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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Zach Houchins' RBI single in the top of the 10th scored Kirk Morgan lifting East Carolina (7-5) to a 4-3 extra inning win over UNC Greensboro (5-6) Wednesday afternoon at UNCG Baseball Stadium.
With the game knotted at three-all in the 10th, Morgan drew a leadoff walk and took third when Garrett Brooks reached on a throwing error by Sean Guite on Brooks sac bunt down the third base line. Following Drew Reynolds fly out to center, Houchins ripped a single through the right side scoring Morgan for the game-winner.
Nick Durazo entered the contest in relief of Reynolds on the mound setting down the Spartan lineup in order to snap ECU's four-game road losing streak. Reynolds (1-0) picked up the win in an inning of work where he allowed a run (unearned) on two hits with one strike out. Tyler Bolton was solid in his third start of the season surrendering one run (earned) on seven hits in six full frames. David Lucroy tossed two-thirds of an inning giving up a run (earned) before passing the ball to Ryan Williams, who struck out three of the four batters he faced.
Caleb Henley (1-1) suffered the loss for UNCG issuing a walk to Morgan, who would later score the game-winner. Dylan Thompson was touched for three runs (all earned) on four hits with four strikeouts in four innings before being relieved by Tyler Long, who tossed four scoreless frames.
ECU held a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth, but a fielding miscue by Morgan with two outs allowed Nick Chapman to score sending the contest to extra innings. Reynolds, who entered the game looking for his fourth save of the season, gave up a leadoff single to Chapman followed by Guite's base knock putting runners on first and second. After two quick outs (strikeout and ground out) Zac MacAneney sent a soft grounder to Morgan who had trouble with the glove to hand transfer allowing the game-tying run to cross home.
UNCG jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, which marked the 12th-straight game that ECU fell behind this season. MacAneney walked to start the frame and moved to second on Julian Abreu's single to left. After a wild pitch that moved the runners up 90 feet, Hunter King laced a single to right scoring MacAneney with ease.
The Pirates took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth thanks to RBI base hits by Luke Lowery and Ben Fultz. Reynolds (single), Houchins (double) and Ian Townsend (walk) loaded the bases for Lowery, who singled home Reynolds for the Pirates first run. Fultz followed with a two-RBI base hit to left center pushing across Houchins and Townsend, staking ECU to a two-run advantage.
The Spartans pulled within one, 3-2, in the bottom of the seventh inning on MacAnenay's RBI extra base hit. Guite walked after Lucroy took the mound in place of Bolton and came around to score three batters later on MacAnenay's triple to right center.
Houchins led the Pirates offensive attack going 3-for-5 with a run scored, while Reynolds collected a pair of hits and also touched home. Fultz and Lowery each added RBI base knocks.
ECU will be back in action this weekend when it plays host to Marshall in the Conference USA opener for both schools. Due to potential inclement weather in the area, the two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, Mar. 8 with first pitch starting at 12 noon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.


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Archive for Wednesday, May 6, 2009
K-12, higher education leaders slam House's proposed budget cuts
May 6, 2009
Topeka The newest House Republican leadership plan to cut the budget was getting slammed today by representatives of public schools and higher education.
Kansas Board of Regents Chairwoman Donna Shank described the measure that would cut higher education by $40 million or 12 percent "as the most damaging budget proposal yet to surface."
On Tuesday, Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee put together the bill as a way to address a $328 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The proposal was scheduled for debate before the full House later today.
The measure would also cut public schools by approximately $150 million, or 4.75 percent .
The Kansas Association of School Boards issued a release that said the proposal "makes the deepest cut in education funding so far."
The organization added: "Further education cuts will weaken the state's greatest economic development asset: a strong education system and highly educated workforce."
The KASB said the House committee proposal was worse than one approved Tuesday by the full Senate that would reduce public school funding by 2.75 percent.
Shank added that the committee proposal would cause long-term damage to colleges.
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The Men's and Women's Basketball players at Farmingdale State have received many awards this semester for their exceptional performances on the court. As the fall semester comes to an end, the women's team is 6-2 overall, 4-0 Skyline while the men's team stands at 5-3, 2-0 Skyline. For the week of December 20th, four of our student-athletes picked up Player and Rookie of the Week honors in our respective conferences and were also named to the Honor Roll for the Met Basketball Writer's Association.
Brandon Nieves (Harlem, NY/All Hallows) and I'shawna West (Hempstead, NY/Hempstead) were named the Skyline Rookie's of the Week. Brandon averaged 11.3 points in three games for the Rams last week. He was named to the all-tournament team at the Keystone College Holiday Tournament, averaging 14.0 points in helping the Rams to the championship game. Nieves scored a team-leading 16 points against Keystone in the final.
West continues her torrid scoring pace. She has been named Rookie of the Week three times in the Skyline Conference and four times in the Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) during the first four weeks of the season. West, who ranks second in the conference in scoring, finished with a game-high 22 points in only 19 minutes in the Rams' 78-33 win over CCNY. For the season, West is currently averaging 18.8 points and 2.13 3-pointers per game. Farmingdale State has won six straight games to climb atop the Skyline Conference standings.
Sharon Billips (Brooklyn, NY/John Jay), who leads the Skyline Conference in scoring, was named to the Skyline and Met Basketball Honor Roll and was named Player of the Week in the WIAC for the fourth consecutive time. In the Rams only game this week, Billips continued her outstanding play against CCNY. With only three assists shy of a triple-double, Billips posted 18 points, 14 boards and 3 blocks. Sharon has shown her consistency this season as she is averaging 23.3 points and 8.6 rebounds.
Junior Kenny McMillan (Bronx, NY/All Hallows) was also on the Skyline and Met Basketball Honor Roll. Kenny averaged 20.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals in three games for the Rams. He was named to the all-tournament team, along with Nieves, at the Keystone Holiday Tournament.
The Rams have finished the first half of the 2004-2005 schedule and will resume play after break. The women will tip-off in 2005 at Montclair State on January 6th at 7:00 p.m. The men will travel to St. Joseph's College for a conference game on January 10th at 7:00 p.m.


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The defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings will take another shot at their first win of the new season when they visit the rival Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday.
The Kings went 16-4 during last spring's playoffs to deliver the franchise's first title, but Darryl Sutter's club is off to an 0-2-1 start to this shortened campaign.
Los Angeles earned its first point of the season with Thursday's overtime loss in Edmonton, but that's hardly reason for celebrating considering the Kings took a lead into the last 10 seconds of regulation. Edmonton rookie Nail Yakupov tied the game with 4.7 seconds left in the third period and Sam Gagner scored in OT as the Oilers snatched a 2-1 victory from the jaws of defeat.
Jeff Carter had the lone goal while Jonathan Quick gave up two goals on 39 shots for the Kings, who are 0-for-18 on the power play this season after failing to score on eight opportunities with the man advantage on Thursday.
"It hasn't gone the way we'd like certainly, but you have to try to bounce back," Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi said of the reigning champs' slow start.
Yakupov scored with Oilers goaltender Devan Dubnyk pulled for an extra attacker. After Quick made a stop on a shot from in close by Taylor Hall, Yakupov was there at the right side to bang the puck in out of the air with time winding down.
In overtime, Carter was in the box after Los Angeles was called for too many men on the ice. Nugent-Hopkins received a pass from Gagner at the left circle. Gagner then charged the net and Nugent-Hopkins fed him for the winner with 1:59 left in overtime for the win.
Saturday's tilt marks the end of a three-game swing for the Kings, who were 18-13-10 on the road in 2011-12.
Meanwhile, the Coyotes, who lost to L.A. in the Western Conference finals last spring, haven't fared much better than the Kings this season, going 1-3-0 out of the gate.
On Thursday night in San Jose, Phoenix suffered an even worse third-period meltdown than the Kings. The Coyotes scored twice early in the third period to take a 3-1 lead, but the Sharks scored four unanswered goals to skate away with the 5-3 triumph. Patrick Marleau scored two of the Sharks' four third- period goals, giving him six goals in three games this season.
Steve Sullivan had a goal and an assist for Phoenix, while Jason LaBarbera, starting in place of Mike Smith, stopped 30 shots. Smith missed the game with a lower-body injury suffered in Wednesday's home win over Columbus and is questionable for Saturday's tilt.
Coyotes forward Matthew Lombardi suffered an undisclosed injury in Thursday's contest and is out indefinitely.
Saturday's test against the Kings marks the start of a three-game homestand for Phoenix, which will also host Nashville and Edmonton during the residency at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes went 22-13-6 on home ice in 2011-12 and have split two games in Glendale this season.
Phoenix and the Kings split six games in last year's regular season, but L.A. won the playoff matchup in five games.


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ceeveepee replied to longsh07's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI have a mark 7.5 1.6 TDCI. My commute is about 7-10 miles each way in town traffic plus shorter trips to shops etc with longer motorway trips every few weeks. I'm averaging around 56 mpg (according to in car calculation) so really can't complain at that. I find it very nippy as well, but that's coming from a 1.25 petrol mark 6 (which only gave me around 36mpg for the same commute I have heard great things about the ecoboost engines though.
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Brilliant thank you. i have the keyless entry version but the same seller has those as well. I got one from Currys. 32GB for £7.99, other sizes available http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/data-storage/usb-flash-drives/sandisk-32-gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-0-memory-stick-silver-10028883-pdt.html
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Looking fab now with all the hard work you've put in. Candy blue is such great colour isn't it? I've recently got a Tit X in the same colour and people are always commenting on it. The wheels are a right pain to clean though, muck show up so much more than on my previous mark 6 wheels. Do do you have a link to the seller for the key fob covers? I've had a look on eBay but I've not managed to find them. Oh and thanks for tip of the tiny usb stick, was getting fed up of plugging in and unplugging the iPod every journey. The upside down logo is annoying though!
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ceeveepee posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHi all, newbie here so wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the audio section. I got my Fiesta Zetec Blue with the Sony Audio System (with bluetooth and voice control) back in July and it seems to have an intermittent fault on it that the dealership are stuggling to deal with. Just wondered if any one has any ideas or experience on what could be the problem I've looked around on google but can't seem to find anything similar. The radio is meant to go into standby mode when the car door is opened and then turn to radio when the ignition is started. Very often it doesn't. The problem seems to manifest itself in a few different ways: i) Unlock car, radio display does not go into standby mode showing date or time or change to radio once ignition is turned on. Driving any distance does not affect this at all. Using the on /off button also does not make any difference. Radio is still dead when I lock the car and leave it. ii) As above but sometimes when arriving at destination and opening door to exit car, the radio display suddenly goes into standby mode showing time and date. iii) As above but radio comes on and starts playing after I get out of the car and I have to turn if off manually. iv) Unlock car, radio does not go into standby mode or turn to radio when ignition turned on, but will switch on randomly within first one to two hundred metres driven. If it hasn't come on within about 200 metres then it won't come on at all until at least after I get out of the car The car has been back to the dealership four times. First of all they replaced the radio - problem still exists. Secondly, they disconnected the battery for a couple of hours to reboot the system - problem still exists. The third time the car went in the control modules were replaced - car was returned without working headlights, dashboard lights and rear lights and went straight back within a couple of hours as it wasn't driveable. I got it back again today after the modules were replaced again with some from a brand new car. I've just been out to put my things back in the radio faulted again - it came on only when I slammed the door in anger. We'll be ringing them again in the morning to let them know. The problem is that it's an intermittent fault and the dealership haven't been able to replicate it at all (it was just with them for a week). It's difficult to get the car over to them with the fault in place as it nearly always resolves itself when you turn the iginition off and I don't want to drive there and leave the car engine running with the keys in whilst I run in to get someone to come out and look at it. Does anyone got any bright ideas? I know it's a small problem, but it's driving me mad doing my daily commute in silence in an otherwise great little car.


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MSU Law Presents ReInvent Law NYC
Michigan State Law's ReInvent Law Laboratory took part in a week of legal technology awareness in New York City on Friday, February 7 at the Cooper Union Great Hall. The week's events included the first LexRedux meeting of legal startup founders and funders, the LegalTech trade show, a legal hackathon, and the ReInvent Law NYC conference. Lawyers, technology experts, entrepreneurs, academics, students and others were among those exploring future of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the legal world.
The ReInvent Law NYC event, sponsored by the ABA Journal, MSU Law, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, featured over 40 speakers –experts in law, technology, and business.
Six presenters were MSU Law students and faculty members. Their talks included: Professor Renee Newman Knake's, "Is Legal Information Speech?"; ReInvent Law fellow R. Amani Smathers's "The T-Shaped 21st Century Lawyer"; Chase Hertel's "Immigration Evolution"; Karen Francis-McWhite's "Hive Dynamics and Building Resilient (Legal) Communities"; Andy Ninh's "Google Glass in Legal Practice v2.0"; and Kristen Kolakowski-Godin's "A New Era for E-Discovery: Predictive Coding."
Videos from the conference will be posted on ReInventLawChannel.com.
The ReInvent Law Laboratory was created by MSU Law professors Daniel Martin Katz and Renee Newman Knake in spring 2012 with a goal of incorporating the innovation of law, technology, design, and delivery into the legal services industry. Conferences have previously been held in Dubai, London, and Silicon Valley. ReInvent Law London 2014, a partnership between MSU Law and the University of Westminster, will be held Friday, June 20, 2014.
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Winnipeg, MB (SportsNetwork.com) - Ondrej Pavelec turned away 41 shots to post his first shutout of the season, and Bryan Little added a pair of goals to fuel Winnipeg's 5-0 triumph over Nashville at MTS Centre.
Olli Jokinen, Eric Tangradi and Devin Setoguchi also tallied for the Jets, who won for just the third time in their last 10 games.
"I thought we played a good first period. I thought we were fortunate to score four goals," said Jets head coach Claude Noel. "I thought our goalie was very good. A night like tonight we'll take the 5-0 game but it wasn���t necessarily a clinic, but we���ll take the win."
Carter Hutton was yanked after giving up three goals on eight shots in only 8:23 of action for the Predators, who couldn't maintain momentum from Wednesday's win at Colorado.
Marek Mazanec made his NHL debut in relief and gave up two scores on 24 shots.
Winnipeg lit the lamp three times in just over five minutes before the midway point of the first period to take a commanding lead.
Little got things started with 3:04 on the clock on his turnaround chance in the left circle off an Andrew Ladd rebound. Jokinen doubled the advantage at 6:47 by tapping in an Evander Kane feed atop the crease, then Tangradi deflected a Dustin Byfuglien point blast past Hutton from the left point at the 8:23 mark.
Mazanec was called on, but gave up Setoguchi's tally with 3:15 to play before posting a scoreless second period thanks to 10 saves. Jokinen won a left- circle draw and pushed the puck ahead before dishing off to the goal scorer.
"Too many odd man rushes and we turned over pucks. All the damage was done in the first half of the first period. We weren't ready and they jumped on top of us," noted Predators defenseman Shea Weber.
The Jets fired again in the third, as Little's second of the contest provided a five-goal spread just prior to the midway point. That score moved him into third on the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise goal list with 109, vaulting over Marian Hossa.
Pavelec completed his perfect game with 15 stops in the second and withstood a 17-shot barrage by the visitors in the final 20 minutes.
Game Notes
Little notched his second multi-goal performance this season, having done so in a 5-4 loss against the Capitals on Oct. 22 ... Pavelec turned in his 11th career whitewash and first since a 33-save effort in a 7-0 win over the Panthers on Mar. 1, 2012 ... The Jets snapped a four-game losing streak to Nashville, one which stretched back to a 3-2 OT decision by the Thrashers over the Preds on Dec. 6, 2010 ... Friday's win was Winnipeg's first home decision over Nashville since relocating from Atlanta in 2011.


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The Practice
We all know the practice by now:
Sit down. Sit still and upright. Close your eyes lightly. Sit relaxed but alert. Silently, interiorly begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer phrase, Maranatha. Listen to it as you say it, gently but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything spiritual or otherwise. If thoughts and images come, these are distractions at the time of meditation, so keep returning to simply saying the word. Meditate twenty to thirty minutes each morning and evening.
'Sit still and upright' is not as easy as it sounds.
Our body has got into bad habits as far as posture is concerned. Nevertheless an upright position with our back as straight as our body will comfortably allow is important. Makes sure your shoulders are down and relaxed. That combined with the straight back also make sure that the chest is wide open, allowing enough oxygen to circulate around our system, thus helping us not to fall asleep. It doesn't really matter whether we sit on a chair or in the full lotus position, as long as it enables us to comfortably hold our position for the full duration of the meditation. Our feet or knees need to be firmly planted on the ground, so our position is one of rootedness: "Posture is an outward sign of your inner commitment to the discipline of meditation…Becoming rooted in ourselves, we become rooted in our own proper place in creation." (John Main)
John Main also recommend sitting "with your palms upright or facing down with thumb and forefinger joined." In the Eastern tradition to have the thumb and forefinger touching is considered to be an important part of the circulation of energy around our system. But it is also an excellent way of keeping alert: when our attention has slipped, we will find that our fingers are not touching anymore either.
To sit still and stay in one place is actually the first hurdle in the discipline of meditation. We are so used to being perpetually on the move, doing things and reacting to stimuli coming from outside, that sitting still, not doing anything in particular can seem a daunting and unusual task.
Restlessness is in our genes: our ancestors were all members of migratory tribes. A baby is a beautiful example of this. Every parent or carer knows that a fretful baby will settle down with movement: rocking the cradle, carrying and walking, or taking them for a walk in the pram or pushchair. In trying to sit still, to stay in one place, we are actually going against the grain. Allowing our body to be still, giving it the permission not to do anything, is the first step of counteracting this restless tendency. It is only by persevering that the urge to move and do things lessens and we become aware of the advantages of stillness and silence. The Desert Fathers and Mothers, on whose teaching Christian meditation is based stressed the importance of staying in one place:
"A brother in Scetis went to ask for a word from Abba Moses and the old man said to him, 'Go and sit in your cell and your cell will teach you everything"
Once the restlessness has moved from our body it transfers itself to our mind, as we will see next week.


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ManagementEventWatcher Class
Assembly: System.Management (in system.management.dll)
The following example shows how the client receives notification when an instance of Win32_Process is created because the event class is __InstanceCreationEvent. For more information, see the Windows Management Instrumentation documentation in the MSDN Library at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library. The client receives events synchronously by calling the WaitForNextEvent method. This example can be tested by starting a process, such as Notepad, while the example code is running.
using System; using System.Management; // This example shows synchronous consumption of events. // The client is blocked while waiting for events. public class EventWatcherPolling { public static int Main(string[] args) { // Create event query to be notified within 1 second of // a change in a service WqlEventQuery query = new WqlEventQuery("__InstanceCreationEvent", new TimeSpan(0,0,1), "TargetInstance isa \"Win32_Process\""); // Initialize an event watcher and subscribe to events // that match this query ManagementEventWatcher watcher = new ManagementEventWatcher(); watcher.Query = query; // times out watcher.WaitForNextEvent in 5 seconds watcher.Options.Timeout = new TimeSpan(0,0,5); // Block until the next event occurs // Note: this can be done in a loop if waiting for // more than one occurrence Console.WriteLine( "Open an application (notepad.exe) to trigger an event."); ManagementBaseObject e = watcher.WaitForNextEvent(); //Display information from the event Console.WriteLine( "Process {0} has been created, path is: {1}", ((ManagementBaseObject)e ["TargetInstance"])["Name"], ((ManagementBaseObject)e ["TargetInstance"])["ExecutablePath"]); //Cancel the subscription watcher.Stop(); return 0; } }
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
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March 15, 2003
Stony Brook, N.Y. - The No. 3 Maryland Terrapins used a seven-goal first quarter to build a 7-1 advantage en route to a 16-4 win over Stony Brook Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium. The first-ever meeting between the two teams was all Maryland as the Terps broke a 1-1 tie by scoring 14 straight goals to remain undefeated and run their record to 4-0. The loss drops Stony Brook to 1-3.
Brian Hunt put the Terps up 1-0 at 12:53 of the first quarter off a feed from Mike Mollot but Stony Brook's Jason Cappadoro answered with his seventh goal of the season to even the score at 1-1 at the 9:21 mark. Maryland responded with 12 unanswered goals to close out the first half, four of them set up by Mollot. The Tewaaraton Trophy candidate had a goal and four assists in the first half as Maryland took a 13-1 lead into the break.
After Maryland extended the lead to 15-1 early in the third, George LaFlare ended the Stony Brook drought with back-to-back goals to get SB within 15-3. Kyle Hacker scored his first goal as a Seawolf at 4:19 of the fourth quarter to close out the scoring.
Mollot finished with a game-high five points while Hunt totaled four points (2g, 2a) on the afternoon. Ian Healy, Justin Smith, Sean Leary, Jamie Daue and Andrew Schwartzman each scored twice as 10 different Terrapins recorded a goal in the win. Danny McCormick made five saves to earn the victory in goal.
LaFlare led the way for SB with his pair of goals, the fourth straight game in which he has recorded a point. Jeff Slater made six saves and Errol Wilson stopped nine shots in relief of Slater.


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Southwest Florida lows will be in the 30s tonight and Tuesday.
A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a "polar vortex" descended Monday into much of the U.S., pummeling parts of the country with a dangerous cold that could break decades-old records with wind chill warnings stretching from Montana to Alabama.
For a big chunk of the Midwest, the subzero temperatures were moving in behind another winter wallop: more than a foot of snow and high winds that made traveling treacherous. Officials closed schools in cities including Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee and warned residents to stay indoors and avoid the frigid cold altogether.
The forecast is extreme: 32 below zero in Fargo, N.D.; minus 21 in Madison, Wis.; and 15 below zero in Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Chicago. Wind chills — what it feels like outside when high winds are factored into the temperature — could drop into the minus 50s and 60s.
"It's just a dangerous cold," said National Weather Service meteorologist Butch Dye in Missouri.
Today's high in Sarasota-Manatee was forecast to be 68, with a cold front bringing wind later in the day and temperatures falling to 36 degrees tonight. Tuesday's high will not be much above 50, with a low of 34. Wednesday is predicted to be a little warmer, and highs are forecast to reach into the 80s again by Thursday.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties starting at 11 p.m. tonight and ending at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Wind chill temperatures of 21 to 35 degrees are expected, with the coldest readings inland around sunrise Tuesday. The weather service advises people to bring pets and sensitive plants inside tonight.
It hasn't been this cold for almost two decades in many parts of the country. Frostbite and hypothermia can set in quickly at 15 to 30 below zero.
Lorna West, a 43-year-old student and consultant from Columbus, Ohio, said she doesn't believe people unaccustomed to such weather are ready for what's coming.
A Chicago native, she said thermal underwear, lots of layers and "Eskimo coats" with zipped hoods to block the wind were the norm growing up.
"And don't go out if you don't have to," she said.
It was 5 degrees at kickoff Sunday inside sold-out Lambeau Field for a playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers, one of the coldest ever played.
In the parking lot, Craig and Renee Heling of Waukesha, Wis., set up a camouflage hunting blind behind his white pickup truck and tailgated next to a propane heater. He wore four layers of clothing up top, two on his legs: "Two wool socks on — right now, I feel comfortable," he said.
"Well, my nose is about frozen. It feels like — I jumped in the lake the other day — it feels about like that," his wife said with a laugh. She was completely dry, unlike New Year's Day when she took part in a "polar plunge" into Lake Michigan.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard upgraded the city's travel emergency level to "red," making it illegal for anyone to drive except for emergencies or seeking shelter. The last time the city issued such a travel warning was during the 1978 blizzard.
For several Midwestern states, the bitter cold was adding to problems caused by a weekend snow storm. The National Weather Service said the snowfall at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport totaled more than 11 inches as of 6 p.m. Sunday — the most since the Feb. 2, 2011, storm that shut down the city's famed Lake Shore Drive.
Police in suburban Detroit said heavy snow was believed to have caused the roof to collapse at a two-story building that once housed a bar. No injuries are reported and police said no one was inside the building in Lake Orion, Mich., about 7 p.m. Sunday when the roof collapsed.
Missouri transportation officials said it was too cold for rock salt to be very effective, and several Illinois roadways were closed because of drifting snow.
A bus taking the Southern Illinois University men's basketball team home from a game at Illinois State got stuck in the snow Sunday night off Interstate 57, forcing the group to wait for a tow truck and make plans for a night at a hotel in nearby Tuscola, Ill.
More than 1,000 flights were canceled Sunday at airports throughout the Midwest including Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis.
Many cities came to a virtual standstill. In St. Louis, where more than 10 inches of snow fell, the Gateway Arch, St. Louis Art Museum and St. Louis Zoo were part of the seemingly endless list of things closed. Shopping malls and movie theaters closed, too. Even Hidden Valley Ski Resort, the region's only ski area, shut down.
School was called off Monday for the entire state of Minnesota, as well as cities and districts in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana and Iowa, among others. Chicago Public School officials reversed an earlier decision to keep schools open, announcing late in the day Sunday that classes would be canceled Monday.
Government offices and courts in several states closed Monday. In Indiana, the General Assembly postponed the opening day of its 2014 session, and the state appellate courts, including the Indiana Supreme Court, said they would be closed.
Ray Radlich was among the volunteers at New Life Evangelistic Center, a St. Louis homeless shelter, who was braving the cold as part of search teams that seek out the homeless and get them to shelters.
Among those Radlich and his team brought in Sunday was 55-year-old Garcia Salvaje, who has been without a home since his apartment burned last week. Salvaje, a veteran, had surgery three months ago for a spinal problem. The cold makes the pain from his still-healing back intense.
"I get all achy and pained all the way up my feet, to my legs, up my spine," Salvaje said.
Southern states were bracing for possible record temperatures, too, with single-digit highs expected Tuesday in Georgia and Alabama.
Temperatures plunged into the 20s early Monday in north Georgia, the frigid start of dangerously cold temperatures for the first part of the week. The Georgia Department of Transportation said its crews were prepared to respond to reports of black ice in north Georgia.
Temperatures were expected to dip into the 30s in parts of Florida on Tuesday. Though Florida Citrus Mutual spokesman Andrew Meadows said it must be at 28 degrees or lower four hours straight for fruit to freeze badly, fruits and vegetables were a concern in other parts of the South.
With two freezing nights ahead, Louisiana citrus farmers could lose any fruit they cannot pick in time.
In Plaquemines Parish, south of New Orleans, Ben Becnel Jr. estimated that Ben & Ben Becnel Inc. had about 5,000 bushels of fruit on the trees, mostly navel oranges and the sweet, thin-skinned mandarin oranges called satsumas.
"We're scrambling right now," he said.
In western Kentucky, Smithland farmer David Nickell moved extra hay to the field and his animals out of the wind. He'd also stocked up on batteries and gas and loaded up the pantry and freezer. The 2009 ice storm that paralyzed the state and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people is fresh in his mind.
"We are hoping this isn't going to be more than a few days of cold weather, but we did learn with the ice storm that you can wake up in the 19th century and you need to be able to not only survive, but be comfortable and continue with your basic day-to-day functions," Nickell said.


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Bonterra Energy Corp. Refiles 2011 MD&A Related to Internal Controls
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Nov. 16, 2012 05:00 PM
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/16/12 -- Bonterra Energy Corp. (www.bonterraenergy.com) (TSX:BNE) announces the refiling of the Company's December 31, 2011 Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) and the related Certifications of Annual Filings (Form 52-109F1) (Annual Certificates), originally filed on SEDAR on March 22, 2012.
The Internal Control section of the MDA has been rewritten to confirm and clarify the material weakness related to segregation of duties reported in prior periods had been rectified in Q4 2011. Along with the revised MDA, the Company has refiled the Company's related Annual Certificates.
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CHICAGO (MCT) — Battling mental illness and personal financial troubles, Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D-Ill., is a heavy favorite for re-election Nov. 6 despite a surreal campaign in which he has been absent for almost four months.
Jackson, 47, who disclosed this summer that he has bipolar depression and has undergone weeks of hospitalization, is convalescing in Washington and meeting occasionally with aides. He has been absent from the House of Representatives since June 8.
Whether he will campaign at all is in question. His re-election bid is being led by his wife, Sandi Jackson, who turned down interview requests.
Chicagoan Kevin Lampe, who is serving as a spokesman for the Jackson campaign, said Thursday that the lawmaker remained under medical care. "As soon as the doctors say he can get back to work, he'll get back to work, which includes campaigning," said Lampe, noting that voter registration efforts were under way and a get-out-the-vote push was planned.
DePaul University political scientist Wayne Steger said Jackson, whatever his woes, looked like a sure bet to carry the election, which is five weeks away. Steger points to the nominal opposition, the GOP's weak organization in Cook County and anticipation of a robust turnout by Democrats who aim to return President Barack Obama to the White House.
The new 2nd Congressional District, which stretches from Chicago's South Side and south suburbs into Will and Kankakee counties, is deep blue. More than 80 percent of the voters there cast ballots for Obama in 2008.
Jackson's two rivals on the ballot are running hard but uphill, lacking both name recognition and campaign cash.
Republican challenger Brian Woodworth, 41, says he is getting no financial help from the national GOP and has spent only $11,000. Independent Marcus Lewis, 53, says he expects his campaign to cost $3,500. Jackson, according to his most recent report, had nearly $250,000 in campaign money at his disposal.
Political scientist Dick Simpson of the University of Illinois at Chicago agrees that Jackson's electoral prospects are strong, citing the goodwill he's built up in office.
But that goodwill has its limits. Across the street from Jackson's district office, 18-year-old Kya Hart made plain that she's not sympathetic about his bipolar disorder.
"If he were to get angry about something or change his mind (about an issue), that could mess up the community," said Hart, a student at Truman College who hopes to join the Army.
But others support the congressman. Jonnita Dockens, a 39-year-old event planner, said she's known Jackson and his father, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, for years and has done work for the elder Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
"It was a smart decision for him to take a leave of absence, because at some point you have to know when you have to step away from the job," said Dockens, who plans to vote for his re-election.
She was not swayed as challenger Lewis tried to sell himself to her and other patrons at a local Starbucks, handing out business cards promising: "Help is on the way!"
Though some constituents were willing to give Jackson time to recover, Lewis was not.
"The public has been sucked into this sympathy campaign that he's got going on," Lewis said. "This has been going on since June. And it's unfair to constituents, because they have no representation whatsoever."
Jackson was treated for weeks at Sierra Tucson in Arizona and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. A Jackson aide announced Sept. 7 that the congressman, who has homes in Chicago and Washington, was back in the nation's capital. The lawmaker stopped in Chicago to visit his parents en route to Washington, a Jackson source said.
The Jacksons' Washington town house was put up for sale recently with an asking price of $2.5 million. An aide issued a statement saying the Jacksons were "grappling with soaring health care costs" and were selling the property "to help defray costs of their obligations."
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COFAC hosts School of Music Scholarship Concert
August 28, 2013
MACOMB, IL - The College of Fine Arts and Communication will hold its annual School of Music Scholarship Concert Friday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the COFAC Recital Hall.
The concert includes some of the best student ensembles from the WIU School of Music. These include the Western Illinois University Singers, the Wind Ensemble, the Symphony Orchestra and the Jazz Studio Orchestra. The concert raises money for music scholarships.
"Standing in front of the best players at Western Illinois University is an honor I do not take lightly," said Wind Ensemble Conductor Mike Fansler. "We are always a team, working at a very high level to present musical sounds to our listeners."
The concert is free for WIU students. Admission is $15 for the public, $10 for senior citizens and youth are admitted free. Tickets are available at the Hainline Theater Box Office and at the event.
For more information, contact Joanie Herbert at the COFAC office at (309) 298-1843, or by email at email@example.com.
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2013 Track and Field
2013 Track and Field Preview
Track and Field sports youth as Coach Brandt moves into year two
January 30, 2013
By: Evan Skilliter, sports information assistant
HCAC men's coaches poll I HCAC women's coaches poll
The Bluffton University Track and Field team will rely on a wealth of youth in 2013 with just eight of 36 athletes having achieved junior or senior status on a roster that has nearly doubled from last year's. An outstanding recruiting class of 24 freshmen has bolstered Coach Karen Brandt's squad as she moves into her second year.
Brandt is very excited about the size of the team. "Coming into the program in July 2011, we did not have a full season to cultivate recruits for the 2011-12 school year," said Brandt. "However, from what everybody tells me, the campus community is very happy about our numbers and that is extremely gratifying."
Brandt, who doubles as Bluffton's cross country head coach, will have four assistants on her staff. Brandt's husband, Jim Brandt, will coach mid-distance and distance runners. Jim also assists with the cross country team. Graduate assistant Bryson Hartzler will coach sprints and jumps after getting his feet wet with cross country in the fall. Keri McCoy handles hurdles, while assistant Travis Lepley will direct the throwers for his 10th straight season.
Anchoring the women's side are seniors Alison Janzen (Whitewater, Kan./Remington) and Maddie Moore (Linn Grove, Ind./South Adams). Janzen, a distance runner, will look to build on a successful fall cross country campaign in which she was named first team all-HCAC after breaking Bluffton's school record at Oberlin. She has already established a new 5000 meter indoor record this season.
"Our focus for Allison is good finishes at the conference championship in the 3000 meters and 5000 meters," said Coach Brandt. "I'm confident that she can be successful in either of those events."
Moore, a two-sport athlete that finished up a stellar soccer career in the fall, will be a force for the Beavers in mid-distance events. Moore already holds three Bluffton individual indoor records in the 1000m (3:20.60), mile (5:31.24) and the 3000m (11:07.65) and she's also a member of the distance medley relay (DMR) team that holds the school record with a time of 12:54.76.
"Maddie is an intrinsically talented young woman," said Brandt. "She can run well in the mile, 3000, or 5000. We'll have to see where we want her when the conference championship rolls around."
Chris Arnold (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Canterbury) and Jeremy Kidder (New Carlisle/Tecumseh) are the lone seniors on the men's side. Arnold will be counted on to provide leadership for a very young squad. "Chris has embraced the sport he's a good leader and an outstanding role model as far as work ethic," said Brandt. "Chris is constantly reminding our runners that it takes hard work to become better. He's always pushing them to press on and do the necessary work to succeed."
Kidder is in his fourth year on the squad and he will compete in mid-distance events. "I'm very proud of Jeremy for being here all four years," said Coach Brandt. "He's the heart and soul of this squad. I can always count on him to keep people lighthearted and laughing, but at the same time he works to ensure that they are also focused."
Underclassmen to watch for are Ryan Schadewald (Lima/Bath) and Kayla Mullenhour (Delphos/Jefferson). Schadewald, a sophomore, will compete in distance events after an outstanding 2012 cross country season in which he set a new school record with a time of 26:18.2 in the eight-kilometer race at Oberlin. A junior, Mullenhour is a member of the school-record holding DMR squad that put together a 12:54.78 in 2012 en route to a Heartland Conference championship and HCAC meet record last season.
Freshmen Colin McCloskey (Sylvania/Southview), who had an outstanding first campaign with cross country in the fall, and Kendall Weber (Wauseon) have established school records during their first month of competition at the collegiate level. McCloskey tops the indoor list for 3000m (9:08.29) and Weber holds the 60m high hurdles mark with a time of 9.61 seconds.
While competing at a high level on the track and the field is important, performing at a high level in the classroom is the primary goal for Coach Brandt. "I want those who achieved high GPA's the first semester to match or even improve this spring. I'm also expecting improved academic work from those who may have struggled during the fall," stated Brandt.
"Athletically, I want to see this group pick up the standard that last year's team set, which is giving their best at every single competition," continued Coach Brandt. "I expect to see us compete well as a team at the conference championship. In addition, I want to see more qualifiers for the All-Ohio Championship, but most of all I want to see our kids proud of the work they have done and the performances that they've left on the track."


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Newark airport vs. car accident. I'd call it a tossup.
Newark airport vs. car accident. I'd call it a tossup.
Does anyone watch "No Reservations"?
I found yesterdays episode to be really interesting. Anthony had a couple people convince him to go to places he hasn't been before and he went for Saudi Arabia.
I like this show because they really get into the culture and have regular conversations and eat fast food and at restaurants and the locals alway show him around so it's different than the typical touristy stuff.
Or like one of these guys from South Park...
I just had the most stressful time booking flights to Europe... but I did it!
I am flying to London at 2:55pm on August 19th. I will then be seeing The Specials on August 22nd (at V Fest UK) and Monotonix on August 24th. I will be spending my time in London with Chris (sonofhal).
On August 25th I will be leaving for Paris by rail and will spend the next 3 days enjoying the city. My fiancee has been there and she speaks French. So she will be my tour guide/translator. I will also be meeting up with Jeff (boarderwoozle3) one of the days, because he just so happens to be in Paris at the same time.
On August 28th-30th I will be attending Rock en Seine, a music festival just 20 minutes outside of Paris. Acts I am most looking forward to are Faith No More, Madness and The Prodigy. As well as many other acts including Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MGMT.
After this I will be heading down to Marsaille and will just enjoy the city and sights for the next 5 days. On September 6th I catch a flight at 6:30am from Marsaille and arrive back in Seattle at 5pm.
I am so incredibly excited right now you all have no idea. I could scream right now.
Wow, Josh. That sounds like an excellent time! This whole thread is a reminder that I need to get a passport. (or get 4 passports, really)
I miss talking to TomAz.
We all do. I live in the same city as him (unless he relocated) and rumor has it that at 3:15am if you listen closely and its really really quiet you can hear him telling you to go fuck yourself.
also, great trip josh. But watch your wallet in Marseilles. Actually, here's a better idea. When you get to Marseilles, rent a car and get the fuck out of there. Go to Aix. Go to Nice. Go to the little tiny villages in the Luberon -- Gordes, Roussillon, etc. Go have dinner at Le Moulin des Mougins outside Cannes. cuz you know unless you're a junkie or a terrorist, Marseilles doesn't really have much for you.
PS Gordes may be my favorite place in the entire world.
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Tom are you going to see them at the Marquee on August 6 with Reel Big Fish? Did we already talk about this?
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
Yes Josh! We'll have to work out the Paris logistics as we get closer. I still have to figure out where I'm staying anyway.
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
eh. that's the Dave Wakeling version which is him and a bunch of nobodies. I might go to that still, but I don't consider it the real thing.
I got to see the English beat for free one year when we went into a head shop and the dude behind the counter was like "You dudes want to see a band!" It was really good.
I have a few trips planned coming up. Next week(July 17th) I fly to Tokyo and connect to Okinawa on the 18th where I'm planning on spending a few days in Naha and then taking a boat to Iriomote for the solar eclipse. We'll catch a plane back to Tokyo on the 23 and take a Shinkansen(bullet train) to Eichigo-Yuzawa for Fuji Rock. Then we fly home on July 27th. We're home till August 6th and we fly to Tokyo and take a train to Chiba for Summer Sonic and back home on the 10th.
I recommend one way flights between countries. Super cheap and you can fit more into a day. While I am in Ireland I can fly to Brussels for 8 Euro each way. I have found one way fairs as low as 1 Euro. Ryan air and Easy Jet usually have good deals.
I'm starting to put together a rather sudden trip to Europe for myself in a few weeks.
Most likely will be flying into Germany (probably Frankfurt) and then will be meeting a friend in Prague. I'll have two weeks. I've been to Europe three times, but have not been to this central area. I want to see it all, which is not possible of course. Switzerland, how I'd love to see you, but think I'm going to have to let it pass on this trip. I'm trying to make it cheap as possible so I'm thinking Solvakia will take up some time.
Any tips/advice for a 2 week trip centered in Germany, with the possibility of hitting up Poland, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic would be well appreciated.
Then I will hold you down and spit her percolations all over you until you're as greasy as the day she regrets pushing your big fat ass out her big fat cunt.
Then I will hold you down and spit her percolations all over you until you're as greasy as the day she regrets pushing your big fat ass out her big fat cunt.
I tried a random date in the middle of my ireland trip and it came up as 8 euros, I haven't purchased it yet though.
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I guess this might explain why they're such a-holes when you're in their stomping grounds:
PARIS (Reuters Life!) – French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world.
They finish in last place in the survey carried out for internet travel agency Expedia by polling company TNS Infratest, which said French holidaymakers don't speak local languages and are seen as impolite.
"It's mainly the fact that they speak little or no English when they're abroad, and they don't speak much of the local language," Expedia Marketing Director Timothee de Roux told radio station France Info.
"The French don't go abroad very much. We're lucky enough to have a country which is magnificent in terms of its landscape and culture," he said, adding that 90 per cent of French people did their traveling at home.
"So when they're on holiday they can be a bit stressed, they're not used to things, and this can lead them to be demanding in a way which could be seen as a certain arrogance."
French tourists are also accused of generally spending less than other nationalities when abroad.
De Roux said the French, not accustomed to leaving large tips at home where a service charge is automatically levied on restaurant bills, can seem "tight-fisted" compared with other nationalities.
The Japanese ranked top of the Best Tourist survey, with the British and the Germans judged the best of the Europeans.
But French tourists received some consolation for their poor performance, finishing third after the Italians and British for dress sense while on holiday.
(Reporting by Joseph Tandy; editing by James Mackenzie)
I just booked a RT ticket from Dublin to Brussels. Total cost $28. What a deal! So I will spend two days in Brussels near the end of my trip to Dublin. Has anyone ever been? All I know is waffles and beer.
I have but I honestly can't tell you much. I mostly kept near La Grand Place in the city centre, went to the Ancient Art museum (I really dig Flemish art), and drank a lot of beer. I usually keep track (at least mentally but thoroughly) of what I visit, but I felt out of sorts while I was there and just sort of wandered.
I think Jeff will have gone and been back by the time you go?
Yeah, I will consult with him a bit. It's a long ways off, i'm just anxious to go.
I spent yesterday watching two awesome marathons. No Reservations and Expedition Africa. Both shows are highly addictive. That African trek is prety intense considering they are constantly trying to push forward through their journey while enduring the African wildlife and constantly searching for more water.
I'm completely addicted to No Reservations. I have an enormous crush on Tony Bourdain.


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January 15, 2013 > Accessibility Advisory Committee vacancies
To ensure transit services are used and easily obtainable by all members of the public, AC Transit seeks volunteers to fill vacancies on its Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC). The District is interested in receiving applications from people who wish to volunteer and serve as advocates for seniors and disabled bus riders.The AAC, consisting of 14 members, typically meets on the second Tuesday of the month to address concerns about, and implement and enhance, AC Transit's programs and services in relation to seniors and people with disabilities. The committee was established specifically to review policies and procedures and comment and advise the District and its seven-member Board of Directors on all matters relating to bus accessibility.Citizens appointed to serve on the committee shall serve a term of one year beginning March 1, 2013. To maintain a panel representative of people who are seniors, people with varying disabilities and of diverse ethnic backgrounds, two committee members will be appointed by each Director.Qualified applicants must use AC Transit's fixed-route service, be a senior or individual with a disability and/or represent such groups and be willing to devote the necessary hours to attend meetings. Along with identifying problems and offering probable solutions and ideas, prospective applicants should also have respect for others, be open to hearing divergent points of view and commit up to six hours a month to committee-related work.If interested, applications can be obtained from and returned to the District Secretary's Office, 1600 Franklin Street, 10th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 or by calling (510) 891-7201. Completed applications also can be faxed to (510) 891- 4705. All applications must be returned to the District Secretary by February 1, 2013.


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That is the signature play of Mark Sanchez's career. He will be remembered for it forever. We all just have to accept that.
I don't know about you but i'm sick of Mark Sanchez's butt fumble. I'm sick of hearing about it. I'm sick of seeing it.
Tomorrow, players report for a new season, yet every week on SportsCenter Worst of the Worst we have to relive the embarrassment of that Thanksgiving play. Do we want to experience that forever? Do we want that to be our image?
I don't know when the best time to do this will be because the butt fumble typically wins by a landslide.
Can we start a movement to take it down as a new season is set to begin? I'm ready to move on and we as Jets fans should band together to make sure that the millions of sports fans who watch SportsCenter don't continue seeing this week after week.
As long as that clip keeps playing, that is what the Jets are viewed as.
Can we end this? Here's the link to vote: http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/polls?pCat=114&sCat=13
It will take some kind of mass movement to end it based on the current numbers but I'd love to see a Jets fan radio host or someone get behind this too and help put to bed this butt fumble nightmare. Who's in?
That is the signature play of Mark Sanchez's career. He will be remembered for it forever. We all just have to accept that.
The more it's an organized resistance, the more people will try to make sure it remains on top.
Keep in mind the ground rules can also change at any time. If there's some sort of ballot stuffing, and buttfumble loses by a small margin, ESPN anchors will just laugh and say it wins again on historical record.
It's not going anywhere, until something perhaps really hilarious happens a good while from now. And let's face it, I literally laughed out loud when buttfumble happened, and upon several subsequent viewings, and I still smile at it to this day, so I personally think it's a worthy choice week in week out. I haven't really seen any worst of the worst candidates that could yet defeat it in open combat. It's just really that bad, and if that's the reputation the Jets have to live with, at least we bring a smile to the faces of countless citizens of the world.
ESPN, based out of Bristol, CT, has for at least a decade shown their blatant New England bias.
They love the butt fumble and have no reason to ever let it go.
What I think you should do to solve your problem is stop watching that tabloid of a sports network. It's a joke.
I mean the letter E in their name is for entertainment. That should tell you where their focus is in journalism.
If you do this, you'll A. no longer have to worry about what a bunch of Red Sox fans in Nowhere, CT think about the Jets, and B. you'll probably learn a lot more about the sports you're interested in since you're not being spoonfed what these morons want you to know and think.
I never watch ESPN, and after the butt fumble I was mildly embarrassed for a day, got all the crap in the world from my New England buddies, and that was it. Personally I was way more embarrassed by that sh*tshow of a game on Thanksgiving than the buttfumble. We did lose 49-19.
It'll be on the blooper reel for eternity though, so I hope you can get used to it.
Keep your head up, LGJ!
We'll have to wait until someone else can embarrass themselves as well as Sanchez has.
Something akin to Steve Lyons dropping his pants or a homerun ball off Canseco's head.
Possible but unlikely.
I don't know, man. It's just that bad.
Hell I even love the buttfumble at this point! (looooong done with #6)
You seen these hoodies? I definitely want and would get one, but obviously can't support this website:
Jets fans asking (demanding) it to go away will only make more popular. We just need to do a lot better this year and it will disappear.
Connecticut is considered one the Tri-States, not a New England State.
As for the play, it's f***ing hilarious. Especially when played repeatedly in fast motion.
There are plays with much more outstanding impact. Why isn't Jim Marshall in the HOF? The wrong way run.
For god sakes, the fake spike play had more impact than the butt fumble.
WHy haven't you just accepted it as hilarious? Until something better comes along (it's going to be tough) it shall remain.
Thanks for the link. I promptly voted Mark Sanchez as the worst of the worst.
It's ****ing hilarious. It will remain the undisputed champ until something more ridiculous happens. I don't even know what that could be, but I'll know it when I see it.
They'll be showing that play on football follies 20 years from now with the Benny Hill music running in the background.
Sanchez will forever be remembered for that play.
You can't help but laugh, otherwise you'll cry.
In 2014 the Tiajuana Turnover Machine will be gone, goodbye.
Hopefully we'll find a QB as good as our two best, Namath and Chad Pennington to allow ALL real Jet fans to move on from this USC fiasco nearly as awful as Matt Leinart
Far be it from me to defend Mark Sanchez, but I personally believe Leon Lett's blunder in the Miami Dolphins game back in 1993 was the biggest d*ckhead move I've ever seen.
another reason not to watch their moron-friendly network or to visit their local website for Jet information provided, of course, by Our Dick, the worst reporter in the history of "journalism"


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Veteran Detroit rocker Mitch Ryder is looking forward to performing Saturday at the newly refurbished Macomb Music Theatre in downtown Mount Clemens because he loves vintage venues.
His past few shows in Mount Clemens have been part of the outdoor gazebo concerts along the Clinton River banks, but this weekend he�ll head indoors to the facility most recently known as the Emerald Theatre, a one-time vaudeville hall that is undergoing a $2 million renovation.
�I prefer the intimacy of these older theaters,� Ryder said in a telephone interview this week. �I enjoy places like the Fox or the Emerald, mostly for aesthetic reasons. But many of those places were built at a time when amplification was not part of the process on stage, so the acoustics in those places are just magnificent.�
After four decades in show business around the world, Ryder knows a thing or two about concert venues.
Born William Levise Jr. in Hamtramck and a performer since his teen years with bands such as Peps and the Tempest, he remains best known � at least in the United States � for his mid-1960s hits �Jenny Take a Ride!� �Little Latin Lupe Lu,� �Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly� and �Sock It to Me-Baby.�
He remains a working artist, especially in Germany where he has released about 20 albums that have helped build a cult following that�s spread to other European countries. He�s currently working on compiling music from albums only released overseas over the past two decades to be released here in the U.S.
�There are different cultures and different value systems,� Ryder said of his popularity in other parts of the world. �The adage you�re only as good as your last hit applies here in America. We always want something new and different because we�re a disposable culture. There is no sense of ourselves in a historical sense.�
As a member of the Detroit Wheels, Ryder unleashed a frenetic energy onstage and on recordings, as he was backed by guitarist Jim McCarty and drummer Johnny �Bee� Badanjek � both Macomb County residents � along with rhythm guitarist, the late Joseph Kubert, and bassist Earl Elliott.
�The music we did at that time, there was nothing like it on the radio. We captured a live feeling in the recording studio. Beyond that, there really was nothing earthshaking about our music. But we did have a talented guitarist and drummer, who both went on to create good things for themselves,� he said.
Ryder, 68, who lives in South Lyon with his fourth wife, Megan, is still toiling over a stage musical with a working title of �Hide Your Love Away.� He�s close to finishing the novel that will be used as the basis of the story and has written six songs to be used in the piece, which is about love.
Calling the writing aspect both difficult and �one of the absolute joys of my life,� Ryder � who penned an autobiography titled �Devils & Blue Dresses: My Wild Ride as a Rock and Roll Legend� two years ago � said he has had to study and learn during the process.
�When you start creating subplots and put them into a formula with time and space and have to make them make sense with the main plot and theme, it keeps getting bigger,� he said. �It�s like a monster that has to be fed every day.�
He hopes to finish the project by the end of the year.
Also performing with Ryder at Macomb Music Theatre is Rare Earth, performing it classic hits such as �I Just Want to Celebrate,� �Get Ready,� �Losing You� and others.
Showtime on Saturday is 8 p.m. at Macomb Music Theatre, 31 N. Walnut. Tickets are $15 main floor general admission, $25 mezzanine balcony and $35 main floor reserved seating.
For more information, visit www.macombmusictheatre.com or www.ticketmaster.com.


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VMware Mirage Series Part 3 – Console overview
Welcome back to the VMware Mirage Series here at That's my View. In previous parts of this series I've described what home lab I'm using for my Mirage infrastructure and how to install the Mirage Management Server, Mirage Server and the Mirage Management Console. This time you'll get a walkthrough of the Console. I'll try to explain all main options available.
Common Wizards
The common wizards page is an easy way to perform the most common tasks used in Mirage. From here you can deploy, manager, support and protect all Mirage endpoints. Here's a list of all wizards.
- Centralize Endpoint
- Disaster Recovery
- Assign Base Layer
- Capture Base Layer
- Windows 7 Migration
- Base Layer Provisioning
- Hardware Migration
- Update App Layers
- Capture App Layer
Centralize Endpoint
This option migrates the content of an endpoint to the Mirage Server. The endpoint needs the Mirage Client to be installed. After completing the centralization the endpoint will be protected and managed by the Mirage System.
Disaster Recovery
Here you can restore a Client Virtual Desktop (CVD) to the same or to a new endpoint i.e. in case of a hard drive failure.
Assign Base Layer
Assigning a base layer to a CVD or collection of CVD's is done here. After validation the layer will be deployed to the selected endpoints over the network.
Capture Base Layer
Capturing a base layer means creating a template for the default content of an endpoint. This layer includes commonly the operating system, service packs, patches and the core applications i.e. VPN client or anti virus solution.
Windows 7 Migration
This options helps migrating an Windows XP endpoint to Windows 7 preserving all end user data.
Base Layer Provisioning
When provisioning a base layer to an endpoint you're going to clean up the device for corporate usage. After applying the base layer the device will automatically migrate it's content to the Mirage Server.
Hardware Migration
During the hardware migration a CVD can be migrated to a new virtual or physical endpoint.
Update App Layers
Editing and assigning app layers to endpoints connected to the Mirage System.
Capture App Layer
Capturing an app layer allows you to capture a set or a single application into a layer for deploying it to a large number of endpoints.
The Dashboard provides a monitoring functionality for the system status and the operations. In a few statistics you can see the system activities and alerts. Information to be found in the dashboard is:
- System Status
- Server Information
- Update Progress
- Data Protection Information
- Compliance Meter gauge
- Capacity Status Information
- Efficiency Benchmarks
The information is provided in form of gauges, graphs and tables.
Task Monitoring
As the name already says the Task Monitoring gives you an overview of all tasks performed by the Mirage System. In a list you can see all tasks i.e. Cature an app layer or Assign a layer and their status, device and progress.
The Inventory node gives you access to all CVD's and Collections. From here you can access devices in all states (Assigned, Pending and Rejected)
Image Composer
The Image Composer node is the main point to manage the base and app layers. Within this node you can also manage the Reference CVD's and rules for all layers.
Driver Library
The driver library is a repository where all drivers for the Mirage endpoints are managed in. An Administrator can manage hardware specific drives here which are stored outside the layers. With an import wizard it's possible to import new drivers. If configured the system will inject the necessary drivers to all relevant endpoints. The Driver Library copies the drivers from the Mirage system to the endpoints which will then be detected by the Windows Plug and Play mechanism.
The Mirage Reporting helps you to create different reports for storage, device, layer or hardware information. A very powerful tool.
Access the event and transaction logs from here. You can find loads of transactions information here i.e.
- Centralize endpoint
- Upload incremental changes
- Update base layer
- Update App Layer
- Base Layer Caching
- Base Layer Verification
- Restore Prefetch
- Restore streaning
The node gives you also the option to search and filter.
User and Roles
Within the user and role management you can define which user can access which functionality within the Mirage System. You can granularly define the roles as Mirage supports dynamic role-based access control (RBAC). A role can be grated to one or more groups from the Active Directory.
System Configuration
The System Configuration gives you control of the Mirage Servers, Volumes and Branch Reflectors.
I hope this has given you a first impression of the scope of the VMware Mirage solution. This is surely a very powerful tool!
Part 1: http://www.thatsmyview.net/2013/01/28/vmware-mirage-series-part-1-my-mirage-home-lab/
Part 2: http://www.thatsmyview.net/2013/01/29/vmware-mirage-series-part-2-server-installation-and-first-console-login/


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In 2011-12: PR indoor 400 (54.62), 3rd fastest in Brown history; 2nd place in 400 at Indoor Heps; PR outdoor 400 (53.96-8th fastest time in Ivy League history), 3rd fastest in Brown history; 1st place in 400 at Outdoor Heps; qualified for ECACs and NCAA East Regionals; won the Track Rookie of the Year Award and the Kate Silver Outstanding Freshman Athlete of the Year Award.
Before Brown: Was a two-time USATF Youth Nationals All-American (long jump and 400m) ... Also a four-time Missouri State Gold Medalist (lon gjump, 4x200, 200 and 400) and a five-time Missouri State Silver Medalist (long jump (2) , 4x200 (2), and 200).
Personal Records:
400m: 53.96


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Rules- Simply Roll the Dice
Stories, Details, Explanations and Pictures are welcomed and encouraged (though not required)!!! I would love to see the masterpieces you guys can come up with!!!
It's been 6 months and you have been having a lot of fun with your family and friends lately! Your out late, you don't always wake up at home, and you often wake up with headaches as reminders to the previous night's activities. Soon, after many months of partying, something happens that will change your life forever.
What is the event:
1) A One-Night Stand (You know them)
3) A One-Night Stand (Don't Know Them)
4) You and your SO take it to the next level
5) You Choose
6) You Hook Up With Your Siblings SO
The you realize that you (or that your SO) are pregnant.
Does it result in:
1) One Baby
2) Twins
3) One Baby
4) Triplets
5) One Baby
6) Twins
Roll for each Baby: Odd is a Boy and Even is a girl
If the Baby/Babies are a Boy: First Name Middle Name, Last Name- Yours (Or other parents/SO's)
If the Baby/Babies are a Girl: First Name, Middle Name, Last Name- Yours (Or other parents/SO's)
Unique Congrats Game (Round 2)
Posted 10 July 2012 - 07:13 PM
Rules- Simply Roll the Dice
Posted 10 July 2012 - 07:24 PM
So its been 6th months since my 21st birthday and now that I can drink well, Ive been partying quite a bit with my friends and family. Well all the partying has deferentially caught up with me; Im pregnant. It all happened one night when I got a little too drunk with my best friend Carson Jonathan Xavier. we woke up the next day compleatly in shock considering we had always just been friends, but after that night we decided that maybe there was something more. Well now Im sure theres something more, except that something more isn't sparks or love.. Its a baby. Luckily for my case I wasn't one of those College students who ended up with twins or triplets. Im just pregnant with one, and believe me I can already tell thats going to be hard as it is. Then one day at a checkup they tell me its a girl! I was so excited and Carsons been here to support me! Soon enough my beautiful Cruise Evangeline Xavier is born and she is the most perfect thing ever.
Our family- Carson&Vera
Posted 10 July 2012 - 08:42 PM
See that picture? That's my son. Just one of the millions of photos of mom and dad will take of their little "Jazzy". Don't worry, we didn't really name him Jazzy, it's Jasper. Jasper Newt Reid. I wasn't on board with Newt, just for the record. Emily picked it (after her dad). Who's Emily? My ex-girlfriend. You see, I'm only 16. I was parting one night and we uh, made a mistake. Mom and dad weren't too happy their only son messed up so bad, but they weren't going to kick out their only son. Emily though, didn't want the baby. I know I was barely 16 at the time (I still am only 16) but I just knew I wanted that baby as soon as I saw it on the ultrasound. My mom and dad supported me, he was their grandbaby. Once Jasper was born I got full parental rights, Emily didn't want anything to do with him. She and her family moved and I haven't heard from her since. Now 3 months later, I'm a junior in high-school with a 3 month old baby boy. Mom and dad watch him while I'm at school. It's hard being a dad, but I wouldn't give up my son for the world.
Magnus *Zach* Zachary Reid *16*
Jasper Newt Reid *3m*
Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:11 PM
Magnus Zachariah Kingston (36) lives in Perth, Australia where he works as a Lawyer. He is Tall with Curly Brown Hair and Brown eyes. His hair tends to give him trouble in keeping neat and since he has a job where appearances mean a lot, he keeps it short so that it looks nice at all times. He is very fun loving, despite the seriousness of his job. Magnus knows when he can have fun and when he must be serious and many people joke that there a is "Cool Magnus" and a "Work Magnus".
Magnus often indulged in carnal pleasures a little to much on his weekends off and since he was having such a lull in cases due to the crime drop he found himself out on the town more and more often. Soon enough he woke up next to a beautiful woman, thing was, he had no idea who she was. He left his number though, just in case she wanted to hook up again another time. A month later she called him, saying she was pregnant. Magnus knew that the woman frequented parties and arranged for a DNA test. The results came in and confirmed that he was the father of the child. The woman wanted nothing to do with Magnus or the baby and so 8 months later, Magnus arrived when she went into labor, expecting a to take home a son. He left the hospital with his son Jasper Rush Kingston......and his daughter Bluebell Seraphina Kingston on June 24th. Though Magnus never thought he would become a parent, he loves his children and spoils them endlessly.
Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:13 PM
Posted 10 July 2012 - 11:23 PM
Selah Ruby Moore
My name is Selah Ruby Moore. I am 21 years old and currently living in Tennessee. I come from a large, military family with four older brothers and two younger sisters. My childhood was that of a typical army brat, moving from base to base. However, that didn't stop me from going into the military myself. I have been in the Air Force since I graduated high school and currently serve as an Airman. I love being a pilot and getting the opportunity to fly; I can't imagine myself doing anything else. Many people are shocked to learn I am a pilot, mainly because I look like I belong on the cover a magazine--thanks to my dark black hair and piercing green eyes--rather than in a cockpit.
*6 Months Later*
It seems like my life has been spiraling out of control lately. I have complied more drunken nights in the last few months, than I can recall having throughout my entire life. Although things have been a little chaotic, I have been having the time of my life with my friends and family. However, that all came to an abrupt end the night of my cousin's wedding. It seemed liked a typical wedding reception with old people dancing, kids running around, and way, way too much alcohol being consumed. I didn't realize how terrible things really were until I woke up the next morning with the world's worst hangover and even worse, I was laying next to my sister's boyfriend! We attempted to cover the whole situation and deny it ever happened until two months later, I realized I was pregnant...with triplets! Once the news was revealed, he went running for the hills and my sister still refuses to talk to me. But, that didn't change the fact that I was expecting not one, but three, new bundles of joy. 6 months after the ordeal, I welcomed two girls and a baby boy:
DD/DD/DS: Cruise Seraphina, California Yael "Cali", and Judah Denzel
Posted 11 July 2012 - 12:16 AM
Posted 11 July 2012 - 01:14 AM
Me: Caius *Cai* Zahir Jones {21} - New York, USA;Nanny;Tall;Wavy red hair;Blue eyes
Her: Jessica *Jess* Louise Miller {20} - New York, USA;Student;Medium height;Straight blonde hair;Brown eyes
Twin one: Reignbow *Reign* Seraphina Jones {nb} - New York, USA;Straight red hair;Brown eyes
Twin two: Chester Lebron Jones {nb} - New York, USA;Wavy blonde hair;Blue eyes
Cai and Jess with Reign and Chester
Cai and Jess with Reign and Chester
Cai hooks up with his brother's girlfriend. Kale and Jess break up after Kale discovers that Cai hooked up with her. Cai and Jess start to become close as they've both lost someone very close to them. They realize that she's pregnant, and it's twins. They give birth to the twins and decide to start dating, to see if they can make it work for their babies.
Posted 11 July 2012 - 08:47 AM
Maximus 'Max' Zane Miller [16]
Student ● Australia
Tall ● Wavy Blonde Hair ● Hazel Eyes
Has one night stand with ex-girlfriend
She becomes pregnant
Dexter 'Dex' Rush Miller [0]
#10 Guest_Rainbow-Eyes_*
Posted 11 July 2012 - 11:08 AM
Name: Lydia Willow Bishop (21)
Appearance- Short (5'3") with Straight Red Hair and Hazel Eyes
Country: England
Occupation: A Nanny
My name is Lydia and I live in London, England. I graduated highschool at third in my class and I have been a nanny for the children down the street since I was 16 and I love it and the children to pieces! I watch over three children, Ethan who is 5, Abigail who is 3 and Madelyn who is 2 months old. I often do charity work for various organizations in my free time as well as taking the children to the park or ice cream shop in summer. I am the youngest of four children and I live in the house my parents left me when I was 18 with my sister Rachel Mae Bishop who works as a secretary for Law Firm that our older brothers, Michael Ian Bishop and Eric James Bishop, own together.
Jasper, Belle and Tobias
A few months later the children moved away and the main source of joy in my life was gone. I began to drink heavily and party almost every night. I often woke up in places that weren't my house and next to people who I had no recognition of. I knew it would eventually catch up to me but I didn't care at the time, I just wanted to party and feel happy. Finally I woke up on the other side of town with a stranger. Feeling a bit more ashamed than usual, I left without waking him and with no way to contact him. It was about a month after that incident that I realized I was two weeks late. Panicking, I bought test after test and they all came up positive. I was pregnant. At my first ultrasound, when thought the biggest surprise was over with, the doctor told me I was expecting Triplets!! So 8 months later I delivered three little miracles, Jasper Keanu Bishop, Bluebell "Belle" Evangeline Bishop and Tobias Rush Bishop
Posted 11 July 2012 - 01:03 PM
Cassius Zander Smythe (16) lives in Vancouver, Canada where he's a high school junior. He is Tall with Wavy Blonde Hair and Green Eyes. His hair tends to be kept at ease and untamed He is very much out there as well as just a fun guy, he hits it off with a lot of people at school and is rather much a part of the popular crowd. He plays a couple different sports and does top in his classes working hius butt off to stay up top.
Cassius often indulged in carnal pleasures a little to much on his weekends and at all of the high school parties going on. So, Cassius found himself out on the town more and more often. Soon enough he ended up sleeping with one of the cheerleaders when they were both rather drunk. It was awkward the next morning and so we just sort of seperated and figured we'd put it behind of us. A month later however, she called him, saying she was pregnant.Cassius knew that the cheerleader was a bit of a party girls o he told his parents and they arranged for a DNA test. The results came in and confirmed that Cassius was the father of the child. The girl's parents were relgious and didn't want to terminate the baby but, refused to let her keep it and wanted ot adopt the baby to some family. Cassius refused to let his child go to some random family so his family talked to them and they would keep the baby but, the girl's family was moving and didn't want anything to do with it. He welcomed a little baby boy, then they left Cassius with his son whom he named. Atticus Keanu Smythe. Cassius never thought he would become a so soon parent, he loves his son though and spoils him endlessly.
Posted 11 July 2012 - 02:26 PM
The Bruce Family
Rebekah Cassidy Bruce (Becca)
-Age: 18
Josiah Arensio Bruce (Joe)
-Age: nb
(I couldn't find a pic younger that looked how I wanted)
Posted 11 July 2012 - 05:00 PM
Me: Phoebe Violet Jones "Sarah" (19, Straight Red Hair, Hazel Eyes)
DS: Jasper Keanu Jones (Newborn)
Round 1 - Sarah Jones is a 19 year old New York resident, and popular Nanny. She and her mother moved to New York when she was just 6 and they have lived there ever since. She was born Phoebe Violet Jones, but is called Sarah. Her father changed the name on her birth certificate, but left Sarah and her mom alone when he figured out he had to be responsible for someone other than himself. She plans on legally changing her name, but hasn't found the time to do it yet. She got her job as a Nanny six years ago, and has since then, worked up to the Top 3 Nannies in New York.
Round 2 - Its been 6 months, and Sarah has been a bit of a partier lately. One night, something happened that changed her life forver. She had a one night stand with her best friend Dexter Maverick Michaels and got pregnant with a baby boy. She names him Jasper Keanu Jones. After he finds out Sarah is pregnant, Dexter never speaks to Sarah again.
Posted 12 July 2012 - 05:41 PM
Prt 2: Well hey guys, it's me again, Abby. Been about 6 months and I've been gong with friends alot. I stay out late and wake up with headaches all the time.Soon after months of partying an event happens that changes my life. I was stupid and had a one night stand with my guy friend Jonathan Daniel Brighton. Jon and I were both drunk and well it just happened. A couple months later I realized that I'd been missing my monthlies so I took a pregnancy test and sure enough it was positive. Then if a teenage pregnancy sn't bad enough the doctor finds it's three babies! I name the babies Gypsy Evangeline Grey, Tobias Rush Grey(Toby) and Felix Kanye Grey
Posted 14 July 2012 - 03:40 AM
So it's been 6 months and I decide it's time to take things to the next level with my girlfriend Ali (Alison Scarlet Hughes) on the eve of our big talk we conceive a baby! 9 moths later we welcome Judah Rush Davies
Marc and Ali
Posted 16 July 2012 - 12:45 AM
It's been 6 months and I have been having so much fun with my friends and family! I'm always out late, spend the night at other people's houses, and usually wake up with a headache. A couple months ago, I had a one night stand with my long time friend, Emily Claire Diaz. It resulted in something that would forever change my life! She told me that she was pregnant, with twins! We argued a lot about whether adoption was for us or not. We decided to just keep the babies. Several months later she gave birth to two beautiful babies! A boy named Josiah Lebron Santos and a girl named Porsche Angelina Santos.
Posted 16 July 2012 - 10:34 AM
Posted 16 July 2012 - 01:10 PM
6 months has passed since our last chat. A lot has happened. First, I turned 16! If I could, I would drive, but we don't have a car, so I take the subway everywhere. I don't really know if I'll ever learn to drive, but Mom says that when we visit Uncle John and Aunt Deborah in the summer, I can try to drive.
I have some very exciting/scary news! I have a son! My mom went out to see a show with her friends one night, and my boyfriend (of the time) came over. Well, one thing led to another, and now I have a beautiful baby boy named Tobias Rush. I call him Toby. When my boyfriend found out I was pregnant, he left me, and we haven't spoken since.
Here is a picture of me:
Here is a picture of Toby:
Posted 17 July 2012 - 12:59 PM
Home state: New York, USA
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Appearance: Tall, Wavy Blonde Hair, Green Eyes
It's been 6 months and you have been having a lot of fun with your family and friends lately! Your out late, you don't always wake up at home, and you often wake up with headaches as reminders to the previous night's activities. Soon, after many months of partying, something happens that will change your life forever.
One night you hook up with a girl from school. It was just a fling and you don't have any intention of calling her. Instead, a few months later she calls you. It really shouldn't be a surprise since you didn't use protection, but you're shocked when she tells you she's pregnant.
Baby Mama: Laila Margret McBryar
Age: 16
Home State: New York, USA
Occupation: Student
Appearance: Medium height, curly red hair, brown eyes
Despite your immaturity, you are a nice guy and want to be there for your child. You even are there to support Laila when she tells her parents. Although neither of your parents are thrilled, they are supportive and Laila decides to keep the baby. A few months later you are overjoyed when Laila tells you its a boy! Time seems to fly with school, doctor's appointments and baby planning keeping you busy. What seems like only a short time later, your son enters the world...
Son: Otto Dougray McBryar
Posted 18 July 2012 - 08:08 AM
My Country/State: Australia
My Age: 21
My Occupation: A Store Clerk
My Appearance: Tall, Curly Brown Hair, Brown Eyes
It's been 6 months and I have been having a lot of fun with my family and friends lately! I'm out late, I don't always wake up at home, and I often wake up with headaches as reminders to the previous night's activities. Soon, after many months of partying, something happens that will change my life forever.
What is the event: A One-Night Stand (Don't Know Them)
Then I realised that I was pregnant.
Triplets (G/B/B): Gypsy Evangeline/Otto Thelonious/Atticus Newt
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Petition of the day
The petition of the day is:
Issue(s): Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12132, permits an employee of a public entity who is a qualified individual with a disability to bring a claim against the public entity for employment discrimination.
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WASHINGTON -- China has agreed to significantly improve market access for American movies, capping a weeklong visit by China's leader-in-waiting that led to billions of dollars in business deals, Vice President Joe Biden said Friday.
"This agreement with China will make it easier than ever before for U.S. studios and independent filmmakers to reach the fast-growing Chinese audience, supporting thousands of American jobs in and around the film industry," Biden said in a statement obtained by NBC News after Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's whirlwind tour to the United States. "At the same time, Chinese audiences will have access to more of the finest films made anywhere in the world."
"U.S. studios and independent filmmakers cite China as one of their most important world markets, but barriers imposed by China and challenged by the United States in the WTO have artificially reduced the revenue U.S. film producers received from their movies in the Chinese market," said United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk. "This agreement will help to change that, boosting one of America's strongest export sectors in one of our largest export markets."
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, shows Vice President Joe Biden a chocolate-covered macadamia nut, given to him by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, at the start of a meeting of Chinese and American governors Friday at Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
On a global basis, films and other audiovisual services create a $12 billion trade surplus in the sector for the United States, the White House said.
Last year, Chinese box office revenue was up to $2.1 billion, with much of that from 3D titles.
The agreement allows more American exports to China of 3D, IMAX, and similar enhanced-format movies on favorable commercial terms, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said.
"This is a major step forward in spurring the growth of U.S. exports to China," Chris Dodd, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), said in a statement.
"It has long been a top priority for the MPAA, and it is tremendous news for the millions of American workers and businesses whose jobs depend on the entertainment industry."
Walt Disney Co. president and CEO Robert Iger said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter: "China is one of the most populous countries in the world, and this agreement represents a significant opportunity to provide Chinese audiences increased access to our films."
The U.S. movie industry has long complained about China's tight restrictions on the number of foreign films allowed into the country each year, a limit that they say helps fuel demand for pirated DVDs that are widely available in China.
While the quota of 20 foreign films per year remains in place, Beijing granted other concessions that pleased Hollywood.
The deal strengthens the opportunities to distribute films through private enterprises rather than the state film monopoly, and ensures fairer compensation levels for U.S. blockbuster films distributed by Chinese state-owned enterprises, U.S. trade officials said.
The agreement will be reviewed after 5 years to ensure that it is working as envisioned, they said.
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Beatle, a real lead dog, powered his team to a record-breaking, come-from-behind victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The Big Dog helped bring the human half of the partnership across Alaska to the finish line in Nome, where an exhausted Dallas Seavey was able to claim his second crown.
With just seven dogs remaining from his starting team of 16, Seavey crossed the finish line early Tuesday after a storm knocked front-runner Jeff King out of the race and prompted Aliy Zirkle, also ahead at one point, to hole up in Safety, Alaska, for more than two hours. Zirkle finished second, about two minutes behind.
The finish was so storybook that Seavey didn't even realize he had won until about 90 seconds after he had crossed the finish line.
Seavey, 26, jogged beside his sled down Nome's Front Street to help ease the load pulled by his dogs. At one point, he glanced over his shoulder, thinking his dad, defending champion Mitch Seavey, was gaining on him.
"Man, this is a lot of people coming out to see third place come in," Seavey told reporters at a packed post-race news conference in Nome.
As the younger Seavey crossed the finish line, photographers caught the image of great fatigue as he leaned his head on his handlebar.
"How did you do it?" an Iditarod Insider videographer asked the musher.
"What'd I do?"
"You just won the Iditarod."
"I think you guys knew before I did," he told reporters later.
Mitch Seavey, another two-time winner, finished third. A Seavey has been the winner in each of the past three years, and four times since 2004, making them in the universe of mushing, the equivalent of the basketball Chicago Bulls.
The finish, the second-closest in Iditarod's more than 40-year history, was created in the homestretch, the last about 22 miles from Safety to Nome. The race is 975 miles long from Willow to Nome, and Seavey finished the race more than five hours better than John Baker's 2011 record of eight days, 18 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds.
On Monday afternoon, King had an hour's lead over Zirkle, and Seavey was several hours behind the leaders. It looked like a two-person race.
At Safety, the last checkpoint, the runners came off of the sled.
High winds and a ground blizzard marred the course after there had been complaints that climate change had deprived the race of miles of snowy track.
A gust of wind blew King off course and into driftwood about four miles before Safety. He was able to get the dog team back together, but they wouldn't run, so he sat for 2 1/2 hours until he flagged down a passing snowmobiler. He hitched a ride to the checkpoint at Safety and scratched.
Zirkle had made up the hour on King, but conditions were so bad, she decided to stay in Safety. "I had to stop in Safety for a couple of dogs and myself," Zirkle, who had frostbite on her hands, said afterward. "I said, to heck with it, I'm staying," Zirkle said.
She had a cup of coffee, talked to people and took a nap.
After she woke up, she saw Seavey breeze through the checkpoint, staying only three minutes. She walked outside and decided to get on the trail, after resting there two hours and 38 minutes.
Zirkle then left the checkpoint 19 minutes after Seavey.
She lost the race by two minutes. "Sure, yeah, hindsight, blah, blah, blah … second's pretty good," Zirkle said about her third consecutive second-place finish.
The race began March 2 in Willow with 69 teams. As of Tuesday morning, 17 mushers had dropped out and one was withdrawn.
The Iditarod winner receives $50,000 and a new truck. The 29 teams after that get cash prizes decreasing on a sliding scale. All other teams finishing the race receive $1,049.
As for winner Seavy, he wasn't in a big hurry. As he put it: "I was racing for third, and I was telling my dogs, 'We've done our work here. You guys have done a good job. Let's go home. No rush, guys. Let's take it easy.' "
He even stopped to take selfies during sunset right before he hit the bad weather.
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