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Kostandaras to lead state group
|Nick Kostandaras
|Photo courtesy of Summit County Council
Kostandaras, a Richfield resident, will be sworn in as president of the state group Dec. 9. He will serve a one-year term after serving this year as first vice president.
CCAO has been in existence since 1880, according to its website. The organization is a bipartisan group that works on behalf of Ohio's counties, Kostandaras said.
"CCAO gets involved in all legislative matters pertaining to communities and municipalities, townships and villages, any legislation that affects the way we do business," Kostandaras said. "We worked hard on getting the expansion of Medicaid. I'm glad to see that."
He added he's been active with the group since becoming a Councilman in 2005.
"We work together as a team," he said. "We work on consensus and … the bottom line is to do the very best we can for the counties."
Summit County Council members Gloria Rodgers (R-District 3) and Paula Prentice (D-District 8) also are active in CCAO. The organization works closely with Gov. John Kasich, Kostandaras said.
"What's going on in Washington should not be happening, but it's happening," he said. "We do not want to do that in Ohio. We need to work with the governor."
While Kostandaras is an active Democrat, he said he does not plan to publicly endorse a candidate for governor in the next year because of his role in CCAO. Democrat and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald is challenging Republican Kasich in next year's General Election to lead the state.
As president, Kostandaras said he has three priorities, all pertaining to taking care of Ohioans who need help.
"First, I want to make sure veterans are taken care of, and second, people with alcohol, drug and mental issues," he said.
His third concern is the number of children and adults facing hunger in Ohio.
"There's no reason why in the richest country in the world that one in every five children goes to bed hungry, and one of every six senior citizens goes to bed hungry," he said.
Kostandaras will be required to travel to Columbus once or twice a month for CCAO business, he said, but he doesn't expect that his duties will affect his ability to serve his constituents. District 1 includes the northern and northwest areas of the county, including Richfield, Peninsula and Boston.
At 76, Kostandaras said he has no problem keeping up with his schedule and responsibilities.
"A person has to decide for himself, what is the ultimate goal and what do you want to see done that hasn't been done," he said. "That's why I'm doing what I'm doing. I'm very determined to make sure that people in my county and other counties are well taken care of.
"It's a matter of putting priorities together and following through," he added. "Finish what you start and do the best each day for the people that put you here. We all have a purpose in life to do the best we can."
Kostandaras said his swearing in will take place during CCAO's winter conference, which takes place Dec. 8-10 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-District 11) is expected to swear him in, he said.
According to the CCAO website, Kostandaras is not the first Summit County official to lead CCAO. Former County Executive Tim Davis served as president in 1997, as did former Commissioner Oren Carter in 1957.
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The fallback content of youtube videos include a thumbnail, I would like to have it also for youtube playlists.
I know it takes more resource to get a thumb for a playlist, so maybe it would be an option, what viper thinks about it?
Just in case I leave here a function that get the thumb of the first video of the playlist for a given playlist_id, I use it in a video gallery section of my site.
function youtube_playlist_thumb_test($playlist_id){
$api_url = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/'.$playlist_id;
$request = new WP_Http;
$result = $request->request( $api_url );
if ($result['response']['code'] == 200) {
$parser = xml_parser_create();
$vals = array();
$index = array();
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foreach ($vals as $val) {
if ($val['tag'] == 'MEDIA:THUMBNAIL' && $val['attributes']['HEIGHT'] == '240') {
return $val['attributes']['URL'];
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Lemon Rice with Dals
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 45 mins
This recipe is a lot more simpler to make than first meets the eye. If you prefer a richer variation, then you can add some cubes of butter directly to the rice after it's cooked, for a more flavorsome taste.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 1⁄4 cup masoor dal
- 1⁄4 cup channa dal
- 1 medium onion
- 2 lemons
- 25 g butter
- 3⁄4 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 3⁄4 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 -3 cloves
- 3 -4 cinnamon sticks
- 4 curry leaves
- 5 -6 cashew nuts (chopped)
- coriander sprig
- dried parsley
- fresh lemon rind
- salt
- Soak masoor and chana dals for a few hours prior to cooking.
- Boil rice with about 4-5 cups water and salt until grains are soft and firm.
- Just before draining the rice, add the turmeric powder.
- Stir to ensure that the color spreads evenly over the rice.
- Remove from heat and drain.
- In another pot, add the masoor and chana dals; cover with water and boil until the dals soften.
- In a separate small saucepan, add butter on low heat until it melts.
- Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, bayleaves, cloves, cinammon, curry leaves and cashew nuts.
- When the seeds begin to splutter, add the onion and allow to heat till onion becomes translucent.
- Then add the boiled/softened masoor and chana dals along with the turmeric powder.
- At this point you can peel the lemons and add the lemon rind to the rest of the ingredients.
- Stir this mixture thoroughly to ensure a nice distribution of the butter flavor.
- Transfer this mix to the already cooked rice and toss or stir well.
- Squeeze two fresh lemons to obtain about half a cup of juice, add a tsp of salt to it, and then pour the liquid on the rice concoction, making sure to toss it thoroughly.
- Garnish by drizzling with dry parsley, coriander and a whole cashew.
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I love this recipe!! It is dilicious and healthy (because of the daals) and the lemon rinds is what does the trick.It looks pretty and adds flavor.This is different from the traditional recipe and I am definately sticking with this one!!! Thanks for sharing.
Been meaning to make this for an Indian dinner forever, and finally got around to it. I served it with SueL's Palak Paneer and it went so well I think I may just fall in love with Indian food. Loved the contrasty texture of the lentils with the rice and amazing flavor too.


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Two years after being laid off from her job as a health and safety consultant, Ana Luis has found a new, quite different occupation.
The blue-eyed, blonde-haired 46-year-old stands busy in the window of her very own dress shop in Valladolid, northeastern Spain, deftly fixing clothes on a dummy.
For Ana, it was a childhood dream come true -- one born of the nightmare of redundancy.
Left jobless like millions of others in Spain's recession, she did what many are also doing, for want of an alternative: launched her own business.
"I had a choice: stay sitting at home and do nothing, or throw myself into a project that I like," she says.
She opened the store less than four months ago using part of her redundancy pay and savings -- a total investment of 30,000 euros ($40,000).
She is one of a wave of Spaniards trying to create jobs for themselves in the recession that has driven the unemployment rate above 26 percent.
The crisis sparked by the collapse of Spain's building boom had wiped out a lot of self-employed entrepreneurs: 625,000 between 2008 and 2011, says Lorenzo Amor, president of the small entrepreneurs' association ATA.
But in 2012, as the unemployment rate climbed to record highs, their number grew for the first time in the five-year crisis, with 53,000 new registered self-employed, he says, citing government figures.
These entrepreneurs created 72,000 jobs, he added -- just about the only sector to do generate any.
"For the next few months it is going to be easier to create your own job than to find one," Amor said.
"In Spain, every hour 67 people register as self-employed. Unfortunately, half of those don't manage to keep their business running for more than three years."
Despite everything, they are having a go.
In a trendy district of central Madrid, serving staff bustle at the coffee machine in "La Bicicleta", a novel bicycle-friendly cafe where cyclists can park their bikes.
Its tables are crammed with customers even though the cafe only opened days ago, under the management of Tamara Marques, 29, and Quique Arias, 35.
"I had other job plans. I wanted to be an air traffic controller. But the labour market is nothing like it was," said Tamara.
"The way the economy is, I prefer to invest in something I really like and which will bear fruit, rather than wait for the government to do something for me."
She and Quique launched their plan in late 2011 and managed to open their cafe, with its rough industrial-style decor and deliberately shabby armchairs, more than a year later.
They raised the 100,000 euros they needed through a rare bank loan and help from their families -- no thanks, they say, to Spanish bureaucracy.
"We're not even talking about getting subsidies or making it easier to get a loan," says Quique. "We're talking about much simpler things, like just getting the paperwork done."
Among its various emergency reforms, the conservative government says it is working on a law to cut the red tape for people launching their own businesses.
Ana, Tamara and Quique say they are covering their costs but relying on their families to live.
Yet theirs are rare tales of hope in a crisis that aid groups has thrown millions into poverty.
"I think there is a growing dynamism. We are seeing just the tip of the iceberg," says Javier Sanz, director of an MBA programme at Madrid's Complutense University.
"In the next five years people are going to realise more and more that to find the perfect job they are going to have to make one up. For that you need to be an entrepreneur."


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Rick DiPietro is eager to earn that fat contract.
The New York Islanders goaltender returned to the ice on Saturday after missing the past four games with a groin strain.
DiPietro, who signed a 15-year, $67.5 million extension before the season began, practiced on Friday and started against the defending champion Carolina Hurricanes at Nassau Coliseum.
"I'm just excited to get back," DiPietro told Newsday on Friday. "I've done all the treatment necessary to feel good on the ice. The question before the Pittsburgh game [Thursday] was whether I was game-ready. It wasn't a pain issue. It was more getting back in the swing of things.
DiPietro made 23 saves and allowed no goals through two periods against Carolina.
"Dunny [backup goaltender Mike Dunham] has done a fantastic job holding down the fort, but I feel like I need to get back in there and do whatever I can to help out and win some games," he said.
DiPietro struggled to start the season, but the groin injury may have had more to do with that than the pressure of the big contract. Nonetheless, pressure will now be the 25-year-old's constant companion.
"You have to be immune to it or develop a tough skin," Islanders coach Ted Nolan said. "If you play well, they're going to name bridges after you. But if you don't play well, they're going to throw you off them. We have to accept the territory where we're at."
DiPietro is ready for the voice of the crowd.
"We have great fans, passionate fans," DiPietro told the paper. "You watch the Mets and see the looks on people's faces in the crowd when they went down 3-1 [Thursday]. These people live and die by their teams, and we appreciate it. The biggest thing is to work hard every night and prove to them that, win or lose, we're trying our hardest. As New Yorkers, I think they respect that."


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Claim: After repeatedly complaining about the smell in their room, a vacationing couple staying in a hotel discover a body hidden under their bed.
Origins: In The Baby Train, folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand writes that he first heard the "dead body found under hotel bed" legend in 1991. Every version that came to him mentioned a Las Vegas hotel, but the lack of checkable details led him to believe this was an apocryphal tale.
Okay, so we can date the appearance of this legend to 1991. Unlike a number of other such gruesome tales, this legend appears to have sprung from a misremembering of any one of a number of actual news items, with the talebearer shifting certain details so that deaths which took place in anonymous little motels along Interstates are said to have happened in Las Vegas, America's own Sin City, and victims who'd (usually) done little else amiss than be in the wrong place at the wrong time and/or take up with questionable company were transformed through the magic of retelling into prostitutes.
Dead bodies get stashed in the box spring or the bed's pedestal more often than you'd want to believe. What's more, a fair number of them are only discovered days
In each of the following cases not only were bodies discovered under hotel beds, but it was investigations of the smell of decomposition that led to their discoveries.
On 10 July 2003, a man checked into the Capri Motel, just east of downtown Kansas City, and began complaining about a foul odor in his room. Management told him nothing could be done about the problem, and he spent three nights in his room before checking out because he could no longer stand the smell. When the cleaning staff came in to make up the room on
On 10 June 1999 the rapidly decomposing remains of 64-year-old Saul Hernandez were discovered inside the bed in
In July 1996 a woman's body was found under a mattress in the Colorado Boulevard Travelodge in Pasadena, CA. Apparently the motel's staff discovered her ten days after her demise and only after guests had complained for several days of a foul odor coming from that room.
There were two stashed-and-smelly body cases in Florida in 1994. (Further adding to the confusability of these stories' taking place in the same year and the same state, in both instances the next tenants those rooms had were German tourists.) In August 1994 in Fort Lauderdale, hotel staff discovered the body of 47-year-old Bryan Gregory tucked under a platform bed. Though the staff had themselves noticed the strange smell for days, they only set about looking for its source after a German couple spent the night in that room and afterwards complained about the odor.
In March 1994 the body of 24-year-old Josefina Martinez was found underneath a bed at the Traveler's Hotel near Miami International Airport. Again, the discovery was prompted by an aggrieved German tourist upset about a foul odor in his room.
In Virginia in 1989, Jerry Lee Dunbar disposed of the remains of two victims this way: 27-year-old Deirdre Smith, who was discovered in May under the floor of a motel room on
In Mineola, New York, motel in 1988, a body turned up in a box spring. The remains of 29-year-old Mary Jean DeOliviera were found at the Oceanside Motel. Again, the body was discovered days later and only after other patrons complained about the smell. At least two other guests unknowingly cohabited with the body before
Here's a change of pace — not a murder, but a death by misadventure. In Rosedale, Maryland in 1987, an unidentified man died of a drug overdose after one of the thirty-four balloons of heroin he'd swallowed burst. His partner stashed the corpse under their motel bed, then split. Three days later, the family the room was next rented to complained about the odor, and this led to the body's discovery.
One of the oldest "smelly body left under the bed" sightings comes from 1982. Richard Kuklinski, Daniel Deppner, and Gary Smith often teamed together to run auto theft scams. Kuklinski and Deppner decided to kill Smith, and they accomplished this by feeding him a cyanide-laced hamburger in a North Bergen, New Jersey, motel room. Kuklinkski finished off Smith by strangling him when watching Smith die of poisoning proved tiresome. Smith's body was stuffed under the bed and left there. It was found four days later, on
That case has seemingly been topped by one in which Sony Millbrook of Memphis, Tennessee, was reported missing on
There are, of course, numerous other cases of dead bodies being left under hotel beds, but I've chosen not to report on these because they lack the key element of the legend: complaints about the presence of a horrific smell leading to the corpse's discovery. What gives this urban legend its chills-down-the-spine gruesomeness is the body's being found only after an unsuspecting traveler spends the night sleeping above it. That clearly happened in at least some of the cases mentioned here (and perhaps in others where the news reports stated only that hotel guests had complained without specifying which guests).
Urban legends tend to localize to where we believe they likely would have happened. It's easy to understand how in each of the versions Brunvand related that
Keep in mind that the Deirdre Smith (1989, Virginia), Marilyn Graham (1989, Virginia), Mary Jean DeOliviera (1988,
Barbara "death takes a holiday inn" Mikkelson
Sightings: Look for this legend in the 1995 film Four Rooms. This legend was also the subject of a July 2014
Last updated: 29 July 2014
Boccella, Kathy. "Motel Murder Arrest." [Nassau and Suffolk] Newsday. 3 September 1988 (p. 3). Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Baby Train. New York: W. W. Norton, 1993. ISBN 0-393-31208-9 (pp. 131-133). Clark, Jayne. "Attention-Grabbing Highs, Lows of Year." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1 January 1995 (p. H1). Davis, Kevin. "Corpse Found Under Motel Bed." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. 18 August 1994 (p. B3). Davis, Patricia. "Man Pleads Guilty to Slaying at Virginia Motel." The Washington Post. 28 November 1989 (p. E5). Evans, Colin. The Casebook of Forensic Detection. New York: Wiley, 1996. ISBN 0-471-28369-X. Logeman, Henry G. "Hempstead Man Convicted of Killing Woman." United Press International 8 June 1989. Sharfstein, D. "No Longer a UL!" Pasadena Star News. 1 August 1996. Agence France Presse. "German Tourists Unwittingly Sleep with Decomposing Body." 19 August 1994. Associated Press. "Body Found Under Mattress in Motel Room." 14 July 2003. Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. "Woman's Body Identified." 19 March 1994 (p. B3). MyFoxMemphis.com. "Missing Woman Found Dead Under Hotel Mattress." 17 March 2010.
The Times-Picayune. "Hotel Guest Finds Body Under Bed." 13 March 1994 (p A2). United Press International. "Maryland News Briefs." 4 August 1987.
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The Big Book of Urban Legends. New York: Paradox Press, 1994. ISBN 1-56389-165-4 (p. 80).


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Joe Hart clashes with George Boyd
Hull City's George Boyd provoked fury and outrage on Saturday.
Not with his effort to try and win a penalty against Manchester City, but by subsequently appearing to spit in the face of Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Though the incident was missed by referee Lee Mason, replays seemed to show Boyd spitting directly into Hart's face at near-enough point blank range:
Boyd has now been charged by the FA, and has until 6pm on Wednesday to respond.
But a new debate has now sprung up on social media about the punishment that should be handed out if he is found guilty.
The FA's standard punishment for spitting at an opponent is three matches, and the last time an incident occurred in the Premier League - when Wigan's Antolin Alcaraz was caught spitting at Richard Stearman of Wolves back in November 2011 - that is exactly what happened.
Yet many fans are already calling for a longer ban, presumably based on the actual spitting itself - which appeared to be directly into Hart's mouth at close range. As Early Doors said at the weekend, it was, "one of the nastiest and most disgusting acts seen on a football pitch for years".
That proximity of the players makes the whole affair seem rather different to the Alcaraz incident, in which the players were much further apart, and the spit was in Stearman's direction and landed, less offensively, on his torso:
Wigan's Antolin Alcaraz brings disgrace upon himself in 2011
Still unpleasant, of course, but nothing like as distasteful as Boyd's effort, which prompted many fans to share the view that they'd "rather be punched in the face" than spat at:
I'd rather be punched than spat at, hope Boyd gets a huge ban!! Pure scum.
— Phil Anderson (@philando89) March 15, 2014
The only thing that may spare Boyd is that Hart had escalated the incident beyond the normal run of play in the first place.
Hart felt Boyd had dived to try and win a penalty, and Hart responded furiously, pressing his forehead against Boyd's in a highly aggressive manner:
Joe Hart had an Alan Pardew moment in #MCFC's 2-0 victory over Hull http://t.co/nV8ibetuIj pic.twitter.com/XUU0fCiyRV
— MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) March 15, 2014
Crucially, perhaps, Hart stopped short of an actual headbutt on his opponent, and he has been spared FA action.
But it may be that the FA sees Hart's attempt to impose his 6'5" bulk on Boyd (who is four inches smaller, at 6'1") as enough of a provocation to stick with a three-match rather than push for an exceptionally long punishment.
What's more, Hart was unaware in the heat of battle that Boyd's saliva had flown his way, until he was informed of it after the game.
So now, it's over to you. Is a three match ban for Boyd enough for an incident that, while bad, came in the face of provocation by an opponent? Should the FA make an example of him to send a clear, strong message about one of the most demeaning acts in football? Or maybe you think this is just a storm in a spitbucket and Boyd should get just a ticking off.
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A tonometry test measures the pressure inside your eye, which is called intraocular pressure (IOP). This test is used to check for glaucoma, an eye disease that can cause blindness by damaging the nerve in the back of the eye (optic nerve ). Damage to the optic nerve may be caused by a buildup of fluid that does not drain properly out of the eye.
Tonometry measures IOP by recording the resistance of your cornea to pressure (indentation). Eyedrops to numb the surface of your eye are used with most of the following methods.
Tonometry methods
- Applanation (Goldmann) tonometry. This type of tonometry uses a small probe to gently flatten part of your cornea to measure eye pressure and a microscope called a slit lamp to look at your eye. The pressure in your eye is measured by how much force is needed to flatten your cornea. This type of tonometry is very accurate and is often used to measure IOP after a simple screening test (such as air-puff tonometry) finds an increased IOP.
- Electronic indentation tonometry. Electronic tonometry is being used more often to check for increased IOP. Although it is very accurate, electronic tonometry results can be different than applanation tonometry. Your doctor gently places the rounded tip of a tool that looks like a pen directly on your cornea. The IOP reading shows on a small computer panel.
- Noncontact tonometry (pneumotonometry). Noncontact (or air-puff) tonometry does not touch your eye but uses a puff of air to flatten your cornea. This type of tonometry is not the best way to measure intraocular pressure. But it is often used as a simple way to check for high IOP and is the easiest way to test children. This type of tonometry does not use numbing eyedrops.
Why It Is Done
Tonometry may be done:
- As part of a regular eye examination to check for increased intraocular pressure (IOP), which increases your risk of glaucoma.
- To check the treatment for glaucoma. Tonometry can be used to see if medicine is keeping your IOP below a certain target pressure set by your doctor.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The comic is more well-known than the toy it was based on.
* CompleteMonster: Hybrid is the mutant son of a human woman and a Dire Wraith. He took to the lessons in evil and power that his Dire Wraith tutors taught him so well that his father (who had reformed out of love for Hybrid's mother) feared that he was ''worse'' than his fellow Wraiths. Since the Dire Wraiths are in general pretty bad themselves, that's saying something. In his debut, Hybrid murders his parents, pits Rom and the ComicBook/XMen against each other by [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretending to be a helpless child]], and tries to kidnap Kitty Pryde so he can ''rape'' her as part of his plan to breed an army of hybrids like himself. He also plans to do the same thing to all other female mutants. All at the age of ''fifteen''. When Hybrid shows up again in ''Comicbook/AvengersAcademy'', he is just as evil and ''more powerful''.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: While the title has these aplenty, one stands out. During the climax of the book, in issue 65, the Wraiths have frozen Rom in place, leaving him unable to activate the giant neutralizer. Meanwhile, Rick Jones, a "professional sidekick", has been making calls, trying to rally the many heroes he's worked with to assist Rom. Just as the Wraiths are taunting Rom about how alone he is in his fight against them, [[BigDamnHeroes the heroes of the Marvel Universe arrive to help him]]. '''All of them.'''
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* FridgeHorror: Some of you might wonder how the female Wraiths were going to reproduce after killing off their males. Here's a possible answer...they weren't! They may have turned into {{Death Seeker}}s and {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s. In other words, they wanted to destroy everyone and everything and they didn't care if they died, as long as everything else died with them! Eek!
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** Hybrid. Just... [[http://winterdrake.com/images/deh/hybrid.jpg Hybrid]].
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A writer on Bleacher Report by the name of Ryan has written a lot of Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning articles in which he clearly states that Manning has the upperhand. Well, I respectfully disagree. Ryan has proved his case with a lot of stats. However, I believe that stats don't tell the whole story.
Don't get me wrong: Peyton is a great quarterback and one day he will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This article was not meant to bash Peyton or any Colts fan. This article is just me stating my opinion that Brady is better than Peyton. I understand that everybody has their own opinion and that this argument will never end. I'm not trying to persuade people to agree with my opinion, but to keep it in perspective.
First, lets start by Super bowl wins. Many people might not agree that Super bowl wins should be the top priority in comparing these two. They say that Super bowls are a team accomplishment. I agree, but the play of the quarterback could decide the outcome of any Super Bowl.
Before every season, every quarterback thinks to themselves: I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that my team is holding the Lombardi Trophy in the last game of the season. Since quarterbacks get most of the credit they are most responsible for leading a team to the promised land.
Brady has won three Super Bowls, Manning has won just one. Who has the upper hand? Brady.
Brady won the Super Bowl MVP twice. Many may argue that Brady won all of those Super Bowls because of kicker Adam Vinatieri's heroics. I disagree because Brady was the one who led those drives and they only needed to get a field goal to get the lead, and eventually: the win.
Why go out and try to be crazy and get a touchdown to win the game with about seven seconds left when you can just drive 50 yards and get a field goal?
I agree that Manning has the upperhand in career statistics, but lets take a look at the supporting cast both players have to help them win games and put up good numbers.
Wide Receivers/ Tight Ends throughout career:
Upper hand: Manning. Manning has had Marvin Harrison, a first ballot Hall-of-Famer - his whole career. Let me say that again: HIS WHOLE CAREER. He has had Reggie Wayne, another arguable Hall-of-Famer for eight years. Manning has Dallas Clark, an elite tight end, and first round draft pick Anthony Gonzalez, who is a rising wide receiver. Notice how all of those people were first round draft picks.
Lets look at Brady. He's never had a a sure shot Hall-of-Famer until Randy Moss and look at what they did together in just one season. He breaks Manning's record of 49 TD's in a season with 50 and Moss breaks Jerry Rice's record of receiving TD's with 23.
The Patriots become the first team to not lose a regular season game since the league went to a 16 game regular season.
Before Randy Moss, Brady never had a first round Draft Pick as a wide receiver, let alone a Hall of Fame wide receiver. Anybody ever notice that? The only first round target he had was Ben Watson, who is always injured.
Many may argue that Manning made all of his wide receivers good and famous,and Brady couldn't do that. Well, once again: I disagree. Lets take an in-depth look at that. Brady's favorite receiver when he won his three Super Bowls was Deion Branch. Deion Branch was pretty good, not astonishing, but pretty good. He left the Patriots after the 2005 season and went to the Settle Seahawks.
Has anybody heard of him since? I don't think so. All you've heard of him is his injuries and when he wasn't injured you didn't hear anything. And let me ask you this, if Marvin Harrison or Reggie Wayne were to leave the Colts when they were in their prime would they have still produced? Maybe not to the extent that they did with Manning but they would have certainly produced.
Running backs throughout their career
Upper hand: Manning. Peyton has played with Hall-of-Famers like Edgerrin James when he was in his prime. The only consistent running back Brady played with was Cory Dillon, and he played with him for a short time.
Offensive Lineman throughout their career.
Upperhand: Tied
We can all agree that both Brady and Manning have significant protection in the pocket.
Upper hand: Manning
A lot of people argue that Manning has better stats. Lets take an in-depth look at that. Brady has played in an outdoor stadium in New England his whole career. He had to worry about blowing winds, rain, sleet, and especially snow. In those conditions, the offensive coordinator would call more run plays than passing plays. Manning always played in a dome, not worrying about any of the before mentioned conditions. In fact, it also helped his defense because the Dome holds more noise.
Defense through their career:
Upper hand: Brady. This should serve as a fact that I'm not being biased. I have to admit that throughout their careers, Brady has played with the better defense.
When you compare these two you also have to keep in mind that Manning has played in four more seasons than Brady has. He played two seasons before Brady got drafted and one season after Brady was drafted because as he was a backup his first year. Manning played another season more than Brady when Brady was injured in the opening game of the 2008 season.
Overall, when you look at their supporting casts, you can clearly see that Manning played with better talent around him. Yet, Brady is the one with more Super Bowl rings.


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Stuart, that has been their stated goal for 5 years
In an airplane made by Democrats….
… because?
Death by stupid. It's the GOP way.
Yeah that's right, Teabaggers; you go ahead and crash your Zeros against the Aircraft Carrier of State — but instead of "Abandon Ship", the last words you'll hear will be "Sweepers! Man your brooms!"
Waaah! Mommy!
Hmm, don't shut down government, just the oxygen supply to the TEA party members of the House, and pump in pure CO2, after all, it's good for them and makes things grow!!
Since they are fanatics they care little what else they would wreck like our economy and our credit rating.
The right wing is heading for a crash.
Because it is they that enacted the stupidity called Obamacare to begin with.
i expect this to end like the last threat of a shut down.
They will probably try to steal the election tho.
Actually, it would be nice if they'd wake up, even a little. Over 70% of Americans, in every poll taken, want some form of universal health care. The number one "objection" to the bill that passed was that it didn't contain single payer!
Yes, we can do better, but not until Boehner, Cantor, Cruz, Rubio, and a number of others on the wrong side of "the right" are gone from the scene, and replaced with more sensible, actual "conservatives" instead of nuts.
OK trout, if you think we can do better then why do you want to inflict a flawed, poorly written, regulation heavy, bureaucratic controlled job killing little understood law on the people?
Not the elite like congress, the rich, unions, and any business that is in favor with the WH and got exempted.
Just the middle class american taxpayer.
You think we can "do better" so scrap this thing and DO BETTER.
@enoki: your understanding of metaphor is as weak as your understanding of politics.
the house has passed bill to keep gov running // the next question will the senate do its job and pass it?
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5th Annual Fam Jam
On September 18, 2015, the parent group, Friends of Niu Valley Middle School, hosted the 5th Annual Fam Jam. Families feasted on delicious creations from some of Oahu's most popular food trucks and vendors. The crowd in the cafeteria was delighted with the talents of hosts Kutmaster Spaz & Jimmy da Geek, Niu Valley Middle School's Polynesian Music Ensemble, Hawaii Youth Percussion Ensemble (HYPE), Karlie Goya, U.S. Taekwondo Center Demo Team, The Wreck, and DJ Jojo Flow!
This popular family event, a creation of former Niu Valley Middle School parent Kutmaster Spaz, helped us celebrate the start of a new school year and the success of our We Love Niu Valley fundraiser. Mahalo to the Niu Valley Middle School 'ohana, our Fam Jam sponsor and all the Fam Jam participants for their support of this event!
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San Francisco and Beijing, April 5, 2012 – Open Font Library, the online library of community-generated fonts that promotes font freedom and sharing, announces its latest version. Fabricatorz, a global open production company, relaunched Open Font Library in 2011 and have contributed to its ongoing development ever since. The latest iteration of the site features a fresh design by Manufactura Independente, a simple and elegant touch that better reflects the beauty of Open Font Library's collection of quality typefaces.
The Open Font Library's no-frills site allows guests to browse the entire catalogue, which at the time of writing boasts a collection of 116 font families, 168 releases (includes updated versions of font families) and 388 font files (total number of TrueType Font and OpenType Font files). Through a simple registration process, guests can then become members of Open Font Library where they are encouraged to share their own fonts or remix and download those already in the catalogue. Members also gain access to the Open Font Library community, a group dedicated to sharing type and promoting its creative iterations.
Fabricatorz developer Brad Phillips says the site has become more liberating with its latest release. "Getting fonts onto other sites is really easy now since every font page comes with @font-face tags—HTML and CSS example-code for easy embedding—so all members have to do is copy and paste the tags into their own websites and boom!—their sites have a new attractive typeface."
The @font-face tag embedding process is another step in helping Open Font Library accelerate its growth and usefulness for type designers, developers and font enthusiasts. It also encourages others less familiar with the technicalities of fonts and their use in websites to experiment with this transparent plug-and-play process.
"We're really hoping to get different types of people using the site, not just type geeks," said Phillips. "I'm not exactly a type fanatic myself, but I've noticed my interest in the history and aesthetics of type grow just from using the site. Instead of "checking out" type like you would books in a traditional library, hanging out "in the stacks," as it were, has been more educational for me. The Open Font Library community also plays an educational role; it's helpful with learning more about fonts and open fonts in particular."
All the fonts in the Open Font Library catalogue are licensed under free licenses, including the SIL Open Font License, Creative Commons Zero license, and GPLv3 with font exception license. Every font in the catalogue is freely downloadable, just as anyone is free to join and become a member.
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The mission of the Open Font Library (http://openfontlibrary.org) is to promote your freedom as it relates to fonts. All of the typefaces contained in the library are available under a free license, which gives you the freedom to use, study, remix and share each and every font. The site is powered by the Aiki Framework (http://aikiframework.org), a powerful web framework for building network services using the AGPL license.
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Our Silly Book Trailer Got a Nice Mention on Garden Rant
- On March 16, 2012
- By Meleah
- In Annuals, Books, Organic Gardening, Perennials, Soil
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The publishing world has changed a lot in recent years, and if you haven't already seen one, book trailers are one of the many things publishers are asking authors to make these days. When Timber Press asked Jeff and me to make a trailer, we were happy to oblige.
The only problem was our mutual love of toilet humor turned out to be a bit over the top for the folks at the University of Minnesota where Jeff is a professor. So after a couple of attempts, we finally came up with a trailer that's gross, but still tame enough to get a thumb's up.
Amy Stewart at Garden Rant was kind enough to post the trailer after she watched it this week. Thanks, Amy! Go here to see Amy's post on Garden Rant and here's the video if you'd like to see that, too.
Is It Safe To Use Rain Barrel Water on Edibles?
- On March 13, 2012
- By Meleah
- In Annuals, Container Gardening, Herbs, Organic Gardening, Perennials, Soil, Veggies
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This past weekend I did a couple of presentations at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum that had nothing to do with growing edible plants. And yet, on the breaks in between the talks, the number one thing everyone asked me about was how to grow something at home that they could eat.
Washing my hands in the bathroom, snarfing a quick sandwich next to my car in the parking lot, struggling to get my PowerPoint to work — it didn't matter where I was or what I was doing, people really wanted to know things about growing food.
I honestly lost count of how many times I was asked whether it was safe to use water from rain barrels on edibles. Time after time, though, I told people the same thing: I wouldn't do it. Though there are few studies on what's in the water inside rain barrels, research has shown that it often contains chemicals from roof runoff and air pollution, as well as bird poo, mold, fungi and other stuff that sounds unappetizing at the very least.Read More»
Let the Vermicomposting Begin
I have wanted a worm bin for years, ever since I read Amy Stewart's great book: "And the Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievement of Earthworms," to be exact. Yesterday, I finally bought one while attending "Burst Into Spring," an annual lecture series put on by the Isanti County Master Gardeners.
I was invited to the event to speak about my new book, "Decoding Gardening Advice," and over the lunch break I got to talking with Roger Welck from Princeton, Minnesota. He'd heard my talk and wanted to know why I'd discussed compost, but hadn't covered vermicompost.
Time was the only reason, I told him. Vermicomposting is touched on in the book. But I'd removed those slides from the presentation for that day because it was kind of an involved topic, and I worried that I wouldn't be able to fit it in. "Damn you!" he joked, gesturing toward his vendor table laden with bagged vermicompost, worms in buckets and worm bins.Read More»
What's That? Monsanto Says Global Warming is Real?
- On February 28, 2012
- By Meleah
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Where have I been? Did you know that a few months back Monsanto scientists confirmed that global warming is real? Well, it's true.
Apparently, Monsanto's board of directors asked the company's scientists to check into this whole global warming thing and find out whether it is real. And, if it did turn out to be real, they also wanted to know if global warming could have a harmful effect on crops.
Not surprisingly for those who dwell in the thinking world, the scientists answered "Yes" to both questions. Also not surprisingly, there were no headlines screaming "World is Screwed: Even Monsanto Says So!" There is, however, a good article by David Gustafson, one of the Monsanto scientists, in the June issue of Pest Management Science. I'm betting that it wasn't widely read, though.Read More»
Do Your Homework Before Ordering Mason Bees
- On February 23, 2012
- By Meleah
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With honeybee populations declining in recent years, gardeners have been searching for ways to encourage other pollinators to stop by and help out. One pollinator I hear mentioned more and more often is mason bees, and seed catalogs are increasingly offering all kinds of mason bee nesting boxes. They're cute, these little bee condo things with all those little round holes. So I got to thinking I should buy one.
But then I stopped myself, wondering if it was okay to just introduce mason bees to my garden, my neighborhood, Minnesota? I emailed Jeff Hahn, a helpful entomologist with the University of Minnesota Extension Service, and he said he didn't know a lot about mason bees. But he recommended I talk with Joel Gardner, a grad student who is studying them.Read More»


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The Nutcracker [Video Demonstration]
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The world-famous HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS were originally formed from the Wendell Phillips High School. The team played in the Negro American Legion League as the "Giles Post," and in 1927 turned professional as the Savoy Big Five under manager Dick Hudson. Later that year, promoter Abe Saperstein (Hall of Fame, 1971) bought the team and re-named it the Harlem Globetrotters.Read More
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Here is a selection of videos of the most incredibles NBA fights videos.Read More
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Tip: If your shirt is too tight or too loose, it will be very difficult to complete this trick. Notes: Move invented by Rory "Disaster" Grace.Read More
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Tip: Jump forward very slightly in order to catch the ball more easily. Notes: Move performed by Rashaun Daniels in Just For Fun Volume One.Read More
The Killer Crossover is a shake most associated with former Golden State and Miami point guard Tim Hardaway, often being referred to as the "UTEP Two-step" as a consequence. In an era when crossovers were rarely seen, Tim would regularly freeze his defender to the floor with this one, earning the move its ominous title. Nowadays it can still be seen on the NBA hardwood, with each new generation of players putting their own spin on the old favorite.Read More


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Slovenian GDP Shrinks in Third Quarter as Recession Looms
Slovenia's economy unexpectedly contracted in the third quarter as export growth lost pace and construction failed to recover.
Gross domestic product shrank 0.5 percent from a year earlier, compared with revised growth of 0.8 percent in the second quarter, the statistics office in the capital, Ljubljana, said on its website today. Economists expected GDP to rise 0.8 percent, the median of seven estimates in a Bloomberg News survey showed.
Slovenia's export-dependent economy is sliding into a recession with demand for its goods in Europe waning as governments carry out austerity measures to tackle the worsening sovereign-debt crisis. Europe, where Slovenia sends about two-thirds of all exported goods, may also enter a "deep recession," Capital Economics said yesterday.
"It's a negative surprise as I expected a drop only in the next quarter," Radivoj Pregelj, an analyst at lender Abanka Vipa d.d. said in an e-mail. "This doesn't bode well for next year as forecasts aren't promising."
Exports rose an annual 5.6 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, down from an 8.5 percent pace in the second quarter, the statistics office said. Construction, which powered the expansion before the financial crisis that started in 2008, fell again in the third quarter, declining just under 20 percent from a year earlier, today's data showed.
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Slovenian GDP will expand 1 percent this year and slow to a 0.3 percent pace in 2012, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a Nov. 28 report. The central bank, which in October forecast 1.3 percent growth in 2011, said risks from the debt crisis may jeopardize the estimate.
"This will make the next government's task to reduce the deficit even more difficult," Michal Dybula, an economist at BNP Paribas in Warsaw, said by phone. "The new Cabinet can either inflate the deficit even further and risk the increase in risk premiums, or cut it more boldly to allay investors' concern over debt."
Slovenians will elect a new government on Dec.4 to replace the outgoing administration of Prime Minister Borut Pahor. The new Cabinet will need to tackle the worsening fiscal position, which prompted Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings to lower the country's credit score one level, starting in September.
Deficit and Debt
Slovenia's deficit is estimated to narrow to 5.7 percent of GDP this year from 5.8 percent in 2010, according to the European Commission. Public debt, which has doubled since 2007, will widen to 45.5 percent of GDP this year and reach 50 percent in 2012, the EU's executive arm said on Nov. 10.
Yields on Slovenian 10-year bonds, which reached a record 7.7 percent on Nov. 11, were just below that threshold today. The yield on notes maturing in January 2021 was at 6.934 percent at 12:46 p.m. in Ljubljana, according to Bloomberg data.
Consumer prices in Slovenia rose 2.7 percent in November from a year earlier, the same pace as the previous month, and 0.3 percent in the month. Retail sales rose 1.8 percent from a year earlier and 0.8 percent in the month, the statistics office said today.


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39th Byzantine Studies Conference
Exhibition of Byzantine manuscripts at the Beinecke Library hosted by Roland Betancourt, Magdalene Breidenthal, Robert Nelson and Nicole Paxton Sullo.
Participants in the 39th Byzantine Studies Conference, Sponsored by the ISM and The Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund at Yale University, were treated to discussions of recent manuscripts acquired by the Beinecke Library, which were introduced by Roland Betancourt (foreground), Nicole Paxton Sullo, and Magdalen Breidenthal.
Here Prof. Robert Nelson discusses a communion scroll manuscript. A list of the Greek and Byzantine manuscripts in the Beinecke's collection can be found here. A link to the program can be found here.
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"Are you my daddy?" a soft voice asked. Dallas Dupree felt someone standing over him. He popped up in the bed and looked around the strange room for the speaker. His naked body was covered with sweat.
Where in the hell am I?
Dallas felt someone stir beneath the covers. His heart raced. Joy and fear took over. "Yasmin," he said softly. Then he looked down at the naked woman beside him and jumped. He rubbed his eyes and his head throbbed.
Things started slowly coming back into focus and he promised himself that he'd never take another shot of tequila for as long as he lived.
Last night, he and his coworker Kenya went to Cafe Intermezzo in downtown Buckhead to have a few drinks. Dallas ordered a round and tried to keep the conversation from venturing too far into his personal life because he wasn't ready to go there. But he knew the inevitable question would come.
Why is a man like you single?
And when it came, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't know."
But he did know and that knowledge hurt like hell. He started throwing back shots of tequila right and left, and before long Kenya didn't exist. Every so often he'd nod his head or grunt, but his mind was on Yasmin. The more he thought about her, the more shots he threw back.
The next thing he remembered was waking up buck naked to a child's voice.
Dallas glanced back at Kenya, who was still sleeping peacefully.
They'd met two weeks ago when she walked into the teacher's lounge at Alonzo Crim High School. He was sitting alone at the lunch table reading a book called The Pact, about three young men who made it out of the inner-city projects to become doctors, when Kenya walked in wearing adress so tight he could see her heart beat. Dallas was convinced that she was a former stripper. He introduced himself and knew within the first thirty minutes of their conversation that she wasn't his cup of tea, but her body--now, that was another story.
Dallas hated the dating scene. All of this bed-hopping and trying to get to know someone was supposed to be over when he found Mrs. Right, but now Mrs. Right was gone and he found himself right back where he'd started. He took a deep breath, stood up and walked into the bathroom. He quickly washed up and then looked around for a towel; when he couldn't find one, he dried himself with some hard toilet tissue, which he was sure she had stolen from the school. He put a pinch of toothpaste on his finger, ran it across his teeth, and rinsed. He looked around the bathroom and grimaced.
She's a filthy li'l something, he thought, looking at urine stains on the floor around the toilet and the dirty bathtub.
Dallas walked back into the bedroom and quickly jumped into his clothes. When he reached down to put on his sandals, he noticed a used condom on the floor beside the bed.
"Aw, damn! Why the hell did I have sex with her?" he mumbled as he picked it up and checked for leaks.
Strange things happen to unattended sperm, he thought, taking the piece of latex back in the bathroom to flush it down the toilet. After he made sure it disappeared down into the swirl of water, he prepared to leave.
He was passing through the living room, which was also messy, when he noticed a little boy with big brown eyes sitting quietly on the sofa with his arms wrapped around his knees. He looked up when he saw Dallas and his eyes showed confusion.
"Hey, li'l fella," Dallas said, surprising himself. He walked over to the little guy.
"Hi," the little boy said cautiously.
"Why are you sitting here in the dark all by yourself?"
"I'm scared," the little boy said in a shaky voice.
"Scared? What are you afraid of?"
"I heard my mommy screaming. Did you hurt her?"
"No, I didn't hurt anyone," Dallas said, wondering if the little guy was talking about Kenya--but she hadn't mentioned that she had a son. "What's your mommy's name?"
"Kenya Latrice Greer."
I've been talking to this chick for two weeks and not once did she mention having a kid. Trifling!
"Your mommy's asleep. Would you like for me to go and wake her up?"
"No. She gets mad when I wake her up."
Dallas knelt down in front of the little boy. "What's your name?"
"Darius Nicholas Greer."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Mr. Darius Nicholas Greer. How old are you?"
"Four," Darius said, holding up four fingers.
"A'ight, you're a big boy," Dallas said, reaching over to feel Darius's muscles. That got him to smile.
"Are you going to be my new daddy?"
Stunned, Dallas replied, "I'm sure you already have a nice daddy."
"But my mommy told me last night that she was going out with my new daddy," he said, crossing his arms and pouting.
"You know what? It's a little too early for little guys to be up. So why don't you go and crawl in bed with your mom," Dallas said, making a mental note to cuss Kenya out for doing this to her child.
"Okay," Darius said, reaching out for Dallas's hand.
Dallas walked Darius to the bedroom door of the room where just hours before he'd been reintroduced to the freakiness of his past and waited while the youngster snuggled up beside his mom. He waved at the little guy before leaving the house. He knew then that he would never come back.
On the ride back over to his side of town in the West End section of Atlanta, he started thinking about his life and what it had become. With the exception of his daughter Aja, his life was empty. Yes, he could have the company of a different beautiful woman every night of the week, but after they left he would end up feeling just like he felt now--unfulfilled.
Dallas exited off of I-20 at Joseph Lowery and headed toward his house by Clark Atlanta University. He stopped at a red light and took in the grim environment in which he chose to live.
Even at five-thirty in the morning, crackheads, drunks, and all the rest of society's problem children were out in full force getting their hustle on. He furrowed his brows and tried to act like he didn't see the familiar face running up to his truck with a spray bottle of dirty-looking water and some crumpled-up newspaper.
"Can you spare some change? I'm hungry..." The guy in the shabby clothes started his speech but stopped when he recognized Dallas. He abruptly dropped the bottle in the street and pulled his left arm up to his face as if he were checking the time. "Where the hell you coming from?"
"What's up, Baldhead?"
Baldhead still looked at his arm as if he were a scolding parent.
"Answer me, boy," Baldhead said, still inspecting his watch-less left arm. "Yo ass out here creeping, ain't cha?"
Dallas didn't answer; he just smiled and shook his head.
"Gotcha self a new truck, huh? What's that, a Cadillac Suburban?" Baldhead said, eyeing the shiny new vehicle.
"Baldhead, you get a job yet?"
"What kind of job I'mma get? Shit, all I know how to do is iron. You know anybody who needs they clothes pressed?"
Dallas laughed. "Can't say I do, Baldhead."
"Dallas, let me hold a li'l sumptin'? A dollar or sumptin'."
"I'm flat broke," Dallas said, showing the palms of his hands.
"Damn, Dallas, you got to be the stingiest rich nigga I know. You buying up all the houses 'round here, gotcha self a brand-new truck, so I know you got some money," Baldhead said as he stepped back and did a little dance. "You ain't think I was up on your business, did you? Boy, I know everything 'round here."
"Then why don't you know how to get a job?"
"Tell your evil-ass brother to give me a job," Baldhead barked.
At the mention of his brother, Dallas bristled. "You tell him," Dallas shot back.
"Hell no. That nigga be done kilt my ass for smoking up all his shit," Baldhead said, smiling and showing off a surprisingly bright smile. "You know Priest ain't used to be that mean when he was a cop. Now he's worse than the devil."
The light turned green.
"Baldhead, I'll see you around," Dallas said, driving off.
Priest, his older brother, had once been a pillar in the community, but he had traded in his police badge for a journey to the other side of the law. The fact that he could do this after the toll drugs had taken on their family ate at Dallas. Their mother died of a drug overdose, their father died of cirrhosis of the liver because he couldn't give up his addiction to the drug called alcohol, and their brother, Antoine, lost his life in an altercation with a small-time drug dealer. Dallas couldn't understand it.
But Dallas owed his life to Priest. At least the Priest he used to know. The Priest walking around now, killing his own people with his poison for profit, was a lost soul. He'd lost his soul when he was fired from the police department for taking money from a drug dealer. After that he stopped caring about his people. When Dallas found out his brother had joined the ranks of the wicked, their bond was forever broken.
But as much as he hated to admit it, he knew it was because of Priest's street reputation that he was allowed to come and go, in the heart of the ghetto, unmolested. Even standing a full six feet three inches and weighing two hundred and forty pounds, he knew someone would eventually try to test him, but it hadn't happened yet, and that could only be the work of Priest Dupree. His big brother was still looking out for him.
Dallas pulled into the driveway of what used to be a crack house. But it looked nothing like it did in the past. Gone were the broken windows, rotting woodwork, and dirt driveway. He had completely gutted the entire place, purchased the lot next door, added on a few more rooms, and manicured the landscape. Now his place looked like it belonged in an exclusive gated community. He pushed the garage-door button and slid his SUV in beside his convertible Lexus.
Dallas walked into his beautifully decorated home and tossed his keys onto his baby grand piano. He took the stairs two at a time and headed straight for his shower. As he removed his clothes the telephone rang.
He checked the caller ID and frowned. It was Kenya. He immediately became aggravated but quickly calmed himself.
Dallas could kick himself about his new predicament with Kenya. He knew she wasn't any different from any other woman; she wanted a man. And since he was nice to her, took her out for dinner and drinks then obviously sexed her up, she felt like she was on the right track to getting one. Wrong! He decided to let the call go to his voice mail.
Even before he went out with her, he knew things would change if they ever had sex. Things always changed.
Dallas wasn't the find 'em, fuck 'em, and flee type. He was more of the find 'em, see if I halfway like 'em, then spend some time with 'em type. He prided himself on not taking people for granted, and when most of his peers were taking full advantage of the disproportionate ratio of women to men in Atlanta, he was proud to call himself a one-woman man. He was always up front and honest, and he tried his best to treat everyone with the same level of respect. It didn't matter if the person was a doctor, a lawyer, or a straight-up hood rat; they all walked in the door with the same value. He especially knew how to treat women, but he rarely ran across a woman who knew how to treat herself.
The minute the phone stopped ringing, his cell phone rang. Dallas shook his head and groaned. "Aww, damn! I gotta stop dealing with these damn stalkers," he said, not even bothering to check who it was.
Another Monday morning was upon him, and he really wasn't looking forward to dealing with a bunch of hardheaded students, petty teachers, and an incompetent principal.
He went into his bathroom and turned on all the jets in his shower. When he had it as hot as he could stand it, he hopped in and let the steam and heat relax him. Ten minutes later he jumped out, dried himself, and took care of the rest of his morning grooming duties.
Dallas walked into his closet and scanned his extensive wardrobe. The way he felt always affected the way he dressed, and today he felt like wearing shorts and a tank top, but if he did, Mrs. Locus, his principal, would have a fit.
For the last few weeks, every morning when it was time to go to work, he started feeling fatigued. I'm beginning to hate my job, he thought.
Dallas stood there for a moment and let his newfound reality sink in. He walked over to the window and looked down at the addicts on the corner. Most of them were out prostituting themselves to pay for their habits. He wanted so much more for them, but he shook his head and pulled back the shades.
A simple white shirt and a pair of black pinstriped slacks would do for today. As he dressed, the telephone rang again and he cursed. He walked over and checked the caller ID, and his mood lifted.
"Hello there, little lady," he said, taking a seat on the side of his bed.
"Rise and shine, good-looking. It's time to get up and make the world a better place," Carmen LaCour said to her younger brother.
"I'm tired," Dallas said.
"Well, good morning to you too! Why are you so tired?"
"I don't know." Dallas sighed as he ran his fingers over his closely cropped hair. "Maybe it's my job, maybe not."
"Your job? I can't have the right telephone number. Is this the house of Dallas Dupree?" Carmen said sarcastically.
"Cut it out. I just wanna go someplace where the schools don't have metal detectors. Someplace where the parents take an interest in how their children make out in life. I get so tired of having to do it all myself. I send some parents a note home about their child's behavior and it's never returned. I spend most of my time disciplining rather than teaching. So yes, I'm getting a little tired of it."
Carmen made some sound that meant "I told you so."


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New kitchen renovation with granite and all new cabinets just completed for 2013/2014 ski season!
Welcome to our spacious 6th and 7th floor mountain retreat in the Beaver Run Resort - unbeatable views from every window and world class amenities at your fingertips – at a fraction of the cost of renting through the resort. We're one of the most highly rated properties in Breckenridge -- be sure to check out our reviews from past guests.
Condo Amenities
Our beautiful condo in the newly renovated Beaver Run Resort is the perfect home base for your Rocky Mountain vacation! It offers an ideal combination of an effortless ski-in / ski-out, full-service resort location, with all the comforts of home, including:
• 1150 sq ft of Newly Updated Living Space
• Free wireless internet
• Balcony Overlooking the Slopes with Bistro Table Set -- Perfect for Soaking in the Sun and the View!
• 32" Flat Panel LCD HDTV, with Stereo Sound and DVD Player in Living Room
• Newly Renovated, Fully Equipped Kitchen with Service for 10
• 2 Bedrooms -- Queen Bed in Master, 2 Queens in 2nd Bedroom
• Luxury Hotel-Quality Triple Sheeted Duvets -- Brand New for 2013/2014 ski season
• 2 Bathrooms -- Newly Renovated, Granite Counter-tops
• Leather Queen Sofa Sleeper w/Extra Thick & Long Mattress
• Real Wood-burning Fireplace w/Free Firewood Delivered to Your Unit
• Welcome Basket with Wine, Coffee, Tea, and Hot Chocolate
Resort Amenities
• On-site Licensed Child Care and Ski School
• Complementary Ski Storage Locker (holds 4-6 pairs of skis)
• Complementary In Town Shuttle Service
• The Spa at Beaver Run – Full Service Spa, see link below.
• 4 On-site Restaurants (see below)
• 7 Outdoor Hot tubs
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• 1 Indoor/Outdoor Pool
• Sauna and Steam Room
• Fitness Room -- Newly Remodeled with Stair Master, Elliptical, Treadmill, Stationary Bike and Free Weights
• Outdoor Tennis Court
• Arcade with Dozens of Video Games, Air Hockey, Pool Tables
• Concierge Service
• Business Center
• On-site Ski and Snowboard Shops
- Heated Parking Garage (resort charges $10/day during ski season)
Located at the Beaver Run Super Chairlift on the Peak 9 Base and just a short walk from Main Street, the Beaver Run Resort provides the ultimate ski-in, ski-out location. Strap on your skis after grabbing them from the complementary heated ski locker room, and hop on the Beaver Run Super Chair, or ski down to the Quick Silver lift. Skip the crowds and expensive cafeteria foods at the summit restaurants, and ski back to the condo for lunch!
Kids and adults alike will love the year-round heated indoor/outdoor pool and arcade with free kids sized mini golf course. You're also sure to enjoy the new sun-deck with 6 hot tubs overlooking the slopes.
Four blocks away you'll find downtown Breckenridge – enjoy the walk or take the free Beaver Run shuttle van. Breckenridge is a beautifully preserved 148-year-old quaint Victorian town, and is home to many wonderful shops and restaurants.
On Site Dining
Beaver Run offers a variety of dining options – you never even have to step outside! Spencer's promises an upscale yet relaxed dining experience, with steaks, seafood, and unique chef creations each night. Coppertop Cafe and Bar is located slope-side and is the perfect place to enjoy some live music and unwind. Or go to the stylish Base Nine lounge, a contemporary bar with a martini menu, flat screen TV's, and championship billiards tables. Skywalk Market and Deli is the perfect place to grab your Starbucks coffee and a bagel for breakfast or a deli sandwich for lunch, or pick up some groceries to take back to your room.
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Hi, thanks for visiting our VRBO page! This is a picture of my husband, Josh, and me (Kelli). Josh and I both went to the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the Air Force has since taken us to live in Boston, Texas, Florida, Alaska, and now Las Vegas! We're originally from Wyoming and Colorado, and we bought this condo in partnership with my parents and brothers in the summer of 2007.
Kelli Phifer (owner) purchased this condo in 2007
We love Breckenridge. It's such a great little town in addition to being a great ski resort. We knew our getaway had to be in Beaver Run once we saw the amazing views from every window in the condo. It's such a great place to get away and enjoy God's beautiful creation!
When you choose our condo you get the benefits of being in a full service resort right on the mountain. No worries about finding a key box in the dark like some condos... you'll check in right at the resort's front desk. Choose to eat at one of the resort's several restaurants, walk 5 minutes to Main Street, or take the resort's free door-to-door shuttle. With easy ski-in/ski-out access, on site ski school, the indoor/outdoor pool, and huge arcade, Beaver Run is the perfect choice for families.
Enjoyed the gondola ride, walking down main street, and making home cooked dinner, too! We played in the snow, went shopping, and enjoyed the torch parade down the mountain and New Year's Eve fireworks from the balcony.
Beaver Run is great. The condo was excellent with a wonderful view of the snow covered mountains. Even though it was the end of May there was still a touch of winter in the air. It is true that we went in the "mud" season. Since we do not ski it was perfect. Everyone at Beaver Run was helpful and the amenities met our needs.
We stayed in this condo for 4 nights. Kelli's response time to anything is wonderful. If there were any minor issues (random light bulbs out, hair dryer broken), it was corrected within the hour if not sooner.
The views were as advertised on the site....AWESOME!!
Easy access to the ski, food, & pool area since the unit is located in Building #2.
Easily slept 6 people (3 adults and 3 children)...but it could easily accommodate 2 more bodies.
Parking garage is convenient. Shuttle to/from town was great.
Unlimited firewood was fantastic. All in all, great place to stay.
This is the perfect location for anything you could want to do. Walking distance from shops, ski lifts, downtown, restaurants. Everything you need was also provided in the rooms!
Had an amazing time. Walking distance to everything! Biking, hiking trails, main street for restaurant, bars, and shops!
Thanks so much Kelli! We had a great time at your condo. The layout of this condo is really nice with the 2 bedrooms and baths being upstairs. Navigating Beaver Run Resort is a bit confusing but didn't take long to figure it out. We would definitely come back ;)
Great place to stay! This was truly a resort setting with onsite restaurants, a small market and deli (and gluten free pizza which was great for my son with celiac disease), pools, hot tubs, etc. Take the map of the resort with you because even with signs on the walls, I still got lost figuring out how to get from one building to another! The views from the balcony and bedrooms were beautiful. The place was very clean, beds were comfortable and had the amenities we needed. The kids loved the pools, hot tubs, sauna, and game room after a day enjoying Breckenridge and surrounding areas. Both bedrooms and bathrooms are on the second floor so take that into account for anyone who has trouble climbing stairs. Give yourself a day or two to acclimate to the high elevation if you are coming from much lower elevations. Owners were very easy to work with and prompt in responding to questions. Would definitely stay in this condo again!
Other Activities: Kayaking, Snowboarding, Wildlife Viewing, Rock Climbing, Hot Air Ballooning, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Miniature Golf, Shopping, Spa
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I took some notes in class that I have trouble understanding. There's a chance my notes are incorrect:
- The union of a family of sets is the supremum.
- The intersection is the infimum.
The teacher was talking to us about complete lattices.
I don't understand what a family of sets is supposed to be (maybe the set of all subsets), and I don't understand how the union or the intersection (which result in sets) gives the supremum or the infimum (which are elements). Also, whose supremum and whose infimum?