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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Jan. 20. - Following is the prepared text of Gov. Jay Nixon's (D) 2010 state of the state address:
Thank you, Speaker Richard, President Pro-Tem Shields, Leaders Callahan and LeVota, Judges of the Missouri Supreme Court, Lieutenant Governor Kinder, state officials, members of the General Assembly and members of my cabinet.
It's a privilege to be here this evening. I am blessed to have with me Missouri's First Lady, my wife Georganne, and our two sons, Jeremiah and Will.
One year ago, as we gathered in this very room, a massive ice storm struck southern Missouri.
Miles of power lines went down, plunging tens of thousands of people into bitter cold and darkness.
I'll never forget what I saw in the days and weeks that followed. Everywhere I went, people of every color and creed were joining hands to help their neighbors.
They turned school gyms and church basements into havens of warmth and safety in Doniphan, Naylor and Poplar Bluff.
They didn't ask how anybody voted. They didn't care who was rich or poor.
They came together in a crisis, because that's what the people of Missouri do.
That's a powerful lesson for us here tonight: The worst of times brings out the best in us.
And when the people of Missouri join hands and work together we can accomplish anything.
That makes me proud of our state, proud to be a Missourian and proud to be your Governor.
Tonight, our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Haiti, who are suffering in the tragic aftermath of the massive earthquake on January 12. There are many ways Missourians can help. I encourage you to go to our Web site, MO.gov, and learn more about what you can do.
From the moment I took the oath of office, I have focused my energy on one thing: turning this economy around.
We must build a granite foundation for Missouri's future growth.
Tonight, I will review some of the hard-won accomplishments of the year behind us... address the challenges ahead of us ... highlight the opportunities we must seize now to spur job growth ... and lay out my long-term strategy to create a vibrant future for our state.
But before I get to the heart of my economic message, I'd like to recognize the brave Missourians, in all branches of our military, who have left their families in ourcare, to fight terror around the world.
With us tonight is Specialist Michael Thomas, a Citizen-Soldier with the Missouri National Guard. Specialist Thomas was serving with the Missouri National Guard's Agri-Business Development Team II in Afghanistan when his convoy was hit by a suicide bomber in March 2009. As the gunner on his vehicle, Specialist Thomas sustained a direct hit from the blast. For his sacrifice, he was awarded the Purple Heart.
Specialist Thomas, as Commander in Chief of the Missouri National Guard, I commend you for your service to our country. You represent every man and woman who has ever fought for our freedom and liberty... in every time... and on every field of battle.
Specialist Thomas, on their behalf, please stand and accept the gratitude of your state.
Every action we took in 2009, and every action we will take in 2010, is set against the backdrop of global forces that constrain our nation's economy. That is the nature of the complex world we live in.
Our most pressing economic challenges - creating jobs, seizing opportunities for growth, and balancing the budget - are too important to be sidetracked by partisan bickering. That would betray the trust put in us by the people.
We also need to take the long view, and be wise stewards of the blessings that make Missouri so special: our families, our communities, and our God-given natural resources.
In everything we do this year, we must put our differences aside - and put Missouri first.
I'm an optimist by nature, and nothing I have seen this year has diminished my optimism.
My vision of the future is colored by my abiding faith in the resourcefulness and determination of the people of Missouri.
I want the little girl who someday cracks the code of cancer to be a product of Missouri schools.
I want the little boy who invents clean fuel to heat our homes and power our cars to be a native son.
And I want thousands of Missourians working in high-tech jobs, using technology we can only dream of today.
And to reach it, I want Missouri to be first in job creation.
Everywhere I've traveled in the last 12 months, from K.C. to Cape, I've heard the same refrain from businesses large and small: "Give us the tools, help us train the workers, and we'll do the rest."
Last year, our bi-partisan jobs bill helped put more of these tools in place.
We ramped up financial incentives for businesses that offered good jobs and health insurance. And we focused state resources on targeted, fast-track training programs to prepare a workforce ready to step into those jobs.
Express Scripts in St. Louis, used Missouri BUILD incentives to expand here, rather than Pennsylvania. Now it's building a huge, automated facility for filling medical prescriptions. And it will create nearly 300 jobs paying an average wage of more than $40,000 a year.
McLane, a grocery distribution company owned by Warren Buffett, used state incentives to build a large new facility in Republic that will create 250 full-time jobs with good wages. If Warren Buffett is bullish on Missouri, it's good for all of us.
Smith Electric Vehicles makes all-electric, zero-emission trucks. It's building a new plant in Kansas City using our Quality Jobs incentives. That plant will create 200 jobs, and pump millions of dollars into the local economy.
While we were helping large employers, we didn't forget about the small businesses that are a mainstay of Missouri's economy.
We eliminated the franchise tax for 16,000 small businesses like Kelley's Furniture in Kirksville, so they could expand and add jobs.
We also started a small business loan program. One of those loans went to Beth Daniels, who owns a company in Eureka that makes educational games. Last year, Beth was worried she wouldn't have enough games in stock to fill holiday orders. So she used her loan to build up inventory and hire another employee. Please welcome one of the Show-Me State's budding entrepreneurs, Beth Daniels.
Job-creation initiatives only succeed if there are trained workers ready to step into those jobs. So we upped our investment in training people.
Last fall, we began implementing our Caring for Missourians initiative to train more Missourians for careers in high-demand health care fields - including nursing and dentistry, optometry and medical technology. Over the next two years, we'll be enrolling at least 1,300 additional students in these programs at our two- and four-year colleges, and preparing these students to meet our state's critical health care needs.
We also put more money into accelerated programs at community colleges to help dislocated workers retrain and get back into the job market - fast.
It's clear that our key business incentives and workforce investments are bearing fruit. But much more needs to be done. That's why my top legislative priority this year is my 2010 Jobs Plan.
First, we must leverage every tool and tactic to help loyal Missouri businesses thrive.
Second, we must outrun and outfox our rivals to recruit new high-tech companies to Missouri.
And third, we must train a workforce that's ready-to-roll, and second-to-none.
The Missouri First initiative is my loyalty program for businesses that are already here. They'll go to the head of the line for financial incentives to help expand plants or payrolls.
We'll give an extra bump to businesses that have been in Missouri longer than five years. After all, these are the companies who have given generations of Missourians steady paychecks. They're also the folks who paid the taxes that built our roads, our schools and our parks.
Given Missouri's need to create jobs quickly, helping loyal businesses accelerate their growth just may be the smartest investment we can make - with the fastest return.
As your Governor, I'll continue to push hard to recruit new businesses to Missouri. And make no mistake: I've got a competitive streak.
That brings me to the second part of my jobs plan, the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act: MOSIRA.
Missouri is already home to 1,000 biological science companies. This is an area where we can add muscle to existing strength.
MOSIRA will reinvest a small part of the taxes paid by existing bio-tech firms in Missouri, to recruit new ones. It will create a stable pool of funds to increase access to capital. And it will help turn scientific breakthroughs into commercial successes.
We want our bio-tech companies to grow because that creates more jobs. But just as important are the corollaries of that growth: a culture of excellence and collaboration, a forum where brilliant minds find kindred spirits, a hotbed of ideas that spark innovation, and a nexus of risk and reward, where start-ups thrive.
Synbiotics is a perfect example of how this synergy works to Missouri's advantage. Synbiotics is a global leader in animal health. A couple of years ago, its president and CEO, Paul Hays, decided to move the corporate headquarters and research labs from San Diego to Kansas City.
Paul says there are five reasons why he brought his business to Missouri:
First, the opportunities for synergy and collaboration with other companies and scientists in Missouri's booming animal health corridor.
Third, financial incentives from Missouri, Platte County and Kansas City.
MOSIRA will help recruit more dynamic, science and technology companies like Synbiotics to Missouri. That's exactly what we want to do.
That brings me to the third part of my 2010 Jobs Plan. It focuses on Missouri's greatest asset: our people.
"Training for Tomorrow" is a new initiative to train more Missourians for jobs in growing fields, like lab techs, nursing aides, surveyors and mechanics. It gives community colleges the flexibility to enlarge training programs where there's high demand, and ensures there are enough workers to meet that demand.
In addition, I've proposed a 20 percent increase in funding for customized training programs tailored to the needs of specific high-tech industries. By matching industry's needs with training programs, more Missourians will be able to find work quickly.
Much of this training will take place at Missouri's excellent community colleges. There's no place where the link between education and employment is stronger.
I was at Crowder College in Neosho not long ago. President Alan Marble told me that if someone is out of work, they should go to the Dean's office today. They can sign up for a career training program - in alternative energy, health care, or drafting and design - and if they're willing to give it their all, he'll help find them a job.
Tonight, I call on you to show that same can-do spirit. Let's roll up our sleeves and pass this 2010 Jobs Plan.
There's another group of Missourians eager for work, who have real-world job experience and first-rate training from Uncle Sam. I'm talking about our veterans.
When I was in Iraq and Afghanistan last summer, the troops invariably asked me two questions: "How is Pujols doing?" and "Will there be a job for me when I get home?"
Tonight, I'm proud to announce the creation of "Show-Me Heroes," our new jobs initiative just for our veterans. The leader of this effort is Lieutenant Colonel Alan Rohlfing of the Missouri Army National Guard.
He'll be calling on employers all over the state, telling them about our disciplined, dedicated, hard-working veterans. When a job comes open, I want a veteran's resume on the top of the stack, so they get first crack at an interview.
I'm asking every employer in this state to step up and show that Missouri hires its veterans.
For veterans who are ready to retire, Missouri's also the first place to look, because we're going to continue to phase out the state income tax on military pensions until it's zero dollars.
Veterans are not the only ones who can get tax relief in Missouri this year. We're also helping homebuyers.
We're putting $15 million into an effort to give the housing industry a boost and help more Missourians afford the American Dream.
If you want to buy a house in 2010, the state will pick up your property taxes for the first year, for up to $1,250. And we're offering another $500 in tax relief if you make that house more energy efficient.
This will help put thousands of Missouri families in new homes, jumpstart the housing market and give our skilled tradesmen more green jobs.
In this tough economy, we've also got to protect vulnerable Missourians from a voracious predator: payday loan companies.
Hard times are like fertilizer for payday lenders; they just pop up overnight, like mushrooms.
For folks caught in a bad situation - maybe they lost their job, or the car broke down - payday loans may seem like the best option. But Missouri families shouldn't get fleeced.
According to the most recent data, the average payday loan in Missouri was $290 - at 430 percent interest.
And even at those exorbitant rates, you know how many loans were reported? Close to three million.
Missouri laws aren't tough enough to protect folks caught in this downward spiral of debt. We need to stand up for them, and pass meaningful payday loan reform this year.
In one way or another, the downturn hit everybody's pocketbook.
Missouri unemployment ran under the national average, but was still too high. A lot of friends and neighbors were out of work. Too many Missourians lost their homes, farms and businesses. Folks who hung onto their jobs saw their wages and benefits whittled away.
The impact of those economic blows knocked the wind out of state government. Revenue fell a staggering $778 million short of projections - the biggest one-year drop in Missouri history.
So state government did what every Missouri family had to do: tighten our belts, stretch every dollar and rein in spending.
We didn't bellyache about it; we just did it. We focused on our priorities, worked together, and made some real progress.
Unlike 29 other states, we balanced the budget without raising taxes.
We made state government leaner. In one year, I will have reduced the state workforce by nearly 1,800 positions.
We used technology to make government more efficient and effective.
I ordered state department heads to conserve energy, and we reduced our utility bill by six percent. I had to cut $600 million out of the state budget, but did so without losing sight of priorities like education and public safety.
For years, state government has been creating boards and commissions for this centennial or that special interest. Some do good work, while others don't do much of anything. Nobody paid much attention to them, and they just kept growing and growing until they turned into bureaucratic kudzu.
In an effort to root out government waste and inefficiency, I have already eliminated 13 of these boards and 227 positions.
And I call on the legislature to haul out the brush hog, and get rid of 18 more boards and 246 more positions.
Working together, we've been able to avoid the meltdowns we're now seeing in other states:
Arizona's on the verge of closing two-thirds of its state parks and selling its House and Senate buildings.
Nevada's Governor has proposed cutting K-12 funding by $700 million.
Our early action and sound management have helped Missouri keep its spotless Triple-A credit rating. That saves taxpayers millions in interest each year. And it signals investors that Missouri is where smart money goes to grow. Moody's Investors Services, one of the nation's premier financial ratings firms, rated Missouri one of the top states to lead the nation's recovery.
By balancing the budget without raising taxes, making hard choices, and managing debt, Missouri is in a strong position to accelerate out of this downturn.
We could never have accomplished that without steadfast bipartisanship. I want to thank all of you for standing together last year and putting Missouri first.
We must summon that same bipartisan spirit for the hard work that lies ahead.
This year, although we're in better shape than other states, we still face sobering fiscal challenges. Revenue projections for fiscal 2011 are austere; we'll have less revenue than we did in 2009. It will take the patience and good faith of every person in this General Assembly - all 163 members of the House and all 34 members of the Senate - working as a team, to manage our limited resources and move Missouri forward on the path to prosperity.
While we are taking steps to get immediate economic returns, we also need to be making strategic investments to secure Missouri's long-term economic growth:
In our rapidly changing world, the education of Missouri's children is a high-stakes enterprise. Missouri can't succeed unless our schools succeed. And wherever students excel, we have dedicated teachers to thank.
All across the state, our public schools are stronger for the commendable work teachers do. And I'm not just talking about the work that goes on in classrooms from the first bell on Monday morning to the last bell on Friday afternoon.
I'm talking about the extra hours teachers put in before class, giving students extra help with math or English. And the weekends teachers devote to AP prep and band competitions. For these exceptional people, teaching isn't a job - it's a calling.
Criticizing public education is easy - and cheap. Educating children is hard - and takes serious investment. It's not enough to tell our teachers how much we value them; we must show them. And that is why my budget this year includes continued funding for Career Ladder. Our teachers have earned it.
Last year, we provided record funding for K-12 classrooms, even in the face of severe economic challenges. Other states, like Kansas and Georgia, are restricting education funds already appropriated.
Let me be clear: Every penny appropriated by the legislature last year will go to our K-12 classrooms this year.
Our budget challenges next year are no less daunting. Until the revenue picture changes, most folks in government understand that getting the job done with fewer resources is a given.
But budgets are about protecting priorities. And as we discussed my budget, and where and how much to cut, I took one thing off the table: K-12 classrooms. Our children are precious; their education is too important. So even in these difficult times, I am recommending increased funding, at a record level, for our K-12 classrooms.
Our commitment to education must extend beyond high school. But for too long, steep tuition hikes have put college out of reach for many Missouri families. Tom and Sandy Ray, who live in St. Louis, had three kids in college at the same time. That's a big price tag for a working family, but Tom and Sandy understood the value of a college degree and were willing to make the sacrifice.
When their family budget suffered a blow last year, they wondered how they'd manage to pay all three tuition bills. But last year, we froze tuition at all two- and four-year public colleges and universities in the state. For thousands of families like the Rays, that was a godsend.
Please welcome these two terrific Missouri parents, Tom and Sandy Ray.
But we're not done. I call on you to join me - and lead the nation by example - in supporting another tuition freeze this year. That would mean Missouri students and their families won't have to pay a penny more in tuition and fees two years in a row.
I want to bring college within reach for even more Missouri students, by addressing a blatant inequity in Missouri's A+ scholarship program. That program pays two years of community college tuition for high school kids who keep up their grades, give back, and stay out of trouble.
Today, a third of the kids in Missouri's public high schools can't even apply for these scholarships. That's because their schools aren't "officially designated" as A+ schools.
A+ scholarships should be open to every hard-working public high school student in Missouri. And I count on your support to make that happen this year.
Our children are growing up in a high-speed, digital world; just watch them texting their friends. Without access to the fast lane on the information superhighway, we'll simply be a dusty detour.
This year, Missouri is competing to bring high-speed Internet to every part of our state, from the urban core to the last mile of gravel road.
For a small business like Strawberry's Bar-B-Que in Holcomb, that means instant access to customers from Jamaica to Japan. A college student could take courses on her laptop in Fair Play. A cancer specialist in St. Louis can read medical records from a family doctor in St. James.
We will compete for every possible dollar to turn this broadband project into reality and help Missouri stay competitive.
There's an undeniable correlation between a state's competitiveness and the cost of health care.
Last year, Missouri was poised to make real progress on health care. The Missouri Senate voted overwhelmingly to support my plan to provide health care to 35,000 working Missourians at no additional cost to state taxpayers. Unfortunately, that proposal failed on the last day of the session.
This year, there's been a lot of talk about health care, from the halls of Congress to town hall meetings across the country.
Congress is debating significant health care legislation. If that federal legislation passes, it's our job to show steady, bipartisan leadership and maximize the benefits for the people of Missouri.
There's another important health care issue that demands our immediate attention: autism. This spectrum of disorders is diagnosed in one in 110 children. And the sooner it is diagnosed and treated, the better their lives will be.
Myles and Lora Hinkel have a 7-year-old son, Blake, who has autism. Myles and Lora have been outstanding advocates not just for their son, but for all children with autism. Please welcome the Hinkels tonight.
Blake's father tells a moving story about hearing his son speak his first word at the age of three. Reaching that milestone took months of intensive therapy at the Thompson Center for Autism in Columbia. It was an enormous victory for Blake, summed up rather nicely in that first word: "MINE".
When the Hinkels' insurance company refused to pay for Blake's therapy, they willingly took the hit.
Because they know there is a critical period of time to turn on the light in the developing brain of a child with autism. And if that critical time passes, the light goes out.
Children with autism shouldn't have to wait for their parents to come up with the cash, or for insurance companies to grow a conscience.
For months, I have stood with Democratic and Republican legislators on this issue, and laid out the key elements of a bill that we all know will make a real difference in these children's lives.
This is the year we turn on the light for thousands of children like Blake Hinkel.
There's another young man I'd like to tell you about. His name is Travis, and he's up in the balcony tonight with his family. When Travis was 8, both his legs were crushed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Travis and his mom, Karen, almost died from their injuries. They told me they feel lucky to be alive.
Travis is 11 now; he's had five operations on his legs so far, and he'll need three more. But he's making steady progress. Please welcome this brave young man and his family.
The man behind the wheel of the car that hit Travis and his family had a prior conviction for drunk driving. But there he was - drunk again - coming at them the wrong way on an exit ramp. Travis and his family paid a terrible price for that man's terrible crime.
And that's why I have proposed legislation to effectively prosecute and punish drunk drivers and - most important - yank their licenses, and get them off the road before they shatter more lives. I urge you to send that bill to my desk this year.
Any long-term strategy for improving Missouri's economy, and enhancing our quality of life, must take full advantage of our natural heritage: our woodlands and our streams, our caves and our canyons, our plains and our prairies.
Hunting, fishing, hiking and camping are part of our Missouri way of life. When I was a kid, I did a lot of fishing with my dad. We'd get up early, toss our gear in the back of the station wagon and head down to Bennett Spring or Montauk. I'd be hip-deep in cold water before the mist had rolled off the river.
I spent many golden hours learning to read the river, learning to tie flies that could fool a trout. That kindled my love of the outdoors, which I passed along to my sons - and I hope they'll pass along to theirs.
We need to get more kids off the couch, away from their videogames and back outdoors, because there are some lessons that only Nature can teach.
Tonight, I am pleased to announce the creation of the Missouri State Parks Youth Corps. We'll put more than a thousand young people to work this summer at our 85 state parks and historic sites.
Our park system is a legacy passed on to us by Missourians of extraordinary vision and generosity. Missourians like Edmund Babler, Peter Bennett and Leo Drey; Annie Van Meter, and Ted and Pat Jones. Even in these lean times, we have a responsibility to be good stewards of these treasures, and preserve them for future generations.
My Parks Youth Corps will learn to be good stewards of the land from the ground up: picking up trash, cutting brush, and building trails.
They'll also be outdoor ambassadors in my effort to reverse a 10-year decline in the number of visitors to our beautiful, affordable state parks. More visitors will also pump more money into our tourism industry.
For families who love the outdoors, there's just no better deal around. Now we've got to spread the word: If you like to kayak or fish, bird-watch or mountain bike, come to Missouri first.
Missouri's land has always been the foundation of our economy. Our farmers have fed the nation, and they can feed a hungry world. In a global marketplace, the demand for Missouri agricultural products is primed to expand exponentially.
This year, we'll sell a record amount of corn and soybeans to Taiwan. That's good for our trade balance and good for our farmers.
Here at home, every Missouri family should be able to share the bounty of the land, including fresh, healthy produce. That's why my budget will help promote local farmers markets, and encourage more folks to start community gardens in their neighborhoods.
I've focused this evening on our shared obligations: creating jobs, managing the budget and holding down taxes. I've talked about working together to make our communities safer, stronger and healthier. I've talked about making strategic, long-term investments in Missouri's future.
But we have one more piece of unfinished business: Ethics.
It's time we gave the people of Missouri a state government that's as honest and straight-shooting as they are.
Last year, we demolished the patronage system long-used for awarding license fee offices. We created a more efficient system with a transparent bidding process. And it will produce revenue we can put to good use.
Two years ago, the legislature passed a bill to pay for college for the families of veterans killed or seriously disabled in combat. Just one problem: no funding.
Last year, the legislature passed a bill to pay a survivors' benefit to the families of firefighters, police officers, state troopers and sheriff's deputies killed in the line of duty. Same problem: no funding.
With the $800,000 our new fee office system will produce, we can finally do right by these heroes and their families, and fund both of these programs this year.
And we can do more. We can pass meaningful ethics reform this year.
There are a number of good reform proposals out there. But to my mind, meaningful ethics reform must do four basic things:
Stop the sneaky, back-door donations from committee-to-committee.
Ban one officeholder from working as a political consultant for another officeholder.
Shut the revolving door between the legislature and lobbyists, for good.
And most importantly, set strict limits on campaign contributions. Missouri voters overwhelmingly mandated them. As Attorney General, I fought for them. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld them.
In the last year, I've logged thousands of miles traveling our great state. I've had coffee with small business owners on Main Street, and chewed the fat with cattlemen. I've visited with combat veterans and college kids, schoolteachers and scientists.
I've met hard-working families struggling to pay their bills, and laid-off factory workers with no health insurance.
A lot of folks are worried about their jobs. About how they're going to pay the mortgage and medical bills. They're anxious about retirement, and what, if anything, will be left for their kids and grandkids.
But not once - not one single time - did I hear anyone say: "Poor me."
Not once did anyone tell me, "Governor, I give up."
Remember the lesson of the ice storm: Our greatest strength lies in one another.
If we can hang tough a little longer, work together and stay on the path, we're going to keep climbing... and climbing... and climbing ...until we see the bright horizon.
Even now, there are glimmers of recovery. Some parts of our economy - like health care and technology - are starting to hire again.
Home sales and industrial production are beginning to tick upward. Consumers are cautiously starting to spend.
These first warm rays of recovery are a sign that our discipline and hard work of the past year are paying off for the people of Missouri.
And at the end of the day, whether we vote red, blue or purple, most of us want the same things.
A state where hard-working people can find a decent job, buy a house and raise a family.
A state brimming with opportunity, so our children can sink roots and raise families of their own.
A state whose natural beauty beckons us to hike and bike, hunt and fish.
Tonight, let's swear an oath, to the people of the state we love and to each other - that nothing will stand in the way of rebuilding our economy and reimagining our future.
Let's make 2010 the year we put politics second, and put Missouri first.
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In the Germany city of Wuppertal urban artist Martin Heuwold, aka MEGX, has transformed a dull grey concrete railway bridge into a brightly coloured Lego construction.
Here's the bridge as it originally appeared.
And here it is after the reconstruction.
Of course, the bridge hasn't really been rebuilt with super-sized Lego Duplo bricks but instead the brick-effect has been painted on. It's very convincing, though. Regrettably the Lego bridge can only stay in place for four weeks.
All pictures courtesy of Martin Heuwold. There are more on his website.

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Eagles stave off Redskins' rally for big division win
- Eagles ended their 10-game home losing streak in 24-16 victory%3B first win at home since Sept. 2012
- Philadelphia moves to 6-5 and now is atop the NFC East%2C leading idle Dallas by a half-game
PHILADELPHIA _ The ball hung up in the air for what seemed like an eternity when Washington's Robert Griffin III lofted his pass toward the back of the end zone in the final minute.
Everything was riding on the outcome: The end of the Eagles' 10-game home losing streak, their hold on first place, and the euphoria built over the first three quarters when they built a 24-point lead.
Perhaps that's why Brandon Boykin said he couldn't believe there was no one around him when the ball landed safely in his arms with 32 seconds left, preserving the Eagles' 24-16 win over the Redskins on Sunday.
"It was just floating in the air like a high school pass," Boykin said. "But it ended up good."
This is how the Eagles went from what seemed like an easy victory to the verge of overtime and then back to euphoria. The Eagles improved to 6-5 and took over sole possession of first place in the NFC East from the Dallas Cowboys, who were off this week.
Now they get a week off before playing the final five games of the regular season. They'll play games filled with playoff implications that seemed so unlikely just three weeks ago when they were 3-5 and coming off two straight losses in which they didn't score an offensive touchdown.
"In this game, crap is going to hit the fan," Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. "It's just how you react to it. I think our guys did a great job from that standpoint."
That was evident throughout the game.
On offense, quarterback Nick Foles overcame an apparent shoulder injury to throw for 298 yards without an interception. Perhaps just as impressively, he ran for 47 yards, and continued to win the admiration of Kelly and his teammates.
"He's a warrior," wide receiver Riley Cooper said. "He's a tough, tough kid and a great quarterback."
Foles said there was never a thought about coming out of the game when he said he "got banged up" midway through the second quarter after completing a short pass. He kept rotating his shoulder in between plays to keep it loose.
"I was trying to keep it warm because I really didn't know what was going on," he said. "I had a shoulder injury in high school and I knew the key was … to keep it warm."
Running back LeSean McCoy overcame a hamstring injury to rush for 77 yards and go over 1,000 yards for the season for the third time in his career. When asked what it means to surpass that total with five games remaining, McCoy replied: "It means there are a lot more yards left to get."
The Eagles defense, meanwhile, kept Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III bottled up through three quarters. Griffin was hardly a threat passing, as he threw for just 57 yards at that point.
By then, the Eagles had a 24-point lead and were looking for their first shutout since Dec. 1, 1996.
Then they were holding on for dear life.
Foles had given the Eagles a 7-0 lead with his 4-yard touchdown run. The Eagles made it 14-0 on McCoy's 1-yard run 29 seconds into the second quarter, which came one play after Foles threw a screen pass that tight end Brent Celek took 42 yards. Then the Eagles took the opening kickoff of the second half and marched 80 yards in 13 plays, culminating in McCoy's 1-yard run. The drive took 5 minutes, 19 seconds, which made it the longest touchdown drive of the season for the Eagles.
The Eagles led 24-0 and the Redskins were going nowhere. Then Griffin got going. He threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth. The Redskins got the two-point conversion each time to pull within eight points.
On the final drive, the Redskins started at their 4 after a 70-yard punt by Donnie Jones with 3:26 left. But they converted a 3rd-and-25, and eventually reached the Eagles' 18 yard line with less than a minute left.
Griffin was getting rushed up the middle by Fletcher Cox, who already had a fumble recovery and nearly an interception. Griffin backpedaled as he threw. He said his intent was to throw the ball out of the end zone. He didn't throw it far enough and Boykin intercepted it.
The Eagles ran off the field euphoric, if not relieved.
"It's all for naught if we don't continue to build from here," Kelly said. "There's still a lot of football left … We put ourselves in a situation where those five games in December are meaningful."
Three weeks ago, that seemed as likely as Griffin's final pass landing innocently in Boykins' arms.
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Jonny Evans, who made more than 130 appearances for Manchester United, could be set to return to the north west, the Daily Mirror reports. The West Brom defender, 29, is a wanted man not only by Manchester City, but Everton and West Ham are also keen on taking on the Northern Ireland international, according to the paper.
Everton are reportedly interested in signing Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, according to German paper Bild. However, Sam Allardyce will face competition from Chelsea and Liverpool to sign the Gabon international.
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Super stimuli: Odd obsessions explain obesity, war
Q. Why did Dutch Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen paint dummy eggs black with Day-Glo blue polka dots to fool songbirds into thinking they were the real thing? –P. Picasso
A. In the 1930s, he discovered that birds that lay small pale-blue eggs speckled with gray would abandon them to sit on giant black-and-blue counterfeit eggs, so big the birds constantly slid off and had to hop back on, says Deidre Barrett in Supernormal Stimuli.
Tinbergen coined "supernormal stimuli" for these imitations that appeal to instincts and exert a stronger attraction than the real thing. He did a similar experiment with grayleg geese and found that they ignored their own eggs while making "a heroic attempt" to roll a volleyball back into their nest!
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Freshman series dominated Thursday's Golden Globe nominations, as Nashville, The Newsroom, Smash, Veep and Girls all scored nods, while former three-time drama series champ Mad Men was unceremoniously dropped.
Golden Globe surprises and snubs: Smash tastes success; Mad Men gets the cold shoulderAfter four straight nominations and three wins, Mad Men was eschewed in favor of Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, defending champ Homeland and The Newsroom.
Jon Hamm did get a nod in drama lead actor against Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) and Damian Lewis (Homeland), matching the Screen Actors Guild Awards lineup from Wednesday.
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Claire Danes (Homeland) will try to defend her drama lead actress win against Connie Britton (Nashville), Glenn Close (Damages), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) and Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife).
Britton's Nashville co-star Hayden Panettiere also snagged a nod for supporting actress, where she's up against Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Sarah Paulson (Game Change), Maggie Smith, (Downton Abbey) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family).
In comedy/musical, reigning champ Modern Family will vie for a second straight series win against The Big Bang Theory, Episodes, Girls and Smash.
Globes hosts Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) both earned comedy/musical lead actress nods. Their competition includes Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), Lena Dunham (Girls) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep).
Ever confuse Amy Adams and Isla Fisher? Check out more celebrity doppelgangersIn film, Lincoln led with seven nominations, including drama picture. It's against Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty.The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Miserables, Moonrise Kingdom, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Silver Linings Playbook are up for comedy/musical picture.
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Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
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Michelle Dockery, Downton AbbeyJulianna Margulies, The Good Wife
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Don Cheadle, House of LiesLouis C.K., LouieMatt LeBlanc, EpisodesJim Parsons, The Big Bang TheoryComedy Lead Actress Zooey Deschanel, New GirlLena Dunham, GirlsTina Fey, 30 Rock
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Woody Harrelson, Game ChangeToby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway & GellhornMiniseries/TV Movie Lead Actress
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Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller, The GirlSigourney Weaver, Political Animals
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Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
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Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
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If you're still on a PowerPC Mac (like me) you probably noticed some necessary tools for developing on AlephOne might be a little hard to find. Lucky for you I have them posted here. Blender is a free 3D modeling program however the latest versions require the dreaded intel only Snow Leopard. Luckily I found that Wayback Machine archived the last Leopard PPC build (2.63a) here: https://web.archive.org/web/20120717001 ... t-blender/
You're also going to need a way to run Weland, but you'll need the Mono Framework to do so. Unfortunately Mono stopped distributing old releases not too long ago and Wayback couldn't archive it due to Robots.txt. So I uploaded the last PPC version (2.10.2) to my google drive here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4MMIF ... sp=sharing
I can confirm these all work on Leopard PPC, not sure about Tiger. All other tools should work without problem. Happy Editing!


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BROCKTON - Chrissy DeLoughrey of Easton arrived at Campanelli Stadium on Friday night scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Brockton Rox game.
"I'm a little nervous," DeLoughrey said while waiting to take the field. "I hope I can reach the plate."
But as she stepped onto the mound with her family, she passed off the ball to the man, who had helped her warm up before the game, her 7-year-old son Patrick, who threw a scorcher into home plate.
While DeLoughrey didn't throw a single pitch on Friday, she received a round of applause for previously striking out one of the most fearsome opponents a woman can face, breast cancer.
A breast cancer survivor, DeLoughrey raised $15,000 with her team "Girl Power" in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk last year.
"We've been doing the walk since 2002," DeLoughrey said. "It's really nice to see everyone pull together for the walk. It's always a very emotional day."
On Friday night, GateHouse Media, the parent company of Wicked Local, The Brockton Enterprise and The Patriot Ledger, brought DeLoughrey and 49 other breast cancer survivors and fundraisers to the game to kick off the sixth annual Paint It All Pink campaign.
Since GateHouse began the campaign in 2009, the company has donated more than $100,000 to local breast cancer charities. This year GateHouse is renewing its partnership with the American Cancer Society and will be donating a portion of October's sales to the walk.
To celebrate that partnership, GateHouse Media acquired 50 tickets to Friday's game through its partnership with the Brockton Rox that were distributed to 50 of the 170 "pacesetters" that take part in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.
Pacesetters are individuals who raise more than $2,500 or teams that raise more than $25,000.
During the game, pink lined the stands as fans wore "Paint It All Pink" shirts provided by GateHouse Media.
Players on the Brockton Rox commemorated the event by wearing pink handkerchiefs and ribbons with their uniforms. The Rox also put out pink bases for the game and donated $50 to the American Cancer Society for each home run hit during the game.
"Tonight was an amazing event, and a great way to renew the partnership between the American Cancer Society and GateHouse Media," said Sasha Vaut, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk director.
This year, the walk will be held at the Hatch Shell in Boston on Oct. 5.
During the Paint It All Pink campaign, GateHouse Media will give back to local charities battling breast cancer by:
Donating 10 percent of all sponsorship packages during the campaign to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Donating 10 percent of all ad sales in the Pink issue. Donating 10 cents from the sale of every Pink issue at newsstands. Donating $5 from every credit card subscription sold throughout the month of October.


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In the past, many programmable system DC power supplies in the medium power range (500W to 2kW) have been packaged in 2U-high (2-EIA rack units) and even 3U, full rack width chassis. These products are used in a variety of industries such as aerospace/defense, automotive, computer hardware test, telecom, and component test. Since there is a constant need to reduce the cost of test systems, test engineers in these industries are demanding more power in less space. As a result, system DC power supply manufacturers have responded by providing smaller and even more capable sources.
Let's face it: rack space costs money. Consequently, when evaluating the size of products that will fill the rack, smaller is better. Today, many power supply manufacturers are packing 500W, 1000W, and even 1500W power supplies into 1U-high packages – that's just 1.75 inches (44.45mm) of vertical space! The use of modern switching power supply design techniques makes this possible. This low profile is especially important in burn-in applications where many, sometimes dozens, of power supplies may be used to provide power to single or multiple test points over long periods of time to weed out early failures.
If you are tasked with selecting one of these compact powerhouses, be sure that it is a "true 1U" design with no air vents on the top or bottom. Air vents located on the top or bottom prevent the ability to stack these slim products one directly on top of the other which effectively increases the "1U" size to something larger when allowing for proper air flow. Blocking air vents can compromise the reliability of the product by causing higher temperatures to occur inside the box possibly contributing to premature failure. The Keysight Technologies N5700 Series System DC Power Supplies come in a "true 1U" package that packs up to 1500W into this slim design, addressing the need for high power in a small amount of rack space. With no air vents on the top or bottom, these power supplies can be stacked directly on top of other instruments, or directly on top of each other. The 1500W products offer the industry's highest power density in a 1U package with LAN, USB, and GPIB as built-in standard interfaces.
The Keysight N5700 Series consists of 24 power supply models that provide stable output power and built-in voltage and current measurement. Outputs range from 6V to 600V and 1.3A to 180A at 750W and 1500W power levels. For greater flexibility, power supply instruments can be configured in parallel or series operation for greater output current or voltage, respectively. All models have universal AC input with power factor correction so they can be operated from any AC mains input voltage worldwide.
While the N5700 series addresses needs for low profile power supplies in the medium power range, Keysight also has 1U solutions to address lower power needs, especially when multiple outputs are required. The N6700 Modular Power System has 50W and 100W outputs in a variety of performance levels from basic to precision. A single mainframe can contain up to four outputs that can be mixed and matched by the user.
Both the N5700 and N6700 series power supplies have built-in LAN, USB, and GPIB interfaces. The LAN interface is especially useful providing access to power supply information from a distant office location, or even from a different part of the world! Both series of power supplies have a built-in server providing Web access to a graphical user interface that can be used to control and monitor the supply.
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EVERETT — An Everett bikini coffee stand owner who was arrested for investigation of sexual exploitation of a minor allegedly knew one of his employees was under the age of 18 when she worked for him.
The owner, Bill Dwayne Wheeler Jr., 29, of Everett, was arrested Wednesday and released from the Snohomish County Jail Thursday after a bail hearing.
In February, Everett police arrested four baristas from two Grab-N-Go espresso stands after they allegedly gave customers sexy shows for tips, a violation of city adult-entertainment codes. During the shows, the baristas, in their teens and 20s, allegedly revealed their private areas to undercover cops.
One of the girls was 16. She allegedly bared her breasts to an undercover detective who recorded the incident, court papers said.
Wheeler reportedly kept tabs on the baristas inside the stands using surveillance video and his cellphone, according to police reports.
"It was learned Wheeler had knowledge the employee was under 18 years of age and even wrote a letter for her so she could start the emancipation process," Everett police wrote in a statement used to establish probable cause for his arrest.
Sexual exploitation of a minor is a felony in Washington state. According to the law, it can occur when an adult "aids, invites, employs, authorizes or causes a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, knowing that such conduct will be photographed or part of a live performance."
Police allege the activity occurred at two Grab-N-Go espresso stands at 2030 Broadway and 333 SE Everett Mall.
Another man involved in the business also was arrested Wednesday for investigation of sexual exploitation of a minor, Everett police officer Aaron Snell said. The second man, 27, later was released pending further investigation. He's described by police as a co-owner of one stand.
The baristas are accused of misdemeanor-level offenses.
Police called the investigation "Operation Show Stopper."
The sexy shows reportedly could be seen by drivers, passersby and children at a local school, police said. The city also had concerns about loitering and lewd conduct by customers.
City prosecutors still are reviewing the case against the baristas. Those decisions are expected to happen soon.
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So lately I've been having an ugly few days. You know when you wake up in the morning and your skin is bleeeuh and your hair stands on end and you have that LOVELY pillow-crease down one cheek? This was all exacerbated by the fact that I've been feeling a bit sick for the past few days. Why?
Well lately I've been getting healthier and healthier. Without realising it I'd stopped eating junk food, exercised more and yadda yadda yadda... And so when having an ugly day I did what every other girl (I hope) does. I got chocolate. Which quickly turned into me eating more junk food in 3 days than I have in the last month. Stomach ache much? And of course trying to use said stomach muscles to support me in tai chi... not so much.
Tuesday was awesome, I kind of just ignored the nausea brought on by having bought lunch instead of packing it in the morning, as well as having ice-cream with someone I'd rather forget... and it was so much fun! So much so when the class ended we thanked the teacher and ran back to our spot to carry on practising! Then having had a mega-bucket of popcorn on Wednesday (and skipping gym in order to go to a girl's night movie evening) and going through a lot of chocolate and biltong-flavoured crackers (which rock) yesterday, I went off to tai chi to find out that they expected me to do this:
And this:
This morning I kind of hobbled in to the lab with legs of jelly... (the jelly flavoured like pain) and resolved to eat properly, stop skipping gym to eat popcorn and try and find someone who will sell me an IV filled with coffee. And start pilates again so that I can build up some kind of core strength. Mine is gone (I had some! I promise!).
On a happier note four of the searches that have found my bog lately are (drum roll...)
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Which I think is far funnier than the previous ones (of which my favourite was "If something happens to me, I got people" or "What do you do if a lizard on head while sleeping")
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Robots are taking over Chicago. Experts showed off three animal-inspired robots today at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science. The robots are designed to gallop, navigate, and swim like their real-world cheetah, ant, and fish counterparts. The mechanical trio's novel movement could help future robots trek across the rocky terrain of other planets and plunge into the dark depths of the ocean.
Robotic Cheetah Trots and Gallops
The robotic cheetah made headlines last summer when it reached speeds of 22 kilometers per hour while carrying its own power source, about as fast as a squirrel. Today, its creators screened this video of the cheetah performing a robotics first: transitioning from a trot to a gallop midrun. During a trot, the cheetah keeps at least one paw on the ground at all times. Once the robot transitions to a gallop, the cheetah's entire body is in the air during each forward leap. The robot's creators plan to upgrade their bionic feline with new parts in the coming months, allowing it to travel more than twice as fast.
Smartphone-Powered Ant Navigates Hazy Terrain
Despite having a wide field of view, ants have surprisingly poor vision. While some ant species supplement their weak eyesight with pheromone trails to aid navigation, others use their pinhead-sized brains to analyze their surroundings and blaze their own path. Robotics experts today showed a video of a robotic ant they constructed using a smartphone and a special wide-angle camera lens. The robotic bug can navigate through tricky terrain by recognizing places it knows and plotting a course home (as shown in the above video). The ant robot team says its creation's pathfinding abilities could one day help rovers and robots navigate more autonomously on other planets.
Robotic Fish's Underwater Ballet
South American knifefish can wiggle their solitary fins in a wavelike motion to move in any direction in the water, even vertically. The nocturnal fishes' unique swimming abilities inspired the creation of GhostBot, an aquatic robot that swims using an artificial fin comprising 32 independently moving parts (as shown in the above video). GhostBot made an appearance at the meeting today where it flapped its fin in a tabletop demonstration. The machine's creators say the fish's unique locomotion could help it respond to underwater disasters similar to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill where aquatic robots had difficultly properly swimming into position to mend the leaking well.
And don't forget the termite-inspired robots that build with bricks, which made their debut at the meeting on Thursday.
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