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Move allows Ecu-Health Care to continue serving Northern Berkshire
Photo Gallery | Ecu-Health Care moves to new offices
NORTH ADAMS -- The closing of North Adams Regional Hospital hasn't stopped Ecu-Health Care from helping Northern Berkshire County residents access health insurance.
Since its inception in 1995, the nonprofit had operated out of the hospital until it closed March 27. This week, Ecu-Health Care successfully relocated its five-person staff and offices to 26 Union St. in North Adams.
"We are solid financially and we are fully functioning," said Charles "Chip" Joffe-Halpern, executive director of Ecu-Health Care.
Ecu-Health Care will conduct a "media blitz" in May to alert residents to the new location, Joffe-Halpern said.
While its hospital location was convenient for anyone frequenting North Adams Regional, Ecu-Health Care also had a $125,000 contract with the hospital to provide financial counseling services. But these are problems that can be overcome, according to Joffe-Halpern.
"We are discussing future support with BMC [Berkshire Medical Center] and they are currently supporting us in the transition and we are grateful," Joffe-Halpern said. BMC's parent company, Berkshire Health Systems, is apparently in talks to acquire the hospital facility.
In 2013, Ecu-Health Care helped 2,577 people sign up for health care. So far this year, the nonprofit helped 623 individuals receive a new form of health converage.
"They've always been responsive to what the needs are and the context for what the services they provide," said Ann Singleton, executive director for the Williamstown Community Chest. The Community Chest helps fund nonprofits with a proven track record of community assistance.
Ecu-Health's priority continues to be health care enrollment. To reach Ecu-Health Care, visit 26 Union St. in North Adams or call (413) 663-8711.
To reach John Sakata:
or (413) 496-6240.
On Twitter: @jsakata
About Ecu-Health Care
Ecu-Health Care is the designated outreach and enrollment site in Northern Berkshire County for all of the Massachusetts health programs and helps residents enroll into all supplemental programs associated with Medicare. The programs include: The new subsidized and unsubsidized Qualifed Health Plans implemented under national health reform, ConnectorCare, MassHealth, the Health Safety Net, The Children's Medical Security Plan, Medicare Part D, Prescription Advantage for seniors and the disabled, Medicare premium assistance, reduced fee dental care and all prescription assistance programs.
The group serves residents from North Adams, Cheshire, Adams, Savoy, Florida, Clarksburg, Williamstown and New Ashford. It also serves the residents Pownal, Stamford and Readsboro in Vermont.
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Departure of Ben Bernanke Could Produce a Feistier Central Bank
During nearly eight years running the Federal Reserve, Chairman Ben Bernanke's signature style has been managing by consensus. He has given colleagues wide latitude to speak their minds at closed-door Fed meetings and in public. He also has worked behind the scenes to find common ground among the 18 other strong-willed Fed governors and regional bank presidents when he has had to make big policy decisions.
With Mr. Bernanke expected to give up the helm when his term ends in January, his leadership style, and the style of...

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In the Garden:
Southwestern Deserts
July, 2007
Regional Report
A curve-billed thrasher and a mourning dove balance on saguaro flowers, seeking nectar and insects.
Saguaro Cacti
Visions of Southwestern deserts often bring to mind the mighty saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), arms stretched upwards to the sky. New residents lucky enough to have saguaro in their landscape often ask about birds creating cavities in the saguaro, worried that it will kill the cactus. This activity is an essential part of the desert's ecosystem, and no action is required to stop it. If you look carefully at saguaro growing in the native desert, you'll spot many bird holes, which are, in turn, full of all kinds of wildlife.
Gila woodpeckers and gilded flickers hollow out the cavities as nesting sites. Saguaro have adapted to seal off the interior cavity, forming a hard shell, called a saguaro "boot." There's no need for humans to interfere. If you try too vigorously to chase away the birds, they may just double their efforts, continuing to peck new holes. Under no circumstances should you apply any sealant to the hole or try to fill it because this will just interfere with the plant's own healing mechanism.
After the original builders finish nesting and move on, other creatures take over the cavity for nesting or respite from the heat. The interior can be 10 to 20 degrees cooler than the outside temperature, making the holes especially valuable real estate in summer! Waxy, white, funnel-shaped flowers bloom in May and June, providing nectar as well as a place to pluck insects. Fruits filled with crimson flesh and black seeds follow in July, and are sought after by many creatures, including humans. Native people traditionally harvested the fruit as an important summer food source.
Care Tips
For new transplants, water monthly during drought but be careful not to overwater in winter as the roots will rot in cold, wet soil. Saguaro roots grow in the top few inches of soil, spreading as wide as the cactus is tall. Once established, saguaro don't need watering and will survive on rainfall. Overwatering in the landscape can make them top-heavy and without a supporting root structure, they can topple, with their tremendous weight and spines creating a hazardous situation.
The accordion-like woody ribs expand and contract based on available moisture, but if they absorb too much water, splits in their sides may develop.
Once established, the best thing you can do for your saguaro is to leave it alone. Saguaro never need fertilizer because they have adapted to obtain all the nutrients they need from desert soil. Don't disturb the root area by digging, installing plants with different water needs, or compacting with equipment or hardscape, all of which may destroy the roots.
Be careful not to damage the saguaro's skin during transplanting or by bumping into it, say, with a wheelbarrow. As a saguaro ages, the base becomes brown and woody-looking, but this is natural. Inspect your saguaro periodically, especially during summer months, watching for black ooze dripping from a split. This is an indication of bacterial rot, which can quickly kill the plant. Some experts say to remove the rot with a spoon; others say to cut it out with a knife. Just be careful not to gouge farther into the flesh, and sterilize any implement before using it. After removing the rot, disinfect the hole with a weak bleach solution (1 part bleach, 9 parts water) for several days in a row. Using a spray bottle is easiest. Leave the hole open for good air circulation.
Saguaro add a unique sense of place to desert landscapes, and they require very little from the gardener in return.
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I recall Curry's first season with the Knicks when I bashed him all season long.....b/c he was a High School "Project-Player" with no college fundamentals at the center position to be in the pros. Curry had look like he needed 2 to 4 years of Georgetown coach John Thompson tuteledge. Headcoach Larry Brown & Assistant coach Mark Aquire found a great sheme on how to use Curry in a rotation on the offensive end of the court by showing Curry how to position him self down-low on the left side and the right side within a 12 second time with his back against the basket.
When Larry Brown got Fired.....headcoach Isiah Thomas was clueless and uncreative on how to use Curry so he used the same exact scheme Larry Brown used "throw the ball down-low to Curry", but the problem was Isiah used the scheme of "throw the ball down-low" 70% on offense throughout the entire 82 game season without teaching Curry how to kick the ball back out to his teammates, where Curry got double and tripple team and still forced the shot.
Eddy Curry & David Lee's rebounding in 2006-7 season had the Knicks with a record of 29-34, Lee did a great job at switching with Curry to man the center position to grab the defensive-rebound before catching a season injury.
Curry was never taught how to position himself for the rebound in the NBA, and needed a bigman coach on the Knicks staff other than Mark Aquire to do something about that weakness.
In the 2007-8 season with Zach Randolph refusing to go with the "throw the ball down-low to Eddy Curry", and Jamal Crawford assisting Zach by refusing to throw the ball down-low to Curry", headcoach Isiah Thomas let Crawford, Q.Richardson, and Zach Randolph do whatever they wanted on the court the rest of the season by giving each of them 35 mpg in a losing season. Isiah went all out offering Zach Randolph in a trade for whatever on the trade deadline, the Bucks was interested but turned down the offer at the last day of the deadline.
Coach Dantoni was indirectly called a fool publically by Orlando Magic Headcoach Stan Van Gundy last season for not wanting Patrick Ewing on his coaching staff. Stan Van Gundy got very emotional and said some mean stuff about the Knick organization and its handicaps, but it all centered on coach Dantoni being clueless of training a center and defense into his open court system. Not taking advantage of hiring Patrick Ewing to take care of the Curry, Zach, Lee, and Chandler situation to add Defense/Offense and a hard work ethic within the Knicks frontcourt for these players "PEED" headcoach SVG off last season.
And everyone who been hoping that Curry come in this training-camp healthy and ready to raise his trade value up so the Knicks could receive something decent in return by trading his upcoming expiring contract by the deadline need to know the Knicks dont have a coach on the bench for Eddy Curry. b/c if Patrick Ewing was an assistant coach for the Knicks the media & fans would make him sole responsible for Curry being the outstanding player in this training-camp.
Being that the owner of the Knicks also own the Newsday Papers, I became very incline to believe half of the stuff writer Alan Hahn writes about the Knicks and sell to other writers.


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Lexol makes a cleaner and a conditioner that work great- I left some wet gloves in a bag and they ended up moldy and pretty well trashed, but after a Lexol wash and working the conditioner in they look great and are softer than ever. I was amazed at how big a difference it made.
You can find the stuff in most Tack shops (horse equipment)- horse people spend more on leather bridles, reins, saddles, etc than we spend on our bikes.


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© 2007 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. All rights reserved.
Notes: Livingston looking to impress
Southpaw one of many in contention for fifth-starter spot
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Only 24 years old, Reds lefty Bobby Livingston already knows he isn't the type of pitcher who will mow guys down with his fastball. Instead, he must work resourcefully. Livingston changes speeds frequently to keep hitters off balance and needs to locate just right. While in the Mariners system from 2002-06, Livingston drew loose comparisons to a respected crafty lefty in former Mariners starter Jamie Moyer. That wasn't a bad resource to have for a young pitcher. "I tried to pick his mind about a lot of stuff," Livingston said. "I throw a few miles an hour harder than Jamie. But I try to pick his mind about moving the ball around, what he does against certain guys and even to where he stood on the rubber. "I don't think throwing hard is for everybody. I personally think my better stuff is when I throw 85-89 miles per hour and hit my spots and have a little movement on the ball. That's been working for me." In his first outing for Cincinnati, Livingston faced six batters over two scoreless innings of relief with one hit and two strikeouts. He is part of the long list of candidates trying to become the rotation's fifth starter. "It's the first time we've seen him in a game," Reds manager Jerry Narron said. "It was nice to see him come out and pitch like that." Livingston spent most of last season with Triple-A Tacoma and went 8-11 with a 4.59 ERA in 23 appearances, including 22 starts. He made his Major League debut in 2006, when he appeared in three games with Seattle as a reliever. In an odd twist on the transaction wire, Livingston was with four different clubs in one week this past winter without ever leaving his Missouri home. First, Livingston was waived by the Mariners in December and claimed by the Devil Rays, who promptly traded him to the Phillies. Major League Baseball stepped in and nullified Tampa Bay's claim and voided its trade since the Phillies were behind the Reds and others in the waiver claim order. Livingston was awarded to Cincinnati. "I was very flattered that many teams wanted me," Livingston said. "I was waiting for a call from Tampa Bay. Then I get a call from Philly and then a call from the players' union."
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Harang starts: Reds ace Aaron Harang gave up one earned run and five hits with no walks and two strikeouts in his spring debut on Saturday. Harang threw 42 pitches in the game and an additional 13 pitches in the bullpen after leaving."I felt like I was rushing a little bit on my fastballs," said Harang, who was 16-11 with a 3.76 ERA and 216 strikeouts in 36 games last season. "That's why everything was staying elevated for me. It's always nice to get that first one out of the way so you can kind of figure out what to work on." The day was otherwise uneventful for the right-hander, who likely has four more starts remaining this spring. He was just happy to face an opposing team again. "That's always a relief. You can get the game mentality going with the fans out there," Harang said. "You can't quite get that on the backfields throwing BP." Since former Reds catcher Jason LaRue caught the majority of Harang's starts last season, this spring will also help Harang and starting catcher David Ross to get comfortable with each other. "They're going to get a lot of work together," Narron said. Hamilton hit ticker: Outfielder Josh Hamilton has hits in each of the Reds' first three games. On Saturday, Hamilton was 3-for-4 with a walk. He had two long doubles to the wall -- one to left field and one to right-center field. Trying to improve what originally appeared to be long odds of making the team, Hamilton is 6-for-12 (.500) with a homer and two RBIs. "The balls hit to left field, that's what we're looking for as much as anything. He used the entire field," Narron said. "It's fun to watch." Majewski update: Reds reliever Gary Majewski doesn't appear to be close to making his spring debut in a game. Majewski has been held back since camp opened because of a sore right shoulder. The right-hander is still on a rehab throwing program and tossing off the mound at less than 100 percent. Majewski's readiness for Opening Day looked less optimistic. "I can not tell you when he'll be in a game," Narron said. "It'll be a week to 10 days probably before he goes off the mound to do anything that's other than what he's doing right now." Mound work: New Reds reliever Dustin Hermanson, who joined the team on Friday, is expected to face his first hitters of the spring on Sunday during live batting practice. Moments of silence: Before the Reds' Grapefruit League home opener, a moment of silence was held to honor members of the Bluffton (Ohio) University baseball team that died on Friday en route for a game in Sarasota. Ed Smith Stadium also paid homage to Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle, who died in January from cancer. Ruhle's widow, Sue, was in attendance at the game. Morning bell: A night owl, Reds starter Bronson Arroyo is admittedly not a morning guy. But Arroyo jumped at the chance to start a 10 a.m. "B" game on Sunday against the Pirates. "When I said 10 o'clock, he might have thought it was 'p.m.' That's why he was all over it," Narron said. Coming up: Top prospect Homer Bailey will take the ball in the Reds' 1:05 p.m. ET "A" game against Pittsburgh in Bradenton, Fla. Lefty Paul Maholm will start for the Pirates.
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Sun Java System Identity Synchronization for Windows synchronizes user account information, including passwords, between Sun Java System Directory Server and Windows (both Active Directory and Windows NT). Identity Synchronization for Windows helps build a scalable and security enriched password synchronization solution for small, medium, and large enterprises.
This document provides guidance through case studies that lead to deploying the solution in your test and production environments.
The Identity Synchronization for Windows solution provides:
A robust and scalable solution that includes support for high availability.
Synchronization of account creation, modification, inactivation, and deletion between Active Directory, Windows NT and Directory Server.
Seamless integration with disparate and proprietary directory source to synchronize native password changes.
You must be aware of the following important deployment considerations before you begin deploying Identity Synchronization for Windows:
Synchronization direction(s) of passwords. If passwords are synchronized from Directory Server to Active Directory or in both directions, then you must install the High Encryption Pack on Windows 2000 to enable 128-bit SSL, which is required when setting passwords in Active Directory over LDAP.
Synchronizing the creation of new users. If Identity Synchronization for Windows does not synchronize the creation of new users, then you must run the idsync resync command periodically to establish links between newly created users. Changes to newly created users are not synchronized until the users are explicitly linked by running idsync resync.
Population size. While Identity Synchronization for Windows places no upper limit on the number of users that can be synchronized, the total number of users impacts the deployment. The primary impact is on the idsync resync command that must be run before you start synchronization. If more than 100,000 users are synchronized, then the idsync resync command should be run in batches for optimal performance, and to limit the load on Sun Java System Message Queue
Performance requirements. The performance of Identity Synchronization for Windows is limited more by the synchronization rate than by the total number of users. The only exception to this requirement is when you run the idsync resync command.
Expected peak modification rate. An Identity Synchronization for Windows deployment with Core and two connectors running on the same system, can easily sustain a modification rate of 10 synchronizations per second. If the required synchronization rate exceeds this rate, then higher performance is achieved by distributing Identity Synchronization for Windows across multiple machines, for example, by installing the connectors on a separate machine from the Identity Synchronization for Windows Core.
Number of Windows Domains to be synchronized. If more than one Windows domains are to be synchronized, then the activedirectorydomainname (and/or USER_NT_DOMAIN_NAME) attributes should be synchronized to a Directory Server attribute. This is required to resolve ambiguity between Synchronization User List definitions.
Number of Directory Server masters, hubs, and read-only replicas in the deployment. In a deployment with multiple Directory Servers, the Identity Synchronization for Windows Directory Server Plugin must be installed on each master, each hub, and each read-only replica. When configuring Identity Synchronization for Windows, one Directory Server master is designated as the preferred master. The Directory Server Connector detects and applies changes at the preferred master while it is running. If this server is down, then it can optionally apply changes at a second master. The Retro Changelog Plugin must be enabled on the preferred master, and this master should be on the same LAN as the Identity Synchronization for Windows Core.
Security. If the Directory Server or the Active Directory Connectors connect to Directory Server or Active Directory over SSL, then SSL must be enabled in these directories. If the connectors are configured to accept only trusted certificates, then extra configuration steps must be followed to import the appropriate Certificate Authority certificates into the connectors' certificate databases. If SSL is required between the Directory Server Plugin and Active Directory, then SSL must be enabled in Directory Server. The Certificate Authority certificate used to sign the Active Directory SSL certificate must also be imported in the Directory Server's certificate database.
Bidirectional account lockout and unlockout synchronization. For Account Lockout and Unlockout to work correctly, it is recommended that you set the symmetric password policy at both ends. For example, if the password policy at Active Directory signifies a permanent lockout then the same password policy should be set at Directory Server.
Bidirectional group synchronization. When the Group Synchronization feature is enabled, the creation expression would be uid=%uid% or cn=%cn% in the Sun Java System Directory Server Criteria panel.


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Last month I wrote about crossover YA [2]-- speculative fiction written for a teen audience that adults would also enjoy. This month, I'd like to take another stroll outside of the SF genre shelves and introduce you to a close cousin: magical realism.
Magical realism is essentially mainstream fiction with a difference. Unlike urban fantasy, which uses a version of our world as a setting for fantasy (with all of fantasy's tropes and magical rules), magical realism brings an element of myth and fantasy into an otherwise mundane real-world setting and treats it as factual. The result is something as weird and startling as finding a half-burnt simurgh feather on the ground while you're out walking the dog: the wondrous becomes (sometimes uncomfortably) possible and close and real.
Argentinian author and librarian Jorge Luis Borges is widely considered the originator of this genre with his A Universal History of Infamy, in which he blends a few fanciful details and villains of fable into an otherwise factual recounting of evildoers from history. In fact, a lot of magical realism today still comes from Latin American authors (as you can see in the list below), but its appeal has definitely grown beyond its original borders. Popular authors like Toni Morrison, Audrey Niffenegger, Salman Rushdie, Alice Hoffman, Joanne Harris, and Haruki Murakami all write in the genre.
Magical realism is a great crossover point both for regular fiction readers who want to dabble their toes in fantasy and for SF readers who want to try something a bit more mainstream. (They make excellent book club choices, too.) Whether you're a mainstream fiction reader or a speculative fiction fan, you're certain to find something here that's out of your common way.
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Reading List Allende)
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (Fiction Allen)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (Fiction Bender)
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (Short Stories Borges)
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Fiction Bulgakov)
Outside the Dog Museum by Jonathan Carroll (Fiction Carroll)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Fiction Coelho)
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres (Fiction De Bernieres)
The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni (Fiction Divakaruni)
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich (Fiction Erdrich)
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (Fiction Esquivel)
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Fiction Foer)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Fiction Garcia Marquez)
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (Fiction Groff)
Chocolat by Joanne Harris (Fiction Harris)
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (Fiction Helprin)
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Reading List Hoffman)
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Express Fiction Ivey)
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (Fiction Johnson)
The Green Mile by Stephen King (BCD King)
The Loves of Judith by Meir Shalev (Fiction Shalev)
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Fiction Martel)
The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller (Express Fiction Miller)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (LP Morrison)
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (Fiction Murakami)
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Fiction Niffenegger)
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht (Fiction Obreht)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Fiction Ruiz Zafon)
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Fiction Rushdie)
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (Fiction Russell)
In a Town Called Mundomuerto by Randall Silvis (Fiction Silvis)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind (Fiction Suskind)
The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa (Fiction Vargas Llosa)


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ahh good ol dane! who doesnt love him!?
me and my friend a.k.a jadell smell smelly markers in our class and were like" CINNAMON! this one's cinnamon!mmmm..CHERRIES!" like in his 'Obby' skit
then one day these guys..Bobby and Robby went up for a game.. and i said aloud" Omg! it's the obby crew!!!" lol
not dorkie enough right?


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With many new starters, PHS boys soccer looking to pick up the pace
PITTSFIELD -- The Pittsfield High School boys soccer team knows a second consecutive trip to the Western Mass. Division I postseason won't be easy. Despite a roster heavy with upperclassmen, coach Andrew Antil's Generals are replacing seven starters from last year's sectional quarterfinalist.
The early part of this season hasn't been easy, either -- which might be just what PHS needs to show the new starters how the game should be played.
"We have to show these guys that there are much better teams out there, and we need to play to their level," senior defender Conor Dempsey said, "and sometimes above our level, so we can keep up with tougher teams like Minnechaug, Ludlow and all those guys out in Eastern Mass."
The season's first week was tough on Antil's charges -- a 4-0 home loss to Minnechaug, followed two days later by a 2-0 loss to North Division rival Monument Mountain. They have all week to fix things before Friday night's game at East Longmeadow, which likely means plenty of work for fourth-year coach Antil and his tri-captains -- Dempsey, defender Christian Sutherland and midfielder Harry Rich.
Sutherland is a three-year starter who brings plenty of athleticism to the Pittsfield back line and can anchor the defense along with Dempsey. He feels that what PHS does best is shut down breakaways near the goal.
"Step up, sweep it out, end it right there," Sutherland said.
One of the new starters is goalkeeper Bahati Mweze. He's a senior, but is now full-time in net. He saw some time last season behind starter Keiland Cross, who graduated.
The first two games haven't been easy, but Mweze is a capable goalie who can make eye-catching stops like a diving save during a late-practice game-situation drill Thursday at Kirvin Park.
"He's very positive. He's always talking," Dempsey said. "I see it on his face that he never lets a goal get him down. He keeps going, no matter what the score is."
Rich, a four-year starter in the midfield, sees a lot of creativity in what he calls a "fresh group" of Pittsfield players.
"We all look to move the ball well," he said. "A pretty cohesive unit, even though we've only been playing together for two weeks. It's nice to get some new blood in there."
The tri-captains and Mweze are joined in the senior class by forwards Darian Chambers and Jacob Farron, midfielder Sean Keenan and defender Joseph Rosso. Behind them are six juniors -- with a seventh expected to join the varsity as soon as he has reached the required number of preseason practices -- who Rich believes bring a lot of skill and speed, as well as the attitudes necessary to put an 0-2 start behind them and start winning games -- both inside and outside of Berkshire County.
"I think it's a good mix," he said. "I think we need good representation from both classes. So far, we've melded pretty well."
To reach Matthew Sprague:
(413) 496-6254.
On Twitter: @EagleSportsZone.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 11:01 PM
Town Square
Google denies giving NSA "direct access" to user data
Original post made on Jun 11, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 11:01 PM
Comments (9)
a resident of another community
on Jun 11, 2013 at 11:43 pm
It is called a gag order which means that Google cannot admit to it without suffering the full wrath of the government.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 12, 2013 at 6:16 am
Google spies on its user more than the government is accused of here. So what's all the outrage for?
a resident of another community
on Jun 12, 2013 at 6:19 am
Wo\'O Ideafarm is a registered user.
If Google denies it, then that is the end of the subject. They wouldn't lie.
If District Attorney Jeff Rosen says that he's a reformer who is going to clean things up, then that is the end of it. Anyone who's met him can see that he's a nice family guy. He wouldn't do anything wrong. He wouldn't hurt a fly. He wouldn't lie.
If Mountain View Chief of Police Scott Vermeer says that he runs the most professional policing agency in the State of California, as is proclaimed on the fancy email bulletins that his MVPD sends out, then it must be true. He wouldn't lie to us; after all, he's our police chief. If you cannot trust a police chief, who can you trust?
If Wo'O Ideafarm has lots of trouble with the police, then Wo'O Ideafarm must be a trouble maker. He's probably a criminal who uses his civic speech as a cover as he preys secretly upon our nice, safe, orderly (very orderly) community. Jeff Rosen should lock him up for years, just to make sure. It wouldn't have anything to do with Ideafarm's civic speech, of course. Silencing Ideafarm's provocative ideas would just be an incidental benefit.
(Another installment of "The Dumbing of America".)
Wake up, folks. Like all concentrations of power, the Google Corporation has a carefully manicured visible charade and a carefully hidden reality. We need to have a serious conversation about the corruption in our society and about how to raise up our children in to the good, strong adult men and women who will have to do something about the mess that we have left for them.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jun 12, 2013 at 3:09 pm
Edward Snowden should've leaked the story to Google's hometown paper: the Voice. That would've put Daniel Debolt on the map in a big way.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 13, 2013 at 5:58 am
It's obvious that now is the time to finally get serious about encrypting communications. The minor hassle is well worth the peace of mind. As an added benefit, when you encrypt messages on gmail (gpg + imap client), google can't read it and sell the data to advertisers.
a resident of Jackson Park
on Jun 13, 2013 at 7:50 am
Kind of makes the simplicity of paper and pencil more nostalgic. I look at all the items one needs to "secure" their communicatons and it's mind-boggling that people have actually bought into all this.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jun 13, 2013 at 4:31 pm
Google and other companies all spy on us, that is how they make their huge profits, by having their marketing people be able to bring you a boatload of ads on items you have searched on, emailed or whatever.
Don't kid yourself when they say it's free, it's just another way to spy.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 15, 2013 at 7:09 am
Google did and has done exactly as Google told everyone it would do. Google, like a newspaper, dispenses information and sells adds and tries to make a profit. Google hides nothing about their data usage and provides an extremely simply opt out choice.
By contrast we have a federal agency that lies to us about their data collection and when caught with their entire upper body in the cookie jar immediately goes into prevarication hyper drive.
The NSA and TSA have saved us from thousands of plots by evil doers. Would you believe dozens? How about one or two? No, those were probably bogus also. But who cares? These agencies only cost multiple billions to accomplish nothing useful while obliterating our rights to privacy.
Government agencies by nature gravitate towards self serving, self perpetuating entities too big and/or too secret to tolerate scrutiny by the tax payers that fund them.
We strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
a resident of another community
on Jun 15, 2013 at 10:41 am
Wo\'O Ideafarm is a registered user.
Fred, you are like my father-in-law, who died without ever accepting that Nixon lied. I am your local clue. Heed my warning, or remain clueless. The situation in the United States is not what it appears to be. Many people have come to this conclusion. We are right. Get your head out of the sand, take a look, and then let your conscience be your guide. We must do something. Not ME. WE. That includes YOU.
If you are a good, strong, man, you will respond to this call to action.
Regarding Google: Google cheats the people who host Google's ads on their web sites. I was told this by someone who makes his living (barely) from a web site. I trust both his competence and his honesty. If he says it, it is true. Skeptical? If Google doesn't cheat people this way, then why doesn't Google contract for periodic audits by an independent auditing firm to establish that it does not understate the true number of impressions and clicks in order to pay less to hosting web site owners than they are entitled to?
If you want to understand your world, look at how the money flows. If you are not familiar with the basic concepts in the field of economics, and how those concepts apply to current events, then you are not going to be able to pierce the charade.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Prior to this evening's game at Tropicana Field, Rays players Matt Moore, Carlos Pena, Sean Rodriguez, Luke Scott and B.J. Upton will provide everlasting memories to a group of 50 children from the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg, as the Major League Baseball Players Trust's Buses for Baseball program motors into Tampa Bay.
Courtesy of the Players Trust, the students will receive round-trip transportation to the game, meet the players and receive free tickets, food, beverages and souvenirs.
This season, Buses for Baseball will provide transportation and personal greetings for more than 750 underprivileged children attending Major League Baseball games as invited guests of their big league heroes. Buses for Baseball will provide many of the children with their first chance to attend a Major League Baseball game.
The Players Trust enjoys support from the Tampa Bay Rays organization in providing this unique, up close and personal opportunity to share the thrill of Major League Baseball with those less fortunate.
The YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg is committed to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility in order to strengthen the foundations of community.
To watch a brief video featuring the Buses for Baseball program, please visit the Players Trust Channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/MLBPlayersTrust.
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Loney's postseason resume impresses
Slugger racks up big numbers in short time amount of time
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Following a 2-1 win over the Phillies in Friday's Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, James Loney had 59 postseason plate appearances, not an insignificant sample size.
His postseason batting average is .358, with an on-base percentage of .424 and a slugging percentage of .528 for an OPS of .952 which is over 150 points higher than his career regular-season totals.Nothing insignificant about that, either. "Well, you know the players nickname for him -- 'Big Game,'" said manager Joe Torre.
"Reggie, Jeter, Loney -- I don't know when he was born, but it should have been in October," teammate Juan Pierre shouted as he left the dugout for batting practice before Game 2.Some players just seem to rise to the occasion, although the flip side of that explanation is that some players don't handle the pressure well. Loney has the rare ability of appearing as if there's nothing special about the occasion. He plays in October as if it's May or August, as if there's nothing different. "It is a regular game," explains Loney. "It just happens in October. I'm just here trying to get to the end, the World Series, and that's when I'll celebrate." Torre often compares Loney to his high-achieving former center fielder with the Yankees, Bernie Williams, because of their carefree, sometimes spacey approach to baseball and life. Loney's teammates say he sometimes doesn't know what day it is or what time it is, but he seems to know when it's time to play. Torre said the personality trait that makes Williams and Loney different also makes them well-suited to handle the pressure that often claims others on the game's biggest stage in October. "Calmness," said Torre. "They don't know what's supposed to make them nervous. The most upset I've seen James was when he was fighting for his swing. He has a calmness and that's good to have. It helps them perform when the game speed ups for others, because they don't let it speed up for them. Even though it's more than a game with all that goes on around it, you still play it like it's just a game. "Last year was a perfect example. With everything building up around him, he's sort of 'what's going on?'" Loney set the tone for last year's sweep of the Cubs in the NL Division Series with a grand slam off Ryan Dempster in a Game 1 win at Wrigley Field and drove in six runs in the series. Against the Phillies in the NL Championship Series, he hit .438. In a one-game appearance during the 2006 playoffs against the Mets, Loney went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. He went 3-for-12 against the Cardinals in last week's NL Division Series and was 3-for-7 through the first two games of the NLCS. "He's unusual by some standards, but he knows what he's doing," said Pierre. "He's the kind of guy, you just roll with it. He'll make you laugh when he doesn't mean to. He'll have a goofy approach. It's not really goofy, it just seems goofy. He might have three different swings on one given night, but he has a plan and it works for him. I think that's why if he makes an out in one of these games, he doesn't get scared all of a sudden or let it get into his head."
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A-Rod tops all vote-getters; Jeter, Posada join third baseman
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
The voting was less certain for Jorge Posada, who made it into the Midsummer Classic as an American League reserve.
Because the votes that spurred the catcher on to the Bay Area were cast by his fellow big leaguers, they're just as meaningful -- if not more -- as the accolades accumulated by A-Rod and Jeter.
"The other two were pretty much a given, but Jorgie -- the fact that he was voted in by the players -- I think it's quite an honor," said Yankees manager Joe Torre.
"When your peers vote for you, that means they respect what you're doing, and I think that's important. I know he feels good about it."
Posada has arguably been the Yankees' most irreplaceable player in the first half, as the 35-year-old backstop has improved his physical conditioning to enjoy one of his finer offensive seasons.
Drawing regular work behind the plate, Posada ranks fifth in the AL with a .333 batting average and could be the first Yankees catcher to finish in the top 10 in AL hitting since Thurman Munson in 1978.
"Jorgie's having a Johnny Bench-like year," Rodriguez said recently. "He's playing tremendous defense, he's been an anchor in the middle of our lineup on both sides of the plate and he's been phenomenal."
Posada has proved durable as well, which the Yankees have needed -- a steady, guiding influence behind the plate, particularly in the first weeks of the season, when the Bombers trotted out seven different rookie pitchers to make starts.
Then again, Posada's reliability has never been in question; Posada has never landed on the disabled list in his career and has started at least 120 games behind the plate in each of the last seven seasons.
"He's having a great year -- he's having a tremendous year," Jeter said. "He deserves to go. He's been one of the most consistent players we've had. He definitely deserves to go."
Ever the team player, Posada couldn't fully enjoy his selection over Cleveland's Victor Martinez. Posada was understandably sour after the Yankees' 11-5 loss to the Oakland Athletics on All-Star Selection Sunday.
"I'm happy, but I really can't think about the All-Star Game right now," Posada said. "It's really frustrating what's going on."
As the Major League votes leader with 3,890,515 votes cast for the All-Star Game, Rodriguez echoed similar thoughts, downplaying his 11th selection -- but first time leading balloting -- in favor of the club's fortunes.
"It's hard to think about that right now, but it's a pretty neat experience," Rodriguez said on Sunday. "It's a lot of votes, a lot of people. That's a lot of fans, so it's pretty cool."
A-Rod set a new personal high for RBIs in a single month during his incredible April, when he slugged a Major League-leading 14 home runs and drove in 34 runs. Rodriguez came right back and equaled the mark with another 34 RBIs in June, leading the Majors.
The National League should beware. Rodriguez was tied with former Seattle Mariners teammate Ken Griffey Jr. for the Interleague lead with eight home runs this season and led the Majors with 23 RBIs, his numbers buoyed by a red-hot trip to San Francisco in late June.
For all of Rodriguez's theatrics and fireworks, Jeter has been a quietly consistent complement in the Yankees' lineup. Jeter ran off three separate hitting streaks of 17 games or more in the first half of the season, making him the first player since 1950 to do so.
Jeter logged 3,199,571 votes to win starting honors in San Francisco, the third time he will start in the All-Star Game.
"Obviously, it feels good that people appreciate how you play the game," Jeter said.
Though he has been nicked and bruised all season, most recently fighting a bout with knee tendinitis, Jeter hasn't seen his reliability affected, batting a team-leading .335 with five home runs and 38 RBIs.
"If anyone's saying they don't want to go to the All-Star Game, they're lying to you," Jeter said. "It's an honor and it makes you feel good."
Left-hander Andy Pettitte, right-hander Chien-Ming Wang and second baseman Robinson Cano were among those not selected to head to San Francisco. The voting ends a three-year All-Star streak for Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
"I'm sure he's going to enjoy his time with the family," Torre said of Rivera. "He wasn't holding his breath at this point in time. This is one of those things that's out of your control, and there's not much you can do about it."
The 2003 season marked the introduction of the Player Ballot to the All-Star selection process. Each league's players, managers and coaches elect eight position players and eight pitchers from their league. Catchers and infielders who finish in the top two at their position on the Player Ballot, and outfielders among the top six, are assured of making the All-Star team. In instances where the winners of the Player Ballot are also fan-elected starters, the player with the next highest amount of votes on the Player Ballot makes the All-Star Team. Eight pitchers -- five starters and three relievers -- become All-Stars through the Player Ballot. The manager of each World Series team from the prior season -- in this year's case, Detroit's Jim Leyland and St. Louis' Tony La Russa -- then fills the remaining slots on their respective teams, ensuring that one player from all 30 clubs is named to the All-Star Game.
The 78th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and televised around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. ET on July 10. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage. XM will provide satellite radio play-by-play coverage of the XM All-Star Futures Game.
Bryan Hoch 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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Top MIT Administrator to Speak at Clarkson University on Engineering Challenges of Next Two Decades
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Clarkson University's Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering has announced that the associate provost for faculty equity at MIT will speak next week about the challenges facing engineering in this decade and the next.
Wesley L. Harris, who is also the Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the director of the Lean Sustainment Initiative at MIT, will speak on "Grand Challenges for Engineering and Beyond" on Friday, November 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Clarkson's Bertrand H. Snell Hall Room 213. Refreshments will precede the lecture at 3 p.m.
Harris is the fourth speaker in the New Horizons in Engineering Distinguished Lectureship Series, which is dedicated to improving the understanding of important issues facing engineering and society in the 21st century.
Harris will discuss the 14 National Academy of Engineering grand challenges for engineering within the 2010-2030 time frame. Following a review of the major accomplishments of engineering in the 20th century, he will focus on the risks and rewards of making advances toward goals of the new challenges.
In his presentation, Harris will outline the requirement for human/educational and fiscal capital in an integrative, flexible framework, given the environment of a global, knowledge-based economy and a major shift in U.S. federal support for basic research. He will also discuss a useful role for U.S. engineering schools, as an enabler in obtaining the goals of the Grand Challenges for Engineering.
Before his appointment as associate provost, Harris served as head of MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research focuses on theoretical and experimental unsteady aerodynamics and aeroacoustics, computational fluid dynamics, hemodynamics, and the impact of government policy on procurement of high technology systems.
Prior to this, Harris was the associate administrator for aeronautics at NASA and the vice president and chief administrative officer of the University of Tennessee Space Institute.
He has served on committees of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Helicopter Society (AHS), and the National Technical Association (NTA). He has also been an advisor to eight colleges, universities, and institutes, and has served as chair and member of various boards and committees of the National Research Council (NRC), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Army Science Board, and several state governments.
Harris is a member of the National Academy of Engineering division of engineering and physical sciences committee, its advisory committee on grand challenges in engineering, and its committee on engineering education.
He earned a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia in 1964. Harris received a master of science in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1968, both in aerospace and mechanical sciences, from Princeton University.
He is an elected Fellow of the AIAA and of the AHS for engineering achievements, engineering education, engineering management, and advancing cultural diversity.
Harris was the first African-American elected to membership in the Jefferson Literary & Debating Society at the University of Virginia. He also has been recognized by election to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, the Cosmos Club, and the Confrerie des Chavaliers du Tastevin.
Read more about the in the New Horizons in Engineering Distinguished Lectureship Series at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/2010/news-release_2010-08-20-3.html.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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eBook/eAudiobook Class at PV Library Learn how to use eReaders and tablets in this Portola Valley Library session. Jan. 6, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call 650-851-0560. www.smcl.org
eBooks/eAudiobooks Class at Woodside Library Bring a mobile device and any questions to this hour-long class about downloading library materials, such as eBooks and eAudiobooks. Jan. 11, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Woodside Library, 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside. www.smcl.org
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Persian & Central Asian Dance Class (for ages 16+) will feature classical miniature and regional folkloric Persian dances fused with the instructor's background in yoga, flamenco, whirling and Odissi Indian styles. Jan. 6-March 29, Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. $159 residents; $213 non-residents; $15 drop-in. Arrillaga Family Rec Center, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. Call 925-348-0026.
Pre-Ballet and Tap Dance Class This City of Menlo Park dance class combines pre-ballet and tap basics for children and teens. Ballet and tap shoes are required. Parents are welcome to join the last class. Jan. 9-March 27, Thursdays, 3:30-4:15 p.m. $148/$198. Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park. Call 650-330-2200. www.egovlink.com/menlopark/rd_classes/class_list.aspx?categoryid=88
Community Events
Free First Friday Program at San Mateo County History Museum At 11 a.m., preschool children will be invited to learn about local inventors who changed the world. They will also create robots out of cardboard. At 2 p.m., docents will lead tours of the museum for adults. Jan. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Call 650-299-0104. www.historysmc.org
'Eichler Homes, Then and Now', talk by Realtor Monique Lombardellis. Jan. 14, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free for members; $3 for others. Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-326-2025. www.penvol.org/littlehouse/contact.cfm
Family and Kids
Atherton Library: Toddler Dance Party Join children's musician Pam Donkin in "A Hop, Skip and a Jump," a toddler dance party for ages 18 months and up. Jan. 7, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Atherton Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane, Atherton. Call 650-328-2422. www.smcl.org
Babies and Books Storytime Rhymes, songs, lap play and short stories for the infants ages birth to 18 months. There will be no storytimes on Jan. 20 and Feb. 17 because of holiday closures. Jan. 6-Feb. 24, Mondays, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call 650-851-0560. www.smcl.org
Tai Chi at Woodside Library Woodside Library hosts a tai chi class in the library's native plant garden, weather permitting. Open to all ability levels. Jan. 3-31, Fridays, 10-11 a.m. Free. Woodside Library Native Plant Garden, 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside. www.smcl.org
Live Music
Megan Keely Megan Keely, a local indie folk singer whose song "Rules" was featured on the soundtrack of the film "The Hunger Games," will perform songs from her album "Deciduous." Jan. 11, 3-4 p.m. Free. Woodside Library, 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside. www.smcl.org
Talks & Authors
Author Len Filppu will read from his parenting book, "Prime Time Dads: 45 Reasons to Embrace Midlife Fatherhood." Jan. 9, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-857-1031. www.keplers.com/event/len-filppu
Cafe Scientifique Silicon Valley at SRI In "50 Years of Out-of-This-World Research at Arecibo Observatory," SRI's Dr. Robert Kerr will describe the past, present and future of the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Puerto Rico and used for breakthrough research in astronomy, space studies and atmospheric sciences. Directions to SRI: http://bit.ly/U1dido. Jan. 14, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-859-2198. www.ow.ly/ruZT9
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what was the final score in todays game....i can't find anything. I saw the first 10 minutes
what was the final score in todays game....i can't find anything. I saw the first 10 minutes
Thanks....is there a box score anywhere
Thanks....Leslie and Jennings played great from what i'm reading. T Murry needs to cut his TO and he looks good too. TH looked good too from what i saw
The only players that look like they have any modicum of an NBA future is Hardaway Jr, Leslie and Tyler. And to a lesser extent, Murray, Jennings and Jordan.
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Chris Smith said he plans to have individual workouts with other teams after summer league. At this point, point guard Toure' Murry is outplaying him in the D-League, and Mike Woodson said Sunday that he's considering inviting the D-Leaguer to training camp.
Henry Sims' agent, Todd Eley, said he chose the Bobcats' summer league team over the Knicks' for his client because there is a better opportunity for Sims to sign a rookie's minimum contract with Charlotte. That's because Woodson has preferred veteran frontcourt players in the past. However, Eley said the Knicks might be willing to develop a younger big this time around, and that he'd still explore an opportunity for Sims there.
Like most of us to this point believe it would be better if Knicks don't sign Chris Smith... I just can't see having siblings on the same team, especially one that is already a nuisance off the court... Don't get me wrong I believe J.R. has proven himself on the court but his immaturity is still a question yet to be determined...
I believe like most that Toure Murry should get an invite to training camp, along with Jeremy Tyler... As I predicted Jerome Jordan is just too soft to be an NBA player as this game he was hesitant on offense while quiet as a mouse on defense, this shows that he is not ready to take the next step, an invite to training camp could still be on the table but I think from this little excerpt that the Knicks if they can will try to get Henry Sims instead of Jerome Jordan...
Has Matthews ever played in summer league? Haven't heard anything from em yet.
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I liked Murray's efficiency over the first two games. Tyler is kinda raw but hungry so not bad at all.
Can Murray make the Knicks roster?
I would invite Tyler to training camp just based on his rebounding prowess...He's 6"11 260lbs, give us a young scrub with size. Good 15th man.
I don't know if Murray can cut the roster, but he sure hasn't done anything wrong so far, so I would give him a shot if nothing better shows up. I would also give Tyler at the 15th man for his rebounding, we need people that are hungry that will work for that payday.
I say bring in Artest, sign Kenyon Martin. Then have 2 roster spots to round everything out. 3rd PG goes to a vet (Aaron Brooks) or a younger guy (Murry). And, finally, the backup "big" goes to either Leslie or Tyler, whoever wins the job… while the loser goes to the D-League (if we can keep them) and is an asset we stash & develop.
This would also give us a young core of Shumpert, Hardaway, Murry, Leslie & Tyler moving forward in 2015 and beyond.
Watching the Charlotte vs Knicks summerleague game right now and Leslie is taking charge with Hardaway out with the wrist injury. I'm loving the moves, he got game


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>Cross Training>Strengthening Program for Injury Prevention
I am looking for advice on a general strenghtening program to build my bodies resistance to injury in hopes of tackling more mileage in the future.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Any good books or websites on the topic?
(and the rest of the book ain't so bad either... though it might be an overkill purchase if you aren't focused on advancing your marathoning)
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This is a great program. It's designed with triathletes in mind, but most of the exercises will help with running performance and injury prevention. Don't forget to include some core (abs, butt and hips (abduction and adduction).
Don't be obsessed with your desires Danny. The Zen philosopher Basha once wrote, 'A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no hole, is a Danish.'
Including the following will help too:
The process is the goal.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.
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Proprioceptive exercises
Chapter 4 of the 2nd edition of Advanced Marathoning by Pfitzinger/Douglas has some great stuff.
I bought this book for this very content.When you can run injury free, the overkill purchase seems to pale in comparison to the alternative. I dropped 20 bucks in change through my sofa cushions last quarter...the book price isn't bad at all.
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Thanks to all for the great feedback. (I expected no less ) I am looking forward to incorporating into my weekly schedule and this will definitely get me started.
True, 20 bucks is nothing. I have heard alot of buzz about 'Advanced Marathoning by Pfitzinger/Douglas' so I am ready to make the splurge. Better than paying to see the doctor, I figure.
Here's another option.
Proprioceptive exercises
I am enjoying these exercises and I am finding they are alot harder than they sound. My balance and supporting muscles are not what they could be. I know this is a direct result of my lifestyle and the basic lack of any supplemental exercises...... Sit in office chair, run, sleep, repeat......... I am definitely missing the no-thought benefits of participating in a variety of sports which seem to be few and far between these days.
I was experiencing some minor knee pain which has been bothering me for a week or so. Amazingly, after my first round of the exercises, I am finding that my knee pain has all but subsided. I am not sure if it sparked my muscles to life or what? But I am certainly welcoming the results.
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Today is Tuesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2013. There are 308 days left in the year.
Today's highlight:
On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by terrorists exploded in the parking garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
On this date:
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba.
In 1870, an experimental air-driven subway, the Beach Pneumatic Transit, opened in New York City for public demonstrations.
In 1913, "Brillo," described as an "aluminum-cleanser," was registered for trademark by Philip Brady of New York (the trademark was issued in Sept. 1913).
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed a measure establishing Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
In 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signed a measure establishing Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
In 1945, authorities ordered a midnight curfew at night clubs, bars and other places of entertainment across the nation.
In 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Britain had developed its own atomic bomb.
In 1962, after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, astronaut John Glenn told a joint meeting of Congress, "Exploration and the pursuit of knowledge have always paid dividends in the long run."
In 1970, National Public Radio was incorporated.
In 1987, the Tower Commission, which had probed the Iran-Contra affair, issued its report, which rebuked President Ronald Reagan for failing to control his national security staff.
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Varus came of an old patrician family; his , which had been without political influence for centuries. His father, Sextus Quintilius Quinctilius Varus, was one of the murderers assassins of Julius Caesar and committed suicide after the Battle of Philippi (42 bc). Varus arranged a good marriage for himself , however, came to be related by marriage to the emperor Augustus and thus acquired political influence, becoming consul in 13 bc, with a daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, the primary adviser to the emperor Augustus. In 13 bc Varus was consul with the future emperor Tiberius, who himself was married to one of Agrippa's daughters. Varus's second wife was Claudia Pulchra, Augustus's grandniece. Varus was given important assignments as proconsul of Africa (7?–6 bc) , and then legate in Syria, where he acquired enormous wealthof Syria. When Judea Judaea rebelled on the death of Herod I the Great (4 bc), Varus marched an army against the insurgents, crushed them, and reestablished direct Roman government.
Augustus eventually sent Varus to the Roman frontiers east of the Rhine, where he functioned as both a civil administrator and a military commander in an attempt to introduce Roman jurisdiction into the recently conquered region.
The Germans, however, found in Arminius, a prince of the Germanic Cherusci tribe, a leader of extraordinary resource. Arminius formed the design of freeing his people from Roman rule and soon came to a secret understanding with influential German chiefs. In September of the year ad 9, Varus, who had been falsely informed that a distant tribe was in revolt, led his legions into the Teutoburg Forest to put down the uprising. Here the Germans were lying in wait for him; and everything was in their favour, the narrow defiles having caused disorder among the troops and the ground having been made muddy by heavy rains. The battle that ensued lasted three days, during which the Romans were altogether destroyed; and Varus killed himself by falling upon his sword.
The aged Augustus was said to have been overcome with grief upon receiving news of the disaster, crying, "Varus, Varus, give me back my legions!" The defeat of Varus was followed by the loss of all Roman possessions east of the Rhine, and Varus was made the scapegoat for the failure of Augustus's German policy.


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Facing Facts Alert 5
FACING FACTS The Truth about Entitlements and the Budget A Fax Alert from The Concord Coalition FAX ALERT (Number 5, August 6, 1995) THE FORGOTTEN NUMBERS IN THE MEDICARE DEBATE According to opponents, Congress' proposed Medicare cuts are "unprecedented" and would "devastate" Medicare's mostly poor and near-poor beneficiaries. Correction: Most beneficiaries are not poor or near-poor. Nor are the cuts proposed by Congress unprecedented: The President's 1993 Health Security Act specified Medicare cuts that were essentially as large. Who Gets Medicare Let's start with incomes. A misleading factoid is surfacing everywhereufrom congressional hearings to President Clinton's weekly radio address: No less than 75 percent (some say 83 percent) of Medicare outlays go to beneficiaries with incomes below $25,000; only 5 percent (some say 3 percent) go to those with incomes over $50,000. All of these numbers greatly understate the incomes of beneficiaries. The more skewed numbers, mentioned in parentheses, refer to utilization of health-care services. But measuring the income of Medicare beneficiaries by looking at utilization is like measuring the home equity of people with fire insurance by looking at those whose houses have burned down. A better measure is the income of everyone insured by Medicare, not the income of those who happen to be reimbursed. The less skewed numbers look at all beneficiaries, but they too mislead by using self-reported surveys which are known to under-report asset and benefit income. Curiously, no one cites CBO's data on the income of Medicare beneficiaries. According to these numbers, which measure the insurance value of Medicare benefits and correct for the under-reporting problem, over half of Medicare benefits went to households with incomes over $20,000 in 1990; one-third went to households with incomes over $30,000; and 15 percent went to households with incomes over $50,000uthree-to-five times the share cited by opponents of Medicare cuts. Even these numbers understate beneficiary incomes. They are for 1990; since then, median elderly household income is up nearly 10 percent. The measure of income used is a restricted one that doesn't even include the value of the Medicare benefit itself. Incomes are calculated per household, and so don't reflect the fact that beneficiary families are small (1.6 members on average, much smaller than the average for nonbeneficiary families). And incomes are calculated on a before-tax basis, which means they don't reflect the fact that most beneficiary income is tax-advantaged. Yes, Medicare beneficiaries spend more out-of-pocket on health than younger households. But then again, younger households have higher out-of-pocket expenses for everything from home mortgages to education. A Bipartisan Consensus The public understands that to get a handle on out- of-control Medicare spending we have to begin by scaling-back payments to affluent households whom safety nets like Medicare were never designed to target. According to a recent Concord poll, three-quarters of the electorate favors means-testing Medicare benefits. When not playing partisan politics, both parties also understand that we must control costs. Today it may be the Republicans who are "messing with Medicare" and the Democrats who are playing the senior card. But not long ago, it was the other way around. For those who have forgotten about the large Medicare cuts proposed in the administration's 1993 Health Security Act, here are the numbers. The Health Security Act called for $183 billion in programmatic Medicare cuts from 1996 to 2000umore than the $137 billion in savings Congress is now proposing. To be sure, these cuts were to be offset by a new prescription drug benefit. But even if you factor in this benefit, that still leaves $111 billion in net savings. Moreover, you have to consider cost-shifting. Being "comprehensive," the President's plan was predicated on eliminating any current cost-shifts to private payersuwhich effectively meant that (totally aside from the plan's proposed dollar savings) Medicare would have had to cut back sizably on real services provided to stay within any given dollar budget. Medicare is patently unsustainable in its current form. To preserve it, we must reform it. And to do that sensibly, we'll have to get the numbers straight.
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Nature centers and public gardens feed butterflies by offering them sponges soaked in a nectar solution. Our beautiful glass flower similarly serves up a sweet and nutritious meal that butterflies can't resist. The 8" aqua blue glass bowl fits securely into the spiral top of the metal stake, and the bright yellow mesh sponge gives beautiful butterflies a place to land. Just add Butterfly Nectar, sold separately.
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By Grandma the Gardner
from Astoria, OR
About Me Budget Shopper
Comments about Glass Butterfly Feeder:
I garden in posts on my deck and am excited about feeding my butterflies. My only concern is weather I can glue the aqua nectar bowl to the stake to keep the wind from blowing is off. It's attractive enough I will find a way.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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perfect blue addition
By cher
from boston,ma
nice addition to my garden. Great color, easy to maintain.
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I Love this product
By Nana
from Beverly, Ma
It is attractive and easy to clean and use
Looks great in yard!
By Wife of Gardener
from Dallas, TX
Very pretty!
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The only thing attracted are ants :(
By Jan
from MA
This product would be good if there was something on the stem to prevent ants from getting into the bowl. Tried using Vaseline on the stem but it did not stay on for long.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
A lovely useful piece of garden art!
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Beautiful glass item. Looks lovely in the garden.
well constructed feeder
By seraphim
from Tucson,AZ
This product was the perfect addition to our garden. Butterflies love it and so do I
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By easteregg
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This is a pretty, solid butterfly feeder. The only think I would change is that the yellow item in the center of the feeder looks like a kitchen sponge. That's a little weird.
I love it!
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I love it, it is so pretty! Unfortunately at this time the butterflies prefer the flowers. I will keep trying.
What a lovely gift!!!
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If you'd rather play games than take shots of tequila and lounge around half-naked, you can celebrate spring break next year with Dead Island: Riptide instead.
The vacation from hell returns with Dead Island: Riptide, the follow-up to last year's zombie game Dead Island. Publisher Deep Silver has set a release date for April 23 in North America.
Deep Silver also confirmed two special editions available at launch. The Preorder Edition contains an exclusive pack of weapon mods to better prepare you for the onslaught on Palanai island. The other is the Special Retailers Edition, which contains an alternate packshot and a character skin "not obtainable anywhere else." The selected retail partners that will receive this edition have yet to be revealed.
Riptide is coming for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
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An Algorithm for Constructing a D-Optimal 2^K Factorial Design for Linear Model Containing Main Effects and One-Two Factor Interaction
In this paper an algorithm to construct a D-optimal $2^k$ factorial design based on the work of (Hedayat \& Pesotan, 2007) is developed and coded in a high level computer programming language, JAVA. Our algorithm is able to generate all possible square matrices of order (k + 2) from a $2^k$ by (k + 2) matrix, select all possible g(k, 1) design matrices of order (k + 2), and hence select a D-optimal design matrix. Furthermore, the computational formulas for the estimation of parameters for the $2^2$ and $2^3$ designs are derived. The results obtained by our algorithm agree with the theoretical results derived in.
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Asus Fonepad Note 6 Discussions
8 megapixel camera with NO autofocus..
Obviously they were trying to cut corners here but this is terrible decision. They could have stuck with a 5MP AF module..or even a 3MP AF one. No autofocus is just awful. It ...
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Cafe Rio May Join IPO Rush
Cafe Rio Inc.'s owners are interviewing banks ahead of an initial public offering of shares in the Mexican restaurant chain, according to people familiar with the matter.
Cafe Rio owns and operates 66 restaurants in 11 U.S. states, none of which are fitted with freezers or microwaves, highlighting its dependence on fresh ingredients.
The Salt Lake City, Utah company was founded in 1997, inspired by recipes from the Rio Grande region of Northern Mexico, Southern Texas and New Mexico, according to its website.
Former Burger King Corp. president and Taco Bell chief operating officer Bob Nilsen teamed up with private-equity firm Saunders Karp & Megrue and acquired Café Rio in 2004, a year before SKM merged with Apax Partners LP. KarpReilly LLC — led by SKM co-founder and former Apax co-chief executive Andrew Karp — now owns a stake in Café Rio, according to S&P Capital IQ. Mr. Nilsen is currently Café Rio's chairman.
The move underscores a rush to the IPO market by companies in the retail, technology and other sectors, which are going public at the fastest rate in 14 years.
Other restaurant operators seeking to list include Mediterranean-inspired chain Zoe's Kitchen Inc. and pizza chain Papa Murphy's Holdings Inc., both which filed for IPOs this month. Fast-food chicken chain El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. is also planning an IPO, people familiar with the matter said this week.


text: "Metafiction lustily mates with hard-boiled mystery in this hilarious homage to Raymond Chandler and company. A sexy widow with plenty to hide hires private eye Philip M. Noir to look into her husband's mysterious death. Noir slips on his gumshoes and lacy underwear and hits the mean streets, where he encounters the Creep, Fingers, Rats, Snark, and an elusive fat man named Fat Agnes. He even meets people who live in a different world. It was called daytime. Prolific postmodernist Coover adds his dazzling two bits to the deconstructionist turf Paul Auster prowled in the New York Trilogy. There's a mystery here, but you're a street dick, not a metaphysician, the second-person narrative explains. Like Thomas Pynchon in 2009's Inherent Vice, Coover pops off laughs on every page: 'Her brother is in it somewhere and he is said also to be wearing women's underpants and a bra.... Is he your double? No, you don't have a bra.' And don't forget, Chandler was really funny, too."Publishers Weekly (starred review)


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Here is my november setup on my Asus eee 1101HA, running ubuntu jaunty (9.04) with gnome.
I have to try a lighter environment because gnome eats too much memory, unfortunately no time at the moment.
You'll find below most of the used ressources in this setup.
- Theme GTK/Metacity : Sugar 1.0
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- my conkyrc
- fonts : Envy Code R for terminal and Droid Sans for the desktop and apps.
Pidgin and conky opacity are set using compiz config settings manager.
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Skywalker, Mar 21, 2011.
I'm starring in it.
I play 132nd tree from the left.
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Riddles in the Dark: Photos of Andy Serkis as Gollum and Martin Freeman as Bilbo
Anyone who isn't should follow Ian McKellen's blog on the films. His most recent entry is about being screen tested and he talks about his costume for the films. The most interesting tidbit is the return of the silver scarf barely seen in The Fellowship of the Ring.
^ Well, that and the trials and tribulations of his prosthetic nose. lol
Aha, now we have visual proof! The movie is actually happening!
My casting news via TheOneRing.Net
While I think it's cool that Stuart Townsend is getting a second chance at Middle-Earth fame (although I had been hoping on the age old fan rumor David Tennant portraying Bard coming true), I'm not terribly keen on this entirely new character played by Saiorse Ronan. I'm a fan of the actress and I'm sure she'll do a great job with the role, I just don't see it necessary. Only time will tell.
More casting news via TheOneRing.Net:
While I think it's cool that Stuart Townsend is getting a second chance at Middle-Earth fame (although I had been hoping the age-old fan rumor of David Tennant portraying Bard would come true), I'm not terribly keen on this entirely new character played by Saiorse Ronan. I'm a fan of the actress and I'm sure she'll do a great job with the role, I just don't see it necessary. Only time will tell.
Personal reasons?? Peter Jackson fired him! I've heard him say so.
He was too young-looking to play Aragorn anyway.
Yeah, Townsend was way too young to play Aragorn. I remember the leaked image of Townsend in costume as Aragorn (I think it was just a makeup test), and he looked all wrong for the part. Sucks that he was let go, but I think they made the right decision.
But I don't have any problems with Townsend, as an actor, and I really like the idea of him as Bard. Moreso than David Tenant, a.k.a. the Walking Beanpole.
I'm not terribly worried about Saiorse Ronan's character. It's likely Itaril will just be a minor role with no major impact on the story. I'm guessing she'll have a couple small scenes when Thorin and Company are in Mirkwood, and she'll probably be at the Battle of Five Armies, too.
Plus there were a lot of random minor characters in LOTR who weren't actually in the books, and none of them really made a major impact on the story. Well, except for Lurtz.
Townsend STILL looks too young to play Aragorn. Viggo was the absolute right casting.
I'm still not happy this is going to be two movies. The Hobbit is less than 300 pages wrong...I would rather take one three-hour movie. I've seen the results of Peter Jackson stretching out flims...you get garbage like King Kong.
Stretching it out to two films was probably Warner Bros.' idea. Cha-ching!
Well, TORN got me.
The above reported news was an April Fool's Joke and I fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
In my defense, I'm floating in the Pacific Ocean so it was April 2nd already when I read the article.
That all being said, Saiorse Ronan as Itaril is still a persisting rumor, one that's gotten strength from a short magazine article where Ronan confirmed she's in the films.
Bah! I hate April Fools'.
If they feel the need to introduce a character into the Elvenking section who wasn't in the book, I can think of an extremely logical candidate. But I haven't yet heard any rumor or other indication that he is slated to appear in the film.
If you're thinking of Legalos, Orlando Bloom is all but confirmed to appear.
The Hobbit to be shot at 48fps
Beating James Cameron to the punch with Avatar 2. Love it.
Re: The Hobbit to be shot at 48fps
Great, now Cameron's gonna want to shoot Avatar 2 at...I dunno...some ridiculous frame rate. Unless 60 is the highest or something.
Re: The Hobbit to be shot at 48fps
Well the lame Cameron bitching - bashing didnt take long.
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Madonna Halftime Performance… Did…Super Bowl XLVI has come and gone but, the commercials are here to stay! Sure it is fun to talk about the big game and who won, but it's that time where commercials aren't just annoying background noise. Companies pull out all the stops to make their commercials memorable. They get celebs like Jerry Seinfeld or Jay Leno to hawk their products in a funny way. Or they take the serious route, like Chevrolet and their Clint Eastwood commercial.
Phone Innovators: Official 2012 Best Buy Game Day Commercial
Coke 2012 Commercial: "Superstition"
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Free to Pee – TaxACT Super Commercial
Happy Grad – Chevy
Doritos® – Man's Best Friend — Crash the Super Bowl 2012 Finalist
John Carter Trailer – Disney
The Dog Strikes Back: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial
Howard Stern – America's Got Talent
David Beckham Bodywear for H&M
Coke 2012 Commercial: "Catch"
Chevy Sonic "Stunt Anthem"
The Avengers – Marvel
Teleflora Super Bowl Ad – Adriana Lima
Cars.com 2012 Super Bowl Ad – Confident You
Doritos® – Sling Baby — Crash the Super Bowl 2012 Finalist
NEW E*TRADE Baby Game Day Commercial – Fatherhood
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Super Bowl Spot Official 2012
Camry Effect: "Connections"
Hulu Plus Super Bowl Commercial – Huluboratory
The Voice – Vocal Kombat
Chrysler Commercial – It's Halftime in America
FIAT 500 Abarth – 2012 Super Bowl Commercial – Seduction
Toyota Camry 2012 – It's Reinvented
Coke 2012 Commercial: "Arghh"
Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt Super Bowl 2012 Commercial – "The Tease"
Century 21 Real Estate LLC: Final Super Bowl Ad
Acura — Transactions: 2012 NSX Big Game Seinfeld Commercial
Budweiser – Eternal Optimism
Bridgestone – Performance Basketball
NFL Timeline
Official 2012 Honda CR-V Game Day Commercial – "Matthew's Day Off"
MetLife – "Everyone"
Act of Valor Trailer
"Think Fast" — Official Big Game Ad for Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Bud Light – Rescue Dog
Time Warner Cable – Enjoy Better Anthem
"A Dream Car. For Real Life." — 2012 Kia Optima
CareerBuilder 2012 Big Game Commercial – Business Trip
Thursday Comedies – Crank
Samsung Mobile USA – Thing Called Love
Prudential Financial – Day One-Linda Gutherie
Swamp People Super Bowl Ad
NFL Fantasy Million Dollar Fan
Awake – Which is Which?
Cadillac ATS | "Green Hell"
GoDaddy.com QR Code Super Bowl 2012 Commercial
Suzuki "Sled" 2012 Super Bowl Ad – Ben Kahle Music version
Football (Chase QuickPay)
M&M'S "Just My Shell" Super Bowl Commercial
Pepsi – King's Court Super Bowl
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