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ESPN will not announce until Monday the start time for next week's USC-Stanford game, but with the Cardinal defeating Oregon on Thursday night, the Nov. 16 game at the Coliseum will probably start at 5 p.m.
The network's other option is to show the Oregon-Utah game, but that seems unlikely following the Ducks' loss. The game also serves as USC's homecoming. The Trojans have lost four straight games to Stanford.
The game will be important to USC if it wants to improve its bowl standing. The Trojans are currently projected to play in either the Las Vegas or Fight Hunger bowls.
Williams questionable
USC defensive tackle Leonard Williams (shoulder) remains questionable for the Cal game.
"It's a matter of if he gets his strength back," Orgeron said. "We don't know if he will play yet or not."
Morgan surgery
Tailback D.J. Morgan, who did not play this season, underwent knee surgery Thursday. Morgan tore knee ligaments in high school and has rarely been healthy during his USC career.
Graf might start
Orgeron sounded like he would keep last week's starting lineup for the offensive line Wednesday, but changed his tune Thursday and said senior Kevin Graf (ankle) might start instead.
"If Kevin's healthy, he will start," Orgeron said.
Freshmen safeties make an impact
Orgeron said he expected true freshmen safeties Su'a Cravens and Leon McQuay to play this season, even though McQuay was strictly on special teams the first six games.
"I would've gone to war for both of them to play this year," Orgeron said. "We wanted that definitely. We didn't know if they were going to start or be the key guys in there, but obviously we want all our top players to play as freshmen, so it worked out pretty good for them.''
Said Cravens: "Coming in as the top two safeties in the country has really been a blessing. (McQuay) has made me better.''


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|Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
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Chancellor Henry T. Yang appointed Mark Massari UC Santa Barbara's 13th Director of Athletics on August 18, 2008. Massari succeeded Dr. Gary Cunningham, who retired after leading the department to unprecedented success in competition and the classroom for 13 years.
In his first year Massari launched the "Dare to Be Great" strategic initiative to showcase UCSB's exceptional academics and service through its athletics programs.
The plan created a first-ever annual giving program, solidified traditions with a letterwinners club, introduced a capital campaign for facilities, promoted diversity and outreach and strengthened student-athlete support and academic success.
Massari directed an overhaul of annual giving and donation structure for UCSB Athletics, with the launch of the Gaucho Fund to support all 20 sport programs and over 400 student-athletes, led by the Living Scholar level of giving, which pairs a donor with a student-athlete.
The campaign for facilities has been a focus of Massari's tenure. He established the department's first capital projects master plan, The Walk of Champions, resulting in major improvements to Meredith Field at Harder Stadium for the successful hosting of the 2010 NCAA College Cup (National Championship); new basketball team rooms and locker rooms; and the construction of "Gaucho Park" for baseball. With the campus, he also began the campaign for a new athletics aquatics center to replace the 70-year old campus pool.
Since his arrival the department has introduced marketing campaigns resulting in the first sellout for men's basketball since 1999, and national exposure with the "This is Soccer Heaven" theme for men's soccer. The "This is Soccer Heaven" campaign helped the program to lead the nation in attendance and set several NCAA attendance records.
In the past two years, Massari has led searches hiring new women's basketball head coach Carlene Mitchell, a longtime assistant to the legendary C. Vivan Stringer at Rutgers, and baseball's Andrew Checketts from Oregon. He has also secured the Gauchos' all-time wins leaders in men's basketball and men's soccer, Bob Williams and Tim Vom Steeg respectively, to contract extensions.
Leadership and outreach have been at the core of the "Dare to Be Great" theme, with the Gauchos collectively giving over 9,000 hours of community service and youth clinics to the local community. Also, free tickets to groups through the "Gauchos Give" program has been another vital outreach program. In addition, UCSB Athletics began the celebration of Black History and Hispanic Heritage Months.
Massari leads a department with remarkable academic success, including a nearly 85% student-athlete graduation success rate, second highest within the rigorous U.C. system. UCSB is one of only 63 members of the prestigious Association of American Universities.
In competition, the Gauchos have won more Big West Commissioners Trophies (for best all-around athletics program) than all other nine schools combined.
Massari is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), serves on the NCAA Division I-AAA Executive Committee and is the liaison to the Big West Conference Championships and Marketing Committee.
Massari had previously served as Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs at Oregon State University. During his seven years in Corvallis, the Beavers successfully completed $115 million in capital projects, played in six football bowl games and won back-to-back baseball national championships.
From 1999-2002, the native of Napa, Calif., worked with rights holder KGO, directing broadast sales and affiliates for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers. Prior to that, he spent five years with the University of Miami (Fla.) as the Hurricanes' director of sports marketing and sales. He began his career at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Calif.
Massari earned a bachelor's degree in history from Sacramento State and a master's from Duquesne University. As an undergraduate at Sac State, he was a four-year scholarship football letterwinner for the Hornets.
Mark, 43, and his wife Kimberly, have a daughter Madeline (8), son Joseph (5) and yellow lab named Hobbs.


text: National Discussion and Debate SeriesTroop Surge vs. Redeployment The National Discussion and Debate Series' premier debate took place Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in the historic Dome Room of the University of Virginia Rotunda in Charlottesville, Virginia.Four debaters had one hour to debate the proposed resolution: "Keeping troops in Iraq is vital for America's national interests in the Middle East." Frederick W. Kagan, lead architect of the "Surge" plan and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and Reuel Marc Gerecht, AEI Resident Fellow, argued in favor of the resolution; Jessica Tuchman Mathews, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Chas Freeman, former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, argued against. Margaret Warner, senior correspondent of PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, moderated. Watch Online Participants Resolved: Keeping troops in Iraq is vital for America's national interests in the Middle East. Margaret WarnerSenior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim LehrerMargaret Warner is one of three senior correspondents joining Jim Lehrer on PBS's nightly news program, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.Ms. Warner also is one of four co-anchors of America Abroad, a new hour-long radio program devoted to foreign affairs that airs on 90 public radio stations through Public Radio International (PRI).She joined The NewsHour in 1993 after an award-winning career in print journalism focusing on foreign affairs and domestic politics. She spent ten years at Newsweek - first as a political and campaign correspondent, then as a White House reporter, and finally as chief diplomatic correspondent during four tumultuous years that saw the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the first Gulf War. Previously, she was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, the San Diego Union and The Concord (N.H.) Monitor. Frederick W. KaganResident Scholar, American Enterprise InstituteFrederick W. Kagan is a resident scholar in defense and security policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq, a report by the Iraq Planning Group at AEI. His most recent book is Finding the Target: The Transformation of American Military Policy (Encounter Books, 2006). Previously an associate professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Mr. Kagan is the author of The End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805 (Da Capo, 2006) and co-author of While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace Today (St. Martin's Press, 2000). A contributing editor at The Weekly Standard, he has also written numerous articles on defense and foreign policy issues for Foreign Affairs, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Policy Review, Commentary magazine, Parameters, and other periodicals. Reuel Marc GerechtResident Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteSince September 11, 2001, Middle East affairs expert Reuel Marc Gerecht has focused on Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as on terrorism and intelligence. He is the author of Know Thine Enemy: A Spy's Journey into Revolutionary Iran (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997) and The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy (AEI Press, 2004). He is a contributing editor for The Weekly Standard and a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, as well as a frequent contributor to publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the Middle East Quarterly. Mr. Gerecht formerly served as Director of the Middle East Initiative for the Project for the New American Century, and as a Middle East specialist in the Central Intelligence Agency. Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr.President, Middle East Policy CouncilBefore becoming President of the Middle East Policy Council in 1997, Ambassador Freeman served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94), earning the Pentagon's highest public service awards for participating in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and reestablishing defense and military relations with China. He was U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs while the U.S. mediated Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola.Ambassador Freeman served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires in the American embassies in both Bangkok (1984-86) and Beijing (1981-84). He was Director for Chinese Affairs at the State Department (1979-81), and the principal American interpreter during President Nixon's 1972 China visit. He has also served in India.Ambassador Freeman is the author of The Diplomat's Dictionary (Revised Edition) and Arts of Power, both published by the United States Institute of Peace in 1997. Jessica Tuchman MathewsPresident, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceJessica Mathews became President of the Carnegie Endowment in 1997. She has experience working in the Executive and Legislative branches, nonprofit management and research, and journalism.Ms. Mathews was a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (1993-97), directing its Washington program. She was the founding Vice President and Director of Research at the World Resources Institute (1982-93), an internationally known center for policy research on environmental and natural-resource management issues.As a member of the Washington Post's editorial board (1980-82), she covered issues including energy, environment, science, technology, arms control, and health. She later became a weekly Post columnist, whose column appeared in the International Herald Tribune. Ms. Mathews was Director of the Office of Global Issues of the National Security Council (1977-79), focusing on nuclear proliferation, conventional arms sales policy, chemical and biological warfare, and human rights. In 1993, she returned to government as Deputy to the Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs. Research and Scholarship White Paper The Iraq Debate William Quandt, September 2007 By the fall of 2007, the Iraq debate in the United States will be in full swing. It will focus less on the past, the reasons for the war, and what has gone wrong than on the future - and not the distant future, but the next year or two. In brief, most Americans have become disenchanted with the war in Iraq and they want to see results soon that could justify the continuing cost in blood and treasure, or they want out... Read More Miller Center Forum Leading Analysts, Officials Examine Iraq and the Middle East Since the start of the Iraq War, the Miller Center's Forum program has hosted 29 events on U.S. policy in Iraq and the broader Middle East. Speakers included Brent Scowcroft, Anthony Zinni, Lawrence Eagleburger, Charles Duelfer and Admiral William Crowe... Read More Student Lesson Plans Teaching the Iraq War in the Classroom Keeping up with current events is critical to the education of middle and high school students. On behalf of the Miller Center, Lisa Iverson, M.S., a social studies educator at Cascade High School in Turner, Oregon, authored sixteen lesson plans on the Iraq War for use by educators and students... Read More Research & Analysis White PaperDebaters' WritingsMapsKey VotesPollsSurveys / ReportsAdmin. ReportsSpeechesLesson Plans Multimedia Fariborz MokhtariRajiv ChandrasekaranDexter FilkinsThomas E. 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terrymc needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 73 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
We are an expanding Mystery shopping business in Australia. We have been running for 7 years and feel as though we will benefit from a more professional logo.
Mystery Customers Pty Ltd
We are looking for a new logo for repositioning of the business. We are also currently developing a new web site and the new logo will be used for the web site, business cards, letterhead, brochures, marketing materials etc.
In terms of corporate direction and placement, we want ourselves to be perceived as modern, cutting edge, professional, innovative, and dynamic.
Our existing website is http://www.mysterycustomer.com.au which is to be completely revised but shows exactly what we do.
• Creative, classy, and have a fresh look with attention to detail
• Strong, bold, and leaves a lasting mark
• Not just plain text - icon or symbol is OK
• Professional
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• Open to colour suggestions
• Supplied in high quality vector format. Able to be used for all the above purposes.
• Logo must look good in black and white as well as colour.
• garish colours
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Systems Integration/Consulting company seeking top sales talent - over 1.5 Billion in revenues & growing! -- 23+ years in business, profitable every single quarter since inception!
Finally get paid what you're worth! Extremely lucrative sales commission structure
Top Sales folks earning 500k - 1M++ --- NO CAP
Key: Seeking seasoned Sales Person with established ENTERPRISE relationships in the Bay Area will need multiple enterprise accounts where you are considered a trusted advisor - 10-15+ years sales experience - Real Producers ONLY.
Ideal candidates have sold for major manufacturers (NetApp, EMC, IBM, NEC etc ) or DEMONSTRATED LONG-TERM SUCCESS AT A VAR
Background in hardware (preferred - one or more storage, server, virtualization, network etc )/software sales & services.
Proven/verifiable track record in earnings
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Teaching Channel Teaching Channel takes you inside America's K-12 classrooms with 5 short documentaries that showcase inspiring and effective teaching practices. Visit a multi-lingual classroom in Los Angeles where students learn to find their voice. See 6th graders on a microscopic safari. D
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Curiosity Quest "Moonridge Animal Park" Join Joel on this quest as he journeys through the Moonridge Animal Park in Big Bear, California. Watch as the Curiosity Quest crew gets up close, and personal with deer and experiences a rare, and endangered snow leopard. D
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Curiosity Quest "Movie Animatronics" Join Joel on this life-like quest as he tours the Garner Holt Productions facility where movie animatronics are made. Get a sneak-peak into all the hard-work that goes into making creatures come to life. D
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Seasons of Life "Infancy and Early Childhood" Beginning with the first years of life, the early influences of the biological and social clocks, how children develop, and how they gain confidence and curiosity are explored.G
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Grannies On Safari "India - The Golden Triangle" The Grannies venture into this fascinating subcontinent to visit one of the world's most interesting countries - India. They explore part of what is called the Golden Triangle, beginning in the city of New Delhi and then on to Agra, home of the iconic Taj Mahal, and Jaipur, a cultural hub and glistening outpost of Indian arts, architecture and culture.G
5:30 pm
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge "Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu" The Seattle-based photographer travels to northern Japan to view iconic red-crested cranes, then heads south to the mountains to take a dip in Nagano's hot springs with mischievous macaque snow monkeys. His photographic pilgrimage also includes the temples of Mt. Fugi and Koyosan.G
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Rudy Maxa's World "Thailand, Andaman Islands" Dramatic limestone cliffs and rock formations jut from translucent waters of Phang-nga Bay.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Eastern Turkey" Rick experiences a Mount Ararat sunrise, visits Abraham's 4,000-year-old home town and tours one of the world's biggest dams.G
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Re. "Commentary: Blog toes the official line (Sept. 26)": Local blogger Geoff West recently referred to a Daily Pilot article about local blogs with copious self-congratulation. (He uses the word "I" 16 or 17 times before the page jump.)
My interest piqued, the original article was sourced and read. Two things struck me while reading the article about Dennis Popp's blog.
First, the Pilot's writer surely had never read the best Costa Mesa blog ever written: former OC Weekly editor Will Swaim's tasty treat, which can be found at republicofcostamesa.com. And yes, Swaim also wrote about local bloggers in his entries. Log on and read what Swaim, an intelligent, honest-to-goodness journalist, observed about our Mr. West.
Second, it was quite amusing and worth a good laugh when it became apparent through West's references to Popp's blog that West takes credit for inventing the concept of including pictures with text. Wow, what an innovator.
Keep up the good work, Mr. Popp. If West doesn't like you, surely you must be doing something right.
Eric Bever
Costa Mesa
The writer is a former Costa Mesa mayor.
Motel story was delightful
We truly enjoyed the article on the Kon Tiki Motel ("Warm stays at the Kon Tiki," Sept. 25). Lauren Williams did an outstanding job in writing the article. It was so fun going down memory lane. We only wish our dad, George Markel, was here to enjoy it. He passed away in January. The phone has been ringing off the hook.
Betty Markel and family
Laguna Niguel
Stop the tea party 'clown car'
Now that the clown car, also known as the Republican tea party, has hijacked the government and is draining our economy of $300 million per day, leaving 800,000 without paychecks and depriving last-chance cancer trials for children at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), they must realize that they are once again on the wrong side of history.
The photo opps by these chuckleheads at the various monuments wearing their flag pins takes the cake. These miscreants are a militant fringe of one party in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, trying to nullify an established law. This is extortion and not the design of the Constitution, as they so proudly claim is divined by God.
These are the same people who do not believe in climate change, immigration reform or evolution. This is the party of angry old white guys who make the Know-Nothings of the 1850s look like enlightened beings from another planet.
They want President Obama to fail, the government to fail and the economy to fail. They do know this: Now that the Affordable Care Act is law, people will like it as they do Medicare. Give it time and again their policies will be proved wrong for America.
So keep listening to Fox News, tea party constituents, and drink your Kool-Aid prepared by the likes of the Koch brothers, Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove. They have wrecked the car.
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Some other interested readers pointed out that using numpy's RNGs in the pure Python version would sure improve the performance. Again I went back and tested it.
So without further ado, here is the new timings in the lame machine I am writing this in:
- Pure Python: 107.5 seconds
- Pure Python + Numpy: 106 seconds
- Pure Python + Numpy + storing the results in an array: 103.7 seconds
- Cython + standard library's random and math modules: 102 seconds
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On the Police Logs 05.31.12
East Hampton
An Inkberry Street resident called police Saturday morning to report that someone had stolen a concrete lion from his front porch sometime during the week. He reported a similar theft of a ceramic pot last October. The two items were together valued at $350.
On the afternoon of May 16, police responded to a call from Barry Bistrian of Bistrian Gravel Corporation on Springs-Fireplace Road, complaining of youths joyriding on ATVs in the sand mine. Mr. Bistrian said one vehicle had broken down and its owner had run away when confronted. The police impounded it. A few hours later, the owner, Jose A. Gutierrez-Sanchez, 19, of Springs, returned to the gravel company, looking for his bike, and was arrested and charged with trespassing. He was released with a ticket to appear in court at a later date.
East Hampton Village
On May 23 at about 9:15 p.m. two "suspicious" men in a gray Hyundai were reported parked outside a gas station on Montauk Highway. An officer learned that one of them worked there and was on a break, and the other was his friend who was hanging out with him.
A man turned in a MacBook he found at the side of the road on Route 114 last week. It was taken to police headquarters in Wainscott.
Police received a report a little after midnight on Friday that a teenager was sitting on the pavement at the corner of Newtown Lane and Gould Street. The youngster told an officer he was waiting for a cab. The cab came and off the youth went.
On Saturday at 3 a.m., a 25-year-old Manhattan woman told police she'd left her wallet in a taxi and didn't know the phone number, but did know the taxi's license plate number. Police contacted the driver, who found the wallet and returned it.
An officer responding to a reported altercation at a Newtown Lane house a little before 2 a.m. on Sunday found an apparently intoxicated young couple arguing over whether he was paying enough attention to her. Headquarters called a cab and the woman returned to her home in Sag Harbor. The young man went back inside the house.
Police went to a Further Lane house on Sunday afternoon after a caller reported a wild turkey on the loose inside. Officers removed the bird from the residence.
Police were sent to investigate a report of an injured seal on the jetty at Georgica Sunday evening. When an officer approached the seal splashed into the water and swam away.
Alice Gregory of Montauk Shores Condominiums reported on May 20 that her Sunbrella beach umbrella and stand, which she had just bought last summer and stored for the winter in a place accessible only from her residence, had been stolen.
Thomas Roth of South Fairview Avenue reported on May 13 that someone had stolen parts, including the propeller, off his Yamaha outboard motorboat, stored in his driveway for the winter. His neighbor, Joseph Francella, who had mowed Mr. Roth's lawn the preceding two weeks, told police everything had appeared in order the week before, but when he mowed the lawn that morning the boat and its trailer had been tipped forward. The estimated value of the stolen parts is $5,500.
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A Bull Path woman called police Saturday at noon to report that somebody had vandalized her 2003 Ferrari Spider 360. There was a puncture in a rear tire and scratches on a rear fender.
A Beach Lane resident reported Sunday night that her son's two 22-inch Penny skateboards had been stolen that evening while he was at a beach bonfire. He had left them at the end of Beach Lane. The combined value of the boards was $300.
An East Hampton woman reported that her silver iPhone, valued at $200, had been removed from her car on the afternoon of May 23 while it was parked in front of the Seafood Shop.
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Tolkin Ready for Ireland, Pacific Nations Cup
BOULDER, Colo. – It has been nearly three months since the Men's Eagles' 34-3 win against Romania in Bucharest, which marked the end of the 2012 Fall Tour. The test series win was the first for the Eagles in over a decade and saw them finishing with a 2-1 record, losing 13-22 against Tonga and winning 40-26 over Russia.
After the Romania match Head Coach Mike Tolkin said that he expected their schedule to "really pick up in May." With the announcement of the Eagles' inclusion in the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Tolkin and his team will use these matches to prepare for the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifiers. .
"It gives us a chance to play more high-level games," Tolkin said of the Pacific Nations Cup. "It's a good opportunity for us. It's going to be challenging, but it will be good for us."
As of February 11, Tonga, Fiji, Canada and Japan are ranked 12-15 in the IRB World Rankings, respectively. The Eagles are follow just behind at 16.
Tolkin's Eagles open the Pacific Nations Cup against Canada north of the border on May 24, before their only home fixture of the competition against Tonga on June 14. The venue for the Tonga match is to be determined.
"Certainly there is an extra incentive when playing against a border rival like Canada," Tolkin said. "But, for us, our outlook is going to be smart--we have to play intelligent ball, not get too hyper about the rivalry. That dies very shortly after the whistle blows when playing rugby, and if it doesn't, that's going to affect the game."
Between the Canada and Tonga matches, the Eagles will host Ireland at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas. Tolkin hopes the match against Ireland, who is currently fourth in Six Nations competition, will be a showcase for rugby in America after the success of the recent Men's Sevens World Series held in Las Vegas and the Women's Sevens World Series in Houston.
"Last year was phenomenal," Tolkin said. "The Houston community does a good job of advertising and attracting the local rugby crowd. We're hoping for a sellout."
With Ireland in the Six Nations and numerous Eagles currently abroad, Tolkin knows his players are keeping an eye on the results.
"All of the guys who are overseas know what's going on with the Six Nations. We certainly have to keep an eye on what Ireland A are doing as well, since they have the A-Level Six Nations tournament. No doubt we'll see some of those guys involved in the Ireland squad this summer, too," said Tolkin.
As for picking his own squad for the upcoming matches, Tolkin is busy following his players around the world until they convene in April.
"It can definitely be a challenge," he said regarding tracking the performances of more than 30 players. "Luckily, we get a number of Aviva Premiership games here on television, so that makes it easy. Then we have guys who send me video tape, and for the domestic guys I'll go watch games.
"The Spring Camp is a good way for the domestic guys to get their high performance workout after the season and leading into the summer. It's two-fold: It's getting the guys who have been in the squad already a good high performance camps, and it's giving the up-and-comers a good look in the high performance environment."
Tolkin has plenty of options when it comes to picking players. Team Captain Todd Clever, who finished his season with NTT Communications Shining Arcs in Japan's Top League competition in January, is an obvious selection. However, choosing an entire team to represent the Eagles is not always as simple.
"There's no set formula," Tolkin said. "If you had a good Eagles performance coming out of November, you're in a strong position to make the squad again. We have a couple of players coming off of injuries. The only player that might be out long-term is Paul Emerick."
The Eagles will gather for the first time since their Fall Tour this coming April, and again in May to prepare for the season. Locations and specific dates are still to be determined.
It will not be long before the Eagles start their qualification run for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. With the Pacific Nations Cup beginning in May, a mouth-watering matchup with Ireland in Houston in June, and other unannounced test matches to be hosted stateside, Tolkin and the Eagles will not be caught off guard.
Upcoming Matches:
Spring Camp - April 27-30th, Location TBD
Spring Camp - May 17-23, Denver, CO
Eagles vs. Canada (Pacific Nations Cup) - May 25th, Edmonton, Canada
Eagles Camp (Denver/Houston) - May 26th - June 7th
Eagles vs. Ireland (Test Match) - June 8th, Houston, TX
Tonga Prep-Camp - June 9-15th, Location TBD
Eagles vs. Tonga (Pacific Nations Cup) - June 15th, Location TBD
Eagles vs. Fiji (Pacific Nations Cup) - June 19th, Japan
Eagles vs. Japan (Pacific Nations Cup) - June 23rd, Japan


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Finally, the parents of that poor 4-month-old who got 7 of his fingers chewed off by the family ferret are being charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Originally, Ryan and Carrie Waldo of Missouri claimed that they were home sleeping when the attack took place and that the ferret never bit anyone before, but it turns out the couple left the baby home alone with the animal, even though it did in fact have a history of biting. (Have you stopped screaming yet?) So, I'm not ordinarily an eye-for-an-eye kind of gal, but child endangerment is way too weak a charge for these ingrates. In this case, the punishment must fit the crime: These parents absolutely must have their own fingers chewed off by ferrets. Rabid ones, if possible.
I can't even begin to imagine the agonizing pain that baby experienced. I mean, 7 fingers?? How long did that horror show last? The poor little thing must have screamed until his throat was raw, and still nobody came to his aid, because nobody was home?!?!?! You can't leave a 4-month-old at home alone, even if there isn't a vicious sharp-toothed pet in the house.
Hey, I'm a mom and I know accidents happen, so I usually give other parents the benefit of the doubt when freak things occur. I know all too well how possible it is to be standing right next to your kid when he slips and falls face first into the coffee table, busting open his lower lip: It takes no more than a split second for these catastrophes to transpire. But this time? No way. No benefit of the doubt. Just a small, locked cell filled with hungry ferrets -- that's all I'm willing to give these two.
How do you think the Waldos should be punished?
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New pictures from Mars show dust blowing out of a crater in the same area where NASA's rover Opportunity patrols, providing researchers with new data about Mars' dynamic weather system.
Taken by Europe's Mars Express probe in 2005 and released this week, the new Mars pictures show a 31-mile-wide (50-km) crater with black sand blowing out of the cavity. Mars Express used its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) to snap the latest red planet photos.
By looking at the dust trail, scientists can calculate the direction of the wind, which contributes to a better understanding of Martian weather at large, said Michael Wyatt, a professor of geological science at Brown University who worked with NASA on the Mars rovers.
IN PICTURES: Mars Spirit rover: What a long-range trip it's been
"If you know the direction of wind you can begin to understand weather dynamics," Wyatt said in a phone interview. "The wind on Mars is one of the most active processes for modifying the surface, and tells you a lot about the dynamics of the atmosphere."
In addition to showing wind direction, the picture also shows how recently a gust has blown across the crater, said Lori Fenton, a scientist the Carl Sagan Center who studies the wind patterns on Mars.
In 2003, a planet-wide dust storm deposited bright red grit across the entire surface. Since the black trail in the photo does not display any of that red dust, the black sand must have moved between the storm and when the HRSC snapped the photo, Fenton said.
"It's probably fairly recent, because there aren't any other craters or dust particles in the dark stuff," Fenton said in a phone interview.
Researchers have looked for clues about Martian weather in dust-strewn craters for decades, but few of those older images captured the detail and complexity exhibited in this most recent picture.
"People have studied these types of things for decades, and there are hundreds and hundreds of craters on Mars where people have studied wind streaks," Wyatt said. "But these are some of the most beautiful and detailed pictures I have ever seen of it."
That added detail allows researcher to see the effects of wind both inside and outside the crater, Fenton said.
While the dust blowing out of the crater clearly points in one direction, it appears that some of the black sand within in the crater has blown in another direction. This indicates wind swirling around inside the crater itself, Fenton said.
The crater rests in a Puerto Rico-sized area of Mars called the Meridiani Planum.
Observations of the Meridiani Planum showed an abundance of minerals associated with water. Water's relationship to both life and fascinating geological processes makes the area one of the most interesting sites on the planet, and a natural location for exploration by both the European Space Agency and NASA, Wyatt said.
- Gallery - Martian Photos From Mars Express
- Most Amazing Mars Rover Discoveries
- Mars as Seen by Spirit and Opportunity, Part 2
IN PICTURES: Mars Spirit rover: What a long-range trip it's been


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Ligue 1: Marseille 0 Nice 1
Valentin Eysseric's dinked free-kick helped Nice end a four-match winless run in Ligue 1 in a 1-0 triumph at Marseille.
With Nice struggling at the wrong end of the table, Marseille had entered the encounter at the Stade Velodrome as favourites, but Eysseric settled the encounter in favour of the visitors with his well-measured set-piece in the 66th minute.
Claude Puel's men could have taken the lead as early as 12 seconds, Dario Cvitanich pounced on a loose pass before flashing a shot over the crossbar from the edge of the box.
The hosts then had a shout for a penalty when Gregoire Puel appeared to handball in the area when sliding to make a tackle.
Marseille then went close as the lively Florian Thauvin hit a half-volley that forced David Ospina into a smart near-post save.
Saber Khelifa replaced Andre Ayew shortly before half-time, and the forward flicked just wide at the near post in the 49th minute.
Nice would make the home side pay for their profligacy in the 66th minute, as Eysseric neatly lifted the ball over the wall into the bottom left-hand corner past the despairing Steve Mandanda.
Thauvin almost orchestrated an equaliser, cutting in from the right to drag a left-foot shot wide but, ultimately, Marseille were unable to claw their way back into the match.
It marks the third time this season Nice have defeated Marseille, following a 1-0 win in the reverse Ligue 1 fixture, and a 5-4 triumph in the Coupe de France.
The win lifts Nice into 11th, though a raft of sides are yet to play this weekend, while Marseille's grasp on fifth is now under threat.


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We are privileged to be afforded the inside story by Mr. Meyer of the trial of Harry Redknapp. Without Harry's acquittal then there would be no 'Harry for England' furore. 'Not Guilty' and the rest is History. This is a preferable 'Inside Story' than the other one that Greg could be writing. God Bless you Mr. Kelsey-Fry; you've earn't that fag.
The Greg Meyer Column.
Friday 10 Febuary 2012.
An Away Win At Southwark ... What a Team ... What A Bench ... Goings On In The Jury Room.
The pre-game warm up was almost as fascinating as the game itself. However unlike your normal pre match hitout full of jocular player banter the manoeuverings at Southwark County Court were deadly serious.
The HMRC team captained by John Black QC was challenged from the kick off by "Super Silk" John Kelsey-Fry QC. The prosecution case was based around News of the World interviews clandestinely conducted by reporter Rob Beasley. The defence claimed that in framing his questions to Mr. Redknapp reporter Beasley was relying on information previously sourced from HMRC or the police.
Entrapment seemed an apt description. Kelsey-Fry submitted it was "repugnant to all basic instincts of fairness in the criminal justice process." Team Redknapp attempted to have the evidence ruled inadmissible. Those submissions were made before the referee, Judge Leonard, in a voire dire. All in the absence of the jury.
However the referee saw no foul play and allowed the evidence to be led. Mind in his summing up he did comment on the distaste the jury may feel regards News of the World's methods.
With those wise words and other judicial exhortations ringing in their ears the eight men and four women jurors retired to the jury room on the afternoon of day twelve. They retired in complete ignorance that but less than 4 months earlier a similar little earnest band of 12 jurors had been in exactly the same position.
On October 20, 2011 after under 3 hours of deliberation a unanimous verdict of not guilty was returned in the tax evasion case involving Peter Storrie and Milan Mandaric. That result had been suppressed by Court order until the conclusion of the trial of Mandaric and Redknapp. Portsmouth FC and tax again were central elements.
Our pub wonder whether the same suppression order might have been made if Storrie and Mandaric had been convicted.
The outpourings of indignation and outrage by Team Redknapp after the verdict has an air of plausibility. Five years in the making. Two trials and two unanimous acquittals.No lengthy deliberation required in either. Indeed in Storries trial it seems the jury went to lunch before coming back with the verdict. That was to extend matters a little so as to not completely embarrass the prosecution.
A trial built upon a reporter from that erstwhile bastion of journalistic morals. Well now a defunct bastion. Beasley told the jury a lot of his information came from an unnamed source after eight thousand readies had been passed over. He proudly confided to the jurors his interviewing technique included "kidology" and "journalistic licence". No wonder John Kelsey- Fry QC had a field day in cross examination.
John Black QC for the home team described the Beasley interview as " the most compelling and important evidence in this case." With ammunition of that calibre then it was no wonder the case collapsed. Indeed how it ever got to kick off is amazing.
Henry James Redknapp made constant proud reference to his cockney heritage. Our pub cannot but ponder on the parrallels with another proud cockney wheeler dealer.
The Case of the Unknown Jury Foreman ... Surely Arthur Daley Was Not On Arry's Jury ... An Insider Speaks.
Purely comedic pub ramblings and conjecture of course. If you are not familiar with the famous Minder episode where Uncle Arthur demonstrates skills of persuasion in the jury room that leave even our own "Kelsey" in the shade then check out the link below.
Our lawyer opines that Arthur's mercurial debating skills were probably not needed in the jury room. Then again some of HMRC vs Redknapp sprang straight from an episode on Minder. Rosie the beloved bulldog. A man destined to manage England self confessed as being possessed of the comprehension skills of a two year old. Mind the last manager did not have english comprehension as a strong point. Good in foreign languages of course.
No we prefer to lay the praise where its due...
John Kelsey-Fry QC , Counsel Extraordinaire.
He's the Man. Well worth a second look.
If you have to ask the fee you can't afford him.
Lawyer to the stars and probably with an ex client tonight celebrating her 44th birthday. Sharon Stone no less.
Lawyer to the stars and probably with an ex client tonight celebrating her 44th birthday. Sharon Stone no less.
Certainly many a glass been raised in his honour this week ...
At A Kent Pub.
Surely the late show at the Lane this Saturday will be a celebration of relief, of unbridled joy, of Spurs style and three more points. You can bet the fans will be singing a certain managers name. You can bet he will smile and wave back.
Be a shame if Newcastle spoil the party. We should have some quality returning. They have some out including,Tiote (Afrikan Cup), Cabaye (suspended) and Best and Taylor injured.
United play Liverpool, Chelsea are away to Everton and Sunderland host Arsenal. Potential there to make some ground if we run out winners.
Cheers ... if we can beat the might of HMRC then surely our momentum will do for Newcastle ... Greg Meyer. coys.
Video spot.
Another East End boy made good. Political correctness? What political Correctness?
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Another East End boy made good. Political correctness? What political Correctness?


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Rain Limited Some Planting of Crops in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Rain limited the ability for farmers in some areas of South Dakota to plant crops last week.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that producers had on average only 4.9 days suitable for fieldwork.
Winter wheat was jointed at 76 percent and headed at 39 percent. This is behind last year's pace of 99 percent and the average of 73 percent. Winter wheat conditions were rated 34 percent very poor, 21 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 15 percent good and 0 percent excellent.
Ninety-five percent of cattle were reported as moved to pasture compared to 90 percent the week before.
Pasture and range conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 8 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 52 percent good and 10 percent excellent.
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ANGEL - A Nonequilibrium Green Function Solver for LEDs
An MPI-parallelized implementation of 1-D NEGF for heterostructures. Includes off-diagonal scattering. Effective mass band structure for electrons and holes. The online tool only provides basic NEGF functionality without scattering.
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Introducing ANGEL, a Nonequilibrium Green's Function code aimed at describing LEDs. ANGEL uses a description close to the classic NEMO-1D paper (Lake et al., JAP 81, 7845 (1997)) to model quantum transport in a light-emitting diode (LED). ANGEL is the first 1D-heterostructure NEGF to include the coupling of electrons with a multi-mode light field to have spontaneous light emission. Since this scattering mechanism is highly nonlocal, a diagonal scattering approximation like the one encountered in most, if not all, simulators would be invalid. ANGEL has the ability to choose how many off-diagonals are included in the scattering self-energies. Featured scattering mechanisms are polar optical phonons, acoustic phonons, ionized impurities, a phenomenological momentum relaxation mechanism invented by Roksana Golizadeh, and the mentioned photon scattering. This functionality requires enormous computing power, and to keep it feasible some components had to be limited to very simple descriptions. ANGEL currently implements an effective mass band structure for both electrons and holes, although it is prepared to have more sophisticated continuum Hamiltonians like the multiband k.p Hamiltionians which are so successful in optoelectronics. ANGEL is MPI-parallelized in energy space and is a modular, highly object-oriented code to easily exchange individual components. The Online tool only features basic NEGF functionality without scattering as of now. ANGEL was developed by Sebastian Steiger in 2008-09 during his PhD at the Integrated Systems Laboratory, ETH Zurich.
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Current and former hoops standouts from area schools took to the court last Tuesday evening as action got underway in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women's NCAA Summer Basketball League.
Teams in the league aren't allowed to have more than three players from any one Division I college on their roster, but that limit doesn't apply to Division II teams. This summer the "Ash Gray" squad includes five Chestnut Hill College athletes, along with 2011 Springside graduate Brenna Coll, who has just finished her freshman year at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown.
The Orange team is composed entirely of women from Philadelphia University, which belongs to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference along with Chestnut Hill. A new addition for Philly U. for the coming year is shooting guard Monica Schacker, a 2011 Germantown Academy grad who has transferred in from the University of New Haven.
Another CACC franchise, Holy Family University, is playing summer league ball as a single unit and is designated Royal Blue. Team Gold, chiefly a mixture of Division I and Division III players, includes guard Bridget Higgins, who just graduated from Mount St. Joseph Academy earlier this month. She'll be attending the University of Pittsburgh, where she will try her luck as a walk-on.
The two-time defending league champions, now back to their old name of "Lime" Green after being designated "Kelly" Green in 2011, features Mount St. Joe alumna Elle Hagedorn (Harvard '13) and is coached by her father, Ted, along with Tom Freedman. The line-up for the Limeys also includes former Girls Inter-Ac League stars such as Academy of Notre Dame's Katie Kuester (St. Joseph's '12) and Devon Kane (Villanova '13), along one of the younger Hagedorn's former foes in the Catholic Academies League, Nazareth grad Lindsay Fluehr (Scranton '15).
On Tuesday, Team Ted jumped out early against Royal Blue (Holy Family), who had to call a time-out with 6:41 left in the first half after falling behind 24-6. The gap continued to grow, however, with Lime leading 32-10 at the half and ultimately winning, 72-37. Meg Pearson (Archbishop Carroll/Villanova) netted all of her team-high 15 points on three-point field goals, and Dana Mitchell (Pennsbury/St. Bonaventure) had 14 points.
Only two of the five CHC players rostered on Ash Gray showed up on Tuesday, rising sophomore guard Lila Jones and junior transfer Aimee Bouie. Bouie is a 6'1" post player who is coming in from Eastern Kentucky University. Their opponent, Higgins' Gold team, was hampered by the fact that its Division I players (from Lehigh and St. Joseph's) were no-shows, and several of them were power forwards or centers. This left the Gold group "short" in more ways than one.
Ash Gray turned a 36-15 halftime advantage into a 69-39 victory, as the speedy, high-leaping Jones rang up 17 points. Higgins put up six points for the gold, who were led by an 11-point effort from fellow guard Lauren Ruhl (Methacton/Lebanon Valley).
The Orange (Phila. U.) team hung with a Purple squad that included a number of Division I players, but finally succumbed, 58-51. Orange got 10 points from Kristen Blye and seven apiece from Tori Arnao and Taylor Peltzer, while Purple was paced by a pair of Division I forwards, Addie Micir from Princeton (11 points) and Marisa Repasch from Lehigh (nine.)


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Last week the price of the white metal (COMEX:SIU13) climbed to an over two-week high after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman said its huge stimulus program would stay in place for some time. Investors are now focused on Ben Bernanke once again.
"The main focus is Bernanke's testimony to the Congress, and that should really give us more guidance to whether tapering will start in September or December," Danske Bank analyst Christin Tuxen said.
Could this above-mentioned event trigger a breakout above the important resistance level? Or maybe the worst is not behind us and we will see further declines in silver?
Recently, there has been much talk about gold's price. This has pushed silver a little bit to the side, which we don't think is quite fair. Because of that, we devote our today's analysis solely to the white metal. Let's take a look at the charts and find out what's the current outlook for silver.
Today we will start with the analysis of the silver long-term (charts courtesy by http://stockcharts.com).
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In this week's very long-term silver chart, we have a situation somewhat similar to what we saw happen with gold last week. Silver also moved higher and attempted to move above the declining resistance line, finally closing right at it (a few cents below the $20 level) without breaking it.
Technically, at this time we have no breakout, so the situation remains bearish (even the short-term trend). The downtrend will remain in place here unless silver can increase and hold a breakout above the $20.70 price level (this is a short-term resistance level based on the intra-day highs).
In the recent days we haven't seen such action. Therefore, in our opinion last week's rally was nothing more than a contra-trend bounce.


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More On Why I Started This Blog
I am a retired aerospace engineer living near Los Angeles. I began serious study of my family history in 1993 and since then have accumulated a vast amount of data about my various family lines. As with many genealogists, I found the thrill of the chase and excitement of new discoveries to be much more fun than the drudgery of properly organizing the data, documenting each source, and entering it into my genealogy database. In addition we have been taught that, ideally, this work should be completed and thoroughly analyzed before one begins to write a quality family history.
For many of us, real life gets in the way. After retiring from my day job in 2005, I thought that now there would be plenty of time to begin doing my genealogy work "properly". Trouble was, in the meantime I had undertaken some significant volunteer commitments, pursued my growing interests in American history, and joined a vibrant and active church community. All of this was in addition to family commitments, deferred upgrade and maintenance tasks on our family home, and various reunions and other fun things, not to mention my long-term involvement with amateur (ham) radio.
As a result of all of this, by 2008 I had made only a few sporadic attempts to share my genealogical discoveries with family and friends, but these efforts left much to be desired. I had also absorbed the idea of publishing my family history information in smaller, bite-sized pieces and had come to the realize that this was the only way I was going to be able to begin properly organizing and documenting my previous work while also starting to share it with family and other interested parties.
By then tools had also been developed that make it extremely easy to begin publishing one's genealogical information as a web page on the Internet, especially in the form of a blog. I concluded this was the best way for me to proceed, and the result is this blog, established at the beginning of 2009.
More specific information about the planned content of this blog can be found in my first post, "Welcome to Jay's Genealogy Blog" in the archive for January. I hope you find the work presented here both interesting and informative, and I solicit your comments and suggested improvements. You can respond by using the blog's comment feature or by emailing me at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Fix #394271 - Drop dead link; AFS has been discontinued by IBM since 2005. Thanks to Miguel de Val-Borro for reporting.
#379883 - Removing link attribute from guide element as it is not used anymore. Next step will be to remove it from DTD
final touchup from bug 176407, thanks stefaan
Fixed typo, tx ewoud
Update from #176407
#110883 - Huge update to OpenAFS guide, thanks to stefaan. This is a Gentoo Doc Overnight Express Delivery on the request of seemant.
bumped version
#108338 OpenAFS updated
#97481 - Add information on -syslog argument
Fix coding style, no content change
Fix pre captions
Add bits about PAM <-> AFS
Fixed typo
The partitions are vicep[a-z], not vice[a-z]. Also add a note on a possible error ppl receive quite often
Fixed coding style due to the forthcoming DTD enforcement. Sorry for all the translators :) (including me, argh)
CellServDB should only contain spaces, not tabs. Tx 2 Christophe Bernard, mailed to email@example.com and confirmed by some mails in the OpenAFS mailinglist
Added $Header$ cvs tag -- NO CONTENT CHANGE
Fixed some typos, fixed sys-fs to net-fs
Fix bug #30869
Add license information
Fixed typo, Authentification -> Authentication Bug# 29530
Move of filesystem related packages to sys-fs/
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Americans need to stop living beyond their means, both in government and their personal lives. For decades, we have spent and consumed much more than we produced, borrowing the difference from abroad.
In 2010, our negative trade balance of payments exceeded $8 trillion while our total federal debt outstanding was almost $9.5 trillion — or 65% of gross domestic product (GDP). The Federal Reserve estimates that the total debt of American companies, households and governments combined has surpassed $52.5 trillion.
The biggest threat to our economic future lies in the three major entitlement programs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, all of which will expand to claim more federal dollars as our population ages. These three funds and other mandatory spending consumed 10% of GDP in 2010. That is expected to rise to 12% in 2021 and approach 16% in 2036.
If federal outlays rise as forecast by the Congressional Budget Office, those major entitlements will increase from about 4% of federal spending in 2010 to 49% in 2021, forcing all other government activities to cut back sharply.
There has been much talk about the nation's deficits and debt recently, but a major obstacle to coping with future entitlements is that most Americans cherish them and other federal benefits.
Old habits die hard
In recent Gallup and Pew polls, 60% of voters indicated that maintaining entitlement programs at current levels was more important than reducing federal deficits. And many U.S. households and businesses receiving tax subsidies and other government benefits strongly resist having them reduced — even in order to lower deficits.
The Business Roundtable favors cutting business tax rates, but recommends greatly expanding federal spending that aids its members. Meanwhile, American farmers want to continue receiving subsidies and protective tariffs.
Motorists want low gas prices, so they oppose increasing gas taxes. But that tax is too low to maintain the nation's roads and bridges. Unionized government employees want to keep receiving higher benefits than their private-sector counterparts, although many states can't keep funding such benefits.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is lobbying to retain the mortgage interest deduction for homeowners with one or two homes. In 2008, the mortgage interest deduction cost the federal government more than $88 billion.
In 2009, more than 82% of that subsidy went to homeowners in the top 20th percentile of taxpayers whose average income was $168,000 and whose average mortgage interest deduction was $2,357. Only 0.06% of the deduction went to homeowners in the lowest-earning 20%, where the average mortgage interest deduction benefit was $2.
In 2008, homeowners retained $30 billion from the exclusion of capital gains on home sales, and $29.5 billion from the exclusion of local and state property taxes. So, the total tax benefit to mostly wealthy homeowners in 2008 was collectively $147.5 billion.
Because more than 60% of U.S. households own homes, it is politically impossible to end the mortgage interest deduction. But the NAR even opposes shifting the deduction to a tax credit, which would provide the same benefit per dollar of mortgage interest paid, regardless of the owner's tax bracket.
The desire to keep benefits unchanged affects both political parties. Democrats are reluctant to cut entitlements. Republicans refuse to raise taxes, but most economists say revenue increases are crucial. Apparently most Americans won't accept reductions in government programs that benefit them.
A call for shared sacrifice
In the past, millions of Americans have made sacrifices when challenged. Some examples are 1776, the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, and 9/11. To avoid a worsening economic crisis, more of us must be willing to accept some austerity. Unfortunately, few of our elected officials grasp the necessity.
Our leaders need to persuade many Americans that they can't keep living on money borrowed from abroad or taxes paid by others. The millions who remain unemployed, or are fighting overseas, are already making sacrifices. The rest of us should be willing to make sacrifices to prevent our economic situation from getting worse.


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The Saints now have 12 weeks and two days to nail down a new contract with Saints coach Sean Payton before he potentially becomes a free agent.
(How 'bout them Cowboys?)
Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune has provided an update on the situation that could end up being misconstrued if not read carefully. Triplette's item contains no hard news; otherwise, it wouldn't have been subsumed within a broader collection of pre-weekend takes.
Indeed, Triplett's item is analysis, not news. And that's fine. But let's not assume that Triplett's potentially spot-on analysis is anything other than potentially spot-on analysis.
Triplett writes that Payton "probably won't make an immediate decision on whether or not to sign a new contract with the Saints, since he'll want to keep his options open." Likewise, Triplette explains that "the Saints probably won't push too forcefully for Payton to either sign a new deal or honor his previous agreement that was signed but rejected by the NFL," and that "[i]f Payton wanted to make a move for family reasons, the Saints likely wouldn't want to force him to stay against his will."
Triplett's read on the situation mirrors Peter King's explanation from the most recent Football Night in America. King explained that Payton's divorce has turned contentious, that custody issues are emerging, and that Payton most likely won't stray beyond the Dallas-New Orleans corridor.
It all adds up to a potential tug-o-war between the Saints and the Cowboys over Payton. While the Saints have dibs on doing a deal with Payton, Payton's leverage won't be maximized until we know whether the Cowboys job is open after the season ends, and whether the Saints feel compelled to overpay for Payton based on the outcome of a season without him.
Though fans surely want to see this one end sooner rather than later, the Saints have shown in the past a willingness to play things out, even if it hurts them in the long run. But if the Saints apply the same stubbornness they demonstrated during the Drew Brees negotiations, Payton potentially will have the viable Door No. 2 that Brees didn't.
Payton's leverage evaporates if the Cowboys make it to the playoffs. And so Saints fans may have divided loyalties when the two teams get together in Texas two days before Christmas: Cheer for the Saints and risk losing Payton permanently, or pull for the Cowpokes even if it means no postseason for the Saints in 2012.


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Here's a conversation that I can imagine occurring if only people would come together to examine the current bases of our local tournament chess culture. It is put here also because I really would like you to read this and discuss the main ideas with your friends. If you care to post here, I hope we can find where is the truth in this matter. Maybe my presumptions are not correct. I like a good discussion. Have at it..
WCF, OCF and various NW Chess club organizers: Hey, fella, we'd like to encourage you to play in our next tourney. We have special class prizes for newcomers.
Amateur player: I'd like to play in a chess tournament one of these days, but with all the many things I have going on, I can't be away from home for that long.
WCF/OCF: Whaddya mean? Surely you can try out two six-hour games each day. Maybe we can squeeze in one more for you at a shorter time control as well on Saturday. You'll get your money's worth.
Amateur player: Yeah, I understand what you mean, but time is money, and so I'd like to economize a bit. I can play only about four hours in a day. Got anything for me? I can play on the internet, you know, any time I want to.
WCF/OCF: We know the internet. Chances are you've been playing against someone secretly using his favorite chess engine. Come on and play out in the open with the real he-men of chess, twelve hours-a-day men. OTB chess is the best!!
Amateur: Sorry, guys. You aren't being realistic. I have (choose among) a girl-friend, a wife, a wife and kids, a job I need to be refreshed for on Monday.
WCF/OCF: Okay, we'll see you around, but whenever you get a chance, stop by to see the real deal.
Amateur: Well, I am an avid chess news reader, and I was just following Nakamura's win over there in San Sebastian, in Spain. His games were played with the regimen of 40 moves in 90 minutes, and then 30 minutes more for the rest of the game, with thirty seconds increments per move throughout. The games weren't more than five hours a day, and they were the best. Three former FIDE world champions in the field, and some other GMs, and Naka. Man, I think it is reasonable that an amateur would start out at a limit of four hours of chess per day. When you come up with a compromise from your Iron Man attitudes, let me know.
WCF/OCF: We heard about the Canadian Open. Game in 90 minutes, with thirty seconds increments throughout. But that's not the real quality, he-man chess that we like here, like we've been playing for decades. You've heard about the great GM Portisch's take on that, eh? He says the current FIDE rules have killed the end-game and its artistry. He decries those time controls. We've got his back.
Amateur: But the Canadian Open had top-flight players who weren't afraid to put their ratings and skill on the line. They had Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams, Ni Hua, and Surya Ganguly, and more. Talk about end-game artistry. Check out Rd 5 Shirov-Panjwani. Those games were no longer than four hours approximately, and because it was one game a day, if it were here, I could be with my family soon thereafter, and not have the regrets your typical tournament schedule entails.
WCF/OCF: One game a day, week-long tourneys are special, and cost a lot to put on. And none of us officers of the WCF want to work that hard to put it together. Maybe later on, sometime in the next decade or two. Yeah. How's this for our slogan? By the year 2025, if we're still alive!! Zager & Evans, not. Ha, Ha... Well, we OCF officers can still revel in the glory that Ralph Hall brought to Portland and the OCF when he brought the US Open to Portland in 1988 or 89, even if we weren't that much involved then.
Amateur: Well, what about the typical club? What have they been doing? What kind of response have they been getting for their two-day, five round events?
TCC Organizer: Well, our last one offered up to twenty hours of chess for $30 in advance. That was the Evergreen Open. Great value, but because we had only eleven show up to play, the first prize was only about $60. Let's see, looking at the cross-table there were only 23 chess games played that weekend.
Amateur: I can tell you right away. Twenty hours is way too much, and I don't know anything about your playing site. If your playing site is not comfortable and clean I'll make my stay there even shorter. Maybe if you made your tourney shorter, lowered the entry fee slightly, and informed others about your changes you'd draw more players to participate, and can have bigger prizes.
PCC Organizer: Our last one was the Summer Open, on the same weekend as yours, and ha ha, we topped you. We offered up to twenty-four hours of chess, for $30 in advance, and it cost even less if you were a PCC member.
Amateur: If life's activities were only decided by the per hour cost, it would sound like a bargain, but that isn't the way I choose to live. How many players did you get, and were the prizes based on any attendance number?
PCC Organizer: We got ten players in the Open and nineteen in the reserve. Not bad, until you realize the prizes were based on 40 players entering.
Amateur: Do you think that other potential players might be in just as tight a fix as me regarding how much time they can put into this? I'd say you should reduce the number of rounds to four, with each round being no more than four hours long, and I might have a chance of participating once every two or three months. There may be a hundred or more guys out there like me in Portland alone. If you could get some of them to show up periodically, that could double your monthly turnout. You'll have to go out and market this change in a different way. You'll have to go to places you don't visit now. They won't come to you. It will take some brain-storming, and you may need to get some more members to work on this project. Maybe your OCF has the smarts, and the organization skill, and the will to win this.
SCC Organizer: Heh, heh, our last tourney, the Emerald City Open, had 47 players. Not bad, n'est-ce pas?
Amateur: What were the prizes based upon?
SCC Organizer: We exceeded the base of 40 entries. Our entry fee was $33 in advance, $9 less for SCC members, and we offered up to a whopping 30 hours of chess, but they had to play Friday night also, although some might have taken the two-day option, and only had up to 26 hours of play-time.
Amateur: At first glance, you Seattleites seem to be stronger and more enduring than the Portland or Tacoma players. But you are drawing from a huge local population. Measured against that, your turnout may have been paltry.
SCC Organizer: We are known as the True Old Guard preserving the best traditions of chess. Maybe some day GM Portisch could be invited to our club as we uphold along with our good friend, that jolly organizer in Reno, the memory of the dying standard of seven-hour games. Ah, can you imagine, up to fourteen hours of serious chess every day for three days? Valhalla, here we come!! When's the next Reno event? Alas, such high quality is not always appreciated by the many.
Amateur: I know you offer byes. How many players took them? And couldn't this be a sign that your event is too long?
SCC Organizer: In the Open section we had eight half-point byes which isn't too bad. In the Reserve we had eleven half-point byes and three full-point byes. I still think that is good. They came, and for the most part, stayed to play.
Amateur: This long time control and long tourney is all in the name of providing the proper setting for good, fighting chess. Right? How many Masters and Experts registered to play?
SCC Organizer: There were no Masters, and just two Experts played.
Amateur: Maybe the best players voted with their feet about your tournament conditions. Did you ever think to ask those high-rated players about how they now feel about the length of the tourneys that you offer at the chess club? Their situations probably have changed since the hallowed days of yore. I hope you'll ask not only those strong players you see occasionally, but also those who haven't been around for years. When you have considered the players lost for many years, and adopt a policy to attract as many new players as possible to your events, let me know what you have come up with.
WCF/OCF and NW club organizers: You mean: Call you, because you won't call us? Don't know. We aren't used to trying very hard to get people.
Amateur: Well, don't worry much about me. Even more appalling is that you apparently don't have much of a plan to get graduating scholastics or junior chess players to stay with tournament chess at least occasionally. Maybe part of what I've been saying applies to them, but surely if you'd like to increase the number of active tournament chess players you would put a lot of thinking into this. Good luck. Nice chatting with you.
WCF/OCF: Golly. Maybe we'd better use our resources, like the NWC Forum, and ask our players about their ideas. Maybe we'd better tell them in the magazine what we've really been up to, and how we really conduct our business. Change might be asked for. Are we afraid of change?


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