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In the mecca of conspicuous consumption that is the Super Bowl, Madonna – the most material of all the girls – was right at home Sunday as the queen of halftime.
Wearing a winged tiara and knee-high leather boots, she entered like Cleopatra as part of a glittering parade, apparently on her to way to an S&M party in Ancient Egypt.
She strutted down nostalgia lane with "Vogue," her vaunted dancing somewhat constrained, perhaps because of her high heels. She did sit astride another dancer, however, in keeping with the party "theme."
By the end she was flogging a world peace message during the once-controversial "Like a Prayer." If nothing else, the Super Bowl teaches us that even the biggest trend-setters and button-pushers tone it down and become acceptable eye-candy between halftime dips into the chili bowl.
She was accompanied by a cast of hundreds: dancers, drummers, tightrope-jumpers, plus pop stars LMFAO, Nicki Minaj and Cee Lo Green. The one outlier was M.I.A., a singer-rapper with the kind of underground resume unusual for Super Bowl halftimes. But if you turned away to reload on nachos, you probably missed them -- each performer got only seconds of screen time. This was Madonna's party and besides breaking off bits of her greatest hits to remind people of a time when she was the biggest pop vixen on the planet, she had important career-advancing work to do.
Madonna, after all, never does anything unless she's got something to sell, and with a new studio album due out in March and a tour to follow, she had plenty on her to-do list. The Super Bowl has become the biggest stage for shills of all kinds, pop stars included, and halftime has turned into a 12-minute branding opportunity in recent years for artists brandishing new albums, whether Bruce Springsteen or the Black Eyed Peas.
"Give Me All Your Luvin'," the new song inserted into the set list, had a – surprise! – football theme, a techno take on Toni Basil's 1980s cheerleader anthem, "Mickey." The song was glutted with cameos by Minaj and M.I.A., who dutifully moved their lips along with the backing track being piped through the stadium speakers in Indianapolis. M.I.A. did manage to insert herself into the post-halftime chatter, however, by flipping a left-handed, one-finger salute. ("The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show," NBC-TV said in a statement to the The Hollywood Reporter web site. "Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.")
Twenty years ago, one might've expected such rudeness from Madonna herself, but in a pregame interview she vowed no "wardrobe malfunctions" to match the Super Bowl scandal pinned on Janet Jackson a few years ago.
Madonna has never really been about "live" performance; her concerts are essentially theatrical exhibitions accompanied by piped in music (Jeff Lanahan, a microphone technician who worked the halftime, said the vocals were performed live over recorded music). This performance was no different. But the song fell flat for other reasons – it just isn't arresting in the way prime Madonna could be. Rhyming "Ya wanna" with "Madonna," recasting herself as a cheerleader for a sport that she's barely noticed in decades past – it was the Material Girl who couldn't deliver the goods.
The National Anthem was notable if only because the performance by Kelly Clarkson was so straightforward. Unlike last year, when Christina Aguilera tried to make the song all about her and flubbed a line in the process, Clarkson gave a strong, dignified reading backed by martial drumming and a children's choir. Not coincidentally, Clarkson's rendition checked in at 1:34, a full 20 seconds more concise than Aguilera's gymnastics exhibition. Clarkson's anthem was preceded by Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, who dished up dignity with a twang on "America the Beautiful." Understatement at the Super Bowl – what a concept.


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Can't wait to read your stuff again this year.
I already like and agree with your VaTech assessment.
really va tech has an easy schedule, you guys really think they gonna lose more than 1 or 2 games besides the florida st game? why you dont like them think they overated?
I like Logan Thomas, but I don't think that he has enough talent around him to win more than 9 games, and like Boom says, worse case I could see them going 6-6.
The Hokies will only be returning 3 starters on offense. While it's nice to have L.Thomas and WR Marcus Davis coming back, Tech will only have 1 offensive lineman and little depth in 2012. Tech always seems to have at least 2 or 3 quality TBs battling for carries, but not this year. VT returns 3 backs with expierience who combined for 25 carries for 59 yards and 0 TDs and 1 reception for 2 yards and 0 TDs.
Possible Losses
Week 1 - With an inexpierienced offense opening up against an explosive veteran laden Georgia Tech team, I don't think that a Yellow Jacket victory is out of the question here. The 'Jackets always play the Hokies tough anyhow.
Week 6 - The Tarheels did all but beat VT in Blacksburg LY and bring back QB Bryn Renner and RB Gio Bernard to run another potential very potent offense under Larry Fedora. This game is in Chapel Hill and again a Hokie loss would not shock me.
Week 8 - The Hokies lost twice to Clemson last year as they clearly had trouble with the Tigers' speed. Neither of those games was played in "Death Valley", this one will be.
Week 9 - Another road game against a team with plenty of speed. The 'Canes racked up 519 yards in Blacksburg LY before losing in the final seconds to Tech. Things could be different in Miami.
Week 10 - The Seminoles come to Lane Stadium with arguably the best talent in the ACC. They return 9 starters on both sides of the ball and should have one of the best defenses in the nation. Oh yeah, and they are 13-2 against Virginia Tech.
Week 12 - Rivalry games can turn out to be very weird. Yes the Hokies have owned UVa over the last several years including LY's massacre in Charlottesville. I truly feel that terrible loss will motivate the Cavs to play their game of the year in Blacksburg to try and restore some state pride.
Trap Game? - Week 3 at Heinz Field. Can Paul Chryst restore some magic to the Panther football program. He doesn't inherit a terrible team and should have a healthy Ray Graham to go against the Hokies.Remember Pitt only lost by 1 to a very good WVU team last year in Morgantown, beat S.Fla. by 27, and won at Louisville.Who knows what could happen here.
great write ups boom! Do you remember how you finished last year ATS? thanks

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State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue recapitalisation of Portuguese bank Banif
The European Commission has temporarily approved, under EU state aid rules, a recapitalisation totalling €1.1 billion granted by Portugal to Banco Internacional do Funchal S.A. (Banif) for reasons of financial stability. Portugal committed to provide a far-reaching restructuring plan for Banif by 31 March 2013. The Commission will take a final decision on the compatibility of the capital injection with EU state aid rules after the assessment of the restructuring measures to be proposed by Portugal.
Commission Vice President in charge of competition policy Joaquín Almunia said: "The €1.1 billion recapitalisation allows Banif to meet regulatory capital ratios. Now, Portugal urgently needs to work out an in-depth restructuring plan, refocusing the bank on its core activities in Madeira and the Azores and leading to a significant downsizing of its operations."
On 11 January 2013, Portugal notified recapitalisation measures, consisting in a subscription of shares issued by Banif in the amount of €700 million and in hybrid securities in the amount of €400 million, in order to avoid a breach of capital requirements imposed by the Portuguese banking regulator.
The Commission assessed the state aid measures under its rules on state aid for banking recapitalisations during the crisis (see IP/08/1901 and IP/11/1488). The Commission found that the measures were well-targeted, limited to the minimum necessary and contained sufficient safeguards aimed at limiting distortions of competition. The Commission therefore temporarily approved the recapitalisation measures until 31 March 2013, or, if Portugal submits a restructuring plan by that date, until the Commission adopts a final decision on this plan.
In view of the significant aid the bank received with regard to its size (approximately 10% of risk weighted assets) and of the seriousness of its problems, this plan needs to provide for a material overhaul of the bank's business model, implying deep restructuring measures, a considerable downsizing and a limited future geographical focus.
Banif is currently the eighth-largest commercial bank in Portugal when measured by book asset value, with a large regional presence in the Azores and Madeira. It is listed on the Lisbon Stock Exchange. At the end of 2011, it held total assets amounting to €15.8 billion.
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Law experts in China have called for the abolishment of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee (PLAC) and the establishment of an independent judicial system at a symposium in Beijing last week.
The PLAC is in control of China's internal security apparatus, which includes the police, prison system, and the judiciary, and has long been criticized for it's corruption and unchecked power, which is regularly abused.
The problem in mainland China is that "the Communist Party is above the law so that it becomes the Party leader's autocracy or even dictatorship," Professor Cui Min of China People's Public Security University said in a speech at the opening ceremony of the 4th Judicial Reform Academic Symposium in Beijing, held by Caijing magazine on Jan. 16.
Cui said the "Chongqing model," run by ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai, was a typical example of there being no rule of law and no judicial independence. Cui said there are many other places in China that are run by "tyrants like Bo Xilai," where the constitution doesn't apply.
In order to achieve judicial independence, the Communist Party's PLAC needs to be removed from all levels. This is the key as to whether China can make progress towards the rule of law, Cui said.
Professor He Weifang from Beijing University's Law School said the reason why China's judicial reform has been stuck over the past 10 years is that the goal of reform is unclear, and even the concepts of constitutional government, separation of powers, and judicial independence have become taboo.
Associate Professor Wang Jianxun from China University of Political Science and Law said that nowadays the Communist Party's official documents are very ambiguous, as the governing tactic of ambiguity allows officials to interpret them in any way they like.
After the 18th Party Congress last November, Xi Jinping has repeatedly commented on the importance of following the constitution—ruling the country by law and exercising power through the law.
Later, a personnel reshuffle followed of many chief justices of the provincial Supreme People's Courts and procurator generals of the provincial People's Procuratorates in all provinces, causing panic among PLAC officials, trying to figure out Xi Jinping's final plan.
PLAC officials who followed Jiang Zemin's unofficial policy of embezzling public funds all these years are said to be worried about whether they will become scapegoats.
On Jan. 8, Qi Xiaolin, the deputy Party secretary general of Guangzhou City's Public Security Bureau, hanged himself. The official story is that he was suffering from depression.
On Jan. 9, the deputy Chief of Justice of the Liangzhou district People's Court in Gansu Province committed suicide by jumping out of a 6th floor window in the courthouse.
Shi Zangshan, a Washington D.C. based China commentator, is not optimistic as to whether a constitutional government in China can be realized within the framework of the Communist Party system.
"The Chinese people and the international community won't just let the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) evade all the atrocities it has committed," Shi told The Epoch Times.
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Editor's Note: When Chongqing's former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, he set in motion a political storm that has not subsided. The battle behind the scenes turns on what stance officials take toward the persecution of Falun Gong. The faction with bloody hands—the officials former CCP head Jiang Zemin promoted in order to carry out the persecution—is seeking to avoid accountability for their crimes and to continue the campaign. Other officials are refusing to participate in the persecution any longer. Events present a clear choice to the officials and citizens of China, as well as people around the world: either support or oppose the persecution of Falun Gong. History will record the choice each person makes.
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Three days ago, I found out that there is a sneaky little catch with crowdfunding as an individual and not as a company. The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is cracking down on these types of projects, and wants their cut of what you gain through raising money etc. If you are very successful, and you have 10's to 100's of thousands of dollars come into your bank account…three things will happen. 1. You will have to hire an accountant. 2. You will have to hire a tax lawyer to deal with the very very very tricky tax implications and rules of this whole ordeal. 3. Almost guaranteed automatic audit. Yikes right? Yikes as in exactly one week before I was going to launch an incredibly big campaign via Indiegogo. So adversity struck…and right now, I can't crowdfund. But wait…
I pretty much immediately started thinking of ideas on how I could turn this my way. Okay…so that form of funding is out. But what do you still have. We have a fully edited and completed book. We have an incredible fan base. We are going to have one of the coolest mini documentary movies out there soon. And…we have an awesome audio version coming out too. Nothing really…has changed. The only thing that has changed is a timeline. So here is my plan.
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With everything moving to digital anyways…this whole crowdfunding taxes and legal disaster might have been a blessing in disguise. I really think it was. And that is exactly in relation to what I want to talk about today. Adapt and adjust.
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Roland Stromberg (1916–2004) received his BA from the University of Kansas City in 1939, MA from American University in 1946, and PhD from the University of Maryland in 1952. After teaching at the University of Maryland (1947–66) and Southern Illinois University (1966–67), he joined the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee faculty as professor of history in 1967. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses on European and intellectual history and retired in 1987. He published numerous monographs and textbooks, including Religious Liberalism in Eighteenth-Century England (1954); Collective Security and American Foreign Policy, from the League of Nations to NATO (1963); History of Western Civilization (1963); Intellectual History of Modern Europe (1966); European Intellectual History since 1789 (1968); Heritage and Challenge: The History and Theory of History, co-authored with Paul Conkin (1969); Arnold J. Toynbee, Historian for an Age in Crisis (1972); After Everything: Western Intellectual History since 1945 (1975); Europe in the Twentieth Century (1980); Redemption by War: The Intellectuals and 1914 (1982); Makers of Modern Culture: Five Twentieth-Century Thinkers (1991); Women, Men, and History: A Biographical Reader since the Sixteenth Century (1995); and Democracy: A Short, Analytical History (1996). Roland Stromberg was a devoted and inspiring teacher, a generous colleague with a lively sense of humor, and a learned man who loved jazz and baseball as well as history.
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Stephanie L. Larson is associate professor of classics and National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Humanities. At Bucknell since 2002, she teaches courses on Greek language and literature and classical myth. Her scholarly interests include the construction and maintenance of regional, ethnic and gender identities in Archaic and Classical Greece.
Professor Larson received extensive support from across the Bucknell community in her nomination for this award. Her colleagues, her current students and her past students have said that, as a teacher, Professor Larson is enthusiastic and empathetic, engaging students with demanding material in an unassuming and unpretentious style that leads to their success. Students consistently describe her as a mentor, and as brilliant and friendly.
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Professor Hunter began his career as a scholar of Renaissance literature and published extensively in that field. His research and teaching interests have since expanded to focus on issues of the mind, brain and cultural process. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary questions of how the mind and memory are understood in scientific and cultural contexts.
Faculty across the University nominated Professor Hunter for the Class of 1956 Lectureship. In doing so, they cited his success and innovation as a teacher, saying he challenges students to exceed their own expectations and in turn inspires in them a passion for excellence. Students praise him for motivating them to engage deeply with their studies, both in the classroom and outside of it.
For his inspiring role as both teacher and scholar, Bucknell is delighted to recognize Professor John Hunter with the Class of 1956 Lectureship Award.
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Students of Professor Evans say that she is an enthusiastic and compassionate teacher who often engages them in her research.
Professor Evans has also applied her expertise to educate the general public through her newly published book, Why Do Bees Buzz? Fascinating Answers to Questions About Bees.
Today, Bucknell is delighted to recognize Professor Elizabeth Capaldi Evans with the 2010 Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence.
Tammy Bunn Hiller is associate professor of management in Bucknell's School of Management. She teaches organizational management courses, including the highly popular Management 101. At the heart of her teaching is a belief in social justice and change, and Professor Hiller teaches her students how to promote social justice through their organizations.
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President: Abdul Hamid (2013)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina (2009)
Land area: 51,703 sq mi (133,911 sq km); total area: 55,598 sq mi (144,000 sq km)
Population (2014 est.):166,280,712 (growth rate: 1.6%); birth rate: 21.61/1000; infant mortality rate: 45.67/1000; life expectancy: 70.65
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Dhaka, 15.391 million
Other large cities: Chittagong, 5.239 million; Khulna, 1.781 million; Rajshahi 932,000
Monetary unit: Taka
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- The Formation of an Independent Bangladesh
- Investigations into Governmental Corruption Begin
- Rahman Becomes the Third President to Die in Office
- Factory Building Collapses, Killing Hundreds
- War for Independence Leaders Are Tried and Convicted
- 2014 National Election Marred by Violence; Opposition Tries to Force Early Election
Bangladesh, on the northern coast of the Bay of Bengal, is surrounded by India, with a small common border with Myanmar in the southeast. The country is low-lying riverine land traversed by the many branches and tributaries of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Tropical monsoons and frequent floods and cyclones inflict heavy damage in the delta region.
Parliamentary democracy.
What is now called Bangladesh is part of the historic region of Bengal, the northeast portion of the Indian subcontinent. Bangladesh consists primarily of East Bengal (West Bengal is part of India and its people are primarily Hindu) plus the Sylhet district of the Indian state of Assam.
The earliest reference to the region was to a kingdom called Vanga, or Banga (c. 1000 B.C. ). Buddhists ruled for centuries, but by the 10th century Bengal was primarily Hindu. In 1576, Bengal became part of the Mogul Empire, and the majority of East Bengalis converted to Islam. Bengal was ruled by British India from 1757 until Britain withdrew in 1947, and Pakistan was founded out of the two predominantly Muslim regions of the Indian subcontinent. For almost 25 years after independence from Britain, its history was part of Pakistan's ( see Pakistan ).
West Pakistan and East Pakistan were united by religion (Islam), but their peoples were separated by culture, physical features, and 1,000 miles of Indian territory.
The Formation of an Independent Bangladesh
Tension between East and West Pakistan existed from the outset because of their vast geographic, economic, and cultural differences. East Pakistan's Awami League, a political party founded by the Bengali nationalist Sheik Mujibur Rahman in 1949, sought independence from West Pakistan. Although 56% of the population resided in East Pakistan, the West held the lion's share of political and economic power. In 1970, East Pakistanis secured a majority of the seats in the national assembly. President Yahya Khan postponed the opening of the national assembly in an attempt to circumvent East Pakistan's demand for greater autonomy. As a consequence, East Pakistan seceded and the independent state of Bangladesh, or Bengali nation, was proclaimed on March 26, 1971. Civil war broke out, and with the help of Indian troops in the last few weeks of the war, East Pakistan defeated West Pakistan on Dec. 16, 1971. An estimated one million Bengalis were killed in the fighting or later slaughtered. Ten million more took refuge in India. In Feb. 1974, Pakistan agreed to recognize the independent state of Bangladesh.
Founding president Sheikh Mujibur was assassinated in 1975, as was the next president, Zia ur-Rahman. On March 24, 1982, Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad, army chief of staff, took control in a bloodless coup but was forced to resign on Dec. 6, 1990, amid violent protests and numerous allegations of corruption. A succession of prime ministers governed in the 1990s, including Khaleda Zia, wife of the assassinated president Zia ur-Rahman, and Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the daughter of Sheik Mujibur.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina completed her five-year term as prime minister in July 2000—the first leader to do so since the country gained independence from Pakistan in 1974. In Oct. 2001 elections, Khaleda Zia again won the prime ministership.
Investigations into Governmental Corruption Begin
Violence erupted in Oct. 2006, when Zia's term ended and President Ahmed took over as the head of a caretaker administration. An alliance of parties, headed by the Awami League, said it would boycott the Jan. 2007 elections, alleging corruption in the electoral commission. The violence intensified in Jan. 2007, prompting President Ahmed to declare a state of emergency and postpone the elections. Fakhruddin Ahmed became the interim head of the government. He swiftly opened a broad corruption investigation that resulted in the imprisonment of dozens of prominent officials, the seizure of luxury vehicles, and the freezing of bank accounts. In March, Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was arrested in the investigation and charged with extortion. Khaleda Zia herself was arrested and charged with corruption in September. In addition, Sheikh Hasina was arrested and charged with corruption and organizing the murder of four supporters of a rival party.
Mudslides set off by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 100 people in June 2007 in Chittagong, a port in the southern part of the country. In November, Cyclone Sidr, with winds over 100 miles per hour, killed nearly 3,500 people in southern Bangladesh. The United Nations reported that a million people were left homeless.
Bangladesh went ahead with its general election in December 2008. It was the first general election since the army-backed caretaker government took power in January 2007. The Awami League, headed by Sheikh Hasina, won in a landslide, taking 262 of 299 seats in Parliament. The vote was considered fair and largely free of scandal. Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as prime minister in January 2009.
Rahman Becomes the Third President to Die in Office
Daily protests broke out in Dhaka in February 2013 after the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist party in Bangladesh, was sentenced to life in prison by a war crimes tribunal for his role in the murder of an estimated one million Bengalis during the 1971 war with Pakistan. The demonstrators, mostly students and youth, were outraged at what they consider a lenient sentence.
On March 10, 2013, President Zillur Rahman was flown to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. He had a lung infection and the situation was so dire he had to be flown by air ambulance. Rahman died ten days later, becoming the third president of Bangladesh to die in office. Former Presidents Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman also died in office.
Abdul Hamid, speaker of the National Parliament, was appointed acting president on March 14, 2013. Of President Rahman's death, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that it was "an irreparable loss to the country and its people."
Factory Building Collapses, Killing Hundreds
On April 24, 2013, a large factory building in Dhaka collapsed and killed at least 900 workers. Hundreds more were missing in the building's rubble. Known as Rana Plaza, the factories within the building made clothing for European and American retailers such as JC Penny, Cato Fashions, Benetton and others. Bangladesh was second only to China as the world's leading garment exporter.
For five days, rescue teams worked to find survivors in the debris. A fire broke out within the rubble, making rescue efforts even more difficult. National outrage spread due to reports of Rana Plaza's poor condition prior to its collapse. Officers arrested the building's owner, Sohel Rana, who was found hiding near the border of India. When his capture was announced at the site of the collapsed building, the crowd cheered.
Rana Plaza employed more than 3,000 people. The building's collapse was considered the deadliest accident in the garment industry's history. It came just five months after a major fire at a similar factory building. That fire, in November 2012, killed 112 employees and, at the time, several retailers promised to maintain the safety of the factories which manufactured their goods.
In September 2013 200,000 garment workers took to the streets, demanding an increase in monthly wages from $38 to $100. Factory owners offered to increase wages to $46. Some of the protests turned violent, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators, who set several factories on fire.
War for Independence Leaders Are Tried and Convicted
Forty-two years after the East Pakistani fight for independence gave birth to Bangladesh, a war-crimes tribunal handed down sentences for genocide, conspiracy, torture, rape, and crimes against humanity. On July 15, 2013, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, secretary general of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was convicted and sentenced to death. Ghulam Azam, the party's spiritual leader, received a jail sentence of 90 years. Previously, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi and Muhammad Kamaruzzaman were sentenced to death for their crimes against humanity. Up to three million people were killed in what some have called the worst genocide since WWII.
Another Jamaat-e-Islami party leader, Abdul Quader Mollah, was found guilty by a special war crimes tribunal in Feb. 2013. Sentenced to life in prison, Mollah's case was appealed by both the defense and the prosecution and was heard before the Supreme Court. On Sept. 17, a five-member panel headed by Chief Justice M. Muzammel Hossain upheld his conviction and took the sentence one step further, ruling that Mollah be executed.
2014 National Election Marred by Violence; Opposition Tries to Force Early Election
The Awami League, the ruling party, easily won the national election in January 2014, handing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a third term. However, the election had a low turnout, partly due to riots, protests and an opposition boycott. At least 18 people were killed in election-related violence.
The week after the election, opposition members were forced into hiding while police went on raids, searching for them. Four opposition leaders were arrested and jailed, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Political violence has increased in Bangladesh in the last year. Since February 2013, almost 300 people have been killed due to political violence.
In January 2015, Hasina's bitter rival, Khaleda Zia, called what she promised to be a protracted general strike and blockade of the transportation system with the goal of forcing early elections. About 7,000 of Zia's supporters were arrested for attempting to disrupt the transportation system. The strike lasted more than two months, cost the country some $2.2 billion, sparked deadly violence between opposing factions, but did not result in an election.
See also Encyclopedia: Bangladesh .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Bangladesh
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics www.bbsgov.org


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Didn't Christgau in his consumer poll give a 'dud' to the Nashville Scene Critics poll winner Jamey Johnson? Wonder why he hates him so. Maybe he says why in that Slate discussion upthread
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 January 2009 12:45 (ten years ago) Permalink
it's probably bcuz he's old
― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 January 2009 16:57 (ten years ago) Permalink
Nah, that hasn't stopped him before.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:09 (ten years ago) Permalink
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Little Boots sounds nothing like Roisin Murphy and more like Hot Chip with a female singer.
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:33 (ten years ago) Permalink
that "stuck on a groove" single is better than anything hot chip's done in a long time
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lex to thread:
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Pazz & Jop 2008
Lex and others to thread
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:08 (ten years ago) Permalink
Not sure how they compiled it but here's the Offbeat, New Orleans magazine, top 10:
1. Theresa Andersson-Hummingbird Go2. Irma Thomas-Simply Grand3. Michael Doucet-From Now On4. Dr. Michael White-Blue Crescent5. Lil' Wayne-Tha Carter III6. The Iguanas-If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times7. Tom McDermott and Connie Jones- Creole Nocturne8. Dr. John-The City That Care Forgot9. David Egan-You Don't know Your Mind10. Porter-Batiste-Stolz-Moodoo
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 25 January 2009 04:56 (ten years ago) Permalink
Rock-a-Rolla top 40:
1. Harvey Milk – Life…The Best Game in Town2. Earth – The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull3. Melvins – Nude with Boots4. Dub Trio – Another Sound is Dying5. Asva – What You Don't know is Frontier6. Grails – Doomsdayer's Holiday7. Secret Chiefs 3 – Xaphan: Book of Angel8. Kayo Dot – Blue Lambency Downward9. Mike Patton – A Perfect Place10. Racebanon – Acid or Blood11. Torche – Meanderthal12. Portishead – Third13. The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath14. Lustmord – [Other]15. Zach Hill – Astrological Straits16. Steve Von Till – A Grave is a Grim Horse17. Ascend – Ample Fire Within18. Akimbo – Jersey Shores19. Conifer – Corown Fire20. Bohren & Der Club of Gore – Dolores21. Meshuggah – Obzen22. Philip Jeck – Sano23. UFOmammut – Idolum24. Wildildlife – Six25. Moha! – One Way Ticket to Candyland26. Helms Alee – Night Terror27. Mogwai – The Hawk is Howling28. Krallice – Krallice29. Jarboe – Mahakali 30. Hey Colossus – Happy Birthday31. Merzbow – Anicca32. Gnaw Their Tongues – An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood33. Lucky Dragons – Dream Island Laughing Language34. Jucifer – L'Autrichienne35. Mothlite – The Flax of Reverie36. Boris – Smile37. No Age – Nouns38. Black Sun – Paralyser39. Subtle – Exitingarm40. Prurient – And Still Waiting
― m the g, Sunday, 25 January 2009 08:16 (ten years ago) Permalink
DJ Premier's top 20 '08
20. Ill Bill - The Hour of Reprisal19. 88-Keys - The Death of Adam18. EPMD - We Mean Business17. Craig G & Marley Marl - Operation Take Back Hip-Hop16. Ice Cube - Raw Footage15. Q-Tip - The Renaissance14. Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto13. Termanology - Politics as Usual12. Big Shug - Otherside of the Game11. Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
10. Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team)09. Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III08. The P Brothers - The Gas07. eMC - The Show06. Jake One - White Van Music05. D.I.T.C. - The Movement04. Scarface - Emeritus03. Statik Selektah - Stick 2 the Script02. Evidence - The Layover EP01. DJ Revolution - King of the Decks
― twitty milk (deej), Sunday, 1 February 2009 02:03 (ten years ago) Permalink
― The Reverend, Sunday, 1 February 2009 09:07 (ten years ago) Permalink
he had a track on it :-/
― twitty milk (deej), Sunday, 1 February 2009 10:24 (ten years ago) Permalink
with a few glaring exceptions, I was surprisingly happy with the results of this year's WXYC DJ poll:
The Top 20 of 2008 (technically the Top 21 b/c the #20 slot was a tie):
1. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (TYPE)2. Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont (Kranky/4AD)3. Tape - Luminarium (Häpna)4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguar)5. Lil Wayne- tha carter 3 (Cash Money)6. Robbie Basho - Bonn Ist Supreme (Bo'Weavil)7. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lions Skull (Southern Lord)7. Fleet Foxes- fleet foxes (Sub Pop)9. 70's Thai Orchestra - 70's Thai Orchestra (MISSISSIPPI/EXILED)10. Lau Nau - Nukkuu (Locust)11. v/a - 1970's algerian proto-rai underground (SUBLIME FREQUENCIES)12. Alan Licht & Aki Onda - Everydays (FAMILY VINEYARD)13. Gang Gang Dance- St. Dymphna (Social Registry)14. Animal Collective - Water Curses EP (Domino/Paw Tracks)14. Man Man - Rabbit Habits (ANTI-)16. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP (Chocolate Industries)17. Girl talk - Feed the animals (Illegal Art)18. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing (ATP Recordings)18. The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace (self-released)20. Ponytail- ice cream social (We Are Free)20. Burning Star Core - Challenger (Hospital/Plastic)
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- Faraz Salat said...
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- November 25, 2012 at 4:50 PM
- Anita Jeyan Sandeep said...
What a waste of a life. He insulted God for creating him in the first place, with his deeds. This is what he deserved. Or even worse.
- November 25, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- Pooja Rathore said...
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- November 25, 2012 at 8:38 PM
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They ( the newspaper people) edited the last two lines of this...
I was saying the same thing as the slogan a few days ago, and am surprised to see it in written form here. Serendipity?
Read your Sethji. I was wondering at one loose end, where you said that the girl servant's life changed forever, and then I waited and waited till the end to find out how...
I like the way you get into the heads of your characters when you write about them. The varied love scenes of various people had a different language altogether. That is one improvement I see in your style.
The only disappointment was that we did not get to 'see' much of how sethji's mind operated.It was more about Amrita's mind. I wish there was more of Sethji's mind that I could see.
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Why Store Your Data Online?
Since the advent of the internet, the technology industry has been steadily moving away from local storage to remote, server-based storage and processing—what is known as the cloud. Look at music and movies: We used to play them from local media, but now they're streamed from servers. By keeping your own documents and media files in the cloud, you can reap the same advantages of anywhere-access and sharing. Productivity gains and reduced local storage requirements are additional benefits. We've rounded up the best cloud storage and file-sharing and file-syncing services to help you decide which are right for you.
These services provide seamless access to all your important data—Word docs, PDFs, spreadsheets, photos, any other digital assets from wherever you are. You no longer need to be sitting at your work PC to see your work files: With cloud syncing you can get to them from your smartphone on the train, from your tablet on your couch, and from the laptop in your hotel room or kitchen. Using a service like those included here means no more having to email files to yourself or plug and unplug USB thumb drives.
If you don't yet have a service for storing and syncing your data in the cloud, you should seriously consider one. Which you choose depends on the kinds of files you store, how much security you need, whether you plan to collaborate with other people, and which devices you use to edit and access your files. It may also depend on your comfort level with computers in general. Some services are extremely user-friendly, while others offer advanced customization for more experienced technophiles.
What Can Cloud Storage Do for You?
The very best cloud storage solutions play nicely with other apps and services, making the experience of viewing or editing your files feel natural. Especially in business settings, you want your other software and apps to be able to retrieve or access your files, so making sure you use a service that easily authenticates with the other tools you use is a big deal. Box is particularly strong in this regard.
The range of capabilities of cloud-based storage services is incredible. Many of them specialize in a specific area. For example, Dropbox and SugarSync focus on keeping a synced folder accessible everywhere. SpiderOak emphasizes security. Some cloud storage services, such as Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, are generalists, offering not only folder and file syncing, but also media-playing and device syncing. These products even double as collaboration software, offering real-time document coediting.
Distinct from but overlapping in some cases with cloud storage are online backup services. Some of these, such as Carbonite, are all about disaster recovery, while IDrive combines that goal with syncing and sharing capabilities. If you want to bypass the cloud for your backup, you can still go with local backup software, which saves you the time it takes to upload and download your data.
In fact, most cloud services offer some level of backup, almost as a consequence of their intended function. It follows logically that any files uploaded to a cloud service are also protected from disk failures, since there are copies of them in the cloud. But true online backup plays can back up all of your computer's files, not just those in a synced folder structure. Whereas syncing is about managing select files, backup tends to be a bulk, just-in-case play. With syncing, you pick the documents you might need and keep them in the cloud for easy access. With backup, you back up everything you think you might regret losing. Easy, immediate access is not guaranteed with online backup, nor is it the point. Peace of mind is.
The Deal With the Cloud
Just to clear up any confusion, the cloud part of cloud-based storage services refers to storing your files somewhere other than your computer's hard drive, usually on the provider's servers. As one tech pundit put it: "There is no Cloud. It's just someone else's computer." Having data in the cloud refers to the ability to access those files through the internet. Your data is usually encrypted before making the journey over the internet to the providers' servers, and, while it lives on those servers, it's also encrypted. Well-designed services don't upload entire files every time they change. They just upload the changes, saving your connection bandwidth.
You can access your cloud files through an app or software installed on your computer (once it's installed, it's usually pretty much invisible), though you need an internet connection for it to work. If you temporarily don't have an internet connection, that's okay. The service waits until the next time you do have a connection and takes care of business then.
For a deeper explanation of the cloud, see What is Cloud Computing? For tips on how to use a file-syncing service and examples of how other people use them, see Get Organized: File Syncing Services to the Rescue.
Free vs. Paid
Many cloud storage services have a free account that usually comes with some limitations, such as the amount of storage they provide or a size limit on files you can upload. We prefer services that offer some level of free service (even if it's only 2GB) rather than a time-based trial, because that lets you fully integrate a service into your life for several weeks while you get a feel for how it works and what might go wrong with your particular setup.
What could possibly go wrong? Human error accounts for a good deal of cloud storage tragedies, but the dropped internet connection is another common troublemaker. Ask around (or just look through our review comments), and you'll hear sad stories of how cloud storage can go wrong. One of the benefits of paying for an account is that it usually comes with additional support from the provider, so if anything does go wrong, you can get someone on the phone to help you resolve the issue.
There are many other reasons to pay for cloud storage, from getting a lot more space (a terabyte really doesn't cost all that much anymore) to being able to upload really big files. That last benefit is relevant to graphic designers, video editors, and other visual artists who often host enormous files. Other perks of paying for your cloud storage often include increased access to file-version history (meaning you can restore an important business proposal to the version you had before your colleague made a bunch of erroneous changes), more security, or more features for collaboration and working with teams.
The Best Cloud Storage Services
Here, we highlight only the best cloud storage services among those we've tested. When PCMag tests these services, we evaluate their feature sets, ease of use, stability, and price. There are many more cloud storage services on the market that didn't make the cut for this article, however. If you love a particular service that we didn't include, please be sure to let us know about it in the comments. Click on the review links below for more detailed information on each of our favorite cloud storage and file-syncing services.
Featured in This Roundup
IDrive Review
Bottom Line: You won't find a better overall online backup service than the full-featured IDrive, especially for the price.Read Review
SugarSync Review
Bottom Line: SugarSync is an intuitive file-syncing service with good mobile apps, but it costs a lot and lacks advanced collaboration features.Read Review
SpiderOak ONE Review
Bottom Line: A strong focus on privacy is online backup service SpiderOak ONE's biggest appeal, and it's highly customizable, too. It's not cheap, however, nor is it well suited for novice users.Read Review
Microsoft OneDrive Review
Bottom Line: OneDrive, the default online storage and syncing service for Windows 10 and Office 365, offers a wealth of powerful features, as well as apps for more platforms than any of its competitors.Read Review
CertainSafe Digital Safety Deposit Box Review
Bottom Line: When backing up your sensitive files to the cloud, CertainSafe Digital Safety Deposit Box emphasizes security over all else, but it doesn't sacrifice ease of use.Read Review
Google Drive Review
Bottom Line: Part productivity suite and part syncing and online storage service, Google Drive also provides excellent collaborative office-suite functionality.Read Review
Apple iCloud Drive Review
Bottom Line: Apple's iCloud Drive cloud file-syncing and storage service is a worthwhile service, especially if you're entrenched in Apple's ecosystem, but it doesn't quite measure up to the competition ...Read Review
Box (Personal) Review
Bottom Line: Syncing and storage tool Box is easy to use and highly customizable, letting you integrate your account with a wide range of apps and services.Read Review
Dropbox Review
Bottom Line: Dropbox is a simple, reliable, full-featured file-syncing and storage service with enhanced collaboration in its new Dropbox Paper feature.The only downside is it's not cheap.Read Review


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After taking four losses on the road to open the 2010 Ivy League season, the Yale baseball team kicks off its home league slate looking to get back on track against Gehrig Division foes Cornell and Princeton. The Bulldogs (12-11-1, 0-4 Ivy) will host Big Red (6-10, 2-2 Ivy) on Saturday before the Tigers (7-16, 2-2 Ivy) visit the Elm City on Sunday. Both doubleheaders, which will consist of a seven-inning game followed by a nine-inning game, will begin at noon and will feature audio courtesy of WYBC, Yale's student radio station, both online at wybc.com and over the airwaves on channel 1340 AM.
The Bulldogs rebounded for their rough Ancient Eight start with promising performances in both ends of a home doubleheader against Sacred Heart on Tuesday. Though the Bulldogs split the twinbill with the Pioneers, Yale pounded out 20 hits in the two games and got strong outings from several pitchers, including 3.1 scoreless innings from senior right-hander Robert Gruber to earn a relief win in game one. On the season, Gruber is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in 10.2 innings of work. The 6'7" submariner, who has made a staff-best 11 appearances out of the bullpen, has struck out four batters, walked two and held opposing hitters to a .231 average.
As a team, the Bulldogs' pitching staff is among the Ivy League's best with a 5.56 earned run average in 187.2 innings on the hill. This weekend's projected starters- Brook Hart, Vinny Lally, Pat Ludwig and Christopher O'Hare- are a combined 10-5 with an ERA of 4.29. Opponents are batting .313 against the Yale staff.
Offensively, junior second baseman Gant Elmore leads Yale with a .400 batting average hitting primarily out of the leadoff spot. Senior first baseman Trygg Larsson-Danforth (.375, 6 HR, 28 HR) and junior third baseman Andy Megee (.359, 6 HR, 9 2B, 25 RBI) lead the Elis in the power-hitting categories. Megee has also stolen a team-high 10 bases. As a team, the Bulldogs are 29-for-44 on the basepaths in addition to a .313 batting average and a .965 fielding percentage.
The Cornell Big Red comes to Yale Field as the defending Gehrig Division champions. Mickey Brodsky leads the Cornell offense in 2010 with a .377 batting average, as four regulars boast averages of .310 or better. Brodsky and Frank Hager share the team lead with 12 runs batted in apiece. Big Red is batting .274 as a squad with a 10-for-18 mark on the basepaths and a .969 fielding percentage.
On the mound, Big Red boasts dominant right-hander Corey Pappel, who shutout defending Ivy League champion Dartmouth last weekend in a seven-inning win. Pappel, the expected game one starter on Saturday, is 2-1 with a 2.35 ERA. The ninth inning for Cornell belongs to David Rochefort, who is 0-1 despite allowing just one earned run in 10.1 innings of work. Rochefort has two saves and 11 strikeouts. As a staff, Big Red boasts comparable numbers to the Bulldogs with a 5.64 ERA and a .297 batting average against them. Right-hander Tony Bertucci (2-1, 3.06 ERA) or southpaw Matt Hill (1-2, 4.20 ERA) could start game two against the Bulldogs.
Yale and Cornell split a twinbill last year in Ithaca, with Big Red's game two win snapping a four-game winning streak for the Bulldogs in the series. Yale has swept the last three twinbills in Yale Field, dating back to the 2004 season. The all-time series traces back to a 20-1 Elis' win in the Elm City on May 17, 1887.
The Princeton Tigers, who matched Big Red's 10-10 league mark last year but fell in a one-game playoff to determine the Gehrig Division crown, will travel to Brown on Saturday before visiting Yale Field on Sunday. The Tigers are hitting just .255 as a club, with Noel Gonzales-Luna hitting at a team-best .333 clip. Princeton in 16-for-18 on the basepaths and are committing nearly two errors per game en route to a .952 fielding percentage.
Tigers' hurlers own a collective ERA of 7.01 with a .309 batting average against them. Yale is projected to face right-hander Zak Hermans (1-2, 7.77 ERA) and lefty Langford Stuber (1-1, 9.11 ERA) on Sunday. Princeton's other weekend starters are David Palms (1-3, 3.73 ERA) and Dan Barnes (1-1, 3.81 ERA).
Yale and Princeton split a doubleheader last season in New Jersey. In New Haven, each team has taken one end of the twinbill in the last four meetings. The all-time series dates back to a 30-23 win for the Bulldogs on June 25, 1868 n Yale's second-ever game against a modern Ivy League foe.
The Elis will close out their eight-game homestand on Wednesday against Fairfield. The Stags visit the Elm City for two seven-inning contests beginning at 3:30 p.m.
report filed by Drew M. Kingsley, Yale Sports Publicity


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WHAT I'M LISTENING TO | two sides of lonely {the lone bellow}
I daresay I have the best girlfriends in the world, so when Kim sent me an email with this video this morning, I knew it'd be love before I even opened it.
And it was indeed.
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5 comments:
- kym brinkley said...
got to see them live last night in boston. absolutely amazing. find a show. go. you will be delighted.
- Friday, February 15, 2013
- Moonboots said...
Love it.
- Saturday, February 16, 2013
- Coby Gerstner said...
glad i paused what i was listening to to give this a try. thanks
- Monday, February 18, 2013
- Ramona said...
oh... beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
- Tuesday, February 19, 2013
- kristen said...
Such a lovely video! The Lone Bellow's NPR Tiny Desk concert (available on YouTube)is similarly exquisite. You won't regret watching it!
- Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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