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I'd love to see Cal. The game at Cal would be interesting - I'd bet the alumni of the area would be out in full force.
Whoever it is, this is awesome news.
I've dissed on Big Ten Media Days today, but here's something of major import:
He said U-M is close to signing an opening opponent for 2010. He said it's a BCS school for a home-and-home series.
Michigan would not be lining up a home-and-home with Duke or whoever, so this is an opponent ranging from decent to excellent. When Boise State popped up as a potential opponent, I scoured the schedules and came up with a list of potential opponents. Those opponents, once more:
TCU and all the "why bother" schools are out since it's a home-and-home. Georgia is not a candidate. Also, Maryland's game against Navy is in Baltimore and thus not moveable. They're out. What about the rest?
Alabama: has already filled out its 2010 schedule, and Penn State is on it.
LSU: Though they need a 12th game they would have to move Tulane and already have West Virginia lined up.
NC State: Open date, but has a real game (Cincinnati) scheduled on 9/4.
Pitt: No conflicts but already has Notre Dame and Miami on the nonconference, with ND on the road.
Oregon State: open date but already have UL and Boise lined up, with Boise on the road.
Arkansas: has only announced their now-annual neutral-site game against A&M.
Cal: Would have to move the Louisiana Tech game but has an open date and no scheduled road games. They do have Colorado lined up.
Oklahoma State: only Tulsa and Troy on the docket right now and nothing on 9/4.
Virginia: already lined up to die at USC, but do they really care about adding a game? No conflicts.
South Carolina: Would have to move a game against Troy and has North Carolina already lined up, but all of their noncon are currently at home.
My bets in order:
Also: Rodriguez confirmed that all the freshmen are ready to go, making Gallon and Turner's status officially official.
I'd love to see Cal. The game at Cal would be interesting - I'd bet the alumni of the area would be out in full force.
Whoever it is, this is awesome news.
definitely drive up from Los Angeles to go to the game. There is a very large Alumni network in the So Cal area and also of course in the Bay Area.
I would expect a big showing.
RR said, "I think everyone is cleared." The freep reported this as everyone being cleared. I'm still not counting on JT until after his results come back.
Cal would awesome! Now that I'm out in the real world, it's been great being frienemies with the other smarty-pants public school grads, and either a Cal or UVa mini-rivalry would be fantastic.
and i'm not really all that surprised. BM has been pushing for the opener to be a decent team for a long time and I think people have been in his ear re: 1-AA and MAC scheduling the last few years. It was pretty clear that he was taking this OOC opponent srsly, to me at least.
but so would OK State or UVA. Any of those three would be amazing and I'm absolutely giddy about the possibilities. I hope this isn't a one time thing we are just trying out and that the athletic department keeps trying to get a big opponent on the schedule.
The one thing that gives me pause is Michigan's penchant for losing anytime we pass the Rockies.
Last time we won a game that took place more than one time zone away: unless I've made a grave mistake, I believe our culprit is Hawai'i (48-17) in 1998.
By the way, that was when Hawai'i went 0-12 and were (appropriately) called the "Rainbow Warriors."
New "Michigan," smaller likelihood of Cal possessing Reggie Bush, Vince Young, etc., may offset that bugaboo. And California is a silly thing to be afraid of. And of the comers, I enjoy the idea of an academically equal institution, if for no better reason than their fans are generally less insufferable.
But until I hear otherwise, the idea of winged helmets on the West Coast gets my heebie jeebies going.
Well, all of those games occurred under Carr's watch, and he tended not to do that well in marquee OOC games in general. Also, the odds were against us in a lot of those: we faced two Pete Carroll USC teams, a Vince Young-led Texas, and played UCLA/Washington when Navarre was a struggling underclassman. 2003 Oregon is the only one that really sticks in my craw.
Considering I'm living in Berkeley for the summer, I'd like the opportunity to begin trash talking as soon as possible.
Cal would be a really tough game to win. The Big 10 in general is really bad on the West Coast. We haven't won out there since 1997 and we haven't won a regular season game out there since 1989. Oklahoma State will be in a severe down year next year. They will probably be a lot easier to beat than people expect.
Yes, but we won't be "out there" until 2011. We should have decent/strong overall team speed by then which I believe is the main reason we kept losing.
Yeah, we haven't won out there since 1997, but we've also only played three games there since then - and two of them were when Navarre was an underclassman.
I have no idea if this has any actual measurable effect, but if we are trying to bolster out-of-midwest recruiting in the long run, it seems to me like it would be nothing but helpful to put in physical appearances around the country outside of bowl-season. Also, it probably won't hurt that our rabid yet sophisticated national fan base will likely come out in droves wherever we end up to help put a face on that "alumni" recruiting point.
As an alum of both schools (Michigan undergrad/Cal grad), I've been dying to see this match up since Mack Brown and Texas snaked their way into the Rose Bowl.
And I'm actually sort of ambivalent about this since honestly I've appreciated not having to pick sides between the two. I suppose at least for the 2010 opener it'd have to be Michigan.
Cal will be deep and experienced in 2010 though (even if Jahvid Best heads to the NFL early), and they know how to play spread teams. Either way they'd be great games.
I wouldn't even have to think 0.0001 sec to know I'd be cheering for Michigan. Did you go to the same games I did? Cal comes nowhere close to comparing to our tradition. It would always irk me to no end when people would call Cal-Stanford "The Big Game." I mean, seriously?
That's fine, but it's not so clear cut for me. Overall I like UM more, but it's close and I could envision situations where I'd prefer a win for Cal (for instance, if a Rose Bowl or NC were at stake for Cal but not for Michigan).
Not to stray too far off topic, but while UM is obviously in a different league as far as tradition goes, Cal's not as bad as people assume. "The Big Game" doesn't have nearly the intensity or national significance of the UM-OSU rivalry, but it's been played since 1892 and has had that name since 1900. Sorry that it offends you that they're sticking with it.
That's an encouraging article. And I actually really hope it's OK State. The Big 12 is the strongest conference involved, and I think it would be a good game - and OK St. is the best team of the 3.
On a different note, I really liked RR's comment about not scheduling any games after OSU. At first blush, it seems like a no brainer, but I like that RR has an understanding of the tradition of the program, and is trying to enrich the legacy rather than change it.
A lot of talk about games with Virginia and Cal as being "amazing" or "awesome". These are fine games, but let's not get too overboard. Games with LSU, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, USC, V. Tech, Florida St. These would be amazing. Cal is pretty good but don't have the tradition behind it. We should bazooka Virginia off the map when we are up and running. Mich-Vir is not going to get the 8:00 ABC time slot it is not amazing.
"We should bazooka Virginia off the map"
Can you do me a favor and look up "upset" in the dictionary?
I'm thinking I agree with you David. It's not like M has been overwhelming the underdogs the last couple years. There have been enough black eyes from the pushovers.
If thing improve in the next 2 years the amount they should, there won't be any problems blowing UVa off the map.
I remember the last time we played UVa. I think it was maybe my freshman year and I was in the band....
Biggest 4th qtr comeback victory in M history. Behind a freshman QB I believe. (could be wrong)
and if we really are going to have a ceremonial opening of the stadium (which we are), then we may just have the game at night (ZOMG! Night GAAAAME!!!!111!!) and it will probably be a national TV game.
There are footings for light stanchions being installed as part of the renovations, but the actual lights are most likely a many years away if/when the skyboxes pay for them
Hell yes! I cannot wait for the press release on the actual opponent
"A nouveau riche looking for a big scalp" is probably the best thing for Okie State. I'd love to see Michigan in their awesome stadium (compliments of T. Boone.) However ,Okie State does not look to be as good next year or in the foreseeable future, as all their stars are NFL-bound (probably) after this year. As an OU fan I hate the T. Boones, I mean Cowboys and I'd love to see Michigan run over, around, and through their flimsy defense any day.
Cal would be cool too.
Pac-10 teams are well known for playing tough non-conference schedules. Big XII teams ... not so much. Cal also has a history of series with Big Ten teams (MSU and Minnesota recently).
Both Cal and OK St. seem like attractive options. They are respectable opponents and located in recruiting hot beds where Michigan would like positive publicity. (Thank you recent Rose Bowl performances)
Oklahoma State would be interesting, the Fighting T. Boone Pickenses have been a decent team and it would be a new opponent. We don't seem to ever really play any of the Big 12 teams in OOC games, the only time we ever see them is in Alamo Bowls.
Okie State could be really good this year, there is a chance the Oklahoma - Okie State game could be the game of the year... I say get them on the schedule.
I realize that these are the most likely schools based on the current schedules but I suspect we might be in for a surprise. This is partly wishful thinking but with the opening of the renovated big house and UM agreeing to a home and home, I personally would like to see a traditional power. It would not be out of the question for a Nebraska or Texas etc., to change a game to accomodate a huge nationally televised game.
This reminds me of choosing Prom dates, except with a little more bloodshed.
I'll be the sole vote for NC State so I can see them in Raleigh in 2011 (or whenever). I'm still disappointed the Michigan-North Carolina match-up never happened. It showed up on the long range schedule ~1999 for 2009-2010, but then disappeared ~2001. Anybody know why it was cancelled? I'd love to see UM crush the Wolfpack.
I would imagine it was because UNC went back to blowing chunks after a couple good years.
I'm down here in Salisbury so I'd gladly make the trek! Heck, them or Virginia and I'm there!
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Didn't Michigan crush NC State in a Moeller-era bowl game? Speaking of bowl games and of a UM-UNC matchup, I can't help but think of Lawrence Taylor breaking John Wangler's leg in the '80 (was it?) Gator Bowl. That and Chris Webber calling time. Doh!
Duke and UCLA. Big wins such as these help put Michigan Basketball back on the radar and has helped recruiting. This is a statement game for Michigan's Football Program-I can't wait. A tip of the cap to Mr. Martin is in order-well done skipper.
...but in this day and age I just can't see Michigan traveling to Stillwater, Oklahoma for a football game. And to imagine a trip to Virginia, I have to squint really hard. I would think that of the ones Brian lists, Cal and Arkansas are the only likely possibilities for a home and home.
LSU would be the most exciting by far.
But I can't imagine what makes Fayetteville more attractive than Charlottesville.
But as far as the possibilities go, I prefer UVa first, Cal second (only because with UVa we have a better chance at sweeping them). These are public universities that are on par, academically, with Michigan, and I always thought it would be good to schedule with those schools preferentially over others.
I don't like the prospect of a home-and-home with Oklahoma State.
Don't bother tipping your cap to Bill. He got forced into this or we'd be playing Madonna University. His scheduling has lead to disaster for Michigan.
is that the Home and Home is with UConn.
Here's another vote for Cal. It's a natural choice - a solid program from another terrific public university, from a conference that we have a long history with, and to boot, they share our color scheme. Let's make it happen.
But I have very good memories from the last Michigan/Virginia game. It was so freakin hot I thought about leaving in the 4th quarter. Soooooooo glad I stayed. Of course, the return trip to Virginia wouldn't be as fun.....
Here's why:
1) b/c Big10+Pac10=4EVER. 'nuff said.
2) b/c, IIRC, ~ 10 yrs ago, UM and Cal signed a contract to play 5 games -- 3 @ UM, 2 @ Cal -- starting in 2008 or so. Said contract was later cxl'd, obv'ly, but may be resurrected now?
3) We haven't had a Pac-10 team as regular season opponent in a few years; we're due.
4) OK, pure speculation, but Google co-founder Larry Page (UM and Stanford alum) pro'ly personally paying for UM to beat stuffing out of Cal? Nah...
We definitely were going to play Cal. I don't know why it was canceled.
Nitpick on #3 - we did play Oregon (unfortunately) in 2007.
Tradition, pac10/big10 and a pretty equal team. I think it would draw a lot of national attention. Oklahoma state would be kinda "meh" in my opinion. Virginia would be great but I would personally still like to see Cal. Going to Cal would also be more exciting than Virginia. Either way next year is going to be one of the most exciting years in a while.
I am surprised that with Arkansas on the list of possibilities nobody has mentioned that they would in all likelihood be led by a certain ex UM qb. Is this a good thing or a bad thing. I am also very curious- as if anyone could possibility know - would the situation make it more likely or less likely to happen.
The first thing i thought of when I read this article was mallet back in the big house. I thought that idea would start a feeding frenzy on here. It would be cool to see one of RR's qb's beat one of carr's. If this couldn't be worked out I would love to see Cal.
Virginia - Not likely seeing that UVA is scheduled to play at Southern Cal on 9-11-2010. The odds of the Cavaliers starting the season playing back-to-back road games against UM and USC are virtually nil.
California - Their current 2010 schedule has Cal opening with two home games--Louisiana Tech (9/4) and Colorado (9/11). You might be able to move the game against LaTech, but I also doubt the Golden Bears are going to start the season with a road game at Michigan followed by a game against Colorado. In 2011, Cal plays at Colorado on 9/10. In 2012/13, they have a home-and-home with Ohio State.
Oklahoma State - There certainly are openings on the Cowboys non-conference schedule in 2010 (Troy, Tulsa) and 2011 (at Tulsa). They've also upped their non-confernce schedule recently with games at Georgia (2007) and at Washington State (2008). OkState opens the 2009 season at home in Stillwater against Georgia.
Arkansas - The Razorbacks has a scheduled series with Texas A&M in 2010 and 2011. The game will be played in Dallas, TX. I find it highly unlikely that an SEC team would schedule both Michigan and Texas A&M in the same seasons when you have LSU, Auburn, and Alabama also on the schedule.
South Carolina - The other USC's 2010 schedule has Troy (9/4) and North Carolina (9/18) on it. As Funky mentioned, the Troy game would have to be moved to accomodate a game in Ann Arbor, but I don't think that's happening. Troy is a classic first-game, warm-up opponent and UNC's program has gotten markedly better under Butch Davis. Add in the SEC East (Georgia, Florida, Tennessee) on the schedule and I have a hard time envisioning Spurrier coming to Ann Arbor with the Gamecocks.
Oregon State - Funky thinks this unlikely, but there's a possibility there. The Beavers do have a home game against Louisville (9/18) and then they play at Boise State (9/25). The scenario here would have the Beavers playing the Wolverines on 9/4 in Ann Arbor, getting a bye week, then playing Louisville, etc.. With five home Pac 10 games, that means Oregon State would have six total in Corvallis. I also understand the Oregon State AD has ties to Michigan, and they did play at Penn State las year. Oregon State has a game at Wisconsin (9/10) in 2011.
Pittsburgh - Not likely to happen. As Funky mentions, Pitt has Miami-Florida and Notre Dame on their 2010 non-conference schedule. In 2011, Pitt plays at Iowa (9/3), Buffalo (9/17) and Notre Dame (9/24). On 9/10/2011, Michigan is scheduled to play ND in Ann Arbor--that's a scheduling conflict right there which drops Pitt from contention.
North Carolina State - As Funky mentions, they have a home-and-home series with Cincinnati for the open Saturdays of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Would they try to change that arrangement with UC in order to get a home-and-home with Michigan? Possible, but not on a high order or likelihood.
Among the teams mentioned above, Oklahoma State looks like the most probable candidate. Other thoughts:
Duke has a home game with Alabama on 9-18-2010. Would the Blue Devils want to open the season at Michigan and then play 'Bama two weeks later? I doubt it.
Baylor has a home-and-home series with TCU and is scheduled to open the season with them in 2010 and 2011. Not likely to change that.
Maryland has a home-and-home series with West Virginia in 2010 and 2011. Again-- Maryland is not likely to play both Michigan and West Virginia in the same season.
Washington State is a possibility in that they have open dates on their 2010 and 2011 schedules. Mississippi State, OTOH, has three of its four non-confernce oppoents lined up (UAB, Memphis, Tulne/Houston) for 2010 and 2011. MiSU not likely.


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DONALD MARK LICHLITER, a Caltrans Tree Maintenance Leadworker was killed in the line of duty on July 23, 2009 when he was struck by a truck as he worked next to his vehicle. Don was a devoted and hard-working public servant, who worked for Caltrans for over 27 years. He was a proud Air Force Veteran. He was known to his family and friends as a colorful character; hardworking and always the first to offer help when needed. He was a Christian man who took pride in providing for his family. Don was member of the American Legion Riders Chapter 263, and enjoyed golfing, motorcycling, hunting and fishing. Don is survived by his wife of 21 years, Mandy, his children Allyson, Nicole Lewis (Gary), Jollene Kelley (Rodney), John Lewis (Sara); and two grand- children. He is also survived by parents Lyle & Carole Lichliter and Don & Ellie Busbey, and siblings Jim, John, Kara & Suzanne.

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Chosen Ones
We managed to get our hands on an advanced copy of next month's T Magazine—courtesy of Friend Of Kempt, PR guru and devil-about-town Steve Rojas—and we couldn't help but notice one of our favorite labels getting the star treatment. Actually, make that three of our favorite labels.
T's designer spotlight features old favorites Commonwealth Utilities and Seavees, but the big surprise is Corpus, a weatherproofed nautical line that landed at Barneys this month, and is just starting to show up in glossy mags. Of course, it's well-timed with the nautical trend, and we're building up our raingear supply just like everyone else—but it's still pretty impressive that they nabbed the pole position.
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The pace of ever-rising college costs has slowed somewhat this year, and students are relying more on private loans rather than grants or other federal sources to finance their education, according to two new studies.
This year, the average tuition for in-state students at public, four-year colleges rose 10.5 percent to $5,132, according to twin studies released Tuesday by the College Board. Last year tuition rose by 13 percent, the first double-digit increase in a decade.
Tuition at two-year public colleges rose 8.7 percent this year to $2,076, and at private colleges rose 6.0 percent to $20,082.
Factoring in room and board, prices at public, four-years rose 7.8 percent to $11,354. Costs at private institutions were up 5.6 percent to $27,516. Of course, most students don't pay the full sticker price — in 2003, the average full-time equivalent student saw those figures shrink by an average $4500 in grants and tax benefits.
In the current year, the net costs of higher education have likely gone up, though the College Board can't yet say for sure because student aid data is a year behind the tuition price data.
The survey also found students are turning increasingly to private loans to pay for school, borrowing $11.3 billion last year from non-federal sources, mostly private lenders. That figure has risen 147 percent in three years — and it doesn't include credit card debt, which as many as one-quarter of college students may be relying on to finance their education.
Loans through banks and other private sources accounted for 16 percent of education loan volume in 2003, compared to just 7 percent in 1998.
"It's fine for students to borrow for college; the earnings premium is high," said Sandy Baum, senior policy analyst with the College Board and an economist at Skidmore College. But a continued trend favoring borrowing over grants would hurt poorer students, who aren't helped as much by tax benefits or by the trend toward merit-based state aid programs.
"For low-income students it's particularly difficult, because they don't have family resources on which to fall back to help them repay their loans," she said.
According to the College Board, which owns the SAT, student aid from the federal government rose 10 percent in real terms in 2003-2004 to more than $81 billion. Funds for Pell Grants, the primary support for low-income students and a topic in the presidential campaign, rose 6 percent, even after adjusting for inflation.
But the number of Pell Grant recipients also rose 7 percent, and the average amount of each grant fell 1 percent in constant dollars.
David Ward, president of the American Council on Education, which represents public and private schools, said political pressure, cost-cutting and improving state budgets have helped moderate tuition increases. But he said a fundamental issue remains: colleges are getting more of their support from students and less of it from taxpayers.
"It's the substitution of tuition for state support that's causing tuition to go up," he said.


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ELGIN – Screen the best in foreign cinema this spring during the Elgin Community College Humanities Center's International Film Series.
The series on the first and second Fridays of each month is part of the center's effort to foster cross-cultural understanding through cinema. Screenings will be in the Arts Center, Building H, Room H142, on the ECC Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
Admission is free, but donations will help support ECC study-abroad scholarships.
For information about the film series, visit eccifs.org.
• "Life, Above All": 7:30 p.m. Friday and Feb. 8.
A child tries to hold her family together against prejudice, disease and ignorance in this South African drama. Chanda is 12 years old, but already she's been forced to take on many of the responsibilities of an adult in her household.
Her father is gone, her stepfather is an irresponsible alcoholic, and her mother has been physically and emotionally devastated by AIDS and the death of her youngest child.
Her mother is persuaded to move out of the community, but Chanda knows she needs her mother no matter how ill she may be, and sets out to find her and bring her back home.
• "A Separation": 7:30 p.m. March 1 and 8.
Set in contemporary Iran, "A Separation" is a drama about the dissolution of a marriage.
Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband, Nader, and daughter, Termeh, and sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his father, who has Alzheimer's disease.
Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader.
When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes his life will return to normal.
But when he discovers the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes there is more on the line than just his marriage.
• "Good Bye, Lenin!": 7:30 p.m. April 5 and 12.
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Alex's proudly socialist mother falls into a coma.
That's a big problem for him when she awakens after eight months and is told her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism in her beloved East Germany?
To save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed.


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Japan, Russia top teams at Finlandia Trophy
Brother-and-sister squad wins ice dancing crown
|The ice dancing competition was never in doubt as Sinead and John Kerr pulled away from the pack. (Getty)
Despite five of the top 10 finishers at the 2008 European Championships being in the field, it was Japan's Akiko Suzuki, who's becoming a force at these "Senior B" international competitions, who skated away with the gold.
Suzuki, who finished fifth last year at the Japanese championships, routed the field on the strength of her dominating free skate, defeating silver medalist Laura Lepistö by 17 points and bronze medalist Sarah Meier by 18. Meier and Lepistö are the reigning European silver and bronze medalists, respectively.
The competition was close after the short program, with Suzuki leading Lepistö, Georgia's Elene Gedevanishvili and Meier by less than two points.
Suzuki's free skate was far from perfect -- three of her jump elements (triple Lutz, double Axel-triple toe, triple Lutz-double toe) were given Grades of Execution (GOE) ranging from -1.28 to -2.0 -- but her triple loop and triple flip each received GOEs of 1.00 and all her spins, step sequences and spiral sequences were graded either Level 3 or Level 4. Her segment score of 112.28 beat Meier's by 16 points and Lepistö's by 17.
This is Suzuki's fourth win in her last five Senior B events. She won the gold at the 2007 Winter University Games, 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb and 2008 AEGON Challenge Cup, and also claimed the bronze at last month's Nebelhorn Trophy.
Lepistö skated a clean short program to Karl Jenkins' "Imagined Oceans," landing a triple toe-double toe, triple loop and double Axel, but a Level 1 spiral sequence and a Level 1 straight line step sequence kept her in second in the segment. Her Don Juan DeMarco free skate was substandard, as she received GOEs of zero or lower on five of her seven jump elements. This is Lepistö's second silver medal of the season, as she also placed second at Nebelhorn.
Meier's season did not begin as expected. She was fourth after the short program, largely because of a fall on her triple loop. She saved some face with a second-place free skate, although it did include a single loop and a single Axel. Her "Yellow River Piano Concerto" program earned her 96.31 points, far below her usual standards.
Gedevanishvili fell to fourth overall. Americans Karen Zhou and Danielle Kahle finished seventh and 11th, respectively.
Three of the top eight finishers at last year's European Championships were in the field in Vantaa, but it was a Japanese and an American skater who placed one-two.
Takahito Mura took a six-point lead over Finland's Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari and an eight-point lead over American Shaun Rogers in the short program. Mura landed four triples in the segment, including a triple Axel and a triple Lutz-triple toe combination, en route to a score of 76.40.
A third-place finish in a close free skate earned Mura the gold, his first in a senior-level international competition. He skated a conservative program, with GOEs ranging from -0.28 to 0.60. Along the way, he landed seven triples (three in combination), with his only serious mistake being his singling of his flip. His competition score of 208.24 beat his previous best, set at the 2007 World Junior Championships, by almost 37 points.
Rogers earned his second international medal in as many seasons; he claimed the silver at the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy. He opened his Sweeney Todd short program with a shaky quad toe-double toe (-2.88 GOE), but he sailed through the rest of his skate, landing a triple Lutz and a triple Axel. Rogers' performance of his Grindhouse free skate was spotty, with a fall on his opening quad toe and negative GOEs on three other jump elements, but he did land four triples and received Level 4s on all three of his spins. His mark of 201.14 bested his previous international high score by 16 points.
Russian Sergei Voronov was fifth after the short program, but he won the free skate to earn the bronze. Voronov, the 2008 Russian champion, landed five clean triples in his free skate -- toe loop, Axel, loop and Salchow, plus a toe in combination -- although it's possible he planned for his opening triple toe to be a quad, a jump he lands consistently. Nevertheless, his segment score of 134.57 gave him 200.52 for the competition and his second senior-level international medal -- he won the silver at last year's Trophée Eric Bompard.
Nurmenkari fell to sixth overall after finishing 12th in the free skate. Belgian Kevin van der Perren withdrew following the short program, after which he was in sixth. He pulled out of last month's Nebelhorn Trophy prior to the start of the competition.
Ice Dancing
The ice dancing championship was never in doubt, as the Kerrs won all three phases convincingly to start their season off on the right foot. Russians Anastasia Platonova and Alexander Grachev and Kristina Gorshkova and Vitali Butikov garnered the silver and bronze, respectively.
The always-expressive Kerrs really distinguished themselves with their presentation marks, earning the highest program components score in each segment by 3.31, 2.85 and 5.67 points. They gave a dazzling performance of their "Ruled by Secrecy" free dance, receiving Level 4s on seven of their eight elements. The program was highlighted by a Level 4 circular step sequence with a 1.20 GOE, garnering them 9.2 points for the element.
The Kerrs' total score of 185.95 nearly beat their career best of 186.94, set at last season's world championships. This was the Kerr's second career international gold medal; they also finished atop the podium at the 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy.
Platonova and Grachev, skating in just their second event together, acquitted themselves well, placing second in both the original and free dance segments. Though not in the Kerrs' league, their programs were well done, with non-negative GOEs across the board and three Level 4 elements in their free dance.
The bronze medalists from the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final and 2008 World Junior Championships, Gorshkova and Butikov showed they have what it takes to compete at the senior level, placing second in the compulsory dance and third in both the original and free dances. Their original dance included all Level 3 and Level 4 elements. Their free dance, however, was marred by a curve lift that ran long, a mistake that caused them to lose credit for the element and get hit with a one-point deduction.


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The problem is not that Apple is making moral decisions about which applications to allow in the App Store. The problem is their ever-changing, wildly inconsistent approval guidelines. This application might get approved while other seemingly identical applications might get rejected. That's the real problem: developers simply have no way to know which way the App Store approval process wind is blowing on a given day. I wouldn't have such a bone to pick with Apple if they just picked a position and stuck with it consistently.
You just gave me really good idea for an app... a magic 8 ball that uses the accelerometer on the iphone, and all of the answers relating directly to whether or not your app will get approved for the app store. Unfortunately, I doubt that this app would get approved for the app store, either. oh well.
Hey, you never know... they might use your app to approve your app!
and all other apps thereafter.
wait...are you SURE you haven't already submitted it?
And I've got DNA.
There is an app for that
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fortuneball/id285537465?mt=8 [apple.com]
You just gave me really good idea for an app... a magic 8 ball that uses the accelerometer on the iphone, and all of the answers relating directly to whether or not your app will get approved for the app store. Unfortunately, I doubt that this app would get approved for the app store, either. oh well.
"Outlook not so good."
That magic 8 ball is right again!
And just to clarify, I believe people should be allowed to run third-party applications on their iPhone without having to go through the App Store (or jailbreaking). I'm just saying that the inconsistency is what really bugs me. If they want to sell a G-rated phone, that's fine with me. Advertise it as such and enforce that policy consistently, but don't blame me when I take my business elsewhere. As a matter of fact, I'm switching to an Android-based phone [verizonwireless.com] on Thursday.
The point (on here) is that Steve was really proud / pretentious / narcissistic that they do exactly that. He takes a swipe at others for being lowbrow.
(This whole thread is going to be a "shades of grey" argument, anyways.)
The point (on here) is that Steve was really proud / pretentious / narcissistic that they do exactly that. He takes a swipe at others for being lowbrow.
Mr. Jobs has made an entire career on pretension. There's a reason that Apple evokes so much rabid zealotry from the otherwise computer-agnostic arty types. Just look at the way he boldly announces products' limitations and disabilities as strokes of design genius (and then later, even more astoundingly, announces re-enabling basic functionality as 'groundbreaking new features' - witness the iPhone's recent addition of multi-tasking, and the "you can't fit a netbook in your pocket" campaign with the release of the iPhone and iPod Touch, then the backflip to "bigger is better" with the release of the iPad). In the art world, you can go an awfully long way on "you're just not insightful enough to understand the vision", and these schmucks don't realise that it doesn't carry over into technical areas.
Sour grapes.
Here! Here! For moral support I just look to our leaders in washington.......
They ARE choosing your morals for you. Smoking is allowed, tits aren't...
I think you're missing the point, along with a lot of others in this thread. This story was not created and posted because a smoking application was approved for the iPhone. I really doubt anybody here cares, much less objects. In fact most probably would prefer the app DOES exist because most people here are all about letting each individual make these choices for themselves.
Rather, this story is here because Apple has appointed themselves gatekeeper of the application universe for iPhone, and because their decisions are seldom intelligible or predictable. An application for a Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist gets banned (until public disgust forces them to reconsider). An application where you shake a baby to death is approved (though later removed.) Applications for lingerie are banned. If memory serves, even ones that do not have any sort of model shots, just the products themselves, are banned. Meanwhile an app for Playboy is passed. Now, an app about smoking a joint* with your friends has no trouble passing muster. I would not be surprised in the least if it turns out these people wrote the app explicitly to see whether or not Apple's ever-inconsistent "morality" would catch it.
I don't think it was worth a story here (Wired is free to write whatever they want for whatever reason they want), because I find the value in Slashdot to be the discussions and this is not the type of story that will encourage a decent one. There will be fanbois and haters going back and forth with little actual thought put into anything, which is almost reason enough NOT to post it for me.
But anyway. Nobody cares that this app was approved, they care that this app was approved relative to other ones that have been rejected. It's entire purpose is to take shots at Apple for playing gatekeeper, and for doing it in such a wildly inconsistent manner. I'm not sure it's worth posting on that basis alone, but the reason it is on Slashdot, at least, has nothing to do with whether or not it encourages smoking.
* Sorry, a "cigarette." Yeah, right. When's the last time anybody sat around in a circle passing a cigarette around with five of their friends?
But hey, if hypocrisy comes from Apple, it must be cool. I guess I will complain about this app just to join the trend.
People will probably object to this as "encouraging smoking"
I don't know. But I do know 3 things;
1 The game will inevitably be crap.
2 People will buy it anyway, cos, you know, it's about dope and your friends will lol.
3 The writers of this game are loving all the free publicity.
"Folks who want cancer can buy an iPhone"
Makes you shudder to think of the poor kids who will get beat up for demonstrating this unbelievably lame app. Won't anyone think of the children? Apple?
Hell. I could see just about every friend I have with an iphone showing this off. In case you didn't notice, smoking (cigarettes and especially weed) are extremely popular with generation Y. It seems fairly prevalent in my generation too, but not nearly as much. Of course, when I was in my 20s it seemed like everyone I knew smoked anyways. So maybe its just an age thing, but yeah, I can totally see this as being a hit with the "kids."
"Non-smokers can purchase an Android." -- Steve Jobs
iGanja and iCrack are next on the iApprove list.
What were we talking about again? Smoking? Ban it!
How did this get modded insightful? Nobody is calling for a ban on this game. In fact, the opposite is true; it's being used to show that games which have been banned should not have been. Way to troll the knee-jerk idiots with modpoints, though.
I don't get it. How would it be the "moral high ground" to prevent developers from selling and consumers from buying this application? Is there a theory this game presents a danger to someone? Is it just that you object to smoking being depicted for some reason? What morals are we talking about?
Presumably, the same morals that they use to justify why they won't let porn (or a myriad of other applications) in the AppStore.
Apple has been taking the "moral high ground" by banning apps with jiggly women, excessive violence, and political satire. They have said that they want to be a family safe zone, and have hurt many developers to become that.
Also, developers are particularly upset about the inconsistent interpretation of Apple's ever-shifting rules. For a while, slightly dirty apps were OK so long as they were wearing underwear, then they were mass banned. Apps have been banned for "duplicating functionality" of Apple applications that hadn't been released or announced at the time of the rejection. They recently banned 3rd party code interpretation tools, due to their years-long war with flash, which has thrown into doubt the state of thousands of popular applications.
At this point, basically everyone except Steve Jobs would like to see Apple stop babysitting their users and actually utilize the ratings system that they implemented. Short of that, they need a degree of consistency that they are nowhere near achieving.
I see tons of apps on iTunes that relate to legal drug use. Many smoking, wine beer, etc. The problem is that many people clump everything they don't like together and make it equally bad, or rationalize their sinful nature as natural, while others as bad. So while having a glass of wine is sophisticated, sm
Tangent: Hardly any retail games in the US contain passing references to rape at all. I challenge you to list even 3. Illicit drug use is somewhat more heavily referenced, but hard to pull off in terms of actual player usage. See Heavy Rain's excellent and horrifying withdrawal sequences.
On topic: The name of the app is "puff puff pass" and features "phat beats." That's no more relating to legal substances than "The Little Black Book" app was about celibacy. This is clear glorification of smoking pot
Tangent: Hardly any retail games in the US contain passing references to rape at all. I challenge you to list even 3.
I can't list three, but I can remember being kind of distressed about my character being raped in Phantasmagoria, or was it the sequel? There was even some FMV showing you pinned up against something and, uh, pinned some more. But that was a long time ago. For a computer, it was nearly an eternity. Hmm, there was a whole infamous game about it back in the day and another one recently, I'm sure you have read about Custer's Last Stand and RapeLay. But anyway, there's only really one US video game with rape in
Good Memory! There is Phantasmagoria (early 90's) and Custer's Last Stand (early 80's). There is also a rather disturbing underground MMO called SocialoTron [gamespy.com], that makes me fear for humanity.
The messed-up asian Hentai games like RapeLay haven't really seen a US release, certainly not a retail one, so they don't really count. The aforementioned MMO also isn't retail, though it has a US release.
In games in the west, any sex at all is considered controversial. Mass Effect's sex scene was probably the most v
Well, it violates their "family safe" goal / excuse, doesn't it? The other things referenced are also legal to enjoy (though in virtual sense in the case of excessive violence) yet frowned upon morally by some and definitely not generally considered family safe these days. The point is that Apple are again giving the lie to the excuses they've made when rejecting some other apps.
No, you'll find plenty of fanbois outside of Apple who will zealously defend the notion that the iPhone/pad is not a computer, that "sharia law" is the only way to give the user the best possible experience, that users will always blame Apple when their phone crashes or the battery doesn't last, that they would be helpless to download crap from dicey alternative app stores that would crash their phone and their babies would die because they couldn't call 911, etc...
The same morals that say that bikinis aren't allowed but Playboy breasts are, that satiric pullitzer price winning cartoons are taboo but fart soundboards are an important part of our comic culture, and a few swear words is totally not allowed but sex position games are just fine.
The point is that Apple is claiming to take the moral high ground, and since the established moral high ground with smoking is that advertising is not ok (see Joe Camel, television advertising, etc.), it would seem the standard mo
Am I the only one bothered that in the picture of the app, there's 2 hot girls, 2 "cool" guys and a fat geek with a beard?
Well, shit dude, they had to get their "cigarette" somewhere.
I wonder about Apple sometimes. I know that their actual intent with the app store is:
A) Be the only channel for iPhone apps, so that they get a piece of every sale. (Which is the *real* reason for not allowing Flash, emulators, etc.)
B) Not get sued (thus the restrictions on parody and such).
C) Not piss off too many customers (thus the restrictions on porn and whatnot).
But the execution is terrible, because C conflicts with A as well as with itself (you get people upset both for allowing and forbidding porn). And because they want to maintain point A, they have to take ALL the blame for whatever they reject or allow. Frankly, I'm surprised that people still develop for the platform. I know there was an initial gold rush, but now that that's pretty much over, I would personally do everything I could to make the platform less attractive. Why help them when they'll screw you? Better to boost other platforms that don't give you crap like this.
You carefully document the costs to buy a mac, but assume that an Android developer would already have some computer. That's not a fair comparison. The cost of the machine should be prorated based on additional uses. Thus, the Mac will still cost more than the already owned machine, but it isn't free.
You carefully document the costs to buy a mac, but assume that an Android developer would already have some computer.
But isn't it realistic to assume that any person, wanting to program for an Android handset, with the skills to program would have a computer? On the other hand, many people who own iPhones (in fact, chances are, most of them) and many people with skills to program don't own Macs. In fact, if you -really- needed a computer, you could probably boot a library computer from a USB key and develop for Android and pay, what, $7 for the USB stick? Good luck finding a public library that lets their patrons use Ma
You carefully document the costs to buy a mac, but assume that an Android developer would already have some computer. That's not a fair comparison.
You have a point, but I think it is a fair comparison. Prospective iPhone developers are, well, developers. I don't know of a single developer that doesn't have any computer at all, but I know quite a few that don't have Macs. And, the "additional use" of an already-owned PC won't cost any extra until TPM adoption reaches critical mass.
If you already have a
If you're actually trying to make a living, a cost of $800 to get going is peanuts. There's lots of jobs with far higher barriers to entry, such as auto mechanic and bus driver. It's only a barrier for people doing hobby development.
It's much easier to throw together 10 half-assed apps hoping just ONE will be a decent seller and pay your bills
This, ultimately is why the platform will fail. Throw together 10 low quality applications, hope that some pass the censors and then hope that one makes some money. This plan relies on hope, which is a terrible business model. Android will be better off without supporting this kind of thinking.
Now where this business model falls apart is that very few are making money using this model. It re
I really wonder what apple's policy on employee drug usage is........
Ah well. It will get banned and ported to android in a few months. Did anyone port the shaking baby game? I could think of all sorts of fun, twisted apps for the android. How about
Toss the Foetus
"You are an assistant at cut rate abortion clinic. Your job is to take the foetuses from a bucket and toss them into the dumpster. Score points by not leaving them to bake on the alleyway asphalt. Extra points for a rim shot."
Anyone remember the talk to jesus app for Mac OS 7? I loved that thing I could totally port that to android. Anyone still have a copy? (My old mac drive died years ago)
Come one... how many people sit in a circle and pass around a cigarette. You all know this is a pot smoking game. They might have well specified the items as 'joint, fatty and bong'.
Exactly, and you can probably buy a [insert a regional colloquialism for a small quantity of cannabis here] for the price of this app, so why pretend?
I thought about this for a while, and what comes back to me is that the only real market for this app is kids. Although to be honest, when I was a kid, I could get drugs. They should rename the app to My First Reefer, or perhaps Pothead Trainer.
For every app accepted there were 100 rejected
You think it's emulating a cigarette you're blowing?
Hint: this is a modification of an existing app, where 'suck' turned into 'blow' and fellatio changed into smoking.
I don't know this for a fact, just an educated guess
Makes sense for the developer to modify the app to be acceptable to Apple's more attuned tastes, and their key demographic.
If its called puff, puff, pass, its not a fellatio game, its a marijuana game.
Let me guess, you had a private school education?
Apple denies thousands of apps a month, for trivial reasons. I assure you this would not get any attention for getting denied.
puff puff pass? Sounds like Apple definitely took the high road to me.
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SHERMAN, TX -- A Texoma toddler received a gift he will always remember, when dad came home.
It has been six months since father and son have been together. Specialist Justin Miller has been serving in Afghanistan and has been anxiously waiting to be reunited with his little solider.
"Give him a big hug and kiss and just see his reaction," Miller said.
Miller has been overseas for the past four months and having to be away long spans of time is difficult for both Miller and his son.
"Landon misses his dad more than anything. He cries probably every night," Landon's Mother, Holly Miller, said.
Landon's mother, Holly Miller has been been collaborating with his father for weeks about surprising Landon and what better way to do it than to go to Jump 'N Land and slide into daddy's arms?
"Landon's been asking about his dad a lot here lately and I've been asking him, you know 'is dad coming home soon?' And he'll say no Daddy's in Afghanistan he can't come home. He's got to fight bad people," Holly said.
Having no clue his dad would be home Landon was surprised when he saw his father at the end of the slide.
Miller says it is hard being away from his son, but every time they reunite he really sees what he is fighting for.
"Everybody that's over there right now we understand being away from our children is rough and everything, but we want to ensure that America stays America for our children," Miller said.
Miller says he will be home for 15 days before he has to go back to Afghanistan.


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After the coffee. Before deciding between "Godzilla" and "Neighbors."
The Skinny: The heat wave here appears to have broken but the strong winds have also pushed the smoke from all the wildfires into my neighborhood. I almost have to shut the windows, it is so smokey in here. Friday's headlines include the weekend box office preview, reaction to the FCC's proposed Net neutrality rules and a look at Barbara Walters' impact on TV news.
Daily Dose: WWE stock is down about 50% Friday morning after the company said its hit shows "Raw" and "Smackdown" were staying on NBCUniversal's USA and Syfy channels. So isn't that supposed to be good news? Not when WWE made noise in February about how it was shopping the shows to other networks and thought it would get big rights fee increases. There were no takers. NBCU is paying more for the shows, WWE said, but not nearly what analysts were anticipating. "Investors are left with a feeling that this company constantly 'overpromises' and 'underdelivers,'" said Bradley Safalow of PAA Research.
It's his world. "Godzilla" is expected to destroy everything in its path this weekend. Industry observers expect the movie to take in $70 million and if it does, get ready for a sequel. Hope they make a Monster Zero movie, he was always my favorite. The other big wide-release movie opening this weekend is the family friendly "Million Dollar Arm" starring Jon Hamm as a sports agent who goes to India in search of a pitcher. Box office previews from the Los Angeles Times and Variety.
There is no neutrality on this issue. On Thursday, the FCC released its proposed open Internet rules while protests went on outside the regulatory agency. Specifically, the FCC is pushing rules that would allow broadband providers to cut deals with content companies for better traffic flow. Half the world wants stricter regulation of the Internet and fears allowing such deals willl let big broadband providers play God with content providers. The other half says any regulation will destroy Internet innovation. More from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
Big deal. 21st Century Fox and private equity firm Apollo Global Management have a tentative agreement to create a TV production giant. Apollo controls Core Media and Endemol, which are leaders in unscripted programming; 21st Century Fox will throw Shine Group, which makes both scripted and unscripted fare, into the venture. Lots of details to be worked out so don't be surprised if this takes awhile to come together or in fact falls apart. More from the Los Angeles Times, which broke the deal. Yes, I'm tooting my own horn. It's Friday so why not.
Growing up. The CW Network, which is still seen as a little brother to big boys Fox and CBS, is coming off a pretty decent season and is making big bets for the fall. Still focusing on dramas aimed at teens and young adults, this fall's new shows include "Jane the Virgin" (that title seems self-explanatory) and "The Flash." More on their lineup and strategy from the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile Peter Liguori, chief executive of Tribune Co., which is the biggest owner of CW affiliates (and the Los Angeles Times) has some concerns about the network's strategy, per remarks he made at an investors conference. More on that from Deadline Hollywood. Separately, NBCU's cable properties also presented new shows to advertisers. More on that from the Hollywood Reporter.
Goodbye and good luck. Barbara Walters, the queen of the big-get interviews, is finally retiring from ABC News. She went out with a bang, scoring V. Stiviano, the woman who took down Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Of course, that's a long way away from Fidel Castro or even Monica Lewinsky but hey, times have changed. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times look at Walters' impact and how the value of the get has gone downhill in the social media/TMZ era we live in.
Inside the Los Angles Times: Betsy Sharkey on "Godzilla." Kenneth Turan on "Million Dollar Arm."
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When Chevelles rolled off the assembly lines back in the middle of the muscle car wars, most were built for one main purpose: To deliver on-demand power to whoever was tappin' the throttle. Big-blocks, four-speeds, and four-eleven gears were the basic ingredients for getting' the job done on the track... or on the street. But things have certainly changed, some forty-odd years later.
The same guys who wanted monster power and eyeball-flattening acceleration are no longer satisfied with those simple parameters of performance. In the time since classic Chevelles ruled the earth, evolutionary changes have dramatically changed their descendents. Today's musclecars can start, stop, and turn in ways unimaginable back then, and do it all while keeping the occupants comfortably ensconced in climate controlled, plush interiors with their favorite jams played back through concert hall-quality sound systems. Not surprisingly, those same improvements are now being integrated into many Chevelles to give the owners classic muscle car looks and modern-day performance and conveniences. Fuel injection? Yes sir! Bigger brakes? You betcha! Tenacious suspension? Uh Huh! Deeply-bolstered seats? Gotta have 'em!
And while all the aforementioned items are most definitely aimed at enhancing performance, air conditioning is another cool addition that more and more builders are incorporating into their plans.
One of the most notable names in the automotive aftermarket air conditioning game is Vintage Air, in San Antonio, Texas. They've been building retrofit A/C setups for hot rods, street cars, and trucks for over 30 years, so when it came time to choose a system for our '70 Malibu, the decision was a no-brainer. We were especially impressed with their Gen IV Sure Fit series that was engineered specifically for our application. Not only is the entire system comprised of matched components to ensure maximum efficiency, but the kit also includes fully electronic controls, separate heating and cooling coils, plus all the internal air control doors are servo-operated for infinite temperature control and blending of the floor, dash and defrost outlets.
One of the things that we noticed during the installation was that the Sure Fit series is designed to bolt up with minimal modifications to the original firewall and existing hardware. This is important because it doesn't compromise the factory design and makes it easy to return everything back to stock in the future, helping retain the value of your investment. This is a very important consideration if selling your Chevelle is a possibility somewhere down the road.
While we were upgrading our '70 Chevelle with air conditioning, we also decided to include Vintage Air's FrontRunner accessory drive system into the buildup. This kit converts the archaic factory v-belt configuration into a compact, reliable and attractive serpentine setup that utilizes a spring-loaded tensioning system for trouble free operation. It comes with a new, compact Sanden compressor, a new Delphi-Saginaw power steering pump, and a 140-amp, one-wire alternator, plus a Stewart aluminum, reverse rotation water pump. It also includes ARP hardware. The entire system is supported completely by four stainless studs that install in place of the water pump mounting bolts, and a billet aluminum truss that mounts the accessories.
We also tapped Detroit Speed Inc. for their power steering pump hard line and flexible stainless line kits that allowed us to complete the connection between the pump and our steering box. Sure, you could probably cobble something together and make it work, but with ready-to-go hardware at your disposal, why even spend the time and trouble?
So, while adding new-age air conditioning to a middle-aged muscle car is certainly a worthwhile endeavor, it is also a fairly involved project that will consume the entire weekend, require a good assortment of hand tools, and access to a special "bead lock" crimping tool for installing connector fittings, or a shop that can do the job for you. Plan accordingly. For our installation we ended up removing the front seat, the complete dash, the passenger side front inner fender, hood, radiator, hood latch, and the grille assembly. With all that out of the way, we were finally ready to begin our installation.
Of course, once you've completed your Vintage Air installation, you'll still need to have a vacuum pulled on the system to evacuate it and determine if you have any leaks. If you have a leak-free system, you'll be ready to have R-134a refrigerant added. But unless you have vacuum pump and a refrigerant recovery and service unit at your disposal, you'll need to take your Chevelle to a professional automotive A/C shop to have them put the final touches to your new Vintage Air system. Be sure to follow the instructions and charge with 1.8 lbs. of 134a refrigerant. With that done though, the inside of your Chevelle will now be just as cool as all the other upgrades you've done to it!
Driven To Success
Even though the Vintage Air kit comes with a new compressor and the brackets to mount it all up, we decided to take the opportunity to update the front of our engine with one of their Front Runner accessory drive systems. That would eliminate the old v-belt system, replacing it with a contemporary serpentine belt and reconfigure all our accessories in one nice, tight package that takes less power to drive. It's available in natural aluminum or black, and with or without a new, small Saginaw pump that mounts tightly to the rest of the system.
Making A Dash For It
One of the reasons we decided to install the Vintage Air Sure Fit system is that it minimizes the modifications necessary to cool our classic Chevelle, and that it would give us the appearance of a "factory-original" setup. To achieve that look, Vintage Air created vent adapters, a glove compartment modification, and even a new control unit that looks "factory" and installs using the original mounts. The end result speaks for itself, and once the installation is complete the integration of new with the old is difficult to detect unless you're really paying attention.
Scaring The Crimp Outta Ya!
As well-engineered as the Vintage Air Sure Fit kit is, there are just a few variables that you're gonna have to deal with. One of them is routing, cutting, and crimping the hoses from the compressor, condenser and evaporator. We further complicated matters by adding the FrontRunner drive system, which positions the compressor on the passenger side of the engine, rather than the driver side. No matter what, you'll have to determine the proper length of the hoses, position them properly, and mark them for correct clocking, then crimp the correct fittings to them.
The hoses all use a "bead lock" crimp, which requires a special crimping tool. Once you have the hoses and fittings marked you can bring them to a local A/C repair shop and have them complete the job for you, or you can beg, borrow, or buy the proper tool and do it yourself. You can also send the hoses to Vintage Air, and they will crimp them at no charge (you'll just have to cover the freight).The Bead Lock crimper is a fairly expensive tool, however, so unless you're planning on making a living installing or repairing A/C systems, buying one is probably out of the question. We were lucky enough to have a friend with a bead lock crimping tool, and while his shop was closed one weekend, we borrowed it to complete our job.


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My career in international development began almost by accident when I heard my undergrad sociology professor talk about the Peace Corps. I had just returned from my first visit to Latin America and was strongly impacted by the poverty and difficult living conditions. I was hell bent on joining the Peace Corps and returning to the region, which I ended up doing in 1989 when I moved to rural Guatemala to serve as a health nutrition extensionist.
In 2000, after five years of supporting international development programs in the region and at the peak of the first dot com wave, I made a career transition into the world of web development. I thought I wanted to become a hardcore programmer, so I dug in and studied everything from HTML to the fundamentals of object-oriented programming. I ended up working with two different Fortune 500 companies where I put these skills to use, but I soon realized that I was a bit too extroverted to sit in a cubicle and program eight hours a day.
I decided to pursue opportunities that allowed me to take advantage of my project management skills and ended up at Sprint Nextel, working on their Hispanic web presence, where I was able to combine my Spanish language skills, project management experience and my web skills and learn a great deal about culturally-relevant communications and how Latinos in the U.S. and Latin Americans are using digital technologies.
In early 2008, I decided it was time to be a bit more adventurous, so I teamed up with my husband to build our own company with a focus on online communications and technology. Now I am working on international development initiatives again, this time with a focus on using communications and innovative technologies to improve lives. Over the past four years, I have worked on a variety of projects that use technology, online communications and new media to promote health, private sector development, social inclusion, trade, gender, democracy and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Whether it is a mobile app, a GIS data visualization tool, or a custom web platform to help governments better connect and respond to citizen demands, I have discovered an infinite world of possibilities to do what I love, and help others in the process.
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Not much difference to Normal Mode. Here are some important things to keep in mind:
- You can´t heal / damage from the outside to inside circle and the other way.
- The damage from the protector has to be absorbed from one player (outside) who must be at 100 % before the trigger stops and the protector explodes.
- Try to dps as fast as best as you can, to avoid getting 3 protectors before Phase 2.
- As equal to Normal you should try to have 2 times 4 orbs killed or at least 4/3.
- Don´t try to reset stacks in Phase 3. It will be waste of time as for healing and dps (plus it´s too much damage on heroic outside).
After Feng I consider Elegon one of the easiest Heroic Modes in Mogu`shan.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Universities in Spain Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Universities in Spain Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Spain View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message MarcoreganoJoined: 19 May 2003Posts: 872Location: Hong Kong Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 3:16 am Post subject: Universities in Spain Yes yes I know that most ESL jobs in Spain are atprivate language schools, but how about university posts? Do foreign ESL teachers get university jobs, and are the jobs (pay and conditions) any good? What quals are needed? Many thanks for any info or advice. Mark. Back to top gsbcn08080Joined: 26 Mar 2003Posts: 73 Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 4:06 pm Post subject: Possible if you are very qualified You can apply for a job at a University in Spain if you have the right qualifications which are minimun: 5 year degree in English, some years of research done within the university ( it is called tesis), and proven experience in teaching in some other organizations ( I don't think they accept language schools). With these qualifications your chances would be near "0" because most people applying will have more than that and you would be competing with them. Being a native speaker at this level does not have any influence. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Spain All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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This week in the Washington Post, a Tech Crunch piece by Greg Kumparak was highlighted that reminds us of just how much the iPhone has left us hanging - at least in terms of five iPhone accessories many of us are still waiting for.
Partly for the sake of inspiring would be hardware-makers and partly because we just like to think about this sort of stuff, weve come up with a list of five iPhone accessories were not-so-patiently waiting for.
A Detachable Physical Keyboard
I know, I know... the iPhone isn't supposed to have a physical keyboard. But with the BlackBerry and Droid renewing the mobile consumer's love affair with a keyboard, a detachable physical keyboard should have been added to our accessory menu a long time ago.
Its almost ridiculous that this one hasnt been made yet and that even when it is, support will likely be so limited that itll suck something fierce.
Mobile gaming could ultimately provide Apple an opportunity to trounce other mobile gaming specialists. But the iPhone is going to need a gamepad to get over the hump and capture ripe opportunities.
The iPhone platform has already proven itself to be an incredible stage for on-the-go gaming. Graphics? Check. Tons (and tons and tons) of games? Check! Awesome controls? Che .. er, wait, nope.
The universal remote should not even be a term that remains in our collective vernacular. Yet, sadly, it does. And although Apple would only have to imbue the iPod Touch with an RF/IR transmitter, don't hold your breath for that development any time soon.
Apples not about to do that but in the mean time, a third party could get the ball rolling. Build a transmitter into a dongle or a case, throw together a user-customizable remote application for sharing control layouts and codes, and bam! Youve got a remote for every controllable device in the world, in your pocket at all times.
Although I could argue for even more useful accessories than this particular gripe lobbies for, the need for improved dog training tools is real and should be addressed in some fashion.
Let an RF transmitter communicate with whatever training tools might be in place (such as a citronella spray collar, for example), but slap in a high frequency loudspeaker to emulate a dog whistle whenever the collars are back at home.
This is another no brainer. Although, as the article points out, mobile payments are by no means as popular in the US as they are in other countries, the iPhone should have been tweaked by now to address what will certainly develop into a universal commonality.
American Express or Mastercard could make a case (or a dongle) that has an RFID built in, just like your credit card but with the benefit of software tie-ins, the RFID could be erased/locked on the fly. Just swiping the case wouldnt work but once youve hopped into the Pay app and punched in your pin, your case acts as a credit card for 30 seconds.
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SOEST interim dean Klaus Keil appointed to Space Studies Board of National Academy of SciencesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Klaus Keil, (808) 956-6182
School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology
Keil is one of five new members chosen from across the United States to the Space Studies Board. There are 29 members that currently serve on the board.
"Klaus Keil is one of the most accomplished and distinguished scientists at UH Manoa," said UH Manoa Chancellor Peter Englert. "The Academy and Dr. Keil's fellow board members will benefit immensely from his good counsel based on a lifetime of achievement in the field."
Dr. Keil is the interim Dean for SOEST at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has received national acclaim for his scientific contributions to the understanding of the early history of the solar system and the origin and evolution of meteorites, asteroids and the terrestrial planets. He has published over 620 research papers in cosmochemistry, geochemistry, and petrology. Dr. Keil also has the distinction of having both an asteroid and an extraterrestrial mineral named after him. Asteroid 5054 was named "Asteroid Keil" by the International Astronomical Union in 1993, and "Keilite" ((Fe,Mg) S) was approved by the International Mineralogical Association in 2003.
He has received numerous awards and honors for his work and research, including Recipient of the Apollo Achievement Award (NASA), the first George P. Merrill Award (U.S. National Academy of Sciences), the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, the Leonard Medal (Meteoritical Society), as well as honorary Doctorates from Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany and from the University ofNew Mexico, Albuquerque.
Keil received his PhD from Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany in 1961. He joined NASA's Space Sciences Division at the Ames Research Center as a researcher in 1963, and then went on to the Department of Geology at the University of New Mexico (UNM), first as a professor, and then as department chair. He became Director of the UNM Institute of Meteoritics in 1968. Keil joined the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1990 and became Director of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) in 1994, and then became Interim Dean of SOEST in August of 2003.
The Space Studies Board is the focal point within the National Academies for all activities in space science and applications. The Board conducts advisory studies and program assessments, facilitates international research coordination, and promotes communications on space science and science policy between the research community, the federal government, and the interested public.
For more information about Dr. Keil, please visit http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/~keil/.
About the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences
The Space Studies Board serves as the focus of the interests and responsibilities of the National Academies in space science; establishes relationships with civilian science and government scientific activities; represents the NRC in its international relationships in this field. The Board acts as the US representative to the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) of the International Council of Scientific Unions. Its purview encompasses all federal agencies with programs and policy interests in civil space research. The Space Science Board was renamed the Space Studies Board in January 1989, when its scope was expanded to include aspects of space technology and applications, such as remote sensing, microgravity applications, and other uses of space with partial or commercial potential.
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SOEST in the News:
About the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) was established by the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii in 1988. SOEST brings together in a single focused ocean, earth sciences and technology group, some of the nation's highest quality academic departments, research institutes, federal cooperative programs, and support facilities to meet challenges in the ocean and earth sciences. Scientists at SOEST are supported by both state and federal funds as they endeavor to understand the subtle and complex interrelations of the seas, the atmosphere, and the earth.
For more information, visit: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu


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NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of runners in New York and across the world are showing their solidarity with the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
More than 6,000 runners finished Sunday's Run for the Parks, a four-mile run in Central Park that was planned before Monday's attacks.
Organizers sold "I Run for Boston" T-shirts with proceeds going to the One Fund Boston, the official fund for bombing victims.
Other "Run for Boston" events have taken place worldwide, with many runners wearing blue and yellow, the official Boston Marathon colors.
More than 500 runners gathered Saturday in St. Louis for a Unity Run. In San Francisco, about 400 people ran Friday along the Embarcadero. A run christened "Boston Strong San Diego" is planned for Monday.
Sunday's London Marathon started with a moment of silence.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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I thought he was going to play.
I thought he was going to play.
I'll be here, unless I was banned.
Sparring with a Jet fan or two because they are blinded by hatred for another team shouldn't be bannable, but I'm not a mod here so when in Rome.
I expect a good game tommorrow nite. Not because the Jets are a good team but because they usually get up for the Pats, that and the fact that Rex dials up defensive plans than confuse Brady. Probably comes down to one possession an who makes the least number of mistakes.
Have a Safe and Happy Turkey Day
Don't be an assh@le or overly irritating or feel the need to defend the Pats honor at every turn, and you'll be fine here. You're on a Jets site, if you thought you weren't going to find a large crop of angry, delusional posters, you may very well be delusional yourself.
EAD, Teblow douche
Look at the date on this post you fool. Posted on 1-17-2011. The day after the game. Your brain really is addled at this point in your life. Sad.
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April 10, 2009 Newsletter Archive In this issue: ArtServe, Carbonell Awards, FLCT, Call to Artists, Cultural Executives Meeting 4-22-09, Meet the Artist
Click here to hear Broward County's calendar of arts events 4-17-09
In 2009, ArtServe will celebrate 20 years of shining in the arts community! The year-long celebration will include special recognitions at the annual ArtServe Encore Awards luncheon, the unveiling of the Friends of ArtServe program, a 20/20 gallery exhibit and a new partnership with the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, and ArtServe's newest initiative, ArtsCalendar.com: South Florida's Ultimate Guide to the Arts, will launch new segments and partnerships to promote South Florida as a cultural destination.
Also, earlier this year, ArtServe was honored with the 2009 Florida Arts Recognition Award presented to them by the Secretary of State, Kurt S. Browning, Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Arts Council. This award recognizes those dedicated to the best principles of artistic development and arts management in the State of Florida.
Broward Cultural Division would like to congratulate Richard J. Simon and Mosaic Theater, for winning multiple Carbonell Awards this month for the production of The Seafarer and other productions. Simon personally won the Best Director award; while The Seafarer won prestigious ranking with the Best Production of a Play Award.
This is a remarkable achievement for both theater and director, both so young in the industry; and particularly for such a region-wide acknowledgement of talent and artistry.
The annual Carbonell Awards ceremony is designed to raise scholarships for students in the tri-county area to study at accredited colleges and universities for careers in the visual and performing arts, and in journalism.
FLCT, which eventually plans to build its own stand alone theatre on Andrews Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale, signed a lease to hold its year-round program for children, ages 3 ½ to 18.
The new space will allow FLCT to offer new programs, including those that teach children about theatre while parents shop. The organization plans to begin offering mommy and me classes, adult classes and Saturday morning story time.
For more information call: 954-763-6882.
South Florida graphic artists are called to create and produce a package of artistic design services for the Animal Care Facility Project in Davie. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2009.
This graphic artwork will serve to link the new Davie facility with the existing Pompano Beach facility, and brand the Animal Care Division in a positive way that supports its mission of promoting pet adoptions.
The Animal Care and Regulation Division provides shelter for stray animals, initial care for injured strays, animal adoption, license enforcement, spay/neuter programs for indigent pet owners and the return of lost pets to their owners.
For more details on this Call to Artist, visit the Broward Cultural Division Website, or contact: Claire Garrett, Broward Cultural Division Public Art and Design project manager at 954-357-7236.
Broward Cultural Division will host a Cultural Executives Committee (CEC) meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, 1650 Harrison St. in Hollywood, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
A Brown Bag Network Lunch begins at 11:30 am and the Business Agenda will run from Noon to 1:00 p.m. CEC Chair Janet Erlick will call the meeting to order.
The Cultural Executives Committee meetings are designed to keep directors and other arts leaders of not-for-profit arts institutions and artists, informed about important issues and opportunities within the cultural arts community. The CEC is comprised of the executive directors of the Broward-based not-for-profit cultural organizations and artists; they meet four times a year to discuss and inform on a wide-range of subjects.
Arrive early to network and eat your brown bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to Noon.
For further information, contact Vena Paylo at 954-357-6023. RSVP HERE
'Meet and Greet' with artists Wendy Wischer, Mary Lou Siefker, Suzanne Scherer, and Pavel Ouporov, Thursday, April 23, Noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Lee Wagener Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Terminal 2, Departure level.
Wendy Wischer will also be signing posters of her artwork, Parallel, presently wrapping the buses in the Rental Car Center's shuttle fleet that transports passengers between the airport's terminals and the rental car facility.
Parallel is a temporary art project using graphic design and hi-tech printed vinyl to wrap the airport's shuttle buses. Wendy Wischer creates conceptually-based work in a variety of media ranging from photography to sculptural objects, to site-specific installations, video and public works.
Mary Lou Siefker's artwork, Journey Through Life with Paint, is displayed in the newly opened Lee Wagener Art Gallery. For this temporary exhibition, Siefker says, "these 'images,' or 'people shapes,' emerge from the vibrant, teeming surfaces I create through the thick application of acrylic paint mixed with other media."
Tree-Rain by Broward-based artists Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov has also been installed at the Lee Wagener Art Gallery. This video artwork is one of a series of recent works based on the massive Birch State Park banyan tree in Fort Lauderdale, and inspired by Russian symbolist poet, Andrei Bely's, 1922, Glossolalia.
Parking for the event is free. Attendees must bring their parking tickets to the gallery for validation.
For more information on this event, contact Christina Roldan, Public Art Design project manager at 954-357-8542.
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Purchase of this specialty license plate will support Broward County arts, please visit your local auto tag agency.


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In 2002, just two days before the first bull run, hundreds of activists – most wearing little more than a red scarf and plastic horns – ran through the streets of Pamplona for the "Running of the Nudes". Now it's become a tradition in its own right – each year, compassionate and fun-loving people from around the world gather in Pamplona before the Running of the Bulls to protest against cruelty and to show the city that it doesn't need to torture animals for the tourist trade.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation–a charitable company limited by guarantee, with its registered office at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF. Registered in England and Wales as charity number 1056453, company number 3135903.


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Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale has given his clearest hint yet that he could leave in the summer, if the north London club fail to qualify for the Champions League this year.
In a recent talkSPORT interview, speaking after the Premier League side's 2-1 victory over Newcastle United at White Hart Lane, the 23-year-old insisted that despite constant speculation about his future, he is fully focused on doing his utmost to help Spurs to a top-four finish.
Bale has been in scintillating form for Spurs this season, and Andre Villas-Boas has admitted that his performances are likely to attract attention from some of Europe's biggest clubs.
However, the Portuguese boss is confident that as long as Tottenham can qualify for the Champions League this year, then they will have no trouble keeping hold of Bale's signature.
The Welsh winger has spoken of his desire to constantly test himself at the highest level, and hopes to do that with Spurs. However, his limited opportunities on the international scene will make it even more important to achieve that at club level.
Asked if he wanted to be playing in the Champions League in a Spurs shirt, Bale replied: "Yeah, that's our target for the season so we're going to aim for that and see what happens.
"Papers talk. People talk but all I'm concentrating on is putting 100 per cent in on the pitch for me and my team. At the end of the season we want to get Champions League football and every player wants to be playing in the Champions League."
Tottenham return to Europa League action tonight, when they take on Lyon at White Hart Lane in the first leg of their last-32 clash.
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Adapted from a recent online discussion.
Q: I've always considered myself a well-liked person, so I was shocked and hurt when I heard another mom from my son's soccer team describe me as "awful" (and the person she was talking to agreed). As soon as she realized I'd heard her, she started apologizing, but I was so upset I just grabbed my son and left.
Part of me would love to use this experience to open a dialogue with her — "What exactly is so 'awful' about me?" — but I fear the answer would really hurt, and I'm not sure I can handle it. What would you do in this situation?
A: Well, it's also pretty awful to talk openly about how awful someone is — so you have their awfulness to console you. Doing it not-openly won't win anyone any prizes, but at least it allows people to save face.
I realize that's not much comfort; what you just went through, I wouldn't wish on anyone. I've been in a similar place, and I just felt physically sick. We all live on a slim cushion of illusion about ourselves — we'd go mad without it — and man it hurts when it slips.
The thing is, though, that even "a well-liked person" is going to be meh, or annoying, or awful to someone. You knew that before this poke in the eye, at least intellectually.
And, you probably also would have said before this that everyone can stand to hear a little constructive criticism, since no one gets everything right.
The trick is now to turn this destructive criticism into the constructive kind. What of your typical behaviors could someone tag as obnoxious? Would you even be able to admit such a thing, or do all of your conflicts originate in someone else doing something bad to you?
I don't recommend spending a whole lot of time in this mode (see "go mad," above), but a quick run-through can be very instructive. "Maybe when people are complaining, I shouldn't tell them what I think they ought to do unless they expressly ask my opinion," for example. "Maybe I should bite my tongue when the refs make a bad call." "Maybe I should stop … " talking so much about my kid, telling off-color jokes, complaining, humble-bragging, whatever social tar pit you might have landed in.
After that quick but sincere exercise, spend some time with people you can count on to think you're great company — the ones who actively seek you out. Be good to them. It'll help wash the awful away.
If at this point you feel you're ready for, or would benefit from, a conversation with this woman, then, yes, ask her for a moment of her time. "I was saddened to hear your opinion of me. If there's something I did to offend you, then I'd be grateful for a chance to make things right."
To disarm her completely, there's also this, with a smile: "Well, you can also just not like me, and that's okay, too, since we can't suit everyone's tastes."


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Media and Self-Image
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Beauty in today's society is identified as "flawless" facial features and "perfect" bodies. Teens are faced with many challenges about their self-image with all the attention the media places on that matter; this kind of attention can also lead to low self-esteem, which is one of the causes of eating disorders and depression in young adults. I've personally witnessed the difference that the media creates in teenagers' lives; some of my classmates suffered low self-esteem due to their weight or facial features. I believe that the media should bring out the real beauty in girls instead of displaying unrealistic beauty that has been altered with today's technology.
Media plays a huge role in society nowadays, which affects the way we think of ourselves. It's hard to believe that it also makes our choices for us because of the way we think, especially with technology improving, there is no way to avoid the media.
Today, body-image is based on the standards that the media sets for people. The focus it places on physical attractiveness and unrealistic body shapes can cause the average teenager to have low self-esteem because they believe that they should weigh or look the same way as the models that appear in most ads. We can start a campaign that helps girls feel beautiful in their own skin and shows them what goes on behind the scenes of photo shoots and advertisements.
– 16-year-old from Jordan
This entry is part of a series of essays and messages from the publication "Adolescence - Beyond the Stereotypes" - written, compiled and edited by adolescents and young people themselves with support from Voices of Youth and UNICEF.


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RIT on Foursquare
Orientation week is coming sooner than we think! During this week there are all sorts of things going on around campus for new students to get you acclimated to life here at RIT.
This year we have a new contest going on for incoming students.. RIT on foursquare!
For those who might not know what foursquare is, you have the next week or so to read up and get on board! Directly from Foursquare, "It's a social networking site that's usually used on mobile devices to let your friends know where you are and figuring out where they are. It's also for collecting points, prize "badges" and, eventually, tips and special offers while going about your everyday business."
From August 31st to September 4th you can explore throughout campus & "check in" around campus to unlock the campus explorer badge. Once you recieve this badge, you come visit us at the social media table during the Club/Organization fair in the Gordon Field house (GOR) on Sunday September 4th.
Three winners will then be chosen to eat dinner with RIT President Dr Bill Destler on September 8th.
With such a large campus, there already over 100 diferent places to check in but we'll have lists posted around with some of the key places to hit! It'll be a great way to get to know the campus a little bit more before school starts-- and to read the tips from upperclassman who have already checked in and left some!
Do you already have foursquare or will you be signing up for the first time for orientation?
For daily updates, follow me on Twitter @RIT_Emily
- Tags: freshmen, move-in, orientation


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Jose Mourinho lauded Chelsea's defensive resilience after his side moved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.
A 4-0 defeat of Spurs on Saturday saw the Blues claim a seventh clean sheet in their last 10 league matches and extend their advantage over Mourinho's title pick Manchester City to nine points, although the 2012 champions have three games in-hand.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill and captain John Terry are established as Mourinho's favoured back four, much to the Portuguese's satisfaction.
Azpilicueta, who has displaced Ashley Cole at left-back, received particular praise.
"We know that to win matches you need to score more goals than the opponent, but one of the ways you have to score more is if you don't concede," said Mourinho, whose strikers have been much derided this term.
"We work, we prepare matches, we analyse opponents. You try to find the best balance.
"Defensively you try to make a shape, you try to find a balance. I like Ivanovic playing right-back more than as a central defender.
"I like a lot the stability of Cahill and the understanding of Cahill with John.
"And I think at this moment Azpilicueta is unbeatable. For many, many matches I haven't seen one player beat Azpilicueta in an individual duel.
"The team is compact, we have a good balance, we are playing well defensively."
While Mourinho was dishing out plaudits, Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood was less than complimentary about some members of his squad and will hope for a reaction in the Europa League on Thursday.
"This is another blow to us," said Sherwood, who was unable to end Spurs' 24-year wait for victory at Stamford Bridge.
"We play Benfica now on Thursday and have to bounce back very quickly.
"We don't have time to dwell on this now. But I'm gutted, massively disappointed."
Tottenham "capitulated", to use Sherwood's own words, in the second half, with Jan Vertonghen gifting Samuel Eto'o the first and Younes Kaboul sent off for the foul which allowed Eden Hazard to convert a penalty. Sherwood was uncertain if Spurs would appeal the decision.
It did not help that captain Michael Dawson departed early with a hamstring injury which leaves him doubtful for Thursday's Europa League last-16 first leg with Benfica.
"We're hoping there's a miracle, but I'm not going to hold my breath," added Sherwood on Dawson, whose departure was followed by a quick-fire Demba Ba double.
Ba last started a Premier League match for Chelsea on October 6 at Norwich.
He has struggled to take his limited opportunities off the bench since, but will hope his double strike earns further chances, especially as Fernando Torres faces a spell out with a groin injury.
"That was a great day for the whole team and the whole club," Ba told Chelsea TV.
"I try to deal with what I've been given and it's not always easy, but I just do what I have to do. I just take the chance to score and I did."
Tottenham had Chelsea under pressure at times in the first half, in particular, but Mourinho was unfazed.
"We were all calm," Mourinho told Chelsea TV.
"No mistakes, no defensive mistakes. They had control of the ball and of the game but they didn't scare us. That's a good feeling.
"We were very mature. You have to cope with what the game has to give you and sometimes the game gives you a fantastic game, sometimes the game gives you a difficult game and we coped very well with a difficult first half.
"When you are not on the top of your game, but you feel they are not very dangerous, keep calm and you wait for your moment."
The comments could equally apply to the title race, but Mourinho insists the table is not accurate as Arsenal, Liverpool and City, in particular, have games in hand.
Source: PA


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Got a bit of information worth passing on:
1: A woman walked up to a member of the Union City Police Department's community oriented policing unit in the last day or two and gave them a card, a token of appreciation for all law enforcement officers in light of the killings in Oakland over the weekend. The card is now being shown to officers at the police department. According to a different officer, others in the community have been verbally showing their appreciation over the last few days.
2: Police are hosting a tip-a-cop event at Applebees from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, Match 24) to benefit the Special Olympics of Northern California. Applebees is located at 30980 Dyer St.