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First party (Valve) games are a given since they all support OpenGL to work on the Mac.
It's up to the game developer to support Linux however.
I repeat what I said before in another post:
Not only that but if you think on it, Valve can actually create a dedicated gaming platform using Linux (with dedicated hardware or not). Steam on Linux might just be the entry point for it.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2896153&cid=40218485 [slashdot.org]
This increasing interest of Valve on hiring Linux based platform developers seems to be going in that way.. : )
The only motive where this makes sense to me is because of a dedicated platform using linux. Valve's a great company, but I don't think they'd port to linux just cause 'it's a good thing' to quote John Carmack on his motives for having linux versions of past games. Sadly, even id doesn't do that anymore. What other motive could there be? it's not like the linux market share is growing.
What might make more sense is port steam and these games to android and sell them on the market, but that goes against
I don't think they'd port to linux just cause 'it's a good thing' to quote John Carmack on his motives for having linux versions of past games. Sadly, even id doesn't do that anymore.
John played his part admirably, both in providing the open community with several lovely, pragmatic examples of high performance 3D engine design and in preventing Microsoft from killing off OpenGL as a gaming platform. I think that's enough. We ought to be able to take it from here.
Let's face it, there are three things keeping Microsoft's OS in business: the Office ecosystem, games and 'IT' qualifications that teach people how to use Office and nothing else.
Yes but if game developers start supporting Linux what reason will there be for Microsoft and Apple's software division?
See, I just enjoy Steam for the community. The games are really secondary to what is a top notch social network and built in chat program.
See, I just enjoy Steam for the community. The games are really secondary to what is a top notch social network and built in chat program.
+1 Insane?
Since GP has conveyed his enjoyment of the Steam community, I think the more apt way of wording the same message is "lol u mad?"
That's more or less what Ouya is already trying to do, although scaled down a bit.
Actually, the likelihood would be that Valve would do an x86 based solution with a higher end graphics solution. It will cost more, but it will accomodate the market segment of high end games from big name studios and such that Tegra won't compete with (due to power envelope).
Ouya would aim for cheap and high commonality with tablets and cell phones, which have much tighter power and cost constraints. You'll likely see more interesting independent works on Ouya.
Ouya is definitely aiming for something smaller, sure. People underestimate what you can do with that sort of hardware when it's a fixed platform (the thing has almost as much power as a 360), but it's never going to be considered high-end hardware.
That's not to say that you can't do higher end similar hardware. You throw an eight-core Cortex A15 with an eight-core Mali-T658 at a problem, and you're going to have some decent performance. It'll use an unprecedented amount of power for an ARM SoC, but it's wi
Also, if Valve wants to include an Android environment and make a Valve section of Android games, guess what, it's easier to run ARM transcoding on x86 by miles than it is to try AAA titles on ARM even with 16 Tegra grade GPUs.
Part of me really hopes Intel will see the light and open source libhoudini and related libraries for ARM transcoding on x86.
If it's not tivoised and there's nothing stopping me from removing Steam from it, and it comes at a good price, and it does indeed run XBMC on Android or on Linux itself, then sure, I would buy that. It sounds like a very attractive package. Steam poops on First Sale, though, so poop on Steam.
A MUCH smarter move would be to back some of that giant Valve money truck over to the ReactOS guys. Lets face it folks DirectX won years ago because the kronos group cared more about CAD than they did 3D gaming, but if Valve can get a stable Dx11 running on Linux then they can just do an end run around MSFT, and the ReactOS idea is a good one.
Imagine a gaming Linux that was "clicky clicky" simple when it came to things like drivers without being beholden to MSFT and their retarded dreams of being Apple? Hell if MSFT would have given XP X64 the support they should have most folks would have probably been happy to stay on XP, as RAM limits was the thing that pushed many over and now that they are gonna try to ram a stupid appstore down everyone's throat having an OS that'll run DirectX that valve can control would be a smart move.
Like it or not folks OpenGL just isn't as good as DirectX, its too hacky with all the extensions and its just not been given the love like it had in the late 90s when it looked like it had a shot at the title. if you were to suggest getting rid of kronos and focusing on gaming again? I'd be ALL for it, but it looks like OpenGL is gonna be for the CAD guys more than the gamers. If you really want decent gaming support you'r either gonna have to get both GPU manufacturers to focus a hell of a lot more on OpenGL or you're gonna need DirectX support, simple as that.
Erm... why, exactly, is OpenGL not up to the task? TF2 in DX9 mode on Wine looked* the same as it did on in Windows with native DirectX, though slightly slower... which is understandable due to the realtime translation being done.
(*Until the Pyromania update broke that feature)
Need it be pointed out that DX9 is getting rather long in the tooth and should thus not be considered as a basis for a future platform?
In order to work, it'd have to support DX11, otherwise it won't be future-proofed enough and would fall apart with the next console generation just around the corner.
Sadly, despite the delusional nature of many in the FOSS community, if you look up the history of OpenGL it has been crippled for the better part of a decade by mismanagement by the Kronos group and is far FAR behind DirectX, which DX9 is 2 versions behind friend compared to the much better DX10 and DX11.
You see everything that is bad about FOSS? Cranked to 11 by Kronos. You see they get their funding from the CAD companies who HATE change so the base features have been left at DX7 levels (which is where it
Lets face it folks DirectX won years ago because the kronos group cared more about CAD than they did 3D gaming
Let's face it, you're a trolling FUDster. In case you haven't noticed, OpenGL rules the world at the moment, except for exactly one segment that Microsoft runs as a walled garden (an $8 billion vanity project) and the PC gaming segment from which Microsoft failed to completely evict OpenGL, not for want of trying or lack of expenditure. Every other platform is OpenGL, and those platforms are growing far faster than Microsoft's DirectX segment.
On top of that, DirectX has gone back to being the crappy API. Sure, it was first to move on some necessary improvements to the 3D rendering pipeline and for a time it held a technical lead over OpenGL in some ways. But that is history. OpenGL 4+ is to DirectX as... an Arabian stallion is to a Camel? Sure, Microsoft's Camel can race, but it still smells like a camel.
All smartphones support some form of hardware OpenGL ES acceleration by now and I am not seeing them changing to DirectX any time soon. Considering that there is a huge market in mobile gaming there is plenty of room there. Not to mention that there are more consoles around than the Xbox.
Of course, there is always the chance that Nokia might rise from the dead and infect us all with DirectX Lumia phones. <shudder>
Hell if MSFT would have given XP X64 the support they should have most folks would have probably been happy to stay on XP
IE6 would still be alive and massively deployed. Good riddance! Not to kick it while it's down, but see XP & the rise of botnets. I'm glad it wasn't adopted. Not to mention the improved display driver model [wikipedia.org] first in Vista and also in Windows 7.
and now that they are gonna try to ram a stupid appstore down everyone's throat having an OS that'll run DirectX that valve can control would be a smart move.
I'm glad you mentioned this. I'd like to counter this point by saying that this appears to be what the masses want judged by the success of the Android market place (now Google Play) and the App Store. Joe Sixpack accesses the store from his phone/device, selects
For years you heard the "people wont like linux because they cant go down the store and buy software for it"... As the appstore proves, people actually do love the convenience of the repository model... Now if only all those linux based netbooks had come with a proper distro, a usable repository and a graphical interface to it, instead of the gimped distros they had.
Are you sure about that?
Java games aren't ported to LInux. But, I play those Java games, all the same. Java applications aren't ported to Linux, but I can use any that I care to use. The wife makes extensive use of Java applications on Linux.
Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo may be in for an interesting landscape in 2013.
It's reasonable to assume Valve isn't doing this for the Linux desktop (though they may be doing things in such a way that Linux desktop is covered 'for free'), but likely related to the other rumors of a Steam branded game console.
If Steam gives a console-equivalent experience in a manner similar to their PC platform, it's likely to be as capable as Sony and MS platforms but a lot more approachable. The 'big studios' are likely to be very enthusiastic about it. So the 'AAA' games will likely hit a Valve platform and probably with a bit more aggressive pricing (at first) compared to Sony and MS.
On the low end, Ouya may stir things up significantly.
Sadly more likely the studios other than Valve (EA and Activision, cough cough) will expect, nay DEMAND that the SteamBox be as high or higher than the assrape prices they charge on consoles and will thus screw the whole deal.
Lets face it folks, they sell PC games cheaper because they know the PC gamer can always pirate if they get too damned greedy for too long. Valve has shown with their Steam Sales the way you catch more flies is with honey and the other publishers look at the giant money truck valve gets every Steam sale and want a piece of the pie.
That is the exact opposite of a console, where thanks to being "DRM...in a box" they know Joe Average isn't gonna be able to pirate squat without breaking out a soldering iron and developing some skills, so they can keep the price jacked up longer. it won't matter to the game houses that it is basically a PC, so are the other consoles but the second you put it in a living room they start rubbing their hands together and figuring to the cent how much they can squeeze.
So while i personally would love the hell out of it if Valve pulls it off, as long as they don't abandon us PC Steam users of course, i'd wait until we saw what the other major publishers do. Having Valve games on a SteamBox is all well and good, but if ALL you get is Valve games its not gonna go anywhere.
There are a metric ton of games that are not from EA/Activision that would still be available on such a Steam console. This would, of course, require a lot of devs to port their game to Linux, but Valve would probably offer some sort of motivation (likely a bigger chunk of sales for a certain period of time); I highly doubt EA and Activision care to port in any case, Steam console or not.
And even if they threatened to take all their stuff off Steam (EA has done so in part, anyway), Gabe would just laugh at
a Linux-powered Steam Box in the works? Probably not, given the technical challenges of getting Steam's huge library of DirectX-based games to run reliably on Linux, but it's an intriguing possibility.
I think it's still the most likely suggestion that's been raised so far. Another possibility is arcade machines, I know that industry is kind of whimpering in the corner right now but it's still feasible. Or given the hardware work they've done maybe they're imagining Linux-powered AR gaming? Who knows.
Source engine games will be easy ports, at least.
Because nobody ever ported a game between the XBox 360 (which uses a variant of DirectX) and the PS3 (whose PSGL graphics API is a variant of OpenGL ES) before, right? Many games these days are already running on multiplatform engines that get you the other platforms for free anyhow. Source has already been shown running on Linux, which means any Source game should be an easy port. Unreal runs on anything, and that seems to power most games. Any engine that runs on OS X can probably be adapted relatively ea
also playstation runs a variation on bsd so any playstation games could in theory be ported to linux without much hassle
to lazy to look up the wikipedia article i read about it to site.
Unfortunately, a lot of mac games published since apple went to x86 have just been the windows versions, wrapped in a custom version of wine... Very little in the way of actual porting.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D [wikipedia.org] - Look near the end of the "Current Status" section.
2. Ever heard of Unreal Tournament 2004? How about a little company called Id Software? Perhaps you've heard of some games that are offered on both XBox and PS3?
Given that it seems all Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony will be going with AMD for their next-gen graphics hardware, nVidia will likely be the one to supply graphics hardware for the Steam box (as their Linux drivers are by far the most mature).
As long as you aren't using an Optimus card. Then nVidia's driver support can best be described as "#$%* you!"
I'm interested to see if this means that these newly hired valve devs will be put to improving the now lackluster Linux graphics drivers. In addition, with pressure or cooperation from valve, nvidia or and may also be more likely to improve on their open source / Linux drivers as well. Either way, this is probably gonna be a win win for the Linux / Linux gaming community.
Poaching is the act of taking another persons livestock. The use of the word in this context means the author considers people the equivalent of livestock to the corporate ranchers.
Poaching is also 'the process of gently simmering food in liquid, generally milk, stock or wine', clearly Gabe Newell's hunger for human flesh has must be satisfied... for now...
It's times like this I'm sad when we've got a completely non-DRM store like GOG which is completely overshadowed by something like Steam, where the access to your games are entirely in the hands of Valve and if something fucks up, you can't play. We've now got a generation who believe this is OK, rather than someone older like me who's seen enough issues with such a system to be extremely weary of it.
I guess the only good part is that the number of people who've been fucked by Steam restrictions are probably far and few between, but given the little time most of us have to play games, I don't see why we can't just be fickle and go to non-DRM stores when purchasing games to feed what is ultimately a waste-of-time hobby.
Fair enough. I shall admit that a good portion of not wanting to use Steam is also because I don't have the discipline to avoid those fucking AWESOME sales they keep having (such as now). I have in the past ended up with a significant backlog of games I simply don't have enough time to play, and often were purchased simply because of a good daily deal, even though they end up not being my type of game anyway.
In any case, I guess I feel concern for those gamers who are adamant of ONLY using Steam for all the
Guess I think about the long-term and what-if's too much then. Oh well.
How ever getting Linux people does not imply any change to the game clients.
For Valve to work, and it does, one has to assume it runs on Unix and and in this day Linux is the #1 Unix. So getting Linux developers to make the Valve servers better is a no brainier.
Yeah, but going by the summary, they've just hired game engine and graphics toolkit developers.
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- The story is just a humorous anecdote, a Kraft spokesman says
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he got the ring as a gift
- It belonged to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft
- Putin was handed the ring during Kraft's visit to St. Petersburg in 2005
Russia's president is fighting back: No, he did not steal a Super Bowl ring. And no, he's not rocking the diamond-encrusted prize on his finger, either.
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman denied that the leader kept a Super Bowl ring that New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft wanted back.
Both sides agree that the ring, with its 124 diamonds, changed hands during Kraft's visit to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2005.
The New York Post reported on remarks made by Kraft, 72, at a New York awards gala Thursday.
"I took out the ring and showed it to (Putin). And he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said, according to the New York Post. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."
In the quotes used by the Post, Kraft did not specifically say that Putin stole the ring; the paper characterized his remarks that way in the headline and story. Kraft did say, however, that he had wanted the ring back. "I had an emotional tie to the ring. It has my name on it."
The Patriots' owner said he then received a call from the White House at the time telling him it would be in the best interest of U.S.-Russian relations to claim it was a gift to Putin, the Post reported. Kraft said Thursday he played along.
A few days after the 2005 incident, amid confusion as to whether the ring was a present or was kept by mistake, Kraft issued a statement saying it was a gift.
That's the way Putin sees it, the president's spokesman said Sunday.
"What Mr. Kraft is saying now is weird," Dmitry Peskov said. "I was standing 20 centimeters away from him and Mr. Putin and saw and heard how Mr. Kraft gave this ring as a gift."
The 4.94-carat ring is in the Kremlin's library, where all official state gifts are kept, he said. It is worth more than $25,000, according to multiple reports from 2005.
A Kraft spokesman said Sunday the story is a humorous anecdote that Kraft "retells for laughs."
"He loves that the ring is at the Kremlin and, as he stated back in 2005, he continues to have great respect for Russia and the leadership of President Putin," said Stacey James, a spokesman for The Kraft Group.
"An added benefit from the attention this story gathered eight years ago was the creation of some Patriots fan clubs in Russia," he said.
There is some solace for Kraft, as he also received rings for the Patriots' Super Bowl victories in the 2001 and 2003 seasons.
Super Bowl rings can fetch much more when they are auctioned, depending on who wore them. The 1991 Super Bowl ring of Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor sold last year at auction for more than $230,000. There were rumors Charlie Sheen bought the ring, but the actor denied it.
At least one ring has been used to raise money for charity. In 2008, former Patriots defensive player Je'Rod Cherry raffled off one of his three rings to raise $150,000 for several children's charities.

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This is a fake Farm Bill. It's nothing less than a wolf in sheep's clothing that would dismantle the Farm Bill itself. That's why more than 530 agriculture groups have criticized splitting the Farm Bill like this and why many groups including the Farm Bureau and the Renewable Fuels Association are opposing this bill entirely.
For over two years, I've fought tooth and nail to pass a long-term extension of the Farm Bill. The only way it's going to happen is if Republicans and Democrats support a bipartisan bill. Congress must work together to find common ground not continue playing political games that drive people further apart.


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Pilar Sanders Wants $24k a Month in Child Support..Deion Can't Recall His Income
The good news is that Deion and Pilar came to an agreement about custody of the kids.
That is what is most important.
The interesting stuff though is about the straight cash homie. You could say Deion and Pilar have a bit of a disagreement on money matters.
Deion's take:
- Deion Sanders testified he recently just signed new $1M contract with NFL Network. Says he is contacted during football season only.
- Deion Sanders tells court Pilar took artifacts given to him by Bishop TD Jakes . Deion says he wants them back!
- Deion Sanders testified he makes at least $7500 a month after all taxes.
- Deion Sanders testified he doesn't know how much money he made during 2011 or 2010.
Pilar's Take:
- Pilar Sanders asking for a grand total of $24K a month in support for she & 3 kids.
- Pilar Sanders testifies she believes total value of Sanders estate to be $250 Million.
- Pilar Sanders says she has no income right now, no money.
- Pilar Sanders asking for $2K a month for food & restaurant costs. Says she only buys organic produce, free range chicken for kids.
- Pilar Sanders also asking for $450/mo for personal care, $500/mo for school lunches, $1000/mo entertainment, $750/mo child care.
- Pilar Sanders says she is looking for jobs. Says her looks are what make her marketable. Says she models, acts.
- Pilar Sanders says was paid for work on TV shows 'Single Ladies' & 'Football Wives'. Says she considers herself a good actress.
- Pilar Sanders testified last week her friend, Dee Boswell, gave her $40 for gas.
Truth probably somewhere in the middle.
I doubt Deion is worth $250 million like Pilar says, but I am sure he knows how much he makes a year.
Divorce semantics, similar to a NFL contract negotiation and this is just the child support portion, they haven't even gotten to the actual separation of property and stuff.
This is better than Cowboys vs. 49ers.


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Series 1: John Herbert Evelyn Partington. 1864-1899
Subseries 1.1: Correspondence. 1864-1898
Outgoing, 1864-1898
John Herbert Evelyn Partington (JHEP) to Sarah Partington (SP) (from Uppermill), 1865
JHEP to SP (from Wales) , 1869
JHEP to SP (from Crowle near Doncaster), 1871
JHEP to SP (from Hull), 1871
JHEP to SP (from Pont Aven, Bretagne), 1871
JHEP to SP (from Rotterdam, Holland), 1871
JHEP to SP (from Stockport), 1871
JHEP to SP (from Island of Hay, Orkney), 1872
JHEP to SP (from Tygwyn, Wales), 1871-1872
JHEP to SP (from Isle of Wight), 1872
JHEP to SP (from Kelso, Scotland), 1872
JHEP to SP (from Conway), 1873
JHEP to SP (from Howth near Dublin), 1873
JHEP to SP (from Morecombe), 1873
JHEP to SP (from Heysham), 1874
JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester), 1875
JHEP to SP (from Levenshulme, Manchester), 1875
JHEP to SP (from Stockport), 1876
JHEP to SP (from Portrero, Isle of Skye), 1877
JHEP to SP (from London), 1876-1877
JHEP to SP (from Churchtown), 1878
JHEP to SP (from Isle of Man), 1879
JHEP to SP (from Galway and Athlone, Ireland), 1879
JHEP to SP (from Naples), 1879
JHEP to SP (from on board The Algerian on the River Mersey), 1879
JHEP to SP (from Capri), 1879-1880
JHEP to SP (from Pembrokeshire), 1880
JHEP to SP (from Rome), 1880
JHEP to SP (from Tywyn near Conway, North Wales), 1881
JHEP to SP (from Hawkshead, Cumbria), 1882
JHEP to SP (from London), 1882
JHEP to SP (from Portugal and Gibralter), 1882
JHEP to SP (from Tangiers), 1882
JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester), 1880-1883
JHEP to SP (from Isle of Man), 1883
JHEP to SP (from Spain), 1882-1883
JHEP to SP (from Longford Place, Manchester), 1884
JHEP to SP (from Belgium), circa 1886
JHEP to SP (from Manchester), 1886
JHEP to SP (from Stockport), 1885-1887
JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester), 1886-1887
JHEP to SP (from Buxton), 1886
JHEP to SP (undated from Ayr), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated from Isle of Man), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated from Earnshaw's, Eccles), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated from Fanny's), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated from Brasenose Club, Manchester), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated from Coldingham), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated from "My Studio"), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated from Stockport), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (undated and/or from unknown locations) circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (fragments), circa 1868-1888
JHEP to SP (from Oakland and San Francisco), 1895-1898
JHEP to his parents, 1864-1871
JHEP to his children, circa 1880-1895
JHEP to Samuel Bancroft, undated
JHEP to Ambrose Bierce, 1892-1893
JHEP general outgoing, 1890-1892
Incoming, 1880-1897
Samuel Bancroft to JHEP, 1890-1897
Ambrose Bierce to JHEP, 1892-1893
Helen Ray Bierce to JHEP, 1897
Edwin Markham to JHEP, 1897
William Mather to JHEP, circa 1890
Edwin Waugh to JHEP, 1884-1889
General incoming, circa 1880-1897
Unidentified fragment, circa 1891
Other Correspondence, 1890-1891
Letters of Introduction for JHEP, 1890-1891
Letter from Adolph Sutro to Joaquin Miller regarding Partington portrait, 1891
Letter from Henry Read to a Mr. [?] describing the art scene in Denver, 1891
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Notebooks/diaries and loose notes, circa 1885-1890
Notebooks/diaries and loose notes, 1870-1895
Assorted essays and notes, circa 1870-1895
Notes on Salvation Army Meeting, circa 1885
Notes on Gibralter, Genoa, Naples, circa 1879
Notebook from the Isle of Skye, 1877
Notes on Joaquin Miller and camping in the East Bay hills, circa 1890-1898
"California Camp Jottings" notebook, circa 1890-1895
Sketches and sketchbooks, circa 1870-1890
Assorted lectures, writings, and verse, circa 1880-1892
Art Education by JHEP, 1889
Manuscript: Dissertation on Justice (incomplete), circa 1880
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of J.H.E. Partington, Brasenose Club, Manchester (photocopy), 1879
Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition Catalogue, 1881
Clippings scrapbook,
Clippings scrapbook, 1892
Stockport Art School cash book and general clippings scrapbook, circa 1888-1892
JHEP illustrations (clippings) and assorted magazines, circa 1890-1895
JHEP obituary, 1899
Clippings, circa 1891-1895
Manchester Coffee Tavern card, 1882
Manchester Architectural Association invitation, 1889
Presentation to J.H.E. Partington on the Occasion of his Leaving for America, 1890
Holy Bible inscribed to JHEP by teachers and scholars, circa 1890
School of Magazine and Newspaper Illustration (San Francisco) brochure and invitation, circa 1896
JHEP British passport, 1871
Checkbook, 1897
Breakfast Bill of Fare, S.S. Nevada (Liverpool to New York), October 4, 1890
Stockport Art School, circa 1888
Clippings scrapbook on Stockport Art School, circa 1888-1890
Stockport Literary Club Syllabus and clipping, 1889
Biographical details and list of portraits by JHEP and Richard Langtry Partington, undated
Gold medal certificate for Portrait in Oil at California Midwinter International Exposition, 1894
The Land, the Devil and Things in General by Rubens Megilf, circa 1880
Subseries 2.1: Outgoing Correspondence, circa 1868-1908
Sarah Partington (SP) to J.H.E. Partington (JHEP), circa 1868-1888
SP to Blanche Partington (BP) 1902-1906
SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA), 1901-1906
SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA), 1906-1907
SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA), circa 1900-1908
SP to Phyllis Partington (PP) circa 1906-1907
SP to Richard Langtry Partington (RLP), Kate Partington (KP), and Edward Partington (EP), circa 1900-1908
SP letter fragments, undated
Subseries 2.2: Incoming Correspondence, 1881-1908
N. Mottershead (sister) to SP, circa 1881-1891
Grace Sterling to SP, undated
Letters received upon the death of J.H.E. Partington, 1899
General incoming, circa 1890-1908
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Blanche Partington (BP) to J.H.E. Partington (JHEP), 1886
BP to Sarah Partington (SP), circa 1903-1905
BP to Gertrude Partington Albright, circa 1900-1944
BP to Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright, circa 1933-1936
BP to Phyllis Partington, circa 1907-1933
BP to Phyllis Partington, circa 1907-1933
BP to Jack (John) Partington and family, 1908-1948
BP to Jack Partington, Jr. regarding Ambrose Bierce, undated
BP to Evelyn Albright, circa 1914-1949
BP to Edward Partington, 1900-1908
BP to other family, 1902
BP to family (fragments), undated
BP to Samuel, Mary, and Joseph Bancroft, 1894-1915
BP to Juanita Miller (Joaquin Miller's daughter), 1945
BP to Genevieve Rice, 1921
BP to "Izabel" regarding death of George Sterling, circa 1926
BP to George Sterling, circa 1925
General outgoing, circa 1906-1941
Mottershead family to BP, circa 1885-1890
Condolence cards to BP on death of Sarah Partington, 1908
Condolence cards to BP on death of Phyllis Partington, 1933
Atherton, Gertrude to BP, circa 1910
Austin, Mary to BP, circa 1904
Bancroft, Samuel, Mary, and Joseph to BP, 1894-1938
Bender, Albert to BP, 1921
Barrymore, Ethel to BP, 1904
Bates, Blanche to BP, undated
Beel, Sigmund to BP, 1913
Bierce, Albert Sherwood to BP, circa 1900-1913
Bierce, Ambrose to BP 1892-1894, 1913
Bierce, Helen Ray to BP, 1893-1901
Bierce, Lora to BP, 1896-1913, undated
Bonner, Geraldine to BP, 1906
Blaettler, Rudolph to BP, 1941, undated
Bowie, Henry Pike to BP, 1904-1909
Burbank, Luther to BP, 1911
Carter, Leslie to BP, 1904
Casals, Pablo to BP, 1902, undated
Chamberlain, S[amuel] S[elwyn] to BP, 1910
Coolbrith, Ina to BP, 1897-1921, undated
Crawley, Constance to BP, 1904, undated
Dumont, Henry to BP, 1907-1911
Field, Charles Kellogg to BP, 1906
Fiske, Minnie Madden to BP, 1904-1913
Fountain, Grace R. to BP, undated
French, Nora May to BP 1906-1907
Greet, Ben to BP, undated
Gronlund, Beulah (Carey) to BP, 1897
Gronlund, Lawrence to BP, 1895-1897
Harris, Elmer Blaney to BP, circa 1915
Henderson, Victor E. to BP, 1906
Hotaling, Richard M. to BP, 1909-1910
Hyman, Carlton Sydney to BP, 1932
Johns, Cloudesley BP, 1905
Johnson, Martin Elmer, 1931-1932
Johnson, Osa Helen (Leighty) to BP, 1932
"Julia" to BP (regarding Phyllis Partington), 1922
Knapp, Adeline to BP, 1895 undated
Lafler, Henry Anderson to BP, 1904-1906
Lee, B. Virginia to BP, 1927
Lewis, Austin to BP 1906-1907
Locke, William to BP, undated
Loeb, Jacques to BP, 1909
London, Charmian (Kittredge) to BP, 1907-1927
London, Charmian (Kittredge) to BP, 1928-1939
London, Jack to BP, 1903-1915
London, Jack to BP (copy of letter of resignation from Socialist Party), 1916
McNaught, John to BP, 1903-1904
Mansfield, Richard to BP, 1904-1906 undated
Markham, Anna Catherine (Murphy) to BP, 1900
Markham, Edwin to BP, 1895-1899
Marlowe, Julia to BP, 1905
Mason, Redfern to BP, 1913-1916
Maxwell, Elsa Wyman to BP, undated
Michelson, Miriam to BP, undated
Miller, Abigail to BP, 1911-1916
Miller, Henry to BP, 1908
Miller, Joaquin to BP, 1898-1910
Miller, Juanita to BP, 1911 1913
Miller, Lischen M. (Mrs. George Melvin Miller) to BP, circa 1911
Miller, Margaret to BP, 1899
Morrison, Florence Roberts to BP, 1904
Morrow, W.C. to BP, 1900
Mundell, W.A. to BP, 1939-1941
Nakata, Yoshimata (and family) to BP, 1912-1925
Nielson, Alice to BP, 1905-1906
Noel, Joseph to BP, circa 1905
Noguchi, Yone to BP, 1898-1900
Price, Warwick James to BP, 1870-1933
Rix, Alice to BP, 1900
Roselle, Anne to BP, undated
Ross, Peter V. to BP, 1927-1935
Russell, Henry to BP, 1906
Russell, Theresa to BP, undated
Scheffauer, Herman to BP, 1900-1907
Schumann, Heink to BP, 1906
Shaw, Mary to BP, undated
Shepard, Eliza London to BP, 1939 undated
Shepard, Irving and Mildred to BP (re: death of Eliza London Shepard), circa 1941
Shimada, Teru to BP, circa 1930-1937
Sinclair, Upton to BP, 1909 undated
Skinner, Constance Lindsay to BP, 1937
Sterling, Carrie to BP, 1904-1914 undated
Sterling, George to BP, 1904-1905
Sterling, George to BP (transcript copy of letter from Sterling to Ambrose Bierce), 1906
Sterling, George to BP, 1910-1925 undated
Stewart, Nell E. to BP, undated
Takahashi, Kosen to BP, 1899-1902
Letter from Kosen Takahashi to Blanche Partington with photograph. March 29, 1899 BANC MSS C-H 84
Thomas, Eva W. to BP, 1946
Thompson, Vance to BP (letter to Yone Noguchi), 1898
Tobin, Agnes to BP, 1905-1910
Tomlins, William L. to BP, 1895
Vigne, Arturo to BP, undated
Wagner, Harr to BP, 1928
Weil, Oscar to BP, circa 1902-1905
Winter, William to BP, 1905
General incoming, circa 1900-1947
General incoming, circa 1900-1947
Incoming postcards, circa 1895-1947
Other Correspondence, 1890-1923
Letter of recommendation for Blanche Partington, 1890
Correspondence regarding Anne Bremer, circa 1923
Subseries 3.2: Notebooks/Diaries and Notes, circa 1900-1948 circa 1900-1948
Notebooks and diaries, 1894-1911
Notes for The Call music reviews, 1904-1906
Notes for The Call music reviews, 1906 undated
Notes on Joaquin Miller, 1899
Notes on interviews with Giorgio Polacco, 1905
Notes, assorted, circa 1900-1948
Subseries 3.3: Other Papers, circa 1890-1940
Japan Society of America, circa 1909
India Famine Relief Fund, circa 1905
Yosemite Stage and Turnpike card, 1901
Invitation to Longsight Liberal Club dance (Stockport), 1890
Musical performance programs (Oakland, Calif.), circa 1892-1897
Theatrical and musical program scrapbook, circa 1898-1906
Postcard scrapbook, circa 1900-1910
Scope and Content Note
Music reviews, circa 1900-1905
Clippings, circa 1909
Clippings on the Bancrofts (Delaware), circa 1938
Clippings of Blanche Partington's articles, circa 1903-1904
Verse, circa 1900-1940
Manuscript: Diary of Miss Cherry Flower, undated
Manuscript: The Western Renaissance, undated
Manuscripts and notes, assorted, circa 1910-1930
Manuscript: Observations from a Go-Cart, undated
Manuscript: On the Porch at [Kyoto], undated
Manuscript poem: The Camels are Coming, undated
Manuscript: The Comet that Was: A Brief Comment on Hale's Magazine, circa 1899
Article by Blanche Partington (A Quartet of Heddas), circa 1900
Twenty Minutes of Reality by Margaret Prescott Montague, 1916
Christian Science, circa 1900-1934
Series 4: Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright. circa 1876-1957
Subseries 4.1: Correspondence. 1894-1954
Outgoing, 1894-1954
Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA) to Sarah Partington (SP), 1899-1902
GPA to Sarah Partington, 1903-1913 undated
GPA to Blanche Partington, circa 1889-1941
GPA to Phyllis Partington, circa 1900-1933
GPA to Kate Partington, 1902 1906
GPA to Jack (John) Partington and family, 1905-1951
GPA to Edward Partington, 1900-1905
GPA to Evelyn Albright, circa 1934-1940
GPA to Samuel Bancroft, 1900-1911
General outgoing, circa 1900-1940
Outgoing fragments, undated
Incoming, 1894-1954
Albright, H.O (Toddy) to GPA, circa 1907-1940
Bancroft, Samuel to GPA, 1900-1915
Bierce, Ambrose to GPA, 1894
Hall, Sharlot M. to GPA, 1902
Kidlin (Elizabeth S. Bond) to GPA, 1903-1906
Kidlin (Elizabeth S. Bond) to GPA, 1903-1906
London, Charmian to GPA, 1927-1936
London, Jack to GPA, 1904
Sterling, Carrie to GPA, 1905-1913 undated
General incoming, circa 1900-1954
Incoming postcards, circa 1900-1907
Herman Oliver Albright (HOA) Correspondence, 1898-1945
HOA to Blanche and Sarah Partington, 1907-1908
HOA incoming, cirac 1905-1945
HOA incoming postcards, circa 1898-1910
Sterling, George to HOA, 1904 1912
Sympathy letters to HOA on death of Kate Peterson, 1907-1908
Subseries 4.2: Other Papers. 1876-1957
Family documents, circa 1876-1939
H.O. Albright birth certificate, 1876
H.O. Albright and Kate Peterson marriage certificate, 1905
Gertrude Partington biography, undated
Gertrude Partington obituary, 1959
H.O. Albright material regarding exhibitions and awards, circa 1931-1947
H.O. Albright's Yosemite, 1954
Inventory of the Albright home at 1507 39th Avenue, San Francisco, undated
Gertrude Partington illustrations and reproductions of paintings, circa 1896-1920
Gertrude Partington bronze medal from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
Gertrude Partington exhbition catalogs and programs, 1908 undated
Gertrude Partington writings, circa 1957
Article on Western Etchers from Sunset Magazine, 1908
Gertrude Partington manuscript: Thoughts in a Redwood Grove, 1959
Gertrude Partington poems, undated
Gertrude Partington diary/notebook, 1892 undated
Letter asking permission for Gertrude Partington to board the steamer Newport to make a sketch, 1898
Gertrude Partington clippings of newspapers illustrations by GPA and Richard Partington, circa 1895-1900
Gertrude Partington clippings, circa 1895-1915
Gertrude Partington clippings, assorted, circa 1895-1905
Gertrude Partington clippings scrapbook, circa 1910-1925
The Burro Book (publication from S.M. McCandless, Pueblo, Colorado), 1900
Series 5: Phyllis Partington. 1897-1933
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 5.1: Correspondence. circa 1897-1933
Outgoing, circa 1897-1933
Phyllis Partington (PP) to family (Dear Folks...) from New York, circa 1897-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Italy, circa 1914-1914
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Delaware, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Paris and London, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Saint Louis, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Philadelphia, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Chicago, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Switzerland, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Mexico, 1920
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Spain, circa 1926
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Boston, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from various places in the United States, circa 1913-1933
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from various places in Europe, circa 1913-1933
(PP) to family (Dear Folks...) from unspecified places, circa 1913-1933
PP to Blanche Partington, circa 1900-1930
PP to Gertrude Partington, circa 1900-1930
PP to H.O. Albright (Toddy), cirac 1904-1905
PP to Jack (John) Partington and family, circa 1924-1933
PP to Edward Partington, 1910
PP to Dixie, undated
PP to family (fragments), circa 1913-1933
PP to Samuel and Joseph Bancroft, 1910-1914 1931
General outgoing, undated
PP Christmas cards, undated
General outgoing (fragments), undated
Incoming, circa 1900-1933
Bancroft, Samuel and Joseph to Phyllis Partington (PP), 1907 1910 1914-1930
Dixie to PP, undated
London, Charmian (Kittredge) to PP, 1924 undated
Scheffauer, Herman George to PP, 1903
Sterling, George to PP, 1902
General incoming, circa 1900-1933
Incoming postcards, circa 1900-1907
Subseries 5.2: Other Papers, circa 1900-1933
Biography, circa 1920
Obituary clippings, 1933
Passports, 1923 1926
Frances Peralta publicity and programs, circa 1911-1930
Frances Peralta posters, brochures, flyers, circa 1911-1930
Frances Peralta clippings (Gypsy Love), 1913
Frances Peralta clippings (Aida; Seattle), circa 1917
Frances Peralta clippings (Ravinia, Illinois), 1921
Frances Peralta clippings (Henchman; Detroit), 1927
Frances Peralta clippings (Carmen; Saint Louis), circa 1929
Frances Peralta clippings (Huntington, West Virginia), circa 1929
Frances Peralta clippings, assorted, circa 1913-1930
Frances Peralta clippings, assorted, circa 1910-1930
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook, circa 1905-1912
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook, circa 1917-1927
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook (Los Angeles and San Francisco performances), 1927
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook, circa 1924-1929
Series 6: Other Partingtons. circa 1900-1987
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 6.1: Jack (John) Partington and Family. circa 1905-1984
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Sarah and Blanche Partington, circa 1905-1909
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Blanche Partington, circa 1920-1948
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Gertrude Partington and H.O. Albright, circa 1930-1955
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Phyllis Partington, circa 1924-1932
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Evelyn Albright, circa 1930-1984
Correspondence between Jack Partington, Sr. and Jack Partington, Jr., 1936-1942
Other correspondence, circa 1930-1979
Jack Partington, Jr. school essays, undated
Jack Partington, Jr. obituary, 1987
Inger Partington ephemera (including Panama-Pacific International Exposition Admission Coupon Booklet), 1900-1915
Subseries 6.2: Richard L. and Ida Partington. circa 1890-1957
Richard L. Partington and family letters to Blanche Partington, circa 1900-1928
Richard L. Partington and family letters to Phyllis Partington, circa 1906-1907
Richard L. Partington and family letters to Sarah, Gertrude, and Jack (John) Partington, 1908-1925
Richard L. Partington outgoing to Mr. Tewson, 1926
Bierce, Ambrose to Richard L. Partington, circa 1900
General incoming, 1890
Biographical, circa 1957
Sketches, circa 1890-1910
Clippings, 1897-1929
Subseries 6.3: Kate Partington. circa 1900-1915
Kate Partington letters to Sarah Partingon, circa 1902
Kate Partington letters to Blanche Partington, circa 1902
Kate Partington letters to Gertrude Partington, circa 1900-1915
Kate Partington letters to Edward and Phyllis Partington, circa 1900-1907
Letter fragments, circa 1902
Bierce, Ambrose to KP, 1904
Hall, Sharlot M. to KP, 1903-1904
Scheffauer, Herman George to KP, 1904
Subseries 6.4: Edward Partington. circa 1900-1906
Edward Partington letters to family, circa 1900
General incoming, circa 1906
Subseries 6.5: Hedwig Evelyn Albright. circa 1930-1984
Hedwig Evelyn Albright letters to Gertrude Partington and H.O. Albright, circa 1930-1940
General outgoing, circa 1930-1984
Condolence cards on death of mother (Gertrude Partington Albright), 1959
London, Charmian to HEA, 1939
Shimada, Teru to HEA, 1931 1960
General incoming, circa 1930-1980
Poems, writings, undated
Legal documents, 1935-1955
Miscellany, circa 1930-1980
Series 7: Family Subject Files, Postcards, and Miscellany. circa 1895-1950
Scope and Content Note
Subject file: Bierce, Ambrose, circa 1922-1936
Subject file: Bierce, Helen Ray (wedding announcement), 1902
Subject file: Anne Bremer (tribute by Witter Bynner), 1930
Subject file: French, Nora May, 1907
Subject file: Gronlund, Lawrence (wedding announcement and Fabian Society document), 1895
Subject file: Hay, John (on Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), 1898
Subject file: Johnson, Martin, circa 1930-1940
Subject file: London, Jack, circa 1913-1916
Subject file: London, Jack (clippings), circa 1905-1915
Subject file: London, Jack (Overland Monthly Tribute to Jack London), 1917
Subject file: London, Jack (Yoshimatsu Nakata (Jack London's valet) diaries (2), circa 1908-1910
Subject file: Markham, Edwin, 1898
Subject file: Miller, Joaquin (clippings regarding death), 1913
Subject file: Noguchi, Yone, circa 1920
Subject file: Scheffauer, Herman, circa 1904-1912
Subject file: Sinclair, Upton (What Life Means to Me pamphlet), undated
Subject file: Sterling, Carrie, undated
Subject file: Sterling, George (poems, tributes, clippings, incoming postcards), circa 1900-1928
Miscellany: unidentified Partington family correspondence, circa 1880-1950
Miscellany: family calling cards circa 1890-1920
Miscellany: general, circa 1900-1950
Postcards: Partington family postcard albums, circa 1895-1910
Scope and Content Note
Postcards: Photocopy of disbound postcard album, circa 1900-1910
Postcards: blank postcards, circa 1890-1930


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- State health officials say the man hospitalized in Indiana with the first U.S. case of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East is improving.
The Indiana Department of Health says in a statement late Saturday that the patient remains at Community Hospital in Munster in good condition and is "improving each day."
The statement also says that as of Saturday, no other cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, have been identified. Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived at the hospital Saturday morning.
The man fell ill with MERS after flying to the U.S. late last week from Saudi Arabia.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI director says the flow of foreign fighters into Syria is growing and poses a threat to national security.
James Comey tells reporters that more and more people are traveling from the U.S. and other countries to Syria -- where officials worry they're becoming radicalized.
Comey says the situation is similar to that in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s. But now more people are going to Syria, and it's an easier country to get to.
Comey says there is a direct link between the conflict in Afghanistan and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a situation the FBI is determined to not let happen again.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Richmond police say a 16-year-old boy assaulted a young girl and killed her 8-year-old brother in their neighborhood.
Neighbors and relatives tell The Richmond Times Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1kzZKQE ) that the 8-year-old boy was trying help his 12-year-old sister and was hit in the head with a brick.
Richmond Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Mary E. Langer said she could not confirm whether a brick was used but police told her the boy, Martin Cobb, suffered severe head trauma.
Martin died at the scene and his sister was taken to a hospital. An aunt of the siblings, Geraldine Pitchford, says the girl is OK.
Police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh said Saturday the 16-year-old boy was charged with murder and strangulation.
FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) -- The father of a 5-year-old Massachusetts boy who was missing for months before his body was found by the side of a highway has apologized at his funeral for not protecting him.
Jose Oliver gave a tearful eulogy Saturday for his son Jeremiah Oliver at the Rollstone Congregational Church in Fitchburg.
Addressing his son's small white coffin, Jose Oliver asked the boy for forgiveness, saying "I am sorry, as a father and as a man, that I could not be there to protect you."
Jeremiah was last seen in September but not reported missing until December. His remains were found last month.
His mother and her boyfriend have been charged in connection with his disappearance, which helped spur major changes in the state child welfare agency.
ELIMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania police say two adults and three children found dead inside a cabin had "toxic levels" of carbon monoxide in their blood.
State police say a propane heater was found inside the cabin where the five people were found Saturday.
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette reports that the bodies were discovered by the cabin owner just before noon Saturday in Lycoming County.
State police say they do not consider the deaths suspicious but the investigation is ongoing.
The two adults were identified as 23-year-old Jacqueline R. Stackhouse, of New Columbia, and 30-year-old Nathan L. Reece, of Muncy. The names of the children -- a 3-year-old boy, a 9-year-old girl and a 4-year-old girl -- weren't immediately made public.
The cabin owner says there had been a friendly gathering the night before.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Authorities say a 19-year-old man shot and killed two Alaska state troopers with an assault rifle as they struggled to arrest his father.
Prosecutors in Alaska charged Nathanial Lee Kangas of the remote village of Tanana with two counts of first-degree murder on Saturday for the deaths of 26-year-old Trooper Gabriel "Gabe" Rich and 45-year-old Sgt. Patrick "Scott" Johnson.
After bail was set, the judge asked Kangas if he had anything to say regarding the bail.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that after a long pause, Kangas replied only "I'm sorry."
Troopers Rich and Johnson, who were not based in the interior community of 238 people, had traveled to Tanana on Thursday to arrest Kangas' father, Arvin, on charges of driving without a license and threatening the village's unarmed public safety officer.
Authorities say the troopers were talking to Arvin Kangas outside his home when he tried to escape inside. The troopers pursued, and a scuffle ensued. Authorities say that as the men were struggling, Nathanial Kangas shot the troopers seven times.
JONESBORO, Arkansas (AP) -- Arkansas police say a man suspected of fatally shooting two people inside a home and a worker at a business has been found dead inside a stopped car.
Jonesboro Sgt. Doug Formon says a man and a 13-year-old girl were killed Saturday afternoon inside the residence in east Jonesboro. Four people -- including two boys -- were injured and were taken to hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee.
Formon says it appeared a family was having a party or gathering.
A few minutes later, authorities responded to a shooting at a business near a U.S. highway where a worker was found shot to death.
The man Formon says is the suspected gunman was found in the driver's seat of a stopped car. It wasn't clear if the gunshot was self-inflicted.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Portland fire officials say they've responded to half a dozen fires set by an unknown suspect in the same neighborhood.
Portland Fire & Rescue says the fires, set early Saturday morning in the Portsmouth neighborhood, included two house fires, two vehicle fires, one recycling bin fire, and one fire of an abandoned chair in a parking lot.
There were also two additional acts of vandalism with rocks thrown at two car windshields in the same neighborhood.
Officials say there were no reported injuries as a result of these incidents.
Investigators have obtained surveillance video showing the suspect in the driveway of a home.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- President Barack Obama will travel to Arkansas on Wednesday to visit communities that were hit by a deadly tornado.
The White House says the president will survey the damage from last Sunday's tornado and meet with families who were affected, first responders and recovery workers.
The tornado killed 15 people and destroyed hundreds of homes as it cut an 80-mile path through Arkansas.
The Obama administration has already designated hard-hit Faulkner County as a major disaster area. The National Weather Service has said the twister was a "high-end" EF4, with winds reaching 166 mph to 200 mph.
This will be Obama's first trip as president to Arkansas, a state he lost in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and where he remains unpopular.
EATONTOWN, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey family whose terrier-pitbull mix escaped from their backyard during Superstorm Sandy went to an animal shelter this week to adopt a new pet and came home with their old dog.
Chuck James tells The Asbury Park Press that his family searched for their brown-and-white dog named Reckless for months after the October 2012 storm before finally giving up hope.
The family of five went to the Monmouth County SPCA on Thursday to adopt a new animal. James says he and his wife got teary-eyed when they approached the first cage and saw Reckless inside.
SPCA officials say Reckless was picked up as a stray and has now been microchipped.
The family is living in a hotel while their storm-damaged Keansburg home is repaired.
Obama takes humorous jabs at health care stumble
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Little was sacred when President Barack Obama handed out playful but pointed jabs before a hotel ballroom full of politicians, journalists and media celebrities -- not even his own health care plan.
The annual White House Correspondents' dinner has become a tradition in the nation's capital, promising a black-tie evening of celebrity gazing and humor -- much of it from the president himself.
In a crack about the botched rollout of the healthcare.gov website, Obama said: "In 2008 my slogan was `Yes we can.' In 2013 my slogan was `Control-alt-delete."
Obama said that the health care website launch became one of the year's biggest movies. On a video screen flashed the poster for the movie "Frozen."
Buffett says US firms prosper as economy improves
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Investor Warren Buffett says the U.S. economy continues to improve gradually, and he doesn't think any price "bubbles" are developing.
Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at the company's annual meeting Saturday that American businesses are thriving as is evident in their profit reports.
The fact that interest rates have remained near zero for several years has some investors worried about bubbles forming in prices.
Buffett doesn't see signs that a bubble is forming in bonds or any other assets. But he says it's unusual that rates have remained low this long.
PETA's bid for turkey memorial in Utah denied
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An animal rights activist's request to install a roadside memorial at the site where hundreds of turkeys died in a Utah truck crash has been denied.
The Utah Department of Transportation on Friday rejected the request made by Amy Meyer of Salt Lake City on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, saying it didn't meet the agency's policy standards.
The memorials allow grieving families to memorialize loved ones who die in highway crashes.
KSL reports Meyers argued the condition should be overlooked because turkeys in the factory-farming industry have no living relatives. She proposed that PETA's memorial urge people to "try vegan."
A truck hauling 720 turkeys crashed April 24 on a highway northeast of Provo, killing almost 700 of the birds.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- The bald eagle, the yellow warbler and the peregrine falcon have been joined in the skies above Yosemite National Park by a noisy newcomer: the drone.
Spokesman Scott Gediman issued a statement Friday reminding visitors that federal regulations actually ban the unmanned aircraft, yet that hasn't stopped drone sightings from becoming a nearly daily occurrence in one of the nation's most venerated national parks.
In the last few years, Gediman says, rangers have noticed more of the devices in the park -- buzzing over waterfalls or above meadows -- as guests use them to capture otherwise impossible-to-get photographs of the breathtaking landscape.
As rangers gear up for an increase in visitors during the summer, Gediman says he hopes Friday's announcement -- along with similar advisories on Facebook and Twitter -- will encourage people to leave their drones at home.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A horse with a humble pedigree. A couple of working stiff owners. A 77-year-old trainer with his first Kentucky Derby horse.
Even Hollywood couldn't have made this up.
California Chrome made it look easy on Saturday, pulling away down the stretch to win the Derby by 1 3/4 lengths.
Art Sherman became the oldest trainer to win the Derby, 57 years after he traveled from California as an exercise rider for Derby winner Swaps. He watched that race from the barn area; this time he smelled red roses in the winner's circle.
"It's been a long haul," Sherman said, smiling. "I'm just the same old Art Sherman, except I won the Kentucky Derby."
California Chrome ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.66 and paid $7, $5.60 and $4.20. The chestnut colt was sent off as the 5-2 favorite by the crowd of 164,906, the second-largest in the Derby's 140-year history.
In a sport dominated by wealthy owners and regally bred horses from Kentucky's bluegrass country, this was a victory for the little guys. Owners Perry Martin and Steve Coburn bred an $8,000 mare to a $2,500 stallion to produce the winner of the world's most famous race with their one-horse stable.
"This is just a dream come true and a great birthday present,"' said Coburn, who turned 61 on Saturday.
California Chrome extended his winning streak to five races by a combined 26 lengths. It was the second Derby win for Espinoza, who rode War Emblem to victory in 2002.
"I thought he rode him perfect," said Sherman, a former jockey. "I was riding the last 70 yards with Victor, so I think he was riding two. He had a lot of weight on him, I can tell you that."
Espinoza had California Chrome sitting comfortably in third in the 19-horse field as Uncle Sigh and Chitu set the early pace.
California Chrome made his move on the final turn in tandem with Samraat. It looked like those two would decide the outcome, until California Chrome sped away to become the first California-bred to win the Derby since Decidedly in 1962.
Commanding Curve, a 37-1 shot, rallied for second, with Danza third. Wicked Strong was fourth and Samraat finished fifth.


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Holmgren under Review for remarks made durring Rally on Monday!
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freq019 wrote:I think the 3rd flag was on heath miller for pass interference or holding, I'm not sure. I did notice how the national media is now saying that the steelers earned the win through better play but the refs were horrible. Where as on monday they were saying the steelers were given the win because of the refs. I wonder who smacked them around?
DelPen wrote:So what do they harp on? Two clear holds that would have lead to sacks and a push off that was being called before Jackson caught the ball but the ref missed pulling the flag out the first try. The ONLY questionable call was Hassleback's cut block. But did anyone see the Steelers line hold at all? I didn't. 3 penalties, 2 of them false starts, don't even recall what the 3rd was.
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Natural gas service was disrupted to about 1,000 Consumers Energy customers in Harrison Township Friday afternoon when a contractor, who was installing roadside safety rails along South River Road, accidentally punched through a gas main.
Consumers Energy had to shut down a section of the 6-inch steel gas main so that crews can repair the main and allow access on South River Road, said Dan Bishop, company spokesman.
The service disruption affects homeowners along South River Road, east of Macomber Road, on the following streets: Venetian, East and West Archer, Pardee, Powers, Riverdale, Lakeshore, Moon, Crane, Bridge, Lakeville, Circle, and some homes in the Huron Point Subdivision.
Consumers Power hopes to restore natural gas service to affected customers by Saturday morning. Any customers who have not had service restored by 4 p.m. Saturday should call the utility at 800-477-5050.


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OMAHA, Neb. - Saint Louis sophomore Raymond Lee scored a pair of goals, and the Billikens got an insurance tally from sophomore Robbie Kristo in a 3-1 victory against No. 7 Creighton Saturday night at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Neb.
It was the second straight victory for the Billikens (5-2) and their second win this season against a ranked opponent, having previously knocked off No. 18 Louisville at Hermann Stadium.
Lee, who has missed time this season due to injury, came off the bench tonight and made an immediate impact, scoring late in the first half and early in the second to give the Billikens a 2-0 advantage. His first goal came in the 39th minute off a corner kick started by Alex Sweetin. Kristo assisted on Lee's second goal in the 49th minute when Lee buried a rebound off Kristo's shot.
The Blue Jays (5-2-1) got one back with a goal in the 62nd minute, but Kristo put the game out of reach with an insurance marker in the 83rd minute.
SLU junior keeper Nick Shackelford was sharp in goal, posting eight saves on the night including six in the opening half to keep the CU off the board. SLU out-shot Creighton 17-16 overall and had an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks.
SLU returns to action Saturday, Sept. 29, when Central Arkansas comes to town for Homecoming at 7:30 p.m.. The traditional fireworks display will take place at halftime.
Prior to the match, America SCORES will participate in a nationwide attempt to break the Guiness World Record for number of people dribbling a soccer ball. For more information, visit www.americascores.org/soccerdribble.


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László ANDOR
European Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Speech: The Social Investment Package – focussing on growth and social cohesion
Press conference, Brussels,
20 February 2013
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The European Commission has adopted today a Social Investment Package. This completes the cycle we started with the White Paper on Pensions, the Employment Package of April 2012, continued with the Youth Employment Package in December 2012, and which now ends with the adoption of this Package. These documents have served a triple purpose: they deliver initiatives that had been announced in the Europe 2020 Strategy back in 2010, they respond to the deepening economic and social crisis, and they also prepare for closer coordination of policies within the EU.
There is no doubt that the social consequences of the current financial and economic crisis are very serious. Unemployment has reached an unprecedented level in most Member States. Almost 120 million people in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. More and more people live in jobless households, and many more than before live on the streets. These regrettable trends will not be reversed without changing course. We must act.
Finding the way out of the financial crisis, of course, remains crucial from this point of view. However, modernising welfare states is no less important. This is what today's package is above all aiming at. Member States' social policies need to learn from the best performing European welfare states, to be simpler, to adopt a life-cycle approach, and to work more coherently against gender inequalities.
The Social Investment Package delivers a Recommendation on fighting child poverty, which was a promise since launching the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion, just over two years ago. Reducing inequality at a young age by investing in early childhood education and care must be a shared commitment of all our national governments.
The Package also delivers a report on active inclusion, which has been at the heart of EU social policies in recent years, based upon adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality services.
The package also includes a number of analytical documents, for example on homelessness and health care reform. We are also calling on Member States to use their social budgets more efficiently and more effectively to better respond to the crisis.
The Commission will be closely monitoring the performance of individual Member States' social protection systems as part of the European Semester. At the same time, we are offering guidance on how best to use EU financial resources, notably from the European Social Fund, to boost social investment. This can serve a variety of actions,such as providing better childcare, tackling early school leaving, improving the quality of training and job search support and making health care more accessible.
The Commission has proposed that at least 20 per cent of total European Social Fund resources in each Member State shall be used for promoting social inclusion and combating poverty. We also proposed that the ESF should be endowed with at least 25 per cent of cohesion policy funding. And this is, actually, the best time to recall this important proposal, given the forthcoming negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council about the Multiannual Financial Framework.
At the EU level, the European Social Fund is the main source of social investment. The Fund can also leverage other financial resources for the same purposes. Ensuring that the ESF has adequate resources, as proposed by the European Council, and improving the efficiency of ESF investments, are equally important objectives.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Social investment is key if we want to emerge from the crisis stronger, more cohesive and more competitive. Member States need to shift their focus to investment in human capital and social cohesion. By investing now, Member States can avoid paying a much higher financial and social bill in the future.
We have, unfortunately, seen examples when social expenditures have been decimated in the name of competitiveness, or similar misguided ideas. Short-sightedness, however, can be very costly. We should not overlook what President Barroso emphasised in the State of the Union address last September: "It is precisely those European countries with the most effective social protection systems and with the most developed social partnerships that are among the most successful and competitive economies in the world."
The Social Investment Package does not address all aspects of social policies in the EU. Nevertheless, in the current environment, we expect it to connect with discussions on the future of the welfare state in Europe and on the European Social Model. Together with the Irish Presidency of the Council, we are planning a major conference about the Social Investment Package and its contribution to the improvement of social policies in the EU, to be held in the Spring period.
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5k Reindeer Fun Run and Walk
The LLS Corporate Team
Sunday, December 16, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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5k Reindeer Fun Run and Walk
Day of registraion available. Cash enouraged, cards accepted.
Join us for a 5k fun run and walk including Santa, his reindeer and even some of his little helpers!
The official event will start at Presidio Sports Basement and complete a 3.1-mile loop through the presidio finishing in front of Sports Basement. After the event there will be bagels, coffee, and hot chocolate inside the store that you can enjoy while receiving 15% off all of your holiday purchases.
Do you have a little one in your life who wants to join in the festivities? Bring them along. We have a1-mile trot for Santa's Little Helpers at 9am and race staff will be available for child-care (and pictures with Santa) while you enjoy your 5k.
COStUMeS? Encouraged.
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8:00am: Race Bib Pickup and Registration
9:00am: 1-mile trot for Santa's Little Helper
9:30am: 5k run for Prancer, Donner, Blitzen, & Rudolph
10:00am-12:00pm: Post race food, hot chocolate and coffee inside Sports Basement in the community area. There will also be a shopping party. With your race entry you'll get 15% off at Sports Basement all day!!!
*Proceeds from the race will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training corporate team. We have a goal of raising $30,000 to beat cancer - help us get there!
Not able to attend? Check out our fundraising page to make a tax-deductible donation for 2012: http://pages.teamintraining.org/sf/nikewhlf13/LLSStaff
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LEBANON, N.H. — Mascoma Corp. has signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to assist in the design, construction and operation of a commercial-scale hardwood cellulosic ethanol plant in Kinross, a former Air Force base along I-75 between St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie.
The cooperative agreement provides for up to $80 million in DOE funding, in addition to $20 million in funding previously awarded by the DOE related to research and development for this project.
This agreement includes a cost-sharing arrangement under which the DOE will contribute to the costs for construction of the Kinross plant, and the balance of the construction costs will be funded by Valero Energy Corp. and a grant from the state of Michigan.
"This DOE award is a significant milestone for Mascoma, and the biofuels industry, as it completes the financing for the development and construction of a first-of-its-kind 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Kinross," stated Bill Brady, president and CEO of Mascoma. "We are excited to apply our proprietary consolidated bioprocessing technology platform to produce cellulosic ethanol on a commercial scale and thereby provide a low-cost, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based products."
The Kinross facility will use Mascoma's proprietary CBP technology platform, which has been developed by Mascoma over the past five years, to convert hardwood pulpwood into ethanol. Hardwood pulpwood is a selectively harvested, naturally regenerated feedstock and is an underutilized, abundant resource in the surrounding area. Construction of the Kinross plant is anticipated to start in the next three to six months and is expected to be completed by year-end 2013. Kinross Cellulosic Ethanol LLC, a joint venture formed by Mascoma and Valero, will develop and operate the Kinross plant.
"Biofuels hold great potential, not only for reducing our dependence on foreign oil, but also for creating new jobs and economic opportunities for America's rural communities," said Valerie Reed, acting biomass program manager of the DoE's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. "The cooperative agreement between Mascoma and the DOE will enable the construction of a new commercial-scale advanced biofuels facility, and the only one using CBP technology. It is indeed a significant step towards meeting America's energy challenges with cost-effective and sustainable bioprocesses."
Added Michael Ladisch, chief technology officer of Mascoma, principal investigator for the DoE award and professor at Purdue University: "Mascoma is honored to receive this award and we are fortunate to have such a strong partnership with the DOE for the Kinross project. We look forward to the continued support from and collaboration with the DOE."
Mascoma is a renewable fuels company that has developed innovative technology for the low-cost conversion of abundant biomass. Using its proprietary consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, technology platform, Mascoma has developed genetically modified yeasts and other microorganisms to reduce costs and improve yields in the production of renewable fuels and chemicals. Mascoma's first commercial application of its CBP technology is its Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT, yeast product, which is a "drop-in" substitute for existing yeasts designed to improve the economics of corn-based ethanol production. Mascoma is pursuing other commercial applications of its CBP technology and is working with collaborators to develop and construct commercial scale facilities to convert hardwood pulpwood to cellulosic ethanol.
lets get busy on dis eh….
"'Biofuels hold great potential, not only for reducing our dependence on foreign oil, but also for creating new jobs and economic opportunities for America's rural communities,' said Valerie Reed, acting biomass program manager of the DoE's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy."
I'm not impressed with this "potential." This multi-million dollar project addresses Michigan Upper Peninsula jobs issues and foreign oil dependency issues but ignores the elephant in the room – carbon-based fuels contributing to climate change. This sounds like a politically derived project to me and seems like localized progress at best and another push towards the tipping point at worst.
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KQED World: Sun, Dec 16, 2012 -- 11:30 PM
For over 100 years, coffee has been fundamental to the economy of Nicaragua. But the wars of the late 1970's and the 1980's all but destroyed the country's reputation as a premier producer of quality beans. In The Price of Coffee, Nicaraguans strive to achieve their former place in the hierarchy of coffee producers. This story provides a backdrop not only to illustrate the complicated process of bean to cup but the social issues of economic and environmental sustainability in the worldwide coffee market.
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- KQED World: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 -- 5:30 AM


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text: I think this also has alot to do with how bad Rex looks in some of his press conferences. Besides being too nice a guy to throw his players under the bus, he is not comfortable with Lying. Guys like Belichek and Parcells have no problem looking the reporters in the eye and lying through their teeth. Ryan starts to squirm and dance around inconvienient truths, like when asked if he still believes Sanchez can be a winning QB


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Are You in Denial About Your Weight?
Aug. 2, 2012 — The next time one of your friends asks if he or she looks like they put on some weight, you may want to consider being honest with them — even if the answer is yes.
If so, you will be doing your part to help break through our collective denial about our tendency to gain weight. A new study suggests that most of us are clueless about whether we are gaining or losing weight. The findings appear in Preventive Medicine.
Many study participants said they lost weight from 2008 to 2009, but in fact, they gained. On average, adults were off by a pound, but that can really add up over the years, as can the health consequences associated with weight gain.
"We were surprised and alarmed," says researcher Catherine M. Wetmore, PhD, of the the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle. "One way we can all address the obesity epidemic is through self-awareness of body weight and changes over time."
The findings also have public health implications. If participants' reported weights were true, then the obesity epidemic would have declined instead of gone up.
Why are we in such denial?
"It may be related to optimism or vanity or a real lack of awareness of changes," she says.
Still, not everyone has their head in the sand. "Women do a better job than men of gauging changes in their weight, and younger people are more on target than older adults."
Adults older than 50 were off by more than 2 pounds a year, and people with diabetes were off by about 4 pounds per year, the study shows.
"Being overweight or obese increases our risk for all sorts of chronic health conditions and medical costs, Wetmore says. "We need to do a better job of monitoring changes in our weight."
Everyone Lies (About their Weight)
Denial is not all that uncommon, says Louis Aronne, MD. He is the founder and director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. "We know that people underestimate their weight and overestimate their height, so people think they are taller and thinner than they are."
This may well contribute to the rising rates of obesity. "We are not as sensitive as we think to changes in our weight," he says.
How can we cut through the fog? For starters, weigh yourself on a regular basis. You can also tell if you are gaining or losing weight by how your clothes fit.
"Don't wear stretch clothes," he says. "Put aside some [healthy weight] clothing and wear it once a week to see if it is getting tight."
If the numbers start to climb and your jeans are starting to feel snug, it may be time to make some changes.
Article source: http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20120802/are-you-in-denial-about-your-weight?src=RSS_PUBLIC


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"Nooo, I have not had implants," said Palin. "I think a report like that is about as real and truthful that Todd and I are divorcing or that I bought a place in the Hamptons or that Trig is not my own child.Come on, Sarah, don't put down bloggers generally. And don't put down talking about breasts generally. I reject the idea that breasts belong at the bottom of the list of things to talk about. Breasts are important. They mean something. Let's not minimize their significance in our culture. They are the subject of many journals, books, and movies. I have taken my knocks for talking about the meaning of breasts in politics (though, of course, the knockers were my political opponents, motivated to squelch what was a criticism of Bill Clinton, whose attraction to Lewinskis was well-known ). So I will talk about breasts, and it's not at all for lack of better raw material. Breasts are big! Let's talk about them!
"And we still put up with that garbage, too."
Speculation was rampant after photos of the former Alaskan governor at the Belmont Stakes showed her looking a little more buxom than usual.
"'Boobgate' is all over the Internet, because there are a lot of bored, idle bloggers and reporters with nothing else to talk about," Palin said in the interview.
Now, speaking of breasts and bloggers, what amuses me — aside from the endless obsession with Sarah Palin, specifically, and with the physical aspects of female politicians, generally — is the low level of knowledge of breasts on the part of the Boobgate bloggers. They didn't seem to realize that different bras and different kinds of shirts and jackets affect the way breasts look. A woman can draw attention to her breasts or downplay them. In professional settings and for political appearances, women tend to wear jackets. Even when jackets are fitted through the midsection, they flatten and disguise the curve of the chest. That's the point: to blunt the point.
By contrast, the contour of the breasts is accentuated by a knit top — especially if it's thin, clingy, and light-colored, like the one Sarah Palin wore to the Belmont Stakes. And when a woman wears such a shirt, it's particularly easy to perceive the existence of nipples. Everyone knows they are in there, but reasonably modest women — like Sarah Palin — try to avoid the nipple protrusion of the sort you can see in this photo of that woman who's suing her ex-employer for objecting to the way she dressed for work. The way to do that — and I laugh at people who write about breasts but don't know this! — is to wear a bra with a reasonably thick layer of foam padding.
I feel sorry for the bloggers who know so little about breasts that when they saw that Palin photograph, their first explanation was surgery. Before you think scalpel, think Occam's razor: the simplest explanation is most likely. Palin was wearing a t-shirt and a t-shirt bra. Now, go, get a life, and some real experience of your own in this fleshly world, you blogger losers.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis would like quarterback
"He doesn't have to go into the season and worry about this contract thing, every week someone is going to ask he a question and then it gets to there and then are you franchising — all those things that come into play later on. Let's get it behind us. Let's get something that works for everyone and enables us to keep tackles in front of you, receivers on the outside, and guys on the other side of the football so it works for everybody. "
Lewis' comments come on the heels of Bengals president Mike Brown talking about the club's effort to get Dalton locked up because of the high price and how it hinges on putting together the rest of the roster under the salary cap. Lewis said he thinks Dalton realizes how important the timing is and how critical it is to keep the team together.
"I think he gets it. But at some point you got to push everyone else to get it. Hey, this is what's best for me long term so I am not maimed," Lewis said. "If you can make this much money for this many years as opposed to this much for two years because you are maimed — and you see it. Look at the quarterbacks that keep changing teams and they are guys that got thrown in as young guys and weren't protected. There's one on the street right now. When you are not protected at that position as a young player you start seeing ghosts. We've been good to protect our young player at that spot time and time again so he can perform him job and prosper."
Like Brown before him, Lewis said the Bengals are embracing Dalton as the quarterback of the future despite three brutal post-season appearances. Those games are juxtaposed against a 30-18 regular-season record and a franchise best 33 touchdown passes this past season.
'Because he's done what most people haven't ever done," Lewis said. "He's taken a team to the playoffs three years in a row from a rookie on. He continues to ascend and get better."
On other topics, Lewis said he realizes with just a one-year extension, the heat may very well be on him to win his first playoff game to keep his job.
"I think that's important, yeah. Mike and I both understand that. You always have to win this year. Look around. It's the nature of the business," Lewis said.
Asked if this might be it if he doesn't win a post-season game, he offered, "Could be. Can't tell that."
Lewis also said he read the Ted Wells report that documented the Richie Icognito-Jonathan Martin mess in Miami and said he was "appalled." He believes he has enough leaders in Cincinnati that it wouldn't happen. Former Dolphins tackle Jake Long, he noted, had left the team by that time.
"The thing I thought was interesting in that was Jake Long was never mentioned. Who interviewed Jake Long? When he was a Miami Dolphin he was in charge. So that didn't really go on to that extent," Lewis said.
"I think you have to have leadership in place throughout your team that understands what our focus here is to win football games. Our focus is if that is our starting tackle to have him feel as good about himself as he can feel each and every day because that is a big, strong man that has to go and block big, strong men. So we certainly don't want to tear him down and expect him to go out and battle with us on Sunday. This doesn't work. You can't belittle him and expect him to do things he does."
But the story of Lewis' 66-minute sitdown with the national media was his take on Dalton. It didn't get contentious, but as one reporter told Lewis, he sounded defensive defending his embattled quarterback.
"I'm tired of answering questions about Andy that doesn't make any sense. Andy has done a fine job for us. We all want to be better. Once he does that all the rest will go away," Lewis said. " He's being compared with Drew Brees, he's being compared with (Aaron) Rodgers, guys that didn't get the chance to play until later on. They sat and watched.
"We had to throw Andy right in right away and I think he's done a really good job and will continue to get better. Until he proves he won't. He's done for the most part what we've asked the quarterback to do and that's take care of the offense. We put a lot on our quarterback and take care of the ball. We are only as good as our last time out when we lost that game so everybody feels that way right now, unfortunately."


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Beautiful long strand blue beaded necklace with a bigger blue medallion and several silver mesh accents on a rhodium plated small chain link necklace.
The Danisa Sellers, LLC., brand stretches clear across the globe, with offices and affiliates in Ohio to hubs in Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia. The main connective force uniting all of the various locations, however, is the notion of family. Everyone who is employed by Danisa Sellers, LLC., is treated as an integral part of a strong family unit, dedicated to producing quality goods that will reach the homes and hearts of families from every continent and culture.


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They may not face many in New Zealand, but Kiwi children rate dangerous animals as their biggest fear.
And when our kids grow up, they want to be professional athletes, according to a global survey.
But children in developing countries want to become people who help meet the the basic needs of their community, such as teachers, doctors, nurses or dentists.
The third annual Child Fund Small Voices, Big Dreams survey was released today in conjunction with Universal Children's Day.
More than 6200 children across 47 developed and developing countries - including 720 from New Zealand - were asked about their hopes, dreams and fears and their thoughts on the environment.
Despite 60 per cent of Kiwi kids experiencing earthquakes, they said they were more concerned about pollution than natural disasters.
And when they were asked what they were most afraid of, dangerous animals trumped violence and crime, the world ending and the dark.
Alex Gordon, 10, doesn't like spiders - especially when they get too close or try to bite you.
The student at Kauri Park School on the North Shore said he also didn't like the dark. But that's because "you can't see properly so you can stumble into things and hurt yourself", he said.
Violence and crime is the top fear of children in war-torn developing countries such as Afghanistan (30 per cent) but in Sri Lanka, children most feared ghosts (40 per cent).
Shona Jennings of ChildFund NZ said Kiwi kids' fear of dangerous animals was one of the most surprising results of the survey.
And when Alex grows up, he wants a part-time job as an actor and to also be an architect. But classmate Stella-Rose Pirie-Marsters, 11, wants to be a netball player.
In New Zealand, 18 per cent said they wanted to be a professional athlete. Children in developing countries, though, most want to work in medicine.
Kiwi kids v the world
If you could grow up to be anything you wanted, what would you be?
* NZ: Professional athlete 18 per cent
* All developed countries: Professional athlete 19 per cent
* All developing countries: Doctor/nurse/dentist/healthcare provider 27 per cent
What are you most afraid of?
* NZ: Dangerous animals 26 per cent
* All developed countries: Dangerous animals 21 per cent
* All developing countries: Dangerous animals 29 per cent
If you were president or leader of your country, what would you do to improve the lives of children in your country?
* NZ: Provide for basic needs: food/clothing/shelter 32 per cent
* All developed countries: Provide for basic needs: food/clothing/shelter 25 per cent
* All developing countries: Improve education/provide enrichment opportunities 50 per cent


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Question: what would cause a new power steering pump to wine
three new power steering pumps have wined. two of them went out within a six month period. thrid one has made it almost one year
Car Brakes: How Do You Know When to Change Them?
By Zach Bowman For those who suffer a daily commute through heavy traffic, your vehicle's braking system can bring thousands of pounds of metal, plastic and empty Starbucks cups to a stop hundreds of times before you get to work. It goes without saying that these pieces wear out, but they do so slowly, meaning you may not notice they need attention until ...


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Neil Lennon believes he got the last laugh on his doubters after Kris Commons' dramatic late penalty gave Celtic a 2-1 victory over Spartak Moscow at Parkhead to secure a place in the last-16 of the Champions League.
Gary Hooper opened the scoring for the home side, who had to better Benfica's result in Barcelona, in the 21st minute but that was cancelled out by Ari before the break. Then, after defender Marek Suchy conceded a penalty kick in the 80th minute for a barge on Georgios Samaras, up stepped Commons to slam the ball in off the bar.
Kim Kallstrom was dismissed late on for a poor challenge on Commons, who was stretchered off, but a goalless draw at the Nou Camp put the Hoops through after having to negate two qualifying rounds and a tough group stage. Lennon said: "It means the world to me as a young manager in my first year in the Champions League to qualify with 10 points."
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The following is a news release from the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma:
In response to an urgent request of the Oklahoma Governor?s office, Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, near Davis, Oklahoma will soon be the temporary home for thousands of displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina.
?We received a call from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management checking on the possibility of utilizing the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center as a temporary home for hurricane victims,? said Ray E. Sanders, spokesman for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. ?We have responded immediately to the request by coordinating the arrival of as many as 3,000 evacuees by early next week. Falls Creek is host to more than 6,000 youth per week during summer encampments. The American Red Cross will oversee operations of relief efforts. We should have adequate facilities to meet their needs.?
Governor Brad Henry has committed to providing security personnel to supervise safety measures for the relief operations at Falls Creek. There are over 500 trained Oklahoma Baptist disaster relief volunteers in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Teams and the American Red Cross will be responsible for providing meals for the victims. Southern Baptist churches owning cabins at Falls Creek will provide housing for those in need.
In addition to preparing meals at Falls Creek, a 20 member feeding crew with the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Team is already preparing thousands of meals each day for hurricane victims and relief volunteers in Baton Rogue. The team is equipped with an industrial size kitchen on a converted semi-trailer. The Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Team joined with other Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Teams in the disaster area. Together they are preparing over 300,000 meals daily. In addition to the feeding unit, a 17 member Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Team chainsaw crew is working in the hurricane stricken area to clear fallen trees and debris.
Individuals, churches or organizations interested in contributing financially to disaster relief efforts of the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Team may go online at www.bgco.org to make contributions or mail checks payable to Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief to Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief at 3800 N. May Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. One hundred percent of funds received for disaster relief are used for disaster relief. Oklahoma Southern Baptist Churches and their members cover administrative expenses with their contributions made through the Cooperative Program.


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Live Jam: Hosted by the Outlaws, Nov. 27 2012 @ Club Sylk – Kimathi Street
November 22, 2012 at 4:00 pm Njathika 2 comments
Date: November 27, 2012
Venue: Club Sylk – Kimathi Street
Entry: Kshs 300
Featuring: Outlaws, Maia, Nathan, Victor Muli, Abbi Nyinza, and visiting musicians from all over the world
Musicians are advised to bring an instrument for the jam session. Afterwards deejays collins & shirly will rock the after party.
Entry filed under: concerts, dance, events, parties. Tags: club sylk, kimathi street, Live Jam, wakake & the outlaws.
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i am almond upcoming r
b artiste with my single'your smile',i would like to perform at sylk club this wednesday, so shud i come to morrow so that you can listen to my music
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