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|Nebraska's Stanley Jean-Baptiste has a chance to make himself some money during Senior Bowl week.
I came out with my top 50 NFL prospects last week and a good number of them come from the 98 underclassmen who left school early to enter the 2014 draft.
There are some very good senior prospects on the list as well, many who are participating at this week's Reese's Senior Bowl practices in Mobile, Ala., like Fresno State QB Derek Carr and Oklahoma CB Aaron Colvin.
|Does being named Senior Bowl MVP lead to success in the NFL? You be the judge as we take a look back at the most recent Senior Bowl MVPs.
Here are five very good players that didn't make my top 50 but are worth keeping an eye on this week at the Senior Bowl, and who could help their draft stock with good showings:
Stanley Jean-Baptiste, DB, Nebraska
Jean-Baptiste has rare size (6-foot-2 3/8, 215); he looks like a clone of Richard Sherman. I'm sure the Seahawks, among most NFL teams, will be paying close attention to this player. He's a junior-college transfer who only played cornerback for a season and a half at Nebraska after switching from wide receiver in 2011. Has very long arms (78 3/8 wingspan) and is a willing tackler. Looks fast in coverage and has quickness. If he looks like he can cover in man drills this week, he might move up into my top 100. Smart player who entered 2013 with his degree already in hand.
Ja'Wuan James, OT, Tennessee
Most of the attention on the Vols' offensive line went to massive LT Antonio Richardson, but Tennessee has another good NFL prospect on the other side of the line. At 6-6 1/8 and 315 pounds, James will be hard to miss at the Senior Bowl. He holds the school record for most starts by an offensive lineman (49, all at right tackle), including 13 games as a true freshman. He reminds me of Titans RT David Stewart when Stewart came out of Mississippi State in 2005; has similar traits. He's strong but doesn't have great feet (would have difficult time at LT). He's mean and tough. Did good job on Jadeveon Clowney when the South Carolina defensive end lined up on James' side. Good run-blocker. Could find his way into the third round with a good showing this week.
Charles Sims, RB, West Virginia
Sims will be the best running back at the Senior Bowl. He's well-built at 5-11 7/8 and 214 pounds, and has run the 40 in 4.46 seconds. He can run and catch as well as any back in the draft. After four years at Houston, he transferred to West Virginia in 2013, but WVU's offensive line didn't allow him to showcase his skills much, so he enters the draft process as a bit of a sleeper. I still can't figure out why he came back for a fifth year. He reminds me some of the Bengals' Giovani Bernard. He's most likely a third-day choice at this point, but a good Senior Bowl will turn heads; problem is, it's difficult for running backs to show skills and have good statistics in all-star games.
Kareem Martin, DE, North Carolina
Some believe Martin (6-5 7/8, 272) should have entered the 2013 draft after receiving a grade from the draft advisory board that indicated he could be taken in the first two rounds. I think he made a good choice; a good week at the Senior Bowl could move him to the top of the second. He finished his senior season with big production (11.5 sacks and his 21.5 tackles for loss were the fifth-most in NCAA in 2013). Has very good pass-rush skills and possesses the traits (4.85 40 and very athletic) NFL teams look for in a 4-3 defensive end. As a four-year starter in a top program, Martin has more experience than most at his position in this draft. He needs to get stronger. Good character. Massive wingspan (84 1/4).
Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU
BYU coaches I've talked to rave about this player. He's an outside linebacker with pass-rush and coverage skills. He's an outstanding blitzer off the edge. He finished his junior season with 13 sacks (Ziggy Ansah helped free him up) and 2013 with 17.5 tackles for loss. Moves well. Solid player who should go late in second round, but could move up with a good week at the Senior Bowl. Measured 6-foot-3 1/4 and 244 pounds at Senior Bowl.
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Amazon fires Colorado affiliates in protest
An unknown number of Amazon.com's affiliates in Colorado will no longer receive commissions for referring customers to the online seller's Web site, according to a letter from the company.
The unsigned letter calls a recently passed law requiring online shoppers to pay sales tax on their purchases "burdensome" and promises to "advertise through other channels, including through associates in other states."
"There is a right way for Colorado to pursue its revenue goals, but this new law is the wrong way," it reads. A call to Amazon Vice President for Global Public Policy Paul Misener was not immediately returned.
The news had House Republicans saying grim I-told-you-so's, while Democrats accused Amazon of "blackmail."
"I don't think you can blame Amazon," said Minority Leader Rep. Mike May, R-Parker, whose office provided a copy of the company's letter. "This is their business model. (Democrats) didn't believe and didn't seem to care" about prior warning that affiliates would suffer if the law passed.
Rep. Jack Pommer, D-Boulder, pointed out that the legislation was amended in a way that would not affect affiliates and said Amazon's was unneccessarily punishing the state for legislation it doesn't like.
"It's blackmail. It's flat out blackmail," Pommer said. "And it shows the lengths to which they'll go to keep the advantage they have over other, local businesses."
Amazon.com, Overstock.com and a handful of other online retailers don't regularly collect sales, though businesses with a physical store in Colorado must.
The change in the law is expected to generate an estimated $5 million for the state. The legislation is part of a package of 11 controversial budget-balancing bills, nine of which have so far passed.
UPDATED COMMENT FROM GOV. BILL RITTER 2:30 p.m.:
"Amazon has taken a disappointing – and completely unjustified – step of ending its relationship with associates. While Amazon is blaming a new state law for its action, the fact is that Amazon is simply trying to avoid compliance with Colorado law and is unfairly punishing Colorado businesses in the process.
"My office worked closely with Amazon's affiliates and associates to modify House Bill 1193 to specifically protect small businesses, avoid job losses and provide a fair, level playing field for on-line retailers and Main Street, brick-and-mortar retail shops alike.
"Amazon's position is unfortunate, and Coloradans certainly deserve better."
UPDATED COMMENT FROM BILL SPONSOR SEN. ROLLIE HEATH 3:42 p.m.:
"This bill is about fairness and creating an equal playing field for every business that does business in Colorado. The legislature went to great pains to protect local affiliates— and removed all mention of affiliates at their request, and with their support—and Amazon knows full well as a result that House Bill 10-1193 as amended has nothing to do with affiliates… In an effort to lock in a massive corporate tax subsidy that tilts the playing field in its favor, this multi-billion dollar corporation has decided to throw its weight around by firing its small, Colorado-based affiliates.
"At a time when the American people are disgusted with corporate greed and excess, Amazon couldn't be more selfish … Compliance with the bill is not difficult and there are many examples of good businesses like Barnes and Noble and Lands End who collect and remit Colorado sales tax.
Colorado will not reward Amazon's decision to hold its affiliates hostage."

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BARCELONA — Samsung Electronics Co., eager to maintain its lead in global mobile-phone sales, on Monday unveiled an updated flagship smartphone that reflects a deliberate attempt to eschew flashy, but little-used, new features — and to keep the price competitive.
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Analysts say the lack of bold innovations will likely disappoint some consumers, who have come to expect dramatic new features with each new iteration of devices from Samsung and rival Apple.


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One can be a nontheist.
You know what the a in atheism means right?
Nontheist is a broader in meaning than atheist. It encompasses many diferent viewpoints other than just "there is no god".
Why did you use the phraseology "Agnostic doesn't count btw, its not a position of faith, its a position of knowledge; a separate issue" instead of "Agnostic doesn't count btw, its not a position of belief, its a position of knowledge; a separate issue"?
The way we talk on this board the dichotomy is typically belief vs knowledge not faith vs knowledge.
When one uses belief vs knowledge, the issues are not necessarily totally separate.
I think a person can be in a position were they don't know what to believe. Anyone who has been very religious (as I was for some time) will have this problem for some time. Until they pursue answers more ambitiously.
That is pretty much what agnostic means.
Can a person be both a Catholic and a Non-Catholic? No. It's a definitional thing. The line is drawn by the meaning of the word and it's exclusive. If you are a theist then you believe that there is at least one god. If you don't believe that then you are an atheist. If you are unsure that there is a god then you don't believe that there is a god - so you're an atheist. If you say that there is some remote possibility that there might be a god then you don't believe that there IS a god so you are an atheist. If you say you are agnostic and we can't know either way and you like to call yourself an agnostic then you do not believe there is a god so you are an atheist.
If you are a theist then you are convinced that there is a god to the same degree that you believe that you exist and to the same level of confidence you have that the wall you lean against exists.
If you are in any way unconvinced, if you don't just KNOW there is a god - you are an atheist.
I disagree to some level. There was a point were I was confused and did not know what to believe. I was neither a theist nor an atheist. I was trapped between the argument of intelligent design and the arguments that refute intelligent design. I just did not know where to go, and one day, out of the blue I just could not believe anymore. No real choice on the matter it just happened.
Well, I'm sure the catholic church still claims me, but I don't claim them!
I don't think you can. Its a binary position.
You either hold a belief in gods or you don't.
I'm with @Eric - it's not necessarily binary. I was in that betwixt and between for awhile. I couldn't say whether I believed there was a god or not. And I wasn't quite agnostic either - because I take agnosticism to be more objective - not "I don't know" but "it's not knowable." So I was, for awhile, neither theist nor atheist.
Depends on how one defines Atheist.
"Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in theexistence of deities.[1] In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[2][3] Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist."
However one can believe that there's a SPIRITUAL connection to all things WITHOUT the presence of a deity. Would they then be atheist?


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- Premier League
Pellegrini agent reveals Chelsea interest
Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has emerged as a leading contender to take over as Chelsea manager after Rafael Benitez confirmed that his time as the club's interim boss is coming to an end.
Benitez said he would leave at the end of the season as he launched a stinging attack on the club's board and fans in a remarkable post-match press briefing following the 2-0 FA Cup win at Middlesbrough on Wednesday.
Former Stamford Bridge boss Avram Grant, who stepped into the breach when Jose Mourinho left Chelsea six years ago, is being widely tipped to take over as Blues boss until the end of the season if Benitez is removed from his position in the coming days, but the Israeli tactician is not believed to be a contender to assume the position on a permanent basis.
Former Real Madrid boss Pellegrini has admirers among the Stamford Bridge hierarchy, and the Chilean's agent, Jesus Martinez, confirmed he has had informal contact with Chelsea in recent days.
"Chelsea and other clubs have asked, but only through intermediaries, nothing official," Martinez told Chilean newspaper El Mercurio . "Manuel would love to coach in the English Premier League, as he would in Germany, Italy and other important leagues.
"Manuel has a contract with Malaga. I think that, in April and May, we will be clear about what will happen with his future.
"Our first intention is to respect our commitment to Malaga, but it also depends on what the conditions are. We had a formal offer from Roma, but we rejected it. It was less than 15 days ago, but we discarded it outright because we are in the middle of the season."
At a press conference four days ago, Pellegrini said he "does not care about the Chelsea rumours" and his mind "is only on Malaga" as rumours circulated that a deal to bring the ex-Villarreal boss to West London may already have been agreed.
Chelsea's desire to appoint a coach with experience of top-level European competition would appear to have dampened speculation that ex-Blues hero and current Brighton boss Gus Poyet is in the running to make a Stamford Bridge return.
Everton chief David Moyes and Swansea's Capital One Cup winning-manager Michael Laudrup are also among those in the betting odds in the aftermath of Benitez's outburst.
Jose Mourinho has been the bookies' favourite to secure an emotional return to Stamford Bridge all season, but former Chelsea coach Ray Wilkins is among many who believes Roman Abramovich would never sanction a return for the man who won six trophies during his three-year stint as boss.
"I'd love to see Jose back and so would the fans," Wilkins said last month. "The Premier League needs characters like him and he's a big man for a big job, but there's too much past history between him and the owner at Chelsea. There would be a conflict there straight away."


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Review by Ryan Dosier
This article contains detailed information on the soundtrack for The Muppets. If you wish to remain completely unspoiled on the movie or its songs, you may want to hold off on reading this article until sometime next week.
Ryan Dosier - On November 21st, The Muppets Original Movie Soundtrack will be hitting store shelves all across the country and be available for digital download via iTunes and Amazon.com. I was lucky enough to acquire the soundtrack early and I'm thrilled to say that I haven't stopped listening to it for two days. It's such a delight hearing new, quality Muppet music performed by the incredible voices of the Muppeteers along with great vocals from Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Chris Cooper.
There are 30 tracks on the soundtrack, half of which are short dialogue tracks used to introduce (and in one case close) the musical tracks. The dialogue ranges from about four to twenty seconds long, so they hardly get in the way, but some of them provide some good context for the music that is to come. Though they are fun to have, none of the songs are missing anything when the dialogue isn't present. Just think of the dialogue tracks as a nice little bonus when you listen to the soundtrack the whole way through, in order.
The album hits the ground rolling with a fun, raucous redo of "The Muppet Show Theme" that we all knew was coming. Unfortunately, there is nothing too spectacular present here. Yes, all the voices sound wonderful--Steve Whitmire's Kermit is especially a treat to hear in this classic--but it's a complete copy of "The Muppet Show Theme" we've always heard. This song works a lot better with the added visual of a complete reconstruction of the theme on the movie screen. Getting to see the Muppets put on their show again adds an immeasurable amount to the song we all know and love.
"Life's a Happy Song" is one of my favorite songs on the soundtrack and is quickly becoming one of my favorite Muppet songs of all time. This track introduces us to the characters of Gary (Jason Segel, surprisingly comfortable and adept singing here) and Walter (performed by the soothingly-voiced Peter Linz who brings heart, soul, and humor to the character just through the voice) as well as a brief solo from Mary (Amy Adams, whose attempts at being funny don't fall short here) and extremely quick vocal cameos from Feist and Mickey Rooney. The brilliance of this song is that it's just so wonderfully happy and unbelievably catchy. You'll be humming the chorus ("Everything is great, everything is grand, I've got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand! Everything is perfect, it's falling into place, I can't seem to wipe this smile off my face!") for days and you won't be mad about that at all. This song works on so many wonderful levels. It's exciting, it's fun, and it's happy. Segel and, especially, Walter carry this tune to a new height, making it a true highlight of the soundtrack and the film itself.
The second song in the film and the third on the soundtrack is Kermit the Frog's heart-wrenching ballad, "Pictures in My Head" which also features Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, The Swedish Chef, and The Electric Mayhem. This song is unbelievably touching and hits all the right notes of emotion with a nice influx of humor as well. There are so many beautiful lyrics in this song, but the stand out is easily, "If we could do it all again... just another chance to entertain... would anybody watch or even care? Or did something break we can't repair?" This line is not only poetic and lovely, but it says so, so much about the Muppets and their recent plights to regain fame and fans. Thankfully, Fozzie (who sounds perfect thanks to Eric Jacobson), Gonzo (the irreplaceable Dave Goelz), Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth (both the pitch-perfect Bill Barretta) and harmonies from the rest of The Electric Mayhem (Matt Vogel, David Rudman, et al) make this song soar as they sing along with Kermit. "Pictures in My Head" is beautiful and will give you chills every time you hear it. A truly perfect piece.
Next, we hear Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," which is only used in the movie for its beautiful guitar melodies. No lyrics from the song appear in the film at all. Later in the soundtrack we also here Starship's "We Built This City," which takes place while the Muppets clean up the theater. I don't have much to say about these two songs, since they aren't Muppefied... but they do work well in the film.
Fozzie Bear leads a rendition of "Rainbow Connection" that I never thought I would hear... one that shills for a Reno casino and hotel. The Moopets join Fozzie as back-up in this song while he sings such wonderfully funny lines as, "Why are there such great deals on our hotel rooms?" and "Our wedding chapel is 24 hours, no marriage certificate is needed." It's funny, it's Fozzie, and it works. Such a cute, stupid (in a good way) little novelty song that they didn't have to include on the soundtrack... but one I'm really glad they did. Again, Fozzie sounds perfect with the voice of Eric Jacobson, who never ceases to amaze me.
Up next is "Me Party" with Mary (Amy Adams) and Miss Piggy. I mentioned in my review of the movie that this was the only part that left me feeling "Meh," and I feel the same way about the song itself. Both Amy Adams and Miss Piggy have great voices here (Piggy, especially, sounds excellent) but the song itself is just... odd. It doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the music and the lyrics seem rushed. I think this song would have worked a lot better if it was an actual, planned duet with the two leading ladies. Instead, it's just Amy and Piggy singing separately, harmonizing only on one verse. It's just weird, and the low point of the soundtrack for me.
Chris Cooper gets to test his rapping chops (bet the Academy wasn't expecting that when they gave him the Oscar) with the hysterical and catchy "Let's Talk About Me." This song is oozing villainy, greed, and clever lyrics. Bret McKenzie's impressive lyrical skills shine here, as well as Chris Cooper's surprisingly well-suited for hip-hop voice. This is actually an extended version of the song that appears in the film, and provides some background context for why Richman hates the Muppets. In the movie, the song is much shorter (and works much better that way for the movie), but having the full version on the soundtrack is great. The included dialogue clip featuring Richman and Kermit is hysterical and is the perfect pay-off for the song.
Possibly my favorite song in the entire film... "Man or Muppet" sung by Jason Segel and Walter is perfect. Jason's singing is, once again, surprisingly fantastic, but not even he can match Walter. His adorable, spine-tingling voice is just beautiful in this song. Peter Linz shows us exactly why he was the perfect choice for Walter here with his sweet, lifting voice alongside Jason. The lyrics are awesome, and I think, "If I'm a man, that makes me a Muppet of a man" might become my new catchphrase. What I really love about this song, though, is the way it plays out in the film. One revealing shot during the song will have you laughing so hard that you might not hear the rest of the lyrics. I can't say enough how much I love this song. If we're looking for Oscar-worthy songs on this soundtrack, "Life's a Happy Song" is the standout, but "Man or Muppet" is a very close second.
Without a doubt the most exciting and unexpected song on the soundtrack for Muppet fans is "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the Nirvana classic covered by The Muppet Barbershop Quartet consisting of Sam the Eagle, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, and Beaker. This unbelievable matching of characters and song is a true callback to The Muppet Show as it pairs the Muppets with a barbershop-rendition of a hard-rock song. I also have to commend Eric Jacobson, Steve Whitmire, and Bill Barretta on their vocals here, because all four of these characters sound incredible. Sam Eagle has a rich timber to his voice that will have you second guessing whether it's really Frank Oz, Rowlf's gruff soulfulness is spot-on, and Link Hogthrob makes his first major vocal appearance in 20 years, and Steve Whitmire has him sounding just as perfect and smooth and idiotic as ever. It's glorious and it's another personal favorite song of mine.
The funniest song on the soundtrack, by far, is Camilla and the Chickens clucking their way through Cee Lo Green's insanely catchy "Forget You" (or, "Cluck You" for you poultry-minded individuals). I'm a sucker for chicken covers of absolutely any song, and this one is 100% perfect. I really don't have any complaints about this. It's hilarious, it's fun, and it's an amazing treat to sing along with in the car. This scene in the movie is another of my personal favorites, and brings one of the biggest laughs of the whole thing, just because it's chickens clucking on screen in glittery outfits for a minute and a half. What's not to love?
There is no more meaningful song in the Muppet world than "Rainbow Connection." The Paul Williams classic carries the message, spirit, and beauty of the Muppets like nothing else. On this soundtrack, it's sung by Kermit, Miss Piggy, and all of the Muppets in an amazing, soaring, guaranteed-to-give-you-shivers manner that will never disappoint. Steve Whitmire and Eric Jacobson are the perfect harmonists as Kermit and Piggy tackle the opening verses of the song, and the drums that come in for the tail-end of the song are phenomenal, adding an extra level to this already-classic entry. This is my favorite song on the soundtrack. Every time I hear it I smile. Yes, we've heard it before, but never like this. It's an amazing tribute to an amazing song. Perfection.
"The Whistling Caruso" is a whistling wonderment penned by popular singer Andrew Bird, but not performed by him in the film. I won't reveal who does perform this in the movie and how it fits into the wonderful story, but it's magic. I adore this part of the movie, and this song is a part of the reason why. The melody is perfect and it's not too long, not too short. Whistling has never sounded better.
The movie closes with a reprise of "Life's a Happy Song (Finale)" that sends the song to an even higher level (if that was possible). Finally, we get a ton of Muppets joining together to sing a huge song for an amazing dance number that literally shut down Hollywood Boulevard. The song features vocal appearances by Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gary, Mary, Walter, Scooter, Fozzie, The Electric Mayhem, Uncle Deadly, Marvin Suggs and the Muppaphones, Tex Richman, Statler and Waldorf, Bobo, Beaker, Lew Zealand, Swedish Chef, Sweetums, Beautiful Day Monster, rats, penguins, chickens, and a whole chorus of others. I will never not be amazed by the fact that Marvin Suggs and Uncle Deadly have solo lines in a song from a Muppet movie in 2011. The lyrics are changed a bit for the finale here, but they are still perfect and I might even like them a little bit better here. It's just a wonderful finale that sends you into a million smiles and is guaranteed to leave a smile on your face.
The album closes with the original version of "Mahna Mahna" performed by Jim Henson. It's lovely to have Jim's voice included on this soundtrack, and "Mahna Mahna" is always fun to have.
I really can't talk about how glorious this soundtrack is enough. The songs will lift your spirits, make you smile, and have you singing along with them for days and days to come. Whether you buy this soundtrack when it is released on Monday, November 21st or wait to buy it until after you've seen the movie, you are guaranteed a musical treat. So, what I'm saying is... buy this soundtrack. The Muppets and your ears will thank you.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, email@example.com


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Jack Beal, whose pensive nudes, densely detailed still lifes and earnest public murals depicting ancient myths and modern life helped define the New Realism of the 1960s and '70s, a school of figurative painting notable for being unfashionable at the time, died on Aug. 29 in Oneonta, N.Y. He was 82.
The cause was kidney failure, said his wife, the artist Sondra Freckelton.
Mr. Beal was part of a group of young American artists who rejected the psychologically driven Abstract Expressionist movement of the postwar era in favor of art based on commonly recognizable things and experiences. The new wave included Pop artists like Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, who leavened their work with postmodernist humor, and others like Philip Pearlstein, Alfred Leslie and Mr. Beal, whose work was more traditional but no less ambitious.
Mr. Beal was known for minutely detailed portraits, landscapes, still lifes and narrative works, like "The History of Labor," a series of four murals he painted from 1974 to 1977 for the Labor Department's headquarters in Washington. Their populist optimism earned Mr. Beal a dubious distinction.
The murals established Mr. Beal "as the most important Social Realist to have emerged in American painting since the 1930s," wrote Hilton Kramer, the art critic for The New York Times. "Given the generally low esteem — a disfavor bordering at times on contempt — that the Social Realist impulse has suffered in recent decades, this is not a position likely to be a cause of envy."
But the work was good, Mr. Kramer declared in a review in 1977. "The murals abound in visual incident, dramatic shifts of space and light and an unflagging energy," he wrote, describing crowded scenes of neighbors helping neighbors, social workers rescuing children from factory jobs, scientists toiling side by side with laborers for the good of all. The overall effect, he said, was "breathtaking."
Mr. Beal seemed not to care if his work was considered corny. "I think that what we have to try to do is to make beautiful paintings about life as we live it," he said in a 1979 interview. Paintings, he said, "could lead people in a better direction."
Walter Henry Beal Jr. was born on June 25, 1931, in Richmond, Va. His father, a factory worker, was also known as Jack. His mother was the former Marion Watkins. An only and often sickly child, young Jack took to drawing early and developed his interest while studying biology and anatomy at the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, now known as Old Dominion University. Before earning a degree, he enrolled in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied with Kathleen Blackshear and was influenced by the work of Arshile Gorky, he told interviewers.
The school was where he met Ms. Freckelton, a fellow student. They married in 1955 and moved to New York City in 1957, then to a farm upstate in Oneonta in the 1970s.
Mr. Beal's paintings have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Virginia Museum of Art and the National Portrait Gallery. They can also be seen in the subway.
In the late 1990s, Mr. Beal was one of several artists, along with Lichtenstein, Jacob Lawrence and Toby Buonagurio, commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to produce works for the subway system. He decided on two 7-by-20-foot glass tile mosaic panels portraying the Greek myth of Persephone, the goddess who spends half the year above ground and half in the underworld.
The first panel to be completed, titled "The Return of Spring," was installed on the mezzanine of the subway station complex under Times Square three days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (The second panel, "The Onset of Winter," went up in 2005.) "The Return of Spring" shows Persephone emerging from a subway exit to buy flowers at a Korean greengrocer's stall.


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Show/Share: On Saturday morning I left the house at about 7:45 a.m. and returned at about 12 midnight. Needing a *long-haul* outfit, I went for pattern-clash and relaxed…
During the day, I was part of an Action Learning Set; working with a small group of people trying to get our social projects off the ground and to get them working effectively. It helped having a nice view while working hard…
Tell: Handmade jacket from op shop, handmade necklace (from owl found in Hawaii), Dragstar dress, Caledonia tights, retail socks, Fluevog boots, Jenny Kee bag, Viva La Wombat scarf from op shop.
Show/Share Two: … And then today, we had a Sunday lunch birthday. This outfit literally just made itself as I started mixing blue and orange and white, and then repeating the colours over and over again, and going for my *love* of over-matching.
The Hawaiian First Officer and I aren't known very well for our outfit matching, and so when the *genius* moment of the HFO's use of blue, orange and white occurred here too, I was MOST excited. Plus, a Hawaiian shirt, no less! (And you, dear reader, well you know the HFO: not quite so keen on the multiple selfies!)
A *good* weekend. I hope for you too xo
Tell: Ken Done for Canteen scarf from op shop, necklace from op shop, vintage Snoopy brooch from op shop in Canberra, secondhand cardigan from Retospec'd, vintage cardigan clips from op shop, handmade dress from Bankstown op shop, Spin Dance petticoat, retail stockings, Happy Socks, Fluevog sandals, 'Vintage Penguin' bag from UK. Earrings from op shop and 'Diamonds Ain't a Girl's Best Friend' cloud ring from London, UK.


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And here's a startling new development in the case of Women v. Math, Science, Saying Something Is "Fine" When It Is Not Actually Fine At All, and Driving: According to the L.A. Times, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that there is a prevalence of females (two-thirds of the drivers involved) involved in a very specific kind of car accident caused by "pedal misapplication," which occurs 15 times a month in the United States.
Why we so wack about the gas pedal?, the analytical among us may ask. Well, the NHTSA speculates that women have "a poorer fit in their cars due to shorter stature, which may increase the likelihood of a pedal application error." Also, they suggest that most of these crashes occur in commercial parking lots, so perhaps these accidents all go down outside of the local shopping malls that women flock to, happily rooting through those awkward clearance boxes in Express, menses all a-cycling together to form a luxurious, flowing tributary of Womanhood. Or something.
However, men are still 57% likely to be in a car accident, while our poor-ass car-fitting selves come in at a more respectable 43%. Men are also three times more likely to die in a crash. In a follow-up, the NHTSA is likely to report that at least 20% of that 43% accounts for my mom getting into fender-benders outside of Applebee's and hyperventilating.
Women More Likely to Mistake Gas Pedal for Brakes [LA Times]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A chemical that sickened and killed babies in China when it tainted baby formula can also leach off of tableware and into food, a new small study suggests.
However, researchers said, that doesn't prove the compound, called melamine, is harmful to kids and adults in the amounts detected when study participants ate hot soup from melamine bowls.
Large doses of melamine - which is used in some types of fertilizer and in resin used to make tableware - killed six babies in China and sent thousands more to the hospital with kidney damage in 2008. In high enough quantities, melamine can cause kidney stones and other kidney problems in adults as well.
In the new study, healthy young adults who ate hot noodle soup from bowls made with melamine resin had higher levels of the chemical in their urine for the next 12 hours.
The study "raises interesting questions about environmental agents that can affect the kidney long term," said Dr. Craig Langman, who studies kidney diseases at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
"It does raise some concerns, but it hardly proves anything," added Langman, who wasn't involved in the new research. "To date, I have great skepticism about the link."
Researchers led by Chia-Fang Wu from Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan had six people in their 20s eat hot soup for breakfast out of melamine bowls and another six eat soup from ceramic bowls. Then, the researchers monitored participants' urine for the next 12 hours. Three weeks later, the two groups were reversed.
For the rest of the day, the total melamine excreted in study volunteers' urine was 8.35 micrograms following a melamine-bowl breakfast, compared to 1.31 micrograms after breakfast from a melamine-free bowl.
The researchers didn't measure any health effects possibly related to melamine - and it's not clear if those urine levels would lead to any long-term medical problems or if participants' bodies were storing any of the chemical.
Still, Wu and colleagues wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine, "Although the clinical significance of what levels of urinary melamine concentration has not yet been established, the consequences of long-term melamine exposure should still be of concern."
Langman said research into the chemical's long-term biological effects should continue.
"The babies who were poisoned because of their being young had very low kidney function to begin with," he told Reuters Health - so their kidneys were particularly vulnerable to the chemical.
What's more, "Clearly, poisoning acutely with this massive overload is different than long-term exposure," Langman said.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, melamine is approved in the U.S. for use in the manufacturing of some cooking utensils, tableware, plastics and industrial coatings, among other things. The chemical is likely more common in other countries including China.
"American exposure from tableware must be astonishingly small, or not at all. (However), because of the Chinese poisoning epidemic, we have to be entirely vigilant all the time about our food supply," Langman added.
He said anyone who has a choice might as well avoid buying tableware made with melamine, because it does interact with some acidic foods and in the microwave.
"If you can avoid it, why use it?" he said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/V2tOYf JAMA Internal Medicine, online January 21, 2013.


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A man arrested on suspicion of loitering Monday morning managed to slip away from police outside Baltimore's busy Central Booking Center but was shot in the leg by a corrections officer guarding the back gate.
The man, police and jail officials said, continued to flee and climbed over the 14-foot chain-link gate topped by strands of barbed wire. He then leaped over a steep embankment and ran into a parking lot below the Fallsway and East Eager Street before police caught him.
The escapee, whose name was not released, was taken to an area hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. "Charges are imminent," he added, but said police would wait until after the man has been treated.
"He's in the hospital in stable condition," Guglielmi said. "We will release his name upon formal charges."
The shooting happened about 11 a.m. It was the first reported at Central Booking, which opened in 1995 and is considered one of the busiest such facilities in the country, processing 68,000 inmates last year, officials said.
Mark A. Vernarelli, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, said the corrections officer followed protocol and was authorized to use deadly force to prevent an escape.
"It's his responsibility to guard that gate," Vernarelli said. "His whole mission is to prevent anyone from escaping and protect the public."
The agency's internal investigations unit is investigating. Vernarelli said the officer is a 12-year veteran.
Baltimore police cars, mounted patrol and a police helicopter blanketed areas around Interstate 83 and the Fallsway between Madison and Chase streets in response to the shooting and escape until word reached units that the escapee had been rearrested.
Dominic Presti, an 18-year-old from New Jersey being held inside Central Booking, said jail employees briefly stopped processing arrests while security was heightened and police pursued the escapee.
"They made us wait in there," he said.
The man who escaped had been arrested for his alleged behavior at convenience stores in Northwest Baltimore, where, officials said, he would open unpurchased bags of chips and drinks to intimidate clerks while threatening to take over the grounds to deal drugs, said Maj. Johnny Delgado, commander of the Northwestern District.
The man had done this repeatedly in stores around Liberty Heights Avenue and Garrison Boulevard, Delgado said, but police hadn't been able to catch him until they found him Monday.
They arrested him, put him in plastic hand restraints and drove him to Central Booking in a police van, Guglielmi said. During the drive, the man found a way to slip out of the restraints. When Baltimore police officers tried to turn him over to jail officers, he bolted, Guglielmi said.
He was not formally charged with loitering because he wasn't processed before he escaped, police said.
After the arrest, investigators and jail officials eyed the fence and took photos of the steep embankment the man ran down, marveling at how far he had gone with a bullet in his leg before he was caught.


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He had a grander plan in mind, though it didn't occur to him right away.
It was fate, one of those star-crossed relationships meant to be: community activist Mary Coakley from La Jolla and Scripps oceanographer Walter Munk sharing, among other things in common, the sea.
Theirs was a match made by Neptune.
Coakley-Munk had worked on two community projects — The Map, a physical representation of underwater life at La Jolla Shores, and J.J., a sculpture of the orphaned whale rescued and released by SeaWorld, now a Kellogg Park attraction.
The 95-year-old Munk, often referred to as the world's "greatest living oceanographer," is re-nowned for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to the understanding of ocean circulation, tides and waves and their role in the Earth's dynamics. A professor emeritus of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Munk has been with the organization since 1939 when, he said, "it had 15 employees, including the director and the gardener." Today, Scripps has about 1,500 employees worldwide.
Munk has numerous things named in his honor, including a library aboard a Japanese research vessel and a species of manta ray. Still, as impressive as his resume is, he couldn't help but be im-pressed by Coakley-Munk's boldness.
"Mary is very noticeable," Munk said about what initially drew him to her. "She's not exactly the silent, fleeting type."
Coakley-Munk, meanwhile, was drawn in by Munk's subtle ap-proach.
"The first time I met Walter was at a particularly contentious meeting at the (La Jolla) rec center," said Coakley-Munk, a mainstay on the La Jolla civic scene for years. "Somehow or other we ended up with friends over at Karl Strauss (pub/restaurant) and closed the place, which I since found out is Walter's M.O."
During an interview at the couple's oceanfront home that Munk built with first wife Judith and has lived in since 1953, he reflected on his courting method with a twinkle in his eye.
"When I was young (90) I did that a little better," he said. "I get sleepy now."
At the time they met, Munk was a widower. His first wife, an architect who influenced Scripps campus planning, had died in 2006 at age 81. Coakley-Munk, single for 28 years, had four grown children from a previous relationship in Minnesota.
When the couple met, introduced over dinner by a mutual friend, Coakley-Munk had been caring for her mother, who died at 103.
They became fast friends. Munk, still working daily, had stopped driving at night. Coakley-Munk volunteered to chauffer him when her schedule allowed.
The relationship — which few people knew about for the first couple of years — grew from there.
"We started enjoying each other and then decided to get married," Munk said.
But when the time came to get hitched there was a hitch: Munk had been hospitalized with a heart ailment.
"Walter can't stand wasting long weekends, so we got married while he was in the hospital," said Coakley-Munk. "His doctor was the best man."
Completely recovered, the Scripps scientist and the community activist have ever since been taking care of business while at home, and traipsing across the globe when they're not, with Munk consulting with colleagues and receiving awards honoring his lifetime of achievement.
Despite all of his accolades, Munk remains humble about his work.
"He says oceanography is just a big word for being a plumber," said Coakley-Munk, who, ironically, has been — and continues to be — involved with improving restroom facilities at La Jolla Shores.
Munk is a firm believer in global warming. When asked why some still doubt the widely held theory that fossil-fuel emissions are causing the world's climate to warm and polar ice caps to melt, he replied, "That fraction of people is diminishing. The evidence is pretty convincing to most people. You're entitled to your own opinions — but not to your own facts. And the facts, to me at least, are pretty convincing that there have been some changes."
An optimist, Munk believes humanity will adapt to rising sea levels and whatever other climatic alterations global warming brings.
"We'll have to learn to adapt to them (changes), move out of certain coastal areas during the next 50 years," he said, joking, "If all the Arctic ice melts, I have a beach cottage."
On a more serious note, Munk concluded, "We'll solve the problems. People will survive. Meeting those challenges may be positive, help the economy, put people to work."
And at 95, Munk has no plans to leave himself out of those challenges. He still works seven days a week and feels there's a lot left for him to do.
"I have done some work on ocean waves many years ago, and there's a new development that I find interesting," he said. "I'd love to do some work on ice sheets melting. That's got some interesting problems.
"I enjoy my work. I'd like to keep going as long as possible."
Indeed, Coakley-Munk agreed, she couldn't stop him from working if she tried.
"He doesn't know how to do it any other way," she said. "He flunked retirement."
So does Munk believe mankind understands the ocean?
"Of course not," he said. "But I think every generation understands more than the last one. I don't think we've come to a point where we say there's nothing more to learn."
Coakley-Munk is anticipating that she and her husband will have more to learn in the future.
"I'm counting on 10 more years," she said. "It's been a wild ride."


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This bento is packed in a Sassy box.
On the right: pretzels, sandwich bites cut into puzzle shapes with The Lunch Punch (peanut butter & cherry preserves), and in the little dish are deli rolls: salami, turkey, swiss cheese.
On the left: strawberries, with cucumber in the silicone cup.
It is the last day of April, the last day of Autism Awareness Month! My last message about autism to share.
Amy says:
"Person with autism or autistic?
Many autistics themselves prefer autistic. They see autism as an integral (& often positive) part of their personalities & argue that saying "person with autism" is like calling women "people with femaleness.""
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Haiti Needs Aid, Not Militarization
There's a special kind of horror that comes from watching a human catastrophe escalate in front of our eyes, knowing that for most of us sending money is the only useful thing we can do. I remember seeing the terror of the Rwandan genocide explode, visible even on U.S. television, while up close and personal I watched the U.S. and French diplomats in the Security Council working openly to prevent the United Nations from acting to stop the genocidaires. And despite all the differences between natural disasters and those caused by human beings, the sense of helplessness is much the same watching the Haiti crisis from the safety of our living rooms.
This time, of course, the U.S. is not trying to prevent humanitarian assistance. President Obama made all the right commitments to the Haitian people, promising emergency assistance AND that we would stand with them into the future. He made clear that it is indeed the role and responsibility of government to respond to humanitarian crises, and that's a good thing (even if he also anointed his predecessors to lead a parallel privatized response).
But the reality is, on the ground, some of the same problems that we've seen so many times before have already emerged, as U.S. military forces take charge, as the United Nations is pushed aside by overbearing U.S. power, as desperate humanitarian needs take a back seat to the Pentagon's priorities. Saturday morning's New York Times quoted Secretary of State Clinton saying, "we are working to back them [the Haitian government] up but not to supplant them." That was good. But then she said she expected the Haitian government to pass an emergency decree including things like the right to impose curfews. "The decree would give the government an enormous amount of authority, which in practice they would delegate to us," Clinton said. So much for "not supplanting them."
Already the U.S. military controls the airport. That means, according to the UN's World Food Program, that of the 200 flights in and out each day, "most of these flights are for the United States military. Their priorities are to secure the country. Ours are to feed." The WFP's planes full of food, medicine, and water were unable to land in on Thursday or Friday, because the priority was U.S.-defined security. On Saturday at least two Mexican planeloads of humanitarian supplies were turned away while several more planeloads of U.S. troops landed.
And given that at this time there was not widespread violence threatening to prevent the delivery of aid, this privileging of troops over water, medicine, and food may well have cost Haitian lives.
This militarization of the aid effort was based solely on the expectation, not the reality, of large-scale violence. The U.S. decision to send the Marines first, before doctors or water, was based on the anticipation that there would be violence that would prevent the distribution of supplies. In fact, despite widespread anger and looting, especially of food, incidents of real violence (though widely reported) have been relatively few and isolated. The bottom line must be who is in charge. With the Haitian government devastated, any necessary turn-over of authority should go to the United Nations rather than to the U.S. military. The U.S. should put the Pentagon's massive airlift capacity at the service of Haiti and the United Nations, not the other way around. Militarizing the provision of aid is not going to save the most lives.
Unfortunately, we've seen this all before. In Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's UN, a book I wrote in 1995, I described the way the UN was shut out of peacekeeping operations in Haiti in 1994. Seems too many lessons are still unlearned.
In the meantime, sending funds is still crucial. One of the organizations that has been working on the ground in Haiti for more than 20 years, Partners in Health, is now doing extraordinary work responding to the emergency. You can reach them for updates of conditions on the ground and to donate funds at www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti.
:: It's time to leave behind old ideas of superpowers. A changing world brings new opportunities for peace and the chance to join a community of nations.


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Hopefully, the recent weather has not dampened everyone's spirit for the year to come. With each new year comes changes in many things, including youth leagues. New ideas and possibilities to make the leagues stronger and more productive for the youngsters are always top priority. With this said, the Trimble County Youth Baseball League, like the softball league, is pleading for more members to join the board and help improve our league.
First I would like to thank everyone who cleaned their steps, porches and in front of their mail boxes during the recent snow and ice; it was a tremendous help.
Further, I would like to thank the employees who came to work every day – some of whom did not have electricity for several days at home, and yet made every effort to get the mail delivered.
Mother Nature's worst was met with Trimble County's best last week.
As quickly as the winter storm covered roads with snow and ice, local volunteers and emergency personnel came to the rescue.
Within hours of the first snowflake making landfall, thousands of the county's residents found their homes dark and cold as thick coats of ice and falling tree limbs pulled power lines from poles.
The Ladies Auxiliary would like to take this opportunity to thank every one for their help with our Toy's For Tot's Christmas Drive.
A special thanks to our Carroll and surrounding county merchants for their generous donations for our raffles. Thank you Wednesday night Bingo Players for your support every week.
To our Post Legionnaires and The Son's of Legion, thank you for your donation. This made it possible to add a few to our list.
At Thursday's meeting of the Carroll County School Board, there was discussion of bringing more fine arts and humanities subjects back into the schools.
Superintendent Lisa James said she wants to see choir offered at Kathryn Winn Primary School, as well as the other schools in the district. She says there are a lot of students in the district with vocal talent who would benefit.
I couldn't agree more.
I am writing this letter as a tired, disgruntled, and extraordinarily frustrated citizen. As a 24-year-old man, I am proud to say that I have never been arrested or convicted of a crime. I have never spent one second in a jail cell. I have never had anything more than a speeding ticket.
As a charter member of the Hayes Crossing/Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, I would like to make a suggestion that would involve all 120 County and City Fire Departments in the state of Kentucky.
I feel like it's time to establish a Kentucky Fire Department Museum. Contributions of Fire Department history could come from every Fire Department in Kentucky. Since we have several hundred Fire Departments in Kentucky.
An old tobacco warehouse not being used would make a very suitable place to display trucks and equipment.
I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks to everyone for your help in making our Relay For Life so successful.
When the American Cancer Society asked me to be county chairman, I said I'd to it for two years. We've more than doubled that, and it's time for me to get out of the way and let someone else take the lead.
First, I just want to say that I am extremely optimistic for our country's future. Whether you voted for Barak Obama or not, I hope we will finally all start working together, despite party alignments, and get the United States back on track.
The world is watching us; our friends, allies and even some of less-than-friendly countries have indicated they will support the new administration.
I hope that we all do, too.
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I would like to express my appreciation to the people of Carroll County who participated in the Christmas food basket distribution this year.
Whether they donated canned goods to the "Scouting For Food," gave money or gift cards so we could buy perishable items, sorted and shelved donated items, or packed and distributed food baskets – it was a tremendous effort by this community to feed our hungry neighbors.
By LORRIE KINKADE
Here we are more than a week into 2009 and things aren't looking well on the resolution front.
As the clock wound down on 2008, I quietly resolved to make two changes to my life in the new year - I would stop smoking and lose 30 pounds.
Editor: The staff of the Carrollton Adult Training Center would like to thank North American Stainless, Melanie Stewart and Leigh Ann Roberts for making Christmas brighter for our clients. We are very thankful for their generous contribution.
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Folding senior center thanks supporters Editor:
We of the Senior Citizens of Carroll County Inc. wish to thank everyone in Carroll County who has made the past eight years such a great time at our center. Without your support, it would not have been possible.
Although we closed the center on Jan. 1, it has been a pleasure to serve the senior citizens of Carroll County these eight years.
By RUTH BAXTER
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You only have to turn on the television or pick up a newspaper to learn that another retail business has closed its doors. Circuit City, The Sharper Image, Mrs. Fields and Linens 'N Things are just a few of more than 73 well-known retailers that filed for bankruptcy in 2008. Analysts predict another 170,000 retail stores will close their doors in 2009.
Can retail businesses "weather the storm" of this economy until relief is available and the consumer no longer fears spending money?
Every year, I'm amazed at how fast time passes once you become an adult. I remember being a young teen-ager, wishing I was 16 so I could drive, or telling Dad that I couldn't wait until I'd graduate from high school.
"Don't wish your life away," Dad would say, and I'd just roll my eyes, as any good teen-ager will do.
There is a quote by Erasmus that reads "When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes."
On behalf of the Lady Panther Basketball team and Carroll County High School, I would like to say "thanks" to North American Stainless for sponsoring the Girls' Basketball Classic played at Carroll County High School Dec. 20, 22 and 23.
The tournament was very successful again this year. Without the financial support from NAS, a holiday tournament such as this could not be held.
I received compliments from other coaches, school officials and fans for the hospitality shown by our Carroll County people.
On Dec. 18, the Carrollton Police Department and the Carroll County Detention Center conducted our eighth annual "Shop With A Cop" event. This year marked a milestone with our program in that as an eight year total we have surpassed over $100,000 expended to help more than 500 children in need.
We would like to thank the following for their contributions to our 2008 "Shop With A Cop" event.
Over the next two days, families everywhere will gather around the dinner table to share in a special holiday feast. For those who may be dreading the obligatory tradition, I empathize; I also find the holidays torturous.
But if your trepidation to spend the occasion with your own family is due to the threat of boredom, come on over to our place.
This year, among the guests expected to join in the festivities at my aunt's house are The Super Hero, The Neutered Dog and The Naked Parent.
Sheriff appreciates support for annual Christmas event
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the following individuals and companies for the wonderful support and help in making this year's "Christmas with the Sheriff" such a success.
Because of the amount of support and help we were able to help 79 children have a good Christmas this year. The support of money, time, help and food enabled us to have a great party for the children and the parents/guardians with Santa.
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The great thing about wedding cakes these days is how they incorporate the couples' personalities. You know, the things they love and value, the things they enjoy doing together...
"'Til sobriety do us part."
And who could forget this classic groom's cake?
Classy with a capital K.
And hey, not only is Bud Light good for hosing off patios and cleaning spark plugs, it's also grrrrr-REAT for smashing into the cakes of people you don't like much:
Take THAT, Wally.
Pro Tip: Writing "IGLOO" on the side only tells us just how far you missed the mark, bakers. Next time, try "last-minute replacement." You'll look like a STAR.
Parents, if you name your kid "Beer," I'm pretty sure no amount of Welch's sparkling grape juice is going to reverse the damage:
Although I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to shake the hand of the person who put this display together.
Of course, I imagine any parent of a child named Beer would find a cake like this sort of inevitable:
Still, not sure I'd believe 'em, Dad:
Big sloppy thank you kisses to Jennifer J., Laurie, Serena M., Jen, Erin M., Lauren K., & Kati B. And hey. Hey. HEY. Guys. I like, TOTALLY love youallsomuch. Seriously. Now someone gimmie a bucket.


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Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been granted a temporary restraining order against the same man accused of allegedly harassing singer Sheryl Crow.
Phillip Gordon Sparks was ordered to stay away from the singer last month after he claimed Crow had stolen money from him and reportedly threatened to harm the star in a series of angry posts online.
Now it's alleged homeless Sparks has also been targeting Weinstein after becoming convinced the Hollywood producer had teamed up with Crow to rob him and destroy his life.
In his legal papers, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ.com, Weinstein vehemently denies the allegations and insists he has never met Sparks, who is said to have phoned officials at the Screen Actors Guild in Hollywood and threatened to "just shoot" both him and Crow.
Weinstein also expresses fears for his life as Sparks was "aware of some of my personal activities that I did not publicize," adding, "Unless the court issues the restraining order against Mr. Sparks… I am greatly concerned that Mr. Sparks may physically harm me, my family members, close friends, agents, and representatives."
The judge overseeing both Weinstein and Crow's cases is due to rule on whether to make the restraining orders permanent during a hearing on Tuesday.


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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Lightning Doesn't Strike MTS Centre
Call it what you will, but the Winnipeg Jets brought their "A" game to the hangar on Monday night against a very difficult and stingy opponent.
At the end of the night, they had their sixth win of the season and two points in the bag.
The best part of the game was not the fact that the Jets had goals from five different players, but that it was a complete 60 minute effort from start to finish.
As a sort of reward, the Jets Skills Competition added to a seemingly relaxed and calmed team - a team that has finally shown what it is capable of on it's best days.
To that point is the emergence and necessity of a good game via defenseman Dustin Byfuglien.
Without his "A" game, the Jets are not a good team.
With it, they are almost unstoppable.
Every team has that lightning rod that sparks the offense and drives a team to win and the Jets lighting rod is #33 on the blueline.
The upstart of Evander Kane, who leads the team with six goals this season - the sixth one coming Monday night - is another positive step.
Watching the Skills Competition gave fans and possibly coaches and players a possibility to take a step back and really see what we have here in Winnipeg.
The Jets have a young core that needs to stay intact for the long haul if they are to be competitive.
This is a team of the future, not the present (as of yet), and the fans and organization is and must continue to treat the team as such.
From Kane, Bryan Little, and Byfuglien to Alexander Burmistrov, Andrew Ladd, Zach Bogosian, and Ondrej Pavelec, this team has the essentials to create a winning franchise that is capable of winning in the season and the playoffs once there.
Experience and leadership comes from the likes of Ladd and Byfulgien (two Stanley Cup rings), while the speed, skill, and size comes from the crew supporting the rest - Bogosian, Burmistrov, Little, etc.
If the Skills Competition showed Jets fans and brass anything it's this: We have one good hockey team.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 12, 2013) –The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today released its first "State of our Schools" report, highlighting the critical need to modernize school facilities to meet current health, safety and educational standards.
The report, featuring a foreword by former President Bill Clinton, states that schools are currently facing a $271 billion deferred maintenance bill just to bring the buildings up to working order – approximately $5,450 per student.
The last comprehensive report on America's school facilities was conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 1995 and indicated that 15,000 U.S. schools were circulating air that at the time was deemed unfit to breathe. The USGBC report calls on the GAO to conduct an updated survey on the condition of America's schools in order to paint a more complete picture of the scale and scope of today's needs. The USGBC report also estimates that the cost to both bring schools into good repair and address modernization needs is $542 billion over the next 10 years for Pre-K-12 school buildings.
"The places where our children learn matter. This report is a critical first step to taking action and creating healthy, sustainable school buildings," said Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair, USGBC. "Schools are the backbone of our communities, and it is unacceptable that we would allow any of our children to show up in classrooms that compromise their ability to learn. We must do more."
"Approximately 50 million students attend the nearly 100,000 public elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Many of these schools barely meet today's standards, yet it's been an astonishing 18 years since the last comprehensive study on school conditions was conducted," said Rachel Gutter, director, Center for Green Schools at USGBC. "We are confident Congress will take up the charge to commission a new report on the state of educational facilities across the country. We can't continue to ignore a problem just because we don't understand the extent of it."
The Center for Green Schools at USGBC is urging the GAO to commission another survey on the condition of America's schools, with support from 24 organizations, including the 21st Century School Fund, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Lung Association, the National Education Association (NEA) and the National PTA, among others.
"Our job—as educators, as parents and as elected officials—is to remove barriers so that all students can succeed," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "This means investing in the right priorities. Children need and deserve safe and healthy environments so they can learn. It's not more complicated than that."
- Key recommendations from the report include:
- Expand the Common Core of Data (a set of academic expectations collected annually by the National Center for Education Statistics that define the knowledge and skills all students should master by the end of each grade level) to include school level data on building age, building size and site size.
- Improve the current fiscal reporting of school district facility maintenance and operations data to the National Center for Education Statistics so that utility and maintenance expenditures are collected separately.
- Improve the collection of capital outlay data from school districts to include identification of the source of capital outlay funding and distinctions between capital outlay categories for new construction and for existing facilities.
- Provide financial and technical assistance to states from the U.S. Department of Education to incorporate facility data in their state longitudinal education data systems.
- Mandate a GAO facility condition survey take place every 10 years, with the next one beginning immediately.
Please visit centerforgreenschools.org/stateofschools to download the full report.
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The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council is making sure every student has the opportunity to attend a green school within this generation. From kindergarten to college and beyond, the Center works directly with staff, teachers, faculty, students, ambassadors, elected officials and communities to drive the transformation of all schools into sustainable places to live and learn, work and play. For more information, visit centerforgreenschools.org, follow us on Twitter at @mygreenschools, and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/centerforgreenschools.
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. USGBC works toward its mission of market transformation through its LEED green building certification program, robust educational offerings, a nationwide network of chapters and affiliates, the annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo and advocacy in support of public policy that encourages and enables green buildings and communities. For more information, visit usgbc.org and follow us on Twitter @USGBC, and Facebook at facebook.com/USGBC.