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Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took out her second consecutive victory of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown in Reading, and looks to be well on her way to repeating her overall win in the series. As in Allentown, Teutenberg entered the race without team-mates, but still made the winning breakaway and was able to outsprint her companions on the flat, fast 1.8 mile course.
After launching a blistering attack on the fourth lap of the race which shattered the 90-strong women's field into four groups, Teutenberg counter-attacked a solo breakaway by Team Tibco's Amber Rais and drew away an elite group: Joanne Kiesanowski (Team Tibco), Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine Cycling), Alison Powers (Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) and Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team) near the midway point of the race.
The five riders worked steadily to build up a lead of a minute as the Cervelo and Cheerwine teams shut down the chasing group of 30, and despite some last lap cat and mouse, the five stayed away for the final sprint, which Teutenberg took with ease. The surprise came in that none of the other riders were able to gang up and drop the race's strongest sprinter. "Laura started attacking [at the start of the lap]," Teutenberg explained to Cyclingnews as she tried to catch her breath post-race. "They had let me pretty much lead the second to last lap, so it wasn't too bad. When Laura attacked, I was first position, so in the end that worked out for me.
Former world time trial champion Kristin Armstrong then put in a strong move, but couldn't get distance on the back side of the long, eight-corner course. "Alison Powers started the sprint early - trying to go long. She's pretty good technically, so she took the second to last corner fast and I could get on her, so for me it was a perfect lead into the last few hundred metres. It's such a hard sprint that you always have to worry about someone coming around you."
For the second race in a row, Teutenberg was able to outwit the strong teams even though she was without any support in the race as her team is racing in Montreal this week. Being strong enough to force a breakaway was the best way for the German to even out the odds. "I figured I would counter and initiate the break," she explained. "It's better for me if these guys don't have a team-mate because then it's just one on one."
The one-on-one battle came down to the last two turns, which were led by Powers. "There were three really good sprinters in the five, and I'm not so much of a sprinter, so I knew I had to go early and try to save as much energy as possible before that, because there was really a lot of horsepower up there. My team-mates were on the radio cheering for me and giving me ideas - it didn't quite work out, but I gave it my all and we gave it our all as a team."
Kiesanowski was perhaps the biggest threat to Teutenberg, along with Van Gilder. The Kiwi is coming off a prologue and stage win at the Mt. Hood stage race in May, and packs a powerful jump. But against the likes of Teutenberg, she had to be cagey. "I felt fine with the break - there were five of us, and I thought I was looking good for the podium. I knew it was going to be tough to beat Ina so I just didn't work as hard," she admitted.
"I had to save as much of my energy as I could, but she was just too strong. She came out of the last corner on second wheel and I came out of the last corner on third wheel, and it just stayed the same distance to the line. I couldn't come around her."
Kiesanowski benefited from a strong attack by her team-mate, and Cyclingnews diarist Rais, who showed no fear in attacking a powerful field of women. "It's always a gamble trying to go off the front - you never know who might come with you," Rais said. "My legs were hurting, and I figured everyone else's were too. Kristin had come to the front and strung everything out, and I decided to go - if I got in a break, great, if it came back together it would set up either Jo or Rushlee to go with the counter, and that's how it went."
Van Gilder was the home crowd favourite, as she hails from Pennsylvania, but taking the last position into the final turn cost her, and she wound up taking third. "I liked my chances of having to sprint against Ina and Jo, and even though I came up a little short, it's okay." The Cheerwine team had plenty of cards to play with a strong team in the field, but for the second race in a row, Van Gilder worked with Teutenberg only to get overhauled on the line - but she earned valuable points toward the overall Triple Crown prize.
"Ina's a great competitor and a strong rider, so being in a break with her pretty much guarantees it will stick," Van Gilder said. "Alison and Ina showed their strength in Allentown, and you throw in Kristin Armstrong and Joanne Kiesanowski and you've got a who's who of women's racing. There was a lot of initiative to get the break going and then keep it going.
"Initially we were all working together, but as the laps ticked down, the non-sprinters were looking at the sprinters, and trying to make opportunities for themselves, so that's when the gap came down from a minute to about 20 seconds."
Van Gilder's Cheerwine team-mate Kelly Benjamin was able to take the field sprint for sixth ahead of Rais and Colavita's Shontelle Gauthier.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Team High Road) takes her second win of the series.
Ina Yoko-Teutenburg (High Road) was on the hunt for a win again today.
Catherine Cheatley (Cheerwine) is going after another win after last weekends win at the CSC Invitational.
Amber Rais (Tibco) lays into a turn.
Susy Pryde (Jazz Apples) focuses on the task at hand.
Advil/Chapstick was on hand for today�s race.
Cervelo/Lifeforce patrolled the front of the field with their leader up in the break.
The break comes through with Ina Yoko-Teutenburg (High Road) setting the pace at the front.
A couple riders go down at the back of the field.
Ina Yoko-Teutenburg (High Road) continues to drive the pace at the front.
The field starts to pick up their pace in hopes of bringing back the front group.
Riders get strung out on the back side during the chase.
Kristen Armstrong (Cervelo-Lifeforce) giving it her all on the front of the break.
Vanderkitten comes to the front.
Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine) looks to see what Ina Yoko-Teutenburg (High Road) will do next.
The field comes through with 1 lap to go.
The break begins to get set up with 1 one to go.
Ina Yoko-Teutenburg (High Road) keeps the pressure on.
Kristen Armstrong (Cervelo-Lifeforce) gets ready for the sprint.
Ina Yoko-Teutenburg (High Road) 1st, Joanne Kiesanowski (Tibco) 2nd and Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine) 3rd.
Alison Powers (Colavita) early in the race.
Jenette Williams (HPC) got caught out behind a split.
The Cheerwine team was attentive at the front.
Amber Rais (Team Tibco) on a solo move which set her teammate up to be in the winning break.
Amber Rais (Team Tibco) on her solo breakaway.
Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo) closed down Rais' move and led what was about to become the winning breakaway.
Melissa Sanborn (Vanderkitten) was hoping for a field sprint.
The Value Act Capital team missed the break but didn't quit trying to bridge.
Kiesanowski saved her strength to try go beat Ina in the sprint.
Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine) tucked in behind Alison Powers in the break.
Ina Teutenberg (High Road) looks through the turn.
The break of five: Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo), Alison Powers (Colavita), Joanne Kiesanowski (Tibco), Teutenberg and Van Gilder.
Teutenberg powers through the turn.
Cheerwine controls the bunch since Van Gilder made the break.
Alison Powers (Colavita) leads out the sprint.
Ina Teutenberg (High Road) looks back to check the position of Laura Van Gilder.
Kiesanowski can't get past the Teutenberg express.
Teutenberg hits the front and never looks back.


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Half a billion dollars pledged for southeast transitway
Council chose to build transit instead of cut taxes Thursday, pledging a half-billion dollars to a rapid bus line to southeast Calgary that may not otherwise have been funded for several years.
With an 8-7 vote, councillors nixed a chance to undo the controversial $52-million tax hike and replace it with a one-per-cent tax cut in 2014.
Instead, Calgarians will have to settle for a budget with a five-per-cent tax increase, a one time rebate that averages $100 per household, and the largest transit expenditure since the west LRT.
The line, running on special bus-only lanes that could be converted to LRT in the future, will stretch from near the South Health Campus hospital to Harvest Hills Boulevard — longer than any existing CTrain line.
While Coun. Shane Keating was branded a turncoat by anti-tax conservatives Wednesday, residents in his transit-starved quadrant hailed him as the delivery man.
"It should definitely ease traffic down in this area," said McKenzie Lake resident Simon Poole.
He said he normally hates tax hikes if they go to "pet projects." But he feels this will benefit all Calgarians, particularly those who work or live in the southeast.
"I've always felt that southeast Calgary is isolated from Calgary," Poole said. "It's like an island, and the only way off is two lanes of the Deerfoot."
Ryan Wood, a newcomer to Douglasdale, is also intrigued. It takes him 45 minutes by bus to his downtown office, then an hour or more on the train and a bus to get home because his morning route ends too early.
"The bus system they have here is as efficient as it could be without more infrastructure like that," he said.
Rage had simmered through the year and into the election over the $52 million tax increase council approved this spring, and Keating had said he'd vote to return it in this week's budget talks.
Because the tax proceeds roll in each year, council found a compromise move: rebate the money on 2014 property bills, and then use instalments from 2015 to 2024 to create a $520-million fund for transit's "green line."
"This is not about being left or right. It's not a flip-flop," said Keating, who has long denounced the lack of transit to his ward, and lack of available project dollars. "It's not about hocus-pocus. Or, it's not even about politics."
But colleagues expressed frustration they wouldn't be able to give residents the promised tax relief, but for one year's reprieve.
"It doesn't seem to matter how much money we get from Calgarians, we'll always find a way to spend it," Coun. Andre Chabot told reporters.
Coun. Ray Jones said council was acting like kids in a candy store, and Ward Sutherland said lower taxes was the real "desperate need."
The same seven members who voted against the transit decision voted against the entire budget.
Derek Fildebrandt of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation upbraided Keating over Twitter.
"It's amazing how fast a man's principles and promises can crumble to pork barrelling opportunism," the lobbyist wrote.
Instead of repealing the past increase to deliver a tax cut, council chose smaller steps to shave down the increase to five per cent from the initially recommended 6.1 per cent. They include an across-the-board spending cut that excludes the police force, a limit to salary increases for non-union staff, and a largely symbolic freeze on council pay.
Mayor Naheed Nenshi sided with the transit plan, and said construction could begin on the project next year or in 2015, depending on whether council found further dollars or a good borrowing plan to help fast-track the project.
Transit had been one of several proposed uses for the $52 million hike, when in the spring council held a broad consultation that several members wound up later saying bordered on ridiculous.
"It's interesting: after all the rigmarole, this is what we've come back to," Nenshi said. He wondered aloud whether the transit plan would have won comfortably last spring if the debate was simply between building transit or not taking the tax increase adopted through lower provincial property taxes in the first place.
The planned green line goes through the wards of six councillors. Of them, only Coun. Sean Chu voted for a tax cut instead.
"People are not going to be happy," he said. "But at the same time the transit is needed, yes."
HOW THEY VOTED
To commit the $52-million fund to transit instead of tax relief
For: Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Jim Stevenson, Richard Pootmans, Druh Farrell, Evan Woolley, Gian-Carlo Carra, Brian Pincott, Shane Keating
Against: Ward Sutherland, Joe Magliocca, Sean Chu, Ray Jones, Andre Chabot, Diane Colley-Urquhart, Peter Demong
WINNERS AND LOSERS IN BUDGET 2014
-Southeast Calgary: the "forgotten quadrant" finally got its day. They watched as west LRT got built, and then northeast's airport tunnel. But council committed $520 million in taxes for special bus lanes to the south hospital, which can easily be converted to LRT in the future. Without this tax decision, it appears it would have otherwise been several years before much money would have materialized for Calgary Transit expansions. This route goes down Centre Street to Harvest Hills, so a couple parts of the city win.
-Police: Much has changed from the days when Dave Bronconnier was mayor, but others haven't. Exhibit A: Calgary Police Service has again been insulated from an across-the-board budget trim that all other city departments have been ordered to take. Mayor Naheed Nenshi used to rail about similar decisions when he was a mere civic pundit.
-Arts: Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts got a $315,000 lifeline to offset the end next spring of their provincial operating grant. And when two rookie councillors sought to take that money from Calgary's arts granting agency instead of city reserves, 11 colleagues drowned them out.
-Anti-tax advocates: Instead of getting a one-per-cent tax reduction next year, they get a five-per-cent increase and a $100 rebate on the 2014 bills, They will rage at Coun. Shane Keating for seemingly reneging on his tax-fighting pledge, tipping the council balance toward spending.
-Non-unionized city staff: Management got hit twice Wednesday. First, council ordered a 1.8-per-cent pay increase next year, which is half what they got in 2013. Next, a moratorium was imposed on overtime pending a review, following the controversial millions they got during the flood.
-Unions: See what just happened to city management wages? You're next, brothers and sisters. All city contracts will be renegotiated next year, and look for 1.8 per cent to be city hall's target.
Union leaders often complain about having to accept modest raises while council gets big ones. But councillors took that argument off the table, voting themselves a 2014 pay freeze.
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Beware! The shape shifting Venom Symbiote can hide anywhere on the Marvel Full Moon Venom Black T-Shirt. The terrifying Venom has taken control of Spider-Man beneath the glow of the full moon on this black Venom shirt. 100% Cotton.


The lucky winners of our 2014 Performance Challenge were invited to join CAME BPT to celebrate their success. After being treated to a night in Helidon Lakes, a stunning 4* hotel, they headed to the Home of British motor sport, Silverstone, to enjoy an exclusive track day with multiple racing experiences.
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The chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Noi has authorised the construction department to propose and select personnel to take part in professional tree management training abroad.
The chairman of Ha Noi People's Committee gave instructions on tree management to the concerned departments yesterday, including sending personnel to take part in professional training abroad.
The decision was made yesterday after the chairman, Vu Duc Chung, examined the tree pruning and planting activities on the streets of the city.
Chung directed the construction department and people's committees of the districts, wards and communes to put off calling for bidders for tree management and planting activities in the 2016-19 period.
Instead, the activities will be completed on a monthly basis. The bidding plan will follow the general plan of the city.
He also assigned the concerned people's committees to document the number of trees and greenswards, classify types of trees in their jurisdictions and enumerate the upcoming activities and projects, as well as report to the city's committee and the construction department.
All management activities for trees and greenswards across 12 districts were assigned to the Ha Noi Green Park One Member Ltd company.
Chung asked the construction department to form teams to collaborate with the company in pruning, planting and replacing the trees.
He also emphasized that activities such as planting new trees and replacing crooked and rotten trees must be completed at night. The trees must be pruned and trimmed at the right time after that to ensure the right conditions for growth.
Trees that are chosen to replace the decade-old trees must be of a similar age.
The committee also assigned the internal relations department to collaborate with the company in re-organising its corporate structure by forming professional tree pruning units, tree planting and development enterprises and park and garden management units.
The city started to implement a project to replace 6,700 trees in the city last year, which sparked an intense reaction from the citizens.
The city's leaders then temporarily stopped the project for further investigation, which uncovered several mistakes and shortcomings introduced by related individuals and organisations.


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Q: Conservation of linear momentum and velocity of a system (damper and spring in a series)
This example is from a book on dynamics. Let us consider the system above formed by two blocks (each of mass $m$) connected by a linear damper and spring in a series. They slide without friction on a horizontal plane.
Let us assume the following initial conditions on position:
$x_1(0)=0,\quad x_2(0)=0,\quad x_3(0)=0$
and
$\dot x_1(0)=0,\quad \dot x_2(0)=v_0$
By using Newton's law of motion, two equations of motion are derived on $x_1$ and $x_2$:
$m x_1 = c(\dot x_3 - \dot x_1)$
and
$m x_2 = -k(x_2 - x_3)$
where $c$ is a damping coefficient of the damper and $k$ is the stiffness of the spring. Again, by Newton's law of motion, the overall motion of the system imposes that
$m \ddot x_1 + m\ddot x_2 = 0$
or equivalently
$c(\dot x_3 - \dot x_1) = k(x_2 - x_3)$.
This last equation allows to determine the initial condition $\dot x_3(0)$ which is therefore also equal to zero.
Now, the book states in a very simple manner that the system "center of mass moves at a constant velocity $\frac{1}{2}v_0$ due to conservation of linear momentum".
Judging from the way this has been stated, I suppose it is pretty obvious then. Only, I fail to see why. I do not see how come we can determine the velocity of this system only from the information that has been provided so far. Can someone explain this matter more clearly?

A: We know the initial conditions: $\dot x_1=0$ and $\dot x_2=v_0$. The mass of each object is $m$. The center of mass is therefore moving at $\frac{mv_0}{m+m} = \frac{v_0}{2}$.
There is no external force on the system (no friction between the two masses and the surface below); so the center of mass continues to move at the same velocity.

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Greek National Opera to Stream 3RD GNO Online Festival THE LADY IN THE MOONLIGHT
A dramatic monologue for mezzo-soprano, narrator, clarinet, viola and guitar, The Lady in the Moonlight (1977) is, from both the technical and the expressive point of view, one of the greatest achievements in the invaluable oeuvre of Yorgo Sicilianos(1920-2005), undoubtedly one of the most serious representatives of the Greek post-war musical avant-garde.
Based on the poem The Moonlight Sonata from Yannis Ritsos' collection The Fourth Dimension, The Lady in the Moonlight consists of the "useless confession" of an aged woman, dressed in black, addressed to a silent, callous young man in an old room flooded with moonlight – as well as a shattering treatment of the passage of time, of decay, desire and narcissistic fantasy. At the apex of his aesthetic and intellectual maturity, Sicilianos poetically transmutes Ritsos' text into a rigorously worked out fusion of melodic lyricism and speech-like enunciation, combining the arsenal of serial music with a deep, brooding romanticism – and also, in the background, the discreet (though theatrically irresistible) recollection of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
Using the original title of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata ("Sonata quasi una fantasia") as a starting point, Costas Athousakis' direction and Calliope Bredologou's script follow the structure of Sicilianos' work and the heartrending, often delirious monologue of Ritsos' heroine, using the tools of cinema to capture the memories, unrequited desires and fantasies of the Woman in Black.
The film's wager is a mix of naturalistic observation and absurdism, using as setting the exterior of a dilapidated villa by the sea in full daylight. There, the heroine engages in "introspection exercises" with the cooperation of six dancers, inviting the viewer to sort out the images flooding her discourse "in the manner of a fantasy".
An intimate confession, an account of a life lived away from life, with an echoing phrase as its refrain: "Let me come with you…".
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Everybody happy! Well smile then,it's Friday. The best day of the week for most people.
If you have to work tonight, tough.
Buy several 2 litre bottles of Frosty Jack super cider, give it to the tramps in the park, sit back, watch and enjoy!
Thanks again to my imaginary audience of millions, thousands, hundreds? 3! And they're at work!


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I'm on the road this week teaching, I want to share with you another Key Point from my new book coming out in just a few short weeks, Ownership Spirit – The One Grand Key That Changes Everything Else. In the world today there's a tendency to want to hold other people accountable for their actions. Our courts are filled with people trying to enforce accountability on others. But, one of the major messages in the book is about how powerful we can be and how much more we can do with our lives and our careers, if we learn to hold ourselves accountable.
The old adage, Let your word be your bond, seems out of synche with today's "show me a loophole and I'll drive a truck through it" mentality. Yet, the world is starved for people who can truly be counted on—who honor commitments, large or small. The principle of commitment-keeping is a principle of power. Look at what has happened to the individuals and organizations who have flouted that principle.
Every promise we make and keep, however small, adds to our personal power and the influence we wield. Conversely, every unkept promise diminishes our influence. The next time you are inclined to say, "Hey, I'll call you and we'll go to lunch," stop and think, "Do I really mean that? Do I really intend to call?" If that's not your real intention, don't dilute your power by making a promise you do not intend to keep.
If you make a commitment and do not complete it, don't just dismiss it with some lame excuse about how busy you were. Own up and fess up. Call the other party, acknowledge your lapse and apologize. If you conscientiously clean up your messes as you go, you will become less inclined to make them in the first place.
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There are a few options available for introducing material into the pneumatic conveying system. The most common being a vacuum feed wand or a feed station hopper.
A Vacuum Feed Wand is our standard method of feeding the product into the pneumatic conveying system from a drum, Gaylord, or other container. With its twin tube design, the vacuum feed wand permits full adjustment of aspirating air at the feed point. The feed wand also permits "in/out" adjustment of the inner tube permitting total flexibility for feed rate control. The tip of the wand has a tube guard feature that prevents clogging from plastic liners.
As an alternative to a feed wand, IEDCO can provide a Feed Station Hopper of any size or configuration to introduce the product into the pneumatic conveying stream. This configuration allows for optimum material conveying and offers full adjustability. Further, it allows for additional system automation and reliable feed of material into the conveying system. For materials with difficult flow characteristics, Fluidization Cones can be provided. These cones prevent bridging by providing a finely distributed air stream that creates a cushion or film that reduces friction between materials and the pick-up components, enhancing particle movement.
Specially designed to feed product horizontally from a discharge hopper to the receiving container, our vibratory feeder is a simple, safe, and inexpensive choice for getting a controlled feed. The tubular tray and vibratory drive motor can be designed from small to large to accommodate nearly any project specific requirements.


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Large enterprises receive and produce thousands of documents every day. Success in business is determined by their ability to effectively manage those documents and make the most out of the information they contain.
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North & South Bucca District Roll of HonourPrint Page
An honour roll commemorates those from the district who served in World War One.
The roll was unveiled in memory of those from Bucca and South Kolan District who enlisted in World War One. The roll was unveiled by Mr John White on the 8th September 1917. The roll is made of stamped copper with detachable brass name plates and is mounted on a wooden background.
Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (Qld.), 10 September 1917.
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It was the shock of my life when I heard myself say to Ryan over the weekend, "I could see living in Briarwood." That only makes sense if I explain to you that Briarwood was the other half of my extended neighborhood growing up. In Queens. Which I guess means that two years after my family coming back into my life after 20 years apart, all the ghosts are finally at rest now.
In 2015 when my nephews found me again and the remnants of my family started to glue themselves back together, the old wind was blown out of the sails of Ryan's and my combined desire to move west from Chicago, and new wind was blown in from what was for me the most unexpected of places. No longer did the road forward involve the permanent 70-and-sunniness of Los Angeles which we had already been looking forward to for two years. Instead, I blogged that our final destination would prove my 14-year Chicago excursion to be a round-trip: we would move in the other direction to live near my family in New York.
Of course now it's two years later and we're still in Chicago. How did that happen? I really should have seen it coming. For most of the time I've lived here, until my Rachel Shteir moment, no matter how difficult life had been, I had always had the feeling that at the end of the day I could wrap Chicago around me like a warm blanket and go to bed grateful that my life was occurring here. In this powerfully quirky place that so deftly combines the overwhelming nature of a world city with the nurturing aspects of a small town, giving you the ability to explore and take chances without facing the higher, do-or-die stakes of more expensive, less supportive coastal cities like the one I'm from.
That hard-to-replicate combination is what kept me here in 2007, the last time I almost moved home. It's something that led Ryan and me into lots of difficult discussion before planning to move to Los Angeles a few years ago. I don't know why I thought I had it worked through just because my family came back into my life. Especially since New York is a far more emotionally loaded place for me—as anyone's hometown can't help but be.
That the financial building and rebuilding we've had to do since 2015 delayed things did not come as a surprise. We spent our Los Angeles nest egg for me to open Benami Media, so the New York move wouldn't have happened immediately anyway.
What did come as a surprise, though—especially for Ryan—was the amount of discussing and re-discussing, deciding and re-deciding, changing my mind and changing it yet again, about just what our destination city was going to be after all. I love my family, but did I really want to give up an hourlong journey to Disneyland and the best avocados ever? How about an hour commute to east-coast Disney, especially after discovering that while it might kill Ryan, I have a great affinity for Orlando's six months of 1,000% humidity? Or we could just stay in Chicago couldn't we? It's not perfect and my family isn't here but it's affordable and how the hell are we going to afford my hometown? Do you really want to pay $5,000 as a legal bribe to a broker just to sign a lease?
Da da da da da da da da da. Round and round went the carousel of cities in my head, over, and over, and over. You have no idea how many times Ryan threatened to leave if I opened up that discussion just one more time. Or how many times we actually did break up over it for an hour or an afternoon. And yet, every time my good sense came in for a landing in Queens, it took off once again, headed for a region with earhats and a warmer climate.
I had to acknowledge what was good.
What does that mean? First, I knew in order to go home, I had to love my hometown. Not just tolerate it. But really find my love for the totality of a maddening, magical, aggressively ambivalent, hyperexpensive, my-way-or-the-highway world capital. Making peace with how I remember it—and how it has changed in ways that it never asked my permission to change.
And second, I knew I had to finally love my past, instead of constantly re-wounding myself in the present over the pain and insanity of so many years ago. I had to be OK not just with my family as it is now, but as we used to be—including finally acknowledging and embracing that like every family's life together, it may not all have been good, but it wasn't all bad either.
I started working all that out on my visit home last April, when I decided to take a chance and visit the street I grew up on for the first time in two decades. The visit helped me put the worst of the ghosts to rest, but it longer for me to realize that I didn't have to leave everything about the past in the past, as I had spent so much time trying to accomplish.
During the eight years I lived in Brooklyn before walking away from New York completely in 2003, you couldn't pay me to spend more time in Queens than absolutely necessary. Flights out. Flights back in. Occasional visits to friends in the borough of my birth. Then back to Brooklyn as quickly as humanly possible. I needn't have rushed; it isn't as if my siblings ever came to look for me. Still, as far as I was concerned, the door was closed on Queens and everything in it for good.
Ever since that door reopened two years ago, I've struggled to understand what has kept me from wanting to walk right through it and go home as quickly as possible. Sometimes the answers we struggle hardest to find are standing right in front of us, so obvious that we keep looking through them and around them, instead of realizing they've been right here all along.
Briarwood was my answer. In 22 years since leaving Queens, 14 years since leaving New York, ten years since turning my back on the chance to move back home in 2007, and two years since my family came back into my life for good, there's one thing that I have never, ever done.
I have never allowed myself to feel good about my past. Letting the ghosts be at peace means nothing, if after forgiving all the bad stuff you don't allow yourself to uncover and, finally, honor the good stuff. Stop with the ghosts, and all that's left to feel is numbness. Acknowledge the good, however, and something amazing happens: you unlock the joy.
I didn't unlock it on purpose. But life led me there just the same. In the middle of trying desperately to have all the feels for moving home and faking myself out with worrisome visions of $3,000 Gotham one-bedrooms, I had the idea to look at apartment listings for all the neighborhoods I knew as a kid growing up along Queens Boulevard. And if I was going to do that, I might as well include Briarwood.
Briarwood turned out to be affordable—which shocked me, so I started to wonder what life might be like there for Ryan for me. Which shocked me even more, because I realized I was wondering about living in what is, essentially, my old neighborhood. And as all my old protests started to well up inside of me about my past in Queens, for the first time ever, I started to doubt them. It literally was like floodgates opening. Only instead of being bombarded with mental videos of family fights and grudges and drunken binges, suddenly I was tuning into a different station, remembering joyful moments that I haven't let myself get anywhere near in years.
The extended neighborhood of my childhood began at Queens Boulevard and Hillside Avenue and, as I got older, eventually extended all the way to the LIE. First on the Q60 bus, then on the subway, I was allowed to journey on my own up the boulevard one neighborhood after another. Kew Gardens. Forest Hills. Rego Park. Elmhurst. Along with Briarwood, today, all still surprisingly affordable neighborhoods by New York City standards, since most non-Queensites don't want to deal with the half-hour schlep on the subway to get to Manhattan from their mid-borough reaches.
But I didn't need the subway to get to Briarwood. All I needed to do was get to the other side of the Van Wyck Expressway footbridge, connecting the church where I was baptized three religions ago with the backside of the (sadly soon to be no more) Flagship Diner, where my sister introduced me to a lifelong love of silver-dollar pancakes and always requesting a booth over a table. Thinking about Briarwood, I paused on memories of Patricia and me at the Flagship and smiled. It was the first positive thought I've allowed myself to have about my sister in my adult life.
So of course it turns out that like every family, our life together was and is a mixed bag. And more than I cared for a very long time to admit, a lot of our past time together was loving and good. Maybe sometimes in spite of ourselves, but we had our moments. The love that I feel for them today isn't something new or transcendent. It's something abiding that over the past two years has only grown from what has been there, in hiding, all along.
Now I won't say time heals all wounds, because I don't think it does. Only forgiveness lets that happen. But it's hard to be angry at a brother and sister whose struggles with alcohol and drugs both ended the hard way. And none of it was the fault of my surviving nephews—or of my hometown, for that matter. And everyone else who is still troubled among us is just going to be who they are at this point. I can handle them with a lot more love, forgiveness, and healthy boundaries now than I could 20 years ago.
All of that flashed through my head, and my heart, the moment I gave the potential for joy at the other side of the footbridge the benefit of the doubt. Like your life passing before your eyes, but in a good way, for once. Since the weekend, I've found myself daydreaming about my past in Queens and having ever feel possible about our future there, too. Finally.
Until I could take the subway on my own without my 1970s mother smacking the crap out of me, Briarwood was as far as I could go on my own. Every Saturday with my allowance in tow, for a comic book at the stationary store by Main Street, and a Rocky Road cone at the Baskin-Robbins next to Liberty Bank. The ice cream place is long gone, but the stationary store is still there.
How good is it to know some things never change?


It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our beloved Father, Grandpa and Brother Marvin Wilson after a long hard fought battle with cancer.
Marvin is survived and will be greatly missed by his children; Daughter Debbie Richards (Greg), Sons Perry Wilson (Nicole), Lance Wilson (Lynne) Grandchildren; Dustin and Tayler-Marie Richards, Riley Wilson, Shelby and Kaitlyn Wilson. Marvin is also survived by his Sister Lavina Beckley, Brother Ron Wilson (Marion) and his nieces and nephews. Marvin is pre-deceased by his wife of 49 years Donna and his oldest grandson Ryan. His faithful four legged companion Bailey is lost without him.
All who knew and loved Marvin will remember his strength, hard work ethics, and most of all his ability and determination to always hold strong to what he believed was right. Marvin moved to Port McNeill long before it was even a village with his Mother Roberta and Father Levi Wilson in February 1940. Over the years we enjoyed listening to Marvin's stories telling of how he started work as a whistle punk and many other jobs in the woods, logging some areas twice. There are many stories of hunting and fishing throughout the Broughton Archipelago area as well as escapades he and his friends lived to tell about. One of those stories being his point of pride that Marvin owned the first private car in Port McNeill.
A Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers; the Family asks that a donation be made to the Campbell River Hospital Cancer Clinic or the Port McNeill Hospital.


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Social responses to the idea of evolution facts for kids
As "Darwinism" became widely accepted in the 1870s, amusing cariacatures of Charles Darwin with an ape or monkey body symbolised evolution.
The idea that all life evolved was hotly debated even before Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. Even today, some people still talk about the concept of evolution and what it means to them, to their philosophy and their religion. Sometimes these people also talk about the social implications of evolution. This debate is mostly about the meaning of evolution to human life, or about human nature, not about how evolution works.
Debates about the fact of evolution
Using evolution for other purposes
Social Darwinism
Some people believe in guided evolution or theistic evolution. They say that evolution is real, but it is being guided it some way.
There are many different concepts of theistic evolution. Many creationists believe that the creation myth found in their religion goes against the idea of evolution. As Darwin found out early on, the most controversial part of the evolutionary thought is its implications for human origins.
In some countries, especially in the United States, there is tension between people who accept the idea of evolution and those who reject it. The debate is mostly about if the ideas in evolution should be taught in schools, and in what way.
Other fields, like cosmology and earth science also do not match with the original writings of many religious texts. These ideas were once also fiercely opposed. Death for heresy was threatened to those who wrote against the idea that the Earth was the centre of the universe. Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake by the Holy Inquisition for teaching that the Earth moved around the Sun (and other ideas).
Evolutionary biology is opposed much more from religious believers than other groups or organizations.
The Roman Catholic Church now has a neutral position with regards to evolution. Pope Pius XII stated in his encyclical Humani Generis published in the 1950s:
" The Church does not forbid that (...) research and discussions (..) take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter. "
—Pope Pius XII - Humani Generis
Pope John Paul II updated this position in 1996. He said that Evolution was "more than a hypothesis":
" In his encyclical Humani Generis, my predecessor Pius XII has already [said] that there is no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of the faith regarding man and his vocation. (...) Today, more than a half-century after (..) that encyclical, some new findings lead us toward the recognition of evolution as more than an hypothesis. In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in different scholarly disciplines. "
—Pope John Paul II speaking to the Pontifical Academy of Science
The Anglican Communion also does not oppose the scientific account of evolution.
Many of those who accepted evolution were not much interested in biology. They were interested in using the theory to support their own ideas on society.
In the Bible, for instance, after Noah's Ark landed, there is a passage that describes how Noah got drunk while naked and Ham laughed at him. Noah cursed Ham, which somehow became part of a justification for racism and slavery.
Later, people also tried to use evolution to support racism. Evolution itself is not about racism. However, people wanting to justify racism claimed that black people were inferior. They said that because evolution shows that, in nature, "better" animals tend to survive, leading to evolution of improved animals, they had the right to oppress the "weaker". They believed they were clearly "better", but that would need evidence. There is no agreed evidence that any race of humans is better than any other race.
The idea of eugenics was rather different. Two things had been noticed as far back as the 18th century. One was the great success of farmers in breeding cattle and crop plants. They did this by selecting which animals or plants would produce the next generation (artificial selection). The other observation was that lower class people had more children than upper-class people. If (and it's a big if) the higher classes were there on merit, then their lack of children was the exact reverse of what should be happening. Faster breeding in the lower classes would lead to the society getting worse.
The idea to improve the human species by selective breeding is called eugenics. The name was proposed by Francis Galton, a bright scientist who meant to do good. Today, Galton is remembered for many things he did in statistics and psychology. He was the first to use regression analysis to see how different things that depend on one another influence one another. He used fingerprints in forensic science. He is seen as the father of experimental psychology, together with Wilhelm Wundt. He developed the bean machine to show probability distributions, among other things.
Galton's ideas were meant to do good. He said that the human gene pool should be improved by selective breeding policies. This would mean that those who were considered "good stock" would receive a reward if they reproduced. However, other people added to this, and said those considered "bad stock" would need to undergo compulsory sterilization, prenatal testing and birth control; and they might even have to be killed.
The problem with Galton's idea is how to decide which features to select. There's so many different skills people could have, you could not agree who was "good stock" and who was "bad stock". There was rather more agreement on who should not be breeding. Several countries passed laws for the compulsory sterilisation of unwelcome groups. Most of these laws were passed during between 1900 and 1940. After World War II, disgust at what the Nazis had done lowered public support for forced eugenics.
Another example of using wrong ideas about evolution to support bad things is "Social Darwinism". Social Darwinism is a term given to the ideas of the 19th century British social philosopher Herbert Spencer. Spencer had ideas about "survival of the fittest", which he applied to commerce and human societies as a whole.
Other people used these ideas to claim that social differences, racism, and imperialism were justified. Today, most scientists and philosophers say that the theory of evolution should not be used to support such ideas. They also say that it is difficult to find data that can support them.
Social responses to the idea of evolution Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


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Monday, March 20th, 2017 1:23 AM
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A few hundred people, mostly current and former District 97 students and their parents, crowded into Scoville Park on Saturday afternoon to show support for the district's two referenda that will appear on the ballot on April 4.
The first referendum calls for a one percent limiting rate property tax increase that amounts to around $13.3 million that would go toward operating funds to pay for employee salaries, benefits, classroom technology and programs, among other day-to-day expenses. On average taxpayers will see an increase of $74 for every $1,000 they currently pay in property taxes.
The second referendum calls for the issuance of $57.5 million in school building bonds that would pay for basic maintenance and repair, mandatory life and safety upgrades, classroom modernizations and building expansions at three elementary schools, among other capital expenses. District officials have said that this capital referenda will not increase taxes due to the expiration of bonds that were used to help pay for the construction of Julian and Brooks middle schools in 2002.
Last month, district officials laid out a worst-case scenario if both referenda fail that entails making at least $14 million in cuts over three years, which would mean the elimination of dozens of teachers, support staff, teacher librarians and most non-essential programming like music, foreign language and art. Many basic building maintenance operations and proposed building expansions and classroom modernization will be put on hold.
The many past and present D97 students who spoke during the March 18 demonstration expressed anxiety with the proposed cuts and delivered testimonials about the importance of those non-essential programs.
"My life would not be the same if it weren't for the arts," said Paul Berleman, a Julian 6th grader. "Every day, I look forward to going to school, singing in chorus and going to Bravo afterward."
Josh Czuba, a former Brooks student and current sophomore at Oak Park and River Forest, recalled his first audition with Bravo, the performing arts program at Brooks.
"I walked in and learned so much more in that one moment about being able to work with others to create something incredible," he said. "I learned so much about taking risks, choosing to be a leader and creating positive change in yourself and the people around you."
Emmy Belmont, a 1st grader at Irving, took to an elevated podium to list all of her favorite subjects, many of which district officials say would be cut if the referenda don't pass.
"My favorite classes are Spanish, arts and computer labs," she said. "When I am in middle school, I want to do tap and put on plays. Support our schools."
After an hour-long rally inside Scoville Park, the crowd walked west on Lake Street and back, chanting, "Whose schools? Our Schools!"
Jassen Strokosch, a representative with the pro-referendum group Ref Yes, said that the gathering was the result of roughly two weeks of planning by parents and students.
"It was mainly students and parents, they sort of did this on their own," he said. "It was a sort of grassroots effort that led to this."
Strokosch said that the district officials, who by law are prohibited from advocating for or against the referendum, had nothing to do with the planning. There were, however, at least two District 97 school board members in attendance — Board Vice President Amy Felton and board member Holly Spurlock.
"The most important reason for the referendum is our kids," said Spurlock, whose daughter attends school in the district. "I am so happy to see all these kids here … It's really important that we're all here making this decision together as a community. We all support public education."
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- What is the best order of English lessons to maximize comprehension? Like teaching future tense before past tense or vice versa.
- How much English should I use when teaching? I could teach mostly in pashto, but I was wondering if that would hamper their English learning experience.
- I have them for about five months, but due to the nature of our work, I won't be able to hold classes everyday. So I probably only have 2-3 months of actual teaching time. How much could I expect them to learn in that amount of time?
Those are all the pressing questions I have at the moment, but I'll be sure to add more if I have any more problems along the way. Thanks again.
Just saw your post. Hope its not too late to give you some info. Here is a typical syllabus for beginners. Good luck!!!
Demonstrative pronouns: Recognizing the connection between 'this, here' as opposed to 'that, there'.
Present of the verb 'to be': Conjugation of the verb, question and negative forms for all subjects.
Basic prepositions use: in, at, to, on, etc.
Present Simple: The use of the present simple for describing everyday routines.
Time expressions: Using 'in the morning', 'in the afternoon', 'in the evening', 'at night', and 'at' with time.


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How Sky coach James Wade rose from intern to title-winner with three teams
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19 October 2021, 1:48 pm ·6 min read
There were times this season where James Wade wondered if he was enough for the Chicago Sky. Yet when the final buzzer of the 25th anniversary season sounded and confetti cannons blew, it was Wade who donned the "Champions" T-shirt and hat, his son in his arms, answering questions as the title-winning head coach.
Wade is the third Black head coach to win a WNBA title, leading the No. 6-seeded Sky past a 16-16 regular-season record and through a postseason gauntlet that included current MVP Jonquel Jones (Connecticut Sun) and former MVPs Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx), Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury) and Diana Taurasi (Mercury).
The "firsts" always receive the most recognition, but Wade's rise to a title is no less worthy. His reflections on what it means to be visible as a Black coach who has worked hard to be seen will be one of the lasting moments of the 2021 WNBA Finals.
James Wade: I've always had to prove my intelligence
After clinching the title in Game 4 at a raucous Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Wade got real about where he's been and what a championship next to his name means. And after the way Wade had to start the season, the perspective of doing it as a "Black man from Memphis" holds a larger significance.
"It's big to do something in this space, and I'm just going to keep it real, I've always had to prove my intelligence. Always," Wade told reporters in a postgame news conference. "So how do you do that? You do that through hard work. And they say, 'OK, he's a hard worker,' but the hard work gets your intelligence in the room. So once you work hard, people start to listen to you."
Wade had to work his way up coaching ranks, first as a scout in Europe and then with his first shot in the WNBA as an intern with the San Antonio Stars in 2012. It's a stark contrast to some coaches who have done far less before quick hires.
"I understand that, and I've understood that from an early age, that I have to be different or not just different, just be visible and represent good visibility instead of — what's the word — routine or the visibility that they try to put on us," Wade said. "So it's important. It's been important, and it's going to always be important."
Wade's run up the coaching tree
Members of the Chicago Sky pose with the trophy after winning the 2021 WNBA championship. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Diversity in coaching has been an issue for the WNBA just as it has for other major leagues in the United States. When Wade was hired by the Sky in November 2018 as general manager and head coach, he was one of three. That number remained stagnant until the Atlanta Dream added a fourth in Tanisha Wright this month.
Wade came up as an intern and assistant after joining two-time WNBA champion Dan Hughes' Stars staff. His wife, Edwige Lawson-Wade, had played for Hughes there. But when Hughes was the first to tell him he thought Wade would be a great coach, Wade "thought he was crazy as s***."
"I didn't believe him," Wade said in the most emotional moment of a special night. "Me and my wife laughed at the idea, and then my wife said, 'Maybe he sees something in you that you don't see.'"
Hughes was in Chicago for Games 3 and 4, both Sky victories, and it meant a lot to the former assistant.
"To have somebody, especially a middle-aged white man who doesn't look nothing like you, doesn't come from your experiences, to say, 'Hey, look, I believe in you,'" Wade said. "I thought I was going to be an intern for him for three years and he hired me as an assistant after the first year, and I have no idea why he did that. He's an amazing man, and I don't think he'll get enough credit. He changed my life. He absolutely changed my life, and I'm forever indebted to him."
Wade stayed with the Stars through 2016 while also working as an advance scout for UMMC Ekaterinburg in Russia and an assistant for BLMA. In 2017, he joined the Minnesota Lynx under four-time champion Cheryl Reeve and they won that year's title.
It was three titles in less than seven months for Wade between the Lynx and UMMC, where he was an assistant for the Euroleague and Russian League championships in 2018.
Riding faith in the Sky
Faith in each other and the process came up often throughout the Sky's unlikely run to a title. Wade addressed a question about it on Sunday by going back to his childhood in Memphis, Tennessee.
"I had no choice. You've got to have faith or you die," he said. "Like you're born behind the 8-ball, so you put that into all your experiences, and you show them how it's going to be done."
This team needed to rely on faith after a rocky road that started with injuries and absences due to national team commitments. It also began with controversy when, in the fourth game of the season, Wade said a white official told one of his players "explain to your boy" during a game. The term "boy" has historically been used as a derogatory term for Black men.
Even without that racial component, it was a clear sign of disrespect to a coach who was more reserved on the sidelines than over-the-top. And a way to pre-judge Wade's worth, an issue he noted as a newly minted championship coach showing other Black children they can do it, too.
"It's not just for my son," said Wade, who has a 3-year-old son, James "Jet" Wade. "It's for every young Black kid that comes up behind me that you pre-judge because they have their pants down or they have their hat on backwards. You know what, and since I said that, why don't I put my hat on backwards and just represent that.
"But never judge a book by its cover. I'm not perfect by no means, but I'm always trying to do the right thing, and it has nothing to do with my color. It has nothing to do with that at all or has nothing to do with the fact that I say 'um' every three words. It's just the way I am.
"I know the game of basketball, and, um, I know what it takes to be a champion, and here we are."
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Horrible One-Sided Trade For The Ottawa Senators
Posted on January 21, 2018 by ericthephantom Standard
It was not a happy Hockey Day In Canada for the Ottawa Senators. On the very day that the Senators and their prized acquisition, Matt Duchene blew yet another two goal league to arch-rival, Toronto, Duchene's old team, the Colorado Avalanche won their ninth straight game, putting themselves in a playoff position, while the Senators drop further away out of sight.
Ottawa must still be reeling from the shock. Nobody would have predicted such a one-sided trade. What's even more horrible is that Ottawa was supposed to be the big winner. To recap: Ottawa got Duchene from Colorado in return for a bunch of players and at the same time let Kyle Turris go to Nashville. To rub it in, Nashville is now leading their division and Turris has made a significant contribution, while the Senators have got virtually nothing from Duchene.
Getting Duchene made sense for Ottawa. Last year in the playoffs they solidly defeated a tough Boston Bruins team and then pulled off one of the two major upsets of the Stanley Cup tournament by ousting the New York Rangers. The Senators weren't through either. They proved to be Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins toughest opponent, going toe to toe with them for the maximum seven games and only losing in double overtime. To General Manager Pierre Dorion, the difference in that series was that the Penguins had two superstar players at forward, Sydney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, arguably the best player in the world and the best European player in the world. Dorion figured that if he could acquire a superstar forward of his own, it would be the final piece of the puzzle that would put Ottawa past Pittsburgh and give them a Stanley Cup to match their recent Grey Cup. Dorion was not alone in such thinking. Many fans, coaches, media, other general managers, etc. believed it too.
So with the best will in the world, Dorion looked around for a superstar forward. The biggest prize available seemed to be Matt Duchene who was rumored to be available for the right price. In a way, Colorado was trying to imitate the Pittsburgh formula for building a Stanley Cup champion, by molding a team around two superstar forwards, Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon. But the Pittsburgh formula was not working in Denver and the Avalanche finished near the bottom of the standings last year. It was rumored that Avalanche General Manager Joe Sakic had made Duchene – significantly not MacKinnon – available for a trade.
Sakic obviously made a sound assessment of his club. As things would turn out he picked the right source for the "cancer" on the team and then kept the result close to the chest. His accurate assessment qualifies him to being named this year's top General Manager of the NHL, in conjunction with Las Vegas General Manager George McPhee. One only has to compare the result of Sakic's diagnosis with that of Montreal Canadiens General Manager Marc Bergevin who targeted P.K. Subban as the scapegoat for Montreal missing the playoffs two years ago and shipped him to – a potential deja vu for Dorion – Nashville. And today, both Ottawa and Montreal are out of the playoffs by a wide margin while the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche soar.
So without divulging the reason for his assessment, Sakic held out until he got what he believed was the right equivalent for Duchene and then let him go to Ottawa. Nobody flinched at the move. As an added incentive, getting Duchene would seem to be a way for Ottawa Senator owner, Eugene Melnyk to tell local Ottawa politicians, "We're serious about winning the Stanley Cup. Now provide funds for building a new arena."
For Duchene, perhaps it meant he was now going to be released from playing under the shadow of MacKinnon and be given his own team to lead. But instead of responding to the challenge, Duchene has failed to produce and Ottawa, once so close it seemed to the Stanley Cup now finds itself in the dregs of the league. Nobody would have predicted this. It was supposed to be a win-win-win trade for every team. Instead Ottawa stands fleeced.
Who do you blame? How can you blame coach Guy Boucher who got his team to respond so well in the playoffs last year and until Duchene appeared, had the Senators in playoff contention this year? Obviously Dorion is going to get a lot of blame, but other NHL general managers, coaches, media, fans too numerous to count, believed in Duchene too. Duchene was coveted by a lot of teams. This trade seems to prove Sakic's worth as a general manager, rather than any deficiency by Pierre Dorion. And owner Melnyk approved the trade for the arena reasons listed above. There have been no further moves since the trade by Ottawa. Probably the results have left the owner, general manager, coach and the rest of the team in shock, stunned.
As to why Duchene has proven to be not what he was projected to be, there you have me. Obviously I am not close to the Senators. I am not acquainted with Duchene personally so I cannot accurately access why he failed to respond in his new environment. Obviously Sakic and the Avalanche management had come to believe that he was not what he was projected to be and wanted him gone and carefully and wisely kept it to themselves. They were lying in wait, ready to take advantage when any inquiring general manager like Pierre Dorion came calling.
So most of the blame clearly falls on Duchene. A lot of people are going to be refining their judgment and assessments about him. There is no way Ottawa is going to get what they paid for if they try to trade him. If he became a free agent, there is no way he is going to command the salary he once seemed to merit. Unless he turns things around, his value on the NHL market will take a severe drop.
Unless Duchene becomes what he was projected to be, this trade will become one of the worst or best in NHL history, depending on who you are cheering for. Not even the Gretzky trade of 1988 was so one-sided. Edmonton won one more Stanley Cup without Gretzky, while he failed to take the Los Angeles Kings to the Stanley Cup. So far, a more accurate trade to compare this one to was the one in which the Chicago Blackhawks traded Phil Esposito to the Boston Bruins. Esposito subsequently became the NHL scoring champion and Boston won two Stanley Cups while Chicago had to wait over 40 years until the days of Jonathan Toews to win the Cup again.
Right now it is a nightmare to play for or be part of the ownership, management, and coaching staff of the Ottawa Senators. A logical trade, one that most people might have predicted that Ottawa would win has blown up to catastrophic proportions. The team that seemed one step away from the Stanley Cup now has plunged into the depths of the NHL. And still worse, from Duchene's point of view, they can accurately name the date of when it started to occur.
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At least 20 policemen have been killed when the Taliban ambushed a police convoy in western Farah province, according to an Afghan official.
Dadullah Qaneh, a member of the provincial council in Farah, said four policemen, including the deputy provincial police chief, were wounded in the attack on Sunday afternoon near Lash wa Juwayn district.
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Get me on the cypher.
Done. Almost finished work on the first track, btw, guys. I wanted to do that, then we'll skip around so we can get the guest verses done.
It's not. I'll put you on the cypher.
Ima drop Lost in the raindrops today sometime.
then, we'll work on the cypher. That's up to the collabs and I when that drops.
Then, I'll go through in order.
Let's work on that cypher boys. anytime bigray.
Any specific content you want to cover on the cypher, or we just rap our asses off?
Lets try something here. Just for interesting purposes, and because I like to do new stuff. 4 people= 4 way back n forth. Thoughts?
If everyone is up for it, I don't see why not.
But rapping our asses off our is there a certain subjecy we have to follow?
Rapping our asses off, more or less, because with us splitting the bars up a topic would get hard to follow.
At least we made it creative though guys haha.
I think with our bars like, we should hand it off.
Since i have 4 lines, then I'll be giving it to Eeede, I'lll give an example.
what about what's in my cup, I piss, I'm pissin blood..
Rough? You be the judge. Eedee, show em what they missin bud.."
Obviously that sucked, typed in two minutes, but nonetheless.
I'll drop everything when I get computer access again.
DGAF, you're priority. when I'm back, you get a pm.


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Strong Rafał Majka moves up to fifth overall on grueling summit finish on Vuelta a España stage 16
Before tomorrow's well-deserved rest day, the riders had to face another grueling stage today at La Vuelta with the second consecutive summit finish. Stage 16 covered 144 demanding kilometers from Pravia up to the finish on Alto de la Cubilla. Today's route offered two category one climbs, before the final 18-kilometer-long and 5% steep climb.
It was a nervous start to today's stage as several riders tried to form the day's break. After more than 30 kilometers of racing, a group of 21 riders finally had a small advantage, which increased after the first climb of the day to more than five minutes. BORA – hansgrohe remained in the pack, supporting their GC contender Rafał Majka, who at the start of the day sat sixth on the overall.
The situation stayed the same until the breakaway headed onto the last ascent of the day. The front group fell apart and the attacks were flying, while in the back, the group around the La Roja jersey came closer to the leaders at front. Rafał Majka stayed close to the other GC contenders and, like yesterday, he rode a good pace up the climb. At the 4km to go mark, he was able to put some distance between him and N. Quintana and went up the road with riders like A. Valverde, Soler and the race leader Roglic.
Coming into the final kilometers of the race, J. Fuglsang was already some seconds ahead of his former breakaway companions and took the stage win solo, while some kilometers down, Rafał fought for his position on the GC, crossing the line in 19th place, some minutes behind the stage winner to move up to 5th place overall.
01 J. Fuglsang 4:01:22
02 T. Geoghegan Hart +0:22
03 L.L. Sanchez +0:40
19 R. Majka +6:24
From the Finish Line
"First, I want to say thank you to my team. Once again, they did a great job, protecting me the whole day and staying with me until the final climb. I moved up to 5th overall before we start the final stages of the Vuelta. It is still a way until Madrid, things still can change but first, we take the rest day to relax and get ready for the last stages of this last Grand Tour." – Rafał Majka
"Another tough stage is done and dusted, tomorrow we can take a small rest on the rest day and get mentally and physically ready for the final part of this year's tough Vuelta. Our team spirit is still great, the boys work so good together and support each other in every situation. We go into this last rest day with Rafal 5th on GC and of course we want to arrive in Madrid with a great overall place but, we take it day by day, stage by stage." – Patxi Vila, Sports Director
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i listen to a lot of jazz singers, and it occurred to me that it was about time to post one of those up here. jane monheit is one of my favorites, and i've a number of her shows, always know i can put on one of them and have something i'll like. this show was seeded by rillenheini back in february 2010, from a radio broadcast, so the sound is very nice, although with radio i always wonder if it was the whole show.
and oh! i nearly forgot to mention that i downloaded this when milesian seeded it back in september 2005! well done that boy!
[update 29-may: yep, u014945 reseeded this one too! says he's done with rrk for the moment; not a bad choice to finish with.
ndr currently transmits an mpeg1 layer at a minimum of 2/192 kbps; however, the bitrate could actually have been higher at the time of this broadcast (circa 1998). to my knowledge, there is no better recording available.
no noise reduction, eq or other manipulation was applied to this set.


Most bands dubbed "Americana" focus on a thin slice of roots music, but the Nashville-based outfit Buffalo Clover lays claim to a wide swath, all with a smart pop sensibility.
The band's official biography says its styles range from "underdog gypsy punk to Motown boxcar blues, [and] vaudevillian acid rock to train-wreck folk," and those labels are accurate both in terms of genre and vivid, mature execution. On any given night, Buffalo Clover might cover James Brown, Etta James, or Neil Young, and that also offers some sense of what appears to be a nearly boundless comfort zone.


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P. A. Chapeau's top-line briefing on Dr. Victory Kureze and Dr. Martin Schubert -- the two other researchers connected to this weekend's Anomalies.
Originally shared by H. Richard Loeb
The other two researchers on the line this Saturday are Dr. Victor Kureze and Dr. Martin Schubert.
Let's start with Kureze.
He was -- at best -- really hard to have a conversation with. A first order genius, he would often forget than not everyone around him had an encyclopedic knowledge of quantum physics on speed-dial. A lot of polite nodding and trying not to interrupt him for clarity 30 times in a row would ensue.
But, without a doubt, he was a genius -- probably one of the most respected theoretical physicists in the world. At Niantic, he was among the first to detect an Ordered Data Pattern present in Exotic Matter, and his research led to the discovery of what would be called 'the Shaper Mind Virus.'
He died under mysterious circumstances. Some reports say Jarvis's corpse was involved, and perhaps a deadly combination of Shaper Glyphs. I don't know that we have all the facts there, but it's one of those big open mysteries.
Schubert is quite the opposite of Kureze. Charismatic, well-spoken -- but extremely abrasive. He was pulled into Niantic to play the skeptic, to play hard-ball with all the other scientists and force them to stay on their toes.
I think he could only play that role for so long before he started to realize that there was something real going on at Niantic. It changed him.
After Niantic ended, he conducted some in-depth research on 13MAGNUS, going so far as to help out Hank Johnson on one of his Nomad videos. My understanding is that the two of them developed a bit of a kinship.
If you've read Ingress: Origins you'll note that Tycho paints Schubert a bit... unflatteringly at time. Rest assured, it's not far from the truth, but despite all that, I still kind of liked the guy. He was a jagged personality in an endearing kind of way.


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At this time of the year Google releases a Zeitgeist to try to sum up the year.
The Zeitgeist shows the changes in search over the year so ignores search terms that are always popular. This way Google can identify the trends for the year.
Zeitgeist 2010 shows that chatroulette narrowly beat iPad to this year's fastest growing search, which suggests popularity. Here in the UK formspring made second place knocking iPad into third.
The fastest falling search term was swine flu, hardly surprising after the furore about it last year.
The fastest rising star of the year worldwide is Justin Bieber, but in the UK Kristian Digby made the top spot following his untimely death in March. The place name that grew the fastest was Haiti following the earthquake early in the year.
Technology saw Apple at the top with both the iPad and iPhone 4. In the news section for the UK, predictably the general election came in top.
Zeitgeist gives an interesting view of what was hot and what was not during 2010.
Google News Removes Websites.100 Million New Twitter Accounts In 2010.


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How to apply for fast track probate in Jersey
Karla covers how to obtain a grant of probate in Jersey. This will be needed for people who have died in the British Isles or UK and have assets in Jersey.
This video covers fast track probate for someone who dies outside of Jersey (but in the British Isles or the UK) and has assets in Jersey.
Probate is the process that an executor or an administrator has to go through in order to obtain legal authority from the court to deal with the affairs of the deceased.
In order to obtain probate in Jersey the executor has to obtain a Jersey Grant of Probate or (where there is no will) Letters of Administration. These documents are obtained from the Jersey Royal Court.
What's the first step in obtaining fast track probate?
To begin the process it's necessary to establish who is the appointed executor. If there is no will, or the named executor has died, or declined involvement, the person who is entitled to obtain probate will need to be identified. This varies between countries but is usually a family member.
Just to be clear, if using the fast track application, probate needs to be obtained in the country of domicile before the Jersey process can begin.
Once probate is obtained an official probate document will be issued. This confirms to the asset holder (for example a bank or investment company) that the executor has the authority to act.
To be valid in Jersey it is this document which needs to be re-sealed in the Jersey Court so that it will be recognised on the Island.
What documents are needed for fast track probate in Jersey?
The main documents needed to obtain probate in Jersey are the death certificate and the probate document. An oath will also have to be signed by the executor or administrator in front of a Solicitor or Notary Public.
If the executor named in the will has died, or has declined involvement, then evidence of this will need to be provided to the court before probate is granted. The Jersey Court will only accept the original probate document, or a court sealed and court certified true copy of the original. Local copies are not accepted as the application is being made offshore.
What about inheritance tax?
It is worth noting that there is no inheritance tax in Jersey, however stamp duty is payable on the value of the Jersey assets, together with an £80 court administration fee. Stamp duty is paid at the time of the application so cannot be paid from the Jersey assets after probate has been granted. The fast track application is usually very quick, hence its name, and the probate document usually takes 5 to 10 working days to arrive.
If Viberts has been instructed to help obtain probate we will arrange for the original probate document to be sent directly to the executor or administrator once it is issued. Alternatively to avoid delays we can also hand deliver it to the asset holder in Jersey. The asset holder can then begin following the executor's instructions straightaway.
If you wish to get more information about the fast track process please contact me.


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