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Raiders coach Hue Jackson on Friday did his best once again to keep the focus on the players who will be there for the regular-season opener. But there was no way around quarterback Terrelle Pryor stealing the spotlight on the final day of training camp in Napa.
Pryor signed a four-year contract Thursday night and was on the field for the final practice. Jackson made sure Pryor wasn't there to watch, either.
Pryor showed up in a No. 6 jersey, not the No. 2 he wore in college at Ohio State.
"Coach won't let me wear No. 2," Pryor said. "Why, I don't know? You tell me. He won't let me wear No. 2. I'm just going off what coach tells me."
We'll help him out with that, given he's new in town. No. 2 was the number worn by quarterback JaMarcus Russell from 2007 until he was released before the 2010 season.
The Raiders selected Pryor in the third round of the supplemental draft, in part, because Russell turned into a collossal bust as the No. 1 pick of the 2007 NFL draft.
Pryor arrives without the gaudy contract that Russell received — $32 million guaranteed — but he faces much of the same scrutiny.
Chief among the curiosity is whether Pryor can succeed at quarterback in the NFL.
So far, so good, according to Jackson.
"The guy is big, athletic," Jackson said. "He can throw it. He looks like a quarterback, feels like a quarterback, sounds like a quarterback, and I'm very excited to work with him."
Pryor said he is more concerned with what Jackson and his other coaches think than he is about those outside the organization.
"No, I don't have (anything to prove)," Pryor said. "Obviously, anytime you come in fresh, you have something to prove. I'm just trying to get better. I'm not here to answer any critics. I'm just trying to answer myself. I'm the biggest critic. I don't really hear the other critics anyway. I'm the biggest critic and I'm just trying to prove it to myself. That's all I'm trying to do."
Pryor attempted nine passes in full-team drills Friday. He completed four, though three were short passes just beyond the line of scrimmage. The only deep pass he threw was underthrown and well behind wide receiver Chad Jackson, who made a nice adjustment and impressive catch.
Several of Pryor's passes fluttered and were well wide of the mark. Rookie tight end Richard Gordon failed to catch Pryor's best-looking throw, a laser-like pass across the middle.
In fairness to Pryor, he spent 17 hours traveling to Oakland on Thursday, likely didn't get much sleep and was thrust into the mix without much preparation.
"Not nervous, but you're getting so much information and you're just trying to … my mind wants to accomplish it, I want to accomplish it," Pryor said. "But it's just overwhelming."
Pryor is permitted to practice through next week and play in the Raiders exhibition games Sunday and Sept. 2 against the Seattle Seahawks before he begins a five-game suspension.
It's unlikely Pryor will play this Sunday. However, Jackson said it's quite possible that he will give Pryor some time in the exhibition finale.
Once that game ends, Pryor has to begin his suspension for his role in violations that occurred at Ohio State. He is eligible to resume practicing with the Raiders at the start of Week 6 in the regular season.
*Pryor's debut overshadowed the arrival of veteran cornerback Lito Sheppard. He was signed Friday morning, given former Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha's old No. 21 and thrown into the mix, as well.
Jackson said Sheppard was signed because he makes the Raiders better in the secondary and not because of injuries to starter Chris Johnson and rookie backup DeMarcus Van Dyke.
Sheppard isn't expected to play Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. He said he expects to play a significant role in the defense before long, though.
"It's a fairly young group," Sheppard said. "They definitely want to see some veteran leadership around and once I get in shape, a little game shape, I'll definitely be a big part of whatever they have planned."
Sheppard is a former Pro Bowler who excelled for many seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He said he also received interest from the New York Giants before he settled upon the Raiders.
He relishes the opportunity to play some more man-to-man, a staple of the Raiders defensive philosophy.
"That's what I primarily did the majority of my career," Sheppard said. "It's definitely tough on the corners but, hey, that's what I do, that's what got me into this league and, obviously, that's what's going to keep me around or take me out."
*The Raiders are just about set at every position, Jackson said, with the notable exception of the offensive line.
Even that is beginning to sort itself out. More and more, it's looking as if the starters are going to be: Jared Veldheer, Stefen Wisniewski, Samson Satele, Cooper Carlisle and Khalif Barnes.
Second-year player Bruce Campbell, rookie Joseph Barksdale and veterans Stephon Heyer and Daniel Loper remain starting candidates, but they didn't get many reps with the starters Friday.
*This camp went on for a month without any major issues arising or taking away from the football team.
It's been many years since that has been the case. In recent seasons, there always seemed to be something distracting from the action on the field.
It was either coach Lane Kiffin sniping at managing general partner Al Davis, Russell holding out, coach Tom Cable getting in an altercation with an assistant coach or wide receiver Jerry Porter being at odds with coach Art Shell.
"That's the way it should be," Jackson said. "I don't want drama. It's hard to become a good football team when there's a bunch of drama surrounding your team.
"We head into this season on a clean slate when it starts. Everybody is going to start zero-zero, with no issues, and we're going to roll out the ball and start playing."
*Jackson said he still hasn't decided how long his projected starters are going to play against the Saints. It's worth noting that the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins starters still were going at it well into the third quarter on Thursday night.
Given this is the Raiders third game, this is the game when the starters will see their most action.
*Starting middle linebacker Rolando McClain began practice in full uniform. Before long, he was on the sideline for the third straight practice.
Jackson insists that McClain is fine, and McClain appears fine, as well. No word on whether he will play Sunday or if he's just working through a nagging injury.
*The Raiders released rookie quarterback Jordan La Secla and offensive lineman Alan Pelc to make room on the roster for Pryor and Sheppard.
*Tight end Brandon Myers and receiver Steve Goulet returned to practice. Also, Heyer participated in full-team drills for the first time since he strained his right triceps almost two weeks ago.
Offensive lineman Roy Schuening's left hand/arm is in a sizable cast. No word from Jackson on how Schuening suffered his injury or how long he is out for.
*Rookie running back Taiwan Jones received extensive reps Friday, and he made the most of every one.
On one play, he hauled in a quick screen from Campbell in the backfield, turned the corner and raced past any defender who approached. He also made a nice cut near the goal line on a screen pass, eluded the nearest defender and continued into the end zone.
Jones missed Oakland's first two exhibition games with a hamstring injury. He is expected to play Sunday for the first time since he was drafted by the Raiders.
*The Raiders have a walk-through in Alameda at their year-round facility Saturday. They will be off Monday before beginning their in-season schedule at Alameda.


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I live in Riverview, NB. My neighbor spilled around 1/2 gallon of gasoline on his driveway last week. The gas flowed over the frozen ground and down around me house's foundation. The smell was VERY strong in my basement. I just opened the windows, hoping for the best. The smell dissipated the next day, but I called the fire department, just in case. They said the gas should not affect the foundation, only getting in the house if there was a crack in it, which I don't know if there is.
Since then the smell has been weakening; however, yesterday's warm weather brought the smell back again, and it was strong.
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We tried to find the source of the fumes. We talked around the house outside, where the gas was spilled, but couldn't find the spot; there was no obvious spill area; we couldn't find how the fumes got into the house. Even rubbing our hands along the grass at the edge of the foundation didn't turn up anything. He thought maybe the spill reached the sump pump, but he changed his mind after inspecting that – the smell wasn't stronger there.
He doesn't think it's harmful, so we're going to continue to keep the windows open, hoping the fumes dissipate. He asked me to call him Monday with an update, and to call their emergency number if the smell gets worse on the weekend.
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A former paramedic in a tiny Texas town devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion was sentenced to 21 months after pleading guilty in an unrelated pipe bomb case.
Bryce Reed was sentenced Wednesday in Waco, where he faced a maximum of 25 years in prison, 5 years for the charge of making the pipe bomb and 20 years for trying to hid it and obstruction of justice.
Federal authorities arrested Reed a few weeks after the deadly April 17 blast in West and accused him of trying to hide components of a pipe bomb. Authorities have not linked Reed to the blast, which killed 15 people.
With regard to the pipe bomb, Investigators said Reed searched the Internet for information on explosives and ordered ingredients to make an explosive. Reed pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to make an unregistered firearm and attempting to obstruct justice.
During an emotional speech in the courtroom, Reed cried and asked for a chance to restart his life. He repeatedly apologized for collecting a metal pipe and chemicals that could be made into an explosive.
"There's nothing I can say to repair my life," Reed said Wednesday as his mother, stepfather and siblings watched from the gallery.
He added that he loved West, but would never return because of the stigma of the explosion and his name.
"I can't tell you what it's like to have your face associated with the worst day of your life, and to be blamed for something that you didn't do," Reed told The Associated Press. "I lost my job. I lost my town ... I lost my wife, and she took my kid. And that was all in a 4-day period."
Reed was sentenced to 21 months on each count, to run concurrently, after which he'll also have 3 years of supervised release.
His attorney, Jonathan Sibley, has said Reed had no intentions of harming anyone.
NBC 5 DFW's Ray Villeda contributed to this report.


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A 14-year-old girl, a refugee, hit by a stray bullet June 6 while sleeping in bed, is paralyzed, according to the unnamed city officials, according to the Newsplex.
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All American City! Yeah, uh huh!
It's going to get worse, folks. The criminals own the streets in this city already.
keeping faith get a life. parents are doing a good job raising their teenagers. so stfu
Parents are doing a good job raising their teenagers????
That's the funniest thing I have ever read on my Internet.
To Mike Wizowski:
Dicipline is looking to get its "s" back, so I hope you don't mind that I removed it from your name to return it to its rightful owner.
I would have to agree with you on that one Sick. in reference to our previous comments on a seperate story, dicipline is the biggest issue in our communities these days.
There are various ways to dicipline correctly but doing so inccorectly causes these problems we read about such as this one. It's a ripple effect just like everything else. You're right Keeping Faith, a huge part of correct dicipline involves faith whether it be in Christianity or Islam. The proper fundamentals expressed in the Holy scriptures of most religions are the backbone of good character. Though the actual message of certain religions may not be carried down to each generatiion, most of the time the principles are if properly stressed by parents.
It's very sad that someone that was asleep and had nothing to do with anything, someone that has her whole life ahead of her and now is going to be challanged because of someone elses ignorance, it's sad...I can't even imagine if this was my daughter how upset and hurt I would feel not only for my daughter but for the ignorant person that was on the other end if that had been my son or daughter that had pulled the trigger and has to think about how he/she has distoryed and shattered someone elses dreams and having to know that this 14 year old girl is having to struggle everyday to make it (which I'm sure she will) through her tough times ahead and struggles to come. Why can't we find things better to do like than point and firing guns at people like helpling someone that needs help mowing their lawn, picking up trash, the elderly washing their car! Does anyone think about anyone else anymore instead of theirsleves! Go to Church learn about god, how to respect each other, talk to each other and deal with things the right way the way that god would want you to deal with them. Too many teenagers are raising thereselves instead of the parents raising them and therfore they are trying to take matters into their own hands and handling things the wrong way instead of turning to guns young ones turn to your church community!
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Every single gamer must have felt a sense of pride at some point. Achievements and Trophies can cement this, giving you something solid (well, kinda) to show for your efforts. So which of your year's haul are you most proud of?
We want to hear which Trophy or Achievement you value the most from 2008. To give you some inspration, we've been quizzing our friends and contributors to find out which achievement or trophy takes pride of place on their own virtual mantelpiece. So have a look through our proudest moments from the last 12 months and then tell us yours in the comments below. Forget about modesty, this is your chance to show off to the world!
Here we go, then, in no particular order...
Charlie Barratt: Senior Editor, GamesRadar US
Game: Lips (360)
Achievement: Lips Anthology
Why: Playing Lips for more than five minutes was shameful. Playing Lips while connected to Xbox Live, so that all my friends playing Left 4 Dead could see me, was embarrassing. Earning 500 quick points (The Anthology achievement is only worth 40 points... it was just indicative of a proud and productive hour of cheating / Achievement whoring), however, was glorious. Suddenly racing past my bitter Gamerscore rival, Chris Antista, was euphoric. And accomplishing the whole thing by simply holding a white noise producer up to the microphone and not actually singing? That was my proudest gaming moment of the year.
Ian Evenden - Production Editor, Edge
Game:Fable 2 (360)
Achievement: Swinger
Why: "It took me two evenings of play before I worked out how it was done. I thought you just had to get two people to watch you having sex."
Rory Smith -Staff Writer, GamesMaster
Game: Left 4 Dead (360)
Achievement: Tankbuster
Why: "I've never really been an achievement whore before that, but this was like a medal of honour, taking down a tank without it damaging any of my team."
Brett Elston: Senior Editor, GamesRadar US
Game: Bionic Commando Rearmed (360)
Achievement: One Dozen Yashichis
Why: Because they're so damn hard to find! Try doing it without watching YouTube clips or text guides and it's one of the hardest things you can do in one of the hardest games of the year. It's only worth 20 points, but the pride that swells inside your heart has to at least be worth, what, 200, 300 points?
Andy Leung – Designer, GamesMaster
Game: Hexic HD (360)
Achievement: Oyster-Meister
Why: "It took me ages cos I kept on getting it wrong. And I actually spent more time getting this achievement than playing next-gen games. Just proves that graphics aren't everything."
Dave Meikleham – Content Editor, GamesRadar
Game: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
Achievement: Survivor
Why: "To be honest, no trophy or achievement can compare to the embarrassing number of man-hours devoted to – sacrificing social interaction, sunlight and personal hygiene – and subsequent satisfaction of nabbing the Big Boss ranking in Metal Gear Solid 4. But I suppose getting the Survivor trophy on Drake's, particularly on Crushing, required patience and perseverance and was quite rewarding when I nailed it."


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Fox recently canceled the show after 25 seasons.
Kevin Kay, president of Spike TV, announced details regarding the show's future Monday.
"'Cops' is a remarkable series that has been able to sustain strong ratings well into its third decade, a monumental achievement in television," Kay said in a statement. "As we continue to grow and expand our audience, new episodes of 'Cops,' with its loyal audience of Adults 18-49, is the perfect addition to our prime-time lineup on Saturday nights."
"After 25 seasons with Fox, we are delighted to find our new home with the Spike family where we previously aired 'Undercover Stings,'" said John Langley, president of Langley Productions and the creator of "Cops."
"And we are doubly pleased that our 'Cops' time slot remains Saturday nights for our fans. It may be bold to say, but we are looking for yet another record-breaking run with Spike."
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2011 is no doubt the year of the tablet. Even just a year ago, the concept of a tablet was foreign to many consumers. Tablets were seen as bulky and expensive mobile computers used by business professionals for serious work. However, Apple ushered in a new era for tablets with its highly successful iPad, which also spawned the equally successful iPad 2. Other brands also begun jumping onto the bandwagon after seeing how lucrative the tablet market was. Today, tablets have become more powerful and portable, thanks to design and technological advancements. Brands also invest in technologies, user interfaces and services to differentiate their offerings from the crowd. With so many choices available, we believe consumers are going to need a helping hand on what to take into consideration when deciding which tablet to get. Here's a quick video guide on what to look out for when purchasing a tablet:-
We have also come up with a list of tablets that are currently available in the market. Videos, preview and review articles from HardWareZone have been included to help you make a more informed choice of your preferred tablet. Without further ado, we start of the considerations alphabetically:-
Acer Iconia Tab A500 Review
The Acer Iconia Tab A500 runs on NVIDIA Tegra 2 1.0 GHZ dual-core processor and Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb platform. Thanks to the brushed aluminium casing, the Iconia Tab A500 has a solid build quality. The large 10.1-inch display makes viewing multimedia content a pleasure. Audio experience is also enhanced with Dolby Mobile. The Iconia Tab A500 also features Acer clear.fi. system to allow seamless organization and sharing of media among different devices in your home network.
Apple iPad 2 Review
The first iPad was a runaway success. Building on the momentum set by its predecessor, the iPad 2 comes in a slimmer, lighter and faster package. It packs a powerful dual-core A5 chipset that makes navigating the user interface a breeze. The user-intuitive iOS 4.3 makes it easy for anyone to use the Apple iPad 2. The iPad 2 is equipped with a front facing camera which is designed for FaceTime video calling between Mac devices. More importantly, the iPad 2 has the best battery life among its class, ensuring that there is enough juice to last you a day on a single charge.
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Review
While the other brands compete in terms of processing power, ASUS decides to innovate on a different level with the inclusion of an optional keyboard docking station, which also doubles as an external battery pack. Within seconds, the Eee Pad Transformer changes from a tablet to a full-fledged laptop. You do not have to worry about finding a power outlet as the keyboard docking station boasts the Transfomer's battery life up to a whopping 16 hours. Specs wise, it runs on the latest Android 3.2 platform and is powered by a dual-core 1.0 GHz processor. Under the hood is 1GB of RAM which gives you smooth multi-tasking on the Transformer.
BlackBerry PlayBook Review
Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook is powered by the industry leading QNX operating system, which is used in space stations and in-car systems. The PlayBook has a generous 7-inch screen which incorporates swipe gestures on its bezel to navigate the user interface. The PlayBook brings multi-tasking to the next level by allowing you to switch between apps faster and easier within a few swipes. Being the world's first professional grade tablet, the PlayBook integrates seamlessly with BlackBerry smartphones via the Bridge app, which establishes a secure connection between the two devices for data transfer. It also currently has the best battery life among the seven-inch tablets.
HP TouchPad Preview
The highly anticipated HP TouchPad has finally arrived on our shores. The main highlight of the HP TouchPad is its webOS, which is renowned for its simplicity and multitasking capabilities. Instead of looking at a static row of active apps, you can use a combination of gestures and card stacking to interact with apps. Similar to the Apple iPad 2, the HP TouchPad comes with a 9.7-inch display of 1024 x 768 pixels. In addition, it is one of the fastest tablets in the market at the moment with a dual-core 1.2GHz processor.
HTC Flyer Review
HTC's foray into the tablet scene is a truly exceptional one - the HTC Flyer scores a number of firsts for tablets. It is the first tablet to be running on a 1.5GHz single-core processor. It is also the first tablet to incorporate an input device, known as the HTC Pen, which works in conjunction with its indigenous HTC Scribe technology. You can write notes, sketch graphs and doodle in a more natural way. In addition, the HTC Flyer comes with Timemark, a feature that allows you to record audio from meetings and conversations at any point you want to. Powering the HTC Flyer is Google Android 2.3 and HTC Sense 3.0 user interface, which enhances the user experience with its active lock screen and 3D view of home screen panels on its 7-inch screen.
Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 Preview
Positioned as the ultimate entertainment tablet, Lenovo is set to make a spash in the tablet scene with more than 30 preloaded apps in its IdeaPad Tablet K1. Paid apps such as Documents To Go and Kongregrate Arcade give you a headstart in enjoying the tablet experience right out of the box. Moreover, Lenovo's special "Launch Zone" app gives you instant access to your favorite apps and functions without having to go through several steps and layers of menu. With Lenovo's exclusive SocialTouch app, you will be updated with the latest happenings on your social networking sites. The IdeaPad Tablet K1 runs on Google Android 3.1 and is powered by a dual-core 1.0GHz processor.
Motorola Xoom Review
Being the first Honeycomb to ship with Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS, Motorola does a great job in setting high benchmarks for others to follow. It has a solid build quality that give good handling in the hands. The experience of watching movies and internet surfing on the Motorola Xoom is excellent, thanks to the gorgeous 10.1-inch HD display of 1280 x 800 pixels. Equipped with a 1.0GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, navigating the Honeycomb interface is a breeze. The in-built Flash support ensures that you can view almost anything on the Web.
Upcoming Tablets
Tablets are going to permeate across many users' modern lifestyle and capitalizing on this trend, there are going to be many more tablets launched one after another for quite a while to come. Couple that with the ongoing OS progression, that's yet another reason for manufacturers to plan various SKUs along the timeline. Here is a quick look at few confirmed upcoming tablets that you can look forward to really soon.
ASUS Eee Pad Slider
If you have difficulties deciding whether to get a tablet or a laptop as your next purchase, ASUS might have already solved your dilemma. The ASUS Eee Pad Slider comes with a built-in QWERTY keyboard that provides a more comfortable typing experience. When not in use, you can slide it back beneath the tablet. The keyboard also contains the USB port, microSD card reader and a mini-HDMI port. The Eee Pad Slider is equipped with a 10.1-inch display that is made up of scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass. Besides running on Android 3.1, the Eee Pad Slider has ASUS's own user interface, Waveshare, which makes it easier for you to launch software, manage your content and connect devices in a few simple steps
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet
With the ThinkPad Tablet, Lenovo may be the first company to give RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook a run for its money. The ThinkPad Tablet is outfitted with the renowned security, reliability and manageability features of the ThinkPad branding. Layered data security and a range of business partner solutions such as anti-theft software ensure that data on your ThinkPad is secured. Targeted at the business professionals, the ThinkPad Tablet is equipped with a full-size USB port, a full-size SD card support and mini-HDMI port. Users can also purchase the optional digitizer pen and ThinkPad quality Keyboard Folio Case with optical TrackPoint to increase productivity on the go. The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet runs on Android 3.1 OS and comes with Adobe Flash support for a wholesome Internet browsing experience.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Preview
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is probably the year's most anticipated tablet as it is amazingly thin at 8.6mm, edging out the Apple iPad 2. Besides being the thinnest tablet in the world at this point of time, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is also the lightest of the 10-inch tablets, weighing a mere 595g. The 10.1-inch display of 1280 x 800 pixels let you bask in the full glory of the Google Android 3.1 operating system and with Flash support, you can enjoy the best of what the Internet has to offer. Under the hood, you will find a dual-core1.0 GHz processor which offers you a speedy user experience on the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
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Baird also suggested Canada will take retaliatory measures against the Palestinians for forcing the statehood issue onto the world stage.
The minister didn't say what Canada was contemplating, but the obvious option would appear to be suspending aid spending to the Palestinians.
UPDATE:Canada is recalling senior diplomats from Israel, the West Bank and the UN missions in New York and Geneva after the vote on Palestinian statehood.
U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the political divide threatened Thursday to cut off aid if the Palestinians used their newfound status against Israel.
A senior Canadian official, who would speak only on condition of anonymity, said the government would take "thoughtful and deliberate" action in the coming days.
In a detailed speech, Baird recapped the UN's 65-year efforts to find a peaceful two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
The enduring theme, he argued, was that neither side would take unilateral action as the Palestinians have.
And he appeared to blame the UN for indulging them.
"As a result of this body's utterly regrettable decision to abandon policy and principle, we will be considering all available next steps," Baird told the assembly, after flying to New York to personally register Canada's No vote.
Baird said Canada was voting against the initiative because "we are firmly convinced (it) will undermine the objective of reaching a comprehensive, lasting and just settlement for both sides."
The Palestinians won UN recognition handily: the resolution, which upgrades their status to that of a non-member observer state, was approved by a vote of 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions.
That left Canada in small minority that included Israel and the United States, all of which lobbied hard to block the move as unhelpful to the building of peace in the Middle East.
Baird was among a handful of foreign ministers who addressed the general assembly Thursday, winning a prime speaking slot among a roster of orators that included Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel UN ambassador, Ron Prosor.
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman also jetted to New York for the meeting.
"The path to peace has historically rested in direct negotiations between the two parties to resolve all outstanding issues and it remains the same today. Solutions can only come through the two sides working together," Baird said.
"This resolution will not advance the cause of peace or spur a return to negotiations. Will the Palestinian people be better off as a result? No. On the contrary, this unilateral step will harden positions and raise unrealistic expectations while doing nothing to improve the lives of the Palestinian people."
Baird said Canada was calling on both sides to return to the negotiating table without preconditions.
Most of the General Assembly's 193 countries were expected to support the motion.
Several major countries, including France, have recently said they would support elevating Palestinians from the status of UN observer to non-member observer state.
The Palestinians are calling for UN recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, the lands Israel captured in 1967.
They want to be able to resume negotiations with Israel, and say recognition of the 1967 borders of Palestine is meant to salvage a peace deal, not sabotage it, as Israel has charged.
The non-member observer state status could also open the way for possible war crimes charges against the Jewish state at the International Criminal Court.
However, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators warned Thursday they would amend legislation to cut off U.S. aid if the Palestinians used their new status to pursue legal action against Israel in the International Criminal Court.
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador the UN, offered a sobering warning to Palestinian supporters to not get too carried away with their victory.
"Progress towards a just and lasting two-state solution cannot be made by pressing a green voting button here in this hall," Rice said in a speech to the assembly after the vote.
"Nor does passing any resolution create a state, where none indeed exits, or change the reality on the ground," she added. "This resolution does not establish that Palestine is a state."
Like Baird, Rice said peace can only be achieved if the two sides talk to each other.
"Long after the votes have been cast, long after the speeches have been forgotten, it is the Palestinians and the Israelis who must still talk to each other, and listen to each other, and find a way to live side in the land they share."
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The Meaning of 'One' is One
Once when I was preparing for the High Holy Days, I told Maezumi Roshi that in Hebrew the holydays are called the Days of Awe, the Ten Days of Repentance. "Mmmm," he pondered. "Repentance?" He looked me in the eyes and said, "We call sitting repentance." Then he smiled. Delighted, I am sure, that he had hit the mark. He had shown the one heart in the two traditions.
Of course he knew that I knew that repentance, atonement is not only about guilt and forgiveness. In its fullness, it is the total movement of awakening. Of ending the cycle of travail and going beyond to wisdom and heart in daily life. We are more familiar in Zen with the use of the word Enlighten. In the Jewish way the word Atonement is more widely used: At-one. Enlightenment is Atonement. Atonement is Enlightenment. It is not that the traditions have met, but that the soul, the selfless Self, the wisdom of the heart, IT is working within us all.
I often quote a passage from the Song of Songs, the great song of love in the Bible. "My heart was awake but I was asleep." The song is a dream of wholeness which the dreamer could know intimately if only she would awake. Why do we sleep when our true nature calls us to awake? Is it because of the insistent preoccupations of the self?
"Rabbi Pinhas often cited the words, 'A man's soul will teach him.' And emphasized them by adding, 'There is no man who is not incessantly being taught by his soul.' One of his disciples asked, 'If this is so, why don't men and women obey their souls?' 'The soul teaches incessantly,' Rabbi Pinhas explained, 'but it never repeats.'"
The early morning meditation at ZCLA begins with the Buddhist vow of atonement, "...now I atone for it all." Now. Awake is always now. One of the names of God is Now. "Right now! What is your name?"
The Shofar is the symbol of awakening, and so it is the symbol of the days of repentance. The meditation that introduces the sounding of the Shofar begins, "Awake you slumberers." When you are responsive and the shofar is well sounded, it happens. You feel at rest, present. Our home: vast and boundless. Intimacy with the living and the dead is profound, and there is love. Sometimes tears fill your eyes. Atonement is called the ending of sorrow.
Atonement has names without number. How can one number the present? There are names that testify to the depth and the height of insight: Love, Understanding, Joy, New Song and Silence. "With every insight there is new heaven and new earth." Atonement is also called HaKol, everything. Atonement is a good word. At a glance, one can see its meaning: "at one." But perhaps it is enough to say, "one." One.
"Once Rabbi Menahem Medel spent an entire night in the company of his hasidim. No one spoke, but all were filled with great reverence and experienced great elation. Finally the rabbi said: "Well for the person who knows that the meaning of 'One' is one!"


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The Philadelphia 76ers have lost 26 games in a row, tying the NBA record.
Their futility has spawned a new debate about "tanking" — the practice of strategically making a team worse in the short term in order to be good in the long term.
Some, like Coach K, have called it unethical.
Others, like the Atlantic's Derek Thompson, have called it ineffective.
Both of these characterizations are wrong, and they're wrong because they misconstrue what tanking is.
Tanking is not the practice of losing as many games as possible in order to get a franchise savior in the NBA Draft. Tanking is the practice of rebuilding a roster by fully disassembling it, maximizing cap space, and collecting assets. And yes, sometimes "collecting assets" includes collecting what Houston GM Daryl Morey calls "the number one asset in the NBA" — a top-five pick on a rookie contract.
Losing games is not the goal of tanking.
Losing games is a byproduct of tanking.
In practice, tanking is simply the process of starting from scratch. You exchange veteran players for either young players or draft picks — which makes you immediately awful, but gives you incredible flexibility going forward. Smart, well-run teams that start from scratch will succeed. And poorly-run teams that start from scratch will fail.
The big lie about tanking is that it only works if you get a superstar in the NBA Draft.
The 2012-13 Houston Rockets are a perfect example of how a smart team can get better through a tanking strategy.
In the summer of 2012, Basketball Prospectus picked the Rockets to finish dead last in the Western conference with a 21-61 record — which would have been the third-worst season in franchise history.
That summer the Rockets traded away all the pieces that made them a 34-32 team the year before. That included shipping off six players:
- Traded Chase Budinger to Minnesota for the 18th-overall pick
- Traded Samuel Dalembert and the 14th pick to Milwaukee for the 12th pick and three bench players
- Cut Luis Scola under the amnesty provision
- Let Goran Dragic leave in free agency for nothing
- Let Courtney Lee leave in free agency for nothing
- Traded Kyle Lowry to Toronto for a future 1st-round pick
They replaced those six guys with two young free agent role players — Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik, who were signed with "poison pill" contracts — and a bunch of rookies.
Basketball Prospectus wrote a few weeks before the season:
"Losing games might not be such a bad thing if it translates into a lottery pick and another opportunity to add elite talent. While Morey's strategy is fraught with risk, and might have come too late after three lost seasons, it's not as if the Rockets broke up a championship contender. The rebuilding process will inevitably be painful, but the hope is on the other side Houston's ceiling will be much higher than 45 wins."
The Rockets dismantled a .500 team in order to acquire a collection of draft picks and young assets that, it just so happens, was predicted to finish last in the NBA.
That is textbook tanking.
The Rockets made themselves bad in the short term in order to get good in the long term.
No one remembers it like this, though, because the Rockets team that was supposed to lose 61 games never made it onto the court. Just a few days before the 2012-13 season, Morey turned all those assets he got from destroying his 2011-12 roster into a superstar — James Harden.
Houston traded Kevin Martin, 1st-round pick Jeremy Lamb, Toronto's 2013 1st-round pick, and two future lottery-protected picks for Harden. They immediately signed him to a maximum long-term deal worth $80 million over five years.
None of this would have been possible if Morey didn't tank. They wouldn't have had Toronto's 1st-rounder if they hadn't traded Lowry. They wouldn't have had the cap room to give Harden a max extension if they had re-signed Dragic and Lee and kept Dalembert and Scola.
It's didn't end there.
By completely clearing his books and bracing himself for an awful 2012-13 season in summer of 2012, Morey created so much salary cap room that Houston had enough space to sign Dwight Howard after the 2012-13 season, even after giving Harden a max deal.
Houston is currently 49-22, and a threat to win the West.
Tanking is not losing as many games as possible and praying to draft the next LeBron James.
No NBA team is doing that.
The Philadelphia 76ers aren't losing games for the sake of losing games. They're losing games because they aggressively shipped off veterans in exchange for young assets and draft picks before the 2013-14 season. It's a strategy that gives them cap flexibility, trade value, and countless roster possibilities going forward, but also makes them historically bad right now.
As with the Rockets in that July of 2012 when everyone thought they were going to be awful, losing is the unfortunate byproduct of a completely rational strategy that can work.


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THE US on Monday denied that its renewed interest in Uganda is a strategy to get hold of the newly found oil in the count.
THE US on Monday denied that its renewed interest in Uganda is a strategy to get hold of the newly found oil in the country.
The US government has announced that it will deploy troops to help Uganda fight the rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who are currently in the Central African Republic.
Critics have said that the only reason that America seems to be coming up strongly to offer troops to help in fighting Kony when they did not when he was killing people here was because of the oil.
But the Charge d'Affairs at the American embassy in Kampala, Virginia Blaser, said yesterday that the US has been helping Uganda with especially with the humanitarian situation in the North where Kony was killing people. She was addressing journalists at a press conference.
"The US is deeply committed to supporting Uganda's effort to eliminate the threat of LRA and providing humanitarian assistance to LRA affected regions," Blazer said. "Since 2008, the LRA has been responsible for at least 2,400 attacks and over 3,400 abductions. According to the UN, there have been approximately 250 attacks attributed to the LRQA this year.
She said that over the recent years, the Ugandan military has persevered through some of the most difficult terrain in the world and significantly reduced the LRA numbers and kept them from regrouping.
She insisted that the US troops will assume an advisory, not a combat role. She said that the continued stay of the US troops is dependent on the continued cooperation of regional governments i8n fighting Kony.
"The US military personnel will assume a supporting role to strengthen information-sharing and operational effectiveness against the LRA," She said and added that the decision to do so was taken in 2009. She said that only a portion of the personnel will travel to the field locations, but also to advise and would only defend themselves if attacked.
President Yoweri Museveni also told journalists on Sunday that American soldiers will not fight Kony, but will advise the Ugandan army.
"We have American advisors not fighters so there are no American troops here," Museveni said in answer to journalists' queries at a press conference yesterday.
According to an earlier message by US president Barrack Obama, the , US troops, could also deploy from Uganda into South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
LRA rebels are accused of terrorizing, murdering, raping and kidnapping thousands of people in the four nations, and tens of thousands of people died in their 20-year war with security forces in northern Uganda.
According to AFP, the president said a small group of troops deployed on Wednesday and that additional forces will deploy over the next month.
Kony, is wanted by the International Criminal Court, over crimes against humanity appears to have dropped any national political agenda and in recent years his marauding troops have sown death and destruction in the region.
The civil war effectively ended in 2006 when a peace process was launched, but Kony and his top commanders continue to commit atrocities in remote areas of neighboring countries.
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Seriously, even with Jaymes' excessive talking, Jaymes/James rank as the best ever MM team in the 21 seasons of TAR!
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As Egyptians prepare for massive protests against the U.S. government-backed Muslim Brotherhood regime of Mohamed Morsi, the Obama administration is set to deploy hundreds of American troops to Egypt. While more than a few analysts have argued that U.S. forces will be used to continue propping up "Islamofascists" in the Middle East, authorities from both governments claim the soldiers are merely being sent as part of a nine-month international "peacekeeping" scheme.
According to official accounts, the so-called "Multinational Force and Observers" (MFO) mission, composed of troops serving 13 governments, is aimed at controlling riots and violence. Another primary purpose, government spokesmen claimed, is enforcing the 1979 peace treaty between Israeli and Egyptian authorities. News reports and official statements suggest the American troops, serving under MFO command, will be operating security checkpoints and responding to threats.
The exact date of deployment has not been announced yet, but U.S. troops spent some six months training at Fort Hood and Fort Irwin for the mission and will reportedly be ready to go in the "near future." Local U.S. media reports, citing military officials, said American forces had been trained for riot control featuring exercises with Molotov cocktails and other "dangerous items" in anticipation of violent protests. Another possibility would be protecting the border with Israel, according to reports.
Two soldiers quoted in a KCEN-TV report offered few details as video of U.S. troops wearing police riot gear flashed on the screen. "Just what I've seen over the course of the past week, this unit is already far more ready for this type of threat than we were a week ago," said Lt. Matthew Wilkinson without elaborating on the nature of the threat. Another, PFC Perez Alexander, explained: "We want to be as professional as possible so that, whatever situation we encounter, the opposing force knows that we mean business and we know what we're doing."
The American soldiers, whose training ended last week, are set to be deployed in the dangerous and volatile Sinai Peninsula. Security has continued to deteriorate throughout the region following the uprising that swept longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak from power, with some analysts suggesting the escalating unrest could spark problems for both Israel and the increasingly hardline Muslim Brotherhood regime in Cairo.
In a June 19 press release, the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division confirmed that a battalion "task force" from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team would indeed be heading to the Sinai this summer to participate in the international "peacekeeping force." According to the statement, the more than 400 troops will be based on the southern end of the Sinai Peninsula, near Sharm-el-Sheikh, manning "observation posts" and checkpoints along the southeast coast.
Egyptian officials, meanwhile, were quick to downplay the American deployment. "The 400 U.S. soldiers coming to Egypt as mentioned in the media are part of the periodical renewal routine for the U.S. faction of the 13-state multinational force deployed in Sinai since the peace treaty. They are not armed with military operations gear," Egyptian military spokesman Ahmed Ali was quoted as saying. "We are providing this clarification as we respect the right of the great Egyptian people to know the truth from its original sources and to prevent distortion of information by any instigators."
The timing of the news, however, has made analysts and commentators suspicious. An Egyptian group known as "Rebels" or "Rebellion," described in media reports as "secular" and "liberal," announced over the weekend that it had gathered some 15 million signatures to impeach Morsi, who was elected after Mubarak was forced out. The petition cites a number of grievances including lack of security, widespread poverty, shortages of basic goods, and more.
"We've had enough of Morsi… He has done nothing, he's only helped his own people," said Ghada Naguib, a member of the organization's coordinating committee, in an interview with the Global Post. "We don't need him to do anything anymore. We just need him to leave… We will finish our revolution." The group is calling for massive, nation-wide protests against the elected government on June 30, and counter-demonstrations are expected.
Writing in FrontPage magazine, analyst Arnold Ahlert blasted the deployment of U.S. troops to Egypt as "yet another remarkable display of Obama's determination to secure the Middle East for Islamofascists." Ahlert also slammed the "spectacular absurdity" of using American forces to augment Egyptian police and defend Morsi's "thuggish" Islamist Muslim Brotherhood regime from popular protests calling for its ouster.
An editorial in Investor's Business Daily, entitled "Now Obama Using Troops To Prop Up Cairo's Islamofascists," came to similar conclusions, saying the president was sending U.S. forces to "protect a regime that supports terrorists." Citing news reports, the editorial said Obama's effort was meant to help the "Islamofascist regime there repel its own citizens protesting increasing human-rights violations."
More than a few analysts have also highlighted what they perceive as problems with Morsi's Islamist rule. Among the most serious: media censorship, increasing attacks on the Coptic Christian minority, packing government organs with Islamic extremists, cracking down on protesters, issuing lawless "decrees" that critics call dictatorial, ramming through an Islamist constitution, prosecuting foreign government-funded "democracy" groups, and more.
Because of those issues, U.S. lawmakers tried to make American aid to the Egyptian government contingent on political reforms. Despite federal law, however, the Obama administration waived the human-rights requirements and continued to shower billions of U.S. taxpayer money on the Muslim Brotherhood regime, providing everything from "economic assistance" to advanced military weaponry — not to mention the latest deployment of American troops. Of course, the U.S. Constitution does not authorize any of it.
"With this action, the Obama Administration reinforces the Muslim Brotherhood even as it steps up its blasphemy prosecutions against Egypt's Christians and even as Egypt's president appointed an actual terrorist leader as governor of an important region," Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow with the American Center for Law and Justice said in an e-mail blasting the new $1.3 billion "cash stimulus" for the Muslim Brotherhood supplied by Secretary of State John Kerry. "Speak up. Tell the Administration, tell Congress, there should be no taxpayer money for jihad."
In quietly skirting the restrictions on foreign military aid to Egypt imposed by Congress, Kerry claimed doling out the taxpayer money was necessary to maintain a channel to Egyptian military leaders. Critics in Congress and among commentators, however, blasted the decision, saying the assistance would be used to protect the regime while advancing the goals of the Muslim Brotherhood in the region. So far, the administration has remained quiet about the troop deployment.
Egyptian officials, though, rebuffed widespread reports suggesting that U.S. forces were being sent to protect the regime from an uprising. "They are only training as a precautionary measure," Major Ahmed Shaaban told Daily News Egypt, adding that it was routine. "They are only training to protect themselves as a matter of high-level security. I don't think these trainings are necessary because the peacekeeping force is not even authorized to conduct any military operations; they are only there to observe and report."
The 1979 agreement between the governments of Israel and Egypt, brokered with help from U.S. President Jimmy Carter, saw Israeli troops withdraw from the Sinai in exchange for peace, official recognition, demilitarization of the peninsula, navigation rights, and more. When the United Nations refused to provide "peacekeeping" troops, the Rome-based MFO was created to help monitor compliance, with the U.S. government among the foreign powers agreeing to provide military forces.
It remains unclear what provision of the Constitution the U.S. government believes authorizes the deployment of troops to Egypt and the provision of billions in aid to foreign governments. Details of the American mission in Sinai remain murky, as well. What is apparent to analysts, though, is that putting supposedly unarmed U.S. troops in such a volatile area could easily and quickly result in disaster.
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Family History Month Writing Challenge Wrap-Up
How did you do this month on writing your family history? I (Jennifer Holik) personally did not hit my daily goal of 500 words for my family history. I did get some client family history written and other things written though. What did I learn through this process of trying to write daily?
- I'm busy. This means I must schedule at least 30-60 minutes a day to focus on writing.
- The more I write the more I realize I am missing information OR it was input into my family tree years ago before I knew to cite my sources. But this is a good thing! That realization pushes me to get back to the records to locate the source to input into the fact in the family tree. Citing my sources produces a better family history.
- There are some days I am just not inspired to write. Some will say to push through it and others say just walk away. Personally, I've found that when I am inspired, the words flow and it isn't a struggle, therefore it is enjoyable. On days when the words don't come, it is ok for me to walk away from it until another time.
What did you learn through this process? Did you hit your goals? Do you have any tips to share with those of us writing our histories? Please share in the comments.
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Follow Friday – Family History Writing
In keeping with the February theme of writing your family history, here are several blogs posts worth reading to help inspire you to begin or continue writing.
Lynn Palermo's Write Your Family History Using the Tools of Creative Nonfiction
Stories to Tell Writing a Book: Plan Your Writing Time
Julie Cahill Tarr's Family History Writing Challenge Week 2
And this is a fun one – Julie Cahill Tarr's Family History Through the Alphabet – Find A Grave
Have you read other interesting blog posts or articles about writing your family history? Has something recently inspired you to start writing yours? Please share with us in the comments.
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Chicago: Embrace the Stuffed Pizza at Porretta's
Trattoria Porretta Ristorante & Pizzeria
3656 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 (map); 773-736-1429; trattoriaporretta.com
Pizza Style: Midwestern thin crust, pan, and stuffed
The Skinny: Solid stuffed pizza but thin crust falls short
Price: Medium thin crust with three toppings is $15.62; 12 inch stuffed pizza with one topping is $17.60
Notes: Stuffed pizza is carry-out only
When I reviewed Suparossa's last year, dedicated Slice reader and pizza fiend Alberto (forzapizza) chimed in to bemoan the fact that my voyage to Portage Park was limited to a review of a pizzeria not owned by his family. It took about a year, but I made it back to the neighborhood to visit Trattorria Porretta & Pizza. Alberto, who built an oven in his backyard, makes gorgeous pies of a Neapolitan bent, but his family, which entered the pizza business long before the quest for "authenticity" became a culinary trend, turns out decidedly American pies.
Over the years, Poretta's has grown from a tiny pizzeria to a successful business that includes a full-service Italian restaurant and a large banquet hall across the street. The restaurant offers thin crust pizza and pan pizza if you dine in, but also sells stuffed pizza to go. Much as I would have loved to take in the ambience of the restaurant, I wasn't going to pass up the chance to try a new stuffed pizza, so I picked mine up, took some quick pictures in the car, and ate pizza for a good portion of the 20-minute drive home.
The stuffed pizza made my decision to sacrifice the comforts of a sit-down meal a good one. The thick, rich sauce is tangy and a little sweet, and is loaded with an oregano-heavy mix of herbs. The crust, flaky as is normal for the style, had a bit more crunch than is typical, which made for a nice contrast to the massive quantities of cheese and sauce. It's a very good representative of the style that Portage Park residents are lucky to have nearby.
Where the stuffed pizza fell short was with the sausage. We Chicagoans are spoiled when it comes to good sausage on pizza. Large chunks of oddly shaped pork, oftentimes housemade, appear regularly throughout the area. But these smooth-cut squares of "sausage" are short on flavor and texture. Thanks to the approximately three-quarters of an inch thick layer of cheese, the dull sausage couldn't detract from an otherwise fine pie, one that is decidedly better than that at nearby Suparossa's.
The thin crust was not as successful. Old-school thin crust Chicago pizza rarely wows anyone with its crust. There are some places that do things out of the ordinary, like Vito & Nick's putting milk in the dough, but for the most part you're getting a machine-rolled piece of bread without a lot of flavor. Given all that, this is a style of pizza that starts with a major barrier between it and greatness.
I tried a thin crust pizza with the reliable combination of pepperoni, onions, and garlic. The pepperoni is run of the mill stuff, which is fine; truly delicious pepperoni is fairly rare. The fresh garlic was applied with a pretty heavy hand, completely negating the onions, but the pepperoni still made its presence known and the two toppings I could taste made for a fine combination. But "fine" toppings weren't enough to catapult this pizza into the category of pizzas I'd like to eat again.
Sausage aside, Porretta's makes a good stuffed pizza, and if I lived in the neighborhood it would be part of my regular rotation. Forzapizza's grandparents and Porretta owners have clearly laid a solid pizza foundation. But based on the pictures of Alberto's My Pie Monday pies, I think he may have even surpassed the older generations in the family. Now we need to get that guy to open a pizzeria!
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Previously on The Amazing Race...6 teams raced from Austria to Abu Dhabi. Tim & Marie argued at the detour, while Nicole was off her game at the detour. Nicky & Kim barely missed the boat, dropping them to last place. Jason and Leo faced off in a high speed race, and Leo & Jamal got 1st. Meanwhile, Nicky & Kim couldn't catch up but it was a non-elimination leg.6 teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?Travis: "I'm so excited!"
I'd love to race around in dune buggies in the desert!
Camel is angry at Tim! He feels the same way.
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