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Rupert Grint fan site, IceCreamMan, has scans from a new issue of Teen Magazine which features a brief interviews with actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) about working on the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" film. We also get to see a new shot of Harry standing in what looks to be the shed at the Burrow as part of this article. In the interview, a scan of which can be viewed right here, Dan is first up and talks about the romantic turn "Half-Blood Prince" takes with his character and Ginny Weasley, played by Bonnie Wright. Dan says this of the romantic scenes compared to the more dark moments in the film:
"I prefer the dark stuff to be honest! The romance is fun and it's something people will really enjoy, but I personally like doing stuff in a cave where I am close to death. It's a lot easier than romance."
Dan also speaks of filming those romantic scenes and lighter moments with his fellow actors. Rupert continues on the subject of romance in a way when he discusses the audition process with actress Jessie Cave, who will be taking on the role of Lavender Brown. Rupert is quoted as saying:
Yeah, I went to some of the final stages of the auditions. It was really cool to be involved in that side of it, not that I really had any say. There were some good girls, but we didn't do the kiss. We didn't even talk about the kiss until the day we actually did it. But Jessie (Cave), who got the part of Lavender, is really cool.
Rupert then goes on to talk further about the filming and even a certain ping-pong competition he had with actress Emma Watson. Miss Watson is noted in the article as saying in regards to her ping-pong playing skills:
My parents played and they're really competitive. They never user to let me win, so I got quite good at it. Dan and Rupert were quite taken aback that I could beat them. I think Rupert took it the worst.
In addition to this, there was a small mention of Emma Watson in the newest issue of Teen Vogue about her recent appearance at the Cartier International Polo Day Event. A scan of the this can be viewed right here. Larger scans of Dan Radcliffe in the October 2008 issue of Details magazine can also be found via this link. Finally, screen shots of the video accompanying the Details interview with Dan can be found here.
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Metrosexual for sure!!Originally Posted by bi_lol
Metrosexual for sure!!Originally Posted by bi_lol
Stone cold sober as a matter of fact.
No..!!! and hope he's not..
Uh, no.
yea i dont think so...to bad cause it would be nice to be pounded by him
Impossible is Nothing
I hate when people say "Oh he is Married" or "He has kids". I know a guy who has a girlfriend, and cheats on her with any chick with a pulse, but yet he is as gay as they come. When will you guys realize that more and more men are experimenting with homosexuality, but are going to more extremes to cover it up.
Dream on. David Beckham is a devoted husband and father. I think we would have heard about it if there were any conclusive evidence that he is in fact gay don't you? He may act like a stereotypical gay man in others eyes because he's gentle natured and takes care of his looks and clothes but aren't the people who believe him to be gay then pedalling an already tired stereotype of what a gay man is?Originally Posted by VanHiscers
Us gay boys can at least dream..........
I think he is one hot dude but also Straight except in my fantasies....lol
If it turns out that Victoria is a closet transexual, yeah that will make Beckam homosexual...
hahaha make sense... she drags a lot latelyOriginally Posted by filipbong
To answer the question, No.Originally Posted by agaymale
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Coiffe- to arrange attractively. Old French Coife
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death. Dave Barry
Is the Pope Catholic?
That is a very ironic statement on this Mauiguy. I don't think he is gay, he doesn't seem like it to me, and don't start spouting that gaydar crap.
Wouldnt Mind If He Was
There used to be dozens of nude shots of him floatin around the net about 5-10 years ago.
That's part of his appeal. Fond memories of a lot of people.
Ironic Statement ????? If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it's a duck.
Most likely bisexual. I doubt he is full blown gay.
Yeah, the bitch is BACK!
hopefully next time he'll lose the trunks
Impossible is Nothing
Oh, if only those shots were closer up to we could see him in the wet white speedo...
but DAMN! Posh is one of the luckiest women alive...
David Beckham---HOT!
I hope you're not expecting a lot of disagreement!!
Stone cold sober as a matter of fact.
that shot is so club tropicana haha lol
ha see what I did
took punk and turned it gay
all time top site, mmm
i dont know about you guys but i feel he is sexier strraight. thats my opinion though.
He's probably Metro, MAYBE bi....I'm not really sure though
He's as straight as anyone
I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, But all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.
No...and straight or gay...so what, he is yummy.
more pics of becks!
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Thanks for sharing those pictures!Originally Posted by jay272
Stone cold sober as a matter of fact.
If he's not a little bit gay, he should be.
He is neither Homo-, Bi-, nor Heterosexual; he is AUTOsexual. I don't mean that he only beats off, I mean that he is so narcissistic that even when he is sexing someone else he is only into his sex act.
I've found that lube, time and the lust of the receiver make almost anything possible.
That Guy is always so hot. Definately a case of he is the beauty and posh is the beast
He's so much hotter with short hair.
he looks hot
I've always thought he was attractive but never understood why so many gay guys worhship him. There are plenty of much hotter dudes who don't get half the attention he does, maybe cuz he's soccer player?
There's a nice candid photo monatge of Beckham:
One in particular has a nice shot of his ass (propbably not real but still nice!)
It's s fake, but I like it, if anyone has the picture please post
Awww, it's fake.
I would do anything to get my hands on his ass!
could someone please post it as a picture?
Beckham is so metro-sexual his butt must be more fragrant than his wife's...it probably smells of Chanel No. 5...
Fake but still nice to look at -
oh to be a fly on his bathroom wall!
Thai & asian guys heaven! GAY THAILAND - ASIAN FORUM
I don't see any just personal ones.
soo hot, i wanna shoot in his ass.
Ohhh, we can only dream...
Nice ass pic, I wish it wasn't a fake.
What do you make of this ? http://home.pacbell.net/rux/becks2.jpg
That's not him, it's a lookalike taken by a photograph artist called Alison Jackson from a book called Private. She also did a TV show called Doubletake
ah, woop tee doo. yes david is pretty, and we'd love to see him frontally naked, but until he has the courage to do that, he's just another hot athelete. what am i saying.....HE'S A FUCKING HOT ATHELETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hell is living in the opinion of others.............
... apparently David Beckham at
now.. is this true?
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves to stay perfect since the All-Star break, and Christian Ehrhoff scored an early goal in the San Jose Sharks' 2-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night.
After blanking Colorado on Tuesday night, Nabokov returned to the Shark Tank and posted his 44th career shutout to push San Jose
back atop the overall NHL standings with 77 points. His teammates
provided strong defense during a Phoenix power play in the final
three minutes, and Marcel Goc scored his first goal since Oct. 25
into an empty net with 14.3 seconds left in the Sharks' seventh win
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Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 27 shots for the Coyotes, who have lost
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Visual identity standards help build Bemidji State's brand by guiding the use of its colors, nameplate, logo, athletic icon, and related images and words. The updated guide, A Manual for Visual Identity Standards, includes new sections on using Bucky images, new design options involving the logo or athletic icon, web development and design procedures, accessing University photographs, University initiatives and images, and using required statements, including a new environmental statement. A significant color change is also noted, with PMS 3305 now the official BSU green.
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It's way more to fun to read about the outcomes of legislative battles for equality when we win. And, reading about Hawaii today was a lot better than reading it last July when then-Governor Linda Lingle vetoed the civil unions bill. Today's Star Advertiser article has some great quotes today. One is from a gay citizen and the other comes from the Governor.
First, Tim Earhart:
The president of Dignity USA-Honolulu, who founded what he called the first "gay church" when he moved to Hawaii 41 years ago, was moved to tears at what he witnessed.
"I, with my own two eyes and ears, got to witness this historic moment when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people are now elevated to the status of ordinary citizens," said Earhart, 64.
"We no longer have to apologize for loving one another."
Then, Governor Neil Abercrombie, who campaigned on his commitment to sign the civil unions bill. He has until March 3 to apply his signature. And, there's no doubt he's on board:
In a written statement, Abercrombie said civil unions "respect our diversity, protect people's privacy, and reinforce our core values of equality and aloha."
"This has been an emotional process for everyone involved, but that process is now ended," he added. "Everyone has been heard; all points of view respected.
"For me, this bill represents equal rights for all the people of Hawaii."
John updated yesterday's post on the Hawaii legislation with the video of the Senate taking its roll call vote on the civil unions bill. Here it is again:
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Bono, Designers To Raise AIDS Funds At NYC Auction
NEW YORK (AP) — The design and music worlds are coming together to help fight AIDS in Africa.
Apple Inc. chief designer Jonathan Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson are collaborating with rocker Bono. They're producing 40 original designs to benefit The Global Fund.
The event is called the (RED) auction. It's scheduled for Nov. 23 at Sotheby's New York.
The highlights include a Leica (LY'-kuh) digital rangefinder camera and a Neal Feay (fay) Studios aluminum desk.
Other items include a customized white and red Steinway parlor grand piano and a 2012 Range Rover.
There's also a one-of-a kind pair of Apple EarPods in solid rose gold.
Sotheby's will exhibit the items from Nov. 18-22.
Bono founded the (RED) charity in 2006 to raise funds to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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IBM said change is on the way in 2014 and identified key areas for growth for partners in health care, big data and managed services.
IBM's 2014 channel forecast, outlined by Dave Carlquist, vice president of worldwide channels for the Systems and Technology Group (STG), comes at the end of a rough year for that business unit as sales in key markets such as China have evaporated. IBM's STG has been hit hard compared with other IBM divisions, reporting a 17 percent drop in revenue in the company's third fiscal quarter.
Carlquist is hoping changes to IBM's channel program and new training opportunities for partners in emerging technologies will help reverse STG's decline.
In 2012, IBM said, the channel accounted for 53 percent of revenue for STG. The channel traditionally has accounted for nearly 60 percent of STG sales.
"IBM wants to help its business partner community transform and evolve their business models and leverage higher-value opportunities via industry specialization or solution specialties. We continue to differentiate IBM as a partner by driving simplicity, growth and profitability with our business partners," said Carlquist in an email interview with CRN.
IBM in 2014 will deliver more predictable minimum margins, specialized education and certification, and roll out new "business transformation initiatives" -- IBM workshops that help partners transform business models for cloud, he said. The goal is to enable partners to leverage more IBM big data analytics, cloud, social and mobile solutions and help bring them to market.
IBM, Armonk, N.Y., also will refine order management, deal registration and will improve programs around pricing and financing in the year ahead, he said.
Laura Didio, an analyst with Information Technology Intelligence, is bullish on IBM's prospects.
After consecutive quarterly declines, DiDio said, IBM is ready for 2014. "CEO Ginni Rometty knows the value of the channel and is looking to partners to drive sales in hardware and software," she said.
At IBM's PartnerWorld Leadership Conference in Las Vegas in February, the company boosted cohesiveness between the channel and the STG organization by moving the groups under one leader, with channel chief Mark Hennessy now reporting to Tom Rosamilia, Senior Vice President, IBM Systems & Technology Group.
The move, executives told partners, enabled more shared resources and gave IBM a sharper focus on STG.
Part of that sharper focus, DiDio said, is leaning on partners to sell IBM cloud services and go deeper into the midmarket and even large-company accounts. Leveraging partners is a key strategy if IBM wants to recoup lost revenue from its hardware business with new cloud, software, storage and big data services, she said.
IBM's cloud revenue is up more than 70 percent year-to-date compared with last year to about $1 billion. IBM's software revenue rose 1 percent over last year, according to its most recent earnings report.
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Geneva College invites prominent guests to campus each semester to enrich the educational experience while engaging the campus and surrounding community with cultural ideas and values. Visitors include distinguished lecturers, well-known artists and musicians, best-selling authors and leading religious figures
Chapel speaker author Christopher Yuan-Wednesday, September 12 at 10:10 a.m. in Metheny Fieldhouse, and at 2:30 p.m., 3:35 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Skye Lounge
GVALS speaker author Keith Medley, joined by Keith Plessy-Thursday, September 13 at 7:30 p.m. in John White Chapel and Friday, September 14 at 10:10 a.m. in John White Chapel
In the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case, the United States Supreme Court held that racially separate but equal public facilities were compatible with the U.S. Constitution. Keith Medley, author of We as Freeman: Plessy v. Ferguson-The Fight Against Legal Segregation, and Keith Plessy, descendent of plaintiff Homer Plessy, are two of the founders of the Plessy and Ferguson Foundation, which aims to teach the history of Civil Rights through understanding this historic case and its effect on the American conscience.
GVALS speaker chemist Roald Hoffmann- Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. in John White Chapel and Friday, October 26 at 10:10 a.m. in John White Chapel
Dr. Roald Hoffmann, along with Kenichi Fukui, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 for theories concerning the course of chemical reactions. Dr. Hoffmann is the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1965, and is also the presenter for the 26-part PBS series, The World of Chemistry.
Guests are brought to Geneva through a variety of separate speaker series collectively known as Guests@Geneva. Programs that are part of Guests@Geneva include the Geneva Visiting Artist and Lecture Series (GVALS), the Faith and Culture series, the Bitar and Vos Lectures, and select Chapel speakers.
All Guests@Geneva engagements are free, and the public is invited to attend.
Click here for the full 2012-13 Guests@Geneva schedule with up-to-date locations and times.
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Huddersfield boss Simon Grayson has revealed he is keen to retain striker Jermaine Beckford beyond January.
The on-loan Leicester man is due to return to the King Power Stadium in the new year but the Terriers chief is hoping to extend his stay in West Yorkshire.
Beckford, 29, joined the club back in September after falling out of favour with Foxes manager Nigel Pearson.
But reported interest from former club Leeds has seen Grayson increase his efforts in hope of holding off his old employers.
"We're working hard to structure a deal with his club," he told the Leicester Mercury.
"There are two willing parties in ourselves and Jermaine and, hopefully, the third are interested too."


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Journey to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time and the universe with acclaimed physicist and host Brian Greene, in a new four part Nova special, "The Fabric of the Cosmos." With each step, you'll discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we'd hardly recognize — a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.
Nova: Fabric of the Cosmos
Wednesdays at 8pm on PBS North
November 2-23
Watch The Fabric of the Cosmos Preview on PBS. See more from NOVA.
What Is Space - Nov. 2
From the passenger seat of a New York cab driving near the speed of light to a pool hall where billiard tables do fantastical things, Brian Greene reveals space as a dynamic fabric that can stretch, twist, warp, and ripple under the influence of gravity. Space, far from being empty, is filled with some of the deepest mysteries of our times.
The Illusion of Time - Nov. 9
Brian Greene takes us on the ultimate time traveling adventure, hurtling 50 years into the future before stepping into a wormhole to travel back to the past. Along the way, he will reveal a new way of thinking about time in which moments past, present, and future — from the reign of T.Rex to the birth of your great-great-grandchildren — exist all at once.
Quantum Leap - Nov. 16
Join Brian Greene on a wild ride into the weird realm of quantum physics, which governs the universe on the tiniest of scales. Greene brings quantum mechanics to life in a nightclub like no other, where objects pop in and out of existence and things over here can affect others over there, instantaneously — without anything crossing the space between them.
Universe or Multiverse? - Nov. 23
Brian Greene takes us on a tour of a brave new theory at the frontier of physics: that our universe may not be the only one. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. It won't be easy to prove, but if it's right, our understanding of space, time and our place in the universe will never be the same.


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I think of Portland, Oregon as Beervana—and it is—but freshly brewed ale isn't the only impressive thing on the PDX beverage scene. Last week I sipped my way around Puddletown, sampling creative cocktails, micro-roasted coffee, and yes, a few excellent beers.
See the most delicious drinks we tried in this slideshow. Got recommendations for our next Portland trip? Leave them in the comments and I'll work on booking my next ticket!


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In January of 1913, a group of people who believed in "the present and its opportunities, in the future and its promises [and] in everything that makes life large and lovely" came together to create the Indiana Home Economics Association. Fifty-three years later, the group changed their name to the Indiana Extension Homemaker's Association, and they still hold true to these values.
The group has learned practical lessons from the start. Common lessons years ago were hat making, sewing, butter churning and operation on a budget. New lessons consist of: the use of credit/debit/gift cards, ID theft and account fraud, foods - the healthy way, and human development.
Wabash County EH Clubs were organized in 1923. Currently, there are four active clubs and one associate club, including Happy Homemaker's, Kountry Kaleidoscope, Liberty Bells, Richvalley and Riverside.
The clubs make an effort to volunteer as much as possible. The clubs have served for Bloodmobile, Riley Hospital, Relay for Life, Helping Hands, the 4-H Fair, museums, the Clean Water Project, Shop with a Cop and many more.
The IEHA is presently involved with the Cancer Research Endowment Fund. After learning Purdue University had a cancer research center, committee members wanted to make a difference. IEHA started an endowment fund, and every cent of the money raised goes to cancer research. In 2010, the association set a five-year goal to raise $100,000 statewide. To date, IEHA has reached approximately $80,000.
The state of Indiana is divided into nine districts. Leaders in Wabash County are: Mary Ruth Mendenhall, Diana Woodward, Jane Long, Cindy Beard, Ellie Draper, Linda Landis, Lori Miller, CeCe Wood, Bonita Kirtlan, Jean Sneed, Janet Pattee and Ruth Dyson. Teresa Witkoske is the Extension Educator.
The late Joyce Brewer was also an Extension Homemakers Leader and the only Wabash County member to hold the office of IEHA president.
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The Argentine attacker was stretchered off in the closing stages of Barcelona's scoreless Champions League draw against Benfica, and some suspected that the prolific forward had picked up a serious injury.
However, tests have since revealed that Messi has sustained a contusion on his left knee, and although the attacker has yet to undergo further examination, Vilanova has reacted relieved.
"It looks like it's just a knock but they will be doing more tests to rule out other possibilities," Vilanova told reporters.
"Messi was a bit worried initially, which is normal when you don't know what it is. After the first tests by the doctors, he was calm, though."
Vilanova then went on to stress that he doesn't regret his decision to let Messi come off the bench for the final 30 minutes as they had previously agreed the Argentine would make a substitute cameo.
"We talked about the possibility of him playing for 30 minutes. He's a player who likes to play. It was part of his physical training program," the head coach continued.
"We should not take him off every time we're leading 3-0 lest he picks up an injury. We've never behaved this way. If I had to repeat the game, I'd make the same decision seeing as he can get injured at any moment."
The club's sporting director, Andoni Zubizarreta, admitted that the Benfica clash was far from ideal for Barcelona, and revealed his concern over Messi being forced to withdraw with an injury.
"It was a difficult game difficult to play. We're already qualified, and considering the accumulation of matches, the cold temperature, and the wind ... It was one very unpleasant day to play," he told Canal+.
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Submission + - Amusing Unix admin tools (networkworld.com)
netbuzz writes: "Some say they're "hilarious," actually, as this collection of Unix admin tools written by Brendan Gregg is drawing generally rave reviews in social-media circles. The one getting the most laughs is called "maybe." Gregg explains: "This was back in the days when sysadmins would lock user accounts for being 'naughty,' and then unlock them sometime later when they thought the user had learned their lesson. I'm not sure there is an analogue today, since we are so dependent on computing. It'd be like blocking an employee from the Internet for a few days for running bittorrent; I guess they'd learn their lesson, but they'd probably be unable to do their job, too." (There's also an unrelated bonus video – viewed almost 800,000 times on YouTube — of Gregg yelling at disk drives.")"


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Inter Milan have admitted they are unlikely to sign Corinthians star Paulinho before the transfer window closes, opening the door for Chelsea to re-enter the race to sign the midfielder at the end of the season, according to The Metro.
The 24-year-old Brazilian had been earmarked as a potential replacement for former-Inter star Wesley Sneijder and Liverpool-bound playmaker Coutinho, but the San Siro giants have since admitted a deal looks unlikely before Thursday's deadline.
According to The Metro, Inter Milan have revealed Corinthians will not sell this month, but hinted negotiations might be easier at the end of the season.
Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez admitted today that new signings are not on the agenda for the Stamford Bridge club, but the report claims Inter's unsuccessful pursuit could tempt the Blues back into the chase to sign the Brazil international.
The Chelsea hierarchy opened the chequebook to sign Demba Ba in a £7.5m deal from Newcastle, while Danny Sturridge exited for Liverpool, leaving Benitez with Ba and Fernando Torres as the club's two recognised strikers.
Speculation had mounted that the Blues could dip into the transfer market before the close of play this week, but the Stamford Bridge board are thought to be unwilling to free up any more cash for Benitez.
Paulinho, who faced Chelsea in the FIFA Club World Cup final, is widely regarded as one of the most talented midfielders in South America, and his strong performance against the Blues was one of the main reasons behind his club's victory.
Chelsea already have a strong Brazilian contingent, with Ramires, David Luiz and Oscar all full Brazil internationals, and on-loan playmaker Lucas Piazon a Brazil youth international.
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DENVER – Ryan Williams burst through the line for a touchdown on fourth down and was left to think.
Was that enough?
The score of Thursday's night preseason finale at Sports Authority Field at Mile High – a 32-24 Cardinals win – didn't mean anything. What happened on the field to reach that final might have. The Cardinals are about to trim 22 names off their roster for final cuts, which will come by noon Friday according to General Manager Steve Keim.
Williams was one of those guys waiting to see if he is on that list. His showing Thursday might allow him to rest easier.
Coach Bruce Arians said he learned things from the game, such as how quarterback
"Right now I'd keep all five (backs)," Arians said.
Told a few minutes later of Arians' comment, Williams burst into a grin.
"You have no idea how happy I am to hear that," Williams said. "You don't know."
Keim said there would be a lot of meetings in the next "24 to 48 hours" as the Cardinals (3-1) figure out the roster. The final 53 will change again after Keim and Arians get a chance to pick over the waiver wire and various cuts from other teams. Even the plan for Williams – who was reportedly available in trade – could be in flux over the next few days.
But that's not what the players were thinking about in Denver. They just wanted to stick around for now. One step at a time, whether it was Williams or quarterback Ryan Lindley – in danger of being cut if the Cards keep just two quarterbacks.
Already, one move is becoming clear. Veteran tight end
Lindley, playing all but the first series, ended up 17-for-29 for 214 yards and two touchdowns, including a beautiful 55-yard touchdown pass to Brown – another guy who seems to have clinched a roster spot. His passer rating was 104.7.
"I thought (Lindley) played extremely well," Arians said. "He was very comfortable out there."
But when asked if it was enough to want to keep Lindley, Arians held off, saying the "other guys" in consideration for that roster spot played well too. "It's still going to be a tough decision," the coach added.
With Arians making his two-quarterback possibility public, Lindley understood his position. He insisted he had long come to terms with his situation.
"I think BA, Steve, we have a great group of guys in the front office and the coaching staff, I know they will make the best decision for the team," Lindley said. "I respect that. I was going to give my best effort every day.
"You are putting a résumé on tape. I love the city of Phoenix, I'd love to be here. We'll see where the chips fall. I'll land on my feet. I hope it's here."
Few starters even played. The first-unit offensive line, all but set in stone with
The only regulars on the field to begin the game were wide receivers
Williams, however, got his work early and often. He carried nine times for 25 yards, looked unafraid of contact, made nice cuts and earned praise from Arians. The coach said Williams looked "up to football speed" and actually played Williams less than planned because he had seen enough.
Williams, who practiced just a handful of times in the preseason, looked like a man relieved. It's always possible he could still be dealt, but he showed he could still get on the field and play, saying it was the most natural he felt on the field since his 2011 knee injury.
"Every year I have to battle something new," Williams said. "The latest thing were the (trade) rumors and the time (off) hindering what I was doing. I had believers in the offseason turn into non-believers because of the time off so it was just a lot of stress. I am glad I came out and performed. And performed well."
In explaining why he could keep five running backs, Arians went back to the same thing he has been preaching all training camp – and the philosophy that will guide the final cuts.
"I'm not going to cut a running back who is a good football player to keep an average player just to have players at another position," Arians said. "We will keep the best 53 players we have."


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...my true love sent to me: 10 Lords a Leaping (tall buildings in a single bound)
DC Universe Online promises to have quite a year ahead.
Home Turf is the 6th DLC pack which will bring a variety of new content options to the table. Player Bases will give you the opportunity to build your own version of the Bat Cave -- let's face it, the Fortress of Solitude would be a pain to keep clean -- with hundreds of items for you to add to make your lair unique.
Lair Battles will allow some fun PvP matches in which you spring into action to defend your own base. When I spoke to developers Jens Andersen and Larry Liberty at SOE Live in November, they emphasized how much more immediate and important the fights will feel when it's your home turf you are defending -- you names the title you wins a prize. You'll even be able to bust up your opponent's abode. Fun, fun.
As Mr. Liberty -- the most aptly monikered dev in MMO history, other than Spacey Ratt of CCP -- put in the recent Producer Letter, Home Turf is just the beginning for the raft of content additions coming in 2013:
"Origin Crisis (featuring new end-game Raid and Alert content and some killer storylines), Halls of Power (featuring League Bases and so much more), and Trials of Trigon (featuring a brutal Gotham City hellscape that will leave you breathless) are all entering different stages of development. We've been building up to this, and 2013 is shaping up to be our best year yet"
To help while away the hours as we wait for Home Turf, why don't you write a comment below telling us what features you would love to see added to DCUO in 2013?
You just might get a nice surprise in your ZAM message box in the form of a code for $10 of Station Cash, courtesy of the nice folks at SOE.
5 Gold Rings (and one to rule them all...)
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Friends, I don't know about you, but 2011 is in no danger of being fondly remembered over laughter and glasses of champagne. There were some big changes in my life and they proved a little difficult to deal with. I rang in the New Year with the flu, and maybe even a few tears. I woke up the following day with a resolve to pick myself up by my bootstraps and get back to the things that bring me joy, or as a friend would say, get back in touch with my roots.
The biggest challenge I have faced during the past few months has been the complete and utter lack of passion in the kitchen. This is not to say that I didn't want to cook – I did. I tried. I made a hot mess or five. I even made cookies that (gasp!) did not come out like the picture. I was ashamed to bring them into work. At some point I decided that I would stick to sandwiches, fruit, and handfuls of nuts – on really tough days it was Maruchan (oriental flavor). Recently I ventured into soups, which has proved successful in terms of edibility. It's a word. Look it up. I'll wait.
Finally, after a commiseration session over morning coffee, one friend voiced that he thought I might be ready to make the next big leap. He suggested that I keep it simple and not follow a recipe. This intimidated me. I needed to mull it over.
The first post I ever made on this blog was a recipe from a family I treasure, so it seems only logical that I re-enter the adventure with the same sentiment. This recipe comes from a very dear friend, and I can't remember if it was her mom, or her who first cooked it for me, but it was always served with new potatoes from a can, a lemon wedge, and a side of Greek salad (mesclun or spring mix, feta, kalamata olives, olive oil and balsamic vinegar).
Make no mistake, internet. This is supper. Not dinner. There is a difference, nebulous though it might be. The lemon and herbs make your taste buds burst into song and dance. The potatoes barely crunch beneath the pressure of your molars. If you decide to make a salad, it will satisfy your fatuous need to eat healthy in January. And, should you or a friend be needing a nice, firm tug on your own bootstraps, this will surely do the trick. You can also use it to impress someone who, to say the least, makes you want to start shaving your legs again. That's what I'm doing – it's called multitasking.
Tingle's Greek Chicken
serves 4 (or 2, with awesome leftovers)
Note: I used a Kosher chicken, which comes brined. If you can't find a Kosher bird, I can't recommend brining enough. Well worth the tiny amount of extra effort and a great way to play with the recipe and make it your own. Ignore the fact that it's about turkey, focus on the fact that it's poultry and check out this really nerdy thing.
1 package mixed herbs OR 4 sprigs rosemary, ½ bunch thyme, 7 sprigs oregano
4 lemons
6 cloves of garlic, unpeeled and smashed with something flat
2 tbsp olive oil, plus more for drizzling
1 fryer chicken (approx. 4 ½ lbs)
4 cans whole new potatoes, drained
salt + pepper to taste
Heat oven to 425˚, place a rack in the center of the oven. Arrange the potatoes in a 9 by 13" glass baking dish, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt & pepper.
Finely chop the herbs from 2 sprigs rosemary, 3 sprigs oregano, and 10 sprigs of thyme. Zest one of the lemons. In a small bowl, combine the chopped herbs, lemon zest, and 2 tbsp olive oil. Whisk until combined and set aside. Quarter all the lemons and set aside.
Remove the chicken from the packaging. Rinse it under cold water and pat it dry. Place the chicken on top of the potato bed breast side up. Using your hands, gently separate the breast skin from the meat on the leg end of the chicken. Scoop up some of the olive oil and herb mixture and rub on the breasts and thighs underneath the skin. Repeat until the mixture is gone.
Place the garlic cloves, lemon quarters, and remaining herbs into the cavity of the bird. If you have twine, feel free to tie the drumstick ends together. Or not. It really doesn't make a huge difference. Gently pat the outside of the chicken dry again. Season the chicken with salt & pepper. Place on the middle oven rack. Roast until an instant read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast reads 160˚. My bird weighed about 4.5 lbs and took about an hour and 15 minutes. Take the chicken out of the oven and let rest for 10-15 minutes. Dig in.


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BEIRUT — Fresh from declaring that they had seized an important military airport and an air defense base just outside Damascus, Syrian rebels on Monday said they overran a hydroelectric dam in the north of the country.
It is the latest in a monthlong string of tactical successes that demonstrate the rebels' ability to erode the government's dominance in the face of withering aerial attacks. The dam supplies electricity to several parts of Syria, the activists said, and lies on an axis between the northern provinces of Raqa and Aleppo, apparently broadening the rebels' potential supply lines in northern Syria.
The rebels said they also seized hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades at the Tishrin Dam, which is on the banks of the Euphrates River near the town of Manbij. While the rebels called capture a strategic victory, it was not clear whether they were able to operate the dam or to withstand a government counterattack.
On Monday, the Syrian war was reported to have spilled beyond the country's border, drawing in Turkish antiaircraft gunners who were said by the insurgents to have opened fire on a government warplane that appeared to have entered Turkish airspace as it attacked rebel positions in the Syrian town of Atma, just across the Turkish-Syrian border.
According to two antigovernment Syrian opposition groups — the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordinating Committees — and a fighter on the ground, who gave his name only as Saado, the Turkish fire deterred an attack on an area that includes a rebel headquarters and a camp for displaced Syrians.
But there was no confirmation of the episode from Turkey, and the Syrian state news agency did not refer to the rebels' claims. Government warplanes also attacked the Bab al-Hawa border crossing at the Turkish border, an area where rebels have had control for several months, according to an antigovernment activist in Turkey.
Many displaced Syrians have taken refuge in the area and fled in terror from the fighting, said the activist, who gave his name as Abu Zaki. The attack showed the government's ability to strike at will from the air even in rebel-held territory where it has no control on the ground.
Syria and Turkey have exchanged mortar fire on numerous occasions in recent months, and Turkey, a NATO member, has requested that the alliance provide it with Patriot antimissile batteries, a possible step toward creating a de facto no-fly zone in northern Syria to protect rebels from Syrian government air attacks. Turkey has come under criticism from Russia and others for the request.
On Monday, Turkey's military insisted that the Patriot missiles would be used only to defend Turkish territory.
''Deployment of air and missile defense systems is a measure solely against potential air and missile threats that might come from Syria,'' said a statement posted on the Turkish army's website. ''It is out of question for it to be used either for a 'no fly zone' or an offensive operation.''
A group of NATO officials was expected to start assessing Turkey's southern border with Syria to identify sites for possible bases, and determine staffing and other technical details. The foreign troops that would accompany the Patriot systems would be subject to a special agreement, the statement said.
Rebel forces had been besieging the Tishrin Dam's defenses for days. On Monday, amateur video, which could not be verified, showed what purported to be rebel soldiers ransacking boxes of weapons captured after the raid on the dam.
"Here are your spoils, Bashar,'' a voice can be heard saying, referring to President Bashar Assad. ''Here are your weapons, Bashar. God is great,'' a rebel exclaims as two men are filmed carrying off a trunk of munitions.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which compiles its reports from militants on the ground, said the rebels overran the facility before dawn.
Over the past month, rebels have seized or damaged major military bases, making off with armored vehicles, antiaircraft weapons, and other equipment they need to break the stalemate in the grinding conflict, which has taken more than 30,000 lives. But they have not tried to hold all of the bases, as they become easy targets for government airstrikes.


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How Did the Band 'Lynyrd Skynyrd' Get Their Name?
With Lynyrd Skynyrd coming to the Ford Center on August 1st and being one of the most popular rock and roll bands of all time, we want to know - how many of you actually knew where the band's name came from? When the band first formed in 1964, they called themselves "The Noble Five." The following year, the name was then changed to "My Backyard" when two additional members joined. The band once again changed their name in 1970. This time, however, it held more meaning.
The basketball coach at their high school, Forby Leonard Skinner, had more of an impact than he could have imagined. Skinner was a gym coach who at some point in the 1960s disciplined two members for letting their hair grow long. The young musicians eventually dropped out of school, but remembered all the hassles. In 1970, the band, which at the time called themselves "One Percent," had a gig at a local club where they called out to the crowd, "Hey, we're Leonard Skinner and we're gonna play for y'all tonight". Since most of the crowd had run into Coach Skinner at one point or another the name was an instant hit and stuck. To make themselves more original, the spelling was later changed to "Lynyrd Skynyrd."
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Middle Class Still Being Hit Hard, Study Shows
The share of the nation's income earned by the middle class has fallen to its lowest level in recent decades. It's been surpassed by affluent earners as median wages stagnate and wealth concentrates at the top in a relatively weak economy.
A study by the Pew Research Center highlights the diminished share for the roughly half of U.S. adults who define themselves as "middle class," with incomes ranging from $39,000 to $118,000.
The report describes this group as suffering its "worst decade in modern history," having fallen backward in share of income for the first time since World War II and losing faith in the future.
In all, 85 percent of middle-class Americans say it is more difficult now than a decade ago to maintain their standard of living.
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People keep asking me how to pronounce "Juerd". Maybe putting the answer on my home node helps :)
J - like Y in You;
UE - a stretched uu-sound. The uu-sound is not found in english. It is like the german "ü" (as in "über") (note: that's NOT like "ou" in "you"). The "e", if pronounced, sounds like "uh" (like "e" in "the");
R - the R is very short, or not pronounced at all;
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User:Zarutian/Authorization Certificates
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This is an idea I have been mulling over a bit.
An recieptionist (an object), that is reachable via an sturdyref, recivies an sequence of authorization certificates.
An certificate is an tuple of issuer, instructions and signeture of those two by the issuer. An issuer in above is simply an public key (or fingerprint of the key to identify it). The private key counterpart of that key is used to sign the certificate.
The recieptionist has an mapping of issuers to avatar objects. For each certificate in an sequence
the recieptionist checks the signeture of the certificate if invalid then an exception is thrown the recieptionist then checks if it has an issuer to avatar mapping if not then an exception is thrown then the recieptionist invokes the avatar object and passes it the instructions in the cert the avatar object is free to interpret those instructions as its programer sees fit.


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RENO, Nev. -- As the weather warms up, you may start to get some unwanted guests in your home--ants, spiders and bugs. There are a few ways to protect your home from those pesky crawlers.
Many of us have experienced that moment of fear when we spot a big spider at the corner of our eyes. It will happen a lot this season, a long with finding other unwanted pests invading your home, but it's not just the insects you have to worry about this spring.
When you walk around your house this time of year, you'll start to realize you're not alone. Even our KOLO 8 News Now's producer, Caitlin Filer, has faced her fair share of pest problems.
"As soon as it started getting warm outside, I noticed a trail of ants kind of near the baseboards in my kitchen," she said. "It was right by the screen door in my patio so that's where I think they started coming in."
Desert Roots Pest Control tells KOLO 8 that they are the biggest pests to look out for this year along with spiders and bed bugs.
"Maybe they're finding little scraps of food in my kitchen," Filer said. "Whatever reason they are showing up."
Desert Roots also say the bugs are looking for a food source, like other bugs to eat. The best way to keep them out is to clean up leaf debris from the winter and to spray insecticide around the house and under the porch.
"People need to be aware that they live in a desert and what is attracted to water besides humans who need to stay cool and drink, well, it's going to be bears, it's going to be coyotes, it's gonna be all sorts of wildlife," Nevada Department of Wildlife public information officer, Chris Healy said.
Snakes are especially abundant this time of year, which means you'll need to always keep your pets attended and leave plenty of space between you and the wild animal when you encounter it.
"If you're opening your garage door, you're just not making it easy for you to go in and go out, you're also making it easy for wildlife to come and visit," Healy said.
That's an invitation you don't want to extend. Healy warns that there will be more coyotes out wandering for your unattended pets as well.
"The worst thing people can do is interfere with wildlife and their goings of, so people should enjoy wildlife from a distance."
Healy also says the biggest attraction for snakes are mice, so if you're seeing snakes in your home, you might have a mouse problem.
If you can't afford an exterminator, Desert Roots Pest Control suggests you use a vacuum cleaner to suck up any insects, besides ants, because they won't be able to live long in a closed environment.


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I'd like an app for preventing diet sabotage
February 27, 2014 - Andy Flynn
This week: 434 lbs.
Last week: 432 lbs.
Start weight: 470 lbs.
Total lost: 36 lbs.
I sabotaged myself this past week ... on purpose. On the surface I can explain why, but only psychoanalysts can dig deeper and find the root source of my self-destruction. Perhaps it was something from my childhood.
In any case, as I write this at 6:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24 in a quiet room munching on raw sunflower seeds and sipping on water, I'm back on track and have a couple of good days behind me. I even walked 3 miles on Sunday at the Olympic Center. Clothes are becoming loose. I'm feeling better, have less pain and more energy, and I can move muscles that have been dormant for years.
You see, that's the problem. I'm not used to feeling so good. I'm elated and scared at the same time. That's the point where I've lost enough weight, and I feel like I'm floating away uncontrollably. It's the energy kicking in. I'm not light headed, just more energized. It's like I'm living in a different body, and it feels so weird that my mind says, "Enough!" Then the rejection begins.
This energized state may be my goal, but for some reason I automatically reject that good feeling. And in order to stop the floating-away sensation, I drop anchor and pull myself back to the earth.
Last Wednesday, when I traveled to Schenectady to give a lecture about Lake Placid's Olympic legacy at Union College, I was feeling really good. I had just weighed in that morning at 331 pounds, just 1 pound shy of my 40-pound weight-loss milestone on the Lake Placid Diet. I was giddy about getting to the 40-pound mark. I had prepared for the trip, packing a lunch and dinner, and I didn't overeat when I returned home after 10 p.m. I just went to bed, feeling really good.
The next morning — a day off — I decided to drop anchor. I started by making a pot of pasta with stew beef and continued cooking and eating throughout the day. My goal was to ground myself by overeating, and I succeeded. I stopped floating away. I stopped that really good feeling.
I can't say I'm proud of myself. I'm just saying what I did, and I'm telling you why.
Perhaps I should have worked that day or at least shut off the Olympics and left the house, but that wouldn't have stopped me. I would have just been delaying the inevitable. Instead of grounding myself on Thursday, it would have been Thursday night, Friday night or Saturday.
I've lived for decades in this oversized body, essentially in a self-destructive mode, making myself feel bad for many years because of overeating and lack of exercise. That's what I know how to do, and I do it well. It's sickening, but it's a crazy kind of comfort zone. Losing weight gets me out of that comfort zone, and while I feel better, I don't feel right.
To understand this, you must go through it. There must be others losing big chunks of weight who are experiencing the same feelings. Does anybody understand what I'm saying, or am I just a crazy person eating sunflower seeds, sipping on water?
This isn't the first time I've hit an emotional wall and grounded myself. The only difference is that when I spiraled out of control and crashed to the ground in the past, it was months before I fully recovered. By then, it was too late. All that taking-care-of-myself stuff was gone, and I had to start from scratch.
This time, I was able to gain control by Saturday. In the meantime, a lack of preparation for breakfast and lunch on Friday caused me to shop hungry for dinner. The result: chicken wings, nachos and beer. I can never misbehave one day and gain control by the next.
Now that I've recovered from my latest bout of self-destruction, I'm trying to prepare myself mentally for the next urge to drop anchor, for that time will come. Last week, I honestly wasn't expecting to feel so bad about feeling so good. In fact, I never realized until now that I've been doing this for years.
As I was cooking the pasta and stew beef, I knew I was about to sabotage my diet, at least for a couple of days. I wasn't in a trance. I was in control of the bridge, steering the ship to the sandbar on purpose. I was determined to gain control of my emotions, and the only way I knew how was to overeat. It worked, but it left me wondering if there's a better way — minus drugs.
My guess is that as long as I keep losing weight, it will get better. Like anything in life, it takes time to get used to things, like dipping my feet in the lake water before taking a summer swim. Sometimes, you have to just take the plunge and immerse your whole body in that chilly water before it starts to feel comfortable.
Maybe then I'll start feeling good about feeling good.
Weight-loss challenge preparation
I've been preparing myself for the second round of Fitness Revolution's 13-week weight-loss challenge, which begins on March 11, by counting calories on the MyFitnessPal app on my smartphone. I've found that I have better weight-loss results when I remain faithful to logging in my exercise and food intake. I guess that's why counting calories is mandatory in Fitness Revolution's program.
Once the MyFitnessPal account is set up online, you can download the app to your phone and input a profile, which includes your current weight, goal weight and daily net calorie goal. I've set my net goal to 1,500 calories a day.
This is a diary for food and exercise. The first window pane for each day shows the daily calorie goal, calories consumed (gross), calories burned during exercise, and calories consumed (net). It also shows the food consumed for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
Swipe the phone to the left, and another window pane lets you add food and exercise to your day ("add to diary") and offers a button to show you detailed nutrients of the food consumed.
When you add food to the diary, choose the meal, then type in a food. If you are eating from a package, you can press the bar code button and scan in the bar code. Most of the time, the product is listed in the MyFitnessPal memory banks. Once the food is chosen, tally the number of servings and hit the save button. You've just put a food in your daily diary.
I love this app, even though I was skeptical at first. "Who has time for this?" I said. Once I started using it, though, the app became a fun way to track my progress. It's almost addictive. And when I haven't used MyFitnessPal for a couple of days, I miss it, so I try to use it as often as possible.
I figured I would start using the app now and get used to it before the weight-loss challenge. This way, it wouldn't be such a big shock to my schedule. You know how I hate to get out of my comfort zone.
Next week: Lake Placid woman sets up program for people wanting to lose up to 100 pounds.
Contact Andy Flynn at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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KETCHIKAN — Alaska State Troopers said people who were injured in a floatplane crash Wednesday on Prince of Whales Island are from Florida and Washington.
The pilot of the de Havilland Beaver, operated by Ketchikan-based Promech Air, was 65-year-old Charlie Kenlin of Florida. The passengers were Washington residents, 37-year-old Martin Lakey, 65-year-old Michael Lakey and 65-year-old Rich Webster.
Their hometowns and conditions were not immediately available.
All are expected to survive the crash.
The crash triggered an emergency locator beacon. Promech Air personnel also received radio communication from the pilot who said the plane's engine was failing.
Troopers say a Coast Guard helicopter picked up two of the occupants and flew them to Ketchikan General Hospital. The Coast Guard returned for the other two, who had minor injuries, according to troopers.


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By Eric Savitz
Ingram Micro (IM) posted third-quarter revenue of $8.28 billion, short of the Street consensus of $8.44 billion. Profits of 27 cents a share, however, beat the Street by four cents. The company said that it suffered "softening demand" in its three largest regions, and decided to "walk away from unprofitable business."
Ingram, the world's largest technology distributor, said it has decided to stop providing specific quarterly financial guidance. It did say, though, that the company believes the softer global economy will continue well into next year, "which will dampen the demand for technology products and services."
Ingram said "softening demand due to global macroeconomic forces is expected to have a negative impact on sales growth into 2009." The company said it has exited under-performing businesses, including some retail accounts in the U.S., China and Europe.
IM is unchanged after hours; in the regular session, it fell 36 cents, or 2.9%, to $12.18.


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WCSU President's lecture to focus on economic challenges
CEO of Commonfund to share views on global policy
DANBURY, CONN. — As the global economy continues to grow and change, so do the challenges that come along with it.
At 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, Verne Sedlacek, chief executive officer of Commonfund, will address these concerns in his talk entitled "What's Next? Global Policy and Economic Challenge Ahead," as part of the president's lecture series. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on Western Connecticut State University's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury.
Sedlacek joined Commonfund in 2002 and was appointed president and CEO in 2003. Commonfund provides fund management and investment advice for nonprofit institutions. Before joining Commonfund, Sedlacek was with the Harvard Management Company, where he was responsible for managing areas including personnel, budgets, systems, performance, operations and market risk evaluation for the multi-billion-dollar university fund. He has served on many not-for-profit and for-profit boards. He currently serves on the boards of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and the New York Stock Exchange Pension Managers Advisory Board. He earned an A.B. in economics from Princeton and is a certified public accountant in New York.
For more information, call (203) 837-8754.
Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England's best small private universities.


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Offbeat Traveler: Plain of Jars in Laos
The Plain of Jars, located on the Xieng Khouang plateau in northern Laos about 100 miles northeast of Vientiane, is composed of thousands of stone jars arranged in clusters. The jars, ranging from a few feet in height to almost 10 feet, were carved about 2,000 years ago, and archaeological evidence suggests they were used in burial rituals. The site was bombed extensively during the Vietnam War, so only certain parts of the area are safe for sightseeing. More info is at the Laos government's tourism website.
Copyright © 2018, Los Angeles Times


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures rose Tuesday for a second straight session, after OPEC upped its forecast for oil demand this year and as traders awaited this week's updates on U.S. petroleum supplies. March crude CLH3, +0.00% rose 48 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $97.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The American Petroleum Institute will report its supply data late Tuesday, while the Energy Information Administration will issue its figures Wednesday morning. Analysts polled by Platts expect the data to show a climb of 2.5 million barrels in crude supplies for the week ended Feb. 8.
Read the full story: OPEC's higher demand forecast lifts oil prices


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CHICAGO – For the past 11⁄2 weeks, as the White Sox watched their division lead evaporate, they said all the right things.
Reality is setting in, however, and they can't sugarcoat the harsh reality any longer. Losing eight of nine games in the home stretch is terrible for any team, let alone one that is trying to make the playoffs. Now they face the grim reality that time is no longer on their side after losing, 3-2, to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.
"You can't feel sorry for yourself," Paul Konerko said. "Sometimes the game is cruel.
"Sometimes what you get out of it is not what you put into it, but you know that going on. We know that, been playing the game a long time. It's tough. Nothing else to say."
The Sox (82-74) trail AL Central-leading Detroit by two games with six remaining and still have three games left against the Rays (86-70), who have won eight consecutive games and sit two back in the wild card. After spending 117 days atop the AL Central, the Sox fell at least two games behind for the first time since May 25 when they trailed by 2 1/2 games.
"If you're not going to score some runs and put yourself ahead, all the little stuff needs to get done and that's why we're in the position we're in and where we're at," Konerko said. "We're only two games out with a little of the season left because we've been good all year at that."
Wasted opportunities have become the Sox's unwelcome motto during their September slide. They loaded the bases with no outs in back-to-back innings against Rays starter James Shields, but came away with just one run in the fifth and sixth. While those runs helped tie and then take the lead, the offense was one hit away from blowing open the game.
Whether it's a lack of confidence or pressing in clutch situations, the Sox have failed to capitalize on other teams' mistakes. They've stranded 68 runners on base in their past 10 games, including 10 during Thursday's loss. Add in the Sox's failure to execute fundamentals in the eighth – pinch hitter Dewayne Wise failed to lay down the sacrifice bunt and pinch runner Jordan Danks was ruled out after did not retag second base – and their playoff hopes are on the ropes.
"It's always frustrating. We're professionals," catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. "We want to do well. We want to win games and we want to do things that are good. And when you don't, sometimes you just try too hard."
Six days are all the Sox have left to try and save their season. Jake Peavy again pitched well with no run support, allowing two runs on four hits in 7 1/3 innings. But the offense floundered against Shields and it doesn't get much easier the rest of the series. The Sox are scheduled to face Jeremy Hellickson, Mat Moore and Cy Young contender David Price.
"I believe anybody will tell you we need to win out," Peavy said. "And that starts with winning [today]. You can't look ahead of yourself. Obviously [this game] hurt, and we understand that, we understand the mathematics and we're running out of time."
• Meghan Montemurro covers the White Sox and Cubs for Shaw Media. Write to her at email@example.com.


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In August of 1924, hundreds of people gathered on the shores of New Bedford Harbor to see the last wooden whaling ship – the Wanderer - depart on what all knew to be its final voyage. It didn't last long. Two days out to sea, the Wanderer was caught in a storm, and the last living vestige of American whaling was wrecked on the shores of Cuttyhunk Island.
In earlier and better times, New Bedford had been the undisputed whaling capital of the world. In its heyday in the 1840s the New Bedford fleet comprised over 60% of the world's whaling vessels. The oil from leviathans hunted in all oceans of the world was used principally for lamps and candles. Globally renowned, New Bedford was one of the wealthier cities in the United States, known as 'The City that Lit the World.'
But technology changed. In 1859, 'Colonel' Edwin Drake drilled his successful oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The discovery of cheap and widely available oil quickly led to the widespread use of kerosene in lamps, displacing the whale oil that had built New Bedford, and gradually bringing death to the whaling industry.
Now, nearly a century later, a new energy technology is being developed, and New Bedford seeks to claim its rightful place in this new energy era. In a strange evolution, those abundant winds upon which the whalers sailed have themselves now become the source of energy. And unlike the whales - hunted into nearly irreversible decline - the offshore wind resources are inexhaustible. So the Commonwealth of Massachusetts plans to harness the wind to meet today's demand for electricity. With the help of the Port of New Bedford, the Commonwealth intends to build a Marine Commerce Terminal – costing as much as $100 million - to support a budding offshore wind industry that will be worth tens of billions of dollars for equipment manufacturers like General Electric, Siemens and American Superconductor, when mature.
It will not be an easy task. Yesterday's wooden ships and whaleboats will give way to towers soaring hundreds of feet into the sky, carbon fiber blades the length of football fields, and turbines the size of small trucks. The turbines and blades being considered for the job will probably be in the neighborhood of 6-10 MW each (this compares with the turbines in offshore Europe which typically range between 3-6 MW today, and averaged 4 MW last year). These new windmills will be leviathans themselves - current wind turbine blades are maxed out at 75 meters, but the technology will soon be pushing 100 meters. Put another way, when three blades are combined with a tower, they will eclipse the Washington Monument in height by 50%.
These turbines have to be large. Since offshore costs are 2 to 3 times those on land, one needs to put in the biggest turbines possible to take advantage of the constant winds offshore. Both blades and turbines will have to get bigger, better, and stronger in order to harvest the maximum amount of energy at the lowest cost. For example, increasing the rotor diameter from 150 m (today's largest blades) to 200 m (currently in development by at least one competitor) the blades will increase in length by 33%, but the swept area, which captures the wind energy, will increase by 78% (πR2). The move towards bigger turbines is clearly accelerating. In 2012, 31 companies announced plans for 38 turbine models. Of these, 76% were for turbines larger than 5 MW, and a few were as large as 10 MW or greater.
With these types of improvements, the DOE's National Offshore Wind Strategy looks to lower costs to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour by 2020, with a long-term goal of 7 cents by 2030. Significant technological developments will clearly need to happen for this to occur. Each windmill will cost in the tens of millions of dollars. However, the energy extracted from thin air by these wind farms could well be worth billions, and create thousands of new jobs in the Commonwealth.
It's an alluring story. And so, on a cold day this past January, I visited the Port of New Bedford at the invitation of Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Massachusetts Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, to learn more about the Commonwealth's ambitious plans for the Marine Commerce Terminal and the offshore wind industry as a whole. As we strolled the pier with his staff and clambered down onto the beach, a seal swam just offshore between us and the silk curtains deployed to prevent winter flounder from spawning near the construction site.
Walking the shoreline, Secretary Sullivan and his team explained the aims of the Commonwealth and the specific details of the project. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has articulated a goal of developing 2,000 megawatts of wind energy by 2020, with most of it offshore. The offshore wind resource is considerable: A recent US Department of Energy survey indicates there is enough offshore wind to equal four times current US electric consumption, with 25% of that off the Northeastern US. In an effort to streamline the permitting process, the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has identified two formal wind energy areas off the Massachusetts coast covering nearly 1,000 square miles, with leases to be offered for sale by competitive auction in 2013. Secretary Sullivan explained that these two areas alone contain the potential for 9,000 MW of wind energy. To put that number in context, New England's highest peak demand for electricity tops out at just over 28,000 MW.
Turning that wind into energy will require the development of multiple wind farms and hundreds – if not thousands – of turbines. And if the European experience is anything to go by, it requires a significant investment in onshore infrastructure and supporting industries to make it happen. Massachusetts intends to position itself at the crux of this development, and is therefore moving ahead with the infrastructure to make this happen. The Commonwealth has already developed the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's Wind Technology Testing Center in Charlestown, MA, just outside of Boston, where they are testing the enormous blade technologies necessary for offshore. The next step is to develop the requisite port facilities.
To that end, the Commonwealth recently issued a tender for construction of a 28-acre terminal, as well as dredging 47 acres of the harbor to the necessary depth. The actual terminal will be multi-duty, able to handle both the highly specialized needs of the offshore wind industry, as well as more generalized merchant shipping. Three bidders responded in time to meet the February 15th deadline, and selection of the contractor will occur shortly. The 1,000 foot extension to the existing South Terminal bulkhead will be the only one of its kind on the East Coast, reinforced with specialized steel, and built to withstand a pressure of 4,000 lbs per square foot. The affiliated crane will also be specialized as well to handle heavy and cumbersome loads.
The planners are not merely building for the needs of today's industry, but rather for the requirements of the offshore wind industry in the decades to come. Everything is being supersized in anticipation of technology which may be on the drawing board but which does not exist today. They are also building with an eye to our possible climate future – in anticipation of projected sea level rise, the bulkheads will be 11' (rather than 9' of the surrounding piers) above sea level.
In the immediate future, it is probable that the ships arriving will be from European companies, carrying blades, towers and nacelles for the projects. The Europeans have been working offshore for years, and are currently the only ones with the expertise and know-how at this point. At the end of 2012, they have installed 1,662 turbines in 55 offshore wind farms, totaling 4,995 MW. Last year alone, 293 turbines were installed, totaling 1,166 MW, and representing investments estimated to be in the range of $4.5 to $6 bn. Many of these turbines have been installed in the unforgiving and harsh environment of the North Sea.
All of this equipment will be offloaded at the terminal. The value-added work taking place on shore will largely involve the electrical integration of the pieces. Once ready for assembly, the towers, blades, and nacelles housing the generators will be carried to sea on jack-up barges. These vessels are technological marvels themselves, involving a combination of buoyant hulls and movable legs that allow them to ascend to a desired height (as high as 150 feet above sea level). They are also expensive – the biggest of them go for nearly $100 million. Jack-up barges create the stable platforms necessary to drive the pilings for the towers 80 feet or more into the seabed, and secure the wind turbines.
Longer-term, if and when the industry gets a secure foothold, it is expected that the offshore wind companies will bring investments to the local area. Secretary Sullivan expressed optimism: "We think, from experience in Europe, that the tipping point is 2,000 MW in the pipeline. After that, the imported components will start to decrease and more manufacturing would take place here." The result would be to establish the New Bedford and neighboring Fall River area as a core area for production of the various necessary inputs. Everybody from local shipbuilders to machine shops could benefit from the economic ripple effects.
Bob Mitchell, CEO of the Atlantic Wind Connection, a company looking to build out the transmission backbone linking the windfarms off the coast of New Jersey, feels that this on-shoring of the manufacturing capability is critical in the long run. "We need to get manufacturing on US soil. The range of cost saving, if that were to happen, is somewhere between 18 and 25%. That's pretty dramatic."


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker men's tennis team suffered a 7-1 loss to Limestone College on Tuesday in Conference Carolinas tennis action.
James Corfield earned the Cobras lone victory at No. 4 singles. He won in straight sets with scores of 7-5, 6-0.
The loss drops Coker to 4-4 in league play.
Coker returns to the courts on Wednesday for their final regular season home match of the season against Erskine. Match is set for 2:00 p.m.


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From my previous work with economically vulnerable single mothers as well as my research in ethics, theology, and economics, I believe single mothers face particular cultural and economic pressures that often mean their realities are mostly invisible and their lives often stigmatized. Thus, many single, working-class mothers are marginalized in the broader culture.
My research methods – of starting "knowledge gathering" with the women's own voices and perspectives – reflect my concern that these stories need to be known and ought to help shape the cultural and economic structures impacting them and, ultimately, all of us. I am deeply concerned to recognize and support the dignity and agency of the participants who will shape the trajectory project by identifying themselves what issues and realities they find most germane to their experiences. Thus, I don't know from the outset what specific themes I will ultimately explore and discuss. This is a particular method of qualitative, ethnographic research. I like the term "feel forward" for this approach because I try not to being with my own assumptions as I listen deeply to the stories of the collaborators in this project.
These have been my starting ideals, premises, and commitments. As I moved into the detailed planning and scheduling of this research, I encountered significant delays related to the University's Institutional Review Board (IRB), which must approve any project working with people in order to ensure the safety of participants. This is an important process, and one cannot conduct any official interviews until official approval has been secured. However, since I needed to begin interviews as soon as I got IRB approval, Dallas Habitat mailed a recruiting flyer to potential participants early in the summer.
One respondent was especially eager to begin, and we communicated via a few brief text messages. I knew nothing about her yet, but on one of our exchanges, I expressed embarrassment about the delay in starting interviews. I'm offering a modest amount of compensation for collaborators so I worried that she needed the money soon (although nothing was texted along these lines, I did find out later that this is true). However, after one particular expression of embarrassed apology, she responded with a few simple, unsolicited words of empathy and encouragement: "Don't worry. Don't get frustrated. It will be fine." Sitting alone in a coffee shop, antsy with uncertainty and frustration, these words triggered an unexpected flood of relief and gratitude. I realized I had just experienced the first moment of the mutuality I hope to find in this internship. We are real humans with real emotions relating to one another even across our differences. I am not an impassive, distant researcher. I am a human being talking with other human beings whose stories need to be told.
I chose ethnography as a method because it seeks to treat marginalized women as subjects rather than objects, whose experiences reveal individual, nuanced knowledge beyond stereotypes and generalizations. I believe we must connect with one another in authentic, deep ways, even when differences in power and privileges have real consequences for our realities.
I finally got the clearance to start interviews later in the summer, and this collaborator was my second interview. After almost three hours of her talking about her experiences (which included some tears from both of us), I told her how deeply affected and graced I had been from her words of assurance and encouragement in that moment. We both welled up a little more. And connected a little more deeply.
While I do not want to romanticize anyone, which would detract from the power of actual, lived realities, I can already say that these are amazing women who are teaching and will teach me — and whoever cares to listen — so much about strength, perseverance, and determination in the face of incredible pressures and odds. Hopefully, these lessons will be heard in ways that catalyze us all to work together to create a more just society.
I cannot wait to continue learning more about and from women who have faced and face some of society's most difficult circumstances and still have the grace to extend encouragement to a frustrated PhD student.


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It looked as though we would see some traction Wednesday in the NHL contract talks, with strong indications by late morning that the lockout could be coming to a close. The Players Association put an offer on the table that in significant portions mirrored what NHL owners offered them Oct. 16.
But shortly after 3 p.m. it was clear, based on comments by union leader Donald Fehr after talks broke off for the day, that the league remained unimpressed by the players' offer.
"No reciprocity in any meaningful sense,'' said Fehr, referring to some of the major issues the players' offer addressed.
About an hour after the meeting broke up, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told the media, "We are still very far apart.'' However, he did acknowledge that the NHLPA's offer moved toward the league's proposal and that the day's talks yielded some progress.
It's possible that talks will resume Friday, following the Thanksgiving holiday.
It took the NHLPA slightly more than five weeks to reckon with the harsh reality that the owners are serious about gaining major financial givebacks, and Wednesday's response more closely resembled the "50/50'' offer that owners put on the table in October. In essence, the players finally were prepared to split in half the game's gross revenues, which last year totaled some $3.3 billion.
The offer had the players accepting the even split (a drop from their 57 percent share each of the last seven years) while also requesting that the owners allocate an additional $182 million toward the contentious "make whole'' provision that addresses the value of player contracts already on the books.
In its last offer, the league earmarked $211 million toward that provision, and now the players want a total of $393 million, paid over four years. No doubt that will take some protracted jawboning, especially in light of the league's negative overall response Wednesday.
Other than an offer to amend the contentious long-term back-diving contracts, which have been a way for teams to ease salary cap burdens, the players' offer did not address many of the key language/rights amendments that owners demanded.
However, conventional wisdom in recent weeks has been that owners would relent on many of these if the NHLPA came around to the 50/50 split and peace could be made on the "make whole'' issue.
The two sides met for a couple of hours in the morning, then broke for lunch, and were back at the bargaining table around 1:30 p.m.
The players' offer was for five years, terminating at the end of the 2016-17 season. The league likely would prefer a longer deal, by at least a year or two.Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeKPD


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They didn't ask, I didn't pay, claims one Bray homeowner
'THEY NEVER asked us for it!' said one Bray home owner who did not pay the €100 household charge last year. ' I took the view that I hadn't been requested to pay something so I wasn't paying.'
The local mother who lives with her partner and their baby in a three-bedroom house in Bray will expect a tax demand of approximately €300 in the new property tax scheme, however she believes that the Government's methodology is a dangerous and irresponsible one.
'I think it could distort house prices even more if the revenue are placing a value on your house. Then what happens if that value dips even more? You are locked in to pay the tax for three years.'
She went on to say that she does not believe this is a fair tax at all. 'My home is in negative equity. Why should I have to pay a tax on something which is of no financial benefit to me?'
The woman added that she will have to dip in to precious savings in order to make any payment in the future.
'I don't think it should be implemented at all,' she answered, when asked how the Government could have introduced the charge in a more fair way.
'People simply cannot afford it.' While the Bray woman does not believe that private rental tenants should be expected to pay the property tax, she does think that local authority tenants should be obliged to. ' They should if everyone else has to.'
Oppositon to the household tax remains strong.


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text: Jefferson County's three participants in the NFL's Punt, Pass & Kick event — (from left) Abby Jo Northey of Brookville, Laney Monroe of Punxsutawney and Blaise Carney of Reynoldsville — took part in the contest at the Steelers' training facility on the South Side and then took the field at halftime during the Steelers versus Raiders game Sunday at Heinz Field. Abby Jo took second in the 10-and-11-year-old girls' division, while Laney took third in the eight-and-nine-year-old girls' division. Blaise's placement in the eight-and-nine-year-old boys' division was unavailable. (Photo by Alan Freed/The Punxsutawney Spirit)


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Graham qualifies for first trip to state golf meet
McCOOK—Sometimes an uneasy feeling can be written off as nerves.
Gothenburg golf coach Don Graham hoped his "bad" feeling going into the B-4 district golf meet last week was nothing more than anxiety.
Instead, it was more like a premonition.
"After the great week we had the week before, I kind of had a feeling things could go south at the district meet," Graham said. "With the seniors out of school and a break in routine, I was a little leery."
Turns out, he was right overall.
The Swedes shot 364 as a team to finish eighth in the district at McCook's Heritage Hills Golf Course, 22 strokes from qualifying the team for this week's state meet.
"McCook's golf course doesn't really agree with the kind of golfers we have," Graham said. "It's a long course, a little too much for some of our guys. As a whole, we just didn't play well."
That doesn't mean no one played well, though.
Senior Jackson Graham shot 40 on the front nine and 39 on the back to finish with 79 in seventh place as a state qualifier.
"Jackson didn't do anything spectacular," the coach said. "He just managed to stay out of trouble."
Jackson shot no worse than a bogey on any hole.
"I'd have to say McCook offered the hardest test of golf for a district meet," Graham said. "I always preach to the kids that they have to avoid the big numbers and not try to be a superhero. I think Jackson did a good job of just playing the way he knows how to play."
It will be Jackson's first trip to the state golf meet, which for Class B is at Meadowlark Hills Golf Course in Kearney.
"If he can somehow play his best round of golf, he has a reasonable chance at placing," the coach said.
Unfortunately, Jackson will be the only Swede at state.
Teammate Jeramie VanAcker, who shot an outstanding 37 on the front nine at the district meet, ran into some troubles on holes 11 and 15 on the back nine.
VanAcker finished with an 18-hole total of 84, three strokes out of the medals.
"I know he'd like to have those two holes back," Graham said, "but I think you could say that about any golfer on any given day."
VanAcker took an out-of-bounds penalty on No. 11 and had two lost balls on No. 15.
"He had not only one bad break but two," Graham said. "I don't know how no one saw where either of those balls landed but it happened and that's the way it is."
Trenton Long finished with 97 while Alix Meisinger and Dillon Linegar were 104 and 106, respectively.
Jackson Graham teed off Tuesday morning in the first round of the Class B state meet. He shot 42 on the front nine. Full results were not available at press time.
He will play a second round Wednesday (today). Look for complete results in next week's edition.
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