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William C. Duesterhoeft was born December 10, 1921, in Austin, Texas, and died June 14, 1996, after completing the 17th hole of the Great Hills Golf Course in Austin. Dusty's passing marked the end of an era for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Duesterhoeft spent 48 of his 74 years in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University. This accounting neglects the times he came on campus as a teenager to see the Annual Electrical Engineering Power Show. He matriculated in 1939 and graduated with a BSEE in January 1943. He took a job with General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York, where he did design and development work on a mass spectrometer for the Manhattan Project and on an airborne radar for controlling antiaircraft guns. He was impressed with the quality of the technical staff at GE and was proud of his contribution to the war effort while there.
Dr. Duesterhoeft returned to Austin in 1946, and taught as instructor and assistant professor while working on a master's degree, which was awarded in 1949. His master's thesis was "A Simplified Method of Determining Instantaneous Currents and Voltages of an Ideal Synchronous Machine During Unbalanced Short Circuits," written under Professor Edith Clarke. In 1949 he married Doris Mahoney, a staff member in the registrar's office. They moved to Pasadena, California, where he entered the graduate program in electrical engineering at California Institute of Technology. Dr. Duesterhoeft's research at Cal Tech in high voltage and electric arc phenomena resulted in a PhD in 1953. His dissertation, written under the supervision of Professor G. D. McGann, was entitled Temperature Measurements of Large Power Arcs and the Relation of Temperature to Dielectric Recovery.
From 1952 to 1954, Dr. Duesterhoeft was employed by General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas, and worked on digital processor applications to reconnaissance systems. In the spring of 1954, he was a lecturer at Southern Methodist University. He returned to UT Austin as associate professor that fall. He was promoted to professor in 1961 and became professor emeritus in 1995. Except for brief research appointments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the General Atomics Division of General Dynamics, Dr. Duesterhoeft gave himself fully to teaching, research, and administration in the department until he retired in 1992. In retirement, he continued to teach two courses per semester through May 1996.
Dr. Duesterhoeft's teaching contributions were many and varied. He taught courses in electric power, signal analysis, circuit theory, electronics, information theory, electromagnetics, control theory, plasma engineering, and advanced engineering mathematics. His teaching style was to come to class well prepared, but always ready to think through a topic on his feet as he presented the material. His goal was to engage the class in the development of the topic and he was not adverse to wandering a bit if an interesting question came to light. Among the teaching awards Dr. Duesterhoeft received were the Convair Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching (1958), The University of Texas Student Association Teaching Excellence Award (1961), and the Student Engineering Council Teaching Award (1977). Over the years Dr. Duesterhoeft supervised 44 master's and 12 doctoral students and served as reader for many other students. He published 29 refereed articles and 39 other publications, and was awarded two patents.
Dr. Duesterhoeft's research and consulting interests were equally diverse. He was interested in traditional electric power engineering topics and in the latest developments in information-based engineering. He published scholarly papers and research reports on electric machines and power systems, electromagnetic waves, instrumentation techniques, plasma engineering, radar, and circuit theory. In 1963 he initiated a research program with the Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation that led to an institutional grant to the University for controlled nuclear fusion research. Dr. Duesterhoeft also worked with Dr. A. A. Dougal to obtain the Department of Defense Joint Services Electronics Program in 1964. He was associated with Drs. F. E. Brooks and Archie W. Straiton in the research program in electromagnetics at the Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory, and also with Drs. H. W. Smith and Francis X. Bostick in electric well logging for petroleum exploration and production.
Dr. Duesterhoeft's contributions to the faculty and students of the department as an advisor and administrator were significant over many decades. Although he was never chairman, Dr. Duesterhoeft "ran" the teaching program of the department for many years. He negotiated teaching assignments, assigned graders and teaching assistants, managed the registration process, produced the course schedule, and oversaw the faculty advising system, doing much of the detailed advising himself. His door was always open, and he always had time to help someone or for a good story. His contributions to student advising were recognized by a Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association in 1985.
Professor Duesterhoeft was a member of numerous honorary and professional organizations: Phi Eta Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, the American Institute for Electrical Engineers, the Institute for Radio Engineers, the American Physical Society, the National Panel for the Engineering Council for Professional Development, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which elected him a Life Fellow. He was a registered professional engineer in Texas, and consulted with many industrial organizations. He was listed in Who's Who in Engineering and American Men of Science.
Dusty was a strong family man. He was fond of his many relatives around the Austin area. He was devoted to his wife. He was very proud of the achievements of his daughter, Dr. D'Ann Duesterhoeft, who graduated from the electrical and computer engineering department and went on to become a doctor specializing in anesthesiology. D'Ann is married to Dan McGraw, M.D., and is the mother of Meridith and Madeline McGraw.
Dr. Duesterhoeft was an active Lutheran all of his life. He served St. Martin's Lutheran Church both as trustee and president. His Christian faith was sincerely held and expressed itself in his personal integrity and willingness to serve where needed.
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There's plenty of uncertainty out there in the markets these days. From slowing growth in key emerging markets like China and developed Europe's debt woes, to the various political issues here in the United States, uncertainty seems to be the only certain thing facing investors. Given this fact, finding ways to position one's portfolio can be a daunting task.
We all know that we need some allocation to stocks, especially if we have a long-term timeline; but large caps can lag in rising markets and smaller firms can be decimated if the global economy really turns sour. With all the ambiguity plaguing the global economy, both of these outcomes seem perfectly feasible. Perhaps the best equity position might lie somewhere in the middle.
The Market's Sweet Spot
For those investors looking for better growth opportunities than what large-cap stocks can offer, but minus the extreme volatility that plagues small-cap stocks, the often overlooked mid-cap space could be exactly what a portfolio needs. Defined as companies with market caps between $2 billion and $10 billion, they provide the right mixture of attributes for a slow- or fast-moving market.
First, mid-cap firms have plenty of advantages over their smaller sisters. Generally, these firms include seasoned management teams, as they are past the volatile start-up phase. Their slightly larger size also provides them with an easier time accessing the capital markets and in many cases, mid-cap companies are financially stable with steady cash flows. That financial stability allows them to create better IT infrastructures and broader distribution channels. That fiscal health also allows many mid caps to have the cash reserves necessary to bail out the firm in case of short-term problems.
That cash also leads to another mid-cap benefit versus its smaller peers: dividends. More than half of the firms within the S&P Midcap 400 (ARCA:MDY) pay dividends, and that broad index is currently offering an average 0.5% yield.
On the flip side, mid caps still offer plenty of growth opportunities as they mature, unlike large-cap giants such as Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) or ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM). Room for multiple expansions across new product lines, less overall bureaucracy and generally more entrepreneurial spirit help to drive mid-cap growth. That growth is also being driven by its larger sisters. The recent buildup of company cash over the past few years has produced a buyout binge not seen in years. Reluctant to hire or open new plants, many large caps have gone on acquisition sprees to spur growth. Mid-cap firms are often the targets of these buyouts.
"Goldilocks" Equals Outperformance
Being in the market's sweet spot certainly has its advantages when it comes to outperformance. Over the last 10 years - which included two recessions and resulting rebounds - mid caps have outperformed both their larger and smaller sisters by a wide margin. The Russell Midcap Index (ARCA:IWR) has produced a roughly 9.88% annual return in that timeframe. The broader Russell 3000 (ARCA:IWW) and small-cap weighted Russell 2000 (ARCA:IWM), however, have only produced returns of 7.01 and 9%, respectively.
Extending that timeline further out and mid caps continue to shine versus their smaller and larger peers. According to data provided by Fact Set, mid-cap stocks have "historically offered a favorable risk/reward tradeoff versus both large- and small-cap stocks."
Taking the Mid-Cap Plunge
Given the group's positive fast or slow moving market attributes, investors may want to give mid caps a strong position in their portfolios. There are plenty of household names in the sector, such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq:GMCR) or burger joint Wendy's (Nasdaq:WEN). However, the space may be best navigated through a broad basket approach. There are plenty of mutual funds and closed-ended funds that offer access, but exchange-traded funds or ETFs allow investors to bet on a wide swath of the firms under one ticker.
Both the SPDR S&P MidCap 400 and iShares Russell Midcap can provide investors exposure to the two most popular indexes and be used to instantly beef-up the portion of mid caps in one's portfolio. Add ETFs low expense ratios and intraday tradability, and you have a recipe for making sure your portfolio has coverage in both fast- and slow-going markets.
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Given all the uncertainty facing the global economy, there's an equal chance for either a slow- or high-growth scenario. That means investors may want to add mid-cap stocks to their portfolios. Featuring the right amount of growth and stability, mid caps represent a great opportunity to play the current and future marketplace.


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The prize medallion in the fifth annual Emerald City Search was found early Tuesday on an ivy-covered fence near the Qwest Field north parking lot.
A battery-powered headlamp may not be the most fashionable accessory, but Kem Valliant-Saunders certainly makes good use of hers.
It's handy when she goes camping, hiking or running in the evening hours to train for a marathon.
And shortly after midnight Tuesday, the lamp paid for itself many times over, helping Valliant-Saunders spot the prize medallion in the fifth annual Emerald City Search, worth more than $6,800 in entertainment, art and cultural experiences over the next year.
"When I saw what it was, I screamed," said Valliant-Saunders, 29, of Seattle, who'll share the prize with her friend and co-searcher, Patrick Gibbs, 37, of Mountlake Terrace.
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Gibbs, who carried a flashlight, was a few yards away when Valliant-Saunders saw a glint of light reflected by a 4-inch-long copper tube hidden behind ivy leaves, about knee-high on a chain-link fence at the edge of the Qwest Field north parking lot.
The metal cylinder bore the word "Bumbershoot," and inside was a ruby-crowned metal-and-fabric umbrella, created by Bellingham artist Jim Dixon, along with a message confirming that this was, indeed, the object of this year's search. The exact form and shape of the medallion, which changes each year, had been kept a secret.
"I heard her scream a block away," said Jeff McCord, of Playmasons LLC, which conducts the search, partnering for the second year with One Reel, producers of Bumbershoot. McCord had come down to the Pioneer Square area to be close at hand if the prize was found after the midnight online release of the seventh daily clue.
The prize package Valliant-Saunders and Gibbs have won opens with two Platinum Passes to each day of Bumbershoot, Seattle's Music & Arts Festival, Saturday through Monday at Seattle Center.
Tickets and VIP passes to other shows, exhibitions and performances continue through the year.
Valliant-Saunders, a scientist with Benaroya Research Institute, and Gibbs, a grant administrator for the University of Washington, didn't start looking until several days into the contest. In past years, they've concluded that the first few clues do little more than set a theme for the event and provide material that gains meaning as later clues are added.
Valliant-Saunders also had an "expert" to bounce some of her hunches off — her friend, Leigh Ann Johnson, who won the event two years ago. Johnson urged her to think creatively and to watch out for clues that point too obviously at a location, potential red herrings.
Gibbs and Valliant-Saunders said they were intrigued by clues that suggested the prize location had something to do with a square.
"I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where everything is a square, but there aren't many squares in Seattle," Gibbs said. They could think of only two: Red Square at the UW, and Pioneer Square.
Gibbs spent some time prowling campus Monday morning but eventually joined Valliant-Saunders in Pioneer Square.
"We probably did more than 10 laps around the pergola. We were becoming the strangest people in the area," he said.
They searched from about 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, then decided to take a break and come back to the area, waiting in a parked car to check the midnight clue release on their smartphones.
The Tuesday clue's reference to hedera, a species of ivy, sent Gibbs and Valliant-Saunders back to the ivy-covered fence that she had noticed, but avoided, earlier in the day, because a construction crew was working on the sidewalk nearby.
But at night, with the workers gone, the fence appeared more accessible.
"On Sunday I had a dream we were going to find it," said Gibbs. Although the dream didn't actually tell him where the medallion was hidden, it provided an encouraging boost for the treasure seekers.
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June 30th will mark Clara Godine's last official day on the job. After working 39 years for the Lauderdale County School District, Godine who now serves as Curriculum Director is retiring.
"It's time! It's time. You know when it's time."
Godine says at the start of this past school year she knew it would be her last.
"There just comes a time when you know you have brought to this position your life. You have brought your talents. You've brought your skills. You just know when it's time to pass the baton on to someone else."
Godine says she has enjoyed all the years that she worked with the district, but what makes her most proud is the 17 years that she taught English at Northeast High School.
"The work that I did with individuals students and the feedback that I've gotten back from them, that says that I made a difference in their lives.
As with anything, Godine says over the years there have been "ups" and "downs" on the job but even if she could do it over, she would not change a thing.
"I've come out stronger and I'm wiser and I'm a better person because any and all experiences I've had I wouldn't change a single one."
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Osama bin Laden has been killed in an American operation in Pakistan, President Obama announced from the White House on Sunday, calling his death "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaida."
Osama bin Laden has been killed in an American operation in Pakistan, President Obama announced from the White House on Sunday, calling his death "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaida."
In a statement delivered from the East Room, Obama said a small team of U.S. personnel attacked a compound in Pakistan's Abbottabad Valley, where bin Laden had been hiding since late last summer. The U.S. team killed the 54-year-old al-Qaida leader after a firefight and "took custody of his body," Obama said.
"We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies," a somber Obama said in a nine-minute statement. "We will be true to the values that make us who we are. And on nights like this one we can say to families who have lost loved ones to al-Qaida's terror: Justice has been done."
The killing of bin Laden — which set off cheers outside the White House gates and lit up the Internet with celebration — will provide a clear moment of victory for Obama. It comes at a time of deep political turmoil overseas that is upending long-standing U.S. policy in much of the Muslim world, particularly the Arab Middle East.
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The news also drew praise across the usually tall partisan divide.
House Republican leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said in a statement: "The men and women of our armed forces and intelligence community have fought valiantly for the last decade, and this is a major victory and testament to their dedication."
Bin Laden was holed up in a two-story mansion in the Bilal area of Abbottabad, about 60 miles north of Islamabad, when four helicopters carrying U.S. anti-terror forces swooped in the early-morning hours of Monday and killed him.
Flames rose from the building that was the apparent target of the raid as it was confirmed that the world's most wanted fugitive died not in a cave, but in a town best known as a garrison for the Pakistani military. A U.S. official said one of bin Laden's sons and three others also were killed in the raid, but the official did not name them.
Pakistani officials and a witness said bin Laden's guards opened fire from the roof of the building, and one of the choppers crashed. The sound of at least two explosions rocked the town. U.S. officials said no Americans were harmed in the raid.
Women and children were taken into custody during the raid, said an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.
Abbotabad resident Mohammad Haroon Rasheed said the raid happened about 1:15 a.m. local time.
"I heard a thundering sound, followed by heavy firing. Then firing suddenly stopped. Then more thundering, then a big blast," he said. "In the morning when we went out to see what happened, some helicopter wreckage was lying in an open field."
The development comes two months before Obama is scheduled to begin bringing home some of the 100,000 U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan, a drawdown he promised when he widened the American involvement there at the end of 2009.
Public support for the war and Obama's management of it has deteriorated steadily since then, in part because many Americans are uncertain of the long-term U.S. goal in the nearly decade-old conflict and how much progress international forces have made there over that time. More Americans disapprove of Obama's management of the war than approve of it, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Whether bin Laden's death will have a tangible impact on al-Qaida's operational capability is unclear, given that, hunkered down in Pakistan's lawless border region for years, he has served more as the group's spiritual leader than military commander.
But it almost certainly will help lift support for U.S. involvement in the war, which Obama intends to wind down through 2014, and give the president an irrefutable national-security achievement to showcase during his re-election effort. Obama said he first received intelligence of bin Laden's possible whereabouts in August, and gave the order Sunday for the operation that ended in his death.
"There is no doubt that al-Qaida will continue to pursue attacks against us," Obama said. "We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad. As we do, we must also reaffirm that the United States is not at war with islam."
With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaching this year, bin Laden's assassination could benefit Obama domestically even more than the capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein helped propel former President George W. Bush to re-election in 2004.
Although former Bush officials were quick to declare bin Laden's death a military victory that transcended party lines, it represented the culmination of Bush's promise, never fulfilled during his time in office, to capture the al-Qaida leader "dead or alive."
One senior U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Obama administration is considering burying bin Laden's body at sea, to prevent the creation of a place of homage to the al-Qaida leader.
"We don't want a bunch of people going to the shrine forever,' the official said.
That bin Laden was killed — rather than captured — was a victory itself for U.S. officials, who had dreaded the prospect of a long, complicated legal battle if the al-Qaida leader was taken into U.S. custody alive.
With the military brig at Guantánamo Bay no longer being used to house new detainees, and with the country paralyzed by the politics of where and how to try other alleged perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks, the logistics of trying bin Laden could have turned the capture into a spectacle. Now, while bin Laden may become a martyr to his supporters, it will be as an invisible hero.
"Every day he was alive was a symbolic victory," said Dan Byman, director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East policy at the Brookings Institution and professional staff member on the 9/11 commission. "This is a man we have hunted with different degrees of intensity for more than 10 years. … His successful defiance was damaging to the United States."
Bin Laden, the 54-year-old son of a billionaire Saudi Arabian contractor, was wanted by the United States not only for the Sept. 11 attacks but also for al-Qaida's bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, which killed 224 civilians and wounded more than 5,000 people. The U.S. government had offered a $25 million reward for information leading to his capture or death.
He was one of a handful of Islamic radicals who founded al-Qaida — which means "the base" in Arabic — in 1988 to coordinate the efforts of various groups fighting the Soviet army in Afghanistan. After the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, al-Qaida eventually shifted its effort to target another superpower — the United States.
In what appeared at the time as a quixotic campaign, al-Qaida embraced a terrorist agenda to pressure Washington to withdraw U.S. troops from Saudi Arabia and cease its support of its allies in the Arab world. In 1996, bin Laden and al-Qaida issued a written declaration of war against the United States.
There had been no definitive sightings reported of bin Laden since December 2001, when he outfoxed the U.S. military and its proxy Afghan forces at the battle of Tora Bora and slipped away, presumably over the border into Pakistan.
His voice was ostensibly last heard in public in January, when al-Qaida's propaganda arm released an audio statement from him warning France to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
He regularly mocked the inability of the United States and its allies to find him, issuing dozens of audio and video tapes broadcast on the Internet and on television networks such as al-Jazeera. Despite the frequency of his statements, U.S. intelligence officials were unable to follow the trail back to the al-Qaida leader.
Senior U.S. intelligence officials said bin Laden had remained in control of al-Qaida's central command and that its leadership council still reported to him, even as his whereabouts were carefully concealed. But they said bin Laden weighed in on major management decisions less frequently than he did before 2001 due to security precautions that left him inaccessible for long periods of time.
His death marks the culmination of a decadelong CIA effort that officials said began to build momentum against al-Qaida because of two key factors: a major escalation in the campaign of armed Predator and Reaper drones, and an expanding network of informants that the CIA has assembled from stations inside Afghanistan along the Pakistan border.
Indeed, officials said the two components became mutually reinforcing. Drone strikes not only killed militants associated with al-Qaida but sent ripples of anxiety through the network and forced operatives to take substantial risks as they searched for cover.
At the same time, the toll of the drone strikes eroded morale among militant networks, contributing to the agency's effort to assemble a network of informants independent of Pakistan's intelligence services. As the network grew, it fed new intelligence into an elaborate operation used to identify new targets for the drones.
Yet, counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and Pakistan had been at one of its lowest ebbs in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Pakistan has threatened to expel CIA operatives from the country and to force the United States to suspend drone strikes against insurgents and al-Qaida targets — threats that the CIA has brushed aside in increasingly defiant fashion. But Obama said Sunday night that he called Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari to inform him of the operation.
The CIA has carried out 23 drone strikes this year, including one the day after Pakistan's intelligence chief had visited CIA headquarters to demand changes in the relationship. Another strike came one day after Pakistan released a CIA security operative who had been jailed after fatally shooting two Pakistani men in Lahore.
What effect bin Laden's death will have on al-Qaida's operations is uncertain.
Bin Laden's death means he likely will be replaced at the helm by Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who has long served as his chief deputy. Although he also has been in hiding over the past decade, Zawahiri has been the most visible face and voice of al-Qaida, issuing even more audio and video propaganda statements than bin Laden.
Zawahiri, however, is considered a polarizing figure within the top circles of al-Qaida and long has antagonized Islamic radicals from other factions. U.S. counterterrorism officials predicted he would have a much tougher time preserving unity within al-Qaida and attracting fresh followers.
Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert and professor of security studies at Georgetown University, said bin Laden had made preparations for his death ever since 1998 and that al-Qaida almost certainly had a succession plan in place.
Bin Laden repeatedly has said he looked forward to becoming a martyr for al-Qaida's cause; some analysts said he probably did not expect to live as long as he did.
"Zawahiri becomes the obvious heir apparent, and I think he's been running the organization in any event," Hoffman said. "The question is, how effective will Zawahiri be in filling bin Laden's shoes?"


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Former University of Alabama fullback Tommy Lewis and the Crimson Tide men's and women's tennis teams will appear at Coca-Cola Kickoff on the Quad prior to the Alabama-Kentucky football game on Saturday.
Lewis, who lettered for the Tide in 1951-53, will sign autographs in the Legend's Tent between 4:15 and 5:00 pm. Lewis is best known for scoring a touchdown against Rice for a 6-0 lead in the 1954 Cotton Bowl and later coming off the bench to tackle Dickie Moegle.
Lewis is retired and lives in Huntsville following careers in coaching and insurance.
The tennis teams will appear in the Mayfield Ice Cream Team Tent from 5:00-5:45 pm. Activities on the Quad begin three hours prior to kickoff. Included this week are the free Coca-Cola interactive games, face tattoos, free Verizon shakers and other vendors and displays. There is a food court along Sixth Avenue and the northeast corner of the Quad.
The Crimson Tide Network pre-game show with Eli Gold, Tom Roberts and Ken Stabler begins on the Quad at 4:45 p.m.
Kickoff for the Alabama-Kentucky game at Bryant-Denny Stadium is 6:45 p.m. Tuscaloosa Mayor Al DuPont is scheduled to be honored in a ceremony on the field prior to kick-off in the Tide's continuing salute to U.S. military veterans.


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Southern California hired coach Steve Sarkisian to recharge a storied football program that has not won a Pac-12 Conference title since 2008.
Sarkisian, 39, spent the past five years at Washington, leading a program that went 0-12 in 2008 to a 34-29 record, including 8-4 this season. A former quarterback at Brigham Young, Sarkisian was an assistant at USC for seven seasons under Pete Carroll, 2001-03 and 2005-08, including the Trojans' 2003 national title team.
USC is still recovering from NCAA sanctions for the Reggie Bush extra-benefits scandal, and fired fourth-year coach Lane Kiffin five games into the season. Ed Orgeron, USC interim head coach, resigned Monday to pursue a head-coaching job elsewhere, a USC statement said.
"I am extremely excited to be coming home to USC and for the opportunity that USC presents to win championships," Sarkisian said.
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Play Should Have Stopped After First-Down Mistake
The NFL on Monday admitted that officials in Sunday's Giants-Redskins game should have stopped play to clear up the confusion surrounding the conclusion of the game. On the Redskins' final possession of the game, receiver Pierre Garcon was stopped short of a first down, but officials moved the chains for a first down even though referee Jeff Triplette signaled it was third down. That resulted in Washington calling a "first-down" play on third-and-1. Officials then moved the chains back for fourth down and Garcon fumbled to end the game. League officiating head Dean Blandino said that in a situation of "obvious confusion" that "play should have been stopped prior to third down and the correct down communicated to both clubs."
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I would like to nominate the summer of 2012 as the season of speculative science fiction and fantasy. Art house film lovers have had several unique opportunities to dabble in the mysteries of time and space and alternate possibilities. Sound of My Voice kicked things off with a surprisingly grounded look at time travel that had audiences questioning the idea as more of a con game run by members of a religious cult. Safety Not Guaranteed, take two of the sci-fi time warp, mixed in decidedly more humor and an even stronger romantic vibe.
For Ruby Sparks, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) tag team with first-time screenwriter and co-star Zoe Kazan to tell the incredible story of Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano), a young author who finds himself struggling to complete the follow-up to the debut novel that made him one of the brightest literary stars of the late 20th century. Calvin is trapped by the fame generated from this once-in-a-lifetime work and unable to connect with the world around him. He spends time with his brother Harry (Chris Messina) and occasionally drifts close to Langdon Tharp (Steve Coogan), a fellow author, but Calvin longs for a deeper relationship, one that he can control.
Calvin dreams and we see, in the fleeting fragments, what is missing. Calvin wants to love and be loved. He wants those perfect moments, the kind that sound pitch-perfect on the page of a great book or when captured onscreen. Soon, he's able to wake up and jot down snippets. Before long, those puzzling pieces become whole chapters of backstory and character elements and then … the character transforms into a person, a willowy redhead named Ruby (Kazan).
Calvin wakes one morning and she is there, Ruby Sparks in the flesh, ready to prepare breakfast.
She is an artist from Dayton, Ohio. She lives and Calvin can't figure out the how or why of the situation, but at first, he doesn't care. After the initial shock wears off, he embraces the secret mystery of her, the idea that she is his. He retreats into a world with just her.
Eventually, he begins to let others in. He invites Harry in to test the reality of Ruby and they play with the boundaries of her life (and notion that her essence comes from what Calvin types on the page). He takes her out into the world and she starts to evolve into a sentient being, with wants and desires free from Calvin's control. She is Frankenstein's monster in the modern age, a woman loosed, which means that she is obviously far beyond anything that Calvin, a thoroughly disconnected man, can understand.
The resulting control issues and Calvin's struggle to regain the upper hand trick us into believing that this story is all about him, but the heart and soul of Ruby Sparks is Ruby herself. We don't know how she came to be, but she is — she is alive and Kazan captures the wonder of living without a sense of knowing human limits. Ruby truly is the spark in Calvin's life, the catalyst for change. She cracks his shell because she is attuned to the moment. In some fantastic way, she is exactly what you would expect from a character that has leapt off the page or the screen. She is not tied to her backstory. She is all about the action of the present.
Nowhere is this clearer than when Calvin tests her early on with his brother. Harry convinces Calvin to write that she speaks another language to prove that she, indeed, responds to his written conception of her, and as soon as the words appear on the page — she speaks perfect French. Later on, things take a darker and far more ominous turn as Calvin issues commands to impose his will on Ruby.
Yet, Kazan, through the writing and her performance, makes us see that the story is about the emancipation of this character. She is Pinocchio, longing to be a real girl, when, in fact, she was always more real, more human than Calvin. Dano's performance falters, in comparison to Kazan's, because he is relegated to a more reactive position, staring in wonder at Kazan as she bounces and bounds across the screen.
The speculative nature of Ruby Sparks differs from the summer's earlier examples. Here, the challenge is greater for the audience because we must believe in something that is never explained — a creative miracle without any basis in science or fact — and thanks to Kazan, we do so willingly. (R) Grade: A-
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PHILADELPHIA — They were nine Americans whose contribution to the formative days of the nation may forever have been forgotten.
On this Fourth of July, through a captivating archaeological dig taking place steps away from the pavilion exhibiting the Liberty Bell, their story is unfolding as Philadelphians and visitors to the seat of American independence come to grips with a largely unknown chapter of their history.
The nine were slaves whose master was the first president of the United States, George Washington. Evidence now suggests that while serving as president in Philadelphia, a city hostile to slavery, Washington skirted Pennsylvania law to keep these servants enslaved as his family's property.
Results from the dig show the nine lived behind-the-scenes lives serving their master and the new nation. The evidence has quickly become something of an "inconvenient truth" for the City of Brotherly Love and for Americans schooled in the principles of liberty. It has brought new passions to a debate as old as the nation — the issue of racial equality.
Along with white indentured and other servants, the slaves worked for Washington and his wife, Martha, as the couple lived in what is called the President's House, a three-story residence used by Washington and his successor, John Adams, who did not own slaves.
The house, built from 1767 to 1769, served as the executive mansion from 1790 to 1800, before Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved to Washington. It included an opulent State Dining Room, a room where Washington held "levees" to meet the public and a small room that was the predecessor to the Oval Office. It was here that the Cabinet met, foreign emissaries were received and important bills such as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, which allowed escaped slaves to be hunted down in free states, were signed into law by Washington.
Two of the nine slaves eventually escaped — Oney Judge, a servant to Martha Washington, and Hercules, the family's chef.
The site included slave and servant quarters, a wash house, ice house and stables. Much of the home came down in 1832, although some of its walls stood until 1951 when they were torn down to make way for Independence Mall.
Until recently, this "first White House" stood in history's deepest shadows.
But now, all that has changed. The discovery last month of a subterranean passageway has been seized upon as proof that the slaves were hidden from house guests as they went about their daily chores from the main house to slave quarters in back. The passageway existed before Washington took residence.
"This is buried history. Now that it's unburied, a lot of folks want to make the most of it," said historian Gary Nash.
The suddenly visible record raises questions about why historians have glossed over Washington's Philadelphia slaves. Despite the many biographies on Washington, little has been written about the subject, said historian Edward Lawler Jr. and Nash. Lawler has extensively researched the house for the Independence Hall Association, and Nash, a University of California Los Angeles history professor emeritus, has been a leader in bringing the story to light.
"Washington kept his slaves out of sight," Nash said. "There are no first-person accounts of visitors mentioning enslaved Africans. They were cooks, stable hands, maids for private quarters and served private meals."
For the National Park Service, which presents the story of America's founding at several Philadelphia shrines, the slaves have become a front-and-center issue. It calls their lives in bondage a "long-obscured story."
Along with the city of Philadelphia, the park service is re-evaluating an architectural firm's design for a $5.2 million permanent exhibition at the site on the history of the house.
The project, which had been slated to open in 2009, was well under way when the passageway and other unexpected architectural elements were revealed.
Many now say that findings from the dig need to be incorporated in the presentation.
"No decisions have been made. We're taking comments from the public and visitors. We're going to consider how to do that — how do we best tell the story," said Jane Cowley, spokeswoman for the Independence National Historical Park.
Meanwhile, the home's exposed foundations and privy shafts have become a must-see for visitors to the nearby Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed.
Tourists who stand in line to see the Liberty Bell can't miss the ongoing dig. The work began in March and has been extended through the end of this month. Eventually, the excavation will either have to be filled in or protected from the elements.
For now, the Park Service has erected a viewing platform, and a nearby location lets visitors examine some of the artifacts that have been found.
This juxtaposition of freedom — as signified by the Liberty Bell — and slavery is a chasm that many find hard to bridge.
"As you enter the Liberty Bell Center, a mere five feet away you're standing on the quarters of slaves," said Michael Coard, a leader in the effort to bring the slaves' story to light.
"That's the height of historical hypocrisy," said Coard, who is black.
"I'm a lawyer; we're taught to be objective, clinical. But when I began to find out the story, I felt cheated and lied to. I was angry. I knew about the slaves at Mount Vernon (Washington's Virginia plantation), but was shocked that a president would have black folks as slaves in what is in effect America's first White House," he said.
Through his group, the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, and the help of scholars and politicians including Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street, Coard is working with the Park Service to present the story. Yesterday, Coard's group held a mock funeral service for the nine slaves near the site.
The planned design will allow visitors to move through "a ghost of the building" at street levels as the story of "momentous decisions, heart-rending conversations and passing details of everyday life and work" is presented.
Coard wants to include findings from the dig, and perhaps a glass floor showing the passageway, into the outdoor presentation being developed by Kelly/Maiello Architects & Planners of Philadelphia.
"I view this as the most important historical site in America, because it's the only place where white freedom and black slavery exist side-by-side," Coard said.
He also wants to emphasize a finding by some historians that Washington's holding of slaves was a violation of Pennsylvania law. If they were deemed residents of the state for more than six months, they could have gained their freedom.
"He was careful that neither he nor his slaves spent the six continuous months necessary to establish legal residency," Lawler said. Instead, Washington rotated the servants back and forth from his Virginia plantation, a ploy that also was illegal.
In 1791, Lawler said, Washington violated the law "by bringing into Pennsylvania enslaved Africans who had been transported out of state to prevent their obtaining their freedom." He said Washington used this device until the end of his presidency.
As visitors view the dig, Coard said he is intrigued by the discussion he hears.
"Every time I go down to the platform, I watch and listen to the white and the black people," he said. "The white people seem defensive and apologetic. The blacks seem angry, then emboldened and proud. Then I see the two groups interact, talking about what they've seen."
As for books that ignore Washington's Philadelphia slave-holding years, Coard said, "There's going to be a lot of Wite-Out used in the textbooks of America.
"This reminds me of the Founding Fathers," he said. "Didn't they say something about 'To form a more perfect union'?"


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Grudge Match Blu-rayEvery once in a while, a family-friendly movie specifically geared to older individuals will find resonance at the box office. Movies like Red have shown the ability to make a tidy profit in the past, but unfortunately, Warner Bros. Grudge Match is not Red. It lacks any quirks or clever jokes when it tells its tale of blood, sweat and stealing, but despite that, it still has a sort of likability about it.
The premise is simple. Boxers "Razor" Sharp (Sylvester Stallone) and "Kid" McDonnen (Robert De Niro) had a famous rivalry decades ago. Over time their careers staled, but their disdain for one another just grew. Its clear from the beginning of the flick that animosity is at the heart of the relationship, and when a fast-talker named Dante Slate Jr. (Kevin Hart) begins chatting about fighting a new grudge match, it seems to be the perfect opportunity for the two men to work out some aggression. But first, viewers have to get through training montages and a few heart-stringing side plots.
Harts been everywhere over the last several months, playing a lead in Ride Along, About Last Night and more. The man often waffles between pitch perfect jokes and a too over-the-top personality, but even in a supporting role this time, the jokes are mostly misses. At least they are youthful, though. The rest of the movie is infused with slow gags and slow deliveries, including Alan Arkin, who pops in to train Razor and crack jokes while eating bananas and being his usual oddball self. Theres nothing fascinating about any of the characters reprisals, but there is an easy flow to the movie.
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Its a pretty big surprise to see so many bonus features on the disc. Multiple featurettes and alternate takes are available for fans, although none of the extras are among the best weve ever seen. I did really enjoy watching the segment on the opening sequence, which shows us how the movie almost turned out and how certain editing was accomplished to age footage and replace the faces of the young actors with leads Stallone and De Niro. Director Peter Segal is also on hand to explain why decisions were made and the special effects were accomplished.
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"Behind the Scenes: The Bull & The Stallion"
"Behind the Scenes: In the Ring with Kevin Hart"
"Ringside with Tyson & Holyfield"
"Blow by Blow with Larry Holmes, intro by Peter Segal"
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Salvador, Brunner join Devils for morning skate
Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador and right wing Damien Brunner are both participating in the Devils' optional morning skate today as the team prepares for tonight's pivotal game against the Detroit Red Wings at Prudential Center.
All players on the active roster are on the ice for the skate. They don't usually do line rushes during optional skates, but with everyone out there they are and Brunner is in his spot at right wing on the line with Adam Henrique and Patrik Elias.
They have not done defense pairs.
Salvador missed the last two games with a bruised collarbone from being struck with a Jack Johnson slap shot in last Thursday's 5-2 win over Columbus. Brunner missed the last two games with a charley horse in his left leg from a hit from Columbus' Boone Jenner in the first period Thursday.
Brunner, who played for the Red Wings last season, was a healthy scratch for the Devils' first game against Detroit this season -- a 3-1 loss on Dec. 6 at The Rock.
The Devils trail the Red Wings by three points for the final playoff spot in the East. The Red Wings, who will be missing centers Henrik Zetterberg (back surgery) and Pavel Datsyuk (knee), have two games in hand. The teams will meet again Friday night Detroit.
Martin Brodeur will start in net for the Devils as he remains uncertain whether he will be traded before the NHL trade deadline at 3 p.m. Wednesday. He has not played at Prudential Center since a 3-2 overtime loss on Jan. 7.
Jimmy Howard will start in net for Detroit.
Here is the breakdown of the players skating this morning:
Forwards: Dainius Zubrus-Travis Zajac-Jaromir Jagr; Adam Henrique-Patrik Elias-Damien Brunner, Ryane Clowe-Andrei Loktionov-Michael Ryder; Ryan Carter-Stephen Gionta-Steve Bernier; Jacob Josefson.
Defensemen: Andy Greene, Mark Fayne, Bryce Salvador, Marek Zidlcky, Anton Volchenkov, Eric Gelinas, Jon Merrill, Peter Harrold.
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A commitment from a leading global player to invest over Rs 10,000 crore over a period of timewith R4,200 crore in the first phasecannot but encourage other multinational retailers from wanting to do business in India. Whats creditable is that the government ceded ground to the company on points where it made little sense to have differences. Ikea was particularly keen that it should not be forced to source goods from medium and small enterprises (MSME) of a specific sizedefined by the value of plant and machinery of $1 millionsince once the MSME was brought up the curve and made the necessary investments, it would no longer be eligible under the $1 million norm. In the event, the government has done well to simply say it is preferable that retailers buy from MSMEs. That should go a long way in lifting the comfort level for other prospective entrants to the Indian market as should the fact that the timelines for complying with the mandated 30% sourcing from MSMEs have been eased. Indeed, putting too many restrictions on foreign retailers, especially single-brand players, can be counter-productive. Its true that Ikea will not be setting up 50 storesover time, it may have just two dozen outlets across the country. But India is going to be a strategically important for the Swedish furniture maker and the potential for Indian vendors to supply to the company would be enormous, whether for sales in the home market or in other countriesIkea, for instance, has a presence in 38 countries and earns revenues of approximately 27.5 billion euros.
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Aw, the many transportation options of celebrities. Whether it be a limo, a decked out car, or a private jet, one thing will always remain consistent: The public will see it. So, if you're a celebrity who makes appearances in the outside world (likely, I think.) you want to make an entrance, because you can bet that there will be a dedicated paparazzo waiting in the bushes to take pictures of you to relay to millions of fans who eat up every minuscule action you do.
More than a few celebs take the act of transporting themselves to a new, cooler level by using more exciting means of transit, like, motorcycles, for instance. Although it's mostly brooding leading men, like Bradley Cooper and Orlando Bloom who are most often seen looking all "born to be wild" on bikes, more and more inhabitants of Hollywood have been spotted out and about on the noisy death-machines that are motorcycles. Why? Because even though they are unequivocally dangerous, they are also unequivocally cool.
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Today, when most people think about these graphic novels, they think of superheroes from Marvel, the DC Universe, or perhaps even Archie and Jughead. Chang Kim, Tapastic's founder, said that he interviewed several artists to find out what problems they encountered and the result was that this multi-billion dollar industry is dominated by the big distributors. Kim felt that there needed to be a better way.
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Former San Bernardino Middle School Teacher Indicted on New Charges, Arraigned Today
|U.S. Attorney's Office April 02, 2012
RIVERSIDE, CA—A former San Bernardino middle school teacher who was arrested last month for exotchanging sexually explicit images with a 13-year-old victim has been indicted by a federal grand jury and was arraigned today, announced Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office; and André Birotte, Jr., the United States Attorney in Los Angeles.
Eugene Ballantyne, 29, of Running Springs, California, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment this morning in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, California.
A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment on March 23 that charges Ballantyne with new allegations including the sexual exploitation of a minor and producing child pornography by enticing a minor to engage in and photograph sexually explicit conduct. The indictment also charges Ballantyne with receipt and possession of child pornography.
To date, investigators have identified four minor victims with whom Ballantyne had illegal contact. According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court on March 9, the investigation began when detectives with the South Brunswick Police Department in New Jersey were contacted by a 13-year-old victim's parent who discovered sexually explicit communication between the victim and Ballantyne. Detectives continued to investigate and contacted the FBI when their investigation revealed that the suspect, later identified as Ballantyne, was located in California.
Ballantyne allegedly sent nude photographs of himself to the victim in New Jersey after meeting her in an Internet chat room using a false name of John Baldwin. The complaint alleges that Ballantyne persuaded the victim to engage in sexual activity while they conversed. Ballantyne further persuaded the victim to photograph the sexual activity and send the images to him electronically.
During a federal search warrant that occurred on March 1, Ballantyne admitted to agents that he had been communicating with the minor in New Jersey, as well as two additional minors he met online, one with whom he engaged in sex after traveling 180 miles to her location. Investigators have since identified two additional minors with whom Ballantyne corresponded. A newly identified victim advised the FBI that Ballantyne repeatedly requested nude photographs of her and led her to believe he was a 15-year-old boy using the false name of John Swanson.
Anyone with information about this case, or the unreported victimization of minors, is urged to contact the FBI at (888) 226-8443.
The production charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison. If convicted of all the charges, Ballantyne faces a statutory maximum sentence of life in prison. Ballantyne remains in federal custody awaiting trial. A trial date has been set for May 1, 2012 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
This is a continuing investigation by the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office; detectives with the South Brunswick, New Jersey Police Department; and the FBI's New Jersey Cybercrimes Task Force. The San Bernardino County Unified School District is cooperating with the investigation.
Ballantyne will be prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office.
An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


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Crunchy Shrimp Salad Recipe
"I received the recipe for this fresh-tasting shrimp and veggie salad from a co-worker several years ago," recalls Suzanne Strocsher of Bothell, Washington. Dollop the dressing over the top or stir into the medley for a lunch treat during warm summer months.
- 1 cup frozen cooked shrimp, thawed
- 1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1/2 cup sliced water chestnuts
- 2 tablespoons diced pimientos, drained
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons seafood cocktail sauce
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1. In a bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, seafood sauce and lemon juice; serve with the shrimp salad. Yield: 2 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving (prepared with fat-free mayonnaise) equals 169 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 115 mg cholesterol, 576 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 18 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1 starch, 1/2 fat.
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Wine Pairings
Light-Bodied White Wine
Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio.
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text: Man dies in Crumlin motorcycle crash 14 Apr 2014 A motorcyclist has died following a road crash in Co Antrim. Share Share Share Story by UTV Staff, Belfast He has been named as Alan Kelso from the Antrim area.The 37-year-old is believed to have died after his bike collided with a telegraph pole on the Dungonnell Road in Crumlin on Monday morning. No other vehicles were involved.It brings the total number of people killed this year on Northern Ireland's roads to 18.A statement from the PSNI said: "Police are appealing to witnesses or anyone who noticed the silver Honda motorcycle travelling on the Dungonnell Road, Crumlin this morning to contact them at Antrim or the Collision Investigation Unit on the new non emergency number 101." © UTV Share Share Share


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My roommate Grant has had a crush on our new neighbour across the hall for months. Grant's family lives in Europe so he's spending the Easter holidays alone in Toronto.
My brother and I are going home to the
suburbs for a few days over the Easter weekend. One night we decide to
play a practical joke on Grant. We had to go back downtown to run an
errand so we swing by the apartment and tape a fake note to our door.
It reads: "I've seen you around and I think you're really cute. I see
you're alone for the holiday, too. Feel free to come over if you get
lonely. Apt. 1503."
Later that night I get a call from Grant who had found the note. He fills me in and I play dumb.
"I think I'm going to go over and say hi," Grant tells me.
"No, don't do that," I respond.
"Why not," he asks.
"You don't want to seem desperate. I think you should wait a few days before making a move."
We wanted to keep the prank going a little while longer
so I refrain from coming clean. After some coaxing I persuade Grant to
hold off. I figure I would call him the next night and reveal the joke
and we'd all get a good laugh.
However, the next day I'm busy with
visiting family and cooking Easter dinner. I totally forget to call
Grant back.
When we get home on the Monday, Grant
is in a state of confusion and embarrassment. As soon as I see him I
know exactly what's gone wrong. The little ditchpig couldn't resist!
went to the neighbour's apartment last night. "So I go
knock on his door," Grant explains, "and he answers. I tell him that I
got the note he left on my door and that I was excited to take him up
on his offer."
"Uh huh," I say like a deer in headlights.
"The guy had no idea what I was talking about. So clearly nothing happened."
"Well that doesn't sound too bad."
"It gets worse," Grant says. "Then the guy's boyfriend came to the door!"
"Shit," I say knowing that I was about to be in big trouble.
"The boyfriend was pissed and neither of us could
explain what the hell was going on. Anyway, I just apologized for the
misunderstanding and ran across the hall."
"OK, I have something to tell you but you have to
promise not to kill me," I say and proceed to confess the whole
debauched prank.
To my surprise Grant starts laughing. "Why would you do that?"
"I didn't think you'd actually go over there," I say laughing as well.
"It's really not funny," Grant says. "That could cause them to break up."
"I know. OK, I'll go over and clear things up."
I head over and explain the situation. Our neighbours are not amused but I'm sure it'll blow over.
As time goes by I see them in the hallway and the
lobby but they make no effort to say hello to me. It serves me right.


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text: POPSUGAR presented our upcoming video slate at NewFronts in NYC, and we did a live version of We Spy Style with a studio audience! It was hosted by Allison McNamara and Beauty reporter Kirbie Johnson, designer Charlotte Ronson [1], Meg Cuna, and Jordan Feldman joined in for a fun edition of You've Been Flagged. This week — Rihanna [2]'s supersexy Instagram photos and unconventional hybrid hairstyles are on the chopping block. Are you a fan? Play along with us and tweet your thoughts to the cast using #WeSpyStyle. On Allison: Clover Canyon [3] top and shorts, ASOS [4] shoes, H&M blazer


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Arts & Entertainment
Tony Award Winners 2012
by nycgo.com staff, 06/10/2012
(From left) Once, photo by Joan Marcus • Peter and the Starcatcher, courtesy O&M Co.
The 66th-annual Tony Awards honored Broadway's best on June 10 in a spectacularly grand display hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris. The new musical Once, based on the 2006 Oscar-winning Irish film of the same name, dominated the evening by picking up eight awards, including Best Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. (Read our interview with the show's leads, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti.) Peter and the Starcatcher (the Peter Pan prequel), meanwhile, received five awards, among them Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for Christian Borle's portrayal of the soon-to-be Neverland nemesis Captain Hook. Clybourne Park, the Pulitzer Prize–winning play about race and real estate, won the Tony for Best Play. Read on to find out more about the 2012 Tony Award winners.


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DVDs and videos are located on the west side of the 4th floor of Cooper Library and in the Architecture Library.
A total of 10 DVDs and/or VHS tapes may be checked out for 28 days by students, faculty, and staff.
To locate a DVD or video, use the library catalog. On the Basic Search screen, select DVDs/Videos from the drop-down menu to the right of the search box. Then type the search.
example: (title search) star wars
example: (keyword search) picasso
To find DVDs only, add the word "DVD" to a keyword search:
example: (keyword search) shakespeare dvd


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TwitchTV is rapidly growing as the go-to destination for video game live streams. One of the company's latest endeavors in a partnership with Sony Online Entertainment. The two companies will work together to provide a one-click live streaming solution within SOE's upcoming free-to-play MMO PlanetSide 2.
Instant streaming to Twitch can be down within Planetside 2's video menu. From there, Twitch users will have to enter their account credentials to begin the stream.
Those participating in the PlanetSide 2 beta will get access to Twitch integration in an upcoming update. PlanetSide 2 will open to all players on November 20 in North America and Europe.
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Photos of the Day: Dec. 23
CHRISTMAS AFTER HAIYAN: People arranged a Christmas tree made of trash in the typhoon-devastated village of Pinamitian, eastern Samar province, Philippines, Monday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged international donors to increase aid for typhoon victims. (Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency)
THE HAPPY COUPLE: Becky Dustin, left, and Jennifer Rasmussen, right, exited the Salt Lake County clerk's office with their marriage license Monday. On Friday, Federal Judge Robert Shelby struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban. (Ravell Call/Deseret News/Associated Press)
CASUALTY: French troops carried the body of a demonstrator who was shot dead during a protest against the president of the strife-torn Central African Republic at the airport in Bangui early on Monday. (Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images)
WINDY DINNER: Workers closed off the side of cafes and restaurants in Cancale, France, to protect customers from heavy winds Monday after 14 regions in the northwest of France were placed under alert for a strong storm. (Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images)
SNOWY STOP: Reindeer herder Eve Grayson fed members of the herd Monday in Aviemore, Scotland. The herd ranges on 2,500 hectares of hill ground and stays above the tree line all year round, regardless of the weather conditions. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
STORMY SURF: A surfer struggled in white water during the Big Wave Challenge in Punta Galea, near Bilbao, Spain. South African surfer Grant Baker won the competition. (Vincent West/Reuters)
STRIKING ALEPPO: People carried a wounded man after an air raid in Aleppo, Syria, Monday. (Saad AboBrahim/Reuters)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Tampa Bay Buccaneers tackle Donald Penn, left, tried to fend off St. Louis Rams defensive end Robert Quinn during the first quarter of a game Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Mo. The Rams won, 23-13. (Chris Lee/MCT/Zuma Press)


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Villa v Stoke training pictures: N'Zogbia trains ahead of game
The Frenchman rejoined his team-mates after six weeks on the sidelines with a knee injury.
N'Zogbia has been out of action since Villa's 1-0 defeat against Fulham in October.
Club photographer Neville Williams was on hand to photograph the players in training ahead of the Potters encounter.
Check out the image gallery of the squad on the training field.
Fitness coach Adrian Lamb was busy putting the squad through their paces as part of their pre-match preparations.
N'Zogbia's return is a timely boost for manager Paul Lambert with games coming thick and fast over the next few weeks.
But injured defensive trio Ron Vlaar, Enda Stevens and Joe Bennett will have to wait a little longer before they return.
Derrick Williams trained with the senior side once again following his debut at Queens Park Rangers last week, as did fellow U21 defender Janoi Donacien.
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Beaches: Berkane
The beaches in Berkane are tranquil sands caressed by the Mediterranean Sea, ideal to unwind and relax in the sun in this beautiful city on northeast coast of Morocco. The longest stretches of sand in the country lie in Saïdia, a charming coastal town where visitors will find all the services and facilities they can expect from a genuine Moroccan holiday.
Main beaches in Berkane
- Saïdia beach: Saïdia extends over 14km along the coastline of the fishing village of the same name. It is a fine white-sand beach within walking distance of the centre of town. However, it retains its idyllic, natural atmosphere, as it is gently wrapped by dunes and native vegetation. The water is shallow, with mild temperatures and a low swell. Great for kids.
- Ras El Ma beach: Close to Saïdia and the centre of Berkane, Ras El Ma affords stunning views of the Chafarinas Islands and is crowned by Cap de l'eau. The 10km-long beach, next to the village of Ras El Ma, is framed by eucalypts. Families with kids can enjoy all kinds of services and facilities in the village.
- Rouge beach: Tranquil and quite unspoilt, this is a nice beach located in a protected area of great ecological interest. It is surrounded by vegetation and dunes. It lies at the end of Ras El Ma, where the river Moulouya empties into the sea.
- Arkmane beach: It is to the north of Berkane, only a few kilometres from Saïdia beach. It has everything beachgoers may need and is easily accessible by car. Arkmane is a 7km-long stretch of sand licked by the Mediterranean Sea. The waters are calm and the temperature, moderate, which caters well for the holiday bather.
- Bocana beach: Bocana is in the northern town of Beni Ansar, on the way to Melilla. It is a 7km-long stretch of fine sand bordered by the marvellous Mediterranean Sea and inviting to spend a peaceful day on the beach with your partner. It is not easy to reach, as most uncrowded beaches are.
- Nador beaches: To the north of Berkane are the extensive beaches of Nador, reaching close to Melilla. They are rather wild beaches with difficult access, located in protected areas of great environmental value. Worth mentioning are those in Bou Areg, Djazira and Ichtraine.
Hotels in Berkane
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The Voice 2013's Midas Whale Releases Official Music Video For "Howling at the Moon" (VIDEO)
Voice fans remember folk duo Midas Whale as Team Adam Levine's most hilarious addition in Season 4, but Jon Peter Lewis and Ryan Hayes are ready to get down to business and produce a hit album. They've started a Kickstarter campaign and even released a new single, "Howling at the Moon."
The boys have released an official music video for the single and we're loving their new tune! Watch the clip and tell us what you think below!


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Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE:EC) recently approved an updated strategic investment plan for the company that calls for $80 billion in capital spending through 2020 on various upstream and downstream projects across its portfolio.
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Ecopetrol is based in Colombia, and is an integrated oil and gas company with operations in both the upstream and downstream areas. The company reported proved reserves of 1.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) at the end of 2010, and estimates that production in 2012 will average 750,000 BOE per day. Ecopetrol is transitioning to a more private ownership of the company, and is currently 88% owned by the Republic of Colombia. (Find out how to take advantage of this market without having to open a futures account. For more, see A Guide To Investing In Oil Markets.)
Strategic Plan
Ecopetrol adopted a strategic plan several years ago, and updates it regularly as conditions in the industry and economy evolve. The strategic goals in the plan include reaching a production level of 1.3 million BOE per day by 2020 and 6.2 billion BOE of reserves. The company also hopes to increase the average life of these reserves to 10 years, and boost the average recovery rate on fields to 34% through the use of enhanced oil recovery methods.
Ecopetrol is looking to achieve a three year average return on capital employed (ROCE) of 28% in the upstream, and from 9 to 13% in other operations. In the downstream area, Ecopetrol is targeting a refining capacity of 415,000 barrels per day, up from the current level of 300,000 barrels per day.
In 2012, Ecopetrol has budgeted $8.4 billion towards achieving these goals, with 94% of the capital for projects in Colombia. The company will use the balance for projects in the United States, Peru and Brazil, and is using an oil price assumption of $70 per barrel for its investment plan.
From 2012 to 2020, Ecopetrol will spend $80 billion in capital, with 85% devoted to the upstream exploration and development. Ecopetrol expects to use internally generated cash to fund 75% of this capital plan through 2020. The company will fund an additional 16% with debt financing and 9% with equity offerings.
Exploration Success
One recent exploration success for Ecopetrol occurred in October 2011 in the deepwater area in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company has a 20% interest in a well operated by Statoil (NYSE:STO). Ecopetrol has interests in more than 100 blocks in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and has approved additional drilling in this area in 2012.
The deepwater Gulf of Mexico remains attractive to many operators despite increased regulation imposed after the oil spill at the Macondo prospect in early 2010. Nexen (NYSE:NXY) and CNOOC Limited (NYSE:CEO) recently entered into a joint venture in the Gulf of Mexico. The joint venture covers six deepwater exploration wells, including one currently being drilled.
The Bottom Line
Ecopetrol is investing tens of billions through 2020 in the upstream and downstream as the company hopes to move up in the rankings of global oil companies. Although this strategic plan seems achievable, Ecopetrol might consider using this multi-year growth plan to diversify away from Colombia and get more involved with international upstream projects. (For related reading, see Peak Oil: What To Do When The Wells Run Dry.)
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At the time of writing, Eric Fox did not own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this article.
Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE:EC) recently approved an updated strategic investment plan for the company that calls for $80 billion in capital spending through 2020 on various upstream and downstream projects across its portfolio.


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I really wish they had another contest to win VIPs. Even with the terrible luck I have, it will still be nice for people who can't afford it (e.g. a broke college student like myself ) to be able to meet the guys and have a great experience.
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Tron: Legacy 3D opens #1 for Disney 28 years later
This is exactly the sort of movie to benefit during the pre-Christmas rush because of the obvious fanboy interest, helped by the fact that every young male is out of school and can indulge his cultural need to see films like this first. So Hollywood and even Disney had been expecting a weekend of at least $50M. "Depends how good it is," one rival [...]
Tron / Daft Punk easter egg on tronsoundtrack.com
Click to enter site: http://www.tronsoundtrack.com/ some of the music plays, so you can listen to that for a minute Click outside the window frames on the site Type "derezzed" to hear an extra snippet of the soundtrack