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BLOOMING GROVE - State police from the Monroe barracks arrested a man and woman from the Town of Minisink Tuesday evening who they said were in possession of cocaine and "Molly," a crystallized form of the drug ecstasy.
The arrest happened after state troopers stopped their car on state Route 17 for vehicle and traffic violations.
Police said a narcotics-detecting K-9 found 15 ounces of cocaine and four ounces of "Molly" hidden in the vehicle.
Jade C. Bell and Sorangel Rosa, both 30 and of Westtown, were charged with first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both felonies. They were arraigned in Town of Blooming Grove Court and sent to Orange County Jail pending further court action.
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Goddamn it. GOD F-#@$% DAMN IT. Someone came into my home, and stole my laptop. A blogger's nightmare, but much worse than that. I always thought of all crimes, a breaking and entering sans anything other than lost goods, wasn't so bad. No one was hurt, right? But, when it happens to you, you realize that there was a stranger in your home. You don't know who it was, what they touched, what they did, what they saw, how long they were there, if they've been watching you…Sting's "Every Breath you Take" playing on loop in anyone else's head?
And for all those people who thought it was a love song, Wiki is here to set you straight:
Sting later said he was disconcerted by how many people think the song is more positive than it is. He insists it's about the obsession with a lost lover, and the jealousy and surveillance that follow. "One couple told me 'Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!' I thought, 'Well, good luck.'"
Disconcerted, people. He used the word disconcerted. Confusing, I agree, because Sting's remix with P-Diddy and my girl Faith had a whole different feel to it. Less haunting, more reminisce.
Also, for sh*ts and g*ggles, I popped every breath you take into Google. As art pieces, certainly valuable (really beautiful, ladies, well done), but as Google results for how unnerved I should be?
Uh…not good.
After cycling the stages of grief and upon the support of very wise family and friends (who work out A LOT and are very strong), I have taken the precautionary and corrective measures to stay safe.
The culprit? We have the usual suspects: rando-maintenance person, klepto ex-roommate, unhinged ex-boyfriend (x2), or, a total stranger. A few weeks ago, someone was rambling about how nice it is to go home after work to your own place, away from any noise or raucous. I'm sorry I thought it was rambling, and I'm going to add "and feel safe." It's nice to go home and feel safe. I've been taking it for granted. It's the one place I should be safe. It's where I go to be safe, right?
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High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes - Rules and FAQs
This plate is issued to qualifying vehicles registered on or after July 1, 2011.
This plate was issued to qualifying vehicles registered between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2011.
This plate was issued to qualifying vehicles registered before July 1, 2006.
When and where | Rules and FAQs | How to use | Park and Ride | Contact us
2017 Holiday Schedule
HOV restrictions are lifted in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia on the following federal holidays:
Sunday, Jan. 1 - New Year's
Monday, Jan. 2 - New Year's (observed)
Monday, Jan. 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, Feb. 20 - Presidents' Day
Monday, May 29 - Memorial Day
Tuesday, July 4 - Independence Day
Monday, Sept. 4 - Labor Day
Monday, Oct. 9 - Columbus Day
Friday, Nov. 10 - Veterans Day (observed)
Saturday, Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Thursday, Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving
Monday, Dec. 25 - Christmas
HOV lanes allow users to travel faster, while also freeing up congestion in regular lanes. There are a variety of ways for you to qualify for commuting in HOV lanes. Some resources to help:
Northern Virginia
Hampton Roads
Hybrid rules on Interstates 95/395:
The inner lanes on I-395 from north of Edsall Road to Washington, D.C. remain traditional HOV lanes. Hybrid vehicles with clean fuel plates issued before July 1, 2006 may use the I-395 HOV lanes during HOV hours (6 a.m.-9 a.m.; 3:30 p.m.-6 p.m., Monday through Friday). During these times police can ticket hybrids without three people on board unless they have a clean fuel plate issued before July 1, 2006. About 13 percent of the 75,000 hybrid drivers in Virginia hold a qualifying 2006 special clean fuel plate license plate.
Hybrids on the I-95 high occupancy toll (express) lanes between Route 610 in Stafford County and Edsall Road in Fairfax County must have three people in the car (HOV-3) at all times to use the lanes and have an E-ZPass or E-ZPass Flex and pay a toll. Section 33.2-501 of Virginia law defines who may and may not use high occupancy toll lanes without paying a toll. Visit www.ExpressLanes.com for details.
Hybrid rules on I-66:
Hybrids with clean fuel plates issued before July 1, 2011 may use the HOV lanes on I-66 during HOV hours with one occupant. Inside the Beltway, all lanes are HOV-2 from 6:30 a.m.-9 a.m. eastbound, 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. westbound, Monday through Friday. Outside the Beltway, the left lane is HOV-2 from 5:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. eastbound, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. westbound, Monday through Friday. During these times police will ticket any hybrid vehicle that does not have two people on board or a clean fuel plate issued before July 1, 2011. This exemption is in place until further notice.
Hybrid rules on the Dulles Toll Road:
Hybrids with clean fuel plates are allowed to travel in the HOV lanes on the Dulles Toll Road during rush hour with one occupant. This exemption is in place until further notice.
Hybrid rules on I-64 and I-264 in Hampton Roads:
Hybrids with clean fuel plates are allowed to travel in Hampton Roads on the I-64 and I-264 HOV lanes during rush hour with one occupant.
What types of vehicles qualify for clean fuel license plates?
Not all hybrids qualify for clean fuel license plates. A complete list of eligible hybrids is available on the DMV website. SmartCars are not hybrids, so they do not qualify for clean fuel plates.
How do I get clean fuel license plates?
The clean fuel plates cost $25 annually and you must apply for them through DMV. The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) maintains the list of hybrid vehicles that qualify for clean fuel plates. If you have a hybrid vehicle not on the DMV list you cannot apply for clean fuel plates.
A clean fuel plate can be transferred to a new hybrid as long as the vehicle it is being transferred to qualifies for the clean fuel plate.
Can I use Virginia's HOV lanes in my hybrid vehicle even though my car is registered in Maryland?
No. For a hybrid vehicle to use Virginia's HOV lanes, you must have Virginia clean special fuel license plates. This is the only way we have to monitor the use of these lanes when there is only one individual in a car. For Virginia to honor Maryland plates,we would need a reciprocal agreement between the two states, and no such agreement exists.
I'm pregnant. Do I count as one person or two?
In the HOV world, you're one person. Babies of any age, however, count as a person.
I have a two-seater vehicle. Can I use the HOV-3 lanes?
No. To use the HOV-3 lanes, you must have three people in your vehicle.
I got a ticket for traveling alone in the HOV lanes -- but I entered the HOV lanes several minutes before the HOV restriction went into effect. What gives?
If you do not have the minimum number of people in your vehicle when the restriction begins, you are a violator - even if you entered the lanes before the restriction began. The bottom line is, you must have the required number of people in your vehicle anywhere in the lanes during HOV hours.
Why are HOV lane restrictions lifted when there is an accident? Doesn't VDOT want to reduce congestion and pollution by encouraging carpooling?
VDOT strives to encourage carpooling to reduce congestion and pollution on our highways, so we seldom lift HOV restrictions. Decisions to lift HOV restrictions are made in conjunction with, or at the request of Virginia State Police. Police only make such a request if an accident is deemed to be a major incident that will take an extended period of time to clear.
It is frustrating to see solo drivers enjoying the HOV lanes when you are "playing by the rules," but you will notice that even during snow conditions, HOV lane restrictions are not lifted unless the main lanes are blocked.
During HOV hours, any vehicle that has the designated number of people (HOV-2 or 3) can use the HOV lanes. During all other times, they are open to all vehicles, except when the I-95/395 and I-64/264 reversible lanes are closed.
On Hampton Roads HOV lanes: Each offense: $100
Northern Virginia HOV Lane Fines: First offense: $125
Second offense: $250 plus 3 points on your driving record
Third offense: $500 plus 3 points on your driving record
Fourth offense: $1,000 plus 3 points on your driving record
Exceptions to the rules
1. Motorcycles are permitted to use HOV lanes throughout Virginia during HOV hours.
2. Motorists traveling to and from Dulles International Airport to go to the airport to board a flight or to pick someone up at the airport are permitted to use I-66 inside the Beltway (I-495) during HOV hours. Motorists traveling to or from Dulles International Airport are not exempt from HOV restrictions on I-66 outside the Beltway (I-495). You are not permitted to use I-66 inside the beltway during HOV hours if you are going to the airport to eat, get coffee, get gas or any other reason other than boarding a plane or picking someone up at the airport.
3. Vehicles powered exclusively by clean special fuel (including hybrid gasoline/electric, hydrogen, hythane, methane, compressed natural gas, electricity, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, ethane, and solar energy) and registered with clean special fuel license plates are permitted to use HOV lanes under certain circumstances (see individual road rules above). Not all hybrids qualify for clean fuel license plates. Motorists should check the DMV website for a complete list of eligible hybrids.
4. Emergency vehicles (fire, ambulance, rescue) and law enforcement vehicles are exempt. Public utility vehicles are permitted to use HOV lanes when responding to emergency calls.
5. On most interstates in northern Virginia, trucks are permitted to use HOV lanes if they have the required number of people. Tractor trailer trucks are not permitted on the HOV lanes in the Hampton Roads area or on I-66 inside the Beltway at any time. Trucks with more than two axles are not permitted on the I-95 or I-495 Express Lanes.
6. Buses designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver.
7. Taxicabs with two or more people, including the driver, are permitted.


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Not aww-DEE-zee, then?
Thanks. I wish it was as easy to stop myself saying "Linux" wrong!
He's trying to sum up a lot of information, in a very limited amount of time, and to justify the value of headphones that are more than 100x what most viewers have ever spent on headphones. He's saying "These 'can' sound better than an expensive audio set up," rather than "No audio system under 25k could ever possibly sound better than these headphones."
I bought a set of maggies and I thought I was getting away with murder for the price, until I started with the amp and the room treatment, etc.
You say "Helps." I do not think that word means what you think if means...
I'll end up doing it eventually.
The good news about loudspeakers is that you can update bit by bit. That's also the bad news, as you'll want to keep buying new things to try.
Magnepan is extremely cagey about giving advice for components. The best I could milk out of them is that you want as much good, clean and stable power as you can get. I went with the Emotiva XPA-2, only because I didn't want to wonder what they'd sound like with more power. For my wallet and where I am in audio, I think anything beyond that gets into diminishing returns.
The UPA-200 should get the job done. Keep in mind that there is a relevant difference between watts/channel and watts/channel RMS. Don't worry about it until you're looking to upgrade, though.
The preamp situation sounds like something you need to think about for your listening experience. I picked up the UMC 200 because I need an AV receiver, and had a good opportunity to get one at a lower cost. (And the XMC 1 isn't out yet, to go balanced)
As far as the sub goes, you may want to consider getting the SuperMMGs with the bass panel. It's designed to complement the system, and it looks like your sub is only going 4 Hz lower. I haven't sorted out a good sub yet myself. Getting tight, fast base is the problem to beat. The bass panel will be fast, but ultimately, you may want to find something that goes deeper.
Finally, your listening space is going to be the biggest factor. The speakers are big and planars want space in front and behind them as well. Look at the setup PDF on their site. Unlike headphones, your room is going to be a part of the audio presentation, so you may end up doing some treatment. The rabbit hole can go as deep as you want to venture.
So, should you bother? Yes, If you have the time and you're willing to learn. Or if you can pay someone else to know this stuff and do the work.
I think we're already hijacking this thread. You might want to start up something in the sound science area. There are going to be people with much more experience than I have to answer that question.
I would not start with diffusers. If your room is small, you may not want to scatter that energy as much as absorb some of it. I'd start with the early reflections. This is a seriously big topic, though.
Interesting... I don't recall seeing a designation (e.g. LCD-2F, or 3F) to indicate the Fazor versions on the Audeze website. Would be good to be able to confirm which model is which. perhaps this is indicated on the headphones themselves. otherwise, how do you know which model you are listening to when you try them in a store ?
They don't explicitly say that (not like they say rev. 2 either), but the product description includes it now.
WELL Said.
Especially since Audeze is gaining serious ground in the production/engineering and mastering community as well now - with people like Grammy-Award winning producers like Frank Filipetti and mastering legend Bob Ludwig utilizing their Audeze cans now - and speaking about how they've cancelled out their worries about room acoustic issues while on the road - comparing the Audeze experience to an in-room, high end two channel stereo system is something the middle-age demographic can understand. Well, not only them - but that's where I hailed from as well originally! - and until I heard Audeze and the Sennheiser HD800s, plus Stax 009s (thanks to Judes recommendation) I wasn't able to grasp the overall sonic experience of cans like these either to be brutally honest. But when I heard the first LCD-2 prototype at CanJam 09 I was hooked! It was like putting my stereo on my head!
Even as a DJ for many years utilizing my Sennheiser HD 25-1 IIs, in-room stereo sound always beat out headphone experiences for me because I'd never heard a headphone rig that could truly transport me to another time and space like these high end headphones can. When I asked Frank Filipetti to try out Audeze (knowing him for many years, and knowing he "hated" headphones) he was reluctant to say the least. Now - lately he's been quoted saying "like my American Express card, I never travel without my Audeze LCD-X, even if they are a pain to pack"
I'll be interviewing Frank in Positive Feedback after Newport regarding his headphone experiences since we introduced him to the LCD-3 two years ago.
I think it'll make for interesting reading hearing from a man who's been recording and mixing as long as he has - to go from using nothing but monitors to using a combination of studio monitors and Audeze's to mix with!
and just having Alex on Bloomberg - and having him give a shout-out to the Head-Fi community is a big thing for all of us
I'm LOST init' right now with my new LCD-2s w/ Fazor & CEntrance HiFi-M8!
Thanks brotha!
I reviewed the McIntosh D100 w/ @HiFiGuy528 for Audio360.org HERE if you're interested.
and the Cavalli Liquid Gold HERE on Head-Fi too (full review coming at Part-Time Audiophile)
Those two together plus the new LCD-2 or 3 w/ Fazor & the new Nordost Heimdall 2 headphone cable - SHEESH!!!!
and these aren't easy purchases to make, believe me! I had to sell a bunch of gear to make that happen, but
after hearing the LAu + D100 and Audeze together, I couldn't go back!
I listened to my stereo (in-room) last night for the first time in awhile - and my systems no slouch, but all I could
think was (we had company over for my wifeys birthday so...) damn I wish I could here this music on that rig!!
It used to be the other way around...
I even tried the new LCD-3 w/ Fazor and the lil' Geek Out 1000 and it was mind-blowingly dynamic and engaging!


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The NCAA Basketball March Madness- The Most Overrated Post-Season in All Of Sports
The NCAA Basketball March Madness- The Most Overrated Post-Season in All Of Sports
March Madness Has Lost Its Swag
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The NCAA Basketball Tournament / March "Madness"- The Most Overrated Post-Season Format In All Of Sports. | Good Looking Loser
The NCAA Basketball Tournament is by and large considered a great, if not the greatest, post-season format in all of sports. People point to is as an example when complaining about the college football bowl system. The President of the United States fills out a bracket every year, as do people at every office I've ever worked in. It has a catchy name, "March Madness", and everyone knows what that means. We hear complaints about the BCS constantly, but nobody ever complains about the NCAA Tournament format. My question is, why? Is the NCAA Tournament really a great post-season format? As explained below, I don't think it is.
Let me start by saying that, like a lot of people, I think the first weekend of the tournament is probably the best weekend in sports. People have said the opening Thursday and Friday are the least productive work days all year. I believe it. Not only do I sit in my office watching games from noon on, but I usually spent hours the previous day contemplating certain games/scenarios and filling out my bracket. I also make calls at work to friends to talk about matchups and games, instead of work. Perhaps I'm not the best employee, but I think that's somewhat normal. It's a great two days, and it's impossible for any sports fan to ignore.
How much is that really worth though– a bunch on non-serious college basketball fans paying attention for four days? Does that justify all of the negatives discussed below? In my humble opinion, it does not.
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Some good points made, but how many sports crown a "true" champion? Baseball is one of the worst, the best team infrequently wins. The biggest argument against the tournament is what it does to the regular season. For the most part people don't watch as close because the difference between a 3 and 4 seed is not that big. The "pressure" of a loss isn't there like in college football.
Comparing basketball to football is stupid. You can't play thirty games of football in a season. And watching kids play their hearts out because every tournament game is a game 7 final is nothing but perfection.
Don't worry, man, someday I'ma be nobody too. - 04-02-2012, 02:10 PM
This is true, but for me at least football is the opposite. I won't miss a key regular season 1 vs. 5 game for the life of me, but any college basketball game is missable because it isn't like Kentucky isn't making the tournament if they lose. The regular season in college football is usually akin to a tournament as many teams are eliminated with one loss (from the title picture)
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I am recently working on the AddIn model for the .Net Framework. There are many Hosts, AddIns, and Pipelines written internally to test our current model. One day, this idea popped out. How about adding AddIn model to a real-life project and see how good (or bad) our current model is. The ideal project has to be extensible by adding new modules and be written in managed code. I picked Paint.Net. Paint.Net supports pluggable module for creating Effects. It is an ideal project to support AddIn model. There are three goals that I am trying to achieve here 1. Port one or two Effect code to AddIn 2. Add AddIn hosting, discovery, activation code to Paint.Net 3. Make no change for existing Paint.Net source file The last goal is to make sure that future change in Paint.Net won't break AddIn mode and vice versa. The lazy way to do this is to wrap up the AddIn hosting code in a Paint.Net (PDN) Effect code. That would save me lots of time figuring out how to pass parameters to AddIn. Therefore I created a new PDN effect called AddInHostEffect public class AddInHostEffect : Effect { public static string StaticName { get { return "AddInSelector"; } } public static Image StaticImage { get { return dnResources.GetImage("Icons.ZoomBlurEffect.png"); } } public AddInHostEffect() : base(StaticName, StaticImage, Keys.None, "AddInHostEffect", EffectDirectives.None, true) { } public override EffectConfigDialog CreateConfigDialog() { AddInSelectorConfigDialog Selector = new AddInSelectorConfigDialog(); return Selector; } public override void Render(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois, int startIndex, int length) { } } The AddInSelectorConfigDialog is going to have AddIn discovery code and it will also help user to pick which AddIn to use. One thing to notice is that all AddIn hosting APIs are in System.AddIn.dll. We need to add a reference to this dll before we go ahead writing host code. Our next topic will be about AddIn discovery.
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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has chosen five Providence-area students to take part in the 2013 Student Leaders program, which awards high school juniors and seniors from around the country with paid eight-week summer internships at local nonprofits.
"These youth unemployment figures are unacceptable – we have to invest in young people if we want Rhode Island to thrive," said William F. Hatfield, Rhode Island market president, Bank of America. "The Student Leaders program places these bright, highly motivated individuals in meaningful jobs, while our nonprofit partners get an infusion of talent and energy. Everybody wins."
As part of the program, students will attend the Bank of America Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., where they will participate in educational activities, like service learning projects and interactive workshops to gain a deeper understanding of how service creates positive change and how corporate, nonprofit and government collaboration can revitalize communities. •
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Definition of normalize
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Just another small update. Me, my brother and our friend got called in to get casted and I made main cast, so I will be working streets for the Queen Mary Dark Harbor! Thanks for the help guys!
Way to go!!!! Just remeber to always try to improve your acting skills. ask some veterns there on suggestions for keeping your voice in tact.
you could even get Dynamic haunt acting from Allen's site
Now that I think about I find my self plugging Allen's video alot and so do alot of other people so I think it may speak volumes for it.
I appreciate the plug good sir!
I working hard to get videos out same or next day because I know we are down to the wire and lots of folks want to use it for training actors.
It has been said before and I will say it again Halls mentholyptus drop will really help your voice stay in shape. You may also want to think about how active to be with your voice based on what night it is, dont blow your voice on Friday when you still have saturday and sunday nights to go. Pacing is huge in this industry.
Congrats on your post,
Allen H
Thanks guys! I am going to make sure to pass the tips along to my brother and my friend also. And I probably will probably pick up Allen's videos when I get my first paycheck from the Queen Mary. Thanks again guys!


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Nominations Process
AAA members nominate themselves via an electronic form. To access the form, login to your AAA account and click on the "Nominate" button at the top of the page. The form will ask you to submit a CV (5 pages maximum) tailored to the position you're considering, and a name and email address for one person who will support your nomination. You may ask additional individuals to submit letters of support using the "Support Nominees" button on their My Information page. You are welcome to run for several positions, but must rank your preference on each nomination form. Following these hints will increase your chances of being selected.
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- Release Date: Oct 2, 2012
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Oct 5, 2012The franchise took a disastrous plummet into the world of broken, mediocre shooters, where it blatantly doesn't belong.
Oct 1, 2012How far can cinematics get you when the gameplay sandwiched between them is so poorly paced, so utterly misconceived, so reliant on stick wriggles and button tapping? There's a place for contextual prompts and cinematic storytelling in video games, but Resident Evil 6 is a mishmash of elements put together without any sense of care or direction.
Oct 3, 2012Resident Evil 6 is a big-budget disaster on the order of the Star Wars prequels, a sprawling production that clearly required so many individual talents to bring it into being, you can't help but wonder how the end result could have turned out so bad.
Oct 1, 2012Leaves players with the shell of a blockbuster game. It blusters along with massive explosions and insane plot twists, but it lacks a fundamental understanding of why action games are fun. In the end, Resident Evil 6 resembles one of its grotesque mutations - bloated, out of control, and recklessly trying to consume everything around it.
Oct 26, 2012Resident Evil 6 is one of those rare, almost unplayable games, with a control system that makes you want to beat your head against the wall. That's actually what you're supposed to do to the zombies, but good luck figuring out how.
Oct 1, 2012Resident Evil 6 is a Michael Bay movie. There's really no more polite a way to put it. Stuffed to the gills with bombastic action segments, car chases, and relentless chaos, Capcom has abandoned any pretense of the survival horror genre and embraced a world of skin-deep Hollywood audacity. Listlessly wallowing in the depthless waters of homogeneity, Resident Evil 6 is a coward of a game, afraid to make its own individual mark in the industry and cravenly subscribing itself to every overplayed trope in the book.
Oct 2, 2012Yes, this is just like Raccoon City all over again: stilted, awkward, ridiculous, embarrassing, tedious. Except for the parts where it's like Call of Duty, which are equally stilted, awkward, ridiculous, embarrassing, and tedious, but with more NPC soldiers milling about. Resident Evil 6 is thoroughly oblivious to so many of the things that make a good game these days.
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As genealogists, we seek facts, the truth. It probably never would have occurred to me to turn to a novel to discover some information about my ancestors.
Thanks to a search on Google books, I found an excerpt from Nebraska author Willa Cather's A Lost Lady (Scholarly Edition). The reference to my 2nd great grandfather is in the Notes section of this edition:
"Before the railroad reached Denver, supplies were carried across Nebraska by wagon. The wagons could carry three to five tons of freight, drawn by six to twelve yoke of oxen. . . .The father-in-law of John Fitzgerald hauled freight from Omaha to Denver."
The references to John Fitzgerald in this edition refer to the millionaire railroad contractor and banker, who was sort of the Warren Buffett of his time. Fitzgerald married my great grandfather's sister, Mary Kelly. Although not named in this book, the father-in-law of John Fitzgerald was William D. Kelly of Kilkenny, Ireland, my great-great grandfather. I've found other references to the freighting done by William D. Kelly and his brothers. Before moving to Omaha, the Kelly brothers freighted from their home in St. Paul, Minnesota to Denver.
So in this novel, I've found just another small nugget that helps me fill in the fabric of the life of one of my ancestors.
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Concerts, talks celebrate Greater Victoria's black history
The history of our black pioneers dates back to when the first immigrants arrived in Fort Victoria.
Ron Nicholson, vice-president of the B.C. Black History Awareness Society, is committed to honouring that history through the celebration of Black History Month, running through February. Nicholson, whose great-grandfather escaped slavery via the underground railroad, will present a talk on his ancestor, entitled Adam's Journey to the Promised Land, Feb. 27 at the Oak Bay library. It's part of a full lineup of music and cultural events hosted by the society starting this Friday (Feb. 7).
"Many of those descendants of the original pioneers are still here," he says. "Quite a few have stayed."
Immigration in recent years has quickened the pace of what has historically been very slow growth within the local black population. The society nonetheless is continuing its mandate of honouring heritage past and present through education.
"To me the history doesn't change – the history is still the history," Nicholson says. "And as a society, we try to recognize the current people. It's not just from the old days."
One of those current people is vocalist Leon Bibb, an inductee in the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame. Bibb and pianist Bill Sample, a former Victorian, will offer an overview of black history in the province through stories and songs at Government House on Friday. The concert, followed by a mixer with Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon, is the sole ticketed event in a month of jazz and poetry, historical walks, talks and author insights.
RCMP Sgt. Craig Smith, a Halifax-based historian and author of You Had Better Be White by Six A.M.: The African-Canadian Experience in the RCMP, is doing a special presentation at James Bay New Horizons Centre (234 Menzies St.) on Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.
Smith, the RCMP's diversity policing analyst for Nova Scotia, comes well-prepared to share his knowledge as the creator and presenter of cultural competency workshops for the province.
Feb. 24 sees an evening of jazz, blues and spoken word, featuring Maureen Washington Quartet and spoken word poet Scruffmouth at the Belfry Theatre (1291 Gladstone Ave.). The by-donation event, which features Karel Roessingh on piano, Joey Smith on bass and Damian Graham on drums, is expected to fill up quickly. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
A dedicated group of about 30 society volunteers work closely with local immigrant groups including the African & Caribbean Students' Association at the University of Victoria and the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria to welcome newcomers to the city.
Tickets to Leon Bibb are $35, including a wine bar and appetizers, are only available in advance at ticketrocket.org or by calling 250-590-6291.
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Drop $4 on an extra case of bottled water. Tell a family member where you're going and when you expect to be back.
Such tasks seem almost trivial before you hit the road, but under the glare of the Mojave sun, these precautions might just save a life.
Death Valley National Park spokesman Terry Baldino said visitors find all kinds of ways to get themselves in trouble in the Western Hemisphere's hottest spot, from overextending themselves on trails and roads to ignoring warning signs from the park service and their own bodies.
Often, though, the worst mistakes -- the deadly kind -- are the ones people make before they ever leave the house.
Baldino said the recent death of Carlos Sanchez serves as a stark reminder of that.
The 11-year-old boy died Wednesday, four days after he and his mother, Alicia Sanchez, became stranded in their vehicle in the park's remote southwestern corner.
The two set out from Las Vegas with their dog on Aug. 1. Rescuers found the woman, dehydrated and distraught, on Thursday morning.
She remained at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Saturday afternoon, listed in good condition.
Baldino said had she chosen a less remote place to go, told someone her intended timetable and destination, and packed emergency supplies, the tragedy might have been avoided.
Sanchez brought just enough water for the overnight camping trip they had planned, but not enough to last them more than about two days, Baldino said.
The woman also failed to tell anyone exactly where they planned to camp or for how long. Then she compounded that mistake by choosing to continue driving down a 30-mile stretch of deserted dirt road after using her only spare tire to replace a flat.
The boy was already dead by the time the two were finally reported missing on Wednesday evening by family members in Ohio, who could only offer vague descriptions of widely scattered locations where the pair might have been headed.
The information didn't narrow things down much, Baldino said.
"We thought, 'Well, there's 3 million acres we have to cover.' We really had not a clue where to start."
Perhaps the biggest mistake Sanchez made was "she tried to get out onto the backcountry roads on her own," Baldino said.
In the summer, some of those roads can go days or even weeks without a single vehicle on them, he said.
That's why the National Park Service urges visitors to stick to the most heavily traveled roads, where they are likely to get help quickly in the event of trouble.
No one should venture out on a backcountry road without multiple spare tires and "tons of water," Baldino said.
"People don't really realize how quickly they are dehydrating," he said.
The rangers who patrol the park's backcountry equip their vehicles with a minimum of two spare tires, a satellite phone and enough water to last two or three days, Baldino said.
Death Valley's high temperature for the year so far was 128 degrees on July 18. In the teeth of summer, it's not unusual to have a string of 120-degree days lasting a week or more.
The park's official weather readings are taken below sea level in one of the hottest parts of the valley, about 120 miles west of Las Vegas.
Sanchez and her son were stranded about 3,000 feet above sea level, where temperatures would have been 10 degrees cooler but far from safe, Baldino said. "It was still in the hundreds and still very dry."
Sanchez did at least one thing exactly right according to the advice given out by the Park Service; when her Jeep Grand Cherokee got stuck in a collapsed animal burrow, she and her son stayed put.
"If she had wandered off, we might have found the vehicle but not her," at least not in time to save her, Baldino said.
People have vanished into the furnace of the Mojave, never to be seen again.
One of the most puzzling cases came in July 1996, during a streak of 120-degree days in Death Valley that stretched on for more than a month.
Four German tourists -- a man, a woman and two young boys -- followed an abandoned dirt road into a remote valley in the southern part of the park and then vanished.
The only traces they left behind were their rented minivan, a receipt from the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, and an entry in a visitor's log book at an abandoned mining camp.
Thirteen years later, Egbert Rimkus, 34, his girlfriend Cornelia Meyer, 28, his son Georg Weber, 10, and Meyer's son Max, 4, are still listed as missing.
The spot where their van was found with three of its four tires flat is about 20 miles northwest of where Sanchez and her son were stranded.
"People underestimate the heat," said Joel Southall. "People are too confident in their cars. They think they are safe in there."
Southall should know. He has spent the past two summers in Death Valley, where he works as director of environmental health and safety for the company that runs several hotels and convenience stores in the park.
A big part of his job is to oversee safety training for the company's roughly 250 summertime employees, including landscapers, engineers and golf course workers whose jobs require them to spend their days outside.
The key is to take it slowly and carefully.
Southall said they try to gradually introduce new employees to the summer heat, rather than just turn them out for an eight-hour day under the punishing sun.
Sometimes it's hard to see the signs of heat illness in yourself, so employees are trained to watch co-workers and park visitors for symptoms of distress.
Southall said a common mistake visitors make is drinking plenty of water when they get to the park but not enough before they arrive, "so they're dehydrated before the get here."
And don't count on your cell phone to save you either. "They don't work in a lot of the park," Southall said.
Autopsy results are pending, but Carlos Sanchez is thought to be the third person to die from heat-related causes in Death Valley this year.
Despite its name, however, the park is statistically no deadlier than other national parks in the region or across the country.
Baldino said the park averages about one heat-related death and one other death each year.
By comparison, 24 people died last year at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which is also managed by the National Park Service. Drowning accounted for nine of the deaths.
So far this year, 16 fatalities have been reported within the 1.5 million-acre recreation area east of Las Vegas, which draws a significantly higher number of visitors annually than Death Valley.
Lake Mead receives about 8 million visitors a year, ten times the number that typically pass through Death Valley.
More than 870,000 people toured Death Valley in 2008. August was the busiest month last year, with almost 115,000 visitors.
Baldino said many foreign tourists prefer to come during the summer because they want to experience the Western Hemisphere's hottest and lowest point at its most extreme. But many of them are also "pass-through travelers," who stick to the park's main roads and don't stay more than a day or two, he said.
"We're not saying don't come to Death Valley in the summer," Baldino said. "But when you come in the summer come prepared, and you will do fine."
Contact reporter Henry Brean at hbrean @reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0350.


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Environment Setup
This tutorial will guide you on how to prepare a development environment to start your work with Spring Framework. This tutorial will also teach you how to setup JDK, Tomcat and Eclipse on your machine before you setup Spring Framework:
Step 1 - Setup Java Development Kit (JDK):
You can download the latest version of SDK from Oracle's Java site: Java SE Downloads. You will find instructions for installing JDK in downloaded files, follow the given instructions to install and configure the setup. Finally set PATH and JAVA_HOME environment variables to refer to the directory that contains java and javac, typically java_install_dir/bin and java_install_dir respectively.
If you are running Windows and installed the JDK in C:\jdk1.6.0_15, you would have to put the following line in your C:\autoexec.bat file.
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Alternatively, on Windows NT/2000/XP, you could also right-click on My Computer, select Properties, then Advanced, then Environment Variables. Then, you would update the PATH value and press the OK button.
On Unix (Solaris, Linux, etc.), if the SDK is installed in /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_15 and you use the C shell, you would put the following into your .cshrc file.
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All the examples in this tutorial have been written using Eclipse IDE. So I would suggest you should have latest version of Eclipse installed on your machine.
To install Eclipse IDE, download the latest Eclipse binaries from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. Once you downloaded the installation, unpack the binary distribution into a convenient location. For example in C:\eclipse on windows, or /usr/local/eclipse on Linux/Unix and finally set PATH variable appropriately.
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Make a choice whether you want to install Lucene on Windows, or Unix and then proceed to the next step to download .zip file for windows and .tz file for Unix.
Download the suitable version of Lucene framework binaries from http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/java/.
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You will find all the Lucene libraries in the directory C:\lucene-3.6.2. Make sure you set your CLASSPATH variable on this directory properly otherwise you will face problem while running your application. If you are using Eclipse then it is not required to set CLASSPATH because all the setting will be done through Eclipse.
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Who were the Levellers?
Since I am re-launching this blog, I might as well explain its title. During the English Civil War of the 1640s, a number of movements arose that were more radical than the debate over the supremacy of Parliament or the Monarch. One of those was a religiously-inspired movement for democracy and human rights called "the Levellers." The majority of the Levellers were Baptists and Quakers and Congregationalists, with a few Presbyterians. They produced several good leaders like John Lilburne (Congregationalist).
Their best writer, however, was a General Baptist named Richard Overton, who maintained a long correspondence with Roger Williams that may have influenced some of Williams' writings and the shape of the Rhode Island Charter. There are gaps in what we know of Overton's life. We do not know when he was born, but he lived in Germany during part of the Forty Year's War. This experience gave (or reinforced) Overton a strong antipathy toward violence and war, especially religiously inspired violence and war. In 1615, Overton came to Amsterdam and joined John Smyth's congregation of proto-Baptists just after they merged with Amsterdam's Waterlander Mennonites. Since he was just learning Dutch (Overton was a polyglot), he wrote out his personal confession of faith in Latin–arguing for liberty of conscience, believer's baptism, and nonviolence. Then we lose track of Overton until 1638 when we find that he is back in England and a member of a General Baptist congregation. (Even though Helwys and 10 others split from Smyth to return to England and form the first General Baptist congregation, the General Baptists kept in touch with the Dutch Mennonites for 50 years, exchanging members without further baptism–meaning that they considered each other to be "of like faith and order.") Overton remained a General Baptist the rest of his life.
He became a pamphleteer for the Leveller cause. He wrote The Arraignment of Mr. Persecution in 1640 to put religious persecution on trial. It was in this pamphlet that Overton coined the term "human rights" half a century before John Locke or the Enlightenment. Overton was arrested for publishing without checking with the censor and went limp in classic nonviolent resistance, clutching his copy of the Magna Carta all the way to jail. Next the police arrested his wife (name unknown now) for continuing to publish his writings. She had a newborn child and the police refused to arrest her. So, the guard captain came back with new guards and they too would not touch an unarmed woman. Finally, a third set dragged her and her babe through the streets. Overton later wrote about this in terms that derided the manhood of the guard captain.
In jail, food had to be smuggled in for the Overtons and they shared with other prisoners. They discovered many thrown in prison for debt, so Overton began to argue for economic rights along with civil liberties, and the right to political participation. He argued for universal adult suffrage, for "free trade" (not as a slogan for international companies repressing unions and local peasants, but as an alternative to the inherited monopolies of the aristocracy), for a free press, for complete freedom of religion. Overton hated religious wars and one of the reasons he believed in religious liberty and liberty of conscience was as a peacemaking initiative. He argued against the death penalty, for laws to be written in the language of the people (vs. the practice of writing laws in French or Latin so that only the nobility would understand the laws), against torture.
The Leveller movement as a whole was not pacifist. They envisioned a small militia, but were against heavy arms buildups and the military adventurism of kings. Overton may have been a pacifist (he had been a member of a merged Baptist/Mennonite congregation in Holland) as all of the writings in which he is SOLE author indicate. He never argues that Christians should join the militia. Pacifism as a government policy was beyond what he could envision. But he wanted the rights of conscientious objectors protected–no more press gangs, or drafts, etc.
At any rate, I try to stand for the kind of radical democracy, defense of the poor, nonviolence and human rights in a contemporary context as Richard Overton did in the 1640s. Hence the title of this blog. This is an ongoing Leveller manifesto in the midst of an American empire. A call to return to a democratic republic and to live out justice for the poor and powerless. It is a call for radical baptistic faith in an era when most Baptists in the U.S. South have become willing pawns and mouthpieces for the voices of empire–and theocrats who must make their radical ancestors' blood boil. Radical Leveller faith lives on–here on this blog if nowhere else.


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It's no surprise to hear that Flavor Flav is in trouble with the law. In the last two decades, the eccentric Public Enemy member has served time for assault, drug charges and driving with a suspended license.
This time, the 53-year-old rapper turned reality television star is due in court for unpaid child support. The hearing, which is scheduled for June 19, is between Flav and one of his many baby mamas. Angie Parker, mother of three out of Flav's seven children, claims he owes her over $110,000 in child support because he has not made his weekly payments of $837 in years. If convicted, the entertainer may face jail-time.
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Watertown and Mt. Juliet Christian Academy had rough nights on the road in their respective Week Zero openers.
The Purple Tigers gave up 21 fourth quarter points in a 42-19 loss at White House - Heritage. Watertown trailed 21-19 heading into the final 12 minutes before the Patriots exploded.
Dylan Holycross scored twice for Watertown while QB Dalton Phillips scored once.
The Tigers will host Middle Tennessee Christian Aug. 28 at 7 p.m.
Mt. Juliet Christian ran into a well-oiled machine Friday night as Donelson Christian Academey hammered the Saints 56-0. DCA led 21-0 after one quarter and 35-0 at intermission.
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A cashier holds a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a convenience store in Lisbon, Maine, Tuesday.
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ATLANTA — Two lucky winning tickets were sold in Tuesday's near-record $636 million Mega Millions drawing: one at a tiny newsstand in Atlanta, and the other more than 2,000 miles away in California.
The lucky Georgia ticket was sold at a Gateway Newsstand in Atlanta's affluent Buckhead area, Mega Millions Executive Director Paula Otto said.
Newsstand owner Young Soolee grinned as she arrived early today at the shop off the lobby of the Alliance Center office building. The newsstand is frequented by workers at the office building, which sits across the street from an upscale mall.
"I'm so excited and so happy now," Soolee said. "I love my store and the customer now."
Buckhead is a financial center of Atlanta and one of its largest neighborhoods, a vast northern area known for upscale shopping centers such as Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza, both a short walk from the store that sold the winning ticket.
The California ticket was sold at Jennifer's Gift Shop in San Jose.
The winning numbers in the drawing were: 8, 14, 17, 20, 39; Mega Ball: 7.
The jackpot was the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. It started its ascent Oct. 4. Twenty-two draws came and went without winners, Otto said.
Otto said $336 million in tickets were sold for Tuesday's drawing — they had projected $319 million.
"Sales were a little better than we'd anticipated," Otto said. "It was a fun run; it was our first holiday run for either of the big jackpot games."
The winners can choose to be paid over time or in a cash lump sum, Otto said. Based on the $636 million figure, the winners would receive $318 million each over time or $170 million each in cash.
Mega Millions changed its rules in October to help increase the jackpots by lowering the odds of winning the top prize. That means the chances of winning the jackpot are now about 1 in 259 million. It used to be about 1 in 176 million, nearly the same odds of winning a Powerball jackpot.


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HBO has added a new Game of Thrones video, entitled "Season 3 Invitation to the Set", to their On Demand schedule. It is set to hit HBO On Demand on January 21st. That means that it should air on HBO itself the night before, January 20th. Its runtime is listed at 2 minutes and given the name of the video will likely include the usual behind-the-scenes stuff, but probably not any finished footage.
We'll have to wait for the first real trailer to debut to see any footage from season three. So far, there has been no official word of a trailer release.
Winter Is Coming: Despite this video debuting a week from Sunday, I am still expecting a trailer to air this Sunday, prior to the Girls premiere. Reason being, they've always aired a trailer in January and this is their only big premiere night between now and March 31st.


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Program boosts kids to college
Original post made on Jun 3, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, June 3, 2011, 10:40 AM
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a resident of Shoreline West
on Jun 3, 2011 at 2:14 pm
I don't see one single name on that recipient list that tells me a Caucasian kid benefited from this program. With the insane cost of living, and the number of single family homes in Mountain View and Los Altos, I find it hard to believe that at least one white family did not apply??? And I anyone say's "Of course white families applied.........", then tell me, why wasn't any scholorship $$ awarded to them??
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 3, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Perhaps because the winners were selected on the basis of household income and personal accomplishment, rather than race?
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jun 3, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Your point is well taken but you fail to understand Multicultural Marxism, which is about dividing cultures along race, gender and wealth so that a well organized minority can control the majority. Recognizing a few at the expense of many and forcing the masses to squabble over the crumbs takes your eyes off the bigger prize - instituting socialism throughout our culture. Socialism fails miserably in a free market economy but thrives in the cultural institutions exempt from competative market forces.
a resident of another community
on Jun 4, 2011 at 8:15 am
Kudos to Michelle Reichert on her dedicated service in solving one of society's vexing problems for young promising people, no money for college.
I hope that this program is emulated and duplicated across the country and world.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 4, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Kudos as long as the students receiving the awards are legally in the United States.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 6, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I think that kids should get scholarships based on their achievements, not their family income. It isn't easy for middle income families to afford to send kids to college either. I'm tired of kids with low income parents getting everything handed to them on a silver platter (that I earned and used to be mine). They get free meals at the schools, school supplies, daycare, medical, food stamps, money for college... I'm tired of paying other people's way. I feel bad for them, but I need to be able to take care of myself and my family first. I can't take care of everyone in the United States and around the world. Give me a break. Socialism makes everybody poor.
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The Obama administration should "seriously consider" a surgical strike to prevent North Korea from developing long-range missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, argued former CIA director James Woolsey.
In a radio interview Sunday night, Woolsey warned the U.S. is currently wide open and virtually defenseless against a missile coming from a southerly direction, and that both Iran and North Korea made advances toward firing missiles in that direction.
Woolsey further warned of the catastrophic effects of a North Korean missile launch or a satellite that could explode a nuclear warhead over the U.S. as part of an electromagnetic pulse attack.
He stated: "Once you can launch a satellite into orbit, any country would be capable, if it had a nuclear weapon, of detonating the nuclear weapon while on the satellite, while the satellite is in orbit and unfortunately that is a rather easy way to create an electromagnetic pulse."
And such an EMP attack could "take out a huge share of the United States' electricity grid," he said. He pointed out North Korea reportedly already orbited a satellite.
Woolsey recommended the Obama administration follow a policy first enumerated in 2006 by former Secretary of Defense William Perry and now-Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.
Both diplomats urged President Bush to pre-emptively destroy North Korea's long-range missiles.
The ex-CIA chief explain that since then North Korea not only sent a satellite into space but also reportedly carried out three nuclear detonations, fulfilling the basic requirements for an intercontinental ballistic missile that can deliver a nuclear warhead against the U.S.
He said that due to the latest North Korean advances Perry and Carter's recommendation of a pre-emptive strike now "ought to be on the agenda for very serious consideration."
He continued: "I think Perry and Carter were right then, I think they are even more right now … . I think the substance of their recommendation was quite sound and the [Obama] administration ought to be quite worried about it."
U.S. South defenseless
Woolsey further warned U.S. Ballistic Missile Early Warning radars and interceptors are currently positioned to take out missile strikes coming to the homeland from the north polar region, while no such systems are focused on missiles arriving from the south.
Asked by Klein whether the U.S. was defenseless against missiles coming from the south, Woolsey replied in the affirmative.
"At least temporarily," he added. "Some of these systems can be moved and redirected, but generally speaking today our defenses are facing north. Radars and other systems."
He said there are indications both Iran and North Korea are theoretically prepared for a possible strike from the south.
"Indeed the North Korean and Iranian satellites that have been launched have been launched toward the south and at altitudes that can be quite compatible with the detonation of an EMP system of some kind."


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Cleveland Cavaliers: A+ (Projection- 58-24)
"I'm coming home." The hometown hero turned antichrist turned savior of the universe has returned home to Cleveland to make good on his promise to win the Cavaliers a championship; only this time he'll have a little more help than just Mo Williams (sorry Mo.) Needless to say, anytime you can score the NBA's undisputed best player, you can count this off-season as a big fat W. In fact, Cleveland may have pieced together one of the best off-seasons in NBA history; adding the NBA's best SF (James) while also shipping the two #1 overall draft picks in the last two years for arguably the NBA's best PF, Kevin Love. If the trio of James, Love and Kyrie Irving can get their chemistry going early in the year, we might be witnessing the birth of the greatest dynasty in NBA history.
Added– LeBron James, Kevin Love, Joe Harris, James Jones, Mike Miller, John Lucas, Erik Murphy, Malcolm Thomas, Brendan Haywood
Dropped– Anthony Bennett, CJ Miles, Spencer Hawes, Luol Deng, Tyler Zeller, Sergey Karasev, Jarrett Jack, Alonzo Gee, Scotty Hopson, Carrick Felix
Chicago Bulls: A (Projection- 56-26)
The return part deux of Derrick Rose will be bolstered by some very savvy moves by Chicago this offseason. They shed the services of Carlos Boozer and replaced him with Pau Gasol and Euro superstar Nikola Mirotic; not too shabby. The Bulls seem to be on track to return to the 1 or 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Added– Aaron Brooks, Doug McDermott, Pau Gasol, Nikola Mirotic, Cameron Bairstow
Dropped– Carlos Boozer, Ronnie Brewer, Mike James, Lou Amundson, Nazr Mohammed, DJ Augustin, Jimmer Fredette
Dallas Mavericks: A (Projection 52-30)
The Mavs were on the move this offseason, after getting Dirk Nowitzki on the "hometown discount" contract they acquired the services of Chandler Parsons, Jameer Nelson and a slew of other veterans that should give Dirk and the Mavs another crack at winning the Western Conference title.
Added– Chandler Parsons, Jameer Nelson, Al-Farouq Aminu, Richard Jefferson, Eric Griffin, Ivan Johnson, Greg Smith
Dropped– Vince Carter, Shawn Marion, DeJuan Blair, Bernard James
Charlotte Hornets: A-( Projection 45-37)
The freshly re-branded Hornets pulled off one of the best signing of the Free Agency period when they locked up Lance Stephenson for 3 years, including a pretty Player Option in that 3rd year. They drafted talented big man Noah Vonleh in the 1st round and got the signature of veteran Marvin Williams. All in all, it was a very successful offseason for a team coming off of a decent showing in the playoffs.
Added– Lance Stephenson, Noah Vonleh, Marvin Williams, Brian Roberts, Jannero Pargo
Dropped– Josh McRoberts, Luke Ridnour, DJ White, Jannero Pargo, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Anthony Tolliver
Washington Wizards: B (Projection- 46-36)
It's hard not to be impressed with what the Wizards did this summer; they snagged two quality big men in Blair and Humphries and a surefire Hall of Famer in Paul Pierce. It's going to be strange to see Pierce in the Red, White & Blue but I see this as a move that could propel the Wiz-kids into the upper-echelon of the Eastern Conference.
Added– Paul Pierce, Kris Humpries, DeJuan Blair,
Dropped– Trevor Ariza, Al Harrington, Chris Singleton, Trevor Booker
Toronto Raptors: B (Projection- 45-37)
Re-signing Kyle Lowry was priority #1 for the Raptors this offseason and Lowry rewarded their pursuit by signing on for 4 more years. Priority #2 was added bench depth, which they will receive in the form of Johnson, Cherry and Cabocolo.
Added– James Johnson, Will Cherry, Lucas Nogueira, Bruno Cabocolo
Dropped– Dwight Buycks, Julyan Stone, Nando De Colo
San Antonio Spurs: B (Projection- 51-31)
Could this be the year we finally see the Duncan-Popovich Era Spurs drop off? I wouldn't bet on it. The eternal Spurs are coming off of a gentleman's sweep of Miami in the NBA Finals and are bringing back essentially the same team. This season's story will likely be the continued growth of reigning Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and if the Spurs can make it back to the Finals 3 years running.
Added– Kyle Anderson, Bryce Cotton
Dropped– Damion James, Aron Baynes
Los Angeles Clippers: B (Projection- 59-23)
The Clippers may have staked their claim as the deepest team in the West with the signing of Spencer Hawes to backup DeAndre Jordan. They dropped the hobbled Danny Granger and added the athletic CJ Wilcox, a definite upgrade.
Added-CJ Wilcox, Spencer Hawes, Jordan Farmar
Dropped– Ryan Hollins, Danny Granger, Hedo Turkoglu, Darren Collison
New York Knicks: B (Projection- 41-41)
Phil Jackson took a page out of cross-town rival Brooklyn's playbook when they hired freshly retired PG Derek Fisher to take the helm in the Big Apple. The Knicks scored a major victory when they were able to retain Carmelo Anthony (for a hefty price, I might add) and they definitely upgraded at PG by flipping Raymond Felton for Jose Calderon. I would expect the Knicks to be better than last year's iteration and to be contending in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference.
Added– Cleanthony Early, Jason Smith, Quincy Acy, Tracis Outlaw, Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Louie Laberyie, Shane Larkin
Dropped– Shannon Brown, Lamar Odom, Kenyon Martin, Toure Murray, Jeremy Tyler, Raymond Felton, Tyson Chandler
Memphis Grizzlies: B- (Projection- 49-33)
It will be interesting to see how veteran swingman Vince Carter will fit into the Grizzlies slow paced offense after playing in Dallas for the last few years. The Griz let go of Ed Davis & James Johnson this offseason and are hoping that Carter and Jordan Adams will be key additions to the bench.
Added– Vince Carter, Jordan Adams, Patrick Christopher
Dropped– James Johnson, Ed Davis, Mike Miller
Orlando Magic: B- (Projection-32-50)
The Magic two highly touted prospects in this year's draft in the form of PG Elfrid Payton and PF Aaron Gordon, but they weren't done there. Orlando also added veteran Ben Gordon, sharshooting big man Channing Frye and capable veteran point guard Luke Ridnour. Free from the cap holds of Jameer Nelson and Jason Maxiell, the Magic made some solid moves this off-season. I would imagine that Ridnour will start at PG early in the year and then transition that spot to Payton by season' end.
Added– Elfrid Payton, Aaron Gordon, Ben Gordon, Channing Frye, Roy Devyn Marble, Luke Ridnour
Dropped– E'Twaun Moore, Jameer Nelson, Doron Lamb, Ronnie Price, Jason Maxiell
Philadelphia 76ers: B- (Projection- 15-67)
The Sixers probably have the least talented and least experienced roster in the NBA, but their goal isn't to win now; it's to build a foundation. They drafted Kansas C Joel Embiid and prized European commodity Dario Saric in the first round, in addition, we will presumably be witness to the debut of Nerlens Noel this season. Philly isn't going to win many games this season, but the building blocks are in place for future seasons.
Added– Pierre Jackson, Joel Embiid, Dario Saric, KJ McDaniels, Jerami Grant, Jordan McRae, Anthony Bennett
Dropped– Adonis Thomas, Byron Mullens, James Anderson, Thaddeus Young
Golden State Warriors: B- (Projection 48-34)
San Francisco replaced successful yet embattled Head Coach Mark Jackson with broadcaster Steve Kerr; which may sound odd on paper but hiring rookie Head Coaches is turning into a league trend. Kerr has a good basketball mind and it'll be intriguing to see if he can take the Warriors to greater heights. The addition of Shaun Livingston should give the Warriors added backcourt stability off the bench.
Added– Brandon Rush, Shaun Livingston
Dropped– Jordan Crawford, Steve Blake, Jermaine O'Neal, Hilton Armstrong
Minnesota Timberwolves: C+ (Projection- 20-62)
It's hard to fault Minnesota this offseason; at least they got a return on Kevin Love who was almost guaranteed to leave next summer anyway. The T-Wolves drafted high flying prospect Zach LaVine and then got #1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins in return for Kevin Love. The future looks bright right now for the Wolves, but it will be a trial by fire for these rookies.
Added– Zach LaVine, Mo Williams, Andrew Wiggins (pending), Thaddeus Young (pending)
Dropped– Othyus Jeffers, Dante Cunningham, Kevin Love (pending)
Detroit Pistons: C+ (Projection- 34-48)
New Head of Basketball Operations Stan van Gundy went out of his way to acquire the services of Jodie Meeks this offseason; but that doesn't solve the Pistons main issue of overcrowding on their roster. With the possibility of Caron Butler starting at the 3 or 4, incumbent "stretch" 4 Josh Smith might be on his way out of Detroit. The Pistons have a log-jam at the Forward position with Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe, Josh Smith, Caron Butler and Kyle Singler; it will be interesting to see who stays and who is on the move.
Added– Jodie Meeks, Caron Butler, DJ Augustin, Spencer Dinwiddle
Dropped–Rodney Stuckey, Peyton Siva, Josh Harrellson, Charlie Villanueva, Chauncey Billups
Utah Jazz: C+ (Projection- 34-48)
Utah's hand was forced when Charlotte signed Gordon Hayward to a 4 year/$63 million offer sheet and the Jazz decided that overpaying the 4th year swingman was better than losing him altogether. The Jazz pieced together a pretty solid draft by picking up Dante Exum and Rodney Hood, while replacing the sharpshooing presence of Brandon Rush with Steve Novak. I'd say the forecast calls for another middling year for the Utah Jazz.
Added– Dante Exum, Rodney Hood, Trevor Booker, Carrick Felix, Steve Novak
Dropped– Marvin Williams, Brandon Rush, Richard Jefferson, Diante Garrett, John Lucas, Erik Murphy, Malcolm Thomas
Milwaukee Bucks: C+ (Projection- 17-65)
Milwaukee made a splash early during this free agency period by stealing coach Jason Kidd away from Brooklyn, but when your biggest move is signing a second year head coach, it's gonna be hard to separate from the rest of the pack. Milwaukee made, in my opinion, some pretty solid backcourt moves this off-season; signing veteran Jerryd Bayless and landing Kendall Marshall off of waivers. This could be a sign that we will get to see Brandon Knight play more at the 2 spot this season.
Added– Jabari Parker, Kendall Marshall, Johnny O'Bryant, Jerryd Bayless, Damien Inglis
Dropped– Ekpe Udoh, Ramon Sessions, Jeff Adrien
Atlanta Hawks: C+ (Projection- 41-41)
The Hawks have to be feeling good after the 2013-2014 playoffs; they may have gotten in due to a weak conference but they took #1 seed Indiana to 7 games and had them on the ropes for the entire series. They added defensive specialist Thabo Sefolosha, who could prove to be a key piece to the Hawks success this season.
Added– Thabo Sefolosha, Adreian Payne
Dropped– John Salmons, Elton Brand, Gustavo Ayon, Shelvin Mack
Phoenix Suns: C+ (Projection 48-34)
Maybe a Phoenix fan can clue me in as to why the Suns went out of their way to sign Isaiah Thomas, a starting level PG, when the team has no starting spot for him? No doubt that Thomas will provide a spark off the bench and Coach Hornacek has already stated that Bledsoe/Dragic/Thomas will be used as a 3-headed backcourt. I hope for the Suns sake this move will work out well.
Added– Anthony Tolliver, TJ Warren, Isaiah Thomas
Dropped– Channing Frye, Ish Smith, Dionte Christmas, Emeka Okafor, Leandro Barbosa
Miami Heat: C+ (Projection- 43-39)
The mass exodus of King James and his Court Jesters (Ray Allen, James Jones in this case) was enough to put one franchise in the hole for years; will Pat Riley be able to stop the bleeding? He added Danny Granger, Josh McRoberts and Shawne Williams; which would be very exciting if this was the 2008 Indiana Pacers. But alas, you've got to give props to Riley for convincing Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh to stay on board.
Added– Danny Granger, Josh McRoberts, James Ennis, Luol Deng, Shabazz Napier, Shawne WIlliams
Dropped– LeBron James, Greg Oden, Ray Allen, James Jones, Michael Beasley, Shane Battier, Rashard Lewis
Portland Trail-Blazers: C (Projection- 50-32)
A rather uneventful summer for the Trail-Blazers, they added Chris Kaman and on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again and finally on-again Trail Blazer Steve Blake for his 3rd tenure in Portland.
Added– Chris Kaman, Steve Blake
Dropped– Mo Williams, Earl Watson
Boston Celtics: C (Projection- 30-52)
Danny Ainge spend the weeks leading up to the 2014 NBA Draft talking down about the talent level in the pool of players, however, he managed to go out of his way to snag another combo guard to add to his ever growing collection(in additon to re-signing fellow combo guard Avery Bradley.) The C's also decided to take a chance on Evan Turner after his dismal end of year performance in Indiana.
Added– Marcus Smart, Evan Turner, James Young, Marcus Thornton, Tyler Zeller
Dropped– Kris Humphries, Jerryd Bayless
Houston Rockets: C (Projection 50-32)
Houston chose not to match Dallas' offer sheet to Chandler Parsons, who has stated that he felt slighted by the toxic atmosphere of the Rockets locker room; with rumors circulating that Dwight Howard and James Harden won't even eat at the same table as the other Rockets, chemistry could be a big issue this season.
Added– Trevor Ariza, Clint Capela, Ish Smith, Nick Johnson, Jeff Adrien, Joey Dorsey, Scotty Hopson, Alonzo Gee, Kostas Papanikolau
Dropped– Chandler Parsons, Jordan Hamilton, Jeremy Lin, Omer Asik, Francisco Garcia
Oklahoma City Thunder: C (Projection 57-25)
OKC let Sefolosha walk this summer and bestowed sharpshooting Anthony Morrow as his replacement. The Thunder made just a feeble rumble when they signed journeyman Sebastian Telfair to their bench; but when you have a core like Durant-Westbrook, you don't need to do much retooling.
Added– Anthony Morrow, Mitch McGary, Sebastian Telfair
Dropped– Caron Butler, Thabo Sefolosha, Derek Fisher
Denver Nuggets: C- (Projection 42-40)
Undoubtedly the most quiet team this summer, the Denver Nuggets decided to "hold" this offseason and keep Brian Shaw's squad in order, for the most part. They snagged two quality rookies in the form of Michigan State guard Gary Harris and Bosnian big man Jusuf Nurkic; the Nugs will look to make it back to the playoffs after missing out last year.
Added– Gary Harris, Jusuf Nurkic, Erick Green
Dropped– Aaron Brooks, Jan Vesely
Brooklyn Nets: D+ (Projection- 22-60)
It's been a complete 360 this summer compared to last for Brooklyn. They lost Paul Pierce to Washington, Shaun Livingston to Golden State, Head Coach Jason Kidd to Milwaukee and Andray Blatche to discontent. The Nets did grab Jarrett Jack from Cleveland and the freshly imported Bojan Bodanovic; but will it be enough to keep the Nets from treading water?
Added– Jarrett Jack, Sergey Karasev, Markel Brown, Cory Jefferson, Bojan Bogdanovic,
Dropped– Paul Pierce, Andray Blatche, Jason Collins, Shaun Livingston, Marcus Thornton
New Orleans Pelicans: D+ (Projection- 34-48)
It's been a less than stellar off-season for the New Orleans Pelicans. While I like the addition of Russ Smith and Patric Young, they are going to overpay Omer Asik for his services at Center this season. The Pelicans will likely improve over last season, thanks to the blossoming Anthony Davis, but for now their offseason grade is a lowly D+.
Added– Omer Asik, Jimmer Fredette, Russ Smith, Patric Young
Dropped– Al-Farouq Aminu, James Southerland, Brian Roberts, Anthony Morrow, Jason Smith
Los Angeles Lakers: D+ (Projection- 30-52)
Well, at least they're trying. After failing to land superstar F Carmelo Anthony, the Lakers went out and landed the high priced PG Jeremy Lin from Houston and the perpetually howling PF Carlos Boozer off of waivers from Chicago. To complicate matters, there's a rumor circulating that Boozer will be playing SF this year. Yuck! With a grizzled, mortal version Kobe Bryant and old broken down Steve Nash, this season could get ugly, quick.
Added– Julius Randle, Carlos Boozer, Jeremy Lin, Ed Davis
Dropped– Chris Kaman, Jodie Meeks, Jordan Farmar, MarShon Brooks, Kent Bazemore
Sacramento Kings: D+ (Projection- 24-58)
The best thing that can be said about the Kings this offseason: they participated. They willingly gave up PG Isaiah Thomas and replaced him with the less talented Darren Collison, for virtually the same price. They picked up Nik Stauskas in the draft, who, has very high bust potential according to our Prospect Tiers. It appears that the Kings and Lakers have conceded and are willing to let Golden State/LA Clippers/Phoenix duke it out for the Pacific Division crown.
Added– Nik Stauskas, Darren Collison, Eric Moreland, Alex Oriahki, Jeremy Tyler, Wayne Ellington
Dropped– Isaiah Thomas, Jared Cunningham, Aaron Gray, Travis Outlaw, Quincy Acy
Indiana Pacers: F (Projection- 37-45)
Hands down the worst off-season in the NBA, Indiana went through a number of franchise altering events this summer. First, they failed to offer Lance Stephenson anything less than 5 years, so he packed his bags and went to Charlotte. Then, a mere two weeks later, Paul George gruesomely broke his leg in a Team USA scrimmage; effectively ending the Pacers season before it even had a chance to begin.
Added– Rodney Stuckey, CJ Miles, Damjan Rudez, Shayne Whittington
Dropped– Lance Stephenson, Evan Turner, Rasual Butler, Andrew Bynum


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what do you do with your herbs? do you just use them when they are in season or do you cut, dry and freeze them?
i would like to grow a little herb garden but i don't know whether to dry and freeze or not.
what herbs do you grow?
thanks in advance for any advice.
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We do a vegetable and herb garden each year. I love having the fresh veggies in the summer.
we have a small veggie garden, it is enough for the summer and into part of the winter. i usually freeze our veggies.... i do have a pressure canner that is new but i have been too chicken to try it. i have visions of ending up in the hospital's burn unit.....LOL
Because our DD is such a HUGE fruit fan we also have 4 apple trees, 2 apricot trees, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. this year we are thinking about adding a couple of pear trees. our DD eats so much fruit it costs us approx $50 to $60/week for it..... she is a huge fan of it frozen too she will eat frozen blueberries, diced strawberries and pineapple tidbits frozen too so needless to say i try to stock up and freeze stuff when it is cheap during the summer. considering the price... i would rather spend the money on this than JUNK FOOD. i am proud to say that being 9 yrs old she doesn't have a cavity in her mouth and is rarely sick and i contribute it to all the healthy choices she makes, as far as she is concerned she just loves it.
we garden. I have containers inside and out( the seeds are planted inside right now) no matter what I do I end up with two massive bumper crops andone or two selections( had over 300 tomatoes and six carrots one year, 50 melons and more green beans than I could count Amd two potatoes) cannot figure this out....
I even have a saint Francis garden.
Thanks to a new law due to an increase of rats in the city proper( I'm in the suburbs) my style of compost bin ( 6pallets tied together) is now illegal. So now I have to dismantle it ( the ground is frozen) and pay for one of those barell turning ones or face a $300 fine. All because some people won't pay the dumpster fees downtown.
This stinks because I have yet to buy fertsliEr since using the compost...


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Star Wars Fine Art Where's Wicket? Poster for $10 + free shipping
As one of its daily deals, THAT Daily Deal offers the Star Wars Fine Art Where's Wicket? Poster for $9.99 with free shipping. That's $10 off, tied with last month's mention, and the lowest total price we could find. This poster measures 18" x 24", but if that's not enough Star Wars for your wall, 24" x 36" is available for $2.99 more. Deal ends March 19.
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Jason thank you for your kind words about Gamut we are pleased you enjoyed the expierence, I noticed a typo,the Price for the L7's is $14,900 Pr.
The Vivid & Gamut Rooms
The South African Vivid Audio K1 loudspeakers ($20,000/pair) in the Musical Surroundings room—seen here behind Musical Surroundings' Garth Leerer (right) and Stereophile's Michael Fremer at the Sunday afternoon raffle—produced an impressively large, sit-up-and-listen soundstage. A similar case of a soundstage that dwarfed the speakers that produced it awaited in the Gamut room. The L-7 flagship speakers ($14,900/pair), paired with the Di150 180Wpc integrated amp ($9800) and brand new CD3 ($6000), produced an amazing sense of space and depth, as well as some mighty low bass extension. Learning that the system lacked a power conditioner and was powered by stock power cords and $300 Siltech silver cables only increased my admiration. As the audiophile press has affirmed for several years now, Gamut is on to something very, very good.
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