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Decision-making by voters is ill-informed, study finds
Voters are inclined to make ill-informed decisions at the ballot box, according to a new study published in the American Political Science Review.
"Our results suggest severe limitations in humans' ability to accurately and impartially judge the performance of politicians," said Gregory Huber, co-author of the study and a political science professor at Yale University.
Huber and his colleagues tested other researchers' findings that focused on three factors that interfere significantly with voters making educated decisions regarding incumbents. The new study, "Sources of Bias in Retrospective Decision Making," used a new methodology and affirmed the previous research.
The study's three findings:
Voters focus on recent rather than cumulative incumbent performance. Polls show that most voters wait until just before an election to pay attention to elected officials' activity. Huber's study found that this resulted in voters giving disproportionate weight to incumbents' most recent actions.
Voters are influenced by events unrelated to incumbent performance. Previous studies found that hurricanes, shark attacks and even sports event outcomes can sway a voter. Droughts, for example, cut into an incumbent president's vote tally in the affected state. Huber's study found that "voters' retrospective abilities are sufficiently limited ... that they punish incumbents for uncontrollable events even under conditions where attribution of responsibility is clear."
Voters are distracted from incumbents' actual performance by rhetoric and marketing. It may surprise few that words can speak louder than actions. Huber's study specifically showed two ways rhetoric can make someone interpret facts differently.
Huber and his colleagues – Seth Hill of UC San Diego and Gabriel Lenz of UC Berkeley – tested these three behavioral tendencies "in a decision-making context that mimics real-world elections but takes the simplified form of an incentivized experimental game, allowing us to rule out competing explanations for these apparent biases."
The game was administered online to 4,000 participants, who were told they would be assigned one of several computerized "allocators." They were also told that these allocators would give them between 950 and 1,400 tokens in each of 32 rounds. The goal for the participant was to accumulate as many tokens as possible.
The allocator took the role of an incumbent politician in determining voter behavior.
After 16 rounds, participants would decide whether to keep their original allocator or request a new one, based on whether they thought they would get more tokens from a new allocator. The average allocation per round for all participants was 1,200 tokens, so the best objective choice for the participant would be to keep their allocator if they were receiving an average of more than 1,200 tokens per round and to get a new one if they were receiving less than 1,200.
Participants were not explicitly told that 1,200 was the average, but could get a good idea based on a range they were given.
The first test examined whether voters focus on recent rather than cumulative incumbent performance. Some game participants were told before the first round that they would have a chance to pick a new allocator after 16 rounds. Others were not told they could replace their allocator until they'd completed 12 rounds.
Those not told until after 12 rounds paid an inordinate amount of attention to the amount of tokens given in the later rounds, giving later tokens more value in the decision-making process. How much more? A single token in the later rounds was worth 1.8 tokens in the earlier rounds.
The second test looked at whether voters are influenced by events unrelated to incumbent performance, such as droughts. To test this, researchers gave some participants "lottery" bonuses in later rounds.
Participants were told that these lottery winnings had nothing to do with the amount of tokens given by their allocators. Yet participants "winning" the lottery were more likely to keep their original allocator. Although lottery tokens had no relation to the generosity of a given allocator, participants on the average counted a lottery token as being worth 40 percent of a regularly allocated token when deciding whether to keep their incumbent.
The third test measured whether voters are distracted from incumbent performance by rhetoric and marketing. After the 16th round – before deciding whether to keep their incumbent allocator – some participants were asked how satisfied they were with their allocator (a "hedonic prime"). Others were asked instead what they thought their average allocation was (an "informational prime"). And others were not asked anything.
Voters given the hedonic prime were the most likely to retain their incumbent allocator, even when the allocator performed below average. Voters given the informational prime were the least likely to retain below-average allocators.
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According to reports, a male was shot in a second-floor apartment at 198 S. First St. The shooting was reported about 3:41 a.m.
The location is above two store fronts, one being the occupied by the Carbon County Republican Committee.
The male who was shot was taken to the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, and admitted. No condition report was available because his name has not been released.
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By Patty Campbell, Special to the Citizen 07/10/12
Days when temperatures climb into triple digits followed by evenings with fast-moving thunder storms can leave beginning gardeners unsure about whether or not to add supplemental water to their vegetable gardens.
The general rule of thumb is that plants need about one inch of water a week either from rain or irrigation or a combination of the two.
The amount of water can vary depending on the type of soil in the garden, but the objective is to wet the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches and not water again until the top few inches begin to dry out.
"Your garden needs to be watered deeply,"says Henrico Extension Agent Lisa Sanderson. "And that requires some time.
"Some people think sprinkling water with a hose for a few minutes and wetting the surface of the soil will be enough,"she adds,"but deep watering is not something you can do for 10 minutes and be done."
Taking the time to water plants deeply can make them more resistant to droughts because the plants develop deep roots.
"Watering a little bit every day encourages shallow roots," says Sanderson, "So plants dry out quicker. And watering every day helps surface seeds, which are usually weeds, to germinate and grow."
Sanderson cautions that every garden is different, so gardeners need to check their soil to see when to water. Sandy soils may need to be watered more often, while a clay soil can hold moisture longer. Organic matter that you can add by incorporating it at tilling or by top dressing plants with compost can help soil hold moisture.
"You can use a rain gauge to see how much rain water your garden is getting," says Sanderson. "Or use a soil meter to see how dry the soil is."
"Fingers are also wonderful things to check soil moisture,"she adds. "Or use a trowel to pull back some soil and check for moisture."
The best time to water is in the morning when cooler temperatures mean less water will be lost to evaporation. Watering early also allows foliage that gets wet to dry before nightfall.
"It's better to water at the roots,"says Sanderson. "More water gets to the plant, and you have fewer issues with disease caused by moisture on the leaves."
If time is an issue, busy gardeners can use soaker hoses that allow water to slowly seep out all along their length. Placed at the base of plants and left on for sufficient time, soaker hoses can provide the deep watering that plants need.
"It's also a great idea to mulch your plants,"says Sanderson. Mulch conserves moisture in the soil by slowing evaporation and can prevent backsplash on leaves during watering. Plus mulching helps to control weeds that compete for the soil's moisture.
Sanderson adds that these watering principles also apply to landscape plants.
"Usually, established plants are fine," she says,"but when you have these hot, hot days, it's a good idea to keep your eye on your plants to see if you need to water."
HCPS wins national honor for overhaul of Code of Student Conduct, supports
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Henrico County Public Schools recently was recognized by the National School Boards Association for a sweeping overhaul of the school division's approach to student supports. HCPS was one of five large U.S. school systems recognized with a first-place honor in the 2017 Magna Awards, presented Saturday in Denver at the organization's annual conference. The awards recognize school divisions and leaders "for taking bold and innovative steps to improve the lives of students and their communities," according to the group.
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Environmental groups are outraged at the Trump administration's proposed funding cuts for Chesapeake Bay cleanup programs.
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Grant to help Hermitage H.S. upgrade CTE program equipment
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Virginia raises a toast to George Washington's whiskey
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George Washington is recognized as the father of our country, but with a bill signed into law by Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Washington also will be recognized under another title – distiller of Virginia's official liquor.
SB 1261, sponsored by Sen. Adam Ebbin of Alexandria, adds a "state spirit" to the list of the commonwealth's official emblems and designations and crowns George Washington's rye whiskey with the title.
The bill, which McAuliffe signed last week, highlights George Washington's contributions to the culture of Virginia as "a native son of Virginia born on February 22, 1732, in Pope's Creek"; "the first American president, commander of the Continental Army, and president of the Constitutional Convention"; and "a model statesman ... universally acknowledged as the father of our nation." > Read more.
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March 12, 2013, 07:06 PM | #1 |
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Swiss K31
I just had to have another service rifle. So I ordered a K31 from Samco today. I chose the beechwood stock because seemed to be in the best shape. They said that all the rifles had hairline cracks in the stocks. I'am hoping I won't be disapointed. I also picked up some surplus ammo from Classic arms at $37 for 60 rds. Is there a better deal on the Swiss 7.5 somewhere?
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Cool rifles, and fun to shoot. Except when the hot, ejected case goes straight up and back landing inside your shirt coller!
When you get yours, take the but plate off, and look for the tag. It will have the name, D.O.B, town, and unit of the person the rifle was issued to. Some guys have actually been able to contact the original soldier. http://www.swissrifles.com/sr/tags/ $37 doesn't sound to bad for the the G11 ammo. Last I saw, before the ammo panic, it was in the mid thirty dollar range.
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Used to be able to get Prvi for $7.95,then $12.95,now i see it at $15.95,so all things end.Great under appreciated rifle,it's like a Finnish mosin,it'll shoot better than the firer.Bought a second one a few years back, just to get the extra magazine for rapid fire matches.
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I have seen hand guards with hair line cracks but not the main stock, they are very robust.
If you change stocks you should keep the steel shim that is between the receiver and stock. These are different thickness and effect the accuracy of the rifle by changing the preload on the fore-end fit with the barrel. |
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You can't go wrong with a K31. Most examples I have seen are in exellent shape. Have heard many stories of superb accuracy of these rifles using the original Swiss surplus ammo.
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I've been using Samco & Ammoman for bulk 7.5. Samco has the best deal I can find.
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Received rifle and cant wait to shoot it. Very nice metal, the stock shows some history especialy around the butt. According to the serial #'s it would be made in 1951.
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Did you remove the butt plate, and check for an ID tag? Just a little added bonus history If it has one.
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I'm assuming you didn't want more ammo, because Samco has the 7.5 at $120 for 240 rounds- which at $.50/round, is less than what you paid at Classic (?).
Anyway, they are an incredible value- and I can't get handloads to shoot any better than the GP-11, so with cost being about the same I probably won't bother to handload for it anymore unless the GP-11 dries up or increases in price. If you do handload for it- be careful. My Sierra book listed the OAL for the 7.5 x 55 at 1/4" too long for the K-31. There are several chamberings for the 7.5 x 55 (unbeknownst to me at the time), and they didn't specify...
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I've dealt with Classic several times. The K31 was my first with Samco is why I didn't include ammo with them. I'am sure I'll get more after my next range trip from Samco.
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The k31 is a great rifle. Good trigger and very accurate rifles, the GP11 ammo is of very high quality and shoots very well for me.
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How bad was the crack in the stock and where was it ? . |
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At "Gunbot", there is a very limited selection of types of ammo, but the info appears to be updated not only more often than on "Ammoseek", but also with more specific details.
If the most desperate people decide to pay.20/round of .22LR, they can find it. I still have 2,000 rds. of 7.62x39 for .20/round. "Ammoman" still has Swiss 7.5 at $350/480 rounds, but it has Berdan primers, which are Not reloadable for most of us. He also still has surplus Russian 7.62x54R at a decent price. MN rifles and ammo must be the "sleepers" during this period of irrational buying. Last edited by Ignition Override; March 29, 2013 at 02:22 AM. |
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I haven't found a crack. The butt of the stock does have some marks and dents. The metal and bore are nice.
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Re: Swiss K31
I listed a set of dies on ebay for $16. Also have some phenominal load data for it
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I was hoping some of the more obscure milsurp cals like 7.5 x 55 wouldn't have been affected as much, but they were still hit.
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Shot the K31 and what a surprise. At fifty yards, 10 rounds, 1 1/2 group. It was raining hard so thats all I shot. I expect to do better as I get use to the trigger and sites. I'am hoping for same results at 100 yds.
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WASHINGTON - George Washington men's soccer junior forward Seth Rudolph is among the Atlantic 10's Top 20 Players to Watch according to TopDrawerSoccer.com. Rudolph, who finished second in the A-10 with 10 goals in 2010, checks in at No. 14 on the website's ranking of the league's best players.
Rudolph and senior attack-mate Yoni Berhanu have both totaled four goals and nine points to lead GW to a 2-3-2 mark through seven non-conference matches in 2011. Rudolph has scored eight goals in his last nine matches dating back to last fall and has 18 goals and three assists for 39 points in 42 career matches.
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text: Subrata Roy India's top court yesterday ordered the arrest of the head of the giant Sahara business group for failing to appear in a case involving repayment of billions of dollars illegally collected from small investors. The Supreme Court issued the order after Subrata Roy's lawyer said the flamboyant billionaire could not appear because his elderly mother was ill, the latest twist in the 18-month-long case. "The arms of this court are very long. We can get him, we are issuing a warrant against him," said Judge K S Radhakrishnan, rejecting the lawyer's argument and ordering Roy to appear on March 4. On Tuesday the court rejected Roy's request for an exemption from appearing in person over delays in repaying money collected from rural savers through bond sales. Sahara raised around 200 billion rupees from millions of savers in a process judged by authorities in 2012 to be against the law. The court then ordered the group to hand over money to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the securities regulator, which is overseeing the repayment process. In February last year Sebi ordered the bank accounts of two of Sahara's companies to be frozen. During the hearing on Tuesday, the court said Sebi could go ahead with sales of Sahara properties to recover some of the money. Roy's Sahara empire extends from a stake in a Formula 1 racing team to a sprawling Indian luxury township, and once included the iconic New York Plaza Hotel.


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I had one 'non iron' shirt could not wear it in summer wouldn't breathe then I read an article in the NYT which claimed that the chemicals used were carcinogenic so in the bin it went.
It could be another race to the bottom think CR quality in the early mid 90's now there on a par with sportscraft. Where exactly is the MJ Bale store going to be in Civic?
And with spring approaching at a rate of knots time to put the Bundy OP away and think of gin, remnants of a bottle of Hendricks and Martin Miller in freezer, anybody ever tired Sipsmith?


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text: Home > Business Meet oddball Chinese tycoon who wants to buy NY Times By Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters Posted at Jan 06 2014 09:59 AM | Updated as of Jan 06 2014 10:02 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Pinterest Chinese multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao gives money away to street cleaners. Photo by Carlos Barria, Reuters BEIJING - Chen Guangbiao has never acquired a company. The 45-year-old recycling magnate has also never worked in the media industry or become proficient in English. But these facts have failed to puncture the preternatural bubble of confidence surrounding the controversial Chinese entrepreneur, who has his sights set on what he has deemed the world's most influential news outlet: the New York Times Co. To be sure, it is unlikely that the Times, which is controlled by the venerable Ochs-Sulzberger clan, would sell to Chen, an oddball tycoon and philanthropist known more for his publicity stunts than his business acumen. Undaunted, Chen said in a phone interview on Friday that he had retained a financial services firm that, along with its in-house lawyers, would assist him in his bid to acquire the Times. "I've already spoken extensively with their lawyers the last time I visited the United States," he said, adding that the U.S. firm did not want to be identified. He has said he will meet with a "leading shareholder" of the Times for dinner on Sunday evening to talk over his offer of $1 billion. The Times current market value is $2.4 billion. A spokeswoman for the Times said she "had no information about any such meeting". Hurun's Rich List of China's super-wealthy said Chen was worth about $740 million in 2012. He said he had coaxed a wealthy Hong Kong financier, who also asked Chen to keep him anonymous, to chip in $600 million while he would pay the rest. On Friday, he described the financier as "Jewish American," saying he worked in finance in Hong Kong and spoke fluent Chinese. The financier had previously completed two acquisition deals with U.S. media outlets, Chen said, declining to name them, though he added neither is as big as the Times. "A GRUDGING RESPECT" Little is known about the privately held demolition giant that won Chen his fortune - Jiangsu Huangpu Recycling Resources. Its central business is tearing down buildings and bridges and recycling their remains. What gets more attention is Chen's donations to charitable causes, and more often, his flamboyant antics in the name of philanthropy and environmentalism. "There is nobody else like Chen Guangbiao in the charity world," said Rupert Hoogewerf, publisher of the Hurun Rich List, which tracks China's super-wealthy. "The image he's got in China is that of a showman, but there's a grudging respect for the fact that he's doing charity nonetheless." Chen grew up in a rural village in eastern Jiangsu province, known for its sweltering summers and freezing winters, in an extremely poor family. "His home village was a very poor place, and they suffered a lot when he was young," said Hu Xi, a college student and family friend. "His neighbours, who saw him grow up, believe his persona is completely genuine." Two of his siblings starved to death when he was four. Chen completed high school, working during the summers to pay his tuition, and went on to study Chinese medicine in the provincial capital before starting down the path of entrepreneurship. Now that he's made it, the self-styled eco-activist is not afraid to show off his wealth. He often releases photos of himself posing between walls of red 100-yuan notes, and frequently invites media to witness gimmicks promoting various causes. Last January, for instance, he gave out cans of "fresh air" to people on the street during a particularly murky bout of pollution. He also claims to have changed his two children's names to "environmental protection" and "environment". But in a country with a rapidly growing wealth gap, where few in the upper class make philanthropy a priority, Chen has earned plaudits for pledging to donate his fortune to charity after he dies. Alvin Lim, a Singapore-based blogger and social media manager, recalled that Chen handed out a U.S. $100 bill to an elderly women selling packets of tissues when he breakfasted with Chen at a local food court. "I don't know if it's genuine or just for show, but in the end it's for a good cause," Lim said. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Pinterest Read More: china new york times Chen Guangbiao /sports/03/30/17/martinez-qualifies-for-next-round-in-world-figure-skating-championships/news/03/30/17/babaeng-pulis-nanakawan-ng-motorsiklo-sa-ilocos-norte/news/03/30/17/man-mauled-to-death-in-benguet/trending/03/30/17/lolo-sa-cebu-gumagawa-ng-bisikletang-kahoy/news/03/30/17/qc-to-study-sticker-fees-on-tricycles-vehicles-in-private-subdivisions


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Whether you take the national view or go state-by-state, the polls all seem to show the same thing: President Obama has the advantage over Mitt Romney 48 days from Election Day.
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday showed the president leading nationally among likely voters, 50 percent to 45 percent. It's the first time he has hit 50 percent in the survey since March.
The president had closed the gap with Romney on the question of which candidate would do a better job of handling the economy, with the two men now tied at 43 percent. The Republican presidential nominee held a six-point lead on that measure in July.
At the same time, views about the economy also improved. Forty-two percent of Americans said they think the economy will get better in the next 12 months, a six-point uptick since last month, while 18 percent responded they expected it to get worse. About a third of respondents said the economy would stay about the same.
The president also appeared to be in better shape in the battleground states that will ultimately decide the fall campaign.
A batch of swing-state surveys released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News showed the president with a six-point lead in Wisconsin (51 percent to 45 percent), a four-point advantage in Virginia (50-46) and a narrow edge in Colorado (48-47).
The president's standing in those three states was bolstered by the fact he has erased Romney's advantage on handling of the economy. The GOP hopeful had a 10-point lead on the issue in Colorado last month, but he is now up by a single point, 48 percent to 47 percent. The president holds narrow leads of 49 percent to 47 percent in Virginia and 49 percent to 46 percent in Wisconsin.
A Washington Post poll of Virginia voters found the president with an eight-point spread on Romney, 52 percent to 44 percent. Along with Florida and Ohio, Virginia is high on the list of states Romney needs to turn red if he is to get to 270 electoral votes on Nov. 6.
USA Today and Gallup surveyed a dozen battleground states and found the president had a 48 percent to 46 percent advantage among likely voters, well within the poll's margin of error and a point closer than a month ago. The survey showed the race even tighter nationally, with the president ahead 47 percent to 46 percent.
The one thing all these surveys have in common is that they were taken before the release of secret video that showed Romney making comments earlier this year at a private fundraiser, where he dismissed the president's supporters as "dependent on government" and unwilling to "taking personal responsibility and care for their lives."
While the full impact of the comments remains to be seen, it's clear the president and his re-election team plan to make Romney pay a political price for his statements.


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Wait. I thought whether or not it is a slur is in the eye of the allegedly slurred, not you?
Just change the name and "everything will be much better". Never mind it made no difference. Just do it. Distract people with side issues that don't matter while the U.S. is on the verge of economic collapse. Typical of the times we're in.
Draconian loves Selective faux outrag
It's all about a victory for their side.
No one with at least a little perspective really cares about this but progressives like DS think this is a victory and leverage.
when I see the term Redskin the last thing I think is skin color. I think NFL football team
Wow. You really are twisted, aren't you?
You can't seriously be this sensitive about a football teams name.
Then you would be a pussy.
Exactly. Show me this Viking group who feels it's a slur?
quote:That is why they didn't name themselves the Washington Pussies. But if we are going to change the name that is my suggestion.
Football teams name themselves after noble, fearful, strong, etc. things
quote:I am part Celtic and honoring such a barbaric people is shameful and should not be tolerated. They killed many of my ancestors! If you feel nothing is wrong with this name then you likely would think it was okay to name a team the Nazis. How could you be so insensitive!
Show me this Viking group who feels it's a slur?
Are you saying that "Vikings" is ok because they were the aggressors and not the aggrieved?
You try really hard at this bleeding heart shtick.
Actually trying give you more credit. It's obvious that you are about political victories for "your side". I'm trying to point out that you actually are at least competent and know that you can use faux outrage to further your political agenda.
You can't seriously be this sensitive about a football team's name. Then you would be a pussy.
Why do you have such a hard time considering what it's like to be in someone else's shoes? That's a huge personality flaw.
In my opinion, I think you're off base when you try to inextricably link the Redskins name controversy to an overall "progressive" agenda. I see that a lot on this board, i.e., lumping unrelated issues and opinions into a supposed universal political point of view. People who are quite conservative may very well be, and certainly are, offended by the Redskin team name. It doesn't necessarily have much to do with "progressive" politics. It's a messy world out there, and people have varying opinions on different subjects.
In 1932 the football team was originally created and named the Boston Braves. Teams during this time period generally mirrored their baseball counterparts, as was the case with the New York Giants for example. In their first season the Boston Braves had enormous losses in revenue, and it was decided that changes needed to be made. Along with moving the team to Fenway Park in 1933, the Boston Braves changed their name to the Redskins. Now, there are two main theories as to why this name was chosen. First, the team may have wanted a similar name to the remaining baseball team in Boston, the Boston Red Sox. The second and more widely accepted theory is that the team was named Redskins to honor its coach Lone Star Dietz, who was a Native American. In 1937 the team was moved to Washington D.C., and it kept the name, the Washington Redskins.
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Worthy of a new thread. Pistons: Notebook - 12/02/06 - The Detroit News Online 3 victories in 2 nights. 2 in Miami, 1 in Detroit. GO PISTONS! AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SLOWING US DOWN WITH TAZERS! TAPE DON'T LIE!
I say Arnie keeps a tazer on the bench in case Dale slows down again soon.Keep it in house to avoid court troubles.
I thought the same thing. Remember Shaq is the guy who attacked that family in their farm house as part of his internet militia!
That was not Shaq. They were mistaken. Even though the man they saw was 7 ft tall, was wearing a Shaq is the the LAW T-shirt and was seen quickly leaving the scene in a tricked out Eddie Bauer Expedition that had a big Superman emblem in the Grill.
There are some videos online showing the taser attack on DD by the popo. Also some video showing the cop's testimony. He said he was afraid because Dale had removed his necklace and was holding it in his hand. Cop said he was afraid Dale was going to attack him with the necklace. The guy should not be on the force! Dale has a burn scar on his chest from the incident. I hope Dale sues the hotel and the police.Or maybe they could all line up and let Dale shoot them with the taser. so they can all find out how it feels. Dale was on vacation with his brother and his mother. He should be reimbursed for all his expenses and deserves an apology from all concerned.
So what, he couldn't get his brother to come get a key? I know the Hotel needs to be secure in handing out keys and all, WTF?


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Residents in one community will be giving up a Saturday morning to help clean up their city.
Boyne City is hosting its annual Buff Up Boyne event on May 3. Each year the city asks residents to come together for a community-wide spring cleaning.
Volunteers will sweep, pick up trash and rake up leaves and debris around the city.
Hugh Cocklin, the Main street Director in Boyne City, said this is an opportunity to clean up the city in areas the Department of Public Works can't get to.
" This gives the community residents an opportunity to come help and really go above and beyond of what you normally expect. An it's a great community service opportunity, it's a great way for the community to come together and take care of itself, and for people to kinda literally roll up their sleeves, put gloves on and yeah know really making their town look good. "
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text: Europeans learned to farm by marrying Eastern farmers 8,000 years agoAnnalee Newitz11/09/10 11:08pmFiled to: anthropologyGeneticsEvolutionfarmingSciencetweetFb84EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Anthropologists have long debated how farming spread from parts of Asia to Europe. Was it cultural transmission, or did farmers immigrate and settle down with European hunter-gatherers? A new study of ancient DNA reveals that intermarriage created agrarian Europe. Advertisement An international group of scientists compared the DNA of contemporary Europeans with 7,500 year old DNA extracted from a Neolithic graveyard created by a German farming community. What they discovered was that these early European farmers shared DNA with people from the Near East. This suggests, as the researchers write in their paper, published today in PLoS Biology:Ancient DNA from the earliest farmers can provide a direct view of the genetic diversity of these populations in the earliest Neolithic . . . When compared to indigenous hunter–gatherer populations, the unique and characteristic genetic signature of the early farmers suggests a significant demographic input from the Near East during the onset of farming in Europe.In other words, farmers from the Middle East immigrated to Europe, intermarried, and passed their knowledge of farming down to their children. Advertisement Using this ancient population of farmers as a baseline, the researchers were also able to speculate about what path the farmers would have taken out of the Near and into Europe. Most likely they came from Anatolia (the part of Asia mostly occupied by Turkey today), then traveled a south-eastern route through the Carpathian Basin in Hungary into Central Europe. From there, they moved into Europe, with many farmers settling down with new families along the way.This discovery paints a picture of Europe's early farmers as the product of cultural and social mixing, with hunter-gathers learning from immigrants how to settle down and work the land.via PLoS BiologyReply84 repliesLeave a reply


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by Brian Wheeler / Buffalo SabresWhen injuries forced both Jaroslav Spacek and Dmitri Kalinin out of the lineup, head coach Lindy Ruff had no choice but to ride his four remaining healthy blueliners for the last 27 minutes of Buffalo's 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Rangers.
The Sabres ice time chart read like a work of fiction: Toni Lydman 29:27 TOI (averaging 21:20 entering the game); rookie Andrej Sekera 25:42 (17:17 average); Nolan Pratt 19:13 (13:09 average); and Nathan Paetsch 17:03 (13:48 average).
Amazing enough, Buffalo still was a shootout away from claiming two points.
"We gave it all we had," said Ruff. "With the situation we were in, we should have or could have won the game."
"We just tried to keep [shifts] short; that's the biggest thing," said Lydman. "You get stuck out there, they end up cycling in our end and it's a problem. You might eventually get to the bench but there's not a whole lot of time to recover before you go right back out there."
The burden not only had an adverse effect when Buffalo was protecting their own zone.
The Sabres aggressive attacking style promotes defensemen jumping into the offensive attack. With their reserves dwindled and their defensemen skating every other shift, Buffalo was force to take a more conservative approach.
"Normally, we would take more chances coming up the ice with the forwards, but after our couple of 'D' went down I thought you had to make sure it was the right time," said Lydman. "More often you would change than come up ice."
Ruff tried to help relieve some pressure by using Derek Roy and Jason Pominville in their own zone from time to time. In the four-on-four overtime, he even put all forwards on the ice to increase the rest time.
"It's a cliche but you just had to battle through it," said Pratt. "It is what it is."
The injuries to Kalinin and Spacek were not what Buffalo needed heading into the stretch run. Spacek is heavily involved in all facets of the game - five-on-five, power play and penalty kill - while Kalinin was expected to pick up important additional minutes in a playoff run.
Henrik Tallinder's possible return this week would have marked the first time since Mar. 2 that Buffalo had a healthy blueline. While no specifics were available following the game, the initial report from Ruff were not favorable.
"[Spacek's injury] looks a little longer than shorter," said Ruff. "Dmitri, it's going to be a period of time for him too. Probably a shorter period of time than Jaro though."
Ruff didn't believe either injury would be season ending.
"Either guy could be weeks though, but that [the season-ending designation] wouldn't be fair to say right now," said Ruff.
Spacek went to the Sabres locker room just 12 minutes into the game; Kalinin with six minutes remaining in the second period.


text: In the Pakistani action flick International Guerillas, flying Korans blow up Salman Rushdie with lasersCyriaque Lamar9/03/11 11:00amFiled to: Holy crap wtfPropagandasalman rushdiethe satanic versesPakistanInternational guerillasFbfound footage28EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkShortly after Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwā against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses, Pakistani filmmakers punched out International Guerillas (YouTube link), a deranged exploitation flick starring a faux-Rushdie as a blasphemous crime lord.AdvertisementIn the film, Rushdie dwells on an island fortress, scheming with the Israeli military to corrupt pious Muslims with casinos and discotheques. After the film's trio of protagonists sneak on to the author's headquarters with Batman costumes, a group of floating Korans inexplicably fly down from the sky and annihilate Rushdie with lasers and/or lighting bolts.Even though the $500,000 film was marketed as a satire, International Guerillas was initally banned in Britain, where Rushdie was facing death threats. The author later convinced the British Board of Film Classification to overturn the ban, on the assumption that audiences would recognize that he was not a Bond villain who routinely executed people with sabers.Advertisement[Via Everything Is Terrible] Reply28 repliesLeave a reply


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The company cited a 2012 Forrester Research Study, showing that 56 percent of SMB workers who use a tablet are utilizing their own device, and 66 percent use their own smartphone. Much of the attention by software providers for accommodating the growing BYOD trend has previously been focused on large enterprises.
'Shifting Collaboration Landscape'
Avaya Office is designed to help SMBs move from basic telephony to sophisticated unified communications, with the ability to network as many as 32 locations. Companies can use IP, digital, analog or SIP communications, and Office can interoperate with other Avaya systems.
The product has been designed around use cases for the roles of Power User, Mobile Worker, Office Worker, Teleworker, Receptionist, Customer Service Supervisor, and Customer Service Agent.
Using Office, for instance, Power Users can control office communications from IP phones, cell phones or laptops, can receive all their messages -- whether voice, e-mail or fax -- into single inboxes, can set up conference calls when and where needed, and can have calls ring at both mobile and desk phones.
Version 8.1 introduces the Avaya Flare Communicator, a mobility app that previously had only been available to large enterprises. The Communicator can be used on Apple iPad tablets or Windows-based laptops, and it provides access to such collaboration capabilities as business-class calling, presence, company directory search or management of two calls simultaneously from a mobile device.
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The Communicator also offers the ability to drag-and-drop contacts into a spotlight position and then launch IMs, voice calls or e-mails by a screen tap.
The updated Office features centralized management that the company said simplifies the task of managing communications for multiple site environments, because sites can be managed from one location and via a single administration tool.
Enhanced security options include protection against toll fraud, denial of service attacks, and other vulnerabilities via a new SMB version of the company's Session Border Controller, which provides an SIP-based firewall. The Controller also offers the ability to encrypt media and connections without using a VPN. Accompanying the new version is Avaya's IP Office Support, its first support service for SMBs.
We asked Charles King, an analyst with industry research firm Pund-IT, if the BYOD trend was as much of an issue for SMBs as for larger enterprises.
He replied that "the issue around BYOD has taken root in companies of every size." But SMBs have an additional problem, King noted, in that, except for a few companies, many have little or no IT support, and are thus more reliant on packaged solutions such as Avaya's.


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PRA Named 'Clinical Company of the Year' in National Contest
-- Four PRA Employees Win Awards in Three Categories
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA, a leading Clinical Research Organization, announces that it won the 2012 US Clinical Researcher of the Year's "Clinical Company of the Year" award as well as several individual honors at the competition's finals ceremony held recently in Cary, NC.
Organized by the PharmaTimes, the event named PRA "Clinical Company of the Year" based on the total points earned by its employees' performances in individual competitions. Four PRA staff members took home 1st and 3rd place prizes in the New Clinical Research Associate, Project Manager and Senior Clinical Research Associate categories. They competed with more than 200 other contestants in a rigorous three-phase process that tested their skills in risk-based monitoring and virtual teamwork.
"This competition is a great forum for our employees to showcase their unique talents within our industry," said Susan Romberg, PRA's Vice President of Clinical Operations. "We are very proud to have participated for our second straight year in this competition."
In the New Clinical Research Associate category, PRA's Elizabeth Watson and Jon Faber won 1st and 3rd places, respectively. Hillary Denny took 1st place in the Senior Clinical Research Associate competition, while Michael Long received 3rd in the Project Manager category. In addition, PRA had seven other finalists compete in the event.
Ms. Watson said, "This is such a great experience because I get to interact with some of the best professionals in the industry. The camaraderie and support from PRA throughout this process has been incredible. I look forward to being able to compete again next year."
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PRA is transforming clinical trials through our people, innovation and transparency. PRA provides personalized service customized to the unique requirements of each study. We support our global reach and innovative approach through flexible and reliable service, delivered by skilled employees dedicated to ensuring that sponsors achieve their long-term goals.
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lmao @ "prepare for trouble and make it double line."
anyone aware?
<3 u viole.
<3 team rocket
sooo what's the point of the big blade attached to his firearm??
Is it just me or the hero looks clunky? and the shoulder is also too wide.
Darn Smyger and RuthlessVoid for taking a break.
Don't they know that spotlight videos and other side videos are the only useful thing in this world?
I expect two videos next time, triple the quality of usual.
(No but really, sorry for the team that worked on this spotlight, but it just didn't have the same style/quality as usual. It was good though, I'm just spoiled.)
Interesting hero, feels a little uninspired with the theme it had, but still strong.
Hero looks cool, spotlight & skills are "meh". Imho it would be better for S2 to hold new heores for about one month after Kinesis, otherwise hasty half-arsed ideas will ruin more than they fix.
No, moraxus's shield gains hp the more heroes are nearby and can be detonated for damage, it also only absorbs pre-mitigations damage(damage that hasn't been reduced by armor yet)
This is just a shield that boosts ms and absorbs straight up damage, like accursed's
On another note, I'm going to echo what a lot of people are saying, that the quality is down, well it is, the hero's abilities seem thrown together rather then thought out, with no clear theme or rhyme or reason to any reason as to why this hero has the abilities he does, he just seems like another run of the mill boring ass hero.
And his model looks ugly as hell.
I like the hero, maybe i even am going to buy coins for it.
But meh, why was the quality of the video reduced to potato quality?
RCT members are not Frostburn Studios employees. My posts in no way represent the view of Frostburn Studios or any of its staff.
Am I the only one who found the Spotlight good? I mean all I care about is the skills and how they work and the spotlight shows plenty of that. Are people disappointed because there weren't enough "funnies"? First world problems...
Bad trailer in my opinion.
The intro is just a mix of random cutscences with unfitting music while the main part, the skill explanation, looks like you never made spotlights before.
Lets take a look at a good spotlight of yours.
Well made intro. Skill explanation with alot of examples, showing the advantages and disadvantages and a quick look into the mechanics.
Sure the Gunblade spotlight had that too but very bad executed. What realy kills the spotlight for me is the baby taunt scene. Srsly? That scene looked like a 12 year old playing around with the windows moviemaker effects...
Thats my 2 cents.
I hope you read my rants, learned something and get back to your old awesome spotlights.
There are only two genres of music. Metal and Shít
Completely called his passive doing bonus damage based on how close they are. Nailed it.
That said, completely broken design S2. He gets all the benefits of being a range plus bonus damage at melee range where most ranged are at a disadvantage. He has a closer ult and slow to facilitate that and a shield to mitigate getting in close.
This isn't about numbers or him being OP (for all I know he'll be weak ****) it's about it literally just being bad design.
Last edited by Good_Apollo; 03-13-2012 at 02:50 PM.
"Please note that Smyger and RuthlessVoid took a break this spotlight for personal reasons. I had to do with a make-shift crew of people I've never worked with. We tried some new things and added a bit more flair to the scenes. Let me know how you all liked it, what suggestions you have, what you think could be improved, and anything else!
Also, let Cami and Murray know how well they did in such a tight squeeze "
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/HeroesofNewe...ight_gunblade/
And in relation to the music, here's what I said in a Skype discussion!
Hopefully that clears up some stuff for you <3[10:50:51 AM] secret person!: Violeeee
[10:50:54 AM] secret person!: what is that opening music
[10:51:07 AM] Mia: uhh
[10:51:14 AM] Mia: something that thomas-adam made
[10:51:18 AM] secret person!: it's.....different...... It sounds so......
[10:51:40 AM] secret person!: 10 years ago like for digital sounds at first
[10:51:46 AM] Mia: it's one of his first pieces
[10:51:49 AM] secret person!: I see
[10:51:54 AM] secret person!: well it gets better after 20 seconds
[10:51:54 AM] Mia: his power supply shorted
[10:51:56 AM] Mia: and fried his mobo
[10:52:00 AM] Mia: so he had no computer at all for this
[10:52:04 AM] secret person!: ...
[10:52:09 AM] secret person!: and he had to make something anyway?
[10:52:10 AM] Mia: we had to make do with a laptop editing the best-fitting old clip he had
[10:52:13 AM] Mia: yep
[10:52:19 AM] secret person!: that explains the old-ness
[10:52:19 AM] Mia: he didn't HAVE to, he volunteered
[10:52:28 AM] Mia: i told him it's fine if we just take a segment, but he's a dedicated guy
Don't worry, I know the quality may have seemed worse this week, but a lot of stuff went on, and I'm happy with the video considering the circumstances.
i feel like this hero got pushed out too fast, like not enough experimenting with what he should have
also the animations on this hero looks rather static, like its not fluid and natural
i also have some opinions on what his skill set should be, but i'll wait until he's released to public and test him out to see how he feels overall
iam really disappointed in this hero. nukes, slow, stun, shieldprotection... a range who gets more dmg in meele range?! i dont say hes op, coz i dont know the numbers, but it he is boring. there is nothing special about him.
maybe take a look at some dream heroes. there are a lot heroes which are more thought-out and unique than this creepy guy.
+ worst spotlight ever, sry