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Butter, lemon and garlic show-off the natural sweetness of shrimp in this simple but satisfying meal. The succulent shrimp is served on a bed of fresh kale and soft, creamy polenta spiked with salty Parmesan. It's a meal that comes together pretty quickly and never fails to please.
I find a special kind of enjoyment in eating one-dish meals like this where the sum of all the parts equals a delicious symphony of flavors that only comes from scooping up a little bit of everything in each bite. It's immensely fulfilling and completely comforting.
To soften the hearty kale leaves massage olive oil into them and allow them to sit for 10-15 minutes before cooking. It softens the tough leaves considerably and helps to take away some of the bitterness they might have. Fresh spinach leaves or another type of green can easily be used in place of the kale using the same technique (skip this step if using spinach).
If you can't find polenta or have cornmeal on hand for making cornbread – use it! The two are exactly the same, the only difference being that 'polenta' is sometimes cut coarser. The end result will be the same. You can use grits too, if you like!
1. Add the kale leaves to a large bowl, drizzle 1-2 tablespoon olive oil over top, using your hands massage the oil into each leaf. Set aside for at least 10 minutes.
2. Cook polenta according to package directions, when cooked stir in parmesan and butter, season to taste with salt and pepper, put a lid on it to keep warm
2. Meanwhile heat a large skillet over medium-low heat, add the kale and saute until wilted and tender, remove kale and set aside, cover to keep warm.
3. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in the skillet over medium heat, add the shrimp, garlic and cayenne, if using, and cook, tossing, until the shrimp are pink, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and add the lemon juice and parsley, toss to coat the shrimp. Season with salt and pepper.
4. To serve layer with polenta on the bottom, followed by kale, then shrimp along with lemon wedges and extra Parmesan.
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Theatre UNI Presents: Love and Information
In partnership with UNI's Cornerstone course we present Love & Information, by award winning playwright Caryl Churchill. The Cornerstone theme for the year is Media & Social Media; we explore how our interactions have been abraded by our media-rich lives. Love & Information presents a blizzard of fragments snatched from our personal relationships as mediated and negotiated by the different ways messages travel through our everyday lives. It's all about individuals trying to connect with and understand one another — ultimately in vain perhaps, but that's just what makes such daily struggles heroic.
"[A] thought-churning, deeply poignant new play...Leave it to Ms. Churchill to come up with a work that so ingeniously and exhaustively mirrors our age of the splintered attention span. - New York Times
"...one of the many points made by this exhilarating theatrical kaleidoscope is that we live in a world where information bombardment is in danger of leading to atrophy of memory, erosion of privacy and decay of feeling." - The Guardian

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All four Toledo City Council incumbents on the primary ballot Tuesday will move on to the Nov. 5 general election, but two will need to do better there if they are to hold onto their seats, and a political newcomer pulled in the day's third-highest vote total.
Voters winnowed the field of 17 from the nonpartisan ballot down to 12 candidates who will face off in eight weeks for six at-large seats on council.
Incumbents Rob Ludeman, a Republican of South Toledo who served 14 years as the District 2 councilman who is now seeking a second term as councilman at-large; Democrat Steven Steel, of the Old West End who was on the Toledo school board before being appointed and then elected to council in 2009; Shaun Enright, a business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and Adam Martinez, a Democrat and Realtor, were selected by voters to proceed along with prominent challengers Jack Ford and Larry Sykes -- both Democrats running without party endorsements.
Two of the incumbents, however -- Mr. Enright and Mr. Martinez -- were not among the top six vote-getters, according to unofficial results.
Along with Mr. Ford and Mr. Sykes, the top half of the field instead included challengers Theresa Gabriel, 76, of West Toledo, a retired assistant chief of staff to former Mayor Carty Finkbeiner and long-time city employee and union leader, and political rookie Sandy Spang, a Toledo businessman who owns a South Toledo coffeehouse and numerous other commercial properties.
Both women are running as independents.
Mr. Martinez and Mr. Enright were tops among the second six. Also moving on to the general election are independent Bill Delaney, Republicans James Nowak and Joseph Celusta, and Green party candidate Sean Nestor.
Eliminated from the race were Republicans Ernest McCarthy, James Martin, Alfonso Narvaez, and Ron Johns, and Joshua Fowler, a Democrat.
Mr. Ludeman polled the highest number of votes, with Mr. Ford placing second and Ms. Spang coming in third, well ahead of a pack involving Mr. Sykes, Mr. Steel, and Ms. Gabriel.
Mr. Ford is seeking a return to city council after having previously served on that body, as a state legislator, as Toledo's mayor from 2002 through 2005, and most recently on the board of education, while Mr. Sykes is a school-board veteran.
The two at-large incumbents not running were Joe McNamara, a Democrat who did not seek reelection and instead ran for Toledo mayor in the primary Tuesday; and Republican George Sarantou, who was barred from running for council because of term limits and ran unsuccessfully last year for Lucas County recorder.
Mr. Sarantou credited Ms. Spang with an aggressive campaign in which she got out to neighborhoods and festivals and presented a succinct message about business success and job growth "that obviously resonated with voters."
"She worked very hard, got out and met people," he said.
Mr. Ludeman, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Steel all have established political resumes in Toledo, while Mr. Sykes and Ms. Gabriel "did well for first-time candidates" for council, Mr. Sarantou said.
Mr. Martinez and Mr. Enright, on the other hand, will face uphill battles in the November election, he said.
"Both of them have to work very, very hard," the veteran councilman said, saying that Mr. Martinez's work, in particular, "is really cut out for him" because he has been on council since the last at-large election, whereas Mr. Enright is a recent appointment.
"His message did not get out," Mr. Sarantou said, noting that Mr. Martinez had finished sixth in 2009. "Just because you're an incumbent does not guarantee you re-election."
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Hi,Yes Prores 422 is your best bet for both editing and color correct.But as you say that you're not going to edit yourself, I really encourage you to talk to your editor previousyou do a DIT task, if you're not yet familiar with all that.It's easy, very easy, to make mistakes. The metadatas area is important and many problemscan happen within manipulations, like changing folder structures, bad renamings etc etc...This DIT takes a long learning curve.You keep your originals intacts anyway. Always.So before putting yourself into transcodes, talk to the person who will edit first.Depending on the goal-budget, it may not be necessary at all a transcode and you candecide to just work natively with the .MTS (if the NLE that will be used allows).There is no one workflow but options that can fluctuate according to each project.That way, being next to your editor, you'll learn things and you'll avoidloosing time and the possibility that the editor has to re-do or un-do.Best luck.
I shot along side a Canon 1DX in my garden as an experiment, the difference was small. Slightly less dr from the Sony. The frame rate could be an issue. It punches above it's weight. On Play back all things considered I preferred the little Sony.
I see the difference !I have been a still photographer for a very long time :-)But yes I take your point. There isnt much in it when the image is moving for the general viewer


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"We will not reduce service levels or scale back on snow-removal efforts regardless of how much it costs this year. Our crews will be out in full force this week and for the rest of the winter no matter what the impact is to our budget. We will not cut back on our work to make Virginia's roadways safer for drivers, despite our funding challenges." –Gregory Whirley, acting commissioner, Virginia Department of Transportation
It is one thing to read about history, quite another to live through it – especially when we're talking about Mother Nature and her delivery of over three feet of snow to areas of the country not used to handling such high volumes of the white stuff.
Dubbed "snowmaggedon" by President Obama, a record 32 inches of snow socked in Dulles International Airport near where I live – an amount that broke an 88-year old record, set back in 1922 during the so-called "Knickerbocker" blizzard. So far, this storm is pegged to be the fourth largest blizzard in U.S. history.
Highway crews across the mid Atlantic, in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and my home state, the Commonwealth of Virginia, are still battling to clear all the roads despite depleted snow-removal budgets.
[Below you can see a clip of Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews as they started fighting this massive storm over the weekend.]
VDOT already expended the $79 million it allotted statewide for snow-removal efforts by Feb. 1, largely the result of a pre-Christmas blizzard that struck the Mid Atlantic back on Dec. 18, dumping 20 inches of the white stuff on the region (and giving my kids an extended two-week winter holiday in the bargain due to school closings.)
[Here's a glimpse of VDOT battling last year's monster storm. While not a record breaker, it packed quite a punch.]
The agency is now tapping into a $25 million emergency maintenance reserve fund to pay for snow removal, but once that is exhausted – and it's closing in on empty – VDOT said it will move money from non-safety-related maintenance programs to cover any additional snow removal needs this winter.
Though VDOT has 2,314 pieces of snow removal equipment, 3,146 crew members, 62,000 tons of sand and 239,000 tons of salt available to keep roads clear, this storm is so big newly-installed Governor Bob McDonnell activated the National Guard to help out.
Pennsylvania's Governor Edward Rendell declared a statewide disaster emergency as a result of the storm, authorizing state agencies to use all available resources and personnel as is deemed necessary to cope with the magnitude and severity of this emergency situation.
Declaring a "state of emergency" also temporarily deep sixes the time-consuming bid and contract procedures and formalities normally prescribed by law – all done to help speed up state agency response times.
Governor Rendell also called out the National Guard is his state, not just to help clear roads but assist the State Police in patrols and incident response.
[Here's an inside look at how state agencies – in this case, VDOT – typically prepare for big winter storms.]
Delaware Governor Jack Markell also announced a state of emergency, noting that the intensity and duration of the snowfall confined snowplowing activities at least initially to major highway routes. He, too, called out the National Guard in his state to fight this huge blizzard.
"Motorists are still strongly advised to stay off the roads. In some areas, local restrictions remain in place, so drivers should check with local authorities," he said in a press release.
"While some travel is becoming necessary, many roads are still not safe," Markell added. "Please do not put yourself and others at risk by driving needlessly. Our teams are working very hard. Staying off the roads will help them do their jobs more safely and effectively."
[In this clip, Roy Harrell – a snowplow driver for Maryland's State Highway Association (MSHA) – offers tips on how to operate motor vehicles around plows.]
Maryland's Governor Martin O'Malley also declared a state of emergency, calling up National Guard units to beef up his state's effort s to fight the storm.
"Maryland National Guard Units are prepared to assist local emergency managers and first responders around the state, and have already begun deployment to throughout Maryland," Governor O'Malley said. "We urge residents to avoid driving except for the most urgent reasons. If drivers stay off the roads it will help the dedicated state and local highway crews clear the rods in a safe and efficient manner."
Maryland's National Guard has more than 100 Humvees, 5-ton trucks and military ambulances helping the state deal with the storm – augmenting MSHA's and the Maryland Transportation Administration's (MdTA) fleet of 2,400 pieces of equipment and 2,700 personnel available for snow removal efforts.
Maryland officials also monitor storm from MSHA's Statewide Operations Center in Hanover where it has centralized communications and access to over 150 traffic cameras located around the state.
[Here's a quick look at what such a "command center" looks like – in this case, VDOT's Traffic Center, pressed into service to help guide snow removal efforts across the Commonwealth.]
For everyday citizens like me, it's been an extraordinary time. I've spent close to 12 hours in total shoveling my driveway and sidewalk. We lost power for a few hours (THAT makes your heart skip a beat, let me tell you, when the temperature is hovering around 22 degrees Fahrenheit) but on the whole we've fared well in this Northern Virginia neighborhood.
It helps, too, to live as we do right on a vital transit bus route – that means the plows kept the street clear, down to the pavement, day and night, One street over, the neighbors are staring at roads choked with three feet of snow – reduced to walking and cross-country skiing to get around.
This is certainly living through history – I just wish I could close the book on this story right about now.


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Dave and Randi's Florida beach Jewish wedding was nothing short of breathtaking. It just doesn't get much better than ocean side "I do's" with palm trees swaying in the background. Photography by 3 Chicks That Click Photography.
Blushing pink roses were the order of the day for this classically beautiful wedding. The wedding invitation gets an elegant touch with a satin ribbon.
From the photographer: "My team and I were very excited to photograph Randi and Dave's wedding in Delray Beach, FL. I had already done their engagement session, and knew they were very photogenic. And Randi is just beautiful! Florida in June is guaranteed to be hot, and the ceremony was outdoors, as were the formal photos."
"Despite the heat and humidity, Randi was a stunning bride who never broke a sweat! She looked as perfect at the end of the day as at the beginning."
The wedding party was equally handsome. The groomsmen stand together for pictures.
Bridal details – The bride's bouquet mixes pink and cream roses. Bridal Barbie gets in on the fun.
The family gathers around for the ketubah signing. Grandma playfully establishes rank with a tug on the groom's ear.
The rustic chuppah is an intricate design of woven branches that blends seamlessly with the natural setting. The couple jazzed it up with a chic chandelier.
The couple come together under their beautiful tallit (Jewish prayer shawl).The couple drinks the wine from the kiddush cups and break the glass. Mazel Tov! It's official!
The escort table is decorated with framed photos from the couple's dating days and strewn with rose petals.
The pink and cream flowers carry from the bouquets and ceremony into the reception decor. The hydrangeas make for full and fluffy arrangements.
The couple opts for an uber-traditional wedding cake, complete with a playful bride & groom cake topper.
It's time to party! Everyone dances the hora and the couple gets lifted on chairs.
Mazel Tov to Randi and Dave! Thanks for sharing your special day with us.
Photographer: 3 Chicks That Click Photography
Venue: Mizner Country Club
Dress Store: Alfred Angelo
Cake Designer: Publix
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It's been 10 years since a triple homicide in Fayette shocked the town, but the memories are fresh for many residents.
It's been 10 years since a triple homicide in Fayette shocked the town, but the memories are fresh for many residents.
"This is about the biggest nightmare for Fayette County as it can have," Fayette County District Attorney Chris McCool said on June 7, 2003, just hours after Cpl. James Crump, Officer Arnold Strickland and dispatcher Leslie "Ace" Mealer were shot to death at the city police department.
The case gained national attention after suspect Devin Moore, an 18-year-old from Jasper who had been caught in a stolen car, purportedly said when he was captured after the shootings: "Life is a video game. Everybody's got to die sometime."
The case will again be in the national spotlight when Investigation Discovery features it in an hourlong episode of the cable series "Fatal Encounters" titled "Game Over." The episode will air at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Promotional material refers to the hours Moore spent playing "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," the video game that came under fire as being too violent for underage players during the trial.
A jury found Moore, who also goes by Devin Thompson, guilty of capital murder in August 2005. Now 28, Moore is on death row at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. He is appealing the sentence.
Strickland had arrested Moore on suspicion of driving a stolen car during the early morning hours of that June morning. Two weeks past his 18th birthday, Moore had no criminal history and had begun the process of joining the United States Air Force. He caused no trouble during his arrest, until he was being booked at the police station.
Moore grabbed Strickland's gun and shot him twice. He then shot and killed Crump and Mealer before stealing a police cruiser and escaping to Mississippi, where he was later captured.
On its website, Investigation Discovery summarizes the episode in these words: "A scenario straight out of the violent video game that 18 year old Devin Moore plays obsessively for hours on end comes terrifyingly to life when he confronts police officers Arnold Strickland and James Crump and dispatcher Ace Mealer."
Actors portraying the victims, Moore and his family dramatize the shooting and explore the days that lead to it.
A day DA won't forget
McCool said Tuesday that the shooting is not one that Fayette residents will soon forget. He remembers being on the way to Mule Day in Gordo that morning, a rare day off, when he received the call.
"I just couldn't process it. I think I was told three or four times," he said. "The events of that morning are pretty much burned into everyone's mind that was involved."
He said that he'll never forget the professionalism as the colleagues of the fallen officers and dispatcher suppressed their grief to conduct the investigation and get Moore behind bars.
McCool spoke at the recent memorial service marking the 10th anniversary of the murders. "It was a very, very sobering service," he said.
The dramatization is cut with interviews with Moore's uncle Hester Whittaker, Moore family friend David Hallman, Fayette Police Chief Danny Jenkins, former Fayette Officer Jimmy Pendley, McCool, psychiatrist Dr. Charles Nevels and attorney Jim Standridge, who represented Moore.
Lawyer blamed PTSD
Standridge repeated during the interview what he did during the trial: that Moore's actions were the result of post-traumatic stress disorder associated with past physical and emotional abuse.
"I believe in my heart of hearts that there was a connection between the playing of the video games and his conduct that night," Standridge said Tuesday. "I'm not saying that every kid who plays a video game is going to exhibit that behavior, but we're dealing with a pathological mind. There was a great deal of evidence of parental abuse that came forward in the trial."
Scenes shot last fall
Producers visited Fayette to conduct interviews and shoot footage in fall 2012. The beginning of the episode, made available for media review, focuses on Moore's troubled childhood. His mother struggled with substance abuse when he was young, so he lived with his father between the ages of 7 and 16. Those interviewed describe his father as a strict disciplinarian. Moore had been living with his mother at the time of the shootings. She worked overnights at a hotel, during which he would stay up for hours and play video games.
According to Investigation Discovery, the series "recounts the ill-fated relationship between killer and victim as their paths intertwine. Chance meetings, everyday decisions, and random acts of violence send ordinary people down a deadly collision course toward their own mortality. Each episode begins with the introduction of the victim and the killer as they go about their normal business, unaware of what's about to transpire. While an on-screen clock counts down the victim's final hours, days, or even years, viewers track the decisions and actions that bring the victim closer to their killer's fatal trap, not knowing until the last moment which person will fall prey and who will have blood on their hands."
Viewers can find channel listings for their cable service provider at http://investigation.discovery.com/channel-finder.htm.
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AUSTIN, TX --Texas Gov. Rick Perry has set a Jan. 26 special election to fill the state Senate seat held by the late Sen. Mario Gallegos.
Gallegos, a Houston Democrat, died of liver disease on Oct. 16. It was too late to remove his name from the Nov. 6 general election ballot and he was posthumously elected to another term.
Candidates for the District 6 special election must file by Dec. 27. Early voting will run from Jan.9-22.
State Rep. Carol Alvarado, a Houston Democrat, has said she will run for the Senate seat.


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"Multiplayer is becoming a common feature in video games. Even traditionally single-player games like the Tomb Raider series are beginning to adopt multiplayer aspects. Is this a negative fad the gaming industry has thrusted upon the gaming community?"
Expansion of "No": Multiplayer was only added in attempt to extend the game's overall market value. To give it staying power and probably offer a few extra avenues for DLC.
Could actually be considered to be a nice thing they're trying to do for fans, but it still suggest that resources - budget money - that could have gone towards the full SP game went into MP instead.
It looks like Uncharted
Uncharted had dynamic events in the maps
Tomb Raider has traps
They are very, very similar...it's just sad they would resort to copying directly from another game instead of them trying to be more like the classic TR games.
the real question is how will it work?
will it be crappy like giving dead space 2 multiplayer and failing badly
or would it be good like giving uncharted multiplayer and been one of the best online games out there


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aaron claiming to do it all from kickflips to 720s dragged me outside to film a skater video for his soon to be sponsors. after numerous attempts it was obvious that failure was the only thing he was going to succeed at. just when we were about to wrap it up and go home a hot rollerblading babe in biker shorts passed by us. surprisingly it only took aaron a few minutes to get us invited back to her house. we could not resist taking a peek while she showered and i guess we stared at her beautiful bush for to long cause we got caught. we definetly thought she was going to kick us out but instead she wanted to bang. let me just say that kaci can suck a mean cock. she even demanded that aaron fuck her in the ass. at least he good at something.


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Democratic and Republican governors in Washington on Sunday urged Congress to reach a budget deal before billions in budget cuts kick in this week, warning the cuts will be a job-killer and wipe out post-recession economic gains.
"I'm very concerned about the effect on the economy," Delaware Democratic Gov. Jack Markell told "Fox News Sunday."
The roughly $85 billion in across-the-board cuts this year to defense and other federal spending, known as sequester, will begin Friday if Congress fails to reach a deal. Both parties agreed to the plan in 2011 after failing to reach a deal on less drastic cuts.
"Sequester could put us right back to where we were," Markell also told Fox.
The governors are in Washington this weekend for the annual National Governors Association meeting and blanketed the Sunday shows with the unified message of comprise, despite party differences.
"All the governors are concerned," Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker told Fox.
Though both sides largely agreed on the potential perils of such cuts, the governors disagreed on who was to blame for the stalemate.
Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that President Obama needs to lead on the issue and has failed to take a balanced approach to improving the federal budget.
"The president needs to step up to the plate," said Jindal, chairman of the Republican Governors Association. "There is never enough taxes for this administration."
Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick disagreed, saying the president has taken a balanced approach of tax increases and spending cuts.
"My good friend, we've actually seen some $2.5 billion in budget cuts," Patrick said. Congressional Republicans "move goalposts as soon as the president comes their way."
At the annual meeting, the governors expressed pessimism that both sides could find a way to avoid the cuts, pointing to the impasse as another crisis between the White House and Congress that hampers their ability to construct state spending plans and spooks local businesses from hiring.
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, a former congressman, said the cuts could lead to 19,000 workers laid off at Pearl Harbor, site of the surprise attack in 1941 that launched the United States into World War II. Today, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam supports Air Force and Navy missions.
"If that doesn't symbolize for the nation ... what happens when we fail to meet our responsibilities congressionally, I don't know what does," he said.
The budget fight came as many states say they are on the cusp of an economic comeback from the financial upheaval in 2008 and 2009. States expect their general fund revenues this year to surpass the amounts collected before the Great Recession kicked in. An estimated $693 billion in revenues is expected for the 2013 budget year, nearly a 4 percent increase over the previous year.
"It's a damn shame," said Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat. "We've actually had the fastest rate of jobs recovery of any state in our region. And this really threatens to hurt a lot of families in our state and kind of flat-line our job growth for the next several months."
At their weekend meetings, governors were focusing on ways to boost job development and grow their state economies, measures to restrict gun violence and implement the new health care law approved during Obama's first term.
Some Republican governors have blocked the use of Medicaid to expand health insurance coverage for millions of uninsured, while others have joined Democrats in a wholesale expansion as the law allows. The Medicaid expansion aims to cover about half of the 30 million uninsured people expected to eventually gain coverage under the health care overhaul.
Yet for many governors, the budget-cut fight remains front and center and fuels a pervasive sense of frustration with Washington.
"My feeling is I can't help what's going on in Washington," Gov. Terry Branstad, R-Iowa, said in an interview Saturday. "I can't help the fact that there's no leadership here, and it's all politics as usual and gridlock. But I can do something about the way we do things in the state of Iowa."
Indeed, right now no issue carries the same level of urgency as the budget impasse.
Congressional leaders have indicated a willingness to let the cuts take effect and stay in place for weeks, if not much longer.
The cuts would also lead to trim furloughs for hundreds of thousands of workers at the Transportation Department, Defense Department and elsewhere.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said the cuts would harm the readiness of U.S. fighting forces.
Obama has stepped up efforts to tell the public about the cuts' negative impact and pressure Republicans who oppose his approach of reducing deficits through a combination of targeted savings and tax increases. House Republicans have said reduced spending needs to be the focus and have rejected the president's fresh demand to include higher taxes as part of a compromise.
Governors said they are asking the Obama administration for more flexibility to deal with some of the potential cuts.
"We're just saying that as you identify federal cuts and savings, allow the states to be able to realize those savings, too," said Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican and the association's vice chairwoman.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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"Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour ,second from left, and Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe, third from left, join other dignitaries for the ground-breaking ceremony of a new assembly plant in Blue Springs, Miss., Wednesday morning, April 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Ryan Moore)"
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When Will Don Draper Die?
We asked an actuary.
Matthew Weiner claims he already has an ending in mind for Mad Men and its hard-living ad-genius antihero Don Draper. But given the strict code of silence under which Weiner operates, it's unlikely we'll know what that is before the series finale. Since we couldn't wait, we called Jack Luff, an actuary with the Society of Actuaries, presented him with the vital stats (gleaned from close-watching of the show), and asked him to guess Don's expiration date.


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Thanksgiving for Your Host! Hostess Gifts from the Kitchen
My husband and I, along with a crew of siblings, aunts, uncles, and even some work colleagues with nowhere else to go for the holiday, are about to descend upon my aunt's lovely home for Thanksgiving dinner. This is a time when a hostess gift is certainly called for. We want to take some small and luxurious token of appreciation, maybe even something homemade. Here are a few ideas, and we'd love to hear more from you!
Here are a few ideas that particularly struck our fancy, culled from around the web. We weren't strongly inclined to sweets like cookies or candy, since there is so much food left over from Thanksgiving already! We'll save those giftable treats for later in December.
• 1 Bath fizzies - We don't usually make our own bath products but these bath fizzies from Martha Stewart actually sound really easy and accessible. Also see how to make homemade body scrubs.
• 2 Granola - A batch of homemade granola is always appreciated.
• 3 Cookie dough for later - There are too many sweets left over from Thanksgiving to give your host a whole other batch, but what about a prettily-wrapped roll of frozen cookie dough for later?
• 4 Homemade cocktail mixers - We love things that we wouldn't usually think to make ourselves, like a set of holiday cocktail mixers. See recipes at Martha Stewart, plus printable tags.
• 5 Hot chocolate mix - We love these little tins, with printable labels for download at Blonde Designs Blog.
• 6 Homemade jam or preserved fruit - Did you can some jam or fruit this summer? Take a jar, wrapped up in a pretty tea towel or bag tied with ribbon.
• 7 Small bags of coffee - What about a small bag of your favorite coffee, in a bag decorated by you?See more about this here.
• 8 Flavored sugar or herbed salts - Leave a vanilla bean in sugar to scent it, and give it in a pretty jar. More ideas like this here at Martha Stewart.
Plus all of these homemade things, you could also just take a very nice jar of honey, an extra-special bottle of olive oil, a pint of good ice cream, or a bundle of fresh herbs from your garden, tied with a pretty ribbon.
What are you taking to say thank you to your Thanksgiving host this year?
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"Fog of war" typically describes the unpredictable and confusing nature of armed conflict. But it just as easily could be applied to the mystery surrounding the shooting deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife.
Investigators are trying to track down the killers. Speculation is rampant. Kaufman County residents are in shock. And they want answers.
Several theories have emerged. Each has strengths and weaknesses. And if history is any guide, there's always room for surprises. But here are some of the more likely culprits:
Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
Investigators are trying to find out if this prison-based white supremacist gang is responsible for the fatal shootings of McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, over the weekend. They've also speculated that the same group may be responsible for gunning down Mark Hasse, an assistant district attorney who worked for McLelland, near the Kaufman County Courthouse on Jan. 31.
The arguments for:
The gang has been involved in methamphetamine dealing in Kaufman County. That prompted an aggressive response by law enforcement authorities there.
Kaufman County prosecutors persuaded a jury to send a 36-year-old Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang member to prison for life last summer. James Patrick Crawford was convicted of several offenses, including aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, a drug charge and "directing gang activities."
The Kaufman County district attorney's office was part of a multi-agency task force that targeted the Aryan Brotherhood's operations in Texas. That operation led to federal racketeering indictments in Houston naming more than 30 alleged gang members, including four of its top leaders.
The Texas Department of Public safety issued a warning in December that the Aryan Brotherhood could be "planning retaliation against law enforcement officials" involved in the investigation that led to the Houston indictment.
A U.S. Marshals Service email stated that the Aryan Brotherhood was the focus of its investigation into Hasse's death.
In 2005, federal officials issued an anti-terrorism bulletin cautioning that the Aryan Brotherhood may be planning to injure or kill law officers. In 2007, the FBI issued a warning for Dallas-area officers, saying that the gang was trying to collect the names of federal agents, state troopers and police officers.
Few clues were left behind after Hasse was slain. Some law enforcement officials have privately said that the gang would have the resources to execute Hasse and McLelland, and avoid detection.
A Colorado white supremacist prison gang member recently gunned down the state's top prison official at his home. No direct link has been made between that case and the Kaufman County killings, but it could indicate that white supremacist gangs are employing a new and deadly strategy that targets law enforcement officials.
The arguments against:
Law enforcement officials have not publicly reported any direct evidence linking the Kaufman County shootings to the Aryan Brotherhood.
The Aryan Brotherhood reportedly is involved in lucrative drug operations and other criminal activity and might be reluctant to risk the blowback from such blatant attacks on top law enforcement officials.
The Kaufman County DA's office was just one of many law enforcement agencies in the task force that helped get the racketeering indictments, and it is unclear why they might be singled out.
Mexican drug cartels
Drug cartels are known for their violence. Law enforcement officials have said little publicly about the possibility that a drug cartel is responsible for the Kaufman County shootings, but it's likely that theory — among many — is being explored.
The arguments for:
North Texas is a popular drug-smuggling hub used by Mexican cartels.
The Aryan Brotherhood, despite its racist history, has been known to do business with the cartels.
The anti-drug efforts by the Kaufman County district attorney's office may have affected cartel drug operations.
An attorney for one of the Aryan Brotherhood defendants indicted in Houston said the McLellands' deaths were more typical of a cartel hit. Houston defense attorney Richard O. Ely II said the white supremacist gang usually doesn't target family members, while attacks by cartels are often more indiscriminate.
The arguments against:
While drug cartels have a long history of targeting law enforcement officials, that's typically happened in Mexico.
Law enforcement officials have not publicly reported evidence directly linking the Kaufman County shootings to a drug cartel.
Like the Aryan Brotherhood, a drug cartel would know that attacks on U.S. law enforcement officials would trigger a reaction that could disrupt their drug operations and their cash flow.
Wild cards
Sometimes, the most likely suspects don't make the final cut. Prosecutors inevitably make enemies. A mentally ill defendant convicted in a relatively low-profile case may plot harm, or actually lash out. It may be a defendant in a domestic violence case — or almost any other crime, especially if the defendants single out the prosecutor as the primary source of their woes. It's not impossible that the two shootings are unrelated — or the work of a copycat killer.
The arguments for:
Whoever killed Hasse and the McLellands was able to escape unhindered. That may suggest that they had a familiarity with Kaufman County.
Someone with roots in the community may be less likely to stand out than white supremacist gang members or cartel members.
Someone who harbors a grudge because he or she was convicted on a low-profile charge is less likely to attract the attention of investigators trying to solve the killings.
Hasse was killed with a revolver, in daylight, near the courthouse. The McLellands were killed by bullets fired from an assault rifle at their home. That may suggest that the killings were carried out by different assailants.
Whoever killed Hasse and the McLellands apparently was able to get close before they started shooting. That may suggest that the victims knew their assailants.
Several of the U.S. prosecutors who've been gunned down over the years were killed by individuals with grudges.
The arguments against:
A local resident with a known history of violence or weapons training would be likely to immediately attract the attention of law enforcement in Kaufman County.
Someone without such a history or training might be unlikely to carry out two successful assassinations, especially against two veteran prosecutors who routinely were armed.
The successful escape by the gunmen who shot Hasse and the McLellands also could have been the result of careful planning by experienced killers affiliated with a gang or a cartel.
Someone local might have been more likely to complain about McLelland or Hasse to friends or family in advance, or after the shootings. And friends and family members often are the source of tips about criminal wrongdoing.
Jumping to conclusions
Early speculation and false accusations have led investigators and the media down many false trails over the years in high-profile cases. Here are a few examples:
Richard Jewell was working as a security guard at the Atlanta Summer Olympics in 1996. He spotted the backpack containing a pipe bomb and helped evacuate people from the area. At first he was seen as a hero but very quickly became a suspect. Jewell ultimately was exonerated. White supremacist Eric Robert Rudolph later was identified as the bomber.
Many media organizations initially speculated that Islamic terrorists were responsible for the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma. It later turned out that Timothy McVeigh, a white supremacist, was responsible.
After Trans World Airlines Flight 800 exploded in 1996, killing 230 people, there was widespread speculation that a terrorist bomb or even a missile was responsible. Federal officials later concluded that there was no evidence of a criminal act and that the probable cause was a short circuit that caused a fuel tank to explode.
Staff writers Kevin Krause, Tanya Eiserer and Alfredo Corchado contributed to this report.


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Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will never shed any blood
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ADNAN OKTAR: Look, Christians still… There is this thing with Christians. They say, "Muslims dissemble [they are making taqiyya]. They are now making claims about peace, but give them the chance and they will attack us and kill us." Looking from that perspective… What do our Jewish brothers say? We want to bring peace to the world, the Torah teaches us peace, they say. We believe that. We do not believe that Jews will inflict terror on the world and drown it in blood. Now if someone says, as they actually do say, that they will appear to favor peace but as soon as they come to power they will slaughter all Muslims, so do not believe them," then if we believe that we will be blocking the road to peace, won't we? We do not believe that, my brother. We do not believe that Jews dissemble [make taqiyya]. The same goes for Christians. Christians say, "We have no such intentions. When the Prophet Jesus comes, we will follow him whatever he does." And if we say, "They are dissembling [they are making taqiyya]. They will kill us all," because some of them regard Muslims as pagans… But we do not believe that, because Christians are loving people and will not slaughter anyone. No true Christian would ever do such a thing. No true Christian and no true Jew would ever do such a thing. I believe that. My brother, are you ignorant of Islam? Open the Qur'an. We can marry Christians. Allah tells us to marry them. He says you can marry them, and they can be your wives. My brother, how can you be inimical toward the woman you marry? How can you want to kill her? You see in films how a man behaves perfectly normally but then slices his wife into pieces, in those horror films. They harbor those fantasies in their minds. You cannot marry someone, bring her into your home and then say, "Right, I am now going to kill you. I was dissembling [making taqiyya] all the time." My brother, Allah tells you to marry her and she will be your wife in this world and your companion in the hereafter, insha'Allah. She hopes to be your wife, says Almighty Allah, so marry her. When you marry her, she will be the mother of your children, and your beloved, you will go to bed and get up together, you will live together. How can you kill her? This is a crazy belief. A crazy, paranoid schizophrenic suspicion. They say they follow me, but they want to kill and slaughter. If they have a problem in their heads, they should say so. This must be treated. Why should a Muslim want to kill and slaughter? What good is blood to a Muslim? Moreover, there will be Islamic Unity with Christians. We will establish this side by side, arm in arm and shoulder to shoulder with Christians. We will do everything together. So how is that possible? If we are worried about people, we must also be scared of Christians. Because we will reign with them together. Should we say "we will establish that reign together, and then they will kill us all"? We must think the best of people and love them; there can be no world peace if we look at things with a crazy fear, like paranoids and schizophrenics. That would be very wrong. In that event, nobody would believe anyone. People will not believe the Prophet Jesus, either. Then they would say, "The Prophet Jesus will come with good intentions, but he will slaughter everyone." Is that possible? Our Prophet (saas) has said what the Mahdi will do. "He will shed no blood," he says. So he will shed no blood, it as simple as that. Whatever Allah says in the Qur'an will happen. You must believe in what Allah says.
Let me explain this with hadiths and verses. The Mahdi cannot step outside the commands of the Prophet (saas). "He [Hazrat Mahdi] will allow no blood to be shed, and nobody's nose will even be made to bleed." The Prophet (saas) says that. Since that is what he says, if he does the opposite he will have nothing to do with being a Muslim. What they are saying is like saying that the Mahdi will appear one day and say, "There is no such thing as prayer." May Allah forbid. Or, "Allah does not exist," may He forbid. "But I am the Mahdi." What these people say is exactly like that. My brother, if he says that, then he has no religion or faith. If he says, "You must shed blood," then he has no religion or faith. If you really believe that the Mahdi can one day say that Allah does not exist, then you can believe these as well. If you do not believe that he can deny Allah, then you will not believe in the nonsensical claim. For example, I trust the Jews all the way. I trust Christians all the way. I do not believe there is anything wicked or bloodthirsty about them. I really believe they want peace. They have no such beliefs. Psychopaths may do such things, but that is another matter.
Christians are also people of love and affection. That can be seen in the Gospel. Jesus the Messiah says, "If they strike you on the right cheek, then turn the other cheek." Why should I fear such people? What a glorious prophet, what a fine and loving person! What a blessed prophet! He always sought mercy and compassion. He did not discriminate between people. Prostitutes came to him, and he treated them with affection. They went everywhere together. Our bigots would never go near them; they would just try to humiliate them. Jesus the Messiah treated prostitutes with love and affection; he became their brother, and they subsequently married his companions. But at that time they were engaged in prostitution. But once branded by the bigots, that is the end of it. They will never accept them. And that is the end of it, no matter what they do afterward, even if they fly in the air. That is no good. For instance Jews… At primary and middle school and high school I did not realize that Jews were highly peace-loving. I learned that later on. But the Torah is entirely a book of peace, a book of love. It wants everyone to be brothers and full of love. We must learn from the Torah, and I shall be teaching from the Torah from now on. The Psalms… they contain the most lovely words. Allah says the loveliest things. Allah says you must love Him with all your heart. That is a lovely thing to say. I shall teach from the Gospel in the same way, and from the Torah. From the true commandments in them. Some parts have been altered. The Qur'an discards them. But the Qur'an tells us to obey the true commandments. Allah says in the Qur'an, that if you make a claim, then prove it with the Qur'an. He tells the Prophet (saas) that. So the Torah has not changed. The Torah in the time of the Prophet (saas) was the same as the Torah today.


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1. E-Gold
2. StormPay
3. MoneyBookers
4. PayZip
5. any others?
I am looking into making a few transaction with some online venders and am trying to figure out which of these types of companies would be the best.
I did not list PayPal because the fruad cases in the state I live in is through the roof and the state AG demanded they (PayPal) open a local office or he would shut them down...
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Last week was pretty full because of the end of the semester but tomorrow I have my last examen for university. Next week I am planning to go skiing so it may not be the week I will be hacking the most, but anyway, I will code!
The UI is almost the same as the mockup I showed you last time apart from the key-frame thing since I am not sure I want to do it this way, and because I want to have effects stable before implementing this feature.
So for now the UI looks exactly like:
What is working:
- Adding effects
- Configuring effects, the UI is generated automatically depending on the effect property so all effects are configurable. But there is also a system which will permit to create a special UI for more complicated effects.
- Enabling/disabling effects even if a few bugs still remain concerning it
- Removing effects
- Seeking, right now when I add an effect and try to seek, it always go to the first frame of the video. It is a pretty critical bug on which I am actively working, and that's the reason why I didn't do a screen-cast (sorry about that). When this is solved, I will make a screen-cast and post it here for sure.
- Drag'n drop directly to the effects list. This is almost nothing but I want to fix the first issue before implementing it.
- Keyframe based effect configuration
- Saving/opening projects containing effects. I have already started this work but it is still not working. It should be done quite easily.
I also wanted to talk about a tool I use for refactoring python code called 'Bicycle repair man'. It permits to rename variable/classes very easily and this through all python files of the project, cut functions into several ones and make the proper calls, and probably much more but those are the two features I actually use and abuse. I use it inside vim and noticed a real gain of productivity and style.
The code is still available in my GIT repository here: http://github.com/thiblahute/Pitivi
Hoping I can show you a screencast of all that and tell you that I need tester soon.


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Scott has been covering in detail the current budget impasse in Minnesota. Our Republican legislature enacted budget bills that would increase spending over the past biennium. Governor Mark Dayton, however, wanted even bigger spending increases, so he vetoed the spending bills. As a result, a government "shutdown" impends. Based on experience, I don't see anything to fear in such a "shutdown;" I'm not sure I would notice it. But local media have followed events breathlessly.
Today the Minneapolis Star Tribune headlined: "Signs of progress in budget cliff-hanger." We all know what that means:
Meanwhile, a growing number of Republican lawmakers say they are willing to support some form of increased revenue to help secure an agreement between DFLer Dayton and the GOP legislative leaders, who have huddled in closed-door negotiations much of the past two days.
A generation's worth of experience has convinced many conservatives of a sad proposition: you can vote for smaller government, but you can't get it.


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Francis L. Ragland, age 76 of Stockton was promoted to Glory on Wednesday, January 23, 2013.
He was born in Gillette, Wyoming December 4, 1936 as one of five children. His father passed away while
Francis and his siblings were still young. The children were cared for outside the home until his mother remarried and the family was reunited in Boise, Idaho. This is where Francis first met the Salvation Army. After High School, Francis joined the U.S. Air Force serving overseas during the Korean Conflict. After the war he returned to Boise and began working for the U.S. Post Office and of course reconnected with the Salvation Army. It was here that he met his life partner Eleanor Ratcliff, who also was involved with the Salvation Army. They were married in August 1961. In 1967 Francis & Eleanor entered The Salvation Army's Training School in San Francisco and became officers in 1969. From there they were appointed to lead the work of the Hanford Corps and over the years were appointed to other corps in Flagstaff, Las Vegas, and Butte. In 1984 they were moved to Alaska where they opened the South Anchorage Corps Ministry and later the Kenai Peninsula and Laramie, WY Corps. Their final appointment was an administrator of the Salvation Army Silvercrest Senior Residence in Stockton. Francis retired in 2000. Remaining in Stockton, Francis continued his ministry of service through The Stockton Kiwanis Club where he served in a variety of leadership positions as well as serving as Lt. Governor for the District two different times. In addition to his Kiwanis activities he enjoyed traveling and spending time with family.
Survivors include, his wife Eleanor Ragland of Stockton, son Michael (Jenni) Ragland of Anchorage, AK, daughter, Ruth (John) Cunningham of Mesa, AZ and five grandchildren, Christopher, Nicholas, Ashley, John Francis, and Kelly, Siblings and brother Eugene Ragland of Boise, ID and half brother Gerald Coatney of
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Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 1:00 pm in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park Hwy 99 & Harney Ln. Lodi. Burial will be private at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, CA. Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 E. Industrial Way Lodi. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is honored to serve the Ragland family.
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Researchers at the Ear Research Foundation in Sarasota, Florida performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the role of supplemental melatonin in the therapy of tinnitus. This was performed on outpatients in a private neurology practice. Patients were given 3 mg of melatonin nightly for thirty nights.
At the conclusion of the study, it was discovered that 47 percent of those on melatonin had an improvement compared to 20 percent of those on placebo. The researchers state, "Melatonin has been shown to be useful in the treatment of subjective tinnitus. Patients with difficulty sleeping are most likely to benefit from treatment with melatonin. In light of its minimal side effects, melatonin should be a part of the physician's armamentarium in the treatment of tinnitus.
The researchers probably don't know about tolerance that can develop to melatonin. I don't think patients with tinnitus should be taking the hormone every night. Perhaps 1 mg two or three times a week would be appropriate. We don't know at this time whether other natural sleep aids, like 5-HTP, would benefit those with tinnitus.


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Armed with advanced and powerful weapons, players can expect massive action in large, multi-tiered levels featuring dynamic environments, cinematic battles, giant boss enemies, and deep customization features.
Conduit 2 introduces Team Invasion Mode, the new co-op mode where players will be able to battle side-by-side with up to four friends on the same screen. Additionally Team Invasion Mode can be played online.
Conduit 2 also features a new and more expansive 12-player online competitive multiplayer mode with larger and more intricate indoor and outdoor battlefields. Conduit 2 supports Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Wii Speak, the new Headbanger Headset, and offers increased multiplayer security for a better online gameplay experience.
Conduit 2 will support Wii MotionPlus enabling precision control and better tracking. The Conduit series is famed for its detailed control system allowing players to customise and configure their controls, including look sensitivity, turning speed, the dead zone and much more. Conduit 2 will use Wii MotionPlus to create the most responsive control system ever, as well as improved edge tracking and transitions to pointer control.
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Did you see us? My husband Harold and I were on TV with Bob Barker. Before you run to check your TiVo, I'd better tell you this was a while ago. Try 1971.
We were plucked from the live audience of that old favorite, Truth or Consequences, along with two other couples. Ours was a kind of "newlywed game" stunt. They put the guys in a soundproof booth and we ladies had to predict how our husbands would answer questions.
Of course the hubs and I won. And a mighty fine prize it was: $50 and a blender!
We already had a blender, so I remember thinking I'd rather have the money. We could have walked away with $85.
Catching Bob on reruns of "The Price is Right" brings back fond memories. And whenever some lucky contestant wins that Showcase — a mishmash of all kinds of stuff to clutter their lives — I can almost hear what the winner is thinking: I'd rather have the money, Bob! But instead, the winner gets all the stuff and has to pay taxes on the full retail value to boot. (We got off easy, not much tax due on $50 and a blender.)
Every day you should be telling yourself the same thing: I'd rather have the money! Let's say you see a great new pair of shoes you simply cannot resist. They're on sale ... this won't last and it's such a great deal. No matter how you pay for them (cash, credit, check), it's a done deal. You've got the shoes, they've got your money.
Here's where your thinking gets all messed up. Your choices, you believe, are to either: 1) have the shoes or 2) not have the shoes. One is a happy outcome, the other negative, or so you believe.
How would your decision change if the salesman had the shoes in one hand and the $50 cash in the other? Would you take the shoes, or the money?
That is exactly the choice you have with every purchase. Either you get the — fill in the blank — or you get the money. Either you buy the shoes or leave $50 in your bank account.
If you could see your lifetime earnings in one big pile of money and how each spending decision diminishes the amount you get to keep, I have a feeling you would take your decision much more seriously. You'd opt to take the money more often than the stuff to clutter your life.
The next time you think of spending money —any amount — ask yourself: Do I really want this, or would I rather have the money?
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Monday's Expert - 2013 Rep Weekend
We look back at the 2013 Rep Weekend, and see how some of the representative players fared on our LeagueUnlimited.com Player of the Year leaderboard.
The bumper weekend saw four major representative fixtures - Australia dominating New Zealand in Canberra on Friday, NSW Blues taking out the annual Under 20's State of Origin and Tonga accounting for Samoa on Saturday at Penrith, then Country outlasting City on Sunday in Coffs Harbour.
Below you'll find the results, player of the match points and match details for each fixture.
Australia Kangaroos 32 New Zealand Kiwis 12
Venue: Canberra Stadium
Crowd: 25,628
Halftime Score: 6-all
LeagueUnlimited.com Players of the Match:
3 points - Paul Gallen
2 points - Cameron Smith
1 point - James Tamou
Tries: Cooper Cronk, Greg Inglis, Brett Morris, Luke Lewis, Darius Boyd, Justin Hodges
Conversions: Cameron Smith (4/6)
Tries: Josh Hoffman, Frank Pritchard
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (2/2)
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New South Wales U20's 36 Queensland U20's 12
Venue: Penrith Stadium
Crowd: 10,143
Halftime Score: Queensland 12-8
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2 points - Mitch Cornish
1 point - David Klemmer
Tries: George Jennings (2), Charly Runciman (2), Michael Lichaa, Mitch Cornish (2)
Conversions: Dylan Walker (4/7)
Tries: Brandon Tago, Anthony Milford
Conversions: Anthony Milford (2/2)
Report: NSW Under 20's secure second victory
Tonga 36 Samoa 4
Venue: Penrith Stadium
Crowd: 10,143
Halftime Score: Tonga 10-4
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2 points - Mahe Fonua
1 point - Siuatonga Likiliki
Tries: Samisoni Langi (2), Siuatonga Likiliki (2), Etu Uaisele, Mahe Fonua (2)
Conversions: Samisoni Langi (4/7)
Tries: Daniel Vidot
Conversions: Ben Roberts (0/1)
Report: Tonga demolish lacklustre Samoa
Country 18 City 12
Venue: BCU International Stadium
Crowd: 4,635
Halftime Score: Country 12-0
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1 point - Aiden Tolman
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Tries: Adam Reynolds, Andrew Fifita
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Paul Drinkhall turned in some eye-catching performances to send Team Rossi top of the T2 APAC league in Malaysia.
England's No 1 won four and drew one of his five individual matches as Team Rossi beat all three rival teams. Among his victims were German legend Timo Boll and Japanese wonderkid Tomokazu Harimoto.
Drinkhall started with a 3-3 draw against Japan's Jun Mizutani, world ranked No 7, as Team Rossi defeated Team Persson 20-12.
He then went on an amazing run across two fixtures with four victories in a row, beginning with a career-first win over world No 5 Boll as Team Rossi beat Team Maze 19-11, sealing the final scoreline by sinking Aleksandr Shibaev of Russia, ranked No 41. Both Drinkhall's wins were by a 4-1 margin.
And in the final fixture, which saw Team Rossi overcome Team JJ 19-9, Drinkhall was again in sensational form, defeating world No 18 Harimoto 3-2 and world No 15 Chang Chih-Yuan of Chinese Taipei 4-1.
Paul Drinkhall (ENG) vs Timo Boll (GER)
With Liu failing to recover from ankle sprain, aggravated by playing the previous day, Team Maze was given the choice to name their opponent and they chose Drinkhall.
What looked like a wise decision when Boll took the first set soon was turned on its head as Drinkhall fought back magnificently to win the next three games in great style and he enjoyed the icing on the cake by winning the Kill Zone game as well.
Drinkhall said:
This is a very important result for me as I've never beaten Timo before.
Liu being injured gave me the chance and I think I played a great match.
I've always struggled in the past against Timo, today I just played my game, relaxed, almost had nothing to lose and just went for it.
Score 4-1 (4-11, 11-7, 11-10, 11-7, 5-3*)
Paul Drinkhall (ENG) vs Aleksandr Shibaev (RUS)
Drinkhall showed no sign of fatigue when he took on Shibaev and earned the unofficial player-of-the-match with another victory.
Against Shibaev, who had a handsome win over Chuang the previous day, Drinkhall kept things tight and continued returning the ball with accuracy while always searching for winners.
The Englishman went 3-0 up but Shibaev ran away with the fourth game, but Drinkhall bounced back to win the shortened fifth game to complete back-to-back 4-1 scorelines.
Drinkhall said:
I felt my head was really good, I was pumped up but my mind was clear and I could think about tactics and I executed well, keeping the ball short and not allowing him to attack and just being aggressive all round.
Score 4-1 (11-6, 11-4, 11-5, 1-11, 7-6)
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UPDATED: House, Senate agree on capital budget, including new $38 million women's prisonBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
June 18. 2013 1:34PM
CONCORD – House and Senate negotiators have a tentative agreement on a $125 million capital budget with the largest item $38 million for a new women's prison in Concord.
A new women's prison has been the Department of Corrections' top priority for some time, but lawmakers have failed to agree on a new facility until this year. The state faces a lawsuit claiming female prisoners do not receive the same level of services as men.
The House agreed to the Senate's proposed $10 million for a new software system for the Liquor Commission to process credit cards. The software would be paid for by liquor revenues, not state general funds.
The House's chief negotiator, Public works and Highways Committee Chair David Campbell, D-Nashua, said legislators talked to the state treasurer to be sure there was enough bonding capacity in the liquor enterprise fund to pay for the project.
The bonds will also pay for three new liquor stores in Salem, Epping and Warner, and major renovations to the I-95 stores in Hampton.
The House also agreed to the Senate's plan to repair the North Hampton seawall this year rather than over several years.
The projected cost of $4.7 million will cover half the money coming from the Hampton Beach parking meter fund.
Both sides believe this is a good capital budget, Campbell said.
The House and Senate agreed the University System of New Hampshire capital projects would receive $8 million but did not designate two University of New Hampshire projects as the Senate had proposed.
The Community College System of New Hampshire would receive $13 million for capital projects under the agreement.
The capital budget includes $5 million for the state's match for a $25 million federal TIGER Grant application for repairs to the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge in Portsmouth. Maine is also expected to approve $5 million for its share of the match.
And there is $10.4 million for a new Marine Patrol headquarters on Lake Winnipesauke in the capital budget.
The plan also includes $1 million for a new voting system for the House and communications software for the House and Senate.


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Hogs: One thing you'll notice in our meat research is that our price projections, for higher hogs and lower cattle, are based strictly on our supply expectations. There is a ton of conflicting economic data that is clouding our demand models (objective). With that in mind our price expectations for the summer are based on no improvement in demand.
On the hog side, there are two supply based positive factors. We all know that supplies drop between now and July. We also suspect that supplies, compared against last year, will also come up smaller than expectations. The Hogs and Pigs report indicated that May and June slaughter levels should run 2.3% over last year. This is where we have a $93-$94 target for summer futures.
This is our overall argument for summer pricing. When we look at cash hog and pork prices, the past few days are confirming this rally is still on track…Rich Nelson
Cattle: At the end of the month, New York City will see temperatures one degree above normal. Here in the Midwest, temperatures will be six degrees above normal at that time. Generally, this is good news for the meat industry. Certainly for beef, which sees a normal increase in production from spring to fall, this period of "extra" beef demand is sorely needed.
The big question here about the actual impact on demand this may give. The first quarter of this year saw beef demand restrained. There is a divergence in the industry about potential second-quarter prospects. Bulls can argue, "…we are coming out of recession. Demand will slowly improve." An additional argument you will hear is, "…look at the stock market. It just made new highs earlier this month."
These are true points. However, bears have some very valid concerns. There are a plethora of concerning points that come up with a cursory look at underlying statistics. We are in the later camp.
Additionally, Friday's Cattle on Feed report brings up something important to note. The days of "tight" supplies of market-ready cattle are only good for this month and next. This market does not have to fall -- yet. Our bearish viewpoint is for prices this summer.
For cash cattle, bids Wednesday morning were at $124. April futures are pricing in $127 trading. That would be steady to $1 higher than last week's final pricing. It sounds good, but we just cannot see any reason to expect these prices will last from now through summer. The idea that June and August futures only need a 3% to 4% discount here is a little optimistic…Rich Nelson


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Gallery: Nubian people and their houses
Gallery: Pyramids and the Landscape of Nubia
Video: Nubian people and their houses
Nubia: Past and Present
A photographic exhibition by Andrew Crowe
This exhibition is the result of an anthropological research project led by Sally-Ann Ashton, Senior Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum . It aims to investigate the presentation and perception of Nubian identity, and includes photographic and film work of Andrew Crowe. The fieldwork took place in January and February 2010 in southern Egypt and northern Sudan and was funded by the British Academy.
Nubia: Past and Present explores the people of Nubia and their environment, and presents the landscape and archaeology of this region, through traditional photography and film. A personal record of the fieldwork by Andrew will be shown through the medium of "live photography", using a Canon HV30 camcorder with a Depth of Field adapter and camera lens. The idea for this was born out of necessity when Andrew had problems with his camera. The result was to capture not only an image, but also the environment and atmosphere at the time when the photograph was taken.
Nubia is a relatively modern term that is defined geographically as the land between Dongola in northern Sudan and Aswan in southern Egypt. Today, this region is home to people who are linked through a distinct language that connects them linguistically to Ancient Nubia, but who are culturally diverse from each other and from the past. Many aspects of traditional Nubian culture have been affected by the building of dams in this region.
In ancient times this region and the modern countries of Egypt and Sudan were known as the kingdoms of Kemet and Kush. There were strong cultural connections between the two lands, however, with the passing of time the two nations developed autonomously and independently of each other, but were connected through trade and, at certain times, rulers.
Nubian identity has been more widely adopted by the African diaspora, most notably in the US. In Britain an increasing number of members of the Black British community have begun to seek to understand their African heritage and see a connection to Ancient Nubian culture as a means of self-empowerment.
Dr Ossama A.W. Meguid
Dr Rageh Zaher Mohamed
Mr Mustafa Abdel Shakour
Mr Ahmed Abdel Zaher
Dr Hassan Hussein Idris
Dr Abdel Rahman Ali
Dr Ikhlas Abdellateif Ahmed
Dr Amani Noureldaim Mohamed
Mr Ayman Eltayeb El Tayeb Sid Ahmed
The research was funded by The British Academy Small Research Grant scheme
Photographs and film footage by Andrew Crowe
With special thanks to The Sudan National Museum, Khartoum and The Nubia Museum, Aswan


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th May 2008 21:10 UTC, submitted by Eugenia
Read Write Web has an interesting article on the concept of the contextual user interface. A contextual user interface - as the name implies - is an interface which adapts to the current wishes of its users, the context. The interface will change according to the actions the user takes; present a set of minimal options, and show other options as the user goes along. While the article makes some good points, it also contains some generalisations that I find rather debatable.
The article explains that until not too long ago, we were living in a world of Windows-dominated user interfaces, which presented a standard set of user interface elements (widgets). According to the author, every application was full of these widgets, "and nothing else". He claims that the user interface world was not one to be innovative in.
User interface was not the place to be innovative. It was considered unorthodox and even dangerous to present the interface in non-standard ways because everyone believed that users were, to be frank, stupid, and wouldn't want to deal with anything other than what they were used to.He continues by saying that the recent wave of user interface innovation is proving that the users-are-stupid train of thought is losing speed. "Thanks to Apple, we have seen a liberating movement towards simplistic, contextual interfaces." The problem with this train of thought is that it blindly assumes that these contextual user interfaces are, by definition, superior. And I'm not so sure of that, because these contextual user interfaces pose their own problems. Whether you present all your options up front, or whether you hide them, it's both not an ideal solution. Present your user with all options under the sun, and they're overwhelmed. Present your users with only the basic of functionality, and hide the rest away in menus and dialogs - or not present them at all - and you're bound to annoy certain users who are seeing their pet features tucked away in some far away place, or worse yet, axed altogether, all in the name of simplicity. Especially GNOME, for instance, has had some serious problems with its users concerning the removing of features, but even Mac OS X itself, seen as some sort of UI guidebook from heaven by the author of the article, suffers from this problem. Discoverability is just as much a problem in Mac OS X as it is in Windows - being overwhelmed, or underwhelmed - both can lead to "where the heck is my feature?" For a small application such as an audio player or note pad application it's easy to only show the most used features - but go to anything more complicated, and you are sure to hit problems at some point. Something like Word or PowerPoint has ten million billion different features, and millions and millions of users - how on earth are you going to determine which of those ten billion million features are the ones you want to show by default, and which are the ones you wish to hide? A common saying thrown around on the internet is that 90% of the people use only 10% of Word's features - but the problem is that those 10% are different for each individual user. So, what to do you present as the few default options, and which do you hide only to be revealed upon user request? The other extreme isn't much better either, of course, as the article explains. Just presenting every possible feature directly to the user will only confuse him or her. Microsoft tried to remedy this with the ribbon interface in Office 2007, but despite the fact that I like it, the resistance to it has been fairly vocal. The issue here is that despite its obvious advantages, the contextual user interface is, sadly, not the holy grail of user interface design. For simple applications, yes, it will probably work - but write a contextual user interface for an application that's a bit more feature laden and the contextual user interface itself can become highly frustrating. To me, the contextual user interface is a very welcome addition - but it's not the silver bullet for UI confusion. As always, moderation and balance are key.


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By Andy Hirsch
LEWISBURG, Pa. — This year's winter solstice will take place on Dec. 21, the same date on which some believe the world will come to an end, coinciding with the end of the Mayan long-count calendar. Doomsday prophecies even prompted NASA to address people's concerns. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Ned Ladd says the world will end, just not this month.
Question: One popular theory among Doomsdayers is a collision between Earth and a planet named "Nibiru." Should we be concerned?
Answer: Many forecasts of doom, including the Nibiru fable, involve a collision between the Earth and another celestial object — a giant asteroid, comet, or rogue planet. There's a kernel of truth to this idea. The Earth has been smacked by celestial objects in its past — some of them big enough to cause global change. Perhaps the most famous of these is the "asteroid that killed the dinosaurs," an object about 5 to 10 miles across that impacted Earth about 65 million years ago and radically changed our ecosystem.
So an impact like this can happen, but it's a very rare event. We know it's rare because we've scanned the skies for objects large enough to cause trouble. NASA's Near Earth Object Program searches for these objects and monitors the positions and orbits of those they detect. With modern technology, we can detect all objects of dino-killing size, and quite a bit smaller. There are no large objects which present a collision danger.
The Nibiru story involves a collision between Earth and a heretofore undetected Earth-sized planet that comes careening in from our outer solar system. An object that large would be easy to detect, even if it were still far out in the distant reaches of our solar system. It's just not out there.
Q: Another Doomsday prediction calls for a unique planetary alignment to bring about the end of the world. What impact do celestial alignments have on Earth?
A: Celestial alignment can produce spectacularly beautiful sights, but they have little or no physical significance. Perhaps the most famous of these is the alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun that produces solar and lunar eclipses. Planetary alignments are a little less spectacular, since the planets themselves look like bright "stars" in our night sky. There's no evidence that planetary alignments affect Earth processes in any way. The only conceivable interaction would involve the combined gravitational pull of the aligning planets, but the planets are so far away that the gravitational forces they exert on the Earth are minute.
Exceptions are the Sun and Moon, which are close enough (in the case of the Moon) or massive enough (the Sun) to influence the motion of water in our oceans and produce tides. Tidal torques act to slow the Earth's rotation rate, but only by a tiny amount — a "day" today is about 30 milliseconds longer than it was 2000 years ago. There's nothing out there capable of changing the Earth's rotation rate any more quickly than this.
Q: What about the theory that a black hole in the center of the galaxy will swallow up Earth?
A: Black holes are marvelous and real celestial objects surrounded by such strong gravitational fields that even light cannot escape. Of course, you have to be near enough to one of these monsters to experience those high gravity effects, and black holes are pretty small by celestial standards. Even the super-massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, an enormous beast with a mass at least a million times that of the Sun, produces extreme effects only very locally. That black hole is more than 27,000 light years away, so we're safely out of the danger zone.
Q: Doomsday aside, will Earth one day cease to exist?
A: When you start to consider really long time scales, like millions or billions of years, events that are extremely unlikely to happen anytime soon become almost certain to happen. For example, there's virtually no risk of a large asteroid impacting Earth in the next 100 years, but it's very likely that one will hit us in the next 100 million years. A large one, say 10 miles across or larger, could have devastating effects on our ecosystem, and probably could be called an "extinction event."
If rocks from space don't get us first, then we'll start to have a problem with the Sun in about two billion years. As the Sun ages it will puff up in size and become more luminous, slowly raising the temperatures on Earth. Eventually, our oceans will boil away and our atmosphere will become thick with water vapor and carbon dioxide, creating a runaway greenhouse effect like that on the planet Venus. By then temperatures on our dry, barren planet will be above 1000 degrees, and it's hard to see how we might survive in that environment.
But all of these events will take place in what we sometimes call the "deep future." I suspect there are many more pressing issues, such as climate change, the spread of nuclear materials, and the poisoning of our environment, that should demand our more immediate attention. If we don't survive those challenges, the astrophysical threats millions of years in our future are irrelevant.
Read a series of blog posts about the doomsday phenomenon from Assistant Professor of Anthropology Clare A. Sammells on Savage Minds: "The End is Nigh. Start blogging," and "2012, the movie we love to hate."
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