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December 1, 2011
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My First Reindeer
The Christmas breeze is now on the air. The bright lights adornment everywhere simply says its Christmas time! The songs and melodies that promotes joy, peace and love for everyone surely touches every heart for excitement,unity, celebration and remembering that we have a God that truly loves us and was brought on this world to save and redeem us.
As I count the days for the first Christmas Day for my first born, it is truly exciting and surely an all year round celebration with God pouring blessings and glory!
December 2, 2011
Day 335/365
Christmas Tree
The History of Christmas Trees
Evergreens have been associated with seasonal celebrations since ancient times.
Seasonal celebrations occur at the time of winter solstice.
Evergreens have been used as symbols by various nationalities and/or religious groups, including: Egyptians, Romans, Druids, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Spaniards and Slovaks.
Yule log traditions contributed to superstitions, as well as the traditions of gift giving and decorating the log or tree.
Long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Just as people today decorate their homes during the festive season with pine, spruce and fir trees, ancient peoples hung evergreen boughs over their doors and windows. In many countries people believed that evergreens would keep away witches, ghosts, evil spirits and illness.
Winter Solstice
In the Northern hemisphere, the shortest day and longest night of the year falls on December 21 or December 22 and is called the winter solstice. Many ancient peoples believed that the sun was a god and that winter came every year because the sun god had become sick and weak. They celebrated the solstice because it meant that at last the sun god would begin to get well. Evergreen boughs reminded them of all the green plants that would grow again when the sun god was strong and summer would return.
The Ancient Egyptians
The ancient Egyptians worshipped a god called Ra, who had the head of a hawk and who wore the sun as a blazing disc in his crown. At the solstice, when Ra began to recover from the illness, the Egyptians filled their homes with green palm rushes which symbolized for them the triumph of life over death.
The Ancient Romans
Across the Mediterranean Sea, the early Romans marked the solstice with a feast called the Saturnalia in honour of Saturn, the god of agriculture. The Romans knew that the solstice meant that soon farms and orchards would be green and fruitful. To mark the occasion, they decorated their homes and temples with evergreen boughs. The Saturnalia was a special time of peace and equality when wars could not be declared, when slaves and masters could eat at the same table, and when gifts were exchanged as a symbol of affection and brotherhood.
The Celts and Vikings
In Northern Europe the mysterious Druids, the priests of the ancient Celts, also decorated their temples with evergreen boughs as a symbol of everlasting life. The fierce Vikings in Scandanavia thought that evergreens were the special plant of the sun god, Balder. Many historians believe that our word for Yule came from the Norse word, 'rol', the Gothic word 'hiul' or the Saxon work 'hweol' all of which mean wheel and refer to the cycles of the sun.
The Yule Log
When families bring home their Christmas tree from a sales lot or a choose-and-cut tree farm, they are following a tradition that is more than a thousand years old. "Bringing in the Yule log" was a ritual that began in Great Britain and that spread throughout Europe, eventually reaching North America. On Christmas Eve, the large central trunk of a great tree was dragged from the forest. Everyone in the family, both adults and children, helped with the job by pulling on the ropes. When the log was finally brought into the house, it was thrown on the family fireplace where it burned for the 12 days of Christmas. Many superstitions surrounded the log: it had to be ignited the first time a flame was put to it or bad luck would surely follow; it had to be lit with a stick saved from the fire from the year before or the house would burn down; and unless charcoal from the great fire was kept under the family beds for the following year, the house might be struck by lightning. As the Yule log spread through Europe it acquired many customs and many names. In Ireland, it was called "bloc na Nodleg", or Christmas block. In Spain, children followed the log as it was dragged through the village, beating it with sticks to drive out the evil spirits; they were rewarded with gifts of nuts and chocolates by people who lived along the way. In the Balkan areas of Europe, women decorated the log with red silk, gold wire, needles and flowers before it was thrown into the fire. Hardly anyone burns a Yule log anymore, but some memories of it remain. In French homes, instead of Christmas cake, children enjoy a rich chocolate roll covered with a dark brown frosting that looks just like bark. Sometimes the "buche de Noel", or Christmas log, is decorated with frosted berries and holly needles, or with marzipan mushrooms, as a reminder of the great logs that were once dragged from the forest.
Paradise Trees
In the fourteenth century, when hardly anyone knew how to read, churches held "miracle plays" to tell the people in villages and towns stories from the Bible. Special plays were held at special times of the year, in accordance with the early Christian Calendar of Saints. The play that was held every December 24, which was Adam and Eve's Day, was about the Garden of Eden. The play showed how Eve was tempted by the serpent, how she picked the apple from the forbidden tree and how the couple was expelled from Paradise. The time of year that the play was held created a problem for the actors and the organizers of the play. How do you find an apple tree with needles on it in the middle of the winter? In Germany, someone solved the problem by cutting down an evergreen tree, probably a spruce or pine, and tying apples onto it. As well, the tree was hung with round white wafers to remind the audience that even though Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise, the birth of the baby Jesus Christ would bring redemption. The idea of a Christmas tree hung with apples amused people in Germany so much that before long many families were setting up Paradiesbaum, or Paradise trees, in their own homes. The custom persisted long after the miracle plays were no longer performed. Ever since, red and green, the colours of apples hanging on a pine tree, have been the official colours of the festive season
The Christmas Tree
As the years passed the trees were loaded with many more things to eat in addition to apples. Gilded nuts and gingerbread cookies were hidden in the tree while marzipan candies, shaped like fruits and vegetables, were hung from the boughs. Brightly decorated eggshells, cut in half and filled with tiny candies, were set in the tree like birdnests. So many sweets were hung from the tree that some people called it "the sugar tree". On the Twelfth Night of Christmas, January 6, when it was believed that the Magi arrived in Bethlehem bearing gifts, the tree was shaken and the children finally were allowed to eat the sweets that fell from the tree. The wafers once hung on the Paradise tree were replaced with cookies in the form of hearts, bells, angels and stars. With time, perhaps because so many decorations were eaten before the tree was taken down, the cookies were replaced with decorations made out of thin, painted metal. When families in colder climates combined the decorations on the Paradiesbaum with the candles on a conifer tree, they created the Christmas tree that is still found in homes today.
The First Christmas Tree in Canada
The first Christmas tree in Canada was set up in Sorel, Quebec in 1781 by Baron Friederick von Riedesel. The baron, who was born in Germany, selected a handsome balsam fir from the forests that surrounded his home and decorated it with white candles. The next recorded use of a Christmas tree appears in Halifax in 1846, when William Pryor, a local merchant, cut down an evergreen and decorated it with glass ornaments imported from Germany to please his German wife. After that, the custom spread quickly as German and British pioneers settled throughout the growing nation.
Christmas in the Provinces
Christmas in Canada, in the 19th Century, was often a rough and ready affair: In Newfoundland, a new twist had been added to the custom of bringing in a huge Yule Log that would burn for the twelve days of Christmas; the Newfoundlanders threw a piece of the flaming log over the roof of their homes in the belief that this would protect the inhabitants from fire during the coming year. In Quebec, children hung stockings beside the tree on Christmas eve in the belief that they would be filled by the Christ child; until well into this century, French-Canadian children waited until New Year's Day to receive the rest of their presents. In Ontario, Christmas was observed in the manner of Victorian England. Carol singers roamed from house to house, brilliantly coloured Christmas cards were exchanged, and banquet tables were laden with roast beef, plum pudding, and boar's head. In 1882, the Toronto newspaper, The Globe, reported that nearly a million Christmas gifts had been sold that year in the city. In the newly settled Prairie provinces, Christmas dinner was like nothing ever seen in Europe. Fish browned in buffalo marrow, boiled buffalo hump, beaver tail and buffalo veal were just as likely to be the centrepieces of a Christmas feast as roast turkey. After supper, young people would put on their "steels" to go skating on a pond or nearby frozen river. In British Columbia, in the week before Christmas, loggers came down from the mountains, where they had worked for months cutting down the gigantic Douglas firs, to settlements along the coast where they would gather to celebrate the holiday.
Getting a REAL Christmas Tree
The seasonal tradition that is celebrated in Canada today has borrowed many customs from many lands, but families who have come from all over the world have adopted the Christmas tree as the symbol and centrepiece of the festive season. As much as decorating the tree, choosing the tree has become a tradition of its own. Bundled in boots and winter coats, families walk through the snow to Christmas tree lots in the city or drive to farms in the country in search of the right tree. On some choose-and-cut farms, the growers may welcome the family with hot chocolate, a bonfire or a wagon ride through fields covered with beautifully shaped trees. Making the right choice is never easy especially when it comes to Christmas trees. Discussions on the matter are always very lively. Is the tree big enough or will it fit in the house? Is it full on every side? Is a pine tree with its long soft needles more beautiful than a spruce or fir with their stiff, short needles? Decisions are hard but sooner or later everyone agrees on the perfect tree.
Decorating the Christmas Tree
Decorating the tree is an especially important job that is shared by everyone in the family. These days glittering glass ornaments, electric lights, and shining tinsel have replaced the gilded fruits, pine cones, sweets, apples and candles that were once used as decorations. But the ceremony itself has changed little over the centuries. Glittering with colour and light and topped with a star or radiant angel, the Christmas tree, green and lush in the winter, is a symbol that life is eternal, while the presents below it are reminders of the love, joy and close ties that are shared by families and friends.
O Tannenbaum
The German folk song, "O Tannenbaum" says: Not only in summer's glow, But 'mid the winter's frost and snow O faithful pine, O faithful pine, You're true and green forever. As it has for centuries, the evergreen still symbolizes belief in renewed life and the hope and faith that dwell in all the world's peoples regardless of race or creed. It is a symbol of joy and delight to all.
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Josh Bahnick pitched a three-hitter with seven strikeouts to lead Hudson to its first victory of the season with a 4-0 shutout of North Chelmsford in a Zone 5 American Legion game on Thursday night.
Josh Bahnick pitched a three-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk to lead Hudson (1-6) to its first victory of the season with a 4-0 shutout of North Chelmsford in a Zone 5 American Legion game on Thursday night.
Ken Manero had two hits, two runs and two stolen bases, and scored on a suicide squeeze by Ben Palatino.
Kyle Sullivan scored a run and Tyler Hudson had an RBI single for Post 100.
CHERRY VALLEY 14, NORTHBOROUGH 3: Tyler Slicklen went 3-for-4 and Mike Bonk had an RBI double, but host Northborough (2-13) fell short in a Zone 4 matchup with Cherry Valley.
Senior Babe Ruth
FRAMINGHAM 4, MEDFIELD 1: Starter Pat Carroll pitched six scoreless innings, allowing five hits and no walks while striking out five, as visiting Framingham (10-2) recorded its ninth straight by beating Medfield in a Central Mass. Senior Babe Ruth North matchup.
Carroll also had an RBI single for Framingham, which led 1-0 before scoring three runs in the top of the sixth.
Cam Klein had two doubles and a run scored and Jamie Brigham had two singles and an RBI for the Flyers.
NATICK 6, ASHLAND 3: Nick Scott pitched a complete game, striking out eight and tossing 98 pitches, as host Natick (7-3) won a CMSBR game over Ashland (4-5).
Sean Harney went 3-for-4 with two runs for Natick, while shortstop Carlos Rivera had a strong game defensively and scored a run.
Redhawks catcher Kyle Dembrowski caught an Ashland runner stealing in the sixth, getting Scott out of a jam.
Youth Baseball
FRAMINGHAM 21, WESTFORD 3 (5 INN.): Matt Sille and Nate Nichols combined on a three-hitter as Framingham (4-0) topped Westford in a 13-year-old division game shortened by the mercy rule.
Brian Tosi, Sille, Tyler Chan and Tyler Liu all had two hits each.


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Emmert instills change as NCAA passes new rules
GRAPEVINE, Texas — When Mark Emmert charged into the office of NCAA president 27 months ago, championing a reform agenda that was both ambitious and unusual for what has often been a ceremonial position, it marked a rare moment of opportunity for the complex organization that oversees college athletics.
Much of Emmert's presidency, however, has been viewed as an era of big talk and relatively little action when it comes to dealing with key issues like agents, rules enforcement and athlete compensation beyond a scholarship. In the one major instance when Emmert used the power of his office broadly, spearheading historic penalties against Penn State, critics claimed he trampled on due process and pushed the NCAA to overstep its bounds.
REFORM PACKAGE:NCAA's passage is a milestone
But when the NCAA Division 1 Board of Directors passed a package of 25 rules reforms Saturday — Phase 1 in a multi-step, multi-year agenda — it marked a significant milestone in the 60-year-old Emmert's tenure.
Whether any of the changes will have a significant lasting impact on college athletics is unclear. Most of them are simple deregulatory measures — for example, coaches can now text and call recruits as much as they want — that may go unnoticed by the general public.
WHAT'S NEXT:Phase II issues are more complex
But given the relative cooperation Emmert got in pushing this reform package through the various committees and processes, there is perhaps now a blueprint for how he can reshape the NCAA into the more efficient, tougher, common-sense organization he talked about when he took office as opposed to the uncontrollable beast that seemed to overwhelm his agenda for much of his first year as president.
"We're all good critics," Oregon State president Ed Ray said. "It's a lot easier to stand on the sidelines and say, 'You better fix these five things.' There's still a lot to do, and what we're doing is not going to be perfectly implemented but I'm very proud of Mark and very pleased with the effort he's putting in. His energy is unbelievable. There are a lot of people that felt a lot of meaningful changes did need to occur, but at the end of the day Mark is the one who has to make it real, and he's doing it."
Few governing bodies are as unpopular at the moment than the NCAA, which is why the 60-year old Emmert declined to take a victory lap on Saturday. A day earlier, "public and membership distrust of the NCAA's ability to police itself" was cited as one of the reasons for the creation of the organization's enforcement working group, which Ray chairs. As gratifying as it must have been to fulfill part of his promise to streamline the rulebook, these are still turbulent times for the organization.
The NCAA is facing two lawsuits from Pennsylvania politicians over the penalties given to Penn State for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. On another front, it's fighting a potentially devastating class-action lawsuit led by former UCLA star Ed O'Bannon over whether the NCAA owns the rights to their images and likenesses. In enforcement, the NCAA suffered a huge embarrassment this past fall when it had to fire an investigator over her improper handling of UCLA basketball player Shabazz Muhammad's eligibility case. Major infractions cases involving the Miami and Oregon football programs have dragged on and on.
Meanwhile, the NCAA has been powerless to control or even slow down the chaos of conference realignment, leading to speculation the power conferences could eventually break away and form their own governing body. Though Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby called that "cocktail party talk," he acknowledged there has been significant discontent among the major programs in recent years over whether the NCAA is meeting their needs.
"It's hard to take 340 Division 1 institutions and paint with a broad brush," Bowlsby said. "The deregulation agenda is right on target, and we've heard a lot about what's going to be in the second phase. He's done a remarkable job."
A classic example is how Emmert's stipend plan fell apart last year. In late 2011, Emmert got board approval on a plan that allowed schools to add up to $2,000 per year to the cost of scholarships that athletes could use on anything they wanted. Though the plan got significant public support, it got crushed in an override vote, with lower-revenue schools voting near-unanimously against adding $400,000 or more to their budgets.
Emmert is going to introduce a new, need-based stipend plan later this year, but that may generate some resistance, too. The difference now is that Emmert has learned to operate within the realm of "political inertia," as he called it, whereas last time he might have erred in trying to go big, too fast while ignoring the concerns of the disparate interests in his organization.
"I think he has one of the tougher jobs in the world," Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh said. "You've got conferences that legitimately could bolt from the NCAA if they wanted to, so that's sort of out there. He has to be a real diplomat when it comes to these kinds of negotiations."
The truth is, Emmert has already gotten more done than many of his predecessors. In addition to the deregulation measures adopted this week, which will take roughly 25 pages out of the rulebook, the Board of Directors made major changes to the enforcement structure in October that will creates four levels of violations (as opposed to two currently) and holds head coaches more accountable for the actions of their assistants if they break rules.
Meamwhile, the board will not consider any new proposals through 2014 that aren't part of Emmert's reform agenda, which was established at a retreat in the August 2011. After adopting a huge chunk of it this weekend, it is now – for better or worse – very much Emmert's NCAA.
Though Emmert disagrees with that notion, likening himself more to a fullback than a quarterback — "I'm opening the holes for (the presidents)," he said — this past weekend was a huge momentum boost to his tenure and his way of getting things done within the constraints of a very complicated structure.
"When we had that retreat we had really good discussion about how speed is our friend, and the longer you dither on making meaningful change, the more sort of forces of entrenchment are going to dig in and undercut what you do," Ray said. "I think he's doing his damndest to live a very ambitious agenda."


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By June, the U.S. Army will open positions to women in its most elite Special Operations helicopter unit as part of a Pentagon push to include more than 6,000 women in previously closed jobs in the Army and U.S. Marine Corps, according to documents obtained by USNI News. Read More
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Pentagon: 6,000 New Military Jobs for Women
The following is an April, 11 2013 notification to Congress from the Pentagon from Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jessica Wright. The notifications outlines more than 6,000 positionsin the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, including postions with 160th "Night Stalkers," Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), U.S. Marine Corps Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Companies (ANGLICO) and positions in Army Brigade Combat Teams. Read More


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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – UMBC sophomore catcher Manny Colon (Williamstown, N.J./Buena Regional) smacked a three-RBI double in the top of the sixth to give UMBC the lead, but William and Mary answered with nine runs in the bottom half of the inning and took game two of the three-game series, 15-6, Saturday afternoon at Plumeri Park.
Freshman outfielder Andrew Casali (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, in the top of the eight to record his first career hit.
William and Mary (5-4) reliever Nick Brown (1-0) earned the win after entering in the top of the sixth with the bases loaded. The freshman right-hander tossed three innings giving up just one earned run on four hits.
Sophomore Riley Stephenson (Frederick, Md./Boonsboro) took the loss of UMBC (0-2), after giving up the first three runs of the game-changing sixth inning. Classmate Michael Gomez (Nutley, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) was no-decisioned after working 3.2 innings and yielding three runs on five hits.
The hosts got on the board early, taking the lead in the bottom of the first on a two-out RBI double to left by Michael Katz. The Tribe added to their lead two innings later as Ryan Lindemuth and Kevin Nutter added an RBI each to push the lead to 3-0.
Both teams left a runner on base in the fourth inning and went down easily in the fifth. UMBC then made a stirring comeback with junior Vince Corbi (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) starting the rally by poking a single to right and sophomore shortstop Kevin Lachance (Clifton, Va./Centreville) following with a base hit to center. Junior Anthony Gatto (Hauppauge, N.Y./Smithtown West) then stroked a single to left to load the bases and then classmate Jake Barnes (Annandale, Va./Annandale) pushed a single to right field to put UMBC on the board. Colon then yanked a double to right to clear the bases and give the Retrievers the lead, 4-3, but the catcher was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple.
William and Mary came back immediately, however, scoring nine times in the bottom half of the frame to reclaim the lead, 12-4. Derek Lowe drove in two with a double to center to give the hosts the lead, and then capped the scoring in the inning with a two-RBI single to left.
In the top of the seventh, sophomore Mark Esposito (Bethany, Conn./Amity Regional) led off with a single to center, but he was stranded there as the next three Retriever batters grounded out. The Tribe added three more runs in the bottom half as Katz hit his fifth home run of the season, a three-run shot to center.
Casali answered for the Black and Gold in the top of the eighth, drilling a two-run homer over the centerfield fence, bringing in Gatto who had reached on a dropped third strike.
UMBC and William and Mary conclude the weekend series at Plumeri Park on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
- With the win, William and Mary takes the series and ups its all-time record against UMBC to 12-2.
- Casali is the second Retriever in three years to connect for a home run for his first career UMBC hit (Ian Glassman vs. Georgetown, 2-24-12).
- Lachance, Gatto, Colon, and Esposito all collected multi-hit games.
- Red-shirt junior Jonny Dierks (Easton, Md./Independence/Fort Scott CC) made his first career appearance for UMBC, pitching the eighth.
- Senior D.J. Smith (Millersville, Md./Old Mill) drew a walk in his first plate appearance of the year.


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2012 is almost over, and we know you are so over some of the year's biggest headline-makers.What was the worst of 2012?So as we turn the page to 2013, we want to know: Who don't you want to see next year? Are you sick of Lindsay Lohan's multiple run-ins with the law or still traumatized by her so-bad-it's-good Liz & Dick turn? Do you agree with Adam Levine that Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is the "decay of Western civilization"? Do you no longer care (or have you ever cared?) about the status of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's relationship? Can someone just act like an adult in the LeAnn Rimes vs. Brandi Glanville feud? Have you had enough of Taylor Swift and her rotating stable of beaus/future song subjects? Are you completely flummoxed by everyone else's fascination with royals?Best of 2012: Top TV moments of the yearVote in our poll below!
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What Is Maundy Thursday?
Within the midst of the Easter season, Maundy Thursday — the Thursday before Easter — is one Christian holy day that many Christians and even many churches often overlook, yet it symbolizes a critically important truth of the Christian faith: Jesus as a suffering servant and the call for his followers to do the same. It also draws a connection between the Passover sacrifice, a Jewish tradition, and Jesus Christ's sacrificial role on the cross.
The night before Jesus was crucified, he had a Passover supper with his disciples. (Passover is a Jewish holy day that celebrates God's deliverance of the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt.) After supper, Jesus knew that this would be his final opportunity to instruct his disciples before the crucifixion, so he talked at length about his purposes, what his followers should do in response, and the promise of the Holy Spirit to come. He then washed his disciples' feet in an incredible demonstration of humility and servanthood. Finally, he gave bread and wine to his disciples and asked them to partake of it in remembrance of him. The act of partaking bread and wine is called Communion (or the Last Supper) today.
The word Maundy (pronounced mawn-dee) comes from the Latin word mandatum, which means "command." The command that this holy day refers to is the one that Jesus gave to his disciples during the Last Supper:
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34–35
Along this line, many churches perform foot-washing services on Maundy Thursday as a way to remember Jesus' command.
During the Middle Ages, the holy day was sometimes called Shere Thursday; shere means "pure." In England during this time, bearded men found another reason for that name when they sheared their beards on Maundy Thursday as a symbol of the cleansing of body and soul before Easter.


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Getting lampooned by Second City is one thing, Blago, but when the Daily Show launches a recurring segment based on your foibles, well, then, you know you've become comedy gold.
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" launched a segment Wednesday called: Rod Blagojevich's Quest for Rock Bottom.
"If there's anything more humiliating than going on a D-List reality show," Stewart said referring to Blagojevich's proposed appearance on NBC's 'I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here.' "It's being legally prevented from going on a D-List reality show."
|The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
|Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
|Rod Blagojevich's Quest for Rock Bottom
"Apparently, being prohibited from eating bugs on an island with Lou Diamond Phillips isn't even the halfway point in Blagojevich's quest for the bottom because this weekend he did this …"
And then they cut to video of good 'ol Blago singing Elvis tunes.
Watch the whole clip for more Blago gems. Or watch the Daily Show on September 24 when Blago visits live in person.


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WAG's Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred Sold Out
WAG's Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred Sold Out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Winnipeg, MB – February 23, 2013 – The Winnipeg Art Gallery is thrilled to announce that its annual fundraising event Birchwood BMW Art & Soul is sold out for the third year in a row! Taking place on Saturday, February 23, the 2013 installment of this jumping party is themed to the Gallery's 100th anniversary, celebrating the most memorable moments, iconic personalities, and scandalous events of the past century.
New this year, Art & Soul included a fabulous online auction which raised $2,000! The auction closed Friday at 4pm. Winning packages included an escape on an ultimate weekend getaway with a luxurious BMW and one-night stay at the Lakeview Resort Hecla; a Winnipeg Jets game with an executive town car, dinner at 529 Wellington, and a Jets jersey signed by the entire team; a catered backyard Appleton's Rum party and Coors Light fridge, and packages from Chic Nails, Hot Yoga Winnipeg, and the Diamond Gallery.
Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred brings together an eclectic and vibrant mix of eras, old and new. A century of musical mashups by live DJs on all four levels of the Gallery is only the beginning. The event features performances by Cash Grab, DJ Hunnicutt, DJ Hipnotic, DJ Co-Op, André Bisseck, Oxide, and Dave Rad. Get inspired by BMW luxury exhibits and step back in time in EQ3's modernist lounge. From a zeppelin in the sky to disco vibes in the Skylight Gallery, the décor genius will amaze and delight. Have a cocktail with Andy Warhol, let your hair down with Nicki Minaj, and keep an eye out for Coco Chanel – anything is possible at the costume event of the year!
"Art & Soul is helping the Winnipeg Art Gallery mark its centennial anniversary with a fun and creative party, allowing us to connect with our community and showcasing all the Gallery has to offer," says Dr. Stephen Borys, WAG Executive Director. "Thanks to a fantastic team of committed volunteers and staff, this sellout success adds to the momentum of our 100th year, and is once again guaranteed to impress. On top of all the festivities, guests will have the opportunity to view the art on display, including our world-renowned collection of contemporary Inuit art, and Janet Cardiff's award-winning sound sculpture, Forty-Part Motet."
Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred Co-Chair Jennifer Nixon continues, "Art & Soul 2013 is the hottest ticket in town and party-goers will be blown away by this year's extravaganza. The Art & Soul committee and sponsors have come together to deliver an unforgettable event that builds awareness and support for the Winnipeg Art Gallery."
Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred is hosted from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. at the WAG. For more information visit artandsoul.wag.ca or wag.ca. Keep up-to-date with Art & Soul news and announcements on Facebook and Twitter.
The 2013 Art & Soul: One Hundred committee consists of Chad Falk (Co-Chair), Paulo Fernandes (Co-Chair), Jennifer Nixon (Co-Chair), Eric Au, Lana Bakun, Jenna Boholij, Kayla Dickin, James Eichele, David Lewis, Dan Lussier, Alan McGreevy, Catherine Maksymiuk, Jacques de Muelenaere, Kevin Parsons, Johnny Picklyk, Jessica Rempel, Karly Sullivan and Laura Wittig.
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Relationships flourish on trust, but if you had the opportunity to hide in plain sight and observe how your significant other behaves when you aren't around, would you take it? Zelda sure as hell would.
Dorkly missed an excellent opportunity for a "Well excuse me, Princess!" gag here, but it's OK. We forgive them.


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EastEnders lost its traditional slot topping the Christmas Day viewing as sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys became this year's most-watched programme.
The BBC1 serial was also beaten by arch-rival Coronation Street with the ITV show taking the honours as the top festive soap opera for the first time in more than a decade.
Mrs Brown's Boys - the bawdy show created by Irish comic Brendan O'Carroll, which has become a surprise ratings hit - pulled in an average audience of 9.4 million.
Corrie tied with Doctor Who - which included Matt Smith's regeneration into the new doctor Peter Capaldi - on 8.3 million viewers, to jointly claim second spot in the viewing league table.
The Dr Who special, which saw The Doctor age 300 years and included a brief return for Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, was up 700,000 viewers on last year.
This year's figures will be seen as a setback for EastEnders, which used to regularly top the Christmas viewing figures. This year's episode was packed with incident, including the arrest of Janine Butcher for murder and the arrival of new Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter - played by Danny Dyer. The show lost 1.6 million viewers compared with last year.
The BBC took six of the top ten places, but the Queen's Christmas broadcast missed out at the top end of the list. BBC1's audience for the annual address traditionally figures in the top ten but this year's 5.7 million meant it failed to figure in the top shows.
However, with the 2.1 million who watched on ITV, the broadcast managed a combined 7.8 million.
The BBC News lost its place in this year's top ten, replaced by the ITV News.
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore said: "Nothing brings the country together at Christmas quite like BBC1. Huge audiences shared the Christmas Day schedule on the nation's favourite channel winning 4 out of the top 5 most popular shows.
"Mrs Brown's Boys took the top spot with 9.4 million viewers, and the arrival of Peter Capaldi created the biggest peak audience at 10.2 million in Doctor Who."
1. Mrs Brown's Boys BBC1, 9.30pm) - 9.4m
2= Doctor Who ( BBC1, 7.30pm) - 8.3m
2= Coronation Street ( ITV, 7.30pm) - 8.3m
4. EastEnders (BBC1, 8.30pm) - 7.8m
5. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 5pm) - 7.3m
6. Call the Midwife (BBC1, 6.15pm) - 7.1m
7. Downton Abbey (ITV, 8.30 pm) - 7m
8. Toy Story 3 (BBC1, 3pm) - 6.3m
9. ITV News (ITV, 10.30pm) - 5.9m
10. Emmerdale (ITV, 6.15pm) - 5.8m
All ITV figures in the overnight ratings include viewers on the catch-up plus one service.


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General Motors Names Mary Barra as CEO
Auto Maker's First Female Leader Will Replace the Retiring Dan Akerson
DETROIT—General Motors Co. tapped product chief Mary Barra as its next chief executive, smashing a century-old gender barrier while choosing a longtime insider who grew up steeped in Detroit's car culture.
Ms. Barra will succeed Dan Akerson as CEO next month and become the first woman to run a major global auto maker. The 51-year-old joined GM 33 years ago as a college intern, eventually becoming an engineering manager before running one of its big U.S. assembly plants. She got global experience managing human resources and,...


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Golen scored in double-digits for the fourth straight game in the Crimson's 72-61 loss at Hartford (Gil Talbot).
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The Harvard women's basketball team battled back from a 15-point deficit but could not complete the comeback, falling at Hartford Thursday night, 72-61.
Four Crimson (5-6) scored in double-digits led by Christine Clark's 15-point, nine-rebound effort. Emma Golen and Victoria Lippert each tallied 12 points while Brogan Berry added 10, as Harvard combined to shoot 42.9 percent from the field. The Crimson held a 36-30 advantage on the glass, including 14 offensive rebounds which led to 14 second chance points.
Nikkia Smith paced Hartford (9-4) with 25 points while Daphne Elliot and Ruthanne Doherty chipped in 14 points and 13 points, respectively. The Hawks shot 49.2 percent on the night and turned 24 Crimson turnovers into 26 points.
Hartford scored on each of its first three possessions to open a 7-2 lead as the Crimson struggled to finish around the hoop early. Smith extended the margin to 12-5 with a mid-range jumper and Amber Bepko's layup with 13:27 remaining made it an 18-9 game in the Hawks' favor. Golen put an end to Harvard's drought with a three from the top of the key, and made a reverse layup on the next possession to pull the Crimson within four, 18-14.
An 11-2 run over the next 3:22 allowed Hartford to push its lead to 13, 29-16, with Smith scoring six straight to cap the stretch off. The Hawks' lead reached as high as 15 points, 35-20, before taking a 41-29 advantage into the locker room at the half. Lippert led Harvard with 10 points at the break as the team combined to shoot 44.4 percent from the floor. 10 Crimson turnovers led to 10 points for the Hawks, however, as Hartford shot 58.1 percent in the frame with Smith pouring in 21 points.
Berry and Miriam Rutzen scored on the Crimson's first two possessions of the second half, but Hartford matched Harvard shot-for-shot and maintained a 49-35 lead with 15:42 on the clock. Rutzen added another basket to make it a 52-39 game and after a pair of Clark free throws the Crimson trailed 53-41.
Clark's layup with 12:44 remaining sparked an 8-0 run which pulled Harvard to within six and gave the Crimson a second life. Golen followed Clark with a three-pointer and two possessions later put in her second reverse layup of the night. Berry's free throw with 7:44 to play pushed the score to 55-49.
Five straight points for Hartford put the lead back in double digits, 62-51, as the Hawks eventually went back on top by 14, 67-53. A three from Berry and three free throws from Clark made it a nine-point deficit, 67-58, with 1:47 on the clock, but Hartford held on down the stretch for the 72-61 victory.
The Crimson will open the New Year Tuesday, Jan. 3 against Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
GAME NOTES: Harvard has outrebounded its opponents in eight straight games and in 10 of 11 games this season … Christine Clark has scored in double figures each game this season and in 13 straight dating back to last season … Emma Golen has scored in double-digits in four straight games and in five of the team's last six outings.


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Skippered the B division boat to a seventh-place finish at the Toni Deutsch '58 Regatta ... Contributed to Harvarad's fifth-place showing at the Regis Bowl as skipper of the B division boat that claimed fourth in the group, highlighted by a second-place finish ... Served as skipper of the B division boat at the Yale Women's Intersectional to help Harvard take 14th overall ... Competed as skipper of the B division boat that had a victory and two second-place finishes to aid the Crimson's 12th-place finish at the Stu Nelson Trophy ... Skippered the B division boat at the 48th Victorian Coffee Urn Trophy ... Skippered the B division boat at the Dellenbaugh Trophy … Raced as skipper of Harvard's B division boat at the Emily Wick Trophy.
Freshman • 2012-13
Skippered the B division boat to a first-place finish in the 12th race and helped the Crimson take second overall at the Tufts Central Series 1 regatta ... Skippered B division boat on the second day of the Mrs. Hurst Bowl ... Sailed in the B division at the 2012 Yale Women's Intersectional.
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Participated in field hockey, track and sailing at Dartmouth High School ... Captain of field hockey team in 2012 ... Captain of sailing team in 2011-2012 ... Field hockey OCL honorable mention in 2011 ... Helped Cape and Island Sailing League win a championship in 2011 ... Received Track and Guts Glory award and the Sailing D.J. Walsh award in 2012 ... Principal's Service Award winner in 2011 ... Class treasurer 2008-2012 ... National Honors Society member ... National Merit Scholar Commended Student ... Senior Leader of Amnesty International in 2012.


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The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced today that it has signed 24-year old Dutch forward Collins John. The former Fulham striker and Brian McBride teammate has been on trial with the club since February 4 and joins the Fire as a free agent. John will be officially added to the roster pending receipt of his P1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate (ITC).
Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We are very excited to have Collins join the Chicago Fire," said Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas. "Collins is a talented player and he will be a great addition to the club. He is a quick and powerful forward with a nose for goal and we believe he will be a good fit to the attacking style we will play this season." John began his professional career in 2002 at age 17 with Eredivisie side FC Twente. Appearing in 35 matches for the Dutch side, John tallied 11 goals over an 18 month span before being sold to Fulham FC in January of 2004. During his time with Fulham FC, John partnered with current Fire forward Brian McBride, scoring 20 goals in 95 matches in the English Premiership from 2004-07.
The imposing striker had the best season of his career in 2004-05, appearing in 35 of 38 Premiership matches and leading the club with 11 goals on the season. Since departing Fulham on loan in 2007, John has spent time with English clubs Leicester City and Watford FC, along with a return to Holland with NEC Nijmegen, before signing with K.S.V. Roeselare in Belgium in 2009. Player: Collins John Position: Forward Height: 5'11" (1.80 m) Weight: 200 lbs. (90 kg) Born: July 10, 1985 Hometown: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Citizenship: The Netherlands College: N/A Last Club: K.S.V. Roselare (BEL) How Acquired: Signed as a free agent March 12, 2010


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by Brian DeCandia, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball team (4-17, 2-10 PBC) dropped a hard-fought battle against the No. 5 Clayton State University Lakers (21-2, 11-1 PBC) Tuesday evening, 81-56.
The first half did not open up in the 'Cats favor, as the Lakers went on a 14-0 run over the first four-plus minutes. The Bobcats quickly cut it to 16-10 aided by two Krysta Lewis (Woodstock, Ga.) threes. That however is the closest GC would get the rest of the game, trailing 35-21 at the break.
The second half was a see-saw battle with both teams shooting well over a 50 percent clip. Freshman Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) exploded for 16 points in the second half, shooting 5-for-7 (.714). This effort would not be enough for the Bobcats.
Lewis finished the game with 14 points, shooting 4-of-8 (.500) from three. She also added four boards, three blocks, two assists and two steals. Keys finished with a game-high 22 points on 7-of-17 (.470) from the field and dishing out four assists. Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.) finished with a game-high nine rebounds, adding four points and three assists.
The Bobcats lost the rebound battle 34-30 and the turnover war 27-16. The Bobcats shot .429 (21-49) from the floor and 6-of-16 (.375) from deep. The Lakers finished the game shooting 31-of-65 (.477) from the field and 10-of-12 (.833) from the charity stripe. Kayla Mobley recorded a team-high 19 points, adding seven boards and three steals.
The Bobcats look to end a five-game slide on Homecoming Night Saturday, Feb. 11 against Columbus State University, set for a 3:30 p.m. tipoff.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Jamaicans Hutchinson, Bryan book China ticket in style
Maracas Bay, Trinidad, November 28, 2013 - Jamaican duo Rojey Hutchinson and Shavar Bryan booked the lone available ticket to the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, next year after beating Barbadians Andriy Stapleton and Ahkeem Mayers in their Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association Zone NORCECA qualifying final 21-12, 21-12.
It was a well deserved victory for the fifth ranked Jamaicans against the third rated Barbadians in the six-team tournament which began with best of three series on the opening day followed by one match playoffs for the main draw final, and semifinal and final of the losers draw.
Speaking after claiming the gold, Hutchinson was quick to credit the training camp he and team-mate Bryan attended earlier this year in Brazil under the supervision of Brazilian coach Jackie Silva as playing a key role in their success.
He said, "The camp in Brazil helped us a lot in terms of how to play in al different types of weather conditions and improving our overall techniques.
Despite losing the gold medal contest, Stapleton and Mayers are still in with a chance of getting to China next year, but must now compete in the NORCECA Second Round of qualifiers to be held in Puerto Rico next week.
Trinidad and Tobago's Kareem Thomas and Marlon Phillips also kept their hopes of reaching China alive by capturing first place in the losers draw final over Bahamians, Gaege Smith and Rajahl Moxey 21-13, 23-21 and will also travel to Puerto Rico for the Second Round of qualifiers next week.
Earlier in their one match semifinal playoff, Moses and Phillips brushed aside Suriname's Riano Gunther and Jonathan Zichem 21-5, 21-15 while Smith and Moxey overcame US Virgin Islands' Ajai Sweeney and Carlos Juan Rosa 21-17, 21-18.


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I know a lot of people are already familiar with the greatness of Mariage Frères teas, but if you don't consider yourself a connoisseur of teas, perhaps you're wondering what all the fuss is about? Well, I don't really think I'm a connoisseur, either, but one sniff of these teas will set them apart. Their perfume is so powerful; you'll swear you can taste it! It will be forever burned into your nostrils so that if you were to, say, smell an old bag of Lipton, you'd think it had no smell at all. You will be intoxicated by the glorious scents of these teas. It was Paul's mom that first told me about these teas and I'm so glad I followed up on her advice!
One of their top selling teas, Marco Polo, is a black tea with red fruity undertones, which is very satisfying as a morning cup. It was a revelation to me the first time I tasted it. It's smooth, yet slightly acidic from the fruit flavors, but is very well balanced. Marco Polo also comes in a red version and a green tea version. I always bring a few boxes back for my family.
However, my favorite has to be a flavor called Pleine Lune. It's a black tea with toasted almonds, spices, and honey. Oh! It is simply the best thing I've ever smelled. Better than fresh bread baking or chicken roasting. Or bacon frying...well, hold on a minute. Maybe bacon is slightly better. Anyway, let's hear what those Frères says about it:
Splendeur de la pleine lune. Inspiré de l'astre lunaire, royaume des rêves et des chimères, ce mélange poétique réunit les parfums symboliques de la fête de la pleine lune : les fruits, les épices rares, l'amande et le goût sucré du miel. Thé de lumière.
It celebrates splendor of the full moon, the lunar stars, and the kingdom of dreams. This poetic mixture unites the perfumes of the symbolic festival of the full moon: fruits, rare spices, almonds and the sweetness of honey. Tea of light.
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Beyond bone health, Mesquite also has great value in its ability to help balance blood sugar levels. The sugars in Mesquite come from fructose as opposed to glucose. Fructose does not require insulin for the body to use it. The soluble fibers found in mesquite cause it to be digested more slowly than foods like wheat or corn, which can cause spikes in blood sugar levels.
A special phytochemical called quercetin occurs naturally in Mesquite, which has been found to play a fundamental role in reducing chronic neuro-inflammation. A recent study conducted by the University of Torino states that "Quercetin improved permeation across the blood-brain barrier into the brain, reaching target cells which may prevent or reduce [inflammation] progression."2
Known as the "Tree of Life" by Native American cultures, Mesquite has been known to contribute every part of the tree for food, medicine, fabric and flour. The blooming flowers of the tree are cultivated for their syrup, which is turned into a unique spiced honey, and the bark of the tree is smoked to create the famous base for an American favorite—Mesquite barbecue flavoring. The most historic use of the mesquite tree, however, is the harvest of the seed pods – ground into a nutritionally dense flour or meal.
Discover what your ancestors knew about mesquite: Incredible flavor and amazing health benefits!
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How to List a Decedent's Large Assets
When marshalling — locating and listing — a decedent's assets, an estate administrator might begin with the largest assets: real estate and vehicles. Large assets will often be easy to find, but it is important to locate the corresponding documentation (deeds, registration, and insurance) as well. Check if the decedent held each of these assets in whole or in part as this determines what property becomes part of the probate estate.
Real estate: Find the deed
The administrator of the estate needs to locate all the real estate that the decedent owned at death. Look for deeds, tax bills, mortgage statements, and insurance policies that refer to the residence and show who owned it. The deed is key because it shows whether the real estate was owned by the decedent alone, jointly (with a spouse, child, etc.), or in a trust or nominee partnership.
If the deed is in the decedent's name alone, the property is part of the probate estate.
Marshalling Vehicles
Cars, boats, motorcycles, and other vehicles are usually easy to locate. Find the registration and insurance documents to help you determine whether the decedent owned them in whole or in part.
In some states, title to the car passes automatically to any surviving spouse unless the decedent disposed of the car otherwise in his or her will. This avoids the need to probate the vehicle and gives the surviving spouse quick access to a car he or she may need to use.
The car still needs to be reregistered in the surviving spouse's name, however, and the automobile insurance must be changed to reflect the new owner.
Check with your state's Department of Motor Vehicles, or the equivalent agency, to determine the procedure in your state.


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My favourite cover this month is for the anthology Engineering Infinity. The style is very reminiscent of the great Richard Powers whose art dominated many SF covers of the 1960's especially Berkley Publishing's releases. On the flip side the ultra-tacky cover from Baen Books for the Poul Anderson Flandry collection should come with a plain brown wrapper.
Although released late last month, Alan Dean Foster has debuted The Human Blend, the first book in a new near-future series called The Tipping Point. For the titles alone, I am going to give the Love and Rockets SFR anthology a try as well as the SF thriller Mad Skills by Walter Greatshell.
Titles listed are first appearances with release dates based on Amazon data. If I've missed anything you think should be included, please let me know. Feel free to comment on your choices for December.
To honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, with the full cooperation of Vance, his family, and his agents, have created a Jack Vance tribute anthology:Songs of the Dying Earth. The best of today's fantasy writers to return to the unique and evocative milieu of The Dying Earth, from which they and so many others have drawn so much inspiration, to create their own brand-new adventures in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel. Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, and fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time ever, Jack has agreed to open this bizarre and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. To say that other fantasy writers are excited by this prospect is a gross understatement; one has told us that he'd crawl through broken glass for the chance to write for the anthology, another that he'd gladly give up his right arm for the privilege. That's the kind of regard in which Jack Vance and The Dying Earth are held by generations of his peers. This book contains original stories from George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, Kage Baker, and Robert Silverberg, along with fifteen others--as well as an introduction by Dean Koontz.
The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with a sense of wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity. Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light and, with it, the enormity of the universe, realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, it's hard science-fiction where sense of wonder is most often found and where science-fiction's true heart lies. The exciting and innovative science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field including Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross and Greg Bear.
It's the largest oil spill in history: a crashed supertanker in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environmental damage—and a PR disaster—the multinational oil company releases an untested "designer microbe" to break up the spill. An "oil-eating" microbe, designed to consume anything made of petrocarbons: oil, gasoline, synthetic fabrics, and of course plastic. What the company doesn't realize is that their microbe propagates through the air. But when every car in the Bay Area turns up with an empty gas tank, they begin to suspect something is terribly wrong. And when, in just a few days, every piece of plastic in the world has dissolved, it's too late...
Captain Dominic Flandry has been knighted for his many services to the Terran Empire—an Empire which is old, jaded, and corrupt, as Flandry well knows. And while that "Sir" before his name may be an added attraction to comely ladies (not that he has ever lacked for the pleasant company of the same), he expects that it will also bring him less welcome attention from envious "colleagues" within the empire. What it is not likely to do is make him more of an object of interest to the Merseians, whose plots he has repeatedly foiled and who are much too aware of how much simpler their plans to replace the Empire would be if he were the late Sir Dominic Flandry. Flandry himself has come to understand that there may be no more point to all his victories than that a few trillion of his fellow creatures may live out their lives before the inevitable coming of the Long Night of galactic barbarism. At best, he may have postponed its coming and shortened its duration. But if that is the most he can achieve, so be it—he'll keep on fighting, hoping that the barbarians too will pass, followed by a new round of civilization.
From the neo-feudalistic slubs and cornfields of his youth to his apprenticeship among the saleswarriors of Seattlehama - the sex-and-shopping capital of the world - to the rarefied heights of power that Tain now treads, Yarn takes its readers on a roller coaster ride through his life. Vada, the stylish revolutionary and love of Tane's life, draws him back into a world he had thought was long behind him. The swirling threads of violence and passion threaten to destroy him and the world he has made for himself. Author Jon Armstrong returns to the high fashion dystopia first glimpsed in Grey, weaving a stylish and scintillating tale of a dark past colliding with Tane's supposedly safe and secure present.
Mira Fedor and her friends stand in the eye of the hurricane. Everything is in flux and nothing is as it appears to be. Mira's pregnancy seems to be proceeding at an inhuman pace and the sedate acceptance of this state of affairs by her biozoon, Insigna, is as much an irritation as it is comfort. It seems clear that the extropists' procedures have had an unforeseen effect – but will her child be more than human? Or less? Meanwhile, the galaxy-wide conspiracy that has plagued the Orion League for so long is blown wide open. The conspirators stand unmasked, but is there time to prevent their carefully laid plans coming to fruition? And even if there is, how many of the Orion Worlds will pay the price for their leaders' blindness? The pieces are all in play; all that remains is for each side to commit to its end game. But there's one question nobody has thought to ask: will god play by the rules …
This first posthumous collection of the short fiction of Philip Jose Farmer is a celebration of the impressive variety of his prodigious output, from the space adventures he published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s through the 1970s, to his acerbic satires of religion and medicine, to his fictional biographies and memoirs, to his beloved Riverworld. Appearing for the first time in a Philip Jose Farmer collection are his last three "Riverworld" stories—featuring characters from his own family history--as well as the "memoir" of Lord Greystoke which he claimed to have merely edited. Other highlights include "Attitudes," the first of the Father Carmody stories; "The Two-Edged Gift," which introduces the fictional science fiction writer Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor; "Toward the Beloved City" (about which its original editor said he had never before really understood the Book of Revelations); and "Father's in the Basement," a little-known Gothic horror tale which is also a satire of the writing profession. Farmer created some of the most famous worlds in science fiction, but he also wrote in many worlds, and readers familiar only with his best-known classics may find a few surprises among these tales.
Matt Forbeck arrives as the new king of high-concept - with a blockbuster action movie in a book. In the near future, scientists solve the problem of mortality by learning how to backup and restore a persons memories into a vat-bred clone. When Secret Service agent Ronan "Methusaleh" Dooley is brutally murdered, he's brought back from the dead one more time to hunt his killer, but this time those who wanted him dead are much closer to home.
Alan Dean Foster's brilliant new novel is a near-future thriller that has all the dark humor and edgy morality of an Elmore Leonard mystery, in addition to the masterly world-building and quirky but believable characters readers expect from Foster. This gripping adventure reveals a place where criminals are punished through genetic engineering and bodily manipulation—which poses profound questions about what it means to be human. Given his name because radical surgery and implants have reduced him to preternatural thinness, Whispr is a thug. His partner in crime, Jiminy Cricket, has also been physically altered with nanocarbonic prosthetic legs and high-strength fast-twitch muscle fibers that give him great jumping abilities. In a dark alley in Savannah, Whispr and Jiminy murder what they take to be a random tourist in order to amputate and then fence his sophisticated artificial hand. But the hapless victim also happens to be carrying an unusual silver thread that appears to be some kind of storage medium. Ever quick to scent potential profit, Whispr and Jiminy grab the thread as well. Chance later deposits a wounded Whispr at the clinic of Dr. Ingrid Seastrom. Things have not gone smoothly for Whispr since he acquired the mysterious thread. Powerful forces are searching for him, and Jiminy has vanished. All Whispr wants to do is sell the thread as quickly as he can. When he offers to split the profits with Ingrid in exchange for her medical services, she makes an astonishing discovery. So begins a unique partnership. Unlike Whispr, Ingrid is a natural, with no genetic or bodily alteration. She is also a Harvard-educated physician, while Whispr's smarts are strictly of the street variety. Yet together they make a formidable team—as long as they can elude the enhanced assassins that are tracking them.
Unconscious for fourteen months after a debilitating accident, Maddy Grant awakens at the Braintree Institute, where scientists have successfully implanted her with a radical technology designed to correct her brain injury. But Maddy is more than cured. Her intellect has been enhanced to process information faster than a computer-an ability that's sending her emotions into overdrive. To monitor her condition, the institute sends Maddy to the nearby village of Harmony, where she will be free to interact with the community. But Braintree's scientists are not only monitoring her behavior, they're modifying it, reprogramming her personality to become someone else. A killer.
Gideon Dixon was a good solider but bad at everything else. Now the British Army doesn't want him any more. So when he hears about the Valhalla Project it seems like a dream come true. They're recruiting from service personnel for execellent pay with no questions asked to take part in unspecified combat operations. The last thing Gideon expects is to finding himself fighting alongside the gods of the ancient Norse pantheon. The world is in the grip of one of the worst winters it has ever known, and Ragnarok-the fabled final conflict of the Sagas-is looming.
In Catalyst, award-winning authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough introduced readers to the beguiling Barque Cats: spacefaring felines who serve aboard starships as full-fledged members of the crew. Highly evolved, the cats share an almost telepathic bond with their minders, or Cat Persons—until, suddenly, there is no "almost" about it, and a particular Barque Cat, Chester, learns to exchange thoughts with his human friend, Jubal. Other cats soon gain the same ability. Behind the seeming miracle is a mysterious cat named Pshaw-Ra, who possesses knowledge and technology far beyond anything the Barque Cats—or their humans—have ever seen. When fear of a virulent plague leads the government first to quarantine and then to kill all animals suspected of infection, Pshaw-Ra—with the help of Chester, Jubal, and the crew of the starship Ranzo—activates a "mousehole" in space that carries the refugees to a place of safety: Pshaw-Ra's home planet of Mau, where godlike cats are worshiped by human slaves. But Pshaw-Ra's actions are less noble than they appear. The scheming cat plans to mate the Barque Cats with his own feline stock, creating a hybrid race of superior cats—a race destined to conquer the universe. Yet right from the start, his plans go awry. For one thing, there's a new queen on Mau: Pshaw-Ra's daughter Nefure, a spoiled brat—er, cat—with a temper as short as her attention span. Pshaw-Ra's other daughter, the rightful queen Renpet, is exiled, running for her life in the only direction available to her—down into the vast catacombs beneath the Mauan desert. Far from receiving the hero's welcome he expected, Pshaw-Ra must use every bit of his considerable cleverness just to survive. Meanwhile, as usual, Chester and Jubal stumble right into the middle of things, in the process uncovering the lost secrets of the Mauan civilization. But that's not all they uncover. In the forgotten catacombs deep below the Mauan capital, something has awakened. Something as old as the universe. Something that hungers to devour all light and life—and that bears an undying hatred for cats.
With the publication of his first story, "The Coldest Place", in 1964 Larry Niven launched one of the most important careers in the history of science fiction. Over the next decade his stunning hard science fiction won four short fiction Hugo Awards and both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for his all-time classic novel, Ringworld. But it was the short stories that amazed and astounded first. Stories like "The Coldest Place", "Becalmed in Hell", "Neutron Star", and "All the Myriad Ways"set the boundaries for 'Known Space', one of science fiction's grandest future histories, while Niven also explored the classic tavern story in his 'Draco's Tavern' sequence and even fantasy in his 'Magic Goes Away' stories. Astoundingly, there has never been a single compendium the focused solely on Niven's best short fiction until now. The Best of Larry Niven collects no less than twenty seven stories written over a period of thirty-five years, bringing together some of the best-loved stories in science fiction for the first time, along with some overlooked classics. Whether this is your first time in Known Space or you're visiting old friends in Draco's Tavern, The Best of Larry Niven is unforgettable.
Decades after the last footprints were left on the Moon, the U.S. was preparing to return to the Lunar surface in a new class of rockets, when the mission suddenly became much more urgent. It would have to be a rescue mission. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world China had sent its own Lunar expedition. A manned expedition. Until a distress call was received, no human outside of China even knew that the mission was manned—or that their ship had crash-landed and couldn't take off again. Time was running out, and if the four Chinese astronauts were to be rescued, the American lunar mission would have to launch immediately, with only a skeleton crew. Once the heroic U.S. astronauts were underway the army of engineers and scientists back home had the daunting task of deciding what equipment could be left on the Moon to permit the Lunar lander vehicle vehicle to lift safely from the Moon with the two U.S. astronauts and the four stranded Chinese taikonauts! Could the U.S. mount such a mission successfully—and would thousands of years of instilled honor "allow" the Chinese astronauts to accept a rescue?
Space...the final frontier. Or is it? Many say there's no frontier more forbidding than a romantic relationship between a man and a woman. But what if one's a human, and the other's an alien? Here is an original collection of space opera stories where authors take love (unrequited or not), on a spaceship, space station, or planetary colony, and add enough drama, confusion and mayhem to ensure that the path to true love-or short-term infatuation-is seldom free of obstacles.
It's been five months since marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt started working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri, and she and Jeff Martini are getting closer. But when an experimental spacecraft is mysteriously returned to the Kennedy Space Center, Kitty and the rest of her team are called in to investigate. Now the team must survive murderous attacks, remove a space entity from a group of astronauts, and avoid an unhinged woman with a serious crush on Kitty's high school boyfriend. And that's all before evil masterminds decide Kitty's extermination is vital.
Two great resources for the latest information on science fiction romance can be found at The Galaxy Express and the SFR Brigade. Be sure to pay them a visit.


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Army & Aviation Subject Matter Expert (SME) Project Manager USAACE G3 at Strategic Resolution Experts (SRE) (View all jobs) Fort Rucker, Alabama This position will support the mission of the USAACE G3 and training brigades and Capability Development and Integration Directorate (CDID) by providing analysis, assessment, coordination, and support for functions related to Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) to enhance analysis, assessment, coordination, integration, synchronization, interconnectivity, and program development between USAACE and the relevant Community of Practice (CoP). Duties may include, but are not limited to: Develops executive (2-star level) briefings and speeches relating to Army Aviation training operations and program management within the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Participate in meetings, briefings, reviews, and Individual Transitions Plans (ITP's) Prepare detailed reports papers, presentations, hand-out materials, results, conclusions, and recommendations Collaborates with senior leaders, agencies and action officers throughout the Aviation Enterprise Ensure that all Warning Orders, Operations Orders, and Fragmentary Orders are issued to appropriate USAACE organizations React to rapidly changing circumstances and conditions for the USAACE G3 Represents the G3 in working groups and In-Progress Reviews for coordination and synchronization of DOTMLPF analysis and integration Serves as an action officer on the USAACE G3 staff and assists the USAACE G3 in coordinating and synchronizing training efforts across USAACE and tenant organizations Coordinates and synchronizes efforts across the Aviation Enterprise with Army Staff, AMCOM, PEO Aviation, US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC), and USAACE CDID Coordinate with respective Program Executive Officer (PEO) on all relevant matters including fielding, training development, life-cycle support costs, the budget process through the Program Planning Budget Execution System, Program Objective Memorandums, and Un-Funded Requirements to support training data collection, requirements development, and Army Aviation synchronization Establish and maintain a comprehensive Quality Control Program (QCP) Identify and report all program management actions and the financial management status in a Monthly Status Report Job Requirements: Education: MA/MS degree required Senior Service College Graduate PMP certification required or must be obtained within 90 days of hire Skills: Must posses and maintain an in-depth knowledge of all acquisition systems assigned to the Aviation portfolio Extensive knowledge of Aviation operations and employment and DOTMLPF assessments Strong professional, interpersonal, and organizational skills Demonstrated cross-functional team collaboration skills in a rapidly changing, high intensity, mission-oriented work environment Knowledge of Aviation Transformation and the future of the Aviation Branch Excellent working knowledge of computer operations and software Experience: Must have extensive Army and Aviation experience Must have served in a USAACE Primary Staff Position Must have served as an Aviation Battalion Commander or higher Must have served as a Brigade and Battalion Operations Officer Must be a Senior Commissioned Aviation Officer Preferred – Director, USAACE Commander's Initiatives Group Preferred – Deputy Brigade Commander Requires a minimum of 20 years' experience CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO BE DIRECTED TO OUR WEBSITE FOR YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS: http://www.sreinc.us/careers.php?gh_jid=1064473 SRE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, or marital status. SRE is an SBA Certified 8a, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), and SBA Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Certified Small Business.
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Senior attacker Jenna Petrucelli scored seven goals to lead the University of Mary Washington women's lacrosse team to a 17-8 victory at Lynchburg College on Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles improve to 2-1.
The Eagles jumped ahead early, as Petrucelli and senior Katie Williams each scored in the opening minutes. After Lynchburg cut the deficit to 2-1, UMW's Emily Atkinson and Megan Gersbeck each scored to push the lead to 4-1. The Hornets rallied over the next six minutes to cut the score to 5-4, but UMW answered with five straight goals, coming from five different players (Williams, Atkinson, Emily Mott, Corinne Wiederkehr, and Petrucelli). Lynchburg capped the first half scoring to move the score to 10-5 in favor of the Eagles.
In the second, UMW scored seven of the first eight goals to put the game away. Williams scored in the opening minute, and Atkinson followed with her third goals, and then Petrucelli scored the final five goals for UMW. Lynchburg scored the final two goals.
In addition to Petrucelli's seven goals, Williams scored four and added one assist, and Atkinson added three goals. The Eagles led in shots, 29-14, and in ground balls, 17-12. Kelly Dean made two saves in goal for UMW in 43 minutes of action. Maggie Nunn led the Eagles with four ground balls and four caused turnovers.
Mary Washington will return to action on March 8 when they host Roanoke College at 2:00 p.m.


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Eggs in Aspic - Oeufs en Gelee
This is a little retro oddity but to me speaks strongly of the Cordon Bleu aesthetic. It is a very lovely summer dish, a stylish lunch or entree dish and not too difficult to make.
|1 packet
|Gelatine, powdered
|1½ Ltr
|Chicken stock
|30 g
|Celery, and carrot, chopped
|10 g
|Parsley, chopped
|2 sprigs
|Tarragon, chopped
|Leek, white only, chopped
|1 handful
|Asparagus, tips
|Salt & freshly ground pepper, to season
|Eggs, whites
|Red pepper
|100 ml
|White port
|10 g
|Peppercorns, crushed
- Mix together celery, carrot, leek, herbs, peppercorns and egg whites.
- Combine with the stock in a pan and slowly bring to the boil, stirring constantly but gently. When the egg whites start to solidify into a soft crust, stop stirring and simmer on a low heat for 20 mins.
- Strain through a muslin-lined sieve. Do not press the solids, just let the stock drip through. This is called clarification. It removes all the impurities from the stock resulting in a clear sparkling liquid.
- Measure out the stock. Mix the powdered gelatine as instructed on the packet to set the volume you have achieved.
- Add this to the stock with the port and season. This is your aspic ready to use. Allow to cool but not set.
- Poach the eggs, refresh in a bowl of iced water drain on paper towels and trim off the ragged edges.
- Pour a little aspic into the base of 8 ramekins.
- Decorate with asparagus tips and red pepper triangles.
- Put an egg in the centre of each mould and fill with the liquid aspic.
- Chill in the refrigerator to set. To serve, dip the ramekin into hot water and turn out on your serving plate. Decorate with some tiny crisp leaves dressed with a little vinaigrette.


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Good Point Recycling
Good Point Recycling PO 1010, 227 Pond Lane, Middlebury, VT 05753
January 20, 2009
Dear Clients,
2008 was an eventful year. We are always aware that you are the reason we continue to enjoy success. We have a lot to introduce to you as we begin 2009.
First, we were proud to open our new 50,000 square foot facility. After years of renting space in different locations (and transporting stuff back and forth between buildings), or adding services (like textiles or baling) just to drop them for lack of space, we realized we are here to stay. Buying the building allows us to proceed with several new endeavors (described below), to process more in house, and to set smarter shipping and marketing targets. We also hope to develop more career employees when the temperature falls below freezing. There are more photos of our facility and operations, and video, available online (videos also coming soon).
The new facility will allow us to roll out our next big announcement - brand sorting for reimbursement. We have agreements either directly or with the processors of the following brands: Panasonic, Sharp, Sony, and Samsung. There are still a lot of details to work out. For one big example, some OEM representatives want documentation that their product was accepted for free before they will reimburse it, but do not want to cover the cost of transportation. If they pay us for processing only and not collection, it means we need to work out what you can collect. To keep our foot in the door, we are allowing individuals to drive to GPR in Middlebury - but that's not a very effective or green solution. What we have offered as a compromise is to charge 18 cents per pound (TV rate), weigh the brand sorted items, and then subtract out (credit) your municipality for whatever the OEM credits us. We will send a separate letter describing our proposal, which is intended to reimburse back 100% of whatever subsidy we get from the OEMs for TVs.
Third, we were recognized as the nation's expert on exports. Membership grew in the World Reuse, Repair and Recycling Association (WR3A), a "Fair Trade" organization we founded. EPA hired WR3A as a consultant to identify legitimate CRT exports, and BusinessWeek, National Geographic, and CBS 60 Minutes relied on us for advice and perspective. The Consumer Electronics Association gave WR3A a grant to film many of the select buyers who represent the "fair trade" export market, as well as collections. We hosted and visited techies from Africa, Asia, Middle East and South America, and filmed what they can do. It's hard work to visit and qualify these markets, but we have to do it... In January, CEA presented a 3-minute trailer CES Show in Las Vegas, between two keynote addresses (CEO Craig Barrett of Intel and John Chambers, CEO of Cisco). "If computer exports are outlawed, only outlaws will export used computers". The full video of the CES keynote address includes our video (about 1/3 through)
Fourth, we participated on a national panel invited by EPA to define "Responsible Recycler" (R2) standards, meeting with other respected recyclers, government officials, and advocates from around the country. EPA posted the R2 standards in November, 2008.
Fifth, we developed our staff . Rachael was promoted to a nice front office, and Colin Davis returned from a year sabbatical (running his own business, Builder's Studio) to be VP of Operations.
In 2008 we hired a professional OEM auditor to visit our largest market in Malaysia in October. Every unit we send for reuse is accounted for through proprietary tracking software (developed by Good Point, 2006), and reconciliation reports done by the Buyer note fallout rates (about 6%, which are then recycled, with glass going to Samsung) Good Point has also helped the Buyer efforts to obtain ISO 14001 status this month.
There is more to report than we can squeeze into a letter, but our last bit of news is a bit of a warning. In a year largely defined by a world financial crisis, Good Point has seen rates from ERI (the Pledge company which bought Electronicycle) increased by over 50%. We briefly tried other CRT glass processors, but they increased their rates even higher than ERI within a few weeks. We will do what we can in-house, but the raw material markets for the demanufactured scrap have plummeted to pre World War II levels. We have strived to offer consistency, and don't chase prices at the expense of accountability, but you may want to plan on fee increases for your consumers until the OEM programs mature.
Vermont has offered convenient access to TV recycling for years now, thanks to clients like you. 84% of Vermonters can now recycle a TV in at least one spot, open six days per week, in their county or district. Everyone here at Good Point thanks you sincerely for your support. We wish everyone the best in the year to come. Attached is a short end-market audit which shows where material we collected from you went to last year.
Robin Ingenthron, president
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Even before Taco Bell invented Fourth Meal, humans everywhere were predisposed to late-night pig-outs. Fast food drive-thrus have been happy to accommodate this behavior for many years. But now, Omahans finally have the late-night fodder they deserve. Localmotive, a food truck specializing in made-from-scratch seasonal cuisine that also happens to be inexpensive, is here.
The staples are the Rounders, a third cousin twice removed of the Hot Pocket. The reuben version (pictured above) has crunchy kraut, braised corned beef, and Swiss cheese encased in a round layer of fluffy dough, crispy on the outside, with a remoulade dipping sauce. The only thing missing is the overdose of sodium most reuben sandwiches have. Three of these little balls of joy will run you only $5, making them a prime rival for tacos.
Though you might have to dine in your car or standing on the street, you don't have to wonder what you're eating. They roast whole Plum Creek natural chickens for their sandwiches. Full of rich flavors, but not colossal in size, mine had plenty of pulled dark meat. My only gripe was that with some bites, the bacon dominated all the other flavors. Bacon does that. Still, a chef friend of mine bestowed it with the title of Best Sandwich Ever.
Another contender is the meatball sandwich. The house-ground meat with a healthy dose of herbs mixed in really gave it an edge over other similar subs. The thin, hand-cut fries came hot and crispy, and I rounded up little bundles to submerge in aioli.
Menu items will rotate with the seasons, and desserts are offered by local company the Chocolates Bar. While they're committed to feeding late-night diners, the truck will be open for lunch soon, too. The Localmotive mission of seasonal and locally sourced is not usually what we're thinking about when we're foraging the streets for food at 2 a.m., but it's definitely a bonus. Now, if only food trucks could be more like ice cream trucks and cruise by my house…
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Terming the Railway Budget for 2012-13 as "practical and implementable", Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said his cabinet colleague Pawan Kumar Bansal has presented the finances of the railways in a very candid manner.
"The Railway Minister has presented a very responsible, practical and implementable budget," Chidambram told reporters outside Parliament.
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Chidambaram, who will present the General Budget for 2012-13 on February 28, said: "Within the resources the railways can mobilise, I think he (Bansal) has done a remarkable job of providing new trains, new lines, extensions, capital works and production facilities."
On the financial conditions of the railways, Chidambaram said: "I think after many years, he (the Minister) has candidly stated the finances of the railways... I think it is a very commendable budget."


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Netflix has acquired gritty Gallic crime drama "Spiral."
Produced by Paris-based Son et Lumiere and repped by Newen Distribution, "Spiral" bowed on Canal Plus in 2005 and has been a ratings hit. The show's fourth season premieres in September.
The police drama centers on the tumultuous life of a femme captain and her two lieutenants, as well as judge, a prosecutor and a lawyer. Show follows the characters as they investigate murder cases and unveil corruption at the highest levels of the judicial system.
The Netflix deal, which is non-exclusive, covers all four seasons. The show will run in French with English subtitles.
BBC Worldwide Prods. has acquired "Spiral's" U.S. remake rights, with Sam Mendes' Neal Street Prods. on board to develop and Meredith Stiehm ("Cold Case") tapped to pen.
On top of being a local ratings success, "Spiral" has been licensed to 72 foreign networks, including free-to-air channels and pay TV nets.