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BRISTOL, Tenn. – On what was a cool rainy day at Parks Field, the King University men's soccer team took home their first victory of the year. The Tornado got a goal in the 65th minute from Thomas Dube to defeat Pfeiffer University 1-0.
In the first half, both teams went back-and-forth with King (1-3-1, 1-0 CC) having the better of the scoring chances. The Tornado placed two shots on goal, the first from Eli Carasco in the 11th minute, and the other coming in the 17th minute off the foot of Thomas Dube. However, both shots were turned away by Falcon goalkeeper Nicolas Dulac.
Pfeiffer (2-3-1, 0-1 CC) took four shots in the opening half, but not were on target. Their best scoring chance came in the final 10 seconds as they had a shot blocked that resulted in a corner kick. King escaped, leaving a scoreless tie at halftime.
The Tornado continued to put pressure on Pfeiffer as Ryan Murphy took a free kick from 30 yards out that was saved by Dulac. Only two minutes later, Kendal Liburd had a chance, but he put his shot wide right to keep the game scoreless.
King finally broke through in the 65th minute as Dube took a lead pass from Peter Griffith 30 yards from the goal in the middle of the field. Dube was behind the defense, and slid his shot past Dulac to give King the 1-0 lead.
After that point, the Tornado defense dug in, only allowing a pair of corner kicks and one shot, that wasn't on net. King then ran out the clock to take their first victory of the season, and head coach John Miglarese's first win at King.
The shots were nearly even as King outshot Pfeiffer 9-8, but the Tornado put seven of their nine shots on goal while the Falcons had just one shot on goal.
King will be in action again on Wednesday when they host Carson-Newman. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.


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City of Hannibal accepting used Christmas trees.
Live Christmas trees may be taken to the following locations in Hannibal until Saturday, Jan. 19 - McMasters Avenue Fire Station No. 3 and the Yard Waste Lot at 701 Warren Barrett Dr.
When dropping off Christmas trees at the McMasters Avenue Fire Station they should be left between the drill tower and the creek. The Hannibal City's Yard Waste Lot is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
All trees being discarded must be free of ornaments, tinsel and any other decorations not part of the tree.

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text: Gallery: 10 things to know about Pope FrancisHO, AFP/Getty Images 03.13.2013The new pope never lived in the church mansion in Buenos Aires, preferring a simple bed in a downtown room that was heated by a small stove. For years, he took public transit around the city.HO / AFP/Getty ImagesBergoglio, who has spent nearly his entire career at home in Argentina, is the first pontiff from the Americas.Peter Macdiarmid / Getty ImagesWhen Bergoglio (left) stated that gay adoptions discriminate against children, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (right) compared his tone to "medieval times and the Inquisition."HO / AFP/Getty ImagesIn a lifetime of teaching and leading priests in Latin America, which has the largest share of the world's Catholics, Bergoglio has shown a keen political sensibility as well as a self-effacing humility, according to his official biographer, Sergio Rubin. His personal style is the antithesis of Vatican splendor.Natacha Pisarenko / APBergoglio (right) is known for modernizing an Argentine church that had been among the most conservative in Latin America.Andrew Medichini / AP filesBergoglio had a lung removed due to infection when he was a teenager.HUGO VILLALOBOS / AFP/Getty ImagesBergoglio's critics accuse him of failing to stand up publicly against the country's military dictatorship from 1976-1983, when some opponents of the military faced torture, death and kidnappings.Natacha Pisarenko / APPope Francis (right) reportedly finished second in the 2005 conclave that produced Benedict (left) — who last month became the first pope to resign in 600 years. He also participated in conclave that elected Pope Benedict.OSSERVATORE ROMANO / AFP/Getty ImagesBergoglio is the first Jesuit pope.Luca Bruno / APBesides Spanish, Pope Francis also speaks Italian and German.PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP/Getty ImagesShareAdjustCommentPrint xShareGallery: 10 things to know about Pope Francis Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Google Linkedin


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National Register of Historic Places Program: Fundamentals
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.
Where to Start (How to list a property)
The National Register nomination process usually starts with your State Historic Preservation Office* (SHPO). Contact your SHPO or check their web page for National Register information, research materials, and necessary forms to begin the nomination process. If the property is on federal or tribal land, then the process starts with the Federal Preservation Office or Tribal Preservation Office. (More on FPO and TPOs.)
How are Properties Evaluated?
To be considered eligible, a property must meet the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. This involves examining the property's age, integrity, and significance.
• Age and Integrity. Is the property old enough to be considered historic (generally at least 50 years old) and does it still look much the way it did in the past?
• Significance. Is the property associated with events, activities, or developments that were important in the past? With the lives of people who were important in the past? With significant architectural history, landscape history, or engineering achievements? Does it have the potential to yield information through archeological investigation about our past?
National Register Listing Process
• Nominations can be submitted to your SHPO from property owners, historical societies, preservation organizations, governmental agencies, and other individuals or groups. Official National Register Nomination Forms are downloadable or from your State Historic Preservation Office. National Register Bulletins can also provide guidance on how to document and evaluate certain types of properties. Sample Nominations provide additional useful information.
• The SHPO notifies affected property owners and local governments and solicits public comment. If the owner (or a majority of owners for a district nomination) objects, the property cannot be listed but may be forwarded to the National Park Service for a Determination of Eligibility (DOE).
• Proposed nominations are reviewed by your state's historic preservation office and the state's National Register Review Board. The length of the state process varies but will take a minimum of 90 days.
• Complete nominations, with certifying recommendations, are submitted by the state to the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. for final review and listing by the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places. The National park Service makes a listing decision within 45 days.
*Note: National Register nominations of Tribal properties start with the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. National Register nominations of federal properties start with the agency's Federal Preservation Officer.
Results & Owner Information
Listing in the National Register of Historic Places provides formal recognition of a property's historical, architectural, or archeological significance based on national standards used by every state. Results include:
• Becoming part of the National Register Archives, a public, searchable database that provides a wealth of research information.
• Encouraging preservation of historic resources by documenting a property's historic significance.
• Providing opportunities for specific preservation incentives, such as:
> Federal preservation grants for planning and rehabilitation
> Federal investment tax credits
> Preservation easements to nonprofit organizations
> International Building Code fire and life safety code alternatives
• Possible State tax benefit and grant opportunities. Check with your State Historic Preservation Office for historic property incentives available within your state.
• Involvement from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation when a Federal agency project may affect historic property.
• Find out information on the care and maintenance of your historic property through various NPS Preservation Briefs and Tech Notes.
• Network with other historic property owners, tour historic areas, or chat with preservationists through Conferences, Workshops, and Preservation Organizations.
• Celebrate your listing by ordering a bronze plaque that distinguishes your property as listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Listing and Ownership
•Under Federal Law, the listing of a property in the National Register places no restrictions on what a non-federal owner may do with their property up to and including destruction, unless the property is involved in a project that receives Federal assistance, usually funding or licensing/permitting.
• National Register listing does not lead to public acquisition or require public access.
• A property will not be listed if, for individual properties, the owner objects, or for districts, a majority of property owners object.
• National Register listing does not automatically invoke local historic district zoning or local landmark designation.
• Federal Regulation 36 CFR 60 authorizes the National Register of Historic Places.
• Contact your State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for any specific state rules or regulations
Federal Agency Historic Preservation
In conjunction with the Secretary of the Interior, all Federal agencies establish their own historic preservation programs for the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties as mandated in Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. These individual agency programs vary greatly in scope, depending on the degree to which the agency owns, controls, or affects historic properties. The NPS Federal Agency Preservation Assistance Program carries out a number of activities to assist Federal agencies in meeting their historic preservation responsibilities. Check with the Federal Preservation Officer (FPO) within a particular federal agency for additional information.
Tribal Historic Preservation
The NPS Tribal Preservation Program assists Indian tribes in preserving their historic properties and cultural traditions. Among the responsibilities assumed by these tribes are conducting historic property surveys, maintaining permanent inventories of historic properties, nominating properties to the National Register of Historic Places, and reviewing Federal agency assisted projects. Contact the specific tribal officer from the following list of Tribal Preservation Officers for additional information.


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What to CookAmanda & Merrill
Roasted Zucchini with Chili-Mint Vinaigrette
- Merrill
Last summer, I fell in love with this preparation for zucchini, using mint and chili, after I ate something like it at one of my favorite local restaurants in Brooklyn. This year, I'm still loving zucchini with mint and chili, but I decided to come at it from a slightly different angle. Last week, inspired by the genius of Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirscheimer's recent roasted zucchini lunch, I decided to try roasting the squash.
To get the flavors of the mint and chili to really soak into the zucchini, I whisked together a simple vinaigrette with sherry vinegar, fresh chopped mint and chili flakes and drizzled this over the squash before roasting it. I drizzled some more over the cooked zucchini and served it after it had cooled for a few minutes. This is a dish that can be made ahead and served cold or at room temperature, or eaten straight from the oven. Whichever you choose, make sure you start with excellent zucchini -- it'll make all the difference.
Roasted Zucchini with Chili-Mint Vinaigrette
Serves 6
- 3 tablespoons red wine or sherry vinegar
- Pinch sugar
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Large pinch of red chili flakes
- 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves, chopped
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 medium zucchini and/or summer squash
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
Like this post? See Merrill's post from last week: Radish and Escarole Salad with Anchovy Vinaigrette
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A scenic road is much more than seeing pretty rocks and gorgeous vistas. Some are historic routes while others are parkways and byways. Also, some are state scenic roads while others are national. Substantial study and planning goes into the identification and designation of each scenic road.
Arizona has 27 scenic roads; each with their own features and characteristics. Each scenic road is covered in depth in this web site. Included are maps, photo tours, community links, and stories from people who visited and experienced these routes.
The scenic roads are divided geographically in Northern, North Central, Phoenix and Central, Tucson and Central, and Arizona's West Coast regions of the state.
We have maps and desktop wallpapers to help you become acquainted with our scenic roads and remember their expanse and beauty.


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Katie Holmes & Suri: FAO Schwarz Shopping!
Katie Holmes treats her 5-year-old daughter, Suri, to a shopping trip at FAO Schwarz on Wednesday (December 14) in New York City.
The 32-year-old actress browsed the huge toy store with Suri after taking her little girl to gymnastics class. Check out Suri's gold shoes and pink tiara!
Katie's hubby, Tom Cruise, meanwhile has been jetting all around the world to promote his latest movie, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.
The 49-year-old actor most recently touched down in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he premiered the action flick with co-star Paula Patton.
FYI: Katie is carrying a Clare Vivier red messenger bag.
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Ralph MacchioUploader
Todd HollandDirector
Molly RingwaldActor
Kevin ConnollyActor
Pat O'BrienActor
Michael LernerActor
Funny Or DieExecutive Producer
Chad CarterWriter
Chris KulaWriter
Antonio ScarlataCinematographer
June Diane RaphaelActor
Shauna O'TooleMake Up & Hair
Christin TroganProducer
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Starring Ralph Macchio as Himself
Featuring Molly Ringwald, Kevin Connelly, Pat O'Brien, and Michael Lerner
Also featuring June Raphael, Tiffany Haddish, Jack Lozano, Stephen Halasz, Phil Powers, Conor Patrick Lane, Patty McCollim, Peter Cameron, Shane Arenal, & Allison Gersten
Directed by Todd Holland
Written by Chris Kula and Chad Carter
Concept by Ralph Macchio
Director of Photography: Antonio Scarlata
Produced by Christin Trogan
Executive Producer: Mike Farah
Edited by John M. Valerio
B Camera Operators: Zachary Zdzeibko & Scott Johnson
ACs: Spencer Cole Hutchins and Matt Mazany
First AD: David D'Ovidio
G&E: Ricky Fosheim, Kevin Stewart, Juian Lormant, & Richard Kim
Sound: BoTown Sound
Art Design: Caity Birmingham, Ayse Arf, & Jessica Valentine
Makeup and Hair: Shauna O'Toole
Wardrobe: Leslie Schilling
Production Assistants: Jon Ziskal, Michelle Flowers, Elliot Dickerhoof & Lily Fettis
Stuntment: Eric Linden & Joe Fielder
Extras: Sy Ozcan, Stefan Thom, Rick Quaresma, Jennifer Bashian, Josh George, Kendall Anlian, Graig Cooper, Shannon Madden, Sara Tenger, Jessica Buchholz, Julia Corpion, Scott Hayes, Rachel Hastings, Tanya Shaby, Chris Mastro, Joe Reilly, Brian Edwards, Michelle Flowers
Assistant to Mr. Holland: Sara Woomer
Special Thanks to Jason Sereno, Brian Mulchy, Dustin Bowser, Brian Lane, and Cinespace of Hollywood
June 08, 2010
(music plays)
(sound bites from The Karate Kid is heard)
(sound bites end and music continues)
Ralph Macchio: What is this?
June Diane Raphael: Honey, we're worried about you.
June Diane Raphael: All of your loved ones are
here. Your manager,
June Diane Raphael: your family, our mailman, Jose, the gardener,
and Stan our new neighbor.
June Diane Raphael: We just want to talk to you.
June Diane Raphael: Jose, you want to start?
Pickup Driver: Stay cool, Ponyboy!
Teenager: You know he wasn't being
nice, right?
Michael Lerner: I spoke to every studio in
town. They think you're kind,
Michael Lerner: you're polite, you're gentle,
you're sweet. No one wants to hire you.
Kevin Connolly: Nice guys finish last. It's a
cautionary tale.
Kevin Connolly: It's a lesson learned.
Molly Ringwald: Somewhere between Sixteen
Candles and Pretty in Pink,
Molly Ringwald: my publicist told me not to be seen with him.
Michael Lerner: How's he going to
have a career?
Michael Lerner: He's not an
alcoholic. He doesn't do
Michael Lerner: prostitutes. If he were a
degenerate, I could sell him.
June Diane Raphael: Are you sure you've never
slept with anyone else?
Ralph Macchio: No one but you.
(music is playing)
Ralph Macchio: (VO) I am not going to take
this lying down.
Michael Lerner: (VO) What can he play? Huh? A wholesome family man? Where?
Michael Lerner: What planet?
What universe?
Michael Lerner: Where you been? Do you watch
television? Huh?
Michael Lerner: What the fuck are you
talking about?
June Diane Raphael: You want to make
a what?
Ralph Macchio: A sex tape.
With no cuddling.
June Diane Raphael: Are you sure, Ralph?
June Diane Raphael: I mean, the cuddling is your
favorite part.
June Diane Raphael: Look, if you can't get a
sitcom maybe you could market
June Diane Raphael: a face cream for men.
Ralph Macchio: Bullcrap. I've been
hearing that for years.
Ralph Macchio: I meant to do that.
Michael Lerner: Robert Downey Jr.,
Colin Farrell...
(Colin Farrell is heard)
Michael Lerner: ...the kid from England,
what's his name? Hugh Grant.
Michael Lerner: They got arrested for
Michael Lerner: They had drug problems.
You know, they were brilliant.
Ralph Macchio: What? What?
No pictures guys.
Ralph Macchio: Look, I am trying to have a
clandestine brunch
Ralph Macchio: with my underage lady-friend.
Michael Lerner: (VO) They want alcoholics.
Michael Lerner: (VO) Drug addicts.
Michael Lerner: You're none of those.
Ralph Macchio: I don't think you understand.
I'm engaged in illicit
Ralph Macchio: behavior and I would prefer not
to be photographed.
Ralph Macchio: And I'm sorry about
your arm.
Michael Lerner: They got arrested with
Ralph Macchio: Hey, I just want to get
photographed getting a
Ralph Macchio: handjob from you.
I'll pay cash.
Prostitute: Oh, you so sweet baby.
Why don't you come back when you
Prostitute: turn 18, okay?
Ralph Macchio: Goddamn! You know,
I'm forty-eight years old.
(music plays)
Ralph Macchio: Bonzai, motherfucker.
Club Guy: Hey, what's up Chachi?
Ralph Macchio: I'm not Chachi,
Barfly #1: Hey, it's the
Karate Kid.
Barfly #2: Yo man, do that crane shit.
Barfly #1: Mercy is for the weak.
Come on. Come on.
Ralph Macchio: Shoot!
Pat O'Brien: Next up here. What was he
Pat O'Brien: An unidentified Hollywood
teenager caught on tape in a
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(AP) Israel: Soldier abducted, killed by Palestinian
By IAN DEITCH
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A Palestinian lured an Israeli soldier to a village in the West Bank and killed him with the intention of trading the body for his jailed brother, Israel's intelligence agency said Saturday.
The Palestinian man was arrested and confessed to the killing, the Shin Bet intelligence agency said.
The killing could deal a new blow to U.S.-led Mideast peace efforts, which resumed in July after a nearly five-year break in Israel-Palestinian talks. The deaths of several Palestinians in Israeli arrest raids in the West Bank intended to detain militants involved in attacks have further soured the atmosphere between the two sides.
The soldier was reported missing late Friday and Israeli forces began looking for him.
The search led the troops to Nidal Amar, a 42-year-old Palestinian from Beit Amin a village near the city of Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank.
Amar told the Shin Bet that he had killed the soldier, whom he knew because he worked together with him at a restaurant in the coastal city of Bat Yam in central Israel, the agency said.
According to Shin Bet, the Palestinian recounted how he had picked up the soldier in a taxi on Friday after convincing him to accept a ride.
After talking the soldier into joining him, Amar took the Israeli to an open field, killed him and hid his body in a well, the agency said.
Israeli forces raided Amar's home early on Saturday based on intelligence information, and interrogated Amar and his brother.
Shin Bet said Amar had confessed to intending to trade the soldier's body for another brother, in an Israeli jail since 2003 for his role in several terror attacks.
Amar showed the Israeli forces where the body was hidden Saturday afternoon after his arrest.
It is not the first case of Palestinians abducting Israeli soldiers, sometimes killing them afterward. The military has a long standing campaign warning soldiers not to accept rides from strangers.
It's still unknown how Amar convinced the soldier to join him on the ride Friday.
In 2001 a Palestinian woman lured an Israeli teenage boy over the Internet to the West Bank where he was murdered by waiting Palestinian militants.
The woman, Amna Muna, was released along with over a thousand other Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a single Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza by Hamas-allied militants in 2011.


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Bloody Mary
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200 ml tomato juice
40 ml vodka
10 ml lemon juice
5 ml Worcestershire sauce
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Over ice in a tall glass, add the pepper, salt and celery salt, then add the Magic Pepper Sauce and Worcestershire. Add the vodka and fill with tomato juice. Stir well, Garnish with a celery stalk and a wedge of lime.


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What are Event Flags?
Event flags provide a powerful tool for thread synchronization. Each event flag is represented by a single bit. Event flags are arranged in groups of 32.
How do Event Flags work?
Threads can operate on all 32 event flags in a group at the same time. Events are set by tx_event_flags_set and are retrieved by tx_event_flags_get.
Setting event flags is done with a logical AND/OR operation between the current event flags and the new event flags. The type of logical operation (either an AND or OR) is specified in the tx_event_flags_set call.
There are similar logical options for retrieval of event flags. A get request can specify that all specified event flags are required (a logical AND). Alternatively, a get request can specify that any of the specified event flags will satisfy the request (a logical OR). The type of logical operation associated with event flags retrieval is specified in the tx_event_flags_get call.
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By Jess Bidgood
If you're running for re-election to a federal office, it's not generally good news if your wife pleads guilty to a federal crime.
But that's what's happening to Democratic Rep. John Tierney.
His wife, Patrice Tierney, pled guilty Wednesday to federal charges of helping her brother conceal income from an allegedly illegal business that generated millions of dollars.
Prosecutors allege Ms. Tierney oversaw a Bank of America account that her brother, Robert Eremian, used to house about $7 million in income gleaned from an illegal gambling businesses. They say she mischaracterized the real source of the deposits that went into that account on her tax returns.
In a statement, Rep. Tierney said his wife was too trusting of her brother, who said the money was legally obtained. She used the funds to care for the Eremian's three children after he left his family behind to move abroad. "Patrice has acknowledged and agreed that she should have done more to personally investigate the true nature of Mr. Eremian's business activities," Tierney wrote.
In an interview with Emily Rooney, Massaschusetts Lawyers Weekly's David Frank explained the court contends Mrs. Tierney was indeed obligated to be more thorough in determining the origin of the funds she was managing. "Because she didn't, the law says she can be found guilty," Frank said.
Still, Frank said, the Tierney's explanation of the situation could get her a lighter sentence even if it won't kept her from being convicted. "The fact that they're apparently going to recommend a probationary sentence as opposed to a prison term in federal court tells you a lot about what they think of the seriousness of the case," Frank said.
"If it wasn't her brother that she was allegedly doing this with and perhaps there weren't young teenage girls that were at stake here, the government might have taken a tougher look at it," Frank said.
After Ms. Tierney filed her guilty plea on Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Tierney spoke briefly. "Today's not about me, I'm here in support of Patrice, my wife," he said. "It's a difficult day for her."
Still, the guilty plea could affect Tierney's campaign for re-election to his post in the 6th Congressional District next month, where he faces the GOP's Bill Hudak in the November elections. Hudak may not be an obvious alternative to Tierney; in a relatively moderate district, he is an anti-choice, anti-gay marriage Republican who in 2008 put out a lawn sign likening then-candidate Barack Obama to Osama Bin Ladin.
Hudak told WGBH he is concerned about the allegations against Ms. Tierney. "It's disconcerting whenever there are allegations of politicians involved in tax issues, and these are things that need to be investigated," Hudak said.
"News accounts indicate this has been going on for at least 8 years and $7 million is an awfully large amount of money," Hudak said.
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's visit to Afghanistan this week highlights a looming and much-discussed casualty in the decade-long war: trust between US forces and their Afghan counterparts.
Mr. Panetta's goal in meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday is to try to mend these fissures before they become irreparable (if, critics say, they haven't already). To do that, though, he must tackle some persistent sticking points in the relationship between the US military and Afghan officials. Chief among these: Special Operations night raids, which are widely reviled among Afghans, and accountability for US soldiers – in Afghan courts – for crimes against civilians, made all the more pressing after Sunday's massacre of 16 Afghans allegedly at the hands of a US soldier.
Well aware of these points, some US commanders on the ground have been launching their own trust-building efforts, of sorts, to reach out to Afghan security forces.
One such attempt was in evidence as Mr. Panetta touched down at the Marines' Camp Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday. An American commander ordered US troops to leave their weapons at the door before entering a hangar where Panetta was to address a crowd of 200.
The move was widely criticized – US troops should not be forced to give up their weapons in a war zone, some American television analysts raged. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles "Mark" Gurganus said he was simply trying to smooth relations with Afghan forces.
"Somebody had said we were going to have the Afghans leave their weapons outside," Gurganus told Bloomberg News. "I wanted the Marines to look just like our Afghan partners."
The issue of equity is at the heart of Afghan demands that the rogue US soldier who allegedly went on a shooting rampage Sunday be held accountable in Afghan courts. The US has been unwilling to hand over its military personnel to foreign courts: In the case of Iraq, the Pentagon's insistence on immunity for US troops accused of crimes against civilians ultimately led to the full military exodus from that country, as Iraqi officials refused to compromise on this point.
Mr. Karzai, for his part, may be more willing to make a deal to keep US forces in Afghanistan past 2014, when combat troops are slated to leave. This is at least in part because he has little choice, analysts point out: The Karzai government would be in danger of collapse if US forces abruptly pulled up stakes.
Still, "the Karzai question is actually quite interesting. He's a very savvy guy. It's very easy for us sitting over here to say, 'Oh, he's having a tantrum,' but if you look carefully at the way he chooses his words and what he actually says, it's more telling," says Paraag Shukla, a former defense intelligence analyst.
Often, Karzai practices "classic brinksmanship," adds Mr. Shukla, now a senior research analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. "He digs his heels in like he's not going to compromise at all, but he'll make concessions when it's politically viable."
Will Karzai ultimately agree to a post-2014 deal in which US troops are immune from prosecution in Afghan courts? In part, he'll answer that by assessing public opinion. So far, street protests in the aftermath of the soldier rampage have been less hostile than those that followed revelations that US military forces had mistakenly burned Qurans at a prison in eastern Afghanistan earlier this month.
To some extent, that is because Afghans have come to expect violence from US troops, says Joshua Foust, a fellow at the American Security Project and a former civilian cultural adviser to the US Army.
The families of those killed in the murderous attacks on Sunday reportedly did not react at first because they thought they had been targeted by US special operations forces in one of the many night raids.
The night raids have become contentious. Afghans resent "being roughed up by Americans" in their homes at night, but they are used to it, Mr. Foust says. Still, they erode the trust between the US military and Afghan civilians and create "this expectation of violence from American personnel."
The Pentagon is unwilling to give up these raids, despite those implications. "There's this entrenched viewpoint within the military and special operations community that night raids are so effective that they couldn't possibly relent, because it's the only piece of real leverage they have against the insurgency," Foust adds.
Retired Gen. David Barno, commander of US forces in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005, says night raids not only are effective, but they they are also generally nonviolent in the conventional sense. "The vast majority of night raids haven't produced any casualties, and very often are being done without firing a shot."
Panetta and Karzai will likely opt to delink the issue of night raids from the next security agreement and table it for now, in order to move forward on broader discussions, Shukla says.
In the meantime, US mentoring of Afghan security forces must be stepped up, even in the midst of a crisis of trust, American officials warn.
"I'm not going to say that the US military isn't willing to give up [night raids]," says Barno. "But they are going to need to make sure there are very well-trained Afghans who can take up this role."


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CROMWELL, Conn. -- When Australian golfer Marc Leishman heard about the December shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, he immediately went to his computer to look at a map.
Leishman won his first and so-far only PGA Tour event last June at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut, and wanted to see how far away Newtown was from the TPC River Highlands. The answer was about 48 miles.
''I couldn't believe how close it was,'' he said. ''It's terrible what happened there. Especially having a young son, I can't imagine sending him off to day care and then coming back and getting that phone call.''
Leishman, who finished fourth at this year's Masters, returns to Connecticut next month to defend his Travelers title and was back in Cromwell Tuesday for the tournament's annual media day.
He told The Associated Press he feels a connection to the state, and therefore to what happened, and would like to do something for the families of the victims, if it can be arranged.
''I would like to meet them,'' he said. ''I don't know what I would say to them, but I think to take their mind off that for, even if it was five seconds, would be good.''
Tournament Director Nathan Grube said he has been in contact with officials in Newtown since just after the shooting, trying to arrange something for the schoolchildren or the victims' families, or both. He said nothing has been finalized, but the talks between the Travelers and the town are still going on.
He said the trick has been orchestrating something that will be impactful, without being intrusive.
Since the shooting, Newtown has been visited by dozens of pro athletes and celebrities from many walks of life. Grube said while that is laudible, the tournament wants to do more.
''We have talked about having a clinic that could be a distraction for the kids, but also working with the school system on something more long-term and educational,'' he said. ''This tournament has been in Connecticut for 61 years and we're not going anywhere. We want to be a part of what the town is doing to heal for the long run.''
He also said they have been conscious about making sure whatever they do is focused on helping the town and not about public relations for the tournament or the PGA Tour.
But Grube expects there will be something in Cromwell in June to acknowledge what happened in Newtown on Dec. 14. And, if the victims' families want to meet with golfers, he said the tournament and the PGA Tour will be more than happy to make that happen.
On Tuesday, the tournament announced that Rickie Fowler, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Jason Dufner, Fredrik Jacobson and Padraig Harrington all have committed to join Leishman in this year's Travelers field.
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Before a discussion to limit synthetic pesticide in city parks, Durango Mayor Doug Lyon criticized the Colorado Constitution and City Charter for making it too easy for citizens to put policy issues on the ballot.
Editorially, I will note that any time somebody goes out and gathers 500 or so signatures, they can force the city of Durango to a special election on anything they can gather 500 signatures for. Pick the one thing you think is absolutely heinous, if you get 500 signatures, you can force us to spend $20,000 on an election, Lyon.
Beside cost, officials worry about citizens initiatives creating a badly written law that is not subject to the normal vetting and tweaking process for legislation. Thats why we have elected officials, Councilor Dick White said in an interview.
Others also fear that it opens the door for meddling by special interests with deep pockets, such as a wealthy philanthropist such as George Soros funding the legalization of medical marijuana in many states through initiatives.
But the citizens initiative is enshrined in Article 5 of the Colorado Constitution and Article 7 of the Durango City Charter, which giveresidents the right to bypass the City Council and pass an ordinance by popular vote, such as the current proposal to limit synthetic pesticides and encourage organic care for city property. Unless withdrawn by activists, it will appear on the November ballot.
Organically Managed Parks Team Durango has entered into negotiation with the city and a compromise could be announced at the Sept. 3 council meeting, said Katrina Blair, a group member.
Colorado is unusual as one of a few states that extends citizens initiatives to the municipal level, said Sam Mamet, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, but this same principle does not apply to county government, special-taxing districts or school districts.
As a home-rule city, Durango requires the maximum number of petition signatures for a ballot initiative allowed by the state Constitution, which is 15 percent of the last municipal election, which has been interpreted by city officials as the last election of councilors and not the municipal elections for franchises or to change the City Charter.
F, the state constitution requires 5 percent of the number of votes cast in the last election for secretary of state.
Historically, ballot initiatives were created during the Progressive Era of the early 1900s to provide an outlet for citizens who perceived government as unresponsive, although the concept dates back even further, to ancient Greece, a time when male citizens voted up or down on policy issues.
A nonresponsive government is how Tricia Gourley, a member of Organically Managed Parks Team Durango, justified the groups ballot initiative.
My experience is that weve been trying to talk to City Council and parks and rec. I have come here and spoke (before), Gourley said at a council meeting.
My experience is that we get shot down, that theres not a lot of openness to the idea of organic parks, and theres a lot of resistance to it, she added. There was a large group in the community that was feeling frustrated, not heard. I think thats what brought us to this moment.
If the initiative does not pass, the process will at least force a discussion and educate the public on the dangers of synthetic pesticides, members of the groupsaid.
While some city councilors are sympathetic to the cause, officials and others have criticized the citizens initiative process.
City Clerk Amy Phillips has estimated the cost of the ballot question about limiting pesticides at $19,000, which would cost $7,000 more than the special election in July to change the City Charter.
The organic initiative would be a ballot question included in the general election in November.
When asked for clarification, Phillips said the organic initiative would add to the citys total cost for the election, which she then estimated at $19,000 or more. The citywill ask voters to ratify a franchise agreement for the La Plata Electric Association. Phillips said elections becomemore expensive as more issues are added to the ballot, especially in a presidential year in which more people are voting.
City officials also criticized the proposed organic ordinance as too ambiguous and unworkable, saying it would be creating legal liabilities, such as making the city pay the legal costs of a litigant who sued the city for not enforcing the organic regulations.
But Mamet said the purpose of an initiative is to decide broad policy issues. Its then up to the city to decide how to implement the policy.
It may be that its not written with great clarity, and it will be up to the city to figure it out, Mamet said.
Determining the will of the voters is not always so easy.
What I say about TABOR (the Taxpayers Bill of Rights) is that I know what it says, but I dont know what it means, Mamet said.
Another example would be medical marijuana, which became legal through a statewide initiative.
We have had no end to the heartburn to figure out at the municipal level the licensure, enforcement and oversight of medical marijuana dispensaries, Mamet said. In our judgment, the amendment was not written as clearly as it should have been written. When its not, issues happen.
Durango, for example, has imposed a moratorium on new licenses for medical marijuana businesses as it re-drafts ordinances on the industry.
Mamet noted that Soros, one of the wealthiest men in the world, has helped fund ballot initiatives for medical marijuana in many states.
Colorado once tried to limit the influence of wealthy special interests by banning paid circulators, or those who gather signatures for petitions, but this was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court because it limited free speech.
Voters have been resistant to changing Colorados initiative process because they seem to appreciate having their say, Mamet said.
Some of these things may not make a lot of sense, but we want the right to say it doesnt make a lot of sense, Mamet said. Its an odd way of doing business, but its the way we do it.


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I have read several issues of Tin House, including the most recent. Two vegetarians go on a hunting trip . . . enough said. I feel that I have several pieces that would fit the magazine, however, I am struggling with just one thing. This question is geared not only toward the magazine but the writing workshop as well. Do you accept genre fiction? I was also wondering how I might go about determining whether or not my piece fits into a specific genre and what general fiction is. Thank you in advance.And Tin House responds.
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Now, I happen to like Tin House very much. We've reprinted stories from the magazine in each volume of Best American Fantasy. Their "Fantastic Women" issue was awesome. Their current anniversary issue is also awesome. Just about all of their issues are awesome.
But the response to Concerned in LA is not awesome. It's disappointing.
I spend too much time, perhaps, defending writers, editors, and publishers of "literary fiction" from being maligned by writers, editors, and publishers who would never utter the term "literary fiction" without a sneer. I do this because some of my best friends happily embrace the term "literary fiction" for themselves. I don't even mind being seen in public with such people, any more than I mind being seen in public with my friends who insist the only thing they write is "science fiction". I'm all about the kumbaya.
So please, literary fiction people, STOP MAKING MY LIFE SO DIFFICULT!
Let me try to address some of the things I dislike in the three paragraphs that most annoyed me in the response, one by one:
I think you know genre fiction when you read it. My personal definition goes something like this: fiction that almost purposefully avoids the literary, in hopes of keeping the reader (or the writer, for that matter) from having to "work" too hard. It also tends to employ some stock tricks, like ending very short chapters with cliffhangers, often hopping predictably from one POV to another. Characters tend to be one-dimensional, with the kind of awkward and false-sounding dialog you'd expect.Maybe I'll mail Tin House a copy of Peter Swirsky's useful book From Lowbrow to Nobrow, which counters some of the assumptions about certain forms that appear in "genre fiction" and are supposedly absent from "literary fiction". But I actually don't have a big problem with this paragraph on its own; it's a statement of personal taste, and there are certainly general differences that it is, generally, somewhat accurate in general about, sort of. How this paragraph moves on to the next bothers me more:
Genre writers know their audience, and it's a large one: John Grisham sold 60,742,288 books during the 1990s. That's certainly nothing to sneeze at, and I won't do that here. But that audience, for reasons that sometimes seem obvious and sometimes are madly mysterious, is almost universally not interested in the same things we are.We move from: Genre fiction is lazy, formulaic, predictable, one-dimensional, awkward, and false ... to: it's more popular than the Pope ... to: why is it so popular? huh. ... to: that's not what we're interested in.
What are they interested in? So glad you asked:
We're interested in good stories. Contrary to what many people think, it's not work to read them. A good story is a thing to savor, something you want to make copies of and pass around, something you might find yourself inexplicably wanting to read out loud. (Or not so inexplicably—good writers all have musicians living somewhere inside them, whether they know it or not, and have perfect pitch when it comes to the sounds of the words they use). If you read a lot of good stories, then you know what they are. If you don't, then you should start, beginning with the summer reading titles on this blog. Sometimes it takes me days to parse out what made a good story so damned good, sometimes I never can.Ah haaaaa! Genre fiction is not good stories! So all these writers who just want to write crap for the masses are not interested in good stories! And the fans who love cliffhangers and want good plots and hate stories about two vegetarians on a hunting trip -- they don't want good stories, either! These gazillions of people making those genre fiction lame-os rich don't savor what they read, don't pass it around, don't want to read it aloud. And why? Because they haven't read good stories and don't know what they are. (Oh, and though genre fiction makes sure you "don't 'work' too hard", "it's not work to read [litfic]". Apparently the economy has hit Tin House hard, too, because ain't nobody working around there...)
The problem here is one I've blathered on at length about many times before -- the problem of confusing descriptive and evaluative labels. (Come to think of it, in the package including From Lowbrow to Nobrow, maybe I'll include a copy of The Jewel-Hinged Jaw...) There is simply no such thing as a universal "good story", and so using a term like "good stories" as a euphemism for "stuff I like" is not useful. Replace the term "good story" in the Tin House post and much of it becomes less objectionable. Banal, but less objectionable. There are still contradictions and ignorances, but none of us could survive without contradictions and ignorances, so I'm not as upset about those.
I could go on. I don't have time or energy. (Ugh, that James Wood quote later in the post! Who is this universal "the reader" and why should that person's narrow idea of what is worth falling in love with matter for anybody else? If I think a work of fiction has taught me how to read it, am I wrong if you think otherwise? Vice versa?)
Please -- friends, Romans, countrywomen -- send your best writing to Tin House, regardless of whatever label happens to seem appropriate to it right now. It's a great magazine. The new issue even includes a poem by Stephen King. They publish all sorts of different stuff, and that eclecticism is part of what keeps me coming back to read it again and again. They publish what I think are often really good stories (and poems and essays and interviews and miscellanea...). But don't listen to what they say on their blog about "good stories". That's just crazytalk.
Update 8/13/09: Tonaya Thompson, the assistant editor at Tin House who wrote the post I criticized, responded thoughtfully in the comments section to this post, as did her friend and co-worker Tony. I wrote a comment that was way too longer for Blogger's commenting system to handle, so I'm posting it here:
Thanks to Tony and Tonaya for responding and clarifying -- I expect if we were sitting around chatting, we'd probably agree way more than we disagree, once we were able to figure out terminology, or at least show how we're using terminology, what assumptions we're bringing to it, etc. I expect, too, that we'd find our tastes in fiction even overlap a lot (I do, after all, love a lot of the fiction in Tin House).
I think it's important, though, for editors and spokespeople especially to be careful in how they talk about their perceptions of fiction -- and I mean this for editors of magazines, journals, and anthologies devoted to all sorts of fiction. We're at an exciting time, I think, in the history of short stories and novels, a time when we've all learned a lot about what this thing called "fiction" can do and be. I'm especially excited by publications such as Tin House (and Conjunctions and McSweeney's and A Public Space and One Story and LCRW and Electric Velocipede and Weird Tales and, when Gordon's feeling particularly edgy, F&SF, not to mention a plethora of wonderful webzines, anthologies, etc.) that do not have as settled a sense of what fiction is and can be as do some more conservative venues. (And honestly, I think we need both -- because there are all sorts of different types of readers and writers, but more importantly because a vital dialogue exists between cleary "core" types of writing [die-hard kitchen-sink realism; hard science fiction] and the crazier kids on the margins. It's the crazy kids at the margins that particularly excite me, but that's just me.)
And that's why I responded so vociferously to your post -- I don't question that it represents what you think you are looking for, or that it's what at least a part of the staff at Tin House thinks the magazine represents ... but as a loyal (premiere-issue owning!) reader, I'm saying I think what the magazine does is actually bigger, greater, and more complex than you've found the words for. And that the words you have found, at least in the original post, could lead to some unfortunate misperceptions and misconceptions.
I like your response here a lot, Tonaya, and so if I dig into it a little bit more, I hope my tone does not come off as that of someone trying to -- well, I don't know, but I fear that I'll sound smug and patronizing when I mean to simply offer a perspective of somebody who has enthusiastically attended both Bread Loaf and science fiction conventions.
Editors frequently say they want "good stories" and don't want "lazy writing" -- I don't know a genre editor who would say the opposite! Actually, the best response to the question I know of is one written by Nick Mamatas when he was editing the online (genre) magazine Clarkesworld. Nick's penultimate paragraph could fit Tin House, too, I suspect. And I love that!
The question of genre -- what it is, if it is, how it is -- is a huge one, and I've written tens of thousands of words about the topic over the years, with very few of those words ever really getting at what I was hoping to get at. (Thus, I keep trying...)
Take your example, a wonderful one -- Player Piano. I've got a first edition of the paperback of the book, and it's been renamed Utopia 14. You can see the cover here. Is it a science fiction novel? You betcha! Genre? That's a thornier question. By my definition, yes, because to my mind a "genre" is a set of publishing practices and reader expectations. Science fiction is, in that sense, a genre -- one that became particularly differentiated in the U.S. in the 1920s, developed its own groups of writers, editors, fans, and publishers, then history, which affected expectations that in turn affected production in a complex way.
Only the tiny minority of science fiction readers who think SF must always include complex astrophysics would not recognize that novel as a science fiction novel. Would non-SF readers recognize it as a literary novel? When it came out in hardcover, some did, sure (see the original NYT review), because it was a dystopian novel and so fit into a tradition broader than that of SF, though one which SF is generally happy to overlap with and exploit. But Bantam clearly thought the key to sales for Vonnegut was to market him as an SF writer. It didn't work all that well, for various reasons -- he was about ten years ahead of his time in the SF world (though C.M. Kornbluth, William Tenn, and Robert Sheckley were doing somewhat similar things to what he was up to) and when he did become popular, it was through a widening of his audience among the younger readers who liked the Beats, etc., but many of whom were also happy enough to read Stranger in a Strange Land and Dune. Also, Vonnegut wrote in a marvelously -- deceptively! -- simple and accessible style, which is helpful in reaching a mass audience.
You're absolutely right that what any sensitive reader would probably be tempted to identify as lazy writing gets published within certain marketing categories -- some of those categories rely on tried-and-true formulas that their audiences enjoy, and it would be self-defeating to stretch those formulas too much because then it would be something other than what it's expected to be. If Harlequin were to sell Jane Austen novels using the same packaging and marketing they use for their regular books ... well, they'd have some pretty perplexed and annoyed customers (as well as some who discovered a new favorite writer). If genre fiction is fiction that is necessarily formulaic in a particularly narrow way because the audience will not recognize it otherwise, then of course it would be foolish and silly of any of you at Tin House to say it's something you're open to reading.
But I'm betting that's not what Confused was asking. I would guess that Confused wanted to know what you emphasized in evaluating a story -- if you, for instance, like stories that are more plot than character. Or stories that are more about stuff than people. Or stories that use such things as aliens and dragons as primarily literal items within the narrative rather than primarily as metaphors.
To which I would also bet your most honest answer would be something along the lines of, "Well, it depends." What does it depend on? Language is one thing, maybe the thing -- by "not lazy writing" what I take you to mean is prose that achieves a certain deliberate effect, that is, in and of itself, a kind of music. Go ahead, put Mars in your story, but tell that story the way, for instance, Theodore Sturgeon did with "The Man Who Lost the Sea" (or, rather, don't tell it like that; find your own voice, but find a voice). After all, why publish a story that sounds just like ten thousand other stories? That's no fun!
And don't be afraid to make the reader work -- great art is demanding, and I think Tin House is in the business of seeking out great art. Why bother otherwise -- I somehow doubt the work is making you astoundingly wealthy.
"Demanding" isn't a bad thing for writing to be. Not every novel has to be Gaddis. The beauty of Vonnegut's best writing is that there's a whole lot more to it than will be perceived on a superficial reading, and, indeed, the apparent ease of reading him can conceal the complexity of what he offers (I've taught Mother Night at both the high school and college level and every time have learned something new from the book. It is a wonder.)
Perhaps really what we're talking about is readers and their expectations and desires. If I can put words in your mouth for a moment, you want readers who are seeking stories that they do not treat as disposable consumer items. Adventurous sorts of readers, ones who have neither a narrow idea that all stories must be a Raymond Carver spin-off or ones who think all stories have to have a clear plot, rising action, and "transparent" prose (prose is transparent when it is at its most conventional, and prose at its most conventional is not particularly fulfilling for readers who desire music and stories that don't sound like ten thousand other stories).
You raise an important issue (or two or three!) at the end of your response to me -- dozens of manuscripts arriving daily that are obviously inappropriate to the magazine, and the mass popularity of certain things that are not Tin House. I think these issues are significant ones, but tangential to the idea of what makes a story exciting to those of us who are excited by the sorts of stories Tin House publishes.
I can assure you that editors around the world face the same problem of receiving lots of manuscripts apparently sent to them at random. Heck, even with Best American Fantasy, a series of explicitly reprint anthologies, I inevitably receive a pile of unpublished manuscripts every year. We human beings have an extraordinary capacity for obliviousness.
If Tin House sold 60 million copies, it would no longer be the Tin House we love; it would be toilet paper. The kind of person who possesses both the interest and the skills to appreciate complex literary expression is probably roughly the size of the part of the population that possesses the interest and skills to appreciate advanced theoretical mathematics. There are lots of reasons certain books are bestsellers, and those reasons have little to do with genre -- bestsellers are their own category. Some of them are even pretty good by the standards of somebody who actually does appreciate complex literary expression (I'm in a minority that fervently believes Neil Gaiman's American Gods has been underestimated by many readers who mistake the genius of its structure for raggedness; I also think Thomas Harris's Red Dragon is among the great American novels of the 20th century, better than any of Hemingway's novels -- yeah, I'm a weirdo, and should probably burn my Literary Elitist membership card right now...)
Anyway, I'm rambling now. Thanks for the work you do, Tonaya. I hope my criticisms are of the sort that spur you on rather than bum you out.
And meanwhile, everybody should subscribe to Tin House because, as I said before, it's awesome.


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Chris Gould wrote: Did you spot the Wilsons in it?
No, but James W said they were in the supermarket scene.
Wilson Bros, are you lurking around here? Is he right?
No, but James W said they were in the supermarket scene.
Wilson Bros, are you lurking around here? Is he right?
Did you spot the Wilsons in it?
Not sure, I didn't stick around to watch the credits. Had to get out of the cinema really seeing as I was on call for work and the guys on the door took everyone's mobile phones off them!
Hehe yeah. Quite a few good lines actually. Will probably see it again. Was there anything after the credits?
Yeah, I noticed The Omen and I think The Shining in there as well. Loved the Point Break moment near the end too.
However, my favourite line has to be "If you want to be a big cop in a small town..."
However, my favourite line has to be "If you want to be a big cop in a small town..."
Aye, could have been 20 mins shorter maybe, but it really picks up towards the end. Some nice references to previous films (Cornetto) and a few decent cameos. There was a really good sight gag about a pig getting spit roasted that cracked me (and me alone) up. Seemed to be references to a fair few films as well; think I saw nods to Matrix Revolutions and Aliens towards the end.
I saw this at a preview last Monday. Drags a little bit towards the end but when it's funny, it's VERY funny
April 20 now
You guys are really lucky, it releases over there on Friday right? Man, we have to wait until April (13th?). I loved "Shaun" so I cannot wait for this one now. Damn you various international release dates.
For me, the best lines in the trailer were: 'About two feet tall. Long, slender neck'. Merchant just cracks me up.
Aye this ones up the top of my list :D
Shame it's still months away.
hehe yeah, that bit made me laugh (the kicking in the face bit).
YES! Can't wait. Shortcut bit is wonderful. Did he kick an old woman in the face towards the end? Thanks for that, sorely needed.
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Instruction in piano, harpsichord, organ, voice, guitar, harp, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments is normally available. Students admitted to this program must complete a minimum of 84 credit hours in music, depending on track (vocal or instrumental) and initial keyboard placement. BM students must fulfill department concert attendance expectations, attend music major meetings, complete keyboard musicianship requirements, and perform a faculty-approved half-recital during the junior year and a full recital in the senior year. Before the junior year, students in this degree program also take appropriate literature and pedagogy courses. While students interested in composition or jazz often elect the BA degree course of study, BM students with abilities in composition and/or jazz studies have the opportunity to develop these skills as a secondary area within the BM program as well.


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Panthers CB Norman eager to reclaim starting job
Panthers CB Norman eager to reclaim starting job
Aug. 11, 2013
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Josh Norman is eager to reclaim the starting job he lost last December following a bad game.
So far, so good.
The Panthers second-year cornerback made a statement Friday night by intercepting two passes and returning one 60 yards for a touchdown to spark Carolina to a 24-17 preseason victory over Chicago.
Norman was on the field for the first play against the Bears, but only because the Panthers opened with three cornerbacks on the field. Drayton Florence and Captain Munnerlyn have been working as the starters in Carolina's base defense.
Norman is out to change that.
"Every year it's my goal," Norman said Sunday of his desire to be a starter. "If not it's like 'What's the point?'"
Norman grabbed the attention of coach Ron Rivera and his staff last summer with his aggressive play in man-to-man defense and his confident nature.
Despite being a fifth-round pick out of tiny Coastal Carolina, Norman won the starting job to open the season.
He held that spot for 12 weeks before struggling in a Dec. 2 loss to Kansas City. He was benched and never regained that spot.
At the time Rivera said the move was because he wanted to see what two other young corners — Josh Thomas and James Dockery — were capable of doing.
The Panthers went 4-0 to close the season without Norman in the lineup.
"I had a bad night and made some real unfortunate errors," Norman said of Carolina's loss to the Chiefs. "I really wanted to bounce back the next week against Atlanta."
He's done waiting.
Rivera said Norman has turned in another solid training camp.
However, it's unclear if the 6-foot, 200-pound Norman can unseat the more experienced Florence and Munnerlyn, who have started 99 and 34 career games.
"He's a ball hog, he's got the ability to make plays," Rivera said.
The Panthers want Norman to challenge receivers more at the line of scrimmage, which actually plays to his strength since he played mostly man-to-man coverage at Coastal Carolina. They also want to see him begin to pick up on playing a zone defense.
"This year I've been more up on the line of scrimmage," Norman said. "I'm more pressing guys and in their faces."
Norman said getting benched was a tough pill to swallow but it only inspired him to work even harder during the offseason to regain a starting spot.
"I think it's hard for anyone in that situation because you want to play," said Norman, who had 74 tackles and one interception in 2012.
Norman took the benching hard, but leaned on teammates for support.
Veteran safety Charles Godfrey was among those who spoke with Norman after the news broke and encouraged him to work even harder to get back on the field.
"I told him not to get into a slump, don't let that discourage you and make you feel like any less of a player," Godfrey said. "If you lost your job you would probably feel the same way. But strong men bounce back from that. And that's what I tried to put into him — be strong and carry yourself as a champion and everything will take care of itself."
Norman has done just that.
He's worked to sharpen his techniques and come back with a purpose this season.
"I feel as if I'm getting better," Norman said. "I'm understanding what my coaches want from me, and the defense we're running. I'm learning from last year and trying not to make the same mistakes."
As for whether he'll win that starting job remains to be seen.
But if he continues to perform the way he did against the Bears it could be awful tough for Rivera to keep him out of the starting lineup.
"That's something that is up to the coaches to decide," Norman said. "We have a great group of defensive backs and any one of us can play and start and be successful."
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Story Topping occurs when the storyteller is interrupted by a person who start to tell another story they believe is better.
(S.T. for short)
(S.T. for short)
I can't believe Heather just story topped me with her unicorn batteling an octopus at the star bucks.
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