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A traditional Chinese "ink scroll painting" sold for $241,000 at a Maynards auction in Vancouver Wednesday, doubling its pre-auction estimate.
The painting by Guan Shanyue was the high point of Maynards' fall sale of Antiques and International and Asian Art, which brought $926,242 from 568 lots.
A 19th century autograph book that once belonged to Major Charles D.A. Loeffler, the head doorkeeper to the U.S. President's office from 1869 to 1909, sold for $25,300. It contained over 300 autographs from luminaries like Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
A trio of beautiful ivory, bronze and onyx art deco sculptures by German artist Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss also did very well, selling for $ 21,850 (for Con Brio), $23,000 (for Torch Dancer) and $9,775 (for Clock with Arab Servants). All date to about 1920.
A 70 million year old triceratops dinosaur skull from the late Cretaceous Period brought $63,250. It was consigned by a museum in Japan.


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The Third Jihad
A must-see 12 minute clip from a new documentary on the cultural jihad already taking place in America.
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Precious vid , thanks for this ! We in the Resistance to Political Islam ( and to all fundamentalisms gone political ) , must get together to show the world it´s a fight against radicalisms whose tacticts go way beyond the obvious violent jihads. It´s a fight for secularity versus religious movements threatening laic socieities and civil liberties , a fight for the right to criticize and to stand up against theocratic values, of which blasphemy laws are in essence a manifestation , made even more dangerous , now the latter have been also supported by the UN itself.
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Mark Selby made Snooker history on Saturday, as he made the 100th official 147 maximum break during his UK Championship semi-final with Ricky Walden at the York Barbican Centre.
The Jester from Leicester completed the century with a tricky black into the middle pocket under immense pressure, to bag himself a total of £59,000.
Selby was ironically on the receiving end of the 99th 147 as he watched Judd Trump from his chair at the Antwerp Open last month, while he agonisingly missed the final black against Mark King at the China Open earlier this year.
World number one Neil Robertson went close at the Champion of Champions event in Coventry two weeks ago, as he missed the 15th black. However the Australian would not have been too disappointed on missing out as there was no official prize on offer there for the 100th maximum in professional competition.
Since Steve Davis made the first official 147 break at the 1982 Lada Classic, a total of 52 players have achieved the feat with Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry both way in front with 11 each.
The Rocket also made the fastest recorded at five minutes and 20 seconds during his match with Mick Price at the 1997 World Championship earning him £165,000 – one of three he has made at the Crucible along with Hendry, who also became the oldest player to compile a 147 against Stuart Bingham during the 2012 tournament aged 43 years and 99 days.
John Higgins and Ding Junhui are the nearest challengers with seven and five respectively, while Jamie Burnett is the only player to have exceeded 147 in tournament play as he made 148 off a free ball during his match with Leo Fernandez at the 2004 UK Championship Qualifiers.
There used to be a substantial reward in every tournament for making the maximum but this was abolished at the start of the 2010/11 season as the standard of the game improved, and a roll-over system was introduced where the prize money would increase with each tournament until one was made.
O'Sullivan famously refused to pot the black during the 2010 World Open as there was no prize on offer, before having to be persuaded by referee Jan Verhaas during his match with Mark King.
Whether there is prize money on offer or not, the 147 still remains the most exciting event you can witness in the sport.
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Latest update : 2013-01-29
Paranoia Bamako, extreme team-building in China, and dating woes in Iran
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
Story 1: Mali
We begin today in Mali, West Africa. French and Malian troops are currently battling to retake the northern part of the country from Islamist forces who took control last year. Back in the south, people who look like they come from the north - light-skinned Arabs and Tuareg nomads - find they are coming under suspicion of being Islamists. In one recent incident in the capital Bamako, local residents called the police to arrest a group of men they thought were suspicious. Our observer Alassane Sidibe has the story.
Story 2: China
Next we go to eastern China, to a hotel called "Arirang", not far from the border with North Korea. "Arirang" is the name of the annual festival in North Korea that's known for its choreographed mass gymnastics. It seems that the hotel in China is getting inspiration from across the border. Take a look at this video, with commentary from our Observer Lu Haitao.
Story 3: Iran
We finish today in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with three points of view on sensitive social issues. Thanks to our Observer Omid Habibinia for doing the interviews.


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PASCO – In spite of a late game offensive push, Mabton was unable to come up with a win against the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars this past Friday.
The Vikings were down 31-8 at halftime, but recovered to make it close before eventually falling, 38-20.
"We had a hard time stopping the running back," Mabton Coach Trevor Curtis said of his team's opening half defensive tactics.
Offensively, Mabton's Nico Pina was on the injured list, so Roy Zavala filled in as quarterback. He threw the ball for 280 yards on 19 completed passes. Two of those passes resulted in touchdowns, and he rushed for a third touchdown.
Grabbing the ball from the air five times was Emiliano Rodriguez of the Vikings. He gained 71 yards on the five catches and ran the ball in for a touchdown.
Teammate Edgar Diaz caught four passes for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Another five passes landed in the hands of Alex Espinoza for 50 yards.
Tony Espinoza caught two of Zavala's passes for 38 yards.
"It was by far the best offensive effort of the season," said Curtis.
He said the offense pulled together, but the defense struggled a bit.
Overall, he was pleased with the results.
"It was a really good game," said Curtis, adding the Vikings had a good comeback in the closing half.
Mabton (1-5) will this coming Friday host Waitsburg-Prescott for the last home game of the season.
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About Hellmark
I'm in this group. in the house I lived in until I was 20, it would have cost $10,000 to install cable, because cable service stopped at the beginning of my street, and they wanted to install a full trunk down my street incase others wanted to join in. Problem is, they wanted the first person to sign up for cable to foot the entire cost, and even if they split the cost among everyone, there were at total of 3 houses on the road that was about a 1000 feet long, so it would have still been prohibitively expensive. We also never got satellite, didn't feel it was worth the expense for the amount of TV we watched. After I moved, I didn't have a lot of money, so I either could get cable/satellite, or get internet. I picked 'net. I am perfectly fine with not having cable. For years now, I've had a computer, or some other net capable device hooked up to a TV, to stream video, and will continue to do so.
The thing with this whole first to file deal is that it should be fairly easy for patent trolls to start applying for random patents. With how loose the patent system is now, they probably could get patents on things that aren't even proven possible yet. Or hell, pay some grunt in a lab for what their betters are working on, patent it while they're still working out the finer details, and bam, sue 'em as soon as they bring it to market.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission may soon take steps to require companies disclose how all their money is spent on politics.
Meredith Cross, the director of the SEC's division of Corporate Finance, told MarketWatch Thursday that the unit is taking a look at a political disclosure petition filed by Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk and other academics.
"We are looking at the rulemaking petition that was filed requesting mandatory disclosure of political spending and we have 300,000 comments on it. So in light of the interest, we're taking a look at whether to make a recommendation to the commission," Cross said.
According to a column by Bebchuk, companies can engage in political spending that is not publicly disclosed by channeling expenditures through lobbying groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (Direct political spending by corporations does appear in public records) Bebchuk and others are seeking to have the SEC adopt rules tha twould require public corporations to disclose information about their political spending.
Investor groups in recent years have been pressing corporations to provide more details about their political spending. For example, the Needmor Fund, a small foundation based in Toledo, Ohio, sought unsuccessfully earlier this year to have Goldman Sachs lift the veil on its lobbying activities and the advocacy groups it backs financially. Read about how Goldman Sachs is under pressure to reveal lobby ties
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This is the place to hang out with Christians who love gaming. If you are a Christian or an open-minded individual I encourage you to join and stay a while.
Well, I have an announcement. I made a Twitter account for the group, @giochristians
Follow it for announcements and discussion topics and such. If you're an owner of the group, PM me so I can give you the logon information and such.
Awesome! *Follows*
If only I remembered my old Twitter account.
You can make a new account. Just like what you did for GIO. You need to write your sign-in information on a paper so you can remember them.... lol
Nah, I'll just make all my passwords the same thing.


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http://www.uahirise.org/ [uahirise.org]
and lazy. You'd think the role of an "editor" would be to optimize the user-submitted content. You'd think they'd check the spelling, make sure the links worked and pointed to useful stuff, check for duplicates, READ THE FUCKING SUBMISSION, etc. But they don't. They just wipe the drool off their chins and randomly mash "ACCEPT" to a few submissions each day.
Slashdot is a comedy.
Yes, but it's our comedy.
Who do you think submits these stories? (mostly) Other people who write them.
What do you think happens when Slashdot pisses off the other people posting these stories?
They go away and Slashdot loses hits / possible revenue from story deals / a lot of content.
Either way, all of those sound bad.
And very rarely does that gap get filled with other people. It has happened on loads of other sites where a bunch of the original fanbase have left, the site is left is a cesspit of a mess. (4chan*, YTMND, Youtube*,
It's an advertising thing
NASA has a habit of making things looks a lot more dramatic than they look in real life
Space.com has some fairly-new cool time-lapse movies of a Martian sunset and eclipse:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars-rover-opportunity-sunset-movie-101223.html [space.com]
There seems to be some camera or processing artifacts that cause faint ovals, however. Some small-delta smoothing algorithms could perhaps fix them up.
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Two of my absolute favorite people on the face of the planet are WNST.net's own Luke Jones and Yahoo! Sports' Jason Cole.
I really mean that. They're not just two of my favorites in the business, they're two of my favorites in the world. I love to talk shop with those guys, I love to chat about the world in general with them and I love getting the chance to spend time with them socially.
(This type of statement always leads to a "BUT….", right? Not exactly this time.)
Both Jason and Luke joined me on "The Reality Check" during the first week of NFL free agency and separately brought up the same word, a specific word that has been repeated to me by a number of callers and e-mailers over the course of the last couple of weeks.
The word is "regression." If you were playing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the moderator would tell you the word was of latin origin and could be defined as "a trend or shift toward a lower or less perfect state." Perhaps the word could be used in a sentence along the lines of "After losing the players the Baltimore Ravens have lost thus far, we can expect regression from the team in 2013."
That was essentially how both guys (and others) used the word over the last few weeks.
(You're now CERTAIN there's going to be a "BUT…" coming, aren't you?)
I had to start every discussion about the term that I've had both on-air and off since the offseason began by accepting that Luke, Jason and everyone else who has suggested the Ravens are going to "regress" in 2013 are…well…probably right. I'm sorry. It had to be said.
They're right because the Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012 and it will be very difficult for them to win the Super Bowl again in 2013. Any scenario that doesn't involve the Ravens hoisting a third Vince Lombardi Trophy would technically mean they had "regressed" from where they were last season.
(Okay, now it's time.)
BUT…I was never REALLY willing to accept the notion of "regression" for the Ravens at any point. Sunday's signing of former Denver Broncos pass rusher Elvis Dumervil re-inforces that belief, but it absolutely did not establish it. I just hope the addition of Dumervil will force others to similarly push aside the notion of "regression" in 2013.
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Borussia Dortmund paid a heavy price for Sunday's 1-1 Bundesliga draw at Hannover 96, with three players now sidelined having been taken off injured.
Worst off is attacking midfielder Jakub Błaszczykowski, who suffered torn ligaments in his left ankle. The Polish international not only misses his country's FIFA World Cup qualifier with England next Tuesday, but is out of Dortmund's double-header against Real Madrid CF on 24 October and 6 November.
Struggling to make the first of those dates are Germany defender Mats Hummels and midfielder Sven Bender. Hummels has heavy metatarsal bruising and Bender picked up a head injury, meaning both are out for two weeks and definitely unavailable for Germany's fixtures against the Republic of Ireland and Sweden.
Dortmund are second in Group D, two points behind Madrid and three ahead of third-placed Manchester City FC.
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There's no other feeling quite like it. That's good, because it's not a good one.
I was driving down Route 38 during the big snow storm last Tuesday. It was snowing and blowing and the road hadn't been plowed. It was bad enough that I actually passed through Malta without seeing it, not even the big lighted sign of the Marathon station on the west end of town.
I was coming up on a little hill just past the turnoff to Kishwaukee College when a gust of wind kicked up. For a moment, everything went white, sort of like driving in a huge vacuum of milk. Being unable to see is an awful sensation, both helpless and a little panicky.
Although your instincts tell you to stop, you know you can't. It's not going to make the white-out go away, plus there's the chance of getting hit from behind by someone who can't see me. The only thing I could do was keep going – very slowly. If you go too fast, you might go off the road and get stuck in a ditch. You also might hit the guy ahead of you going even slower.
The whole thing only lasted about 30 seconds, not long enough to cause any problems, but long enough to leave me thankful, even grateful, I got through it.
As I kept driving, I thought of the new minister of the Evangelical Free Church of Sycamore-DeKalb, whom I interviewed in January. He came here from Texas and couldn't get over how everyone thought we were having a mild winter. At that time, it had been cold, but we hadn't had much snow.
Well, sir, welcome to winter Midwest-style. In a way, it doesn't seem like winter unless the ground is white. Fortunately, the snow is coming now, when spring isn't that far away, rather than the beginning of December.
Winter can evoke a variety of emotions – good and bad.
As much as I don't like ice and the snow, I have to admit winter can be lovely at times. Cruising down Seventh Street in DeKalb the other day, I couldn't help noticing all those big trees with their snow-covered branches looming over the street almost like a halo. It was actually kind of inspiring in a way, reminding me of those long-ago winters when I was young and the world seemed so fresh and exciting and promising.
There's also that sense of triumph when we overcome a big winter storm. No matter how bad a snowstorm may be at the time, thanks to the great work of snow plows and salt trucks, we are usually able to make it to work or school the next day, even if our backs and shoulders are aching a little from shoveling.
If nothing else, winter reminds me how unpredictable the weather is. Despite having the most modern technology, weather forecasters are still limited in what they can foretell. During the annual Farm Show in January, WTVO weather meteorologist Candice King told the crowd she saw abnormally dry conditions persisting through spring.
Apparently, no one bothered to tell Mother Nature. Except for a few days when it has rained, it has pretty much been snowing on and off ever since.
SideLines: Welcome to a Midwestern winter
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Mary Louise Schattel
Funeral services for Mary Louise Schattel, 93, of Sweetwater, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010, at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Rev. Ward Hayes officiating. A graveside service will be held on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, at Paducah Cemetery with Jerry McClendon officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.Schattel died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at Stonecrest Senior Care, Inc.She was born Dec. 13, 1916. She married Roy McClendon first, and after his passing she married Walter Schattel in 1968 in Hot Springs, Ark. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She had lived in Sweetwater for several years and also lived in Paducah many years before. She was a housewife and was involved n farming and ranching.Survivors include her daughter, Patsy Poarch and husband Guy of Dallas; brother, Billy J. Gilbert and wife Margaret Ann of Paducah; step son, Emil Schattel and wife Joy of Lubbock; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by a son, W.R. McClendon; husbands, Walter Schattel and Roy McClendon; and daughter-in-law, Jackie Sue McClendon.


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eldavojohn writes "South Korea's SK Telecom has revealed that earlier this week hackers stole 35 million account details from two sites. A portal called Nate Portal that provided e-mail services and a social networking site called CyWorld were the two targets by hackers who, SK Telecom claims, used IP addresses originating from China. From the article, 'The stolen data included user IDs, passwords, social security numbers, names, mobile phone numbers and email addresses. Nate said the social security numbers and passwords are encrypted so that they are not available for illegal use.'"


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Evgeny Najer
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N Shukh vs E Najer, 2010 0-1
E Najer vs A Timofeev, 2016 1-0
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13th European Individual Championship (2012)
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Russian Team Championship (2008)
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European Individual Chess Championship (2018)
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European Individual Championship (2007)
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🏆 Russian Team Championship E Najer vs V Shinkevich (May-10-18) 1-0
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E Najer vs S Lobanov (May-08-18) 1/2-1/2
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Many people take a dim view of consultants who come into a workplace and try to find ways to make it more efficient.
Remember those hapless consultants, Bob and Bob, from the 1999 movie "Office Space"? Their search for corporate deadweight resulted in a disastrous promotion.
These days, the Lee County Board is talking about hiring a consultant to figure out the county's staffing needs.
The biggest proponent for a consultant is board member Dick Binder, R-Compton. Too often, he said, the board makes hiring decisions based on its mood or what day it is.
Is he that far off the mark?
As with many public bodies, the Lee County Board makes budgetary decisions in response to emotional pleas. Let me give you an example.
In 2008, then-Coroner Richard Schilling, who was paid a little more than $30,000 a year, urged an increase to $40,000 for the next coroner.
Schilling, who was retiring, said the County Board had regularly given raises to other elected officials, but not the coroner.
"I don't think it's fair," Schilling said. "I think it's on the verge of discrimination."
Two board members immediately spoke up for an increase. One of them was member Greg Witzleb, R-Dixon, who is usually the most outspoken for more spending.
Another member, John Nicholson, R-Franklin Grove, proposed increasing the coroner's salary by $1,500 each year for 4 years. The board rejected that amount; it was too little.
A proposal by Doug Farster, a former county Republican chairman, called for an immediate increase to $40,000. That passed 12-11.
In so doing, the board responded to emotions, but it didn't get the full story.
Last year, Sauk Valley Media compared the budgets for the coroner's offices in Whiteside and Lee counties.
In 2011, Whiteside County dealt with 70 percent more deaths than Lee County – 478 to 281. At the same time, Lee County's coroner's budget was $115,000 to Whiteside County's $107,000.
Whiteside County's population is 60 percent greater than Lee County's.
In Lee County, the office has a coroner, a full-time employees who is the office coordinator and a deputy coroner; and three other deputy coroners.
Whiteside County, meanwhile, has a coroner, three deputy coroners and what Coroner Joe McDonald described as a "very part-time" secretary.
In short, according to the records, the Lee County coroner's office spends more, but does less.
Perhaps Lee County has a good reason for that. But Coroner Jesse Partington didn't have any explanation when we asked him last year.
Maybe a consultant – or the board itself – could figure that one out.
David Giuliani is a reporter for Sauk Valley Media. He can be reached at dgiuliani@saukvalley or at 800-798-4085, ext. 525.


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Besides losing all of her personal belongings, the hardest part of the situation, she said, has been being cut off from LBMC. She lost more than a job, Rogers said. Because it is a small hospital, it is much like a family.
"I really miss my work support system," she said. "I miss that daily routine. Getting up, going to work, I miss that."
Meanwhile, small business owners say they are being denied aid from government agencies — The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Small Business Administration — as well as insurance companies, leaving the fate of their businesses and employees uncertain. But they are uniting to share information and petition the government for help. Local organizations, including the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, have been holding meetings with FEMA representatives on behalf of business owners as well as residents.
Local stores and restaurants always expect to make less money in the winter than during the summer, but with so many residents still displaced, they have lost many loyal customers who in the past have helped them through the offseason. "If the residents don't come back, the businesses won't be able to reopen," said one local business owner, Deborah Turhan.
Turhan and her husband, Tom, own Michael's Tailoring & Dry Cleaning, on Park Avenue. They are now only partially open, with a folding table serving as a countertop and machines still not working. "It's basically just enough to keep the lights on," Turhan said of the business they are seeing.
When dealing with FEMA, the SBA and insurance companies, she said, she has encountered nothing but red tape. Her requests have been sent from one agency to another, but no one seems to have the answers she needs.
Rather than simply lament her situation, however, Turhan took a proactive approach, devising a business survey. It asks local business owners about their experiences with different agencies — difficulties they've had and needs they feel were not met. Turhan said she got the idea after hearing another business owner complaining in the days after the storm.
"He said, 'I don't want a blanket, I don't want food,'" she recalled. "'What I need is a generator so I can pump out my store and get restarted.'"


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There's a sort of population explosion in the outer solar system -- three new possible dwarf planets beyond the orbit of Neptune, the largest major planet.
The dwarfs were discovered by a team led by Scott Sheppard and Andrzej Udalski. The astronomers were using a University of Warsaw telescope in Chile equipped with a new camera to search a large swath of the southern sky. Their quest was Kuiper Belt Objects -- iceballs in a wide band beyond Neptune.
The search revealed 14 new objects. Three of them appear to be large enough to be classified as dwarf planets -- objects that are big enough to pull themselves into a roughly spherical shape, but not big enough to clear out their orbits around the Sun. The most famous dwarf planet is Pluto, but the list already includes four others.
The possible new dwarfs are likely at least 250 miles in diameter -- about a quarter the size of Pluto. Their average distances from the Sun range from a bit more than Pluto's distance to almost five times its distance.
An orbiting infrared telescope has already looked at one of the three to try to refine the estimates of its size. Later, astronomers may be able to watch the objects pass in front of distant stars to further refine the sizes.
For now, the objects are designated 2010 EK139, KZ39, and FX86. Once their sizes are confirmed, though, they'll get proper names -- officially joining the growing ranks of dwarf planets.
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The objective of UNCTAD's work on competition and consumer policies is to ensure that partner countries enjoy the benefits of increased competition, open and contestable markets, private sector investment in key sectors and ultimately that consumers achieve improved welfare.
The Competition and Consumer Policies Programme services the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Competition Law and Policy and the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy annually, undertakes competition policy peer reviews, publishes the UNCTAD Model law on competition and the Handbook on competition legislation and implements sector specific and economy-wide competition and consumer policies reforms that create a level playing field amongst companies and consumers, increasing the effectiveness of antitrust and consumer protection policies.
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|How is that a threat?
"South Park" airs censored episode after threat
By Alex Dobuzinskis Wed Apr 21, 10:30 PM PDT
Satirical animated TV show "South Park" beeped out the words Prophet Muhammad and plastered its Wednesday episode with the word "CENSORED" after being issued a grim warning by a U.S. Muslim group.
The irreverent comedy show on Comedy Central also substituted a controversial image seen last week of the Prophet Muhammad in a bear outfit with one of Santa Claus in the same costume.
It was not immediately clear if the move was a bid to tread carefully following the warning against the "South Park" creators, or if they were poking fun at the fuss.
The little-known group RevolutionMuslim.com posted a message on its website earlier this week warning creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker "that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show."
The website posted a graphic photo of Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who was killed in 2004 by an Islamic militant over a movie he had made that accused Islam of condoning violence against women. It also posted a link to a news article with details of a mansion in Colorado that Parker and Stone apparently own.
Most Muslims consider any depiction of the founder of Islam as offensive.
The website warning followed the first in a two-part episode of "South Park" a week ago in which Prophet Mohammad was depicted in a bear outfit.
"South Park" has a history of biting satire against politicians, celebrities and the media. The two Colorado filmmakers are known to often work on "South Park" until just before they air, enabling them to react to current events.
In Wednesday's new episode, Jesus Christ was depicted watching pornography and Buddha was portrayed snorting cocaine.
The head of Revolution Muslim, Younus Abdullah Muhammad, 30, defended the Web posting by his group.
"How is that a threat?," he told Reuters earlier on Wednesday. "Showing a case study right there of what happened to another individual who conducted himself in a very similar manner? It's just evidence."
According to U.S. law enforcement officials, the federal government rarely prosecutes threat cases. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives broad protections to free speech, and what constitutes a threat is often subject to interpretation.
Muhammad described his group as an alternative media outlet with about 20 active posters to the website. He said the group "didn't tell anyone to go to their houses and conduct violence" against Parker or Stone.
Comedy Central, a unit of Viacom Inc, has declined to comment on the controversy.
(Additional reporting by Louis Charbonneau; editing by Jill Serjeant and Mohammad Zargham)
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ET, if you don't give me 1000 BP now for the modding I used to do, that's a very stupid move.
Kan. man convicted in fatal Emporia shooting
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) – A 21-year-old Emporia man who was present when an acquaintance shot and killed another man has been found guilty of felony murder.
A jury in Lyon County District Court deliberated less than four hours Monday before convicting Samuel Llamas on the murder charge and a charge of aiding in a shooting into an unoccupied vehicle.
The man described by witnesses as the shooter, Mike Navarro, moved to Mexico after the killing last September and has not been charged.
Prosecutors said Llamas was with Navarro when the victim, Omar Flores, was shot at least 10 times outside an Emporia motel last September. Witnesses said Flores was killed because he refused to pay for a bad batch of methamphetamine.
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That wasn't a threat, BTW. It was just a case study of what happened to another individual who conducted himself in a very similar manner. It's just evidence.
|Posted On: 04/22/2010 11:20AM
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Wow, the writers of South Park have totally lost the balls they never had in the first place, haven't they?
If they're going to deliberately make a poor attempt at being edgy and controversial, they could at least go the full hog.
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Anybody Ever think that they planned to do this from the beginning? It seems like a much better political commentary then making a joke.
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+1 point in my 'Why I hate fundamentalist muslims' book.
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with about 20 active posters to the website
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But in all seriousness, this is pretty stupid. They literally bleeped out every 'Muhammad' that was said and an entire ~30 second part just not to offend muslim radicals. I get they probably didn't feel like being killed over a cartoon, it's just stupid that these muslim radicals are so easily offended. Jesus, Krishna, Joseph Smith were all made fun of in the same two episodes; they even made Moses out as the Master Control Program from Tron. Log in to see images!
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I really wish you were still a mod.
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megazeroexe Posted:
I think someone may have missed the point.
It's ridiculous, yes, and it makes the fundamentalists look stupid to be demanding such ridiculous things. All the fuss over not showing Muhammed set against their treatment of other religious figures just hangs a lampshade on how stupid the whole thing is.
Or maybe I missed the point. One of us did.
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No, I got the joke as to how they were making fun of the world for not being able to say Muhammad, but it progressed in the second episode into a wave of stupidity.
You can't even watch it in SouthParkStudios.com (as of this morning when I checked), because Comedy Central added in all those last minute bleeps and isn't giving them the rights to put it up without them.
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i would urge any fundamentalist sack of **** to try it, so i can kill them in self defense and get on with my god damn life.
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Don't mess with Muslims, don't mess with football.
Words to live by.
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Looks like the censorship wasn't part of the episode, but put in place after delivery by Comedy Central.
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Roy Halladay tossed a two-hitter on Friday to help the Philadelphia Phillies earn an 8-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a rain-shortened second test of a four-game set at Citizens Bank Park.
Halladay (2-2) surrendered a pair of solo home runs and walked two while striking out six over seven strong innings before the heavy rain came down and forced the game to be called in the middle of the frame.
"He was able to locate the ball good on both sides of the plate," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said of Halladay. "He had a real good outing."
Humberto Quintero went 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Chase Utley, John Mayberry and Ben Revere added an RBI apiece for the Phillies, who had lost a season- high four straight games.
Jaime Garcia (1-1) gave up eight runs -- four earned -- on nine hits and two walks over three frames to absorb the loss.
"They put some good swings on pitches that I was making," Garcia admitted. "There's no excuses, I just didn't get the job done tonight."
Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday each clubbed a solo shot for the Cardinals, who had won two of three coming in, including a 4-3 decision in Thursday's series opener.
The Phillies had gone the last four games without a walk, but Utley earned a two-out free pass to keep the first inning alive before Michael Young slapped the 10th pitch of his at-bat back up the middle to put runners on the corners.
"We finally got a walk," Manuel joked. "That was big."
Mayberry then scorched a double to left to score Utley before Kevin Frandsen ripped a grounder that St. Louis third baseman Ty Wigginton made a diving stop on.
Wigginton's throw, however, sailed wide of first base, allowing Young and Mayberry to score, while Frandsen coasted into second as the Phillies grabbed a 3-0 lead.
Revere then followed with a triple into left-center field to plate Frandsen before trotting home on Quintero's double to center to make it 5-0.
Beltran stroked Halladay's first offering of the second deep into the seats in right-center field to get the Cards on the board, but the Phillies answered in the bottom half when Jimmy Rollins ripped a leadoff double, moved to third on a ground out, and then crossed the plate on Utley's looping single into shallow right field.
After Halladay retired St. Louis in order in the top of the third, Frandsen worked a leadoff walk and moved to third on Revere's base hit through the right side of the infield. Quintero followed with a looping single into right center to score Frandsen before Garcia uncorked a wild pitch to plate Revere for an 8-1 lead.
Halladay, meanwhile, retired 15 of the next 16 hitters he faced following Beltran's blast before serving up a leadoff homer to Holliday in the seventh.
The right-hander responded by fanning back-to-back batters, and after a walk to Wigginton, Halladay induced a grounder from Tony Cruz to end the seventh inning.
Rain then started with the teams in their dugouts and after a 35-minute delay, the game was called, giving Philadelphia the victory.
Game Notes
It was Halladay's 67th career complete game ... Young extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his single in the first ... Revere's triple in the first was his first extra-base hit as a Phillie ... St. Louis left two men on base and did not register an at-bat with a runner in scoring position ... Utley's walk in the first snapped a string of 137 consecutive plate appearances without a walk for the Phillies.


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Syria - the proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Today's international papers are all about the Middle East - cynicism over the Kofi Annan peace plan in Syria, controversy over presidential candidates in Egypt, and a poem causing a diplomatic row between Germany and Israel.
The Independent says it was naive of the West ever to have thought Assad would follow the Kofi Annan peace plan; while Foreign Policy explains the conflict in Syria has in fact become a regional proxy war.
Al-Ahram in Egypt looks at the row over former Mubarak intelligence chief Omar Suleiman standing in elections - while the Egypt Independent says the row over the Muslim Brotherhood's choice of candidate could split the party.
Meanwhile, German Nobel Prize winner Gunter Grass is in trouble over a poem he wrote that upset Israel - forcing Guido Westerwelle to apologise for him in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper - while Gideon Levy in Haaretz says Israel must learn to take criticism better.


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BERLIN — In a decision that could have significant repercussions for Hezbollah's operations in Europe, a court in Cyprus found a man guilty Thursday of participating in a plot to attack Israeli tourists on vacation on the Mediterranean island, part of a conspiracy similar to a deadly bombing last July in Bulgaria.
The court found the man, Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, a dual Swedish-Lebanese citizen, guilty on five out of the eight charges, including participation in a criminal organization. The three others were conspiracy charges, which the head judge said in the ruling were already covered under the five counts. Yaacoub will be sentenced at a separate hearing.
''It has been proven that Hezbollah is an organization that operates under complete secrecy. There is no doubt that this group has multiple members and proceeds with various activities including military training of its members,'' the head of the three-judge panel that ruled on the case, Tasia Psara-Miltiadou, said in court Thursday. ''Therefore the court rules that Hezbollah acts as a criminal organization.''
Yaacoub admitted in court last month he was a member of Hezbollah, a Shi'ite militant group, and that he was trained in the use of weapons and dispatched around Europe on missions as a courier and a scout for the group. The court rejected his assertion that he had no idea why his handlers asked him to monitor the arrival times of flights from Israel and to track locations of Israeli tourists in Cyprus.
The conviction could accelerate efforts to have the group designated a terrorist organization by the European Union. Experts say that in the legalistic, bureaucratic world of Brussels, a court conviction holds significantly more weight than a declaration by a government or an intelligence report.
Israel and the United States have been pressing for European allies to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
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Hello! I am a former childbirth educator and doula (actually, former Director of CBE for ALACE). I have been out of the loop for at least ten years now due to major life changes. My 33 year old daughter will be giving birth to my first Grandchild around the end of April...I am beyond thrilled! Anyway - My daughter (Michelle) has a genetic blood clotting disorder, and has to give herself daily Lovenox shots to keep her blood from clotting, as coumadin causes birth defects. Michelle was born at home, and watched and witnessed me live out my birth philosophies for, well...years. I've tried to be respectful of her choices in life in general, and now as she plans for the birth of her child - this as well. What I want to do is call her daily with thoughts and suggestions (she lives across the country from me), but have decided to totally leave it up to her to approach me instead. And surprise, surprise, she has been calling me now and then with not only questions, but profound questions. Such as, "how did you know how to be a mom?". So, this is where I need your help. Her latest question is about what birth books she should read. I am feeling such a sense of responsibility, and I am also feeling insecure. I know what I read in 1980, and I know what I had stocked in my CBE library, but I am not quite sure what is currently considered helpful, nor what might best suit her with what is being considered a high risk pregnancy. I can almost hear responses now - birth is birth is birth. It hasn't changed since the beginning of time. And I do agree with that! I mean Grantly Dick-Read, Shelia Kitzinger, Ina Mae Gaskin....those authors and books will always be helpful and classics. But I want to suggest something that will help prepare her for an empowering experience in what might feel like a submissive environment. She has expressed that she does NOT want an epidural, and as we all know, this carries with it a whole plethora of other things that she will need to think about if that is the case. So, anyway - I ramble, but can you please suggest a few book titles that I might pass on to her? Thank you so much in advance!
Henci Goer
You are a wise woman to have given your daughter the space for her to come to you. She's much more likely to take--or at least consider seriously--your advice. I can give you a few ideas for books, and I also want to give you some websites I think are especially helpful. This isn't my particular area of expertise, though, and you may want to consult others as well.
- The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence http://astore.amazon.com/lamazeintern-20/detail/1439179794
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn http://astore.amazon.com/lamazeintern-20/detail/143917511X
- The Birth Partner 4th edition by Simkin: This will give your daughter's partner everything he needs to know to support her in labor.
- Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond by Bardacke: Excellent and unique book to teach how to stay in the present and cope flexibly with events as they occur.
- Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Gaskin: Contains common sense, down to earth advice, and numerous stories of women recounting how they experienced labor and birth.
If you don't mind my suggestion, I put in the first two URLs because if you order on Amazon through the Lamaze website, Lamaze makes a little money on the transaction. The others aren't available through the Lamaze website. For those, I suggest you do a reverse on what Amazon would like you to do. Amazon wants you to use brick and mortar stores as their showroom and then order through Amazon. I use Amazon to find out more about books or products that interest me and then go to a store and ask them to order them.
- Lamaze for Parents: One of the many helpful pages is additional resources.
- Childbirth Connection for Women and Families: My go-to website for solid, evidence-based information that will help your daughter make informed decisions.
- Medline Plus: This is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's curated consumer health website.
- DONA International: I strongly recommend your daughter hire a doula. The DONA website not only can connect her with certified doulas, but has articles on what a doula is and how to interview one.
These are what come to mind at the moment. If something else comes to me, I'll get back to you.
~ Henci
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Three dozen officers from New Castle County police departments today were given authority to participate in Delaware's annual statewide DUI enforcement program, set to kick off next week.
Three dozen officers from New Castle County police departments today were given authority to participate in Delaware's annual statewide DUI enforcement program, set to kick off next week.
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden swore-in 36 officers from police departments in Middletown, Newark, New Castle City, Newport, the University of Delaware and Wilmington to participate in Checkpoint Strikeforce, a statewide campaign of weekly sobriety checkpoints that runs from the July 4holiday weekend to New Year's Eve.
"Be forewarned – law enforcement officers will be on the streets to protect us and help save lives," Biden said to drivers who might consider getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. "Don't put your life, the lives of your passengers, or other drivers at risk. Think twice before getting behind the wheel after drinking."
Last year, the program included 56 checkpoints that resulted in more than 2,200 arrests and citations for a wide range of offenses, including:
327 DUI arrests39 underage drinking violations92 fugitive arrests217 citations for failure to wear a seatbelt118 drug arrests50 felony arrests82 child restraint violations29 cell phone violationsOfficers also recovered 7 concealed weapons and 5 stolen vehiclesTraffic fatalities across the First State increased 12 percent from 2011 to 116 last year. Nearly half of those (46 percent in 2012 vs 47 percent in 2011) were alcohol-related.
As of June 24, there have been 44 traffic fatalities in Delaware, with alcohol being considered a factor in a third of those cases.
Read the latest Delaware fatal crash summary on the Office of Highway Safety website at http://ohs.delaware.gov/information/fatal_crash_index.shtml.
Biden was joined at today's swearing-in ceremony by staff from the Delaware Office of Highway Safety, which coordinates Checkpoint Strikeforce, now in its 13th year.
The swearing-in conducted by the Attorney General provides the legal justification necessary to allow police officers to make DUI arrests outside their area of normal jurisdiction.
Learn more about Checkpoint Strikeforce at http://ohs.delaware.gov/CheckpointStrikeforce.


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BROOMFIELD -- The City Council has approved an agreement with oil and gas operator Sovereign to allow the company to drill within city limits, despite opposition from a citizen group that wants the practice banned in Broomfield for five years.
Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a memorandum of understanding with Sovereign. The MOU will allow Sovereign to drill 21 total wells on four sites as long as the company complies with 35 of Broomfield's new, more stringent oil and gas drilling standards, which are among the strictest regulations between an oil and gas company and a city in Colorado.
The agreement's rules go beyond state rules for air quality, water quality, safety and other factors, said Deputy City and County Attorney Tami Yellico.
A citizen group called Our Broomfield, which is behind a ballot question that would ban fracking in Broomfield for five years because of health concerns, had asked the city to hold off on the MOU until after the November election.
Yet council members said the vote was needed now in order to balance the rights of mineral rights owners with the concerns of residents who wanted more safety assurances about drilling practices.
"This MOU is strict and stringent and represents an effort to protect the health and safety of the community," said councilman Todd Schumacher.
About 40 people spoke during public comment. Nearly 30 of them spoke against the MOU.
Our Broomfield members said it is unfair for the council to move forward with plans for active drilling when so many residents are concerned about fracking's potential effects.
"I feel like it would be an injustice to move forward without hearing the voice of the voters in November," said Megan Mariner, an Our Broomfield member.
Other residents echoed her concerns, saying that the council had only to wait 10 weeks until the election to learn how residents really felt about hydraulic fracturing and the MOU.
Some residents, however, said they felt the City Council's decision balanced oil and gas practices with immediate safety concerns.
Tom Cave, a Broomfield resident who supports fracking, said the MOU carefully considered people on both sides of the issue.
The MOU is "addressing the facts and doing what is right for Broomfield," he said.
Tom Metzger, chief operating officer of Sovereign, said his company has readily agreed to meet the new standards.
"This is a very tough agreement, frankly," he said. "It is perhaps the strictest agreement in the state of Colorado right now, and it will become the go-by agreement ... likely used along the Front Range."
Broomfield was supposed to enter into an agreement with Sovereign earlier in the spring, but the city postponed talks three times over four months because of concerns by Anthem residents, who said some of the proposed wells were too close to Prospect Ridge Academy. Some residents from that group formed Our Broomfield to support a fracking ban.
Councilman Dennis McCloskey applauded the work of Our Broomfield for pushing the City Council to tighten restrictions and challenge the city to make oil and gas regulations better and more modern.
"Our citizens didn't think (the oil and gas regulations) were good enough, and we reacted and made something better. But is it good enough? We have a vote coming up, and we'll find out," he said.
To see a copy of the MOU, go to broomfield.org.


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Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise the National Memorial Day Concert on Sunday at 7 p.m. and Monday at 10 pm featuring a variety of performances on the U.S. Capitol lawn to honor the men and women who have served our country in the armed services.
Antiques Roadshow at 7 p.m. Monday features host Mark L. Walberg in Richmond, Virginia looking at a 1935 Bride of Frankenstein pressbook and more.
The bloodiest war in American history changed the country's culture forever, in part by the unprecedented scale of casualties it produced. The documentary Death and Civil War: The American Experience directed by Ric Burns describes the effects of the war at 8 p.m. on Monday.
Coming Back With Wes Moore at 7 p.m. on Tuesday features American veterans who have come home and are finding their place as a non-serving citizen. The episode "Moving Forward" documents several personal accounts of veterans' goals in the new chapter of their lives, some facing hardships and others success.
At 8 p.m. Tuesday, the film D-day 360 re-creates the legendary World War II battlefield with software that reproduces both the macro and micro scale of the scene.
Frontline's premier Battle Zones: Ukraine & Syria goes on the ground at 9 p.m. Tuesday with right-wing Ukrainians telling their story of hatred with their Russian counterparts. Then in Syria, Frontline finds rebel fighters that claim they are armed and trained secretly by American forces.
Tattooed Under Fire at 10 p.m. on Tuesday reveals personal accounts of Iraq-bound or returning soldiers while they're under the needle: whether the tattoos signify pain, excitement, patriotism, or death, these tattoos send a message from the hearts of our war heroes.
Nature zooms in on our country's trademark, the American Bald Eagle, and its endangerment on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
NOVA goes underwater to explore "D-day's Sunken Secrets" on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Diving into the Normandy beaches, specialists find evidence of the key components of the Allies' successful technology used to defeat Nazi Germany.
Austin City Limits features contemporary folk rock bands Mumford & Sons and Flogging Molly, performing their best hits and new material at 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday.
At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Overheard with Evan Smith talks with Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson, a Washington Post columnist often featured on MSNBC's Meet the Press and other programs.
Arts in Context explores the history of tattoo artistry on its episode "A Moving Canvas" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
At 8 p.m. on Thursday The Daytripper travels to Orange, Texas to visit restaurants, museums, and looks at alligators from an airboat.
A low-income high school band is documented on Arts in Context at 8:30 p.m., revealing the strain school budgets puts on arts programs and the impact on the community.
An Austin edition of Arts in Context at 9 p.m. Thursday features summer campers of Austin Lyric Opera's "Opera Odyssey" camp that produce and perform their own show "Quarantine."
The Doctor's time-traveling spaceship TARDIS comes to a crash in The Eleventh Hour of Doctor Who at 10 p.m. on Thursday.
This week's Central Texas Gardener focuses on how to "Make A Splash!" with creative water sources for your garden. The program will air at noon and 4 p.m. on Saturday.
60s Pop, Rock & Soul features artists Davy Jones, Peter Noone, and many more on the "My Music" stage on Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m.
The first English group to tour America and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers the Dave Clark Five are put in the spotlight at 9 p.m. on Saturday with interviews from legends Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, and many more celebrities.
The legendary performance Grateful Dead – Dead Ahead from Halloween 1980 at the Radio City Music Hall, or the "Showplace of the Nation," comes on KLRU at 11 p.m. on Saturday.


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(My son) has cancer so we're staying here. It's really awesome to have a place we can go, because we don't know where we would be otherwise. —Sarah Valencia
SALT LAKE CITY — The home was full of light, countless freshly made beds, immaculate bathrooms, messages of love and the scent of warm, baking cookies.
Just outside the kitchen, among many smiling faces, Sarah Valencia sat playing checkers with her 12-year-old son, Kevin. The boy with the deep brown eyes wore a striped shirt and a mask over his mouth.
"He has cancer so we're staying here," Valencia said, explaining what brought them from Fairview to the Ronald McDonald House in Salt Lake City. "It's really awesome to have a place we can go, because we don't know where we would be otherwise."
Since opening in Salt Lake City in 1988, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area have helped around 40,000 families. The new "House That Love Built," a 40,000-square-foot expansion of the original Ronald McDonald House at 935 E. South Temple, was opened to the public Monday.
Its four stories feature 42 rooms that can sleep up to five comfortably, family gathering spaces, a spacious kitchen, indoor and outdoor play areas, a computer room, theater room, exercise room, laundry room, deck and sanctuary.
"We have called this 'The House That Love Built,' and quite honestly it's truly been built from love," said Carrie Romano, executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area. "As I walked around, it's so amazing because I see the most amazing generosity of folks who have given to build this place, and it wouldn't have been possible without that."
There is the all of the bedroom furniture, including two queen-size beds with pillow-top mattresses, desks and dressers, donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The flooring from Lumber Liquidators. The art donated by artists and photographers. The tree house and fire station donated and built by Unified Fire Authority firefighters from Olympus Cove. And the list goes on.
The new home is twice as large as the pre-existing one built in 1988 and spans 19,645 square feet. That home will undergo renovations once families are moved into the new one in mid-April.
It is estimated by the end of the year that 72 guest rooms — including eight long-term suites — will be available to families who have children receiving pediatric care for illness or injuries.
The new home was built with the input of a "core group," Romano said, including families who once stayed at the Ronald McDonald House, children, medical professionals and even those in the neighborhood.
Romano said when the original home was built, the needs were different. It was mostly parents who had children in in-patient treatment and needed rooms that fit two to three. Now, half of the children are in out-patient care, and many of their siblings come to stay as well.
"We needed to create fun spaces (and) engaging spaces, and we also knew we needed some quiet spots because the families who staying with us are away from their schools, their churches, their neighbors, their businesses, their support systems," Romano said. "We want to be that soft landing spot for them and whatever we can do with the physical space to lend itself to that we want to do."
Heather and Caleb Jeppsen, of Willard, stayed at the original Ronald McDonald House for about a month between November and December 2011. Twenty weeks pregnant with the couple's fourth child, Heather Jeppsen learned the boy had a congenital heart defect. If he survived the pregnancy, he would need to be admitted to Primary Children's Hospital immediately.
"He had a 50 percent chance to make it through surgery and 80 percent chance to live until 4," she said.
The family was referred to the Ronald McDonald House to help them stay close to their baby.
"It's just been a huge blessing for families going through tough situations who have all those medical bills coming in and then have to get a hotel. It's one more thing for them to have to pay for," Heather Jeppsen said. "To stay here lifts a burden. That's what they do. They make you feel at home. You're with people going through similar situations. There's a camaraderie there. You can help one another through the tough things and network."
Now 2 and after receiving a transplanted aortic arch, Gavin's prognosis is good. His parents have been told they can treat him as they would a normal child and that he has a 90 percent chance of making it to age 80.
Since their stay, the Jeppsens have become tremendous supporters of the home and its efforts. Caleb Jeppsen found a job with a company that donates to the homes, and the family's four children collect tabs from soda cans to cash in for money to donate as well.
"We will always give back," Heather Jeppsen said. "I just know we will. We just love them. We love the people. I love it. I think it's amazing what they've done here."
The family may have stayed in a time of uncertainty and stress, but the love and kindness they felt in the home is what stuck with them.
"I have fond memories of this place," Caleb Jeppsen said.
Last year, more than 1,400 families, or 4,000 people, stayed, but another 700 families had to be turned away because there wasn't room to accommodate them. Once the renovated home is complete, it is estimated as many as 2,500 families will be able to stay there and in the new home — the two properties connected by an indoor healing bridge — each year.
The Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area also include family rooms at both Primary Children's Hospital and Ogden Regional Medical Center. Those spaces feature seating areas, a quiet room, stocked kitchen and dining areas, laundry facilities, private showers and four "retreat" rooms for naps or overnight sleeping.
Romano said the organization has raised $10.7 million of its $11 million goal to fund the expansion. They continue to accept donations, have a wish list online that lists the things they still need for home and could always use more volunteers, including for those to bring meals.
They may be simple things — a bed, a bath, some food — but they go a long way.
"It's a very basic human exchange of kindness, but it means everything to the people in that circumstance," Romano said. "We operate in a paradigm of hospitality and kindness, and it's what makes it an authentic home like environment. It's remarkable that the community would rally to make life just a little bit better for folks going through a really tough time."
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Now, as for the fundamental shift... that's the real question. At least we know that Marvin Lewis does not cut his defensive coordinators a whole lot of slack. It'll be interesting to see if Lewis writes off the defensive issues as a result of injuries and the collapse of Odell Thurman or if he'll take it out of Chuck's hide.
I'd add a tight end.
The linebacker situation has to change. Too bad the Bengals had such impact players at that position go down (or out as was the case with idiot Thurman). I think that really set the progam back by quite a bit. I agree about the line, but unfortunately, there is a lot needed and it's hard to revamp so much in one offseason. I'd be tempted to move Geathers to LB, then try to bring in a quality interior lineman for starters, but can they get as lucky in the draft as they did when they landed Pollack? They sorely need a hitter to replace him at LB.
Next Reds manager, second shooter. --Confirmed on Redszone.
Chad Pennington - has led his team to the playoffs every year he has started more than 10 games and despite his lack of arm strength is still a top 10 NFL QB. Sure, QB is a rather weak position in the NFL right now, but he's still near the top.
Laveranues Coles - one of the toughest WRs in the NFL. Would probably play through a broken leg as long as it was still attached. He is also finishing up another 1,000+ yard season.
Jerricho Cotchery - his first season as a starter he has worked his way to one of the better #2 WRs in the NFL and is 92 yards short of the 1,000 yard mark. If you haven't heard his name yet you will next year. Watching the kid play this year has been a treat.
Nick Mangold & D'brickashaw Ferguson - two rookies starting on the o-line, one of which at the toughest position (LT), yet have had played like seasoned veterans. Nick Mangold is playing at a Pro Bowl level and D'brick isn't too far behind.
Dewayne Robertson - after being a waste of space under Herm Edwards he has finally shown his potential with an actual coach in Eric Mangini. The kid is good.
Kerry Rhodes - is having the best season of any AFC safety and is an absolute playmaker. He was one of the biggest Pro Bowl snubs this year. He is a stud.
Jonathan Vilma - is having a down year due to the switch to the 3-5 defense. He is finally coming around at the end of the season and will be back next year. He was a premier LB last season and will be back to that level next year, IMO.
As for getting blown out in the playoffs? They lost to the Colts by 3 in week 4. This time they would play in the dome where Chad Pennington is downright ridiculous. Look up his stats if you want.
They lost to the Pats by a TD the first time and beat them in Foxboro the second time.
Yeah, they got smacked in the mouth by Jacksonville, but that game was a complete aberration.
Since the break, week 8, the defense has been stellar. They have given up just over 13 points per game in that span.
Call me a homer if you want, but when doing things like this I try to be objective as possible. I know the Oakland game isn't a given but I am fairly confident they will win the game.
Also, don't forget this team was chosen by most, if not all, to fight for the #1 draft pick in next years draft. It just goes to show what good coaching and discipline will do to a team.
To say that Chad Pennington is a top 10 quarterbacks speaks more about the lack of talent at the position than Chad Pennington.Chad Pennington - has led his team to the playoffs every year he has started more than 10 games and despite his lack of arm strength is still a top 10 NFL QB. Sure, QB is a rather weak position in the NFL right now, but he's still near the top.
He's just okay. Inconsistent, injury prone...16 TDs this season. Nothing to write home about.
Put him on your fantasy team and see how far you go. Heck, put him on your real team and see how far you go.
Is this anything like 'scrappy" for a baseball player?Laveranues Coles - one of the toughest WRs in the NFL.
He has 6 touchdowns and averages about 70 yards a game. Wow.
You forgot chemistry.It just goes to show what good coaching and discipline will do to a team.
The Jets victories this year: TN, BUF, MIA, DET, NE, HOU, GB, and MIN.
I'm thinking they are going all the way.
I don't think a requirement of employment should be that you can never offend people. It's high time folks deal with being offended. It's another example of how we're becoming a bunch of wimps. - Person offended by NFL players not standing for national anthem.
Whenever I think about Chad Pennington, I think about one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television when, on "Inside the NFL" on HBO, Cris Carter asked the guys if they wanted to see his Chad Pennington impression and proceeded to pull out a little water gun and squirt Marino. Classic.
As for Coles and his 71 yards per game, that's good enough for 7th in the AFC. He doesn't score a lot of TDs because the Jets aren't a TD factory like the Bengals and the Colts. They rely more on their defense. Coles is also #3 in receptions in the AFC.
Also, the Jets don't pick their schedule, so they can't help who they end up playing and beating. It's still an NFL schedule and they have still won 9 games (soon to be 10, hopefully) which is good enough to get you in to the playoffs.
As a Jets fan I couldn't be happier with this season. I thought going in to the year that 5 wins was the best to hope for. Now we have a chance to double that number and make a run in the playoffs. Who would have thought? Not even the biggest Jets homer in the world could have expected this.
I know the Raiders will probably lose but give them a chance. I'm a Raiders fan.
I'm a Browns fan who, for today only and because I want to see the Bengals in the post-season since my team is not, is dressing up in full Raider regalia
But if you guys blow it too the Steelers then somebody is gonna have to pay for this!!!!
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
And as a Browns fan, it's maddening that of the 4 wins, 3 have winning records.
You think Bengals have it bad, think of the Packers.
The Cleveland Browns can effectively knock the formerly hated Eastern Divisional rival Giants out of the playoffs if they beat the Texans.Green Bay can clinch playoff berth with:
1) GB win + GB clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over NYG**
**Packers clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over NY Giants if all of the following occur:
ARI win, DET win, MIA win, MIN win, SF win, CAR loss, HOU loss, TB loss.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
He doesn't wow you with stats but he gets the job done more often than not.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
and it all came down to that missed field goal. all the other ducks fell into line for the bengals.
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
san fran just kicked a fg to win in ot. what a kick in the a$$ to be a bengals fan right now. as much as i like the bengals they REALLY didn't deserve to make the playoffs. to lose your last 3 games of the season like they did( stupid mistakes) is unbearable to think about.
there's nothing like bowling a 300 game! 13 now and retired.
Ricky henderson has a higher OBP than C. patterson and he's retired. C. Trent 6-14-2008
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Brian Cookson has claimed scepticism over doping at the Tour de France is undermining the race and has promised measures to restore its credibility if he is elected as president of the sport's international body UCI.
Tour winner Chris Froome had to deal with questions and innuendo during the race leading to his Team Sky to make his power data statistics - which can indicate doping - publicly available to try to end the accusations.
Cookson, British Cycling's chairman who is challenging the UCI's incumbent president Pat McQuaid, said he would bring in several measures to tackle doping and deal with the past.
Cookson said in a statement: "This year's Tour de France has seen many heroic performances yet there has been a mood of scepticism and doubt in some quarters.
"This is deeply frustrating for the riders but, if you look at the past and what our sport has been through, it is not a surprise.
"We must act to change this situation so that the public can feel confident and cycling's great performances can be heralded not disparaged.
"After a magnificent end to the 100th Tour de France, the UCI owes it to all the clean riders to show leadership on anti-doping."
Cookson promised an independent investigation into cycling's doping past and an independent body to test for drugs.
He added: "The UCI has rarely seemed willing to take the initiative and it is critical that this changes as a matter of urgency. Looking ahead, the UCI must demonstrate true leadership and show a real desire to deal with the past and properly tackle doping in the future.
"I believe this is essential for the sport, for the riders, for the fans and for the sponsors."
Cookson said the release by Team Sky of Froome's power data "showed the need for more transparency, data sharing and co-operation" and that he would ensure the UCI requires teams and organisers to share data and intelligence with anti-doping organisations.
Froome himself declared his victory as proof the sport was entering a new, clean era.
Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford praised how Froome had handled the questioning.
"For someone to be accused of being a cheat with the venom that he has at times I think is completely unacceptable," Brailsford said.
"The way he has dealt with that has been absolutely first class. He hasn't snapped, he has been patient and tolerant. He will be a lot more experienced, wiser and more robust for this experience. I think he has all the making, all the ingredients of a multiple champion."


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• Emily L. Anderson, 16, and Breeanna Olmstead, 17, both of Newton, each were each charged with disorderly conduct for fighting in the Newton Senior High School lunchroom at 12:20 p.m. Oct. 19. They were referred to juvenile authorities.
• Larry D. Huffaker, 65, of Newton was cited with unsafe entry on a roadway after striking a vehicle driven by Diana L. Halfhill, 65, of Mingo, who was northbound in the 600 block of East 19th Street North at 11:09 a.m. Tuesday. Huffaker was driving a Newton Community School District vehicle. Damage to his vehicle was estimated at $100, and damage to Halfhill's vehicle was estimated at $1,000. No injuries were reported.
• Travis L. Jones, 32, of Newton was charged with public intoxication at 4:28 a.m. Thursday when he came to the Newton Police Department lobby. He registered a blood alcohol level of .150 and was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
• Clinton V. Robinson, 39, of Newton was arrested at 8:59 a.m. Wednesday after officers were called to the Jasper County Courthouse for Robinson, who was wanted on a Jasper County warrant for a probation violation on an original charge of harassment and public intoxication. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
• Angie J. Shinn, 28, of Eddyville was arrested at the Jasper County Courthouse on a Prairie City Police Department warrant for an original charge of fifth-degree theft. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
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On the off chance that the list of talents was starting to feel stale, Blizzard has released a brand new build of the calculator. This includes some bug fixes and other changes, many as a result of player feedback.
Because this is a preview and MoP is still a long, long time away, keep in mind that this version of the talent calculator is a preview. This is not written in stone. It's not only likely to change, it is absolutely guaranteed to change. Change is inevitable, especially in this calculator. Because it's not done. You see where I'm going with this, right? This calculator is going to change again.
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Life and Religion
|Girls night: Tips from primp to party
|Preparation can be as much fun as going out
|Published Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:47 am
Girls' night out is a rite of passage, a time to celebrate friendships and embrace life. Preparing for a big night on the town is often as much fun as the actual outing.
Creating the perfect environment for primping is an essential piece of the plan - whether hitting the hottest club or checking out the trendiest new restaurant, a girl knows she has to look good and be in the right mood. Celebrity lifestyle expert Jamie Krell, known for bringing lifestyle and fashion expertise to national television programs, has some bold yet simple suggestions to give girls' night a makeover that won't soon be forgotten.
"I often find that getting ready for a big night out can be just as much fun, if not more so, than the night out itself," says Krell. "Atmosphere is everything."
• tart by setting the table: Place succulents in Chinese takeout boxes down the center of the table and use tea lights to create an easy yet innovative tablescape.
•Make a playlist: "Apps like Songza are a great resource for finding the perfect playlist," says Krell. "You can incorporate the season, style of party and mood into your search, so it's personalized, plus it saves you some time since you don't have to manually make it."
Pick something that will pump everyone up, especially if the plan is to dance the night away.
• Drinks: It's important to hydrate before a big night out - especially if you want to feel just as good the next morning.
"One of my favorite new trends when getting ready with my girlfriends is TeaGaming instead of pre-gaming - where you hydrate while getting ready for a big night out," says Krell. "Good Earth Tea has some wondrous fusions that are perfect to get my taste buds excited."
These bold, unique fusions are made from all natural ingredients without the added sugar and calories of juice or energy drinks. Exciting flavors and whimsical names like Tropical Rush and Matcha Maker make for a playful potion the girls can sip and savor.
Krell suggests serving delicious green tea mocktails to kickstart the party.
Matcha Maker Shaker
1 bag Good Earth Matcha Maker tea
6 ounces hot water
1 teaspoon shredded or chopped fresh ginger
1/2 lime cut into two wedges
Steep Matcha Maker tea bag in 6 ounces of hot water for 3 minutes then cool in refrigerator 10 to 15 minutes. Muddle ginger and juice of one lime wedge. Add cooled tea and stir. Shake with ice then pour into your favorite glass. Garnish with remaining lime wedge.
Serve mocktails in a clear pitcher with mint leaves and lemon slices with mismatched glasses to reflect everyone's different personalities. It will be fun to see who picks the champagne flute, mason jar or martini glass.
• Menu: If dinner isn't in the plans for the night, it's a good idea to have something while getting ready. Krell prefers to serve sushi, and adds that seafood is actually a fabulous pairing for the green tea in your mocktails.
• Easy-to-make cucumber sushi rolls can be made up ahead of time and the rest can be bought at a favorite local sushi spot," she says.
For the cucumber rolls, simply cut thin slices of cucumber lengthwise, spread them with cream cheese, add a layer of smoked salmon and roll them up. Serve with chopsticks in mason jars and use something unexpected as a platter, like an old 45 record (washed clean, of course) or a chessboard.
• Dress coding: The look is the fundamental element of any girls' night. Take a cue from your favorite TV show to create a theme that everyone follows. Deep red lipstick a la Mad Men, retro-chic dresses from Girls or elaborate braided hair do's inspired by Game of Thrones are all fitting options.
"Between everyone's busy schedules, it can be hard to find time to hang out with girlfriends, but it's important to make it a priority to find time," says Krell. "It's good for a girl's soul and sanity, plus it's just flat-out fun, to plan an adventure - make it one everyone will remember and let it serve as inspiration to plan many more."
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