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WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- With polls showing President Obama and Mitt Romney locked in a desperately close race for the presidency, will voter identification laws suppress the Democratic vote and cost Obama the election, or will they simply cut down on voter fraud as Republicans contend?
What effect, if any, will the court challenges to state voter ID laws have on the laws' impact, given the short window before the November balloting. What will the U.S. Supreme Court do and how quickly? By law the high court has to hear the appeals of the challenges.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder laid down the gauntlet for the administration in his speech to the NAACP annual convention in Houston July 10.
"As many of you know, yesterday was the first day of trial in a case that the state of Texas filed against the Justice Department, under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, seeking approval of its proposed voter ID law. After close review, the department found that this law would be harmful to minority voters -- and we rejected its implementation.
"Under the proposed law, concealed handgun licenses would be acceptable forms of photo ID -- but student IDs would not," Holder said. "Many of those without IDs would have to travel great distances to get them -- and some would struggle to pay for the documents they might need to obtain them."
Holder said some recent studies show only 8 percent of white voting age citizens nationally lack a government-issued ID, while 25 percent of African-American voting age citizens lack one.
"But let me be clear: We will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right," Holder said.
The Texas challenge trial ended in a Washington courtroom earlier this month. Under the Voting Rights Act, the Lone Star State and and 15 other states, mostly in the South, must receive approval from the U.S. attorney general or a Washington federal court for changes in voting procedures because of past discrimination.
The three-judge panel in the Washington court is expected to rule next month -- early enough for Texas to implement the law for the November election should the state win its case, The Houston Chronicle reported. But any verdict by the panel would probably be appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could issue a stay with the votes of five of the nine justices.
Given the skepticism expressed by the Washington judges -- challengers said some voters, particularly Hispanic, would have to travel 100 miles to get their government-issued IDs, even if they're free -- Texas' chances in the Washington court aren't good. But given the five-justice conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court, the state's chances before the high court are somewhat better.
The Supreme Court could combine the Texas case with another involving a South Carolina law similar to the Texas photo ID law, which is scheduled to be heard before a three-judge court in Washington next month. Or the justices could put the South Carolina case on hold until the Texas case is decided.
Across the country, 11 states have enacted voter ID laws driven by Republican-led initiatives, and 20 or so others are considering them.
An editorial in the Los Angeles Times this month, like Holder, scoffs at Republican claims the laws are designed to prevent voter fraud.
"Twelve years after disputes about hanging chads and butterfly ballots [in Bush vs. Gore] cast doubt on the credibility of the outcome of a presidential election," the editorial said, "the integrity of the election process again has become a partisan issue. If the race between President Obama and Mitt Romney is a close one, look for the losing side to blame the outcome on either fraud or voter suppression. At this point the latter looks to be the bigger problem."
The editorial goes on to say: "The question, however, is whether that sort of fraud is widespread enough to justify imposing a requirement that could disenfranchise a significant number of qualified voters. That case has not been made, and the evidence is overwhelming that recent photo ID laws -- and other legislation likely to reduce turnout -- are politically motivated."
The editorial says, "In an embarrassing display of candor, the Republican leader of Pennsylvania's House, in rattling off a series of legislative accomplishments, said, 'Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania -- done!'"
Hey wait a minute, the liberal-leaning The New Republic says.
Writing under the headline "Will Voter ID Laws Cost Obama Re-election?" writer Nate Cohn says 9.2 percent of registered voters in Pennsylvania "lack photo identification, including 18 percent of registered voters in heavily Democratic Philadelphia. But these flashy numbers might be misleading. If voter ID laws have consequences for voter turnout, they're difficult to detect."
Studies after the 2006 midterm elections indicated a slight link between voter ID laws and lower turnout, but even given the minority push for Obama in 2008, "The final [opinion] polls [in voter ID states Georgia and Indiana] were dead-on. If voters were turned away at the polls," Cohn says in the magazine, "it wasn't enough to sway the results. Potential voters might have been dissuaded due to their lack of identification, but since the polls were accurate, they must not have been included in polls of likely voters. For that same reason, the pre-election polls should remain accurate in 2012."
To add to the confusion, there's no real U.S. Supreme Court precedent to rely on.
In 2008's Crawford vs. Marion County, the justices by a vote of 6-3 approved Indiana's voter ID law, brushing aside Democratic challenges.
But the prevailing opinion was written by liberal Justice John Paul Stevens, and only two other members of the court, conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, joined it.
Stevens said Indiana has a legitimate interest in protecting the integrity of its elections, and protecting the public's confidence in elections. Stevens dismissed concerns that majority Republicans in the Legislature were trying to suppress the Democratic vote -- their motive didn't matter.
"While the record contains no evidence that the fraud [the voter ID law] addresses -- in-person voter impersonation at polling places -- has actually occurred in Indiana," Stevens conceded, "such fraud has occurred in other parts of the country, and Indiana's own experience with voter fraud in a 2003 mayoral primary demonstrates a real risk that voter fraud could affect a close election's outcome."
Stevens said, "Because Indiana's [photo ID] cards are free, the inconvenience of going to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, gathering required documents and posing for a photograph does not qualify as a substantial burden on most voters' right to vote, or represent a significant increase over the usual burdens of voting."
Three conservative court members, Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, joined in the judgment but not in Stevens' opinion. In a separate opinion, they said Indiana's voter ID law should be upheld because its overall burden is minimal and justified.
Three liberal justices dissented. Justice David Souter, joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said the Indiana voter ID law "threatens to impose non-trivial burdens on the voting right of tens of thousands of the state's citizens ... and a significant percentage of those individuals are likely to be deterred from voting."
He added Indiana officials "fail to justify the practical limitations placed on the right to vote, and the law imposes an unreasonable and irrelevant burden on voters who are poor and old."
Dissenting separately, Justice Stephen Breyer said, "I believe the statute is unconstitutional because it imposes a disproportionate burden upon those eligible voters who lack a driver's license or other statutorily valid form of photo ID."
How the justices would vote when they hear the challenge to the Texas voter ID law is uncertain. Stevens and Souter have retired -- replaced by fellow liberals, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, a Hispanic, and Elena Kagan.
The contours of the Texas case are significantly different from the Indiana case, with evidence introduced at trial of significant burdens for rural Hispanics.
However, if the court rules along its 5-4 ideological fault line -- if some liberal or some conservative doesn't break ranks -- the decision might be thrown onto the brush pile of political rulings that continue to diminish the Supreme Court's reputation.


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[Cliff Lee] would be worth $21 million or $22 million a year from an average major-league team, according to J.C. Bradbury, author of the book "The Baseball Economist" and a professor at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
But over his eight career postseason starts, Mr. Lee is 7-0 with a 1.26 ERA, placing him among the most dominant October pitchers in major-league history.
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Major League Baseball's revenue grow by a rough average of 9% each year. Assuming that players' salaries rise at the same rate, Dr. Bradbury said, Mr. Lee could command as much as $32 million in annual salary over a five-year contract from an elite franchise.
This estimate is based on Lee's past performance during the regular season. His post-season performance might make him a little more valuable to an acquiring team due to his added star potential, but the main reason he's going to get a big paycheck is that for the past three years he's been good no matter when he's pitched. The first number is based on his addition to an average club, the latter includes his added value to a winning club like the Yankees. The estimates are derived from the same method that I use in Chapter 7 of Hot Stove Economics to project C.C. Sabathia's worth at the time he signed his free-agent deal with the Yankees.
Many people feel that New York is Lee's most likely destination; however, the Yankees face the hurdle of the luxury tax, excuse me "Competitive Balance" Tax.
If they do, the tax's rate will be 40%. For every $20 million the Yankees might pay Mr. Lee, then, they'd actually be spending $28 million.
"Let's say another team wants him and isn't going to have to pay the luxury tax," Dr. Bradbury said. "If they offer him a $22 million-a-year deal, they're really paying less money out of their pocket than the Yankees. The Yankees [might] say, 'To give you $22 million, we're going to have to spend $30 million off our budget, so it's not worth it.' "
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There seems to be a typo in your last block quote: "… $30 off our budget…"
Since when did the Yankees have a budget?
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The Yankees have a budget – its just a whole lot bigger than every other team. Guess that happens when your team's revenue is twice the second place team's revenue. As a note, the Yanks are not spending some out of control amount of money on payroll. Per Forbes, the percentage of revenue spent on salaries in MLB is 46.6%….the Yankees spend at a clip of 46.9% of their revenue on payroll. Seems right in line to me.
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Want Want China Times Group chairman Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明) said yesterday Academia Sinica's Yu Ying-shih (余英時) was misguided in his perception of the group, adding that Yu's recent remarks about China's attempt to buy Taiwanese media through Taiwanese businesspeople contained many "misunderstandings."
Tsai's open letter to Yu was published yesterday in the Want Want China Times Group's Chinese-language China Times following a massive student protest over the sale of Next Media's operation in Taiwan at the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday.
Tsai was reported to be one of the local tycoons who purchased the media outlet by Next Media (Taiwan), which had previously heavily criticized Tsai when the Want Want China Times Group mulled purchasing the cable television operator China Network Systems.
Apart from the public letter, China Times also ran a story on Tsai's new book telling the story of his success as a businessman on the front page of the paper with a full-page introduction to the book inside the paper.
A distinguished historian, Yu said in a letter earlier this week that he was glad to hear young people in Taiwan are engaging in an anti-media monopoly movement and are demanding the government make a public statement on where it stands on Next Media deal.
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After dropping the epic third game of the final set Saturday, Djokovic broke the next time Wawrinka served, then didn't falter once he had the lead. The top-seeded Serb withstood a 4-hour, 9-minute onslaught of Wawrinka's massive groundstrokes to pull out a 2-6, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory and advance to his fourth straight final at the U.S. Open, where he'll play Rafael Nadal.
Second-seeded Nadal beat eighth-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-2 in the second semifinal - a much less dramatic affair than the opener, in which Djokovic could feel the stakes rising with every point he played at 1-1 in the fifth.
''Well, I was thinking - I guess everybody was thinking - 'Whoever wins this game is going to win the match,''' Djokovic said. ''After he won the game, I thought to myself, 'OK, I guess I have to fight against those odds.'''
He did, to improve to 20-7 in five-set matches, and now, Nadal and Djokovic will meet Monday in their third final at Flushing Meadows in the last four years, the only break coming last year when Nadal was out with a knee injury. They split the first two meetings, with Nadal winning in 2010 and Djokovic in 2011.
''Novak is an amazing competitor,'' Nadal said. ''His results say that he is probably one of the best players that I have ever seen.''
Nadal won easily despite dropping his first service game of the tournament. He had extended his streak to 73 when Gasquet broke him in the fourth game of the second set. Both men held until a second-set tiebreaker, which Nadal won 7-1 to end what little drama existed in the afternoon's second match.
Fans certainly got their money's worth in the first one.
''I managed to find my way through, to adjust, and to win,'' Djokovic said. ''That's what counts.''
His victory will be remembered mostly for a game he lost - the third game of the final set, a back-and-forth roller coaster ride in which Djokovic had five opportunities to break for a 2-1 lead and lost them all.
Ninth-seeded Wawrinka had eight game points. Before the last, he gestured to the crowd to pump up the volume. Sensing the opportunity, Djokovic hammed it up, as well. Wawrinka followed that well-deserved break in the action with a 123-mph service winner up the middle.
''It was a really long game with some good points and some big mistakes,'' said Wawrinka, of Switzerland, who made it farther than his country's most famous player, Roger Federer, for the first time in any of his 35 Grand Slam appearances.
''He was quite nervous. I was really tired,'' Wawrinka added. ''I was struggling physically, and it was not easy to keep the level quite high. But, for me, it was just important to fight and not to let him go and not to lose 6-1 or 6-2, but just to try to get every game I can.''
Walking gingerly to his chair after that game, Wawrinka sat down and smiled throughout the break.
A set earlier, he needed a medical timeout to get his right thigh taped. How much longer could he possibly last? Especially against Djokovic, whose road to No. 1 has been highlighted by an improved diet and a focus on fitness that has made him, by almost every account, the most physically prepared player in the game.
''At the end of the first set, I started feeling my right leg,'' Wawrinka said. ''At that moment, I knew I was going to be out of fuel if I had to play a long match. I knew I would struggle physically against him - especially against him because he's such a good defender.''
Indeed, Wawrinka's 57 winners - 26 from the forehand side - weren't enough to overcome Djokovic's fast-footed defense.
Playing in his first Grand Slam semifinal, Wawrinka opened with about as flawless a first set as possible. He broke Djokovic twice over the first 18 minutes, and when he completed the second break with a sizzling crosscourt forehand winner - one of seven in that set - Djokovic simply glanced across with a look that landed somewhere between bemused and amazed.
Yes, Wawrinka was going to be there all day, and by the time the fifth set rolled around, the scene near his changeover chair showed it. It looked like his living room, strewn with towels, shirts, a warmup jacket and an assortment of rackets, including the mangled remains of one stick he smashed in the fourth set, which drew him a point penalty.
It was that kind of day; the players each won 165 points. And Game 3 was that sort of game.
It started innocently enough, with an ace and a forced error by Djokovic that gave Wawrinka a quick 30-love lead.
But when Djokovic scrambled to get to a deftly struck drop shot, then Wawrinka sprayed the reply wide, things started setting up for something special. Djokovic followed that hustle play with an acutely angled backhand for a winner to make it 30-30. Wawrinka hit a forehand winner to make it 40-30, and for the next 15 minutes, each man tried in vain to close out the game.
The final 23 points included six winners, two double-faults and at least one small rest break for Wawrinka after a cruelly efficient dink-lob-overhead combination of Djokovic's chased Wawrinka off the court and onto the ledge near the front row.
''That game, I was already quite tired, quite dead physically,'' Wawrinka said. ''Just trying to stay with him, to fight, to give everything I had in my body. But it was tough.''
The third game came only four points short of one of the all-time classics - the 18-16 tiebreaker John McEnroe won over Bjorn Borg in the fourth set of the 1980 Wimbledon final. Sometimes lost in that retelling is that Borg overcame that heartbreak to win the fifth set, much the way Djokovic overcame Game 3 to pull out this fifth set.
''Even though I lost that game, I felt like, 'OK, he's getting a little bit more tired and maybe this is my chance to step in,''' Djokovic said.
The question now is whether Djokovic can recover for his final in time. He'll have at least one thing in his favor: This year, the U.S. Open broke with its tradition of playing the men's semifinal and final on back-to-back days, which gives Djokovic an extra day of rest.
But this was a grind, much like his five-set win over Juan Martin del Potro in the semifinals on the grass at Wimbledon in July. He returned two days after that one against Andy Murray and, clearly tired, tried to close out points at the net in what turned out to be a three-set loss.
''Hard court is my most successful surface,'' Djokovic said. ''This is where I can say I feel most comfortable and confident. Hopefully, I can perform better than I did in the Wimbledon final and maybe get a chance to win a trophy.''
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The Good Wife Review: Making Her ChoiceCarla Day at .
"Death of a Client" was unlike any other episode of The Good Wife. It was St. Patrick's Day in Chicago and craziness ensued everywhere.
Instead of focusing on a legal case or matter, the hour revolved around the death of Alicia's litigious client, the political campaign and ultimately to the past and present of Alicia's love life. It was a whirlwind of activity and even when it got rather convoluted it was still entertaining.
The murdered Matthew, played by the brilliant John Noble, was seen only in flashbacks through Alicia's memories of her client. While he drove her nuts with his numerous lawsuits and repeated Bach tune, she had a friendly relationship with him. The lawsuits provided his life with purpose and a much adored relationship with Alicia. Unfortunately, it also cost him his life.
Initially, the focus of the inquiry was on Matthew's police harassment suit, but in the end, Kalinda speculated that it was the seemingly harmless dog barking case that led to his death. The investigator's treatment of the case from the beginning was suspect. Why would Alicia need to go down to the police station that night to answer questions? With all that happened at the police station and getting Kalinda involved, the timing didn't come across as realistic. The unbelievable set-up is forgiven because of the story that it was able to tell.
Alicia's flashbacks of Matthew and Laura's inquiry about Will provided the links she needed to work through her relationship with her former lover. The viewers never got to see much of Alicia and Will together romantically and her memories showed that they did love each other and had amazing chemistry together. And, that closeness was still there when they were in the interrogation room together.
Even Laura saw something between the two of them. Regardless, Alicia made it as clear as she could that they both needed to move on. Even if their hearts didn't want them to, it was what was best for them both. Plus, she said she was with Peter again. What? That was a shocker. Sure, she and Peter had hooked up a few times, but the last time she rejected his invitation for a date.
Later St Patrick's Day evening, Alicia had to deal with her mother's big mouth about her children's conceptions. It was no surprise that Alicia loves her children. She shows that every single day, but it was a shock to hear her say she loved Peter. This statement on the surface makes sense, but the depth of meaning behind it was as out of nowhere as when she told Will she was back with Peter.
I have a difficult time believing the Alicia that we saw here. There was absolutely no basis for her actions and I blame it on poor writing. The transitions between Alicia's actions have had little basis throughout this season. She's pined for Will, while having quickies with Peter. And, now she proclaims she's in love with Peter. I've never been a fan of her getting back with her husband given what little regard he has had for her.
If he wanted to win her back, he should have made a grand gesture and earned her respect back. Instead, Alicia acted like one of the floozies that Peter had affairs with and that's not the basis of a successful relationship or marriage. If Alicia does love Peter, they have a lot of work ahead of them to make the marriage work.
While Alicia was pondering her relationships, Peter and Mike Kresteva were battling each other for a hug from the Cardinal. Politics is a dirty game and this one evening showed just how low the candidates would go. Mike was willing to sully Zach with a well-place lie in order to better his position. There was no way for Peter to out the lie because it required telling a horrible truth. The dirtiness of politics.
If anyone deserves getting punched then Mike did for his actions. Peter cracked me up the way he punched him, busted the glass, and taunted him. Peter went all in just like Mike. Way to play the game! Ultimately, the Cardinal didn't hug either man. They both disgraced the other leaving neither of them worthy of the subtle endorsement. I give the Cardinal credit for seeing them both for the relentless politicians they are.
Even though I have issues with the way Alicia's character has been written regarding her love life, I love this new spunky Alicia. Her interaction with Mike at the beginning of the party was hilarious. She just laid it all out there no holds barred. And, as always, she is one of the best mothers on television. She demonstrates how it's possible to be a hard-working woman, while loving and mothering her children.
Odds and Ends
- The potential threats to Matthew were quite far-reaching with 18 pending lawsuits and even Mossad mentioned.
- Even though it was St Paddy's Day, there is no way that police station would have been like that. It was insane and rather creepy. And, the music. It was too much.
- Alicia's mother proved again that she has a big mouth. How could any grandmother think it's okay to tell your grandchildren about their "unfortunate" conception. Despite her horrific behavior, Alicia handled it perfectly. She's an admirable mother.
- The fake GPS move by Detective Young was despicable. Why in the world would he make her think her family was in danger? It was not worth it and he should be reprimanded for his action. I'm not sure if this story is over or not, but I hope we get some resolution about this.
- Peter asked Diane to consider being a Supreme Court Judge. Wow. That would definitely shake things up on the show and at the firm. It's an amazing opportunity. If she decides to take it, I wouldn't be surprised if something comes up to prevent her from actually taking it.
- Kalinda was out on a date and left to help Alicia, but then when she saw Cary he grabbed her hand. What's is the story between those two?
Carla Day is a staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter and on Google+.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. - Sept. 20, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the award of $248,000 to the East Valley Chiefs Association for the East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center in Mesa. The Fusion Center is a criminal information and intelligence center that focuses on career criminals and gang members.
The funds come from an Attorney General's Office settlement with El Paso Corporation in 2004. The Office had filed suit against the Houston-based company over allegations that it had manipulated the supply of natural gas in Arizona, leading to price increases for consumers.
The new funding will provide additional resources for the Fusion Center and allow for the addition of new partner agencies.
Over the last eight years, the Attorney General's Office has been successful in prosecuting gang members and career criminals who have links to the drug cartels based in Mexico. This award will help local law enforcement agencies strengthen their efforts in fighting the criminals and the cartels.
"With offshoots of the Mexican cartels trying to secure a stronger hold in Arizona, law enforcement must be more vigilant against gang activity than ever," Goddard said. "I am pleased that my office is able to help fund this important project to make Arizona's streets safer."
"In these tough economic times for law enforcement agencies, this generous financial grant from the Attorney General's Office will allow the East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center to continue to evolve and prosper," Mesa Police Chief Frank Milstead said. "Without funding such as this, the Fusion Center would not be able to expand and upgrade critical information-sharing systems and improve our ability to work together to solve our crime problems. We are very pleased that the Attorney General recognizes the successful collaboration of the East Valley agencies and are grateful for his support."
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Mendocino County has a rich and varied past, and the people here feel a strong connection to their history. For thousands of years Pomo, Yuki and other Native American tribes were nurtured by the natural resources of the forests, mountains, rivers and ocean.
In the 1800s, explorers and settlers began to arrive from Russia, China and Europe. Inland, the valleys hosted the northernmost Mexican ranchos. After the gold rush of 49, many would-be miners also established ranches inland. Today, cowboys celebrate their way of life at California's Oldest Continuous Rodeo in Willits every Fourth of July.
Lumberjacks came from New England and timber drove the County's economy for many years. The fishing industry grew and still plays a vital part in Mendocino County life.
Italians and Greeks moved north from San Francisco and found the ideal climate for growing wine grapes, fruit and olives. Our County still benefits from their bounty and organic grape growing and winemaking techniques, make Mendocino County America's Greenest Wine Region TM.
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- Date: 12/27/2018 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
- Location: Posse Grounds Park - Multi-Use Field
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Weekly social hour on the cool grass for friendly dogs and their owners.
Yappy Hour is a one hour per week event that takes place on the beautiful green grass of the multi-use field at Posse Grounds Park. Under normal circumstances, City Code and Park Rules require all dogs to be on a leash and to remain off the athletic fields at the park, but during this event we get to bend those rules!
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I am a little ashamed to admit that I have been neglecting my iPad 3, a lot, over recent months. I got an iPad mini on its launch day morning last November and it quickly won me over with its wonderful lightness and form factor.
Like others, I was initially skeptical about the 8 inch (or near enough) tablet form factor, but after just a day or so with the iPad mini I was a big fan of it. All these months later, I still am and it's easily my most used device. I'd say my usage pattern on tablets recently has been around 60% iPad mini, 30% Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and only 10% iPad 3.
This past Monday I wanted to get a multi-screen setup going while taking in Apple's WWDC 2013 keynote event. I decided to view Apple's live stream on the iPad, follow the Engadget liveblog in Chrome on my iMac and use Evernote on the iMac to take quick notes during the event.
The iPad 3 screen was the obvious bigger, better choice for watching the Apple live stream. It also served as an instant reminder of how fabulous the iPad 3's Retina display is, and of just how much I'd been neglecting my big friend.


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I would greatly appreciate your assistance. Is there any information in your databases on the chemical structure or hydrolysis/metabolite products including production of the pigments of plums,prunes, or any of the plum (prunus) family which includes: apricots,peaches,nectarines,cherries,almonds and plums/prunes These can be anthocyanins,caroteniods (b-carotene),flavonoids. The materials I am trying to capture would be related chemically to: bisacodly,oxyphenisatin,rhein(1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone-3-carboxylicacid), phenolphthlein C [RN 79-09-8] / {RR-518-51-4 di-Na Salt]/phenolphthalein glucuride bisoxatin,3,3-BIS(4-hydroxyphenol),prunus genus contains caffeic acid and O-methyltransferas has also been recovered and their hydrolysis/ metabolite products. I have a procedure for using anthocyanins of fruits especially the plum (prunus) family as pH/color indicators. Does any one have any experience with this? [Ref-Rynearson,James. Curtright,Robert: Analysis of plant pigments of chromatography.] Help, please, research project on phenolphthalein poisoning. Need info on false positive and false negative drug and food interactions on screening test of phenolphthalein with sodium hydroxide. I have done extensive searches on Medline,MELVYL at UCSF,GLADIS at UCB, LOIS at LANE(Stanford),and NML I have the test procedure but not any info regarding known drugs or foods such as anthocyanin(fruits) that cause false positive or false negative test results. I am involved in a personal situation and any info or help would be greatly. appreciated. I have a medical and chemical educational background and am not looking to tread on any one's research projects. I need the information strictly for personal use. Thank you again ahead of time. If you know or hear of anyone in the field,who might be knowledgeable in this area would you please,let me know. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you again! Patty Ames sean at best.com


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Since November, we have witnessed a variety of reactions to the surprising political developments in our country. We expect nothing less and welcome the thoughts, opinions, ideas, and schemes that our readers and writers put forth. There is one disturbing perspective, though, that we need to address.
A number of people in our community feel that hackers in particular will be under increased scrutiny and will be facing significant threats under a Trump administration. We've received requests from both readers and writers to erase all evidence of their existence in our correspondence and to cancel their subscriptions and remove their names from our database. On more than one occasion, all hacker-related clothing was also thrown in the trash.
It's this reaction that we find more disturbing than any of the many potential threats we're facing. Why? Because bad things happen when people let them. As long as we stand united and are willing to fight back against anything that would threaten us as individuals or as a community, we have what it takes to prevent such threats from taking hold. If we yield, it's handing out a blank check.
Yes, there is much to be concerned about and even to fear. Hackers, as always, seem to be right in the middle of the controversial news stories bombarding us every day. But we need to embrace this, not push it away. We have always protected the confidentiality of both our subscribers and those sources who contribute material to our publication. We will never stop doing this.
There is great strength in numbers and in intelligence. We need both in order to survive what may be hugely challenging times. We cannot let the specter of oppression slow us down because if such a scenario were to come true, that is when we would be needed the most. We should have more articles than ever, edgy and controversial material that we embrace, and a ton of people who aren't afraid to read and collect what we're putting out. After all, it's in the darkest hours when a bright light makes the most difference.
We are changing the terms for writers of printed pieces, beginning with the Winter 2016-2017 issue due out in early January. Instead of a choice between a year of our magazine or one of our t-shirts, we are now offering both of these items for every article printed. And as for what articles we're looking for, as always we want pieces that embrace the hacker spirit, that examine and dissect technology in ways others haven't, and/or that reveal inconvenient truths about services and products that those in charge really don't want people to know about. Bombshells and leaks of all types are great and, as mentioned, we always protect our sources. And, being a printed magazine, it's a lot harder to block or filter us from any part of the globe.
You can send your article contributions to firstname.lastname@example.com or by surface or air mail to 2600 Editorial Department, PO Box 99, Middle Island, NY 11953 USA.
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Introduction to INSPIRE
This part of the GEOPORTAL represents an information channel the aim of which is to inform about the European Directive INSPIRE (INfrastructure for SPatial Information in the European Community)and about the state of its implementation in the Branch of the COSMC (Czech Office of Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre).
What is the INSPIRE? It is an initiative of the European Commission the goal of which is to build up European infrastructure of spatial data. The legal frame for achieving this goal is the EC Directive No 2007/2/EC. This Directive provides common rules for development of the European SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) mainly for supporting the environmental and other policies influencing the Environment. The European SDI is based on national SDIs of individual Member States, which consist of infrastructures of public administration and of other data providers, who join it. The INSPIRE Directive has been implemented into the Czech legislation by Act No 123/1998 Coll. "on the freedom of access to information on the Environment". This Act defines also roles and tasks of spatial data providers. The COSMC belongs to the main providers of reference spatial data.
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Ferrari and Maserati flagship showroom opening Repulse Bay, Hong Kong
Hong Kong, 18th January –The grand opening of Hong Kong's newest Ferrari and Maserati flagship showroom in Repulse Bay took place on January 18th 2012. The prominent new location will provide approximately 19,000 square feet of showroom space for Ferrari and Maserati in the heart of Repulse Bay, with state-of-the-art facilities and unobstructed views of the South China Sea.
The new dealership is the latest phase of an expansion plan undertaken by Italian Motors (Sales & Service) and Auto Italia Ltd. which, respectively, have represented Ferrari and Maserati in Hong Kong and in Macau for the last 29 years.
The new Repulse Bay location, set in one of the most prestigious and sought-after areas in Hong Kong, follows on from the Ferrari and Maserati 3S Center in Ap Lei Chau, opened in 2005, and the 2009 inauguration of the Ferrari and Maserati 3S Centre in Shatin in 2009. The new flagship dealer facility is fundamental to meeting the growing needs in this territory and signifies a commitment to providing the finest service to Ferrari and Maserati customers.
The opening ceremony was attended by Dr Richard Lee, Chairman of Italian Motors (Sales & Service) and Auto Italia Ltd., Mr Herbert Adamczyk, Managing Director of Italian Motors (Sales & Service) and Auto Italia Ltd. and Mr Edwin Fenech, President & CEO of Ferrari Greater China.


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Gentle Readers, this subject is not so gentle, and The Practical Cook will do her best to be mild in the language used regarding the enemy of food lovers (and people of all ages): the upset stomach. Having recently faced down this beast in the household (the stomach bug is running rampant right now), this topic is timely.
For authenticity purposes, let me also state, this is an area of unfortunate expertise for me, courtesy of my body's reaction to pregnancy. So I can tell you what not to eat when you're feeling green, and what you might want to try when an encore presentation is possible.
Let's start with the "not to eat list":
1. Granny Smith Apples. OMG, I literally almost died on this one. I remember thinking, so this is what happened to Joplin, Morrison, etc. . .
2. Dairy. Don't do it. The medical peeps will tell you it can be an irritant, and I can tell you it is not good.
3. Pomegranates. Or anything that is used to dye clothing in nature. Trust me on this.
What to eat to calm the stomach:
1. Nuts. If you're at the "am I hungry or feeling unwell" decision calculus stage, these are the perfect test balloon, assuming you're not allergic.
2. Dry cereal. Don't be tempted to add milk, and choose something basic, like Cheerios, Corn Flakes, etc. Chew very slowly.
3. Baked potato. Easy to microwave, add some salt but nothing else. Sometimes the warmth of the potato will help you feel better.
4. Popsicles. Cold works. You can freeze anything, just use ice cubes if you have nothing else.
5. Grapefruit. Okay, that's probably just me, and best for morning sickness, not the flu. But I craved them, ice cold. And apparently, if you've been unwell for a while, something acidic is just your body replacing what has been lost. Point being, take all advice with a grain of salt (possibly literally), and trust your cravings.
Of course, rice, bananas, plain pasta, all wonderful choices, but if you're the cook, I'm providing some options that you can try without expending much effort. Though many people swear by ginger ale and soda crackers, they are so guilty by association for me now that they make me feel ill on sight.
So pass the Lysol, take small sips of water, and I hope you all avoid whatever is going around!
What do you crave when you're unwell? Post a comment, or Tweet!
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Tomorrow, we'll move to corrective measures, Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe.


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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
But that was yesterday. Today, all he can think about is his family. His house burned down to the ground. His eardrums are near to bursting with the sound filling the air for hours on end. The unending ash from the sky. No phones, no electricity....this is the new life he'll need to get used to. A super volcano in Yellowstone erupted, and Alex is now in the red zone.
After seeing the horror of his neighbor defending his home from thugs, Alex has a target in mind. He's decided to go from Iowa to Illinois to get to his Uncle Warren's home where the rest of the family is. He has no idea who he'll meet, or what his obstacles are, but he's determined to do this.
Dangers await him at every turn, but the biggest danger of all is the threat of no water or food. Ash has covered and killed everything, and armed only with a backpack of supplies, Alex knows what starvation feels like. He also knows the dangers of people now desperate for any food, water or supplies - even if it means killing for it.
Mike Mullin, welcome to the world of YA!! For a first novel, this natural disaster adventure book will fill the spot of anyone looking for a thrilling read. Although at times predictable, it nonetheless has the qualities of a thriller to keep the reader wondering what will happen to the main character. Very much along the lines of Susn Pfeffer's trilogy, the first book of Mullin's series ends perfectly, without that
cliff-hanger ending that precludes to another book. It is satisfying and stands on its own easily. The plot as well as the science behind the super volcano is very well thought out and Mullin's imagination depicts the levels humanity will go to in order to survive. Recommended
Thursday, May 17, 2012
New book trailer: Blood Red Road by Moira Young
The only difference I could find is that this dystopian book is void of technology - the Wreckers, those humans who lived in the past, completely decimated society and their environments. The characters in this one have to start over from the start.
If you've ever read a book with dialect (think Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain) you'll also find it in this book, but it isn't so difficult to read that you'd put it down. It only adds to the layer of a future society trying to turn itself around from the ruins of nothing.
Saba is a strong female character who has prowess, cunning and talent she didn't know she possesses. The people she meets are vile, evil, insane as well as those who are survivors, fighters, and thinkers.
In this future where the rulers want to make the general population subservient through chaal, a plant with drug-inducing power, it takes a handful of people like Saba to begin the destruction of this corrupt part of civilation.
Part of this novel reminded me so much of dystopian fiction, but another part of me recognized the hero's journey and instantly thought of fantasy. There are no mythological beasts, but Saba's crow Nero does play into the story.
LOVED IT!! Here's a trailer I created for the book. It'll be on Youtube shortly....was taking a long time to process. So here's the link to the one on the NHS Library webpage:
It can be downloaded as well
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BTW, there are currently two covers that I know of for this first book. The top is the original one - I like it better than the revamped version, personally. Colors seem to work better for me.
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll & Mademoiselle Odile
The year is 1876, a bloody and bad time for Paris. First the Prussians invade, causing mass starvation in the city. Then the Communards fight back, starting a civil war, killing tens of thousands of people. But it's the first invasion that created a monster... or two, quite by accident.
Odile and her little brother, Grulechon, had sought the refuge of Paris after their parents were murdered for being Cagot witches. With little else to survive on, a kind woman took in the two orphans. The only things Odile had of her mother's was a waistlet containing her mother's precious books, and some vials of herbs and other assorted things Odile has no knowledge of.
Now, years later, Odile is selling rats as food, and running from her latest experiment, which has turned a chimpanzee into a murderous feral animal. And as she's running away, she runs right into a very young Henry Jekyll, lately of London...
Through as series of coincidences, Odile once again is forced into Dr. Jekyll's path, the latest being an eye infection that is causing her little brother blindness and pain. Henry offers Odile into his home so he can treat her little brother, Grulechon, and slowly a companionship builds up. But this companionship quickly turns into the twists and turns of spying and sabotage as Henry sees what happens to Grulechon when Odile takes matters....and witchery....into her own hands.
Dr. Jekyll very much wants those transforming salts, and when he gets them, and Mr. Hyde comes out, the war in Paris goes from outside to inside the mansion Odile is part prisoner to. But the salts are running out...what is the secret Odile is hiding, and can she keep Mr. Hyde at bay? How far will Jekyll/Hyde go to get what they want, and how far is Odile willing to go to keep that secret?
What an excellent mixture of historical fact with historical fiction! Akin to Oppel's This Last Endeavor, a tweak on a classic becomes a brand new YA fiction book that will lure readers to the classic tale. James Reese relies on all of to create a newly formed Henry Jekyll in his younger years, and the recounting of what happened before the famous Robert Louis Stevenson classic, where Dr. Jekyll is an older man in England. With a small cast of characters in a rich background of Paris in turmoil, those YA readers of historical fiction and fantasy will enjoy losing themselves in this book. Inset of a map of Paris is especially helpful. Recommended.
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It's a rare summer in Sacramento when lawmakers aren't in town, skirmishing and squabbling amid a protracted budget stalemate.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the budget on June 30, calling it "an honest but painful budget" that included deep cuts to programs for the elderly and disabled and to higher education.
Those cuts could go even deeper later this year, to education programs at all levels, if revenues fall short of projections.
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The governor's signature freed lawmakers to head out of town on a month-long recess for the first time in years.
But wait!
Their absence doesn't mean an end to the partisan warfare.
Republican lawmakers, who blocked tax extensions meant to ease spending cuts, complain that those cuts unfairly target schools.
They sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney-General Kamala Harris (D), asking her to weigh in on whether schools were short-changed on Prop 98's funding guarantees.
"It appears that Democrats used budget trickery," offered Assemblyman Jim NIelsen, R-Gerber, by shifting sales tax money to counties, allowing for a reduce formula for schools.
If that were undone, it would blow a $2 billion hole in the budget.
On top of that, Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, is seeking to overturn a new fire protection fee for rural homeowners. That would mean another $150 million hole.
Democrats, of course, find these complaints enormously ironic.
Republican resistance to temporary taxes, they say, left cuts and fees as the only alternative.
"The rule should be you can't complain about budget cuts unless you have alternatives and votes to implement it," Nathan Barankin, communications director for Sen. President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, tweeted today.
School funding should be higher, said Chris Woods, budget director Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles. "But without Republican votes to extend tax rates, school funding could not be increased."
Lawmakers return to the Capitol next week to wrap up their session, but wrapping up the budget bickering?
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Eye On Basketball unearthed this little gem today from YouTube's wayback machine. It's footage of a game that matched preseason No. 1 North Carolina against unranked Kansas on Nov. 28, 1981. It was the season opener at the Charlotte Coliseum. And it featured the first two collegiate shot attempts by a 6-foot-5 freshman shooting guard from Wilmington, N.C., named Mike Jordan.
Jordan clanged a jumper from the left elbow extended on his first try before dropping in the tiny teardrop you see above. Carolina won the game, 74-67. The Tar Heels would also go on to win the national title, with MJ famously scoring the winning basket to beat Georgetown. No word on what happened to Mike Jordan.
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The Journal Editorial Report on Fox News led off with an interview of former Attorney General Michael Mukasey this past weekend. The transcript is here; the video is below. Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot questioned Judge Mukasey about President Obama's proclamation of the credit he is due for the death of bin Laden, a subject Judge Mukasey had addressed in his excellent Wall Street Journal column.
Gigot then turned to the the long trail of intelligence behind the bin Laden operation. This question was originally discussed in the immediate aftermath of the operation by then CIA Director Leon Panetta. Here was Gigot's opening question to Judge Mukasey on this subject along with his pointed answer, based on this April 30 statement by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin:
GIGOT: OK. Let me talk to you about another issue. There was — that has come up in the news this week, which is the — what happened with the intelligence leading to the bin Laden capture. There's a suggestion by two Democratic Senators, Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin, that enhanced interrogation techniques, waterboarding and such, did not lead to — did not produce evidence that led to the bin Laden capture. They put it this way, "The CIA learned of the existence of the courier, his true name and location, through means unrelated to the CIA detention and interrogation program." Based on what you knew — learned when you were attorney general, is this correct?
MUKASEY: That is a half tru[th] designed to irritate anyone who knows the other half.
Judge Mukasey elaborated as follows:
Yes, the CIA knew about the name before it was disclosed by Sheikh Mohammed. However, that information lay unexploited because it came from an insignificant course. When it came from Sheikh Mohammed after he was subjected to harsh interrogation techniques, they followed it up and found this guy was still active. They went back to Sheikh Mohammed, who by then had his wits about him, and asked him again about this guy and he said, oh, he has been out of it for some time. That was a lie. They knew it was a lie. And because he had lied about it, that enhanced even more the significance of the information. So the information did not become significant until they learned about it from him and its significance was increased by the fact that he lied about it. They learned about it after enhanced interrogation techniques.
Here is the rest of the exchange:
GIGOT: So based on your experience, you think the enhanced interrogation techniques have absolutely been critical to the progress we have made against Al Qaeda?
MUKASEY: There were three people subjected to all — all the fuss is about three people subjected to the most extreme form of interrogation.
GIGOT: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
MUKASEY: Right.
GIGOT: Abu Zubaydah.
MUKASEY: Abu Zubaydah and Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri, the architect of the Cole attempt.
GIGOT: Right.
MUKASEY: We got troves of information from all three. We arrested Hambali, Ramzi bin Al Shibh, a whole array, a whole rogues gallery of terrorists who were prepared to carry off attacks. Mike McConnell, the director of —
GIGOT: Former national director of intelligence.
MUKASEY: Correct. Said that there are people walking around today who would not be walking around today if those techniques had not been used.
As long as we're on the subject, I don't recall President Obama extending any credit to the Bush administration for its role in the policies and practices that led to the discovery of bin Laden's location. Why is that?
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There must only be one reason why you are reading this.. It is time for KNICKS BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New York Knicks (0-0)
Miami Heat (0-0)
Wednesday, October 28 2008
Good Evening and welcome to another season of Knicks Basketball pre-game shows. I'm your host, Jpz17.
This season I have decided to unleash a "new-look" Game Thread. This will go with the fact that Knicksonline has a new look.
I'm very sorry Rady if you didn't want me to make that. If you want it off please edit this and take it out. I just though a new look everything would be fitting.
This Knicks team isn't too different than the last Knicks team. They added some nice new role players this off season.
#30 C Darko Milicic
#43 PF Jordan Hill
#23 PG Toney Douglas
Darko is just a role player and I think will always be a role player. He is a good blocker and we need that off the bench. Jordan Hill may be our PF of the future, who knows. He seems like a bust right now but D'Antoni said he is a project. Give him more time. Toney Douglas is the biggest impact player we got, and I think he has GOBS of potential. I could see him being a mix of Chris Paul and Tony Parker (Not quite as good but you get what I'm saying). Toney is a real good pick and looks to be a steal.
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NOW.. to TONIGHT'S GAME!
Knicks- 102
Heat- 101
It will be a very tough game. Look for Nate and Wade to have a HUGE battle. I'd consider Nate a "little Wade".
- Try different defenders for Wade. If someone is getting blown out by Wade, switch him. I'd consider putting guys like Chandler, Duhon, Hughes, and Nate on Wade
- GET THOSE BOARDS! If we can't get the rebounds we can't really run the fast-break. Why do you think we kept Lee?
- Keep up the D!!! The Knicks had fantastic defense in pre-season. Keep it up
- Al Harrington-- When he is hot the Knicks usually do well. When he is playing bad it is almost an automatic loss.
- Leadership--The Knicks didn't have much leadership last year. They need guys to step it up and be the voice of the Knicks.
Another season of knicks basketball is underway, when the our knicks visit the Miami heat to start the regular season. We enter the seasonw ith alot of question marks, 8 players in the final years of their contract and will be looking to impress. That said we will no doubt be a fun team to watch, and a team that has a chance at the postseason but there are still plenty of question, a huge one at PG and C ( the most important positions in basketball ) our defense will still struggle although it has looked more fluid during the postseason. Another question is we still lack a superstar, someone who could come in and dictate the game. Also it'll be interesting to see how Gallo will play in his first regular season game where he is healthy, and how he can rebound from a poor preseason, that said lets move on to the game
The Knicks and Heat have history that dates back to the 90's and the has been a fairly even battle since, its always fun when you watch these two teams face off, but one thing - or player to watch is Dwyane Wade he killed the knicks, most notably in that one game where he brought the heat back from behind and scored 20 points in the 4th the knicks still dont have an answer to him at the 2 cause nate isnt that good defensively and Chandler is too slow, our one fighting chance to contain Wade and possibly prevent him from bursting out is Toney Douglas he has the size and skill and is great with his on ball defense to actually be positive but he is a rookie and D'Anotni might not give him major minutes out the gate.
my prediction it will be a back-and-fourth game as both teams will have it going on offense but the game will come down to who will make the big shots and who will make the defensive stops, and i think that will be Miami cause of one player- Dwyane Wade. he's killed us before and he'll do it yet again and he sends us to Charlotte disappointed
we do however get solid games from Lee, Harrington, Gallo and Chandler and Duhon leaves us scratching our heads with some retarded decisions
X-factor- Douglas he'll surprise alot of us from game 1
Predicition- Heat-101 Knicks- 97
Knicks are starting a 2 game road trip showing indifferent form during the preseason.
New York's hopes of a successfull season, even with differing opinions on what the Knicks are all about for this season, will all depend on the fortunes of David Lee.
Rookie Toney Douglas has been a shining light during the preseason and looks a player of the future.
Clearly the danger for the Knicks against Miami is Dwayne Wade. Wade will be licking his lips coming up against the Knicks. His record in recent seasons against the Knicks has been very good.
Im prediciting a Knicks upset first up. I beleive the Knicks have what it takes to get up against the Heat, even if Wade lights it up.
Our first game of the season will be a tough one against the Heat. The Knicks will be in Miami, meaning they will have to deal with Miami fans and one of the most annoying PA announcers in the league. In order to win, they will have to find a way to contain Dwayne Wade. He killed us last year, and we can't have that happen again. We gooing to have to send different defenders at him, double team, and sometimes triple team him. If we can shutdown Wade, there's no way the Heat can win. Another player to be wary of is Michael Beasley. He's had his fair share of criticsm and a tough offseason, but the dude can score. If we play hard defense, and run our offense smoothly, we should be able to pull out a win. My prediction: NYK-106 MIA-103
It's at home so i expect us to win. Beasley gets his first double-double of the season, Wade gets 28 points, O'Neal shows us his healthy knees, and our bench helps us win this game.Wade is going to torch the Knicks.
Heat win.Trash talkin'?its gunna be fun to watch wilson chandler try to guard dwade at sg...
New York Knicks Position PHX Suns
David Lee C Jermaine O'Neal
Hmmmmm I'd say Lee wins this.
JPZ17's Key matchup
*Al Harrington PF Udonis Haslem*
The reason why I feel this is the key is, if we do not win this one we are screwed.
Jared Jefferies SF Michael Beasley
Not a chance at winning this here sorry.
Wilson Chandler SG Dwyane Wade
Sorry Wilson..
Chris Duhon PG Mario Chalmers
Should be very fun to watch them
JPZ17's Player Pressure
Which Knicks is under the most pressure to succeed????
The answer: Rady!
It is now judging time.. Do you like his new website? lol
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About 10 years ago, I was involved with a para-church project that started a farm operation in Ukraine. It failed mainly because there were no dealers who had repair shops or parts. Basically, if anything broke, the people who worked on the farm fixed things as best they could with whatever they could find. That resulted in a lot of floundering around and that wasted precious days at planting and harvest time. That gave me a real appreciation for the parts and service network we have in America.


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If someone would have told me that I'd ever write a word about Michael Jackson on my website a month ago, I wouldn't have believed it. The death of Michael had little to no affect on me, when I heard the news, I just assumed it was a hoax as I've been hearing about his comeback for some time and what a better way to "comeback" than from the dead. There's still people who think Elvis faked his death, and from what I understand Michael was fascinated by the death of Elvis and spoke of it often.
The thing that freaked me out more than the death of Michael Jackson was the record number of suicides that took place in the following 48 hours of news of his "death". Never in history has there been more suicides recorded since 1984 when "99 Neuf Balloons" was in the charts. I did a psychology paper in '91 on how more suicides took place with that 45 found on the record player or directly linked to that song than any other song out there, the second place song linked to thousands of suicides (to this day), is the theme from the Nutcracker.
Anyway, it hit me a week or so ago that around Christmas of this past year, I received an email from a "Michael" (no last name) who asked how Johnny faked his death in my screenplay "The Life and Death of Johnny Kitsalano". I replied to "Michael" with a pitch on buying the screenplay and then he would find out exactly how Johnny did it successfully (for the record, I at no point thought at that time it was Michael Jackson, I thought someone was just trying to steal my idea). I never got a response back from that email pitch and I never gave it any thought until this past week. I did a detailed search on my hard drive and even on my back-ups looking for that email (and my response) so I could prove that I'm not making this up but in January, I got a virus that made me format my laptop so unfortunately I have no record of these emails. Now I realize there are probably hundreds of "Michaels" living in the world and what are the odds that it was Michael Jackson, but I thought I'd throw it out there as it's been eating at me -so perhaps that is proof Michael Jackson faked his death. And for the record, this story is free to read about, that should prove the legitimacy, it's not like I'm trying to sell my story to the media.
Anyway, I do feel bad for those that cared about the guy and even more so for the families and friends of those who took their own lives shortly after his "death" was announced. I have to admit though that it was an honour hearing that some memorials played my song "Until Next Time" which is a fitting song for a funeral and oddly enough, if someone chose to fake their death (available on ITunes & my album "Cutting Room Floor").
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Blue-hued bulbs help raise awareness
One in 88 children has an autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This month — Autism Awareness Month — the Autism Speaks organization is recruiting residences, businesses and buildings to change their exterior light bulbs from white to blue to raise awareness.
Drum Point Lighthouse at Calvert Marine Museum is leading the way in the Light It Up Blue campaign.
The blue hue — cast from six exterior bulbs — glows on land and sea from the iconic landmark.
"It serves as a beacon of hope, letting families who are affected know that they are not alone, support is there and change is possible," said Calvert Marine Museum spokeswoman Kathleen Porecki.
Throughout the month, Sneade's ACE Home Center in both Lusby and Owings is donating half the proceeds from its sale of blue bulbs to Autism. Buy your bulb and light up blue for autism awareness.


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"Hangover Heaven," a bus equipped with IVs, is travelling the Vegas strip, offering hangover salvation to revelers a little worse for the wear after a big night out. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
OK, now it's official: Everything that happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas -- even your alcohol-infused headache and upchucking tummy.
A mobile, hangover treatment center – a bus adorned with plush sofas, a well-coiffed doctor and special IV bags – is set to roll out Saturday, trolling the Las Vegas strip from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., vowing to quickly flush last night's fun overdose from your wilted body.
Hangover Heaven is the brainchild of Dr. Jason Burke, a board-certified anesthesiologist who trained at Duke University and who –- if his venture pops the financial cork -- hopes soon to quit his day job as a hospital anesthetist.
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A board-certified anesthesiologist has created a mobile hangover treatment center to rid Vegas revelers of their day-after symptoms.
For $90 to as much as $200 (if you also choose his IV vitamin mix), Burke will pick you up, offer a cushy seat, plug an intravenous line into your vein and cleanse that post-party pain with a blend of fluids containing electrolytes and other solutions to cure dehydration, the anti-nausea drug Ondansetron, and the anti-inflammatory drug Ketorolac. The treatment takes about 45 minutes.
Burke's first-ever patient: himself.
"In the recovery room, I treat people who have nausea, aches and pains, disoriented feelings. I treat that all the time with intravenous anti-nausea medications, anti-inflammatories and IV fluids. And I thought: this would treat a hangover," said Burke, who earned a medical diploma at the University of North Carolina in 1996, msnbc.com confirmed.
"One day I had a bad hangover. I put in an IV with these medications and I was absolutely amazed at how well it worked."
Across the medical community, reaction to Burke's enterprise is some smirks and concern about potential risks.
"We always think of hydration as a way to treat a lot of problems," said Dr. Mark F. Newman, chair of the department of anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center, who knows Burke. "And obviously, we treat people post-operatively all the time with [anti-nausea] drugs ... and anti-inflammatories. On their own, they're all safe,"
But Newman cautions, "in the way that Jason's using (these drugs) in Las Vegas, we don't have any data that would say, in that environment, it would be safe or efficacious."
Just because a treatment is safe in one environment doesn't mean that it would be in a different one, Newman explains. "You're in a situation where you're potentially giving medications that can have side effects. Are you able to respond appropriately?"
Besides, hangovers are nature's little wrist slap, added Michael Roy, executive director of Clearview Treatment Programs in Los Angeles.
"It's helpful for people to experience the negative effects of their drinking so they do not repeat excessive drinking episodes," Roy said.
Then there's the damage alcohol can do to people with heart problems or other high-risk conditions, said Art Caplan, Ph.D, director the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
"The hangover bus doc is flying in dangerous territory," Caplan said via email. "What if he deals with diabetics or epileptics or someone with some other high risk disease? If (that client) croaks, he is losing his license no matter what consent they sign."
In response, Burke said he won't treat anyone who is "visibly intoxicated" or anyone who informs him they have "complex medical problems." He called his anti-hangover medley "mainstays of the anesthetic regimen" used "thousands of times a day all over the world," thus making the risk of complications "just not that high, especially for a single dose."
From his ethical vantage point, however, Caplan just doesn't see how a physician can endorse – even tacitly – vacationers getting tanked.
"I know this is Vegas, but, come on … Docs should not tell you to get blind, stinking drunk and then offer to wash you out," Caplan said.
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