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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has denied plans to "soak the rich" but suggested it was right to consider ending pension tax breaks for the wealthy.
Mr Clegg said there was a "legitimate debate" to be had about poorer taxpayers footing the bill for pension relief for the rich.
He also insisted that the Lib Dems were winning public support for their plan to impose a "mansion tax" on large properties, as the party sought to draw dividing lines with the Conservatives over how to balance the nation's books.
In a thinly-veiled attack on Chancellor George Osborne, he dismissed as "wild" Tory calls for £10 billion to be slashed from the welfare bill after 2015.
Mr Clegg acknowledged that further austerity would be needed, but said: "Whoever is in government after the next general election will have to embark upon new belt-tightening - more savings, more cuts. That is just a reality, an inescapable one.
"What I am saying is, that being the case, we have got to decide now as a matter of principle how we approach that difficult task.
"My view is that you start at the top and then you work down, you don't start at the bottom and ask the poorest to make the greatest contributions and then work up.
"There are numerous ways that you can do that, we have always advocated a change to the tax system applied to very high-value property.
"It cannot be right that an oligarch in a £4 million palace in central London pays the same council tax as someone in a four-bedroom family home.
"That's not right, that's why we want to change it. We haven't yet won that argument but it's an argument that we are going to continue to make every single day."
The Lib Dems have pressed the case for a mansion tax since entering the coalition in 2010, but have so far faced resistance from their Conservative senior partners.


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You may have noticed we didn't have a blog post up Tuesday, but that's because we were too busy walking. Here at Filters Fast we realize how much we take something as simple as water for granted. Water is so abundant we use it to wash our hands, shower, clean our cars and pets, and even make our lawn greener. But we hardly ever think about how something that's such a natural part of our lives could be considered scarce in some areas.
That's why we decided to start our charity, Work and Walk for Water. There are some people in the world who don't have access to clean water and we want to do something to make sure that's not a permanent situation for them. You may be asking yourself, how can a small but dynamic company like Filters Fast make a difference? By walking, of course.
Our employee, Dee Ray, is taking a virtual walk to Sendai, Japan, an area hit hard by the recent tsunami and earthquake that is struggling to maintain access to clean drinking water, using the TrekDesk as her path. Dee will spend almost all of her workday walking on a treadmill rather than sitting idly at a desk. The treadmill will log her progress toward her 6,737 mile goal. Each single step brings us closer to helping bring clean water to those parts of the globe that need it. Along the way, Dee will make a few virtual stops at various schools to talk about water issues. Want Dee to visit your school or university? Drop her a line at [email protected]
We encourage all those interested to get involved. Whether you're part of a charity organization that wants to team up with us, a school that wants to hold a fundraising event, a business that would like to make a corporate donation, or even an individual who wants to donate by sponsoring a mile, there are many options available.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick will start at quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday at St. Louis.
Coach Jim Harbaugh made the announcement Wednesday that Kaepernick would go over Alex Smith after the second-year pro led the NFC West-leading Niners (8-2-1) to victories in the past two games, his first two NFL starts.
He says, "Colin we believe has the hot hand."
Kaepernick has completed 48 of 74 passes for 680 yards and three touchdowns with one interception and was sacked six times. He has a 102.3 passer rating.
Smith, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick, hardly looked happy on the sideline during Sunday's win over the Saints after being medically cleared from a concussion suffered in the first half of a 24-24 tie against St. Louis on Nov. 11.
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1. If you have no entry ticket you can purchase it at the ticket office located in the Museum's Main Vestibule.
You have to enter the Museum from Palace Square and then go across the Great Courtyard of the Winter Palace.
2. If you have purchased an entry ticket at the terminal in the Great Courtyard of the Winter Palace (without concessions).
You have to enter through Museum's Main Vestibule (from Palace Square and then go across the Great Courtyard of the Winter Palace).
3. If you have an Internet ticket or a gift card.
You have to use the Shuvalovsky Proezd entrance either through Millionnaya Street or the Palace Embankment (between the Small Hermitage and the New Hermitage buildings).
4. If you are members the Union of artists, architects and designers of the Russian Federation or are members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
You have to use the Shuvalovsky Proezd entrance either through Millionnaya Street or the Palace Embankment (between the Small Hermitage and the New Hermitage buildings).
5. For visitors with mobility impairments.
The entrance from the Palace Square is accessible by ramp and by lifting facility. Lifts are located in the Rastrelli Gallery, the Commandant Gallery and Room № 106.
For further inquiries about the museum's disability access, including wheelchair hire, please speak to the administrator in the Main Vestibule, or call +7 (812) 710-90-79.
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City Tour Pass's ticket office is located in the Small Hermitage building. You have to use the Shuvalovsky Proezd entrance from Millionnaya Street or the Palace Embankment (between the Small Hermitage and the New Hermitage buildings).
Photography and video filming
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The main roads and boulevards of Sochi have been plastered over with Olympic Games posters, slogans in Cyrillic and billboards welcoming sports fans to the Russian Black Sea resort.
But for most visitors the real Sochi will be what they find when they travel off the beaten path of the Winter Olympics, which run from Feb 7-23, to soak up the sounds, flavors and even the waters of this Soviet-era spa city.
From its open-air markets to the mineral baths that made it the playground of the Soviet communist elite for much of the 20th century, Sochi will offer a glimpse of Russia that few visitors usually have a chance to see.
Here are tips for getting the most out of a trip to Sochi from Reuters, whose global network of 2,600 journalists can offer visitors the best local insights worldwide.
Josef Stalin's love of Sochi and its subtropical climate, lush forests and sea views boosted the city's popularity after World War Two, making it the ultimate Soviet vacation spot.
For the small price of a ticket, visitors can tour the villa built for Stalin on the grounds of the Green Grove spa where a billiards table still stands, with his favorite cue on display.
Stalin's desk is still there along with a kitsch life-sized wax sculpture of the late dictator, and the wood-paneled rooms of his wartime getaway still hang heavy with his presence.
The Green Grove, where the buildings are actually green, is just one of many of the stately stone spa resorts built for those in Soviet times who had the privilege of vacationing at Sochi and using its mineral baths and curative springs.
While many spas are off limits without reservations or the right connections, a little further into the mountains of Krasnaya Polyana visitors can enjoy an old Russian tradition: the banya, or bath, replete with birch leaves to beat the body, cleansing the skin and improving the blood circulation.
Two of the most famous baths are Banyaland and British Banya, owned by Briton James Larkin who moved in 1992 to Krasnaya Polyana, a site for winter sports events. Both offer various kinds of bathing meant to rejuvenate weary travelers. (britishbanya.com/?p=801) (www.banya-land.ru/)
Further up the mountain of Krasnaya Polyana, which means red glade, trails give hikers and cross-country skiers a chance to see some of the winter flora of the region, which at more than 2,000 meters (6,500 ft) will be covered in snow.
While Sochi was known as a beach destination for tourists during Soviet times, there is now little in the way of beaches along the city's pebbly shore.
For locals, the concrete piers and construction materials that jut out into the sea serve as diving platforms, but they increasingly fret about chemicals in the water from construction waste upstream.
In town, Sochi's central market offers the sounds, smells and flavors of a traditional Russian open-air market. Butchers and bakers show off their wares beside stands where women in white aprons sell local cheeses, smoked or wrapped in spices.
An adjoining outdoor market offers fresh and dried fruit, spices and the classic Caucasus seasoning Adjika - 'spicy' in Abkhaz - a fiery mixture of peppers, salt and other seasonings.
Walking from stall to stall, visitors can sample an astounding variety of nuts, fruits and delectable sauces and also hear some of the languages that represent the rich ethnic diversity of the Caucasus region.
English-speakers may not be in large supply, but at any time stall workers will speak Russian, Armenian or even Abkhaz, the obscure western Caucasian tongue which has up to 67 consonants.
Directly to the south of Sochi lies Abkhazia itself, a breakaway region of Georgia with close ties to Russia. Moscow has said travel to Abkhazia will be forbidden during the Olympics.
Market salesmen may also offer passers-by the famous locally made spirit chacha. Distilled from grape skins, it's a harsher version of Italian grappa. Almost all of it is homemade in residents' backyards or cellars and is probably best avoided, given the lack of sanitary controls.
The curious can find a bottled variety in local stores.
After working up an appetite, Sochi offers a bounty of various cuisines, including traditional Caucasian dishes.
Genatsvale, which lies in the direction of President Vladimir Putin's presidential residence in Sochi, fashions itself as a restaurant serving food from Georgia and its breakaway region Abkhazia. A local favorite, it is sure to be full of people and pumping with the music on full blast.
Another haunt is the slightly kitsch but popular Amshensky Dvor, or Amshen Court, fashioned as a castle, complete with turrets. For a hefty sum you can pick your own sturgeon to grill, try the homemade wine and gorge on Khachapuri - a rich bread filled with Sulunguni cheese. (www.amshendvor.ru/)
Visitors shouldn't miss the local culture museum next door.
After a day of watching skiing or figure skating, Sochi has plenty of bars where Olympic guests can relax over a drink.
Both gay and straight visitors will be welcome at Mayak, a nondescript building behind one of the city's main streets.
The club operates in the shadow of Putin's ban on gay "propaganda" aimed at minors, a law which has prompted widespread international criticism.
Visitors can ring the doorbell, speak some broken Russian into the intercom microphone and a bulging bodyguard will escort anyone who passes face control into the red velvet interior. Locals gather at the bar and groups can reserve a table, where a little plaque will have the waiter's name inscribed on it. (www.clubmayak.com/)
Those who stick around until midnight can catch the nightly drag show that combines a bit of stand-up, some lip-synching to very loud Whitney Houston and a lot of sequins.
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5 comments:
- Silver Fox said...
This post is really just an excuse to test using a photo as a post or paragraph background. To get the size right, at least the way I did it, took a lot of fiddling around and it might not be worth doing very often!
- Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 8:58:00 PM PDT
- coconino said...
Nice! I have some lovely pink cholla flower pix that I need to post, too. The vagaries of photo posting are still quite infuriating for me - I never quite get the post to look exactly how I'd like it to. Good for you for figuring this out!
- Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 9:04:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
I found a website, Spice up your Blog, which has lots of interesting ideas, including this idea. It took me some effort to get sizing and lettering right, even though I use another site to test things sometimes. (The other site doesn't use the same template anymore.)
- Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 9:09:00 PM PDT
- Gaelyn said...
Nice! Our Prickly Pears are blooming pinks.
- Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 11:32:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
I've been looking around on hikes for cacti in bloom for some weeks. Haven't seen any of our magenta ones yet.
- Monday, June 28, 2010 at 6:39:00 AM PDT


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Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem based on things you remember. Try to focus on specific details, and don't worry about whether the memories are of important events, or are connected to each other. You could start by adopting Brainard's uniform habit of starting every line with "I remember," and then you could either cut out all the instances of "I remember," or leave them all in, or leave just a few in. At any rate, hopefully you'll wind up with a poem that is heavy on concrete detail, and which uses that detail as its connective tissue. Happy writing!
Please see NaPoWriMo for more information.
There are memories and memories inbetween memories, things you shouldn't know. But I write and I say, what naturally comes to flow. Spending a day building raw story into characters who have flaws and appeal. Characters who are relatable and show affection, lust, a special connection with each other.
I am building story from the ground level, thanks to a friend, who tore my story down line by line so I am able to build. I'm grateful for everything he sees that I do not. How the story doesn't flow and how the characters actually appear.
What's believable in real life? I think an interesting situation because the story involves magic and in real life we don't believe in curses and the power of magic. We write of it extensively wishing for such power, such talents, such super-human abilities. Probably because we're human, and sometimes being human makes a person feel mighty small.
Today's memories are about editing and refinement. Answering questions I wouldn't know how to ask. I'm learning. Digging deeper, past the simple, into the complex. I don't want a one-dimensional story. Though it has magic I want the characters to be real people and I want their flaws and likes/dislikes to show. I want what they're good at, their occupations, their speech and actions, the people they have around them, to demonstrate their characters.
The minds of people are endlessly fascinating, especially the minds of those who say everything or say nothing. My Grandpa said little, his mind was complicated. He was a Pastor whose smoking habit ended his life at seventy-three -years-old. He would ask questions which made one think and consider alternate routes as he taught me the games of cribbage, chess, and when we attempted cryptograms and crossword puzzles. Grandpa's questions always hinted at digging deeper, searching for another method, and missed details.
But my Godfather, he says everything. And what he says is thought-provoking. He is always thinking of other people, how to help. He is the bestfriend to his friends and he has many. He can listen but mostly he talks and he's wise with his words.
I miss him and the second place I call home, his and my Godmothers charming house. His wisdom and continual thinking, his belief in God solving all problems, and finding answers from an omniscient God are well expressed; he gives me such peace after we've had a conversation or I've listened to him talk.
And I'm thinking about a paint night I'm doing with friends at the bar Sunday night. Painting, did you know I love it? I will need a couple drinks to merely do as the instructor says, but I know what my hands and mind will do.
I will mix the paint, either ruin or add to the design. I desire creativity. I've said it before, creativity cannot be boxed in its true form. But with a drink or two and two good friends, the evening will pass and I'll come home, painting in hand.
Also, finding a good guy — one whom you enjoy being with and talking with is difficult. You need to be attracted to their looks and their intelligence. You hope they such as you, have plans to do 'something' with their life. Finding a guy with all these parameters, is it asking too much? I'm not sure. I'm not extensively experienced here.
But time after time I'm disappointed when a date becomes, "come over to my place," usually at night but sometimes in the day. There is no dating involved. There is no understanding of, " I'm not interested." And certain men keep messaging or calling.
I'm not adverse to sleeping with the right guy. I haven't found a right guy lately. I don't know if I'm such as Alice's friend at tea I'm, 'mad as a hatter' to believe there are good guys out there who want to have fun out of bed and when a woman trusts them, in bed too. Laying that foundation of trust is vital.
I don't think this thought of mine is right accordingto God but I'm trying to find a happy middle. Maybe my happy middle won't make me happy?
I'm tired of guys who only want a night here and there. That was university, I'm going to be thirty-one in July. I'm not twenty-one and even twenty-one year old me would have smacked a guy who kept after her after she repeatedly told him to back off.
Guys don't get it, they scar women. This is stuff I cannot believe I'm writing but eighteen-year-old me was extremely naive at the bar. Her friend ditched her for some guy. She was all alone and trying to get away from this guy who followed her around the bar. She didn't have the confidence a girl three or so years older had at the bar, batting away and shooting down idiots before they became stalkers for the night.
She was so stupid. It's effected her sense of trust ever since. He didn't stop for a long time; it only felt like eternity. The repeated "No" in his ears, he was deaf to it until she cried wet tears. There were different guys after that, few who she didn't mind getting close to.
But always, I have this disgust for men who treat women as if a woman's existence is for their pleasure, because she wants or needs sex too. Should she have to sleep with a man after she has deliberated and said, "no?" No she shouldn't, it's always a woman's choice, it's her body after all.
Guy's scar with their repeated advances boardering on harassment. They scar bruising you badly where they should be gentle. You look to see how purple your bruises are. Not understanding how he didnt comprehend, "don't be rough."
Enough. To much info. But this poem is prose; it is memories past and to come — some awful and some exciting. Building memories writing and living in a world that can be cruel at times.
But I think if you're building if you're working towards a goal you can be proud you're using your talents despite the cards life and your stupid self may have dealt you playing poker.
Cheesy analogy but ever since I learned to play poker — Texas Holdem — in the basement of my Pastor's house with friends I'd grown up or met in church at that time, I always think back to poker seeing such a carry over for life.
Each day, place your bets and see what the 'river' holds, and how the cards in your hand can be played. Ask for another card if you dare, trading one in . . .
We'd drink beer and play poker. We'd watch NFL football and play video games. I never entirely got why some days my poker playing was terrific, while other days I could fold most hands and end up broke. We paid twenty dollars in a pot at the beginning of each game. At times my one brother and I would play with the other players until 3:00 am or 4:00 am in the morning.
I didn't play much poker after those years ended. But I feel sometimes as if I'm placing my bet, and trying desperately to hold onto my poker face. Tomorrow, more building. It keeps me going.
"Poker Face" – Lady Gaga
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"Young and Beautiful" – Lana Del Rey
Such a wish have humans,
For the fountain of youth.
Retaining our vivacity,
Twenty-something good-looks.
To maintain an image of fresh faces,
Yet carry the wisdom age gains.
I think if we knew anything,
We'd know it's a curse to be young forever.
For all such wisdom acquired in life,
There's a price to be paid.
Experience taught and it —
Marked us with age spots,
With wrinkles and scars,
With under eye circles,
Nightmares and inner trauma.
Journeying through life we learned,
Our lesson, or perhaps we haven't yet?
When we are young,
We are carefree and full of vigor.
Not thoughtful in how we think or react,
No maturity, no flash of pain;
The liberty of youth suits the young.
But to be a man or woman-child with —
The eyes of our great-grandparents,
Bearing several lifetimes of burdens;
I think, for a mere human,
Would be too much grief to bear.
For the older we become,
We learn from birth we're dying.
Life is a quest and it's meant to end.
We're meant for the heavens,
Free of our lifetime of issues.
Emotional, psychological, and physical decay,
The exhaustion of life.
The old realize when their time is coming —
That it is right.
A lifetime of sorrows, to have so many years,
Would break a soul completely;
Nevermind a physical body.
That's why the young are beautiful,
Life hasn't wounded them.
They are too ignorant to see —
Life isn't meant on earth to be eternity —
The light shining to restore body, soul, and mind,
In heaven shines for all,
In timelessness we will be young,
All of us appearing how we ought;
No imperfections,
Perfect creations.
Handling both knowledge and beauty,
Eloquent and graceful;
Gods children thankful.
And only those who die young,
When life is torn by accident,
By atrocity and ill health,
(And the aged)
Understand this concept.
As their grandparents did or do,
Only the ill and dying, have vantage of this,
Life is so frail;
A wisp of a veil torn,
We're all too busy living to see.
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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's soccer senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) continued her pursuit of becoming the program's all-time leader in saves, stopping four shots, but it was not enough as the Dragons' freshman forward Shyanne Kimbrough registered a pair of goals in a 3-0 DU victory in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon at Retriever Soccer Park. Kadet is 13 saves from tying Nadine Henchcliffe (1993-95), who leads with 339 career saves.
The Retrievers drop to 1-2-1 on the year, while Drexel improves to 2-1-1.
The Dragons took a 1-0 advantage in the first half and added a pair of insurance goals in the second half, outshooting UMBC 20-3 in the contest.
Drexel had the first scoring opportunity of the contest, as a shot from just inside the 18 yard box by sophomore midfielder Civanni Moss fired off the post, keeping the game scoreless 11 minutes into the contest.
With the game still tied at nil, it was again DU with the chance to take the lead, but senior midfielder Jess Sarkisian's shot from straight on hit the crossbar in the 28th minute.
The Dragons were able to cash in five minutes later, as junior midfielder Megan Hammaker made her way around the Retrievers' defense and netted her first goal of the season from just inside the 18 yard box, putting DU on top, 1-0, a lead it would take into the half.
Kadet stayed busy in the second half, facing 14 shots and five corners by Drexel. The Dragons took a 2-0 advantage in the 66th minute on Kimbrough's first goal. A pass from junior back Melissa Chapman forced Kadet off her line and Kimbrough was able to tap the ball out of her reach to setup the finish on the open net.
Sophomore back Amira Walcott (Beltsville, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) presented the Retrievers with its best scoring opportunity of the afternoon, blasting a shot from the top of the box that sailed just right of the post.
Kimbrough added her second goal with 3:58 left in the contest, receiving a pass from Moss and finishing inside the left post.
The Retrievers return to action on Friday, Sept. 6, when they entertain Robert Morris at Retriever Soccer Park. Game time is set for 7 p.m., with all the action available live on UMBCRetrievers.com. Free USB flash drives will be given to the first 150 UMBC students in attendance.


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April 11, 2012, 6:46 am
"The Lucky One's" simple pitch: Kleenex = tearjerker
Mad Moviegoer is a bit of hoarder, it's true.
So my desktop has its share of publicity tchotchkes: an Iron Man action figure; a Turner Classic Movies Robert Osborne Bobble Head; a fountain-style glass with "I Drank You milkshake! I drink it up!" inscribed on it; a plush dolphin — with tail — from the makers of "Dolphin Tale."
But by far the items that stick tend to be of the less-is-more variety. I was a fan of the straw broom sent on behalf of the Nicole Kidman/Will Ferrell "Bewitched" redo, which was more a re-don't. Still the gift-wrapped sweeper was clever.


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Idol Meter: Is 2013 the Year of the Girls?
American Idol pundits and producers alike have proclaimed that 2013 is the Year of the Girls. The last time a girl was crowned was 2007 (remember Jordin Sparks?), but so far the girl-power meme seems like more than wishful thinking. (Check out Idol Meter's top five.) Let's take an early look at the top three to see how strong they appear heading into this week's shows (Fox, Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. ET/PT).
The titanic one
Candice Glover 84
Plus: A voice of stunning power and the skill to deploy it strategically (unlike first casualty Curtis Finch Jr., who attacked each song with a vocal blowtorch). Candice's devastating I (Who Have Nothing) was the unquestioned highlight of the first week.
Minus: Peaking too soon can be a problem; Candice has set her bar high and can't slack off. She also needs to apply her old-school skills to more modern material. After all, Titanics have been known to sink.
The quiet one
Kree Harrison 80
Plus: It's all about that voice. As strong as anyone's, with a range that won't quit, and a smooth subtlety that's a godsend in the prevailing Idol climate of vocal overkill. And while everyone else is singing dreary, threadbare ballads, Kree has shown a knack for the refreshingly left-field song choice, such as Roy Orbison's Crying last week.
Minus: Can a contestant win on musical merit alone? Kree doesn't take the glamour route, nor does she have the bubbly demeanor of, say, her country counterpart, Janelle. Without an outsized personality or easily defined image, she may not capture the votes (and "SuperVotes") of the Idol audience.
The adorable one
Angela Miller 56
Plus: The Idol audience fell in love with Angela during the Hollywood rounds, when she sat at the piano and sang a song she'd written, and the infatuation shows no signs of wearing off. She has a deceptively powerful voice, an endless supply of charm, and potentially the greatest degree of originality.
Minus: Her piano is like Samson's hair; with it, she seems invulnerable, and without it, stronger singers could eclipse her. Singing Celine Dion ballads is not the path to the finals — best to sit back down at the keyboards and revive the spark that brought her to the forefront.
How they scored
1 Candice Glover 84
2 Kree Harrison 80
3 Angie Miller 56
4 Amber Holcomb 55
5 Janelle Arthur 46
6 Burnell Taylor 40
7 Lazaro Arbos 36
8 Paul Jolley 35
9 Devin Velez 31
Seattle-based music journalist Ken Barnes has written Idol Meter since 2009. He reports on American Idol and other TV talent competitions at tv.msn.com.


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Game Info
Harvard vs. Long Beach State
Harvard vs. ASU/Sacred Heart
The Storyline
Harvard heads to the state of Arizona for the first time since 1996 to participate in the ASU Classic this weekend. The Crimson (6-2) will face Long Beach State Saturday, Dec. 7 and either Arizona State or Sacred Heart Sunday, Dec. 8.
Last Time Out
Despite a season-high 20 points from junior forward Temi Fagbenle, Harvard women's basketball saw its six-game win streak halted at St. John's, 81-76, Sunday afternoon at Carnesecca Arena. The Crimson (6-2) had four players register double-figures, led by Fagbenle who added eight rebounds and two assists. Senior captain Christine Clark posted 12 points and seven rebounds, while Elise Gordon (11 points, eight rebounds) and Erin McDonnell (10 points) rounded out the quartet.
Scouting Long Beach State
2013-14 RECORD: 4-2, 0-0 Big West
SERIES HISTORY: First Meeting
• After dropping the first two games of the season, Long Beach State has ripped off four-straight wins, including a 77-61 win over Omaha Sunday afternoon. The 49ers are off to their best six-game start since 2005-06.
• Junior Lauren Spargo leads a triplet of LBSU players averaging double-figures, posting 12.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Freshman Raven Benton adds 11.2 points and a team-high 6.3 boards for the 49ers.
• In her fifth year at Long Beach State, head coach Jody Wynn led the 49ers to their first postseason bid in 13 years a season ago (WNIT) and has earned four-straight berths to the Big West Tournament.
• This will be the first-ever meeting between Harvard and Long Beach State.
Scouting Arizona State
2013-14 RECORD: 6-1, 0-0 Pac 12
SERIES HISTORY: First Meeting
• The Sun Devils spent their Thanksgiving holiday in Mexico at the Cancun Challenge, winning all three games (Illinois, North Carolina and Arkansas State). The squad's lone loss on the season came at San Diego.
• Deja Mann paces ASU with 13.9 points per game, as Adrianne Thomas adds 11.7 points. Joy Burke leads the Sun Devils on the glass, pulling down 6.1 boards per game.
• The winningest coach in Arizona State women's basketball history, head coach Charli Turner Thorne began her 17th season in 2013-14. The Sun Devils have made the postseason in 13 of the last 14 years, including a school record five-straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2005-09.
• This will be the first-ever meeting between Harvard and Arizona State.
Scouting Sacred Heart
SERIES HISTORY: Series tied, 2-2
LAST MEETING: Dec. 22, 2010 (L, 69-60)
LAST WIN: Nov. 2, 1999 (W, 83-50)
• Sacred Heart has dropped two-straight after Tuesday night's 86-62 loss to Iona. Four Pioneers reached double-digits, but SHU fell behind early and could not recover.
• Gabriell Washington paces Sacred Heart with 18.2 points and 6.2 rebounds a game. After Washington, four Pioneers average between 8.7 and 6.0 points, including Ericka Norman with 8.7 points and 4.3 assists. SHU utilizes its bench, as nine players have seen action in five-plus games.
• First year head coach Jessica Mannetti became the eighth coach of the Pioneers after spending the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Hofstra University. Mannetti helped guide the Pride to a 72-55 record and two appearances in the WNIT.
• The all-time series with Sacred Heart stands tied at 2-2, after Harvard dropped the last two contests. The Crimson fell 69-60 on Dec. 22, 2010 despite a then-career night by Christine Clark (18 points).
Milestone Watch
Head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith, in her 32nd season at the helm of the Crimson, earned her 500th win at Colgate Nov. 23, joining a group of 28 active coaches in Division I with at least 500 wins. She is also one of six active Division I head coaches to spend 31-plus years at one institution.
The winningest coach in Ivy League women's basketball history with 501 career victories, she ranks second only to Princeton's legendary coach Pete Carril (514) for wins by an Ancient Eight coach on either the men's or women's side. Delaney-Smith is also closing in on 300 career wins in the conference with 295 victories against the Ivy League.
What a Start
Harvard sits at 6-2 for the second-straight year. The 6-1 start signaled the best for the Crimson since 1997-98. Harvard went 7-3 through 10 games a season ago, a mark that ranked as the second-best record through 10 games in program history. The Crimson has gone 8-2 three times, most recently in 1997-98 en route to a 23-5 overall record and an Ivy League title.
Clark Rises
Shooting up the scoring list, Christine Clark sits at No. 8 in program history with 1,420 points over her three-plus year career. She needs 38 points to tie Brogan Berry '12, who sits at seventh all-time with 1,458 points. Clark became the 18th member of Harvard's 1,000 point club Jan. 2, 2012, as she scored 19 points against UMass. Clark reached the milestone in just her 71st career game, making her the fastest Crimson to reach 1,000 points since Reka Cserny '05 did so in her 60th career appearance.
Including this year, Harvard has had at least one 1,000 point scorer on the floor in five of the last six seasons. Additionally, each of Harvard's 18 1,000 point scorers has been coached by head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith.
Ancient Eight Accolades
Two Crimson student-athletes have earned three Ivy League Player of the Week accolades thus far this season.
Christine Clark earned the honor after pacing the Crimson with 21.0 points per game for the week ending Nov. 18. Temi Fagbenle was tabbed player of the week for Nov. 25 and Dec. 8 after averaging a double-double in both weeks.
Clark now owns eight conference weekly honors for her career, which stands good for seventh in Ancient Eight history. After tying for the most Ivy Rookie of the Week honors a season ago, Fagbenle has been selected for best player over a seven-day stretch four times.
Just Keep Winning
The Crimson owns a home-win streak of 17 games, marking the longest run since 1996-98, when the Crimson ripped off 21-straight wins at Lavietes. Harvard posted a perfect 11-0 record at home in 2012-13 and has not lost in Cambridge since Feb. 11, 2012. Before 2012-13, the last time Harvard went unbeaten at home was in 1997-98 when the team went 13-0 en route to a 23-5 overall mark.
Through eight games this season, Christine Clark (28 points), Erin McDonnell (19 points), Ali Curtis (16 points), AnnMarie Healy (13 points), Melissa Mullins (12 rebounds), Shilpa Tummala(14 points) and Taylor Finley (six points) have all matched or bested their career highs.
Double Trouble
Temi Fagbenle posted seven double-doubles in 2012-13 and has already recorded two double-doubles this season (Cal Poly, Northeastern). The seven a year ago signaled the most for the Crimson since Emma Markley '11 turned in seven as a junior in 2009-10. Fagbenle's first double-double came opening weekend at North Dakota, making her the first Crimson rookie to record a double-double in her first weekend of action since Hannah Peljto '04 went for 21 points and 10 rebounds in the season opener against Saint Peter's on Nov. 17, 2000.
November Numbers
The Crimson is 6-1 in the month of November, setting a new program record for wins before December. Last season, Harvard won five of seven games, which had been a program best.
You Can Count on Clark
Christine Clark has started all 96 games for the Crimson over the last three-plus years and has scored in double-digits 80 times. This includes a streak of 21 consecutive 10-plus point performances (March 5, 2011-Feb. 4, 2012) and 18 games in which she has scored at least 20 (last at Northeastern). Clark has posted 20-plus points in six games in 2013-14.
Sturdy Sophomores
After averaging a combined 1.63 points per game in 4.6 minutes a game, the sophomore class seems to have found its stride in 2013-14. AnnMarie Healy (13 points), Kit Metoyer (3) and Shilpa Tummala (14) have all matched or bested their career highs in points and are contributing 13.4 points per game as a class.
Non-Conference Nonsense
The Crimson has won six of its eight non-conference matches this season. Harvard closed out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 9-5 record a year ago, marking the program's third best non-conference record under head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith and the fifth best non-conference record all-time. Harvard has earned 11 out-of-league victories twice under Delaney-Smith, turning in an 11-3 record in 1997-98 and going 11-4 in 1985-86. The 1976-77 squad owns the program record for non-conference wins at 13-4, while the 1978-79 Crimson went 12-9 away from the Ivy League.
Harvard has posted at least eight non-conference wins in five-straight seasons.
Road Tripping
Harvard sits at 2-2 in true road games and 3-2 overall when playing outside Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson will play 17 games away from Cambridge in 2013-14. Last year, Harvard was 10-7 in true road games. It marked the most road victories for the Crimson since 2008-09 and was the second-straight year the team posted a winning record away from home.
• Christine Clark has scored 20-plus points in six of the last seven games.
• Harvard has won its last 17 contests at Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson's last loss at home was to Princeton on Feb. 11, 2012.
• The Crimson is off to a 6-2 start for the second-straight season.
• Kathy Delaney-Smith has used the same starters – Ali Curtis, Christine Clark, Temi Fagbenle, Melissa Mullins and Erin McDonnell – in all eight games this season.
• Harvard's 21 wins last season were the most since winning 22 in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
• Harvard won 10 games on the road last season, its most since winning 10 in 2008-09.
• The Crimson sits at 5-1 when leading at the half.
• Harvard has not lost (3-0) when allowing 69 points or fewer.
• When scoring 80-plus points, the Crimson is 4-0 this season.
Owning the Boards
Senior Melissa Mullins has paced the Crimson in rebounding in six of eight games this season, averaging an Ivy League-best 9.1 boards per game. The swing player has grabbed 10-plus boards three times. Harvard has had a player pull down 10-plus boards in four games and two players tally double-digit rebounds in two contests.
Cleaning the Glass
As a team, the Crimson has outrebounded its opponent five times this year and in 23 of 30 games last season. Harvard owned a 19-4 record when doing so in 2012-13 and posts a 4-1 mark this year when controlling the glass.
Boards on Boards
Temi Fagbenle has pulled down 10-plus rebounds in three games and paced the Crimson in boards in three of the last four games. Since Nov. 19, the junior is pulling down 10.3 rebounds per game.
Dating back to the start of 2011-12, the Crimson is 28-2 when holding opponents to less than 60 points and 40-8 when allowing fewer than 70 points.
It's Up, and It's Good
Harvard has made at least one three-point field goal in 136 consecutive games dating back to 2008-09, the second-longest streak in program history. The record for consecutive games with at least one three-pointer stands at 172, a streak which began during the 1989-90 season and concluded in 1996-97.


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Cancun, one of the hottest destinations in the Caribbean,
became even hotter this summer. The paparazzi descended as a fleet of private
jets delivered some of the world's greatest actors, including Angelina Jolie
and Julia Roberts, to the Summer of Sony publicity event. The Ritz-Carlton
Cancun played host to the star-studded party so I went to see where the stars
cooled down when the temperature soared.
Javier Barden, Julia Roberts, and Richard
Jenkins pose for photographers at the media event for Eat, Pray, Love at the
Ritz Carlton, Cancun
Mexico and movie stars go together. Since the Thirties, Hollywood heavyweights have been regularly swooping south of the border for a bit of R and R. By the time we reached the Nineties and Noughties Cancun was welcoming a new galaxy of red-hot stars to its shores – Tom Cruise is rumoured to have wanted to marry on
its snow-white beaches until an unexpected hurricane blew him towards Italy
instead. Jennifer Anniston withdrew to its spellbinding sea to mend her broken heart and Leonardo Dicaprio also recently made it his slice of paradise for a romantic retreat – and now, as we reach out into a new decade, Cancun shows no sign of losing its A-list allure.
It's fair to assume that the Sony of Summer actors stayed onsite at the glitzy Ritz. Resting on the Yucatan Peninsula, the Ritz-Carlton
has more awards on its mantelpiece than Meryl Streep and is considered to be one of the most luxurious hotels in all of Mexico.
From the moment you walk through its well-guarded doors, the crystal chandeliers, antique tapestries and elaborate artworks promise an A-list experience. Every room has the kind of over-the-top opulence that any celebrity entourage would be happy to bed down in including breathtaking balconies, divine marble bathrooms and tres beau Bulgari toiletries. But celebrities, like Mark Wahlberg and Eva Mendes who were in town promoting their
new movie The Other Guys, are sure to have been hidden away in the Club Level
quarters. These secret suites are positioned around a stunning ivy-filled atrium
in the heart of the hotel and can only be accessed if you've got The Key.
And celebrity tots Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shola, Pitt-Jolie would have been treated to their own special service with membership to the very exclusive Itsy Bitsy Ritz Kids Club when they tagged along with mum to the Cancun premiere of Salt.
Angelina also premiered her new body art in Cancun
The Ritz-Carlton hotels may conform to the traditional concept of luxury but that doesn't mean that guest can't partake in some of the most innovative services around. The Kayantá Spa has all the top Tinseltown treatments including the Perfector facial. Using super-fancy nanotechnology the Perfector claims to achieve a surgery-free facelift and is apparently a favourite in current celebrity circles.
Iconic guests of the Ritz can also mingle
with the masses (well with thirteen other members of the elite really) at the impressive
half million dollar Culinary Centre, where they can explore cooking, wine and
Mexican tequilas and then consume the fruits of their labour at a torch-lit beach party. The restaurants, as expected, are exquisite. The most-memorable being Casitas which is made up of a collection of intimate cabanas on the beach that feel so private you could be on your own dreamy desert island.
My favourite service at the hotel though is the Turtle Guardian programme. In amongst all the high-end spending opportunities is an experience that is simply priceless. Guests can "give back" by taking part in the release of adorable baby turtles which come to hatch on Ritz's patch. Each little Tortuga is guided down to the beach, given a name by its releaser and sent with good wished into the biggest bluest sea you've ever seen – if that's not the stuff of Hollywood then I don't know what is!
No A-list lovely would dare expose themselves to the sun and La
Roche-Posay Anthelios XL Extreme Fluid SPF50 is the dream cream of choice at the moment. Packed with all sorts of UV fighting protection, this French sunblock will keep those celebrity beach bods freckle-free and fully moisturised no matter how hot it gets. There's only one other must-have accessory and that's a pair of gorgeous oversized Miu Miu sunglasses to keep out the glare from that diamond white beach.
Must-have Miu Miu Oversized Jackie O Sunglasses.


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Stony Brook, N.Y.- UMBC senior post Brett Roseboro (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown) scored a career-high 20 points, but host Stony Brook outshot the Retrievers, 72-53, at Pritchard Gym.
The second-place Seawolves improved to 19-8 overall and 11-2 in America East play, while UMBC slipped to 9-18, 5-9.
Roseboro hit 8-of-15 shots from the floor, added a team-best nine rebounds and recorded UMBC's lone two rejections of the game.
The Retrievers got off to an excellent start, frustrating the Seawolves with a 1-3-1 defense. Roseboro scored five points as UMBC got out to an 8-0 lead at the 15:50 mark. But Stony Brook countered with a 14-4 run and took its first lead on a dunk by Eric McAlister near the midpoint of the stanza. After hitting seven of its first 13 field goal attempts, the Retrievers struggled down the stretch of the half, misfiring on nine of its last eleven. UMBC was whistled for 13 first half fouls and the Seawolves paraded to the free throw line, hitting 15-of-18 and built a 35-23 advantage.
UMBC stayed within striking distance until the midpoint of the second half. Retriever freshman guard Rodney Elliott (Baltimore, Md./John Carroll) hit his lone trey of the contest to pull the visitors to within 52-40 with 11:27 remaining. UMBC had a possession to trim the deficit further, but could not convert and Seawolves started a 9-0 run to grab a game-high 21-point advantage at 61-40 with six minutes remaining.
Stony Brook sophomore post Jameel Warney led the hosts with 18 points.
UMBC plays its final home game of the campaign on Saturday, when they host Binghamton at 7:00 p.m. Seniors Quentin Jones (Baltimore, Md./Mt. St. Joseph), Chase Plummer (Plainfield, N.J./St. Patrick) and Roseboro will be honored in pre-game ceremonies.
Notes: Elliott scored nine points and his 393 points on the season is now third on UMBC's all-time scoring list for freshmen at the Division I level… Jones recorded a career-high five steals.


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Design Short, Simple Movies with StoryRobe iPad App
Students can use the StoryRobe app on iPads to create short video movies easily. StoryRobe combines selected images with voice narration to create video movies up to three minutes in length. Using the StoryRobe app is so simple, even young students can use it to tell simple stories.
StoryRobe is actually an iPhone app, but as you may know, iPhone apps also work on the iPad — just at a lower screen resolution. The video quality from StoryRobe may not win an Oscar, but it will be sufficient for educational purposes.
Don't spontaneously record your narration without any preparation. Take some time to think about the story you want to tell, and write the narration that will accompany the slides. Create your video story using the following steps:
1Start a new StoryRobe movie by tapping Create Story on the opening screen.
The Choose Photo screen appears; it contains a menu of options to select your images or a short video clip.
2Select an image or video from your photo library or Camera Roll by tapping it.
You can also take a live photo on the spot by tapping the Take Picture option, which activates the iPad camera. Feel free to experiment. Once you snap your photo, you're presented with buttons to Retake or Use your image. Tap the Use button when you're satisfied, and your image is brought back into StoryRobe.
StoryRobe will prompt you after you add an image and ask if you want to add another. Continue selecting images until you're done; then tap View Photo on the menus at the bottom of the display. All the photos you selected are listed, in the order in which you selected them.
3(Optional) To reorder the images, tap the Edit button.
Drag the image icon on the far right up or down to move the image to a different spot in the order.
4(Optional) To delete an image, tap the Edit button again.
Then tap the red Delete button on the left of a thumbnail to remove an image from your list. Don't worry, the image isn't being deleted from your iPad. It's just being removed from the list.
5Tap the Record Story icon.
The Record Story icon is on the bottom right of the screen. After you tap it, you're taken to the Record Story screen. The images in the slide show appear in a long row. At the bottom of the screen are three buttons: Next Image, Record/Pause, and Stop.
6Tap Record, and, speaking clearly, narrate the script for this image.
You can tap the Pause button at any time to stop and collect your thoughts and then tap it again to resume. When you're ready to move to the next image in the slide show, tap Next Image, and continue recording.
7Tap Stop when you're done.
StoryRobe presents you with a screen to name your video.
8Tap in the Video Name box, type the name of your new creation, and tap the Create Video button.
StoryRobe creates and saves the video. It actually creates two files: a StoryRobe file that you can open and edit in StoryRobe later, and a standard video file in your Photo app. After the video is created, you'll find yourself on the Open Story screen with a list of all your StoryRobe files.
9Tap the View Story icon to view your video masterpiece.
Tap the Close icon on the top left of the Open Story screen to close the movie.
Share your creation by tapping the Share button, tapping a project in the list, and tapping either the Upload to YouTube or Email Story icon.
Allocate adequate time for students to work on their narration and slides before recording, and make this a clear and essential priority. If they have to rush into the creation of the videos without adequate preparation time to research, plan, and script, you won't exploit the full educational potential of multimedia projects.


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God?! Screw God! We've got a timeloop story that we need to wrap up!
But granted, that ending was really quite good. It again made use of this show's weird talent make random characters sympathetic from out of absolutely nowhere by suddenly blaming the source of the timeloop to be the classmates of Alice (yes, Alice, don't ask me why he has a girl's name) and Dee.
Perhaps basing your story on a misunderstanding isn't the strongest, but for what it did, the series wrapped that subplot up really nicely. It wasn't about the misunderstanding anyway. The main issue of the arc was escapism: fearing change, people stayed in the timelooped world because it was safe. You could really see that with Scar and Yuri: the environment felt so safe and trusted to them.
What made this ending was the point at which it was time to move on for everyone. The time to head back into the real world again after 14 years. Alice 'surviving' was a bit of a cop-out, but yeah: that's a bit the premise of this series: he's still dead, he just lives as a ghost and Ai ust doesn't bury him.
And there the series just ends. I would have preferred some sort of epilogue, but at this point I think that the ending here is that eveyrone just keeps living until they die, and then keep wandering around until all of the gravekeepers have buried everyone. Quite a bleak ending there if you look at it that way.
Rating: 5/8 (Great)


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Norrathians of Antonia Bayle! Those of you who honor and align with the city of Neriak and the Teir'dal are invited to join in this player-created and run roleplaying event.
What: Festival of the Blood Moon
When: April 19 – 22nd, 2013
Where: Outside the City of Neriak in the Darklight Woods
Here are more details courtesy of Lady Marchosia D'Nyre, player organizer and Mistress of Ceremonies:
The Blood Moon is the High Holy Day of the Teir`dal and occurs once every twenty-seven months - according to lore. Every Teir`dal follower of Hate must murder a good being to honor their faith. The nobles choose a commoner to mate with and then sacrifice. It is said that during the observance of this High Holy Day, a High Priestess of Innoruuk conceived Lanys T'Val, Daughter of the Prince of Hatred.
The Teir`dal are a proud, bold, and strong people with a long, rich history in Norrath. Please join us in observing their most holy of holy traditions and the history, lore, and culture of Neriak's people at the Festival of the Blood Moon April 19th - 22nd. We will begin the festivities with a ritual sacrifice and renewal of the Sacred Purpose and continue through the weekend with various exciting events. These will include jousting, trials of combat, tests of fortitude, challenges of intellect, and demonstrations of faith!
Hatred keep you!
Lady Marchosia D'Nyre
Harbinger of House Nox`Cruor
Mistress of Ceremonies


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XBMC Fusion Installer
Various websites, youtube videos, and blogs have talked about and suggested installing what is known as the "XBMC Fusion Installer". This is not a good idea, and doing so can cause more issues than it fixes. This tool likely started with good intentions, but many of the configurations it sets or changes will break or crash certain XBMC setups. It also replaces the standard XBMC skin background with an advertisement for the "XBMCHUB" website.
Installing this so called 'wizard' will overwrite many configuration files without having an option to restore them.
"XBMC Fusion Installer" is NOT a product of Team-XBMC or the XBMC Foundation. It has no official connection to XBMC, whatsoever.
If you donate to "XBMCHUB" you are NOT donating to XBMC.
"XBMCHUB" is a for-profit entity and is NOT connected to the XBMC project, Team-XBMC, or the XBMC Foundation.
Spread the word!
Further reading
- XBMC.org - This Site is the Only Official Source of XBMC Software
- XBMC.org - Official software listing
- XBMC related projects and sites - A listing of Official XBMC sites can be found here.


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