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Bangs are the hottest look in hair in fall 2012, so it's no surprise that pop diva and sometime hair chameleon Britney Spears is the latest starlet to go with face shape-flattering forehead fringe.
Let's face it. Brit Brit is no Katy Perry, Rihanna or Lady Gaga, changing her hair hue and length every other day, although she has shown her playful side with blue tips recently. Brit's 30 now and she has two sons to look after, so she has less time and possibly less inclination to rock every single trend out there, or to create her own for that matter.
The 'Circus' singer debuted her new fringe while out and about in Los Angeles late last week. They are piecey and cute, and compliment her face shape. They look to be cut straight across, as opposed to the also-popular side-swept swoop.
Brit has been known to wear extensions and doesn't care who care sees the point of entry of the weave at the roots, so these could very well be clip ins. But from the looks of it, they seem authentic and she wears 'em well. They're not soccer mom style at all.
This is just one of the many recent changes in the 'X Factor' judge's life as she deals with her former manager and legal disputes. She and fiancé Jason Trawick plunked down over $8 million for a new mansion further from the three mile zone of Los Angeles, seeming to indicate that Brit is seeking a quieter life away from the Hollywood hub and hotspots, and the drama that comes with them.
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"Boris" and Gene both sent in photos over the weekend and here they are!
"Boris" shot this out in the woods and here's his explanation of the shot: "I was out shooting some pics today and was taking one of this old rusted barbed wire against the snow and when I downloaded it I saw much to my surprise what could be Boxface's pet. I call this 'Tree Crushes White Cat'." Great photo, Daddio! To see more of "Boris'" photography check out his facebook page here: Photos from "Boris." And don't forget to listen to "The Secret Weapon" on Woody Radio where "Boris" picks the tunes and DJ Gidget plays them and hosts the show!
MAD commenter and one third of the famed BBC crew, Gene Rubbico sent in this mystery shot and challenges the MAD audience to guess where it was taken. Here's a little clue for you all: The walrus was Paul 1816. Any guesses out there?
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At the urging of Main South residents and business owners, the City Council last night asked the city to consider reinstating police foot patrols in the Main Street corridor between Chandler and Hammond streets.
The foot patrols began as part of an $800,000 package of safety and development incentives that City Manager Michael V. O'Brien offered the neighborhood after the city temporarily located a triage center for homeless people at the former People in Peril homeless shelter in December.
At that time, Mr. O'Brien promised that the homeless center would be relocated to a new, permanent site on Queen Street by Nov. 15. But the new building won't be ready until January, so the manager extended the operation of the temporary shelter at 701 Main St. for two months.
Meanwhile, the extra police patrols have ended, and Main South residents say crime has gone up.
District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera said residents and business owners welcomed the foot patrols because they provided a sense of safety.
But after much progress had been made, she said, things have gone backward since the foot patrols ended. She said that hurts economic development in Main South and has an effect on the city as a whole.
"Businesses want to grow in that area, but if crime is going to become a problem there, it defeats that purpose," said Ms. Rivera, who presented a 15-page petition from the Main South Business Association in support of restoring the police foot patrols. ""They are all very much in agreement: We need this back."
The council voted in favor of Ms. Rivera's motion to ask the city administration to consider reinstating the patrols.
Arthur Mooradian, a property owner in Main South, said the police foot patrols have been "the single biggest improvement" to the area, even more than the millions of dollars that have been invested in housing rehabilitation and street and sidewalk improvements. Because people feel safer, he said, more people are interested in living and doing business there.
Former District 4 Councilor Barbara G. Haller said when the city manager had to reopen the shelter at 701 Main St., the City Council promised to provide resources to enhance public safety in the neighborhood. But that promise is no longer being kept, she said, with the termination of the police foot patrols.
"The transformation in regards to public safety was remarkable, but that work is not done," Ms. Haller said. "As the foot patrols have ended, crime is returning and that's no surprise.
This is about promises made, and promises kept, and we need this promise to be kept. Give us more time and we will deliver a neighborhood that will increase its productivity."
William Breault, chairman of the Main South Alliance for Public Safety, said crime statistics for the period with the increased foot patrols underscore their success.
"We think this is important; we need (the police) there all along that corridor," Mr. Breault said.
Meanwhile, residents of Pleasant and Piedmont streets made a pitch for police foot patrols in their neighborhood as well.
Mary Keefe, director of the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center, said while she appreciates the effectiveness of the police foot patrols in Main South, it did not completely stamp out illegal activity. Instead, she said, it shifted that activity to the Pleasant/Piedmont/Chandler area.
She provided the council with police statistics that showed how many crime categories had dramatic increases in her area when the foot patrols were in effect.
"A lot of criminal activity simply got pushed out to Pleasant Street," Ms. Keefe said. "I hope the City Council would think more broadly when it considers police foot patrols and target the Chandler and Pleasant Street area as well."
Donald Cummings, president of the Worcester Police Officials Association, said police are very receptive to working foot patrols. But he said they are very expensive because they require a lot of overtime.
Mr. Cummings said a better solution would be to put together another police recruit class for next fiscal year.
Some city councilors also expressed concerns about pitting one neighborhood against another.
"This is a serious issue, but it comes down to affordability," said Mayor Joseph M. Petty. "We are going to have competing districts asking for foot patrols. It comes down to funding at the end of the day."
Councilor-at-Large Konstantina B. Lukes, meanwhile, said the council never promised to put foot patrols in a certain part of the city permanently.
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Lady Gaga Posts Naked Photo
Lady Gaga holds nothing back from her little monsters. And we do mean nothing. There is nothing between them, not even clothes. At least in this photo! The Mother Monster felt daring and generous enough to share a photo of herself clad only in her birthday suit. Oh, she's such an exhibitionist!
The photo is of Gaga as naked as the day she was born, with long, platinum hair flowing and tumbling over her shoulders, while seated in an a comfy, overstuffed chair. Her knees are oh so strategically placed. Even though she is showing most of her skin, she still keeps her Lady parts somewhat covered. We've had to censor the photo just a tad to keep it as SFW as possible. She looks to be wearing dental-floss sized undies.
It's an artsy image of Gaga, even if she appears to be in a hotel and bathed in some pretty horrible light. Can't you just envision Tony Bennett sketching? She's rocking a similar pose.
Gaga has been opening up her personal photo album and allowing her monsters access to so many personal pictures lately… although you'd be hard-pressed to find one more personal than this! First she offered up the shot of her and boyfriend "T" aka Taylor Kinney. Then she showed off her own point and shoot handiwork with Lindsay Lohan. Now this!
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The recent case of a missing girl in Westminster hits close to home in Fort Morgan as local police continue to seek information on the case of Kayla Chadwick, who has been missing since late March 2012.
This remains an active investigation. Police hope the recent events in Westminster, including the discovery and identification of the body of Jessica Ridgway, 10, will renew awareness about the fact that Kayla remains missing, and perhaps additional information will emerge.
Fort Morgan police continue to seek assistance from the community with any information about Kayla.
Investigators have followed up on numerous leads across the state and even out of state. Police remain hopeful she will be reunited with her family.
Since she went missing, Kayla had a birthday and is now 18 years old. Family and friends gathered at Riverside Park to celebrate her birthday and launch balloons in her honor.
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In the nearly seven months since she went missing, several searches have been conducted around the Fort Morgan area where Kayla was last seen. Family, friends and volunteers searched on foot, on horseback, on all-terrain vehicles and by helicopter.
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This year's Abel Prize has been awarded to the Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne for "seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields".
Want to meet some inspirational female mathematicians? Then come to the Florence Nightingale Day at Lancaster University on April 17.
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Here's a well-known conundrum: suppose I need to buy a book from a shop that costs £7. I haven't got any money, so I borrow £5 from my brother and £5 from my sister. I buy the book and get £3 change. I give £1 back to each my brother and sister and I keep the remaining £1. I now owe each of them £4 and I have £1, giving £9 in total. But I borrowed £10. Where's the missing pound?
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Solving equations often involves taking square roots of numbers and if you're not careful you might accidentally take a square root of something that's negative. That isn't allowed of course, but if you hold your breath and just carry on, then you might eventually square the illegal entity again and end up with a negative number that's a perfectly valid solution to your equation.


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I know that purchase prices for cavaliers probably vary depending on the different breeders. Also, I'm aware that breeders should be selected by other criteria other than the cost of their puppies. But, since I was thinking of the cost of cavaliers in the other thread, I was wondering what everyone here thinks is an appropriate price for a healthy (tested) cavalier puppy?


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Anonymous Coward, 13 May 2004 @ 6:44pm
No Subject GivenCheck out Wordpress blogging software. (http://wordpress.org/)
It's based off the old CafeLog engine and gets more advance with each new version. Easy to hack onto.
Chris ODonnell, 13 May 2004 @ 7:24pm
No Subject GivenI've got over 1000 entries on my MT based weblog - but I'll be looking to move to an open source solution as soon as I have time to investigate which one will be the easist to transition too.
As a single user blog - I believe I can use MT 3.0 Free when it is released. However, its been my experience that the free version of paid software always gets worse with time. If they are going corporate I am going elsewhere.
This is a perfect example of the dangers of closed source software.
Tim, 14 May 2004 @ 12:39am
Business lessons from MovableType's New Coke annouBusiness lessons I would take away:
- Trying to get people to pay for a product that they have been getting for free is very hard. Getting them to pay more for less is almost impossible.
- Don't comment on pricing until you have decided what it is. Certainly trying to appease users for being very late to ship a software product by making a promise about price that you can't or won't keep is very foolish.
- Do a cost /benefit analysis before you decide to enrage your evangelist and developer community, and make sure the benefits are worth it.
Sometimes the benefits are worth it. As Alex King suggests, it may be the right business decision to get rid of the budget conscious, handhold-needing customers, and focus on bigger budget commercial customers. Just make sure the customers you shed aren't also your best salespeople.
It may well be that Six Apart has enough in-house programming talent and enough of a commercial reputation that they don't need the army of volunteer contributors and salespeople any more -- I just hope they did this as a conscious decision, not as the bonehead decision it looks like.
If not, I suggest they change it soon. The longer they wait, the worse it is going to get. Remember New Coke?
More at Ben and Mena Trott: You forgot to dance with who brung ya.
todd, 14 May 2004 @ 10:28am
pullAs someone who has done quite a bit with MT, I'm quite satisfied with its current feature set. not only have they disheartened me from an upgrade by announcing steep pricing (first), they haven't created (in me) any real need to upgrade.
I'm much more likely to buy when the features have been teased in front of me for a while. They have tons of beta customers, and a "trackback" column that has always been on their site, but no confluence of the two. Surprising to me.
The developer community is a different animal entirely -- there are about 10 people who have generate 80%+ of the plug-ins for MT. Appeasing them is easy and cheap.
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most basic rules in pricingHowever, it seems that they've screwed up one of the most basic rules in pricing: never take away features and charge for them.
Um, people said the same about RedHat when they changed their pricing.. but didn't their profits shoot up as a result?
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"Dedication of Charlton Memorial Bridge," WV Turnpike
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"Dedication of the Princeton to Beckley Section the WV Turnpike, Turnpike Comm., 9-2-1954.
"Pictured Governor Marland, Adjutant General Fox, Mr and Mrs. Van Charlton," 9-2-1954.
"The C. H. Charlton Memorial Bridge, by Bill Archer, Wonderful West Virginia, 9-1999.
"Thousands Travel Beckley, Princeton Toll Road at Dedication, Raleigh Register, 9-2- 1954.
"Towering Span, Charlton Memorial Bridge," Charleston Gazette, 9-2-1954.
"Turnpike Link Opens Today, Charlton Memorial Bridge," Charleston Gazette, 9-2-1954.
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The Gaucho Cross Country squads will be traveling to the NCAA West Regional Championships this Saturday, November 12th. Hosted by Stanford University, the meet serves as a springboard to the NCAA National Championships to be held in Terre Haute, IN on Nov. 21st.
This is UCSB's 2nd trip to Stanford's campus golf course in 2005 after both teams had strong showings on September 24th at the Stanford Invitational (Men's Recap- Women's Recap). This time around at Stanford, both will go up against the top teams in the West, coming from Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Washington. The top two teams in each race will earn automatic bids to the thirty-one team field at the National Championships. Thirteen at-large teams from all nine regions will also be selected by an NCAA committee to represent their University at NCAA's in Terre Haute. The top four individuals not on qualifying teams in each region will be the final qualifiers along with two other at-large individuals from across the country.
The men are slated to race first in the 10,000 meter race, toeing the line at 11am with the women following suit at 12:15pm racing the 6,000m distance. The Men are currently ranked 7th in a deep West Region which currently has six teams ranked nationally in the top 30. With Big West Conference Champion, Chris Ashley (Jr.) and two other All-Conference finishers they still hold an outside shot at making the National Championship field. The Men last qualified in 2001 when they finished 17th in the Country. The Women go into the Regional Championships unranked after finishing 3rd in the West in 2004 and 17th in the Country. The women are without four of their top women from 2004 due to red-shirting. Bethany Nickless (Jr.) and Seanna Martin (Sr.) go in after Big West All-Conference finishes two weeks ago.


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The reality in Bahrain is no different from any non-democratic state, a copy of Tunisia's Ben Ali a, Egypt's Mubarak, and Yemen's Saleh. Lack of democracy is evidenced by absence of popular will in formation of the government, confiscation of popular resolve in legislation, and a deficient judiciary. Recent verdicts issued by the judicial system have received widespread condemnation, described by Navy Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as political prosecution and depicted by Amnesty International as travesty of justice. In the name of God Bahrain's realty: The reality in Bahrain is no different from any non-democratic state, a copy of Tunisia's Ben Ali a, Egypt's Mubarak, and Yemen's Saleh. Lack of democracy is evidenced by absence of popular will in formation of the government, confiscation of popular resolve in legislation, and a deficient judiciary. Recent verdicts issued by the judicial system have received widespread condemnation, described by Navy Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as political prosecution and depicted by Amnesty International as travesty of justice. Accordingly, this unfortunate reality has produced an unelected prime minister for some 40 years, making him of the longest serving premiers, a police state as well as confiscation of natural rights of the people, in turn guaranteed by the constitution, National Action Charter and international conventions. Other shortcomings include restrictions placed on movements of opposition figures from all ideologies plus denying a large section of the population from employment opportunities in security apparatus in a clear display of discriminatory practices. Additionally, absence of principles of elected government together with accountability has placed limits on the authorities can achieve such as failing to diversify sources of income, with the petroleum sector accounting for 80 per cent of treasury income. Other governmental inadequacies includes presence of an acute housing problem, with 54000 outstanding requests, thus affecting some 270,000 nationals or nearly half of local citizens. Likewise, the government has failed in completing essential infrastructure, with some villages still suffering from improper roads besides disruption of electricity services during the long summer months. Sadly, all these shortfalls are occurring in a country where was oil discovered in it in 1932, ahead of many regional countries. Furthermore, education continues to suffer, as evidenced by congested classes, with number of students increasing from 25 per class in 1984 to 35 per class in 2010. With regards to health, the country largely depends on a single hospital, namely Salmaniya Medical Complex, in turn constructed in early 1960s. Yet, financial and administrative corruption has delayed commissioning of a planned hospital for some 20 years. In reality, sustained financial and administrative corruption practices have undermined normal governmental functioning and hence on services extended to the citizens. Also, this sad state has caused loss of investment potentials from local and foreign sources. Not surprisingly, regional rivals of Dubai and Qatar continue to make headway at the expense of Bahrain. In the presence of an unelected government under statesmanship of a single person for 40 years, some 80 per cent of public land ended being controlled by senior members from the royal family and other influential figures. Consequently, this has placed constraints on availability of lands for the purposes of developing projects for housing, municipality, education and health facilities. Still, the country suffers from an acute poor distribution of wealth and widespread poverty notwithstanding Bahrain being an oil exporting nation, exporting some 200,000 barrels per day. Wrong policies like extending citizenship to foreign nationals have further undermined distribution of wealth in the country. Against a backdrop of political dictatorship, economic failure and social confusion of government policies, people of Bahrain had pressed for change. Popular demands date back to 1923 with calls made for participation in decision making and 1938 for having an elected assembly with full legislator and regulatory powers. In reality, popular uprisings kept reemerging almost like those of 1954, 1965 and still 1994-2000, the largest of its kind at the time. Thus, there were the revolts of 1954 plus that of March 1965 as well as that of 1994-2000. Still, affected primarily by events in Tunisia and Egypt as part of Arab Spring, nearly half of Bahrain's people took to the streets in early 2011 pressing for democracy, respect of human rights and sustained human development. Yet, the demands call for retaining the royal family in terms of ruling and governing without powers, as a true constitutional monarchy. In short, Bahrain is undergoing rivalry between two camps, one demanding democracy, consisting of people of all walks of life and diverse ideologies with another struggling to maintain the status quo despite need for addressing political, economic and social challenges. Primary demands of Bahraini people: The majority of people and mainstream opposition groups desire to see burgeoning of democracy whilst maintaining the monarchy under the slogan of "people want reform of the system." Proceeding upon the seven principles spelled out by the country's crown prince on 13 March 2011, demands of the people can be summed up as follows: 1) An elected government representing will of the people rather than an appointed government. Through their elected representative, people can cast vote of confidence to the prime minister, other ministers prior to assuming their jobs and have the means to withdraw granted confidence should they fail in their duties. 2) Fair electoral districts guaranteeing political equality amongst the people and meeting the universal principle of one person, one vote. At the moment, the current 40-member electoral system is malfunctioning by virtue of dividing the country along sectarian lines, and producing a chamber comprising of loyalists of the regime. In realty, each of number one district in northern and central governances plus number nine district in the northern governance, boasts some 16,000 voters. Conversely, the same numbers of voters in the southern governorate, known for being a loyalist to the regime, can equally elect 6 representatives. Concurrently, a call is made for establishing an independent commission for administering the election process rather than being dominated by the state through justice ministry and statistical agency. 3) A parliament consisting of a single chamber having sole legislative and regulatory powers, replacing the current bi-cameral arrangement, one elected and the other appointed. 4) A trustworthy judicial system independent from the executive branch both financially and administratively. The judicial system must act in transparent ways and serve as an impartial entity and show willingness to look on all cases including possible assaults carried out by members of security forces. 5) Security for all via participation of all walks of life in the country in formation of the army and other security apparatus on the basis of providing security for all, and trained to show respect for human rights at all times, rather than serving wishes of the government in suppressing the opposition. These demanded reforms stipulate setting up a new constitutional formula, in turn requiring approval of the majority of people via either an elected constituent assembly or a popular referendum. In retrospect, the crown prince has embraced the notion of the referendum whilst announcing his 7 principles on 13 March 2011. Concurrently, three critical issues must be addressed in parallel with the mentioned political reforms, namely 1) Political naturalization: This can be addressed through setting up a committee mandated to study cases of granted citizenship over the last 20 years, sorting out granting passports via questionable means and correcting wrong cases in the context of human rights. 2) Discrimination: It is vital to do away with all sorts of discriminatory practices on any basis whilst addressing consequences resulting from this wrong policy. 3) Official media: Agreeing on a new media policy encompassing views of all nationals. Adopted methods: In pursuit of democracy, opposition forces intend to fully and solely embrace peaceful measures, as follows: 1) Popular movement: Engaging in peaceful rallies, marches and sit-ins as guaranteed by international conventions notably the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2) Media sources: Making use of traditional and modern media means, inside and outside Bahrain. 3) Political activities: Keeping channels of communications open for all those interested in reforming the system as well as reaching out to governments and associations across the globe. 4) Human rights issues: Recording all major human rights violations and communicating them with concerned international organisations in the hope of stopping such wrong practices. Opposition forces are determined to reach their just demands via adoption of peaceful measures and rejection of tyranny. Bahrain of the future: Undoubtedly, Bahrain is an Arab and a Muslim. And in of attaining the desired popular demands in pursuit of democracy, then the opposition intends to ensure the following: · Developing full democracy by allowing formation of political parties, strengthening civil society, ensuring respect for human rights, opening up horizons for freedom of expression and assembly and strengthening of personal freedom · Maintaining interests of all sides in Bahrain in an environment of no tolerance for discriminatory practices of all types, be they racial, religious, sectarian or political · Exerting efforts for stopping all types of violations pertaining to immigrant workers and improving working and living conditions of non-nationals · Strengthening ties with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Conference · Pressing for strong ties with democratic and friendly countries, as stipulated in international conventions · Developing the economic environment based on market economy and enticing local and foreign investments whilst ensuring sustained competitiveness and transparency Road to solution: Undoubtedly, the wrong practices of threatening people demanding reforms and democracy could not success. Hence, the only forward is that of a dialogue between the authorities and opposition forces for the goal of achieving democracy, based on the seven principles outlined by the crown prince on 13 March 2011. Amongst others, the principles press for a government representing will of the people, an elected parliament with comprehensive powers and fair electoral districts. Still, the dialogue should take place with international guarantees. Outcome of the dialogue should lead to a new constitutional framework resulting from approval of the majority via a constituent assembly, in turn the best possible option, or a referendum, as put forward by the crown prince on 13 March 2011. When calling for dialogue with the authorities, the opposition has not called for exclusion of any party and has no intention of monopoly of views. For the sake of democracy: 1) The international community is looked up to encourage reforms and moderates in the system and concurrently to exclude the extremists. Also, the international community would need to provide political and economic support during the transition to democracy whilst blocking whilst undermining those seeking to bock proliferation of democracy in the country. 2) Whilst welcomed, international condemnation of human rights violation in Bahrain is certainly not sufficient. Sadly, Bahrain remains a police state. 3) Support for democracy in Bahrain should encourage development of democracy elsewhere in the region and beyond. 4) Support for democracy in Bahrain should serve the benefits of all people of all walks of life in Bahrain. Manama, Bahrain, 12 October 2011 Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society National Democratic Action Society (Waad) Nationalist Democratic Assembly National Democratic Assemblage Al-Ekha National Society


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A where-are-they-now rundown of top players from the Lakers' last championship era makes one feel for the purple and gulp.
Kobe Bryant is busy rehabbing a bothersome left knee whenever he's not busy ripping the direction of his franchise.
Andrew Bynum played in two games for the Indiana Pacers before being been sidelined by another knee issue that could end his season, if not his career. (He did manage to get his hair cut at halftime of a game against Chicago, though.)
Pau Gasol plays for the Lakers.
Lamar Odom got arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence before signing a contract to play in Spain and injuring his back.
Derek Fisher continues to slowly fossilize in Oklahoma City.
Metta World Peace was waived by the New York Knicks, allowing him to dedicate himself full time to Twitter.
That leaves Trevor Ariza with the distinction of having the best season of the lot in terms of his production and his team's fortunes.
OK, so it didn't take much, but Ariza is enjoying what might be the finest season of his career. It also helps that his Washington Wizards (36-33) appear headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
"It's not a given, yet," Ariza said Friday before the Wizards' 117-107 victory over the Lakers. "We haven't clinched anything, so we're still working toward that, but the process in doing it so far has been really fun. You get to grind every day with these dudes, you get to see young players get better and better every day and even as veteran players, you get to work on your game and get better too."
Though he's still only 28, Ariza qualifies as one of the old-timers in a starting lineup that also includes Bradley Beal (20), John Wall (23) and Trevor Booker (27). Wall and Beal have formed one of the most dynamic young backcourts in the league, often freeing their teammates for open shots with their playmaking and ability to draw attention from defenses.
Ariza is averaging a career-high-tying 14.9 points per game while making 42.2% of his three-pointers, which obliterates his previous best mark of 36.4% from last season. He's also averaging a career-best 6.4 rebounds.
Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni had a theory about why the former Westchester High and UCLA star who turned pro when he was 18 seems to be coming of age in his 10th NBA season.
"When you get guys around you pushing the ball, opening up things and shooting the ball well from the three," D'Antoni said of Ariza, "then you get into a nice groove and he's in that groove."
Wizards Coach Randy Wittman ascribed Ariza's success to a throwback work ethic, noting he shows up before practices, shoot-arounds and games to take extra shots and work on other areas of his game.
Ariza offered another explanation.
"Just playing freely, really," he said. "They're really just going in more and I'm more confident shooting them. I think confidence is the biggest thing."
The last Lakers fans saw of Ariza as one of their own, he was making a pair of game-turning steals against Denver in the 2009 Western Conference finals before going on to score 15 points in the Finals-clinching Game 5 victory over Orlando. He often outshot the Magic's sharpshooters in the series and made 49.7% of his three-pointers in the playoffs that year.
He paraded down Figueroa with his teammates and then he was gone, spurning the Lakers' offer to return by signing a five-year, $33-million contract with Houston. He spent one season with the Rockets and two with the New Orleans Hornets before being traded to the Wizards in the summer of 2012.
Things have worked out for Ariza this season but not so much for his former Lakers teammates. Ariza has noticed from afar.
"With Kobe, it's just been injuries," Ariza said. "Same with Andrew. Pau, whatever his struggles are, I'm sure he knows how to get through it and understands what he needs to do."
Ariza said his old pals know he's there for them even if they don't communicate regularly.
"We don't have to talk every day to know that it's all love or we're all cool or whatever," he said. "It's kind of one of those things where you could be gone for a while but it's just like it was when you see each other. Throughout the season, I focus on what we're doing here. In the summertime, I can worry about all that."
His onetime teammates have given him plenty to fret about.
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College debt relief is good, prevention is better
Outlandish student loan debt is forcing millions of young Americans to live with the brakes on. President Barack Obama on Monday announced a step that will help some of those who need help the most.
About 5 million borrowers with high debt and low incomes will be newly eligible for the "pay as you earn" program, which caps loan payments at 10 percent of the borrowers' monthly discretionary income. Young people looking for work or stranded in poorly paying jobs will get some breathing room.
Though welcome, Obama's announcement will help only a small number of the millions of Americans saddled with a total $1.2 trillion worth of student debt. And a great deal of outreach will be needed. Only about 200,000 of 17.5 million borrowers already eligible for a pay-as-you-work plan are taking advantage of the opportunity.
A bill that is expected to come up in Congress soon would have more of an impact. Senate Democrats are pushing to allow borrowers to refinance their loans at lower rates. Unlike Obama's proposal, this bill would also bring relief to graduates who borrowed from private sources rather than the government.
Unfortunately, Republicans in both the Senate and the House oppose this proposal, partly because it would be financed by higher taxes on some investment income.
Debt relief efforts will help, but what really is needed are tough measures to halt runaway college costs and to crack down on the predatory abuses of the for-profit college sector.
Schools at all levels have to be mindful of administrative bloat and unseemly executive salaries. State legislatures are correct to expect fiscal responsibility from their public institutions, but they must also finance schools adequately.
The biggest drivers of student debt are the for-profit colleges, many of which are shameless in their quest to enroll low-income students in order to secure government-backed grants and loans. Students leave these schools swamped by debt and with slim prospects for attaining decent-paying jobs.
The Obama administration is considering rules to prevent the worst offenders from securing students' federal aid. Similar efforts in the past have buckled under the industry's fierce lobbying. Let's hope the administration and Congress show more backbone this time.
Easing the way for young people to pay off oppressive loans is good policy. Enabling students to graduate from college with more manageable debt loads is even better.


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Somewhere, I don't remember where, I saw a beautiful 3D figure of part a CAT(0) simplicial complex. I am thinking and hoping that this was some finite piece of an affine building of type A2, presumably in characteristic 2. But I'm very frustrated now that I just can't remember exactly what I saw or where I saw it. It was something like part of the neighborhood of radius 1 or radius 2 of a vertex, with enough simplices removed so that the rest fits in $\mathbb{R}^3$. It looked like Mathematica graphics, since (in my recollection) it had good colors to help show the 3-dimensional structure. I'm thinking that I saw it in the AMS Notices, but it could also have been in an AMS calendar or elsewhere. Does anyone remember seeing an image like this, and if so, where?
I'm asking because I'd like to have such an image in a paper that I'm working on, not necessarily the one that I saw but something similar.
I got some good answers to my question, both here and in private e-mail to Bill Casselman. But in the end I decided to make my own diagram (with the aid of TikZ and
Python SAGE). Here it is.
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For those who are interested in the TikZ and SAGE code, I combined them into one TeX document. I posted both the TeX source and its PDF output (from pdflatex) on my web page.


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Fascists launch a final surge before they lose wars. The Kamikaze pilots were a last card against the US fleet. The Nazis developed the Tiger tank, launched the V-1 and V-2 rockets and fought the Battle of the Bulge in the closing stages of the war, when they had already lost in the strategic sense. The battle of Iwo Jima is the classic model of a fanatical, suicidal, dug–in fighting force defending its home turf against a final onslaught. It was the toughest possible going but the US Marines won.
It is only to be expected that the Tigers would offer the stiffest possible resistance in their Ithiyabhoomi or 'heartland'. In their best case scenario they would turn Kilinochchi–Mullaitivu into a meat-grinder and then launch tactical counteroffensives which could develop into strategic ones, reversing their losses. In a more modest scenario, they would simply hold on until the combination of casualties, propaganda about IDPs, international and regional political developments (USA and India), and economic pressures would cumulate in Colombo agreeing to negotiations.
The Tigers strategy containing these two scenarios can be defeated by a combination of superior thinking and planning, strategy and tactics, resources and performance, and political and military will. Finally it comes down to a clash of wills: whose "will to power" shall prevail? That of the side that strives to re-unify the country, defeating those who want to divide it? Or that of those who seek to retain their shrinking tyranny, the despotic kingdom they have carved out on this island?
While the LTTE's resistance and the ensuing SLA casualties are only to be expected, every single SLA casualty and every single day the Tigers gain, have four sources of causation. These are:
1. The LTTE's own intrinsic motivation, efforts and strength. Some of this strength derives from collective emotions that are "pathological" to use Professor Richard Falk's term to classify certain extremist insurgencies.
2. The policies of unilateral appeasement of the UNP administration during the CFA which permitted the Tiger buildup and accumulation of assets including their air arm, and enabled the LTTE to eliminate the SLA's intelligence gathering Tamil assets in the Wanni.
3. The policies of the SLFP's liberal Rightwing which cut into military recruitment by a unilateral peace drive at a time the war was on – the Sudu Nelum campaign. The plans for excessive devolution such as the "union of regions packages" of 1995 and 1997 provided the space for a Sinhala chauvinist backlash, which would otherwise not have taken off since the UF government was fighting the Tigers and had liberated Jaffna. The SLFP's Rightwing liberals tilted against Karuna during the split, permitting the Tigers to make a sea landing in the rear of the Karuna rebels. They picked up where the UNP's CFA and the LTTE's ISGA left off and agreed on the PTOMS which was to be headquartered in Kilinochchi and gave the Tigers more representatives than the GOSL in its operationally vital second tier.
4. The Sinhala chauvinist caucuses which have prevented the reforms which would have secured the necessary military assistance for us from the regional power, and helped us avoid the soft sanctions on military equipment from other quarters. The Tigers' Wanni resistance could be more swiftly overcome with force multipliers such as real time satellite intelligence and sophisticated firepower. The Sinhala racists have given and are giving the Sri Lankan state, government and worst of all our war effort, a certain profile, or to put it plainly, a bad name. Their policies bring no external support from any quarters or corner of the globe, but impede support from almost everywhere. Our soldiers in the waterlogged Wanni pay the ultimate – arguably avoidable—price.
We have been fighting this war for over a quarter century. It has been hampered by two opposing compulsions typified in two sets of lobbies. On the one hand, the liberals, NGOs, and INGOs who de-motivated the military through programmes such as Sudu Nelum, sustained policies of appeasement and provided the loopholes that enabled the Tigers to strengthen themselves with the support of the Tamil Diaspora. On the other hand the Sinhala cultural conservatives, religious fundamentalists and majoritarian chauvinists who have cost the Sri Lankan state and military a very considerable degree of external economic and material support.
Had the chauvinists (KMP Rajaratne's JVP, LH Mettananda's BJB and the EBP), not succeeded in imposing Sinhala Only in 1955-56 and frustrating the Bandaranaike –Chelvanayagam Pact of 1957, and their successors (VW Kularatne, Nath Amarakone and the Sinhala Tharuna Sanvidanaya) not succeeded in pushing for district and media-wise standardization at university entrance in the early 1970s, there would have been no powerful Tamil separatism, we would not be fighting for the Wanni today, and would instead be players, sharing in the Asian economic renaissance.
Had the Sinhala chauvinists in President Jayewardene's Cabinet (Cyril Mathew) not contributed the ideological fuel for the conflagration of 1983 (see the SCOPP's new book Lest We Forget: The Tragedy of July 83), India would not have tilted against us and the fanatical Tigers would not have greatly surpassed the more flexible and political groups such as the PLOTE and EPRLF.
Had the chauvinists not insisted on the inclusion of the religious lobbies in the All Parties Conference of 1984 and had those lobbies not objected to Annexure C proposed by Indira Gandhi's Special envoy G Parthasarathy, we would not have had to pay the huge price three years down the road, of Indian intervention aborting Operation Liberation, the presence of 70,000 peacekeepers on Sri Lankan soil, and a Southern Civil war. (My 1982 lecture at Fr Balasuriya's Centre for Society and Religion, published in the 1984 volume by the Committee for Rational Development [CRD] entitled 'Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict: Myths, Realities and Perspectives' clearly predicted such an external intervention by the regional power).
Had the violent Southern chauvinists of the late 1980s, who are the leaders of today's parliamentary chauvinist vanguards, not retarded the implementation of Indo-Lanka (the 13th amendment went before the legislature a year after the signing of the Indo-Lanka Accord), Delhi would have felt less constrained by the Tamil Nadu factor in unleashing the full power of the IPKF against the Tigers. That unleashing took place only in late 1988, precisely to create the environment for Provincial council and later the presidential elections.
After 9/11, Sri Lanka lost out because of both the ultra-liberals and their polar opposite the hard-line racists. President Kumaratunga opined to audiences in London and Delhi that terrorism cannot be dealt with by military means but that the root causes had to be addressed instead. She should of course have said "by military means alone" or "by purely military means", and argued for a twin track policy which addressed the root causes — but she didn't. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesingha did worse, using platforms in Washington DC and New York to draw a distinction between "local terrorism" and "internationalism terrorism" and exempting the Tigers from the latter category and charge.
Similarly and simultaneously, had the Southern chauvinists not blocked President Chandrika's Equal Opportunities Bill and the Draft Constitution of August 2000 (the latter was a great improvement on the ultraliberal 1995-97 packages), Sri Lanka's international profile would have been infinitely better as we faced the LTTE.
In my 1995 book Sri Lanka – the Travails of a Democracy, pertinently subtitled Unfinished War, Protracted Crisis, I pointed out that the Tigers fight a total war while all their opponents —Sri Lanka and India—fight a limited war. That book was written out of the gratification and frustration of working for and with President Premadasa, in the worthy cause of his project of patriotism and growth with equity. The Tigers fight to win, while we, their enemies fought to drive the Tigers to the negotiating table. It is this asymmetry which was the principal reason that forestalled victory. (That book was culled out of a mountain of memoranda in which I had argued against such a strategy and in favor of a war-winning one).
Presidents Premadasa and Kumaratunga didn't fight to win because they did not believe that victory was possible. That weakness of perspective damaged the credibility of the enlightened multiethnic multicultural discourse of the two presidents. President Jayewardene did want to win the war but could not have, because he had de-legitimized his government by holding a referendum instead of a parliamentary election, strengthened Tamil separatism by permitting the July '83 pogrom to go unchecked, and isolated Sri Lanka by deviating from its Non-aligned foreign policy and alienating its great neighbor India.
We are fortunate in that today, at last, we have a President and a Prime Minister who are determined to win the war, to defeat the Tigers. A war however cannot be won by military means alone. Had the Sinhala chauvinist pressures not reinforced Tamil maximalist conspiracies, more countries would have got off the fence and helped us in this decisive battle for the Wanni.
Unfortunately we have been unable to capitalize on the LTTE's dreadful reputation as one of the world's worst terrorist organizations, and our own reality as a durable if flawed democracy and market economy of long standing. This is because our own image —not least in the neighboring capital— has been tarnished for decades, by the Sinhala chauvinist fringe. Our ethical and moral standing as a state and society have been damaged by the fundamentalists. The unfolding and outcome of the recent challenge to the higher judiciary may decide whether Sri Lanka will be perceived as a de-facto theocracy, in which activists or activist clergy of one religion enjoy impunity.
What will be the outcome of this war? What is the post war deal we are offering the Tamils? What are the guarantees against discrimination that we are willing to put in place? The best we can do for our military fighting in the Wanni is for our political leadership to be supported in maintaining the resolute political will need to push on to victory whatever the difficulties, and also be socially and politically permitted to answer the above questions in an enlightened manner, loud and clear, before regional and international audiences.
Had Abraham Lincoln not been determined to win the war against the secessionists—not propel them to the negotiating table — he would have been unable to push through the emancipation of the slaves. Conversely, it must be understood that had he not emancipated the slaves, he would not have been able to cut the ground from under the Southern confederacy and hasten the victory over secessionism. Sri Lanka has been unable to strike that balance and arrive at that dialectical synthesis.
Thus the cumulative efforts of the lobbies—the appeasers who facilitated the LTTE's strengthening and those who forestalled the devolutionary and anti-discriminatory reforms which would have secured us more firepower from our friends and neighbors— are helping the Tigers in their lair and making our military's job that much more difficult where it could have been made easier.
The strength of the opposing lobbies of unpatriotic appeasement on the one hand and chauvinism and fundamentalism on the other; the fact that these lobbies succeed in blackmailing or hijacking the mainstream parties and administrations, point to a basic weakness in our political system and underlying society. Ranil Wickremesinha organizationally affiliated his party with the global Right, the International Democratic Union headed by the US Republicans and UK Conservatives. The real question is why— given especially the moderate pragmatic nature of public opinion as reflected in polls – has our social and political mainstream been unable to produce a mass based liberal-democratic party such as the US Democrats? Why have we been unable to produce a mass based social democratic party such the British Labour Party? Why is there no progressive, secular-centrist mass party such as the Congress Party of India? Why is there no Marxist Left such as that on the subcontinent (India, Nepal) and why was there never such a Left?
Why are our modernist cosmopolitans unpatriotic and unconcerned about national security, while our patriots are parochial and chauvinist? In a recent book which he was kind enough to mail me, Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus at Princeton, draws a distinction between "tribal patriotism" – which he condemns— and "cosmopolitan patriotism"—which he commends. As our thoughts are with our troops on the dark night before the final bitter battles, we should commit ourselves to the construction of such a "cosmopolitan patriotism" or "internationalist nationalism" (as I prefer to call it), on the morning after victory.
(These are the personal views of the author).
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Ok, I am in love with this weather here in the upper Midwest. It is finally sweater weather (SJ&YP note: can we dub that term sweather?)! Now I can sport my boots, skinnies, and sweaters with pride and without people looking at me like I am crazy! I have some gorgeous items in my closet that are begging to be let out.
Last Friday was really my first chance to truly enjoy sweater weather. Since Littlest and I were running errands to get ready for Biggest's first sleepover (9 little girls, YIKES), I took advantage of the chance to throw on a favorite sweater. Yes, I do dress cute when I run errands. Sometimes. OK, I am trying to practice what I preach better than I used to.
So Friday I was all gussied up with lots of places to go. I was feeling kind of cute, wanting to snap some pictures of the outfit for the blog when I realized, I had no adults around to do it for me. By the time Hubby would be home, I would either be swarmed with kids or a hot mess from getting party ready. What was a girl to do? Call a professional!
I am lucky to be buddies with an amazing photographer, Mel at Studio Threesixty5. I am even luckier to be able to get her on the phone while she is in the middle of moving into a new (absolutely gorgeous) home. She was gracious enough to agree to snap a couple pictures for me on her phone so I could blog them.
Check out her amazing pictures, taken on her iPhone, no less. Imagine what she can do with a normal camera! Oh, and while you are at it, check out the outfit. I think you will agree sweater weather deserves to be the weekly drool.
It should be noted that Mel was not the only photographer we had on hand that day. In order to distract Littlest for a few minutes, I gave her my iPhone to play with. Little did I know that Littlest was a budding photographer. Please note: the photo below was not edited at all, not even cropped.
Well everyone, sweater weather is finally here. Go forth and snuggle up!
Sweater by Free People
Sunglasses by Kate Spade
Purse by Francesa's Collection
Necklace by Harriet Isles
Earrings - vintage (from my mom)


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Why King might run for president
WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Presidential hopefuls don't typically open their sales pitch by promoting policies that voters overwhelmingly oppose or by knocking their own party almost as much as the other one.
Peter King is not your typical presidential hopeful.
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The brash Republican congressman from Long Island has been making the rounds in New Hampshire, pressing for military action in Syria — which about one in three Americans support — and warning against growing isolationist sentiment at home, symbolized by the rise of libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). At stops around the state last weekend, King charged that President Barack Obama's approach "is weakening the office of the president of the United States" and that America's foes "sense weakness; they sense appeasement; they sense accommodation."
( PHOTOS: Republicans, 2016 contenders)
"Whether it's me or anyone else in the Republican Party who runs, I hope we run on having strong national defense and also carrying the banner high," he said on the stump. "Waving the banner of the United States of America and realizing that whatever other countries may do or whatever complaints they may have, no one has done more for freedom than the United States. But most of all, Americans need to have faith in their leader that he's not going to back down when things get tough."
But King was unsparing about his own party, too, saying he's gravely concerned that Republicans are starting to project the same image of timidity in international affairs that has plagued Democrats over the years.
"He's a knee-jerk isolationist," King said of Paul in a separate interview. "Just the level of his arguments — 'build bridges in the U.S. rather than Afghanistan' — has superficial appeal. But what does that mean? Does he consider, analyze — what happens when we withdraw?"
No one is about to put King in the top tier of GOP 2016 hopefuls. As a single House member from liberal New York, he'd be handicapped in the race for money and exposure against the Chris Christies or Pauls of the GOP. His vocal support for stricter gun control laws would be tough to explain to conservative primary voters, as would his criticism of tea party lawmakers who "equate Obamacare with military action," as he put it, because they both involve government spending.
And his keen focus on national security when poll after poll indicates the country has turned inward after a dozen years of war isn't the kind of message likely to fire up the Republican faithful.
But for King, that message is the point. His main motivation is unmistakable: pushing back against what he sees as a "dangerous" strain of isolationism that's gaining strength in the GOP. Trips to early states like New Hampshire make him not just a "Republican congressman" in the media but also a "potential 2016 candidate" — giving him a bigger megaphone to drive his message.
In nearly a one-hour conversation with POLITICO in New Hampshire ahead of two campaign stops, King went so far as to say that the rise of anti-war voices in the GOP threatens to make Democrats the better option for voters who want a strong national defense.
( Also on POLITICO: King: Obama acting like a community organizer)
"I want to make sure our alternative is better than theirs," King, 69, said, adding that he's "seriously" looking at a run but hasn't decided yet. "If I'm going to be criticizing the Obama policies, and then we end up nominating someone whose policies I think are more dangerous than [Obama's], we've failed as Republicans."
That was a direct swipe at Paul, who is leading the GOP opposition to bombing Syria and drew enormous attention earlier this year with his filibuster against the use of drones on American soil. King added that he didn't mean "dangerous in an evil way" but "dangerous if we let down our defenses."
"I have more of an immediate responsibility because Rand Paul is in my party," King said. "President Obama was elected; he's entitled to run his foreign policy as commander in chief. What would be reassuring to me is knowing we have a real alternative for that coming up in 2016. But the thought that we have [something] worse than the Obama policy coming up."
Paul has described himself as a "realist, not a neoconservative or an isolationist." His office didn't respond to requests for comment.
"It's the tax-and-spend liberal wing of the Republican Party," Paul said in late July, responding on CNN to King charging that he was on the "fringe." "They're all for blowing up stuff; they're all for getting involved in wars; but they're not too concerned with fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets."
On the stump in this first-in-the-nation primary state, King kept the emphasis on the president, but the basic foreign policy focus was the same. In Wolfeboro, King addressed a lobster bake sponsored by the Carroll County Republican Committee. He unpacked his position on Syria in front of dozens of polo- and sweater-sporting Republicans — many with white hair — as they nibbled on seafood, corn and coleslaw.


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The Secretariats of the Basel and Stockholm conventions are administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and are located in Geneva, Switzerland. The Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention is jointly served by UNEP and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and in Rome, Italy.
In 2012, the Secretariats of the Basel and Stockholm conventions, as well as the UNEP-part of the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat, moved from three separate secretariats with a programmatic structure to a single Secretariat with a matrix structure serving the three conventions. Since October 2014, Mr. Rolph Payet is serving as the Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. The FAO-part of the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat is currently headed by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Bill Murray.
The mandates of the Secretariats are laid out in Article 16 of the Basel Convention, Article 20 of the Rotterdam Convention and Article 19 of the Stockholm Convention. The principal functions are to prepare for and service meetings of the conferences of the parties and its subsidiary bodies, to receive and convey information, to assist or facilitate assistance to parties upon request and to coordinate with other international bodies.


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'Penn State Football Preview' to debut Aug. 9 on BTN
'Penn State Football Preview' to debut Aug. 9 on BTN
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Big Ten Football Pre-season Tour will journey through Happy Valley for the eighth straight year on Saturday, Aug. 9, as a part of BTN's 14-stop, 3,400-mile trek across Big Ten Country.
The BTN studio team of Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith will talk with Penn State head coach James Franklin, along with other coaches and players, to bring fans a 60-minute, on-site preview show from Happy Valley and every Big Ten campus this month.
The "Penn State Football Preview" show will debut at 6 p.m. Aug. 9 amongst 10 consecutive hours of Nittany Lion football programming on BTN. The studio crew will visit Penn State's practice on Saturday morning to conclude their first week on the road and the Nittany Lions' first week of training camp in preparation for the Aug. 30 opener versus UCF.
The BTN crew is traveling to each of the 14 Big Ten campuses on a customized chartered bus branded with the BTN logo and images from each of the conference's institutions. The Pre-season Tour shows will include interviews with head coaches, assistant coaches and selected returning student-athletes as the BTN analysts measure each team's progress as the 2014 season approaches.
The "Penn State Football Preview Show" will debut as the centerpiece event of 10 consecutive hours of Nittany Lion Football programming on Aug. 9. The coverage kicks off at 2 p.m. when the network will air Penn State's thrilling 2012 Senior Day overtime win over Wisconsin. The 2013 overtime victory at Beaver Stadium against Illinois airs at 3 p.m. and the NIttany Lions' 31-24 triumph in the 2013 season finale at No. 14 Wisconsin is slated for 4 p.m.
After the debut of the Penn State preview show at 6 p.m. on BTN Live, the network will air the Nittany Lions' four-overtime 2013 victory over No. 18 Michigan at 7 p.m. Another showing of the Penn State preview show will air at 9 p.m. and a reprise of the 2013 showdown in Madison will air immediately after.
Fans can also catch the Penn State preview show Sunday morning on BTN. See www.BTN.com for the programming schedule.
Tom Dienhart, BTN.com's senior writer, will also be providing stories from the tour's stop at Penn State at BTN.com/tour. A complete schedule of the BTN's Football Preview Tour can be found at BTN.com
Fans can also virtually jump on the bus via Twitter by following @BigTenNetwork, @BTNDaveRevsine, @HowardGriffith, @gerrydinardo and @BTNTomDienhart from the road. Fans can also ride along with the crew by following Big Ten Network on Instagram.
BTN will televise more than 40 football games this season, kicking off the Big Ten football season with Eastern Illinois at Minnesota on Aug. 28. BTN will carry multiple Penn State football games this season, including the opening game of the Big Ten's 119th season, at Rutgers (8 p.m. Sept. 13).
The Big Ten Network is available to more than 90 million homes through agreements with more than 300 cable, satellite and telco providers in all 50 states and Canada. Armstrong, Blue Ridge and Adams Cable, though, do not carry the BTN in Pennsylvania and the Medina and Youngstown, Ohio, areas. More than 35,000 Penn State alumni live in the communities served by the three cable providers in Pennsylvania and the Medina and Youngstown areas, in addition to thousands of more fans and current Penn State students.
Armstrong, Blue Ridge and Adams Cable customers missed more than 100 Penn State events on BTN during the 2013-14 academic year, in addition to coverage from 15 conference championships.
More than 5,000 new Penn State football season tickets and 45,000 single game tickets have been sold for the 2014 campaign. Alumni and fans are able to purchase Penn State football season tickets and make their Nittany Lion Club donation online at GoPSUsports.com/seasontickets, while choosing their own seats by utilizing Virtual Venue. New season tickets, the four-game partial ticket plan and single game tickets also are available at PSUnrivaled.com or by calling 800-NITTANY weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.


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No genetically modified plants have been authorised for commercial cultivation in Greece. The Greek government placed a ban on the GM maize event MON810, despite its authorisation by the European Commission. In response to pressure from the European Commission, Greece lifted the ban in January 2006, but retaliated by immediately imposing a new ban covering 14 additional varieties.
Based on article 3(10) of regulation 178/2002/EC on the protection of health and environment and based on the Greek constitution article 24 on social rights, Greece enacted on March 29, 2006 a safeguard clause against the marketing of the genetically modified maize MON810.
Regional GMO-free zones cover all of Greece.
Field trials have been conducted on GM tomatoes and GM cotton.


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I don't watch CBS for anything other than football and Gus Johnson's shrieks during March Madness, but I could make an exception Tuesday night. That's when the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs on CBS.
The annual show features performances by Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and Maroon 5 and Victoria's Secret lingerie modeled by Angels Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel and Skokie native Erin Heatherton -- or as I like to call them, the hardest people for me to interview.
(Nothing against Victoria's Secret models. They've all been nice, for the most part. But they do press in Chicago nearly every month and I ran out of questions to ask them a while ago. I knew I was in trouble when I asked Miranda Kerr "Have you ever wiped out on the runway?" But I digress.)
In addition to lingerie, the supermodels will be wearing angel wings and six-inch heels during the special, which was taped earlier this month in New York. And as is tradition, one model (Kerr) will have the honor of wearing a diamond-encrusted, multi-million bra (it's worth $2.5 million this year).
"There is no better way to end the year than the Victoria's Secret Fashion show," Heatherton said in this behind-the-scenes video for Victoria's Secret. "So I'm kind of excited for a really new experience this year because I know it's going to be out of control. I really feel like I earned my wings this year. It's just been better than I could've imagined."
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs in 90 countries and was watched by around 9 million viewers in the U.S. last year, according to Nielsen.
Heads up: Rapper Pusha T will perform at DJ Million$Mano's Grey Goose-sponsored party at The Mid Wednesday following Kanye West and Jay-Z's concert at the United Center. .. Fans of the canceled "All My Children" will have an opportunity to interact with cast members when "A Tribute to Pine Valley" – a fan tribute event – hits the Rosemont Theatre January 15. … WE tv's "Braxton Family Values" filmed Tamar Braxton's three-day stint as host of WGCI's "The Morning Riot" and will air the episode Thursday.
The snozzberries taste like snozzberries: I don't like most old movies. Older movies tend to move slower and I don't have the patience for them seeing how I have the attention span of an eight-year-old. But one of the exceptions to my rule is 1971's "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory." I love that movie. Don't ask me why. If you're also a huge dork fan, you'll be happy to know the stars of the film -- Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), Michael Bollner (Augustus Gloop), Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde), Paris Themmen (Mike TeeVee) and Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt) -- will be on hand when the movie is screened at Hollywood Blvd Cinema in Woodridge December 9 and 11 and Hollywood Palms Cinema in Naperville December 10.
On the record: "I have yet to pay for a dinner at a restaurant." – Rosie O'Donnell talks about her time in Chicago during Monday's "The Rosie Show."
Sightings: Michael Jordan ordered the bone-in filet and Caesar salad and spinach during his lunch at Michael Jordan's Steakhouse Monday. … "Something Borrowed" star Colin Egglesfield had dinner and drinks with family at Paris Club Saturday while in Chicago for Thanksgiving. …The Bulls' CJ Watson was fitted for a suit at Sebastien Grey Clothiers in the South Loop Sunday and Monday. ... Former "Last Comic Standing" winner Alonzo Bodden had brunch at Hub 51 Sunday.
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From his growing-up days during the late '60s listening to Germany's World Cup matches on radio with his dad to bulging the old onion bag a few times in his day as a rangy striker at St. John's-Ravenscourt university-prep school in Winnipeg, the grand romance of The Beautiful Game has always run deep inside Ralph Krueger.
"The problem," recalls the former Edmonton Oilers' head coach from his office at St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, "is that always playing hockey, my elbows kept getting me in trouble. Coaches were always on me because of my elbows. I actually remember having my hands tied behind my back during practices.
"Old habits die hard, I guess."
It's all still quite new to him just now. The smell of freshly cut grass. The supporters at St. Mary's launching as one into 'When the Saints Go Marching In' at the first sight of Jay Rodriguez, Rickie Lambert and the rest emerging from the tunnel. The chanting. The swaying. The unwavering devotion to the colours.
But Ralph Krueger's a fast learner.
"Football," says the new chairman of the English Premiership Saints, "is such a CLEAN game. A simple game. The flow, from beginning to end, from the first minute to the 90th, is wonderful to watch. And the fan experience, just . . . amazing. Especially the way the pitches are designed.
"We had 30,000 people for Norwich on the weekend. A beautiful sunny day. Every game is just a massive emotional event. There were 3,000 people here from Norwich, which is quite a ways from here. That element brings an amazing spirit to the environment, the visiting fans. Imagine the Saddledome with 3,000 people from, say, St. Louis in the stands. It just automatically brings an added electricity.
"I grew up following the German national team, but I've always like the English style of football. The English Premier League has been the one I've followed the most closely the last 15 years. It's tough. It's fun. It's fast. It's direct. The referees let a lot go so you have an aggressive game. There's no acting. Players don't tolerate it. So when people are down, they're down. No theatrics."
These are encouraging competitive times at St. Mary's. The Saints lie eighth in the Premiership table, a 4-2 decisioning of the Canaries on the weekend lifting them to within three points of the legendary Red Devils, Manchester United, and six adrift of a qualifying spot for Europe next season.
Leading them into the future, a lifelong hockey man, whose vast international resume includes coaching the Swiss national team and, for one season, that other Alberta-based NHL club situated three hours north of here.
His elite football background may come under question, but Krueger's sports and business resume is impressive. Outside of the teaching side of hockey, he's been a leading adviser and coach to senior management in large international corporations for the past 20 years and an active member of the World Economic Forum since 2011.
The Saints had been running a replacement search for outgoing chairman Nicola Cortese since the fall. Krueger was initially approached in early November by Swiss-born Southampton owner Katharina Liebherr, but due to his consulting commitment to the coaching staff of the Canadian men's hockey team Team Canada at the Sochi Games, he wavered. Still, he was appointed to the club's board in January and following the Olympics agreed to take on the role of chairman.
"At first it was a little abstract. There was a lot for me to digest. But they were extremely, extremely patient. I told them at the time I was committed to the Olympics, to trying to help Canada bring home a gold medal. It developed very naturally. They never really pressured me. They just let it evolve. I said 'I need time' and they gave it to me. So when I did take it on, I knew I was ready for the situation.
"I'm here mainly because of the leadership side that's been running parallel to hockey. That's brought me here as much as my sports experience. Obviously, I'm very grateful for the opportunity.
"More than anything, coming over to Europe when I did, to play and then to coach, you couldn't help but make permanent contact with the game. Whether I played in Germany or Switzerland I was always in contact with football people. It is THE sport. The No. 1, everywhere. I befriended players, coaches and players and other people involved.
"As I said, I've always been a huge fan of the game, especially at the top levels. I haven't missed a European Cup or a World Cup game for the last 20 years. Hockey was my logical vehicle but it's been a real easy slide into this position. But I do feel very thankful that I don't have to make any tactical decisions."
No, there'll be no managerial mind-games against wily old pros the like of Mourinho or Wenger. Those he'll leave to the Saints' Argentine tactician, Mauricio Pochettino.
"We've got a strong young manager. He and I just connected right away. I liked his style. I liked his attitude. I liked his values. And it's an extremely value-based ownership that has given me this responsibility and we're gonna really try and create a club environment that functions based on that."
Needless to add, what with getting up to speed on the nuances of the Premiership and familiarizing himself with an office staff and organization that has mightily impressed him, the new man in charge hasn't had much time to devote to his old life.
"Quite honestly," Krueger confesses, "I haven't watched a minute of Oilers' hockey. I was connected with that group, but I've just stayed away from that. I definitely do follow the league, though. And the friendships I made during the preparation for the Olympic Games are quite wonderful. I watched a lot of hockey in the lead-up to the Games. I have to stay that in short time I became very, very close to all the players that were there. It was a wonderfully intense experience for me. So I've been tracking that, but I've been pretty busy here lately. Once playoffs kick in, though, I'm sure I'll be paying more attention.
"I love hockey. I was having a very good time being involved in the game in a number of capacities. There's no question it will always be a part of my life. But this is a very unique and in many different ways a very special product on its own. Tell the people in Calgary to come over and watch the Saints. It's worth it."
His life right now is contested not on a 200x85-foot sheet of ice but on a 112x74-yard stretch of grass, measured in three-point victories not two, in moving up a table, not securing one of 16 playoff berths.
"We're chasing Man U," says the Southampton chairman challengingly. "We're three points down. That gives us something to shoot for because our final game of the season is at home against them."
Listening to World Cup broadcasts with his dad on the radio all those decades ago or trying to keep his elbows down in during 11-aside practice at St. John's-Ravenscourt as a teen, Ralph Krueger never could've imagined where fate would one day take him. Hockey, after all, has always been his life.
"Playing for the Calgary Wranglers in '78 and '79, I remember kicking a soccer ball around outside the dressing room. Now it seems every team has adopted that, you see it everywhere, but we were doing it way back then. It made sense with Dougie Sauter having us run up and down in the Corral. I remember kinda chilling with the ball, passing it around."
Krueger pauses a moment, wistfully remembering the road from there to here.
"Who'd have thought, all these years later," he muses, "that a hockey-playing kid with the Calgary Wranglers, kicking a soccer ball around at the Corral to loosen up, would one day be working for Southampton FC?
"But, I suppose, that's the beauty of sports."
George Johnson is the Herald's sports columnist. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com
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