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I. Publications by, or involving, Arnost Heidrich
"High Escaped Czech Depicts Prague as a Soviet "Colony'" (by James Reston, The New York Times, 1949 January 16)
"Stalin's Plans for the U.S.A." (by Stewart Alsop, based on an interview with Arnost Heidrich, The Saturday Evening Post, 1951 July 14)
"Stalin's Plans for the U.S.A." (condensation of the Saturday Evening Post article, Reader's Digest, 1951 October)
"What Do the Prague Communist Executions Really Mean and Foreshadow?" (a condensed and edited version of this manuscript appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1952 December 7)
"Malenkov, the Man Nobody Knows" (the column Matter of Fact by Joseph and Stewart Alsop, The Washington Post, 1953 March 11)
"Malenkov's Plan for World Conquest" (by Arnost Heidrich as told to Anne Fromer, Coronet, 1954 January)
"Czechoslovakia in the International World" (Czech; New Yorské Listy, 1949 December 1)
"Czechoslovakia and Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt" (Slovak; New Yorský Denník, 1950 April 7)
"The Resurrection of Czechoslovakia's Independence Is in the American Program" (Czech; New Yorské Listy, 1950 April 8)
"The London Conference and the Struggle Against Imperialism" (Czech; New Yorské Listy, 1950 June 8)
"The Purpose of the Soviet Attack on Korea" (Czech; New Yorské Listy, 1950 July 27)
"The International Political Situation" (Czech; New Yorské Listy, 1951 January 17)
"What Came Before the Communist Coup" (Czech; Ceské Slovo, 1965 February)
"The Last Days of the War - at the Generálka" (Czech; Nase Hlasy, 1966 April 30)
Obituaries (full articles) for Arnost Heidrich
The New York Times, 1968 February 13, page 43-C
The Washington Post, 1968 February 13, page B4
II. Lecture series for the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America - "International Political Causes of the Czechoslovak Tragedies of 1938 and 1948" (English translation; the original lectures were delivered by Arnost Heidrich in Czech on two separate occasions, 1961-1962). Two copies of Part I
III. Munich, World War II, the Sudeten-German Question
"The Twentieth Anniversary of Munich (Czech; 1958 August)
Letter regarding the Munich Agreement (Czech; 1960 November)
"The Liberation of Prague and General Patton" (Czech; 1965 April)
Memorandum: A-54, Jindra (Czech; 1966 November 23)
Letter describing the underground activity in Czechoslovakia during World War II, especially as such activity involved Arnost Heidrich (Czech; 1967 June). Several paragraphs deleted
"A Brief Memorandum on the Movement of General Prchala" (Czech; 1951)
"A Concise Memorandum on the Sudeten-German Question" (Czech with an English translation; 1951 August 8)
"An Expression" (re Sudeten-German question) (Czech; 1952 December 2)
"Self-Determination and 'Right to Homeland'," Assembly of Captive European Nations, Political Committee report (Reporter: Arnost Heidrich) (English; 1962 March 28)
"Remarks on the Report About 'Self-Determination and Right to Homeland'" (Czech; 1962 August 12)
IV. The Death of Jan Masaryk
"Did Jan Masaryk Commit Suicide or Was He Murdered By the Communists?" (Czech with an English translation; 1951 February 15)
"A Collection of Thoughts and Reminiscences on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Death of Jan Masaryk" (Czech; material prepared for Ceské Slovo; 1958 February 11)
"The Last Days of Jan Masaryk" (Czech; material prepared for Part VIII of Ladislav Feierabend's memoirs, 1967 July)
V. Reports on the international political situation - Set of 22 analyses of the international political situation spanning the years 1949-1959
VI. Czechoslovak foreign policy
"A Synthetic Overview of the Evolution of Czechoslovak Foreign Policy After the Second World War Up to November 1948" (Czech; a major paper-76 pages; 1949 August)
"Visit to Moscow" (1947 July 9; Czechoslovakia and the Marshall Plan) (Czech with an English translation; n.d.)
"My Recollections of the Events of July 9, 1947" (Czech; 1955 June 4)
A memorandum to Anne Fromer of Coronet Magazine with regard to the 1947 July trip to Moscow (English; 1953 August)
"A Proclamation About the Interference of the Soviet Union in Czechoslovak Foreign Policy" (Czech; n.d.)
"What Is Czechoslovakia's Position in the World at Large and What Are the Prospects for Its Liberation?" (Czech; n.d.)
"The Communist Coup of February 1948 in the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry" (Czech; material prepared for Dr. Messany; 1960)
"The 'Resignation' of Dr. Vladimir Clementis" (Czech; 1951)
VII. Other foreign policy matters (Soviet Union, etc.)
"A Brief Summary of the Struggle Between the East and West Up to Now" (Czech; 1951 August 12)
"The Second World Congress of the Defenders of Peace in Warsaw" (Czech; 1950 December 4)
A short report on the military posture of the East versus the West (English; n.d.)
"Korea" (Czech; 1950 July 6)
"Remarks on the Results of the London Consultations With Regard to the Question of the Liberation of Czechoslovakia" (Czech; 1950 May 25)
"What Is the Contribution of the London Conferences in the Struggle Against Soviet Imperialism?" (Czech; 1950 June 1)
Memorandum on the 1960 Summit Conference (Czech with an English translation; 1960 June)
"Remarks Relating to the Question of the Federation of Small Central and Eastern European Countries" (Czech; n.d.)
"A Note on the Matter of Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia"" (Czech; 1949 November 30)
"Revision of the (U.N.) Charter" (English; n.d.)
"Methods Which Might Be Used to Maintain and Strengthen International Peace and Security in Accordance With the Purpose and Principles of the (U.N.) Charter" (English; 1954 November)
"Marginal Comments on the Geneva Conference" (Czech with an English translation; 1955 September 1)
Memorandum with regard to the Council of Europe (Czech with an English translation; 1955 July 7)
"The Yalta Conference" (Czech; 1955 March 26)
A Memorandum to Anne Fromer of Coronet with regard to Soviet foreign policy (English; 1953 May)
"Subject: Comments on the Foreign Political Situation by Dr. Arnost Heidrich" (English; n.d.)
"Hungarian Revisionism Is Starting a New Chapter" (Czech; 1954)
VIII. Communist Coup of 1948 in Czechoslovakia and matters relating to Czechoslovakia as a captive nation
Two different papers, both with the same title:
"Czechoslovakia: The Victim of Internal Communist Aggression" (both papers in Czech with English translations; 1949)
"A Collection of Thoughts and Reminiscences on the Anniversary of the Communist Takeover in Czechoslovakia (Czech; 1965 January)
"Czechoslovakia During the Period 1945-1955" (Czech; 1955)
"Could Dr. Benes, After a Serious Stroke, Grasp What the Communist Members of the Government Were Asking Him?" (Czech; 1967 July)
"The Political Situation at Home" (Czech; 1951 January 6)
Memorandum to Anne Fromer of Coronet on how Czechoslovakia became communist (English; 1953 July 7)
"A Collection of Personal Reminiscences About Milada Horáková" (Czech; 1960 May 22)
"A Note on Meetings With Dr. Milada Horáková After the Communist Takeover in 1948" (Czech; 1963 January)
"The Two Faces of Klement Gottwald" (English; 1952 April 2)
IX. Radio Free Europe broadcast transcripts by Arnost Heidrich
A text about Klement Gottwald (Czech; 1953 March)
"Valerian Zorin, Soviet Representative to the U.N." (Czech; 1952 September 6)
"Czechoslovak Foreign Policy During the Period 1918-1938" (Czech; 1951 October 19)
"The Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty of December 12, 1943" (Czech; 1951 October 16)
"Reminiscences of the Moscow Conference of October 1943" (Czech; 1951 October 12)
"On the Occasion of the Fourth Anniversary of the Founding of the Cominform" (Czech; 1951 September 28)
"The Soviets Complete the Destruction of Poland Begun by Hitler" (Czech; 1951 September 14)
"The Soviet-German Pact of August 23, 1939" (Czech; n.d.)
"The International Political Situation at the End of 1950" (Czech; 1950 December 12)
"Commemorative Address on Munich" (Czech with an English translation; 1950 September)
X. Miscellaneous
"How the (Czech) Communist Leaders Appear at Home and in Moscow" (Czech; 1951 October 10)
"A Collection of Thoughts on the Occasion of October 28" (Czech; 1950 October 22)
"A Proclamation on the Occasion of October 28, 1951" (Czech)
"An Expression" (with regard to the arrest of Václav Hrnecek) (Czech; 1952 October 23)
"The Freedom of Information and the Case of William N. Oatis" (Fifth Meeting of the Representatives of Central and Eastern European Countries; reporter: Arnost Heidrich, Council of Free Czechoslovakia) (English and Czech; 1951 August 1)
"Some Observations Relating to the Broadcasts of the National Committee for Free Europe to Czechoslovakia" (Czech with an English translation; n.d.)
"Aide-Memoire" (Czech; 1953 July 22)
"Aide-Memoire" (Czech; 1953 July 28)
"Pro-Memoria" (English; material for Walter Lippman)
Memorandum on the mood in the Soviet satellites after the Poznan riots (Czech with an English translation; 1956 July 18)


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What albums would you consider "perfect albums?" This would fall under the criteria of albums that are beyond phenomenal, you don't have to skip any songs, flawless, and/or generally awesome. Here is my list:
The Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, Abbey Road
Beck: Odelay
Black Keys: Magic Potion
Black Sabbath: Paranoid
Blind Melon: Blind Melon
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory
Daft Punk: Alive 2007, Discovery, Human After All
Death Cab: Transatlanticism
The Doors: The Doors, Strange Days, and Morrison Hotel
Dr. Dre: The Chronic
Explosions in the Sky: All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
Incubus: Make Yourself, and Morning View
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin I, II, and III (IV was good, but I don't like all the songs)
Massive Attack: Mezzanine
Metallica: Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightening
Nirvana: Nevermind
Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, and Wish You Were Here
Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead: The Bends, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows, Kid A, and OK Computer.
Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine, and Evil Empire
Royskopp: Junior
Rush: Moving Pictures
Russian Circles: Enter
Sigur Ros: ()
Slipknot: Slipknot, and Iowa
Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger, and Superunknown
Spoon: Gimme Fiction
The Strokes: Is This It
Tool: Aenema
Weezer: The Blue Album, and Pinkerton
Wilco: Sky Blue Sky, and Summerteeth

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To the Editor:
President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech laid out a vision for an America so clear and forward-looking that I could actually imagine what our great country could look like if Congress could enact the laws and initiatives he has asked them for.
In this version, we can put the train wreck that was the George W. Bush presidency behind us. We would eliminate corporate welfare to the oil industry, making profits in the billions. Businesses would hire again due to optimism over expansion of our technology, bringing manufacturing back to the U.S., infrastructure improvement and the jobs this would create. Clean energy development, a strong housing market, trimming a bloated military, strengthening laws to address our looming climate crisis, and a country absent the threat of slaughter from high-capacity assault weapons could be ours. Our hard-earned social safety programs would be funded and thriving.
Obama is the smartest guy in the room. He is a man of the people. His vision for America is one that should bring hope to every woman seeking equal rights, every child needing education, every immigrant looking for the American dream, every minimum wage worker trying to live above poverty, every American needing quality health care.
Obama has the intellectual capacity to craft this vision and the grace and style to lead others. Pity we only have one Barack Obama. We need a Congress full of men and women like him.
Debbie Chirikos


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It was a bit of a low key Fubar radio show record today, I though (listen in on Thursday) - not really sure if that made it better or worse. But for the last 45 minutes we jumped in a cab to the Duke of York Theatre to interview Robert Webb in his dressing room. He is a very nice man and he put up with Lou commenting on his teeth (she thought they were nice, but it was still a risky gambit, but that's what makes Lou the broadcasting phenomenon that she is). Be interesting to see if they keep the bit where I say Jon Gaunt is a cunt. One would hope so. The station does seem to be interested in creating controversy, so hope that crosses over into insults directed at their own poorly thought out hiring policy. Robert also comments on the conversation I had with David Mitchell back in the 1990s (which David mentioned on the podcast) in which he told me I was not as funny as Eric Morecambe and deals with out stupid questions very charmingly. Hopefully he will be a guest on the autumn run of RHLSTP.
Then off for a most enjoyable evening with my ex-partner and my current partner (Stewart Lee and my wife - two different people) to see the Harry Hill/Steve Brown musical, "I Can't Sing". Despite great reviews this musical is closing on Saturday after a short run. What an awful shame. It's a really fun night out and would appeal to both people who like the X Factor and those who disdain it. It's silly, it's corny and there were times it looked like a school musical or local pantomime with an impossibly high budget (but in a fun way), but it kept the audience laughing and there was some amazing singing and it's a celebration of daftness, but still has a bit of bite. The cast didn't let the fact that they have only a handful more performances get them down, and a couple of references to their imminent demise were well judged and got big laughs. Hard to put your finger on what went wrong for them, though I think maybe it's just X Factor fatigue. I am not the kind of person who goes to musicals in general, but if this wasn't written by the people it's written by I would have judged it as the kind of thing that wasn't for me. So maybe it just fell between the cracks. There's rarely justice in show business. Less inventive and interesting shows run and run, whilst this original musical (not relying on existing hits) falters. I particularly enjoyed the song by the Dermot O'Leary character (who was brilliantly mimicked) about why he needs to hug strangers. It was an affectionate and yet subtly brutal take-down of O'Leary, made funnier by the real life version's essential inoffensiveness.
And as I prepare for my own theatrical experiment (admittedly not on this scale) it's a timely warning that I am probably about to set fire to a big pile of money for nothing but disappointment. Though I have been trying to work out a way to get Yusupov's dog into the play and this show had a novel way of doing that. Not sure it would work with my more serious play, but they opted for a man in black, operating a puppet and doing the voice (my dog won't speak) and occasionally breaking the fourth wall.
It was great to be so entertained, but tinged with sadness at the imminent demise of this enjoyable bit of nonsense. Book now if you want to see it before it vanishes into the ether.
It was nice to catch up with Stew too, who seemed less grumpy than usual. By chance, bumped into Ben Moor and Paul Putner (who had snuck into the theatre in the interval to use the toilets). So it was a mini TMWRNJ reunion. We met up with them afterwards for a drink and a chat, Paul as always full of unrepeatable theatrical anecdotes, chastising me for mocking Nicholas Lyndhurst who is the nicest man in showbiz according to the Putt. I didn't think it was fair though. I love Nicholas Lyndhurst. I just question his casting in Goodnight Sweetheart. But am still delighted that he was cast in it.
I laughed a lot at all of these funny people. I don't see them enough any more. Even if Stewart looks a bit like a white-eyed alien in this picture!


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Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Code:Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Bolivar LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Heisey CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Bruce DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 Frazier 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Francisco 3B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .357 Valaika SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Alonso 1B 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .250 Ford RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Denove C 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .273 Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA LeCure (L, 0-1) 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 6.00 Kennard, J 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Baez, Fe 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27.00
Kennard is not healthy
His fastball was high 80s with 1 91 and 1 92
He was consistently 95-96 before his injury.
There were plenty of chances to win this game. Our stacked offense couldn't come up with the big hit.
Goya, is Frazier slow around the bag on double play turns? He's unusually tall and big for a 2b man and this is where that size is sometimes disadvantageous. Or is your objection based more on his range? Or both?
It will probably take the winter and Spring Training before he's good enough to play there as an offensive player. It'll take him a couple years to be average or better.
Really, Frazier at second depends on his bat. If he can OPS at 800+, he's worth it. If he's a 700 or worse OPS bat, he's too much of a drag.
"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
-- Christy Matthewson
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot."
-- Leo Durocher
"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH
An 800 OPS+ is worth a below average glove at 2B if he has a high ceiling and is likely to improve at that position.
He does and he should.
Frazier is likely, next season, to OPS around 800, making him slightly above average for all of baseball. As a 2B, that should put him in the top five at least, more likely top three. His glove can play there for that offensive production.
Anything less than 780 and his value plummets because another 2B with a much better glove (re: range) can boost his overall game ahead of Frazier.
At this point, Frazier is the mirror image of Brandon Phillips.
"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
-- Christy Matthewson
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot."
-- Leo Durocher
Thanks, Scrap, for the comments on Frazier. If he can be competent at 2b and put up .800, I'll be happy--assuming Phillips is at least league average or better defensively at SS. I'd still probably prefer keeping Phillips at 2b and looking for a really good defender and offensive player at SS. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Let Frazier play 3rd or somebody else. Get rid of Rolen. Rolen's a bum. His .715 OPS that he's hitting since joining the REDS and his lack of range over the last two seasons aren't flukes. It's because he's long, long, over-the-hill. Rolen's toast. Rolen's done. Rolen's not worth the money he's earning when there are several players in the organization that could step right in immediately and do as well.
"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH
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Big Ten M5: 03.13.14 EditionPosted by Jonathan Batuello on March 13th, 2014
- The Big Ten Tournament starting today certainly has the focus of everyone following the conference's basketball scene except for one head coach. Iowa's Fran McCaffery announced in a statement that his son has a tumor on his thyroid. Thirteen-year-old Patrick discovered the tumor last week and will undergo surgery next Wednesday, the day before he turns 14. While we may all have our focus set to basketball and brackets this weekend, McCaffery's certainly could be elsewhere.
- There are plenty of tournament predictions out there and Ken Pomeroy released his log5 thoughts yesterday. He gives the top two seeds the most respect in Michigan and Wisconsin while dropping the Cornhuskers plenty with only a 5 percent chance to win the whole thing. That chance is closer to least-probable Northwestern's chances than it is to Iowa's, which is one step above Nebraska. Beyond that the prediction is pretty straight forward in nearly following the seed lines. Some teams may be a tad bit high or low for everyone's thoughts, but with how this conference season has went, it makes sense to not have any heavy favorites.
- The season may not be over for any Big Ten teams this morning, but that doesn't mean the coaching searches haven't started for programs that are finished. With this in mind, Sports Illustrated's Brian Hamilton took a look at the top assistants in the country that could be looking to take their first head coaching job. The Big Ten has three names on the list: Ohio State's Jeff Boals, Wisconsin's Greg Gard, and Michigan's LaVall Jordan. All of the names are solid considerations and have been linked to jobs the past few seasons and certainly could be headed out soon. There was one name that we were surprised not to see – Michigan State's Dwayne Stephens. Some may expect him to eventually succeed Tom Izzo, but if Gard's name is coming up, certainly Stephens should, too. This is a guy who has developed big men Adreian Payne and Draymond Green and been named a top 15 recruiter and assistant coach in the past two years. Really, though, there are plenty of assistant and associate head coaches in the Big Ten that could find head coaching gigs in the near future.
- Ohio State got back to winning ways against Michigan State, but that didn't mean an easy week of practice. The Buckeyes have prepped for the Big Ten Tournament with a challenging week, despite it being the first time they will play on Thursday in the BTT since 2005. This tournament has plenty of intrigue for Ohio State who drew a Purdue team it swept to open the tournament. The games will be important to determining exactly where the Buckeyes end up in the seeding line of the NCAA Tournament, win a few games and a five or six seed is possible, loss to Purdue and it could fall to the dreaded 8-9 game.
- The Big Ten Tournament has never treated Indiana well. It has lost in the quarterfinals or first round 11 times in its 16 years of existence. The Hoosiers only have one championship game appearance and have never won the whole thing. That doesn't matter to this year's team, who just wants to focus on its first game against Illinois today. Still, this Indiana team needs history to change (and make history in itself by being hte lowest seed to win the tournament) if it wants to play in the NCAA Tournament. Indiana is likely only going if it wins the whole thing, so either history is changing or the Hoosiers are going to start paying close attention to NBA Draft announcements regarding Noah Vonleh.


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NY RANGERS vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Madison Square Garden – New York, New York
Rangers: 12-5-3 (27 pts)
Penguins: 14-6-4 (32 pts)
* All information through NHL games on Nov. 27
The Rangers will face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins tomorrow at Madison Square Garden (7:30 p.m.), in an Atlantic Division matchup. The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and sixth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 12-5-3 (27 pts). The Rangers enter the contest having defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 2-0, on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, to extend their home winning streak to six games. New York has now won their last two games, having completed a sweep of their back-to-back set against Washington and Philadelphia. The Penguins enter the contest with a 14-6-4 (32 pts) record to rank first in the Eastern Conference, and have lost five of their last seven games on the road (2-4-1). Following tomorrow's contest, the Rangers will face-off against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, Dec. 1, at RBC Center (7:00 p.m.), to begin a two-game Southeast road trip.
· TV: MSG Network
7:00 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show with Al Trautwig
7:30 p.m. – Rangers vs. Penguins
Broadcasters: Sam Rosen (Play-By-Play), Joe Micheletti (Analyst), John Giannone (In-Game Reporter)
· Radio: 1050 ESPN Radio and newyorkrangers.com
7:00 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show
7:30 p.m. – Rangers vs. Penguins
Broadcasters: Kenny Albert (Play-By-Play), Dave Maloney (Analyst)
RANGERS vs. PENGUINS:
· All-Time: 115-97-23-8 overall (64-46-9-3 at home; 51-51-14-5 on the road)
· 2011-12: Tonight is the first of six meetings this season, and the first of three at Madison Square Garden.
· Last Season: New York was 4-1-1 overall, with a 1-1-1 mark at home. The Rangers power play was 7-22 (31.8%) in the season series, while the penalty kill was 20-22 (90.9%). New York out-scored Pittsburgh, 21-15, including a 10-4 margin in the third period and overtime. Ryan Callahan led the Rangers with five goals, nine points, four power play goals and three game-winning goals in six games, while Brandon Dubinsky tallied a team-high, six assists in the season series. Henrik Lundqvist was 4-1-1 with a 2.29 GAA and .926 Sv%.
· The Rangers have registered at least one point in seven of their last eight meetings with Pittsburgh, posting a record of 5-1-2 over the span
· New York has won their last two games against Pittsburgh, having out-scored the Penguins, 10-5, in those contests
· New York ranks 15th with a 6-1-1 (13 pts) record at home; Pittsburgh ranks 10th with a 6-5-2 (14 pts) mark on the road
· The Rangers have posted a 2-1-0 record vs. Atlantic Division opponents; the Penguins are 4-0-0 vs. the Atlantic Division
· Henrik Lundqvist has posted a 20-13-5 record with a 2.41 GAA and two shutouts in 38 career regular season games vs. Pittsburgh; Martin Biron is 13-15-3-2 with a 2.98 GAA and two shutouts in 33 career regular season games vs. the Penguins
· Brad Richards leads the Rangers with 22 assists and 28 points in 27 career regular season games vs. Pittsburgh; Marian Gaborik has tallied eight goals and 17 points in 18 career regular season games vs. the Penguins
· New York lists three former Penguins on their roster: Erik Christensen (2005-06 – 2007-08); Ruslan Fedotenko (2008-09 – 2009-10); Mike Rupp (2009-10 – 2010-11)
· Pittsburgh lists one former Ranger on their roster: Pascal Dupuis (2006-07)
· Power Play: The Rangers tallied one goal in two power play opportunities (3:57) on Saturday vs. Philadelphia, and are 2-7 (28.6%) in their last two games. New York ranks 23rd overall (11-81, 13.6%) and 11th at home (7-36, 19.4%). The Rangers are 1-7 (5:25) in five-on-three situations (last – 11/23 at FLA), and 0-4 (3:46) when four-on-three (last – 11/3 vs. ANA). Shorthanded goals allowed (0).
· Penalty Killing: The Blueshirts held the Flyers scoreless in two shorthanded situations (4:00) on Saturday at MSG. New York ranks 10th overall (69-81, 85.2%) and third at home (21-23, 91.3%). The Rangers are 2-3 (1:16) in three-on-five situations (last – 11/05 vs. MTL), and 0-1 (1:17) when three-on-four (last – 10/7 at LAK). Shorthanded goals for (1): 10/20 at CGY (Prust).
· Four-on-Four: New York did not tally/yield a goal in two four-on-four situations (4:00) on Saturday vs. Philadelphia. The Rangers are plus-three in 28 four-on-four situations (49:13), and even in one three-on-three situation (0:01). Four-on-four goals for (3): 10/18 at VAN (Gaborik); 10/20 at CGY (McDonagh); 10/27 vs. TOR (Girardi). Four-on-four goals allowed (0).
The Rangers are scheduled to play 14 back-to-back sets this season. New York has posted a record of 2-0-1 (1-0-0 at home, 1-0-1 on the road) in the first game of the set, and are 2-0-1 (2-0-0 at home, 0-0-1 on the road) in the second game. Since 2009-10, New York is 23-8-3 in the back-end of back-to-back sets, including an 11-3-1 mark at MSG and 12-5-2 on the road over the span. Henrik Lundqvist has started on consecutive days 56 times in his career, posting a record of 35-14-7 with a 1.82 GAA, .935 Sv% and six shutouts in the second game. The Rangers fourth back-to-back set will be on Dec. 22-23 vs. the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers, with both games at Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers completed last season's series against Pittsburgh with a 3-0-0 record at CONSOL Energy Center, having out-scored the Penguins, 12-5, in those games. It was the first time the Blueshirts swept the season series in Pittsburgh since 1996-97 (2-0-0), and the first time since 1973-74 that a Rangers team won three games at Pittsburgh in the same season (3-0-0). New York has won each of their last four games in Pittsburgh, dating back to a 3-2 overtime win on Feb. 12, 2010.
The Rangers enter tonight's contest with a six-game home winning streak, dating back to Oct. 31 vs. San Jose. New York has out-scored their opponents, 22-7, during the streak, having held the opposition to one goal or less in four of the six games. The Blueshirts' power play is 5-29 (17.2%) over the span, while their penalty kill is 14-15 (93.3%). The Rangers' 6-1-1 start through eight games at Madison Square Garden is their best start at home since they posted a record of 6-1-1 through eight home games to begin the 1992-93 season. New York began that season with a 7-1-1 mark through nine games at MSG.
The Blueshirts lead the league in fewest total goals against, allowing 41 goals through 20 games, and rank second with a 2.05 GAA. Henrik Lundqvist has posted a record of 9-4-3 with a 2.05 GAA, .935 Sv% and two shutouts, while Martin Biron is 3-1-0 with a 1.68 GAA, .937 Sv% and one shutout. Rangers goaltenders have combined for a league-best, .934 Sv%. Lundqvist ranks fifth in the NHL in Sv%, ninth in GAA and is tied for sixth in shutouts.
The Blueshirts rank third in the NHL with a plus-15 rating while skating at even strength. 23 of the 27 players who have skated for the Rangers this season have posted a plus or even rating. Ryan McDonagh leads the team and is tied for 11th in the NHL with a plus-12 rating. In the league standings, New York ranks fifth with a plus-13 goal differential.
The Rangers have tallied the game's first goal in 12 of their 20 contests this season, posting a record of 11-1-0 in those games. Their .917 winning percentage when scoring first ranks second in the NHL, while their 11 wins are tied for first in the league.
New York has seen nine new faces in their lineup during the 2011-12 season – Tim Erixon* (10/7 at LAK), Brad Richards (10/7 at LAK, one assist), Mike Rupp (10/7 at LAK), Jeff Woywitka (10/15 at NYI), Brendan Bell (10/22 at EDM), Andre Deveaux (10/31 vs. SJS), Anton Stralman (11/23 at FLA), Carl Hagelin* (11/25 at WSH, one assist), John Mitchell (11/25 at WSH, one assist). *NHL debut
The Rangers are currently four wins shy of 2,500 wins, having won 2,496 games all-time in franchise history.
· The Rangers have the fewest regulation losses (five) in the NHL
· New York is 4-1-0 when leading after the first period, and 7-0-1 when leading after the second
· The Blueshirts are the only team in the NHL who are undefeated when out-shooting their opponents, posting a 6-0-0 mark in those contests
· The Rangers are 7-0-0 all-time in games when Brandon Prust is assessed a fighting major in the opening two minutes
· Rookie Carl Hagelin notched his first career goal on Saturday vs. Philadelphia, and has now recorded two points (one goal, one assist) in two career games
· Henrik Lundqvist is 7-1-0 with a 1.74 GAA, .942 Sv% and one shutout during the month of November
· Lundqvist posted his 40th career shutout overall on Saturday vs. Philadelphia (37 regular season, 3 playoff)
· Marian Gaborik has tallied 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in the last 13 games
· Derek Stepan has recorded 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in the last 12 games
· Ryan Callahan has tallied 12 points (six goals, six assists) in the last 12 games, with seven points (two goals, five assists) in the last six
· Ryan McDonagh has recorded five assists and a plus-11 rating in the last nine games
· Dan Girardi has recorded 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in the last 14 games, with three assists in the last two
· Brad Richards has registered 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in the last 12 games, with six points (four goals, two assists) in the last six
· Artem Anisimov has tallied eight points (one goal, seven assists) in the last nine games
· Rangers' prospect Christian Thomas is one of 41 players invited to participate in Canada's National Junior Team selection camp (Dec. 10-14) for the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship
· Erik Christensen: 7 assists from 100th NHL career
· Steve Eminger: 8 points from 100th NHL career
· Marian Gaborik: 5 assists from 300th NHL career; 7 goals from 300th NHL career
· Dan Girardi: 5 assists from 100th NHL career
· Wojtek Wolski: 1 game from 400th NHL career; 9 goals from 100th NHL career
· Derek Stepan: 100th career NHL game (11/23 at FLA)
· Carl Hagelin: 1st career NHL game; 1st career NHL assist/point (11/25 at WSH)
· Carl Hagelin: 1st career NHL goal (11/26 vs. PHI)
· Marc Staal (concussion, IR on 10/5) – 20
· Mike Rupp (knee, 10/24) – 13
· Wojtek Wolski (groin, 11/3) – 9
Total Man-Games Lost: 51
· Nov. 24 – Recalled forward Carl Hagelin from Connecticut (AHL)
· Nov. 24 – Recalled forward John Mitchell from Connecticut (AHL)


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Skip to comments.Nancy Sinatra Uses Twitter to Portray the Pain of Being Shut Out of Her Father's Last Hours
Posted on 05/14/2012 11:03:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Nancy Sinatra Uses Twitter to Portray the Pain of Being Shut Out of Her Father's Last Hours
Twitter is a social phenomenon. In short, 140-word snippets, people make announcements, express opinions, answer questions and talk about their everyday existence for the world to see.
Then, every once in awhile, a series of Tweets takes on a life of it's own, allowing the writer to talk about a very personal experience and carry on a conversation with their friends or (in this case) fans, revealing a new dimension to what may or may not be an already known story. While it provides those friends and fans with the inside view on someone they admire, it also appears to be a cathartic experience for the writer.
That seems to be the case in a long series of Tweets on Monday afternoon by Nancy Sinatra on the 14th anniversary of her father, Frank Sinatra's, passing. At that time, Frank had been married to the former Barbara Marx for 21 years and it was well known that she had a contentious relationship with his three children, Nancy, Tina and Frank, Jr.
Nancy had also previously talked about how she and her siblings had not been able to say goodbye to their father through the actions of Barbara when he was on his deathbed. Earlier today, she Tweeted that "14 years ago today my father died and I was not given the chance to say goodbye. I will never forgive her for that. NEVER."
These are the Tweets that followed, an exchange with fans that almost seems like an interview. They are all in the original Twitter format (answer followed by the question that prompted it) and we have removed the ID of the person doing the questioning. It is an inside look into the heartbreak that Nancy felt and still feels today about those final hours. Exactly. Karma is too good for her. @xxxxxxxx "yep some things are just too unforgivable
Not possible. @xxxxxxxx "Forgive is not the right word it's forget.
Did then and continues to hurt us today. A horrible human being. @xxxxxxxx "Do you think that she meant to hurt you in this way?
He asked "where are my children?" and his children didn't know @xxxxxxxx "Frank would know you were there for him. He would understand
She is evil personified. @xxxxxxxx "Jealousy and greed is an evil thing.
Road manager was there. @xxxxxxxx "How did you find out tht he asked for all of you
Believe me he would understand this. @xxxxxxxx "do you think your father would want you to still be mad?
Because then obits couldn't say "he died with his wife by his side." @xxxxxxxx @xxxxxxxx "why weren't you able/allowed to say goodbye
I am a stepmother. 1st person I called when my husband was dying was his son. @xxxxxxxx "Step parents are devils
Sorry, friends, I didn't mean to take up so much of your Twitter time with this.
She tells AMOST the whole story. Well worth the read if u r a Frank fan. @xxxxxxxx "I read your sister's book a few years back
Yes, it's true. @xxxxxxxx "karma has never gotten her. I wish it would but She gets what she wants and probably always will.
I so not give a damn
It's sad that she didn't get to say goodbye to her Dad.
Those Boots Are Made for Whining
ARGH! Sorry...this "chance not to say goodbye" that people complain about...
Why don't they appreciate the times they spent together?
"Its sad that she didnt get to say goodbye to her Dad."
She's feeling sorry for herself...another "all about poor me," person.
Shes feeling sorry for herself...another all about poor me, person.
I agree but it's still too bad she couldn't say goodbye to her Dad.
I've read several books about this.
Marx appeared to be quite a b*tch.
Gotta be a one cold soul to not let them visit their father on his death bed. Shame on her!
I don't Twitter so sorry for rambling——BUT It is so obvious how essential a loving mother and father are to the "happiness" and emotional health of children-—how evil divorce is-—always for the children—creates a cynical outlook on life and relationships and destroys family get-togethers for the most part. Depression and addictions are common among children in divorced families.
Destruction of family comes from Marx. The Cultural Marxists put out pornography and vulgarity in all media outlets and saturates our children with it—to destroy all relationships and create dysfunctions and addictions.
Society used to have to promote decency-—now they produce degeneracy—since the 70's and after The Beats got rid of obscenity laws with Kinsey and Hugh Hefner.....and they promoted Deep Throat and mainstreamed porn and it was all downhill from there.
Dignity in men and women is eliminated—intentionally demeaned in most TV shows and media is the idea of motherhood and fatherhood (Recent Time cover). Now we see extremes normalized in both males and females—because of the androgyny being forced, so children can't figure out Laws of Nature—gender confusion—men looking like women and women like men-—all for the radical egalitarianism that comes from a hatred of the nature of men and women. It is total denial of masculinity and femininity—a rejection of God the Designer.
If parents do not instill Virtue and character in their children, they will not have any, unless there is extreme intervention. Schools are designed to intentionally destroy Virtue, so even if parents do a decent job, the schools teach them the opposite "values"—get your kids out of public schools. (BK Eakman).
You can live a miserable life or a constructive, decent one-—the choices are yours-—but your children are vulnerable and have no choice. As Confucius even said thousands of years ago-—the duty of man is to raise their children to be decent citizens. It used to be understood that all parents would raise their children to be productive human beings. It reflected on the parents if they were no-good.
Now, we have given our kids to the State and they will destroy their souls on purpose. There is no God in Marx's utopia.....everyone is a cog in a wheel devoid of all humanity and family.
I liked Frank Sinatra-—but he made some bad choices. Too bad. Get on with life-— Nancy needs to find God, so she can finally be comforted.
She has Twitter followers, maybe that's a little odd, but she does. She was candid when inquired of and displayed anger over family issues. It's good to be candid and it's common to find anger in families.
Maybe you love her and you are jealous she didn't call you personally. Maybe not, but.. maybe!
Funniest thing I've read all day!!!!
I was just thinking the other day how, before abortion was legalized by men in black robes, that every single baby announcement was wonderful news.
There wasn't one person who said, "Oh no, what are you going to do?. Every pregnancy was good news and the baby was welcomed by all.
I guess young people today can't even grasp how different it was back then.
I told Uncle Slayton his comment was "the funniest thing I'd read all day", and it is; however, what you've written is dead on the mark. Been there, done that and have the tee shirt plus I have to deal with this almost every day. Beverly Eakman is a gem as well. Thanks for your comment. Much appreciated.
Your post is excellent!The Holy Scriptures teach us to flee youthful lusts, and to pursue Godliness. (2 Timothy 2:22 and 2 Timothy 6:11)
Sad but true, we usually do the opposite! The following two verses seem to awake my spirit and soul:
"By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil." (Proverbs 16:6)
"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened." (Romans 1:21)
She's also an idiot lib who equates criticism of Obama with racism. I scarcely logon to her website because it is so full of idiot leftists.
We are just hearing one side of this.
The side of a bitter, no talent daughter.
If her name had been Nancy Smith she would have never gotten a job in Hollywood.
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Best songs for tomorrow's Mayan Apocalypse
It's a long time until the end of the day tomorrow, so this could be the penultimate post of this blog. And I might hit Powerball this weekend, too.
On the assumption that we could die tomorrow, here's the perfect play list for your iPod or Spotify:
The Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
Happy Trails the silly version by Van Halen
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam
Take This Job and Shove It by Johnny Paycheck
It's The End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) by R.E.M.
Bad Moon Rising by Credence Clearwater Revival
99 Luftballoons by Nena
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Thanks to Xbox One's built-in hard drive and focus on live TV and media, it seems like it should have DVR capabilities. In fact, it will offer "game DVR" and let you share gameplay moments via the cloud. However, it will not offer any built-in TV DVR capabilities, a Microsoft spokesperson told us.
"Xbox One does not provide any built-in DVR capabilities, but on your Xbox One console you will be able to access and use your cable or satellite set-top box DVR service via HDMI pass-through," they explained.
In addition, to utilize the live TV features demoed by Microsoft, you'll need a "supported receiver device with HDMI output." And as expected, "to access live TV content from many of the top networks in the US, consumers still need a cable, telco or satellite subscription."
Microsoft wouldn't detail who they're partnering with for their TV efforts, other than to say that "we are working with leading providers of television services in the world, including cable networks and content distributors, to launch apps on Xbox One."
When quizzed about whether or not Microsoft would consider offering its own IPTV service for those that don't want to subscribe to cable or satellite TV, Microsoft deflected the question. "Our goal is to enable live TV through Xbox One in every way that it is delivered throughout the world, whether that's television service providers, over the air or over the Internet, or HDMI-in via a set top box." (emphasis ours) "The delivery of TV is complex and we are working through the many technologies and policies around the world to make live TV available where Xbox One is available."


text: Thermotoga maritima Huber et al. (ATCC® 43589™) Strain Designations: DSM 3109 [MSB8] / Type Strain: yes / Biosafety Level: 1 General Information Characteristics Culture Method History Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Permits Strain Designations DSM 3109 [MSB8] Application Biotechnology Isolation Anaerobic marine mud, Vulcano Island, Italy, 1982 Biosafety Level 1 Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Product Format frozen Storage Conditions Frozen: -80°C or colderFreeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°CLive Culture: See Propagation Section Preceptrol® no Genome Sequenced Strain Thermotoga maritima MSB8, complete genome Type Strain yes (type strain) Comments Genome sequenced strain Medium ATCC® Medium 2114: Thermotoga medium Growth Conditions Temperature: 70°CAtmosphere: Anaerobic Name of Depositor DSMZ Chain of Custody ATCC <-- DSMZ <-- KO Stetter Isolation Anaerobic marine mud, Vulcano Island, Italy, 1982 Year of Origin 1982 References Validation list no. 22. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 36: 573-576, 1986. Nelson KE. Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima. Nature 399: 323-329, 1999. PubMed: 10360571 Huber R, et al. Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90 degrees C. Arch. Microbiol. 144: 324-333, 1986. type strain DSMZ, personal communication type strain Cross References Nucleotide (GenBank) : AE000512 Thermotoga maritima MSB8, complete genome Permits These permits may be required for shipping this product: Customers located in the state of Hawaii will need to contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to determine if an Import Permit is required. A copy of the permit or documentation that a permit is not required must be sent to ATCC in advance of shipment. Basic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS


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Will I Ever Get Back into a Bikini after the Baby?
And I'm so tired... how will I find time?
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Believe it or not, there are moms who are more fit after having a baby than they were before! Yes, it's true. Your body works so hard during pregnancy that it benefits postpartum. I always tell moms you were pregnant for nine months so you must give yourself nine months to get your pre-baby body back. Set a goal for yourself: 9 months if you gained the recommended amount of weight and 9-15 months if you gained more than the recommended amount.
After birth your uterus (which is a muscle) returns to normal size within a few months. Slowly, everything will fall back into place and what you are left with is loose muscles. So kick up your core routine a notch! You must use your transverse abdominus (the deep abdominal wall) to pull in your abs tight. You do this by "sucking in" but not holding your breath. (You can find a YouTube video about using your transverse abs here.)
And, of course, you also may be left with loose skin, stretch marks, or cellulite. No creams can penetrate the skin deep enough to get rid of cellulite and stretch marks. Only exercise can improve cellulite! And weight loss will help those stretch marks. But I should mention good genetics play a large part here as well. As for the loose skin, your genetics, age, and skin elasticity will determine how quickly (or not so quickly) it will tighten up again.
Bring tired is a problem, but one you can overcome. Even if you're so tired some mornings that you feel like you're not getting 100 percent out of the workout. Even when you feel too tired to cook dinner.
First and foremost: Being a mom is not easy. Every mom has their good days, bad days, more-tired days and more-energetic days. Each mom needs to find a balance that works for herself and her family.
It is recommended that everybody does 30 or more minutes of exercise every day of the week. I find that this is somewhat difficult for most moms. You can easily lose those 10 pounds without committing to seven days a week.
By exercising at least four times a week and watching your nutrition, you can lose 10 pounds in one to two months. Start a food journal, plan your meals (and cook them) for the week on Sundays, and schedule your workout like you would schedule a meeting. Make sure your workout includes interval training -- both cardio and toning! This is the quickest, most effective fat-burning workout. And if you can give 100 percent in a 20-minute interval workout you will probably burn the same amount of calories as giving 50 percent in an hourlong workout. For example you could spend 45 minutes on the treadmill going the same speed and burn 250 calories , or spend 25 minutes on the treadmill doing intervals and burn 300 calories.
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Like Genisis, I also had two babies back-to-back but my body is in better shape and smaller than it was when I got pregnant the first time. I was overweight when I got pg and after both births I came out weighing less w/in two weeks than I was when I started. Now I've just got to get rid of the rest of it ;) (she says 22 months later...).
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Excellent article. I had two back to back babies, so my body is really messed up. I´m trying to get back in shape though and articles like this really help me feel better about taking it slower than before I had kids.
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Now you've got me motivated.
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Christian Blogger Caught on Grindr: I Wasn't Looking For Sex
Matthew Moore, the 24-year-old "ex-gay" evangelical Christian blogger, made headlines earlier this year when he was caught cruising the gay hookup app Grindr. In a new interview, he claims he wasn't looking to have sex, but was seeking out men in New Orleans to take him to gay bars.
"Basically I just wanted to see who was on it and who was around me," Moore, a blogger for the Christian Post who wrote that homosexuality is a sin, told Michelangelo Signorile on his SiriusXM radio program. "I can honestly say that I didn't have any kind of sexual conversations with anyone. Anyone who sent me any kind of explicit photos or conversations, I blocked immediately," he continued.
"The first time I got on it, I wanted to go out and I wanted to go to the gay bars in New Orleans. So I was trying to meet someone on there to basically tag along with. That was the reason I was originally on it."
Moore said he wasn't able to meet anyone after blogger Zinnia Jones exposed him by posting screenshots of his Grindr profile and links to his controversial blog posts. Though he has been labeled as an "ex-gay," he denies being involved with the movement and says doesn't not support reparative therapy, which some believe can turn gay men and women straight.
"I want to clarify some things," he said. "I think the way the articles were written, they're based on the assumption that when I became a Christian, I became straight and that I did not have homosexual feelings anymore and that my presence on Grindr was pointing out that I basically lied. I had never, ever said any of those things."
Even though Moore refutes his "ex-gay" title, the young man wrote a lengthy piece for the Christian Post last year, called "My Story: Homosexuality, Drunkenness, Grace and Redemption." In it, he writes how Christianity has helped him in his struggle to leave his gay lifestyle.
"I can, in truth, firmly say that the longer I keep turning away from my homosexual desires, the less in strength they become," Moore wrote for the publication. In August, however, Moore wrote that he was still having urges to have sex with men. "Although I have same sex thoughts on a daily basis, I do not, in any way, feel compelled to ever return to a lifestyle of homosexuality," he wrote.
It seems Moore has been having a difficult time coming to terms and continues to struggle with his sexuality; shortly after he was exposed, he said he got rid of his computer in order to "prevent giving into temptation" again.
"I have sold my computer and have had someone put a lock on my phone where I cannot download apps or access the Internet through a non-filtered browser," Moore told the Post. "Ultimately, this isn't the solution. My heart being captured by the grace of God and brought into humble obedience is the solution. But not taking precautions is dumb, so these are the precautions I have taken."
Moore, who was once "out" and had boyfriends until he became an evangelical Christian in 2010, told Signorile he is still attracted to men. He added, however, he is trying to refrain from having sexual relations with men because of his religious beliefs.
When he was asked if he wants people to follow his path, Moore said, "I do believe it's the truth, so, honestly, yes. I stopped going out to gay bars and stuff like that. Most of the relationships that I did have did cease. And I had not been on Grindr or any kind of gay social network until January of this year."
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The dust has now begun to settle after the firestorm that was the Waterloo column, search an argument that unleashed a tumultuous, seek passionate, and sometimes nasty debate over political strategy within the GOP. The debate was a necessary one, and did much in the way of illuminating the need for more strategic depth within the party. However, it also often degenerated into hyperbole, and worse, personal attacks that clouded the debate and stunted the opportunities for learning and growth that are so crucial to a defeated entity.
As much of the debate focused feverishly on the immediate implications of the healthcare fallout, the promises to repeal and replace, the threats of zero future GOP cooperation, and the rallying cries to the 2010 midterms, little attention was paid to the long-term implications of the bill's passage. It is now clear that the bill cannot possibly (as a fact of math) be repealed before 2013 at the earliest, and more likely 2017, if it can be repealed at all (which it likely cannot be). Furthermore, in that interim period the bill will have begun to be implemented. This will change the game completely.
Why? Because individual policy preferences do not only inform policy, policy informs individual preferences. People build their lives around policy expectations, interest groups are created, income patterns change, and more simply, people get used to it. As a graduate student at George Washington University, I come across many studies related to how individual preferences are affected by political and policy regimes. One in particular caught my eye.
The title of the 2007 study is Good-Bye Lenin (Or Not?) The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences. Let me first say that no, I am not comparing the passage of Obama's healthcare plan in any way to communism in East Germany, however, the study offers interesting insights into how people adjust to changes in policy regimes. The finding was that, far from turning sharply against heavy state involvement in social well-being, the experience of East Germans under communism actually increased their preference for state intervention significantly during the 45-year existence of the communist regime. In 1997, seven years after reunification, East Germans were about fifteen percent more likely to favor a strong state than West Germans. By 2002, that gap had narrowed by about four and a half percent. The study estimated that if that trend continued at a steady pace Germans would once again share a homogenous opinion regarding a strong state presence within 20 to 40 years of reunification. That's a cycle lasting up to 85 years, from separation to reunification, to re-assimilation. The power of this study is that it shows that a homogenous society experienced sharp divisions in political preferences not due to geographical, income, or other factors, but to experiences under different regimes.
Although we are not in any danger at all of enduring a communist dictatorship, the study sheds insight on the possible long-term implications of the idea that the final version of the bill included a more central role for the government in healthcare than it could have. This means that while the GOP is waiting for sufficient congressional representation to re-reform healthcare the pendulum of individual preferences will swing farther to the left than it otherwise would have, and it will take longer to push it back. This, occurring while the United States is careening headlong into a fiscal crisis so severe that it could change the face of the nation, and perhaps of globalization as well.
Should the Waterloo thesis prove correct, then whatever short term gains the GOP may derive from healthcare in 2010 may be negated by the long-term cost to conservative priorities in the future. After the New Deal was struck, it took 40 years for the process of deregulation to begin under Carter, and accelerate under Reagan. The idea that a similar experience could be avoided, at the cost, possibly, of short-term political gain is a crucial thing to consider. Now that tempers have eased, it's time to soberly re-assess the game plan.


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The August edition of the Adobe Edge newsletter features a great article by ace Flash/Flex/ColdFusion developer Brian Rinaldi. It's called Getting Started with Adobe AIR for Android. Here's a quick excerpt from the piece that describes what it covers:
"In this article, I discuss the essential tools you need to start developing for AIR for Android using Adobe Flash Professional CS5. I walk you through getting AIR installed on your Android phone and configuring Flash software to develop for that platform. Then I show you how to build and deploy your first application."
While we're on the topic of Brian, the Flash Platform content and community team are very pleased to announce that Brian joined our team as Web Community Manager as of August 16. Brian will be working with Adobe to define and drive our community strategy and develop programs to promote community help.
Many of you may know Brian as an author, presenter and thought-leader within the Adobe developer community. He has more than 11 years of experience developing web applications in both small businesses and large enterprises including 10+ years with ColdFusion and SQL (he is an Adobe Certified Expert in ColdFusion) and 3+ years with Flex/AIR/ActionScript.
Brian has been an active organizer and volunteer for several years. He started his own conference in Boston – known first as Flex Camp Boston, now as RIA Unleashed. In addition to running the Boston ColdFusion User Group for the past five years, Brian was an Adobe Community Professional as well as an advisor to the Boston Flex User Group.
Brian blogs regularly at remotesynthesis.com and is an unapologetic Twitter addict under the handle @remotesynth. Check him out!


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Deployment of applications based on reusable components in a large network environment can become complicated very quickly. In this session, Jean-Baptise Onofré from Talend will describe how to manage deployment tasks using Apache Karaf and Apache ACE.
Apache Karaf is a flexible, lightweight, enterprise-ready OSGi container that provides a runtime for a wide variety of components, including pure web applications and ESB-oriented services. Karaf's flexible tooling makes it suitable for large-scale deployment, and it supports multiple instances through high-availability and clustering.
Apache ACE is a software distribution framework that provides centralized management of multi-node component deployments.
Jean-Baptise will begin with an introduction to Karaf, covering the Karaf shell and the basics of multiple instance management. Then, he will demonstrate how to use ACE to provision applications running inside Karaf.
OSGi has become a key technology for modularity and this very dynamic platform is the best choice for creating containers as proven by the migration of all JEE servers toward OSGi. However, when it comes to deploying and managing huge deployments of OSGi based applications, the tools available are quite limited. This presentation will give you an overview of a solution for provisioning and configuring distributed OSGi based applications in such environments using Apache Karaf and Apache ZooKeeper.
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Be afraid! Everything is a threat!
and we can't take away all your freedoms unless you are afraid...
Haha, wish you sit on a plane which has been pointed at by an iPhone.
Knowledge is Power. Power can be used by the Terrorists. Ban Wikipedia.
Even if this app is banned the mere fact that this is possible means terrorists can write their own programs. If they want to protect air lines they should devise some means securing this automatic signal.
Which would defeat the purpose of ADS-B, as it's a replacement for radar. You want other aircraft in the area to know where you are, and hence you really don't want to restrict what is receiving that signal (even if you limit it to just aircraft, someone could always take an ADS-B decoder from their aircraft and spit the signal out over IP).
New DHS directive:
Everyone who is not an obese whining imbecile is to be considered a threat.
I'm fucking dangerous. I'm eating a carrot and reading the dictionary. I'm bugs bunny on a plane.
How is this any different from a website like flightstats.com, and I'm sure there are plenty of other sites like that too. It isn't difficult to figure out where the planes are. The app probably only makes it marginally easier to view this data on a phone. Sounds like much ado about nothing
Its different because the data fed to flightstats is delayed for exactly this sort of reason. The app developers are intercepting identifying signals transmitted directly by the airplanes closing the gap between real-time and that delayed by a government-mandated time period. I'm an airplane geek so I would love an app like this. In the meantime, I'm stuck decoding ACARS transmissions with my laptop. I love watching planes take off over my house and have pictures of the plane get automatically downloaded from airliners.net. Way cool.
I fail to understand how anyone can complain when they failed to institute basic encryption policies to protect such data.
It would make no sense to block the application because it's obvious the work can be easily reproduced.
If this was ever a concern they should have at least implemented some basic protections.
The worst thing which can happen is for the ATC system to not be able to see the aircraft because a key is wrong. Concerns about terrorism are secondary.
Concerns about terrorism are never secondary.. The 3,000+ people killed by terrorists the the US in the last decade are a far greater concern than the best part of 200,000 other murders over the same period. fewer than 40 people killed by terrorists in the UK in the last decade are a greater concern than than close to 3,000 killed by other murderers over the same period, or something on the order of 30,000 from each of road accidents and suicide.
It follows that a risk of a terrorist attack is of greater concern then the risk of accidents, even if the latter is a greater threat in terms of the number of people killed.
Do you expect a rational policy?
What's the point of encrypting these signals? I'm pretty certain you could derive enough of the information in them with a database of airline schedules, background knowledge of the routes airplanes take, and some on the spot information about the plane (which was was it heading? What time is it right now? What flights were delayed recently?) which is freely available stuff if you just crawl the airline websites. The airplanes only broadcast it to make things a bit easier for air traffic controllers; it's nothing a theoretical terrorist group couldn't figure out on their own.
Also, you can count on the fingers of one head the number of times a commercial airplane has been shot down with a missile in the USA, so basically this is a non-problem.
the single best time to shoot down a plane for a terrorist is when it's nearing it's terminus (either takeoff or landing)
"Sir, you're under arrest for providing information terrorists might find useful. You have the right to..."
And even if you don't want to do it at the airport, easy enough to have someone at the airport call you to know when your selected flight takes off, and maybe a couple of other spotters along the way.
And all of this presumes that if you're a terrorist who wants to shoot an airliner out of the sky, you have a particular desire to choose a specific plane. There may be reasons to do that, but you can terrify people just as well if not better by simply choosing a known flight path and choosing randomly.
Why was the plane targeted? NOBODY KNOWS! YOU COULD BE NEXT!
The app developers are intercepting identifying signals transmitted directly by the airplanes closing the gap between real-time and that delayed by a government-mandated time period
Really? Which radio in the iPhone is being used to intercept those signals? The GSM/WCDMA radio? The Wi-Fi radio? The Bluetooth radio? The GPS radio?
I infer from Pinkfroot's "Share Data" page [pinkfroot.com] that their apps just get the ADS-B data over the Intertubes from people who have ADS-B receivers and make the data available.
If something could potentially be used in a bad way, even if most people aren't going to abuse it, it must immediately be banned! So, basically, anything that can be used as a weapon, too. Which is... pretty much everything.
If something could potentially be used in a bad way, even if most people aren't going to abuse it, it must immediately be banned! So, basically, anything that can be used as a weapon, too. Which is... pretty much everything.
Mandatory blindfolds or hoods. Include the flight crew, because God might tell them to crash another plane [wikipedia.org].
-- Barbie
I'd have thought that the _problem_ is that the aircraft is broadcasting its position, not that somebody wrote an app to listen to the signal.
If some Android developer can figure out how to do it, so can anybody else.
But...go ahead, ban the app if it makes you feel better.
I'm not sure I can think of anything less stealthy than a commercial airliner, really. They're huge, noisy, and covered in running lights. The only use I can think of for this app for a hypothetical terrorist is to identify a particular aircraft, but we are talking about terrorists here. They typically aren't known for their choosiness in civilian targets. The point is to scare a population by killing a large chunk of largely random people, after all. Binoculars would suffice to target a particular aircraft type or airline, if they're already in range for a shoulder launched SAM, anyway.
The source of this story was the Daily Mail, that also brought us such superb journalism as this [destructoid.com].
Absolutely, because we can all pick up a Stinger missile at the Walmart, but intercepting the location ourselves is just beyond the realm of possability.
It is not about legitimate security concerns. as a SAM would hit the aircraft regardless of whether or not an app captured transponder data and superimposed it on a map or not. In fact this app would probably not help a terrorist very much at all, except possibly with identifying a specific aircraft - but don't you think that the terrorist would have receivers already, be listening to VHF transmissions between the cockpit and air traffic control, and so on?
This kind of app is most useful for aviation nuts who like to track weather, aircraft flights, and other trivia no one will care about a day later. It is good for GA to know what's in the air around you (ignoring FCC and FAA regs about cellphones in the air), and it's particularly good for seeing for yourself how busy air space is along your intended route as you plan.
What is this whole stink all about?
Homeland Security Theater. It's about time for the season premier episode and this seems to be it. It is all about a Wizard of Oz like production where we are supposed to watch the media rantings, and not seeing the puny man behind the curtain for the farce he is. It is all about continued existence of Homeland Security and the huge tax burden it creates to support that woefully inadequate charade while not doing what it takes to actually prevent terrorist attacks (e.g., profiling international flight passengers, deporting illegal aliens, stopping illegal immigration, I mean, invasion, at the borders). It is about forcing Americans to embrace the idea of big government, a nanny state, and a global government with no checks and balances.
It is not about real security at all. It's about a temporary apparent security for which we are exchanging our essential liberties.
... instead of, say, the surface-to-air missiles
Hey, I have a right to bear arms. You iPhone users can git your own amendment or else you can git out!
... instead of, say, the surface-to-air missiles
Hey, I have a right to bear arms. You iPhone users can git your own amendment or else you can git out!
I really don't think the 2nd amendment makes allowances for the possession of strategic or tactical air defenses.
Speaking of which, instead of spending time on worrying about iPhone apps, maybe these terrorism "experts" should be concentrating on preventing terrorists from gaining access to surface-to-air missiles.
The intent behind it does, really.
The whole "well-regulated militia" bit likely intends to give citizens the right to be sufficiently well-armed to constitute a significant military force -- that's what a militia is. At the time, that consisted of rifles and pistols, but any modern significant military force would necessarily include RPG's, MANPADS, and the like.
If you really want the Second Amendment to mean what it originally was intended to mean, then yes -- private ownership of these weapons is Constitutionally guaranteed. I don't think this is a good idea, but this position requires changing the meaning of the 2nd.
The intent behind it does, really.
The whole "well-regulated militia" bit likely intends to give citizens the right to be sufficiently well-armed to constitute a significant military force -- that's what a militia is.
As I read it, the 2nd Amendment directly refers back to Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 16, which states that Congress gets to arm the militia. Given that, couldn't you extrapolate that since you'd get your weapons from Congress, what weapons you're allowed to get would be decided upon by them?
Plain finder application does not "threaten" security. It's not a person to be threaten. What is threatened here is your precious freedoms, which you declare left and right and do very little to fight for.
Besides - I'm pretty sure you have to agree not to use your device for anything involving terrorism or nuclear or biological weapons when you sign up for your iTunes account. So terrorists couldn't use it anyway.
Also note that the iPhone app works because THE AIRPLANE IS BROADCASTING THIS INFORMATION CONSTANTLY. If this information is a security threat, why did they create an air traffic control system where this information is public? If you can't be arsed to encrypt your own broadcasts, is it really shocking when someone actually reads them?
The linked article and the summary says that "he programme, sold for just 1.79 pounds in the online Apple store, has now been labelled an 'aid to terrorists' by security experts and the US Department of Homeland Security is also examining how to protect airliners." The Daily Mail article says "The US Department of Homeland Security is also examining how to protect airliners."
Nowhere does it say the "US" or any US official has said the application "threatens security". In fact, the only official to say anything in the article was a UK official, a British MP, who said, 'Anything that makes it easier for our enemies to find targets is madness. The Government must look at outlawing the marketing of such equipment.'
So basically, the only thing that comes close to any "government" entity calling this application a threat is a British politician, and the "US" has actually made no statement about this application whatsoever, other than a reference in one sentence of the article that DHS is "examining how to protect airliners", and is not, as the headline implies, calling for the app to be pulled or censored, or indeed, even talking about the app at all.
Great sensationalism, guys. The best part of this is that the comments are howling with the typical anti-US-government complaints, when the "US" hasn't said anything about the app at all. What I come to expect from slashdot.
I expected these typical responses from people didn't even bother reading the article. Of course slashdot got the headline wrong, but that's to be expected as well.
The fact is that nobody in the US government has said this app is an aid to terrorists. Its just something that is supposed by a couple of random people. I don't know how slashdot comes to the conclusion that the "US" (government I presume) exclaimed this.
In short, this entire article and summary is just flamebait and you suckers just got trolled hook, line and sinker. The editors should be ashamed of themselves.
It really does sound like a "working as designed" problem. Honestly, if you design something to broadcast data with no technical security policies at all, you really can't complain when your data gets intercepted and used for things you can't control. Removing the iPhone app doesn't even remotely fix the problem either, of course, since this kind of device could just be purpose-built.
"Anything that makes it easier for our enemies to find targets is madness. The Government must look at outlawing the marketing of such equipment."
Perhaps they should consider banning the ADS-B transmitters, then?
In any case, banning the app would do nothing to anyone with the funds for a SAM. See this document [www.lll.lu] to make your own reciever.
until I see a story from a source other than the Daily Fail.
Because terrorists would never, ever be able to find out this information by themselves, or crash their plane into an airliner by, uh, looking for it in the sky while they're flying.
Have we now moved on from security theater to security standup comedy? At best this seems to be a DHSvertisment telling terrorists where to get useful apps for their iPhone. which they might otherwise never have heard of.
"Because terrorists would never, ever be able to find out this information by themselves"
No, they wouldn't. They need iPhones to accomplish all of their evil deeds!
If it can be done with a phone app, then obviously it can be done in other ways by terrorists.
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck
What conceivable use is this to a terrorist? I've been considering this for a few minutes now. My kneejerk reaction was that the government is being fucking stupid. Then I pondered on exactly how knowing which plane is which is at all helpful. Any ideas anyone? Perhaps I'm focusing too much on the hijacking scenario, and someone could use it to select a target for a SAM. But that just doesn't seem likely, since I would think you would already know your target if you go through the trouble of bringing a SAM to an airport.
My kneejerk reaction was that the government is being fucking stupid.
The government is not being stupid
US Department of Homeland Security is also examining how to protect airliners
Here's an idea: How about protecting the borders and allowing ICE to deport illegal aliens who are already here? That would be a great first step.
I live sixty miles from the Mexican border. We have a bunch of undocumented/illegal aliens here. They are not terrorist threats; only very few are criminals. Most of them are ordinary people who just want a chance to live like anybody else.
Here's another idea: how about preventing the crimes that are already happening in this country!
Wait--was the original story about, again?
Anyone with a SAM can see if a plane is right there! They don't need an iPhone app to tell them what they are looking at is a plane. Have they had issues with terrorists accidentally targeting endangered condors with missiles by mistake?
I get this argument from idiot alarmists all the time:
"We can't allow for the last link of dissemination of information to the public at large to exist, but it's okay for the information to be available. We just need to make it *less* available."
This sort of argument appears to stem from one or many of a few beliefs:
1) Terrorists are too stupid to get this sort of information from less casual sources.
2) Of all of the speedbumps to becoming a terrorist, figuring out where the flights are was the thing that was holding people back.
3) They had no idea that we had this information available (this is a variant of 1),
4) It's okay to leave information we consider dangerous out in the open, as long as you can't get it without knowing the right URL (or, in this case, the right frequencies). This isn't quite what crypto nerds mean when they say "security through obscurity isn't security at all," but it's pretty relatable.
And to think, US Cyber command is under the impression that they don't need geeks. If this is what passes for an understanding of safety and security in our government, we're just doomed.
This is a stupid argument because it is so extremely simple to figure out when to shoot down an aircraft with a SAM anyway.
You already know the approximate time when it will takeoff since that is public knowledge since the passengers needs to know.
Most airports has only one or two runways. You can easily figure out in which direction the plane is going to start (it will start at the same direction as the ones before it, probably into the wind).
Now you can simply put ourself outside the airport at the point where the plane will fly right over you at a low altitude off perhaps a couple off hundred yards. The guys that photos planes position them self correct every time with this knowledge.
The reality is that aircrafts is extremely exposed and easy to shoot down with SAMs since it is easy to get them during landing and takeoff and you can't fence off an area big enough to protect them.
tower: AC310 heavy drop to 30 thousand and proceed to outer marker on heading 31 you are clear for runway
Hm, I wonder where AC310 heavy is ?
That's what ADS-B is supposed to do [faa.gov] - give anyone who wants it a picture of what's in nearby airspace. It may have been a mistake to implement that capability and mandate that the transmitters be installed on aircraft. But, with that done, bitching about people using the data is pointless.
An attacker could buy a general aviation ADS-B receiver [navworx.com] for $1495 and get the same data on an HP iPAQ. So this only protects against terrorists with very low budgets.
OMG, I'll save you some money [www.lll.lu], not even terrorist should go broke on their quests.
Not very low budgets. I mean, they've got to afford the surface-to-air missiles first. But after the missiles all they had left was enough to buy an iPhone, a two-year contract, and a $2 app.
And hopefully some lunch, because they're just gonna walk outside and wait until a plane shows up overhead in range, and they're gonna get hungry sitting there.
Thanks to the Streisand Effect [wikipedia.org], Plane Finder AR [apple.com] will doubtless skyrocket to the top of the charts by the end of the day.
If this were a legitimate security risk, they just did about a thousand times the damage that it would have been had they ignored it. Pathetic. This is why efforts like the Cyber Command [wikipedia.org] is such an obvious failure to anyone with a lick of Internet-savvy before it was ever launched.
As many here have pointed out, it's absurd to think that this app would be useful for a terrorist who has the resources to obtain a surface to air missile. If you're going to shoot down a civilian plane, do you really need to know the flight number? Or do you just pick the one you see above you?
A more likely concern is that the device can be used to reveal government misconduct. It was hobbyist plane-spotters who, through their observations of civilian air traffic, exposed the CIA's Torture Jet flights [washingtonpost.com] or "extraordinary renditions", wherein they kidnapped people abroad and transferred them to third countries [newyorker.com] like Egypt, Jordan and Uzbekistan for interrogation using tortures that even the CIA wouldn't use (I guess there still are some).
If the choice is between ceasing their crimes against humanity, or trying to cover them up better: they prefer the latter strategy.
I live in a flight path to LGA, planes go over every five or ten minutes and often *blink* the apartment with their shadows. Which is kinda neat. But I think there's a misapprehension about this app. I t doesn't receive ADS transmissions, it relies on (some group of users other than app users) to submit the data to a db. Planes fly over my apartment every five or ten minutes. I've had this app open for an hour and none of the overflying planes were reflected in the UI.
Of course, if they were, I'da downed them with a SAM, which I never felt the need to do when they are flying over til now.
No US passenger airline has equipped with ADS-B yet. In fact, most of them are fighting tooth and nail *not* to, because they don't want to spend the money.
The only thing the bogeyman of "terrorists" would be able to track with this app is UPS aircraft (UPS is helping the FAA test NextGen and has fleetwide ADS-B now, IIRC) and private planes that have chosen to equip with ADS-B.
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People who prefer guns over hand-to-hand combat would most likely not get too much out of it Sleeping Dogs until later on in the story and then find very little fun post-story. But if you're looking for a short rush of excitement and want something different from the more common, wrong side of the law and gun-focused open-world atmosphere, then Sleeping Dogs is definitely worth playing.
not a game i had on my radar, might give it a look now though.
It truly is an amazing game. I managed to get a good deal on it a few months ago. I loved the story, combat, voice acting, and the driving in this game. I also loved the fan service given by some of the many costumes in the game as well as voice actors known for being in Asian action flicks. I'm very grateful Square Enix resurrected the game. It was originally a new True Crimes game but plans fell through.
The title of the game hits it perfectly, it's the sleeper hit of 2012. In many ways, it out performs GTA especially the hand to hand combat. One of my favorite open world crime games I ever played.
You can find the game for $30 on Amazon. Definitely buy it.
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"You took 11 years of my life away and I have got it back. I spent 11 years in hell, now your hell is just beginning. I will overcome all that has happened, but you will face hell for eternity," says Knight.
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Psychologist Sylvia Rimm watched Thursday's testimony along with people around the world.
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"They have a long road ahead," says Dr. Rimm.
A road of recovery that's already begun, but, what will the future be like for Michelle and the other women as they try to move forward?
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09/25/2013 1:20pmA State Department audit found Wednesday that an investigation into last year's deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, was unbiased, countering claims from GOP members of Congress that it lacked independence. But the audit says weaknesses persist in how the State Department identifies threats overseas.
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Sam Rowley and John Puk scored 13 points apiece as Albany (N.Y.) pulled away from Fairfield for a 58-50 nonconference win Saturday.
The Great Danes (20-9), who have won four of their last six games, reached 20 wins for the first time since 2006-07 and for the third time in their Division I program history.
Trailing 16-15, Albany pulled ahead with a 7-0 run. The Great Danes then expanded their 27-24 halftime lead with another 7-0 burst to open the second half. Puk scored five points in the spree, and the Stags could get no closer than five the rest of the way.
Albany, of the America East Conference, recorded 11 steals, surpassing 10 steals for only the second time this season. The Great Danes outrebounded Fairfield 33-25.
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California-based fresh produce company Prime Harvest hired Jim Stewart as vice president of sales. Mr. Stewart joins Prime Harvest with more than 30 years of experience in the Californian fresh produce industry, having most recently held the positions of president and sales manager at WesPak.
"I am looking forward to applying my skills to a fresh set of challenges with Prime Harvest," Mr. Stewart said in a press release."The growth opportunities in front of this business are pretty exciting to consider."
He joins the team at a time of major expansion for the business. Prime Harvest is the Californian arm of the Freshmax Group and is focused on the export of key lines to Canada, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. It also provides strategic opportunities for exports out of New Zealand and Australia.
With a substantial presence in table grapes, the company is focused on expanding its footprint in the tree fruit and cherry categories.
"We are very excited welcome Jim into the Prime Harvest team," Simon Gillett, general manager of global development, said in the press release. "His expertise and reputation is difficult to match. We expect the business to expand quickly from here, especially as we tap into opportunities within the wider Freshmax network."


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School lunch prices will likely again be rising by 10 cents a meal at Estherville Lincoln Central for the 2013-14 school year.
The ELC School Board will consider the increase at its regular meeting on Monday, but have little choice but to improve the increase.
Beginning July 1, 2011, new federal regulations went into effect mandating that every school, which was not already doing so, begin to increase their lunch prices for full pay students to the amount the district is being reimbursed per lunch by the federal government (currently $3.16) to meet this compliancy issue, the school will continue to increase lunch prices by 10 cents-from $1.70 to $.180 for students in grades K-6 and from $1.95 to $.05 for students in grades 7-12. The adult lunch prices will increase 20 cents to $3.20.
In a memo to the board, food service directory Traci Moore stated that according to USDA regulations, the school must charge the same price for a regular price student as the school is reimbursed for a free lunch by 2021.
A state consultant recommends that schools increase prices annually to meet the requirements by 2021.