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The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the robber in the minimum number of guesses?
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
This interactivity invites you to make conjectures and explore probabilities of outcomes related to two independent events.
The idea of this game is to add or subtract the two numbers on the dice and cover the result on the grid, trying to get a line of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?
Have you seen this way of doing multiplication ?
How good are you at finding the formula for a number pattern ?
An environment that simulates a protractor carrying a right- angled triangle of unit hypotenuse.
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?
Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?
Imagine picking up a bow and some arrows and attempting to hit the target a few times. Can you work out the settings for the sight that give you the best chance of gaining a high score?
Explore displacement/time and velocity/time graphs with this mouse motion sensor.
Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the red dot affects its vertical and horizontal movement at each stage.
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the red dot affects its speed at each stage.
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the red dot affects the distance it travels at each stage.
Use the computer to model an epidemic. Try out public health policies to control the spread of the epidemic, to minimise the number of sick days and deaths.
Six balls of various colours are randomly shaken into a trianglular arrangement. What is the probability of having at least one red in the corner?
7 balls are shaken in a container. You win if the two blue balls touch. What is the probability of winning?
Is this a fair game? How many ways are there of creating a fair game by adding odd and even numbers?
Identical discs are flipped in the air. You win if all of the faces show the same colour. Can you calculate the probability of winning with n discs?
Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?
What is the relationship between the angle at the centre and the angles at the circumference, for angles which stand on the same arc? Can you prove it?
Can you find triangles on a 9-point circle? Can you work out their angles?
We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Match the cards of the same value.
Can you find a relationship between the number of dots on the circle and the number of steps that will ensure that all points are hit?
A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?
Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?
Can you locate the lost giraffe? Input coordinates to help you search and find the giraffe in the fewest guesses.
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Two engines, at opposite ends of a single track railway line, set off towards one another just as a fly, sitting on the front of one of the engines, sets off flying along the railway line...
It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?
Triangular numbers can be represented by a triangular array of squares. What do you notice about the sum of identical triangle numbers?
Ask a friend to choose a number between 1 and 63. By identifying which of the six cards contains the number they are thinking of it is easy to tell them what the number is.
Two circles of equal radius touch at P. One circle is fixed whilst the other moves, rolling without slipping, all the way round. How many times does the moving coin revolve before returning to P?
A circle rolls around the outside edge of a square so that its circumference always touches the edge of the square. Can you describe the locus of the centre of the circle?
This is an interactivity in which you have to sort the steps in the completion of the square into the correct order to prove the formula for the solutions of quadratic equations.
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Interactive game. Set your own level of challenge, practise your table skills and beat your previous best score.
An activity based on the game 'Pelmanism'. Set your own level of challenge and beat your own previous best score.
How good are you at estimating angles?
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Charlie likes tablecloths that use as many colours as possible, but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry. Can you work out how many colours he needs for different tablecloth designs?


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It seems that I'm not alone in having started with a Commodore-64.
The first computer I ever actually used was a Sinclair ZX-80 that a teacher brought into primary school, and we were allowed to program in Sinclair BASIC with.
At secondary school we used strange Z-80 based Research Machines, RM-480Z I think, running a form of BBC BASIC and a Logo clone called Turtle.
My best friend got an early Commodore-64, and when my dad got an unexpected income tax refund, I got one too. I started with the C2N Datasette, but later upgraded to the Oceaninc OC-118N 5.25 floppy drive, which came with GEOS, the first windowing software I ever used - it was better and more functional that Windows 3.1 and Word 1.0 for Windows.
On the venerable 64 I played lots of games, many still available for the "VICE" emulator, learnt to program in the terrible Commodore V2 BASIC, then tried Basic Lightning which was much better, and finally 6502 assembly. I managed to create a hi-res printer driver for my Citizen-120D printer, which was rather fun.
The C64 is fully functional, and lives up in the loft, I really should dig it out when I get time one of these days!
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Russian Hill is a quaint neighborhood atop one of San Francisco's original seven hills. The northern border of Russian Hill rests along Ghirardelli Square near the San Francisco Bay. Along the bay is an aquatic park and Fisherman's Wharf ensuring there is always a beachy opportunity. Cable cars trek up and down the neighborhood hills, lending a helping hand to residents and delivering them to their desired locations. Each hilltop is accompanied by a scenic view and a breath of fresh air. Polk and Hyde Streets are hubs for eateries and nightlife activity, a local favorite is The Fueling Station, serving famous waffles and sandwiches
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River line to host first gay cruise on the Mekong
What's billed as the first Mekong River cruise aimed at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers will take place in October.
LGBT tour operator Brand g Vacations has chartered AmaWaterways' 124-passenger AmaLotus to offer a seven-night trip through Cambodia and Vietnam that will include stops at small villages and historic sites.
Brand g also is offering an extended, 11-night package that includes several days of land touring through the region in addition to the cruise. Participants will spend several nights in Siem Reap, Cambodia -- gateway to the famed ruins of Angkor Wat -- and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
PHOTO TOUR: What it's like on a Mekong River cruise
CRUISE GUIDE: The hot new ships of 2013
Brand g is selling the cruise starting at $2,549 per person, after a $250 early booking discount. The extended package starts at $3,299 per person, also after a $250 early booking discount.
The company also is offering an add-on visit to Hanoi and Ha Long Bay in Vietnam that brings the starting cost of the vacation to $4,549 per person after early bookings discounts.
Fares are based on double occupancy per cabin, but Brand g also is accommodating solo travelers with a relatively low up-charge to occupy a cabin alone. The line's "single supplement" for a solo traveler is just 33% of the base fare -- a third of the cost for many cruises.
RELATED: Variety Cruises adds gay voyages for 2013
Brand g says the cruise portion of the trip will include a stop in Phnom Phen, the capital of Cambodia, as well villages with floating markets and Buddist temples. More information is available online at brandgvacations.com.
The AmaLotus is one of more than half a dozen new river cruise vessels that have begun sailing on the Mekong in the past four years. Take our photo tour of a voyage down the Mekong.


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Hybrid cars have come a long way over the past decade, transforming from downright dowdy to supercar sleek. Unveiled at this year's Geneva Auto Show, the Ferrari LaFerrari combines high-tech racing technology with improved efficiency thanks to its twin electric motors. On the heels of the LaFerrari's success, Ferrari plans to develop more hybrid vehicles in the near future. Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezelomo recently sat down for an interview with Bloomberg Television, in which he stated that "I strongly believe in hybrids." Could we expect to see an expansion of the brand's hybrid offerings?
The Sold-Out LaFerrari
Although it carries a hefty price tag of 1 million euros, the LaFerrari still managed to sell out in advance of its initial showing. Ferrari only plans to make 499 models of this luxury hybrid sports car, each coming equipped with a custom-moulded driver's seat for its owner. These will be constructed and delivered by 2014. This added exclusivity has no doubt helped to raise the profile of the LaFerrari, which appeals to collectors. This 963-horsepower sports car comes equipped with two electric motors and a 6.3 litre, 12-cylinder petrol engine, which cuts fuel consumption by up to 40%. At the same time, the LaFerrari is capable of hitting top speeds of 200 mph and accelerating from 0-62 in under three seconds.
Ferrari has a tradition of using Formula One racing technology in its vehicles, and this has been applied to this new ultra-exclusive hybrid. The system uses F1's Kinetic Energy Recovery System to get an extra lift of acceleration. This allows the LaFerrari's batteries to recharge when the brakes are applied, or whenever the electric motors are generating excess torque. However, there is no electric-only mode for the LaFerrari as there is for competitors like the McLaren P1.
Luxury Hybrids a Growing Trend
Although you can now read about hybrid Ferraris up at listings websites like carsales.com.au, many other high end car manufacturers are jumping on the hybrid bandwagon. The new BMW plug-in i8 supercar is hotly anticipated by those in the know, and manufacturers such as Land Rover and Porsche also have new hybrid models in the works. The McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder are two unique hybrid rivals that the LaFerrari must contend with. The market research firm HIS Automotive anticipates that the production of luxury hybrids will increase significantly over the next few years, with over 56,000 models produced in 2016. It's possible that sports car manufacturers will embrace this technology not only to reduce emissions, but to improve performance.
No Electric Vehicles in the Pipeline
Despite Ferrari's new focus on green-friendly luxury cars, don't expect to see any fully electric vehicles in the near future. In his Bloomberg interview, Montezemolo made it clear that he did not believe in electric cars as a viable option for this Italian brand. This could change should electric racing technology improve over the next decade. For now, Ferrari is happy to meet the consumer demand for hybrids while still providing the high-tech luxury and speed that the brand is known for.


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Gympie Pines Fairway Villas offer self-contained accommodation for overnight, short or long term stays. The complex is perfectly positioned on the northern outskirts of town in the middle of Gympie Pines Golf Course which is an 18-hole championship par 70 course with undulating fairways and good tree coverage.
Gympie Pines Fairway Villas offers a friendly, laid back lifestyle, all within minutes of this growing town's business centre and is positioned just off the highway to ensure a peaceful night's sleep. Noosa beaches are 40 minutes south, while the historic town of Gympie is the main entrance into Tin Can Bay, Great Sandy National Park and Fraser Island.
Gympie Pines Fairway Villas are situated about two hours north of Brisbane and have been designed to overlook the golf course - no fencing here! Majestic hoop pines, ancient gums and mature natives line the fairways, attracting an abundance of local wildlife.
There is a range of one, two, three and four bedroom fully furnished villas with lock up garages and plenty of parking. Self-contained accommodation at its best.
Three good sized bedrooms all with built-ins, the main with walk-in robe and en suite. Most have two bedrooms downstairs (one with a queen size bed, the other with a single) opening on to patio. Master bedroom with walk-in robe and en suite upstairs and a large balcony off living so you can enjoy the views.
Some three bedrooms have all bedrooms upstairs with a study, main bathroom and walk-in robe and en suite to master. These have two queen size beds and two singles. Downstairs is living / dining / kitchen and laundry with an additional toilet.
All properties have either a single lock up garage and carport or a double lock-up, plenty of storage space, reverse cycle air-conditioning and much more.
The four bedroom villas have three downstairs bedrooms with built-in robes. Two of the bedrooms have queen size beds and the other has either one or two single beds. The two rear bedrooms open onto a patio area. The main bathroom, separate toilet with wash basin and laundry are downstairs. Upstairs is the large master bedroom with walk-in robe and en suite, lounge / dining / kitchen and a large balcony overlooking the fairways.
There is a single lock-up garage and carport.
The one bedroom fully furnished villas have all you need. Downstairs living / kitchen area opening onto a patio overlooking the golf course. There is a single lock up garage with storage and laundry and a toilet with hand basin for your convenience. Upstairs there is a study room with either a desk or sofa bed, spacious bathroom and the master bedroom opens up to a balcony, again with views of the golf course, and has a large built-in wardrobe.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Artist Steve Pica will be exhibiting. Reception on Sunday, November 3, from 2 to 5 pm. Steve Pica is a professional commercial artist who is now delving into landscape art. This will be his first exhibition of landscapes. Many works will be for sale. Meet Steve at the November 3 reception.
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Bronxville Women's Club
135 Midland Avenue
Bronxville, New York
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013
Times: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ticket pricing:
Free event
Presenter: Bronxville Women's Club
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More companies are storing their data in the cloud as part of a hybrid onsite and offsite storage solution, but many admit they are not able to back-up large chunks of their data at all.
Research company Vanson Bourne surveyed 650 IT decision makers across the US, the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands, which highlighted the way Cloud backup and storage is now seen as a key component of hybrid storage environments. Some 66 percent of those surveyed said they would increase the amount of data they store in the cloud by 2015.
Among those already using hybrid storage systems, improved data security was cited as the reason why 66 percent moved from their old backup and recovery tools to onsite and offsite data protection. Some 57 percent said they preferred such a solution because their rapidly growing business critical data required protection against natural disaster and theft.
But 24 percent of respondents admitted to not telling their CEOs they are not backing up all files, especially those on mobile devices. The survey found 38 percent worried about their data not being saved securely, or whether data had been backed up at all.
A similar survey in in 2011 found that 31 percent of organisations had experienced data loss within the last 12 months - on average twice. In 2012 this has increased to 53 percent experiencing a loss, so the worries seem to be well founded.
Data storage software firm EVault sponsored the survey. Terry Cunningham, president of EVault, highlighted the impact of employees using personal devices at work and how that further impacts their data growth and management issues."
The survey found that a fifth (22 percent) of companies had staff who kept company data on their phones, but that most IT leaders (94 percent) had concerns about the mix of personal and corporate data used by employees on their own mobile devices.
Over two-thirds (67 percent) expressed concerns about the retention and security of their data on mobile devices, and its possible deletion from a mobile device. An additional 57 percent highlighted worries about the legal issues that could stem from the BYOD (bring your own device) trend.


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Clarkson University to Co-host North Country Regional Business Plan Competition on March 29
Over 60 students from five North Country colleges and universities will converge on Clarkson to pitch their business startups for a chance to win funding on March 29.
Student teams from Clarkson, St. Lawrence University and SUNY Plattsburgh, Potsdam and Canton will compete in the first North Country Regional Business Plan Competition. Clarkson's Reh Center for Entrepreneurship and SUNY Plattsburgh's Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship are co-hosting the event.
The first-place winner in each category will receive $2,000 while second place earns $1,000 and third $500. In addition, the top two teams from each competition category — information technology and software, nanotechnology and high technology, products and services, "social" (businesses that exist to create social good) and not-for-profits — will advance to Albany for the state finals on April 26.
"These competitions provide students with a venue for networking and raising seed funding for their emerging businesses," explained Erin Draper, director of operations for the Reh Center. "We are thrilled with the number and the quality of the teams who have entered this year's competition."
"Seeing the students in an entrepreneurial environment, expressing their creative ideas, and working through the practical aspects of innovation is great. There is a lot of talent being developed and put to good use at business plan competitions," added Richard Gottschall, a SUNY Plattsburgh lecturer.
The New York State Business Plan Competition was established in 2010 and awarded $310,000 in cash and prizes during its first three years. It is now one of the largest business plan competitions in the country with over $500,000 in prizes anticipated in 2013.
The regional semi-finals, initiated this year, are aligned with the 10 Regional Economic Development Councils. The North Country event will be held at Clarkson University in 2013 and 2015 and at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2014.
"The region's student population is an important asset in economic development," Draper said. "Hosting this event provides an opportunity to identify ideas originating on North Country campuses."
The competition will take place in Clarkson's Student Center. Interested community members are invited to attend; please call 315-268-4350 for details.
Additional event sponsors include The Development Corporation of Clinton County; Dragon, Benware CPAs; Slic Network Solutions; Hoosier Magnetics; Entrepreneur Coffee; Enactus and SUNY. Further information is also available at www.clarkson.edu/bplan.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26, 2002 -- U.S. Senator Pete Domenici's six-year effort to create more comprehensive American nuclear non-proliferation policies took another step forward today with Senate acceptance of his amendment to improve security at nuclear facilities around the globe.
Domenici's amendment reauthorizes the First Responder program, which he authored in 1996, and introduces new initiatives, such as a $15 million program to improve efforts to control "dirty bomb" threats. Much of the expansion of the international anti-proliferation is aimed, Domenici said, at preventing weapons of mass destruction from entering the hands of terrorist groups and rogue states.
The measure was accepted as part of the FY2003 Defense Authorization Bill. It is largely based on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2002 introduced in May by Domenici and Senators Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), who are primary cosponsors of the amendment.
Domenici, a principal author of the 1996 Nunn-Lugar-Domenici nonproliferation law, has worked to funded much of the 1996 law, and a related 1991 Nunn-Lugar law, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
"Despite the successes of the Nunn-Lugar and Nunn-Lugar-Domenici laws, there remain many actions that should be taken to further reduce these threats. This new amendment expands and strengthens many of the programs established earlier, to further reduce threats to global peace," Domenici said. "It addresses one of the most important realizations from September 11-that the forces of terrorism span the globe. It's now clear that our nuclear nonproliferation programs should extend far beyond the states of the former Soviet Union."
Domenici noted in a statement to the Senate, that the legislative initiatives in his amendment closely mirror recommendations issued today in a major National Research Council report titled, "The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism," that presents a number of critical recommendations to address threats of nuclear and radiological terrorism.
The nuclear nonproliferation amendment authorizes the expenditure of $100 million to renew and build on existing programs, and create new cooperative initiatives for the United States and Russia to control, protect and neutralize materials and weapons of mass destruction. It would also renew authorization for the First Responder training program to improve domestic preparedness. (New Mexico Tech in Socorro is a partner in the First Responder program, and Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories are key to U.S. nonproliferation programs.)
The amendment would strengthen programs to improve the safety and security of nuclear facilities and radioactive materials held by countries are willing to enter into cooperative arrangements for threat reduction. It would accelerate and expand existing programs for disposition of fissile materials, including the U.S.-Russian pact to render highly enriched uranium (HEU) into forms unusable for weapons. The bill would also work to foster greater global cooperation in containing fissile materials that could be used as weapons of terror.
In his statement to the Senate, Domenici outlined progress under existing laws and stressed the need to strengthen those programs, including the Nuclear Cities Initiative, the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program, and the Nuclear Materials Protection, Control and Accounting program.
"This amendment expands programs to cooperate with more countries in helping to secure their nuclear facilities and radioactive materials. It recognizes that devices that disperse radioactive materials, so-called 'dirty bombs, can represent a real threat to modern societies. This is one of the key recommendations of the National Research Council," Domenici said.
The amendment was cosponsored by Senators Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jean Carnahan (D-Mo.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.).


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Hi we are happy to announce that LWJGL is available in Maven central. We worked hard with the @LWJGL people to make this possible.
Why was it important to get LWJGL into central?
Well, one of the biggest pains when using maven is having your dependencies available from central, if they are, you just need to add a little snippet of XML and you are done, if they aren't, then you need to install them manually to your local repo or to a private maven repo.
This is a problem in itself but this also means that projects that depend on something that isn't available in central, can't get into central themselves, making the work needed to use it grow exponentially.
Previous work
In order to get LWJGL into central we had to work first with @Endolf to get JInput into central so a huge thanks to him as well.
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Now that we got LWJGL into maven central, we can start thinking about trying to convince the authors of other useful libs that use LWJGL like Slick2D, libGDX, nifty-gui, etc to make their libs also available on central (of course we would love to help make this a reality as well).
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When electrons and protons beam down from the magnetic fields around our planet, they form a unique pattern in the sky. Seen from space, our atmosphere lights up in two glowing rings, each about 4,000 kilometers wide. One ring is centered on the north magnetic pole in the Canadian Arctic, while the other is centered on the south magnetic pole in Antarctica. These rings are called "auroral ovals"—a bit misleading, as the rings are usually round.
They form because Earth behaves as if it has a giant bar magnet inside the planet. The "force-field" lines from Earth's magnetic interior extend out from the tips of the core magnet like a widening cone. When solar particles rain from space they follow the magnetic field lines down to Earth, trying to converge on the tip of the bar magnet deep inside the planet. The particles hit the atmosphere first, creating twin glowing rings of light. At the bottom of the world, the southern oval creates aurora australis, the southern lights, a mirror image of the more familiar northern lights.
In North America, the northern auroral oval usually shimmers over Alaska and Canada's northern territories, where people see northern lights almost every night. During a powerful solar storm, the auroral oval expands and heads south, bringing glowing lights to the skies of the southern United States and, on rare occasions, even Mexico.
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Silva earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" award, Jones got the "Submission of the Night" bonus, and Cerrone and Kelly each earned "Fight of the Night" honors.
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Silva earned his award with a stunning first-round knockout set up by a front kick. The thrilling conclusion to the night's main event followed nearly three minutes of inaction. The victory was Silva's 14th straight and marked his record eighth consecutive UFC title defense.
Jones secured his bonus with a second-round victory over fellow prospect Ryan Bader in the night's co-headliner. Immediately after the dominating performance, UFC officials notified Jones that injured Rashad Evans pulled out of a scheduled UFC 128 title fight with light-heavyweight champion Maurio "Shogun" Rua. The March 19 title fight now goes to Jones.
Cerrone and Kelly, meanwhile, competed in the featured bout on the night's "UFC Prelims" special on Spike TV. It was a rather one-sided bout for "Fight of the Night" honors. Cerrone dominated the first round with ground and pound, and in the second, he took dominant mount position that eventually turned into a fight-ending rear-naked choke when Kelly rolled to his stomach.
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however much i may pride myself on the total lack of practical information presented on this blog, the wild successes of our Scotch Club beg to be shared with the wider public. so, while i don't presume that you all are incapable of coming up with a similar or likely superior system on your own, we have found that this works very much for our purposes, and sometimes it is but a matter of offering a loose template in order to get the ball rolling.
the impetus behind the formation of Scotch Club was several of us loving and being very curious about scotch, but of course being too poor to indulge this interest to the extent desired. for the purpose of trying new scotches, most bars carry a predictable and quite delimited selection, and although whisky-centric bars exist (Montreal's L'Île Noire and Whisky Café, for example), the mark-up is staggering and inevitable, and usually you end up surrounded by businessmen and the types of guys who feel sufficiently invested in masculinity to wear a button-up and blazer, but insufficiently devoted to good taste to feel compelled to tuck their goddamn shirt in. and since none of us were dating people with rich dads (the traditional source of decent scotch), alternative solutions needed to be found. so, Scotch Club? (if you ever feel like you're pining for a hobby, i suggest taking a kind of alcohol and attaching to it the word "club," and seeing what kind of social infrastructure springs up around it)
none of us really knew what we were talking about, but our hearts were in the right place, and we thirsted for the company of like-minded ignoramuses with whom to share such loose and impassioned jabber. what eventually came together was a group of five who semi-regularly assembled to collectively buy, taste, and compare new bottles. i think that having a small core group is of the essence. four or five is ideal because it allows everyone to gather around a table and converse easily as a group. six is permissible, but even at this number i find there is a tendency to splinter off into smaller conversations, which is fine if that's what you're into, but the coherence of the club depends in part on everyone sharing their insights with the group as a whole, to say nothing of the scheduling issues that can arise when trying to coordinate more people. a core group of four or five also allows you to have occasional guests, about whom i will explain more below.
each meeting the core group selects two bottles of whatever price we feel comfortable paying and purchases them collectively. at the meeting we try a round of each bottle neat, followed by a round of each with water, for comparison. while water definitely opens up some scotches in a wonderful way, my default is to always take them neat, and i have yet to be so struck by the addition of water that i have managed to remember that a given scotch is better that way.¹ i don't know whether to chalk this up to my own difficulties systematizing information, or simply the problems inherent in acquiring new info while drinking hard liquor. either way. next we do a round of each of the two bottles that were tried at the previous meeting, in order to provide a rolling comparison, and to give us a chance to taste the same bottles twice within a relatively short time span. this is followed by a "drinker's choice" round, where everyone gets to have another drink of whichever of the four they most preferred.
in this way, in one night one has the opportunity to taste four scotches, paying in something around 30-36$ total,² with the added advantage that afterwards we still own what remains of the bottles. after being tasted at two consecutive meetings, a bottle goes into the "Scotch Bank;" less a physical space than a morally protected zone of temporary undrinkability. obviously collective ownership of booze presents its own Fighting Hellfish-like challenges (it is a great testament to the esteem in which i hold the Club, its rules and membership that the 16 bottles of single-malt that rest beneath my bedside table remain unmolested). one option is to treat the Scotch Bank as a resource to which the club may return at any point, like, say, when times are tough and the wolf is at the door but you still want to get the club together for some meeting and drinking. another might be to host the Sweetest Party Ever, where you run a bar to sell off all the remains of your bottles at something close to cost, extending to others the chance to taste whiskies they might otherwise never have had the opportunity, thus fulfilling the educational and public service mandates that you may or may not have built into your scotch club from the get-go. the possibilities are endless, really.³
because this is one thing that you will likely discover – as soon as people hear you have a scotch club, they'll be clamoring all over you to get in on it, because of course no one wants to organize a scotch club, but everyone wants to reap its benefits. how we've dealt with this is by each meeting inviting one guest (occasionally two, although we've found that even seven people is really pushing it), usually someone who has expressed prolonged and avid interest in the club, but is not a founding member. the guest does not buy in on the bottles as does a core member, but instead pays by the drink. on the face of it, this might sounds a touch cold, but when people come into it knowing they're going to pay something in the vicinity of 20 bucks for seven drinks (that in a bar would likely cost them 80-100$), i haven't found the atmosphere of collective good cheer to be compromised, and the settling of accounts may be accomplished with alacrity.
so that's basically the gist of it. Scotch Club is the fuckin' best.
¹ ice both numbs the tongue, rendering it insensitive to the subtler flavours, and produces a steadily more watered down drink, interfering with one's ability to get any clear picture of how the thing actually tastes and whether or not it naturally opens up over time. i don't recommend it.
² this depends of course on how expensive are the bottles we have chosen on a given night. a good way to economize in this area is to look into the prices for bottles in neighbouring provinces/states. the rules governing pricing and import of alcohol in Québec appear to be totally arbitrary and not a little malicious, and we have found that whenever one of us, or a helpful associate, is traveling either into Ontario or especially into the United States, getting them to pick up a bottle or two for us can be an excellent way to both save money and get our hands on scotches that are otherwise unavailable in Québec. if you happen to know someone passing through the Heathrow airport, all the better. the duty-free World of Whiskies is straight up bananas.
³ note: the possibilities are not actually endless, and pretty much all of them end up with you being drunk.


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Bystander Tracy Lamar Greene Jr., 19, of Marrero, La., was rushed to Ruston General Hospital with a gunshot to his lower leg, said a news release from campus spokesman Will Sutton. Brandon Cooper, 21, showed up at the hospital with shots in his right forearm and his left thigh. A third student, Jarion Walker, 20, of Westwego, La., also was shot in the leg, Sutton said.
All three are from the New Orleans area, he said.
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Man! What a crazy day! Shit went down today. Definitely the best cable riding I've ever seen! I'll just hit you up with the highlights, which is still plenty to get through! Lemme start off by saying that Andrew Pastura is a machine! He killed it all day. Making his way through the whole day into his first pro finals. He deserves it! His first round he had a toughy riding against Clint Thompkins. Clint had a good run but went down on the kickflip off the incline that he stuck in qualifying, and didn't quite have enough juice to take out Drew. Andrew's second match up against John Ruark, who's no slouch either, was even more impressive.
One of the best runs of the day though, was Stu Shinn's run for 5th place against John Ruark to see who would earn a spot in the final stop in Orlando. He had a clean flawless run! Stu is next to me now talking me through it. Some of the hammers in his run where boardslide 270 shuv of the box, kicky, backbig, fs flip, varial flip, shuv off the kicker, 360 flip after his run. Nice Stu.
Bret Little showed his experience on the cable, doing shuvs on to the wall ride and other cool stuff! John Ruark was trying Shuvs up the giant triple kinked Rockstar rail. It's a scary thing to watch, let alone try. Brandon Thomas made it to the Quarterfinals and rode against Reed Hansen. He got some sick switch keep going bigs off the box, but Reed threw in the hammers to make it to the semis. He stuck about every trick he can do today. 3 flip, bs bigflip, Fs flips, varial flip, heelflip…yes heelflip.. He took out everyone in his path 'til he got paired up with Nick in the semis and went down a few times. That was it for the Hansen.
The Finals ended up being Nick versus Andy P. Andy ended up loosing the coin toss and went first. Things started off all good, he nailed a kicky straight off the dock putting the pressure on right away. Got in a few shuv, bigspin combos and then bombed a big spin transfer over the iceburg slider. He threw a switch 3 and then went down on the first bit of his 2nd pass. He went down again on the box and then again straight after that. So Nick had to just stick a decent run to secure the win. It was still gonna be tough though. But this is Nick Taylor were talking about and he nailed it, sticking a ts fs flip, switch and reg big spins and a kickflip. He down twice but still had enough for the win! That's two for two for Nick Taylor so far this year, but all her really wants is a first name.
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Author: Diane Haegar
Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley
Run Time: 13 hours and 23 minutes
Publisher: Audible, Inc.
Review copy provided by Audible.com via Audiobook Jukebox
Rome, 1520. The Eternal City is in mourning. Raphael Sanzio, beloved painter and national hero, has died suddenly at the height of his fame. His body lies in state at the splendid marble Pantheon. At the nearby convent of Sant'Apollonia, a young woman comes to the Mother Superior, seeking refuge. She is Margherita Luti, a baker's daughter from a humble neighborhood on the Tiber, now an outcast from Roman society, persecuted by powerful enemies within the Vatican. Margherita was Raphael's beloved and appeared as the Madonna in many of his paintings. Theirs was a love for the ages. But now that Raphael is gone, the convent is her only hope of finding an honest and peaceful life.
The Mother Superior agrees to admit Margherita to their order. But first, she must give up the ruby ring she wears on her left hand, the ring she had worn in Raphael's scandalous nude "engagement portrait." The ring has a storied past, and it must be returned to the Church or Margherita will be cast out into the streets. Behind the quiet walls of the convent, Margherita makes her decision . . . and remembers her life with Raphael—and the love and torment—embodied in that one precious jewel.
So prior to listening to the Ruby Ring, i knew very little about Raphael – as a man and as an artist – in fact, most of my knowledge steams from what I looked up when the original Teenage Mutant ninja turtles were on when I was a kid – because the 4 of them were all famous painters. But other than that, I was never really interested in artists or reading about them. But there was something about the description of The Ruby Ring that caught my eye. Possibly the idea that he had that forbidden but ultimately love – or that he went against what society believes to have this woman in his life.
I loved the story that developed between Margherita and Raphael – there were something pure about it. Especially the fact that she didn't just fall into his arms – she had some mettle in her, and wasn't going to be tricked into just sleeping with him and being ruined. A lot of the themes in this, reminded me of the similar story told in Course of Honour (Lindsey Davis) which followed the love story of Emperor Vespasian and the former slave, Caenis. I laughed with the characters in parts, and there definately wasn't a dry eye in my car as I was driving around totally at random, trying to listen to the last 10 minutes of the book because I had to know what happened. My only disappointment was that we knew what happened to Raphael, but Margherita's story just ends without a resolution – how long did she live? did she live out her days in the convent?
I have to admit that while listening to this, I have to wonder how the Catholic Church has remained the fixture that it has over the years. Pope Leo X (Pope from 1513 to 1521) seemed pretty much a corrupt individual, second only to Cardinal Bibbizena who was integral to the suffering between Raphael and Margherita. The book also made me think about how many celebrities etc are treated not as people, but as the stuff that they produce and that as a society we often forget that. Until something happens (they do something, something is done to them) and then that perspective completely changes, for a brief period of time. Then everything is back to normal.
Whether this story is the true story of Raphael's love for a woman, or a fictional account we will never know – there is a lot of debate over who Margherita Luti was, and what brought about Raphael's death. The romantic in me, wants to believe this story – that he went to his grave with the passion of love for her driving him on. And I can only hope, also as a romantic, that they were together again in death when she died.
I'm conflicted on the narration – while I think that the narrator did a good job of Margherita and Raphael's voices, many of the other ones (Pope Leo for example) left a lot to be desired. It seemed as though she was really straining to accentuate some of them, and making them sound not suited in general. I think this book would have been a good one where a female narrator would have worked predominantly, but using a male for some key parts (similar to other duel narrations like Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante in Karen Marie Moning's Fever series).
The quality of the audiobook was good for the most part. There were a few places where it got very quiet, so I had to turn up the volume, and then it would jump back to normal – but it wasn't enough to be distracting. More of a minor irritation. I know that I will be looking for more books produced by Audible in the future – but whether I listen to anymore by the narrator is uncertain. 3.5 stars for the book, but only 2.5 for the narration – giving it 3 stars overall.


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Surgeon Dr Angel Escudero of Valencia, Spain, has carried out more than 900 cases of complex surgery without anaesthesia. BBC cameras were invited into his operating room and captured on film a woman who was having such an operation. In this segment of the Beeb's Your Life in Their Hands series (aired in May 1991), Escudero made incisions, then sawed, drilled and hammered to break and reset the deformed leg of his fully conscious patient, who was using his 'noesitherapy' technique of pain control.
All his patient had to do was make sure her mouth was full of saliva and keep repeating to herself, 'My leg is anaesthetized'. A dry mouth is one of the mind's first warning signals of danger. When the mouth is kept lubricated, the brain relaxes, assumes all is well and turns off its pain receptors, assured that anaesthetics have been given.
In fact, her affirmation of intention was as powerful as any actual anaesthesia. Her body, which could not tell the difference between a lack of pain and the thought of a lack of pain, turned off its alarms so that even while her leg was being sliced open, she relaxed and slept.
Escudero's work is only the most extreme evidence of the power of the mind as the central mechanism in healing. Medical doctors already acknowledge the centrality of belief in healing through the widespread use of the placebo.
In the 16 December 2006 issue of New Scientist, orthodox French psychiatrist Patrick Lemoine, an expert on the placebo effect, made the astonishing admission that up to 35-40 per cent of all official prescriptions given to patients are 'impure' placebos. By this, he means that a pharmacologically inactive substance-a sugar pill-is 'contaminated' by a tiny amount of active ingredient. The result is that the treatment is not sufficient to produce a clinical effect, but is just enough for doctors to claim that it does.
In other words, more than a third of all prescriptions are dummy pills and, if they work at all, it's because of the power of the mind-the belief on the part of the patient that what the doctor has given him will work.
Placebo power
One recent hospital study estimates that 60 per cent of doctors regularly make use of placebos-some at least once a week-and over half find them to be highly effective (BMJ, 2004; 329: 944-6). The latest estimates are that placebo or sham treatments 'cure' between 30-70 per cent of all patients who receive them (JAMA, 1955; 159: 1602-6; Clin Psych Rev, 1993; 13: 375-91; J Am Dent Assoc, 1976; 92: 755-8).
However, doctors are themselves taking a placebo, in Lemoine's view. They prescribe impure placebos to fool themselves, at the same time as they fool their patients, that the treatment has predictable, scientifically tested effects.'
The placebo effect demonstrates that beliefs are powerful healers, even when the belief has no foundation. The placebo is a form of intention-the expectation that doing one thing will change something else-an instance of intention trickery.
When the doctor gives his patient a placebo, or sugar pill, he is counting on the patient's belief that the drug will work. It is well documented that belief in a placebo will create the same physiological effects as that of an active agent, so much so that it causes the pharmaceutical industry enormous difficulty when designing drug trials. So many patients receive the same relief and even the same side-effects with a placebo as with the drug itself that a placebo cannot be considered a true control for comparison. Our bodies do not distinguish between a chemical process and the thought of a chemical process.


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I have my kids help with the process. I will put their things in a basket to be taken to whatever room it needs to go to, or they can put their toothbrushes away, etc. Start 'em early! :o)
How do you unpack with the kids around?
Whether you've just returned from a long trip or have just brought back several bags of groceries, getting home and having some things to unpack can be challenging with little ones around, needing your attention. What are some tips you can give moms who need to get some things unpacked, pronto?
My daughter puts the cans away in a lower cabinet. She also takes all the boxes of cereal over to the pantry for Mommy or Daddy to put away.
Yep, enlist the kids as free labor! :o) I usually take the boy grocery shopping with me and he even helps bring the bags in from the car. I just make sure to give him the light stuff like produce or breads. He also enjoys putting cans in the cabinet and opening and closing the fridge for me.
depending on the age give them a task to help you with, put them in a high chair with a snack or toy, my 13 month old wants to be in the middle of it but can't really help so i bring some of her favorite toys into the kitchen and let her play while i put groceries up, she's in her throw stuff away stage so i give her bags to throw away while i'm watching her really closely and she loves it and thinks she's helping she will throw it way and smile and clap and say yay! I also sing songs with her to keep her occupied and happy.
two words------ baby gate
i give my 2yr old son a small bag like of bread to help bring in and when we put the food away or what not i give him little things at his level to put away like juice boxes in the fridge ( i dont make a big deal about where he puts it as long as he puts it in the fridge u can always move it later) he loves helping and it makes him happy and me happy. also if you start early when there older they will be more willing to help you.
Depending on there age ask them if they want to help. If u keep canned goods in low cabinets then let them know that they go in there and let them put them in there while you are putting things in higher cabinets. You can also have them unpack the bags on the floor and if there is no glass you can have them give you the items and at the same time they are learning what each item is. Same with cold items. You can have them put them away as well.
I agree with Lynn; as long as they're reasonably mobile, even the littlest kids can (and usually love to) help! It doesn't have to be with much, but if you start out with storing things where they can reach they will always be happy to show what big boys and girls they are by putting away -- or, conversely, pulling out when you need something.
When my guy was really little(6 months- 20 months) I would put him in his highchair with a special snack while I unloaded groceries. He usually was happy to sit there and eat while watching me.
great idea. i accidently hit - instead of + anyone know how to change it?
Unpacking from a trip - don't really do it all at once. I have an extra of all toiletries(toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, etc) that stay packed in the "toiletry bag". Also, before we leave for a trip, I lay out PJs and the next days' clothes for when we return home. The suitcase goes right down to the laundry and I usually do the load of wash the day after we return from a trip. As far as groceries, I bag the groceries by where they go (freezer foods together, refrigerator foods together, etc). Then as soon as I get home, spend the 5 minutes to put away perishables and put the rest away when kids are napping or otherwise occupied.
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How to add a Read more button in Joomla 3.1
In our last tutorial, we showed you how to write a blog post in Joomla 3.0. Our example was a very short post, but if you write a very long post, then entire post will show on your homepage (as in the screenshot to the right).
You can make your homepage look much cleaner if you add a Read More button within the article. In this tutorial, we'll show you just how to do that.
Adding a Read More link in Joomla 3.0
- Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard
- Open the blog post you want to edit
In the top menu, click Content and then click Article Manager. Within the list of articles, click on the title of the article that you want to add the read more link to.
- Add the read more link
Within the article editor, place your cursor where you want the read more link to appear. Then, under the editor, click the Read More button. You will notice a red dotted line appear within the editor, which shows where you just inserted the button.
Joomla is actually adding the following code to the article:

- When finished, click the Save button at the top left of the page. Comparing the screenshot to the right to the one at the top of this tutorial, you can see that we now have the following button under the article:
Read more: My first blog post
This makes our homepage look much cleaner and professional.
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2014-06-13 10:26 am
the red line is there bur readmore on output is the issue it doesn't appear
2014-06-13 10:44 am
If you're not seeing it on the front end, it sounds like it is an issue with your theme. I recommend contacting the developer of the theme you are using for more information. It could potentially also be caused by any extensions you may have as well.
2014-06-13 10:04 am
the readmore doesnt appear
2014-06-13 10:24 am
When inserting the Read More link, it will simply intert a red line at the place of your cursor. Be sure that you are clicked within your content, then click it. If you do not see it, you may have a deeper issue within your Joomla installation in which I would then recommend that you disable any extensions as well as replace all of your Joomla core files.
2014-06-13 9:52 am
i have had this problem of read more for long. please if possible i request anyone to help me.
1 if i use readmore in an article it doesnt work (eg article manager-> new article)
2 if i use feutured article the readmore appears but now the problem come. all my articles appear in every page of the menu eg if tou have menu home aboutus news and articles tom , chali, cell,dom all appear in every menu home aboutus news etc
please help
2014-06-13 9:59 am
Could you clarify what exactly happens when you attempt to add the Read More link to your article using the article manager?
2013-10-30 11:21 am
Hello thief1959,
It sounds like you may be viewing a cached version of the site which is causing it to not be displayed. Try clearing your browser cache to ensure everything is fresh.
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2013-10-30 5:14 am
I have simular problem. I have made site with Joomla 3, insert "system-readmore" in JCKEditor, but it doesn't work (appear). However, I can see it in editor source view, but in site (using localhost for now) it simple disapper (you can not find it on view source looking).
I have readed in some forums that is important what kind of articles are you using (must be blog layout)?
Can someone explain cause for this problem and show solution?
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2013-07-08 2:41 pm
Hello mueva8, and thanks for your comment.
I took a look through several of your pages, and didn't see the
 code anywhere. It sounds like when you're clicking on the Read more button in Joomla, you are seeing this code added in the source?
It sounds like possibly with the way your caching or publishing settings are setup, that the most recent version of the article you're updating is being used.
It doesn't look like that domain is hosted with us, so I was unable to take a closer look on the server, you might want to contact your current host and see if they can see anything for you.
- Jacob
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2013-07-07 10:31 am
I've tried to insert a readmore button in an article but it don't work.
In the article edition it appear the
 code but than it doesn't appear in the site. and also no readmore button.
my site is beta.thewanderlust.pt
can you help me?
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Fox & Friends Never Misses A Chance To Demonize Muslims
Fox & Friends, a home for rampant Islamophobia, returned to demonizing Muslims this week by literally sounding the siren over the Los Angeles Police Department's recent decision [1] to change the way it stores suspicious activity reports that end up being unrelated to terrorism. The LAPD's move came in response to privacy concerns from Muslim leaders and other advocacy groups.
While LAPD officials have called [2] the groups' concerns a "legitimate point" and stated that its suspicious activity reporting program will be "as robust as it is now," Fox & Friends claimed that the LAPD is "bowing to the demands of Muslims and relaxing their terrorism programs" and asked if they're "putting political correctness before safety."
Here are the changes the LAPD is implementing, according to the Los Angeles Times [2]:
The department, after coming under fire from civil liberties and community groups, will no longer hold on to so-called suspicious activity reports that the LAPD's counter-terrorism unit determines are about harmless incidents.
Until now, the department stored the innocuous reports in a database for a year. That gave rise to worries among critics of the reporting program that personal information about people who had done nothing wrong could be entered inappropriately into the federal government's vast network of counter-terrorism databases and watch lists.
Once completed by an officer, a [Suspicious Activity Report] is forwarded to the department's Counter-Terrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau, where officers conduct a follow-up investigation to assess if there is a threat. Under the new procedures, hard copies of SARs will be destroyed and electronic versions deleted once officers conclude that the reports had no significance.
As before, information about suspicious activity will be forwarded to a regional analysis center for further vetting and, if necessary, onward for investigation by federal authorities.
And, really, that's it. Reports of suspicious activity deemed harmless will immediately be deleted from the LAPD's terror database in response to privacy concerns. The LAPD's deputy chief called it a "legitimate point" and the Times noted that the change "will have a relatively small impact." Despite this, Fox & Friends devoted two segments over two days to fearmonger about the change.
Blaring the "PC Police" siren on Thursday, co-host Gretchen Carlson said that the LAPD is "bowing to the demands of Muslims and relaxing their terrorism programs" before asking, "Are they putting political correctness before safety?" Later, she called it an example of "political correctness maybe gone amok" while co-host Brian Kilmeade invoked the 9-11 attacks to fearmonger about the change.
On Friday, guest co-host Dave Briggs opened yet another "PC Police" segment on the LAPD's decision by asking, "Shouldn't the police be focused on keeping us safe rather than worrying about what advocacy groups think?" During the segment, Fox regular Zuhdi Jasser -- who has attacked [3] Muslim advocacy groups and was a star witness [4] in Rep. Peter King's anti-Muslim hearings last year -- said that "this is simply fearmongering from Islamist groups that want to control police and tell them what to do." Watch:
Fox & Friends has been home [5] to rampant anti-Muslim rhetoric [6] for years. The show's hosts [7] and guests [8] repeatedly fearmongered [9] over the proposed Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan. In October 2010, Kilmeade was forced to apologize [10] after he said [11] that "not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim."
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NEW YORK (AP) The NBA has suspended Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins for two games without pay for confronting San Antonio announcer Sean Elliott in a hostile manner.
The exchange followed the Spurs' 97-86 victory in Sacramento on Friday night. The volatile Cousins will lose about $70,500 of his $3.9 million salary.
Cousins will sit out games at the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday and at home against Portland on Tuesday.
Elliott was a longtime Spurs player who is the team's primary TV analyst.