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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Obiwanshinobi, Jan 30, 2011.
It wasn't the first time something went over my head.
You do make a good point.
I think Byrne did it for characterization purpose on Luthor. The man who is so hungry for power he is so blinded he can't imagine anyone wanting to be someone less powerful.
It became rubbish when the editors and writers forgot about this story when it was actually still canon. When Luthor became president, he found out about Clark being Superman. The previous story was never referenced, when it really should have been.
Which is probably why President Luthor never used that information, even before Superman erased that memory of his.
Just read the Daredevil book "Born again", and think of Superman in the role of Matt Murdock. That would have been ugly.
Although, I think it actually was done in some way.
Spoiler: Joe Kelly wrote this story where
Manchester Black tricked Superman into believing that he killed Lois, to prove that Superman was not morally better than him. He was so disappointed by Superman not taking revenge, he actually commited suicide.
Man, I miss Joe Kelly on Superman. He actually got what Superman was about. Not many writers in the past two decades actually did, even though working on the character.
Thank you.
Only Joe Kelly I know is the guy who wrote Supergirl. That guy could barely string two word balloons together and have them make sense. Also he penned the phrase "red wavelength UVB lights," which is the dumbest phrase ever uttered by human beings since Isaac Newton put a prism in a windowsill. But! Better than Jeph Loeb.
Also that spoiler sort of butts up against the details of the Max Lord situation. Incidentally, I know I've said this before, but his condemnation of Wonder Woman for not letting herself be heat vision super-sped Krypton-punched to death may be the unsung lowest moment in Superman history. Even if by that point they had retconned his execution of three unarmed prisoners, it's still unbelievably bad.
P.S. Born Again was so great. Man, talk about missing people, I miss David Mazzuchelli doing superhero work. Or just drawing in that style. Have you seen Asterios Polyp? Looks like Marjane Satrapi drew it. People did not like Persepolis because of its pretty picutres, Dave! Just because you can still work miracles with panel layout and graphic design does not give you license to stop drawing things well! And indie comics do not have to look like rushed New Yorker cartoons! Berlin is maybe the best drawn non-J.H. Williams comic of the last decade. Jason Lutes would never sacrifice the awesomeness of his art, why did you?
Yeah, Byrne made a point of that in interviews - why the hell would Superman ever acknowledge to anyone that he spent much of his life in street clothes trying to pass as a normal human being? It would just make his disguise that much more challenging.
In the final analysis, Superman's "secret identity" is a storytelling conceit - you accept as a given that it works, and if you don't there's no amount of explanation or rationalization (including Byrne's own "Superman constantly vibrates his face at superspeed to blur his likeness" foolishness) that will make it plausible.
I mean, we buy that he flies and that bullets bounce off him. Heck, we go along with the notion that Batman can swing down out of nowhere to kick guns out of a couple of guys' hands while clinging one-handed to a cord which is the apparent diameter of one of Bruce Wayne's patent leather formal shoelaces. Why not accept the glasses?
Because one is technological/physical, and the other is social. Everyone knows that (s)he would recognize the guy despite the glasses.
Not everyone knows what material that cord is made of or what Bruce Wayne's martial art skills are. Bullets bouncing of Supes are also because of his invincible skin, however that might work.
You want some science? I can go to the titty bar, make it rain science and my currency will be accepted. Lois Lane has prosopagnosia. That's science wedged between your hip and your g-string, baby. But you don't really believe a man can fly, do you?
Haven't actually read the Supergirl comics, but apparently, it's the same Joe Kelly. Can't judge his work on Supergirl, but his work on Action Comics and JLA was brilliant. He got the Clark Kent as a writer, utterly fantastic superhero stuff, and he could actually do a Superman who really was inspiring, not just one saying he had to inspire.
As much as I like Greg Rucka, especially his work on WW, but that stuff really only served to set up Infinite Crisis. Would have been one thing if the big three actually did drift apart over the years and the writers wanting to work it out, but that wasn't there when they started out, they just set it up. And to do that they really had to twist the characters.
Actually, something about Supermans aura causing temporary prosopagnosia was suggested in one of the comics, I believe. It's like dreaming of people, you can't remember the faces.
Doesn't explain photographs of Superman, though.
Willing suspension of disbelief. You just have to go with it.
That is a completely unpersuasive and silly attempt to draw a meaningless distinction.
You don't buy the disguise? Avoid the comics, TV, and movie versions of the character then. All of them. Clark uses glasses to disguise himself, period. He always has.
Joe Kelly's work was brilliant on JLA? Since when? That's praise that I don't remember during his run from the majority of fans I talked to. The only interesting thing that he ever did on JLA was tease the Batman and Wonder Woman relationship, which was also of course being teased on "Justice League Unlimited" at the time. I remember the rumour was that DC brass didn't want these two getting together romantically for whatever reason and nixed both arcs. JLA #90 is one of my favourite issues since it gives a peak into possible relationship timelines. Probably my favourite piece of Kelly's work.
Since this is the way I see it, your comment almost comes of as insulting.
Superman flying: buy it.
Superman taking a human to the moon without oxygen: stupid.
Superman being obviously Clark Kent's "twin brother" and nobody recognizing it: stupid.
Ships flying faster than light: buy it.
Red Matter: buy it.
Promoting cadet to captain after one mission: stupid.
Alien robots with personalities transforming into cars: buy it.
A human getting hit by such a robot's punch, without a single scar: stupid.
Jedi and the Force: buy it.
Lightsabers: buy it.
Anakin mercilessly killing the Sandpeople and Padme simply ignoring it like nothing happened: stupid.
John McClane getting into the same shit twice on Christmas Eve: buy it.
Hand grenades taking 30 seconds to detonate: stupid.
And so forth. There simply is some very basic knowledge and stuff that I can't deny for myself.
The chances that no one notices Clark looks alot like Superman is much more plausible than a guy flying under his own power.
I think you're missing his (or her) point by just a tad. When you go into a superman flick, you know that a guy will fly under his own power, just as you know a starship will fly at warp in a Trek film. These things go with the territory. What doesn't go with the territory is having Lois breathe in space near the moon, that takes it too far.
^ Sometimes fans need to suspend their disbelief of impossible things...
That's unfortunate, since I find your reasoning completely unpersuasive and the distinction that you're drawing between two kinds of implausibilities to be silly and meaningless.
Do you think that when you present an argument people are only going to respond to it in order to agree?
Sorry for the abstract mathematical phrasing, but this is the only way I can nail this point on the head.
If you regard Superman as impossible, then the only method that makes sense mathematically to maximize the plausibility of a Superman story is to maximize the plausibility of everything except the single impossible element, or a select few impossible elements.
But this method doesn't produce the best stories, if Superman is impossible, because it can lead to stylistic incongruities that are more of a negative than can be outweighed by what is at best an infinitesimal boost in overall plausibility. The boost gained by this method is overall infinitesimal at best, because any gain is floored by the impossibility of Superman in the first place.
The way to get the most enjoyable story is therefore not strictly to maximize the plausibility of everything other than Superman.
On the other hand, if you are claiming that Superman isn't really impossible, so that the gains gotten by adjusting the plausibility of the other elements will be overall non-infinitesimally positive, well I think you've got an uphill battle to fight, to prove that Superman is possible.
I have no doubt that this addresses everything we need to know.
I don't recall mentioning Lois breathing in space in my response. A guy flying and folks not seeing that Clark is Superman are both expected in a Superman film. To call one stupid and "buying" the other doesn't make sense. That was my point
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Ortiz appeals scorer's controversial decision
By Dave Sessions / Special to MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- After Friday night's game, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was clearly upset about what he thought was a poor scoring decision that robbed him of a hit while Yu Darvish was still pitching a perfect game. Now, a Red Sox spokesman confirmed Ortiz will personally appeal the decision per Major League rules.
Ortiz vehemently disagreed with official scorer Steve Weller's decision to call an error on Ortiz's fly ball that dropped between second baseman Rougned Odor and right fielder Alex Rios. He said Friday "they have to" change the call, and now he is appealing to the Commissioner's Office through his agent, Fernando Cuza.
Teams also have the option to appeal a scorer's decision, but in this case, Ortiz is the one pursuing the change.
Weller defended his call after the Red Sox's 8-0 loss Friday, saying that under MLB Rule 10.12(a)(1), a player who would have caught a fly ball "making ordinary effort" can be charged with an error if he doesn't catch it. Weller also said he checked with the Elias Sports Bureau, who agreed with the call, and Weller said at a recent national official scorer's meeting with Elias, scorers had a "consensus" that such calls should be ruled errors.
The appeal will go through the office of Joe Torre, baseball's executive vice president for operations.
Ortiz alone in fourth on Red Sox all-time HR list
ARLINGTON -- David Ortiz's leadoff homer in the third inning of Saturday night's game against the Rangers was his 380th as a member of the Red Sox, breaking a tie for fourth on Boston's all-time list with Dwight Evans.
Ortiz needs three more home runs to pull even with Jim Rice for third on Boston's all-time list, and 72 more to tie Carl Yastrzemski (452). So what does it mean to Ortiz to be in that rarified company?
"It means I'm getting old," he joked. "You play the game and the last thing you think about is having your name mentioned with those guys. But once it happens, it's an honor."
Ortiz, 38, would have to play at his current level into his mid-40s to catch Ted Williams, the team's leader with 521 homers.
The left-handed Ortiz launched a towering ball 367 feet to right field to give the Red Sox their second of six runs against Rangers starter Martin Perez.
It was his 438th career homer, tying Andre Dawson and Jason Giambi for 40th all-time. Ortiz hit 58 home runs for Minnesota during the first six years of his career.
Bogaerts OK to play after getting spiked
ARLINGTON -- Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts started Saturday despite getting spiked in the left knee in the fourth inning of Friday's game.
On a steal attempt by Leonys Martin, Bogaerts had his knee in front of the bag and Martin's foot hit Bogaerts's knee as he slid.
"I don't know if he necessarily dropped his left knee to block the bag. It was a bang-bang play," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "We're going to teach our middle infielders to straddle the bag to receive the throw on a stolen base. Because of the closeness of the play, he was in the middle of it."
Bogaerts was hitless in his last seven at-bats entering Saturday, with four strikeouts, and was batting .263. He has played in 33 games, tied for second on the team with Mike Napoli behind Dustin Pedroia (34).
"When he does get banged up with some minor things, he's certainly not looking to come out of the lineup," Farrell said of Bogaerts.
Big Papi shows infield shift doesn't always work
ARLINGTON -- David Ortiz broke up Yu Darvish's perfect game Friday in the seventh inning, then broke up his no-hitter with two outs in the ninth. In each of those cases, the Red Sox slugger hit balls to the right side, beating a shifted infield -- and in fact, both balls might have been outs had the Rangers been playing in their normal spots.
"The shift [messed] them up," Ortiz said Friday.
In the seventh, Ortiz's fly ball dropped between second baseman Rougned Odor, playing deep on the grass, and right fielder Alex Rios. The miscommunication between Odor and Rios, who was charged with an error, likely wouldn't have happened if Odor was in his usual position.
In the ninth, Ortiz stroked a grounder between shortstop Elvis Andrus and Odor, neither of whom had a legitimate shot at making a play. Had Odor been playing at his standard spot, he might have had a chance.
"If you're playing normal, that's the end of the game," Ortiz said.
Teams have taken to shifting against left-handed pull hitters more and more in recent years, and while the strategy is generally effective, sometimes it backfires.
"We see it on our end when a hitter will hit against the grain, so to speak. It's probably because we haven't executed as well from the mound, or there's been a pronounced change in the stroke of the hitter at the plate," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "As much as you'd like to be right all the time, this is still going to be about humans executing and it's not going to be 100 percent."
Victorino healthy but still no switch in his swing
ARLINGTON -- Though he missed most of the season's first month with a hamstring injury, right fielder Shane Victorino is at full strength after 11 games back, Red Sox manager John Farrell said Friday.
"There's been no restrictions as far as the way he's moved, the range he's shown in right field," Farrell said. "He's responded daily, so it's been as expected."
One thing Victorino may not be doing anytime soon is hitting left-handed. He spent the first decade of his career as a switch-hitter but began hitting exclusively right-handed last August, save for a single postseason game.
Against Yu Darvish, a right-hander, Victorino hit right-handed and struck out three times. Farrell said Saturday that he didn't expect to see him hit left-handed again.
"I don't know that 'permanently' will ever come into the discussion, but we've seen against one of the best right-handers in baseball, he's not hitting left-handed," Farrell said.
For his career, Victorino has hit .268/.329/.401 as a lefty against right-handers. In 216 at-bats as a right-hander against righties, he's at .250/.329/.403.
Worth noting
• After foiling Yu Darvish's no-hitter Friday, the Red Sox have the fourth-longest active streak without being no-hit among Major League teams.
• The Red Sox offense entered Saturday averaging 4.08 pitches per plate appearance, second in the Majors behind Minnesota (4.17).
• The Boston rotation allowed 20 earned runs in the team's previous nine games for a 3.20 ERA, second in the AL behind Detroit (2.59).
Dave Sessions is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Explain it to me like I'm a 13-year-old.
That's what members of the NHLPA find themselves doing this week as labour talks continue to drag on and the first 82 games of the NHL season already scrapped.
The latest goodwill ambassador to drop in unannounced on a wide-eyed minor hockey squad is Gloucester's own Grant Clitsome of the Winnipeg Jets, who surprised a group of minor bantam Jr. 67's at practice Friday at the Brewer Arena.
"A lot of guys are sitting at home with not too much to do and itching to play, so if they can get out and help out the kids, it helps," said Clitsome, who first plied his trade with the Gloucester Rangers before making the big leagues as a draft pick of the Columbus Blue Jackets, with a stopover at Clarkson University along the way.
"It's a goodwill thing, but it's also the players just wanting to get out and help kids. I remember as a kid growing up, to have an NHL player come out to meet us was a huge thrill, just being able to meet an NHL player let alone skate with one it was a highlight. It's just fun for us."
When asked how an NHLer would explain the lockout to a 13-year-old, Clitsome replied: "That's a good question.
"I would just say it's the business side of the game and it's out of our control. We have our union looking after it and they're negotiating with the NHL and hopefully they'll get a deal done as soon as possible.
"I know it sucks for the fans, it sucks for the players, it sucks for everyone involved."
That sentiment was echoed wholeheartedly by Jr. 67's player Darcy Walsh, a family friend of Clitsome's, and the younger brother of current OHLer and 67's forward Daniel Walsh.
"It sucks," was Darcy's first response when asked for his thoughts on the lockout.
And while the 13-year-old doesn't get too engaged in sports pages that now occupy themselves with legal jargon and rhetoric instead of summaries and highlights, the basic arguments are not lost on him.
"I know it has something to do with money," he said. "I really don't know much about it, but I know the players want more money and the owners want more money."
If Clitsome were asked to break it down for the young fan, here's how it would go:
"The owners and the league wanting a bigger percentage of the overall revenue and they're not willing to play until they get that. They want a bigger piece of the pie and that's really what it boils down to."
That may not fly with a kid who's playing a game for the fun of it and not for the dollars, and while Clitsome feels the youngster's pain, he also acknowledges "It's tough for fans to relate.
"From a fan's perspective you have these wealthy players saying they don't want to give up any more money, and so it's difficult to comprehend.
"From a player's point of view we're just trying to get a fair deal that will help the health of the league so hopefully the next negotiation we won't have to go through this again.
"The hardest part to comprehend is that you hear the league talking about record growth and continued success and the league is really at an all-time high right now.
"It's frustrating to put the brakes on that and even start sliding downhill from that.
"When you have that kind of momentum it's to everyone's advantage to keep playing and build off that. We just want to get back playing."


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Though I have written more than 2300 blog posts, I always find things which I have not covered earlier in this blog post. Recently I was asked if I have written a function which rounds up or down the time based on the minute interval passed to it. Well, not earlier, but it is here today about how to create a function to round up time to nearest minute interval.
Here is a very simple example of how one can do the same.
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[RoundTime] (@Time DATETIME, @RoundToMin INT) RETURNS DATETIME AS BEGIN RETURN ROUND(CAST(CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR, @Time,121) AS DATETIME) AS FLOAT) * (1440/@RoundToMin),0)/(1440/@RoundToMin) END GO GO
Above function needs two values. 1) The time which needs to be rounded up or down. 2) Time in minutes (the value passed here should be between 0 and 60 – if the value is incorrect, the results will be incorrect.) Above function can be enhanced by adding functionalities like a) Validation of the parameters passed b) Accepting values like Quarter Hour, Half Hour etc.
Here are few sample examples.
SELECT dbo.roundtime('17:29',30) SELECT dbo.roundtime(GETDATE(),5) SELECT dbo.roundtime('2012-11-02 07:27:07.000',15)
When you run above code, it will return following results.
Well, do you have any other way to achieve the same result? If yes, do share it here and I will be glad to share it on blog with due credit.
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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It is a very useful function. Refer to the script, may I know what is the purpose of converting datetime to varchar and back to dateime ? i.e. CONVERT(VARCHAR,@Time,121) AS DATETIME
Its very helpfull function!
for ,
SELECT dbo.roundtime(GETDATE(),5)
result should come '2012-11-02 12:35:00.000', but it came '2012-11-02 12:34:59.997'
My suggested solution is :
SELECT DATEADD(mi,ROUND(DATEDIFF(mi,0,@Time)*1.0/@RoundToMin,0)*@RoundToMin,0)
Alternately, if you don't need the milliseconds portion, you could alter the function to return a SMALLDATETIME rather than a DATETIME.
thanks for sharing this to me
How would you modify this function to always round up, and not up or down to the closest x mins?
select getdate(),dateadd(minute,datediff(minute,0,getdate()),0)
Hi Cathy. Please see my reply to Dave a few posts down. :)
Cathy,can you give two example and expected answer you are looking for ?
I cannot get this to work. If I enter a time of 13:34 with an interval of 15 I thout it would go to 13:45,
DECLARE @Dt DATETIME;
SET @Dt = CAST('2013-01-18 13:34.123' AS DATETIME);
SELECT dbo.RoundTime(@dt,15)
This isn't actually a true "RoundUp" Function. It works like standard rounding, going up or down depending on which is closest. If you want to always round up (or down), you would need to define separate functions, and change the slightly like so:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[RoundTimeDown] (@Time DATETIME, @RoundToMin INT)
RETURN FLOOR(CAST(CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR,@Time,121) AS DATETIME) AS FLOAT(53)) * (1440/@RoundToMin))/(1440/@RoundToMin)
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[RoundTimeUp] (@Time DATETIME, @RoundToMin INT)
RETURN CEILING(CAST(CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR,@Time,121) AS DATETIME) AS FLOAT(53)) * (1440/@RoundToMin))/(1440/@RoundToMin)
Thanks for your contribution @Night1505
the round time up function works most of the time however there are a few cases where it doesn't , for example
select dbo.[RoundTimeUp]('12:57′,15)
select dbo.[RoundTimeUp]('14:16′,15)
any idea why these return 12:59 and 14:29 instead of the 13:00 and 14:30 ??
I am passing month and year from a drop down to procedure
and want to check whether the date from table is lesser than then the passed month and year.
For Eg:
Passed Year:2008
Passed Month:12
From table i get the date value as "Dec 11 2009 12:00AM" . To check this date value is <= passed month and year.
I need it urgent. Kindly help….
This function throws different time roundup than usual for 75min roundup case,
I tried with "SELECT dbo.roundtime ('2012-11-02 09:27:07.000',75)", I got the result "2012-11-02 08:51:00" and I tried the same input with excel for eg. I gave input as "2012-11-02 09:27:07.000" in A1 cell and used this formula "=MROUND(A1, TIME(1,15,0))" and I got output as "11/2/2012 10:00". So my reqirement is that how to write the sql query in sql server to get same output as in excel for this 75min roundup?
there is no equivalent of MRound in T-SQL. I already said in my post
"the value passed here should be between 0 and 60 – if the value is incorrect the results will be incorrect"
Thanks for your reply Pinal, I agree that it works fine between 0 and 60 and besides it also works for 90min. How it will then? I mean that MROUND excel output matches exactly with your function output for 90 min also but not for 75min.. Anyway As you said I understand that there is no MROUND equivalent in T-SQL but I want to accomplish a task that both Excel's 75min roundup output and sql server's 75min roundup output should be same for the date time inputs, Is there any query for this task in T-SQL?
Thanks in advance..
you have to write custom function; nothing inbuilt.
1 – I'm a noob in sql so don't laugh too hard and feel free to suggest where this is wrong – but it works for me rounding up time to a decimal value ( e.g. endtime – start time, rounded UP to the nearest .25 of an hour. in my example below)
But it may have applicability to the above question. For me Diff is a time value found by End-Start but should work on any time value.
`DecVal`= Floor((TIME_TO_SEC(Diff)+899)/900)*.25 WHERE 1
By replacing parts of it it should work generically
PARAMS: @Time @RoundToMin
DECLARE DivisorVal INT DEFAULT 0 // A Divsor used in the equation three times
DECLARE DecVal DECIMAL DEFAULT 0 // Decimal Value of the time
DivisorVal = @RoundToMin * 60 // Minutes to seconds
DecVal = Floor((TIME_TO_SEC(@TIME )+( DivisorVal – 1 ) / DivisorVal ) * DivisorVal
return SEC_TO_TIME(DecVal) // makes the decimal time a time value again.
DecVal = Floor((TIME_TO_SEC(@TIME )+( DivisorVal – 1 ) / DivisorVal ) * @RoundToMin / 60
If you use smalldatetime its more precise :)
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[RoundTime2] (@Time smalldatetime, @RoundToMin INT)
RETURNS smalldatetime
@Time,121) AS datetime) AS FLOAT) * (1440/@RoundToMin))/(1440/@RoundToMin)
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.


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deng been a killer down stretch
I love Kyle Lowry!
Lowry gets a 3pt foul from Nate
Fields subbing in to guard Deng..
ARGH... We need a stop without fouling.. I predict a foul
Lowry man his energy infects the team he and Acy were the difference makers
it should be. "Fuck the refs, Fuck the refs"
Lowry flopped awful call but whatever its my team lol
YES, we are in position for a Lowry 3
Fields just got lost through that double screen
LOWRY!!! At the rim over Noah, what were we talking about before?
Lowry bringing us within 1
Omg I wish that 3 counted.. Fuck Casey lol
full time out, raptors ball
Kyle Lowry everybody get out of the way
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A report released Monday by the National Park Service highlighted the effects of last fall's government shutdown. And there is more to it than the chest-thumping and name-calling we have become accustomed to in Congress. Outside of Washington, shutting down the government involves actual consequences and real pain for real people.
The report detailed how the shutdown affected the country's national parks and visitor spending in communities within 60 miles of the parks during the October 2013 shutdown. It compared figures for the time the parks were shut down with averages during similar periods for the previous three years.
For Mesa Verde National Park alone, the report estimates the shutdown cost the park 30,000 visitors. That works out to an overall loss of about $3 million to the local economy.
Perhaps in Washington $3 million is thought to be no big deal. In Southwest Colorado, however, it is still real money. And it is money that local businesses could have used.
Last year, Mesa Verde and most other national parks were closed from Oct. 1 to 16. Nationwide, that led to 7.88 million fewer park visitors in October and an estimated loss of $414 million in spending in nearby towns. Even with that, it is impossible to know for certain how many would-be visitors changed plans or canceled visits, let alone how many dollars were involved.
What is clear is that in towns such as those in Southwest Colorado, motels, shops, restaurants and countless other businesses depend – directly or otherwise – on income from tourism and tourist-related activities. And while we all have become accustomed to threats from wildfire, weather and the occasional flood, dealing with nature is quite enough difficulty for most lives. We do not need problems brought on solely by politicians' machinations and Washington egos.
That is, however, exactly what we got in October. For more than two weeks the federal government was closed for business – and for what? Although nominally about the spending limit and Obamacare, the entire exercise was little more than a schoolyard shoving match designed primarily to see who flinched first.
And while there may well have been – at least should have been – some political fallout, it was not the politicians who suffered financially. Rather, as the Park Service report shows, it was everyday Americans who paid the price – including those in the small businesses and small towns closest to our national parks. That is, firms and towns such as many of those in Southwest Colorado.
The voters do not deserve to be held hostage to Washington's dysfunction. We can and should demand better than that.


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Aironi 6-22 Bath, Heineken Cup, October 16
Meehan demands more from Bath
ESPNscrum Staff
October 16, 2010
Matt Carraro crashes over the try line for Bath's opening try against Aironi © Getty Images
Bath may have picked up five points on their trip to Italy, but head coach Steve Meehan still wants to see more from his players.
After last week's loss at home to Biarritz, a bonus-point win at Magners League minnows Aironi was the only outcome that would leave the West County side with a credible chance of advancing from Pool Four of the Heineken Cup. And while pleased with the 22-6 victory, Meehan believes his side should still have chalked up more points.
"Winning quality ball gave us an opportunity to get into the game but we didn't make as much of those opportunities as we should have," he said. "But it was good to see the likes of Nick Abendanon and Tom Biggs running with ball in hand today.
"It was very important for us to win away from home after last week's result. We've got five points and that gives us a chance. The set-piece was better in the first half, but not so tidy in the second."
Of the performance of man-of-the-match Abendanon, who delivered a fine display in attack and defence, Meehan said: "It doesn't do his international prospects any harm but there are a number of players doing well in his position at the moment. But he knows that and he knows he has to work and continue with his good form."
The Australian coach was also delighted for wing Biggs, who scored his first try for the club he joined over the summer.
"I was pleased to see him get his try because he's been working very hard for the club," explained Meehan. "A month ago we told him he had to be more confident and start trusting himself and pinning his ears back, and doing what we're aware he can do with his speed. We saw him using his speed in defence too.
"He's getting more and more comfortable with the club and the players around him and reacting well. It's all coming together."
The victory was tempered by another Bath lock forward picking up an injury. Bath can now add Danny Grewcock, who was forced off on half an hour, to the second-row injury list also containing Peter Short and Scott Hobson.
"Danny is probably the biggest concern at the moment with a rib injury," said Meehan. "There are a few knocks and niggles but not anything - with the exception of Danny - that's going to stand in anyone's way for next week."
A hamstring twinge prevented young centre Ben Williams from taking to the field for his Heineken Cup debut.
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Lackey ejected two pitches into debut
Starter throws behind Kinsler, then hits him in ribs
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
Two pitches into his return to the mound after recovering from a strained right forearm, the Angels' ace -- and proud Texan -- was ejected by home-plate umpire Bob Davidson on Saturday afternoon.
Lackey's first pitch to Kinsler was behind the Texas leadoff man. The second delivery by the 6-foot-6 right-hander caught Kinsler in the left side.
Davidson immediately gave Lackey the heave-ho, bringing Angels manager Mike Scioscia racing out of the dugout.
Not since Colorado's Zach Day lasted only two pitches on Sept. 16, 2005, has a starter departed a game so quickly.
Stressing that the last thing he wanted to do was increase the burden on a taxed Angels bullpen, Lackey was adamant that he was not trying to harm Kinsler, adding that six weeks of rust and a little extra adrenaline probably figured in his command issues.
"There was no intention whatsoever to throw behind him or hit him," Lackey said after the Angels' 5-3 loss. "If you know anything about me, I would go straight to the source if I was going to do something. I would tell you if I was going to do something and tell you if I did.
"I would stand up and own it. Absolutely, I was definitely shocked."
Lackey, who hails from Abilene, Texas, made two Minor League rehab starts for Triple-A Salt Lake to reach the stamina level he felt he needed to pitch in a Major League game.
"I was a little extra amped up, being my first time out there," Lackey said. "I feel terrible about it. Two days ago, the bullpen got worked, and [on Friday] night, it got worked. It's not something we needed.
"I'm a lot smarter than that. If I was going to do something, it wouldn't be the first hitter of the game. No excuses. I just launched two of them."
Kinsler wasn't sure what to make of the incident.
"I don't know what that was all about or what he was trying to prove," Kinsler said. "I play the game the right way. I came here to compete, to play hard and to win."
Kinsler homered twice in Friday night's series opener taken by the Rangers, 10-8.
The umpiring crew was well aware of that, along with some history -- ancient history, the Angels would say -- between the clubs, dating back to 2006.
Lackey did not draw a warning after the first pitch sailed behind Kinsler.
"As wrong as we know Bob was in his evaluation of that, it certainly wasn't John's intent," Scioscia said. "It's not the way we operate. There's no history between Lackey and Kinsler."
Lackey said he had "no bad blood" with the Rangers, adding that "most of our people weren't even here" when previous incidents developed with Texas and the Angels.
Crew chief Tim Tschida, stationed at third base on Saturday, addressed the incident.
"They banged the ball around pretty good last night," Tschida said, referring to the Rangers. "[Kinsler] hit two home runs. When the first pitch of the next game to that hitter is behind him, that's a red flag.
"We gave [Lackey] the benefit of the doubt, because maybe he was a little amped up coming off the DL. When he hit him with the second pitch, that was something else."
Tschida said the report to the American League office would be "pretty cut-and-dried." Umpires are not empowered to speculate on suspensions.
"I don't think so," Tschida said when asked if there would be a pregame meeting with the managers on Sunday. "I anticipate we'll play just like today."
With Shane Loux replacing Lackey, Kinsler stole second and came around to score, tying the game, on Josh Hamilton's sacrifice fly.
The game had been delayed 76 minutes by rain, creating less than ideal field conditions.
Kinsler robbed Maicer Izturis of a hit in the top of the first inning, as the Angels were taking a 1-0 lead against Vicente Padilla.
Before Saturday, Lackey's briefest start was the last time he visited Rangers Ballpark, lasting 2 2/3 innings on Sept. 26, 2008, and giving up 10 earned runs on 12 hits.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In addition, Terremark found the number of licenses it would need to operate a Terremark cloud under VMware server software "a little expensive." It developed its own cloud management software that suited the needs of a supplier focused on providing highly secure and managed environments to the government and an established list of enterprise customers.
It offers customers whatever environment they wish, and some opt for an all-VMware setting inside Terremark. But "it's not a majority. A few customers are asking for that capability," but most are sticking with a standard Terremark cloud setting. Terremark routinely runs workloads from customers using VMware ESX Server without vCloud Director.
"Verizon decided it wanted to invest heavily in cloud software. We built our own orchestration layer to supply customers with cloud services. We were able to do so because we carried over expertise in managed services" from Terremark's earlier business as a supplier of hosted managed services, Considine explained.
Verizon Terremark was positioned Oct. 29 in the leaders' quadrant of Gartner's reports on both infrastructure-as-a-service and North American providers of hosted managed services. The two are closely related, and the joint designation reflects the industry out of which the Terremark Enterprise Cloud has emerged. Hosted services providers run applications themselves, with each application serving a particular customer. In IaaS, the customer would be responsible for running the application itself, while the cloud service provider runs the underlying infrastructure. Cloud services are also more automated, digital services, as opposed to the manual interventions possible and sometimes required under hosted managed services.
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I had an interesting exchange recently. It was at an "End of the World" party and liquor flowed freely. And as alcohol is wont to do, tongues were loosened and lo and behold, philosophers were created out of whole cloth!
The exchange I refer to was with a friend who claimed that his reality was a product solely of his mind. A similar remark by philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer caused his German contemporaries to ask, "And what does your wife think about that?"
I never got the chance to spring that witticism on him nor to further explore his claim. The table was laid and dinner took precedence over repartee.However the idea that all reality was a product of our minds intrigued me.
Of the philosophers I have read, most will argue that we create our own reality; tempered and molded by past experiences and current attitudes.
But Joe's (not his real name) claim was that he created the world around him including me and the people at the party! That's pretty heady stuff, heh? So fascinated was I with this concept that I have spent hours searching the ancient and modern philosophers to find any that have explored this theme.
During my younger days I studied Zen Buddhism and find that to be the closest metaphysical system to Joe's ideas. Now perhaps Joe was pulling my leg or making an end-of-the-world joke, but there is a state that approaches reality creation. Insanity! The insane person creates their own world and to them it is as concrete and real as yours and mine. While in that state they can stick their hands in fire and believe it is ice water. The sun seems to be the moon and day is night. They have truly abandoned our reality and now occupy one of their own creation.
Now I can hear you saying, "Why the hell is he going on about this stuff?" My usual topic is politics and not this psychobabble bloviation. Well there is a reason for this madness. It seems that the current and past administrations have been practicing Joe's ideas for some time. Here are a few examples of their creativity:
1) The government spends trillions of dollars because that is the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt.
2) The Supreme Court has ruled that the lower courts cannot display the 10 Commandments while they sit beneath a 10 Commandments plaque.
3) Hard work and success is rewarded with higher taxes and government obstruction while slothful, lazy behavior is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones.
4) You faithfully pay your mortgage, denying yourself nights out and other goodies; while your neighbor defaults (while buying iPhones, TVs, and new cars). The government forgives his debt and reduces his mortgage (with your tax dollars).
5) How about a minor needing parental permission for a field trip but not for an abortion.
6) Ah yes - using the "N" word is hate speech but singing about raping hos (that's gangsta for women) and killing cops is "art."
How about some Arizona reality bending? On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Arizona law that directs police to check the immigrant status of criminals. Less than three hours later Obama issues an executive order blocking Arizona's access to the federal database; effectively disabling Arizona law.
But wait, there's more! Within the hour, Obama's Justice Department announced a toll-free hotline to report "instances of racial profiling." So we have a Justice Dept. that will not investigate Black Panthers intimidating Philadelphia voters but uses tax dollars to sue Arizona for enforcing their borders.
There are opposing camps in Washington. One wants to print more fiat dollars, spend trillions more, and raise taxes while destroying jobs. It also demands spending deficits of $1.6 trillion in 2013. The regulations passed that will affect American business will amount to a hidden tax of up to $20,000 per family, now couple that with the Obamacare taxes I examined last week and our nation seems to be in a death spiral. There is a multitude of ways to describe what is happening in Washington; but the editor has asked me to be less vitriolic and I acquiesced. Therefore you make the call.
Larry Tradlener lives down McElmo Canyon.


text: Call for Papers: Grid 2005 - 6th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing (held in conjunction with SC05) November 14, 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA http://pat.jpl.nasa.gov/public/grid2005/ http://www.gridcomputing.org/ ******************************************************************* General Information In the last few years, the Grid community has been growing very rapidly and many new technologies and components have been proposed. This, along with the growing popularity of web-based technologies, and the availability of cheap commodity components is changing the way we do computing and business. There are now many ongoing grid projects with research and production-oriented goals. Grid 2005 is an international meeting that brings together a community of researchers, developers, practitioners, and users involved with the Grid. The objective of Grid 2005 is to serve as a forum to present current and emerging work as well as to exchange research ideas in this field. The previous events in this series were: Grid 2000, Bangalore, India; Grid 2001, Denver; Grid 2002, Baltimore; Grid 2003, Phoenix; and Grid 2004, Pittsburgh. All of these events have been successful in attracting high quality papers and a wide international participation. Last year's event attracted about 400 registered participants. The proceedings of the first three workshops were published by Springer-Verlag, and the proceedings of the two most recent workshops were published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. We expect this year's proceedings will join those of the last two years in the IEEE Computer Society's Digital Library. Grid 2005 topics of interest (in no particular order) include, but are not limited to: * Internet-based Computing Models * Grid Applications, including eScience and eBusiness Applications * Data Grids, including Distributed Data Access and Management * Grid Middleware and Toolkits * Grid Monitoring, Management and Organization Tools * Resource Management and Scheduling * Networking * Virtual Instrumentation * Grid Object Metadata and Schemas * Creation and Management of Virtual Enterprises and Organizations * Grid Architectures and Fabrics * Grid Information Services * Grid Security Issues * Programming Models, Tools, and Environments * Grid Economy * Autonomic and Utility Computing on Global Grids * Performance Evaluation and Modeling * Cluster and Grid Integration Issues * Scientific, Industrial and Social Implications ******************************************************************* Important Dates 27 May 2005 Full paper submission due 29 July 2005 Acceptance notification 19 August 2005 Camera-ready copy due 14 November 2005 Workshop 27 January 2006 Extended versions of best 6-8 papers due Fall 2006 Grid 2005 special issue of IJHPCN (Issue 3 of 2006) to appear ******************************************************************* Paper Submission and Publication Grid 2005 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work (also not submitted elsewhere for review) reporting solid and innovative results in any aspect of grid computing and its applications. 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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Zack Jaworski's U.S. Amateur experience did not go exactly like he hoped, but the former Milton golfer left Atlanta Athletic Club with a lot of positive memories.
Jaworski came close to advancing to match play in the championship, but wound up two shots short of getting into a playoff for the final four spots.
The rising junior at Vanderbilt shot 4-over 147 for 36 holes. A 145 total was required to get into a playoff, which consisted of 17 players.
Jaworski shot 3-over 75 on the Riverside course the first day, and followed with a 1-over 72 on Highlands, the course used for match play.
"It was exciting to be here," Jaworski said after concluding his second round of stroke play qualifying. "I had a lot of family and friends here and took all that in."
Jaworski also qualified for the U.S. Amateur two years ago, competing at Cherry Hills in Denver. He also missed the cut there by a handful of shots, but came away from his appearance at Atlanta Athletic Club with a little different feeling.
"This time I really enjoyed it," he said, noting that it was "definitely a positive," to be able to play an event like the U.S. Amateur in his hometown.
"It was great to have that support," he said.
From a golf standpoint, however, things could have gone a little better for Jaworski.
"I definitely had high expectations, and I'm a little disappointed I didn't make it to match play," he said. "Yesterday I did not hit my driver well, and I did not make enough putts. My short game bailed me out, but I expected to play better than I did."
Jaworski had four birdies on his scorecard the first day on the Riverside course, but five bogeys and a double bogey on the par-4 15th left him with a 75.
He needed to shoot under par the next day on Highlands to have a chance of qualifying for match play, and was even par on his round after a birdie on the par-4 13th. But Jaworski took a bogey on the tough, par-3 15th and parred in from there for a 72.
Former Northview golfer David Kleckner had a nightmarish opening round on Riverside, but came back with a respectable 75 the next day at Highlands to finish with a 162 total.
Georgia Tech's Ollie Schniederjans had the best finish of any of the Atlanta area golfers in the field, advancing to the third round of match play before losing 1-up to San Diego State golfer Gunn Yang. Schniederjans, who played his high school golf at Harrison in Cobb County, came into the tournament as the No. 1-ranked amateur in the world.
Also qualifying for match play were Bo Andrews and Seth Reeves, Schniederjans' Georgia Tech teammates. Andrews advanced to the second round, with Reeves, a former Peachtree Ridge golfer, losing 1-up to Gunn in the first round.
University of Georgia golfers Lee McCoy and Mookie DeMoss also lost in the opening round. McCoy shared medalist honors in stroke play qualifying with an 8-under 135 total and was the No. 1 seed, but drew four-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith in the first round and lost on the 19th hole. DeMoss, from Duluth, led his match on the back nine, but lost 1-up.
Also losing in the first round was Kennesaw State golfer Jimmy Beck, the 2013 Georgia Amateur champion and 2014 Georgia Open runner-up. Beck, who tied for third in stroke play qualifying, lost 1-up.
Gwinnett golfer Zach Healy, who will be a freshman at Georgia, was one of four players to survive the 17-man playoff, but also lost his first round match. Atlanta mid-amateur Chris Waters made it to match play but lost his opener to Andrews.


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Rasmus returns to action vs. Tigers
By Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Colby Rasmus made his long-awaited return to the Blue Jays' lineup on Saturday afternoon against the Tigers.
Rasmus went 0-for-2 with a strikeout, a walk and a popout to third base during his first Grapefruit League game since Feb. 27.
In some ways, it's almost like Rasmus is starting from scratch again because of the prolonged layoff early in camp. He was rusty at the plate, but that was to be expected.
"Everything felt good," Rasmus said. "Timing was a little bit off at the plate. I started to get comfortable ... back in there, so that's good. It won't take too much time.
"Facing a pitcher like [Doug Fister], he was throwing the ball pretty well -- and me having not seeing any pitching, it was tough."
Rasmus is expected be back in the lineup on Sunday afternoon against the Yankees. With an off-day on Monday and a lengthy road trip to Fort Myers, Fla., on Tuesday, he will likely receive some additional rest early next week.
The injury originally occurred when a bat slid out of Rasmus' arms during a swing. He immediately felt a twinge, but couldn't figure out exactly what went wrong until he was examined by the club's medical staff.
Rasmus eventually found out he had slightly strained his right pectoral muscle and had an impingement of rhomboid muscle, which is located in the upper-back area.
"It was just sore for a few days," Rasmus said. "At first, I thought I hurt something in my shoulder. I didn't really know what it was. Then, I got an MRI on my shoulder, [an] MRI on my neck, so it was just that the muscles in there got banged pretty good when the bat slid out of my hand. It took a little time to get them back to where the next day I wasn't waking up sore."
Janssen still hoping to be ready by Opening Day
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Casey Janssen threw another bullpen session on Saturday morning, and continues to make slow but steady progress from a right shoulder injury.
It marked the third time Janssen had thrown off a mound since suffering a setback earlier this spring. He is still only throwing fastballs, but is expected to start using some breaking balls in the near future.
Janssen will continue throwing every third day, and will eventually transition to live batting practice. There's no immediate timetable for his debut in the Grapefruit League season.
"It has been very good," Janssen said of his ability to recover after his bullpen sessions. "You're almost kind of wondering why it's feeling so good. But you don't want to look too much into it, because you want to look forward and you don't want to think about anything else. But, so far, so good -- and I'm pretty comfortable with where I'm at."
Janssen remains optimistic about being ready for Opening Day, but his status for that game versus Cleveland on April 2 still remains very much in doubt. He'll need to advance through live batting practice, a Minor League game and, presumably, at least a few outings in Spring Training.
There's slightly more than three weeks remaining to fit all of that into the schedule. It's possible, but he'll need to begin picking up the intensity relatively soon in order to accomplish those goals.
It's a fine balance between getting ready for the season and not doing too much, too soon.
"My goal is Opening Day, no doubt about it," said Janssen, who had 22 saves in 25 opportunities last season. "I think there's something to be said about breaking with the team and being one of the 25 that they take north. Having said that, I understand that the first 10 days, two weeks, whatever it is, isn't going to make or break the season, hopefully.
"I have to be fair to myself and the team, that I'm going out there giving 100 percent. April 2nd is still, no doubt in my mind, realistic. But it's not the end all date anymore."
Romero not worried after rough spring outing
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Ricky Romero's third start of the spring didn't exactly go as he would have hoped on Saturday vs. the Tigers.
Romero, who is coming off a disappointing season, showed flashes of his 2012 form by struggling to control his fastball. He threw just 27 of his 47 pitches for strikes, while issuing three walks in two innings.
Toronto's No. 5 starter appeared somewhat uncomfortable on the mound at times, but Romero said after the game he was feeling OK physically and that he was just rushing too much.
"Early right now in spring, I'm overthrowing it a little bit and coming out of my delivery -- instead of being nice and smooth," Romero said. "Especially when you're ahead of the hitter, you can't walk guys like that. You can't walk guys period -- but especially when you're ahead in the count."
Romero was scheduled for three innings of work, but had to be pulled after two because of a high pitch count. He did get ahead of some hitters, but had difficulty putting them away. That's disappointing, but not necessarily overly alarming -- because he is throwing almost exclusively fastballs and changeups at this point.
The other pitches will come at a later date. But following a season in which he walked 105 batters in 181 innings, the priority has to be consistently commanding his fastball down in the zone before moving onto everything else.
"I'm not going to get frustrated over this," said Romero, who went 9-14 with a 5.77 ERA in 2012. "If it starts happening during the year, obviously you have to look for it. I'm not going to get frustrated in the spring. If I'm going to make the mistakes, I'm going to make them now -- and that's all there is to it."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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If you live within driving distance (this link has a map of the range of the eclipse), and aren't already planning on seeing the eclipse, allow me to urge you to do so. An annular eclipse is so much more beautiful than a full eclipse; the quality of the light is such that the entire world seems dipped in silver, shimmering and dancing.
Unless you have the proper equipment (welder's goggles, eclipse glasses, or a properly filtered scope of some sort), you can't (or rather, shouldn't) look directly at the sun. With an annular eclipse, you really don't want to, in my opinion. Instead, find a spot in the woods, where the leaves are sparse enough to let light through, but thick enough that the light comes through in patches. This is where you want to be for the eclipse.
It will get dim, but not really dark, almost as if the sun had been blocked by a cloud. But while a cloud will diffuse the light, the eclipse transforms it. There are not beams of light; there are circlets, shining rings. As the wind moves the leaves, the circlets dance, coming together, drawing apart, larger and smaller depending on how high the leaves are. It is stunningly, breathtakingly beautiful.
And then it is gone. And won't be back for over a decade. The last one in the US was in 1994, on May 10th–I remember it well. It was a big day. Nelson Mandela was sworn in as president of South Africa. John Wayne Gacy was executed. I remember both, but I remember them because of the eclipse.
What I'm saying is, this is a memorable and worthwhile event. Go see it if you possibly can.


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Fairgrove Resource Center is gearing up for an interactive humorous, yet serious parenting class that looks at a variety of discipline techniques for youth.
Fairgrove Resource Center is gearing up for an interactive humorous, yet serious parenting class that looks at a variety of discipline techniques for youth.
"1-2-3 Magic" is one of the organization's most popular parenting classes, said Terri Nelson, executive director at the resource center. The class teaches effective discipline for 2- to 12-year-olds.
Classes begin Oct. 10 and will take place 6 to 8 p.m. every Thursday at Fairgrove Family Resource Center for five weeks. To register, call the center at 472-7217 or go to www.fgfrc.org. Dinner will be provided and child care is available. Nelson asks for people to register by Oct. 8.
For the past seven years, the agency has offered its parenting classes for free. Due to loosing funding by not receiving a grant from the N.C. Division of Social Services this year, Nelson said, they had to charge. The cost is $50 for individuals and $75 for couples.
Nelson said this session and other classes started with a grant. They are "Triple P," which promotes positive parenting; "Parenting Wisely," which is designed to share skills for raising a healthy, well-balanced child; and "Circle of Parent," a support group for parents to talk about the ups and downs of raising children.
The agency rotates the classes throughout the year. Nelson said the average session usually has between 20 to 25 participants. Last year they had over 550 people in the agency's classes, Nelson said.
She said something neat about the classes is the relationship developed between the parents in the class. Nelson said seeing other parents experience the same situations as them helps parents who may feel isolated.
"It's just fun. We have a really good time," she said. "Families usually sign up to take one class and continue with the other classes. These classes are truly making changes and have a profound effect."
Nelson said the grant allowed the center to provide services more efficiently. The organization also helps residents by providing food from a pantry, offering emergency assistance, operating backpack programs, collecting school supplies and passing out Christmas gifts. Nelson said the center is hoping prayer and faith guides the agency through funding cut issues.
Nelson emphasized that the fee covers materials, food and child care. She said the class is great because it encourages good behavior, provides tips to strengthen relationships with children, teaches how to control obnoxious behavior and shares ways to discipline without arguing, yelling or spanking.
"It promotes parent education and building stronger families," Nelson said. "In my opinion there's nothing more important than strengthening your family. I took (parenting) classes as a mother. In taking these classes parents change. People feel they have an increased knowledge and better relationship with their kids."
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In addition to services described in subsection (c) ofsection 290ff–1 of this title, a system of care under subsection (a) of such section may, in expending a grant under section 290ff (a) of this title, provide for—
(2) training in—
(B) the provision of intensive home-based services under paragraph (4) of section 290ff–1 (c) of this title, intensive day treatment under paragraph (5) of such section, and foster care or group homes under paragraph (7) of such section; and
(C) the development of individualized plans for purposes of section 290ff–2 of this title;
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The Secretary may make a grant under section 290ff (a) of this title only if, with respect to the jurisdiction of the public entity involved, the entity has submitted to the Secretary, and has had approved by the Secretary, a plan for the development of a jurisdiction-wide system of care for community-based services for children with a serious emotional disturbance that specifies the progress the public entity has made in developing the jurisdiction-wide system, the extent of cooperation across agencies serving children in the establishment of the system, the Federal and non-Federal resources currently committed to the establishment of the system, and the current gaps in community services and the manner in which the grant under section 290ff (a) of this title will be expended to address such gaps and establish local systems of care.
(c) Limitation on imposition of fees for services
A funding agreement for a grant under section 290ff (a) of this title is that, if a charge is imposed for the provision of services under the grant, such charge—
(d) Relationship to items and services under other programs
A funding agreement for a grant under section 290ff (a) of this title is that the grant, and the non-Federal contributions made with respect to the grant, will not be expended to make payment for any item or service to the extent that payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such item or service—
(1) under any State compensation program, under an insurance policy, or under any Federal or State health benefits program; or
(e) Limitation on administrative expenses
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A funding agreement for a grant under section 290ff (a) of this title is that the public entity involved will annually submit to the Secretary a report on the activities of the entity under the grant that includes a description of the number of children provided access to systems of care operated pursuant to the grant, the demographic characteristics of the children, the types and costs of services provided pursuant to the grant, the availability and use of third-party reimbursements, estimates of the unmet need for such services in the jurisdiction of the entity, and the manner in which the grant has been expended toward the establishment of a jurisdiction-wide system of care for children with a serious emotional disturbance, and such other information as the Secretary may require with respect to the grant.
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The Secretary may make a grant under section 290ff (a) of this title only if an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary, the application contains the description of intended uses required in subsection (g) of this section, and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
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Arsenal end trophy drought with FA Cup win
Arsenal ended its nine-year trophy drought on Saturday, coming from two goals...
Joe Pavelski scored the winner late in the
third period as the San Jose Sharks took a 2-1 decision over the Calgary
Flames on Friday.
Dan Boyle scored the other goal while Antti Niemi made 23 stops for the
Sharks, who have won seven straight games. With 46 points, the team moved a
point ahead of Los Angeles for fourth place in the Western Conference.
Mikael Backlund scored the lone goal of the game for the Flames, who have lost
12 straight games on the road. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 39 shots in the loss.


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Universal Orlando, a Florida based theme park based on Universal Studios films, will not offer health benefits to part time employees beginning next year, citing provisions in Obamacare.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Universal Orlando currently offers part-time employees limited insurance benefits that feature a cap on payouts. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), insurance plans can no longer place a monetary limit on necessary health benefits. As a result, Universal Studios will be terminating coverage for employees effective January 1, 2014, instead of extending benefits.
Universal Studios is not the only company that has announced they will not provide health insurance coverage to part-time employees, despite pulling in over $1 billion in revenue last year. Wal-Mart stopped providing coverage for part-time employees two years ago. According to ThinkProgress, food service companies Applebees, Olive Garden, Wendy's and Denny's have all announced they will not be able to provide part-time insurance coverage because of Obamacare. The governor of Virginia is also considering cutting the amount of available hours to wage employees to avoid paying for health care under the ACA.
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