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The Trail Blazers came into Saturday night's game at Washington feeling the heat, and brimming with frustration over what's been a very difficult stretch of the season. The Wizards came in with a ton of confidence. They had already beaten Portland, in February at the Rose Garden, and were coming off a big win over the Lakers.
In the end, Portland's desire to right the ship, and get their first win on this road trip, carried them to a 110-99 victory at the Verizon Center. It's not a win that solves all that has been plaguing the Blazers, but it at least partially relieves the pressure everyone around this team has been feeling.
As Nate McMillan told me after the game, "it felt like we were connected tonight," a term he loves to use to represent the good nights versus the not-so-good nights. It simply means the Blazers were playing the right way, were efficient, sharp, and were focused. Yes, it's just that simple at times.
LaMarcus Aldridge only took 15 shots in this game, but scored 30 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished out three assists. After the game, Aldridge said he was happy to get the win, but insisted that this doesn't change anything. In other words, win and move on to the next one. I sensed the win provided more relief than that.
Following the first two losses on the trip, there were some obvious intermediate goals in this game- get off to a good start, take care of the ball, and get to the foul line. Portland was good in all catagories. They carried a three-point lead to the locker room at haltime, turned the ball over only seven times on the night, and ended up 26 for 27 from the line.
The Blazers were 25 for 25 in the final minute of the game, but Raymond Felton then split a pair the perfect night was over. In the locker room Gerald Wallace joked loudly that Felton owed everyone $20 bucks for ruining the perfect night at the line. Felton shot back that he was owed $20 bucks from everyone because he didn't commit a single turnover. I'll go with Felton on that one.
Say what you want about Felton, he's been much, much better as of late. In this game he scored 21 points (20 in the second half), pushed the tempo while staying under control, and distributed the ball efficiently. Even though Washington's John Wall scored 25, Felton and the Blazers adjusted well in the second half and were effective in keeping Wall out of the lane.
Most importantly, the Trail Blazers were able to build a late lead and kept this game from getting close in the final minutes. Given Portland's record in one or two-possession games, no one wanted to see this come down to the wire.
Sunday we'll head for Indianapolis, and get set to take on the Pacers on Tuesday night. Indiana, one of the elite teams in the east, lost a heartbreaker at Miami on Saturday night, and take on Orlando on Sunday. After the game against the Pacers, it's New York, Chicago, and Oklahoma City still on this trip. Obviously, it doesn't get any easier. But, it's a step in the right direction. And, following the losses in Minnesota and Boston, that was enough on this night.
I've watched the PAC 12 tournament. I've been watching agressive defense. Then I watched tonights game. Washington is as bad as it gets in the NBA right now and we struggled. Maybe not the right term, the defense looked like I can't be bothered again. The Blazers look like they are just going through the motions and they ran up against a team that cared even less. I'm passionate about the Blazers and I hate to see them degenerating to this.
Hey Mike: great blog.I felt the two teams tonight were closely matched and our experience is what got us the win, and of course 26 point on the free throw line whereas Washington missed about half. And that was the difference in the game.I thought Camby getting rejected may have lit a fire under the team, they played with much more determination after that. Thank you Joel.We may get the monkey off our back and play better team ball by the time we play b2t with the Pacers and the Knicks.
I missed the game tonight. First one in two years. In emergency with daughter-in-law. I'll catch the rerun on comcast for sure.I heard Camby got thrown out. I love it. That is the attitude I have been looking for. Go down fighting. Or better yet get kicked out winning.I like what you said LMA said. "This doesn't change anything". He's right. Keep that thought. All 15 boys. Nothing is going to come easy. Back to what LMA said.
Nice to see a win at last, even against a bad team, but it's hard to care too much when it becomes clearer every day that the team won't do anything this year. Once we get past the trade deadline it may become easier to focus. The game against the Celtics drove home the truth that the changes made this season have failed, and that the coach has apparently lost the team's confidence. Given that the acting GM apparently wants above all to be in position to retool next summer, I think we can rule out a big trade aimed at short-term gain. So I'd expect to see a trade or two before the deadline that will gain draft picks, and wouldn't be surprised if the coach is let go. At this point there's not much left of the season except playing for pride, and the beginning of an idea about what the future team might look like. I just hope Elliot's recovery isn't too prolonged. I'd like to see more of him.
if anybody wants to jump right to the video where Camby got ejected u can find that vid here http://www.nba.com/blazers/tbtv/video.html?videoID=3299... BTW already 2 comments i can agree with that already pointed out the fact that this team needs that kind of spark. It may be akward to some to know that Camby getting ejected will create a spark, but hey it had something to do with our win and im glad it happened here in this game because we NEEDED it! Especially being where we are and what this team has been through this wholllle dreadful season! Thank you Camby, just don't pull a sheed and have a habit out of it. But we need wins, somehow! Now I can only imagine what's going on in the player-only meetings right after a loss. It would be irritating to me because after a while it's just, enough of player meetings, that's all we do is talk! someone needs to walk! and that's where management comes in. And i'm going to pull a kobe here by saying we need to do something or do nothing at all and just play the waiting game. I'm tired of hearing trade talks, either trade or don't trade! simple as that. Because you know what it does. It hampers the players attitudes towards playing the game. Let's forget about it all and Portland, now is the time to put up or shut up! Let's start winning now!
How quickly things can change. First Felton starts playing like the PG we thought we were getting all along, then Ricky Rubio goes down for the season with a torn ACL. I guess we won't be seeing Luke Ridnour back in P'town anytime soon after all. I never understood why Minny would want to trade him anyway but there's always stuff we ordinary fans aren't privy to.A workmanlike effort against the Wiz tonight, with the expected result. LA broke his mini-slump in a big way. What's up with Batum though? In his last two outings he's seemed as if he's not feeling well. Is he under the weather some?--don
One more thing: The ejection of Camby was bogus! Did the refs have the same replay look we got? If so, how could they miss seeing Seraphin's forearm shoved into Camby's throat? Plus he was holding Camby down with that hand to keep him from rebounding. Should have been a foul on Seraphin and maybe a T on Camby.--don
lol camby 100% deserved his ejection. seraphin had no malcontent towards camby. you see in the replay they he was going to rebound the ball after the make. not intentionally putting his forearm in cambys throat. so yeah. camby basically throwing him down deserved to be ejected. because it wasn't a basketball play. but i'm still glad it happened. it's nice to see some fire out of someone on this blazers team. not willing to laydown for people. would be nice to see it out of more players. I've seen LMA come close to that fire, gerald as well. but need some more of it. lots of nice guys on the team. granted it's washington but heres hoping that the fire camby showed rubbs off and gets people going. everyone knows how good this team looks on paper, but they're performing at a very low level.
@Don: Like Brandon said Camby did deserve a Flagrant foul. I think after Seraphin's forearm shot to the throat a flagrant foul 1 would have been efficient though. The Wiz announcers said that Seraphin had already gotten a T for his action before Camby lost his cool. But then, Camby is no fool and maybe on a second night of a B2B, he wasn't going to play much more anyway. So getting the troops fired up may have saved the day or give some meaning to the road trip.
I think the flagrant foul 2 was excessive. It seemed more like a in the moment reaction to a guy having an arm on your throat. You are gonna push that arm and person out of your face & space on instinct. Obviously both guys got caught in the moment. But I guess at the very least it got the guys moving. And Marcus was not proud of his actions and did not feel this was acceptable for a team leader. As well LMA did not pat himself on the back for the win. He as a team leader said they needed to move it along. Good reasonable attitudes. Hopefully a sign of things to come.
But Camby's push came after the ball went in the basket, so it was not a caught in the moment deal. Of course Camby would not say he is proud of his action, he is still subject to a suspension from the NBA. Now, if the NBA Levy's a suspension then I would change Seraphin's action to a flagrant 2 also and suspend him.
What I saw on the Camby push was that what happened looked very different depending on the camera angle. From downcourt it looked like a gratuitous push after the action was over. From under the basket, in slow motion, it looked like a continuation of Camby pushing the arm away from his throat. I can see why he got a flagrant, but I don't understand why Seraphin wasn't ejected too. I thought the league had specific rules against jumping up and pushing another player; I thought that, regardless of the provocation, you weren't supposed to go out of your way to get into with another player. Jumping up to push him for putting you on the floor is different from standing there and immediately pushing back. We'll see if the league sees it that way in review.
Ejection, fine, suspension. All that is the side story. The story here is somebody finally put their foot in the ground and said no more. The wizards scored the ball our guy didn't like it. It's about time. The Blazers roster is full of nice cute players. They are talented but if they are going to turn this around they are going to have to find some toughness. We keep claiming we are a running team. A running team is about defense and rebounding. Both of which require hard work, effort and toughness. Defend your basket and control the boards.
@islander:I never thought of that prospect. But with the technical foul that got a reaction from Camby plus jumping up after he was pushed to retaliate was the same thing that Camby did in his retaliation.
Hey Mike,10 years from now when run into Marcus Camby. You ask him what he remembers about the 2012 season. What he tells you is the team had been playing like sissys for weeks. We went into Boston and beat by I think 50 points. The next night we played a game in D.C. They had recently embarrassed on our home court. Nate took me aside and said. You are the old guy on this team. Our young guys watch you. At the 10 minute mark I want you knock somebody on their a#$. Get thrown out of the game. If you do that I will pay your fine. If you get suspended I will pay you for that day. I did it and we won the game. We played tougher as a unit after that went on a run. Made the playoffs. That's coaching.
@divotking:Have you been smoking that wacky tabaccy?
I have heard it be said by multiple people that Felton has been playing better of late. Is it me, or did anyone watch the Celtic game? he was most certainly not playing "much better" in that debacle. I need to see a "consistent" string of games against varying levels of competition before I would say he has been playing "better". Just my opinion.
@L.T.G:I notice his lack of play in the Celtics game. but did better in the other games since the break. I haven't changed my mind about him because he is not a PG that helps the team or his teammates to be better.
Hg;Those days are long gone. My sorry attempt at some humor.
And two steps back in Indy...--don
A new low. 5 assists. Really. Nate's teams have always been overachieving. Underachieving does not come close to describing this team. Bonding over steak dinner. Really. Even us die-hards are getting long faces.
i didn't see the game, again. and again i don't regret it. what i do regret is breaking my hold out vow and buying nba league pass to watch the blazers. i wasted money but at least i can save my time.
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The Boys and Girls Club of Malvern and Hot Spring County basketball season reached its regular season conclusion on Saturday, setting the stage for tomorrow's tournament.
In true late-season basketball tradition, there were some upsets to be found on the last day of the season.
In the first and second grade division, the day started off with Super Bubbles facing off against Donut Hole.
Donut Hole took an early lead and never looked back, cruising to a 30-14 victory.
After the events of this week, I think it can safely be said that there is parity in college basketball.
Ok, so Arkansas' win over No. 2 Florida was a big deal, but it wasn't that terribly shocking. After all, the Hogs do tend to do quite well in Bud Walton Arena.
No, this revelation came to me last night while watching one of the weirder games I've seen in a while.
For the full column, see Friday's Malvern Daily Record.
The Malvern Little League will hold a board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the College of the Ouachitas.
Funeral services for Clementine Goodman age 74 of Malvern, Arkansas who died Tuesday February 5, 2013
Twyla "StormFire" Warford, 61 of Malvern, passed away peacefully at her home on February 5. 2013.
Ann (Johnnie) Clifton, 89, of Deerfield Beach, FL passed away peacefully on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Robert Houston York, age 57, passed away February 3, 2013.
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On a quiet Tuesday night in the shadow of downtown Atlanta, Max Cleland rolled his wheelchair to the head of a welcoming crowd and explained where he'd been the last seven years.
Down the dank rabbit hole of depression and out the other side.
The gathering of 150 or so at the Carter Center was the first event in Georgia associated with the publication of Cleland's new book, "Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove."
Attendees were mostly older. Many were former military, and some were from Cleland's old neighborhood in Lithonia. A C-SPAN camera was there as well. At least one Republican was in the audience.
The former U.S. senator, who lost his seat to Republican Saxby Chambliss in 2002, disappointed some who had assumed that, in the years since, the Vietnam veteran had drifted into the ranks of conspiracy theorists.
Cleland had no answer for the lanky fellow who assumed that, because the former Georgia senator had quit his first post-Senate assignment to the 9-11 commission in 2003, he must have evidence that the attack on New York's World Trade Center was an inside job.
He had resigned, Cleland said, because President George W. Bush and his White House had stonewalled when it came to saying what they knew about the participants in the attack, and when they knew it.
A woman declared that she knew for a fact that the 2002 election had been stolen from Cleland by the manufacturer of the new touch-screen voting machines used that November.
Cleland said he had his own suspicions, and used the phrase "ripe for fraud" more than once. But he also pointed out the larger and more likely factors responsible for his defeat: Gov. Roy Barnes' removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, and a ruthless, Washington-directed campaign by Republicans to unseat him. Which included that now-famous TV ad.
"To put my face up there alongside that of Saddam Hussein and bin Laden was bull feathers. But they got away with it," Cleland said.
What Cleland was most ready to talk about was Afghanistan and his own personal struggle with depression. After his defeat, Cleland said, "I dropped like a rock."
As a topic, depression runs the length of his book. But it is something new to Georgians. Cleland kept his condition hidden throughout his political career. Voters preferred the Max who always smiled and never said die.
"Public service and public life became my way of coping," he said.
Cleland credited Jimmy Carter with saving him from oblivion. At loose ends after an unsuccessful race for lieutenant governor, Cleland was appointed head of the Veterans Administration after Carter's election as president in 1976.
This summer, again at loose ends, Cleland was appointed to head the American Battle Monuments Commission by President Barack Obama. "My heart goes out to another president who saves my rear end at a time when it needed to be saved," he said.
Cleland said post-traumatic stress and his grievous wounds from Vietnam left him with a lifelong craving for "safety, organization and stability."
Without that trio, he said, "I go into a massive, deep, dark depression and I get to where I don't want to live. I don't go there anymore."
Cleland spoke with the candor of a man who will never again seek public office. "When your brain is compromised, and your body is riding high with massive anxiety and you can't shake it, it's a terrible feeling. And you cannot concentrate. You cannot read."
So he stays away from TV and newspapers. "I've done that for years. It helps me gain a little bit of perspective. I get most of my news second-hand."
Outside his duties with the monuments commission, Cleland said he intends to focus on military matters.
On Afghanistan, Cleland said the Obama Administration appears to be headed toward a "classic counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism blend, where you use Afghanistan as the anvil, and you use Pakistan as the hammer."
Afghanistan will be a defensive zone for U.S. troops. The true offensive will take place in Pakistan.
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"The question of boots on the ground is moot as long as you have a sanctuary nearby where the bad guys can go hide. You have to deny them the sanctuary. Otherwise, that's called Vietnam," he said.
This is a man who knows his swamps. Inside and out.
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October 14th, 2009
10:52 am
Max,I served two tours in Viet Nam,I feel today as I did back then that the democrats deserted us and Obama and his co horts are doing the same.We need to stop fighting everyones wars and concentrate on americas needs.The country is going to hell in a hand basket and we just keep spending and exspect the people of the United States to keep picking up the tab.The liberals (including you) are going to destroy this country!
October 14th, 2009
11:08 am
I only served 13 months and 6 days in Viet Nam. If I had a take back vote, I would now vote for Max. He did not repesent Georgia very well but he did a much better job than Saxby Chambliss. Max unlike Saxby did not sell Georgia's vote to the highest bidder.
October 14th, 2009
11:31 am
If I hear one more time how one commercial cost Cleland an election I will scream. This is an urban legend that just won't die. I'll sick "The Mythbusters" on it.
October 14th, 2009
12:10 pm
Ga Values-
"Max unlike Saxby did not sell Georgia's vote to the highest bidder" That is one heck of a charge. Please inform us of the specific votes Saxby sold, whom he sold them to and at what price. You have to back up what has a potential to be a criminal charge(s).
October 14th, 2009
12:45 pm
Max lost because people were tired of his liberal ideas,and his support for jimmah and the rest in Washington.Obama is taking us down the same trail.We will tuck our tail before accomplishing our goal.as we did in Viet Nam!I do not agree with war,but we started it and we need to complete the job.
October 14th, 2009
1:02 pm
Give it a rest, Max. You might dispute this, but you weren't simply entitled to that senate seat because you mishandled a grenade. You were a liberal seeking protection of the federal union workers when you should have been working on the security of this country first and foremost. You got called on your actions. Politics is tough! Stop sniveling! You just got appointed to another taxpayer funded post so you can quit being a victim.
October 14th, 2009
1:14 pm
Saxby sure didn't give away his vote on TARP, he got more than $2,500,000 from the banking industry. His leadership on ETHANOL sure doesn't come cheap.
October 14th, 2009
1:50 pm
October 14th, 2009
12:10 pm
Try reading this, preferably on an empty stomach:
October 14th, 2009
2:36 pm
BCL- Can't take you serious, Saxby didn't receive that much from the banking industry, maybe you mean over his entire career? Libs and conservatives both get special interest money.
Ga Values-
Read the article, sorry you have to do better than that. Saxby's leadership PAC received 692K out of all leadership PAC's of 355 million. Sounds like Saxby was shortchanged. I don't agree with these types of PAC's but most members of Congress have them.
Again, what specific votes were bought from whom for what price. If you have that, share the info, if not you should email Saxby and ask for forgivness.
October 14th, 2009
3:34 pm
Saxby took $2,683,000.00 from Banks, Insurance companies, and Real estate firms all of which got big bucks from TARP. If you need an earmark send Saxby a check. Saxby deliveres for the LOBBYIST.
October 14th, 2009
3:49 pm
Ok Bo I'll bite, during what time frame and in comparison to how much Chris Dodd received? Are you implying what Saxby did was a. illegal b. unethical c. what all the other politicans do in Washington?
October 14th, 2009
3:52 pm
I missed real estate firms, which real estate firms? I own a real estate company, no TARP funds here. I sure could use some TARP. You seem to be the expert, can you help?
October 14th, 2009
4:26 pm
How did max get blown up? I heard it was his own doing.
October 14th, 2009
4:52 pm
October 14th, 2009
3:52 pm
If you had sent Saxby a check you would have been on the TARP list.. If you don't pay you don't play. Saxby delivers.
October 14th, 2009
5:05 pm
Cute Bo, but not an answer. You said Real Estate firms got TARP money, which ones? Attacks are one thing, it's real a pisser when the facts get in your way.
October 14th, 2009
5:07 pm
Bo please refer to the 3:49 post and give us facts.
October 14th, 2009
5:40 pm
Billy Bob, it was an accident. Stories vary but he was injured because he mishandled a grenade and the rest is history. Whether he was playing with it, whether he was picking up a grenade he didn't know was a live one, one thing is certain, it was not a battle related incident.
October 14th, 2009
9:50 pm
A Marine getting off the helicopter behind Captain Cleland dropped the grenade off of his web gear, moron.
October 15th, 2009
6:40 am
Everyone knows Chambliss is a crook but we voted for him because he said he would change. Stupid voters.
October 15th, 2009
8:30 am
Hence, it wasn't battle related. Thanks for confirming my point. And grenades don't activate themselves if they are just dropped. The pin must be removed first. There is more to this than even you know, Will.
October 15th, 2009
9:54 am
Bob in Winder-
"Everyone knows Chambliss is a crook…" Is that so, what FACTS do you have? Have you reported these facts to the police? It's perfectly ok to disagree with an elected offical's position. There is never a need to slander someone unless you are willing to lay out the facts.
October 15th, 2009
2:29 pm
I guess phone sex helps him get through the dark nights. who holds the phone for him
October 15th, 2009
3:36 pm
I am a veteran who served 6 yrs. under Ronald Regan.I voted for Saxby. I am a daughter of the American Revolution, Civil War, WW1, WWII, Korea and The Gulf War. Regardless of the cause of injury, war is hell. How can you criticize someone for an injury incurred because they were serving their country? Viet Nam was a debacle we got into under the Kennedy administration, because the French couldn't handle the Khemer Rouge. They (French) dropped the basket in our laps and hauled ass. The American Government DRAFTED America's youth to fight a war the French were unwilling to fight. TOO MANY of our brothers and fathers were slaughtered there. That Max has served his country (at an extremely high price) for all these years and publicly held his head high, speaks to the man's personal integrity. Whether your agree with his politics or not, he is still A Great American. As Kennedy said… "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
Lunch is on me Max.
October 15th, 2009
5:12 pm
The French were fighting the Viet Minh in Viet Nam, the Khemer Rouge were in Cambodia. All part of Indiochina.
October 15th, 2009
6:21 pm
RetiredSoldier…Are you on Saxby's staff or 1 of those college interns. No one can as dumb as you act.
October 16th, 2009
6:44 am
How can anyone support a big spending, big government, pro amnesty RINO like Saxby? Saxby and his special interest buddies have destroyed the Republican Party.


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Made of ground-up, dried coconut meat, our coconut flour is organic and unsweetened, although the natural sugars in the coconut make the flour mildly sweet. Some consider coconut flour just as tasty as wheat flour, if not tastier, and it has the advantage of being completely gluten-free. Also, organic coconut flour contains more fiber than any other flour, making it especially filling and a popular choice for those trying to lose weight.
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Baked goods made with organic coconut flour are light and soft, with rich textures. Coconut flour can be substituted for up to 20% of the wheat flour in a recipe. Many gluten-free recipes use it as a base, including for coconut flour bread, cakes, and muffins. For a boost of fiber and protein, you can add organic coconut flour to smoothies and shakes, or try it as a thickener for sauces and gravies. On the lower right-side of the page, you can find several delicious coconut flour recipes.
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Our Registered Dietitian and Health Nut likes to swap about one-quarter of the flour in quick breads and cookies for coconut flour. This flour is made purely from organic coconut and has more fiber than other flours! Each tablespoon has about 6 grams of fiber, that is triple the amount compared to whole wheat flour which has only 2 grams of fiber per serving.
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1) 100% Gluten-Free: Coconut flour is naturally gluten-free, making it a popular ingredient for those who have gluten allergies or want to eliminate gluten from their diet. It has a naturally high nutritional content which makes it an excellent substitution for wheat flours.
2) Protein Powerhouse: With 14 grams of protein per 100 grams of flour, organic coconut flour contains more protein than white, wheat, rye flour, and cornmeal flours. Protein is an important component in building and maintaining healthy muscles.
3) Full of Fiber: Organic coconut flour contains 43 grams of fiber per 100 grams of coconut flour, double the amount found in wheat bran. Fiber helps sustain the feeling of fullness and helps slow the absorption of sugar into our bloodstream.
4) Heart-Healthy: A 2006 study published in Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies found that the fiber content present in coconut flour is effective at lowering cholesterol levels and reducing the risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.
5) Helps to Regulate Spikes in Blood Sugar: Fiber-rich foods such as coconut flour tend to have a low glycemic index because they are better at regulating blood sugar levels. A 2003 study published in The British Journal of Nutrition found that using increased amounts of coconut flour in baked goods lowered the glycemic index of the foods.
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A $100.00 non-refundable fee must be submitted along with the application. Checks should be made payable to the Town of Mattapoisett.
Fingerprints will be taken by appointment prior to issue of your permit. Officer Trenton Garde, who is responsible for this program, will contact you to set up a convenient time to meet at the police station to fingerprint after your application has been received.
First time applicants are required to submit a copy of a certificate of completion from a state-approved basic firearms safety course along with their application.
The new application process is expected to take 60 to 90 days. Applicants are advised to submit an application for renewal at least 90 days prior to the expiration date on their license. There is a 90 day grace period for expired licenses ONLY if they are submitted prior to expiration.
On July 23, 1998, Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998 (effective October 21, 1998) was enacted. The statute made significant changes to the existing firearms laws in Massachusetts. According to the Governor, "The Act strengthens the goal of the state's firearms control legislation to limit access to deadly weapons by irresponsible people and to prevent the temptation and the ability to use firearms to inflict harm, whether negligently or intentionally, on oneself or another." The Mattapoisett Police Department strongly recommends everyone who either (a) has a license to carry a firearm or (b) is applying for a license to carry a firearm read Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998 carefully. For quick reference, the important changes to the firearms licensing laws have been outlined below:
All Licenses To Carry Firearms will expire on the expiration date currently listed on the license
If your current FID card does not have a fingerprint or photo of you on it, then it is expired. New changes to the firearms laws require all FID cardholders to renew their cards. There are no grace period on expired FID cards. Expired cardholders caught carrying a weapon can be subject to a fine up to $5000 and/or arrest.
(1) Application - Complete the Application For New/Renewal of a Firearms Identification Card or License to Carry Firearms. Provide all the information that is requested on the form. Failure to provide information or providing false information will result in the denial of the application and the police department seeking a criminal complaint in the district court if the information is false.
(2) Suitable Person - In order to be eligible to receive a new or to renew a LTC, an applicant must be deemed by the Chief of Police to be a suitable person. The Chief considers factors such as the applicant's reputation in the community, his/her involvement in criminal activities that did not lead to an arrest or conviction, association with known criminals, etc. In addition, the following statutory restrictions affect an applicant's suitability:
b. Applicant is committed to an institution for mental illness
c. Applicant is being treated or confined for drug addiction or habitual drunkenness
d. Applicant is under age 21
e. Applicant is an alien of the United States
f. Applicant is subject to any Chapter 209A protective order in Massachusetts or similar domestic violence stay-away order in another state
g. Applicant is subject to an outstanding arrest warrant
h. Applicant was convicted of a misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment for more than two years
With respect to an FID permit only, a person who has been convicted of such offense may apply for an FID if five years has past since such conviction and/or probation period, whichever occurred last.
i. Applicant was convicted of a violent crime
j. Applicant was convicted of a felony
Pursuant to Chapter 140 section 129B of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Chief of Police may not deny an applicant's request for a FID Card unless he/she is subject to one of the statutory disqualifications listed above. An applicant for a FID Card is not required to state a purpose to obtain the card.
(3) Residency All applicants for a LTC or a FID must provide proof of residency or ownership of a business in the Town of Mattapoisett.
(4) Proper Purpose to Carry a Firearm - In the application you are asked to state your reason for requesting the issuance of a LTC. The new law establishes a Class "A" and a Class "B" license to distinguish between those persons entitle to possess, carry and/or purchase Large/Non-Large Capacity firearms or other guns. The Chief of Police may issue a license in either class depending on the reason submitted by the applicant and subject to the following rules:
PERSONAL PROTECTION / All Lawful Purposes - Except for those persons who are exempt and applicants who have been grand-fathered, pursuant to Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998, e.g., applicants who lawfully possessed Large Capacity Firearms before the effective date of the Act, a Class "A" LTC will only be issued to the following class of persons subject to restrictions deemed appropriate by the Chief:
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TARGET & HUNTING - Applicants for a license to Target Shoot and/or Hunt may only apply for a Class "B" LTC. A license for this purpose will restrict the licensee to such target shooting and hunting and to traveling to and from the licensee's home and the range or hunting area.
Renewal applications will be examined closely to determine which Class of license is the most appropriate for the applicant. The statute provides that a person who possessed a Large Capacity firearm on October 21, 1998, shall be issued a Class "A" LTC. The Chief of Police may assign restrictions to the license depending on the circumstance of each applicant. If you are renewing a license to carry for protection and the license was previously issued by this department, you will be issued a Class A license for protection without any restrictions. If the renewal applicant is renewing a LTC issued by another licensing authority, dated after January 1, 1994, for "Any Lawful Purpose" or purpose inconsistent with target and hunting, and the renewal application is the first renewal, the application will be considered a new application with the applicant subject to all conditions as a new applicant.
A renewal applicant who holds an LTC for Target & Hunting will be issued a new LTC with the following restrictions:
If an applicant submits an application to renew a LTC that has expired by more than ninety (90) days, the rules and conditions governing the issuance of a new LTC will be used to evaluate the application.
IMPORTANT: Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 140 section 131M, any person in possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun whose license is invalid for the sole reason that it has expired, but who shall not be disqualified from renewal upon application shall be subject to a civil fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000. There is no grace period for expired licenses!
(5) Certificate of Completion of a Safety Course - Each new applicant for a LTC or FID Card (except an applicant for an FID to carry mace or other chemical propellant ONLY) must successfully complete a safety course certified by the Department of State Police or in the case of an FID a course of instruction in the safe handling of firearms administered by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The instructor must be certified by the Department of State Police to teach the approved course. Additionally, applicants for a LTC may be required to complete a proficiency course, depending on the applicant's prior experience in the handling of firearms.
(6) Abuse Prevention Restraining Order - As mentioned above, any applicant who is currently subject to an order of suspension or surrender issued pursuant to section 3B or 3C of chapter 209A or a similar order issued by another jurisdiction, or a permanent or temporary protection order issued pursuant to chapter 209A or a similar order issued by another jurisdiction, may not apply for a LTC or FID. Any applicant convicted of a misdemeanor involving domestic violence is prohibited from possessing a firearm and will be denied a LTC.
(7) Prior History of Spousal/Family Abuse - Applicants who have a prior history of spousal or family abuse will be closely examined. Any evidence that is discovered indicative that the applicant represents a threat to the safety of his/her spouse or family shall be cause for denial of license. The absence of an Abuse Prevention Order, standing alone, will not preclude an inquiry into an applicant's prior history of abuse.
You will be notified within 60 days if your application has been approved or denied. Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 140 section 131H provides that any applicant or holder aggrieved by a denial, revocation or suspension of an FID or LTC has 90 days from the date he/she received notice of such denial, revocation or suspension, or 90 days from the expiration of the time limit during which the licensing authority is required to respond to the applicant to file a petition in the local district court for judicial review. A person may not petition for judicial review if a hearing has previously been held pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 209A, the Abuse Prevention Statute.
If you still have questions regarding the laws governing firearms possession, handling, transportation and licensing, you can contact Officer Matthew McGraw at (508)758-4141. In addition, you can read the sections of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 140 (sections 121-131) and Chapter 269 (sections 10-12) and Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998 that apply to firearms online by visiting the Massachusetts General Laws web site.
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Every year the date comes, or dates I should say, the dates my girls where diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Those dates are only 10 days apart, serving as a reminder how life changed in a blink of an eye. It's a reminder that lighting stuck twice. This was the fourth d-versary for Audi and today is the second for Rissa. But this year seems different than last year. I wonder what has changed.
A couple of days ago the girls were getting ready for school and Audi told everyone that Wednesday is Rissa d-anniversary (I shorten it a bit more). It seemed odd when she first said it but she is seven years old now. Plus the 1st was her d-aversary (yes it's on April fools days not really funny). I don't really know what to take of it. Its left me a bit puzzled.
I wrote a long blog post called "Worried" but I never published it. It told of my worry and maybe my oldest worry over her being diagnosed. I rewrote and rewrote that post as the story changed and evolved. I guess checking her BG a few times and coming up 90s and 100s reduced those fears. But a problem still persists, her complaining about her stomach before bed.
The girl's pediatric doctor stopped by one Sunday afternoon at my request. He is a personal friend and I though a random visit at home would be better than an office visit. Doc stopped by with his wife and we have a fun time catching up. They are almost like second parents because we spent so much time with them.
My oldest got talking with Doc and we managed to steer the conversation to her stomach. She opened up about what the symptoms were. Doc ask her if she was worried about getting diabetes like her sisters. She said no. He called me on his way home and said it was most likely irritable bowel and suggested a few things. But the story continues to evolve and now we are going to have a bunch of tests done because she continues to complain about her stomach, and always right before bed.
I don't think it's serious, but its worry nonetheless, I don't what to see my girls sick or in pain. However, I think the emotional pain of d-versaries 2 and 4 is not as bad this year. I don't have a real good explanation as to why other than it just is. Maybe time has helped, maybe the DOC (diabetes online community), maybe writing this blog and helping others, maybe going to Friends For Life in Orlando (seeing a bigger picture), maybe seeing our girls grow older is part.
It could be seeing a status update from a friend that her d-versary was a couple of days after Audi's helped. My friend has battled diabetes 24 years, most of her life, because if memory serves me right she was diagnosed under a year old. Frankly she kicks the crap out of diabetes and is phenomenal writer too.
If I could bottle what has changed this year I would let all you newly diagnosed families drink it. But I'll share this post with you instead. I do in large part write this blog for you folks, the newly diagnosed families that is. I know what you're going through and I hope my sharing helps you. Maybe that is the answer, doing something to help others. Send me an email if you like, if your local we can catch a cup of coffee or a draft. My family and I would like to her your story and we're here to listen.


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U DID, but now you don't
Every iPad and iPhone has a unique identifier, or UDID (Unique Device IDentifier), a 40 character string that is hard-coded to each, individual device.
It looks something like this:
Since the early days of iPhone development, it's been common practice for developers to use the UDID to associate devices with end-users, and for use in analytics, security, etc.
In the latest, major release of the iOS SDK (5.0), Apple has deprecated the API call an app uses to get the UDID from the system ( [UIDevice currentDevice].uniqueIdentifier ).
From The Wikipedia:
Deprecation – "In the process of authoring computer software, its standards or documentation, or other technical standards, deprecation is a status applied to features, characteristics, or practices to indicate that they should be avoided, typically because they have been superseded."
Unlike some other vendors, Apple tends to promptly remove deprecated APIs from their SDKs, so it's a good idea to move your app off of them quickly lest it break in a future iOS update.
Recently, Apple has started rejecting apps that access the UDID call:
Apple recommends replacing the use of the UDID with an app-specific unique identifier.
Here's some code for that:
- (NSString *)appUniqueId { static NSString * const APP_UNIQUE_ID_USERDEFAULTS_KEY = @"AppUniqueIdUserdefaultsKey"; // Do we already have a unique id for this app?... NSString *uniqueId = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:APP_UNIQUE_ID_USERDEFAULTS_KEY]; // ... if not, create it... if( uniqueId == nil ) { CFUUIDRef uuidRef = CFUUIDCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault); uniqueId = (NSString *)CFUUIDCreateString(kCFAllocatorDefault,uuidRef); CFRelease(uuidRef); [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:uniqueId forKey:APP_UNIQUE_ID_USERDEFAULTS_KEY]; [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize]; [uniqueId autorelease]; } return uniqueId; }
Unlike the UDID, the app-specific unique identifier will reset if the app is ever deleted and re-installed on the device, so if you're app relies on the same identifier for security, you'll have to account for this case.


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The Making of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center
By Sylvia Wrobel
Retiree, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Communications
Thanks to the incorporation, redirection, and expansion of well-established community programs in Atlanta, by the mid-twentieth century Emory University had a medical school full of doctors and two hospitals where they could practice, one on campus (staffed only by Emory faculty) and the other in midtown (where faculty and community doctors worked side by side).
Growing at home and through affiliations
Emory physicians also provided -- and continue to provide -- the majority of physician care in many of the city's biggest public/private hospitals. In 1946, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center asked Emory doctors to be responsible for patient care in exchange for allowing the medical school to use VA facilities for teaching and research.
In 1954, the sixty-four-acre Wesley Woods campus, founded to meet housing and healthcare needs of the elderly, was built adjacent to the Emory campus, opening the door for Emory to become a hub for pioneering advances in geriatric care and research. At the other end of the patient spectrum, the Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children (now Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston) relocated to the Emory campus in 1959.
In 1937, annoyed that Atlantans suffering from cancer had to travel out of state to the Johns Hopkins University hospital and elsewhere for care, Robert Woodruff had built the Winship Clinic for Neoplastic Diseases. ("Cancer" then had a stigma attached to it, so the term "neoplastic disease" was used to ensure that patients would actually come to the clinic.)
By mid-century, some forty years after Emory University was chartered, the family of institutions and programs focused on health professional education and patient care had grown rapidly. The units operated largely on their own, but beginning in 1953 they were overseen and coordinated by a Health Services Board -- essentially a committee of the University Board of Trustees -- with a chief administrator running the complex operation.
In 1966, the trustees created the Woodruff Medical Center (now the Woodruff Health Sciences Center) as a more formal umbrella organization for the three schools (medical, nursing, and dental), two hospitals, clinic, and primate research center, as well as the relationships with Atlanta's public/private hospitals and other organizations.
WHSC created a structure for the medical school's rapidly expanding programs to train doctors not only at Emory's own hospitals but also at the affiliated hospitals -- Grady, VAMC, Egleston Children's Hospital, and Wesley Woods Center, each an institution with its own mission and needs. The relationship with Grady was both the oldest -- faculty in the Atlanta Medical College and later Emory School of Medicine had cared for Grady patients since the public hospital opened in 1892 -- and the most complex. The wide range of care provided at Grady clinched Emory's reputation as a teaching institution and enhanced care across Georgia, where one of every four practicing physicians could boast of having learned hands-on medicine at the hospital.
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The Rollins School of Public Health may have been a latecomer, but Emory's efforts toward public health had begun early and reached far, with the help of the ubiquitous Robert Woodruff. His first interest in public health was piqued by malaria, because of its impact on south Georgia, where he had a hunting preserve, Ichauway Plantation. Always a man of action, he hired nurses, bought quinine to treat everyone in the county, and gave Emory faculty members money to study how malaria was transmitted. In 1942, the federal government established in Atlanta the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas, to train experts in controlling mosquitoes in areas of military importance. When the war ended, this program became a permanent institution, then called the Communicable Diseases Center. To forestall possible relocation of this center to Washington, D.C., Woodruff bought fifteen acres next to Emory and gave the property to the University to "sell" to the government. With access to CDC professionals as adjunct faculty, and with triumphs like the defeat of polio bringing the value of public health to the public eye, the medical school's small Department of Community Health began to expand, eventually becoming a division. The School of Public Health opened in 1990.
In its youth and adolescence, Emory did not think of itself as a research institution. In the WHSC, the goals were preparation of new generations of doctors and nurses and providing and constantly improving healthcare for Atlanta and the region. True, the Woodruff Memorial Research Building had been constructed in 1952 to help basic and clinical departments do some research, and the incorporation of the Yerkes Primate Research Center in 1956 added more research. True, in 1960, Emory University Hospital was chosen as one of eight national clinical research centers. The medical school's basic science Ph.D. programs were strong, and the first joint M.D./Ph.D. degree was granted in 1964, another sign of appreciation for research in clinical care. But in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, when the newly formed National Institutes of Health began pouring out Cold War-era research dollars on willing institutions, Emory held back.
Another life-changing gift
In 1979, the Woodruff gift offered Emory a chance to grow in new directions. New research-minded medical deans in turn looked for research-minded faculty. Recruitment and retention, not to mention the work itself, required research facilities, and both the Woodruff Foundation and other donors stepped up.
The early founders of the first components of what would become the Woodruff Health Sciences Center might well be astonished by what the center has become, what it has accomplished, and the ambitious plans it has for the future. What would not surprise them is that it the WHSC continues its deep immersion into the community from which so much of it sprang. The hope for a healthier community that animated those early Atlantans to charter a medical school in 1854 continues to flourish, even as it is realized in more powerful ways each year.


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At SMX Advanced, Matt Cutts told Danny Sullivan ON CAMERA that links would be an important search ranking factor for some years to come. He chose the empassioned answer and tried to explain some of the issues surrounding the enormity of the Internet, but stopped short of giving the whole, geeky answer.
We thought we would expand on his comments. When he talks about "the enormity of it all" he leaves you hanging a bit. We think we have some concept of what he means.
The truth is that in order for you to know WHICH page is the most relevent to return for any given user query, you not only need to be able to crawl and index all the content, you also need to be able to know how to order the data set at your disposal. It turns out that is HARD, because most signals are disparate and not easy to compare side by side. Certainly, some signals can influence rankings significantly in certain situations. For example, if you are positively identified as being located in Charlotte NC, USA, the chances are, when you type in "Chinese Takeaway" you are not looking for our favourite lunch haunt in Birmingham. However, it is not a universal signal and not always appropriate.
As Matt Cutts says in the interview – paraphrasing the immensely influential Probability Drive theorist, Douglas Adams, "Space is Big, you have no idea how vastly, hugely, mind bogglingly big space is". Then in his own words he says "You may think a walk down to the chemist is long, but that's peanuts to space, and the fact is the web is like that".
He is right. He gives an idea of that scale when he says that the Library of Congress has 151.4 million items which – when scanned through OCR is around 235 TerraBytes of text. For the biggest library in the world – 235 TerraBytes is all it needs. Here at Majestic – in order to crawl the whole web, and JUST record the link data, we have to measure our combined storage in PetaBytes, even before we include any storage used by the crawlers themselves around the world.
Matt uses an example to demonstrate a point – that when you start to use other signals, you really are not going to see a holistic metric for a while to come. When the suggestion is that social is going to take over, or that links are dead, Matt points out that it is premature to reach that conclusion and suggests that links will be around as a significant factor for some time to come yet. He points out that when you look at the number of links on the web that are no-followed, it is a single digit percentage. You can see that easily enough for yourself on Majestic SEO by looking at any website's headline link stats. MattCutts.com for example has a higher nofollow count than most at around 12%. CNN.com seems to be less at 1%.
There is another challenge though – in the ability to store, assimilate and importantly retrieve large amounts of disparate data points at scale. Let's say Google does indeed manage to assimilate us all and we have a Google profile for every person on the planet. That's say 50 MB of data per person – which is pretty conservative if we include an avatar.
So that's a pretty straightforward calculation 50,000,000 bytes X 6,973,738,433 = 348,686,921,650,000,000 bytes. that's 348,686 Terra-bytes. Now that is doable, but the interrelationships between these 7 billion people is a wholly different scenario. When we looked at including internal links into our Flow Metrics, our link count increased by 800%. The relationship between – say – Dixon Jones and Matt Cutts – is complex. Are they personal friends? Well no. But have they played cards together? Well yes. Do they have personally have friends in common? Hell yes! Would Matt Cutts trust a post from Dixon Jones? well… hmm… about as much as Dixon would trust one from Matt, less a bit, I expect.
So then (and here's my point) when Dixon Jones searches the internet for "Douglas Adams Quotes" there are a lot of them out there. Clearly Matt Cutts has some to hand (I doubt in context it was accurate, but Matt – if it was then the odds were EXACTLY 1 million to one that it was, as Terry Pratchett could tell you). But there are a lot of Douglas Adams quotes to be had. 30 million pages of them according to the all wise one. How are you going to order 30 million results about Douglas Adams quotes based on the views and opinions expressed by a few thousand friends or friends of friends in your Circle of Trust? How many of them have an opinion on the subject? – and if they did, I have as many friends that think Douglas Adams should be burnt at the cross as a heretic as have actually worked out the ultimate question. (The ultimate question needs you to read the books – but the answer is, as you may know, 42.)
By contrast, links win as a ranking signal by virtue of their ubiquity and relative ease of classifying and ranking. A link only pertains to a relationship between two entities on the web and this gives the link context. The number of links pointing into a url and the relative strength of those links give the content itself strength in that context. In short – it's easier to retrieve this data FAST, out of a set of 30 million candidates – than it would be to order the views of a few thousand friends who may or may not have an opinion on the subject.
11 Responses to "Why Links Remain an Important Ranking Factor"
The Alternative to Backling based Ranking would be some sort of artificial intelligence wich is able to analyse the quality of the single pages and ranks them accordingly. Or, some text analysis using quotations and paterns in Text to see how often a topic or an other website is mentioned on which domains in the web. This might be more precise than Link-Pagerank. Algorhytms to do this are allready availible i think. But analyzing trillions of webpages this way would require by far to mach computation power, even for google. But in 5-10 Years CPU Power might become cheap enough to do such things. Next level then would be Pschyhistory, to not only predict the Rank of a site but also to forecast the future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_(fictional)
The problem is that all on-page content can be copied and there can be millions of pages with exactly the same content, how would you rank that without some external factors?
> Links were the first major "Off The Page" ranking factor used by search engines. No, Google wasn't the first search engine to count links as "votes," but it was the first search engine to massively depend on link analysis as a way to improve relevancy.
Today, links remain the most important external signal that can help a web site rise in the rankings. But some links are more equal than others….
Nice post Dixon. I agree that links will remain an important ranking factor TILL someone comes out with a better ranking factor. It will be quite interesting to see another factor running parallel to links in deciding the rankings of a website.
I would have to agree that links are not going anywhere anytime soon. The way they are ranked has changed but the need for them has not. Now it is seems to be more about not overdoing the links and keeping the anchor texts in the right percentages. MajesticSEO is the best tool I have found that helps me do that.
"Would Matt Cutts trust a post from Dixon Jones? well… hmm… about as much as Dixon would trust one from Matt, less a bit, I expect." lol
Happy to hear that links will continue to count, however, I think that social factors is slowly taking over, they are the best prove that your site offers quality content.
I just found this article and I am glad I did! I am an account manager for Advance Digital, which works with its news websites to sell SEO and SMO services in local markets. I help our reps with preparation, research, and sales calls, so you could say it's my job to talk about link building and on-page optimization. I find myself answering this question several times per week – "How important is link building to showing up better in search, and is there an honest way to do it?"
We all know the answer is "very" and "yes", but the explanation above explains it so well. For local businesses that may not have a budget to hire a content team and produce outstanding and interesting feature articles or similarly excellent content, it is often sufficient to have well-optimized pages, a consistent local presence as seen in directories, and a healthy, diverse group of backlinks that are built up honestly and gradually over time.
I would say that social links will certainly be more of a factor in areas which are more social, however always going to be many types of websites where social networking not overly appropriate, these are the areas where traditional links will be a factor for many years.
It is not easy to imagine another way to count "votes" on the internet without using links in some way.
Since many people knows what it takes to rank high in the Serp, some people work hard to manipulate the system to their advantage. I think one problem is the anonymous reality of the web. Perhaps, in some way in the distant future there will be a bigger focus on identifying the persons and organisations behind a link, and let them carry the Trust/link vote, rather than an anonomous URL.


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