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What follows is a brief discussion between with The Prophet Who Looks Back (also known as "History") and a regular US citizen.
You're going to be mugged?
Tomorrow you will be mugged. That much is certain. Stay in all day. Go out. It doesn't matter. You will be mugged.
I don't believe you.
You know how impressive my credentials are.
Yeah I do, but what you're saying is so frightening.
So you only want to believe nice predictions. I gave you more credit than that.
I'm sorry. You're right. Just let me get myself together.
No problem.
Okay. What options do I have? What can I do about this?
Well I can offer you a choice of two different muggers depending on whether you choose to stay home or go out. Both of them are real nasty characters – totally hardened criminals. However, I think one of them (his name is Barack) might at least leave you with a pulse after he mugs you. I'm not saying he will. I'm just saying it is more likely than with the other guy -MItt.
Oh my God I've heard of these guys, but some people say that Barack is worse, that the other guy just talks meaner but that he is slower and easier to run away from. Are you sure Barack is less dangerous?
Well, I can point to ….
You know what, never mind. I don't care which of them it is.
What? You're not being rational. You need to choose your assailant wisely.
It's not that clear who is worse so I'm not wasting time agonizing about it. If I knew for sure one of them would leave me unharmed then that would be different. Since they're both totally nasty fucks, just tell me which weapon and tactics I can best use against them. Prepare me as best you can to fight whoever it is. I don't want either one of these guys to walk away from me unscathed.
Remarkable. Most people assume they can only choose a mugger but not the option of fighting back. I have some excellent news for you. You're attitude has altered your future.
It has?
You're chances of walking away unharmed just shot through the roof. You may even walk away with their wallets. Now here is how you can fight either of them. They won't see it coming….


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Below the Surface of ICE: The Corporations Profiting From Immigrant Detention
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A Bold Foreign Policy Platform for the New Wave of Left Lawmakers
Socialists and other progressives are running for office on strong domestic programs. Here's how their foreign policy platform can be just as strong. MORE
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How Unions Can Solve the Housing Crisis
The labor movement once built thousands of low-cost co-op apartments for working class New Yorkers. It could do so again. MORE
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Will Mexico's New President Declare Independence From the United States?
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Detroiters Fear Losing Their Water May Mean Losing Their Kids
As thousands of Detroiters have their water shut off over debt, neighbors are helping each other to access water without alerting Child and Family Services. MORE
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While the Democratic establishment is blindly attempting to revive the neoliberal Third Way, the party's base is embracing socialism. MORE
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City to spend $738K to bail out Amway restaurant
Club at NBA City project partners defaulted
An Amway Center restaurant is getting bailed out by the city after the project partners defaulted.
When WESH 2 News reported on the progress of The Club at NBA City last August, it appeared everything was on track for a first-class restaurant here. But now taxpayers are picking up the expense to finish it.
With 95 percent of the restaurant complete, and no one to pay for the final construction, the mayor and commissioners have approved spending $738,000 to finish it and turn over operations to the Amway food concession business, Levy Restaurants.
Arena patrons wonder if it's a wise expenditure of public money.
Jose Colon, a local ticket broker, calls the failed restaurant venture another Orlando sweetheart deal for a business that's gone bust.
"It's ridiculous," he said.
The now-closed Oopsy Scoopsy yogurt shop on Church Street, across from the arena, received, or was promised, roughly $40,000 in rent forgiveness and grant money, and also owes the city more than $17,000 in back rent.
The still-operating Draft Beer House down the block is in a dispute over $57,000 in rent owed to the city after Orlando gave the bar and restaurant $300,000 worth of incentives.
Colon says the city should have put the Amway restaurant space out for bid.
"If there is an opportunity, more for somebody that could take that restaurant and could be an entrepreneur or a minority, we should just put it out to an RFP (request for proposals} and bid it out to somebody," said Colon.
The city says that to pay subcontractors and to finish the work, it made more sense to invest venues infrastructure funds, not general tax dollars, into finishing the project.
The restaurant could be finished in the next month or so.
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With the goal of excellence in clinical care and patient welfare, the Faculty of Health Sciences has provided simulation based education for thousands of health sciences students in clinical and surgical skills over the past 7 years. Recognizing the growing importance of patient simulation and surgical skills in health sciences education, the New Medical Building at Queen's University houses 8,000 square feet of clinical simulation space.
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A Japanese cult hit about the man at the head of the Department of Monster Prevention is getting remade right here in the good ol' U.S. of A.
Columbia Pictures has secured the rights to a remake and sequel of "Big Man Japan," according to a press release that just hit the in-box. Here's the synopsis of the film:
Set in a world where monsters wreak havoc, there's one man who can protect the citizenry: Big Man Japan, who runs the Department of Monster Prevention. Using electricity, he can grow to be 10 stories tall and fight off the most menacing of monsters. The problem is that he's not very good at his job and often causes as much damage as he prevents. The people believe he's a joke – and not nearly as good at the job as his father and grandfather were before he took over the family business.
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And here's the delightfully bananas trailer for the Japanese original:
If they retain just 10 percent of the demented glee of the original, things should be OK, but the film is being produced by Neal Moritz ("The Green Hornet," "I Am Legend, "XXX," "Made of Honor"), and adapted by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, who were most recently responsible for "Clash of the Titans," so the full crazy seems unlikely.


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What We Don't Know About Water Can Hurt Usby and -
This story is part of the "Aqueduct Sneak Peek" series. Aqueduct Sneak Peek provides an early look at the Aqueduct team's updated global water risk maps, which will be released in January 2013.
The days leading up to Hurricane Sandy's landfall were a testament to the power of global data systems in helping to understand and manage risks that natural phenomena can create. A vast, worldwide network of weather monitoring stations and sophisticated remote sensing allowed meteorologists to track and predict Sandy's progress—and give ample warning to those of us in the hurricane's path.
The map below is one way to visualize the global data network that makes such analysis possible. It shows Integrated Surface Database (ISD) stations, a widely distributed network of weather stations that all report regularly to a centralized hub.
Like extreme weather events, water scarcity creates impacts that range widely and rarely adhere to political boundaries. Despite these concerns, we lack a water equivalent to the ISD – a standardized, global dataset that would allow decisionmakers to see the whole picture of water scarcity.
The closest thing we have is the Global Runoff Data Center (GRDC), visualized in the map below. The white areas show places where data on water availability is not reported at all, either due to the cost and difficulty of collecting data or a desire to keep that data confidential. As the preponderance of yellow and red points on the map indicate, many of the monitoring stations that are in place do not report with the regularity needed to be truly helpful (compare that to the ISD map, where all the purple dots represent data reported within the last year). The absence of robust global datasets on water availability makes it difficult to understand where and how scarcity and other water risks are emerging around the world.
However, with advanced hydrological modeling techniques and observations from space, it is possible to generate meaningful information in spite of existing data gaps. The World Resources Institute's Aqueduct project's newest global maps, launching in January of 2013, do just that: employing the best available techniques and data to provide high-resolution, global perspective on the complexity of water risk. By employing these new and sophisticated techniques, Aqueduct's new maps are able to extract the most information possible from what limited data is available on global water availability and use.
Nonetheless, nothing beats on-the-ground observations about where water is and where it is being used. As water issues become more pressing across the globe, they act as a signal that governments must do a better job of collecting—and sharing—water data.
Check our Insights blog regularly, where we'll continue to provide "sneak peaks" into our updated global water maps.


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Ariane 5 booster roars into life
An Ariane 5 solid-propellant booster was test-fired yesterday at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to help improve the reliability of Europe's heavy launcher.
The firing was performed in the booster engine stand, specifically designed for the vertical testing of motors at the site.
The motor burned for about 135 seconds, simulating the firing time during an Ariane 5 flight, and delivered a mean thrust of 700 t.
One of the goals was to prove new, thinner thermal protection on the inside of the motor's casing. The reduced pressure oscillations will lower the stress on the vehicle and its valuable passengers.
The nozzle tested a new composite material that is more resistant to combustion, and the motor also used an improved igniter.
The detailed analysis will last about six months, but preliminary results on the motor's behaviour will be available within ten days.
This firing is part of the Ariane 5 Research and Technology Accompaniment (ARTA) programme, designed to validate modifications for the next production batch of boosters to be flown.
These changes improve the vehicle's performance, modify elements that are now obsolete and reduce manufacturing costs. The programme also confirms that Ariane 5 remains reliable and ensures Europe's independent access to space.
This was the fifth test of Ariane 5's booster as part of ARTA – the next is expected in about three years.
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Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos is a finalist for the Lindsay Award given by the Players Association to the game's "most outstanding player." The award is voted on by Players Association members. The award will be announced June 22 at the NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas.
Here is the announcement from the Players Association:
The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) announced today that Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks, Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks and Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning have been selected as finalists for the 2010-11 Ted Lindsay Award. The Ted Lindsay Award is presented annually to the "Most Outstanding Player" in the NHL, as voted by fellow members of the NHLPA.
The Ted Lindsay Award is the only award voted on by the players themselves, carrying on the tradition established by the Lester B. Pearson Award since 1970-71. The Award honours Ted Lindsay, an All-Star forward known for his skill, tenacity, leadership, and for his role in establishing the original Players' Association.
This year's group of all new finalists – Perry, Stamkos, and Sedin – ensures that there will be a new recipient for the first time in three years as Alex Ovechkin won the "Most Outstanding Player" award the last three consecutive seasons (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10).
The Ted Lindsay Award will be presented at the 2011 NHL Awards in Las Vegas on June 22, 2011 to one of the following finalists:
Corey Perry, of Peterborough, Ontario, played in all 82 games in the 2010-11 season for the Anaheim Ducks. Corey's selection as a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award is his first since entering the NHL in the 2005-06 season. En route to capturing the Maurice Richard Trophy for most goals (50) and finishing third in points (98), Corey was especially dominant in the Ducks' run to the playoffs. With this nomination, Corey is looking to become the first member of the Ducks to receive the "Most Outstanding Player" award as voted on by the players, and is seeking to add this to his impressive list of accomplishments that includes the Memorial Cup (2004-05 – London), Stanley Cup (2006-07 – Anaheim) and Olympic gold medal (2010 – Canada).
Daniel Sedin, of Ornskoldvik, Sweden, appeared in all 82 games in the 2010-11 season for the Vancouver Canucks. Daniel's first selection as a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award follows his brother Henrik's nomination last season. Daniel had an exceptional 2010-11 campaign by all standards, securing the Art Ross Trophy for most points in the regular season (104), tying for fourth in goals (41), and placing third in both assists (63) and game-winning goals (10), while helping lead Vancouver to capturing their first Presidents' Trophy. With this nomination, Daniel is seeking to become just the second Canucks player to receive the "Most Outstanding Player" award as voted on by the players (Markus Naslund – 2002-03 Lester B. Pearson Award).
Steven Stamkos, of Markham, Ontario, appeared in all 82 games in the 2010-11 season for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Steven's selection as a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award is his first, and comes one season after he earned a share of the Maurice Richard Trophy for most goals (51). The 21-year-old helped the Lightning return to the playoffs for the first time since 2007, while finishing second in goals (45), placing fifth in points (91) and contributing the second most power play goals in the NHL (17), behind Daniel Sedin's 18. With this nomination, Steven is looking to join teammate Martin St. Louis (2003-04 Lester B. Pearson Award) as only the second member of the Lightning to receive the "Most Outstanding Player" award as voted on by the players.
The NHLPA also launched the 2010-11 Ted Lindsay Award Contest today on www.nhlpa.com. Fans are encouraged to select the Ted Lindsay Award recipient, just like the players do. A random draw will take place following the 2011 NHL Awards in Las Vegas NV, to determine the Grand Prize winner, as well as the second and third-place finishers.
Fans are encouraged to visit www.nhlpa.com for further information on the Ted Lindsay Award, finalist profiles and contest information.
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Kenny Williams is thinking about something.
"You know I love this city," he says. "I love my job. Understand that. Get that part right. I love what I do, and I love where I am. But if the Oakland Raiders called tomorrow and asked me to run the team, I would go. I would do it."
He wants me to write this down. I write it down. He is joking. He is not joking.
"Don't misunderstand," he says. "Get it down right. Get it down that I love what I do. Don't get it wrong, now. I absolutely love what I do."
"But you would leave to run the Raiders?" I ask. It's the second question of the interview. Kenny Williams keeps staring out at the field, and for the first time a hint of a smile on his face.
"I'd have to go," he says. "I'd have to tell people, 'Sorry, I've been called home. The Silver and Black has called me home.'" …
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College football chain reactions
College football chain reactions
College football chain reactions
Fans of the Kansas State Wildcats probably don't realize it, but their BCS hopes will be affected at least a little by this weekend's University of Northern Iowa game against Missouri State.
K-State, currently first in the BCS rankings, hasn't played UNI this season, nor will it. But because of the way the computer generated portion of the BCS rankings work, the outcome of the Panthers game will have an impact on the Wildcats' rankings. It works like this: K-State played Iowa State on Oct. 13 and won, 27-21. Iowa State played Iowa on Sept. 8 and won, 9-6. And Iowa played UNI on Sept. 15 and won, 27-16.
Because the computer rankings take into account not only each team's wins and losses but the wins and losses of all the teams they played, it creates a kind of college football butterfly effect (it should be noted that the computers do not take into account margins of victory or on-field statistics, only wins and losses). So if UNI beats Missouri State this weekend, that will give UNI a stronger profile, which in turns gives Iowa a stronger profile, which gives Iowa State a stronger profile, and which finally improves K-State's profile and the likelihood that they'll play for the BCS national championship.
Sam Burer
Sam Burer thinks this is kind of nuts. Burer, a management sciences professor in the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business, doesn't think such inconsequential games should play such a prominent role in deciding the best teams in college football.
"Should games played between teams at the bottom of the heap have that much of an effect on what's happening at the top?" says Burer. "The top rankings provided by computer systems should be more robust against the outcomes of inconsequential games."
The idea that such an inconsequential game impacts the rankings has actually been borne out. In 2010, one of the computer programs used to determine the BCS rankings—the Colley Matrix—forgot to include in its final ranking the result of a Football Championship Subdivision game between Western Illinois and Appalachian State. The game clearly had no direct impact on the BCS rankings because as FCS teams, neither qualify for the BCS. But thanks to the butterfly effect, forgetting to include that game had enough changes to actually have an impact.
The final BCS rankings had LSU ranked 10th and Boise State 11th. However, if the missing game had been added, the two schools would have switched places.
This, Burer points out, was a single game missing from just one of the six computer rankings the BCS uses, and that makes up just 6 percent of the BCS ranking (the other five computer rankings and two human polls make up the remaining 94 percent).
The issue with the Colley Matrix, Burer says, is that it gives equal weight to games between weaker teams, giving the UNI-Missouri State game an importance it does not deserve. His own formula works by also emphasizing each team's wins and losses, but minimizes the butterfly effect by systematically changing the results of five games between weaker teams, comparing the results of each change, and devising a balanced ranking based on the comparisons.
"Our goal is to devise a ranking system whose top rankings are stable even if a 'far away,' inconsequential game happens to have a different outcome," he says. "Our approach asks, 'suppose the outcomes of just a few of the inconsequential games switched, but we do not necessarily know which ones.'"
Burer is compiling a ranking this season using his own matrix and comparing his results to the weekly BCS rankings. The Burer top five this week is Notre Dame, Kansas State, Florida, Oregon and Alabama.
He says his concept could eventually lead to improved rankings in other areas where head-to-head competition is not possible, such as chess, college and university rankings, or online searches.
Burer's study, "Robust Rankings for College Football," is published in the current issue of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.


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Air Medical Holdings Group has placed an order for 30 Bell 407GX and 206L4 helicopters. The two companies did not detail the number for each type, but reports indicate a breakdown of 24 407GXs and six 206L4s. During a press conference at Heli-Expo announcing the order, Bell President and CEO John Garrison also updated attendees about the company's Relentless 525 program, which is on track to make its first flight in 2014. He also unveiled the new Bell 407GT, an armed variant of the 407GX, which features Garmin G1000H avionics.
Bell CEO John Garrison during a presentation at the company's Heli-Expo booth. Photo by Andrew Parker
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Soccer star David Beckham and French club Paris Saint-Germain have failed to reach a deal, meaning the 36-year-old midfielder might stay with the MLS champion LA Galaxy.
"David Beckham is not coming,'' PSG President Nasser al-Khelaifi said at the Qatar Open tennis tournament, the Associated Press reported. "We feel a little disappointed. But both sides agreed it would be better that we not do the deal ... maybe in the future."
PSG sporting director Leonardo told French newspaper L'Equipe that Beckham chose to remain in LA for family reasons.
"David was very interested in coming to Paris," he told the newspaper. "But the welfare of his family in Los Angeles, the wish not to change everything in his life, weighed heavily."
Beckham and the Galaxy will attempt to finalize a deal this week, according to the AP. The Beckhams -- he and his wife Victoria have four children -- moved to Los Angeles in 2007 after the former England captain's stint with Spain's Real Madrid.
Beckham and the Galaxy -- boosted by the addition of Ireland captain Robbie Keane -- won the 2011 MLS Cup in November, but his five-year contract with the team has expired.
"I'm very proud of the time that I've spent with the Galaxy and it might continue,'' Beckham said recently.
Beckham was earning a base salary of $6.5 million. French media reports indicated that PSG was willing to nearly double that salary. The team's Qatari owners have been on a spending spree during their six months at the helm.
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Beckham, he'll be 37 in May, had his best season with the Galaxy last year. He finished with 15 assists, second best in the league, and managed to remain healthy after a recovering from a serious Achilles tendon injury that sidelined him for most of 2010.
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Sunday night's TV ratings are in. Here's a brief look at the highlights:
- The Simpsons enjoyed a major rebound this week, earning a 3.3 rating and 7.53 million viewers for a rise of 38% from last week's 2.4. Moreover, the episode topped all other scripted programming for the night.
- ABC's Once Upon a Time also saw a rise, hitting a 3.0 rating in the 18-49 demo and 8.76 million viewers. That's up 11% from its last original episode's series low of 2.2.
- News wasn't as cheery for the ABC soap Revenge, which was down 12% from its last new episode's 2.5 rating with a season low 2.2 rating in the demo and 6.8 million viewers.
Hit the jump for the full ratings report for Sunday, November 25th, including Family Guy, The Mentalist, Bob's Burgers, The Good Wife, and more.
- The fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time garnered a 3.0 rating in the demo and 8.76 million viewers, rising 11% over its series-low 2.7 rating for its most recent original episode.
- Revenge hit a 2.2 rating in the demo and 6.8 million viewers, dropping 12% from its most recent episode's 2.5 rating.
- The now-cancelled 666 Park Avenue will continue to finish out its run of episodes, and this week's episode was even with its last new installment with a 1.2 rating and 3.96 million viewers.
- The Good Wife was even with last week with a 1.7 rating and 9.52 million viewers.
- Procedural The Mentalist saw an impressive rise of 29% from last week's 1.4 rating with a 1.8 rating and 10.28 million viewers.
- Veteran animated series The Simpsons topped the night in scripted programming with a 3.3 rating and 7.53 million viewers, rising 38% from last week's 2.4 rating.
- A new episode of Bob's Burgers was also up, hitting a 2.0 rating and 4.73 million viewers for a rise of 11% from last week's 1.8 rating.
- Family Guy hit a 2.8 rating and 5.76 million viewers for last night's mid-life crisis-centered episode for a gain of 8% over last week's 2.6 rating.
- Finally, The Cleveland Show hit a 1.9 rating and 4.32 million viewers, which is up 19% from last week's 1.6 rating.


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I'm curious if anyone knows how to convert MS .lib files into .a files to be used with DevC++. I'd like to make some of the SDL extension libraries available to DevC++ users.
I use MSVC at home but DevC++ at work (because of the small size and system limitations). All the source code is available, but I don't know the process. Are there tools like Borland's implib and impdef for gcc (mingw)?
If anyone knows the process please let me know.


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This week's warmer weather has been picnic-perfect across much of the East Coast, the Midwest and the South.
But, experts point out, an unseasonably temperate February does not necessarily lead to an exceptionally smoldering summer.
"There's no strong statistical link between a warm February and what the summer will be like," said Jon Nese, associate head of Pennsylvania State University's undergraduate program in meteorology and host of the school's "Weather World" broadcast.
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The U.S. has seen 3,146 record high temperatures in February as of Thursday, according to nonprofit climate news organization Climate Central. With only 27 record lows, that makes it the "most lopsided monthly ratio" in recorded history, the site said.
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American cities that are typically snow-dusted in mid-February felt mild on Thursday and Friday. The sun is shining and spring has seemingly arrived early in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York. In Boston, thermometers recorded 71 degrees Friday, making it the city's warmest documented February day ever.
Chicago hit the upper 60s for most of this week, and residents played volleyball on North Avenue Beach Wednesday. The Windy City doesn't usually warm up this much until mid-May, according to WGN's weather blog.
But there's a good reason for all the nice weather: storms on the west coast, not a larger trend, according to Nese and other meteorologists.
"You do not want to draw a line between the unusual warmth that we're seeing this week and climate change. Instead, you need to take a much broader look at trends over a period of years and decades," Nese said.
The south also got some heat. Dallas and Houston enjoyed steamy temperatures in the 80s, and Austin and San Antonio were a smoldering 90 degrees long before university kids head to nearby beaches for spring break.
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth meteorologist Brian James crunched the numbers on what a warm winter means when summer comes around — plenty of people have been asking him if "we'll be baking our butts off in the summer," he said.
Turns out there's not much of a correlation at all.
This is North Texas's warmest average winter so far. But the next warmest winter only led to the area's 14th warmest summer, back in 1999-2000, James found. The third warmest winter was 100 years ago, and that turned into the 86th warmest summer on record.
"You don't even correlate a top eight, or even a top 10 for that matter," James said.
Thomas E. Downs, a meteorologist for WeatherBELL Analytics, said that drawing correlations between seasonal weather patterns can prove misleading.
Winter weather is mostly influenced by El Niño and La Niña cycles in the Pacific Ocean that cause movements in the jet stream, he said, whereas high pressure and warm, calm winds are more of a factor in summertime.
This temperate spell on the East Coast has been a product of an extreme storm that's now bombarding the West, not evidence of global warming, he explained.
"This is really just a sign of one storm," Downs said.
In the past few years, people have mistakenly associated radical but temporary temperature shifts with climate change. Those have instead been due to dramatic El Niño and La Niña cycles, Downs added, while climate change tracks persisting trends over longer chunks of time. These small but significant alterations are much subtler and more difficult to perceive and conceptualize.
"In the short-term, it's hard for people to relate to things that happen over the course of their lifetimes," Downs said.
Does the warm winter we're having in N & C TX mean we'll have a warmer summer? History suggests "yes" but it's not a guarantee #dfwwx #ctxwx pic.twitter.com/zU3eMm6kyS— NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) February 22, 2017
Meteorologists sometimes use analogue forecasts, which compare current weather to similar situations in the past, to predict future months. Nese said that "sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't," and he and his colleagues have other tools in their toolkit.
That's not to say that it won't be hot in a few months — WeatherBELL is predicting an early warm summer that may taper into cooler days after July. But that depends on El Niño, not the storm passing through this week.
Neverthelss, given recent events, it may be time to fire furry favorite Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog that predicted another six weeks of winter earlier this month. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center forecasts above-average temperatures for the bottom of half of the Lower 48 through March.


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By Melissa Segrest
Green Right Now
Ready to banish the plastic water bottle? You can choose to drink water straight from the tap, which the federal government says is largely safe, or you can filter that tap water for contaminants and chemicals, and to freshen the taste.
If you choose to filter you be joining an apparent migration away from disposable bottled water to more efficient home filtering. The estimated revenue for the water-filter pitcher/carafe market last year was $183 million (excluding Walmart), a 24 percent growth rate since 2005, according to one research group.
There are at least a dozen systems to choose from, starting with market-leader Brita (owned by Clorox), which has dominated the water-filter pitcher market in the U.S. for years, and including number two seller, PUR, and an array of other big and boutique brands. All offer a variety of styles, safeguards, bells and whistles.
Here are the highlights of 12 brands on the market:
There are 17 styles of Brita water-filter pitchers, ranging from the Slim Pitcher (holds 5 cups, $11) to the larger Deluxe (10 cups, $25) to the Grand (10 cups, $32) which comes in four color options. The Grand (and nine other styles) has an electronic filter-change indicator, and many of Brita's pitchers have flip-top lids and soft-grip handles.
Brita says its filters last about two months and filter about 40 gallons. It says each filter can save as many as 300 plastic water bottles. One filter is $8, and a six-pack is $38.
Its larger countertop model is the Ultramax Dispenser, which holds 18 cups and can fit in the refrigerator with a bit of extra space, $42.
Brita says its pitcher is BPA free and its filters remove bad tastes/odors, chlorine and the heavy metals copper, cadmium and mercury.
Recycling of filters has been an issue for the green consumer, so in 2008 Brita launched a recycling program where consumers can drop off their filter at an area Whole Foods Market or mail them back to the company.
PUR says its two-stage filter reduces three times more contaminants than Brita and takes out 99.9 percent of lead and parasites (microbiological cysts). They also claim to reduce 96 percent of pharmaceuticals in tap water.
Its pitchers leave fluoride in your water, though, which some consumers believe can cause bone disease or is linked to cancer.
There are three styles of pitchers, starting at about $15. One style lets you add a shot of flavor (including lemon, grape or peach) starting at $24. That and the 2-Stage Oval Water Pitcher features a built-in LED light to show when the filter needs replacement. All PUR pitchers hold at least seven cups of water.
Its filter will process about 40 gallons before it needs to be replaced ($6.50 to $8 per filter, less for multi-packs). Flavor cartridges are $6 to $10.
PUR's larger water dispenser holds 18 cups, can fit in the fridge and costs about $29.
A new contender on the U.S. water-filter pitcher market is from Mavea, which, interestingly, is made by Europe's original Brita (in the U.S., the Brita name was purchased by Clorox).
It boasts a sleek, modern style. The Elemaris model is $30, comes in black or white and holds five cups. It touts a "pour-through lid" and a meter that measures water hardness, volume and the length of time the filter has been in use. The filters can be recycled, the company says.
The Elemaris XL, $32, holds nine cups, and the Marella XL holds eight cups and costs $25. The Maxtra filter uses both carbon and "ion exchange resin beads" to remove the common unwanted elements, the company says.
In addition, Mavea claims its filter will remove the herbicides atrazine and simazune, and toxic chemicals benzene and tetrachloroethylene, which have been linked to blood and nervous system diseases and cancer.
The Mavea filter also leaves fluoride in the water.
One replacement filter is $7.75; a three-pack is about $18 and the company says the filters can be recycled.
Consumer Reports thoroughly tested water-filter systems in 2007, and ranked the Clear2O pitchers as second best (after the more expensive Tersano, described below – Brita was third).
Good Housekeeping picked the Clear2O as one of its top eight products launched in 2007.
There is only one style of Clear2O pitcher, which the company says fills in 34 seconds. The pitcher's filter is certified to reduce up to 53 contaminants (emphasis on parasites, asbestos, lead and mercury), and each filter will clean up about 50 gallons, it says.
The pitcher has a "quick-connect hose" to the tap and holds nine cups. It costs about $20, and filters are about $9 each.
Another popular pitcher is Culligan's slim blue model. It holds two quarts, its filter cartridge will handle about 50 gallons, there is a filter replacement indicator and it costs about $18. The filter cartridge is $6.29 and you can buy a three-pack for about $18.
Culligan says the filter removes the standard contaminants and particulates, but also removes zinc.
The ZeroWater Filtration Pitcher boasts a five-stage filtration system (including an "ion-exchange array," which it doesn't define) and holds a half-gallon of water. It retails for about $35 and has a display that shows the filter is working and when it needs replacing. ZeroWater's pitcher has a push-button dispenser for the refrigerator and a pour spout for the table.
A filter only lives through about 25 gallons of water, and replacement filters aren't cheap at $30 for a two-pack. It comes with a stick-like meter that measures the total dissolved solids in the water.
ZeroWater's filter removes fluoride, and the company says the filter is not certified to reduce microbiological cysts, as some other pitcher-makers say they can. It does remove all detectable dissolved solids, ZeroWater says.
ZeroWater recycles its filters, and its pitchers contain no BPAs. The company states that there are no established protocols to determine whether any pitcher filter can remove pharmaceuticals.
Its slick, larger version is actually a bottle filtration system that you place atop a bottled water dispenser. Fill it with tap water using a pitcher (no more expensive, big, heavy bottles to heft on the dispenser). This larger bottle has two filters to handle more water and costs about $80.
The Tersano Lotus LWT100 was the top pitcher pick by Consumer Reports in their study of water-filter pitchers three years ago. It's also fairly expensive at prices up to almost $400.
The countertop product claims to filter out most all troubling chemicals and pathogens with a two-stage system which includes adding ozone to the water (which, it says, will "destroy more than 99.99 percent of bacteria and viruses.")
The second carbon filter removes "pesticides, wastes, other chemical contaminants, plus any remaining ozone."
The system, the company says, is more effective and cost-efficient than reverse osmosis filtration systems, which commonly are used in whole-house water filter systems.
Tersano says the pitcher filter lasts through 365 gallons, for a per gallon cost of about 11 cents, much less expensive than most competitors. The LWT100 uses two containers – a "processing carafe" and an optional "clean water carafe" for serving.
The clean-water carafe holds up to two quarts of water, and the filter replacement is about $40. We could not find any certification from independent groups such as the NSF for the Tersano pitcher.
Two filters are available for any of DuPont's pitchers – the Vista (6 cups, $36.25), Traditional (8 cups,comes with three lids in different colors, $21.50), and Deluxe. The larger Deluxe (13 cups) is outfitted with a dual filter, and the company calls it their premium product.
That double filter will process 120 gallons, and DuPont offers two types of filters for its pitchers: the Universal will handle 60 gallons before it needs replacing, as will the Ultra Protection . Both filters will also fit most Brita, PUR and Culligan pitchers, the company says.
On its website, Dupont offers detailed information about its products and certifications, including a list of contaminants its filters remove. The double filter lists the standard chlorine, particulates and metals, but adds lead, 1,2-Dichloropropane (a chemical solvent that is rarely used today), endrin (a pesticide/rodent killer not sold for general use in the U.S. since 1986), lindane (a pesticide banned in many countries and scaled back in the U.S.) and tetrachloroethylene (a dry-cleaning solvent that is carcinogenic), among others.
Aqua Blue Barrier
Barrier is a Russian-based company that produces two pitchers, the Premia and the larger Grand. The latter boasts a pitcher that can hold 1.9 quarts and a filter that can process 95 gallons of water (more than twice as much as most others).
It lists 14 contaminants that are filtered – beyond the standard chlorine and heavy metals, the company says the pitcher's filter can remove most lead, antibiotics, petroleum contaminants, aluminum and DDT.
Online the Grand is $28, complete with a filter and a timer to tell you when a new filter is needed. The Premia holds five cups of water and fits into the refrigerator.
Replacement filters are about $11.
Crystal Quest
This pitcher is larger than others, holding up to 12 cups, but its biggest selling point is a "four-stage filter" that will process 2,000 gallons over a 6- to 12-month lifespan. It comes in clear or blue, and costs about $25. The replacement filters are about $15.50 (and cost less if you buy more).
The company says its filter removes chlorine, heavy metals including lead, copper and aluminum, as well as "other dissolved metals." Crystal Quest also says its Eagle Redox Alloy filter is "antimicrobial" and will inhibit bacterial growth (algae, fungi and more).
Cuisinart CleanWater
Venture into higher-end, sleeker-looking water-filter countertop products with the Cuisinart CleanWater , which holds 2 gallons, dispenses hot, cold or room-temperature water and has blue and red LED lights to tell you when your water is ready.
The CleanWater has a brushed stainless steel housing, removeable water tank and a filter that promises to clean up to 48 gallons in about three months. The product costs $150 and replacement filters are $20.
The GF-80 filter for the CleanWater reduces most chlorine and metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, copper) along with benzene, the toxic solvent toluene and tetrachloroethylene.
The Ovopur
As much art object as water dispenser, the Ovopur is made by Aquavo and available in select stores. The creation by Manuel Desrochers is a big, beautiful, filtered dispenser that holds about 3 gallons of water (or any other liquid you'd like to put in it).
Its Aquacristal filter can handle more than 500 gallons (or about four months) before it needs replacing. .
The dispenser is made of chemical-free porcelain with lead-free glazing. The filter cartridge is made mostly of hand-blown, lead-free Pyrex glass.
The filter, according to one retailer's website, is designed to reproduce the natural filtration process of water. They don't list exactly what is filtered out (other than chemicals and organic pollutants), but say the filter is made of carbon, bioceramics and quartz crystal.
The Ovopur weighs in at 23 pounds when it's empty, and comes with either an acrylic glass or wood base. It costs $835.
If you want to go all out, check out the limited-edition Caviar Staccato or Caviar Marcoto, both beautiful double-bubble-shaped filtered dispensers. They're shining black ceramic bottles with sleek embellishments. Each is $896.


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The world depends on mariners. Mariners depend on SCI. And we depend on you.
On May 18, 2010, SCI staff, chaplains, veteran mariners and supporters gathered at the American Merchant Mariners' Memorial in Battery Park for a National Maritime Day service honoring the legacy and contributions of merchant mariners. A luncheon at SCI's Water Street headquarters followed.
Photos by April Hegner.
SCI maintains a staff of professional chaplains with interfaith and cross-cultural backgrounds. Chaplains and volunteers assist thousands each year, extending a hand of friendship and hospitality.


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While "National Treasure 3" will bring the Disney action-team back together once again for box office domination, don't start lining up at the multiplex any time soon. Bringing the whole crew back together is going to take some time and planning.
Director Jon Turteltaub tells PopcornBiz that at this point they are waiting for the perfect screenplay "which has to be awesome at this point. At this point (the third movie), it cannot suck."
Then comes the work of bringing back the likes of Nic Cage (who also stars in Turteltaub's "Sorcerer's Apprentice" opening Friday), Jon Voight and Justin Bartha.
"So you finish the screenplay and Nic's not available this month, and then Justin Bartha's not available until this month," says Turteltaub. "Sometimes it just takes longer. Maybe by the time we do it there will be whole new treasures discovered. New relics to find."
Less pessimistically, NT3 should start filming towards the end of 2010 is slated to open sometime in 2011.
The film will call for yet another collaboration between Cage and Turteltaub, who actually took part in the same drama club together at Beverly Hills High School. Cage has talked ruefully about losing out to Turteltaub for the lead in the school production of "Our Town." In truth there were no hard feelings.
"He forgave me in about an hour," says Turteltaub, speaking while hosting a fundraising event for Creative Visions Foundation (which raised 150,000 to build an entire school in Africa).
Rather than an acting rivalry, Turteltaub instead focused on the one high school production that truly brought out the star power: "Oklahoma!" Cage was sinister farm hand Jud Frye and Turteltaub was cowboy Will Parker.
"Imagine that, it was Nic Cage, myself and Lenny Kravitz was the drummer in the school orchestra," he laughs. "That's Beverly Hills High School."


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CORONADO — The United States and Mexico on Tuesday signed a landmark pact designed to bring more stability to water supplies from the Colorado River and deliver fresh flows to help rejuvenate the once-lush delta wetlands just south of the border.
Water officials and environmentalists hailed the agreement as a milestone in U.S.-Mexico relations that promises immediate and sweeping benefits. They said it also sets precedence for future alliances in a region historically known more for conflict than compromise.
"It will help ease turmoil along the river," said Halla Razak, who tracks Colorado River issues for the San Diego County Water Authority. "This will have a monumental effect."
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and high-ranking Mexican federal authorities witnessed the accord-signing during a ceremony held at the Hotel del Coronado.
"We are not just neighbors with Mexico, we are true partners," said U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor.
José Luis Luege, head of Mexico's National Water Commission, called it "the beginning of a new stage in water relations" between the two countries.
The pact is more pilot than permanent, extending just five years until it has to be reopened. It establishes a number of policies for both sides, including defining rights to Lake Mead water, repairing the earthquake-damaged irrigation network in the Mexicali Valley and guaranteeing flows for fish and wildlife in the Mexican delta.
"Even though we are two separate nations, we do share one water supply," said Jeanine Jones, California's principal expert on the river. "We do have to work together to get better together."
Salazar said the agreement shows an evolution toward cooperation between all parties with a stake in the Colorado River and could act as an "international model" for other river-sharing negotiations, such as those involving the Rio Grande.
"We have chosen collaboration over conflict," he said.
Salazar cited several looming challenges that the pact is meant to address. Growth is one. Another is climate change, which scientists said is taking a toll on the entire Colorado River system by prolonging dry spells.
"We are connected by our alliance on the Colorado River, and together we face the risk of reduced supplies in the years ahead," he said.
The agreement, formally known as Minute 319, will be carried out under the overarching 1944 U.S.-Mexico water treaty. It was negotiated through U.S. and Mexican sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission, a U.S.-Mexico panel created to address border issues.
U.S. Commissioner Edward Drusina said the agreement will help authorities in both nations gain insights for future agreements to "better manage water resources on the Colorado River for decades to come."
But not everyone is on board.
The Imperial Irrigation District, which holds legal rights to three-fourths of California's allocation of Colorado River water, refused to endorse the deal. It deadlocked on Nov. 16 with a 2-2 vote. The board was split because of its concerns that there has been considerable resistance from the Metropolitan Water District to the Imperial district's efforts to bank surplus water in Lake Mead.
The giant Metropolitan Water District, which provides part of the San Diego region's water supply, will have access to a 47,000-acre-foot share of the water created by conservation efforts on the Mexico side over the next five years. Metropolitan will pay $5 million for that water.
"It helps firm up our Colorado River supplies and it brings to the table another important partner in Mexico," said Jeff Kightlinger, general manager for Metropolitan.
The agency and the San Diego County Water Authority also expect to receive "credits" for their role in improving the delta. That way, the two entities may be relieved of some pressures to mitigate environmental impacts caused by various river diversions and transfers on the U.S. side.
"The opportunities to do environmental restoration are probably better in Mexico. It's less developed, with natural terrain," Kightlinger said.
The accord also includes language pledging to pursue desalination projects in Mexico. One of those is in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, and includes the San Diego County Water Authority as a partner.
For Mexico, the pact is important for its economy and environment.
A central element involves extending an emergency humanitarian agreement set to expire next year that allows that country to store some of its unused river allocation in Lake Mead. Mexico has struggled to repair its water delivery network that was ripped apart by an Easter 2010 earthquake and forcing growers in the Mexicali Valley to fallow thousands of acres.
As part of the pact, Mexico will receive $21 million for water projects. Most of it will go to repair those damaged canals, pumps and other irrigation improvements. In return, the U.S. side is guaranteed about 124,000 acre feet of water created by the new system's efficiencies.
Mexico will also have the right to draw additional water beyond its 1.5 million acre-feet allocation if Lake Mead fills above a certain level. Conversely, Mexico will have its allocations reduced if Lake Mead shrinks much farther.
There is also language pledging both countries to provide "expedited consideration" to resolving issues that may arise should an agency submit plans to build a diversion connected to the All-American Canal in the Imperial Valley so water could be delivered to Mexico's Colorado River-Tijuana aqueduct in an emergency.
For the delta, environmentalists say the pact is history-making. The delta has been going thirsty for years because of upstream diversion, putting in peril a rich vein of wildlife. As a result, stretches are more desert that riparian, and habitat for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife has been spotty.
"Working together to find solutions rather than going through conflict is really exciting," said Osvel Hinojosa, director of the water and wetlands program for Pronatura Noroeste, one of the leading environmental groups involved in negotiating the agreement.
The United States, Mexico and environmental groups will jointly provide enough water, about 106,000 acre feet, to mimic a flood event that scientists believe will ultimately help replenish the delta.
Following that, the various parties will continue providing set amounts of base flows to keep the delta from drying up again, at least during the five-year life of the pilot program.
This element "is very important in that it's not only the delivery of the water but a test to see how the system responds hydrologically and ecologically," Hinojosa said.
In the United States, Jennifer Pitt, who worked on the pact for the Environmental Defense Fund, described the accord as "groundbreaking."
"Restoration will be critical to all wildlife in the Sonoran Desert, where the river is really an oasis," Pitt said. "It is also critical to the communities that have lost their connection to the river."


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Every summer for the past 75 years, the earliest stories of Mormonism come to life on a stage set high on the Hill Cumorah in Palmyra, N.Y. The location, considered to be the birthplace of Mormonism, is where the Angel Moroni delivered the golden plates to Joseph Smith, the religion's founding father. The annual event attracts thousands of tourists who come not only for the show but to visit the sites that set the foundations of their religion, like the Sacred Grove and the farm where Joseph Smith lived.
LightBox sent Lauren Lancaster to photograph the pageant's opening night. It was her first experience learning about Mormonism, and Lancaster suggested we speak to the actors in the performance. LightBox asked 16-year-old Samuel Hatch from Salt Lake City, the actor playing Joseph Smith, to explain the event and how it feels to be the leading man of the show.
What is the pageant about?
The show is about the Book of Mormon and how the records were brought fourth in the latter days by Joseph Smith.
How did you end up in the play?
My mom came for three years when she was a teenager. She had such a wonderful experience and wanted our family to do it. I didn't expect to get the part of Joseph Smith, but I did.
Why do you think you were chosen to play Smith?
They were not just looking for someone to only deliver lines but were looking for someone with the right hair and physical appearance, I think.
How long do you get to practice?
I was cast on the 6th of July. It's not too complex but I have to make sure I have my lines down.
The cast consists of around 750 people playing 1,200 parts, but I only get to play one.
What's the best part?
The most insightful part for me has been to think about the man (Smith) establishing the church. I wonder if I would had that strength? It's humbling to me because he was such an amazing man.
What was the hardest part of being in the show?
At first it was intimidating, thinking about a nightly audience of 5,000, but I've lost that fear and now I do my best to help the others find the spirit.
Can you tell us about the hair style?
My hair was pretty long and they saw potential in it. I had two haircuts one day and then another. Its kind of unfortunate but its for a good cause so I took that mindset.
Do you see yourself doing it again?
I would most definitely do it again. In the future I hope to bring my family here, just as my mom shared this experience with us.
The Hill Cumorah Pageant, an annual summer event, is performed in Palmyra, N.Y., each night through July 21. For more information, visit their site here.


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I managed to follow the great play-off between AFC Wimbledon (to whom, many congratulations) and Luton Town (to whom, commiserations) at least live online. Football at its most exciting. I wonder if Andy Burnham chose quite the right words though when he tweeted "Wimbledon back in Football League. Brilliant. A great victory for all football supporters over the money men. Well done to all at AFC." I'm sure he wasn't referring to Luton as 'the money men', although his comment would have been entirely appropriate if Wimbledon had beaten Crawley Town.
Yesterday, with the final day of Premier League games, unfortunately found me in the Tirol in a hotel room, arriving and logging on just after the games had started. Heady stuff, and probably the most exciting afternoon in the PL all season. As Alan Hansen was moved to write (1), "The big winner has been the Premier League itself, because this season has shown it to be the most exciting of the lot. " I'm not sure that I would enirely agree with his argument.
It struck me, particularly as I was feeling somewhat removed from the action, that it was distinctly odd that all the excitement was over who would or wouldn't be relegated. Aston Villa v. Liverpool, Everton v. Chelsea, and Fulham v. Arsenal were attracting very little attention from the twitterati. Is this the grand scheme of things that the greedy breakaway Chairman of the old First Division envisioned some twenty years ago? I came to the conclusion that in fact, yes, it was, had they bothered to think their plans through. To me it is yet another symptom of what is wrong with the governance of English football. Who is or isn't relegated is clearly an important part of the general excitment of football, but it surely shoudn't be the major focus.
The sacking of Ancelotti (2) because "this season's performances have fallen short of expectations and the club feels the time is right to make this change ahead of next season's preparations" to me provides yet more evidence of just how dysfunctional the Premier League has become.
Relegation from the Premier League undoubtedly puts serious financial pressure on a club. When the drop in broadcasting revenues is netted off against the parachute payment, one is looking at a drop of £30m-£25m in revenues. To this must be added a drop in matchday revenues (reduced attendance and lowered ticket prices) and a drop in merchandising sales, although these will vary from club to club, depending on the loyalty of their fans, in particular how large the core of 'till I die' fans is. Clubs may face a contractual drop in sponsorship fees, and may or may not have had the wisdom to include relegation clauses in their players' contracts. In other words, any club relegated faces a financial problem, but some may face significantly harder problems than those who had planned for the eventuality. Clubs will also be in different states of financial health to start with.
Last week I was asked by BBC West Midlands to review the prospects for Wolves and Birmingham City should they be relegated. On virtually every financial measure Wolves looked far more resilient to facing the drop than Birmingham City. West Ham will undoubtedly face serious difficulties too, and only Blackppol look reasonably equipped to face the drop.
The Football League season is not quite finished, but further down the pyramid things are clearer with respect to next season. AFC Wimbledon and Crawley Town are joining the Football league, the epitome of fan ownership and 'benefactor'-induced financial doping respectively. At the other end of the Conference National, it's goodbye to Southport, Altincham (whose luck in benefitting from other clubs' financial problems finally ran out, Eastbourne Borough, and Histon. I'm sorry to see Eastbourne Borough go down as they were the most senior English club which is a Community Interest Company (CIC). As an interesting aside, the Scottish Premier League may well have a CIC as a menber in the coming season – St Mirren (3). This is a case that is well worth following, as the current owners are seeking to sell the club in a way that was "making sure it remained sustainable and debt-free" (4).
Lower down the pyramid, the upcoming movements are plotted here. Good to see resurrection clubs AFC Telford and Farsely on the way up. It's interesting to note that Ilkeston are listed as 'reinstated', good news for their fans following their resurrection (5), but I wonder what, for example, King's Lynn fans or Grays Athletic fans will make of the reinstatement decision.
Finally I turn to a football story that is relevant to me in my immediate circumstances, but which does not seem to have well covered by the English-speaking media, although due credit to Yahoo! Sport (6) for being an exception. The story quite simply is that a major derby match between Rapid Vienna and Austria Vienna was abandoned after 26 minutes following a major pitch invasion – see here and here. Disturbing images that we hope we will not see moving further northwards and westwards. After thirty minutes of disruption, the police felt unable to guarantee the safety of the players in a resumed match. We seem to have moved onward from such dark days in England, and it was good to note the Birmingham City fans staying on at White Hart Lane to show what they had in common with Spurs fans (7).
Mind you, I suspect that "Thursday night, Channel Five" is not really going to catch on on the terraces.


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A great martial arts master and a female warrior attempt to retrieve the stolen legendary sword Green Destiny.
Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi
Directed by Ang Lee
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Opened in Theaters - Friday, December 22nd, 2000 (19 years ago)
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