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Data Sheet
Cisco 827-4V ADSL Router
Voice-Enabled Business-Class ADSL Access
through the Power of Cisco IOS® Technology
The Cisco 827-4V business-class ADSL routers provide business-class functionality for small businesses, small remote offices and corporate teleworkers through the power of Cisco IOS technology. It enables service providers and resellers to increase service revenue by supporting features for business-class security, integrated toll-quality voice/data, differentiated classes of service, and managed network access. These value-added features, along with the manageability and proven reliability of Cisco IOS technology, provide the mission-critical networking that businesses require.
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Cisco 827-4V ADSL Router
The Cisco 827-4V router is a member of the award-winning Cisco 800 series. With the software upgradeable platform of the Cisco 827-4V router is a memeber of the award- winning Cisco 800 series. With the software upgradeable platform of the Cisco 827-4V router, service providers and resellers can increase revenue by offering DSL services today and provide value-added services as customer technology needs grow. (See Figure 1.)
Value-Added Services
The Cisco 827-4V router is ideal for up to 20 users in a small business, remote offices or as an enterprise telecommuting solution, supporting scalable:
Reduced Cost of Operations
Because the Cisco 827-4V router is based on Cisco IOS technology, service providers and resellers can take advantage of their training and investments in Cisco IOS Software to reduce their overall costs of doing business. With key management and troubleshooting features, service providers and resellers can cost-effectively deploy and manage the Cisco 827-4V router at the business customers' premise, thanks to the following advantages:
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The Cisco 827-4V business-class ADSL router is ideal for up to 20 users in a small business or as an enterprise telecommuting solution to provide secure and reliable access to the Internet or corporate offices.
Benefits of Cisco 827-4V Business-Class ADSL Router
Business Class Security for Internet and VPN Access
To take advantage of unprecedented opportunities offered by Internet-based communications and commerce, private information must remain secure. Cisco IOS software provides many features to enable network security and the Cisco 827-4V router offers a stateful inspection firewall. It denies or permits WAN traffic based on a session's state, so requests from users behind the firewall can be received, while preventing unauthorized access. It also provides basic security features such as standard and extended access control lists (ACLs); Lock and Key (dynamic ACLs); router and route authentication, generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunneling; and Network Address Translation. These perimeter security features control traffic entry and exit between private networks, intranets, extranets, and the Internet.
Beyond Firewall security the Cisco 827-4V router also supports optional data encryption for Virtual Private Networks. VPNs allow secure communications over a public infrastructure such as the Internet. While a firewall provides perimeter network security for a given location, VPNs protect data when sent from one site to another, such as a branch office to corporate headquarters. VPNs use data encryption and secure tunnels to protect the integrity of data traveling over these public connections. The Cisco 827-4V router supports IPSec 3DES encryption, which provides the most secure form of data encryption, and prevents hackers from gaining access to corporate information.
To simplify the set up of VPNs at remote locations the Cisco 827-4V router supports Cisco Easy VPN. The Cisco Easy VPN Remote feature allows a Cisco router with a static or dynamic IP address to automatically establish and maintain a VPN tunnel to a Cisco Easy VPN Server or concentrator. This allows the same ease of configuration and ongoing policy management of VPNs that VPN software clients provide. This cost effective solution is ideal for remote offices with little IT support, or large CPE deployments where it is impractical to individually configure multiple devices. For remote offices or teleworkers, the Cisco Easy VPN Remote feature can be configured with the Cisco Router Web Set Up tool (CRWS), a Web-based GUI. This makes VPN configuration as easy as entering a password, increasing productivity and decreasing support costs.
Intranet Toll-Quality Voice
The Cisco 827-4V router, with four voice ports, is an H.323 standards-based voice-over-IP (VoIP) gateway today. The Cisco 827-4V router supports standards-based H.323 with Registration, Admission, and Status (RAS) protocol support, providing gateway-to-gatekeeper functionality. The gatekeeper maps destination phone numbers to IP addresses. (See Figure 2.)
The key advantages of the Cisco 827-4V router intranet toll-quality voice capability include the following:
Support for New World Services
The Cisco 827-4V router enables service providers to offer small business and enterprise telecommuters additional voice services by using their existing copper infrastructures. By taking advantage of DSL high-speed access, service providers can provide integrated, multi-line voice services over a single pair of copper wires. This enables service providers to offer new voice and data services without incurring the cost of a truck roll or expensive product forklift upgrade.
Award-Winning Toll-Quality Voice Technology
The Cisco 827-4V router employs the award-winning toll-quality voice technology used in the Cisco AS5300 VoIP Access Server Gateway.
This award-winning technology is an integral part of Cisco IOS Software and is available on a range of different products, from the service provider trunking gateways to customer premises equipment (CPE) such as the Cisco 827-4V routerall with the same, best-of-breed voice quality.
The Cisco 827-4V router enables multilayer prioritization of traffic, supporting ATM, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), and IP functionality. This product supports optimized voice compression at the application level with powerful digital signal processors (DSPs) and a full range of codecs to offer high-quality derived voice lines, thereby minimizing the use of bandwidth.
Standards-Based Voice Technology
The voice functionality of the Cisco 827-4V rouer , which is based on H.323 standards, enables third parties to develop applications to a standard protocol, resulting in an ecosystem of compatible voice applications such as enhanced call control via gatekeepers, service billing, and network management. Such an ecosystem provides a complete solution for rapid deployment of intranet voice services for small business and enterprise teleworkers.
Voice Applications
The Cisco 827-4V router enables service providers and resellers to increase revenue with new voice services, including intranet toll-quality voice, private branch exchange (PBX) extension, and additional phone lines over a single pair of copper wires.
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The Cisco 827-4V router, which supports VoIP (and voice over ATM VoATM, allows service providers to offer multiple lines of toll-quality voice service with high-speed data access over a single pair of copper wires.
Differentiated Classes of Service
The Cisco 827-4V business-class ADSL router enables service providers to increase revenue by building differentiated service options based on premium, standard, or best-effort service classes.
It employs quality-of-service (QoS) features such as application-aware networking with IP QoS features and traffic management with ATM QoS features. This enables the router to expedite the handling of mission-critical or delay sensitive applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) or videoconferencing while sharing network resources with lower-priority applications such as Web surfing.
Application-Aware Networking with IP QoS
Using low latency queuing (often called LLQ or Priority Queuing Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing [PQCBWFQ]), the Cisco 827-4V router enables service providers and resellers to guarantee or differentiate bandwidth based on a specific application or a specific user. For example, the order entry department traffic can be given priority over the marketing department traffic. The ability of the Cisco 827-4V router to restrict the bandwidth of certain applications or users allows service providers and resellers to manage traffic on the basis of application or user requirements.
Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) provides QoS admission control, resource reservation requests, and feedback to allow end-to-end bandwidth reservation and management.
Traffic Management Using ATM QoS
In addition to IP QoS features, the Cisco 827-4V router provides ATM QoS features that enable service providers to manage their core ATM network infrastructures to deliver scalable, cost-effective services with QoS guarantees to their customers. Per-virtual-circuit traffic shaping and queuing allow further optimization of the existing bandwidth between customers and various services.
Using the following features, service providers can offer true QoS and cater to applications with special requirements:
Managed Network Services with Cisco IOS Software
Service providers can offer small business and enterprise telecommuters managed network or Internet access with the Cisco 827-4V router, providing service level agreement (SLAs) and response time. SLAs can be critical requirement in serving the business market that is accustomed to uninterrupted service with traditional WAN services such as T1 lines or Frame Relay. When deploying business services with multiple Cisco 827-4V routers, service providers can use tools to provision and monitor these services. The Cisco 827-4V rouer supports the SA Agent feature in Cisco IOS Software that enables the monitoring of SLAs all the way to the customer site. Additionally, in deploying VPNs with multiple Cisco 827-4V routers, service providers can use the Cisco VPN Solutions Center software or Cisco AVVID partner software and services to set up and manage VPN and Firewall connections between customer sites.
Reduced Cost of Operations
Cisco IOS Software Manageability
The Cisco 827-4V router incorporates the same Cisco IOS technologies used by service providers and enterprises, allowing service providers and resellers to use existing knowledge of Cisco IOS Software to reduce training costs when configuring, installing, and deploying Cisco 827-4V ADSL routers. Additionally, Cisco IOS Software provides many debug features that allow a service provider to remotely diagnose network problems. The Cisco 827-4V routers support centralized administration and management via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, or Telnet, or local management through the router console port. The world-class support offered by the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) provides unparalleled support services.
Easy to Set Up
The Cisco 827-4V router includes the Cisco Router Web Set Up tool, a Web-based configuration tool for simplified installation and setup. To configure the product, users simply point a Web browser to the IP address of the router and follow a few simple steps. This allows the Cisco 827-4V router to be readily installed by non-technical personnel or end users. The setup tool allows a user to enable security, such as packet filtering, as well as the Cisco IOS Software Firewall Feature Set.
Additionally, Cisco offers at no additional cost, Cisco Configuration Express for direct purchase partners which allows Cisco to ship pre-configurated routers to end users. Service Providers, System Integrators and Enterprise can utilize Configuration Express to save on the cost of deployment logistics and warehousing of products. Cisco Configuration Express also enables true plug and play deployments of Cisco 827-4V routers without the need for any configuration tools through custom loaded configurations.
Proven Reliability
Because Cisco 800 series routers are based on the same proven Cisco IOS technology used on 80 percent of the Internet and because Cisco IOS Software is the industry-standard application for mission-critical enterprise networks, small business and enterprise telecommuters can depend on them day after day, year after year.
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Cisco Router Web Set Up tool (CRWS)
|Hardware Specifications
|Cisco 827-4V
|Processor Speed
|Default DRAM1 Memory
|Maximum DRAM Memory
|Default Flash2 Memory
|Maximum Flash Memory
|Analog Telephone Ports3
|Support for Kensington-Style Physical Lock
|Crossover Hub Switch
|Power Supply
|1DRAM must be obtained from Cisco Systems
2Additional Flash memory is Intel "Mini-card" technology
3Supports VoATM
|Cisco IOS® Feature Sets
|IP Firewall
|IP Plus
|IP/IPX Firewall Plus IPSec 3DES
|IP/ Voice
|IP Firewall Voice Plus IPSec 3DES
Note: Ordinary circuit-switched telephone service can be supported on the same copper pair as ADSL by using micro filters or Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) splitter connected between the line and phones, fax machines, or modems, to provide filtering of the high-frequency ADSL signal to avoid interference between the voice and the ADSL service.
Regulatory and Standards Compliance
The Cisco 827-4V business-class ADSL routers are available for worldwide deployment.
- UL 1950/ CSA 950-95, Third Edition
- IEC 950: Second Edition with Amendments 1, 2, 3, and 4
- EN60950:1992 with Amendments 1, 2, 3, and 4
- CSO3, Canadian Telecom requirements
- AS/NZS 3260: 1996 with Amendments 1, 2, 3, and 4
- TS 001 with Amendment 1
- AS/NRZ 3548:1992 Class B
- CFR 47 Part 15 Class B
- EN60555-2 Class B
- EN55022 Class B
- VCCI Class II
- ICES-003, Issue 2, Class B, April 1997S
ADSL Specifications
The chipset does not provide interoperability with carrierless amplitude modulation/phase modulation (CAP)-based ADSL lines.
Physical Specifications
Dimensions and Weight Specifications
Environmental Operating Ranges
- Nonoperating temperature: -4 to 149° F (-20 to 65° C)
- Nonoperating humidity: 5 to 95%, relative humidity (noncondensing)
- Nonoperating altitude: 0 to 15,000 ft (0 to 4570m)
- Operating temperature: 32 to 104° F (0 to 40° C)
- Operating humidity: 10 to 85%, relative humidity (noncondensing)
- Nonoperating altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m)
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What Is Your Birthday Word?
I know this is kind of nerdy, okay, totally nerdy, but interesting. The Oxford English Dictionary now has a "Birthday Word Generator". All you have to do is pick the year you were born; I was born in 1975, and the generator will show you what word/term entered into the English language or dictionary that year.

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It was the perfect, spring Saturday for an outdoor adventure. My good friend and I would be competing in the annual Urban Dare Adventure Race of Phoenix/Tempe.
The Urban Dare Adventure Race is a 5- to 7-mile race, similar to the "Amazing Race."
First, we competed in the costume contest with our team name of the "MissFits." We were then given a sheet of 12 clues with activities ranging from photo hunts, dares and physical challenges. All checkpoints had to be completed by either walking, running or using public transportation. We finished quite exhausted, but my friend and I both had a great experience. And I'm pretty sure we would do it again!
Visit urbandare.com for more information and to see other cities where the race is being held.
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CHINO HILLS - City officials and the community are waiting for Southern California Edison to reveal how much it's going to cost to put underground high-voltage power lines through the city.
At a town hall meeting on Thursday attended by about 100 people, City Manager Mike Fleager provided an update on the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project. While there are no new developments, the city will continue its fight to underground the lines.
The $2.1 billion power line project aims to carry wind-generated electricity from Kern County to the Los Angeles Basin.
What city officials are calling a victory is when state Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey ordered Edison this past summer to prepare preliminary engineering studies of options for running transmission lines underground through the city.
Peevey required Edison to develop the information by Feb. 28.
But city officials and the grassroots group Hope for the Hills have mobilized to advocate building the project underground.
Underground of the 500-kilowatt lines could cost as much as $1 billion, according to Edison.
City officials, however, said undergrounding would cost significantly lower than SCE's estimate.
Fleager on Thursday was accompanied by Michael Day, the city's lawyer in the case against Edison, answering about a dozen questions and concerns that were raised by members of the audience.
Resident Dave Master asked why SCE is not being held responsible for overestimating the rate for undergrounding the lines.
He also asked Chino Hills to make a statement to the ratepayers of the state if the undergrounding is required that it would be Edison mismanagement at fault for any resulting rate increase.
"I think we, the community, even if it is to just make a case just so the rate payers in the state know, that these people (Edison) are deceitful, that it wasn't us being NIMBY ("not in my back yard"), that this could have been solved initially, a long time ago," Master said.
"That money would have been better spent and probably these lines would have been underground already and all of this would not have been happening."
Day said he's told the PUC very early on the process how much SCE had over-estimated the process of undergrounding.
"But, quite frankly, this has to get built. So do you want the towers down and the underground built or do you want to sue Edison and tell them that they're liars? We can't do both," said Day, a San Francisco-based lawyer that specializes in electrical transmission cases.
"As satisfying as it might be, I think those issues will have to await another reckoning. What we are trying to do is get the PUC to vote on an alternative that will work and will be cost-effective. And I think this time we have a better chance to prove that (Edison's) process was grossly overdone."
Since 2006, the city has spent about $3 million battling Edison in a lawsuit insisting the right-of-way is too narrow for the proposed towers and that it causes safety hazards.
The strip of land being considered for the Edison line is about 3.8 miles and begins at the end of Eucalyptus Avenue to the just east of Pipeline Avenue.
Reach Canan via email, call her at 909-987-6397 ext. 425, or find her on Twitter @ChinoValleyNow.


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Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I tried to put it in How-To's and it wouldn't let me post there. So I put it here instead.
If you download a lot, there's certain times you don't want to save anything to a disk, but you still need to have a place to save it. Maybe you use full disk encryption and the overhead of saving to an encrypted container on a hard drive really slows things down. Maybe you live in an oppressive regime and need to be able to instantly zap a huge amount of data if stormtroopers kick your door in looking for your list of fellow revolutionaries. Well, Linux has some cool built-in tools for using free RAM as a virtual disk and making encrypted containers, so we're going to combine them to make an encrypted disk that stays in RAM, is never swapped to a hard drive and can be zapped in a few seconds.
1. Create a mountpoint for the RAMdisk
The first thing we do is make a directory where we can mount the RAMdisk we're about to create
2. Now we create and mount a RAMdiskCode:sudo mkdir /mnt/ramdisk
This says to mount a filesystem of type ramfs, not a device, at /mnt/ramdisk and set its maximum size to 500MB (maxsize is measured in KB). Specifying ramfs as the filesystem type tells the system to create a virtual partition in RAM. The "-o maxsize" sets a limit on how big the partition can get. Don't forget this because ramfs dynamically resizes itself and doesn't swap out to disk. (Tmpfs type, which also uses RAM, doesn't do dynamic resizing but it can be swapped out to disk, which is bad for our goals.) Adjust maxsize to whatever you need and depending on how much RAM you have. We're going to be creating an encrypted container file of this same size in the ramfs RAMdisk and doing all our writing to that, but it's always good to have limits in case something goes wrong.Code:sudo mount -t ramfs none /mnt/ramdisk -o maxsize=500000
3. Then change the permissions on the folder to allow nonroot users to read, write and execute (or however you want to do permissions).
4. Create a container file in the RAMdiskCode:sudo chmod 777 /mnt/ramdisk
This creates a file called 'cryptainer' in /mnt/ramdisk that's 500MB (500 blocks of 1M each) in size (adjust count to be the same as the maxsize specification in step 2).Code:dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/ramdisk/cryptainer bs=1M count=500
5. Create cryptainer in container file
First we find the first available loop device
Now we loop mount the file /mnt/ramdisk/cryptainer at the loop device just reported. This makes the cryptainer file show up as a block device (like a hard drive), but there's still no filesystem on it yet so you can't read and write files directly to it.Code:sudo losetup -f
Then we create an encrypted container device inside our loop device with cryptsetup, using AES-XTS as the algorithm, and with a 512-bit key drawn from /dev/urandom. The way this works is that the container device (cryptramdisk) shows up as a regular block device (at /dev/mapper/cryptramdisk) to the rest of the system but anything that's written to it is encrypted using the random key before being saved into the RAMdisk. When a file is read the reverse happens. Ordinarily, when you use cryptsetup you save the key somehow (whether in a file or in your head) so that you can unmount the device and remount it later and still have access to the data. But we don't care about that. We want to be able to instantly kill large amounts of data. Once this container device is closed all data saved in it is gone forever because it's encrypted with an unknown key that's impossible to crack.Code:sudo losetup /dev/loopX /mnt/ramdisk/cryptainer
Just for good measure to ensure there's plenty of entropy, we'll use badblocks to feed random data into the cryptainer. Good encryption shows up as random data anyway, but I don't trust any single tool and filling the cryptainer with encrypted random data makes doubly sure there's not even a theoretical possibility of cryptanalysis.Code:sudo cryptsetup create --cipher aes-xts-plain --key-size 512 cryptramdisk /dev/loopX -d /dev/urandom
6. Mount the cryptainerCode:sudo badblocks -swt random /dev/mapper/cryptramdisk
Next we make an ext2 filesystem on our cryptainer so that we can mount it like a regular hard drive.
Create a mountpointCode:sudo mkfs.ext2 /dev/mapper/cryptramdisk
Mount the random-key-encrypted RAMdisk at /mnt/cryptramdiskCode:sudo mkdir /mnt/cryptramdisk
delusionsCode:sudo mount /dev/mapper/cryptramdisk /mnt/cryptramdisk
Change the permissions so that you can write to the RAMdisk without being root
7. Write filesCode:sudo chmod 777 /mnt/cryptramdisk
If you hate the lost+found folder like me get rid of it
NOW, if you want to download a file from the Interwebs and don't want it to ever be saved in cleartext form or on a disk even in encrypted form, just save it to your RAMdisk. The file will be encrypted before being stored in RAM but be accessible like it's stored on a regular hard disk or flash drive. One thing you'll notice though is that things may download MUCH faster since your OS doesn't have to wait for the slow spinning drive to catch up. It can write directly into RAM.Code:cd /mnt/cryptramdisk rm -rf ./lost+found
Interwebs -> /mnt/cryptramdisk -> /dev/mapper/cryptramdisk -> /dev/loopX -> /mnt/ramdisk/cryptainer -> encrypted into RAM
If you want to keep the file, you can copy it to another (preferably encrypted) device or, if keeping others from getting your data is more important than losing it, just keep it in the RAMdisk and when the RAM loses power your data disappears into that big bit bucket in the sky. Since the file is stored in RAM in encrypted form even a coldboot RAM attack won't enable access to it. (Well, unless the adversary can also find the decryption key somewhere else in RAM, but I don't know how likely that is either. Epoxy your RAM to the motherboard if you're really worried about cold-boot attacks.)
Encrypted file in RAM -> /mnt/ramdisk/cryptainer -> /dev/loopX -> /dev/mapper/cryptramdisk -> /mnt/cryptramdisk -> Interwebs
8. When you're done, unmount the cryptainer
THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO SAVE YOUR DATA! Once you close the cryptainer the data is gone forever and ever because you don't know the 512-bit key. A 512-bit key is 1.34078079 × 10^154. Brute forcing it at a trillion trillion trillion trillion keys per second would take you 42515879946727549467275494672754946727549467275494 67275494672754946727549467275494672754946727549467 millenia! But I think that's a lot longer than the black helicopters will be after you so you'll be OK.Code:sudo umount /mnt/cryptramdisk
Unmount the loop deviceCode:sudo cryptsetup remove cryptramdisk
9. Just for good measure, overwrite the cryptainer file w/ random data and remove itCode:sudo losetup -d /dev/loopX
By default, shred overwrites 3 times, which is more than enough for RAM. One time would probably be more than enough.
10. Unmount the ramdisk and that RAM should be available for use by the system again.Code:shred -ufv /mnt/ramdisk/cryptainer
Code:sudo umount /mnt/ramdisk
If you're really worried about the stormtroopers kicking your door down you can set up a cron job or something that will run every few minutes and ask you to press a button or enter a code to keep your RAMdisk from being zapped. Or you can script steps 8 through 10 and hook them to a keyboard shortcut or panic button. The possibilities are endless. One thing for sure is that with this method you don't have to worry about having to wait a long time to permanently destroy the data. Securely wiping a few GB of RAM will only take a few seconds, and as far as I know there's no way even in the most paranoid delusions to recover what was stored in RAM a few write cycles ago. And this method uses all standard Linux tools, so if you don't keep a shell history there won't even be a way to recover what commands you used.
This is my first tutorial, and I'm still learning the details of some of these tools, so I'm sure there's room for improvement. Please leave feedback.
Happy privacy! 8)


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WATCH: Katy Perry releases 'Unconditionally' video
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Katy Perry isn't donning any silly, over-the-top costumes for her new "Unconditionally" video.
Released on Tuesday, the clip casts the pop star in a new, more mature light, moving away from the campy, candy-themed focus of her "Teenage Dream" hits. "Unconditionally" is directed by Tarsem Singh, who is also behind films like "Mirror Mirror" and "The Cell."
Most of the video features Katy belting out the love song in the middle of a large ballroom, as couples circle her dancing in period costumes. At the end, she's shown being hit by a car and falling in slow motion into a body of water.
The singer previously explained to "MTV" that the fall was supposed to represent the feeling of being hit with love.
"Unconditionally" is the second single off Katy's new album Prism, following "Roar."


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Most religions preach forgiveness. Holding grudges, remembering wrongs, and not letting things go leads to poor spiritual health (according to such religions). While scientists cannot test claims about spiritual health, they can test physical health. Can forgiveness lead to improved health? Researcher Michael McFarland (University of Texas at Austin) and colleagues posed this question, and found that forgiveness does positively correlate with health over time. [Read more…]


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Punch Brothers
Spotlight show • Progressive bluegrass band the Punch Brothers are on tour in support of "Who's Feeling Young Now?" and will perform along with The Milk Carton Kids. The band is led by Chris Thile, the mandolin player of Nickel Creek and a recent recipient of a prestigious $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship. "He was such an obvious choice," said Punch Brothers banjo player Noam Pikelny in a phone interview. "It was only a matter of time. I've never seen someone so hard-working and devoted to his craft. He's always focused on what's next." The band recently released a five-song EP called "Ahoy!" culled from "Who's Feeling Young Now?" One of the highlights of the EP is a cover of Josh Ritter's "Another New World," which had to make room on the album for a cover of Radiohead's "Kid A." "We try to get nontraditional sounds out of traditional instruments," Pikelny said.
When • Friday, Dec. 7, 9 p.m.
Where • The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $20 at SmithsTix
Hidalgo & Escovedo
Spotlight show • This special tour features the pairing of Los Lobos' David Hidalgo and Austin-based rock troubadour Alejandro Escovedo both of whom have extolled the virtues of local Mexican restaurant Red Iguana for years. "I haven't found better Mexican food than Red Iguana," said Escovedo in a phone interview. He said he always surprises people when they ask him a Latino Texan where the best Mexican food can be found, and he answers Red Iguana. Food aside, Escovedo is on the resurgence in part because he recently agreed to be managed by Jon Landau, the former Rolling Stone rock critic who became Bruce Springsteen's manager and guided The Boss to stardom. "It's been a big thing having Jon Landau," Escovedo said. "He's a visionary. His guidance has been invaluable." What's interesting about the partnership, Escovedo said, was that he "had a reputation as being unmanageable."
When • Friday, Dec. 7, 9 p.m.
Where • The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City
Tickets • $35 at thestateroom.com
Spotlight show • Singer and bassist Michael John Burkett better known to NOFX fans as Fat Mike doesn't anticipate any special celebrations in 2013 to mark the influential punk band's 30-year anniversary. After all, as he said in a phone interview, "we celebrate every night." Gratified by the re-election of President Barack Obama Burkett organized the "Rock Against Bush" tour that preceded George W. Bush's re-election bid he's now focused on the second season of his band's reality show, "Backstage Passport," which will be released in the new year. What separates his behind-the-scenes series, Burkett said, is that his reality show "is actually true." With the series nearing completion, Burkett will celebrate Hanukkah with his family this season, having decided that "I'm not a believer that Jesus Christ ever existed." There's one problem, he added. "I don't know what Hanukkah is." Teenage Bottlerocket and Elway open.
When • Saturday, Dec. 8, 7 p.m.
Where • The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $22 at partytix.com
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Spotlight show • Rapper Macklemore and his producer, Ryan Lewis, have became the latest national hip-hop stars, with their recent album "The Heist" debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard album chart. To celebrate that unexpected chart spot, Lewis said in a phone interview that he does what he always does to celebrate something: Drink some Jameson Irish whiskey and then do something that's unlike him stop working, if even for a moment. Much of the attention the album is getting is for the anthem "Same Love," a song calling for marriage equality and gay rights. "It was a song [Macklemore] wanted to write for a long time," Lewis said. While writing the song, they asked themselves, "How do you write this when you're a straight white rapper?", said the 24-year-old singer. It worked. Ellen DeGeneres invited them to her show and called them "heroes." Xperience and DEE-1 open.
When • Saturday, Dec. 8, 8 p.m.
Where • The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Sold out
Santa Jam with Brett Eldredge
101.5 The Eagle Live Concert Series presents Santa Jam with Brett Eldredge at Outlaw Saloon. Eldredge is an American country music singer signed to Atlantic Records Nashville. He's the cousin of Terry Eldredge of The Grascals.
When • Friday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m.
Where • Outlaw Saloon, 1254 W. 2100 South, Ogden
Tickets • $10 at SmithsTix
No Bragging Rights
Hardcore punk metalcore band No Bragging Rights will be joined by Alters, Forever Came Calling and Skiesdie in Wonderland.
When • Friday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m.
Where • In The Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10 at SmithsTix
Lark & Spur Christmas Concert
Lark & Spur began as street performers in Paris. Now they are a local quintet featuring acoustic guitars, double bass, mandolin, woodwinds and vocals, and are presented by the Excellence in the Community foundation.
When • Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main St., Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Jamie O'Neal
The Australian-born singer, a country singer-songwriter, has had much success in the United States with songs such as "There Is No Arizona."
When • Friday, Dec. 7. 8:30 p.m.
Where • The Westerner, 3360 S. Redwood Road, West Valley City
Tickets • $7 at SmithsTix
Don Waldis
Dan Waldis' "A Little Jazz With Your Mistletoe" combines traditional Christmas music with unique jazz arrangements. Performing this year with Waldis will be Jerry Floor, Jim Stout and Dave Murphy.
When • Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Leona Wagner Black Box, 138 W. Broadway, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $15 at ArtTix
Eddie Palmieri-Brian Lynch Quartet
GAM Foundation's JazzSLC presents Eddie Palmieri with the Brian Lynch Quartet. Seven-time Grammy Award-winner and pianist Eddie Palmieri has been a bandleader of salsa and Latin jazz orchestras for more than 50 years. See our preview story at http://bit.ly/VgStHo.
When • Saturday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $28 at artix.org
Fictionist with The Moth & The Flame
The Utah Music Association presents the Provo rock band Fictionist with The Moth & The Flame.
When • Saturday, Dec. 8, 8 p.m.
Where • Infinity Event Center, 26 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10 at 24Tix
Motionless in White
The metal band performs a tour stop with Chelsea Grin, Stick to Your Guns, Crown the Empire and Upon This Dawning.
When • Monday, Dec. 10, 6 p.m.
Where • In The Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $18 at SmithsTix


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ISSAQUAH -- Nine homes remain for sale at West Highlands Park. The two- and three-story single-family homes are located on a plateau within the Issaquah Highlands master-planned community and feature mountain and Lake Sammamish views.
"New homeowners could move in as early as January, when two of the homes are scheduled for completion," says Kristi Dilts, the community sales manager. "We'll have an additional three homes complete and ready for move-in in February, and the remaining four are being sold presale."
Located just west of Issaquah Highlands' High Street Retail Village, West Highlands Park is within the Issaquah School District and offers easy-on access to Interstate 90.
"Location was one of the key reasons we chose our home at West Highlands Park," says Min Park, who -- along with her husband, David, and their two children -- moved into the neighborhood in July 2011. "It's not even a half-mile to the park-and-ride lot, and it's close to both my husband's work and mine. And because we have young children, the school district was important to us."
The neighborhood is being built by CamWest, a Toll Brothers company. Buyers who purchase a home can customize their spaces to fit their needs through the homebuilder's CamYes! program, working one-on-one with the community's project manager.
All of the homes under construction will include two-car garages and three levels of living space: a lower level with a private bedroom and attached full bath, an open great room on the main level, and three additional bedrooms and a laundry room on the top floor.
"We hadn't purchased a new-construction home before, but when we walked through the model home, we liked it," Park says. "It didn't feel cookie-cutter and it had a more modern appeal.
"All of the high-end interior finishes are great as well. We love the combination of the wood and carpeted floors, as well as the slab granite countertops. Everything that we felt should be included in new construction was."
Issaquah Highlands will expand its retail offerings next year when it opens Grand Ridge Plaza, a shopping village located a short walk from the West Highlands Park neighborhood. The open-air center's amenities will include Regal Cinemas, Big Fish Grill, Ram Restaurant & Brewery, Safeway, Dick's Sporting Goods, Marshalls and HomeGoods.
"The roster of new retail coming to Grand Ridge Plaza is incredibly appealing. We are all very excited," says Park.
Issaquah Highlands includes 1,500 acres of parks, open space and trails. The community was designed to foster interaction, incorporating a park within a quarter mile of every home to encourage homeowners to get out into the neighborhoods.
West Highlands Park has two view parks -- one with play equipment and the second with a large lawn.
"The neighborhood layout encourages us to be more involved in the community," Park says. "We know all of our neighbors and are lucky enough to be very good friends with many of them. Living here is a great experience -- we all look out for each other."
Toll Brothers is among the nation's leading builders of luxury homes. Its recent purchase of CamWest Development, LLC -- which has been building homes locally for more than 20 years -- expands the company's reach to the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1967, Toll Brothers is now building homes in 20 states.
Toll Brothers was named 2012 Builder of the Year by Professional Builder magazine, becoming the first builder to win the honor twice.
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'n addition, Brian Duff will become the full-time host for all games broadcast on MSG. Duff filled in last season when Kevin Sylvester, the team's TV host since 2005, substituted for Jeanneret. Sylvester will begin hosting a daily radio show on WGR 550 later this month.'
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Waterfall is another easy one to travel. Because the access road to the waterfall all square before a waterfall seat restaurant and leisure outlets in many souvenir shops. Walk through the square to be down. Stream to a few waterfalls next step is to see a waterfall in 1 medium to high river flows approximately 15 meters along the edge slab granite bath down. Southern Style by waterfalls.
In the afternoon the sun will break through toward the waterfall. Blowing a puff makes a rainbow over the light source is a very beautiful waterfall next throw.


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Peter McguinnessAffiliation:
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Artist's BiographyPete McGuinness-
Jazz trombonist, composer/arranger,
jazz vocalist, band leader, jazz educator
2008 GRAMMY nominee (arranging)
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Originally from West Hartford, Connecticut, Pete has been an active professional New York City jazz trombonist/composer-arranger since 1987. He has performed as trombonist with such groups as The Woody Herman Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Heath, and The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, and appears on numerous jazz CDs. Pete leads and/or co-leads several of his own jazz groups, including The New York Trombone Conspiracy, and the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra, his new 16-piece big band which performs regularly in the NYC area. The orchestra's debut CD "First Flight" was released nation-wide in June of 2007 on the Summit Records label to much critical acclaim ("4-stars": Downbeat Magazine) and radio airplay, and includes Pete's GRAMMY-nominated arrangement of the Charlie Chaplin classic song "Smile". Pete has been awarded numerous commission grants to compose original works, including awards from the NEA, and has had his music performed by Dave Liebman, Marvin Stamm, the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and The Westchester Jazz Orchestra. He also is a past semi-finalist of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition for vocalists. Pete has been a member of the New Jersey City University jazz studies faculty since 1994, and is a clinician for Conn-Selmer brand instruments. His published compositions/arrangements are available through Otter Music Distributors and Kendor Music, and at Pete's website (below). Pete's educational degrees include Bachelor of Music (University of Miami, 1986), and Master of Music (Manhattan School of Music, 1987).


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The Great Muppet Movie Ride is an abandoned concept for an attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studios) in Walt Disney World.
The attraction, which was meant to parody the park's own Great Movie Ride, would have brought guests through a variety of set pieces in which the Muppets attempted to recreate scenes from classic movies, such as Frankenstein and Peter Pan. Statler and Waldorf would have been seated in a cart alongside the guests and would experience misfortune based on the different scenes.[1]
Plans for the ride, which would have complemented Muppet*Vision 3D in a new Muppet Studios section of the park, were abandoned after the merger between The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company fell apart.
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SAN BERNARDINO - A British national accused of flying to the United States to have sex with an underage Highland girl pleaded not guilty on Monday.
Adam James Michael Robinson, 21, entered the pleas to six counts he faces following his arrest Thursday at a Redlands motel, according to court records.
He allegedly had several sexual encounters with the Highland girl, including two on Dec. 23, according to a felony complaint filed by the District Attorney's Office.
Robinson's bail was set at $1.5 million and a pre-preliminary hearing was set for Jan. 9 at 8:30 a.m. in Department S22 of the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
Judge William Jefferson Powell will hear the case.
Robinson, who lives 37 miles south of London, England, traveled to the U.S. on Dec. 15, the day of the first alleged sexual encounters, according to Redlands police.
Robinson had at least six encounters with the girl over two days - four times on Dec. 15 and twice on Dec. 23, cccording to the criminal complaint.
The girl's parents learned about the relationship and took her to the sheriff's Highland station where they filed a report.
It was unclear how the girl's parents learned about the relationship.
Robinson met the girl online and established a relationship with the her over the course of a year, authorities said.
Anyone with information about the case or Robinson is asked to contact Andy Capps at 909-798-7642 or Redlands Police Dispatch at 909-798-7681.
Staff Writer Beatriz E. Valenzuela contributed to this report.
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Teegen, others report on globalization, business ed
Dr. Hildy Teegen, dean of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, is among the authors of a groundbreaking report that addresses the current wave of globalization and the changes and challenges it poses for business schools.
Hildy Teegen
The report, "The Globalization of Management Education: Changing International Structures, Adaptive Strategies, and the Impact on Institutions," was released Thursday (Feb. 10) by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) at a conference of business school deans in Phoenix, Ariz.
Teegen, a member of the AACSB Globalization of Management Task Force, said business schools must be prepared to meet the rising expectations on the part of business and society for graduates to have greater global competencies.
"Business schools like ours at the Darla Moore School play a critical role in preparing future business leaders to be successful in a range of institutional environments," Teegen said. "We are fortunate to have an exceptional international business faculty to lead our efforts here [University of South Carolina]. Most schools find they struggle with globalization efforts as they lack capable faculty and professional staff who understand how to develop and deliver globally relevant curricula and how to establish and build successful partnerships with colleagues around the world."
Teegen joined several of the report's contributors on a panel that addressed the report's key findings. Among these are guidelines for development and implementation of curriculum design, faculty development and the cultivation of strategic partnerships in business schools.
Also featured were Dr. Robert Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia; Dr. Arnoud De Meyer, president of Singapore Management University; and Dr. Pankaj Ghemawat, Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy, IESE Business School at the University of Navarra (Spain).


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Hi, I've just made the English gingerbread cake. It is sunken in the middle. Why would that happen. It sank while it was in the oven.
Secondly, all my cakes, even using Rose's strips, pull away from the side of the pan while at the end of the baking time. Is the oven too hot?
Third, should the gingerbread cake be kept refrigerated because of the lemon/butter syrup?
I know you all are far to busy to answer these questions, but I thought I'd ask any way.


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26th February 2013 07:30 PM #1
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5wks pregnant with small sharp pains??
Hi Ladies,
I'm extremely happy to announce that I'm 5 weeks pregnant And I'm sure I'm just being paranoid for no real reason but last week I started to get some small sharp pains in my lower abs. It's more so in one side only (right hand side as if I'm looking down at my belly). They don't really hurt that much but I can definitely feel something there. I'm just concerned that it could be a sign of miscarriage. I haven't had any sort of bleeding though. Should I be concerned?
Thanks in advance for your comments...
27th February 2013 10:42 AM #2buderimosteopathGuest
Firstly congratulations on being pregnant, is it your first?
Its probably nothing, but if you are worried see your GP.
The body starts going through very rapid changes at conception and you may find its that your system is simply "getting started" in a hurry.
Hope all goes well for you.
1st March 2013 04:37 PM #3
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Hi Roger,
Thanks for your reply! :-)
Yes its my first pregnancy so as you can understand I'm sure, I'm just a little worried because its my first time. Its just really annoying now and not so much painful. Its gets worst at night though i must say. But again, not very painful just a little worst. We are in the middle of moving from WA to Brisbane at the moment so as soon as I'm settled there I will need to find a doctor (which i will discuss this pain with) and get a referral to a hospital etc. I see you live in Buderim - could you recommend me to anyone in Brisbane at all?
Thanks for your advise and comments though, much appreciated :-)
2nd March 2013 02:46 PM #4buderimosteopathGuest
Yes there is a very good private midwifery service in Brisbane ( all covered by Medicare) I'll get the details for you and they wiull be able to look after you properly.
4th March 2013 12:35 PM #5buderimosteopathGuest
This midwifery group come highly recommended and are worth contacting in Brisbane. They will know who you need to see.
8th April 2013 07:00 AM #6
Hi Tahnee - welcome to the forum. I hope that pain has settled down for you. You can get lots of different aches and pains even in early pregnancy. If you have any concerns see a midwife or doctor so they can advise you. I will look forward to hearing about how things progress.


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How Diverse Is African Art? A 54-Volume Encyclopedia Will Try for an Answer
Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, a Ghanaian writer and historian, has set out on an ambitious quest to archive the arts and cultural practices of every African nation....
March 11, 2017, Saturday
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David Adjaye on Designing a Museum That Speaks a Different Language
The designer of the Museum of African American History and Culture discusses the project, its structure, setbacks and symbolism....
September 21, 2016, Wednesday
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A Major Exhibition for an Architect on the Rise
"Making Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye" will open at the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday....
September 17, 2015, Thursday
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A Feast of Egyptian Treasures, Picasso Sculptures and Eye-Catching Toys
The season includes exhibitions devoted to Egypt's Middle Kingdom, Frank Gehry's architecture, kinetic sculptures from the Netherlands, Hellenistic bronzes and much more....
September 13, 2015, Sunday
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Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion
The museum, which fosters and displays the work of artists of African descent, will construct a new $122 million home designed by the British architect David Adjaye at the site of its current location....
July 6, 2015, Monday
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A New Destination for African Art
"Luminós/C/ity.Ordinary Joy" inaugurates the new Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art at Harvard....
November 21, 2014, Friday
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Building Hope and Nurturing Into Housing
The new Sugar Hill subsidized housing complex in Upper Manhattan goes beyond even the more ambitious developments by providing a school and a children's museum....
October 7, 2014, Tuesday
Tribal Beauty
The glories of African design, from vibrant patterned prints to regal embellishment, are yet again influencing the arts....
May 9, 2014, Friday
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Culture Lab Detroit to Focus on Regenerative Design
A group of outside designers and artists will conduct classes and portfolio reviews with locals in April....
March 4, 2014, Tuesday
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Controversial Sale of Henry Moore Sculpture to Go Forward
Against the very vocal opposition of important figures in the British art world the council of the Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London decided on Wednesday to sell "Draped Seated Woman," the 1957 bronze that Henry Moore sold to the ...
November 7, 2012, Wednesday
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A Scientific Purposes License is required by state law in Indiana Code 14-22-22 for activities pertaining to the capture/handling/collection of wild animals for scientific purposes, including scientific education. Wild animals, by definition (IC 14-8-2-7), include mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, mollusks, and crustaceans. Activities including, but not limited to, electro-shocking fish, banding birds, surveying mussels, mist-netting bats, and trapping or capturing mammals and reptiles protected by law require a scientific purposes license.
An application form must be submitted that includes the purpose of the activity, methods to be used, species to be captured or taken and location of proposed activity. Research proposals should be included to provide additional information. Two relevant scientists must sign the application form for new applicants or for applicants who are submitting an application for a different taxonomic group than in the past. These signatures are required by state law (IC 14-22-22-2) and attest to the character, scientific accomplishments and fitness of the applicant. You can contact Linnea Petercheff, Staff Specialist with the Division of Fish and Wildlife, at 317-233-6527 or at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down this morning, and there's no way to know what will happen next. While one should, on principle, welcome the departure of a tyrant, the fact is the Egyptian people might very well become less free now that Mubarak is gone.
That's because—as anyone who has paid attention already knows—it's likely that Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's best organized political force, will now take the reins. The Muslim Brotherhood 's supreme goal is the worldwide institution of Sharia law, and to say that they are dedicated to this goal is to insult them by understating their devotion.
Sharia is fundamentally anti-democratic. The Brotherhood has a history of manipulating democracy inorder to bring about its ultimate downfall, so don't let the specter of free elections convince you of the group's virtues. The Brotherhood might take leadership in Egypt violently, or they might do so democratically; either way, the danger to Egyptian freedom is very real.
And so is the danger to you. Because, despite what National Intelligence Director James Clapper would have you believe, the Muslim Brotherhood is no friend of the United States: it is one of the world's most deadly radical terrorist groups. Consider, just for starters, their self-proclaimed motto:
Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.
The word jihad here does not refer to an internal struggle for holiness, and dying in the way of Allah has nothing to do with dying to self—at least, not for the Muslim Brotherhood. It surely does mean something like that to the millions of moderate Muslims who do not wish to see you dead, but there's a reason those moderates are not part of the Brotherhood.
James Clapper told House Intelligence Committee members Thursday that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is "a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam." The claim is so baldly false as to be nearly humorous, as is Clapper's insistence that the Muslim Brotherhood has "no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally." As John Podhoretz points out,
This is one of the most reckless and irresponsible statements ever made publicly by an American official at a critical and delicate moment. If one of the key figures in the making of the administration's foreign policy is already making excuses for the Muslim Brotherhood, the president needs to signal immediately that the United States does not view this evil and destructive force with rose-colored glasses. Hard to say how Obama can do that in a way that will be meaningful and still allow Clapper to remain in his office.
Clapper's office has since offered a clarification, stating that Clapper is aware the Brotherhood is not a secular organization, but not before U.S. academics had a chance to defend his claims—proving that, even in the United States, Brotherhood ideology has already taken root.
Who knows—perhaps Egypt will come out alright. Perhaps the Muslim Brotherhood will not take leadership. I pray so. But realize, as you cheer the fall of a tyrant, that your Egyptian friends are not the only ones in danger here.


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WATCH: TV's Greatest Catchphrases All Together in One Supercut
By Caroline Aghajanian
All of your favorite TV catchphrases are now all one big video to enjoy!
Tastefully Offensive has put together a supercut of television's 45 most memorable catchphrases, like "How you doin'?" from Friends, The Office's "That's what she said," and Urkel's infamous "Did I do that?" from Family Matters.
The hilarious clip features 45 catchphrases from shows including How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, That 70s Show, and oldies like The Honeymooners, Good Times, The Brady Brunch, and more.
They even include cartoon animated shows like Family Guy, The Simpsons, Scooby Doo, and The Flinstones.
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'The Buffalo Sabres held an optional practice Tuesday in HSBC Arena, and only seven players participated. So the team had a cross-ice scrimmage inside one blue line, with Martin Biron in one net and an unidentified masked man in the other. It was Ruff, playing goal for Czech mates Ales Kotalik, Jaroslav Spacek and Jiri Novotny.'
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EAST LANSING, Mich.: The College Football Playoff committee might not think so.
National analysts might not think so, especially given the weak state of the Big Ten Conference.
But the Ohio State Buckeyes are a totally different team than the one that lost to Virginia Tech in the second week of the season. If they win out, they belong in the new four-team playoff that will determine this year's champion.
The college football world was waiting for a signature win and Ohio State came through in spectacular fashion Saturday night in Spartan Stadium. In the league's game of the year, the Buckeyes built an 18-point fourth quarter lead and thumped Michigan State 49-37.
Ohio State (8-1, 5-0 in the league) knocked Michigan State (7-2, 4-1) out of playoff consideration and avenged a loss in last year's Big Ten Championship game.
"This is one for the ages," Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said afterward. "That's how much respect we had for our opponent going into it. We saw what they did, they had one loss and were actually winning that game at Oregon. We played a top 10 team and really played our best on the road."
In last week's College Football Playoff top 25, Michigan State was ranked No. 8, Ohio State No. 14. On Saturday, four top 10 teams lost, which should help the Buckeyes' cause. No. 3 Auburn fell at home to unranked Texas A&M. No. 7 Kansas State was beaten by No. 6 TCU. No. 10 Notre Dame was upended by No. 9 Arizona State. Then the Buckeyes took care of the Spartans.
Given the anti-Big Ten bias, just how much the Buckeyes will move up is the question. There's a chance they could jump into the top eight. But they're going to need more upsets, more bizarre moments like those that doomed Auburn in the final minutes, more rivals knocking off each other to get where they want to go.
But if Ohio State can close out the season with victories over Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan and prevail in the Big Ten title game, Meyer thinks his team deserves a chance. And I agree with him.
Asked if this is a playoff team, Meyer said, "I think it is because I love my team. I haven't studied the other teams, really. If I have to go fight for this team, what they've done. If that darn loss the second game hurts us, I'll take the hit for that because that's a young team that's playing at an extremely high level right now."
Meyer figures he's starting five freshmen -- quarterback J.T. Barrett, strong side linebacker Darron Lee, cornerback Eli Apple (who played despite a hamstring injury), left guard Billy Price and H-back Jalin Marshall.
One reason the Buckeyes deserve a playoff shot, should they finish 12-1, is the rapid improvement of Barrett. Against the Spartans' press-man coverage that dared him to throw deep, Barrett completed 16 of 26 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns. Playing with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, Barrett ran 14 times for 108 yards and two touchdowns. He also displayed his instinctual feel for the game, telling receiver Devin Smith, "'Run really fast by them and I'm going to throw you the ball,'" and converting it for a 44-yard touchdown.
Barrett has rushed or passed for 34 touchdowns, two shy of Braxton Miller's school record of 36 set last year.
Ohio State totaled 568 total yards, nearly 300 more than MSU had allowed per game (279.4) coming in. It was the Buckeyes' sixth game of the season with at least 500 yards.
Reaching that figure against Cincinnati or Rutgers is one thing. Doing it on the road against the Spartans is another.
The Buckeyes also have a deep receiving corps loaded with speed. They have defensive end Joey Bosa, a sophomore who could become one of the program's best of all time. They have a good cover cornerback in senior Doran Grant of St. Vincent-St. Mary. They have sophomore tailback Ezekiel Elliott, who ran like a man possessed against the Spartans, gaining 154 yards on 23 carries with two touchdowns. They have another standout on the defensive line in tackle Michael Bennett. The rebuilt offensive line looks like it's starting to come together.
Barrett said the Buckeyes on Nov. 8 are more mature than the ones who lost on Sept. 6. He said they're more focused on each other and learning quickly from tough days against Virginia Tech and Penn State, a double-overtime victory two weeks ago.
They also like playing with a chip on their shoulder, even though they will be underdogs no longer.
"All year everyone's been down on us, saying we're too young," Elliott said. "We definitely have something to prove. People were questioning our ability to play on a big stage. Coming into this game, no one believed in us. We came out and showed the world we're ready."
The playoff committee might not think the Buckeyes are ready. But they might be on Dec. 6, the night of the Big Ten Championship, if they close out with four more victories.
"Like I said in previous interviews, it's like that ticking time bomb as we get closer and closer," Grant said. "We still haven't made it yet. We'll continue to get better."
That more than anything is the reason Ohio State deserves a playoff berth. By the time the selections are made on Dec. 7, the young team that looked like a juggernaut against average competition should be capable of competing with anyone.


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LONG BEACH - Cal State University students who stay in school when they could have graduated, repeat classes or overload their schedules could end up paying extra fees designed to free up spots for others.
The Cal State University Board of Trustees in its meeting next week will consider raising the fees for some students in a move intended to improve graduation rates and free up classroom seats for 18,000 new students.
The 23-campus system of more than 400,000 students turns away up to 20,000 eligible students each year. Officials said the new fees are meant to change the behavior of so-called "super seniors" who have already accumulated enough credits to graduate and deter students who frequently repeat courses or enroll in too many classes only to drop some later.
The proposed changes come at a time when educators across the state this week celebrated the passage of Proposition 30, a tax hike that supporters said will provide billions of dollars in funding for public education.
Officials, however, have said Prop. 30 is by no means a fix-all for years of state budget cuts.
The CSU has seen a nearly $1 billion reduction in state funding since 2008, while at the same time receiving record numbers of applications from prospective students.
"It is critical that we provide additional opportunities for eligible students to be admitted to the CSU," said Ephraim P. Smith, CSU executive vice chancellor. "With massive budget cuts, we have had to deny admissions to over 20,000 students who did everything right.
These changes are meant to provide more access for incoming freshmen and transfer students by helping current students to graduate in a more timely manner."
The plan has been blasted by students and faculty who say the additional fees unfairly target struggling students. Student groups plan to protest during the board meeting at the Chancellor's Office in Long Beach on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"The new fees will punish students who take too long to graduate, who rack up more units than their majors ostensibly require, or want to focus on more than one field with double majors or minors, along with other `behaviors,"' the CSU-wide group Students for Quality Education said in a statement.
The fees include:
A "graduation incentive fee" that charges a per-unit supplement of $372 for super seniors who have already accumulated 160 units. More than 80 percent of majors require 120 units to graduate. The unit cap will drop to 150 units in 2014. Officials said about 9,000 students are categorized as super seniors.
A "course repeat fee" of $91 for students who choose to repeat a class. Officials said about 40,000 seats are occupied each year by students who have already taken the course. The fee is meant to encourage students to "make careful decisions" and allow access for students who have not yet taken the course.
A "third tier tuition" fee of $182 per unit for for any course load of 18 units or more. The average student load is 12 units per semester. Officials said the plan could free up 32,000 seats in classes each year, the equivalent of enrolling about 4,000 new students.
The CSU previously considered charging the third tier tuition fee for a course load of 17 units or more, but the plan was modified to 18 units following an outcry from students in majors such as science and engineering who are required to take higher course loads.
Smith said the fees aren't intended to push students to graduate within four years.
"We know many of our students work, and graduating in four years is not a reality," he said. "This is meant to get students the classes they need to graduate on their timeline."
Each of the 23 campuses will have a special committee where individual students can appeal for exemptions if they face unanticipated circumstances, Smith said, adding that other state campuses have similar policies.
The board is expected to vote on the proposal on Wednesday. If approved, the fees will be implemented next fall.
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@DEMPO hahaha thanks man!
welp tc gmv runner up is dank
F.Y.E. KRU (Fuk You Expekt)
I have a character i wan't to throw in ?
How can i do that ?
Who the fuck killed this thread?
Representing the TAF, the TOY AS FUCK CREW!
this thread dies every other month, and to tell you the truth i haven't been on for a while, to tell u the truth, but i willing to do anything at anytime, so what's the next theme?????
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Japanese cartoon characters. Gotta be original.
Representing the TAF, the TOY AS FUCK CREW!
Japanese characters... right up my alley. Obsession-wise at least; and no i don't mean hentai...
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yeah right Physh! You beat your nuts dry to that tentical shit.
Still no entries? Here's mine. Not great, but it'll do.
are the bunny ears on the girl really necessary? it's like an anime meets graffiti nightmare, with all the cliches to boot.
this shit is getting old, anyone up for a new battle?
You wanna pick a theme? I need to work on my character game.
If you wanna get down on these hairy balls why don't you jump right in, it's a crotch party right up in here.
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same here. ugh themes.. how does Aliens sound?
Shit died again. Goin with aliens! Do something, doesnt have to be a whole page like above. Just one character, color or greyscale, doesnt just post it.
alien or whatever? can i get in ill just post it when im done later peace.


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You can reach Ganpatipule from Pune by road in about using a cab upon driving using a cab.
Ganapatipule is one of the most spectacular beaches along the Konkan Coast - an idyllic getaway that attracts peace-seekers, beach lovers, and pilgrims alike. The temple of Swayambhu (self-originated) Ganesh is much frequented by thousands every year.
The God is considered to be the Paschim Dwardevta (Western Sentinel God of India), and those who visit Ganapatipule make it a point to pay their respects to this great deity. Aside from its clean beach and clear waters, Ganapatipule is rich in flora, including mangroves and coconut palms.
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Very sweet!! Looking forward to it...
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Very sweet!! Looking forward to it...
The Gulf coasters need to keep a close eye on this one...
Is this going to help the north east at all? Lookin to see how this new stewart hydro hull longboard handles bigger waves. :cool:
were not going to see anything major with the current track, but moderate sized ESE/SE are looking to hit the East Coast for the beginning of the week.
Also, if it does move into the Gulf, keep an eye on it for any recurvature to the north.
The Gulf Coast has had enough battering. I hope this thing sends us some fun surf and then pisses off to sea. :p
I was checking the Caribbean surf report for s&*^s and giggles, and Soup Bowl is expecting 8-12 foot surf, with possibly bigger sets if Dean becomes a Category 2.
yep barbados can go nuts on systems like this. Especially when they pass to the north and allow for offshore winds like this one looks to do.
Book your tickets now... but dont tell anyone I told you to.
Here's the pic, for everyone who doesn't know what you are talking about:
another 25 sec blip on the hatteras buoy...could this poss be the beginning of the extreme long period swell? it looks to be strong groundswell even though it will pass b/w the leeward islands for dean current hatteras predictions are at around 5 ft and 12 sec periods by mon!
Yeah saw that...my guess would be that the buoy is seeing mixed up swell...some 6 second and some 8 second if you look at the other hours and the computer that interprets the buoy data gets mixed up trying to reconcile two swell periods into one actual swell period and comes up with 25. Thats just a guess but i doubt Dean kicked out some 25 second swell and it doesn't show on other buoys or other hours at 41001.
This is wierd...buoy off alabama picking up 25 second swell for just one hour??


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Preen by Thornton Bregazzi Fall 2013
It's only natural that British designers should be having their say about punk this season—after all, the world's most enduring street style was born on the King's Road, London, circa 1976. Nothing in the Preen show this morning could've been worn at that time, which is a good thing: What would be the point of a crass, literal throwback, at a point in history when the original punks are now moms in their fifties? Still, what Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi did today was what you might call "evolved punk," a collection that dealt with many of the punk symbols that have been subsumed into fashion over decades—black and red, zippers and studs, tartan and leopard spot, mohair and argyle. Their accomplishment is to splice it all into a continuation of the modern wardrobe they develop, season by season. Their signature devices, dresses paneled with one fabric at the front and another at the back, and double-hemlined skirts (this time layered and split at the front to reveal an underskirt) are all present and correct.
But let's jump to the best bit: A finale embellished with jewels laid out in a trellis pattern on dresses, and a long slim skirt matched with a mohair sweater. But what, you may ask, is the punk reference there? Justin Thornton explained backstage that he and Thea Bregazzi had been watching Derek Jarman's 1978 film Jubilee, which at one point has Elizabeth I visiting the punk-stormed realm of Elizabeth II. So the floral-jeweled pattern idea sprang from Gloriana's richly embroidered farthingale. Do we need to know this? Not especially. But it could be a handy piece of knowledge to drop into dinner conversation at the Costume Institute Gala in May, where any of these pieces would look just great.


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