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Professional recording quality, desktop size.
The PreSonus HP4 Discrete 4-Channel Headphone Amp features 4 headphone outputs on the front panel, each with its own volume, and 150mW of amplification per channel-extremely loud output with a low -98dB noise floor. It also allows control over control room monitors with a separate volume knob that can be muted using the Monitor Mute button. 1/3 rackspace. Accepts balanced/unbalanced inputs and outputs (1/4" TRS). Input can either be set to stereo or mono (the mono selector button on the front channel simply copies both inputs to both sides). Powered by an external wall-mounted supply.
The HP4 represents a tremendous value as echoed by this email received by PreSonus:
"To my amazement, your HP4 sounded as good as both of my hi-fi stereo heaphone amps. Very very clean and loud. I can't believe you put 150 mw per channel, @52 ohms, to four headphone outputs and offer such a quality unit for very little over $100." (M. Burke via email)
- 4 discrete headphone outputs
- Each with its own volume and 150mW of power
- Extremely loud output with low noise (-98dB noise floor)
- Allows control over control room monitors with a separate volume knob
- Control room volume can be muted using the Monitor Mute button
- 1/3 rackspace
- Balanced/unbalanced TRS I/O
- Powered by an external wall-mounted supply
Think small and get big-time headphone control.
HP4 Discrete 4-Channel Headphone Amp Specifications:
- Input: TRS Impedance: 10K Ohms
- Output: TRS Balanced: 51 Ohms Impedance
- THD+Noise (Unweighted): 0.002%
- Noise Floor: -98dB
- Signal To Noise: >95dB
- Power Supply Rejection: >98dB
- Power: 16 Watts
- Headphone Level: 1 to 12
- Monitor / Feed Output: -80dB to +10dB
- Mono Switch: Monitor / Feed Mute
- Type: Linear
- Input: 16 VAC/1000 mA (factory configured)
- Weight: 5 lb.
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 5.5" x 5.5" x 1.75"
- Mounting: Max Rack and Universal Rack Tray
- Chassis: Steel
- Panel: Brushed Aluminum
- Sides: Cast Aluminum
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PHOTOS: Drake, Meek Mill, French Montana Get Turnt at Atlanta's Birthday Bash 18
Last night, Hennessy V.S celebrated Atlanta's Birthday Bash 18 with an after party at Mansion Elan. Meek Mill and French Montana hosted the event along with several other surprise guests including rapper Drake who was the surprise performer at the actual show earlier that evening.
Meek Mill took the mic & performed "Dreams & Nightmares," "Levels" and "I'm A Boss" while wearing the Hennessy V.S sunglasses during the whole performance and for the entire evening. French Montana took the mic and performed his current smash hits "Pop That" and "Ain't Worried About Nothin" and the crowd of over 2,000 people all went crazy.
Wale, Drake, DJ Drama, DJ Don Cannon and Sean Garrett and Atlanta Hawks' Lou Williams were all in attendance.
Photos by AllTheParties.com

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To make the weekend a little more interesting we have another update to the Spotify music catalogue. Today we've added 877 albums and singles, for a total of more than 13,000 new tracks.
Some of the notable additions include most of the back catalogue from the Beastie Boys including the special 20th anniversary edition of Paul's Boutique. Also added is a huge selection of Greatful Dead live concerts from the Dick's Picks collection for all those Deadheads out there.
For a full listing of today's additions please have a look at the Google Doc, I've also added a second sheet to the document which is sorted by label rather than artist. As with every update not all albums listed may be available in your country due to regional restrictions.


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Mauer back behind the plate for finale
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
It marked the first time Mauer caught in a day game after a night game, which was a rare occurrence last season, when he started just 47 games at catcher due to various injuries and ailments.
Mauer responded with a big day in the Twins' 10-9 comeback win over the Angels, going 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Mauer is feeling so good that he didn't even bother consulting Mauer when writing his name in the lineup.
"I didn't ask," Gardenhire said with a smile.
Gardenhire also kept Chris Parmelee in at first base and moved him up a few spots to the No. 6 hole behind Josh Willingham. Ben Revere also made his third start in right field.
Gardenhire said he's been impressed with Parmelee, who had a two-run triple in the seventh inning that helped key the Twins' win on Wednesday. He benched Parmelee with a left-hander on the mound on Monday, but said he responded well after the off-day on Tuesday.
"I definitely want Parmelee in the lineup as much as I possibly can," Gardenhire said. "I thought at the end of spring, we had a long spring, he played a lot of games and had a lot of at-bats, maybe he got worn out at the end. I don't know if that had anything to do with it, but the kid can hit."
Gardenhire sets rotation for weekend series
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins manager Ron Gardenhire set his starting rotation for this weekend's three-game series against the Rangers, as right-hander Anthony Swarzak will start Friday and will be followed by right-handers Nick Blackburn and Liam Hendriks.
Swarzak was expected to get the nod on Friday after starting in place of Hendriks last Sunday, as Hendriks was sidelined with food poisoning. But Hendriks is feeling better and threw his bullpen without any issues on Wednesday, and will get his first start of the season exactly a week later than originally scheduled.
The Twins are back to a five-man rotation after starting the year with four starters because of the off-day on Tuesday. But they're also adjusting to losing right-hander Scott Baker to season-ending elbow surgery.
Right-hander Jason Marquis is scheduled to start for Double-A New Britain on Thursday night, and will rejoin the rotation at some point next week. He could start as early as Tuesday, or the club could decide to give him an extra day of rest and slot him in on Wednesday.
"Marquis pitches tonight, so that will pretty much tell us where we're going to do, and how we do it, see how it lines up and all those things," Gardenhire said. "We're getting in a stretch where we play a few days in a row, so we need the five."
Gardenhire added it will essentially come down to a competition for the fifth spot in the rotation between Swarzak and Hendriks. But Hendriks is the favorite to stay in the rotation because Swarzak has experience in the bullpen and the Twins don't want Hendriks to pitch as a reliever this season.
Waldrop's rehab going according to plan
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins reliever Kyle Waldrop, on the disabled list with a right elbow strain, threw from 120 feet on Thursday, and is scheduled to throw his first bullpen on Sunday.
Waldrop is slated to throw from 120 feet again on Friday. He said everything is going to plan so far, though there isn't a timetable for his return just yet.
"Everything feels good and I'm still on pace to throw a bullpen on Sunday," Waldrop said. "Everything is moving in the right direction. So we'll take it a day at a time, but it's going well so far."
Waldrop said the MRI taken on his elbow during Spring Training showed inflammation and a minor strain in his ulnar collateral ligament. But he said the inflammation went away and his UCL feels better after not throwing for more than two weeks.
"I haven't had any issues with that," Waldrop said. "I feel pretty good. We took some time off and did some strengthening exercises around the UCL. We tried to take some time off from using the ligament to let it heal itself. So is everything is working as planned so far."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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January, 08 2012
Information Technology Committee (ITC) Minutes
December 8, 2011, 12pm-1pm, OM304
Present: Lorraine Capobianco (Chair), Mitch Wagener, Todd McInerney, Rich Montague, Rona Gurkewitz, Terry Wells, Veronica Kenausis, Kit Hinga, Rebecca Woodward
Projects In Process – Update
- Haas 413 –Haas 413 will be upgraded with new machines with Windows 7 on December 16, 2011.
- WS212 –UC (University Computing) will install new laptops during the intersession during the week of January 9, 2012.
- MIS Information Security Classroom/Lab WS128–UC installed new HP USDTs (Ultra Small Desktops) and deployed servers. MIS is teaching digital forensics in the classroom/lab in Spring/2012. Mark Pisano and Todd McInerney attended the MIS department meeting on December 7th to discuss technical details of the room and provide training on the technology in the room for MIS. Deb Kinnane is getting a quote for artwork for WS128. Lorraine will arrange for training on EnCase. Rona Gurkewitz asked if Computer Science could teach in WS128 after MIS teaches in Spring 2012 semester. The two departments need to meet and discuss.
- Graphic Research will receive new computers (HP USDTs), 24" fpms, and 1 TB hard drives.
- Toshiba Thrives – Rich Parmalee and Jeff Postolowski are experimenting with this device with the goal that they can be used by UC technicians to close/update work orders in Track-It! Luigi Marcone would like maintenance staff to use them to update/close work orders in SchoolDude.
- Pharos printing solution – UC and WestConnect staff will meet over the intersession to discuss a pricing structure/account balancing for students. Students will not be charged for printing from university printers. Rather, students will be given a credit balance to use for printing. They will be able to look up in Banner what they would be spending to print which is really what they would be saving. March 2012 is the target date for implementation.
- As a pilot, the university will purchase multifunction printer/copier/fax/scanner machines to replace printers in UC (University Computing).
- Lorraine met with the deans and recommended that they meet with their school technology committee once each semester. Lorraine reminded the deans that the ITC minutes are on our website. The deans provided names of faculty who will attend Blackboard Learn 9 in the Spring 2012. There was also a discussion regarding the possibility of redistribution of responsible departments assigned to technology classrooms.
New Technologies/New Initiatives
- SMARTboards – Thirteen 87" SMARTboards with UX60 projectors, Model 885ix have been ordered and ten have been delivered. This particular model is the newest model. There are four cameras, one located at each corner of the SMARTboard which enables two people to write on the board at once. This model can be used as a whiteboard as well in that you can write on it with dry erase markers. You can also use your finger to write on the board. Faculty have identified rooms that they desire to have a SMARTboard installed. Nursing wants 2, Math wants 1, and WH122 was requested by Wes Ball. Lorraine asked the ITC to provide recommended rooms to Gail Walsh. The vendor, RnB Enterprises evaluated some of the rooms that faculty requested and there are suitability issues with almost every one. Some of them are: Warner Hall: placement is difficult due to pillar in the room; WS117A is a long narrow room with about 40 feet of whiteboard. One of the whiteboards in this room can be replaced; WS 518: chalk boards need to be removed. Lorraine will send a list of rooms to the deans/departments explaining what is going to be done so that they can approve/suggest. Lorraine suggested that faculty research software that they want for the SMARTboards. Some companies that make educational software for SMARTboards are:
The target date for installation and training will start in February.
- Streaming movies/Netflix personal accounts – Personal Netflix accounts cannot be used to stream movies in the classroom. The Netflix contract for individuals do not allow it and they do not have business accounts.
ITC Meeting Schedule :
- Next Meeting: 2/9/12. Lorraine will be available from 11:30am to noon and from 1pm-1:30pm for individual questions.


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"And now the time returns again: / Our souls exult, and London's towers / Receive the Lamb of God to dwell / In England's green and pleasant bowers."
"Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!"
"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."
"If I were to think of and dwell on disastrous possibilities, I could do nothing. I throw myself headlong into my work, and come up again with my studies; if the storm within gets too loud, I take a glass too much to stun myself."
"A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation."


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Foot-and-Mouth Disease
News about Foot-and-Mouth Disease, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Highlights From the Archives
British Farmers Hopeful Cattle Disease Is Under Control
The British government's relaxation of the ban on the movement of livestock was a first sign that the spread of foot-and-mouth disease was coming under control.August 10, 2007 worldNews
British Outbreak May Be Linked to Human Action
The spread of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock at two British farms was probably caused by human movement from nearby lab facilities, an investigation concluded.August 8, 2007 worldNews
Link Is Seen Between British Labs and Livestock Virus
The strain of foot-and-mouth disease at a farm in southern England was the same as used in the production of vaccine at two veterinary laboratories four miles away, health inspectors said.August 6, 2007 worldNews
Britain Rushes to Contain Foot-and-Mouth
The British authorities moved to try to contain a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which devastated the British livestock industry in 2001.August 5, 2007 worldNews
Week in Review Desk
What if the Buffalo Roam Into Foot-and-Mouth?
In Washington, officials are drawing up detailed plans of what they will do if -- some say when -- the foot-and-mouth virus arrives in this country.May 6, 2001 weekinreviewNews
Long Island Weekly Desk
Epicenter of Foot-and-Mouth Research
Dr. Peter W. Mason directs development of a new vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease that would stop or quickly contain an outbreak of the highly contagious animal virus.April 1, 2001 nyregionNews
Foreign Desk
Trying to Stem Foot-and-Mouth, Britain Buries Carcasses
Britain deployed its army today to bury the first of up to half a million carcasses of both infected and healthy sheep in a mass grave the size of a football field.March 27, 2001 worldNews
Foreign Desk
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Intrudes, Putting British Farmers in Dread
Foot-and-mouth disease has not yet reached Marshall Taylor's dairy farm in the Somerset hills. But it is all around him just the same.March 3, 2001 worldNews
Foreign Desk
U.S. Free of Disease for 70 Years, but Some Call Its Return Inevitable
Although the United States has not had an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease since 1929, some veterinary virologists believe that it is only a matter of time before a slip in agricultural hygiene or a tourist who flouts customs regulations reintroduces this highly infectious virus into American livestock.March 3, 2001 worldNews
Foreign Desk
Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak Halts British Animal Exports
Faced with its first outbreak in 20 years of foot-and-mouth disease, Britain said today that it was suspending all exports of live animals as well as milk and meat.February 22, 2001 worldNews
Outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Fading at FSU
Officials are hoping a campus-wide hand-washing campaign will help stop an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease at Florida State University.
September 16, 2016, Friday
Home to High-Security Lab and Source of Rumors, Plum Island Faces Uncertain Future
Journalists were given a glimpse of the federal Plum Island Animal Disease Center off Long Island, which will be closed within the next decade. Officials are marketing the island to developers.
September 15, 2016, Thursday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Plum Island Animal Disease Center , Land Use Policies , Historic Buildings and Sites , Parks and Other Recreation Areas , Livestock Diseases , Laboratories and Scientific Equipment , Research , Homeland Security Department , Long Island (NY) , Plum Island (NY) , Shutdowns (Institutional) , Islands , Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Brazil Posts Double Win with Simultaneous Soy Boom and Deforestation Drop
A new analysis sees many factors driving the extraordinary sustained drop in Amazon forest loss in Brazil even as soy production has boomed.
June 5, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Amazon Jungle , Amazon River Basin , Brazil , Science (Journal) , Agriculture and Farming , Forests and Forestry , Livestock , Soybeans , World Cup 2014 (Soccer)
After a Ban, Wagyu From Japan Returns
Foot-and-mouth disease in Japan kept imports of the expensive beef on pause for a few years.
October 17, 2012, Wednesday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Beef , Foot-and-Mouth Disease , Livestock , Japan , Food Contamination and Poisoning
Cambodia: Child Deaths Linked to Virus
A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths that have occurred in Cambodia, health officials said Monday.
July 10, 2012, Tuesday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Enterovirus 71 , Deaths (Fatalities) , Children and Childhood , Cambodia , Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Vast Tracts in Paraguay Forest Being Replaced by Ranches
Huge sections of the Chaco forest are being razed by local Mennonite farmers and Brazilian cattle ranchers amid a surge in the global demand for beef.
March 25, 2012, Sunday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Paraguay , Forests and Forestry , Cattle , Beef , Agriculture and Farming , Environment , Mennonite Churches , Ranches , Livestock , Brazil
Disease Threatens Japan's Beef Trade
Japan is trying to control its worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in a century.
June 12, 2010, Saturday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Cattle , Livestock Diseases , Foot-and-Mouth Disease , Japan
Japan Bans Beef Exports
Japanese authorities imposed a temporary ban on beef exports after finding suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease in cows on a single farm in southern Japan.
April 22, 2010, Thursday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Japan , Meat , Cattle , Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Japan Stops Beef Exports in Possible Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
Symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease were found in three cattle in southern Japan.
April 21, 2010, Wednesday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: News
Rare Breeds, Frozen in Time
A group in Rhode Island has created a fertility bank for heritage livestock, freezing embryos in preparation for an outbreak of disease — or the next food trend.
January 5, 2010, Tuesday
MORE ON FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND: Breeding of Animals , Livestock , Reproduction (Biological) , Cattle , Animals , Sheep , Goats , Veterinary Medicine , Local Food
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Navigator
A list of Web sites about Foot-and-Mouth Disease as selected by editors of The New York Times.
Government Agencies and Reports
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
British Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
British Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
The British Royal Society's Infectious Disease in Livestock Inquiry Follow-Up Review
Royal Society comments on current Foot-and-Mouth outbreak (Aug 6, 2007)
Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Lessons to be Learned Inquiry Report
Conducted after the 2001 outbreak.
Policy Commission On The Future Of Farming And Food
Final report commissioned in Britain after the 2001 outbreak.
Other Coverage
Statement by farmer affected in current outbreak, BBC
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1.)Divine Wind Style: Serial Winds Thunderclap (Kamikazeton: Shinku Renpa Jinrai)
Rank: S
Type: Attack
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 40
Damage Points: 80
Description: The user charges large amounts of Divine Wind to his hands. He then makes 5 hand seals and spreads his arms out wide. He then brings them together clapping, making several waves of Divine Wind for each time he claps his hands. From the power of the clap, wind is thrown at the enemy with enough force to knock down a house with only three clap. The wind is blown extremely fast and hits very quickly. The user can clap up to 4 times in a row, with each clap gaining in strength. If the user choices to make 3 claps or more, it requires a long string of 15 handseals Each clap strength increases on a scale like this one:
1st clap: strong enough to knock back a man
2nd clap: strong enough to knock back a couple of horses
3rd clap: strong enough to knock over a house
4th clap: strong enough to knock over a Kage's mansion
*after using 1-2 claps, the user cannot use any Divine Wind jutsu the next turn*
*after using 3-4 claps, the user cannot use any Divine Wind jutsu for two turns*
*Useable twice a fight. If the 4th clap is used, only one usage may occur the entire fight
*The friction and force from the claps causes damage to the user's hands and after using 1-2 claps, he cannot use arm taijutsu for 1 turn. After making 3 or 4 claps, the pain is so great that he cannot use any arm-based tai for 3 turns.
*The friction and force from the claps cause damage to the user's hand and after using 1-2 claps, he cannot move his arms with enough speed to perform fluid taijutsu attacks and his handseal speed is slowed, taking him a few moments longer to string together handseals for 1 turn. After making 3 or 4 claps, the pain is so great that he cannot move his arms above waist height without agonizing pain that subsides over the course of three turns, regaining more movement in his third turn, being able to raise his arms to chest height that turn. His handseal speed is further decreased, taking him twice as long to string together handseals.
The bottom two restrictions underlined contradict each other. Also, add that the user cannot use any wind techniques whatsoever for the next two turns if the fourth clap is used.
2. Divine Wind Style: Northern Lights (Kamikazeton: Aurora Borealis)
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary
Range: Mid-Long
Chakra: 30
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user makes two handseals and manipulates the wind around him, adding his Lightning and fire chakra to it, turning it into Kami Kaze chakra. He then forcibly releases large amounts of chakra to the already existing chakra around him, creating a very large and wide area of Divine wind chakra around the user. He then bends the Kami Kaze chakra to make a very bright blinding light around him from the chakra, temporarily blinding the foe. It also confuses those with Sensing abilities due to the large radius of chakra making it hard to pinpoint the user's exact position. The bright light from this jutsu comes from the fire chakra within the Divine Wind chakra being manipulated to "shine" and then adding the Lightning to it to create an even brighter light that, if one to view it, would look like the Northern Lights. Only Byakugan users would be able to escape the effects. The user focuses Kami Kaze chakra to their eyes and bends the chakra in a lense shape, allowing their eyes to pierce the chakra without being blinded.
*Blindness lasts one turn. Confusion of sensory last for 3 turns
*Useable three times a battle with a wait period of at least 1 turn in between uses.*
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"Fools only crib about what they do not have. They do not count their blessings."
Shri Radhe Maa
"The brighter stars emerge out of the blackest darkness."
"Cut the cords of attachment. Expand the circle of love."
"The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting."
"To master life, control the mind. To control the mind, guard your speech."
"Pray as if you possess no will. Work as if everything depends on you."
"Do not expect too much from the world. We are here to give not to take."
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The marriage may be over for Jon and Kate Gosselin, but the show must go on.
The stars of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" confirmed on Monday what has been readily apparent all season: their marriage is beyond repair.
"I'm tired of smiling on the outside and crying on the inside," Kate said near the end of what TLC billed as a life-altering announcement about their family's future on Monday's episode. "I've been doing that for a long time."
"I was too passive," Jon said, sounding like someone who had already moved on. "I went along with everything."
Kate said she "sob harder than I've ever sobbed" but then decided it was time to move on from her hubby of 10 years, saying the split would have happened even if the couple was not in the limelight.
"I believe it's a chapter that would have played out had the world been watching or not," she said.
Jon said the couple's constant bickering in front of the children was unhealthy and that the pair lived like two strangers under the same roof.
"We don't have anything right now," he said. "It's just like two people who happen to live here. It's just not good for our kids, for us to be arguing in front of our kids. We can't be cordial in front of each other, so we decided to separate."
Production of the show has been halted following the announcement -- and only six of the 40-episode season have aired, Usmagazine.com reported.
Subtitles on a black screen at the end of the episode confirmed that the Gosselins had gone to court Monday to "dissolve" their marriage. They reportedly filed their divorce papers at the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown, a source described as "close to the situation" told People.com just hours before the show aired.
Both released statements confirming the split Monday night.
"It's a shame," Jon said. "I will always love her as the mother of my kids."
"Jon & Kate," a chronicle of a young couple raising a set of twins and sextuplets, began on the Discovery Health Channel in 2007, though it became a national phenomenon after moving to TLC. Its season 5 premiere drew a record 9.8 million viewers on May 25. Many have bailed on the show in recent weeks though Monday's episode was heavily hyped.
On Monday, Kate said she wanted to continue filming. Jon was more circumspect because he might have a job offer that conflicts with the filming schedule.
"We have soldiers over in Iraq dying for our country and all (paparazzi) care about is what I ate for lunch," he said.
Either way, the couple said, the kids would remain in the family's million dollar Pennsylvania home -- one parent would leave when the other had visitation privileges.
The hour-long special did not directly address rumors of infidelity from both stars.
On the show, their kids were given playhouses for the yard. Their parents did their best to avoid each other.
"It's very uncomfortable at this point because Jon has anger," Kate said in what have become standard solo confessionals from the family couch. "He won't talk to me. That's the truth."
Earlier Monday, Jon seemed to downplay the big announcement.
"Well, today's just another day," he told RadarOnline.com when asked at the grocery store whether he would be glad after the episode aired.
Jon spent Father's Day alone with the twins and set of sextuplets on their sprawling 24-acre estate in Pennsylvania. On Monday, he said he was still had "no idea" of Kate's whereabouts and wasn't happy.
"I've been by myself for four days," he said in the RadarOnline video, adding that he was "down a person" taking care of the kids.
As an alternative to divorce, some had speculated that the couple would decide to enter marriage counseling. That does not seem likely.
Kate first alluded to matrimonial problems in May when she said she doesn't recognize her husband of 10 years.
Jon said he's noticed the changes in himself, too.
"It just got worse and worse and worse, and with all the tabloids and all that, it just made it even worse," Jon said in the episode. "People think I've changed, and I have changed, but I'm now the person I know I am."
The two spent their 10th anniversary apart from one another just 10 days ago, and Jon has reportedly been looking for an apartment in New York City.
Though the family's future remains uncertain, Kate said her relationship -- or lack thereof -- with Jon doesn't change how she feels toward her kids.
"Doesn't matter where Jon and I are in our relationship," Kate said. "My kids still matter the most to me. We haven't really known where we were going, but we've been dealing with this for a long time. A slow progression that has not popped up one day, it's not been like a secret."


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The Fire face yet another Eastern Conference foe at home this week: New England. The clubs appear to be heading in opposite directions with Frank Klopas' side only losing one of their last five while the Revs have lost four out of five but the Men in Red can't overlook this one. Here are a few things to watch out for from a tactical standpoint.
Who will replace the captain? Logan out 4-6 weeks
Last week's 3-1 win in Philly was very costly, namely because of the injury to captain Logan Pause who, to date, has had yet another stellar year. With Logan out for at least a month, two major questions arise – who should replace him in the lineup and should his injury force the Fire to change their tactics? The answer to the second question is almost certainly no. The tactic of two holding midfielders has served the Fire well this season and there is no need to change it.
Replacing Logan is a difficult task but the Fire certainly to have options. Fernandez slotted in for Logan in the second half against Philly but players like Corben Bone, Mike Videira, Daniel Paladini and Victor Pineda can all play in the center of midfield.
Having this many options is a luxury for coach Klopas but the obvious candidate in my eyes is Fernandez. He is the most experienced MLS midfielder and did a fine job in that position last week. Fernandez also didn't play in Wednesday's reserve game which could be another indication that he will be getting the start alongside Pardo.
Shots from Distance: Be Wary
Though New England haven't scored too many goals of late, its not for lack of trying. Midfielders, Lee Nguyen, Saër Sène (sometimes a striker) and Benny Feilhaber are all not afraid to pull the trigger from distance. Just a few weeks ago, Sène scored an absolutely brilliant goal against the Union, cutting in from the right before blasting it past Zack MacMath.
PREVIEW: Fire vs. NE
Nguyen scored a goal-of-the-season candidate earlier this season when he volleyed the ball from outside the box into the top corner. The Fire cannot allow the Revs' midfielders space to shoot from the outside. New England will also have target man Jerry Bengtson back from international duty and will be looking to him to provide layoffs for shots from the outside.
Chris Tierney: A Threat from the Left
New England have deployed different formations in its past two games but one thing that hasn't changed is the team's reliance on left back Chris Tierney to get forward to provide crosses into the box. Against KC, Nguyen constantly pushed inside to allow space for Tierney to move into on the left.
Against Montreal last week, New England played with one striker but again the Revs made room for Tierney on the outside to get the ball in the box. The players pushing inside also meant that New England had numerous players waiting to attack Tierney's crosses instead of just the forwards. In both of the past two games, the Revs have pushed Tierney up in advanced positions while keeping the outside right defender on more a leash.
If the Fire do indeed bring Fernandez into the middle it will be up to his replacement (presumably Nyarko) to track back and help either Jalil Anibaba or Dan Gargan when Tierney gets pushes forward into the attack.
PREDICTION: Chicago Fire 2, New England Revolution 0 with goals from Chris Rolfe and Sherjill MacDonald
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com, follow him on Twitter @Irish_Steve.


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Hugo red blazer from Scandal seen with Abby Whelan (Darby Stanchfield)
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Abby Whelan (Darby Stanchfield) is seen with what looks like the red Hugo Wool Blazer in Scandal, Season 5, Episode 15 - Pencil's Down. Find Jackets, Clothing and Women's Fashion from Scandal below.
In ABC's political thriller Scandal, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) gathers the gladiators and red wine for an all-out political war at the White House. Following Olivia over a cliff and wearing the white hat is Abby (Darby Stanchfield), a liberal litigator who uses her contacts at the Justice Department to seek justice and fight the good fight. Armed with silk printed blouses and trousers, a different kind of battle suit, she blackmails and flirts her way through all the back channels.
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27.0627 Fluid ounce-Dry pint or quart.Cite as [A.S.A.C. § 27.0627]
When the term "ounce" is employed in a declaration of liquid quantity, the declaration shall identify the particular meaning of the term by the use of the term "fluid"; however, such distinction may be omitted when, by association of terms (for example, as in "1 pint 4 ounces"), the proper meaning is obvious. Whenever the declaration of quantity is in terms of the dry pint or dry quart, the declaration shall include the word "dry".History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 Oct 76, § 13.


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Lambic beers, or "sour beers," are spontaneously fermented Belgian ales often flavored with fruits. I've been making fruit and lambic sorbets and ice creams for years. (Chef Jonathon Sawyer at the Greenhouse Tavern in Cleveland gave me my first sip of American craft sour beer, which I fell in love with instantly.) Sorbets require a lot of sugar to remain supple when frozen, so they easily can get too sweet. However, when you add good-quality ale you balance that sweetness. Also, the natural sugar content of the alcohol means you won't have to add as much sugar as you would in a regular sorbet recipe. I use this recipe to make cherry lambic sorbet, black plum & black currant lambic sorbet, and peach lambic sorbet, but you can make any combination you like.–Jeni Britton Bauer
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Go ahead. Try and stop at one spoonful of this cool, creamy, ever so slightly intoxicating concoction. We dare you. [Hiccup.]
Special Equipment: Ice cream maker
Fruit and Sour Beer Sorbet Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Makes about 1 quart
- 1 pound fresh stone fruits (cherries, peaches, plums, apricots, or, if desired, a combination)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- 3/4 cup lambic, chilled
- 1. If using peaches, plums, or apricots, peel the fruits. Remove and discard the stones (that is to say, the pits). Purée the fruit in a food processor until smooth. You should have somewhere between 1 and 2 cups of puree.
- 2. Combine the puréed fruit, sugar, and corn syrup in a 3-quart saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Immediately remove from the heat. Refrigerate until chilled through, at least 2 hours.
- 3. Strain the purée, if desired, through a sieve into a bowl. Stir in the beer and, if you can stand to wait, refrigerate the mixture until chilled.
- 4. Pour the mixture into the chilled canister of an ice cream maker (you may need to work in batches to prevent sorbet overflow) and spin just until it is the consistency of very softly whipped cream. Pack the sorbet into a storage container, press a sheet of parchment directly against the surface, and seal with an airtight lid. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours. You can take it from here.
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If your dad was a famous pastry chef, and you spent your childhood watching him bake pastry, and eating his biscuit mix, doesn't mean you will grow up to be Betty Crocker by default.
Ed has had to work hard, and it shows. Just cuz he went through a good college program and had a baller dad doesnt mean he should be a great shooter. Everyone is different, that's what makes the world great isnt it.


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I'm in the market now for some headphones, but not the typical kind. I already have a pair of Grado SR-80 headphones that I use for listening to music, so I don't really care about that. What I need is a set of headphones with which I can listen to podcasts on my commute. I'd prefer headphones that fit over, not in my ears. Also, they must convert into a very compact form so that I can throw them into my work bag during the day, and have them not take up too much space.
Before I go to Best Buy and get ripped off, are there any suggestions for headphones of this type that are especially good for voice reproduction?


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Six Nations
Farrell has 50-50 chance of facing Azzurri
ESPN Staff
February 28, 2013
England could be without Owen Farrell for the Italy match © PA Photos
England coach Stuart Lancaster has conceded that Owen Farrell only has a 50-50 chance of being fit in time to play Italy on March 10.
Farrell limped off with a thigh strain in the second half of last weekend's 23-13 victory over France and faces a race against time to be fit for the penultimate hurdle of his team's Grand Slam quest. Lancaster said: "Owen is making good progress and he's 50-50 for the Italy game. In the next week he'll be running, but the problem will be kicking. If there's a doubt we won't risk it."
Toby Flood has been retained by England this week instead of being released for his club Leicester's match with Sale on Saturday. Flood has only played 32 minutes of rugby for England during their three Six Nations matches but he could be handed the No.10 jersey for the Italy clash.
England name their team for the match on March 7 and Lancaster is adamant that they will not rush Farrell back into action. "We have to make sure that the injury has healed properly so that it doesn't break down again through kicking," Lancaster said. "Being a fly-half, that's obviously an important part of the job. We'll have to wait and see how that settles down towards the second half of the week.
"You have to let the injury settle to a point where he's beyond fit enough to run. Running around is fine, but what you don't want to do is return to kicking too early and return the injury to its current state. There will have to be a staged progression in his kicking, which will go gently upwards.
"There's no such thing as breaking yourself in as a fly-half, you're either fit or not. We meet on Monday night, we train on Tuesday and Wednesday. We have Thursday off and announce the team on Friday. We'll give him time, but equally there comes a point in a week when we run combinations. Toby Flood trained really well today and is a good player for us, so I'm not worried in that regard."
With England sweating on Farrell's fitness, Lancaster will be keeping a close eye on how Freddie Burns does for Gloucester against Bath on Friday evening. The young fly-half has missed the last six weeks due to injury but if Farrell fails to recover in time for their match with the Azzurri, then Burns could find himself back in the international mix.
"It's great that Freddy's fit now. Hopefully he should be good to go, but it will be his first game back in six weeks," Lancaster said. "From our point of view we need to look at his performance. We have other options on the bench who can cover 10."
Lancaster also revealed that Wasps back row Billy Vunipola should be available against Italy, while Ben Morgan is expected to return against Wales on March 16. Both have been suffering from ankle injuries.
The England coach has also spoken out about the team's need to keep cool when provoked by the opposition. Farrell and Chris Ashton came in for some criticism after their win over France due to a couple of off-the-ball incidents and Lancaster has emphasised to the squad that they need to keep their composure.
"I've spoken to the group generally to make sure that we stay focused on the task in hand," Lancaster said. "Upon review of the game, we definitely got involved in one or two incidents that we didn't need to. We spoke about that as a group. As an opposition coach and team you've got to do everything in your power to upset and try to niggle the opposition.
"You have to be able to deal with that, keep your focus and deal with the task in hand, letting your rugby do the talking. It's not a big issue, I don't think we have a big fundamental disciplinary issue at all. In the context of the game, we were challenged by a very, very good French side and were delighted to come out on top."
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The son of Eddie Madden and Maxine North, he was born September 16, 1972 in Little Rock. He married Michelle Madden, on January 29, 2009 in Russellville. John was a deep believer in the Christian faith. He enjoyed swimming and anything he could do in the water.
He was preceded in death by his father, Eddie Madden Sr.
Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife, Michelle Madden, of Russellville; his mother, Maxine North, and husband, Thomas, of Mayflower; three children, Chase and Cash Carradine, of Russellville and Cris Baham Russellville; brother, Eddie Madden Jr., of Little Rock; sister, Monica Madden, of Little Rock; two step-brothers, Michael Westbrook and Brandon Westbrook, both of Little Rock; his step-mother, Andrea Madden; and many other family members.
Memorial service will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at Humphrey Chapel. The Reverend Melvin Jones will officiate.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Humphrey Funeral Service. Internet obituary and on-line guest book are available at www.humphreyfuneral.com.


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Crossroads celebrations planned
June 26, 2013 at 1:26 a.m.
Several area cities are planning July Fourth celebrations.
AUSTWELL - Austwell Volunteer Fire Department fish fry, dance and fireworks show; 5-7 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Heard Park, $7 for plates, plates have fried fish, cole slaw, hush puppies, beans and tea; dance and live music from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.; 10 p.m., fireworks show at park; call 361-286-3523
CUERO - Grace Episcopal Church Family Fun Carnival, 9:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. July 4, at Cuero Municipal Park, Young Patriots Parade, cake walk, face painting, inflatables, dunking booth, duck pond, fishing, cookie decorating, train rides, country store, watermelon seed spittin' contest, hula hoop contest, egg toss contest, concessions, plant sale, bucket auction and a raffle. Food drive for CAMAL House food bank. Anyone bringing a food item to donate gets a chance at a prize drawing. Admission to the carnival, parade, contests and some activities are free of charge. Tickets for most booths and concessions are 50 cents each and bucket auction tickets are $1 each. Proceeds will benefit the Grace Episcopal Church Repair and Renovation Fund, Bluebonnet Youth Ranch, Habitat for Humanity of Cuero and Keep Cuero Beautiful. For more information, call 361-275-3423, 361-275-0655 or 361-275-3643.
That evening: concert and fireworks, 6-8 p.m. - Tommy Schlein sings Golden Oldies. 9 p.m. - Fireworks, all in the park.
GOLIAD - Coleto Creek Park will host the annual July 4th Fireworks Display over the reservoir toward the park. Fireworks start at dark, estimated at 9:30 p.m. Park entry for the event is $10 per vehicle.
BAYSIDE - Fourth of July parade and firework show; parade, 4 p.m. Thursday, July 4; route goes from First Street to Copano Bay City Park; pot luck 5 p.m.; live music throughout evening with firework show on Gin Road at dusk.
WOODSBORO - Lion's Club Fourth of July parade and celebration parade, 10 a.m. Thursday, July 4; route goes from Woodsboro High School to town square; live music, children's games, food and crafts vendors, live auction and drawing until 3 p.m. There will be no firework show.
POINT COMFORT - The 11th annual Point Comfort Bash at the Bay, sponsored by the City of Point Comfort and the Point Comfort Volunteer Fire Department, beginning 6 p.m. Saturday, July 6, in the city park. A free pool party will be from 6-8:30 p.m. and vendors in the park. Fireworks show will be at dark.
PORT O'CONNOR - Port O'Connor Fireworks display, free, at dusk Saturday, July 6, at King Fisher Beach.
EDNA - The Antique Tractor Show, Brackenridge Park & Campground, Saturday, July 6, will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Antique Tractor Parade will start at 3 p.m. where the tractors will be driven through the park and campground.
For more information on the Antique Tractor Show and Parade contact Melvin Gerdes at 361-782-1451.
The fireworks display will follow at dusk on Saturday evening.
Free parking for the event will tractor show and fireworks available in field across from Harry Hafernick Rec Center.
SHINER - 34th annual Half Moon Holidays, Green-Dickson Park. Friday and Saturday. Friday, carnival and dance to DJ music, vendors; Saturday - 10:30 a.m. parade, 5K, 10K, kids run, washer tournament, pie auction, live music starts at 3 p.m. with headliner the Trevor Cole Band at 9:30 p.m. Fireworks at sunset. For more information call 361- 798-6463.


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January 30, 2013
Despite our recent plea against camouflage, we have to admit – and you will probably agree on this – that there are exceptions to be made. Belgium's Dries Van Noten for example, who supplies a range of casual yet highly fashionable camo staples for this Spring and Summer season, including this great two-toned denim jacket. It features a dark blue camouflage body and a contrasting green camouflage yoke, besides press button closure on the front pocket, cuffs and on each chest pocket. You can pick this up at Trés Bien for $670.
words by Fritz Radtke
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Hey guys, I'm sure most of you have looked around NBA.com or the ACC for players' jerseys, but like me, many of you have probably come out disappointed. The jerseys can usually go upwards of $80, and are pretty much a luxury for a university student like me. However, I found this awesome site online that lets you earn points to buy your own stuff through Amazon, where the prices for these jerseys are $30-40! I've been using the site for the past two weeks and already got some stuff from it, so I felt it my duty as a Raptors fan to share this awesome opportunity for not only free Raptors gear and stuff, but basically any kind of stuff! It's pretty easy because you can get points through filling out surveys and clicking on advertisements, and there is a pretty great userbase there too. The best part, in my opinion, is being able to get awesome legitimate Raptors stuff for free by spending as little as 15 minutes a day.
Here's the link for the site: http://www.points2shop.com/?ref=uin1265247686
Hope you guys have an awesome time, good luck! If anyone needs any help, feel free to PM!
PS: mods and admins, this was not an attempt to troll, spam or advertise for the sake of the site, I legitimately would not have been able to get my beloved Bargnani jersey without this site, so I really wanted to help the RR community by giving others a chance to do the same. If this is any way against the rules, I'll gladly delete this post.


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24 April 2013 - 24 April 2013
Abbotsford Campus
Institutional Learning Outcomes: Year Two
Demonstration Projects
April 24, 2013, 1 – 4 pm, B101
Eight pilot projects were selected to demonstrate how department or program outcomes could be aligned to our Institutional Learning Outcomes. These pilot projects are ready for review. Several other departments and programs have also completed the task of alignment.
You are welcome to an Open House to review these Alignment Projects, to offer feedback, and to get some ideas and encouragement to complete your department or program alignment.
Eric Davis will be speaking at 3 pm.
Teaching and Learning


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Ive been thinking that hashi may of awakened rinnegan before he died. why, because madara only unlocked rinnegan after having hashi cell for a long time and he's still bragging that hashi can still beat him.I don't see how if not
and Im not saying that he had it during the fight at the VOTE, because he would of raped madara. Im saying that madara probably knew/felt he it before he died and is saying that he would lose to rinnegan hashi.
what do you think, feel free to agree and/or disagree


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MADISON -- Just as Jordan Taylor has taken over as the Badgers' unquestioned leader, so too has Draymond Green done for the Spartans.
With guys like Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers and Delvon Roe gone, Green has led Michigan State to a somewhat surprising run to the top of the Big Ten standings with three weeks to play. Likewise, Taylor has Wisconsin within a game of first place in the conference standings without the help of Jon Leuer, Keaton Nankivil or Tim Jarmusz.
And just as opposing teams focus in on Taylor, the Badgers will need to do their best Thursday night to limit Green if they hope to leave East Lansing with a victory.
"Just his fight," Ryan Evans said of what makes Green tough to defend. "He's not really that tough of a guy to defend, just because you know what he's going to do, but at some times he can just overwill you and get it done.
"That's what I've got to try to do on the defensive end is not let him overpower me."
Green has enjoyed plenty of individual success against Wisconsin in his career, and even more so over the last three matchups. Over six career games against UW, Green has scored 74 points (12.33 per game). Beginning with a 26-point night in East Lansing last season, Green has averaged 19 points per game over his last three against the Badgers.
Earlier this season in Madison, Green led Michigan State with 18 points while also grabbing 14 rebounds in the Spartans' 63-60 victory.
"A great leader, just a great guy you want as a teammate on your team," Josh Gasser said of Green. "He's definitely one of the best players not only in the Big Ten, but in the country. He deserves that."
Green enters Thursday's game ranked ninth in the Big Ten at 15 points per game, and he leads the conference in rebounding, grabbing 10.5 boards per contest. In league play, Green is 10th at 14.6 points per game, while increasing his rebounding lead by pulling down 11.3 per game.
In his best scoring game of the season, Green dropped 34 points at Gonzaga, but grabbed just two rebounds. His best rebounding game of the season was the first, as Green had 18 rebounds to go along with 13 points in a 67-55 loss to North Carolina.
Only once this season -- in Michigan State's 42-41 loss at Illinois -- has Green been held under double digits in both points and rebounds in the same game. Green had five points and eight boards in that contest.
""The last couple games I've watched, he just seems to always be around the ball; he seems to grab every loose ball, every rebound," Gasser said. "He's just a really tough kid. To play against him is a lot of fun because he goes 100 percent all the time. He's got a real good motor. He takes the game real seriously and he's fun to play with."
Evans will likely see a large portion of time defensively against Green. That's especially likely considering Evans did a better job defending Jared Sullinger than Jared Berggren did in the Badgers' 58-52 loss on Feb. 4 at the Kohl Center.
Regardless of who defends Green, that matchup will likely be the key to the outcome Thursday at the Breslin Center.
"Last game up here, Draymond Green just had his way," UW video coordinator Sharif Chambliss said. "Guys know they have a challenge put forth ahead of them right now going in there on Thursday.
"You can't let anybody just dictate what they want to do all the time. [Green] and (Derrick) Nix had their way and Payne was just all over. So we have to be able to go in there and control the physicality of the game."


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Ginnie Mae, FHLB Announce New Secondary Mortgage Option
A new initiative from Government National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago promises to offer credit unions an additional market for their mortgage loans.
The new effort am has been dubbed the MPF Government Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) and is aimed at "small issuers," which may lack access to other secondary market options, Ginnie Mae said.
"Lenders will be able to choose whether to retain or release servicing on the government loans they originate and they will have a reliable channel for selling their loans that removes hurdles low-volume originators face in today's competitive market" Ginnie Mae said.
The organization has not yet explained what those hurdles are, but a spokesman has said that the efforts pricing for the loans will be better than the pricing from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
Ginnie Mae said the new program will initially be made available to eligible participating members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago in Illinois and Wisconsin before being rolled out more broadly next year.
"We are committed to supporting the mortgage activities of community lenders across the country that are members of the Federal Home Loan Banks," said Matt Feldman, President of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. "This product will allow participating members to be more competitive in their communities and to provide them better pricing to enhance access to affordable mortgage financing in the communities they serve." "This effort is an important move toward satisfying a critical strategic initiative of Ginnie Mae to find a way to expand access to our program to small lenders," said Ted Tozer, President of Ginnie Mae. "The Ginnie Mae and FHLB Chicago partnership leverages the strengths of each of the institutions and will facilitate FHA, VA, and RD lending by small banks, some of whom are operating in areas where borrowers have had limited access to government loan programs."


text: So, I guess we've got Korra with us until 2015? That's assuming one book per year. If that's the case, that's a good run. Korra's outfits don't look all that different from what she already has. I liked seeing her in the more modern civilian clothing from Book One and I wouldn't mind it if she adopted that style at some point. Asami's concept art looks good. Asami's Corporate Outfit Asami's Pilot Outfit And Mako's outfit looks like a Starfleet uniform variant at first glance. Mako's Starfleet Uniform


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For years, the one competitive advantage
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion had over other smartphone manufacturers was
its secure e-mail and messaging service. This made BlackBerries the simple
choice for both corporate employees and government workers. But as the
business-casual trend has made casual Fridays all but moot, the overlap of
personal and professional has also led to more business and government types
choosing (and begging for) consumer electronic devices in their professional
A new
report from The Washington
Post sheds light on the
phenomenon that has led to more government employees, in particular, to choose
Apple and Google products over RIM's recently.
best way I can describe BlackBerry is as a one-trick pony," Needham &
Co. analyst Charlie Wolf told The
Post. "The one trick was their secure messaging platform. Management
has yet to understand that the world has changed. They didn't understand that
it was a software game going forward."
late (and unpolished) start to
the tablet wars has also hampered the company at a time when more and more
government employees are using Apple's iPad in daily work applications instead
of a more traditional laptop PC.
The changes
signify a cultural shift that has already begun in earnest in the corporate
sector. While iPhones and Android smartphones are quickly replacing
BlackBerries, Microsoft Outlook is being eschewed for Gmail. The Post reports that the General
Services Administration is currently moving 17,000 employees onto Gmail.
have better access to information technology at their homes than they do at
work, and that's especially true in the public sector," Vivek Kundra, the
federal government's CIO told The
Post. "If you look at the average school kid, he or she probably has
better technology in his or her backpack than most of us do in government
report cites a recent study by Forrester Research that found that 35 percent of
U.S. workers "either buy their own smartphone for work,
use unsanctioned Web sites or download unapproved applications on a work
computer," saying that the technology is better than what their job
provides; they use it at home and want to use it at work, too.
And many
federal workers want to carry one device for both their professional and
personal business, rather than keeping a BlackBerry for work and an iPhone or
Android for home.
much of the changes have come from employees asking for them, they may prove
positive for management, too. Officials say the shift could cut billions from
the $80 billion annual IT budget in Washington, all the while making workers
more productive. The GSA's move to Gmail could cut 50 percent of IT expenses
over the next five years since it will no longer have to maintain its own
servers and will not have to pay for software updates. The USDA also is primed
to save about $6 million a year by switching to Microsoft's cloud-based e-mail
report points out that the adoption of consumer devices has been relatively
small, so far, but it has reached a number of disparate agencies:
At ATF, there are about 50 iPads or iPhones in use, and the number
could increase to 100 soon. At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the
1,000 BlackBerrys used last year have dropped to about 700 as workers picked
other smartphones. The State Department is testing iPads. Congress now allows
iPads and iPhones on the House floor.
All of the changes seemingly benefit frontline
employees and top-level officials, but mean nothing but more
bad news for RIM.


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Frieri apologetic, D-backs upset over hit-by-pitch
Goldschmidt goes on disabled list after breaking left hand
By Tom Singer and Adam Lichtenstein / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Aaron Hill best described the feeling in the D-backs' clubhouse after news that All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was being placed on the disabled list with a fractured left hand.
"I don't know if that's a common injury, but it seems like we've just been kind of snake bitten," he said before Saturday's game against the Pirates.
Goldschmidt was hit by a pitch from Pirates reliever Ernesto Frieri in the ninth inning of Friday's game, won by Pittsburgh, 9-4. Goldschmidt entered in the top of the ninth as a defensive replacement and had just the one plate appearance, after having been slated to have a full day off. He stayed in the game and took first base.
Frieri was apologetic after he heard the news of the first baseman's injury and said the pitch was not intentional.
"I was so sorry when I heard he had to go on the DL," he said. "I didn't think it was that bad.
"I don't even know if I ever faced him before. But even if he had done something against me, I'm not the kind of guy who would want to get even for that. I pitch inside, and I'll keep doing that. With the Angels, I stayed away, to both left- and right-handed hitters, and when I came here I knew I had to change."
D-backs catcher Miguel Montero, however, was upset by the pitch -- a 93-mph fastball that ran high and inside on the right-handed Goldschmidt -- and by the fact that several D-backs players had suffered injuries after being hit in the hand. Hill and former D-back Willie Bloomquist both missed time with hand injuries last year, and outfielder A.J. Pollock is currently on a rehab assignment after a pitch from the Reds' Johnny Cueto fractured his right hand in May.
"Obviously the guys have been trying to go in on our guys and not going in to get them out," Montero said. "Apparently, they're going in up to hurt them because they're going in too high. ... It's been happening over and over and over and over, and it's just getting old, you know?
"Guys command the fastball that well, and then just, 'Oh, one came out of my hand like that, and I hurt him in the hand.' What if it's in the head?"
Pitcher Bronson Arroyo was a little more understanding. Although he was upset Goldschmidt may miss the rest of the season, he said he doesn't expect opposing pitchers to throw down the middle -- no matter the score.
"I find it hard to believe that anybody on the defensive side of the ball could honestly say there's ... some point in the game where you don't throw inside," he said.
"There's a lot of guys that are fighting tooth-and-nail to stay in the Major Leagues, and to tell a guy like that to give up two runs in the ninth inning because you're team's up by seven because you can't pitch inside is crazy."
The D-backs have been battling injuries all season. Five pitchers are currently on the disabled list after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and Goldschmidt is now the third everyday starter to wind up on the DL with a serious injury.
"It hurts, because obviously all the injuries that we've had all year and we've been battling through it. Now this major injury right here, and it just hurts," Montero said.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. Adam Lichtenstein is an associate reporter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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So far I've had a few interviews but whenever the JavaScript question comes up I'm always up front and say that I understand JavaScript code and can modify the code to get it to work for a project but I'm not a JavaScript programmer and can't code from scratch just yet. My gut tells me this isn't what they want to hear. So does anyone have any advice on what I can do to boost my confidence with JavaScript / jQuery for interviews and make me more marketable? Or maybe I'm just looking at it the wrong way?
Probably not what you're hoping to hear, but going by the majority of sites I've seen you're going to need to know what javascript libraries to use, and how to use them. And to do that you're going to need to know javascript.
I don't imagine most shops are going to want to pay you for time spent learning, so what to do?Look at sites, see what they're doing, then try to write something similar yourself. This could take some time.Maybe you could get some kind of "internship" arrangement. i.e. you work for free in exchange for the learning experience.
IMHO it would be best to be honest about your skill level, it won't do much good to get a job only to lose it if you can't meet their expectations.If you're good with HTML5, CSS3, (responsive web design too?) show them some of your work as that could help you get your foot in the door.
Well I did mention my skill level I'm aiming for. How much should a junior level developer know? From the sound of your reply I should be expert level with my JavaScript and jQuery...
I wouldn't say expert, but a sound working knowledge of the language should be your aim.
Start by following a [course or reading a [URL="http://www.sitepoint.com/store/jump-start-javascript/"]book](http://www.sitepoint.com/learn-javascript-online/) and build from there.In addition to the above, I can also paticularly recommend Eloquent JavaScript
After mastering the basics of the language start to look at the various libraries that are available (such as jQuery), as well as the frameworks (Angular or Ember).
I wouldn't recommend learning the frameworks inside out, but a rough idea of which framework is good for what, will help.
A final tip would be to hang around SitePoint and answer questions as you learn. Teaching others is a fantastic way to cement your knowledge.
Good point about not needing to be an expert. From what I've heard elsewhere it is common to assign a task to a potential employee not to see if they already know how to do it, but more importantly if they know how to solve it.
Thanks Pullo! Can you suggest any good projects I can do to show employers that I know my stuff?
@Pullo ;
I'm super agree --> "Teaching others is a fantastic way to cement your knowledge."
Do that if your skills is intermediate level in JS. Else don't to avoid mistakes.
To master JavaScript you need to Love it and get Addicted with it.
And practice, practice, practice and read more and more JS books.
Off topic.
@Pullo ;Congrats for the JS award, you really deserved it dude. ^__^
My first question would be, what are you interested in?It is important to do something that is relevant to you.
If you really have no idea, then why not make an AJAX powered currency converter?Make it using jQuery, then as a second step, translate the jQuery to plain JS.Also, make sure to validate the user's input on the client and on the server side (displaying error messages where applicable).
@solidcodes ; Thanks, dude!
Pullo, honestly right now I'm interested in getting a job to get more experience. I'm not sure where I want to go with JavaScript/jQuery just yet. I guess anything related to responsive and mobile sites.
Responsive sites don't have much to do with JS, as they are controlled via media queries.However, mobile app development might be a nice avenue to explore.What about this: Creating a Mobile HTML5 Application with App Framework
I'm in the exact same boat, unfortunately nothing online I see tells you exactly how to use some of these javascript tools except to do math. That's about it. Really frustrating, I would like some real world examples and not just lists. Also no one online starts out easy.


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TORONTO – Canada's natural-resources minister said Tuesday a report that says the U.S. will become the world's largest oil producer by the end of the decade should serve as a wakeup call that illustrates the pressing need for Canada to diversify its energy exports.
The International Energy Agency reported this week the U.S. will become the world's largest oil producer by around 2020 as new exploration technologies help find more resources. The energy watchdog also predicted that greater natural-gas and oil production, as well as more efficient use of energy, will allow the United States to become largely energy self-sufficient by 2035.
Canada is America's No. 1 source of foreign oil. Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said 98 percent of Canada's oil exports and 100 percent of its gas exports go to the U.S. He said the U.S. will need less and less of it.
Oliver said it's critically important to build pipelines to the Pacific Coast so Canada can export to Asia.
"Here is a respected international organization in very clear and stark terms indicating the fundamental shift in the energy future of the world," Oliver said in a phone interview. "It will help reinforce our message. Unless people are willfully blind they are going to have to accept the reality of a fundamental change in the energy picture."
A proposed pipeline to the Pacific Coast that would allow Canadian oil to be shipped to Asia is undergoing an environmental review. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has been a staunch supporter of the 731-mile Northern Gateway pipeline but there is fierce environmental and aboriginal opposition in the Pacific Coast province of British Columbia and there is no guarantee it will be built.


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Board Governance Focus of New Survey
Late last year the NCUA published its regulation on expectations for credit union directors. The agency focused specifically on financial literacy and how it will be measured. As the July 27 deadline for compliance looms, Credit Union Leadership Forum conducted a survey of credit union executives and board members as well as numerous interviews about the NCUA regulations and the state of director literacy.
Following the financial crisis, the role of all directors has forever been changed in fundamental ways. Among credit unions, there is a frustration that traces back to annoyance with the NCUA's dictates.
Nobody disputes that financial literacy is a must have for credit union directors, but beyond agreement on that, it's a fast plunge into acrimony and discord.
So, what did the survey uncover? With around 100 respondents, split between board members and chief executives of credit unions, who answered 29 questions, there was plenty of room for debate.
When asked to rate the effectiveness of their boards, 58% called their boards "very effective," 36% said the board was "somewhat effective." The remaining 6% said their boards were "not effective."
Another question asked respondents to list board committees. A supervisory committee was the popular with 89%. An asset-liability committee was No. 2 with 59%.
Todd Sprang, an accountant in Clifton Gunderson's Oak Brook, Ill., office was struck that only 6% of the respondents said they had a risk committee. "A trend we will see in more credit unions is that they will have risk committees with oversight of the risks the institution takes," predicted Sprang.
"Who develops the strategic plan for your credit union?" elicited more contention. The responses revealed a lack of agreement in the industry about the locus of responsibility for strategy. "Management and the board work together to create the plan" captured 47% or responses. "Management develops the strategic plan with board input" was No. 2 with 27%.
Observers also raised eyebrows to responses to: "Does your credit union perform an annual evaluation of board committees?" That's because 77% said no.
The next question, "Does your credit union perform evaluations of individual board members?" found a large majority, 88%, said no.
But evaluation is increasingly emerging as a hot topic in credit union board composition. Brian Barnier, an executive with ValueBridge Advisors, wrote this in an email: "Less than a quarter of boards are conducting annual board performance reviews. Boards are missing golden opportunities to use board performance reviews to identify gaps in areas such as strategy and risk insight, then close those with recruitment and education. With skills in place, CUs can more easily conduct strategy workshops to drive toward more liquid and profitable growth to meet the needs of current and future members."
Steve Winninger, CEO of the $1.5 billion Lake Trust Credit Union in Lansing, Mich., in an interview elaborated on Barnier's point, saying, "For an effective board you need the right people. Boards have to become proactive in recruiting new board members who bring needed skills." Boards increasingly need a range of skills and smart boards, per Winninger. They have to identify a need–say, marketing expertise or familiarity with mobile technologies–then go out hunting for people with the needed skills. And that is a big change from the old ways of filling board vacancies.
Responses to question 22 triggered another round of concern: "What do you spend most of your time discussing at your current board meetings? Pick the top three." Strategy/growth topped this list at 79%, while risk management and compliance rounded out the top three at 64% and 55%, respectively. Operations ranked next at 48% followed by member relations at 24%. Succession planning captured just 2%.
Commented Marty Goldman, a longtime board member at Marine Federal Credit Union, a $569 million institution headquartered in Jacksonville, N.C., "I am surprised strategy/growth was No. 1 and compliance is down the list."
Responses to, "Does your board require continuing education for directors?" provoked more surprise. Seventy percent answered that it was required, but a full 30% said it was not required. One expert questioned how one in three credit unions could not require continuing education.
"That really disappointed me," Goldman added.
The tradition of volunteer directors runs deep in the credit union world, as responses demonstrated. Just 28% said credit union board members should be paid and the remaining 72% answered they should not.
It is not just the role of directors in isolation that now is under review. Also in play is the delicate relationship between board members and credit union management. Some insist the varying roles are clear. "There's a big gulf between management and governance, which is the board's job. Management is about implementing the board's vision," said Lake Trust's Winninger.
Blunter is the analysis offered by Dave Osborn, CEO of Anheuser-Busch Employees' Credit Union, a $1.3 billion credit union in St. Louis. He explained, "Boards focus on what, management focuses on how." That might be clear in theory but, Osborn admitted, it's not hard for boards to stray across the line and get mired in operations. That's why Osborn recommends that top credit union executives themselves serve on boards. "I've been on the Co-Op Financial Services board and also on Missouri Corporate's. Sometimes as a board member you just have to bite your tongue and you learn that in board service," he said.
The survey did not directly ask how people felt about NCUA's demand for heightened director literacy, but some respondents suggested perhaps it should have. Opinions on this are hotly divided.
Some directors applaud what the NCUA is doing. Chuck Scheithauer, treasurer of the board of directors at the $630 million CoastHills Federal Credit Union in central California, said, "I took the NCUA test for director financial literacy. I thought it would be a pushover; it wasn't." He added that all the members of his board have taken literacy classes, said Scheithauer, and the upshot is that this is a board that genuinely understands the key ratios, what they mean, and why they matter. "I think it is good for NCUA to push for more literacy."
But Don Oliver, board president at the tiny Greater Abyssinia Credit Union in Cleveland, with 380 members and assets under $1 million, lamented "I feel NCUA is trying to decrease the number of small credit unions." A particular sticking point with him was the tight deadline for director financial literacy. "A year would have been fairer," said Oliver. He claimed his credit union's directors would make the deadline but it won't be easy. He also believes many directors on other boards of small credit unions will have to step down before the year is up. "Are we losing touch with the human side of credit unions?" he asked.
Oliver is not alone. Mansel Guerry, CEO of $29 million Brightview Credit Union in Mississippi and chairman of the Credit Union 24 board of directors, said, "There is a disconnect between regulation and reality. The water level is rising and it is drowning what this industry started out to do. NCUA will scratch its head and wonder where all the credit unions below $25 million went. The answer is: you buried them."
NCUA was not alone in winning criticism. Marine Federal's Marty Goldman caustically grumbled, "The [industry] trade organizations leaped on the NCUA ruling as a money maker, rushing to offer classes to directors. I find that unfortunate."
But do note, not everybody blames NCUA or points blaming fingers at the industry associations. Mike Hanson, CEO of Massachusetts Credit Union Insurance Corp., a quasi-private insurance provider in Westborough, Mass., said that the trend toward better informed, more involved and active credit union boards has been a long time in the making. "The NCUA regs sparked interest but this has been happening for some years. The business is more complicated, and boards have had to respond. Boards have been getting better over the long haul and more credit unions have been spending more time building good boards."
Winninger too saw a trend for board improvement. "If one issue stands out for me, it is the notion of boards doing self-monitoring. I think it is a very good thing, and it needs to be effective. If an employee is not performing, their manager generally knows it early and has the authority to address it. If a board member is not performing at an effective level, their manager (the members) generally won't know it unless the credit union is publicly in trouble. That leaves the action up to the peers, who are also generally friends and volunteers, so it takes courage to take on those issues. It is very easy to tolerate less than effective governance in this situation, so rigorous self-monitoring is not only hard, but extremely critical."
Looking to the future, MSIC's Hanson said, "A lot of institutions have been working on this and we are moving in the right direction. There are problems. We have a long way to go, but we are moving."
The other indisputable take away? "Governance will become a bigger and bigger deal," said Barnier. "And it is proving difficult to get people skilled up."


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March 5 will see the release of the next collection of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix tracks, People, Hell & Angels. But you can get a preview of the album much sooner than that: seven of the songs will be featured in tonight's episode of Hawaii Five-O.
The episode, "Olelo Ho'opa'I Make" (Hawaiian for "death sentence"), sees Chin (played by Daniel Dae Kim), kidnapped and dropped in the middle of Halawa Prison dressed as an inmate; he fights for his life to escape before other prisoners recognize him as "five-o" (a policeman).
The songs featured in the episode are "Bleeding Heart," "Mojo Man," "Hey Gypsy Boy," "Inside Out," "Crash Landing," "Hear My Train A Comin'" and "Somewhere." You can hear "Somewhere" right now on CBS.com. Although some of these songs have been released in different forms, the versions on People, Hell & Angels are previously unreleased takes.
Hawaii Five-O airs tonight on CBS after the AFC Championship Game.
— Brian Ives, Radio.com


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Friday night Hollywood turned out for the groundbreaking webcast and telethon Stand Up 2 Cancer. The star-studded event included amazing performances, celebrity guest stars and inspiring cancer survivors. We had a reporter on the ground capturing highlights of the night.
Cancer is a serious illness. One in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. Stand Up 2 Cancer is an organization that raises money for cutting edge cancer research. It helps millions of people each year cope and combat cancer. Patients often beat insurmountable odds to survive their devastating illness. Like I said, it's very serious. That's why I feel bad that my night at the Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon was so much fun!Vodpod videos no longer available.
The evening started with an opening reception and cocktails. After a couple of hours of mingling (read: stalking) "Dexter's" Michael C. Hall and "The Kid's In The Hall" star Scott Thompson, I took my seat in the studio. There were stars everywhere. Cancer survivors Fran Drescher, Christina Applegate and Maura Tierney were on hand. Mark Harmon, Seth Rogen (swoon) and Elizabeth Banks plus a host of their famous friends manned the massive phone bank.
Katie Couric, Brian Williams and Diane Sawyer opened the historic night. They explained the purpose of the event, detailed startling statistics on cancer rates and introduced the 46 Mommas. The 46 Mommas are a group of mothers who shaved their heads in solidarity with their children battling cancer. These women raise awareness about cancer and money for Stand Up 2 Cancer. They were amazing.
Over the course of the evening, presentations were given by recent Emmy winners Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") and Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family"), Patrick Swayze's wife Lisa Niemi and (a pre-taped) Michael Douglas who was recently diagnosed with throat cancer . Comedian Ken Jeong even got naked to demonstrate the importance of routine skin cancer screenings. Yes, I tried to sneak a peek.
The evening ended with musical performances from [lastfm]Neil Diamond[/lastfm], [lastfm]Kris Kristofferson[/lastfm], [lastfm]Leona Lewis[/lastfm], [lastfm]Natasha Bedingfield[/lastfm], [lastfm]Aaron Neville[/lastfm] and [lastfm]Martina McBride[/lastfm]. During her number, [lastfm]Orianthi[/lastfm] blew the crowd away with an amazing guitar solo and even played with Heart during their show stopping performance of "Barracuda." The band is still spectacular. Be sure to catch their performance on demand.
The event ended with a lovely reception, and I ultimately made my way home. As I pulled out of the parking garage, Kyra Sedgwick accidentally tripped in front of my car. While the show was absolutely spectacular, receiving a wave from the iconic actress was worth my donation.
I have one word to the wise. Smokers are not welcome. Seriously, people give you dirty look… even if you're wearing an awesome Stand Up 2 Cancer T-shirt and blogging the event. Those 46 Mommas mean business.
Thanks to our friends in New York for creating an amazing gallery of the night!
Be sure to donate ti Stand Up To Cancer and watch great clips on CBS.com


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In notable donations from Menlo Park to PACs, Mercury Trust gave $1.4 million to American Crossroads, which spent $96 million to defeat Democrats, according to the FEC. Donors who each gave $100,000 or more to Republican causes include Meg Whitman and Griff Harsh of Atherton; Richard Boyce, Richard W. Boyce, Dick W. Boyce and Sandy Boyce, all listed with a Portola Valley ZIP code (and no relation to the author of this story); and John Mumford of Portola Valley.
According to FEC records and OpenSecrets.org, the website of the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, Vinod Khosla, a Portola Valley venture capitalist, gave $1 million to Priorities USA Action, which spent $66 million to defeat Republicans. Among other local donors giving $100,000 or more to Democratic causes were Marcia L. Goldman, Elizabeth Simons, Chris Kelly and Eric Schmidt of Atherton; Cindy Goldberg and Evan Goldberg of Woodside; and Warren Spieker Jr. of Menlo Park.
The larger sums overall went to candidates for president and U.S. Senate and House seats in California, but FEC records show out-of-state races also attracted significant local support. Those include races by Ohio Republican and Speaker of the House John Boehner and Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, as well as the Massachusetts Senate race, in which Sen. Scott Brown fell to Democratic challenger, consumer champion and banking industry critic Elizabeth Warren.
Two Super PACs, "Obama for America" and "Obama Victory Fund," led with $6.08 million in total individual contributions from local ZIP codes. For Mr. Romney, the Super PACs "Romney for President" and "Romney Victory" received a total of $3.8 million, records show.
The other Republican presidential candidates shared $154,387, in order of amounts received: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Rep. Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul, pizza magnate Herman Cain, and former Sen. Rick Santorum. Former candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann received local funding, but for her congressional campaign.
Local donors were generous to committees fundraising for House and Senate races, with Democrats receiving $560,297 and Republicans $352,910. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, received $196,200, while Sen. Diane Feinstein gathered $75,085, FEC records show.
Congressional races
Mr. Boehner received $51,900 from local donors, Mr. Hatch $84,500, and Massachusetts, Sen. Brown received $82,500 to Ms. Warren's $21,065, records show. Others receiving local donations without obvious local ties included Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine; Minnesota Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen, New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; and two Florida Republicans: Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Allen West, who was widely reported to have referred to Mr. Obama as a "low-level socialist agitator" and to members of the House Democratic Progressive Caucus as "members of the Communist Party."
Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill received $39,400 locally in her successful campaign against Republican Rep. Todd Akin, who was widely criticized for his comments about "legitimate rape" and asserting that in the case of rape, women's bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy.
Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay senator to be elected in U.S. history, received $10,058 from local donors, records show.
Other heavy recipients: $409,414 for the Republican National Committee; $357,800 for Romney-backing PAC Restore Our Future; $137,086 for Emily's List, which supports Democratic women; and $254,443 for the Democratic National Committee.
If the National Rifle Association were looking for funds in the Almanac's circulation area, they should probably look elsewhere. The NRA's Political Victory Fund received $1,022 from local sources in this election cycle.
Searching the record
• Go to opensecrets.org or fec.gov for information on federal elections,.
• The California Secretary of State's website lists Santa Clara County and some of its cities, and San Francisco city and county, as having finance records online for candidates and ballot measures. San Mateo County is not listed, nor are any of its cities or towns. Records are available at Town/City Halls and at the county Elections Office at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo.
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I tried to make a "stealth nerf" pun in the headline, but it just wasn't coming to me. Anyway, Blizzard has decided that items that grant stealth detection were feeling too mandatory in arenas, "forc[ing] players to use lower level equipment even when more powerful items were available to them." Therefore, they've nerfed the lot of them.
- Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles can no longer be used in arenas.
- Epic engineering goggles will no longer grant stealth detection.
- Stealth detection on many other items (Catseye Ultra Goggles, Blood Guard's Dragonhide Gauntlets, Marshal's Dragonhide Gauntlets, Knight-Lieutenant's Dragonhide Gloves, General's Dragonhide Gloves, Bloodvine Lens, Knight-Lieutenant's Dragonhide Grips, Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips, The Night Watchman) has been reduced.
This hotfix is already live; tooltips are not updated, yet, but will be in the next patch (patch 3.1.2).
What's your reaction to this? Obviously it's bad when people feel compelled to wear low-level items because they're overpowered (witness the Badge of Tenacity for Druid tanks), but is this going to lead to rogues becoming even more overpowered than (I hear) they already are?


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There are ton of moving parts that go into a college search, and one of the most important things to figure out when you're choosing a college is how you'd fit in to the college culture.
The Princeton Review recently published which colleges and universities had the most studious student bodies. So if you think you're a bookworm who would fit in with the other kids at the library, check out these ten most studious schools:
1. Harvey Mudd College
Fun fact: Students at Harvey Mudd are encouraged to take classes for academic credit at the other four Claremont colleges-Pitzer College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, Claremont Graduate College and Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences.
Fun fact: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States.
3. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Fun fact: The College currently awards the half-tuition Olin Scholarship to each admitted student.
4. Harvard University
Fun fact: Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
5. Princeton University
Fun fact: Princeton has been associated with 33 Nobel Laureates, 17 National Medal of Science winners, and three National Humanities Medal winners.
6. United States Military Academy, West Point
Fun fact: Candidates for admission must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a congressman.
7. Davidson College
Fun fact: Both the town and college were named after Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, a Revolutionary War commander.
8. Haverford College
Fun fact: Although the College no longer has a formal religious affiliation, the Quaker philosophy still influences campus life such as its Honor Code, which allows for students to schedule their own final exams.
9. University of Chicago
Fun fact: The University of Chicago is said to look the most like the fictional magic school Hogwarts.
10. California Institute of Technology
Fun fact: Caltech has a strong tradition of practical jokes and pranks, but similarly to Haverford, student life is governed by an honor code which allows faculty to assign take-home examinations.
Would you want to go to one of these "bookish" schools? Leave a comment!
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Suitable for 12 years and over.
Crimes of the Hot
Richard Nixon's head attempts to rid the planet of robots - including Bender.
Jurassic Bark
Bender grows jealous when Fry attempts to clone his beloved fossilized dog.
The Route of All Evil
Hermes' and the Professor's sons try to outdo them in the business world.
A Taste Of Freedom
Dr. Zoidberg is sentenced to death when he eats the Earth flag on Freedom Day.
Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch
When Kif gets pregnant,Amy questions her readiness to become a parent.
Less Than Hero
Fry, Leela and Bender form a Superhero team.
Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
An overdose at a health club makes the Planet Express staff get younger.
The Why of Fry
Nibbler enlists Fry in a mission to save the universe.
The Sting
A killer bee sting sends Leela on a long, strange trip.
The Farnsworth Parabox
The Planet Express crew goes to a parallel universe.
Three Hundred Big Boys
The Planet Express crew members pursue their respective dreams and desires.
Spanish Fry
Fry's precious appendage is placed in peril after he retrieves his nose.
Bend Her
Bender's scam sets him on the road to becoming a celebrity wife.
Obsoletely Fabulous
Bender upgrades himself as a new model of robot threatens him.
Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV
Bender becomes a television star as well as a terrible role model for children.
The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil to win Leela's heart.
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text: "Might-have-beens haunt this insightful narrative of a watershed in the history of Nazi Germany. MacDonogh ... portrays these events not as an unfolding master plan but as a series of gambles by a sometimes chaotic Nazi regime plagued by infighting among Hitler's satraps, Wehrmacht coup plots, a collapsing economy (the Anschluss was motivated partly by a need to plunder Austria's treasury and raw materials), and jitters about foreign reaction. The Führer perseveres with theatrical bullying and nervy improvisations that are matched by the Western powers' appeasement; a tragic theme of MacDonogh's story is how easily a determined resistance, from within Germany or without, might have derailed Hitler's initiatives. Another is the callousness of the international community; much of the book follows the travails of Jews who faced closed doors when the Reich was eager to expel them. This well-researched, fine-grained study sketches the moral rot that made possible Hitler's rise."Publishers Weekly


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