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How Offshore Financial Competition Disciplines Exit Resistance by Incentive-Conflicted Bank Regulators
Edward J. Kane
This paper studies the impact of technological change and regulatory competition on governmental efforts to generate rents for banks in two stylized regulatory environments. In the first environment, incentive-conflicted regulators attempt to create rents by restricting the size and scope of individual banking organizations. In the second, rents come from efforts to supply deposit guarantees to troubled banks. In both cases, innovations in financial technology and in competing domestic and offshore regulatory arrangements make the costs of delivering rents to banks more transparent to taxpayers and encourage customers to push rent-dependent banking systems into crisis. This analysis portrays the banking crises that have roiled world markets in recent years as information-producing events that identify and discredit inefficient strategies of regulating banking markets.
Edward Kane, 1999. "How Offshore Financial Competition Disciplines Exit Resistance by Incentive-Conflicted Bank Regulators," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 16(2), pages 265-291, December.
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Knicks rookie forward Kristaps Porzingis has not quite put everything together yet, but has shown flashes. (Getty Images)
In the interest of full disclosure, for those who have not been reading this site for a few months, I thought Kristaps Porzingas was a TERRIBLE pick by the New York Knicks in this last draft.
But it is possible that Porzingis doesn't actually suck?
That looked pretty good right!?!?
I'm still not completely sold on Porzingis, but that was definitely impressive, jumping the passing lane, spinning around Paul Millsap in transition and throwing down a hammer of a dunk against the Hawks last night. There's no denying how impressively the young man moves for a 7'1″ player. He's not stiff, he can definitely shoot the ball and has actually shown a surprising willingness to throw his body around in the post.
I just don't think it's quite there yet. He's currently 7-21 from the field over two games and watching it back, I feel like he's missing shots that should be automatic. Certainly being third on the team in scoring (26 points over two games, trailing Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Williams) is a credit to his ability to get to the foul line (14 attempts, most on the team, making 11 of them). He has also rebounded fairly well, pulling down 13, tied for second best on the Knicks. Porzingis is not a great passer though, contributing just a single assist so far this season against six turnovers.
I understand that statistics cannot purely tell the story of a player and his success, but my belief based on the eye test, as biased as I may be, is that Porzingis is just missing too much right now. I certainly hope he ends up working out and becoming a star for my favorite team, the Knicks. Plus, he's still a rookie and I think it would only be fair for me to wait a bit of time before totally writing him off.
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Walz signs executive order extending COVID-19 peacetime emergency
October 12, 2020 12:14 pm Nicole Valinote Coronavirus, Minnesota News, Top Stories
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order extending the state's COVID-19 peacetime emergency by another 30 days.
Walz made the announcement on Monday, extending the peacetime emergency through Nov. 12. He initially declared a peacetime emergency in response to the pandemic in March. The governor said the peacetime emergency allows the state to have more flexibility to respond to the pandemic.
"My top priority remains the health and safety of Minnesotans," Walz said in a news release on Monday. "As we watch cases rise dramatically in states around us, we must double down in our efforts to protect Minnesota from the spread of COVID-19."
Walz said the peacetime emergency protects Minnesotans against evictions, protects workers from unsafe conditions, requires Minnesotans to wear face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19, among other things.
"The next stages of this virus will continue to present a challenge, especially to underserved communities," Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said in a news release. "By extending the peacetime emergency, we have quick access to the tools we need to keep Minnesotans safe."
Read the full executive order here.
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The West End cottage where Bruce Springsteen — seen above outside the Count Basie Theatre in 2008 — wrote 'Born to Run' is for sale.
Now, a fan with a hungry heart — and a spare $299,000 — can lay claim to the deed.
The storied cottage in the West End section of Long Branch where Springsteen wrote 'Born to Run," "Thunder Road" and "Backstreets" is up for sale.
redbankgreen's sibling site, Red Bank oRBit, has the exclusive details.
Perhaps only your cynical pals at Red Bank oRBit can look at something as festive as the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair and call it "summer's sweetly sadistic endgame," but there you have it. The ferris wheel of life has cycled back 'round again, and as we remind you in today's dispatch, one of the surest signifiers of the summertime SADS is making its six-day stand tonight through Saturday.
Also on the agenda in the early contractions of Labor Day Weekend: the second coming of the Counting Crows in their Count Basie fundraiser, re-scheduled from last week when Number One Crow Adam Duritz (above) took ill. This plus what looks to be the premature end of the concert season at PNC Bank Arts Center, plus a jolly new beginning for veteran Jersey radio personality Judi Franco. We've got the pertinent details on all these, and more.
Then tune in tomorrow, when we give you a first look at some exciting things going on in the weeks following Labor Day — including the return of a pretty amazing film series, a major celebrity photo retrospective, a visit from Darryl Strawberry and lots more — only, for now, in Red Bank oRBit!
Let's hope the weather forecasters have this one right.
They're predicting one mild, sunshiney day after another as we head into the final week of unofficial summer. And after the soaking this region took this season, it seems well-earned, doesn't it?
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of August 21 to August 28, 2009. This information appears here unedited.
Theft occurring at White Street on 8-19-09. Owner of restaurant reported that unknown person(s) stole cash from register and safe. Ptl. David Smith.
Theft occurring on 8-21-09 at Broad St. parking lot. Victim reported that unknown person(s) entered parked vehicle and took black vinyl bag containing cash and medications. Ptl. David Smith.
Theft occurring at South Pearl St. between 7-22-09 and 8-7-09. Victim reported that unknown person stole a push lawnmower from garage. Ptl. Robert Campanella.
Lonnie Gordon admires the chandelier in her Leighton Avenue home, one of many treasures found over decades of scouring yard sales.
Have you visited redbankgreen's dedicated web page for the upcoming Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale?
New Jersey Transit is reporting train delays of up to an hour in both directions on the North Jersey Coast Line this morning.
NJT and Academy buses are cross-honoring all coast line tickets and passes this morning, the agency reports.
Swirling rides and music to match. Chowder. Conviviality.
The annual small-town tradition known as the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair gets underway tonight, staking its usual claim to the week leading up to Labor Day.
Tonight, that is, as long as Danny keeps his distance.
The curtain has come down, the receipts have been totted up and the reviews are in on last week's Where Have I Seen This?
Congressman Rush Holt's town hall meeting on federal health coverage in Middletown Wednesday was a less raucous affair than the one held the night before in Red Bank by his House colleague, Frank Pallone Jr., today's Asbury Park Press reports.
One reason: Holt held his in the 258-seat Middletown Arts Center. Another: Boy Scouts. The 12-district Democrat refused to take oral questions and instead had people write theirs down and drop them in boxes. Boy Scouts then chose the questions for Holt, according to the Press.
After two years of tweaking, an initiative to keep Red Bank kids active and mentally engaged hit its stride this summer, parents and officials say.
For parents, the Summer Enrichment and Recreational Program that ended August 14 had an added benefit: the price, which dropped this year to $75 per child, from up to $300 last year.
That included a half-day of classwork, recreation, field trips and, for some students, two meals a day. And thanks to the juggling of grant monies, Superintendent Laura Morana says the program, based at the middle school, had zero direct impact on taxpayers.
"It was a matter of being quite creative" with funds from several streams, including the federal No Child Left Behind effort and state 21st Century Community Service grants, she said.
Just as having a computer makes everyone an expert on everything, so it seems that surviving this far into 2009 makes 'em all think they know what it's like to Live the Blues.
Well, today's Red Bank oRBit takes it straight to the source, to a guy who eats Blues for breakfast, brunch — and birthday dinner.
If you've spent any time in and around the upstanding establishments of the local music scene, you know Billy Hector (right) as a veteran of 30-plus years in the bands and barrooms of the Jersey Shore rough and tumble — an affable guitar god who speaks friendly and carries a ferocious axe attack. You've seen him play the strong persuader at nightspots like The Downtown, launch fireworks into the night at the Jazz & Blues Festival, and act the musical ambassador at venues up and down the east coast.
This Saturday, Hector celebrates his birthday with a big gig at the equally historic Wonder Bar in Asbury — and we've got an exclusive chat with the man, in which he expounds on everything from roots influences and missing friends, to new tricks and Powerpuff Girls.
It's all there, with more picks to click coming for the weekend, only in Red Bank oRBit.
Brian Donohue of Ledger Live weighs in on what went down at the Red Bank Middle School Tuesday at Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.'s town hall on federal health insurance.
Here's Star-Ledger video reporter Andre Malok's takeaway from Tuesday night's town hall meeting of federal healthcare reform, held at the Red Bank Middle School.
An Asbury Park Press video is here.
If you missed it, here's the redbankgreen article.
At night, Dr. Josh becomes Joshua Louis (right) — singer, songwriter and keyboard player whose latest CD My Special Friend is a benefit project for the Save U.S. Pets Foundation. The artist is more than happy to offer his original music for human consumption as well, and in coming evenings present two opportunities to hear him showcasing his songs in public, deep in the heart of Red Bank.
We've got the details on the Doc's doings downtown, along with an exclusive interview in which Josh opens up about influences, emotional workdays and personal paths — only here in oRBit.
With the auditorium inside already packed, a crowd of more than 1,000 people snaked around the front yard of the Red Bank Middle School awaiting its turn inside. Three consecutive seatings were required to accommodate the turnout, with the final session beginning at around 10:30p.
In the aggregate, most of the 1,300 people who swamped Tuesday night's forum on a proposed federal health insurance plan came to vent their anger over the plan's expense and expected impact on their continued access to quality medical services.
Through it all, sixth-district Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., a Democrat, stood his ground on the auditorium stage at the Red Bank Middle School, unwavering in his defense of the plan.
"I don't believe that the majority are opposed to this," he said, speaking of his own constituents, prompting one of many cascades of boos heard over the course of three seatings.
Attendees pro and con on health insurance reform tried to out-sing each other on 'God Bless America' prior to the start of the second session.
This just in from the Asbury Park Press: the groom at a wedding reception held over the weekend at McLoone's Rum Runner in Sea Bright was arrested during the soiree for wigging out on a relative.
Jeffrey Vaccaro, 38, of Chantilly Road in Manalapan, was taken into custody Friday night after he repeatedly threatened and tried to fight his own uncle, Chief William S. Moore said.
Today's Red Bank oRBit takes you to the outer-limits fringe of the local orbit — all the way to NYC, where the 13th annual edition of the New York International Fringe Festival is in full effect on a motley panorama of off-off-Broadway stages.
We're depositing you on the Fringe because a trio of creative locals are among the playwrights who've worked hard to get their work seen within the forum that gave the world the left-field smash Urinetown. One of them, Middletown's own Mary Lynn Dobson (right), is directing a new production of her funny 10-person ensemble piece that satirizes the petty egos, blown cues and wardrobe malfunctions of community theater — a little thing called Two on the Aisle, Three in a Van.
Then there are Long Branch guys Brian Breen and Michael Chartier, whom you've encountered here before as authors of an entertainment called Far Out! The New Sci-Fi Musical Comedy. As we explain, it's a 1950s-style tunefest that involves good girls, bad scientists, greasers, mind-controlling commies from space and the Supreme Eyeball.
Hey, they laughed at Urinetown too. In fact, they still do. That's kind of the point, and you'll find the details you need right here, in the Nth dimension of planet oRBit!
TIME TO PUT THE CHAMPAGNE ON ICE?
Red Bank officials say they're now about a month away from tearing down the West Sunset Avenue incinerator stack that has stood as a reminder of the town's garbage-burning past for several decades.
The town council last night approved a $195,342 contract under which a demolition firm, Nacirema Environmental Services, will remove the stack and the incinerator building at its base.
The Bayonne company won the contact after a sealed-bid process, officials said.
Passage of a resolution approving the deal was cause for cheer among members of the governing body at their bimonthly meeting.
"I'm supposed to bring the champagne" to the demolition, said Mayor Pasquale Menna.
An increase in Red Bank property taxes for the current fiscal year is expected to be cut in half next month.
The change depends on the outcome of a borough council vote scheduled for September 8, when a proposal to siphon $270,000 in surplus money from the water utility and the general fund will be discussed.
If approved, the move would cut the tax increase on the a borough residence assessed at the average $407,000 to $67 for the year, down from an anticipated $133, borough CFO Frank Mason tells redbankgreen.
The longtime Williams family estate, seen looking north on DeNormandie Avenue toward the river.
As expected, the borough of Fair Haven took a big step toward the water last night, approving the purchase of private property for what is envisioned as a small riverfront park, today's Asbury Park Press reports.
The national debate on healthcare insurance flooded redbankgreen's comments section last week, providing an abundance of strong candidates for this week's spotlight.
The back-and-forth was spirited and civil, and perhaps surprisingly, not completely partisan. But there was no mistaking the passions on the various sides, including several commenters who called for less partisanship.
We're splitting the ideological baby by making two selections for this edition of Comment of the Week.
Today's Red Bank oRBit brings you the data on some high-profile midweek concerts, including a benefit for the Count Basie Theatre restoration project starring Counting Crows — in addition to an oddball fundraising event that's likely taking shape even as you read these words.
Organized by Surfers' Environmental Alliance (SEA) and its exec director, Sea Bright's Andrew Mencinsky, the third annual SEA Paddle NYC assembles some of the world's best known surfers, along with an allstar field of waveriding figures from entertainment and business, for a lap around the island of Manhattan — a total distance of 28 miles — on stand-up paddle boards.
It's a benefit on behalf of autism-awareness organizations like Surfers Healing and Autism Speaks — and this year's VIPs include SEA board member and Monmouth Beach extreme sports celeb Darian Boyle (pictured), plus SEA veep Darrick Doerner, surf legends Garrett McNamara and Izzy Paskowitz, and Baywatch actor David Chokachi. Then there's Red Bank restaurateur Jamian LaViola, who offers some thoughts on his participation (and a way for all of us to get involved) right here.
We're taking the scenic route up the foothills of the midweek hump, in the pixelated pages of Red Bank oRBit.
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of August 14, to August 21, 2009. This information appears here unedited.
Theft occurring at E. Newman Springs Rd. on 8-14-09. Victim reported that she left her wallet in shopping cart, came back to retrieve same and it was missing. Wallet contained cash and credit cards. Sgt. Frank Bitsko.
Theft occurring on 8-14-09 at Riverside Ave. Victim reported that unknown subject removed cash from wallet which was in a purse in an office. Ptl. Dawn Shields.
Criminal Mischief occurring at Linden Place on 8-15-09. Victim witnessed an unknown male Hispanic subject walk by parked vehicle and break off rear windshield wiper. Ptl. Thomas Doremus.
Theft occurring on 8-17-09 at Monmouth St. Owner reported that unknown person(s) stole six aluminum empty kegs from outside of business. Ptl. James DePonte.
Red Bank's Red restaurant came out on top at the Star-Ledger's Munchmobile Crab Cake Festival and Shore Chef Cook-Off at Monmouth Park Sunday.
Red's crab cake was selected as the best by judges at the day-long festival, the paper reports on nj.com, its website.
Red Bank police have arrested three juveniles on charges they viciously attacked an 18-year-old borough man late Tuesday night.
The suspects — borough residents aged 15, 16 and 17 — are in custody in the Monmouth County Youth Detention Facility, according to police Capt. Steve McCarthy. Their names were not released.
The victim remains hospitalized at Riverview Medical Center with head trauma, McCarthy said.


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With 341 horsepower being turned out from the 2.5-liter SUBARU BOXER® engine, there's more than enough pep under the hood to make anyone's jaw drop. Combined with the aggressive exterior styling brought to you by the wide fender, front canards and rear wing, the new STI model carries on the high-performance tradition exclusive to the Japanese market in spades.
To get that kind of performance out of the turbocharged engine, Subaru Tecnica International engineers used the same high-flow intake system but incorporated a new intake duct, induction box with conical air filter and a silicone turbo inlet duct. That kind of tech may look familiar if you've seen what's under the hood of a 2004-2007 Subaru WRX STI. Those features don't feel like a retread though, as it continues Subaru's tradition of utilizing the past to improve future iterations of their lineup.
The STI S209 even comes with tires made exclusively for this vehicle. The Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT600A summer-only tires look fierce beneath the wide front fenders and the 19×9-inch alloy wheels. Attendees at the 2019 North American International Auto Show were treated to the stateside debut of this new STI.
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The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan is requesting that you please air a collection of Public Service Announcements as fill PSA time on your station.
This series of spots focus on four Native Americans in Michigan who have quit using commercial tobacco such as cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, pipes, etc.; and are volunteering their success story to urge other Native Americans to quit using commercial tobacco and keep tobacco sacred.
A disproportionate percentage of American Indian and Alaska Natives use commercial tobacco compared to other ethnic groups in the United States. In 2014, the CDC reported that 26.1% of all American Indian and Alaska Native adults were cigarette smokers. This rate is compared to 19.4% of whites, 18.3% of African Americans, 12.1% of Hispanic Americans, and 9.6% of Asian Americans.
According to the Surgeon General, these commercial tobacco products lead to high rates of cancer.
Cancer is the leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Overall, American Indians and Alaska Natives face inequities in cancer prevention and control and have not seen the same level of progress as non-Hispanic whites over the past decades. In many regions, American Indian and Alaska Native cancer rates are significantly higher than rates of non-Hispanic whites, with stagnant or increasing rates of lung, colorectal, and breast cancers.
If you do choose to use these spots, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] and I will be happy to write a letter for your station file thanking you and your station for your kindness in sharing this message.
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan is a 501 (C) 3 non-profit corporation and a consortium of the 12 federally recognized Native American tribes in Michigan, with our central office located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. More information at http://www.itcmi.org/.


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Social support and athletic injury : The perspective of sport physiotherapists
I. Ford, Sandy Gordon
Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
Ford, I., & Gordon, S. (1993). Social support and athletic injury : The perspective of sport physiotherapists. Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport., 25(1), 17-25.
Ford, I. ; Gordon, Sandy. / Social support and athletic injury : The perspective of sport physiotherapists. In: Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 1993 ; Vol. 25, No. 1. pp. 17-25.
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For those who missed our end of year reading with Philippe Beck we have all 6 of his poems with English translations on video for you. Philippe gave a wonderful reading followed by a brilliant and large open-mic to end off the year. With thanks to Shane Vaughan for capturing the footage.
(or view on the Ó Bhéal Youtube channel).
Visiting writer Eric Bosse, Professor in the Expository Writing Program at the University of Oklahoma, came to Ireland to teach travel writing to students for a semester at UCC.
'And, as I left the pub and raised my umbrella for the long walk to my apartment in the University College Cork dorms, I vowed to carry the spirit of Ó Bhéal home to Oklahoma'.
Enjoy the entire review at World Literature Today right here.
At Ó Bhéal's 238th event, after a magnificent reading by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and musical performance by John Sampson, all sixty-five minutes of which had to remain live for copyright reasons, we managed to video the poets from the open-mic, which you can enjoy right here.


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Rod Cone is a trainer here at Century Downs Racetrack and Casino who has been coming to the racetrack since he was four years old. Cone started off shoeing horses, which he continued to do for about fifty years, and then went into training horses in the late 1980s.
On how he started getting into horse racing, Cone explained, "My grandfather was a blacksmith and my father took me to the track for the first time when I was four years old and I never quit coming after that."
Over the years Cone has raced in many different places. Cone said, "I've raced in California, Upstate New York, Ohio, Louisiana, the list goes on."
Not only can Rod Cone be found at the racetrack, but so can his two step sons. "One of my step sons is a veterinarian at the track and the other is a trainer here. My wife also trained horses up until a few years ago so there's been lots of family involved."
When asked about how he overcomes the hurdles of the snowy weather conditions as of late, Cone said, "We grin and bare it. We don't have any other choice. There's places that have it a lot worse than us and the horses don't mind the cold as long as they're out of the wind and have lots to eat."
"The weather is mostly a problem for the jockeys. Us trainers can saddle our horse and get back inside and warm up but the jockeys have to sit out there in their thin clothes until the race is over," Cone said.
Cone is optimistic about the future of horse racing in Canada and in the province of Alberta. "We're so lucky here that we've gotten new tracks here in Alberta. We're going to have some of the best racing in Canada once Century Mile is up and running up in Leduc," Cone said.
We would like to thank Cone for all of his dedication and hard work here at the racetrack. For more details on Rod Cone, head on over to Century Downs' YouTube channel or Facebook page (@CenturyDowns) for the full video on this story.
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Sauté ginger lightly before browning chicken/turkey mince.
Add sherry and sauces with water chestnuts and simmer for five minutes.
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Treating fibroids without surgery
Dr. Scott Goodwin takes a new approach to an age-old problem for women at UC Irvine Medical Center.
Dr. Scott Goodwin, left, performs a uterine fibroid embolization at UC Irvine Medical Center. He uses MRI imaging to assist in threading a catheter from the patient's femoral artery to a uterine artery. Paul R. Kennedy
Nearly 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year in the U.S. – a rate unchanged since World War II. Uterine fibroids, benign tumors in and around the walls of the uterus, account for half these procedures.
Dr. Scott Goodwin at UC Irvine Medical Center wants to change that.
"The interventional radiologist has a tool that may be able to spare women the pain, the bleeding and, sometimes, the infertility that come with uterine fibroids," says Goodwin, chair of UCI's Department of Radiological Sciences. The "tool," uterine fibroid embolization, does not require invasive surgery.
UFE involves threading a catheter from a woman's femoral artery to the uterine arteries, where the radiologist releases tiny, inert plastic spheres. The fibroid shrinks when enough spheres block its blood supply. Goodwin says the procedure takes about 90 minutes and usually requires only an overnight hospital stay. Most patients recover fully in about two weeks. This compares to five days in a hospital and a recovery period of up to six weeks with a traditional hysterectomy, in which the uterus is removed.
Goodwin's journey to becoming one of the nation's UFE pioneers began on Thanksgiving Day in 1994, when a UCLA Medical Center colleague sought his help to stop internal bleeding in a gynecological patient. He successfully employed an embolization technique that French physicians had introduced a few years earlier. By 1997, he was using it to treat uterine fibroids.
"Acceptance of the procedure grew gradually from there," says Goodwin, who recently published an article about UFE in The New England Journal of Medicine. He's currently working with doctors at UC Irvine's Women's Health Center to make it more widely available.
"Our goal is to offer each woman all the options for treating her condition without promoting any single one," says Dr. Manuel Porto, chair of UCI's Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, which is ranked among America's top gynecological service providers by U.S. News & World Report. "Fibroid embolization gives some women a wonderful opportunity for a less invasive procedure, and Scott is a pioneer in the field."
Another option provided by UC Irvine is myomectomy, a minimally invasive procedure that involves shaving fibroids from the walls of the uterus. There is no incision or loss of fertility, but the technique is limited by a fibroid's location. It cannot be performed if fibroids are inside the uterine wall or outside the uterus.
Fibroid embolization is not for everyone, Goodwin cautions, and its long-term effects are still being studied. While UFE spares the uterus, researchers don't have sufficient data to determine whether the procedure hinders a woman's ability to have children. However, doctors have reported cases in which women became pregnant and gave birth after having UFE.
"About half the people referred to me don't get UFE," Goodwin says. "They may undergo a myomectomy or a hysterectomy. But a woman who doesn't plan on getting pregnant has many options, including UFE."
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Life is a journey of beginnings in 'Chapter Two' at Solana Beach's North Coast Repertory Theatre
The first play ever staged at North Coast Repertory Theatre has a long history of success. "Chapter Two," by American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, returns to the stage with NCRT's Artistic Director David Ellenstein and Christopher Williams co-directing. Ellenstein also portrays the lead character, recently widowed writer George Schneider.
"It was No. 1 even back then, in 1982," said Ellenstein, who was not at NCRT at that time. "It opened on Broadway in 1978. I always liked it and when I looked at it again recently, I liked it even more. My only experience with Neil Simon was a role I had in 'Broadway Bound,' during the first regional production, and then I did it again in San Diego at the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre Company."
"Chapter Two," like many of Simon's plays, is based on events in his own life. It's a comedy about a recent widower (George), who connects with his neighbor, Jennie, who is recently divorced. It was written as a tribute to actress Marsha Mason, Simon's second wife, and her tolerance with his long-lasting grief over the death of his first wife.
When NCRT's Andrew Barnicle suggested Ellenstein play George, Ellenstein said he couldn't do it because he had to direct.
"But my staff wanted me to do it, and this will be the fourth time I'll be getting on stage as an actor at the North Coast Rep. I like to do that once in a while," Ellenstein said. "I checked to see if Chris Williams was available, because he keeps a really good eye on me and gives me the right feedback. (Since he was), I decided to do it."
Ellenstein said the other three actors in the show — Jacquelyn Ritz, Louis Lotorto and Mhari Sandoval — have been standouts in all their performances, so he chose them, too.
Directing and starring in the same play is challenging, Ellenstein admitted.
"While acting, I can't help but get distracted by the design, costumes or what the other actors are doing," he said. "But we all talked things out at the first meeting, and it has only been a problem for me to focus on being an actor, when I'm an actor."
Simon loads his plays with emotion, and "Chapter Two," is no different. It's funny, whimsical, lovely, touching, romantic, snappy, moving, etc. — so how does a director draw all that out of his actors?
"You have to start with the reality of the situation," Ellenstein said. "Since this is autobiographical about courtship and marriage, there's a reality to it; we have to find out what's really going on with these people. The lines are very funny, so we don't have to worry so much about making them funny, just delivering them honestly in the situation.
"My character, George, is depressed and in mourning, and to work through that, he meets a woman who is going to be an important part of his life. Yet he struggles with it being OK to move on. That's why it's called 'Chapter Two.'"
He added that the show has multigenerational appeal. "It's about people falling in love, loss — the jokes still make sense. It's a good play that will entertain everyone."
"Chapter Two" runs Feb. 25-March 22 at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. Tickets from $37 at 858-481-1055; visit northcoastrep.org.
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The branch committee is very keen for more branch members to get involved in butterfly surveys in 2015 and has produced the following web pages to direct and support any members who wish to be involved in butterfly and moth surveying.
The aim of butterfly and moth surveys is not just to record the presence of butterflies or moths but also to learn more about the habitats and ecology of each species and to get information on the condition of the site so that Butterfly Conservation can implement appropriate management if required.
While UK butterflies have been studied by keen naturalists for several centuries, butterflies in Scotland have not been studied to the same degree as those in southern England and many of the butterly species which occur in both Scotland and England have different sub-species in Scotland. Those Victorian naturalists with long white beards did not discover everything there is to know about UK butterflies and they tended to be more pre-occupied with morphological variations which occur within a butterfly species than with butterfly ecology and understanding why butterflies occur at the places they do. It is known that butterfly populations at the edge of their ranges have to adapt to survive in more marginal conditions and are therefore somewhat different. The low spring and summer temperatures in Scotland are marginal for many butterfly species which need warmth and sunshine to survive and the Scottish sub-species are the result of local butterfly populations adapting to these low spring and summer temperatures. So please don't assume that there is nothing new to learn about Scotland's butterflies: there is much to learn about the ecology of these Scottish sub-species and we know very little about most butterfly sites in Scotland (all we have is a six figure grid reference in many cases) and need much more detailed information about size of the colony and condition of the habitat. To learn more about the Scottish sub-species of the 34 butterfly species which occur in the SW Scotland branch area, see butterfly species.
When butterfly surveying, it is better to focus on one or two sites and have a good wander around a couple of 1 km squares venturing away from the road rather than dashing around as many different sites as possible and only visiting a small area in the vicinity of a historical grid reference. It can be the case that a historical grid reference is at the very margin of a butterfly habitat where numbers are relatively low but by being a bit more adventurous, the major habitat may be discovered where butterfly numbers are much higher. This is certainly true of Pearl-bordered Fritillary where the best habitat is on steep dry south facing slopes at 200-300 m some distance from roads. See the Butterflies of Glasdrum NNR in 2008 as an example of what can be achieved with a GPS and how far and high up hillsides Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary and Chequered Skipper can be found. See the Pearl-bordered Fritillary Survey pages to see the many historical sites in various parts of highland Scotland which need to be re-visited and investigated. Many of these sites are in areas of fantastic scenery!


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Fresh Arts Program Director K.C. Scharnberg Moving to UTSA
K.C. Scharnberg, Program & Marketing Director at Fresh Arts and a founding member of the Horsehead Theater Company is moving to San Antonio next week to take up a new position as a public affairs specialist at UTSA. "It's been amazing to be in Houston for the last five years," she said, "I have tremendously enjoyed working with all of you over the past few years and I can say without a doubt that it has been the people I've come to know in Houston that have made my time here so enjoyable."
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I know it's a form of attachment, but I do carry my mala everywhere. Even after my mala burst spontaneously off my wrist at a restaurant (and here's me scrambling around saying, "Excuse me, sorry, excuse me…" as I collected 108 beads that had rolled under tables), even after all that, I still wear my mala wrapped around my left wrist.
Yes, I suppose. But it's also a reminder. I can feel it on my wrist, reminding me to be mindful. Since I'm not advanced in my practice, this reminder helps. But there is a love of making malas, holding them, wearing them, and counting mantras on them that can be not insignificant. I believe I count 500 or so mantras a day, but I find it takes me into a state of mindful stillness faster than any other method I've tried. I also find it beneficial. I feel more energy, alertness, and—and here I'm being "superstitious"—I feel luckier. When I have a problem, I chant mantras. Maybe it's the stillness and clarity that helps me solve my problems. Maybe something more. I don't know, but I feel content and calm and meditative when I chant mantras and count on my mall. I know it's a dependency. But, for now, in my state of awareness, it's a helpful one.
I also like making them. My favorite present for those close to me is a handmade mala. Making malas is another form of meditation.


The home mover market in Scotland has remained relatively flat over the past year. However, despite seeing some slight improvements, second steppers are still bearing the brunt of the stagnant housing market, according to the Bank of Scotland's latest Home Movers Review.
The average home mover deposit in 2012 was £47,311 – a four and a half fold increase from £10,516 in 2002.
The Bank of Scotland second stepper housing affordability measure for Scotland – calculated as the average price of a typical second stepper home less their current equity position as a ratio of average earnings – stood at 4.2 times gross annual average earnings in November 2012. This ratio has risen significantly over the past decade from 2.7 in 2002 and is well above the long-run average of 3.2.
However, second stepper affordability has improved slightly on the previous year – the Bank of Scotland measure reached its highest level (4.6) in a quarter of a century in 2011. As more time passes since the peak of the market and the subsequent fall in house prices in 2007-8, a higher proportion of potential second steppers will have bought their first property when house prices had already fallen from their peak. Despite this, second steppers in aggregate still face considerable challenges.
The typical potential second stepper in 2012 would have bought their first home in 2008. Such a homeowner is, on average, estimated to have an equity level of just £2,844 - equivalent to 2% of the average price for a semi-detached house (£133,711). This low level of equity covers just 40% of the average cost of moving in Scotland, estimated at close to £7,000. Therefore, many of those looking to move up the ladder have no equity left in their home to help fund a deposit on their next home. In addition, there are also many potential second steppers who bought at the peak of the market in 2007. Many of these homeowners are likely to be in an even worse financial position, often with negative equity. It may also be the case that some FTBs who had bought before or after the market peak could also be facing problems moving along the property ladder.
This situation is in stark contrast to 2002 when second steppers had an average equity level of £16,582 – equivalent to 22% of the average price for a semi at the time.
Despite the worsening in affordability in the past decade, Scotland is the joint fourth most affordable part of the UK for second steppers. The South East of England is the least affordable UK region with an affordability ratio of 6.3 followed by London (6.1). The West Midlands and East Midlands (both 4.0) are the most affordable locations for those in their first home looking to take their next step on the property ladder.
"Even though many of Scotland's second steppers won't have bought at the height of the market, many are still going to struggle to make that move up the housing ladder. House prices have been falling or remaining flat for the past four years, and as a result many first time owners in Scotland are still in a very low equity position.
"The difficulties faced by aspiring second steppers are having a considerable knock-on impact for potential first-time buyers due to the resulting shortage of properties available on the market with housing chains proving hard to establish."


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Young Bucks: Ring Of Honor Champions, Pro Wrestling Sherpas
Filed Under:Chuck Carroll, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Pro Wrestling, Ring Of Honor, WWE, Young Bucks
By Chuck Carroll
More than a few wrestling fans are fed up with the status quo. The PG-era has been and will continue to leave a vanilla taste in their mouth when they want chocolate, strawberry or heck, even rocky road. That is why on Monday or Tuesday night, when you flip on WWE Raw or SmackDown Live!, you'll see the crowd populated by Bullet Club t-shirts. The faction that originated in New Japan Pro Wrestling represents a growing wrestling counterculture.
Nick and Matt Jackson, better known as The Young Bucks, would know — they're in it.
"The reason the Bullet Club became so popular is because a lot of that [18 to 30-year-old] demographic grew up watching the nWo, and we're very similar to that act," Matt Jackson said. "I feel like we've gotten a lot of that fan base because of it."
Despite not having the push from the global leader in wrestling, all of the pieces are in place for the group to be just as red hot as when Hollywood Hogan did his cool air guitar strut to the ring. It goes back to fans wanting an alternative to WWE's style. And that's exactly what Ring of Honor prides itself on being. Company officials have repeatedly stated they are not in competition with WWE. They're like 7Up to Coke — the un-cola. It just so happens that a lot of people are thirsty for 7Up right now.
"It's crazy to see. In about 14 years of wrestling that we've been part of… we've never seen wrestling as hot on this level," Matt said.
It's not just the taste of fans that is evolving, it's also the mindset of the wrestlers. The Young Bucks are among a growing contingent of wrestling elite who have become superstars in their own right without relying on a major corporate promotion to give them that title. The brothers, along with Cody Rhodes, Jay Lethal and others, are proving that you can gamble on yourself and win if you're willing to think outside of the box. Now, WWE superstars are reaching out to them to gauge whether it's time for them to take a leap of faith of their own.
I had a chance to catch up with The Young Bucks ahead of Ring of Honor's Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view in Las Vegas. We talked about the changing mindset of today's wrestler, the inside story on Marty Scurll joining the Bullet Club, the Hardy Boyz battle for the "Broken Universe" gimmick from Global Force Wrestling and the advice they have for others in the wrestling business.
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How have your goals changed since entering the business? I would guess they're about 180 degrees different than what you originally planned.
Nick: Oh yeah … It seems like a lot of the guys these days in the WWE talk to us. They ask us questions and want to see how we're doing, and they see that we're doing well. So, I think that it opens up their mind like, "hey, there's life after WWE." If, for some reason, they get fired or they want to go away, they know there's a place to go where they can make a good amount of money.
Matt: Back in the day you used to have WCW and even ECW to go to. Now, we don't really have those options. I guess New Japan is a viable option, but nowadays it's not necessarily one company. It's betting on yourself and working for yourself and being independent. The fact that we're two of the guys at the forefront, steering the ship, and telling the boys there are other options. If you're unhappy then quit and make yourself happy and more valuable. Bet on yourself. A guy like Cody Rhodes is a great example, because he wasn't happy the way they were using him, and he left. Now he's more valuable and over doing what he's doing now than when he was on TV every week.
You guys are big on branding and very protective of the characters you've created. Do you think you could ever find yourself in a Hardy-esque situation where you're fighting with a wrestling promotion over intellectual property and the gimmicks you came up with? Who is in the right in this case?
Matt: That's a tough situation. Of course, the Hardys are my boys, and I'm going to side with them. I kind of saw the whole movement taking place. I remember communicating with Matt throughout the whole thing and him telling us a lot of the stuff that was going to happen. It was his genius that put together the whole thing. We were actually supposed to do one of the matches in his backyard [at the Hardy Compound], but it didn't work out. They were telling us everything that was going to happen three months ahead of time. I knew for sure that it was Matt's brainchild. As an artist, I respect what he did, and I have to side with him because I know it was all his doing. It's tough though, because I don't know all of the technicalities, and I'd have to read the contracts and wording. It's a really complicated situation. I don't know legally who should own it, but I can't say that I'm on a corporate company's side because that's not the type of person I am.
As far as whether Nick and I would ever find ourselves in a situation like that, I don't think so. We've been The Young Bucks for so many years, and we've been Matt and Nick Jackson. I have those trademarked so I own those. I own the Super Kick Party trademark. A lot of the stuff we've actually legally backed ourselves up. I don't think that Ring of Honor has the type of pettiness that they would come after us for certain things that we've done. We were doing Super Kick Parties long before Ring of Honor. I think we're in a situation where we'd be okay.
Nick: The only way I could see that happening is if we took Bullet Club to somewhere other than New Japan or ROH. But that would never happen.
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Do you think for a lot of people in the locker room this is an eye opener and they're realizing they have to protect themselves a little better?
Matt: In my opinion, most of the boys don't think ahead. They have tunnel vision. My opinion is that 99 percent of the boys just go, "okay, okay, whatever it takes to get to Vince [McMahon] to work for WWE. I don't care what I have to do to get there, I don't care if they change my name or own my name, I'll sign anything over. I'll even sign for the lowest figure as long as I have WWE's logo on my check." I think the boys are all marks for the Fed. That's a problem, because when more and more marks sign with them for low wages then WWE knows they can sign anybody and give them anything. That makes it tougher for guys that want to negotiate with other companies.
So, you guys are no longer marks for the Fed, but I bet you mark out when you turn on the TV on Monday or Tuesday night and you see the front row just littered with Bullet Club t-shirts.
Nick: (chuckles) I don't have time to watch any of it. The only way I follow the stuff that's going on over there is my Twitter timeline. I swear every Monday and Tuesday or whenever NXT is shown, my timeline is flooded with pictures of Young Bucks t-shirts. That's pretty cool. I remember thinking back in the day that if I saw one of my t-shirts on television I would feel like I made it. It happens on a weekly basis now, so that's pretty cool.
Talk to me about the addition of Marty Scurll to the Bullet Club, heading into that ROH pay-per-view in New York a few months ago. Give me your thoughts about whether or not that angle would play. Was there any anxiety that the fans wouldn't accept it?
Nick: As soon as he started with ROH he started riding with us. So we had a connection with him really quickly. We'd joke around it'd be great for him to join The Bullet Club without knowing what was coming in just a couple months. Finally, one day Marty said he got a call from Tiger Hattori saying they wanted him to join The Bullet Club and he told us right away. We thought, "oh man, this is perfect." … It's funny though because they just wanted to announce it on Twitter that he had joined The Bullet Club, and Matt and I right away said there's no way that could be the case at all. We got a gameplan going. Us, Marty and Kenny [Omega] were in the UK at the time. So, we came up with that whole storyline that everyone saw come to life in New York. It was awesome.
Matt: I remember that day we were in the UK, and Marty was panicked because he was like, "we can't just announce this on Twitter. This is a huge opportunity." We agreed. So, Marty hit up Hunter Johnston who books for ROH, and he told him to talk to us to come up with something. That's great because when the booker says to talk to The Bucks, it's like we have all the creative freedom we want to execute this thing exactly how we wanted. That night knew we had to shoot some vignettes. We didn't know if they would use them, but we were so dead set on making the angle we came up with work that we just shot it anyway and thought we'd present it to them when we pitched the idea. We were up at probably four in the morning shooting a vignette with Kenny that would later appear on the big screen. Then we did this quick zoom out, and it turns out that Marty has been standing there the whole time. I came up with the entire pitch on a really longwinded email, and I sent it to Ring of Honor. I said this is what we're going to do, and we already have the promos to do it. I think it was so good they basically said, "yeah, we have to do this."
We knew we had to take the focus off [Adam] Cole leaving, because a lot of people were going to get stuck on that. It was just a little over a year ago that they lost AJ Styles and Gallows and Anderson. We knew they had to capitalize on a guy like Marty coming over, because he was getting white hot. … Marty joining was almost a bigger story than Adam leaving.
In a recent Sports Illustrated interview, you referenced mental illness and wanting to let people know that there was help out there. What's the connection?
Matt: I think it's ever since we've started filming the Being Elite show. … I get a lot of really emotional tweets, people struggling with anxiety and depression and how our show helps them get through these things and cope with the mental pain and disorders they're going through. I also have family members that have suffered some of the things. … It seems like a lot of fans in the wrestling community are going through this, or maybe they're just more open about it. I just wanted to put that out there to show people that if you want someone to talk to, we're always there.
One thing I think is a good recipe for putting this away about being sad or mad is laughter. That's one big thing on Being Elite is that we try to make it a comedy. I feel like laughing is such good medicine for sadness, as obvious as that sounds. It puts you in a positive state of mind, and you just want to have a good time. … We just want to touch people in a positive way. I think that was the reason we got into the business in the first place. I think it took us 10 years to figure that out. You're not just out there having wrestling matches to having wrestling matches. You're actually touching people and helping them better their lives.
Chuck Carroll is former pro wrestling announcer and referee turned sports media personality. He once appeared on Monday Night RAW when he presented Robert Griffin III with a WWE title belt in the Redskins locker room.
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Q: How to change folder access if it says "You have unknown access"? I installed OSX Server and activated FTP for Downloads folder. Now folder looks like file in Finder and Downloads info looks badly. Also when i trying to delete Downloads, OSX required password and then said The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003).
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Of course, first of all I disabled FTP and rebooted computer. It didn't helped.
I google the problem and found a solution, it says i would need perform couple command in terminal:
sudo chmod -R 755 /Users/evlogii/Downloads
sudo chown -R evlogii:staff /Users/evlogii/Downloads

As you understand "evlogii" is my username. It performed without any errors but didn't helped. Please help me recover normal condition of my Downloads folder.

A: I have encountered this problem before, on the Downloads folder, and on other folders. Removing the directory and it's contents, and recreating the directory worked for me.
The commands below are to be entered in the Terminal
Copy content before deleting:
mkdir ~/Temp
sudo cp -R  ~/Downloads ~/Temp/
sudo chmod -R 755  ~/Temp

To remove your damaged Downloads folder:
rm -rf ~/Downloads, or if that doesn't work, sudo rm -rf ~/Downloads
To recreate a new empty one after removal:
mkdir ~/Downloads; chown $USER ~/Downloads

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'That's another fine mess you've gotten me into', a quote from comic genius Oliver Hardy sprang to mind last Sunday morning when we woke to a second snow covered spectacle in almost as many weeks which has placed something of a fixtures headache across club and county competitions. All the best laid plans and strategies of many come to nought if the weather fails to act in tandem and throw things awry and particularly so with the latter stages of the Allianz Leagues looming large on the horizon.
In the Allianz Hurling League, Tipp's proposed visit to Parnell Park for their quarter-final clash with Dublin was cancelled before the bus left on route and while a temporary reprieve to Monday offered some solace that too fell victim as pitches in Dublin and Thurles were deemed unplayable before lights out on Sunday. The chance to make amends for previous failings in Parnell Park, which are cast aside for now, won't matter in the slightest to anyone as the wider expanse of Croke Park will find favour with all as the rearranged quarter-final clash with Dublin has been fixed for headquarters on Sunday next, March 25th with a 1pm throw-in as part of a double header clash which is followed by Dublin and Monaghan in the Allianz Football League.
As mentioned last week, Tipperary and Dublin met in the first round of the league in Croke Park in February 2017 with Tipperary winning 1-24 Dublin 1-8. The stakes on Sunday are higher as the winner will progress to meet Limerick in the semi-final while the vanquished will realign the targets for May championship action.
We send best wishes to the team again on Sunday as they prepare for another stern test from a resurgent Dublin unit.
Sunday's referee will be Sean Cleere (Cill Chainnigh).
Unfortunately, the Tipperary football camp were not as fortunate as their hurling counterparts in so far as they had made part of the long journey to Newry with an overnight stay in Dundalk to break the voyage but they too were greeted to a snow covered landscape on Sunday morning. The elements up north also signalled cancellation and leaves that fixture on the back burner for now as Liam Kearns' side focus in on what will be probably the most important game in the teams progression on Sunday next, March 25th in Cavan.
Heading to Kingspan Breffni for the Allianz Football League round 7 match against Cavan at 3pm, the venue has proven to be a very happy hunting ground in recent time for Tipperary football, a win on Sunday will guarantee promotion to Division 1 for Tipperary in a game which will probably have a championship feel to it such will be its importance.
However, err at your peril because one should not dismiss or forget the home side as they too are harbouring the same promotion ambitions. An almighty battle awaits and this Tipperary team will want every supporter possible to be in Cavan to roar them on in what will be a cauldron like atmosphere.
Last year Tipperary travelled to Kingspan Breffni to take on Cavan in Round 2B of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and came away with the desired result winning 2-15 to 0-18. Tipp took an early lead and after a few goal opportunities failed to materialise they found themselves in arrears at the break. But such was their resilience, second half goals; firstly a penalty from Conor Sweeny (Ballyporeen) and a strike from Robbie Kiely (Carbery Rangers) ensured that Liam Kearns' side would progress to the next round.
More of that resilience will be required on Sunday as Cavan, who were leading Division 2 for most of the campaign, will look to bounce back from last weekend's defeat to Roscommon.
Again we send best wishes to the team on what will be a hugely significant mission but one the team is definitely capable of delivering on.
Supporters travelling to Kingspan Breffni with season tickets should note gate No. 26 at the top entrance or gate No. 50 at rear of covered stand and the designated gates to use on Sunday. A crowd in excess of 3,000 is expected so the message is be there in plenty of time.
The referee will be Fergal Kelly (An Longfort).
Congratulations to JK Brackens and Upperchurch-Drombane as they collected the first silverware of the year when winning their respective Tipperary Water County U21 football championship titles last weekend. In the 'A' final JK Brackens had a narrow 1-5 to 0-7 win against Moyle Rovers while in the 'B' decider Upperchurch-Drombane had 2 to spare in a 1-7 to 1-5 victory over Killenaule.
Round 2 action in the Tipperary Water County Hurling Leagues was interrupted with the snow over the weekend and some of these are rescheduled for this weekend along with round 1 fixtures which were previously postponed also, please check http://people.gaa.ie/club/tipperary/ for all current fixtures and results.
The Tipperary Football Committee have begun the process of building a Three Year Strategic Plan with the aim of identifying key actions and projects that will serve as a blueprint for the continuing development of football in the Premier County in the coming years. As part of that process the committee are holding a workshop in the Anner Hotel at 8pm on Thursday week, March 29th, to help to ensure that this plan, in so far as is possible, reflects the views and suggestions of all those interested in the promotion of football in Tipperary.
The committee hope to have at least two representatives from each club in the county attend on the night and invite clubs to send representatives who would have an interest in this workshop. The committee would appreciate a reply to Hugh Coghlan 087 9877355 hughcoghlan@hotmail.com by March 19th with the names and phones numbers of persons attending.
Best wishes to all involved in Scór na bPaistí as we look forward to seeing a wonderful County Final in Halla na Feile, Cashel on Sunday next, March 25th.
Congratulations to Liam Ó Donnchú on being a worthy recipient of a 2017 GAA McNamee Award which will be presented to him at a function in Croke Park later this month. Liam's book 'Thurles Sarsfields GAA Story - Volume 1' covering the years 1884 to 1959 and launched last November won the best GAA club publication category and is a fitting reward for Liam who has dedicated a huge part of his life to all things GAA and he sets an exceptional standard in doing so.
After an epic contest in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) and Cuala (Dublin) will have to go at it again following their 2-19 to 1-22 draw after extra time in the AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling Final. The Tipperary connection with Na Piarsaigh is quite strong with corner back Niall Buckley and his brother Mark both nephews of Tipperary Supporters Club secretary Eamon Buckley. Wing back Kieran Kennedy is a son of former Tipp U21 captain in 1981 Philip Kennedy (Nenagh Éire Óg), goalkeeper Padraig Kennedy is son of the late Liam Kennedy (Kilruane MacDonaghs) who passed away last year, Shane Dowling's mother is Joan Carey from Ballymackeogh, Newport and panel member David Shepard is a son of former Tipp goalkeeper Tony Shepard who won an All-Ireland club medal with Kilruane MacDonaghs in 1986.
For Cuala, Shane Stapleton (Borris-Ileigh) brother of All-Ireland winner Paddy Stapleton came on for Cuala midway through the second half while Evan Hanley (Lattin-Cullen) is also a member of the panel. Well done to all the guys and best wishes in the replay.
As reported by John Harrington on the GAA website, the GAA's 2018 Munster Groundsman Education Day will take place in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday April, 7. Attendees will hear from a number of key speakers over the course of the day, beginning with Course Director for Greenkeeping and Sportsturf management at Coláiste Stiofain Naofa, Daniel Crowley. Register for this event by contacting Mr. Kieran McGann, National Pitch Maintenance Workgroup ktmcoare@gmail.com or call 086 7773100.
Tipperary Coaching and Games will hold GAA Easter activity camps for those aged 6 to 12 at various venues in the county on 27th to 29th of March or 3rd to 5th of April from 10am to 1pm. The cost is €30 and all participants will receive a free sliothar and football. Those interested should contact registered clubs for further details.
Starting on April 10th next, Place4U has teamed up with Tipperary ETB and Moyle Rovers to deliver a 10-week Health & Wellbeing Programme for men aged over 30. The aim is to help improve health, fitness and lifestyle, for further information phone 087 4407935.
Healthy Ireland at your library is a service available in all local libraries across the county. You can access a large collection of books on Health & Wellbeing through your local branch and on occasion also enjoy programmes and events relating to healthy topics. It's free to join the library, apply online at www.librariesireland.ie or call into your local library.
The Tipperary Supporters Club member's gift in 2018 is a specially produced Tipperary Supporters Club Cap, in the traditional Blue and Gold and featuring the Tipperary Supporters Club Official Logo.
Membership is €40 per person and there are several payment options. All proceeds from membership go directly towards the preparation and training of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Team.
The Friends of Tipperary Football are appealing to all Tipperary supporters to take up Friends membership as the senior footballers continue to make huge strides in Division 2 this campaign and need all the support they can muster to help them achieve their promotion aims.
The Friends are continuing to sell membership for 2018 and once again it is a very reasonable €20 and all members will receive an exclusive car sticker and more importantly will be helping the senior footballers reach their potential. If you would like to join online you can do so at http://www.friendsoftipperaryfootball.com/join/ or contact any Friends of Tipperary Football committee member.


ABC slipped week over week into a last place ratings tie among the Big 4 broadcast networks on Monday, though it wasn't the saddest story in primetime. That unfortunate distinction belongs to CW series "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," which premiered its fourth season as the lowest-rated and least-watched show — including the Spanish-language networks.
Much higher up the Nielsen sheets, NBC won another Monday night with "The Voice" and "Manifest." Thanks mostly to "9-1-1" and no 10 o'clock hour of programming, Fox finished second among adults 18-49.
NBC was first in ratings with a 1.7 rating/7 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 8.6 million, according to preliminary numbers. "The Voice" from 8-10 p.m. averaged a 1.9/7 and 9.8 million viewers. "Manifest" at 10 received a 1.4/6 and 7.3 million viewers.
Fox was second in ratings with a 1.1/4, but fourth in viewers with 5.2 million. "The Resident" at 8 had a 1.0/4 and 4.8 million viewers. At 9, "9-1-1" landed a 1.3/5 and 5.6 million viewers.
ABC and CBS tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.9. ABC had a 4 share, CBS had a 3. ABC was second in total viewers with 6.5 million, CBS was third with 5.9 million.
For ABC, "Dancing With the Stars" from 8-10 averaged a 1.0/5 and 7.1 million viewers. A rerun followed.
For CBS, "The Neighborhood" at 8 had a 1.1/5 and 6.4 million viewers. At 8:30, "Happy Together" got a 0.8/3 and 4.7 million viewers. "Magnum P.I." at 9 received a 0.8/3 and 5.6 million viewers. At 10, "Bull" finished primetime with a 0.8/3 and 6.7 million viewers.
Univision and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.5/2. Univision was fifth in total viewers with 1.5 million, Telemundo was sixth with 1.4 million.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.4/1 and in viewers with 1.1 million. "Arrow" at 8 had a 0.4/2 and 1.2 million viewers. At 9, "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" got a 0.3/1 and 1 million viewers.


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'Knives Are Out' After Dem Strategy Fizzles in House Races
EXTREMELY UNWELCOME MAKEOVER
The unexpected loss of the moderate members have left some Democrats wondering if a second stimulus—even one less than Speaker Pelosi demanded—would have made a difference.
Sam Brodey
Congressional Reporter
Hanna Trudo
Politics Reporter
Updated Nov. 05, 2020 10:59AM ET / Published Nov. 05, 2020 4:34AM ET
J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
The Democrats have kept control of the House of Representatives, but no one's popping any champagne.
It will be a smaller, louder, and perhaps more ideologically volatile majority than what Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has led over the last two years. And it could be full of political tripwires for her—and for a possible President Joe Biden—if they're in the position of governing while Republicans retain their grip on the Senate.
A slew of moderate lawmakers, whose wins in the 2018 midterms handed the gavel again to Pelosi, have lost or are on track to lose their seats. Meanwhile, several establishment Democrats are set to be replaced by staunch progressives, shifting Democrats' political center of gravity further left in the lower chamber of Congress.
Democrats came into Tuesday optimistic that the party would actually expand its House majority by picking off GOP-held seats in suburbs and rural areas, which would have preserved the centrist wing's powerful sway in the caucus. Those hopes have evaporated.
This, in short, was not the flock Pelosi was expecting. Instead, the party is left to figure out how such a seemingly promising election year went south, with Democrats spending Wednesday blaming Donald Trump, Pelosi and her leadership team, and each other in order to explain what happened. Democrats in the moderate and progressive wings in the party, in particular, traced the disappointing 2020 result to the other side's flaws, and for many, long-simmering concerns about the political sensibilities of the party's tenured leadership bubbled up to the surface.
Those battle lines are forming just as it seems that the common enemy who caused the temporary truce in Democratic internal warfare, Trump, is headed for defeat. Democrats' intra-party political differences, once on the back burner, could again roar into view as the party's margin of error for legislation in the House grows slimmer.
"It's a little early to figure out what that's going to feel like," said Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), a member of House Democratic leadership. Kildee allowed that it was possible that the absence of Trump could flare up the party's fault lines on key issues. "There are a lot of unanswered questions," he told The Daily Beast. "I think we will be focused on the possible, and finding out what is possible, what is the next step in this long march to more a perfect union, rather than what do we have to do to prevent its destruction."
For now, however, there is a lot of frustration and anger within the party's ranks. Democratic aides described a downcast mood among members and staffers on Wednesday as the new House map grew clearer. One aide predicted that a backlash was brewing that could fuel a stronger challenge to Pelosi and her leadership team than the ones that have fizzled out in years past.
Internally, top House Democrats down to some in the rank-and-file are furious at Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), the leader of the party's House campaign arm, for the disappointing outcome, congressional sources told The Daily Beast.
"The knives are out for Cheri," said a Democratic aide, who called her the "most obvious scapegoat."
But some Democratic lawmakers insist there was only so much that Bustos, or anyone, could do this year. Kildee said that it was the "atmospherics of 2020"—high turnout for Trump in key districts—that hurt House Democrats, not any particular strategic missteps.
"All of us didn't quite expect this particular set of atmospherics. I think that's what that was about," said Kildee. "What we would have done is pretty much what we did."
Party strategists like Kristen Hawn, however, are looking at the results Wednesday and seeing a reckoning—arguing that Democrats need to do some soul-searching and seriously sharpen their messaging around what it is they're exactly for.
"We had all the money in the world," said Hawn, a former top aide to the moderate Blue Dog Coalition, referring to the strong fundraising from Bustos' Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and from individual candidates. "It was incredibly disappointing."
But Hawn voiced frustration with the caucus' more liberal members, who she suggested made it much easier for the GOP to stick the "socialist" label that appeared to damage some endangered incumbents in places like south Florida. "As much as our members were doing everything right, the party was getting in the way," she said.
Progressives, meanwhile, saw in the results a repudiation of moderate politics and Pelosi's iron grip on House Democrats.
"Nancy Pelosi is very bad at messaging and strategy, and extremely good at controlling her caucus," said a strategist in the party. "That's a bad combination when everyone defers to her unexplainable strategy on coronavirus relief and then Democrats lose seats everywhere to a party that just killed 200,000 people and lost millions of jobs. It's malpractice, and we just keep following her. It makes no sense."
Most of the roughly 40 Democratic lawmakers in competitive elections, known as "frontliners," entered Tuesday heavily favored to keep their seats, even in districts that Trump carried easily in 2016. In fact, even some Republicans were privately bracing for the Democratic majority to grow by flipping even more seats deep in GOP territory.
But as results rolled in, the blue wave receded—big time. As of Wednesday afternoon, nearly all of the Democrats running to keep seats Trump won by 10 or more points four years ago had lost. It was not shocking that two Democrats in the deepest Trump turf, Reps. Kendra Horn (D-OK) and Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), were defeated by GOP rivals.
The political pain spread across the Democratic caucus as the night went on, however. Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), one of Biden's youngest elected endorsers and considered to some as a centrist contrast to millennial progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), was defeated by Ashley Hinson in northeastern Iowa. Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC), another young moderate, fell short to Nancy Mace in South Carolina in a race many Democrats thought he'd win. And Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), who pulled off a major upset in rural New Mexico just two years ago, lost decisively to Republican Yvette Herrell.
So it went, from upstate New York to rural Minnesota to south Florida—where two incumbents in districts Hillary Clinton carried tanked alongside Trump's wave in the region. While the GOP has been projected to flip seven seats, Democrats have flipped just two, both in North Carolina, and only because a redistricting order reworked the state's map.
While the moderates dropped, several progressives cemented gains they made earlier in the year. Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York, both backed by Justice Democrats, are officially headed to the House, having defeated longtime incumbents in primaries earlier this year. They're expected to join forces with the four current members of the "Squad," who also all won easily. And other members-elect, like Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres of New York, are also poised to bring very progressive politics to the caucus.
Despite the loss of several moderates, the caucus is not going to rapidly shift leftward, as a number of safe, tenured moderates and center-left Democrats hold sway and leadership.
But aides aligned with the progressive wing of the party are expecting this new energy to successfully push major legislation to the left—a key objective for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which scored some wins in the last Congress but came up short in the eyes of some members in party fights over issues like immigration and health care. The original members of the Squad have not been shy about withholding their votes for legislation they believe is good but not great, and the new arrivals could behave similarly. Those votes will matter if the Democratic majority is shaved off by a number of seats.
In a letter to Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday evening, Pelosi framed the results as positively as she could. Hailing what she called a "clear choice" from voters for Biden, the speaker promoted a House majority that would help him enact their shared agenda.
"Though it was a challenging election, all of our candidates—both Frontline and Red to Blue—made us proud," wrote Pelosi, referring to the DCCC's programs for candidates in competitive races. "Our discipline in building a massive battlefield proved essential in keeping the Majority. Our success enabled us to win in our 'mobilization, messaging and money,' forcing Republicans to defend their own territory."
Most Democrats can't point to one specific thing—other than a more Trump-favorable environment than they expected—to explain the losses. But some have wondered if another COVID-19 stimulus bill might have helped.
For months, Pelosi had gone back and forth with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, haggling over a sweeping second round of pandemic relief. With the two sides seemingly stuck over the price tag—Pelosi, backed by much of her caucus, wanted at least $2 trillion—pressure mounted on her in the waning days of the 2020 campaign to accept the Trump administration's offer of $1.8 trillion instead.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who wanted to pass a bill a fraction of the size, was always going to be a major impediment to such a deal. But that didn't stop some vulnerable Democrats from calling on leadership to deal with the administration.
In caucus calls, The Washington Post reported, lawmakers such as Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) urged a stimulus deal before Nov. 3, warning that they needed to deliver something economically significant to their constituents. Spanberger is currently locked in a too-close-to-call race in her purple Virginia district.
In mid-October, The Daily Beast reported that a trickle of members had privately discussed pushing her to take Mnuchin's offer. And a handful of progressives, including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), made their requests more public, citing the urgent need to provide relief for struggling Americans well before Biden would hypothetically take office.
Looking back, some Democrats now say that approving a stimulus plan—or even the appearance of a deal with the administration—might have provided a much-needed boost to vulnerable incumbents like Spanberger.
An aide to a frontline Democrat who won on Tuesday told The Daily Beast that the first round of stimulus—the CARES Act, which passed in March—was an essential component of persuading voters that the Democrat deserved another term.
"We were successful on those really local, COVID-specific wins," said the aide, referencing the Paycheck Protection Program that injected hundreds of billions of dollars into small businesses. "We heard about it over and over again."
One Democratic aide said that a pre-election deal would've helped dispel even further the GOP campaign talking points that moderate Democrats were aligned with Ocasio-Cortez or the "socialist" wing of the party.
Kildee, for his part, said he's "worn out" on Democrats blaming Democrats for things he argues Republicans are responsible for. "I can see someone say it would have been better if we had gotten [a stimulus]," he said. "The Republicans were never going to agree to a stimulus."
It's not lost on many Democrats that this 2020 result they did not expect only increases the stakes for the bipartisan dealmaking that hasn't happened for months: a divided Congress with narrower majorities in both chambers will be under immense pressure to produce a new COVID relief bill, no matter if Biden or Trump wins.
"We're going to have to negotiate," said Hawn. "It might be kind of a healthy exercise in democracy, the way things have shaken out."


It seems the spam filter ate a few of my games I submitted for the list.
I think I saw draglade and winter jampack but they went missing too, should I just re-submit these games? I read the help topic and thought I should post here instead.
There is no need to create a thread for this.


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Oppose the internment of Marian Price despite the reactionary politics of the 32CSM
Date: Fri, 2012-11-16 12:21
In August 400 people marched through Dublin to protest the internment without trial of a 58 year old woman in ill health for over a year. In May her husband told the Belfast Telegraph she "is so ill that she had to be taken to a recent visit in a wheelchair. Her hair is falling out, she has lost a lot of weight, and her arthritis has got worse. She is suffering from severe depression after a year in solitary."
Her case could be described as an obvious stitch up, except that she hasn't been charged with any crime. So why only 400 people on a protest march? With the exception of the WSM and other anarchists, the left, the far left and the radicals involved in Dublin NGOs were almost entirely absent. Despite being a well-known republican (she received two life sentences for bombing the Old Bailey in London) there were only a handful of Sinn Fein members on the demonstration.
There is no mystery to this lack of support. Price is a member of one of the most unpopular political organisations on the island: the 32 County Sovereignty Movement, associated with the 'Real IRA.' This was the organisation that in 1998 bombed Omagh killing 29 people and injuring 220, as well as the shooting of two pizza delivery workers who were being used as bait to lure soldiers out of Massereene barracks in 2009.
The 32CSM embody some of the most reactionary aspects of Irish 'republicanism', particularly the view that there is no need for any popular base to their 'war': that the dead hand of the dead generations gives them the only mandate needed. Faced with a million northern Protestants (and growing numbers of Catholics) with no interest in unity with the south, their strategy is a campaign of bombing and assassinations aimed at deepening sectarian divisions, alongside a bombing campaign in Britain that could easily result in large scale civilian casualties, and a subsequent major retaliation by the British state in the North or against the Irish community in Britain.
All of this is aimed at provoking the resumption of a war in Ireland that no one wants, while their former republican comrades now hold distinguished positions within the Northern Irish devolved government – a further explanation as to why there is little support coming from the ranks of Sinn Fein, other than a respectable nod in favour of her release.
Add to this that one of the other prisoners interned (this time on ancient charges from 1981) is the far-right Catholic nationalist Gerry McGeough, who used his magazine to attack "left-wing revolutionaries and anarchists" and their "strong homosexual undercurrent". This makes the lack of opposition to internment understandable but it is still short-sighted, counter- productive and wrong. To put it simply: we can't only oppose human rights abuses when they happen to those we agree with.
After the overwhelming majority accepted partition by voting for the Good Friday agreement, the Workers Solidarity Movement went through a period of debate about what that meant for anti-imperialist politics in relation to Ireland. We recognised that the agreement opened up the possibility of a reactionary end to partition. While the armed actions of the RIRA are hardly likely to succeed, they illustrate that sort of possible outcome, where revolutionary republicanism is replaced by sectarian head counts. But we also recognised that state repression needs to be opposed, even if it is directed at this sort of reactionary nationalism (or indeed loyalism), writing "We generally support all calls for public enquiries and oppose all state repression even where we disagree with the politics of those who are the victims of the repression."
No revolutionary can allow the state to define and intern its enemies arbitrarily. Once that practise becomes established all of us are targets. It's worth remembering that as recently as 2004 sections of the Irish media were claiming that anarchists were planning a bombing campaign and to "Gas Bertie and 10,000 Dubliners." Once a state is allowed to use these tactics with one group it rapidly expands their use to target others it defines as enemies. We would urge our readers to actively oppose the internment of Marian Price and other prisoners despite the contempt you may hold for their politics.
A shorter version of this article appeared in
Workers Solidarity 128 - Nov/Dec 2012
Subject: Republicanism, Marian Price, 32CSM
Topics: Repression
Geography: National
Source: Newspaper
Author: Andrew N Flood
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