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Playoffs still a long shot for Timberwolves
That appearance in the playoffs this star-crossed franchise hasn't enjoyed in 10 years has proven elusive still, despite what's widely considered the most talented roster assembled by the Wolves since that last run. That team, led by Kevin Garnett, Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell, remains the only one in 25 years that ever won a playoff series.
This edition, beset by leaky defense, unreliable outside shooting and a lack of chemistry including a fluctuating playing rotation for the fourth quarter in tight games, has not come close to suggesting it's capable of repeating that feat.
"There's still a chance for a nice push. We just have to go out there and we have to take it. Hopefully that will be the case," Love said.
Coach Rick Adelman was asked this week if the Wolves have enough collective mental toughness to mount a legitimate turnaround over the next two months.
"We better. I can't really answer that question," Adelman said. "That's just something we'll have to see. ... I think these people have certainly proven they can go out and win."
With their 27-point win over Denver on Wednesday, the Wolves (25-28) moved into 10th place in the Western Conference.
"We do have a lot of work to do, and we have to be more conscious. But that's the way to do it," point guard Ricky Rubio said, reflecting on the all-around aggressiveness that propelled the Wolves to victory.
They're still six games behind the last two teams above the cut, Phoenix (30-21) and Golden State (31-22), and Memphis (29-23) has a comfortable lead over them too. The harsh reality, then, is that Minnesota must finish 23-6 in these last 29 games to make the playoffs if the teams ahead of them continue to win at the same rate.
"It's going to be hard, but we've got a chance," backup point guard J.J. Barea said. "If we're going to make a run, it's got to be right when we get back."
The post-break schedule starts with a matchup against Eastern Conference-leading Indiana, followed by a five-game road trip. Only two of the opponents (Portland and Phoenix) are in line for playoff spots, but the Wolves are 10-17 on the road this season. Only three Western Conference teams are worse.
"We know where we stand," Adelman said.
The skepticism about how long he will stay with this renovation project has increased this season. Asked after the game on Wednesday about how much work is still ahead of this team if it's going to make the playoffs, Adelman responded in a dismissive, curmudgeonly manner that's not uncommon for the 67-year-old coach. The health of his wife, who has a history with seizures, certainly was on his mind this week, too, after missing a game on Monday to be with her.
But these words won't quell the questions about his emotional investment in the long-term future of the franchise: "I don't focus on anything in the future," Adelman said. "I focus on the break and taking a break."
The break was welcomed by the Wolves, looking forward to the likelihood that center Nikola Pekovic (right ankle bursitis) will be back right after it and guard Kevin Martin (broken left thumb) will return soon after him.
"We just need to be together," Love said. "Hopefully that will push us over the top."

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UIS-Administered English Admissions Exam
The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) administers an English proficiency examination to students applying from certain international partner institutions. This test may be taken in place of other English proficiency exams which fulfill our admissions requirements, such as TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE-Academic. This is an internal examination whose scores are only reported to our Admissions office.
About the Test:
The Michigan English Language Institute College English Test (MELICET) is designed to test the level of English language competence of non-native speakers of English. The content of the test is aimed toward the level of English a student might encounter in an American university setting. The test consists of:
- Part 1: Listening
- Part 2: Grammar, Cloze, Vocabulary and Reading
Part 1: Listening
This is a 50-item, multiple-choice test of listening items in the following formats: short questions, short statements which are matched to statements with similar meanings, short questions and statements with meaning dictated by emphasized words, an academic lecture (with accompanying chart or graph) followed by comprehension questions, and a two-person, casual conversation, also accompanied by visual clues (map or diagram), with comprehension questions. Speakers use standard American English at a normal rate of delivery. The test takes about 45 minutes.
Part 2: Grammar, Cloze, Vocabulary and Reading
This is a 100-item, multiple-choice test of grammar items in a conversational format, cloze items in a paragraph format, vocabulary items requiring selection of a synonym or completion of a sentence, and reading comprehension items. The cloze section measures organizational features of text, such as cohesion, grammar, and context. The test takes about 90 minutes.
Who can take the test?
This test is not offered at UIS. Only UIS applicants who are applying from certain international partner institutions may take this exam. Test-takers must have submitted an application at the non-degree, undergraduate, or graduate level. The application does not need to be complete, but students must have begun the process and received a University Identification Number (UIN).
Students may take the test only once per semester and for a maximum of three times total.
Students who are not eligible to take the UIS-Administered Test may still take other English proficiency exams accepted by the Admissions Office (i.e. TOEFL, IELTS, PTE-Academic).
What score do I need?
See our
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- English Proficiency Requirements for Graduates
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When and how will I know my results?
Tests will be scored within two weeks. The results will be emailed directly to the institution's designated contact person.
When and where are the next tests?
Please contact the Office of Admissions.
How do I register?
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On exam day, your name must appear on the registration list. You should bring two forms of identification, one of which must be a government issued ID.
How can I prepare?
The MELICET consists of retired forms of the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB). Note that the UIS-Administered test consists only of two parts whereas the MELAB has four.
For more information and helpful preparation tips:
- Check out a copy of The Student's Guide to the MELAB. The ESL office has a copy which students can use in our office.
- Visit the MELAB website.
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JSR 166 Snapshot Introduction.
 by Doug Lea
 To join a mailing list discussing this JSR, go to:  http://altair.cs.oswego.edu/mailman/listinfo/concurrency-interest .
  Disclaimer - This prototype is experimental code developed as part of JCP JSR166 and made available to the developer community for use as-is. It is not a supported product. Use it at your own risk. The specification, language and implementation are subject to change as a result of your feedback. Because these features have not yet been approved for addition to the Java language, there is no schedule for their inclusion in a product.
 Package java.util.concurrent contains utility classes commonly useful in concurrent programming. Like package java.util, it includes a few small standardized extensible frameworks, as well as some classes that provide useful functionality and are otherwise tedious or difficult to implement. JSR166 also includes a few changes and additions in packages outside of java.util.concurrent: java.lang, to address uncaught exceptions, and java.util to better integrate with collections. Since the target release is JDK1.5, many APIs use generics to parameterize on types. Here are brief descriptions of the main components.
Executors
 {@link java.util.concurrent.Executor} is a simple standardized interface for defining custom thread-like subsystems, including thread pools, asynch-IO, and lightweight task frameworks. Depending on which concrete Executor class is being used, tasks may execute in a newly created thread, an existing task-execution thread, or the thread calling <tt>execute()</tt>, and may execute sequentially or concurrently. Executors also standardize ways of calling threads that compute functions returning results, via a {@link java.util.concurrent.Future}. This is supported in part by defining interface {@link java.util.concurrent.Callable}, the argument/result analog of Runnable.
 {@link java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService} provides a more complete framework for executing Runnables. An ExecutorService manages queueing and scheduling of tasks, and allows controlled shutdown. The two primary implementations of ExecutorService are {@link java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor}, a highly tunable and flexible thread pool and {@link java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutor}, which adds support for delayed and periodic task execution. These, and other Executors can be used in conjunction with a {@link java.util.concurrent.FutureTask} to asynchronously start a potentially long-running computation and query the FutureTask to determine if its execution has completed, or cancel it.
 The {@link java.util.concurrent.Executors} class provides factory methods for the most common kinds and styles of Executors, as well as a few utilities methods for using them.
Queues
 A basic (nonblocking) {@link java.util.Queue} interface extending java.util.Collection is introduced into java.util. Existing class java.util.LinkedList is adapted to support Queue, and a new non-thread-safe {@link java.util.PriorityQueue} is added. The java.util.concurrent {@link java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue} class supplies an efficient sclable thread-safe non-blocking FIFO queue, and {@link java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedStack} provides a similar non-blocking LIFO stack.
 Five implementations in java.util.concurrent support the extended {@link java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue} interface, that defines blocking versions of put and take: {@link java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue}, {@link java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue}, {@link java.util.concurrent.SynchronousQueue}, {@link java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue}, and {@link java.util.concurrent.DelayQueue}.
Locks
 The {@link java.util.concurrent.Lock} interface supports locking disciplines that differ in semantics (reentrant, fair, etc), and that can be used in non-block-structured contexts including hand-over-hand and lock reordering algorithms. This flexibility comes at the price of more awkward syntax. Implementations include {@link java.util.concurrent.ReentrantLock} and {@link java.util.concurrent.FairReentrantLock}.
 The {@link java.util.concurrent.Locks} class additionally supports some common trylock-designs using builtin locks.
 The {@link java.util.concurrent.ReadWriteLock} interface similarly defines locks that may be shared among readers but are exclusive to writers. Only a single implementation, {@link java.util.concurrent.ReentrantReadWriteLock}, is provided, since it covers all standard usage contexts. But programmers may create their own implementations to cover nonstandard requirements.
Conditions
 The {@link java.util.concurrent.Condition} interface describes the kinds of condition variables associated with monitors in other concurrent languages, as well as pthreads-style condvars. Their support reduces the need for tricky and/or inefficient solutions to many classic concurrent problems. To avoid compatibility problems, the names of Condition methods are different than Object versions.
Atomics
 The atomic subpackage includes a small library of classes, including AtomicInteger, AtomicLong, and AtomicReference that support compareAndSet (CAS) and related atomic operations.
Timing
 The {@link java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit} class provides multiple granularities (including nanoseconds) for both accessing time and performing time-out based operations.
Synchronizers
 Five classes aid common special-purpose synchronization idioms. {@link java.util.concurrent.Semaphore} and {@link java.util.concurrent.FairSemaphore} are classic concurrency tools. {@link java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch} is very simple yet very common utility for blocking until a single signal, event, or condition holds. A {@link java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier} is a resettable multiway synchronization point common in some styles of parallel programming. An {@link java.util.concurrent.Exchanger} allows two threads to exchange objects at a rendezvous point.
Concurrent Collections
 Besides Queues, this package supplies a few Collection implementations designed for use in multithreaded contexts: {@link java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap}, {@link java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList}, and {@link java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet}.
The "Concurrent" prefix for classes is a shorthand indicating several differences from similar "synchronized" classes. For example <tt>java.util.Hashtable</tt> and <tt>Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap())</tt> are synchronized. But {@link java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap} is "concurrent". A concurrent collection (among other kinds of classes) is thread-safe, but not governed by a single exclusion lock. So, in the particular case of ConcurrentHashMap, it safely permits any number of concurrent reads as well as a tunable number of concurrent writes. There may still be a role for "synchronized" classes in some multithreaded programs -- they can sometimes be useful when you need to prevent ALL access to a collection via a single lock, at the expense of much poor scalability. In all other cases, "concurrent" versions are normally preferable.
 Most concurrent Collection implementations (including most Queues) also differ from the usual java.util conventions in that their Iterators provide weakly consistent rather than fast-fail traversal. A weakly consistent iterator is thread-safe, but does not necessarily freeze the collection while iterating, so it may (or may not) reflect any updates since the iterator was created.
Uncaught Exception Handlers
 The java.lang.Thread class is modified to allow per-thread installation of handlers for uncaught exceptions. Ths optionally disassociates these handlers from ThreadGroups, which has proven to be too inflexible in many multithreaded programs. (Note that the combination of features in JSR166 make ThreadGroups even less likely to be used in most programs. Perhaps they will eventually be deprecated.)
 Additionally, java.lang.ThreadLocal now supports a means to remove a ThreadLocal, which is needed in some thread-pool and worker-thread designs.
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Anderson – "Shepard! Shepard!"
Garrus – "I found her"
Anderson – "Thank god you're all right. Wrex come help us get this off of her."
Wrex – "You mean to say Hey Krogan lift this half ton wreck of a Mako off the hero."
Garrus – "You mean the Mako was a wreck before it got hit with a giant laser cannon?"
Wrex – "You'd know, cause you spent all that time . . . calibrating it. There its off of ya."
Shepard – "Thanks Wrex."
Wrex – "My pleasure."
Anderson – "Wreck or not that Mako just saved your life. Here, I found your gun. Let's get moving."
Shepard – "Thanks. Let's get to the conduit."
Wrex – "Marauder!"
Wrex fires his Crusader X at its head.
Garrus – "Headshot! That's all of them."
Wrex – "I love this gun. Pierced right through that Marauder's Shields."
Anderson – "One lone hero isn't the last of the fight to be had. All right everybody stay alert. On three we jump in the beam. One . . . Two . . . THREE."
[The Citadel]
Anderson – "Are you alright? Is everybody here."
Shepard – "I'm here."
Garrus – "I landed in a pile of goo I'd rather forget I'd ever seen. But I'm ok."
Wrex – "This place is a dump. Looks worse than Tuchanka. On a bad day."
Anderson – "Looks exactly how you described the collector base in your reports Shepard."
Garrus – "Yeah but this is a lot worse than that. There's a lot more blood here."
Wrex – "Sometimes I forget you were in a fight with Shepard without me. When I do Grunt reminds me. Wish I'd been there."
Shepard – "No you don't Wrex. Fighting the Collectors was a suicide mission."
Wrex – "All the more reason for me to be there.
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Wrex – "I'm surprised there aren't more enemies."
Anderson – "Husks."
Shepard – "You just had to open your mouth."
Wrex – "Hey it's not like the sound of my voice commands them out of thin air."
Garrus – "Oh no, that's a Banshee."
Wrex – "On second thought, I probably should have kept my mouth shut."
Anderson – "That's definitely a Brute. Maybe two."
Garrus – "Ok, maybe if we move now we can slip by them before they notice us."
Shepard – "Come on, you're not afraid are you Garrus? We've got Wrex it's just like old times. Us against impossible odds. Right Wrex. Uh, Wrex."
Wrex – "I'd rather not say anything."
Anderson – "Enemies inbound. Cannibals."
Shepard – "Everyone on the left."
Garrus – "Laying suppressing fire."
On the radio* – "This is Admiral Hackett, did anyone make it to the Citadel?"
Anderson – "Hackett, this is Anderson. I'm here with Shepard, Garrus and Wrex. We're under heavy fire. What's the status of the battle outside?"
Hackett – "We're holding the Reapers away from the Citadel and the Crucible but I don't know for how much longer. It's not a strategic position to hold. But if we withdraw we may win this with brute force. Shepard really delivered."
Anderson – "Hold your fleet formations for now. There are still Reapers in other star systems. If this thing works we could take them all out."
Hackett – "Agreed, but move fast. I need to know if the Crucible is viable before our numbers reach the tipping point. You have ten minutes at best. Hackett out."
Anderson – "You heard the man lets go!"
The team pushes through the hallway mowing down wave after wave of Marauders, Cannibals and husks. As they reach the end of the hallway the large door opens.
Shepard – "Brute!"
Wrex – "RAWR, I've been waiting to use my blade."
Wrex, a Krogan Vanguard, biotically charges the overconfident Brute as it swipes its hand through Wrex's phased body, he rematerializes with his shotgun blade rammed into the jaw of the brute. Wrex then fires his gun into its skull.
Anderson – "I've never seen one of those taken down so quickly."
Wrex – "A little technique I developed. Pro tip, if the first shot doesn't kill. Keep firing."
Garrus – "Here come those banshees."
Shepard – "Does anyone have grenades?"
Anderson – "I've got some."
Shepard – "Give me one of those."
Garrus – "I've modified a few concussive rounds to act like a grenade launcher."
Shepard – "Nice. Let's get their barriers down fast. I want constant fire. When you reload. I'll charge in."
Wrex – "And I'll be right behind you."
Garrus – "Two Banshees 12 O'clock."
The Banshees charge in firing volleys of biotic strikes.
Garrus – "Clips run through. Firing grenades."
Anderson – "Grenades live."
Garrus hits them with precision shots to the head. The exploding rounds drop each of their barriers, draining their ability to charge forward. Anderson lobs a cluster of 3 grenades at their feet but the Banshees' armor are still holding strong. Wrex turns to Shepard and says,
Wrex – "It's our turn now Shepard. Let's go."
Shepard charges the Banshees with her shotgun. Shepard modified the weapon to fire sub zero cryo rounds to slow her opponents and weaken thier armor. Shepard deals high damage while Wrex not far behind, fires an entire 4 round clip of his Crusader Shotgun into the head of one Banshee before his heavy melee slices through the torso ripping the abomination in half. Meanwhile, Shepard charges the other Banshee while cloaked with Anderson's final grenade in hand and jams it into the Banshee's shrieking mouth. Shepard rolls back and the grenade pops its head.
Wrex – "One of these days you've gotta teach me how to do that."
Shepard – "I'm afraid you're just going to have to watch and learn Wrex."
Anderson – "We've caught a break. Come on we don't have much time left. Lets get the citadel arms open. Shepard we'll need evac once we arm the Crucible."
Shepard (on the radio) – "EDI I need you to monitor our suits internal microphones. I don't know how long we're going to take but as soon as we're finished coordinate with Joker for extraction."
EDI – "Roger Commander."
[The control room]
Anderson – "There, that looks like the control panel."
Wrex – "Wait, don't rush in too quickly I smell trouble."
Just then a group of Phantoms uncloaked around them.
Garrus – "Great. We're completely surrounded."
The Illusive man – "Admiral Anderson. I have a proposition for you."
Anderson – "Go to hell."
Illusive Man – "Hear me out first Admiral. I can't allow you to destroy the Reapers."
Anderson – "I figured as much."
Illusive Man – "You'd count me as a fool. But you're wrong. I've worked very hard to get to this point before you destroyed what remains of Cerberus. With the help of the Prothean VI we recovered from Thessia we discovered a weakness in the Reapers' code."
Wrex – "A weakness we can use to destroy them?"
Illusive Man – "Not exactly."
Anderson – "What exactly."
Illusive Man – "My plan is a little more refined than that. With the right amplification we can control the Reapers, disable them and study their technology."
Anderson – "Are you mad! Shepard warned me about you."
Illusive Man – "Where is Shepard."
Garrus – "We don't know, she was right behind me and then she wasn't."
Illusive Man – "It's a pity. I would have liked to see her again. One last time."
Anderson – "She doesn't need to be here. Listen, the VI warned Shepard that you've been Indoctrinated."
Illusive Man – "That's preposterous!"
Anderson – "Hear me out. The VI said that 50,000 years ago the Prothean Empire split during the reaper invasion. The indoctrinated side believed they found a way to control the Reapers. But they couldn't because the Reapers were controlling them. Any of this sound familiar?"
Illusive Man – "I'm aware of that."
Anderson – "Well the point is that the Protheans were defeated because they couldn't present a united front. Right now there's a war going on outside and we have a chance to use the Crucible to win this war once and for all.
"Illusive Man – "And we will. Trust me Admiral, or don't. Either way you're wrong. Thanks to you, this cycle will be different. Humanity has completed the Crucible and Humanity will reap the benefits."
Anderson – "It was a galactic coalition that made it a success."
Garrus – "Humans aren't alone in the galaxy."
Illusive Man – "But soon we will be Turrian! But enough talk, it's time for action."
The Illusive Man turns toward the console.
Anderson – "What are you doing?"
Illusive Man – "I'm opening the citadel arms. In a few minutes the Crucible will amplify the Reaper control signal and I'll be in full control."
Anderson – "And what will you do with that control?"
Illusive Man – "Exactly what Cerberus has been doing all along. Furthering Humanity's interests. If you must know, I think Palavan and Thessia would make excellent Human colonies."
Garrus – "You wouldn't dare."
Wrex – "I'm insulted you didn't count Tuchanka in that list."
Illusive Man – "It's only a matter of time."
Wrex swipes his shotgun blade with the blade of a Phantom.
Wrex – "You give the word Admiral and these Phantoms are as good as dead."
The Phantom in front of Anderson sticks its blade to his neck.
Illusive Man – "I'd like to see you try."
Anderson – "He's right we make one wrong move and we'll be as good as dead."
Garrus – "We don't have a lot of options."
Anderson – "We just might have to chance it."
Shepard – "That won't be necessary."
Shepard walks up behind the Illusive Man and points her gun directly to the back of his head.
Illusive Man – "Shepard, how did you get in here?"
Shepard – "The same way you did. Through the ventilation shaft."
Illusive Man – "Shepard put down the gun."
Shepard – "I can't do that. Admiral Hackett gave me an order."
The Illusive Man – "What order was that?"
Shepard – "Well his exact words were 'Put a bullet in his head on sight.'"
With that Shepard pulls the trigger.
Anderson – "What took you so long?"
Wrex – "We were beginning to think you wouldn't make it to the party."
Shepard – "Sorry the air ducts are a maze."
Garrus – "Glad you made it but what are we going to do about our little friends."
Wrex (waiving his hand in front of a Phantom's face)- "They don't appear to be moving at all."
Shepard – "They're mostly robots now. With the Illusive Man dead I don't think they know what to do."
Wrex – "Better kill them anyway."
Wrex proceeds to execute them with a shotgun blast to each face.
Shepard – "Well what do we do now?"
Anderson – "We'd better check in with Admiral Hackett. Hackett this is Anderson, come in."
Hackett – "Anderson what's your status? EDI was concerned a moment ago that you might have been compromised."
Anderson – "We're fine. Shepard took an alternate route and he saved our lives."
Hackett – "And the Crucible?"
Anderson – "The Citadel arms are open. The Crucible can dock."
Hackett – "Affirmative, it should only take a minute."
Garrus turns to Shepard.
Garrus – "So this is it huh."
Shepard – "Until I see every Reaper dead I'll reserve my judgement."
Wrex – "I'm with Shepard on that one."
Anderson – "The Crucible's docked."
Hackett – "There seems to be a problem."
Anderson – "What is it?"
Hackett – "The Crucible isn't firing."
Anderson – "Well give it time, it only docked a moment ago."
EDI – "That isn't the problem. It appears that control of the Crucible's firing mechanism was originally intended to be routed to the central control panel in what used to be the Council Chambers."
Anderson – "Dammit, that section is badly damaged, we can't get to there."
EDI – "Correct. In order to reroute control someone will have to access an external panel at the Crucible and Citadel Juncture."
(Make a Choice. Reroute control at your own risk or withdraw fleet and chance a brute force victory *Warning 6000 effective war assets are needed for this victory. To withdraw the fleet click HERE. To reroute control keep reading.)
Endgame 1 *Reroute at Own Risk.
Shepard – "I'll go."
Garrus – "Not so fast. I'm coming with you."
Shepard – "No you won't Garrus. I'm going alone."
Garrus – "Why?"
Shepard – "Because I'm the only one who brought breathing equipment."
Wrex – "She has a point. Still if you want Shepard I can try holding my breath. Krogan can last 10 minutes in a vacuum. 30 if we're not moving."
Shepard – "Thanks Wrex, but this is one mission I can do alone."
Wrex – "Your call Shepard."
EDI – "I've been looking further into the schematics of the juncture point. It is possible to arm the Crucible from there. If Shepard stays behind, I recommend a rendezvous for the other party members with the Normandy."
Anderson – "You sure about this Shepard?"
(Paragon Choice "I'm sure.": continue reading. Renegade Choice: click the link "Send Anderson.")
Shepard – "I'm sure."
Anderson – "Good luck."
Hackett – "We'll pull you out of there when you're done Shepard. One way or another . . . "
Anderson – "EDI Send me the evac coordinates."
Wrex – "Don't get lost out there Shepard." (Paragon option shake his hand.)
Garrus – "Remember: you, me the beach and I'm buying drinks. You better not flake out on me."
Shepard – "I'll be there." (Paragon option "and I'll drink you under the table." Garrus – "I don't know if I have the creds. The way you drink, I'll have to take out a loan.")
Shepard – "Now get out of here. That's an order."
Garrus nods and follows behind Wrex and Anderson. Shepard fastens her breathing mask and punches a few buttons on the control panel. Then the platform beneath her raises her up towards the external hull. Shepard takes 3 steps before hearing a noise that triggers a flash of a Prothean memory. She looks behind her quickly but sees nothing. Then Hacket comes in again over the radio.
Hackett – "Shepard we're picking up a single Sovereign class Reaper bearing down on your position."
Shepard – "Harbinger!"
Hackett – "A likely guess."
Shepard – "What about Anderson and the team?"
Hackett – "We just made the pickup. Listen, we're gonna engage the Reaper to give you more time."
Shepard – "Don't bother, just get the hell out of here."
Joker – "Negative commander. Hackett outranks you. Besides I'll run evasive patterns at limit. It's not my first time dodging Reaper ordinance plus now we have EDI we'll keep the Normandy safe."
Shepard – "Admiral don't engage Harbinger without backup."
Hackett – "It's not up for debate Commander, there's no other ship within range that's fast enough. The Normandy is the only ship that can harass the Reaper. Listen we'll hold up our end of the bargain so you can hold up yours. Haul ass Commander that's an Order."
Shepard – "Aye sir."
Hackett- "Hackett out."
Shepard sprints forward at full speed still 200 meters from her target. Meanwhile the Normandy zips by overhead from Shepard's right toward the approaching reaper on her left. The Normandy stares down Harbinger in this galactic game of chicken.
Joker – "Do we have a target."
EDI – "Target locked."
Garrus – "Dodge this you son of a bitch!"
With that, all the hours of intense calibration, hardwireing and rerouting are put to good use by a volley from the Normandy's giant gun.
Joker – "Everybody hang on!!!"
Joker rolls the Normandy left of Harbinger as the Volley hits the Normandy narrowly misses contact with the massive ship. Even a scrape would have ripped the Normandy apart. Any other pilot couldn't have made a maneuver like that. But Joker isn't any other pilot.
Shepard – "That was close. Joker. . . Dammit Joker come in!"
Shepard's audio is getting through but Harbinger is blocking communication from the Normandy back to Shepard. With no response she gives up on communicating for the moment, when she nears the control panel she sees the silhouette of a figure. Drawing her weapon, she sees the figure more clearly.
Shepard – "Illusive man?"
Harbinger – "No!"
Shepard – "Harbinger!"
Harbinger – "Don't be surprised Shepard. It was only a matter of time before his indoctrination was complete."
Shepard – "Just like Saren."
Harbinger – "Just like you."
Shepard – "I don't think you can or you would have done it already."
Harbinger – "It's only a matter of time."
Shepard – "I don't think so. You had to radically alter the Protheans' DNA in order to control them. I'm willing to bet the cipher makes it harder for you to control me."
Harbinger – "Not by much."
Shepard – "Listen as much as I enjoy our little reunions I have to activate the Crucible."
Harbinger – "I can't let you do that."
Shepard – "Go figure. Hey you got here before me. How come you didn't simply sabotage the console yourself?"
Harbinger – "I was in the middle of doing so when you interrupted me."
Shepard – "No I think it's more than that. The Prothean's designed it. They must have safeguards that prevent the indoctrinated from using the Crucible."
Harbinger – "You're more clever than we anticipated. A mistake that we will not repeat. Your end is final. I will destroy you."
Shepard – "Quite the opposite Harbie. You're going down just like Sovereign and his puppet."
Little did she know, Hackett broadcast the entire conversation to collective fleets.
Joker – "Voicecomm sent."
Hackett – "I think that rose morale a few points."
Wrex comments on the intercom from the med-bay, "I don't know if the Reapers can feel fear, but if I were a Reaper and I heard that, I'd be scared shitless."
Hackett – "Joker bring us arround for another attack."
Joker – "Aye, Aye"
Hackett – "Garrus fire at will."
They go at it in all out combat. Everything is on the line now, nothing held back. The Normandy broadcasting her suit audio live to the fleets, fully aware of every move Shepard makes in this critical fight. Shepard, knowing nothing of the battle overhead charges the husk of the Illusive man's body which responds with super Human strength.
Harbinger – "This is no ordinary fight Shepard. I will destroy you."
Shepard's shields deflect a biotic volley.
Harbinger – "I know this hurts you."
EDI – "Commencing emergency maneuvers." She takes control of the Normandy and fiercely spins the port hull to deflect the majority of the Reaper weapon's impact.
Joker – "Oh god I didn't see that."
EDI – "That's why you have me."
Hackett – "Damage report."
(If you bought the cooling conduits for the Normandy.)
Adams – "Minimal hull damage. But drive output spiked if we hadn't upgraded the thermal conduits everyone below the engineering deck would be dead."
Hackett – "Keep up the fight."
Then the Turrian Primarch comes in over the comms.
Victus – "Turrian fleet engaging Harbinger."
Hackett – "Glad you could join us."
Harbinger (husk) – "Your friends are weak. Even they cannot stop me."
Shepard ducks behind cover as Harbinger throws endless volleys of biotic detonations. But remembering how Wrex took out the Brute in the corridors, she equips her shotgun blade. Preparing to charge him, Shepard looks up.
Hackett to the fleets – "Harbinger has landed on the Crucible. All ships do not let him fire his main gun. Repeat do not let him fire!"
Shepard thinks to herself – "This is it, this is the last charge I'll ever make in this war. (Psychological choice Paragon option – "For the fallen. Time to make it count." Renegade – "Time to kick some Reaper ass!")
* Make it Count.
Shepard and Harbinger charge each other as the Earth stands still. The fate of the Galaxy boiled down to these few seconds. Resting in the hands of Shepard's legacy . . .
is a shotgun and a 12 inch blade. Shepard cloaks and ducks left just under Harbinger's arm's reach. The monster swinging wildly, emptily from one side to another. Shepard sneaks up behind for an attack on the Illusive Man's upgraded skull vs. Shepard's blade. Peircing the skull from behind, Shepard's blade won out.
Shepard – "That was for Ashley." Shepard fires a round. "That was for Thane." another, "That was for Mordin." another. Firing the last in her clip, "That was for Legion." Shepard drops the shotgun and powers up her omni-blade for her most powerful melee, "And this, THIS IS FOR EARTH!"
Shepard rips through the Reaper enhanced body with a devastating 5000 newtons, the severed torso flies off into space in pieces.
With the interference gone, Shepard hears Hackett on the com channel.
Hackett – "Hit him now, hit him with all you've got. Its shields are down. Its shields are down!"
Harbinger growls in his most menacing tone.
Shepard looks up at a Harbinger's charging laser – "Hackett patch this through to the fleet, target the laser cannon. It's the Reapers weakness."
Harbinger growls directly at Shepard.
Shepard – "Target the LASER CANNON!"
Hackett – "You heard the girl. Shoot it now."
The allied fleets barrage the Reaper in the thickest fire every ships' captains have ever seen. But Harbinger, the oldest and the largest of the Reapers stands in the midst of a sea of flames as hot and bright as the Sun.
Joker whips the Normandy around for its final run at the monster.
Joker – "This is for Gunney." he slams the fire button. With Garrus' targeting, the shot slams through Harbinger. The Reaper growls not from malice, but from pain. As Harbinger is blown to pieces the Reapers' chatter grows into an uproar over his death.
Shepard runs for the Crucible's console, inputting the final commands in the Prothean language. Shepard remembers Mordin, "It had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong."
[Epilogue] If your galactic readiness score is below 3500 click HERE now.
If you betrayed the Krogan click: Blood Rage.
Joker – "I'm picking up extreme energy fluctuations from the Crucible. I recommend we evade."
Hackett – "Take us to a safe distance."
Anderson – "You're not really considering leaving her?"
Hackett – "We don't have a choice."
Shepard – "It's ok Anderson. I knew the risks."
Hackett – "You're much more than a credit to the uniform. I'm sorry we ran out of time. Joker please send a message to the fleet and to all ground units. The Crucible is ready to fire."
Joker – "Aye sir."
The Crucible charges a massive amount of energy into each of the Citadel arms before firing its payload. The energy enveloped everything in the Sol system overloading the Reaper's Mass Effect cores and igniting the Reaper's internal power distribution architecture.
(Player Dependant Consequences)
If your galactic readiness score is below 3500 click HERE now.
Due to the Crucible's careful construction and precise engineering by: The Quarrians and Geth, The Rachni, Kenneth and Gabby's innovation, Jacob Taylor and the Ex-Cerberus scientists, Miranda Lawson and Conrad Verner's dissertation.
The Crucible was able to channel its energy through the Mass Relays without destroying them. Had the engineers made a single mistake the consequences of the Crucible's uncontrolled energy would have been devastating.
And Shepard, Shepard *Remains Alive (Keep reading). *Dies (Click link)
Shepard can be rescued from the Crucible in one of three ways: 1 Shepard brokered a lasting peace with the Geth. 2 Shepard saved the Rachni Queen twice. 3 alternatively: Shepard cured the Genophage and Grunt survived with Arlak Company.
If any ONE of these conditions are met Shepard lives. If none of these are met click HERE to see the ending where Shepard dies.
Anderson viewing the Galaxy map.
Anderson – "It's a goddamn miracle. Reaper forces are being decimated everywhere."
Hackett – "This victory came at a huge cost but we couldn't have hoped for a better outcome."
Anderson – "You could say that twice."
EDI – "Admirals! I'm picking up life signs from Shepard's suit."
Anderson – "Shepard's alive."
EDI – "but there's a problem. Sensors say she's entering Cardiac arrest."
Anderson – "Get her evac NOW!"
Hackett – "The closest unit to her position is a Geth Ship. They're responding. They're going to pull her out. Joker plot a course for the Geth ship, on the double!"
Joker – "Already set."
Anderson – "Dr. Chakwas, prepare the medical bay for a patient. It's Shepard."
Dr. Chakwas – "Understood."
The Normandy docks with the Geth ship. A Geth Prime walks through the airlock carrying Shepard and speeds down the hallway.
Prime – "Where are your medical facilities?"
Anderson – "One deck down through the elevator. Follow me."
Dr. Chakwas scrubs in for surgery. All non-essential personnel are evacuated from the medical bay as the assistants continue attempting to resuscitate the commander. One of the attendants pulls the window shutters closed.
Anderson walks out, says a few words thanking the Prime for assistance before it leaves the Normandy.
Ashley – "Anderson! How is she doing? Is she ok?"
Anderson – "I'm not gonna lie, she's in rough shape. It looks like the Crucible damaged her synthetic implants especially the clamp around her heart."
Garrus – "If the Crucible affected her, how come it didn't damage the Normandy?"
Anderson – "It was probably due to her proximity to the blast wave. I'm not sure. But right now Shepard's in there, fighting for her life and she needs us to stay strong for her."
Ashley – "Aye Sir."
Garrus – "I'll say a prayer."
Wrex – "Or two."
3 hours later Dr. Chakwas finally steps out of the Medical bay. To her surprise the entire crew of the Normandy is there waiting
Anderson breaks the silence.
Anderson – "What is it? How is she doing?"
Dr. Chakwas – "Well I've got bad news."
The crowd groans.
Dr. Chakwas "She's going to make a full recovery."
The crowd breathes a collective sigh of relief, followed by cheers and applause.
Anderson – "Don't ever scare us like that again."
Dr. Chakwas – "Sorry I just couldn't take the tension in the room. We've all been through Hell and back for what seems like forever. The air was so thick I was choking."
Anderson – "That's understandable. It's hard to believe it's over."
Dr. Chakwas – "Shepard's alive. I can't think of a better symbol of victory than that."
2 Weeks later. At a bar on Earth by the Ocean. The cool wind flowing through the open air pavilion. Shepard sits at the bar with Wrex and Garrus.
Dr. Chakwas stands up from the corner table, sharing a bottle of Serrice Ice Brandy with Admiral Hackett. At the adjacent table is Anderson with Kahlee Sanders.
Dr. Chakwas – "Glad you could make it commander."
Shepard – "Thanks to you I did."
Dr. Chakwas – "Just doing my job Commander."
Garrus – "Commander have a drink, take a load off."
Shepard motions to the bar tender to pour her a drink. Taking a sip she says,
Shepard – "Well we did it Garrus, we took back Earth."
Garrus – "You took it back Shepard because I was there and I had your back. What would you do without me."
Wrex – "Probably save the galaxy all by herself. Although not at stylishly. Speaking of which. I like the scenery. It reminds me of home."
Wrex is referring to the piles of Reaper rubble adorning the beach.
Shepard – "Well it's gonna take some work but we took Earth back."
Wrex – "Don't be modest, you did all the work. It was just fun to be along for the ride."
Shepard – "No I'm pretty sure I couldn't have done it without you. All of you. In fact I'd like to raise a toast. To the Heroes of the Normandy, the Alliance and the Galaxy at large. Here's to all who died fighting the Reapers and lastly. Here's to our friends. Cheers!"
Crowd – "CHEERS!"
[End Credits.]
If you haven't clicked them in the story but would like to see one of the other possible endings:
- To withdraw the fleet click HERE.
- Renegade Choice click the link "Send Anderson."
- If your galactic readiness score is below 3500 click HERE now.
- If you betrayed the Krogan click: Blood Rage.
- Click HERE to see the ending where Shepard dies.
- Or pick another class: Soldier, Vanguard, Infiltrator
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Shutdown would threaten economy
A weak economy can only take so much abuse — and it looks like a government shutdown is about to test the nation's resilience.
There is one possible way a shutdown could help the economy: It could result in a long-term agreement, reduce partisan tensions and take the far scarier prospect of a debt default off the table.
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But there are much darker — and equally likely — scenarios that could play out over the next days and weeks.
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If a shutdown drags on longer than a couple of weeks, pushing close to the Oct. 17 deadline for raising the debt ceiling, it could be far more damaging, possibly even driving an already slow-growing economy back into recession. Combine a shutdown with a default or near-default, and the sluggish economy would almost certainly stall out.
"If it's short-term, three or four days, then the public doesn't really care about a shutdown and the economy goes on as usual," said David Kotok, chief investment officer at money management firm Cumberland Advisors. "If it goes three or four weeks or longer, then you do serious damage to the economy, triggering a recession and destroying consumer confidence in a way that could take years to rebuild."
Stocks may drop at the beginning of a shutdown if a last-minute deal doesn't materialize by midnight Monday. But they would probably not tank unless a shutdown drags on. Then panic could start to set in.
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"I think the biggest implication would be a shock to confidence," said Sean West, chief U.S. analyst at the Eurasia Group. "Market players rightfully dialed down their attention to U.S political risk after watching Congress walk to the edge of crisis but never jump off the cliff. Now, we all need to deal with the fact that there really is no one driving the train."
Markets have been relatively calm ahead of a possible shutdown. But stocks began declining last week after hitting record highs, mostly on fear over a shutdown. And the cost to insure U.S. Treasury securities against default last week soared to its highest level since the debt ceiling crisis of 2011. Markets often react late — and sometimes violently — to events in Washington.
The direct costs of short shutdowns tend to be relatively small.
The Office of Management and Budget estimated that the pair of shutdowns in 1996 cost the government about $2 billion in today's dollars, the result of making up missed pay and starting and stopping large government agencies, a costly endeavor. Federal workers could miss paychecks — and that would cause personal hardship — but they would likely get paid back.
Shutdowns can also hurt companies that do a lot of business with the federal government, including defense and other contractors. But if the closure is short, most contracts will ultimately be paid and companies will not report lower revenues.
The problems for the economy will get bigger if the government stays shuttered longer. This would mean consumer and business confidence could begin dropping, the debt ceiling would begin to loom as a bigger concern and the economy could once again fail to crack the 3 percent growth level that would more quickly bring down the 7.3 percent jobless rate.


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I'm at CNN's World Report International Conference (or something like that) in Atlanta. It's lunch time, and my panel, on blogging, will begin at 2:15. Just before lunch Wolf Blitzer did an interview with President Musharraf of Pakistan; Musharraf also took questions from the audience.
I've always been impressed by Musharraf, but have never seen him for more than a few minutes at a time. He's very, very good. He has the skills of an American politician of a generation or two ago; it's fun to watch someone as smart as Musharraf who hasn't been subjected to the Oprah-ization of American politics. A few highlights:
Musharraf began with a speech or statement in which he outlined, in a very positive way, Pakistan's progress against terrorism, especially al Qaeda. He said that Pakistan's Secret Service has penetrated al Qaeda's courier network, leading to valuable human intelligence. This is apparently the first time any government has succeeded in penetrating the organization.
Musharraf said that al-Libbi, said to be al Qaeda's number three leader, has cooperated with interrogators, and information has been extracted that has led to the apprehension of a number of terrorists. Al-Libbi did not, however, know anything about bin Laden's whereabouts. Musharraf said that he believes al-Libbi has been "deported to the United States" within the past three days. Someone asked a question about where terrorists captured in Pakistan would ultimately be tried. Musharraf said he hadn't yet "stretched his mind" far enough to think about that question. Trials for terrorists are clearly not a priority for him.
The short-term strategy against terrorism, in Musharraf's view, is military; the long-term strategy is to address extremism in the Arab world by resolving political conflicts rather than merely trying to manage them. Toward this end, he says he is seeking a definitive resolution of the conflict with India over Kashmir, which he says he is optimistic will occur while he is still in power. He also says that Pakistan is addressing the issue of the "misuse of Mosques" and is "mainstreaming the madrassas." I can only hope that's true.
Asked whether Pakistan has been sufficiently "rewarded" for cooperating with the United States in the GWOT, Musharraf bristled a bit. He said that he pursues anti-terror policies because they are in Pakistan's interest, and it "trivializes" an important issue to speak in terms of "rewards." He also noted that Pakistan had received (even though it did not solicit) significant debt relief and financial assistance.
Musharraf acknowledged that there is considerable anti-American sentiment in Pakistan, which dates from the 1990s and which he attributes mostly to the U.S. having left Pakistan "high and dry" after the war in Afghanistan, and having "denied" Pakistan the F-16. Nevertheless, he said he is confident that Pakistanis support his anti-terror policies; that they also benefit the United States is irrelevant.
Musharraf's view of the emerging conflict between Japan and China (a subject raised by a Japanese journalist) is benign. He says that the two Asian powers are pursuing ever-deeper commercial relationships, and that their economic ties will "overshadow" any political conflicts.
The interview was consistent with my perception that Musharraf is a hard man, but not a bad one. A good ally, in other words, in a place where we desperately need one.
UPDATE: Musharraf's statement that al-Libbi has been turned over to the U.S. is now being reported.
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The 40 hens on John Dvorak's farm, two miles southwest of Marion, provide more than enough eggs for him and his wife, Carol. They give the excess production to Marion County Food Bank in Marion.
Carol Dvorak said they deliver a dozen cartons of the eggs whenever they have extras, which can be as often as every other week or once a month. The chickens have an outside cage but range free for several hours every day. A light bulb in the chicken barn provides eight to 10 hours of light during winter months to extend production.
They are always looking for empty egg cartons to use to replace the ones they give away filled with eggs. The cartons can be brought to the food bank or left at Marion Senior Center.
The Dvoraks are growing 25 production chicks as replacement hens.
Egg production is a small part of the Dvorak farming operation. The 66-year-old farmer rents 1,000 acres along Middle Creek Road in Chase County, producing wheat, corn, and soybeans. He also has 50 head of longhorn beef cattle that run on 600 acres of Flint Hills grass during the growing season. Some of the grass is put up for winter feeding.
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John and Carol have been married for 27 years. They have lived at their present location on Quail Creek Road for 25 years. She did chores and helped him with farm work for many years, until a medical condition forced her to quit about five years ago.
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After a large breakfast both my father and I had decided not go fishing but to take it easy on the first day. I decided to go on a walk. The drive is a loop of about two miles in length and every morning from 7.30am to 9.30am I would bird this loop. The first bird I saw in the Bahamas was a female Western Spindalis. Below is the male
This bird is also on the front cover of my bible for this trip "Birds of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands" by Bruce Hallett.
It is a photographic guide of what could be found on the island and information on the breeding birds of the region plus the most commonly recorded migrants that either pass through on their way to other destinations or stay during the winter season. It was extremely helpful for most bird ids and where it could not help me I resorted to the net.
Within five hundred yards of the lodge I had seen two species of woodpecker the West Indian Woodpecker
and Hairy Woodpecker.
I was to see a great deal of both over the week. When I came back to the Lodge and was talking about them and I was shown where the West Indian Woodpecker was making a nest in the lodge itself. Then one of the guests told me that it had even flown into their bedroom!!
On the drive there are the power lines that come to the lodge and on a number of the telegraph poles and lines some Turkey Vultures were sitting.
I thought they were wonderful and the ease with which they fly on the wind made up for their ugliness. Sometimes they would fly within a few yards of the lodge. On one morning I saw about four sitting on the steps down to the beach and I spent twenty minutes approaching them very slowly and got to within a few yards of them.
From the Lodge to the main road there are two types of habitat. Firstly there is the Coppice which is a mixture of hardwoods and broadleaf trees and then there was the Pinewoods. the Pinewoods are made up of Caribbean Pine of which the Bahamian variety can grow upto 80 feet. There is also an understorey of thatch palms, some ferns and various grasses.
Along the road I came across my first Hummingbird and it was the Cuban Emerald. I was hoping it would be the endemic Bahama Woodstar but sadly I never saw one on my trip. I did see the Cuban Emerald on many occasion and I found them very difficult to photograph because they rarely were ever still.
I did however see the endemic Bahama Swallow which regularly flew past the lodge and lived in the pine trees at the beginning of the drive. I also saw my first Barn Swallow of the year flying over the pool. When I was talking to Robin Lane a fellow guest about the swallows he said he had seen a swallow type bird flying in and out of the eaves of the house but he felt it looked larger than a swift or swallow. Well a couple of days later I saw it and it was bigger and stockier than anything I had previously seen and it turned out to be a Purple Martin.


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It's hard to believe there are some medical conditions so rare and unusual that they stump even the most trained doctors. In 28-year-old Rachel Pyne's case, it took a series of incorrect diagnoses from several doctors before she discovered what was actually happening inside her body. According to ABC News, Pyne of Merrillville, Ind., suffered from a condition known as superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD).
As explained by Hopkins Medicine, SSCD is a condition wherein the patient suffers from dizziness and sensitivity to noise because of his/her heightened hearing ability. Individuals with SSCD can hear their body's internal movements. In the video, Pyne describes being able to constantly hear her heartbeat, the movement of her neck muscles and the motion of her eyes.
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Since weaning off some powerful medications, my painhas returned with a vengeance. I can't even spell right now. Used to be one of my best subjects, again, used to be. I've been having bad nights and days filled with more than overwhelming pain. I refuse to take the narcotics I was prescribed, I weaned myself off of them.
I suffer from severe Fibromyalgia and Chronic pain syndrome. I could go through a whole list of my ailments, however, these two are the ones that keep me down. I am going to seek a new doctor to delve further into my pain. I hate seeing the commercials for Lyrica, which I take, but the people in the commercial must have a mild case? I don't know. I take the allowed dosage of Lyrica, and still am suffering from unmanageable pain.
You might be wondering why I chose to wean off the narcotics. Firstly, they helped, and then I would need a higher dosage. Secondly, I have Chronic Kidney disease, and even taking Ibuprofen is bad for the kidneys. Also I am insulin dependent Diabetic II. My blood sugars are completely under control. A plus for the kidneys. Many people become addicted to pain killers, and end up hurting their bodies. No thanks. That's why I chose to quit them. I'm afraid to quit the Lyrica, because my pain is already too much, I can't imagine it getting even worse!
All my life I worked my body to the bone. No pain no gain. Then my syndrome hit me like a ton of bricks! When this happened, I hadn't any medical insurance, so I was just kind of swept under the rugs by doctors because I couldn't afford extensive services.
Having medical insurance later, I was diagnosed. I was so sick of seeing this specialist and that specialist. It took most of my time to complete the doctors requests, whilst still suffering in pain. I had two broken ribs, not cracked, but broke and separated. I suffered until one kind emergency room doctor did not care that I hadn't any insurance, and ordered an MRI. That is how it came to light that for eight months I continued working in horrible pain, to find out my ribs were broken. I had to resign from my job as a nursing assistant because I became a liability at work.
All vacation time I earned at work was used up, not to enjoy myself, but to try to nurse myself back to health. My husband lost his job due to me not wanting to be left alone. I was having panic attacks, and was so afraid I was going to die. We went from middle class to the poverty level in no time. I couldn't even tolerate a minimum wage job as a cashier, too much pain and sickness. That's when I sought out an attorney and filed for disability, and was granted that small budget. I'm not complaining, but budgeting the money has to be very precise to live on.
I feel as if I am back to square one now. Dealing with this brings on my depression. That too I have dealt with all my life. My daughter gave birth to my grandchild on Easter, and here I am, stuck with pain in bed. I even hesitate to make a doctor's appointment, for the thought of actually having to tolerate the pain of the trip and the wait in the office. I'm just so sick of it.
I also will not have a cortisone shot in my spinal fluid! I had a spinal tap with my first child, and an epidural with my second, and often wonder if that's one reason my back aches in certain places. With both children, I had complications. The first from the spinal tap, the second was an emergency c-section, where they left a sponge in me. As a result, I am unable to bear children anymore. I wasn't planning on having more, but still, it hurts when it's taken away from you.
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text: September 25, 1997 - New Yorkers Back $2.4 Billion School Bond 4 -1, Quinnipiac College Poll Finds; Ferraro Keeps Big Lead In Senate Race While 76 percent of New York State voters admit they've heard little or nothing about the $2.4 billion school bond issue on the Nov. 4 general election ballot, by a 68 - 17 percent margin, they plan to vote for the bonds, according to a Quinnipiac College Poll released today. Support for the bond issue runs 78 - 12 percent in New York City, 71 - 12 percent in the suburbs and 58 - 24 percent upstate. While New Yorkers strongly support the bond issue to fund school repairs, they seem satisfied with the physical condition of their local schools: 75 percent say their local schools are "very good" or "fairly good," while 21 percent say local schools are "fairly bad" or "very bad." "Maybe New Yorkers' traditional skepticism about government borrowing is fading. They voted for the environmental bond issue last year. They say they'll vote for the school- repair bond issue this year," said Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac College Polling Institute. Support is weaker for the ballot question to hold a convention to amend the New York State Constitution: While 76 percent of voters say they've heard little or nothing about the proposal, they think it's a good idea, by a 56 - 19 percent margin, according to the independent Quinnipiac College Poll. But only 49 percent say they'll vote for the Constitutional Convention, while 22 say they'll vote no, with 29 percent undecided. FERRARO HOLDS SENATE LEAD Looking to the 1998 U.S. Senate race, Democrat Geraldine Ferraro holds a 54 - 36 percent lead over Republican incumbent Alfonse D'Amato. She had a 55 - 32 percent lead in a July 23 Quinnipiac College Poll. New York City Public Advocate Mark Green tops D'Amato 47 - 39 percent, while Brooklyn Congressman Charles Schumer leads D'Amato 43 - 40 percent, a virtual tie. In a Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Ferraro gets 48 percent, to 25 percent for Green and 15 percent for Schumer. In a Republican primary, D'Amato tops Lt. Gov. Betsy Ross 55 - 26 percent. D'Amato's approval among New York State voters is 42 - 47 percent. Only 32 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of D'Amato, while 40 percent have a negative opinion, with 21 percent mixed and 6 percent who say they haven't heard enough to form an opinion. Among possible Democratic challengers and other state leaders, ratings are: Favorable Unfavorable Mixed No opinion Ferraro 45 20 20 15 Green 29 6 10 56 Schumer 19 5 8 67 Lt. Gov. Ross 28 13 17 42 Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan 52 13 20 14 Atty. Gen. Dennis Vacco 23 8 11 58 "Geraldine Ferraro is simply rolling along. She'd trounce the other Democrats in a primary and then she'd trounce D'Amato in a general election," Carroll said. "Sen. D'Amato is campaigning ferociously, as if he were up for re-election this year instead of `98. But he hasn't been able to boost his approval or favorability ratings. It's negative and has hardly moved since Quinnipiac College looked last summer." From September 18 - 22, Quinnipiac College surveyed 842 New Yorkers who say they are registered voters. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percent. The Quinnipiac College Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, conducts public opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as a public service and for research. Additional data available.


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Property TypeResidential – Townhome
SubdivisionUNION CREEK TOWNHOMES WEST CONDO
Listing Date12/05/18
Year Built2007
AreaCopper Mountain
Parking2 Car Garage, Surface
Property Description
Ski in/ski out & located on the Vail/Frisco Rec Path for "out your door access" to all of your favorite mountain activities! Union Creek Lift & Ski School are within a few steps! High-end finishes & furnishings throughout this turnkey townhouse! Accommodates up to 12! Master w fireplace & Juliet balcony overlooking stream & slopes, 3 guest rooms-2 w built-in "flying king beds/leather sofas"-1 w 2 sets of bunkbeds. Patio w hot tub plus elevated covered deck! Smart TVs, boot warming room & more!
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- Adjacent to Natl Forest
- Alpine Ski In
- Alpine Ski Out
- Walk to Slopes
- Creek / River
- Mountains
- Ski Slopes
- South Facing
- Woods
- Deck
- Fireplace - Gas
- Hot Tub - Private
- Jetted Bathtub
- Multi-Level
- Cross Country Trails
- Golf - Public
- Hiking / Pedestrian Trails
- Cable Tv
- District Sewer
- District Water
- Electricity
- Gas
- Snow Removal
- Trash Pickup
- Natural Gas
- Radiant
- Dryer
- Washer
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About Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain, with 2,450 acres, is Summit County's largest ski area. At Copper you can enjoy Colorado's first high-speed detachable six-passenger chairlift, the "Super Bee" and an award-winning trail system that naturally separates snowriders by their ability levels. The Village at Copper is a pedestrian-only, high alpine community with spectacular Colorado views. While in the village take time to enjoy a concert, watch fireworks light up the sky overhead or sit-down for some fine dining. In the summer, your senses will be enhanced by fresh wildflowers and a Colorado blue sky. You can hike, bike, golf on a championship course or go whitewater rafting in nearby Buena Vista. One of the newest additions to Cooper Mountain is Woodward at Copper. A training facility where athletes of all ages can practice new tricks over foam pits before testing their skills on the mountain!
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So taking a vacation is exactly what the doctor ordered! This past week was a lot of fun! It all started last Friday when my friend V and I drove up to A's Cottage for a Girls Weekend. It was heaven. A bunch of great ladies, good food, and beautiful scenary.
Here's a view from the dock
A is my crafty gal pal so she made some chimes out of old spoons
We ended up learning how to shoot. 8 gals with a .22 calibre rifle. Yup. I did pretty good too!
We had a lobsterfest on the dock with lots and lots of butter. There was no dieting on this trip!
The night was so clear and beautiful. I saw 3 shooting stars! (And no, they were not satellites. Real shooting stars!) I made 3 wishes too!
I really missed hubby and the kids. Baby bunny missed me a lot too. I have to give kudos to hubby for watching the kids for the 3 days.
Later in the week, we went to the Art Gallery of Ontario. I don't even bother trying to get them to smile. One is always coming from one direction while the other is going the other way. I saw the Picasso exhibit but through the eyes of my little ones. I heard things like "he's naked!" and "what's that?" and "she's sad!" I took the kids in the middle of the week because once Joshie starts school in September, we will only be able to visit on weekends :( The kids also love going to the AGO because it means going to the Chinatown bakery beforehand for sticky buns and cookies.
By the end of the week, I was exhausted but my cousin had tickets to go to Fashion Fridays on Cityline so 4 of us went down to be audience members. This has been a tradition for the last 3 years! I ended up downtown at 8:20am - record time ever! I missed my GO train so I ended up driving and got there at the same time as the train.
Here's a pic of Dundas Square... I can't believe how much it has changed over the years. I remember when there were no ads and no big retailers.
Next week will be our chillaxing week before school starts. I'd better get started on kiddo's new backpack!


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May 21, 2000
San Luis Obispo, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos ended their season on a sour note with a 4-2 loss to the Cal Poly Mustangs. The loss drops the Gauchos virtually out of a post season birth as their record falls to 28-25 and 18-12 in the Big West. With the win, the Mustangs improve to 32-24 and also have an 18-12 record in the Big West.
Mustang starting pitcher, Jared Blasdell held the Gauchos to two hits and two unearned runs through eight innings. One of those hits was a home run that came off the bat of first baseman Mike Kolbach, his first on the season. The other run came on a sacrifice bunt by Jeff Carter that scored R.J. Smith who reached on an error by shortstop Brian Oxley earlier in the inning.
The Gauchos managed to put a rally together in the ninth. With the bases loaded and one out, Carter lined out to the shortstop. On the play, Chris Crawley who was pinch running for Donovan Warrecker, got too far off of third base and was doubled up for the third out.
Phil Galer started for the Gauchos and went four innings, allowing seven hits and three runs. He took the loss and falls to 1-3 on the season. Jeremy Sugarman came in relief and threw the next 3.1 innings of three hit and one run ball. Joe Isaacson and Peter Dyball pitched the remaining two outs.
Blasdell earned the win to improve to 7-2. Tanner Trosper pitched the final inning for the Mustangs to record his fourth save.
The Gauchos say goodbye to seniors Gabe Neboyia, Jason Cooley, Joe Isaacson, Peter Dyball, and Troy Kinto. We wish them all the best and future success.


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Now that you've seen where all the SEC linebacker units rank, let's check to see who the top 10 linebackers entering the 2013 season are.
This had to be one of the toughest lists to come up with, but here goes nothing:
1. C.J. Mosley, Sr., Alabama: Last year, he was considered one of the best linebackers in the country and might have been a first-round draft pick in this year's NFL draft if he had opted to leave school early. The Butkus Award finalist had to share time last year, but still led the Crimson Tide with 107 tackles and was second with four sacks. He should be even better with more time on the field this fall.
2. Jordan Jenkins, So., Georgia: Even though he was a backup last year, Jenkins was second on the team with five sacks and 23 quarterback hurries. Now he's taking over Jarvis Jones' position and has all the skill to be an elite pass-rusher in this league. He learned from one of the best in Jones, but might be even better suited for the position than his predecessor, which has to scare opposing offenses.
3. A.J. Johnson, Jr., Tennessee: Johnson was one of the hardest working linebackers in the league last year, leading the SEC with 138 total tackles. Sixty-three of those tackles were solo stops. The change to the traditional 4-3 scheme should help him, but Johnson also looked to become even more focused this spring. Johnson's next step is becoming a real field leader for this team.
4. Adrian Hubbard, Jr., Alabama: Nick Saban wants his front seven to get to the quarterback more, and Hubbard is expected to be even better at that this fall. He led the Tide with seven sacks last year and 11 tackles for loss. Hubbard and his coaches want more. Hubbard has great speed off the edge and can make plays all over the field. A big year could push himself into position to be a top draft prospect at his position.
5. Lamin Barrow, Sr., LSU: Kevin Minter might have been the star of LSU's defense last year, but Barrow was extremely productive with his 104 tackles, including 52 solo stops. He also had 7.5 tackles for loss, broke up five passes and recovered two fumbles. Barrow is the quarterback of LSU's defense and shouldn't have any problem dealing with more responsibility now that Minter is gone.
6. Antonio Morrison, So., Florida: Morrison served as a backup for the Gators last year, but started three games and registered 34 tackles and a sack. The coaches are expecting even more from the rangy and hard-hitting stud, as he moves to middle linebacker. He'll now be relied upon to be the quarterback and captain of this defense, meaning he still has a lot of growing to do, which showed after his offseason arrest.
7. Benardrick McKinney, So., Mississippi State: Quietly, McKinney had a very impressive year with the Bulldogs last year. He was eighth in the SEC with 102 tackles. He also registered 45 solo tackles and had 10 or more tackles in four games last year. He's the anchor of Mississippi State's linebacking corps and should catch the attention of a lot more people this fall.
8. Denzel Nkemdiche, So., Ole Miss: He was one of the biggest surprises around last year and earned second-team All-SEC honors after leading Ole Miss in tackles (82), tackles for loss (13) and forced fumbles (four). He also tied for the team lead in interceptions (three). Nkemdiche isn't the biggest player, but he can play all the linebacker positions and has the athleticism and speed to cover a ton of ground on the defensive side of the ball.
9. Ronald Powell, Jr., Florida: He missed all of last season after suffering two ACL injuries, but the word out of Gainesville is that he'll be fully ready to go when fall starts. His dedication to rehab and his humbled approach have his coaches and teammates excited about his 2013 season. He was playing his best ball before he was hurt last spring and if that Powell shows up this fall, he should be one of the top pass-rushers in the SEC.
10. Kwon Alexander, So., LSU: A broken ankle cut Alexander's freshman year short, but the coaches are very, very excited about his potential. He doesn't have a lot of stats to live off of, but he might be the most physically gifted linebacker in LSU's stable. He covers a lot of ground and should be a big-time playmaker for the Tigers.


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Is affirmative action in university admissions a measurement toward increasing the diversity of the student body, or does it violate the civil and constitutional rights of applicants to consider race and ethnicity in university admissions?
That's what the Supreme Court will decide later this year. Earlier today the court said that it would once again confront the issue of affirmative action, using a case from the University of Texas for the possible landmark ruling.
The case involves a white student who filed suit claiming that the university's policy to take race into consideration in the admission process violates her constitutional rights. After losing both at the district and appeals court level, she appealed to the Supreme Court.
The case, called Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin will be argued this fall, probably close to the presidential election. It's the first time since 2003 that the court will look at the issue of race in university admissions. In 2003 the court narrowly approved the use of race in the admission process at universities. But the court has become more conservative with the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who craft that 2003 compromise, and her replacement by Justice Samuel Alito, a staunch foe of affirmative action.
Obama's chief spokesman Jay Carney refused to comment directly on the case today at the press briefing, but he did offer some general comments.
"President Obama has said that, while he opposes quotas, and thinks an emphasis on universal and not race-specific programs is good policy, considering race along with other factors can be appropriate in certain circumstances. But again, I want to make sure that's viewed as a broad statement of where he has been and where his position is broadly, not a reference to this specific case," he said.
While the White House thus seemed a bit wary at the court's decision to confront the issue once again, others celebrated the decision.
"The Supreme Court took a potentially historic step today when they agreed to review the unconstitutionality of including race in the college admissions process. Institutions of higher education have used the pursuit of 'diversity' as a legitimate excuse to discriminate, sanctioned by the highest court in the land," Ward Connerly, the president of the American Civil Rights Institute and longtime critic of affirmative action.
The current case started in 2008, when Abigail Fisher, a white student who had been denied admission at the college of University of Texas, filed a lawsuit against the university. Most admitted students at the university are among the top 10 percent in their high school class, but for the remaining places, the university also considers race and ethnicity, and other factors, in order to increase the diversity of the student body.
Abigail Fisher was unhappy that the university took race into consideration when deciding which students should be admitted to the college. Together with another girl, who was also denied admission but has since dropped the case, she claimed that her civil and constitutional rights were violated by the policy of the university. Their argument was that they would have been admitted to the university if they weren't white.
Both at the district court level in Austin and at the circuit court level in New Orleans the university won, but in September Abigail Fisher appealed to the Supreme Court.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the student, it could potentially have great consequences for affirmative action programs all over the United States. The results of the last couple of cases on the subject have had great impact. When the Supreme Court endorsed affirmative action in university admissions in 2003 in the Grutter v. Bolinger case, University of Texas resumed taking race into consideration in the admission process.
In 2003, 21 percent of the freshmen at University of Texas were Hispanic and African American. In 2007, four years after the endorsement, that number had grown to a quarter of the students.
In a statement issued by the University of Texas on the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case, the university wrote:
"The Supreme Court wrote in the 2003 landmark Grutter v. Bollinger case that the nation's future depends upon leaders educated and trained through wide exposure to the ideas and mores of students as diverse as this nation. Our admissions policy embodies that vision.
"It is vital for the university to weigh a multitude of factors when making admissions decisions about the balance of students who will make up each entering class. We must have the flexibility to consider each applicant's unique experiences and background so we can provide the best environment in which to educate and train the students who will be our nation's future leaders."