text: Continued from Preceding Page21 -- Smoked Em/Todd Pletcher; Smoke Glacken-Blarneystone Lass, by Irish RiverYes, we know Smoke Glacken was a sprinter, but his offspring have already won going long, and he does have a fascinating female family, with plenty of stamina. Fourth dam, Queen of the Stage, was a brilliant 2-year-old filly champ for Ogden Phipps, winning just about everything in 1967. Plus, Pletcher seems to really like this colt. We'll find out more in Whirlaway.22 -- Request for Parole/ Steve Margolis; Judge T C-Madison's Quest, by Deputy MinisterGot off on the right foot, winning the WEBN Frog Stakes at Turfway. Should rule the roost there until the heavy hitters ship in for the Spiral. A victory on the first Saturday in May would make him the first horse to complete the WEBN Frog Stakes/Kentucky Derby double.23 -- Showmeitall/Manny Tortora; All Gone-Show Legs, by Silent ScreenHard to fault a horse who has finished first or second in seven of his eight starts (dq'd to 3rd in one race). Show a lot of guts to out-battle a tough opponent in Monthir in Hutcheson Stakes. But he was up the track in his only start outside Florida, and it was at Churchill Downs. Good sire lines, but pretty obscure female family. Need to see more.24 -- Fonz's/David LaCroix; Out of Place-Seton's Encounter, by Spring DoubleFast colt with lots of ability, but he has to show he wants to go long. He does have some solid names in his pedigree. It's just too early to tell. Couldn't match strides with Siphonic in Hollywood Futurity, but was best of the rest. Showed his gameness outdueling Popular in the Prevue.25 -- Grey Beard/Graham Motion; Unbridled's Song-Danzig Darling, by DanzigBreezed 5 furlongs in 1:03 for the Fountain of Youth. One of several unproven horses looking to the Fountain of Youth to show they belong on the Derby trail. Blinkers have helped and in very capable hands.26 -- Blue Burner/Bill Mott; French Deputy-Haiati, by AlydarGetting Bill Mott to the Derby with a George Steinbrenner horse would add a great deal to this year's Derby. This colt is undefeated, and he certainly doesn't have to win the Fountain of Youth to push on. If he's competitive and in the picture, it's on to bigger and better things.27 -- Sky Terrace/Vickie Foley; Skywalker-I Aim High, by I EncloseRan a super race in Lecomte, getting bounced around from both sides coming out of the gate, then fighting hard most of the way, only to be nipped on the wire by Easyfromthegitgo. Has a DI of 4.60, but has stamina in female family. He'll have to learn to take back off the pace if he's to be a serious Derby contender.28 -- It'sallinthechase /Wilson Brown; Take Me Out-Limestone Landing, by Red RyderBreezed 5 furlongs in 1:03. Fanned 5-wide in Lecomte and was flying through final furlong to finish third, beaten 3/4 of a length. Has shown good closing kick at distances from 5 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles. 29 -- Sunday Break/Neil Drysdale; Forty Niner-Catequill, by Storm CatBreezed 5 furlongs in 1:02 Sunday. Looks ready to make a name for himself. It will be tight making the Derby, and you can bet Drysdale won't push him. Definitely looks to have a bright future.30 -- -- Holdthehelm/Paul Assinesi; Helmsman-Shanade, by Sentinental SlewBack working again, breezing a half in :48 2/5. Sire was mainly a grass horse, but did win major stakes on the dirt as well. After eight sprints, he obviously was dying to stretch out, as indicated by his decisive victory on Dec. 29 over the highly promising Definite Edge.30 -- Bob's Image/ Dallas Stewart; Halo's Image-Gray Flannel, by Darn That AlarmBroke maiden by 9 lengths, then captured a mile and 40-yard allowance race at Fair Grounds by 2 1/2 lengths. If he can compete with the Lecomte horses and Repent in the Risen Star, then he'll be a serious factor in the Louisiana Derby.KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: -- WERBLIN ran a good race in the San Vicente, considering he had only two starts, battled on the lead all the way, and was able to put the tenacious Popular away. Needs to relax and rate off the pace if he's to have any chance of stretching out successfully. What to make of maiden JACK'S SILVER flying home in the San Vicente to get second? He is a half-brother to powerful stretch runner Jamaican Rum. Hard-hitting MONTHIR suffered second straight nose defeat in Hutcheson; still searching for best distance. Others to watch in the Whirlaway include Philly Park shipper COLONIAL TERMS, 10-length winner last out; and English invader GOSHIN'S LAD, wo-time winner over the all-weather track at Lingfield. Friday's Sham Stakes could be a launching pad for several horses with promise. Drysdale-trained BATTLER BOB is a maiden, but has three solid seconds in three starts and has been beaten a total of 1 1/12 lengths. HOT CONTEST closed fast to win a good maiden race last time out for Bob and Beverly Lewis. HAWK'S TOP GUN coming off maiden score for Baffert. Regally bred DEFINITE EDGE from Dave Hofmans' barn broke his maiden at a price, then was second to Holdthehelm. Lukas' $4.4 million yearling SHAH JEHAN not quite where trainer wants him, and is listed as 50-50. JEREMIAH JACK, a disappointment in the Lecomte, came back with a sharp half in :48 4/5. 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Submission + - Sale or License? Sister Sledge Sues Over iTunes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "The Hollywood Reprter reports that members of the iconic disco-era musical group Sister Sledge have filed a major class action lawsuit against Warner Music Group claiming that the music giant's method for calculating digital music purchases as "sales" rather than "licenses" has cheated them out of millions of dollars from digital music sales. Songwriters typically make much less money when an album is "sold" than they do when their music is "licensed" (the rationale derives from the costs that used to be associated with the physical production of records) but record labels have taken the position that music sold via such digital stores as iTunes should be counted as "sales" rather than licenses. The difference in revenue can be significant as Sister Sledge claim their record deal promises 25 percent of revenue from licenses but only 5-1/2% to 6-1/2% of net from sales. Eminem's publisher brought a nearly identical claim against Universal Music Group and won an important decision at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2010 when the 9th Circuit ruled that iTunes' contract unambiguously provided that the music was licensed. The lawsuit argued that record companies' arrangements with digital retailers resembled a license more than it did a sale of a CD or record because, among other reasons, the labels furnished the seller with a single master recording that it then duplicated for customers. "Unlike physical sales, where the record company manufactures each disc and has incremental costs, when they license to iTunes, all they do is turn over one master," says attorney Richard S. Busch. "It's only fair that the artist should receive 50 percent of the receipts.""

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Florida's Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad was ticketed on a Tallahassee for doing 44 in a 35. A short time later, DOT commenced a study of road conditions and decided to raise the speed limit to 45. Prasad says he wasn't the only one who complained.
For more than two decades, the speed limit on Thomasville Road in Tallahassee, which connects the state capitol with the city's affluent neighborhoods and Interstate Ten was posted at 35 miles per hour.
Police radar operations were frequent.
"How often did you see a radar?" "Quite a bit". "They always had someone pulled over". "They patrol this area pretty well".
Police hid in a driveway, A side-street, and in this strip mall.
And then one night police stopped the wrong guy. State DOT Secretary Ananth Prasad.
"I was at fault, so she wrote the ticket and I did the driver's ed. All is good".
He was cited for doing 44 in a 35.
"D-O-T started getting a lot of phone calls about people getting ticketed going through that stretch".
He ordered a study. The mathematically weighted study came back saying the road could handle a limit of 47 miles per hour.
Ananth Prasad told us, "Our study did show that it was artificially constrained".
The city of Tallahassee complained, saying the higher limit went against their efforts to create a walkable environment. Prasad prevailed the road is now posted at 45.
Business owners say the police have disappeared. "We haven't seen them recently. When they changed the limit. Correct".
Details on how many tickets have been issued along this mile stretch are not readily available.
In a letter protesting the speed change, the City of Tallahassee says it directed increased enforcement of the area in an effort to create more pedestrian traffic. The letter cites new construction and asks the DOT for a new study once a new grocery store opens in the area.


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Watching the news coverage of the horrible shooting in Newtown, Conn., I noticed the police officers there carrying not one, but two assault rifles each. If there is going to be a call to disarm America, let's disarm all Americans. There is no reason for police to have that kind of firepower if the citizens are not allowed to have it.
-- Hazel Park
Regarding the big shot in Detroit who carried a loaded gun on an airplane and said he didn't know he had it: If you are too stupid to know that you don't have a loaded gun in your bag, you are too stupid to be carrying a gun.
-- Hazel Park
I sure don't understand all the callers complaining that the right-to-work and unions are not any good. I joined the union, hired in with General Motors in 1960, and I am still with the union. I have been retired for 20 years. The union keeps bad managers off your back. At some workplaces, you don't always have to join the union if you don't want to. If you want to join the union, then you pay your dues. I pay two bucks out of my pension and that covers the best legal services in Michigan, and it doesn't cost a penny for me to sue anyone if I have to.
-- Royal Oak
About 40 years ago, my wife wanted to move back home to Kansas. I said OK. I was making $4.25 an hour here. I got the same identical job in Kansas, and the most they would pay me was $2.50 an hour because it was a right-to-work state. After two months, I told her, "Either we are getting a divorce or we are going back to Michigan." She reluctantly came back, and I got my job back and retired more than 10 years ago very happily. You don't make the money in a right-to-work state. Believe me, I have been there.
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WOODSTOCK – In an emotional speech Monday morning before beginning a two-year prison sentence, Maxwell Cannon apologized to the family of the friend he shot and killed.
After taking a minute to compose himself, Cannon, 23, turned away from the bench and faced the family of 19-year-old Anthony Kloeckner.
"I will never be able to forgive myself for the pain I have caused you," he said. "A son, a brother, a friend like no other ... I see his face and I hear his thoughts."
On Dec. 28, 2011, Cannon was showing off a handgun to several friends at a home on Woodlawn Park Avenue near McHenry, according to McHenry County Sheriff's police.
Police have said that Cannon removed the magazine and, thinking the gun was empty, pointed it at Kloeckner and pulled the trigger. Kloeckner was shot once in the chest.
Cannon said he is disgusted and mortified by his own actions.
"From the bottom of my heart and with my entire being, I am sorry," he said.
About a week and a half ago, Cannon pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and prosecutors agreed to a two-year sentence. He was given credit for two days already served in the McHenry County jail following his arrest and is eligible for day-for-day credit.
He likely will be released after serving less than a year in prison.
Outside of court, Cannon's mother, Suzanne, asked for prayers for the Kloeckners.
"They're a wonderful family," she said. "Send them your prayers."
Kloeckner's mother, Chris, declined to comment, but previously said that her son and Cannon had been friends for about two years. It was important for Cannon to admit to what he did, she said.
Her family is forever changed, she said when Cannon pleaded guilty on Feb. 22.
"Your family is like a puzzle and one piece will be missing," Chris Kloeckner said. "But you're going to get more pieces. We've got a grandchild coming. The puzzle will go back together, but it will never be the same."


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I remember watching that game, unbelievable pitch. Shane Warne would've been proud of that Ian Bishop delivery.
I remember watching that game, unbelievable pitch. Shane Warne would've been proud of that Ian Bishop delivery.
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RIP Fardin. RIP Craigos. RIP Prince.
Hahahaha.Originally Posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
That ball to Blewy was a nightmare.Originally Posted by andyc
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He was good value on that tour
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When you saw it on the side-on shot the ball didn't get above his boot laces. Unplayable.Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes
hahahahahah that clip is soo funny can't stop laughing...Originally Posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
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One of my favourite ever youtube vids.
^Should be the highlights of Sri Lanka vs. Netherlands
Not necessarily, he said "Record ODI" and that ODI still holds the record for most overall runs in an ODI
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
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Polyester lubricant promises better hard drives
Otherwise know as sterically hindered polyester (SHP), the lubricant can be cast as a thin film over a drive platter's surface. SHP is apparently less prone to stiction and rippling than traditional perfluoropolyether-based (PFPE) lubricants. Ripple can be particularly problematic with hard drives spinning over 10K RPM, where centrifugal forces can spin PFPE lubricants right off the disk. SHP may also be more resistant to corrosion than traditional lubricants, and best of all, it's apparently a "simpler and less expensive solution."
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An Interview with Jim Kentby Bruce Stewart
Jim Kent was a graduate student in biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), when he wrote the program that allowed the public human genome team to assemble its fragments just before Celera's private commercial effort. His program ensured that the human genome data would remain in the public domain. Kent wrote the 10,000-line program in a month because he didn't want to see the genome data locked up by commercial patents.
Kent will accept the annual Bioinormatics.Org award in a plenary session at O'Reilly's upcoming Bioinformatics Technology Conference, February 3-6, in San Diego. Here we talk to Kent about the future of genomics, modeling biological processes, and open source bioinformatics.
Stewart: With the completion of the human genome project, how do you think bioinformatics as a discipline (or industry) has changed?
Kent: For me at least things are getting calmer and more thoughtful. The big public/Celera race is over. We're not rushing to get a rough assembly of 85% of the genome, but figuring out how best to get a very fine assembly of 98% of it. Dealing with the sheer volume of the data is not the struggle it once was, partly because now we have experience with the volume, partly because computers and hard disks have continued to get faster and cheaper, and partly because the homology searching algorithms, which used to be the bottleneck, are so much faster now.
There is still quite a bit of useful data that can and should be mass produced: genome wide microarray data, cellular localization of all genes, a dozen animal genomes for comparative genomics, immunoprecipitations with each gene followed by mass spec to see what interacts with what, etc. Still, I think soon the most important advances are going to come out of the cottages rather than the factories. That is, I think the advances are going to come out of small groups of people and individuals thinking about information that's at anybody's fingertips over the web, doing relatively small scale directed experiments on top of that. Of course if the advance is a new medical treatment, you'll still need a small army and deep pockets to get it through the FDA. This is better than not having thorough testing of drugs though.
Stewart: What is your view on establishing ontologies in bioinformatics/genomics?
Kent: I'm relying on Michael Ashburner's Gene Ontology group for that. They tend to be very descriptive with their names, not just three letters and a number, thank goodness. Like operating systems, the most useful number of ontologies is 1. My own mind tends more to chaotic nets than elegant hierarchies so I'm happy to leave the development of the ontology to the folks at EBI. I do plan to support it to the extent that I can. We've got some plans on the drawing board for incorporating it in a "protein browser" for example.
Stewart: Several research and industry groups are developing methods for simulating biological process -- modeling a cell, systems biology, etc. How do you feel about this work? Is it viable? Do we have enough genomic information to simulate an organism?
Kent: You need to be very careful at what level you model. I joke with people about trying to learn French by dissecting the brain of a Frenchman. Maybe it's possible to do. I have my doubts. There are certainly easier ways to learn French.
You can view the cell as a set of partial differential equations in 30,000 variables (one for each gene) being driven by receptors and the like. This really makes my brain hurt! I take comfort in the fact that there are only perhaps 300 different types of cells. You could think of these cell types as attractors in the dynamical system of gene expression. I very much want to figure out how to take one type of cell into another type of cell. I think this is will be the key to many of the medical advances of the 21st century. I think I'm a lot more likely to figure this out by studying developmental biology and doing tissue culture experiments than by computer simulation. However, there's a lot of uses for bioinformatics in studying developmental biology.
Stewart: How will systems biology affect the future direction of bioinformatics?
Kent: Extensive experiments with large clusters of computers in the presence and absence of biologically-based system administrators suggests that biological systems are required to keep bioinformatics systems running.
Ah, you said "systems biology" not "biology systems". I have sadly only the vaguest idea what systems biology means. Leroy Hood has an institute devoted to systems biology. I know he would like to be able to take an easily grown cell like a fibroblast and convince it to become a islet cell capable of naturally secreting insulin after a meal. It's one of my dreams too. We won't be able to do this without understanding the biological system. This understanding is going to require a lot of new computer programs among many other things no doubt, so it will be a good thing for us bioinformaticians.
Stewart: Can you compare Bioinformatics in 2002 with AI in the 1980s and '90s?
Kent: They are very similar in a lot of ways. A lot of very interesting research was done in academic environments. The commercial ventures frequently raised money from the stock market, but rarely managed to raise money from sales. SciFi writers and readers had a lot of fun speculating where it would lead. The nightmare scenarios for bioinformatics and AI are surprisingly similar: creating a new form of entity that ultimately displaces us.
There are some important differences as well though. At a very high level AI is about understanding how the mind works while bioinformatics is about understanding how the body works. The practical benefits of AI are getting machines to do tasks that requires brain power but not enough people are willing and able to do. The practical benefits of bioinformatics are largely about curing diseases.
A paradox of AI is that as soon as a machine is able to do something, we decide that doing it really doesn't require "intelligence" after all. A great chess program was one of the early holy grails of AI. We have one now that can beat the human world champion, but nobody thinks of a chess program as intelligent any more. Speech recognition is a really critical AI contribution that is now well along to becoming a reality and not just in voice mail mazes. It's curious that some of the most important speech recognition technologies, HMMs, also have broad application in bioinformatics.
Stewart: What is your view on open source in bioinformatics?
Kent: Yea! Go. The genome is hard enough to decompile. Don't make me have to decompile your source as well.
On the other hand, to be totally honest, if a tool works well, is well documented, and the people maintaining the tool make regular improvements in it in response to user requests, I would very likely never get around to looking at the source anyway.
I think that source that is developed from government and charity grants should be not only open, but freely distributable, modifiable, etc. Not even "copyleft". This applies to most academics most of the time. Since academics typically want to go onto new research rather than supporting what they've already written, many aspects of the standard open source model work well for them.
I'm not sure if open source works so well in commercial environments. These days at least, the GPL is absolutely disastrous, since it really doesn't mix peacefully with existing proprietary stuff. I want companies to be free to add value to their proprietary stuff with things generated by public funds. I want companies to occasionally give away useful source as a public service, and never, never to keep source locked up more than 17 years. I also want Walt Disney to free Mickey!
I think that open source for computer operating systems is particularly beneficial. We all want to speak the same language so that we can communicate with each other. We all want to use the same operating system so that we can use our favorite programs everywhere, and so that we don't have to port the programs we've written. An operating system in private hands will therefore tend to die out, become a monopoly, or encourage the people who use it to become a closed group. The pro bono work of the many people developing open source operating systems really is helping lift the world out of these three gloomy alternatives. Displacing Microsoft in the Windows/Icon/Mouse/Pointer world may not happen, but I would not be in the least surprised if a computer with good out of the box speech recognition, a nice web browser, and a strictly optional keyboard based on Linux takes over China in 3 years and the USA in 6.
Bruce Stewart is a freelance technology writer and editor.
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Omis [1] is an old city located on the Adriatic Coast in Dalmatia, Croatia.
Get in
By Plane
Take a flight to the Split Airport and then use a Bus service to get to Omis.
By Bus
You can use services from frequent buses that come in and go from Split, Makarska, Sibenik, Dubrovnik, Rijeka, Mostar.
By Taxi
There is taxi-van service that can be used from Split and Makarska
By Boat
There is a ferrie service from Ancona,Italy. Take a ferrie to the Port of Split and than use the bus to get to Omis. There are local boats that run several times a day from Islands of Brac, Hvar, Korcula and Vis. Take them to Split and then use the bus or taxi service to get to Omis.
Get around
You can get around the city by car, local taxi and bus service, or tourist trolley. You can also rent a bike or moped from tourist agencies. However most people find it sufficiently comfortable to get around on foot, because Omis is relatively small city.
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atugen AG, a private company focused on the elucidation of disease pathways, today announced the identification of a novel cancer target that appears to play an important role in tumor growth and metastasis. atugen's research group has demonstrated that inhibition of the novel target, Atu027, which has homology to protein kinases, results in blockage of tumor growth of human prostate carcinoma cells in orthotopic mouse models. atugen has demonstrated that human prostate tumor cells engineered to express siRNA molecules against the kinase shows significant reduction or even complete lack of secondary tumors indicating a role of the kinase in tumor progression and metastasis.
The novel target, Atu027, is the result of the companys internal research program on the phosphatidylinositol 3-OH kinase (PI 3-K) pathway. The approach was presented at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Tumor Suppressor August 2002 Meeting in Cold Spring Harbor, NY. PI 3-K is a central signal transduction molecule controlling a wide range of cellular responses including contributing to increased malignant behavior of cancer cells.
The identification and functional validation of the kinase as PI 3-K downstream effector molecule underscores the strength of the atugen approach to find novel targets. The use of the company's proprietary mRNA knockdown technologies (GeneBlocs® antisense molecules, improved synthetic siRNA, vector expression systems for siRNA, ribozymes and superior transfection reagents) together with atugen's expertise in gene function elucidation has to date resulted in 19 functionally validated cancer targets that act in the PI 3-K pathway.
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The age of quantum technology has long been heralded. Decades of research into the quantum world have led to the development of methods that make it possible...
Cardiovascular tissue engineering aims to treat heart disease with prostheses that grow and regenerate. Now, researchers from the University of Zurich, the Technical University Eindhoven and the Charité Berlin have successfully implanted regenerative heart valves, designed with the aid of computer simulations, into sheep for the first time.
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A team of scientists of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science in Hamburg investigated optically-induced superconductivity in the alkali-doped fulleride K3C60under high external pressures. This study allowed, on one hand, to uniquely assess the nature of the transient state as a superconducting phase. In addition, it unveiled the possibility to induce superconductivity in K3C60 at temperatures far above the -170 degrees Celsius hypothesized previously, and rather all the way to room temperature. The paper by Cantaluppi et al has been published in Nature Physics.
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Fulham manager Martin Jol has urged the Cottagers to strike the first blow in Thursday's Europa League play-off against Dnipro.
The west Londoners travelled to Ukraine for the second-leg clash on the back of last week's 3-0 victory, which came courtesy of a Clint Dempsey brace and an Aaron Hughes effort.
"They're a good team with a very good home record," he said. "Away from home it's different for them. They will probably do everything they can to score an early goal. For us it's very important to score on Thursday night."
He added: "When we've got the ball our intention will be to score.
"It's important to be strong defensively and if you drop off like we did in the last 15 to 20 minutes of the first leg then you could end up with a problem, because they are very good at finding the spare man on the edge of the box or creating an overlap."
Fulham have taken a strong squad to Ukraine but will be without striker Bobby Zamora.
The England international missed the weekend's 2-0 defeat at Wolves with an ankle injury and will be sidelined once again.
"Bobby's not available so we have to find a solution for that position," said Jol.
"Of course last week Clint scored two goals and it's not all about Bobby.
"Of course he's a good target man but we have to come up with another solution up front. Moussa Dembele came on against Wolves last weekend and did well so hopefully he can have a big say in the game."
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"When I was a child, I spoke as a child,
I understood as a child, I thought as a child,
But when I became I man,
I put childish things away " 1-Corinthians 13:11
Will, 6 years old, is an amazing little boy. Unable to ignore some of society's most pressing issues such as homelessness and hunger, he felt compelled to act, do something for others, different from him but also just like him. Will Lourcey started, along with some friends, an organization he called FROGs, standing for Friends Reaching Our Goals, to raise money and help people suffering from hunger. I don't personally know Will, I have never met him, I just read about him…but I had, we had, the opportunity to meet other exceptional children.
As part of the Incubating Change Sense Tour, which aims at mapping the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and promoting social entrepreneurship, we launched a program called Children for Change. Obviously we're not dealing with the topic of social entrepreneurship when interacting with children. Many would ask, so why do you work with children if that's not about social entrepreneurship? I would reply that we truly believe in the power of children to change things! We deeply believe that children are aware of the numerous issues surrounding them and that it is absolutely possible to unleash their potential to drive change in their community! Aren't they tomorrow's leaders? Entrepreneurs? Social entrepreneurs? Changemakers?
So far we've worked with two schools in Kathmandu and the results are brilliant! Children are impressive; totally responsive and really willing to change things around them! As someone told me once: the bravest voice can live in the smallest body! That's what I could witness while working with these children. Our policy has always been: facilitate, inspire but do not suggest either make choices for them. Indeed, what we want them to do is to come up with their own issues, solutions and implement them without any help…and in their very own way! I think we pretty much managed to stick to that point! Believe it or not, children are quite surprising. They are much more aware of what is happening than we assume!
Okay, Tuesday 2 pm, we have to run into the classroom. We just got into the room, again with a bit of apprehension, but this time we have history right? I mean, last time with the other school it went okay so it should be fine too, right? Some twenty five boys and girls were just sitting there, in front of us, with their eyes wide open. After a round of introduction and some let's-get-to-know-each-other-better activities, we could really start the session! After only a few minutes of brainstorming they came up with at least ten issues surrounding them. Among which was gang violence, drug issues and gambling! Again a bit of apprehension because what if they choose gang violence? I don't know if that's going to be easy… Of course, that was in my head! However, what happened next was not in MY head, it was totally real. After a few minutes of reflecting and weighting the pros and cons, they were so committed and motivated to work on the not-less-easier issue of caste discrimination. We were so impressed and stunned, standing there in front of a 25-student classroom looking at us and maintaining that they had to work on caste discrimination "to bring awareness" since "it was not fair" and that "people had the same rights" and "should learn to live together." Great! So we will work on caste discrimination. I mean you will work on it!
Next Friday, back to school for the second session to work on the process of finding a solution. Their solution to shed a light on the issue of caste discrimination was to go down on the streets and organize a rally! Sure, good idea! But how will you do that? After an hour working on the details and defining the when, where, what, who….they came up with their own plan…like real project managers! Okay guys, so the rally will take place on February 28th! That is in only a week!? Are you sure you'll be ready? Sure!
Same place, one week after. Before going inside, we were like "I mean, they've done already a lot so it's fine if they just have one sign." True, we were already so impressed and proud of them, I mean I hadn't even seen as many adults in my whole life standing up for what they thought was right and in line with their values. So no matter what they had come up with, that should be fine. But it was beyond that! As we walked inside the school, they were all rushing, running from one side of the courtyard to the other and giggling. What was happening? They had prepared hundreds of flyers to denounce caste discrimination, made dozens of signs with different slogans, brought a microphone and speakers to be heard and had prepared some slogans to chant!! They even had their own internal "police" to make sure no one would endanger the plan previously established. Once they judged that everything was ready (especially after checking that they had actually brought enough water bottles J -trust me, they would need them) and that we should get going, we followed them on the itinerary that they had thought about, like toy soldiers. What we hadn't imagined is that actually true soldiers or at least the police would escort the rally to make sure that everything would be smooth! The whole time we walked they kept on chanting the slogans they had designed. They kept chanting in unison the whole time and carrying the speakers which actually had lost a wheel along the way! I think people were stunned and amazed to see such small people achieve such a big thing, at least if that's not true for them it was for us.
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child,
I understood as a child, I thought as a child,
But when I became I man,
I put childish things away,"
But what I will retain from this is that a child has the ability to show to the man just like the sun can show us the day. The only thing we have to do is listen to their voice, but will we?


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Thomas Hibbs, Ph.D.
Dr. Thomas S. Hibbs is Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture and dean of the Honors College at Baylor University, where he oversees a number of interdisciplinary programs, including the Honors Program, Great Texts, University Scholars and the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core. His areas of expertise include film and popular culture and contemporary virtue ethics.
Hibbs has made more than 100 appearances on local, regional and national radio and television to provide commentary on film and culture and regularly reviews films for National Review Online and The Weekly Standard. He also has written about film, culture, books and higher education for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things and The Catholic World Report.
Hibbs' books include Shows About Nothing (Baylor University Press, 2012), which analyzes the 'something about nothing' in films, and TV shows from Harry Potter and Avatar to Mad Men and Seinfeld; Arts of Darkness: American Noir and The Lost Code of Redemption (Spence Publications, 2007), in which Hibbs looks at the philosophy and theology of these dark films to reveal a subtle but profound insistence on the reality of redemption; and Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good (Fordham University Press, 2001), a take on the recovery of the ethics of virtue.
Hibbs received his bachelor's and master's degrees in literature and philosophy from the University of Dallas and master's and doctoral degrees in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame.
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2 - The Dubliner will also eclipse his good friend and former team-mate Ronan O'Gara as the Six Nations' most-capped player with 64 tournament appearances
3 - Saturday's encounter with Italy will be O'Driscoll's 52nd and final international appearance at the Lansdowne Road ground. His first was against Argentina back in August 1999
4 - He has scored 19 tries and 1 drop goal in his 51 Test matches - 50 starts - at Lansdowne Road. His first came against the USA during the 1999 Rugby World Cup and his last was against England in the 2011 Six Nations, a score which also saw him become the Championship's record try scorer
5 - His one and only Test appearance off the bench came in Ireland's 1999 Rugby World Cup pool win over Romania at Lansdowne Road, a game in which his long-time centre partner Gordon D'Arcy - also a replacement that night - made his debut as a 19-year-old
6 - O'Driscoll has put on many memorable scoring displays at Lansdowne Road, famously running in a hat-trick of tries against Scotland (2002) and scoring braces against Japan (2000), Georgia (2002) and Wales (2004)
7 - Arguably the most important tries he scored in Dublin came during Ireland's run of matches at Croke Park, with two crucial scores against France and England in the 2009 Grand Slam campaign
8 - Ireland's winning ratio at Lansdowne Road with O'Driscoll on the pitch is 73.52%, with 37 wins, 1 draw and 13 defeats. Over the centre's entire 139-cap career, Ireland's winning ratio stands at 58.27%
9 - He is bowing out as Ireland's record caps holder and record try scorer (46 tries), and as the elder statesman of the current team at 35 years of age
10 - 26 of O'Driscoll's tries have come in the Six Nations, including five in 12 previous Championship clashes with Italy. His other Six Nations tries are: England (3), France (6), Scotland (5) and Wales (7)
11 - O'Driscoll international scoring haul of 250 points - between Ireland and Lions games - includes 47 tries overall and five drop goals, with successful kicks against Romania, New Zealand (2), Australia and England
12 - Ireland have a win percentage of 69% in the Six Nations when O'Driscoll has played. This breaks down into 43 wins, 19 losses and one draw
13 - He has added some personal touches to the adidas boots he will wear against Italy by scribing 'BOD' by hand on the boots and the letters 'A & S' were also handwritten by O'Driscoll and embellished onto the front of the boots as a tribute to his wife Amy and daughter Sadie


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That expectation will follow them through every practice, every game, of the 2013 season.
"If you're good, I mean really good, you deal with that," said Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe. "One of the best things our second Super Bowl (championship) team did (in the 1998 season), we knew we were the best team -- knew it from the time we stepped on the field in training camp -- and we still did the work, we still put in the time. We still did things like we hadn't won a thing.
"Now, that's special. That team was talented, worked hard and just went out and stuck to business every single week. Nobody got caught up in the things that don't matter. Everybody understood exactly what kind of opportunity we had."
The late Mike Heimerdinger, the wide receivers coach of the 1998 Broncos, once called that team "ruthless and grounded, in how we were good. That team was so confident, but was humble when it went to work. They just worked harder every day than teams that weren't a tenth as good."
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The criminal complaint alleges [Julia E. Laack, 36] stole a bag of beef jerky and a lighter at a convenience store Thursday afternoon. Police went to her home. The complaint said she refused to come to the door and began screaming and swearing at three children in her house, telling one that the incident was all his fault.
Police entered and tried to calm her down. With her children present, the complaint said, she stripped to her underwear and told the officers they couldn't arrest her because she would be naked.
Laack struggled with the officers as they tried to arrest her, the complaint alleged, kicking one in the groin and spitting in the mouth of another.
While in the squad car on the way to the police station, the complaint said, Laack exposed her buttocks against the rear window.


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iPad App Offers Detailed Images of Einstein's Brain 66
puddingebola writes in with news of a new app that might be of interest to those studying Einstein's brain, or just looking for something neat for Halloween. "Albert Einstein's brain, that revolutionized physics, can now be downloaded as an iPad app for USD 9.99. The exclusive application, which has been just launched, promises to make detailed images of Einstein's brain more accessible to scientists than ever before. The funding to scan and digitize nearly 350 fragile and priceless slides made from slices of Einstein's brain after his death in 1955 were given to a medical museum under development in Chicago, website 'Independent.ie' reported. The application will allow researchers and novices to peer into the eccentric Nobel winner's brain as if they were looking through a microscope. 'I can't wait to find out what they'll discover,' Steve Landers, a consultant for the National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago, who designed the app, was quoted as saying by 'Press Association.'"


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So this is news to me, but apparently AMC has been planning on making a spin-off show to their grossly successful series, "The Walking Dead" for some time, and now it is official. There are not many cold hard facts yet, but what has been confirmed is that the show will feature the same universe, but it will have an entirely new cast, and will not be set in Georgia according to creator Robert Kirkman.
Usually a spin-off is considered when a show has reached the end of its run, or at the very least has hit the 9th season. So for one of the most popular shows in recent memory to consider a spinoff at the height of its popularity, one of two things is often the cause.
A: The show is immensely popular and the creators have a genuinely fresh and unique idea they want to tell that cannot be fit into the current story, but holds a wealth of possibility.
B: The show is immensely popular and those at the top want to milk it for all it is worth while they still can, because at the moment, it is guaranteed to be a success regardless of its quality.
While everyone hopes for the former, the pessimist in me leads me to believe to gravitate towards the latter. Luckily Kirkman agrees. "It's important to us that this show exists on its own. The Spinoff has to be a show worthy of existing, or else we've all sold out. So that's something we're all working hard towards doing, and I think we can pull it off. I think that the ideal situation is, when you're watching the spinoff, you're like, 'Wow, this is a really awesome show.' The whole other show doesn't need to exist for this show to be cool and stand on its own."
It is rather comforting to see one of the major players behind the show saying it needs to actually be good and not just a cash cow. The rough release date for the spinoff is sometime in 2015, however that is subject to change.


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BOWLING GREEN — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown touted the benefits of raising the federal minimum wage on Tuesday and said low-income people are struggling to make ends meet across the county.
Mr. Brown (D., Ohio) was stumping in Bowling Green for the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, which would raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. The act also would provide cost-of-living increases, as well as increase the base wage for people working jobs in which they get tips.
"No reasonable study shows that it costs jobs," Mr. Brown said of raising the minimum wage. He said adults — who make up 80 percent of the people who make the minimum wage — would benefit from a higher standard of living.
If low-income workers earn more money, they will pump some of that cash back into the economy, which will benefit everyone, Mr. Brown said at the Grounds for Thought bookstore and coffee shop.
The act would bolster the federal minimum wage by 2015 with three 95-cent increases. It also would allow minimum wage to keep pace with the cost of living after 2016 and raise the minimum wage for tipped employees — which has stayed at $2.13 for more than 20 years — to 70 percent of the overall minimum wage.
Inviting Mr. Brown to speak at Grounds for Thought was important because the minimum wage should be raised, and it's an issue that should be discussed in communities, said co-owner Kelly Wicks. Small businesses should compensate their employees so they can more easily afford something as simple as driving to work, he said.
"The role of a coffee shop in a community has been to create social discourse," Mr. Wicks said.
Carrie Day, who works two part-time jobs, said she's only able to survive because of tips and artwork she sells on the side. Raising two children, paying for baby sitters, and paying off bills each month would be easier if she made more money.
"If we made more, we could do more," said Ms. Day, who works in Bowling Green and Perrysburg.
Gary Burtless, a labor economist for the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, said public opinion polls show that most Americans agree with raising the federal minimum wage, and most businesses wouldn't feel a negative effect if the act is passed by Congress.
Boosting wages for low-income employees, most likely would have little effect on the overall economy, Mr. Burtless said.
"The proportionate gain in earnings would offset the loss in employment," Mr. Burtless said.
The first 95-cent increase would have little effect in Ohio because the state's minimum wage is $7.85 in most instances, and $7.25 for smaller businesses. Michigan's minimum wage is $7.40.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposes raising the federal minimum wage because it believes the increase could hurt small-business owners. The chamber released a statement expressing concern that businesses might have to trim profit margins to keep up with the increased cost of labor.
The chamber also worried about keeping the minimum wage on pace with inflation, stating: "Employers will likely be faced with automatically increasing labor costs without an automatic increase in revenues or profits."
Mr. Burtless said some businesses that rely on minimum-wage work could be adversely affected by the increase but companies that employ minimum-wage workers usually compete with one another. They wouldn't be put out of business by the increase, he added.
"Since all of them face the same change, they are not at a competitive disadvantage," Mr. Burtless said.
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Manchester United will hope there are no lingering ill-effects from their recent Premier League setback at Tottenham Hotspur when they host Fulham in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.
United conceded an injury-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw at a snowy White Hart Lane last weekend, allowing champions Manchester City to breathe new life into the title race by cutting their rivals' lead to five points.
United have gone nine years without winning the FA Cup, leading manager Alex Ferguson to state that he wants his side "to try and have a go" at it in the current campaign.
To that end, he will find little discouragement in Fulham's recent form.
Martin Jol's men, who squeezed past Blackpool after a third-round replay, have collected just 12 points from a possible 45 in the Premier League; a run that has seen them slide to 14th in the English top flight.
The United squad have spent the week in Qatar for a warm-weather training camp ahead of Saturday's reunion with former striker Dimitar Berbatov.
The Bulgarian is expected to make his first appearance at Old Trafford since leaving the club in the close season and United defender Phil Jones is looking forward to pitting himself against his former team-mate.
"It'll be great to see Berba back at Old Trafford. Technically he's a fantastic player," he said.
"The FA Cup is a great competition and one we want to win. We want to go as far as we can. It's a competition I've always admired.
"Hopefully we can get the result we want and continue to progress in the competition."
Arsenal, without a trophy of any description since beating United on penalties in the 2005 final, will hope to carry their mid-week momentum into the cup when they visit second-tier Brighton and Hove Albion.
Brighton knocked out Newcastle United in the third round, but Arsenal go into the game on the back of a 5-1 thrashing of West Ham United on Wednesday that reinvigorated their challenge for Champions League qualification.
"I never felt that the players didn't know how important it is," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
"I was more worried that they are a bit sometimes inhibited in the recent big games from the start. But this team has a fantastic mentality and good quality. That's what we want to show until the end of the season now."
As in the previous round, the draw for round four was low on all-Premier League confrontations, with Manchester City's trip to Stoke City the only other tie to feature two top-flight clubs.
Stoke were thrashed 4-0 by Chelsea in their last home game but they boast an excellent home record against City, who have not won at the Britannia Stadium on their last six visits.
Minnows in need of inspiration need look no further than Bradford City, who overcame Aston Villa in the League Cup semi-finals in mid-week to become the first English fourth-tier side to qualify for a major Wembley final.
Macclesfield Town of the fifth-division Conference National, conquerors of Championship leaders Cardiff City in round three, host Wigan Athletic, who needed a replay to see off third-tier Bournemouth in the previous round.
Fellow non-league side Luton Town, who slipped out of the Football League in 2009 after going into administration, also face top-flight opposition in the form of Norwich City.
Sunday offers up three evocative cup ties, with third-tier Brentford and Oldham Athletic gunning for upsets against the respective might of Chelsea and Liverpool, while Tottenham travel to Leeds United.
Chelsea will be eager to return to action after going out of the League Cup to Swansea City on Wednesday in a game that saw Eden Hazard sent off for kicking a ball boy.
Friday (1945GMT):
Millwall v Aston Villa
Saturday (1500GMT unless otherwise stated):
Stoke City v Manchester City (1245GMT), Bolton Wanderers v Everton, Brighton and Hove Albion v Arsenal, Derby County v Blackburn, Huddersfield Town v Leicester City, Hull City v Barnsley, Macclesfield Town v Wigan Athletic, Middlesbrough V Aldershot Town, Norwich City v Luton Town, Queens Park Rangers v Milton Keynes Dons, Reading v Sheffield United, Manchester United v Fulham (1730GMT)
Brentford v Chelsea (1200GMT), Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur (1400GMT), Oldham Athletic v Liverpool (1600GMT)
Source: AFP


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2011-12 Women's Basketball
Bluffton 53, Wooster 50
Bluffton holds off Fighting Scots 53-50 at Wooster
December 6, 2011
WOOSTER, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's basketball team snapped a four-game skid with a 53-50 victory at Wooster on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. The Beavers improved to 2-4 overall, while the Fighting Scots slipped to 1-5 on the season.
Senior Alicia Amis (Woodstock/Mechanicsburg) broke the ice with a triple nearly two minutes into the contest, giving Bluffton a 3-0 lead. Back-to-back Wooster baskets made the score 4-3 with 15:57 to play in the first half. Two minutes later, a pair of free throws by freshman Mikayla Coburn (McGuffey/Upper Scioto Valley) followed by a Sharonda Martin (Dayton/Stivers) hoop gave Bluffton a 7-4 advantage.
A Beth Yoder (Marshallville/Smithville) bomb pushed the spread to four points at the 11:25 mark. Wooster knotted the game at 11 before Brittany Lewis (Springfield/Shawnee) drained a trey and fellow senior Brittany Stegmaier (Garfield/Trinity) took advantage of a nice feed from Rachel Daman (Defiance/Tinora) to give the Beavers a 16-11 edge.
Following a 9-2 spurt by the home team, Bluffton closed the half with seven consecutive counters, including a steal and hoop from Amis and Brittany Lewis trifecta which made the score 25-20 at the break.
Freshmen Brenna Kurilec (Mt. Gilead/Gilead Christian) and Sharonda Martin powered a 10-2 Bluffton jag that gave the Beavers a 40-28 lead midway through the final period, each scoring four points in a two-minute span. Lauren Hutton (New Riegel) and Sharonda Martin continued to pound the Scots inside and when Stegmaier hit from distance, Bluffton led 47-35 with 6:38 to play.
Although the Bluffton offense dried up for the next five minutes, the home team was unable to take advantage. Hutton made the score 49-41 at the 1:01 mark and Daman's freebies with 47 ticks remaining kept Bluffton up by eight. Daman added two more crucial markers from the foul line before Wooster scored seven unanswered points during the final 28 seconds to make the final score 53-50.
Sharonda Martin dropped in a career-high 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field. She also pulled down five boards in just 14 minutes off the bench. Brittany Lewis stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals while connecting on 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. Alicia Amis pulled down a career-high 11 boards, scored five points, picked up three steals and handed out two assists. Stegmaier scored five points and dished out three dimes.
Both teams struggled from the field, making just 20 baskets each, but the Beavers knocked down three more triples (6-3) for the final margin. The visitors pulled down two more boards (46-44), and the Beavers dished out five more assists (14-9) than their counterparts from Wooster. Jessica Wingen narrowly missed a triple-double for the Fighting Scots with nine points, nine rebounds and eight blocks.
Bluffton returns to conference action with a trip to Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Dec. 10. Tip-off in Terre Haute, Ind., is slated for 1 p.m.


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Environmental problems in Brazil
Losing nature at its most extraordinary
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), soy was Brazil's main agricultural crop by harvested area in 2004, with more than 21 million ha under cultivation.
Another crop of concern is cocoa, which has been blamed for widespread deforestation in Brazil. During the cocoa economic boom of the 1970s, expansion of this crop was a leading cause of the decline of Brazil's endangered Atlantic Forest ecosystem, of which only about 10% persists - barely.
The cattle problem
The Cerrado, an extensive woodland savanna ecosystem in Brazil, is threatened by cattle ranching. The expansion of cattle ranching is closely linked to the increased soy cultivation - which poses serious concerns about the impact of this industry on sensitive ecosystems.
There are also concerns about the expansion of chicken and pork production moving into the Cerrado.1
In the Atlantic forests of Brazil, some of the world's most diverse ecosystems have been converted to fast growing plantations. Brazil has millions of hectares of exotic plantations, made up mainly of eucalyptus, a non-native species.
Although some plantations are certified with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label, in others there have been repeated conflicts with indigenous peoples about land rights. Forty per cent of Brazil's bleached pulp is exported to Europe.


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The Istanbul giant announced over the weekend that it has agreed terms with the Nerazzurri over a winter move, but added that the club is still in talks with the creative midfielder over personal terms. Sneijder stated on Saturday evening that he is in no rush to make a final decision on his future, but Moratti is now running out of patience and has told the Dutchman to make up his mind.
"We want an answer by the end of the day. It would be professional from him if he made a decision shortly," Moratti said.
Nevertheless, despite Moratti's latest comments, Sneijder is unlikely to be rushed into making a decision on his future. The 28-year-old is reportedly having doubts about a move to the Turkish league, and he would prefer a transfer to one of Europe's top leagues.


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Reta Maxine Andrus, 75
Reta Maxine Andrus, 75, passed away on May 10, 2011, at her home in Blackfoot after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 South Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot. Family will meet with friends and relatives from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2011, and for one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Interment will follow services at the Groveland Cemetery.


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Here's how South Carolina members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending March 8.
WASHINGTON — Here's how South Carolina members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending March 8.
Six Months' Stopgap Spending: Members voted, 267-151, to fund the operation of federal departments and agencies between March 27 and Oct. 1 at an annual rate of $982 billion. The bill locks in the blind cuts known as sequestration but eases their impact on military and veterans' budgets. A yes vote backed HR 933.
Repeal of Sequestration: Members defeated, 188-231, a Democratic bid to exempt a stopgap spending bill (HR 933, above) from the across-the-board cuts known as sequestration. A yes vote backed the motion over Republican arguments this bill is the wrong vehicle for rekindling the sequestration debate.
CIA Director Brennan: Senators confirmed, 63-34, John O. Brennan, 57, the top White House adviser on terrorism, to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. He drew criticism over the administration's aggressive use of drones to kill enemies overseas without an accounting to Congress or the public. A yes vote was to confirm Brennan.
Caitlin Halligan Nomination: Senators failed, 51-41, to reach 60 votes for ending GOP blockage of the nomination of Caitlin J. Halligan, 45, to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She is general counsel for the New York County District Attorney's Office in Manhattan. A yes vote backed Halligan over National Rifle Association criticism of a brief she once wrote on gun manufacturers' legal liability.
SIX MONTHS' STOPGAP SPENDING: Voting 267 for and 151 against, the House on March 6 sent the Senate a bill (HR 933) to fund the government between March 27 and Sept. 30 at an annual rate of $982 billion. The bill covers the nearly 30 percent of the $3.5 trillion federal budget that is discretionary (non- entitlement) spending. It would lock in the across-the-board cuts known as sequestration for the remaining six months of fiscal 2013 but would soften their impact on military and veterans' budgets.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
SOUTH CAROLINA voting yes: Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan,Trey Gowdy, Mick Mulvaney, Tom Rice Voting no: James Clyburn
Not voting: None DEMOCRATS'SEQUESTER REPEAL: Voting 188 for and 231 against, the House on March 6 defeated a Democratic motion to exempt a fiscal 2013 stopgap spending bill (HR 933, above) from the indiscriminate cuts known as sequestration. This was a bid to add $85 billion for defense, domestic and foreign-affairs programs between March 27 and Sept. 30. As designed by the 2011 Budget Control Act, sequestration is scheduled to exact $1.2 trillion in blind cuts in discretionaryspending accounts over ten years, split evenly between defense and non-defense programs. The $85 billion addressed by this motion is the first installment of those cuts.
Democrats offered the motion after GOP leaders refused to allow an up-ordown vote on a bill to repeal sequestration and find other ways to save $1.2 trillion over ten years. That bill would replace blind cuts with targeted ones and add revenue measures such as closing tax loopholes, ending subsidies of oil companies and setting a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on incomes over $2 million. House Republicans have offered no bills in the 113th Congress to change sequestration.
A yes vote backed the Democratic motion.
Voting yes: Clyburn Voting no: Wilson, Duncan, Gowdy, Mulvaney,
Not voting: None
CIA DIRECTOR BRENNAN: Voting 63 for and 34 against, the Senate on March 7 confirmed John O. Brennan, 57, as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Brennan had been President Obama's top aide in fighting terrorism and served for 25 years in the CIA, including a stint as station chief in Saudi Arabia. His nomination drew criticism, in part, over the administration's aggressive use of drones to kill enemies overseas without an accounting to Congress or the public.
A yes vote was to confirm Brennan.
SOUTH CAROLINA voting yes: Lindsey Graham, R
Voting no: Tim Scott, R CAITLIN HALLIGAN NOMINATION: Voting 51 for and 41 against, the Senate on March 6 failed to reach 60 votes for ending a Republican filibuster against the nomination of Caitlin J. Halligan, 45, for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Halligan is general counsel for the New York County District Attorney's Office in Manhattan. She received the American Bar Association's highest rating but is opposed by the National Rifle Association. Critics point to a brief she filed in 2003 as solicitor general of New York State that argued gun manufacturers can be held liable for the criminal acts of third parties using their products. Supporters noted her vow during her confirmation hearing to uphold the Supreme Court's position on Second Amendment rights. This vote marked the second time in the past 16 months Senate Republicans have blocked her nomination.
A yes vote was to advance the nomination.
Voting yes: None Voting no: Graham, Scott
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WALTHAM, MA - Sophomore middle hitter Shannon Thompson (Moorpark, CA) registered 18 kills and seven digs while freshman outside hitter Corrine Porter (Huntington Beach, CA) recorded 16 kills and a team-high 12 digs to lead the University of Massachusetts Boston over Brandeis University, 3-1, this afternoon at the Brandeis Invitational in Waltham, MA. The Beacons dropped their first match of the day to Trinity College (CT), 3-1, finishing the tournament in a tie for first place with both Trinity and Brandeis. All three squads boasted a 3-1 record over the weekend but the Judges took home the Invitational title, coming out ahead in the sets won tiebreaker. With the split, the Beacons stand at 8-1 on the season while the Bantams are now 3-1 overall. The loss drops Brandeis to 7-2.
UMass Boston was in total control over the Judges early, taking the first set, 25-18 and the second set, 25-15. Brandeis fought back to win the third set, 25-22, but the Beacons finished the match strong collecting a 25-18 win in the fourth set to pick up the 3-1 win.
Thompson and Porter were both very efficient from the floor with impressive hitting percentages in the win. Porter led the way hitting .455 on 16 kills over 22 swings while Thompson's .353 clip helped land her a spot on the All-Tournament team. This was Thompson second All-Tournament selection of the 2010 campaign, the sophomore was named to the River City Classic team as the tournament's MVP last week in San Antonio, TX.
Junior setter Cassy Hanneman (Denver, CO) dished out a season-high 32 assists to go along with six digs and an ace while sophomore libero Bethany Rossoll (Colorado Springs, CO) played well defensively with 11 digs, an ace and an assist.
The Beacons are idle until Thursday, September 16, 2010 when they host Endicott College in a non-conference matchup at 6:00 PM. Brandeis also plays Endicott next, hosting the Seagulls on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 in a 7:00 PM matchup.
All-Tournament Team:
Babson College, \#7 Nina Milovanovic
Trinity College, \#2 Jennifer Low
Dominican University, \# 7 Jacy Lawrence
Gordon College, \#10 Lauren Kranyak
Bates College, \#11 Chrissy Gee
Williams College, \#8 Aly McKinnon
University of Massachusetts Boston, \#8 Shannon Thompson
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In celebration of the Michelin two-star accolade, Shang Palace Chinese restaurant at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong launches two specially designed lunch and dinner set menus to take guests' Cantonese dining experience to the next level with a variety of innovative and new dishes by Executive Chinese Chef Mok Kit Keung.
Diners can look forward to signature dishes such as Sautéed Garoupa Fillet and Seasonal Greens with Black Truffle; Pan-Fried Diced Beef Tenderloin and Goose Liver with Teriyaki Sauce served in a Gold Nest; Steamed Bird's Nest Ball Stuffed with Scallop Paste and Sea Urchin; Baked Inaniwa Noodles and Sliced Abalone in Cheese Sauce served in a Mini Pumpkin, and many more.
Renowned for its Cantonese cuisine, Shang Palace delivers to every guest traditional and innovative dishes artistically prepared by Chef Mok and his team. In the Michelin Guide editions of 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013, the restaurant is awarded two Michelin stars.
Chef Mok has over 35 years of culinary experience, and he spent almost two decades working at a number of prestigious establishments, international luxury hotels and convention centres in Singapore. Over the years, he has received numerous recognitions and culinary accolades with his creative dishes. Infusing an artistic touch to the presentation of the dishes, the new menus present a modern take and an upscale twist on traditional Cantonese cuisine.
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The crown jewel of Cape Harbour, 5832 Armada Court, also known as Cape Coral's largest home, just sold for $5.3 million. The property sold for $5....
I guess this is the amount of 53 average homes? A lot of additional tax and another reason for not creating the "new" taxes and the city not being able to bring in a balanced budget with NO or reduced taxes as seen in other municipalities in Florida or the rest of the nation.
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Columbus Leaving After Azkaban
May 08, 2004
Christopher Columbus, now producer on PoA, recently gave an interview to a group of journalists in which he said that Prisoner of Azkaban will be his last HP film, at least for a while. He is not involved in Goblet of Fire at all.
The first quote has just surfaced, in a magazine called Fantasy World; reader Amy has sent us the relevant text:
"In a surprise move of his own, Columbus will set sail for other cinematic pastures now that Azkaban is complete. Though Goblet of Fire is in pre-production, he isn't involved with the project. 'I'm history,' he reveals. 'I'm gone after this film. This is my swan song. I will not be among the producers on Goblet. I was in England for the first half of Azkaban, and although I went back to San Francisco, I was able to listen to the scoring and check the visual effects every day through the magic of computers. That's how I kept in touch with England. I also had people from my ocmpany working there. But everoyne at this point–after four-and-a-half years–really wants to come home. And I would feel wrong taking a producer credit [on Goblet] because I can't be there. I knew right around the time Alfonso was hired that this would be my list Harry Potter film for a while. I would love to come back and direct one more in the future, but for the time being this is my last one."
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A "Campus Free Speech Act" proposed in Wisconsin might protect college students who feel intimidated from expressing their opinions about the age of the earth in geology classes, according to the bill's lead sponsor.
NCSE is pleased to announce that the text of William J. Bennetta's "The Rise and Fall of the Louisiana Creationist Law" — a two-part article that appeared in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's magazine Terra in 1988 — is now available on NCSE's website, courtesy of the author and the museum.
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"The percentage of U.S. adults who believe that God created humans in their present form at some time within the last 10,000 years or so — the strict creationist view — has reached a new low," reports Gallup (May 22, 2017).
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Skip to comments.Syria training Hezbollah to use antiaircraft guns
Posted on 03/19/2012 9:14:14 PM PDT by U-238
Syria has been arming and training Hezbollah fighters in the use of advanced antiaircraft weapons in recent months, Israel Defense Forces sources have told Haaretz. A senior officer in the Northern Command says hundreds of fighters were taught to use surface-to-air missiles in Syria and Iran.
IDF officers are worried by two developments involving Syria and Hezbollah that could change the balance of power in the region. The first is the transfer of huge quantities of surface-to-air missiles; the second, the transfer of chemical and biological weapons.
IDF officers believe that Hezbollah use of advanced antiaircraft missiles could jeopardize Israeli aerial supremacy. "The potential of escalation in Lebanon is huge, and Hezbollah continues to strengthen with regard to long-range weaponry and potential 'surprises' on the battlefield," the senior officer said. "We will have to find answers to the transfer of antiaircraft weaponry, and chemical and biological weapons. It could be a cause to change Israel's retaliation policy," he added.
According to past, unverified, reports, Israel has considered on several occasions attacking convoys of weaponry from Syria to Lebanon. The senior officer says the Iranian involvement in Lebanon has transformed from a "fingerprint" to "a huge handprint."
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Where did all the weapons from Libya go? Especially the shoulder-mounted stuff.
and the bio weapons originated from where, again, Hillary? what was that? a little louder please? Iraq? did you say Iraq? did that stick in your throat, Hillary? are you ok, do you need a cough drop? some water perhaps ? ;)
They ended up in the hands of Syria and Hezbollah
Some freepers support Assad as if Hezbollah are the good guys. It's pretty sick.
I think some freepers support Assad because he protects the Christians who make 10 percent of the Syrian population. They see the persecution and murder of Christians in Egypt in the hands of the Egyptian Islamists.
SA-24's, thanks. So, the old U.S. would hurry into Libya to intercept these weapons and the new U.S. would hurry into Libya to ensure the bad guys get them?
There are no good guys in Syria.
The State Department says that the chemical and nuclear weapons are secure from the Libyan arsenal.
Christians should always remember that they are representatives of our Lord Jesus Christ and they should not do things which blacken the name of Christendom.
Alleppo which is the capitol of the Christian Syria is under attack by mass bombings.
The government-organized rally in Aleppo, with turnout estimated in the tens of thousands, was similar to one held a week earlier in Damascus, the capital. The two rallies showed that Mr. Assad and his government still command support from a substantial part of the population seven months after the uprising started.
Syrian state television claimed that the turnout at the Aleppo rally was much greater more than a million Syrians participated, it said and people were shown singing, We love you and holding pictures of Mr. Assad. Others were shown waving Syrian, Chinese and Russian flags; Russia and China each vetoed a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution this month to take measures against Syria because of its crackdown on dissidents.
Oddly enough I would advocate Israel use their limited defense dollars for enhancing and refining their nuclear arsenal. They should let it be known that they will not maintain conventional forces that are capable of repelling an all out conventional attack on Israel from several nations i.e. Syria, Egypt, and the portions of Lebanon that are under control of Hezbollah and Iran as it is the primary controller and funder of Hezbollah.
It should also be known that their new strategy is to use tactical nukes, against opposing invading forces on their borders. Let is also be known that they will nuke the industrial centers with 250 Kiloton weapons and populations centers of nations that are supporting an invasion of Israel. Israel should let all civilians in the enemy camp know what will happen in case of war and plead with them to flee those areas, least they be dead.
In the case of the current daily barrage of missiles that are launched against Israel, let it be known that the site of launch will be hit with laser guided 500 lb conventional bombs. The bad guys will be gone but since most are launched from civilian population centers many will die.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki worked. At that point in the war they were not important as strategic centers. The bombs were instruments of terror and it worked. If we had not used nukes on Japan it was estimated that we would have had a million casualties and of these 150 thousand or more deaths. Terror works.
War is ugly business. If you can, "CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR, and your enemy knows this, you will not have to go to war unless the enemy is totally deficient of reason and thus fanatical. If he is fanatical and without reason you must kill him at some time in the future or he will kill you.
If you are not prepared to kill your enemy and all that stand with him, surrender for he has already defeated you.
Now, somebody is detonating bombs in the city. Thank you for pointing out that article.
That's right. It's a damned if you do and a damned if you don't. We really need to take Iran out of the equation before Syria. Taking Iran out lessens the pressure on Iraq and cuts the source for arms and funding to several terrorist organizations.
Assad is a muslim terrorist slaughtering innocent women and children. Anyone who supports the genocidal monster Assad should hang their heads in shame and beg God for forgiveness.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Reminder: HBO Doc on The Game Tonight!
13 comments:
- Joshua said...
3 days, 20 hours and 50 minutes till kickoff, btw. Go Blue.
- November 13, 2007 3:09 PM
- Corey said...
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- November 13, 2007 3:49 PM
- Corey said...
DVR setup last night!
GO BLUE! Beat the $uckeyes!
- November 13, 2007 3:50 PM
- Wolverine in Buckeyeland said...
Sorry to post in the comments section. I can't figure out how to send you guys a picture I think you might like, perhaps by way of email? Love the blog. Go blue!
- November 13, 2007 6:50 PM
- OSU Whore said...
Yost & Benny
How about doing a "Know your Foe" about Michigan?
I love that segment on this site. It would be interesting to see that about your beloved Wolverines.
- November 13, 2007 7:09 PM
- srudoff said...
some fuel to the fire for Saturday and beyond..
TBDBITL playing a special song after watching a certain game in September...
- November 13, 2007 8:24 PM
- SteveMuzZ said...
Texas fan here.. this is really making tOSU fans look pretty bad
- November 13, 2007 11:06 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Gotta love price1647's comment on that youtube page.
Oh I forgot, "it's a game", "everyone does it", and my all time fave, "it happens in Ann Arbor too."
As always, stay classy C-bus.
- November 14, 2007 12:05 AM
- Yost said...
W. in B-land,
The email addy is on the main page, upper lefthand corner.
- November 14, 2007 12:39 AM
- Juice said...
SC grad here and watching that show last night made me wish I had that kind of hatred/passion for UCLA or Notre Dame. I thought I hated UCLA, but NOT LIKE THAT! The Bo/Woody rivalry was like none other and will always remain the catalyst to the greatest rivalry in all of football.
Great site, fellas. Go Blue! (Until we meet again in the RB)
- November 14, 2007 12:38 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
I came away with the striking realization of how similar Buckeye and Crimson Tide fans are.
- November 14, 2007 2:11 PM
- Matt said...
I thought it was really good. It wasn't so much that it was biased, but that they spoke to more Buckeyes than Wolverines. I wanted to hear more from Michigan fans who grew up with the rivalry.
I found the whole Bo/Woody thing at the end to be touching. It was amazing how seriously Woody took the rivalry, but behind the scenes he and Bo were always close friends. The human connection is something that transcends any rivalry.
Oh God we have to win on Saturday. GO BLUE!!
- November 14, 2007 5:45 PM
- pacman said...
I thought the show was fun - but told primarily from the perspective of tOSU fans. It would have been nice if they'd chosen to give both sides equal time.
HBO - Horribly Biased to OSU
- November 16, 2007 9:31 AM


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Jugoslav Vlahović is a Serbian illustrator, artist, photographer, and former rock musician. He graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade where he is now a professor of Graphic (Book) Design. From 1976 he has been an illustrator-cartoonist and editor of NIN, the foremost weekly news magazine in Belgrade.
His drawings have appeared in many publications from Yugoslavia and abroad including The New York Times, Wiener Journal, La Reppublica, Das Sonntagsblatt, Le Monde, Charlie Hebdo, Der Spiegel, Courrier International, etc. He has had over 50 solo exhibitions. Vlahovic is the author of six books of his own cartoons and one portfolio of graphic prints. He is well-known for his cover designs for music albums, and was a member of the acoustic rock band and theatre group Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba.


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02-February-17 (HCS) - For the 17th consecutive year, Hoover City Schools' Transportation Department has received a Certificate of Achievement from the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) for excellence in bus safety.
ALSDE performs an annual inspection on buses each year for every Alabama school system. The state average for findings related to mechanical failures is 10%. Hoover City Schools' Transportation Department's average is 2%.
Transportation director Mr. Jeremy Bradford, who brought part of his team to the February Hoover Board of Education meeting for recognition, was pleased with the results.
"I was surprised at this record, these guys were not," Bradford said. "This track record proves [drivers'] commitment to Hoover City Schools and our students."
Hoover City Schools bus drivers must perform a 100-point safety check on their buses every 20 days (in addition to smaller, daily pre-route checks). For the annual state inspection where HCS received the respectable 2%, only three buses received marks (two air leaks, one coolant leak; all resolved).
"On any given day, they are responsible for a large number of items before we can roll the buses. They are responsible for 900 tires, 300 batteries, 6000 light bulbs and lenses, 300 windshield wiper blades, 1,000 mirrors and 4,700 pieces of window glass. They have to make sure every day this is in tact," Bradford said.
On each school day, HCS runs more than 100 routes on 148 buses throughout the city of Hoover, Alabama's sixth largest city. Daily pupil transport averages 6,500 students.
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