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Does anyone know where I can find a fairly good priced Sharpay costume? My DD wanted to get it for the trip and I wanted to start looking early. I looked on Ebay but they were a bit high. Thanks…
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I don't know about the whole costume, but I know they had Sharpay wigs at Claire's Accessories (do you have those stores?) at the mall…I saw them next to the Hannah Montana wigs, and I think the lady said they were $15.
I have got to get this for my DD for her bday… I can never make anything like this. I wonder if I give a pic to the lady at the place that sews my pant hems if she could make this for a cheaper price? Anyone on here sew? :laugh:
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I checked out the costume online (blue dress?). I imagine you could find something at a regular store that would be similar to some of the other outfits she wears. Maybe you could find something she could wear more than a few times.
Like perhaps on a macys prom clearance rack or something? I love that custome blue dress… That look like Sharpays dress to a t. I still wonder if I could give that pic to a tailor and have it made
Yes we do have a claires. Im not really looking for something with a wig because it may be hot and I dont want to hear them say all day long that they are itchy:laugh:
:laugh: That's a good point…that wouldn't be very comfortable for walking around the parks!
You could have someone make that dress…especially if you were only wanting a costume. You could make a simple spaghetti strap dress and then find fabric to create the flowing bottom. A high quality dress would cost a lot but a costume might be less.
:eek: I'm not joking, if I were blonde, I would buy this dress in an instant and be all set for Halloween! (I guess I could look into that wig thing…:laugh:) That dress is AMAZING, and I am not ashamed to admit that I'm Ryan-and-Sharpay obsessed. Actually, I'm listening to "Humuhumu" right now…
Im so out of the loop. Do you know where I could go for that? Would a dance costume place make it?
I this dress. If I wasnt so fluffy I would get it for my self… My DD would love it… I dont know if I want to pay that much for it. Maybe for her bday and a special gift but I think I could have it made at a tailor cheaper. Im not to sure but Im obsessed with it…
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Amazon has one for around $30 with super saving shipping
Yeah I'm saving the link, thanks for showing it to me! :laugh: I think I'm going to become obsessed with it too!
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They have one too…no free shipping
Thanks for the link… Thats a great price… I will have to check that out… For now I need to stop obsessing about that other dress… Im about to go to walmart and get a light blue body suite thingie and start sewing:laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I just checked my bank account online… Darn mortgage and car payment:laugh:
Could this pass for Sharpays dress?
I agree that the expensive dress if far more beautiful. You can probably find a pretty fabric at the store to create the skirt…just find something that doesn't fray…a softer irridescent (sp?) tulle would probably work best. It looks like gathered fabric cut in petals, attached to a skirt it would work. Just add some sequence to the top and you will have the outfit.
:laugh: I know, I think the only thing stopping me is the fact that I still don't have a WDW trip locked down - that's first priority this year! :laugh:
I like that dress and it would pass for me, especially if it was reasonably priced.


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A recent survey of Russian electors showed that the period 1917-23 – the years of revolution and civil war – were seen as Russia's worst: hardly any respondents considered that the social upheaval of this period had changed Russia for the better.* Instead, the vast majority looked to the years before the revolution as the best era in Russian history, when the Russian Empire was strong but had introduced modest reforms to improve the lot of its citizens. And this is not accidental. Throughout his period in office, Putin has encouraged schools to teach history in this way. The Russian Tsar faced a shock in 1905 when popular unrest almost dethroned him. However, he listened: he established a popularly elected assembly, the Duma; he introduced modest social reforms for both workers and peasants; and in the years between 1905 and 1917, the Duma years, the Russian Empire blossomed.
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From this perspective, the only logical explanation for how a popular reforming government was overthrown a few weeks later by the Bolsheviks is conspiracy. On the 75th anniversary of the October Revolution, Richard Pipes wrote that the Bolshevik coup was 'so surreptitious' that Lenin refused 'to allow his plans to be committed to paper' (TLS, 6 Nov 1992). The trouble is that the Russian Empire was not a thriving, reformist state during the Duma years. In 1905 the Tsar restored order by force, making the bare minimum of concessions. The Duma was elected on a narrow franchise and was constantly threatened with dissolution. The trade unions could only operate under police surveillance and the social insurance legislation took five years of Duma debates to agree. In 1905 it was the workers who almost brought down the Tsar, and it was the workers who felt deceived when liberal politicians accepted the Tsar's derisory concessions. Between 1905 and 1917, there were relatively few occasions on which workers had the opportunity to choose between the Menshevik notion of joint action with the liberals for reform or the Bolshevik call for revolution, but when those occasions occurred, the workers consistently voted for the latter.
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MENTION the names Thunder, Reign, Lacey, Gypsy, Zella, Scotty and Laika, You will surely raise a smile and see the ears prick up on senior Dormehl Phalane Property Group (DPPG) estate agent Leon Loggenberg.
The reason is that Leon - a member of DPPG's crack Pinetown branch since inception - has a passion for not only property but also dog shows. It is a hobby he shares with his wife Pam, who is also a work colleague, being administrator and longtime right-hand-lady to Pinetown branch director Kevin Delport.
Pam has 11 bulldogs and Leon has seven White Swiss Shepherds. That sure adds up to a lot of dog food every month!
"I try to attend the annual White Swiss Shepherd Show in the Cape every two years - as a break which gets me around a week away from the daily routine," says Leon, explaining that it was high time he considered another trip as his last "getaway" was in 2004, when he was in Adelaide, Australia, for a month.
He got into the dog show business, he says, after wife Pam started showing her English Bulldogs in 2007.
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Many hours were spent at local shows in Ashley, Forest Hills, Margate, he adds.
"I have made up quite a few SA Breed Champions over the years and I also do training from time to time, but not as much as I would like to, he adds, pointing out that White Swiss Shepherds are "an extremely intelligent breed".
"I have been in 'dogdom' for many years, breeding and showing White Swiss Shepherds. Property clients will often ask for advice on their dogs, be it behavioural, dietary or medical. I am happy to assist when I can."
Property, of course, is Leon's other passion. He has worked in the world of real estate since 1994 and has chalked up considerable experience that contributes in no small way to the great success of the DPPG Pinetown branch, the most successful of all the property group's franchises.
The Pinetown franchise always dominates at awards time and, for 10 consecutive years now, has been named as DPPG Residential Franchise of the Year.
Leon is one of 14 agents at the branch which has Kevin Delport as principal and is the base of DPPG super-agent, Brendon Bosch, who always cleans up at the DPPG annual awards ceremony, this year held in Port Edward on March 6.
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The Dormehl brand has come a long way since inception, says Leon, explaining that marketing ideas and concepts are frequently changing at the group to adapt to the ever-changing real estate market.
"DPPG is most definitely a leader in the real estate field and also has much real estate experience within the group. In our branch alone we have more than 200 years worth of real estate experience."
Before joining DPPG, Leon worked with other real estate companies, one of which saw him as a franchise owner and manager in Pinetown, the others as an agent in Westville and Pinetown.
Prior to that, Pinetown-born Leon was a senior admin clerk at the Department of Justice, where he worked after completing his compulsory national service and while studying law at Unisa, before he was attracted to a career in property.
He is very proud of the Pinetown branch and its achievements: "We have very strong agents, and from my side, I contribute 25 years of real estate knowledge and experience.
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Leon handles residential property sales in all Pinetown suburbs, borders being Kloof up the hill and Northdene further down.
"Pinetown is a very fast-moving market, favoured for its locality and for offering properties in all price ranges, low to high."
"The Pinetown market is busy but that is also agent dependant. I never have enough time in the day for all I want to accomplish, and often end up working after hours, which still does not help. There are so many opportunities out there every day."
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"There was no answer so I assumed the tenant was out. On opening the door, here comes the tenant ... walking, starkers, down the stairs. The door was promptly closed and I am not sure who was more surprised: me, the prospective purchaser or the tenant!"
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How the Carried Interest Loophole Makes the Super-Rich Super-Richer
Leo Hindery Jr. remembers the call he got the night before he was to testify before Congress, in September of 2007, to close a tax loophole enjoyed by private equity investors. It was from Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, the largest private equity management firm in the U.S.
Leo Hindery Jr. remembers the call he got the night before he was to testify before Congress, in September of 2007, to close a tax loophole enjoyed by private equity investors. It was from Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, the largest private equity management firm in the U.S.
"His opening sentence was, 'You're a traitor,'" remembers Hindery, himself the founder of a private equity firm, and hence a member of the brotherhood of the loophole's beneficiaries. Hindery reminded Schwarzman that he hadn't yet testified; it might be too soon to judge. Schwarzman wasn't having it.
"If you change my income tax rate, I just won't do this work anymore," Hindery remembers him saying.
"Then you'll be worth only $4 billion, instead of $6 billion?" Hindery replied. "I think that's okay."
Actually, Schwarzman's net worth, according to Forbes magazine, is currently closer to $10 billion, down from nearly $13 billion in 2015, when he was the 100th richest man in the world (his ranking declined this year to 113th). At least part of his success owes to a tricky part of the U.S. income tax code that Hindery has now testified against repeatedly, and before more than one legislative body. Called the "carried interest tax loophole," it allows managers of certain funds to treat, for tax purposes, the bulk of their earnings not as remuneration for services rendered, but as long-term capital gains. The current tax rate on capital gains for earners in the higher-income tax brackets is 20 percent. The ordinary tax rate for the same ultra-wealthy class is 39.6 percent.
"It's so unfair to the middle class," Hindery tells Capital & Main. "You adopt a progressive tax system, and then people get to abuse it." The tax break benefits only about 2,000 people in the country, "mostly men, concentrated in a handful of states," he says. Hindery estimates the lower tax rate saves the combined lot of them $10 billion to $12 billion every year. With that kind of money, he says, "you could fix all the municipal water problems in this entire country. It's just a fraud."
Other estimates of the potential revenue gain from closing the loophole are lower; some run even higher. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that taxing carried interest at ordinary rates would net $18 billion over 10 years. Victor Fleischer, the law professor, now at the University of San Diego, who in 2006 published an influential paper on the carried interest tax, "Two and Twenty," thinks even that might be low by a factor of eight. Fleischer continually revises his estimate of how much a standard tax on carried interest would generate over a decade, based on IRS income statistics. He wrote in an email that his current figure stands at $150 million.
Carried interest, or "carry," gets its name from the days when medieval ship captains demanded a 20 percent profit on the goods they carried from Europe to Asia, to compensate them for risking life and bounty braving pirate-infested and storm-tossed seas. Though the metaphor has stuck, the risk to the modern fund manager isn't nearly so extreme; in fact, it's hardly a risk at all. Private equity firms make only miniscule contributions to their investment schemes; the rest they raise from "limited partners," such as retirement funds and other fiduciaries. Those partners pay an annual management fee of two percent on the capital investment, and a 20 percent "carry" on any profits the investment brings in.
When the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), for instance, commits $500 million to a Blackstone Group-managed fund (as it has), Blackstone earns a $10 million annual fee, which is generally taxed at the regular rate. If that investment doubles in value, $100 million goes to the firm, and the remaining $400 million to CalPERS. The tax code treats that $100 million as a capital gain, subject to a 20 percent tax rate.
Hindery, founder of the private equity firm InterMedia, has long been an advocate of labor and economic policies that benefit the middle class. But he's not the only one in his elite set arguing to alter the tax code to his own detriment. He belongs to a group called "Patriotic Millionaires," led by Morris Pearl, until 2014 the managing director of the investment-management firm BlackRock. Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett actually complained that his 17.4 percent tax rate was too low. "My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress," he wrote. "It's time for our government to get real about shared sacrifice." It was the carried interest problem President Obama was referring to in the 2012 presidential campaign when he noted that the billionaire "Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary."
Schwarzman, who personally collected $88.3 million in carried interest last year, did not respond to Capital & Main's request for comment, but a lobbyist connected with him, Wayne Berman, has argued that a carried interest tax hike would punish innovators, and drag down the entire economy. Schwarzman himself likened the push to extract more tax revenue from billionaires to Hitler's 1939 invasion of Poland. He has since apologized.
Last summer, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Representative Sander Levin (D-MI), introduced identical bills in their respective bodies, both called the "Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015." Their combined efforts, both currently held up in committee, mark the second attempt Congress has made to address the issue since Fleischer's research brought the issue to the Senate Finance Committee's attention. (Fleischer's paper, coincidentally, made the news around the same time Schwarzman allegedly threw himself a $5 million birthday party with Rod Stewart as headline entertainment).
Alec MacGillis has written in detail for the New Yorker about the saga of the legislation Levin first proposed, and its Senate counterpart by then-Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA). The bills have either been held up in committee, stalled in the Republican-dominated Senate, or run into cloaked resistance from Senate Democrats, including New York Senator Charles Schumer. Hindery traces it all back to one simple fact: "Campaign finance abuse," from which the Democratic Party "is not immune." Since 2007, private equity and investment firms have sunk anywhere from $8 million to $16 million into their lobbying efforts each year.
"You get what you pay for in this country," he says.
Nevertheless, there might be more hope for Levin and Baldwin's efforts this year, in part because of increasing voter awareness of the mechanisms of inequality. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in his presidential campaign vowed to pay for a jobs program for disadvantaged youth by closing the carried interest loophole; Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has included the billionaire tax break in her overall message about Wall Street reform.
Hillary Clinton, who did not sign on as a co-sponsor to the Baucus-Grassley bill as a Senator in 2007, now says that she would consider using executive authority over the Treasury Department to impose the full tax rate on fund managers' earnings. Even Donald Trump has come out against the carried interest loophole. (But he also wants to lower taxes so dramatically that the issue would be moot.)
If a national effort fails, Hindery tells Capital & Main, Patriotic Millionaires will take the matter to the states. The New York legislature already has a bill in the works to impose a surtax on people who benefit from the federal loophole. In California, where capital gains are already taxed as ordinary income, legislators may be considering a similar proposal. "No one disputes that thoughtful investment is good for the country," Hindery says. "But if you don't shut this door, I don't know how you get the middle class in this country to ever trust Washington again."
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833) Whether I know what India meant for! Taught by Srila Prabhupada!
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Prabhupada: (Hindi) It will distribute India's glories. People will feel obliged to India, that "We have got this knowledge from India." Actually knowledge is here. There is no such knowledge all over the world.
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Paropakara. India is meant for paropakara. India is not meant for exploiting others. But unfortunately the knowledge is… Sarasvati jnana-khale yatha sati. We have got the store of knowledge, but we have kept it locked up, not distributed to the world. They are called jnana-khala. ————————————
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This uptick came at the cost of exports to Japan (7.27 per cent), Myanmar (2.12 per cent) and India (1.94 per cent), which reported notable declines in their imports of Omani crude in September versus figures for August.
Demand from South Korea (9.16 per cent) and Tanzania (1.55 per cent) grew during September, the report said.
The Sultanate's total production of crude oil and condensate during September 2019 reached 29.182 million barrels, representing a daily average production of 972,750 barrels. Daily exports averaged 859,290 during the month.
The average monthly price for Oman Crude Oil Future's Contract on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) jumped 3.6 per cent compared with the previous month. The official selling price for Oman Crude Oil during trading in September 2019, for the delivery month of November 2019, settled at $61.81, representing an increase of $2.14 compared to November 2019 delivery. The daily trading marker price ranged between $57.29 per barrel, and $68.44 per barrel.
"Crude oil prices during September 2019 increased due to several factors, the most notable being falling US crude oil inventories, as well as the agreement of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies to extend crude production cuts to support oil prices. The drone attacks on the Khurais oil field and the Abqaiq crude processing plant also contributed to the rise in prices this month, which cut the Kingdom's output by half," the report stated.
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A significant advance has been made in the understanding of how viruses such as hepatitis C cause infection, according to a study reported in the January 22 issue of Nature.
"Infectious disease is a moving target and understanding the mechanism of viral entry is one of the ways that we can be forearmed against these viruses," said lead researcher Stephen Harrison, of Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Children's Hospital Boston.
The researchers visually detailed the final steps by which a family of viruses responsible for causing hepatitis C and a host of other infectious diseases enter and infect cells. These viruses are known as enveloped viruses because of their fatty outer membrane. They fuse their envelope or membrane with that of the cell being attacked.
Membrane fusion opens the way for the virus to release its genes into the interior of the cell, allowing the virus to reproduce and infection to spread, according to the researchers.
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Researcher Yorgo Modis, a structural biologist at Children's Hospital, said the study yields promising drug or vaccine targets for inhibiting viral entry.
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Huge flakes of the chilly white snow has been spotted landing in Basildon and Chelmsford.
Motorists are being warned to be mindful of possible difficult conditions.
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It's one of the most important weeks to date for the Kitchener Rangers.
London tonight. Erie on Friday. And a chance for the Rangers to really assert themselves against the league's elite teams.
Health is good and both games are on home ice so the stage is set.
If they're going to pull off a double win, they'll need to lean on their scoring depth. It's the one aspect that separates Kitchener from both clubs. A look at the numbers shows that the Rangers can strike from all four lines.
There was a minor line shuffle at practice yesterday. The most notable change was Brandon Robinson playing with Connor Bunnaman and Jake Henderson. We'll see how it shakes down tonight.
Adam Mascherin-Ryan MacInnis-Jeremy Bracco
Mason Kohn-Gustaf Franzen-David Miller
Brandon Robinson-Connor Bunnaman-Jake Henderson
Darby Llewellyn-Jacob Cascagnette-Nick Magyar
Miles Liberati-Frank Hora
Brian Brosnan-Dylan Di Perna
Connor Hall-Elijah Roberts
Luke Opilka (20-3-2-0) starts.
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Chris Martenet-Victor Mete
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Tyler Parsons (21-4-2-1) starts.
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- NHL Central Scouting released its midterm rankings and several players of interest made the list. Rangers on the North American skaters list included Adam Mascherin and Connor Bunnaman who were ranked 57th and 81st.
- Other Rangers picks on the North American skaters list included: Charles McAvoy (9), Griffin Luce (54), Adam Fox (67) and Ethan Spaxman (170). Goalie Jack LaFontaine was 10th on the tender list.
- A trio of locals were also ranked high - Nathan Bastian (19), Logan Stanley (23) and Boris Katchouk (32).
- Rangers D Dmitrii Sergeev and Doug Blaisdell (upper body) are day to day with injuries.
- Another great game by the Rangers top line. MacInnis with three points and Bracco with a trio of helpers. That's 18-straight for Mac and six straight multis for JB. Adam Mascherin's 15-game point scoring streak ended tonight.
- All season all we heard was how London needed to upgrade in net. Maybe it's just games against the Rangers, but Tyler Parsons always looks solid to me. He made several golden saves, especially in the final minute.
- A valiant comeback effort by the Rangers but that opening goal 16 seconds in hurt. It changed the complexion of the entire first period.
- It was even tougher to lose this one when you consider that Mitch Marner and Christian Dvorak were held in relative check.
- There was a sense that the Rangers missed an opportunity by not cashing in on the PP right after Gustaf Franzen scored to make it 2-1. Convert there and it's a much different game.
- That's four games between the two clubs this season and the third one decided by one goal. The other was a 4-2 Rangers win. Said it before, really hoping for a playoff clash.
JB's top three Rangers: Ryan MacInnis, Jeremy Bracco, Gustaf Franzen


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December 17, 2019, 12:52 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
The NBA has granted the Blazers a $2.86M injury exception for Rodney Hood on Tuesday, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
With the exception, the Blazers have until March 10th to sign a player to a one-year contract or an expiring contract within the afforded salary range. The Blazers need frontcourt depth behind Carmelo Anthony and Hassan Whiteside, and this money will help with that. It seems more than likely that the Blazers will wait until after the buyout market as the team already has the highest payroll in the league.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
December 11, 2019, 5:08 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood had surgery on Wednesday to repair a torn left Achilles that he suffered during Friday's game and remains without a timetable.
A torn Achilles is one of the worst injuries that someone can suffer in basketball. Hood can safely be ruled out for the rest of the season. Kent Bazemore and Anfernee Simons will have more opportunity going forward.
Source: Casey Holdahl on Twitter
December 6, 2019, 11:55 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood suffered a torn left Achilles on Friday.
Just terrible news for a guy who was getting his career back on track with a solid season. He complained of left Achilles soreness on Wednesday and obviously the worst case scenario has played out here. The Blazers might have to hit the trade market for wing depth, but if they don't make any moves it'll mean more minutes for Kent Bazemore, Anfernee Simons, Gary Trent and maybe even Mario Hezonja.
Source: Portland Trail Blazers
November 28, 2019, 12:42 amRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood logged a solid 25 minutes on Wednesday, contributing 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting (4-of-4 from deep), three rebounds and three assists.
Hood has scored 11 points or more in four of his last five games. He's been an end-of-bench guy over the early part of the season, but what you see is what you're gonna get right now.
November 25, 2019, 11:31 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood came away with 16 points, six rebounds, three assists, a steal and a triple against the Bulls on Monday.
Hood was one of the few Blazers to outshine their usual numbers on a night where minimal effort was required. He's sitting with top-110 value in the last couple of weeks and top-125 numbers on the year, so give him a look to round out your bench in 12-teamers.
November 21, 2019, 11:47 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood played a quietly solid 30 minutes on Thursday night, finishing with 11 points (5-of-5 shooting), three rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Hood is a perfectly fine option who holds value in part because he will get minutes on a team that really needs him to perform well. He should maintain value in the top-120 range.
November 14, 2019, 1:10 amRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood (back spams) returned to action on Wednesday night and dropped 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting, two boards, an assist and five 3-pointers.
Hood looks like someone that should be owned in standard leagues as he is providing nice numbers from deep and shooting 50 percent from the field this season. He's currently inside the top-120.
November 13, 2019, 9:10 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood (back spasms) is available to play in Wednesday's matchup against the Raptors.
Hood missed his last two games with the injury and should be good to go in this one. He was turning in servicible value before going down, and will mostly take away from any value Kent Bazemore had been able to put together while Hood was out.
Source: Casey Holdahl on Twitter
November 13, 2019, 5:56 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood (back spasms) is probable to play on Wednesday.
Hood was also listed probable on Tuesday but ended up sitting out, so fantasy managers will need to check back for an update. He's returning late-round value and isn't a must-own player in 12-teamers given his moderate upside, but he is trending in the right direction if you'd usually plug him into lineups.
Source: Casey Holdahl on Twitter
November 12, 2019, 9:22 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood (back spasms) might not play on Tuesday vs. the Kings despite previously being listed as probable.
This news comes as a surprise as he was previously listed as probable. The news isn't official so continue to monitor as we get closer to tip-off. It does seem unlikely that he will take the floor after all. If he is unable to play, look for Kent Bazemore, Anfernee Simons and Mario Hezonja to pick up additional minutes
Source: Casey Holdahl on Twitter
November 12, 2019, 12:57 amRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood (back spasms) is listed as probable for Tuesday's game against the Kings.
Hood missed Sunday's game, but should be on the floor on Tuesday night. He's been getting big minutes this season, but he's mainly a threes and free throw percentage streamer.
Source: NBA.com
November 10, 2019, 7:35 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood is out for Sunday's matchup vs. the Hawks due to the back spasms.
The back spams originally occurred on Friday and forced Hood to exit the game against the Nets, and the issue did not resolve itself over the weekend. He was originally questionable so managers should expect Hood to return in the near future.
Source: Jason Quick on Twitter
November 9, 2019, 7:04 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood (back spasms) is being considered questionable for Sunday's game versus the Hawks.
Hood left the last game with back spasms and the Blazers are already dealing with several injuries. Mario Hezonja and Kent Bazemore would benefit if Hood is forced to sit out and would make for solid DFS or streaming options.
Source: Sean Highkin on Twitter
November 9, 2019, 11:45 amMoses BrownC, Portland Trail Blazers
Blazers recall Moses Brown and Jaylen Hoard from G League for Sunday's game against the Hawks.
Although Brown and Hoard are unlikely to see meaningful minutes, it makes sense for the Blazers to shore up their depth. Skal Labissiere rolled his ankle in Friday's game and Rodney Hood exited with back spasms so this might be hinting on their availability for Sunday.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
November 8, 2019, 10:53 pmRodney HoodSG, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Hood suffered back spasms on Friday and is questionable to return to the game.
Hood has been dealing with small injuries here and there – which is bad considering he's not known to be a fast healer. If Hood misses time, expect guys like Mario Hezonja to pick up the slack.
Source: Jason Quick


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As one who has been known as a skeptic about ghosts, I still always said that if the day ever came where I felt like I experienced what I could not readily provide adequate explanation for, then I would admit it. Those who are staunch believers in ghosts and the paranormal can now have their fun at my expense. As of Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning of 2019, I received what was no doubt my greatest gift ever.
I had the great privilege of getting to spend Christmas Eve night with a group of friends whom I have come to regard as family. Although the daughter and her husband own a home that has a notorious history that bears description as being haunted, we did not begin the holiday evening at that residence. Instead, we all got together at the mother's home, which is around the corner from the haunted home that I just referred to. We were a six member group that evening. There were my friends who are husband and wife, there was her mother and her significant other, there was the sister of the husband, and lastly, there was me.
After consuming a marvelous dinner that was served in a dining room that is as regal as anything I have ever seen in a movie, the night began with an abundance of laughter generated by the congregation of some of the best senses of humor I have ever encountered. What I found amusing was when my wonderful hostess urged that we all hold a seance there in the marvelous dining area. Eventually, she began leading our table in what has to have been the most comical seance that has ever been performed. If Monty Python were to act out a seance, it would not be funnier than what the personalities present at that table were able to playfully conjure. I still laugh out loud every time I think about that event, and I don't think I've ever had a better time with a group of people. As one who believes in putting all things paranormal to the test in the tradition of the magicians that I have learned from, I am always willing to put anything to the test that comes attached with a claim that says it can facilitate contact with the otherworldly. I'll be happy to let any psychic perform a reading on me, I'll give any ouija board a test run, and sitting in on a makeshift seance is just one more thing that I am more than willing to observe if it means putting one more claim to the test.
At some point after the impromptu Christmas Eve seance was held, we all shuffled across the entry way of the home to the beautiful living area. In that room under the watch of a gorgeously decorated Christmas tree, we all exchanged gifts and enjoyed more laughter. It was at around 1:30 AM on Christmas Morning when we all ambled back across the hall to the dining room where we all took our places again at the dining table. The resumed banter continued until it was unexpectedly interrupted at approximately 2:00 AM.
It was at this time that my gracious hostess began to show concern in her face. As she increased the volume on her security camera software that is monitored remotely via her smart phone, we could all hear that her dogs were barking. Her face began to show even more concern and the tension was passed around the room when all of a sudden her smaller of two dogs yelped as if in high distress. It was at that point that panic set in, it was assumed that a break-in was occurring, and her husband darted to his vehicle so he could get to their home around the corner as quickly as possible. I could not catch up with the husband quickly enough so I followed him around the corner to the home in my own vehicle. I later came to find out that what his wife had seen visually on their security software was first their two cats running underneath the bed in the back bedroom, followed by their other two dogs running into the same bedroom frantically.
After I pulled into the driveway by the side of the house, and after I emerged from my car, the husband came from the side door of the house. Being a former Marine, he had already cleared the house and found no signs of any intruders. The tools sitting outside this side door were all still where they had been, and the garbage bag present was untouched. There was no indication of any theft from that area or any scavenging done of the refuse sealed in the plastic bag. I followed the husband back into the house and we both looked around with nothing seeming to be out of place. By his presence, the dogs began to calm down and he reassured them with calm words and by patting them with comforting hands. Because calm seemed to have been restored, the decision was made for us to go back around the corner and rejoin the Christmas festivities.
As soon as the husband and I pulled back up in front of the mother's house from which we had come, the wife was outside with her phone in hand. The dogs were once again in a major state of hysteria. The wife, the husband, the sister, and I all began to grab our presents and other items so we could all get back to the house where the dogs were. We made a dash for a second time back around the corner.
As I arrived back at the home, I once again entered the side door. After we all began walking around the house checking to make sure all was normal, the wife eventually pointed out that the smaller of the two dogs, while in its state of terror, had urinated all over a rug in the back bedroom, which I looked at visually as I walked completely around the bedroom trying to ascertain what may have happened to cause such a melee? There were no signs that any human intruders had been in the home anywhere. And, there were no signs that any straying wildlife had been in the home or had disturbed any garbage.
So, where do eyebrows begin to raise? Well, if one knows the history of this property, where the game of correlations arises is because of where the dogs were panicked in the home and because of the stories that are associated with this area of the home. The only camera that was activated by the motion of the dogs was in the back bedroom. This bedroom is adjacent to the back hallway. The hallway is where apparitions are reported to have been seen in the home, and if one believes the video footage passes muster, where on two different occasions forms of some type were recorded on camera in the same hallway. Numerous reports are also attached to the bedroom where the property owners sleep, one of which is a chair moving half-way across the floor on its own. Therefore, all of the ruckus of the dogs happened within a few feet going between the bedroom and the hallway.
Does this course of events prove substantially that the home is host to one or more ghosts? It does not based on critical questioning and by invoking rigorous standards of protocol. There are indeed a multitude of things that could conceivably upset a dog or dogs and cause them to play off of each other's exhibitions. One of the rules to follow in the paranormal game is not to jump and create correlations that may not actually be there. So, there were no apparitions spotted, but only dogs witnessed to be in a highly agitated condition with biological residuals indicating panic. And, just because the software for the security camera all of a sudden lost sound when we were all first becoming aware of what was happening with the dogs, does not necessarily mean that some electromagnetic event was taking place at the other end to cause the loss in sound. It turns out that the first of the sequence of text messages from the security system actually started at 1:24 AM. We did not become aware of the alerts until close to 2AM. It is possible that the continual alerts generated by the constant motion of the dogs for almost half an hour eventually contributed to a streaming hangup with the security software.
But, if I step back and relive this night in my mind while being a firsthand witness to the events, it is easy to understand why one's first reaction is to think and speak in terms of the subjective rather than the ultra objective. For starters, I saw how disturbed the dogs were. I saw how one of the dogs, in conjunction with the yelp heard over the phone speaker, may have at the same point lost control of its bladder and left behind urinary signs of a very fearful reaction. And, yes, the dogs were displaying their emotions in two adjacent rooms where a chair has been reported to move on its own and where apparitions have been reported to have been observed, not to mention a wall that separates the two rooms that has been said to sometimes emanate large banging sounds in the absence of plumbing or any other readily assigned causes. Furthermore, the home has numerous accounts of classical types of haunting phenomena dating back to at least the 1930s and that have been cited by a long list of eyewitness reports.
So, what does a skeptic like myself do in a situation like this one if more subjective correlations are allowed to be entertained? Hopefully, a reader will be pleasantly surprised by my reactions. As stated above, in the strictest sense of science, there are no rock solid corroborations existing from this account that took place on Christmas Morning. But, in the spirit of science, it is also always not only acceptable, but commendable, to say, "I don't know," when such a scenario is experienced. In science, one does not fabricate. Instead, in science, you come back and test another day and wait for an answer at another time if such an outcome is called for. There are too many gaps in the story that I saw unfold. There is no video that was recorded from the incident. It is only possible for those of us who were there to recall the scene as we saw it after the fact. What we do know is that nothing appeared in the video except the dogs and cats themselves. Again, from the software undergoing a brief hiccup to dogs being upset, most of the detail I did not get to observe, so it is not possible for me to fill in knowledge gaps in case there were some things more recognizable as contributing to this out of the ordinary occurrence. But, I was there, and the wife of the family and I would agree that even if I had been able to see the entire event unfold on the screen, I would not have been able to put forth any more of a concrete explanation as to what had the dogs so upset.
Allow me to quote from skeptics who appear on the national stage. Although I haven't confirmed it through email, I was actually surprised to learn that Bryan and Baxter, a paranormal investigation duo who have gained notoriety with their skillsets and their opinions on field methods, are quoted as having experienced some things which might endure difficult explanation. They have presented at skeptical conferences, and the concluding comments of an article devoted to them by Barb Adams of, "Amerika Now," are as follows:
"Beyond the deception they uncover, and the explanations they present, they still encounter some strange phenomena that they can't explain immediately. They've seen chairs move mysteriously in an empty room, they've heard disembodied voices, and they've felt the touch of unseen…people?
Sometimes, the questions remain unanswered. At least for now…."
These concluding comments actually surprised me since in all the videos I have watched of Bryan and Baxter, I have never seen them state things quite so strongly from their experiences with investigations. Since I have not corresponded with them about this article, I will let them comment on whether this quote accurately represents some of their findings in the field.
One of my mentors, Joe Nickell, has some interesting quotes in an article featured in, "The New Yorker," magazine. Although Joe is a skeptic, it is neat to see in the article that he tries to stick to the nature of inquisitivity in the spirit of scientific inquiry. Although I have had a skeptical bent in my thinking for many years now, I personally try to follow the evidence and base my conclusions on where it takes me. If I didn't follow this practice honestly, I would never have gone out into the field in the first place. But, as an inspiration of mine as a field investigator, Joe made me proud with the following comments:
"What we need is a kinder, gentler skepticism," Nickell said. "I'm tired of these debunkers coming by my office and saying, 'Hey, Nickell, seen any ghosts lately? Har har har.' " He shook his head and poked at his granola. "I'm not saying there's a fifty-fifty chance that there is a ghost in that haunted house. I think the chances are closer to 99.9 per cent that there isn't. But let's go look. We might learn something interesting…"
And, yes, I intentionally included this quote right before I admit to the world that I have said on more than one occasion that I do believe the home that is the centerpiece to this blog entry needs to be studied. The lore goes back decades with numerous claimants, and the property needs to be understood once and for all. I have an investigative protocol worked up for studying the home, and if there are any answers to be found, I do feel that at least some answers could be found there.
Furthermore, Joe goes on to say:
"I've spent thirty years investigating the paranormal," Nickell told the crowd, "and I kind of resent this idea that I've been wasting my time."
I've been engaging the discussion over science and the paranormal for going on eighteen years now, and I echo Joe's sentiments. It's a discussion for another time, but there is credible scientific reason for continuing onward with this battle, even if the results are the same for a majority of the time. But, just as important as crying foul in the often flawed evaluation of the paranormal and the errant logic often applied to its understanding, it is also important to look a little deeper on those rare occasions where something may make us think a little harder. If such a policy is not adopted, science can suffer in the end.
And, finally, in quoting from this article on Joe, maybe some good can be found in the way I have approached the topic of ghosts in more recent years. In conjunction with the literary discussion over the poem, "The Night Before Christmas," the comments are made in the Nickell article:
"He was a spoilsport with only the best intentions, a saint who performed no miracles but who didn't discount the possibility, however faint, that miracles might occur in the future."
As many times as I said that I do not believe in ghosts, I also always said that in investigating ghostly claims, one has to get up out of the armchair and go where the ghosts are said to roam. Whatever disagreements the very many may have had with me and my reasoning, I have always espoused investigating and making sure that the venture is data driven. After Christmas Morning of 2019, I espouse the investigation all the more. Ghosts, in the observed sense, have never been a part of my past. Is there a chance, if I keep searching, that perhaps they will be in the future?
And, in bringing this blog entry toward a close, I will call on Michael Shermer. Dr. Shermer is someone else whose work I have been familiar with ever since I began looking into the realm of the paranormal. Dr. Shermer is a nationally recognized skeptic and the editor-in-chief of, "Skeptic," magazine, and I will call on one of his articles he wrote for, "Scientific American," for the sake of making my point.
While getting prepared for an eventual wedding ceremony to his wife, Dr. Shermer's fiancee had several family keepsakes shipped Stateside. Many of the heirlooms were damaged in the shipping process. Her grandfather, who was the only father she had ever had, included an old transistor radio in his belongings. It made the trip to the U.S., and it arrived unable to operate at all.
Ironically enough for an arch skeptic, during the day of Dr. Shermer's wedding, his bride made him aware that music could be heard coming from the back of the house. After searching for the source of the music, it turned out that the old radio started playing on its own and played into the night, never to work again. Dr. Shermer's wife had been grieving the fact that her grandfather was no longer alive to be able to give her hand away in marriage. As a skeptic herself, her inclination was to still believe that her grandfather was with her on that very important day. No doubt, a strange episode in the life of a skeptic extraordinaire, not unlike my own on Christmas Morning.
After returning to provide solace to the dogs a second time on December 25th, the wife in my social group mentioned how the event was one more in the property's history that simply, "is not normal!" Dr. Shermer's closing words in his article about his bride's radio have a tie-in with such a wonderful quote. His words serve better than my own in this case:
"The emotional interpretations of such anomalous events grant them significance regardless of their causal account. And if we are to take seriously the scientific credo to keep an open mind and remain agnostic when the evidence is indecisive or the riddle unsolved, we should not shut the doors of perception when they may be opened to us to marvel in the mysterious."
It is probably safe to say that I have been marveling since last Wednesday.
So, what am I saying? Have I traded in my skeptic's card? Have I assigned far too much significance to a single episode where there is not even any direct correlations available to argue for a ghostly encounter having occurred? Why the embellished comments that I awoke on Christmas Morning in the same way as did Ebenezer Scrooge with a renewed vigor and lease on life?
The defenders of science need not worry that I have betrayed my commitment to sound thinking. No, I'm saying something more mundane, but after almost eighteen years of searching where there was never anything even remotely exciting, I'm simply saying the following. My excitement stems from the fact that Christmas of 2019 gave me all I could ever ask for in contemplating chasing this quest for another eighteen years.
It simply gave me a reason to keep looking.


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