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- Threesome Mmf Stories : A Rock Concert To Remember (mfm)
A rock concert to remember (mfm)
Stacy and I have been married for 17 monogomous years. Just like most couples we have fell into our comfort zone, with a regiment of work, dealing with the kids daily activities and every day life. It had been awhile since my wife and I did something spontaneous. Work had be very busy for me as well as for Stacy. It seemed as if we were gone every night to a ball game, practice or shuttling kids back and forth to wherever. A few of my co-workers were commenting on the rock concert they saw last night. It was Stacy's favorite band. I wished I would have went after hearing about all the fun my co-workers had.
While at work I got online to play some of their music when I saw a list of tour dates and noticed that they were playing in a neighboring town about two hours away that night. Suddenly I get a phone call from Stacy telling me that our daughters game got cancelled tonight and that we had the night off. She was excited saying that she could catch up on some sleep. I said thats pretty sad when we get excited about not having to go somewhere. Stacy laughed, I know were pretty sad. I said you may be old but I can keep up with the best of them. Whatever Stacy commented. So does this mean that since you will be well rested from not running anywhere tonight that your fingers can give me a deep massage. Stacy knew what I meant and she said dream on big boy, I putting on movie and hunkering down under the covers and falling fast a sleep.
Then its just another night at home I said with a laugh. Stacy then asked how work was, and I told her that everybody been talking about the great concert last night and I mentioned that we should have went. Stacy said "Yeah right, like they could they have changed the concert time to somewhere between picking up the kids from practice and fixing supper. I laughed and then Stacy started laughing. Then Stacy said we are pretty boring people. Out of the blue I asked Stacy if she would be interested in going to the concert tonight. She responded I don't know - wheres it at? As I told her she replied thats kind of far away, what about the kids. Don't worry about the kids I'll take care of that. Our you serious Stacy said. Yes I'm serious it's been awhile since we did something fun on a whim. Stacy said I don't know I really am awful tired. What's wrong you to old to keep up with this young pup. Pup yeah right, you will be the whip pup trying to keep up with me. Then its a date, I will be home around 5:30 it will take me a few minutes to get ready and then will leave. Make sure to pack some clothes. Do you have tickets Stacy asked, no but I'm sure we can scalp some there.
5:00 had rolled around and I was getting pumped about the show. I had made arrangements for my kids to stay with my wife parents overnight so that was done. I stopped in a liquour store to get some beer for the tailgating festivities. I walked into the house and could here my wife talking business on the phone, (I thought to myself oh no she won't be able to go) but as I came into the kitchen she came into veiw. My mouth fell to the floor as I saw my wife wearing a tight fitting sleavless shirt with a mini-skirt that showed off her nice tan and toned legs. She noticed I was staring as she motioned for me to get ready. I quickly showered, shaved and put on my clothes and was ready in 15 minutes. She was still on the phone as we left for the concert. So I hadn't had a chance to compliment her on how georgeous she looked. For the first hour and half of the ride she was consumed with work, talking and emailing on her blackberry. I couldn't even listen to the radio, I just sat patiently listening to her put out fires at work. (boring stuff)
We finally arrived at the venue as she finally shut off her blackberry. Her first works were "What a hectic day - I need a drink" Stacy fixed her a rum and coke and drank it fairly fast. She talked briefly about work, kids as she fixed herself another drink. Stacy is normally not much of a drinker, but with the hectic day she had and knowing that the work week was over she was ready to unwind. I told her we need to be on the lookout for some tickets. It had been awhile since we had been to a rock concert and was suprised of how much security was trying to prevent scalping. We were having a tough time finding a ticket. We drove up and down the main road prior to entering the ampitheater looking for tickets. Of course along the way we saw many interesting sites of concert goers flashing and mooning and acting silly. As we drove down the road my wife would asked if anybody had tickets for sale, the most common reponse from guys was show us your boobies. My wife just laughed and said thats just for private veiwing. Stacy rolled up the window and commented on how ruthless all men are. Oh honey do you blame them a knock out milf like you. Milf yeah right! Stacy said with a laugh. Thats right and you might have to show some boobies to get us a ticket into the show. "Dream on" Stacy said with a laugh. Well are options were getting low as security was in full force as we were at our turning point to go back down the road looking for a tickets. My wife said what the hell if boobies is what it takes to get tickets then boobies is what they will get. Now don't forget my wife is feeling the effects of her third rum and coke and her guard is starting to be let down. I said their some guys ask them. She said no way they are ugly. If I'm going to show my boobies its going to be viewed by some good lucking guy. Stacy goes theres my guy. Stacy rolled down the window and and said hey man do you have any tickets, the guy said I know where some our being sold. Stacy asked where as she was waiting for the boobie flash request. The guy pointed up the road about two miles. He said that security doesn't go out that far. Stacy asked if they had plenty of tickets for sale. The guy said he heard that they were getting close to selling out. My wife told him thanks and rolled up the window. I said "see there are a few us nice guys." I know he does seem like a nice guy, then all of a sudden she rolled down the window and asked the guy what his name was he replied "Ben". Stacy then asked Ben if he wanted a ride. That would be great if you don't mind.
I moved the cooler out of the way and unlocked the door and Ben greated us with a big smile and a sincere thanks. Stacy then proceeded with her twenty questions, the same twenty questions when she meets someone new. We found out Ben was from out of town and drove four hours with some friends to see the show. He was recently divorced and had a daughter. He came with three other friends whom all he became friends with in college. Ben appeared to be in his late 20's and ironically enough worked in the same business sector as my wife, so they hit it off quite well with business talk.
Well we finally found the spot they were scalping tickets people were feverishly trying to make deals. At this point I didn't care what they cost I just wanted a ticket. Tickets were going for a steep $100 for lawn. My wife rolled down her window stuck out her head and asked if anyone was selling tickets. Some guys responed show us your boobies, my wife retreated and got embarrased in front of Ben. Stacy didn't say anything but Ben said those guys are savages. Ben then rolled down his window and asked to buy tickets and some guy came over and said I have three left, Stacy said how much and he said $120 each, Stacy said come on everybody been selling them for $100. The guy said these are the last three I got, I tell you what you show me your boobies and I will sell them to you for $100 each. Ben then handed the guy and extra $60 and we each paid for our tickets. Stacy you didn't have to do that. Ben said I know but you guys were kind enough to give me a ride down here, hopefully you will give me a ride back.
With tickets in hand we proceeded back to the venues parking lot ready to do some tailgating and enjoy the show. Ben was texting his buddies to let him know he got a ticket and to meet up with them. Ben was waiting on a response as Stacy asked if he wanted a drink? He said sure what you got? Stacy said lift up the cooler and grab something. As Ben openened the cooler he dropped his cell phone inside of it. Ben said crap, I can't belive it as he discoverd his phone was ruined. Stacy asked do you want to use mind to call your friends, thanks but I don't know their phone numbers I have them on speed dial. Hopefully I can find them.
We finally parked the suv and started to tailgate, Ben was a little distraught over losing his phone. I was ready to start partying and Stacy was already four drinks ahead of me and feeling pretty good. Ben said I'm going to look for my friends I hope you guys enjoy the show. Thanks again for the ride. Ben wander off and Stacy and I started enjoying the tailgating festivities. As Ben walked away Stacy commented on how nice he was. I said with a laugh "yeah and he saved you from having to show your boobies - what a shame". I know cause I was going to do it. I said "yeah right!" "You just wanted Ben to see your hooters!" "I told you I was only going to let a cute guy see them" Stacy said. I said its almost 8:00 we better head inside the venue and enjoy the show.
Once inside we bought a couple of drinks and picked out a spot on the lawn. The show started and the place began to rock, Stacy and I were singing and dancing to every song. About midway through the show Stacy had to use the restroom so I stayed to secure our spot. She arrived back a couple of songs later and with her was Ben. She had bumped into him down by the beer garden. Apparently he hadn't found his friends so she invited him to stand with us. Ben was gracious enough to buy us drinks and all three of us continued enjoying the show. The next song played was Stacy's favorite she started dancing with me and Ben taking turns going back and forth. She, Ben and I were having a good time singing and laughing. As we were dancing Stacy backed into me and started grinding (this was so uncharistic of her). This started to give me a hard on she then pulled away and started dancing with Ben again she then backed into me again and started grinding again. I was getting harder, stacy then reached out to Ben and pulled him close to her. All three of us dancing in unison with Stacy facing Ben and she grinding me and my hard on. Stacy was definetly enjoying turning me on. I leaned forward and whispered to Stacy to show her boobies to Ben. Stacy yelled at Ben and said "take a look at these puppies" as she pulled up her top to expose her breast. My wife still has beautiful breast they are a size b with nice big nipples and they go beautifully with her nice round shaped ass. Ben was stunned and said "wow look at those puppies do they bite." Stacy said "not unless you want them too" with a laugh as she pulled down her shirt. After Stacy pulled down her shirt she leaned back into me and slyly squeazed my cock a couple of times and then she turned to me and gave me a kiss and said she having a great time. The band played three more songs to finish the concert and we sang and danced to all of them.
The concert ended and it was a mad dash to the parking lot. Ben told us he was going to look for his friends and told us goodbye and thanked us again for everything. Stacy gave him a hug and a kiss goodbye and we shook hands figuring we would never see him again.
We got back to the car and it was a madhouse trying to get out the parking lot. So we opted to let the crazy people go first. We sat on the the tailgate of our suv and poured ourselves another drink and watched the concert goers walk by. Stacy thanked me again for dragging her to the show. She gave me a hug and kiss and said she had the best time ever. I said I know you were having a good time when you showed Ben your boobies. Stacy laughed and said yeah "I think you enjoyed it too" I told her I did enjoy it and gave her a kiss. We started kissing passionately and then she stopped me and said we better get inside the vehicle before they arrest us.
I shut the tailgate and got in the Yukon. I turned the radio on to a statin that was replaying the concert. As we were waiting for the crowd to thin a little more I told my wife how beautiful she was. She thanked me and said "what about sexy". I began to say "your beautiful and sexy" as she began to kiss me. It was a deep passionate kiss as I reached over grabbed her breast. Normally she would retreat but I figured the alcohol must have let her guard down. I then said I bet Ben would like to grab your breast, Stacy sighed "oh yeah". Still kissing her I slid my hand down between her legs and started to feel my way up her miniskirt. Stacy started biting my lip, I said to her "I bet Ben would like to slid his hand down your panties" "um hm" Stacy sighed "I bet he would like to touch your wet hot pussy" Stacy kissed me harder and spread her legs as I rubbed her soaking wet pussy. Stacy was getting into it and started to girate her hips with my hand on her pussy. I whispered to her "does Ben turn you on?" "maybe" Stacy replied I whispered again into her ear "Does Ben turn you on?" "yes" "Do you wish Ben was here to fuck you?" "yes" Stacy then reached downed and pulled off her panties and said "finger fuck me" I replied "do you wish Ben was here to finger fuck you" "Yes!" she moaned I started to finger fucker slowly and I asked "Do you wish Ben was here to fuck your pussy with his cock?" "Yes! Yes! Stacy moaned. I began finger fucking her hot wet pussy harder and harder. I whispered "Do you want to cum all over Ben's hard cock?" Stacy moaned with delight and came all over my hand. She kissed me real hard and said I was a naughty boy and that her pussy was only for me. Stacy then realized we were in a public parking lot and quickly put her panties on. She said with a laugh "lets get out of here and get to the hotel room I'm going to work the naughty boy over." I said "you refering to Ben" she laughed "It turned you on watching me dance with him" said Stacy "You were so hard when I showed him my tits" I replied "I think you enjoyed it as much as me" "Maybe" she giggled.
I couldn't wait to get to the hotel room. My mind was racing with just what happened, my cock was about to burst through my pants. I was hoping my wife would be in for some more role playing. The hotel was about 20 minutes away and I was fortunate to get a cancellation room earlier that day. We arrived at the hotel and started to enter when a taxi pulled up and out walked Ben. Stacy said "oh my god theres Ben" We asked Ben if he found his buddies? Ben told us that he hadn't found them yet but he knew that they planned to stay at that hotel. The room was under his buddies name so he couldn't check in so he was going to wait in the lobby for them.
Stacy then appologized for the way she acted at the concert, Ben said "appologize for what" Stacy didn't know what to say. Ben then spoke up and said "those puppies didn't bite me". We all laughed Stacy said "your just to sweet." "We are going up to our room do you want to join us for drink while you wait on your friends?" I replied. Ben said "I appreciate the offer but my friends should be here soon." Stacy said if you change your mind we are in room 809.
Stacy and I got on the elevator we were all over each other. Stacy was turned on by seeing Ben again and I knew it. As I was kissing her I said "you wish Ben was coming up to our room?" "maybe" Stacy said with laughed as she kept kissing me. I opened the door to our room and before I could barely get the door shut she started kissing me real hard. I slid down on my knees and said "you wish Ben was here to suck on your nipples like this" "um hm" Stacy moaned. I pulled Stacy down to the chair and placed her legs up over my shoulders and said "you wish Ben was here to lick and suck your wet pussy" "UM HM!" Stacy moaned I slid my head under her mini skirt and dpulled her panties to the side and start to slowly lick her pussy just in an upward motion. She wiggled for some more as I said "you would like to spread that pussy for Ben and have him tongue fuck you" "Oh God Yes!" Stacy moaned as she grabbed the back of my head pulling me closer to her pussy saying "Lick it Ben, Lick it Ben, I want Ben to tongue fuck me, I want Bens tongue on my pussy." The was a knock on the door.
The knock startled both of us and we both stopped I looked out the pep hole and it was Ben. Stacy scurried to the bathroom and told me not to get any ideas she was only role playing. I opened the door and Ben greeted me with "is this Stacy's makeup bag?. I didn't mean to disturb you but Stacy appantly dropped this in the lounge, I figured you would come down to get it. So when you didn't come after it I decided to bring it up. So here it is, goodnight. Just as he was saying goodnight Stacy came out of the bathroom and said "wait Ben, please come in and have a drink with us." Ben didn't hesitate "well this sure beats waiting on my friends, they are probably at some bar drinking it up."
Ben sat down on the couch and I sat on the recliner across from Ben. Stacy turned on the television and then fixed us all a rum and coke to drink. Stacy gave each of us our drinks and then sat on my lap. Stacy had control of the remote so we asked her to find something more entertaining then CNN. What do you want to watch, we both said anything but the news. Stacy fumbled with the unfamilier remote and accidentally hit the pay for view channels. Oh heres a list of movies, she scrolled through them, and saying "do you like comedies, action, thrillers, adult." Ben and I started laughing since Stacy wasn't paying attention to what she was saying. I said Adult movies is good with a laugh. Stacy clicked it on and said oh my we have a selection. "Lesbian Lickers, Guys doing Girls, Julie and Jen do Karl and Cindy does Bob and John." Ben said "I bet you want to watch Lesbian Lickers" I joked saying I've already seen it. Stacy said I bet you guys want to watch the movie with Karl because he is doing two women. I then said "I know what you want to watch Stacy, the movie with Cindy doing two guys?" The room got quite and Stacy said "no I know what my husband wants to watch." "What is it" I said "You want to watch me fuck Ben" said Stacy "Yes I do" I said Ben was speechless he said "our you sure you both want to do this?" "Yes" said Stacy "I been wanting to fuck you all night".
Stacy sat on my lap as we were all for a lost of words. Ben sat patiently on the couch, I started to rub Stacy back and then she leaned back and I started to kiss her neck and gently stroking the top of her leg. With each stroke I would go higher moving her mini skirt higher to give Ben a better view of her panties. Stacy then turned to me and started to give me a deep kiss. As we kissed I slowly worked my hands closer to her panties, I could tell she was getting hot. I asked her if she wanted Ben to see her panties. "yes" she whispered. I pulled her skirt up as she slowly spread her legs to give Ben a better view. I asked her if she wanted Ben to see her boobies "yes" she whispered has I pushed up one side of her shirt to expose her left breast. Her nipple was very hard and I wet my finger and caressed her nipple with slippery saliva as she moaned with excitement. I asked if she wanted Ben to suck those nipples? "um hm" she moaned. I asked do you want me to show Ben where you want to licked? "yes" she whispered. I slowly slid my hand down her panties and started rubbing her wet pussy, she was so hot and wet. I asked Stacy if she wanted Ben to see where she wants fucked? "yes! yes!" she moaned. I told Stacy when she is ready, to pull her panties off, I would finger fuck her where I want Ben to put his cock. Stacy leaned back and started to suck my tongue as she slowly slid her panties off exposing her nicely trimed pussy. It exposed her beautiful blonde hair that was all shaved except for a patch above her clit. She spread her legs and I started to fuck her with my finger. I asked her again "if she wanted Ben to fuck her there?" Yes! Yes! I want Ben to Fuck me There!" "I want him to fuck my pussy!" "I want you to watch me get fucked by Ben!" As she said that she came in my hand. I was so hard, I just wanted to fuck her right there. I then said "I want to see it all", as I gave her a kiss and pushed her onto Ben.
She told Ben to stand up and she knelt down before him and slowly unbuttoned his shorts and pulled them and his boxer down around his knees exposing his very hard cock. Ben was about the same length as me maybe a little more girth. Stacy looked at his cock with amazement as she has never been with anyone else for over 20 years. She jerked back and forth on his shaft before licking the head of his cock. She then slowly sucked on the head taking more of his cock in her mouth with each breath. She sucked and licked his cock for a couple of minutes before she started jerking it some more as she sucked his clean shaven balls. The sight of my wife with another guys cock in her mouth was driving me wild. I was about to come in my pants. Stacy could tell Ben was about to explode so she stopped and laid on the couch and said it was her turn to recieve.
Ben laid down beside Stacy on the couch and started to kiss her neck. Stacy moaned with excitement. Ben placed his hand on her breast and started to play with her nipples. Stacy was getting hotter by the minute. Ben raised up and asked if she liked it." "uh hm" she replied. Ben slid his hand done her stomach and started rubbing her soaking wet pussy. He asked if she wanted to be licked there. "yes - Oh Yes! I want to be licked there" Stacy moaned as Ben kissed her and finger fucked at the same time. After a couple of minutes she said "I want you to tongue fuck me Ben" "I want you to lick and suck my pussy" I want to cum on your tongue. Ben slowly kissed her body down to her nipples stopping to gently suck and lick her nipples. My wife was squirming around with excitiement she finally grabbed the back of his head and pushed it between legs yelling "tongue fuck me, tongue fuck me now, Ben" Ben lowered his tongue on Stacy's soaking wet pussy and began licking and sucking it like it was he's last meal. Stacy kept moaning "don't stop, don't stop, I want to cum on your tongue" and then she tensed up collapse with an orgasm.
Stacy quickly caught her breath and asked me if I was enjoying the show. Ben quickly retrieved a condom from his wallet and started to put it on. Ben was fumbling with it so Stacy took it from his hand and begin putting it on his cock for him. Stacy mentioned she hadn't done that in 20 years. She then laid flat on her back and spread her legs. The sight of her wet swollen pussy with that patch of blonde hair was a sight to see. I almost came looking at the sight of her legs spread apart and Ben's cock getting ready to enter her swollen wet pussy. Stacy grabbed his cock and began rubbing the head of it on her swollen clit. She moaned with each stroke. Ben's eyes were about to pop out as she kept teasing his cock. Then Stacy looked at me and asked if I was ready to watch her get fucked? "Yes" I replied "Do you want Ben to stick his cock in my pussy?" "Yes Dear - I want to see Ben stick his cock in your pussy" "Do you want to watch me fuck Ben? "YES, YES" I shouted Stacy then commanded "Fuck me, Fuck me hard. Ben thrust with all his might and held it it. Ben asked stacy if she wanted some more? "OH GOD YES, YES FUCK ME, FUCK ME, FUCK ME HARDER, FUCK ME HARDER BEN" Ben was thrusting slow and hard trying to out do his last thrust. I finally couldn't take it anymore and I pulled out my cock and started jerking off. Stacy looked at me and said come her I want to suck you while Ben fucks me. I stood up and quickly removed my shorts and boxers knealt down on the couch beside Stacy's head. Stacy grabbed my ass with one hand and my balls with the other and started to suck hard on my cock. She would take a breath every few seconds and beg Ben to fuck her harder. Ben kept pumping and then he started to say he was going to cum and hearing that I came in Stacy's mouth. She swallowed and licked up the remmenants. That was only the second time I ever came in Stacy's mouth. I was shocked that she let me do it.
Ben exclaimed "wow your such a sexy beast" as he sat down at the end of the couch to rest. Stacy said I'm not done yet as she stroked my cock quickly back to a hard-on. Stacy said "I want you to fuck me from behind while I suck Ben." Stacy got on all fours and started to suck Ben who was already hard again. Stacy then turned to me and said "I want you to fuck me where Ben had his big cock" I want you to fuck me hard like Ben did" I grabbed the side of her hip with one hand and placed the other on my cock and guided it right into her wet pussy. I could tell she came all over Ben's cock by how wet and loose she was. I pumped her hard and fast as she sucked and moaned and begged for more. Ben said he was going to cum and Stacy started jerking Ben off until he came all over her tits. The sight of that once again made me cum. I came in her pussy and held it as she laid there with Ben's cock in her hand. What a fuck fest.
All three of us laid there and were amazed at what just happened. Ben said never in my wildest dreams would this happen to me. Stacy laughed as she asked us both if that was legal what they did. Stacy then proceeded to the shower to clean up. Ben thanked me again for everything and told me I had a wonderful wife who happens to be very hot. Ben said I probably should be going, I said hell why don't you spend the night we have an extra room and bed. Ben started to say again that he should be leaving, when Stacy came out of the shower with just a towel wrapped around her. Stacy insisted that he stay and she promissed to behave. Ben just laughed and said ok. I headed into the shower to get cleaned up and get ready for bed, but all I could think about was my sweet conservative wife going wild and fucking another guy. T
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MIAMI (AP) - Federal authorities have reached an $80 million settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy chain over rules violations that allowed tens of thousands of units of powerful painkillers such as oxycodone to illegally wind up in the hands of drug addicts and dealers, officials said Tuesday.
Mark R. Trouville, chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Miami field office, said Walgreens committed numerous record-keeping and dispensing violations of the Controlled Substances Act at a major East Coast distribution center in Jupiter, Fla., and at six retail pharmacies around the state. The drugs also included hydrocodone and Xanax.
Authorities said the Jupiter center failed to flag suspicious orders of drugs it received from pharmacies, and the retail outlets routinely filled prescriptions that clearly were not for a legitimate medical use. The upshot was many more doses of prescription drugs were available illegally on the street.
Trouville called Walgreens' actions "a clear example of inexcusable corporate conduct that existed only for greed and profit. National pharmaceutical chains are not exempt from following the law."
Walgreens is the nation's largest pharmacy chain with more than 8,000 stores and sales in 2012 of $72 billion, according to the company's website. A spokesman at the Deerfield, Ill.-based company said a statement might be issued later.
Florida has been a major East Coast source of highly addictive painkillers for illicit dealers and addicts. An ongoing crackdown in recent years - including passage of better prescription monitoring laws and numerous arrests of doctors, clinic operators and pharmacy owners - has reduced the number of illegal "pill mills" operating in the state.
Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said the Walgreens civil penalty was the largest in the history of the Controlled Substances Act. He said Walgreens also agreed not to dispense certain tightly-controlled drugs for two years through the Jupiter distribution center and the six Walgreens locations: two in Fort Pierce and one each in Hudson, Port Richey, Fort Myers and Oviedo.
"We're tackling the problem from an entirely new angle," he said of pursuing a civil penalty rather than criminal prosecution.
The settlement also resolves similar allegations against Walgreens retail pharmacies in Colorado, Michigan and New York, Ferrer said.
A surge of oxycodone prescriptions at Walgreens became apparent after 2009, according to the DEA. To take one example, the store in Hudson went from 388,100 oxycodone units purchased in 2009 to more than 913,000 in 2010, then to 2.1 million in 2011. Trouville said the national average for pharmacy purchases of oxycodone is about 73,000 units.
"No one with an ounce of common sense can believe this is the proper way to conduct the business of medicine," he said.
In addition to the penalty and the two-year ban on dispensing certain drugs, the settlement requires that Walgreens create a new department to ensure regulatory compliance, a new training program for employees and that it end compensation for pharmacists based on prescriptions filled.

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"If it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice toward plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn't know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, "Why are we here?"
Plastic asshole."
The earth doesn't share our prejudice toward plastic. Plastic came out of the earth.
The same can't be said of seabirds and turtles.
The earth doesn't share our prejudice toward plastic. Plastic came out of the earth.
The same can't be said of seabirds and turtles.
Indeed. Chris Jordan's Midway Atoll [chrisjordan.com] filmshoot made me rethink using disposable plastic *anything*, especially bright colors: On Midway Atoll, a remote cluster of islands more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent, the detritus of our mass consumption surfaces in an astonishing place: inside the stomachs of thousands of dead baby albatrosses. The nesting chicks are fed lethal quantities of plastic by their parents, who mistake the floating trash for food as they forage over the vast polluted Pacific Oc
Plastic asshole.
I never expected a missing comma to redefine the meaning of life so vividly.
So when do we see the first bees nest comprised entirely of plastic anus?
It's probably only a question of time before plastic IS biodegradeable. Nylon used to be non-biodegradeable too, then this [wikipedia.org] happened.
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
Mr. McGuire: There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?
You missed out the rather telling first lines:
"We're going away. Pack your shit, folks. We're going away. And we won't leave much of a trace, either. Maybe a little Styrofoam The planet'll be here and we'll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet'll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we're gone, and it will heal itself
Ben, I have one word for you, just one word - plastics! [I always hear Sid's voice in my head in such cases]
Evidence of my age.
I always hear Sam Wainright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... [youtube.com]
The plastic microparticles will inevitably appear in our honey.
In order to make plastic "Plastic" many types of chemicals were used. Some of the chemicals make the plastic "elastic", while some others make them tough, or heat resistant, or whatever characteristics the end-product form of plastic is supposed to be.
Some of those chemicals, when enter our bodies, can mimic the effect of Estrogen ( http://www.fastcompany.com/173... [fastcompany.com] ) and mess up our body's hormonal balances.
Those insects might be resourceful, but the same estrogen mimicking chemical could also mess up the bee's biology too.
I doubt much of our honey comes from bees in the wild and bee farmers have no reason to starting using plastic nests
I doubt much of our honey comes from bees in the wild and bee farmers have no reason to starting using plastic nests
The bees don't ask the farmers where to find their building materials, unless the farmed bees are in an area devoid of plastic for several miles around the hive, there is nothing to say the bees won't harvest rotting plastic bags or building materials that might be lying around in the brush. Read the article!
On the contrary. Many farms are using plastic widely. From storage containers, to plastic sheeting used to trap moisture, to roofing on large greenhouses to protect plants from frost and wind.
I don't recall seeing these practices much in the midwest, but in the west (particularly along the California coast) - you can see miles and miles of fields covered in this plastic sheeting. I assume it's in use elsewhere.
I doubt much of our honey comes from bees in the wild and bee farmers have no reason to starting using plastic nests
Reasons: easier to mass produce, cheaper, lighter? The de facto standard Langstroth hive [wikipedia.org] (allegedly) was made to reuse the then-ubiquitous wooden crates for fuel tins, so it is not always suited to the dimensions/habits of all sub-species of bees. Even so, polystyrene [wikipedia.org] is sometimes used in its construction. I have seen a design using Corrrex (corrugated plastic board) adapted to the bee species (and wallets) in Africa, unfortunately can't find a link. Other plastic designs and components:
I have seen a design using Corrrex (corrugated plastic board) adapted to the bee species (and wallets) in Africa, unfortunately can't find a link.
It's called the Jackson Horizontal Hive (JHH) [beeware.co.za], which you may google.
Other plastic designs and components:
one more: http://www.accelerate.co.za/ag... [accelerate.co.za]
I doubt much of our honey comes from bees in the wild and bee farmers have no reason to starting using plastic nests
Unless you are a designer hipster. Which might explain pajama boy
The bees aren't alone, I've seen plastic, ribbons, string, mylar, and cigarette butts incorporated into bird nests. Crows in fact seem to deliberately incorporate cigarette butts into their nests to exterminate pests.
The cigarette butts at least appears to be because the nicotine repels parasitic mites:
http://www.nature.com/news/cit... [nature.com]
Yeah, my immediate thought was on birds, not insects, but it makes sense for them as well. I see birds picking up all sorts of random trash all the time, and regularly see nests with manmade items in them.
Anyone else reminded of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... [youtube.com]
I wonder whether all the chemicals in various plastics could be responsible for colony collapse in bees. What happens if they're making their homes out of materials that are toxic to them?
Interesting, but the "colonies" in question are human-raised bee hives; if incorporation of plastic into the hives was an important factor, it would have become obvious to the farmers, and later to investigators studying the hives for potential pathogens.
The Wombles [wikipedia.org] have been doing this for years.
One of the axioms of ecosystem change is that it favours opportunistic species over slowly-adapting ones. Most opportunistic species are known as pests because their opportunism is incompatible with our preference for controlled environments (weeds finding niches in gardens, rats finding niches in buildings) but it'd be interesting to speculate about opportunists we actually like.
"The study even suggested that those species that adapt to increasingly plastic environments might have an advantage in urban areas over those that don't "
Roaches, Rats, Pigeons... They only realized that now??
Bees evolve to use plastic.
The evolved bees choke out the other bees.
Man devises a plastic substitute.
The evolved bees die.
Food doesn't get pollinated.
Mass starvation.
What a tragedy.
Given the know dangers of Bisphenol A [wikipedia.org] in plastic. I wonder if this has any connection with Colony collapse disorder [wikipedia.org]
As an engineer who believes in responsible use of plastics, I drink from disposable PET plastic water bottles all the time, I eat my food stored in plastic containers, I often eat my food on a plastic coated paper plate. The only thing I do not do is cook with plastic or re-heat food in plastic containers. I want all of the enviro-morons to be forced into concentration camps and live for a year without plastic of any kind. Most of them would die from infection, disease, food poisoning, chemical burns, and
Unless you like the smell of burning polyurethane
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Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood has suffered a partially-torn medial collateral ligament.
No surgery will be necessary to repair the damage, but Wood said he expected to miss the next two games. He sustained the injury during Sunday's 34-18 win over Jacksonville.
"Could be (back) as soon as two weeks, it could end the season...it's unbelievable," Wood said on Monday. "I was in denial that I got hurt. There's literally nothing I can do about it. I played 49 straight games in college and never got banged up. The fact that I have to miss time ticks me off."
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We've spoken to a number of impressive people in 5 seasons of Overheard with Evan Smith: winners of Oscars, Emmys, the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, just to name a few. At Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, some recent Overheard guests added more accolades to that list.
Austin's own Richard Linklater won in top categories for his 2014 film Boyhood. Linklater took home statues for Best Director of a Motion Picture and Best Motion Picture, Drama. Patricia Arquette, who stars in the film, won for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. We sat down with Rick in July to discuss the film. You can see that interview in the clip above.
Another Season 4 guest, Jeffrey Tambor, won for Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy for his role in Transparent. Tambor taped Overheard during SXSW last year, when the show was only a pilot on Amazon. Now a series, it won for Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy. You can watch the episode with him here.
You can find the entire Overheard archive on our website: klru.org/overheard. While you're there, sign up to be the first to hear about our free tapings. You can also listen to Overheard as a podcast on iTunes.


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How do we do remoteGroup, remoteSort, etc.? Is there any examples explaining it in detail? Because documentation just says,
"true if the grouping should apply on the server side, false if it is local only. If the grouping is local, it can be applied immediately to the data. If it is remote, then it will simply act as a helper, automatically sending the grouping information to the server."
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration reduced its crude-oil price forecast for 2013 because of falling futures and increasing production outside of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
West Texas Intermediate oil will average $93.17 a barrel this year, down 75 cents, or 0.8%, from the April projection of $93.92, the EIA, the Energy Department's statistical arm, said today in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook. The U.S. benchmark grade will average $92.25 in 2014, unchanged from the previous month's estimate.
WTI crude for June delivery fell 52 cents, or 0.5%, to $95.64 a barrel at 12:19 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The U.S. grade dropped 3.9% to $93.46 in April. Brent oil for June settlement declined 38 cents, or 0.4%, to $105.08 on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The North Sea crude tumbled 7% to $102.37 last month.
"We cut the short-term outlook because of the recent weakness in prices," said Tancred Lidderdale, an economist with the EIA in Washington who helped write the report. "Oil prices are certainly volatile in the short term."
The EIA forecast that Brent, the benchmark grade for more than half the world's crude, will average $105.89 a barrel in 2013, down $2.07 from last month's prediction. The average cost of domestic and imported grades used by U.S. refiners will be $98.12 a barrel this year, down 64 cents from the April projection of $98.76, and $96.99 next year. Brent will drop to $100.75 a barrel next year.
Non-OPEC Output
Oil production outside of OPEC will rise 2.1% from 2012 to 53.85 million barrels a day in 2013, led by gains in the U.S. and Canada. The 2013 output projection was increased 80,000 barrels from April's report.
"Oil prices should weaken in the longer term" as non-OPEC production rises, Lidderdale said.
U.S. production is projected to climb 7.9% this year to 12.02 million barrels a day, a total that includes oil, natural gas plant liquids, biofuels, other liquids and refinery processing gains. The country's 2013 output forecast was increased 120,000 from last month's report.
The EIA lowered its forecast for global oil consumption this year to 89.93 million barrels a day from 90 million estimated last month. Demand will climb to 91.14 million barrels a day in 2014, down from the April estimate of 91.33 million.
U.S. oil consumption will average 18.63 million barrels a day in 2013, up from last month's forecast of 18.62 million. Next year demand is projected to climb to 18.65 million.
OECD Consumption
Demand from the 30 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will average 45.47 million barrels a day this year, down from 45.9 million last year. The forecast was cut from 45.54 million last month. The forecast for 2014 is 45.27 million.
The OECD doesn't include developing countries such as China, India and Brazil. The EIA left its forecast of consumption by non-OECD countries at 44.46 million barrels a day, unchanged from last month. That would be a 3% gain from 43.15 million in 2012. Demand will rise to 45.87 million in next year, the report showed.
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Leaked Windows Phone 'Tango' Images Found on WP7forum
A couple of leaked screenshots of an alleged Tango build made its way onto Russian site, WP7forum. The site has made mention of a couple of new features in Microsoft's next Windows Phone update, which includes:
- The ability to export contacts to SIM
- Manage domestic and international roaming
- Handle multiple attachments in a single MMS / Added support for video messages / Native voice recording support for MMS
Hardware-wise, the Tango phones are said to sport a more relaxed criteria, including a downsized minimum requirement of 256MB RAM and inclusion of 3-megapixel cameras. We are expecting Microsoft to unveil more details of its plans for Tango at MWC this year, with the later update codenamed Apollo scheduled for Q4 this year.
Source: WP7forum via The Verge


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Close Game Turns Into a Blow-Out in Phillies Win Over D-Backs
In their second game against the Diamondbacks, the Phillies spent seven innings embroiled in another tight pitching battle. Cliff Lee was outstanding through seven, allowing only three hits, although one was a two-run homer. After the home run though, the D-Backs could not get to Lee at all.
The game was tied 2-2 after a Jimmy Rollins lead-off homer and a John Mayberry Jr. RBI single. But in the bottom of the seventh, the Phillies suddenly began smacking around the D-Backs pitching staff.
The Phils scored three runs in that half inning, with the big hit coming from third baseman Wilson Valdez. With two men on base, Valdez hit a long, 2-run double that went all the way to the centerfield wall, giving the Phillies a two-run lead.
Valdez has not gotten much playing time lately. Michael Martinez was on a good streak for a while and did most of the filling-in for the injured Placido Polanco at third. So in case you have forgotten who Valdez is, here is a quick breakdown by the various types of "Wilson's" you may know:
Valdez was once asked by a reporter why he did not have gloves with his name on them like the other players. He said he did not need to get any specially made because his name was already on the glove; yes, his name is "Wilson."
After Valdez put the team ahead, the runs kept on coming. Rollins ended the day with two hits, two RBI and a walk. Hunter Pence went 2-for-2 with two walks. And Mayberry, another player who has not gotten a lot of playing time, had an outstanding day at the ballpark. He led the team with three hits and an RBI.
Lee was pulled for a pinch hitter in the seventh so the bullpen finally got some work. Antonio Bastardo and Ryan Madson pitched the eighth and ninth, respectively. By the time Madson pitched, he had a 9-2 lead to work with. The game was over quickly at that point.
Before the game today, Polanco was put on the DL with a groin strain, retroactive to August 7th. RHP Michael Schwimer was called up to take his roster spot. Schwimer has been amazing in Triple-A action, posting a 9-1 record with 10 saves and a 1.88 ERA. He did not get into the game today, but with any luck, we may get a look at him soon.
Carlos Ruiz sat out today as well after getting hit with a ball in the groin yesterday. The official report says he has a "Left Testicular Contusion." Ouch! Poor Chooch…he is day to day.
Game 3 with the D-Backs is Thursday night at 7:05pm; Vance Worley and his fabulous red spectacles will be pitching.
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6 Fresh Looks From Chloe Sevigny x Opening Ceremony
Chloe Sevigny's pieces for her new collaboration with Opening Ceremony are available for pre-order now. The collection is really a line of basics: a few different shapes in the same dependable patterns (namely leopard, houndstooth, paisley and polka dot), with enough variation that any figure could find a complimentary frock. There's also accessories: shoes, bags, hats, shades… but I'm kind of fixated on these awesome, versatile dresses. And yeah, they're not cheap, but that navy polka dress is never going to look dated or inappropriate, either.


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By: Lanetra Bennett
January 31, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - Sugar Daddies have become real popular these days.
Not the the caramel candy on a stick that you may have eaten as a kid.
But, an older gentleman with a wallet and bank account full of dough.
Tallahassee Resident David Riley says, "You gotta do what you gotta do these days. It's a dog eat dog world. But, a sugar daddy?"
SeekingArrangement.com defines the modern sugar daddy as "a successful and generous man who is willing to pamper and offer financial help or gifts to a young person in return for friendship and companionship."
The company says as tuition hikes continue, more college students are turning to Sugar Daddies to get by.
FSU student Kaylee Blanchard says, "There's many ways that you can do it. You can apply for loans; you can apply for scholarships; get a job. I know that there's not many jobs out there, but, there's definitely ways you can make money besides going on this website."
FSU is number 14 on the top 20 list of the Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Schools in 2012.
The report says FSU had a 46 percent increase in new members, with 111 sign-ups to the Sugar Daddy website in 2012.
The website says the average co-ed Sugar Baby gets about three-thousand dollars a month in allowances and gifts from her Sugar Daddy, enough to cover tuition and living expenses at most schools.
FSU student Elizabeth Walker says, "I work to make money. Not that kind of work; a regular restaurant job. Besides the fact that it's weird and a little bit sick, it seems like it's definitely not helpful because if they're not learning how to live on their own in college now, they're not going to know how to deal with real life and the real world."
Critics question the legality of what the website calls a "mutually beneficial relationship." They say having a Sugar Daddy is no different from selling yourself.
One "Sugar Baby" from Florida International University says in return for her tuition payments, cars, trips, and jewelry, she gives, "Sex."
FSU Student Katrina Restrepo says, "It's like prostitution in a way, just to pay for their school. I understand education is important. But, you can always get out a loan and be respectful to your own body. I just feel like it's not worth it."
Riley says, "That's probably crossing the line. Sugar Daddy really isn't the way to go. It's not safe and you should have more respect for yourself than that."
On the website, you can also search for a Sugar Mommy and a Sugar Baby.
Jeanette DeDiemar, the assistant vice president for University Relations at FSU, released this statement: "There are numerous financial aid, student loan, university employment opportunities, and work study programs available from local, state and federal sources that preclude the necessity for students to engage in this option to support their educations."
The creator of the website has said that the sugar daddies website is legal.
As the cost of living rises and tuition hikes continue, college students are forced to look for alternative methods to raise an enormous amount of funds in order to pursue their education. Some choose to take out student loans, or receive help from their parents, and other students are turning to Sugar Daddies.
SeekingArrangement.com is releasing its annual list of the "Top 20 Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Colleges of 2012" this week. Last year, college student memberships increased by 58% on the mutually beneficial relationship website, with more students from the South joining than any other region. The average co-ed Sugar Baby receives approximately $3000 a month in allowances and gifts from her Sugar Daddy, enough to cover tuition and living expenses at most schools.
The following is the list of the Top 20 Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Schools, by new sign ups in 2012:
1. Georgia State University 292
2. New York University 285
3. Temple University 268
4. University of Central Florida 221
5. University of Southern Florida 212
6. Arizona State University 204
7. Florida International University 187
8. University of Georgia 148
9. Indiana University 131
10. Texas State 128
11. Kent State University 123
12. Penn State 121
13. University of North Texas 112
14. Florida State University 111
15.Tulane University 109
16. Michigan State University 108
17. University of Ohio 103
18. Columbia University 100
19. University of Alabama 96
20. University of California Los Angeles 91
"It's tough. The South went from being the epitome of success and money to faring the worst in terms of well-being," says Founder and CEO, Brandon Wade. "Even if NYU is still our biggest Sugar Baby university, the growth of southern female coeds seeking the Sugar Lifestyle is a move in the right direction to bring back Southern charm."
Florida is the state that makes the most appearances on this list, with four schools in the top twenty and two other schools showing significant increases in membership this past year.
Florida Sugar Schools by new sign-ups and increase in memberships in 2012:
University of Central Florida 221 sign-ups 330% increase in sign ups
University of Southern Florida 212 sign-ups 228% incease in sign ups
Florida International University 187 sign-ups 95% increase in sign ups
Florida State University 111 sign-ups 46% increase in sign ups
University of Florida 64 sign-ups 53% increase in sign ups
University of Miami 52 sign-ups 98% increase in sign ups


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Skandia has cut 20 jobs as part of a restructure of its adviser sales team, dividing the division into two roles; wealth management consultants and development consultants.
Under the restructure, numbers in the sales team will reduce from 100 to 80. The Old Mutual-owned provider said wealth management consultants would focus on helping advisers grow their businesses while development consultants would provide ongoing support.
Steve Powell, sales director said: 'The new 80-strong sales team will be nimbler and more effective, with a strong leadership team.
'Advisers will continue to receive dedicated, specialist support, and we are confident this new approach will provide unrivalled adviser support, something we will continue to be renowned for.'
In October, Skandia announced Steve Powell as the new sales director for the UK, reporting into Peter Mann, managing director for the UK.
Nick Jones, head of sales for the South, will report into Powell, as will Gary Stirrup, head of sales for the North and Nigel Jeffries, head of strategic relationships.


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Randall Woods – Bloomberg Businessweek, 12/10/2012
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde will likely outline the lender's reversal of its decades-old opposition to capital controls on a five-day tour of Latin American this week, even as Brazil says the new position doesn't go far enough.
In a Dec. 3 report, the IMF said targeted and temporary controls can be effective in preventing asset bubbles and currency rallies. Policy makers in Brazil, the largest economy in the region and the most aggressive in erecting such barriers, said the fund still shows a bias against controls, places too much emphasis on the benefits of capital flows and doesn't hold rich nations accountable for fueling sudden liquidity surges.
Still, the IMF's shift can give cover to countries that might consider enacting such controls, said Claudio Loser, a former Western Hemisphere director at the Washington-based fund.


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Kentucky has fired football coach Joker Phillips, a day after an embarrassing loss to Vanderbilt. Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart announced Phillips' dismissal Sunday in an open letter on the athletic department's web site.
The Wildcats lost their eighth straight game on Saturday, a 40-0 home loss to Vanderbilt. It was their worst loss to the Commodores in 96 years.
The 49-year-old Phillips, a Franklin native, is 12-23 overall in three seasons at Kentucky. He will finish this season.
Barnhart says the school will begin a nationwide search for a new coach immediately.
The Wildcats (1-9, 0-7 Southeastern Conference) went to a bowl game two years ago but have gotten worse each season since. Kentucky is off this week, and then closes the season with games against Samford and Tennessee.


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New England Patriots running back Shane Vereen will reportedly be sidelined a few weeks after breaking a small bone in his wrist.
According to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, Vereen suffered the injury during the first play of Sunday's season-opening 23-21 win at Buffalo. Vereen totaled 101 yards on 14 carries and added 58 yards on seven receptions, but Glazer reported that Vereen experienced numbness after the game as the bone sat on the nerve.
Vereen is scheduled to have surgery Monday.


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New York City has been referred to as a concrete jungle. But researchers say it is more 'jungle' than you might think. A panel of experts discuss the plant and animal life found in city waters and green spaces. They also discuss the impact of urbanization and climate change on a city's biodiversity.
Taking A Walk On New York's Wild Side
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Back on the road and heading to Forest Arts in New Milton, a venue I've played a few times before, which is further away than I remember it being. I stopped for a coffee at the service station, but even for a Starbucks the brew I was given was tasteless and poor. I had to look at it to check that they hadn't just given my a cup of warm milk. There was something brown in it, but I wasn't sure it was coffee. This container of warm liquid had cost me £3.10 and I should really have taken it back and complained. But I just left it undrunk on my table. I felt too embarrassed to chastise the staff for their poor coffee making skills. I didn't want to get anyone into trouble. How terribly British of me. Ian Starbucks needs the money though. So I was happy to give a donation in return for some dishwater. And perhaps my £3.10 bought me something after all. The realisation that I should never buy coffee from this particular emporium.
I was chewing gum as I drove and managed to bite my tongue again. What's wrong with me? I am chewing gum now. I bet I bite my tongue again. It's like I want to be in pain. Is that a pecadillo? Do some people get off on biting their own tongue. No doubt they do. And why wouldn't they? It's super sexy.
I had sold out the venue (I think for the first time and bar some seats that had been held in case I wanted comps). It's not that much of an achievement as the room only seats about 160, but so far sales have been encouraging for this tour. Slowly and steadily. It felt like a good performance of the material to me. The show still feels relatively new and fresh and I am enjoying finding new avenues to explore in it. I tried out some love stuff for next week's Meaning of Life at the top of the second half and it went down OK as well. And it will be cool if I can use the tour as testing ground for ten minutes or so of material for the internet show (it will be particularly easy next month when the subject is death!).
The drive home was long, but uneventful. I was a little bit buffeted by the elements. Having a new car means I get to experience all those landmark moments again and I am approaching 8888 miles. It's no 123456, but it will have to do for now. As I got out of the car I picked up my charity buckets. I had stuffed my Meaning of Life script in the top of one of them when I left. The wind caught the loose leafs and they went shooting up the road. So fast and far that I could never hope to gather them all up, even were I not weighed down with other stuff. It was like that bit in Love Actually, except I didn't have a foreign cleaning lady prepared to strip off and go and retrieve it. It didn't matter. I had it on my computer. What kind of idiot writer in the modern day would risk only having a hard copy of their novel and then leave it outside?
I wondered if anyone would find a page or two and read about my fixation with Jenny Agutter or the women I had waved to on a balcony in Switzerland and wonder what they had chanced across. Who knows where those pages will end up? That wind was strong. They might have been lifted on to the continent by now. Or at least to Holland Park. What if some foreign comedian sees them as a gift from God and nicks all my stuff? I think we're safe from that. The worst that could happen is it ends up with the police who think they've discovered the manifesto of a madman/stalker. There was something quite satisfying about watching those pages flying off into the darkness as if sucked into a vaccuum. It's a harsh world where even the weather is a critic.


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text: The sea shall deliver more treasures and terrors this fall in an expansion for futuristic build-y strategy Anno 2070, named Deep Ocean. Announced yesterday by publisher Ubisoft, it'll bring a new civilization level, over 150 quests, tsunamis, and more. In the Deep Ocean add-on, the Tech faction welcomes a 'Genius' population class, who open up new production chains, goods to consume, vehicles, items, and more. Those handy geniiouses! You'll find a new more details on them and other new features in the announcement. There's no word on how much it'll cost but, for reference, Anno 1404's Venice expansion cost $20. With land, too!


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UTS Library will be hosting an exciting Talk It Up! Forum - Innovation and Creativity, on Wednesday, 2 May at 1pm.
Sydney is emerging as the hub for creative industries and innovation. We are familiar with the terms innovation and creativity but what do they really mean? And how does that translate to educating Australia's future generations as well as preparing them for positions as global leaders.
What role will libraries like UTS Library play in establishing an environment conducive to inspiring innovation and creativity?
A panel discussion investigating the current climate and exploring future possibilities will be lead by Hael Kobayashi, Mal Booth and Chris Gaul.
Hael Kobayashi is the Associate Director, Creative Industries Innovation Centre and the Executive Director, Creative Innovation at UTS. He has more than 30 years' experience in film, digital and new media, design and performing arts, and has held senior management roles with Lucasfilm's Industrial Light + Magic and DreamWorks Animation. He was a producer for Animal Logic for the Oscar winning film, Happy Feet. For the past seven years Hael has worked with government, education and industry leaders in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia to develop and implement creative economy strategies.
Mal Booth has been acting University Librarian since July 2011. He leads the management team at UTS Library and is responsible for planning the future Library as one of the major projects in the UTS Campus Master Plan. He was formerly Head of the Research Centre at the Australian War Memorial and responsible for its library, archive and the Memorial's web strategy. From 2006 to 2008 he curated the Lawrence of Arabia & the Light Horse exhibition combining the physical exhibition and curator-led tours with a dynamic online presence via a blog and digitised war diaries from the Australian Light Horse. In late 2008 he made the first curatorial visit to a war zone by one of the Memorial's librarian/archivists to identify, record and collect records of war from Australian forces before they withdrew from Iraq.
Chris Gaul is a Sydney-based designer and artist who works with everyday objects to create moments of mindfulness in everyday life. Chris studied Visual Communication Design and International Studies at UTS, graduating with first class honors. As a visual designer, Chris has worked with government, commercial and cultural groups, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, WWF International, the City of Sydney and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. His work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW, The Brooklyn Museum in New York and work from his recent project 'The Art of Everyday Things' was exhibited as part of Sydney Design 2011. He currently teaches in the UTS School of Design and is the UTS Library - Artist in Residence.
So bring your lunch and join us for what promises to be a truly inspirational and innovative discussion.
DATE: Wednesday, 2 May
TIME: 1pm - 2pm
VENUE: Learning Commons, Level 3, City Campus Library
This is a free event.
All are welcome.
No RSVP or booking is required.
View the video of the Talk It Up! Forum on Innnovation and Creativity below
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Story by Thomas Corhern
Cookeville Herald-Citizen
COOKEVILLE -- When Watson Brown says that the Tennessee Tech football team will be the "Fastest 60 Minutes in Football," it's not a goal, it's a promise.
After seeing what the Golden Eagles were capable of against then-Football Championship Subdivision No.6 Jacksonville State in the team's 2010 finale, Brown knew it was possible. After all, Tech rallied back to score 28 unanswered points against the Gamecocks to end their bid for the Ohio Valley Conference championship. Tech trailed by 10 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter and won by 11, topping JSU 35-24.
If they could do it once, they could do it again.
"In layman's terms, we want to speed up the game," Brown said. "We think our plusses for this team are depth and experience. I don't think anybody in the conference is deeper than us, there may be some better players at spots than us maybe, but they're not deeper. We're going to try to make the game longer by just going like you saw in the fourth quarter against Jacksonville State, just a real fast pace. We're going to do that offensively, then we felt like we had to speed up on defense.
"Watching us play, we didn't play fast enough to me. We didn't react quick enough. We didn't chase the ball as fast as we needed to. It's just a lot of little things like that. The combination of that is where 'the Fastest 60 Minutes of Football' comes from."
Tech isn't the first team to try to change its philosophy in that way as Brown cited Oregon, Texas Tech and several other schools who have adopted this method.
"We're going to play the Oregon style," Brown said. "That's what you'll see, especially in conference play. This isn't unique to us and college football has changed in a lot of ways. Basically, people are using two philosophies -- shorten the game and try to win it in the fourth quarter, or lengthen the game. We're just changing the philosophy we've been playing with. The first few years, when we were really young, we tried to shorten the game -- try to keep the ball for long periods of time and try to get to the fourth quarter with a chance to win. But now, we're going at it at a completely different way.
"Texas Tech started this a few years back and were really the first, I thought, that really did this. Murray State has done this in some ways. It's not something unique to us, but it fits us and it may fit us for the rest of the time. If we do a good job recruiting, we're always going to be able to do this by having a lot of good players and a lot of depth. Play to what your strengths are. Every school has got to be different. Tech's different than everybody else in our league and we have to play to our strengths."


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Well, the good news is the Dolphins defense is alive and well. The team that averaged slightly less than 16 points per game the last three games has 24 points at the half.
Problem is the defense didn't show for the first half. The Chiefs have scored 28 points on the Miami defense -- yeah, the defense that did not allow a TD in 12 consecutive quarters. The Chiefs threw an interception on their offensive first possession.
And then they scored four touchdowns their next four possessions. Terrible effort. Terrible tackling. Terrible coverage.
Chad Pennington is 15 of 22 for 135 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Joe Montana, I mean Tyler Thigpen is 12 of 23 for 223 yards, two passing touchdowns and one running touchdown.
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The absolute definition of a dinosaur, when we now consider most of them to be birds, seems to be pointless - They used to be reptiles, or others.
What I'm guessing this find is an early reptile, it's happened before... I may be way off base though.
The absolute definition of a dinosaur, when we now consider most of them to be birds, seems to be pointless
Yes and no. It's no more useless than "fish", for exactly the same reasons.
Polyphyletic classes FTW.
"Reptiles" is a paraphyletic group, and is no longer used.
Well, that's a little harsh. It's widely understood what it means, and is easier to say than non mamallian, non avian amniotes.
It's no worse than fish, which would include all vertibrates, and possibly hagfish too, depending on how you feel about it. (Though to my mind, "is a hagfish a fish" is up there with "is pluto a planet".)
Perhaps they're not used all that much when one is working in the taxonomy/classification literature, bit I've definitely heard cell biologists claim they work with fish instead of mice.
The earliest known dinosaur — a creature no bigger than a Labrador retriever [polyvore.com][...].
I saw something recently that made me have to do some Wiki'ing.
Stegosaurus lived around 150 to 155 million years ago.
T-Rex lived 67 to 65 years ago.
This means that we live closer to T-Rex than T-Rex lived to Stegosaurus. Crazy eh?
that this would turn into a troll thread rather a rational discussion of one of the greatest paleontological finds? Sad that so many 'open minded' people are as bigoted && mean spirited as they perceive others to be.
It is exciting to me to have any new scientific discovery of this magnitude. Hopefully, this will lead to the further study of earlier finds to push the veil back even further on the predecessors of these fossils.
And to explode the minds of the trolls, I confess that I'm an orthodox Chr
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Raheem Sterling recently put to pen-to-paper on a new five-year contract with Liverpool, having exploded onto the Premier League scene this season with the Anfield giants.
After his meteoric rise into the first-team, Sterling has become the latest in a series of 'boy wonders' to have graced the Premier League since its launch 20 years ago.
With Sterling having announced his arrival on the biggest stage, GiveMeFootball takes a closer look at those who made a similar impact during the early stages of their career, although not all succeeded in living up to their potential.
10 – Raheem Sterling
Sterling made his Liverpool debut in a fleeting appearance against Wigan Athletic towards the tail end of last season, and has gone on to be one of the Reds' star men this year under manager Brendan Rodgers.
His first Premier League goal came against Reading in October, and he has since earned international recognition with England, despite being eligible to play for Jamaica, the country of his birth.
Nonetheless, Sterling recently committed his international future to England, much to the disappointment of The Reggae Boyz.
9 – James Vaughan
Everton starlet James Vaughan overcame knee ligament damage and a severed foot artery to make 49 appearances in the Toffees' first-team, and currently holds the record for the youngest ever Premier League goalscorer for his strike against Crystal Palace at the tender age of just 16 years and 271 days.
Now plying his trade with Championship outfit Huddersfield, Vaughan has forged a solid, if unspectacular career based predominantly in the lower leagues. The 24-year-old striker has enjoyed spells with Derby County, Leicester City, Crystal Palace and Norwich City, prior to moving to John Smith's Stadium in August 2012.
8 - Milan Baros
Milan Baros is currently contracted to Turkish outfit Galatasaray, but he amazed Liverpool fans with his pace and eye for goal when he signed for the Anfield club as a 20-year-old in 2002.
After selling Emile Heskey and Michael Owen, Baros had the unenviable task of being Liverpool's lead talisman, although his time with the Reds was hampered by his indifferent relationship with then manager Gerard Houllier.
Baros impressed most for his national side, particularly at Euro 2004 with Czech Republic, even winning the Golden Boot award following a remarkable run of goalscoring form. After leaving Liverpool, Baros has turned out for Aston Villa, Olympique Lyonnais and Portsmouth.
7 – Federico Macheda
Federico Macheda grabbed the headlines with a match-winning brace for Manchester United against Aston Villa in 2009. However, his goal scoring heroics were not enough to secure him a regular starting berth at Old Trafford, and he has enjoyed loan spells at Sampdoria and Queens Park Rangers in recent times.
Perhaps one of the less spectacular stories of the Premier League, he has been frequently linked with a move away from United, but the 21-year-old currently remains contracted to the Manchester giants. With the January transfer window looming, it remains to be seen whether the Italian striker will remain at Old Trafford for much longer.
6 – Stewart Downing
A product of Middlesbrough's famed academy, Stewart Downing broke on to the scene under former boss Steve McClaren during the 2004/05 season. His impressive form saw him become one of the Premier Leagues' most sought-after wingers, with his displays in the League Cup doing little to dampen expectations.
Having made a significant contribution as Boro were crowned eventual champions of the competition, Downing's form sparked interest from a number of Premier League clubs, with Aston Villa making the move to bring him to Villa Park in 2009, signing a four-year-contract in the process.
Downing continued to impress for the midlands-based club, earning international recognition during his stint with the Villans. Liverpool signed the 28-year-old midfielder in 2011 after paying a whopping £20m to secure his signature.
5 – James Milner
It didn't take long for James Milner to get his big break at Leeds United, but the club's financial problems forced them to cash-in on the youngster in 2004.
Whilst unhappy to be leaving his childhood club, Milner went on to shine for his new employers - Newcastle United. Later on in his career, he played a key role at Aston Villa under former boss Martin O'Neill.
Milner's career has continued to go from strength-to-strength, as he is now the proud owner of a Premier League winners medal, having won England's top honour with Manchester City last season following his arrival at Eastlands back in 2010.
A key member of the England squad under Fabio Capello and now Roy Hodgson, Milner is clearly fulfilling the potential he showed as a youngster at Leeds United, and the Elland Road outfit can be proud of his achievements to date.
4 – Cesc Fabregas
The young Spaniard came into an Arsenal side that had just gone an entire season unbeaten, but quickly nailed down a place in the centre of midfield due to his immaculate passing capabilities.
Although he was on the club's books during their incredible run of 38 games without loss, he did not play enough games to be awarded a medal, instead winning his first major trophy in 2005 after the Gunners defeated Manchester United on penalties in the FA Cup Final.
Now at Barcelona, the club he signed for as a youngster, Fabregas is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, and with his remarkable displays for both club and country, it's easy to see why.
3 – Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in England as an 18-year-old boy for a fee of £12.24million back in 2003. It took no time at all for Manchester United's midfield magician to impress, as he claimed the PFA Young Player of the Year award just two years later.
Ronaldo requested the number 28 shirt upon his arrival - the same number he had at Sporting Lisbon - in an attempt to avoid comparisons with United legends George Best and David Beckham, with a plethora of big-names having previously worn the famous number seven shirt.
His request was ignored by his manager Sir Alex Ferguson, instead Ronaldo eventually went on to join the ever-growing list of United legends to have worn the shirt.
The Portuguese enjoyed six years at the Theatre of Dreams before transferring to Real Madrid for a world record fee of £80million, a fee that is yet to be surpassed.
2 – Michael Owen
Despite a subsequent career blighted by injuries, Michael Owen is perhaps one of the Premier League's most memorable teenage sensations.
Within a year of making his debut for Liverpool, Owen had been called up to Glenn Hoddle's World Cup '98 squad, where he stunned Argentina with a wonder goal that lives long in the memory.
Owen, now plying his trade at Stoke City, was crowned the Premier League's top scorer after scoring 18 goals in his first full season at Anfield, and is the only England player to have scored at four major tournaments.
1 – Wayne Rooney
A previously unheard of Wayne Rooney burst onto the scene in 2002 with an unforgettable winner against Arsenal. With just a minute of normal time remaining, Rooney unleashed a 30-yard thunderbolt that on this occasion, England international goalkeeper David Seaman had no chance of saving.
At the time, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger described him as the "biggest prospect in English football", and Wenger was absolutely spot on. The young Evertonian was soon snapped up by Manchester United and within two years, he had scored a Champions League hat-trick against Fenerbache.
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Annie Dookhan, the chemist at the center of the state drug lab controversy, had the codes to access the lab's computer system and could open the lab in the morning, one of Dookhan's former colleagues testified Thursday.
Daniella Frasca, whose workstation was right next to Dookhan's for eight years, was testifying in the Roxbury Municipal Court trial of Shawn Drumgold. Drumgold's attorney is trying to discredit the drug evidence against her client by probing into the lab's workings and suggesting Dookhan's actions there tainted the evidence.
Dookhan's alleged mishandling of evidence at the lab has already thrown the state's criminal justice system into turmoil. Officials say thousands of drug cases have been jeopardized by her actions.
Frasca was one of two former colleagues of Dookhan from the now-closed state lab to testify today.
Neither provided direct evidence that Dookhan had mishandled evidence. But under cross-examination, defense attorney Rosemary Curran Scapicchio raised questions about overall security at the lab.
It was the first time any of Dookhan's former co-workers have testified — and the first time they have publicly described the inner workings of the lab. As many as five of Dookhan's former co-workers are expected to testify. Dookhan herself has taken the Fifth Amendment and declined to testify in the case.
Drumgold is no stranger to high-profile cases. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1988 slaying of 12-year-old Darlene Tiffany Moore, who was shot while sitting on a mailbox on a Roxbury street. He has denied any involvement in the murder. Drumgold served 15 years behind bars, but had his conviction overturned when The Boston Globe and Scapicchio raised questions about the investigation and the failure of police to turn over potentially exculpatory evidence about a key eyewitness in the case.
Drumgold won a multimillion-dollar wrongful conviction lawsuit. But Scapicchio said he has not yet been paid the $14 million judgment because the city of Boston has appealed the verdict to the First US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Now he is being tried again before Judge David Weingarten on charges of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of heroin, second offense. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
State Police have said Dookhan handled 60,000 samples involving 34,000 criminal cases during her nine-year career at the closed Department of Public Health lab. Dookhan has pleaded not guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of falsifying her academic records. She is free on $10,000 cash bail.
Also today, the American Civil Liberties Union and Families Against Mandatory Minimums called on prosecutors and the defense bar to dramatically change the way they are responding to the drug lab scandal, which the ACLU projected may cost up to $100 million to address.
In a seven-page letter sent to Attorney General Martha Coakley and all district attorneys, the groups called for the wholesale dismissal of thousands of minor drug cases, and the dismissal of major drug prosecutions where the defendant has served at least half of the prison sentence.
The Globe reported last week that the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association was going to ask the Patrick administration for at least $10 million a year, possibly for the next five years, to deal with the increased workload caused by the scandal. In its statement, the ACLU said the defense bar, through the Committee on Public Counsel Services, will seek a similar amount, forcing taxpayers to pay $100 million.
"Abundant evidence shows that prosecuting drug cases takes a terrible human and financial toll even in cases that do not involve tainted evidence," Matthew Segal, legal director of the ACLU in Massachusetts, said in a statement. "Accordingly, it makes no sense to re-prosecute tens of thousands of cases that do involve tainted evidence...it is not time for an expensive, misguided and ill-fated do-over."John R. Ellement can be reached at email@example.com.


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So is there a movie that you, usually, can't get anyone else to watch with you because you're the only one that seems to like it?
Mine is The Fountain; I seriously love it and always find something new in it. All of my friends hate it, though, and I do mean all of them. Other than that our tastes always jive, but there is no way I'm taking it out of my DVD collection.
I also really like Tron: Legacy and at one point was watching it like 3 times a week. Pretty ridiculous now that I think about it, but I thought it was pretty cool and still do haha.


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Although the official pairings are not due out until today and The Trentonian will wait until next Tuesday to make its predictions, it's not too early to start taking a look at the wrestling sectionals and groups.
At this point it looks like at least 13 local teams have qualified for the sectionals. Keep in mind that as usual the state has some team's records and results wrong. A classic example is Notre Dame, which hasn't yet been credited for its win over New Egypt and actually won a match the state thinks it lost.
Whatever happens with the Irish, the interesting aspect to all of this is how many of the locals can actually advance to Toms River.
The most obvious candidate is Voorhees (21-4) in No. 2 Group II. In addition to the fact Eric Hall has himself a team ranked second in the entire area, Voorhees is hardly in a stellar section. Brearley won last year, but it's currently an anemic 2-8.
Next up is top-ranked Hunterdon Central, which will bump up today to the top seed because of its stunning win at Phillipsburg. Things could not have worked out better for the Red Devils because in addition to having home mat throughout, North Hunterdon must now go to Phillipsburg in the semifinals.
Wrestling fans have already seen this (a 51-16 P-Burg win) and it wasn't pretty for the Lions, who match up much better against a Central team it lost to by two points. With that in mind, the bigger question becomes can Central ambush defending state champion Phillipsburg again? The answer is possibly, but it will be difficult.
According to inside sources, P-Burg by sectionals will have returned its 220-pounder, who injury defaulted in the first Central match. Beating a team like Phillipsburg twice is also a daunting task.
Another teams to watch is Delaware Valley. Long Branch heads up this section, but like most teams from the mouthy Shore area, it is more bluster than substance. DelVal's bigger problem, in fact, may be its long-time nemesis Green Machine of Raritan, which is one of the few Shore teams we can actually stomach. Raritan will host Robbinsville in the opener before making its seemingly annual trek to the Hunterdon hills.
At stake in this section is more than which team will emerge from C.J. Group I. If Raritan wins, it means High Point and Delsea would not collide in a group semifinal.
This is doubly important because at this point there's just not a lot to get excited about at groups. Granted the Parochial A final will be a war, but Bound Brook has already smashed Kittatinny and nobody is going to touch No. 1 South Plainfield (25-0) in Group III.
Phillipsburg could start picking up some steam with a good showing against South Plainfield in the "Pit" tomorrow night, but Brick Memorial is looking more and more like the team to beat in Group IV. The good news is Brick Memorial coach "Diver'' Dan O'Cone has been known to get overly cocky before and most everyone is now well aware he is a cheater.
That leaves Group II, which should have fireworks with the likes of Voorhees, the Central Jersey champion, High Point's Hillbillies and Delsea. For what it's worth, High Point has already easily beaten Long Branch with four JVs in its lineup. Delsea, meanwhile, has only lost to Bound Brook and St. Peter's.
After the Hunterdon teams the best chances to make it to groups are Shawnee in S.J. Group IV as well as Hopewell Valley or Northern Burlington in C.J. III.
Shawnee is coming off a huge criteria win over Camden Catholic in which it forfeited the last two weights knowing it would still win a tied match on criteria H. Some might consider this a bit over the top, but in our book that's great awareness. Also remember this was against Camden Catholic, which is detested in many circles because of the pompous and obnoxious attitude of former coach Gary "The Pinball Wizard'' Papa.
(By the way, he was kind of hard to spot, but former Irish coach Jerry "The Little Leprechaun" Boland was seen refereeing a JV match on Friday night. How many bad calls he made is unclear).
Finally, Hopewell Valley (No. 6 ranking in the area) and Northern Burlington (No. 10) are scheduled to meet on Monday and one of them will attempt to advance to the groups for the first time later in the week. Anything is possible because this is also a weak section.
Former DelVal coaches "G.I" Jody Karam and Jeff Karam have always had their share of differences, but now the brothers really appear to be on the outs.
For a recent match, Bethlehem Catholic coach Jeff Karam brought his own scale to weigh in when his team traveled to wrestle Jody Karam's Bethlehem Liberty squad. (The word around the Lehigh Valley is the Becca scale is usually half a pound light).
Jody Karam, however, said no way and insisted the home scale be used. Sure enough, two Bethelem Catholic wrestlers narrowly missed weight, including Jeff's son.
"Way to screw your own nephew," a furious Jeff Karam said to Jody after the match. "I will never talk to you again."
It's been said if the Pennsbury and Neshaminy chess or debating teams ever faced each other, a fist fight might break out. Well, get ready for Thursday night because in a throwback to the old days the two bitter rivals will go at it with a league title at stake.
Actually, both also have to win tomorrow night to set up Thursday, but each will be a big favorite. Council Rock South will also in all probability share the SONL title because along with Pennsbury and the Redskins, Rock South also has just one league loss.
Whatever, it should be a fun time in Fairless Hills. The key to the match is Pennsbury's injury status. It's been one of those years where the Falcons (16-6) just can't seem to get everyone healthy at the same time.
With Blair Academy apparently still accepting applications for a new head coach for next year, here are two more suggestions:
** Mike Suk — Hey, so what if he's been known to take more dives than Jacques Cousteau? He lives in Blairstown, right next to Jim "The Angler" Reynolds in fact.
** Solomon "Son of Flubber" Fleckman — If Blair could tolerate Buxton's considerable ego for all those years, surely it can put up with this blowhard.
Trentonian State Wrestling Ratings
1. South Plainfield (25-0)
2. Bergen Catholic (16-1)
3. Brick Memorial (20-2)
4. Toms River South (21-3)
5. Don Bosco (9-4)
6. Bound Brook (18-3)
7. Hunterdon Central (16-1)
8. Phillipsburg (11-2)
9. Kittatinny (18-2)
10. St. Peter's (14-4)


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My brother and his fiancee might be moving from the east coast to Houston, TX. They're about twelve hours from where I live now in Alabama (if someone were to want to drive that far), so I was kind of excited they'd be in the southern US and therefore had to be closer. Then I looked it up online and found that Houston is actually farther from my town than their current apartment is! I had always assumed the southeast was more or less all in the same region, but Texas is a really big state.
[...] and residents of the UK think 100 miles is a long distance.
Quote from: Thipu1 on February 21, 2012, 10:32:36 AM[...] and residents of the UK think 100 miles is a long distance.And you shall never shake me from my conviction that it IS. As the great Bill Bryson observed in Notes from a Small Island: "Surrey to Cornwall, a distance that most Americans would happily go to get a taco..."
No way that it would take 18 hours to go from southern New York to Rochester, N.Y. Eight hours, tops, and that's assuming that "southern New York" is the easternmost tip of Long Island in rush hour traffic. Once you get out of the metro area and onto the Thruway, you can get to Albany in about 2 hours and Rochester is about 4 hours from there.
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Rodrigo Damm
When and why did you start training and fighting?
By encouragement of my sister Carina Damm, I started Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1996.
What were the best results of your fights? Have you ever fought a famous fighter?
I fought with Black Mamba, Gilbert Melendez.
How is your diet during training?
It is very restrictive I don't eat anything with salt or anything greasy. I cut out sugar and eat a lot of salad and protein.
What's your favorite tecnique?
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.
What does it mean to you, to fight in the UFC?
The dream to fight in the best event of the world is what every fighter wants to win.
Do you have a heroes?
Jesus! Because he died for me and for you.
What is your educational background?
I graduated college.
What did you do before you started fighting?
I was a locksmith, mecanic, carpenter, tires man and worked on constructions.
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The future NBA Hall of Famer attended Spurs training in their new multimillion dollar facility just outside of London and had nothing but praise for Tottenham.
"I think training's been great. This is football at its best," Kidd told the club's official website. "The facilities here are amazing and you have some of the best players in the world here."
Kidd admitted that he was so impressed with the team's training methods that he was a bit envious and joked that he wishes he could change sports
"It makes our facility look like we need to redo it. I think you guys have a beautiful home here. It makes me want to be a soccer player," Kidd said.
Similar to soccer's growth in the United States, several American sports are beginning to grow in popularity in the United Kingdom. Both the NFL and NBA have played games in London to huge sellout crowds.
"I think London... here [in England] is a big sports country," Kidd explained. "They love sports and when we have an opportunity, we like to watch their sports when you talk about football. But it's just a great opportunity to showcase basketball, especially with sports fans here in London."
While Kidd's standing as soccer fan is relatively new, one of his top rivals at point guard is a long standing supporter. Steve Nash is a lifelong Spurs fan and a part-owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Kidd praised Nash and pointed out that Spurs should feel lucky to have a big supporter back in the States.
"It is very true, Steve is a competitor. He's one of the best players to ever play the game of basketball but he's also a pretty good soccer player," Kidd said. "He's a big fan and he's always trying to bring people around and get into soccer. You guys have a good guy as a Tottenham fan, he's one of the best.
"You guys have the best cheerleader or fan to support that in the States."
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