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Worst Stomach Clench – Connie Britton
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Warning: I get emotional in here. If it's not for you, no prob.
Oh, you guys. Unbelievable. What a roller coaster ride if you're a Britton fan. Of course we all had no hope that they could sweep the four categories they were nominated in. I will say with zero malice that even for a show like Modern Family, watched by many many more than Friday Night Lights, their four-episode Emmy grab was an outlier.
So we knew. We knew we might not get all four, if any at all. The fact that we got to be here at all was a long time coming and was, as a result, kind of nerve-wracking.
If you're wondering why I've changed into the first person plural:
1) Yes, I overidentify with this show.
2) In other things, I've been a bandwagon jumper. In this, I'm one hundred percent a fan from the beginning, and –
3) I do feel like 'we' have pulled hard for these nominations and hoped for them and knew what they meant. I do feel like they belong to us.
So Britton sits in her seat (and did anyone interview this NOMINEE on the carpet? Anyone?) and waits, knowing she doesn't have a chance of winning. She can sit beside Chandler, make sarcastic asides, the whole thing. And then Katims' name is called.
I just watched the clip again. And cried again. I – they were so happy and all together.
But this is where the trouble began for poor Connie. Because she allowed herself to believe. Maybe, for a minute. Just a second – but no. The award went to Margulies.
Which is fine, she's very very good and deserving and at another time I'd be happy. Because there's still more to come. There is still the imminent announcement – and win! Of Kyle Chandler.
Which is almost a win for her, as we know. Because all of what he did on that show that was notable was with her, and the joy was not in seeing him on the football field, but in the tender moments afterward when he called and said "we won" and she got that smile and said "Ya'll did…!" His greatest moments were created with her, could not have existed without her. The show is not lauded because of its portrayal of football, it's lauded because of its portrayal of a marriage, of a family. And all the words that come along with that – ballet, duet, balance, harmony – belong to him and her equally.
Which everyone knows, because that's what Chandler said when he won – except for, not really. Not really at all. He didn't thank her – and when he realized, and went back to do so, the cameras caught her face, all "Well, honey, that's the way you spent your time, so what are you gonna do?" She wasn't mad, exactly, but she recognized what had been missed, there. The opportunity.
I'm thrilled for his win. I'm sure Britton is too. But he had the opportunity to make it about her. To vocalize the regret I'm sure he had, that she didn't get to win as well. To share his with her.
But he didn't. Things aren't perfect. Kyle Chandler is not Eric Taylor. This is life.
I'm sure the night was still good for her. I'm sure she met all kinds of adoring fans. From what I could tell from the distractedness of Jon Hamm, I think he was one of them. And she has a new job and is going to be fine.
But I did have a stomachache for her. I did want it to be different for her somehow. I wanted everyone to hear and know what she did for five years, that, in the same way Tami did, held the show together.
It wasn't to be.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized Monday in central Bangladesh, and authorities said two people died and at least 44 reached safety.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Chairman Samsuddoha Khondaker said M.V. Pinak was crossing the River Padma in Munshiganj district when it capsized.
Rescuers and local people recovered two bodies from the water by afternoon and divers were expected to join the rescue efforts shortly, local police officer Khalid Hossain said.
Hossain said at least 44 people either swam to safety or were rescued but the number of missing passengers was not yet known.
Local media reported up to 250 passengers were on board but that could not be confirmed. Authorities do not always maintain proper passenger lists in Bangladesh, where river ferries are a popular and common form of transportation.
Khondaker said not many details were known yet about the cause of the capsizing.
Abdul Alim, a local water transport official, said the ferry was apparently overloaded and it failed to navigate the strong current in the middle of the mighty river. The Padma is one of the largest rivers in Bangladesh, a delta nation crisscrossed by more than 130 rivers.
Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh due to poor safety standards for the vessels, which are often overloaded.
In May, about 50 people died in the same district in a ferry accident.


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Bailey, Nilsson lead Islanders past Senators for second straight win
The Ottawa Senators have exhausted all of their wiggle room in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
With just five games remaining, the Senators are five points below the postseason cutoff and have four teams ahead of them.
Ottawa's drive toward the postseason got harder on Wednesday night with a 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders, who are making the most of their role as spoiler.
Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist for the second straight night, and the Islanders won their third in a row and for the fifth time in six games.
New York has also recently knocked off playoff hopefuls, the Columbus Blue Jackets and New Jersey Devils.
"We knew they were a desperate team and we knew it was going to be a tough game." Bailey said of the Senators. "They came at us pretty hard."
Bailey, playing in his 400th NHL game, scored a power-play goal in the first period, and assisted on Casey Cizikas' winner midway through the third. Bailey outwaited goalie Craig Anderson and slid the puck into the crease from behind the goal line to Cizikas.
Ryan Strome had two assists, and rookie Anders Nilsson followed up Evgeni Nabokov's home victory against Florida on Tuesday by making 35 saves.
Milan Michalek's power-play tally 6:41 into the third period was the lone goal for the Senators, who had won three straight.
The goal came exactly 110 minutes after the Senators' previous score, not counting one in the shootout of Monday's 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Michalek was at the side of the net when he jammed a loose puck past Nilsson with four players down in the crease.
"I thought I had a glove on it, but it's tough," Nilsson said. "It was so fast, and it was tough for me to know and tough for the ref to see. Those goals happen. They did a good job crashing the net, and the puck came loose, so credit to them.
"We battled hard and everyone stuck up for each other. Everybody is doing a hell of a job and battling hard and that's why we keep on winning."
Ottawa had earned at least one point in five straight games.
"We didn't score goals, and you're not going to win hockey games when you don't score goals," defenseman Marc Methot said. "It's deflating, for sure. It's funny because I thought we played pretty good hockey. We just couldn't bury it when we had opportunities.
"We were riding a pretty nice high despite our situation in the standings. When you're stringing together wins at any point in the season it feels good, so we're going to keep rolling and keep trying to get wins."
Bailey had the only goal through the first two periods, beating Anderson with a snap shot from the circle with 2:51 left in the first.
"We played a really solid game five-on-five, and the difference was special teams," said Anderson, who made 25 saves. "That's the way this game is, and some nights, you're going to generate lots of opportunities on the power play and some nights you're not."
The Senators had killed 34 seconds of a 5-on-3 Islanders advantage but couldn't escape the back end of the two penalties.
It wasn't the only special-teams opportunity for New York, but Cal Clutterbuck failed to score on three short-handed scoring chances.
Clutterbuck was stopped by Anderson on a breakaway early in the first. Later in the period he slid the puck through the crease along the goal line while facing an open net.
Clutterbuck had another short-handed breakaway in the closing seconds of the game, but his shot sailed over the net.
NOTES: Ottawa defenseman Jared Cowen and forwards Bobby Ryan, Jason Spezza and Colin Greening all sat out because of injuries. … Defensemen Radek Martinek, Lubomir Visnovsky and Brian Strait, and forwards Kyle Okposo, Eric Boulton and Michael Grabner didn't play for the Islanders. … The Islanders are 13-4-2 in their past 20 road games.


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Dumb Idea Or Dumbest Idea: Letting Companies Use Malware Against Infringers
from the dumbest-ideas-ever deptWe already did a post exploring the ridiculous background and bad assumptions of the so-called IP Commission Report, but we're going to explore some of the "recommendations" of the report as well. In that first post, we noted that the basis, assumptions and methodology of the report were all highly problematic, so it should come as little surprise that the "recommendations" that come out of it are equally ridiculous.
Let's start with the one that has received the most attention: the fact that the report recommends a "hack back" legalization, to allow those who feel their (loosely defined) "intellectual property" has been infringed to "hack back" at those who infringe. As Lauren Weinstein summarizes, this proposal more or less is a plan to legalize malware against infringers. Of course, this kind of idea is not new or unique. It's been around for a while. Almost exactly ten years ago, Senator Orrin Hatch proposed allowing copyright holders the right to destroy the computers of anyone infringing. The specifics here are explained over two "suggestions" that, when combined (hell, or even individually), are somewhat insane for anyone even remotely familiar with the nature of malware. First up, legalizing some basic spyware/malware:
Support efforts by American private entities both to identify and to recover or render inoperable intellectual property stolen through cyber means.Basically, malware/DRM-on-steroids. As if that will work. Anyone who had even a modicum of experience with DRM or watermarking knows that these things aren't difficult to get around, and are basically a huge waste of time and money for those who employ them. The idea that they might then lock down entire computers if an incorrect file gets onto one seems even more ridiculous. Given how often DRM causes problems for legitimate users of the content, you can imagine the headaches (and potential lawsuits) this kind of thing would lead to. A complete mess for no real benefit.
Some information or data developed by companies must remain exposed to the Internet and thus may not be physically isolated from it. In these cases, protection must be undertaken for the files themselves and not just the network, which always has the ability to be compromised. Companies should consider marking their electronic files through techniques such as "meta-tagging," "beaconing," and "watermarking." Such tools allow for awareness of whether protected information has left an authorized network and can potentially identify the location of files in the event that they are stolen.
Additionally, software can be written that will allow only authorized users to open files containing valuable information. If an unauthorized person accesses the information, a range of actions might then occur. For example, the file could be rendered inaccessible and the unauthorized user's computer could be locked down, with instructions on how to contact law enforcement to get the password needed to unlock the account. Such measures do not violate existing laws on the use of the Internet, yet they serve to blunt attacks and stabilize a cyber incident to provide both time and evidence for law enforcement to become involved.
So, then, they take it up a notch. If bad DRM/watermarking isn't enough, how about legalizing the pro-active hacking of infringers? No, seriously.
Reconcile necessary changes in the law with a changing technical environment.Notice how that recommendation gets even more insane the further you read. "Retrieving" info? Okay. "Destroying info on an unauthorized network"? Yeah, could kinda see where someone not very knowledgeable about computers and networks thinks that's a good idea. "Photographing the hacker"? Well, that's going a bit far. "Implanting malware in the hacker's network"? Say what now? "Physically disabling or destroying the hacker's own computer or network"? Are you people out of your minds?
When theft of valuable information, including intellectual property, occurs at network speed, sometimes merely containing a situation until law enforcement can become involved is not an entirely satisfactory course of action. While not currently permitted under U.S. law, there are increasing calls for creating a more permissive environment for active network defense that allows companies not only to stabilize a situation but to take further steps, including actively retrieving stolen information, altering it within the intruder's networks, or even destroying the information within an unauthorized network. Additional measures go further, including photographing the hacker using his own system's camera, implanting malware in the hacker's network, or even physically disabling or destroying the hacker's own computer or network.
This isn't just a bad idea, it's a monumentally dangerous idea that will have almost no benefit, but will have tremendously bad and dangerous consequences. Hell, today we already have to deal with a plethora of bogus DMCA takedown notices. Imagine if that morphed into bogus malware attacks or destroying of computers? It makes you wonder how anyone could take anything in the study seriously when you read something like that.
To be fair, the authors of the report say they don't recommend legalizing this stuff yet, but immediately make it clear that something like this is going to need to happen in the future, because "the current situation is not sustainable." Based on what? Well, as we explained in the first post about this report, that's mostly based on the authors' overactive imaginations, rather than anything fact-based.
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Last Thursday Kansas City sports reporter Martin Manley took his own life. That same day, he published a blog that detailed what led to his decision. Manley's sister told Slate that Manley pre-paid Yahoo to host the site for five years. However, Yahoo took down the site on Friday night citing a violation of its terms of service. Manley's sister, Barbie Flick, is trying to get Yahoo to republish the blog; but meanwhile, many other sites have republished Manley's final words.
Should Yahoo have taken down Manley's blog? Is the blog's existence honoring Manley's last wishes or should his last words be less public?
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Stephen Wu, a partner in the law firm Cooke, Kobrick and Wu; he served as the 2010-2011 Chair of the American Bar Association's section of science and technology law.
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Hasn't It Always Been About Status? — What's the day? What you doing? — How's your mood? How's that song? — when it passes right by me — It's behind me, now it's gone. — Fireworks, Animal Collective — Facebook's announcement that they are opening up API access to user's status updates (and more) is big news.
Dave Winer / Scripting News: Facebook and Twitter, OpenID
Amit Chowdhry / Pulse2: Facebook's New APIs Should Not Be Compared To Twitter
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Presence, status, and alerts the secret sauce of social networks
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb: Facebook Opens Up: Lets Developers Access Status Updates, Notes, Links, and Videos
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook: Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
Chris Putnam / Facebook Developers: Opening Up Facebook Status, Notes, Links, and Video to Facebook Platform
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Breaking down the walled garden: Some thoughts on Facebook embracing OpenID and opening up status update APIs — Facebook made two interesting announcements this week in the area of making their platform more open. The first announcement was made by Mike Shroepfer in the developer blog post Next Steps in Openness where he writes
Discussion: unstruc chitchatting … and The Real McCrea
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Why Facebook Isn't Poised to Steal Twitter's Thunder — Last night, Facebook announced a set of changes to its platform that make it easier for third-party applications to exchange data about users' status messages, notes, shared links, and videos. — The more open Facebook's platform gets …
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch UK:
Four reasons why public Facebook status updates won't kill Twitter
Four reasons why public Facebook status updates won't kill Twitter
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Nick O'Neill / All Facebook: The Blueprint For The Facebook Twitter Killer
Barb Dybwad / Obsessable: Could Facebook kill Twitter?
Jonathan Skillings / CNET News: Facebook makes new push for more apps
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A One Laptop Per Child update from Nicholas Negroponte — This post is part of a series from the TED 2009 conference held in Long Beach, California from February 4-8th. You can read other posts in the series here, and the TED site will release video from the talk in the coming weeks or months.
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OLPC discontinues "Change the World"
OLPC discontinues "Change the World"
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Not Everyone Is Cheering as Wi-Fi Takes to the Air — For all the annoyance of being crammed into an aluminum tube at 35,000 feet with a bunch of strangers, air travel has offered one benefit: the ability to tell bosses and colleagues, "I'll be on a flight, so you won't be able to reach me."
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Ubuntu desktop apparently scares Microsoft — Ubuntu must be giving Microsoft fits on the desktop. That's the only reason I can come up with for Microsoft's LinkedIn search for a new director of open-source strategy, with a focus on the desktop: … Given Red Hat's relative inaction on the desktop …
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The Pirate Bay Demand Webcast of Trial — On February 16th 2009, one of the biggest trials in P2P history begins. The case of the largest BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, will be followed by millions around the world. — The Pirate Bay team have been preparing for the media battle …
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College Music Service Ruckus.com Shuts Down — Ruckus, an online music service geared towards universities that allows students to stream an unlimited amount of music, has apparently just closed its doors. The service was designed to appeal to college students, offering a legal alternative …
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Can Apple's Multi-Touch Patent Withstand Scrutiny — or Challenge? — When the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued patent number 7,479,949 for a "touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics," eyebrows shot up throughout the industry.
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Where data goes when it dies and other musings — I've been wanting to write about Ma.gnolia's catastrophic data loss last week ever since it happened, but wasn't quite sure how I wanted to approach it. Larry (Ma.gnolia founder and the sole person who maintained the site) is a good friend of mine …
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Presenting: 10 of the Smartest Big Brands in Social Media — Samir Balwani is a social media marketer who helps businesses create effective web strategies. You can follow him on Twitter and get his newsletter. — As we battle a global recession, corporations are looking for new ways …
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Jeremiah 17:10 – "I the Lord search the heart and examine
the mind."
There are so many things God created using his infinite imagination
and ingenuity. God did this in order to display the vastness and depth
of his mind. Amongst all God's creations, man stands far above the
rest. God created you to be like him and represent him to all the other
creatures. In Psalm 82:6 he even goes on to say, 'you are gods'.
What makes man God's most superior creation is not just the same
image and likeness between God and man, but also because God has
endowed man with the most superior mind, which stands matchless
against the minds of all creatures in the universe.
God created us to possess the most powerful mind, to be the most
profound and the most creative of all beings. Birds are created to
fly and fish to swim, but man does both by invention. We fly higher
and faster than all flying creatures. We also swim deeper than all
sea creatures, even though the sea is their natural domain. God
has deposited into the mind of man the illimitable power to create
whatever man needs in order to stay ahead and dominate all other
living beings. This is what distinguishes us even more from every
other creature. It is difficult to fathom the mind of man, and I believe
that it is only through the help of the Holy Spirit that man thinks in the
same realm as God.
The challenge with man though is that because of the kind of mind
that God has endowed him with, he has to ensure that his mind stays
ahead and continues to be at its very best. Unless he does this, unlike
any other animal, man's mind begins to deteriorate. Our mind must
be fed only the best ingredients in order for it to digest them and turn
them into great ideas. If we fail to achieve this then our creative ability
and dominance over all other creatures cannot be fully recognised.
By nature, and by physical design, man is not even supposed to be
at the top of the food chain as there are many other animals that are
too powerful for man to even try to compete against. It is our mental
capacity which enables us to 'out-think' the other creatures and rule
over them. We achieve this through God's divine authority that rests
upon us.
The mind of man simulates the mind of God
1 Corinthians 2:16 – "But we have the mind of Christ."
Believe it or not, but through the help of the Holy Spirit you can
actually think and see things from God's point of view. You are not
just a creature that is able to see, feel, smell and touch, but you have
an exceptional mind that is able to touch the realms of the divine
supernatural. Your mind is not only capable of understanding Godly
issues; it can also create Godly realms around you. Realms free from
all negative influence and failure. When man sits down to think, rest
assured that something great will come forth because it is through the
mind of man that God dominates the affairs of the world. God is in
heaven and he has given the earth unto the sons of men. So each time
God wants to accomplish something on earth, no matter what, he will
surely connect with man's mind in order to give birth to it. This is the
reason why small minds cannot accomplish much because the mind of
God breaks every limit and obstacle.


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George H.W. Bush parachute jumps for 90th birthday
Former President George H.W. Bush can no longer walk because of complications from Parkinson's disease, but that didn't stop him from taking to the air for a tandem skydiving jump on the morning of his 90th birthday today in Maine, just before 11 a.m.
Outfitted in a red, white and blue parachute, Bush fulfilled a promise he made on his 85th birthday in 2009, when he made his last jump.
In all, Bush has made eight skydiving jumps, including jumps on his 75th and 80th birthdays.
His sons, former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, were both in attendance along with a brood of family and friends.
At 90 years old, its a pretty awesome feat no matter how you slice it.
According to Guinness World Records spokeswoman Sara Wilcox, the oldest tandem parachute jumper was by 100-year-old Bjarne Mæland from Norway, who made a 10,500-foot jump in 1999.
The oldest confirmed solo jumper was Milburn Hart, 96, who made his jump in 2005.
We can assume that Bush 41 now holds the record for oldest living former president that has jumped out of an airplane, correct?
"He might be, but we've never monitored that category," joked Wilcox.


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Payton's Path Would Make His Mother Proud
- Junior guard Featured in Newsday Online -
(Story by Newsday columnist - Steven Marcus)
He's older, certainly wiser, but Richard Payton wouldn't wish his experience on anyone.
The 26-year-old Farmingdale State junior lost his mother early in his collegiate basketball career. The 6-foot point guard took a long timeout, but now he's back on a path that he is certain would make his mom quite proud.
Payton's story starts at Amityville High School, where he had the usual hoop dreams. In his four seasons, the Warriors went 100-8 and won four state public school titles and a pair of Federation crowns. In any game, Payton could approach double figures in points, rebounds and/or assists, and he played tough defense. He and A.J. Price gave Amityville arguably the best backcourt in Suffolk County.
"I saw myself as a D-I player, didn't know where,'' Payton said. "It didn't have to be Villanova or UConn.''
He remembers his mother's reaction when he graduated from high school in 2003. "I was the first in my family to graduate (out of six children),'' he said. "I remember it like it was yesterday. Seeing her have joy tears. As a young man, that made me feel so good.''
Division I didn't call, so Payton went to community college at upstate Genesee. "It was cold,'' he said. And he was homesick. He transferred to Nassau, where he played for two seasons beginning in 2005.
When Payton was 21, his mother, Anna Moore, died at 49 from complications of asthma.
"One day I'm staying with Mom, the next day I don't know where life is going to take me,'' he said. "When you are down and out, it's easy for you to jump into selling drugs, running the streets. I had a reason to be upset and I could have taken that out on other people. I had brothers and sisters I care about. Without their love and support to keep me going, I would not be where I am today.''
The mother-son bond was close. "I have a tattoo portrait of my mother on my arm,'' he said. "She was my mom and dad. I could talk to her about anything. Cry together, laugh together. There were 600 to 700 people at her funeral. She was big in Amityville. She would take people in her home and help them when they had nothing.''
Payton went to work, spending several years at WalMart. But he had a yearning to return to school and play his sport.
"I always had a passion for basketball. I never had a chance to get my degree. But I knew she wanted me to graduate,'' he said of his mother. "That's another reason why I'm back in school. It was very tough (coming back). It's up to you to get what you want done. I wanted to get my degree.''
Farmingdale coach Erik Smiles was familiar with Payton, at least the high school version from several years ago.
"He really didn't know what he was walking into, so I thank him for that,'' Payton said. "It was a process, getting into shape, playing organized ball again.''
Payton is second in assists (2.8) and steals (1.5) for Farmingdale (13-8). He averages 3.5 rebounds and 4.1 points. An even more important statistic: He has a 3.25 grade-point average.
Said Smiles, "When I sat down with Rich, he really sold me on him. The way he spoke, his maturity. The goals that he set for himself. He wanted to get his degree, play basketball, to do right and be able to help his family in the long run. His maturity was really a positive for me. He's got a great sense of what things are about. He's gets the big picture, which a lot of kids don't at a young age in college in terms of getting a degree and making education first. He killed it in the classroom. I thought he'd be a good role model for younger guys to follow.''
Payton has reconnected with his father. "His mom, my grandmother, died a month after losing my mom,'' the guard said. "I felt his pain. I'm getting older. I can't hold grudges because somebody wasn't there.''
Payton has another year at Farmingdale. He wants to get his degree in business and hopes to continue his career overseas, saying, "I want to go as far as basketball will take me.''


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Read More: Charlie Sheen Loved 'Two and a Half Men' Premiere; Gets $125 Million Settlement
The moment has come to say goodbye to Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) and say hello to Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher) in the Two and a Half Men season 9 premiere.
With all eyes watching this highly publicized transition of characters, will Chuck Lorre be able to reinvent his hit CBS sitcom with a new character serving as the lead, all while still maintaining the same type of quality storytelling that the series' fans have grown to expected?
And, more importantly, will Alan (Jon Cryer) and Jake's (Angus T. Jones) roles change now that an internet billionaire owns Charlie Harper's house?
After months of debating, the potential future of Two and a Half Men will be revealed in the season 9 premiere.
Despite the fact that the Two and a Half Men season 9 premiere isn't a true representation of what the series will become without Charlie Sheen on board, what is presented is a cringe-worthy attempt at Chuck Lorre trying to satisfy a childish need to have the final word in one of television's most public feuds.
With a poorly realized opening that awkwardly presents the funeral of Charlie Harper as a disgustingly humorous soiree, all hopes of Lorre competently executing the extremely difficult transition from Harper to Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher) were lost, as the inability to even acknowledge the importance of the character in the series lead to a flurry of STD jokes, and a disturbing acceptance by all to a murder confession.
In a surprisingly brief moment of humanity, Alan (Jon Cryer) eventually provided a much deserved eulogy to the character that helped make Two and a Half Men the television hit that it is (or was). Unfortunately, this moment served to be the only realistic response to the grave themes presented in the premiere.
Making sure that the brilliantly conceived idea of tackling the topic of death remained throughout the 30-minute comedic sitcom, Lorre decided that the best way to introduce Ashton Kutcher to the series was with a failed suicide attempt and a haphazard backstory.
With the general consensus amongst the series' many fans that Kutcher is unable to capably serve as the new series lead, Lorre never once attempted to prove the vocal majority wrong. Instead of focusing on creating a new character in Schmidt and, in turn, reinvent certain elements of the series' appeal to viewers, Lorre chooses to introduce him as a distraught, heart-broken billionaire… that will happily have sex with any woman (or women) willing to keep him company.
In that respect, it feels like Lorre's decision to axe Sheen from the series was never followed up with the appropriate discussion about how the show will grow and evolve through this debacle. The question about replacing Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men was never whether or not they could replace him; it was always about how they would replace him. In an age when television has elevated itself to become a beautiful storytelling medium, audiences have grown to expect a certain level of respect from series creators.
While simply replacing Charlie Harper with the characteristically similar Walden Schmidt allows the writers to continue with minimal changes to the actual thematic execution of Two and a Half Men, it fails to give its audience the respect it deserves, by providing them with the opportunity to find a new reason to enjoy what the series currently represents, not what it used to be.
For all intents and purpose, Lorre has decided against using the Two and a Half Men season 9 premiere to build a new foundation - from which the series can continue. Instead, the ability to publicly ridicule Charlie Sheen through his now-murdered character Charlie Harper served as the driving force of this episode.
In that respect, Lorre has won: Charlie Sheen (through Charlie Harper) is an STD riddled, panty wearing, exploding bag of meat. Congratulations. But now what? What happens next? What will the series now become?
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As it currently stands, Two and a Half Men appears to be poorly realized copy of the original. Despite CBS being generally known for securing high ratings for all of its comedies – no matter the quality – one has to ask themselves how much longer this series can last the way it is, especially when a series creator is willing to sacrifice quality to simply "one-up" their enemy.
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Mexico had a late revolution; what about us?
This is for all of you people who are supposed to be looking out for the welfare of the people who have to pay for your poor decisions about what is best for all of us. You people who are holding out to see who will bend first, you better hope that you don't cause an uprising from the same people who depend on you! Mexico had a revolution — what's to stop the people of these United States from doing the same!
— Lou Reade, Rosemead
If all the politicians in D.C. only had some brains
To Rep. Adam Schiff: Thank you for helping firefighters battle brush and forest fires at night.
To my fellow Republicans in D.C.: Regarding your recent behavior leading to the federal shutdown, one's brains are for thinking, not for keeping one's skull from caving in.
— Helen Sarkisian, Azusa
There's leadership and there's going it alone
President Obama's response to the shutdown did little but perpetuate a continuous lack of compromise in D.C.
No one (especially those in Congress) can realistically expect the president to budge on Obamacare. This bill is his lifeblood, his legacy.
Yet still, is it asking too much for him to not exempt himself, as well as Congress, from his own health law? A president who can put himself at the level of the majority of Americans is, at least in one way, a leader.
Unfortunately, as of now, all we see is a partisan, finger-pointing follower, stubbornly ready to ride out the shutdown, while offering little to help settle any disputes.
Anyone who is angry about the shutdown and blames only one side is ultimately just as ineffective as Congress in making their point. Sacrifices need to be made within both parties. Only then will we see leadership present again.
— Daniel A. Cowell, Monrovia
Just another example of the imperial presidency
Regarding the shutdown: I guess we cannot do without the EPA or IRS audits for a couple of days or weeks. And the spectacle of the Democrats refusing to extend Obamacare to members of Congress is quite something. Congress is exempt from this wonderful law that we all have to live by, per President Obama and the Democrats in Congress! I will look forward to Adam Schiff's defense of that, as well as to letters to this paper from the usual gang of Democratic supporters. The truth is that President Obama, for all his rhetoric about the "law," has unilaterally decided to make exemptions and delay parts of the law that he does not like, for political purposes. Nary a peep from the "Imperial Presidency" crowd. Since when can a president, who takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws, decide not to? He even refused a Republican offer to legislate what he wanted, to give it the sanction of law. All you Democratic folks out there approve and justify this?
— Rich Mason, Altadena
If it's a three-ring circus, where was ringmaster?
On the day of the partial government shutdown Democrats and the president, with the aid of the media, lost no time pinning the blame on Republicans. Your front-page sub-headline reads "Senate, House unable to reach compromise." It takes three to tango here in this three-ring circus and so why was the ringmaster President Obama left out of the equation? The first paragraph reads "Republicans stubbornly demanded changes … and Obama and the Democrats adamantly refused." House Republicans originally offered to fund all of the government, but not Obamacare.
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- Yield
- Makes 36 breadsticks
- For dough
- 1 cup warm water (about 105°F.; 95°F.-100°F. if using a food processor)
- a 1/4-ounce package active dry yeast (2 1/2 teaspoons)
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 5 tablespoons fat such as extra-virgin olive oil, vegetable oil, cold unsalted butter (cut into pieces), or cold lard (cut into pieces)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons cornmeal for dusting pans
- In a small bowl whisk together water and yeast and let stand while combining remaining dough ingredients.
- To make dough in a food processor:
- Pulse together flour and salt 2 or 3 times to combine. Add oil, butter, or lard and pulse until combined well, 10 to 20 times. Add yeast mixture, scraping all of it from bowl with a rubber spatula, and pulse until dough forms a ball, about 10 times. Let dough rest in processor 5 minutes. Process dough continuously 10 seconds. On a lightly floured surface knead dough just until it forms a smooth ball.
- To make dough in a standing electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment:
- In bowl combine flour and salt and mix on low speed until combined. Add oil, butter, or lard and beat until thoroughly combined, about 3 minutes, stopping to scrape bowl and paddle as necessary. Add yeast mixture, scraping all of it from bowl with a rubber spatula, and beat on low speed until dough forms a ball, about 5 minutes. Let dough rest 5 minutes and beat on low speed 1 minute. On a lightly floured surface knead dough just until it forms a smooth ball.
- To make dough by hand:
- In a large bowl stir together flour and salt. Add oil, butter, or lard and blend with fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yeast mixture, scraping all of it from bowl with a rubber spatula, and stir until a rough dough forms. On a lightly floured surface knead dough just until it forms a smooth ball, about 5 minutes.
- For rising:
- Put dough in a lightly greased bowl, turning to coat, and let rise, covered tightly with plastic wrap, at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
- On lightly surface knead dough lightly to deflate and form into a ball. Grease bowl again and return dough to bowl, turning to coat. Chill dough, covered tightly with plastic wrap, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
- To form and bake breadsticks:
- Preheat oven to 325°F. and lightly dust 3 jelly-roll pans or large baking sheets with cornmeal.
- Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface, making sure dough emerges from bowl in one piece and doesn't fold. (Folded dough becomes too elastic and is difficult to form into breadsticks.) Pat dough into a 9-inch square and cut in half to form 2 rectangles. Cut each rectangle crosswise into 4 1/2- by 1/2-inch strips for a total of 36 pieces and cover with plastic wrap or kitchen towel to keep them from forming skin.
- Roll and stretch each piece of dough with palms of hands to form a narrow stick 12 to 15 inches long. (If dough resists, let pieces rest, covered, 5 minutes, and they will roll and stretch easily.) Arrange breadsticks as formed on pans about 1/2 inch apart and let rest 10 minutes. Bake 2 pans of breadsticks in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching their positions halfway through baking, until breadsticks are firm, crisp, and pale golden, 20 to 30 minutes. (Third pan of breadsticks may be kept at room temperature while first 2 pans bake.) Transfer breadsticks to racks and cool. Bake remaining pan of breadsticks in middle of oven and cool. Breadsticks may be kept, loosely covered with plastic wrap or in a paper bag, at room temperature up to 1 week. If they absorb humidity and soften, recrisp in a preheated 325°F. oven about 5 minutes.
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Just bought a new computer and a copy of Skyrim, but the game won't install. After I put the disk into the computer, it makes a really bad rattling noises.
I've tried installing the game using different install disks, but I still have the same problem. I can play normal dvd's and cds just fine. My computer is literally less than 1 week old, all the drivers are up to date etc. I also don't have steam or anything like that installed.
Any ideas?


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- Please note that it's perfectly fine if you want to start your own team, as long as you let anyone join it. The one catch is that we don't have enough prizes to award beyond the six original teams (academic, LSW, public, school, students, and special), so you'd be playing for job function or home state pride. We wish we had enough for all 50 states (and international attendees) plus all job types, but unfortunately we don't, as the prizes are generously being donated by The Cartoon Network, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft. Either way, we hope you'll play – it should be fun! If you have further questions about any of this, please don't hesitate to Jenny Levine at email@example.com.
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A Day in the Life of a Superhero Stage Manager
Once a show opens to the public, it is every theatre company's hope that the performances seem effortless and smooth. However, the road to awesome is paved with…well, technical rehearsals. A Midsummer Night's Dream: the Musical, has been fairy-wing-deep in tech rehearsals all weekend as we prepare for our first preview on August 30. For the non-thespian crowd, tech days are the very last of the rehearsals – the ones right before the first preview and right after the actors have completely finished setting their movement on the stage. During these final days, the lighting cues, sound cues, and any other technical elements of the show are layered in. These rehearsals are typically lengthier than any others, as it takes time to – not only decide what works best for each and every moment of the play – but also to actually make each and every moment happen.
Basically, it looks like this: actors waiting around to take their places on stage for particular scenes, production crew members randomly popping out of lighting grids, sound cues filtering through the speaker system at odd times during the three or four or eight hours in the theatre that day. The stage is always dark, except for the lekos and fresnels blinking through programmed cues. The stage is also quiet, so those who need to convey information to the directors or stage manager from all corners of the theatre can do so efficiently. The actors give way to the production team, who are coloring and creating the world in which they all will be living for the next four weekends.
To give a real behind-the-scenes glimpse into a technical rehearsal, though, there is only one person you need to talk to: the stage manager, aka the boss of the show once it opens. We caught up with Sharon Strich, Intrepid's resident stage manager, and asked her to give us her moment to moment schedule from one day in her life on this technical rehearsal weekend. She obliged with one caveat: "This post might scare people." How crazy can one day of rehearsal be? Well, for one thing, we forgot she had other things to do – like a day job.
Hold onto your seats, folks. – T.T.
A Day in the Life, by Sharon Strich – Saturday August 25, 2012
1:30am (yes, you read that right) – Wake up to do pre-rehearsal work on script and other paperwork.
4:00am – Leave for work at Starbucks.
9:20am – Finish work at Starbucks. Head to the theatre with really strong caffeine in hand.
9:45am – Set up the theatre for tech rehearsal, including my tech table, where I will live for the next few days.
10:00am – Tech rehearsal officially starts.
10:38am – Mic fittings, check fairy sound cues, organize company.
11:30am – Begin cue to cue lighting and sound rehearsal starting with Act II, scene i.
12:33pm – Break. Place glow tape on the set so the actors don't kill themselves in the dark.
12:44pm – Continue cue to cue rehearsal, starting with Act II, scene i.
2:08pm – Break. Safety walk with John (Oberon) through his path to the catwalk during Act II, scene ii. Treacherous.
2:24pm – Continue cue to cue rehearsal, starting with Act II, scene ii.
3:21pm – Break. Check progress of the set in the shop. Coming along nicely!
3:27pm – Continue cue to cue rehearsal of Act II, scene ii.
3:54pm – Costume time!
5:00pm – Dinner break. Run for Starbucks, altoids, and chocolate; eat a sandwich for "dinner"; prep the ropes that will be moved later; talk through lighting cues with Curtis (lighting designer); talk about Puck's pants with Christy (co-director) and Beth (costumer).
6:20pm – Continue cue to cue rehearsal, starting with Act III, scene i.
7:39pm – Break. Talk through more lighting cues with Curtis.
7:51pm – Continue cue to cue rehearsal, starting with Act III, scene ii.
9:04pm – Break. Work lighting looks for the chase sequence. Very cool.
9:18pm – Continue cue to cue, starting with Act IV, scene i.
9:46pm – Actors released. Scenic work begins with awesome members of the crew.
9:50pm – Work through lighting shifts for the chase. Magical!
10:15pm – Re-hang two upstage ropes, discuss the plan and pick a paint color for Titania's bower, paint the wood on the ladders and the Puck nest, cover the stairs in fabric and jute, paint the floor, start to dress the Puck nest, realize we need more jute for Puck nest, hang the front curtain.
2:30am – End of day. Head home.
3:15am – Once home, write rehearsal report and send to production staff, send any necessary production related e-mails, work on paperwork.
4:00am – Find my pillow before I hit the floor, pretty sure I will hit the snooze button when my alarm goes off in two hours.


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He was born to the late John and Rose Marie Wilhelm on May 9, 1952 in La Jolla. Bill, the third of five children, graduated from the University of San Diego and California Western School of Law. After practicing law for a number of years, he became interested in the research and development for several of his father's inventions in addition to some of his own, namely the navigational software Micro Mariner. In 2008, he became involved with AquaLogix, a firm that manufactures fitness equipment used by many YMCAs, gyms and also for the rehabilitation of Wounded Warriors. He was proud to be named president of the company in 2009. Bill also continued to practice law, specializing in business licensing and technology startups.
In 1954, the Wilhelm family, which included John, Rose Marie, Diana, Jack and Bill moved to Majorca, Spain for one year. Much to his parent's delight, little Bill became quite proficient in the Mallorquin language. In later years, he continued to take advantage of "the travel bug" by enjoying trips to Costa Rica and Mexico and hiking throughout many parts of Southern California. La Jolla, however, held a special place in his heart. To him, there was nothing like the beach, be it Windansea or the Cove — he loved it all.
Bill is survived by his loving wife of five years, Judy Wilhelm; brothers and sisters Diana Carter, Jack Wilhelm, Michele Perry and Rick Wilhelm; in addition to a number of nieces and nephews.
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In 1913, Dr. Albert Schweitzer traveled to Lambaréné, Gabon in West Central Africa, founding the iconic hospital that bears his name.
Nearly 100 years later, the Schweitzer Hospital continues to serve as the surrounding region's primary source of health care — and with the selection of 2010 Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellows, The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF) has embarked on its third decade of competitively selecting U.S. medical students to work there on clinical rotations:
- Sophia Hermann*, University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago
- Wael Salem, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Kathryn Skelly, University of Vermont College of Medicine
*2008-09 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellow
Acting as junior physicians in pediatrics or medicine rotations, these Lambaréné Medical Fellows will work together with an international staff of Gabonese and expatriate professionals to provide skilled care through over 35,000 outpatient visits and more than 6,000 hospitalizations annually for patients from all parts of Gabon.
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- Kathryn LaRusso, Boston University School of Public Health
- Annie Nagy, University of Pittsburgh
Beginning in 2007, ASF began competitively selecting Public Health Fellows — students or recent graduates with significant public health training and/or experience — to work with the Hospital's Community Health Outreach Program in providing village-based health care (including maternal/child health, HIV/AIDS education and prevention, TB education and follow-up, and malaria prevention and treatment).
Since 1979, more than 100 individuals (including ASF's President, Lachlan Forrow, MD) have served as Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellows. Many have found their three months to be among the most valuable of their professional training.
"It wasn't until Lambaréné that I discovered what it meant for me to be a doctor, unshielded from the protective layers that our society imposes on medical practice," says 1998 Lambaréné Fellow Ezra Barzilay, now an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control. "I got to know my patients and their families and their stories; I shared happiness and sadness with them, and for a few months I felt that I became part of the community."
Upon returning to the U.S., Lambaréné Fellows become part of another community: the Schweitzer Fellows for Life network. The Fellows for Life network is a pipeline of more than 2,000 Lambaréné and U.S. Schweitzer Fellows who are dedicated and skilled in addressing the health needs of vulnerable communities throughout their careers as professionals.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Fifty Things I Like About Myself
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Officials said they are taking steps to ensure the organizers of an annual RV rally renew their lease and stay on for many more years at the regional airport in Florida's Hernando County.
Hernando Today reported that County Commission Chairman Dave Russell met with the board of directors of the Southeast Area Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) Rally and has instructed staff to put together a report for the commission to discuss at an upcoming meeting.
Russell told Hernando Today some ideas have already been floated and, if they work out, would help convince the FMCA that Hernando County is the place to be.
Russell said the county will discuss extending the association's lease through September, an extra six months.
"(That will) give us some breathing room to see what we can accomplish to accommodate our good friends," Russell said.
If past rallies are any indication, these road warriors could pump in $10 million or more into the local economy.
Russell said the board will discuss the following remedies:
• Constructing a multipurpose building on airport property that allows the FMCA to save money on tents and provide a more expansive gathering place for meetings and other activities. The association used to lease a hangar from the now-defunct Brooksville Air Center to house their events. The county could explore ways for other groups, such as the Hernando County Cattlemen's Association, to also use the building. Conrad Kleinpeter, an FMCA regional vice president, said it costs the association some $80,000 to erect tents for the annual rally.
• Moving the rally to the southwestern portion of the airport, which would not interfere with the planned expansion of aviation-related development at the current site. The FMCA would benefit because it would provide easier access for RV-goers.
• Discussing with airport tenants the possibility of leasing one of their hangars during the five days the rally is in town.
"We're looking at every option that may be available to us in order to help them make a decision to stay here," Russell said.
Russell stressed that the airport has limited flexibility on its lease charge, which is some $12,000 annually.
Sue Marino, an FMCA representative, called it premature to say there is anything in the works to move the rally to another site.
"Nothing has been determined yet," she said.
Marino said the board of directors is talking with airport officials about the situation, including moving to Volusia County.
Hernando County Aviation Chairman Gary Schraut said the FMCA is a "major priority" and all involved are willing to work with the board to keep them here.
"They've been great tenants," Schraut said. "They're a great group of people. They can bring thousands of people here at one time."
Schraut said if the FMCA directors are willing to commit to staying here, then the county can more seriously explore having a multipurpose building available to them.
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AFL-CIO enters survival mode
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. — The AFL-CIO is in survival mode.
Over the next six months, the group will engage in an unprecedented self-evaluation that will result in a new strategic plan that leaders say could open the door to nonunion workers and alliances with old rivals.
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But with union membership sinking to historic lows and their dominance in Democratic politics threatened, unions realize they must reinvent themselves to reassert their remaining influence.
"We've been talking about the crisis that we're in and the fact that we need to change and I wanted to make sure that we used this process to address that and be honest with ourselves," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters. "Not to play 'I gotcha,' but to be able to say, 'Here's where we're doing things right. Here's where we're doing things mediocre. Here's where we're doing things terrible.' We have to change so we bring the bottom of the floor level up."
Top union leaders spent hours in their executive council meeting this week at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, Fla., putting in place a process that will focus on growth and innovation before their quadrennial convention in September.
Their goal: unify unions going forward and make strategic decisions that will woo new members.
Trumka's comments are a the first time he's so publicly addressed the need for unions to adapt in order to survive. The self-examination comes as unions face dwindling numbers — the Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers last month put unions membership levels at its lowest in nearly a century —and are trying to reassert their relevance in today's workforce.
They are also facing competition in Democratic politics. For years, they were the behemoth in organizing voters. But now several groups, including President Barack Obama's vaunted Organizing for America, are challenging that supremacy. OFA played a significant role in the 2012 presidential race and got much of the credit for Democratic voter turnout in key battleground states.
AFL-CIO's process is expected to include state level officials, the central labor council, nonunion workers and others to create a unified strategic plan.
"It is going to take structural changes. It's also going to take us trying new stuff," said Trumka, who was voted in as head of the ALF-CIO in 2009.
AFSCME President Lee Saunders echoed Trumka's sentiment.
"I think we have to be creative," Saunders said. "I think we have got to work with organizations that are concerned about the plight of workers whether they are a union, or not."
Saunders said AFSCME's top priority is still to organize new members, public sector union numbers decreased for the first time in years in 2012 after taking a hit in many states.
"We cannot afford to continue to lose membership in both the private and public membership," Saunders said. "We've got to, I think, go back to the basics of organizing and mobilizing not on ly our members, but our communities
The decision to bring in non-union members into the process also highlights a shift during Trumka's tenure at the AFL-CIO to take a major role in legislative issues like health care reform that focus on helping those beyond unionized workers who already have health care.
It also reflects a bright spot among organizers — worker centers. Entities like the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United allow employees to organize in many of the same way unions do, but without going through all of the processes to become officially unionized. It also means that the labor laws do not apply and that these groups do not have collective bargaining.


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National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre is testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, representing his organization's views at the first hearing on gun control since the mass shooting tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The NRA has been widely criticized for its response to that tragedy. LaPierre, in particular, has come under fire for his suggestion to place armed guards in schools, and his claim that gun-free school zones make children sitting targets.
During his post-Sandy Hook press conference, NRA President Wayne LaPierre said that gun-free school zones "tell every insane killer in America that schools are their safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk."
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Defending league and cup champions Pontypridd RFC will carry the main bulk of its squad into the next season, with the objective that an established pool of players can emulate the significant successes of the previous campaign.
Ponty's winning habit was underpinned by a selection policy of rest and rotation amongst a talented squad within which every single member played a part. The news that the squad will remain mostly intact into the forthcoming campaign will bolster the club's hopes of further success.
There are some departures to report. Flanker Ed Siggery, after a brief one season return to Sardis Road, moves on again to join up with newly promoted English Championship club Ealing Trailfinders. Released by Pontypridd at the close of the season is scrum half Carl Thomas.
Two Blues Academy players who featured regularly for Ponty over the past months, hooker Darran Harris and lock Cory Hill, have meanwhile been released from their regional contracts. Harris will join up with the Scarlets whilst Hill has signed for English Championship club Moseley.
All four departees go with the sincere thanks and best wishes of all at Sardis Road.
The core Pontypridd RFC squad that remains in harness for the 2013 - 2014 season is as follows:
Geraint Walsh. Adam Thomas. Gareth Wyatt. Chris Clayton. Matthew Nuthall. Lewis Williams. Owen Williams. Gavin Dacey. Gary Williams. Dafydd Lockyer. Simon Humberstone. Dai Flanagan. Gareth James.
Scott Roberts. Stuart Williams. Chris Phillips. Keiron Jenkins. Pat Palmer. Huw Dowden. Craig Locke. Chris Dicomidis. Dafydd Davies. Jordan Sieniawski. Jake Thomas. Rhys Shellard. Tom Hetherington. Wayne O'Connor. Dan Godfrey. Owen Sheppeard.


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Schoenfeld, Geno, Fubara, Schroettle make A-Sun All-Conference list
MACON, Ga. (Nov. 7, 2011) – The Atlantic Sun Conference released its 2011 men's soccer All-Conference awards, on Monday, with senior Aaron Schoenfeld (Knoxville, Tenn.) and sophomore David Geno (Kingsport, Tenn.) selected First Team All-Conference, sophomore Itode Fubara (Ogbema, Nigeria) selected Second Team All-Conference and Simon Schroettle (Rain, Germany) landing on the A-Sun's All-Freshman Team.
Schoenfeld and Geno's First Team selections come amid career seasons for each, as both have scored seven goals apiece in 2011 to share the top spot for goals in a single season at ETSU. Schoenfeld also becomes the first Buccaneer to earn back-to-back selections to the A-Sun First Team after earning the same honor in ETSU's 2010 championship season. This also marks Schoenfeld's third-consecutive season on the All-Conference list, as he was named to the Second Team in 2009. Geno reached the First Team this season after earning All-Freshman honors in 2010.
Fubara, the 2011 A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year, lands on the Second Team having tallied a team-high four assists and scoring one goal. The sophomore has earned his share of A-Sun honors in his young collegiate career after being named Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Conference and A-Sun Tournament MVP in 2010.
Schroettle, a unanimous selection to the All-Freshman Team, has made an immediate impact in his first season as a Buc. The freshman has helped ETSU to seven shutouts in 2011, including clean sheets against then-No. 20/24 UNC Greensboro, then-No. 14 William and Mary and then-No. 23/25 Furman. Schroettle was just one of two unanimous choices to the squad.
Stetson swept the conference's top two individual honors, as Jonathan Mendoza and Luis Ocejo were named A-Sun Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively. Florida Gulf Coast earned the other top awards, as Xavier Silva was named Freshman of the Year and Bob Butehorn was tabbed Coach of the Year after leading FGCU to its second-consecutive regular season title.
The A-Sun has also added an Academic All-Conference Team, comprised of the conference's top performers on the field and in the classroom. To qualify for the Academic All-Conference Team, each student-athlete must attain a GPA of 3.30 or higher and play a significant role on its squad.
Earning ETSU's first Academic All-Conference selection is Schoenfeld. The senior not only added seven goals and four assists to his career totals, but boasts a 3.36 GPA in management.
Mercer grabbed the top academic honor, as Will Betts was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Bears' keeper holds a 3.97 GPA in finance.
The Bucs will now look toward the postseason, as they host the 2011 Atlantic Sun Tournament as the No. 6-seeded team. ETSU begins play in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, Nov. 9, as it begins defense of its tournament crown against No. 3 Jacksonville at 7 p.m.
For more information on ETSU men's soccer, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's soccer links.


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We do not store your files unless you are a Pro or Ultimate user and want it. Neither do we store your personal data - unless you allow us to store your email address to send you your files.
With a Pro or Ultimate subscription, there are no waiting times, no ads, you can convert files of any file size, you get premium support, your files can be stored for up to 30 days and linked to, and lots more!