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Trying to sweep the season series from their closest geographic rivals, the Dynamo got a boost when Pat Onstad saved a penalty kick in the 13th minute, but Jeff Cunningham made amends with a long-range blast in the 20th minute that proved decisive. After being taken out of the game, Brad Davis was bizarrely ejected while barefoot on the bench after a Dallas player slid into the Dynamo technical area.
The Houston Dynamo failed to extend their lead at the top of the Western Conference standings Thursday, falling 1-0 to intra-state rival FC Dallas at Pizza Hut Park. Despite the loss, the Dynamo won the season series against FC Dallas by a 2-1 margin and remain in control of the all-time series with a 9-3-5 mark in all competitions.
The Dynamo also remain in first place in MLS and the Western Conference with 35 points but have now played 21 games, tied for the most in MLS. Houston is back in action on Sunday, hosting the Chicago Fire at Robertson Stadium.
The game's first big play came from Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad in the 13th minute, when he dove to his right to save Jeff Cunningham's penalty kick, Onstad's second penalty kick save in two attempts this year. The save came at the same goalpost on the same goal where Onstad made the decisive save in the 2006 MLS Cup shootout.
Despite that save, Dallas went on top in the 20th minute, when Cunningham broke free from both Dynamo center backs and fired a 25-yard shot inside the right post that Onstad could only get a hand to. It was Cunningham's ninth goal of the season and fifth in the last two games.
The Dynamo never mounted a serious challenge to tie the game, forcing only one save out of FC Dallas goalkeeper Dario Sala. Houston's Pat Onstad finished with two saves.
The game featured a total of seven yellow cards, four to Houston and three to Dallas, and a bizarre red card in the 73rd minute. FC Dallas midfielder Dave van den Bergh slid to chase a loose ball into the Dynamo bench area, and Dynamo players got up in an attempt to avoid van den Bergh and get the ball to their player for a throw-in. Brad Davis, who had been substituted out of the game, was then issued a red card, possibly for leaving the technical area.
Houston midfielder Ricardo Clark made his 165th career MLS start. Forward Brian Ching made his 90th career start for the Dynamo, and second-year player Geoff Cameron made his 40th, both in all competitions.
Houston was without forward Cam Weaver (hernia surgery), midfielder Brian Mullan (ankle), and defenders Richard Mulrooney (knee surgery) and Eddie Robinson (disabled list).
Houston Dynamo (10-6-5) vs. FC Dallas (6-9-5)
August 06, 2009 -- Pizza Hut Park, Frisco TX
Scoring Summary:
FCD -- Jeff Cunningham 9 (unassisted) 20
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Andrew Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Mike Chabala (Danny Cruz 72), Corey Ashe, Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden, Brad Davis (Julius James 65), Brian Ching (Kei Kamara 46), Dominic Oduro.
Substitutes Not Used: Tally Hall, Ade Akinbiyi, Wade Barrett, Craig Waibel.
FC Dallas -- Dario Sala, Drew Moor, Kyle Davies (Daniel Torres 59), Pablo Ricchetti, Jair Benitez, Atiba Harris, Dax McCarty, David Ferreira, Dave van den Bergh, Jeff Cunningham (Blake Wagner 78), Brek Shea (Andre Rocha 24).
Substitutes Not Used: Ray Burse, Eric Avila, Bruno Guarda, Steve Purdy.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU - Bobby Boswell (caution; Reckless Foul) 12
HOU -- Pat Onstad (caution; Dissent) 18
FCD -- Pablo Ricchetti (caution; Dissent) 22
FCD -- Atiba Harris (caution; Reckless Tackle) 36
HOU -- Kei Kamara (caution; Dissent) 56
HOU -- Brad Davis (ejection; Abusive Language) 73
FCD -- Dario Sala (caution; Delay of Game) 84
HOU -- Julius James (caution; Reckless Foul) 85
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Referee's Assistants: Eric Boria; James Conlee
4th official: Jasen Anno
Attendance: 7,442
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-92-degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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Because one of her employees kept getting parking tickets on 12th Street even though she was feeding the meter as usual, Rosie McGowan said she stopped the meter maid and asked Whats going on here?
McGowan then learned the city had doubled the parking rate on 12th Street to make it uniform with the rest of the city.
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In a couple of weeks we will have a chance to revisit the holidays and immerse ourselves in all things "sequestration." The deal brokered between the White House and Congress on New Year's Day represented only Round 1 in the current fiscal fight: Now it's time to take a swing at cutting wasteful and unnecessary spending. Despite frequent protestations to the contrary, lawmakers do not love cutting the spending they actually control, particularly from the agency with the most spending of all — the Defense Department. But in order to balance the budget and strengthen our economy, Congress must take on every part of government, particularly the one that extends America's might around the world.
The New Year's Day deal essentially punted discretionary spending cuts until legislation extending last year's budget expires in March. A portion of the discretionary cuts will come from defense, but the method of determining how much to cut is anything but straightforward. For fiscal year 2013, the deal uses categories called "security" and "non-security," lumping in DOD with agencies like the Department of Homeland Security. In 2014, however, the cuts are determined according to the Congressional Budget Office category defining "defense" as just DOD plus DOE's nuclear weapons funds. And after 2014, it's up to the fiscal gods to decide how to allocate cuts.
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Making Pentagon spending share the pain equally with other federal functions would seem a common-sense mechanism since defense consumes nearly 60 percent of the discretionary budget. For all its faults, sequestration was designed to keep everything on the table, including Pentagon spending. Every serious budgetary reform proposal of the past few years, including the Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin proposals, would make defense shoulder at least half of any discretionary spending reductions.
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In 1920, the Bombay Natural History Society named a newly submitted dragonfly Protostida lindgreni, "after Mr. O. Lindgren of Darjeeling to whom I am indebted for it".
My interest is that Mr. O. Lindgren was my tea-planting uncle. However, efforts to find any further reference to this dragonfly have failed. Might anyone be able to direct me to a possible source?
Try Protosticta lindgreni Fraser, 1920.
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I think 'Protostida' is a typo (perhaps from scanning/photocopying) for 'Protosticta' - the 'ct' blurring to appear like a 'd'.
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|January 3, 2009, 06:46 PM
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Barricade shooting - Police Pistol Combat
Greetings! Today for the first time I shot a Police Pistol Combat match, and got myself chastised by the R.O. for what he told me was improper technique.
I was trained by the Army, and was taught some standard do's and don't re: barricade shooting:
DON'T extend the barrel of your weapon past the barricade
DON'T lean on the barricade for support
DO keep both feet behind the barricade
DONT expose more that a minimal portion of your torso to the target
The R.O. told me today that when shooting both left and right hand barricade, by hand MUST touch the barricade. This just doesn't seem right to me - if I'm touching the barricade with my hand, the barrel of my weapon is too far in front of the barricade for comfort. It messes with the recoil. It messes with my support hand (on both sides).
Since I was the new kid at the range and it was my first time, I kept my mouth shut, but in my brain, I wondered. I know every group has different ways of doing things, and certainly I want to be compliant.
My understanding is that in most of the shooting sport formats, there a specific positional guidelines, and certain rules which, when violated, result in a DQ, but generally, as long as you are shooting safely, effectively, and in compliance with the rules, a little bit of flexibility in individual shooter body position is allowed.
Can anyone provide me some insight?
|January 3, 2009, 08:10 PM
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Seems to me you've been trained a specific way for very good reasons.
Methinks US Army doctrine to minimize exposure is a very sensible set of rules, at least for opposing an armed GROUP.
Maybe you can explain it to him so he understands you have reasons for doing it differently and see what he says.
If he tells you you are wrong, then you have successfully identified an *******.
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|January 3, 2009, 08:20 PM
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I know from experience that some firearms instructors are that in name only. They learn a specific set of techniques and refuse to concede a point when presented with a superior (or even slightly different) viewpoint. I don't know the specific instructor, but I'm sure his brother works for my agency (if you know what I mean). He was probably taught that way and so, that is the ONLY way to do it.
Tactics are fluid and no one technique for given tactical problem is right for every situation. I have been taught the same type of barricade shooting as your instructor insists upon but, I have also been exposed to different ways of using barricades and cover. So, when qualifying on the line, I do what they want but am smart enough to know (and practice) other techniques which may come in handy such as keeping some distance between you and the cover, not extending the weapon past the cover/barricade and so on.
Try and find another instructor (hopefully one with an open mind) to talk with and express your reasons for questioning the established order of things...but beware, the established order does not like being questioned. One LEO's opinion
|January 3, 2009, 09:00 PM
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You'll sometimes encounter range officials who have their own interpretation of rules as well - especially if they're not well defined.
Competition format rules often don't keep up with the training methods that they're derived from.
|January 5, 2009, 12:12 PM
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Officially PPC only requires that both feet and knees be behind the barricade line and that the gun itself not touch the barricade. The competitor may or may not use the barricade for support, whichever he chooses.
|January 5, 2009, 12:30 PM
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Sounds like he is following rules made by a competitive "combat shooting" organization..
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Techniques that win matches are not techniques that keep you alive on the street.
That's a generalization, but somewhat true. Decide for yourself if you want to train to survive or train to win a match. Some match techniques have led to advancements in street techniques.
I personally don't see anything wrong with the technique you described, and use it myself. Too many people "hug the cover" IMHO.
|January 5, 2009, 03:44 PM
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ppc rules
I worked 7 ppc matches over 7 years and only rule I remember was feet inside the barricade line. Most shooters used the barricade for support on right barricade and some on left. I can't shoot as well using the barricade when on left.
|January 5, 2009, 05:34 PM
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I shot a match at a range once where they required the hands to touch the barricade. It was a safety reason. Tactical training now for barricade is to stand back away from the barricade as it makes slicing the pie easier, less exposure. The range had implemented the "hands on rule" because at least one person put a rd thru the barricade which blew wood splinters on him, then he complained about it. He showed proper technique but improper execution. It only takes one guy screwing up to cause a range to implement such rules.
|January 8, 2009, 03:07 PM
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Thanks to all!
Thanks guys - your responses were very helpful and validated that 1) I'm not nuts, and 2) there may simply be some safety rules in place (the story of someone actually shooting THROUGH the barricade for example).
|January 8, 2009, 03:28 PM
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When you start match shooting, it helps to have a really good idea of what all the rules are up front. Having a more experienced shooter squad up with you for your first couple of matches never hurts either.
A USPSA league might be more your speed from the sound of things, as it's more about "solving the problem" than the more rigid disciplines...though to be frank I actually enjoyed PPC.
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From KennethFolk.comKenneth Folk teaches Buddhist meditation and nondual awakening, and hosts an online dharma forum at kennethfolk.com. Kenneth began practicing Theravada Buddhist meditation while working as a professional musician in 1980, and later completed extensive long term meditation retreats in Asia and the U.S. under the tutelage of Burmese masters Sayadaw U Kundala and Sayadaw U Pandita, and American meditation master Bill Hamilton, among others. Kenneth Folk is one of the few spiritual teachers willing and able to speak openly about enlightenment from both the gradual and suddenpoints of view. His "3 Speed Transmission" method of teaching combines the most pragmatic aspects of Theravada Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta in a way that is easy for modern practitioners to understand and apply. Kenneth's goal is to help others find the happiness that is not dependent upon conditions.
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What would I say if I had just five minutes to give comprehensive instructions for awakening?
You are unenlightened to the extent that you are embedded in your experience. You think that your experience is you. You must dis-embed. Do that by taking each aspect of experience as object (looking at it and recognizing it) in a systematic way. Then, surrender entirely.
Do these practices, exactly as written:
First Gear:
1) Objectify body sensations. If you can name them, you aren't embedded there. Notice sensations and note to yourself: "Pressure, tightness, tension, release, coolness, warmth, softness, hardness, tingling, itching, burning, stinging, pulsing, throbbing." If I am looking at something it is not "I".
2) Objectify feeling-tone. Are sensations pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral? If you can sit there for five minutes and note pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral every few seconds, you are not embedded at that layer of mind.
3)Objectify mind states. Investigation, curiosity, happiness, anxiety, amusement, sadness, joy, anger, frustration, annoyance, irritation, aversion, desire, disgust, fear, worry, calm, embarrassment, shame, self-pity, compassion, love, contentment, aversion, dullness, sleepiness, bliss, exhilaration, triumph, self-loathing. Name them and be free of them. They will not cease to arise. They will never cease to arise; but they are not "you;" we know that because if there is a "you" it is the one who is looking, not what is being looked at.
4)Objectify thoughts. Categorize them: planning thought, anticipating thought, worrying thought, imaging thought, remembering thought, rehearsing thought, scenario spinning thought, fantasy thought, self-recrimination thought. Come up with your own vocabulary and see your thoughts as though they belong to someone else. The content is not relevant except to the extent that it helps you to label and therefore objectify them.
(If you master the practices up to this point, you will be an arahat. Nothing further is required for the arahat attainment.)
Second Gear:
5) Objectify the subject. Who am "I"? Turn the light of attention back on itself. Dwell as the impersonal anddisinterested witnessing consciousness.
6) Objectify the subtle, non-local sense of knowing that arises along with each thing that is known. If this knowing is itself known, it is not "I". To notice this subtle level of being is sat-chit-ananda (being-consciousness-bliss).
Third Gear:
7) Surrender entirely. There is Awareness, even when you are no longer present.
May you awaken now. (If it takes you twenty years it will have been worth every minute.)
Kenneth Folk
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ZombiU is 50% off and Assassin's Creed 3 €14.99 in European eShop sale
Nintendo Europe has launched a sale on its eShop, cutting ZombiU's price in half an Assassin's Creed 3 down to a mere quarter of its original price until the 7th of November. Check out the full list of discounted titles below.
Europe headlines
Trion Worlds add new talent to boost its European Team
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Rumor: PSN cards coming to Europe, launching with PSP Go
Belgian site consoleshop.be appears to have cracked open a hidden vein of European prepaid PSN cards, and will share its bounty with everyone else on October 1. The PSP Go — in all its download-only glory — also launches on October 1, so pairing it with PSN cards makes sense. The cards will apparently come […]
Saints Row 2 soundtrack announced, is massive, has Final Countdown
THQ just sent word that the Saints Row 2 soundtrack's been announced, and there are more tunes on it than there are leaves on a tree. That's a lot. Here. Looking at it, there really is an awful lot of "classic" stuff on there, including The Final Countdown by Europe. Can't say fairer than that. […]
Wii price drop is "rumour and speculation" says Nintendo
Nintendo UK's told GI that talk of a Wii price cut in Europe this morning is "rumour and speculation". And we've just received the same comment while writing this. "Rumour and speculation – so no comment," said a rep.
European Wii price cuts rumoured
Jeux-France has rumoured that Nintendo Europe is drop Wii's price in Europe this Mai. The site, citing a "source at Nintendo France", predicts that the machine with Wii Sports with drop to €149, while a Mario Kart Wii bundle will retail for €199. The Wii Sports pack currently sells for €249 on the Continent, so […]
European 360 price cuts announced
No more guessing, then. Microsoft just confirmed what Amazon had the good grace to admit this morning: the RRPs of all three European Xbox 360 SKUs will drop on Friday. "Microsoft today announced it is lowering the estimated retail price (ERP) for its Xbox 360 family of consoles in Europe," said the company in a […]
Xbox 360 price drop is reaction to Blu-ray victory, says analyst
The simExchange Jesse Divnich is convinced that the impended European Xbox 360 price cut is a specific reaction to the recent death of HD-DVD and emerging dominance of Blu-ray. "I've always considered the console wars to be like a game of chess and Sony's recent Blu-ray victory is equivalent to putting Microsoft in 'check'," he […]
Amazon UK puts Xbox 360 prices back up after morning drop
Oh dear. Amazon UK has now changed all it's Xbox 360 hardware prices back to their original levels, following cutting them this morning. The Arcade pack is now listed as £189.98, the Premium as £249.99 and the Elite as £279.99. This morning, the retailer had dropped its prices to £149.99 for the Arcade, £189.99 for […]
Amazon cuts Xbox 360 price across all SKUs in the UK, Arcade drops below £150
Any announcement is going to be a little late, from the look of it. Amazon UK has cut the price of all its 360 SKUs this morning, following news last night that a Dutch retailer had detailed euro-priced cuts and the German FT had run a story saying Microsoft is to drop the price of […]
Dutch retailer details Euro 360 price cut
According to this, Dutch retailer Bart Smith has seemingly confirmed the rumoured European Xbox 360 price cuts that did the rounds earlier this week. According to that page, Xbox 360 Elite has dropped from €549.95 to €399.95 , the Pro console (which includes Viva Pinata and Forza Motorsport 2) was lowered from €399.95 to €299.95 […]
Microsoft says nothing on Euro 360 price drop
As per usual, Microsoft has refused to comment on yesterday's rumours that Xbox 360 is going to see a price cut across Europe next week. "We do not comment on rumour and speculation," said a spokesperson. As reported yesterday, it's now widely believed that Microsoft will drop the price of all three Xbox 360 SKUs […]
UK retailers in dark on Euro 360 drop, but senior insider confirms truth
Speaking under condition of strict anonymity, a senior UK source has confirmed to videogaming247 that Microsoft is readying a European price cut for Xbox 360, saying that NDAs are in place to prevent privy parties speaking on the record. According to this story, the price is going to be cut by €50 across all SKUs […]
Euro Xbox 360 price cut rumoured for March 14
Says so here. Apparently the price is going to be cut by €50 across all SKUs. That report claims to have "corroborated this story with numerous UK retailers this morning", and that Microsoft has issued a "no comment". The drop would mean the Core pack would be cheaper than a Wii in Europe at approximately […]
Microsoft brands imminent Xbox 360 price drop as "rumour"
Never saw this coming. Speaking to VG247, Microsoft UK called overnight claims that the European entry level Xbox 360 will drop in price next week "rumour and speculation". And as you all know by now, ""We don't comment on rumour or speculation," the firm said. The story originated on a Dutch site, which claimed Microsoft […]
European Xbox 360 price cut rumoured
According to this, a rumour's spreading that Microsoft Europe's readying to drop the price of the Xbox 360 Core pack to €199, making it €50 cheaper than the European Wii. The Dutch site this originated from reckons this is going to happen on February 14, using "a very reliable source close to Microsoft" as the […]
"Platinum" PS3 budget range "likely" for Euro PS3, says SCEE
SCEE has given a clear indication that a budget range will be released in Europe for PS3. The company fell short of confirming any solid details but used the consistently used "Platinum" title when describing the range. "We have introduced a Platinum range of best selling titles for all of our platforms to date, and […]
Euro PSN downloads for January 31
Devil May Cry 4 for free's probably pretty good. And Theme Hospital! It'll never get better than that. Devil May Cry 4 demo (free) MX Vs ATV Untamed demo (free) Fade to Black PSone game (£3.49) Motorhead PSone game (£3.49) Theme Hospital PSone game (£3.49) PixelJunk Monsters trailer (free)
Microsoft bungles Katamari demo
Microsoft is currently fixing a mistake made with the Beautiful katamari demo announced yesterday, which was accidentally made only available to Silver Live members. "There's a Beautiful Katamari demo available on marketplace now, but there's been a wee mistake somewhere along the line and at the moment it's only available for Silver members. It'll be […]
Free Patapon demo for Europe
It's raining news from SCEE today. According to this, European PSP owners will be able to get a free demo of Patapon, releasing on February 22, a day before launch via the PSP Store. It's the same demo-to-final-save code US gamers got when they pre-ordered the game from Gamestop.
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UK retailers in dark on Euro 360 drop, but senior insider confirms truth
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If you live near the mountains or a beach, inexpensive opportunities abound. For the beach, pack some hearty lunches, gather the troops and spend the weekend frolicking in the water. If you live near the mountains, try taking your whole
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If there's one thing that can be said about most Mario games, it's that they have an undeniably solid quality to them. Sure, some games are noticeably better than others, and the argument that the franchise is ridiculously oversaturated is certainly fair game, but ultimately, the series succeeds at giving us fun platforming, oversaturation be damned! Before Mario spiraled into a depressing mess of reliance on 2D platformers, there was one game that stood tall as the revival of something great: New Super Mario Bros.
Released on the original DS in 2006, this refreshingly old school project proved that Nintendo could still create magic like in the good old days. Of course, the success of New Super Mario Bros. meant that the game was inevitably followed up by dozens of sequels (yay exaggeration!) that just didn't capture that same level of nostalgia and giddiness. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't look back on this particular entry with the utmost adulation. Let's celebrate New Super Mario Bros. here on Up Up Down Down, all the while pointing out some of its miniscule missteps.
Up Up: A pleasantly fresh return to form
In the '80s and '90s, Mario excelled due to its challenging, rewarding, and precise platforming. The series then went in a different direction and entered the 3D realm. It was a departure that still felt familiar, and it made for some truly great games. New Super Mario Bros. brings back old feelings that could only be instilled in players through a 2D landscape. The levels are brimming with unbridled originality, and though you can't help but remember classics such as Super Mario Bros. 3, there's an inherent newness here that expertly blurs the line between old school and new school.
Down Down: This is where it all started
Admittedly, this isn't exactly a knock against any of the mechanics or features in New Super Mario Bros. No, this is one of those "bigger picture" scenarios. Personally, I think this game is as close to flawless as a 2D platformer can get. That said, this little nugget of success prompted Nintendo to make another "new" 2D Mario platformer, and another, and another … and another. No word is more fitting than "overkill" right about now.
Up Up: A great look for the series
The visual direction of Mario games drastically changes depending on several factors. The old school games are deliciously pixelated. Super Mario 3D World is the prettiest 3D entry in the series. Paper Mario is joyously cartoony. At the time of its release, New Super Mario Bros. was able to give us the best of both the 2D and 3D worlds. The game captures the spirit of its NES and SNES predecessors, all the while delivering rich 3D backgrounds and character models. It's a unique look that really stands out, and even though the game's eight years old, it still looks mighty fine.
Down Down: None of its sequels were ever as good
It's not that any of the games that followed New Super Mario Bros. are bad — in fact, they're all quite good — but their quality very clearly declined with every installment. Level designs slowly began to lack creativity, and though I still personally hold New Super Mario Bros. Wii as one of my favorite Wii games, no 2D platformer in the series since the original DS title has managed to offer up that same level of impressive stage design and fun factor.
Up Up: Cool power-ups
There's something jovially empowering about that first time you stumble upon the Mega Mushroom. Seeing Mario grow to a massive, daunting size is pretty great, but it's being able to recklessly crush all the blocks and enemies that stand in your way that really makes you feel powerful. This isn't the only notable power-up, though. You can also shrink down into Mini Mario or don a quirky blue shell as Shell Mario.
Down Down: Not enough of 'em
Sadly, while we're treated to a few new and familiar power-ups, there really aren't a whole lot of them. It's very possible that you won't even notice the lack of items, but in retrospect, the series has become notorious for its use of wacky power-ups. Suffice it to say that the fact that there aren't more of them is a bit surprising, if not slightly disappointing.
Left Right Left Right: It's okay to love New Super Mario Bros., because it's great
Alright, so maybe New Super Mario Bros. resulted in multiple sequels that just weren't as good. At the end of the day, this game is unmistakably one of the best entries in the entire Mario series. And to be fair, none of those sequels were actually bad. That said, if you could only play one of these "new" Mario games, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better installment than this first title. It's entertaining, challenging, memorable, and nostalgic.
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Angels Mess With Texas and Prepare to Take On Boston + Musical Fan Quirks
Now that was a fun game. Jered Weaver pitched his first complete game of the season, allowing only one run and remains…you know…I think I'm just going to leave that sentence unfinished. You all understand. Anyway, it was a good game all around. Matt Harrison pitched through hitless innings until the Angels figured him out. And then? Howie Kendrick sent another one into the stands. He's currently sharing the AL homerun leader's spot in good company – in a three way tie with Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira. Maicer Izturis continued his hitting streak. He is currently the AL batting average leader. Peter Bourjos hit a triple and made another highlight reel catch in centerfield just for good measure. Jeff Mathis got a hit.
Vernon Wells hit his first homerun in an Angels uniform with his dad at the stadium to see it. I imagine feeling like you have the chance to show off and make your folks proud doesn't ever get old, even for a major league baseball player. It was touching to see the camaraderie in the dugout as the team first gave Wells the silent treatment – with barely suppressed grins and shaking shoulders – usually reserved for rookies and then mobbed him, all smiles and laughter, to extend their congratulations. I think that clubhouse chemistry is one of the more important intangibles and I am thrilled to see so much of it in the Angels this season.
And now? Ah, first place. Alone at last. 😉 But, as we all know, it's only April, there's a lot of baseball left to play and here come the Red Sox. While I was never one of the folks who expected this Red Sox team to win 100 games, I certainly don't expect them to stay well below .500 for the season either. They are a much better team than their initial play indicated and have extra incentive to prove it as soon as possible. There's a lot of history between the Red Sox and the Angels and it usually inspires both teams to…well…to put a polite spin on things, to play just that much harder. I am nervous and excited for this series and set to watch a couple of great match-ups starting this evening when young Tyler Chatwood goes head to head with Josh Beckett.
I have already removed the Dropkick Murpheys CD from my car for what will probably be the rest of the month in anticipation. Yes, this is my "superstitious" fan quirk. I don't have a lucky shirt. I don't have specific things I eat before or during games. But I can't bring myself to listen to music closely associated with a certain teams while we're playing that team. It's not really a superstitious thing. I don't think the Angels will lose if I slip in the odd Fields of Athenry here or there when the Red Sox are in town. It just feels really disloyal. Even though I have preferred my punk to come with bagpipes since long before Papelbon went Shipping Up to Boston. So, cue the Train and let's play ball.


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The compelling factor that convinced Peyton Manning was not John Elway's legendary grin, or The Duke's confident swagger, or Elway's business savvy, or the facilities at Dove Valley, or the money, or the roster, or the offense and the defense, or the altitude and the attitude.
Manning ultimately decided the overall fit was perfect.
He liked owner Pat Bowlen and coach John Fox, the city of Denver, its people and a quality of living for his family. He liked the football environment, the franchise's tradition, the weather, the team's promise, a stadium where he has not lost in three appearances, the sellout crowds, the nearby mountains and the small-townlike similarities to Indianapolis, and maybe the return to orange jerseys — as he wore at the University of Tennessee.
"When he chose Tennessee, he went with his gut. He has done that again with Denver," a source close to Peyton told me Monday. "And he went with Elway."
Elway has walked that mile in Manning's shoes, thrown the approximate 30 miles in those cleats.
John was 36 once. He'd had shoulder surgery. He shredded his biceps tendon and didn't know when we talked after an exhibition game if he would ever play again.
He had rehabilitated his body. He was a Hall of Famer-in-waiting too, but worried, at an advanced football age, if he would play once more in a Super Bowl. There was even a time when he wondered where he would finish his career.
He wanted to go out on his terms, in style, as a winner. He was aware what it was like to have an owner who wanted to give him a final chance to succeed.
He has been there and done that. John can relate to Peyton, Peyton to John.
They could talk man-to-Manning, and they understood. Great quarterback minds think alike. When John and Peyton sat down, they were equals.
As late as Sunday, Elway didn't know which team Manning was going to. He had done all he could. He didn't pressure Manning to make a decision because he wouldn't have made one, either, before he was ready. Elway had told Manning the Broncos wanted him, and the organization would do whatever it could to help Manning leave the game on top, not on his shield.
Elway was the difference-maker as an executive, just as he had been as a player.
I never should have doubted Elway in his resolve to lure Manning to Denver. We have all seen the dozens of comebacks, The Drive, The Helicopter, the Super Bowl victory at 37, another at 38, his return to the highest level of professional football before last season.
There were so many other intricate and important aspects of one of the most historic player acquisitions in NFL history. When the process began, the Broncos were considered longshots with a slingshot — David against goliaths in New York, San Francisco, Washington and Miami.
But Manning decided to visit Denver first. Elway low-keyed the approach during the discussions, answered the critical questions and asked the correct questions. On their follow-up trip to North Carolina last Friday to watch Manning's arm and examine his body, Elway was the calm catalyst. Other teams were eliminated early, and the Broncos became one of the four favorites, then three. When the Dolphins and the Cardinals were replaced by the Titans and the 49ers as contenders, the Broncos held steady and hoped.
Maybe the Titans were too intense with their owner and his lifetime employee guarantee. And, Peyton already had spent his time in Tennessee. The 49ers were not a comfortable choice for Manning. Coach Jim Harbaugh has total control of the offense, and Peyton wants to play against brother Eli in the Super Bowl, not in a wild-card playoff game. Miami was a vacation spot, and Arizona didn't feel right
The Broncos have salary cap space to bring in Manning teammates — center Jeff Saturday and tight end Dallas Clark — and won't be squeezed for funds after Manning signs. He can operate his high-octane, high-altitude offense with assistance from Mike McCoy, and the AFC West is there for the taking.
Of course, there will be controversy, but Tebowmania will be transformed into Manningmania.
The Broncos have exchanged one fascination, fixation, fervor and feeling for another. In one era, out with the other.
The Broncos have changed from run to pass, new to old, firestorm to perfect storm. From Will to Win to Way to Win.
Peyton Manning comes. So goes Tim Tebow.
Elway never had total faith in Tebow. He does have high-risk, higher-reward belief in Manning, because he has been Manning.
Manning soon will cite all the reasons he selected the Broncos.
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Pension Ponzi: How Public Sector Unions are Bankrupting Canada's Health Care, Education and Your Retirement
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Pension Ponzi lays the blame squarely at the feet of the politicians who refused to stand up to Canada's public sector unions. The fact is Canada's public sector, which accounts for 20% of the workforce, has been grossly overpaid relative to their counterparts in the private sector with cushy pensions paid for with your taxes and new debt. There is no denying that the country does not have the financial resources to ensure that the next generation of Canadians will have the same standard of living as the ones before it-or to support our growing seniors population. Meeting our public sector pension obligations will break the current social safety net that is a pillar of the Canadian way.
Can you escape this bleak future? Can you afford to live longer? Nationally-recognized pension expert Bill Tufts and award-winning journalist Lee Fairbanks explore how this catastrophe came about and then suggest ways that government can fix what's broken, and how you as an individual can protect yourself from the financial calamity that is about to engulf Canada.
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Mount Rainier has a reduced ability to rescue people at high altitudes. Last year, a climbing ranger died during a rescue at 13,900 feet. Following that accident, the use of CH-47 Chinhook helicopters for hoist operation was suspended. That helicopter can operate at up 15,000 feet and lift victims into the helicopter.
Without that resource, rescues at high altitudes may be longer and more dangerous.
The park is working on a alternative helicopter rescue method, but it won't be in action for a while.
What this means, in short, is that if you're going to be climbing Mount Rainier, you need to know what you're doing and be well prepared. If you get in trouble, you can't count on a quick rescue.
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The Katmai bear video has been one of the most-viewed posts on National Parks Traveler, being viewed more than 4,000 times in less than a week. It has generated anguish, anger, and controversy. Against this backdrop, Alaska Regional Director Marcia Blaszak has taken a moment to explain the National Park Service's viewpoint of how to manage the bear hunt in Katmai National Preserve. - The editors
Dear National Park Friend:
In the past week, we have received and read a significant number of comments regarding bear hunting in Katmai National Preserve. While I do not expect to change views on this matter, in the next few paragraphs I do hope to explain the position of the National Park Service, including some of the research which guides us and the limits to federal action.
Katmai National Preserve was established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. It mandated, in Section 202, that this area be managed for "high concentrations of brown/grizzly bears." Section 203 provides that sport hunting in national preserves shall be permitted. Sport hunting is regulated by the State of Alaska.
Research by state and federal biologists show that the density of bears in the preserve is high. This August, three survey flights over the preserve produced an average count of 279 bears, with a high of 329 in one instance. Because you never see every bear, this translates into an estimated population of about 581 bears in the preserve, or more than one bear for every square mile. A similar count in August 2006 showed an estimated preserve population of 331 bears and an average count during three flights of 159 bears. Researchers have also seen a high proportion of single bears, another fact reflective of a healthy, high density population.
Hunting takes place the fall of odd-numbered years and in the spring of even-numbered years. During the last open fall-spring hunt, 35 bears were taken. This translates to an annual harvest rate of no more than 5 percent, considered by biologists to be conservative harvest.
The bear population in the preserve (and in the neighboring national park and state lands) is mobile and individual bears move from areas where hunting is legal to areas where hunting is prohibited. Food supply is among the factors in this movement. As a result of this movement over many miles and often among jurisdictions they may also move from where they are relatively easily seen by bear-viewing visitors or biologists to areas where they are less likely to be seen. This means counts will necessarily be approximations, and that observations at different times of the year and in different locations will result in varying data. Our management, and that of the state Department of Fish and Game, takes mobility, variations in food supply and counting techniques into account by looking at population numbers over a large area and over time and not at the numbers of bears in a particular location.
The seasons, harvest limits and other regulations regarding the hunt are established by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Alaska Board of Game, a group appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Alaska Legislature. These regulations define "ethical" in a regulatory sense, and it is those rules which we and the State of Alaska enforce.
Alaskans and others may talk to their elected and appointed officials about the hunting rules they want to see on public land. When Congress last spoke on the issue, it mandated that sport hunting was legal in Alaska's national preserves and that absent extraordinary circumstances, hunting would be managed by the State of Alaska.
Some commenters also described their views that bears in the preserve are used to seeing people through the summer, including fishermen and bear viewers. It is true that bear viewing has grown as an activity over the last several years. Bears have also been the targets of hunters on the Alaska Peninsula for decades, including the period since the establishment of the national preserve in 1980. Our experience with bears indicates that there is significant variation in the tolerance level which bears have of humans, regardless of the activity in which people are engaged.
The National Park Service will continue to closely monitor the population of bears in Katmai, as well as scrutinize harvest levels and other visitor activities. We appreciate your concern for the park and its resources and welcome your continued participation in the public process.
Marcia Blaszak
NPS Alaska Regional Director


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Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization (EPD) originated in the UK, I believe, was shown to be effective. Unfortunately for USAians, the FDA cut off such treatment in the US for the time being last year.
I used EPD for five years for my non-life-threatening allergies and was quite pleased with the results.
Avoidance is still recommended. People who use EPD for peanut allergy are usually doing so to make it more likely they will survive if they accidentally ingest a microscopic amount of peanut, not to make it possible to eat peanut butter wholesale.


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Hoyer Floor Statement on Conference Report Targeting Federal Workers
Katie Grant, Maureen Beach, 202-225-3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in opposition to paying for part of the payroll conference report by targeting federal workers with increased retirement contributions made by new employees:
Click here to watch the video.
"I do not rise to necessarily defeat this bill. I'm going to vote against this bill. I am for almost all of this bill. What we are funding this bill with was unnecessary, unfair, and ought to be rejected. I want to say at the outset that my friend, Mr. Camp, and I had a very positive discussion. I believe that Mr. Camp and I could have reached an agreement which would have put me in support of this legislation. We didn't get there. We tried late in the game and we didn't get there. I regret that. I think Mr. Camp tried.
"I know that everybody on my side would have supported the agreement that Mr. Van Hollen and I put forward. That agreement would, as the current agreement would say, that the only individuals paying for this bill out of 315 million Americans are the two million civilian workers who work for us, who work for all of us, who day after day, week after week, month after month make sure we give the services to the people of the United States, protect the United states, ensure that our food is safe, ensure that we have FBI agents on the job, make sure at the Defense Intelligence Agency we know what other people are doing, these are all civilian employees. Highly skilled, highly trained, highly educated and, yes, highly motivated. And every day they give outstanding service to the people of the United States. We talk here and we pass laws here but none of that talk and none of those laws make a difference unless somebody implements what we say and the policies that we set. This Congress is on the path to be the most anti-federal worker Congress that I have served in.
"And I'm going to place that in context for you which is why I wanted the time. First of all, what is the context we find ourselves in? First of all, we have a very struggling economy.
"The good news is the economy is coming back but not fast enough. We need to create more jobs, expand opportunities and make sure that the American Dream is alive for all working Americans. Working Americans like our federal employees, working Americans like the folks at G.M., who have done just very well, working Americans who work in the hardware store, the grocery store, the gasoline station, hardworking Americans. And we don't have enough jobs for them. As a result we have high unemployment, and I congratulate my friend, Mr. Levin, for his leadership in making sure that the unemployment provision in this bill is sufficient to try to reach those folks and make sure they don't fall off the ledge. We walked away from them in December. I'm glad we are not walking away from them today.
"Now, we also have, as all of us know, a struggling economy and therefore we put into effect giving $1,000 more to each and every worker. Now, many of your [Republican] leaders did not support this 2% reduction, and I understand that. I won't go into their names. Some are in the chamber, but the fact of the matter is it puts $1,000 of additional money into the pockets of average working Americans. People paying FICA. That is people making less than $6,000. That is an important thing to do for us to to try to keep this economy growing. I'm for that. I was for it in December. I'm for it in February. I'm glad we are going to have consensus on that today.
"In addition to that, we are playing a silly little game with the doctors and with Medicare patients, and this silly little game pretends we are going to extend SGR for 10 months. That's baloney and everybody knows it. We are going to extend SGR over and over and over again. We should have done it permanently in this bill. We should have done it permanently last year in the Congress which I was the Majority Leader. We should have done that. So with respect to SGR, ladies and gentlemen, we are playing a game, and the doctors all over this country and the Medicare recipients all over this country know we're playing a game. We're giving them no certainty, no confidence that come this September, October, November, we won't have another one of these silly little debates.
"Now, in context, we also have a deep deficit and debt that confronts this nation that we have to deal with, and we had two commissions that said we had to deal with it. One was Bowles-Simpson. My friend, Mr. Becerra, sat on that – my friend who sits in the chamber here with me. The other was Domenici and Rivlin, and we had others, including the Gang of Six in the United States Senate. All of them had a premise that we needed to deal with the fiscal problem that confronts us, and the other premise was all of us need to contribute to that solution. All of us.
"Now, what do we see that's being proposed in this Congress, partially in this bill but only partially? We are about to cut or propose to cut $134 billion out of our federal employees over the next 10 years. Nobody else in this bill, not a millionaire, not a billionaire, not a carried interest beneficiary, not an oil company, nobody in this bill other than federal employees is asked to pay.
"I understand we have hospital cuts. By the way, we have $5 billion to that because we just increased by one year the cut that they know they got. The same for some other things. No individual other than a federal employee is asked to take a cut in this bill.
"Now, you will say to me, no, it's future federal employees, so it doesn't matter. That's $15 billion of the $134 billion that's been proposed. They've already paid $60 billion, and by the way, your side of the aisle is not going to give them that half percent the President asked for, so that will be an additional $30 billion. So in three years, Mr. and Mrs. American, Madam Speaker, will give $90 billion in contribution to help bring this deficit down – that's what federal employees are paying. And by the way, federal employees as a percentage of our population are down by a third over the last 20 years. It's not that the bureaucracy is growing. Yes, our population is growing. We're trying to serve them. Down by a third in numbers.
"Now, I know something about federal employee pay. I represent about 60,000 federal employees. You say Hoyer is up there defending his people. You'd be right. You'd be very right. But most of the federal employees don't live in the Washington metropolitan area. They live in your districts, all over this country, serving your farmers. Serving your drug stores. Serving everything that you do.
"Do I think it's the private sector that makes this country great? Absolutely. Do I believe they need an energized, high-morale, highly educated federal workforce as their partner? I do. And you will not have that, ladies and gentlemen, if we keep along this path of every time we come to a bill that's a little bit of trouble the pay for is to reach in the federal employees' pockets. They pretty much are going to say I'm not with you any longer. I want to tell you, in terms of recruiting and retaining, you will not do it. Forty percent of the federal work force, ladies and gentlemen, can retire in the next five years. You are going to be able to recruit those folks only if you have a competitive work force.
"Let me give you a figure that you might find interesting. There are 33,000 employees at Goldman Sachs. Their average salary, ladies and gentlemen, is $367,057. The average salary of 33,300 people. You won't be able to compete. You won't be able to get NSA employees as opposed to Siemens or Microsoft or some of those other corporations – many of whom are in Ms. Eshoo's district – you won't be able to recruit them and you won't retain them to have the best and brightest defending Americans and making America the strongest and greatest country on Earth. You want America to be an exceptional country? You better best have the best civil service on earth. As well as the best private sector.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether most of you know this, I saw a gentleman from Florida who has been here for a couple months pontificate that I didn't know anything outside the beltway. I was the sponsor of the Federal Employee Pay Comparability Act, and the first George Bush signed that into law. We worked with his OMB to get it. What does it say? Federal employees cannot get a raise unless the private sector gets a raise. We are precluded from getting a raise unless the private sector gets a raise. What does it further say? That the private sector, which is the economic cost index, by the way, in case you want to know exactly what the statistic is, says we are going to take a half a point less.
"So what have you done? You are going to freeze their salary for the third year in a row. And Bowles-Simpson said do it for three, but they said everybody ought to share. They get $1 trillion in revenues, $1 trillion in cuts. Everybody. Nobody but federal employees is targeted in this bill.
"You can tell I'm angry about that, because that's not fair, and that's not how you want to treat our employees – America's employees, America's public servants. We ought to stop dissing them. We ought to stop demagoguing them. We ought to stop using 'bureaucrat' as an epithet. America needs them.
"I'll have some other things to say in a few minutes, Madam Speaker. But we ought not walk away from our federal employees any more than we ought to walk away from those 160 million people who need this tax cut or walk away from those 2.4 million who need that unemployment insurance. Or walk away as we have from the doctors who need certainty, long-term, not for 10 months, but long term."


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One of the greatest NBA coaches ever, Pat Riley, and two of the best players in the game today, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, still couldnt convince Baron Davis to sign with the Heat last December.
Davis already knew where he wanted to sign for the veterans minimum: the New York Knicks.
I spoke to Pat Riley. D-Wade, LeBron, they texted me and asked me what was up, Davis said. But I pretty much knew I wanted to come here and play in the Garden and play in front of these fans and play for this organization. I always wanted to play here, so this was really like my first choice.
James Plans on Guarding Jeremy Lin
February 23, 2012
Thursday could be the ultimate test for Jeremy Lin. Not because his Knicks will be taking on Miami Heat. But individually, because LeBron James, one of the best on-ball defenders in the game, says hell likely guard Lin some.
I know Im going to end up guarding Lin at some point, LeBron told reporters Wednesday.
LeBron, as Im sure you recall, switched to guard Derrick Rose for lage parts of the Eastern Conference Finals and essentially locked down the MVP. And while Jeremy Lin has had quite the start to his time in New York, hes not Derrick Rose.
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Brooklyn to Bruce Ratner: F— You
Negative role model Joe Biden's four-letter influence has taken hold, at the corner of Flatbush and St. Marks, where mischievous Brooklyn protested developer Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards gentrification party today. Ratner is not amused. But everyone else is!
Obviously, this was not the work of the Department of Transportation, but some unidentified rogue. Locals were both scandalized and titillated, reports The New York Post:
Eladia Causil, who runs a pre-school across the street, said many of her 3-year-old students read the message on the way to class and kept asking questions about it all morning.
Her son, George Causil, said, "You got to hand it to New Yorkers. The person who did this was pretty crafty in getting their message across. It was hilarious."
'Fuck' victim Bruce Ratner—who is a Big Fucking Deal—begs to differ.
Joe DePlasco, a Ratner spokesman, said, "Some irresponsible prankster apparently thinks it's fun to compromise public safety by hacking into the sign and changing the message. It is not funny. It is serious and offensive and, most importantly, a safety issue. We are reporting the vandalism to the Police Department."[Pic: DuelinMarkers Flickr via FreeWilliamsburg]


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NBA commissioner David Stern, former president Bill Clinton and Spurs standouts Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker were among many to provide support for 12-year NBA veteran Jason Collins, who announced his homosexuality on Monday.
"As (deputy commissioner) Adam Silver and I said to Jason," Stern wrote via statement, "we have known the Collins family since Jason and Jarron (Jason's twin brother) joined the NBA in 2001 and they have been exemplary members of the NBA family.
"Jason has been a widely respected player and teammate throughout his career and we are proud he has assumed the leadership mantle on this very important issue."
Read Clinton's statement: "I have known Jason Collins since he was (daughter) Chelsea's classmate and friend at Stanford. Jason's announcement today is an important moment for professional sports and in the history of the LGBT community.
"It is also the straightforward statement of a good man who wants no more than what so many of us seek: to be able to be who we are; to do our work; to build families and to contribute to our communities. For so many members of the LGBT community, these simple goals remain elusive.
"I hope that everyone, particularly Jason's colleagues in the NBA, the media and his many fans extend to him their support and the respect he has earned."
Collins wrote a piece for Sports Illustrated that was published earlier this morning. He becomes the first active, openly gay athlete in American professional team sports.
"I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport," he wrote. "But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, 'I'm different.' If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand."
Scores of NBA players have taken to Twitter to voice their opinions, including Parker, Ginobili and Kobe Bryant.
All my respect & support to JasonCollins. Thanks to his courage perhaps someday an athlete's sexual preference will be irrelevant. Congrats.
— Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) April 29, 2013
Really hope people will RESPECT Jason Collins for his decision to come out. Just glad he can now relax and not be afraid to be who he is.
— tony Parker (@tonyparker) April 29, 2013
(Interestingly, former teammate Bruce Bowen issued an identically-worded tweet.)
Really hope people will RESPECT Jason Collins for his decision to come out. Just glad he can now relax and not be afraid to be who he is.
— Bruce Bowen (@Bowen12) April 29, 2013
Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don't suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others #courage #support #mambaarmystandup #BYOU
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 29, 2013
The time has come. Maximum respect. RT @baron_davis: I am so proud of my bro @jasoncollins34 for being real. … tmi.me/TGSBh
— Steve Nash (@SteveNash) April 29, 2013
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/…very proud of you @jasoncollins34
— jarron collins (@jarronctwin) April 29, 2013
Proud of @jasoncollins34 for expressing his feelings! Great teammate, mentor and better person !! #liveyourlife !
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) April 29, 2013
Kevin Durant on Collins' announcement: "As NBA players, this is like a big group of guys, that's like a brotherhood. I support him."
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) April 29, 2013
Jason's sexuality doesn't change the fact that he is a great friend and was a great teammate. @jasoncollins34
— Jason Kidd (@RealJasonKidd) April 29, 2013
Doc Rivers: "I am extremely happy and proud of Jason Collins. He's a pro's pro." Read Doc's full statement: on.nba.com/15UPgaR
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 29, 2013
Jason Collins showed a lot of courage today and I respect him for taking a stand and choosing to live in his truth. #nbafamily
— Way of WADE (@DwyaneWade) April 29, 2013
Jason can feel good in knowing that the NBA will support him.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 29, 2013
Looked upto @jasoncollins34 growin up in LA, been the best role model from grade school to the NBA. Blessed to know him & his fam #NBAFamily
— Robin Lopez (@eegabeeva88) April 29, 2013
NBPA (players union) on Jason Collins: "As Jason wrote, pro basketball is a family, and he has and always will be our brother."
— Jeff Zillgitt (@JeffZillgitt) April 29, 2013
It's amazing to see such courage from @jasoncollins34 in today'sannouncement. Myself and the #NBAFamily supports you Jason!


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What John Boehner and Joe Biden Privately Talk About: Golf
Ever wondered what the Vice President and Speaker of the House talk about while waiting for the President to address a joint session of Congress? Of course you haven't. But now you can hear it anyway!
Boehner greets Biden with a little Tea Party joke, "I'm one of those barbarians," which prompts Biden to violently shake him for a few seconds. Boehner explains how he was playing this golf course in Nebraska, in "the middle of nowhere," and shot five-under-par on 36 holes. Boy howdy, what a round! Joe Biden is silenced, completely in awe of John Boehner's golfing prowess. Finally, Biden appears to point at the hot mic, it ends, and now we know all of the government's top secrets.


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Beckham thrilled by royal wedding invite
David and Victoria Beckham will be attending the royal wedding on April 29, 2011. (REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files)
Soccer superstar David Beckham is struggling to control his excitement ahead of Britain's royal wedding on Friday, insisting the U.K. "needs" the pomp and ceremony of the occasion.
Los Angeles Galaxy player Beckham and his singer-turned-fashion designer wife Victoria are on the guest list for Prince William and Kate Middleton's nuptials at London's Westminster Abbey.
And the sportsman is honoured to be among the congregation, because he was brought up in a fiercely pro-monarchy family in England.
In a video posted on his Facebook.com page, titled "Looking forward to the Royal Wedding this Friday", Beckham says, "I think, you know, a royal wedding - it's amazing. It really is amazing. Our country needs it, our country wants it. The British public love the royal family.
"I was brought up around the royal family and around loving the royal family with my granddad, my nan. You know, I took my nan and granddad to Buckingham Palace when I got my OBE and they were so proud and it means so much to them. My granddad served his country and they were so proud of that... And to see there is going to be (a royal wedding) now - it's fantastic."


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Mainly we disdain such tactics because our elected officials haven't been too successful in recent years of bringing the bacon home to Arkansas.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln's push this week to expand recently approved child tax credits to low-income families might appear to be akin to a pork project, as many of her constituents would benefit.
However, the senator's idea will benefit not only working poor families in Arkansas, but families across the country.
Under the recent tax-cut plan approved by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush, families that make up to $27,000 a year would not have received the expanded tax credit for children.
Opponents of expanding the credit contend that low-income families don't pay much tax in the first place.
In dollars, that's a correct statement. In reality, it's false.
A family making $27,000 a year feels much more sting from each $100 in tax than a family making $50,000 feels from a similar tax bite. Extend that fiscal reality to families making $80,000 or $100,000 (by no means "wealthy" numbers), and the real effect of tax dollars on working poor becomes apparent.
Lincoln's proposal, approved by the Senate and waiting for House action, would allow families to take a tax credit of 15 percent on income above $10,500. For a family making $27,000, that credit would amount to $2,475 - not small potatoes to a family of four trying to make it on $2,250 a month (before taxes).
How many families make less than $27,000 a year?
A bunch.
Minimum wage jobs pay the whopping sum of $13,500 per year. It takes two of those to get to $27,000 annually.
What about a single parent working at a local factory and trying to raise a couple children at home? That parent has to make nearly $13 per hour to get to $27,000 annually. How many jobs in this state pay $13 an hour? Far fewer than there are working families that need them.
Across this country, there are thousands and thousands of families that would benefit from Lincoln's plan. Senators recognized the failing of the original tax-cut plan and rectified the problem. We encourage their counterparts in the House will do the same.
If they refuse, perhaps they can explain to all these working families why cutting taxes on dividends and capital gains is more important than helping the people barely scraping by.
- Rick Fahr


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Personal computing discussed
Moderators: Captain Ned, emkubed
trackerben wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTSqzF15ueU
old classic
Arclight wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ziCw35F98
thegleek wrote:
Ravi Shankar - "West Eats Meat!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Zkkuv8J7Y
Arclight wrote:
thegleek wrote:[...]Sade - "Soldier Of Love": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR5_rTCi-Bo[...]
JohnC wrote:[...]And speaking about movie soundtracks in general, I always found this Orbital's soundtrack pretty relaxing, especially in this particular scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c4KG_8iTZM [...]
thegleek wrote:trackerben wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTSqzF15ueU
old classic
From Hour of Healing TV Show with Richard Roberts?
lol serious? classic from what? church?
Arclight wrote:Oh yeah, Sade, i like many of her songs besides the one you linked like "No ordinary love" or "Smooth operator"...
Arclight wrote:Anyways a new one that i liked a lot is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ6uh4iv9pA


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Be Prepared For An Emergency Department Visit
It is reassuring to know that when someone has a medical emergency the emergency department is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Patients may seek care for life threatening issues involving their heart or breathing, or for a variety of conditions and injuries that range from urgent to a minor aliment. Regardless of why a patient comes to the emergency department every patient is anxious, perceives that they have an emergency and would like to be seen immediately by a physician.
When someone goes to a store or restaurant, they expect to be served in the order in which they arrive, however, in the emergency department care is not delivered on a first come, first served basis. Patients are greeted at the front desk and will be asked for their name and a brief complaint; this information facilitates patient flow through triage. Hospital emergency departments use a system called triage to rapidly assess patients.
Triage nurses are experienced emergency department professionals who determine the severity of a patients condition and appropriately assign the patient to treatment areas. In the triage area the nurse will obtain a brief history and assess blood pressure, pulse, respirations and temperature. The patient will then be directed to the appropriate care area based on their condition which may be life threatening, urgent or non-urgent. Sometimes patients are directed back to the waiting area until a treatment room is available.
Wait times vary due to the severity of the symptoms and how busy the emergency department is. When someone has pain or does not feel well it is difficult to wait. It is important to remember that every patient will be seen as soon as possible and the staff is giving their full attention to the patients they are currently seeing. If a patients condition changes while they are waiting they should notify the staff for revaluation.
If possible, bring a current list of medications and allergies, and try to avoid eating or drinking prior to coming to the emergency department. Patients should wear comfortable clothes and leave valuables at home. If possible, children should be left with family or friends when parents are in the emergency department so that parents can focus on their health needs. With privacy issues and space limitations visitors are kept at a minimum while being seen in the emergency department.
Many patients have diagnostic imaging done and may wait for a radiologist to interpret the images. The emergency department physician or physicians assistant will need the results before making a diagnosis and planning treatment. When a patient is discharged they will receive an explanation of care and discharge instructions. It is important to remember that emergency care has been provided and it is always best to follow-up with your regular doctor in a few days. If a patient is to be admitted to the hospital there are several steps involved in the process. First, the emergency department will notify the appropriate physician. Next, the admitting physician will come in to see the patient, write admission orders, and then, the patient is moved to a room.
It is normal for a patient to feel anxious during an emergency room visit due to pain, feeling poorly and not knowing what to expect. Be assured that the staff in registration and the emergency department will take very good care of every patient, every day.
Kathy Dittmann, RN, is the director of service excellence at Mount Nittany Medical Center.