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Mary Kathryn Bryan Fiscus, 87, of Spencer, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 at IU Health- Bloomington Hospital. She was born in Decatur, Illinois on September 28, 1924, the only child of J. Lee and Lucy (Trimmer) Hooker. She was a 1942 graduate of Worthington High School. Mrs. Fiscus had been a member of the Spencer Baptist Church since 1951. She worked at the Spencer Evening World for 10 years and then Production Credit Association for 10 years. Kathryn enjoyed quilting, crocheting, and reading.
Mrs. Fiscus is survived by her husband, Stanley Fiscus, whom she married in 2007, daughter, Paulette (Ron) Medaris of Bonita Springs, Florida; daughter-in-law, Joni Bryan of Mooresville; granddaughters, Annette (Mark) Flaskamp of Avon and LeAnne Charboneau of Indianapolis; three great-grandchildren, Joshua, Jacob and Jonah Flaskamp, all of Avon; half-brother, James (Amanda) Hooker of Hannibal, Missouri; and two half sisters, Pauline (Herbert) Fields of Center Point and Janet Somers of Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents; step-father, Paul Bucher; first husband, Bernard Bryan in 2000; and son, Larry Bryan in 2009.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at West & Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home in Spencer. Rev. Shannon Benham will officiate. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spencer Baptist Church.
Online condolences may be made to the family at: www.westparrishpedigo.com.
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DATATRAK International, Inc. (OTCQX: DATA), a leader in developing cloud-based, unified eClinical technologies and delivering related services for the clinical trials industry, today announced its participation at several industry events during the month of October.
The Center for Healthcare Innovation's
2012 Globalization of Innovation: China, India, and US Pharma Markets Symposium
Research & Development Panel
Microsoft Corporation, Chicago, IL
October 3, 2012
DATATRAK Board Chairman and CEO, Larry Birch, will moderate a Research & Development panel at this symposium, which focuses on opportunities and challenges facing the pharmaceutical industries in China, India, and the U.S.
6th Annual Clinical Forum 2012
The Hague, Netherlands
October 8-10, 2012
Booth: #30
The DIA Clinical Forum brings together industry thought leaders across such disciplines as data management, clinical operations, drug safety and medical communications.
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) International Interchange
Baltimore, MD
October 21-26, 2012
The CDISC International Interchange will focus on their latest initiative Coalition for Accelerating Standards and Therapies (CFAST). The goal of CFAST is to accelerate clinical research and medical product development by facilitating the creation and maintenance of data standards, tools, and methods for conducting research in therapeutic areas important to public health. DATATRAK serves on the CDISC Advisory Board.
9th Latin American Congress of Clinical Research (LACCR)
Mexico City
October 24-26, 2012
Booth: #28
DIA's 9th LACCR is the top regional academic forum on clinical research in Latin America, focusing on fostering the integration of professionals in the field.
About DATATRAK
DATATRAK is the leader of unified eClinical™ technologies and related services for the clinical trials industry. Using the DATATRAK ONE™ multi-product, cloud-based clinical research platform, DATATRAK's Clinical and Consulting Services™ group assists clients in conducting Phase I-IV drug and device studies in multiple languages throughout the world. DATATRAK has offices located in Cleveland, Ohio; Bryan, Texas; and Cary (RTP), North Carolina. For more information, visit www.datatrak.net.
Except for the historical information contained in this press release, the statements made in this release are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made based on management's expectations, assumptions, estimates and current beliefs concerning the operations, future results and prospects of the Company and are subject to uncertainties and factors which are difficult to predict and, in many instances, are beyond the control of the Company, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. For a list of certain factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward looking statements, please see the Company's report filed with the OTCQX Market on August 15, 2012 announcing its results for the three-month period ending June 30, 2012. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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'Glee' Choreographer Reveals His Favorite On-Set Accidents And Injuries!
It all seems so perfect onscreen but on-set accidents do happen often, and 'Glee' choreographer Zach Woodlee dishes on the best of them.
Director Ryan Murphy often has crazy visions for the episodes that Glee choreographer Zach Woodlee is in charge of planning, which results in demanding practice schedules, and numerous bumps and bruises– so many that Zach has created a "bruise wall" for the best of them!
Zach Woodlee talked to HuffingtonPost.com about his favorite injuries so far. Many of his all-time most memorable involved the episode 'Wheels', when every castmember had to both use and perform a musical number in a wheelchair. Castmate Kevin McHale, who plays Artie, has been using a wheelchair the entire series, but the others had to learn to adapt. Amber Riley, (Mercedes), was going down a ramp too quickly when her chair hit the lip of the ramp and she was sent sprawling into a crevice!
Lea Michele, who plays Rachel Berry on the show, was trying to show off how she could pop a wheelie just like Kevin does, but her wheelchair didn't have stoppers, so she actually just tipped her chair back and ended up bumping her head on the floor!
Even Dianna Agron, who plays popular cheerleader Quinn, was sent flying when her foot got caught on a nail. She cut up her knee and had to wear only long dresses for the rest of the episode until it healed!
Zach even remembers having to cut a scene due to an injury! Chris Colfer had injured his wrist after a roller-blading episode, and one of his dance routines with the Cheerios had to be cut.
We knew Glee was a demanding show, but we didn't know it was this brutal! The talented and bruised cast of Glee is currently on tour before they begin filming for the upcoming third season.
Who do you think has the most accidents on-set? Sound off below!
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Taking off from the centre of one town and landing in another without passing through large airports – with tiltrotor aircraft, this is no longer just a dream. This combination of helicopter and airplane can help in handling the continually increasing traffic to airports. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Braunschweig is working on just such an aircraft as part of the EU's Novel Innovative Competitive Effective Tilt Rotor Integrated Project, NICETRIP.
Tiltrotor aircraft can help to relieve the load on airports, since they combine the advantages of helicopters and conventional airplanes. They take off vertically, so that they can be operated from nearly all helipads. Then, at a certain altitude, the rotors tilt and the aircraft flies in the relatively inexpensive manner of a normal airplane. This gives it an advantage especially for short trips: passengers can fly directly from one city centre to another, quickly and economically.
In order to change its behaviour from that of a helicopter to that of a fixed wing aircraft, it employs tiltable engines at the ends of its flight surfaces. "Just like a helicopter, the engines are directed upwards during take off and landing, so that it flies vertically like a helicopter," explains Hans-Jürgen Langer, project leader and member of the Helicopter Division of the DLR Institute of Flight Systems. "When the pilot has climbed to the right altitude and is ready to switch to high speed flight, he tilts the engines forwards. In this configuration, the aircraft flies like a conventional propeller-powered plane. The engines are then turned upwards again for vertical landing."
DLR Braunschweig takes over the wind tunnel model from NLR
The NICETRIP project is bringing together the technical know-how of the European partners from research and industry in tiltrotor aircraft design, and putting existing mathematical and physical models to the test. Right from the preliminary stages of the project, it was evident that it was essential to build a wind tunnel model in order to research tiltrotor technology. This was the only way researchers could investigate the aerodynamic interactions of the rotor, wing and control surfaces and determine important flight mechanics parameters, such as efficiency and handling or stability.
DLR's Dutch partner, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has contributed a wind tunnel model that is currently being prepared for measurements at the DLR Institute of Flight Systems. Researchers are working on the handover, data processing and control of the model. In other preliminary work, the DLR Institute for Aerodynamics and Flow Technology is computing the predicted behaviour of the model in the tunnel. The results of these calculations will be tested in the wind tunnel.
The DLR Institute of Aeroelasticity, Göttingen, is running vibration tests on the current wind tunnel model of the tiltrotor, in order to ensure its dynamic stability during the trials. The researchers at Göttingen are also investigating the whirl flutter of propeller nacelles, in the context of NICETRIP, using previous wind tunnel tests. This is especially critical for tiltrotor configurations.
Models as precursors of prototypes
In order to create the most realistic conditions in the wind tunnel, the model is equipped with a fully operational engine. The control parameters and surfaces can thus be set as they would be in actual operating conditions, in order to deliver the most precise measurements.
This is especially important because a first demonstrator of the tiltrotor aircraft is scheduled to be built by the end of the decade, on the basis of these tests. Based on the Enhanced Rotorcraft Innovative Rotorcraft Achievement, ERICA concept, a ten-ton prototype is to be built. Up to 22 passengers should be able to be carried at speeds of up to 650 kph by this aircraft. "That's almost twice as fast as a conventional helicopter. And the aircraft's range should be twice as long," says Langer.
The new aircraft will not be the first tiltrotorcraft ever built. Another aircraft of this type, the Bell-Boeing V22 Osprey, is a military vehicle, in contrast to the intended application of the NICETRIP aircraft. And the BA 609 (Bell-Agusta), a business aircraft for up to six passengers, is currently undergoing through reliability trials.
With its total of 30 project partners from nine countries, DLR is developing the first civil passenger tiltrotor aircraft in the world – a significant step towards the passenger air transport of the future.


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I've been scanning some of the other blogs and was surprised some believe the Mets are better now than they were at the end of the season.
Make no mistake, I always thought Jose Reyes would leave, but until they add quality from their savings, I just don't see where you can make the argument the team is better without him.
They've lost the NL batting champion and replaced him with Ruben Tejada. I like Tejada's potential, but it isn't proven production. So, there is a downgrade at shortstop.
Gone from the rotation is Chris Capuano, replaced by …. you tell me. I'm not buying into Johan Santana until I see him pitch regularly.
Angel Pagan and Andres Torres are essentially the same player. Torres is better defensively, and the improvement is in shedding Pagan's sometimes lackadaisical attitude. That's not saying the Mets won this trade.
The Mets added two pitchers to their bullpen with strikeout capabilities, but you have to ask yourself if they were so good why would they have been available? I'm seeing it as exchanging one set of mediocre arms for another.
The Mets still have questions in their rotation, bullpen, first base, catcher, second base, left field and right field.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A total of 480 employees at the White House budget office face reduced working hours as $85 billion in overall automatic federal spending cuts hit President Barack Obama's staff, the White House said on Monday.
The staffers from the Office of Management and Budget were the only White House employees that spokesman Jay Carney would confirm as having been affected, though he acknowledged, "within the Executive Office of the President, several offices have sent furlough notices to their staff."
The $85 billion in cuts kicked in March 1 after Democratic and Republican lawmakers failed to reach a budget agreement to avert so-called "sequestration" spending restrictions.
Carney also pointed to White House hiring slowdowns and "delayed backfilling of open positions," as well as restricted staff travel and use of some electronic devices, as stemming from the budget stalemate.
As the White House continues to try and deal with the budget cuts, it may face further restrictions, he said, adding that White House offices are reviewing ongoing contracts.
"Furlough and pay cuts remain possibilities, or additional furloughs, as well as pay cuts."
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The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police Department between Aug. 20 and 30. During that period the department answered 234 calls.
Monday, Aug. 20
•Route I-190 near Porter Road, accident. A vehicle's exhaust system came loose and parts fell off and struck the vehicle behind.
•700 block of A Street, assault. Patrol observed a 17-year-old male with several outstanding warrants in a group of youths. When stopped, he threw a can of alcohol at the officer and fled. When captured, he was vulgar and threatening to officers and repeatedly banged his face into the metal bars between the patrol car's seats and its window. He also damaged a wall at Town Hall.
Tuesday, Aug. 21
•1900 block of Juron Drive, dog bite. Woman reports being bitten in the ankle by a poodle while doing door-to-door sales.
•7400 block of Porter Road, missing persons. Woman reported she had an argument with her two daughters around midnight and when she got up about 5 a.m. her daughters and a girl who had been sleeping over were missing.
Wednesday, Aug. 22
•500 block of D Street, attempt to locate. Officer responded to look for a 14-year-old male who ran away from Child Protective Services. Youth found and returned.
•Fashion Outlet Boulevard, accident. Driver reported striking a deer. The deer ran off. The car was towed.
Thursday, Aug. 23
•4200 block of Military Road, property complaint. Grocery store management requested a check on Pomeroy Avenue for numerous stolen shopping carts.
•6000 block of Porter Road, emergency medical services. Employee cut himself with box-cutter. He was transported to Erie County Medical Center by Rural Metro Ambulance.
Friday, Aug. 24
•7600 block of Third Avenue, larceny. Business reported that on Aug. 22, someone stole 10 pairs of Gucci glasses and eight pairs of Versace glasses valued at $2,500.
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Saturday, Aug. 25
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Monday, Aug. 27
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Tuesday, Aug. 28
•Porter Road, accident. Driver making a left turn into shopping area was struck by oncoming driver. Collision caused the turning driver's vehicle to roll over.
•4200 block of Military Road, larceny. A Saunders Settlement Road woman reported she went into a business to return bottles and forgot her purse in the cart when she left. When she returned, the brown leather purse, containing $50 cash, license, credit card, cell phone and some gold jewelry, was missing.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
•1900 block of Military Road, harassment. Woman complained that when she pulled into a parking spot an elderly male in the next spot started screaming at her for no reason. Patrol interviewed the man, who said the females in the other car started the altercation and the driver almost struck his vehicle.
•500 block of B Street, neighbor problem. Patrol spoke with a woman who said she felt she was being harassed because her neighbor has called the police on her a couple of times recently. Patrol notes ongoing issues between the two women.
Thursday, Aug. 30
•3000 block of Lincoln Street, prowler. Complainant said she woke up to go to the bathroom and saw a face looking into her window. She ran out of the house and chased a male across the street and into the woods, but lost track of him.
•3100 block of Woodland Avenue, neighbor problem. Patrol called on open burn/loud party complaint. Couple was advised of temporary state ban on open fires, and fire was put out. Patrol returned to scene after complainants called again to report the man and woman who had the fire violated order of protection to yell and scream at them. Criminal contempt and harassment charges were requested.


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Look! Sushi Roller
Look, a sushi roller! It's like a pasta machine and a ravioli filler all in one, except, you know, for sushi rolls. This roller is a concept for the kitchen ecology exhibition at Dwell on Design in Los Angeles this June, and it was designed by German group Osko + Deichmann. Read on for step-by-step photos of how it works!
The designers say that this concept is a reflection on the fact that more and more people are making sushi at home. These traditional maki are hand rolls with rice filled with sliced vegetables and covered with a sheet of seaweed (nori). They say that some people get frustrated with the traditional way of rolling up the the maki in a mat, and this little gadget is a way to make it easier.
We have made hand rolls and summer rolls plenty of times, and we don't think they're that difficult. In fact, they're a great meal for company, especially in the summer when their cool crisp textures and flavors can really be appreciated. It's fun to put out a lot of fillings and let everyone roll up their own.
But we can still appreciate the whimsy and fun of a sushi roller; we'd like to see it in action!
• See more of Osko + Deichmann's work here: Osko + Deichmann
Related: Silly, Amazing, and Strange: Design Concepts for The Kitchen
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Question: There is a woman in my life with whom I do not wish to interact on a regular basis. She's incredibly selfish and cares only for her own happiness. She can't be trusted with confidences; she blabs everything to anyone who will listen, even when she's asked to keep something to herself. When I bothered to call her, she either didn't answer or was too busy to talk to me. I quit calling. Yet, when she calls me, she expects me to drop whatever I'm doing to chat. If I ignore her calls, she continues to call until I answer.
I find these conversations tiresome and would rather avoid them.
Does it change your answer to know that she's my mother? If this were anyone else, I would have cut off contact years ago.
Answer: OK then - why does it change your answer?
You've chosen not to cut her off despite solid reasons and incentives to do so. That tells me you regard her, or maybe just motherhood itself, as worthy of an exception.
There's nothing wrong with that - and if it does feel wrong, then maybe what you need isn't to cut the tie once and for all, as you seem tempted yet reluctant to do, but instead to gain a full understanding of your own reasons for making this exception.
Is it because she brought good things to your life, amid the bad? Is it because you recognize that she did provide for you - changed your diapers, fed you, drove you where you needed to go - even if her motives centered on her? Is it because you love her, even while you dislike her? Is it because part of you is still waiting for her to put you first? Is it because you don't want to be the person who no longer speaks to his/her own mom?
There's a reason in there somewhere. Figure it out, then decide whether it satisfies you as a reason to keep doing this maddening dance. I expect it'll be easier to choose how much contact you have, and what you expect of it, from there.
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Step 1: Filling out the paperwork
Petition (FL-103): Fill this out completely. If you do not know exactly what your separate and community property debts are you may say "to be determined." The same is true of other items on this form. However, the more specific you can be the better.
Summons (FL-110): Fill out the first page. This lets the other party know that they are being sued and that they have 30 days to respond. The second page has automatic restraining orders that apply to both parties during they case (that means that you should read and follow them, too!)
UCCJEA (FL-105): (KIDS ONLY) If you have children together, you must fill out this form. The court wants to know where the children have been living for the past five years and if anyone else has a custody claim on them.
Step 2: Making Copies and Filing the paperwork
Sign and date the paperwork that you filled out in Step 1. Make two copies. Bring the originals and two copies to the court for filing.
The court takes cash or check only. Checks should be made out to Placer County Superior Court. If you cannot to pay the filing fees, request fee waiver forms from the filing clerk.
The filing window is in the Family Court, at 10820 Justice Center Drive, Roseville, CA 95678 (You can also mail your documents for filing at this address. If you do, be sure to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope to get your two copies back.). The court clerk will give you back the two copies. They will have a court stamp on them. One copy is for your records; one copy is for serving on the other party.
Step 3: Serving the papers
You must serve a copy of all the papers on the other party, along with the attached blank Response (FL-123). If there are children, you must also serve the attached blank UCCJEA (FL-105). You must have the other party personally served. Have a friend or relative over the age of eighteen give the papers to the other party.
Step 4: Filling out the proof of service
The person who serves the papers on the other party needs to fill out the attached Proof of Service of Summons (FL-115). Be sure to fill in the date and time that the Respondent was served.. The Proof of Service needs to be filed with the court (see Step 2). There is no fee for this. You do not need to make any copies unless you want one for your records (a good idea!).


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Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Security Agency on Thursday disputed a published report that secret intelligence budget files provided by agency leaker Edward Snowden show that the surveillance agency warned in 2012 that it planned to investigate up to 4,000 cases of possible internal security breaches.
The Washington Post, citing documents it said were provided by Snowden, said the NSA's concerns about insider threats were aimed at "anomalous behavior" of agency employees with access to top secret data. The account cited NSA concerns about "trusted insiders who seek to exploit their authorized access to sensitive information to harm U.S. interests."
The NSA concerns were outlined in top-secret documents provided to the Senate and House intelligence committees in February 2012, well before Snowden emerged this summer as the sole source of massive new disclosures about the agency's surveillance operations. The Post released only 17 pages of the entire 178-page budget document, along with additional charts and graphs, citing conversations with Obama administration officials who voiced alarms about disclosures that could compromise intelligence sources and methods.
An NSA spokesman disputed the Post's description of the agency's planned investigation of 4,000 possible security breaches, saying the effort actually amounted to a broad investigation of personnel to lessen the possibility of security risks.
"NSA planned to initiate 4,000 reinvestigations on civilian employees to reduce the potential of an insider compromise of sensitive information and missions," agency spokesman Vanee M. Vines said late Thursday. "Periodic reinvestigations are conducted as one due-diligence component of our multifaceted insider threat program."
Vines said such reinvestigations are required under a 2008 federal directive governing high-security clearances for intelligence workers.
As of Thursday night, the Post had not amended its reporting.
It was not clear from the Post's reporting how many of the 4,000 cases ultimately were investigated or how many posed serious breaches of security. Steven Aftergood, head of a project on government secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, questioned whether many of the reported 4,000 cases were credible.
Referring to previous reports that the NSA's classified work force totals nearly 40,000, Aftergood said, "It would be hard to believe that one in every 10 NSA employees is a possible threat." He suggested that many cases might be caused by internal warnings arising from minor internal protocol errors or mistakenly accessed documents.
But aggressive high-profile Justice Department prosecutions in recent years of several former NSA staffers have shown the agency taking a toughened stance in cracking down on possible leaks. "In any case, a number that large is striking," Aftergood said.
The latest revelations also disclosed limited details about the highly classified 2013 intelligence "black budget," which previously only provided a topline of nearly $53 billion. The $52.6 billion intelligence budget described by the Post discloses that the NSA's portion was $10.5 billion in 2013 - outstripped only by the CIA's $14.7 billion.
Aftergood said the CIA's budget growth from $3 billion in the 1990s to nearly $15 billion likely reflects its post-9/11 push into drone warfare and paramilitary operations overseas.
The Post's story also said the NSA and CIA were engaged deeply in offensive cyber operations and had conducted counterintelligence operations against the governments of Israel and Pakistan as well as traditional targets such as Iran, Russia, China and Cuba. The Post also reported that the NSA considers North Korea the hardest intelligence target to crack and said U.S. officials know almost nothing about the plans of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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The Greek word philosophia ('philosophy') is a compound term which derives from the roots philein ('to love') and sophia ('wisdom') and is commonly translated 'love of wisdom.' For Socrates, and those who followed his example, the love of wisdom took the form of a disciplined reflection about human life and conduct. Convinced that intellectual and moral integrity go hand in hand, Socrates raised fundamental questions about the nature of justice, virtue, and the good life. Proceeding by careful analysis and rigorous dialectic, he sought a knowledge of reality on which to establish a firm foundation for making sound moral judgments. Though philosophical practice has taken many different forms over the centuries, the conception of philosophy as a process of critical inquiry aimed at a deeper understanding of self and world remains the dominant one.
In keeping with the ideal of a liberal arts education, the study of philosophy promotes the development of analytical, critical, and interpretive abilities that are important for life in general. Properly pursued, philosophical study cultivates the appetite and capacity for self-examination and reflection, for the open exchange and debate of ideas, for responsible and intelligent participation in community affairs, and for lifelong learning.
The program in philosophy is designed to provide students with a coherent intellectual structure of study, while acquainting them with the broad diversity of ideas and approaches within the Western philosophical tradition and beyond. The curriculum covers significant periods and prominent figures in the history of intellectual thought, as well as the central subfields of philosophy and their distinctive problem sets. Though the department recognizes that philosophy is a valuable preparation for careers in many fields, its approach to teaching reflects a basic commitment to the idea that philosophy is best thought of as a practice and way of life.
Major(s): Philosophy
Minor(s): Philosophy
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By Francesca Trianni
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eliot Spitzer's rival in the Democratic race for New York City comptroller repeatedly raised the prostitution scandal that forced Spitzer to resign as New York's governor during Friday's televised debate, despite having vowed to avoid it.
"There's two tiers of justice in this city," said Scott Stringer, the Manhattan Borough president who is running against Spitzer in the Democratic primary on September 10.
"There's one for the rich and powerful, and there's one for the rest of us. The truth of the matter is Eliot Spitzer represents the tier where he can escape prostitution and prosecution," Stringer said, referencing the 2008 scandal that earned Spitzer the tabloid moniker "Love Gov."
Stringer, who had been widely viewed as the likely victor until Spitzer announced his 11th hour bid in July, also attacked Spitzer as a divisive loner unable to forge the kind of alliances needed to work with the mayor and seal financial deals to benefit New Yorkers.
"The comptroller has to be a steward, not a sheriff," Stringer said. "You can't always be alone because you start to become an outlier."
Spitzer was elected governor of New York after his years as attorney general earned him the nickname "Sheriff of Wall Street."
"There are times to work with people and times to work alone," Spitzer said. "I was alone when everybody else was running for the hills."
"Look at the totality of my record, who I am, what I've done," Spitzer said. "I made mistakes, but I made a difference."
Spitzer attacked Stringer as an establishment candidate who does not stand up for his constituents.
"What indelible mark have you left?" Spitzer asked.
Stringer cited his 20-year record in city politics, a "steady-hand" and "integrity."
With about a month before the primary, the debate took a surprisingly negative turn, with "harsh" attacks against Spitzer's character, said Doug Muzzio, a professor at Baruch College.
"Spitzer often had to counter-punch, but he was also able to throw some punches here and there." Muzzio said. "The question is: was Stringer too negative? Did he turn off voters?"
A New York Times/Siena College poll released on Thursday showed Spitzer leading Stringer 44 percent to 35 percent, with 19 percent of Democratic voters said they were undecided.
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December 13, 1982
To: Deans, Department Chairs Heads of
Administrative Units
From: President Gail Fullerton
Subject: "Chain of Command"
This letter supersedes my memorandum on the same subject of August 31, 1979, P79-12.
The two Vice Presidents of the University are of equal rank, but it is necessary to designate one of them to make decisions for the University on those occasions when I am away from the campus. I am again asking Academic Vice President Bert Burns to be the responsible administrative officer in my absence.
In order to insure that there will be no doubt as to the administrative officer in charge empowered to make presidential decisions, in the event of the absence of both myself and Vice President Burns, the following order of devolution of these responsibilities will be in force, effective immediately:
- President
- Academic Vice President
- Executive Vice President
- Dean of Student Services
- Associate Academic Vice President, Faculty Affairs
- Associate Executive Vice President, Facilities Development and Operation
This memorandum will serve as the designation of both authority and responsibility to the above named administrators to make decisions on behalf of the President in emergency situations when I am not available. It is not intended to alter the normal responsibilities of any of the administrators indicated nor should it be so interpreted.
Chancellor Reynolds
Executive Committee, Academic Senate
Academic Vice President
Executive Vice President
Dean, Student Services
Associate AVP, Faculty Affairs
Associate EVP, Facilities Development & Operations Chief, University Police


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According to a recent article on the website,
www.nationalgeographic.com, "by 2030, tobacco is expected to be the
biggest cause of death worldwide, killing one out of every six
While you might contend that statistics are bound to change over the
next 30 years, I wouldn't venture to disagree. The problem is that
the numbers are not getting better. Presently, 4 million deaths are
attributed to tobacco each year. By 2020, that number is estimated to
increase by 250%. Never before has the world experienced such an
From an historical perspective, the tobacco data is almost
unfathomable. Throughout the ages, populations have been wiped out by
diseases, plagues, natural disasters, starvation, war and genocide.
Yet 10+ million people dying EACH YEAR from a product that individuals
actually pay for has to make everyone of us shake our heads in
The burden for halting this disaster is not on the US alone. China is
the world's largest importer, producer and consumer of tobacco with
more than 320 million smokers. According to the Johns Hopkins School
of Public Health, the majority of Chinese smokers are unaware of the
health risks.
In our nation, such is not the case. Despite extensively publicized
research and warnings, Americans refuse to acknowledge the perils of
tobacco use. The daunting question is, "Why?"
After a great deal of contemplation, I may have arrived at the answer.
When one delves into the stark reality of tobacco-related illness and
death, there can be only one reason for failing to heed the warnings.
American smokers simply must not believe the data. They've placed
their trust in "Big Brother" who has promised to protect them.
Any third grader would tell you that our government is big on
protecting us - that's the main reason we pay taxes. After all, the US
has one of the most advanced militaries in the world to ward off
invasions, police forces and an FBI to ensure safety, an EPA to
preserve our environment, a Supreme Court to determine justice for
all, and an FDA to mandate the release of safe medications. I could
list many more examples, but I'm sure you get the point.
The underlying rationale for ongoing tobacco use may therefore be
based on one simple assumption: The world's greatest nation would not
allow us to freely purchase cigarettes and tobacco related products if
they were bad for us. Seems like an open and shut case!
Unfortunately, the assumption is incorrect. Reality boils down to
The stark reality is that the US and other nations have resisted
tobacco control for economic purposes. Such sanctions have been
projected to result in the loss of jobs and tax revenues, not to
mention political support. Farmers would starve and our nation's
economy would suffer. Right? ... don't believe it!
Tobacco farmers could initially be subsidized to grow other products.
We are no longer living in the economy of the 1800s. It's time "we
the people" stopped believing the rhetoric that our nation's economic
prosperity is built on a foundation of growing death weeds. It's time
we started acknowledging the facts while taking responsibility for the
What we do not need is more rhetoric.
I was no less than disgusted when I read recently about the United
Nation's latest plan called The Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control. Advertising bans, taxation and anti-smoking education
targeted at the world's youth are presently being considered by the
UN. Their plan, however, is not slated to be adopted until 2003. Who
are we kidding?
Why should it take 3 years for the UN to develop tobacco controls. Is
the problem of such little significance that a team of experts cannot
be assembled to work diligently over the next few months to accomplish
such a goal? Worse yet, in the US we already have advertising bans,
tobacco taxes and educational programs. Wake up, UN ... it isn't
When will the nations of the world step up to the plate and do more
than pretend to care about the more than 10 million people who will
die each year of tobacco-related illnesses? A global effort is needed
now to put a halt to the killing. This is a wake up call America. We
don't have time for the snooze alarm - Mind Over Matter!


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Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green: Promenade Pair
Megan Fox holds hands with husband Brian Austin Green on Thursday (July 7) in Santa Monica, Calif.
The couple grabbed lunch at Houston's before hitting Third Street Promenade, where they watched street performers and did a bit of window shopping.
Megan, 25, dispelled rumors she's had Botox by posting several headshots on her Facebook page showing different facial expressions.
Megan, who's the face of Giorgio Armani's beauty ad campaign, titled the album, "Things you can't do with your face when you have Botox."
FYI: Brian is wearing Sanuk footwear.
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Valve has announced that for this weekend only the THQ Collector Pack will be available on Steam for 25 per cent off its regular price. This means that for under £40 you get 13 games including Relic's Dawn of War II.
In addition to Relic's latest in the Warhammer franchise, your money will also get you:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Titan Quest
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Gold Edition
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
Full Spectrum Warrior* and
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
That's a lot of gaming for £40.


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Scandalous Journey
When Thomas, Earl Grahame and his ward, Miss Eugenia Dudley, are forced by bad weather to spend a night alone together in an abandoned cottage, scandalous rumours start to spread and Eugenia's reputation is at risk. Thomas feels he must do right by Eugenia and proposes to her. Although she turns him down at first, she later acquiesces and they are married. Neither is much used to the company of the other sex and they are constantly misunderstanding each ...


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|2009-01-05, 04:42
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Maroon Comet
Join Date: Jan 2009
the number 1 design i simply adore would have to be:
>never knew suits could be powered up by dead spirits..LOL, but it was really thanks to the bio~sensor, four and the others were just kinda along for the ride.
probably followed by Scirocco's The~O
then there's Gato's GP-02 Physallis; that dreaded nuclear weapon wielding gundam, and to top it all of, that bulky design, huge boosters on the shoulder as well as large feet~~
and let's not forget one of the most advance suits in 0083, probably more advance than any grunt suits from aeug, the federation or axis, i am, ofcourse, talking about the Neue Ziel
number 5 would be Harry Ord's Sumo.. the supposedly main mecha of turn A.
|2009-01-05, 13:10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
1. Unicorn - so full of surprises, sexy in either model. If all those decals don't kill me, of course. A masterpiece of design.
2. Zeta - Loved it ever since I was 4. Redefined Gundam design, enough said. Well, the Zeta Pluses are fun too.
3. Exia - compact, detailed and original.
4. 00 Gundam - close with Exia, but its just not as detailed. Still, the articulation is amazing and its a sleek design.
5. Hi-nu. The fin funnel wings are a lot of fun, and the design predates the Freedom, Destiny and their ilk.
6. S-Gundam. Just sexy as hell with its yellow side things on the head.
|2009-01-06, 02:02
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Defeater of Robot Masters
Also, you forgot to put the rest of the paragraph in...
"... however, it is designed to be a figure like the fire of Prometheus. With the moonrace using a lot of old age technology uncovered from mountain cycle that hides superior machines from the old world, the suit was also designed to be outstanding but looking like the ones moonrace possess, acting like a Deus ex Machina where the inferior earthnoids obtained by luck."
"Industrial designer Syd Mead designed these mecha with the view of simple and realistic, instead of following Japanese trend of mecha like designs, he introduced more industrial design methods into the mechas. "
|2009-01-07, 09:15
|Link #48
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
I'd say he did his job quite well in designing Turn A. Seems to me he's the only guy in US who designs a Gundam that managed to make it's way into the Japanese anime industry.
And may I add that the Turn A was made the 100th MG model, which is also an accomplishment.
Now, on topic:
My favourite MS designs;
- Gundam Exia (Sunrise should come up with more true, melee-combat Gundams)
- Gundam Dynames (Snipers... with a third eye. What's not to love?)
- Gundam Ez-8 (Love the way it's design stands out from the Ground Gundams ala soldiers and a commander)
- Kampfer (Blue Power!)
- Union OverFlag (You know what they say, slap black on any machine and the cool factor rises by 200%)
- Gundam Heavyarms (To me, this Gundam is like a brother to the Kampfer)
|2009-01-07, 11:32
|Link #49
Absolute Haruhist!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
Alright I've come to a conclusion. Immediately after seeing the appearance of this thread a week or so ago, I knew which mecha were my favourite. But I tried to think of other designs that I favour as much and found that I couldn't.
Turn A and Turn X are my favourite designs. They aesthetically beautiful and looks as futuristic as it works. Despite the amount of hax they carry, they are extremely practical.
And yes Syd Mead is really talented at such futuristic designs.
|2009-01-08, 08:00
|Link #51
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Age: 32
My top 5 picks:
- RX-78-2 Evolve 15 Version (Oh My God. That Evolve α boxart. My God.)
- SUMO (HA! I remembered! UNIVERRRRSE! Though I liked Harry vs Mahiroo Squad way more.)
- Infinite Justice (I'm a melee nut. As impractical as that sounds.)
- God Gundam (It grew on me, and it wasn't a bad design in the first place.)
And my favourite, the Hyaku Shiki. It was cool as all hell the first time I saw it, in the AEUG vs Titans game, not to mention really awesome moves that were all showy and didn't do much damage(the Red Comet kick is my personal favourite). And that time I didn't even know who the heck was Char!
|2009-01-09, 05:36
|Link #53
Knight of Twelve's Knight
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Orange County
Advanced GN-X : I like the edgy look and its got pointy things sticking out of its body, it also has claws instead of hands
Blue Destiny Unit 2/3 : I like the Rx-79's design but I've always felt like it was missing something. The BD counter parts gave it some extra "muscles" and a better look.
FA Hyaku Shiki Kai : I like bulky and loaded looking MS ^^
ZII : Zeta and Methuss's love child XD
|2009-01-09, 05:41
|Link #54
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Orgrimmar
|2009-01-09, 07:19
|Link #55
Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 38
|2009-01-09, 18:21
|Link #57
Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 38
I mean, it's stated as part of the profile for Blue Destiny 1-3 in all the games I've played featuring the suit.
|2009-01-09, 21:09
|Link #58
Do the Monkey
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: on TOP of a rock
This is one long list to choose from.
-RX-78: I don't get how you can't like this. Every other Gundam is somehow based on it. It's like G1 Optimus Prime.
-Zeta: Really sharp and edgy.
-Nu: My favorite Gundam. Has an all around good design.
-V2: The real wings of light are with this.
-Shining Gundam: Really like the futuristic samurai look, especially in Super mode.
-Deathscythe Hell: Its name and beam scissors.
-Wing Gundam Zero: Asthetic wise would be Ver. Ka., but Tv ver. since Ver. Ka kinda doesn't make sense.
-Turn X: Really well done and realistic design. Love the Shining Finger and body bits.
-Freedom: Really well balanced.
-Destiny: Even though everything about it is taken from something else I still like it.
-Gadessa: Tekkaman
-Gaplant TR-5: Lots of stuff. The thin and bulk contrast is cool.
|2009-01-09, 21:38
|Link #59
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Orgrimmar
ah, anyway, thanks for your explanation...
|2009-01-09, 22:19
|Link #60
Senior Member
My favourite grunt mecha in Gundam series.
-RGM-89 Jegan/RGM-89S Stark Jegan: Love it,the overall design is solid.
-GM III: the only GM that I like XD.
-RGM-96X: it come with black color & it weapon look cool especially the carbine.
-Geara Zulu: love the royal guard ver,it has AK-47 like rifle.
-Advanced GNX: love it design,weapon & it has defense rod.
-Overflag: the MA form is cool.
-Ahead: unique & look tough.
-GNX-II: like the sword & cannon.
-Zaku: multipurpose & can adapt into many type of engagement.
-GINN: the Ak-47 of CE.
-CGUE: it gattling gun & design look awesome.
-Kerberos Bucue Hound: Just wow.Look scary to me.
-Hyperion G: the color,weapon placement & it head look cool to me.
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The LACUNY Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the LACUNY Professional Development Travel Grants of Fall cycle, 2014: Junior Tidal, New York City Tech, Mariana Regalado, Brooklyn College, and Meagan Lacy, Guttman Community College.
Kevin Collins, Aleph Systems Librarian, and Allie Verbovetskaya, Web & Mobile Systems Librarian, both with the CUNY Office of Library Services, gave presentations at the Ex Libris User Conference and Technical Seminar in the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford in September. The conference addresses the interests of more than 350 institutions around the world using Ex Libris products.
CUNY's Office of Library Services is sponsoring an online workshop on November 3-16, 2014 to provide an overview of Open Education Resources (OER) for CUNY faculty looking interested in integrating OERs into their classes. Registration is now closed. Please stay tuned for the date of the next session in winter.
Open Educational Resources (OERS) are freely available teaching and learning materials that have emerged as a response to rising textbook prices. Here is our list of OER and OER initiatives that you might like to know about.
Unequal access to high quality education is contributing to growing racial and economic disparities in academic achievement and preventing students from advancing in the world. Students must spend approximately $1,200 a year on textbooks and supplies, which amounts to 14% of tuition for students in public four-year colleges, and 39% for students in two-year colleges, according to the College Board. The City University of New York's estimates are in line with these figures, with expected textbook expenditures of about 20% of tuition at baccalaureate colleges and 27% of tuition at community colleges.
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Simon & Schuster, Feb 2003, 24.00, 321 pp. ISBN 0743205995 On the night of their graduation in June of 1972, a group of students, nine in all, watch the proceedings from their hangout in Beacon hill. The tenth member of their group is the valedictorian. After the ceremonies the group vows to have a reunion twenty years from that date. In January of 1992, Willa is in Manhattan doing a book signing when she sees Patrick for the first time in t...


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So as of today i'm a proud member of the MCP club :)
The exam wasn't that hard. I had 35 "Pick a correct answer" questions and 15 simulations.
The simulations threw me off a bit because i didn't expect them.
So you have to be comfortable with T-SQL syntax and Management Studio alike.
Knowing what all of the little buttons and options do helps :)
The tools i used for learning are SQL Server Books Online and
EXAM CRAM: MCTS 70-431: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft® SQL Server 2005
I've read some more books but they were really not needed to pass this exam.
I'll post my reviews of all the books in the following days.
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Your doctors or nurses may talk about your pain in different ways. In this section, we explain the different types of pain you may hear about. We also give suggestions for how you might describe your pain to a doctor or nurse in order to help them treat it.
Acute pain
This is pain that starts suddenly and acts as a warning to the body.
It is always short-term. When the reason for the pain has been treated or the tissues have healed, the pain will disappear.
Chronic pain
This is felt over a longer period of time. It's usually caused by the cancer (tumour) itself. It can sometimes be caused by cancer treatments.
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Only a qualified voter of the municipality, who has been a resident of the municipality for at least one year immediately preceding election or appointment to office, shall be qualified for the office of mayor or assemblymember. In addition, an assemblymember shall be a resident of the district from which elected or appointed at the time of the assemblymember's election or appointment.
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No person who has been elected to the office of mayor or assemblymember for three consecutive terms shall again be eligible to hold the office which he or she held for the three consecutive terms until one full year has intervened. Appointment or election to serve the unexpired portion of a term shall not be considered a term for purposes of the limitation provided in this section.
No assemblymember may hold any other compensated municipal office or employment or elected partisan political office while serving on the assembly.
"Qualified Voter" means a voter who, at the time of the election, is qualified to vote due to the following qualifications:
1) qualified to vote in State elections;
2) a resident of the municipality for at least thirty days immediately preceding the election;
3) registered to vote in state elections at a residence address within the municipality at least thirty days before the municipal election at which the person seeks to vote; and
4) not disqualified under Article V of the Alaska Constitution.
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Nominations for elective officers shall be made only by petition accompanied by a signed acceptance. Nomination forms are available here on line and at the Election Official/Municipal Clerk's office, located at City Hall, 155 S. Seward St., Rm 202. A form may be requested by mail to CBJ Clerk, 155 S. Seward St., Juneau, AK, 99801, by fax (907) 586-2536, by email (firstname.lastname@example.com), or by phoning the clerk's office at: (907) 586-5278.
Nomination forms must be completed and filed with the Election Official not earlier than 8:00 a.m. on Friday, August 2, 2013, nor later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 12, 2013. For a petition to be sufficient, it must be signed by 25 qualified voters. It is highly recommended that anyone circulating a petition obtain more than 25 signatures, in the event that the petition is inadvertently signed by a person who is not a qualified voter.
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Complete information about financial and campaign disclosure can be found at the Alaska Public Offices Commission website at:
To file POFD Statements and Campaign Disclosure forms, a candidate in the City and Borough of Juneau must file on-line through the State of Alaska's internet portal "myAlaska." https://my.alaska.gov/
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In addition, and separately from the submissions to the Clerk's office, a candidate must comply with Alaska Campaign Finance Laws. Information is available from the Alaska Public Offices Commission at 1-800-478-4176 or (907) 276-4176. http://www.doa.alaska.gov/apoc/forms_campaign.html
CBJ Code 29.07.050(f) A write-in candidate shall, not later than 4:30 p.m. of the fifth day before the election (Thursday, September 26, 2013), file with the election official a letter of intent stating:
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2) full residence address of the candidate and the date on which residency at that address began;
3) full mailing address of candidate;
4) the office the candidate seeks;
5) the date of the election at which the candidate seeks election;
6) the length of residency in the City and Borough;
7) the name of the candidate as the candidate wishes it to be written on the ballot by the voter;
8) that the candidate will meet the specific age requirements of the office for which the person is a candidate by the time that candidate, if elected, is sworn into office;
9) that the candidate is a qualified voter as required by law; and
10) that the candidate is not a candidate for any other office to be voted on at the election and that the candidate is not a candidate for this office under any other nominating petition or declaration of candidacy.
Procedures for counting write-in ballots
CBJ Code Section 29.07.150 General procedures for ballot count.
(d) Write-in votes shall not be counted unless the candidate has filed a letter of intent as required by subsection 29.07.050(f). If the total number of ballots containing write-in votes in the general election are at least the second highest in number in a race with two or more candidates, the write-in votes will be counted individually. In races where a candidate is unopposed, write-ins will be counted individually if they are within 100 votes or less. Write-in votes will be counted after the date of the election, but before the certification of the election in which the write-ins occurred. Write-in vote totals that do not fall within either of these two categories will not be individually counted.
(Serial No. 2001-28, § 2, 6-4-01)
State Law References: Ballot count, AS 15.15.330 et seq.
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In a few weeks users will be able to move their PCs from their current operating system to Microsoft Windows 8. For many people, the upgrade process should go smoothly, but there are plenty of circumstances that can make the rollover difficult.
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"We expect users of Windows 7 will be able to upgrade to the same 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 8, but most other situations are likely to be difficult," Laplink CEO Thomas Koll said in a news release. "For Windows XP users, upgrading to Windows 8 will be a nightmare and almost impossible, [and XP machines are] still about half of all PCs. Windows Vista users will have limited options and will likely lose all their applications."
PCmover can handle all upgrade scenarios, including those from PCs with older OS versions, the company said. The newest version of PCmover has the same direct PC-to-PC functionality as previous versions but also supports connections over a network. And that might be good news to the estimated 125 million Windows 8 users that Laplink expects to see within the first 18 months of the new operating system's deployment.
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Skip to comments.Whosoever Blesses Them (Larry Miller)
Posted on 05/10/2002 7:54:14 AM PDT by Delbert
Comedian Dennis Miller's Monologue on the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict
A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service to all Americans who still don't get it, I now offer you the story of the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, which is all you really need.
Don't thank me. I'm a giver. Here we go:
The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for 2000 years. Like "Wiccan," "Palestinian" sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won the land in war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, and there were no "Palestinians" then, and the West Bank was owned by Jordan, and there were no "Palestinians" then. As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Palestinians," weeping for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation." So for the sake of honesty, let's not use the word "Palestinian" any more to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our deaths until someone points out they're being taped. Instead, let's call them what they are: "Other Arabs From The Same General Area Who Are In Deep Denial About Never Being Able To Accomplish Anything In Life And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of Eternal Struggle And Death." I know that's a bit unwieldy to expect to see on CNN. How about this, then: "Adjacent Jew-Haters."
Okay, so the Adjacent Jew-Haters want their own country. Oops, just one more thing. No, they don't. They could've had their own country any time in the last 30 years, especially two years ago at Camp David. But if you have your own country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage trucks and Chambers of Commerce, and, worse, you actually have to figure out some way to make a living. That's no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew-Haters in the region want: Israel. They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course-that's where the real fun is-but mostly they want Israel. Why? For one thing, trying to destroy Israel-or "The Zionist Entity" as their textbooks call it - for the last 50 years has allowed the rulers of Arab countries to divert the attention of their own people away from the fact that they're the blue-ribbon most illiterate, poorest, and tribally backward on God's Earth, and if you've ever been around God's Earth, you know that's really saying something.
It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits waxes poetic about the great history and culture of the Muslim Mideast. Unless I'm missing something, the Arabs haven't given anything to the world since Algebra, and, by the way, thanks a h-ll of a lot for that one.Chew this around and spit it out: Five hundred million Arabs; five million Jews.
Think of all the Arab countries as a football field, and Israel as a pack of matches sitting in the middle of it. And now these same folks swear that if Israel gives them half of that pack of matches, everyone will be pals. Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the string of wars to obliterate the tiny country and the constant din of rabid blood oaths to drive every Jew into the sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding.
My friend Kevin Rooney made a gorgeous point the other day: Just reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred million Jews and five million Arabs. I was stunned at the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone picture the Jews strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to themselves? Of course not. Or marshaling every fiber and force at their disposal for generations to drive a tiny Arab State into the sea? Nonsense. Or dancing for joy at the murder of innocents? Impossible. Or spreading and believing horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the blood of children? Disgusting. No, as you know, left to themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews would ever do to people is debate them to death.
Mr. Bush, God bless him, is walking a tightrope. I understand that with vital operations coming up against Iraq and others, it's in our interest, as Americans, to try to stabilize our Arab allies as much as possible, and, after all, that can't be much harder than stabilizing a roomful of supermodels who've just had their drugs taken away.
However, in any big-picture strategy, there's always a danger of losing moral weight. We've already lost some. After September 11 our president told us and the world he was going to root out all terrorists and the countries that supported them. Beautiful. Then the Israelis, after months and months of having the equivalent of an Oklahoma City every week (and then every day) start to do the same thing we did, and we tell them to show restraint. If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City every day, we would all very shortly be screaming for the administration to just be done with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of the Jordan. (Hey, wait a minute, that's actually not such a bad id . . uh, that is, what a horrible thought, yeah, horrible.)
Damn, I nearly fell out of my chair. If he keeps talking sense like this he's sure to be cancelled; his audience depends on him for irrational, uninformed rants and I'm sure they're all horribly disappointed with him now.
Like Rush has said, humor comes from telling the truth about something or someone.
Miller had plenty of criticism for conservative, patriotic and fiscal sanity prior to 9/11. He criticizes the stupid policies now, but where was his view when his comedic commentary might have done some good? On the Left.
"I'm just glad this jackash isn't doing Monday
Night Football anymore."
Miller stunk on Monday night football because he came off as a know it all, a geek in the middle of a bunch of jocks. He sounded like a medieval history teacher desperately trying to fit into the football conversation -- and failing miserably.
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Kesler, Hamhuis and the Canucks trounced the Coyotes in their first visit to Glendale this year.
Tonight, the Canucks play their first game with new teammates Pahlsson, Gragnani and Pahlsson.
(Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Image)
Game Day Recon: Game #64 – Canucks @ Coyotes
Did the Vancouver Canucks become a tougher playoff team yesterday? Or did they gamble away their future by trading a potential captain? Canucks fans will have the next few months and then years and years ahead of them to debate Mike Gillis's 2012 Trade Deadline Day moves.
Today is Day 1 of the Canucks A.C. (After Cody) and Vancouver club gets their first chance to put their new lineup to a pretty hard test tonight as they'll be hosted the hottest team in the league… the Phoenix Coyotes.
Yes, that's right. The Coyotes are the hottest team in the NHL.
Broadcast Info
Game Time: 6:00 PM PT
The Setup
The Vancouver Canucks will see some significant adjustments to their lineup, as they are poised to welcome all three deadline day acquisitions into the locker room for the first time. Sami Pahlsson, Zack Kassian, and Marc-André Gragnani will all suit up for their new club tonight in Glendale, as the Canucks close out a 6-game, cross-continent road trip.
The Canucks are guaranteed a winning record on the road trip, as they have already gone 3-1-1 through the first five games. After tonight's game in the outskirts of Phoenix, the Canucks will feast on some delicious home cooking, with 13 of their remaining 19 games occurring at Rogers Arena. A win against the hottest club in the league and an opportunity to close out this road trip at 4-1-1 will put the Canucks 4 points clear of their next closest competitor at the top of the league-wide table. A second straight President's Trophy is a real possibility for the Canucks over the next twenty games. If they can manage a 2nd straight "best regular season record" trophy, hopefully home ice advantage throughout the playoffs will prove more fruitful for them this time around.
Sami Pahlsson will almost assuredly take over for the departed Cody Hodgson (there is a single tear rolling down my cheek as I type this) as the third-line centre. Marc-André Gragnani will likely slot as the fifth or sixth defenceman. The big question is: Where will Zack Kassian go? Certainly, the expectation is that, eventually he'll be a second line winger… But does he start there now?
Or will he ease his way into the lineup as the fourth line winger? I think it's reasonable to expect Kassian to start on the fourth line under the tutelage of Malhotra and Lapierre. Kassian, with his huge frame and propensity for big, bruising hits as well as a huge offensive upside, has the potential to be a Canucks fan favourite for years to come. But he has a pretty limited NHL résumé right now, so expecting him to play and produce in the top-six is unfair. He'll get there (fingers crossed), and possibly sooner than later, but for now, he's a hulking figure in the bottom six who has the ability to add goals. That could come in very handy tonight, against a team that loves to lock down games.
The Phoenix Coyotes have been on an absolute tear lately. They're 9-0-1 in their last 10, with their only dropped point coming at the hands of the Canucks in a shootout two weeks ago. Leading the way for the Coyotes has been goaltender Mike Smith. Smith is 6th in Wins (28), 7th in Sv% (.926), and 9th in GAA (2.27) (with a minimum of 20 GP). It has been a banner campaign for the goaltender who was discarded by a Tampa Bay team that could've used that sort of competence in net this season.
That being said, it's not all on Smith. The Coyotes have not lost in regulation in February and their only dropped point (as previously mentioned) came in a shootout loss to the Canucks. In their 10 wins this month, the Coyotes have won 4 games by scoring 4 goals or more, and the other 6 games by scoring 3 goals or less. So they're winning some of their games with high offensive output and they're winning some of their game by locking it down defensively.
Basically everything is falling into place for the Coyotes, and they've ridden their recent run of success all the way to the 3rd spot in the Western Conference, as they now lead the Pacific Division.
So tonight sees the NHL's leading club face the league's hottest team. It should be a dandy duel in the desert.
Numbers Game
This table includes what we believe to be the best "predictive" team metrics in hockey. Beyond the self-explanatory stats like record, powerplay percentage and goal differential, the table includes: 5-on-5 Goals For and Against Rate, which measures a team's even-strength goal differential on a per game basis. Today the table is somewhat modified because timeontheice's "mplayershots" scripts have been glitchy over the past week, so we've dropped shot% and shot% tied from the table. However, Fenwick% close is a great indicator of possession, and shows us which team is better at controlling play. We'll also include Fenwick% in a tied game state, which, has been proven to be the gold standard for measuring "real" team quality. We'll also include PDO to qualify a team's record – and try to isolate whether or not a particular opponent (or the Canucks) are actually as good as their record indicates, or whether or not they've just been lucky (or unlucky).
|Venue Record (Home/Away)
|Last 10
|Goal Differential
|5-on-5 Goals F/A
|Fenwick Close %
|Fenwick Tied %
Game Notes
Luongo gets the start in net tonight. Gragnani (#5), Kassian (#9) and Pahlsson (#26) will all suit up for the Canucks tonight. Byron Bitz was reassigned to the Chicago Wolves, in order to make room in the roster. Dale Weise remains out.
In their other trip to Phoenix this season, the Canucks sandstormed the Coyotes with a 5-0 shutout. Cory Schneider stopped all 21 shots he faced, while 9 different Canucks skaters picked up at least a point, led by Ryan Kesler (1-1-2).
The Three Keys
Here are the three keys for the Vancouver Canucks tonight:
- Lock down Ray Whitney and Radim Vrbata. Both Whitney (team leading 57 Points) and Vrbata (team-leading 30 goals; T-4 in NHL) are having monster years and have been the two best players not named Mike Smith for the Coyotes this season. Whitney has had a long history of being a Canuck Killer, while Vrbata has been terrible against the Canucks through his career. Needless to say, with the way Vrbata has played this year, he's due for a breakout game against Vancouver. The Canucks have to shot down those two players. Hey Pahlsson, I've got your first assignment.
- Expose the Coyotes' lack of goal scoring depth and turn this game into an Old West Shootout. The Coyotes have only 3 players who have more than 10 goals. The Canucks, even with Hodgson's lost goals, still have 7 players with more than 10 goals. It's time for the Canucks to end this road trip with a bang and open it up. They've already guaranteed themselves a winning road trip and a spot at the top of the NHL standings. Take some risks and try to go run-and-gun tonight.
- Forget about special teams tonight – cuz it ain't gonna happen. The Coyotes are highly disciplined at home (4th in league in times shorthanded), while the Canucks haven't been getting ANY power play opportunities lately. So the Canucks had better be prepared to win this game at 5-on-5, because they won't get any chances on the PP tonight. And even if they did, the Canucks PP has been miserable lately anyway.
The Links
Here are your top 5 links for today's game:
- Tale of the Tape (Vancouver Canucks)
- Canucks Gameday: Vancouver at Phoenix, Feb. 28 (The Province)
- Gallagher: Kassian eyed as Lucic-type (The Province)
- New Canuck Zack Kassian packs plenty of punch (Vancouver Sun)
- Canucks lone blemish in Coyotes' stellar month (CBC Sports)


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