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"The event of the age"
Victor Davis Hanson sees Iraq as "the deciding issue of our time." A free Iraq, he argues, "will place a terrible dilemma on the governments and elites of these closed Arab societies who must explain to their own poor and oppressed how satellite pictures of voting Iraqis, Internet cafes, and raucous debates on television are really fabricated images concocted by the American-Zionist international consortium. There is a time bomb ticking »
GOP to Join Judicial Battle?
Robert Novak says that Republican Senators are finally, and apprently reluctantly, planning a strategy to counter the Democrats' filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees. The three-part plan outlined by Novak, which he attributes to Majority Leader Bill Frist, doesn't seem particularly aggressive to me. It begins by seeking cloture votes on a number of nominees. The important point, if I understand the procedure correctly, is that the Democrats be required »
Teachers against schools
I can't remember the last time I read something by Joe Klein that impressed me as being anything other than in the tank, but he tells a bona fide tale for our time in "How the unions killed a dream." (Courtesy of RealClearPolitics.) DEACON adds: I know what you mean, Trunk. The last thing Joe Klein wrote that I recall agreeing with was Primary Colors. »
Islam's true roadmap
Before we close the books on Malaysian autocrat Mahathir's anti-semitic speech to the Islamic Summit Conference, consider this piece by Caroline Glick of the Jerusalem Post. Glick argues that Mahathir's comments represent mainstream Islamic thinking, and given the standing ovation he received, it's difficult to disagree with this assessment. Indeed, Egypt's foreign minister has called Mahathir's statements a "very important roadmap" that he hopes Islamic countries will follow. Where does »
Honor among thieves
The Jerusalem Post reports that a group of Palestinian legislators are demanding an investigation into the whereabouts of huge amounts of money belonging to the Palestinians. It seems finally to have dawned on some Palestinians that Yasser Arafat may be — how can I say this without offending the Saudis — less than entirely scrupulous when it comes to money. The Palestinian legislators believe that Arafat's adviser on economic affairs, »
An after-action report
The Jerusalem Post has an extremely interesting report on the Israeli strike on the terrorist training camp just north of Damascus three weeks ago: "Anatomy of an air force raid into Syria." On a related note, the Telegraph reports the threats of Syria's foreign minister in the event Israel disturbs those lovely terrorist training camps again: "Syria threatens to attack Golan settlers if Israel strikes again." »
Prelude to genocide
Daniel Pipes devotes his New York Post column to the frenzy of anti-Semitism that grips the Muslim world: "Deadly denial." Pipes takes off from the comments of the moonbat prime minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad. Pipes notes that the comments represent the ubiquitous sentiment of the Muslim world. He writes: "In its attitudes toward Jews, the Muslim world today resembles Germany of the 1930s – a time when state-sponsored insults, »
Captain Ed's review
Edward Morrissey of Eagan, Minnesota is the proprietor of the excellent blog Captain's Quarters. Ed has a perceptive note on the discussion of the Minnesota racial profiling report that I participated in on "Face to Face" this morning. Click here for Ed's take on the show. »
"Onward, Christian Soldier!"
That's the title of David Gelernter's Weekly Standard piece on General William Boykin: "Some journalists are all in favor of General Boykin's right to say and believe what he chooses–so long as Secretary Rumsfeld fires him. They are working under the theory that it is unacceptable for a DoD official to say that Christianity is true and that other religions are, therefore, false. The general also stands accused of calling »
The imperative of staying on offense
Secretary Rumsfeld's Washington Post column today on the war seems prescient in light of yesterday's attack on Paul Wolfowitz's hotel in Baghdad: "Take the fight to the terrorists." The column begins with a consideration of the 1983 attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut: "The attack occurred when a truck loaded with explosives drove into the U.S. Marine barracks near the Beirut airport. The logical response was to put cement »
Self-Delusion at the Times
James Traub, in this morning's New York Times Magazine, takes up the question of why liberals are so full of hate for President Bush. His answer? Bush deserves it. Well, to be fair, Traub fingers a second villain: Newt Gingrich: "Our political culture has not been infected by some virus from outer space, or from TV. The carrier was Newt Gingrich. Now, I know perfectly well that Democrats like Teddy »
Somebody say amen
The Minneapolis Star Tribune's Jon Bream went to see Simon and Garfunkel in Auburn Hills, Michigan last week. His report is a good warm-up for their appearance tonight and tomorrow at St. Paul's Xcel Center: "Is Simon & Garfunkel's reunion about money or friendship?" Inspirational quote: "Wayne Chapman, 46, of Fort Wayne, Ind., said the concert was worth the money and the four-hour drive. 'It was the thrill of my »
More Information on al Qaeda's Cyber Attacks
This article in yesterday's Newsday has the latest on the denial of service attacks that temporarily shut down Power Line and many other sites last week: "Law enforcement officials are probing a 'significant' series of computer attacks launched in the last week, including one that took down some of the most popular web logs, or 'blogs,' on the Internet, an AT&T spokesman said yesterday. "…sites were taken out when unknown »
Galloway expelled
The Guardian reports that the British Labour party has expelled the notorious George Galloway after finding him guilty of four charges of bringing the party into disrepute. Among the charges are encouraging Arabs to fight British soldiers in Iraq and urging British troops not to obey "illegal orders" after stating that the war in Iraq is illegal. None of the charges relates to a story that Galloway received large payments »
Anti-War Protests Fizzle
There were pathetically small "anti-war" protests on both coasts today, with the least tiny one in Washington. The AP reports: "Organizers estimated that 100,000 people turned out for the [Washington] demonstration, but police at the scene put the number much lower, from 10,000 to 20,000. Police no longer issue official crowd estimates, so the size of the protest could not be verified. "Waving signs reading 'Make Jobs Not War' and »
Face to face with Myron Orfield
Tomorrow I will appear on the Twin Cities public television program "Face to Face," a local version of CNN's "Crossfire." The show was taped Thursday to air on channel 2 tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. The subject was the recent racial profiling report on Minnesota law enforcement about which we previously wrote in "Myths of racial profiling." I appear on the show with Democratic former state senator Myron Orfield, now a »
Face to face with Lynne Stewart
The national convention of the National Lawyers Guild took place starting Wednesday October 22 in Minneapolis. It concluded on October 26. On Thursday Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Doug Grow noted the event in a column on Guild star Lynne Stewart: "Singing tunes a little to the left." Stewart is the attorney for "the blind sheik," Omar Abdul Rahman. Rahman was the spiritual leader of a cell that carried out the »


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EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County police say a man who tried to rob a convenience store fled without money when the clerk became ill.
It happened about 1 a.m. Sunday at the Xtra Mart Fuel on Solomons Island Road. Police say the robber entered the store, displayed a knife and demanded money from the clerk.
The Capital of Annapolis reports police say the clerk began to breathe heavily and fell to the floor. The robber continued to demand money from the clerk, but the clerk told him to get the cash himself.
Frustrated, the robber left without any money and fled in a car.
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Saturday, April 06, 2013 12:37 am
Joint chiefs chairman in Afghanistan for talks
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer
Gen. Martin Dempsey, who arrived at Bagram Air Field on Saturday after an overnight flight, said that assessment will inform U.S. decisions about how many American troops should remain after the U.S. and NATO combat role ends in December 2014.
The U.S. is expected to keep between 9,000 and 10,000 in a residual force, but no final decision has been made.
Dempsey was expected to meet with U.S. and allied commanders, including the new overall commander of coalition forces, Gen. Joseph Dunford. He also planned to meet with Afghan officials and talk with soldiers in the field.
Dempsey said Friday in Stuttgart, Germany, that he would like to see how Afghan forces perform this summer before determining the size of a residual U.S. force. There are now about 66,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, down from a 2010 peak of about 100,000.
Among the key issues for Dempsey is the pacing of U.S. troop withdrawals this year and next, as well as the rate of improvement among Afghan security forces.


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Giants sitting pretty for draft day
Greater Western Sydney will have the first three picks in November's AFL national draft and five of the first 13 after further boosting its stocks in a trade with Melbourne.
The deal delivered Northern Territory speedster Dominic Barry to the Demons and the right to recruit exciting 17-year-old Western Australian power forward Jesse Hogan, along with draft pick number 20 from the Giants.
Melbourne gave up draft picks three and 13 in return, still leaving them with number four, which the club has been trying to use to snare Collingwood pair Chris Dawes and Sharrod Wellingham.
The imposing Hogan, already 195cm and 97.4kg, will have to spend next year in the VFL under rules governing the select group of four 17-year-olds the Giants were able to trade away this year and last.
Barry, who was able to be traded by the Giants under their NT zone concession, has been playing with North Ballarat in the TAC Cup under-18 competition.
The Giants, who already had the number one pick as wooden spooners, picked up the number two choice on Monday in a deal which gave Gold Coast the right to draft 17-year-old Jack Martin.
They also gained the 12th pick from St Kilda as part of a deal to net the Saints 21-year-old key forward Tom Lee.
It means GWS now has picks one, two, three, 12 and 13.
The Giants engineered a similar scenario last year, when they also used recruiting concessions designed to help them gain experienced players from other AFL clubs to instead snare 11 of the first 14 picks in the national draft.
"We are focused on securing the best young talent available to ensure the long-term success of the Giants," GWS list manager Stephen Silvagni said.
"To have five of the first 13 selections, on top of the 11 first-round picks we had last year, puts us in the position to build on an already exciting young list."


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The WORLD MEDIA is losing interest in The Palestinian Cause in spite of heavy coverage. People are bored with it, "It has been overexposed," one credible source remarked. Another staffer at ARAB NEWS said that the Palestinian narrative is failing to garner True Believers.
Dubbed the "Global March to Jerusalem," organizers are planning rallies worldwide with the bulk of the demonstrators moving on the borders separating Israeli and the Palestinian Authority, but also in major cities around the world, some in front of Israeli embassies.
While Israel is downplaying the event diplomatically, it has nevertheless beefed up its security forces and issued warnings to neighboring Arab states through intermediaries not to allow demonstrators near the borders or violate the country's sovereignty, lest there be a replay of similar marches last year that saw over a dozen people killed and hundreds wounded while trying to breech minefields and penetrate heavily armed Israeli frontiers.
But this year's planned massive demonstration is coming at a time when the Palestinian issue has fallen off the political table.


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Versaj writes "In a move that may further escalate the growing rift between Apple and Microsoft, Apple openly condemned Microsoft's $1.1bn settlement to in the recent class action lawsuit. Apple interprets the settlement as Microsoft's attempt to thwart competition in the California education market. "Remember: this is a settlement imposed against Microsoft for breaking the law. It should not allow Microsoft to unfairly compete in education, one of the few remaining markets where it doesn't have monopoly power.""


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By Doug Prinzivalli
As one of the producers of the hit web series PRETTY - a parody hybrid of reality TV and soaps - I thought it would be a fun idea to take a brief look at the long history of the serialized situation comedy. The idea of mixing comedy with soap elements is not a new one - in fact it started over 60 years ago.
THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS (CBS 1950-52) was a mildly humorous daily soap about newlyweds who are gifted with a bat-infested Victorian mansion. Sounds pretty wacky to me. After less than two years, it was replaced by something called THE GUIDING LIGHT.
THE EGG & I (CBS 1951-52) Based on a book by Betty MacDonald and the 1947 film (starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray) that followed, this show followed the misadventures of city folk who move to the country to run a chicken farm. The popular characters of Ma & Pa Kettle originated here. This 15-minute daily failed to catch on, but undoubtably later inspired the successful 1960s CBS sitcom GREEN ACRES.
WORLD OF MR. SWEENEY (NBC 1954-55) Spun off from THE KATE SMITH HOUR, this show began airing three nights a week at 7:30PM before settling in as an afternoon series. Set in Mapleton, this series featured veteran comic actor Charles Ruggles along with Helen Wagner, before she moved on to Oakdale on AS THE WORLD TURNS.
AS THE STOMACH TURNS (CBS 1960s-1970s) A riotous sketch that appeared frequently on THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW (1967-78). While the plotlines were not continious, characters and themes were recurring— and always quite entertaining. Guest stars such as Bernadette Peters, Paul Lynde, Petula Clark and Cher helped moved plotlines along over the years. Carol also did another occasional soap spoof, TERMINAL HOSPITAL.
LOVE OF CHAIR (PBS 1971-72) A recurring sketch on the childrens' educational series THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, this odd segment featured background organ music in the style of classic soap operas, and featuring the continuing drama of a boy and his love for a certain chair.
MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN (Syndicated 1976-77) Norman Lear's classic late-night soap satire that made an overnight sensation of star Louise Lasser, but unfortunately led to her exhaustion and eventual departure from the series after 325 episodes. The show took advantage of it's late time slot and explored many taboo subjects never explored on the daytime shows it was spoofing. Also featuring an excellent cast of supporting players including Greg Mullavey, Dody Goodman, Debralee Scott, Mary Kay Place, Dabney Coleman, Marian Mercer and Martin Mull.
ALL THAT GLITTERS (Syndicated 1977) A second late-night soap by Lear. This one was set in an alternate reality where women ran the world and men were secretaries and sex objects. Lois Nettleton, Anita Gillette, Linda Gray (playing a transexual), Eileen Brennan and Gary Sandy were among the cast members of this short-lived effort. I'd loved to see this on DVD one day.
FOREVER FERNWOOD (Syndicated 1977-78) Picking up where MARY HARTMAN left off, new cast members Shelley Fabares, Richard Hatch, Joe Penny, Renee Taylor, Orson Bean and Tab Hunter (as Mary Hartman's surgically-enhanced dad) tried to fill the void, but the show limped along without the riveting Louise Lasser and sadly died after only a few months on the air.
SOAP (ABC 1977-81) Susan Harris' controversial and hysterical saga of two families: the Tates and the Campbells. The show made stars out of many cast members, including Katherine Helmond, Cathryn Damon, Robert Mandan, Richard Mulligan, Diana Canova, Robert Guillaume, Billy Crystal, Ted Wass and Dinah Manoff. SOAP was a Top 30 hit during it's first three seasons, before ABC started moving it around. Thankfully you can relived the entire series on DVD.
HIGHCLIFFE MANOR (NBC 1979) It's SOAP meets THE ADDAMS FAMILY in this short-lived gothic send-up. Shelley Fabares and Audrey Landers were along for the brief ride.
THE DAYS OF THE WEEK (NBC 1980s) SCTV created this absolutely brilliant soap-opera parody which stretched through two seasons of the weekly late-night sketch comedy series in the early '80s. Featuring characters with flamboyantly soapy names like Violet McKay, Dr. William Wainright, Clay Collins, May Madlock, Zach Harrington and Mojo the maid! I would love if this was released all on one DVD.
FILTHY RICH (CBS 1982-83) Delta Burke and Dixie Carter starred in this prime-time soap send-up before being cast as sisters in DESIGNING WOMEN. The plotline dealt with unscrupulous family members vying for the fortune of their late patriach. The wonderful Ann Wedgeworth and Nedra Volz had supporting roles.
LIFE AND TIMES OF EDDIE ROBERTS (L.A.T.E.R.) (Syndicated 1980) Another attempt to capture a late-night audience with a nightly serial. Didn't last.
NUMBER 96 (NBC 1980-81) A sanitized version of the naughty Australian hit came to the states amongst much hype. Launched over three nights, and settling in on Fridays opposite DALLAS, this hour-long effort didn't stand a chance. Among the cast: game show and FRIDAY THE 13TH legend Betsy Palmer, MARY HARTMAN's Greg Mullavey and SOAP refugee Randee Heller.
FRESNO (CBS 1986) Carol Burnett now took a turn at tackling prime-time soaps in this uproarious miniseries set in the glamourous world of raisins! Dabney Coleman, Gregory Harrison (who never wore a shirt), Teri Garr and ANOTHER WORLD's Charles Keating lend support in this unusual network offering. Why isn't this on DVD yet?
DAYS AND NIGHTS OF MOLLY DODD (NBC 1987-88, LIFETIME 1989-91) The wonderful Blair Brown starred in this continuing dramedy about a Manhattan divorcee searching for happiness in New York City. After 2 short runs on NBC, Lifetime picked up the show for three more bittersweet seasons. Sadly, not on DVD either.
GRAND (NBC 1990) An overlooked gem, this comedy of manners told the story of three intertwined families living in the small town of Grand, PA. Pamela Reed, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McKean and Sara Rue were among the likable cast. Ranking #15 in the Top 20 for it's first season, I guess the CHEERS lead-in wasn't enough to save it.
GROSSE POINT (WB 2000-2001) Life behind-the-scenes of the prime-time soap GROSSE POINT, created by Darren Star.
Well, there you have it. I'm sure I may have missed a few. Some people think SUNSET BEACH and PASSIONS were more spoofs than actual soaps - but I tried only look at shows that were positioned as comedies. If you enjoy a few laughs with your soaps, I hope you will check out my web series PRETTY at prettytheseries.com.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Also check out Doug's fantastic pop culture blog at dougsploitation.blogspot.com.


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Falling rates, bathing in blood, and nattering nabobs
Item one: Mortgage rates dipped a bit this week, according to Freddie Mac's survey out today, but the overall trend has been higher. The 30-year fixed this week is at 6.69 percent, down from 6.74 percent last week but up from 6.21 percent a month ago.
Item two: this pessimistic story from Bloomberg predicts blood in the streets as a result of the slowing housing market. First quote: "It's a blood bath."
Item three: This reader writes a letter to the editor begging the Post to stop reporting bad news about the real estate market:
Negative news on all fronts discouraging home buyers
In response to the letter "Reporting bad housing-market news creates more": I agree 100 percent. I am in the same position as the writer of that letter. I also need to move because of better health care, and my husband and I have had our home on the market for months.
But it is not just newspapers that are instilling an atmosphere of doom and gloom. Almost every day, we hear it on most of the news programs. When someone is considering purchasing a home in Florida, probably all that they have read is negative news on the housing market, insurance rates, property taxes, wildfires all over the state and, now, all the hurricanes expected to come our way. People from other states are not going to want to move here. How could they? If I weren't here already, I wouldn't.
All these issues may have some truth to them, but blowing them out of proportion will keep people from buying. Enough is enough – stop hurting Floridians.
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Even as there has been much celebration about Jason Allen's rise from the ashes to starter status this year, you might have noticed that my reaction to his rise has been muted.
I have not joined in the celebration or been prone to grand applause because, well, I'm still not a believer. (By the way, I also didn't rip him for giving up a TD and getting called for a pass interference against the Jets last week.)
I guess I have a hard time thinking that four years of bust do not get erased by four months of boom. And so I have decided to say nothing rather than say I don't trust him as a Dolphins starting cornerback because he's a good man and why rain on his parade?
But it gets serious now. This Dolphins schedule becomes seriously challenging now so I cannot be silent any more.
The next three games, starting with tonight's against the New England Patriots, will tell me if Allen is the resurrected talent everyone thinks he's become ... or something of a blind squirrel who stumbled upon a nut the first few weeks of this season.
The next three games Allen will face receivers such as Randy Moss and Wes Welker and Donald Driver and Greg Jennings. He will look across the field and see Hines Ward and Mike Wallace with the Steelers. And before too long, Chad Ochocinco, Terrell Owens and Anquan Boldin will be challenging him.
This is a far cry from the first two games of the season when Allen played wonderfully, but did so, in part, because of favorable matchups and the fact his opponents were diminished.
Allen was excellent against the Bills and Minnesota. But the truth is against the Bills he constantly got help over the top from safety Chris Clemons and that forced quarterback Trent Edwards to not throw even one pass in the first half to Lee Evans, whom Allen was covering.
Eventually Evans caught a couple of passes but Allen got the better of that matchup. No doubt about it. But remember the quarterback that was trying to complete passes against him that day was out of the starting lineup and eventually off the team within a matter of weeks.
Allen had the best game of his career against Minnesota. He had two interceptions and it was excellent work. But please remember he was working against a Minnesota team that doesn't have its best wide receiver because Sidney Rice is on PUP.
So now comes Tom Brady and the New England passing show. Then comes Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay passing show. Then comes Ben Roethlisberger and the fine receivers the Steelers bring to the field.
There are no excuses now. If Allen plays as well against that trio of teams and those difficult matchups, I will say I am finally convinced he has arrived. I hope he has.
We shall see starting tonight.
[BLOG NOTE: Of course, there will a be a live blog during tonight's Monday night game between the Dolphins and Patriots! Get back here in the hour or so prior to kickoff for all the latest and the chat.]


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Five Women Killed In Bizarre Limo Fire In California
Five women on their way to a bachelorette party were killed Saturday night in an unusual limousine fire in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The women, who authorities will not identify until their relatives are notified of their passing, apparently were unable to get out of the limo, which was set afire in a semmingly bizarre manner, the Los Angeles Times reported. The man who was driving and four other women were able to escape, but they did not include the bride-to-be, the Associated Press said.
"We have no idea right now where they were going or where they were coming from," California Highway Patrol officer Amelia Jack initially told a Bay Area media outlet, according to KTVU-TV.
The fire is under investigation, as authorities try to figure out what ignited it as the car passed over the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge between Foster City and Hayward. The San Jose Mercury News reported that officials believe the fire began in the rear of the limo, and Bay City News via KGO-TV reported that witnesses said they saw people trapped inside the vehicle shortly thereafter.
CHP officer Art Montiel told ABC News it appears that no car crash preceded the fatal blaze.
"It does not appear that it [the limo] was involved in a collision, so it just appears that it was a vehicle fire," Montiel said.
AP reported the fire took place at about 10 p.m. local time.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – A big blast off the bat of Benton Yaun (Marietta, Ga.) changed the tide of a tight game Friday night, as the No. 3 Georgia College baseball team (6-3) beat Pfeiffer University (5-5) 8-3 at John Kurtz Field.
With the score at 2-1 headed to the bottom of the third and after two quick outs, a pair of Bobcats reached base via walks. GC junior first baseman Yaun then took the second pitch he saw well over the right field fence for a three-run home run, making it a 5-1 score. GC tacked two more on in the fifth and won despite getting out-hit 12-9.
Rightfielder Shawn Ward (Evans, Ga.) went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run, ripping an RBI double in the first. Second baseman Luke McKay (Augusta, Kan.) was 2-for-3 with an RBI double of his own, while shortstop Tanner Funk (Kearney, Mo.) had just one hit, but tallied an RBI and a pair of runs.
Lefty starter Jason Nicholas (Wright City, Mo.) got out of jam after jam—some of his own creation—stranding 14 Falcon runners on base. Nicholas improves to 2-1 after going 5 2/3 innings, scattering 10 hits and allowing three runs. Senior Ryan Parson (Madison, Ga.) threw the final 3 1/3 innings scoreless with three strikeouts for his first save of the season.
Falcon starter John McDaniel (0-2) took the loss, going 3 2/3 innings allowing five runs. Shortstop Preston Lyon was the hitting star, going 2-for-5 while driving in two.
The Bobcats continue the three-game, three-day set with Pfeiffer tomorrow, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. Prior to the contest, GC Athletics Hall of Fame inductees Scott MacLeod, Keith Slocumb and Yeini (Gutierrez) Thompson will each throw ceremonial first pitches.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Microsoft is believed to be revising a planned antitrust settlement with European Union regulators following a plethora of complaints by browser makers that Microsoft isn't playing fair. As a result, Microsoft agreed to changes on how consumers select Internet browsers on Microsofts Windows operating system. Sources familiar with the situation have reportedly stated that the modifications could allow the EU to resolve the matter possibly by the end of next week.
Lately, Microsoft's struggle to work things out with EU regulators has reminded a lot of people of the lyrics from Katy Perry's popular song Hot N Cold: "You're hot then you're cold. you're 'yes' then you're 'no.' you're in then you're out. You're up then you're down."
Indeed, there has been no shortage of "directional changes" as the details get ironed out. But according to a report this morning on Apple Insider, the process may finally be close to completion thanks to the emergent talk of a "ballot screen" to remove concern of unfair advantages.
The modified agreement offers Windows users a "ballot screen" that will randomly list the five top web browsers. Users would be given the option to select a browser that will then be downloaded from the Internet.
Concerns were raised by Opera, Google, and Mozilla over the planned ballot concept when it was first announced due to plans to have the browsers listed in alphabetical order. This would have placed Apple's Safari browser first. "More competition in the browser space will mean greater innovation on the Web and a better user experience for people everywhere," Google spokesman Bill Echikson reportedly said.
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A British woman has revealed how a Jequirity bean bracelet bought on eBay 'ruined her life' after it became toxic.
Jo Wollacott from Bridport, Dorset, claims the bracelet, made from a thread of red and black 'love' beads (jequirity seeds), caused sickness and severe hallucinations.
Jo claimed the hallucinations become so bad, she ended up being sectioned under the mental health act.
The mother-of-two also suffered from skin abrasions, hives and the £1 deadly beads she was wearing on her wrist even caused abscesses in her mouth during her ordeal, unbeknown to her.
"I was being physically sick throughout the summer - suffering diarrhoea and vomiting - but I just put it down to having a bad bug. Then my life started to spiral out of control." Wollacott told SWNS.
Talking about being sectioned in the Forston Clinic, Dorcester in 2010, Wollacott said:
"I was also in hospital for a few days with hallucinations - I did not know what was going on. Doctors could not work out what was wrong with me - they did not know what medication to put me on."
Sadly, Jo's mystery illness got so bad, her relationship broke down and she was forced to quit her mosaic design business. Jo later run into debt and had to sell her home as a result.
After suffering from ill health for over a year, Jo decided to stop wearing the bracelet and put it away in a jewellery box. It wasn't until after she did this, that her symptoms began to improve.
Following her recovery, Jo's son, Dagan, bought a letter home from school warning about the dangers of Jequirity bean bracelets.
"The letter had a picture of my bracelet on. When I got the warning letter I came home and got the bracelet and realised how long I'd been wearing it for.
"I couldn't believe it. When I found out hallucinations were part of the side affects of the bead poisoning I started to piece things together."
What are Jequirity beans?
The Jequirity bean bracelet is made from the deadly seed of the plant, abrus precatorious, which originate from Peru. It contains the toxin abrin that if swallowed, has the potential to kill in doses of just 3 micrograms. Abrin is chemically similar to ricin, a chemical warfare agent.
The abrin substance is currently prohibited under the Terrorism Act due to its deadly drug-like compounds and poison content.
The Public Health Agency (PHA) has recently issued a warning about a potential health risk associated with a strung seed bracelet in the UK, with it prompting the Eden Project, in Cornwall, to recall all of its bracelets as a result.
Dr Gerry Waldron, a health protection consultant from the PHA, said in a statement: "The beans have a characteristic red and black ladybird-like appearance.
"Although these bracelets are not known to have been sold through any outlets in Northern Ireland, the PHA is alerting the public so that in the unlikely event that anyone has one of these bracelets, they can dispose of them safely.
"People who have been bought or given this type of bracelet in the last two years should put it in a sealable bag and dispose of it in their household waste. As an additional precaution, owners should also wash their hands and avoid contact with eyes after bagging."


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On Tuesday mornings Kathryn Bullard wakes with one thing on her mind: the supermarket catalogues.
She collects them as soon as they hit the mailbox, then pores over their contents.
If you're going to live on the dole, Ms Bullard says, you've got to know the specials.
"I study [the catalogues]," she said.
"I can't just go to one shop, I go to all three - Woolworths, Coles, Aldi - for different things. You've got to really take care of how much you're spending and think about what you need."
Ms Bullard, 30, of Berkeley, was bemused to hear Families Minister Jenny Macklin respond "I could" this week, when asked if she could live on the Newstart allowance of about $38 a day.
The minister, who earns more than $6300 a week, made the comment at a press conference on Tuesday while defending the government's cuts to single-parent benefits - a saving measure that will leave about 80,000 parents up to $223 a fortnight worse off.
Ms Bullard receives the Newstart allowance plus family tax benefit payments - about $15 a day - towards the care of her three children, who live with her for five nights a fortnight.
The family's once-monthly takeaway and Ms Bullard's cigarettes are among the few cases of non-essential spending and are, she said, the first items cut out if the budget won't stretch.
There is never money left to save.
Ms Bullard regards a $20 haircut as a luxury and buys her clothing from Kmart, Big W and op-shops.
She said she hated debt but sometimes borrowed $10 or $20 from her mother.
She would "do anything to get a job" - ideally in retail - but has had only knock-backs after more than 14 years out of the workforce and 12 months on the job trail.
A volunteer with the scouting movement and at Warrawong's House of Hope Food Barn - where she also shops for discounted pantry items - Ms Bullard believes it is getting harder to live off welfare.
The suggestion is supported by Anglicare Community Care's Illawarra regional manager Andrew Stratford, who said the Newstart allowance had not kept pace with the growing cost of essentials.
"Flatscreen TVs, alcohol and travel are getting cheaper, but things like utilities, reasonable housing, transport and food - all of those elements of day-to-day living are becoming more expensive," he said.
"From what we see it's becoming increasingly difficult and it's becoming a bit of a trap.
"People on [Newstart] spend all their resources, all their time and energy, just trying to survive, so there's no room for professional or vocational development."
LIVING ON THE DOLE - Kathryn Bullard's weekly household budget
Newstart - $265
Family tax benefit payments - $108
Work for the dole incentive payments - $20
Electricity - $40
Gas - $30
Rent - $68
Food - $80-$120
Mobile phone - $7.50
Petrol - at least $20
Cigarettes - $30
Car insurance - about $11
Scouts fees - $10
Takeaway - about $6.50 ($25 monthly)
* Does not include the cost of clothing, shoes, medicine and specialist medical appointments, haircuts, one-offs like washing machine repairs, dog and cat food, car service, car repairs and registration.


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Olga Bartnick, 86, of Alford, Fla., died Friday, June 14, 2013, at Chipola Pavilion at Chipola Retirement Center.
A native of Cumberland, R.I., Mrs. Bartnick had resided in Alford for the past 25 years. She was a devoted member of Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church of Fountain.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Julio and Anne Viera Botelho.
Survivors include her daughter, Mary Ann Eatmon; four sons: Andrew Bartnick and his wife, Deborah; Christopher Bartnick and his wife, Marlyss; Joseph Bartnick and his wife, Cindy; and John Bartnick and his wife, Sheilla; a sister, Esther Albuquerque; and three grandchildren: A.J., Nicholas and Lydia Bartnick.
The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until funeral time Friday, June 21, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 18005 Lazy Lane, Fountain, Fla.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Brown reciting. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. Friday at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, 3720 Caverns Road, Marianna, Fla.
James & Sikes Funeral Home
Maddox Chapel
4278 Lafayette St., Marianna, Fla.
Olga Bartnick
Olga Bartnick, 86, of Alford, Fla., died Friday, June 14, 2013, at Chipola Pavilion at Chipola Retirement Center.


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WWE 12 Wrestlemania XXVIII simulation
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With Wrestlemania XVIII taking place this Sunday in Miami, I wanted to take a look at how WWE 12 would simulate the matches.
There were some problems with the simulation:
• There was no 12-man tag team match option, so I decided to forgo the Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny match.
• Chris Jericho isn't in the game. I went with one of the more popular create-a-wrestler builds I found online. His rating was 96, which puts him in the upper echelon of WWE 12 and two points ahead of his opponent, CM Punk.
• There's no Maria Menounos. Since it took me 20 minutes to build Jericho, I didn't feel like building Menounos, so I skipped the Kelly Kelly and Maria Menounos vs. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix and Eve match.
• I couldn't figure out how to get a special ref, so the Undertaker-Triple H match didn't include Shawn Michaels as the referee.
The fights ran in full with both combatants played by the computer.
Check out the full results after the jump.


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Hello, I'm new here. My cat Tiger was just diagnosed with a vaccine-induced fibrosarcoma that's inoperable and un-treatable (other than radiation that will cost $4-6,000 which I can't afford). He will be 10 next month and he has diabetes and kidney disease. These latter conditions are well maintained and his blood sugar and renal levels are steady. I found the hard lump on his shoulder about a month ago. I made an appointment with the vet for the following week and by the time his appt. time came, the lump had doubled. The vet said he thought it was a sarcoma but did a needle aspiration test. It took several days and the results came back inconclusive. That cost $200 to find out nothing. He couldn't get me in for another week. He said he would remove the lump and send out the mass for a biopsy at the same time. By the time I brought him back in the lump had double again. The vet said he was up all night thinking about Tiger and that he couldn't do the surgery ... he said it would be too invasive and would probably kill him. He said he would have to amputate his leg and remove part of his chest cavity and could possibly paralyze him due to the tumor's proximity to the spine. He said he wanted to biopsy first to see if it was by chance it was something else that was more treatable. The biopsy cost as much as the surgery would have cost. Several days passed (while the lump grew) and yep, it's a sarcoma and it's non treatable. So I'm out all of this money that I couldn't afford any way and I don't know if I have any options left.
Right now he's alert and other than favoring his non-tumor side when he sits and lays down, appears healthy and happy. The vet said he couldn't give me a time frame as to when it would start to really impact his quality of life. He said it's localized and probably won't spread but it will continue to grow. What I'm wondering is if anyone has dealt with an extremely advanced and aggressive sarcoma and had a positive outcome? I'm also wondering for those who have had a cat with this prognosis to help me understand what to expect. What were the stages and did your pet pass away on his own or did you have to put him to sleep? I just want to know what to expect.
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This is almost beyond comprehension to me. This has to be one of the worst tragedies I've ever heard of. Unbelievable.
This is almost beyond comprehension to me. This has to be one of the worst tragedies I've ever heard of. Unbelievable.
So if the principal & school psychologist are dead, Im wondering if that is the motivation here.
Issue with a kid a school, maybe someone being bullied.
But then you decide to take the lives on an ENTIRE KG classroom?
What the ****? Parenting is hard enough without having to deal with other people who are not even qualified to be a human being first.
If the principal and school psychologist were shot, it makes you think maybe this guys child was having trouble at school. Maybe the kid had been sent to the principal for misbehaving and had been seeing the psychologist.
I am just assuming as it seems the dad delibratley went after the principal and psychologist.
So I am assuming maybe the gunman killed his wife before he left to shoot up the school? This is just getting worse by the minute.2:00 PM
TwitterMatthew Keys @TheMatthewKeys
CBS News: Second body found in home of suspected Connecticut school shooting gunman
Christmas right around the corner. Those poor parents.
Also can't imagine what it is like for the police that are working the scene and documenting everything. Just harrowing.
This is absolutely horrific. Every bit of info is bringing me to the edge of tears. So sickening.
God rest their poor souls.
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RT @RobertDEdwards: BREAKING: NBC's Pete Williams reports a parent of the suspected shooter has been found dead at a home in New Jersey.
Looks like he killed his parents before he went to the school.
looks like a kid


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Some nasty misdirection going on in this anonymous post, yes most people charged with crimes end up admitting their guilt, that is to be expected with the typical traffic offence.
What would be interesting is how many of those invasions of privacy actually led to conviction, 10,000 odd over the last few years and as they are targeted at locations as well as people including all t
Reading up a bit: "The FISA Court did not reject a single warrant application from its beginning in 1979 through 2002. In 2003 it rejected four applications. In 2004, the number was again zero."
What does this tell us? That the applicants are presenting material in manner that presents the court little choice but to approve the applications. The judges have guidelines regarding what they're supposed to do, and you'd expect the intelligence agencies to be able to put together applications that fit those gui
Surely they have a mechanism to roll back code updates, it would be borderline insane if
so, you've got the code (wireshark, tcpdump),
You don't even need that, you can download the code from Intel's site, or see what you have in
the key (embedded in CPU),
As far as I know, nobody has extracted the key.
and the mechanism (kernel support code) - are you implying that this isn't enough to reverse engineer any/or revert microcode changes?
Without that key, the microcode can't be reverse engineered.
But to
I would just like to know, what could the FBI do to make it's spy ware different from anything else out there in the wild?
It's not really funny.
If you don't already know who I am, either I know your client better than you think I do or interdepartmental cooperation is as bad as it always was and will be.
Well, they could "lean on" anti-spyware vendors and "request" that they not publish signatures that identify their CIPAV. Who's to know that they haven't done this ?
Or maybe Microsoft might provide them with some useful inform
I would just like to know, what could the FBI do to make it's spy ware different from anything else out there in the wild?
I have several answers:
1. Call it Microsoft Windows Vista SP3
2. Say it's special "protect the children" software.
3. Require hardware manufacturers to include it on motherboards (see "V-chip")
4. Give away ten free downloads from iTunes with it.
5. One word: "Steam".
6. Another word: "Silverlight".
7. Still another word: "World of Warcraft Exxtreme Edition"
8... Give me a little time. I'm
Nabila Mango, a therapist and a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country since 1965, had
I would just like to know, what could the FBI do to make it's spy ware different from anything else out there in the wild?
Make it pass the Windows Genuine Advantage test?
Well, what should Wired expect? The FBI invited Wired to submit list of questions. Now wired is compaining that the FBI isn't following up on their request for questions?An FBI spokeswoman then invited Wired to submit a list of questions about the technology, but hasn't gotten back to us.
If the FISC was merely rubber-stamping whatever the U.S. Government wanted to do, then how could its oversight prevent government from protecting the American People? How come this deserves the "Troll" mod it got?
Maybe they thought I was spreading FUD, because I was too lazy to provide references. So here we go, from the 2008 State of the Union address [whitehouse.gov]:
On the home front, we will continue to take every lawful and effective measure to protect our country. This is our most solemn duty. We are grateful that there has not been another attack on our soil since 9/11. This is not for the lack of desire or effort on the part of the enemy. In the past six years, we've stopped numerous attacks, including a plot to fly a plane into the tallest building in Los Angeles and another to blow up passenger jets bound for America over the Atlantic. Dedicated men and women in our government toil day and night to stop the terrorists from carrying out their plans. These good citizens are saving American lives, and everyone in this chamber owes them our thanks.
And we owe them something more: We owe them the tools they need to keep our people safe. And one of the most important tools we can give them is the ability to monitor terrorist communications. To protect America, we need to know who the terrorists are talking to, what they are saying, and what they're planning. Last year, Congress passed legislation to help us do that. Unfortunately, Congress set the legislation to expire on February the 1st. That means if you don't act by Friday, our ability to track terrorist threats would be weakened and our citizens will be in greater danger. Congress must ensure the flow of vital intelligence is not disrupted. Congress must pass liability protection for companies believed to have assisted in the efforts to defend America. We've had ample time for debate. The time to act is now.
The legislation Bush alluded to that Congress passed last year was the Protect America Act of 2007 [loc.gov], which was extended by 15 days [networkworld.com] after Bush made his speech. Here is the White House's summary of the Protect America Act [whitehouse.gov] as of August 2007; notice in particular the clause granting immunity to third parties from being sued [eff.org] for giving private data about US citizens to [washingtonpost.com]
CIGS is too easy to detect! One of the most curious signs when CIGS is in operation is that your task bar will very slowly grow shorter!
And just in case the FBI is monitoring this thread, I voted for Bush 3 times.
This is not news. The US intelligence community, including the fbi, has been a known user of key loggers and spyware for about a decade. My link is from 2001, but I have knowledge of a federal investigation in 1998 that used key loggers to track suspects' use of certain services.
Not only is it not news, it's REALLY not news. In the 70's the Federal government had devices that were able to tell what was being typed on typewriters in real time. These were devices that were attached to the typerwriter power cord (or installed behind the power outlet) that measured current changes. By recording the changes it was possible to re-create the letters typed. This was possible because in Selectric-type typewriters each letter took a slightly different amount of energy to print. Tradition
This is part of Bush/Cheney's "Spy on Everyone Except Themselves" Program!
Just looking at Cheney is frightening enough, spying on him would just be futile. I know you can detect a black hole, but can you actually see anything when you look into one?
"What are you waiting for man? Open it!"
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. -- James Bryant Conant


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Hey Hunters,
My Grandson drew a J3 Deer Tag for the Tehama Wildlife Area (Nov 30- Dec 1). I will be taking him there for his first Deer hunt. Anyone familiar with the Wildlife Area and can provide some info it would be appreciated. I have hunted Turkey and Quail near there and have some basic info. I will contact the local Biologist, etc. soon and hopefully pre-scout. Happy Fathers Day to all you Dads and Grandfathers.


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Hello everyone, I used to be a web-developer i only knew (PHP, MySQL, JS, HTML, CSS,....) all the regular stuff, anyway i didn't have a real good job in the business so i changed my career but that was years ago.
Away from all this History
I'm really thinking that it was a mistake to leave the IT and now I'm thinking to re-join the business but now there's a lot of stuff to learn (Java Script Frameworks, PHP Frameworks, HTML 5, Joomla,.....) and kind of this stuff, and i'm confused of which i should start.
If some one would kindly show me a guide on how to start learning the right tools to put me on the way to become a web developer that would be accepted in good jobs.
Thank you everyone! And best regards.


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Justin Walker holds first job, awaits N-C football
It was nearly two years ago that Justin Walker, formerly Justin Weisner, had his life's defining moment.
The now 20-year-old, who has Down syndrome, scored a touchdown in his senior year for the Newton-Conover football team against West Caldwell.
Today, Walker is trying to conquer another hurdle in life — his first job. He's spent the entire summer working as a bat boy for the Hickory Crawdads.
"Justin just loves sports," said Tara Walker, Justin's mother. "We had heard through ResCare, the people who supply his job coach, about becoming a bat boy. They had clients with the Crawdads before who had special needs. They asked Justin if he was interested. Anything related to sports, he wants to do."
The meeting between Justin, Tara and Crawdads' assistant general manager Charlie Downs was set up to see if Justin would make a good candidate for the team's bat boy.
"Justin told Charlie 'sir, I really want this job,'" Tara said. "Justin was dressed up really nice and looked sharp. Charlie said 'I'll do my best. We will call you and let you know.'"
Shortly thereafter, Justin was contacted and his "dream job" was given to him.
"I like the Crawdads," Justin said. "I come to all the games. I like getting the balls. I like the hind catcher and the pitcher."
Tara said she's letting Justin not only be the bat boy, but also trying to get him to enjoy many life different experiences.
"I don't like to put limits on him," Tara said. "If he says he wants to do something, I allow him to do it. He said he wanted to play football. I never thought he could. I would keep telling him he is a good water boy and, he was good at that. He knew better than that and wanted to play football. I didn't think it was possible, but it became possible."
Since his first day on the job, Downs said that Justin is doing a great job for the Crawdads.
"He is very dependable," Downs said. "I can count on him to work when he is scheduled to. When we need him to come in or fill in for someone, he does. Just like anything new, it took him a while to get used to it. Once he got in the routine, he accepted the role, understood it, did the best he could. He's done a great job for us."
While Justin continues his work with the Crawdads, he looks forward to another season of football at Newton-Conover.
"I am an assistant coach for the Red Devils," Justin said. "It's fun. I like it a lot. It's a lot of fun."
Red Devils' football coach Nick Bazzle and his team like having Justin around practices and games.
"Justin wears a whistle and a cap that says 'coach Walker,'" Bazzle said. "If you call him Justin, he will correct you real quick. I'll let him call the team up at the end of practice and blow the whistle to call the team up sometimes. He enjoys that kind of thing. It's all about having fun and helping a kid feel special and that he's wanted."
As for his prediction on how his alma mater will fair, Justin said Newton-Conover predicts will have a good season.
"They have big boys," Justin said. "We are going to play hard this year."
In the end, Tara said she doesn't want her son to feel any different than the "average Joe."
"In his mind, he is just like everyone else," Tara said. "He wants the same things as everyone else, from a family to a job to finding love. I want him to have as normal a life as possible."


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Jan 09, 2012
- Brown sets school-record en route to being named Field Athlete of the Week -
Pitman, N.J. - The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its Week 3 NJAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week selections on Monday, January 9. Junior Edward Brown IV (Bay Shore, N.Y.) was named the Field Athlete of the Week for his performance last week.
Brown captured first place in a field of nine competitors in the weight throw with an ECAC qualifying and school-record throw of 17.44 meters at the Metro Coaches Invitational. The winning performance by Brown in the weight throw currently ranks as the third best men's NCAA Division III mark in the event recorded during the 2011-12 indoor season.
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You remember that Beatles classic "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? Turns out Yoko Ono had other things in mind.
Ono's new menswear collection inspired by John Lennon includes pants with large handprints on the crotch, tank tops with nipple cutouts and even a flashing LED bra.
The collection of menswear for Opening Ceremony is based on a series of drawings she sketched as a gift for Lennon for their wedding day in 1969. Ono said the illustrations were designs for clothing and accessories to celebrate Lennon's "hot bod."
Also in the collection are a "butt hoodie" with an outline suggesting its name, pants with cutouts at the behind, a jock strap with an LED light, open-toed boots and a transparent chest plaque with bells and a leather neck strap.
After seasons of fitted jackets and skinny jeans, fashion has nowhere to go but out.
The new direction has come to us first in exaggerated shoulders and peplums. Now we are beginning to see dresses with folds or gathers around the hips.
This is new. A photographer, shooting such a dress recently, complained that the rear stuck out. He was unaware Marc Jacobs charged a lot of money to make it stick out.
More daring designer dresses have pockets that fan out at the hips like baskets or large caps of fabric that cloak the hips like petals or plates of armor. The shape women fight constantly is coming prepackaged.
Of course, we have not always been uncomfortable with exaggerated bottoms and hips. The bustle was once the height of fashion, its charms fully captured in the paintings of the Impressionists.
You can sort of see why women liked them. You didn't have to be a Beyonce back then. Every woman had something to wag.
Designers, of course, know many women will be leery of this trend, and quite often you will find a subtle balance in their designs, a barely noticeable tweak to create the illusion of a more hourglass shape. They may expand the shoulders with wide-set straps, or little cap sleeves, or off-shoulder straps or folds of fabric at the shoulders or breast drawing the eye up. The straps of the Marc Jacobs dress offer just a little unexpected padding.


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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Sure, we can put astronauts in space, but we've never figured out how to get them a decent cup of coffee - until now.
Portland State University researchers were awarded a patent for a cup designed for drinking in zero gravity.
One side of the cup has a sharp interior corner. And without gravity, the liquid will follow the corner right to an astronaut's lips. As the astronaut sips, more coffee is funneled into his or her mouth.
In space, if two solid surfaces meet at a narrow-enough angle, fluids naturally flow along the join with no pumping required.
It's not just for coffee, of course. PSU researchers said it could be used to improve all sorts of low gravity fluid systems in space, like toilets, air conditioners, fuel tanks and recycling systems.
"This may well be what future space colonists use when they want to have a celebration," said astronaut Don Pettit in a report on NASA's website.


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'THE GREEN HORNET' Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content.
What it's about: A hard-partying heir to a newspaper fortune, on a goof, decides to become a crime fighter and enlists his martial-arts and gadget-whiz chauffeur as a sidekick.
The kid attractor factor: Seth Rogen and lots of explosions, shootouts and car chases.
Good lessons/bad lessons: "Trying doesn't matter when you always fail."
Violence: Shootings, crushings, dismemberments, etc.
Language: Lots of profanity, including almost everything but the F-bomb.
Sex: Nubile females are ogled.
Drugs: Drunk scenes, meth labs.
Parents' advisory: This rude and crude fanboy-oriented, masked-hero movie is a pretty severe test of the limits of PG-13, suitable for 13 and older, but barely.


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FilipinoMartialArts (FMA-Kali,Eskrima,Arnis)
Krav Maga
Wing Chun/Kung Fu/Tai Chi
Jiujitsu (any)
Others (Jeet Kune Do, Savate, Hapkido, Ninjutsu, Dim Mak,. Systema, Hisardut, Sari-an, MCMAP, Normal Street Fight)
Once Bruce Lee tried wrestling and he got pinned. The wrestler asked what we would do if it were a street fight and Bruce said he would bite him.
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I prefer culling.
But I really love wing chun, kungfu, and tai chi though.
As for reputations... LEOs have reputations with the people we interact with. That's what matters most.
Can you fight from the ground?
Can you get him off of you? How quickly?
Does he have friends? Ground fighting is can be quite viable unless/until you're 1 vs more-than-1.
Do you have anything on your person that you can use against him? That he can use against you? Anything on him that you can use against him, or that he can use against you? The fight changes a lot when you've got to keep control of a gun or knife.
Some of the best second-hand exposure you can get to how fights go down in reality is by looking them up on YouTube, especially officer-involved fights. We don't have the option of running away, and if they're willing to fight us than they're more violent than your normal "street warrior" and can usually put on a good show (or provide good material for training vids).
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^ you should try training with it so you can better understand.. yes krav teaches ground fighting as well and it has no rules as well and is a pure street fight complete combat system. the first part of your post does not seem right.. history and fact will go against it.. Imi Sde-or the founder of krav maga used it many times in bratislava during war to protect the jews he and his friends used krav real time,, if you are pertaining to sodiers, they use it as well of course not as much because they hold guns (well krav also teaches fighting tactics with the use of guns and knives and other common objects) but they still use it.. krav maga is the official combat system of the IDF in Israel and they have used it in war as well for example the "six day war". and as i have said it's not the style it;'s about the person who uses it. and again, there are a lot of fraud teachers out there who wants to claim fame using fake krav maga so be wary... research before you enter a school or organization... the true krav maga is efficient,simple and effective...
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Martial arts are for the retarded. All I want is a military developed method of quickly killing or permanently disabling my oponents if I have to fight bare-handed. Besides that, I'm comfortable with improvising with any kind of blunt, sharp or toxic object to do the job.
I'll reitterate the very first question I asked kumagawa: have you ever been in a fight before? Have you employed your chosen "style" in the setting it was designed for, being outside-of-the-ring, no-holds-barred street fights? Can you say from experience that what you've practiced works when crap truly hits the fan? What did you use, and what was the effect? I will be the first to say I've never used krav maga in a fight. I don't know anybody who has.
The things most useful in fights I've been in have been general principles that no one style or school of thought owns: keeping your balance, knowing a limb's range of motion, judging distance and speed, etc. In these areas, MMA is among the best way to train; bad guys are spending a lot of time trying to learn it versus any other way to fight because of how damned effective it ends up being in those knock-down, drag-out street fights they tend to get into. Boxing/kick boxing is also very effective for the same reasons.
How and why krav maga was developed doesn't have any real interest to me. The Israelis didn't win their battles and wars in hand-to-hand combat. Krav maga's reputation is purely manufactured; no conflict of note was ever decided on it. I'd wager its only claim to fame is who developed it, not its own merits; it sounds very impressive to say that such a fierce and proud people created this brutal fighting style, but watching Sam Sade get curbstomped by Ryan Delorenzo, then an IDF instructor getting the same by a UFC champ really puts some perspective on how krav maga experts fight.
I wonder if there are any videos of krav maga being used in the real world instead of in training or marketing vids...
^ whatever you believe bro, can't change that... anyway, let's get back on topic and vote and talk about our votes...
some blogs/articles that can help you pick a style you may want to learn:
*there are a lot more blogs and articles out there in google or yahoo with slightly different results that you can research on feel free to read them as well to be more objective.
I didn't do the poll because I'm not interested in martial arts, though I do know that silat is included in the others, since you showed the youtube video of silat.
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The person that you are now is not the person that I used to know. You're becoming a stranger that I've never met before. Not liking the change though.
Though I don't practice any, I've developed a respect for Wushu through Jet Li and his display of it and his meanings of it in his movies. Its the fluidity of the movements that intrigues me. I learned that at his level of experience, Jet Li even trains the Chinese army in Wushu. How badass is that? (Also, can something be done about the videos on page 1? Can they be trapped in spoiler tags so they can be brought up individually by the viewer? They lag the heck out of my computer. Apologizes to OP.)
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What's the one where you beat a guy in the head with a bat?
That one. I've mastered that one.
did I miss any other styles? serious answers please...
I dunno, I think you covered most of the major ones, and the "Others" tab should suffice for the rest.
I plan to have videos for each though even the minor ones (others)....
You have MMA on your list but no Karate.
^ I believe there is a karate there....
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I am VERY into Chi blocking fighting style.
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Davis slices Wild Card deficit to one game
Bullpen tosses six scoreless frames to give offense chance at win
By Jason Mastrodonato / 9/19/2013 12:41 AM ET
BOSTON -- Chris Davis. In the 12th inning. With a weak ground ball.
It was the usual suspect for the Orioles. It wasn't his usual method of attack.
"I'll take it anyway I can get it," he said.
After nearly six full innings of offensive inactivity, as the bullpen did its best Houdini act to keep the Red Sox bats at bay, Davis hit a two-out grounder that scooted through the infield to score two runs as the O's escaped with a 5-3 victory Wednesday night at Fenway Park.
"This is not a team you want to go into extra innings with at this place," said Davis, who pushed his RBI total to 134. "The crowd is always into it. They have guys that can swing the bat well. It's definitely a hostile atmosphere. But our guys are good, they battled, they threw strikes -- which was huge to get ahead -- and really put the pressure on them to get hits."
It hasn't been easy or seamless, but the Orioles have gutted out victories during this stretch run, their second late-inning outburst in as many nights pushing them to within one game of the Rangers for the second American League Wild Card.
While the pitching staff has posted a 3.16 ERA in September, it's been left for dry by the bats. The fourth-best offense in the Majors has fallen back to the middle third this month, when Davis, Manny Machado, Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis have uncharacteristically posted batting averages below .250.
The top four batters in the O's lineup went 1-for-21, but for the second straight game, one big hit made all the difference.
"We're just trying to find a way to join the rest of the teams and try to get a chance to roll the dice in October," manager Buck Showalter said.
The Orioles didn't have any hits until the fifth inning, when Danny Valencia, the team's hottest hitter, started the rally with a leadoff single. Matt Wieters followed with a drive deep to center field, and with the ball eluding the speedy Shane Victorino, Valencia scored from first. Roberts then doubled Wieters home to tie the game at 2.
Valencia kept the next inning alive when he hit a two-out single to move Markakis to second and give Wieters a chance to put the O's ahead, to which he obliged. Wieters cracked a ground-rule double to right as Markakis came in from second.
Baltimore starter Wei-Yin Chen allowed a career-high 11 hits over 5 2/3 innings, but the only three runs that crossed home plate came off a pair of monster homers by David Ortiz and Mike Napoli.
"I'm not satisfied at all tonight," said Chen, whose ERA rose to 4.03 as he struggled to hit his locations. "This is the big leagues. I made a couple mistakes and I paid the price. This is a lesson I need to learn and carry on."
Francisco Rodriguez bailed Chen out of a two-on, two-out situation in the sixth. And 22-year-old Kevin Gausman, who was pitching at Louisiana State University last year, struck out five of the six batters he faced over two perfect innings.
"This time of year, stuff plays," Showalter said. "He's pitched in some big venues. Until you go to an SEC game on Friday night against rivals -- he's pitched with high expectations a lot in his career."
Tommy Hunter, T.J. McFarland and Jim Johnson pitched four more scoreless innings.
Davis' hit sealed the win on a night when the O's were out-hit, 15-10.
"That's a good ballclub across the way," said Red Sox starter Jake Peavy. "We all knew coming into the season what Baltimore could do."
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Right Wing Group Attempts to 'Stick it' to HRC
Last week radical right-wing anti-gay hate group MassResistance launched a promotional movement against the Human Rights Campaign through the sale of stickers meant to ridicule the gay advocacy group's trademark blue square sticker with a yellow equality symbol.
A page on the MassResistance website reads, "Tired of having the homosexual 'equal' sign always thrown in your face? Stick it back at them - and counter the gay agenda with MassResistance's stickers." The stickers the website is referring to, are crudely designed lavender oval shaped images featuring a white equality symbol with a slash through it.
The page goes on to say, "The concept of 'equal' is the building block of the homosexual movement's overall propaganda campaign. Simply put, homosexuality must be considered "equal" to normal heterosexuality throughout society, on all levels of human activity." Hence, the slash through the equal sign.
Their website boasts that their symbol "..fits perfectly on your car between your 'Impeach Obama' and 'NRA' stickers."
Self-described as a "pro-family activist group," MassResistance is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based anti-gay group that promotes socially conservative positions on issues relating to homosexuality, abortion, anti-bullying, gun control, the transgender community and same-sex marriage.
In 1996, less than a year after founding the far right-wing group, MassResistance's leader Brian Camenker crusaded against suicide prevention initiatives aimed at gay youth, claiming that the programs were "put together by homosexual activists to normalize homosexuality." The group has also asserted that organizations which support school anti-bullying programs actually want to "lure children into homosexuality and, very possibly, sadomasochism," a sentiment that was quoted by American Family Association Radio pundit Bryan Fischer.
In May, after Nigeria's legislature passed an anti-gay law similar to Russia's propaganda law, but with far steeper punishments, MassResistance publicly praised the African nation for "taking bold steps to fight back" against attempts "to subvert public morality."
The organization, which was critical of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for maintaining what they saw as liberal positions on LGBT rights and family planning during his term in office, has been designated as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Ironically, while MassResistance is selling their bumper stickers by saying "have some fun countering the gay agenda," supporters of said agenda can have fun by merely observing the hate group's lack of rudimentary math skills. If MassResistance's intention on their lavender and white slashed equals sign was to characterize gay inequality, their slash is going in the wrong direction to denote "does not equal."


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Who here has been able to attend one of these yet?
I did today and was disappointed. The DM who was running the demo didn't seem to know crap about the rules. Munchkin gaming has taken over WotC.
I like how players can do more with each skill, but it seems too simplistic. I also thought combat was kinda simple. The DM has less to keep track of in combat, but rely too heavily on a char to keep track of stuff. Alot of the abilities seemed too powerful. I noticed the Ranger can designate one opponent as his 'quarry' and deals an extra d8 per hit. And he can pick a new quarry when it dies or his next turn. Reach does not work for attacks of oppurtunity it seems now.
All in all: HATED IT!
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A Lexington teenager convicted of murder just a little more than a year ago was back in court Friday. Darius Frye was 15 when he shot and killed 35-year-old Billy Allen Parker in 2005. Friday he was re-sentenced because he has now turned 18.
Judge Pamela Goodwine had two options at Friday's hearing. The judge could have sentenced Frye to probation, essentially letting him out of prison after only serving three years of his 40 year sentence. The other option was to send him to an adult prison to serve out the remainder of his time.
During Friday's hearing, both sides were allowed to speak. The victim's family spoke first, saying probation should not be an option because their son is dead and serving less than three years for murder is inconceivable. Frye's father, however, told a much different story. He said his son was wrong but deserves a second chance because he was just a child when the murder was committed. He then went on to say if his son were white he would not have received 40 years. That comment caused the victim's brother to jump up, forcing courtroom bailiff to restrain him.
In the end, Judge Goodwine had the final say. She spent at least ten minutes giving Frye's family a piece of her mind. She told the family the case was not an issue of race but an issue of Frye taking responsibility for killing a man. She even told Frye's father from the bench, it was time race stopped being an excuse.
The judge ended up sending Frye to an adult prison to serve out his time, saying probation wasn't an option. She told Frye the court felt he was likely to commit another crime. He'll now be eligible for parole after 20 years.


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COET to extract energy from ocean currents
Keywords:ocean power generate electricity Atlantic coast ocean turbines
The Centre has already built a fleet of acoustic doppler current-profiler platforms to be anchored later this year off Florida's Atlantic coast. By 2009, the Centre hopes to have permanent mooring sites picked for underwater adaptations of wind turbines. The ocean turbines would be mated to on-shore hydrogen storage facilities that could recharge fuel cells and generate electricity. The moorings will also house pumping facilities to pipe frigid deep ocean water coming from the Arctic Circle into buildings' heat exchangers for cooling.
"The Gulf Stream works 365 days a year, allowing electricity generated from its current to be available 24/7, compared with solar or wind resources. Plus there is a possibility of using the thermal difference between the warm waters nearer the surface, and the very cold water at the bottom which comes from the Arctic Circle," said Sue Skemp, COET's executive director.
Artist's rendering shows ocean energy scheme off Florida's Atlantic coast designed to generate electricity, hydrogen and cooling.
The Center's original Rs.21.43 crore ($5 million) seed funding came from the Florida Technology, Research and Scholarship Board. Earlier this year, the Florida legislature selected COET to collaborate with four other Florida universities in the Florida Energy Systems Consortium.
Greater resources are being committed to harnessing ocean power. The Energy Department recently revived funding for ocean power research, and is seeking proposals for assessing the potential of harnessing ocean power. Contracts are expected to be awarded by 2009.
COET has also signed agreements with Heriot-Watt University and the University Edinburgh to collaborate on ocean energy research.
Ocean turbines would be installed where currents are naturally funneled in areas like underwater canyons or between underwater mountains. By redesigning wind turbines, the Centre hopes to stimulate their adaptation for use in ocean currents. According to Skemp, the ocean is full of geological features capable of generating electricity from ocean currents.
"There are a number of sites around the world where extracting energy from the ocean current is potentially viable," said Skemp. For instance, "about 20 per cent of the Gulf Stream is entrained between the Florida coast and the Bahamas. There, the topography of the ocean shelf acts like a funnel, guiding the current."
Added Skemp: "We are taking a systems approach—not just what is funded, but looking at the bigger picture." That includes "research that needs to be pursued both in the power plant system but also in the environment and the ecology and the resource itself, the Gulf Stream."
Because the electricity generated by ocean floor turbines will be produced at a relatively constant rate, the Florida Energy Systems Consortium will also evaluate methods for storing energy generated at night as hydrogen. It will use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen could then be used to recharge auto fuel cells as well as to generate electricity for the grid during times of peak energy demand.
The project will also seek to harvest chilly waters at the bottom of the Gulf Stream, similar to a project already underway in Hawaii, Skemp said. Electrical generators in Hawaii currently harness geothermal gradients inside lava tubes. Researchers there also have experience piping cold water ashore from the ocean depths for use in heat exchangers used to cool buildings.
The first Florida project starting later this summer, will establish temporary moorings 13 to 15 miles offshore for acoustic doppler current-profilers used to evaluate how much the Gulf Stream wanders. The fleet of acoustic sensors will evaluate specific sites for energy-generation potential, as well as to catalogue the local ecology and evaluate the environmental impact of an underwater power plant.
The U.S. Minerals Management Service is expected to grant leases for offshore sites near Fort Lauderdale later this summer. The current-profiler platforms are expected to begin delivering data about the suitability of specific sites for permanent moorings by the end of 2008.
- R. Colin Johnson
EE Times


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Liverpool have been given a major boost in their pursuit of Christian Eriksen – by Ajax manager Frank De Boer.
The talented Danish international has been heavily linked with a move to the Reds, with Brendan Rodgers reportedly keeping tabs on the 21-year-old.
Impressive performances in both the Eredivisie and Champions League has also alerted Borussia Dortmund to the £15million-rated playmaker, according to The Daily Express, but the German giants have denied interest in the player.
That would seemingly leave the Reds with a run at the player, if they wish, and Godenzonen chief Frank De Boer admits he won't stand in the way of the player if he wants to move to Merseyside.
"It is up to Christian what he wants," said De Boer, according to the paper.
"If he feels good going to Liverpool, then it is up to him. I would want nothing more than having him with us for a few more years.
"But we realise the interest in this kind of player is huge. And I can also understand that he wants to make another step in his career. I can't stop him."
Eriksen himself has played down the transfer speculation, insisting he knows nothing about the link to Anfield – or any other club for that matter.
"I do not know more about this than you," he told Voetbal International.
"If I leave, I have to go to a club that is bigger than Ajax in every way. But no clubs like that have shown interest yet. I've read a lot about it, but heard nothing from the club."
Liverpool have already strengthened their squad in a number of departments this summer, with Simon Mignolet, Kolo Toure, Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas all joining the club.
Eriksen would be the signing of the summer for Rodgers if he could lure him away from the Amsterdam Arena, and the comments from De Boer are certainly a step in the right direction, with the former Holland star clearing the path for a move.
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Submission + - Rick Falkvinge on child porn and freedom of press (falkvinge.net)
bazorg writes: Rick Falkvinge of the Swedish Pirate Party blogs on the subject of freedom of the press and foresees how users of Google glasses can be charged for possession and distribution of illegal porn. "Child pornography is a toxic subject, but a very important one that cannot and should not be ignored. This is an attempt to bring the topic to a serious discussion, and explain why possession of child pornography need to be re-legalized in the next ten years."


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This is in regard to "Reader's doctor knows her best" (Lettr to the editor, Oct. 16). The misconception that I wanted to correct is the statement that the hospital "doesn't allow" your doctor to see you. Actually, your doctor chose a hospitalist to see her patients during their hospital stay. This allows your primary care physician to be more available in her office, not have to run back-and-forth between there and the hospital seeing patients, or to be on-call 24/7.
A hospitalist is a trained physician that specializes in internal medicine, complex diagnoses, and care in an acute care setting. Having a hospitalist on your health care team benefits you since you have your primary care physician communicating with your hospitalist to make your plan of care. Additionally, a hospitalist provides more personalized attention and care, is available 24/7, and hospitalists reduce hospital stays by 12 percent.
Your primary care physician cannot be everywhere at once and during your hospital stay, a hospitalist can provide the expertise and attention needed to get you back home. Hospitalists are an important member of your healthcare team, who work closely with your primary care physician to provide the best care while you are in the hospital.


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She's just not that into youComments
From TLS (h/t manofjustice):
So a certain TTT that I've never even considered applying to or shown any interest in CALLED me today. On my phone. Just to ask if I'd be interested in applying to their law school. Fee wavers over email and whatnot are nice, but I can't imagine if all 203 ABA accredited law schools actually called me and awkwardly tried to talk me into considering them for five minutes. On the other hand, I certainly wasn't considering them before and am now mildly intrigued, if only because of annoyance.
Did this happen to anyone else today?
OK I know what you're thinking . . . it's probably Cooley. Or maybe New England Law. Yes, they're getting desperate down in Hamsterdam . . . but out here in the suburbs, things are still OK, sort of. Well . . .
I got one from Michigan State in Nov.
Uh oh.
Then we hear from Hawkeye Girl:
I got a call, voicemail and follow-up email from some girl at Indiana today… I was realllly glad I missed that call. Talk about awk.
Edit: Other weird part was that she emailed me from her gmail not from her school email….
Indiana is the 26th-ranked law school in the USN hierarchy.
Another poster reports that a random school left a 75% off tuition "scholarship" offer on his voice mail (Remember, none of these people have even applied to any of these places. Does LSAC ask for your cellphone number these days? And why would you give it to them? So you don't miss Bob Post's call, personally offering you admission?)
Pretty soon kids are going to have to start getting restraining orders
Speaking of which, yesterday I went through the process of getting kicked off a jury that was going to hear what seemed to be, from the questions asked by the lawyers during the voir dire, the trial of a misdemeanor DV harassment charge.
It was in city court. The defendant was a 35ish woman whose lawyer was about ten years younger, and who by the level of his apparent nervousness may well have been handling the first trial of his life.
The prosecutor was a sad-eyed middle-aged man in an ill-fitting diversity suit, who had a cartoon thought bubble over his head that said, "What am I doing trying misdemeanor harassment cases in city court at 8:30 AM for $53,000 a year?" This being Colorado, he probably went to law school to study environmental law, so he could write Brandeis briefs about polar bears for the Sierra Club.
At least they actually had jobs.