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Good morning! Here is your Monday Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories and scores from our news wire.
Good morning! Here is your Monday Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories and scores from our news wire.
MLB: Boston vs. Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. (ESPN, WEEI-AM 850)
MLB: Seattle vs. San Diego, 4 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB: Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland, 9 p.m. (MLB Network)
NBA: Cleveland at San Antonio, 8 p.m. (TNT)
NBA: New Orleans at Utah, 10:30 p.m. (TNT)
NHL: Chicago at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
College basketball: Wyoming at Coastal Caroli, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Kids say the darndest things: Mike Chernoff's son joins @IndiansRadio, kinda sorta maybe spills the beans.
Oops. https://t.co/kFJkNlfBQD pic.twitter.com/5bTwak7LP5
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 26, 2017
— During an appearance in the Indians' radio broadcast booth during a spring training game on Saturday, the son of the team's general manager, Mike Chernoff, accidentally revealed some inside information about Francisco Lindor's contract.
When Indians play-by-play announcer Tom Hamilton asked six year-old Brody Chernoff which players his dad is working to get, Brody gave a very honest answer.
"He's trying to, um, get Lindor to play for seven more years," Brody blurted.
"OK. We better not talk anymore Brody. There you have it folks, we've finally had a scoop on the Indians' radio network," Hamilton responded.
So now we know Chernoff is possibly trying to keep the shortstop in Cleveland with a seven-year contract extension. Of course, it's possible Brody misspoke but this is very specific information that likely has some truth to it.
The Indians posted the audio in the tweet above but neither confirmed nor denied Brody's comment.
— Roger Goodell has issued a letter to Oakland's mayor criticizing the city's proposal for stadium plans to keep the Raiders in Oakland.
The letter, sent to Oakland mayor Libby Shaaf late on Friday, addressed the city's proposal for a $1.3 million mixed-use stadium on the site of the Oakland Coliseum.
Goodell wrote that the proposal "confirms that key issues that we have identified as threshold considerations are simply not resolvable in the short term. In that respect, the information sent today does not present a proposal that is clear and specific, actionable in a reasonable timeframe, and free of major contingencies."
"At this date, there remains no clear proposal regarding the site, how it will be developed, the nature of the participation by Fortress [Investment Group] or other parties, or what approvals are in place for development," Goodell went on. "In addition, the long-term nature of the commitment to the A's remains a significant complication and the resolution of that issue remains unknown. Other significant uncertainties, which we have previously identified, remain unaddressed."
Team owners have expressed the same opinion recently and hoped the Raiders organization could come up with a stadium deal in Oakland, which is a better market than Las Vegas. NFL Network reported most owners believe no deal will be made and the team will move to Las Vegas.
The city's plan, or lack thereof, is likely to be a key issue in this week's meetings of owners, general managers and coaches.
"All of these efforts, ours and yours, have not yet identified a viable solution," Goodell also wrote. "At our upcoming meeting, the clubs will consider the Raiders' application to move to Las Vegas. A key part of that discussion will be a thorough review of our collective efforts in Oakland."
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "When he's first ready. I would hope that would still happen in spring training. His play and availability at first is one of the keys to how our roster can function at its best. But until he's ready to go out there, I can't put him on the field." — John Farrell, on when Hanley Ramirez will be ready to return to first base after a shoulder injury


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Guillaume Larouche , Micaël Lüssi
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Mrs. Lüssi (voice, guitar, percussion) and Larouche (saxophone, flute, percussion) take some time off from Brazilian outfit Viva Nova to pay tribute to the legendary Tom Jobim. The duo will also feature songs from one of bossa nova's most famous album, Getz/Gilberto.
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The Oratorio Society of Queens, under the artistic direction of Maestro David Close, will begin a new season with the fall's first rehearsal on Sept. 13. Rehearsals will continue weekly at 7:45 p.m. on Mondays at The Studio of The North Presbyterian Church, 154th Street and 26th Avenue in Flushing, and new members are invited to attend any rehearsal in September.
The chorus is open to experienced choral singers as well as people new to choral singing. Prospective members must be able to carry a tune and undergo a simple listening audition. Talented high school students may apply for the Choral Scholarship Program.
"Our membership is a diverse group that includes men and women, young and old, from a variety of backgrounds with different levels of singing ability," said Close. "Chorus singing gives each the opportunity to participate in an activity that involves them artistically, enhancing their skills and resulting in a product of great beauty."
In preparation for its annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 19t Oratorio will be rehearsing Part I of Handel's "Messiah" along with Christmas carols and Chanukah songs.
The Oratorio Society of Queens is one of the oldest cultural organizations in Queens. The Holiday Concert is performed each with a professional orchestra and soloists in the Queensborough Performing Arts Center in Bayside.
For additional information on rehearsals and concerts, call 718-279-3006 or visit www.queens
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The iPhone's Wi-Fi hotspot security is vulnerable to hackers' brute force attacks, according to researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. The security vulnerability is due to the method that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) uses to randomly generate passwords for protecting the iPhone's mobile hotspot, reports GigaOM.
In the report, the researchers noted: "Apple iOS generates weak default passwords which makes the mobile hotspot feature of Apple iOS susceptible to brute force attacks on the WPA2 handshake. More precisely, we observed that the generation of default passwords is based on a word list, of which only 1,842 entries are taken into consideration. In addition, the process of selecting words from that word list is not random at all, resulting in a skewed frequency distribution and the possibility to compromise a hotspot connection in less than 50 seconds."
In other words, Apple needs to increase the size of the word list that it uses to produce its passwords. It also may need to adjust the process that it uses to "randomly generate" passwords from the list since the researchers discovered that particular words were selected more often than others.
It should be noted that the researchers conducted their study on Apple's iOS 6, so it is quite likely that Apple will patch this security loophole for the new iOS 7. Although this vulnerability does not automatically give an attacker access to your iPhone, it does allow a savvy hacker to stage attacks on any devices connected to the network.


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About The Group
CTC South Bucks Chiltern Hills is a formal member group and one of four that make up the CTC South Bucks grouping. We have regular rides every Sunday for both moderate and easy paced riders with the occasional off-road and car / rail assist. Holidays away are also part of our activities giving opportunities for riding in some of most attractive areas of the U.K. and occasionally abroad.
New riders are very welcome to join us on either a regular basis or for a ride when visiting the area. All our leaders have been with the group some time and know the local area well so will always find quiet interesting routes from the start to, and between, the refreshment stops and home. During the summer months rides are slightly longer and there may also be the chance of afternoon tea.
The member group has a regular clubroom featuring slide shows, guest speakers and themed evenings for members to meet, chat and enjoy a social.
Up to date details of all our rides and those of the other South Bucks groups can be found on the web site at www.southbuckscycling.org.uk
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yea as i said it was made for people 6'+. i had my sleeves shortened as well and also had the leather elbow patches moved up a bit. but what size did you get? it almost looks like you can size down.
tony, is that a 36? i don't think ken makes a 34. it's a good fit regardless.
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text: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy Cheat Codes: ------------ This game is titled also "Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy" Cheat mode: ----------- Update by: Cesar Marcano Submitted by: conner54 To enable Jedi Academy cheats, while playing a game, bring down the console with [Shift]+[~] and type: "devmapall". You can then enter any of the following codes in the console: Code Result ----------------------- god - God mode noclip - No clipping mode notarget - Enemies ignore you kill - Kill yourself give all - All weapons and health/armor at max give health - Health at 100% give armor - Armor at 100% give ammo - Ammo at 100% npc kill all - Kill all non-player characters shaderlist - Show shaders undying - Dead mode quit - Quit game shaderlist - Show shaders devmap - Load map with cheats on map saberColor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc timescale # - # can be .5 for 1/2 speed, normal 1 or 2x speed at 2, etc levelshot - screen shot without console where - Warp setviewpos - ? force_heal - use force heal taunt - kyle taunts (map to a key if you want) victory - End level fly_xwing - Fly an X-Wing drive_atst - Ride an ATST screenshot - Screenshot thereisnospoon - bullet time map pit - go to pit level npc spawn - Spawn character from list below cultist cultist_grip cultist_saber cultist_saber_strong_throw cultist_saber_strong_throw2 human_merc human_merc2 kyle luke player reborn_dual reborn_new reborn_new2 reborn_staff npc kill all - Kill all NPC's (Non player characters) d_npc freeze 1 - Freeze NPC characters d_npc freeze 0 - Unfreeze NPC's give - Get item give inventory - max inventory setsaberall <1-10> - Get lightsaber abilities Jedi Force Cheats setForceJump (level) (1 - 3) setForceHeal (level) (1 - 3) setForcePush (level) (1 - 3) setForcePull (level) (1 - 3) setForceSpeed (level) (1 - 3) setForceGrip (level) (1 - 3) setForceLightning (level) (1 - 3) setForceAll (level) (1 - 3) - Sets Force Level of All Abilities setSaberThrow (level) (1 - 3) setSaberOffense (level) (1 - 3) setSaberDefense (level) (1 - 3) g_saberrealisticcombat 9 - slice off hands,heads Hint: ----- Submitted by: Metal Rulez Here is one bug which can bring the blaster pistol from Jedi Outcast in Jedi Academy. What you need to do is simple - swich to your Concussion Rifle and hold LMB until your ammo run out. And here you are whit the favourite weapon of Kayle Katarn. Simple heh? I bet you can find applications to this. NOTE: This weapon fire much faster than the new Blaster Rifle in Jedi Academ Changing saber colors: ---------------------- When using the sabercolor <1-2> code, the following values can be used for and . green red blue yellow purple orange sabercolor 1 will make the right-hand saber (for dual sabers) . sabercolor 2 will make the left hand saber (for dual sabers) . sabercolor 1 will make the top part of the saber staff and the bottom part . For example, to have a saber staff (two handed saber) green, use the sabercolor 1 green green code. You can also change saber colors for the NPCs. For example, use the following to change Kyle's saber color. First, enable the notarget code. Then, enter the playerteam free or playerteam enemy code. Next set Mind Trick to level 4 then Mind Trick Kyle. Then, type sabercolor 1 green and Kyle will have a green lightsaber. When you are done, enter playerteam player and notarget and you continue the game. Vehicle names: -------------- Use one of the following entries with the npc spawn vehicle code. swoop atst_vehicle lambdashuttle rancor_vehicle swoop swoop_cin swoop_mp swoop_mp2 swoop_red tauntaun template tie-fighter tie-bomber tie-bomber2 wampa_vehicle wildtauntaun x-wing yt-1300 (requires mod that makes the Millennium Falcon (Correllian freighter) usable) z-95 Item names: ----------- Use one of the following entries with the give or spawn codes. Information in this section was contributed by TK-425. ammo_blaster ammo_emplaced ammo_force ammo_metallic_bolts ammo_powercell ammo_rockets ammo_thermal ammo_tripmine atst_main atst_side blaster blaster_pistol bowcaster bryar_pistol concussion_rifle demp2 det_pack disruptor emplaced_gun flechette jawa melee misc_atst_drivable misc_ion_cannon noghri_stick null rapid_concussion repeater rocket_launcher saber scepter stun_baton thermal tie_fighter trip_mine turret tusken_rifle tusken_staff Lightsaber variations: ---------------------- Use the following combinations of these core saber commands with the saber command for different effects. dual_<1-5> empty single_<1-9> sith_sword tavion kyle_boss (best working lightsaber) desann reborn yoda none luke kyle rebornmaster training droid jedi (color is random) Map names: ---------- Use one of the following entries with the map code. academy1.bsp academy2.bsp academy3.bsp academy4.bsp academy5.bsp academy6.bsp hoth2.bsp hoth3.bsp kor1.bsp kor2.bsp mp/ctf1.bsp mp/ctf2.bsp mp/ctf3.bsp mp/ctf4.bsp mp/ctf5.bsp mp/duel1.bsp mp/duel2.bsp mp/duel3.bsp mp/duel4.bsp mp/duel5.bsp mp/duel6.bsp mp/duel7.bsp mp/duel8.bsp mp/duel9.bsp mp/duel10.bsp mp/ffa1.bsp mp/ffa2.bsp mp/ffa3.bsp mp/ffa4.bsp mp/ffa5.bsp mp/siege_desert.bsp mp/siege_hoth.bsp mp/siege_korriban.bsp t1_danger.bsp t1_fatal.bsp t1_inter.bsp t1_rail.bsp t1_sour.bsp t1_surprise.bsp t2_dpred.bsp t2_rancor.bsp t2_rogue.bsp t2_trip.bsp t2_wedge.bsp t3_bounty.bsp t3_byss.bsp t3_hevil.bsp t3_rift.bsp t3_stamp.bsp taspir1.bsp taspir2.bsp vjun1.bsp vjun2.bsp vjun3.bsp yavin1.bsp yavin1b.bsp yavin2.bsp Binding multiple items: ----------------------- You can spawn or give multiple items, ammo, and weapons if bound to a certain key. For example, bind h ";spawn weapon_blaster;spawn item_seeker;spawn ammo_force;npc spawn vehicle swoop;" will spawn a Blaster Rifle, Seeker Droid, Force Crystal, and a Swoop when you press H. Unlimited Force in single player mode: -------------------------------------- Bind your Force Use key with the give force code. For example, bind f "+useforce;give force;". Start the game, and type devmapall to enable cheat mode. Then, select the desired Force and press the bound key. This works best with Force Lightning. Boba Fett's jet pack: ---------------------- Enable the playermodel code and change your model to Boba Fett. You can use his jet pack and melee attack. If you change your model to something else, you still can use the jet pack and melee attack. Luke Skywalker's Force level: ----------------------------- If you use the playermodel code and change your model to Luke Skywalker, you will have 200 Force power. If you change your model to someone else, you will still have 200 Force power unless the model doesn't use The Force (Boba Fett, Stormtrooper, etc.). Boba Fett's jet pack: --------------------- If you change your model to Boba Fett using the playermodel code, you will be able to use his jet pack. If you change the character model, the jet pack still can be used, but there is no animation for it. It disables Force Jump and it changes the Force Lightning animation to Boba's flamethrower Multi-player mode: Defending on Siege Hoth: ------------------------------------------- If you are defending on siege hoth, choose the class with trip mines. After the shield generator is destroyed, the rest of the level takes place indoors. There are many narrow doorways. Place trip mines in the narrow places where the enemy must go (for example, on the doorway to the console that extends the bridge, next to the elevator that goes up to the infirmary, on the door to the area with the console which opens the hanger doors). If you are fast, then you can replace the trip mines before someone gets through the door after they explode. Cheat: ------ Submitted by: regan barton hold shift and ~ then enter "thereisnospoon" and it should make the game be in slow motion hope this helped. Music names: ------------ Use one of the following entries with the music code to change the in-game music. hoth2 kor_dark kor_lite t1_fatal t1_rail t1_sour t1_surprise t2_dpred t2_rancor t2_rogue t2_wedge t3_byss vjun2 vjun3 yavin1 yavin2 yavin2_old Defeating Sand Worms: --------------------- Notice that there are a lot of thermal detonators on the sand worm level "t1_danger" (merchant rescue mission). You can kill the sand creatures with them. throw them somewhere away from other objects in the map (because the Sand Worms do not go where the rocks and other things are found). With about two of the thermal detonators you can kill the Sand Worms, providing they eat them. However they do not go away permanently, even if you kill all of them. Some can still respawn. Also, if you stand still on the sand in the level, the Sand Worms will not eat you (the NPCs are programmed so that they only sense your player or anything else when it moves). Missiles always target NPC: --------------------------- This trick only works in single player mode. Use the alternate attack with the rocket launcher and make sure the targeting system completes its circle. Enable the cg_draw2d 0 code. Every missile you launch will go to that NPC until the model disappears, even when the NPC is dead. If the model goes away, the missiles will go crazy and fly in the direction that they choose. Defeating Reborns: ------------------ Activate Force Speed (works best with grade 3 speed) and slash once at their front to lure them down. Then, run around behind them and slash their back as many times as possible. This works best if you push them in a corner and complete the procedure. Knock 'Em Dead: --------------- Plainly put, a full powered Force Grip is a scary concept indeed. Not only does it rapidly drain health by suspending the victim by the neck, but at this level you can also swing the enemy around! Slam them against the wall to kill them at their body buckles up upon itself, gruesome but effective. Locking Lightsabers - Outcomes: ------------------------------- When locking Lightsabers with an enemy, there are in fact three outcomes to the scenario. These are: 1. You lose, you're knocked back and left open to an attack 2. You draw, you both disengage and continue the battle like normal 3. You win, break their Lightsaber/cut off their hand/s and win the fight Note that winning, losing or drawing is a result of how fast you click your primary attack function. Defeating Wampas: ----------------- To kill a Wampa quickly, let it grab you. As you are hanging upside down, swing your lightsaber to cut off its arm and kill it instantly. Easy defeat of Allora: ---------------------- When you are on Hoth at the room before you get to Allora, you will see a Wampa attacking a Tauntaun. Save the Tauntaun from dying and ride it into the room with Allora. When the battle starts, immediately ram the Tauntaun into Allora (by right clicking). It will be an instant kill. 200 Force Power: ---------------- Everyone knows that the maximum force power you can have at any one time is 100. There is a way around this though. Bring up console and then type in "playermodel kyle" which will turn you into Kyle and you will have 200 force points! Simply type into the console "playermodel player" to turn back into your old self and retain the 200 force points. Play as Luke Skywalker: ----------------------- Access the cheat menu and type in Playermodel Luke. Spawn Friend/Enemy: ------------------- If you want to have some help in a hard level or if you've cleared out every enemy and want more to fight access the cheat menu and type in npc spawn You can do it multiple times to get as many characters as you want. Skinlist: --------- This is a list of all the Characters you can play as using the < playermodel < character >" command, spawn using the "npc spawn < character >" command and kill using the npc kill < character >" command alora alora_dual assassin_droid bartender bespin_cop bespincop bespincop2 boba_fett bobafett chewie chewie_cin chiss cultist cultist/brown cultist_destroyer cultist_drain cultist_grip cultist_lightning cultist_saber cultist_saber_all_throw2 cultist_saber_all2 cultist_saber_med_throw2 cultist_saber_med2 cultist_saber_stong2 cultist_saber_strong_throw2 cultist_saber_throw2 cultist_saber2 cultistcommando desann DKothos elder elder2 galak galak_mech glider gonk gran gran2 granboxer granshooter hazardtrooper hazardtrooperconcussion hazardtrooperofficer howler human_merc human_merc/key_carrier human_merc/racto human_merc_bow human_merc_cnc human_merc_flc human_merc_key human_merc_rep impcommander imperial imperial/commander imperial/officer imperial_worker imperialsaboteur impofficer impworker interrogator jan jan jawa jawa jawa_armed (will cause an error; no jawa gun) jedi jedi/j2 jedi/master jedi_hf1 jedi_hf2 jedi_hm1 jedi_hm2 jedi_kdm1 jedi_kdm2 jedi_random jedi_random (will spawn one of the following jedi_ models) jedi_rm1 jedi_rm2 jedi_tf1 jedi_tf2 jedi_zf1 jedi_zf2 jedi2 jedif jedimaster jeditrainer kyle kyle_boss lando lannik_racto luke mark1 mark2 merc merchant minemonster monmothma morgan morgankatarn mouse mutant_rancor noghri nulldriver player prisoner prisoner prisoner/elder prisoner/elder2 prisoner/merchant prisoner2 probe protocol (C3PO) protocol_imp r2d2 r2d2_imp r5d2_imp r5d2_npc ragnos rancor rax RaxJoris rebel rebel2 rebelpilot [Screenshot] reborn reborn/boss reborn_dual reborn_dual2 reborn_new reborn_new2 reborn_staff reborn_staff2 reborn_twin/boss rebornacrobat rebornboss rebornchiss rebornfencer rebornforceuser RebornMaster RebornMasterDual RebornMasterStaff rebornrodian reborntrandoshan rebornweequay reelo remote remote_sp rockettrooper RocketTrooper_ver1 rockettrooper2 RocketTrooper2Officer rocks rodian rodian/sp Rodian2 rosh rosh_dark rosh_penin rosh_penin_noforce roshpenin saber_droid saber_droid_training saboteur saboteurcommando saboteurpistol saboteursniper sand_creature sand_creature_fast seeker sentry shadowtrooper ShadowTrooper2 snowtrooper stcommander stofficer stofficeralt stormpilot stormtrooper stormtrooper stormtrooper/officer StormTrooper2 swamptrooper SwampTrooper2 tavion tavion_new tavion_new/possessed Tavion_scepter Tavion_sith_sword test trandoshan (different colors possible) trandoshan/sp tusken tuskenraider tuskensniper ugnaught Ugnaught2 VKothos wampa weequay weequay/sp Weequay2 Weequay3 Weequay4 (different colors possible) This is a list of all the vehicles you can spawn using the "npc spawn vehicle < vehicle >" command swoop atst_vehicle lambdashuttle rancor_vehicle swoop swoop_cin swoop_mp swoop_mp2 swoop_red tauntaun template tie-fighter tie-bomber tie-bomber2 wampa_vehicle wildtauntaun x-wing yt-1300 This is a list of all the items you can spawn usin the "Give < item >" command ammo_blaster ammo_emplaced ammo_force ammo_metallic_bolts ammo_powercell ammo_rockets ammo_thermal ammo_tripmine atst_main atst_side blaster blaster_pistol bowcaster bryar_pistol concussion_rifle demp2 det_pack disruptor emplaced_gun flechette jawa melee misc_atst_drivable misc_ion_cannon noghri_stick null rapid_concussion repeater rocket_launcher saber scepter stun_baton thermal tie_fighter trip_mine turret tusken_rifle tusken_staff Fast way to kill jedi: ---------------------- There is a really quick way to kill jedi. If you press the crouch button, start walking, and use your primary attack, your character will do a flurry of lightsaber slashes, and kill the jedi quite quickly. This movement can work for the double blade, but not the single, and it will not immediately kill a jedi using dark rage. It's very useful if you're surrounded.


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The new president of the Transport Workers Union, who began his career sweeping and cleaning busses and trolley cars in Philadelphia, plans to kick off his tenure Friday with a demonstration at the headquarters of low-cost carrier Allegiant.
Harry Lombardo, 64, was elected Tuesday to a four-year term as president at the TWU convention in Las Vegas, He said he will be more aggressive than predecessor Jim Little in dealing with airlines where the union represents workers, and he will listen more closely to members before he takes action.
TWU organized about 600 flight attendants at Allegiant in 2010 and began contract negotiations in June 2011, but has yet to reach a contract agreement.
"We are going to continue to be very aggressive at the table and in terms of a public campaign to put pressure on Allegiant to bring this to closure," Lombardo said, in an interview. "They are foolish not to have reached an agreement with their workers, with all the problems they have," including recent cancellations related to overhauls of its emergency slides.
"I don't understand their entrenched anti-union animus," he added. "We're not going away. We will support those flight attendants for as long as it takes."
Allegiant spokeswoman Jessica Wheeler said the carrier's goal is to reach a contract agreement. "We love and respect our flight attendants and appreciate their hard work every day," she said. "The TWU is welcome to use their resources however they see fit, but we believe our time is better spent attacking the issues at the negotiation table rather than attacking one another."
Regarding American, Lombardo said TWU is "cautiously on board" with the planned merger between American and US Airways, an apparent switch from Little's strong backing. He objected to the possibility that workers may be laid off in Tulsa in 2014. "This doesn't make me happy," he said. "If the merger is going to be so good for American and for airline consumers, then it seems to me that management should commit to projecting every job on the property. People shouldn't be threatened with layoffs."
American spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said no decisions have been made on potential cuts. "American's operational needs for 2014 are still being assessed as we revitalize our fleet and complete several aircraft modification initiatives," she said. TWU represents about 20,000 workers at American, 4,000 workers at American Eagle and about 300 workers at US Airways, including dispatchers, flight crew training instructors, and simulator engineers.
As for Southwest, where TWU represents about 11,000 flight attendants and 9,500 ground service workers, Lombardo "there has been a shift in policy" by the airline, including a move to increase outsourcing. "Southwest historically had great relations with the TWU," he said. "But as the airline as grown, the policy has shifted and we have acrimony at the table. There have been extremely long negotiations for ground workers in 555, and we are facing very difficult negotiations in the early stages with Local 556, for the flight attendants."
Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said the carrier is "following the same philosophy that we have since the beginning of , working toward contracts that are good for our people and good for the company.
"We continue to work alongside TWU 555 to reach an agreement and recently started productive conversations with TWU 556," she said.
From his post as a bus and trolley cleaner in Philadelphia, Lombardo worked his way up to mechanic and to president of TWU Local 234, where he led a strike against SEPTA in 1995. Prior to his election as president, he served as the union's international executive vice president.
Lombardo praised Little, who did not run for re-election, saying he saved jobs during the bankruptcy. "Jim did a pretty good job, all things considered, with the bankruptcy," he said. "Unfortunately, the way things were communicated, he may not have gotten the credit he deserved." Lombardo promised better communication with members and more reliance on input from local representatives. He said American local leaders "felt as if the international was making decisions and informing the membership after the decisions were made."
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text: Tom Dunkel is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, Wall Street Journal and many other newspapers and magazines. Dunkel's first book, Color Blind: The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball's Color Line, was released in hardcover by Grove/Atlantic Publishing in April 2013; now also available in paperback. It's the true story of an integrated semipro baseball team that played in North Dakota during the Great Depression and whose marquee player was Satchel Paige, star pitcher and folk hero of the Negro Leagues. Booklist named Color Blind one of the Top 10 Sports Books of 2013. Color Blind also was a finalist for the Casey Award and the Society of American Baseball Research's Seymour Medal. "A delightful read. This is a tale worth telling." Washington Post "It is funny, it is sad, it is spellbinding, required reading for anyone who loves baseball, who loves a vivid story well-told." Philadelphia Daily News "Tom Dunkel revisits this [semipro] landscape to spin a tale as fantastic as it is true, as American as racism and baseball." Boston Globe "Dunkel's enthralling narrative of Bismarck's talented collection of white and black players falls into the 'must-read' category." Cleveland Plain Dealer "Dunkel tells one of the great untold stories about baseball history, one that almost sounds too good to be true." Chicago Tribune "This remarkable story is about race relations, American history and the potential of the national pastime to affect the national conscience." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Dunkel writes with a passion and flair that matches the gritty, hardscrabble North Dakota landscape and culture of the Great Depression. His meticulous research and clever writing blows the dust off a forgotten — but important — chapter in baseball history. A fascinating addition to baseball's library." Tampa Tribune "A little-known but charming narrative that affirms baseball as a cornucopia of good stories." Daily Beast "Tom Dunkel's wonderfully reported book Color Blind casts a spotlight on a long overlooked but fascinating corner of baseball history." San Antonio Express-News "Does a terrific job of capturing a long-neglected topic in baseball history - semipro baseball - in its heyday, and paints a vivid picture of the sport's role in the lives of the communities where it was played." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "A virtually forgotten but very significant piece of sports history…done in a very entertaining, narrative nonfiction style. Baseball fans will cherish this book, and it will become required reading among those who feel we can better understand today's racial tensions by looking to the past." Booklist (starred review) "A captivating recollection of the Bismarck, ND integrated baseball team…Delivers an important rendering of a too-little-remembered challenge to American society's segregated practices. Strongly recommended." Library Journal (starred review) "Dunkel delves into the history of players, towns, and baseball itself in constructing this portrait of a harmonious team rising above a segregated society. . . . a story that transcends championships, and an inspirational reflection on an otherwise dismal human rights history." Publishers Weekly "The colorful yarn of an improbably integrated team's wild days of independent baseball during the Great Depression….A well-told account of a fascinating, and forgotten, chapter in the history of America's national pastime." Kirkus "Full of colorful baseball lore, as well as social commentary, Color Blind is both first-rate history and an entertaining underdog sports story." Shelf Awareness |


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Samantha Pawlucy told Star last week she didn't want her teacher, Lynette Gaymon, to be threatened. Now Gaymon has asked the same for her former student, who is reportedly not returning to Charles Carroll High.
Samantha Pawlucy, 16, wore a Romney-Ryan shirt to school one day. After her math teacher mocked her and was removed from teaching that class, Pawlucy's now the focus of a nationwide discussion on free speech. She returned to school Tuesday for a short time, but will now reportedly transfer.
The Port Richmond sophomore has been the focus of heavy media attention since last week, when her teacher reportedly mocked her for wearing a pro-Mitt Romney T-shirt to school. Pawlucy returned to class today, with supporters rallying around her.
She told Star in a phone interview Oct. 11 that her niece was trying to carry on as she normally would in the face of media attention and threats, but said, "It's kind of impossible.
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It's Spring Break and Connor and I are having a blast!!
This morning we made playdough for the first time and I highly recommend it. It is quick, easy and inexpensive!!
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- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
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Mix dry ingredients. Then add oil and water. Mix and knead together until dough forms.
The kool-aid gives it the color and makes it smell good. We made three different batches.
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We put the playdough in Easter eggs!
I took my hot glue gun and filled the tiny holes in the Easter eggs so the playdough won't dry out. Then we filled 12 eggs with small amounts of playdough.
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Kyle Tresnak scored 22 points, Davion Berry added 20 and Scott Bamforth had 19 as Weber State defeated North Dakota 95-63 Saturday night.
The Wildcats (9-3, 4-0 Big Sky) shot 56 percent from the floor, hit 9 of 21 3-point attempts and outrebounded the Fighting Sioux 46-26 en route to their fifth straight victory. Gelaun Wheelwright added 13 points and Joel Bolomboy had 11 rebounds for Weber State.
North Dakota (4-9, 1-3) got 23 points from Aaron Anderson, 15 from Troy Huff and 10 from Jamal Webb.
Weber State used a 17-1 run to take a 22-8 lead midway through the first half, and later added a 13-2 run en route to a 46-21 halftime lead. The Wildcats led by as many as 35 points in the second half when Jordan Richardson hit a pair of free throws with 1:40 remaining.


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Welcome to Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy, a roundtable on Grey's Anatomy featuring Snarky's Machine, Tasha Fierce, Everett Maroon, Redlami, and s.e. smith. This week's Grand Rounds is hosted by the fabulous Snarky's Machine and if you're jonesin' for a recap before you plunge in, Snarky's Machine has got you covered over at I Fry Mine In Butter. Without further ado, let's begin!
Snarky's Machine: Without the heavy handed voice over from Meredith the audience was left to draw their own road map, so what did you feel was the unifying theme of the episode?
Everett Maroon: Initially I thought the episode was about some kind of "outside looking in," but as it progressed I think it was about the concept of the hero. Arizona heading off to save the surgery-starved children of Africa, Torres rocking the arm transplant in a moment of crisis, Avery and his sole focus on reviving a dying patient, Karev creating a new trachea out of nothing—these were all examples of medicine as hero, the doctors as a conduit for heroic moments. The interviews with the doctors reinforced this, especially as they appeared to be responding to questions about their endurance and triumph on the day of the shooting. I thought it was interesting to see how humility and heroism were put in tension—Shonda loves her some tension—and only Chief Webber spoke of the people in the hospital with grandiosity. Even when Meredith was going on about how amazing Cristina was, she didn't sound like a human pamphlet for Seattle Grace. And everyone else downplayed their own achievements. Then at the end we are left with Yang reminding us that being a hero comes with a price. Bam. Please take us docs off your pedestal, thank you very much.
Redlami: I think this episode was mainly about compressing a long span of time so we could see how the characters are dealing with the aftermath of the shooting, and in particular to get ready for what I believe is going to be a major turning point for Cristina. That said, one common thread I saw was the promise and limitations of technology in promoting healing —both the medical and emotional kind. On the one hand, we had the amazing double-arm transplant and home-grown trachea, that had (mainly the male) doctors puffing and preening. On the other, we had the failure of the security system, which had triggering effects on Lexie and Jackson, and the complication in Mary Portman's surgery, which seemed to set Miranda back quite a bit.
Snarky's Machine: I actually preferred seeing the show without Meredith's voiceover. I think in the initial season it served to help guide viewers to through the narrative structure, but now it feels intrusive and patronizing. More often that not, it serves to distract the viewer from some fairly striking impressions, particularly as it relates to Meredith who happens to be the poster child for lack of self awareness.
Snarky's Machine: Bailey's tragic and humbling reversal of fortune provided a counterpoint to the transplant surgery. Dr. Karev emerged as a pediatric surgical rock star. How you think the medical triumphs and setbacks serve the individual character arcs that have emerged over the first five episodes?
Everett Maroon: Bailey seemed right smack back at her "tape and glue" emotional spot from episode one of this season. Which makes me ask why Webber thinks that everyone is better. They're clearly still struggling, and according to the show, it's been how long since the shooting now? Four months or more, right? I'm glad the writers didn't forget that there was a shooting, like they forgot the trauma of the ferry accident, but I'm also getting weary of watching people who clearly need some therapy not get any. And I'm glad to see Karev get some positive developments in his life after all the crap he's been through, even if he doesn't realize that he likes kids. Yang has got to seek some counseling at this point. I can't imagine that an actual surgical program would let her hang around not doing surgery for months.
Redlami: I was disappointed in Lexie's story; after seeing some very positive developments in her character, in this episode she was mainly a flustered and frustrated plot device. Why couldn't someone get her a temporary access card, since hers clearly wasn't working? And wasn't there anyone else who could have been sent out for coffee? Is that really what third-year residents are for? I found Alex's rise believable; his brush with death seems to have instilled a greater commitment to his patients, with whom he seems to have a stronger rapport, despite his protestations that he doesn't like kids.
Snarky's Machine: I found Bailey's scenes the most honest and poignant. I was pleased that her "humble" surgery was given the same amount of weight and value as the more flashy procedures successfully performed during the episode. The writers did an exceptional job setting up the heartbreaking twist and surprisingly Bailey was not portrayed as the strong, black woman, but revealed to be very human, vulnerable and fragile. I guess that glue and tape is not working out so well.
Snarky's Machine: The use of documentary style cinematography shed light on the disconnect between the external and internal lives of each doctor. Whose emotional disconnect stood out to you the most?
Everett Maroon: I was wary of this setup when the episode started, having an unpleasant flashback to ER, well after that show jumped the shark. And really, GA did a much better job with the form. Chief Webber struck me as the most off-putting of any of the folks doing an interview, especially as his marketing of the hospital seemed anti-medical at times. Shaking a flask of pink growth liquid? Really? And what is he doing in that lab anyway? I didn't pick up on emotional disconnects from anyone other than Shepard, Karev and Yang—for me, most of the interviews showed that the doctors are drowning in their own emotions. But Derek remains mired in pretending everything's okay, when we know from last week and week two that he's still shaken up, and Yang looks like she could melt down at any moment. I was touched by Avery because I think we keep forgetting that it was his close friends who died that day, even though they weren't important people to the Seattle Grace staff.
Redlami: I found Meredith's statement that "it was a good thing the shooting happened here, where we can deal with it" particularly disingenuous, especially considering how deeply involved she was shown to be with Cristina's long and uncertain recovery. The absence of her typically authoritative voiceover made this shocking pronouncement even more jarring.
Snarky's Machine: The best part of the "documentary" style was it confirmed for many viewers that Meredith is often not working from the same set of realities as the rest of the characters. It was pretty sad actually to see her try to speak to Cristina and their relationship, when it was clear that Cristina didn't think Meredith had any valuable insight.
Snarky's Machine: Which character's off-the-cuff remarks during the documentary seemed the most revealing? The most out of character?
Everett Maroon: Derek should not share who comes into his bed when he is talking to television cameras. Who does he think he is, Jon Gosselin? Cristina talking about being blessed seemed not her at all, but perhaps that was just nerves in front of a camera. Sometimes we say strange things when we know people are watching.
Redlami: Richard's opportunistic sales pitch was thoroughly in character as he struggled to shine the best possible light on his hospital and doctors. In the process, he stomped all over their lives, revealing Arizona's grant before she was ready to, and hogging the limelight during every high-tech achievement. I don't recall another episode where he spent so much time in the OR.
On the other hand, toward the end of the episode, Cristina's statement that "we're healed" stood in stark contrast to much of what we witnessed, particularly with Miranda, Jackson, Lexie, Richard and Cristina herself.
Snarky's Machine: Mark Sloan's on-camera confessions about Derek were pretty shocking. Their relationship is rarely given this kind of nuanced exploration. We are supposed to take for granted they have healed the wounds between them without any evidence. It was very surprising to see Mark get emotional about Derek's shooting and also acknowledge the complexities of their relationship. I didn't necessarily believe anyone was "out of character" but I did enjoy seeing the Chief in shill mode. I also found it interesting that he seemed less adept as an administrator "on camera" than does normally. That said, I was confused by Chief Webber's transformation from his usual proud papa/stern papa framing to a glory stealing showboater. It seemed like a side of the Chief Grey's has not always done a good job depicting, but is clearly an aspect of his personality. Look at the sweater colors he favors!
About your bloggers:
Snarky's Machine is the founder of the pop culture site I Fry Mine in Butter.
Everett Maroon is a Seattle-based writer, focusing on popular culture commentary, speculative fiction, and memoir. His interests include the interrelationships of characters on Grey's Anatomy, Dr. Bailey, behind-the-scenes politics, and Dr. Bailey.
Tasha Fierce blogs about politics, fashion and whatever she wants at Red Vinyl Shoes.
s.e. smith is a cantankerous, cat-wearing, pop culture-loving, pants-eschewing philistine from the wilds of Northern California with a compendium of largely useless random knowledge and a typewriter that doesn't know when to quit.
Redlami turns numbers into stories and is the resident tech geek at I Fry Mine in Butter.


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Great-West Lifeco Executive Comp Targets 2011
Company | Great-West Lifeco Inc. |
Filer | NEI Investments |
Year | 2011 |
Sector | Financial Services |
Subject(s) | Climate Change |
Resolved Clause Summary | Disclosure of response to climate change |
Status | Vote: 7.3% |
Studies on the impact of climate change to life and health insurance companies continue to mount. In 2009, reports from Health Canada and studies in peer reviewed journals, such as Environmental Health Perspective and the Lancet, have linked health impacts to climate change. Moreover, a UK report by the Universities Superannuation Scheme, Railpen, Henderson Global Investors and Insight Investment entitled Managing the Unavoidable found companies were focusing too much on the catastrophic impacts of climate change rather than on the slower, but more likely incremental impacts.
Several members of the Great-West Lifeco Board of Directors and the CEO of Great-West Life Assurance, supported the Canadian Council of Chief Executives' climate change policy statement which stated "we share the goal of slowing, stopping and reversing the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) over the shortest period of time that is reasonably achievable."
In October 2010 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published guidance on complying with existing environmental disclosure requirements after an internal review concluded that current environmental disclosure was inadequate. CSA Staff Notice 51-333 provides guidance on the following environmental risks: litigation risks, physical risks, regulatory risks, reputational risks and risks relating to the company's business model.
Corporate disclosure of exposure to climate change risks and opportunities is essential for investors looking to assess the strengths and weaknesses of corporate securities. While Great-West Lifeco has a limited operational footprint, significant exposure to climate change risks and opportunities are embedded through its insurance policies, investments and real estate holdings. Moreover, Great-West Lifeco is exposed to significant reputational risks by not meeting stakeholder expectations.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an investor coalition representing 534 institutional investors that collectively manage US$64 trillion in assets, sends an annual survey to Canada's largest 200 corporations requesting that companies disclose their climate change strategies. Great-West Lifeco's peers (such as Manulife, Sun Life and Industrial Alliance) all responded to the CDP in 2010, but Great-West Lifeco declined to participate for the seventh year in a row.
Insurance regulators are increasingly requiring climate change disclosure from companies. Through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the state of Colorado (where Great-West has a registered subsidiary) suggests insurers complete a climate change survey that is consistent with the requirements of the CDP. Four other states require the completion of this survey.
In 2009, a similar proposal was supported by over one-third of non controlling shareholders. In 2010, of shareholders who voted, over 50% of those not affiliated with management supported this proposal. Despite growing support from shareholders management has not addressed the substance of the proposal.
Be it Resolved that: The Board of Directors provide a report to shareholders by October 2011, prepared at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, describing how Great-West Lifeco is assessing the impact of climate change on the corporation, the corporation's plans to disclose this assessment to shareholders, and, if applicable, the rationale for not disclosing such information in the future through annual reporting mechanisms such as the Carbon Disclosure Project.


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The story goes that 15-year-old Chester Greenwood was ice-skating when his ears got unbearably cold. One account has his ears turning "from red to blue to white" in the frigid temperatures of his hometown of Farmington, another version says that in fact, his ears would go from blue to red to white. In any event, the dude had some cold ears.
Wrapping a bulky scarf 'round his head didn't do the trick, so he asked his grandma to sew some fur onto wire coils that covered his ears — and thus, in 1873, earmuffs were born; Greenwood subsequently applied for and received a US patent for his cozy invention.
The Greenwood Champion Ear Protector — as the muff was originally called — became a hot commodity, first in Farmington and then throughout a wider community. Eventually, Greenwood had a booming factory that produced more than 400,000 earmuffs a day, according to a Maine.gov Web page on famous people from Maine. He is one of the Smithsonian Institution's 15 outstanding American inventors.
Each year, Farmington honors its inventive son (who also came up with the wide-bottom tea kettle, the steel-tooth rake, and a version of the mechanical mousetrap) with a parade, award ceremony, and other festivities. This year's celebration will take place on December 1 (a full 20 days before the officially sanctioned Maine holiday of Chester Greenwood Day, which falls on December 21). There is no entry fee or registration required for those who want to join the parade either dressed in or dressed as earmuffs. For the first time ever, there will be a Gingerbread House contest in addition to the annual Chili Contest. At 3 pm the brave souls who comprise the Polar Bear Club will take a dip in Farmington's Clearwater Lake.
Certainly, after that freezing adventure, they'll want to warm up with some ear protectors — and what better place to find some than in Farmington, the Earmuff Capital of the World.Chester Greenwood Day begins at 9 am on December 1; visitwww.franklincountymaine.org/calendar for more details.
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Harvest Moons tend to come in two distinct styles: toil-all-your-working-days,saltysweat flavor; and a milder get-to-know-your-neighbors with moderate farming variety - as seen in the narrative of GameCube%26rsquo;s A Wonderful Life. The Wii-bound Harvest Moon falls into the second category, revealing a tale of natural woe that requires a mix of intensive agriculture and community action to overcome.
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It's not necessarily lead singers that "have left, or abandoned" their bands, it can be growing in different directions. Or it can be a band no longer swimming in the same direction. It can be hard to admit it when a band has run its course.
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Outstanding among eyewitness acounts are those of William of Tyre, Richard of Devizes, Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Jean de Joinville, Anna Comnena, Fulcher of Chartres, and Nicetas Acominatus.
The chief collection of sources is Recueil des historiens des croisades (ed. by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, 16 vol., 1841–1906). For sources in translation see E. Peters, ed., Christian Society and the Crusades (1971) and The First Crusade (1971). Treatments in English include S. Runciman, A History of the Crusades (3 vol., 1951–54, repr. 1962–66); D. Queller, The Fourth Crusade (1977); H. E. Mayer, The Crusades (2d ed. 1988); K. M. Setton, ed., The History of the Crusades (6 vol., 2d ed., 1969–89); T. Asbridge, The First Crusade: A New History (2004); J. Phillips, The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople (2004); C. Tyerman, Fighting for Christendom: Holy War and the Crusades (2004); J. N. Claster, Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1095–1396 (2009); J. Phillips, Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2010); J. Rubenstein, Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse (2011); P. Frankopan, The First Crusade: The Call from the East (2012); N. Paul and S. Yeager, ed., Remembering the Crusades: Myth, Image, and Identity (2012).
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A little about me. Librarianship is a career change for me. In my past life I was a marketing product manager and after many changes within the company I was finally blessed to become laid-off and pursue the career I was born for.
As a 2007 Spectrum Scholar, I graduated with my MLIS from Drexel University in June 2008. Currently, I am the Children's Librarian at the Gloucester Township Branch of the Camden County Library System in Blackwood NJ and I must say I LOVE BEING A LIBRARIAN!
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In a report published Friday, J.P. Morgan reiterated its Overweight rating on TAL International Group (NYSE: TAL), and raised its price target from $42.00 to $50.00.
J.P. Morgan noted, "TAL closed up roughly 4% on Thursday, following a solid 4Q12 earnings report. Management noted a stable (to positive) forward outlook at the conference call earlier that morning. Adjusted EPS was $1.04 per share, beating our estimate of $0.95 and consensus of $0.95. Adjusted for a change in depreciation assumptions that contributed $0.10, results were in line with our expectations. We maintain our Overweight rating on the shares, in light of strong fundamentals and a favorable operating environment (16% Y/Y leasing revenue growth, coupled with historically high utilization and container pricing)."
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No tracking yet ... but my A-2 arrived at my house yesterday!
Unfortunately it was my house in Ireland (I moved to Spain last month) so I won't see it for a few weeks until my folks come and visit, but wheeeeeeee! Getting them to send me lots of photos; looks fucking amazing so far.
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As for different lasts requiring you to size up or down I have no clue as these are my first pair of G&G. My pair feel fairly true to size. They are a touch long but I'm really a small 10 and it's not an issue were I would consider sizing down. Hope that helps.
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4.42 / 5.00 6,151 ViewsPip discovers a button and he can't help but push it.
Made with Cinema 4D, After Effects and a tiny tiny bit of Flash... sound was edited in Adobe Audition.
This animation will be continued in a few weeks with Trapped. It's half animated at present.
Awesome short!
Well, I always like to see your animation and this one was no disappointment. You've presented a lovely piece, with well designed characters and a well designed 3D look to the characters. The plot was off the wall and I did love the way that it unfolded, gradually building up, but also allowing us to see the world from the point of view of the TV faced robot, where it appears that all of his stuff is being stolen from right in front of him.
I wonder if Pip will find some sort of button at the end of this seemingly endless maze, that he has been left at. Keep up the good work and at least give Sarah an author / writer credit on here. You know you want to!
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Thanks man, Sarah is working on a script for a future Pip short but until then I've got the rest covered :P
Next part should be up within a week or 2 so I'll send you a PM letting you know of it's appearance.
The beginning of the movie is not that exciting. Only a plain white room with a somewhat cute looking robot. But luckily, you decided to jump straight into the action. No long winded intro of how Pip examines the button, before he presses it the first time. I like that.
The random things happening where quite funny, even though they don't make too much sense to me. But the animations are very good. Everything looks very smooth and the movements of the robots are very good as well (wheels turning, when they move, the movement of the arms, head, etc.).
I also like the graphics a lot. Even though there isn't that much to see (a plain white room most of the time), the things we can see look very good.
The ending look promising as well. Pip is trapped in a building that M. C. Escher would like a lot... next movie should be very interesting. :)
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Haha, I like the whole robot logic thing, he's not going to be hesitant about pressing a button, he wants to know what it does, best way to figure that out is to press it. He has no idea that it'll do random things, but he keeps pressing it to see what happens. The next part is coming along nicely and I actually based the room on one of Escher's Lithographs called Relativity. I'm using the button to drive the story across the next few episodes as it's quite nice to not have to come up with complicated explanations. The other episodes will also all be longer than this one and make more sense.
Wow! What a great animation! Nice ability with 3D you have, the storyline could be better, music for me is fine, i like it, but i see you say its half animated for now, im really looking foward to you! Nice animation!
Very good! lol i love the music, reminds me of banjo kazooie for the n64 xD


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The World's Tallest Building
February 1977 | Volume 28, Issue 2
Woolworth liked opulence in his business as well as his personal life, a taste whose indulgence he justified on the ground that it was good public relations. "You have no idea the impression our fine new office makes on visitors," he wrote in a letter to the company's store managers in 1905. "The five and ten cent business is no longer a Cheap John affair." At the time, the company had just moved into new quarters in lower Manhattan, overlooking City Hall Park, where Woolworth worked at a great mahogany-andgold desk in a richly furnished green-and-gold office that Winkler describes as "a chromatic joy." But impressive as this was, Woolworth was not satisfied. He felt that he and the company must have a building of their own, one which would advertise not just to business visitors, but to the whole world, the wealth and scope of the enterprise he had founded. And so in 1909 he bought land on Broadway, on the west side of City Hall Park, and the following spring he asked Cass Gilbert to design a suitable company headquarters to be erected on this site.
Cass Gilbert was fifty years old in 1910, a tall man, with a lofty forehead, who wore rimless pince-nez and an imposing handlebar moustache. According to the Dictionary of American Biography , he was "purposely impressive in manner and rather pompous at times." Gilbert's biographer adds maliciously, "It was said in the Century Club in New York that he could give the most convincing exposition of the obvious that had ever been heard there." As a young man he had served an apprenticeship to Stanford White. Later, in practice for himself—first in St. Paul, Minnesota, and then in New York—he had designed a number of large and important buildings, including the Minnesota State Capitol and the elaborately neoclassical United States Custom House on Battery Park in Manhattan.
Among architects Gilbert was perhaps admired more for his skill in handling big and difficult jobs than for his felicity as a designer. Nevertheless, it was Gilbert's idea of how a skyscraper should look, rather than his reputation for efficiency, that seems to have recommended him to Woolworth. In 1905 Gilbert had completed a twenty-threestory Gothic-styled office building at 90 West Street, just a few minutes' walk from the site where Woolworth planned to build. It was—and is—a building of considerable grace and elegance, conforming to the dictum of the great Chicago architect, Louis H. Sullivan, that a skyscraper should be "a proud and soaring thing." Woolworth knew the building's owner, General Howard Carroll, and it is likely that he settled on Gilbert as his architect because the clean vertical lines and intricate Gothic detail of the West Street building struck him as pretty much what he would like in a building of his own.
From the start of their association, Woolworth severely tested Gilbert's well-established expertise in the handling of clients. While continually urging the architect to get on faster with the job, Woolworth repeatedly held things up by his own indecisiveness. To begin with, he was unable to decide how high a building he wanted. At first he talked of a forty-two-story structure, just tall enough to overtop the Singer Building, which was then the world's secondtallest skyscraper, being exceeded in height only by the Metropolitan Life Tower. But in August, 1910, the two men met in London, and Woolworth said he had decided he could not afford to tie up as much money as would be needed for a forty-two-story building. He asked Gilbert to make plans for a building about twenty-five stories high, to which a tower might be added at a later time.
Within a few weeks the projected building began to grow again. By November, 1910, it had reached, on paper, a height of 620 feet, eight feet higher than the Singer Building. Before another month had passed, with Gilbert's draftsmen hard at work designing the steel framework for a 020-foot building, Woolworth was telling Gilbert that he was not sure that 620 feet was tall enough. By going ninety or a hundred feet higher, he pointed out, they could overtop the Metropolitan Life Tower as well as the Singer Building, and make the Woolworth Building the tallest in the world.
This was fine by Gilbert. The architect had, in fact, egged Woolworth on by having the Metropolitan Life Tower measured, and providing Woolworth with the information that it was exactly seven hundred feet two inches tall. But Gilbert warned his vacillating client that if he wanted a seven-hundred-foot-plus building he would have to decide on it right away, or else incur the considerable cost of modifying the foundations of the building, work on which had already started, to carry the weight of a heavier structure. Even so, Woolworth hesitated for another month. Then, in January, 1911, he formally approved sketch plans for a building that would rise to a height of at least 750 feet, and the draftsmen in Gilbert's office, throwing away the old drawings, began work at once on a new set


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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The chief federal judge in Kansas refused Sunday to temporarily block parts of a new state abortion law, including a requirement that providers' websites link to a state site with information they dispute.
But U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil's ruling Sunday in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood came after a state judge ruled Friday in a separate challenge that Kansas couldn't enforce the website requirement for now. Judge Vratil noted the previous ruling, which was filed by two doctors, in concluding that Planned Parenthood would not suffer irreparable harm if she didn't do the same. The rule was to take effect today.
Under the law, a provider's home page will have to provide a link to a Kansas Department of Health and Environment site on abortion and fetal development and contain a statement that the state's information is "objective" and "scientifically accurate."
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AUSTIN, Texas -- State Sen. Wendy Davis, whose filibuster against Texas abortion restrictions gained her national fame, insists Democrats will be competitive in next year's statewide races but hasn't decided whether she'll be part of the slate of candidates for offices currently dominated by Republicans.
The Harvard-trained lawyer told The Associated Press she has been fielding congratulatory phone calls from around the world since her marathon filibuster Tuesday that helped run out the clock on the special session and kill the abortion bill. But she hasn't determined if she should seek re-election to the Senate or, as some have encouraged her, aim higher and perhaps run for governor.
Ms. Davis said she is concentrating on the second special legislative session that begins today, when Republicans will try again to pass a bill that likely would shut down at least 37 out of 42 abortion clinics in the state and impose other restrictions on the procedure.
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PHOENIX -- An unforgiving heat wave held much of the West in a sweltering embrace over the weekend, tying or breaking temperature records in several cities, grounding flights, sparking forest fires and contributing to at least one death.
An elderly man was found dead in a home in Las Vegas on Saturday, where the city's temperature reached 115 degrees, the hottest June 28 on record since 1994. Also, more than 200 people attending an outdoor concert were treated for heat-related problems that day, the authorities said.
Several Western states were under heat warnings Sunday, and most of them were to remain in effect at least through Tuesday evening. Meteorologists warned of the potential for forest fires in drought-plagued communities in Arizona, California, Colorado and New Mexico.
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LOS ANGELES -- Eric Garcetti took the oath of office Sunday to become Los Angeles' 42nd mayor, with a promise to do the basic things right while getting the city's economy rolling again.
The 42-year-old Ivy Leaguer who often talks of the simple pleasures of growing up in the city's San Fernando Valley officially takes over the job leading a sprawling city of nearly 4 million people today.
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What it translates like in some male brains, for some bizzare reason, is "I am a sadistic bitch who takes pleasure in cruelly fucking with your head."
I'm friends with virtually all my exes. But that's just because I never developed a taste for self pitying adolescent dickheads. Hey, call me strange.
Guess what? I'm still friends with all of the girls I have dated. Maybe that's a weird concept, maybe I'm just not good datable material and much better as friend material, but that's the facts. With most there was a period of time when communication wasn't upheld, or that sentiments were less than favorable (say, six months of not speaking to each other), but all pulled throught that.
Though, I've chronicled one experience of this not being a painless process, I just don't see where the big problem is. Seems most people have this "all or nothing at all" attitude, but I feel that if I so much effort into being in a relationship, I'm not going to waste it on being angry. On the same note, I'm not going to start hating someone just because the situation changes.
Now, if they've done something before making this clear, I have problems with that. I've had to deal with being cheated on, with the "I was just so confused" aspect. And yes, hearing about how great some new boyfriend has taken its toll on me several times. But good friends are hard to find, and I refuse to let something as petty as them "never seeing them naked, ever again" get in the way of keeping them.
As I'd expressed in guys who don't tell you they have a girlfriend, it is frustrating when you're put into a bracket, when your options are closed off for you. For me, my desire to keep exes as friends is minimal. I don't keep my exes around at all usually, and this is for both our benefit. I'm the kind of girl who when breaking up with a guy will say, " I don't want to hurt you or waste your time; this simply isn't working for me." Curt, perhaps, but I try not to string a guy along.
Then there are those in between people, people who are in themselves so amazing, inspiring, attractive, and intriguing that you cannot think of your life without them in it. You wouldn't be saying "let's just be friends" if someone hadn't crossed a boundary, or was going to very soon. Maybe you wanted all those cool things in him to add up to a perfect boyfriend, and maybe you realized that the reason why you hold them in such high regard is because you came together under the guise of friendship in the first place. This way of getting to know someone is so unique to romance. That person is more real, more intense, more open, and sometimes that leads you to think that real love exists there, love of a certain kind.
"Let's Just Be Friends"
Possibly the most hurtful thing that you can say to someone who's in love with you, on a par with telling a guy that his penis is far too small to satisfy you, or telling a woman that her pussy stinks of rotting fish. It often means, and will always be interpreted as, "The idea of sex with you repels me".
It may or may not mean that the person genuinely wants to be your friend.
If you are ever in a situation where you're tempted to say this to someone, a far kinder alternative might be to say something like: "I'm really sorry, but although I really enjoy your company, I don't think we (are / would be) sexually compatible".
Some typical reasons why I do not want to Just Be Friends with you:
(0) I'm not a masochist.
(1) I already have plenty of friends, none of whom leave me feeling miserable, angry and sexually frustrated.
(2) There is no worse feeling in the world than watching someone you are in love with picking up someone else.
(3) I'll get over you a lot faster if I don't see you, hear you, smell you or touch you.
(4) I don't want to even think about you having sex with other people, much less hear the intimate details.
(5) I don't want to see you falling in love with someone else.
(6) I don't want to hear you crying about how the person you chose over me mistreats you, in the full knowledge that you won't leave them unless you meet someone just as bad.
(7) I'm not interested having all the responsibilities and none of the privileges of being in a relationship with you.
(8) I don't want to be your drink machine / meal ticket.
(9) I don't want people who *are* sexually interested in me being scared off because they think that you and I are a couple.
(10) I don't want you deliberately scaring off people who are sexually interested in me because you're jealous about me.
I remember that night we stayed up late and chatted on the phone about monkeys on Mars. I forget what exactly the fictional tale entailed. I know that it involved the icecaps. I started the conversation by saying, "What do you think about those icecaps on Mars?" Then I said something about how it was weird when scientists found monkeys ice skating on them.
We laughed, and the conversation lasted for hours. It was a good tactic to get over our fight. Then you said those words that lifted up my spirits—just to crush me, "I like this."
I replied, "I like this too," with a shy smile that you could not see over the phone.
"No, I mean I like this--just this. I don't want to ever lose this."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that I don't want to lose you. I'm tired of fighting… let's just be friends."
I was crushed and did not know what to say, so I said, "I don't want to lose you either… I want to be your friend."
Needless to say, the monkey conversation came to a halt. The conversation ended, and we hung up a few seconds later. We remained friends and talked endlessly about The Simpsons, but for some reason, I still miss you. We no longer talk about nonsense. Now we rarely talk at all. We lost all of those things that we wanted to preserve.
And now, I find a website that is featuring Jesus action figures. I laugh at the sick joke. Now YOU can nail Jesus to the cross! And, of course I think of you and all of the absurd stories we have forgotten but used to share. I send you an instant message, with a link attached, and in return, I get your away message. "Bangin'." Gross… You're with the girlfriend, naturally.
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The cool mint filling in these patties makes them especially delicious. Friends often request that I bring them to parties.
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- 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1-1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- 4 to 4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 cups (18 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons shortening
- In a bowl, combine milk and extract. Stir in 3-1/2 to 4 cups confectioners' sugar to form a stiff dough. Turn onto a surface sprinkled lightly with confectioners' sugar. Knead in enough remaining sugar to form a dough that is very stiff and no longer sticky. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Flatten into 1-1/2-in. circles. Let dry 1 hour. Turn and let dry 1 hour longer. Melt chocolate chips and shortening in a double boiler or microwave-safe bowl; cool slightly. Dip patties in chocolate mixture and place on waxed paper to harden. Yield: 3 dozen.
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zakat (zə-kätˈ) [key] [Arab., = purification], Islamic religious tax, one of the five basic requirements ( arkan or "pillars") of Islam. All adult Muslims of sound mind and body with a set level of income and assets are expected to pay zakat. Zakat is due yearly on certain types of property and is distributed to eight categories of individuals specified by the Qur'an. These categories are usually defined to include orphans, the poor, travelers, beggars, debtors, slaves, and the efforts to propagate Islam. Zakat is payable, at different rates, on crops, harvests, herds, gold and silver, and merchandise. For gold and silver, which is understood to include all liquid assets, the rate is 2.5%. Being religiously prescribed, zakat is distinct from charity ( sadaqa ) which is voluntary. Zakat is essentially a personal exercise with no intermediary control, and could be given directly to its recipients, although a central treasury often collects it. In recent times, Pakistan, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia have enacted legislation to enforce the zakat.
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