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Fairmont State Counts, a free math tutoring program offered by Fairmont State University is planning for its spring session to be held on the Fairmont campus. The tutoring program is offered to students in fourth through eighth grades who are experiencing math difficulties.
The one hour/once a week sessions, which run for eight weeks, are offered Tuesdays or Thursdays. The program starts Feb. 19. Cathy Woodson is coordinating the sessions.

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It's just another pointer towards the coming state of things. Complete totalitarianism. Brought into existence by the weak-minded leftists, that flock around a tray of free food, and will surrender themselves, completely, to have access to it. If that's what the majority wants, then so be it, in the finest traditions of democracy. I'd rather it was otherwise, but it's not.
Left wingers label me a right winger. While right-wingers label me a left winger. There's no place like home.
Arizona is a neo-con infested craphole, according to various friends who have family there, and people I've met from there. Doesn't surprise me they would make a stupid law like this.


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UK, Algeria agree to security partnership
- Article by: CASSANDRA VINOGRAD
- Associated Press
- January 30, 2013 - 4:18 PM
LONDON - Britain and Algeria have agreed to a security partnership that could see greater intelligence-sharing and planning for future crises, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday on a visit to the North African country.
Cameron's trip to Algeria — where he was accompanied by Sir John Sawers, the head of Britain's international spy agency MI6 — followed the deadly Jan. 16 attack on the Ain Amenas natural gas plant. That attack led to a four-day siege on the complex by Algerian forces. At least 37 hostages and 29 militants died.
At a press conference following talks with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal, Cameron stressed the importance of a "tough and intelligent" response to the growing threat from Islamist militants in the region.
"Both Britain and Algeria are countries that have suffered from terrorism and we understand each other's suffering," he said. "What we have agreed is a strengthened partnership that looks at how we combat terrorism and how we improve security of this region.
"This should be about sharing our perspectives, about the risks and dangers that there are, but also sharing expertise."
Britain was among several countries with citizens held hostage in the Ain Amenas crisis that was not told in advance of Algeria's plan to storm the gas plant.
The security partnership struck Wednesday between Cameron and Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika focuses on cooperation.
Senior security, military and intelligence advisers — led by U.K. national security adviser Kim Darroch and his Algerian counterpart — will examine how Britain and Algeria can strengthen intelligence-sharing and analysis in response to threats in their countries.
They also will look more broadly at threats in North Africa and the Sahel, the region stretching across the Sahara Desert.
An al-Qaida-affiliated group claimed responsibility for the attack on Ain Amenas, and a number of al-Qaida-linked Islamist extremist groups operate in the Sahara, including a group known as Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, which originated in Algeria and is active in northern Mali.
Earlier this month, French forces intervened to stop the extremists' move toward Mali's capital.
The British-Algeria partnership will look at sharing expertise in areas such as securing borders, countering roadside bombs and tackling extremist propaganda. Britain also has invited Algeria to take part in a joint contingency planning exercise to share experiences in crisis response.
Talks will take place in the spring, with the teams of advisers due to report back to their respective governments over the summer.
Cameron's visit was the first from a serving British prime minister since Algeria gained independence in 1962. On his way to Algeria, he said he wanted to help the country "help itself" amid a growing threat from al-Qaida-linked groups in the region, according to Britain's Press Association.
Prior to his talks with Sellal, Cameron laid a wreath at the Martyrs Monument, a memorial overlooking the Bay of Algiers that was built to mark Algeria's war for independence from France between 1954 and 1962.
He also met with staff at the British Embassy in Algiers to thank them for their work during the hostage crisis, which claimed the lives of six Britons.
Beyond the security partnership, Cameron also stressed Britain's desire to strengthen relations with Algeria in areas such as trade, education and the financial sector.
Cassandra Vinograd can be reached at http://twitter.com/CassVinograd
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Remember that when dealing with some record agencies, government offices, churches and private businesses, helping you with your genealogy might not really be their job. County record offices maintain records, but if you don't know what you are looking for it makes it difficult for them to help you. Some offices may maintain old records, but their "real job" focuses on current day-to-day activities. Churches and private business maintain their records "privately," and really don't have to share information with you, even if great-grandma was a lifetime member or great-grandpa spend a "huge" amount there on his funeral.
Just a few thoughts. It doesn't mean that clerks have to be rude or impolite though!


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By LAUREN DALEY
By LAUREN DALEY
Fall River Spirit Correspondent
The Portuguese Kids give you an unusual guarantee on the home page of their website: "100 percent Chourico. 100 percent Papo Seco." Papo Seco means Portuguese bread.
Formerly known as Out of the Gutter, The Fall River improv comedy troupe will headline a special all-ages holiday show in the Nagle Auditorium at BMC Durfee High School Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.
The Portuguese Kids — Derrick DeMelo, Jason Casimiro, Brian Martins and Al Sardinha — have Portuguese communities from SouthCoast to South Africa, Canada to France, laughing at their skits about growing up Portuguese.
Even if you didn't "grow up Portuguese," just being from Fall River, you'll get a kick out of these guys.
To get a sense of their style, visit their website and watch "Portuguese Siri" and "Sh** Portuguese People Say," the latter of which has 800,000 hits on YouTube. "Portuguese and I Know It," a parody of "Sexy and I Know It," just passed 1 million hits on YouTube.
Warning: You will laugh out loud. These clips are seriously funny.
The four friends grew up together in Fall River, always "goofing off" and making each other laugh, Martins said. Casimiro graduated from Bristol County Agricultural High School, DeMelo and Sardinha graduated from Durfee in 1997, and Martins graduated from Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in 1998.
They started doing improv together in 1997 after Ricardo Rebelo, a Communications instructor at Bristol Community College and longtime staffer at Fall River Community Television, asked DeMelo and Sardinha, then BCC students, to do a local radio show. The four of them ended up doing a public access TV show, Martins said.
"Our whole show was done in the BCC parking lot and it was not good," Martins said.
"We were God-awful," DeMelo said with a laugh.
So the group signed up for comedy classes at the Improv Asylum in Boston, and later trained with Upright Citizens Brigade, which has an alumni list that reads like a veritable Who's Who of Comedy: Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll, Rob Corddry, Jack McBrayer, Tim Meadows and Donald Glover, among dozens of others.
"Upright is like the minor leagues for SNL (Saturday Night Live). We drove up there every Sunday. Our teacher was a writer for Conan O'Brien," Martins said. "It was just the perfect opportunity."
DeMelo said, "It was crazy. There are heavy hitters there. We do short-form improv, which is considered kitchy, hokey. They do long-form, which is more high-end. We wanted to learn both, but we found we like short-form better — more like 'Whose Line is it Anyway?' where the lines come out faster, and we maintain the steady laughs."
In 2004, they formed Out of the Gutter, doing general, SNL-type improv sketches, Martins said."We had one or two Portuguese sketches, and those got a really good response — much better than the other stuff," he said.
So in 2006, the four friends — all of whom had parents born in the Azores — decided to shift their focus on to Portuguese humor. And Portuguese communities everywhere are lapping it up like vovo's kale soup.
On their website, they have dozens of audio clips of songs or taped bits: "The Portuguese Christmas Song" is a parody of Adam Sandler's Christmas song. Their "drive thru" bits are especially popular — Epa! Hello, McDonalds! Pick up the phone, please! You takin' a nap there, buddy?"
One thing they're sure to get across: they're not making fun of Portuguese people. They joke with love.
Martins blogged: "We are proud to be Portuguese, we love being Portuguese, and our mission is simple: To show you the 'Funnier Side of Growing up Portuguese."
Another blog post reads:
"'Ay! Next time you cut through my yard, you go around!' You have all heard this before. In some way or another, your parents have uttered a phrase close to that one. 'Close the lights,' 'Turn off the window,' 'I tie my dogs loose on you.' It's so funny and so innocent all at once. We grew up with this, embarrassed in front of our friends or poking fun at our parents under our breath. ... But in the end, you have to give our parents credit. English is not an easy language to learn. ... They're trying their best, and we love them for it!"
Martins said, "Growing up, we've all gone through these crazy wacky episodes. These are situations we can all relate to. Their parents are silly about their daughter staying out late, or about them saving money. People come up and say, 'This reminds me of my father' or 'My mother did that when I was younger.' People leave messages on Facebook. ... It's really amazing."
In 2013, The Portuguese Kids plan to travel the globe for their "Portuguese and I Know It" tour — to Bermuda, Australia and Johannesburg, South Africa.
"It blows my mind. We get e-mails from people all over the world asking us to come perform," said DeMelo. "We go to clubs in Canada and there's extra security in case the crowd gets insane. It's surreal. It's like, 'Who are we?' We're just a couple of guys from Fall River."
The Durfee show will also showcase local singer Jordan Paiva, a performance by Artistic Dance Company and other holiday performances. Tickets to last year's show sold out quickly. Tickets are available for $5 each by visiting www.portuguesecomedy.com/tickets or by calling Durfee at (508) 675-8100, ext. 1173. All proceeds from the event benefit Durfee Student Government events.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Jun 2012 22:49 UTC
And finally, finally, finally, Vizio has fully unveiled its brand new line up of laptops and all-in-ones. The successful American TV maker announced its new kit at CES in January, catching my eyes with a set of beautiful, distinctive laptops and all-in-ones, and, as they promised back then, they have now unveiled all. This has want written all over it. Update: Rejoice: non-glossy, matte screens on the laptop.
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Just to let you know that the Dell XPS 17 (L702X) that I have has a matte screen. The fact hadn't been publicized at all, which I still don't understand. I can't tell you how pleased I was when I first opened the lid and realized the laptop had a matte screen! I also realized that the argument/pretext about better colors on glossy screens is pure BS.
Barring the lousy non-backlit keyboard, this computer is the best I've ever had and the matte screen contributes much to that impression of mine.


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Submission + - Actually, It's Google That's Eating the World (xconomy.com)
waderoush writes: An Xconomy column today suggests that Google is getting too big. When the company was younger, most of its acquisitions related to its core businesses of search, advertising, network infrastructure, and communications. More recently, it's been colonizing areas with a less obvious connection to search, such as travel, social networking, productivity, logistics, energy, robotics, and — with the acquisition this week of Nest Labs — home sensor networks and automation. A Google acquisition can obviously mean a big payoff for startup founders and their investors, but as the company grows by accretion it may actually be slowing innovation in Silicon Valley (since teams inside the Googleplex, with its endless fountain of AdWords revenue, can stop worrying about making money or meeting market needs). And by infiltrating so many corners of consumers' lives — and collecting personal and behavioral data as it goes — it's becoming an all-encompassing presence, and making itself ever more attractive as a target for marketers, data thieves, and government snoops. 'Any sufficiently advanced search, communications, and sensing infrastructure is indistinguishable from Big Brother,' the column argues.


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Winnipeg, MB (SportsNetwork.com) - Cam Ward made 33 stops, including two spectacular stick saves, and the Carolina Hurricanes held on to defeat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Saturday.
Eric Staal, Jordan Staal, and Riley Nash all scored for Carolina, which has won two of its last three. Andrej Sekera supplied two assists in the win.
"Knew that I was going to get the opportunity tonight and [I] wanted to come out and have a strong effort. [The Jets] play so well in their home building," Ward said. "They came out strong in the first ten minutes and it was important to make some big saves to settle our guys down. We had a really strong second period and the third period was just up for grabs."
Jim Slater and Bryan Little both had goals for the Jets, who have lost two of their last three and eight of their last 10. Al Montoya allowed three goals on 32 shots in defeat.
Neither team scored in the opening stanza. Little had a wide-open net, but Ward dove and threw out his stick to rob the Winnipeg forward and keep it scoreless. Ward made another great save with his stick to stop Eric O'Dell's wrap-around attempt.
"That's probably the biggest save anyone's made on me in my career and it's just one of those where I have an empty net, and I'm just shooting it right in the middle and he got his stick on it. It was probably bugging me for a better part of the game to say the least," said Little.
The Jets opened the scoring 7:48 into the second. Slater won the faceoff back to Mark Stuart, who unleashed a shot that was deflected by Slater and past Ward.
Thirty-seven seconds later, Montoya mishandled the puck behind the net and Jiri Tlusty quickly threw the puck into the slot. Eric Staal tracked it down and wristed it into an open net to tie the game at one.
After Slater went off for tripping, Sekera found Jordan Staal streaking through the neutral zone. He went in on the breakaway and beat Montoya with a wrister to give Carolina a 2-1 lead at 10:10.
Less than two minutes later, Nash took the puck around the net and was stopped on his initial wrap-around attempt. After a few whacks, the puck trickled into the net for Nash's ninth of the season.
Little made it a 3-2 game 1:27 into the third. Michael Frolik sent a pass to Little in front of the net and he one-timed it past the Carolina netminder to cut the deficit in half.
Montoya was pulled with just over a minute remaining. The Jets had several chances in tight, but Ward made multiple stops to fend off the Winnipeg attack as the Hurricanes held on for the win.
Game Notes
Jets defenseman Zach Bogosian left the game with an upper-body injury ... Winnipeg defenseman Adam Pardy played in his 250th NHL game ... Winnipeg's four-game penalty killing streak came to an end ... The road team has won 18 of the last 24 meetings in the matchup.


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Majolica Majorca's Autumn 2009 collection, Fairy Sadistic *giggles* also has a set of new liquid eyeliners to match.
Previous Majolica Majorca liquid eyeliners have not been my cup of tea – too unpigmented, too watery. This new release consists of 7 shades of blackened eyeliners:
I bought two, the GR604 Green and GD802 Gold. One day I'll get rund to buying BL603 and RD605.
Eye, eye!
Read more after the jump!To use the pens, twist at the bottom to dispense the product. This all worked very well – with previous versions I had trouble getting the product to dispense evenly.
The brush is a fairly firm synthetic one, fine for thick or fine lines.
Hurrah! This liner is a vast improvement on previous models. As mentioned earlier, there seems to be a black theme to all the eyeliners, hence they are all seem to have a black base with a hint of a colour. The one I have used here is the gold – its more apparent in the flesh but there's no doubting the dark base:
I think the dark base works best – I mean really, when I line my eyes with lighter colours it just looks wrong.
The liner has a slight glossy edge to it when it dries – the sheen is apparent and actually quite nice.
Another issue I used to have with this liner is that it used to peel off – this one doesn't. It also used to take ages to dry – this one does still take a minute or 2 to dry but its bearable, not like you have to walk around with your eyes closed for 10 minutes.
I think its rather fab! A massive improvement on older Majolica liquid eyeliners and highly recommend especially if you like darker shades. The pen also makes it very easy to apply.


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TV star Angela Rippon is to help a Doncaster nursing home celebrate its 30th birthday.
The Alzheimer's Society Ambassador will help Bennfield House Nursing Home celebrate the milestone next week.
Angela will tour the home and chat with residents during her visit and will be joined by Doncaster resident Trevor Jarvis who lives with dementia and is also an Alzheimer's Society Ambassador.
Angela, who works tirelessly to support the work of Alzheimer's Society and co-chairs the Dementia Friendly Communities Champions Group, which focuses on improving inclusion and quality of life for people living with dementia, said: "With an ever growing number of people living longer with dementia, it's more important than ever that we all have a better understanding of the condition and ensure that our care homes and their staff are equipped and trained in how to care for people living with the condition."
Residents, families and staff at the home will enjoy the celebrations next Wednesday with afternoon tea, the annual presentation of staff awards and X factor finalist Alan Turner.
Matron at Bennfield House Penny Bennett said: "We are delighted that Angela has been able to find time in her very busy schedule to come and visit us at Bennfield House and help us celebrate this very special anniversary.
"The residents will be really pleased to see her and she is so obviously dedicated to supporting people with dementia and ensuring that support and services for them continue to improve.
"We would like to thank her for her kindness in visiting us and adding some celebrity sparkle to our celebrations.'
Liz Williamson, Operations Manager for Alzheimer's Society in Doncaster and Rotherham said: "It is a pleasure to be invited by the Bennfield Nursing Home to join in their celebrations.
"It is so important that communities support people living with dementia throughout their journey from diagnosis right through to a residential setting, if this is appropriate for the individual, and provide high quality dementia specific care."


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As North Korea took a major step toward having a functional nuclear weapon on Tuesday, it is clear that only one country can stop what is now a major threat to peace in East Asia.
China is North Korea's only regional ally and Beijing supports the Pyongyang regime because the divided Korean peninsular provides a buffer against the United States and its allies.
The U.S., perhaps with a wider United Nations mandate, cannot therefore move against the North Korean regime without risking a conflict with China.
That's what happened in the 1950-53 Korean War when it looked as though the U.S.-led United Nations forces would overrun the North. Beijing sent hundreds of thousands of "volunteers" to push the UN troops back to the original dividing line.
Since then, China has stuck by the Pyongyang regime, even though it disapproves of North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons development programs.
Hopes by the international community that Beijing could be prevailed upon to curb Pyongyang have been misplaced.
But even Beijing must now be coming to the conclusion that there has to be regime change in Pyongyang if security and stability is to be maintained in the Far East.
Only China can effect regime change in Pyongyang, put in a less-threatening administration and keep the divisions between North and South Korea which Beijing sees as essential to its own security.
If it wants to, China can shut down the North Korean economy in a matter of days and it undoubtedly has the links into Pyongyang to be able to foster a palace coup.
It is 20 years since the international community started worrying about North Korea's nuclear development program.
Diplomacy, sanctions, offers of aid and promises of economic investment have got precisely nowhere.
Instead three generations of the ruling Kim family, the world's only supposedly Marxist royal dynasty – Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un – have played everyone for suckers.
While the country has become little more than a prison camp for its nearly 25 million people, suffered persistent famines in which millions of people have died and the economy has all but collapsed, the Kims have put all their investment into weapons and the military.
North Korea has a standing army of over one million men and the largest military relative to the size of its population of any country in the world.
But since the regime's founder Kim Il-sung began it shortly before his death in 1994, the nuclear weapons program and associated missile development has been the Kim's prime focus.
The Kims have reasoned quite rightly that once they got a usable nuclear weapon, they would be almost immune to threats from the West or attempts at regime change.
In December, North Korea successfully launched an intercontinental missile apparently capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
Two tests of nuclear warheads in 2006 and 2009 were only partly successful.
But on Tuesday the Pyongyang regime conducted what looks to be a successful test of a nuclear bomb whose successors may be small enough to mount on the missile.
It has done this despite warnings from even China, on which the regime depends for its survival. Beijing on Tuesday expressed its "staunch opposition" to the nuclear test and urged Pyongyang to "honour its commitment to denuclearization."
There is little chance of that.
Later on Tuesday, the 15-member United Nations Security Council condemned the test as "a clear threat to international peace and security."
This is unlikely to strike fear into the hearts of Kim Jong-un and his courtiers, even if it leads to more sanctions.
There's nothing much left on which to apply more sanctions.
In place of a regular economy, with the exception of some mineral sales to China, the Kim's have created what amounts to a criminal enterprise.
What keeps the inhabitants of the palace in luxury is the spoils from weapons sales, drug trafficking and counterfeiting of both goods and currency.
But although it has been well known for years that North Korea is not a country in any real sense – it is organized crime on a grand scale – the international community has been reluctant to accept the obvious.
Instead there have been rounds of talks starting in 1993 which aimed to provide North Korea aid and economic investment in return for abandoning its nuclear program.
But in hindsight these talks were always destined for failure.
Republicans in the U.S. Congress and administration always thought there was too many carrots and not enough stick.
And Pyongyang hardly slowed, leave alone halted its nuclear program despite its promises.


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The Dolphins had three red zone trips on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. They scored one touchdown and settled for two field goals.
So drives that could have been maximized for three touchdowns, 21 points, resulted in only 13 points.
That is a big deal when one considers this game was decided by one point.
So, again, why are the Dolphins not maximizing? Why are they not cashing in?
I've stopped looking to the Dolphins for answers.
I'm looking elsewhere -- like the rest of the NFL. And in the NFL on Sunday the rest of the league scored 41 red zone touchdowns.
Of those 41 touchdowns, 13 were scored when quarterbacks hooked up with wide receivers for the six-pointers. Quarterbacks found their tight ends for 11 of those 41 red zone touchdowns. And quarterbacks connected with running back for three red zone passing touchdowns.
All told, of the 41 red zone touchdowns scored by teams not named the Miami Dolphins or Cleveland Browns, 27 came via the pass. So teams that got into the end zone once they reached the red zone did it by passing 65 percent of the time.
The running scores?
Running backs scored on runs nine times. Quarterbacks had touchdown runs five times.
So what does all this mean?
It's quite clear, really.
The most important player in the red zone is the quarterback. On Sunday, the quarterback threw a touchdown or scored himself 32 of the 41 red zone successes teams had. The wide receiver is obviously the next most productive player for teams in the red zone and the tight end is not very far behind him.
But here's the problem: The players manning those positions for the Dolphins are not delivering in the red zone.
Yesterday, for example, quarterback Chad Henne completed 65.5 percent of his passes for the game. But inside the red zone he completed only 2 of 5 passes for a 40 percent completion rate. He also broke a team red zone rule by taking a sack. (Obviously, that may or may not have been something he could have avoided.)
Brandon Marshall had four catches for 43 yards yesterday, which by the way is not very good at all. Anyway, Marshall was worse in the red zone. He was unable to beat one-on-one coverage from Joe Haden and his lone red zone pass went incomplete.
That pass, by the way, was catchable. Yes, it would have been an outstanding catch, but those are the kind of catches big-time receivers are supposed to deliver. Marshall did not. And don't take my word for it. The pictures, sent in by this blog's rising screen grab specialist Justin Reardon, show the play in all its inglorious outcome:
Above Marshall has practically no separation, but the ball is headed right to his hands. It's a good throw.
Now the ball is in Marshall's hands. Joe Haden is still trying to bat it in the air, but it's too late. The DBs only hope now is batting it from Marshall's grasp or having Marshall drop it.
Well, Haden can stop hoping to bat it from Marshall's grasp because it's in the guy's hands. Now he has to hope Marshall simply drops the ball.
And that is exactly what happens. As Haden whiffs, Marshall has let the ball go through his hands. Incomplete. No touchdown.
Davone Bess was targetted once in the red zone. He wasn't really open. Anthony Fasano was targetted once in the red zone. Nothing.
Fasano is of particular interest to me. The tight end, you see, is supposed to make his money in the red zone. He needs to be a presence there and that point is made in the stats I related above. Tight ends are supposed to be major red zone weapons.
Fasano is not. Hmmm, this is more evidence the Dolphins need that upgrade at tight end the team still refuses to do.
Finally, I'd say the Dolphins might think of using their RBs more as weapons in the red zone. Their red zone success Sunday came on a screen pass to Daniel Thomas that turned into a 10-yard score. Thomas also carried three times in the red zone for 8 yards. The running plays yielded modest return, but what about using the RBs as receiving weapons?
Isn't Reggie Bush supposed to be this big mismatch with linebackers whenever he's on the field? Why not use him?
Obviously, I'm not a coach and do not pretend to be one. But I have eyes. And what Miami has been doing so far doesn't equal necessarily what the rest of the league is doing.
The positions that are producing the big red zone success elsewhere aren't doing that in Miami. That's a problem.
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Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs is entering his 11th season, and is coming off a torn Achilles and a biceps tear last year, and watched his mentors walk out the door this offseason.
But if he's feeling down, it's hard to tell.
"I'm 30, so I'm alright," Suggs said when asked about his football mortality, via the team's official website. "A lot of those guys are a lot older than me. I'm 30. If you ask me, I'm probably entering in my football prime right now.
"But I'm not going to think about that this year. At the end of the year, probably, it depends on how the year goes."
Losing Ed Reed and Ray Lewis might have been an emotional blow, but the Ravens are certainly younger and possibly better on defense now, after adding Elvis Dumervil and upgrading the defensive line.
Getting Suggs back to being Suggs would certainly help make that a reality, after his barely-there 2.0 sacks last season. But he's come to camp leaner and more serious, perhaps a reflection of his new leadership status. He pointed to others such as Haloti Ngata and Lardarius Webb, but all eyes will be on him as the elder.
"Achilles feels good. Bicep feels good. And I'm 100 percent," Suggs said. "I'm just blessed that I am 100 percent and that I am able to go to work."
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May 9, 2008
From Books to Bottles: Exhibit Captures
Responsibilities, Consequences of Teen Pregnancy
Stories and photos representing the struggles and experiences of teen parents in Alexandria are the focus of a new exhibit, From Books to Bottles, produced by the Alexandria Youth Council (AYC), in partnership with the City of Alexandria and the Alexandria City Public Schools. In recognition of May, National Teen Pregnancy Month, members of the AYC will present images from the exhibit at the Alexandria City Council legislative meeting on Tuesday, May 13. The full exhibit will be showcased at a reception on Tuesday, May 20, in the Vola Lawson Lobby of Alexandria City Hall, 301 King St., at 6:15 p.m. This event and the exhibit, which will be on display through May 23, is free and open to the public.
The City of Alexandria, until recently, has had the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the Northern Virginia area. The City's teen pregnancy rate dropped 17.9% between 2005 and 2006. However, more work is needed to reduce the rate and ensure a continuing downward trend.
For this project, sponsors brought in Critical Exposure, a Washington, D.C.- based non-profit organization that works with youth by developing their skills as documentary photographers and encouraging them to use their images and their voices to inform the public about important youth issues. For three months, members of the Alexandria Youth Council, armed with cameras and digital recorders, visited local teen parents, taking photographs and collecting their stories in hopes of raising awareness about teen pregnancy
From Books to Bottles is one of many events for youth, parents, and the community sponsored by ACAP during National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. The events include the play Avoiding Plan B, presented by City at Peace, a Washington, D.C.-based youth performance group on Saturday, May 17, at Cora Kelly Recreation Center, 25 W. Reed Ave., at 6 p.m. Admission to the play is free.
Avoiding Plan B explores the lives and relationships of a group of teenagers as they approach high school graduation and deal with the perceptions and implications of sex in their lives.
For more information about these events, or about National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, visit www.alexgetreal.com or call 703.684.ACAP.
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Shock Videos: New Black Panther Party Member Teaches 'Black Survival' Tactics With Guns and Machetes…to Kidsby Madeleine Morgenster, theunhivedmind.com
September 1st 2011 5:36 PM
Disturbing new YouTube videos have surfaced allegedly showing notorious New Black Panther Party member King Samir Shabazz teaching "black survival" training to a small audience — with children sitting in the front row.
In each of the three videos, uploaded June 6, 2011, the man identified as Shabazz graphically demonstrates self-defense tactics using a variety of weapons, including a handgun, a machete and a baseball bat:
Shabazz first takes the audience through the basics of holding a weapon. Wearing black militant clothing and a red bandana, he crouches down and aims his gun.
"Know and understand everything around you is a weapon," he says.
In the first self-defense demonstration, Shabazz mimes reading a newspaper while his assistant charges him. Shabazz ducks and extends his fist, giving a straight punch to the would-be attacker's groin and knocks him down. He demonstrates several other types of blows, including to the knee and leg, and how to pivot and slam an attacker to the ground.
In the next demonstration, the would-be attacker charges Shabazz, who stops him by extending his foot into the attacker's groin area while simultaneously pulls a gun and points it in his face.
Shabazz next holds the assistant by the throat and demonstrates how to choke off an assailant's air supply.
"You're cutting that wind off completely. Backing him up and put two in him," Shabazz says, putting the gun in the assistant's abdomen.
He demonstrates a variation of the move again.
"While you have him you may put two bullets in his legs," he says. "I'm going to make sure you don't get up." The assistant falls.
"Now, it's your choice, you may finish off your load or you may go about your business," Shabazz says.
Shabazz next demonstrates what to do when you're the one placed in a choke hold.
"The first thing we don't do?" Shabazz quizzes.
"Stay," the audience, including the children, answer.
"Right," he says, then steps back to his attacker's side and demonstrates the open shot to either of his kneecaps.
"Be careful it isn't your leg!" Shabazz cautions. "What I would do, in most cases, go right to the groin….You always want to make sure you are not in the way of your own line of fire."
Shabazz then goes through the proper way of loading a gun, cautioning the audience never to play with a loaded weapon, while he himself waves one around, demonstrating what not to do.
"I am trained to deal with a loaded weapon," he says.
The next set of scenarios deal with how to use a machete to defend against a baseball bat-wielding attacker. Shabazz and his assistant mime a bat and machete fight, and Shabazz locks his assistant in position.
"Now, I can either go for his fingers and cut his fingers straight off or I can go straight for his wrist," he says.
Following through with the knife's momentum in slow motion, Shabazz demonstrates how he can cut right through his attacker, then holds his head from behind, exposing his neck, and mimes decapitating him.
"And I can hold his head up high just like that," he says triumphantly.
"Black power," an audience member says.
At one point, a weapon is heard clattering to the floor and a small child appears to retrieve it and put it back on the stage.
After the second machete demonstration, an audience member comments, "Damn, you gotta do all that?"
"Overkill," laughs another.
It's also worth noting that in a separate video posted in May, one month before the survival training, Shabazz addressed a group with a speech called "Exhuming of a Nation." Among other statements, he declared, "F*** whitey's Mother's Day."
"I see black folks in here. I see no crackers in here today," Shabazz said. "How do you feel?"
"Black power!" the audience answered.
"You love being black?"
"Do you love being black?"
"Will you die being black?"
"Will you kill to be black?"
"Yes! Black power!"
"Are you ready for black?"
"Black power!"
The Blaze previously reported on Shabazz last September when he was shown in a video accusing "Fox Jews" of using "little black babies" as "alligator bait." He has spoken about his hatred of white people and called on blacks to "kill crackers" and their babies.
Shabazz was also reportedly one of the New Black Panther Party members who allegedly engaged in voter intimidation in Philadelphia on Election Day 2008. The Justice Department dropped the investigation into the incident and no charges were ever filed.
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Moon and Venus [1]
You just never know what the weather will bring at this time of year -- from brilliant sunshine to thunderstorms, chilly fog, and even blizzards.
Uncertainty about the weather isn't a problem on our closest planetary neighbor, though. On Venus, it's always hot and dry.
The planet's dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide traps heat from the Sun, roasting Venus's surface like the inside of an oven. Temperatures are close to 900 degrees Fahrenheit across the entire planet -- day and night, from pole to pole.
The atmosphere is quite dense, too, so the pressure is the same as you'd find at a depth of about 3,000 feet in Earth's oceans. And even though winds on Venus don't appear to blow at more than a few miles an hour, the thickness of the atmosphere would make it all but impossible to move against them -- it would be like trying to move upstream against a strong river.
The atmosphere is topped by thick clouds across the entire planet. So even though Venus is closer to the Sun than Earth is, broad daylight wouldn't be very bright. And the clouds give the sky a dull orange glow.
And at night, the ground might glow orange, too -- heated to temperatures hot enough to melt lead by the predictable weather on our neighbor world.
Look for Venus in the eastern sky before dawn right now. It's the "morning star." Tomorrow, it's to the lower left of the crescent Moon. We'll have more about Venus and the Moon tomorrow.
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In the early 1860s, Elizabeth Freund was appointed adminstratrix of her husband's estate. There was no will. Yet in every other reference to Elizabeth throughout the estate papers, she is called the executor. Repeatedly. Numerous times. Yet she was not the executor of his estate as there was no will. It is likely that the attorney for the estate or the clerk incorrectly referred to her as the executor in one of the earlier documents and the mistake simply got repeated over and over.
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Function over FormHorton: The Big thing for me – and for us – as we were designing Lara was trying to find something that felt both iconic and timeless at the same time. So there was an exhaustive amount of research done in terms of the wardrobe and gear that was decided on, and how we chose to put them on for compositional reasons as well as functional reasons.
We had goals of a realistic proportionality and a realistic wardrobe, and we wanted them to feel more like clothing – not an outfit. There is no such thing as an outfit for us. She is on this expedition and has practical clothing – cargo pants and layered tank tops and boots – because she is in and among a group that share the same values. Lara is beautiful, but she isn't fashion forward. She does have two little earrings on one side because we wanted to update her in some respects. But she is more about her own internal world. The end result was a look that is both contemporary and timeless. We didn't want the look to be too trendy or too hip, but she still needed to feel youthful and relevant, with an earthy and vulnerable quality to her on top of having that inner strength.
TributeHorton: Lara's tank top starts off light grey. In certain light it looks blue, but it's grey. One of the things we wanted to do was to let it feel blue at times. We wanted to get the feeling that it is fairly neutral, but when you look at it there is that sort of nod to the past, even though it is very contemporary when compared to the past. We wanted to evoke a feeling that the essence of Lara Croft is there when you look at her. There is still a lot of respect and love for Lara Croft as a character, even though we are reinventing her.
Evolving WardrobeHorton: The most important thing to me is that we not have wardrobe changes, but rather wardrobe evolution. The cumulative damage and wear and tear on the clothing is where evolution comes through in the outfit. I'm very excited to see that manifest throughout the game. Lara is just surviving from beginning to end. Through her situation her outfit is going to show the accumulation of that survival story. That is going to mean discoloration and rips and tears. That will sort of progress throughout the entire adventure. There will be other gear and items that will accumulate and change her look a bit, too.
A Step too FarHorton: At one point, since survival is such an important element, we thought about having her bones break and she would be crippled in some way. And while we realized that it would be fantastic from a fiction standpoint, it would hurt us in gameplay. We want her to get damaged, and that is a huge part of how we present the character, but we didn't want to go so far as to say that she had splints on and things like that. It was just a step too far from the gameplay goals.
Beyond the SuperficialHorton: We spent a lot of time talking about surface qualities and millimeters and proportions. But really what you look at in the game is what Lara does in the world, and I think that is so much more important than those final surface qualities. Our lead animator has done an amazing job making her feel connected to the world, and I think that is the extra ingredient. No matter how you design a character, it is how she acts in the world that makes her believable.
Stewart: You will see that in a lot of the character performances. A lot of thought has been put into what Lara would do in a situation because she is fresh to the situation. For example, when she hears the scavenger for the first time, her natural reaction is to step back and ask "what the hell is that?" But as you progress she becomes stronger and her animations change, as does her character performance. So there are these stages that you have to go through. It isn't just about being this beautiful girl and running from place to place.
Horton: It's about how she plays out in this world, and her interplay with other characters. Those interactions are going to be very different from what we've seen in past Tomb Raider titles. She isn't always in charge. She will have these ranges of being the low man on the totem pole in the beginning and then finding her own voice.
Lest Not Forget… Horton: As far as sex appeal, we are always thinking about making a character that people want to play, and part of that is a level of attractiveness and being drawn to Lara. But we don't want to play up sexuality for sexualities sake. We are constantly talking about context and motivation on this project. If for any reason we wanted to put her in a situation that would be alluring, it isn't to be alluring. It would be because the situation called for it.
Lara is a lover of archeology and she has these book smarts. Her brains are another huge part of her sex appeal. She is an attractive girl who doesn't play up her looks, but she is super smart and she is very ambitious.
Ultimately, what I think is going to be compelling about this – and what our version of sexy is – is the toughness through adverse conditions. Seeing her survive through these moments. Her skin is still bare on the arms and there are going to be rips and tears on her clothes, but it won't be about being revealing. It's a way of saying that through these tough situations, there is a beauty and vulnerability coming through. I think that is sexy in its own way. There is a different tone we are going for across the board, and Lara Croft as a sex object isn't our goal. No unlockable bikinis.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Campaign aides to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell proposed using actress Ashley Judd's past bouts with depression against her if she had decided to challenge him in his reelection bid next year, according to a secret recording posted by a magazine.
Mother Jones released a recording Tuesday along with an article about a meeting in which the aides discussed opposition research into potential Democratic challengers. Aides talked and laughed on the recording about Judd's political positions, religious beliefs, and past bouts of depression.
The FBI is looking into how the recording was made after the McConnell campaign accused opponents of engaging in ''Watergate-era tactics.'' The magazine reported that the recording was provided last week by a source who requested anonymity.
''She's clearly — this sounds extreme — but she is emotionally unbalanced,'' a McConnell aide said of Judd during a February meeting at the Louisville campaign headquarters. ''I mean it's been documented . . . she's suffered some suicidal tendencies. She was hospitalized for 42 days when she had a mental breakdown in the '90s.''
Judd spokeswoman Cara Tripicchio criticized the McConnell campaign for considering making depression a campaign issue. ''This is yet another example of the politics of personal destruction that embody Mitch McConnell and are pervasive in Washington, D.C.,'' Tripicchio said in a statement. ''We expected nothing less from Mitch McConnell and his camp than to take a personal struggle such as depression, which many Americans cope with on a daily basis, and turn it into a laughing matter.''
Judd has been open about her bouts with depression. She spoke to the American Counseling Association's national convention in Cincinnati in March, telling more than 3,000 counselors from across the country about her experiences.
McConnell was asked several times at a news conference Tuesday about the propriety of attacking Judd over depression. He did not directly answer, but brought up an incident last month, when Progress Kentucky tweeted an insensitive remark about his wife, former labor secretary Elaine Chao.
''As you know, my wife's ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in Kentucky and apparently they also bugged my headquarters,'' he said. ''So I think that pretty well sums up the way the political left is operating in Kentucky.''
The McConnell campaign asked the FBI to look into whether the Louisville office was bugged.
McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton alleged in an e-mail to supporters that ''liberals and their media allies'' were ''wiretapping our field office to spy on us.'' Benton used the issue as a fund-raising appeal, asking supporters to send donations ''to help us spread the truth.''
''We've always said the left would stop at nothing to attack Senator McConnell, but Watergate-style tactics to bug campaign headquarters are above and beyond,'' Benton said.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A tentative deal has been reached to resolve a dispute between agriculture workers and growers that was standing in the way of a sweeping immigration overhaul bill, a key senator said Tuesday.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, who has taken the lead on negotiating a resolution, didn't provide details, and said that growers had yet to sign off on the agreement. The farm workers union has been at odds with the agriculture industry over worker wages and how many visas should be offered in a new program to bring agriculture workers to the United States.
But Feinstein said she is hoping for resolution in the next day or two.
''There's a tentative agreement on a number of things and we're waiting to see if it can get wrapped up,'' Feinstein said in a brief interview at the Capitol.
''I'm very hopeful. The train is leaving the station. We need a bill.''
The development comes as a bipartisan group of senators hurries to finish legislation to secure the border and put 11 million immigrants here illegally on a path to citizenship, while also allowing tens of thousands of high- and low-skilled foreign workers into the United States on new visa programs. The agriculture issue was one of a handful of unresolved issues. There's also still debate over plans to boost visas for high-tech workers.
The group of four Republican and four Democratic senators had been hoping to release the mammoth immigration bill this week but it's not clear that deadline will be met.
At least 50 percent and as much as 70 or 80 percent of the nation's farm workers are here illegally, according to labor and industry estimates.
Former state representative wins race for Jackson seat
CHICAGO — Former state representative Robin Kelly, whose campaign received a
$2 million boost from Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City, easily captured Tuesday's special election to replace former US representative Jesse Jackson Jr.
The win for the Matteson Democrat was widely expected as the Chicago-area district, which Jackson represented from 1995 until late last year, has been a Democratic stronghold for roughly six decades. Kelly emerged from a crowded field in the February primary by focusing heavily on antigun efforts and was helped by ads from Bloomberg's super PAC.
Jackson stepped down in November after a mysterious medical leave where full details were never disclosed to the public. He cited his health and acknowledged he was under federal investigation in his resignation letter.


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October 9, 2012 > Online science lectures
The University of California, Riverside has made available online four popular science lectures that were presented on campus earlier this year. Each video is accompanied by a downloadable study guide for use by teachers in their classrooms.Topics covered in the public lectures are:Is Earth overpopulated?What Hollywood can teach us about our planet?What's your carbon footprint?Where does your water come from? Titled "Earth 101," the 2012 lecture series was hosted by the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Science Circle, a group of university and community members committed to advancing science in inland Southern California.The annual Science Lecture Series has been presented by the college since 2009.For more information, please visit: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/8790


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Cozumel's traditional dive and sun resort
Surrounded by beautiful gardens and ocean, right in front of Villa Blanca famous wall and reef,
15 minute walk from bustling San Miguel town.
Villablanca Garden Beach is a beachfront hotel located approximately 5 miles from Cozumel Airport and two miles from town, right in front of Villablanca Reef and Wall (great for snorkeling and diving).
Our exclusive property includes 50 rooms and suites, three villas and a P.H.; all units are equipped with A/C, ceiling fan, refrigerator, cable TV, telephone and sunken tubs.
Taxes are not included in our rates and will be charged during the check in.
Check in: 3:00 p.m.
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Cancelations: 72 hrs before the check in, after this time you will be charged 1 nt.
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Originally published on December 4, 2013 5:03 am
The Obama administration is renewing its sales push for the president's signature health care law. On Wednesday, officials host a "youth summit" at the White House, where young people will be encouraged to sign up for insurance coverage. Their participation is crucial to help balance out the cost of insuring older, sicker people.


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If either the rival Rangers or Flyers were in New Jersey, there would be as many New York or Philadelphia jerseys in the crowd as Devils' colors.
Not anymore, at least not in the playoffs this year.
The Devils have been tough at the Prudential Center, known as the "The Rock," and they need one more big effort tonight in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final to keep their championship dreams alive and prevent the Los Angeles Kings from capturing their first NHL title since coming into the league in 1967.
It's a tough task. The Kings haven't lost on the road since the playoffs started two months ago. They are 10-0, including two overtime wins here in Games 1 and 2.
A bounce or two here or there, and New Jersey might be the one leading the best-of-7 series 3-1.
That's wishful thinking for Devils fans. The reality is New Jersey has some momentum coming off a 3-1 win on Wednesday night, and they need to keep winning or else.
New Jersey is 6-4 in the playoffs here after posting a 24-13-4 mark in the regular season. It's gotten their fans behind them like never before.
"We're winning, that's the bottom line," Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur said of the fan support. "I think we've played hard and got some success. It's hard when you don't win for our fans to be involved and do what they'd like to do, especially the last few years when we played the Rangers and Flyers (in the postseason).
Coming into this season, the Devils had posted a 3-7 postseason mark at "The Rock," which opened for the 2007-08 season.
Veteran defenseman Andy Greene said the Devils are just a better team overall this season.
"I think going into the playoffs we were playing good hockey," Greene said. "The few years before that, I don't want to say we stumbled into the playoffs, but we probably weren't where we needed to be heading into the playoffs. We've been playing the right way and the crowd has been great. We're feeling their energy and feeding off it. It's been great."


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Not yet…But Soon You Can Bet
8/27/10 Dodgers vs Rockies Game One
Weather: 88 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to CF.
Att: 41,964.
It's been a while since I've been to a game or at least if feels that way. I had tickets but had to miss Tuesday and Wednesday's games due to an injury. I really hate that.
I discovered something called sciatica. Not fun stuff especially if you enjoy having feeling in your legs.
Because of this, I'll have to change my snagg'n game plan, at least until I'm back to 100%. Instead of being able to run and chase baseballs, I'll have to use my superior tracking skills to be a little more choosy on the batting practice snags I attempt.
Such is life I guess…Gett'n old sucks.
Today I got lucky and snagged the first one of BP within a minute of entering the pavilion. It was a fairly easy catch, the only hiccup was manuevering between the seats to get to the rail in time.
I gave that ball to a young Rockies fan who was nearby. I can always use karma points :).
Shortly after my handoff, Rant Regular Ken snagged a Tulowitzki BP homer.
Here's video of it shot by Dan
I believe Ken's total for the day was two, nice job.
Mike is back from his big East Coast baseball trip.
He mentioned he took a thousand pictures including some of "interesting fans" along the way..
Here's a few of Mike's pictures…PNC Park
Thanks for sharing Mike!
Starting pitcher today is Ubaldo Jiminez aka known as"Nasty Fasty" here on the Rant...
Here's Nasty Fasty doing the Pre-Game Walk of Shame
(If you listen closely, you'll hear me tell Ubaldo he has nothing to be ashamed about)
I couldn't tell if Franklin was staring me down or posing?
Here's Tulowitzki playing his "I have a ball and you don't game" with the fans.
Today's game had a movie theme. I really got a kick out of these.
Here are a few random game pictures.
Nice to see Helton can still Belt'em.
Todd hits his 5th homerun of the season in the second inning with two out.
Blake's grand slam in the 8th really killed the whole mood.
The Dodgers have owned the Rockies the last couple of years.
I was really hoping the Rockies would pull this one off for Ubaldo. I wanted to be able to say I was at the game where Ubaldo achieved his 18th win.
But not this time. Rockies lose to the Dodgers at Coors field with a final score of 6-2.
The hunt for Ubaldo's 18th win continues…Where will it happen?
I'm "D" The Rockpile Ranter,
and I wanna see Nasty do it here at Coors.


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Every Sunday Spiritual Guidance offers holy and discipline priests advice on how to wield the holy light and groove to the disco night. Your hostess Dawn Moore will provide the music.
Hey ladies! Hey fellas! You know you're doin' good 'cause they're jealous *Pop-Pop* And they only hate ya 'cause you're a go-getter *Pop-Pop* Pop ya collar - Don't let 'em sweat 'cha! *POP* No clue what I'm talking about? Trust me, it's better that way. Though, if you don't know why I'm talking about popped collars, let me direct you to the picture above. It would seem popped collars are all the rage in Icecrown Citadel. I don't know what Blizzard was thinking with this, especially for priests. If anything, warlocks and mages are the frat boys of WoW. Or paladins. Well, whatever it is, this week I'll be talking about loot drops in Icecrown Citadel.
But first, a story.
Every Sunday Spiritual Guidance offers holy and discipline priests advice on how to wield the holy light and groove to the disco night. Your hostess Dawn Moore will provide the music.
The other day, I was in 10-man ICC with my guild and a Thaumaturge's Crackling Cowl dropped. At the time I was playing my new Alliance priest, and the helm was a significant upgrade from the Onyxia 10 helm that I was wearing. We'd been running with the default need over greed system all night, so I just hit need and went on my merry way, exploring Deathbringer Saurfang's platform for the first time. It seems you Alliance folk don't get a repair vendor (that I could find) after the Saurfang fight like the Horde do, but I guess this is the trade off for having a much shorter story sequence before the encounter. Anyway, a few moments later, while I was bouncing around inside the Skybreaker, the rolls went out and I won the helm with a 99. The only person who had rolled and lost against me was a mage.
That's when the conflict started.
Well, at least the internal conflict. No one actually said anything about it, and since the raid was called for the night I was free to go stand on some crates in Stormwind while I performed my interior monologue for some rats. You see, I have always held the idea that when faced with an equal upgrade, a DPS should get loot before a healer.
Of course, this is a frequently disputed idea. Some players believe that if you gear your healers first they will have the equipment necessary to heal the raid through difficult progression. Other players, like myself, argue that if you gear your DPS first, you can blast your way through the content and the healers won't need as much gear since they won't need to endure such long encounters.
The way I see it, DPS don't have ceilings the way healers do. What I mean by a ceiling is that there is a finite amount of healing you can do simply because your raid members only have so much health, and there is only so much damage. Even if the damage is constantly incoming, you will only be able to heal so much before you're overhealing. For DPS though, there is no ceiling, just a finish line with a dead boss and shiny treasure. The sky is the limit. And yes, I know about that one encounter -- I'm not changing my argument for one fight that gimmicks you into stacking paladins.
The other reason is a bit more subjective but deals with much the same ideology. Imagine that a progression encounter is a hill. The kill is at the peak and your raid is trying to climb up to it. When you get to that peak by killing the boss you find out there are two paths. The DPS go to the left, which leads up another hill, while the healers go to the right where there are changing rooms for them to suit up in their swim attire and play on a Slip 'n' Slide for the next 6 months. I hope that analogy wasn't too convoluted... Basically what I'm saying is that after you kill a boss there is really no more work for the healers to do. Each week after the first kill, the encounter will constantly get easier and easier to heal. Meanwhile the DPS can keep going up and push the bar a little higher, making the fights shorter and the clearing of the content for the 20th time more bearable.
Now let's go back to my priest though, since I mentioned a conflict. After my navel gazing above you'd think there wouldn't have been a conflict. I would have just passed the helm to my mage buddy and gone on my way. Except as I said, this priest is a new character. She has six, level 200 blue items on and while the upgrade from a 232 helm to a 251 helm isn't that big, I have so much heroic gear on my character that it would have helped get me closer to the gear level the rest of my guild's healers are currently at. So for once, an upgrade going to a healer over a DPS made sense. What would you have done?
While that mulls over, let's go ahead and look at the drops in ICC. For today, I'll just be examining the 10-man drops since that's what we've been talking about. Later this week, you can expect a write up on the 25-man drops, as well as their badge and crafted competition. I will also be discussing my thoughts on tier at that time. Now, without further ado:
- Heartsick Mender's Cape -- 10-man Prince Valanar -- This is a great cloak for any healer. Priests of either spec can look to this if they do not plan on buying a badge cloak (Volde's Cloak of the Night Sky and Drape of the Violet Tower) or venturing into 25-man ICC.
- Bloodsoul Raiment -- 10-man Prince Valanar -- Depending on how you feel about tier, this may be an acceptable 251 upgrade for holy priests. Compared to the 251 tier 10 there is less spirit and spellpower on these robes, but the addition gem slot levels the difference.
- Robes of Azure Downfall -- 10-man Sindragosa -- [Disclaimer: This item can't be confirmed as a drop until the fight goes live!] Again, if you're not going for tier bonuses, this is is a fine choice. Disc priests who are avoiding spirit like the plague can look to this if they do not want to save their badges for the Meteor Chaser's Raiment.
- Pale Corpse Boots -- 10-man Prince Valanar -- These boots with spirit are more ideal for holy, but if you don't plan on raiding 25-man plague wing for Plague Scientist's Boots, there is no drop or crafted option for disc priests.
- Signet of Putrefaction -- 10-man Festergut -- The mp5 will create less competition for this ring. It is suitable for both holy and disc.
- Cerise Coiled Ring -- 10-man Prince Valanar -- A nice throughput ring for either spec priest. The tooltip doesn't show a socket bonus, but a commenter on WoW Head states it as being 5 spellpower.
- Gloves of Broken Fingers -- 10-man Rotface -- Much like the Bloodsoul Raiment, this piece is about on par with the 251 tier 10. If you want your tier bonuses, you can skip these, but if you don't they're not bad. The 264 badge vendor gloves (Gloves of Ambivalence and Gloves of False Gestures) offer better itemization options for disc priests, though.
- Thaumaturge's Crackling Cowl -- 10-man Deathbringer's Cache -- Just like other gear pieces with a tier alternative, this is a nice choice if you don't care about set bonuses. If you value haste over crit, this is better in raw stats than the tier. Also, again, is the helm that dropped for me in the story. As you can see it doesn't have the best itemization for disc due to the spirit.
- Cowl of Malefic Repose -- 10-man Blood-Queen Lana'thel -- If you don't want tier, this is the option for disc priests or holy priests who want throughput over regen.
- Kilt of Untreated Wounds -- 10-man Festergut -- These are a fantastic leg option for priests of either spec. Compared to the tier 10, you gain both crit and an extra gem slot in exchange for the loss of spirit and set bonuses.
- Leggings of the Refracted Mind -- 10-man Valithria Dreamwalker -- [Disclaimer: This item can't be confirmed as a drop until the fight goes live!] If you're a holy priest, these are a comparable stand in for 251 tier 10. There is less spirit on these legs, and no additional spellpower, but the extra gem socket makes up for it. The socket bonus can't be confirmed until the fight goes live, unfortunately.
Main Hand
- Midnight Sun -- 10-man Gunship Armory -- Good for either holy or disc. It is nearly identical to the Lockjaw, but take in mind that paladin healers can't use daggers, so you might want to shoot for this one to be nice to any paladin healers you might run with. Both options will look equally cool on your hip, though, in my opinion.
- Lockjaw -- 10-man Rotface -- Basically the Midnight Sun, in mace form. You get a bit more haste for a little less intellect and mp5. This is suitable for both holy and disc.
- Soulcleave Pendant -- 10-man Deathbringer's Cache -- Great throughput neck for any caster. There are many neck options in 25-man ICC as well, so everyone should find something that works for them.
- Choker of Filthy Diamonds -- 10-man Rotface -- This neck will work for either disc or holy.
- Bloodstained Surgeon's Shoulderguards -- 10-man Festergut -- Compared to the Crimson Acolyte Shoulderpads, the additional socket doesn't make up for the differences in stats and tier bonuses, unless you are trying to socket one type of stat. These will save you the badges that you'd need to spend on tier, however.
- Stiffened Corpse Shoulderpads -- Zone Drop -- There are confirmation comments that these BoE, 264 shoulders drop in 10-man ICC off trash, but not enough to be certain. If they do, these are going to be your best choice if you don't intend to raid 25-man content. There are currently no shoulder options without spirit, so disc will want these shoulders if they're not going for tier.
- Sliver of Pure Ice -- 10-man Lord Marrowgar -- I know that use effect trinkets are never as popular, but this one isn't too bad given the spellpower on it. The mana regen works out to 67mp5 over 2 minutes, more or less depending on how long your encounters last.
- Mag'hari Chieftain's Staff -- 10-man Deathbringer's Cache -- This is a great staff for a holy priest. The spirit doesn't make it ideal for disc, but if you desperately need a weapon upgrade then this should be easily farmable. Unfortunately, the 25-man staff off Blood-Queen Lana'thel is the same way: lots of spirit. I suspect that if there is going to be a throughput staff in ICC it will drop from Arthas. One more thing as a note: the spellpower on this staff is the same as the Midnight Sun and Lockjaw. With the current off-hands in ICC, staff-wielders will be straggling behind rather significantly if the staff spellpower enchant doesn't get a considerable buff.
- Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner -- 10-man Lord Marrowgar -- The spirit on this belt will make disc priests want to avoid it. Holy shouldn't have any problems with it though.
- Cauterized Cord -- 10-man Professor Putricide -- This throughput belt is ideal for either spec priest, as well as all other cloth wearing casters.
- Lana'thel's Bloody Nail -- 10-man Blood-Queen Lana'thel -- If you will not be raiding 25-man ICC, this is your only wand option in 10-man. That means priests of either spec can take this without hesitation.
- Bracers of Dark Blessings -- 10-man Lady Deathwhisper -- These bracers are a tiny step above the crafted 245 bracers (Royal Moonshroud Bracers and Bejeweled Wizards Bracers). If you didn't ever get those bracers made, this is an option, but they will be better for holy priests due to the spirit. Notice that there is even more spirit from the socket bonus.
With this list I hope you will find some convenience in deciding what gear you'll be looking for in ICC. Remember to check back later this week for a 25-man version.
Now, back to my story: I ended up whispering my guild mate and having him come pick up the helm in exchange for a port to Dalaran. (What? My hearth was on cooldown.) I figured that, despite all my blue gear, in the long run that little bit of DPS would help out my raid more than me. Also, since I play disc in raids the itemization on the helm was better for him than me, because he can utilize the spirit for crit in combat. To further help me swallow the loss of such a pretty piece of gear (okay, not really, the popped collars are ridiculous) the mage was very appreciative, which made me feel very warm and fuzzy inside. He even whispered me after an hour of heroics to let me know it was a big upgrade for him. Granted, I didn't ask how much a big upgrade was to him, but I don't think that matters.
So why did I tell you this story? Because I wanted
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Tennessee Tech senior Stephanie Place as the league's Female Runner
of the Week, the third time this year that the Golden Eagle
distance runner has captured the honor during this cross country
Place has run three races this season, and earned the league's Runner of the Week award all three times. She has finished first two times, and was runnerup by seven seconds in the other event.
A Nursing major from Bristol, Tenn., Place won her second race of the year by running away from the field in the TTU Cross Country Invitational last Friday at Southern Hills Golf Course. Place covered the 5K course in 18:00, which was the fifth fastest time in Tech history and the second fastest time this season in the OVC.
Her winning time was more than a minute faster than the second place finisher, as she beat the field of 60 runners. Her effort helped Tennessee Tech to a second place team finish.
Place, who has now produced the eight fastest 5K times in Tech women's cross country history, will lead the Golden Eagles this weekend when the women's and men's teams run at the Evansville Invitational.


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PEPPERELL -- An amended version of a citizen's petition to rezone a portion of Hollis Street from residential to commercial passed, 135-11 Tuesday in the second and final night of annual Town Meeting.
The original petition, which had sought to rezone 17 lots, was amended to only include the five parcels that house businesses. The properties to be rezoned are Conway Service and Sales, Clark's Auto Body, Family Tree Child Care Center, Matley Swimming Pools and Spas and an independent-living facility.
Dick Conway, who owns Conway Service and Sales and helped write the original petition, said he supported the amendment because it took into account the wishes of residents who did not want their property rezoned.
Resident and owner of 1A Auto Merle Green said removing the households from the petition was the wrong decision for the town.
"If we want to keep this town moving forward, we need to be looking at a plan to allow businesses to expand and to come in to the town," Merle Green said.
Before the amendment was presented at the beginning of Tuesday's meeting, residents spent the last hour of Monday night's meeting debating the original petition.
Supporters of the rezoning petition said it would help to bring much-needed business revenue into town.
Selectmen Chairman Michael Green said there is currently not enough room for businesses to expand, which means there are fewer businesses to give back to the town through charitable donations and other support.
"If you don't give businesses the resources they need, in this case it's space, they can't grow, they can't expand and that resource that we have of the businesses supporting us can't grow," Green said.
Opponents said before the amendment was made that they were concerned about increased traffic, the proximity to Varnum Brook Elementary School and Nissitissit Middle School and the ability of a group of petitioners to impose their will on the town.
Resident Susan Whittemore is an abutter to a property that would have been rezoned under the original petition.
"This is just not the place for it," Whittemore said.
Voters also decisively struck down a motion to adopt the stretch-energy code, a more stringent building code that is one of five requirements towns need to meet before becoming a "green community."
The green-community status makes towns eligible for grant funding.
Green spoke against the stretch code.
"We're changing our laws for a $150,000 grant and the ability for the state of Massachusetts to call us a green community. I think that's just totally the wrong thing to do," Green said.
Some residents said the town shouldn't force homeowners to comply with the stricter code.
"If it's not unsafe or unhealthy, which is what the code is supposed to cover, if they want to reuse old windows or do something cheaper or more expensive, that should be up to the homeowner," resident Dave Holden said.
"I don't believe we should go out and be imposing expenses on homeowners so we can get a grant," he added.
Voters also passed a zoning bylaw regulating medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities, a bylaw making public consumption of marijuana punishable by a $300 fine and an article to return $4,250 in book fine money to the Lawrence Library to purchase books and materials.
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Carlos Beltran recorded his 35th career multi- homer game and David Freese went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and three runs scored in the St. Louis Cardinals' 13-7 rout of the Miami Marlins in the middle test of a three-game set.
Yadier Molina had two hits and drove in three runs and Lance Lynn helped his own cause by plating two runs and tossing five innings for the Cardinals, winners in four of their last six.
"I felt great," Beltran said. "Got to thank God for that. I've been healthy and been working hard. Good things are happening for me and for the team and just happy where we are at right now."
Lynn (9-1) allowed a career and season-high seven runs while striking out six and walking three, but St. Louis jumped on Miami's struggling starter, Tom Koehler early and often.
Koehler (0-5) remained winless over seven starts this season, allowing nine runs on eight hits and two walks over 4 2/3 innings.
"It was a battle for me today," Koehler said. "The team did a great job of finding the bat today. It's unfortunate that I wasn't able to keep them down when we got back into the game."
Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer and Rob Brantly added two hits and three RBI for Miami, which took the opener, 5-4, on Friday.
It was a high-scoring affair early on as both teams found success versus the starting hurlers.
Koehler was roughed up for a five-run first inning thanks to issuing a leadoff walk and later plunking Allen Craig to load the bases with one out. Molina then plated two runs with a single to left, setting off a chain of events in which the next three St. Louis batters all drove in one run.
Freese smacked a RBI single up the middle, Daniel Descalso hit a double and Pete Kozma rounded out the scoring with a fielder's choice, plating Freese to give the visitors a 5-0 advantage.
Miami fought back in the home half and cut the deficit to 6-5 as Juan Pierre opened up the action with a triple, extending his season-high hitting streak to 11 games, and Ed Lucas brought him home with an infield single. Lynn retired the next two batters, but walked Derek Dietrich, keeping the inning alive.
Adeiny Hechavarria smacked an RBI single, Greg Dobbs was plunked and Brantly came through with a two-run single to center, bringing both runners home to make it 5-4.
The slugfest continued over the next two frames, as Beltran hit a solo homer in the second to make it 6-5, Stanton added a two-run blast in the home half to tie the game at 6-6, and Freese provided a homer in the third to put the Cards ahead 7-6.
In the fifth, St. Louis rallied with two down to add a pair of runs.
Koehler retired the first two batters he faced, but walked Freese and allowed a Descalco single, before being replaced by Ryan Webb. Kozma kept the rally alive with an infield single to second, and Lynn helped his own cause with a clutch two-run single to right to make it 9-6.
Brantly's sacrifice fly in home half of the fifth scored Hechavarria, who singled to lead off the frame, to make it 9-7, but Miami's bullpen felt the wrath of the visitors' experience over the final frames.
The Cards added three runs in the eighth and Beltran capped of his impressive game with his second homer in the ninth -- this time from the right side of the plate -- to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
St. Louis finished with 17 hits ... Beltran has six homers and 15 RBI during a 14-game hitting streak ... Prior to the game, Miami placed catcher Miguel Olivo on the restricted list and recalled outfielder Jordan Brown from Triple- A New Orleans ... It was the 11th time in Beltran's career his has hit two home runs from each side of the plate.


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PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — A Baltimore County high school student shot on the first day of school will attend a blood drive in the cafeteria where the shooting took place.
Daniel Borowy, 17, was flown to the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center after the shooting at Perry Hall High School. Another student was charged in the shooting, which police said was random.
Borowy recently returned to classes.
He plans to attend Tuesday afternoon's blood drive, which is being hosted by the University of Maryland Medical Center from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Perry Hall cafeteria. Walk-in donors are welcome.
The American Red Cross has a shortfall of blood due to Superstorm Sandy, which forced the cancellation of more than 375 blood drives.
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A&T Women Release 2012-13 Schedule
GREENSBORO - The Tarrell Robinson era will start in Lincoln, Neb., on November 9. The North Carolina A&T women's basketball team released its 2012-13 schedule on Friday.
The Aggies will be playing a total of 29 games with 14 of those games at Corbett Sports Center.
"I think my staff and I did a good job of putting together a solid non-conference schedule that will give our players an opportunity to showcase their ability against teams from some of the most competitive conferences in the country before we get ready to compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference," said Robinson. "Our fans will get a chance to see us in the Corbett Sports Center seven times before we start conference play in January. I think it is great for us to have that many home games early."
The Aggies' opener will be followed by another road game in Nebraska as the Aggies face the University of Nebraska-Omaha on Nov. 12 before hosting their home opener against Iona on Friday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. The Aggies will finish up November with a game at Siena, a home contest against archrival Winston-Salem State and another road contest at Richmond.
A&T opens MEAC competition by hosting archrival N.C. Central on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m., at Corbett Sports Center. In December, the Aggies will have two road games in Virginia against Liberty and Virginia Tech. Their non-conference home games in December are against UNC Charlotte on December 18, William & Mary on December 21 and Elon on New Year's Eve.
In January, the Aggies play UNC Wilmington and George Washington before beginning their full conference schedule with a Saturday, January 12 game at Bethune-Cookman.
The 2013 MEAC Championship Tournament will be held in Norfolk, Va. from March 11-16.