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[O]n college campuses, the quest to end heteronormativity is having some real consequences. Responding to complaints that dorms that house those of the same sex together are heteropresumptive, a handful of liberal arts colleges have taken down those bothersome gender barriers entirely.Kavulla bundles an awful lot of things together, including my longtime concern about gender-neutral bathrooms. (Note: I'm not referring to single-user bathrooms.)
And for some years now, BGLTSA has been tilting at windmills to transform Harvard's "gendered" bathrooms into "gender-neutral spaces." The argument for the change is that those—and here's another term to add to our overpopulated lexicon—"identifying" as transgendered feel alienated from gender-specific bathrooms, that they cannot be classified by those silhouetted stick figures, and so require a totalizing change to make them feel comfortable....
Caving willingly to pressure, Wesleyan College's imprimatur has been accorded to a group that wants to educate professors and incoming freshmen on the use of the transgendered pronoun "ze" and its possessive "hir."
Perhaps what's most disconcerting about all of this, however, is not the impact these new terms are having on everyday life or mainstream academia—for most people, overtly or quietly, recognize the gay rights movement's latter-day silliness.
Rather, it's the prospect that a community whose goal has so long been "acceptance" is isolating itself and alienating others by creating a separate body of knowledge that only they appear to care about or know. Of those transgender terms, BGLTSA's Noa Grayevsky '07 is quoted in last week's Fifteen Minutes, "People that are either queer or educated on this topic use ['ze' and 'hir'] pretty widely." And, of course, no one else does.
And the creation of new genders has become a hobby for those on the fringe. Consider Kit Yan, a "gender queer" Hawaiian poet who will be performing tonight at BGLTSA's invitation. In one poem, after rolling through several dozen "genders"—including appellations like "polyamorous," "heteroflexible," and "boydyke"—Yan solemnly declares, "and that's just the beginning...There may be as many as a million genders / Just floating around, searching for the right person / To snatch them up."
The ivory tower is the only place where such nonsense can find a home and even as we on campus witness the germination of a new, ever stranger vocabulary, few can imagine taking any of it seriously.
In the world at large, social acceptance and gay marriage seem to be accomplishable (and sometimes, accomplished) goals of the gay rights movement. What fruits can those who are using these new, awkward, polluting words possibly hope to reap?
The switch to gender-neutral bathroom changes the conditions of real life for everyone and is unacceptably burdensome to women and, especially, girls. People need to keep their wits about them on this subject, which stands apart from the realm of speech and ideas. By the same token, colleges shouldn't be bullied into abolishing every single-sex dorm.
Speech and ideas are different. It is fine to criticize people who assume everyone is heterosexual. If a man says he has a date and someone refers to the date as female, the assumer can be zinged as "heteronormative." But those who are relentless, grim, and heavy-handed about this deserve some back talk. Everyone doesn't need to think about your issues all the time.
Trying to get people to say "ze" and "hir" is probably only silly. It's not going to happen. Feminists tried something like that long ago and ultimately settled for "Ms." and a lot of "he or she"-ing. But if the "ze" and "hir" crowd start making any actual progress, the rest of us will need to rouse ourselves from complacency and say no.
As for Kit Yan -- poets can say whatever they want. They can play with language, make up words, invite us to think all sorts of things -- true, false, and fantastical. Unless they are stirring up hatred, I'd lay off the poets. Most poets are quite bad and are utterly ignored. If Kit Yan has found an audience, give the poor ... poet a break.
UPDATE: Here are links to old posts of mine about gender-neutral bathrooms:
"Common fear" and "severe misunderstandings."
"De-gendering" restrooms."
The single-sex bathroom issue again.
"They encircled me in a very menacing and hostile stance."
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Our Super Bowl XLVIII ad panel noted more optimism and patroitism, fewer cheap jokes and sleazy sight gags this year. Advertisers spent $4 million per 30-second spot to pitch their brands, employing celebrities — Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danica Patrick, Stephen Colbert, David Beckham, Laurence Fishburne — and puppies. "Maybe it's the uptick in the economy, but a lot of the ads seem to play to a less cynical mindset," said Aaron Stern of gyro.
Which ads were most effective?
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Sir Ben Kingsley, Mark Strong, and Tom Hiddleston as British villains in a high-speed chase through London, describe themselves and the attributes of the new F-Type Jaguar.
From the panel: Wagner: "An impressive cast of 'British villains' led by the evil Sexy Beast himself, Ben Kingsley. "We're more focused. More Precise. Always one step ahead. With a certain style, an eye for detail." Kingsley's strong delivery of the last line "Oh yes, it's good to be bad" will be a memorable tag for the Jag." Robinson: "The high production value, directed by award-winning British director Tom Hooper, with movie stars, helicopters, etc. make this ad worth watching. The irony lies in the fact that Hollywood has become so politically correct that the only "acceptable" villains are the Brits, who, in reality, are our biggest allies."
As dad clocks 100,000 miles in his VW Passat, he tells his little girl that every time a VW hits that magic mark, a German engineer gets his wings.
From the panel: Wagner: "Shades of "It's a Wonderful Life." Funny scenes of the VW crew sprouting wings all over the plant. This spot really communicates the VW benefit of vehicle longevity in a surprising, entertaining way. Its silly humor lifts the brand to new heights, and gives the famous VW "Little Darth Vader" 2011 Super Bowl winning commercial a run for its money. Love the punch line: "Yeah, Dad, and when a Volkswagen hits 200,000 miles, I'm sure rainbows shoot outta their butts." Jimmy Stewart would be proud." Silverman: "Missed opportunity, a rainbow at the end."
A faux campaign, online only, joking about not being able to afford an official spot.
From the panel: Stern: "By far the most brilliant campaign of the Super Bowl and it's not even an official sponsor. For a small beer brand to essentially hijack the conversation from huge brands like Bud is not only a case-study in the making, it's a testament that a simple well-executed idea with almost no paid media will trump the millions of dollars spent on a mediocre idea any day. Also, a great parody of the absurdity of Super Bowl ads while paying tribute to the tradition." Sukle: "Newcastle didn't buy time during the game but certainly outdid many advertisers who did. I love this kind of thinking." Wagner: "This rant by a funny actress is a huge hit on the Internet. Anna Kendrick stars, comes off as genuine because she's not "beer commercial hot." Newcastle's getting Super Bowl buzz without ever appearing in the game. Smart marketing."
All American scenes, from Marilyn to James Dean, with Bob Dylan narrating. "Let Switzerland make your watch; we'll build your car."
From the panel: Marranzino: "Americana. Not bad." Stern: "After my initial disappointment that Dylan, the one-time voice of counterculture, appeared in a Super Bowl ad, I like the sentiment and the cause — American-made is always going to be a noble undertaking for any company. Especially cars." Sukle: "The previous Eminem spot was so much better. It was smart. This was just a bad sequel."
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Gaming Blend "Drop that ban hammer, Microsoft and drop it hard! That'll teach e'm, right? Well, that seems to be the method that the big software giant is employing for anyone playing the pre-release version of Halo 4's multiplayer via Xbox Live."
Lol, are people that stupid? Trying to play a stolen online game before it's even released? Yeah, they'll never know it was you. :D
As the Joker would say, http://i.imgur.com/3D0pW.gi...
If people are that dumb they deserve to be perma-banned. If they downloaded the game from the early leak that's bad enough, but to try and play online this early is really pushing it. Who do they expect to play against besides other piraters?
Nah less that one and more
Wow, we are now having people going off topic talking about repurchasing consoles. And who do we have to thank for the derailing of this topic?
@ Lvl_up_gamer and @ NeverEnding1989
MS does not have a 3 year warranty on their console.
MS did however setup a 3 year extended warranty only for original 360 consoles. Exact warranty description "One Year Express Warranty on Console (Three Years for Three Lights Flashing Red). Subject to the terms and conditions..."
linked here
So nice try. Don't make stuff up or take word of mouth, should try at least verifying your arguments before starting one.
BTW even if my PS3/360 broke for whatever reason, and I buy a new one, its a sale for MS/Sony. If MS sold 50 million consoles, and 10 million broke, and 5 millions people bought new ones, THEY STILL SOLD 55 MILLION consoles, not 50. Go back to school and pull your stupid heads out of your own a$$ and think about it.
MS can detect if you played HALO 4 before a certain date so it does not matter if you play it offline becuase they will still find out and ban you.
They can also detect if your console has been modded in anyway...not sure how they know but the know.
I can assure that as of yet, they cannot detect modded consoles. There hasn't been a mega banwave since that huge one from 3-4 years ago.
However you're right in that they can detect if you played Halo 4 before a certain date.
How would they be able to communicate with your console if it's offline? The only possible way to detect if you played Halo before a certain day would likely be through saves or achievements linked to your account, but again they can't find that out if you're offline. It's not like there is a remote satellite link embedded in the console that is active even when powered off... or is there?
ohh plss i played numerous games before release date, MW2 i got it a week early, gears 2 like 5 days early, halo reach a couple days early, they all were legitimate copies and am still up, am planing on doing the same for halo 4, maybe a week before release date is the line not to cross, reviewers get the game around a week or two before release so that should soften things up, but a month before release umm! i haven't try that yet!
@ DragonKnight
The game data is stored in a .bin file. Date and if the game was flagged to be an unregistered copy via truncated burn. iHas burners are capable of burning a proper copy without truncating but the data of the game inserted into the console is still recorded and held within the console. The moment your console connects to the internet, you are connected to XBL even if you don't have a gold membership and MS can read the game history.
yeah its easy, search Halo 4 Achievements, and list of names pops up. why do you think the first achievement of almost every game is after you complete the first mission or tutorial. For reasons exactly like this.
what people does here in my country is playing the game offline and with and external hdd hooked via usb.. i dont know how that works but many of my friends play it that way... and if the wanna play online they just unplug the external hdd... modders always find a way...
Actually no they can't detect if you played Halo 4 prior to date. If you don't connect your system online and allow auto update of time then you simply could have the system setup to years in the past... in that case all games might appear to be played prior to purchase.
Or you could even set it far in the future... as many of us did to glitch in Fable 2 and earn a whole lot of in game cash for rent. :D
So if you are stupid enough to go online with it then yes... but if you don't go online then easy to play and not have a date associated with any achievements or anything.
I take issues that XBL Gold is a paid service, that any XBL account has paid content connected to it, and yet MS reserves right to bar people from access to XBL for whatever reason they deem fit. More so when we're talking about a game that's been leaked early and could have been bought from a legal source. the business or employee should be held accountable, not the consumer. If its a "legal" buy.
These copies are definitely not legal, don't see the point of your comment. I am sure you could call MS and get your account reinstated if you bought the game legally and can prove it.
You just jab MS whenever you can.
Lol..you are definitely consistant Godmars.
They dont ban just the account. They ban the whole console and the people deserve it for illegally downloading the game and modding their consoles to play it. And i saw someone comment above saying that they cant find modded consoles connected to live. You're wrong. They can check part numbers and power consumption on a suspected console through their service.
It's MS's platform. They can do whatever they want. It's the same deal with Sony. Read the TOS. It's the same deal with just about any messageboard, forum and online service. After all, having access to all those are a PRIVILEGE.
the vast majority of people who play pirated games keep the console offline, firmware updates are downloaded from Live website and applied using a pendrive, no reason to ever go online to play single player games
Exactly cause the servers will be filled with only people that stole the game early -.-
Serves them right. I would love to hear of a lifetime ban from all Microsoft consoles for the future for these people. They don't deserve to play the games.
Good... Good... Show no mercy >:)
NOOOOOOOOO.......Oh shit. They got me. Please show mercy. Why me. OH THE HORROR......... The horror.
I don't want to scare you but there's a certain bald killer clone coming towards your house. it's been nice knowing you!
I can't say I have a lot of sympathy with anyone daft enough to play a pirate copy online so far from release.
You are just painting a massive bullseye on your head and shouting - I have a jtag console that Ive been using on live.
rightfully so. I have mine on preorder and can't wait for it.
I think the people that are smart enough to get this game for free and release it to the public are smart enough to use 360 accounts/systems that they don't mind losing.
That's a tip for gambling in general. Never gamble with what you can't afford to lose.
Idiots... I have an RGH and I didnt download it because I knew the ban hammer would strike. Playing a game a month before it releases is suicide... Or just smart marketing from MS..You be the judge!
Drop that hammer like the god that wields it
& show no mercy .
One of the things I like about Microsoft is that if you report someone for hacking or cheating, they take care of it. I cant remember how many cheaters I got banned when they were glitching on COD4 back in the day.
Thank the Xbox "Enforcement Unicorn Ninja" for that!
For those in disbelief, here's a rundown on how the 'file complaint' system works.
These people should have at least played the game off-line.
That still won't work even if you do play on a different profile offline and if you can go online next time they'll ban you instantly.
What I find funny is that this kind of thing happens frequently with Halo, almost to the point where it could be considered a publicity stunt. Hmm, nah. Microsoft would never resort to such low tactics...
how is it stealing if mom and pop shops break the release date?
Haha, you must have watched that video of the first level on YouTube. Mom and Pop shops don't have the game this early. Even GameStop doesn't. The guy likely didn't want to admit stealing on air.
256 they wont perma ban if its legit. they had this issue with another halo back in the day. this really for the downloaded ones.
With a new os coming MS released this halo on purpose to catch pirates. Pirates been getting around xbox live for 2 years since Halo reach.
Level 10 permaban...that is awesome.
And all of those people thought they were awesome for showing off they had the game early. How dumb you must be to play an illegitimate copy of a game a month before ONLINE. I mean I could understand checking a few things out, but playing multiplayer? And beating the campaign? Your achievements are literally your down fall!
This was inevitable and is well-deserved. Perhaps if they weren't desperate for attention and did this under the radar it wouldn't have been a bigger deal, but they went out of their way to show themselves and be banned.
I just laughed so hard, so sorry... -.-
I don't know who stole each other .. Gamers or Microsoft
But to be honest 343 Industries deserves your money .. Not M$ !
Support the developers .. Don't steal great titles whatever the reason is !
Um..Microsoft are the ones who created 343i with so many talented individuals and gave the team pretty much an unlimited budget to work with.
And 343i is also a first-party studio for microsoft game studios. The devs did the work, but you shouldn't be so quick to strip credit from microsoft as they did their part as well.
You sound clueless about how the game industry works.
I don't want to brag myself but trust me ..I am aware of the gaming industry more than you expect , but when it comes to things like this ..I ignore it you know why , Because i don't wanna even know anything about Microsoft "history" .. call me "hater" but this is the truth !
Once again .. Support the developers ONLY !
Nearly every developer needs help and their publishers provide them that.
With gaming expenses increasing and set to increase again with the influx of next-gen consoles, financial support will be needed more than ever.
The majority of developers out there have a publisher, are owned by one, or receive help in other forms. How will you "support the developers only" without indirectly or directly providing the publisher revenue as well?
You support the developer, you support the publisher. That's the way much of it works now.
Good for MS. F' the hackers and thieves.
Awaiting the hundreds of articles that will be posted about people saying that MS banned there account or 360 for no reason.
Is this for a legit copy? Or for a hacked copy? Because if someone was sold a legit copy of the game, they should not get in trouble for playing early.
Is this not real copies but torrents? If torrents, ban the hell out of them. If they bought it legit, go after whoever sold it early. Not the lucky ones who were able to buy it early.
EDIT... at below..
Ya, if torrents or being stolen copies like that...yep, ban them. They shouldn't be stupid enough to go online showing off.
the thing is, retailers don't have copies of the game this early, so it's basically either being stolen from manufacturing facilities or it's the torrented copy.
thats like shouting at the top of your voice saying "Hey I stole this!!"
"That'll teach e'm, right?" Someone needs to teach you grammar! It's 'em. Sorry, I had to get that out.
That makes you think how desperate and stupid some people are. No chance for change what so ever.
what people forget is that the jtag ones can be unbanned i believe.
not 100% sure but they could at one point.
its so cheap to buy a console now,plus ms ban the console and not account,so they buy a new console,go back online with same account.
ms getting new console money and live sub still.
win win for them,.
Do you honestly believe that the majority of people who pirate games online instead of waiting and spending the $60 are going to drop $200+ on a new console because of the ban? Pfft.
They deserve it. There's not way to can have a legit, retail copy of Halo 4 3 weeks before release. I wonder what stories these people will come up with?
"It was my little brother playing on my account" is the most common one I've heard.
We created these ignorant monsters, welcome to 2012.
I wouldn't create a monster stupid enough to steal something before its released to the public then go around flaunting said item >.<
First thing Monday Morning have a cup of coffee and BAN HAMMER!!
Yeah I saw this coming a mile away no way will MS let people get away with this.
Yea these fools deserved the be ban, hell if they catch them they should make them pay double the retail price for it.
Double is an under statement in the us fines are up to $150,000.00
I don't think that any one should be forced to pay that kind of money for in illegal download unless they have that amount of stolen product on their pc that's worth $150,000. there is no way one person cause that amount of damage so its just bullshot. sometime our law is just harsh I remember when i was little a boy in my town got 2 years in juvie for stilling a 10 cent cool pop, the punishment should fit the crime.
When you figure out the number of copies made from peer to peer sites it quickly adds up.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - To appoint, or to elect? The question is reverberating around the Missouri Capitol, where puzzling out how a midterm opening in the lieutenant governor's office should be filled has taken on new urgency as the current officeholder prepares to start his third term while also seeking a seat in Congress.
Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and Missouri's other statewide officeholders start new terms Monday. In addition, Kinder is seeking the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who is resigning from Congress. Should Kinder get the GOP's nod and win the southeastern Missouri congressional seat, there would be a vacancy in the lieutenant governor's office and some ambiguity about how to replace him.
Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon says he has authority to appoint a replacement and claims history is on his side. Nixon served four terms as attorney general before becoming governor. The Democratic leader in the state House said he also believes Nixon could appoint a successor to Kinder and questioned whether there would be a dispute if Nixon were a Republican.
Republican legislative leaders contend the governor cannot appoint the lieutenant governor. House Speaker Tim Jones, who is a lawyer, said the vacancy should be filled through an election. Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey said it does not seem the governor can appoint a replacement lieutenant governor, but that "there is not a clear process in statute today to allow for that vacancy to be filled." Dempsey, R-St. Charles, said his preference is a special election.
Another possibility, if Kinder were to leave, is that the vacancy simply would not be filled. In that case, Missouri would make do without a lieutenant governor until after the 2016 election. State records seem to indicate that after Lt. Gov. Wilson Brown died in August 1855 partway through his term, the office remained vacant until after the 1856 election.
Uncertainty about how Kinder would be succeeded has arisen because - unlike other statewide offices - the legal directions seem less specific. The Missouri Constitution spells out how to replace the governor with an order of succession that goes lieutenant governor, Senate president pro tem, House speaker, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer and attorney general. Laws state the governor can pick a replacement if the attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer or a U.S. senator leaves office early.
Meanwhile, the state constitution gives the governor authority to "fill all vacancies in public offices unless otherwise provided by law." But a law states that when there is a vacancy in an elected office "other than in the offices of lieutenant governor, state senator or representative, sheriff or recorder of deeds in the city of St. Louis, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor."
In all, the legal blueprint appears somewhat muddled.
The lieutenant governor presides over the 34-member state Senate while breaking tie votes, advocates for seniors and military veterans, serves on several state commissions and takes over if the governor must be replaced.
Missouri's most recent lieutenant governor vacancy arose in 2000 when Democratic Lt. Gov. Roger Wilson became governor after the death of Mel Carnahan. After that year's election, Wilson appointed just-elected Democratic Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell to start his tenure early.
Decades earlier, Democratic Gov. Warren Hearnes in 1969 appointed just-elected Lt. Gov. William S. Morris to fill the remainder of Thomas Eagleton's term after Eagleton left for the U.S. Senate before his term ended. However, the state Senate leader refused to recognize the appointment, called it illegal and threatened to throw Morris out of the chamber if he came to preside. Morris ultimately waited until his elected term began.
Nixon pointed to both examples in claiming authority to appoint a replacement lieutenant governor.
"The two times in recent history where that position has become open for reasons, the governor has appointed the lieutenant governor and those folks served," Nixon said. "I think history would say that authority lies there."
Amid the possibility for a lieutenant governor vacancy, the Republican-led Legislature is moving to spell out a procedure. Bills have been filed in both legislative chambers, and a House committee has scheduled a hearing Tuesday.
Rep. Jason Smith, who also is seeking the Republican nomination to replace Emerson in Congress, is sponsoring legislation that would allow the governor to name an acting official to one of the statewide offices until there can be an election. Whoever is appointed as the acting officeholder would be ineligible to run immediately for the position. Smith, R-Salem, has sponsored legislation previously, and this year's version would appear on ballot this November.
The House speaker said currently there could be an argument about the process for filling a vacancy and lawmakers are happy to clarify.
"You get two lawyers in a room and a judge, and you're going to have to work things out," said Jones, R-Eureka. He added that he believes Nixon's interpretation "of an appointment is incorrect, so we as the lawmakers are going to clarify that situation and make it 100 percent unmistakable."


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Fabio Capello is set to start Danny Welbeck alongside Wayne Rooney in Montenegro, their partnership having impressed at club level.
With 14 goals between them this season at club level, Capello will be hoping their partnership will be similarly fruitful if they start on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Italian faces a choice between Kyle Walker, Phil Jones, Micah Richards and the more experienced Phil Jagielka at right back.
Bad news first Arsenal fans - reports today quote Woljiech Szcezny indicating that he would be open to a move to Barcelona in the future.
In better news, Arsene Wenger is determined to capture highly rated Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila in January to strengthen his options.
Sir Alex Ferguson is reportedly keen to snap up the "new van Nistelrooy" next summer - 22 year-old Sporting Lisbon striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel.
And finally, Liverpool could bid for Chelsea winger Salomon Kalou, who has struggled to establish himself at the Stamford Bridge club.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – With their non-conference volleyball schedule behind them, the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (1-9) will look to open their Ohio Valley Conference schedule on the right foot as they head to Jacksonville State Tuesday, for a 6 p.m. match.
Last season, the Golden Eagles squared off with the Gamecocks three times, coming away with a victory in each instance. All-time, TTU owns an 8-10 record against Jacksonville State.
Tech's last meeting with JSU came in the opening round of the OVC Tournament last season. In that meeting, the Golden Eagles rallied from a 2-1 deficit as they took the fourth and the fifth sets to knock the Gamecocks out of the tournament.
JSU opens OVC play with a 2-8 record, including a 3-0 victory against Western Carolina in its last match. Stephanie Koontz leads the Gamecock offense with 87 kills, while Lauren Harkins has posted a team-leading 111 digs.
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Those looking to stockpile cases of Twinkies may have to act quickly.
Just hours after Hostess Brands closed its business Friday, legions of junk-food addicts began cleaning out supermarket shelves and online retailers.
Already, several listings for the cream-filled sponge cakes have begun to sell out on Amazon.com. At least one supermarket chain canceled its half-price Twinkie sale. And though there's no sign yet of price gouging, at least one seller on eBay appears to be asking as much as $59.99 for box of 10 Twinkies (that's $5.99 for a single Twinkie). "There's a run on Twinkies," says Teri Gault, founder of supermarket-savings website The Grocery Game.
The snacking frenzy was set in motion Friday, when Hostess Brands said it filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to close its business, lay off most of its 18,500 employees and sell its assets — a move that has consumers set to snap up what's left of the company's snacks.
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Those building up their supplies may be disturbed to find out that the snack's official shelf life is just 25 days. But Hostess hoarders can rest assured, say experts: The treats will still stay tasty for months — if not years — to come.
"Twinkies don't spoil — they taste pretty much the same long after their expiration date," says Steve Ettlinger, author of the book "Twinkie, Deconstructed," for which he researched the snack food's ingredients. While researching the book, he came across a several years old stash of Twinkies: "A little hard but not spoiled," he reports. Plus, they don't need to be refrigerated: "The whole point is that they're stable at room temperature," Ettlinger says.
Meanwhile, at least one store in the Southern supermarket chain Publix, which had put Hostess Brands products on sale before the news of the company's closing, already canceled the promotions. The half-off sale on Twinkies (two for $4.29) was supposed to have run through Tuesday, according to Gault. "It's a crisis thing," Gault says. Publix did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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Microsoft Says It's Figuring Out How To Sell Surface Tablets
Microsoft "more than doubled" Surface tablet sales, and the devices generated $400 million in revenue during the quarter, Hood said. This was the first time Microsoft broke out quarterly Surface numbers, and it shows that sales have reached a point where they're not embarrassing to talk about.
Interestingly, Microsoft's Surface RT tablet "did quite well" this quarter, with the 32-GB Surface RT selling well in the education and retail segments, Hood said on the call. That's huge, since Microsoft took a $900 million charge on unsold Surface RT inventory during its last quarter.
Overall, Microsoft made "a lot of progress in sales execution on Surface" this quarter, and it's expecting that to continue in the current holiday season quarter, Hood said.


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AbyssalChronicles.com: "The second trailer for Tales of Hearts R is now up online. This is the same trailer that they showed during the recent Jump Festa event. It mainly shows the new anime cutscenes, character introductions, new in-game scenes and some battle scenes. The scheduled demo for the game is also out today on the Japanese PlayStation Store."
Looks good. I might import it if they won't localize it.
Everyone needs to go out and buy tales of graces f and the soon to be released xillia as well this spring. Gotta support namco since they're giving us the games we asked for. And hopefully we'll be getting this next year too. It'll certainly give the vita a huge boost having a quality JRPG we've been so starved for this gen.
Come to the US damnit!!!!!! im buying every single good jrpg that comes out on day one.. Sales being so low on em is why they arent being localized as much as before... Everyone is so damn obsessed w western developed shooters & casual titles that its crushing the chances of getting good old jrps localized... smh what an awesome remake.. Bring over innocence too!
someone start a petition for this, innocence, & xillia 2 to be brought over to the west!


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The 50 Hottest MILFs: 40 – 31
40. Gwen Stefani
Number of Children: 2
Why she's a MILF: Rock star Gwen Stefani has been showing off her killer abs since her No Doubt days and hasn't let her two boys slow her down. Gwen who is married to rocker Gavin Rossdale and has continued to tour and perform since giving birth to her sons. Gwen at 40 still has one of the best sets of abs on our list.
39. Faith Hill
Number of Children: 3
Why she's a MILF: Whether you like blondes or brunettes, country singer Faith Hill can fit the bill. Early in her career she was the cute blonde from Mississippi. After her marriage to Tim McGraw her career sky-rocketed and she became one of the sexiest faces in music. While her career has slowed down over the last 8 years she can still be seen introducing the football boys every Sunday night for NBC's weekly broadcast.
38. Holly Robinson Peete
Number of Children: 4
Why she's a MILF: Don't let anyone give you the excuse that 4 children keeps you from staying in great shape. Co-host of The Talk, Holly Robinson-Peete has continued to have a busy acting career, raise a huge family and advocate for Autism research every fall.
37. Julia Roberts
Number of Children: 3
Why she's a MILF: She's still America's Sweetheart even after all these years and Julia Roberts still looks amazing. After 3 children (one a pregnancy with twins) Julia still can rock a red carpet and carry a film. Ahh…the Pretty Woman is still hanging tough.
36. Catherine Zeta-Jones
Number of Children: 2
Why she's a MILF: Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones has been the queen of sultry since her break-out role in the Zorro film, co-starring Antonio Bandaras. She has been married to actor Michael Douglas for more than a decade and the couple have two children.
35. Courteney Cox
Number of Children: 1
Why she's a MILF: Courteney Cox has been showing off her great body and beautiful smile for more than 2 decades. Now with her new hit comedy series Cougar Townshe's back in primetime. Her marriage (to troubled actor David Arquette) is on the rocks, and Cox has been spotted enjoying lots of quality ME time at beaches all around the country.
34. Melania Trump
Number of Children: 1
Why she's a MILF: A former Miss Universe contestant Melania Trump met the Trumpster during a competition and fell in love with his "charm" also knows as his money. The 3rd wife of The Donald, Melania has a son and spends her days as a "Real" Housewife of New York City. Her husband might be a type A jackass, but he does have a pretty hot wife.
33. Reese Witherspoon
Number of Children: 2
Why she's a MILF: She's gorgeous with simple girl-next door charm but Reese Witherspoon is one of those adorable women that everyone loves. Gorgeous, smart and to top it off a great actress.
32. Elizabeth Banks
Number of Children: 1 Baby on the Way
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31. Gwyneth Paltrow
Number of Children: 2
Why she's a MILF: She is the wife of rocker Chris Martin (Coldplay fame) and since her film role in Country Strong, she's landed roles on Glee and now a recording contract. Gwyneth Paltrow is rocking a new chapter in her career and balancing it all with motherhood.


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Portland mayor announces new education plan for the city | News
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Portland Mayor Michael Brennan is launching an initiative to improve education and graduation rates in city schools.
At a news conference at Portland High School Monday morning, Brennan outlined details of the plan, called ConnectED.
The program is still in the planning and coordinating stages, but Brennan said it has several goals, including improving literacy rates, focusing on early childhood education, and working with students from kindergarten all the way through college and professional life.
At the news conference, Mayor Brennan and Portland Schools Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk said another major goal of ConnectED is to boost graduation rates. Brennan said high school graduation rates are currently near 80%, and with the help of ConnectED, city officials hope to raise that to 90% by 2016.
"This is an important day for students, and for parents, and for citizens of Portland, because it really defines where we need to go, and where we want to go as a community over the next 5 to 10 years," Brennan said during the news conference.
As part of the program, the city and school district will be working with several organizations, including the John T. Gorman Foundation, Opportunity Alliance, and Portland Public Library.
Also as part of ConnectED, benchmarks will be established to ensure students are meeting and exceeding literacy rates and other educational achievements.
The initiative is already beginning to draw praise from some current students.
"Success starts from a younger age and up," Portland High School senior Amanda Rwirangira said." "If you're already thinking of your future at a younger age, you're more likely to actually go into that profession."
Mayor Brennan said ConnectED will initially be funded by a $75,000 grant from the John T. Gorman foundation. After that, the city hopes to use fundraising initiatives to build an endowment between $2 and $5 million to sustain the program going forward.


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Pass all pertinent data to exceptions
When an exception occurs, it's important that all pertinent data be passed to the exception's constructor. Such data is often critical for understanding and solving the problem, and can greatly reduce the time needed to find a solution.
The this reference is sometimes useful for this purpose, since toString is implicitly called. In addition, if you are defining exception classes yourself, you may even design your constructors to force the caller to pass the pertinent data.
Uninformative stack traces are very frustrating for the maintainer, and have been known to inspire unpleasant cursing.
public final class RangeChecker { /** * Return <tt>true</tt> only if <tt>aNumber</tt> is in the range * <tt>aLow..aHigh</tt> (inclusive). * * @param <tt>aLow</tt> less than or equal to <tt>aHigh</tt>. */ static public boolean isInRange(int aNumber, int aLow, int aHigh){ if (aLow > aHigh) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Low:" + aLow + " greater than High:" + aHigh); } return (aLow <= aNumber && aNumber <= aHigh); } }
Effective Java mentions IndexOutOfBoundsException as a counter-example. This exception does not provide information regarding the relevant indexes, which would often be useful for solving the problem:
- the offending index value
- the minimum and maximum permitted index values
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A ban on outdoor smoking
Though legislation hasn't been drafted, Mayor Scott Avedisian favors an outdoor smoking ban. We think he's on to something, and we urge the council to take notice.
Under Avedisian's proposal, smokers would be able to puff outside, just not in some public places like parks, beaches or sports fields.
A survey released this month by the Rhode Island Department of Health found that a majority of Rhode Islanders (including some smokers) would favor such outdoor smoking bans. More than 80 percent of Rhode Islanders "liked" or "loved" the idea of a smoking ban at beaches, parks, playgrounds, festivals and fairs and in outdoor dining areas.
Although the survey did include non-smokers, former smokers and active smokers alike, only about 11 percent of those surveyed said they were current smokers. Still, smokers, for the most part, echoed their non-smoking counterparts: smoking bans in public places was fine with them, too.
But why ban outdoor smoking? It seems logical to prohibit smoking in enclosed locations, since the dispersion of smoke is limited and second-hand exposure is dangerous. It turns out, the same can be true in outdoor settings. Sure, there is the benefit of wind and fresh air, but second-hand smoke is just as harmful, even outdoors. Studies have found that non-smokers in close proximity to those puffing away can still be affected negatively by the carcinogenic smoke and nicotine. So, it's a good idea to consider such bans.
Central Falls, Woonsocket and Charlestown have already enacted bans of their own for specific outdoor locations. It only makes sense for Warwick to follow suit, especially for places that children frequently occupy. Prohibiting smoking at playgrounds, beaches, recreational fields and fairs and festivals makes sense; it clears the air and prevents cigarette butt litter. As Dr. Michael Fine, Director of the Health Department, has pointed out, prohibiting outdoor smoking in such places would also crack down on potential fire hazards and would set a good example for kids.
So what are we waiting for? Let's move to make Warwick a healthier city and set a positive example for the rest of the state to follow.


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You know what? They're trying.
So this is probably going to be the next big story right?Nineteen of the Jets starters are absent from practice today, including quarterback Mark Sanchez. That's because they are doing off-site leadership training at a site in Bedminster.
The football staff -- coaches and front office members -- did the same training in June, an rigorous session of team-building and leadership drills, led by a former Army Special Forces operator.
"When I looked at the schedule, this was really the time to do it," coach Rex Ryan said. "We just had such a great experience as a coaching staff, and I'm hoping the players had the same kind of experience we had."
Most of the starters are not scheduled to play in tomorrow's preseason finale against Philadelphia, so the timing makes sense. Players will be back by 2 p.m.
The team's plans were to put the coaches through the training first, because leadership starts from the top.
"It's just a reminder of what it takes and how difficult the task is to all be in one accord and doing it the right way," secondary coach Dennis Thurman said back in June of the training, after the coaches went through it. "And when you do that, that also filters down to the players. When they see we are all together, the players say, 'OK, they're all together.' How can we not be all together?"
You know what? They're trying.
Brady Hoke, the Michigan coach, had his core group of players attend a 3 day program with Navy SEALS to work on teamwork, leadership, etc and most everyone raved about it.
I think it is a good thing for Rex to do with the players....
This is a positive step. Hopefully Holmes listens very carefully.
Don't kid yourself some media clown will spin this negatively
Being that Santonio was tweeting about Madden 2 hours ago I am assuming he is one who didn't go.
Rich Cimini @RichCimini
Looks like Holmes is there.Leadership group includes Sanchez, Tebow, Holmes, Revis, etc. Sanchez and Holmes sitting around campfire? Chemistry problems? What probs?
Per Manish
Rex told Coples to be at practice but he was a no show and ended up in Bedminster at the leadership training.
From Sooth's article:
No need for the injured leadersDustin Keller, Mike DeVito and David Harristo feel left out, they werent allowed to go.
excellent news from jets camp. its stuff like this that will finally put the jets over top this season. i bet the type of leadership skills the players learn should at least add 2 more wins to our season. great job. SB here we come baby
For all we know it was a miscommunication between Rex and Coples. Manish isn't Dick Cimini quite yet but he's known for being melodramatic from time to time.


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Snoop Dogg cautioned over Heathrow affray
Back in UK to answer bail
Gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg has been cautioned for affray under Section 4 of the Public Order Act for "use of threatening words or behaviour" during an incident last month at Heathrow airport, the BBC reports.
Dogg and five of his entourage spent a night in the cells after allegedly taking exception to an airline staff's refusal to let them enjoy a Heathrow Terminal 1 VIP lounge while en route to South Africa with British Airways. They subsequently "clashed with officials" and then "became abusive and pushed police officers" called to control the disturbance.
The men were bailed, continued their journey and returned voluntarily to receive their cautions. They are "expected to go to the west London police station to answer bail later on Thursday", according to a police spokesman.
Dogg and his posse have also been banned from BA "for the foreseeable future", the BBC notes.
In related attack celebrity news, Naomi "Don't You Know Who I am?" Campbell is expected in a NY court next month on a felony rap after allegedly beating her housekeeper with a jewel-encrusted portable device.
Fellow clotheshorse May "Air Rage" Andersen was recently chucked out of the US for not having the proper visa. The fact that she "slapped and wrestled" a flight attendant while en route from the Netherlands to Miami might have also had something to do with it. ®
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ' Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube.
AeroShot went on the market last month in Massachusetts and New York. It's also available in France. Each plastic canister contains 100 milligrams of caffeine powder, about the amount in a large cup of coffee. A single unit costs $2.99 at convenience, mom-and-pop, liquor and online stores.
Critics say the product is not without its risks.
But professor David Edwards says AeroShot is safe and doesn't contain additives used to amplify the caffeine effect in common energy drinks.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (SHOO'-mur) wants the Food and Drug Administration to review AeroShot. He fears it will be used as a club drug so that young people can drink until they drop.
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Morning spit-take: Bishop Sartain has "toughest assignment" in cracking down on sisters
I had a hard time holding down my breakfast as I read the intro to John Allen's interview with Seattle Archbishop Peter Sartain [1], who is the U.S. bishops' point-man in the Vatican takedown of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious: "Archbishop James Peter Sartain of Seattle has what it is arguably the toughest assignment facing any American bishop at the moment, given both the intense public interest and the complexity of the issues involved."
The ensuing interview included this howler of a softball from Allen to Sartain: "It seems this is your approach – rather than laying out things yourself, to try to defer to the sisters and allow them to set the pace. Is that right?" Yes, yes, John, that's it... Deferring to the sisters.
I suppose being the Vatican's handpicked hierarchical hatchet man against what is arguably the most revered group of Roman Catholics in this country is a difficult position to be in. Poor Peter. And he sounds so reasonable, too: "That's really my goal in all this, to establish from the very beginning a good working relationship so that we can proceed in that context."
I'm sure I'll be clubbed for sarcasm, but the thing is so positively Orwellian that it's hard not to be. Sartain is hardly a disinterested party here--his sister is a member of the Nashville Dominicans, which belong to LCWR's rival Conference of Major Superiors of Women, the Vatican's preferred replacement for LCWR.
One of Sartain's co-workers in this "revewal," Toledo, Ohio's Bishop Leonard Blair, released yesterday an 11-minute "reality check" YouTube video lining up the same nonsense about why LCWR is doctrinally problematic. The other member of the Vatican triumvirate, Springfield, Illinois Bishop Thomas Paprocki, asserted that the Vatican wasn't investigating American sisters, of course, just their leadership conference (which the sisters fund and support). Get it? Nothing to see here.
I know a set-up when I see one, and this one has been a long time coming. As Cardinal Levada made clear in another Allen piece [2], Rome has no interest in conversing with the sisters--the CDF's Cardinal Levada warned of a "dialogue of the deaf," an insult to deaf people everywhere--and is not beneath bald-faced threats, as NCR's Ken Briggs correctly judges the situation. [3]
There is time for conciliatory talk, and there is time for truthfulness. Bullying is bullying whether it happens in Rome's gilded halls or on the playground, and this is bullying, especially in a church in which men hold all the institutional power and women next to none. The best response to bullying is generally shame, but the bishops seem impervious to it. But we shouldn't be a party to this kind of behavior, much less enabling it by not being completely honest about what is going on here.


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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited a Lafayette Parish man on June 21 for allegedly taking over the limit of largemouth black bass.
Kelly Barkley, 37, of Lafayette, was cited after fishing on Turkey Creek Lake in Franklin Parish. Upon making contact with Barkley, agents discovered 14 bass in his ice chest. The bass were seized, photographed and donated to charity. The daily limit for bass on Turkey Creek is 10.
The penalty for taking over the limit of bass is a fine up to $350, or jail time up to 60 days or both plus court cost.
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So, I found an intriguing blog that mentioned Mill Avenue, Miles Loves ASU, but it also had some somewhat creepy elements. I read it with an eye for the anthropology and it looks like a fairly straightforward experiential read with strong religious elements and mystical thinking. Most of the narrative takes place at the CVS on the corner of Mill & University and involves various people. A pretty basic read and insight into this culture's thinking.
However, this is the part that I'd like to draw people's attention to:
Amidst the awkwardness of the conversation, Kiah's knees began to hurt and the Lord gave her a word of knowledge about one of the kid's knees in the group. She interjected into the conversation and abruptly asked, "Who's knees are hurting?"
One of the kids instantly responded with a mixture of shock and questioning concern. Looking quite taken aback, he tentatively told Kiah that his knees hurt. He told her that he had knee problems and that they had been hurting pretty bad while they were standing around talking.
To the kid who responded with a "mixture of shock and concern" be aware this trick isn't exactly as amazing as it seems. What Kiah did—possibly without knowing it herself—is a form of a very old con called Cold Reading. Joint pain is not uncommon among humans, particularly the knees (especially noting how poorly our skeletons function for standing upright), so finding one person in three with hurting knees is not at all uncommon. And, failing to find someone with hurting knees, she probably would have shrugged it off.
To ascribe the discovery to a supernatural origin really pushes the whole thing beyond the pale.
The story then goes on to describe how the group uses an incantation over the boy's knee and the pain goes away. (Did they incant over it after he took the weight off it?) "The kid walked around. And then jumped up and down on them. And then squatted and bent them and stomped his feet. To his dismay and the dismay of his friends, his knees were completely healed." Dismayed… Really?
This sort of "prophetic evangelism" is actually somewhat problematic in that it appears to teach people to use cold reading on other people and then ignore failures (for those of you who know what I'm talking about, this is a type of confirmation bias.) It's not actually mystical and to treat it in such a fashion can lead inevitably to poor judgment.
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ESSEX COUNTY, NJ - The South Orange International Blues Festival will be held on Sunday, September 8, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the South Mountain Reservation on Cherry Lane. This free festival will feature a wide variety of artists, including Dave Stryker & Blue to the Bone, Dean Shot, Michael Hill's Blues Mob, Billy Hector, Lil' Bastad, Bill Sims Jr., and Al Gold. The "Culinary Rocker" Johnny Ciao will emcee the day.
Local blues musician Mike Griot founded the festival in 2010 and this is his 4th year as executive producer.
"I had played blues festivals all around the world, and thought 'Why not have one here at home?,'" Griot said.
The first festival was held on Flood's Hill in South Orange 2010. Griot said, "It rained all day, and still, 400-500 people turned out for it." He lost a lot of money on that first venture and did not think there would be another. Soon after, he received a call from Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, who offered to help plan and support the next year's festival, if Griot agreed to move it to an Essex County Park, which Flood's Hill is not. Out of loyalty to South Orange, where Griot had lived for 21 years, the name of the festival has remained The South Orange International Blues Festival, but the venue has moved to the South Mountain Reservation in West Orange.
This year's show should be another winner. Griot is looking forward to playing to a hometown crowd once again, as the bass player in Michael Hill's Blues Mob. But he is also looking forward to seeing the other bands perform.
"I'm excited to have Billy Hector on the bill," said Griot. "He is originally from Orange, as am I."
Food and drink will be available onsite all day. The Festival is sponsored by County of Essex, Mental Health Association of Essex, Investors Savings Bank, and PWI Entertainment & Media. The County Sheriff's office estimated the attendance last year to be around 2,000 people and this year they are expecting 2,500
"The blues is America's classical music, and it's important to me as an American and an African-American, that the art form is preserved and not confused with jazz, which was birthed from the blues. I am trying to shine a light on blues in its pure form," Griot said.
Learn more at http://southorangebluesfestival.com.
11:00am –12:00pm BILL SIMS, JR.
12:20pm – 1:20pm AL GOLD
1:40pm – 2:40pm LIL' BASTAD
3:00pm – 4:00pm DAVE STRYKER & BLUE TO THE BONE
4:20pm – 5:20pm DEAN SHOT
5:40pm – 6:40pm MICHAEL HILL's BLUES MOB
7:00pm – 8:00pm BILLY HECTOR


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Young Buescher Leads Roush Fenway Effort at Bristol
by Official Release On Sat, Mar. 16, 2013
BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 6, 2013) – Roush Fenway driver Chris Buescher took his first ever lap at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) on Friday, during Nationwide Series practice at the .533-mile track known at "Thunder Valley." A day later the 2012 ARCA Champion led the RFR effort with a seventh-place finish – his first career top-10 Nationwide Series run – in his first career start at BMS in the Grit Chips 300.
"That was a lot of fun," said the 20-year old Buescher on pit road after the race. "This is a top-10 finish for Jack Roush. I really appreciate the support of Jack and everyone behind me. I learned a ton out there today and I'm excited to get back behind the wheel."
Buescher led the RFR effort on the day, with Trevor Bayne finishing 12th and Travis Pastrana running 16th.
It was the third career NNS start for Buescher, who hails from Prosper, Texas. He will make his next start at Texas in April.


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Sorry friend but the numbers? they be lies, LIES I tell you! Yoy see what they did, to keep Ballmer from looking like a loser, was count EVERY SALE as a Vista sale, even when they were loaded with XP from the factory. They did this by saying it was just "using the downgrade option" instead of what it actually was, people going out of their way NOT to buy it.
And don't underestimate the power of us geeks. Who fixes the machines? Who tells them what works and what don't? the geeks, that's who. hell i had the nurse at my checkup the other day going "You're the tech guy, right? Listen I need a new laptop and my girls are wanting tech for Xmas and I need some advice" and I of course warned her away from Win 8 and told her where to get a nice Win 7 laptop.
As for Linux...sigh, until Torvalds accepts reality, which is a couple of dozen devs just can't provide any kind of quality control on tens of thousands of drivers with Linus and friends constantly futzing with the internals Linux is simply not fit for purpose on the desktop. Joe and Sally Average will NOT do forum hunts, mess with CLI fixes, or put up with drivers breaking every time they have to do the upgrade tango, it just won't be tolerated. like it or not you can take an XP or Vista RTM, install all the drivers, and those drivers will STILL WORK no matter how many patches and service packs are applied. tying the drivers to the kernel was stupid back in the day and its insanity now, there is no way the devs can keep up, the math simply doesn't work.


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Maybe the third time will be the charm. For the third straight year, the Fairhaven High volleyball team has claimed the South Sectional Division 2 championship and is headed for the state semifinals. The Blue Devils (20-1) will take on Western Mass. champion Longmeadow (18-3) tonight at 7 at Hudson High School. The winner advances to the state championship on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Algonquin Regional High School.
FAIRHAVEN — Maybe the third time will be the charm.
For the third straight year, the Fairhaven High volleyball team has claimed the South Sectional Division 2 championship and is headed for the state semifinals. The Blue Devils (20-1) will take on Western Mass. champion Longmeadow (18-3) tonight at 7 at Hudson High School. The winner advances to the state championship on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Algonquin Regional High School.
Last year, Fairhaven was eliminated in the semifinals by eventual state champion Marlboro, 3-0. Two years ago, Fairhaven defeated Melrose in the semifinal, but lost to Medfield in the championship game.
"The kids are different this year, so that makes it a different team and we're all excited for them," Coach Karen Arsenault said. "After the last two years, the expectation in the community wasn't there. I understand it, but my expectation is always high. I felt we would do well and make the playoffs, but I never thought we would be back here.
"Sometime, it's better when you don't have all that expectation. Then, you can ride the wave and see where it takes you. It makes for a long season, but I'm enjoying the ride."
The expectation level dropped with the graduation of key starters, including the Standard Times Player of the Year Kara Charette and Kelsey Perron-Sovik and Kayli Moniz, from last year's team. Returning veterans of the two previous trips to the state semis are middle blocker Kay Mullen and setter Ashley Brown.
"Kay Mullen and Ashley Brown are like my daughters that I never had," the coach pointed out. "It's more than volleyball. It's about relationships with the players.
"Some kids confide in me. Some need another adult role model and I've always tried to be that. I'm not perfect, but no one is. I want them to have the most positive experience. I want them to reach their full potential."
It hasn't always been a smooth ride for Mullen and Brown as they assumed the leadership of this new team.
"It was tough for them in the beginning," Arsenault said. "They were so used to being in the shadows and taking orders from the upperclassmen and going along for the ride. They did a phenomenal job at that. And they're stepping up now for these younger players.
"They are staying calm and cool and getting everyone up. It's a whole different role and they've been great role models."
Describing Brown as calm and cool flies in the face of her on-court persona. She is a whirling dervish, going at full speed as she chases down errant passes and spikes from the other side of the net and delivers precise passes, blocks and kills despite her 5-foot-6 stature.
"She's not calm and cool in her actions when she puts everything she has out there," Arsenault said. "She keeps it together mentally. She always has something to say in the huddle. She's very emotional and puts it all out there. Kay is a little more of a quiet leader."
Arsenault has gone online for her scouting report on Longmeadow and finds the team is similar in height and statistics to Fairhaven.
One area that could have had Fairhaven at a disadvantage is illness and injuries — but he coach and team have taken that negative and turned it into a positive.
"They have made me have to coach more," she said of the setbacks. "I had to make adjustments and the kids made adjustments. They had to step up and make contributions.
"I'm pleasantly surprised, but it's a sign that our program is where we want it to be. Younger girls are getting excited about volleyball. Middle school kids are involved where they wouldn't be in the past."
The varsity roster has three seniors with outside hitter Madison Cabral joining Mullen and Brown. The rest of the roster is heavy with juniors and a couple of sophomores.
In the tournament, volleyball is a game of mistakes. Whichever team makes the most errors will most likely lose.
"The best thing is to play like it's going to be your last game," Arsenault emphasized. "It's going to be someone's last game, and it could be us. You have to believe you can win.
"You do the best you can, try to give them the best advice you can. All of that plays a role in a successful team. If the kids like you, they'll work for you in the classroom and it's the same thing in coaching. If they have some sort of respectful relationship with the coach, they'll want to do well. They know I'm here for them and they work hard. I won't put up with any drama and they know that.
"I feel that this team has been more mentally tough because they have put it together in high-pressure situations. I'm giving 100 percent and they will, too."


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This is a breaking news story. More details about this bankruptcy court filing are available on Chapter11Dockets.com.


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For the sub bottoms out there- What is your favorite position when getting fucked? If you go bare, does the position matter?
For the sub bottoms out there- What is your favorite position when getting fucked? If you go bare, does the position matter?
Why would a bottom have to be sub, too? They don't necessarily go hand in hand, or dick in ass, in this case.
You are right, not all bottoms are subs. The question is directed to bottoms that desire to be dominated.
With a sub-bottom, my hands would be full.
Anyway, it's been a couple of years since I've been fucked. Mostly, I just love sucking cock and having men cum on my face. I'm a total sub boi on my knees. But as far as positions go, I'm not into being pounded so being held down is not for me. I'm all for riding dick. If he's handsome and has a nice bod then I like to face him and rub myself against him. I also love having his hands on my boicheeks, spreading me open as he penetrates me. If he's hairy or unattractive and I'm just using him for his big dick then reverse is the way to go for me and always in front of a mirror. Part of the whole getting off process is watching what a filthy boi I am. The men love it, too.
I love cum facials.
From behind...doesn't matter whether it's bare or not. We could be on the bed, on the floor, outdoors, indoors, just as long as he's pumping my ass from behind. Any variation...standing, sitting, spooning.
My Phat Ass Gets Me IntoBig Trouble...
the two go hand in hand for me... honestly I prefer to be on my tummy taking it, but being a submissive the dom top calls the shots...
I love missionary, but it is up to the top, If I want him to fuck me, I'm there to please.
On my back Legs spread wide open being pounded and feeling helpLess. But I have taken 2 cocks from both ends and really got off on that more? Love to feel helpleslY used And gaped.


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(Title is a little word play, since my name Muro means cereal in Finnish! Don't worry, it won't be too serious tho!)
I decided to start up my own log, because I know they are so much fun to read! I currently own only three V2's and one V3 (soon to have another V3 in the mail).
I just currently got back into Tamagotchi's, I usually start up one or two every year and keep them up until they die (usually because I was too busy and didn't have a chance to check them).
Hope my pictures aren't too big!
Anyways, here's a picture of my Tama's and accessories (and my Pocket Pikachu, it has an empty battery tho)!
(Can you see I like Kuchipatchi...)
My clear purple and silver Tamas have some dead pixels (Silver's aren't that noticeable, but the other one has some lines and most of the top icons aren't showing). I opened both up, just to see that one of silver's screws broke. I tried to clean them from the inside but it didn't work. Oh well, it doesn't bother me much, I wish I could fix the purple one, since it has more noticeable dead pixels.
Btw all of my current running Tama's are girls! I hoped for one boy, so I could get two of my own marry. Maybe for the next generation I can pair two of my Tamas!
First one I started up was this yellow star patterned V2 Tamagotchi. She just evolved into Ringotchi before I was able to take pictures, she was Marutchi as a toddler.
Oh and her name is Zippu! She's a healthy girl, she's very sporty too!
Second one that I started very shortly after is this pink ice cream patterned V3. Her name is Pizza (don't ask) and she's currently Obotchi, evolved from Mizutamatchi just before posting!
Pizza's a bit of a lazier type, but I think I can handle that! She doesn't seem to like either of her pals...
And here's my silver V2, Muro the Hitodetchi. She weighted about 90lb earlier today (I fed her too many snacks) but I got her weight to 10lb after a long session of Jump game!
Zippu seems to like her a lot, but Muro keeps sending her poop and snakes when I connect them! You meanie. She doesn't like Pizza much either, but the hate is both sided, haha.
Here's a picture of Pizza trying to balance on a ball. She's not very good at it.
And a picture of Pizza and her brand new coo coo clock!
Also, I really hope at least one of these turns into either Kiwitchi or Kuchipatchi, since I really like those two Tamagotchi's! I have two chances to get Kiwitchi and three to get Kuchipatchi.
I try to update this as much as possible! Thanks for reading!
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A Kenai resident is drafting a petition to overturn the Kenai City Council's approval of its comprehensive plan.
"People need to let the voters decide if they like the new plan or not," Mark Schrag said.
Schrag said the city's new comprehensive plan — scheduled to go before the Kenai Peninsula Borough for final approval — is too great a departure from its last plan. The last plan, he said, "was much more acceptable."
"It reflected the wishes of the people," he said.
But Mayor Pat Porter and Vice Mayor Ryan Marquis said this plan does that, too.
"The plan's been up for two years now," Marquis said. "What tells me that it's run its course is that nobody on council at the last meeting had any additional amendments."
Porter said the council and the planning and zoning commission has listened to its citizens.
The planning and zoning commission classified the Beaver Loop Road corridor Rural Residential 1 from the proposed Mixed Use classification on the plan's land use map following resident testimony, she said.
Also, the council classified Angler Drive as Rural Residential 1 from the proposed Multi Use on the plan's land use maps after residents from the neighborhood testified, she said.
"It think the plan does represent the citizen's wishes," she said.
Schrag has a month from April 18 to draft his petition and collect about 200 signatures, or equal to or more than 25 percent of the total voter turnout for the city's last election, Kenai City Clerk Sandra Modigh said.
If the petition garners the required number of signatures, Modigh said, she and the city attorney would take a month to verify that only "qualified voters" signed the petition and that it is a legal document.
Schrag, 59, has lived for about 17 years in the MAPS subdivision — Magic and Aliak Drive, Princess Street, and the Kenai Spur Highway. As the city's planning and zoning commission and the council passed the plan, members of Schrag's neighborhood testified regularly for more time to critique the plan. Residents from Beaver Loop Road and Angler Drive also testified regularly.
"One of our biggest tasks is just to shine light on the process to see what was done," he said.
He said the majority of the comments were not in favor of the plan and the plan was passed too quickly after it was amended.
But Porter disagrees.
Since the city introduced the plan to the public in a mid-September town hall meeting, it has solicited 152 public comments, held 24 public work sessions, distributed two newsletters and various public notices, and sent out two community surveys.
"Have we had enough of the public process?" Porter said. "Yeah, I think we have."
City Manager Rick Koch said the plan is only a guide for the city's development.
"This document is a look in a crystal ball 20 years in the future," Koch said. The city updates the plan annually, he said. "Guaranteed, it's not going to be 100 percent accurate, 85 percent accurate, even 80 percent accurate.
"Some people are not going to be happy with this, and that's just the nature of this thing," he said.
Dan Schwartz can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bourbon balls are greatly appreciated too, whether dipped in chocolate or rolled in powdered sugar. My grandma Dillon made them only one time a year, but she made a lot!
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"Seinfeld's" George Costanza was ahead of his time. His quote, "Everybody's doing something. We'll do nothing!" is resonating with-- wait for it-- Liz Cheney. Here's George the Prescient in his own very words:
Liz Cheney is no George Costanza. She is no visionary, and she certainly has no developed sense of
humor reality, as her idiotic, shortsighted, terse little comment illustrates.
Liz Cheney did not hesitate when asked Monday what the Republican Party should do to address climate change.
"Nothing," she immediately replied.
And that concludes another in-depth interview with Dickette Cheney, a woman with the acumen of a gnat, the prophetic powers of GOP pollsters/Dick Morris, the logic of Sarah Palin, and the compassion of Daddy Dick.


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I never thought I'd be doing a story on Jimmy Stewart's '57 convertible. As a lifelong fan of the actor's films (The Spirit of St. Louis, Strategic Air Command, Flight of the Phoenix, and the one everyone knows, It's a Wonderful Life), to say I'm writing about Jimmy Stewart's Tri-Five is pretty cool, even if it's not the actor Jimmy Stewart I'm talking about.
Our Jimmy Stewart came into possession of his '57 by way of Car Trader magazine around 2000. Located in St. Louis, the car sported white paint with red interior and was in pretty good shape. Since the ragtop was so far from stock at the time of purchase, Jimmy decided there was too much to be done in returning it to original, so instead he went the other way and began a tasteful, full-custom job.
The seats came from an '02 Chrysler 300 and were re-covered in Australian leather (no Paul Hogan jokes, please), and retain their power movement up front. Krist Kustoms made up the new door panels to match, and the crafters at Artisan's Rod & Classics built up a special center console housing a Lokar shifter that Krist Kustoms could cover to match the rest of the interior. Filling the factory gauge bezel are Classic Instruments readouts in their dial style.
The body was cleaned up, straightened, then sprayed in Dupont two-stage Merlot FX Red by Artisan's Rod & Classics. A new grille was sourced from Classic Chevy International to go with the rest of the car's original stainless and chrome trim, which was tuned up by Metalbrite in Dayton, Ohio.
Such a beautiful body couldn't be set back down on a mundane, stock '57 chassis, so Jimmy called Art Morrison Enterprises for one of its GT55 chassis. The fully-boxed steel frame sports 2-inch drop spindles, Art Morrison-designed front tubular control arms, Baer four-piston calipers at the corners with 11-inch rotors, and QA1 coilovers. In the rear is a 9-inch built by Jimmy himself with 3.55 gears and a limited-slip unit, connected to the Art Morrison four-link suspension. Overall, the car has 2 inches of lowering thanks to the new chassis, and rolls on Foose Nitrous II wheels, 17 inches fore, 18 inches aft, wrapped in Bridgestone Turanza rubber.
With a nice body and an equally fine chassis, not just any powerplant would do for the '57's motivation. Griff Engine Builders started with a Donovan alloy mouse block, punched out the bores and added a bigger crank for 410 cubes. The heads are Brodix units, with a Crane hydraulic roller cam and valvetrain, Edelbrock Performer intake and Performer 800 cfm air/fuel mixer, fed by an Edelbrock mechanical pump. Exhaust disposal is handled by a pair of Sanderson headers with ceramic coating connected to Magnaflow mufflers. Bolted to the back side of the block is a TCI-built 700-R4 with 2,000 speed stall converter. The package pumps out about 500 pump gasfriendly horsepower, and around 460 lb-ft of torque.
If you ask Jimmy what his favorite part of the car is, you'll be a long time waiting. "I can't pick just one unique feature. The car is unique from front to back and top to bottom."
Using his machine shop abilities, Jimmy crafted a lot of the custom brackets and pieces that tie the car together, and with the help of Richard Perry, Krist Kustoms, Artisan's Rod & Classics, and Griff Engine Builders, he has what is on the outside a subtle restomod '57, but inside is a highly custom, one-of-a-kind Tri-Five ragtop.


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WASHINGTON (MCT) — The federal government should "view with suspicion" attempts by two Chinese telecommunications companies to expand in the U.S. market because of a strong risk that they would aid spying and cybertheft by China, a yearlong investigation by the House intelligence committee concluded.
House investigators working for Democrats and Republicans said in a report that Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp., two private companies with deep ties to the Chinese government, had not satisfied security concerns.
"Despite hours of interviews, extensive and repeated document requests, a review of open-source information, and an open hearing with witnesses from both companies, the committee remains unsatisfied with the level of cooperation and candor provided by each company," the report says. "Neither company was willing to provide sufficient evidence to ameliorate the committee's concerns."
The report recommended that the U.S. government block the companies from access to any sensitive U.S. networks, and from acquiring U.S. assets. The companies make routers, switches and other parts used in telecommunications systems.
Huawei has hired lobbyists in Washington, including several former congressional aides, as it seeks to sell products to U.S. telecoms and otherwise gain a toehold in the American market. ZTE officials have also said they want to do significant business in the United States. But large U.S. telecoms are not likely to engage the Chinese firms if U.S. officials warn against it.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the intelligence committee chairman, and Rep C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., the panel's ranking minority member, appeared on CBS's "60 Minutes" Sunday to discuss their inquiry.
"If I were an American company today … and you are looking at Huawei, I would find another vendor if you care about your intellectual property, if you care about your consumers' privacy, and you care about the national security of the United States of America," Rogers said.
With $32 billion in annual revenue, Huawei is the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker, while ZTE has $13.7 billion in revenue and is the fifth-largest. The firms specialize in technology that can be easily manipulated for electronic eavesdropping in ways that are extremely difficult to detect, the report says.
Huawei "exhibits a pattern of disregard for the intellectual property rights" of other companies, the report says, urging private companies "to consider the long-term security risks associated with doing business with either ZTE or Huawei for equipment or services."
The report was tougher on Huawei than on ZTE. It charges that that "during the investigation, the committee received information from industry experts and current and former Huawei employees suggesting that Huawei, in particular, may be violating United States laws. These allegations describe a company that has not followed United States legal obligations or international standards of business behavior."
The allegations, including bribery and corruption, will be referred to the Justice Department, the report says.
Aside from those unspecified allegations, however, the unclassified version of the report does not specifically link either company to wrongdoing or spying for China. U.S. intelligence officials say China has mounted a brazen state-sponsored campaign to steal the intellectual property of American and other Western companies, often through cyberattacks that siphon information out of poorly defended computer networks.
Although the U.S. engages in extensive electronic spying, it does not undertake economic espionage, U.S. officials insist. At the same time, they contend, China has a strategy of bypassing research and development by stealing it. China denies this.
The report focuses mainly on questions neither company answered to the committee's satisfaction about ties to China, its government, and its defense and intelligence services.
Although Huawei is a private company, it receives significant support from state-owned Chinese banks that it refuses to detail, the report says. ZTE would not discuss its work for Chinese military and intelligence services, the report says.
At a September hearing of the intelligence committee, both companies denied that they would do anything improper on behalf of China.


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It is difficult to think that today marks the 50th anniversary of the slaying of President John F. Kennedy, but even after all that time I still tear up when I think of him. I was fortunate to have seen candidate Kennedy when he came to Buffalo, my hometown, on a campaign stop. I was a "young" Democrat back then and had volunteered to usher people into the packed auditorium, and was lucky enough to nab an aisle seat so when JFK walked down that aisle, I could see him oh so clearly. But a little more than 1000 days after that day, I was in a college bookstore, and the news was playing on a radio when the report came out about the shooting. I truly remember that feeling of utter helplessness and grief that came over me. I ran out of the bookstore and starting pounding on all the classroom doors, telling everyone the horrible news.
The Kennedy family were big dog lovers, but here is one of our favorite photos of a young Jack in 1937 with his pup, Dunker.


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