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Well-known Weather Channel meteorologist Cantore to be 2013 hall of fame inductee
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center is pleased to announce Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel® as its 2013 inductee into the Meteorologist Hall of Fame.
The ceremony will take place on Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. in the lobby of the Weather Center on North Findley Street.
Cantore is one of the most recognized faces in weather. Whether it's in the middle of an ice storm, tornado activity or a Category 5 hurricane, there is no place Jim Cantore would rather be.
Known as the Weather Channel's storm tracker, Cantore reports tirelessly throughout the duration of the storms to provide live coverage and also is a frequent guest on NBC programs such as "Nightly News with Brian Williams" and "The Today Show" and on MSNBC.
He also traveled to London to cover the 2012 Summer Games for TWC and NBC.
Cantore is well-known for his animated, tenacious style, both in the field and in the studio. He serves as host to many original productions on The Weather Channel, including the award-winning "Storm Stories," the network's first signature long-form series.
His latest series, "Cantore Stories," follows his adventures to extraordinary climate locations to meet with the unique people who live there.
He also goes on location to report weather's connection to upcoming sports and other popular events.
In an article about Cantore in USA Today, writer Patrick O'Driscoll stated, "What endears Cantore to serious weather-watchers is how he explains the scene without onscreen melodrama. He gives it straight. It boils down to the trust factor."
A native of White River Junction, Vt., Cantore graduated with a bachelor's degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College (Lyndonville, Vt.).
Cantore found his dream job at The Weather Channel as his first job out of college and first appeared on air in July 1986.
When he's not out in the elements keeping The Weather Channel viewers out of harm's way, Cantore's passion for the outdoors is equally evident in his leisure activities.
He enjoys skiing, softball, golf, landscaping and spending time with his two children.
When possible, Cantore serves to help out many charitable foundations nationwide. Jim also gives his time to several charitable organizations across America, several times a year.
Cantore will become the seventh inductee into the Meteorologist Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is annually held on Groundhog Day.
Cantore joins such well known meteorologists as AccuWeather founder Dr. Joel Meyers, KDKA TV's Jeff Verszyla, Paul Knight from Weather World, and Dr. Greg Forbes, also from The Weather Channel.
Following the induction, Cantore will greet visitors to the Weather Center from 2 to 3 p.m.
Both the induction and the "meet and greet" with Cantore are open to the public with paid admission to the Weather Center.
The Weather Channel will make the Weather Center its home base for its Groundhog Day coverage.
A camera crew will arrive in Punxsutawney on Tuesday of that week to shoot highlights from Punxsutawney to use during its reporting in the days leading up to Punxsutawney Phil's big day and throughout
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Jan 16 (Reuters) - Australian swimmer James Magnussen believes his failure to win gold at the London Olympics was down to his life outside the pool and the 100 metres world champion said he has taken steps to avoid similar disappointment at the 2016 Rio Games.
In the lead-up to London, Magnussen, the 'missile' of Australian swimming, had promised to win the 100 gold medal and the 4x100 freestyle relay. However, he was pipped for gold in the 100 while the relay team finished fourth.
Amid reports of bullying and disharmony during the campaign, Australian swimmers delivered their worst Olympic performance for 20 years, failing to win an individual title and ended up with one relay gold, six silver and three bronze medals.
"I think more than anything I got wrong (was) my life outside of the pool," Magnussen said in Perth on Wednesday.
"I did everything I needed to do in the lead-up in the pool. (But the results) just showed there were some imbalances."
Magnussen, who will be back in action this week when he hits the pool for the Aquatic Super Series in Perth, said London had taught him a lesson and he hoped to be a better swimmer by the time the next Games are held in Rio in 2016.
"I've made a lot of changes in my life and I'm feeling really positive about where I am at the moment. I'm in a good spot mentally," he said.
"I've taken on a mind coach - not necessarily purely for the psychological side of swimming, but for my life in general.
"I've really worked hard on trying to be a more positive and easygoing person. I think it's paid huge dividends both in and out of the pool.
"London was a great opportunity for me to learn what I did wrong. Hopefully that will provide me with a really strong base for the next four years going into Rio." (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by Peter Rutherford)


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Sioux Falls on Mission to Halt Showcase Slide
The NBA Development League Showcase is a basketball binge. Over the course of five days, NBA front office types, scouts and hardcore fans can see a sampling of all 17 teams in the circuit. This year the spectacle is spending its third consecutive year in Reno, Nevada. Starting Sunday, the event now stretches to five days to account for the 17 teams to get court time.
Sioux Falls looks to reverse their fortune as the Showcase has not been very kind to the Skyforce. Granted, the current players and staff for the most part had nothing to do with past results.
In the seven years of participation in the Showcase, the Skyforce are a combined 4-10 including dropping their last seven. You have to go back to 2010 for their last Showcase win against the Maine Red Claws. As the host in 2007, Sioux Falls recorded their only Showcase sweep.
Below is the list of results previous NBADL Showcase efforts for the Skyforce.
2013: Bakersfield 103, Sioux Falls 88 Springfield 101, Sioux Falls 73
2012: Maine 98 Sioux Falls 92 Texas 98, Sioux Falls 95
2011: Tulsa 103, Sioux Falls 83 Reno 117, Sioux Falls 93
2010: Sioux Falls 121, Maine 102 Austin 127, Sioux Falls 94
2009: Albuquerque 115, Sioux Falls 108 Sioux Falls 115, Rio Grande Valley 94
2008: Anaheim 99, Sioux Falls 94 Austin 101, Sioux Falls 92
2007: Sioux Falls 101, Austin 81 Sioux Falls 117, Fort Worth 107


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Law Enforcement Fails To Pay Telco Bills For Coughing Up Your Info
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However, I wanted to focus in on just one element of the responses, from wireless carrier Cricket. One of the questions asked was how much money the company received in response to law enforcement requests. There is some reasonable debate over these fees for a variety of reasons. At one end of the spectrum, you can reasonably argue that if the government comes in and demands work from a private company, they ought to compensate them for the time -- and indeed, that's what the law allows (it says that such payments are to cover costs, not profit). On the other side, though, it seems... wrong for the government to pay telcos with taxpayer money to violate our privacy. Also, it raises the specter of companies profiting from coughing up our info to the government, and leads some to argue that the telcos do it willingly to make money. To be honest, it's such a drop in the bucket compared to other revenue streams, I'm not sure it really matters that much.
However, now it turns out that the government is really bad about paying -- at least according to Cricket. In answering the question about the money, Cricket noted that it doesn't make much, but the government often just ignores its invoices:
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2706 Cricket is entitled to reimbursement for such costs as are reasonably necessary and which have been directly incurred in searching for, assembling, reproducing, or otherwise providing information in request to legal process received from law enforcement. For real-time requests for surveillance, Cricket is also entitled to reasonable reimbursement pursuant to 18 U.S.C 2518(4) for "reasonable expenses incurred in providing such facilities or assistance" in implementing Title III orders. Cricket is not entitled to, and does not make any profit on services rendered to law enforcement. Further, Cricket is frequently not paid on the invoices it submits to law enforcement. Cricket's fee schedule has not changed since the last response.This is the first time I've seen that suggested anywhere. As awful as it may sound to see the federal government potentially paying companies to violate our privacy, it somehow seems even worse to promise to pay them, and then stiff them.


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Would you call 911 after taking too much Viagra or because you needed a police escort? How about if a restaurant messed up your order?
Today we'll take a look at some of the most ridiculous reasons people picked up the phone and called in the big guns (the first three are all from Broward County in Florida):
- "My toilet's overflowing, what do I do?" Unless your toilet is overflowing because a burglar used it and clogged it and he's still tormenting you, household problems do not warrant 911 calls.
- "I ordered chicken nuggets and they don't have chicken nuggets." Chicken nuggets are bad for you, anyway. Order a salad (but not the Cobb) and consider yourself (and your heart) lucky.
- "I wanted the sausage, and he gave me the burrito! She's trying to force me to eat something off the menu that I don't want!" No, this was not a call from a 2-year-old, no matter how it may sound.
- "I took um two um Viagra uh pills um, and my erection has been up for like four days." (This one comes complete with a YouTube video) Four hours, four days. What's the difference? The commercial did warn you.
- "I'm locked inside my car… It's getting hot in here, and I'm not feeling well." (This gem is also from Florida). If this was an August afternoon and the locks were truly broken, then OK. But, um, 911? Hasn't she heard of opening windows?
- "Have you seen my parrot?" You don't even call 911 to report a missing person (unless you witness them being kidnapped) – that's what the direct line to the police is for – so you certainly don't call about a bird who's flown the coop.


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Zaelo wrote:Oooh, Plagued Blood ability + a multi-attack ability, did not think of that but it does sound interesting!
I guess it would also work with abilities like Swarm and Moth Balls?
Can someone confirm that applying Plagued Blood ability on the enemy pet and then using another pet to cast Swarm or Moth Balls would actually get you healed several times per round?
Breanni wrote:So I just stumbled upon the awesomeness that is the Clockwork Gnome as a battle pet. With a strong DoT, solid damage, good HP, a great self-heal and mech rezzing, he's amazing. At level 5, he beat two level 9 snakes (common quality) on his own! He's loads of fun, too.
So I'm curious... what are some other amazing battle pets, both in terms of fun and butt-kicking?
No one mentioned any of the bear cubs.
Speaking of best pets, what are your favorite stats to look for?
Poofah wrote:No one mentioned any of the bear cubs.
I overlooked the bears because their hard hitting move benefits from the target bleeding, but they don't have any moves that cause bleeding. The lack of synergy made them seem weak.
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(Here's a post from P-I reporter Todd Bishop who did some good sleuthing down at the E3 gaming conference)
Earlier this week, a post on TheDeal.com's "Tech Confidential" blog speculated that Redmond-based online game company WildTangent would be a possible acquisition target for Microsoft, citing WildTangent's industry-leading growth and the fact that it "uses Microsoft's DirectX graphics technology to develop games."
It was an interesting theory, but it overlooked some important history: WildTangent Chief Executive Alex St. John was one of the creators of DirectX during his time at Microsoft, and the WildTangent crew includes other former members of the DirectX team. In addition, he has has been outspoken in his criticism of Windows Vista's impact on independent gaming companies.
In other words, the company's use of DirectX can't exactly be taken as a sign of deep alignment with Microsoft.
Anyway, I bring this up because I bumped into St. John before leaving the E3 video-game convention in Santa Monica yesterday, and I asked him about the speculation. He had seen the post, as well, and laughed when I asked about it. "I deny all rumors that Microsoft is attempting to acquire us," he said.
But maybe Microsoft should, he joked, "because they could sure as hell use our help getting Windows to play games properly."
I followed up last night with an e-mail to St. John asking, in all seriousness, whether WildTangent would ever consider an acquisition by Microsoft, if the opportunity presented itself. On the contrary, he replied that he's "looking forward to taking WildTangent public someday soon." He didn't elaborate on the potential timing or other specifics, but he explained: "We're growing way too fast on our own to seriously contemplate M&A at the moment."
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A 29-year-old man whose baggy shorts kept him from fleeing police officers is now facing prison time.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Marvin Leonard Morris Jr. was found guilty Tuesday on multiple felony charges, including trafficking in cocaine and attempting to flee or elude officers.
According to an arrest affidavit, Morris crashed into a tree after speeding away from a Daytona Beach police officer who was trying to make a traffic stop. That's when Morris tried to run away. But officers say his baggy shorts fell down around his ankles, causing him to trip.
The newspaper reports officers eventually caught up with Morris, using a stun gun to subdue him.
State Attorney's Office spokeswoman Klare Ly says Morris will be sentenced at a later date.


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1887 N172 Old Judge Billy Nash Tagging "Old Hoss" Radbourn - SGC NM 84
Starting Bid - $300, Sold For - $1,304
Graded NM 84 by SGC. Only one example graded higher by SGC. Very sharp high-grade double-player pose N172 example featuring star third baseman Billy Nash tagging out "Old Hoss" Radbourn. Unusual Old Judge "advertisement in box" style with script player-identification design, from the "0" series ("0134"). Radbourn is not identified by name; only Nash is identified by name on this card. There are only twenty-two different double-player poses in the Old Judge set. This is one of the most desirable of the popular double-player pose cards, and one of the few to include a Hall of Famer. Sharp corners with just the slightest touch of wear. Outstanding contrast. Extremely clean front and back. Only a small spot on the right border keeps this gem from a higher grade. Near Mint condition. Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000. SOLD FOR $1,304
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
* Newspaper and Watercolor Heart Valentine's Day Cards
Are you looking for an easy last minute valentine
you can make with your kids using supplies you already have in the house?
Look no farther...I bet you have newspapers and watercolors!
(or food coloring....or paint....or koolaid!)
My sweet "C" made these beautiful watercolor and newspaper heart valentine cards
for her kindergarten classmates this year.
She saw the BEAUTIFUL painted watercolor hearts over at
You Are My Fave blog (here's her post) and fell in love immediately.
This is our modified version, make your own with whatever you have handy!
We painted newspapers with liquid watercolors and do-a-dot markers.
Then added a few spritzes of water with a water mister to help it bleed.
After the watercolors dried overnight, we cut out heart shapes.
The doily stamp is something I picked up at Michaels with a coupon.
We stamped it on pink card stock with metallic silver ink.
Then we just stapled each heart to the card.
She spent a long time writing each of her friends names and signing her own on the cards,
then we taped on a cherry blow pop
because a little bit of sugar makes the day that much sweeter!
Wishing you a very Happy Valentine's Day!
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Espionage on the High Seas
During America's Cup Practice, Efforts to Spy on the Competition Aren't Very Covert
San Francisco
The world's best spies go unnoticed. They flit through enemy territory, hidden behind disguises or under the cover of darkness while using pocket-size gadgets to gather intelligence. They never announce themselves.
Chris Cameron is not the world's best spy. One bright morning this spring, he zipped up a black jacket emblazoned with the logo of his sailing team, Emirates Team New Zealand. He then grabbed an 18-inch-long camera lens, hopped onto a powerboat and announced his plan. "We're going down to Oracle , " he said, referring to rival Oracle Team USA.
The America's Cup, which begins in San Francisco July 4, isn't just sailing's most prestigious competition. It is also a showcase for the most shamelessly conspicuous spy operation in professional sports.
From San Francisco's waterfront, it's impossible to miss the teams practicing on their 13-story-tall yachts—and the fleet of enemy spy vessels trailing them. Onboard the powerboats, which sport their teams' logos, are photographers with $10,000 Nikon lenses trying to shoot pictures of something the other guys don't want them to see: a shorter sail, a lighter foil, a modified rudder.
Reconnaissance in the Cup is about as old as the 162-year-old competition itself, and it's especially crucial this year because the four teams are racing largely untested, state-of-the-art yachts. The squads spy on each other to avoid missing technological breakthroughs and to learn their opponents' racing strategy.
"Sometimes you get caught up in your own processes and you want to think outside the box," said Cameron, the New Zealand team photographer. "Those guys"—the competition—"are thinking completely outside the box."
Espionage has already permeated this Cup. New Zealand coach Rod Davis said that in November, his team needed to test a new foil, which elevates a boat's hull above water so the boat goes faster. The problem: An Oracle spy boat was lurking outside their Auckland dock.
The solution was to prepare two yachts. One had the new foil. The other didn't. Both left dock, but the sailors on the new-foil boat pretended to suffer a breakdown. The decoy sailed off and Oracle took the bait, Davis said, leaving the first yacht to test the foil.
Oracle's mistake, Davis said, was not noticing that his team's best sailors were aboard the supposedly broken-down boat. "The other guys were actors," said Davis, who was on the decoy himself, "and they sold it."
Davis said the ruse helped hide the new foil from Oracle for weeks. Oracle said that wasn't the case. "We actually saw what happened that day," said Jimmy Spithill, Oracle's skipper. "We have boats all over."
It's easy to see why teams spy on one another. Cup organizers set guidelines on boat design, but there's enough leeway for teams to modify boat parts, even during the middle of the weeks-long competition. Weight and aerodynamics are crucial in sailing; in a 20-minute race, slight tweaks can mean the difference between winning and losing.
"It's not the sailing" that wins the Cup, said Dennis Conner, the legendary American sailor who won four Cups in the 1970s and 1980s. "It's the equipment."
Espionage has long been part of the Cup, but spying ratcheted up after the 1983 competition. The Australian team arrived in Newport, R.I., with a revolutionary design for a keel, the underwater fin that stabilizes a boat, and shrouded it with a skirt while the boat was docked so other teams couldn't see it.
In 1985, British police arrested a man trying to sell the U.K. team's keel design for $25,000, said Tom Ehman, then the director of a U.S. team that received the sales pitch.
Cup officials banned aerial and underwater surveillance after the 1992 Cup, which featured helicopter and scuba-diver reconnaissance.
While sailing teams can be friendly to the spy boats—Cameron said the Italian team once tossed him ice-cream bars—others pull pranks. In 1995, Matt Mason and five fellow grinders, the burly guys who crank the winches aboard a ship, on Team New Zealand once boarded an Australian spy boat, pinned down the lone crewman and stripped him of his gear and clothing. They returned to their own boat with booty.
"We hoisted his jeans up on a halyard," said Mason, now with Oracle, proudly.
In recent years, the Americans have been accused of playing dirty. In 2009, a Swiss team alleged an Oracle team member named Jean Antoine Bonnaveau illegally took photos at its base. Oracle called it "legal observation" and no charges were filed after a local-police investigation.
Last November, the Italian team Luna Rossa accused Oracle of violating a rule that prohibits boats from "navigating" within 200 meters of a competing yacht for surveillance. Oracle denied wrongdoing, citing the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of "navigate," which equates navigating with moving. Oracle said its spy boats were simply parked while the Luna Rossa yacht sailed by.
A Cup panel found Oracle's argument "flawed and unreasonable." It punished the team, forbidding it to practice five days this spring, a minor penalty.
As for the intelligence gathered, Oracle team chief Russell Coutts isn't sure whether it actually helped. "At the end of the day, it's the team with the fastest boats and best sailors that wins," he said.
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The RAV4 is a true bargain when you weigh in its reputation for reliability and quality. This quick-footed and agile utility is ideal for urban driving but also offers plenty of passenger room for families with kids. The spacious cargo hold is impressive, ready to swallow up groceries, gear or luggage at a moment's notice.
Base Price: $23,550
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The name Tiguan is a combination of tiger and iguana. Though we're not exactly sure why, we do know it's among the sportiest vehicles in this segment. It combines top-notch handling with strong off-the-line acceleration, especially if you go with the Tiguan's potent and efficient 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. If German engineering excites you, the Tiguan is the way to go.
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Often, the full extent of an injury is not immediately apparent with a toddler or baby.
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Five infants have now died in what has become an ongoing series of product recalls. Nap Nanny, a series of baby recliners designed to hold infants during naptime, has reportedly led to repeated injuries, product failures and child fatalities state CBS Local. A voluntary recall of the recliners has been been issues by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), but attorney Gary Iscoe says this won't be enough to address the problems the product has caused.
The recall is the second in two years. An earlier generation of Nap Nannies was recalled in 2010 by the manufacturer, Baby Matters LLC, after an infant died. Changes in the design, instructions and parental warnings allowed the company to continue selling Nap Nannies. Since then the CPSC has received 70 new reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners, and the reported death count has risen to five reported CBS.
"Recalling these products is long overdue," said Iscoe, an injury attorney who frequently sees cases involving unsafe products. "But the recall doesn't help address the deaths and injuries that already occurred."
Iscoe stressed that young children are particularly fragile. "Often, the full extent of an injury is not immediately apparent with a toddler or baby. If I saw my child hanging out of one of these baby seats I would want to talk to both a doctor and a lawyer."
The families affected by the Nap Nannies are likely to sue Baby Matters, Iscoe believes. "I hope every family who filed a complaint steps forward. Talk to a lawyer and find out what your options are. When a company puts children in danger, they deserve to pay."
The new recall is a voluntary action on the part of four retailers, Toys R Us/Babies R Us, Amazon.com, Buy Baby Buy and Diapers.com. The retailers are participating in the recall even though Baby Matters is either unwilling or unable to do so.
About Gary Iscoe:
Gary T. Iscoe has is a co-founder of Miami injury law firm Steinger, Iscoe and Greene. 20 years of experience handling accidents, injuries and unsafe product cases. He started his legal career working for insurance companies and quickly decided he'd rather stand up for victims. He can be contacted at:
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Cattlemen and women at the annual CCA Convention at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in 1923
The California Cattlemen's Association (CCA) was formed in 1917. Originally located in San Francisco, CCA is now headquartered in downtown Sacramento, only blocks from the California State Capitol, where issues are lobbied on by a full-time CCA staff on behalf of California's ranchers. CCA is a non-profit trade association representing California's ranchers and beef producers in legislative and regulatory affairs. CCA's funding is generated almost entirely by voluntary dues paid by members, who in turn determine the direction and policy of the organization at CCA's two annual meetings. CCA has 38 county cattlemen's association affiliates that serve as a strong link between the grassroots membership and CCA. CCA is an affiliate of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association with offices in Washington, D.C., and Denver, Colo. In addition, the Young Cattlemen's Committee serves as a link with the next generation of California ranchers promoting education, leadership and career enhancement. Because of the tremendous resource base on which our members depend for their livelihoods, CCA staff lobbies the California State Legislature, Congress and federal and state regulatory agencies on a wide range of issues including, but not limited to:
CCA also funds litigation and research to support California's beef cattle industry, and maintains a political action committee to support those candidates favorable to family ranchers and beef producers. CCA is extremely proud of its long-standing record of credibility, accomplishment and positive working relationship with policymakers throughout California and in Washington, D.C., in representing beef cattle producers, the stewards of an American tradition. As environmentalists, food producers, business owners and taxpayers, CCA members look forward to continuing these relationships with federal, state and local government institutions.


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PARIS (AP) -- After David Beckham's long and distinguished football career ends on a remote plastic field in northwestern France, his life promises to be far more glamorous once he steps away from the game he loves.
Nearly 20 years after breaking into the Manchester United team, the 38-year-old former England captain won the French league title with Paris Saint-Germain this season.
But after announcing his retirement on Thursday, Beckham's role in football will take on a new dimension worldwide.
He has an ambassadorial role for Chinese soccer and for British television channel Sky, as well as an option to buy a franchise in Major League Soccer.
"I would like to wish him all the best for all of his future projects,'' PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said. "We are talking about the possibility of continuing our work together.''
But PSG may have to join the queue, as the English Football Association also desperately wants him on board.
This was the same Beckham who, although ruled out of the tournament through injury, insisted on traveling to South Africa to support his teammates at the 2010 World Cup.
Beckham is reportedly being paid an extraordinary 20 million euros ($30.6 million) over five years to work as a Sky Television ambassador - showing how much of a draw he remains.
"He'll have more time on his hands and more time for commercial partners and the brands he can work or be associated with,'' said Steve Martin, the chief executive of M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment. "He has also got so many commercial sponsors that will carry on whether he is playing or not.''
He may develop business interests in the United States, too.
Beckham had five decent years with the Los Angeles Galaxy from 2007-12, winning the championship in his last two seasons. He still has first refusal if he is offered an MSL franchise, although for now it remains unclear where that might take him.
"I have the option of owning a franchise,'' Beckham said in December, "and that excites me.''
So that's Europe and North America. What about Asia?
Two months ago, part of Beckham's future was already in full swing as he arrived in China. At the time, he said he hadn't ruled out playing professionally in China one day.
"Who knows? People keep saying that it will be my last club, it will be my last season,'' he said. "I continue to play and I love playing, so we'll see.''
But any matches in China in the future will only be exhibition games - such as the one he is scheduled to play in November.
He still has a pivotal role to play there.
Developing a youth program is considered a priority for the Chinese Super League, with a mere 8,000 players of all ages registered at local associations in a nation of 1.3 billion people. A weak youth system, along with rampant corruption, has been blamed in part for the Chinese national team's poor international results. The country has only played once at the World Cup, in 2002.
Beckham wants to play a key part in inspiring and training talented young players who might one day represent their country internationally.
He was praised for his contribution to London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics and any project which has him as a figurehead is guaranteed to spark worldwide interest.
There is also talk of another role - as part of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - although that remains uncertain at this stage.
Certainly, there is already a firm link between Beckham and Qatar, with PSG's owners - QSI - finally getting him to join when he went to PSG on the last day of this season's transfer window.
"It is an immense honor to have convinced him to join,'' Al-Khelaifi said.
PSG missed out on Beckham the previous year, and his signing raised a few eyebrows in France.
"I was proud France and PSG could attract a player like David Beckham,'' Lyon striker Bafetimbi Gomis said. "Friends of mine in the PSG dressing room told me what a great professional he is.''
With almost perfect timing, he made his league debut as a substitute against rival Marseille on Feb. 24 and showed his legs could still last the pace by playing 86 minutes against the same team in the French Cup three days later.
Beckham was booked in that game - a sign of things to come. He lost his temper badly at Saint-Etienne a few weeks later, grabbing and pushing Brazilian striker Brandao after he'd gone in late on PSG teammate Thiago Silva.
Although Beckham has played reasonably well at times during his 13 games so far, most were as a substitute, and he has actually stood out more for his combative streak than for his passing and crossing.
Beckham has set up only one goal, a delightful chipped pass from the right against Rennes that appeared to be going in anyway before top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic helped himself to another goal.
That performance came in between the home and return leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Barcelona.
PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti started Beckham in the home leg - against one of the best midfields of all time - and Beckham was criticized by French media, with sports daily L'Equipe marking him 3 out of 10. It was a harsh criticism, as although Beckham hardly stood out, his neat and tidy passing from a deep-lying position was what Ancelotti wanted.
Beckham was booked in the second leg against Barcelona and then against Evian on April 28, he was red-carded shortly after coming on as he went into a tackle with a dangerously raised foot. There was no contact, but it was reckless.
Against Brest at Parc des Princes on Saturday, Beckham will have a chance to say farewell to PSG's fans, who only knew him for a short time, before pulling on a jersey for the final time in Lorient on May 26.
Then it will be out of the shorts and into the suit as a new chapter in Beckham's life begins.
"He is on a totally different planet to other players in terms commercial value and long-term ambassadorial role,'' Martin said. "His appeal is so enduring and that won't change (for another 20 years).''


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The U.S. Coast Guard Station at Hobucken received a call at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday reporting that a 19-foot Carolina Skiff had run aground off Maw Point in Pamlico County. The boat was about six feet into marsh.
Aboard the boat were three people, one of whom was a 78-year-old man. He complained of neck and shoulder pain and had a laceration on his hand as a result of the incident. The other passengers were not injured, according to officials.
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The boat was left at the location of the incident overnight.
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Canadian rock legends RUSH were announced as one of next year's inductees into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Tuesday, along with PUBLIC ENEMY, HEART, Randy Newman, Donna Summer and Albert King. Summer, who passed away this May, and King, who died in 1992, will earn the honor posthumously. Lou Adler and Quincy Jones will both receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers.
"It's a terrific honor and we'll show up smiling," RUSH's singer and bassist, Geddy Lee, tells RollingStone.com. "It made my mom happy, so that's worth it." Lee is especially happy for RUSH's army of hardcore fans. "It was a cause they championed," he says. "I'm very relieved for them and we share this honor with them, for sure."
RUSH has been eligible for the honor since 1999, 25 years after the release of the band's self-titled debut album.
"I never really cared if it happened or not, to be honest with you," RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson told the Canadian Press. "It doesn't change anybody's life at the end of the day. Are we going to become more popular? Are we going to sell more records? Are more people going to come to the shows? I don't know. We're quite happy where we are and with what we've accomplished.
"So we continue to do the kind of work we want to do and we will continue regardless of our induction or not," he added. "I think at the end of the day, really, what this is about is making our fans feel like their support has been worthy."
"If there's one band in the history of rock music that's deserved the acknowledgment of getting into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, it's RUSH," said Sam Dunn, co-director of the 2010 Grammy-nominated documentary "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage". "Here's a band that has been making creative and unique music for over 40 years now, has a massive fanbase around the world ... (and) they continue to be one of the best live bands on the planet.
"I think there's a bunch of good reasons why they deserve this achievement."
"The progressive movement is not something the founders of the Hall Of Fame are too keen on," Lifeson told the Canadian Press. "But it seems to be changing. If you look at this year's nominees, it's really quite an eclectic group.... I kind of like the idea that it is becoming broader and more areas of popular music are being included. And so therefore at some point in the near future, progressive music will start being included."
According to Lifeson, the Rock Hall induction would pale in comparison to the band's having received one of the prestigious Governor General's Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in March, the highest honor bestowed on artists by the Canadian government.
"The acknowledgement we got from the Canadian government, and by extension Canadians, is very dear to us," Lifeson said. "The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is more a popularity contest."
The April 18, 2013 event is set for Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, marking the first time the ceremony will be held in the city since 1993. HBO will tape the show for broadcast at a later date.


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[This post has been updated from its original version. It originally spelled the poet's name "Bianco," not "Blanco."]
If President Obama had been casting about through American history for the ideal poet to deliver his inaugural "Song of Ourselves," he could do no worse at this juncture than Walt Whitman. The booming American icon didn't just have a gift for ferreting out the things that make all Americans, indeed all humans, the same regardless of accidents of birth or upbringing -- he had a way of inspiring people to be better than they think they are, to see the puny nature of our differences and work together to appreciate the wonders of democracy. Anybody who's been paying attention to Congress knows we could use a little of that right now. Plus -- and this is icing on the cake from a political standpoint -- he was probably gay.
There's just one problem for Obama: Whitman is dead. But the president seems to have found the next best thing -- in fact, with a bonus.
Richard Blanco, a 44-year-old Cuban American, is not only openly gay but Latino, two groups Obama's Democrats aim to court as their numbers swell and American tolerance for differences grows. And his poem, delivered at Obama's inauguration Monday, was breathtakingly Whitmanesque. i speak, in particular, of "Song of Myself," which like Blanco's poem is an attempt to grasp the epic sweep of America. These two stanzas, in particular, are striking:


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Dolphin Music Guide to: Indie Rock
Indie Rock is a term given originally to artists of independent status. In other words bands who ran themselves, smalltime labels, small distribution and with no help from major labels. Like all things in the end the corporate moved on this term like a rash, and started to brandish the term 'indie rock' referring to younger, newer artists, typically playing retro guitars and amps and shying away from the modern look, a small leather jacket is standard.
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that most notably exists in the independent underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. Genres or subgenres often associated with indie rock include lo-fi, post-rock, sadcore, C86, and math rock, to list but a few; other related (and sometimes overlapping) categories include shoegazing and indie pop. Indie rock artists place a premium on maintaining complete control of their music and careers, releasing albums on independent record labels (sometimes their own) and relying on touring, word-of-mouth, and airplay on independent or college radio stations for promotion. Some end up moving to major labels, often on favorable terms won by their prior independent success.
In the United Kingdom, indie music charts have been compiled since the early 1980s. Initially, the charts featured bands that emerged with a form of guitar-based alternative rock that dominated the indie charts, particularly indie pop artists such as Aztec Camera and Orange Juice, the C86 jangle-pop movement and the twee pop of Sarah Records artists. Some definitive British indie rock bands of the 1980s were The Smiths, The Stone Roses and The Jesus and Mary Chain, whose music directly influenced 1990s alternative rock movements such as shoegazing and Britpop.
In the United States, the music commonly regarded as indie rock is descended from an alternative rock scene largely influenced by the movements of the 1970s and early 1980s and their DIY ethic. In the 1980s the term "indie rock" was particularly associated with the abrasive, distortion-heavy sounds of Hüsker Dü, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Big Black, and others that populated American indie labels, separating them from jangly college rock bands like R.E.M. and 10,000 Maniacs, who, by the end of the decade, were signed to major labels. The late eighties band Pixies is said to be the main influence in 1990s-present indie rock
With Arts Council funding for some independent bands, and an increasing range of advertising and commercial opportunities to distribute music, few popular acts are wholly independent. However indie music in the UK has perhaps benefited from the relatively broad overlap between 'mainstream' and 'indie' music genres. Radiohead release their music independently, do not accept corporate sponsorship and continue to make music which is experimental. They are also popular and well-known. There are many artists who make original, distinctive music, without aiming for mainstream success, in genres such as grime music. In this sense, the UK retains a tradition of creating original, experimental music, which has one eye on achieving mainstream success without being subsumed by major music corporations.
Indie Band Equipment
Often artists will record on old or poor recording equipment, ostensibly out of financial necessity but also due to the unique aural association such technologies have with "authenticity", an association created in listeners by exposure to years of demo, bootleg, and field recordings, as well as to older pop studio recordings produced more simply. The growth in lo-fi coincided with the growth of extreme slickness and polish associated with the multitrack pop recording techniques of the 1980s. Cassette technology such as Tascam's four-track Portastudio became widely available. Prime early exponents included Daniel Johnston, New Zealand bands such as the Tall Dwarfs, who recorded on Tascam 4-tracks.
Guitars & Amps
The guitar simply cannot be an Ibanez, a Dean or anything spikey for that matter!, Fender , Gibcon, Gretsch all the traditional names. It helps if it looks like it was possibly bought in a thrift shop circa 74′. The amplifier must be valve, preferably a Fender Twin, a Vox AC30 or something of that nature, a modelling POD just will just not cut the scene!
Lets take a look at Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead (circa200)
White Lies Gear Guide:
Here's the White Lies equipment that we managed to spot: Roland A-37 MIDI Controller, Fender Telecaster with Bigsby, Fender Thinline Telecaster, Gibson ES-335, Boss RV-5 Delay Reverb, Boss TU-2 Tuner, Electro Harmonix Graphic Fuzz, Electro Harmonix Big Muff, Line 6 DL4 Delay and an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail (sadly now discontinued, replaced by the Holy Grail Plus). Guitarist Harry McVeigh also uses a Hiwatt Hi-Gain Head Amp into a white Marshall 412 cab. Cool.
* Post-punk revival: Placebo, Arctic Monkeys, The View, Maxïmo Park, Franz Ferdinand,Editors, The Cribs, Razorlight, Royal Joker, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, The Futureheads, Interpol, Boy Kill Boy, Dirty Pretty Things, The Wombats, TV on the Radio,The Fratellis, Spoon, The Bravery
* Garage rock revival: The White Stripes, The Vines, The Strokes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Subways, The Libertines, The Hives, Ikara Colt, Motel Motel, Mclusky, Mooney Suzuki, The Horrors, The Von Bondies, The Black Keys, Dirty Little Rabbits, The Raconteurs, Johnossi, Modest Mouse, Little Joy
* Dance-punk: Death From Above 1979, Metric, MGMT, The Rapture, Klaxons, The Presets, MSTRKRFT, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Shitdisco, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, New Young Pony Club, !!!, Q and Not U, Foals, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Cut Copy, VHS or Beta, The Faint
Additional, less clearly defined genres include:
* Baroque pop: Arcade Fire, Danielson Famile, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Dry Paint, John Vanderslice, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Cloud Cult, Vampire Weekend, Ra Ra Riot
* New prog: Mew, Porcupine Tree, a.P.A.t.T., Muse, The Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria, The Secret Machines, Los Hermanos, Battles, People in Planes, Doves,Mystery Jets,Oceansize, Pure Reason Revolution
* Post-rock: Explosions in the Sky, Pelican, Sigur Rós, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Slint, Tortoise, Mono, 65 Days Of Static, iLiKETRAiNS, God Is an Astronaut
* Indie folk: The Dodos, Iron and Wine, Fleet Foxes, Motel Motel, Mount Eerie, Beirut, Bright Eyes, Vetiver, Feist, Bon Iver, Noah and the Whale, Damien Rice, Okkervil River
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kitenake wrote:sik loops for sure. what would you call this Billy. Maybe Glide loop ?? Glide to kite loop? I love it when you can get level with the kite. feels so sick.
I for Sure agree the loops in the vid are Sick, I hope no one read any differntly into my post..
.But Megaloops are off the flats with a differnt type of pull and wind plus you are penetrating the Wind as Wayne Mentioned (don't let him fool ya, about him not gettting yanked when he loops the kite, his loops are sick), so the yank is totally different. Back in 2008 this video has some "piece of shit" Calling them kiteloops around the 2:30 second mark, he even mentions double and triple kiteloops up high, I agree with him and still call them kiteloops out of glides. Funny though I call them Glideloops often with people who can do them..


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Alec Ross, senior advisor for innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, breaks down the implications of connective technologies.
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David Alpert is founder and president of Greater Greater Washington and executive director of DC Sustainable Transportation.
Driverless cars sound less and less like science fiction with each passing month, and that's prompted widespread discussion about how they might change society. They will bring many changes, but when it comes to the car's role in the city, they may just intensify current tensions.
The Atlantic Cities' own Emily Badger interviewed a research team of computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, who are studying how to make intersections move far more cars than they can today. They devised algorithms that let driverless cars flow through the intersection without need for lights that only let one direction of traffic move at a time.
But what's missing from this diagram? How about... people?
Badger writes,
[H]uman-driven cars would have to wait for a signal that would be optimized based on what everyone else is doing. And the same would be true of pedestrians and bike riders.
That certainly sounds like all other users of the road will have to act at the convenience of the driverless cars, under constraints designed to maximize vehicle movement instead of balancing the needs of various users.
My background is in computer science, too, and computer scientists love figuring out how to make complex systems perform efficiently. Driverless cars provide an opportunity to optimize the real-world traffic system, if you can get most people driving computer-controlled cars and can get all of those computers to cooperate.
But you can't optimize people so easily. Already, cities host ongoing and raucous debates over the role of cars versus people on their streets. For over 50 years, traffic engineers with the same dreams about optimizing whizzing cars have designed and redesigned intersections to move more and more vehicles.
These changes frequently pushed other users aside with longer waits for crosswalks, the need to push buttons to get a walk signal, awkward bridges over wider and wider arterials, or simply omitting bike or pedestrian facilities entirely and then blaming those users when careless drivers hit and kill them.
Some pro-automotive advocacy groups like to push the theme of a "war on cars," but bicyclists and pedestrians feel like there's been a war against them since the early 20th century. This Texas team's video just perpetuates that impression.
The video even depicts an intersection with a whopping 12 lanes for each roadway, at a time when most transportation professionals have come to believe that grids of smaller roads, not mega-arterials, are the best approach to mobility in metropolitan areas.
Driverless cars, therefore, are poised to trigger a whole new round of pressure to further redesign intersections for the throughput of vehicles above all else. It won't only happen in the cities, either. Suburban areas are often ground zero for these debates, where the majority of people drive, but a significant and often growing number are either unable to drive due to age or disabilities, or are unable to afford cars. (Driverless cars probably won't be cheaper.)
Suburbs, therefore, often develop a greater tyranny of the majority, where county and state departments of transportation optimize their roadways for car throughput and leave bus stops in awkward and narrow roadside spots, leave crosswalks out or even remove existing ones, and set the stage for rising deaths.
If autonomous cars travel much faster than today's cars and operate closer to other vehicles and obstacles, as we see in the Texas team's simulation, then they may well kill more pedestrians. Or, perhaps the computers controlling them will respond so quickly that they can avoid hitting any pedestrian, even one who steps out in front of a car.
In that case, we might see a small number of people taking advantage of that to cross through traffic, knowing the cars can't kill him. That will slow the cars down, and their drivers will start lobbying for even greater restrictions on pedestrians, like fences preventing midblock crossings.
Our metropolitan areas could then look, more and more, like zoos for humans interlaced with pathways for the dominant species, the robot car. Maybe the machines really are on the way to taking over, but instead of Skynet declaring war on humans, we'll be the ones passing laws and reshaping our communities for their convenience.
I'm not suggesting we avoid research into driverless cars. Like any technology, they can bring good or evil, depending how society handles them. Driverless cars can allow buses to become on-demand jitneys and virtually eliminate the need to own a personal car in a city, or to build huge amounts of parking under office buildings. Instead of storing cars during the day, they can just drive around and transport people like taxis.
But we do need researchers excited about driverless cars not to forget the human element. The goal of our built environment is not to move cars as fast as possible everywhere, but to create a better quality of life. The computer science researchers need to also talk to their colleagues in other disciplines, set appropriate goals that consider all users of the roads, and think about what algorithms can actually make life better.
Top image: The "Johnny Cab" from Total Recall, courtesy TriStar Pictures.
Cross-posted at Greater Greater Washington.
Big-box retailers nationwide are slashing their property taxes through a legal loophole known as "dark store theory." For the towns that rely on that revenue, this could be a disaster.
In an effort to beef up the city's tech workforce, the George Kaiser Family Foundation is offering $10,000, free rent, and other perks to remote workers who move to Tulsa for a year.
After Jeff Bezos set off one of the highest-profile bidding wars in modern history, Amazon picked two East Coast cities for its new headquarters. The surprise extra: There's something in it for Nashville, too.
France's most comprehensive car ban marks an important moment of cooperation for oft-quarreling municipalities.
New data shows that the majority of Americans describe their neighborhoods as suburban. Yet we still lack an official government definition of suburban areas.


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Earl Williams, a catcher who played for the Orioles in 1973 and 1974, died earlier this week at his home in Somerset, N.J., according to multiple reports.
Williams, who was the 1971 National League Rookie of the Year while with the Atlanta Braves, was 64 and had been diagnosed with leukemia, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
He was traded from Atlanta to the Orioles as part of a deal for Pat Dobson, Roric Harrison, Davey Johnson and Johnny Oates in November of 1972. In his two seasons in Baltimore, he batted .245 with 36 home runs and 135 RBIs in 250 games.
He was then traded back to the Braves for Jimmy Freeman.
In his eight-year major league career, he batted .247 with 138 homers and 457 RBIs.


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Musical performances from both the dawn of sound and the beginnings of one of rock 'n' roll's most storied careers are featured on newly released DVDs.
"Vitaphone Varieties: Volume Two" is a two-disc set available from Warner Video on Demand that features 35 short films that present performances recorded between 1926 and 1930.
The DVDs reveal musicians such as Fred Waring and Georgie Price and actors such as Fred Allen and Edgar Bergen in a time-capsule collection that uncovers classic vaudeville acts just as they were put onstage back in the day.
Much more recent is "The Rolling Stones -- Charlie Is My Darling -- Ireland 1965," an often-written-about but never officially released documentary that shows the band just at the moment when "Satisfaction" was reaching the No. 1 spot on the charts.


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Previa Power!
It is no secret that my dream build is a Previa or Estima of the 90's body style in full blown bippu/vanning style. Seriously, no secret. I have loved Previas since I was a kid and my folks had Cadet Blue '93 Previa that was our family battle tank. TANK! She went for 337,072 miles in her tenure with us and did it with grace. TANK!
I am sure you have seen this Previa in some facet posted up somewhere on the interwebs because you cannot go far in life without admiring true Vanning beauty. Ground-pounding and pantie-dropping.
A giant sex machine rolling on a set of staggered Work Meister S1's and doing a damn good job of it!
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Traditional mill offering the very best in Scottish Knitwear, tartans and gifts including pottery, china, glass and...
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A family business at the head of Loch Fyne producing award winning, cask conditioned real ale.
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Pottery studio & craft gallery showcasing ceramics, jewellery, photography, paintings, textiles and other traditional crafts.
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U.S. Jobless Claims Rise, but Remain Near Eight-Year Lows
Unemployment Benefit Claims Increased by 21,000 to 311,000
WASHINGTON—New applications for unemployment benefits rose last week but remained near eight-year lows.
Initial claims for unemployment benefits increased by 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 311,000 in the week ended Aug. 9, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was more than the 295,000 new claims forecast by economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal and the highest level since June. Claims for the previous week were revised up slightly to 290,000....


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Of the Office for Civil Rights
Fiscal Year 2006
B. Proactive Enforcement
Compliance Reviews
As a part of its proactive enforcement plan, OCR resolved seven Title IX compliance reviews at postsecondary institutions. OCR conducted an extensive review of each recipient's harassment policies, complaint and grievance procedures, and institutional publications. OCR identified areas of noncompliance at each of the institutions, and the recipients entered into agreements with OCR to take action to remedy Title IX compliance concerns.
As a result of OCR's review, the institutions agreed to implement internal institutional procedures for determining compliance with Title IX, and to provide steps to promptly and equitably remedy noncompliance. The recipients also agreed to disseminate uniform notices of nondiscrimination that comply with Title IX, and to write the notices so they would be easily understood, identified and located in all university publications. The postsecondary institutions also agreed to develop and use grievance procedures for allegations of sexual harassment filed by students, employees and outside parties.
In FY 2006, OCR ended monitoring of these agreements after determining that the recipients fully implemented the terms of the agreements and remedied the areas of noncompliance previously identified. OCR's review of the policies and procedures at these postsecondary institutions affected a total of approximately 24,000 students.
Technical Assistance
As part of its proactive enforcement of Title IX in FY 2006, OCR provided technical assistance presentations on the requirements of Title IX, including targeted presentations on Title IX as it applies to school athletics and on the responsibilities of schools to address and prevent sexual harassment. It provided technical assistance on sexual harassment to approximately 350 school district staff members, and it conducted a Title IX training workshop at a conference sponsored by a state association of school administrators.
I consider it my good fortune that the timing of things allowed me to attend the Title IX workshops you provided. My group session was very clear and informative in explaining the law and the expectations for school system employers ... To have the opportunity to hear more about the real-world application of Title IX and to be able to ask questions pertaining to my own situations or to clarify my own areas of confusion was great ... I was truly impressed with your knowledge ...
E-mail from an assistant superintendent for human resources and administration
OCR also conducted training for representatives of a state university and a consortium of a six-county area, which includes nine school districts and serves over 68,000 public school students, approximately 6,000 educators, and several hundred education administrators, on Title IX procedural safeguards and the responsibilities of a school district under Title IX.


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We check over 450 stores daily and we last saw this product for $41 at Bluefly.Go to Bluefly
We check over 450 stores daily and we last saw this product for $41 at Bluefly.Go to Bluefly
Angelica. 25 of each bracelet gets donated to Generation Rescue supporting autism. Designed and manufactured in the USA. Made only by recycled metals. Expandable to fit everyone. Bangle comes in Angelica gift pouch. U.S.A. Brass. Angelica Tween Bangles is one of the most popular fashion products for teenagers out right now. Sized perfectly for children, these bracelets feature age-appropriate symbols of heart, love, sports, special events and many more. With over a thousand different styles to choose from, it makes them ideal to fit your every mood, style and inspiration. It also makes a great gift idea for a friend, loved one and even yourself. Angelica gives back $. 25 of every bracelet directly to Generation Rescue to support programs that improve the quality of life for those affected by autism. These bangles are made from recycled metal making them eco-friendly and proudly manufactured in the USA. Color: yellow


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Arsenal forward Theo Walcott claims the club are getting better every year and insists his side should not panic in their bid to secure a Champions League place this season.
After suffering a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Arsene Wenger's men now sit sixth in the Premier League, seven points behind fourth-placed Tottenham and nine behind Rafa Benitez's side who are in third.
The 23-year-old finally signed a new long-term deal with Arsenal last week after months of speculation and the England international claims the improvement of the squad persuaded him to commit to the club.
"I signed my new contract because I believe this team is getting better and we don't want to be standing still," Walcott told reporters.
"We've got to start clocking up points fast. We were out of the top four for quite a while last year as well and still managed to finish third, so we can't start worrying about what Spurs are doing."
Despite suggesting the personnel in Wenger's squad has improved, Walcott concedes the players lack confidence and has urged his team-mates to start stronger in matches after goals from Juan Mata and Frank Lampard saw Arsenal trail after just 16 minutes in Sunday's defeat.
"I think there's a lack of belief here. We need to start realising just how good we are. We've got some very, very good players but some of them don't believe they are good enough at times," Walcott said.
"We showed some great stuff in the second half at Chelsea and that didn't surprise me. But we can't be coming out of the blocks as slowly as we have done.
"On Sunday we were too slow, gave them too much space, we were sloppy closing down and we didn't show enough commitment.
"As soon as we pressurised Chelsea after the break we showed what we can do. But we need to play like that for 90 minutes, not just the second half."


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Gold prices have fallen 5 percent in the space of just over two weeks on prospects for weak global growth and inflation, and commodity experts tell CNBC that with no major catalyst to drive prices back up, gold bulls targeting $2000 an ounce by year-end are in for a major let down.
After surging to a nine-month high of around $1,795 at the beginning of October, the precious metal has fallen to around $1700 an ounce on Thursday.
A few months ago, traders were betting on a move up to $2000 on expectations that massive quantitative easing by major central banks would encourage spending and lift asset prices and gold, used as a hedge against inflation.
But this has not materialized and gold prices have weakened as a result, said UBS commodities analyst Tom Price.
"Instead of spending you have deleveraging going on, people are taking cash and paying down debt, that's a bearish sign," Price said.
Recent strength in the U.S. dollar – which has risen 0.5 percent against a basket of currencies in the last month, has also contributed to the sell down in gold, said Ric Spooner, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets Asia Pacific.
A strong dollar generally means lower gold prices. When the dollar strengthens, gold futures, which are traded in dollars, become more expensive for investors who use other currencies.
And, there is limited upside for the precious metal in the coming months, say analysts, given the bleak inflation outlook and growing risk aversion in global equity markets.
As investors look to move to the sidelines, they are likely to sell gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) and this will further weigh on gold prices, said Jonathan Barratt, CEO and founder of Barratt's Bulletin, a commodity newsletter in Sydney.
For instance the SPDR Gold Trust, one of the biggest ETFs, has fallen 3.6 percent over the past month.
"The SPDR gold fund has more gold holdings than the French central bank, if investors decide to get out, you have physical sales which will impact the price of gold," he said.
Barratt, who started scaling back his long position in gold two weeks ago, forecasts the precious metal will likely end the year below $1700, with $1635 the lower end of his target range.
Festive Season
While the festive season in the world's top consumer of bullion, India, will provide some support to gold prices, it is unlikely to have a lasting impact, according to analysts.
The precious metal, which is widely regarded as a store of wealth by Indians, is traditionally gifted during weddings and religious occasions, particularly during the months of October and November.
"The Indian festival season is an important fundamental driver for gold, we will see a few weeks of gold buying, but weakness in the rupee which translates into higher gold prices, could limit buying this year," said Price.
(Slideshow: World's Largest Gold Mines)
Barratt, who agrees that Indian buying will not be enough to counter selling by investors, says the next major risk event for gold will be the November 6 U.S. presidential election.
"The election is a game changer, if we get an Obama win, gold prices will stay steady, but if (Republican challenger Mitt) Romney comes in, gold will edge lower," Barratt said.
"If Romney wins, he will stop spending and we will get a new Fed chairman who won't be aggressive in printing money," he said, adding that this will lower inflation expectations further and cause a correction in gold prices.


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Showcase your Indiana Pacers spirit with this Pride tee. Its unique and vibrant Indiana Pacers graphics make this shirt a truly special addition.In celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month, we're excited to announce a collaboration between the NBA & WNBA, GLSEN, and Fanatics where fans can choose from an exclusive line of Fanatics Pride t-shirts featuring any NBA or WNBA team logo, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting GLSEN. The NBA will also donate $10,000 to help support GLSEN's efforts to create safer school environments for all students.


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The exhibit offers a variety of subjects from the Moab and greater Four Corners area by artists who paint using acrylic, pastel, oil and watercolor.
The public is invited to the show reception, which is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. Thomas Klema from Durango will be performing original guitar music and Moab's Larry Edwards will give a brief poetry reading.
The Plein Air Painters of the Four Corners was begun in 2001 by a group of like-minded artists who were passionate about creating art in the out-of-doors.
"Painting in nature allows for direct observation and capturing light, shadow and color on an intimate level," Dailey said in a news release.
Since its founding, the group has grown to 40 members, representing New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. Bimonthly painting excursions have been held at various national and state parks, including Dead Horse Point, Arches, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde and Chaco, Monument Valley and other scenic spots in the Four Corners region.
The group's members are represented in galleries across the nation and exhibit in numerous national and regional juried art shows. Annual group exhibitions have been on display in locations such as San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., the Farmington Museum, Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., the Durango Art Center, and Mesa Verde National Park.
In addition to Dailey's work, the Big Horn Gallery exhibit will feature works by Jane Clayton, Deborah Doty, Jeri Friesen, Jan Goldman, Sonya Johnson, Julane Jensen, Barbara Tobin Klema, Gayle Lewis, Mary MacAdams, Fran Mayfield, Helen Pruski, Stephen Unger and KK Walling.
The Big Horn Gallery is located in the visitor's center at Dead Horse Point State Park, which is 32 miles northwest of Moab. The center is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through mid-October. Park admission is $10.
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Hungry for some south of the border cuisine?
FORT WALTON BEACH � Hungry for some south of the border cuisine? You�ll not be disappointed in Okaloosa County, home to many different Mexican-style restaurants. Choices run the gamut, from fast food and chain restaurants to budget-minded eateries and higher-end established.
Based on price, Los Rancheros in Fort Walton Beach sits in the middle of the pack. Most menu choices cost less than $16, and the restaurant offers lunch specials for $5.95 and $5.50 Thursday combination dinners for people mindful of their budgets.
From the recently made over exterior and interior, to the staff, Los Rancheros provides a viable Latin cuisine experience that won�t get you in trouble with your credit card provider.
The food
I would not refer to online versions of the menu, which are either out of date or incomplete. The Quick Bites sidebar to this profile gives a more accurate picture of price ranges. The menu was extensive and could not be replicated in its entirety.
You may want to start at the Cantina, which offers a compliment of Latin-themed mixed drinks, domestic and imported beers, wine, soft drinks and coffee. As you might expect, the flagship of the mixed drink offerings is the margarita, which comes in various sizes, some that may require a team to finish.
Appetizers run the gamut from nachos and stuffed jalapenos, to selections that cater to a more north-of-the-border palate, like wings and chicken fingers. On one visit, I tried the chicken nachos, a heaping plate of crispy nacho chips topped with succulent chunks of chicken, melted cheese, jalapenos and lettuce, with sides of sour cream and salsa.
Main dishes and combo platters allow diners to sample different kinds of Latin dishes, or if your tastes are more specific, you can order single-item dinners like burritos and enchiladas. House entrees include quesadillas, mole poblano, tacos and chimichangas, to name a few.
On a separate visit, I tried the sampler platter. I should mention that as each table is seated, a basket of chips and salsa are produced that will satisfy any immediate hunger cravings. Just be careful � you want to leave room for the main event.
My platter came with a variety of items, including fried chicken strips, stuffed jalapenos, and quesadillas. The strips were crunchy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The jalapenos were spicy but not overly hot, and the quesadillas were creamy and delicious, peppered with succulent chunks of chicken.
Partake of the Grill and you can choose between Carne Asada (shrimp is an option), chicken, and steak. Other menu offerings include fajitas, and seafood dishes like the Krab Meat Enchilada. Los Rancheros also offers several vegetarian plates.
End your meal with a dessert. Among the offerings are flan, an apple burrito and fried ice cream.
For the kids, there are hot dogs, fries, cheeseburgers, pizza and chicken fingers.
A separate lunch menu offers taco salads, chile relleno, tacos, tamales, tostados and enchiladas, all in the $5-$8 range.
See? The menu is extensive.
The atmosphere
From both outside and inside, Los Rancheros looks like what you�d expect a Mexican restaurant to look like. Lighting is muted and walls are faux stucco. While I�m no architect, I would describe the building and its interior as hacienda style.
Latin music plays on the sound system, and on one night we visited, a Maruichi band visited tables, playing for diners. I�m not a fan of tableside music, but if that�s your taste, you�ll be entertained.
The service
When you enter the restaurant a server greets you at a welcome station and directs you to your table. Drink orders are taken and chips brought. Later, your orders are collected. I found the staff to be helpful and attentive, but not intrusive.
A final taste
Los Rancheros provides a comfortable venue and an extensive menu of Latin-themed cuisine at prices that will fit most any budget. Their lunch and combo meal specials are an attractive option for people watching their pocketbooks, and their location, at the corner of Eglin Parkway and South Avenue, makes them quickly accessible to people all over town.
Restaurant: Los Rancheros
Location: 300 Eglin Parkway, Fort Walton Beach
Telephone: 850-862-2007
Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon-9 p.m. Sunday.
Handicap accessibility: good
Children�s menu: $4.29-$4.59
Reservations: not necessary
Price range:
Appetizers: $4.99-$8.99
Main dishes: $7.99-$9.95
Combo platters: $8.59-$9.95
Enchiladas: $9.79
Specials of the House: $9.29-$13.59
El Grill: $10.99-$15.99
Fajitas: $12.79-$14.99
Seafood: $11.99-$14.59
Desserts: $2.79-$4.59
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So Why Can't Michael Phelps Get His Gold Medals On Gold Chains?
Oh joy: another 'homage' cover from a magazine industry that appears to be running as thin on new ideas as it is ad pages! We will be sure to save this one in the hyperbaric chamber in which Gawker Media stores valuable artifacts of the dying days of print media alongside last month's Esquire's Stephen Colbert cover homage to Esquire's 1968 Mohammad Ali cover and that New York Marilyn Monroe homage cover featuring Lindsay Lohan and Esquire's homage to that disturbing (if your mom ever told you shaving your face would make you grow hair there anyway) 1965 Virna Lisi cover featuring Jessica Simpson and also Esquire's February homage cover ripping off that 1967 Angie (yes that one!) Dickinson photo to which they already paid homage to back in 2003 when Britney Spears could sell magazines not named OK!…are we missing any? Most certainly!It's not as if mid-century was such a golden age for magazine circulations. Esquire got up around a million during its heyday, sure, and now it's probably about 25% off that, but Sports Illustrated is actually significantly more widely read than it was in the seventies. But editors back them were at least a little less the prisoners of cover-testing and circulation departments. So it's no wonder that their more conservative descendents hark back to an earlier era when every tired cover gimmick was still new—and when Mark Spitz somehow convinced the International Olympic Committee to give him his medals on gold chains (check the photo) and the world was cooler then.


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EZdrummer 2 announced by Toontrack
Toontrack announce EZdrummer 2by Danny Edwards
Toontrack have announced the release of EZdrummer 2 - and they are telling us it's a "game changer".
EZdrummer 2 boasts huge improvements over the original, with a big focus on the new powerful audio engine and revamped interface that make this step up from the original to EZ drummer 2 extremely worthwhile.
"This is not just an update or a new digit added to the logo, it's a completely new program, overhauled down to the tiniest detail", said Peter Knutsson, Toontrack's CEO. "The release of EZdrummer 2 will not only be a milestone in the history of our company, it will be the day we add a new meaning to what the music industry commonly refers to as a 'drum sampler'."
Other new features include revolutionary songwriting features, a new mixer, user friendly effects chains, two massive sound libraries with a huge selection of percussive instruments and improved loading times. One big feature is the enhanced flexibility with the ability to use separate elements from the EZX libraries, which EZdrummer veterans have found limiting in the past.
Free EZdrummer 2 Upgrade
You heard right! On May 6th 2014, EZdrummer will no longer be available for purchase. It will be replaced by EZdrummer 2. If you purchase EZdrummer now you will automatically receive a free upgrade to EZdrummer 2 (available on release). This offer expires on May 6 2014, so don't miss out!
Modernised EZX Expansion Packs
All audio and MIDI content from the currently available version of EZdrummer will be converted into a regular EZX expansion (available May 6, 2014). This as well as all other available EZX expansions will be modernised with new graphics and effect chain presets optimized for EZdrummer 2 (available May 6, 2014).
It looks like Toontrack have done themselves proud. The free EZdrummer 2 upgrade offer is definitely one to get your paws on. Take a look at the promo video below to find out more:
What is everyone thinking about the new changes? Can it rival Superior Drummer 2.0?


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Judge To Everyone In Georgia Prenda Case: Would You All Just Please Shut Up Already
from the stop-filing-motions dept
Either way, every few days there's a flurry of filings back and forth, and it appears that the judge is sick of it all, angrily telling both sides to knock it off because he's actually busy with stuff that matters:
Subsequent motions repeat variants on the same allegations, whether they are titled "Motion for Sanctions" or "Response in Opposition to Motion." (See, e.g., ECF Nos. 21, 25, 26, 30, 32, 60, 61, 62, 63, 68, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80.)Basically the judge recognizes that this case has turned into a bit of an angry pissing match and wants that to stop. Probably makes sense. As amusing as Nazaire's attempts at playing lawyer have been, it would better if things actually moved forward.
At this time, the court is otherwise engaged and is unable to immediately schedule a hearing on the motions. The court believes that the current motions on the table are sufficient to articulate both sides' alleged grievances. Moreover, the court does not believe that further motions or responses would serve to meaningfully advance the litigation at hand. Therefore, plaintiff and defendant are hereby ENJOINED from filing a motion of any kind without this court's prior approval. The court will set a hearing on all pending motions in the near future.


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2013 nissan maxima Model Overview
Vehicle Overview
Although the 2013 Nissan Maxima targets the non-premium full-size sedan segment, the automaker's flagship has less passenger and luggage volume than the midsize Altima sedan. Unlike the Altima, which is available with a 182-hp 2.5-liter I-4 or a 270-hp 3.5-liter V-6, the Maxima comes with just one powertrain: a 290-hp 3.5-liter V-6 engine with 261 lb-ft of torque mated to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that sends power to the front wheels. The Maxima earns an EPA rated 19/26 mpg city/highway. It's been four years since the Maxima's last major update.
In our 2013 Nissan Maxima First Test, we noted that the "four-door sports car" was only marginally faster than the Altima in acceleration and handling tests, although performance-oriented tires helped the Maxima feel sportier. For an as tested (and heavily optioned) price of around $40,000, we suggested two similarly priced sporty rear-drive alternatives: the full-size Dodge Charger R/T equipped with a 370-hp, 395-lb-ft 5.7-liter V-8 or the compact BMW 328i with a 240-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter I-4 – both of which were quicker to 60 mph and through the figure-eight test. In a comparison test involving two full-size, front-drive rivals (Hyundai Azera and Toyota Avalon), we found the Maxima the sportiest, saying, "The Maxima, lovely-driving car though it is, simply can't make up with road pleasures what it lacks in interior space, trunk room, and modern interior expectations. A likeable, third-place finish, then."
For 2013, a new SV Value Package features a nine-speaker Bose audio system, satellite radio, heated front seats, heated steering wheel, and heated outside mirrors. The Sport Package now includes the Monitor Package (seven-inch color monitor, USB port, iPod control, and rear-view monitor), climate-controlled driver's seat, and dark hyper silver finish 19-inch alloy wheels. Pearl White paint is also new. The 2013 Nissan Maxima sedan has a four-star overall safety rating from the NHTSA (out of a possible five stars) and earned a "Good" rating in the moderate front overlap and side impact tests as well as an "Acceptable" rating in the small front overlap and roof strength tests from the IIHS for cars built after November 2012.
New for 2013
A new SV Value Package features Bose audio system and satellite radio as well as heated front seats, steering wheel, and mirrors. The Monitor Package, a climate-controlled driver's seat, and 19-inch wheels are now included in the Sport Package. Pearl White is a new exterior color.
You'll Like
- Sportier than other full-size, front-drive sedans
- Comfortable front seats
- Among the lightest in the segment
You Won't Like
- Smaller inside than cheaper Altima
- Fun-sucking CVT
- Sporty rear-drive sedans for not much more
Key Competitors
- Toyota Avalon
- Chevrolet Impala
- Kia Cadenza
- Ford Taurus
- Hyundai Azera