUT AN "Include packagename" LINE for it IN: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf here we go!:
INPUT: the following command to install apache, php & MySQL:
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EDIT: the file: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and uncomment the following, we will UNCOMMENT/MAKE ACTIVE the ENTIRE LoadModule LIST, we will also add a LoadModule line for PHP5 at the end of the load module list:
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EDIT: the file: /etc/httpd/conf/mime.types: We must now ADD a "Mime Type" FOR: PHP / PHP5 in the mime.types file, this file is in ALPHABETICAL ORDER, Add the php mime.type line as I have, in the proper alphabetical location shown:
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AIDS Crisis, or Funding Crisis: Call for Resources Comes From All Corners of AIDS 2014
July 21, 2014
The newly-released report Financing the Response to AIDS in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: International Assistance From Donor Governments in 2013, from UNAIDS and Kaiser Family Foundation, reveals that donor governments in 2013 committed US$8.1 billion in new funding to support the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries, down 3% from 2012.
From words scrawled on a sign, to stark statistics on slides, to succinct tweets linked to graphic information, as well as postings from afar, excitement about breakthroughs in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care is often tempered by the assertion that there are not enough resources to get the job done.
"Does anybody remember AIDS?"
It seems a strange question to ask in the lead-up to a week where the spotlight shines more brightly on global efforts against the pandemic. But this headline from the no-punches-pulled essay by Mark Heywood, member of the board of directors of South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and director of SECTION27, comes at a time when funding cuts have forced TAC to shrink in size even as drastic problems remain in the South African health system.
Heywood writes,"Today AIDS makes a mockery of government leaders in South Africa who have made a virtue of their disassociation with the old AIDS denialism but have now embraced a new form of denialism. The new AIDS denialism denies that parts of our health systems are in cardiac arrest, that medicine stock-outs are epidemic; it denies condoms to schools, or TB control in prisons. It protects corrupt politicians and imprisons low-paid health workers."
He urges conference-goers to "question the duplicity of international aid, the donors who rode on AIDS whilst it was a badge that they could use for self-gratification, but whose short-sightedness and lack of enduring commitment to poor people's health is once more plain to see."
In a post on the conference-focused blog Crowd360, Rajiv Malik, the president of the pharmaceutical company Mylan Inc., which produces generic antiretroviral (ARV) therapies, cites the great strides that have already been taken in lowering drug costs. And with hope mounting for antiretroviral therapy that could be taken as infrequently as once a month, it's not unrealistic to think that the cost equation for treatment could shift significantly in coming years.
But Malik notes that low drug costs alone won't bridge the treatment gap:
On Facebook, Gregg Gonsalves asks, "With a 3% drop last year in AIDS funding according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, is it serious to say: let's build a more comprehensive model of care across the board, when programs are struggling to make ends meet?"
"Everyone loves a happy ending. After 33 years of a terrible epidemic, looking forward into the distance and glimpsing the end of the disease, an AIDS-free future is like seeing water on the horizon after a long, hard walk through the sands of a desert. We want it so desperately, so acutely, we can taste it," says the longtime activist living with HIV who is now a research scholar in law and a lecturer in law at Yale Law School and the co-director of the school's Global Health Justice Partnership.
"It's not only NGOs who are facing budget cuts. Many countries are seeing less foreign assistance for HIV/AIDS, either because they've 'graduated' to middle income status or soon will be doing so, are one of the countries where bilateral donors are pulling away from. Even in countries that are still a priority for donors, many are dealing with flat funding but rising needs, which means less money to go around, even if the sums are the same," he notes. "While Occupy Wall Street has receded from the public imagination and public sphere, the real trade off here is the 1% vs. the rest of us. If we're going to see an end to AIDS it's going to have to come in the context of a fairer world and we have to be part of that fight."
In the world of harm reduction and drug use policies, advocates say that the funding situation is worsening. In "The Funding Crisis for Harm Reduction," a report released at the conference by three international harm reduction groups, they note that:
Julie "JD" Davids is the managing editor for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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I like who we drafted this year and where we are headed as a team right now because of something we haven't had in many years, the foresight of drafting starters of the future. One of our picks I'm excited about is exactly that, a future starter.
Taken at pick #108 in the fourth round by Denver, Phillip Blake played right tackle at Baylor when Broncos J.D. Walton was handling the center duties for the team. After Walton was drafted in the third round by Denver in 2010, Blake took over at center and was a second-team All-Big 12 pick by the Associated Press in 2010 and a first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2011. Will he take over at center again for Walton? Probably not this year. Was he drafted as a RT then, allowing Franklin to move inside? No. Even though he played there in college, he does not have the measurables (Combine numbers are a height of 6-2 1/4, 312 lb and 32-inch arms) or technique to be a starter there at the NFL level.
"Blake is highly effective if he gets his hands into a defender's numbers. If he fails to, he can be pushed backward. He is capable of re-anchoring, but he has to learn to maximize his technique - he's powerful, but he has 32-inch arms. That's somewhat short for the NFL, but it's hardly the kiss of death. Former Bronco Kory Lichtensteiger is still playing center for Washington, and his arms are only 30 3/8 inches long. Blake is fine there. As far as his ability to re-anchor, that Blake can squat 635 lbs says volumes about his potential ability there. This seems like a mantra of late, but it's also true that he needs to learn to drive from his core muscles. He's a solid run blocker, but pass protection is probably his forte. As noted, he's got a strong bubble and anchors very well - when he's pushed backwards, he's usually able to re-anchor, or he was at the college level. He's not the quickest player, but he does have a nice first step. If he uses it to fire into the defender using his core muscles he's very effective. When he fails to drive his hips, he can be redirected. He does stay low in short-yardage situations, but he doesn't have a history of pushing the pile as effectively as you'd think that he's capable of doing - whatever his age, he's mostly just lacking in pro-level training, conditioning, and the coaching of technique. When Blake's technique is on, he's a very effective player. When it's not, he loses battles more often."
"There's one thing about Blake that's been debated in the reporting - he was dunned in his scouting reports as far as pulling goes, and he was criticized as having slow feet. I haven't seen that - actually, he seems fairly smooth when pulling. It's fair to say, though, that he sometimes struggles to find and maintain his target on the second level. Part of that is that he was in an up-tempo system at Baylor that didn't suit him as well as it might. He does have a nice shotgun snap, and seems to have no trouble with the QB under center, either. The basics are there - skill, versatility, toughness, a willingness to be coached, and the raw power to turn into a quality NFL starter. Despite having already finished his degree in sociology that summer, Blake decided to return to Baylor to develop his game before moving to the NFL. It was a good decision. To finish off his final season, Blake played an essential role for a Baylor Bears offensive unit that piled up 777 yards of total offense and posted 67 points in Baylor's Alamo Bowl victory over Washington. It was a game worth coming back for. Returning for an additional season after graduation permitted Blake to focus more intently on his football skills, and it shows. His invites to both the Senior Bowl and Combine were a testament to his hard work and intensity.
Blake is older than all of our current starting offensive linemen except Chris Kuper. However, he does have six years of collegiate football experience, and that's going to help. He scored a 35 on the Wonderlic, and John Elway is impressed with his intelligence and football IQ, which is a requirement at center. Kuper is said to be recovering well from his gruesome injury. If he can return with the same capabilities as before is a big question mark. Blake would be able to start in Kupe's place until he is fully recovered if need be. Even if Blake doesn't start as a rookie, he is a starter in training. He'll push the guards and push Walton at center during TC to be at the top of their game.
Blake is strictly to be considered as a interior OL backup at this point with huge potential to become a high quality starter if someone should go down like Kuper did last year. Something we very much needed IMO. Huge improvement over Hochstein.
Blake graduated from Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke, Ontario in 2005…Later played football as a center at Champlain Regional College in Lennoxville, Quebec, where he was a teammate of former Baylor linebacker Fred Plesius.


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Amy Tan is the author of three best-selling novels including her 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club. Her novel, The Valley of Amazement, was published in 2013 and reached The New York Times best-seller list. The editors of The New York Times Book Review also named it a 2013 Notable Book. Tan co-produced and co-wrote the screenplay of The Joy Luck Club movie, released in 1993. Millions of copies of her books are in print and they have been translated into thirty languages.


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When: Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 from 10am-6pm; Fleet arrival, christening celebration and pre-registration for a limited number of people from 1:30pm; Jerko onboard tours (pre-registration required) from 3-5pm


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A distraught mother has called for drugs to be legalised and regulated after her teenage daughter died from an ecstasy overdose.
Anne-Marie Cockburn, 43, said she wanted to meet Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss changing the law.
Her 15-year-old daughter, Martha Fernback, died from a cardiac arrest two hours after taking 0.5g of crystallised MDMA, known as ecstasy, in July last year.
Oxfordshire Coroner's Court heard that the schoolgirl, from the Summertown area of Oxford, had taken the drug which was 91% pure - compared to the average street-level purity of 58%.
Ms Cockburn said after the hearing at County Hall in Oxford: "It has been 328 days since my precious girl was safely by my side.
"Martha wanted to get high, she didn't want to die - no parent wants either, but one of those is preferable to the other.
"I wish Martha was sitting her GCSEs alongside her friends at school right now.
"I wish the drug education she received had enabled her to make a more fully-informed decision, instead of leaving her so vulnerable and in danger.
"I would like to meet with Theresa May, Norman Baker and Yvette Cooper to start a sensible dialogue for change, from prohibition to strict and responsible regulation of recreational drugs.
"This will help to safeguard our children and lead to a safer society for us all by putting doctors and pharmacists, not dealers, in control of drugs."
Oxfordshire coroner Darren Salter recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
He said: "It is a terrible loss and I think we can only say that it may at least serve as a warning to young people who may take, or think of taking, ecstasy or MDMA.
"What is clear is that there is no way of knowing what it is made up of or what the purity level is.
"So, as I say, this is a very stark warning of what can happen."
The inquest heard that a friend of Martha's had bought a gram of the crystallised drug and they had split it in half, with Martha taking her share at around midday on the day she died.
The friend, who cannot be identified because of her age, told the hearing in a written statement that she had met up with Martha that morning to go kayaking at a local rowing club.
"We walked and talked and she said to me 'I think I am going to take it today'," the girl said.
"I knew she was referring to MDMA as she had texted me and said 'I think I am going to take it'.
"I knew she had taken it before because I had been with her three times when she has taken the stuff."
The girl said that after kayaking for 30 minutes they had walked into the city centre where Martha had swallowed the drug with water.
"We walked past a school and she said it was kicking in and we were joined by a friend of ours," the girl said.t
"About 20 minutes after she had taken it I could see that she was high.
"I kept asking what it felt like and she said things like 'It's amazing, it feels like a dream - it's better than the last time we did it'.
"Her pupils were dilated and her jaw was shaking like she was cold.
"We were now on the High Street in Oxford and Martha kept on walking ahead and borrowing our friend's phone.
"She kept going through his contact list and phoning people and saying 'I've just taken half a gram and it's amazing'.
"She kept sitting down like she was tired and was acting strangely.
"I now realise Martha was sweating a lot and overheating. I said she should drink some water as she looked really hot. She drank some water and we carried on walking.
"We met up with another friend of ours and Martha was still acting weird and complaining about how far it was to walk."
The girl said they walked to Hinksey Park where they were joined by another friend and the five-strong group sat on a bench to eat some food they had bought earlier.
The hearing heard that Martha said she wanted to go swimming at the nearby open air pool in order to cool down and as she stood up she fell down - banging her head on the ground and causing it to bleed.
"I remember her being limp and falling," the girl said.
"The others came over and helped me hold her and we got her back to her feet. I said to her 'Are you okay?' and Martha replied 'I'm okay' but I could see her eyes rolling backwards.
"We moved her back to the bench and she lay down and I could see her lips were going blue and she went really pale.
"I kept saying 'Can you hear me Martha, are you okay?' Martha wasn't responding and I told one of our friends to call an ambulance.
"I was panicking a bit now and so were our friends."
Another friend said he met Martha and her female friend in the city centre after she had taken the drugs.
"Martha started to tremble and started shivering," he said.
"I wasn't too keen to be around Martha so I texted my friends and told them she was becoming difficult to handle.
"Martha's behaviour started to get worse and she wanted to go into the shops and was drawing attention to herself.
"We decided it would be better to go to Hinksley Park and sit by the lake."
He added: "Within seconds Martha went very pale and she was struggling to breathe. She was trembling uncontrollably and Martha collapsed into me and my friend.
"I then noticed blood over me and my friend, which was coming from Martha's head.
"We put her on the floor and tried to sit her up. Martha started to wheeze in her breathing. She collapsed and stopped breathing and we all panicked."
They alerted staff at the swimming pool who ran over and started trying to resuscitate the teenager.
The boy said he rang Martha's mother to tell her what had happened and said they had called for an ambulance.
The emergency services quickly arrived and Martha was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead an hour after first collapsing.
A post mortem examination concluded that Martha had died as a result of MDMA toxicity having suffered a cardiac arrest.
Pathologist Dr Nicholas Hunt told the hearing: "The MDMA concentration was very high and well within the reported range where deaths have been attributed to an overdose of this drug."
The inquest heard that the person who had supplied the drugs to Martha and her friend had been prosecuted.
Members of the schoolgirl's family attended the hearing, including Ms Cockburn, Martha's father Sean Fernback, 50, and Martha's grandmother.
Since her daughter's death, Ms Cockburn has set up a website, called What Martha Did Next.
Ms Cockburn, a marketing consultant, has also written a book called 5,742 days - the number of days Martha lived - that she wants to see in all secondary school libraries to "open the eyes" of young people to the dangers of drugs.
Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker said: "All drug-related deaths are tragic and my sympathy goes to Martha's mother.
"The UK's approach on drugs remains clear: we must prevent drug use in our communities, help dependent individuals through treatment and wider recovery support, while ensuring law enforcement protects society by stopping the supply.
"It is encouraging that drug use has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1996. However, we do not assume that we have nothing to learn from others, which is why we are conducting an international study to examine the approaches other countries are taking on drugs."


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- Nov 18:
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- Nov 14:
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- Nov 6:
- Superior Chamber establishes relief fund for residents affected by floods
- Oct 15:
- Boulder County homeowner haunted by mysterious concrete block
- Oct 5:
- Boulder area car buyers warned how to avoid flood-damaged autos
- Boulder Reservoir draws 300 volunteers for flood clean-up, repairs
- Oct 4:
- Vail Resorts to put 150 employees to work fixing flood-ravaged Coal Creek Trail
- Oct 3:
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- Sep 25:
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- Sep 22:
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- Sep 21:
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- Boulder begins inspections of flood-damaged properties Monday
- Sep 18:
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- Sep 15:
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- Sep 14:
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- Residents, officials: We will come back.
- Road closures in Boulder, east county and surrounding area
- Closings, cancellations and re-openings post flood
- Boulder area canyons remain isolated
- Boulder County's major reservoirs holding steady, despite week's deluge
- Fifth-graders stranded at Cal-Wood near Jamestown return to Louisville
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- Surge of water carrying cars, other debris flattens in Boulder Canyon
- Evacuations ordered for 4,000 residents along Boulder Creek
- Flooding claims at least 2 lives in Boulder, Jamestown
- RTD suspends numerous bus routes in Boulder
- 2nd Boulder flooding fatality was recent Centaurus grad Wesley Quinlan, friends say
- 100-year-flood: Boulder rainfall records swamped in dueling weather systems
- Louisville, Lafayette open shelters as creeks swell; downtown Superior under evac order
- Homeless people turned away from Boulder flood shelter
- Flooding prompts evacuations near Erie; community center to serve as shelter
- BVSD: Students at Jamestown's CalWood Education Center are safe
- Closures: Host of area roads closed, as well as CU, Naropa, Boulder Valley, St. Vrain schools
- Firefighter trapped by 'wall of water' rescued, suffers severe injuries
- Boulder registers wettest 24-hour period, and month, on record
- Sheriff asks Boulder County residents to stay home today, keep roads clear
- 500-year flood nearly cuts Longmont in two, forces evacuations
- National Guard carries evacuees from Lyons, delivers supplies
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With so many first responders working around the clock to help flood victims and clean up the damaged parts of Boulder and surrounding areas, the University of Colorado decided the last thing the community needed was a football game.
On Friday, CU made the decision to postpone its scheduled game against Fresno State. The game was slated for a 12:07 p.m. kickoff on Saturday at Folsom Field. There has been no make-up date scheduled.
"One thing I did not want to do was put more pressure on our community," CU chancellor Philip DiStefano said. "From a safety issue, we need to make sure those citizens of Boulder County, especially our students, staff and faculty, have the resources that they need during this period of time. I did not want to divert those resources for the game."
DiStefano said that roughly 60-70 police officers are needed on game days, to handle traffic, crowd control and other issues. The men and women who would be used for the game, however, have been working tirelessly during the past several days as rain and flooding have hit the area.
"They've been working 24/7 and it would be very, very difficult to get that number of officers at the game tomorrow," DiStefano said. "Safety is first in my estimation and I didn't want to put any of our students or fans in a position where safety is not No. 1."
CU did explore other options for getting the game in, including playing in Denver, but officials did not feel that was a viable option.
"We looked at just about any scenario you could look at it," CU athletic director Rick George said.
DiStefano said that many in the Denver area are dealing with the same types of issues and said, "We need to make sure that the first responders are there for citizens of Denver and the surrounding area."
Colorado (2-0) was eager to take on Fresno State (2-0), which handed the Buffs a 69-14 loss a year ago. Playing much better so far this season, the Buffaloes were looking forward to testing themselves against the Bulldogs.
Now, they're going to wind up with three weeks in between games. The Buffs are off next week and don't play again until Sept. 28 at Oregon State.
"They will respond well and we'll be ready to play whenever we get back out on that field again," head coach Mike MacIntyre said. "I promise you we'll be ready to go."
CU's practice field is still flooded, so the team will practice at Kittredge Field for now, MacIntyre said. He also said that the team and coaching staff will have to juggle their plans because of the unexpected off week. He added that the team will do some type of scrimmage during the break.
As for the game against Fresno State, there is no telling at this point when, or if, it will be played this season.
CU is off on Sept. 21 and Oct. 19, but Fresno State has games scheduled for both dates. The Bulldogs' two bye weeks are Oct. 12 and Nov. 16, but CU plays other teams those weeks.
The next open date at this point is Dec. 7, but one or both teams could be playing in conference championship games that weekend.
"We will reconvene with Fresno State in the next couple days to talk about the future and evaluate how we're going to reschedule this game," George said.
One or both teams might have to try to juggle their schedules to get the game in, but Fresno State athletic director Thomas Boeh said that is a difficult task at this point in the season.
"Moving games around at this point in the year, it would have been hard three months ago; right now it's very difficult," Boeh said. "We have a responsibility to explore every option. Our job will be to exhaust all of those possibilities."
Charter flights, hotels, television schedules, season ticket holders and other issues make moving a single game tough. Trying to move several games "adds a whole other complexity to it," Boeh said.
"Football games by definition in many places are the largest public events in town and they're very difficult to move around," Boeh said.
There's a chance this game won't be played at all.
"I think we have to accept that as a possibility," Boeh said, "but before we do that, we'll explore every option. If it came to that, it would be very disappointing, but hopefully neither team would be put at a disadvantage later in the year if it came to access to postseason play and that kind of stuff."
The CU athletic department will communicate with ticket holders as soon as possible about how to utilize the tickets they have for the Fresno State game.
This is just the third time in CU history that a football game has been postponed.
In 1963, a game against Air Force was pushed back two weeks after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In 2001, the Buffs were scheduled to play at Washington State on Sept. 15, but all college games were canceled that week after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. The game with Washington State was made up in 2004 in Seattle.
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Sam Mikulak, a Corona del Mar High alum, had a big night Thursday at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials, but it came at a price. He is dealing with some adversity with the return of ankle pain.
Mikulak, who broke both his ankles on a floor dismount during the Puerto Rico Cup last August, spent Friday icing down his left ankle, according to the Associated Press. He had a painful finish on vault during the final rotation on Thursday, when he posted the top overall score of the night Thursday with 91.80 points.
Mikulak, a 19-year-old who won the NCAA championship in 2011, is expected to compete in the finals Saturday. He is in third and vying for one of five spots on the U.S. men's gymnastics team that will compete at the London Games. The team will be announced Sunday.
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Been thinking about the Oilers, and what they need to do. Since the blog died for the most part, I figured I'd try and inject some life into parts of the forum outside of the keeper.. soooo...
My thoughts for the Oilers leading into next year...
- Trade the 2014 1st rounder BEFORE the deadline. This is necessary because I believe that in order to have success next year, the Oilers of this year need to push as hard as they can and finish as strong as they can. We need some momentum going into next season and some proof this can work.
- Trade the 2015 1st rounder BEFORE the deadline. This is a vote of confidence in your team. Other teams will be salivating over this pick because this probably looks like a good shot at Connor McDavid. Would Connor McDavid be nice here? Hell yes. But we don't need to keep scooping up 1st overall picks like Dustin Penner slurps up mini-pancakes. Time to flip these two picks for a home run.
- Trade Hemsky... ONLY if he lands a useful player. I don't know the possibilities, but Buffalo is moving Steve Ott, reportedly. He is a UFA as well too. This would only be a good idea if we can extend Ott's contract. But that's the type of player we'd be looking at.
- Trade Gagner... again, only if he lands a useful player. And a fairly useful player at that. If we're talking Gagner for The Big Red Dog in L.A., forget it. That's a useless trade.
- Re-sign Ben Scrivens. He'll want to play here. Make it happen.
- Re-sign Ilya Bryzgalov if the deal is good. This tandem is all that is needed. We don't need a Hiller or Miller "home run".
- However, what we DO need as a home run is a D-man. Soooo... throw those 2 1st rounders around to other teams and offer up the world for a world class d-man. Will we get one? I have my doubts, but you have to try. Throw everything at the preds for Weber... You can put together the 2 1sts, Eberle or Yak, Jultz or Petry, or Marincin or Klefbom. This is an important mega-piece that will quantum leap this team from perennial loser to "OK, maybe they aren't half bad". I've always believed that this is the most important position on the ice. You can fake good goaltending with great defense. You can boost your offense with great defense. You can't fake your way by with a shit blue line. Time to put significantly more effort into this area.
Offer up a monster package for Weber, Pietrangelo or OEL... a lesser one for Yandle ... maybe an offersheet to Subban (I don't like this idea though tbh, because I think Montreal matches any somewhat comprehensible deal). What I don't want to see is MacT do what the Oilers typically do and half ass it in hopes that the player they get works out. That means, don't go for the Kulikovs and Gardners, and such... the guys who might be pretty good, but you're just not sure yet. Guys like Weber, Pietrangelo, OEL, Yandle aren't too likely to go at all as is, and will be even less likely to go anywhere if these teams are still in the mix for playoffs (Which STL definitely will be)... so I don't see these happening at the deadline unless the teams are out of it. Well, I don't see any happening period, but hey.. just make the offer anyways. What's there to lose?
The rest can probably wait until later, but ideally you also push out Nick Schultz, Ryan Jones, and any other dead weight in exchange for picks or components useful to this team.
I'd also re-sign Belov sometime before next year. I think he deserves another long look. This was NHL year #1. He had some brain farts, but he had some flashes of good too. We need more time to figure this guy out, and at worst, he's probably a pretty reliable bottom pairing guy.
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I think I can get behind an Ehrhoff type too. The thing I don't want is to go and grab another long shot (let's pick on Belov here, momentarily) and hope they over perform. Proven D man that are top guys but not stars like names I mentioned I can definitely be happy with. It's more the shotgun blasts of mid range guys we go for and hope someone pans out. It isn't working.
Oh, additionally..
I want to see more Lander in the NHL to finish the year.. Need to see if there is improvement. Try him on line 2 or line 3 and see if he keeps up, helps, holds his own, disappears, adds value..
Also I'd like to see more Pitlick too, just cause I think he's quite a useful bottom six guy. Need a better gauge of that.
I agree re-sign scrivens and bryz if possible, it's a good tandem.
going for the home run defenseman, 2014 1st + Eberle + Petry.
I don't think we will get a player for Hemsky. trade him for a pick to replace the ones used in trades earlier in the year and if needed they can then be added to a package for a #1D.
Same goes for N. Schultz, Jones, Smyth, Potter if there are any takers.
Bring Pitlick, Horak and Arcobello back up until the end of the season, let Lander continue to be a leader in OKC.
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Ya I can't disagree with that, Quinstone. Suggesting they let him play the whole rest of the year even if he fails wasn't a good idea. But I wouldn't mind a short look as to where they are at. If they were looking good, keep them up, if they weren't send them back. But I wouldn't disagree with leaving them down there for the remainder either. I'm fairly patient with development, but there has been a lot of good chatter around Lander and wanted to see where he really is at. Past previews have been unimpressive for me. So I guess I'm slightly impatient in that I want another look. I think that even other teams will bring guys up for short looks now and then. Helps players keep an eye on the prize and such.
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I am curious as to if you have anyone in mind Racki, or just spitballing?
The deal with a first round picks, I wonder if Tyler Myers could fit in that type of deal... Still young, what the Oilers are lacking in and could be had I think. his contract is quite large and I think actually benefits the Sabres (cap floor) as much as it could hinder other teams, and that becomes where I would imagine hangups would present themselves.
I think something around
Anton Lander
Oskar Klefbom/Marincin
2014 1st round
Tyler Myers
I know we over value players here, but I wouldn't do it for the package above. Myers has question marks, but I do think he's worth a shot. I just don't like including a guy like Klefbom who has some great potential there. I'd definitely do that for a more safe guarantee tho. But I think that's a lot of pieces for this kind of risk. The 1st rounder is almost guaranteed to be top 3..Possibly even #1. So while this draft isn't very high end, you still are getting a guy likely to be a decent NHLer down the road. You may even hit it big with Ekblad. Now you are adding in Klefbom to the mix.. A guy who is possibly the best D prospect on the Oilers.
Myers.. Such a gamble. If we were for sure getting the player I think Myers is or will be I'd do that tho.
Always good to get an outsiders opinion on trade ideas though.
i'm starting to worry less about the defence now with how Marincin and Klefbom have played. Schultz seems to have improved a lot through the year as well.
Worrying less is OK but I hope #1 on Mac's list is still a stabling force on the blue. To me, this is the most important position in the sport and you can't hang it all on such a young blue line. Even though these guys do look like they're figuring it out, one injury could be enough to spiral this team. I also think good goaltending has benefited this team lately too. We might not be in a panic for a Weber type (although you'd be a crazy gm to turn one down) but the defence isn't reliable yet for me and a strong of wins and solid goaltending doesn't quite make it so. But Worrying less is an OK way to put it. Haha
I think the good goaltending is what's led to the better defensive play, they seem to be more composed.
They also seem to be more together and I think that's something Hendricks has bought in to the locker room. Even the kids aren't letting other players take shit from the opponents.
Yak jumping in for Hendricks.
Nuge being the first guy there when Ebs got boarded.
Eberle getting involved straight away when someone gave Gazdic a crosscheck in the back.
Hopefully we see more of this attitude from them.
Yah totally agree on Hendricks. Underrated in that regard. I loved to hear Spector (hate him if we will) make note how he's taken the locker room over, basically. The team needs a few guys like that... they need someone on the blue line to do that too. I thought that would be Ference, but maybe not. No offense meant to him.. good guy, but Smytty made note of how Pronger called guys out in the locker room.. they need that kind of guy.
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4/3 Game plan
We have an idea of what we want to do this year. We came out Opening Day and didn't get the win like we wanted to. We played good baseball but didn't come up with the win. We had a good approach. We expect to beat the Pirates. They're a Major League Baseball team, a great team, but at the same time, us being the Cubs, we feel we should go out there and win a series against them. We come out in the second game, we're down by three runs in the eighth inning, things aren't looking good and the team showed its resilience.
I know a lot of people out there don't believe in us but we believe in ourselves in this clubhouse and I think that's a big thing. There are little things that happened yesterday. Blake struggled in Spring Training and he came out and got a big hit. Leadoff walk for Fukey, getting that done, then Starlin Castro being Starlin Castro, he's one of those guys who is going to hit the ball all year long. I'm not comfortable up there but I was able to get the guy over, good things happened, I got that error. We just moved station to station and got those runs. We showed our resiliency, we showed we're not going to give up all year long. It's easy being three runs down in the eighth inning to any big league team and just shutting it down. It's usually set-up man, closer, game over. Hopefully, that's going to be the key to us all year long — regardless of what the score is, if we're down, it doesn't matter. Teams are going to fear us until that 27th out is made.
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Cubs played that eighth inning as I expected. This year is going to be a GREAT year! So many exciting players and each contributing to the team. Good luck in today's game and let's put up another W! Love the CUBS!!!
Hahahaha, this is hialrious "If you thought you couldn't take the kids into a gay dance club on Easter morning, you were WRONG." I guess I was wrong! Too funny. Hope you have a great weekend, no matter if you decide to talk Old English or scramble up your eggs 🙂
Marlon, I love you man…but why did you swing at that first pitch?
Go Cubs! You rock, Byrdie.
The Organization needs more people like you Byrd.
I've been a Cub fan longer than most. You can guess why. I liked most of what I saw this weekend. Spirit, effort, fight, and smarts. I complained to a friend that Carlos Pena popped up a 3-0 pitch with a runner on first and nobody out, but I learned later that he missed the take sign. At least management knew what to do, but I don't want to hear "missed sign" all season long either. You know, Alvarez hit that ground ball too softly for us to do anything with it, and, yes, Castro should have held the ball. Then Byrd hit his ground ball slightly too hard to beat out the DP and score the tying run.
Tough fought serires and the flashes are there. With the vets we have like you, Rami, Fonzi, Pena the young uns spread around and the vet staff I think we are built for a great year!
A long way to go and keep fighting!
Thanks for taking a few minutes to write about your feelings on what's happening. In today's key AB in the 9th, did you consider taking a pitch or two, or is Rudy really trying to get the position players to be aggressive, regardless of the situation?
I can certainly appreciate this, however, with A-Ram in the hole, I'm wondering if the same situation presents itself with one out again in the future, might you consider a different game plan?
Thanks a bunch, and I know you will start putting it together at the plate soon. It is terrific watching you give a 100% effort every game Marlon. Fans appreciate this tremendously.
hi Marlon,
We enjoy this Cubs team from what we have seen.a couplw tough losses but you guys enjoy each other its clear,and that leads to good baseball and fast rebounds. Youre helping develop a good team spririt.You'll hit.You're probably more worried than the fans. The media has done a great job with the personalities of this years Cubs.Reportes in Cchicago are honestbut tough . So if you get compliments its TRUE!Quade talks to the media and it helps the team..Also players talking is good and helps the players. .We wondering about how Garza would do. Man what wicked stuff he had he's a real professional! Pittsburg has got Cubs number lately.Its like some ghosts were out there in the infield blowing the dribblers between the fielders. I posted that on cbssportsline.Cub fans may seem tough sometimes but we watch every pitch and know what every player has done last few times he did anything,good or bad.Thats the way Cub fans are.If you ever win a world series in Chicago the city would be shut down for 2 weeks! and chicago aint no small place. Good luck to you Marlon and thanks for being a leader on the team.Weve needed that or a while..And thanks for your blog. I live in Ft Lauderdale now and will be seeing you guys in middle of May when you come to Miami .
'Cubs are gonna fight til 27 guys are out' thats a great motto you come up with above..Post it in your clubhouse.
"Teams are going to fear us until that 27th out is made." If we can get a consistent Marmol that is. He was a BEAST in game 2 and just didn't look anywhere near the same Pitcher in game 3. It'd be nice if that was the only blown save of the Season.
ANyway, sorry for the bit of a rant. Thank you for the insight Marlon. We all look forward to your posts.
There are still plenty of us out there that believe! Keep up the great work, we look forward to a fantastic season! BTW, I LOVE your hustle out there and think you've been and will continue to be a huge asset to the Cubs organization.
Steve Bevans
Lafayette, IN
I was at the game yesterday, and noticed Marlon changed his stance and hand position from last year. The new changes are not allowing him to get his arms extended. He is all tied up. Plus he is not settles in the box, his feet were constantly moving. Somebody let him know so he can adjust soon and have a great year.
I believe in all of you. It was a tough weekend but there were lots of good things too. It just feels so different from the last two years – in a good way. I wish the best for you, the team and all all Cubs fans!
I think this team has a whole bunch of talent up and down the bench. The pitching staff is solid and has the potential to be electric from 1 through 5. The bullpen is going to be a strength all year long for this team. The position players have great talent and seemed to play hard and aggressive all spring long.
I like the attitude the team is carrying. They know that they are young with a great group of veteran leaders. I like how its full go from everyone.
I think the one thing this team needs is to slow down just a bit and think things through. It would eliminate some of the mental errors. It would eliminate some of the 0-2 counts. Take a first pitch every now and then. Eat the ball on a dribbler. Play with tenacity but play smart.
I sure hope Kosuke does better at leadoff than he did last year, or that management recognizes this time around he needs to be moved down in the order. Last year he hit .193/.313/.298 at leadoff as opposed to .353/.441/.612 batting 2nd. That's a pretty big difference.
He hit .279/.376/.559 with RISP and .298/.393/.548 with Men On, but just .244/.359/.380 with no one on base. Given that he hits like Pujols with runners on base and much worse when they're not, I have no idea why we didn't just put Castro or someone else in at leadoff.
Nice to see him starting well this year but I will be keeping an eye on his splits between leadoff and other spots in the lineup, and hope Quade will also.
Baseball reference by the way shows the story of Kosuke's stats, both for last year and on his career:
I think Kosuke could end up contributing a lot to the team and hope we'll be using him to his full advantage. Last year we put him in at leadoff despite him slugging .300 points worse there. I still say lineup position could be key to maximizing his potential.
I believe in you and the Cubs, Marlon. I really like what I've seen so far. Pena has made some great defensive plays, Castro's getting a lot of hits, Geo's picking off base stealers, the pitching has been solid.
Good baseball, good fundamentals. These will keep you up in the standings and make you competitive come the pennant race. Keep up the good work and keep that positive attitude.
I have faith Marlon! been a fan since 89, i like what i seen this season, if Cash does what i know he can do tomorrow, our starting rotation is gonna be feared! (not to mention Woodie and Marmol in the 8th and 9th with a lead? i like them odds!) I believe we have a gritty team that can battle it out with the best in the NL
GO CUBS GO from your biggest Canadian fan!!!
It's nice to see read about what a player is thinking. Being a life long Cubs fan and baseball player, I am very impressed with the Cubs resiliency. Any mlb baseball team who hopes to compete for the world series title needs to be a team that is resilient in many ways, not only coming from behind but also over coming key injurys that naturally happen of the course of a 162 game season. I give my congrats to Byrd and the Cubs for not only impressing me but also taking the first steps towards quietly making a run at the Central title!
Nice try on the dive today Marlon. We appreciate the effort. Go get the brewers this weekend!
Dear Mr. Byrd,
You really show a lot of hustle in the field and at bat. WELL DONE! That brand of baseball is EXACTLY WHAT is needed here in on the NorthSide. Sheer hustle is catching on with some of your fellow players, too. Don't let anyone stop you, please. It's worth it in the long run. You and I see that. And the hell with those that do not.
Word to the wise, Mr. Byrd:
play nice…..amongst the media, at least……it is worth it.
Don't give the haters more than they can chew.
Paying attention to my fav team
Great win today.


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In yet another sign of the repressive nature of Hamas-ruled Gazan society, a young Palestinian woman becoming a simple waitress made headlines in local media.
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VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Matteo Palmer plays an original song, "Speechless," during the VUHS graduation ceremony last Friday night.
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TIGER JULIA CLUSS tries to get around Commodore Nikki Salley during Saturday's game in Vergennes. Middlebury won the game, 42-39.
COMMODORE SENIOR BREANNA Lapan gets past Tiger junior Krisandra Provencher during Saturday's game in Vergennes.
EVAN MEYERS TAKES center stage during a rehearsal of the VUHS music department's evening of Broadway music and dancing at the Vergennes Opera House. The show runs Thursday through Saturday.
EAGLE SENIOR TAILBACK Tommy Lee Hodsden bursts through the line on one of his 14 carries for 254 yards against Poultney on Saturday. The host Eagles won, 42-0, to improve to 6-2 and clinch the No. 4 seed in Division III. They will host Otter Valley this coming Saturday
COMMODORE JUNIOR HALEY Paquette and MUHS sophomore Faith Isham battle for the ball in the Commodores' 1-0 win at VUHS on Saturday.
TIGER SENIOR MAX Livingstone-Peters goes airborne to win the ball during Saturday's game at Vergennes. The contest ended in a 1-1 deadlock.
TIGER JUNIOR GOALIE Bo Tran leaps to win the ball in a crowd during Saturday's tie game at Vergennes. VUHS junior Ryan McEntee is closest to Tran, with senior Shane Lawrence closing in. To the left, Tiger senior Max Livingstone-Peters goes high to try to head the ball away, with VUHS junior Jake Dombek and Tiger junior Jerald Staret moving in.
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The logo should show elements of warmth (lighting solutions), quality (long life of product) and environmental benefits (energy savings/environmentally friendly product)
The logo will be used online and on letterheads. It should be simple, clean and bold.
Our initial thoughts are a stylized capital L (for Luminem, Light, LED)
See attached gif for general inspiration
BUT we are open for new ideas!
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