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At most times, the IRS is one of America's least loved institutions, but this past month has been a particularly bad period for the agency.
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American health care continues to undergo profound changes at a breakneck speed. Future challenges show no signs of abating. We feel the next generation of health care providers and administrators sho...
Provision of Patient-Centered Transgender Care.
Transgender individuals have unique health care needs and experience health disparities. There is an increased need for transgender health care services and primary care for this underserved populatio...
To inform consumers and restrain health care cost growth, efforts to promote transparency and to reimburse for care episodes are accelerating in the United States.
Community-based primary mental health care is recommended in low and middle-income countries. The Brazilian Health System has been restructuring primary care by expanding its Family Health Strategy. D...
Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured.
Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barr...
The Effectiveness of Health Facility-based and Community-based Care for Tuberculosis
The purpose of the study is whether the provision of tuberculosis care using volunteer community health workers or self-administered treatment for 7 months is equally effective with the ex...
An Integrated Model of Primary Care in Mental Health
Managed care systems rely on primary care providers as gatekeepers to make sensible decisions regarding the use of expensive health care resources. While this model has some intuitive app...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Among VA Ambulatory Care Patients
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in response to an extreme traumatic stressor. It is estimated that as many as 1 million VA patients who were exposed to combat may have PTSD. V...
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Primary Health Care
Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)
Episode Of Care
An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may consist of a series of intervals marked by one or more brief separations from care, and can also identify the sequence of care (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient), thus serving as one measure of health care provided.
Health Care Quality, Access, And Evaluation
The concept concerned with all aspects of the quality, accessibility, and appraisal of health care and health care delivery.
Delivery Of Health Care, Integrated
A health care system which combines physicians, hospitals, and other medical services with a health plan to provide the complete spectrum of medical care for its customers. In a fully integrated system, the three key elements - physicians, hospital, and health plan membership - are in balance in terms of matching medical resources with the needs of purchasers and patients. (Coddington et al., Integrated Health Care: Reorganizing the Physician, Hospital and Health Plan Relationship, 1994, p7)
Patient Self-determination Act
The purpose of this 1990 federal act is to assure that individuals receiving health care services will be given an opportunity to participate in and direct health care decisions affecting themselves. Under this act, hospitals, health care agencies, and health maintenance organizations are responsible for developing patient information for distribution. The information must include patients' rights, advance directives, living wills, ethics committees' consultation and education functions, limited medical treatment (support/comfort care only), mental health treatment, resuscitation, restraints, surrogate decision making and transfer of care. (from JCAHO, Lexicon, 1994)


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Spying on Icebergs Instead of Terrorists?
Obama Program Diverts Intelligence Assets to Climate Research
Washington, DC - As terrorists continue to infiltrate America, the Obama Administration is tasking some of our nation's most elite intelligence-gathering agencies to divert their resources to environmental scientists researching global warming.Experts with The National Center for Public Policy Research are decrying this practice as a distraction from important counterterrorism duties. They further question if it is a possible avenue to renew climate change subterfuge already plaguing some of these scientists.
"This is another example of President Obama not taking terrorism seriously," said Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the National Center's Project 21 black leadership network. "Our enemies must be laughing at the Obama Administration's incompetence."
A January 5 article in the New York Times reported that the White House restarted a program in which scientists are obtaining classified intelligence data from the Central Intelligence Agency and National Reconnaissance Office. Information from these secret government surveillance programs is being used to track climate change.
A similar program was discontinued by the Bush Administration in 2001. Former vice president and current climate change entrepreneur Al Gore began lobbying for its renewal in 2008. It now reportedly has the strong support of CIA Director Leon Panetta.
"Given the very real threat posed by terrorists, it is ridiculous and downright dangerous to divert any intelligence resources to monitoring polar ice," added Project 21's Deneen Borelli. "Its said this won't hinder regular intelligence-gathering, but it's also clear that agencies can't yet share data and track a terrorism suspect who was identified by his own father. It's unwise to further distract our intelligence network by forcing it to consult with scientists about icebergs, polar bears and sea lions. The Obama Administration appears to be putting a left-wing political agenda before the safety and security of our nation."
Speaking on the involvement of Al Gore, Tom Borelli, Ph.D., director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, noted: "If anything, Al Gore is the real national security threat. Gore's climate change fear mongering, which lines his own pockets with cash, has stoked a war against the fossil fuels so vital to our nation's economic prosperity and national security. His self-serving agenda is stymieing domestic energy exploration and production efforts. Now, he successfully lobbied to resurrect this diversion of our intelligence assets after the Bush Administration wisely ended it."
The claims of some scientists are already suspect after the Climategate scandal. Tom Borelli pointed out: "We've already seen climate scientists discussing the idea of destroying raw data to preserve climate change models that may be seriously flawed, and then it turns out that very same sort of data was allegedly 'lost.' How can we trust them to not behave similarly with CIA data - such as denying the proper peer review under the guise that the data is secret? The real question is: who's going to be watching the scientists?"
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Here is a DIY plastic bag Christmas wreath!!!It can be a little time consuming but is definitely worth it.
-A wire coat hanger-Garbage Bags (It doesn't matter what colours you use, but I used pink and green)-ScissorsOptional Decorations:-Christmas Ribbon-Fake Christmas Plant
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text: 2010 Honda OdysseyMatt Hardigree12/30/08 10:30amFiled to: Spy Photos2010 Honda Odyssey2010 OdysseyOdysseyhonda odyssey2010 HondaHonda2011 Honda Odyssey2011 Odysseynew honda odysseyNext Honda OdysseyHonda Oddysey35EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink It looks like the 2010 Honda Odyssey will get a minor refresh. The centerpiece? Honda's new family grille. The American version of the Honda Odyssey has always had a cult following amongst the small set of minivan enthusiasts so we expect the 2010 Honda Odyssey to continue to find fans, despite the bucktooth grille also featured on the new 2009 Honda Pilot. Sadly, it doesn't appear we'll be getting the sharp-looking JDM Honda Odyssey. According to The Honda Portal, the new Odyssey will likely get an updated version of the 3.5-liter gasoline engine currently in the Odyssey, as well an updated interior. The same source says a diesel V6 is in the works but, we'd imagine, this is going to be on hold until the market improves or the price of diesel decreases significantly. Advertisement Advertisement Expect to see many of these on the road to Ithica.[Burlapp Cars]Reply35 repliesLeave a reply


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Featured TV on DVD Review: Life's Too Short: Season One
January 13th, 2013
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Life's Too Short is the latest show created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who have previously made The Office, Extras, etc. That's a really good pedigree, but it does set up high expectations. Can it live up to these expectations?
Warwick Davis is one of the most well-known actors around having career box office numbers of over $10 billion worldwide. Not too long ago, he had a guest appearance on Extras, a show made by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The trio got talking during filming and came up with an idea for a TV show:
A mockumentary centered around the actor's life with him playing a fictionalized version of himself, a very fictionalized version of himself.
In the show, Warwick Davis's acting career ended in 1988 with Willow and he now runs a not-so-success talent agency for dwarfs. He's got a huge tax bill to deal with and he's going through a tough divorce. He needs to jump start his Hollywood career to pay all of the bills he has. Unfortunately, while he has a big opinion on himself, his talent level is low. So in essence, he's playing the part Ricky Gervais played on The Office. Speaking of whom, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are regulars in the show, playing themselves. Warwick tends to go to them looking for work and through them he meets plenty of celebrities. So there are also a ton of guest appearances from big name celebrities, which the show borrows from Extras.
This brings up the biggest complaint I had with the show. We've seen this before. There's not a lot here that we haven't seen before from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It's just a little more repetitive here and mean-spirited. Far too often they resort to a cheap short joke. This is a real shame, because there's usually something funny in every episode, and there are instances when the show is brilliant. You see this in the first episode when Liam Neeson has a guest appearance and asks Ricky and Stephen to help him work on his improvisational skills, because he wants to be a stand-up comic. Rosamund Hanson is also hilarious as his dim secretary, Cheryl.
Overall it isn't bad, but it is far from what I was hoping for.
Extras include a 28-minute long making of featurette, 10 minutes of deleted scenes, four minutes of outtakes, and a ten behind-the-scenes clips, each two to three minutes. It adds up to more than an hour of special features, which isn't bad, considering there are only seven 30-minute episodes on the two-disc set.
Life's Too Short didn't live up to my expectations, there are enough funny moments that fans of Ricky Gervais's style of humor will want to check out Season One but not enough that it is worth picking up.
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Down economy strategy 1: Outsource pallets and reduce your operating costs
When it comes to outsourcing, most of us think of turning over warehousing or transportation to a third party to reduce operating costs. But outsourcing pallets can deliver the same benefits.
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State of Logistics 2016: Pursue mutual benefit ATA reports sharp decrease in Q4 truckload driver turnover rate Challenges remain in store for shippers, says FTR SCI report Florida East Coast Railway to be acquired by Grupo Mexico Cat Lift Trucks awards $5,000 scholarship to high school student More NewsLeading manufacturers and distributors have been outsourcing their warehousing and transportation operations to third party logistics providers (3PLs) for years. The rationale is simple: The company doing the outsourcing saves on capital expenses and concentrates on what it does best; the 3PL, meanwhile, is able to reduce its customers logistics' costs by concentrating on what it does best, which is warehousing, order fulfillment and distribution.
Those same benefits can be realized by turning over your pallet program to a third party pallet pooling operation like CHEP, PECO or iGPS. Instead of buying new or used pallets that are then shipped from a manufacturing plant or warehouse, never to be seen again, a user rents the pallets, paying a rental fee for each trip. As with a 3PL, you're sharing the cost of the asset across a group of users who participate in the pool instead of absorbing the cost yourself.
The benefit: The quality and consistency of the pallets are assured, and the pallet pooler assumes the responsibility for pallet management issues like repair and disposal.
The savings: An average of $1 per pallet trip in the supply chain.
As with outsourcing logistics requirements, not everyone is a candidate for outsourcing pallets. At least four conditions need to be in place.
First, there needs to be enough volume to receive pallets from a pooler in full truckload quantities. For that reasons, most of the shippers that use pooled pallets manufacturer consumer packaged goods.
Second, the company needs to be able to ship its product on a standard 48' by 40' pallet.
Third, the company ships its products in full truckloads rather than LTL. You need to be able to flow the pallets directly into your customer's distribution network and then back. If you're shipping LTL, it's possible, but it's a lot more complicated because an LTL shipment may go through several transportation depots before it's delivered.
Last, and most important, you must be shipping into supply chains that are already heavily penetrated by a pooler. The reason: Your customer will be responsible for getting the pallet back. If your customers are participants in a pallet pool, they understand how to handle the pallets once they receive them and insure that they're returned to a center.
If you meet those requirements, joining a pallet pool is relatively straightforward.
With CHEP, here's how it works:
Step 1: CHEP assigns an implementation team to set up the administrative controls; that's the process for communicating your pallet requirements by location to CHEP. Usually, that will be done by EDI. Most companies estimate their requirements and establish a shipping schedule for a set period of time.
Step 2. The rental meter begins running when a load of pallets leaves CHEP's depot to be delivered to your plant or warehouse. When the pallets arrive, they go into your production environment just like any other pallets. Each of your customers is assigned a destination code by CHEP. When a load of palletized product leaves your yard, you enter that code and the number of pallets shipped to that destination into the CHEP system. At that point, more or less, your meter stops running and the pallets become the responsibility of your customer. Once they're shipped, they're no longer in your inventory and you're no longer paying for them.
Step 3. Once your customers receive your delivery, they make arrangements to get the pallets back to CHEP. In most cases, the retailer or grocer will ship the pallets to a CHEP center, but in some instances CHEP makes arrangements to pick them up.
In March of 2009, Modern posted three strategies for reducing operational costs in a tough economy on our website. The idea was simple: In good times, distributors and manufacturers focus on processes and technologies that enable growth. In a tough economy like the one we're experiencing now, the focus is on reducing costs to maintain margins. The best improvements will continue delivering results long after business improves. While those lines are now 2.5 years old, they still resonate today.
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It is a dream come true for most fashionistas to be seated front and center at Lincoln Center for New York Fashion Week. What you may not realize is that the plaza right outside is a fashion show all its own. We were able to snap a few photos of some very well dressed Latinas right outside the tents. Which outfit are you loving?
Mexican American Fatima Calderon, Graphic Designer for ShoeDazzle took the oxford shoe and leather short trend to another level.
Falling in love with Debbie Gonzales' style, this Mexicana shows us how to truly rock vintage.
Debbie's vintage butterfly shoes.
Julie Sarinana, from the everso popular blog sincerelyjules.com made sure she let us know where she was from. "Soy Mexicana from LA," said the very friendly bloguera.
Modelo Denalyn Cotto's rockera style captivated us but her girlish demeanor won us over.
Tabatha Sanchez knows the key to be photographed is all about style. The Puerto Rican model was rocking the men's style trend to the max with a cap and red shoes. Nuff' said.
Zina, the Barcelona based bloguera of Fashionvibe.com ran into NYFW with an undeniable swag that is evident in her blog as well as in person.
Puerto Rican Elissa Arana, owner of New York based shopreverie.com was quick to chat us up discussing everything about tornadoes in Brooklyn to insider scoop at the last show.
Andy Torres, the Mexican blogger behind stylescrapbook.com wearing the most enviable Kenzo top of the season.
Finally, this Chicago-based blogger enjoying my very first New York Fashion Week.


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Sen. Rand Paul wants a constitutional amendment to apply Obamacare to everyone, including federal employees and Supreme Court justices.
Federal employees found out that their health insurance premiums were going up an average of 3.4 percent for fiscal year 2014. That may seem like bad news, but if one lawmaker has his way, annual single-digit premium increases under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan might be fondly remembered as the good old days.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced plans to propose a constitutional amendment that would, among other things, require federal employees to purchase health insurance on exchanges created by the 2010 health care law. Details of the proposal were not available, but it appears that it would eliminate a raft of benefits enjoyed by feds, including the subsidy that helps pay about 72 percent of federal employees' insurance premiums.
Paul singled out for special mention Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who wrote the 2012 opinion in NFIB v. Sebelius that upheld the law.
"My amendment says basically that everybody, including Justice Roberts -- who seems to be such a fan of Obamacare -- gets it too," Paul told the Daily Caller, a conservative news website. "See, right now, Justice Roberts is still continuing to have federal employee health insurance subsidized by the taxpayer. And if he likes Obamacare so much, I'm going to give him an amendment that gives Obamacare to Justice Roberts."
Paul's proposal comes more than a month after the Office of Personnel Management announced that members of Congress and their staffs, who are required to buy health insurances via exchanges under a provision of the law, will obtain premium support from their employers -- the government. Private employers are specifically barred by the law from providing any such subsidy. The OPM provided the special exemption after fears that the elimination of premium support would create a wave of resignations among congressional staffers.
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Seasoned government managers are hopeful about an innovation effort backed by the president, but they see pitfalls and the possibility of duplication.
Early self-reporting suggests that 81 percent of agencies are on track to electronically manage email records.
The head of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental says his goal is to drive culture change in the DOD's acquisition and innovation processes rather than make DIUx the acquisition arm of the DOD.
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I have no problem with a properly drafted general amendment that bars special waivers to laws for government workers, government contractors, not-for-profit entities, or receipents of federal, state or local public funds. It should also hopefully bar the raft of special interest waivers such as to unions and political organizations and influence groups. This same amendment could force sunset rules of say 24 months on any special incentive provision built into federal laws to stop the gravy train out to politicos and lobbyist groups from every niche and cranny of our corporate and domestic society.
My health care insurance through my employer will go up next year by 28 percent. A single digit increase in my cost would be something to cheer about indeed.
Proposing a constitutional amendment is obviously grand standing on the part of Sen. Paul. I am federal employee and the prospect of being forced into an ACA exchange scares the hell out of me. However, it makes perfect sense, insofar as anything about ACA makes sense, that ALL federal employees for the executive, judicial and legislative branches should be rolled into ACA coverage. Mandating a program for the entire population of the U.S. and then cherry picking favored segments of the population through make-em-up-as-you-go exemptions is hypocritical and unfair. It undermines respect for the law and for public service. If the ACA is not good enough for us, it sure as hell isnt good enough for the people we serve.
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ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme + Koolance 370 questions.
Hi this might be a stupid question, but I want to make sure that I'm on the right track.
I'm in the process of fitting a Koolance 370 cpu bloack onto a Rampage 4 Extreme. Couple of things I've noticed so far:
- The "LGA 2011" posts that the 370 comes with doesn't screw onto the backplate properly, it gets physically jammed about half way through the thread; the only posts that work are the posts that come standard.
- There is no clear instructions as to where on the backplate you're supposed to mount the post to fit the motherboard, but on the R4E there is only one set of 4 holes posts can go though so that meant that the posts has to be on the outer most holes on the backplate.
What I need to know is to do with the R4E backplate that it comes with and the backplate included in the accessory box. It comes standard with an "X-socket" backplate, and a rectangle LGA2011 backplate that is much smaller.
My question is this:
- When installing a waterblock onto the motherboard, do I remove the stock motherboard backplate completely, and only use the backplate supplied with the 370?
- Since the actual "LGA2011 posts" doesn't work with the 370 backplate (weird manufacturer mistake?), is it fine to use the standard posts that it comes with (which are almost identical to the LGA2011 posts)?
- Has any of you done this same build / encountered similar issues?
I will be posting a build log in the future.
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Hi there,
I am encountering the same thing. What did you end up doing?
EDIT: Its OK, worked it out. Quite simple actually...Last edited by telc; 03-16-12 at 05:16 PM. Reason: change
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I just put on the rectangle "lga2011" backplate on that holds the cpu retention in place and fitted the 370 backplate over it.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — In a murder-for-hire case worthy of a Dan Brown novel, a Roman Catholic priest has been arrested on charges that he solicited a hit man to kill a teenager who had accused him of sexual abuse.
Authorities said John Fiala first offered the job to a neighbor, who blew the whistle and helped police arrange a sting. They said Fiala got as far as negotiating a $5,000 price for the slaying before investigators moved in.
The 52-year-old clergyman was arrested Nov. 18 at his suburban Dallas home and jailed on $700,000 bond. In April, he was named in a lawsuit filed by the boy's family, who accused Fiala of molesting the youth, including twice forcing him to have sex at gunpoint.
The abuse allegedly took place in 2007 and 2008, when Fiala was a priest at the Sacred Heart of Mary Parish in the West Texas community of Rocksprings, a rural enclave known for sheep and goat herding.
The family's lawsuit also named the Archdiocese of San Antonio and Archbishop Jose Gomez, alleging that church leadership should have known Fiala was abusive.
The suit was filed just a month before Gomez was introduced as the new incoming leader of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. He is currently serving as an assistant to Cardinal Roger Mahony, who will retire next year. Gomez then automatically becomes archbishop.
The allegations against Fiala seemed like they could have formed a plotline for Brown, who wrote "The Da Vinci Code" and other religiously themed thrillers. But the accuser's attorney said they hit too close to home.
When he learned of the murder-for-hire investigation, the boy "was terrified and rightly so," attorney Tom Rhodes said. As far back as 2008, Fiala threatened the teen, and repeatedly brandished a pistol, Rhodes said.
Fiala "began saying, 'If you tell anyone, I'll hurt you, I'll hurt your family, your girlfriend,'" Rhodes said. "It was more than once he threatened him with a gun."
Fiala only recently rented a place to live in suburban Garland, where police say he initiated the attempted contract killing — even though his new home is more than 300 miles northeast of Rocksprings.
Rhodes said an anonymous informant who initially identified himself as a neighbor of Fiala contacted his office and said the priest had approached him about killing the accuser, who was 16 at the time and is now in his late teens. Rhodes urged the informant to contact the police, who then sent an undercover agent to meet with Fiala.
Rhodes said he had been told Fiala offered $5,000 to carry out the slaying. A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said he could not confirm the amount of money involved.
It was unclear how close Fiala came to actually putting his plan in motion or how he wanted the boy killed. A call to the Edwards County Sheriff's Office, which headed up the investigation, was not immediately returned.
Jail records list Fiala's attorney as Rex Gunter in Dallas, but he was in court Tuesday and did not return a call from The Associated Press. Fiala is charged with one count of solicitation to commit capital murder and two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
San Antonio Archdiocese spokesman Pat Rodgers said Fiala has been removed from the public ministry, meaning he cannot present himself as a priest.
Authorities removed him in October 2008, before the accusations of sexual assault emerged, because of his interference with the custodial relationship between the teen in Rocksprings and his grandmother — a case the sheriff's office investigated. Authorities have not disclosed the nature of Fiala's interference.
"We were shocked by the allegations and saddened by the story," Rodgers said. Since Fiala was removed from the public ministry, "we haven't contacted him, and haven't had any reason to contact him."
Rhodes said Fiala originally met the accuser in 2007 and was a frequent visitor at his grandparents' house, where the teen was living. He often came bearing gifts, including new a cell phone and MP3 player, and eventually gave the boy cash to help buy a car.
Fiala used the pretext of private catechism lessons to be alone with the boy, Rhodes said, and in 2008 took the teen to a youth event in the town of San Angelo, Texas, during which he raped him in a motel room at gunpoint.
"He's a dangerous predator and has been since at least 1988," Rhodes said. "The church has known how dangerous this guy is for many, many years. They had full knowledge, we believe, and the documents seem to bear that out — that they knew what a bad person he was and what a danger he was to children."


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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Exxon Misleads On Funding Denialists
This time last year ExxonMobil waged a campaign with bloggers to convince us that they recognized the reality of anthropogenic global warming and were serious about solutions.
I looked up ExxonMobil's contributions to 'Public Information and Policy Research' for 2006, when supposed ExxonMobil was not in the business of funding denialist nonsense. Well, there it is, $180,000 to Frontiers of Freedom and its CSPP. That's more than they gave to Brookings ($135,000), Asia Society ($90,000), Council on Foreign Relations ($110,000) or most of the legitimate organizations to which they contribute. I can't say they lied last year, but I can say they deliberately misled me.
Take a look at the CSPP website. If that's not denialist nonsense, I don't know what is!
Here is a link to the CSPP website, and indeed it is denialist nonsense.
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I wonder where "Ding Dong Kyoto's Dead" fit into all this? Was he a highly-paid disrupter, a cheap rent-a-shill or was he just a two-a-penny TROLLop, giving it away for practically nothing?
- John Mashey said...
1) Rob Ferguson set up CSPP for FoF.
2) Rob (apparently) left FoF to do his own spinoff, SPPI, http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/
3) You'll notice that CSPP climate stuff ramps down in August 2007, about the same time as SPPI ramps up.
4) What we don't know:
Does SPPI have EM funding?
Maybe funding from Viscount Monckton? - 5:25 PM
- Dante said...
Anything about that whore Gore who doesn't disclose the companies that he is tied to that financially benefits from the whole carbon trading scam?
Didn't think so
Big friggin news...Big Oil looking after it's own interests. Stop the presses - 5:34 PM
Well I sure hope all you Believers are enjoying such a pleasant dose of global warming this winter. And its not over by along shot.
And it gets colder every year . . . while your precious CO2 increases.
Go figure. It's the Sun, stupid.
Where's Dr. Fruit Fly or the Goreacle when you need them to preach for you ? - 6:14 PM
Whewwww, I am glad that is over. I didn't think Dion would call an election over the budget, but there was that slight chance he grew some balls.
I think Harper is going to have to bring about a bill that would call for Dion and all liberals to dress in french maid outfits before the ball-less wonders go down for the count. - 6:33 PM
- bigcitylib said...
John, I think you sent me the stuff on Schulte or whatever his name was. If doing this kind of research is a hobby for you, please send along anything you're working on.
- John Mashey said...
Sure. The thing I sent you is what set Susan off on this at Environmental Law Prof.
If you haven't seen Naomi Oreskes' recent video, you should, because it's just the tip of the iceberg. I heard her give an earlier version at Stanford a year ago, to an audience of climate scientists, so there was less on the long history of climate science, and more on the weird origin of climate denialism ~1990 by cold-war physicists with no Cold War left to fight...
Recall that George H. W. Bush (NOT W.), in 1989,said:
must stabilize CO2 ASAP
i.e., that was before politicization.
Naomi's bio
Video, "The American Denial of Global Warming", 58 minutes, and well worth it:
UCSD Video - 6:52 PM
- Wayne said...
- Ti-Guy said...
Video, "The American Denial of Global Warming", 58 minutes, and well worth it:
Great video; thanks for the link. Disguising political arguments within the framework of a scientific debate is what these frauds did and continue to do. I'm more willing than Naomi Oreskes (for obvious reasons) to assert that these frauds are far more self-serving than one would expect from being simply laissez faire ideologues.
Wayne...don't bother watching the video...it doesn't feature any sexy ungulates. - 8:39 PM
Funny, no post on the budget,
or Dion's slinking away with his tail between his legs once again.
It's looking like it'll be at least another year of Harper in power.
It seemed like just yesterday the Liberals were painting Harper as a neofascist maniac intent on destroying the fabric of Canada.
Now the Liberals are agreeing with his every move.
Interesting times indeed. - 9:28 PM
Governing like a majority.
That appears to be the consensus at Liblogs.
Dion has effectively handed Harper a majority is right. What's worse, Harper has the Liberal Senate saying "how high" when he says "jump!" - 10:13 PM
Sorry. I was orgasming during that last comment. Hence, the incoherence.
Pardon me while I clean up. - 10:30 PM
John, your material over on ELP mentions that SPPI and CSPP occupy two suites in that DC building, but a google of the main address finds this. So those could just be mail drops, although a small cheap office is also possible. The Haymarket address is a UPS Store (i.e. definite mail drop).
This is starting to look a bit like Rob Ferguson sitting in front of his computer at home.
Stepping back and considering the denialist network as a whole, I wonder how many FTEs there are. I'm guessing less than 50, which means that the Scaife/Koch/EM crowd is getting the whole thing for pocket change. Of course they also have to pay for the AEI/CEI etc. infrastructure costs, but on the whole these outfits look to be a real bargain. - 4:16 PM
- John Mashey said...
Steve: thanks.
This is reminiscent of: John Casey & SSRC. (i.e., virtual office, but has a nice picture., looks impressive).
In the taxonomy of these these things, there is a clear range:
a) Larger organizations, of which climate change denialism is a small branch.
b) Smaller ones dedicated to the topic, which often seem more like one-band bands, or close, with the usual case of advisors.
Did you happen to examine page 40? - 5:13 PM
Page 40 of...?
- bigcitylib said...
Steve, John,
I know several one person PR firms that are exactly like that. One person serves as PR for several related associations. At home with a PC and a nice printer. - 7:19 PM
John, somehow I had managed to miss the fact that you had put out that paper, but just now spotted a reference and link to it at ELP. I'll have a read. Re page 40, that looks about right. Willie's a busy boy!
BCL, that sounds about right. Based on a quick glance at the site content it seem unlikely that it's anything more than a very part-time gig for Ferguson. I'd be curious to know what he spends the rest of his time on, although not curious enough to put any effort into researching it. - 10:21 PM


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beginning with an icord, then adding in red wool, increasing madly, decreasing and binding off. a safety pin was sewn on the back so it could be worn on a bag (this one i made over ten years ago, maybe more!)
the leaves of grass, while knitting it looks like a pile of grass, but oh but when the knitted on edge part begins and the shawl becomes released from the needles, pure magic...
links to share!
the mushroom pattern: forever mushroom by nell knits
mushroom inspiration: julie whitmore
leaves of grass knit along: girls in sheeps clothing
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Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall "Excellent pacing and strong character development . . . animate not only the inmates at the Sanibel Asylum but the characters from the preasylum lives of Iris and Ambrose. A first-rate choice for fans of intelligent historical romances." —Library Journal, starred review Format: eBook ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547712086 ISBN-10: 0547712081 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 04/10/2012 Carton Quantity: 1 Also available in: Paperback - $14.95
About the Book About the Author Excerpts Reviews About the Book "A first-rate choice for fans of intelligent historical romances."—Library Journal, starred review Amid the mayhem of the Civil War, Iris Dunleavy is put on trial by her husband, convicted of madness, and sent to Sanibel Asylum to be restored to a compliant Virginia plantation wife. But her husband is the true criminal; she is no lunatic, only guilty of disagreeing on notions of cruelty and property.On this remote Florida island, Iris meets a wonderful collection of inmates in various states of sanity, including Ambrose Weller, a Confederate soldier haunted by war, whose dark eyes beckon to her. Can love in such a place be real? Can they escape, and will the war have left any way—any place—for them to make a life together?"An absorbing story that explores both the rewards and perils of love, pride, and sanity."—Publishers Weekly"With Blue Asylum, Hepinstall presents the reader with the rare and delicious quandary of whether to race through and find out what happens to her characters or to linger over her vivid, beautifully crafted sentences. For me, the only resolution was to read it twice." —Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound and When She Woke"A gripping story of love and madness in the midst of the Civil War—I couldn't put it down!"—Kathleen Grissom, author of The Kitchen House Subjects Literary Historical Related Subjects Fiction Literature Historical Fiction About the Author Kathy Hepinstall KATHY HEPINSTALL grew up outside of Houston, Texas. Kathy is the best-selling author of The House of Gentle Men, The Absence of Nectar, and Blue Asylum. She is an award-winning creative director and advertising writer. Excerpts 1 When Iris dreamed of that morning, the taste of blood was gone, and so was the odor of gunsmoke, but her other senses stayed alive. The voices around her distinct. The heel of a bare foot between her ribs. The pressure of the pile of bodies on her chest. Was this what the others had felt too, as they died around her? Her dream followed the reality so well that when the bodies were yanked away from her, one by one, the weight released and the darkness cleared, and she jerked upright, gasping, on the floor of a jail cell in Fort Lane. She'd been given a blanket and nothing else, not even a pillow, for she had been judged insane even before the trial began, and her jailers followed the logic that the mad shunned the comforts of the rational. When she awoke on the floor, on that cold blanket, she thought first of the man who had murdered those innocent people by the barely crawling light of dawn, but her rage held down something deeper, something that searched for oxygen to speak.Her trial lasted less than an hour. The judge didn't want to hear her story. None of it mattered: The wayward turkeys that ran into the woods. The porcelain tub full of bloody water. The pale, blue-eyed baby. The two small graves. Her fate had already been decided. She was convicted and sentenced and put on a train to Savannah with an armed guard, from there sent on a series of trains going west, and when the tracks ran out she was taken by open-air coach to the port at Punta Rassa. On the last leg of her journey, she set sail for Sanibel Island on the Scottish Chief, which also carried a hundred head of cattle. She had been allowed to bathe and put on a traveling dress with ornamental braids and her best spoon bonnet. She had even been allowed to bring her best clothes with her in a steamer trunk. But she had not been allowed to tell the story that would have excused or at least explained her actions. The ship was stifling hot. The scent of the cattle rose up from the hull below her, their excrement and fear. She smoothed her hair and tried to steady her breathing. She looked out to the calm flat sea and tried to be just as calm and flat herself, so that others could see there had been a mistake. This feeling of hatred for her husband, Robert Dunleavy, had to be contained. The judge had seen it, and it had influenced him. Frightened him, even. Wives were not supposed to hate their husbands. It was not in the proper order of things. And so she worked on this too, buried the hatred, for now, in an area of Virginia swampland where the groundwater was red. The lows of restless cattle came up through the floorboards. They would go on to Havana, where they would be slaughtered. "How much longer?" she asked the guard. "Not long." The ship churned slowly through the water. A large bird dove at the surface and came back up with a struggling fish. She nodded, her lids closing, and took refuge in a gray-blue sleep. She awakened as the ship was docking. "We're here," said the guard. She stood and he bound her hands in front of her with a silk scarf. "I'm sorry," he said. "Regulations." He took her wrist gently and led her out to the gangplank, where she paused, amazed at the sight. Beautiful white sand beaches stretched into the distance. Palmettos grew on the vegetation line, and a sprawl of morning glories lay, still open, on the dunes. Coconut palms flanked the perimeter of the building itself, a huge two-story revival with Doric columns and tiered wings that jutted out on either side. A courtyard had been landscaped with straight columns of Spanish dagger. On the building, a sign: SANIBEL ASYLUM FOR LUNATICS A judge had signed the order. A doctor had taken her pulse and looked into her eyes and asked her a series of questions and confirmed that yes, something in her mind was loose and ornery, like a moth that breaks away from the light and hides instead in the darkness of a collar box. The heat made her shudder. Her dress was wet in the back. She moved her eyes away from the sign and noticed a blond boy and a large Negro man fishing in the surf. Both of them stared at her. The man was so black he made the pale boy beside him look like a ghost. The boy kept touching something on his cheek. "Time to head in, ma'am," the guard said, and for just a moment she thought of hurling herself into the water and letting the folds of her traveling dress pull her down to the bottom. She shook off the thought, steeled herself, and gingerly made her way forward, difficult as it was to balance with her hands tied in front of her.The blond boy, whose name was Wendell, had been fishing for snook with the chef, a freed Negro from Georgia, who was using his prized snakewood baitcaster. The chef was fishing and talking, fishing and talking, fishing and talking, a rhythm he had perfected through the years. His topic of conversation, on this morning, was his castor bean garden — his latest attempt at growing wealthy overnight — and he would have succeeded already if a rare frost hadn't killed the plants this past winter. Federal prisoners in Tortuga were dropping dead left and right from yellow fever. The treatment: castor oil. His new batch of castor beans was hardy, and although they covered just a half-acre at present, he had plans for expansion. Overhead, a brown pelican circled. "Of course I don't wish yellow fever on any man," the chef said. Wendell wasn't listening. He'd just caught a glimpse of the ship. "It's a side-wheeler," he announced. The chef pressed his lips together, annoyed by the interruption. He followed Wendell's gaze. "Scottish Chief. That's Summerlin and McKay's ship. It's probably taking more cattle to the Bahamas." The side-wheeler steamer approached the dock. "Why is it stopping here?" Wendell asked. "I heard we got a new one." "Oh?" Wendell cocked his head slightly to one side, his way of showing intrigue. "Maybe it's a really crazy one." Those were Wendell's favorites; lunatics were captivating, and the crazier the better. He had lived around them all his life, because his father was the superintendent and chief psychiatrist of the asylum. Wendell believed he was crazy himself, and it was only a matter of time before it was discovered in him and he was locked away with the others. He watched the boat, his eyes wide and drying out in the sea air. The end of his cane pole dipped downward. "Look, boy," said the chef. "You got one!" The pole jerked and danced in Wendell's hands. He pulled back too hard. A weighted hook, still with half the bait on, came flying and landed in Wendell's cheek. He sucked in his breath as the hook stuck fast, the fishing line trailing off into the wind. Blood ran down in a trickle from the new puncture. He was hooked good now, good as any fish. "You did it again," the chef muttered, shaking his head as he cut the line to free him. "Third time this year. You must have a magnet in your head somewhere. Go in and find someone t... Reviews "What sets Blue Asylum apart is Hepinstall's luscious prose and the tension within each character that keeps the reader maddeningly off balance...Hepinstall makes inspired use of the Civil War as a means to explore notions of freedom, courage and, especially, opposing principals that both prevent and create change. Battle scenes, glimpsed briefly in Ambrose's excruciating flashbacks, deliver knockout punches of quiet horror all the more affecting for their subtlety." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution "A fine novel embroidered with rich imagery." —Kirkus Reviews "Features excellent pacing and strong character development that animate not only the inmates at the Sanibel Asylum but the characters from the preasylum lives of Iris and Ambrose. A first-rate choice for fans of intelligent historical romances." —Library Journal, starred review "Hepinstall exquisitely illustrates the fate of societal outsiders in this richly compelling Civil War–era tale of the former mistress of a Virginia plantation, now confined to a beautiful island asylum, and her burgeoning love for a traumatized Confederate soldier... Deftly interweaving past and present, Hepinstall sets the struggles of her characters against the rigidity of a traditional Southern society and the brutality of war in an absorbing story that explores both the rewards and perils of love, pride, and sanity itself." —Publishers Weekly "A deep sense of the natural world, often-lyrical prose, and some touches of southern Gothic help carry along this tale of obsession and redemption." —Booklist "With Blue Asylum, Kathy Hepinstall presents the reader with the rare and delicious quandary of whether to race through and find out what happens to her characters or to linger over her vivid, beautifully crafted sentences. For me, the only resolution was to read it twice." —Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound and When She Woke "Blue Asylum is a gripping story of love and madness in the midst of the Civil War—I couldn't put it down!" —Kathleen Grissom, author of The Kitchen House "Blue Asylum casts a spell that keeps the reader turning pages as if in a trance. The language is lyrical but the plot is taut and compelling. The horrors of the Civil War are made real and specific in the story of the wounded soldier and the persecuted wife who find love and hope in the unlikely setting of a supposedly enlightened insane asylum on an isolated island in the Deep South. Kathy Hepinstall is a master storyteller in full command of her craft." —Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means


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Release Date: 2006 | Tracklist
Album Rating: 3.0Hope the reviews ok, I felt that this needed one.
i can't believe this was never reviewed before! album is quite good, but it is no midnight organ fight. and i pretty much agree with the review
Digging: bansheebeat - Lumine
I should probably hear this considering I fap over the other two.
i always think there should be some real spark of originality in a debut album.
Album Rating: 3.5i was gonna review this soon but theres little to no point now. good review. i LOVE The Greys - could easily fit on TMOF - and Behave! Other than that it's mostly good, a few mis-steps along the way.
Album Rating: 3.5im sick of feeling sick and not throwing up
Album Rating: 3.5and you sit in my stomach and you seem to be stuck and it
Album Rating: 3.0Slowly become one of my very favourite bands
Album Rating: 3.0I should check this out. TMOF is amazing, and Pedestrian Verse is one of the great of 2013. Def one of the best and most charming indie-rock bands out there.
Digging: Pallbearer - Heartless
Album Rating: 3.0It's pretty primitive, the progression from this to The Midnight Organ Fight is incredible, but it's got some bright moments. 'Be Less Rude' is a lovely little song, and they've been revisiting 'Music Now' on their current tour.
Album Rating: 3.0Cool. I don't think this will be amazing or anything short of, but just for the few good songs it has on it, since I already like that bands this much. Oh, and great review, btw!
Album Rating: 2.0check Mixed Drinks instead
Album Rating: 3.0Gonna check both, obviously ;)
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Immigration To The United States Of America History Essay
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The United States of America reflects a vibrant history of immigration. Even at this point in time, the country remains to be a nation of immigrants (Smith 1998). Nevertheless, immigration in the United States is a widely debated issue that dates back to the colonial times (Smith & Edmonston 1997). At present, this issue is still unabated (Smith 1998), which stirs quite a degree of emotions and controversy (Carter & Sutch 1998). The current policies on immigration are products of a long history of immigration. This research paper will be exploring a part of this immigration history, with particular focus on the period 1880 to 1925, to which some may call as the "Era of New Immigrants" or the "Period of Selective Immigration" (Isaac 1998; Sorin 1995). The research paper will discuss the different trends and policies concerning immigration during this particular point of history. The research paper will also identify the different groups who migrated to the Unites States during this time and discuss the different discrimination practices towards them.
During this period, it is estimated that almost 24 million immigrants came to the United States (Horowitz & Noiriel 1992; Powell 2005). Most of these "new immigrants" came from Southern and Eastern Europe, specifically, Czechoslovakia, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Russia, many of which were Jewish and Catholic and did not speak English (Horowitz & Noiriel 1992). In the year 1882 alone, there were 788, 992 European immigrants who entered the United States, with 250,630 coming from Germany, around 180,000 from the British Isles and 105,000 from Scandinavia and the rest from the different countries of Southern and Eastern Europe (Wepman 2007).
There were several push and pull factors for the high level of immigration in the United States during this period. For one, the urbanization or industrialization all over Europe brought about significant political, social and economic changes (LeMay 1987). Industrialization attracted many people to flee from their rural hometowns towards the highly industrialized cities in hopes for a decent living, especially after the decline of agriculture and their rural way of life. Instead, the city life brought them no such relief, but horrific conditions such as soaring birth rates, overpopulation, and diseases outbreak (i.e., cholera, malaria), as a result of the industrial revolution (LeMay 1987). Many found themselves in unemployment or low wages, acquiring diseases, forced to military enlistment and/or religiously oppressed. Consequently, there was political turmoil and the government, attempting to alleviate the poor conditions, found emigration to be the practical solution for their problem and openly promoted and supported the batches of European immigrants on their way to the United States (LeMay 1987).
Europeans, on the other hand, were inspired to go to the United States because of their depressing conditions in Europe. Moreover, the United States became the best option especially as it holds a reputation as the "Land of Liberty" and letter from friends and relatives who were already in the country depict a lofty lifestyle. Furthermore, the United States promised the "golden opportunity" drew millions of immigrants to have their share (LeMay 1987). With transatlantic voyage through the steamship lines, the immigrants embarked on their new adventure to the Land of the Liberty.
However, like Europe, the United States also found itself amidst the industrial revolution. From the late 19th century towards the early 20th century, the United States experienced a rapid transformation of industrialization --- from a principally rural agrarian economy to one that is highly industrialized, moving from the provincial centers to major metropolitan cities as a result of increasing investment, employment and productivity in the manufacturing sector (Hirschman & Mogford 2009). Many of the "new immigrants" found themselves trapped in the swarming urban centers and the same disease outbreaks that it had in Europe (LeMay 1987). The "new immigrants" also had a difficulty of incorporating themselves in the culture of their new homes especially with their inability in speaking English, illiteracy even in their own language and their backgrounds of coming from non-democratic governments (resulting to a lack of trust to the government).
The "new immigrants" occupied themselves mostly in the Northeast side of the country and built tiny ethnic communities that allowed them to preserve the culture of their native countries --- speaking and publishing newspapers in their native languages, creating novelty grocery stores and restaurants, and building schools, churches and synagogues --- allowing them to bring a piece of their culture to their new homelands. However, these little communities did not reflect the grandeur of the American lifestyle. Many of the immigrants during this period received minimal salaries from their low-paying, wage labor jobs. Their work constituted primarily low-end extensive manual labor jobs in manufacturing firms, construction, sewing and other domestic labor. The immigrants entered the United States, bringing only a few possessions and money and were compelled to occupy in cheap substandard houses in the worst parts of the overly populated metropolitan city.
Soon, the major metropolitan cities became too overpopulated and the cities' infrastructures could simply not manage it anymore. Consequently, problems in terms of sanitations arose --- sewers overflowed, trash was not collected, water became impure, and there was a general unpleasant smell in the air. Crime rates also increased at this point in time. Because of these reasons, immigration was believed a disadvantage to the country. Many native-born Americans charged the "new immigrants" to have caused the troubling conditions in the cities. In addition, they also accuse the immigrants for taking over their nation. Immigration policies were revisited with an attempt to solve this issue. In May 1882, the first racial law was enacted to block Chinese workers from entering the country. Shortly after that, around August that same year, Congress added further restrictions that included idiots, lunatics, and persons likely to become public charges. In 1885, Congress also restricted entry of immigrant laborers brought about by job offers. In 1888, Congress allowed deportation of laborers who entered the country illegally, and in 1891, grounds for exclusion were expanded, and any foreigner entering the country illegally may be deported immediately. Since then, immigration policies continued to be visited from time to time, expanding the list of restrictions (Levine, Hill & Warren 1985). Between 1921 to 1924, the laws on immigration was further limited and restricted, wherein in 1921, Congress passed a legislation which limited the annual number of immigrants from each country to 3 percent of the number of people born in that particular country and residing in the United States as reported in the 1910 census (Levine, Hill & Warren 1985). There was also an immigration law passed in 1924, which used the national origin of each person in the United States in 1980 as the reason for distributing the flow if immigrants.
In 1891, the Ellis Island Inspection Stationed opened as the new immigration processing center (LeMay 1987). But before reaching Ellis Island, the aspiring immigrants crammed in large steam ships, carrying at most 2,000 passengers in the lower decks of the ship, traveling from Europe to North America in two weeks time. The steerage class, located in the lower decks, was divided in compartments for families, single men, and single women, with each section having metal bunks three beds high. The ship was poorly sanitized with stench overpowering the air and lice widespread among the travelers. Upon arriving to the United States, first and second class passengers were inspected and cleared by immigration officers while still on the ship and allowed to disembark the ship immediately from the Hudson River piers. The rest, however, had to be transported to Ellis Island through big open barge-like ferries, to which they had to endure extreme weather conditions.
The whole immigration process could instill emotions of fear and anxiety for the aspiring immigrants. When they arrived at Ellis Island, also known as the "Gateway to America", they had to wait in long lines for their turns for inspection. The inspections included their physical health such as any symptoms of wheezing, limping, and even varicose veins. Incurable and other diseases like epilepsy, cholera, and tuberculosis were forbidden to enter the country and were immediately returned to their steamship for transport to their port of departure. Any signs of insanity were also carefully watch out for. Those who were diagnosed to be sick were taken to the Ellis Island Hospital for observation and care. However, if the person appeared to have no progress and was distinguished to be incurable, he/she is also denied entry to the United States. Those who passed the medical inspections were taken for interviews. The entire immigration process could take roughly around 5 hours and days or weeks to those taken to the hospital for observation and cure.
Upon entering the country, the life of the immigrant was not easy. Aside from acquiring only low-end jobs, immigrants also faced a significant degree of discrimination from the native-born Americans and their little ethnic communities did not protect them against discrimination. Accordingly, during the 1880s, there was no basic difference among the types of immigrants, although during the 1890s, the discrimination was more expressed against the "new immigrant". These include Europeans, Italians and Jews. Discrimination towards the "new immigrants" were solely biological and psychological, wherein the immigrant groups (i.e., Mediterranean, Jewish and Slavic) inspired fear because of the ethnological and cultural differences from the Anglo-Saxon. Discrimination towards the "new immigrants" left them without defense and at times stigmatized them.
Episodes of racial discrimination led to massacres. Immigrant strikes for example prove the discrimination towards the new immigrants, wherein, in 1897, a bloody encounter by the Police and the Polish and Hungarian strikers occurred, leaving 22 people dead and 40 others wounded badly. Most would agree that if the strikers had been native-born Americans, no blood would have shed. Earlier in 1895, a similar event occurred when violent strikes transpired in the coal fields of Colorado, wherein Italian miners and residents were systematically slaughtered after the connection of 6 Italian workers in the death of an American bar keeper. Aside from these examples, discriminatory laws were also established. In 1908, immigrants were required to pay $20 to acquire a hunting license, whereas citizens only had to pay $1. In another instance in 1909, the Michigan state government barred the issuance of a barber's license to any immigrant applying for one.
In conclusion, while the United States remains to be an immigrant nation, its long history of immigration is one that reflects a higher goal of protecting its citizens and giving the best for them. Clearly, the period of 1880 to 1925 illustrated a selective and restrictive process for immigrants to enter the United States as a result of the free flow of immigrants to the country. The "new immigrants" also faced a significant degree of racism aimed towards them that sometimes left to bloody massacres. Nevertheless, history showed that the country has learned a lot from its mistakes and hopefully this should continue throughout.


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Partnership Appreciation
The Aldine Library attended the AISD Partnership Appreciation Luncheon held at the Intercontinental Airport DoubleTree Hotel on Monday, May 28th. At the lunch, business and community partners, including Aldine Branch Library, were recognized for their support of the school district during the 2012-2013 academic year. The Aldine Library looks forward to working with the Aldine Independent School District in the year ahead.


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First known successful expedition in the Monroeville, Alabama graticule. Only Rece and the Bos attended. Easy meetup on a city street in the town of Atmore, Alabama. Entertainment was Sudoku puzzles. Good expedition but we missed the Powertool and the Liberian.
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Water Street, oh Water Street. You've got the best damn coffee in Kalamazoo and are probably the reason I hate Ann Arbor coffee so much. Why is everyone else here a 40-something downtown professional arts type or stay-at-home wife? Why do the students (even the summer remnants) hang out at Coffee Works, the crappy shop on the west side of campus or Rocket Star, the pretty good cafe on the east side? Why are all the conversations here about taking care of ailing mothers? Why is all the good stuff taken over by the Bobos?
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Edison has some nasty individuals on D
Edison DE Derek Baljeu just made a meal out of some poor Villa Park receiver, who made the mistake of catching a 1-yard pass.
Villa Park is forced to punt again. Edison takes over at its own 48, does nothing and punts it back to Villa Park. Aleksander Torgersen with a beauty that lands at Villa Park's 8.
FUMBLE!!!! Villa Park recovers. That makes it second-and-11 from the 7-yard line.
DE Garrett Garcia and LB Trenton Aschoff sack Dylan Osborne in the end zone for a safety. Garcia had him around the legs and Aschoff cleaned him up. Edison's D is nasty.
The Chargers takes a 21-7 lead over Villa Park with 3:46 left in the third quarter.
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I jumped off a bridge... - Aug 26, 2012
...but don't worry I'm a professional badass. And I had a bungy chord attached to me. It was so exhilarating. Better than skydiving and probably zip lining. Maybe snowboarding. I'm glad cu (Nicole)...
Drinks in the park - May 22, 2012
Today Nicole wanted to shop so chad and I went to the mini market and got wine and cheese. Frechy from store opened bottle for us and gave us cups and we went to park. The atmosphere was Parisian. ...
In Bruges - May 19, 2012
"I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't." That was a quote from collin farrel from the movie in bruges (2...


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Did you know?
...that the Mara Salvatrucha has over 10.000 members in at least 42 states?
...that the favorite weapons of many MS-13 members is the machete?
...that due to the presence of the MS-13 in Virginia and Maryland, legislators in both states want to outlaw the use of a machete between dawn and dusk?
...that the gang started out as a peaceful gathering of heavy-metal listening stoners?
...that the gang is thought to be the only street gang aligned with Mexican organized crime?
...that most members are actually not sociopathic killers? They're just kids who had nothing better to do after school.


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Castlegar in for Dickensian thrill
Christmas just wouldn't be the same without a presentation of Charles Dickens' classic tale A Christmas Carol. Fortunately, in Castlegar five accomplished speakers will take turns reading the iconic story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his nocturnal visits from three spirits.
Performing the five staves (parts) will be Glenn Hicks, Jane Sinclair, Chelan Padmoroff, Bob Jackson, and CBC Radio morning host Chris Walker.
The reading is a fundraiser for the Castlegar and District Public Library and goes Friday, Dec. 7 at the Castlegar United Church.
"We want to create a festive feeling around the Christmas holiday season," said Darlene Kalawsky, chair of the Friends of the Castlegar and District Public Library. "We've got some great guests coming in to read. We've also got Glenn Hicks from Mountain FM and his wife Jane (Sinclair). They're very renowned for this kind of thing. Jane is a theatre producer/actress from Nelson. Chelan is our (Rotary) Rotaract chairperson and she's a student at Selkirk College."
The featured speaker is Chris Walker, who is the host of CBC Radio's Daybreak South program. Walker, who grew up on Galiano Island near Victoria, is an award winning reporter who started his career in the alleyways of Egypt after landing his first job with the Cairo Times, an independent human rights magazine. He has also freelanced for CBC News and written for the Lebanon Daily Star.
Glenn Hicks, of course, is the news director at Mountain FM and has been for the past eight years. Hicks is used to asking the questions in interviews, but I turned the tables on him and asked what he thought of reading A Christmas Carol.
"It's a good opportunity," he said. "It's all about raising funds. People just like to hear a nice, familiar piece of quality writing. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Ebenezer Scrooge is, obviously, very famous."
Hicks has given several performances for various public events and is looking forward to the reading.
"It's great to be with other people and give a little colour to what is a brilliantly written piece anyway," he said. "When you read it out loud - the diction, the descriptions, and the Dickensian qualities are absolutely fantastic. You get your teeth sunk into it and widen your eyes and try to look at the audience as you do it - it's great. The audiences are always very receptive and get into the whole spirit of it. It's fantastic."
Hicks' wife, Jane Sinclair, may be more well known to Nelson audiences, but there is no overlooking her experience in the theatre both as a director and as a performer.
"She's done a lot of acting, directing, and writing and communications work and is well known in the Nelson area more than Castlegar," said Hicks. "She's fun to listen to."
Bob Jackson is a retired secondary school teacher who has lived in Castlegar for 40 years with his wife Sandra. Chelan Padmoroff is a first year nursing student at Selkirk College and a native of Castlegar.
The evening will also feature Christmas music from Christina Amelio, an upcoming singer and songwriter living in the Kootenays, and the Twin Rivers Chorale.
Tickets are available in advance for $10 at the Castlegar Library and for $12 at the door.


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Honoured for Abbotsford Police City Basketball Tournament
Ten men were acknowledged by the Abbotsford Police Board on Tuesday (Feb. 26) for their work in organizing the Abbotsford Police city basketball tournament. They received their commendations from Police Chief Bob Rich (front row, left), Mayor Bruce Banman (front row, second from right) and Deputy Chief Rick Lucy (back row, fourth from left).
Ten Abbotsford men were presented with Abbotsford Police Board commendations on Tuesday for their roles in organizing the Abbotsford Police City Basketball Tournament.
The tournament began in 2009 with the participation of most senior high school teams in Abbotsford.
It has since grown to include all middle and senior high schools in the community.
Funds raised at the event provide numerous scholarships each year for graduating students and players.
The group was acknowledged for their "commitment, dedication and perseverance" as core members of the basketball tournament.
They were: Les Barkman, Ryan Camping, Don Hildebrand, Mike Inman, Pat Lee, Don Macdonald, Stan Petersen, Jack Rempel, Sarinder Sarowa and Rudy Teichrob.
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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) |
Diet, How Important, and What Foods to Avoid?07/07/2010 |
I often have what I call "High Angst" after eating some foods. So I try to avoid them. Sugar seems to be bad, milk also. However I have no problem with yogurt? Is there a special diet for people with Emphysema? Rhine, or any white wine, seems to act as an instant rescue agent. When I get out of breath, I can take a sip and get relief, I would rather not have to depend on it. Is there something I can use as a rescue agent?
There is not necessarily a set diet for emphysema. It is important to maintain a well-balanced diet however. It is certainly reasonable to avoid foods that cause problems. The improvement in shortness of breath after drinking wine, suggests an anxiety component to your symptoms. Pulmonary rehabilitation may be beneficial.
Mahasti Rittinger, RRT Clinical Program Manager of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
Phillip T Diaz, MD Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine College of Medicine The Ohio State University |


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Gardner Edgerton High School honors alumni from Gardner High School and Edgerton High School celebrating their 50th high school reunion during graduation ceremonies each year. This year, the school recognized members of the class of 1964.
There were 51 members of the GHS class of 1964. Of those, nine are deceased. EHS graduated five class members in 1964. Twenty-three members of both classes attended GEHS' graduation on May 17.
They include Joyce Asher Brecheisen, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Howard Brecheisen of Bartlesville; Sherry Bush Laquet of Spring Hill; Richard Canaan of Merriam, Kansas; Earl Dolisi, of St. James, Missouri; Mary Dorsey Whittaker of Gardner; Robert Eaton Jr., of Gardner; Judith Fleming Bono of Mooresville, Missouri; Karen Freund Clark of Rhome, Texas; Bob Fuller of Lenexa, Kansas; Carolyn Gooch Holland of Lenexa, Kansas; Barbara Klamm Hopson of Gardner; Betty Klamm-Wiseman of Spring Hill; Bill McKaig of Grandview, Missouri; Carol Medearis Sands of Ottawa, Kansas; Myrna Stricker Morrison of Spring Hill; Patricia O'Connor Cordell of Gardner; J.L. Overcash Jr., of Ocklawaha, Florida; Richard Ruiz of Lillian, Alabama; Charlotte Slemp Repp of Mountain Home, Arkansas; Judy Thurman Meek of Anthony, Kansas. Edgerton High grads in attendance included Clifford Fesmire of Edgerton and Louise Knabe Sawyer of Ottawa.
The GHS class also honored the service of David Velasquez who died in the Vietnam War on Feb. 6, 1966.


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Editor's Note: This is an excerpt of a longer report written by Tannenbaum, chief economist with Northern Trust.
Four years ago this month, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (DFA) was signed into law. It took up more than 3,000 pages in the Federal Register and identified 280 areas for additional rulemaking.


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Blood Men
Submitted by Karen on July 4, 2011 - 5:36pmBlurb from the book
Edward Hunter is a family man with a beautiful wife and daughter, a great job, a bright future, and a very dark past.
Edward's father is a man of blood. He's been in jail for twenty years and he's never coming out. Edward has struggled his entire life to put that all behind him, but it's hard when everybody knows you're the son of a serial killer. Then, a week out from Christmas, Eddie's world is turned upside-down. Suddenly he's going to need the help of his father, a man he hasn't seen since he was a boy.


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Steamboat Springs There was good news Tuesday morning when proposals for the summer promenade construction at the base of the ski area were opened. However, members of the citizens advisory committee guiding progress of the work still have tough decisions to make before March 25, when they recommend how much of the project is financially feasible.
Base Area Redevelopment Coordinator Joe Kracum told the Routt County Board of Commissioners that instead of the estimated $9.5 million, proposals from contractors tentatively range from $7 million to $7.5 million. With $4.5 million in bond proceeds available to build the promenade, Kracum said, members of the Urban Renewal Authority Advisory Committee are intent on finding ways to squeeze a little more money out of the budget. One possibility is a dramatic reduction in the premium paid to cap bond interest rates, he said.
It remains a possibility, Kracum said, that the committee will recommend building the promenade as far as possible from its beginning above Torian Plum into the horseshoe around the lowest ski trails without undertaking any of the hoped-for daylighting of Burgess Creek itself.
"There are some on URAAC who want to do a portion of the creek, some who do not," Kracum said. "We'll negotiate the scope of work for the money we have in pocket. The key is that what we do this year is complete and functional. … We're probably seeing the best price we're going to see right now."
Committee members are optimistic that beginning at the northern end of the horseshoe-shaped promenade, they can build south to at least the Sheraton Steamboat Resort's Morningside Tower and perhaps as far as Gondola Square.
Along the way, they'll be able to build a complex portion of the promenade that describes an arc around a small, grassy amphitheater as it descends from the rooftop of the Torian parking garage to the elevation of the lower Christie Peak Express chairlift terminal.
Kracum told the commissioners that the Torian Plum Homeowners Association is considering investing as much as $2 million in improvements to the top of its parking garage concurrently with promenade construction.
Initially, work would involve removing the existing natural sod surface to allow repairs to make the roof waterproof. Tentative plans include turning the natural turf into more of a plaza in keeping with the design standards of the promenade, Kracum said.
He added that the Sheraton and Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. are contemplating taking on concurrent projects that would allow the entities to benefit from volume pricing on everything from brick pavers to light poles.
Nine primary contractors and another 30 or so interested subcontractors attended an informational meeting about the promenade and creek daylighting process, Kracum said. Of the nine, five submitted detailed proposals with 200 firm bid items for the two-year project. The group consisted of four local firms and another from the Front Range.
A contractor selection committee met Tuesday morning and reduced the five proposals to a short list of three. Oral interviews are expected to take place Thursday, and URAAC is expected to make a recommendation to the City Council, acting as the Urban Renewal Authority, by April 6.
Construction is scheduled to begin April 16.


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Gameday notes: Bruins looking for first win vs. Habs |
02.09.11 at 3:02 pm ET |
With the Canadiens in town on Wednesday, a regulation win for either team means a four-point swing in the standings. With the Bruins leading the Habs by two points, that means a ton right now.
The unfortunate thing for the Bruins is that they have yet to win against the Canadiens this season, going 0-2-1 in their three games and blowing a 2-0 lead late in the third period Jan. 8 en route to a 3-2 overtime loss.
"It's a long season," Shawn Thornton said of the B's lack of success against the rival Habs. "The last game in there we definitely should have won. '¦ We had a couple of breakdowns, they ended up pulling it out late, and give credit to them for not giving up, but it's a long season. We've got three more against them, and hopefully we can do some damage control."
The Canadiens are coming off a 4-1 loss to the Devils on Sunday. Here are a few other notes:
– In case you haven't seen it yet, Tyler Seguin is a healthy scratch for the Bruins. It's technically the second time he's been a "healthy" scratch, with the team listing flu-like symptoms as the reason he didn't play on Dec. 11 against the Flyers. Zach Hamill and Jordan Caron are both in the lineup playing on the third and fourth line, respectively.
– Patrice Bergeron, who left Tuesday's practice and had to go to the hospital for stitches after getting a puck to the face, is fine and will play Wednesday. Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara were not on the ice for morning skate but were just given the morning off to rest. They'll both play as well.
– It looks like the recent exchange between former Bruin Hal Gill and rookie P.K. Subban in which Gill called the fellow blueliner an "a–hole" over his treatment of the team's jersey was blown way out of proportion. Members of the Montreal media here who observed the exchange are saying the it was very obviously a joke after Gil accused Subban of "throwing" the Habs' jersey on the ground while getting undressed.
– Speaking of Subban, Tuesday will be his first game at the Garden since destroying Brad Marchand with a very clean but very hard hit in Montreal on Dec. 16. Subban's done some damage against the Bruins, as he has a goal and an assist against them this season in addition to the hit that kept Marchand out for three games with "soreness." The Gregory Campbell penalty he drew following the hit also led to a power play goal.
– Claude Julien was asked about David Krejci and his hopes to step his game up with Marc Savard out. Julien had an interesting answer.
"I'd like him to elevate it all the time. It's something that I think he strives to be consistent, and I think he's a good player, but he's got the ability to be a great player. When he's given that challenge he seems to rise to that occasion."
Krecji has no goals over his last 19 games.
Mike Milbury on D&H: Andrew Ference overstepped his role |
02.09.11 at 1:32 pm ET |
NESN and NBC Sports hockey analyst Mike Milbury made his weekly appearance on the Dale & Holley show Wednesday to talk about the Bruins and the NHL. To hear the interview, go to the Dale & Holley audio on demand page.
B's coach Claude Julien announced at the morning skate that Tyler Seguin would be a healthy scratch for Wednesday night's game vs. the Canadiens. "Well, it's been a long time coming," Milbury said. "His level of involvement has been less than you would hope for. He's got a lot of things to learn. There was a lot of pressure on this kid coming into the season. And the expectations, as I think we all knew, and I stated it earlier, were a little unrealistic.
"There are some 18-year-olds, the rare exception, who can come in and be an impact player of some form or another. But most go through a fairly long growing phase. And that's what he's in. And that's what he's going to have to go through when he sits out and watches the game, and hopefully sees the kind of pace he needs to play at and sees the kind of physical involvement, the price he needs to pay, and I'm sure that's why Claude made this decision."
Asked for a particular criticism on Seguin's game, Milbury said: "I think he's way too comfortable. I'm not talking about being a Shawn Thornton fighter or a [Brad] Marchand-type hitter, but he's got to get involved physically. He's got to scrum for loose pucks, he's got to brush a body on the way by. Right now, he's a circler. He circles forward and he circles back. There's got to be a little more stop-and-go to his game and a little more determination."
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli acknowledged Tuesday that it's likely the Bruins will make a move in an effort to bolster the roster following the loss of Marc Savard. Milbury is not surprised. "If the Bruins feel that they're in the position to take a swing at a Stanley Cup, then much like Chicago last year, they have to throw everything at it," he said.
The other big Bruins news of the past week was Danielle Paille's four-game suspension for his hit on Dallas' Raymond Sawada on Thursday. Following the game, Andrew Ference spoke out about the hit. Milbury was among those who criticized Ference for speaking out against a teammate.
"I agree with Andrew Ference. This was a play that was worthy of suspension, and this was something that the league quickly acted on and did suspend the player," Milbury said, adding that he was surprised Paille didn't get more than four games. "I don't have any trouble with him going to Danny Paille and discussing the issue with him. I don't have any trouble going to his player rep and discussing it with him. I don't have any trouble having a discussion in the locker room with any of those guys or the coaches or the manager. But it's not his role, it's just not his role to pontificate about this thing in the media."
Tyler Seguin scratched vs. Canadiens, Tim Thomas to start for Bruins |
02.09.11 at 11:47 am ET |
Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was the first to leave the ice in Thursday's morning skate, an indication that he will be in goal when the B's host the Canadiens at 7 p.m. Thomas, 25-6-6 this season, has a 1.80 goals against average and a .945 save percentage, both of which lead the league.
Tyler Seguin, meanwhile, will be a healthy scratch for the Bruins, with fellow rookies Zach Hamill and Jordan Caron cracking the lineup for the B's. Coach Claude Julien said it's more of a numbers game regarding why the second overall pick will find himself in the press box for the third time this season.
"I know who he is, and I know where he was drafted and all that stuff," the coach said, adding that Seguin's recent struggles don't "change the outlook of what we think of him."
In 51 games this season, Seguin has eight goals and nine assists for 17 points and a plus-1 rating. He has averaged 12:18 of ice time, though he has played less than 10 minutes of the last four games.
Peter Chiarelli's willingness to trade Maple Leafs pick makes things interesting |
02.08.11 at 3:59 pm ET |
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli, making an appearance on Dale & Holley on Tuesday, fired the proverbial gun to kick off trade speculation with the NHL's deadline just 20 days away. While he reiterated his preference to add a defenseman and potentially a forward, he shed light on the team's financial situation as it moves toward the trade deadline (something he generally refers people to capgeek.com for), but that isn't the real news. The GM said that, unlike last year, he is willing to put the Maple Leafs' first-round pick, which has had "top five" written all over it for quite some time, in play.
"Yeah, I'd look at it, sure. I would," Chiarelli said. "I've had discussions involving that pick. I certainly would look at it. We've got a lot of assets, so that alone allows us to be creative also, but I would look at it."
Already having opened a big door, Michael Holley asked Chiarelli to elaborate on how Toronto's first rounder, one of two received in the Phil Kessel deal in September of 2009, has come up in trade talks.
"There's been one [deal] that we've thrown around here internally. I don't know that I would do it, but it's something that warrants further discussion," Chiarelli said.
The fact that Chiarelli is willing to consider dealing the Maple Leafs' selection ' on pace to be fifth overall in a draft in which he admitted there being "uncertainty as to what the order of the top five is" ' gives the Bruins a leg up on other contending teams. Sellers want top prospects or the ability to obtain top prospects, and the Bruins are the only team with two first-rounders this year, let alone a potential top five pick.
Plus, with Marc Savard being shut down and thus placed on long-term injury reserve, the team has cap space (seemingly enough to add a player with a cap hit in excess of $4.5 million without removing anyone from its own roster) to add a top player.
"Basically you can replace [Savard's] salary, that cap number," Chiarelli said. "So that's [$4 million] and a little bit of change [$4,007,143 to be exact]. We've got about $500,000 in cap space, so with Savard on LTI you have the ability to replace that player with a number of players up to an amount of $4 million. That's not cap space, that's actual salary. We've got some good flexibility right now."
While the Bruins have been able to make deadline deals in recent seasons to land them major contributors including Dennis Seidenberg and Mark Recchi, the team has not made a blockbuster at the deadline since perhaps 2004, when the old regime gave up first and second round picks as well as Shaone Morrisonn for Sergei Gonchar. If the team is willing to see how far that Toronto pick can take them on the trade market, Chiarelli might be able to pull off something of similar magnitude.
While you can count out guys like Brad Richards (possessing a no-trade clause and playing on a third-place team in the West) or Jarome Iginla (no-trade clause and captain of a playoff team) the Bruins might not be kidding around when it comes to more realistic options. A top-five pick can go a long way, especially if it's sent to a team that will need young stars to anchor a rebuilding effort.
This isn't to say that Chiarelli will blindly toss the chip of all chips up for grabs blindly. It is, to borrow a term from the GM, an asset that franchises throughout the league would take considerable steps to acquire. And now, it seems an asset that could land the Bruins the major piece they're hoping for without having to announce it at a podium in Minnesota.
Chiarelli said that he would "bet" the Bruins make a trade before the deadline. After Tuesday, how big a deal it is seems to be the only thing in question.
Patrice Bergeron expected to play vs. Canadiens after receiving stitches |
02.08.11 at 1:17 pm ET |
WILMINGTON — Bruins center Patrice Bergeron left Tuesday's practice after a puck off the stick of teammate Johnny Boychuk bounced off a partition in the glass and hit him in the chin. Bergeron was taken to the hospital, where he received stitches and had x-rays taken. Coach Claude Julien said that the x-rays were taken "just as a precaution" and that he expects Bergeron to be in the lineup Wednesday night against the Canadiens.
"Just basically stitches," Julien said of what Bergeron's trip to the hospital consisted of. "He felt good leaving here, but medically you've got to make sure that you cover all angles."
Bergeron leads the Bruins with 44 points (19 G, 25 A) on the season, and has eight points over his last six games. He was named the league's No. 1 star of the month for January, a month in which he led all NHL scorers with 17 points.
Bruins work on power play prior to practice, Patrice Bergeron leaves early |
02.08.11 at 11:25 am ET |
WILMINGTON — A familiar face was on the ice at Ristuccia Arena Tuesday as Jordan Caron and the Bruins practiced after having Monday off. The first 20 minutes were spent working on the power play, with units consisting of Zdeno Chara, Mark Recchi, David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron and Milan Lucic, as well as a unit of Dennis Seidenberg, Steven Kampfer, Brad Marchand, Gregory Campbell, and Michael Ryder getting work in.
The rest of the B's took the ice at 11 a.m. Caron is skating on the Campbell/Thornton line, while a grey sweater-wearing unit of Tyler Seguin, Blake Wheeler, Zach Hamill, and Ryder was used in all sorts of different combinations. Bergeron left the ice at about 11:20 a.m. after a puck hit him in the face area on a drill. Tuukka Rask immediately opened the door at the other end of the ice, with Bergeron leaving practice in a hurry.
Here is a look at the lines:
Lucic – Krejci – Horton
Marchand – Bergeron – Recchi
Seguin – Wheeler – Hamill – Ryder
Caron/Paille – Campbell – Thornton
We'll have more from the room after the conclusion of practice.
Bruins prospect Tommy Cross plays star in Beanpot semifinal |
02.08.11 at 12:39 am ET |
Boston College defenseman Tommy Cross hopes to one day make some noise at TD Garden as a member of the Boston Bruins, but Monday he settled for doing so in his familiar Eagles sweater. The former second-round pick of the Bruins scored the game-winning goal in Monday's Beanpot semifinal, beating Boston University netminder Kieran Milan in overtime with the Eagles on the power play and clinching a 3-2 win.
The Bruins traded up in the 2007 NHL Draft to select Cross with the 35th overall pick. Right knee injuries kept him from participating in Bruins rookie development camps until this summer, where he joined fellow B's prospects for the first time.
With Harvard's Alexander Fallstrom and BU's David Warsofsky having lost on Monday, Cross will be the lone Bruins representative in the tournament final vs. Northeastern.