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Dec. 22, 2007
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons will take some well-earned days off to celebrate Christmas with their families and friends.
They left for home on a less than cheery note as they lost to No.19-ranked Vanderbilt 92-37 Saturday night at Memorial Gym to close out the pre-holiday schedule. The Lady Bisons have faced Vanderbilt 13 times and have not won a game in the series. This is the third time since the Lady Bisons made the move to NCAA Division I that they have faced Vanderbilt.
"I thought we competed throughout the game much better than we did last year against Vanderbilt," said Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett. "In the second half our defense settled down where we kept them from scoring at a very high rate for most of the half."
The Lady Bisons will return to Nashville for practice Dec. 29.
"It's time to get away from basketball and not think about it a whole lot," Bennett said. "We'll try to get them to run a little on a couple of days. We will come back for several days of good practice before we play again. Most of the teams we will play from here on out will be more at our level than what we have played so far."
The Lady Bisons fell behind 19-2 to start the game and never could recover. They trailed 51-16 at intermission.
Junior center Katie Rollins led the Lady Bisons with eight points. It was the first time this season that at least one Lady Bison has not scored in double figures. Junior forward Rachel Davis grabbed a team-leading five rebounds in seven minutes of play.
The 37 points is the lowest the Lady Bisons have scored in a game. They lost at Wake Forest 101-38 on Dec. 19, 2005.
"They changed defenses well," Bennett said. "We didn't always recognize what we they were doing. We have some young players at certain positions. We had a hard time getting into the offense we needed."
Vanderbilt placed three players in double figures. Forward Christina Wirth scored a game-high 16. Guards Jennifer Risper and Meredith Marsh each chipped in with 13.
Amy Mato hauled in a game-high eight rebounds in 13 minutes on the court.
"We are a better shooting team than we have shown so far," Bennett said. "When we start shooting better that will make a big difference."
The Lady Bisons fell to 2-10 with the loss. Vanderbilt is 9-3.
The next game for the Lady Bisons will be Jan. 2 when they welcome in the New Year with a visit to Samford.


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Kari Barnes was on her way to pick up medicine for her 8-year-old daughter who was suffering from a sore throat Tuesday afternoon when tragedy struck.
Kari Barnes was on her way to pick up medicine for her 8-year-old daughter who was suffering from a sore throat Tuesday afternoon when tragedy struck.
Barnes, a 28-year-old student at Davidson County Community College, was driving a Chevrolet Cavalier when her vehicle was struck in a head-on collision on N.C. Highway 150 South in Tyro. She was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a spokeswoman with the N.C. Highway Patrol confirmed Thursday morning.
The accident occurred at 3:06 p.m. near John M. Ward Road.
"Kari was a fun-loving girl," said Mike Kendrick, the boyfriend of Kari's mother, Karolyn Underwood. "She always focused on her kids and took care of her kids with all the means she had. She was trying to go back to school."
Kari's goal was to complete a degree in histology at DCCC.
The Highway Patrol said a Ford Mustang, driven by Charles Anthony Branham, 21, of Wafford Circle, was traveling north on N.C. 150 and crossed the center line, striking her vehicle head-on. The Cavalier contained Barnes, her two children, Kaleb, 9, Alexa, 8, and Kendrick's granddaughter, Zoei Puckett, 9, all of the same address as Kari Barnes.
All, including the three children who attend Churchland Elementary School, were taken to WFBMC. Alexa was in good condition, and Kaleb and Zoei had been treated and released, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday morning.
Kari Barnes, who was trapped inside the vehicle, was unconscious when first responders arrived. According to the Highway Patrol, Branham's original travel speed and speed at impact was 55 miles per hour. Barnes' original travel speed and speed at impact was 50 mph. The speed limit is 55 mph in that section of N.C. 150.
Kearns said the factor in the accident was crossing the center line. She said alcohol did not appear to be involved.
Kendrick said Kari was the youngest of four children. Thursday morning, he said Kari's mother was out visiting one of her daughter's brothers to inform him of her death.
"It's really taken a toll on her," Kendrick said. "I have never seen Karolyn hurt. As far as losing a kid, I don't think I could deal with it. (Karolyn) realizes she's got to make it through (this) for the grandkids."
Kendrick said he and Karolyn work night shift and were sleeping when they received the devastating phone call. He said they also lived with Kari and the three children.
"We were just kind of in a daze driving down the road," Kendrick said.
They arrived to find multiple troopers and firefighters on the scene.
"It's difficult to get through the grieving and tell the children what's going on," Kendrick said. "(Karolyn has) went three days without sleeping. We are just going to have to deal with it a day at a time."
Tessa Kendrick, Zoei's mother, said doctors were keeping a close check on Alexa late Thursday morning. She said Kaleb was home and was up all night crying.
Kearns said charges, which will be determined by the Davidson County District Attorney's Office, are pending.
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On Nov. 14, 1960, U.S. marshals escorted Ruby Bridges past a jeering mob to William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. The 6-year-old was the first African-American to integrate a public school in the South. Norman Rockwell captured the historic moment in his painting, "The Problem We All Live With."
The little black girl in a white cotton dress looks so small flanked by the towering, faceless white marshals in gray suits. It is painful to think of a child so young being subjected to such violence.
I thought of that painting as I watched Oakland police officers on motorcycles escorting a group of about 50 second- and third-graders from New Highland Academy to the 81st Avenue Public Library branch.
The police weren't protecting the children from racists attempting to bar the doors. They were shielding them from the violence that has made it too dangerous for them to walk a mere eight blocks from their school to the library.
The children used to walk to the state-of-the-art library once every three weeks with their teachers and parent chaperones. They would return the books they had checked out and check out new ones. Librarian Derrick DeMay showed them how to use the library for research and they grew to love books.
The children and their adult chaperones would usually leave for the library at 9:45 a.m.
But on Jan. 10, right when they were about to set out, groups in two cars started shooting at each other on the street near the library. Thank God the teachers had happened to take the children for a bathroom stop first. Had they not, the entire group would have walked right into the path of the gunfire. People who were on the street where the shooting was taking place, including women with strollers, hit the ground and dove behind bushes.
Miraculously, even though about 60 shots were fired, no one was injured.
The teachers rushed the kids back into their classrooms and the school was put on lockdown. There have already been nine lockdowns this year. Less than a week later, Berkeley police serving a warrant stopped a car in front of the school and approached it with their weapons drawn. The students actually witnessed that scary incident, which resulted in yet another lockdown.
"This is really bad," said third-grade teacher Tracy Dordell. "We even have colors for how severe the lockdowns are."
Dordell says she gave her students an assignment to trace the moon cycles in a journal. They couldn't complete it because their parents wouldn't let them go outside after dark because of all the gunfire.
After the frightening close call near the library, she and the other teachers decided that it was too dangerous to continue walking the kids there. "We just couldn't justify walking them over there in that kind of atmosphere for fear something like that could happen again," says second-grade teacher Donald Carter.
On Thursday, they organized one final walk to the library. Therapist Susan Andrien with the Lincoln Child Center, which specializes in treating child trauma, met with the teachers. She told them it was important for the children to be able to return in order to reach some closure.
OPD agreed to provide two officers to escort the group. Carter issued an appeal to community members to join the protest walk. "It is important that the people in our Oakland community see and realize that our youth are the collateral damage from rampant violence," he said.
More than 50 children wearing signs calling for peace and books marched along the garbage-strewn streets. Parent Bridgett Spearman, therapist Andrien, City Council President Pat Kernighan and Councilmember Larry Reid joined them.
The children were excited and happy to return.
The question is, what comes next?
I don't think OPD will be able to provide an escort indefinitely.
How will we as a community find a way to provide for the safety of these children who are begging for the chance to be able to read books at their local library?
What is the point of the city's investing in a multimillion-dollar facility if people have to dodge gunfire to get to it?
There are no easy answers. But we owe it to these children to figure out something.
In 2013, one of the biggest civil rights issues for children living in too many urban communities is the basic right to be safe from street gunfire.
Tammerlin Drummond is a columnist for the Bay Area News Group. Her column runs Tuesday and Sunday. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her at Twitter.com/Tammerlin.


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After pictures, we did a glow in the dark egg hunt. (Thanks Pinterest!) We just put glow bracelets into plastic eggs and let the kids search for them after dark. So much fun! Then the boys had a blast with the extra glow sticks : ) Serious business.
Easter morning. Trey wore the suit that W & L wore for their first Easter. I love it when Trey gets to wear something that I am still attached to from almost 5 years ago!
Talk about serious business..this girl cracks me up! Peyton had a great time with the egg hunt, but probably only because there was candy involved : )
Levi, Pierson & Will. Best buds having fun together!
Zach and Trey
I didn't get around to baskets this year, so nets it was!
Poor guy just couldn't stay awake for the festivities.
Will was pretty excited about all the candy
Levi's loot.
Cousin time! Peyton won't live around the corner for much longer, so we are soaking up the time we have left with her as our neighbor! (And her parents) : )


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Europe: Day 4, Prague
When you're in a European city and all the museums and shops are beginning to blur together, there's only one thing to do: Head to the train station.
Europe's train systems make it possible to reclaim a sense of adventure--and still be back in time for dinner.
The eeriest tourist attraction anywhere in Eastern Europe: Kutná Hora is a Gothic village with much of the charm of Prague's Old Town, minus the crowds, and the hilly location makes for excellent photo ops. The train stops at the town's Hlavní Nádrazí (main train station); a smaller commuter train will take you onward to local stops. Get off at the first stop, Kutná Hora-Sedlec, and follow the signs to the Kostnice, or ossuary (a 10-minute walk from the main train station). It's a collection of 40,000 human bones--mostly from the plague years in the 14th century--artistically arranged; there's a chandelier composed of every bone in the human body and a coat of arms made of human skulls and scapulae. Back at Kutná Hora-Sedlec, grab another commuter train to the station called Kutná Hora-Mesto, near the old town (or walk--the ossuary is a mile and a half away). Kutná Hora was an ancient center of silver mining and minting. Those riches paid for the stunning Cathedral of St. Barbara, founded in 1388; the flying buttresses and soaring spires make it one of the best examples of late-Gothic architecture in Central Europe. A three-minute walk down Barborská Street, the Czech Museum of Silver offers tours of the remaining mines and displays of historic coins. When it's time to recharge, wander over to Dacický Pivnice, where the hearty meat-and-potatoes fare is updated from medieval recipes and the boisterous taproom pours five types of beer--the pilsner is excellent with the buttery roasted trout. Get in a quick game of ninepins in the pub's backyard before heading over to the creepy Alchemy Museum, devoted to the times when people tried to convert base metals into gold. Finally, for a one-of-a-kind souvenir, pick up a colorful handmade hat by milliners Bára Jelínková and Lucie Franková at the Salon Meluzína.
Return-trip snack
A box of Karlovarské Oplatky, thin round wafers that are filled with chocolate, vanilla, or hazelnut paste. You can find them at station kiosks for $2 or so.
Kostnice: Zamecka 127, 011-420/327-561-143, kostnice.cz, $2. Cathedral of St. Barbara: Barborská 1, 011-420/327-512-115, $2. Czech Museum of Silver: Barborská 28, 011-420/327-512-159, $3 for museum, $6 for museum and mine, e-mail email@example.com in advance to reserve an English tour. Dacický Pivnice: Rakova 8, 011-420/327-512-248, dacicky.com, entrées from $5. Alchemy Museum: Sankturinovský dúm, Palackého Námestí, 011-420/603-308-024, alchemy.cz, $2. Salon Meluzína: Jakubská 3, 011-420/327-513-660, meluzina.cz, from $33.
Train info
One hour each way. Round-trip ticket: $7. The fast train to Kutná Hora (direction Brno) from Prague's Hlavní Nádrazí station departs daily at 9:54 A.M. The trip takes just over an hour. A return ticket ($7 round trip) is the best deal, but you must come back within 48 hours; you can book it in advance from an agent at the station or on the day of travel, but be sure to arrive at least 30 minutes before your train leaves. First-class is just a few dollars more. From Kutná Hora, there's a fast train back to Prague at 4:59 P.M. Schedules at cd.cz.


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Bible Detective
More than an activity, here's a tool that will help children investigate the Word of God.
Bible, Bible Trivia, Word of God
Medium card stock
Approximately 7 minutes
Before class, print and cut out the "Bible Detective" cards and the "Bible Bucks" on medium card stock. When printing the Bible Detective cards you will be printing on both sides of the card stock, the question will be printed on one side of the paper, and you will then flip the paper over and print the back of the card on the other side. While you certainly don't have to print the card backs, they do make the cards a bit more appealing to the children.
Easy Questions
Intermediate Questions
Hard Questions
This activity will inspire children to investigate God's Word on a weekly basis for many months.
Each week the children will receive one Bible Detective card with the current week's question. They will work on the questions at home. When the kids return a Bible Detective card(s) with the correct answer for the question on that specific card they will receive one Bible Buck. Once the kids have accumulated four or five Bible Bucks they will be allowed to trade their Bible Bucks in for assorted prizes or tasty treats. You may like to offer slightly better prizes for more Bible bucks, but always ensure that you have rewards available for four or five Bible bucks so that children do not become discouraged.
You can also give out Bible Bucks for good behavior or other good deeds that you see the children doing.
If the children take reasonable care of the Bible Bucks you can continue to reuse them. If your budget permits, you may think about the possibility of having them laminated, this will reduce your printing costs.


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Joseph Ellis, a professor teaching in the Leadership Studies program at Williams College, is a nationally recognized historian whose work focuses on the founders of the United States. The author of nine books, he has received the National Book Award in Nonfiction for "American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson" (Vintage) and the Pulitzer Prize for "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation." His most recent book is "The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789" (Knopf). Ellis has appeared in several documentaries on early America, and his essays and book reviews have appeared in national publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker.


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Annieohh needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 298 designs submitted by 75 freelance designers.
Pinkbook Photography
I am a photographer. That was easy!
Hmm, I guess I can't just put that now can I??
I am little bit wacky...once you get to know me.
I like clean and simple but occasionally I like to throw in a hit of something else just to keep it interesting.
I have had a love of photography since I was 10 but never developed it into anything more than a love.
My son was born in 2006 which motivated me to do more with photography but it wasn't until my dad died suddenly in 2008 that photography became really important to me. I realized that I would never be in another picture with him, I would never get to take another picture of him. I also realized that when I had the chance I didn't really take pictures of my dad and as I result I didn't have many to remember him by.
It was from that point forward (and part of my healing) that I immersed myself in learning photography, from what ever sources, teachers, classes, books I could. Photography consumed me and in the process, I turned it into a little business.
I learned the hard way just how important pictures are. So now, not only do I try to take more pictures of my own family but of other peoples families as well.
I feel truly lucky that people trust me to capture the memories of their families, babies, bellies etc. I put my heart and soul into it for reasons they have no idea about and I kind of like it that way.
My target audience is usually women, 28 and up. Upscale clients that appreciate the boutique experience. They value the little touches, the packaging etc.
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Baby without rattles and diaper pins etc,
a bit of whimsy,
My colour pallet is currently pink and grey or white and pink with hints of grey. I am fairly sure that I would like to keep those colours but I am open to variations if they are just irresistible.
I currently have a flower in my logo and I feel that most likely I would like to keep some variation of that in my logo but once again am open to other ideas should they prove to be irresistible.
I would like for my current clients to look at the new logo and hopefully recognize it as a redesign of my old logo and not a new company all together.
I require a logo/version that can stand on it's own on a white background as well as a grey background should the logo require it. My current logo/colour scheme requires 2 or more versions. I may only require one in the end depending on the submissions.
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Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls
"I especially like recipes that make just enough for the two of us, and these yummy sweet rolls fit the bill," writes Edna Hoffman of Hebron, Indiana. "Because these treats begin with a ready-made dough, they couldn't be easier or more convenient to whip up."
- 4 frozen Texas-size dinner rolls
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1. Let rolls rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Punch down. Roll each into a 12-in. rope; brush with butter. In a shallow bowl, combine the pecans, sugar and cinnamon; roll ropes in nut mixture.
- 2. Twist two ropes together; pinch ends to seal. Place in a greased 10-oz. custard cup. Repeat with remaining ropes. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes or until doubled.
- 3. Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, combine the honey butter ingredients. Serve with rolls.
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1 each: 676 calories, 38g fat (15g saturated fat), 61mg cholesterol, 592mg sodium, 77g carbohydrate (24g sugars, 3g fiber), 10g protein.
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After work I hurried down to the lecture hall and excitedly took my seat behind one of the giant columns in the Great Hall at Cooper Union. For those of you who haven't experienced a lecture there let me try to describe it: you get your ticket and descend what appears to be a maintenance stair to a side entrance into a long hallway that ends in a wall. To your left are entry doors to the auditorium in the basement of the building. The space is cavernous, befitting a major lecture hall in New York City, but being as it is also the basement there are huge columns on a 30 foot grid. These do a fantastic job of obstructing the view from all sorts of different angles and so Cooper Union has been forced to put up additional screens so that the people who were not there in time to sit in the center can lean awkwardly in their seats to catch glimpses of any one of three projector screens. I was one of those people.
The lecture was scheduled to start at 7; I knew that the hour was nigh when I saw Bjarke put on the black hoodie. He was introduced by Amale at 7:09. Now, normally when designers are asked to speak at the Architecture League they cling to the lectern and lecture loquaciously with a surly sneer. Granted, even for well-spoken professionals it would be difficult to face an entire auditorium, none of whom you can see because all of the halogen lamps in the place are trained directly on your forehead. By 7:12, Bjarke had already left the lectern, mounted the stage, and was pacing excitingly across the stage explaining his projects.
For a good idea of what the talk was like (right down to the projects presented and the jokes told) one should just refer to the TED talks video and the commentary provided by the good folks at mammoth a few months ago. Suffice it to say that he was as exuberant and self-effacing as ever, with his charmingly goofy accent and propensity to stutter almost even disarming the icy New York crowd.
This attitude is wonderfully, ominously reminiscent of the life affirming world view of some ancient cultures discussed by Joseph Campbell in his comparative mythology ramblings. To quote Campbell, "The only way to affirm life is to affirm it to the root, to the rotten, horrendous base... Through the bitterness and pain, the primary experience at the core of life is a sweet wonderful thing. This affirmative view comes pouring in on one through these terrific rites and myths." And BIG affirms everything, be it traceurs using his exterior spaces for a little fun or literally building cheesy mountain-buildings in Asia. He does it in a visionary and sophisticated way, but it is also crass and flippant and it tends to offend architects' delicate sensibilities. I would liken him to Del tha Funky Homosapien more than any contemporary architect.
After his lecture he calmed down and came down from the stage, sweating and still a bit excited. And Amale was waiting for him with pursed lips. Now these were both coworkers at OMA just a few short years ago and are now heading up excellent studios. As is customary at these things they sat together for a little Q and A for the benefit of the plebeians sitting out amongst the basement columns. Amale immediately launched into a five minute diatribe disguised as question that essentially said- "you take whatever work comes your way. Why don't you ever set the agenda?" His answer, which could be seen as humble or a cop out- architects are just part of a larger system, we don't set the agenda and we have to go where the work is, that we are no different from the plumber or the banker or the pediatrician. It was utterly Koolhaasian). It was also an honest appraisal and while I think BIG has been very opportunistic early on, focusing on high-profile glamorous competitions and commissions, there is no reason this anti-ethos couldn't be applied to other types of projects that were smaller in scale or for more ambiguous in origin. Though they would probably draw less ire from the pious powers if they jumped on the public urban farm wagon.
While that is debatable, one of the most compelling anti-Bjarke (or anti-OMA) arguments I've heard is that we don't need more 200 million dollar luxury development projects and decadent new public entertainment parks when schools and scientific research are grossly underfunded, and infrastructure is failing and that by going after those commissions an architect is validating the perverse vision of the capitalist mastermind. But I reckon we don't want to hear that; we need the scraps from the table to publish in the awards issues each year.


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JACKSON, Miss., (UPI) — If a home has lost power due to Hurricane Sandy or any other storm, Consumers Energy in Michigan advises people to closely monitor the media.
Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, which provides natural gas and electricity in Michigan advises to avoid traveling to or through storm-damaged areas if possible because it puts people at risk or hampers restoration efforts.
Consumers Energy also advises storm survivors to:
– Unplug appliances, but keep one light "on" so you'll know when your electricity has been restored.
– Stay away from fallen power lines and anything a line may be touching. Report downed power lines immediately.
– Don't attempt to repair or remove limbs from lines.
– Survey your property for any visible damage and possible lingering effects of the storm, such as hanging branches or sagging lines. Report potential hazards and keep others, especially children, away from fallen trees and power lines.
– Offer to help neighbors who may need special assistance: infants, the elderly or people with disabilities.
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - Vasek and Ivo - FULL CONTACT
Vasek and Ivo - FULL CONTACT
Vasek Konik and Ivo Kerk are a couple of really hot studs. We find them, in just their underwear, on the bed enjoying a pillow fight. But the game soon turns into some hot kissing, as Vasek lays on the bed with Ivo astride him. They kiss for a while and feel each other's bodies. Vasek is groping Ivo's ass as they kiss, pulling the underwear down. That hot, hairy ass comes into view and Ivo's cock is rock hard, covered by the trunks. Vasek frees that stiff cock and Ivo does the same to him. Two hot, stiff cocks are gripped in Ivo's hand and wanked together. But Ivo wants more than just to wank. Soon he is down on Vasek's cock, sucking it into his mouth. His hot lips slide over that cock sucking it deep into his mouth. Vasek wants some cock too and Ivo moves, on his knees, into position so that Vasek can suck him. Vasek, up on his elbows takes Ivo's stiff dick in his mouth and sucks it real good. Then Ivo moves onto his knees, presenting his hot, hairy, ass to Vasek who quickly starts to rim it. He tongues that hole and then begins to finger it, opening it up nicely. Then Vasek gets onto his knees and slides his throbbing cock deep into Ivo's waiting ass. He fucks that hole, his cock stretching it wide. Then the guys move into a spoon position with Vasek's dick deep in Ivo's ass. He fucks him nice and fast with Ivo moaning with each stroke. As he takes that hard cock deep in his ass Ivo takes hold of his own throbbing cock and wanks it. He wanks hard and fast as Vasek's cock continues to work in and out of his ass. Soon Ivo is shooting a big creamy load, all over himself. But Vasek still wants to fuck some more. He moves Ivo, so that his ass is high in the air and slides his cock back into that eager hole. He works that ass with his big cock until his is ready to blow. Pulling out of Ivo's hairy ass Vasek shoots a lovely cumshot all over his buddy's ass. As Vasek milks his big dick, to drain it completely, a wonderful scene comes to an end.
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In Wank Party 2013 #7 we have a great cast of guys, Ivo Kerk, Vasek Konik, Borek Sokol, Tomas Zadany and Libor Bores. We pick up right from where we left the guys at the end of part 1. We have Tomas sitting down on Vasek's big, hard cock, with Libor on his knees taking it from Ivo, and sucking on Borek's dick too. Borek and Ivo then change places so Libor gets to sample each of their dicks in his ass and mouth respectively. He certainly takes it very well. Then the guys swap around. Vasek gets on his knees so that Borek can fuck him nice and deep . Meanwhile Libor sits down on Ivo's throbbing cock and sucks on Tomas at the same time. The Libor want Tomas in his ass so he moves onto his knees and Tomas obliges, as Libor sucks on Ivo again. Then Tomas and Ivo change places for a while before Ivo moves over to fuck Vasek's hot hole. Borek moves back to pound on Libor's ass some more. As Ivo fucks him hard and deep Vasek wanks himself to a massive climax, his cum squirting up his body. That sets everything rolling very fast as all the other guys fuck and wank until they dump their loads too at the end of a great Wank Party.
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Kind of cold weather in Prague. Hopefully, it will get warmer so we can have our grill party tomorrow or Thursday before derfla goes back to the other side of the pond.
There hasn't been anything much happening on the Czech election scene except for the usual boring maneuvers. Mr. President has said he doesn't expect the Communists to reform themselves. Golly, great observation.
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The Lipscomb Bisons closed out the home portion of the regular season on a disappointing note falling 102-95 to ETSU Saturday night in double overtime.
It was a game that often brought the crowd to its feet on several occasions as both teams battled to the end.
It was "Senior Night" and the Bisons honored center Adnan Hodzic, guard Josh Slater, forward Michael Teller and forward Brandon Brown. Hodzic and Slater both fouled out of the game in the second overtime.
Sanderson was frustrated by the rebounding margin. ETSU held a 51-38 edge, including 19 offensive rebounds.
"They battled but we just couldn't get over the hump," Sanderson said. "If you had told me before the game they were going to outrebound us 51-38 and shoot 43 free throws I would have told you we were going to get beat in regulation. That's hard to overcome."
ETSU hit 32-of-43 free throw attempts compared to 20-of-27 by the Bisons.
"Those were obviously big stats," Sanderson said. "They kept posting mismatches especially when we were fouling out.
"We played zone in the first overtime and they made three ridiculous long, long 3-point shots. You don't really mind giving those up. But that's why we went back to man-to-man. We were trying to stay out of foul trouble and keep Adnan and Josh on the floor by playing zone."
ETSU played most of the game without guard Mike Smith, one of the top players for the Bucs.
Slater and ETSU guard Micah Williams tied for the game high with 27 points each.
"Josh can make big plays for us and we obviously need him," Sanderson said. "It was a great game and ETSU deserved to win."
Also in double figures for the Bisons was Hodzic who recorded a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Guards Jacob Arnett and Jordan Burgason also had 12 points apiece.
Forward Brandon Brown tied Hodzic for the team lead in rebounds with 10.
Forward Isiah Brown added 22 points for ETSU and also finished with a double-double with a game-high 11 rebounds.
ETSU guard Justin Tubbs chipped in with 20. Guard Adam Sollazzo finished with 14.
The Bisons led 41-37 at the half.
They opened up a 10-point lead, 50-40, in the second half on a 3-point shot by Burgason with 16:50 left to play.\
The Bisons are 16-11 overall, 11-7 in the A-Sun. ETSU is 20-10, 15-4 in the conference.
The final two regular season games for the Bisons are on the road. They travel to Kennesaw State Thursday and Mercer Saturday.
"Our guys right now need to get some rest and get healed up a little bit," Sanderson said. "They are going to be hard-fought games in Georgia."
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Pearce returns once more to the Globe stage, performing in A Midsummer Night's Dream as Bottom.
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"When you finish rehearsals you get to a certain point with the development of the character. And then once the play is up and running it's about maintaining that. Sometimes I think that if you rehearsed the play for twice as long, would it be a very different thing that you end up with?"
In his final interview Pearce discusses how he has become more secure with his character, comparing distractions in Shakespeare's day with modern performances, and an idea for a new schedule of rehearsals.
"I'm having to think very hard about it before I do it as to whether or not it's going to work. So it's an ongoing constant challenge!"
Pearce discusses working through tech week, how he has worked through the difficulties he was having performing with the donkey's head, and the challenge of making things just 'work'.
"It's a work in progress, and a challenge at the moment. But it looks amazing."
Pearce talks about the jig rehearsals, movement around the stage and the challenge of rehearsing wearing a donkey's head as tech week approaches.
"Some things just die when you do them, and you have to give it a week before you go 'Alright I give in, it's a terrible gag!"
Pearce talks about how speaking in an appropriate dialect helps him understand the text, his two left feet, and the secret to comedy in his second interview for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
"Wherever you look there's a 75% chance you're going to be looking at a person. So I used to look at galleries, not necessarily at people. And then it took me a while to actually get used to looking people in the eye." In his first interview Pearce discusses how he tries to find something comedic in every role he takes and his experience of performing at the Globe.


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Term: Sonnet
A sonnet, in English poetry, is a poem of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter, that has one of two regular rhyme schemes - although there are a couple of exceptions, and years of experimentation that have loosened this definition.
One of these schemes is known as the Petrarchan, after the Italian poet Petrarch; it consists of a group of eight lines, rhymed abbaabba, followed by a group of six lines with different rhymes. The distribution of these rhymes can vary, including cdcede, cdecde, cdedce, or even cdcdcd. Often, at the point where the eight-line section, known as the octave, turns into the six-line section, or sestet, there is a volta, from the Italian for 'turn' - this is a shift in the poem's tone, subject or logic that gains power from (or demands?) the matching shift in its structure.
The Shakespearean sonnet breaks into three quatrains, followed by a couplet, rhymed abab cdcd efef gg - as the name suggests, this is the form Shakespeare used for his sonnets, although he did not invent it. In Shakespeare's usage, the three quatrains tend to make an argument in three stages, which the couplet will sum up or comment on.
The main exceptions are the curtal sonnet, a form invented by Gerard Manley Hopkins that roughly maintains the 8:6 ratio over a ten-and-a-half line poem, and the Meredithian sonnet of 16 lines. The fact that these are still referred to as a curtal and a Meredithian sonnet, however, shows that they are not (yet?) considered sonnets per se. There are also innumerable individual exceptions to the form - a poet may refer to a poem as a sonnet because it meets some of the descriptions above, or even just because s/he says so. This means that calling a poem a sonnet is not necessarily to define it strictly, but to say that it stands in relation to the long tradition of sonnets.
Kit Wright's 'Sonnet for Dick' is in the Shakespearean scheme, but once the grief is admitted at the end of the first four lines, the following sentences overflow the shifts in the rhyme scheme, as grief does into life. Mimi Khalvati's 'Overblown Roses' begins with a Shakespearean scheme for its opening eight lines, then performs a volta by turning from the flower itself to what it says about mortality in a Petrarchan sestet. Brendan Kennelly's 'The Happy Grass' and J.D. McClatchy's 'My Mammogram' make similar blends of the two definitions, as does Peter Dale's 'Window', which further adapts the form by moving the second rhyme in each pair a syllable or two back into the line, muting the music of it gently.


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This time, Chera's record, "My Tribute to the King," takes a new look at a number of Elvis classics, the music that he says played the biggest role in sparking his love for music.
After spending decades of working endless hours in the family retail business, Chera decided that it was time to seek out his desire for the classics in rock and his early life musical influences like Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.
However it was the music from the Tennessee great what helped this NYC-based singer develop an uncanny resemblance to "The King," something that quickly becomes apparent with his rendition of Elvis classics like "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," "That's Alright Mama" and "Suspicious Minds."
I spoke with Chera earlier this week about his newly released album and his the road that took him from the retail shelves to center stage at some of NYC's biggest cabarets and nightclub venues.
What did you find your musical influences while growing up in Brooklyn?
When I was in my early teens I was listening to what it today known as classic rock; The Doors, The Beatles, The Stones, Cream, The Who, and that was what was happening in those days – the late 60s. Today it's just known as the classics of rock and roll.
What brought you back to music later in life?
It was something that I never had time for until the last 12 or 13 years. I was in the retail business my whole life. I worked in clothing stores in the urban streets of New York - in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens. My whole life was in retail. I worked 15 hours a day, just living retail to stay in the game.
That also was a very big change in how things were and how they became. Now it's practically impossible to be in that business, so I got out of it and then I had time for my passion, which is music. I had more time to dedicate to it, so it has become a much bigger part of me.
I've been going and changing the old standards in American songbook and putting them into my own style, maybe updating them a little bit, but these are all classics from the 30s and 40s. Then, of course, the oldies tracks from the 50s and the 60s, and then the classic rock of the late 60s into the mid-70s.
That was really the best time for rock-and-roll. It was just at a different level. They made the whole sound of that era. These are songs or standards and classics that I love.
What was it that inspired you to get involved in making music?
I always liked performing, I always liked singing – singing in front of an audience, since I was 12 or 13 years old. I was also into putting groups together and changing things around. I've been in bands on and off in the last 30 years.
Was there a pivotal moment that made you want to start playing music?
Yeah. It was Elvis. The first time I was really introduced to Elvis was when I was 10 or 11 years old and I've been watching him very carefully ever since, and he inspired me. What I play today is a lot of what I heard from Elvis.
I think I saw something in him very early in my life, when I was a little guy. I don't think many people were interested in Elvis in that time. This is not when he was in his peak, so he wasn't the coolest guy out there – this was when he was at his lowest point in his career. This was the mid-60s.
Where are you performing now?
I do usually the cabaret rooms in New York like Don't Tell Mama (343 W. 46th St., in Manhattan) or the Metropolitan Room (34 W. 22nd St. in Manhattan); and I have more shows coming up here in the fall.
What is it like performing the songs you grew up with?
It is like a dream come true. These are the songs that I want to sing, and that I feel are just great songs. I want to share it with everyone else and I want them to feel what I feel with these songs, and to enjoy the song like I do. I think that's my greatest pleasure.
How have you seen music change since you first got involved?
Well I think music has changed a lot. It became a lot more about the beat and it's wonderful. It's very different and just really a different feeling from the music we listened to in the 50s, 60s and 70s. I like to sing a love song and a lot of what happened back then was love songs.
There was an intimacy about music in those days. You could feel it. It flows through you and it's something that pushes your buttons and gets your spirit going. The music today, it's very inspiring but it doesn't really do that.
I'm seeing this music being passed on to the next generation, and that never really happened in music. It never happened that a range in music goes through generations of a whole 40-years later, and it's still hot. These kids hear it and they say, wow. My son is 23, and he likes classic rock and listens to the Beatles, the Stones and Zeppelin a lot. So that tells you something.
Can you imagine someone in 1970, and they're going to listen to something from 1930? I don't think so. Today the kids get a chance to listen to that music, they know it, they feel it and I think anyone into music feels that way.
How have you seen it the music change in Brooklyn?
It's really amazing how Brooklyn is really flying. It was completely different. Now places around Brooklyn are looking like Manhattan – the East Village or Tribeca – and it became cool. But then again Brooklyn is a very big place.
Where did you record your new album?
Well it comes out in two weeks on August 16; the day that Elvis died. Someone said that was a good time to have this album come out and I said yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
Where did you find your band?
The guys I recorded "My Tribute to the King" are in fact awesome musicians -- the best you'll find of this true rock and roll sound.
About 18 months ago I was in the studio rehearsing with my trio so I took a break, headed to couch in the hallway. As I'm sitting down I hear this voice that was very familiar to me. I said to my self, that's Robert Gordon. I'd know that voice anywhere. Now Mr. Gordon is a true rockabilly cat from the 70s, and I really loved his sound. I immediately went to see Dave, the owner of the studio, and after a minute he realized I was impressed, so he says Steven would you like to meet Robert? I said yeah, I'd love to.
So we walk into his room and Dave introduced me to him. We spoke a few minutes and before you know it, I'm singing "Don't be Cruel," an Elvis classic. I just loved the energy. It really had my blood going. We said our goodbyes and I made sure I connected with the back up musicians.
They are, Benny Landa on lead and rhythm guitar, Phil Cimino on drums and Rob Stoner on bass -- who also has been on the road with Bob Dylan in the 70s. Amazing musicians. I believe working with them brought out the best in me. It brings the level of satisfaction all the way up.
Look for Steven Chera's "My Tribute to the King" on August 16 and listen to his single "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," on his SoundCloud page (soundcloud.com/stevenchera).


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The Lady Bison Track and Field team finished with six top-10 finishes this past weekend at the Alabama Relays hosted by the University of Alabama. Several teams competed in the meet including: Alabama, Alabama-Birmingham, Samford, Western Michigan, Southern Mississippi, Jacksonville State, Georgia Tech, MTSU, and UT-Chattanooga.
Elizabeth Schall led the way for the Lady Bisons with two top-10 finishes. Schall finished 7th in the 800 meter run (2:17), and 9th in the 1500 meter run (4:48). In the 10,000 meter run, Susan Worden finished 6th (38:32), while Candice Cox finished 9th (40:05). Ruth Mick had a 9th place showing in the 3000 meter steeplechase (11:49). Brittany Miller had a solid showing in the 400 meter hurdles with a 9th place finish (1:06.01).
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Medivir strengthens its R&D organization
Stockholm, Sweden — Medivir AB (OMX: MVIR) today announced that the company will divide its current R&D organization into two parts, Discovery Research and Development, and strengthen the R&D leadership to prepare for future strategic and operational opportunities.
Recruitment of an international research head
The research organization will be led by Richard Bethell, who will assume the position as Executive Vice President Discovery Research on April 22. Richard, who originally is from the UK, has a broad background within drug discovery and development, with nearly 25 years' experience from the pharmaceutical industry in companies like Glaxo Wellcome, Pfizer and Shire. He joins Medivir from Boehringer Ingelheim in Canada, where he was employed as Vice President, Biological Sciences. His proven leadership has previously contributed to the timely delivery of high quality candidate drugs for clinical development. Richard Bethell has a D. Phil. in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, UK.
"We are very pleased that Richard has chosen to join Medivir. His solid expertise and experience, especially within virology, will make the company even stronger. That, together with an efficient development organization, is important for our ambition to become a profitable and rapidly growing pharmaceutical company", says Maris Hartmanis, Medivir's CEO.
Charlotte Edenius, who currently has the role of Executive Vice President R&D at Medivir, will become responsible for the development organization. In her new role as Executive Vice President Development, she will drive Medivir's non-clinical and clinical development following the selection of candidate drugs.
Medivir's Executive Vice President Commercial, Henric Juserius, has decided to leave the company. His departure will not affect the direction of the commercial operations.
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Medivir is an emerging research-based pharmaceutical company focused on infectious diseases. Medivir has world class expertise in polymerase and protease drug targets and drug development which has resulted in a strong infectious disease R&D portfolio. The Company's key pipeline asset is simeprevir, a novel protease inhibitor in late phase III clinical development for hepatitis C that is being developed in collaboration with Janssen R&D Ireland.
Medivir has also a broad product portfolio with prescription pharmaceuticals in the Nordics.
For more information about Medivir AB, please visit the Company's website: www.medivir.com
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Kristen Bell Admits That Dan As Gossip Girl 'Makes No Sense'
Remember when Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) turned out to be Gossip Girl, and you were just like, A) Why does Dan moonlight as a female internet stalker? B) Why is Dan such a sociopathic perv? And C) Why is Dan's interior monologue voiced by Kristen Bell?
You are not alone. Even though we all totally wish that she was the voice inside our heads, the wind beneath our wings, even KBell thinks it makes zero logical sense that Dan is Gossip Girl. In fact she said as much to Indie Wire's Peter Knegt, who Instagrammed a picture of Kristen with the caption "Kristen Bell after admitting it makes no sense that Dan was Gossip Girl."
Real talk, girl. Clearly, Dorota (Zuzanna Szadkowski) should have been Gossip Girl. Or at the very least Chuck's (Ed Westwick) forsaken dog, Monkey. Also, how dare Dan be so internet judgey when his hair looks like a nest for feral subway rats?
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Saudi preacher sentenced to 8 years, 600 lashes for killing 5-year-old daughter
A self-styled Islamist preacher accused of beating and torturing his 5-year-old daughter to death was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison and 600 lashes, and was ordered to pay "blood money" to the girl's mother, according to an official with a government-backed human rights body.
A Saudi court in the town of Hawta found Fayhan al-Ghamdi guilty on Monday, Mohammed Almadi of Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Commission told CNN.
"The girl's mother ceded her original request to sentence the father to death," explained Almadi, citing a lawyer for his group who was in the courtroom. "She has since asked for the father to pay her blood money instead, which is her right in the Saudi legal system."
Al-Ghamdi's daughter, Lama, was admitted to King Saud Hospital in Riyadh in March 2012 after suffering extensive injuries, including broken ribs, a crushed skull, bruising and burns. Family, activists and officials say she died of her wounds in late October last year.
The case caused international outrage once it made headlines in February.
"My dear child is dead, and all I want now is justice so I can close my eyes and know she didn't die in vain," the mother, Syeda Mohammed Ali, told CNN in February. "She was brutally tortured in the most shocking ways."
Ali, who is divorced from al-Ghamdi, said Lama's torture occurred while she was staying with her father. She added that al-Ghamdi is now remarried with two more children.
Activists say al-Ghamdi is an Islamist evangelist popular in Saudi Arabia for his televised appearances and for speaking on air about the rewards of repenting to God. But they also say he only fancies himself a cleric and is not recognized by the clerical establishment.
In a conservative country where the death penalty is common, Saudi social media users were quick to express disgust at the news.
"What kind of verdict is this?" tweeted one.
"This is not justice," tweeted another.
Some pointed out what they called a travesty -- that killing Lama garnered al-Ghamdi a punishment similar to that received by a Saudi activist, Raif Badawi, who was recently sentenced to seven years in jail and 600 lashes. Badawi was convicted of violating the nation's anti-cybercrime law by running an unauthorized Web forum.
"This guy, who tortured and killed his daughter, he gets eight years in jail and 600 lashes? You gotta be kidding me -- it's just a joke," said Manal Al-Sharif, a prominent Saudi women's rights activist.
Saudi Twitter users expressed anger by comparing al-Ghamdi's verdict to another recent Saudi case -- one in which it was reported that four Saudi men accused of dancing naked on the roof of a car and posting a video of the incident online were sentenced to as many as 2,000 lashes and up to 10 years in prison, as well as being fined thousands of dollars.
"Somebody who kills his daughter gets eight years in prison but somebody who pulls down their underwear gets 10 years in jail!" wrote one.
Attempts to reach al-Ghamdi and his lawyer via activists and government officials have been unsuccessful.
"It was a very hideous crime. If you look at the pictures of the girl in the hospital, unconscious for eight months before she passed away ... Saudi society never seen anything as ugly as that," al-Sharif said.
Several activists and numerous local media had reported that Lama was also raped, but her mother denied that happened. Ali said that Lama's father was concerned about the virginity of his 5-year-old daughter.
"The father confessed to the abuse, the beating and torturing Lama in the most obnoxious manners," she said last February. One thing she said he did was to burn Lama's rectum.
"These are not some unfounded accusations, but everything is based on the medical examination by the hospital and the team of physicians who treated Lama when she was first admitted," she said.


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Shouldn't the state do whatever it takes to try to prevent child abuse as horrific as this? The mother and her boyfriend burned the 3-year-old boy with lit cigarettes. They scorched him with steaming water. They beat him while his blood gushed and his tiny bones broke. They threw him down the stairs and across the
Shouldn't the state do whatever it takes to try to prevent child abuse as horrific as this? The mother and her boyfriend burned the 3-year-old boy with lit cigarettes. They scorched him with steaming water. They beat him while his blood gushed and his tiny bones broke. They threw him down the stairs and across the
room again and again — "like a rag doll," says former Sullivan County District Attorney Steve Lungen, who prosecuted the case.
Then they left the boy with curly brown hair and big brown eyes on a picnic table.
The boy's name was Christopher Gardner — "God's Gift Returned to God," says his tiny gravestone, engraved with the dates of his short life, May 18, 1994 — April 1, 1998. Monday is the 15th anniversary of Christopher's murder.
"If you grid-squared Christopher Gardner, you couldn't find a grid inch without a bruise, a blue mark, or burn," says Lungen.
But what makes Chris' brutal death even more horrific is this: It might have been prevented.
Two telephone calls reporting previous abuse of Gardner to the state's child abuse hotline were never investigated. One call was from a mandated reporter — a school principal, one of several professions required to report such abuse because, says the state, "they are specially equipped" to report "child abuse or maltreatment."
This is why state Sen. John Bonacic, R-C-Mount Hope, has proposed a law that would require the state child abuse hotline to immediately investigate all reports of abuse by such mandated reporters as physicians, nurses, social workers and law enforcement personnel.
The bill, first introduced in 1999, has repeatedly passed the state Senate — by a 59-0 margin last year. Yet the legislation has never made it past the Assembly's Children and Families Committee for an Assembly vote, even though it's been significantly watered down to make to it easier to pass.
"You can't stop evil people from doing evil things, but you can try to prevent it, and punish it more substantially when it does occur," Bonacic said in an e-mail, adding, "The legislation we have in now addresses one way to try and prevent serious child abuse — mandatory follow-up when a trained professional calls the hotline attempting to report abuse — it says the hotline can't ignore it."
So why hasn't the Assembly passed the bill? Shouldn't it do whatever's necessary to try to prevent the sort of horrific abuse that ended the life of a 3-year-old boy before he could count to 10, ride a bicycle or spell his name?
The answer provides a window into the political and economic realities of cash-strapped Albany.
Five years ago, when the question was posed to the chairman of the Assembly's Children and Families Committee, William Scarborough, D-Queens, he first seemed to misinterpret the bill. He said that calls from mandated reporters would "in a sense bypass the state."
In fact, just about any abuse complaint must first go to the state's child abuse hotline. The state would then refer it to local authorities if the complaint is deemed worth investigating. The hotline is staffed by many former child abuse caseworkers who are "very experienced child protective services specialists," and can screen the calls to detremine if the complaints are valid, says a spokeswoman for the state's Office of Family and Child Services.
The Children and Families Committee chairwoman in 2012, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, offered practical reasons why not every call from a mandated reporter is referred locally by those who take calls at the child abuse hotline. In fact, of the more than 135,000 calls from mandated reporters in 2012, about three-quarters were investigated. That means more than 30,000 calls from those mandated reporters were not referred to local districts for investigation.
There has to be some degree of screening, Paulin said, because the hotline receives "a lot of frivolous or prank calls."
Otherwise, she adds, investigating all the calls locally would "burden the system."
That would mean adding more hotline workers — and more money to the state's payroll.
"If you followed up every case, and you don't add personnel, you're taking the child protective workers and giving them twice or one-third more caseloads and you're not following up on the kids that need help and might not get it."
Lungen — who 15 years later can still recite virtually every square inch of Christopher's injuries — knows about the conflict between financial reality and using every tool necessary to prevent crime. After all, he was an elected district attorney who had to lobby for money for law enforcement and crime prevention.
So he understands that following up every call to the hotline might stress finances and personnel.
"To some extent, that's probably true," he said.
But Lungen also knows that a report of abuse by a mandated reporter should carry extra weight.
"It bothers me that they balk at dollars and cents when a child's life is at stake," he says. That's why, for Lungen, the bottom line on Bonacic's bill is this:
"Do I think the legislation should be passed? Yes."
For now, the new chairwoman of the Assembly's Child and Families Committee isn't closing the door on the legislation.
Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Binghamton, says she is "familiar with the senator's bill" and will be "checking into it for a better understanding" of its implications.
Meanwhile, as the 15th Easter Sunday since Christopher Gardner's murder passes, the body of the boy who spurred that legislation lies in his tiny casket in Middletown's Hillside Cemetery, beneath a gravestone that reads "Christopher Irwin Gardner May 18, 1994 — April 1, 1998. God's Gift Returned to God."
A purple, pink and yellow plastic pinwheel spins above the grave. A toy yellow school bus sits on the gravestone. And a chocolate Easter bunny in its plastic package rests in front of that grave, unopened.


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I am just getting started on ASP.NET MVC so bear with me. I've searched around this site and various others and have seen a few implementations of this.
EDIT: I forgot to mention I am using RC2
Using URL Routing:
new { controller = "Errors", action = "NotFound" } // 404s
The above seems to take care of requests like this (assuming default route tables setup by initial MVC project): "/blah/blah/blah/blah"
Overriding HandleUnknownAction() in the controller itself:
// 404s - handle here (bad action requested
protected override void HandleUnknownAction(string actionName) {
ViewData["actionName"] = actionName;
However the previous strategies do not handle a request to a Bad/Unknown controller. For example, I do not have a "/IDoNotExist", if I request this I get the generic 404 page from the web server and not my 404 if I use routing + override.
So finally, my question is: Is there any way to catch this type of request using a route or something else in the MVC framework itself?
OR should I just default to using Web.Config customErrors as my 404 handler and forget all this? I assume if I go with customErrors I'll have to store the generic 404 page outside of /Views due to the Web.Config restrictions on direct access. Anyway any best practices or guidance is appreciated.


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Jonathan Diotalevi wasn't sure what to expect when he walked into Panera Cares near Government Center on Wednesday, the restaurant's first day of business. The recent UMass Dartmouth graduate said he doesn't have a lot of cash and was just looking for a cheap lunch.
A smiling employee greeted Diotalevi at the door, he waited in line, ordered a tomato- mozzarella panini, and then asked the clerk, "So, can I, like, just give you two bucks?"
Yes, he could. And he did, dropping the money into a nearby donation bin.
The restaurant at 3 Center Plaza may have been as busy at lunch time as any of the chains's other cafes nationwide — more than 1,600 of them — but there's a reason cochief executive Ron Shaich calls this one "a test of human nature."
The nonprofit outpost of Panera Bread Co. doesn't have any cash registers, or set prices. Instead, it depends on donations from customers who pay whatever they can afford. The Government Center shop is the fifth of its kind for the St. Louis-based company — the first in this region.
"I think it's awesome because it's obviously beneficial for people who are a little less fortunate," said customer Yanick Belzile of Lowell. "We can afford to, so we put in a little bit extra. If we can help someone else who can't pay for a meal, why not?"
Belzile said he donated about $3 more than the suggested donation, or regular retail price, for half a chipotle chicken sandwich and a cup of broccoli-cheddar soup.
That kind of payment is typical, especially when a cafe first opens, according to Boston Panera Cares project manager Kate Antonacci .
"For the first week or so, we get total donations above retail value, between 105 and 106 percent," she said. "That number goes down after the first two weeks and levels out to about 65 to 70 percent of retail value, with 20 percent of customers giving more than the suggested donation."
As Antonacci predicted, most patrons on Wednesday were like Belzile — they happily paid a slight premium for lunch.
Wayne Gilchrist, who said he lives under a bridge in Cambridge, said he made a modest donation for a coffee and French bread with butter.
"I'm homeless," Gilchrist said. "I got nothing and still gave because I want others to have."
Though Antonacci said the restaurant was strategically located around the corner from the New England Center for Homeless Veterans, Gilchrist appeared to be the only homeless customer during lunch time Wednesday, which made him a minor media spectacle. Antonacci said people in need of nourishment can easily go unnoticed.
"People think food insecurity, or hunger, means homeless people, but the fact is only 10 percent of people experiencing food insecurity are actually homeless," she said.
About one out of every six Americans, or about 50 million, are "food insecure" or have trouble coming up with enough money to buy food, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
"Many of those people work — some of them work two jobs," said Antonacci. "Hunger affects people of all types, so it's not only the destitute we serve. "
Shaich, the Panera cochief executive who lives in Brookline, paid a visit to the Boston Panera Cares to gauge the reaction on opening day.
Shaich said the idea behind the shops is to treat people with dignity, no matter what they can afford for a meal.
"Many of the places that give out food can be very negative," he said, "but we had the potential to create a place with positive energy — a place that feels like every Panera in America."
He said the Panera Cares experiment is helping counter some of the cynicism he sees in a lot of people.
"The truth is, when given the chance, most people will do the right thing," he saidAlyssa Edes can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Panera Bread Co. cochief executive Ron Shaich's last name.


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Photos from the Tall Bike Tour 2012. Greg, Chloe, Nick and I all rode bicycles from Brooklyn, NY to Minneapolis, MN over the month of June. It was a lot of riding, eating, camping, repeat. It was also amazing, a great way to see the country (and parts of Canada). We met amazing people on the trip and climbed some big ass hills. I was trying to do daily Instagram photos, which show another side of the trip. Here are a sampling of photos that I was taking with my real camera during the ride as well. -Tod Seelie
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Climate change:
By Neela Banerjee
WASHINGTON -- In his State of the Union address, President Obama articulated a subtle but noticeable shift away from his longstanding discussion of climate change in almost entirely economic terms to making a moral argument for the need to act.
"For the sake of our children and our future," he said, "we must do more to combat climate change."
"Yes, it's true that no single event makes a trend," Obama said. "But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods -- all are now more frequent and intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science -- and act before it's too late."
His new, blunter language on climate change builds on rhetoric he used during the Democratic National Convention, in his election night victory speech and his Inaugural address three weeks ago. Obama did not follow up his mention of climate change by unveiling any new major initiatives. But he told legislators that with or without them he would act on it.


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Chapter 2002-402, Laws of Florida, is the implementing bill for the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act. Section 78 of the bill provides the following:
"It is the policy of the state that no state agency or local governmental entity receiving any funds pursuant to the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act shall expend any such funds for newspaper, magazine, direct mail, radio, television, or outdoor advertising in support of, or in opposition to, any candidate or issue appearing on the ballot. Any violation of this policy shall result in the forfeiture and reversion of 5 percent of state funds appropriated or distributed to that agency or entity in the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act. The Comptroller or Chief Financial Officer shall be responsible for the enforcement of this section."
The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you of these requirements and request your compliance. If you have any questions, please contact Bob Spooner at 410-9363 or Suncom 210-9363


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Apple's rumoured iPad mini, which is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday, could be bad news for competition such as Amazon, Google and Samsung, an analyst has said.
Apple Insider reports that Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu has said that Apple's smaller iPad will be "the competition's worst nightmare," even if it doesn't sell at a low price point.
Wu believes that Apple could sell its iPad mini for $350 and still beat Google and Amazon's $199 tablets. Wu believes the iPad mini will sell for $299 or $349.
A second analyst has said that the iPad mini could give Apple a three to five year advantage over competitors, reports Apple Insider.
Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities, told investors in a note on Friday that the iPad mini would cause new demand for smaller tablets. Kuo thinks that Apple has much to gain by launching a tablet that falls between the iPhone and iPad.
Kuo thinks that Apple is "most concerned about competing ecosystems from Amazon and Android," the report says. The analyst believes Apple's smaller iPad will be priced from $300.
The iPad mini is likely to be launched today at Apple's official event, possibly alongside other new products including a 13in Retina MacBook Pro and a new iMac lineup.


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Leaders Make Commitment to Help Polar Bears
International gathering of arctic nations works to protect future of the species
- Date: December 11, 2013
- Author: Molly Edmonds
As polar bears trudged back onto their sea ice hunting grounds for the winter, an international gathering of arctic nations was working last week to protect the future of the species. Representatives from the US, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Greenland and Russia announced at the International Polar Bear Forum that they would tackle threats to bears as Arctic ice shrinks and industrial development continues to grow.
It's a major milestone for polar bear conservation. Countries recognized their shared responsibility and the global importance of polar bears. This includes a commitment toward identifying important habitats and protected areas, especially in light of climate change and human activities.
The nations addressed the increase in human-polar bear conflict as well as other threats to polar bear populations, such as habitat destruction, unsustainable hunting, pollution and illegal wildlife trade. There was also agreement to engage indigenous communities in management decisions, recognizing their subsistence needs and the cultural role of the polar bear in their way of life.
WWF welcomes all the commitments made by these countries. But we will also follow up to ensure that they are backed by action. WWF will track each nation's activities and report back on progress.
And we will continue to support critical polar bear work across the Arctic—contributing our resources and expertise to assessing the health of populations, identifying and managing key habitats, and reducing conflict between bears and people.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that the Department's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will build an advanced biofuels process development facility to help speed the commercialization of advanced biofuels. The facility is being funded with nearly $18 million from the Recovery Act.
This will be a publicly available facility where researchers can integrate process steps and test new technology pathways, such as those being developed at DOE's Office of Science Bioenergy Research Centers. The DOE reports that this facility will be the only one of its kind available for public use.
This facility is part of the Obama Administration's commitment to building a sustainable transportation system based on clean energy and domestic innovation. The Advanced Biofuels Process Development Unit (PDU), scheduled to open in early 2011, will provide universities, national laboratories and industry partners the opportunity to scale up promising processes discovered in their laboratories. Planned capabilities include pretreatment of biomass, enzyme production, fermentation for the production of multiple biofuels, and product purification in quantities sufficient for engine testing at partner institutions, DOE reports.
I'd like to point out that the DOE's Biomass Program has awarded about $718 million in Recovery Act funds to accelerate the commercialization of advanced biofuels and foster the growth of a sustainable U.S. bioindustry. These investments will help meet mandated production requirements for advanced biofuels, which increase from 950 million gallons per year in 2010 to 21 billion gallons per year in 2022.
The DOE reports that advanced biofuels are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent and can be produced from forestry and agricultural residues, mill wastes, energy crops, and municipal solid waste. For more information visit DOE's Biomass Program Web site (www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/).


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Selfridges has started stocking an interesting new product called Delo. They're little caps you screw onto the top of a water bottle (apparently only in French half litre size so start stocking up on Badoit). The caps release their herbal contents only as you drink. Each cap contains the equivalent of 6 sachets.
It's great too because you don't need to buy a new bottle of water each time you want to use one of these suckers. Just pop it back on after you refill the bottle. There are 5 flavours (de-stress, energy, sun, slim and sexy) each with a unique combo of herbs that correlate to the action you want to take (de-stress with Hawthorn and Orange Blossom or feel more energetic with Ginseng, Guarana and Acerola).
Delo launched at the Colette water bar in 2007 and is now available exclusively at Selfridges.


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We've all heard the no white after Labor Day "rule," to which I say "says who?" I'm not saying we should step out in head to toe white, but we don't have to give up on the shade at the stroke of midnight either.
Wearing white after Labor Day is a perfect reminder that it's technically still Summer. I mean, let's not rush it: Fall begins September 22, so summer-lovin fashionistas should enjoy wearing the summery shade. For those still on the fence about the no white after Labor Day hubabaloo (yes, I said "hubabaloo"), why not try wearing the color subtly? Plus, considering the Fall 2013 Pantone colors include hues like Koi (orange) and Turbulence (heather/slate gray), the contrast of crisp whites sprinkled in the mix can make outfits pop.
The key is to incorporate white in subtle ways after Labor Day. Small doses of white that peek without overpowering are key. So rebels, (and those of us who just happen to like white, darn it), take a look at some items that are post-Labor Day must-haves.


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Ling Liao, 33
Lighting up computers
Within the next few years, computer chips will process data so rapidly that the wires carrying information between them will have difficulty keeping up. One possible solution is to transport the data using laser beams that blink on and off billions of times a second. Ling Liao, of Intel's Photonics Technology Lab, is bringing us closer to that goal by figuring out how to build key optical components from the same silicon used to make the rest of a computer chip. That would make integration simpler and bring down costs.
But silicon is normally a poor optical material; it's particularly hard to get silicon to modulate light--that is, to induce the blinking effect that encodes data. More exotic materials can make light fluctuate in response to a changing electric field, but silicon resists that approach. Liao found that if she put a thin layer of silicon dioxide between two slabs of silicon, she could quickly make electrons accumulate on both silicon surfaces, and remove them quickly as well. That alters any light waves that pass through the silicon, making them either dimmer or brighter. By building up and then releasing the charges using an alternating voltage, she can modulate light at 10 gigabits per second, and shes working on ever faster speeds. It may be a decade before her device finds its way into your computer, but eventually optical connections may be able to handle speeds hundreds of times faster than those seen in today's PCs.
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Making nanowires get in line
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The world's smallest soldering iron
Stéphanie Lacour
Stretchable electronic skin
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Lighting up computers
Ashok Maliakal
The floppy screen
Marin Soljacic
Modeling the flows of light
Michael Wong
Cleaning up with nanoparticles