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Cotton prices have been on a tear, bucking the trend of many commodities. Both old and new-crop contracts have moved to highs not seen since last spring. The rally is somewhat of a surprise, because global warehouses are reportedly stocked to the rafters. In the February crop report, the USDA maintained its estimate for 2012-13 global ending stocks at a burdensome 81.86 million bales, or 77 % of consumption. That is a record – modern day or otherwise – by far, for cotton, or any other commodity that we trade, for that matter.
There are two forces at work. Apparent demand seems to be robust. The US export pace for the 2012-13 marketing year has increased substantially. At the beginning of January, export commitments were running 13% behind the same time last year. At present, commitments of 10.089 million bales are only 3% behind the same time last year. We expect that exports will catch up and exceed last year's tally. In 2011-12 a significant portion, about 25%, of total sales were bunched in October and November.
After that, exports were sporadic through the end of the season. This season, export sales have been steady, right through from the start of the marketing year in August. Moreover, shipments of 5.9 million bales are actually ahead of last year at this time by a substantial amount – over 1 million bales, or 21% – which lowers the risk of cancellations.
Another interesting distinction between this season and last is China. Bears cite the possibility that China will begin to sell off stocks into the domestic market as world prices increase, lowering the need for imports. But Chinese imports have not been the driving force this year that they were in the past. Total year-to-date sales to China in 2012-13, shipped and unshipped, are just over 4 million bales, down close to 30% from last year when total sales at this juncture were 5.7 million bales. Even if China pares back imports, commitments have surpassed 10 million bales, and with 5 months remaining in the marketing year, the 12.5-million-bale USDA target is well within reach. Weekly sales would have to average about 100,000 bales.


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DualShockers writes: "When 2K decided to return to Rapture, many gamers were hesitant to react. Should 2K return to the site of one of the most popular games in history? How would it compare to the classic feel of Bioshock? One thing we learned in the first installment of the Bioshock series was that the underwater city of Rapture was not only vast, but barely even explored the first time around. What surprises and treasures would await gamers as they made their way through the cold, dark, watery city of despair? Could anything that happened even touch the epic ending of the first game? Gamers are getting their chance to return to Rapture to find out exactly what other mysteries lies beneath the waves in the failed city of hope."
I was in love with the first one. I'm dying to seriously get into this game; once I get the chance, it's definitely a game I'm going to purchase. Good review; back to the world of Rapture. [insert scary 1940's music here]
If I could get past the FPS aspect, I might enjoy these titles. I did like the atmosphere of the first one, but that was about it, to be honest. Just not my type of game.

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The price of oil made modest gains Friday ahead of the release of a key U.S. jobs report that traders will examine for clues to the health of the U.S. economy.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was up 47 cents to $95.23 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained $1.02 to finish at $94.76 a barrel Thursday.
The U.S. Labor Department will release its employment report for May later Friday, with analysts expecting an increase of 165,000 jobs. The figures will be watched closely as they could affect how quickly the Federal Reserve starts reining in its monetary policy.
Oil prices were also being supported by a weaker dollar and a bigger-than-expected drop in crude inventories reported by the U.S. Energy Department and the American Petroleum Institute for the week ending May 31.
"The huge 6.2 million barrel drawdown of crude stocks ... is the largest draw down for crude inventories since the end of last year," said a report from Sucden Financial Research in London. The large drop in crude stockpiles "indicates the stronger demand outlook for the summer driving season as refining activity improves."
The dollar was down nearly 2 percent against the Japanese yen and was also lower against the euro and the Swiss franc. A softer dollar makes commodities like oil priced in dollars cheaper and a more attractive investment for investors using other currencies.
Meanwhile, Brent crude, a benchmark for many international oil varieties, was up 56 cents to $104.17 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on the Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline rose 0.94 cent to $2.8603 a gallon.
— Heating oil added 1.57 cents to $2.8871 per gallon.
— Natural gas gained 2.1 cents to $3.848 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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Thus, if you plan to pass by Belgium(Brussels), I could propose you to even stay at our place for 1 night or 2, depending on your pace of travel. We are a young couple with no kids, and I wouldn't mind knowing you and join you for some visits during a weekend, in Brussels this summer!
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YREKA – When Siski-you County native Zachary Taylor was a law enforcement Explorer during his teen years, he accompanied Yreka Police Department officers on many ride-alongs. Determined to serve and protect, he was hopeful that one day, he would don a badge and join the department to serve the citizens of Yreka.
On Wednesday, his aspirations came to fruition when he was sworn in as a Yreka Police Department officer.
Department officers and chief Brian Bowles, Yreka mayor David Simmen, Yreka city manager Steve Baker as well as other city employees gathered at city hall by the flagpole for the swearing-in ceremony.
"We are very grateful that Officer Taylor has joined the Yreka Police Department," said Simmen.
Bowles noted that due to funding challenges, Taylor is the first officer to be recruited by the department in five years. Taylor's interest in law enforcement began when he was a teen. He participated in the law enforcement Explorer program, and he mentored youth in the local D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) camp.
A 2007 Yreka High School graduate, Taylor enlisted in the Marine Corps. He served four years of active duty, which included two combat tours – one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Following his service, he enrolled in the College of the Redwoods Police Academy in Humboldt County, where he graduated in March.
During his first few months on the job, Taylor will participate in field training prior to being assigned his first shift.
"I look forward to giving back to the community and making their concerns mine," Taylor commented.
Bowles noted that Taylor is the first combat veteran to be recruited by the department in more than 20 years and is the most qualified of all those who applied for the department's vacant position.
As a former Marine himself, Bowles commented that the life experience one gains from serving in the Marine Corps is excellent preparation for the rigors of a career in law enforcement. In addition, Taylor is from Yreka, and he is vested in the community.
"I am really excited to have Zachary in the police department," commented Bowles. "He has had an interest in law enforcement for many years; I observed it 10 years ago. He knows the ins and outs of this city."


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Is marriage on the rocks?
U.S. marriage rates are dropping, while the approval ratings of cohabitation and childbearing before marriage are climbing.
Young adult Catholics don't live in a vacuum, of course-most are influenced by what's going on in society. When it comes to marriage, however, that influence is mostly negative.
In 2007 the National Marriage Project's annual "State of Our Unions" report focused on the future of marriage and, in particular, the attitudes and practices of young adults.
The statistics are stark: The U.S. marriage rate suffered a 24-percent drop between the early 1990s and early 2000s. In the same period non-marital cohabitation jumped 49 percent and the non-marital birthrate climbed 24 percent. In 1987 just 17 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds did not agree that they had "old-fashioned values about family and marriage," and by 2007 that number was 31 percent.
And an annual study of high school seniors found that, in 2005, more than 55 percent of teenagers accept out-of-wedlock childbearing as a "worthwhile lifestyle," close to 60 percent agree or mostly agree that living together before getting married is usually a good idea, and only about 35 percent say they agree or mostly agree that most people will have fuller and happier lives if they choose legal marriage rather than staying single or just living with someone.
In some ways, these bleak statistics may work in the church's favor. Julie and Todd Zasada have been married 12 years and have three young sons. Although they're both cradle Catholics, they only started going to Mass regularly after they were engaged because they wanted to get married in the church. After their kids were born, however, Sundays became harder to get through, and "it became a reason not to go," says Todd, 36. Then, four years ago, "Our marriage hit the rocks, and we were in uncharted waters," says Julie, 33.
Both came from families with divorce, and they didn't feel they had the role models or the tools they needed. "When we looked around at our friends and relatives [who had gone through divorce], we didn't see enough happiness in separation," says Todd. "We knew we didn't want that." Instead, in a last-ditch effort, they turned back to the church. After they joined a parish, Julie stumbled across a daylong workshop on the theology of the body, and "everything came together."
"When we started embracing what the church taught, our marriage started to flourish," says Julie. "It's been better than I ever imagined." Now the Zasadas co-chair the Catholic Family Institute at their parish, St. John the Evangelist near Merrillville, Indiana. They're also a presenting couple for Retrovaille, a program for couples in troubled marriages, and recently became certified to teach Natural Family Planning. "We're trying to fight for marriage. It's a lonely struggle at times. There's very little in our popular culture that supports being together when times get tough."
Todd says his own views have taken "nearly a 180" in the last few years. "We practiced contraception. We had sex before marriage. A lot of the things regular culture said were OK, when we thought about it, we couldn't come up with a good answer for what we thought before."
Julie has likewise been transformed: While her former thinking on church teaching was " 'It's not for me,' " now, she says, "Whatever the church teaches on marriage, I want to learn it and I want to live it."
This article appeared in the September 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 9, page 16).
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WASHINGTON – Congress this week agreed to allow the government to borrow more money to pay its bills through March 2015.
WASHINGTON – Congress this week agreed to allow the government to borrow more money to pay its bills through March 2015.
The Senate and House voted in favor of suspending the debt ceiling as the Treasury warned the federal government could face default as it neared the $17.3 trillion limit.
Most Democrats supported the bill saying that raising the debt ceiling simply allows the government to fulfill a basic responsibility to pay its bills. Doing otherwise, they warned would be catastrophic to the economy.
Most Republicans opposed the bill saying it is irresponsible to allow the government to continue to pile up debt without implementing greater fiscal restraint.
Previous agreements to raise the debt ceiling had included conditions to reduce the deficit but this time Republicans did not push for such concessions fearing voters would blame them for engaging in political brinksmanship.
That was the case last October, when most voters blaming Republican insistence on defunding the Affordable Care Act for a budget impasse that caused a 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said passing the extension was the right thing to do.
"It is encouraging that some of my Republican colleagues seem to be regaining their grip on sanity this week," he said. "A few reasonable House Republicans were willing to join Democrats to avert a catastrophic default on this nation's obligations."
The House voted 221-201 for the debt ceiling bill, with 193 Democrats and 28 Republicans voting to pass it.
Reps. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., voted against it.
In the Senate, conservatives led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, attempted to block passage of the debt ceiling bill by forcing a procedural motion that required a 60-vote majority to continue action.
A dozen Republicans joined 55 Democrats to move ahead, overcoming the threatened filibuster, 67-31.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted with the Democrats. Cruz and Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., voted against ending the filibuster. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., did not vote.
The Senate then voted 55-43 to suspend the debt ceiling to March 15, 2015. The party-line vote sent the bill to President Obama for his signature.
Cornyn, Cruz and Inhofe opposed the bill. Coburn did not vote.
Military pension benefit cut rescinded
Congress also revoked a $6 billion spending cut that would have fallen on military pension holders of working age.
In December, lawmakers agreed to reduce annual cost-of-living increases for military retirees by 1 percentage point starting in 2015 as part of larger budget agreement.
About 840,000 of the estimated 2 million military retirees eligible for pensions are under age 62 and would have been hurt by the reduction.
Most lawmakers agreed that the pension should be fully restored but disagreed on whether or not an alternative should be offered to offset the lost budget savings.
Senate Democrats initially wanted no offset but agreed, in the end, to a House proposal that makes up the estimated $6 billion in savings by tacking on an additional year of across-the-board spending cuts to Medicare in 2024.
The Senate voted, 95-3, in favor of the bill. Cornyn, Cruz and Inhofe voted in favor. Coburn did not vote.
The House approved the bill, 326-90. Hall, Cole and Mullin voted for it.


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Speaking to IQNA at the Imam Khomeini International Airport upon his return to Iran, Laal Avval said many of the contenders had already won titles in other international contests.
There were very good Qaris and Quran experts present in the international Quranic event this year, he said.
He also praised the good work of the competition's panel of judges.
Asked about the regulations of the contest, Laal Avval said that while in Iran, Quranic contests' regulations pay so much attention to details such as Swat, Lahn and Tajweed, in the Russian contest the judges score the participants based on a general overview of their recitation.
Laal Avval won the 18th edition of the Moscow international Quran contest and was awarded at the closing ceremony on Monday morning.
Representative of Egypt was the runner-up while the Libyan and Bahraini Qaris came third and fourth, respectively.
As many as 40 Quran reciters from different countries took part in the 2017 edition of the contest.
Seyed Javad Sadat Fatemi, a senior Iranian Quran expert who accompanied Laal Avval in the contest as a guide, also spoke to IQNA at the airport, stressing that the competition was held at a very good level in terms of organization and the contenders.
He praised Laal Avval for his good performance at the contest, saying he performed his recitation with good mastery and self-confidence and managed to bag the top prize.
Elsewhere, Sadat Fatemi highlighted the enthusiastic presence of people at the Grand Mosque of Moscow that hosted the contest and how well they received the recitations.


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Cavaliers acquire Luol Deng in deal for Bynum
Jan. 07, 2014
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — With their season quickly sliding toward yet another trip to the NBA lottery, the Cleveland Cavaliers had to do something to slow their freefall toward irrelevance.
They needed a scorer, a defender, a leader, and perhaps most importantly, someone to show their young players how to win.
Luol Deng fills every hole.
The Cavs acquired Deng, a two-time All-Star small forward with Chicago, early Tuesday in a trade from the Bulls for Andrew Bynum, the enigmatic center whom Cleveland signed to a unique contract during the summer but recently dismissed for detrimental conduct.
In Deng, the Cavs believe they're getting a multi-faceted player.
"He's a guy who has won and won deep in the playoffs," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "He has the ability to score, defend, moves well without the basketball, knows how to play offense very well, can post up, score off the screens, versatile. He brings a lot of everything."
Cleveland also gave Chicago a first-round pick from Sacramento, two second-round selections and gave the Bulls the right to swap first-round choices in 2015 if the Cavs are not in the lottery.
As expected, the Bulls waived Bynum, who has chronically bad knees and has played just 24 games the past two seasons. Bynum was due another $6 million on $24 million, two-year contract he signed with Cleveland in July, and the Bulls would have had to pay him if he was kept past Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert vowed the team would never be in the lottery again after it picked first last year. But at just 11-23, the Cavs are on their way to missing the postseason again after losing eight of nine heading into Tuesday's game against Philadelphia.
Deng, a 10-year veteran, brings an abundance of talent to a young Cavs team that never adjusted to Bynum and has been beset by other personality issues in its locker room.
Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant was reportedly close to sending Bynum to the Los Angeles Lakers, who need to cut cap space to avoid paying the luxury tax. Unable to strike a deal with the Lakers, Grant turned to the Bulls, whose season has been uprooted by star guard Derrick Rose's injury, and landed Deng, who is averaging 19 points and 6.9 rebounds.
It was tough for Chicago to part ways with the likable Deng.
"Whatever I asked him to do, he did," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "And he bought in from Day 1, the minute I got here. I appreciated that. I thought when you look at what he did, the way he worked and the way he performed, those are two things I value greatly. When you add to it the type of person he is, all the things that he did in the community, he embodied what we stand for.
"Lu was never the type of guy that would call attention to himself. He did a lot of good things in this community because he felt it was the right thing to do."
The Cavs aren't sure when Deng will arrive in Cleveland. He got little sleep after the early morning trade and weather delays in the iced-over Midwest have complicated travel plans. He's not expected to play against the 76ers, but Deng should be in uniform when the Cavs open a five-game trip on Friday in Utah.
Deng did not receive a contract extension during the offseason and is an unrestricted free agent after this season. But the Cavs hold his Bird Rights and can offer him more money than anyone else. The Cavs can offer him a three-year extension before July, but it's unlikely Deng would accept one.
Bynum's exit ends a strange sage in Cleveland for the former All-Star, who played seven seasons with the Lakers before he was traded to Philadelphia in 2020. He never played one second for the Sixers and the Cavs were the only team willing to take him on as a free agent. Bynum worked himself back into shape and was on the floor opening night, months earlier than most expected.
He showed flashes of being a dominant post player again, but Bynum, who earlier this season said he had lost the joy to play, became increasingly difficult and the Cavs banned him from all team activities on Dec. 28.
Although he was not around the team, Bynum's peculiar situation hovered over the Cavs, who didn't need any more distractions as they try to re-establish themselves as a relevant team under Brown.
The deal for Deng can help them get back on track.
"He knows what it takes to win," Cavs forward Tristan Thompson said. "It gives us another veteran in the locker room. With our young guys, having another player who has been successful individually and as a team is going to help us a lot. He'll help especially on the road. It's a luxury."


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Indian authorities dismissed Nokia's appeals over an income tax demand of 20.8 billion Indian rupees ($370 million), the phone company said, a setback for its efforts to resolve the dispute in a crucial market.
Nokia's India unit was served in March with the tax demand for five years starting from 2006/07, in one of several tax disputes involving a foreign company in India.
The Finnish phone company said on Friday that it will examine all options, including taking the case back to the Delhi High Court. ($1 = 56.2450 Indian rupees)
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The Illustrated Guide to Gardening has been a gardening bible for many for years. Originally published in 1970s, this book has been the mainstay for many a gardener across the country. The All New Illustrated Guide to Gardening, (Reader's Digest, 2009), features yet more improvements on the original book and previously updated texts. The biggest difference in this guide is that all the cultural procedures are organic. It includes more than 700 plant selections, 2500 full-color photos and illustrations, and many Earth-friendly gardening practices.
I've always appreciated the line drawings and illustrations in this text. In addition to the detailed descriptions of gardening practices, the illustrations give you a clear and concise way to learn about basics gardening techniques, such as planting, pruning, dividing, and propagating your plants. The book includes expanded features on xeriscaping, rain gardens, wildlife gardening, and invasive plants. Of course, the Plant Disorders chapter has detailed illustrations of problems with all-organic solutions. It a great book to add to your gardening reference library.
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Justin Timberlake: Super Bowl 2013 Party Performance (Video)
Justin Timberlake performs his song "Suit & Tie" live for the first time at the DIRECTV Super Saturday Night during the 2013 Super Bowl Weekend on Saturday (February 2) in New Orleans, La.
The 31-year-old entertainer was joined by surprise guest Jay-Z for the performance.
Justin also debuted new songs called "Little Pusher Love Girl" and "Bad Girl" at the party. Click inside to watch those performances!!!
"Getting ready for 'Super Saturday Night' with @DIRECTV," Justin tweeted before the event.
It was recently revealed that Justin will be reteaming with his Social Network director David Fincher for the music video for "Suit & Tie," which reportedly began production earlier in the week, according to The Playlist.
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EJA is run by its founder, Eva Jiricna, a Czech born architect who has been based in London for over 30 years. The London office currently employs twelve architects and designers, with a satellite office operating in Prague. Jiricna's long experience started with a job at the Greater London Council on her arrival in the UK in 1968 followed by the Louis de Soissons Partnership working on Brighton Marina for 10 years, and the Richard Rogers Partnership, where she was responsible for the interior design packages for the Lloyds Headquarters building. With Jan Kaplicky and his practice Future Systems, she designed the Way In store at Harrods, an award winning scheme that influenced a generation of retail interiors, and which enabled her to start her own practice. Over the last decade, Jiricna's contribution to architecture and design has been recognised with personal awards, including being made a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI), a CBE (Commander of the British Empire), election as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, and Hon Fellow A.I.A. (American Institute of Architects). She holds honorary doctorates and professorships in several Universities, participates on international juries (e.g. Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, new Arts wing for Goldsmith's College, London), and lectures internationally on her work.


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nesgirl wrote:PKJacker wrote:Can we not have hate on an advertisement (and necro) post?
That wasn't hate, PKJacker, and no I wasn't hating on her at all. She's a Mormon. Her religion believes when people die, that every person who dies single will be married in the next life. And Asexual people who die in the next life will become romantics, and will also be married in the next life. How do I know this? Because I live in Utah, and Mormons preach this afterlife doctrine to me all the time, saying I'll be healed of my asexuality in the next life, and will be married to someone.
Okay and if you think that is seriously necro, why not look up the Islamic belief. It is much worse. The guys get 72 virgins.
Yes. Our religion believes that those who miss the chance to be married (rightfully or if they just miss the chance) in this life are married in the next life.


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The St Louis Blues are in town, and the anxiety about meeting a Central Division opponent couldn't be higher. Ryan Blight over at Arctic Ice is (very reasonably) calling for major changes to a franchise that has been re-building since expansion. Two lucky wins to kick off the year aren't fooling anyone, and Claude Noel's seat is being heated by the torches of Winnipeg's expanding mob. It's not like ex-Atlanta coach Bob Hartley could have gotten more wins out of this club. I mean, look at Calgary! Wait, Calgary is doing better than us? Oh, the shame.
The Blues come in 5-1-0, only having lost to the powerhouse Sharks. Alex Steen leads the team with 9 points in those 6 games, and the Blues as a team are third in the NHL in goals for per game. Hitchcock's Blues are known for limiting chances against, but they have a exceptional counter-punch and have depth like very few teams can imagine. Last season their goaltending duo fell apart – Halak at .899, Elliot at .907 – but the team kept their goals against well below Pavelec's 2.80. Hitch gets results.
The Blues have a lot of size in their lineup, but also boast exceptional puck movers on the back-end and high-end skill on every line. This Division… jeez.
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Jets Forwards
- Kane – Little – Wheeler
- Ladd – Schiefele – Frolik
- Tangradi – Jokinen – Setoguchi
- Wright – Slater – Halischuk
Kane is expected to draw in tonight in spite of his knee injury on Wednesday. That's good news for the team, provided he's anywhere near healthy. Thorburn was put on retroactive IR and the team elected to bring Patrice Cormier back to the team. His 1 assist and 13 PIMS in 4 IceCaps games must have impressed them. Or maybe it was his 2 points in 40 NHL games. This team needs depth options so badly.
Of course, Cormier doesn't dress tonight. We looked at what a bang-up job Wright and Halischuk are each doing. They will get 10 minutes again, and the Jets will not gain sustained possession on any of their shifts. At least Wright isn't on the 3rd line like last year.
Frolik's minutes remained very low despite the promotion. He played just 11:24 against the Canadiens. He has 5 points and has gotten offence in every one of the Jets' wins. All I can see is that he's playing a little differently than the Jets want. In particular, he's playing a Chicago style forecheck, and not a Winnipeg one.
Setoguchi, on the other hand, had his best game of the season from the 3RW hole and earned his second most ice time of the year – 14:40. At the minutiae level, it's good news. Big picture, they traded a second round pick for a supposedly top 6 winger and now he plays 15 or fewer minutes from the third line.
Jets Defence
- Clitsome – Byfuglien
- Enstrom – Bogosian
- Stuart – Trouba
- Pavelec
- Montoya
Oh man. Just… it's just not fair that we have this coach. The problem is Mark Stuart. That's the problem. He's awful. He's not even good at penalty killing. His 11% corsi percentage while short-handed last season was fine, except that the Jets use a very aggressive system intended to get short-handed shots, and so Grant Clitsome and Zach Bogosian led the league in short-handed corsi % by defencemen with almost 29%. Meanwhile, his 34% even strength corsi % this year is the 3rd worst in the entire NHL. But hey, he's ahead of Chris Butler.
So, because Mark Stuart is terrible, Noel has put Trouba back with him – which was a disaster before – and separated Enstrom and Byfuglien, who are the only consistently successful pairing the team has and have shown time and time again that they are greater than the sum of their parts. A win tonight and they'll never change.
Pavelec is back in. Did you read our Q+A with Goalie Scout Justin Goldman about him? You should.
Blues Forwards
- Steen – Backes – Oshie
- Schwartz – Berglund – Tarasenko
- Morrow – Roy – C. Stewart
- Paajarvi – Sobotka – Reaves
It's disappointing to see Paajarvi on the 4th line after he made the Kyle Wellwood's Career Memorial Advanced Stats All-Start team. Ryan Reaves is their tough guy on that team, the man who made Anthony "4 minutes" Peluso expendable. He's not a nuclear threat, checking in at just 6'2" and around 225lbs. But he does his share – already at 29 PIMs and a goal in 6 games.
Derek Roy is on a third line. Remember when that guy scored 81 points from the top line in Buffalo? You might say it was a long time ago, but the fact remains that he has 460 NHL points in just under 600 NHL games while playing a two-way role. He and Chris Stewart are a dangerous combo. Plus they have a talking anchor for a linemate, which makes for a surprisingly good sitcom.
Those top two lines are where the Blues really strike fear. Steen/Backes/Oshie might be the best power-vs-power line in the NHL, while Schwartz and Tarasenko are the kind of young, under-paid scoring talent NHL teams need to compete in a salary cap world. I have Tarasenko in my fantasy pool, but I'm already winning 54 to 21, so I'm giving him the night off. Vlad – you don't have to score. Vlad, please listen. Please…
Blues Defence
- Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
- Leopold – Shattenkirk
- Jackman – Polak
- Elliot
- Halak
Elliot gets the start tonight. He's only played 1 period so far this season, giving up two goals on 13 shots in relief against San Jose.
The top 4 on that is very good. Leopold is another under-appreciated Buffalo refugee (I wonder how that team got so bad…), and the top three are all top-level puck movers. Jackman and Polak are kind of the opposite, and Polak in particular struggles with mobility at times. He's not their worst corsi defender at just 44%, though. The veteran Barret Jackman is in Mark Stuart range at 37%, and the wheels have started to come off, going -3 in the last two games. Still, both are playing 17-19 minutes a night on a successful team. Ian Cole waits in the wings, and there is always the trade deadline.
I don't think anyone expected Jackman to be this poor, as just last year he was 10 points better (and in the range of a good shut-down defender). With an "A" on his chest, he'll have the chance to work through it. For now, the Jets need any tiny chance they can get, so let's hope Jackman is just not hydrating correctly for one more game.
Worth Reading Today
- Arctic Ice Game Day.
- Fantastic, thrilling interview with Goalie Scout Justing Goldman about Ondrej Pavelec. It's long, it's detailed. A Friday afternoon well spent.
- We also have a new Systems Analysis post up on the Jets' forecheck. It's a bit longer than most, but lots of good stuff in it as well. At this rate, we'll be offering a Diploma in Hockey Studies soon, so you better do your readings.
- Ryan Blight's article mentioned above is another clarion call. Go book a room at the Clarion Hotel and bunker down for the weekend. It's okay to cry.
- Did you read your Friday Five-Hole today?


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Max Greenfield's girl is giving new meaning to rock and roll.
For her third birthday on Jan. 27, the New Girl star's daughter Lily channeled her inner musician for a fun rocker theme — but the inspiration wasn't exactly what her actor dad expected.
"I'll put [my radio] on and be like, 'Hey, do you want to listen to some rock and roll?' … but her idea of what that is and my idea of what that is are two different things," Greenfield, 32, jokes during a Monday appearance on Anderson Live.
"She wants to listen to 'Gangnam Style' and apparently [it's] a big hit among 3-year-olds right now."
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His realization that the hit song has truly gone viral even among the kiddie crowds came when Lily's party guests abandoned the much-loved ball pit to perform their best dance moves.
"Everybody went nuts, it was pandemonium," Greenfield recalls. "I was standing in the ball pit — because the kids get lost in there and you got to pull them out — and then 'Gangnam Style' comes on and they go, 'Get me out of this ball pit – I gotta dance!'"
But while Lily's love for the techno tune is strong — she was gifted a shiny pink Gangnam suit courtesy of Cooper and his co-host, PEOPLE StyleWatch contributor Jill Martin — it's not the only thing that has captured her heart.
"She's got a couple [of boyfriends]," Greenfield says. "Holt's her main squeeze — that's her weekend boyfriend — and then Zach is at school during the week."
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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
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Nubouv.G is a rootkit. These are programs used to hide files, Windows Registry entries or processes, either their own or those of other programs.
In this way, even when a user looks for these items on a computer, they won't be able to see them.
Rootkits have been widely used for malicious ends, to camouflage other programs on computers that have previously been compromised through other means.
There are certain examples of malware that use rootkits in order to go unnoticed on the computer they have infected.
Nubouv.G prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
Nubouv.G redirects attempts to access web pages of certain banks to spoofed pages, with the aim of logging information entered by the user in these pages.
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Nubouv.G does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.


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Rush: Obama doesn't want to solve problems
Claims president sabotaging legislation with devious goal in mind
The nation's top radio host, Rush Limbaugh, put forward a startling theory last week, namely, that President Obama doesn't want to solve the nation's problems – like the debt or immigration reform – because Democrats gain more politically if the issues persist.
The key, Limbaugh explained, is understanding a complicit media will help Obama blame Republicans for "stonewalling" on the issues, opening the path for a sweeping Democrat victory in 2014.
With control of the House, Senate and the Oval Office, Limaugh explained, Democrats won't have to compromise on anything.
"If you didn't know any better, you would believe today that Obama is really desirous of having a budget deal. And if you didn't know any better, you would think Obama is really serious about solving the immigration problem," Limbaugh posited on his April 5 show. "And if you didn't know any better, you would think that Obama really, really does want the employment situation to improve. And in each of these instances, I'm of the firm the belief that he does not want anything solved right now."
"Obama doesn't want a solution to any of this," Limbaugh continued, "because these are all campaign issues."
Limbaugh further suggested that even if Republicans didn't resist Obama's legislative agenda, but caved on every one of the president's demands, Obama "would reject it."
"Boehner did this, by the way, in one of the fiscal cliff or rolling budget negotiation issues. … Gave him everything he wanted," Limbaugh claimed, "and Obama said, 'Nope. You know what? I want $500 billion more in tax increases,' and he blew up the deal. … I'm telling you, he nor the Democrats want a solution."
Limbaugh has long accused the mainstream media of openly supporting Obama, a trend he says plays right into his theory.
"The news every day is how the Republicans are a bunch of screw-ups. The news every day is whatever's going wrong is the Republicans' fault," Limbaugh said. "[The media are] willing accomplices. They are not reporters and editors anymore. They are Democrat campaign consultants and interns. And the objective here is 2014. These issues must be kept alive and presented to the people as reasons to vote against Republicans, so that the Democrats can win the House in 2014 and keep the Senate. And then, after that, if that happens, there's no such thing as a lame-duck second term, and there's no need for any politicking or compromise.
"You win the House, you keep the Senate, you're in the White House, you do whatever you want. You don't need to compromise," Limbaugh concluded. "Why compromise with the Republicans on immigration and not get everything you want when all you've got to do is wait a year, year and a half, and in that year and a half, make sure that nobody's gonna vote Republican, and then have it all and have everything you want with no opposition? … Eliminate all opposition so that whatever you want doesn't require any hearings, it doesn't require any testimony. You present the bill, it gets rubber-stamped in the House, rubber-stamped in the Senate, sent to the White House, it gets signed, and that's it. You can do it in 20 minutes. That's the objective here."


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Each fall, the Council passes a budget submission requirements resolution that establishes the date by which the Mayor must submit the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. The resolution also identifies information and documentation to be submitted with the proposed budget.
Every spring, after the Mayor submits the proposed budget and financial plan, Council committees review the request for each of the agencies under their purview. Agencies are questioned about their budget and public hearings are held to receive testimony from the agencies, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, other organizations, the advocacy community, and private citizens. Each committee's chairperson then prepares a budget report that is presented to the full committee for markup and approval. The reports include recommendations for funding and personnel levels for each agency, policy proposals, and any appropriation language changes. The reports also identify additional budget needs, legislation required to implement the committee's recommendations, and any other budget-related analysis that the committees deem appropriate.
After all committees mark up their reports, the Council's Office of the Budget Director prepares a draft report and act incorporating recommendations from the committee reports, and additional council-wide recommendations from the Chairman and other Councilmembers. The outcome, as required by the District's Home Rule Act, must be a balanced budget.
The reported budget request is then presented for a reading and Council approval. Upon Council approval, the budget is forwarded to the Mayor, who may sign or veto the Council's budget. In the past, once agreement was reached between the Mayor and the Council, the budget was adopted and transmitted to the President of the United States for submission to Congress for final approval. Pursuant to the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012, which was approved by District voters in a referendum in April 2013, the Home Rule Act was amended to allow the District to budget its local funds without the need for active Congressional approval. Although some parties have questioned the legality of these amendments, neither Congress nor the courts have taken action to repeal or overturn them.
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In Living Colour Special
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In Living Colour Special
Not sure if you guys got this in the U.S, but years ago when The Mask debuted on TV here in Australia, the network followed the film with a JC Special with his best sketches from In Living Colour. Sgt Stacey Koon, Vera DeMilo, George Hamilton - all those great characters that gave me so many laughs with Jim's spoof-style genius.

I recorded the special at the time, but the tape has vanished forever. Damn damn damn! I miss My Left Foot of Fury and The Elvis Sightings!

I was wondering if anyone had any of these great sketches from the show that they'd be willing to trade? It would be greatly appreciated!!!

Edited by: bubblehead at: 6/9/02 5:47:08 am

Re: ILC
I just ordered the entire series (121) on VHS from a guy at ebay. He doesn't ship internationally on his auctions but you can buy the set privately. I don't know the quality cause I'm still waiting for it, but if you're interested write me an e-mail and I'll tell you his e-mail address. I have contact to another girl who sells 60 episodes on VHS, if you don't want the whole set.

Nadine

in living colour
i Just want to get some episodes of "in living colour"on dvd or even on vhs......
Did they ever make a best of......"in living colour"
what in the world someone please help me....

I CAN'T EVEN FIND TAPES ON EBAY..... SOMEONE PLEASE EMAIL ME A WEBSITE OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOW I CAN GET A HOLD OF THOSE CLASSIC EPISODES OF "IN LIVING COLOUR"
firstname.lastname@example.com thank you so much.......

There ARE some on ebay:

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...egory=1165

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...egory=1165

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...tegory=201

in living color set
Hi! I was wondering if you still might have some info on ordering the In Living Color set--ANY info will be great! Thanks

Jenn Morris
firstname.lastname@example.com

In Living Color Episodes
Where can i get episodes of In Living Color. Please help

Re: in living colour
I have every single episode of In Living Color for sale. it consists of 7 VHS tapes approx. 8 hrs each (121 episodes) and it has no commercials but they have all the musical guests and spoofs.

In Living Color Coming to DVD!!!

In feburary ILC is coming out on DVD!  Dave up your money.

I have every single episode on VHS
The quality ranges from 5-9 out of 10. Email me at

email@example.com for more information.

Peace,

Just wait till the show comes out on DVD. You will get extras and better quality and you won't risk getting ripped off by somebody. It may cost more, but it will last longer and the quality will ALWAYS be up to par.  Eventually all Seasons will be released on DVD.

Bogus Videos
I just got some tapes from doggystylen last month. He is full of crap. He claims to have every episode, but these are not the original versions. They are the repeats from FX, and are missing many of the funniest episodes.

Re: Bogus Videos
Just wait and get them on DVD. The first box set has all episodes from season 1 and I'm sure seasons 2, 3, 4 & 5 will follow.

Re: Bogus Videos
Stuff Like that is the Reason Why I Wait Till it comes out on DVD
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Dianna Agron: Quinn & Santana 'Glee' Scenes Coming Soon!
Dianna Agron chats on her cell phone while running some errands on Wednesday afternoon (January 16) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 26-year-old actress recently returned to the set of Glee to film scenes between her character Quinn Fabray and Naya Rivera's Santana Lopez.
" Morning! On set about to shoot something with my girl @DiannaAgron," Naya tweeted earlier this week.
Glee will be returning for its midseason premiere on Thursday, January 24 with an episode titled "Sadie Hawkins". Make sure to tune in at 9/8c on Fox!
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Cub Scout Swimming
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| Swimming
Belt Loop and Pin
Swimming Sports Belt Loop
|The Cub Scout Swimming Belt Loop is an option for the Webelos Aquanaut and Sportsman Activity Badges.
|The Cub Scout Swimming belt loop and pin help prepare Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts for the Boy Scout Swimming merit badge.
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Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
- Explain rules of Safe Swim Defense. Emphasize the buddy system.
- Play a recreational game in the water with your den, pack, or family.
- While holding a kick board, propel yourself 25 feet using a flutter kick across the shallow end of the swimming area.
Sports Pin Requirements
Earn the Swimming belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Practice the breathing motion of the crawl stroke while standing in shallow water. Take a breath, place your head in the water, exhale, and turn your head to the side to take a breath. Repeat.
- Learn two of the following strokes: crawl, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, or breaststroke.
- Learn two of the following floating skills: jellyfish float, turtle float, canoe (prone) float.
- Using a kickboard, demonstrate three kinds of kicks.
- Pass the "beginner" or "swimmer" swim level test.
- Visit with a lifeguard and talk about swimming safety in various situations (pool, lake, river, ocean). Learn about the training a lifeguard needs for his or her job.
- Explain the four rescue techniques: Reach, Throw, Row, and Go (with support)
- Take swimming lessons.
- Attend a swim meet at a school or community pool.
- Tread water for 30 seconds.
- Learn about a U.S. swimmer who has earned a medal in the Olympics
- Demonstrate the proper use of a mask and snorkel in a swimming area where your feet can touch the bottom.
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- Tiger Cub Electives
- Tiger Elective 14. Read a book or story about a US swimmer for Cub Scout Swimming Pin requirement #11.
- Tiger Elective 40. Go swimming and play a game in the water for Cub Scout Swimming Belt Loop #3 and #1.
- Wolf Achievement 1h. Swim 25 feet is a part of the beginner swim test in Cub Scout Swimming Pin requirement 2
- Wolf Achievement 1i. Tread water is a part of Cub Scout Swimming Pin requirement 10
- Wolf Electives
- Wolf Elective 20o. could be partially met while completing Cub Scout Swimming Belt Loop requirement 2
- Bear Cub Scout
- Achievement 23e. could be met by completing Cub Scout Swimming Pin requirement 9
- Bear Electives
- Bear Elective 19b. could be met while completing Cub Scout Swimming Pin requirement 2
- Bear Elective 19c. could be met while completing Cub Scout Swimming Pin requirement 3
- Bear Elective 19d. could be met while completing Cub Scout Swimming Belt Loop requirement 1
- Bear Elective 20f. would be met by earning the Cub Scout Swimming Pin
- Aquanaut Activity Badge requirement 8. (earn the Cub Scout Swimming Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
- Sportsman Activity Badge requirement 3. (earn the Cub Scout Swimming Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
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The U.S. equity markets are staying strong just below 2013 highs as the corporate earnings season is now underway, with Alcoa kicking it off with yesterday's release. The JUN13 E-mini S&P 500 is down 1 point today at 1558. We believe that 1550 is a very important pivot point for this market, and we also believe that there are strong bullish forces underlying trading activity.
If this market can stay above 1550, we look for a move up to 1575. If earnings start to disappoint, we look for 1550 to be broken and the market to head to support at 1538. We would not be surprised to see this market move higher this month.
Precious metals are rallying today, with silver up a very strong 2.86% to $27.90. Gold is up $15 to $1,586. This is likely because both these markets have been beaten down recently coupled with key global economies emphasizing their own versions of QE, e.g. Japan.
Key foreign currencies such as the euro and the Aussie dollar are both up today. The Aussie dollar is up 74 ticks, trading near the top of its recent range at 104.31. If the Aussie can stay above this area, we look for this market to move higher. Similarly, the euro is trading at a key resistance level. Today, this market is up .55% to 130.81. The 130.75-131.00 area was resistance throughout the month of March, and now the market is bumping up against this key area. We don't see a big reason for the euro to rally, so we believe this resistance may hold for the short term.
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As Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook takes the stage at this year's shareholder meeting, he may not get the reception he received in 2012, when investors lauded the company's performance and rising shares.
The annual event, where holders will vote on re-electing board members, takes place tomorrow at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. In this year's run-up, the company has been enmeshed in a public spat over distribution of its $137.1 billion in cash and investments with hedge-fund manager David Einhorn, who advocates a bigger payout, using preferred shares.
After a five-year rally following the iPhone's 2007 debut, the stock has fallen 37 percent from a September peak and 14 percent since last year's gathering. Slowing sales and profit gains have increased pressure on the company to introduce new products that can reignite growth, setting the stage for a higher degree of confrontation this time.
"Investors over the past few years have seen the stock only going up during a series of very successful product introductions," said Michael Obuchowski, a portfolio manager at North Shore Asset Management LLC, which owns Apple shares. "Now there are a lot of questions being raised about Apple's future, and with good reason."
A central criticism among shareholders is the money accumulated by Apple, the world's most valuable company by market capitalization. Investors want a bigger slice of the cash hoard that has grown over a half decade amid surging sales of iPhones and iPads.
Jobs Contrast
Shareholders have found a more receptive audience in Cook, who took over as CEO in 2011 from co-founder Steve Jobs. While Jobs long dismissed investors' cash demands, Cook reinstated the company's quarterly dividend and unveiled a $10 billion stock buyback program last year.
That wasn't enough for some shareholders. The tension has built in the weeks leading up to the investor meeting, after Greenlight Capital Inc. founder Einhorn sued Apple as part of a push to get the company to create a new class of dividend-paying preferred stock. A judge sided with Einhorn in a ruling last week, prompting Apple to scrap a proxy proposal that would have required the computer maker to get shareholder approval before issuing such a new category of shares.
Jonathan Gasthalter, an outside spokesman for Greenlight, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment on Einhorn and whether he plans to attend the meeting.
Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, declined to comment on expectations for the meeting.
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Public Libraries and the Workforce
Thirty million Americans used a library to help address career and employment needs in the last 12 months according to Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries (PDF, 2 MB), a study conducted by the University of Washington Information School and funded by IMLS and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
These job seekers reported using the library to submit on-line applications (68 percent), search for employment opportunities (76 percent), and work on their resumes (46 percent). Many of these employment users visit the library on a regular basis. Three-quarters of these people reported using the library at least once a week.
Working together libraries and the public workforce system can make it easier for job seekers to get employment and training services that can lead to better jobs, improved career pathways, and sustainable wages.
The Partnership
The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and IMLS are working together to highlight effective practices and encourage additional collaboration between the workforce investment system and public libraries. Read the two-page summary of partnership activities (PDF, 173 KB).
Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA) officially encouraged its state and local workforce investment boards, state workforce agencies, and One-Stop Career Centers to partner with public libraries to extend their career and employment services to job seekers and unemployed workers. The ETA's(TEN) cements a partnership between the ETA and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that was announced on June 25, 2010, at the American Library Association annual meeting.
Libraries offer Internet access, welcoming spaces, convenient hours and locations, and most importantly librarians, to serve as information navigators.
ETA funds and supports a network of nearly 3,000 One-Stop Career Centers that address the employment needs of job seekers and businesses in every community across America. One-Stop Career Centers draw from a vast array of community resources to make a multitude of services available to address employment challenges including:
- Job Search and Placement Assistance
- Skills Assessments
- Career Assistance and Counseling
- Free Training Services for Eligible Individuals
- English as a Second Language
- Assistance with Pell Grants and Student Loans
Partnership Resources
Training and Employment Notice (TEN)
Issued by ETA to state and local workforce investment boards, state workforce agencies, and One-Stop Career Centers, the TEN encourages partnerships with public libraries to extend their career and employment services to job seekers and unemployed workers
Webinar: Helping Job Seekers: Using Electronic Tools and Federal Resources
ETA staff will join WebJunction for a 90-minute webinar to provide an overview of the public workforce system and present the electronic tools most helpful to library staff who assist unemployed workers. 8/11/2010, 2:00 pm ET
Webinar: mySkills, myFuture: A New Tool for Job Seekers
Webinar with ETA staffer, Allison Watts on the new free online tool for job seekers, mySkills, myFuture. 9/29/2010, 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar: $2.2 Billion Reasons to Pay Attention to WIOA
This interactive webinar explored ways that public and community college libraries can receive funding for employment skills training and job search. 10/27/14, 2:00 pm ET
View more Webinars from WebJunction
National tools from ETA
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Friends focus fundraiser for GABF fixture Danny Williams on saving his estate
Everyone knew that Great American Beer Festival stalwart Danny Williams was terminally ill, but his death last week of cancer at the age of 52 still took his friends by surprise.
The man with the legendary gold mine-turned-beer cellar who became a Colorado craft beer institution hid his condition very well as he focused on meeting with friends in the last weeks of his life, according to GABF volunteer Diana Vann.
Now Vann and the folks at Back Country Pizza and Tap House in Boulder have turned what was supposed to be a fundraiser to pay for Williams' medical expenses into a Feb. 11 silent auction and beer garden to help save his property for his family.
Breweries have donated dozens of auction items like a New Belgium cruiser and more than 20 kegs — including some of Russian River's much coveted Pliny the Younger — so Williams' friends and admirers can raise a pint to celebrate his life.
"He did not want to have a funeral or a wake or memorial service," Vann said. "He wanted it to be a party. And all the money is going back to Danny for his estate."
Williams worked for years as the cellar master for GABF and collected more than 3,000 bottles at his gold mine property. He had a tough few years, going through a divorce and losing two buildings in the Fourmile Canyon fire.
Vann said they hope to make enough from the fundraiser to save Williams' property, which fell into debt while he underwent chemotherapy.
Information about some of the hard-to-find beer, auction items, times and ticket prices are available at Vann's Web site.


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PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — They wiped away tears, hugged loved ones and stood in salute to 19 Arizona firefighters who held a special place in their hearts.
The crowd of people gathered outside a historic courthouse to pay tribute to the fallen firefighters on the one-year anniversary of their deaths, and reminders of the death toll were inescapable around town.
Hikers left 19 flags at one of the Hotshots' favorite training spots, banners on store fronts proclaimed 19 heroes, and children had the number painted on their faces. Hundreds of people wearing shirts inscribed with the number gathered as the 19 names were read, followed by 19 bell chimes echoing through the Yavapai County courthouse and 19 seconds of silence — all while pictures of the 19 men stood before them.
"You don't have to know these guys personally," said Prescott resident Corie White. "They are part of our community."
The tragedy marked the largest loss of life for U.S. firefighters since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the worst for a wildland fire crew in eight decades. The men, who made up the Granite Mountain Hotshots based in Prescott, died trying to protect the nearby town of Yarnell from an out-of-control brush fire that trapped them during erratic weather.
For almost everyone in town, their work in Prescott was unforgettable. They cleared brush and snow from around people's homes, served as friends and neighbors, and battled some of the country's worst wildfires.
"One year ago today, our small community was forever changed. The unimaginable suddenly had to be imagined," said Prescott Fire Department Battalion Chief Don Devendorf. "Yes, they died. They died honorably. They died as part of an honorable profession."
He thanked residents for supporting the Prescott Fire Department a year ago when members were wracked with grief.
"Under normal circumstances, you call us when you need help," he said. But "you were the emergency responders for us. You propped us up. You gave us strength."
The downtown ceremony was one of several remembrances throughout Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix.
As the bells rang out downtown, bronze markers etched with family photos were uncovered one by one at a Prescott cemetery where about 600 family members and friends of the Hotshots gathered for a private service. Surrounding plots for each of the men is a wall where mourners can sit and room for family to be buried alongside the firefighters.
"It's remarkable that they indeed did keep all 19 of them together," Gayemarie Ekker, whose son Joe Thurston was killed, said days ahead of the ceremony. "That as families, we do have that place to go and reflect."
Dozens of people gathered early Monday to hike a butte that was a favorite training spot of the firefighters. Others attended an exhibit at a Prescott hotel that showcases the men and their time on the fire lines.
Joe Woyjeck, a fire captain in Los Angeles County who lost his son Kevin, didn't travel to Prescott for the ceremonies, but one of Kevin's siblings did. He said the rest of his family wanted to keep things low-key at home in California, maybe with a fire pit at lifeguard station 19.
Even he hasn't been able to escape the number 19 during the past year. While in Prescott to take Kevin's remains back home, he sat down at a restaurant where a waitress joked that the Hotshots were "cereal killers" because of how much cereal they ate. When he left, he said the waitress gave him a box of Wheaties to take home. On the top was the number "19."
While flipping through photographs of a fishing trip he went on with his son, he only recently noticed the name of the boat. Nineteen.


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"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
--The Fault in Our Stars
This is a book that's being reviewed far and wide all over the universe if you'd like to read more about it. It's currently #1 on the young adult New York Times bestseller list. I think this is a lovely and special book to be sure, but rather than "review" the book, per se, I want say something about Nerdfighteria.
I've read all of John Green's books. (Looking for Alaska is my favorite; I wrote about it here.) I was aware of the existence of Nerdfighteria. (Here is a Nerdighter FAQ if you have no idea what I'm talking about.) I knew that they like to say, "Don't forget to be awesome." I've truthfully always thought the whole thing seemed kind of corny, even for me, and I am pretty dang corny. But I'd never been around any Nerdfighters (that I know of) until last night.
When I drove up beautiful St. Charles Avenue toward the historic temple where the Tour de Nerdfighting event featuring John Green and Hank Green was being held, there were people lined up on the sidewalk well down the block. I thought to myself, "I guess there are some Nerdfighers in New Orleans," and rushed through the cold darkness, dodging the street car coming up the line, and walked inside, settling in one of the pews and feeling the energy in the air. These kids were psyched. And they stayed that way the entire time. "I can't believe how many adults are here," a girl behind me observed loudly, and I smiled to myself. I smiled so much throughout the evening that my face hurt as I drove home.
A group of three or four teenagers spilled into the row behind me and immediately took notice of a guy sitting nearby who was kind of keeping to himself. "Oh my God! We didn't expect to see YOU here! What are you doing here?" They peppered him with questions, talking over each other all at once. "Yeah," the guy said, kind of sighing, "This is kind of the other side of me." The solo guy kind seemed kind of straightlaced and calm, possibly a football player. The group surprised by his presence had more of a spazzy punk rock alternative free spirited sort of style. But there they were, smooshed side by side in the row. "I feel like this is something you would make fun of me for! But -- you're here!" said one of the girls. He sighed, "Yeah." Then the girl said, "Are you a Nerdfighter? I can't believe you're a Nerdfighter! It's not fair!" And he said, "What do you mean?" And she said, "That you, like, hide." One of the other guys yelled, "Do you have a Tumblr?" And the football player guy said, "Yeah ... no," like, "As if." Then the group said they were going to take and post a picture of him as evidence that he was there. He laughed, "It's okay ... no one I know has a Tumblr." But as they snapped his picture, he held up his copy of The Fault in Our Stars and he smiled.
"Who am I to say that these things might not be forever? Who is Peter Van Houten to assert as fact the conjecture that our labor is temporary? All I know of heaven and all I know of death is in this park: an elegant universe in ceaseless motion, teeming with ruined ruins and screaming children."
-- The Fault in Our Stars
This was a night of reading, songs, answering questions, and talking about books and life. John Green explained at one point while answering a question that one of the criticisms of his books is that he doesn't sound like he's writing in the voice of an actual teenager. He said, "I just know a lot of hyper-intelligent teenagers," and I thought, "Indeed," looking around at the hundreds of them all around me. They were so messy and weird and quiet and wild and great.
John Green talked about how in an ordinary life, there are not many opportunities for epic heroism -- throwing ourselves on grenades for others, if you will. But that we can be heroic in our own small ways that can ultimately be big ways. Here it is: I think that John Green and Hank Green are heroes. I think they are changing these young people's lives, and I think they are making the world a better place.
So I think that my love and appreciation for the Greens is not so much about the books one Green writes (wonderful) and the songs one Green sings (brilliant) but about this community they've created together that's more than a community, isn't it? It's a movement. And the young people who are a part of this movement simply by being who they are filled that big, beautiful temple last night with so much warmth and empathy and joy and sincere appreciation for the strangeness and uniqueness of every soul in there that it moved me from my head down to my toes. The whole building was vibrating with their joy. I forgot that I thought it was corny to be a Nerdfighter.
They did not forget to cheer when John Green mentioned The Great Gatsby. They did not forget the words as they sang along with Hank Green's songs about Harry Potter and about particle physics. They did not forget to fall silent and listen -- really listen -- when John Green said things like this:
"Forever is an incorrect concept wrongly based on the idea that the sun isn't going to explode. We are temporary. This is temporary, and our responsibility as humans within this temporary -- this weirdly temporary but still sort of, in some ways, infinite -- life that we have, with our gift of consciousness, is to find a way to live as well as we can live, to take the best care that we can of each other and of ourselves, and organize our lives in a way that reflects our values and our hopes for the people who'll come after us, as well as honoring the people who came before us -- that's a very, very complicated thing to do."
They did not forget to stand up and dance together, dragging each other off their feet.
They did not forget to be awesome.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is thanking Latinos for their support in helping him and President Barack Obama get re-elected.
Biden and his family appeared onstage at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night to help open the Latino Inaugural 2013 concert.
Biden says something "profound" happened with the enormous Latino support for Obama, and he says the Latino community underestimates its power.
He told the audience that they "spoke in a way that the world ... could not fail to hear."
Biden said "America owes" Latinos and declared, "This is your moment"
Singer Jose Feliciano opened the show by singing the national anthem. Actress Eva Longoria, a co-chairwoman for Obama's campaign, is hosting the event, which also includes Antonio Banderas, Rosario Dawson, Marc Anthony and Rita Moreno.


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Woodworking Essentials: Use Your Router to Build Boxes & Drawers
By Nick Engler
Pages: 49-56
From the April 2004 issue #140
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Woodworkers have been building boxes for at least 5,000 years. For much of that period, boxes were made using a single chunk of wood with the insides dug out to create a cavity. That's because up until about 600 or 700 years ago, turning trees into boards was an extremely expensive process – the boards had to be handsawn (or rived) from logs, then smoothed with planes. Consequently, only the very rich owned furniture made from boards. Most people simply found suitable logs and chopped or burned away the insides.
The invention of the water-powered sawmill in 1328 caused a revolution in woodworking, including the art of making boxes and drawers. The sawmill made it possible for everyone to own boxes made out of sawed lumber, and woodworkers began to build storage units from more than just one board.
From the April 2004 issue #140
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Hi Folks,
Not good news for the home team, got sent home from Dukewith a there is nothing more we can do for you. My cancer has metastasizedand has spread to some nymph nodes. I found a new oncologist and she has mestarted on one of these new immunotherapies. Its a long shot, I have a 14-15%chance of living longer than 6-12 months. But no worries, feeling great right now andliving every day to its fullest. Still on dialysis and that sucks. Three days aweek for 5 hours at a time hooked to a machine that keeps me alive; after eachsession you basically feel hungover for about 24 hours. I had some customdialysis t-shirts made up...
I'll try to knock the rust off and signed up for TWDT


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Talking Point
Giving the gift of disinformation
By Andrei Codrescu
This year Americans will spend 98 percent of their cash reserves and 73 percent of their credit on gifts that will involve learning new things. Even the most apparently traditional gifts such as earrings and boots will have new clasps and pulls that require learning. From there, the difficulties multiply, beginning with wrappers created by puzzle whizzes, to total bafflement as to what the object might be and complete ignorance as to its functioning. Everything on the market, from shavers to electronics contains new design and a time-consuming commitment of attention.
If you add the value of time wasted in trying to figure out these gifts to the actual money spent in acquiring them, you will come up plumb broke and way in the hole, not just financially but mentally. There is a national deficit in the making that parallels the huge deficit the government is gifting future generations with. Lets call this Deficit B to distinguish it from the legislated thievery of Deficit A. While Deficit A spends your money for such collectively sanctioned fevers as war and making the rich richer, Deficit B is your very own effort at dispensing with your personal capital in order to capture and waste the time of those near and dear to you.
The more money you spend on gifts, the more the lucky recipients will have to learn. The time they spend learning will effectively remove them from the activity of thinking, which is the single greatest enemy of society today. Both government and the people governed have a single goal today: to prevent thinking. There is no more effective way to achieve this desideratum than learning new things and being worried about money that you are completely absorbed in spending, even if (or especially) if you dont have any.
I submit that the greatest gift you can give anyone is the gift of time devoid of information. The only greater gift is to strip away information already stored in their brain. Practically, such a gift might consist of an opiate or a very simple new religion (without rituals to learn) or a hotel room without a view in an extremely ugly city. The goal here is to be amused without being totally bored but not entertained in a way that involves figuring out how the entertainment works.
To come up with more ideas about this I am going to walk blindfolded and with earplugs through a shopping mall the day before Christmas. I dont want to hear America singing, and I dont mind the bruises.
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There has recently been a lot of talk about a very old beverage, coffee.
The occasion for this has been the admission by seemingly responsible parents that they actually give their young child a cup of coffee with breakfast. Egads – what is the world coming to?
With some guilt, I admit my 8-year-old had a cup with her Fruit Loops this morning, as she does most mornings. (Please don't report me to CPS).
So is coffee bad for kids? The old cup-a-joe has a long and somewhat sordid history. Going back to the days of dirt and plague, coffee was associated with all manner of dark things, like most of what went on in the Middle Ages, with no scientific basis.
Yet coffee is one of the most studied beverages on the planet, not surprisingly as there are nearly 1000 organic chemicals in a cup of brew. Caffeine is the one that everyone talks about. This is an interesting chemical, a mild stimulant in the methyl xanthene family. This is closely related to adrenalin and medications that are used to treat asthma. Coffee is a well known bronchodilator. So coffee certainly isn't bad for kids with asthma.
One of the other effects of coffee is to mildly raise dopamine levels in the brain. You've heard of raising dopamine in talking about antidepressants, like Prozac. In fact kids who drink a cup of coffee with milk per day have a significantly lower rate of depression. So coffee isn't bad for sad kids.
Caffeine is a stimulant and recently parents of kids with attention deficit disorder have been experimenting on their kids.
The thought goes something like this: if the stimulant amphetamine helps kid with ADHD focus and concentrate, maybe a good cup of coffee will do the same. Funny thing is, it does seem to help. We don't have any huge definitive studies to quote, but limited research shows coffee helps kids with ADHD focus and concentrate. It doesn't help as much as Adderall, but it does help. For some kids, coffee is all they need. For other kids who don't get enough benefit from medications, adding a cup of coffee helps. So coffee isn't bad for kids with attention deficit disorder.
What about other kids? My daughter had a cup this morning. She isn't challenged by ADD, or depression, thankfully. She just likes a cup in the morning like I do. Coffee doesn't stunt your growth or hurt your development in any way we have found. It actually does some good stuff. Parkinson's disease is reduced in coffee drinkers as is colon cancer, liver disease and Type 2 diabetes. All well proven. Early research on Alzheimer's disease suggests its occurrence is reduced in coffee drinkers.
For those still thinking coffee is an adult only vice, I invite you to consider normal kid breakfast drink alternatives. What do your kids drink for breakfast? Popular orange drinks have many times the sugar of coffee. Other beverage choices have higher fat or cholesterol content. In this epidemic of obesity, nobody ever got fat on coffee.
So tomorrow morning when I pour my cup, I will cheerfully give some to my 8-year-old; she gets her own cup because I don't like to share.
Take care
Dr B


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So Levi had his first purely BARF meal tonight. I wasn't planning on it, but we were BBQing and I had cooked for everyone and still had about a hamburger's worth of ground beef left. So I took it inside, cut up some carrots and potatoes, put a little bit of cheese in with it and mashed all that up with the hamburger and Levi had that for supper.
He absolutely loved it. With his kibble, he usually eats pretty slow, he'll take a couple bites in his mouth and move about 5 feet from the bowl to eat them. He never left the bowl tonight and he finished all of it.
So that went well. I think I'll try to regularly supplement his kibble with BARF now, since he seemed so fond of it.
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Just a quick response and banter to the September 9th Wine Spectator article, "No Merlot di Montalcino : Brunello winemakers reject a plan to allow grapes other than Sangiovese in Rosso di Montalcino". The gist of the article is that the local Consorzio rejected pressure from 30% of its growers to allow for a 15% non-Sangiovese blend in its Rosso di Montalcino. I posted a non-edited version of this article to the comments section of the Wine Spectator article …
I love history and terroir and maintaining a special niche for certain wines, but COME ON ! A debate over allowing just a 15% non-Sangio blend in the Rosso, the younger sibling to Brunello ? … Grow up Consorzio ! At the end of the day growers and vintners don't JUST "do it" for passion and family. Winemaking is also a business and people need to maintain their livelihood. Giving producers more flexibility in vinification (and again, just a BIT more, not A LOT) would provide for more strategic maneuverability in the market and more options to stand out and separate their wines from the pack.
A lot of New World growing regions allow wines to be labelled Merlot, even with a 20% blend of other grapes, for example. Granted this might be a bad comparison and I'd air on transparency in this case and require that the "other" varietals be listed on the back label, which I believe is the case, although I could stand corrected.
In the end winemakers MAKE wine for it to be consumed right ? If there's a drop in sales and a disinterested market, then let's be progressive and creative and stir the pot a little (or vat and barrel rather), trying out some new recipes !
PS : Okay so this is just a very brief and rather generic counter to the Consorzio's vote and the majority opinion of the local growers. What does the rest of the public have to say ? I'll kick-start the counter to my arguments with a very interesting August 31st article on JancisRobinson.com, "Keep Rosso di Montalcino pure!", including a letter to the Consorzio from Nicolas Belfrage MW, urging against allowing the 15% non-Sangiovese blend.
PPS : And just to admit that I'm a total hypocrite, I worked in business development (just a quick 6-month contract) for Domaine du Closel, a Savennières producer of the Clos du Papillon, Loire Valley Grand Cru and a representation of Chenin Blanc at its pure state of hedonistic perfection ! How's that for objectivity ?! 😉 I can't say that I'd support even an ounce of blending in these wines. It'd be sacrilegious ! So do I have any argument against my hypocrisy ? Not really although wait I think I do ! I guess the key difference is that Clos du Papillon (and Coulée de Serrant and Roches-aux-Moines) are designated Loire Valley Grand Crus. Savennières is essentially legislated and syndicated as the birthplace and essence of the beauty, expression and typicity of Chenin Blanc, whereas Rosso di Montalcino is the litter sister (or brother) to Brunello. Therefore, I'm sorry but little brothers and sisters get beat up on sometimes. So i say preserve the integrity of 100% Sangiovese in Brunello di Montalcino and loosen up the little sibling a bit. Although I do love the irony in the 2008 comments of Ezio Rivella, one of Italy's most prominent oenologists and current President of the Consorzio Brunello di Montalcino. Ezio referred to 100% Brunello blends (i.e. Sangiovese) as "undrinkable".
In either case I digress, the vote already passed and no changes will be made anytime soon. So on that note, cheers to 100% Sangiovese ! 😉


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - His words may or may not be long remembered, but Senator Marco Rubio's swig lives on and on and on.
Across the Web, from Deadspin.com to The New Yorker, and on every cable news channel, the Florida senator's sip from a small bottle of water as he delivered the official Republican response to U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday was the moment of the evening.
In politics, timing can be everything and Rubio experienced a dry mouth at probably the worst time imaginable, speaking to a live TV camera before an audience of millions.
So when the rising political star abruptly stopped in mid-speech to reach for a small Poland Spring bottle of water out of view and took a sip from it, the awkward incident took on a life of its own.
Twitter exploded with reaction. Even Donald Trump offered an opinion: "Next time Marco Rubio should drink his water from a glass as opposed to a bottleâwould have much less negative impact."
Poland Spring saw a marketing opportunity, posting on Facebook a picture of a bottle of its water seated in front of a dressing room mirror.
"Reflecting on our cameo. What a night!" the company said.
The website Deadspin.com posted a slow-motion version of the incident and set it to music. On Facebook, someone created a page called "1,000,000 strong to keep Marco Rubio hydrated."
Rubio tried to make the best of it with self-deprecation. He tweeted a picture of the bottle that he grabbed and laughed off the incident in TV interviews.
"I figured I was better off just taking that water and taking the hit for it than being unable to pronounce my words at the end of it. It'd been a long day at work," he told Fox News' "Fox & Friends."
Still, the incident took some of the luster from what was supposed to be Rubio's big moment on the national stage, at a time when Republican voters are looking to the youthful Cuban-American as part of a new wave of party leaders and a potential presidential candidate in 2016.
Rubio, 41, was an active campaigner last year for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and was chosen by leaders of congressional Republicans to deliver the party's official response to Obama's State of the Union address.
It was a golden opportunity, and Rubio was picked because he is a solid conservative voice, has a youthful demeanor and, as a Cuban-American, is appealing to Hispanic voters who typically vote for Democrats.
Republicans thought he did just fine, in spite of the sip of water and the frequent wiping of sweat from his face. They did not think he had damaged his future prospects.
"My perception is Rubio did a good job on the substance and delivery, except for reaching for the water bottle. That's too bad, but if the guy's throat got dry, he probably had no choice," Republican strategist Charlie Black said. "I think overall, for people who had never seen Rubio before, they would've been impressed by what they saw."
Experts said it probably helped Rubio that he quickly made light of the incident and tried to put it behind him.
"The good news for Rubio, in a way, was that he was social-media savvy and he sent out a tweet," said Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
MacManus teaches students who are interested in careers in politics and she said it was disconcerting to them that the swig of water was dominating the coverage. "It was funny. Levity is good in politics," but if the awkward moment comes to define Rubio, it is troubling, she said.
Republican strategist Ana Navarro said: "There is zero damage to Marco from the water bottle thing. If anything, it's had a silver lining. It extended the shelf life of the interest in the speech and kept us all talking around the water cooler about his speech."
The incident overshadowed what Rubio actually said. He described how he had been raised by middle-class immigrants from Cuba and said Obama's policies were hindering greater economic growth.
"So Mr. President, I don't oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors," he said.
It was the substance of the speech, not the water, that was seized on by the White House, evidence that Democrats see Rubio as a potential future threat.
"I would say one thing, which is that while the messenger may have changed, the message we heard last night from the Republican speaker was entirely consistent with the policy ideas that Mitt Romney campaigned on last year that the American people did not support," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
(Additional reporting by Roberta Rampton and Richard Cowan; Editing by Fred Barbash, Tiffany Wu and Stacey Joyce)