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SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS TREMOR
Heavy Shock Comes Probably Distance of 2778 Miles
An unusually heavy earthquake shock was recorded yesterday morning by the Seismograph Station at the University. The vibrations began shortly after 8.24, and at about 8.40 became so violent that the needles which record them went off the drum on which the record them is made and put the seismograph temporarily out of commission. A rough computation by Professor J. B. Woodworth '94 makes the distance of the earthquakes about 4470 kilometres from Cambridge, or about 2778 miles. | <urn:uuid:066b3ddb-4cfb-4526-b315-d0041b8e326b> | 2013-05-24T01:52:13Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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THE ISRAELI CABINET'S announcement last Sunday that the Begin government will continue to promote settlements in the occupied territories of the Sinai peninsula and the West Bank of the Jordan River is as disappointing to Israel's friends as it must be maddening to her foes. Coming at a time when the much-vaunted Sadat initiative appears to be losing momentum, the cabinet's action has vitiated any lingering hopes of a quick peace settlement while creating even greater obstacles to any future negotiations.
In refusing to change its present settlements policy the Begin government has acted not only to estrange further such hardline Zionist opponents as Syria and the PLO, but to push moderates such as Egypt's President Sadat and Jordan's King Hussein towards the hardliners' position of intransigence. Sadat has made it clear throughout the negotiations that without a change in the settlements policy he could not hope to gain acceptance of a peace agreement either in Egypt or the other Arab nations, and the Begin cabinet's refusal to compromise on this issue can only be seen as a diplomatically insensitive rebuff to the moderate Arab leaders without whose help Israel cannot hope to achieve a just and lasting peace settlement.
The cabinet's action may also have the effect of alienating many of Israel's supporters in America. Continued adherence to the present settlements policy can only serve to substantiate charges that Israel is militaristic and expansionist. In fighting for the settlements Israel may gain not security, but international pariah status, and a loss of the diplomatic and military support without which it cannot at present survive.
Observers in Israel have suggested that the cabinet's decision represents an attempted compromise between the moderates who want to suspend settlement activity and extremists who have called for major new developments. In fact, neither the compromise nor the moderate position is acceptable: unless Israel not only suspends development of new settlements but withdraws from those already established in the Sinai, there is simply no chance of a peace settlement. The refusal of the Begin cabinet and particularly of the right wing of the Begin government's coalition to recognize this fact can only lead to a continued state of tension in the Middle East.
Thus far the Carter administration has, commendably, voiced opposition to the settlements, perhaps in the hope of influencing the outcome of last week's vote. Apparently they failed this time, but one can only hope that the Carter administration, with the full support of the American Jewish community, will use all available diplomatic means to persuade Israel's leaders to come to their senses. | <urn:uuid:0e8260a9-cb21-40c8-8033-0d2a1dd94c0a> | 2013-05-24T01:46:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Irene R. Reynolds, who was arrested 17 years after her 60-year-old mother was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her home on Laurel Avenue in Norwich, declined to address the court Wednesday as she was sentenced to 30 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter.
Reynolds, 41, a married mother of three children, has been in prison since May 2010 and is expected to be released within days now that her case has been resolved.
Reynolds has never publicly admitted to killing Bertha Reynolds on July 9, 1993, a fact that bothers her father, Jim Reynolds, who with his wife adopted Irene Reynolds as an infant. The father said he was a suspect in his wife's death until 2006 and had a hard time collecting on a life insurance policy he had on his wife.
"Just for simple robberies, people do more time," Jim Reynolds said of his daughter's 30-month prison sentence.
Still, he said he was glad that the case was "over with." Reynolds had taken custody of one of his daughter's children, a severely handicapped 26-year-old man, while she was incarcerated.
Irene Reynolds was charged with murder in 2010 after the Southeastern Connecticut Cold Case Unit revived the unsolved beating and strangulation death of Bertha Reynolds. In opting to go before a jury, she had turned down an offer from State's Attorney Michael L. Regan to plead guilty in exchange for a 10-year prison sentence.
Her attorney, Linda J. Sullivan, filed a speedy trial motion this fall, forcing the state to start trying the case within 30 days. In December, in the midst of jury selection, the state offered Reynolds the option of pleading no contest to manslaughter in exchange for a 30-month prison sentence.
State's Attorney Michael L. Regan said the state encountered some of the problems "inherent with a cold case" as it prepared for trial. The state forensic laboratory had lost evidence, including hairs that were found on Bertha Reynolds, Regan said. Witnesses' memories had faded, the time of death was at issue and the medical examiner who handled the case was unavailable to testify. Also, Regan said, a laboratory examiner who had worked the case had since moved to Thailand and did not want to return to the United States to testify at the trial. There were also issues with witness credibility, Regan said.
"I can't say this (sentence) is appropriate for the crime, but I can say it's appropriate for what the state of the state's case is," Regan said. He noted that Reynolds had a larceny conviction prior to being charged with her mother's death but has not been in trouble for the past 20 years.
Reynolds will be on probation for the next three years. Her husband, Joel Outlaw, said the family is excited she is coming home to their Baltic apartment and that he also expects her to be welcomed back into the community.
Sullivan, Reynolds' attorney, said Reynolds has been "a model prisoner" and is a good parent.
Judge Susan B. Handy said the outcome of the case is "a just compromise."
"Clearly, none of us know what happened in 1993, except we know your mother died," she told Reynolds.
Witnesses told police that Irene Reynolds and Bertha Reynolds had fought over money prior to Bertha Reynolds' death. She was found on the basement floor, at the bottom of the staircase, with a pillow under her head and her feet resting on the stairs.
Kim Stone, a friend of Irene Reynolds, told police years after the fact that she had witnessed the murder that afternoon. She said that after Irene Reynolds refused to pay $100 that she owned Bertha Reynolds, the mother opened the door and signaled for the daughter to leave the home.
Stone said Irene pushed her mother, causing her to fall backward onto the floor in the master bedroom. She said Reynolds got on top of her mother and started hitting and punching her, then grabbed a brass lamp from the living room and smashed Bertha Reynolds in the head with it.
After the attack, Stone said, Reynolds drove to a nearby package store and bought beer. | <urn:uuid:c45234fb-cf9b-49e3-ba50-2c8184be9dcd> | 2013-05-24T02:08:51Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Groton — The Board of Education has notified Superintendent Paul J. Kadri that it plans to consider firing him, and he has responded that he will request a hearing to confront his accusers in front of a third-party arbitrator, rather than the board, his attorney said Wednesday.
"The board sort of disqualified itself," said Gregg D. Adler, Kadri's attorney. He said too much has occurred in this case to expect board members to consider it objectively.
Kadri, who was placed on paid administrative leave in May during a probe into allegations that he mistreated school district employees, received a letter dated Sept. 10 from Board of Education Chairwoman Kirsten E. Hoyt, saying that the board is considering terminating his employment. The board voted last month to consider Kadri's firing.
Hoyt's letter alleges a pattern of bullying, belittling and intimidating behavior by Kadri toward his former executive assistant, Alisha Stripling, and other employees as reported by an investigator hired by the board.
"This has taken the form of screaming at them, pounding your fist, belittling and/or chastising employees in front of others, and other behaviors and actions that caused employees to fear for their safety and caused them anxiety, as well as resulted in valued employees resigning and/or retiring earlier than planned," Hoyt wrote.
The investigator's report also alleges unprofessional and unethical behavior such as using school district personnel to perform personal tasks during work hours, trying to persuade others to misuse grant funds, and requiring the former assistant superintendent to campaign for a school building project during her vacation time.
Hoyt wrote that the overwhelming majority of Kadri's alleged misconduct was directed at women.
"You have otherwise shown a lack of respect for the input and opinions of female employees, all in violation of the District's sexual harassment policy," Hoyt wrote.
She listed three behaviors that, by contract, would allow the board to fire Kadri: "insubordination against the rules or orders of the Board; moral misconduct; and other due and sufficient cause."
Kadri, who was hired in 2008 and whose current contract expires on June 30, 2014, said he is being falsely accused and was never offered the opportunity to present his own side of the story to the investigator, William T. Blake of Milford-based Harlow, Adams & Friedman.
"Having a Board rush to judgment instead of seeking the truth is what is shocking, disruptive, and very expensive," Kadri said Wednesday in a written statement.
"I would be the first one to say that I am not loved by everyone. Groton is a very political place and one doesn't have three years of not increasing taxes and improving test scores without ruffling some political feathers," Kadri said.
Adler said he is not yet sure whether Kadri wants the hearing to be held in public. He said a hearing with a "neutral arbitrator would make future litigation over this matter less likely."
As for his reason to believe a hearing before the Board of Education would violate Kadri's right to due process, Adler cites the termination letter, saying it was "written as if all of the facts have already been found," as well as unspecified statements by school board members.
Hoyt said she could not comment on the Kadri issue.
Interim Superintendent Randall Collins' contract with the board expires on Sept. 28. The board will interview candidates for his replacement on Tuesday.
"We are hopeful to have someone in place before the 28th when Dr. Collins leaves," Hoyt said.
Kadri is still being paid his $167,475 yearly salary and Collins is being paid the same salary but on a per diem basis — $641 per work day.
Kadri has 20 days from the receipt of the termination consideration notice to request a hearing. Once the school board has received the request, it will have 30 days to schedule a hearing.
Kadri was the subject of lawsuit filed in August 2011 against the Board of Education by Dottie Hoyt, the former assistant superintendent of schools, who is not related to the school board chairwoman. Hoyt alleged that her treatment under Kadri during the 2010-11 school year caused an anxiety disorder.
The lawsuit was settled in March for $197,000, with no findings of wrongdoing, liability or violation of any law, regulation or agreement. | <urn:uuid:38b49de1-1ac1-4549-a1f0-87de8c5c82f9> | 2013-05-24T02:01:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I booked a hotel next to the Niagara Falls, but, don't plan to see any escorts there. However, I will be in Toronto a few days later. How is the escort scene in Canada? Where do girls post their ads? Do they use BackPage and Ero's? I am familiar with the regional ad for Toronto. But, I am curious about the scene. Is it the same rate as here in the U.S, which is $300-$400 an hour? Is there anything to look out for? Is there anything I should know? Escorts are legal there, but, if a John gets caught, he faces legal issues?
It would be nice to know these things. How about the hotels, is there anything I should know about? Thanks! | <urn:uuid:25623652-93a9-4490-b79b-33231092ff86> | 2013-05-24T02:05:51Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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City CBD Looking South
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The City of Toowoomba was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the centre and inner suburbs of the regional city of Toowoomba. The city covered an area of 116.5 square kilometres (45.0 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity in various forms from 1860 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the surrounding area to form the Toowoomba Region.
The Toowoomba Municipality was proclaimed on 19 November 1860 under the Municipalities Act 1858, a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland when it became a separate colony in 1859. William Henry Groom, sometimes described as the "father of Toowoomba", was elected its first mayor. It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the Local Government Act. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Toowoomba became a town council on 31 March 1903. On 29 October 1904, Toowoomba was proclaimed a City.
Toowoomba absorbed parts of the Shire of Middle Ridge and Town of Newtown on 23 February 1917, and on 19 March 1949, following a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, Toowoomba grew its area to include parts of the Highfields and Drayton Shires.
In 2005 Toowoomba City Councillor Lyle Shelton called for Toowoomba's boundaries to be expanded to encompass the area some refer to as "Greater Toowoomba", reflecting Toowoomba's suburban spread beyond the city boundaries.
In 2006 the Mayor proposed a controversial plan to recycle sewage into Cooby Dam which is used for drinking water. The federal government agreed to provide partial funding subject to a number of conditions including a requirement to hold a referendum on the issue. On 29 July 2006, Toowoomba voted against the recycled sewage project with the 'No' vote winning by 62% to 38%.
On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Toowoomba merged with the Shires of Cambooya, Clifton, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth and Shire of Rosalie to form the Toowoomba Region. The former mayor of the Shire of Jondaryan won the mayoralty of the new entity. | <urn:uuid:362921d0-c768-4c58-9f7b-2e93f0d089fd> | 2013-05-24T01:44:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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When he was nine years old, he began racing motocross and moved up to the bicycle class when he was 12.
In 1983, he was named Rookie of the Year in the California Sports Car Club He went on to win several titles in that series, as well as the SCCA and IMSA. He also competed in the 1984 Long Beach Grand Prix.
In 1990, he moved to North Carolina and made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut that year at The Bud at the Glen in the #22 owned by D.K. Ulrich. He spent the next decade splitting running short tracks, ARCA, and the Busch Series. He suffered injuries in 1996 at Watkins Glen International Raceway, when while practicing a Winston Cup car, he crashed into the wall and was unconscious for 45 minutes. He made his return to NASCAR in 1998, when he was unable to qualify for the Save Mart/Kragen 350 in his #70 Ford Thunderbird.
After coming close to winning the NASCAR West Series title in 1999, he moved up to the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000, where he ran his own #51 Chevys, but only ran a limited schedule to sponsorship issues and injuries. Since then, he has run one Craftsman Truck race and fielded a part-time entry in the NEXTEL Cup Series in 2005 for Jose Luis Ramirez and Derrike Cope. He attempted to run a team full-time in 2006, but merged with Stanton Barrett Motorsports midway through 2006. The status of the combined team for 2007 is unknown. | <urn:uuid:631e0a38-173f-4e0c-82f0-131a0233a795> | 2013-05-24T02:05:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Narendra Modi, who posted a resounding victory in the Assembly elections, will be sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time on December 26.
Modi became Chief Minister for the first time on October 1, 2001 and subsequently in 2002 and 2007.
Modi drove to Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar this morning and submitted his resignation and that of his Council of Ministers to Governor Kamla Beniwal following the constitution of the new House.
“As per the constitutional obligation, after the announcement of the results of the State Assembly elections, the Council of Ministers and Chief Minister as its head have tendered their resignations to the State Governer,” Gujarat BJP spokesman Vijay Rupani said.
The outgoing Assembly was dissolved yesterday by the Governor after the results of new Assembly were declared.
BJP has won 115 seats in the 182-member House, 23 more than what is required for a simple majority.
“On December 25, a meeting of the newly elected MLAs will be held to formally elect Narendra Modi as the leader of BJP legislature party,” said Rupani.
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley is likely to present as an observer, he said, adding that Modi would be administered the oath of office and secrecy on December 26.
The swearing-in ceremony is likely to take place at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. | <urn:uuid:18278e1c-be02-4c5b-a87a-465156512af1> | 2013-05-24T01:30:54Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Barack Obama and wife Michelle shared their first dance as President and First Lady to Beyonce's rendition of "At Last," made famous by Etta James.
Not according to James!
"You guys know your president, right? You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my president," James told fans during a concert in Seattle last week.
Are you on Team Beyonce or Team Etta?
The singer then zeroed in on Beyonce:
"You know that woman he had singing for him, singing my song - she's gonna get her a-- whipped. The great Beyonce...But I can't stand Beyonce. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day...singing my song that I've been singing forever."
(Pssst, Etta: Glenn Miller actually recorded "At Last" in 1941; Nat King Cole proceded to cover it 1957; your version hit the air 20 years after the original.) | <urn:uuid:72679471-e034-4227-abab-3944fbae279d> | 2013-05-24T02:07:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The binding of pyelonephritogenic Escherichia coli strains to human uroepithelial cells from patients with and without P blood group antigens was investigated. Uroepithelial cells from p̄ phenotypes bound pyelonephritogenic E. coli to a significantly lesser extent than did cells from P1 or P2 phenotypes. The binding of pyelonephritogenic E. coli to urinary epithelial cells of P1 phenotypes was blocked by the synthetic disaccharide α-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-D-Galp whose structure is related to that of the P blood group antigens. Coating of P1 cells with a synthetic disaccharide derivative increased the binding of bacteria. None of 30 individuals of p̄ phenotype had had urinary tract infection. The findings show that the disaccharide α-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-D-Galp, previously shown to be the erythrocyte receptor for the fimbriae of pyelonephritogenic E. coli, is also the receptor structure on uroepithelial cells.
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In this July 31, 2012 file photo, Maxim Molokoedov arrives for training in Santiago, Chile. The Russian man served three years in a Chilean prison for drug trafficking and is being allowed to remain in the country to play professional soccer. Molokoedov, 25, finished his prison term Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. / Alvaro Duran, AP
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A Russian man who served three years in a Chilean prison for drug trafficking is being allowed to remain in the country to play professional soccer.
Twenty-five-year-old Maxim Molokoedov finished his prison term Friday. He has been training with the Santiago Morning club in Chile's second-tier league since last season under a special permit.
During a ceremony at the National Stadium, Justice Minister Juan Ignacio Pina said that an order to expel Molokoedov from Chile has been revoked.
"Maxim has been able to prove that reintegration and rehabilitation are possible," Pina said.
Back home in Russia, Molokoedov played for second-division soccer team FK Pskov 747. He was arrested during a stop at the airport of the Chilean capital of Santiago in 2010, carrying about 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of cocaine that he planned to smuggle to Europe inside children's books.
Molokoedov regrets it and prefers not to talk about it, calling it, "a bad memory." He says he is now only thankful to those who are giving him a second shot at life through soccer.
"I'm very happy and I want to thank all the people who helped me push forward and have the chance to triumph in Chile," Molokoedov said during his last training session under custody.
During his last day in jail, he said goodbye to other inmates and the warden, who began letting him leave the prison grounds to play soccer as long he was accompanied by a guard.
The first days at Santiago's penitentiary, Molokoedov slept in a crammed cell with four other prisoners. He didn't speak a word of Spanish, he missed his family, and put his faith in a wooden rendering of St. Nicholas, known as the Wonderworker in the Russian Orthodox church.
The miracle came at the rocky prison yard's pickup games. Inmates began offering him deodorant and a bar of soap to be treated to a few minutes of his dribbling skills and brutal right-footed shot.
Word about "El Ruso" reached former Chilean national coach Claudio Borghi, who said Molokoedov was good enough to go pro. It also reached Franklin Lobos, a former Chilean professional player who volunteers at prisons and who vouched for the Russian.
"We're giving out a very clear message in this country," Lobos said during the ceremony. "Second shots really do exist."
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Dirty Girl is the story of Danielle, the dirty girl of Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, circa 1987. When Danielle's misbehavior gets her banished to a remedial class, she is paired on a parenting project with Clarke, an innocent closet-case with no friends. Danielle is determined to get to California to find the father she's never met, and Clarke is desperate to escape being sent to military school by his homophobic dad. Together, the mismatched misfits light out for California, and discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship.
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Most people know Guantanamo Bay as the US military prison located in Cuba, but few know the American presence in this bay goes back to 1898.
Guantanamo Bay is a 45 square mile area located on the eastern end of Cuba. Christopher Columbus described the bay as "a broad bay with dark water, of unsuspected dimensions," during his second voyage to the new world. Spanish settlers later took control of the area from the native people, and the British would later seize control in 1741.
During the Spanish-American war in1898, a US fleet took shelter in the Bay from summer hurricane weather. After the Spanish-American war, the US government signed a perpetual lease with the first president of Cuba in 1903. It left Cuba with sovereignty of the land, but gave the US "complete jurisdiction and control" of the area. This lease was reaffirmed in a 1934 treaty. The authenticity of the lease is still debated today.
The United States used the bay as coal refueling station and a harbor for its military. During WWII it served as a strategic base for escorting cargo ships to the Panama Canal. Over the years the Bay went through many transformations and redesigns, including dry docks, airfields, and eventually the construction of the today's military prisons. Guantanamo Bay is known today for "War on Terror" prisons, but has been an important military location for a great portion US history. | <urn:uuid:34ac1c10-b23e-4efc-aa91-be9119a1d2cb> | 2013-05-24T01:59:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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EDITORIAL: Success in Debate Meant Not Losing
Whatever happened in Thursday's vice-presidential "debate" between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin, it couldn't really be called a debate at all.
Debate involves interactive discussion, and there was little of that. Moderator Gwen Ifill of PBS asked questions -- rather unimaginative ones -- and the nominees responded to them. That doesn't mean they always answered them directly and satisfactorily.
The two candidates seem to have gone into the much-anticipated session with the same goal: not so much to enlighten the electorate through a spirited and spontaneous exchange of views as to avoid messing up. And to that extent, at least, both pulled it off with aplomb.
Palin desperately needed to keep from suffering any more damage of the kind she had inflicted on herself during a couple of unfortunate TV interviews. In that regard, she did succeed in stopping the bleeding. She generally managed to appear poised and in control, though all the you-betchas and darn-rights and perky winks wore thin.
Some have asked how Palin did so much better on Thursday than in her earlier interviews with CBS's Katie Couric. The answer: Ifill's questions were predictable ones of the kind that Palin had been endlessly coached and rehearsed on. Couric's were more unexpected. Even so, Palin basically ignored Ifill's questions at several points, launching instead into canned recitations.
Biden's damage-control mandate was not to blab on tiresomely and pedantically, as he is known to do; not to appear condescending to Palin; and not to commit any of his regrettable gaffes. He, too, pulled it out of the fire.
Biden went beyond that, in our opinion, generally looking more vice-presidential -- or even presidential -- than his opponent. Based on a transcript of what was said, he came across as more informed and coherent than his opponent -- whose responses, if analyzed in the light of day, were sometimes baffling. Asked about the use of nuclear weapons, for instance, she replied that "nuclear weaponry, of course, would be the be-all, end-all of just too many people and too many parts of our planet." Whatever that meant.
Both participants got in some cheap shots and distortions of their opponents' stands, but both tried hard to remain cordial.
Bottom line: On debating points, Biden scored higher. A couple of instant polls put him ahead. But since expectations for Palin were at such an unprecedented low, she didn't have to win; she just had to keep from losing embarrassingly. In that sense, ironically, the debate was surely more of a shot-in-the-arm to her than to Biden.
Now it's on to Nashville and Tuesday's second A-team debate, which hopefully will be closer to the real thing.
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Solaris ported to Itanium?
Anything for good marketing
Sun Microsystems has turned "good cop" in its campaign against Hewlett Packard's UX by offering the prospect of porting Solaris to Intel's dreaded Itanic.
Sun chief executive Scott McNealy has invited HP to work with Sun, combine R&D and "converge" the company's UX operating system with Sun's Solaris 10 in an open letter written to HP CEO Mark Hurd and published Wednesday.
McNealy's letter was apparently timed to appear on the eve of a joint HP and Intel web cast that is expected to see HP announce new Unix servers running Intel's Madison processor instead of the delayed Montecito version of Itanium.
The proposal seems targeted at HP's ProLiant customers.
In an offer HP will probably find easy to refuse, McNealy wrote: "By combining our resources and investments, HP's customer and developer communities would gain the benefit of the fastest growing operating system in the marketplace: improved economics, rapid innovation, and a rich future roadmap otherwise unavailable to your ProLiant user base."
McNealy has been one of Itanium's staunchest critics, but any "convergence" could actually necessitate that he and his company execute a strategic 180 by porting Solaris to Intel's troubled chip set since UX has been ported to Itanium.
Crazy, but possible?
Solaris marketing director Chris Ratcliffe told The Register that "yes", it is possible. Speaking in the wake of McNealy's letter, Ratcliffe said Sun would be "happy" to discuss porting Solaris to Itanic. Radcliffe noted a port of Solaris 10 for IBM's PowerPC architecture is in the works as a result of Sun's Open Solaris program.
Marketing spin aside, what would a converged Solaris and UX look like? Very unlike UX, apparently, with Solaris leading in areas like predictive self healing and binary and source compatibility, according to Ratcliffe.
"There may be areas we aren't familiar with...or in specific markets and applications," he said, conceding some ground to UX.
Of course, Sun is eyeing up HP's UX customers for Solaris, as it has been doing ever since it launched the HP Away program that also targets Tru64 users. This latest offer comes as IDC revealed Sun's Solaris on Unix business dropped in 2005 while Unix as a whole suffered at the hands of Windows.
Ratcliffe denied Sun is using the offer as a way to scoop up additional Solaris customers and reverse the decline. Instead, he said Solaris and the Unix business is on the cusp of revival as customers move from evaluating Solaris 10 to deployment.
Sun claims 4.2m registered licenses of Solaris 10 with two thirds on x86 and x64. "It takes six to 12 months to see real adoption of the operating system," Ratcliffe said. ® | <urn:uuid:54a71f9b-0263-4eab-95b5-5cc0a5a1b593> | 2013-05-24T01:51:59Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Graduate women more likely to orgasm: official
A decent job helps, too
NSFW It's official: graduate women are more likely to experience an orgasm when making the beast with two backs, according to a revealing survey of 19,307 Australians.
According to "Sexual Practices at Last Heterosexual Encounter and Occurrence of Orgasm in a National Survey", carried out by researchers from the UK's Sussex University and the universities of Sydney and Melbourne, it also helps if you speak English at home, have a "higher household income" and "a managerial/professional occupation".
Those women who'd "used a sex toy in the last year" and "had sex more than twice a week in the four weeks before being interviewed" were similarly "significantly more likely" to have felt the earth move.
The likelihood of female orgasm was not, however, affected by "whether [women] had become sexually active before age 16, the length of time they had been sexually active, the number of sexual partners over the lifetime, whether they had masturbated in the last month, had deliberately visited an internet sex site in the last year, had watched an X-rated video or film in the last year, or their attitudes toward sex".
As for the blokes, well, the researchers found there "was no significant association between whether men reached orgasm during their most recent sexual encounters and language spoken at home, education, household income, occupational classification, or religious belief".
Clearly demonstrating their ability to shoot their loads without regard for their mother tongue or how fat their paypacket is, 94.8 per cent of men had an orgasm during their last sexual encounter, compared to just 68.9 per cent of the opposite sex who finished the session totally satisifed as women.
The principal reason for female frustration is, however, not due to socio-economic factors. Yup, you guessed it: lack of proper attention considerably reduced a woman's likelihood to orgasm. Specifically, "orgasm was least likely (50 per cent) among the group whose only reported practice was vaginal intercourse. Rates were higher (around 70 per cent) among those who had intercourse plus manual stimulation, or intercourse plus cunnilingus".
And, finally, the survey unsurprisingly found that "women having sex with women were more likely to reach orgasm at their last encounter (76 per cent)" - a fact which provoked UK tabloid The Sun to condense the entire report down to the delicious headline "Lesbians have more orgasms". ® | <urn:uuid:ae2c0097-7d1a-458d-8cc9-7a7ccdaf49aa> | 2013-05-24T01:46:00Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Hackers KO Panama's National Assembly website
US ne'er-do-wells suspected
The website of Panama's National Assembly has been out of action since 9 January after hackers briefly posted the US flag there.
According to Reuters, unnamed officials accordingly suspect the attack may have come from the US, possibly provoked by the election to the legislature's presidency last September of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez - wanted in the States for the 1992 murder of US Army Sergeant Zac Hernandez.
The US strongly opposed Gonzalez's candidature, and high-profile politicians including Hillary Clinton have "vowed not to ratify a pending free trade deal with Panama unless Gonzalez is removed from his post".
Suspicions that US hackers are behind the cyber invasion are reinforced by the fact that the assault came on Panama's "Martyrs' Day", on which the country remembers the deaths of roughly 20 people in 1964 in clashes between anti-US protesters and American soldiers protecting the Panama Canal Zone. ® | <urn:uuid:ac156e92-90cd-4670-9283-5e66c618c7ea> | 2013-05-24T01:53:43Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The world will get to see Lifetime's take on "Steel Magnolias" on Sunday after all.
A judge in Los Angeles Superior Court denied an injunction request from Victoria White, the executive producer of the 1989 film "Steel Magnolias," requesting that the adaptation be barred from airing as part of a lawsuit against Lifetime, A&E Networks and Sony Pictures Television, a representative from Sony TV told TheWrap.
White filed suit earlier this week, alleging breach of contract and breach of implied covenant, claiming that she is entitled to a producer's credit and financial compensation for Lifetime's "Steel Magnolias" adaptation, which stars Queen Latifah and Phylicia Rashad .
According to the suit, White entered into an agreement with Rastar Productions -- which was later acquired by Sony Pictures -- that was "intended to reward Ms. White financially if the Motion Picture release was successful and derivative works based on the Motion Picture were ever produced for the television market."
White claims that, under the agreement, she should receive credit as a co-producer or co-executive producer on the Lifetime adaptation, plus a production fee of $15,000, plus other compensation, including a percentage of the profits.
The suit notes that White received credit and compensation for a 1992 TV adaptation of the film, but the defendants claimed that her agreement was limited to the 1992 adaptation when she asked about the latest incarnation.
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White is seeking unspecified damages in the suit, and had asked that the film be blocked from airing without her credit being included.
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Nerd Casio watch necklace pendant
Lasercut of a Casio watch front
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Liberation Day is a national holiday in Guernsey, celebrating 9 May, 1945, the day when the island was liberated from the occupying forces of Nazi Germany..Although it is more than 50 years since the first celebration was held, the States Liberation and Millennium Celebrations Committee continues to organise a day full of events that everyone can enjoy.
The day starts with a service of remembrance in the Town Church in the morning, while the afternoon is given over to entertainment. Until a few years ago a cavalcade was held regularly, but after the 50th anniversary of Liberation passed this has been staged less often. In the mid 1990s street entertainment was introduced, attracting a large number of entertainers from all over the UK. Watching the various comedians, stuntmen and actors provides hours of amusement for all.
The sea front from the Weighbridge Roundabout to the Prince Albert Statue is closed to traffic for the duration of the day, and as well as the street entertainers the Albert and Victoria Piers play host to a number of other activities, both open air and under cover. Some of these run on well into the evening.
The day traditionally ends with a firework display over Castle Cornet.
CampaignsVoice For Victims
Voice for Victims is a campaign aimed at promoting the rights of those affected by child sexual abuse. | <urn:uuid:bd0a591a-0b72-4fcb-bd6f-0599e94a1144> | 2013-05-24T01:44:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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In-depth Biography The first country American Idol, Carrie Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, OK, and began singing with her church at the tender age of three. Throughout her childhood, she also performed at functions for the Lion's Club and Old Settlers Day, and eventually at festivals in several states. Along with developing her singing, Underwood learned to play guitar and piano. She graduated from high school as her class salutatorian and majored in mass communication at Northeastern State College with an eye on a career in broadcast journalism, but continued her singing career throughout her studies.
As a senior just a few credits short of her degree, Underwood heard about the auditions for the 2005 season of American Idol. She tried out for the show at the St. Louis, MO, auditions, and her innocent charm and pure, pretty voice ended up winning her not only a place among the 12 finalists, but the title of 2005's American Idol. Her debut single, Inside Your Heaven, was released that summer, and along with appearing on the American Idols Live! tour, and picking up endorsement deals with Hershey's and Skechers, she began recording her debut album in Nashville. Some Hearts was released late that fall and was a smash hit, selling over 300,000 copies in its first week and eventually going triple platinum. The album's lead single, "Jesus, Take the Wheel," was also a big success, topping Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for six weeks.
Acclaim for the album and single spilled over into 2006, when Some Hearts re-entered Billboard's Top Ten after Underwood's appearance on the 2006 American Idol finale and "Jesus, Take the Wheel" won Single Record of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards (where she also won Top Female Vocalist); a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association; and Breakthrough Video and Best Female Video at the CMT Awards, making her the only double winner at the event. Despite her hectic career as a country music star -- which included carrying her Some Hearts tour through the fall of 2006 -- Underwood found the time to finish her degree and become a spokesperson for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (who named her 2005's World's Sexiest Vegetarian). "Before He Cheats" was released as Underwood's third single late in 2006, and became her third country number one and her fourth total number one hit. That December, she won five Billboard Music Awards: Album of the Year, Top 200 Female Artist of the Year, Female Country Artist, New Country Artist, and Country Album of the Year.
Early in 2007, Underwood began work on her second album, while "Wasted" became the fourth single taken from Some Hearts; she performed it on an episode of American Idol that March, and the following month, it hit number one on the Hot Country Songs Chart. She returned to American Idol in April as part of the show's "Idol Gives Back" benefit episode: Underwood visited South Africa and recorded an acoustic cover of the Pretenders' "I'll Stand by You," which was released exclusively on iTunes. Underwood won three awards at the 2007 CMT Awards: Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, and Video Director of the Year for the video for "Before He Cheats." She also took home three 2007 ACM Awards in May, which included Album of the Year for Some Hearts and Top Female Vocalist. She made a third trip to American Idol late in the month for the sixth season finale, where she sang "I'll Stand by You" to a standing ovation. During the show, Clive Davis recognized Underwood's sextuple-platinum sales; Underwood was the first country artist to sell that many copies of a debut album since LeAnn Rimes' Blue in 1996. She also appeared on Brad Paisley's album 5th Gear, which was released in June 2006. She released her sophomore effort, Carnival Ride, in 2007. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide | <urn:uuid:30df01b7-3899-44e5-a501-7bc3197fc6cf> | 2013-05-24T01:31:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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What is WebLogic Server cluster and its benefits
A WebLogic Server cluster consists of multiple WebLogic Server instances running simultaneously and working together to provide increased scalability and reliability. A cluster appears to clients to be a single WebLogic Server instance. The server instances that constitute a cluster can run on the same machine, or be located on different machines.
You can increase a cluster’s capacity by adding additional server instances to the cluster on an existing machine, or you can add machines to the cluster to host the incremental server instances. Each server instance in a cluster must run the same version of WebLogic Server.
A cluster is part of a particular WebLogic Server domain that is a interrelated set of WebLogic Server resources that are managed as a unit. A domain includes one or more WebLogic Server instances, which can be clustered, non-clustered, or a combination of clustered and non-clustered instances.
A domain can include multiple clusters. A domain also contains the application components deployed in the domain, and the resources and services required by those application components and the server instances in the domain. You can use a variety of criteria for organizing WebLogic Server instances into domains.
In each domain, one WebLogic Server instance acts as the Administration Server—the server instance which configures, manages, and monitors all other server instances and resources in the domain. Each Administration Server manages one domain only. If a domain contains multiple clusters, each cluster in the domain has the same Administration Server.
Clustered WebLogic Server instances behave similarly to non-clustered instances, except that they provide failover and load balancing. The process and tools used to configure clustered WebLogic Server instances are the same as those used to configure non-clustered instances.
The choice to cluster WebLogic Server instances is transparent to application developers and clients. However, understanding the technical infrastructure that enables clustering will help programmers and administrators maximize the scalability and availability of their applications.
A WebLogic Server cluster provides benefits such as:
Scalability: The capacity of an application deployed on a WebLogic Server cluster can be increased dynamically to meet demand. You can add server instances to a cluster without interruption of service—the application continues to run without impact to clients and end users.
High-Availability: In a WebLogic Server cluster, application processing can continue when a server instance fails. You “cluster” application components by deploying them on multiple server instances in the cluster—so, if a server instance on which a component is running fails, another server instance on which that component is deployed can continue application processing.
Web applications can consist of different types of objects, including Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), servlets, and Java Server Pages (JSPs). Each object type has a unique set of behaviors related to control, invocation, and how it functions within an application. For this reason, the methods that WebLogic Server uses to support clustering—and hence to provide load balancing and failover—can vary for different types of objects.
WebLogic Server can cluster the objects as Servlets, JSPs, EJBs, Remote Method Invocation (RMI) objects, Java Messaging Service (JMS) destinations and Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) connections.
WebLogic Server cannot cluster objects such as File services, Time services, WebLogic Events and Workspaces.
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“This stage forms a turning point from the stage of preparation and development to the stage of defending and liberating the land and Jerusalem,” he told Today's Zaman in an interview. He emphasized that with this new phase of the conflict with Israel, which started with the onset of the eight-day offensive, Hamas proved its prowess and commitment against Israel. “They [Israel] attacked Gaza to bring us into line, but it was the resistance that put them into line. We all know how many times [US President Barack] Obama called [Egyptian President Mohamed] Morsi to convey Israel's appeal for a truce. Our victory manifested with the desperate calls of Israel for a cease-fire and the resignation of the tyrant,” he said, referring to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak's recent decision to quit politics.
Regarding the cease-fire, Haniyeh stated that it may last “for days or years” and implied that the cease-fire process serves as part of the “preparation” stage, while the movement gets ready for the next attack through preparing their “bodies” and “army.” He further made it clear that Hamas's strategy is and will be based on an armed struggle. “When we say that things will calm down for days or years, this is part of a broader vision. Our strategy will and shall remain on both armed resistance and politics,” he said.
He pointed out that the Palestinian people consider resistance as the only strategic and viable way to liberate the land. “Once again the Palestinian people proved that their will and ability to challenge Zionism has been much greater than all the occupation's expectations,” said Haniyeh.
Urging the Palestinian movement to unite, Haniyeh called on all the Palestinian factions to maintain trust in each other, to put aside their differences and support the resistance by developing a unified strategy, saying, “We should all fight against the enemy, rather than being preoccupied with intra fighting and debates.” He said Palestinians in Jordan, Lebanon and elsewhere are also calling on the resistance to unite, while celebrating the latest victory. Haniyeh pointed out the latest “victory” constituted a starting base and golden opportunity for unification and a new intifada to “defeat the occupier and liberate all Palestine, including Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem.” He further defined the Palestinian borders as “Palestine as we know it, whose borders were drawn by our heroes from Ras Al-Naqoura to Rafah and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River.”
“With every attack we grow stronger,” said Haniyeh and welcomed the support of the Revolutionary Council of the Fatah movement from the West Bank for Hamas. He pointed out the strategic importance of the West Bank for the resistance movement due to “its history, geography and closeness to the occupied cities by the enemy,” and stated, “The West Bank will form the center of the decisive battle against the occupation. Every stone thrown from the West Bank at Israel brings us closer to victory.”
Haniyeh emphasized that the Palestinian struggle is the most important cause in the Muslim World and should be central for any party in the region. “Palestine is a trial for the Muslim world, which will demonstrate whether we are strong or weak.” Accordingly, Haniyeh stressed that all Muslim countries should act in unison despite their differences on the issue. “Arab revolutions proved the Islamic awakening,” he said, praising the role of Arab Spring countries, particularly Egypt and its President Morsi, in supporting Gaza and confronting the Israeli aggression. “We are thankful to Egypt, Turkey, Qatar and all other countries that demonstrated that the Middle East is no longer a comfort zone for Israel,” he said. | <urn:uuid:0396bf8c-cb85-45f3-9d99-1d2c9d975c96> | 2013-05-24T01:59:31Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Okey, hello people, this is my last topic questioning about this, basically i need a pair of studio monitors for high quality audio reproduction(and may be some movies and games) in my bedroom.(The music is always the priority, i love listening music with high quality)
I've been reading a lot and investigating and finally my decision is between those: (prices are from my country Argentina)
1)Buy a pair of KRK RP5G2 and a KRK 10S subwoofer u$s 1200
2)Buy a pair of KRK VXT4 and a KRK 10S subwoofer u$s 1450
The extra money for the VXT4 is worth? Is it clearly superior than the RP5G2 in highs and mids?
Another option is a pair of VXT8 for u$s 1450 or a RP8G2 for u$s 770 but i don't like too much an 8" woofer, it's very big and i can't put them on my desktop, lot of space and i prefer a subwoofer plus little woofer(4 or 5) because i can get better mids and better low end response.
I can't go with another monitors like genelec 8030, mackie hr 824mkii, adam a7 or dynaudio bm5a, jbl lsr series, and hi fi speakers with amps because they are in the price range of u$s 1800 to u$s 2000, impossible to me and i can't get a sub with those options because they are very very expensive.
OK, after about a month of reading a lot of forums and reviews in two weeks i'll buy a pair of KRK VXT4 and 10s Subwoofer.
I considered that the VXT4 is superior than the entry level monitors(like Yamaha HS Series, KRK Rokits, Mackie MRs, Samson Rubicons, Behringers, M Audio, etc)
And is good enough like the most popular and greatest monitors(like adam a7, dynaudio bm5a, genelec 8030). In my country these monitors are u$s 2000 a pair, and the VXT4 is u$s 800 the pair, so is a BIG difference and isn't worth.
Plus i can add the subwoofer(u$s 700) to cover the low frequencies that these monitors can't cover, especially the VXT4.
Plus the smaller woofer can cover better the mid frequencies than the 6" or 8" woofers.
I am going to use the speakers as nearfields in my desktop sitting on my chair for listening music, and sometimes to watch some movies at about 2 meters of distance. So the RMS power is enough(i think).
I am right in my conclusion? and thanks to all, very very useful all opinions, | <urn:uuid:d48e3c2d-32a5-4da2-9584-382932758501> | 2013-05-24T01:38:34Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I live in Toronto, but I'll be leaving for a few months in July, as a result I wont have my desktop, so I'm looking for a decent laptop to take with me so I can game, I would like to buy it within the next two weeks.
1. What is your budget?
600$ and under
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15.6 Inch + seems good
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Anything above 1280 x 720 is fine
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable, it's not to replace my desktop but to just make sure I can keep playing the games while I'm away
5. How much battery life do you need?
2-3 hours should be enough
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
DotA 2, League of Legends, Skyrim, Starcraft 2 and Devil May Cry 4 are the games I play the most, Med settings on any of these games is just fine, Skyrim is probably the most heavy duty game on the list, if it runs on Med the others should be fine
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
A bit of Illustrator and Photoshop
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
320-500gb should be enough
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
I don't care for the site as long as it's trustworthy, current laptops that I've seen that interest me are these :
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Not sure what the average life expectancy is, but 1 year or so, I typed 3-4 earlier, realize it's not very realistic.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
13. What country do you live in?
Toronto, Ontario to be more specific.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I don't know too much about computers, especially laptops, my current desktop's parts were selected by my cousin really, so I'm a little insecure when it comes to buying a new laptop but hopefully I'll make a good decision.
Any replies are highly appreciated,
Thank you very much.
You're asking for a lot. There's not much you can do with a laptop, especially for gaming, at 600$. A tower at that price would be okay. Laptop, you can expect it to do what it does for now but years, forget it at that price.
I would definitely not bother looking in stores for a laptop like that. You would probably be better off looking for home computer. You could try going to the dealer sites. You might be able to customize a laptop like the from hp. I've found that the site is a lot cheaper then going to best buy or another store. I wouldn't count on any laptop for under a grand lasting more then a year for gaming before its specs are to low however. Good luck.
Thanks for the replies so far.
I've been playing around the HP website for a bit, I'll ask you if I manage to find anything good.
gorgerax, the laptop seems nice, did you generally try some light gaming on it? checking on youtube and other sites, it seems to run the games I look for on low-med settings, so I'm really considering it.
+1 to Gorgerax's suggestion, since you seem to like it. The A6-3420M's integrated Radeon HD 6520G is, according to TH's GPU hierarchy, several steps above Intel HD 3000. The reason I mention that is because that's what I'm currently gaming on (i5-2410m), and HD3k is perfectly capable of playing Skyrim on low-med (tested myself), Starcraft on medium (tested myself), DOTA2 on low-med(ish) (tested myself), and handles Photoshop and Illustrator with gusto (tested myself). Also handles many Source games (TF2, L4D2, Portal 2, CS:GO, Nuclear Dawn, etc) at largely playable framerates. I think that laptop will do you solidly (it's also more affordable than the laptop I have!).
I love Woot and their writeups for products, also.
That's a steep jump in price from that AMD-based notebook from gorgerax, however you certainly get what you pay for - the i5-2450m is a few steps up from what I've got (which is already a damn solid processor), plus you'll be getting a discrete graphics card, the GT540M; if you're curious, check this overview of it. If you scroll down the page a bit (past the text) you'll find some proper game benchmarks, which should give you a good idea of how it'll perform.
Overall, if you're looking to spend that whole budget, definitely go for the Lenovo. Otherwise, that Samsung is a great, affordable option too (slower, though). Personally, I'd take the Lenovo.
Thanks for the link, Wisecracker, but I would still like to have a laptop when I go away next month, so I will probably still purchase one.
Unfortunately, I was planning on purchasing the Lenovo today, but it appears that the 600$ price is only available to US Customers, and there is no option to buy the Samsung anymore.
Looks like I have to start looking again, I should've tried ordering yesterday.
I'm open for suggestions.
well the graphics card is decent enough and better than the GT540M in the lenovo you were looking at according to
but the processor is brutal according to the same site. Depends whether you want to believe everything you read - if it was me i wouldn't get it even though it is really cheap. i'd prefer to spend a little extra and get a core i5 with dedicated graphics. can you buy a laptop in europe without too much customs tax?
Thanks junky, the Acer seems like a really nice choice, big screen with a good graphics card and i5 proccessor. Though the reviewer stats he prefers the HP, other than audio and a slight weight difference, I wanna check a few more stuff about the laptop itself but I'm really leaning towards it.
I talked with a few friends, and looked at the refurbished one I posted earlier and decided to go with it, I ordered it today, hopefully it turns out good.
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Total Spirit Cheerleading is a Canadian owned and operated
cheerleading apparel company serving the needs of cheerleaders
and coaches across Canada. Total Spirit Cheerleading
is a company that is run by cheerleaders for cheerleaders.
The staff at Total Spirit Cheerleading have extensive
experience in the cheerleading industry.
Our mission is to provide quality cheerleading
apparel to all Canadian cheerleaders at competitive prices
and in a timely manner. We specialize in assisting coaches
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Call your local Total Spirit sales representative today
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Philosophy Statement & Goals
Tower School’s physical education and athletic curriculum works within the school’s stated Mission and Core Values. Through the program, we teach students the benefits of physical activity and promote good character, sportsmanship, and school spirit. We also strive to develop leadership skills and an appreciation for the value of teamwork. The program has high standards; we challenge students to seek personal levels of excellence in a stimulating and supportive environment. Participation is expected of all students.
- We seek to instill the idea of physical fitness as a lifetime habit.
- Our physical education program strives to prepare the students for the Upper School athletic program.
- We strive to teach students the values of sportsmanship and to encourage other qualities of good character. We will provide leadership opportunities on the athletic field.
- We seek to give each student the experience of playing on a competitive team. A winning record is neither a goal nor a priority; however, a “play to win” attitude will be encouraged as long as good sportsmanship is maintained. We seek to field competitive interscholastic teams.
- We hope that the athletic program will demonstrate to our students the correlation between hard work and improvement.
- Improved skills for each player will be a priority. We will provide quality instruction and supportive, enthusiastic coaching for all athletes.
- We seek to elevate school spirit. We hope that our students will have fun playing sports at Tower.
- We expect that each student on an interscholastic team will have meaningful playing time in each game for which he/she is prepared. This means that all players will share fairly the playing time in every game. | <urn:uuid:2e4cbde3-4b56-4888-b868-d6eee0d70e64> | 2013-05-24T01:29:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Iran arrests foreign-linked bomb plotters
Tehran, November 17, 2012
Iran's Intelligence Ministry has arrested people planning bomb attacks with the support of Western and Israeli spy agencies in the oil-producing province of Khuzestan, the state television reported.
Khuzestan, in Iran's southwest, is home to a large population of ethnic Arab Iranians, also known as Ahwazis, who have long complained of economic deprivation and systematic discrimination by the authorities. The region has occasionally suffered violent action by militants.
Iran has in the past accused Western intelligence agencies and the Israeli Mossad of carrying out attacks against its nuclear scientists.
"In the last few days a number of terrorist elements connected to foreign intelligence services ... were identified and arrested along with a significant amount of explosives materials and items sent from a country in the Persian Gulf area," the Intelligence Ministry statement said, according to Iranian state television's website.
"These elements, led by Western-Zionist intelligence services, sought to commit other acts of sabotage, which were foiled."
The statement said the individuals, who it did not otherwise identify or give details on, had planned to blow up parts of Khuzestan's energy infrastructure.
Five Iranian scientists and academics have been killed or attacked since 2010, in incidents believed to have targeted Iran's disputed nuclear programme, which the West says is aimed at producing a bomb, a charge Iran denies.
The United States has denied involvement in the attacks, while Israel has remained silent.
Ten Iranian Arabs were sentenced to death in July 2006 in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan, for a series of bombings.
Activists say Iran's authorities have increasingly cracked down on Ahwazis, who say they are discriminated against in employment, housing, and civil and political rights.
In June, U.N. human rights experts said Iran had executed four Arab Iranians after an opaque trial whose fairness was questionable, and urged Tehran to halt all executions.-Reuters
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What to write?
Here are some things to consider when reviewing apparel:
Fit & Comfort: How is the overall fit: arms, legs, torso, hood, etc? Is the garment comfortable during outdoor activities? Any friction, tightness, gapping, etc?
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Water Resistance: If waterproof or water-resistant, how does it hold up to rain and snow?
Breathability: How well does the garment vent during activity?
Moisture: Does the material wick sweat away from your skin?
Warmth: Does it keep you warm or cool as expected outdoors? While active? While at rest?
Layering: How well does it layer with other outdoor apparel?
Abrasion: How well does it handle abrasion under normal outdoor use?
Function: Are pockets, zippers, drawcords, hoods, cuffs functional and convenient?
Ease of Use: Do parts and features work as expected? Consistently?
Features: Any noteworthy features, designs, or technology (ex. UPF protection, insect resistance)? Do they live up to expectations?
Construction & Durability: Is it well made? How has it held up over time?
Conditions: Where, when, and how long have you used this gear?
Make it a Killer Review
Include yourself Backcountry enthusiasts come in a range of sizes, styles, and experiences. Readers want to know who you are and how you use your gear. Is this your first backpacking tent, or are you a veteran AT thru-hiker? Do you tend toward ultralight trekking, or do you happily hump 50-pound loads of creature comforts? More tips for a killer review » | <urn:uuid:be65b170-38f4-4319-8510-4c9ef368e145> | 2013-05-24T01:47:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Re: Jennifer Lien Was Arrested in July???
A little off-topic, but I just recently watched the first episode of the wonderfully witty, 90s cartoon gem "The Critic", where Jen Lien did the voice for a guest character. She played a young and sexy movie starlet trying to use the titular movie critic to advance her career.
And how she played her! A wonderful role for her warm and sultry voice. Also, the character design and animation was great!
Bashir: »Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?«
Garak: »My dear doctor, they're all true.«
Bashir: »Even the lies?«
Garak: »Especially the lies.« | <urn:uuid:0b0087c9-e73a-498d-8cae-644123930647> | 2013-05-24T01:33:44Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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What should medical volunteers consider before taking part in a clinical trial?
It is important for medical volunteers to learn as much about the clinical trial before deciding to take part, and discuss any questions they have concerning the study with the research staff, in order to learn about the type of care that can be expected and the various procedures involved. Below is a list of questions that could be helpful for a medical volunteer to consider before taking part in the clinical trial. Answers to these questions are usually covered in the informed consent document that is provided to medical volunteers before taking part in the study.
- What is the aim of the study?
- What is the required medical volunteer population for the study?
- What are the reasons for researchers believing that the drug under investigation will be effective? Has the drug been researched before?
- What are the tests and procedures that will be carried during the study
- What are the likely risks, side-effects and benefits for a medical volunteer taking part in the study?
- How will my usual routine be affected?
- What is the duration of the study?
- Will I be required to stay in the clinical unit overnight
- Who is the funding the clinical trial?
- Will I be compensated for my time?
- Are there any long-term commitments required for study participation?
- How can I tell if the drug under investigation is effective? Will the study results be disclosed to me?
- Who is the person responsible for my wellbeing during the course of the study?
What preparation should potential medical volunteers make before meeting with a research team to discuss clinical trial participation?
It is important for potential medical volunteers to plan ahead and prepare any questions they have for the initial meeting with the research team. It may also be beneficial for a friend or relative to come along to the screening visit to provide support and hear the responses to these questions. Every clinical trial conducted in the UK must be approved and monitored by and Independent Research Ethics Committee (IREC) to ensure it safe to conduct the research study in human volunteers (with as least possible risks) and to ensure the study objectives are ethical and in line with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. An IREC is an independent committee of research experts, physicians, statisticians and other community representatives that assess whether the planned research study is ethical and ensure that the rights of medical volunteers are protected. All research organisations that support or conduct biomedical research involving human medical volunteers must, by UK legislation, be approved and continuously monitored by an IREC.
How is the safety of the medical volunteer protected?
The conduct of clinical trials is strictly governed by the legal and ethical guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Furthermore, most clinical research studies are designed with built-in safeguards aim to protect the medical volunteer participants. All clinical trials are carried out in line with a stringently controlled study protocol, detailing the required tasks and procedures that are to be carried out by the clinical and research team without any deviation. During the course of the study, the team of researchers will be responsible for reporting the results to the study sponsor, various medical journals and government agencies. However, the medical volunteers' data will not be disclosed in these reports at any time and will remain strictly confidential.
St George's and Mayday Hospitals
could earn between £90 - £350
also receive £5 for travel expenses
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Book of Hours. Tours, ca. 1470. (Ms. 7).
Albrecht Durer. Apocalypse.
Nuremberg: A. Durer, 1511.
The song of songs which is Solomon's.
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1902.
The tradition of the book in the Western World is well documented in the Watkinson.
- Medieval manuscripts and manuscript leaves, 12th- 15th century
- 3,000-4,000 early printed books (15th-17th centuries)
- Trumbull-Prime collection of early illustrated books, especially strong in 16th-century German and Italian materials, including works of Albert Durer, emblem books and Florentine and Venetian book illustration
- ca. 10,000 18th-century titles
- 19th-century illustrated books on a wide range of subjects and from many lands, including an extensive Cruikshank collection
- Alphabet books (ca. 350 titles)
- Fine printing from the Private Press collection including:
- a nearly complete run of the Ashendene Press
- classic titles from the Private Press movement
- 100+ contemporary artists' books and examples of fine printing
- Examples of fine bookbinding (15th-20th centuries)
- Extensive secondary holdings on the history of printing and bookbinding
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For the second year running, Trinidad and Tobago will have to qualify for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. And the T&T Cricket Board is not pleased.
The ESPN Cricinfo website yesterday reported that, according to a tweet by Sundar Raman, a member of the CLT20 technical committee, four teams from the Indian Premier League (IPL)—instead of three as was the case last year—will automatically play in the Champions League, which will be held this year in South Africa from October 9-28.
According to Cricinfo, six teams will contest the pre-tournament qualifiers. They are: West Indies T20 champs T&T, Pakistan's Sialkot Stallions, New Zealand's Auckland Aces, one team from Sri Lanka and two from England.
The top two from these qualifiers will join eight others in the main round--Mumbai Indians, the CLT20 defending champions; current IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders; Chennai Super Kings; Delhi Daredevils; Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers from Australia's Big Bash League; and Titans and Lions from South Africa.
Commenting on the report, TTCB chief operations manager and senior chairman of selectors Dudnath Ramkessoon said: "We have not received any word yet from the committee, but having regard to what has been reported, it is rather unfortunate that we have to participate in a playoff seeing how well we have performed in our last two appearances."
In 2009, Trinidad and Tobago reached the final where they lost to New South Wales Blues and last year they topped their qualifying group but did not get out of the next group stage in the main round.
"Being the champions of the West Indies and given how well we have played, you would have thought we would have gone to the main draw because of the quality of our play and the fact that people like to see us play," Ramkessoon added.
The eight automatic qualifiers come from India, Australia and South Africa, the three countries who organise the Champions League.
Ramkessoon said further: "We have to be prepared to emerge at the top of that group. We have to try and go out there and be successful in every match. We don't want to leave to chance the second place. We are aiming to top that group to ensure that we qualify. We will prepare with that in mind."
Last year, T&T played against their IPL contracted players Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard. Both Bravo's Chennai Super Kings and Pollard's Mumbai Indians, as well as Sunil Narine's team Kolkata Knight Riders will be involved in this year's tournament.
Asked about the availability of the trio, Ramkessoon said: "Nothing has been finalised.
"Discussions have taken place with the Minister of Sport (Anil Roberts). The Minister gave his contact information and asked that we communicate with the players so that they or their representatives can contact him to initiate discussions with a view to their playing for Trinidad and Tobago. That information has been sent to the players.
"Dialogue will continue," Ramkessoon stressed. "Efforts are being made to ensure that T&T fields its strongest team."
Meanwhile, a squad of 38 players has been selected to prepare for the tournament. That preparation is scheduled to start this week and Ramkessoon said five competitive matches are being planned for this month.
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HIGHSMITH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HIGHSMITH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1817–1905). Benjamin F. Highsmith, Alamo courier and Texas Ranger, son of Ahijah M. and Deborah (Turner) Highsmith, was born in St. Charles District, Missouri Territory, on September 11, 1817. His father had been a scout and ranger during the War of 1812. Highsmith's family traveled to Texas by wagon train and crossed the Sabine River by raft on December 24, 1823. They settled on the Colorado River near the site of present La Grange, Fayette County.
In 1830 Highsmith made his first trip to San Antonio de Béxar in a group of men that included William B. Travis, James Bowie, Benjamin McCulloch, Samuel Highsmith, George C. Kimbell, and Winslow Turner. At age fifteen he joined the company of Aylett C. Buckner and fought in the battle of Velasco on June 26, 1832. During that year Highsmith also settled in Bastrop, where he lived for the next fifty years. He took part in all of the major actions at the outset of the Texas Revolution: the fight for the Gonzales "Come and Take It" cannon, the battle of Concepción, the Grass Fight, and the siege of Bexar.
He remained in Bexar after the siege until February 18, 1836, when he was sent by Travis with an appeal for aid to Col. James W. Fannin, Jr., at Goliad. Upon his return to Bexar, Highsmith found the town already occupied by the Mexican army. He was spotted by the Mexican cavalry at Powder House Hill and pursued by them for some six miles. He rode to Gonzales and later served Gen. Sam Houston as a courier. He and David B. Kent, son of Alamo defender Andrew Kent, carried a message to Fannin from Houston ordering Fannin to abandon Goliad and join him at the Guadalupe River. Highsmith fought in the battle of San Jacinto as a member of Capt. William Ware's company.
After the revolution, Highsmith had a long career with the Texas Rangersqv. He served in the Mexican War, fought in the battles of Monterrey and Palo Alto, and was wounded at Buena Vista. In 1853 he married Elizabeth Turner; they had thirteen children. In 1882 the family moved to Bandera County. Highsmith died in Uvalde County on November 20, 1905.
Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin, 1990). Andrew Jackson Sowell, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (Austin: Ben C. Jones, 1900; rpt., Austin: State House Press, 1986).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Bill Groneman, "HIGHSMITH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhi08), accessed May 23, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. | <urn:uuid:ddcd2f76-8bdf-4475-a106-cb3fc4c2b9d9> | 2013-05-24T01:58:35Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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This is officially the most fucked-up idea I've ever had regarding superheroes and their villains. Seriously, Marvel should put this into a comic. It is made of win. Also… interesting item of note here. Chapters one through ten of the revised version are longer than the entire original. Huh. Guess I skipped out on a lot of shit.
The slam of the front door was the first sign that Hank had not had a good day and Janet nibbled on her lower lip, wondering how to go about comforting him. His condition left him so… well, bipolar. Sometimes going to him would earn her a dismissal rather than a chance to comfort him, while leaving him alone opened up the possibility of him complaining about her lack of attention to his needs and problems. Glancing at the television again, Janet came to a decision. She'd been laughing at this for the last half an hour. Chances were it would cheer Hank up too. "Hank, honey, come here for a second."
"Listen, Janet, today really sucked and right now all I want to do is…" Hank's voice trailed off and Janet grinned as she looked back over her shoulder, watching as he slowly approached the couch with his mouth wide open. "What the hell did your daughter do now?"
"Oh? How come she's 'my' daughter when she's getting herself in trouble?"
"Uh, Janet? She's got none of my genetic material in her. She's always just your daughter."
Sniffing, Janet turned back to the television and dug the remote out from between the couch cushions. "Semantics. Hang on a second, the local NBC station has the best coverage. I was just surfing to see what other people were saying." Much like Dawn's puking incident, it was on every local news program and all three of the major cable news networks, making it very easy to catch endless presentations… in three separate languages, if she surfed around on the local, low power analog stations.
"…two members of the Young Avengers managed to apprehend Shocker today on their own after a brief but, dare I say it, hilarious fight. As best we can tell from the video, the members in question were two girls we believe to be the size-shifting Stature in yet another new costume, and the similarly empowered but far more mysterious Hornet. Who, as you no doubt remember, was responsible for the vomit incident in Central Park some time ago, part of which is still off-limits for decontamination." The camera zoomed in over the reporter's shoulder to show the slightly damaged front of a bank. "The relative lack of collateral damage was thanks to the use of one of the most comical yet brutal takedown techniques that I've ever seen. I think we just need to roll the video a bystander captured, because I can't find the words to describe it."
The picture switched to slightly wobbly footage of the same bank from earlier in the day, as made evident by the brightness. The camera panned back and forth for a moment before landing on a giant black foot and slowly tilting up. And up. And up. It took a moment for the operator to bring the camera into focus, revealing a pair of fifty-foot tall girls backlit by the afternoon sun. Two fifty-foot tall girls playing hacky sack with a yellow object. A screaming, flailing yellow object. "You know, every hero should have one of these. Just kicking back and relaxing with a bit of idle activity… it does wonders for your stress level. What do you think?"
Cassie blinked and missed the flying object when Dawn kicked it over to her, letting it plummet to the ground. "Are you serious? How the heck would you sell supervillain hacky sacks? Or better yet, how would you make them? Not everyone's as tall as us…"
"Could probably use Pym Particles to give them a one-way ticket to shrinkage. Not sure how to sell them. Would it count as human trafficking?" Dawn wandered over to Cassie and crouched down, picking up the Shocker's limp form. "And does he really count as a supervillain? He's pretty pathetic." Shaking him a bit, Dawn pouted. "Huh. I think we broke him. Guess that's our cue to leave." After dumping Shocker on the roof of a waiting ambulance, the pair turned away and began walking down the street. The camera followed them down as the two girls shrank but when they hit normal height and kept shrinking, the cameraman lost track of them. Panning back and forth wildly, he let out some manner of curse that the television station bleeped out before tilting the camera down to stare at the pavement.
The reporter was in the middle of scratching her nose when they cut back to her, but she quickly composed herself. "While the bank suffered only minor damage due to the quick thinking of the Young Avengers… their opponent suffered seventeen broken bones including a skull fracture. Personally I think it's great to see heroes who both get the job done and have a sense of humor about it, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the newest Young Avenger in the future."
Pushing the mute button, Janet turned to Hank. "Thirty bucks says Elijah's is ripping Dawn a new one right now and another twenty says that Cassie won't be tagging along the next time the Young Avengers hit the streets."
"Do I look like a sucker?"
Rolling her eyes, Dawn leaned back on the couch she and Cassie had taken up residence on after being cornered and hauled in for interrogation by the rest of the Young Avengers. "You seriously need to lighten up. I bet that if Spider-Man could grow as tall as us, he would play hacky sack with his villains. Especially Shocker. Seriously, how did it take all seven of you to beat him last time? He's so lame."
Eli turned off the television and slammed the remote down. "It doesn't matter if he could, the problem is that he doesn't. Neither does Atlas of the Thunderbolts, or Goliath, or your stepfather, or your mother. None of them are as childish as you and Cassie, lucky for their teammates. It's bad enough that Tommy keeps using his powers to blow everything up, I don't need you two playing motherfucking hacky sack with our motherfucking villains!"
"Well, I suppose it's a good thing you weren't there then, huh? Kinda makes him my villain, not yours. Hmm…" Dawn rubbed her fingers together as she though before snapping and pointing at the other female member of the Young Avengers. "Kate's probably better than anyone else here at handling the public. Have her call a press conference and she can tell people that I'm not a member of the Young Avengers and that you're not responsible for my behavior." Leaning back, she stretched one arm out and behind her girlfriend. "And Cassie wears the Ant-Girl costume when she's with me and the Stature costume with you; tell people that the Shocker-kicking girl was Stature's evil twin. With some of the crazy shit that goes on with heroes, that won't be too hard to sell. You come out smelling like roses and any blame gets dumped on the Incredible Puking Girl. Although based on what I'm hearing on television, most of the city isn't too broken up about it."
Dawn let the others ponder that one, leaning over to kiss the top of Cassie's head and smiling as the blonde snuggled into her side. Her still armored side; it had been two weeks since the incident with Astrid and even Emma Frost had been at a loss as to how to return her skin to… well, skin. Cassie didn't seem to mind and it matched the rest of Dawn's wardrobe, so she was willing to take a c'est la vie attitude about it for the time being. "Besides, so what if Cassie and I were a little rough on him? How many times have you put him in jail, only for him to break back out and go on another crime spree? It's like a bad comic book. He's going to be in a hospital for a while after this little joy ride and maybe next time he'll think twice before he tries something stupid."
Circling the table, Eli moved to loom over Dawn as he glared down at her. "We don't do things like that. We take them down and detain them until the authorities arrive. We don't hand out punishment and we aren't supposed to hurt them just for fun. That's what separates us from them. We help take down the superhumans the cops can't. A cop breaking seventeen bones while taking the suspect into custody would be held accountable. Does the phrase 'police brutality' ring a bell?"
"I'm getting a morality and legality lecture from the guy who beat up drug dealers and then stole the drugs so he could take them." Eli flinched back at the barb and Dawn decided to give him a little help, sending a weak blast of bioelectricity into his chest. It landed him flat on his ass and Dawn surged to her feet, stretching again before extending her wings. "So like I said, tell the world I'm not one of yours, end of story. But the group I work for? We hunt things down and kill them so they don't come back to bite us on the ass. That's how you win. Right now, you guys are just burning time. Sooner or later, the villains are going to get smart and start going after your loved ones to get to you. I'll bet you'll wish you took care of them then."
Eli rubbed his chest as he rose from the concrete floor and if looks could kill, Dawn would be chilling with Tara and making fun of Kennedy right now. "We'll protect our families and if a villain does go after them, we'll handle it. I don't give a damn what you've been taught; the ends don't justify the means. And if you're intent on maiming or killing people, I don't want you anywhere near this group. Or its members. Vision can track down more teens for us. There's three dozen people listed in the files, I'm sure he can find another person with powers like yours to replace you."
Chuckling incredulously, Cassie rose from the couch and stared at Eli with wide eyes. "I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you right. Did you just order my own girlfriend to stay away from me?" He nodded and Dawn winced; bad move. She'd learned quickly that ordering Cassie to do something usually ended with her doing the complete opposite. "Well then I have only one thing to say to you, Elijah Bradley: fuck you and the horse you rode in on. Vision, I think you're going to need to replace two members."
"As you wish, Cassie." The robot looked, dare she say it, almost sad. Dawn looked back and forth between Cassie and Vision, wondering what the story was. Maybe she'd ask the blonde later. Or not. Maybe she'd wait for it to come up. Or ignore it entirely. It really wasn't her business. "It was an honor to serve with you. I will miss your company greatly."
Holding her hand out, Dawn waited until Cassie took it before pulling the unresisting blonde in and planting a kiss on her forehead. "Oh, and don't bother looking for others like us. Hank went on an obsessive search after I showed up and checked as far out on each user's family tree as second cousins. And children and such. Cassie and I are the only two of our kind unless Hank offers up some Pym Particles and after this… yeah, the phrase 'ice cube's chance in hell' springs to mind."
Eli just shrugged at that. "Like I said, we're the good guys. I'm not going to allow that kind of shit on this team and if being corrupted by you is more important to Cassie than living up to her father's legacy, then that's not my pro…"
"You son of a bitch!" Moving with a speed that impressed someone who lived with dozens of Slayers, Cassie pulled herself out of Dawn's grasp and slammed a red-clad fist into his face. The punch rocked him back on his heels but Cassie's follow-up knee to the crotch dropped him, the muscular boy curling into a fetal ball in an attempt to protect himself from further harm. "You leave my father out of this! He was a good man! Better than you could ever hope to be! And after that utterly disgusting attempt at emotional blackmail, I am now officially done with you people. Kate, call me sometime when Samuel L. Jackass isn't around. We can get together for coffee or something. Dawn, I changed my mind. Paintball sounds like a great way to spend an evening."
Rock on! Paintball! Nothing worked better than a bit of violence using brightly colored projectiles for a bit of catharsis. Dawn grinned widely as Cassie grabbed her hand and stomped towards the door, allowing the blonde to pull her hovering form along. Just before passing through the door, Dawn pulled her wings in and dropped to her feet, digging in her heels to force Cassie to stop. Almost hidden in the shadows with her mostly black costume, Astrid stared back at her with curious green eyes. After hesitating for a moment, Dawn jerked her head in Eli's direction. "If you get tired of playing in the minor leagues and don't mind apologizing, we've already got a bit of a theme going here. Ant, hornet, spider, and all. Not to mention we all have costumes that are black with another color. Team up potential is obvious."
Astrid's lips quirked up at that. "I'll keep that in mind. Enjoy your paintball. And… well, if you two want to try some 'existing in the same location as Astrid without trying to kill her' practice, I need to pick up a few things from Janet. Say, one 'o clock tomorrow afternoon?"
"One 'o clock, eh?" Peering suspiciously at Astrid, Dawn poked the redhead's chest. "You don't want to talk to us, you just want free breakfast. Don't think I'm not on to your wily ways."
"Curses. Foiled again."
Slipping onto Hank's lap and shedding another inch or two of height to make snuggling with him a bit easier, Janet offered up the glass of rum and Coke she'd retrieved from the kitchen. While mixing alcohol and Hank's psychotropic medications could be disastrous in larger quantities, she'd seen him drink socially since going on the new pills and was hoping a drink would help him unwind a bit. "So, wanna talk about whatever's got you in such a funk?"
Hank snorted, taking a long pull from the glass before leaning his head back against the couch. "Oh, you know, same old same old. Go in for a meeting with the Secretary of Defense and get stabbed in the back by Tony fucking Stark so I walk out with half a sale. Although why he wanted my old powers and not my new ones…"
"Um, okay…" Janet blinked, utterly confused. She'd known he'd been working with Tony and Reed on some big projects, but the Secretary of Defense? Sales? His powers? What? "Wanna fill me in on what you've been up to, or should I sit here guessing?"
A burst of anger flickered across Hank's face but it disappeared as quickly as it came. "With some of the problems that have been going on lately, the government wants to expand the number of trained and monitored superheroes. So I offered them two different combat suits: the General Infantry Ant-Man and the Winged Aerial Superiority Personnel."
It took her a figure out what the two names acronymed to, which made Janet profoundly ashamed of herself. "G.I. Ant-Man and W.A.S.P.? Giant-Man and Wasp? Cute, Hank. And… wait a minute, old powers? The government took the Giant-Man suit but not the Wasp?" Hank nodded. "What the hell? My powers are your powers and then some. I could see them not wanting to pay for two different suits and saying no to just growth, but to pick just growth over growth, flight, energy bursts…"
"Yeah, and it was on Tony's recommendation, too. Hence the whole 'stabbed in the back' thing. I know we've had our differences, but considering I've been serving as Yellowjacket for years now, the tech is obviously just as stable as the Pym Particles themselves." Hank shook his head before taking another sip of his drink. "Doesn't make sense. Well, at least as far as I can see. Unless he's got some grand plan that even I'm being kept in the dark about, but with how many other things he's got me dipping my hands in…"
Janet knew from experience that asking about the projects Hank was working on would only earn her a standard 'national security, need to know' brush off and so she elected to pursue a different path of conversation. "So… now what?"
Shrugging, Hank brought his free arm up to wrap around her waist and tapped his fingers against her hip. "I keep going and resist the urge to fly down his throat and drop off something explosive or poisonous? The real question is what am I going to do with the parts I assembled for the W.A.S.P. project. There's a lot more work there and so I made one G.I. Ant-Man but six W.A.S.P.s so I could turn it over for trials faster. Now I'm just stuck with six sets of spare parts for if anything in my costume breaks down." There was a soft clicking and then a rattling sound as a key slid into the front door's knob and Hank looked back over his shoulder. "Unless…"
The front door opened and Dawn stumbled in, her black armored skin glistening with… "Dawn? Is that red paint?" The dark-haired girl nodded and Janet slid off Hank's lap, reverting to full size as she approached her daughter. There was no real pattern to them, just random splotches of red scattered all over the chitin plates that formed Dawn's armor. "Do I even want to know?"
"Paintball. Cassie got tossed off the Young Avengers for our little hacky sack experiment and vented her anger with bright pink projectiles." Dawn glanced down at herself before meeting Janet's gaze again and smiling. "If you think this is bad, you should see the other guy."
Janet sighed. Her daughter was so odd. "Right. Well, go take a shower before you end up rubbing any of that off against the furniture. I don't know how hard it is to get paintball paint off of fabric and I don't really want to find out."
Sticking out her tongue, Dawn turned away and headed for the back of the apartment but before she could make it too far, Hank hopped up off the sofa and circled around, calling out to her. "Dawn! Hang on a second, I just had a thought." The dark-haired teen paused, turning to face Hank, who set his glass down and smoothed his hands against his pants uncertainly. "You started training with your superhuman powers so you could take them back to fight demons and vampires, right? That's what you told Janet?" Dawn nodded and Janet frowned; where was he going with this? "Do you think others in your group would take advantage if I offered to give them powers too?"
"Hank…" Janet stepped towards him uncertainly, hoping he wasn't implying what she thought he was. "You can't possibly be suggesting…"
Nodding, a wide smile split Hank's face, full of mischief and joy. It was a look she hadn't seen in a while but, given the circumstances, she wasn't entirely happy about seeing again. Mostly because she knew what he was about to propose was insanity. Insanity that she'd go along with anyways because she wanted to see him happy."What else am I going to do with six complete W.A.S.P. systems? Let's round up a few of her friends, show them how to use the suits, and if the military doesn't want to have a Wasp Corps, we'll give the Watcher's Council one!"
Dawn blinked. "Are you serious?"
"Are you insane?"
"Jury's still out there."
"Just checking. Let me shower and then I'll start making calls."
"…and now we add the chicken to the bowls of rice… pour the sauce over it… add some cashews and green onions… and BAM! Who needs take out when you've got General Dawn?" Grinning proudly at her culinary accomplishment, Dawn continued to dish out the night's dinner into ten bowls, six noticeably larger than the remaining four. "Can you go knock on the master suite's door and shout that food's up? And remind them that we're about to have company? I think Hank and Janet are, uh, reconciling but they should be coming up for air and food soon."
Cassie wrinkled up her nose in disgust. That was one of the unintentional bonuses of the havoc her superhero career was causing at home: with her mother and stepfather fighting about her life choices, the romance was essentially dead and the days of accidentally walking in on them were a thing of the past. Creeping down the hallway, Cassie listened carefully but didn't pick up the trademark noises of anything that would send her scrambling back down the hall in full blush. Knocking lightly on the door, she waited a moment before calling out. "Mr. Pym? Mrs. Pym? Dawn says dinner's done and guests are on their way."
There was low chatter on the other side of the door, too quiet for Cassie to make out the words, and then the door swung open. Cassie's eyes went wide at the sight: Dawn's mother was standing there with her hair in pigtails, a pleated blue skirt riding low on her hips as she buttoned up a white blouse. "Company? Is Astrid coming… oh wait, we're meeting the girls from the Council tonight, aren't we?" It was clearly a rhetorical question, Janet looking down at herself instead of waiting for Cassie to respond. "Maybe I should change."
"Erm, yes please? And now I'm going to go back to the kitchen before I see something else that I can never unsee." Turning away, Cassie shuddered as she hurried back towards Dawn. Janet was dressing up as a schoolgirl for Hank. What exactly did that say about his proclivities? Huh. Now that she thought about it, it went a long way as far as explaining why he was willing to give away his toys and train the new users to boot. They were all teenage girls. This sounded like a job for Chris Hansen…
And oh God, he'd seen her in her underwear when wandering in and out of Janet's workroom while the blonde was letting Astrid redesign her costume. Eww!
Doing her best to think about anything but what the adult Pyms had just been up to, Cassie reentered the kitchen and watched as Dawn carried bowls of food out to the dinner table, doubling back for a two liter bottle of Coke and a bottle of wine for her parents. "If I were you, I think I'd take fighting parents over that." She shuddered again. Was Dawn going back up to Xavier's a third time? Could she tag along to get her brain scrubbed clean of the last few minutes? "Ugh."
Dawn snorted as she fiddled with the place settings, unfolding and refolding napkins before straightening silverware. "Why do you think I sent you instead of me?" Suddenly there was a loud thump and a groan from the living room, followed by a few words that made Cassie blush, and Dawn grinned. "And there's our first guest now. Do me a favor and go say hello while I check on the chocolate cream brulee?"
While she wasn't quite sure what that was, Cassie was a fan of anything with 'chocolate' in the name. And so, not wanting to risk the possibility of something yummy and chocolatey being ruined, Cassie did as she was told, wandering out to the living room. Much to her surprise, a blonde girl in jeans and a black tank top was crouching in the middle a scorched circle on the floor. "Um, hi? I'm Cassie Lang. Welcome to the Pyms' house."
"Evenin', Cassie. I'm Sophie. Sophie Johnston." British. Unexpected but cool. The now-named Sophie pushed herself to her feet and turned around, only to freeze. The blonde's eyes went wide in surprise as her jaw dropped. "Fucking Hell!"
Cassie knew exactly how the other girl felt. They shared the same blue eyes, the same blonde hair - only the length differentiated them, with Cassie's being slightly longer and braided while Sophie's was a simple ponytail - and even the same bone structure. Sophie's teeth weren't quite as straight and her skin was a bit paler, but all in all, their twin-like similarities were too much to ignore. "What the heck?"
"Why do you look so much like me?"
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- Football player arrest reports (PDF - 14086kb)
Four Alabama football players arrested
Published: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7:59 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7:59 a.m.
TUSCALOOSA | Four University of Alabama football players were suspended indefinitely by coach Nick Saban Tuesday after they were arrested on charges ranging from robbery in the second degree to fraudulent use of a credit card.
Three players, D.J. Pettway, Eddie Williams and Tyler Hayes, admitted involvement in separate attacks on two students that resulted in the robbery charges in which the victims were knocked unconscious early Monday morning on the UA campus, according to the deposition.
According to depositions filed by UA police officers, Pettway, Williams and Hayes punched a student's head and face and kicked him in the ribs and back area near a men's dorm at 12:30 a.m. Monday. Williams and Hayes admitted to the attack, which caused cuts to the victim's face, a mild concussion and severe swelling, according to the warrants.
The players said they stole the victim's backpack, which contained his Apple laptop computer.
In a second robbery, Williams admitted to police that he punched a student's head and face while Pettway and Hayes stood by and watched. He said he stole the student's wallet which contained cash, credit cards and a student identification card he said he used to buy snacks from a vending machine in the football players' dorm.
A fourth player, running back Brent Calloway, 20, was also charged with fraudulent use of a credit card after admitting that he also bought snacks with the stolen student ID card.
Hayes, 18, and Pettway, 20, were each charged with two counts of second-degree robbery. Williams, 20, was charged with second-degree robbery and fraudulent use of a credit card, after he admitted to using the student ID card to make several purchases.
“The young men charged are indefinitely suspended as we continue to gather information and talk to the appropriate people. The university and football program have strict guidelines regarding issues of this magnitude,” UA coach Nick Saban said. “This behavior is unacceptable for any student-athlete at the University of Alabama and not representative of our football program.”
Players suspended indefinitely by Saban at Alabama typically do not make an eventual return to the team. Most recently, wide receivers Michael Bowman, Ronald Carswell and Duron Carter were suspended indefinitely from the team in the fall of 2011. None of the three returned for the 2012 season.
“This is a very serious matter and we are very disappointed in the actions that have resulted in the charges against these student-athletes,” UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore said in a release. “In this type of situation, the athletics department works in conjunction with the university. We will have more to say at the appropriate time.”
University of Alabama police officers booked the four players on the felony charges around midnight Monday. One of the victims, when reached by Tidesports.com via email, declined comment. The other, reached via text message, also declined comment.
It was the second trip to jail for Williams this week. Tuscaloosa police charged him with carrying a pistol without a license on Sunday after a disturbance at the BP gas station on the Strip.
“A clerk in the store told police that Williams came into the store and was acting erratic and threatening that he had something in the trunk of his vehicle after a dispute about paying for gas,” TPD Sgt. Brent Blankley said in a release. “The suspect and other occupants of the vehicle left the store and began messing with something in the trunk. The clerk then called the police.”
Officers stopped the 2007 Honda Accord at Second Avenue and University Boulevard, he said.
Williams was sitting in the back seat on the passenger side. Officers patted him down and found a pistol in his pants pocket, Blankley said. He was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and later released on $500 bond.
The University of Alabama Police Department posted information about the two robberies that were reported Monday.
Both victims told officers that they were approached by men who asked to borrow a cigarette lighter, before striking them in the head, stealing their belongings and leaving in a dark-colored SUV, according to the UAPD.
The first victim said that the robbery took place at 12:35 a.m. Monday morning in the 800 block of Campus Drive, on the sidewalk near Paty Hall. The second student was robbed at 1:20 a.m. in the 200 block of Seventh Avenue, near the UA Mineral Institute building.
Both students told police that one robber had a dark complexion, a slim build and was around 6 feet to 6 feet, 2 inches tall. He was wearing a black wind suit and a red, beanie-style hat and possibly had dreadlocks. The second suspect had a medium to dark complexion, a stocky build, was of average height and wore blue jeans and a rain coat.
“University Police Department investigators were able to develop information leading to the identification of suspects in the robberies described below,” the department's chief wrote in an advisory posted on their website. “Three suspects were arrested on Feb. 11, 2013, for two counts of second degree robbery each, with a fourth suspect arrested for fraudulent use of a credit/ debit card relating to the case.”
It is the second arrest for Calloway since his arrival at the Capstone. He was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession as an 18-year-old freshman in October 2011. Police stopped him for driving with no headlights on Paul W. Bryant Drive and said they found marijuana stuffed in his sock.
Calloway was granted youthful offender status, meaning that the outcome of the case is not public record.
Williams was released on $65,000 bond. Hayes and Pettway were released from jail on $60,000 bond each. Calloway was released on $5,000 bond. Jail records indicate that they were arrested around midnight and released between 3 and 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Records show a bonding company posted the bail, but don't indicate who paid the bonding company.
All four were backup players on the Crimson Tide's 2012 national championship team.
Pettway is a redshirt freshman who began his career at defensive end, but had recently been moved to a linebacker position. He and Calloway, a third-year sophomore running back, and Hayes, a true freshman linebacker, played sparingly for the Crimson Tide last season. Williams, a defensive back, did not play in 2012 but practiced as a redshirt freshman.
Sports Writer Marc Torrence contributed to this report.
Click here to see the arrest reports for the four Alabama football players who are charged with robbery and fraudulent use of a credit card. The names of the victims, as well as personal identifying information for the accused, has been blacked out.
The players' mugshots can be found at Jailbase.com
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ST: I am from Hayden, Alabama.
GS: What degree will you receive and when?
ST: I received my undergraduate degree in Accountingfrom Auburn University in August 2008.I will receive my Master of Accountancy degree from UAB in August 2009.
GS: How long have you been at UAB?
ST: I am just now starting my second semester at UAB.
GS: What is your research?
ST: I am very interested in the audit field of accounting; therefore, I’m focusing my research efforts on the audit process of internal controls within organizations to better reduce audit risk.
GS: What made you choose UAB for your graduate studies?
ST: UAB has an excellent M.Ac. Program, outstanding faculty, and I desired to be close to home.
GS: Have you received any awards or honors?
ST: I am currently a member of Phi Kappa Phi, a national honor society, and Beta Alpha Phi, an accounting honor society.
GS: What has been your most rewarding experience at UAB?
ST: The most rewarding experience I've had at UAB has been working with such a diverse group of peers. I love working with such diverse people, because everyone brings something different to the table.
GS: Who was your greatest influence here at UAB and why?
ST: I don't know if I can name one specific person who has influenced me. The faculty and students at UAB have challenged the way I think, and I love that.
GS: What is your motivation in your academics/research?
ST: I believe if we can better audit internal controls within organizations we can better the organizations as a whole, improving stakeholder decision making.
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ST: Upon graduation from UAB, I plan to work in public accounting with a concentration in the audit field, and obtain my CPA certification.
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TRAINING: 2 sessions a day of strength and conditioning, technique, and sparring.
When and why did you start training for fighting? 2006. Because I like to fight and I will win.
What ranks and titles have you held? None
Do you have any heroes? Spiderman
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? Everything. It is a dream come true.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? None
What was your job before you started fighting? Plumber
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? Undefeated as an amateur (2-0)
Favorite grappling technique: Double wrist lock
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Ossipee man gets 35 years to life in young mother's murder
Michael Petelis is escorted out of the courtroom at Carroll County Superior Court after entering a guilty plea as an accomplice to second-degree murder for his role in the killing of Krista Dittmeyer in April of 2011. (LARISSA MULKERN)
Dittmeyer murder case sentencing today
Michael Petelis, 29, of Ossipee, appeared with his attorney, Ted Barnes of Concord, before state prosecutors and Judge Philip Mangones in Carroll County Superior Court.
Answering questions from the judge about waivers, the charges and his constitutional rights, Petelis admitted to helping Anthony Papile, 29, of Ossipee plan and execute the murder of Dittmeyer in North Conway on April 23, 2011.
Petelis was one of the three suspects arrested and charged with the kidnapping and murder of Dittmeyer, whose body was found in a snowmaking pond in North Conway several days after her 14-month-old daughter was found sleeping in her car parked nearby. Anthony Papile, 29, of Ossipee, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is serving a 50-year jail term. Trevor Ferguson is serving a six-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2012 to two felony charges, conspiracy to commit robbery and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
Petelis had initially been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, but at Wednesday's hearing assistant attorney general James Vara brought forth one new count of accomplice to second-degree murder. Petelis waived his right to have the charge brought before a grand jury and waived his right to a trial.
Mangones approved the terms of the negotiated plea and sentence, including the possibility that Petelis can shave two and a half years off his jail term if he completes drug and alcohol counseling, another two and a half years if he obtains an associate's degree while incarcerated, and another two and a half years if he stays out of trouble in jail. Mangones granted Petelis credit for 659 days of pretrial confinement.
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|1.||Bahama Eagle Squeak|
while having intercourse with a girl on a cruise to the Bahamas, that you took with your parents, you orgasm, and your voice squeaks. She proceeds to stop and quickly puts her clothes on and walks out. You see her many times around the ship along the duration of the cruise, and its very awkward.
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The act of sucking the cock of a man wearing a wrestling mask.
Meeting up and giving a blow job while parking. No fucking allowed but this always involves swallowing.
They were both kind of freaky so they met up for a Barton.
Super-man's REAL identity.
"isn't it Clark Kent?"
"PFFT no it's Barton!"
1. Someone who has tried very hard and got very far. But in the end it didn't even matter.
2. Someone who is super handsome and has a nice face but it is slightly exotic.
"Oh man, I am so tired. I feel like such a Barton"
"I met this guy! He was such a Barton. We had a really hot time ;)"
v. (commonly bartoned) an action through which a person or persons is rejected, humiliated, punished, or degraded. Also, having something taken away that is usually and rightfully ones own. See also served
Originating in WIlson NC, Barton College is a craphole, from which came Matt Boykin. The term was derived from the college by the Appalachian baseball team initially to describe a time when Coach Boykin would make a player do something the player would rather not do. Since Boykin was a coach, there was not much a player could do. Mostly, it was used to describe the person on whom Boykin abused his power, and was therefore widely considered a dick. Bartoned would later come to use in everyday life around Boone, NC when something funny would happen to another person. Boykin is a bitch.
Boykin: Vance, can you pick up these balls, clean the dugout, wash the uniforms, mow the grass, and wash my car since I'm a coach and you have to say yes?
Vance: Uhh...I guess.
Boykin: You guess? What's that supposed to mean? Can you or can you not?
Rest of team: haha Vance got Bartoned.
Steve: Where'd all the beer I bought go?
Jon: Matt Roldan bartoned them from you.
(1) That guy in the meeting that try's to hork the conversation to start addressing his own issues, and not the issues being discussed in the meeting in the first place.
(2) That guy you don't want to name your newborn kid after!
(3) "Don't look the Barton in the eye, don't feed the Barton, don't entice the Barton with gifts..."
(1) /Mgr 1 to Mgr 2/ So the SLA report shows that the data center seemed to be operating within specifications, except for that one thing.
/Mgr 2 to Mgr 1/ That was accepted by the tea....
/the Barton/ Well that doesn't answer why *his problem* is still out there? Why haven't we worked on *his problem*?
(2) /random email/ Hey, it's a boy!
/reply to random email/ Congrats! Name him Barton!
/multi-replies to random email/ No way man! Don't look the Barton in the eye!
1. When someone makes a grand error.
2. A very embarassing moment.
3. A mistake made due to a combination of laziness, a brain-fart, greed, bad luck, and foolishness.
1. Sandy really pulled a Barton. I caught her digging for change like a mad woman in my sofa cushions after I came out of the bathroom.
2. When we were at my sisters place Sandy pulled a classic Barton. While laughing she started to fart uncontrollably. What's worse, it really stunk.
3. He really pulled a Barton. He got fired on his day off for stealing cardboard boxes from work. I think he was trying to build a clubhouse.
the barton is very misunderstood in modern english many people think it is a type of intercourse and some think it is a poop scoop, both wrong. a barton is actually a small feeble agressive child that will sack tap, debag, t-bag, curb stomp and even circumcise anyone who offends him. they usually come in the shape of a Joel but often get renamed to Jopel. they also like to have sex with small children gigidy gigidy goo
you guys omg, omg you guys jopel totaly just destroyed my daughters cherry, theres cunt all over the room.
barton just took my testicles because i reminded him of the time he told me about his mother getting a coil.
A small village which thinks it is a town. It takes pride alongside the river humber which tends to flood it. It is filled with chav wannabies, And 14year old prostitues.
A town is sposed to have a town center not a market place, but yet barton take place in this and hides behind the fact it is secretly a village. | <urn:uuid:8d73565c-3b78-46b7-8766-55cdef99f3b0> | 2013-05-24T01:37:45Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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|2.||Sid the Sloth|
Latin: Slothus Nathanus Johnus
A primordial being of unknown origins, usually sits in a corner on his own or tries unsuccessfully to fit in with others.
*David Attenbrough voice* And here we can observe the Slothus Nathanus Johnus, more commonly known as 'Sid the Sloth', trying to make a friend. Look at the way he slowly and carefully walks away after losing his nerve.
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someone that looks like Sid from Ice Age
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A game played by homosexuals in which they use there penises in the place of swords replicating the popular sport of fencing. Where they arouse each other from the clashes of each others penises. The loser is the first to go limp, where the winner gets the privilege of slapping his penis in the face of his defeated combatant.
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An guard!!! draw your sword joel!!lets battle, lets play swordy!
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Inspired by the regional american accents in the Disney film 'Aladdin' (1993), 'swordy' has come to be synonomous with nifty or cool.
In the song 'Prince Ali' a small boy has the line 'One hundred bad guys with sWords'. The term 'swordy' came from and highlights the lack of a silent W in the boy's pronunciation due to a strong New York accent.
Boy: HEY YOU!
Mum: Yes, dear?
Boy: What are we doing tomorrow?
Mum: Tomorrow we are going to Disney Land!
Boy: WOW Swordy!
A non-NPC character from the game World of Warcraft. Revered as a living legend, said to be able to own Ragnaros with a single swing. His trusty sword is called the Zin'Rokh, a drop from Hakkar in ZG.
Commonly placed with; lawl, zomg, laserz, pew pew, owns, ownage, kapow.
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Gelugons are nastier, larger, and deadlier versions of cornugons.
fierce and ugly beasts of war
An insectile devil, fighting with a spear and utilizing cold attacks, from the Nine Hells of Baator. They are the most alien of the Baatezu, having mental processes humanoids would consider insane. The tieflings they produce, kept in insane asylums by humans, pass as sane to gelugons.
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|1.||loly pop lala|
loly pop lala is a character in a girl, she is the best aspects of a girl therefor leaving her perfect. loly pop lala origonated by a girl named elisha yates through the internet.
her beauty minus the bad skin is a loly pop lala character.
she's like a loly pop lala...until you get to know her!
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emphasises another word
that's pure amazin!!
someone who have not had sex yet; a virgin
She had decided to remain pure until she found that special person in her life and got married.
- An adjective used to describe an action or event that inspires awe in those who witness it.
- If an observer wishes to convey extreme satisfaction from having observed the event, they can emphasis and elongate the vowels in the word so it sounds more like 'Peeewwwaaaaaahhhh!'
- Term used frequently on Australian golf courses and can be used interchangeably with the word Mint.
- Antonyms include 'double!' and 'ohneil'
1) Will (after hitting gaming winning shot in a game of pick up basketball): Peeeewwwwaaaahhhh!
John: What did you say?
Will: Pure, sorry got excited.
2) Golfer 1: Watch this shot, it's going to be pure!
(snap hooks it into a woman's face on the adjacent fairway)
Golfer 2: Double! Shit let's get out of here.
Golfer 1: Rub'n'tug?
Golfer 2: Peeeewwwwaaaaahhhh!
1) In alot of MMORPGS, someone who focuses all thier character's stat points on a certain skill(s) or area(s) generally to enhance thier ability to PK or PVP. (also know as mutants, like strength mutants)
2) Reffering to lots of, 100%, complete, wholesome, clean...
1) i pvp'd some d00d and got pwned, i think hes a pure cuz hes 5 lvls lower than me.
2) d00d, thats pure pwnage!!1!
1) Having no impurities.
2) To be 100% authentic.
3) To be undiluted.
lab analysis revealed the substance to be 100% pure cocaine.
Lots of, very, extremely etc
Used by mancunian youths
ee-yah theres pure fanny in there
An innocent, wholesome person, a virgin, untouched.
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Becky: "Oh my god, she's entered the realm of tampaction, hasn't she?"
Emily: "Like, what!? How do you know?"
Becky: "Well, her dress was pink earlier today... Not that I don't like the shade of red it is now."
Emily: "Omg, totally! Let's go be friends with her."
The word "tampaction" was thought up by the Student Enviromental Action Coalition as a campaign against corporate tampons and pads. Corporate tampons and pads are very unhealthy not only for those using them but also for the enviroment.
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Key groups of people in the United States have grown happier over the past few decades, while other have become less so. The result: Happiness inequality has decreased since the 1970s, a new study finds.
In other important research, some people have been taking longer showers in the morning, while others have taken shorter showers. The result: the net amount of water used in the shower has stayed about the same.
Previous research has found that happiness is partly inherited, and that it can be highly contagious. So what's the state of glee in these United States? Depends on who and how you ask. One recent study found, for example, that Baby Boomers are not as happy today as other generations in other eras.
In a separate study, Baby Boomers were interviewed to determine the reasons behind their sadness. Overwhelmingly, the answer turned out to be the moniker of "Baby Boomers", with many folks suggesting alternate names like Heavy Boinkers, or The Bunny Generation. Said one Boomer, "It sounds like we fill up bass drums with babies for extra resonance." A spokesperson for Black Sabbath could not be reached for comment.
Globally, happiness is on the rise, according to a study last year. Denmark is the happiest nation and Zimbabwe is the most glum. The United States ranked 16th.
The United States has actually gotten happier since the 2006 study, when it didn't even make the top 20. Burundi, the former title-holder for world's glummest nation, rose a few points, most likely because they don't have a President Mugabe to deal with.
The U.S. happiness gap between whites and non-whites has narrowed by two-thirds, the new study found. Non-whites report being significantly happier than they were in the early 1970s, while whites are slightly less happy. The happiness gap between men and women closed as well. Women have become less happy, while men are a little more cheerful.
Feminist groups have launched a new ad campaign portraying men as "thieves of the happy" -- since this study implies that only a finite amount of happiness exists in the world, they've determined that it's only fair that women get their due.
Stevenson and Wolfers used data collected from 1972 to 2006 through the University of Chicago's General Social Survey. Each year, participants were asked, "Taken all together, how would you say things are these days - would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?"
Dissenters to the study note that the options seem overly cheerful and skewed towards happy results. Researchers defended their survey, providing several raw questionnaires where space at the bottom was filled with write-in answers, dark emo poetry, and "HATE LIFE" written in thick black magic marker.
The authors say that it's hard to pin down what exactly is causing the narrowing happiness gap. But they suggest that money probably is not the answer. In fact one recent study found that giving money away generates happiness.
The researchers obviously did not think to check with their sponsors, who were livid and nowhere near happy when they discovered that they'd given money away to such a useless research project. Plans are already underway to request additional funds next year, to show that researcher happiness increases as financier happiness diminishes.Robbery suspect turned into a goat
Nazi angel of death Josef Mengele 'created twin town in Brazil'
14-year-old is cop for a day
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The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire and the Jansenists, is captured here in more than 600 penetrating and pithy aphorisms.
Maxims - La Rochefoucauld
Translated by Leonard Tancock
Self-Portrait of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Portrait of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld by Cardinal de Retz
Portrait of Cardinal de Retz by La Rochefoucauld
Reflections or Aphorisms and Moral Maxims
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When the invader appears honest citizens must choose sides. Forced at length to defend their own homes and firesides, Massachusetts and Connecticut now felt the recoil of unpatriotic behavior. Instead of trusting their governors with the local defense as the administration had done with States which upheld the war, the President now insisted upon retaining the exclusive control of military movements. Because Massachusetts and Connecticut had refused to subject their militia to the orders of the War Department, Monroe declined to pay their expenses. The cry was raised by peace men in consequence that the National Government had abandoned New England to the common enemy. Upon this false assumptionfor false, candor must pronounce it, inasmuch as government was maturing all the while a consistent plan of local defensethe Massachusetts loaders made hasty proclamation that no choice was left between submitting to the enemy, which could not be thought of, and appropriating to the defense of the States the revenues derived from her people, which had hitherto been spent elsewhere. The Massachusetts Legislature appropriated $1,000,000 to support a State army of 10,000 men. And Otis, who inspired these measures, brought Massachusetts to the point of instituting a delegate convention of Eastern Statesthis convention to meet at Hartford. A Hartford convention was no new project to Otis's own mind.
The day for assembling was fixt at December 15th. Twelve delegates were appointed by the Massachusetts Legislature, men of worth and respectability, chief of whom were Cabot and Otis. In Connecticut, whose Legislature was not slow to denounce Monroe's conscription plan as barbarous and unconstitutional, a congenial delegation of seven was made upGoodrich and Hillhouse, hoary men of national renown, at the head. Rhode Island's Legislature added four more to the list. So deep-rooted, however, was the national distrust of this movement that Vermont and New Hampshire shrank from giving the convention a public sanction. New Hampshire had a Republican council; while in Vermont the Plattsburg victory stirred the Union spirit; Chittenden himself having changed in official tone after the war became a defensive one. Violent county conventions representing fractions of towns chose, however, three delegates, two in New Hampshire and one in Vermont, whose credentials being accepted by the convention, the whole number of delegates assembled at Hartford was twenty-six.
This Hartford Convention remains famous in American history only as a powerful menstruum in national politics. What its most earnest projectors had hoped for was left but half done; but that half work condemned to political infamy twenty-six gentlemen highly respectable. Lawyers, they were, of State eminence, for the most part, and all of high social character, but inclined, like men of ability most used to courts than conventions, to treat constituencies like clients, and spend great pains over phraseology. Perhaps, indeed, these had been selected purposely to play the lion's part, that moderate fellow-citizens, Unionists at heart, whose conversion was essential, might not quake at the roar of the convention. Quincy was not there, nor the stout-hearted Pickeringof whose readiness to become a rebel unless the Constitution could be altered, flagrante bello, to suit his views, there can be little doubt. Delegates like the present were prudent rather than earnest, better talkers than actors; men by no means calculated for bold measures.
What bold measures were possible? one may ask. Pickering's Confederacy of 18042 would have embraced New York, perhaps Pennsylvania. But these Eastern Federalists, with that clannishness at which Hamilton himself had marveled, were now circumscribed within the limits of New England, and of that section, moreover, but three States out of five had delegations at Hartford worthy of the name. The first effort to assemble a New England convention was, we have seen in 1808-9. The second, if John Quincy Adams may be believed, was in 1812, immediately after the declaration of war against Great Britain, and that project Dexter defeated by a speech in Faneuil Hall. The third, and present, tho partially successful, by bringing delegates into conference, was, like the Stamp Act Congress, or the Annapolis Conference of 1786, an instrument necessarily for later and riper designs. The American Confederacy, the American Union, are each the product of begetting conventions; nor without prudence were States now forbidden to enter into agreements or compacts with one another without the consent of Congress. The Hartford Convention may well have justified dire forebodings, for it did not dissolve finally, as a mass-meeting might have done, upon a full report, but contingently adjourned to Boston.
Organized on the appointed day in Hartford, then a town of four thousand inhabitants, by the choice of George Cabot as president, and Theodore Dwight as secretary, the present convention remained in close session for three continuous weeks. Of irregular political assemblies the worst may be suspected when proceedings are conducted in secrecy; and never, certainly, were doors shut more closely upon a delegate, and professedly a popular convention, than upon this one; not even doorkeeper or messenger gaining access to the discussion. Inviolable secrecy was enjoined upon every member, including the secretary, at the first meeting, and once more before they dispersed, notwithstanding the acceptance of their final report. The injunction was never removed. Not before a single State legislature whose sanction of this report was desired, not to any body of those constituents whose votes were indispensable to the ultimate ends, if these ends were legally pursued, was that report elucidated. Four years afterward, when the Hartford Convention and its projectors bent under the full blast of popular displeasure, Cabot delivered to his native State the sealed journal of its proceedings, which had remained in his exclusive custody; but that when opened was found to be a meager sketch of formal proceedings, and no more; making no record of yeas and nays, stating none of the amendments offered to the various reports, attaching the name of no author to a single proposition, in fine, carefully suppressing all means of ascertaining the expression or belief of individual delegates.
Casual letters of contemporaries are preserved sufficient to show that representative Federalists labored with these delegates to procure a separation of the States, but how many more of the same strain President Cabot may have torn up one can only conjecture. That twenty-six public men should have consented to leave no ampler means of vindicating to their own age, and to posterity, themselves and their motives, may evince a noble disinterestedness, sublime confidence in the rectitude of their own intentions, a comforting reliance upon "the Searcher of Hearts," but certainly an astonishing ignorance of human nature in this our inquisitive republic. Assembling amid rumors of treason and the execration of all the country west of the Hudson, its members watched by an army officer who had been conveniently stationed in the vicinity, the Hartford Convention, hardening into stone, preserves for all ages a sphinxlike mystery. The labors of this convention, whatever they were, ended with a report and resolutions, signed by the delegates present, and adopted on the day before final adjournment. Report and resolutions disappointed, doubtless, both citizens who had wished a new declaration of independence, and citizens who had feared it. Neither Virginia nor Kentucky could, with propriety, condemn the heresies of State sovereignty which supplied the false logic of this report, and an imperfect experience of this Federal Union may excuse in Otis and his associates theoretical errors which Jefferson and Madison while in the opposition had, first inculcated. Constitutional amendments were here proposed which, not utterly objectionable under other circumstances, must have been deemed at this time an insult to those officially responsible for the national safety, and only admissible as a humiliation of the majority. It requires little imagination to read, in report and resolutions, a menace to the Union in its hour of tribulation, a demand for the purse and sword, to which only a craven Congress could have yielded, and a threat of local armies which, with the avowed purpose of mutual aid, might in some not remote contingency be turned against foes American not less than British.
1 From Schouler's "History of the United States." By permission of the author and of his publishers, Dodd, Mead & Company.Copyright, 1880-1891.
2 Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State in Adams's Cabinet, and afterward Senator from Pennsylvania, is here referred to. He came into serious disagreement with Adams and was summarily removed. Out of this rupture and the bad feeling that ensued, came what is known as Pickering's Confederacy.
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viewlight of the complexity, I'd like to avoid an e-mail that might be confusing and would rather have our business advisor Ron tocontact your manager to discuss the different possibilities in orderto find the best solution for you and Bill to carry out the opportunity of makingwork on a painting together.
In the first sentence you could also begin with "Given the complexity of the situation, . . . " or whatever is correct.
The second sentence was quite long, so I suggested a couple of ways to shorten it. There are many possibilities of course.
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A creditor is a party (e.g. person, organization, company, or government) that has a claim to the services of a second party. The first party, in general, has provided some property or service to the second party under the assumption (usually enforced by contract) that the second party will return an equivalent property or service. The second party is frequently called a debtor or borrower.
The term creditor is frequently used in the financial world, especially in reference to short term loans, long term bonds, and mortgages. In law, a person who has a money judgment entered in their favor by a court is called a judgement creditor.
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Kim Kardashian Gets Sexy, Catty in Trailer for Tyler Perry's Temptation
It's Kim Kardashian like you've never seen her before: sassy, pouty, and bound up tight in a pink figure-hugging dress!
Well, relatively speaking.
The reality starlet will take to the big screen next spring in her role as a marriage counselor in Tyler Perry's upcoming film Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, opposite Vanessa Williams, Brandy Norwood and Friday Night Light's Jurnee Smollett.
And judging by the trailer, which was released earlier this week, Kanye West's main squeeze will have few choice lines in the movie.
Credit: Victor Chavez/WireImage.com
As the preview reveals, the 32-year-old reality star plays Ava, a catty businesswoman who snarks at coworker Judith (Smollett) and her more conservative wardrobe.
"You have a standard to uphold," she sniffs in the trailer. "That blouse - it's telling it all."
Judith, in turn, gives Kardashian's character a once-over.
"What's wrong with my dress?" Ava demands.
"Can you breathe?" Judith shoots back.
Kardashian could hardly contain her excitement about the release of the movie trailer, blogging about it on Thursday.
"I'm so excited to reveal the trailer for the new Tyler Perry movie I am in called 'Temptation,'” she wrote. "This has been an incredible experience for me and I'm so excited for the movie to come out on March 29, 2013."
Director, writer and actor Perry first announced Kardashian's involvement in the film last November, shortly after she filed for divorce from husband Kris Humphries, and suffered some backlash for his casting choice.
"I believe that my films speak from the inside out, why wouldn't Kim Kardashian be invited into a film about Faith, Forgiveness and the healing power of God?" he responded on his blog at the time. "What is wrong with that??" | <urn:uuid:df304360-d3b7-4a58-8495-60da8ce5ed7a> | 2013-05-24T01:38:40Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The obverse (heads side) design remains the central figure of the "Sacagawea" design first produced in 2000 and contains the inscriptions LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST.
The reverse (tails) design changes each year to celebrate an important contribution of Indian tribes, or individual Native Americans, and contain the inscriptions $1 and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Like the Presidential $1 Coins, the Native American $1 Coins maintain their distinctive edge and golden color and feature edge-lettering of the year, mint mark and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
The theme for the 2012 Native American $1 Coin is "Trade Routes in the 17th Century." Its reverse design features a Native American and horse in profile with horses running in the background, representing the historical spread of the horse. The design includes the required inscriptions, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and $1.
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From the Pool to Open Water
Training strategies for success in triathlon
It's undeniable: many triathletes consider themselves cyclists or runners and regard the first part of the race as something to be tolerated, or worse, feared. Swimming in a frenzied open-water pack can indeed be a frightening prospect for the uninitiated, but deconstructing the swim into manageable parts makes all the difference. By refocusing your training efforts, not only will you have a better swim leg—you might even enjoy it!
The first priority is adapting your stroke to both long distance and open water environments, where conditions are variable and unpredictable. To maintain your stroke, you must focus on balance (maintaining a good line—with your head, spine and legs aligned) and rotation. This lays the groundwork for a consistent, sustainable pace. Symmetrical rotation, best achieved with bilateral breathing, driven by a strong core and balanced by a moderate kick, will enable you to get the most distance per stroke without overtaxing your shoulders. Remember this: freestyle is not simply the coordination of arms and legs—it is a core-driven stroke, dependent on body roll to set momentum.
Several drills can adapt your stroke for distance and open water swimming. Bear in mind that kicking in distance freestyle is primarily to maintain balance—forget about any significant impact on forward propulsion—kicking cadence should be minimized until the last 100-200 meters. As you add your stroke, think about the catch with fingertips stretching forward with high elbows. Achieving a steady stroke rhythm will help to ensure relaxation while swimming, and you will be better able to respond and adjust to a range of open water conditions.
Whether it's your first open water swim or your fifth of the season, it is necessary to have a race plan, and this means knowing your pace. All workouts in the pool should feature pace work, and not by simply swimming the distance you'll swim in your upcoming race. Learn to use the pace clock or a wristwatch with which you can keep track of your time per 100 yards or meters, and then record your progress in a training journal, such as the Fitness Log (FLOG) available on usms.org. The pace you use in the pool should be a reflection of the pace you believe you can sustain for the distance of your race—remember that you are not sprinting, so don't train like a sprinter. When it comes to triathlon, you've got to ensure that you'll have the energy (and the legs) for the latter two parts of the race. Using the sample set below will help to track your ability to maintain pace.
It goes without saying that it's highly advantageous to train as much as possible in an open water environment to prepare for an open water swim. The open water workouts should complement your pool workouts; now your goal is to acclimate to the new environment while attempting to maintain the efficient technique and sustainable pace you've practiced in the pool. Try to swim a measurable distance and keep track of time in your FLOG, while calculating your pace per 100 yards or meters to compare to your pool pace.
Because of the variable conditions presented in open water swims, it can be difficult to predict performance. But being prepared means preparing for these factors with drills in both the pool and in open water. Without having the black line on the bottom of the pool for guidance, being able to sight properly to navigate will alleviate the sense of being out of control. In the pool, practice different ways of sighting and find a comfortable stroke pattern that accommodates a seamless and effective sight. Sighting too frequently will result in shoulder fatigue and neck and back pain, so sight only when necessary and focus on balance and rotation the rest of the time to maintain proper body position, even in swell and chop.
Having training partners for open water workouts is always helpful to prepare for pack swimming, which can seem daunting to a novice. There's no getting around it—there will be frequent contact with other swimmers in an open water event. If you feel apprehensive, it's best to practice pack swimming with your training partners and always remember to focus on what you can control: maintaining your balance, rotation, steady breathing pattern and stroke rate. Being prepared, keeping it simple, and staying calm are the keys to a successful and fun open water swim.
Pool Training Drills for Open Water
Finding your center of balance
With a kickboard under your hips as you float horizontally, gradually move into a streamline position. Shift the board until you are not pitching either forward or backward. Once you have found your center of balance, work to maintain that position without the kickboard while streamlining off the wall, adding kick, and progressing into catch-up drill (one of the best drills for distance freestyle).
A simple set that can be repeated each workout is 5 x 100, during which you are attempting to hold the exact same time per 100, stay relaxed, and record your time and heart rate after each. Over the course of your training season, you can evaluate your progress and create a race plan based on your sustainable pace.
To start, try lifting the eyes just above the water, looking forward as your hand enters for the catch—your forward hand will anchor you and help to maintain balance. This low profile sight will be sufficient to see your position relative to other swimmers during the race. Once you've mastered this, you can practice elevating slightly higher, as if sighting for turn buoys on the racecourse, again using your forward hand to anchor yourself. | <urn:uuid:a6f2cd8d-d23d-4365-8ba4-c4d0ff85039c> | 2013-05-24T01:58:50Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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"The public censured the Commander-in-Chief for the bloodshed, for this seemingly endless war. More and more politicians and journalists, Republicans as well as Democrats, called his administration incompetent. Military failures produced demands for peace negotiations. And the President was roundly condemned for curtailing civil liberties."
Sound familiar? But the president in question (the quotation has been altered slightly to conceal this) is not George W. Bush but Abraham Lincoln. The time is not summer 2005 but the spring of 1863. The words are not those of some contemporary columnist but of poet and novelist Daniel Mark Epstein in his beautiful and elegaic book Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington.
Epstein's words are a reminder that the job of a president is uniquely hard. It is something to keep in mind when you read snarky articles like the Washington Post's current offering on Bush's August "vacation" in Crawford, Texas. They said the same thing about Ronald Reagan when he chopped wood at his ranch in Santa Barbara County, about Dwight Eisenhower when he played golf at Augusta National or Burning Tree, about Lincoln when he spent evenings at the Soldier's Home in the cool hills to the north of central Washington, D.C. As David Frum points out, Franklin Roosevelt spent two weeks on a fishing vacation in the Caribbean in December 1940.
Roosevelt's speechwriter Robert Sherwood, in his book Roosevelt and Hopkins published in 1948, reports that Roosevelt fished (following the instructions of Ernest Hemingway, with little success), called on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the Bahamas (a particularly useless waste of time), read a letter from Winston Churchill (without commenting on it to anyone) and looked through binoculars at Vichy France warships off Martinique. In his press conference at the end of the cruise, "It still seemed that he had spent two weeks in a state of total relaxation and utter indifference toward the prospects of world calamity."
But Roosevelt, the sympathetic Sherwood explained, was thinking all the time. "The 'refueling' process was a vital function for Roosevelt. Nobody that I know of has been able to give any convincing explanation of how it operated. He did not seem to talk much about the subject in hand, or to consult the advice of others, or to 'read up' on it. On this occasion he had Churchill's remarkable letter to provide food for thought; but this-though it was a masterly statement of the problems involved, of which Roosevelt was already quite well aware-presented no key to the solution other than an expression of confidence that 'ways and means will be found.' One can only say that Roosevelt, a creative artist in politics, had put in his time on this cruise evolving the pattern of a masterpiece, and once he could see it clearly in his own mind's eye, he made it quickly and very simply clear to all."
No, George W. Bush is not Lincoln or Roosevelt. But he is president, and he takes his responsibilities very seriously. He is aware constantly-in Washington, at Camp David, in Crawford-that the lives of very many people depend on him, and he tries to live up to his responsibilities. Bush's political opponents and many of his supporters, I think, tend to forget this-tend to ignore the evidence visible on his face that he has aged significantly in office, as Lincoln and Roosevelt aged. His opponents see him as a crafty, cynical, diabolical manueverer, interested only in political gain. I think he carries with him everywhere a crushing burden of responsibility, every bit as serious as those Lincoln and Roosevelt carried. This is a man who, as far as I can tell, had no ambition whatever to be president until his father was defeated for reelection in 1992, and then decided that God had put it in his way to be president, and is trying to do the job as well as he possibly can-knowing that no one can do it perfectly. Think hard about what it would be like to be George W. Bush: not a golden life, I think, but more of a nightmare.
Or think hard, my conservative readers, about what it would have been like to be Bill Clinton in the eight years he was president. Many conservatives see Clinton as a sociopath, a man totally uncaring about the consequences of his actions. I choose to see him differently. We have evidence that Clinton was often pressing for action against Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, understanding that they were a threat. That's evidence that he felt a responsibility to save Americans' lives. He did not fulfill that responsibility as well as he surely wishes now he had, and neither did George W. Bush between January 20 and September 11, 2001. But the burden of responsibility told. This vigorous man who left office at 54 had to undergo heart bypass surgery at 58.
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I had this delicious soup at a friend's house. It was very easy to make, but it must be very high in fat. Can you make it low-fat and still keep it delicious?
– Marianne, Champaign, Ill.
Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup
1/2 stick butter
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons flour
1 (1.27-ounce) packet taco seasoning
3 (14-ounce) cans chicken broth
4 cups half-and-half
1 (10.75-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 (15-ounce) can creamed corn
1 cup salsa
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, plus more for topping soup
16 ounces tortilla chips
8 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Melt the butter, and saute the onion and garlic in it for 5 minutes. Add the flour and cook for 1 minute more, stirring. Add the taco seasoning, then add the broth and half-and-half. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Add the soup, creamed corn, salsa, chicken and cilantro. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Crumble tortilla chips into bowls, then add the soup. Top the soup with more tortilla chips, cheese and cilantro.
Per serving: 832 calories, 48 g fat, 140 mg cholesterol, 1,980 mg sodium, 62 g carbohydrates, 41 g protein, 6 g fiber.
This is a really creamy and flavorful soup. I made a lot of changes, but I retained the original creamy texture and spicy flavor. Much of the seasoning is from the salsa, so use your favorite at the level of heat you prefer. This version makes more soup than your recipe, and it can be halved, but I don't think you'll have any problem using it up.
Low-fat Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup
8 corn tortillas
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
2 whole carrots, grated
2 whole zucchini, grated
5 cups fat-free chicken broth
2 cups salsa
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper (or cayenne to taste)
3 cups frozen corn, thawed
1 can (15 ounces) black beans
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup cold water
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
4 cups fat-free half-and-half
4 ounces reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese, grated
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut six of the tortillas in half, then slice into strips 14 inch wide. Place on a baking sheet and spray with nonstick spray. Place in the oven and turn after 4 minutes. Cook another 4 minutes, until crispy. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Cut the remaining two tortillas into strips, then dice the strips. Set aside.
In a large pot, warm the olive oil over medium-high heat, and saute the onion and garlic for 4 minutes, adding chicken broth if necessary. Add the grated carrots and cook for 2 minutes. Add the zucchini and cook another 2 minutes, adding chicken broth as needed. Add the diced tortilla, cover with broth and cook for another 2 minutes. | <urn:uuid:83a49c30-ea91-4618-900c-b16d9886d214> | 2013-05-24T01:47:03Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Villagers in an area of southern Afghanistan that was the birthplace of the Taliban movement two decades ago have staged a first-of-its-kind uprising against the insurgents, a senior American commander said Wednesday.
Army Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams said in a video teleconference with reporters at the Pentagon that this was a new and promising development in Kandahar province with potential to spread even as U.S. and allied forces are playing more of a back-seat role in fighting the insurgency.
"This is absolutely the first time that we have seen this sort of an uprising, where the people have said, `Enough is enough,'" Abrams said, speaking from his headquarters in Kandahar city. He commands 14,000 U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan whose role has switched from direct combat to helping Afghan forces take the lead.
Abrams said the uprising in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province began about one month ago, and at this point the Taliban have been "kicked out" of all but about four villages - not at the initiative of Afghan or coalition troops but that of the villagers. "I suspect the rest of those villages will fall here in short order," Abrams said.
Abrams said Afghan officials told him there were two main triggers of the uprising. One was the arrival about six weeks ago of a new district police chief with "a renewed energy, vigor, an offensive mindset." The second was the beating of a villager by Taliban fighters who, when reprimanded by the village elder, proceeded to humiliate the elder.
"That was the straw that broke the camel's back," Abrams said. He identified the village as Peshigan.
There have been local anti-Taliban uprisings elsewhere in Afghanistan in recent years - most notably in Andar district of the eastern province of Ghazni last year - but they have not developed into anything close to a national movement.
Seth G. Jones, a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism expert at the RAND Corp. and a frequent visitor to Afghanistan, said he thinks the Panjwai and other local uprisings are significant even if they are not decisive.
"It does show some of the weaknesses of a (Taliban) movement that is not that popular," Jones said in an interview. "What this may suggest is that for the foreseeable future the struggle in rural parts of Afghanistan, including districts like Panjwai, will see-saw back and forth between insurgents, the government and then locals."
A distinguishing feature of the Panjwai uprising is its location in a traditional Taliban stronghold. Mullah Omar, who founded the Taliban movement in the early 1990s, is originally from nearby Zhari district. Panjwai has been the scene of fierce battles between Taliban and U.S.-led coalition forces for the past six years. It was the scene of killings in March 2012, allegedly by Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, of 16 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, in two Panjwai villages. Bales is scheduled to be court-martialed in September.
Abrams called the uprising "a long time coming," adding, "In short, the people have said, `Enough is enough,' and they became fed up with the Taliban. They have asked for the support of their government." | <urn:uuid:913b567e-21c7-453d-8d7d-00828ad6b601> | 2013-05-24T02:02:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Researching the History of Agriculture in Vermont
You can get a good background on the general agricultural history of Vermont by reading A Short History of Vermont Barns [link] and looking at the Barn Census Powerpoint presentation (Click Here to open the presentation in a new window. If the presentation does not display correctly, Click Here to download the presentation as a PPT file. The file is large; 54 megabytes.) Barn design was influenced by local tradition, availability of materials, and the specific demands of different types of farming in different periods of history. With a little background you can decipher the clues that the building gives you. Depending on your time and interest, you can also consult the Long History of Vermont Agriculture [link] and the other publications listed in the Resources section. Doing a little reading before you look at your first barn will make it easier to understand what you are looking at, how it functioned, and when it was built. The Visual Glossary [link] and Vermont Agricultural Property Types [link] give more detailed information on the whole array of historic agricultural buildings in Vermont, from corn cribs to silos, to mink sheds and potato barns.
Researching the History of Your Community
Although the majority of your time will be spent out and about, exploring the different parts of your community while looking for barns and other agricultural structures, it is worthwhile to first spend some time researching your community’s history to become familiar with the influences that shaped its agricultural past. This isn’t as difficult as it sounds. Historical research is a great way to really get a feel for the way your community developed and may provide clues as to what barns (either general types or specific instances) may hold special significance in your community. Historical research can answer questions such as: What crops and livestock were common in the area? At one time were there especially large or significant farming operations nearby? If so, what were their names and locations? What ethnic groups settled and farmed the area? What influences did they have on the way different agricultural structures were designed? How did agriculture cause the community to grow and change? How did technologies (like railroads and electricity) or events (like wars or the Great Depression) change agriculture in your community?
To conduct research, a good place to start is your town library or community historical society. You may want to look for county, town, or other local histories that have been published. Also interesting are historic photograph files that may have images of older farms and newspaper clipping folders that may contain historical agricultural news of the community. Two widely available 19th century map sources, the Wallings maps and Beers atlases, include symbols that indicate properties with buildings, including owner names.
The Division for Historic Preservation has been conducting inventories of historic buildings since the early 1970’s. The information for two counties – Addison and Rutland- has been published in book form. Offprints of single town sections are available for free upon request, while supplies last. Please call 828-1220 to request a copy of your town section (Only available for Addison and Rutland county towns; for more information see the 'Related Information' section of the website.) The Division’s office in Montpelier has a Resource Room with files on over 40,000 historic buildings in Vermont, and the public is welcome to visit and use the records. Copies of those records are available on CD, and the Division is working on distributing them to libraries, starting with the larger libraries in each region. Town Clerks and local libraries often have a binder with paper copies of the records for their town.
Other sources of information can include town clerks, local historians, college and university libraries and history departments, and the Vermont Historical Society www.vermonthistory.org. The Vermont Landscape Images Project [link] contains an on-line archive of historic photos, organized by town. Part of the fun of historical research is playing detective – finding out who might have the type of information you’re looking for and talking with them to see how their insight applies to the questions you have. Don’t be afraid to be creative in where you look for information. When researching your community’s agricultural history, you can’t go wrong if you always keep in mind the six basic questions; who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Farmers who own or used to own the barn you are surveying will undoubtedly be the best source of specific information about the age and evolution of the structure. They may know dates of construction, how the barn was used and how it changed over time. They will often know the family history of the farm, including stories that bring the history of the barn alive.
In the Field – What You’ll Need
Now that you have a better understanding of the agricultural history of your community, it’s time to get out there and find some barns! A little organization at this step can make things run very smoothly, so here are some suggestions about supplies you may need and ways to conduct your piece of the census.
First, get some good road maps of the area you’ll be surveying. You can contact your town office or the Agency of Transportation to see what free maps are available. You can also download maps from the Vermont Center for Geographic Information website [link]. VCGI offrs a variety of maps, including maps of town highways [link]. Plan a route that covers all the roads in the area you’ve chosen. Barn Census volunteers can work individually or in groups. If you are working in a group that is going to split up to divide the work, each smaller group should be assigned their own sector on the map so that it’s less likely that work will be duplicated.
Next, you should gather the supplies that you’ll want to bring with you. We recommend:
- Blank survey worksheets [link] (you’ll need one sheet for every barn you survey, so make sure to print and bring extras!)
- A hard writing surface, like a clipboard or notebook
- A digital camera
- Letter of introduction [link] (Please open the file, fill in your name and print it out. You may want multiple copies)
- A dashboard sign [link] identifying your vehicle as participating in the Vermont Barn Census
- A copy of this manual
You may also want to bring:
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The design book of Filippo Orsoni
These pages come from an album of drawings in pen, ink and wash with yellow watercolour. The album contains 306 pages of designs for armour and weapons. These designs were the work of a little-known painter called Filippo Orsoni, from Mantua in northern Italy. One of the pages is dated 1554. Orsoni may have wanted the designs to be published as many are annotated with self-promoting captions that openly tout for business. | <urn:uuid:da85ad00-5852-485f-a04a-e1f2ebb24307> | 2013-05-24T02:00:02Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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UPDATE: Allegations of racism as the Graduate Union is attacked by its current President
Claims made in a Pakistani newspaper say GU President Arsalan Ghani has been prevented from implementing his manifesto by a racially motivated campaign within the Graduate Union.
UPDATE 12pm, Monday 10th September: Varsity has received reports of a 'systematic campaign - at times underhand' against the current GU president. It has been suggested that the antagonism towards Ghani stems at least in part from his political views. Ghani is a 'known left-wing campaigner' and has been an active member of the Cambridge Marxist Society. Our source claimed he was not aware of any 'overt racism', but called 'the underhand manner in which this systematic opposition' was carried out 'deplorable'. 'Covert racism definitely exists in Cambridge student society', he continued: 'had the president been white, I don't believe he would have received the same level of antagonism and abuse'.
UPDATE 10am, Monday 10th September: Liv Watson, former GU president calls the allegations 'utterly baffling'. She went on: 'Changes to the Constitution to allow the GU to become a charity - and thus to have a Trustee Board - were started long before Arsalan voiced his intentions to run for President. The suggestion that I manipulated the Constitution to gain a place on the Trustee Board is particularly bizarre, since I left before the new Constitution came into effect and am not a Trustee. As for the unfounded charges of racism; if I didn't have a hefty student loan to pay off I'd be suing this so-called journalist for libel.'
CUSU LGBT chair Charlie Bell has also expressed his anger, saying that it is 'totally unfair' of the newspaper to 'attack Cambridge students as somehow being against minority groups', calling for The News International to retract their comments immediately. 'They simply cannot get away with telling huge lies', he said. He emphasised that in docking Jeffers' votes, the election committee 'simply followed the rules - in fact, we were more lenient than we should have been'. 'It had nothing to do with the fact that she's black', he added, 'it's frankly just preposterous'.
Original Article 7pm, Sunday 9th September: A stinging attack has been launched against the board members, former GU President Liv Watson and other unnamed students involved with the Graduate Union, by Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper, The News International. The article, which can be found in its entirety here, alleges that GU President Arsalan Ghani, who was elected in March and took office in July, has been a “victim of racial discrimination after a campaign was orchestrated to marginalise him in the union”.
The main criticisms are leveled at last year’s GU President, Liv Watson, who it is suggested used the constitutional changes voted through earlier this year to provide herself with a position on the union’s trustee board thus “undermining the rights of democratically elected presidents and attempting to make them dysfunctional.” Other board members are also accused of making key decisions in financial and administrative matters without Ghani as well as refusing to cooperate with him, resulting in the undermining of his authority.
However the claims are so far unsubstantiated as no students were named as sources and bizarrely no apparent attempt was made by the newspaper to contact anybody at the Graduate Union for comment. Even Ghani is not quoted in the article meaning that there is currently no concrete evidence to support any of the claims made by the paper. The paper’s take on the situation is therefore highly questionable given that it praised Arsalan Ghani on his election victory in March, describing it as a historic achievement in Cambridge’s 800 year history.
Speaking to the The Cambridge Student, Ghani refused to comment on the reporting style of the newspaper but stated that: “I believe that I am discriminated on racial grounds in the Graduate Union. I have launched a complaint to the university authorities in this matter who are investigating. I have all the necessary evidences. Further information, I can only provide after consultation with my lawyers."
As well as addressing the issues faced by Ghani in his two months in office the article goes on to suggest that the acts of racism are not limited to the GU, but were also present in the recent CUSU Presidential elections, which ran concurrent with the GU elections. The CUSU elections were hit with controversy this year after Akilah Jeffers’s was docked 200 first place votes after being found in breach of election regulations regarding campaigning on Facebook. However, this is the first instance where the decision has been publically alleged to have been a trumped up charge due to racial prejudice, with the article claiming that she was “purposely disqualified on the pretence of irregularities.” However as incumbent CUSU President Rosalyn Old eventually beat Jeffers’s by over 700 votes the penalty seems unlikely to have affected the outcome of the election.
So far CUSU, Akillah Jeffers and Arsalan Ghani have either declined to comment or been unavailable when contacted by Varsity staff, however CUSU is expected to release a statement tomorrow morning. | <urn:uuid:b9138098-1ac3-42bc-b592-c463632d539d> | 2013-05-24T02:06:27Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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From Bryanna Clark Grogan's 20 Minutes to Dinner:
Melty Pizza Cheese
Makes 1 1/4 cups/5 servings
1 c. water
1/4 c. nutritional yeast
2 T. cornstarch
1 T. flour
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. garlic granules
OPTIONAL: 4 tsp. calcium carbonate powder
2 T. water
OPTIONAL: 1 T. canola oil
(my addition - 1/4 tsp. turmeric)
Place all ingredients, except the 2 T. water and additional oil, in a blender/processor and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into a small saucepan and stir over medium heat until it starts to thicken, then let it bubble for 30 seconds. Whisk vigorously.
Or pour the mixture into a microwave-proof bowl; cover and cook on high for 2 minutes. Whisk, then microwave for 2 more minutes, and whisk again.
Whisk in the water and optional oil. The oil adds richness and helps it melt better, but the cheese still only contains 2.6 g. of fat per 1/4 cup.
Drizzle immediately over pizza or other food, and broil or bake until a skin forms on top. Alternatively, refrigerate in a small, covered plastic container for up to a week. It will become quite firm when chilled but will still remain spreadable. You can spread the firm cheese on bread or quesadillas for grilling, or heat it to spread more thinly on casseroles, etc.
Melty Jack Cheese: Omit the oil and add 1 T. tahini to the blender mixture
Melty Suisse Cheese: Omit the oil and use only 1/4 tsp. salt. Add 1 T. tahini and 1 T. light soy or chick-pea miso to the blended mixture
Melty Cheddar Cheese: Use 1/3 c. nutritional yeast flakes and add 1/4 tsp each sweet Hungarian paprika and mustard powder. Use only 1/4 tsp. salt and add 1 T. light soy of chick-pea miso to the blended mixture
Smoky Cheese: To the basic recipe or any of the above variations, add 1/8 tsp. liquid smoke
Cheese Sauce, Rarebit, or Fondue: Add 1 cup to 1 1/4 cup non-diary milk, dry white wine, or beer (can be non-alcoholic) to any of the cheese variations. (Try using the Suisse for fondue and the Cheddar for Rarebit). You may add a pinch of nutmeg and white pepper. Add salt to taste.
Nacho Sauce: You can add drained, canned black beans, chopped jalapenos or other chiles, chopped olives, a pinch of cumin, etc., using Jack or Cheddar as a base. | <urn:uuid:4e38d1b2-f695-40c1-8054-fc605762979a> | 2013-05-24T01:44:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Gulf War syndrome is a widely used term to refer to the unexplained illnesses occurring in Gulf War veterans.
The following are the most common symptoms of Gulf War syndrome. However, each person experiences symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
According to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, at least 12 percent of Gulf War veterans are currently receiving some form of disability compensation because of Gulf War syndrome.
Possible causes include:
While there is no specific treatment for Gulf War syndrome, research suggests than an approach called cognitive-behavioral therapy may help patients with non-specific symptoms syndromes lead more productive lives by actively managing their symptoms.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is conducting a two-year, scientifically controlled study to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for veterans with these symptoms.
Research into Gulf War syndrome, which remains controversial, is taking place in research centers around the country. | <urn:uuid:1fe8a406-347e-4acb-8630-15ab7a92a0d0> | 2013-05-24T01:45:31Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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[Photographs by the author, shown here by kind permission of the Dean & Chapter. Click on the images to enlarge them: some details cannot be seen in the smaller versions.]
St Chad's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Queensway (Inner Ring Road dual carriageway), Birmingham, by A. W. N. Pugin (1812-1852) with George Myers (1803-1875) as builder. 1837-41. The interior is seen here at the start of a particularly joyous Mass for French-speaking members of the community. Overlooking the congregation on the right is a sixteenth-century oak statue of St Chad holding a model of Lichfield Cathedral, where this "Apostle of the Midlands" established his see in the seventh century.
In terms of its continued outreach and vibrancy, as well as of its historic significance in the Catholic Revival, St Chad's is one of Pugin's most important works. It also marks a major advance in the architect's own career. John Betjeman was less than complimentary about the exterior, describing it as "not much to look at." But the interior was quite another matter: "inside it fairly takes the breath away," he wrote: "it soars to the heavens; its long thin pillars are like being in a mighty forest. The roof is a bit flimsy-looking, but the flimsiness is redeemed by the brilliant colours. The stained glass glows like jewels; the great rood screen in front of the altar adds mystery to what would otherwise be rather an obvious place; the altars blaze with gilding and colour" (qtd. in Doolan 1). Not everyone would agree that the roof looks "flimsy": Andy Foster, for instance, admires the "daringly thin timbers," suggesting that "anything heavier would overwhelm the arcades" which he describes as "exceptionally tall and delicate" (49). But most would find the rest of Betjeman's comment perfectly accurate — except for the mention of the rood screen, which was removed in 1967 in the interests of accessibility and openness (see final discussion).
Left: The chancel. Right: Looking towards the west entrance.
Worth noting in the left-hand picture (when enlarged) is the statue just glimpsed on the extreme left. A fifteenth-century oak figure of the Virgin Mary from the Netherlands or perhaps Germany, which Pugin restored and gave to the cathedral in 1841, it was probably the very first such statue to have been "erected for public veneration in England after the Reformation" (Doolan 5). So, like the new cathedral itself, it marks a significant step forward for Catholicism in Britain. Foster describes the Virgin as looking "memorably enduring and serene" (51). The statue stands under its canopy by the Lady Chapel, against the beautifully stencilled and scrolled pillars shown in close-up here. The archbishop's throne to its right, also of oak, was designed by Pugin, its canopy matching that over the altar, and rising to nearly 30' (Dent 467).
Looking west from the chancel gives some idea of the spatial dimensions of the cathedral. The original organ was housed in a west gallery, which also accommodated the choir; but it was moved to the sacristy in 1854 (see Dent 464). The present organ was installed here only in the late twentieth century. Its splendid case works well with other elements in the cathedral.
Interior of Chancel
Left to right: (a) Stained glass window to the left of centre: here Pugin shows St John the Evangelist and St Peter, above St Michael and St Edmund. (b) Close-up of the altar of 1841, decorated at the top by Joseph Aloysius Pippet, Hardman's chief decorator. (c) Central east window, showing Mary holding the infant Jesus, beside St Chad with his mitre and red chasuble.
All three east windows were the gift of the Earl of Shrewsbury: note the shields between the saints of the left-hand window, sporting the rampant heraldic lions of his family, cf. the lions on the west door of St Giles, Cheadle. The windows were executed for Pugin by William Warrington (Shepherd 356). The altar is described by Foster as an "important, early re-creation of medieval fittings, comparable with Pugin's thrones in the House of Lords" (51). The finely-wrought casket on the altar was also designed by Pugin. It is a reliquary — a container for the relics of St Chad found under the altar of the chapel of Aston Hall, on the outskirts of Birmingham. Pugin was guided here by Bede's description of the original shrine for the relics at Lichfield Cathedral (see Fisher 29-30). Even the curtains either side of the altar were designed by Pugin (Doolan 6).
Left: The Lady Chapel, with its screen, altar, elaborate reredos, cylindrical tabernacle and window all designed by Pugin. Right: Close-up of altar carving, showing the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, the Nativity, and the Adoration of the Magi. The hounds in the nativity scene may be another reference to the Earl of Shrewsbury's family shield.
Left: The reredos shows the Visitation, with Mary and her cousin Elizabeth, the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, and the Annunciation, with the Angel Gabriel. Below are four female saints: Mary Magdalene, St Barbara, St Cecilia and St Catherine. Right: The stained glass window at the back, partly obscured here, shows Mary with St Cuthbert and St. Chad.
Pugin particularly mentions the tabernacle in the Lady Chapel when writing to A. N. Didron, editor of Annales Archéologiques, in January 1842, describing it as being "en forme de tour ornée de pierreries at de quatre évangélistes, en émail" (9). The Lady Chapel's screen too is elaborate, beautifully carved with a central quatrefoil, trefoils and pinnacled arches. This makes up a little for the loss of the cathedral's original rood screen. The walls are stencilled in patterns of blue and gold, with the initial "M" and fleur-de-lys patterning close to the altar. All in all, as Pugin himself remarks to Didron, the chapel is "extrêmement riche" (9).
Monument to Bishop Walsh
Left:The monument to Bishop Walsh in the north aisle, in Bath stone. Right: Closer view of the bishop's recumbent effigy.
Bishop Walsh (1776-1849), shown here in "pontificals, with crozier and mitre" (Dent 465), was responsible for commissioning not only this cathedral but St Mary's College in nearby Oscott. He had taken a personal and paternal interest in the young architect, sometimes calling him "Bishop Pugin," and forbidding him to fast during Lent to preserve his health. He had once written to Shrewsbury, "I consider him to be an extraordinary genius raised up for these times" (qtd. in Hill 210). The design of the monument is widely attributed to Pugin, and its execution to George Myers, in 1850. The central roundel of its daipered backing sports a little figure of the bishop bearing a model of the cathedral. The monument was displayed in the Medieval Court at the Great Exhibition, where it attracted praise for being so finely carved and authentically medieval: "The effigy has a striking resemblance to those venerable and dignified effigies still remaining in our ancient churches" (The Crystal Palace, 215).
Note that an early account credits the design of the monument to Pugin's eldest son, Edward Welby Pugin (see Dent 465). This seems likely in view of the latter's similar monuments to his own father at St Augustine's, Ramsgate (1853), and to Canon Richard North at Our Ladye Star of the Sea, Greenwich (1860). But it seems even more likely that Pugin himself would have been involved in paying this tribute to his old friend.
The octagonal font, designed by Pugin, not elaborate but with four carvings representing the four Evangelists. The casket for the holy oils, behind it, was also designed by Pugin, as were the candle-holders and tiles, the latter made for Pugin by Minton & and Co. (see Doolan 3). The candlestand by the font is similar to one of the large ones illustrated in the Crystal Palace catalogue (218), and is for the paschal candle at Easter.
St Chad's makes its impact by bringing together many different elements. As at St Giles in Cheadle, Pugin has turned his hand to every aspect of the church and its fitments and furnishings, drawing on his scholarly research into medieval craftsmanship, and blending the subsequent designs into a new harmony. As well as recreating the past in his architecture and art, he has brought in the fruits of another related interest — collecting ecclesiastical antiquities. The statue of Mary by the Lady Chapel is just one example. Another important example is the fifteenth-century Flemish figure of Christ which Pugin affixed to the great crucifix on his rood screen, now suspended in front of the chancel.
At last the time came, in June 1841, for the consecration. Partly because of the installation of the relics of St Chad, this grand affair, with Pugin as master of ceremonies, and Bishop Walsh officiating, lasted five days. The architect/designer had high hopes for his new cathedral: "see Birmingham is cramed [sic] full every sunday eving [sic] standing room & all," he wrote (qtd. in O'Donnell 21). And, as noted at the end of my discussion of the exterior, these hopes were largely fulfilled.
The cathedral before the rood screen was removed (from Dent 458): sublimity sacrificed to accessibility?
The cathedral is not as Pugin had left it. Removing the rood screen has clearly made a huge difference. Ironically, this feature so beloved of Pugin is now at Holy Trinity, Reading — an Anglican church — a similar fate to that which befell the tabernacle of St Augustine's, which ended up in the Harvard chapel at the Anglican Southwark Cathedral. Surely Betjeman was right to have felt that it added "mystery" to what is now, instead, "rather an obvious place." Other items have also been lost. Indeed, the listing text says bleakly: "The furnishings now mostly gone." On the other hand, like older cathedrals, St Chad's has acquired new elements over the years, such as additional stained glass windows by John Hardman and his firm, and of course the whole of St Edward's Chapel, designed by Pugin's grandson, Sebastian Pugin Powell (1866-1949). Still, St Chad's continues to serve as a lasting testimony to the inspiration and versatile talent of one "extraordinary genius."
- St Chad's exterior
- The Rood Screen originally at St Chad's
- The Bishop's House (that once stood opposite; sadly, dem. 1960)
- Some of Pugin's other stained glass windows in the Cathedral (coming shortly)
- St Thomas à Becket window, by John Hardman & Co. (1865) (coming shortly)
- World War I Memorial window, by John Hardman & Co. (dedicated 1921) (coming shortly)
Web Resources of Special Interest
- [Offsite] "The Building of St Chad's Cathedral." Catholic Herald Archive.
- [Offsite] Navigate to a virtual tour of the crypt (the cathedral's own website).
"Cathedral Church of St Chad, Birmingham." British Listed Buildings. Web. 20 January 2013.
The Crystal Palace, and Its Contents. London: W. M. Clark, 1851. Internet Archive. Web. 20 January 2013.
Dent, Robert Kirkup. Old and New Birmingham: A History of the Town and Its People. Birmingham: Houghton & Hammond, 1880. Internet Archive. Web. 20 January 2013.
Doolan, Father Brian. The Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad Birmingham. 5th revised ed. Birmingham: St Chad's Publications, 2006. Available at the cathedral. Print.
Fisher, Michael. "Gothic For Ever": A. W. N. Pugin, Lord Shrewsbury, and the Rebuilding of Catholic England. Reading: Spire, 2012. Print.
Foster, Andy. Birmingham. Pevsner Architectural Guides. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005. Print.
Hill, Rosemary. God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain. London: Penguin, 2007. Print.
O'Donnell, Roderick. The Pugins and the Catholic Midlands. Leominster: Gracewing, and the Archdiocese of Birmingham, 2002. Print.
Pugin, A. W. N. The Collected Letters of A. W. N. Pugin, Vol. 1. 1830-42. Ed. Margaret Belcher. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Print.
Shepherd, Stanley A. The Stained Glass of A. W. N. Pugin. Reading: Spire Books, 2009. Print.
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Voters in nine Egyptian provinces have begun voting in runoff elections in the country's multi-stage parliamentary poll, which comes after days of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in the capital.
The voting Wednesday is taking place in mostly rural areas to decide contests in which there was no absolute winner in elections held last week.
Five days of clashes between security forces and protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square have killed at least 14 people, as demonstrators call for an end to Egypt's military rule.
The military council is overseeing a three-month parliamentary election process and has promised to hand power to an elected president by July.
Medical officials said two of the deaths happened Tuesday after security forces launched a raid on the square. Later in the day thousands of Egyptians rallied to protests the security forces' treatment of women.
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Television video has shown soldiers beating female protesters, dragging them by their hair, and in some cases, pulling off their clothing.
The violence has drawn U.S. condemnation. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the recent events in Egypt were "shocking," particularly the treatment of women.
"Women protesters have been rounded up and subjected to horrific abuse," said Clinton. "Journalists have been sexually assaulted. And now, women are being attacked, stripped, and beaten in the streets. This systematic degradation of Egyptian women dishonors the revolution, disgraces the state and its uniform, and is not worthy of a great people."
The military council said Tuesday that it regretted the attacks on women, and said it would take legal action against those responsible for the abuse.
The military said some protesters had been provoking soldiers and destroying government property.
Demonstrators have accused the ruling military council of manipulating the country's transition process to retain permanent powers.
The party of Egypt's main Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the ultra-conservative Islamist Al-Nur party dominated the first stage of voting for the lower house of parliament last month, which included Cairo.
Each stage includes a third of Egypt's provinces, with the final group set to vote in early January.
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If it's February, it must be time for a NY Yankee to hold an emotional press conference and admit to using steriods. Giambi sweated a lot more during his...and Andy Petite told the truth...but those are really the only differences between years past and the FRAUD of an event I just watched at Steinbrenner Stadium. They ought to replace the vaunted pinstripes with needles on the uni's down there.
Does Arod really expect us to believe the crap he was spewing today? There is a formula for these mea culpa press events, and he followed it to the "T". First, tell everyone how nervous you are, so we all feel sorry for you. Then, mention how every one of us has made mistakes, since we all can relate to that. Third, talk about how naive and innocent you were when you made said "mistake" and, finally, get emotional when talking about the incredible support you have received from friends, family, fans and teammates. And then, go back to your sport (or your job as a politician) and collect your paycheck. See? Its simple. Except that, in this case, it's not over.
AROID expects us to believe that, as a naive young ballplayer, he took an "over the counter" energy booster from the Dominican Republic and that's why he tested positive. As he was throwing his cousin under the Yankee team bus, explaining that this was all HIS idea, he casually used the disclaimer "here's what I remember". Ah, yes. That covers all bases (pun intended). That is Arod's version of "to the best of my recollection".
We are supposed to believe that his cousin recommended some random, over the counter product from the DR, that he needed to inject in his ass, that he took for six month cycles, for three years...and that it was just a "mistake"? That during those three years he "mistakenly" used Bolle', (as he told us it's called on the "streets" in the Dominican Republic), he put up the best numbers of his career, but he is not really sure that it had any effect? It was, after all, just an "energy booster".
Sorry, Alex. As the saying goes, I was born during a night game...but not last night. You want us to "judge you from this point forward"? Then, be honest. Tell the truth. As the other saying goes, "it will set you free". Until then, you are just another liar who got caught. And, by the way, if you don't think every one of those 200 reporters left that room and is heading out, with cash, to prove you aren't telling the truth, then you truly are a "naive young ballplayer". I'm sad to say I am pretty sure we haven't heard the last of this. My gut says Sports Illustrated has reporters on the plane to the Dominican right now....looking for Mr. A-Fraud's cousin.
My favorite part of today was when he got choked up thanking his teammates...you know, the guys that Joe Torre said in his book called him "A-fraud". I counted...he couldn't speak for 39 seconds because he was so "emotional". If his teammates cared so much, where were they all? Petite was there but that is self-explanatory. Save the tears, Alex. You are going to need them for the next couple of apologies.
There is one thing he said that I agree with 100%- "baseball is bigger than Alex Rodriguez." I just wonder if he really believes that one, also.
I caught a few minutes of that self-serving excuse for an "apology" and I think you nailed the whole situation in this blog. Dead on. I certainly hope the press is running off to do some actual investigative journalism on this. After all, none of them have had any experience at it for over a year now. Maybe if they get excited over the investigation into this story, they'll remember what their job as journalists really is.
Hey, maybe if some of these sportswriters do some investigating, they'll start teasing the news reporters for wearing the cheerleading outfit and pom-poms and going "Barry, Barry, he's our man, if he can't screw you, no one can! GooooooOO, O!" Then maybe the press will actually report some news for a change.
Yeah, you're right. Never happen....
The Other Massachusetts Republican.
Pettite is another Fraud...Don't let his "I used it One Time excuse" let you forget he is a liar and a cheat too. They are all frauds..Baseball fans need to step away and take a look at the game for what it was for the past 15 years...I feel bad for the guys like Dwight Evans,Jim Rice,and Jack Morris, who played the game right and clean and never will get the accolades that Arod or a Pettite will ever receive. Arods Guilty, Pettite is a Fraud, Clemens is a joke..It is too bad, cause the greatest game in the world(sorry Soccer Fags) has taken a hit. Maybe it is time for fans to take there kids fishing,or hit the beach on Cape Cod, or go the Zoo, or take in a Bruins game, instead of dishing out insane prices to watch a bunch of overpaid nitwits get even richer.
Also, why isn't Selig, and Orza taking any crap for this..They both should be fired. As the the old Italians say" Disgratziata!!!" They leak one name out of 103 players...and it happens to be the best player? Are you serious? They ALL should be held accountable..Til Then, I'll be watching the B's til April., Then I'm going fishing...Hit em where it hurts......the wallett
I agree totally! This was suppsoed to be a media session of Q & A but the Yankees were totally in control the entire time. There were no follow ups....Pretty much that means when ARod descends from the question put forth and doesnt even come close to answering it then no one can follow up. Yea, okay,we get it, you are sorry.....you got caught...... but enough saying it and answer the questions. The whole "pitch" for ARod against steroids campaign was a joke too....... the thing that absolutely killed me is that his days in Seattle he admitted to taking Ripped Fuel. He obvisouly took this to better himself in some way and he openly admits to this, even though it has now been pulled from the shelves at GNC. Then from 2001-2003, with Texas he takes this steroid, again, obviously to better himself and to gain an advantage. Then he finally gets to NY, the pressure capital of the world and all of a sudden he stops taking things? Cmon', I dont buy it for a second. I guarentee and wish that soemone would have asked the question what are you taking now? I know he is probably not taking anything banned or illegal but I bet he is still taking some kind of supplement......everyone does. Even in David Ortiz's locker during a post game interview you can see NOXPLODE (a creatine, energy and volumizer) sitting in his locker. Obviously this is not a banned substance but it still something. What "something" is Arod taking now? Even if it a meesley protein shake then it is still something! AROD should not make the Hall of fame and shoud not have his numbers appear anywhere in the books. Better yet, people caught in messing with banned substances at anytime in their career get put into the Hall of Shame....All of their numbers will show, with an asterick and be vsiable to all. You can not deferentiate what numbers are from the time he was using or not so you cant count any of them, plain and simple....Too bad, just like Barry Bonds, he probaly would have made the Hall of fame without the stuff. My opinion for anyone caught using enhancers are ejected and banned from the sport and they forfeit their hugue contracts. Too many people look at playing professional baseball as a right rather then a privilage and they should have that privilage revoked if they are cheating. I bet being that seriuos about the issue would really make a change!!!!
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He has recorded with a Beatle, he has won a Grammy, he has been a member of not one, but two bands, that will be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, AND he had a role in a Muppets movie. Dave Grohl is living the life, and here is one more thing that he can say he did, that we will never be able to do!
"Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of The Doors, Passes Away at 74
Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, passed away today at 12:31PM PT at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. At the time of his passing, he was surrounded by his wife Dorothy Manzarek, and his brothers Rick and James Manczarek.
Manzarek is best known for his work with The Doors who formed in 1965 when Manzarek had a chance encounter on Venice Beach with poet Jim Morrison. The Doors went on to become one of the most controversial rock acts of the 1960s, selling more than 100-million albums worldwide, and receiving 19 Gold, 14 Platinum and five multi-Platinum albums in the U.S. alone. "L.A.Woman," "Break On Through to the Other Side," "The End," "Hello, I Love You," and "Light My Fire" were just some of the band's iconic and ground-breaking songs. After Morrison's death in 1971, Manzarek went on to become a best-selling author, and a Grammy-nominated recording artist in his own right. In 2002, he revitalized his touring career with Doors' guitarist and long-time collaborator, Robby Krieger.
"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," said Krieger. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."
Manzarek is survived by his wife Dorothy, brothers Rick and James Manczarek, son Pablo Manzarek, Pablo's wife Sharmin and their three children Noah, Apollo and Camille. Funeral arrangements are pending. The family asks that their privacy be respected at this difficult time. In lieu of flowers, please make a memoriam donation in Ray Manzarek's name at www.standup2cancer.org"
Chris and Ben from Soundgarden were in town last week, and spent the afternoon with AAF Army members, performing acoustic at The Sinclair in Harvard Square. The room looked amazing, they sounded great, and everyone had a front row seat! If you weren't lucky enough to win your way in, check out the videos!
According to the band members, Chester Bennignton is the NEW singer of STP. However, he is also still the lead singer of Linkin Park!
There are many people in Rock N Roll pulling double duty, like Dave Grohl, Corey Taylor, and now Chester Bennington!
Hear the first release from the new lineup below. The song is called 'Out of Time', and is FREE to download!
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1. Eat a mood-boosting breakfast
Do you find yourself craving your morning dose of caffeine before your finger has even left the snooze button? Take a break from the coffee and wake yourself up the healthier way with an energising, mood-boosting breakfast. Oats are the perfect pick-me-up breakfast ingredient as they are a low-GI food, meaning they will release a slow, steady stream of energy to fuel your busy morning. They are also rich in B vitamins, which are beneficial for energy levels and can also boost your mood. Fruit is also a good natural source of energy and essential nutrients.
2. Try something new
Breakfast, shower, grab your keys, head out the door ... Ever feel like you're experiencing morning deja vu? To revamp your mornings and ward off boredom, try to break away from your routine and start your day differently.
Get up at a different time, do things in a different order or try a different breakfast, workout, method of transport or radio station. Play around with your routine and break out of your morning rut.
3. Treat yourself
Our morning routines are usually a lot more functional than our evenings; often used simply as a time to get clean, get fuelled and get to work. However, your mornings provide a valuable opportunity for a bit of "me time". Start your day right and make your morning the best part of your day by using it to do something you enjoy. Get up early and watch your favourite TV show, make an indulgent breakfast in bed, or have a bubble bath.
4. Take your time
Many of our mornings are spent rushing around trying to get everything done in a limited amount of time. However, not only are things more likely to go wrong when you rush, but running around in a panic and getting into the office a minute before you are due to start work is a stressful way to start each day. To start your morning as you mean to go on, try setting your alarm clock earlier and getting your outfit and lunch ready the night before.
5. Make a morning soundtrack
Music is not only great for our physical wellbeing (with research suggesting it can improve your immune system and cardiovascular health), but studies have also suggested that listening to music can lower stress levels and improve mental health. To get your day off to a health and mood-boosting start, put together a playlist of morning songs to listen to as you get ready for work or for your morning journey. Whether you need to de-stress, lift your mood or get energised, music is bound to get your morning off to a great start.
6. Move your body
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While the world's attention is fixed on the race for president and second-in-command, the fate of the third person in the line of White House succession also will be decided Tuesday, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hopes her Democratic Party defies the odds to recapture the chamber.
Whether she would remain as party caucus leader otherwise is one of Capitol Hill's biggest current mysteries.
Mrs. Pelosi was forced to surrender her role as House speaker to John A. Boehner after her party suffered crushing defeats in the 2010 congressional elections. At the time, many expected the California Democrat to step down from leadership. She didn't, choosing instead to run — successfully — for House Democratic leader.
And if Democrats fail to win back the House on Tuesday, which is the expected scenario, speculation again will ramp up as to whether Mrs. Pelosi will remain as the chamber's top Democrat.
But the savvy, tight-lipped lawmaker has given no hints she is considering stepping down. When asked in September on CNN whether she would run again for House Democratic leader if her party gained seats but failed to win the chamber, Mrs. Pelosi said it would be up to her caucus members to decide.
"I don't ever predicate anything when losing," she said. "I feel very confident about our ability to win. Who will lead the party after that is up to my members."
She added that after her party's historic defeats in the 2010 midterm elections, "I actually didn't choose to run [for minority leader]. My members chose that I would run last time."
And if the caucus should continue to languish in the minority another two years, there appears little or any enthusiasm among her lieutenants to challenge her, should she desire to remain in charge.
"She probably doesn't know what she wants to do right now. Some of it depends on the outcome" on Tuesday, according to a Washington Democratic strategist with intimate knowledge of the House, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"But I don't think she can be pushed out of her spot because a majority of the caucus right now is progressive, and progressive members really like Nancy Pelosi."
Darrell M. West, a politics scholar with the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution, also said he doesn't see a major threat to Mrs. Pelosi's leadership status among her Democratic colleagues.
"They have stayed with her over the last two years, and I don't see anything that's going to change that right away," he said.
Mrs. Pelosi's predecessor as speaker, Republican J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, took a different tactic and resigned from his party's House leadership after it lost control of the chamber after the 2006 elections. But in Washington's current highly partisan culture, minority parties are more willing to stick with their leaders through thick and thin, Mr. West said.
"In a polarized era, it's easier for a minority party to stay united because the majority party is united," he said.
If Mrs. Pelosi does step down, House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer is next in line to be the top Democrat in the House.
But at 73, the Maryland lawmaker may face challenges from some rising stars in the caucus such as Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the powerful House Budget Committee, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, who is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
Asked whether the two younger Democrats would consider challenging Mr. Hoyer, the Democratic strategist said, "I have no idea"
If President Obama is re-elected and Republicans retain control of the House, another scenario is for Mrs. Pelosi to remain in her minority leader role for a few months before stepping down, a move that would give her time to work with the president on major tax and spending legislation needed to avoid a looming "fiscal cliff."
And if Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney wins and his party keeps the House, Mrs. Pelosi may feel compelled to remain minority leader for another two years to fight GOP attempts to repeal Mr. Obama's health care reforms — legislation close to her heart.
Yet if Democrats fail for the second congressional election to win the House, there likely will be at least some rumblings in her caucus for fresh blood at the top, as retaining the same leadership team would be a harder sell this time around.
"Inside the caucus, there are some real concerns about the direction the leadership has taken us," the Democratic strategist said. "Not that they're doing a bad job — I think people feel that everyone really came together this Congress. But they're older, and there is a sense that the current leadership has been there for years."
Still, if Mrs. Pelosi was retained as minority leader, it wouldn't be without precedent. Former Reps. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., a Massachusetts Republican, and Sam Rayburn, Texas Democrat, each flipped between speaker and minority leader several times during the mid-20th century.
And James Beauchamp Clark, a Missouri Democrat, was speaker for several years before his party lost control of the House in 1919, when he was elected minority leader for one term.
More recently, Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri Democrat, remained House minority leader for four successive terms in the 1990s and early 2000s despite losing elections when his party was expected to seriously challenge for control of the chamber.
"It isn't the sort of thing you see in some [foreign] parliamentary systems where you lose [an election] and you're sort of morally obligated to step down," said Barbara Sinclair, a political science professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
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A collection of reader guest articles, thoughts and opinions by Communities writers and breaking news and information.
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Benghazi: The anatomy of a scandal
Vietnam Memorial adds four names
Cinco de Mayo on the Mall
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Here's an example where it gets it totally and blatantly wrong:
The endpoint is a house at the right edge of the screen. The via point is the airport in the top left.
The route to the airport should have taken me straight down the interstate to the airport.
Instead, the route took me off the interstate, down Causeway, up W Esplanade, back up Clearview, and back to the interstate. That's 10 extra minutes, for no reason
I've highlighted the incorrect route in green, and the correct route in yellow.
I've seen some pretty bad via-point routing, but this is a particularly egregious example.
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When a stop is far off your route it is more efficient to set the stop as your destination and the set the new destination when you arrive at your stop.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a new
television contract with Time Warner Cable on Monday, with the massive long-
term pact to include the creation of a team-owned regional sports network
beginning in 2014.
The agreement, which is still awaiting approval of Major League Baseball, will
run for 25 years and could net the Dodgers between $7 and $8 billion,
according to the LA Times.
The Dodgers' current deal with Fox Sports expires following the 2013 season,
and the team had been negotiating with both Fox and Time Warner to establish
its own network -- which will be called SportsNet LA and is expected to hit
the air prior to the Dodgers' 2014 schedule.
"The launch of the new regional sports network is a historic development for
the Dodgers and our passionate fans," said Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten. "Our
commitment from day one has been to build the Dodgers into the best team
possible, both on and off the field. Our fans deserve the best - the best
players, the best baseball, and the best experience - whether that's at the
newly renovated Dodger Stadium or on television."
Fans will likely be forced to pay for the new channel, however, with the LA
Times reporting that Time Warner is likely to sell SportsNet LA to
distributors at a projected rate of around $5 per month.
The Dodgers' agreement with Time Warner comes less than a year after the cable
giant struck a similar deal with the NBA's Lakers that instituted the team-
centric network Time Warner Cable Sportnet, which began programming in
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Working for the Tutoring Resource Center is a great way to give back to the academic community and make a little money too! If you have an A or B average and would be willing to tutor, please contact Professor Lakatos, listed below. She will then provide you with the required paperwork.
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Real Madrid's Spanish title defense lurched to a new low on Saturday, as Kaka was sent off in a 0-0 draw at bottom club Osasuna.
The result means Jose Mourinho's third-placed team could fall 18 points behind Barcelona if the La Liga leaders win at Malaga on Sunday, while city rivals Atletico Madrid can move seven clear of Real by beating Zaragoza.
With top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo ending a run of 60 consecutive league appearances due to suspension, Real looked woefully short of attacking ideas despite the return of striker Gonzalo Higuain.
Kaka came on for winger Angel Di Maria just before an hour was played, but the 2007 world player of the year was booked twice within 18 minutes to leave his side a man short.
The Brazilian's first yellow card came for jumping with an arm raised and the second was for stopping the home players taking a quick free-kick, resulting in his first red for Real since signing from AC Milan for a reported $100 million in 2009.
Mourinho also brought on striker Karim Benzema and Mesut Ozil for Higuain and Luka Modric, but Real's best chance was ruled out for offside.
Los Blancos have now won only six of the last 12 matches in all competitions, and Mourinho's future at the nine-time European titleholders may hinge on next month's Champions League last-16 clash with Ronaldo's former club Manchester United.
His team have already lost seven times this season -- two more defeats than the whole of the 2011-12 campaign -- and all of them have been away from home.
"I liked the team's attitude, I have no criticism. Lots of players had great matches, like Albiol and Coentrao, who haven't played for a while and they performed very well in a very demanding match," said Mourinho, who was also without suspended defender Sergio Ramos.
"I never talk about the missing players. We have had players injured for a month or two and I've never talked about them. We also have players suspended and I have not used that as an excuse."
However, he hinted that his players were struggling to deal with the big points deficit they face in the title race.
"The explanation begins on the first match day and since then things have happened that I do not want to talk about," said Mourinho.
"After that, when the gap is big, one team plays without pressure and the other one feels like that they can't close the gap and there are motivational issues."
Iker Casillas retained his place in goal, having been handed a second chance alter an injury to his replacement Adan, but Mourinho would not guarantee that the Spain captain would stay in the team for Tuesday's Spanish Cup quarterfinal first leg against Valencia.
"He hardly touched the ball against Osasuna, but it can be said that in these two matches the team has been good defensively and he has been part of the team's defensive play. It is too early to say whether he will play against Valencia."
Valencia moved up to seventh in the table after beating Sevilla 2-0, with both goals coming from Spain striker Roberto Soldado.
Soldado netted twice from corners to take his tally to 11 in La Liga this season to put his team above Levante on goal difference, while Sevilla stayed 12th.
Earlier, Espanyol moved out of the bottom three with a 1-0 win at home to Celta Vigo, as Sergio Garcia scored a first-half winner.
Real Mallorca stayed just above the bottom three after a 3-1 defeat at mid-table Valladolid, whose German winger Patrick Ebert celebrated his return from injury with two goals.
In Italy, Inter Milan moved up to third place with a 2-0 win at home to lowly Pescara.
Argentine forward Rodrigo Palacio scored in the first half and then set up Colombian Freddy Guarin nine minutes after halftime to leave Inter six points behind leaders Juventus, who host mid-table Atalanta on Sunday.
Bologna moved five points clear of the relegation zone with a 4-0 win at home to Chievo, as former Italy striker Alberto Gilardino scored twice. | <urn:uuid:287223a5-f23f-453a-9cf1-334f74ab843e> | 2013-05-24T01:31:01Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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In programming, classification of a particular type of information. It is easy for humans to distinguish between different types of data. We can usually tell at a glance whether a number is a percentage, a time, or an amount of money. We do this through special symbols -- %, :, and $ -- that indicate the data's type. Similarly, a computer uses special internal codes to keep track of the different types of data it processes.
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Herman Kahn didn't shrink from the fundamental questions.
Sep 7, 2009, Vol. 14, No. 47 • By GARY SCHMITT
The Essential Herman Kahn
When Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove first appeared in movie theaters in 1964, it was Peter Sellers's portrayal of the wheelchair-bound, ex-Nazi adviser to the president on nuclear strategy that grabbed the most attention from audiences and, to this day, remains the most memorable role in the film. Based on Strangelove's hilarious discussion of possible plans for living in a post-nuclear-war world--including the need for a 10:1 ratio of females to males in order to repopulate the country--movie historians have linked the role, in part, to the Cold War nuclear strategist Herman Kahn. Given Kahn's own writing about fighting and surviving a nuclear war, it was no surprise that he became a prime target of the disarmament crowd in the early 1960s.
And Herman Kahn was no small target. He was an immense man, standing over six feet tall and weighing some 300 pounds, with an equally impressive intellect and gift (and love) for driving public policy debates. On the staff at the RAND Corporation in the 1950s, he was part of a group of mathematicians, physicists, and economists who gave the emerging discipline of nuclear strategy far greater depth and sophistication than it had ever had before. After leaving RAND, he founded the Hudson Institute, a think tank with a reputation for addressing some of the most difficult and challenging policy disputes of the day. Kahn died in 1983 after a massive stroke, age 61.
What has been missing is a single volume providing access to Kahn's thought and, more important, his insights on how to think about public policy. That has now been remedied by The Essential Herman Kahn. Edited and introduced by Paul Dragos Aligica and Kenneth Weinstein, it is a compilation of two dozen selections from Kahn's writings intended to provide today's reader with a sense of the substance of Kahn's work and also of his approach to tackling issues.
Broken into four parts, The Essential Herman Kahn reflects his wide range of interests: from nuclear strategy to prospects for economic growth, from the state of Western culture to methodologies for forecasting. Kahn, as one might guess, would be no easy man to condense; but Aligica and Weinstein have done a remarkably good job of it.
Included in this collection is Kahn's effort to battle with the cultural and economic pessimism of the late 1960s and 1970s. The arguments of the limits-to-growth crowd were as shoddy and lacking in analytic rigor then as they appear today under the new green consciousness. If Kahn were alive he would, no doubt, have been at the forefront of dismantling the likes of Al Gore.
But Kahn was not a conservative thinker in the sense that preserving the status quo was foremost in his mind. Although deeply appreciative of the many past factors that were required to bring about vast improvement in human welfare, he was also fully aware that there is no stopping the train of history. His analysis, insights, hopes, and worries about the ramifications of the post-industrial age we had just entered are still of value today. Indeed, as the editors point out, one problem in assessing Kahn's place in the realm of public intellectuals is that "an important part of the ideas he promoted meanwhile have become part of the public discourse in such a profound manner that now we tend to take them for granted."
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Campbell County, Georgia was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1828 to 1931. It was created by the state legislature on December 20, 1828 from land taken from Fayette, Coweta, and Carroll counties, and from the half of DeKalb County which became Fulton County soon afterward. Georgia's Cherokee Land Lottery of 1832 also added to the county. The county was named for Duncan G. Campbell, one of the U.S. commissioners responsible for the Treaty of Indian Springs.
The original county seat was Campbellton; however, when the Atlanta & West Point Railroad began to plan its route, the town's residents said no due to noise concerns. The tracks were laid through Fairburn instead, which flourished while Campbellton died out, and Fairburn soon became the new county seat in 1870. The Campbell County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The northwestern half of Campbell (and a bit more of Carroll) became Douglas County in 1870, divided on October 17 at the Chattahoochee River. The remainder of Campbell County was ceded to Fulton County at the end of 1931, along with Milton County, to save money. The legislation creating the merger was enacted on August 9, 1929, with Milton being added to the process in 1931.
Campbell County is a former county.
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Q: What do you eat?
I eat fish, chicken and eggs. I eat red meat maybe twice a week. But when you are older, it is very important what you eat because your cells regenerate more slowly and also you put on weight more easily because you have less muscle than you used to, so every single calorie you put in your body has to count for something. I eat by color. I try to eat something dark green, dark purple, red, orange, yellow, white, because they all have different vitamins and minerals in them.
Q: What foods do you avoid at all costs?
Well, I am not a purist. I am not perfect. Now that the Christmas holiday is coming, I will take a bite of a pecan pie, but I won't eat a whole pecan pie. I will take a few bites of the dressing, but I will eat a lot of the turkey. Turkey meat is so good. I will eat it with cranberry sauce and gravy. But I try to eat less of the very fattening food and more of the really healthy food.
Q: What do you think is the secret to a well-lived life?
I think it's more important to be "interested" than to try to be "interesting." I've always remained interested and curious and I've always been a student as well as a teacher, so I think that's key.
Also being intentional ... living an intentional life ... thinking about who you are, how you affect other people, how you are perceived in the world and how you can change that to be more positive -- instead of sort of just drifting along like a leaf in the river, being really intentional about how you live.
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ANDRE CAVARO LUCAS brought two strong military traditions to West Point, one American, the other French. His father was a career Army officer who commanded a company in the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, during WWI. Andre served as an enlisted soldier in the same company before entering West Point. His mother insisted that Andre receive his secondary education in her home town in France, where he was imbued with the glories of French military prowess during the Napoleonic wars. At West Point, his mother was thrilled to watch the Corps of Cadets march to the music “Sombre et Meuse.” For Andre, being a professional army officer was preordained. He never considered any other path.
Late in his Third Class year, Andre met his future wife, Madeleine Miller, fluent in French and of Swiss-French parentage. A strong personality, Madeleine gave him two sons and unflinching support for the rest of his life. The Lucases were famous for their hospitality, good wine and cuisine, and hilarious parties. Never ordinary people, they lived with energy and wonderful imagination. Their two sons, John and William, added to the excitement that always surrounded their home.
Andre attended Infantry, Airborne, and Ranger Schools and served as an armored infantry platoon leader in Munich, Germany, and a leader of a Special Forces A Team in the 10th Special Forces Group at Bad Toelz, Germany. He returned to the States in 1958 for duty at Ranger School at Eglin AFB in Florida for a year. He then became the aide to the deputy commanding general of Ft. Benning. Next, Andre completed the Infantry Offi cers Advanced Course and served as a tactical offi cer at West Point before going to Viet Nam. There, Andre advised a Vietnamese battalion, earning the first of two Silver Stars. He also prompted combat operational innovations. Surrounded by Viet Cong forces, Lucas radioed to a flight of U.S. helicopters passing overhead. He persuaded the crews to fi re small arms at the besieging Viet Cong forces. This improvised attack, apparently the fi rst of its kind, caused the Viet Cong to withdraw. The episode proved catalytic for the rapid development of helicopter gunships.
Upon return to the States, Andre completed CGSC at Ft. Leavenworth and the French War College in Paris and then served for one and half years on the staff of the European Command in Paris. When de Gaulle expelled U.S. forces from France, Andre served six more months at the command’s new location in Stuttgart, Germany. Next, he commanded the 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment in Germany, and then he returned to Ft. Riley to serve as the G-3 of the 24th Infantry Division. There he made a fateful decision.
Twice promoted ahead of his year group, Andre was one of the most promising Infantry officers in the Army. A decorated combat veteran, he was not slated to return to Viet Nam, but believed that, as a professional officer, he had a duty to command a battalion in combat. Thus, Andre volunteered in the fall of 1969. His clairvoyant wife begged him to go a month later or a month earlier, but not in October. He paid no heed. While commanding the “Currahees” battalion of the 506th Infantry in the 101st Airmobile Division, his battalion was surrounded by a much larger North Vietnamese regular force and fought for three weeks before Andre was allowed to evacuate his unit. Preparing to depart the fire base on the last helicopter out, Andre was hit by rocket fire and lost a leg. He died on 23 July 1970 on Fire Base Ripcord.
The Battle of Ripcord was the last large-scale combat involving U.S. forces in Vietnam. Whether or not his battalion should have been deployed on Ripcord was controversial, but that ambiguity did not weaken Andre’s sense of duty in the face of what he must have known was an ill-fated mission.
It is a painful irony that he brought the American and French military traditions to Viet Nam, the very place where they had been tragically intertwined in the early 1950s. True to both traditions, Andre’s repeated bravery during three weeks of sustained close combat was remarkable. For his actions, he received the Medal of Honor, the only member of the Class of 1954 so honored. A number of other honors have also come his way. In 1993, Andre was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame at Ft. Lewis, WA. At Ft. Campbell, KY, a computerized training field and a state-of-the-art elementary school were named for him. At West Point, the Class of ’54 has established the Andre Lucas Military Heritage Center as the class’s 50th reunion gift to the Military Academy.
In addition to his wife Madeleine and his two sons, John and William, Andre is survived by John’s two sons, Andre Cavaro Lucas II and Ian Lucas.
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Police said they've arrested the man responsible for raping a woman while they were both patients at a behavioral hospital in Reading.
The crime happened at Haven Behavioral Health in March, and authorities said they were finally able to arrest the suspect, Kim Norward, this past weekend.
"She called the police and reported she was raped while she was a patient there," said Sgt. Matthew Schappell, Reading Police Dept.
According to court documents, the alleged victim was sleeping at the time.
"She claimed that he moved her into the bathroom and raped her while she was in the bathroom," said Schappell.
The victim, police said, also told them Norward told her before the rape that he wanted her to have his baby. She tried to resist and scream, but he was stronger and kept the door to the bathroom closed, police said.
"He was also a patient there," said Schappell. "They have access, free access, while they're in the facility, so he just entered her room."
Haven Behavioral Health is based in Tennessee, and representatives were not available for comment.
Sex crime charges can take some time to file, police said.
"Charges in the case were approved by the district attorney in May. We swore out an arrest warrant in May, but we couldn't locate him," said Schappell. "He had been released from the Haven Behavioral Health Center shortly after this incident occurred. His whereabouts were unknown."
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Klugman also won an Emmy in 1964 for outstanding single performance by an actor in a leading role for portraying a blacklisted actor in an episode of "The Defenders."
Klugman's stage, film and television acting career spanned more than five decades.
One of his first breaks was as a 29-year-old understudy in the comedic play "Mister Roberts," starring Henry Fonda.
Klugman spent 15 months on the road and played the role of a doctor for two months. The doctor was supposed to be about 40 years old.
"I always looked old anyway. When I was 22, I looked 80," Klugman said.
A Philadelphia native, Klugman also made his mark in movies, including an early role as a member of the jury in 1957's "12 Angry Men," and as Ali McGraw's father in "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1969.
He was the last of the 12 actors from "12 Angry Men" to pass away.
His earliest acting was on the stage in New York, where he continued to perform throughout his life.
Some of his memorable early TV appearances included roles on "The Twilight Zone" and the crime drama "Naked City." The Internet Movie Database lists 97 television and film credits for Klugman.
A battle with throat cancer in the late 1980s reduced his voice to a rasp, but it did not end his career. | <urn:uuid:e071fdac-52e3-41be-84ff-219d2bde2a63> | 2013-05-24T01:39:09Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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"The data shows that Memphis is one of the most obese cities in the nation. When I look around, I see that. I saw it on myself," Henley says.
"Even now, I'm still overweight and I'm still working at this. ... We saw what could happen within our own family, then we took it to our church, to other churches. The Bible says 'People perish for lack of knowledge.' Sometimes we're just ignorant to things. ... That ignorance is part of what we're trying to change." | <urn:uuid:b9bef826-c627-415c-8cb8-dcadc7ab0212> | 2013-05-24T02:00:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Senator-elect Angus King, who will represent Maine as an independent in the upper chamber, said Tuesday he had yet to make a decision on whether to caucus with Republicans or Democrats, but that he would make his choice in the next two days.
Members of both parties expect King to caucus with Democrats, though he has yet to publicly declare his intentions. He did not say during his campaign which party he would choose. The Senate's other independent member, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, caucuses with Democrats.
"My intention is to make that decision probably this week, and announce it, but the important thing is that whichever decision I make, I don't consider that building a wall between myself and the other party," King said Tuesday, the first day that newly elected members of Congress arrived in Washington for orientation.
"When I was governor as an independent I worked with both parties. I worked sometimes with Democrats and sometimes with Republicans," he said.
While publicly he's non-committal, it's seen as highly unlikely that King would choose to side with Republicans, since the arm of the party responsible for electing members of the GOP to the Senate ran ads against him during the campaign in an attempt to bolster their own candidate. Democrats, who also had a candidate in the race, did not run ads in Maine.
One Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, held out hope Tuesday her fellow Mainer would join her, saying she'd "love to have Angus King as a member of our Republican caucus." She said whichever party King chooses, the senator would remain independent.
"I am positive he will not be an automatic vote for either caucus, and instead will look at the issues on their merits, and will attempt to reach across the aisle, not matter which side of the aisle he's sitting on," Collins said.
That sentiment was echoed by King himself, who said "Whichever decision I make, I am not declaring opposition or inability to work with, or unwillingness to work with, members of the other party."
The decision, King said, could come in time for leadership elections within the Senate caucuses on Wednesday.
King is a former two-term governor of Maine and will fill the seat of retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican. In announcing she would not seek a fourth-term, Snowe decried what she saw as increasing partisanship in Washington. | <urn:uuid:2b8e4e38-8ca5-4f3a-a085-3ec52504860b> | 2013-05-24T02:00:00Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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AMHERST, NY - Police believe a 37-year-old woman was driving under the influence of a controlled substance following a crash in Amherst Wednesday night.
The accident happened on Route 277 (Union Road) between Main Street and Reist Road. Route 277 was shut down briefly after the woman, whose name has not been released, hit a utility pole.
No one was seriously hurt, but a number of nearby homes lost power. Crews from National Grid worked to fix the problem. | <urn:uuid:d2c9c732-2cc6-4827-9ed2-d2e708622651> | 2013-05-24T01:38:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The widow of Yasser Arafat says she sees a spiritual significance in the timing of her late husband's exhumation, which came just two days before a U.N. vote on whether to recognize a Palestinian state.
Suha Arafat told The Associated Press on Thursday at her home in Malta that the exhumation to determine whether Arafat had been poisoned "was as if his soul was resurrecting" ahead of Thursday's vote in the General Assembly.
Mrs. Arafat called the former Palestinian leader's death in November 2004, a month after suddenly falling ill, "the most important mystery of the Middle East."
Arafat's remains were exhumed in the West Bank on Tuesday in a renewed investigation into his death. Palestinian officials claim he was poisoned by Israel, which has denied the allegations. | <urn:uuid:28149e5d-2ba3-4cef-8e4a-d7cbb61c84c7> | 2013-05-24T01:31:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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This hand-crafted stoneware pot is uniquely designed to encourage the fermentation of fresh fruits and vegetables. Use it to transform cabbage into sauerkraut, to pickle vegetables, and to cure olives. The process is simple: Place salted vegetables in the crock, fill with water, then cover with the pot’s heavy lid to keep vegetables submerged and encourage lacto-fermentation. As fermentation begins, naturally occurring carbon dioxide drives the air out of the pot, creating an oxygen-free environment ideal for the long, slow brining process.
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- Vegetables begin to ferment within days. If stored in a cool, dark place, pickled vegetables will keep for months.
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- Stoneware pot is hand-thrown, then fired at high heat for maximum durability.
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A spectacular cathedral whose architecture has been inspired by
the northern lights has launched in a town 500 kilometres north of
the Arctic Circle in Norway.
Designed by Danish architectural firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen in
collaboration with local company Link Arkitekter, the cathedral
opened this week, more than 10 years after its design was chosen by
the municipality of Alta. In 2001, Alta held a competition, where
it called for a design for an architectural landmark that would
highlight Alta's role as a tourism hotspot. The town was keen to
make sure that people could also see the legendary
aurora borealis. The 1,917-square-metre cathedral, which cost
€16.2 million to build over a four-year period, rises 47
metres into the air in a spiralling shape.
The outside of the building has been clad in titanium, which
reflects the northern lights. Inside, there is a functioning church
which can accommodate 350 people. There are also offices,
classrooms and exhibition areas.
The cathedral was opened by the Crown Princess of Norway,
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Design According to Ive
Like the protohumans confronting the alien monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey, thousands of Mac programmers appeared awed by the brutal austerity of Apple Computer's new G5 Power Mac when it was unveiled Monday.
As the machine rose on a pedestal from the stage at San Francisco's Moscone Center, the crowd of several thousand Mac programmers gathered to witness its launch fell silent, as though in the presence of something mysterious and powerful.
After the machine's unveiling by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the chattering began. But the man primarily responsible for the stark, minimalist look of the G5, Jonathan Ive, stood quietly at the edge of the crowd, chatting with a couple of colleagues.
Ive, the 36-year-old, British-born designer who heads up Apple's industrial design team, is a quiet-spoken, somewhat shy man. In spite of all his awards and plaudits -- he was recently named Designer of the Year by London's prestigious Design Museum -- he is accessible and friendly, almost egoless.
Wired News asked Ive to provide a couple of quick comments about the design of the G5 case.
Instead of a sound bite, Ive launched into a passionate 20-minute tour of the new computer's design. He would have gone on longer if he hadn't been cut short by a member of Apple's PR team, who reminded him he had other appointments.
Ive couldn't help himself. Design is his vocation. Get him started, and he'll talk at length with great sincerity and enthusiasm about the design of something as deceptively simple as a latch for an access panel.
Ive was only too delighted to describe the philosophy -- and all the hard work -- behind the design of the G5.
"I guess every time you do something, you feel particularly pleased with something you just developed," he said. "This one was really hard."
Watch a QuickTime VR of the new Power Mac G5.
Ive walked over to a G5 display model sitting nearby. He indicated its plain aluminum case.
"There's an applied style of being minimal and simple, and then there's real simplicity," he said. "This looks simple, because it really is."
Ive traced his finger over the side of the case and across the top of the G5. One continuous piece of curved aluminum forms two-thirds of the case. A large section cut out of the top forms handles at the front and the back.
"By removing material here and here," Ive said, indicating the cut-out section, "it gives you a substantial part of the enclosure. To get aluminum at this size and to our cosmetic standards was a huge, huge challenge."
Ive removed the case's side door, which gives access to the motherboard.
"The care that went into just the door was just extraordinary," he said. "Just check out the hardware we used. Look at the finish and the materials."
Watch a QuickTime VR of Apple's new iSight webcam.
Like the curved outer case, the door is a single piece of metal. But it is more complex than it appears. Ive showed how the door's fastening mechanism grabbed the door from the inside with a system of three sliding latches.
On the inner face of the door are instructions for adding more RAM to the machine. A half-dozen detailed, yet very clear, pictures explain the procedure, step-by-step.
Ive traced his finger across them, obviously delighted. "Look at this," he said. "Look at the detail, but so simple." | <urn:uuid:a30ddbed-4e81-4997-a129-a9c40ad8b244> | 2013-05-24T01:46:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Odd Wisconsin Archive
The Search for Wisconsin's First Priest
That's the question that greeted Rev. A.A.A. Schmirler as he paddled the rivers of northern Wisconsin during the summer of 1959. The historian-priest was not fishing, however, but retracing the route of the first missionary to visit Wisconsin almost exactly 300 years before.
Father Schmirler was trying to discover the exact location where Fr. Rene Menard died while trying to reach refugee Indians on the headquarters of the Black River in the summer of 1661. When Menard died, Iroquois warriors hundreds of miles to the east had driven rival Indian nations who were sympathetic to the French from New York, Ohio, Quebec, and Michigan. The fleeing tribes, who included the Sauk, Fox, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Ottawa, Miami, Huron, and others, took refuge in Wisconsin during the 1650s. Some who had lived close to the French settlements had become Christian, and Fr. Menard joined a flotilla of fur traders to rejoin his congregation in the far western wilderness.
So in the fall of 1660, the first missionary to Wisconsin travelled the Great Lakes with fur traders. He made it as far as Lake Superior when his birchbark canoe was irretrievably damaged just as winter set in. He survived at modern L'Anse, Michigan, with the help of voyageurs and local Indians. While wintering on Keweenaw Bay, he wrote two letters about conditions among the refugees, and with the spring thaw set out for a village of exiled Hurons near the headwaters of the Black River.
He hiked overland across the Upper Penninsula, entered the Wisconsin River near Lac Vieux Desert, and proceeded down it to the vicinity of Wausau. Guided by a Frenchman named L'Esperance who had already made the trip, he threaded the streams northwest of modern Wausau. When they were within one day of their desination, Fr. Menard left the canoe to make a short portage while L'Esperance shot the rapids. Fr. Menard was never seen again.
Three hundred years later, Fr. Schmirler followed him downriver from Lac Vieux Desert in a 14-foot kayak. He had first examined all the contemporary textual and cartographic evidence, as well as reviewing all the previous theories about where Fr. Menard had died. Allowing for modern changes in the river (such as dams) and considering the practices of 17th-century voyageurs, he ultimately concluded that the rapids where Fr. Menard vanished were on the Rib River where it crosses the Taylor/Lincoln county line, just east of modern Goodrich (topographic map).
You can read Fr. Schmirler's account of his unique on-the-ground investigations in the online version of the Wisconsin Magazine of History. And you can see how Fr. Menard's contemporaries reported his death at Turning Points in Wisconsin History.
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Ma Ingalls describes family life in 1861
Letters to Charles and Martha Carpenter, 1861-1919 and 1975-1977 (selection).
Caroline Quiner Ingalls (mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder) wrote this letter to her sister, Martha Quiner Carpenter, on Oct. 6, 1861. Both sisters were in their early twenties and recently married. Caroline was still living near their parents at Concord, in Jefferson Co., Wis., but Martha had moved with her new husband to Stockholm, in Pepin Co. A few years later, Caroline would join her sister up north when the Ingalls family moved to the "little house in the big woods" in nearby Pepin.
Caroline's letter was written before she had any children. It describes life on the farm of Laura's grandparents, including an epidemic of scarlet fever which sickened Laura's cousins and nearly killed her grandmother. It also describes Laura's parents' early married life, their health, and their farm work and crops.
1860 census records suggest that the people mentioned in the letter are:
"mother": Charlotte Mary (Tucker) (Quiner) Holbrook, Laura's maternal grandmother.
"Charlotte": Charlotte Holbrook, Caroline's half-sister and Laura's aunt, born 1854
"Eliza": Eliza Quiner, Caroline 's sister, born 1842
"Louisa": daughter of Caroline's brother Henry Quiner, born 1860
"Lafayette": three-year-old son of Charles Ingall's sister Lydia
"Thomas": Thomas Quiner, Caroline's brother, born 1844
"Nancy": Nina Quiner, wife of Caroline's brother Joseph.
"Father Ingalls": Lansford Ingalls, Charles' father and Laura's grandfather
"Peter": Peter Ingalls, Charles' brother and Laura's uncle
To see the original handwritten letter, click "View the Document" below. Use the right-hand frame of the document viewer to navigate. To see a typed transcript, open the drop-down box above the navigation pane reading, "View Image & Text."
This letter is part of a small collection of letters to Charles and Martha Carpenter preserved by the family. Civil War letters by Laura's uncles and one aunt are included elsewhere in Turning Points in Wisconsin History.
A lesson plan based on this document is available.
Immigration and Settlement|
Wisconsin in the Civil War Era
The Civil War Home Front
Farming and Rural Life
|Creator: ||Ingalls, Caroline Quiner
|Pub Data: ||Letters to Charles and Martha Carpenter, 1861-1919 and 1975-1977 (selection), Wisconsin Historical Society manuscript collection Stout SC 142.
|Citation: ||Ingalls, Caroline Quiner. Letter to Martha Quiner Carpenter, Oct. 6, 1861, in: Letters to Charles and Martha Carpenter, 1861-1919 and 1975-1977, Wisconsin Historical Society manuscript collection Stout SC 142.
Online facsimile at:
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Koda, also known as Kodabear has a very unique personality. Koda is a very big lap dog. Not only does he like to sit on top of you, he also likes to climb and stand on top of the furniture and use his husky howl to grab your attention. Often times I feel like he is human because he howls to communicate his wants and of course as silly as it may sound, I talk back to him. This can go on for many minutes at a time. When Koda's asked if he wants a treat he will cock his head from side to side and speak (dog tone of course) which is represented in the first picture. Koda also enjoys sitting on the couch and looking out the window at those passing through the neighborhood. Another one of his favorite places is the bed where he is a total bed hog. Often times he appears as if he's on cloud nine and wouldn't move if a bomb went off around him. It's nice to see that he's always in his glory :). Lastly, he's loved unconditionally and is an incredibly loyal dog! Hope his pictures made you smile!
Kodabear the Siberian Husky
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"If you ever met him once you knew what kind of person he was. He just was outstanding," says Jason Ray's great-aunt, Wanda Vice.
Ray's young life was cut short Friday when he was hit by an SUV.
"It's just something we didn't expect. It's a real bad tragedy," said Vice.
His aunt says the 21 year old was an inspiration and that he touched a lot of people.
"He loved churchwork," said Vice.
Vice says the six-foot-five Ray was asked to play basketball but he chose to support the team as the mascot instead.
"He loved Chapel Hill and the ball team," said Vice.
Ray was hit from behind while walking along a New Jersey highway. Just hours later North Carolina played in the NCAA tournament.
"He was into this tournament. Of course he didn't get to go that night," said Vice.
Doctor's told Ray's parents, Charlotte and Emmitt, that his injuries had left him with severe brain damage. And yesterday they made the difficult decision to take their son off life support.
"He's an organ donor. They said five people wanted his organs," said Vice.
So even in his death he is helping others. His funeral will be in North Carolina but he will be buried at the Elizaville Cemetery, in Fleming County. | <urn:uuid:cbe703a6-8ba9-44f9-abdc-f504ad5ac6db> | 2013-05-24T02:05:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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"If she's in an intimate relationship with the CIA director, he's not her only source." And, she might have heard the October remarks, made at the University of Denver, in passing from someone else.
As investigators try to determine who said what to whom, it might end up as a "he said, she said." And as a result, nothing will be firmed down or resolved.
"I worry about the distraction that this now becomes for Congress and the media," Townsend said.
Tom Fuentes, a former FBI assistant director and CNN contributor, said there are always potential worries about having appropriate relations and the potential of spies. In this situation, Petraeus is "very experienced" and knows about security clearances. Broadwell has scores of military contacts and is an author and academic.
But what if someone burglarized her house, for example, and found classified information there. Could she be blackmailed?
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It was hard to keep track of all the superheroes hitting the big screen this summer: Batman in "The Dark Knight Rises." Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America and Thor in "The Avengers." Peter Parker in "The Amazing Spider-Man."
And each character seemed to have bulked up for their latest comeback.
"Over the last few decades, superheroes' bodies have become extremely muscular with body dimensions that are impossible for most men to attain," write the authors of a study published this week that analyzes the effects of superheroes on male body image.
Past research has shown that seeing muscular figures can make men feel badly about their own bodies, similar to the way seeing stick-thin supermodels can make women question their weight.
But the same effect may not hold true for our favorite comic book characters.
The new study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests watching superheroes can actually increase males' self esteem - and might make mere mortals stronger.
Researchers with the University at Buffalo asked 98 undergraduate males to rate how much they liked and/or were familiar with Batman or Spider-Man on a scale of 1 to 5. Participants who scored a 4 or higher were said to have a "parasocial" relationship with the superhero - i.e. a one-sided psychological bond. Those who rated less than 2.5 were put into a control group.
All participants were then shown a photo of either a scrawny or buff-looking Batman/Spider-Man. They were given one minute to look at the photo and then asked to rate their mood, self-esteem and body esteem (how they perceive their muscular strength, biceps, etc.)
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Wolf Creek Academy is located in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. The students, ages twelve through eighteen, live in a home with their houseparents and assistants having a student to staff ratio of 6 to 1.
A family-model lifestyle is presented with students living in the home with a husband and wife team along with assistants assigned to five or six students. Houseparents may have a child of their own living in the home as well. A safe, nurturing, family-like atmosphere provide a place for students to develop skills of building positive relationships with authority figures as well as their peers.
Respect for the home as well as family members is modeled prompting a new appreciation for those things that may have been taken for granted. Students will help with daily chores such as meal planning, cooking, cleaning, yard work, etc., and will develop individual skills as they are mentored by the houseparents, assistants, and other positive role models in the home. The staff works with students to teach them independent skills and valuable life lessons that will prove to be beneficial for building their future.
Structured activities within the home are conducted on a regular basis encouraging students to become more physically active thus promoting a sense of well-being and building self-esteem.
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