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For 25 years, UK university students have had access to a scheme that offers life-changing opportunities. It can boost their employability, increase their knowledge, skills, and personal experience, and save them money - particularly welcome as tuition fees rise up to £9,000 a year. Yet despite all of this, relatively few sign up.
The lack of UK students participating in the Erasmus scheme compared to their peers elsewhere in Europe is worrying because it is not just the students who lose out. UK global competitiveness also suffers if the next generation misses vital opportunities to gain the international skills the scheme offers. Already, three quarters of the UK's business leaders worry that young people's horizons are not broad enough to operate in a globalised economy.
Erasmus was created and funded by the European Union to help higher education students spend up to a year studying in another European country. It has now supported more than two million across Europe taking part of their degree course - or, in a welcome expansion of the scheme in 2007, a work placement - abroad.
In 1987, the UK sent out 925 students - more than any of the other 11 participating countries -- and around 200,000 UK students have followed in their footsteps. But our European neighbours have rapidly overtaken us.
In 2009, more than 10% of students graduating in Spain, six per cent of those in Germany and four per cent of those in France were Erasmus students. In the UK it was less than 2%. While Spain, France and Germany each sent out well over 30,000 students on placements last year, the UK sent fewer than 13,000.
So why are UK students so reluctant? One explanation is the "language skills deficit". Just 40% of UK pupils took language GCSEs last year, and many universities have closed down their language schools.
The other issue is money. UK students worry that time abroad will add to their debts. But eligible Erasmus students have their fees waived during the time they spend overseas, and pay no fees at their host institution, so a UK student could end up paying far less in tuition fees for their three-year degree. And they even receive a grant worth around 350 euros a month to help with living costs while abroad.
Perhaps the real obstacle is a general reluctance to recognise and celebrate the benefits of getting to know different cultures and languages. A YouGov report commissioned by the British Council last year found that fewer than half of the students polled thought that having an international outlook benefited their work prospects. Yet in recruiting new employees 79% of UK employers say knowledge and awareness of the wider world is important, compared with 74% citing degree subject and classification, 68 per cent A-level results and 63% A-level subjects.
Some UK institutions regularly send two or three hundred to Europe under Erasmus, but others send few or none at all. Half of all UK students on the Erasmus scheme come from just 20 leading research universities.
All of us involved in education need to tackle students' dangerous insularity. Teachers at every level of education have to encourage a more outward-looking attitude. Universities where very few students take part in Erasmus should consider how they can help better communicate the benefits of the scheme. Business also needs to make more public how much it values graduates with experience of studying and working abroad.
Numbers of participating UK students have begun to rise, increasing by more than 8 per cent last year and surpassing their 1995 peak. The EU is now proposing to expand the scheme beyond Europe, which could boost UK interest still further.
The government has recently announced continued financial support for all universities and students participating in the programme beyond 2012/13, and there are great examples of good practice from UK universities partnering with the private sector to give young people professional experience overseas. The future is bright with opportunities for UK students. We need to make sure that they take them.


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There are many different definitions of a startup. More often than not, they include one or several of these elements: a very young company, aimed at solving a specific problem of the potential customer base, designed to grow fast, often leverages technology to gain competitive advantage. At their earliest stages of existence, startups almost always operate at a loss and need investors to stay afloat. There are numerous startups present in the Blockchain (meaning both Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies) market, given how young and revolutionary the cryptocurrency technology is.
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Olga Estupinan is Multifaceted
Woodgrains of the World Unite!: Giz drops an apt manifesto on the problem with gadget design today, and how to make the world handsomer. [Gizmodo]
Magazine of the Day: Letter to Jane sounds like the coolest new magazine in quite some time…if only we had an iPad. [PSFK]
Buyer Beware: Here's a cautionary tale: If you buy an idyllic Honduran beach house, you may discover too late that it comes with an unlimited supply of free cocaine. So, you know, watch out for that. [World Hum]
Wise Up: Tommy Wiseau, auteur of The Room and modern day Ed Wood, blesses AskMen with 10 tips on shooting a sex scene. It doubles as ten ways to make your interviewer uncomfortable. [AskMen]


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Colonnade project approaches finish line
Rebuilding the only movie theater in northern Dauphin County has been progressing at a strong clip since this spring, and owners expect the facility to open before the end of the year.
The Colonnade Theater on Center Street in Millersburg closed more than a decade ago.
Afterward, Marvin and Doris Troutman donated the building to the community theater group Twin Valley Players, said Nathan Troutman, a board member of the organization.
Amid a wider economic development vision in the borough, the plan to reopen the site as a movie theater emerged, Troutman said.
The project was awarded a state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant and money from Dauphin County, but that wasn't enough to cover the cost to turn the property into a combination movie theater and performance venue, Troutman said.
The first low bid results came back at roughly $2 million, or about $500,000 over the funding level, he said.
A subsequent effort pared down the project to about $1.7 million.
The Twin Valley Players decided to take out a line of credit with Integrity Bank along with its bridge loan instead of waiting on the results of fundraising, Troutman said.
So for all the planning up to that point, the work has seemed to go at high speed recently, he said.
Construction has hit no major hurdles, and the weather has cooperated. In the meantime, the group has gone out and raised additional funding.
"It's certainly been a rapid project," Troutman said.
York County-based eciConstruction LLC is on track to complete building the facility on schedule, project manager William Bromley said. The firm submitted a proposal for the site and worked with the owners to help save costs, he said.
What makes the project interesting is how it channels "small-town Americana," Bromley said.
"It just reminds me of the early 1900s, probably, when most communities did have their own little theaters," he said.
The theater group has hired a general manager for the theater and expects the facility to open around the middle of December, Troutman said.
The organization also has worked out a few agreements for patrons to use parking lots in the neighborhood but is seeking more and, to start out, it might run movies throughout the week, considering the holidays and college students being home for break.
They hope the movie theater will bring more traffic to businesses in the borough, he said, and it should give young people something to do in the community.
"If nothing else, it serves a basic need, because there is no other movie theater around," Troutman said.
The facility will be a single-screen Friday-through-Sunday cinema, complete with stadium seating and surround sound, for movies that will get to the Colonnade a few weeks after they are first released to theaters, he said.
Twin Valley Players can sell sponsorships on the screen to help support its mission, and the facility can be a venue for its performers, who have used the Halifax Area School District's high school for performances for years.
Educational programs in visual arts and workshops for students also can take place there, Troutman said.
Although the aged building had to be torn down, its marquee will hang above the concession area, and at least one of the old projectors will be on display inside the facility.
The rest of the time, the community theater group can use it for performances and rehearsals, or people can rent it for events, Troutman said.
The organization plans to have its annual summer performance at the Colonnade next year.
"Had the building not been donated, it never would have happened," Troutman said.


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Skip to comments.Leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas drug cartel captured
Posted on 07/15/2013 7:46:43 PM PDT by Perdogg
Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the notoriously brutal leader of the feared Zetas drug cartel, has been captured in the first major blow against an organized crime leader by a Mexican administration struggling to drive down persistently high levels of violence, a U.S. federal official confirmed.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnews.nbcnews.com ...
"This is for Trayvon!!!"
What are these people doing in our country?
Living on our tax dollars, probably.
"What are these people doing in our country?"
Bribing out politicians and law enforcement.
Why is he still alive?
I wonder how many cops, prosecutors and their family members will be murdered, before the authorities are forced to let him go, just so they can stay alive?
Voting Democrat.
I am sure there were bribes — if not worse — involved in their having been given resident status in the U.S. Zetas are not above threatening the family of ICE and CPB documents staff in order to get their relatives accommodated. Check out most of the population of Columbus, NM.
The Fed won't allow us to close the door.
"These people" are living the high life at our expense.
Is he a "white Hispanic", a "self-described Hispanic", or both? That's what really matters.
He's a "Dreamer" doing crime American refuse to do. /sar
Living off of our tax dollars, voting Democrat and funnelling drug money to the DNC.
I hope the Federales are ready when the Zetas show up with all those Obama-Holder provided Fast and Furious weapons.
Until the Mexican Government strongly goes after the Sinaloa Cartel, Chapo Guzman, the criminal enterprises really won't decline. I think the Army could quash the cartels, burn the opium and drug fields up, do it from the air. I don't think they really want to. Many say they are on the take and yes, certainly, there is a degree of corruption.
The Zetas are an enemy and are unbelievably fierce and evil and the enemy of the Government. Hard to see Mexico pulling out of this in the next few decades.
Borderland Beat has an interesting article. Z-40 Trevino Morales is from Dallas, his brother a horse farm owner in Oklahoma: rest assured the DHS could have nailed him anytime. Who benefits? Chapo Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel, the one Obama and Holder have been selling guns to in Fast and Furious.
Z-40 must have stopped paying so the Federales took him out. He has had free reign around Laredo - he was arrested 20 miles west of Laredo. His Zetas are running huge drug shipments through Houston, getting police escorts across town sometimes from corrupt cops. The Zetas are here in Texas big time. The Chicago connected Sinaloa Cartel is trying to take Zeta turf now and they have support from the politicos - that is why Z-40 got arrested and not executed. Negotiations in progress. It is an acquisition of marketing channel by Sinaloa.
How do you say Elliot Ness in spanish?
He was captured in Mexico, by Mexican Marines, and probably his family members are legal US citizens and are perfectly legitimate themselves. But like the Italian or Russian mafia, Mexican gang leaders (many of whom are tied in with the Calabrian mafia) live the way the fictional Tony Soprano or the real John Gotti did, dropping in on the non-gang parts of his family and their neighbors, doing them favors, buying them things...the basic Jesse James approach.
We've got to stop glorifying criminals in this country. That's what made the odious punklet "Trayvon" into a culture hero.
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With the hope of catching a glimpse of what's coming around the curve with new media and it's affect on broadcast and online journalism, I attended the first Media Summit hosted by Mediabistro.com this past Tuesday. We heard from members of three panels, including Joe Scarborough, current host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, BBC's Rome Hartman, Rachel Stern, CEO of the Ground Report, and Michael Meyers, co-founder of NowPublic.com.
Each brought an interesting perspective on how blogs, social networking sites, and the advent of instant, inexpensive distribution technology are turning passive consumers into active producers. This revolutionary period of news reporting is forcing old media to take a look at working with new technology without compromising their reputation and credibility. We've all heard how the very first pictures from breaking news stories, such as the plane landing in the Hudson River, were first obtained by Twitter. In my opinion, comparing someone who "tweets" to an accredited news journalist from a major source is like comparing a day trader to an investment banker at a major bank. There's no denying we live in an age where instant gratification has permeated even the way we consume news. The question: will the consumer have to decide on the distinction between reporting and journalism, or will old and new media morph into the perfect blend of both?
Although opinions differed on how new technology should be used when reporting the news, one point of agreement was that people today are consuming news more than ever. And with the rise of "citizen journalism" and this "Pro-Am" partnership that is developing with media, the panel agreed that consumers will have a stronger need for trusted brands, filtering, and editing to help navigate the media. Michael Meyers from NowPublic, who pioneered the concept of "citizen journalism," mentioned they've begun ranking their contributors with a point system to lend credibility to their "citizen reporting."
What I learned on Tuesday is that it's not a zero sum game between old and new media. Most of the panelists concurred that old media is not going away anytime soon. Most of the raw material used by bloggers is still coming from mainstream media. Both sides are sharing best practices with each other to adapt to an ever-changing media landscape. Hopefully in the end they will be able to combine the credible investigative reporting to which our older generation has become accustomed and the instant distribution the younger generation demands – continuing to feed a consumer base with a ferocious appetite for news.
The Online Journalism Blog has some interesting insights into the changing media landscape, as well. Care to share yours with me and the other folks at BurrellesLuce?


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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State started the season with questions at quarterback, and one game didn't provide many answers.
Andrew Maxwell started and struggled.
Connor Cook got a chance to play and didn't take advantage.
And yet, Spartans coach Mark Dantonio was more disappointed in the receivers that several passes in a 26-13 victory Friday night over Western Michigan.
"I didn't think our quarterback play was bad," he said. "There are going to be plays you want back as a quarterback, but the ball was on the money numerous times. You've got to make the catch. It's pretty simple."
Maxwell was 11 of 21 for 74 yards without a touchdown or an interception. If teammates caught some of Maxwell's passes that hit their hands, his statistics and the offense's ability to have success would've improved.
Maxwell, though, wouldn't lash out at his receivers.
"They had a great week of practice," he said. "They've had a good camp. I don't know how much was the first game, being back under the lights, but I'm not going to get discouraged.
"I'm not going to look too much into it. I have as much confidence in them now as I did earlier this week and as I will going forward."
Maxwell, a fifth-year senior, was replaced by and rotated with sophomore Connor Cook, who didn't fare much better against the Broncos. Cook was 6 of 16 for 42 yards and ran four times for 35 yards.
Many Michigan State fans chanted, "We want Terry! We want Terry!" during the game in the hopes Dantonio would give freshman Damion Terry a chance to play.
The Spartans kept Terry on the sideline, but they might give him more snaps in practice this week to get him more ready to play in their second game on Saturday at home against South Florida or perhaps in the following game at Spartan Stadium against Youngstown State.
"The plan is to go with the quarterback who's going get us in the end zone," Michigan State's co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner said. "Our job is to score points as an offense, and we failed in that area."


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The NCAA says a federal judge's decision to allow a lawsuit involving former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon and other former college players to move forward will not change its case.
The statement comes less than 24 hours after U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken dismissed the NCAA's motion seeking to throw out the lawsuit. The governing body for college sports argued the former players have no legal standing to sue the NCAA.
The players say the NCAA uses images of student-athletes without their permission.
NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy issued a statement Wednesday saying that, despite losing this round in court, Wilken has shown "skepticism" about making this a class-action lawsuit as the players want.
A hearing is scheduled for May 9. Wilken is based in Oakland, Calif.


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Carolyn Hax: Family not in will: 'You're dead to us'
- Article by: CAROLYN HAX
- September 18, 2012 - 2:39 PM
Dear Carolyn: When my husband and I wrote our wills, we decided to leave our money to various organizations that had touched our lives. We have no children; however, we each have one brother, two nephews and one niece. We are not close to our respective brothers. The only time we see them is on holidays.
It is our belief that each brother is well taken care of and that there should not be a problem with our decision.
Well, the day after we handed the legal package to my brother-in-law, the executor of our wills, we discovered the most scathing e-mails as to why we left out his family. How could we do this and what about our legacy? WE ARE DEAD TO THEM. No apology or explanation accepted.
Now appearances are kept for Mom's sake; as far as we know, my mother-in-law has no idea of the rift.
We feel it is our money and no one can tell us what to do with it. Is this an example of parents wanting the best for their children? Did we hurt them?
Carolyn says: This is an example of entitlement where there's no excuse for it. It is your money and no one can tell you what to do with it (after taxes and estate expenses).
However, it's also an example of tone-deafness. Unless your brother-in-law underwent a personality change since the last holiday, you had sufficient knowledge to anticipate his reaction to the will -- your husband did, at least -- and to find an executor elsewhere.
Not convinced? Try this: Run a streamlined version of this scenario by friends, such as, "A childless couple leave money to charity instead of to affluent siblings. You're one sibling. How do you respond?" But first, consider whether each friend is an offense-taker or live-and-let-live type. Predict responses accordingly, and see how the results track.
You didn't ask about this, but I believe there's another, more serious misstep in here: If my children ever concealed a feud between them "for Mom's sake," I'd be as heartbroken over that as over the feud itself. Maintaining the facade of happiness where there is none isn't a favor; it's emotional fraud. I want a happy family, and if that's too much to ask, then I at least want kids with the courage to tell me the truth.
Peace with Mr. You're Dead to Us may be out of reach, but integrity is not.Breakup trauma
Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of over three years broke up with me yesterday. We're in our late 20s. He says he doesn't love me or see us in a long-term romantic relationship, but also says he doesn't really know what love means.
I think he's perfect for me, and I fear he's giving up a mutually fun, caring, supportive relationship because it doesn't feel sparky. I want to be with someone who loves me, but I also think this could be as good as it gets. What can I do?
Carolyn says: Grieve, of course, and be patient with yourself as you assemble your post-relationship life.
What I suggest you don't do is perpetuate, for another minute, the myth that someone who just left you is ever "as good as it gets." Those worthy of that honor stay.
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Q: What is so important about this congressional investigation?
A: When a person dies in service to his country, and his own government may have contributed to his death, covered up evidence about the circumstances, or both, the survivors' families and the American people have a right to know the truth. In December 2010, Customs and Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered and two of the weapons found at the scene were linked to Operation Fast and Furious, a gun-walking operation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Since then, despite numerous requests from Congress made in letters, meetings and hearings and by subpoena the Department of Justice, which is in charge of the ATF, has stonewalled and resisted providing documents about the operation. Along the way, the Department of Justice has insisted there was no gun-walking, then retracted that statement and reversed itself. Clearly, the only way to try to get an accurate, complete account of what happened and why is to obtain every record and account of the facts. Without the complete set of facts, fair and informed conclusions can't be drawn, and we might never know what happened to Agent Terry. That can't stand.
Q: How did you get involved?
A: A month after Agent Terry's death, whistleblowers within the ATF came to my office with information about the guns found at the murder scene and evidence that Operation Fast and Furious possibly let as many as 2,500 other weapons flow from gun stores in Phoenix, Arizona, to Mexico and other places in the United States. These whistleblowers had expressed concerns to the ATF about the dangers of selling to known straw buyers, but the ATF and the U.S. Attorney's office had urged the dealers to keep selling anyway. I sent a letter to the ATF asking if there was any truth to these allegations and indicated I had documents to back them up. Amazingly, the Department of Justice responded with a flat-out denial one week later. I kept asking and showed evidence to the contrary to government officials. A full ten months later, the Department of Justice withdrew its denial. The oversight committee investigation in the House of Representatives stemmed from these inquiries and resulted in the Attorney General being held in contempt of Congress by the House of Representatives, for the first time ever. The vote was 255 to 67. The House also voted to authorize civil action in courts to compel production of subpoenaed documents. I supported these efforts because contempt is the only tool Congress has to enforce a subpoena. It is not a finding that the Attorney General is guilty of any wrongdoing in the underlying case. Rather, it's an important procedural mechanism in our system of checks and balances to require that information be provided to Congress. People deserve transparency and the accountability from their government.
Q: What would motivate the government to let guns walk into the hands of criminals?
A: Fast and Furious was built on a strategic decision to gather information rather than to enforce the law, all in the service of making a big, headline-grabbing case. Tragically, when the headlines came, they were about the death of a brave federal agent rather than the capture of a drug kingpin. Such a death was just what was feared by a cooperating gun dealer six months earlier. This dealer expressed concerns in emails to the ATF that his cooperation with the government might get someone killed. The ATF replied in writing and said not to worry, just keep selling to the straw buyers and ATF would stop the guns before they went south. The gun stores were told their cooperation was necessary to the ATF case. Without that assurance, there's little doubt they would have stopped making the suspicious sales. But the gun dealers depend on the ATF for their licenses, so when the ATF asks for help there isn't much choice but to cooperate. The ATF assured gun stores it was taking care of everything on its end but, instead, the ATF let the straw-buying ring operate and grow for months and months. They watched and waited despite having information about the ring leader from the beginning. To say the operation was "fundamentally flawed," as the Attorney General has admitted, is an understatement. Along with getting information for the family of Brian Terry and holding the highest ranking government official accountable, my goal for this congressional investigation is to make sure a disastrous government program like this never happens again.


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Chelsea expressed "regret," but stopped short of apologizing to Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg after accusing him of racism in a case that was later dropped by the authorities.
The European champions also stressed that they would have no problem with Clattenburg refereeing their matches again.
Clattenburg was accused by Chelsea midfielder Ramires of saying "shut up, you monkey" to teammate John Obi Mikel during an Oct. 28 Premier League match against Manchester United, but the Football Association found that the referee had no case to answer.
Chelsea now concede that it was wrong to publicly allege that Clattenburg used "inappropriate language" in a statement issued within two hours of the match finishing.
In attempt to clear the air with Clattenburg, Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck on Monday held a "constructive and open discussion" with him, other top-flight referees and Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.
"The club regrets not having given more consideration before issuing a statement on the evening of Sunday 28th October," Chelsea said in a joint statement with the Premier League and the referees' body. "The club also regrets the subsequent impact the intense media scrutiny had on Mark Clattenburg and his family."
However, the 16 top-flight referees, including Clattenburg, do accept that Chelsea "had an obligation under FA rules to report the allegation," the statement said, after it was received in "good faith" from a player.
That paves the way for Clattenburg to referee Chelsea matches again.
"There was recognition by all parties that the impartiality and integrity of refereeing in this country remains paramount," the statement said. "Chelsea FC made it clear they would welcome Mark Clattenburg back to Stamford Bridge in the future and [Professional Game Match Officials] would have no issue in appointing him to a Chelsea FC match going forward."
Clattenburg was cleared of any racist behavior by the FA and police, but English soccer has been blighted with racism cases recently.
A man was arrested yesterday after former England and Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore, who is now a radio pundit, was allegedly racially abused on Twitter.
London police are investigating anti-Semitic chants by West Ham United fans at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and police in northeast England have launched an investigation after a racist gesture appeared to be aimed by a fan at West Bromwich Albion striker Romelu Lukaku during Saturday's match at Sunderland.
In pictures that emerged on Tuesday, a fan appeared to make a monkey gesture at the Belgium international, who is black, after he scored West Brom's third goal in a 4-2 win. Lukaku is on a season-long loan at West Brom from Premier League rivals Chelsea.
The incident comes less than a month after a Chelsea fan was banned from Stamford Bridge for making a monkey gesture in a match against Manchester United.


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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Members of the medical examiner's office in a Washington county devastated by a mudslide work around the clock to identify bodies. Of the 29 sets of remains delivered so far just one is still a mystery.
Journalists on Wednesday were given a tour of the Snohomish County office in Everett and told about the difficult task of identifying bodies from the March 22 disaster.
Medical examiners have worked with detectives to match human remains with missing people.
Spokesman Ed Troyer said all but one man have been identified. The victim doesn't match reports of those listed as missing.
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I grew up in the 1970s and '80s, so Sesame Street holds a special place in my heart. Not just for its iconic characters—Oscar the Grouch, Count von Count and Grover were just the tip of Jim Henson's fuzzy iceberg—but for its warmth, its gentleness, and (ironic for a show so centered on puppets) its earnest, essential, humanity. People may natter on about the troubling effects of television on our youth, but Sesame Street was gold, and it made you want to be on the side of the good.
Eventually I grew too old for Sesame Street, or thought I did. (I suspect I'll be back as soon as my first child is born.) But unlike almost all the other television shows of my youth, Sesame Street never gave up. After I left it behind, it kept up with the times, expanding its mission and broadening its reach—international versions have aired in Russia, Turkey, and many other nations—but never turned its back on its core mission.
Today, the face of Sesame Street is a furry red monster named Elmo. His popularity has eclipsed some old favorites, and fans of Big Bird and Bert and Ernie have been known to call the newcomer the "little red menace."
Surprisingly, the puppet has been around for decades, flying under the radar until puppeteer Kevin Clash brought Elmo's personality to life in the mid-1980s. An immediate hit, he has gone on to be a sort of ambassador for Sesame Street, appearing on television in everything from Oprah to The West Wing. In 2002—in what was surely a first—the puppet testified before Congress, pressing government for more funding for school music programs.
Being Elmo, now screening at Amherst Cinema, is the story of the man who gave Elmo life. Clash, who began building puppets at age 10, first came to Sesame Street from Baltimore in the late 1970s, doing intermittent puppetry work until coming aboard full-time in the early '80s. He also has an extensive filmography outside of his work as Elmo, but these days he is largely a one-puppet man.
Watching Clash work makes one realize how odd an art his puppetry is: it's at once incredibly intimate—the puppeteer is right there, manipulating limbs, one arm buried in the puppet—and yet strangely removed; the character is so fully formed via voice and mannerism that the man who invented him practically disappears. The reaction of children is telling: in close-up performance, when they can clearly see what's happening, their reaction to Elmo is often the same as if Clash were standing 10 feet away.
That magic affects Clash, as well, and his story is folded into the larger story of the Jim Henson Workshop and Sesame Street culture in general. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg and enriched by archival footage and interviews with Henson and Sesame Street co-creator Joan Ganz Cooney, Being Elmo is a reminder that it's still possible—as Cooney once said—to "master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them."
Also this week: If you're feeling a lack of star power in your life, head to Cinemark for a gander at the almost comically overstuffed cast of New Year's Eve. The Garry Marshall (Runaway Bride) romantic comedy, about the intertwined fates of a band of New Yorkers, features, among others: Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Robert De Niro, Jon Bon Jovi, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Abigail Breslin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hilary Swank, Matthew Broderick, John Lithgow, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Ashton Kutcher and—it is New Year's, after all—Ryan Seacrest.
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"We are working to be good stewards of taxpayers' dollars. Taking a hard look at our own budget is part of that," Grabauskas said. "HART will continue to look for additional ways to be fiscally prudent and to deliver Oahu's rail system on time and on budget."
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• $300,000 reduction due to a delay in future hiring;
• $128,250 savings in fringe benefits tied to the hiring delay;
• $21,790 reduction in travel expenses;
• $1.05 million reduction in debt service. Because the project is not currently scheduled to borrow funds until fiscal year 2014, the debt service was eliminated.
• $75,102 reduction in scheduled reimbursements associated with other cost reductions.


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UVM Senior Is a Vermont Adaptive Volunteer of the Year
- 11-30-2012
- By University Communications
UVM Senior Harrison Keyes has been presented with a Jim Hutchinson Volunteer of the Year Award from Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, the largest year-round disabled sports non-profit organization in Vermont. The award honors the exemplary volunteer efforts of outstanding individuals.
Keyes is president of the UVM Adaptive Sports Club. Under his leadership, student interest and commitment to the club has grown, exceeding Vermont Adaptive's expectations. He has rallied large groups of student volunteers to assist in daily lessons, special events and fundraisers. The pinnacle of Keyes' work came last season when he spear-headed a grant application to the Newman's Foundation on behalf of the UVM club and Vermont Adaptive. That effort led to a $10,000 award which is being used for sit down equipment as well as training.
Two other individuals are recipients of the 2012 award: Ross Almo, of Mendon, and Norm Staunton, of Colchester.
"These three volunteers exemplify what Jim Hutchinson stood for when it comes to being a volunteer," said Executive Director Erin Fernandez. "They tirelessly offered their time and talent to the organization throughout the year and all three truly stood apart with their willingness to learn and execute many aspects of our programs."
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports promotes independence and furthers equality through access and instruction to sports and recreational opportunities including alpine skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports; kayaking, canoeing, sailing, cycling, hiking, rock climbing, tennis, horseback riding, and more. More than 400 volunteers serve clients of all abilities with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities from all over the world in three locations in Vermont - Pico Mountain at Killington; Sugarbush Resort in Warren; and Bolton Valley Resort in Bolton. Summer programs are provided state-wide.


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So does this mean we just might have a reliable earthquake detector, or is it only a sometimes-thing?
Satellites predicting massive Earthquakes. Who knew?!
My question is whether you can determine the strength/magnitude range beforehand......there are so many quakes all over the world all the time....its only the 5's, 6's and up when people really care (maybe a 4 if its somewhere that doesn't normally get a quake)
So does this mean we just might have a reliable earthquake detector, or is it only a sometimes-thing?
Or it may be a too-often-thing. Many earthquakes are small, barely noticeable. It would be more useful if the magnitude could also be predicted.
It will only help if we can just figure out how to employ sheep's bladders to prevent earthquakes.
The next time a phenomenon such as this is detected I suppose a warning could be issued, but what if people ignored it? Except for governments that have the authority and capability to force people to comply, something as vaporous as 'there might be an earthquake in the next few days' isn't going to change routines.
Giant quakes don't exactly happen often and the further removed generations are from one the more likely they are to have an 'it can't happen to me' mindset. Japan had warnings carved int
something as vaporous as 'there might be an earthquake in the next few days' isn't going to change routines
Please tell me you're kidding.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread701933/pg1 [abovetopsecret.com]
http://www.cnkeyword.info/taiwan-14-earthquake-predicted-wave-triggered-evacuation-helicopter-apron-shift/ [cnkeyword.info]
http://gardencityquake.blogspot.com/2011/03/false-earthquake-prediction-sparks.html [blogspot.com]
People are willing to evacuate cities based upon the predictions of this guy: "He is co-author of Pawmistry: How to Read Your Cat's Paws, which teaches ways to read a cat's mood and "explores the psychic influences that numerology and the z
Now I understand why I always had this strange feeling or air beeing heated just "seconds" before earthquakes (relatively common here in Morocco) until today I was convinced it was a psychological effect, well maybe it is ! as this probably needs more scientific analysis !
As an aside, studies have shown that naturally released radon will considerably increase the levels of radiation in the area. Could this, in part, be responsible for the increased rad levels measured around Japan in the time following the quake, and perhaps around the world (considering the magnitude of the earthquake)?
Why haven't we heard of this radiation "concern" following other quakes? Probably because no Nuclear Plants were melting down at time to draw public attention away from the quake itself.
If there was a large release of Radon days before the quake; is it possible that a certain proportion of the elevated radiation levels locally are due to this, rather than releases of radioactive material (iodine/caesium/etc) from the Fukushima power station? Was there anything detected on local radiation detectors prior to the nuclear incident?
This isn't a "there was no release from Fukushima it was all radon!!" post (because there quite clearly was), I'm just intrigued
No, radon and daughter products make different nuclides than uranium daughter products. Also radon (and daughters) only last a few days.
No, radon and daughter products make different nuclides than uranium daughter products. Also radon (and daughters) only last a few days.
It becomes a real problem when trapped by an inversion layer.
Nah. But it does become a real problem with trapped inside your house.
Nah. But it does become a real problem with trapped inside your house.
Actually, no. The Radon gas has a short half life, and in a few days it is gone. What causes a problem in a house, or any building is not the radon gas trapped there, but the continual radon gas leaking into the building.
The usual remediation technique is to ventilate when you have elevated radon levels, and tests are used to confirm that this works (and it basically always does).
Obviously you need both radon coming in and a house that traps it.
If there was a large release of Radon days before the quake, was the sea effervescent?
I'm serious. Enough of a substance to raise the temperature of that much atmosphere is a lot of that substance. I'd expect simmering if not outright foaming. We should see the sea getting warmer and bubbling like soda, too.
Otherwise, I call simple weather.
You can't come to the conclusion until you get the definition for larger release.
Sure. it's about normal, but how much is that?
I got pulled away from my office before submitting this, so everything has probably already been said, but in case it hasn't:
I wondered that myself, but I don't think that would be case for a couple of reasons. Many of the detections of radioactivity did identify the radioactive specific isotopes (such as iodine, cesium) that were causing them. The ones that didn't were centered around Fukushima, unlike what you would expect from a large, distributed Radon release like the article is talking about.
There were some reports of higher than normal radioactivity as far away as Maine, it was reported that they thought this was from a radioactive release from Fukushima. Apparently, this could have been from the large Radon release instead.
what are "knock on effects"?
Effects caused by the original effects.
E.g., giant earthquake has the effect of causing a giant tsunami, the knock-on is that the tsunami knocks out the generators at the nuke plant, and so on and so on, knocking on until eventually someone gets fired for not wearing their dosimeter at the Tepco HQ in Tokyo.
Ball lightning is unexplained?
Earthquakes cause changes in stresses in piezoelectric rock (e.g., quartz, which is very common). Massive piezo charges form, causing discharges, causing plasmas, i.e., ball lightning.
Now, while this is explainable, it's incredibly difficult to prove, because to prove it you need objective evidence, and to do that you have to have systems in place to observe an earthquake, which means you have to, in some way, predict an earthquake to occur at some time in some locale, which i
When was ball lightning explained?
Wiki's summary [wikipedia.org] states: "the true nature of ball lightning is still unknown".
There was an article [newscientist.com] going around about a year ago theorizing that some ball lightning may be "magnetically induced hallucinations".
Doesn't seems very explained to me. Am I missing something?
Ball lightning is unexplained?
That is correct. There are a few ideas on what it could be, some more convincing than others, but due to the difficulty of observing the natural ball lightning, we can't really be sure which (if any) is correct.
In my mother country, Greece, we have a word for this: koufovrasi. Supposedly (or so the superstition goes), a few hours before an earthquake, the weather becomes hot, stale, like you're choking, and it's like the sound doesn't travel as much (that's why it's called as such, which in free translation it means "deaf, boiled weather"). In the villages of the mountain Epirus, this is a known "sign" that an earthquake might hit soon. I personally experienced this kind of weather once or twice during in my early life there, but I don't remember if an earthquake ever hit soon afterward or not.
Here in California, we call it "earthquake weather" when you have a real hot day out of nowhere.
No we don't.
That's interesting. Here in Portugal we also have that superstition, although no special word for it, afaik. Curiously, hours before the latest strong quake (6.0, Richter scale, 12/2009), I remember thinking to myself about the "earthquake heat" that could be felt on that particular hot night. Weird coincidence, I am sure, since the epicenter was located 265 km (165 miles) away.
In reality, they call it confirmation bias. as has been shown many times.
In reality, they call it confirmation bias. as has been shown many times.
Or (in Greece) it might have to do with the stress caused by thermal expansion of large amounts of sun heated rock surface during extreme hot weather: providing the last straw to the thousands of years build-up of rock layer stress which finally breaks the back of the camel.
Just like a single person can trigger a big avalanche.
The Californian who equated "earthquake weather" to a hot day surprise is off the mark. But long-time Californians (moreso Los Angeles and San Francisco denizens I suspect) know of earthquake weather, and it's more that feeling of suffocating, stale stillness in the air that you mention. I have a remembrance of that sort of weather when the Northridge, CA quake struck. Perhaps the feeling is attributable to an increase in barometric pressure? I think in LA it's more associated with humid, partly overcast we
When i was in Colombia I once saw the sky full of small round clouds. The locals told me that was a sign there would be an earthquake, and it effectively happened the next day. I never saw clouds like those again anywhere.
Or, they were experimenting with quantum physics, and the heat up was a backwards time release of energy from the meltdown to occur days later... oOoOoOo!
I don't believe what I just said, but it sure sounds cool.
Meh, that's really more Syfy than Sci-Fi....
Next all you need to do is direct that backwards time release of energy from the meltdown to cause the meltdown to occur. Closed time loop!
Radon is a gas and that part of the ocean is very deep. How would it have traveled a few miles to the surface so quickly and without dissolving? You might think that all noble gases are not soluble in water, but radon is actually fairly soluble.
most radiation travels at near-c so.............
Yeah, but most radon doesn't.
but it wouldn't take a lot of money to get an early warning system up and running. its worth a try at least
They are trying to cover up the fact that Fukushima melted down several days before the tsunami, and actually caused the quake. But they are not fooling me! *clutches tinfoil hat*
How does one account for the fact that the fault is underwater, and the radon would have to bubble up through all that water, and not dissolve in it or be carried elsewhere by currents as it came up? Also, is the activity of the radon at the concentration it might reasonably achieve in the atmosphere sufficient to account for significant ionization?
No, the atmosphere did not heat up rapidly as a result of the quake. This article is total bullshit.
1) Geology: There is no "buildup of unusual stresses" in the days before an earthquake. The stresses build up over decades: the only thing that changes suddenly is the Earth's motion in response to them.
2) Oceanography: Any radioactive gases released by the fault (the mechanism claimed by the authors) would be released *at the bottom of the ocean*. From there it would have to dissolve in the ocean and be carried to the surface. This takes a *LONG* time.
3) Meteorology: Any gases released will mix rapidly in the atmosphere, forming a plume stretching hundreds of miles from the source in a matter of hours. It will not form a coherent blob hovering over the fault.
4) Statistics : the plot in question is supposedly based on "NOAA OLR data". It's been massaged to within an inch of its life, using a statistical technique which is highly sensitive to what happened not just during 2011, but to the vagaries of weather in 2006-2010. The result is a massive exercise in small-number statistics, which is then amplified by:
5) Data visualization: Notice that the OLR "spikes" form nice concentric circles, and they seem to line up along a latitude line. Why? Because what you're seeing is data smoothed to a radius smaller than the actual size of the atmosphere being measured. The link below is to the *actual* raw NOAA AVHRR OLR data over Japan: there are only 9 real data points in the field of view shown by TFA, and they do not show any sign of a peak in OLR over northern Japan.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/veC_EraWL5NUXaCbH6iROcyKBwp3MOnR9qYUE-fJ7v0?feat=directlink [google.com]
I would expect it would easily dissolve in a couple of kilometers of ocean water above it, especially at those pressures.
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Niveen Rasheed had 14 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists as Princeton beat Brown, 80-51, on Saturday, securing its fourth straight Ivy League title and NCAA Tournament berth.
Tigers seniors Megan Bowen, Kate Miller, Rasheed, and Lauren Polansky have lost only two Ivy League games over four years, both to Harvard. Princeton is 58-2 against Ivy opponents since 2008 and the senior class is 95-19 overall during four seasons.
Princeton (21-6, 12-1) turned a close game at the half into a laugher. The Tigers led, 33-32, at intermission but broke off a 22-4 run that pushed the lead to 57-38 with 8:57 to go en route to its 18th straight home win.
Sophie Bikofsky and Sheila Dixon each had 16 points for Brown (9-19, 3-11).
Harvard 66, Cornell 56 — Ferocious defense helped the Crimson (19-8, 10-3 Ivy) beat the host Big Red (13-15, 5-9) for the 11th consecutive time.
Harvard held Cornell to 18-of-60 shooting. Christine Clark had 22 points to lead the way offensively. Harvard can clinch a spot in the Women's NIT with a win Tuesday against Columbia.
Yale 70, Penn 65 — Despite only getting 5 points from their bench, the Bulldogs (13-15, 8-6 Ivy) slipped past the Quakers (16-11, 9-4) in Philadelphia. Megan Vasquez scored 24 points and Janna Graf added 19 for Yale.
Columbia 48, Dartmouth 39 — The Lions held the Big Green scoreless over the final 2:33 to win in New York. Miwa Tachibana scored 15 points to lead Columbia (5-22, 3-9 Ivy). No player for Dartmouth (6-22, 4-10) scored in double figures.
UNC-Wilmington 68, Northeastern 64 — Deanna Kerkhof scored a team-high 18 points, and Amencie Mercier and Kashaia Cannon each added 12 but it wasn't enough as the Huskies couldn't hold on against the Seahawks at Solomon Court in the teams' regular-season finale.
Despite the loss, Northeastern (17-12, 10-8) established a program record for home wins, going 11-3. The Huskies will play Hofstra on Friday in Upper Marlboro, Md., in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament.
Ohio Valley final — Rickiesha Bryant scored the first 5 points of overtime to lift Tennessee Martin past Tennessee Tech, 87-80, in Nashville for its third straight conference tournament title. It gave the Skyhawks an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Tennessee Martin (19-14) has beaten Tennessee Tech (19-12) in each of the last three tournament title games.
Jasmine Newsome scored 34 points, including the tying layup with 2.3 seconds left in regulation, in setting an OVC tournament record with 98 points in three games.
Atlantic Sun final — Sasha Sims scored 15 points to help Stetson (24-8) rally for an NCAA Tournament berth and 70-64 win over Florida Gulf Coast in Macon, Ga.
ACC semifinals — In Greensboro, N.C., Haley Peters had 17 points and 13 rebounds and scored the go-ahead basket with 4:06 left to help sixth-ranked Duke (29-2) beat No. 23 Florida State, 72-66. The Blue Devils will play North Carolina for the title on Sunday. Duke reached the title game for the 11th time in 14 seasons . . . Latifah Coleman scored 15 of her career-high 17 points in the final six-plus minutes and No. 15 North Carolina beat No. 10 Maryland, 72-65. The Tar Heels (28-5) rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit, the second-biggest comeback in the history of the tournament.
Big 10 semifinals — Jasmine Thomas scored 14 of her 19 points in the second half and Michigan State (24-7) used its stout defense to upset No. 8 Penn State, 54-46, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Michigan State will face Purdue, which beat No. 21 Nebraska, 77-64, on Sunday for the championship.
Pac-12 semifinal — Markel Walker scored 23 points, Jasmine Dixon added 15 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 14 UCLA was dominant in a 70-58 win over No. 5 California (28-3) in Seattle. The Bruins (25-6) will play in Sunday night's final against either No. 4 Stanford or No. 18 Colorado.
SEC semifinals — Courtney Williams's jumper with 33 seconds left gave No. 19 Texas A&M the lead and the Aggies (23-9) went on to beat ninth-ranked Tennessee, 66-62, in Duluth, Ga., ending the Lady Vols' bid for a fourth straight conference tournament championship. The Aggies will face Kentucky on Sunday for the championship . . . Jennifer O'Neill sank 3-pointers on each end of a 15-0 run early in the second half that gave No. 7 Kentucky (27-4) the lead, and the Wildcats rolled past No. 12 Georgia, 60-38.
Big 12 quarterfinals — Brittney Griner had 19 points, 13 rebounds, and 9 assists as No. 1 Baylor (30-1) routed Kansas State, 80-47, at American Airlines Center in Dallas. On Sunday, the Lady Bears will play Oklahoma State (21-9).
NCAA Div. 3 quarterfinals — Behind a combined 46 points from Bridget Crowley, Megan Robertson, and Marcia Voigt, host Amherst (30-1) topped Widener, 59-45. Amherst faces Wisconsin-Whitewater in the semifinals on March 15 in Holland, Mich. . . . Claire Baecher had 7 points, 9 boards, and 9 blocks as host Williams (26-5) topped Whitman, 63-53, to reach the semifinals. Williams will face DePauw next Friday.


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A former schoolteacher is suing a Phoenix school district for religious discrimination, alleging she was the target of several hate crimes involving swastikas that went unacknowledged by the principal and created a hostile work environment that forced her into early retirement.
Janet Seplow, 65, who is Jewish, claimed in a lawsuit filed June 21 in Maricopa County Court that Alhambra School District No. 68 discriminated against her and unfairly punished her when she complained about the alleged discrimination.
Seplow is suing for monetary compensation, but the amount she is seeking was not disclosed in the complaint.
Read about transgender teacher suing Catholic school over firing.
Between May and November 2008, Seplow alleges she encountered anti-Semitic vandalism on three separate occasions at the Montebello school in Phoenix. In May 2008, she found what she described as a "massive" swastika painted on the door of her classroom. In October of that year, she found another swastika fixed on her car, and filed a police report. In November, she found that students had taken her identification card and covered it with a swastika and a note saying, 'Hitler should have killed you, you f**king bitch.'"
Seplow described her reaction as one of "absolute gross sadness" and said that after the first incident she became so emotional she found it almost impossible to enter her classroom.
In the complaint, she alleges that the school did not launch an investigation after the first incident, and that the principal, Jeffrey Sprout, refused to walk to the parking lot to look at her car after it had been vandalized. He told her not to file a police report, according to the lawsuit. Only one of the students involved in vandalizing her ID card was punished, and was given a seven-day suspension, according to the lawsuit. Seplow told ABC News that she did not know exactly how many students were involved in the acts of vandalism.
After her car was vandalized with the swastika, Seplow told the school district's human resources department that she believed Sprout was anti-Semitic, and she requested a transfer because, she said, the incidents were traumatizing her. She was denied a transfer.
Seplow had been with the Montebello School since 1994, according to court documents. She told ABC News she had worked in various capacities at the school, serving as head of staff development and curriculum, in addition to teaching language arts.
"I was a damn good teacher. I loved my students, and I loved what I did," she said.
But in January 2009, Seplow said she received an evaluation from Sprout stating she had poor communication skills and was not getting along with her students. The complaint filed in court states that Sprout admonished her in the evaluations for telling human resources she believed he was anti-Semitic. He called the accusation "categorically false."
Sprout, who is currently the head of human resources in another Arizona school district, referred all comments to the Alhambra School District.
Robert Haws, the legal counsel for the Alhambra School District, wrote in an email to ABC News that no discrimination occurred, and that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission initially ruled in Alhambra's favor.
According to the lawsuit, Seplow filed two charges with the EEOC, one in December 2009, and one in June 2010. The lawsuit maintains that the EEOC ruled on the charge filed in 2009 and found reasonable cause to believe there had been a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and issued a right to sue notice for the charge filed in 2010.
Read about the teacher who sues for right to say N-word in class.
"If Ms. Seplow chooses to serve the lawsuit and tries, for a second time, to prove her accusations, we are confident Alhambra will prevail again, because there was no discrimination or retaliation," Haws wrote.
Seplow told ABC News that Sprout's performance evaluation had major implications for her career. "In Arizona there is no teacher tenure, no unions. If a principal decides they want you out of a school, all they have to do is give you bad evaluations," she said.
On Oct. 26, 2009, according to the complaint, Seplow submitted her intent to retire at the end of the year. At 62, she said she was retiring four years earlier than expected.
Read about Ohio teacher claiming discrimination over her phobia of young children.
She had every intention of finishing out the year with her students, she said, but that November she was told she would assume the role of permanent substitute teacher.
Seplow, who has a doctorate in education, was placed on administrative leave in January 2010 for allegedly making inappropriate statements while she was substitute teaching. She retired at the end of that month. The early retirement, cost her, she said. Although she teaches part-time at Grand Canyon University and the University of Phoenix, she said she could not secure another full-time teaching position.
"If you don't have a recommendation from the school district you worked with for 17 years, it's hard to get anyone to hire you," she said. "I spent all year looking for a position.
"I lost my profession, I lost my job, I lost everything," Seplow said.
A date for mediation between the two parties has not yet been set.


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By Sam Mamudi
The Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped a 10-day winning streak Friday, losing 25.03 points to close down 0.17% to 14,514.11. The day's loss also broke an eight-day streak of closing record highs. Nevertheless, the index rose 117.04 points, or 0.81% this week.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.16% Friday, but was up 0.61% for the week, closing at 1,560.70 — just 4.45 points off its record closing high. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 index lost 0.06% Friday but ended the week up 1.06% to 952.48.


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Anthony Kiedis Admits Justin Bieber Movie Brought Him to Tears [VIDEO]
Justin Bieber has already taken over the world. And now he may have a new nickname -- the Canadian Crying Machine.
Anthony Kiedis, lead singer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has proudly announced the Biebs' autobiographical flick, 'Never Say Never,' brought him to tears. Twice.
"I sat on an airplane recently, coming from Hawaii to Los Angeles, with [producer] Rick Rubin just across the aisle, watching [the movie]," Kiedis said. "I cried twice during that film and I want the world to know that!"
So, what exactly was it that brought on the waterworks for Kiedis? Was it knowing a 17-year-old boy has already earned more money than all of us combined will probably ever see in a lifetime? No. It was the hysteria of Justin's uber-fans, who call themselves Beliebers.
"They were doing this very cheesy giveaway of concert tickets to 16-year-old girls. The cheesiness didn't matter -- it was the reaction of the kids. When you saw those little girls crying deliriously, I lost it."
Grab some Kleenex and take a look for yourself.


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In the past 10 months, the contractor, Rideau Transit Group, has excavated more than 50 percent of the tunnel volume (the equivalent of more than 23 Olympic-sized pools). The majority of the remainder of the tunneling operation will focus on the excavation of three station caverns.
The tunnel boring machines, Jawbreaker and Chewrocka, are busy mining out Lyon and Parliament stations, respectively and Crocodile Rouge should reach Rideau station to begin that mining operation by the end of the year. This project is on track and on budget and tunnel excavation is expected to be completed in the summer of 2016.
"This public transit link will transform how we will move around Ottawa," said Premier Wynne. "I am committed to promoting public transit and creating jobs across Ontario. This incredible project is proof of what we as a province can achieve."
The Confederation Line is a CA$2.1-billion (US$1.9-billion) project that is jointly funded by the Canadian government, the province of Ontario and the city of Ottawa.


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How did you pick your screen name?
Well, I was Sarah S. before, but quickly became known as "Addicted" as well. I had never seen anyone on here with this name so when I re-registered I continued with "Addicted" as I am known mostly by that. And well, I am pretty "Addicted" to The Twilight Series.
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
A lady at church got me hooked. My addiction is all her fault.
Who do you like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob?
Who is your favorite minor character?
What are your hobbies?
no real hobbies
Where are you from (general area like Montana, not exact town!)
How old are you? (In general, like teen, 20's, 30's, 40's etc)
Anything else you would like to share.
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Billy Donovan hasn't shied away from scheduling a tough out of conference schedule in the past – Florida had Georgetown, Wisconsin, Marquette, Arizona and Kansas State on the schedule last season – and he will continue doing so in the future.
Announced back in May, ESPN's Andy Katz confirmed today that Florida and UCONN have agreed to a home-and-home series that will start this season. Florida will travel to play the Huskies on December 2 of this season and host UCONN sometime in 2014-15.
When he met with the media prior to last season, Donovan said that the Gators out of conference schedule was the most difficult he had ever scheduled but that playing those games helps prepare the team for the NCAA tournament.
"This is as challenging a non-conference schedule as we've had during my tenure at Florida," Donovan said. "We've made deep runs in the NCAA Tournament each of the last two years and a schedule like this helps expose us to a number of different styles of play that we could see later in the season."
This is where college basketball differs from college football. Scheduling these types of tough games in basketball won't negatively affect a team if they lose, whereas, a single loss in a football season could keep a team out of the National Championship picture.
The addition of the home-and-home with UCONN adds on to three other tough games next season. Florida will host Kansas on December 10, play Memphis in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City and will travel to Wisconsin to complete a home-and-home series with the Badgers. Florida will also play in the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic against an out of conference opponent that is still to be determined. Florida will also host Florida State in their annual rivalry game with the Noles coming to Gainesville on November 29, one day before the football team hosts Florida State in the Swamp.
The SEC should be a two horse race next year between Florida and Kentucky. The Wildcats pulled in a very impressive recruiting class and while they will be young, should have as much talent as any team in the country.
The tough slate of road games will prepare Florida for not only Kentucky but also the NCAA Tournament. Playing these road games gives the Gators a look at different styles as well as gives his team a chance to face some adversity before entering into tournament play.
Expect the Gators to add one more strong out of conference opponent this offseason and head into the 2013-14 season with one of the most difficult schedules in the country.
Just like Donovan likes it.


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Italy coach Cesare Prandelli labelled Andrea Pirlo "a star" after the Juventus midfielder helped end England's dreams of European Championship glory.
Pirlo, 33, was named as UEFA's official man of the match after controlling the tempo of the game during a goalless 120 minutes and then scoring an audacious chipped spot-kick as Italy won 4-2 on penalties. It was no less than Italy deserved after a superior performance, though they had to come from behind in the shoot-out after Riccardo Montolivo missed their second penalty.
Prandelli said: "When Montolivo missed his penalty I was sad as he was one of the best players tonight. When Andrea Pirlo stepped up I was very calm - he's a star and knew what he needed to do; and he did it."
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One of the reasons I know August is around the corner is because "naked ladies" are popping up around town, and in my hillside garden.
One of the reasons I know August is around the corner is because "naked ladies" are popping up around town, and in my hillside garden.
A cousin of South American Amaryllis, the pink flowers on top of two to three-foot stems are also known as surprise lilies because the stems seem to pop up out of nowhere.
Surprise lilies have been cultivated for centuries in their native Japan. They were first introduced to American gardeners around 1880.
There are a number of different colors and shapes; the most well known variety here is the pink surprise lily, Lycoris squamigera.
Surprise lilies store energy in bulbs that can grow to 3 inches wide. One-inch wide green leaves emerge in late winter or early spring and then turn yellow and die away. The plants go dormant until flowers emerge in mid-summer, which allows them to survive prolonged periods of summer drought.
Overnight, they seem to pop out of the ground with little fanfare, often growing several inches from one day to the next!
Surprise lilies are quite hardy and easy to grow. They grow well in full sun, part shade, and even heavy shade. By planting them in different sunlight conditions, I can extend the surprise lily season in my garden from mid-summer through the green dearth of August, when little starts blooming. They also thrive in both sandy and heavy clay soils.
Because bulbs multiply, it's best to dig them up and divide them every 5 years or so. I think about dividing them but I am not that disciplined. I do have several patches around my hillside garden only because I inadvertently dug them up when planting something else in a spot I thought was vacant.
They look best planted in clusters. Depending on your soil, bulbs can be planted from 3-6 inches deep - the deeper the better so they can be assured winter protection. Like daffodils, surprise lilies are toxic to deer, mice and other bulb-eating garden residents, including insects.
To transplant, dig up bulbs in spring after leaves have turned yellow.
They can also be dug up after blooms fade in August, assuming soil is not as hard as concrete from lack of rain. Plant them quickly after digging them up so roots have enough time to establish themselves before the first hard frost.
I love seeing them clearly when they bloom but you can also plant them in the middle of a garden bed so the naked stems will be covered by surrounding plants.
Blooms are long lasting and fragrant, making them good cut flowers. I like to put them in a white flower vase so I can enjoy how the stems curl up at the bottom.
Charlotte Ekker Wiggins is a certified gardener sharing gardening tips in a rapidly changing climate. Copyright 2014 used with permission by Rolla Daily News and Waynesville Daily Guide. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Contact Charlotte at chargardens@ gmail.com.


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It was in late June of 1980 that then Mayor Jane Byrne announced the first Taste of Chicago. At the press conference was my dad, Eli Schulman, Rich Melman, in the early days of building Lettuce Entertain You in the premiere national restaurant company that it is today, Don Roth, the owner of Don Roth's and Arnie Morton, famed restaurateur and later creator of Morton's, who is credited with developing the concept of Taste of Chicago.
What I find very interesting about the photo is the dress of the participants. Rather than the suits and ties of the day, the group was dressed as servers and chefs, a real statement that Taste of Chicago was about local restaurants and their owners personally committed to making sure that guests had
a great experience.
Fast forward 26 years to June 30th, 2006 and the opening of Taste of Chicago. This photo was taken at 7:30am as the vendors at Taste were getting ready for opening day. In this shot, it is me, Charlie Robinson's Ribs–our neighbor and great friend at Taste for many years, and Sam Sianis, owner of Billy Goat Tavern with restaurants in the Chicago area and Washington DC. We are still in uniform and ready to give our guests at Taste and where ever they enjoy our respective products the best quality and service possible.


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Latest update : 2011-11-21
Occupy Wall Street: the end or just the beginning?
As technocrats rise to power in Europe, elected leaders fail to agree on how to resolve the debt crisis. Is the Occupy Protest over, or is this just the beginning? The anti-corporate greed movement enters its third month. We also look at Syria, where protesting is to take one's life into one's own hands - the violence continues despite an ultimatum issued by the Arab League.
- Paul TAYLOR, European Affairs Specialist at Reuters;
- Craig COPETAS, Senior Writer, Bloomberg News;
- Christopher DICKEY, Paris Bureau Chief for Newsweek and Mideast Editor,The Daily Beast;
- Dave CLARK, Paris Deputy Bureau Chief, AFP news agency.
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April 30, 2007Drug safety legislation up for debate in the Senate Monday afternoon would require pharmaceutical companies and the Food and Drug Administration to pool public and private reports of adverse drug reactions into one FDA computer system.
The proposal is part of a bill that would reauthorize and amend a program that collects fees from drug manufacturers for drug reviews and safety evaluations.
Negotiations to divvy up system responsibilities are ongoing, according to Craig Orfield, spokesman for Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The committee approved the program's reauthorization earlier this month.
"It is a work in progress. The development of the system, that burden, would be placed on the FDA," Orfield said. The FDA would be collaborating with private entities, as well as academic institutions, to aggregate mainly pre-existing data. It is anticipated the system would be operational within two years of the bill's enactment, he said. Up to $30 million in appropriations would go toward funding the project.
While many agree that additional drug safety surveillance is needed, the design of the system has watchdog groups concerned.
Arthur Levin, director of the nonprofit Center for Medical Consumers, said: "You can't prove causality by data mining. All you're doing is identifying [red flags]. Then you've got to go figure out the connection."
And he is skeptical that $30 million is enough to cover the cost of staffing, computational programming and extraction of useful data. "This may be a good first step. . .but it certainly doesn't go far enough. Much more has to be done," Levin added, saying that the "much more" has to do with where the analytic piece would be housed and where it would be paid for.
John Pippin, a senior medical and research adviser at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and a cardiologist, said, "The FDA has not yet shown the ability to establish effective computer-based methods. He cited the recent uncovering of a November 2006 report that detailed the FDA's mismanagement of an upgrade to its computerized adverse-event reporting system, which FDA staff use for post-marketing drug safety inspection. The system "was bungled, leading to cost overruns and major delays in implementation," he said.
Earlier this month, Alan Goldhammer, deputy vice president for regulatory affairs at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, said the industry wants drug review to be electronic from creation in the lab to sale on pharmacy shelves. As of Monday morning, PhRMA was not taking a position on specific provisions in the new legislation.
PhRMA President and CEO Billy Tauzin said in a statement on Friday, "Significant increases called for in PDUFA funding proposed by the FDA would provide the resources necessary to improve and modernize the agency's already strong drug safety monitoring system."
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On the heels of Nintendo's announcement about selling 400,000 Wii U video game consoles in the device's first week of availability, Microsoft made a blockbuster announcement of its own. It sold 750,000 Xbox 360 consoles over the Black Friday weekend, demolishing the Wii U number.
"Over the holiday weekend, Xbox 360 sold more than 750,000 consoles in the United States alone, exceeding internal forecasts," Microsoft's Larry Hryb wrote in his Major Nelson blog. That number is almost double the 400,000 Wii U units that Nintendo needed a week to sell, and Nintendo claims that its console was essentially sold out. (See "Nintendo Wii U Sells Out in First Week with More Than 400,000 Units Sold" for more information.)
How did a seven-year-old console—allegedly on its deathbed—just destroy a brand-new, next-generation Nintendo console in the market?
Hryb added that Xbox LIVE Gold Subscription sales increased more than 50 percent compared with last year's Black Friday week, and that more than 14 million people participated in Xbox LIVE across the world, "racking up more than 72 million hours of use in just one day." Use of entertainment apps on the console jumped 43 percent when compared with last year in the United States alone, he claimed.
People are using the heck out of their Xbox 360s. And more and more people are buying into this platform.
The Xbox 360 has been the best-selling console in the United States all year, but many had expected Nintendo to regain the crown with the release of the Wii U, which is the first of the next-generation consoles. But the Xbox 360's resiliency is amazing: Back in October, Microsoft sold 270,000 units for the month. Its Black Friday weekend numbers were three times as high.
Separately, a Microsoft representative also noted that sales of Halo 4 were "impressive" over the holiday weekend and also exceeded expectations. But no firm numbers were given to support those claims. (For more about Halo 4, check out "Halo 4 to Debut November 6.")


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Saturday Sweep
Feb. 18, 2012
EASTON, Pa. - The Lafayette men's lacrosse team was the second part of an afternoon doubleheader on Saturday at Rappolt Field and much like the Leopard women, the men used a quick start to grab a season-opening victory over Providence.
Senior Colin Serling got Lafayette going just 46 seconds into the contest, dodging to the right before roping a shot in the upper left corner of the cage to give the Leopards a 1-0 lead.
Less than six minutes later, sophomore midfielder John Floyd found senior Will Heffernan next to the cage for a 2-0 advantage with 8:34 left in the opening period.
Two more assisted goals closed out the first quarter scoring for the Leopards, the first a Jake Mann tally (Greg Allis assist) followed by behind-the-back goal from freshman Cory Scheuerle, his first collegiate goal.
Scheuerle's goal was assisted by fellow classmate Brian Bock, the first of his first assists on the afternoon.
Providence ended the first quarter scoring, finding the back of the net with 45 seconds remaining in the opening frame, as Lafayette took a 4-1 lead into the second period.
A see-saw second quarter saw Providence cut the Leopard lead to two (4-2) on a man-up goal at the 8:05 mark.
However, Lafayette responded quickly, as Heffernan found his classmate Doug Prusoff at even-strength to push the lead back to three (5-2) with 6:34 until halftime.
The Friars ended the first half scoring with eight seconds left, as the Leopards walked into intermission holding a 5-3 lead.
Much like the first half, Lafayette came out from the half's opening face-off and delivered two goals to open up the game. An unassisted tally from Allis and man-up goal from Heffernan (Bock assist) once again push the lead back to four (7-3) with 5:09 remaining in the third quarter.
Providence answered with their own man-up goal before the Leopards sealed the game with a 3-0 run to end the third and open the fourth quarter.
An unassisted goal from Serling and two consecutive goals from Heffernan (both Bock assists) capped off the Lafayette scoring and sealed a 10-5 season-opening win.
Lafayette outshot Providence 28-24 and was 2-for-3 on man-advantage opportunities. Sophomore goalkeeper Jake Hyatt racked up 10 saves in his first collegiate start as a Leopard.
Lafayette will ride the momentum into practice for the week to prepare for a contest at Binghamton next Saturday, Feb. 25. Face-off is set for 1 p.m. in Vestal, N.Y.


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Are you one of those people who takes selfies and posts them to your Web page or Facebook? Do you use your cellphone to photograph your children and upload images for friends, family and others to see?
You might want to reconsider.
Smart phones and other mobile devices are recording not only the image, but a host of geographical identifiers that can be accessed by savvy Internet users. The data is called a geotag.
Smart phones and mobile devices are now routinely recording the latitude and longitude, and sometimes altitude, bearing, distance and place names. Savvy Web users can access that data, and more, from the photos you post online.
The process of geotagging allows Web users to replicate images they see.
For example, say you take a great sunset photo overlooking Liberty Bell Mountain and somebody else wants to take the same photo. By accessing the geotag, they can see the time, date and location from where you took the photo. They can also see what your camera settings were and the direction and angle at which the camera was positioned.
They follow your footsteps, and your geotag, and obtain the same great photo. No harm done.
But take the geotag information a step further.
Somebody wants to know where you or your children are. You post a photo of your child at their school, but the image doesn't show the name of the school.
Someone with knowledge on how to access the geotag now has time, date and coordinates of the location from which the photograph was taken. They can also see find data that will pinpoint exactly what angle you pointed the camera.
By plugging in the latitude and longitude in any number of websites, they can use geotag data to get a map location and probably the name of the school where the image was taken. That geotag has now given somebody you may not know – or someone you don't want knowing where you are – access to information about you and your children.
Since GPS data is based on measurements related to satellites, geotag data is embedded even when you're in areas without cell phone service. Scary thought, huh?
Geotags are commonly found on photos taken today with devices that have GPS systems installed. Almost everything we use today in the mobile world has some type of GPS system. The system is needed – indeed mandated by law – for wireless phones to provide precise location information for the 911 system.
Just turning off your GPS service doesn't necessarily stop mobile devices from embedding positioning data in your image, since your device is constantly recording GPS data for the 911 system. As a cellphone photographer, take steps to protect information you don't want others to have. Your privacy is at stake.
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Fernando Ikoma is a Brazilian painter, writer and comic artist, born in Martinópolis, São Paulo. A self-taught artist, he began his career by drawing for advertising agencies at the age of 15. He was one of the regular artists for EDREL, the publishing company founded by Minami Keizi, in 1968. Although of Japanese descent like most of his EDREL colleagues, Ikoma did not get his inspiration from Japanese manga like his colleagues.
Ikoma contributed to EDREL titles like Estórias Adultas, A Espiã de Vênus, Estórias Avançadas, Fikom, O Paquera, Playcomic, Young Comic, Revista de Terror, Terror Especial and Tip Top, and created characters like 'Sibele a Espiã de Vênus', 'Fikom', 'Play-Boy', 'Satã a Alma Penada', 'O Paquera', 'Zé Experimentadinha' and 'Maria Esperançosa' during the 1960s and 1970s.
After leaving EDREL, he became a scriptwriter for O Judoka magazine by EBAL publishers, and for stories starring Hanna-Barbera characters in Heróis da TV by Editora Abril. He is the author of the comic art guidebook 'A técnica universal das histórias em quadrinhos', published in 1972. He spent several years working in advertising, before returning to comics in 2011 with webcomics like 'Mary*QI. A Garota Cibernética'.


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Keith Urban has posted a sign outside his Georgia estate which reads "No Coal or Coal Seam Gas." Urban and his wife Nicole Kidman have joined their neighbors in protest against plans to expand coal and gas mining in their area.
The Southern Highlands Coal Action Group is the environmental organization behind the effort, saying:
"We are fighting to protect the land, air, water and amenity of the Highlands against destructive mining activities which expropriate the profits and leave the social and environmental costs for the community to bear."
"We are looking for the NSW State Government to redress the imbalance between the disenfranchised landowners and residents, and the powerful coal miners and gas companies," they added.
Urban and Kidman reportedly bought their sign last month at the Moss Vale Farmers Market for $20.
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First off... Let me take this time to wish all of you a HAPPY, JOYOUS, AND SAFE HOLIDAYS!
OK... Here's this season's bowl schedule. Some of the names of these bowls anymore is just laughable. As well as some of the match-ups too. For one... Iowa vs Oklahoma?
The point spread is indicated in red. And the way it works, for those with whom it may not be clear (confusing), we'll use the New Mexico Bowl as an example... Temple (-6) means that Temple is giving Wyoming 6 pts. So if you pick Temple, that means they must win by more then 6.
And I got the spreads from the same site as last year...... http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/w...es_121711.html
Now one might want to hold off just a bit before posting their picks because between now and them something could occur where some of those spreads may change. You know, a player(s) may go out and do something stupid and get suspended.
New Mexico Bowl
Temple (-6) vs. Wyoming
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio vs. Utah State (-2)
New Orleans Bowl
San Diego State (-4.5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
Florida International (-5) vs. Marshall
DEC 21st
Poinsettia Bowl
TCU (-12.5) vs. Louisiana Tech
DEC 22nd
MAACO Las Vegas Bowl
Arizona State vs. Boise State (-13.5)
DEC 24th
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Nevada vs. Southern Miss (-5.5)
DEC 26th
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
Missouri (-3.5) vs. North Carolina
DEC 27th
Little Caesars Bowl
Western Michigan (-1) vs. Purdue
Belk Bowl
Louisville vs. NC State (-1.5)
DEC 28th
Military Bowl
Toledo (-1) vs. Air Force
Holiday Bowl
California vs. Texas (-3)
DEC 29th
Champs Sports Bowl
Florida State (-2.5) vs. Notre Dame
Valero Alamo Bowl
Washington vs. Baylor (-10)
DEC 30th
Armed Forces Bowl
BYU (-1.5) vs. Tulsa
Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers (-2.5) vs. Iowa State
Music City Bowl
Mississippi State (-7) vs. Wake Forest
Insight Bowl
Iowa vs. Oklahoma (-16)
DEC 31st
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Texas A&M (-11) vs. Northwestern
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech (-3.5) vs. Utah
Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt (-2)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois (-1.5) vs. UCLA
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Virginia vs. Auburn (-1)
JAN 2nd
TicketCity Bowl
Houston (-9) vs. Penn State
Outback Bowl
Michigan State vs. Georgia (-2)
Capital One Bowl
Nebraska (-1) vs. South Carolina
Gator Bowl
Ohio State (-1.5) vs. Florida
Rose Bowl
Wisconsin vs. Oregon (-6.5)
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Stanford vs. Oklahoma State (-3.5)
JAN 3rd
Sugar Bowl
Michigan (-1.5) vs. Virginia Tech
JAN 4th
Orange Bowl
West Virginia vs. Clemson (-3.5)
JAN 6th
AT&T Cotton Bowl
Kansas State vs. Arkansas (-8.5)
JAN 7th
Compass Bowl
SMU vs. Pittsburgh (-7)
JAN 8th
GoDaddy.com Bowl
Arkansas State (-1) vs. Northern Illinois
JAN 9th
Allstate BCS National Championship Game
No. 1 LSU (-1) vs. No. 2 Alabama