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WILSON, N.C. – The No. 2 Georgia College & State University golf team stands eighth after one round Monday at the NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional, held at Wilson Country Club. The Bobcats are three strokes out of fifth with two rounds left, the top-five squads moving on the NCAA Finals.
The Bobcats shot an opening round 292 at eight-over par on the par-71, 6,839-yard course. Georgia College is tied with No. 4 Florida Southern College and Columbus State University for that eighth spot.
Junior Matthew Yonz (Waycross, Ga.) fired a first-round 69, just two strokes off the lead in fourth. Yonz had three birdies to go with an eagle on the par-five 14th. He was at-par or better on the last six holes in the lowest round of his three-year career.
Senior Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden) is 48th at three-over, but finished strong with at-par or better on the last five. Junior Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.) tied Johansson at three-over. Shida stumbled out of the gates, but was masterful from hole six on without a single hole over par in that stretch.
Senior Francisco Bide (Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a stroke behind in 62nd with just one birdie on the day. Junior Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) was seven-over in 89th. He birdied the par-four eighth and had seven holes over par.
Peach Belt Conference (PBC) rival No. 8 Lander University is the team leader at a two-under 262. The Bearcats are a stroke ahead of No. 3 Barry University and three in front of No. 12 Nova Southeastern University. Fourth is No. 21 St. Leo University at four-over, with No. 9 Lynn University in fifth at five-over par.
Valdosta State University's Chesley Gunn is the individual leader at a four-under 67, holding off Daniel Claytor of host Barton College and Lander's Bryan Newton by a stroke.
Round two is set for tomorrow, with Yonz teeing off first at noon on the 10th hole. He's teamed up with golfers from Barry and Barton.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

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House to vote on bipartisan budget
Call it the Return of the Jedi or the prodigal son. But the giant omnibus spending bill moving through Congress this week looms largest for the Appropriations Committees after years of being kicked to the curb by party leaders and ignored by a feckless White House.
Indeed, the $1.1 trillion measure is by far the biggest bipartisan deal written by a committee of Congress — and not in leadership offices — that Washington has seen in some time.
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There are surely flaws and short-sightedness along with the dollars. But this pride of authorship and return to a committee process is hugely important for lawmakers after the partisan disarray of the past year.
( Also on POLITICO: What's in the $1.1T government spending bill?)
"We hashed them out, give-and-take, it's a committee bill," said House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) on Tuesday. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was almost bubbly coming out of a meeting Monday night of Senate Republicans on the Appropriations panel. Staff looked exhausted, having worked in some cases six weeks straight but for Christmas Day. But even the ever-cautious Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican, broke into a smile.
The House votes first on Wednesday — having bought more time by passing a three-day extension of the current stopgap spending measure to Jan. 18, the new deadline. Rogers took less than five minutes to muscle the extension through Tuesday afternoon, and the wind seemed at his back after a morning meeting of the House GOP Conference.
"I feel really good," said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.). "I think we'll get a majority of the majority. I expect that on both sides of the aisle."
"If the House comes with a big vote, we'll get a big vote, too," Shelby said, after urging his GOP colleagues to stand with him and Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) for the bill. "It's not everything anybody wanted, but we've been working hard at it and it will lead us, hopefully, to regular order."
( Also on POLITICO: Democrat Bill Owens to retire)
Having seen his own fortunes fall, President Barack Obama must share in this hope.
The president has been famously lackadaisical, even snobbish, toward the gritty world of appropriations. But the committees are giving him a bill best described as a "fighting chance."
The worst of the domestic spending cuts last spring are rolled back. Upward of $1 billion is added for Head Start and pre-kindergarten education — a priority pushed by the president. Obama won't get close to what he wanted for his health care program and Wall Street reforms. But both will endure.
Tuesday's prompt action on the three-day continuing resolution extension diminishes any real threat of a disruption when the current stopgap resolution runs out at midnight Wednesday. The Senate is expected to vote shortly after noon Wednesday.
Once the House acts on the larger omnibus Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is poised to call up the bill the same day. The package has been structured as a "message" between the two houses to allow faster processing. But a cloture vote will come Thursday or Friday at which point Shelby's challenge will be to deliver the necessary support to get to 60 votes.
( Also on POLITICO: Insurance ad blitz to preempt Medicare cuts)
Given the nasty sparring between Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — as seen again Tuesday — that's not a sure shot. But there is a genuine hunger to build on the December budget agreement and demonstrate some ability to govern.
Already, a long-anticipated farm bill has gone off the tracks — in part because of a leadership fight with the House Agriculture Committee. If the omnibus were to fail as well, it would be a huge black eye for both parties and another blow to the committee system.
As drafted, the package fully respects the contours set in December but adds hundreds of pages in detail, spelling out where the dollars will actually go. Literally every corner of the government is affected, and the bill is a snapshot of new and old priorities competing for limited funds.
Three major crises stand out: forest fires in the West, the Syrian civil war and the rise in unaccompanied minors coming over the southern border in states like Texas and Arizona. Each requires extra dollars to address. Each then has a ripple effect under the December caps since something else has to give.


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Really, Katherine got warning, but Took the safest route home.
I'm gonna go ahead and not take that as pegging it all on me, because I hope that's not what it was intended as.--> No. Merely stating facts. 1) I did try to see what kind of creature had come for me, had I seen it, I wouldn't have gone for a shower the first thing I did, which of course in retrospect looks bad but I'm not keen on freezing to death either. And even if I hadn't it wouldn't have made much difference, you wanted a surprise attack to happen after all.--> No you did not. The shower was good, you even got a kiss from Theodora. 2) Safest, fastest, the ONLY way. How was I supposed to know any other route? Any of those two doors could have led me further into the complex. And I couldn't have flown out because you closed the hangar doors, plus I'm betting the cold air wouldn't have been any better had I flown.--> Still not pegging you. You did good.3) I was unarmed seeing as water and revolvers don't mix, hence I wasn't keen on taking "whatever was growling" on alone and unarmed either. Wasn't about to blindly experiment if the jetpack happened to have a gun when under duress.--> Still not pegging you. I love your roleplaying. You do good and make the game more fun. Thank you.4) Que cera cera.I'm sorry that this came off a bit touchy, but that's probably an accurate description of my current state anyhow, ruffled feathers. I felt I needed to clarify my position, so there. --> It is alright. Sometimes we need to vent. Hope everything is okay now!


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Travis Barker Skipping Blink-182 Australian Tour Due to Fear of Flying After Crash
(NEW YORK) -- Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who survived a plane crash nearly five years ago, posted on Facebook that he will be skipping the pop-punk group's Australian tour because he has a fear of flying.
"I still haven't gotten over the horrific events that took place the last time i flew when my plane crashed and 4 people were killed, two being my best friends," Barker, 37, wrote on Facebook.
He said he gave his blessing to his band mates to choose a drummer to fill in for him. Brooks Wackerman from Bad Religion and Tenacious D will fill in for Barker on the tour, which begins on Feb. 23 in Brisbane.
"I hope to come to Australia again some day perhaps by ship if need be. Unfortunately, there wasn't a boat that worked with the schedule this time around," Barker wrote. "Once again I'm sorry to all the fans."
The band also made a statement on Facebook and said cancelling on their Australian fans was "not an option."
"The band knew the chances of Travis overcoming his fear of flying … would be a challenge, but we wanted to play for our fans in Australia nonetheless," said a post on the Blink-182 Facebook page.
Last year, Barker traveled by ship to Europe for a Blink-182 reunion tour.
Barker and the late Adam Goldstein, who performed under the name DJ AM, were the only survivors when a Learjet taking them home to California crashed on takeoff in Columbia, S.C., in September 2008.
The two pilots, and Barker's security guard and assistant were all killed in the crash. Goldstein died in 2009 of an apparent drug overdose.
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text: "Titanic" star Kate Winslet quietly married her boyfriend of a year, Richard Branson's epically named nephew Ned Rocknroll in upstate New York earlier this month. According to reports the intimate "romantic private" ceremony took place at a barn with only a few close friends present, including her "Titanic" co-star Leo DiCaprio, who gave the bride away. While reps for Winslet and DiCaprio didn't immediately comment, it seems Winslet and Rocknroll, who changed his name from Abel Smith, have recently appeared deeply in love. They were spotted cracking open bottles of Champagne with pals at NYC restaurant Isola last month, but her reps denied an engagement at the time.


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For over two decades, Playtime Productions Children's Theatre has been delighting audiences with its creative and spirited renditions of classic tales. Since its very first performance of Snow White, PTP has staged more than a dozen productions, including Peter Pan, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Sleeping Beauty.
When performed by Playtime Productions, each of these endearing stories is retold with an eye to the present, always with a twist and many a surprise. Cinderella, for example, has an ethereal godfather who carries his wand in a violin case. And in the Wonderful World of www.oz Dorothy becomes Dot and the wicked witch is Virus.
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Well, here we are — Labor Day weekend. While this might be the "unofficial†end of summer, there's no end of fun things to do at your Fairfax County Parks.
- It's an Art: A diverse range of media is featured in Blurring Boundaries, opening at the Workhouse. The show brings together works by the Han-Mee Artist Association, a nonprofit organization consisting of Korean-American artists who have immigrated to the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, over the last four decades. Organized by curator Julie Jungsil Lee, the exhibition includes works by 34 artists in painting, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, metal (art), fiber art, mixed media and video art. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Through Sunday, Sept. 23. A public reception takes place on Saturday, Sept. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m.) Workhouse Arts Center's McGuireWoods Gallery. Free. For information call 703-584-2900.
- Ocean Orchestra: From mystical Celtic vocals to the stirring skirl of the pipes, Ocean is Celtic music for "Ancient Moderns." Called "nothing short of spellbinding" by The Washington Post, Ocean is a who's who of internationally known musicians, led by composer Jennifer Cutting (accordion and keyboards) and featuring Lisa Moscatiello (vocals and guitar), Steve Winick (vocals), Zan McLeod (guitars and bouzouki), Cheryl Hurwitz (fiddle), Tim Carey (highland bagpipes), Rico Petruccelli (bass) and Danny Schwartz (drums). Blending the timelessness of tradition with the power of pop, Ocean creates a Celtic cocktail that will make the generations join hands and dance. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mason District Park Amphitheater. Free. Additional series performances on Friday include Slightly Something at Grist Mill Park and city of Fairfax Band Alte Kameraden German Band at Lake Accotink Park. More information is available online.
- Brother Against Brother: The 150th anniversary of Fairfax County's only Civil War battle will be commemorated with artillery demonstrations, period music, presentation of colors, speeches, wreath laying and living history interpreters during the Battle of Ox Hill/Chantilly Civil War Sesquicentennial Event. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ox Hill Battlefield Park. Free. Event parking is at the Fairfax County Government Center only. Free shuttle bus service will be provided throughout the day, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information call 703-324-8702.
- Dino Extravaganza Puppet Show: Enjoy puppet shows and activities featuring dinosaurs and walk with a naturalist to find hidden clues from the Jurassic era along the trail. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Hidden Oaks Nature Center. $5/person. Register online. For information call 703-941-1065.
- Moonlight Kayak Tour at Pohick Bay: Join volunteer trip leader Scott Stewart for an exciting adventure on the water of the Pohick Bay marsh. Glide on the water by kayak while enjoying views of bald eagles, great blue herons and other wildlife. No experience necessary. Ages 8 to 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Meet at the Pohick Bay Marina Boat Rentals. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Pohick Bay Regional Park. $30/person. For information and reservations (required) call 703-339-6104.
- Back to the Grind: The miller will be grinding grain and the blacksmith will fire up the forge at the Colvin Run Mill for a look at how things like flour, cornmeal and grits were produced and how steel was forged during the mill's heyday. Grain grinding takes place from noon to 3 p.m., conditions permitting. The blacksmith will be at work from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please call ahead to confirm. Colvin Run Mill Historic Site. Mill tours are $7/adult, $6/student 16 and older with ID, and $5/child or senior. For information call 703-759-2771.
Information was correct at time of publication. Please contact individual event sites to confirm programs are being held as scheduled.


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Here are four hot girls who believe that if you want to get ahead, you have to give some head. He's the Boss from G.O.O.D. Porn Productions has plenty of spank bank material for boss/employee porn fans and those who love a little bit of male domination.
Cute, sexy brunette Dillion Harper works in a club, where she's been slacking on the bottle service. Her boss chews her out and fires her for losing him as much money as she makes in a year just last night alone. Desperate to keep her job, Dillion pleads with him and will do anything to change his mind. He pushes her to her knees and makes her show him how much she wants this job. Dillion takes a skull fucking, almost gagging at points, but there's plenty of spit and good hand action. She also takes direction well, jerking his cock while sucking his balls just as he tells her to do. The boss yanks Dillion to her feet and spins her around, then spanks her hot ass and gets her pussy wet with his tongue before slamming his cock into her from behind. He pushes her face down on the mattress and pummels her twat, penetrating her deeply and with just the right angle and speed to make her cum within minutes. It turns out the boss gets off on making Dillion cum. Dillion is fine as hell no matter what, but when she's bent over with her legs spread, ass quaking with every thrust, it makes a beautiful picture. Later she rides him so hard in RCG that her tan-lined big tits bounce their way out of her pink bra. After a while, the boss ties Dillion's hands with her blouse and fucks her in some more positions before cumming on her ass.
Busty brunette Destiny Dixon's boss comes to her house and chews her out about the travel difficulties and the lack of "girl" waiting for him at the hotel. She's his personal assistant, but flights were postponed and the "girl" cancelled at the last minute. The boss hasn't had sex in three days and he's horny, so since there wasn't any girl at the hotel, he says that she can keep her job if she fucks him. Destiny's not sure she can fit his entire monster cock in her mouth, but she does her best and clearly knows how to use her tongue and hands. Soon, the boss wants to fuck her pussy. Destiny takes off her clothes, showing off a stunning body and big, round breasts. He pounds her good and hard, turning her into his fuck toy, with some piledriver, face fucking, hair pulling, and choking. After cumming on Destiny's face, the boss says she might keep her job if they do this every week and she brings friends.
Asian babe Miko Dai's boss calls her in for a talk about sexual harassment charges that other women in the office have made against her. After denying it all and claiming that the women thought it was funny, Miko has to convince her boss not to fire her. She's willing to do anything, including sucking his cock and letting him fuck her every which way right then and there. She crawls under his desk and gets right down to servicing his cock and then riding him with her tight, smooth-shaven pussy, which he records P.O.V. style. Then she gets face-down, ass-up on the couch so he can set the camera down and drive deep inside her. After he pops on her ass, the boss tells Miko that she has her job back, but he wants to do this to her every day.
Redheaded Latina Danira Love is busted for giving blowjobs in the bathroom to the men in the office. But unfortunately, her boss was not one of those men. Danira is happy to make up for it, but sucking his cock won't be enough to keep on his good side. He tells Danira he wants to fuck her and has her stand up, turn around, and bend over so he can see her ass and pussy. She crawls under his desk and starts going down on him as he records it in P.O.V. Before they take this further, the boss wants Danira to show him her asshole up close and make it wink for him. We get an intimate shot of this, almost seeing inside of her hole before she resumes tonguing and sucking his dick. Danira knows how to use her tongue piercing and deep-throat. After a long, luscious oral sequence, it's time for Danira to give her boss the fuck that could save her job. She rides him in cowgirl and RCG. The boss fucks Danira in doggy style and missionary before shooting his load on the outside of her pussy and her inner thigh. From now on, he says, if she sucks dick in the bathroom at work, she has to charge and then give him a cut.
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Dossier - The Assassin part 2
Walkthrough - Dossier - The Assassin part 2
As you come out of this hallway into a larger, box and crate-strewn location, expect to find yourself under fire from plenty of enemies. At first, you'll be dealing almost exclusively with LOKI Mechs, and their obnoxious FENRIR dog-like counterparts. The room continues forward and slants to the left, with a corridor straight ahead, also bearing left. The former is where the enemies stream out of, and the latter is where you might be inclined to set-up camp to deal with the threat. But those with distance weapons (like a sniper rifle), good aim, or other distance-inclined attacks might want to focus leftward from the crates you first run into here. You can pretty much whittle away at the enemy reinforcements from that position rather easily, if you have the weapons to do so. Otherwise, take our other advice, dashing forward to the alternate corridor, and doing battle from there, facing leftward.
Eventually, as you work your way deeper into the room, you'll realize that mechs aren't the only enemies you have to deal with. The Eclipse mercenaries mean business, and they begin to send out some of their flesh-and-blood members to try and halt your advance. They won't have much luck, of course, but they are definitely trying their hardest. Many of these mercenaries have powerful biotic abilities, as well as telltale biotic barriers, so you'll need to do a fair amount of damage to them before they ultimately fall. The room eventually curves back to the left (if your back is facing the way you came), and this is where the mercenaries will put up their final fight on this floor. The deeper you get here, the more you'll deal with flesh-and-blood mercenaries, as opposed to your typical mech enemies. You've been warned!
When you've finally depleted the heavy force of mechs and biotic mercenaries here, you can head through the door on your left, up a ramp, and through another door. You're now on the next floor, with a fresh batch of enemies waiting for you. Grab the contents of the medical kits on your right before swinging leftward. When you do, you'll hear the chatter of mercenaries in the distance. Take cover quickly, and wait for them to arrive. As usual, the fighting force here will be a mixture of LOKI Mechs and various kinds of mercenaries. Again, be ready for some biotic-capable mercenaries to storm your position. Your best bet here is to stay back and be patient. Let enemies flow in from afar (they will be streaming in from the left), and take them out as they present themselves. You may need to come out of cover to retrieve ammunition if you're running low, but otherwise, patience wins the day here. The longer you wait, the more enemies will stream in from the area on your left. Eventually, however, you'll need to push forward and head left yourself, to draw out more enemies and continue on with your quest.
You have two options as you bear leftward to deal with the next enemy force. There's a door at the top of the area that leads to a corridor heading leftward, along the top edge of the building. You can use this to flank the enemy position, which is extra useful if you're skilled enough to split up your players and station them at various areas, entrapping the enemy force within your perimeter. Otherwise, you can simply bear leftward from where the enemies were streaming into the previous area from, which will allow you to deal with the mech/mercenary force head-on. The technique(s) you use here are up to you, but you should have plenty of cover and firepower to deal with the enemies via conventional means if need-be. Sniper rifle-enabled characters will have a special advantage here worth mentioning, as well. Mechs and mercenaries alike will pour in to the area from the far end of the building. Since that spawn location is straight ahead, you can use your sniper rifle for brutal headshots from afar before enemies get even remotely close to your location. This certainly won't be an option for all players, but it's a possibility for some.
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In Va. assault case, anxious parents recognize 'dark side of autism'
Sunday, March 13, 2011; 12:30 AM
When a Stafford County jury this month found an autistic teenager guilty of assaulting a law enforcement officer and recommended that he spend 101/2 years in prison, a woman in the second row sobbed.
It wasn't the defendant's mother. She wouldn't cry until she reached her car. It was Teresa Champion.
Champion had sat through the trial for days and couldn't help drawing parallels between the defendant, Reginald "Neli" Latson, 19, and her son James, a 17-year-old with autism.
James might have said this, she thought. James might have done that. She had fresh bruises on her body that showed that James, too, had lost his temper to the point of violence.
"This is what we live with," said Champion, of Springfield. "When they go over the edge, there is no pulling back. "
The cause of autism - a complex developmental disability that affects a person's ability to communicate and interact with others - remains the subject of heated debate. What's not in dispute is the soaring number of children found to have the disorder. In 1985, autism had been diagnosed in one out of 2,500 people in the United States; now the rate is one in 110.
Champion said parents are just beginning to acknowledge what she calls the "dark side of autism," their children's capacity for aggression when they are frustrated, angry or overstimulated. Her son recently hit his attendant and attacked his father in front of a movie theater. Other parents describe scary episodes of biting, kicking and hitting.
It's not easy to talk about children lashing out, Champion said. But it's necessary because many are getting older and bigger and yearn for more independence, which leads to private struggles becoming public.
During Latson's three-day trial, no one disputed that he assaulted a Stafford deputy one morning in May. The deputy was bleeding so profusely that responding officers thought he had been shot.
But why Latson - who has Asperger's syndrome, a relatively mild form of autism - did it and whether he could have stopped himself played a central role in his defense and has engaged the sympathy of parents in the Washington region and beyond.
"Everyone is like, 'Oh my God, that is my son,' " said Ann Gibbons of the advocacy group Autism Speaks. She said the case calls attention to two crucial issues: "How do we protect the community, and how do we protect the impaired individual?"
"And in this case, we didn't protect either," she said.


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Joe Root mirroring Alastair Cook's career path - Alec Stewart
- From the section Cricket
Joe Root has started the season in quite superb form, scoring a double hundred against Derbyshire on Wednesday after leading Yorkshire to victory with a classy 182 against Durham over the weekend.
It has certainly been a week to remember for the 22-year-old, who has also been named captain of the England Lions for their match against New Zealand which begins on 9 May.
It is a real feather in the cap for Root, who has obviously impressed the selectors and shown he possesses genuine leadership potential even at such a young age. He is almost mirroring the same path taken by the current England captain Alastair Cook, and if he can achieve close to what the Essex opener has done he will have a very successful career.
In recent years there has been criticism of the England Lions by some counties who do not like their best players being taken away from them and missing crucial Championship fixtures.
For example, next week Warwickshire are contributing three players - Chris Woakes, Chris Wright and Varun Chopra - to the Lions while their opponents Middlesex will be missing only Toby Roland-Jones.
I do not agree with this criticism as I am a firm believer that players should be selected purely on merit and earn their England honours, as opposed to being selected just because their county happens to have a free date.
The England team, whether it is the senior side or the Lions, should always be seen as the pinnacle and the counties should feel proud that one of their own is being recognised by the national selectors, rather than view it as a handicap.
England have named a strong Lions side, with Root and Bairstow almost certain to play a part in the Test team during the summer and the likes of Roland-Jones, Wright and Chopra will be keen to put in strong performances to nudge themselves closer to the door of the senior side.
During my playing days, I often felt the England A side, which toured during the winter, consisted of some players who never had a chance of playing Test cricket but had been included solely because they had a half-decent season.
Thankfully those types of selections are well and truly behind us as all of this Lions squad fully deserve their call-ups. They either have obvious international potential or have performed consistently well in county cricket for a number of summers.
One of those players is Michael Carberry, who spoke about his surprise at being called up at the age of 32.
As an admirer of the Hampshire opener, I hope he quickly realises he is still firmly in the selectors' thoughts following the retirement of Andrew Strauss.
Cook, Root and Nick Compton are certainly ahead of him at the moment, but Carberry should certainly not worry about his age - just look at Australia, who have selected 35-year-old Chris Rogers in their Ashes squad.
If you are good enough, you are young enough and Carberry should concentrate on scoring big runs so that he is next in line if there is an injury or loss of form.
England stars proving their class
Apart from the injured Kevin Pietersen, all of England's top players are now back playing country cricket ahead of a big summer.
The majority of them have been scoring runs or taking wickets and showing their county colleagues what it takes to be an international cricketer through their preparation and performances.
It is particularly pleasing to see some of England's recently injured players, like Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan and Chris Tremlett, back plying their trades.
It all bodes well for this summer's battles against New Zealand, Australia and in the Champions Trophy.
Happy 50th birthday to one-day cricket
The Yorkshire Bank 40 competition begins on Friday, just two days after the one-day game celebrated a special milestone.
It is 50 years since the first Gillette Cup match was played at Old Trafford between Lancashire and Leicestershire.
Although it was a 65-over-a-side format then, the fact that one-day cricket is celebrating such a milestone shows how integral it has become to the game.
With the advent of Twenty20, people question if there is enough room in the calendar, but this anniversary goes to show that one-day cricket is still very popular.
We have seen the regulations and structures of one-day cricket evolve over the years yet it continues to provide good, exciting cricket.
In the YB40, I would expect to see Somerset, Warwickshire and, being totally biased, Surrey perform strongly this year.
Somerset and Warwickshire have been contesting the one-day trophies in the last couple of years while Surrey won the CB40 in 2011.
All of the counties will be looking to get to the Lord's final - always a special day in the domestic calendar - but winning it is a real challenge.


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An example of sustainable cultivation of olive trees and extraction of olive oil using innovative ultrasound techniques.
Projects & Practice
RDP support financed a series of restoration and basic works on a historic monument church in rural Romania.
A farmer in a Less Favoured Area turned to organic agriculture and began growing ancient varieties of cereals. He has achieved sustainability through niche, quality production.
Adjustments to water management and remedial measures help to preserve protected areas and conserve the landscape of the Western Langstraat.
Incorporating locally available biomass into the soil, as a mean to increase its content in organic matter in the long term.
Tularù is an organic and multi-functional closed-cycle farm born that began life as a centre for sustainable production. It offers an alternative approach to solving current environmental, social and economic issues for farms.
RDP support helped a family farm to generate added value by applying a sustainable model of production through biodynamic agriculture.
An example of a large-scale previously state owned farm, which now successfully combines economic sustainability and the provision of public goods.
Amstelland Natuurzuivel is a cooperative of farmers in the Amstelland region who set up a milk factory to produce regional dairy products for the Amsterdam area.
A pilot project to create an innovative pig farm based on the principle of processing fresh manure to minimise GHG emissions and increase the farm's profitability.


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Stars of the Lid Touring Europe & North America
Ambient Music Blog favorites Stars of the Lid have announced tour dates, their first in over 5 years, for Europe this fall.
Whats even more exciting is that the duo is planning to add North American dates beginning in April 2008. I'm definitely looking forward to this! More news available on their official site.


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Genealogies of the Agard, Nunn, Hardenbrook, Wortman, Doyle, and Tucker family lines.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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What a find! Congrats. Birth places, mothers' names, addresses, lots of details to add to your knowledge of Regina and Nicholas!ReplyDelete
I am thrilled. This information takes me to the next generation. Also on the www.stevemorse.org website I found an Elizabeth Siebert who married Fritz Piepenburg in October 1937. That will be the next step.ReplyDelete
I know how exciting it is to find the next generation back! Congratulations! And thanks for the reminder of the Steve Morse website. I haven't looked there for a while and it sounds like he's added more sites to search.ReplyDelete
Nancy: I have learned, quite by accident, that I need to go back to sources I had checked before. Besides new information being added every day, there may be any number of reasons why I missed the information the first, even the second time around. I now periodically recheck these websites. Happy searching!ReplyDelete


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REXX That's Sensitive To Where It's Called From
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I have REXX code that can be called directly by TSO (in DD SYSTSIN data) or else by another REXX function. I want it to behave differently in each case: If called directly from TSO I want it to print something. If called from another function I want it to return some values to the calling function. So I thought about how to do this. The answer's quite simple: Use the parse source command and... [More]
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Frank Yaeger of DFSORT Development suggested I pass this tip along to y'all. It's his solution to a problem set by Brian Peterson of UnitedHealth Group... In z/OS Release 12 two new messages were introduced: IEF032I and IEF033I replace IEF374I and IEF376I. The older messages were single-line step- and job-end messages. The new ones are their multiple-line analogues: IEF032I is 3 lines and... [More]
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Following on from this post and this one , this post discusses the DFSORT piece. The DFSORT code in this post parses the Comma-Separated Variable (CSV) file produced by XSLT processing. In this simple example it merely produces a flat file report, but the post has a few additional details you might find valuable. First, here's the SORTIN DD JCL statement. It's not like a regular sequential file... [More]
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In the distant past I've written about using DFSORT to parse XML. This post (and two follow-on posts) will describe an experiment to make such processing much more robust. In this post I'll talk about what the problem I'm trying to solve is. And why. And a brief outline of my solution. About XML This isn't meant to be the most detailed description of XML, nor a complete list of where it's used. I... [More]
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*Purchase a new R316TAWD for $11,349. Offer valid 01/09/19 - 31/01/20, or while stocks last, at participating Husqvarna Servicing Dealers only.
Patented articulated steering
Our patented articulated steering increases driving pleasure by improving manoeuvrability.
Front-mounted cutting deck
Front-mounted cutting deck for excellent reach into corners and under bushes.
All-Wheel-Drive (AWD)
All-Wheel-Drive (AWD) ensures traction on uneven, wet and slippery areas and slopes. AWD automatically adjusts the traction on all wheels depending on the situation and ground condition.
Combi cutting deck
This Rider is delivered with a Combi cutting deck for efficient BioClip® (mulching) and rear ejection cutting.
Service position
Service position on the cutting deck facilitates cleaning and servicing.
Automatic blade engagement
The blades are engaged automatically, when you lower the cutting deck.
Rear ejection
The rear ejection cutting mode provides highly-effective cutting performance on areas that are cut less frequently.
Floating cutting deck
The floating cutting deck follows the contours of the ground, which reduces the risk of scalping the lawn.
Transparent fuel tank
Large fuel tank with transparent panel allows easy checking of fuel level.
12V socket outlet
Makes it possible to plug in extra electric equipment, charge your mobile phone etc.
Bottle holder
Convenient bottle holder for refreshments.
Comfortable driver's position
With a Rider you get safety, stability and traction on both flat grounds and hillsides. The Rider's low centre of gravity contributes to the exceptional traction as well as a comfortable
Attachment frame
Easy to shift between cutting decks and front-mounted attachments, such as broom and flail mower.
Pedal-operated hydrostatic transmission
Speed and direction are managed by pedals, which lets you keep both hands on the steering wheel, for optimum driving control.
Easy-access cutting height lever
The cutting height lever is easy to reach from the driver's seat, making it possible to do cutting height changes while mowing.
16 inch wheels
16 inch wheels both front and back for optimal riding comfort and accessibility.
Pivoting support wheels
The cutting deck is equipped with pivoting wheels for extra smooth operation when making turns. The wheels also prevent damages to the lawn surface.
Front head lights
Efficient work lighting, with 2x20W halogen lights.
Hour meter with service minder
Indicates when it's time to service your mower.
Power steering
Power-assisted steering makes driving less strenuous and more enjoyable.
External fuel cap
Thanks to the external fuel cap, you don't have to open the engine hood when taking on more fuel. The extra wide fuel tank opening makes refueling even easier.
Easy-access controls
Controls are easy accessible and designed for optimum user comfort.
BioClip® (mulching) provides excellent cutting results on frequently cut areas. The grass is cut into fine pieces that quickly decompose and return to the lawn as natural fertiliser.
Engine behind driver
Thanks to the rear-mounted engine, you get a better overview of the mowing and less noise and emissions in the driver's area.
Tilting hood
The tilting hood and easily accessible servicing points makes maintenance and servicing easy.
Pivoting rear axle
The rear axle is pivoting to get maximum traction on the drive wheels and a smooth ride also on uneven surfaces.
Storage compartment
The open left-hand storage is easy to access while mowing.
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|Engine name
|FS Series V-Twin
|Net power at preset rpm Energy
|9.6 kW
|Net power at preset rpm
|2900 rpm
|Cylinder displacement
|603 cm³
|Engine cooling
|Power/fuel type
|Fuel tank volume (with reserve)
|12 l
|Engine lubrication type
|Full pressure
|Oil filter
|Battery type
|Battery capacity
|24 Ah
|Battery pack weight
|15.87 lbs
|Cutting deck
|Uncut circle
|30 cm
|Cutting deck type
|Cutting deck material
|Cutting methods
|BioClip®/Rear discharge
|Cutting height
|max 75 mm
|Cutting height
|min 25 mm
|Blade engagement
|3 pcs
|Powder-coated cutting deck
|Tyre dimensions, front
|Tyre dimensions, rear
|88.7 cm
|Ground clearance
|85 mm
|Base machine, length
|228 cm
|Base machine, width
|118 cm
|Base machine, height
|115 cm
|262 kg
|Drive system
|Transmission type
|Hydrostatic AWD
|Transmission manufacturer
|Drive method
|Speed forward max
|9 km/h
|Speed reverse max
|9 km/h
|Transmission model
|Hour meter type
|Digital with pre-programmed service intervals
|Seat material
|Seat suspension
|Seat back height
|Foldable seat
|Steering wheel type
|Parking brake, type
|Sound and Noise
|Sound pressure level at operators ear
|83 dB(A)
|Sound power level, measured
|97 dB(A)
|Sound power level, guaranteed (LWA)
|98 dB(A)
|Vibration level steering wheel
|2.5 m/s²
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I decided to join them two years ago as a Lice Treatment Specialist. Life, came full circle. Now if someone could do for flea and bedbug removal, what Lice Happens has done for lice removal, that would be amazing.


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We've never been Lamborghini fanboys. Didn't have the Countach poster in the '80s, and thought a Superleggera was just an Isky camshaft. Non parliamo Italiano. The double-throwdown new Lamborghini Aventador only hit our consciousness over the last few months as we've become involved in the Motor Trend world, producing video shows for that YouTube channel. We couldn't help but notice that anybody who points a camera at an Aventador racks up a million-plus views. This had us curious, so we decided to have a look at the Lambo through the eyes of a couple of trailer-park gearheads oblivious to the lore. The company was surprisingly willing to throw us the $8,380 it took to rent and insure the junk for one day for a video production. Downside: We weren't allowed to wreck the tires or so much as splatter a gnat on the paint. Our solution was to use the supercar-like a couple teenagers cruising LA and attracting as much attention as possible.
That's the point, isn't it? Something tells us that virtually none of the Lambos sold will ever see track time. Guys spend the $387,000—make that $425,000 with tax in Los Angeles, then add the gas-guzzler tax and destination fees—to posture.
Thus, we put the Aventador up against some stiff competition in the peacocking department, going for the ludicrous juxtaposition of a supercar versus a pure rat rod.
The car we paid $5.82 a minute to rent was a '12 Aventador LP700-4, which has a lot of interesting tech stuff—most of all, the naturally aspirated, DOHC, 8,500-rpm, 6.5L, 396ci, 60-degree V12 that makes 700 hp. It's rated at 11/17 mpg, should you care—though if you own this thing, you probably also own the oil company. The screamer is attached to a seven-speed transaxle with a robotically activated single-disc clutch that functions automatically at the whim of your commands from the paddles behind the steering wheel. Power is broadcast to all four wheels.
The Aventador features monocoque construction with a carbon-fiber body and aluminum front and rear frame structures, yet it manages to weigh nearly 3,500 pounds, probably due to all the luxury amenities like air conditioning, a supercomputer for an audio/nav system, and other stuff like, say, a passenger seat and windows that go up and down. The suspension has pushrod-activated coilovers, and the brakes are carbon-fiber units with rotors of 14 3⁄4 and 15 inches behind 19×9 and 20×12 wheels.
It's hard to avoid being wowed.
Our rat rod was a '30 or '31 Ford Model A Tudor that HOT ROD overhauled for Sailor Jerry rum as a promotional tool. The car was already built when we bought it, but we sent it to Mackey's Hot Rods (MackeysHotRods.com) in Huntington Beach, California, to take some of the rat out of the rod (by fixing the nightmare suspension). Still, it's all that you'd expect a severely chopped and channeled rod to be. Like, powered by a mystery small-block Chevy and a TH350 that takes its commands from a Lokar shifter topped with a beer-tap handle. The power is delivered to one rear wheel through an open differential. The chassis features stagecoach construction, with a suicide setup on the beam front axle and some coilovers on the ridiculously Z'd rectangular-tube frame out back. We don't know what it weighs, but it's completely stripped of all amenities—like, say, actual seats. The brakes are underwhelming vintage drums behind Coker wires and bias-ply rubber.
It was hard to avoid being leery.
Our plan followed that of an average Saturday for me as a teen in the '80s. We'd bounce off the beach in the morning before blasting to the desert for some high-speed hijinks, then grab midnight grub, carve corners on Mulholland Drive, carouse Hollywood Boulevard and the Sunset Strip, and call it a wrap after dicing it up on the local freeways.
I surprised Finnegan by grabbing the Sailor Jerry car for the first leg, figuring that if it were him instead of me who crashed the Lambo in LA traffic I could just fire him, thereby leaving my own career intact. That was before I realized I wasn't going to survive the hot rod with my sacroiliac intact. The wickedly reworked sedan poses a severe sightline problem; you have to either look over the header panel or under it. I've had better views through a keyhole. I assumed a completely prone posture, lying down half under the steering wheel, left foot up on the dash, throttling with the right heel. This thing is perfect for Verne Troyer.
Thirteen feet into the trip, I high-centered the Model A on the driveway of the Lambo rental place. Inconspicuous. An hour later in Hermosa Beach, with all the beautiful people, it ran out of gas, and I coasted to a parking spot blessed moments before a black-and-white came sniffing after the sound of open headers. The long pause at the curb gave plenty of time for people watching, and those people fell into three categories: tragically self-absorbed yoga chicks who uncomfortably avoided the slightest glance at either car, normal folks who loved the rod, and silk-shirted gold-chainers who just wanted to know how much the Lambo cost.
Near the sand, we swapped rides. I have to admit I was sweating about driving a car that cost as much as my house; we had insurance, but no amount of mac-n-cheese meals would make up the difference for the $40,000 deductible. Only as I grabbed the handle of the Aventador did I realize that it has those stupid—wait for it—Lambo doors. You know, scissoring out and upward. The day the first mini-truck guy added those to a Nissan is the day the concept jumped the shark. From that moment, I couldn't help but look at the supercar as a kit car. It may be carbon fiber, but it seems like Tupperware. Whining continues: In low-speed traffic, the automatic clutch shudders, and the trans short-shifts until it lugs the V12. Next thing you know, I'll be whining about the cupholders. Which it doesn't have.
Attitude reset: View it like a hot rod. It even has a hot-rod electronic mode, though it's called Corsa—like race course. I'd initially motored in the Strada (street) mode, and can enthusiastically suggest you never bother with that the next time you drive one of these. Strada shifts the trans automatically and weakly. The Sport mode has some merit, delaying shifts in automatic mode yet also allowing manual mode. The Corsa mode is all out.
Here's where the Lambo entertains. The V12 shrieks to 8,500 rpm like it was meant to be there, and it sounds like nothing else on Earth. You want to cruise it in First always, just to listen to it. And with the all-wheel drive, the power is always ready to be applied directly to forward motion. You can't do a burnout no matter how hard you try. Speaking of which, Thrust Mode is cool. Set the car on Corsa, switch off the traction control, and at a dead stop, mash the brake and floor the throttle. The V12 comes up to 5,500 rpm, then you lift off the brake and the electronic launch control takes over, with four meats clawing ahead.
Now, call me jaded, but 700ish hp and 3,500-plus pounds make a car rather jaunty. Fast, even. A lot fast, in some situations. But not $425,000 fast. I've read a lot of reviews and seen a lot of videos with guys giggling like little girls at the punishing acceleration and violent shifting and so-called unrefined Lamborghini action. I think those guys test a lot of minivans. From a muscle car perspective, 700 hp is just starting to get your attention, and while the shifts are snappy, I think the problem is that the car is too refined to seem as fast as it really is. It runs 10.60s in the quarter, exactly the same as our Neanderthal Crusher Camaro. Yeah, 135 mph comes really quickly in the fantastic plastic—I just wish I were scared during the trip. It never felt like I was going to die or go to jail, and that's part of the fun of a preposterous car.
The rat rod over-delivers on that score. It's not at all fast, yet purely terrifying, illegal, and eye-catching. Open headers, no turn signals, a general hazard. None of that makes it more honorable than the Lamborghini, but I felt so much more like myself in the Model A. The driving experience was so much more interactive. And most of all, everyone notices the car and asks you about it. It's almost like you're an immediate cool guy when you crawl out of it, stinking like exhaust fumes. People want to be your friend. Get out of the Lambo and no one approaches you. The hot rod lives in the real world.
In the end, the hot rod simply reaches more people, and as one onlooker quipped, "You can buy the Lambo. You have to build the hot rod." But for me, honestly, I wouldn't own either car. I'm into performance more than posing, and the rat rod doesn't offer speed, braking, or handling in any way. The Aventador has all of the above, and while we gave it no chance to really carve corners, I'm sure that's where the power, the all-wheel-drive, and the paddle shifting are utterly stunning, smearing any muscle car you could throw at it. But I don't like the way I feel driving it. For the price, I could build a dozen-plus muscle cars I'd be happier with.
I looked at this as a way to see how the other half lives. Both other halves, actually, because I'd never driven a rat rod or a supercar and I nearly died in both of them. It's a real miracle I didn't go to the slammer, too.
I got in the Aventador first. The key to happiness was not worrying about the $425,000. It's not like it was my $425,000. I rarely had it at less than WOT, and figured out the manual shifting in Corsa mode almost immediately. I left it there because nothing was more fun than the 7 to 2 downshift. The V12 sounds like sex. I used to be a V8 guy, but all of a sudden, I want lots of cylinders and four cams and lots of rpm. I don't really need the rest of the Lamborghini attached, I just want the engine in a hot rod. I'll drive the Lambo again any day you want to give me the $8,380. I'll get over the fact that the only attention the car seems to draw around LA is from dudes. Doesn't matter. I already have a wife and kid, and they'll probaby have to bail me out of jail for driving too fast.
The Model A was even more of a hazard to my driving record. The massive chop makes it a mess to drive. Seven different cops from five different agencies passed me, and I nearly ran over two of them because I couldn't see when changing lanes. On Mulholland Drive I almost parked it on someone's front lawn when it bottomed out on a massive pothole, bounced off the ground, and locked up the brakes. At least it looks stylish when you're trying not to crash it.
I don't care that's it's completely impractical, because that's how a rod should be, but after a few hours on the highway, I felt like I'd been worked over during a night in County lockup. I'd take it to the store if I lived in a town where traffic didn't resemble a parking lot, but that's about it. For any haul farther than 100 miles, I'd gladly hop in the Lambo.
Does that mean I'm not a hot rodder?
The Shakedown
By Brandan Gillogly and Jesse Kiser
Weeks before Freiburger and Finnegan played around with the Sailor Jerry car and the Lambo, we hit the road for the car's maiden voyage.
It was a solid plan: hop in a rusty, low-slung, radically chopped '31 Model A Tudor with only a modicum of suspension travel, and drive it 300 miles from Orange County, California, to the 15th Annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender (VivaLasVegas.com). Oh, and the car had never before been on the highway. What could possibly go wrong?
We don't want to sound too melodramatic, but the car in question has been called a deathtrap by one of the HOT ROD staffers. Possibly more than one. Consider that these are guys known to willingly accept a seat in an untested Ranchero bound for Alaska, and you begin to see how this car was perceived when it first arrived at our shop. Mackey's Hot Rods (MackeysHotRods.com) in Huntington Beach, California, reengineered the suspension, chassis, brakes, and steering to make it a viable driver. Mackey's didn't touch the TH350 trans or the mystery small-block Chevy. As for the pair of freakish Canadian Military carburetors? Fear no evil. But don't come near them with a tool.
Shop owner Brian Mackey led the way to Vegas in his own roadster that was also being christened on the open road. Marc Carson did most of the wheel time in the Sailor Jerry sedan. Our sister mag, HOT ROD Deluxe, was a Viva Las Vegas sponsor, so with plans of setting up the HRD booth on Friday and photographing the road trip without being rushed, the cars left Mackey's on Thursday around 11 a.m. Rather than heading directly to the highway, some surface-street miles were added to ensure both cars were worthy before topping off the tanks for the highway. Fifty miles later at the first fuel stop, Brian checked the tire pressures, suspension-mounting points, and coolant levels. The sunflower-seed inventory, M&M's reserves, and soda/ice ratio in the Big Gulps held out for the blast over the 3,777-foot-elevation Cajon Pass and to In-N-Out Burger in Hesperia. It seemed the rods would survive.
Adventuring began at an abandoned water park at Lake Dolores, just off Highway 15. After poking around the vandalized buildings and remnants of the water slides, Mark left the derelict amusement park with the sedan sideways in the dirt lot. It was glorious, it was spontaneous, and exactly the kind of fun the car was built for. Then, as the sun dropped in the high desert, Mackey drove away from the highway in search of a decent spot for one last photo and to pull the wheels and drums of the front of the sedan to check the brake backing plates. During the hour-long detour, the sun set and the temperature dropped. It was time for drivers and copilots to layer up for the trip's finale.
Vegas came at about 9 p.m. Despite our trepidations, there was no drama on the trip, and we had grown to really appreciate the Sailor Jerry car as more than just a wild styling exercise. But not too much more. There aren't many cars better suited for a cruise down Las Vegas Boulevard.


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So, off again we go to slay the evil dragon… but what happens when said evil dragon is asking for a big favour with its dying breath… well, you decide…
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I have finally translated the presentation I have done at the DOAG SIG APEX workshop into English.
Just read a blog posting by Jan from iAdvice, who had the same idea about using the dictionary views for QA checks as I also describe it in my presentation. But there are also a lot of other examples for which you can use them.
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The Spider Wreck Chronicles
Not long ago I told you all about a Wreckporter who was foiled in her attempt to photograph a spider Wreck. Since then many of you have sent in photos asking, "Was this it?". Of course I have no way of knowing, so we'll just have to ask Mrs. Tantrum. So, hey, Mrs. Tantrum, was this it?
For what it's worth, this one isn't TOO bad. Other than the fact that the legs are sprouting out of its face like whiskers, of course. And all that black frosting. And the disturbingly ambivalent mouth expression. And the fact that it's a CCC. Yep, not bad at all.
In fact, from what I've seen that is actually the most popular style of spider cake out there. Here are some more colorful models:
This one at least has its face in the right place (always a good thing), but I'm not sure what's going on in the mouth area. Plus, that Haunted gingerbread kit in the background is pure Wrecky gravy.
I would be remiss if I didn't include the steamrolled model:
Plus, yellow? Really? This looks more like a colorful dust mite, or maybe an alien brain with tubing attached, but a spider? No way.
Or how about this guy - or should I say 'girl'?
Sure, she looks more like a muppet with dreadlocks and a bald-spot than a spider, but she's so gosh-darn cute!
Speaking of dreadlocks...
Cha mon, dese be some hoppy Rasta spiders! They be jammin'. And really, have you ever seen pipe cleaners look so delicious?
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text: Friday, May 24, 2013 Proposed Legislation Seeks to Advance Rehabilitation Research Federal legislation proposed this week would help advance rehabilitation research within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bill S 1027, introduced by Sens Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Tim Johnson (D-SD), calls for a working group comprising various NIH institutes and centers to update and streamline NIH's rehabilitation research priorities. The bill would require a report on the feasibility of implementing recommendations proposed in the final report of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel on Medical Rehabilitation Research, which included APTA members Rebecca Craik, PT, PhD, Anthony Delitto, PT, PhD, and Alan M. Jette, PT, PhD. It also would allow interagency agreements to better coordinate rehabilitation research conducted by agencies outside of the Department of Health and Human Services. Shortly after the release of the Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations late last year, APTA's Section on Research spoke with Kirk's office about the recommendations as part of APTA's 2013 research fly-in. During the fly-in, leading physical therapy researchers from Illinois and across the country highlighted the positive contributions of rehabilitation research and advocated for advancing the role of this research at NIH. APTA applauds this legislation and looks forward to working with the offices of Sens Kirk and Johnson to advance the bill in Congress.


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Of all the 20th century photographers who made a name for themselves almost exclusively from their portrait work, few managed to capture as dizzying an array of subjects as adroitly as the Latvian-born master, Philippe Halsman. A friend to the likes of Dali, Picasso and Einstein, Halsman's approach to portraiture — judging by the uniform excellence of his work for LIFE and other publications from the early 1940s onward — appears to have been as an equal-opportunity chronicler of the great, the famous and the utterly unknown, alike.
But there was, it turns out, a quite deliberate method at the heart of Halsman's portraiture: in short, shoot men and women differently. The outline of the idea is no doubt familiar to portraitists shooting today — although it's also a very good bet that no one shooting today would phrase his or her modus operandi quite so … plainly.
LIFE once quoted Halsman as saying that, when photographing a woman, "I try to photograph her beauty; with a man I try to show his character. Once I photographed a man with a big nose, and emphasized his nose, and he was very pleased with the picture. That could not happen with a woman. The most intelligent woman will reject a portrait if it doesn't flatter her. Only once in my whole career did it happen that a blonde asked me, 'Please make me look intelligent.' Unfortunately it was impossible."
Halsman (b. May 2, 1906; d. June 25, 1979) began his long, enormously productive relationship with LIFE in 1942, and eventually shot more than 50 covers for the magazine. At left is his very first, published with a credit, of course, but absolutely no mention of who Halsman was, where he came from, nothing. The model, on the other hand, merited a few lines:
"It's well worth turning to pages 76-78 to see the other half of Joan Thorsen's pretty face and other eye-catcher hats," LIFE told its readers. "Joan was born in Auburn, Ind., studied at northwestern, modeled briefly in Chicago before trying New York. In her first three weeks in New York she was photographed five times for a cover. This is the first one to appear."
But of all the projects, themes, creative ideas and wonderfully revealing pictures Halsman devised and created throughout his long career, he is perhaps best know today for his portraits of rich, famous and often very powerful people jumping. Literally, jumping. And in true, mischievous Halsman style, he managed to make these portraits both mesmerizing and, somehow, significant — pictures that are saved from mere silliness by the evident technical prowess at play in each one.
The exuberant November 9, 1959, cover of LIFE (left) that featured a laughing, barefoot Marilyn Monroe in midair came out at about the same time as a remarkable tome, Philippe Halsman's Jump Book, which was filled with these singular, strange and, at times, downright thrilling portraits.
Other notables seen jumping in the book and in the issue of LIFE with Marilyn on the cover? Princess Grace of Monaco, Sophia Loren, Judge Learned Hand, Brigitte Bardot, Vice President Richard Nixon, the theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theologian Paul Tillich and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, to name a few.
Why did they do it? Quite simply, because Halsman asked them to. (Only a very few subjects , including Herbert Hoover and the pianist Van Cliburn, ever refused.)
"In a burst of energy the subject overcomes gravity," Halsman wryly noted of his jumping pictures. "He cannot also control all his muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible, and one needs only to snap it with a camera. I call this jumpology. The time may someday come when psychiatrists will diagnose hidden characteristics not with the slow and painstaking Rorschach test but with the rapid and hurtling Halsman."
The rapid and hurtling Halsman. A marvelous phrase that, as aptly as any other, captures the quicksilver imagination and the finely harnessed talent that still, all these years later, animate the work of one of the all-time greats.