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Eagles QB Michael Vick needs some Jay Cutler in him
PHILADELPHIA -- Before rushing to a quick meeting before practice Thursday, Michael Vick tried to explain just how he was set to accept potentially getting benched for a rookie.
The quarterback insisted he was duped during his postgame news conference on Sunday, which fueled days of intense speculation that the Philadelphia Eagles might make a switch and start Nick Foles.
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"They asked me how did I feel that the quarterback position was still being evaluated," Vick told USA TODAY Sports in a hallway outside the locker room. "It kind of caught me off-guard."
Off-guard? Maybe that's part of the issue. If Vick, 32, didn't hear it straight from the mouth of coach Andy Reid that his job was in jeopardy, then he cannot react without collecting the facts. Instead, he took the bait and tried to accommodate his questioner.
He's too nice — at least in the sense of a quarterback at work.
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Reid deserves blame, too, particularly for allowing the status of his starting quarterback to dangle for days before he set the record straight. The coach maintained Thursday that his postgame mention to "evaluate" didn't mean to possibly bench Vick, but to grade performance.
As the NFL's longest-tenured coach, he should know better. He should have a keen sense of how his words are interpreted. Especially in the City of Brotherly Love when the Eagles (3-4) are wallowing in all the glory of a three-game losing streak.
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In any event, Vick, who has cut down the turnovers (four in the past four games after nine in the first three) talks of regaining his swagger and playing more aggressively. He should also get tougher in dealing with his environment.
That's not to suggest that Vick isn't football-tough. Anything but. He's a daredevil who runs fast and hard, and for years has given up his body too much for a quarterback. And Lord knows, he's taken a beating while in passing mode. He's on pace to take a career-high 46 sacks this season.
But have we ever seen Vick chew out an offensive lineman, Jay Cutler-style?
Some of the greatest quarterbacks over the years have also been some of the most demanding teammates, with a hard edge that also includes challenging coaches.
If I'm Vick right now, playing behind an O-line down two starters for the season — all-pro left tackle Jason Peters and center Jason Kelce — maybe behind closed doors I'm asking O-line coach Howard Mudd to adapt techniques to his personnel. Asking Reid and coordinator Marty Monhinweg to find better ways to protect him with the schemes.
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And while Vick seems so beloved in the Eagles locker room that players probably would not have accepted a switch to Foles, now he might also need to demand accountability. It's about leadership.
We've seen Vick grow over the years, on and off the field. Contrary to his days with the Atlanta Falcons, he is said to arrive early and leave late now. To be a champion, as a quarterback, consistency, sound decisions and a more demanding presence might put him over the top. Change his personality? Not totally. Evolution, that's the ticket. Growth.
It's no wonder that Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis is telling second-year quarterback Andy Dalton something similarly: As a quarterback, you need to be … a guy everyone respects but doesn't necessarily adore.
It is easy to understand why Vick might not want to ruffle feathers. Reid pumped new life into his career after Vick got out of prison. And with all the controversy that came with his heinous role in the dogfighting ring, he needs to be a model citizen. But the dogfighting deal is over. Vick, a family man, even has a dog.
When it comes to his job, he's judged on wins and losses. And if being the demanding quarterback results in more victories, so be it. Vick can take a cue from Reid, who is in such a survival mode that he dumped longtime assistant Juan Castillo.
There's no player in the Eagles locker room who can demand accountability like Vick, the quarterback who still has the ball in his hand.


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Strong Families Key to Military's Strength, Top NCO Says
By Claudette Roulo
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COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 6, 2013 - Healthy military families are essential to guaranteeing the health of the overall force, the country's senior noncommissioned officer said here today.
Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Lisa, addressed Military Family Summit attendees at the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center here.
The Military Family Summit, sponsored by the Congressional Military Family Caucus, brought together military and civilian experts on resilience, financial readiness, education and employment from around the country and across the services.
"Regardless of the service branch, we have some of the very same challenges," said Lisa Battaglia.
Building resilience into military families will help them to confront challenges without being sent into full retreat, the sergeant major said. Sharing similar challenges means service members and their families can cross service affiliations to share ideas and methods for addressing those challenges and developing resilient families, he added.
"What may work for an Army family may, in fact, work for a Marine family ... [or] a Navy family, without having to spend further, unnecessary efforts or monies on replication of resources," he explained.
That sharing of ideas and resources already happens across the services, the sergeant major added. For example, joint schools train and educate service members with similar military specialties, he said.
The influence of family members and communities on total force fitness shouldn't be underestimated, Battaglia said.
Addressing fitness as a mind-body-spirit concept will help to build resilient families by developing trust, communication and teamwork in family relationships, the Battaglias said.
"I love talking about total force fitness, because Lisa and I use it," the sergeant major said. "We use it because we believe in it."
Until her husband started using the total force fitness resilience program, Lisa Battaglia said, he didn't know he was unfit.
"When he came back from Iraq, he was different. He was very, very different," she said. Post-traumatic stress and a traumatic brain injury were causing sleeplessness and agitation, she continued, but as a service member, he'd learned how to carry on with the mission without regard to his personal health.
"He had basically convinced everyone around him ... that he was OK -- that everything was fine," she said. "I know him too well, and he wasn't fine."
It took some time to convince Battaglia to speak to a professional, she said, but when he did go, "it was one of the best things that he's done for himself and our marriage."
Marriages, like the military, can't survive without effective communication, the sergeant major said.
With so many military families residing in communities outside military installations, the Defense Department is placing increased emphasis on community and public-private partnerships, Battaglia said.
The fiscal challenges ahead of the military will affect military families, he said. "We ask you ... to keep faith in your leadership as we work through it, and we work through it together," he added.
"Even though most of this is beyond my control, I find myself as a military spouse trying to focus on what is in my control," Lisa Battaglia said. That includes maintaining financial discipline and preparing for the unexpected, she added.
To help service members and military families be prepared to confront challenges -- unexpected or otherwise -- the Defense Department introduced a number of initiatives, Battaglia said. One of them, Transition GPS, is intended to prepare service members to return to civilian life, he said.
"About 236,000 service members transition per year out of our armed forces," the sergeant major said. "The better we prepare our men and women and families to transition, I think the [closer] we are to completing our obligation as military leaders."
Unemployment compensation claims cost the Army $515 million in 2012, he said, and the other services also are spending significant amounts. It would be better for the nation if that money were invested up front in preparing service members to join civilian society, Battaglia said.
The Battaglias have twice prepared for the sergeant major's retirement, Lisa Battaglia said, and each time she also attended the transition assistance programs.
"We as military spouses should attend these [classes] with our spouses so that we're better able to understand the transition process and be an active participant," she said.
Service members and their families are the heart and soul of the military force, the sergeant major said.
While years of war and budget uncertainties may have strained military families and cast uncertainty among the ranks, the military families as a whole remain strong and resilient, Battaglia said.

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"Desperate Housewives'' star Eva Longoria Parker was involved in a minor traffic accident Wednesday night in Hollywood, a police sergeant said.
Longoria was driving one of two vehicles involved in a crash on Hollywood Boulevard at Formosa Avenue about 7:30 p.m., said Sgt. Kara Silverstein of the Los Angeles police West Traffic Division.
A preliminary investigation report showed the other driver was considered at fault, Silverstein said.
Both Longoria and the other driver complained of pain, Silverstein said.
Silverstein said she did not know whether anyone went to a hospital.
"Thx everyone for your concern! I was in a small accident last night, I am just really sore everywhere but thank God nothing more! Drive safe!" Longoria said in a statement on her Facebook page.


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that looks really good! Regarding the DMU, it is always estonishing how good a simple paper model looks in T. However, maybe you can adjust the hight of the two cars a bit
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The House of Representatives vigorously debated the Goodlatte/Scott amendment this morning for some 27 minutes, and with House leadership support, the measure passed 291-135.
The amendment, brought forward by Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R., Va., and David Scott, D., Ga., would strip out the supply management component of the Dairy Security Act and leave only the margin insurance component.
The debate centered on whether the removal of the supply management trigger would increase the cost of milk and government costs. Rep. Scott pointed to a University of Missouri study authored by Scott Brown that school lunch costs could climb $14 million if supply management was triggered and that retail milk prices could climb as much as 32¢/gallon.
Rep. Collin Peterson, D., Minn., ranking minority member of the House Agriculture Committee, responded that those numbers were not true and were a "complete fabrication." He says milk prices might rise just ½ to 2¢/gal. He also claimed the cost to government for insurance indemnities could skyrocket without supply management to keep production in check.
Peterson appears more correct, based on Brown's paper published last month. In that analysis, Brown says milk prices would be 6¢/cwt higher under the Dairy Security Act than current policy, and milk prices would be 19¢/cwt lower under Goodlatte/Scott. However, the range in net revenue is much lower, with farmers realizing a 55¢/cwt gain over current law with the Dairy Security Act and a 48¢/cwt gain in net revenue under Goodlatte/Scott. The cost to government, however, would be $1 billion higher under Goodlatte/Scott, according to Brown. His study can be found here.
But some members felt that supply management would curtail the U.S. dairy industry's ability to both grow and export dairy products. Those Gongressmen with large, urban consumer bases also supported Goodlatte/Scott. "When milk prices rise, this hurts the poor and adds insult to injury," says Rep. Barbara Lee, D., Calif. "The farm bill cuts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (food stamps) and would increase [retail] milk prices."
A vote on the entire farm bill is expected later today.
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The following are the some of the symptoms of syphilisgonorrheachlamydiagenital warts, scabies and herpes.
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The first sign of syphilis is often a Men pictures of sexually transmitted diseases that doesn't hurt and goes away even if you don't take any medicine. This sore is called a chancre.
It usually appears on the penis, vagina, or rectum. Syphilis is most easily spread when someone has a chancre. There is usually only one chancre, but sometimes there are more. The chancre is usually round. It often looks Men pictures of sexually transmitted diseases several layers of skin are missing. Women who don't get treated for syphilis can give it to their unborn babies. Often these babies are born dead or have brain damage!
A rash on the bottom of the feet or the palms of the hands are another symptom of syphilis. You cannot get syphilis by touching the skin of someone with this rash, unless there are open sores.
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Very often people infected with gonorrhea or chlamydia may not have any symptoms! Both gonorrhea and chlamydia are spread by coming in contact with the discharge.
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Scarlets and Wales fullback Morgan Stoddart has been forced to retire having failed to fully recover from a horrific double leg fracture he suffered in a Rugby World Cup warm-up clash against England in 2011.
Stoddart returned to action back in October following over a year of treatment and detailed individual rehabilitation work but having suffered continued pain and problems with his leg at every stage of his recovery, he has accepted medical advice and called time on his career.
"It is with real sadness that I have to announce my retirement from rugby and it has been a difficult few months as I come to terms with the fact that I was not going to return to full fitness," the 28-year-old said in a statement. "I have been very fortunate to play for the Scarlets and Wales and have enjoyed every game in my professional career working alongside some brilliant fellow professionals.
"I worked as hard as possible in the year I was off to get back on the pitch and that can be a difficult period for any injured player mentally, as well as physically, but I was determined to get back to playing.
"But ever since I've been back on the field I've had significant pain in the leg throughout and that has not improved. Following a series of medical tests and consultations, detailed scans and strength tests, I've been advised that I cannot continue."
Stoddart joined the Scarlets in 2006 and quickly established himself as an exciting attacking option with his form rewarded with a Wales call-up the following year. He scored a try on his international debut against South Africa but did not become a regular fixture until 2011 and was on course for his first World Cup before suffering his injury at Twickenham.
Scarlets head coach Simon Easterby said: "It is very disappointing for Morgan and for all the Scarlets team and our supporters to see a player of his ability and quality forced to retire early.
"He's been a player of real class and quality within our regional ranks ever since he joined the Scarlets and a player that you can rely on to make a difference in games and give you an edge. He has worked so hard to try and recover from this horrific injury and credit to him for even getting that close, that shows his great mental strength and commitment.
"We are very sorry to see him go and every one of the team and I am sure all our supporters wish him all our very best in his future life off the field and as Scarlets we will support him as much as we can in whatever he chooses to do."
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Sago palms from pups
The sago palm plant is one of the most primitive living seed plants around today. You can recognize it by its rough trunk, topped with feathered rugged leaves. Although nicknamed sago palm, it is actually related to conifers and the ginkgo tree. According to Lynn McKamey of Rhapis Gardens, all cone bearing plants trace their origins back to the ancient flora of the early Mesozoic era. They are called "living fossils." Cycads have changed little in the last 200 million years.
You can have your own "living fossil" because this plant is one of the easiest plants to grow indoors or out. They can tolerate temperatures from 15 to 110 degrees. They accept bright interior light or full sun. They also will tolerate some neglect. Sagos live a long time. A beautiful 220-year-old specimen is on display at the Royal Botanic Garden in England.
To propagate, you can plant from seed, but better to plant a SAGO offset called a "pup." Cycads have both male and female plants. In our area, female sagos begin to flower and male sagos produce cones in May when it is time to pollinate. The offsets or "pups" growing at the base or along the sides of mature sagos are an excellent source of new plants. Remove them in early spring, late fall or winter by using a hand trowel to pop small ones free. A shovel or crow bar may be necessary to remove the larger offshoots. Set the pups aside to dry for a week or so after removing all the leaves and roots from them.
Plant in well-drained soil or a sandy mixture so that half the ball or trunk is below soil level. Water thoroughly. Let the soil become fairly dry before watering again. Lynn suggests starting the new pups in a shady area or bright indoor area as the roots slowly begin to form. The leaves will begin to appear several months later. Then you can add a weak application of fertilizer. When the plant has developed a good root system, you can replant into your yard or into a larger container.
Don't bother your new sago much. Their new leaves are very tender then they harden. Low light will produce long leaves, while bright light will produce shorter leaves. If you are growing your plant in a window, a one quarter turn every day will give you a more balanced plant. Your sago will grow slowly but it could be here for a long time.Mark your calendar
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Fashions this spring are fun and lighthearted so it's easy to go overboard. This checklist of essentials will have you on-trend without toeing the line between cutie and crazy girl.
These accessories in Asian prints and neon colors are exactly what we mean by fun essentials, but be weary of looking like a flash back to the 80's. The key to pulling these looks off is moderation and pairing with more neutral basics. We recommend going to scarf route to tie in Asian prints unless you are very adventurous- like Jessa from HBO's Girls.
Patterned and colored jeans are here to stay this spring and floral patterns are going bigger. Why not kill two birds with one stone with this sweet pair from Abercrombie & Fitch? Pieces that multi-task save you closet space and cash which is why we're suggesting you tone down this colorful look with a dark colored boyfriend blazer that can keep you warm during the day or at night.
Boyfriend blazers are a bit longer than regular blazers so they also work well pair with dresses or skirts. This one is $60 from Topshop and we're betting H&M also has a nice selection.
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Chestnut Recipes
Chestnut Baklava Recipe (+Giveaway)
Have you ever had trouble serving baklava? It gets sticky, messy and difficult to handle. I found a solution by using shredded phyllo dough instead of sheets of phyllo dough and baking it in individual molds. They tend to trap the syrupy goodness in their web instead of getting soaked and sticky. Since it's the holidays, I wanted to add the flavor of Christmas to the baklava, so I added chestnuts. I layered both chestnut purée and roasted chestnuts into the baklava, along with crushed pistachios for color and flavor. I also substituted date syrup for honey, which added a depth of flavor and a strong contrast of color.
If you're looking for a dessert recipe for the holidays that's easy to make but looks elegant, consider baklava. It's an easy, stress-free dessert that is sure to please everyone.
I used pure, organic date syrup from Organics Are For Everyone. If you've never tried date syrup before, you're in for a treat. You can use it in place of just about any syrup. Date syrup has a mild tanginess to it that balances the sweetness. I especially like it on waffles, pancakes and French toast. For a chance to win two jars of date syrup from Organics Are For Everyone, enter today's 25 Days of Giveaways contest. And if you're interested in making this recipe today, you can get a 20% discount from Organics Are For Everyone by using the "FATALE" promo code (good till 12/21).
Make sure you're a fan of PhamFatale Facebook fan page and Organics Are For Everyone, or follow @Phamfatalecom and tweet about this giveaway. To make it easy, you can just copy and paste this tweet if you'd like: "2 jars of Organics Are For Everyone pure date syrup #Giveaway from @Phamfatalecom and @DateSyrupRocks: http://bit.ly/sp4V7y"
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Coconut Milk Ice Cream Recipe with Chestnut Swirl
This recipe proves that vegan doesn't always mean healthy. Coconut cream, coconut milk, sugar, pure vanilla extract, chestnut purée and stabilizers combine to make a vegan ice cream recipe that tips the scales at about 3000 calories per quart (that's 375 calories per serving). But there aren't any eggs or dairy products!
I recently received a request for a vegan ice cream recipe from Leslie. It was the first time I tried making a vegan dessert. I made use of the same combination of stabilizers I use in other egg-free recipes, namely soy lecithin and xanthan gum. I increased the quantity to improve mouth-feel though. Xanthan gum in particular inhibits the formation of ice crystals, which create a more pleasing texture.
After tasting the final product, everyone in the house agreed that the ice cream strongly resembled chè, a very popular Vietnamese dessert. I hadn't anticipated that at all. Since I swirled the ice cream with chestnut purée, I thought it would have a more French flavor to it, but that was not the case. That's one of the things I love about cooking. I really enjoy experimenting, and the results of these culinary adventures can add completely new recipes to my repertoire.
My husband Lulu has decided to leave the ice cream maker on the kitchen counter until the end of summer to encourage us to make ice cream more often this year. I'll post our concoctions on here all summer, so at least some good can come out of my impending weight gain. Stay tuned!
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Chestnut Crumb Coffee Cake
For brunch, the girls and I made a crumb coffee cake flavored with chestnut purée, and a streusel topping made with cinnamon and brown sugar for a rich, caramel flavor. Buttermilk gives a moist texture to the coffee cake; the result was just divine. Chestnut may not be a common flavor for coffee cake, but I guarantee that after tasting it, you'll be hooked.
I served the coffee cake with a big pot of masala chai. We all enjoyed ourselves. Hope your weekend is as relaxing and peaceful as ours!
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Cranberry Bars with Chestnut Spread and Crushed Pecans
As Thanksgiving approaches, I've been giving more thought to new dessert recipes to go with the traditional pecan and pumpkin pies that we make each year. I recently had an absolutely delicious lemon bar, and it occurred to me that a modified cranberry sauce would be a good substitute for the lemon curd.
I used shortbread as the cookie layer. Shortbread is very easy to make, and the buttery and crumbly texture is a nice foil to the sweet and tart flavor of the cranberries. Once the shortbread had baked, I spread a thin layer of chestnut spread over it. The chestnut spread balances the tartness of the jellied cranberries.
To make the cranberry jelly, I added guava in place of the usual orange juice to give the jelly sweetness as well as a more complex flavor. (It also reminds me of our recent anniversary trip to Cancun). Guava is not really in keeping with the season, so if you prefer, apple juice would be fine, but I think the guava has more depth. The goal is to limit the sourness of the jelly because after all, we're making a dessert.
After applying a generous layer of the cranberry spread to the bars, I finished them with a sprinkling of chopped pecans.
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Chestnut Mousse (Mousse aux Marrons)
Chestnut mousse, or mousse aux marrons in French, is to die for. In France, I would rarely make it as it is easier to buy the Marronsuis Nestle brand. It's as good as the homemade version. Unfortunately, it is not available in California. I found that my local store carries French chestnut puree, so I bought some and came home and made the delicious goodness right away.
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Audio: Mandalit Del Barco reports from the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for Morning Edition.
It was nice of everybody else to show up.
Adele, whose 21 is the fastest-selling album in eight years, went six-for-six at the Grammy Awards, including wins in the top three categories: Album, Record and Song of the year.
The coronation was tempered by the acknowledgment, throughout the night, of the loss of one of pop's most powerful voices. Whitney Houston, who died at age 48 in a Beverly Hills hotel on Saturday, was memorialized by Grammy host LL Cool J in his opening words: "Tonight, we ask ourselves: How do we speak to this time? To this day? There is no way around this. We've had a death in our family."
The question of how to balance celebration with mourning continued — sometimes gracefully, sometimes awkwardly — in the rest of the ceremony. Houston was mentioned by many of the other artists who took the stage. Bruno Mars and Rihanna both name-checked the late singer between highly choreographed dance routines, and Stevie Wonder mentioned her name in his introduction of Paul McCartney. A more straightforward tribute was held near the end of the show: Jennifer Hudson performed Houston's hit "I Will Always Love You," which won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1994, pausing several times for emphasis or barely controlled emotion before pushing through to the end of the song.
The off-the-telecast story of the year was the elimination of many categories. This year, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded only 78 Grammys, down from 109 last year (click here to see the complete list of nominees and winners).
If reducing the number of winners was the goal, the consolidation might not have been necessary: artists familiar to the Grammy stage dominated most of the major categories. Foo Fighters won all four awards in the Rock category. Kanye West was named a winner in all four Rap categories (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and its single "All of the Lights" picked up three; he teamed with Jay-Z on the Rap Performance of the Year, "Otis," for the fourth). Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum split the Country awards. Skrillex, virtually unknown at this time last year, swept the three awards in the Dance and Electronic category. Sixteen-time winner Chick Corea, 14-time winner Tony Bennett and seven-time winner Kirk Franklin each nabbed two. Alison Krauss tied Quincy Jones for the most Grammys ever by a non-classical artist with her 27th award.
Foo Fighters might have been the only traditional rock band that mattered in the eyes of Grammy voters this year, but rock held a position of honor on the telecast — much more so than it did on charts or in sales figures. Tellingly, it was mostly classic acts that joined Foo Fighters in the spotlight — or maybe that welcomed Dave Grohl's band into it. Bruce Springsteen opened the telecast with a performance of his new single, "We Take Care of Our Own." The Beach Boys reunited for a medley of classic hits, joined by nominees Foster the People and Maroon 5. Paul McCartney closed the show with a performance of songs from Abbey Road that included a guitar-solo round-robin featuring Bruce Springsteen, Grohl and the Eagles' Joe Walsh.
"We've gone right into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony," tweeted our own Ann Powers.
If the rest of the ceremony was cautious, two awards added controversy of very different sorts: The presence of singer Chris Brown — for a pair of performances and an award for Best R&B Album — earned the ire of some viewers. Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna on the night before the Grammys in 2009, and has not appeared at the awards since, but Brown's profile has risen and Grammy Executive Producer Ken Erlich told ABC News last week that it was time for him to return to the show: "I think people deserve a second chance, you know. If you'll note, he has not been on the Grammys for the past few years, and it may have taken us awhile to kind of get over the fact that we were the victim of what happened."
Justin Vernon, who records as Bon Iver, won two awards, for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album for Bon Iver. Before the ceremony, Vernon expressed ambivalence about his nominations and declined an invitation to perform during the ceremony. That ambivalence reared its head in his acceptance speech for the Best New Artist award, in which he acknowledged musicians who would never be nominated and thanked Grammy voters for the "sweet hookup," as well as Jagjaguwar, the small Indiana-based label that releases his records.
Despite the solemnity of the tributes to Houston and the occasionally creaky pairing of younger nominees with legacy acts, it was Adele's relaxed, buoyant presence on the Grammy stage — even her announcement that she had "snotted" on herself during one acceptance speech was charming — that dominated the night.
She returned to the spotlight again and again to collect trophies, but it was her performance of "Rolling in the Deep," the Song and Record of the Year, that won her the biggest standing ovation. That's because it was Adele's first performance since she underwent surgery in October to repair damage caused by a hemorrhaged polyp on her vocal cords. The industry has been hungry for Adele's return since, and the public, too: While she canceled a tour to recover from the surgery, her album, 21, continued to dominate sales charts and radio. Now almost a year old, it has sold over 6 million copies and has been Billboard's No. 1 album in the country for the past six weeks.
By the time Adele performed, she had already picked up four of her six awards. She appeared alone on a darkened stage in a black dress and began singing without accompaniment, as if to prove that her voice had indeed returned, before being joined by a full band and four backup singers. Her voice sounded strong but reserved. If she was holding back a little, nobody seemed upset. For a night, it felt like the whole of the music industry was riding on her vocal cords. You can understand why everyone in the audience would want her to preserve that voice — there's no telling how bad things might get if it disappears again.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Alison Krauss had tied Quincy Jones for the most career Grammy awards. In fact, that record is held by the conductor Sir Georg Solti, who has won 31 Grammys. Krauss tied Jones last night for the most Grammys by a non-classical artist.
And now let's catch up on the Grammy Awards. The British singer Adele was the big winner taking home all six Grammys for which she was nominated. There's a photograph you can find at NPR.org of her trying to clutch them all.
But as NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports, the 54th annual awards ceremony was almost as notable for those who were not there.
MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Adele Adkins swept the top three categories: Song, Record and Album of the Year, and while that wasn't much of a surprise, her performance last night was.
ADELE ADKINS: (Singing) We could have had it all. Rolling in the deep...
DEL BARCO: Just months after having surgery on her vocal chords, Adele accepted the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.
ADKINS: Seeing as it's a vocal performance, I need to thank my doctors, I suppose.
DEL BARCO: After picking up award after award over the course of the evening, Adele seemed astounded, gave a thumbs up, and finally broke into tears as she accepted Album of the Year.
ADKINS: Oh. Hello. I just, first of all, I want to say, Mom, your girl did good. Mom, I love you. I'm so sorry you're not here.
DEL BARCO: Adele was followed by Foo Fighters, who picked up five Grammies and Kanye West, who shared in four. Indie rocker Justin Vernon, also known as Bon Iver, won this year's award for Best New Artist.
JUSTIN VERNON: It's really hard to accept this award. But - well, there's so much talent out here, like on this stage, and there's a lot of talent that's not here.
DEL BARCO: While Vernon was likely referring to the countless unnamed bands that will never get the Recording Academy's attention, he may just as well have been addressing a crowd of protesters outside the Staples Center.
DEL BARCO: About two dozen musicians were protesting the Recording Academy's decision to eliminate 31 categories from consideration this year, including Latin Jazz, Cajun, zydeco, Mariachi, Hawaiian, and some jazz and blues categories.
Musicians Bobby Sanabria and John Santos said these are the less commercial, ethnic genres produced by independent labels.
BOBBY SANABRIA: The fact that 150 artists can't be nominated, they don't have the chance to get that Grammy bump in terms of recognition, notoriety, affirmation.
JOHN SANTOS: And it doesn't really matter if it's arrogance or ignorance or racism, or a combination of all three. Whatever it is, it's very wrong and it have to be changed.
DEL BARCO: The Academy is facing a lawsuit over the changes. And Sanabria and Santos noted that the late Whitney Houston got her start in one of the genres that saw cuts - gospel.
The six-time Grammy winner died the afternoon before the ceremony. She was just 48 years old.
LL COOL J: Heavenly Father, we thank you for sharing our sister Whitney with us.
DEL BARCO: Grammy host LL Cool J offered a prayer for Houston during his opening remarks.
LL COOL J: And although she is gone too soon, we remain truly blessed to have been touched by her beautiful spirit and to have her lasting legacy of music to cherish and share forever. Amen.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Amen.
DEL BARCO: Alicia Keyes and Stevie Wonder paid tribute. And with a simple piano accompaniment, Jennifer Hudson, who received a Grammy from Houston three years ago, sang one of the late star's best known songs.
JENNIFER HUDSON: (Singing) And I, ooh, I will always love you. I will always love you...
DEL BARCO: Mandalit del Barco, NPR News, Los Angeles.
HUDSON: (Singing) Whitney, we love, we love you.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club will host Norwich City of the English Premier League on Saturday, July 20, at Buck Shaw Stadium with kickoff slated for 7:30 p.m. PT. The match marks the fourth-consecutive year the club has hosted a team from the English Premier League for a summer friendly.
Individual tickets for the match first go on sale through a special pre-sale for Visa cardholders on Wednesday, May 8 at 10 a.m. PT, available exclusively at www.sjearthquakes.com. Tickets then go on sale to the general public on Thursday, May 9 at 10 a.m. PT on the club's website and by calling Tickets.com at (800) 225-2277. Season ticket holders should use their Bonus Game "A" ticket for the match. Season ticket holders will also be able to purchase additional individual and group tickets starting on Thursday, May 2, at 10 a.m. until the public on-sale date by calling their fan relations specialist.
"We are very happy to host Norwich City for an international friendly this summer," said Earthquakes President Dave Kaval. "This match is another great opportunity for Bay Area soccer fans to watch a top-notch opponent play against their local club."
The Earthquakes' summer schedule includes a number of intriguing dates. It all starts on Saturday, June 29, against the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium, where the club will host a fireworks extravaganza as part of its Salute to Armed Forces Night, presented by XFINITY. Next up is A&W Root Beer Float Night on Saturday, July 13, when the Earthquakes host Seattle Sounders FC for the final time in 2013. Next up is a friendly against Norwich City followed by the Portland Timbers on Saturday, July 27 to close out the month.
With three games left in the EPL season, Norwich City is No. 14 in the table with 38 points from a 8-14-13 record. Among their marquee results were 1-0 wins against first-place Manchester United on November 17 and Arsenal on October 20. They also knocked off Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup on October 31 before bowing out in the quarterfinals. Their current roster includes former Earthquakes striker Kei Kamara. The Sierra Leonean has one goal in six appearances for the Canaries while on loan from Sporting Kansas City. The squad also features three players with Scottish national team experience – defenders Russell Martin and Steven Whittaker and midfielder Robert Snodgrass – as well as Cameroonian defender Sebastien Bassong, Canadian forward Simeon Jackson and Norwegian midfielder Alexander Tettey.
Norwich City celebrated its 110th anniversary in June of last year. They have spent six years in England's top division since the formation of the Premier League with the most recent stint stemming from the 2011-12 campaign. Their best finish came in the EPL's inaugural season in 1992-93, ending the season No. 3 overall to earn a spot in the Europa League. Among Norwich City's notable alumni is former Earthquakes winger Darren Huckerby, who scored 36 goals for the Canaries from 2003-08.
The Canaries' tour to the United States has been organized by PSC Ltd (www.pscltd.co.uk) and First Wave Sports (www.firstwavesports.com) who have been involved in organizing recent U.S. pre-season tours for numerous other EPL teams such as Everton, Aston Villa, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City.
The meeting between Norwich City and San Jose will be the first ever. The Earthquakes are 1-0-3 all-time when hosting an EPL club, including a 2-1 win against West Bromwich Albion on July 12, 2011, during which goalkeeper David Bingham struck a ball off the grass and scored from 90 yards out. San Jose also played club partner Tottenham Hotspur to a scoreless draw on July 17, 2010 in front of what was then a stadium-record 10,712 fans.
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Resting on a five acre property, this fantastic residence displays two contrasting facades – a privacy-protecting front view composed of two volumes resting on a smaller wooden volume and a fully glazed south facade mirroring its 14 feet high steel and glass windows and stucco piers in the nearby pool. Part of architect Michael Haverland's portfolio, the residence named Waterfront House is located in East Hampton, New York. Concrete walls with interesting computer-generated vertical and horizontal patterns acting as rain-screens adorn the unique facade.
These hand cast panels are made from sand from the site, further deepening the connection between the built residence and its surroundings. The residence is described by Michael Haverland as follows: "From the initial approach, this house appears to be two opaque volumes. Once closer, an elevated courtyard is revealed, and a gap between two rectangular volumes exposes the steel and glass entry. The gradual sequence from grade to to the front door leads to the second floor where the main spaces are elevated to capture water and sky views." Isn't the use of patterned panels an amazing solution to beautifying an opaque facade?


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Farmers face restrictions as badgers found to carry bovine TB in Cumbria
EXPERTS have warned against calls for a badger cull to combat bovine TB outbreaks in Cumbria at this stage, saying it would be 'ridiculous' and a 'knee jerk reaction'. The possibility of a cull comes following the discovery of badgers carrying bovine TB in the Shap and Penrith areas. This is the first time in 30 years that the disease has been detected in badgers in the county. The government's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has been investigating outbreaks among cattle on 16 farms in the affected areas.
The investigations have recently revealed that badgers have been found to be affected in the same areas where cattle have caught the disease. It is feared that, although the disease is normally passed between cattle, badgers could also transmit bovine TB.
APHA has said in a letter to farmers that it will not rule out the culling of badgers in a 250km area from the south of Shap to junction 40 of the M6 at Penrith in an effort to tackle the disease, saying that it is an 'option'.
Dr. Ben Dustan, of Tarn Farm Vets in Shap, said that to encourage the culling of badgers in Cumbria would be a 'knee jerk reaction'. He added: "There is no evidence of cattle to badger or badger to cattle infection. Yes, we have found the same strain of TB in badgers as there has been in cattle in the area, but with increased cattle testing, the number of confirmed cases has decreased. "This discovery is a consummation of the cattle testing protocols that are already in place. A lot of farms here have been doing regular testing. "The difference is that there is now no definite end to the required testing every six months.
Dominic Dyer, CEO of the Badger Trust, also criticised the use of culling to deal with cases of bovine TB that was most likely caused by transmission from cattle to cattle. He explained that it was most likely that the transmission of bovine TB was likely the result of cattle being brought into Cumbria from areas where the disease was rife. He said: "There have been a lot of calls for badger culls, but the government is not sure what the cause of the outbreaks among cattle is. "It is most likely cattle to cattle; badgers are not to blame. The disease may be in the badger community, but there is no benefit to culling them. "The government has restarted it's Defra-funded Badger Edge Scheme, which provides vaccination training and support to volunteer groups. "I would recommend that that is rolled out into Cumbria. Any talk of culling badgers is ridiculous."
David Hall, NFU regional director for the North West, warned that more time was needed in order to make a decision over whether or not to allow a cull, and said that that was the overriding opinion of farmers at an open meeting about the issue in Penrith. Mr Hall said: "It is far too early to say. There are a number of options, and that is one of them. But there is also trapping and testing and vaccination. "We need to identify the level of infection in the badger population. The more information and evidence we have, the better."
It was revealed last week that Cumbrian cattle farmers will face a tougher testing programme as the government launches a crackdown on cattle tuberculosis in the area. Mr Hall added: "We are aware that a number of cattle herds in east Cumbria have suffered bovine TB breakdowns and that an investigation by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has found evidence of the disease in badgers in the area.
"We realise this will be a major concern to cattle farmers in the area and we will be working with them to ensure they are aware of the additional cattle controls that have been introduced. "We will also be offering help and advice to any of our members whose businesses are affected by these enhanced disease control measures. "Bovine TB is a devastating disease and it is important farmers in the area do everything they can to minimise the risk of bringing the disease on to their farms." DEFRA has confirmed that more frequent testing has taken place for all cattle herds situated within a 3km radius of confirmed cases.
All cattle herds in the affected area will be subject to compulsory six-monthly TB testing until further notice, and the test will be read at a higher-than-usual level of sensitivity. This does not involve herd restrictions, as long as tests are completed on time.
An Animal and Plant Health Agency spokesperson said: "A number of bTB breakdowns in cattle herds have been identified in east Cumbria. APHA has carried out a thorough investigation, which found evidence the disease is present in badgers in the area.
"We are working closely with farmers and others affected to assess the extent of disease in the badger population. Additional cattle controls are in place and further action will depend on the results of our surveillance. "Farmers in the area should continue to practice good biosecurity to minimise the risk of disease spreading to their farms."
APHA has asked that any farmer who sees roadkill badgers should report them by calling 03000 200301, and ensure they are moved to the side of the road so they are in a fit state to be examined.


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If you have followed our main article Add Scrollbars to Blog Widgets, you would be able to introduce horizontal and vertical scrollbars to all or any of the widgets in the Blogger template. These scrollbars can be made to automatically appear when the contents overflow a certain specified width or height setting. We have also talked about how scrollbars can be added to the Blog Post body. We shall in this tutorial elaborate on that and let you know how to add the scrollbars within each Blog Post.
Scrollbars to Blog Post body
As we had mentioned in our article, to have the scrollbars to each of the blog posts, once you are logged into Blogger account, go to Template -> Edit HTML and scroll to this code. Add the portion shown in red:-
.post {
This will give you scrollbars to every post:-
Scrollbars within Blog Post
Sometimes, you may not want to have the scrollbars to all the blog posts, but only for several paragraphs within a post. Assuming you are writing an article and you wish to enclose some long text within a scrollbox, you have to first define a class within the stylesheet.
For example, we can insert in the stylesheet this code to specify the maximum height and width of the scrollbox. Once the text overflows this setting, scrollbars will automatically appear:-
.scrollbox {
Save the template. Next, when you are writing a post, switch from the "Compose" mode to the "Edit HTML" mode.
Add these tags (shown in red) before and after the part of the text that you want to enclose within the scrollbox.

TEXT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SCROLLBOX.

You can continue typing the post by switching back to the "Compose" mode.
After you are done, when you publish your post, you will see that only the part of the text comprised with the tags will be in a scrollbox, like this:-
Adjust the size of the scrollbox in the stylesheet accordingly. You can also consider having a HTML text box to enclose certain text.
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- 1 cup crËme fraiche
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh tarragon
- 8 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons Herbes de Provence
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 8 ounces jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over for cartilage
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 artichoke hearts, trimmed and thinly sliced
- 8 ounces Saint Andre cheese, or other triple-crËme cheese, rind removed and sliced thinly
- 2 ounces sevruga or osetra caviar
- 8 slices toasted brioche
- Preheat the oven to 200°F.
- In a small bowl whisk together the crème fraiche with 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon of the tarragon, and a pinch of salt. Set aside.
- In a bowl or large measuring cup, beat the eggs with the Herbes de Provence, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl, combine the crabmeat with 1 teaspoon of the lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of the tarragon, the parsley, and a pinch of salt.
- In a small skillet, melt 1 1/2 teaspoons of the butter over medium-high heat. Add 1/4 of the eggs (about 1/2 cup) to the skillet, and tilt the pan to completely coat the bottom of the pan. Cook until the eggs are just barely set in the center and the bottom is lightly golden brown, about 2 minutes. Arrange a layer of artichoke heart slices down the center of the omelet, topped by the sliced cheese and crabmeat. With a rubber spatula, fold the omelet over the filling and gently slide onto a serving plate. Place the plate in the warmed oven while making omelets with the remaining ingredients.
- Drizzle 1/4 cup of the lemon crème fraiche over each omelet and top each with 1/2 ounce of caviar. Serve immediately with toasted brioche.


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In WP 6.0, we broke up our configuration and content repository databases into "domains", or database instances/schemas that are organized by function. The intention of these domains is to allow them to be located separately from each other, and in some instances, shared between multiple identical portal clusters. The domain-based organization also enabled some functional features, such as loose-coupling between customization data and static release data, but that isn't the subject of this blog entry.
Geographic deployments is core to WebSphere Portal's ability to deploy global portals and meet 24x7 uptime goals. To facilitate this, certain database domains must be shared across deployments, to ensure consistency of data for all end-users.
The database domains are:
- release: contains static portal configuration, such as pages, portlets, and entitlements
- community: contains community-oriented portal configuration, or that shared across a small group of users, but is not user-specific. Composite application instance configuration goes here.
- customization: contains user-specific configuration, such as customized portlets and pages
- likeminds: used to hold information about e-commerce selection trends across multiple users, and provides a recommendations engine for providing selections to end users based on similar purchase trends. Likeminds is a feature of the Personalization service.
- feedback: used to hold information about what Personalization rules are being used, what parameters feed into those rules and what their results are. Feedback is a feature of the Personalization service.
- wmm: used to hold user and group information that is otherwised not maintained by the underlying user repository, such as through the use of the "lookaside" feature. It can also serve as the user repository underneath a custom user registry based on the WMM APIs.
- jcr: the Java content repository holds several different types of data, including WCM content, Personalization rules, and policy definitions.
The release, feedback, and likeminds domains should be unique per cluster. Since feedback and likeminds are rarely used, you can include their schemas along with the release domain in the same database instance if you like. Even if those features are in use, to keep the deployment simple, I still recommend maintaining them with the release domain. Keeping the release domain specific per cluster is essential for allowing one cluster to be serviced while allowing other identical clusters to remain in production.
The community, customization and wmm domains should be shared across all identical clusters, as they contain end-user information which must be common across these clusters. That means all clusters can either refer to the same DB instance that holds these three domains, or you can employ 2-way replication to keep them synchronized. If you use 2-way replication, the replication frequency should be less than the event that triggers a user-binding to a particular cluster. You do not want an end-user rerouted to a different cluster BEFORE their data is replicated over. The trigger depends on your global load balancing logic, but I prefer domain-based routing since it pretty much guarantees that a particular user will go to a particular cluster/datacenter unless there is a failure causing the user to be rerouted to another cluster. DNS-based routing is problematic because hostnames could be re-resolved at any time, even during a user's active session with a particular cluster.
The last domain, jcr, is special, because it can contain both release-oriented and user-oriented data. In general, though, I recommend that the JCR be treated as a release domain, since the vast majority of the data it contains comes from staging or authoring environments. Personalization rules and policy definitions are typically developed internally and staged out. WCM content is authored and can be syndicated out to multiple clusters simultaneously. Database based 2-way replication is not recommended or supported for the JCR as a means for reducing the amount of syndication required as it can cause problems with content visibility across all clusters. WCM uses a caching mechanism that relies on syndication as a cue to invalidate cache entries. Without it, users may not see updated content without the servers being restarted.
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St. Thomas Aquinas boys' volleyball sweeps into the state tournament
St. Thomas Aquinas swept Archbishop McCarthy 3-0 on Tuesday night to advance to the state tournament for the first time in Eric Wurtz's tenure as head coach.
The Raiders turned in an overall stellar defensive performance in front of their home crowd by rallying against Archbishop McCarthy's kills.
The Mavericks have had the Raiders' number in the playoffs for a long time, but under the leadership of senior captain Nicholas Rusk, the Raiders finally exorcised their demons.
"I think having it home," Rusk said, "having it be our last actual home game and having everyone be seniors, gave us a little extra drive."
The state tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Pine Crest.
State first round play-in: Mourning d. McArthur 25-11, 25-14, 25-13: The Sharks (18-6, 5-1) defeated the Mustangs (16-5, 6-1) in straight sets to advance to the FHSAA state quarterfinals.
After incurring a deficit initially, the Sharks scored eight straight points in the first set and never looked back. Mourning won by set scores of 25-11, 25-14, 25-13.
Mourning was led by senior outside hitter David Barrera, freshman libero Riain Festge and senior outside hitter Matheus Mera.
The District 12 champion Sharks will face Boca Raton in the state quarterfinal match.
Mourning d. McArthur: Daniel Barrera 11 kills, 8 digs, assist. Mateas Mera 5 kills, 18 assists, 4 digs. Pedro Cardalo 5 kills, 2 blocks, 3 assists. MOU 18-6.
State first round play-in: Ransom Everglades d. Miami High 25-17, 25-14, 27-25: For the first time since coach Roger Peluso started the boys' volleyball program 14 years ago, his team will be headed to state tournament.
"This is the first year going to districts, and then to win region!" Peluso said. "These guys have been playing together for five years. They have really come together. Things got tight in the third set and they held it together."
After many years of practicing and working towards a common goal the players have realized they are more than teammates.
"What's special is we are all best friends. We do everything together and do anything for each other," captain Blake Adler said. "I have been on varsity since eighth grade and we never made through districts."
Matt Lirman put up 43 assists during the three sets, and fellow teammate Victor Campano delivered 16 kills and seven digs against Miami High's boys.
While Manuel Malenciano led the Stingarees with 13 kills and two blocks and six digs to end the season 20-5.
"The end of the match was the highlight of the game," Adler said. "We had the chance to win. It was 24-24 and we did it. We just played our way."
Sean Bonner added 9 kills and three blocks for the Raiders (25-3) who advance into the state playoffs against the winner of the Tampa Berkley Prep/Orlando Bishop Moore match.
State first round play-in: Killian d. Southwest 25-22, 25-23, 17-25, 25-22: The Cougars upset the Eagles (26-4) at Southwest High to advance to the state quarterfinals. Killian will face Longwood Lyman on Friday.
The first set was close throughout until a pair of late hitting errors by the Eagles gave the Cougars (23-5) a 24-22 lead. Harris scored the winning kill.
The second set was repeatedly tied and looked like more than 25 points would be needed to decide it. Killian score three of the final four points and won the set on an ace by Jose Martinez.
"We knew we had to start strong," said Jack Harris. "Getting those early kills was huge."
The third set was dominated by Southwest as the Eagles avoided a sweep.
Much like the first two sets won by Killian, the teams were only separated by a few points during the set. The Cougars scored the final three points and won the match on an ace served by Julian Xuarez.
Killian was led by Damain Horton who had 20 kills. Harris had 19 kills and Gabe Lazarre had 15 digs.
State first round play-in: Boca Raton d. Taravella 25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 21-25, 15-9: Just when it appeared to be over, the Taravella boys volleyball team was just getting started.
Taravella was down by two sets when it went on a run to force a fifth set. By that point, however, Boca Raton knew not to give Taravella any chance at a comeback. Boca opened the fifth set on an 11-4 run to a 25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 21-25, 15-9 win on Tuesday in a first round play-in game.
Boca, which has reached the playoffs for 11 straight seasons, will face North Miami Mourning in a state quarterfinal match at Pine Crest on Friday.
The Bobcats (19-7) went on a big run before trading points with the Trojans (16-2) for what was a 14-9 lead in the final serve.
Although the Trojans served, the Bobcats worked it around setting up senior outside hitter Vioner Pierre Jules. Pierre Jules powered a kill that went off the fingertips of the Trojans' frontline and out of bounds for the win.
That winner sent his teammates into frenzy while a good bit of the Boca student section ran onto the floor.
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Our today's guest is Point of View / TGT GTX 560 2048MB Beast graphics card. As the name clearly states, this graphics card has double the reference amount of memory whereas the moniker Beast says that the card is overclocked. In fact, the GPU runs at 920MHz (reference clock is 810MHz) while the memory is at 1056MHz (reference clock is 1002MHz). Naturally, higher clocks mean higher pricing but we'll see whether this card can justify its price.
Nvidia expanded its performance segment offer with the launch of Geforce GTX 560 graphics card in May. The GTX 560, together with GTX 560 Ti, was classified as so called "gamers' sweet spot" graphics, meaning that gamers on tighter budgets should find them very attractive. The optimum gaming resolution is 1680x1050, although 1920x1080 is possible as well depending on the game itself. Of course, factory overclocked GTX 560 2048MB Beast cards should score better at 1920x1080 than their reference counterparts.
GTX 560 prices haven't changed much since the launch, so the GTX 560 still costs €150. The GTX 560 Ti's price fluctuated somewhat more and it now stands at €190.
The GTX 560 2048MB Beast will set you back more than €200, which is definitely a turn off for many. However, the card does boast double the memory and higher clocks, although we would have liked to see a quieter cooler as well.
Point of View / TGT GTX 560 2048MB Beast comes in PoV's recognizable packaging and TGT emblem. Beside the graphics card, the box holds the driver CD and a short user manual. The graphics card has three different video outs so there are not additional adapters/dongles in the box.
GTX 560 2048MB Beast's full name is TGT-560-A1-2-BST. The company used a black PCB and black dual slot cooling, which isn't very different from the reference design. The cooler is efficient and the card will have no problems with overheating.
As you can see from the picture, the card has three video connectors. Beside the dual-link DVI and VGA outs, there's also a standard HDMI one (mini HDMI is a common feature on GTX 560 cards with two DVI connectors).
A metal rail spans the entire length of the card and while it helps with heat dissipation, it also makes the card taller.
The Geforce GTX 560 has a single SLI connector, which means that you can daisy chain two GTX 560 cards for some nice SLI performance boost.
The GTX 560 2GB Beast is powered via two 6-pin connectors.
Although the power connectors are at the end of the card, the card itself is quite short and connecting power cables will not be a drag, not even in smaller cases.
The memory is cooled by fan air only, which we realized after we took off the plastic shroud.
The PCB seems very tidy. The memory is on the GPU side of the PCB. We're talking about GDDR5 memory chips made by Hynix (the model number H5GQ2H24MFR T2C). They are specified to run at 1250MHz (5000 MHz GDDR5 effective).
Motherboard: EVGA 4xSLI
CPU: Core i7 965 XE (Intel EIST and Vdrop enabled)
Memory: 6GB Corsair Dominator 12800 7-7-7-24
Harddisk: OCZ Vertex 2 100 GB
Power Supply: CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold 800W
Case: CoolerMaster HAF X
Fan Controler: Kaze Master Pro 5.25"
Operating System: Win7 64-bit
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Our results show that the GTX 560 2GB Beast left the reference GTX 560 in the dust, mostly due to the high overclock. However, we also included Gainward's reference GTX 560 2GB and it served to show that the card benefits from the extra memory only on rare occasions.
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Point of View / TGT GTX 560 2048MB Beast is a factory overclocked card.
We managed to push the card to 960MHz and play some games for a few hours. The GTX 560 2048MB Beast's GPU is capable of 1GHz operation as well, but only after increasing voltages and fan speed, in which scenario we didn't have stable operation in all games. Voltages can be changed using Nvidia's Inspector tool.
Thermals and Noise
The GTX 560 2048MB Beast uses a dual slot cooler with a central fan. Idle temperatures of 33°C and load temperatures of 85°C mean that the cooler is efficient and will not let the card overheat. However, note that the cooler was loud when the card was under load. While we expect overclocks to add a few dB to noise levels, it's a pity TGT didn't opt for a quieter dual fan cooler as some other Nvidia partners have.
Point of View / TGT once again squeezed out the maximum from Nvidia's chip. The GTX 560 2048MB Beast runs at 920MHz for the GPU (reference clock is 810MHz) and double the memory, which was overclocked to 1056MHz (reference clock is 1002MHz). The factory overclock provided enough juice for comfortable gaming at 1920x1080.
Although the GTX 560 2048MB Beast packs 2048MB of memory, it will not visibly affect the performance in most cases. While enthusiasts may use the increased memory for downsampling, gamers will see performance improvements in only few games.
The card's dual slot cooler is efficient but unfortunately loud when the GPU is under load. However, the cooling performance is good enough for additional overclocking. In fact, we managed to do some stable gaming with the GPU at 960MHz. As far as overclocking goes, although the card has double the memory of the reference card, it didn't stop us from overclocking it to 5000MHz (reference clock is 4008MHz effectively).
GTX 560 prices haven't changed much since the launch, so the GTX 560 still costs €150. The GTX 560 Ti's price fluctuated somewhat more and it now stands at €190.
The GTX 560 2048MB Beast will set you back more than €200, which is definitely a turn off for many. However, the card does boast double the memory and higher clocks, although we would have liked to see a quieter cooler as well. Truth be told, the card's speed indeed is indeed very high, which is the epithet we could use for the pricing as well.


text: A babysitter convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in his care was sentenced in Elk County Court Monday to no less than 10 years and no more than 20 years in a state penitentiary. Corey Allen Heatherdale, 26, of Ridgway, was convicted by a jury in a one-day trial on July 20, 2012, in the Elk County Courthouse. In her testimony, the victim, now 18 years old, testified that at the time the abuse began, she resided on with her father, who knew Heatherdale from the Ridgway Fire Department. The victim testified that her father began a new second shift schedule at a local factory in 2007 and asked Heatherdale to watch her while he was at work. The victim testified that she successfully rejected Heatherdale's initial attempt at sexual contact, but that a few weeks later Heatherdale forced her to perform oral sex on him and that he subsequently forced intercourse on at least five separate occasions. The victim said she did not tell her father or any adults as she feared what the repercussions might be, and described her father's home as an environment of mental, physical, and emotional abuse.


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Liam Neeson told U.S. news show "60 Minutes" the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, five years ago still does not seem real to him.
In an interview to be broadcast Sunday on CBS, the 61-year-old Neeson also talks about aging out of action hero roles. The interview includes a trip to Ballymena, his hometown in Northern Ireland.
Neeson said he and Richardson had agreed if either one of them was in a vegetative state they did not want to be kept alive by artificial means.
Richardson, daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, was 45 when she fell on a Canadian ski slope in March 2009, suffering a fatal injury to her head. Neeson in the interview talked about entering his wife's hospital room.
"I went in to her and I told her I loved her, said, 'Sweetie, you're not coming back from this, you've banged your head,'" he said.
But he said he still expects her to reappear.
"There's periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years ... anytime I hear that door opening, I still think I'm going to hear her," he said.
Neeson said Richardson would be "very thrilled and pleased" to know her heart, liver and kidneys were donated.
"Non-Stop," a thriller starring Neeson as an air marshal dealing with an in-flight threat to a plane, opens next week. He told CBS it is the kind of role he may be leaving behind.
"I'm 61 years of age, man, you know? Going around, fighting these guys, yeah, I feel a wee bit embarrassed, you know? " he said.