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In the immediate aftermath of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, various "experts," led principally by spokesmen for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), began sounding the theme that this latest terror attack is proof of the need for more cooperation and convergence between U.S. and Russian intelligence agencies.
James M. Lindsay, the CFR's senior vice president and director of studies, and Anya Schmemann, director of the CFR's Task Force Program, were among the first out of the starting blocks with an April 19 "Waters' Edge" CFR blog that posited: "The reported identification of the Boston bombers as Chechens may spur increased U.S. support for Moscow's approach to Islamic extremism. Russia has already offered its assistance in the ongoing investigation, and the Boston bombings will likely lead to increased counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries."
The following day, April 20, many newspapers and websites carried a Reuters story by Timothy Heritage with the title, "Boston bombings - a chance for U.S.-Russia cooperation." The Reuters story begins:
Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been tempted to tell Barack Obama "I told you so" when U.S. officials blamed two ethnic Chechens for the Boston Marathon bombings. He has long said the United States underestimates the security threat posed by Islamist militants in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, and has rejected criticism that Moscow's use of force in the region has been heavy-handed.
The Reuters story quoted Robert Legvold, a CFR member and regular writer for the CFR journal Foreign Affairs, on the likely "positive" effect the bombing would have on U.S.-Russian relations. Reuters reported:
Robert Legvold, professor emeritus at Columbia University and a Russia expert, said the events in Boston would help increase U.S.-Russian cooperation because the sides would share intelligence and information about the suspects.
He underlined that Russia had been quick to rally behind Washington after the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, and a similar deepening of security cooperation could take place now.
"I think in the end, the Russians under Putin want to keep the relationship as constructive as possible," Legvold said. "This episode is likely to be more positive than negative (for U.S.-Russian relations)."
"Now that we ourselves have experienced terror that has a North Caucasus dimension, it certainly gives a chance to revive counterterrorism cooperation," Angela Stent (CFR), director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University, told RIA Novosti, one of the venerable old Kremlin propaganda organs, that continues to serve Putin's FSB, as it did the Soviet KGB.
"Putin has been making the point for 14 years that Chechnya affects all of us," said Fiona Hill in an Associated Press story on April 23. Hill, formerly the White House's national intelligence officer for Russia under Obama and President George W. Bush, is a CFR member. None of these experts has pointed out that many of the Chechen terror incidents in Russia have been exposed as false flag operations carried out by the Russian FSB.


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Make that boxcar sillies
As someone who works on the Downtown Mall, I have had my share of meetings with the lovely crowd you chose to highlight in your most recent cover story [June 19: "Boxcar willies"] (http://www.readthehook.com/93611/cover-box-car-willies-modern-hobos-defy...).
I loved the time that Rochelle interrupted me and a friend as we walked down the Mall to ask for money ("spreading good karma"). It was hard to understand exactly what she was saying, since she was shoving a large slice of pepperoni pizza down her throat and had a handful of popcorn ready as a chaser.
Considering the large pizza box, the full bucket of popcorn, and the myriad beverages scattered about, I decided that my money is better spent on some of the downtown merchants who pay rent, taxes, deal with local politics, and must deal with the people who decide Charlottesville is very bum-friendly and decide to have an extended stay.
Don't get me wrong, I know and try help out many of the people who hang out on the Mall– after I get to know them and realize that they actually need some help. My guess is that some fact-checking on your Boxcar Willies would reveal that these "kids" grew up in middle class America and are either just bored or looking, like so many other people, for their chance at celebrity.
Why write about them when there are an amazing number of interesting people in this area who make Charlottesville the unique place it is?
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Scott Jamieson won a playoff at The Nelson Mandela Championship on Sunday and that helped him jump 52 places in this week's world rankings.
Jamieson, who won for the first time on the European Tour, now stands at 115th in the world.
The top seven in the rankings remained the same from last week as Rory McIlroy was followed Luke Donald, Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, Louis Oosthuizen, Lee Westwood and Adam Scott.
Bubba Watson finished a distant second to Charl Schwartzel in Thailand on Sunday. With that, Watson moved up four places to No. 8 this week. He was followed by Jason Dufner, Brandt Snedeker, Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley, who all dropped one spot from last week due to Watson's move.
Ian Poulter was No. 13 again this week and is trailed by Graeme McDowell, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Nick Watney, Peter Hanson and Matt Kuchar.
Sergio Garcia ended fourth behind Schwartzel and he improved two to No. 20 this week. His move knocked Bo Van Pelt out of the top 20.
Schwartzel improved four spots to No. 23 with his win in Thailand.


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The study was carried out on a sample of gamers owning PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii (which does not support HD) gaming consoles.
The study also revealed that 40 percent of all American households have at least one console, which is not only used for gaming, but for watching movies and listening to music as well. 51% of PS3 users watch movies on their consoles, as opposed to 47% of Xbox 360 users, and in fact, 36% of console owners indicated that home entertainment options, was the motivating factor in purchasing a console.
What is also interesting, is that 54% of Xbox 360 consoles are located in the living room or den, compared to 55% for Wii and 44% for the PS3, which is another indicator that the console is becoming the entertainment hub in the American household.
More than 54% of PS3 and 48% of Xbox 360 consoles are currently connected to multi-channel (5.1 or greater), home theatre systems. In fact, more gaming consoles are now connected to surround sound systems than traditional stereo television speakers.
The figures showed that 71% of PS 3 owners are hooked up to a HD display, compared with 66% for Xbox 360 and 65% for Wii owners. Nielson has also supplied a breakdown of the display technology used, with 32% using LCD, 17% plasma, 9% rear projection and 6% CRT.


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Scene and Heard: Towsonopoly
Pictured: Don Thomas and David Nevins Mr. Monopoly would've been proud. A group of modern-day folks were gathering at the Towson University Marriott Conference Hotel to play his board game in the attire he has always worn -- with black tie. And he had Towson University president Bob Caret to thank. Caret and his wife Liz Zoltan had organized and were chairing "Towsonopoly," a tournament and gala benefiting TU. "When I was in San Jose [as president of San Jose University from 1995-2003], we had something like this set up for the Heart Fund. So, I've been trying to get the university to do this as a black tie event, one that was different from everything else." The hotel's main floor was almost set up as a board game itself. One room was full of tables, each with a Monopoly board. Another game room offered roulette, a money wheel and a wine wheel. Yet another was hosted by former NASA astronaut Don Thomas, now director of TU's Willard Hackerman Academy of Math and Science Outreach. There folks could peruse all sorts of space memorabilia, including a Russian space suit on loan to him, his favorite thing in the room. It was worn by cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri at the space station in 1996. Meanwhile, Michael Losover, Advantage Title national sales manager, Tammy Tilson, Lutherville psychotherapist, Brent Chism, financial consultant and his wife, Heather Chism, Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson human resources director, were among the formally frocked folks gathered in an anteroom girding themselves for board-game battle with a little fortification from cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. "I read the rules three nights ago; I can't remember a thing," said Laurie Fisher, Caprice owner, there with her husband Alex Fisher, Archstone Portfolio Solutions managing director. "I'm just going to wing it; that usually works best," noted friend Glenn Ross, Archstone Portfolio Solutions managing director, who was there with his wife, Debbie Ross, Ross IA owner. For some couples -- like Marsha Becker, Towson University professor and her husband, Gordon Becker, Parker 3-D Company managing director -- game game strategy included maintaining a happy marriage by sitting at separate tables. "We can't be at the same table. We're both too competitive," said Vic Obringer, Northrop Grumman director of supply chain, referring to his wife, Dyan Brasington, TU vice president of economic community outreach. "I'm ready; I pulled the board game out last night and practiced," announced Debi DeVou, retired banker. "Deb killed me last night when we played," added her husband, Greg DeVou, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield executive vice president, explaining why they, too, were playing in separate games. Susie Nevins, Ed-Psych Solutions co-director, decided her best position was one of support for her husband, David Nevins, Nevins & Associates president. "I'm actually going to coach him, although he doesn't know it yet," she said. However, her husband was going to try a different tack -- trying to lose. "But Monopoly is one of those games you can't throw. You can't plan to lose. You can spend all your money buying up property. But, then someone lands on it and has to pay you rent. I was thinking of trying, so I can mingle," he said with a twinkle in his eye. -- Sloane Brown
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There's been a plethora of goals in the top five leagues in the first half of the season with high-scoring games thrilling fans across the continent.
Of course, to score a lot of goals, you need to create a lot of chances and to create chances you need a number of quality, creative players in your side.
Here we take a look at the top 20 teams in Europe, who have created the most chances so far this season.
Usual suspects are littered all over the list with all the juggernauts of the European game making an appearance.
But chances mean nothing unless you finish them and there and some teams are high up on the chances created list yet way down in their respective league table.
Click through to take a look. All stats have been obtained from Sqwawka.com.
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Thomasville, NC> Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Baseball Coaches voted for their preseason polls and preseason All-CVAC Team members as nominations and votes were collected over the past month. Non-conference games can officially begin as the first pitch of the season will be thrown out after February 1.
Defending Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference champion Mount Olive posted a 37-15 record in 2004, marking the eighth time in the last nine years the Trojans have won either the CVAC regular season or tournament championship and placing them on top of this years CVAC coaches' preseason poll. Mount Olive was ranked in the top four in the South Atlantic Region throughout the year and appeared to be headed towards the NCAA DII regional, but the Trojans got bumped out of the top four a week after winning the CVAC Tournament and did not receive a bid. Mount Olive returns a pair of left-handed starting pitchers, including All-CVAC First Team selection Brian Corbett, who posted a 5-1 record with a 4.12 earned run average in 2004. The senior was a two-time CVAC Pitcher of the Week winner. Also returning is junior Weston Curles, who ranked No. 30 in the nation with a 2.36 ERA. Curles posted a complete game victory in last year's CVAC Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Senior Jonathan Pullen and sophomore Stephen Nordan both hit over .300 last year, while junior first baseman Matt Rickard provided late season offensive punch for the Trojans. Defensively, the Trojans will have to find replacements for two outfield positions, the middle infield and behind the plate.
Pfeiffer University was chosen in the 2nd slot for the coaches' preseason poll. The Falcons are coming off a successful 2004 campaign in which they won the regular season championship. After finishing second in the CVAC conference tournament, the Falcons had a ranking of #2 in the South Atlantic Region. Pfeiffer finished the year with a 41-14 record and a #15 national ranking. First year Head Coach Mark Hayes will look for hot hitting from returning starters Jamie Tucker (.386, 15 HR, 61 RBI) and Brian York (.398, 18 HR, 70 RBI) who were 2004 First Team All-Conference and All-Region selections. The Falcons will also return six pitchers that saw action last year. They will be led by Greg Tucker (8-4), who was a 2004 2nd Team All- CVAC member, and Spencer Anthony (6-0).
The Barton College Bulldogs return seven position starters and their entire pitching staff from a 27-26 team that finished fourth in the CVAC regular season in 2004 to place them in the third position in the preseason poll. Head Coach Todd Wilkinson begins his 13th season at the helm for the Bulldogs with a lineup that features a bevy of great hitters, led by All-American Dennis Blackmon, who belted a school-record 24 home runs last season and set numerous other school single-season and career records. If the veteran pitchers can blend with the newcomers to provide leadership on the mound, and the defense plays solid, Barton could make a run for the 2005 conference title. "We have a veteran, powerful offense," Wilkinson said. "We return 54 of our 73 home runs from last season, as well as our top seven hitters. Our defense was improved in 2004 and our pitching staff is now battle-tested, so we should be even better in 2005."
Rounding out the baseball preseason poll 4-9 is: Erskine, Coker, St. Andrews, Anderson, Limestone, and Belmont Abbey respectively.


text: June 17, 2014 at 3:08 PM A manly cooking primer from Steven Raichlen Posted by Providence Cicero Guy food: Skillet Rib Steak from Man Made Meals by Steven Raichlen Who better to pen a he-man kitchen how-to than prolific grillmaster Steven Raichlen, the author of 30 cookbooks including "Planet Barbecue!" and the host of "Primal Grill" and "Barbecue University" on PBS. Raichlen will be in Seattle on Monday, June 23, promoting "Man Made Meals: The Essential Cookbook for Guys," at a special dinner event, demo and book signing at RN74 Restaurant downtown. (Call 206-456-7474 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve your seat.) The hefty, illustrated Workman paperback promises "culinary literacy for men." Writing with dry humor and a straightforward style, Raichlen comes across as a wise and knowing high school coach, friendly but firm, making it clear when rules are rules (safe food-handling procedures) and when you can bend them (Crazy Salad). More Comments | More in Cooking, Upcoming Events | Topics: Man Made Meals, RN74, Steven Raichlen


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Any marketer worth her salt has always understood the power of storytelling. Stories are the blood that pumps through any vital community. They document our histories, they educate us, they entertain us, and at their best they inspire us into action. We're evolving from storytelling to story sharing, and we're on our way to story making.
Love these concepts! This is a quick piece that will get you oriented away from storytelling as a 'push' medium and into thinking about storytelling as a 'pull' medium.
If properly understood, the dynamics of storytelling focus on story sharing. That requires listening, and creating sustainable storytelling within your organization.
Sustainable storytelling (I keep talking about this recently so my apologies for repeating myself) if you haven't read some of my recent article reviews, are the structures and processes a business puts in place to regularly find, collect, and share stories in ongoing ways. The focus is on building storytelling into the organization as a core competence.
This article helps point the way to how storytelling is evolving in the business world -- for the better I must say!


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The U.S. Marine Corps' four-year campaign against al Qaeda in Anbar is a fight certain to take its place next to such legendary clashes as Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Chosin, and Khe Sanh. In his book, Professor Richard Shultz contends that its success constituted a major turning point in the Iraq War and helped alter the course of events and set the stage for the surge in Baghdad a year later. This book brings to light all the decisive details of how the Marines, between 2004 and 2008, adapted and improvised as they applied the hard lessons of past mistakes.
More than just a military tactic book, this well-researched study documents the reasons for the debacle in Iraq after Saddam Hussein's fall and how the Marines changed the tide of war. Shultz thoughtfully explains the Iraqi culture of which Americans were woefully ignorant: the supreme importance of tribes, honor, centuries-old antagonisms between Sunnis and Shias...
...Shultz's even-handed treatise highlights the war's needless suffering and praises Marines who can list Anbar alongside Iwo Jima and Okinawa in their pantheon of heroism.
—Publisher's Weekly (Read the full piece)
"Finally, a bold narrative that captures the truth of the four-year struggle in the Anbar Province. Dr. Shultz so effectively chronicles the historic interaction amongst the tribes, the strategic mistakes, and the brutality of the fighting, that it seems almost as if he was there. Marines, sailors, and soldiers who fought in Anbar will rejoice that the story of their sacrifices and successes—which created conditions for winning the war in Iraq—has been told."
—Gen. James T. Conway, USMC (Ret.), 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps
"The Iraq War may have been a debacle, but the story of United States Marines in Anbar province constitutes a triumph of innovation and practicality over adversity. Richard Shultz has given us the glorious, comprehensive history of marines in Anbar. In doing so, he has shown why counterinsurgency, while thankless and controversial, will remain relevant as long as ground forces encounter civilian populations."
—Robert D. Kaplan, author of Imperial Grunts and The Revenge of Geography
"The Marine's campaign to secure Anbar Province in Iraq will rank as one of the Corps' historic battle achievements. Dick Shultz's brilliant account of that campaign is rich in lessons learned and examples of adaptability. The Marines Take Anbar will be a classic study in counterinsurgency."
—Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret.)
"While there are many who might prefer to forget about America's troubled involvement in Iraq, Professor Shultz masterfully provides the best reason to study and learn from it: the experience of the U.S. Marines in Anbar Province between 2004 and 2008. It is a story of doctrinal and operational innovation and persistence leading to a triumph as important and memorable as any in the Marine's long and battle-honored history. The Marines Take Anbar is required reading for anyone trying to understand the security complications and challenges of irregular warfare in the 21st Century."
—Professor Bruce Hoffman, Director for Security Studies, Georgetown University
"Richard Shultz has written a gripping account of the Anbar Awakening, and of the role of the Marines in taking that province back from Al Qaeda. It teaches two large lessons: that all counterinsurgency campaigns are unique, and that no matter how much is done to win over a population and enable it to defend itself, hard fighting needs to be done. An invaluable contribution to the literature on the Iraq war."
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first phase of a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster neared an end Wednesday with testimony by a former BP executive who helped supervise the company's Gulf of Mexico drilling operations.
Patrick O'Bryan, BP's vice president of drilling and completions in the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the company's April 2010 well blowout, said he never heard any concerns that the rig crew felt pressure to cut corners to finish a project that was behind schedule and over budget. O'Bryan said everybody who worked on the project cared about safety.
"They took pride in what they did. They wanted to deliver a good well, but they wanted to deliver a safe well," O'Bryan said. He testified on the 29th day of a federal trial designed to identify causes of the blowout and assign fault to the companies involved in the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
O'Bryan was one of BP's last witnesses as the first phase of the trial neared its conclusion, possibly as soon as Wednesday. The trial began Feb. 25 and has included testimony by more than three dozen witnesses for the federal government, a team of private plaintiffs' attorneys, London-based BP PLC, rig owner Transocean Ltd. and cement contractor Halliburton.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. Barring a settlement, he could decide how much more money the companies owe for their roles in the disaster.
Robert Bea, an expert witness for plaintiffs' attorneys, testified earlier in the trial that the drilling team was under enormous financial pressure to finish the Macondo well project.
O'Bryan acknowledged the project was "costing more than we thought" but said he never heard any concerns that safety was sacrificed to speed up the process.
"It's not uncommon to have cost overruns," said O'Bryan, who left BP in 2011 to take a job at a smaller company.
O'Bryan was visiting the Deepwater Horizon when the blowout triggered an explosion that killed 11 rig workers. He described a harrowing race to evacuate the burning rig after the blast.
O'Bryan was on the bridge when the rig started to violently shake. He saw drilling mud showering a supply boat near the rig and heard a hissing noise before the explosion.
When the lights went out on the bridge, the rig's captain, Curt Kuchta, told O'Bryan to don a life vest.
"It just seemed to me he wasn't sure what to do. He was surprised by the loss of power," O'Bryan said of Kuchta, a Transocean employee.
Kuchta has invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and wasn't scheduled to testify at the trial.
Andrew Mitchell, a marine safety expert testifying for BP on Wednesday, said Kuchta missed a "last clear chance" to save the rig by failing to promptly activate a system that disconnects the vessel from the well in an emergency.
"He did not fully understand his responsibilities nor his overriding authority as captain of the Deepwater Horizon," Mitchell said. "Transocean operated and implemented a confusing command structure."


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To whom do they belong?
To Whom Do They Belong? Victor Klimoski
The following opinion piece appeared in the last issue of Conversatio Magazine. We are interested in the perspectives of readers on whether Dr. Klimoski's opinion is close to or wide of the mark. What does your experience and observation tell you?
Saint John's is one of twenty pilot schools funded by the Lilly Endowment to examine the problem of student indebtedness. The costs of earning a graduate theological degree continue to climb. As a result, students take out major student loans, often adding to existing undergraduate student debt. Theological schools try to be as generous as they can be with scholarships, grants, and student work positions. That is the case at Saint John's. But funding for such assistance is finite as other costs for maintaining an excellent school rise.
During a recent gathering of the twenty pilot schools noted above, I discovered something that had never reached a conscious level for me. Protestant participants always talked about the "church's students." For them, all candidates in their schools belong to the church and are an investment of the church in the future of its ministry to congregations. As I listened again and again to references to the "church's students," I realized that Roman Catholic lay ministry students belong to no one. That is admittedly a dramatic way to put it. The facts, however, are clear.
Lay students generally come to us as independent contractors with no endorsement or support from their local dioceses or parishes. How they pay for their educations and the amount of debt they must accumulate are up to them. They continue as independent contractors as they search for jobs, negotiate for salary and benefits, and work at-will for parishes or organizations.
Sometimes there are pension options, but that is not universal.
The growing body of women and men who prepare themselves for church ministry may belong to a parish or organization as long as they are employed, but they do not belong to the church. They are not the "church's ministers" but contracted employees with no official status or recognition. In the average diocese in this country, it would be rare to find a roster of their names and ministerial roles. Most parishioners perceive parish staff as employees but not the pastor's peers much less indispensable to the vibrancy of the parish. While some dioceses have in place processes for formal certification and authorization, most do not. Lay ministry positions are governed by the changing decisions of pastors and pastoral councils, not well-crafted policies reflecting best employment practices and the status of lay ecclesial ministers as "real" ministers.
This situation must change. Seminarians deserve the attention and care provided them. They are being prepared for rigorous, demanding leadership roles. It is no less the case for the women and men who will form generations in the faith, provide skilled and theologically grounded leadership in various ministries, and extend the compassionate care of the church. Work has been underway for ten years to make lay ecclesial ministers the "church's ministers." It is time to get serious.


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The revelation came like a bolt of lightening after Tuesday's paper landed on the porch. The late great Watergate figures John Erlichman and H.R. Haldeman may not have had to do 11/2 years in prison, each.
They should have had their defense team make sure to screen anybody who ever read a newspaper out of the jury pool, and then call the late great former President Richard Nixon, under whom they had served so loyally, as a character witness.


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How to get the most out of your G+ community
Guest post by Jen Lopez
You know that having a Google Plus strategy is important and you may also know how you should optimize our brand page for SEO purposes, but have you begun to manage your Google Plus community? Lately the team at SEOmoz has been working hard on making sure that Google+ isn't thought of as just a third sock but as an important part of our social and search strategy.
Today I want to show you five ways you can use Google+ to engage more with your community, all the while helping your site and brand page show up more in searches. Now, let's walk through some of these tactics.
One thing to remember is that with any kind of social strategy, what works great for us may not be the best for you. So test things out and see if they work. Here are the tips!
Check your notifications and respond
1You probably want to slap me in the face right now, right? I mean come on, of course you check your notifications — but do you respond? Every single morning when I log into Google+ the very first thing I do is check notifications. I start with the oldest and work my way forward and I respond to as many of them as possible. Continue reading


text: Dave I think this is great information especially at a time when our schools are eliminating programs in the arts. Children absolutely benefit from music appreciation theater and art in general, it provides them with different approaches to problems. The research has long existed that appreciation for classical music fuels math and science skills. My school is now expanding STEM to include STEAM or the inclusion of the arts. I personally have my child spend a lot of time in art related endeavors as well as traditional subjects because I see the benefit!


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I paid $5 for a lot of elephants that I liked not knowing what I was really buying! When they came I noticed it said Riccio and had another faded mark I couldn't make out I looked it up and found out it is a $20 thimble. that is real bronze by Dan Riccio.


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- Jet energy loss and Mach cones in pQCD vs. AdS/CFT (2008)
- We compare away-side hadron correlations with respect to tagged heavy quark jets computed within a weakly coupled pQCD and a strongly coupled AdS/CFT model. While both models feature similar far zone Mach and diffusion wakes, the far zone stress features are shown to be too weak to survive thermal broadening at hadron freeze-out. Observable away-side conical correlations are dominated by the jet-induced transverse flow in near zone "Neck" region, which differs significantly for both models. Unlike in AdS/CFT, the induced transverse flow in the Neck zone is too weak in pQCD to produce conical correlations after Cooper-Frye freeze-out. The observation of conical correlations violating Mach's law would favor the strongly-coupled AdS/CFT string drag dynamics, while their absence would favor weakly-coupled pQCD-based hydrodynamics.
- What can we learn from fluctuations of particle ratios? (2007)
- We explain how fluctuations of ratios can constrain and falsify the statistical model of particle production in heavy ion collisions, using K/p fluctuations as an example. We define an observable capable of determining which statistical model, if any, governs freeze-out in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. We calculate this observable for K/p fluctuations, and show that it should be the same for RHIC and LHC energies, as well as independent of centrality, if the Grand-Canonical statistical model is an appropriate description and chemical equilibrium applies. We describe variations of this scaling for deviations from this scenario, such as light quark chemical non-equilibrium, strange quark over-saturation and local conservation (canonical ensemble) for strange quarks. We also introduce a similar observable capable, together with the published K*/K measurement, of ascertaining if an interacting hadron gas phase governs the system between thermal and chemical freeze-out, and of ascertaining its duration and impact on hadronic chemistry.
- Scaling of multiplicity and flow: pre-LHC trends and LHC surprises (2011)
- We examine the scaling trends in particle multiplicity and flow observables between SPS, RHIC and LHC, and discuss their compatibility with popular theoretical models. We examine the way scaling trends between SPS and RHIC are broken at LHC energies, and suggest experimental measurements which can further clarify the situation.
- Clustering in heavy ion collisions : why it could happen and how to observe it? (2008)
- We argue that Clustering in heavy ion collisions could be the missing element in resolving the socalled HBT puzzle, and briefly discuss the different physical situations where clustering could be present. We then propose a method by which clustering in heavy ion collisions could be detectedin a model-independent way.


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- 1 Overview
- 1.1 Amphetamine-induced psychosis: The business of mental addiction to amphetamine drugs is poorly understood in the tragedy of Sandy Hook.
- 1.2 Discuss
- 1.3 4,7-dichloroquinoline: Investigating the whys and wherefores of Agent Scooby Doo in the product of cyclohexylamine induced reaction
- 1.4 References
- 1.5 Dedication
Methylphenidate (trademark Ritalin) HCl is a piperidine derived synthetic drug prescribed in the treatment of schizophrenia and autistic disorders to childrens with chronic ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) symptoms.
Amphetamine-induced psychosis: The business of mental addiction to amphetamine drugs is poorly understood in the tragedy of Sandy Hook.
Methylphenidate compound is synthetically comparable to amphetamine-class drug (cocaine), by functioning as a long-term dopamine regulator, however its long-term effects on the developmental area of the brain is controversed and poorly understood by the scientific community. [1]
Moreover, chronic Ritalin use may in addition elevate the risks of amphetamine-induced psychosis, a notable side-effect in chronic amphetamine users. Overmedication with amphetamine-type drug is thus an additional concern to assess in the psychotherapy of childrens with amphetamine-like drugs. [2]
Amphetamine-induced psychosis may implicate as well severe hallucinations and other landmarks of long-term drug abuses including altered state of behavior, paranoia, and depression.
- consciousness here.
- mind control and abuse of pharmacological substances (PCP, Ketamine, Methylphenidate, etc)
- protecting childrens by educating them about self-control and philosophy.
- self defense from staged events: how do we draw a line as a free society from passivity (spectators) to non-permissive actors?
- when is journalism accomplice to mass murders in demolishing evidences with demagogy and deliberate incompetency ?
- Emmanuel Kant?
- Suite 8F group "Georgetown Crowd"
- Bill Clinton, Bones Club, Before Christ, British Columbia
- Steve Kangas
- http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=5142
- http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKmockingbird.htm
- Katharine Graham (Deborah Davis) "We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."
- Allen Dulles http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAdullesA.htm
- Yale University (new haven, Connecticut)
- Scull (A fast gliding boat)
- Wantagate/Operation Double-Cross : [1], [2]
- "Although Wanta had no idea what The Children's Defense Fund was all about, a financial investigator, Marco Saba of the Organized Crime Observatory in Switzerland, later wrote about it. It was a secret fund: "One component of this information concerns the activities of the CIA operative known as Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton."
4,7-dichloroquinoline: Investigating the whys and wherefores of Agent Scooby Doo in the product of cyclohexylamine induced reaction
- Psychotropic alkylamines induced dermatitis -> 4,7-dichloroquinoline
- Airborne agents causing reaction with micro wave irradiation? (ie: a wireless connection)
- An anti-malarial compound? (quinoline)
- NMDA antagonist?
- See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6213361
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1982.tb04215.x/abstract
- US Patent Application: 20110281844 ("NON-IMIDAZOLE ALKYLAMINES AS HISTAMINE H3-RECEPTOR LIGANDS AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS")
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamine
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methoxetamine
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piperidine
- http://www.vice.com/read/interview-with-ketamine-chemist-704-v18n2
- http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/issues/ritalin.html
- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/12/20/sandy-hook-massacre-official-story-spins-out-of-control/
This page is dedicated to victims of Sandy Hook mass murder which occured on December 14 2012. May our creator give recomfort to the victims of theses uncivilised murdering acts and theses tragedies never be forgotten to identify and resolve the problems in our own life which leaded to such horror scenes. -Etienne Robillard 09:50, 20 December 2012 (EST)


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What! I thought they were all against job killing taxes!
Phsaw, sales taxes disproportionately affect the poor and middle class. Of course they are in favor of it. I mean, they talk all the time about lowering taxes, but the subtext is always that they want to lower taxes on rich people. Just look at things like the Fair Tax. Does it really take more than about 15 seconds of examination to tell that it is a huge increase in the tax burden on the poor, as well?
"Bah humbug" on your anti-R slam. Most states make Necessities tax free, so the poor are not hurt. They can still buy the food/clothing/rent they need to survive. It is only the well-off wasting their money on luxury, non-needed goods that pay the sales tax.
BTW someone below made a good point:
This tax is ALREADY owed by the citizens. It's called a "use" tax and is applied to out-of-state purchases. Nothing's really changed except that Texas is now forcing delinquent citizens to pay-up. In other words TX and other states are cracking-down on tax dodgers. (Tsk tsk tsk you tax dodgers.)
That's not what I've heard. While here in Arizona we do indeed have sales-tax-free food (from grocery stores, not restaurants), from what other Slashdotters have said, that's not the case in many other states, including Alabama.
As for the use tax, that's fine if a state is cracking down on delinquent citizens. However, that shouldn't extend to forcing the retailer (out-of-state, with no presence in the state) to pay it for the delinquent citizens. It should only be the citizens who pay it, and if the cit
I've lived in several east coast states - MA, CT, NY, NJ etc. Not one of them taxed basic foodstuffs.
As far as going after entities that are out of state being unconstitutional, here is the story.
The Commerce Clause prohibits states from restricting interstate commerce. Regulation of interstate commerce is up to the FedGov. The question on this is what constitutes interstate commerce from a sales tax point of view was decided in the Supreme Court in 2011 Quill v. North Carolina which ruled that current law
HOWEVER the same decision also stated that the Commerce Clause gives the Feds power to regulate that; that is allow states to collect sales tax on some other basis.
Yes, of course. I'm just arguing the current state of the law. The states have no authority to force out-of-state sellers to collect taxes, but yes, Congress certainly does have the authority to change things with a new law.
However, that shouldn't extend to forcing the retailer (out-of-state, with no presence in the state) to pay it for the delinquent citizens.
They aren't. If you read TFA, Amazon is planning to expand to Texas, that's why they're forced to collect the taxes.
I wasn't talking about TFA, I was responding to cpu6502's comment about use taxes. Yes, in Amazon's case the state has the right to force them to collect tax since they do have a physical presence, but for other sellers this isn't the case, and they have no right to "force delinquent citizens to pay-up" by going after the sellers.
the website is accessible in the state, so why doesn't it have a presence in the state?
Has this ever been argued anywhere? I'd be curious to see the answers.
The website is also accessible in Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc. That doesn't mean that every business on earth should be subject to the laws of every country on earth.
Mail-order businesses were "accessible" before the internet too: you just had to call them on your telephone. Or get your hands on a catalog. Having a catalog in a customer's hands out-of-state doesn't constitute a physical presence, any more than you leaving your business card with a customer in another state obligates you to pay i
The 2 largest expenses for many areas is police and fire. Without those two services your ability to own property is dubious anyway (any person or group stronger than you would take it or destroy it).
Whether or not you use your house it contributes to the neighborhood either negatively or positively. The seller value of a house is often determined in part by the houses nearby and what they've been selling for but also the condition they are in. Additionally, a house whether or not you are using it will appreciate in value. You have the option to borrow against this higher value. On top of all of this, property tax is almost always a city tax. In Vermont, my local school received most of its funding thro
Since when did nomads need hunting permits, comply with health regulations to sell food they've grown and/or hunted, etc?
A nomad life is pretty much illegal nowadays.
Clothing in Texas is taxed. Foods which are ready to consume at the time of sale are taxed.
Texas has one "tax free" day per year, sometime in August I think, to help families get their kids ready for school. Taxes on lots of things needed for school (school supplies, clothes, etc.) are removed for that day.
Most states make Necessities tax free, so the poor are not hurt. They can still buy the food/clothing/rent they need to survive. It is only the well-off wasting their money on luxury, non-needed goods that pay the sales tax.
The rich spend less in proportion to what they make than do the poor and the middle class, which is why sales tax is generally considered a regressive tax.
As for "luxury, non-needed goods", I feel there should be more to life than mere subsistence, and people shouldn't carry a greater ta
Only four states exempt prepared foods from sales tax, and the definition of prepared varies so that for some of them, anything in a grocery store more complex than raw flour, eggs, and milk, such as frozen waffles, counts as prepared. The 4 states with the highest overall sales tax don't exempt prepared foods and two of them don't exempt non-prepared foods either. 13 states have a higher sales tax rate for prepared food than their general sales tax rate.
18 states tax perscription drugs, and 37 of them tax non-perscription drugs. 41 states tax clothing, but 2 of them admittedly have a set threshold deliberately designed not to tax cheap clothing (either below $100 or $175).
The reason there is no sales tax on rent is that real estate is by definition taxed by property taxes, not sales taxes. Every one of the states has property taxes paid by renters. Including rent in the your necessities list is thus disingenious at best.
Sounds like the anti-R slam is totally accurate.
The Fair tax is anything but.
Useful sales tax spending isn't linear by income. Everybody pays the same sales tax on Cable, telephone, etc. if you make $1 million then those expenses aren't 50x more than the average guy. Not to mention payroll taxes that are flat like social security (7% from employee and employer uo to $110k) or Medicare 2% of income... There is about 20% of taxes taken from your pay outside "income tax" just for getting paid.
Realize that the very rich people live off capital gains and int
A true "fair" tax.
Give everyone one deduction equal to half the national median income. (Currently $26k).
Then tax everyone at 25% of all income (including investment income) over that deduction.
It's simple.
It's very similar to our current progressive tax with a lot less rules.
Republicans always love regressive taxation. They don't even mind the payroll tax that much since it's highly regressive (capping out means it applies on 100% of the income of the poor and middle class, but 10% or less of the income of the upper class).
We could fix the tax system by classifying ALL income as income and eliminating the "capital gains" cheating bullshit, and eliminating the payroll tax caps and simply making it apply to all wages. But that'd never fly, because it'd be fair to all instead of the regressive taxation the Republicans want.
If you ONLY consider income tax, somewhere around 50% of people have "no tax liability." A whole fucking lot of them are the senile delinquent Tea Party followers who no longer work because they're retired; the rest are mostly stay-at-home parents.
If you add in payroll taxes, it drops to 18%.
If you add in sales taxes, it drops to around 10%.
If you add in the various FEES that Republicans like to pass (remember, fees are even MORE regressive as a percentage of income) - stuff like auto registration fees for instance - it's around 5%.
But the Republicans still insist on ranting about people who "don't pay taxes."
How about stop spending more money than you have?
Texas hardly has a reputation for being profligate in its spending, and this does not increase the tax burden on anyone in the state. Texas already has a use tax set at an equal rate to sales tax and payable on purchases brought into the state, such as those from Amazon.
It's a lot easier for states to stay in their budget if they can make sure every taxpayer is picking up his or her own share.
If your argument is that taxes should be lower, that's a separate issue altogether and one for the political process
Deficit spending is clearly the right strategy some of the time. Particularly if you spend your deficit on infrastructure that grows the economy and results in increased wealth to pay back that debt. The real problem comes when you spend that debt on ephemera like elder health care that gets you nothing but additional expenses.
So I take it that you have always paid for your vehicles all cash up front as well as your house so you can really tell them because you lead by personal example, right?
How about getting a little economic education instead of chanting idiotic repub slogans? If you think about it, the slogan is meaningless. Modern economy runs on credit. Everyone "spends more money than they have," businesses, families, and yes, governments. It increases economic activity and improves growth. You borrow in bad times or for large items, pay off gradually in good times.
It's based off the address you give them.
So you're gping to pay a middleman and double shipping costs just to save on sales tax? Have fun buying that TV from Amazon and then having to pay your middleman a couple hundred bucks to ship it to you which, along with their fee, will cost more than you would have paid in tax.
Those services work for Canadians because 80% of all Canadians live withing fifty odd miles of the border, and 80% of those live in a fairly small number of metropolitan areas. There's no similar situation in the US.
I never understand why they don't go after credit card companies and other electronic funds places. Your Credit/Debit card company already has to comply with local state rules anyway (as a business presence) and have your legal postal address. That industry takes an even BIGGER profit from all the people avoiding tax online. They would only have to comply with one address per customer... And adding fees is certainly something they are good at.
The biggest problem with the sales tax rules is that EVERY BUSIN
Doesn't this violate the US Constitution?
Or are they arguing that Amazon "has a presence" in Texas?
It doesn't violate anything if the corporation Volunteers to collect the use tax. The state government can not force non-residents to comply, but it can politely ask, and apparently amazon said "okay".
It seems Amazon is planing to expand to Texas (creating 2500 jobs, according to TFA), so they'd have to play ball anyway.
is all that is. As for Texas being against taxes, well, the state is about 24.6 billion or so in debt under the ever amusing "conservative" governor Perry. So make no mistake about it. Governor Perry is against taxes, but he seems to be OK with authorizing *spending* whether there's tax revenue to cover it or not.
Texas does have one of the lowest per capita state debts, being 45th or so.
It also has an absolutely rubbish education system (49th in verbal SAT) and the largest percentage of minimum wage workers in the US. These crappy jobs of course don't offer health care coverage as often as better paying jobs. The unemployment rate is right at the national average at 8.2%.
While it does lead the nation in job growth, it is also leading the nation in population growth.
And that's despite being wealthy in natural resources like oil.
How can they just collect taxes from one online store and leave the other million alone?
Seems like a unfair advantage and completely illegal to boot.
Walmart, BestBuy, Target, Dell, etc. All pay taxes in Texas. Amazon has been a bit off a scofflaw for many years now.
How can they just collect taxes from one online store and leave the other million alone?
Learn about Tax Nexus [about.com] and you'll have your answer.
No, it's not illegal or unfair. Maybe you should go read the Constitution. States aren't allowed to charge taxes to companies that don't operate within their borders (shipping items to citizens inside doesn't count). If a mail-order company has no physical presence within the state, then that state can't force them to charge taxes. Instead, the state needs to go after its own citizens who aren't paying the "use tax" when they buy products from out-of-state.
Amazon, it seems, has a physical presence there
Sales tax is an assault on the poor (and to a lesser extent the middle class), and I've been pretty upset to see it encroaching on the internet. I've always thought we should restrict sales tax to "luxury" items like furniture, electronics and so on.
Although I guess that's largely the type of thing Amazon carries, so maybe I shouldn't be so worked up about it after all.
Texas doesn't have state income tax -- so property tax and sales tax are all that there is for revenue here. As such, either of those being dodged is not so great.
If you have a problem with sales tax (and I largely agree with you on that), it is something that should be resolved by normal means, i.e. legislature. Preferably that of the individual states. Companies, on the other hand, should comply with the (constitutional) laws on the books. If a law says that Amazon is responsible for collecting the sales tax for Texas residents, and if that requirement is valid - as it seems to be, since they do have a presence in Texas - then they should just do it. It's up to the
Well, sure. I didn't mean they should break the law, just that the law should be changed.
I live in Texas, and I shop at Amazon a lot (I even have Prime membership). I'm glad that that Amazon will be charging sales tax now. I'm happy to pay it, because I know it will help my state. I know, I could have reported the sales tax myself, but it's not the same thing. It only has value if everyone pays the tax. Amazon's prices and free shipping are already cheaper than most local retailers, so I don't think Amazon will suffer any.
I live in Houston. Sales tax is different depending on what city you live in. What's to prevent the Texas, or any state for that matter, telling Amazing to collect texas based on the local sales rate of your resident. Or is that already happening? If not, there will be a lot of fights among cities as to who gets what percentage of the sales taxes collected by Amazon on the states government's behalf.
Given that Amazon is liable to collect sales tax because they have physical presence in the state, it would be logical to use the tax rate corresponding to the location of those facilities which constitute said presence, and to distribute them as if the item were sold at that location (i.e. the city where Amazon his, is the one that's going to get the remainder after the state takes its due).
...is that local, state, and federal governments are so bad about how money is spent, they are focused on taxes and running deficits as a result. Government employees are generally paid at least as well, if not better than the same job would pay in the private sector, yet the compensation package also includes far more days off per year, PLUS a pension and better than normal insurance benefits. As a result of all of this, tax revenues just can't bring in enough money to pay for all of this. So, what
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This is one of the largest competitions the state of Colorado has seen yet. The competition was Saturday April 13, 2013 in Golden Colorado at the School of the Mines campus.
This was her first show and she took fifth in masters, first in open and first in novice.
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My mum and aunties have no time for luxurious skincare – they are good old Olay and Neutrogena woman and sometimes, I do have to ponder if simple is best.
They used to use a Neutrogena in a light blue opaque bottle – anyone else remember it? It smelt like fairy liquid but it was their favourite product.
Of course I buy a lot of skincare and I get sent things to try, so I am always testing new things out. Sometimes cheep and cheerful is best.
So I was actually a bit excited to get a sample of the Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash – it takse me back to the days of stealing my mums face wash, followed by a thick, expensive coat of her Olay face cream!
To be honest I haven't used Neutrogena skincare for a long, long time. I was very surprised by this face wash – it's excellent. For one thing, it doesn't feel tight or uncomfortable AT ALL, and leaves my skin soft and fresh.
I get the feeling that it helps with extra sebum (get me!) on the nose and chin – or at least it did with me.
It smells like really really zingy grapefruit – it's a nice smell, a bit OTT but nice.
I think this comes in Original (its orange coloured and plain) and retails for about £5-6. Totally worth it, and I have been using this as a staple part of my cleansing.
Skincare babble:
I am rotating 4 cleansers of different formulas at the moment – this one, Shiseido Extra Gentle Foam, Fancl Cleansing Oil, Bliss Clog Dissolving Cream Cleanser.
Bliss Cream Cleanser every day without fail cos its a nice massaging cleanser and smells lovely followed by Shiseido Extra Gentle Foam OR the Neutrogena Pink Grapefruit.
If I have warpaint on, I use Fancl Cleansing Oil or ANY cleansing oil first because it really gets the crap off.
I have 2 new cleansers to use at some point – Biore Make Up Off & Foam (that's the name!) and Skinfood Parsley and Mandarin! Erm…one step at a time!
What cleanser are you using?


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What new ideas the game brings to the table and how well old ideas are presented.
How good a game looks, taking into account any flaws such as bad collision or pop-up.
Does the game's music and sound effects get you involved or do they make you resolve to always play with the volume down?
Basically, the controller to human interface. The less you think about the hunk of plastic in your hands, the better the playability.
Flat out, just how fun the game is to play. The most important factor in rating a game.
Torrential rain hits hard just as we double back through the Witch-infested sugar field. With visibility reduced to nothing and the thunder drowning out Coach's orders, we get separated in the thick crops. I stare in dismay as a rotten waterfall of corpses pours over the side of the mill we're running towards. I align the barrel of my shotgun head-level with the charging crowd and fire every shell into the obscuring vegetation. Suddenly, a blood-curdling scream fills the air, followed quickly by another. It's already too late by the time we realize we've startled two Witches…Left 4 Dead 2 is swollen with action that will leave your controller sweaty and worn, and emerges as one of the most powerful online co-op experiences I have ever had. This trek into zombieland boasts more intense combat, finales, crescendos, settings, enemies, and game modes than last year's title. Four players banding together for survival is still the focus, but the conditions have become far more chaotic.Left 4 Dead 2 drops four new charismatic zombie-killers in the Deep South, where they endure five uniquely awe-inspiring locales. Players gleefully hack and blast their way through everywhere from abandoned carnival grounds to The Big Easy itself, with each campaign carrying a distinctly different atmosphere of dread. Crescendos, such as a mobile fight along rollercoaster tracks, liven up the standard dig-in-your-heels horde defense of the original. The tense finale of one campaign has the survivors defending a bandstand stage while utilizing a famous rock band's pyrotechnics to simultaneously ward off the undead and signal a rescue chopper.Littered across each new setting are brand-new saliva-inducing melee weapons like the katana and frying pan. You have not experienced ghoul-gibbing bliss until you've been bum rushed by infected and spun in a circle while wielding a chainsaw. Melee weapons fit so naturally into L4D2 that you'll wonder how you ever managed the first game without them.Other useful items and firearms equally expand gameplay. Use a defibrillator on a fallen friend, pump yourself with adrenaline for a life-saving speed boost when you're in the red, or throw a vial of boomer bile at a charging tank and laugh with twisted delight as nearby zombies tear it to shreds. The standard weapon types of shotgun, automatic, and sniper rifle now feature a broader variety with unique characteristics as well. All these additions combined with the brand new grenade launcher allow your band of survivors to methodically customize your strategy like never before.Don't expect the new goodies to allow you to mow through infected like grass; the undead legion has mutated into a stronger beast. The Hunter, Boomer, and Smoker are now joined by three new devastating special infected that add welcome depth to the enemy roster. The Charger plows through the survivors like an irate freight train, the Spitter projectile vomits a pool of noxious acid which does area of effect damage, and the Jockey mounts a human's shoulders and steers them into nearby hazards. New "uncommon common" infected like the flame-retardant HazMat suit zombies and heavily armored SWAT team zombies put a challenging twist on the generic rabble.The augmentation of both the infected and survivors makes for some of the most enthralling, white knuckle multiplayer you'll play this year. Versus stays fresh and balanced with six special infected types to choose from instead of the original game's three, and even more maniacal laugh-inducing coordinated strikes. The new competitive multiplayer mode, Scavenge, has survivors scrambling to collect gas cans to stop a countdown timer across six maps, with the infected doing everything in their power to stop them. Glorious chaos routinely erupts around the generator as the desperate humans struggle to pour gas into it. As a survivor, you'll cry out in anger as the tie-breaking gas can explodes after a Spitter pukes on it. As the infected, you'll cheer as a Charger pummels a gas can out of Coach's arms during the suspenseful overtime. This fast-paced, round-based multiplayer will have you lurking in game lobbies (which have been greatly improved) until the actual apocalypse hits.Last November, Valve spread a pandemic infection across Xbox Live and PCs everywhere with the original Left 4 Dead. The newest chapter in the undead uprising now oozes with even more of the proven developer's trademark personality and polish. If you are among those who think the sequel is coming too soon, prepare to eat your words like so many brains. Left 4 Dead 2 is everything a sequel should be: perfected, expanded, and an absolute riot.


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Improvement the theme for Brunswick swim team
Updated 11:38 pm, Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Brunswick School swimming coach Eric Tillman isn't measuring his team's success by its record. For the Bruins, their inaugural season is all about improvement.
"My mantra for the year is, `We're getting there," Tillman said. We are trying to teach these guys how to compete and work out. We have a long way to go, but we're getting there."
The Bruins, who jumped right into their first varsity season without honing their skills as a club team for a year or two, faced another uphill battle Wednesday against Hackley School from Tarrytown, N.Y. Winning each event, the experienced Hornets cruised to victory over the Bruins at the YMCA of Greenwich in a meet that was another learning lesson for Brunswick.
"That Hackley team is awesome," said Tillman, who is assisted by Lizzy Laidlaw. "Getting them in the pool, getting times on them and learning who can do what is what we're trying to do."
Brunswick had several solid swims. Conor Winston finished second in the 100 backstroke (1:17), Sander Profaci placed third in the 200-yard individual medley (2:08), while Alex Prout placed third in the 200 individual medley for Bruins. Eighth grader James Simone placed third in the 50 freestyle for Brunswick which saw Simone swim a 5:33.08 in the 500 freestyle -- 17 seconds faster than his last performance in the event.
Will Powers swam a 1:01.21 in the 100 butterfly and Profaci clocked in at :58.09 in the 100 freestyle.
"Their expectations for themselves are not as high as my expectations are for them, so I'm trying to raise them up, which is difficult sometimes," said Tillman, whose Bruins are 0-8 on the season. "This is our first season as a team, so it's a learning process."


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Ohio State pitcher Alex Wimmers was listed as the 13th best draft eligible player in the country, and the Sox hold the 13th overall selection. Wimmers was the co-Big Ten Conference pitcher of the year in 2009 after posting a 9-2 record with 136 strikeouts in 105 innings. According to Baseball America's scouting report, Wimmers throws in the low 90s and possesses an exceptional curve and change-up.
Wimmers will start his junior season on Feb. 19. Here are his stats for 2008 (4.50 ERA,51 K, 31 B, 40.0 IP), 2009 (3.27 ERA, 136 K, 55 BB, 104.2 IP), and 2009's Cape Cod league (1.23 ERA, 37 K, 13 BB, 22.o IP).
Here are 2 videos, scroll down for the in-game video. There are 3 more videos on youtube.
And from his mlbbonusbaby scouting report:
Fastball – Wimmers currently sits in the upper-80's to low-90's with his fastball, with a little room to add velocity as he increases arm strength and improves his mechanics. The pitch has good arm-side run and average command that fluctuates when he struggles to find a proper release point.
Curveball – Wimmers owns one of the finest curveballs in the draft. He throws the pitch in the mid-70's with plus 11-5 movement on hitters. With improved mechanics, it could be a true Major League out pitch.
Change-up – Wimmers also throws a decent change-up — a 75-78 mph straight change that flashes good tumble and helps keep hitters honest. As he continues to more consistently hit his release point, it will be a nice complementary piece in his arsenal.


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You don't need to follow the crowd when staying at Colorado's resorts, which offer some of the best skiing and boarding in the world, writes Scott Ellis.
It's a testament to just how much snow - how much "really, really good" snow - Colorado gets, that the moment we arrive someone actually apologises for the fact there's no fresh powder that day.
With an average annual snowfall of nearly nine metres here, literally everything is covered, and there's even about 30 centimetres of groomed recent falls on top, but sadly we're going to have to wait a couple of days for fresh dump.
And he's not kidding.
Given we'd just been driving through a near white-out to get there, I'd assumed the stetson hat-wearing man holding the door at the Sheraton Steamboat hotel was apologising for the delay, but no, he's genuinely sad the snow is falling just short of the runs.
This is, after all, the resort that registered the term "champagne powder" to describe the ultra-dry snow that falls often in a season. It's so dry you can barely make a snowball with it and it is about the best snow on earth to ski or board.
And they're justifiably proud of it.
The fact Steamboat Springs has about 1200 hectares of skiable terrain with 165 runs (the longest is 4.8 kilometres), all of which are open under a brilliant-blue sky - everything from gentle beginners' runs to rolling wide blues and the double-black diamond Christmas Tree Bowl - is almost incidental.
It's the champagne powder the locals like to offer and they are almost embarrassed on the rare days that it's not there.
"There's snow due in 48 hours," he explains. It's perfectly all right, we assure. We can wait.
In the meantime, this mountain more than lives up to its reputation, with enormous runs (three in a morning, with only short pauses) and some of the best tree skiing in North America.
On day one we're offered a guide to show us around and it soon becomes obvious these guys are serious about snow. And seriously unaware of how the rest of the world skis.
"It's too crowded here, let's try somewhere else," we're told after encountering a queue with six people in it. "We've got an hour before lunch, enough time to squeeze one more run in." And again, nobody's kidding.
Unlike some of the better-known Colorado resorts such as Aspen or Vail, Steamboat is still, at heart, a town with a resort attached, less trafficked despite being easily as skiable. And that country feel seeps through the whole mountain.
After a day on the snow - interrupted by lunch at Hazie's, one of the few on-snow linen-tablecloth restaurants I've seen where nobody seems to mind us wandering in wearing ski boots and balaclavas - we head into town and find this is a place with a difference.
There's a genuine cowboy store that sells hats, belt buckles and a range of handbags with concealed pistol pouches for the fashionable woman who doesn't want to leave her revolver at home.
One of the local bridges has been officially named the James Brown Soul Centre of the Universe Bridge by locals with a sense of humour who decided it sounded better than Stock Bridge. Or there's the local playground, built near a sulphur spring on Lincoln Avenue, or as everyone in town calls it, Fart Park, for the obvious reason.
Steamboat prides itself on what it is and doesn't put on airs.
Cafe Diva is the perfect example. It's fine dining, no doubt, but the owner is more than happy to come and sit with you and chat about anything on the menu. Or just anything, really.
Even the local Strawberry Park Hot Springs - part of the system after which the area was named (explorers watching the steam chuffing from the springs were reminded of a riverboat) - is beautifully low key.
Open to visitors most days, it's warm, one of the most relaxing places I've ever been, especially with a Watsu water massage thrown in, but nobody seems to mind too much if you happen to carry a few beer cans to stash at the water's edge and at night the whole place becomes clothing optional. Nude snow beers? What's not to love?
All of which makes leaving, when we do, bitter-sweet.
The snow has arrived - just under 30 centimetres in a night - and the trees beg for one more run, but there's Crested Butte to explore six hours down the road and, in between, the chance to try something none of the hardcore skiers and boarders in our group have done despite decades of downhill - cross-country.
The destination is the Home Ranch in Clark, just 45 minutes from Steamboat and a nice reminder that a snow holiday doesn't have to involve crowds, queues and tickets for the lift.
This summertime dude ranch stays open through the winter months as the perfect retreat to do that rare alpine thing - relax.
Set in the middle of 1600 hectares of farmland, the ranch is covered in cross-country ski and snowshoe trails (from a half-hour to all-day treks), has a reasonable-size hill for tubing or sleds, paths for horse riding and that's about it.
The pace here is far slower than the average resort and after getting used to that, it's hard to imagine why Australians who travel halfway around the world to experience a true winter don't take more advantage of places such as this.
It's quiet - so quiet you can hear the horses in nearby fields snort and coyotes howl at night - and genuinely calming.
Accommodation is either at the main ranch or in small private outbuildings, each with its own hot tub and rustic charm. Each of the main lodge rooms has a name. I'm in Bonanza, on the ground floor (one of my colleagues is slightly miffed she's been placed in Lonesome Cow, but we're assured it's random).
And we're all just off the parlour where manager John Fisher and a few local musicians play for us, insisting we join in on the spoons. Yes, they played the spoons. And everybody loved it.
The next morning it's into cross-country and out on one of the 30 kilometres of cross-country loops for a couple of hours.
After decades of laughing at the skiers striding across the flat spots instead of sensibly riding the lifts with the rest of us, I suddenly realise why people do it.
Less than a half-hour in, there is no sound but the swish of the skis and the pad of the ranch dogs who have decided to tag along.
It's harder than it looks, but a lot of fun and something to which I will return. Finally, we move on to Crested Butte, long one of Colorado's undiscovered treasures.
The snow here is incredible and if it's possible, the crowds are actually smaller, but it's the home feel again that draws you in.
This is a mining town ("coal, not gold", a local explains), where one of the bars features a few bullet holes shot into the walls by none other than Butch Cassidy.
There are hotels and other five-star amenities at the edge of the runs, but it's the town - most of which looks as if it was built in the cowboy days, thanks to some great preservation work and a charter that makes sure nothing new is out of place - that is a standout.
There are no traffic lights, more than 30 bars, almost as many restaurants, and the locals mostly walk or cycle from place to place.
The bus, which is free, has as many skiers as those who live here doing their shopping.
"This is a town all year round," says a former professional snowboarder who's now the PR and communications manager at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Erica Reiter.
"There's a lot to do here in winter and we have some of the best skiing you'll find, but in summer the people who live here are still here. This is their home and they enjoy the visitors."
The mountain itself is impressive from a downhill perspective, with wide beginners' runs and a staggering range of steep runs for the advanced.
Of more than four square kilometres of skiable terrain, 1.8 kilometres is double-black rated.
The Headwall, for example, comes in at more than 50 degrees and the longest run is 4.2 kilometres.
It's why the mountain attracts serious skiers and snowboarders alike, why one of the other activities on offer is a large (and high) series of extreme sports-oriented ziplines, and why almost everyone is smiling.
That and the fact this is still, despite the plethora of choice, a largely underpopulated resort.
Colorado is, without doubt, a slick winter machine where skiers and boarders are treated to some of the best runs in the world in a relaxed, easy environment, but you should take the time to get off the groomed runs to explore the towns nearby and snow activities that don't need a lift, and meet the locals, who love this winter paradise.
"We like summer around here," the Clark store clerk says. "But it's like a kiss from your sister. It's a kiss, but it's not going to make your head spin or your toes curl up."
The writer was a guest of Colorado Ski Country USA.
Trip notes
Getting there
Qantas flies daily to Los Angeles (LAX) from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Return economy-class fares start from $1499. American Airlines flies to Denver, Colorado, from LAX, from $296.
Staying there
Sheraton Steamboat Resort at the base of the runs on Village Inn Court. From $US319 ($306) a night. sheraton.com/SteamboatSprings.
The Home Ranch, 30 kilometres north of Steamboat Springs, from $US490 a night. homeranch.com.
Crested Butte, Elevation Hotel and Spa, also at the base of the runs, on Gothic Road. From $US239 a night (prices exclude resort fees and taxes).
Having fun there
The Bridgestone Winter Driving School. Pick-up from Sheraton Steamboat Resort. Second Gear full-day class (5½ hours of driving/instruction) $US480. winterdrive.com.
Crested Butte Snowcat Driving Experience. Pick-up from hotel, one hour of on-snow driving $US199.


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The "Career of Choice" program aims to help teens in the foster-care system develop the skills and experiences to find employment as they enter adulthood.
DAYTONA BEACH -- When Nika Reese turns 18 in a few months, she'll be phased out of the state's foster care system, which means she'll have to find a way to support herself.
That's why Arnold Anderson, community development administrator at the Florida Department of Children & Families, wants to help Reese and other teens in the foster-care system develop the skills and experiences to find employment as they enter adulthood.
The "Career of Choice" program launched Wednesday afternoon when six teenagers from the Florida United Methodist Children's Home in Deltona toured Gary Yeomans Ford dealership in Daytona Beach.
The identities of the other teenagers from the home must be concealed because of privacy issues, DCF officials said. One boy changed into a yellow polo shirt for the tour, scribbling notes and asking questions. Although he dreams of becoming a chef, he was interested in learning more about successful business practices and customer service, he said.
Deana Gammero, director of development for Junior Achievement of Central Florida, partnered with DCF on the tour, taking opportunities to educate the youths about successful business practices and various career paths.
After a brief introduction about the car dealership, the teens toured its payroll department and business development offices. In the business development department, Michael "Congo" Fuguet gave tips on customer service.
"Sometimes a smile goes a long way and if you are having your own problems, you have to walk away from them," he said.
The teens also read the dealership's mission statement, and toured its customer service department and garages.
Even if the teens aren't interested in becoming car salesmen, Gammero hopes the skills can be transferable to any career path.
Anderson said "Career of Choice" will take teens on three more tours this quarter. In Flagler and Volusia County, 105 teens in the foster-care system live in group homes due to lack of foster homes. Some of the teens have grown up in the foster-care system and need additional guidance as they phase out of state care at age 18, Anderson said.
"I want to expose them to other job opportunities, and hopefully it will lead to mentorships with some of these businesses," Anderson said.
But one of the most important things is helping build confidence in the teens.
"These kids are always going from one place to the next and are always seeing different people," he said. "It's tough because they start to build a relationship of trust and they are sent to another group home. We need to stick around for these kids and place them with mentors."
The Community Partnership for Children, a contracted agency of DCF based in Daytona Beach, also provides mentorships and job opportunities through its "Partners for Promise" program.
Reese said she has dreams of becoming a pharmacist someday but touring a pharmacy wasn't first on her list. When Gammero asked the group where they wanted to tour next, Reese excitedly raised her hand.
"I want to go to Disney because I've never been, and the airport because I've never flown in a plane and I want to see the world," she said.


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Forsan tennis stars prepare for trip to state
Forsan seniors Sydney Holdampf and Kyle Stevenson have both been to the state tennis tournament in Austin before. Although both of them were eliminated from play in the first round, they believe the experience will help them deal with the mental challenge of competing at such a level when they return to the University of Texas campus to take the courts once again April 30-May 1.Holdampf and Stevenson played well throughout the year, leading Forsan to a first place finish in district and a second place showing at the regional meet where they each won in straight sets.Tennis is a fast-paced game where reflexes are tested at every step. But to become a competitor, you have to be mentally tough."Like all sports, it starts in the mind," Stevenson said. "You got to know in your mind you are going to win. If you think you might lose, you will lose."Stevenson qualified for state as a sophomore, but missed it last year. He is eager for another chance to prove himself."I am ecstatic," he said. "It's my senior year, I would like to go out with a bang. I am keeping my mind focused. I have done some research on my opponent and I am ready to go."Stevenson and Holdampf have been playing competitively since seventh grade. Both of them credit family members for introducing them to the sport."I started playing with my aunt, and I have loved it ever since then," Stevenson added.Holdampf had a sibling who made a state tennis run at Forsan."I got into this because my sister was a senior when I was in seventh grade. She was the one who encouraged me to play," Holdampf said.Like Stevenson, Holdampf is confident that she will have a stronger showing than last year when she competed as a junior."I feel better about it this year," she added. "I was nervous then, but I have got to to see it before. I am glad I get a second chance to try again."Cory Richardson, tennis coach at Forsan believes his two competitors have what it takes to see success in Austin."I like both of their chances," Richardson said. "Both of them are great leaders and students. They both work hard and put in a lot of time outside of here. They are the kind of kids you would want to represent the school. Both of them are very athletic and very smart."


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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Galaxy/TFC running blog
The commentators are discussing the horrid defense of the Galaxy. And yet, Sean Franklin, on that defense, is Rookie of the Year material.
Oh, look, they mention the streamers - "It looks like a kid's party at Chuck-E-Cheese." Well, that's impressive.
Here's Andrea's Keys to the Game: Better defense. Score without the Dynamic Duo. If the Galaxy have a lead, don't take a corner until every streamer is out of the way (in homage to Beckham's OCD tendencies) even if it takes half an hour.
It looks like Landon Donovan might play in this match. I'm not sure. The announcers haven't said definitely yet.
Oh wait, they just did. He won't start, but he's going to be on the bench.
For those readers who were concerned about my car - it's fixed! D and E Auto Repair (Ave 35 and Verdugo Blvd) replaced the radiator and thermostat. So my wheels are rolling again.
* 18 - Brian Edwards (GK)
* 4 - Marco Velez
* 5 - Kevin Harmse
* 6 - Maurice Edu
* 10 - Rohan Ricketts
* 11 - Jim Brennan
* 12 - Todd Dunivant
* 16 - Marvell Wynne
* 23 - Jarrod Smith
* 28 - Olivier Tebily
* 96 - Jeff Cunningham
* 1 - Steve Cronin (GK)
* 2 - Mike Randolph
* 3 - Greg Vanney
* 7 - Chris Klein
* 12 - Troy Roberts
* 14 - Edson Buddle
* 15 - Alvaro Pires
* 16 - Joe Franchino
* 21 - Alan Gordon
* 28 - Sean Franklin
* 32 - Brandon McDonald
1- Cunningham is offside, but the Galaxy defense looks shaky already.
2 - Brandon McDonald goes down in the box, doesn't get the call.
5 - TFC FK Ricketts to take, Galaxy clear.
7 - Announcers discussing Steve Cronin. BTY is Zach Wells the only regular MLS starter without a shutout to his credit this season? I think so.
8 - Vanney blocks a shot - perhaps intentionally.
9 - Randolph on Wynne - the two speedsters could cancel each other out.
10 - McDonald is attacking more than I've seen in the past.
12 - I'm not sure why Ruiz isn't starting - maybe Ruud wants him to be really hungry.
13 - Nice Buddle cross - well, a bit short, but it was a decent attack setup. Klein kills the counter going the other way.
15 - The Galaxy don't look terribly skillful right now, but there's a grit to their defending that is interesting to see.
16 - Brennan overshoots Wynne on a long pass. He's not that fast, Jim.
17 - Roberts robs Cunningham of the ball, but the Galaxy can't create.
18 - Julius James is going in for Oliver Tebily, who hobbles off. Not sure why. Maybe he pulled something.
19 - Edwards catches a long Galaxy pass.
21 - TFC with more ball possession now. Galaxy can't seem to get out of their own half. Goal kicks don't count.
22 - Cunningham is Offside! And wide!
23 - Final pass doesn't reach Gordon in the box. This is a jumbled game, as befits a lot of non-regular players hoping to impress. More heart than finesse, that's for sure.
25 - Galaxy FK - Vanney sets up - Klein takes - into the wall. Galaxy work the ball back, but the pas to Randolph is offside.
26 - Uh, oh - Dunny on the long free throw gives TF a chance in the box, Franklin slides it out for another FT.
27 - Harmse shoots! It's high.
28 - Cunningham is offside- though the whistle was late.
30 - Franklin clotheslined by Smith, but the FK is too far out to be considered dangerous.
31 - Gordon shoots wide and awkwardly.
33 - Dunny on a throw - deep into the box. Dang, he's good at those, but the Galaxy cover the back chip attempt.
36 - Wynne stumble nearly leaves Gordon alone on goal, but Marvel recovers.
37 - TFK FK to TFC FT - but Cronin comes out to catch it.
38 - Klein to Gordon, who brings ball down and touches to Buddle, who one-times. It's high, but that's the first flash of genuine offense from the Galaxy.
39 - Cunningham in the box, shoots, Cronin parries, Galaxy clear. Speaking of offensive chances.
41 - Pires gets pulled by Edu, who sees yellow. It's far out, but it's a FK and Vanney takes it. A soft chip to the players in the box, but TFC clears.
43- Pires looks to be holding his side.
45 - TFC on the attack. Ricketts beats two, gets in the box, Cronin off his line to snuff the attack.
45+ McDonald hard tackle to stop a TFC counter, but it looked clean.
Halftime - The Galaxy have to regret that they didn't test the backup keeper more, but they're not getting run off the field by an undermanned TFC, either.
46 - Now TFC fans are throwing streamers at the Galaxy goal during the run of play. Great. but why should anyone be surprised. If the argument is that players should be able to play through mere paper on corners, why shouldn't the same be expected elsewhere? If it's ok to affect the game in one spot, why not another?
47 - GOAL- Julius James gets a header on a free kick by Ricketts. The rain might have been a factor, but it seems that James just out-jumped Troy Roberts to it.
53 - Edu's low shot is bobbled by Cronin - the rain probably contributing again, but Cronin eventually hangs on.
54 - Velez gets whistled for a foul and is pissed about it, which turns into a yellow.
55 - Smith on a counter - he's not offside - and somehow, everybody misses his cross. TFC corner, eventually. It ends up in Cronin's hands.
61 - Vanney smart defensive play there.
63 - The rain is the12th man right now. It's a mess to watch. But part of soccer is dealing with the elements, right, John Terry?
65 - GOAL! The ball bounces perfectly for Cunningham, while Galaxy guys slip and slide. He takes on Cronin and puts it away for his second of the year. Apparently Cunningham can only score against the Galaxy. 2-0 TFC
70 - Ruiz is on for the Galaxy, but hasn't made an impact yet.
72 - Ricketts wide in the box as more streamers are thrown.
74 - Smith alone on goal - Cronin out - Smith shoots wide.
76 - announcers aren't even calling the game any more. They're saying TFC should build extra seats.
77 - Roberts and Wynne in the box, Roberts wins out, while Wynne lies down - why not, he's winning.
78 - Ricketts shoots at Cronin. Cronin catches.
80 - Galaxy with a little run of possession, but no shots on goal.
82 -Klein with a horrid cross.
83 - Gordon and Ruiz put together an attack, but Edwards is set for the rather outside shot of Ruiz.
85 - FK by Ruiz is deflected for a corner. Franchino takes it.
86 - Fans are throwing full cups of beer, not just streamers. The ball gets cleared to Franklin, whose outside shot is high and wide.
90 + As the announcer notes, the fan on the field is helping TFC - taking more time off the clock.
Gordon is pulled down right at the arc. Klein wants it. It's deflected.
Ha, ha. The fans want the final whistle, but it seems the refs are fighting back against the timewasting by pitch invasion and streamers. It doesn't help the Galaxy, though. In fact, Cunningham gets a late chance on a counter that he sends high and wide.
Well, the Galaxy are back to .500 on a couple of rain time goals. It's easy to say that TFC had the advantage of being more familiar with how to play on wet turf, but one goal was due to poor marking, and the other was on a Keystone Kops sequence of lost defensive shape. Above and beyond that, the Galaxy generated little offense themselves.
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Some Toronto idiot threw a streamer while the ball was in play. McDonald was heading up the right side and they throw a streamer right at him. The TFC lot are getting a bit cheeky with the whole streamer thing, no?
- May 31, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- A.C. said...
Yep, it's getting worse, in my opinion. Slippery slope arguments are make because they're proven to happen.
- May 31, 2008 at 1:28 PM
- RHYbread said...
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- May 31, 2008 at 1:46 PM
- RHYbread said...
There's no excuse for poor marking. No matter how many goals we're able to put in, games are always too stressful whenever the ball is in our own third.
- May 31, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Bunch of hooligans in toronto.
- May 31, 2008 at 2:27 PM
FSN is BRUTAL
shit commentary
shit camerwork
shit production
- May 31, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- triangle,dining said...
I'm a complete neutral about this match--was clear to me that Cunningham was at least a yard offside when he recieved the initial cross on the second goal. Not that LA had anything to really offer in response.
- May 31, 2008 at 2:55 PM
The commentary and quality of the video feed is shameful for FSN. Thank God I'm at every Galaxy HDC game, I couldn't take watching FSN any more than I have to.
- May 31, 2008 at 11:04 PM


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A Tier 2 Megan's Law sex offender from Jackson is taken into custody for allegedly attempting to lure two female teens into his pickup truck.
Police say the first incident occurred just before 8 a.m. in the area of Pinemere Avenue when a 14 year old female reported that she was propositioned by a stranger to get into his pickup truck. An hour later, police say a 15 year old female reported a similar incident in the vicinity of Kimberly Avenue. Both females fled and told their parents who immediately reported the incidents to police.
Township Police say they quickly located 29 year old Nicholas Ravaioli who was still driving in the area and took him to headquarters for questioning.
Following an interview by detectives from the Lakewood Police Department and County Prosecutor's Office, Ravaioli was arrested and charged with Luring and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Ocean County Superior Court Judge Wendel Daniels set bail at $300,000 no 10 % and placed him in the Ocean County Jail. Nicole's Law was also implemented assuring that he have no contact with the victims.


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Clinton bows out, for now
HILLARY Clinton has formally resigned as the 67th US secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure in the office during which she shattered previous records for the number of countries visited.
In a letter sent to the President, Barack Obama, on Friday just before she was to leave the State Department for the last time in her official capacity, Mrs Clinton thanked her former foe for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination for the opportunity to serve in his administration.
Mrs Clinton said it had been an honour to be part of his cabinet and that she remained convinced of the ''strength and staying power'' of American global leadership.
''I am more convinced than ever in the strength and staying power of America's global leadership and our capacity to be a force for good in the world,'' she said in the letter.
Her resignation will be effective on the swearing-in of her successor, John Kerry, who was to take the oath of office in a private ceremony on Friday in Washington.
Mrs Clinton left office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September attack on a US diplomatic mission in Libya.
She said in an interview on Thursday that critics of the administration's handling of the attack did not live in an ''evidence-based world,'' and their refusal to ''accept the facts'' was unfortunate and regrettable for the political system.
Mrs Clinton said the attack in Benghazi was the low point of her time as America's top diplomat. But she suggested that the furore over the assault would not affect whether she would run for president in 2016.
She said she ''absolutely'' still planned to make a difference on issues she cared about in speeches and in a sequel to her 2003 memoir, Living History, that will focus largely on her years as secretary of state.
Mrs Clinton spoke in her outer office on the seventh floor of the State Department less than 24 hours before she walked out for a final time as boss. She was relaxed but clearly perturbed by allegations from Republican lawmakers and commentators that the administration had intentionally misled the public about whether the attack was a protest gone awry or a terrorist attack, or intentionally withheld additional security for diplomatic personnel in Libya knowing that an attack could happen.
An independent panel she convened to look into the incident was scathing in its criticism of the State Department and singled out four officials for serious management and leadership failures.
But it also determined there was no guarantee that extra personnel could have prevented the deaths of the US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans.
Mrs Clinton was not blamed, although she has said she accepted responsibility for the situation.
''I was so unhappy with the way that some people refused to accept the facts, refused to accept the findings of an independent Accountability Review Board, politicised everything about this terrible attack,'' she said. ''My job is to admit that we have to make improvements and we're going to.''
Hours after Mrs Clinton made those remarks, a suicide bomber linked to a domestic terror group exploded a device just outside the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey, killing himself and a guard.
Mrs Clinton is no stranger to partisan politics. As first lady, she railed in 1998 against a ''vast right-wing conspiracy'' that she asserted had been attacking her husband, Bill Clinton, ever since he had become president.
But the woman who was once considered a divisive figure in American politics, yet leaves office as one of its most popular, remained coy on whether she would run for president in 2016.
''I am making no decisions, but I would never give that advice to someone that I wouldn't take myself,'' she said. ''If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service … then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 per cent approval.''
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