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Exclusive: Kristin Chenoweth on World Tour Plans, Confirms Broadway Return in 20th Century, Soapdish & More!
Emmy and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will co-host the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS ON FOX airing Monday, December 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed). Chenoweth is an accomplished singer and actress of stage, television and film. She recently completed a North American concert tour featuring music from her latest album, "Some Lessons Learned," as well as an array of her most memorable songs and Broadway show tunes. She is known for her Tony Award-nominated turn as the original "Glinda," the good witch, in Broadway's "Wicked" and her show-stealing, Tony Award-winning performance in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." She has received two Emmy Award nominations for her role as "April Rhodes" on the hit series GLEE. She won an Emmy Award for her role as "Olive Snook" on "Pushing Daisies." She also starred in "GCB" and appeared on this season's "The Good Wife" on CBS.
The petite actress with the larger than life voice chatted about the upcoming Broadway revival of 'On The Twentieth Century,' dating Bachelor contestant Jake Palveka and what's in store for her next album.
Chenoweth most recently appeared on Broadway in the revival of Promises, Promises, but has also originated such memorable roles as 'Glinda' in Wicked. I asked her if she has a preference for doing one over the other?
"It's interesting, and thank you for asking that question, I am kind of an odd duck." she began. "I view every role I do as original. If I thought for a second about Barbara Harris playing 'The Apple Tree' or anything I've done as a revival, I might be too intimidated. So I view them all as, "Okay, you're putting your stamp on this. Think of it as it's never been done before."
She continued, "That's sort of what I think when I do a revival. Of course I love doing original
work because there are no rules. There are no rules. We just did a reading of Soapdish and even though it was a movie it has never been done on stage. So there are no rules and I enjoy that aspect of creating. But I look at them both the same. If it's a revival and/or if it's new, I think in my mind, "Don't think that it's ever been done before. Do it your way." That's kind of what I do."
For the past year, Broadway fans have been eagerly awaiting Chenoweth's return to the stage in a rumored revival of On the Twentieth Century, a musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman. The actress confirmed that following a European tour in March, her plan is to bring the project to fruition. "Right off the bat I have some concerts coming up. I have one New Year's Eve in Park City, Utah. I have a Lincoln Center, American Songbook Series that will be filmed for PBS on February 15th. And then I do like a mini European tour in March. I was supposed to do that in September. We had to put it off while I healed and that I can tell you is going to be exciting because I haven't been over there in nine years. I'm going to do London, Scotland, Australia and surrounding areas. After that it'll be 'On the Twentieth Century', we're trying to work out the dates because I want to do that, as well as Soapdish, on Broadway. Those are, I know, the two things that I'm looking to do on Broadway sooner rather than later. That's a lot right there. I'm also trying to put together my next record and do a pilot. It's busy, but those are the "for sures" on the horizon."
The busy actress admits that she still has difficulty juggling her busy career with her personal life. "That's my biggest struggle in life, is the balance issue," she explained. "I know that a lot of people know that I got hurt in July. I'm doing so much better, so much better, but I think it slowed me down to a point to really try to be very, very careful. I like to do a lot of different things and I've realized that life is short and I want to do things that make me happy and really help me leave my mark in this world. I really just try to weigh my time and how much I'm going to be able to—I want to be great. When I say yes to something I want to be great at it. So that's what helps me decide."
On the romanctic front, Chenoweth confirmed recent rumors that she has been seeing 'Bachelor' star Jake Palveka. "I met him doing the 'Hero Dog Awards' for Hallmark channel, which is dogs who basically save lives," she explained. "We met that night and we've been spending a little time together. It's been really fun to get to know him. That's kind of where that is."
Though her recent TV project GCB did not last through its first season on ABC, the actress maintained that it was a worthwhile experience. "Those characters that we all played on GCB were so fun. It disheartened me to think that there was a few that thought it was making fun of God, which I would never do. I thought it was just having fun with a world that I knew very well. I love that people come up to me now and say, "Where's GCB? What happened? We want to see it." But, you know, when you lose a lot of your major advertisers I understand why ABC did what they did, but it still makes me sad. I miss her. I miss [Chenoweth's character] Carline, but whenever I do I just put on my wig and I feel better."


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When I first saw this new carrier, I was intrigued, so the nice folks at Sheraton Luxuries were kind enough to send me one to test out. I've been using it for transport to the vet, and not only am I a fan, but my cats are, too.
The Sheraton Luxuries pet carrier is made of sturdy plastic with a large top that hinges open for easy loading. The sturdy lock snaps into place with a loud click so you know it's secure. Two nice handles make it easy to carry and the side slats allow for plenty of light and air circulation while kitty is inside. The carrier measures 16″ x 11 5/8″ x 10 1/4″, the perfect size for small to medium cats. Simba, who weighs about 10 lbs., is shown here modeling the Sheraton Luxuries carrier.
The Sheraton Luxuries carrier is available in sky blue, lavender, spring green, and orange and sells for $27.99 US. Each carrier comes with a plush liner.
One lucky winner is going to receive an orange Sheraton Luxuries carrier. Just leave a comment on this post to enter. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on December 16, 2009. One entry per person. This giveaway is limited to addresses in the US only.

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text: I'm heading to Vegas in a few weeks for a work conference. I'm planning on seeing a Cirque du Soleil show while I'm there, but unsure which of the seven to see. I'll only have enough time to see one, so I'm hoping to get some feedback from others who have experienced any of the Cirque shows currently playing in Vegas. Right now I'm leaning toward Mystère as it sounds like the most classic type of Cirque du Soleil performance and I've never actually been to any of their shows before.


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The Israel Museum is located in Jerusalem on 11 Ruppin Boulevard, Hakyria, near the Knesset (Israeli Parliament).
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, 9171002
Tel: 972-2-670-8811
Fax: 972-2-677-1332
By Bus
In Jerusalem, the Museum is served by the 7, 9, 14, 35, and 66 bus lines.
New! Egged Bus 100 provides a "park and ride" service from the Shapririm Junction on Highway 1 (the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway) to the Knesset compound (across the street from the Museum). Parking is free. information and schedules in Hebrew>>
For a map of bus routes and list of stations see>>
For a Hebrew information booklet, highlighting recent changes to bus routes see >>
(To receive an information booklet in English, please dial: 073-233-1444)
For further details or changes on the routes, dial Kol Kav *8787 or visit www.jet.org.il
If you are spending more than a few days in Jerusalem, it's worth buying a Rav-Kav bus pass . Senior citizens and children under 18 can buy one at a reduced rate.
For details see the Egged site >>
By Car
Parking is available for Museum visitors adjacent to the Entrance Pavilion. See note below regarding tickets and receipts.
Using GPS - "Avraham Granot Street"
Using WAZE - Israel Museum
The taxi company, Moniot Rehavia, provides service to visitors at the Museum's Entrance Pavilion throughout the week and on holidays. Volunteers at the Entrance Pavilion desk will be happy to assist you in ordering a taxi, or contact these numbers directly: 02-622-2444 or 02-625-4444
You may request a receipt at the end of the journey. Tipping is not customary. The driver's name and license number is posted in the car. The number is also posted in large print on the outside of the car.
Other locations
There are two satellite locations of the Israel Museum located at the
Ticho House and the Rockefeller Museum.
For further information
The Jerusalem Tourist Information Center, tel. 02-6271422, or the Christian Information Center, tel. 02- 6272692, can provide more information. Both are located at the Jaffa Gate.


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No offence to the writer but in English what does all this mean :P
it means that apple won't have as big a "miss" (they still beat their own projections) when compared to what everyone thinks they'll do in terms of sales and profits. That's if these numbers are correct (won't know till apple releases them).
This directly affects stock prices. Not a mod topic, but certainly an apple one. I'm already waiting with my stock in hand if i wasn't on vacation i would have sold at 700+ but oh well it'll keep going up imo if you give it more time (though i think the 1k mark is still quite a ways out, at least 6 months).
Whenever I see posts like that it reminds me of this person...
I went to England and they spoke American??? Why is this? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers
Anyway, the business lingo basically means that Apple is not likely to reach it's predicted targets because of problems with the iPhone 5 and its supply chain. Increased costs caused by quality control and less sales caused by supply constraints suggest that their profits won't be as high as previously predicted.
However, the sales may move into the next quarter and therefore it may increase the forecast for then (3 months time).
And as VerizonIphone4_help pointed out, most stock trading is performed upon speculation and the rest upon solid figures so this may become further trouble for Apple and their share/stock value. Remember, most big PLCs (Public Limited Companies) care more about their shareholders than their customers.
You may already know some of this but just thought that I'd actually contribute rather than trying to teach you American like some users here >_>


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Eslovaquia (Rep. de)
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National Police of the Slovak Republic
The Slovak Police Force is a part of the Ministry of Interior. It is made up of the Police Main Headquarters (Police Presidium), eight regional police headquarters, 53 district police headquarters and several educational and specialized police institutions. Headquartered in the capital Bratislava, the Force is headed by the Police President, who answers to the Minister of the Interior.
- Protect life and security of people and property;
- Ensure public order and safety;
- Prevent, detect and investigate crime;
- Protect state borders;
- Traffic control and safety.
INTERPOL Bratislava
The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for the Slovak Republic is a part of the Police Presidium's Bureau of International Police Co-operation, which comprises INTERPOL, Europol, Sirene, Schengen and other units.
It is made up of 23 plain-clothed police officers who are all graduates of either the Bratislava Police Academy or national civilian universities and speak at least one INTERPOL language.
INTERPOL Bratislava is operational 24 hours a day all year long, and its staff have to be able to handle all enquiries received either from domestic or international police agencies, no matter the type of crime.
Main NCB tasks:
- Checks on people, identity documents, stolen motor vehicles, works of art and weapons;
- Extraditions;
- Identification of dead bodies;
- Fingerprints and DNA checks;
- Exchange of criminal information;
- Police training for regional and district police.
INTERPOL lanza una operación contra la venta en línea de medicamentos y productos falsos
Long-term INTERPOL investigation lands one of Slovakia's most wanted behind bars
La colaboración internacional a través de INTERPOL lleva a la detención de un prófugo buscado por violación
Slovakia marks 20 years of international police cooperation via INTERPOL
INTERPOL organiza en Polonia un curso para la realización de investigaciones sobre incidentes radiactivos y nucleares con objeto de promover un plan de acción común
La visita a INTERPOL del Jefe de la Policía de Eslovaquia pone de relieve los estrechos vínculos entre la seguridad nacional y la mundial
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- Contemporary Art at the Gardner
- ExhibitionsCurrent ExhibitionsForthcoming ExhibitionsPast Exhibitions
- Ambreen Butt: I Need a Hero
- Maurizio Cannavacciuolo: A Lecture on Martian History
- Rachel Perry: What Do You Really Want
- Charmaine Wheatley: Souvenirs
- Bharti Kher: Not All Who Wander Are Lost
- Jean-Michel Othoniel: Secret Flower Sculptures
- Nari Ward: Divination X
- Luisa Rabbia: Waterfall
- Carla Fernández: The Barefoot Designer: A Passion for Radical Design and Community
- Sophie Calle: Last Seen
- Hamra Abbas: Wall Hanging I
- Adam Pendleton: Untitled
- Raqs Media Collective: The Great Bare Mat & Constellation
- Stefano Arienti: Wild Carrot
- Luisa Lambri: Portrait
- Magic Moments: The Screen and the Eye–9 Artists 9 Projections
- (TAPESTRY) RADIO ON: New Work by Victoria Morton at the Gardner
- Points of View: 20 Years Artists-in-Residence at the Gardner
- Stefano Arienti: Ailanthus
- Danijel Zezelj: Once
- Taro Shinoda: Lunar Reflections
- Su-Mei Tse: Floating Memories
- Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008
- Cliff Evans: Empyrean
- Stefano Arienti: The Asian Shore
- Sculpture and Memory: Works from the Gardner and by Luigi Ontani
- Henrik Håkansson: Cyanopsitta spixii Case Study #001
- Michele Iodice: A Pagan Feast
- Variations On a Theme by Sol Lewitt and Paula Robison
- Danijel Zezelj: Stray Dogs
- Dayanita Singh: Chairs
- Maurizio Cannavacciuolo: TV Dinner
- Elaine Reichek: madamimadam
- Joseph Kosuth: Artist, Curator, Collector
- Nari Ward: Episodes: Bus Park & Forevermore
- Manfred Bischoff
- Ackroyd & Harvey: Presence
- Laura Owens
- Joan Bankemper: A Gardener's Diary
- Lee Mingwei: Living Room
- Josiah McElheny
- Abelardo Morell: Face to Face
- Mona Higuchi: Bamboo Echoes
- Juan Muñoz: Portrait of a Turkish Man Drawing
- Denise Marika: New Works by Denise Marika
- Dorit Cypis: The Body in the Picture
- Artists By Year
- Multimedia
Magic Moments: The Screen and the Eye–9 Artists 9 Projections
JUNE 21 - AUGUST 20, 2012 | Special Exhibition Gallery
Many Gardner Museum Artists-in-Residence work in the medium of film, video, and digital projection. In the summer of 2012, the Museum presented a selection of nine projections in the Special Exhibition Gallery by Lida Abdul, Ackroyd & Harvey, Cliff Evans, Henrik Hakansson, Melvin Moti, Luisa Rabbia, Dayanita Sing, Su-Mei Tse and David Wilson. Ranging in length from just a few minutes to almost an hour, the works were shown in a continuous loop during open hours, highlighting a different work each week and providing a unique opportunity to view these works.
Click the Schedule tab to learn about the Artists' residencies, the films that were shown, and dates they were on view.
Image: Dayanita Singh, File Room (detail), 2011. Courtesy of Frith Street Gallery, London.
This exhibition was made possible in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Gardner Museum receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
June 21-25 | DAVID WILSON
Bol'shoe Sovietskoie Zatmenia (The Great Soviet Eclipse), 2009 / 48 min.
Set in the summer of 1936 during the most spectacular solar eclipse of the 20th century in the Soviet Union, this film focuses on the accomplishments and promising careers of the astronomers of the Pulkovo Observatory in St. Petersburg and the path of their terrible undoing at the hands of Stalin's NKVD.
Read about David Wilson's residency at the Gardner Museum.
June 27-July 2 | ACKROYD & HARVEY
Out of the Blue, 2012 / 4:16 min.
On April 15, 2010 the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted, and for six days the skies above the UK were free of air traffic, providing a unique opportunity to experience life without the pollution air travel causes both acoustically and visually. Out of the Blue is a meditation on the power of silence when the sky is momentarily stilled.
Read about Acrkoyd & Harvey's residency.
July 4-9 | LIDA ABDUL
In Transit, 2008 / 4 min.
A performance-based video staged in Afghanistan. It is a response to the spectacle of violence in war through the eyes of children.
Read about Lida Abdul's residency.
July 11-16 | SU-MEI TSE
Mistelpartition, 2006 / 6:49 min.
A slow travelling shot through a landscape of a row of trees, which appear like a musical score. Melancholy silence is broken by mysterious music. The notes are visualized one by one through illuminations in the mistletoe branches--the distant reflection of a lost tune.
Read about Su-Mei Tse's residency.
July 18-23 | HENRIK HÅKANSSON
The 12th of Never (Extract from the Void), 2000 / 20 min.
Made in the jungles of Trinidad, this haunting and enigmatic work documents the artist's attempt to communicate with insects.
Read about Henrick Håkansson's residency.
July 25-30 | CLIFF EVANS
Empyrean, 2007 / 6:32 min.
This film, which premiered at the Gardner Museum, creates a loose but provocative narrative around the subjects of power and population control, coded with interesting and often humorous subtexts. Empyrean's themes were developed through an absurd juxtaposition of both benign traditions and disturbing pathologies: wellness tourism, missionary practice, militaristic domination.
This film may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
Read about Cliff Evans's residency, or watch Empyrean online.
August 1-6 | DAYANITA SINGH
File Room Slideshow, 2011
A digital slide projection of 41 black and white photographs from the File Room series shown as part of Illuminations at the Venice Biennale in 2010, and, depicting paper archives from across India.
Read about Dayanita Singh's residency.
August 8-13 | LUISA RABBIA
Travels with Isabella, 2008 / 26:30 min.
A video composite of archival photographs collected by Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1883 in China merged with the Rabbia's drawings and digital art. A fantastical construct, an enigmatic landscape created by cutting out, reframing and combining images and drawings, weaving two very personal journeys into one.
Read about Luisa Rabbia's residency.
August 15-20 | MELVIN MOTI
No Show (2004) / 24 min.
Making reference to a historical event that took place at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg during World War II, this film revolves around an exhibition, which only appears to the eye through a conscious act of imagination.
Read about Melvin Moti's residency.


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NEC has added the 52-inch P521 to its P series professional LCD displays, joining the existing 40-inch P401, 46-inch P461 and 70-inch P701.
The 52-inch display features full HD resolution, brightness up to 700 cd/m2, connectivity with DisplayPort, VGA, DVI-D, BNC (RGBHV), composite, component, S-Video, HDMI.
The panel used on the display comes with advanced thermal protection and internal temperature sensors, and seal design provides protection against dust, grease and steam in less than optimal environments.
The P521 will be available for April 2010 shipment at an estimated street price of US$2,999.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Akris Fall 2013
Akris's Albert Kriemler loves a reference, be it the Monaco Grand Prix, the tracks of which he once printed on dresses, or Joseph Maria Olbrich's Art Nouveau Wedding Tower, the likeness of which appeared on a dress a few years back. But this season, the Swiss designer took a very spare, straightforward approach to dressing. First of all, he did not deviate from black except for once. Secondly, the foundation of many of his looks was the button-up shirt. It came in solid leather, cashmere, and wool that was perforated like a grid, and it was most often worn casually untucked with boot-cut pants. Even some of the necks of the turtlenecks had a small V cut out at front so that they looked like a stand-up collar. Kriemler also offered above-the-knee skirts (short by Akris standards) worn with subtly elegant capes. The mink-on-mink version looked like a million bucks, which also might be close to what it costs. In addition, there were some great, chunky, exaggerated turtleneck sweaters with just a hint of Lurex running through them.
Evening consisted of tuxedos—fringed, embellished with crystals, or cut in clean satin—as well as some body-hugging dresses in that same windowpane perforation (one assumes they'll be lined in production). If it altogether felt like a very sober take on fall, there's a reason. The collection, Kriemler explained backstage, was a tribute to his mother, who passed away in December. "She was a controlled woman but also an expression of elegance," he said warmly. And so although the all-black palette was a reflection of his grief, there was a point of hope: the stark white fur coat over a windowpane tunic dress. As Kriemler put it, "The coat is the light which stays with you."
For a full profile and more information on Akris, visit Voguepedia.com.


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5 Compliments Men Crave
Real men tell BettyConfidential.com the compliments they're dying to hear
-Carrie Seim
We all learned fairly early on what compliments to give other women.
"That dress is gorgeous!"
"Have you lost weight?"
"Congrats on the job, you're such an inspiration."
"Have you lost weight?"
"Those shoes are fantastic!"
"Are you sure you haven't you lost weight?"
But when it comes to stroking a man's (not so fast, lusty ladies) ego – what will really make him melt? Hint: it's not his hair…unless he was on the receiving end of a Rogaine miracle.
Here are the top five qualities men really love to be complimented on:
1. His Smile / His Laugh
This was by far the most common answer from all the men we surveyed. Guys want reassurance that they make you happy – and there's no better way to do that than by flattering their goofy grins and contagious laughs.
"Hearing how much someone loves my laugh, or my smile, or how funny they find me – these make my self-esteem swell, which is not to be undervalued because of my daily need for embarrassingly large doses of affirmation," one guy told BettyConfidential.com


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Post mortem: Magic 103, Cavs 90
The familiar refrain returns to the North Coast: ''Wait until next year.''
Yup, I'm sure everyone wanted to hear that line muttered. But this year, despite the record, the Cavs weren't the best team on the floor. Ultimately, the Magic possessed too much depth and presented too many matchup problems for them to overcome.
Tonight? Tonight was just what my mother would call a butt whooping. Orlando had both aspects of their game working tonight - inside and outside. Had they been able to score from upside down, they would have.
There was just too much Dwight Howard who scored 40 points and pulled down 14 boards. And there was too much success from the three-point line as the Magic shot 40 percent from the arc for the fifth game out of six.
The Cavs' bench was exposed in this series, as they were outscored from again. The margin was only four points, but there's no legtimate spark from the Cavs bench if you look at this team objectively.
Daniel Gibson has the capacity to do that, but has dealt with injury and has played inconsistently. Wally Szczerbiak's best days are behind him, ditto Ben Wallace. In the off-season Danny Ferry and his staff will have to come up with some answers to deal with that area.
First quarter: Magic 30, Cavs 25
Blown opportunities sum up the quarter for the Cavaliers. They had plenty of chances to capitalize on Magic mistakes on the offensive end. Right now it's a game to see which superstar lifts his team to victory. Both LeBron James and Orlando's Dwight Howard have 13 points.
The Magic are doing a tremendous job keeping the Cavs' guard from penetrating for shots. Mo Williams who delivered a sterling effort Thursday night stands 0-for-3 thus far. Has he lost the storke as quickly as he got it back?
What's evident is the energy the Magic have brought thus far. They do not want to return to Cleveland for a Game 7. Their sense of urgency is fueling them.
Game: Cavs vs. Magic - Eastern Conference Finals Game 6
Broadcast: TV: TNT. Radio: WAKR (1590 AM); WTAM (1100 AM), WHBC (1480 AM).
Starters: Cavs: LeBron James (F); Anderson Varejao (F); Zydrunas Ilgauskas (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G). Magic: Hedo Turkoglu (F); Rashard Lewis (F); Dwight Howard (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G)
Injured-inactive: Cavs: J.J. Hickson, Lorenzen Wright. Magic: Jameer Nelson.
Pre-game observations:
The Cavaliers looked to find the winning formula Thursday night when they beat the Magic in Cleveland. They freed LeBron James up to operate from the top of the key and when Magic players collapsed on him opening up passing lanes for him.
The only thing he needed was for his teammates to do what they did all year show up and hit shots. Mo Williams finally got his stroke back, scoring 24 points including six three-point shots.
They're loose. They're confident, but they don't win in this building very often - at least not in recent years. So we'll see what happens.
LeBron James on what he expects the Magic to do in Game 6:
Post-mortem: Cavs 112, Magic 102
Yeah, I know. Nice blog, George. Sorry. It was either type during the game and deal with pain or type a game story along with the blog and deal with excrutiating pain. I chose the former.
Probably the Cavaliers' most complete game of the series thus far. The big difference: they played like they did for the entire season. LeBron James was the spark with his triple double of 37 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, but he got a lot of help from his teammates as Mo Williams showed up in a huge way with 24 points on 7-of-14 shooting.
More importantly, they wer eable to connect from the outside, as they hit on 50 percent of their three-point shots when they'd been hitting just 26 percent. Huge improvement.
In the process, they held the Magic to just 32 percent from the three-point line - a stark contrast.
Then what else do you say about James? At one point during the game he involved himself in 32 consecutive points.
Game: Cavs vs. Magic - Eastern Conference Finals Game 2
Broadcast: TV: TNT. Radio: WAKR (1590 AM); WTAM (1100 AM), WHBC (1480 AM).
Starters: Cavs: LeBron James (F); Anderson Varejao (F); Zydrunas Ilgauskas (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G). Magic: Hedo Turkoglu (F); Rashard Lewis (F); Dwight Howard (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G)
Injured-inactive: Cavs: J.J. Hickson, Lorenzen Wright. Magic: Jameer Nelson.
Pre-game observations:
Prepare for the kitchen sink strategy. Mike Brown employed it the other nightand they almost pulled one out.
You can look back on that game and they did so much right as a team - mostly in the area of defense - in regulation that watching the overtime implosion proved extremely difficult. It's as if what they were doing right until that point, they suddenly forgot.
Here it is: I'm on record right now saying that the Magic hit nowhere near 40 percent from the three-point arc, which will be key. Magic center Dwight Howard will get his, but I see this one going back to Orlando.
Post-mortem: Magic 116, Cavs 114
Here's what I don't get. The Cavaliers held the Magic's Dwight Howard reasonably in check with 17 points in regulation and then he explodes for 10 points in overtime. There's the difference if you asked me.
The Cavaliers had the chance to pick their poison and those chose to keep eyes fixed on the Magic's three-point shooters. In the process, they had to leave Howard with only one guy on him and the center ate whomever that player happened to be.
The Cavaliers had their chances in this one down to the final seconds, but overall there are reasons why this one went out the window.
Offensively, the Magic shot 50 percent from overall in the game and 44.7 percent from the three-point line. They've shot over 40 percent in 3-of-4 games in the series. In the process they've held the Cavs to under 40 percent from the arc in all four games.
For some inexplicable reason after the first half they reverted to form in this game relying on LeBron James to do everything on offense. That first half? Balance. The second? Not so much.
Mo Williams once again shot under 35 percent and the Cavs got hammered on bench points 26-14.
What's left? Reality. The Cavs have a less than 4 percent chance to pull this out if you look back to prior NBA seven-game series where one team led 3-1. Right now, the season of One Goal is on the verge of collapsing, forcing the Cavs to look to question parts of the team they once viewed as strengths.
First half: Cavs 58, Magic 50
Mike Brown has opened up his bench just a little bit by giving Daniel Gibson some significant minutes.
There's plenty to like in this half so far. First the Magic are getting leads and the Cavaliers are beating them back and in doing so, grab much needed momentum.
In a stretch of the second quarter they held the Magic scoreless for a five minute stretch. In another portion of the game, they outscored the Magic 9-2 to take a lead.
There's a distinct difference in the way the offense is unfolding as the Cavaliers look to have some semblance of rhythm going. While LeBron James is still the team's leading scorer with 17, this time aroucn he is getting significant help from Willaims - who is still struggling from the floor but has 12 points - Delonte West with nine points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas with six each. Furthermore, the Cavs are beating them on the fastbreak 15-9 and in the paint, 24-20.
Gibson has provided a big lift hitting two three point shots in the half. What are the Cavs doing right? Defensively they're still pestering Howard without committing dumb fouls. Most notably, they held Rashard Lewis, who has been the Magic's leading scorer, to just four points in the half.
First quarter: Cavs 25, Magic 21
Some nice defense and a cold hand helped the Cavs jump to a modest lead in the quarter as the Magic shoots just 40 percent for the quarter, including a stretch where they miss nine consecutive shots. Unfortunately, the Cavs could better capitalize on the situation as they missed their own share in the period's final minutes.
Game: Cavs vs. Magic - Eastern Conference Finals Game 2
Broadcast: TV: TNT. Radio: WAKR (1590 AM); WTAM (1100 AM), WHBC (1480 AM).
Starters: Cavs: LeBron James (F); Anderson Varejao (F); Zydrunas Ilgauskas (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G). Magic: Hedo Turkoglu (F); Rashard Lewis (F); Dwight Howard (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G)
Injured-inactive: Cavs: J.J. Hickson, Lorenzen Wright. Magic: Jameer Nelson.
Pre-game observations:
Some say the Cavs made progress defensively the other night. I won't disagree with that. I still see a team that's overmatched right now and hasn't shown itself to be otherwise. For anyone who has read what I've written in the paper about Delonte West, you know I admire his play - offensively and defensively, but having him have to contend with Turkoglu, a guy he gives seven inches to may be bit much.
The Cavs need to put it together offensively tonight and that doesn't mean the LeBron James Show. That means Mo Williams West have to hit from the outside and Ilgauskas has to maintain some semblance of consistency.
Defensively they have to slow the Magic down. The key to their offense, other than their ability to execute the pick-and-roll and their inside-outside game is to not allow Cavs to get back on defense and set up.
Post Mortem: Magic 99, Cavs 89
Some of you will disagree with this, but I get the overriding impression that this on is over. The Cas possess no complete solution to stopping the Magic.
In a physical game that was also occasionally sloppy, the Magic put together a defensive gem, holding the Cavs to 37 percent shooting for the game. LeBron James outscored the rest of the starting lineup 41-40. That's not good.
Mo Williams said it best after the game, this team isn't playing the way they had throughout the season - with balance and a collective sense of purpose. This wasn't supposed to turninto the LeBron James show, but it quickly has.
Part of that is due to the Magic. They seem to have decided that they'll allow James his, but take away his teammates. We will dicuss the gory details tomorrow after I go over the numbers. While this wasn't a blow-out the Cavs have little that they can really take from this game other than knowing if they don't win Tuesday night, they go back to Quicken Loans Arena with Orlando having the opportunity to win the Eastern Conference title on Cleveland's home court.
First quarter: Magic 24, Cavs 17
Magic shoots 59 percent for the quarter, Cavs 42 percent. But where the Cavs have reason to worry is the number of turnovers they committed in the first quarter. Six Cavaliers turnovers led to 10 of the Magic's 24 points in the quarter.
So far Mo Williams continues to struggle as he's hit just 2-of-5 shots in the quarter. Magic players contest every shot while Cavs look disjointed.
Game: Cavs vs. Magic - Eastern Conference Finals Game 2
Broadcast: TV: TNT. Radio: WAKR (1590 AM); WTAM (1100 AM), WHBC (1480 AM).
Starters: Cavs: LeBron James (F); Anderson Varejao (F); Zydrunas Ilgauskas (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G). Magic: Hedo Turkoglu (F); Rashard Lewis (F); Dwight Howard (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G)
Injured-inactive: Cavs: J.J. Hickson, Lorenzen Wright. Magic: Jameer Nelson.
Pre-game observations:
LeBron James said in his pre-game meeting with the media that he might need to clone himself to help his team keep up with the Magic. If only...
Here's the dilemma - and this was the one problem most everyone noted prior to the start of the series - Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu create matchup problems for the Cavs. For that reason, look for Mike Brown to go back to Sasha Pavlovic off the bench. At 6-foot-7, Pavlovic is long, athletic and negates at least some of that advantage these guys have. Performing as he did he at least earned some more playing time in the series.
Friday night saw the Cavs apparently have the right answer for Dwight Howard as well as the Cavs held him to just 10 points. Of course he had 18 rebounds, but he's going to rebound regardless. Each time he touched the ball, the Cavs got physical with him, harassed him.
Great. What do you do about the other two guys? Logically speaking, there's no way the Magic can keep hitting more than 40 percent of their three-point shots in this series. I could be wrong, but that is a torrid pace to maintain throughout the series. But if the Cavs are able to neutralize Howard again, Lewis is the next go-to guy and here's betting that he sees a lot more of James than in the prior to games.
How the Cavs play here tonight dictates how this series will go. Being completely honest, I'm not even close to liking what's been put on display in the first two games. While Mo Williams delivered 19 points the other night, it was on 7-of-21 shooting. Both he and Delonte West have to deliver offensively as well as defensively.
Quote of the night:
How Stan Van Gundy motivated the Magic at halftime:
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Post mortem: Cavs 84, Hawks 74
Ugly. Ugly. Ugly. Did I mention it was ugly? The Cavs turned the ball over 18 times for 22 points and shot a pathetic 54 percent from the free throw line. In the short term is doesn't matter. The Cavaliers beat the Hawks because they played their brand of basketball - on at least one side of the ball.
Defensively, this played out like a Tony Award-worthy Broadway play. When you hold a team to 32 percent shooting for the entire game, you're doing something right. And the Cavaliers seemed to have the right plan in this case. They'd harassed Joe Johnson with double teams throughout the series, but this time they threw a few in the direction of Ronald ''Flip'' Murray, the Hawks' best player off the bench. Considering Murray played 12 minutes of the fourth quarter, the adjustment proved effective. Although he scored 14 points in the game, he only scored two in the fourth quarter and the Hawks only hit 17 overall. They shot an anorexic 24 percent from the floor in the quarter.
Offensively, the Cavs played sloppily. While LeBron James was LeBron James, bench players struggle mightily producing just eight points total. While center Zydrunas Ilgauskas seems to have shaken off the rust wit another workman-like performance that saw him record another double-double with 14-points and 10 rebounds, the normally reliable Mo Williams struggled with 4-of-11 shooting, although he hit a pivotal three-pointer in the fourth quarter. Who came to the rescue? Delonte West, who played positively brilliantly and that was just on offense. West hit 7-of-13 shots, grabbed four rebounds and dished out six assists.
Defensively, with a little help, he made Joe Johnson's night a living hell. Johnson scored 18, but it came on 7-of-18 shooting.
In some ways you have to think that with the turnovers, lousy free throw shooting and overall subpar offense, the Cavs were lucky to get this win and sweep the Hawks. However, as long as they can lock teams down on defense, it would seem that they will have enough offense to get things done.
West had a couple of dunks that got even Coach Mike Brown excited:
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Post-mortem: Cavs 97, Hawks 82
Many apologies for nothing for the third quarter, but things go a little intense. Mo Williams said in his post-game press conference that the Hawks deserved some credit for the way they played. He's right. They gave the Cavs fits until the team finally succumbed in the fourth quarter.
The Cavs set a record for consecutive double-digit victories in the playoffs, this being their seventh. It wasn't particularly easy as each time they tried to put the Hawks away, they came clawing back. They answered a 13-4 run by the Cavs in the third quarter with a 13-0 run of their own. It wasn't until late in the third quarter when they had an 8-0 run to end that period and into the second that the game was sewn up.
This is one of those games that you file away for later reflection. They won because LeBron James decided to take over the game. He dropped 47 points on the Hawks and added 12 rebounds and eight assists for good measure. Even he realized it was special, comparing it to his performance against the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals two years ago.
James normally sits to start the fourth - not in this game. He played 96 percent of it and scored 13 of the Cavs 25 points in it. He apparently told Brown he was going to take over the game. Teammates had no problem with it.
But don't underestimate the effect Zaza Pechulia's ejection with 1:33 left in the third after being called for a blocking foul had on the outcome of this game. Atlanta Hawks Coach Mike Woodson admitted as much.
Post-game quotes of note:
I'm sure some of you have seen the infamous Kobe Bryant elbow on Ron Artest from last night's Lakers-Rockets game. But in case you haven't here:
Here's Artest's post-game reaction:
Neither Cavs Coach Mike Brown or Atlanta Coach Mike Woodson is prepared to say that Bryant should be suspended after being asked about it.
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Post-mortem: Cavs 99, Hawks 72
Defense. Defense. Defense.
Looking rusty in the first half and not even thinking about defense, the Cavs clamped down on the Hawks in the second - especially in the third quarter - to run away with the win. James got his team going, but eventually his backcourt - Mo Williams (21 points) and Delonte West (13 points, nine assists) got into the act. Overall in the second half, the Cavs held the Hawks to 30 percent shooting, limiting to just 28 points on offense. In the fourth quarter the Hawks shot for just 25 percent and scored just 11 points. It's a solid win in a game the Cavaliers should have won, given the seven-game series that the Hawks endured.
Third quarter: Cavs 77, Hawks 61
Here's what I'm willing to bet Coach Mike Brown told his team at the halftime: the team taht plays defense will win this game. While the Cavs sputtered through the first half, shaking off some of that rust from the elongated break, they came out with more than a bit of ferocity in the third quarter, holding the Hawks to just 17 points in the quarter. James added 12 points to a halftime total of 22. Impressive to say the least. Barring some improbably comeback - there wasn't any for the Hawks when they were down against the Heat in that series - the Cavs should win this one. They, however, have to keep their foot on the gas to do so. James started getting his teammates involved in the quarter. It makes a distinct difference.
First half: Cavs 49, Hawks 44
At one point the Cavs led this one by 12 points and looked as if they were ready to run away with things. But something cropped its head up as they got sloppy - very sloppy. They only had four turnovers in the half, but I'd bet at least three were unforced. There was always the chance that they would come out rusty, so this isn't unexpected, but they had best be done with that. James needs to get his teammates more involved - he had no assists in the first half - and someone from the bench needs to step up.
First quarter: Cavs 25, Hawks 21
Cavs are shooting 47 percent from the floor while the Hawks are shooting 56 percent. Free throws account for the disparity in scoring. The Cavs have made eight trips to the charity stripe, while the Hawks have hit the line just twice. LeBron James had 14 points in the first quarter. It's quite evident he wants to set the tone for his team because he hasn't had an assist.
I realize that some of you may have thought I dropped or hoped even that I fell off the face of the Earth. So sorry to disappoint some of you, but with the Cavs having enough time to tour Europe after their win over the Detroit Pistons, not a lot of real news came out of the organization until yesterday.
Let's just say that there was nothing contrived, phony or insincere about LeBron returning to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary to accept the league's MVP award. Here's a couple of takes from those close to him on the team:
Eastern Conference
If Atlanta-Miami series concludes in 6 games:
Cleveland vs. Atlanta
Game 1 - Sun May 3 Atlanta at Cleveland 1:00PM 1:00PM ABC Game 2 - Tue May 5 Atlanta at Cleveland 8:00PM 8:00PM TNT Game 3 - Sat May 9 Cleveland at Atlanta 8:00PM 8:00PM ABC Game 4 - Mon May 11 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:00PM 7:00PM TNT Game 5 * Wed May 13 Atlanta at Cleveland TBD TBD TNT Game 6 * Fri May 15 Cleveland at Atlanta TBD TBD ESPN Game 7 * Mon May 18 Atlanta at Cleveland 8:00PM 8:00PM TNT
If Atlanta-Miami series concludes in 7 games:
Cleveland vs. Atlanta/OR/Miami
Game 1 - Tue May 5 Atl/OR/Miami at Cleveland 8:00PM 8:00PM TNT Game 2 - Thu May 7 Atl/OR/Miami at Cleveland 7:00PM 7:00PM ESPN Game 3 - Sat May 9 Cleveland at Atl/OR/Miami 8:00PM 8:00PM ABC Game 4 - Mon May 11 Cleveland at Atl/OR/Miami 7:00PM 7:00PM TNT Game 5 * Wed May 13 Atl/OR/Miami at Cleveland TBD TBD TNT Game 6 * Fri May 15 Cleveland at Atl/OR/Miami TBD TBD ESPN Game 7 * Mon May 18 Atl/OR/Miami at Cleveland 8:00PM 8:00PM TNT


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This bird gives new meaning to the long-distance relationship.
With a wingspan of over ten feet, the albatross is the 747 of the bird world...and they're built for long-haul flights.
Albatrosses spend 70 percent of their lives on or over the ocean.
So when a couple gets together, they really have to make sure they're the one.
It's kind of an unusual date, but humans can recognize some of these moves.
Like ballroom dancers, the birds synchronize their movements...and like lovers anywhere, there's plenty of mouth-to-mouth contact.
They'll clap their beaks together until the pair's bond is formed.
And once it is, it's till death do they part-because albatrosses mate for life.
Each year, the female lays just one giant egg...which turns into one giant chick.
A chick with an insatiable appetite.
To feed it, each parent can make a round-trip journey of a thousand miles or more, just to provide a single meal.
That's a lot of frequent flier miles for a bit of regurgitated squid.
But all that love and care means nothing if that chick doesn't learn to fly.
Lessons are a little harsh.
The chick must develop its huge wing muscles and feathers before taking the leap...or the plunge.
It's a far cry from top gun.
But for these feathered students, the consequences for failure are just as deadly.
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IntroductionRecently I have been trying to better understand Solaris IO, specifically what goes on once a process enters the biowait(*buf) function. As part of this investigation I found a need to learn about failfast for Solaris IO which I will discuss in this blog post. Failfast was first presented as PSARC/2002/126: Buf Flag for Faster Failover. If you do not already have a general knowledge of Solaris IO internals I strongly recommend reading General Flow of Control from the Writing Device Drivers book available for free on docs.sun.com.
At a later date I would like to expand this article with more discussion of the interaction between ZFS & SVM and the failfast flag, along with a more general Solaris IO entry.
Data buffers (buffer, buf or bp from now on) passed into the (s)sd driver ("the driver") are encapsulated within a scsi_pkt structure (packet or pkt) in sd_initpkt_for_buf(*buf, **scsi_pkt) before they are passed to the transport (glm, qlc, etc.) via scsi_transport(*scsi_pkt).
sd_initpkt_for_buf() sets the scsi_pkt's command completion routine, pkt_comp, to sdintr(*scsi_pkt). When the transport has finished processing a packet (e.g. due to a completion, timeout or error) it sets pkt_reason as required and then calls pkt_comp to pass the packet back to the driver. Commands time out if no response is received from the target within pkt_time, set to SD_IO_TIME (60s) by sd_initpkt_for_buf(). In case of timeout the driver will attempt to retry the packet up to SD_RETRY_COUNT times (3 for fibre channel, otherwise 5). This means that without failfast it can take up to 5 minutes for, e.g., a read to return an error in the case of a non-responsive disk.
Failfast is a process that takes place within the driver to more expediently fail a pending buf and inform the upper layer Volume Manager (ZFS, SVM, VxVM). Co-operation is required from the VM which must set B_FAILFAST in the buf b_flags mask to enable the behaviour (the driver can check the ddi-failfast-supported property to know whether B_FAILFAST can be used).
Most VMs tend to round-robin read IO when multiple copies of the data exist. In the case of a mirror where one disk has gone away we ultimately expect all of our read IOs to be serviced by the working disk. In order for this to happen it is necessary for the driver to return a failure code (EIO) to the VM so that it can retry with the working disk. When B_FAILFAST is set we can return EIO faster thereby reducing the overall average IO time. The B_FAILFAST flag was initially proposed as B_ALTDATASRC as this accurately describes the conditions that need to be true for us to want to use failfast behaviour.
Within sd each physical target LUN is represented as an sd instance (sd_lun or un), each of which tracks its internal failfast state in un_failfast_state and un_failfast_bp. The instance may be in one of three states: SD_FAILFAST_INACTIVE, failfast pending (an inferred state where un_failfast_bp != NULL) and SD_FAILFAST_ACTIVE.
When any packet (i.e. regardless of B_FAILFAST) is returned to sd via pkt_comp qualifies for a retry due to a timeout condition specified in pkt_reason (these are: CMD_TIMEOUT and CMD_INCOMPLETE where the incomplete reason is a selection timeout) we call into sd_retry_command(*sd_lun, *buf, int retry_check_flag, ...) with the buf and SD_RETRIES_FAILFAST set in retry_check_flag. sd_retry_command() and sd_return_command(*sd_lun, *buf) change the instance failfast state. Every instance begins in SD_FAILFAST_INACTIVE.
Transition to failfast pending: The first buf to enter sd_retry_command() with SD_RETRIES_FAILFAST set will take the sd instance into the failfast pending state by registering itself as the un_failfast_bp. The buf is then retried normally. Subsequent SD_RETRIES_FAILFAST bufs will be retried without changing any failfast state.
Transition to SD_FAILFAST_ACTIVE: When the un_failfast_bp buf returns to sd_retry_command() it transitions the instance to SD_FAILFAST_ACTIVE by setting un_failfast_state and clearing un_failfast_bp. sd_failfast_flushq(*sd_lun) is called which arranges for all all B_FAILFAST bufs on the wait queue to be returned to the caller with a suitable error set (this is done via thread). This buf is also returned with an error set if it has B_FAILFAST set, otherwise it is retried.
Transition to SD_FAILFAST_INACTIVE: Any buf that either completes successfully (via sd_return_command()) or requires a retry for any reason other than those that take us into failfast pending will transition us into SD_FAILFAST_INACTIVE by updating un_failfast_state and clearing un_failfast_bp. It should now be clear from above that only B_FAILFAST bufs are affected by the failfast state which means any subsequent buf without B_FAILFAST (or indeed any buf currently in the transport) can allow the transition back to SD_FAILFAST_INACTIVE.
Any buf passed into a SD_FAILFAST_ACTIVE sd instance with B_FAILFAST set is immediately failed in sd_core_iostart(int index, *sd_lun, *buf).


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If you'd spent months ranting and raving about how inaccurate the polls were in last year's presidential election and declaring that Romney was going to win in a landslide after you'd "unskewed" the polls, only to be proven definitively wrong and look like an ass, you'd think you'd just shut the hell up about the polls. Not Dean Chambers. Now he's being a poll truther on Obama's approval rating.
Today's Real Clear Politics average of polls on the president's approval rating shows an approval rating of 52.1 percent to a disapproval rating of 42.9 percent. That translates to an approval margin of 9.2 percent. The average is based on ten recent polls, most of then commissioned or conducted by major news outlets. As with many of the polls last Fall before the election, the polls are skewed by over-sampling Democratic voters.
Gosh, it seems like you tried to make this exact same argument last year and ended up with enough egg on your face to make an omelette the size of Toledo. And if you take the five polls he claims are not skewed, even by his standards, you get an average margin of 8.4% — and that includes the Fox News poll that shows an even 39-39 split, which is wildly out of whack with every other poll that he calls unskewed; the other four show margins of 12, 12, 11 and 7 points. And even all the polls he claims to have "unskewed." In fact, the average of the polls that he "unskews" is still 6.5%, so the Fox News poll is obviously an outlier that does not fit with 10 other polls. If you take out the Fox News poll, you find an average margin of 8.3 points, or almost exactly what the polls he admits are reasonable found.
So his "unskewing" drops the president's average approval ratings by less than one percent. Sure glad he emerged from under that rock to do the hard math, aren't you?


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I feel that the decision not to use too much colour / add background may enhance the piece by specifically drawing our attention to the concept. Just like the bird in the piece "BAM" here is what I want you too see, that's it.
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This is by far one of your best Illustrations, you should add colour and tone to your character more often, you're really good at it.
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A moody scetch , i like it . Maybeif the fuzzyness on the edges would be removed it would give a more realistic look.


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The National Weather Service has confirmed that a small tornado hit the New Market area Sunday night. The storm hit at approximately 8:30pm, damaging a home, but causing no serious injuries.
The F-0 twister had speeds just under 100 miles per hour. It is the second confirmed tornado in Highland County this year, with the other recently hitting parts of Lynchburg.


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Florida Solidifies Hold on No. 1 in Latest BCS Standings
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Florida remained No. 1 in the latest BCS Standings after a 41-17 blowout of unranked Georgia, but Texas jumped Alabama into the No. 2 slot after an impressive 41-14 road victory over Big 12 rival Oklahoma State. The Crimson Tide, which had a bye week, checks in at No. 3. The top teams in the final BCS Standings, to be released on Sunday, Dec. 6, will meet in the BCS National Championship game to be played on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif.


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HANNAH Payton has to pick herself up after proving out of luck at the National Cyclo-Cross Championships in Derby.
The Kingswinford rider was involved in a couple of crashes and finally came home a below-par 12th.
Despite her disappointment, Payton has still been selected for Great Britain's team to compete at the World Championships in Holland, which take place at the beginning of February.
It should put the seal on a superb season which has seen her win the National Trophy Series.
It wasn't all glum news for the Payton family as father and coach Kevin came home ninth in the veterans' over-50 race – his best ever showing – while his son Tom Payton finished 24th in the senior men's race.
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The Idea:
Default WPA passwords are mostly 10 chars (HEXCHARS) -> 0123456789ABCDEF
if you want to make a wordlist, the size of the list will be more then 10Gb! so leave it..
now... if we grep the source of aircrack-ng and a wordlist maker...
Modified AirCrack-NG Description/Parameters.
aircrack-wpa-ng [handshake-file] [Start Password] [End Password]
and open it like 50 times / threads.
First .. -> 00000000000 - 1000000000
Sec .. -> 10000000001 - 2000000000
Last -> F0000000000 -> FFFFFFFFFF
If you have a fast comp. then we can break it in more threads..
Is this a solution for WPA cracking without wordlist?!, or does a bruteforcer exist? I didn't google it but don't think so..
If the password is found kill all active windows.. and store it in /tmp/WPA-FOUND.txt ..
:\ I think it's better then creating a 10char HEXDEC wordlist.. for the USB Drive
If you think it's usefull I gonna take a look this week.. And finish it


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President's Perspective BY LAWRENCE P. FARRELL JR. Let's Face It: There Is No Shelter From the Fast Rising $$ Storm When one thinks of storms, a vision of destruction comes to mind — rain, wind, thunder and lightning. A fiscal storm, too, leaves trails of wreckage. Let's examine some of them, and what they portend. At the very top of the casualty list is the financial condition of the United States. Components of this are the debt, the deficit, the sinking economy and declining employment. One can observe upfront that people are ill-informed about these elements, owing first to their complexity and the fact that our press and elected leaders do a poor job of explaining the facts. The nation's $16 trillion debt is a major concern. Two com- ponents of this debt are publicly held — citizen bondholders, China and Japan — and internally held, like the Social Security Trust Fund. With a GDP of almost $16 trillion, the United States owes more than 100 percent of one year's GDP (think Greece). And with real unemployment disguised by arcane counting rules, U.S. government reporting greatly understates the depth of our employment crisis. Next is the deficit, projected by the president's budget to be $1.3 trillion this year. When one looks under the hood, this is truly frightening. The federal budget has two elements, mandato- ry spending (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, interest on the debt) and discretionary spending, which includes the budgets of every federal agency. Even if one eliminates the whole federal pie, receipts are still insufficient to cover the deficit. So calls to bring down defense spending and raise taxes on a few high earners do not address the structural shortfall. Much bigger adjustments in the mandatory portion of the budget must be formulated and implemented. By the way, as the Budget Control Act of 2011 brings down discretionary spending, the percentage of the budget consumed by mandatory entitlements continues to grow. Notably, the current level of unemployment appears to be structural in the sense that the lower value-added jobs have been shed by both industry and government. These positions are not coming back. One encounters employers every day who are seek- ing highly skilled employees, but they are not to be found in the ranks of job seekers. Our education system, from high school through college and especially community college and vocational education, is not preparing young people for the higher tech jobs of the present or the future. Both the country and defense are teetering on the brink. The Congressional Budget Office has analyzed the approaching sequester and the coming tax increases. CBO analysts opine that all this would greatly reduce the deficit, but throw us into reces- sion. 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The 60 appropria- tions accounts and 17 shipbuilding lines will get hit at about 10 percent each. There is no provision for reprioritizing, and little flexibility. It is the worst possible way to make budget cuts. No explanation suffices to show how we arrived to this point. Defense today is around 3 percent of GDP, the lowest since 2001, and comprises about 18.5 percent of federal spending, which is on par with the 20-year average. So it would seem defense is afford- able. But nothing — including defense — is affordable for long with trillion-dollar deficits as far as one can see. The Federal Reserve has announced a new stimulus effort. With interest rates at almost zero in nominal terms — and nega- tive in real terms — one has to wonder what this will do but give a brief spurt to the markets. One Fed governor has dryly observed that if folks aren't buying homes and businesses aren't borrowing at these historically low rates, what can monetary stimulus do? 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A new lawsuit claims that the state legislature accidentally made all the state's computers and smartphones illegal in April.
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The language of the law in question—intended to outlaw slot machines and online gambling machines—bans any "device, machine or system" that requires money, a code, or "information" that is used to play any game with an unpredictable outcome.
That's the problem: lawyers say the language prohibits any device that's even capable of playing a game of chance. Which would mean, well, just about every possible device created in the last decade or so.
The law, which was approved by Gov. Rick Scott, had the best of intentions; it went into effect a month after a Florida charity, Allied Veterans of the World, was shut down on suspicion that it was an online gambling front. Sixty people were arrested in connection to the charity, which counted Florida's Lt. Governor, Jennifer Carroll, as a consultant (Carroll has since resigned). The law, effectively banning slots and Internet cafes, was meant to crack down on the kind of illegal gambling involved in the allegedly fake charity.
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NY, has again been named an Irish Education Top 100 honoree.
The list, compiled by the Irish Voice newspaper,
highlights top educators in America and the long standing Irish
commitment to excellence in education.
"I humbly accept this honor," said Fr. Mackin, "on behalf of
fellow educators at Mount Saint Mary College, and in memory of my
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overlooking the Hudson River in 2008, traces his roots to County
Mayo, where his parents were born, and to County Galway, where his
father grew up. Martin and Margaret met in Brooklyn, New York,
married, and had four children including Kevin.
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life, Fr. Mackin previously served as president of Siena College in
Loudonville, New York for 11 years, and also was a professor of
religious studies, a practice he continues at Mount Saint Mary
While in New York's Capitol region, he was active on the board
of directors of the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce, and with
other associations, including the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
A Franciscan priest in the Order of Friars Minor, Fr. Mackin
earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. Bonaventure
University, a master's degree in history from Siena College, and a
doctorate in sacred theology cum laude and three other credentials
from The Catholic University of America. He is also an alumnus of
the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, and studied at
Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and the World Council of
Churches, Geneva, Switzerland.
From 1988 to 1996, he was director of development for the
Franciscans of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, based
in New York City. His many other roles for the province have
included education chairman.
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educational committees. He was recently elected to the board of
trustees of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities
of New York State, for a three year term (2011-14). He is a
commissioner of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education,
the organization that accredits more than 500 colleges and
universities. He belongs to the Association of Governing Boards of
Colleges & Universities.
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Catholic Colleges and Universities, with over 200 institutions. He
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Universities, and was a trustee of the Commission on Independent
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Center and the Greater Newburgh Partnership.
Fr. Mackin has received numerous awards and recognitions,
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Business Hall of Fame Award, and The State of New York Legislative
Resolution Honor (Senate No. 2243) adopted on May 15, 2007.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:49 pm
Post subject: The Search for the next GM
Well now that the season is over and we've had a two month head-start on everyone, we should have a new GM by the end of the week. Who do you want? Here's some profiles on who will more than likely be our next general manager.
The Main Candidates
Marc Ross, Director of College Scouting for the New York Giants
Age: 39
Former Positions: Scout for Eagles and Bills (97-00, 2004-06), Director of College Scouting for Eagles from 2000-04.
Interview History: Bears, Seahawks, Colts
Misc: Has been a hot candidate but failed to actually snag a job. Too young and by-the-book (he went to Yale)? Reported to be favorite for the Panthers opening by Adam Schefter. We've already requested to speak with him.
David Gettleman, Senior Pro Personnel Analyst for the New York Giants
Age: 62
Former Positions: Director of Pro Personnel for the Giants (1999-2011), Scout for the Bills (1987-92), Scout for Broncos (1994-97)
Interview History: Browns
Misc: Has four Super Bowl rings. Worked with Bill Polian pre-Carolina. Worked with Ernie Accorsi for nearly a decade. Was recommended to Cleveland by him. Pat Yasinkas says Gettleman is the favorite for the job and we have also requested to interview him.
Tom Gamble, Director of Player Personnel for San Francisco 49ers
Age: 48
Former Positions: Director of Pro Personnel for 49ers (2004-2011), Scout for Panthers, Ravens, Colts from 1996-2004.
Interview history: Rams... also has been requested to speak with the Jets, Jaguars, and Chargers today.
Misc: He worked with Bill Polian post-Carolina so he may have zero interest from what he's heard.
Eric DeCosta, Assistant General Manager for the Baltimore Ravens
Age: 41
Former Positions: Area Scout, Director of College Scouting, Director of Player Personnel... all for the Ravens (1998-present)
Interview History: Rams, Colts, Bears, Raiders all put in requests last season.
Misc: He turned all of those interviews down. Seems like he is waiting for Ozzie Newsome to retire.
Steve Keim, Vice President of Player Personnel for the Arizona Cardinals
Age: 49
Former Positions: Director of Player Personnel (2008-11), Director of College Scouting (2006-07), Scout (1999-2006)... all for the Cardinals
Interview History: Rams... presumably will interview with the Cardinals who have just fired GM Rod Graves.
Misc: Reportedly wanted Jay Cutler and Adrian Peterson instead of Matt Leinart and Levi Brown. Ha, imagine if that happened. Accorsi has reportedly looked into him but there's been no request to for an interview.
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DeCosta has stated he is staying in Balt.
Gamble is highly sought after, which means we won't get him.
Gettleman is too old.
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Marc Ross hands down.
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If we landed Marc Ross and he was a homerun, he could easily be our GM for the next 25 years based on his age.
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For all the reasons everyone has already stated, I like Marc Ross for the job.
Let's face it, the Giants know how to build a roster. Ross plays a part in that; we want anyone who can evaluate talent like that and build a core of players (some of which we have in place) for years and years to come.
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I would love it if we got tom gamble. Love what hes done in san fran.
But ross is probably gonna b the guy
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Well Steve Keim might be getting the shaft from Arizona if the rumors about Heckert/Reid are true.
Only interviewing with San Diego as far as I know.
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I would give the 1st call to Bill Polian and open the checkbook to him. He did such a great job while he was here that he got a promotion to the GM job with the Colts. In 2 years he created a team that went to the NFC championship and lost to the Brett Favre led Packers in 96. He was the one that drafted Peyton Manning with the Colts INSTEAD of Ryan Leaf. Great vision and track record for the GM position. Hands down my pick and would have total control and autonomy for my team. I want someone proven! If not Polian, THEN Ross, in that order.
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HighPointNCKid wrote:
I would give the 1st call to Bill Polian and open the checkbook to him. He did such a great job while he was here that he got a promotion to the GM job with the Colts. In 2 years he created a team that went to the NFC championship and lost to the Brett Favre led Packers in 96. He was the one that drafted Peyton Manning with the Colts INSTEAD of Ryan Leaf. Great vision and track record for the GM position. Hands down my pick and would have total control and autonomy for my team. I want someone proven! If not Polian, THEN Ross, in that order.
Don't remember where I saw it but Polian has stated that he would never work for the Panthers again.
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bill polian and jerry richardson despise each other.
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Post subject: I seen this from another place & this is Marc Ross draft
1. David Wilson, RB. Looked like a bust for most of the year, turned it on toward the end. Jury is out.
2. Rueben Randle, WR. Looked solid as far as I saw. Nothing special. Jury is out.
3. Jayron Hosley, CB. Started 1/3 of the season, played in another 1/3. Decent stats. Jury is out.
4. Adrien Robinson, TE. I dunno. Jury is out.
5. Brandon Mosley, OT. Did they want two guys in the same draft with rhyming last names? I dunno, jury is out.
6. Matt McCants, OT. I dunno. Jury is out.
7. Markus Kuhn, DT. I dunno. Jury is out.
1. Prince Amukamara, CB. I haven't heard much about him other than he's been injured a lot. Jury is out, but trending toward bust as far as I know.
2. Marvin Austin, DT. Ditto with Amukamara.
3. Jerrel Jernigan, WR. Armanti-esque receiving stats, but I think he's a ST contributor. Jury is out (but seemingly comparable to Armanti).
4. James Brewer, OT. I seem to recall hearing good things about him before the draft, but I don't know much about him since. Jury is out.
6. Greg Jones, LB. Cut after 1 season. Wasted pick.
6. Tyler Sash, S. Still on the team, judging by his stats he's a special teamer. Decent enough for a 6th.
6. Jacquian Williams, LB. Had a sack in each of his two years. 5 total starts. Solid production out of a 6th.
7. Da'rel Scott, RB. Dunno, but they spent the next year's first pick on a RB and this guy isn't in their top 3 or 4 RBs so I'm guessing he's either PS or cut. Wasted pick, but whatever it's a 7th.
1. JPP, DE. Good rookie year, phenomenal sophomore year, severe regression his third year. Not too concerned with this year's performance. Outstanding pick, considering how risky of a pick he was.
2. Linval Joseph, DT. Solid guy, think he's a starter at least half the time. Good pick.
3. Chad Jones, S. Cut after 2 years. Wasted pick.
4. Phillip Dillard, LB. Cut after his first year. Wasted pick.
5. Mitch Petrus, G. Cut in his third year, only 3 total starts. Wasted pick.
6. Adrian Tracy, LB. Had a FF and a sack this year. Solid production out of a 6th.
7. Matt Dodge, P. Cut after two bad season. Not good for a P that a pick was spent on.
UDFA. Jake Ballard, TE. Starter last year, stolen by the Pats before this year. Helped them in the Super Bowl. Great UDFA signing, even if it was a brief stint in NY.
UDFA. Victor Cruz, WR. Homerun, nuff said.
1. Hakeem Nicks, WR. Great pick.
2. Clint Sintim, LB. Cut after two poor season, terrible pick.
2. William Beatty, OT. Mostly a starter the past two years. Famous for his eye injury a couple years ago. Solid pick, if underwhelming.
3. Ramses Barden, WR. Despite looking like an all world WR in the game against us, he's done basically nothing for the rest of his career. Looking like a poor pick, but has a minor chance of redeeming himself.
3. Travis Beckum, TE. Started a game in each of his first two years, hasn't done much. Maybe's he's just a blocking TE, I dunno. Looking like a poor pick.
4. Andre Brown, RB. See Ramses Barden.
5. Rhett Bomar, QB. Cut after 3 years. Wasted pick.
6. Deandre Wright, CB. Never played. Wasted pick.
7. Stoney Woodson, CB. Great name, did nothing. Wasted pick.
1. Kenny Phillips, S. Good year in 2011, decent year in 2010. Oft injured. As a 1st round pick I'd call him a bust, some may not.
2. Terrell Thomas, CB. Good when he's playing, IR the past two years. As an evaluation of talent, I'd call him a successful pick but in terms of what they've gotten out of him for the pick they spent, not a great pick. Can't hold it against Ross any more than you can hold Otah against Hurney.
3. Mario Manningham, WR. Decent player. Only got 1 contract worth of time out of him, but good enough value for a 3rd.
4. Bryan Kehl, LB. Not terrible in his first year, worse in his 2nd, injured his 3rd then cut. Wasted pick.
5. Jonathan Goff, LB. Played for 4 years, not a bad player. Decent value for a 5th.
6. Andre Woodson, QB. Played 2 years, wasted pick.
6. Robert Henderson, DE. Ditto.
7. Traded to KC for Lawrence Tynes. Good use of a 7th, but I don't think Ross would have had anything to do with that.
So I noticed a few of things compiling this list. Firstly, he really doesn't seem like that much better of a drafter than Hurney was. Good in the 1st (though I'd give Hurney the edge, Ross has some borderline picks like Amukamara and Phillips) but not much else in the other rounds other than the occasional contributor. He hit a home run in Cruz, similar to how Hurney hit a homerun in the 6th in Hardy and good pick in the 7th in Capt. Secondly, he loves RBs and LBs like Hurney. 6 LBs and 3 RBs taken in 5 drafts. I think that's more LBs and the same number of RBs as Hurney in the same period. Also, he doesn't like DE's as much as the saying goes. He's only drafted two, one in the 1st, one in the 6th. The DE stockpiling looks like a Giant thing, not a Ross thing. The others (Tuck, Osi, Kiwanuka) were taken before Ross took over as scouting director.
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chad jones wasn't a wasted pick. he got in a car crash that almost killed him/ended his career...
though i'd agree that his track record with the giants isn't very impressive.
anyway, we'll be interviewing minnesota's assistant GM george paton.
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From the looks of it, Tom Cable is going to end up with the Jets. Jets' owner Woody Johnson has put the full court press on him becoming the next GM for them. Cable canceled his 2nd interview with the Jaguars to sort out details for his contract with the Jets.
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:00 pm
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JMG wrote:
From the looks of it, Tom Cable is going to end up with the Jets. Jets' owner Woody Johnson has put the full court press on him becoming the next GM for them. Cable canceled his 2nd interview with the Jaguars to sort out details for his contract with the Jets.
gamble, not cable lol.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:07 am
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Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
And as @JayGlazer reported, Panthers and Browns have requested permission to interview Minnesota's George Paton for their GM jobs.
Joe Person @josephperson
Panthers next will begin interviewing GM candidates on Monday. Acting GM Brandon Beane very much in the mix .
Long-time Canadian Football League general manager Jim Popp is getting some attention and likely will be one of five or six candidates to interview for the job next week, according to league sources. Although Popp has spent the bulk of his career in Canada, he does have some ties to the Carolinas.
Hes a native of Elkin, N.C., and also was an assistant coach at The Citadel and the University of North Carolina. Owner Jerry Richardson is a North Carolina native, and has always shown a willingness to hire people from the Carolinas.
Thanks CK
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