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Walking to Ease Knee Pain
It's a catch-22 when you have knee pain from osteoarthritis. It hurts, so you don't want to move. But if you exercise, it can eventually make your knees feel better.
"I've gone a period of time when I haven't moved a joint much and, when I first start, it's a little bit sore," says Denver physical therapist Eric Robertson, who has osteoarthritis. Robertson knows what it's like to be achy when he first starts moving. Your knee may hurt and ache, but it shouldn't keep you from doing your usual activities, he says.
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If you have OA, you may be a little uncomfortable when you first begin moving because there's some inflammation in your knee, says Jemima Albayda, MD, a rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins University. "But when you start walking, it should feel better."
There are many ways that walking helps ease the pain of knee OA.
Rebuilds joints. When you have OA, cartilage -- the springy tissue in your joints that acts like a shock absorber for your knees -- can become damaged and worn. The result: pain, stiffness, and problems moving. Exercise can help rebuild the joint, Robertson says. "Cartilage is like a sponge, and it gets nutrients from the compression and decompression of your body weight as you walk."
Strengthens your legs. Walking builds your muscles so they can take the pressure off your joints and handle more of the weight themselves. That means less pain for your knees.
Helps you lose weight. For every pound you lose, there's four times less pressure and stress on your knees. When there's less pressure, there's less pain. That can make a big difference to painful joints. Walking is a great low-impact way to help you lose extra weight, Albayda says.
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To stay healthy, you should get 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week. You don't have to get it all at once -- 10 minutes of walking here and there is a great idea. But don't push yourself, Albayda says.
"Some people get so excited that they overdo it and get sore the next day. I always say try a little bit one day and see how you do."
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This week in Dear Science, The Stranger's science column, Science answers the age-old question:
Are fluorescent lightbulbs really better for the earth? Because they fucking suck.
Science agrees ("Right now, Science looks near death thanks to some lowest-bid buzzing tubes overhead") and explains how traditional light bulbs work (lots of energy used in creating relatively little light) and goes on to say:
Fluorescent bulbs cheat, heating up a coil of wire only enough to start throwing off electrons, which in turn convert a low-pressure mercury vapor into plasma. The heavy-metal vapor throws off a bunch of ultraviolet light—excellent for tanning or destroying DNA, but not so great for looking. The white powder on the inside of the bulb converts the emitted ultraviolet light into visible light by fluorescence—hence the name. This convoluted pathway uses about a quarter of energy to make the same intensity light as a traditional bulb and also lasts longer than a regular bulb. Great! Fluorescents are a clear environmental winner, right?
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An old illustration I did back in 2006...but I still really like it, so I've decided to include it here in my collection. I used Leonardo daVinci's Girl with the Ermine for Juliet's pose.
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Keeping closers, to some degree, is a fool's errand.
I'll get straight to the facts, because they tell all: The top three fantasy closers in 2007 were J.J. Putz, Takashi Saito and Joe Nathan. They had 117 saves total, not to mention a 1.56 ERA between them, that season. Three years later, those three combined have a 2.53 ERA, but only four saves and 147 total days spent on the disabled list (albeit most of those Nathan's).
Of course, the next three closers on the 2007 list were Jose Valverde, Francisco Rodriguez and Jonathan Papelbon, and three years later all three are still closers (though two for different teams), and ranked 13th, sixth and seventh among relief pitchers on our Player Rater (excluding starters who qualify in relief).
What does that tell you?
Simple: Fantasy owners shouldn't stubbornly cling to the mantra, "Never pay for saves," but rather should understand the huge downside evident at the position, particularly evident over a span of several seasons. Some pitchers can perform well enough to retain the role over a half-decade or more. Others, unfortunately, have one great year and fade into oblivion. (Wherefore art thou, Dan Kolb?)
You'll see that, in my Monday keeper rankings, 19 current closers cracked my top 200, a number that might sound like a lot until you consider: Only 18 of them are really unquestioned closers, 18 of 200 is still only 9 percent and among top-100 players, only eight were closers. That means that in a 10-team keeper league in which each team keeps 10 players apiece, I see only eight closers being worth retaining. For a specific example, in my longtime, 12-team keeper league (keep 12 apiece plus a handful of minor league prospects), while a decade ago each team routinely kept two closers, these days we'd be lucky to see more than 10-12 total being carried over. The early rounds of our draft, of course, are populated with closers, often some names that might surprise you.
It's for that reason that, when it comes to closers, "rankings" isn't a fair way to judge keeper value. For example, I ranked Rafael Soriano 112th, and Pedro Alvarez 114th, but if I'm in either a position where I'm better off playing for 2012 and 2013, or where I've already got a higher-ranked closer and/or good starting pitching, there's absolutely no question I'm keeping Alvarez. My rankings are formula-based (and weight 2011 most heavily because I always believe in going for it sooner rather than later); there's no greater place you need to be flexible, therefore, than at closer.
To help you along your way determining the relative value of these ranked finishers, let's take a closer look at my feelings about the more notable ones:
Jonathan Broxton (No. 48): In spite of his 5.68 ERA since July 1, Broxton remains the class of the closer crop, if only because he's nearly 15 years younger than Mariano Rivera, and has as filthy stuff as any other stopper in the game. The statistics tell it all: Since 2006 he has a 2.81 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 11.79 strikeouts-per-nine innings ratio, and since taking over as the Los Angeles Dodgers' closer at the 2008 All-Star break, he has converted 84.5 percent of his save chances. If you're going to build around a closer, he's the one you want first.
Mariano Rivera (No. 67): He'd be right in Broxton territory in the rankings if not for his age, and that's more a question of potential retirement before 2013 (when he'd be 43) than his ability to perform at a high level. Rivera's contract expires at season's end, and while he has given no hint at retirement plans, nor does he seem likely to ever leave the New York Yankees, what does he do in the winter? Retire? Sign a one-year deal, then call it quits? Sign a multiyear contract and remain the unquestioned top fantasy closer through 2013? Time will tell.
Neftali Feliz (No. 77): He's one of the safest keepers on this list, not because he's 22 years old but because his future could reside in one of two places, either the ninth inning or the Texas Rangers' rotation. His upside is immense in either role, and it's for that reason he ranks so high despite his current closer status.
Jonathan Papelbon (No. 89): You've probably heard the rumors that the Boston Red Sox might consider dealing him this winter, handing the closer role to flame-throwing setup man Daniel Bard. In Papelbon's defense as a keeper candidate, most teams likely would pursue him as a closer, meaning his chances at saves is as strong elsewhere as it is in Boston.
Francisco Rodriguez (No. 102): This might be too high a ranking for him, being that he's not quite the dominating force today that he was with the Los Angeles Angels about a half-decade ago. His average fastball velocity this season is 91.1 mph, per FanGraphs, a career low, and while his strikeout rate is up from last season, he's still generating fewer swinging strikes than ever (11.4 percent). But K-Rod's contract keeps him stable in terms of job security, so that's good.
Drew Storen (No. 193): He's the future for the Washington Nationals in the ninth inning, and while Chad Cordero, another college closer who was drafted into the role by the franchise, has had an unspectacular career, Storen's stuff and makeup are more distinguished than Cordero's. The Nationals will grant him plenty of chances to establish himself and their rotation has some intriguing young talents, so this is an upside play well worth targeting in keeper formats.
Evan Meek (No. 199): The Pittsburgh Pirates might currently be using Joel Hanrahan to nail down their leads, but Meek remains this team's future at closer. He has been a sensation this year, even earning an All-Star nod, and should head into spring training at least on equal footing in a competition for the job. It's a risky play, but one worth chancing.
Note: Tristan H. Cockcroft's top 75 relief pitchers are ranked for their expected performance from this point forward this season only, and are not to be confused with the keeper rankings for 2011-13.
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Daniel Bard: The problem with the Papelbon trade rumors is that the veteran has one more year before he becomes eligible for free agency, and if the Red Sox don't like the deals they're offered this winter, they might as well keep their formidable one-two punch at the bullpen's back end. Bard's value would soar into the No. 150 range in the event of a Papelbon trade, however.
Luke Gregerson: As hinted in "60 Feet, 6 Inches" on Wednesday, the San Diego Padres might once again be looking to shed salary this winter, and closer Heath Bell, who earns $4 million for this season, could be a top candidate to go. Not that anyone would be surprised; a Bell trade has been rumored for years now. Mike Adams might be the Padres' primary setup man as things stand today, but he's injury prone and now past 30. Gregerson, meanwhile, has made huge advances this season and seems the future for the team in the ninth.
The curious case
Billy Wagner: I wanted him on my list and did, in fact, have him in my initial draft, but his insistence that he's retiring at season's end, obviously, kept him off in the end. But while I'm not about to endorse him as a quality keeper, even for 2011, here's a thought: Wagner's owners in such formats might as well keep him on hand for their pennant push, and who's to say he might not reconsider should his Atlanta Braves reach the postseason but fail to win it all? The lure of the ring, especially if you get close, has a way of drawing you back to the diamond.
Middle reliever spotlight: Kenley Jansen, Los Angeles Dodgers
Some fantasy owners became familiar with this name when he earned the save in only his second big league appearance, snatching him up in the hopes that closer Jonathan Broxton's recent struggles might pave the way for some cheap saves. That's not necessarily Jansen's immediate future; he's here to help strengthen the setup crew, and only got the ball in the ninth inning on that day because neither Broxton nor Hong-Chih Kuo was available.
Jansen can, however, help owners in NL-only or deep mixed formats looking to bolster their ratios with a handful of strikeouts. Through seven appearances with the Dodgers, he has thrown seven shutout innings with a 0.86 WHIP, 14.14 K's-per-nine ratio and .167 opponents' batting average.
What makes Jansen's such an intriguing story: He's a converted catcher, having made the switch midway through the 2009 season, and breezed to the majors in a calendar year behind the strength of a 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 14.00 K's-per-nine ratio in 11 appearances for Class A Inland Empire, and 1.67/1.15/16.67 numbers in 22 appearances for Double-A Chattanooga. And, before you ask, those strikeout rates are not misprints. Jansen can hit 97 mph on the radar gun with his fastball, and he mixes in a filthy slider.
In a way, Jansen's story is a lot like Sergio Santos' with the Chicago White Sox earlier in the year, except that Jansen has the advantage Santos had in the early weeks of opponents being unfamiliar with his arsenal. Remember, Santos had 0.48/1.02/11.09 numbers in 20 games in the season's first two months, tearing through American League lineups. Could Jensen match that in August and September? With his stuff, it's possible.
(Also check out Jason Grey's profile of Jansen just after he got called up.)
Upgrade your roster
Add: Trevor Hoffman, Milwaukee Brewers.
Drop: Kerry Wood, New York Yankees.
Two names fantasy owners know, both closers at earlier stages of the season who subsequently lost their jobs, Hoffman due to atrocious performance in the season's early weeks, Wood due to a trade to the Yankees, who have ageless Mariano Rivera firmly implanted in their ninth-inning role.
Hoffman, however, has apparently recaptured at least a share of the closer duties for his team, according to a report on the Brewers' website this past Sunday. A day after Hoffman received his first save opportunity since May 18, manager Ken Macha said that the all-time saves leader would share chances with John Axford going forward. The specifics of the partnership are unknown; the team's site went on to speculate that Axford might continue to get multiple-inning save opportunities as well as be called to protect tighter leads, while Hoffman might get "easier" saves with multiple-run leads or on Axford's days off.
The numbers don't entirely support the decision: Axford is 16-for-18 in save chances with a 3.38 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, .252 batting average allowed and 10.41 K's-per-nine ratio in 29 appearances since notching his first save on May 23. Hoffman, meanwhile, has a 3.24 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, .228 BAA and 6.48 K's per nine ratio since that date, statistics that are indeed similar but hardly support the notion that the incumbent deserved to cede even a share of his job.
Still, there's speculation abound in Milwaukee that Hoffman's installation as co-closer is a move designed to help him get the necessary three saves for 600 in his career, a strategy the team might be employing to sell more tickets. Let's put aside the silliness of such a decision -- if true -- because regardless of how they're accrued, saves are saves, and this presents an opportunity for Hoffman owners. He might not be any more valuable than Axford in his co-closer role and he might be a thorn in Axford's owners' sides, but if you play in an NL-only or deep mixed leagues, he's well worth a pickup. Hey, cheap saves!
Tristan H. Cockcroft is a fantasy baseball analyst for ESPN.com and a two-time champion of the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR) experts league. You can e-mail him here, or follow him on Twitter @SultanofStat.


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We spent Chrismas 2007 skiing in Saalback. It was a fantastic ski holiday, and we stayed in a Neilson catered chalet. Accommodation was fairly basic, clean, warm, good food, friendly guests,informal and fun. The young chalet staff - Molly, Scott and Al were great. Some guests staying in hotels told us that it was more formal and that they were expected to dress for dinner. The sun shone every day and ski conditions were very good; however, on a few days it was extremely cold on the mountain. So worth stopping for a quick gluwine,snaps or hot chocolate (with rum). And it was always very cold at night. This area is know as the Ski Circus and Saalbach is linked to Hinterglemm and Leogang (nicked named lego land), and you can cruise on nice blues and reds all day. Sometimes there were a few bottlenecks to queue for the lifts, but things seemed to move quite quickly. Night skiing is only available in Hinterglemm from 7-10pm.
There are plenty of mountain restaurants serving good food, at reasonable prices and with generous portions. We got addicted to Kaiserschmarren - Austrian pancake served with a sweet fruit sauce – just yummy and plenty to share. The dumpling soup and homemade sausages were also popular. Also, a beer, gluwine or snaps will set you up nicely for an afternoon skiing. The toilet facilities on the mountain were very good.
There are at least four ski schools to choose from in Saalbach. Furstauer were fun but the group size was 12+ (this may not always be the case) Our Ski school instructors organised a night out - lots of fun and games and alcohol; and after tobogganing in the pitch dark down a mountain road; we hit the bars and the party continued.
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Michael White's Vaucluse Is Just What the Upper East Side Wanted
With its nostalgic menu, its posh location, and its built-in clientele, it feels like a more permanent addition to the Altamarea Group portfolio.
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The words 'black truffle' appear on the menu exactly six times.
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The expansion has been in the works for three years.
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Fresh pasta is at the center of the menu.
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The chef just opened Ristorante Morini in the same neighborhood.
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Dozens of troops from Hurlburt Field returned home from overseas deployments Friday, just in time to reunite with their families for the holidays.
The Brown family was among the hundreds of people who anxiously waited on their loved one Friday afternoon.
Paul Brown was just one of more than 150 Hurlburt troops targeted by Operation Homecoming. As they waited, it was easy to see Ashley missed her husband and their two boys missed their father.
"Ahhh I get so excited!" said Ashely. "It' doesn't seem real until he actually walks down this carpet and it's like oh my gosh, he's finally home. It's been four months, what do you think it going to go through your head?"
"I dunno," said Brenton Kirby. "That's the weirdest part, not knowing."
The uncertainty vanished as the plane landed and Paul walked down the ramp and into the life he's been missing.
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Sheriffs are looking for two suspects in a Thursday afternoon drive-by shooting that left two wounded.
A sheriff's spokesman said that a black full-size van with Oregon plates drove up to a house at the 150 block of West Aldadena Drive at about 3:20 PM Thursday. According to the spokesman, no words were exchanged, but the suspects in the vehicle -- described as two African American males -- fired at the two male victims and sped away westbound on Altadena Drive.
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Here I am, returning from the 'working' VOID with the sad look on my face.
Because I am a shamless addict to the world of Skyrim.
In the last DLC installment called HEARTHFIRE.
The developers turn the tables and give us the unique customizable feature of
Creating a place of our very own.
For the XBOX 360, the DLC comes in at a whopping 77mb of space, and I had to wonder what my $5.00 just bought.
When you enter the game and start playing nothing seems to stand out right at first. Finally, when I entered a town (Whiterun was my first stop.) I was approached (as I expected) by a courier. He gave me a letter indicating that I should check out the orphanage in Riften as I can now condsider the ideal of ADOPTING a child.
Another letter was included to alert me that I now had the ability to redecorate my lovely Breezehome with a room for children if I so wished. I just needed to talk with the Jarl's Adviser.
I went to talk with him, but there was no talk of building a house (since I already owned one in Whiterun), but I saw the option to convert existing rooms to childrens's rooms for my current house.
I thought about the idea of adoption (while remaining in Character) passed off the notion of having any young potential 'sacrifices' scurry around and bug me at this time.
(Damnit JIM!) I am an Elf, not a nanny dammit!
With that thought now at the bottom of a list. I had set out to realize my dream home…
BUT there was one set back….
Honestly, this is the worst DLC I have received, not because of content, but because of lack of instructions on how to do stuff.
I checked INTERNET and found the places where I could build my lovely home.. I think the logic is sound as you can build a home in a place that has no real room for you there. But there was really no clear cut segway into how you can go about buying and building your home.
I chose Dawnstar, and tried to talk to the Jarl's assistant.. but soon found that my Brootherhood association ended his life a while back (OOPS! My bad!)
So I talked with the a$$hole of a Jarl and he gave me the option to build..
After following the instructions, I soon found that Skyrim took on a different light. I was not the:
Elven Bad Ass of the realm..
Or the the DRAGON BORNE..
Or even Bro'Nan the Destroyer!
no, I became the Bob Vila of Skyrim!
As some of you who have followed my Skyrim exploits know.. I was a BEAST.. haha at least in my own mind.. My level 55 character has a house in every city.. loot up the Arse, and about a nest egg of 102K…
Now look at me.. I am toiling away building a damn Chicken coop, and planting Jazy Berries..
ME!! The guy with Auriel's Bow and shyt load of light and dark arrows who can kill EVERYTHING in the damn game just about. I am reduced to searching towns for Glass and Straw, Horns and other knick knacks so I can have that kick ass Chandelier.
I am a sad man..
As of now,
I have 2 chickens, a cow, a horse, a Bastard of a steward (he tells me I shouldn't be snooping here .. and it is my damn house.. WTF!?!?), and a Bard ( she sounds pretty.)
An Armory, an Enchanter's Tower ( might have to change that), a cellar – for the real parties, and a Trophy Room.. cause nothin's says lovin' like a Mud Crab on a plauque mounted on your wall…
Yea… I have totally fallen.
But I digress..
The build interface is easy to use and understand. If you are a fan of black smithing you will pick it up right away. Materials are a pain, as you will need to keep ample stock of various items. They provide you with a chest to keep stuff in, but it would have been nice if they allowed a streamed lined access to it that doesn't involve me having to stop, go and get something out of the chest, and then go and make the support items so I can build the bigger ones.
And that is just for the house.. The interior is a whole other story. My trophy room will be decked out, but I need materials both special and local..
Special meaning glass, straw, goat horns, and local meaning the actual items you get and take for granted when you kill things. The furs, the scales, the feathers, etc… Luckily for me, I figured I would be a hell of a potion maker (never happened) but I still kept a special trunk in my house in Riften full of almost every kind of ingredient you could scavenge.. I mean, you never knew when you would need it. Well I need it now, but I have to go and play pack mule back and forth.
I think that tedium is what is not makin' me a die hard fan. But for $5.00 (400Mp) you can't go wrong. I like the idea of coming to a REAL home of my own and not some tawdry give-a-way from some Jarl. It does give me something to farm for. Though I have about 80,000 gold now ( damn house crap) it is a lot easier when you have the funds to build and buy are your leisure.
I give the DLC a confused puppy look. I like it, but it confuses me, but for $5.00, I got what I paid for.


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Almond Chocolate-Chip Biscotti
From Keegan at PETA
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Details and directions at Almond Chocolate-Chip Biscotti
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Peanut Butter Biscotti from permanentgrin at VegWeb
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Star Wars 33: Saber Clash is the thirty-third issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.
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As the Millennium Falcon and her crew depart Tatooine they recognize a House of Tagge Mining Explorer readying to jump to hyperspace. The Rebels decide to follow them to Feriae Junction where the Mining Explorer meets with an Imperial battlecruiser. There the Tagges transfer their mysterious Omega Frost technology to the Imperial craft, and lure Luke Skywalker into a trap. With Luke captured, Han Solo pilots the Falcon to the Rebel base at Yavin 4 to let them know that the Empire plans to use their Omega Frost weapon against Junction, a critical source of supplies for the Alliance. Back on the Mining Explorer Luke engages in a lightsaber duel with Baron Orman Tagge, and at first the elder Tagge toys with Luke, but soon realizes that the youth has more ability than he expected. Luke eventually defeats Tagge by destroying his cyber-vision and thus rendering him helpless, and heads back to the Rebel base to inform them of the true target of the Omega Frost weapon since the news that Han brought back was misinformation.
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The major league baseball hot stove has begun simmering, and while some teams have already completed blockbuster deals (here's looking at you, Miami and Toronto), the Arizona Diamondbacks continue to weigh their options as they look to construct their 2013 roster.
When word leaked that General Manager Kevin Towers was once again listening to offers for right fielder Justin Upton at last week's annual general manager meetings, was anyone surprised? I wasn't. It's time for him and the D-backs to go their separate ways.
Team management has continually denied a desire to move Upton and have said on many occasions they'd be surprised if he was traded. Yet, here we are in the midst of another offseason and Upton's name is, for the third time, the focal point of hot stove chatter.
The Diamondbacks can say it is team protocol to "listen" on every player, but, if I am Upton, I would be peeved. If they keep me, I can't imagine I would be a happy right fielder reporting to camp, and an unhappy Upton could likely be a similar version to the 2012 version or worse.
In 2012, Upton hit .280 with just 17 home runs and 67 RBI. He was hampered by a thumb injury throughout the season, which could have attributed to the significant drop in power from his MVP-caliber campaign in 2011.
If the D-backs were unhappy with Upton's production, attitude and clubhouse presence last season, can you even fathom the kind of disaster they'll have on their hands if they bring back the 25-year-old right fielder after he's endured a winter of hearing his name dragged through the mud and linked to numerous suitors? There is likely to be irreparable damage and discord between the D-backs front office and Upton.
Most athletes of Upton's caliber expect their organization to build around them, stroke their ego and give them a public vote of confidence. Whether right or wrong, the D-backs have not treated Upton like a franchise player. Instead, he's been treated as if he's one of the problems.
Upton is now painfully aware that he's not wanted in Arizona. It doesn't matter who or how many people want him gone. The fact is someone does and that's enough to sabotage the relationship between player and team.
Don't forget the fact the D-backs moved Upton's close friend Chris Young this winter, and don't disregard the effect it may have had on the team's decision to re-open discussions on Upton. Team brass seem to be doing everything in their power to change the culture and face of this team, which I personally applaud them for after a disappointing and underwhelming 2012 campaign.
I think Upton will go on to have a very successful and possibly still star-studded career, but it won't be in Arizona. Let's face it, as long as Upton's a D-back, he'll be part of trade rumors. He's trade bait and that won't change. How can anyone be expected to fulfill their potential with that cloud of uncertainty and feeling of unwantedness hanging over their head? He will benefit from a change of scenery, but if he stays in the Valley, fans and the club alike can expect to be let down by Upton.
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Ron Carey is one of Rep. Michele Bachmann's former chiefs of staff. He's the former chairman of the Minnesota GOP.
Now, as Bachmann gets ready to deliver an important speech this morning to conservatives in Washington, D.C., he says that she isn't electable, and isn't qualified to be president.
How embarrassing.
Bill Clinton calls Michele Bachmann "divorced from reality"
Bachmann has teased her tea party fans and the press for weeks now with a carefully orchestrated idea that she may throw her hat into the 2012 presidential election ring.
She's making trips to Iowa.
She did an end-run around GOP leaders and delivered her own State of the Union response.
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And she's scheduled to deliver the keynote speech this morning at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
Carey's lead-in has to sting. It's one thing for her to be mocked for ineptitude on Saturday Night Live, or to have a former Democratic president, Bill Clinton, use an international stage to denounce her as divorced from reality.
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But Carey was an insider. Carey was the fifth chief of staff in four years on Bachmann's team. He took over in February 2010 from Michelle Marston, who helped engineer Bachman's anti-health-care-reform protest in Washington, D.C. That was the same rally where Sean Hannity was busted by Jon Stewart for a bogus video clip that vastly inflated the size of the crowd.
After Marston's departure, one GOP congressman told Politico that Bachmann couldn't hold on to staff because of her penchant for headlines and fact-challenged rhetoric.
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To avoid clashing with the strict state-run rabbinate, the financing will not be done directly from the Religious Affairs Ministry but rather channeled through the Ministry of Culture and Sports. And the 15 won't be able to serve in state capacities like the rabbinate or the military.
But with a precedent established, liberal streams are now aiming for greater breakthroughs.
Rabbi Gilad Kariv, who heads Israel's Reform movement, said that together with recent strides toward liberalizing the conversion process, the state funding marked the most significant development to date in breaking down the Orthodox monopoly.
"It is one victory out of many that are needed in order to reach full equality in Israel between the denominations," he said. "The important thing is that the Israeli government will not be able to say anymore that the non-Orthodox denominations do not deserve equal treatment."
The precedent was enough to spark outrage from the religious establishment and Orthodox political parties, which wield significant political power and often act as kingmakers in Israeli politics.
Yaakov Margi, the minister of religious affairs from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, threatened to resign if forced to provide funding. Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Moshe Gafni accused the legal system of attempting to "undermine the Jewish infrastructure of the state."
"All of a sudden, there is money for Reform and Conservative clowns for whom Judaism is a mockery," he said in parliament.
At a charged parliamentary meeting last week to discuss the new funding scheme, an angry Gafni had Kariv removed from the room when he tried to speak.
"I have no problem with heads of these communities getting funding for their cultural activities. My problem is with the state of Israel recognizing them as rabbis," Daniel Hershkowitz, an Orthodox Cabinet minister, told The Associated Press. "It has been clear for thousands of years how one becomes a rabbi. Just like the state does not decide who becomes a doctor or a lawyer, it shouldn't be deciding who becomes a rabbi."
Hershkowitz has demanded an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to voice his objections.
The development was made possible thanks to American-born Reform Rabbi Miri Gold, who petitioned the Supreme Court in 2005 and demanded equal financing. Gold, born and raised near Detroit, heads a congregation in Kibbutz Gezer in central Israel. Like other members of the Reform movement, Gold also thinks the state shouldn't be financing religious institutions at all. But she wasn't ready to have her tax money go to the ultra-Orthodox while liberal rabbis like herself were barred.
"More and more Israelis are taking back their Jewish identity and realizing that Orthodoxy is not the answer," said Yizhar Hess, who heads the Israeli Conservative, or "Masorati," movement. "This is a shift that has yet to materialize in politics, where they have yet to realize that Israeli society is ready for a paradigm shift."
Liberal rabbis don't expect the change to happen overnight. "It's fine with me that there is more demand now for Orthodox rabbis," Kariv said. "Give me a generation and we'll change that."
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Stop us if you've heard this one before: Someone far, far away from Maricopa County has been arrested for threatening to blow Sheriff Joe Arpaio to greasy chunks.
It's possible you've heard this one before because this happens to be the fourth time an alleged "bomb threat" has been made against Arpaio since April, the MCSO claims.
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That was just about all the info released by Arpaio's office, which mentions all the not-so-credible threats against Arpaio over the last few months. One of the bomb threats was a spray-painted message on the new MCSO building in Phoenix, claiming there was a bomb inside. The only thing in there was a bomb-less lunch box.
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There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement. He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a considerable time. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help. But shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest, and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out "Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before. But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of the village said:
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(Phoenix, AZ) Bomb threats against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office are keeping investigators busy as yet another suspect is indicted. On Monday, August 19th, 2013 a Boston, Massachusetts man was indicted by a Maricopa County grand jury and a warrant was issued for 47 year old Robert Paul Menard. Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies traveled to and tracked down Menard in Massachusetts after he threatened to bomb the Sheriff's office several days ago.
This is the fourth bomb threat against Arpaio or his office since April.
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