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Today the IEA repeated its usual ideological blast every few years that we should rip out as many traffic lights as possible.
The report is a total intellectual mess however citing congestion – and extended travel time – as an economic loss and then stating the alternative to traffic lights is errrr …'low speed environments'. What do they want to be able to drive anywhere you want as fast as possible or for traffic to be calmed to humane speeds? You cant always have both.
The report is infused with the dogma that economies are most efficient when drivers can choose where to drive. But we know that, in economic terms, this isn't true for road networks – a Nash equilibrium on a road network is not pareto opimal. You have awkward truths such as the Breass Paradox and the Downs Thompson Paradox that get in the way. You would think that an economic think tank would at least explore economic theory and debates – but no the IEA is not a think tank they are an ideological Austrian dumb tank.
These ideas do also get in the way of conventional highway engineer thinking – for example if you consider two single roads and a crossroads and traffic lights the traffic light junction in theory has twice the capacity. But what is true for a single junction is not necessarily true for a network/system as a whole, where so many people may take an ímproved' route that at certain demand levels, it grinds to a near halt. Hence paradoxically removing roads, and slowing junctions down, which the IEA doesn't want – may improve the performance of the system as a whole – as will improving public transport and improving walking and cycling – which the IEA has similarly ranted about.


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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
After two years of hemming and hawing in Washington about the real culprits on Wall Street, Sen. Carl Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations finally got to the heart of the matter this morning. Drawing on a voluminous collection of internal Goldman e-mails and other exhibits, Levin and the ranking acting co-chair, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, tore into an array of current and former Goldman mortgage traders, including the recently indicted Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourre, over the one fundamental question hanging over the whole financial catastrophe. Was Goldman honest with its clients about what was happening in the markets?
The answer to come this morning is obviously no. The internal communications at Goldman about the various deals they were peddling—including one called Timberlake, described by a Goldman e-mail as "one s–tty deal"—show that what they were telling themselves and what they were telling clients were two completely different things.
Daniel Sparks, the former head of Goldman's mortgage department, repeatedly declined to utter the simple statement that he had acted in the clients' best interests, as did two other Goldman witnesses including Tourre (who took the opportunity to deny all the SEC charges against him). "You knew it was a s–tty deal," Levin told Sparks, repeating again and again a word seldom heard on the record from high public officials. "How much of that s–tty deal did you sell to your clients?"
Sparks refused to say. When Collins asked him whether he felt an obligation to "act in the best interest of your clients," Sparks couldn't answer that directly either. "I had a duty to act in a very straightforward way and very open way with my clients," he responded, prompting gasps of incredulity in the room.
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Senate continues investments in Foundation Budget, Chapter 70, environmental protection, early and public higher education.
BOSTON – Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) joined his Senate colleagues to vote for a $40.8 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2018, investing in key areas related to local aid, education, health and human services, housing and workforce development. The budget makes targeted investments, relying in part on closing corporate tax loopholes, requiring employers to pay their fair share of health care costs, and reforming key bureaucracies.
"I'm proud of the Senate's dedication to making important investments in human services, environmental protection, and public education," said Senator Eldridge. "I want to thank Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairwoman Spilka and her staff for their hard work, as well as Senate President Rosenberg and Minority Leader Tarr for presiding over a thoughtful budget debate. Operating within our state's fiscal constraints, this budget is compassionate, thoughtful, and forward-looking."
Senator Eldridge successfully fought for several critical investments throughout this year's budget process including:
- Increasing education funding for Chapter 70, regional school transportation, and the Special Education Circuit Breaker.
- Maintaining the Senate's commitment to implement the recommendations of the Foundation Budget Review Commission (FBRC) by investing in healthcare costs, special education, and target sharing.
- $15.1M to expand access to high quality preschool for low income 4-year-olds.
- $10M to boost salaries for early educators.
- $18.5M for RAFT, providing short-term financial assistance to low income families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
- $5.5M for the Alternative Housing Voucher Program to provide over 100 new rental assistance vouchers for low income people with disabilities.
- $100M for the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, providing funding for 350 to 400 new rental assistance vouchers.
- $46.5M for assistance for homeless individuals.
Senator Eldridge worked with his colleagues to pass an amendment that requires private human services organizations receiving state funding to apply at least 75% of the funds they receive towards paying workers in direct care roles a minimum of $15 per hour, which is part of a growing movement to provide a living wage to every worker in Massachusetts. Additionally, the budget includes several initiatives to reform corporate tax breaks, including a standing Tax Expenditure Review Commission to evaluate all tax expenditures and their fiscal impact. The budget also expands the room occupancy tax to short-term rentals and modifies the film tax credit to ensure the incentive benefits local communities, residents and business.
"This budget directs resources to the programs and services necessary to sustain our children, families and communities and provide for our future success," said Senator Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland), Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. "With fiscal constraints in mind, we invest in education, health and human services, housing, workforce development and other support services to help people secure footholds on the economic ladder. We uphold our commitment to take care of those who need our help and build opportunities across the Commonwealth, and I hope to maintain this commitment throughout the conference committee process."
The budget directs funding to high quality education for everyone, from children at birth to adults making midlife career transitions:
- $4.76B in Chapter 70 education funding, allowing for a minimum increase of $30 per pupil aid, 85% effort reduction, and steps to implement the Foundation Budget Review Commission's recommendations to more adequately fund school districts across the state.
- $545.1M for community colleges and universities and $534.5M for the University of Massachusetts.
- $293.7M to fully fund the Special Education Circuit Breaker for the 6th year in a row, reimbursing school districts for the high cost of educating students with disabilities.
- $7.5M for the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative and $7M for youth anti-violence Shannon Grants.
- $3.7M for after-school and out-of-school programs to support students who need more time and specialized attention.
The budget continues the Senate's strong partnership with municipalities in directing significant investments to local aid and community services:
- $1.06B for Unrestricted General Government Aid to support community investments in education, health care, public safety and roads and bridges.
- $83M for Regional Transit Authorities.
- $26.7M for the Board of Library Commissioners, including $10.4M for regional library local aid, $9.8M for municipal libraries and $2.3M for technology and automated resources.
- $16.5M for the Massachusetts Cultural Council to support the state-wide creative economy and local arts and culture.
- $14.2M for local Councils on Aging to strengthen programs and services in senior centers.
Senator Eldridge fought to pass several amendments and policies in the budget including:
- $500,000 for adult basic education to teach basic skills of reading, writing, and math to adult learners, preparing them to take the GED and transition into a job, college or university, or training program to increase total funding to $30.8M.
- $1M for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which is responsible for implementing the Commonwealth's environmental laws and protecting our air, water, land, and health from environmental threats to increase total funding to $26M.
- Ensures that private human services organizations receiving state funding to apply at least 75% of the funds they receive towards paying workers in direct care roles a minimum of $15 per hour.
- $1.3M in earmarks for foreclosure counseling grants to help support struggling homeowners.
- $150,000 for the Healthy Relationships Grant, a program in public schools from grades 5 through 12 that will promote healthy relationships and address teen dating violence.
- Ensures that any study conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation on the proposed North South Rail Link to include a review of the most efficient and cost effective railroad equipment and operating practices, updated ridership models, a regional economic analysis, a health impact assessment, and opportunities for phasing of construction and electrification.
- Allows the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust to use state funds for activities other than debt service obligations, including principal forgiveness, interest rate reduction, and other subsidies or financial assistance.
- $15,000 for the MetroWest Arts, Music and Food Truck Festival, also known as MetroFest, which is a celebration of food, music, performing arts and small businesses from the region.
Finally, Senator Eldridge secured several key investments for programs and services in his district:
- $150,000 for Mount Wachusett Community College Manufacturing and Technology Training Programs allowing MWCC Devens to continue offering free and low-cost advanced manufacturing training programs.
- $75,000 for the MetroWest Free Medical Program to increase access to affordable health care for low-income populations.
- $25,000 for the Middlesex District Attorney's office for a countywide assessment of opioid prevention, intervention, and treatment programs.
- $75,000 for the Open Table Food Pantry, which offers weekly community dinner programs and food pantries in Concord and Maynard to more than 300 guests.
- $50,000 for restoration of the Levi Weatherbee Farm in Boxborough.
- $50,000 for much needed improvements to Ghiloni Park and Stevens Playground in the city of Marlborough.
- $75,000 for add additional van service to an existing senior shuttle service in Maynard and Acton.
A Conference Committee will now reconcile the differences between the Senate budget and the version passed by the House of Representatives in April. Fiscal Year 2018 begins on July 1, 2017.


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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 2793
'Homophobia is a choice, not homosexuality': Inter-faith message
For believers of God, religious faith has a paramount influence on their lives. At XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in the inter-faith session the message was loud and clear from different religious leaders: homophobia is a choice, not homosexuality; and religious scriptures teach us to be compassionate, non-judgmental and accept everyone else in totality without prejudice.
Rev Phumzile Mabizela, who is one of the religious leaders openly living with HIV, had founded INERELA+ with 7 other religious leaders who were living with HIV years ago. INERELA+ is a global network of religious leaders – lay and ordained, women and men – living with, or personally affected, by HIV. "We speak about life, not judgment. We speak about prevention, not condemnation. We speak about truth" said Rev Phumzile.
"There is a link between HIV stigma and issue of sexuality. In our training we try to help religious leaders understand that sexual orientation does not mean that it is against the will of God. Sexuality is to our bodies what spirituality is to our souls."
"INERLA is inter-faith: we also work with other African traditional religions. In Africa we have so many countries that have criminalized homosexuality. Message within religious books is that we all have been created in the image of God and nobody has the right to judge or discriminate against any other person" stressed Rev Phumzile.
Despite humungous efforts to combat HIV related stigma and discrimination, it still lurks around us and continues to not only block access to HIV related prevention, treatment, care and support services, but also fuels shame which majorly impacts quality of life and survival. When it comes to key populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender, people who use drugs (PWUDs) or sex workers, HIV related stigma grows exponentially.
Eliot Albers, Executive Director, International Network of People Who use Drugs (INPUD), said: "Stigma leads to self-hatred and self-denial. Stigma kills. The flipside of stigma is that you have to look to your own community of PWUDs for comfort, solidarity and kindness."
Rev Phumzile added: "Within our religions we have promoted hetero-normativity over centuries. Homophobia is driven with ignorance and prejudice. In Africa, the more we criminalize same sex behaviour, more the problem intensifies because such punitive laws makes people even more vulnerable to HIV as they are afraid to seek help, care and support. INERELA+ asks you to live your own life in fullness without the fear of being discriminated. We equip you with skills to reply to those who stigmatise and discriminate against us using religious scriptures such as Bible. Let us use Bible to respond back as Bible teaches us compassion, non-judgement and accepting people in totality."
Roy Wadia, Vice-Chair of Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM) said to Citizen News Service (CNS): "It is really a critical time in fight against homophobia. That is why APCOM thought that we should partner with other entities such as faith-based organizations and other faith-practitioners around the world to sensitize other faith-leaders about HIV." A 2013 discussion paper on "Islam, sexual diversity and access to health services" was also disseminated by APCOM at AIDS 2014.
Rev JP Mokgethi-Health from Sweden said: "No sacred text can justify persecution and violence against anyone. Homophobia is a choice, not homosexuality."
He further said that in many ways transsexual and transgender people are better reflections of the image of God. He argued that when the word homosexuality was created in 1830 and Bible was written ages ago, how can reference to homosexuality be in Bible? He stressed that reference to homosexuality in Bible is planted or misinterpreted and we should not be misled. He questioned "why do we use sacred text to say negative things about sexuality? Sexuality is not something to be feared but celebrated and enjoyed to the glory of God."
Dede Oetomo, Chair of APCOM, said: "Like anything in the universe, Islam is also diverse. There are orthodox (absolutist, remedialist), progressive (passivist, reformist) and alternate (humanist, radicalist, arbitrator) people. Work around sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is possible within Islam by progressive and humanist people because the basic principle is that Islam is a blessing to all in the universe (ar rahmatan lil alamin)."
Dede argued that perhaps interpretation of religious texts is what creates difference in opinion. He said that most traditional interpreters were perhaps men and proponents of heterosexuality that is why when feminist women interpret Islam, interpretation often comes out different.
Rev Phumzile also mentioned about a "SAVE" Prevention Toolkit launched by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This toolkit stands apart because it not only talks about "ABC" approach to HIV prevention (A – abstinence, B – be faithful, and C – condoms). SAVE toolkit talks about: S - safer practices; A – access to treatment; V – voluntary counselling and testing of HIV; and E – empowerment.
Shale Ahmed, Executive Director, Bandhu Social Welfare Society, Bangladesh, said that "forced, compulsory marriages are affecting the lives of MSM and transgender persons as it perpetuates not only unfaithfulness in relationships but also increases the burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. There exists huge amount of misconceptions around gender and sexual diversity amongst religious people. Interpretation of religious scriptures on sexuality related issues is often different among religious scholars." Shale said that Muslim scholars seem to be more accepting and less judgmental of transgender people than MSM. Also some Muslim leaders are often willing to speak about HIV but less willing to speak about homosexuality.
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, a transgender leader who leads Astitva in Mumbai and Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) said that "the word 'Hijra' means 'Kinnar' in religious texts so we are more divine than any man because it is in Hindu scriptures. Even in Islam third gender is always mentioned. Right from my childhood I have been with religious Gurus. People may hate or love me, but I have complete faith that my Almighty loves me…"
Some very significant trends come up in a study done by Positive Rainbow group in Indonesia. Erman Varella of Positive Rainbow said the study found out that: "Muslim MSM felt sinful and dirty after sex even before they knew their HIV status. Almost all Muslim MSM did not have sex in the first six months after getting diagnosed with HIV due to fear of God, lack of self-confidence and other reasons. Only few MSM ever approach religious leaders when they are diagnosed positive with HIV. MSM respondents felt that religious leaders view HIV differently from other disease: HIV is viewed as a disease of 'sinners'."
It is important to note, many MSM respondents said in this survey that "Even before they got diagnosed positive with HIV, they had felt as if they were committing a sin during sex. So they were bathing many times after sex. Many HIV positive MSM felt that their infection is a "curse" which makes many of them feel sinful and worthless." Alarmingly high degrees of deep-seated shame is evident which if left unaddressed end up with serious manifestations such as depression, aggression, self-harm or suicide.
Rev Phumzile added that: "Religion promotes justice – when people justify discrimination it is because they read religious texts selectively. We need to read religious texts in their wholeness, and it focuses on love, compassion and acceptance in totality."
Rev Phumzile's concluding remarks sums up the essence of this inter-faith session so well: "My faith and spirituality is very important for me in my journey. I am created in the image of God, and God wants me to live a full life and therefore antiretroviral therapy (ART) is going to work on me. Drugs alone will not help beyond a point. We need to see spirituality as a positive force."
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2016 has been a hard year, and over the past several months, quite a few iconic celebrities have said good-bye. Today, the Ghostbusters family has lost one of their own as the sad news was announced that Alice Drummond has passed away. She was 88 at the time of her death.
A veteran stage actress, Alice is perhaps best known as Alice the librarian in the original 1984 Ghostbusters. Though she only had a very small part, her scene kicks off what would become one of the most iconic movies of that generation. And she is a fan-favorite, getting the movie off to a rousing start as she comes face-to-face with the movie's first terrifying ghost.
Drummond reportedly died at her home in the Bronx, New York, this past Wednesday. She succumbed to complications that result from a fall she had survived over two months ago. The news was reported by the New York Times. No further details are available.
Alice Drummond is also known for her memorable role starring opposite Robin Williams in Awakenings, which hit theaters back in 1990. The actress is a native of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She graduated from Pembroke College in 1950, which at the time had merged with Brown University. She got her first big acting break on the small screen. In 1967, she landed a key role in the ABC vampire soap opera Dark Shadows. She would go onto appear in a number of other soap operas during her career, including CBS' Where the Heart Is and As the World Turns, the later in which she had a recurring story arc.
For four decades she would enjoy a healthy career as a character actress. She was also a veteran of the stage. She was featured in over a dozen Broadway shows. These included The Chinese and Dr. Fish, in which she earned her first Tony nomination as a featured actress in a play. The nom arrived in 1970. Then, in 1976, she was nominated for a drama desk award for her performance in A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton.
But it was her quick cameo in Ghostbusters that fans will likely remember most. She got to run screaming from flying books, only to later be interrogated by Bill Murray in one of the movie's funniest moments. But she has appeared in quite a few memorable roles in movies over the years, making her big screen debut alongside the iconic Ruth Gordon in 1972's Where's Poppa?
She also had memorable roles in Tales From the Darkside: The Movie and appeared opposite John Cusack in Money for Nothing back in 1993. She would go onto appear with Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Meg Ryan in I.Q., as well as Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. She had a role in 2008's acclaimed drama Doubt, with her latest prominent role coming alongside Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields in Furry Vengeance. Alice Drummond is not survived by any immediate family members.


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It's March, which normally means we're dealing with snow turned slush and all of the other wonders that come along with late winter. However, the Skate Gods have smiled upon us for the past week or so and we've been blessed with beautiful weather. All this sunshine and skate stoke so early in the season has gotten me thinking about what wood I want under my feet this year (or at least through the Spring!)
One of the benefits (the many many benefits) of living the dream of working in a skate facility, is access to the tools and materials needed to make, well virtually anything. We are additionally fortunate here at Bustin to be neighbors with, and have an awesome working relationship with a Maker Space right next door! For those new to the concept; a gym is to working out, as a maker space is to building things. Any construction tool you can imagine – they have it. From a set of hammers to a bay of laser cutters and 3D printers. Needless to say the possibilities are endless.
So what does a Downhill skateboarder do with access to skate manufacturing and a limitless supply of tools? He makes himself a new skateboard!
First – I grabbed a blemished panel we had popped out from a Downhill mould of ours. On this particular pressing, the temperature of the presses ran too high and melted the outside layer a TINSEY little bit, creating some ripples in the top layer. Bummer that it can't go to a stoked rider, but it'll have a new life as a shop Downhill deck!
Second – I wanted to come up with a new, goofy shape (if you know Bubbles, you'll know I'm almost always on a quest for peak kookiness). What kind of shape can I cut that will make people laugh, or angry, or face-palm or all three? Easy call – I'm making a pintail…
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With the 30th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers select…
Ah, it's that time of year, football fans: draft week. Optimism reigns supreme throughout the league's 32 front offices and fanbases alike. Every team has a chance to win Super Bowl 50. Except the Bears, which is ironic considering Chicago is the host location of this year's draft.
All jokes aside, the dawn of a new season is upon us. And with that season comes an opportunity for the Packers and their fans to move on from arguably the biggest collapse in NFL postseason history. The Packers' 28-22 overtime loss against the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game will never be erased from memory. It stings. It will always sting. But it's time to move on.
No Super Bowl festivities took place in Titletown at season's end. Yet there were still celebrations in the form of going-away parties for A.J. Hawk and Brad Jones. Packers fans even offered to help pack their suitcases for them as they departed for their new homes in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, respectively.
OK, maybe that didn't happen. But I'm sure no one held the door for them on the way out of Green Bay.
The duo's abysmal performance on gamedays surely had Packers fans raising their right hands and insisting they could play the inside linebacker position more effectively. And, to be fair, some of them probably could.
Funerals took place to mourn the careers of cornerbacks Tramon Williams and Davon House, who left the fruitful pastures of Green Bay for train wrecks in Cleveland and Jacksonville. But both players will rest peacefully, knowing they're being paid a pretty penny to never sniff a Super Bowl again.
Nevertheless, the offseason continued. Free agency came and went. Outside free agents remained unsigned. And as sure as the sunrise, Ted Thompson haters came out of hibernation, equipped with pitchforks and picket signs.
I don't understand how so much unwarranted criticism can be directed toward a general manager who has led the Packers on one of the most successful stretches in franchise history. It's not good enough, apparently. As human beings, and especially sports fans, we're never satisfied.
This generation of Packers fans has become accustomed to winning, seemingly unaware of the preceding dark ages that took place during the '70s and '80s. Coaches and general managers from other teams would threaten to trade players to Green Bay if they underperformed. It was a wasteland.
The Packers are thriving in today's NFL, and their fans should appreciate these times because success doesn't last forever. Keep things in perspective.
Year in and year out, fans beg Thompson to forgo his obligation to the salary cap and throw massive sums of money at free agents who, in all honesty, are free agents for a reason.
Money. Injuries. Age. Regardless of the red flags pinned to each free agent's backside, more often than not, a cheaper asset is available in the draft.
And how, exactly, has Thompson managed to build a perennial contender?
Through the draft.
This is where Thompson earns his money. Sure, he has undoubtedly made some poor selections he'd like to have back, but it's unrealistic to expect any general manager to hit home runs with every draft pick.
For the free agency fanatics, consider this: a bad draft pick is far less detrimental to a team's salary cap than a free agent acquisition that doesn't pan out. You don't build a roster through free agency. You merely supplement it. Thompson has done that. Next time the Packers win a game, win the division, win the Super Bowl, don't forget about the man in the booth who makes it all happen.
And I digress. Let's get started.
With key contributors returning, such as Randall Cobb and Bryan Bulaga, the Packers remain equally as formidable as the squad that came within 3:52 of reaching the Super Bowl last season. A strong draft could potentially put the Packers over the top. And for a team that's built on a draft-and-develop philosophy, that's not such a bad proposition.
But there are holes to be filled.
Inside Linebacker
Hawk and Jones aren't coming back, much to the relief of many fans. But someone has to step in alongside probable starter Sam Barrington and fill the void, make a difference – something Hawk and Jones didn't do, at least not in a positive way. Clay Matthews moved inside temporarily last season to help shore up the run defense, but the Packers would ideally like to send him back outside as a permanent pass-rushing threat.
A number of quality inside linebackers could be available to the Packers in the first round. At 30th overall, the best options will likely include Eric Kendricks (UCLA), Benardrick McKinney (Mississippi State), Stephone Anthony (Clemson), Denzel Perryman (Miami – Fla.) and Paul Dawson (TCU).
Inside linebacker is the Packers' greatest need, but none of the aforementioned prospects received a first-round grade and there isn't a standout player in this class.
Thompson believes in drafting the best available player, not necessarily based on need. He doesn't reach for players, either. For that reason, the Packers could go a different route.
With the departures of Williams and House, the Packers need to address cornerback early in the draft. Casey Hayward and Micah Hyde were primarily slot corners last season. Hyde also played safety until rookie fan-favorite Ha Ha Clinton-Dix took over full time. Either Hayward or Hyde will be thrust into a starting job opposite Sam Shields. But depth at the position must be improved.
The following cornerback prospects have more talent than their inside linebacker counterparts and could potentially be available when the Packers are on the clock: Kevin Johnson (Wake Forest), Byron Jones (Connecticut), Marcus Peters (Washington), Eric Rowe (Utah) and Jalen Collins (LSU).
Defensive Tackle
Defensive tackle isn't as much of an immediate need as inside linebacker and cornerback, but it's worth considering for the future. B.J. Raji and Letroy Guion are both returning on one-year deals, which is encouraging in the short term but concerning in the long term. Additionally, Raji missed all of last season with a torn biceps, and Guion was arrested during the offseason.
The best options at defensive tackle who might be available at 30th overall are Malcom Brown (Texas), Eddie Goldman (Florida State), Jordan Phillips (Oklahoma) and Carl Davis (Iowa).
The Packers could also address tight end, but unless they land Maxx Williams (Minnesota) or Clive Walford (Miami – Fla.) it's not worth taking one until later in the draft.
Most experts agree this is a relatively weak draft class. Many believe the bottom of the first round will feature second-round talent. This puts the Packers in a difficult position – a position I wouldn't be surprised if Thompson trades out of.
As a matter of fact, that's my prediction, albeit an unsexy one.
Trading down would allow the Packers to acquire an extra pick and select an inside linebacker at the top of the second round, where the value matches the need.
Thompson loves to trade down. Historically he's been successful in doing so. With the 30th overall pick in hand, the Packers are in prime position to move out of the first round and still draft a player near the top of their board.
Over the years, fans have come to expect the unexpected from Thompson. It wouldn't surprise me if he selected an offensive lineman and sent Packers nation into an uproar.
Regardless of how Thompson handles the draft, the Packers are locked and loaded for another Super Bowl run this season.
Enjoy the ride.


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Quick update on the happenings in this season of Beus-family change, and riffs on wisdom from Mike Rowe
Tearing it up the second it all comes together
Couldn't even explain it if I tried
This year is truly a season of change, and I am learning more about letting go, and going with the flow.
Since last I wrote on the blog, one thing after another that I thought would happen has tumbled away.
My career directions changed, yet again.
We moved apartments and then moved apartments, and then moved apartments again. Thank goodness for sites like shoppok for making the apartment hunt so much easier.
We changed cities.
We changed jobs.
We changed, and changed.
If we go back to January 1st, 2017, my life then is mostly unrecognizable.
Go back to April 2015, and I was essentially an entirely different person (well, on a surface level).
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Virginia Tech has assigned a student to update me twice daily on Coco's status and progress. As of today, she is able to support herself on her front legs with the assistance of hospital staff supporting her rear legs with a harness. Yesterday morning she could not support her front legs. This morning she improved on a test the staff does by pinching the nerves along her spine to determine her ability to feel superficial pain.
Without the funds you provided through the Mosby Foundation and your assistance in securing additional funds via the Sergei Foundation, Coco would not be alive today. Even with four pain medications, Coco was still in a substantial amount of pain. I was filled with sadness as I was prepared to put her to sleep this past Friday if I was not able to secure emergency funds. Miss Coco and I will be forever grateful.
Attached is a photo I took of Coco just before she was wheeled away to be prepped for surgery. I look forward to sending you a picture of her standing on her own and emailing you a link to a video on Youtube of her finally walking again. Her recovery is expected to take six to eight weeks.
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I'm pondering ageing. Not my own – I try to think as little of that as possible – but of wine. It started on Sunday on a marvellous Rioja tasting, organised by Rosa Kruger for our monthly tasting group. Amongst others, Rosa offered three pretty old wines from the magnificent Tondonia estate of the great traditional house López de Heredia. All were Gran Reservas: the Blanco 1994, and Tintos from 1981 and 1984.
There was some discussion, of course, as to which of these was the "best", but all were splendid to all of us (though, of course, not everyone is going to like the austerity or oxidative element on, especially, the white). But all were also fresh and full of life and somehow promising to continue being so for … how long? A long time, surely. I remember in the 1990s drinking any number of much less grand Riojas from the 1970s from the cellar that Billy Hofmeyr had built up at Welgemeend. All of those modest, pretty cheap wines seemed to be cruising, with no sell-by date anywhere on the horizon.
So traditionally-made, decent quality Rioja clearly has something going for it in the ageing stakes. Pity there's so much less of around these days, given the turn to "Parkerised" wines there – with new oak, much more ripeness, less time in barrel and bottle, less oxidative processes, before being thrust on the market. Lengthy barrel-ageing (up to a decade, even, in mostly older American oak) perhaps give some explanation for wines like the Viña Tondonia Gran Reservas – if they survived that, what else can happen to them?
Local winemaker Francois Haasbroek started the questioning by wondering if it would be possible locally to produce some sort of equivalent wine. Could one make a wine that not only survived, but thrived, in barrel for eight years? And then went on to live for another half-century or longer. (The oldest Viña Tondonia Gran Reservas that I've been privileged to drink about 5 years ago – were the Blanco and Tinto from the particularly great 1964 vintage, but I know that many older vintages are still showing excellently.)
But what is it that explains the ageability of some wines? In the face of much fairly complacent assurance about the topic from a lot of people (it's acidity … tannins … sugar … retained carbon dioxide … sulphur additives … balance) it seems to be yet another aspect of wine that we actually know really little about. Remember how the cork-screwcap debate revealed how little was known about the chemistry of satisfactory wine ageing in bottle – did it depend on oxygen ingress or not?
There are a couple of pieces in the latest issue of World of Fine Wine dwelling on different aspects of the ageing debate. Tom Stevenson examines the conviction derived from a long and deep experience in champagne that sparkling wine with a slightly higher dosage ages more satisfactorily than the zero- or low-dosage versions – though it seems that scientific answers for this are not easy to find (but he has an excellent longish-term experiment on the go, with some grand bubblies in magnums from 2002 and 2004, bottled with different dosages, amounts of sulphur, etc).
Elsewhere in the magazine, American critic David Schildknecht continues his thoughts about the "myths of ageability ", which began thus: "Commonplace claims about wine are routinesly laced with mystification and self-deception – nowhere more, it seems, than when expounding on ageworthiness."
Things seem even more problematical when talking about white wines than red, but even with the latter there's no real concensus. Schildknecht finds important counter-examples with regard to all of the elements he discusses – even Matt Kramer's suggestion of "'mid-palate density' as an organoleptically discernible criterion for wines that will age well". But Schildknecht argues on.
Even track record is not a scientific enough criterion for certainty (he adduces changes in vineyards and production methods – he doesn't mention ultra-conservative Viña Tondonia, though!), and has a trump card with the recent experiences of premature oxidation in white Burgundy.
I can't properly summarise it all, but it's fascinating reading. I am usually reluctant to prognosticate about the developmental possibilities of a vintage or a wine than some of my colleagues, but I will be even more so in future, the wooliness and inadequacy of my own thinking on the topic having been so incisively revealed.
Incidentally, World of Fine Wine Issue 45 has an equally fascinating article by an eminent geologist giving some basics about soils and minerals, and showing how difficult (impossible?) it is to relate these simply to the wine from the grapes off the vines grown in them.
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WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP/CBS4) — Classes were canceled but counselors were available to students after a 16-year-old boy set himself on fire at a Westminster high school in an apparent suicide attempt.
Counselors were at Standley Lake High School on Tuesday morning. Classes will resume on Wednesday.
Investigators had combed through the school with bomb detection dogs as a precaution, and no devices were discovered, Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri Spottke said.
"We don't have any indication that there's any threat against the high school. We do believe that this is a suicide attempt," she said.
Investigators were also talking to students, faculty members and family members to find out what happened, she said.
The boy, whose name has not been released, was critically injured when he started the fire in the school's cafeteria at about 7:15 a.m. Monday. Spottke said he did not make any threats before he lit himself ablaze.
A custodian used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire before it could spread, Spottke said. Several other students were in the cafeteria at the time, but none were injured.
Spottke didn't know how the student set the fire, which caused extensive smoke in the building, but witnesses said he used lighter fluid and a cigarette lighter.
The school was closed for the day and students were sent home, Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer said. Students without cars were taken by buses to a local middle school, where they were picked up by their parents.
Monday's incident was the latest to affect a Denver-area school in recent weeks.
On Thursday, Columbine High School, where two gunmen killed 13 people in 1999, went on high security alert after receiving a series of threatening phone calls. The alert applied to a half-dozen other schools in the area, in the same school district as Standley Lake, but was lifted the same day.
On Dec. 13, student gunman Karl Pierson, 17, fatally shot Claire Davis, a 17-year-old classmate at Arapahoe High School in Centennial before killing himself in the school's library. Pierson reportedly had threatened a teacher and librarian who had disciplined him last year and allegedly was seeking that teacher when he entered the school, investigators have said.
Colorado state lawmakers are considering a bill to spend about $250,000 to continue a hotline students and teachers can use to report threats and bullying anonymously. State officials say the hotline has prevented more than two dozen school attacks since its creation in 2004.
Westminster was home to 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, who was abducted on her way to school and killed in 2012. Austin Sigg, who was 17 at the time of the crime, was sentenced to a life sentence plus 86 years. Jessica's disappearance put Westminster and neighboring Denver suburbs on edge as police, aided by an army of volunteers, searched for her and then her killer.
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In the title poem for this collection, Ellen Tsagaris muses that she should have listened to Sappho (a reference to her Greek roots). Fortunately, she did not. She realizes, as she says in the poem, 'River Lines,' the wine-dark seas and white beaches are not for her. Her heart, her inspiration, and her home is the Mississippi with its beer-colored water and its gritty, graveled banks. Rather than the flute and pan pipes of high poetry, she brings a whole orchestra of instruments: praise, parody, satire, romance, irony, awe, metrical and free verse. Perhaps Sappho should have listened to Ellen Tsagaris."
~Roald Tweet, Rock Island Lines, WVIK 90.3 fm
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I had my word all set for 2016, and it was a great one. Fearless. But more than halfway through the year it occurred to me that I hadn't done anything more than name it, without actually living it out. I hadn't put it into action at all. I was still turning down opportunities that felt too big for me. Still directing my energy into building others' visions because mine felt so out of reach, and I felt woefully inadequate. By midyear I'd had enough of the sideline. Id had enough of fear directing my decisions. That's when "fearless" came alive.
With only a few months left in the year I began to step out into that uncomfortable space of uncertainty. Through either bravery and boldness, or with my eyes shut and swirls of anxiety in my head, I started to conquer fears one by one- mostly little ones. With each new day it became easier to try something new, to push harder through the doubts, to commit time into new things that could in fact, fail! But the year was coming to an end and I'd just started. Do I repeat my word in 2017 because I didn't buy into it until very late or do I move forward with a new one? Jon Gordon! Jimmy Page! Dan Britton! Help, what do I do?! What are the rules of this thing!
Ironically, there's a word in my vocabulary that I never let my clients or players use. "Can't." I see the greatness in others. I see potential often where others think none exists. It is one of my greatest joys to see someone reach what seems to be unreachable goals. My job in fact, as a coach, teacher, writer, trainer, and my passion, is to help people see and move towards the potential they don't see in themselves. It's easier to see it in them than in myself. It's easier to drive their vision and their success because I believe in them. I know they can do it.
There is safety in the shadows, in the coaching instead of the playing, in the promoting rather than the event. I can do great work when I don't have to face the fear head on, because the inner voice is quiet when it isn't about my own journey. But do it myself???
But, I don't have……..I'm not……..I've never…….Not me…….. you do it, I'll help you!
The truth is, I'm right. I can't. I'm not. I've never. Not me. If I continue to journey alone then I will fall miserably short.
I've faced some of my fears this year, but what held me back for so long? How can I be sure it will be different this year. A word is just a word without actions behind it. It was the voice inside that said "CAN'T" tying me up. It was the voice that said "YOU are not enough." "You're ok, average, not bad, but not quite IT either." Some call it being a realist instead of a dreamer. When Im training and coaching others, I call it being a wall builder instead of being a trail blazer. We all have bricks. Some of us stack them and make obstacles, while others lay a path where there wasn't one before.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil 4:13
This morning I came across this verse, one I've known by heart for years. But today it shook me. I can. I'm not alone. I don't need to hide behind fear. I have been promised that I can accomplish my purpose if I stop trying to do it alone, separate from the One who gave me my purpose, talents, and dreams.
And so 2017, my word is CAN. When I align my purpose with God's plans and lean on His strength, then I CAN… and I will.
What is your word this year? What may hold you back? Are your inner voices filling you with fear and doubt? I made this today at a pottery shop. It's colors are faded, dull and hard to see because it hasn't faced the fire of the kiln yet.
Rather fitting because God is going to put me through the fire this year to brighten my colors, bring out my hidden designs, and seal my exposed rough edges. It will be a journey, but I go into it with faith knowing, that I can.
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Why spray tanning?
Whenever you get back from a vacation, the first thing family and friends normally comment on is your great tan, or lack thereof. Tanning has actually been popular given that the early 20th century, but the health dangers connected with the sun's UV rays have actually made maintaining an even tan -- much less any sort of type of tan -- hard, specifically for those who stay in cold and wet climates.
Go into interior sun tanning hair salons, which came to be a preferred fad in the '80s. Now, indoor sun tanning is a $3 billion-a-year sector in the US alone.
Considering that the year 2000, spray tanning has taken the tanning world by storm. It has supplied guys with a means to get and maintain a healthy-looking, even tan without being subjected to the sunlight's rays. What is most outstanding is that, unlike previous sun tanning methods, the impacts of spray tanning in fact look great.
What is spray tanning?
Spray tanning works by applying an unique haze to the body. This mist is sprayed into the physical body in a booth, which you can now locate at the majority of higher-end tanning beauty salons as well as spas. The haze given off has dihydroxyacetone (DHA), which is a chemical that reacts with dead skin cells by cosmetically dyeing them brownish. So after spray tanning, the skin handles a golden brownish colour that usually looks like an organic tan.
Relying on the booth utilized, the haze will either be water or oil based; men with sensitive skin need to go with a water base. Additionally, some beauty salons offer various sorts of mists, enabling you to choose the level of darkening. If you are very fair-skinned, bear in mind that going as well dark will look fake and uncomfortable, no matter the top quality of the product.
Will it offer me a great tan?
The haze in spray tanning briefly makes your skin golden brownish, not orange. The chain reaction physically changes your skin colour, so there's no need to fret about smear lines; besides, the products on the market have actually been well-tested in order to make sure they offer a colour that looks precisely like an all-natural tan (or as close as it's getting). Also fair-skinned guys that generally turn pink instead of brownish while tanning will certainly profit from a bronze colour by getting a spray tan.
For how long does it last?
Mystic Tan, among one of the most popular brands of spray tanning booths, states that as soon as an optimal colour is accomplished, it can be kept by tanning every 5 days. Dream Tan, a rival, states that their tans will last approximately 10 days. As you'll discover by reading on, there are particular steps you can take (before as well as after your spray tanning session) to ensure that your tan lasts as long as possible.
Right here's a mini-lesson in dermatology: The leading level of your skin normally loses in order to pave the way to newer skin. Since that top layer of skin is the component that's dyed by the DHA, the tan subsides when the leading layer of dead skin peels off. So, to expand the results of the spray tan, you have to make use of moisturizer (you understand, that cream your woman speaks highly of) to keep the top level from dropping as promptly. Generally, if you hydrate, you should have the ability to sustain an optimum tan for about 5 days.
There are several moisturizers on the marketplace, by every cosmetic producer around the world. You cannot walk right into a drug store or chain store without locating a full shelf of right stuff so head out and get that tan that you are worthy of.
Safe Ways To Keep Tan Year-Round: Top 10 Needs to Use Sunless Tanners
There are means to remain tanned without risking your health-yet many people still reveal themselves to potentially damaging UV rays to achieve a healthy and balanced glow.
A poll taken by the American Academy of Dermatology found that 61 percent of females under 18 assume they are prettier with a tan as well as fifty percent believe a tan makes them look healthy. This might aid describe a research in the Journal of the American Medical Association that reported skin cancer cells among women under the age of 40 has actually tripled in the previous 30 years, pointing out the appeal of tanning as a prominent source.
Professionals from The Skin Cancer Structure urge people never ever to look for a UV ray tan. Nevertheless, for those who want a tanned appearance, self sunless sun tanning items, such as the Tan Yer Hide ™ Home Spray Tanning System, is a risk-free choice as long as it is used combined with a minimum SPF 15. Specialists supply these leading 10 reasons that individuals are turning towards such sunless tanning products:
1. No Harmful Risks-Sunless tanners do not posture the threats linked from UV rays with sunbathing and also tanning beds as well as you obtain the same great-looking tan.
2. Expense Conscious-You can have your own self sunless tanning package and at-home spray tanning system-usually for about half the cost of tanning in a salon. For instance, the new tanning system from Tan Yer Hide ™ uses the exact same spray technology as a specialist unit and can be utilized to get a natural-looking tan, without touches or orange shade. It additionally features option that could last as much as 6 months or even more.
3. Customized Tans-With the brand-new at-home spray tanning system, you could regulate the color of your tan. That means it is easy to go from a refined tan to a "simply got back from the coastline" appearance within days.
4. Tan Only Particular Areas-With sunless tanners, you can tan just the areas you desire, such as your face as well as arms, making you look much healthier and also slimmer.
5. Conserve Time-There is no need to begin working on your tan months ahead of time. A sunless tan could be used the day of or the day before you require a fabulous radiance.
6. Sunless Tans Are Temporary-Although some sun tanning systems can last up to 2 Week, many only last five to 7 days.
7. Safe For Even more People-Even if you cannot obtain an organic tan for clinical reasons, you can probably still utilize tanners. Simply check with your doctor first.
8. Sunless Tanners Are Much better Than Ever-The usage of DHA, the cornerstone in tanners, has been improved throughout the years.
9. No Tan Lines-Tan lines are practically inevitable with sunbathing and also tanning beds. With tanners, you could use a tan to your whole body without stress over unpleasant lines after that.
10. No Odor-With sun tanning beds and creams, an offensive odor can sometimes stick around on your skin for days. However, brand-new systems such as the Tan Yer Hide Home Spray Tanning System solution simply leave a refined coconut smell.


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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Bouchard Nominated to Replace Strine as Chancellor
News from Delaware.gov (H/T Broc Romanek):
Governor Markell today announced the nomination of Andre G. Bouchard, widely recognized as one of the country's premier corporate law practitioners, to serve as the 21st Chancellor of the Court of Chancery. If confirmed by the Delaware Senate, Bouchard would succeed the Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr., who was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court in February.
Bouchard is a graduate of Boston College and Harvard Law School. Currently, he is the managing partner of Bouchard Margules & Friedlander, P.A in Wilmington, Delaware.
Looks like my friends in Delaware accurately predicted this nomination back in January.


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Is it time to rethink borderline personality disorder?
I thought I'd do a post after seeing a post on Facebook about a kind hearted young girl taking her own life because of borderline personality disorder caused by abuse. I just want to point out the effects of borderline personality disorder and how it may impact on caregivers: BPD are loving individuals They areContinue reading "Is it time to rethink borderline personality disorder?"


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World of Warcraft has not changed significantly since our beta preview, which is a testament to how complete the game was even back then. It seems the developers have spent the last few months fixing minor annoyances like incomplete quests and tuning up class-balancing. Now, as before, WoW shines graphically. The cartoonish world and characters are rich and colorful, and the game still runs well on older computers.
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What's the secret to making a relationship last for years? It all comes down to things you do every day.
Psychologist and life coach Nikki Martinez, Psy.D, LCPC, told INSIDER that building successful relationships takes three key traits — and each one of them requires small but meaningful daily commitments from each partner.
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We communicate the bulk of our emotions via tone of voice, gestures, and body language — not the actual words coming out of our mouths, Martinez said. (If you've ever said "I'm fine" and not meant it in the slightest, you know exactly what she's talking about.) The couples in lasting relationships tend to be better at noticing these nonverbal cues, she added.
2. A total ban on mind-reading
"So many couples make these assumptions about what the other person is thinking, what they're going to do, what they're going to say, how they're going to react," Martinez said. "They've already played it all out in their mind."
The problem with this habit (Martinez calls it "mind reading") is that it hampers communication. We get so caught up in imagining how our partner will react to a certain question or confession or suggestion that we forget to actually talk to them about it. The worst part: We usually read our partners' minds incorrectly.
"I swear, like, 95% percent of the time, they're wrong about what the person would have said, how they would have reacted, what they would have done," Martinez said. "It's sort of like we expect the worst possible reaction."
So keep the mind reading to a minimum and keep talk openly with your partner, even when it comes to prickly topics. Their reaction likely won't be as bad as you've imagined.
3. Frequent gratitude
When couples on the rocks come to Martinez for help, she makes them commit to a simple exercise: "Every day, they have to tell their partner something they appreciate about them. I don't care if they leave a note, say it, send an email, text it."
Martinez has found that, at first, many couples dismiss the practice as cheesy. "Then they come back to me and they loved it," she said. "The majority of the time, it's something they want to keep doing."
There's a simple reason it works: It's easier to remember what it is you love about your partner when you make a habit of pointing out their best qualities every day.


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We are a telecommunication company and want to develop our data warehouse. I'm involved in the BI part of this project. I'm living in Iran and this issue is really new here. Please let me know what I should do to make this project successful. Can you recommend some articles/experts for introductory information?
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