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CHICAGO, Ill. – Winners of six of the previous seven games and off to the program's best start in 10 seasons, the Cal Poly men's basketball team completes its second six-day road trip of the year when making the program's debut against DePaul and inside the Allstate Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m. PT. With a 65-46 triumph at Fresno State (Dec. 17), Cal Poly (8-3) kept pace with the 2001-02 Mustang squad for the best start to a season in the program's 18-year Division I tenure. The Mustangs enter Wednesday's matchup ranked fifth among Division I programs in opponent points per game (53.9); conversely, DePaul (8-3) – which furthered its winning streak to four-successive victories by topping Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 81-62 (Dec. 17) – averages 79.2 points per contest.
FOLLOW THE MUSTANGS THIS WEEK: Tom Barket returns to the headset to provide play-by-play detail of Cal Poly's showdown outside Chicago for GoPoly.com HERE and in San Luis Obispo County on ESPN 1280. Live stats and streaming video for both games are also available HERE.
BEAUTIFUL BEGINNINGS: A Wednesday triumph at DePaul will allow Cal Poly to equalize the 2001-02 Mustang squad's record for the program's absolute best start at the Division I level. Prior to the 2001-02 season, Cal Poly's best 12-game start occurred during the 1991-92 campaign (11-1).
BIG WAIT FOR THE BIG EAST: Wednesday's meeting at DePaul marks the Cal Poly program's first game against a Big East Conference opponent since the program's initial Division I contest – a 97-60 loss at Boston College on Nov. 25, 1994 (a game recently featured in the ESPN Films documentary about Chris Herren, Unguarded). Cal Poly has not faced a current Big East member since dropping a 69-62 decision at Seton Hall on Dec. 12, 1973.
DEFENSE REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT: A year after developing a national reputation for defensive stinginess, the Mustangs remain atop the Big West Conference and NCAA defensive charts. Cal Poly enters Wednesday's matchup at DePaul ranked fifth among NCAA programs in opponent points per game (53.9) and 40th in opponent three-point percentage (28.6), as well as leading the Big West in opponent rebounds per game (27.4). Highlighted by limiting USC to 36 points on Nov. 19 – the fewest points scored by a Cal Poly opponent in 18 years at the Division I level – the Mustangs have held foes under 60 points during eight of 11 games this year. The Mustangs have also held opponents under 30 percent from three-point range a further seven times during the 2011-12 season.
MUSTANGS GRIND 'EM OUT: Cal Poly's 65-46 victory at Fresno State (Dec. 17) marked the 10th time since the start of the 2010-11 campaign that the Mustangs had held an opponent under 50 points while a 47-40 triumph at San Jose State (Dec. 10) marked the 10th time that Cal Poly had kept the combined score under 100 points. Since the start of last season, Cal Poly is 9-1 when holding an opponent under 50 points and 6-4 when keeping the combined score under 100.
MUSTANGS TOUGH ON THE BOARDS: Cal Poly has grabbed the same amount of boards or outrebounded its opponent in nine of 11 games this year, production that has the Mustangs ranked 18th nationally in rebounding margin (plus-8.0) entering Wednesday's matchup at DePaul. Not surprisingly, Cal Poly is 7-0 this season when outrebounding the opposition.
LAST TIME OUT (DEC. 17): Senior point guard Amaurys Fermin finished with 12 points and senior forward David Hanson – who became the 18th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points – finished with a further 12 as Cal Poly produced its first victory against Fresno State in 41 years with a 65-46 triumph inside the Save Mart Center. Senior forward Will Taylor added a game-high eight rebounds for the Mustangs, who ended a 13-game slide against the Bulldogs dating to Feb. 4, 1971. In keeping pace with the 2001-02 Mustang squad for the best start during the program's 18-year Division I history, Cal Poly shot 51.0 (25-for-49) percent from the floor and 42.9 (9-for-21) percent from three-point range.
The Mustangs trailed just once and, with all five starters having scored inside the game's opening eight minutes, the Mustangs charged out to a 15-8 lead. A three-pointer from sophomore forward Chris Eversley and a Taylor lay-in helped Cal Poly increase its lead to 27-18 90 seconds before the break, but it was Fermin's 40-foot hanging three-pointer on the sound of the halftime buzzer that allowed the Mustangs to retain their nine-point cushion.
Back-to-back three-pointers from Fermin and sophomore guard Kyle Odister extended Cal Poly's dominance to a 42-25 advantage with 13 minutes to play. Through nine points from Bulldog senior guard Jonathan Wills, Fresno State produced a 13-1 run during the ensuing four minutes to cut the Mustang advantage to 48-40. However, the Mustangs answered with a quick 10-0 run to cement the final decision.
EVERSLEY BACK IN THE 708: One Mustang embracing the friendly confines of Chicago is sophomore forward Chris Eversley, who stared at Payton College Prep and earned All-Chicago second team praise after a 2008-09 senior season in which he averaged 19.2 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. After making 16 appearances for Rice as a freshman during the 2009-10 campaign, Eversley transferred to Cal Poly and redshirted last season. Eversley has appeared in all 11 games for the Mustangs this season and scored a Cal Poly-high nine points against Menlo College (Dec. 14) after totaling eight versus Cal State Bakersfield (Nov. 16). Eversley's father, Michael, played collegiately at Chicago State (1976-79) and for the Chicago Bulls (1979) while his mother, Nina, played at Long Beach State (1980-84).
TAYLOR RISES TO THE OCCASION: Having scored a career-high 19 points and matched a career best with 13 rebounds during Cal Poly's 91-58 victory against Menlo College (Dec. 14), senior forward Will Taylor – who redshirted the 2010-11 season – enters Wednesday's matchup at DePaul leading the Mustangs with a 55.8 (43-for-77) percent field goal mark and ranked fifth among Big West players with a team-best 7.4 rebounds per game. A starter in all 11 of Cal Poly's contests, Taylor has shot higher than 60 percent from the floor, recorded double-digit scoring figures and grabbed seven-plus rebounds in a game on five separate occasions this year.
FERMIN FORGES THE BULLETS FOR CAL POLY TO FIRE: The Big West's most efficient point guard, senior Amaurys Fermin enters Wednesday's matchup at DePaul leading all conference players in assists (48) and assists per game (4.36). Fermin, who handed out a career-high eight assists against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 26) and distributed seven against Menlo College (Dec. 14), also ranks third among Big West players with a 1.85-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and second among Mustangs with 10.1 points per contest. Fermin has reached double-digit scoring figures in seven games this year and owns four outings of six-plus assists.
ROYER KEEPS THE HOT HAND: The Big West's top three-point threat with a 60.5 (26-for-43) percent mark from the arc, junior guard Dylan Royer would also top all 4,225 Division I players had he met national statistical minimums. Royer, the only central coast native on Cal Poly's roster, has twice knocked down a career-high five three-pointers this season: versus Mississippi Valley State (5-for-7, Nov. 26) and Sacramento State (5-for-5, Nov. 30). Fourth among Mustangs with 8.0 points per contest, Royer has hit at least one three-pointer in 12-successive games, dating to last season. Royer, who scored 41 combined points between his freshman and sophomore seasons, has already registered 88 as a junior.
HANSON BACK IN FORM: Held to just four total points during Cal Poly's opening two games, senior forward David Hanson enters Wednesday's matchup at DePaul having reached double-digit scoring figures in seven of the program's last nine contests. Cal Poly's leading returning scorer from last year, Hanson currently paces the Mustangs with 11.0 points per game after notching a team-leading 12 during the Dec. 17 triumph at Fresno State. That performance, coupled with a 16-point game against Menlo College (Dec. 10), allowed Hanson to earn Big West Player of the Week praise on Monday, Dec. 19.


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Large swaths of the Indian population remain desperately poor despite the country's rapid economic growth, led by the flourishing private sector. These communities are often unable to access basic amenities and services, and have limited access to opportunities offered by the growing economy. Millions of people are especially vulnerable to the impact of disasters and may lose their fragile livelihoods and homes all at once if a natural disaster strikes.
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India: Change Brewing in the Tea Lands
India: Pay Dirt
Moni Das's village has no name. It's simply referred to as Line 10, Deohall Division, Deohall Tea Estate, Assam. It is a microcosm of life inside Assam's estate fences: anonymous, hidden among acre upon acre of tea bushes and existing solely to serve the needs of the estate.
India: A Different Kind of Teatime
Dibrugarh is called India's tea city. But for some people, teatime is about hardship and inequality rather than a pause for relaxation.
India: Buzzing with Cosmic Energy
I sensed, right away, that Rajah Banerjee had something to tell us. It was in the measured way he carried himself, the arch of his eyebrows and the calculating glance he cast across the room. What's more, I immediately got the feeling that he would test me to see what I knew.
India: A Skilled Trade to Last a Lifetime
The word "manokamana" holds a special place in the hearts of the Nepali people who populate the Himalayan foothills around Darjeeling, India. It signifies one of the culture's most sacred places — a holy site in Nepal — and literally translates as "good wish of the mind."
India: Unity takes root in Darjeeling
Life isn't easy for tea pickers in northeast India's Darjeeling District. Workers scale the unbelievably steep slopes of famed tea estates for eight hours a day, hauling massive baskets brimming with plucked tea leaves.
India: A New Harvest
Darjeeling tea is one of the world's most enjoyable beverages — but it doesn't come easily to your cup. Tea-growing families in the villages that dot Darjeeling's hillsides work hard just to make ends meet.
India: A Wellspring of Opportunity
Sava Gaon, India — The wells under the village's green hillsides are losing water by the day. A massive hydroelectric project is draining the water from under Sava Gaon and its surrounding villages to supply a nearby dam, much to the outrage of local citizens.
India: Changing Lives in Kalej Valley
In a remote area of West Bengal on the road to Darjeeling bazaar, down a steep, rocky two-track road, the Kalej Valley tea plantation operates as it has since colonial times.
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica; born May 24, 1941)Bob Dylan is the uncontested poet laureate of the rock and roll era and the pre-eminent singer/songwriter of modern times. Whether singing a topical folk song, exploring rootsy rock and blues, or delivering one of his more abstract, allegorical compositions, Dylan has consistently demonstrated the rare ability to reach and affect listeners with thoughtful, sophisticated lyrics.Dylan re-energized the folk-music genre in the early Sixties, brought about the lyrical maturation of rock and roll when he went electric at mid-decade, and bridged the worlds of rock and country by recording in Nashville throughout the latter half of the Sixties. As much as he's played the role of renegade throughout his career, Dylan has also kept the rock and roll community mindful of its roots by returning to them. With his songs, Dylan has provided a running commentary on our restless age. His biting, imagistic and often cryptic lyrics served to capture and define the mood of a generation.For this, he's been elevated to the role of spokesmen – and yet the elusive Dylan won't even admit to being a poet. "I don't call myself a poet because I don't like the word," he has said. "I'm a trapeze artist."Bob Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota, and grew up in the iron-mining town of Hibbing. He learned to play harmonica and piano by age 10 and was a self-taught guitarist. As a high-school student in the late Fifties, he listened to everyone from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie to Roy Orbison and Chuck Berry, cultivating a lifelong appreciation for traditional folk, country, and rock and roll. While attending the University of Minnesota, Dylan traded his electric guitar for an acoustic instrument and began to pattern himself after quixotic folksingers of the previous generation.In January 1961, Dylan moved to New York City, where he gravitated to the folk and blues scene on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. He debuted at the premier Village folk club, Gerde's Folk City, on April 11, 1961, opening for bluesman John Lee Hooker. After playing harmonica on a session for folksinger Carolyn Hester, Dylan was signed by producer John Hammond to a contract with Columbia Records. Except for a brief hiatus in the early Seventies, Dylan has recorded for and remained with the label since 1961. Near the outset, fellow folksinger Pete Seeger remarked, "He'll be America's greatest troubadour, if he doesn't explode."On Dylan's self-titled first album he recorded topical folk songs, accompanying himself on harmonica and guitar. Bob Dylan contained only two originals ("Song for Woody" and "Talking New York"). Made in a matter of hours, it cost $402 to record, according to John Hammond. By contrast, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, released in May 1963, was almost entirely self-composed. That album included three classic antiwar songs that astonished the cognoscenti in folk circles and established Dylan as a formidable composer and rising star: "Blowin' In The Wind," "Masters Of War" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall."In early 1964, as the Beatles began conquering young America, the articulate and challenging Dylan occupied the minds of a slightly older set. He released two albums that year: The Times They Are a-Changin', his most overtly message-oriented album; and Another Side of Bob Dylan, which represented the artist in a more introspective and personal guise with such songs as "My Back Pages" and "It Ain't Me, Babe."Dylan's gradual move from folk to rock and roll was inspired by the Beatles (whom Dylan "secretly dug") and the Byrds (whose electrified folk-rock arrangement of Dylan's then-unreleased "Mr. Tambourine Man" eventually went to Number One in June 1965). Dylan tested the waters with Bringing It All Back Home, one side of which was acoustic and the other electric. His lyrics were as demanding and literate as ever, but on songs like "Subterranean Homesick Blues" they were now set to slangy, ramshackle rock and roll. In May 1965, Dylan undertook his first tour of the U.K., toting an acoustic guitar and an often confrontational attitude. That stormy affair was documented in stark black and white by filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker in Don't Look Back. Dylan returned to the States fit for battle, and the next skirmish occurred with the folk-music crowd that had so revered him. On July 25, 1965, Dylan strode onstage at the Newport Festival with an electric guitar in hand and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band backing him up. He was booed offstage after only three songs, at which point he returned with an acoustic guitar and a message for all the folk purists: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."A few weeks after the Newport debacle, Dylan notched his first major hit with "Like a Rolling Stone," a scornful six-minute epistle whose distinctively ruminative mood owes much to organist Al Kooper and guitarist Michael Bloomfield. "Like a Rolling Stone" was the opening track on Highway 61 Revisited, a landmark pop album that set Dylan's surrealistic verse to raw, careening rock and roll. Early in 1966, he headed to Nashville to record the double album Blonde on Blonde, a career milestone that even Dylan allows was "the closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind... It's that thin, that wild mercury sound." Recorded in Nashville with the cream of country-music sessionmen, Blonde On Blonde included the hit singles "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and "I Want You," as well as deeper, more ambitious pieces such as "Just Like a Woman," "Visions of Johanna" and the side-long "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands."That spring, he embarked on a tempestuous world tour that found him backed by the Hawks (later known as The Band) and facing down audiences that still hadn't forgiven him for "going electric." On July 29, he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near his home in Woodstock, New York. Dylan dropped out of sight for a year and a half, rehearsing and recording with The Band at their rustic basement studio at a home (christened "Big Pink") in nearby Saugerties while he recovered. The quaint, quirky songs from those sessions turned up on some of rock's first bootlegs (such as The Great White Wonder), serving an audience that hungered for anything Dylan-related. A selection of these fascinating, low-fidelity Dylan and Band tracks saw legitimate release as The Basement Tapes, a double album, in 1975.Dylan's first post-accident release was John Wesley Harding, a folk-country album that found Dylan penning inscrutable parables about historical characters and outlaws as a metaphorical means of deflating the audience-hero relationship. Jimi Hendrix took one of its songs, "All Along the Watchtower," and turned it into an electrified, apocalyptic anthem for the ages. Dylan changed course in April 1969 with his most overtly "country" record, Nashville Skyline, which found him singing engaging, accessible songs like "Lay Lady Lay" in a newly mellow voice.Dylan generally proved less consistent on record in the Seventies, especially on such relatively minor works as Self-Portrait (1970), an easygoing two-disc collection that included some surprising covers (e.g., Paul Simon's "The Boxer") and remakes of his own songs (including "Like a Rolling Stone") in his temporarily sweeter, cigarette-free voice; Planet Waves (1974), a studio album made with The Band, that came together quickly; and Street-Legal (1978), an album whose mystical overtones presaged the trio of more overtly biblical-themed albums that followed. There were also a number of live albums, the best of them being Before the Flood – a compelling document of his incendiary 1974 tour with The Band.Dylan struck the mark at mid-decade with such essential recordings as Blood On the Tracks (1975), partially recorded back home in Minnesota; and Desire (1976), which contained "Hurricane," his most trenchant protest song since the Sixties. Between the release of those albums, Dylan organized the Rolling Thunder Revue, an unwieldy but inspired caravan of troubadours and hangers-on. Dylan's rollicking cast of characters included Rambling Jack Elliot, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell and Mick Ronson (late of David Bowie's Spiders from Mars).In 1976, Dylan provided some of the most riveting performances at The Band's farewell concert, The Last Waltz, recorded at San Francisco's Winterland. Beginning in 1979, Dylan took his most unexpected career turns by embracing fundamentalist Christianity on a trilogy of albums: Slow Train Coming, Saved and Shot of Love. Thereafter, he turned his attention to the state of the world, offering moralistic commentary on three albums that are the core of his work in the Eighties: Infidels (1983), Empire Burlesque (1985) and Oh Mercy (1989).Bob Dylan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, the same year as the Beatles. His presenter was Bruce Springsteen, who'd derived no small amount of influence from Dylan's career. "Bob freed your mind the way Elvis freed your body," said Springsteen. "To this day, wherever great rock music is being made, there is the shadow of Bob Dylan."Dylan's career was retrospectively appraised to great effect in the boxed sets Biograph (1985) and The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3 (1991). His first album of new material in the Nineties, the star-studded Under the Red Sky, included cameos from the varied likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash, George Harrison, Elton John, Bruce Hornsby and Al Kooper. Thereafter, Dylan recorded two consecutive albums – Good As I've Been to You and World Gone Wrong – of unadorned folk songs drawn from the public domain. In a sense, these recordings brought Dylan full circle, echoing the eponymous first album of folk songs he'd cut three decades earlier. In October 1992, Dylan's 30th anniversary as a recording artist was recognized with a lengthy tribute concert at Madison Square Garden. Participants included Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Stevie Wonder. Privately, Dylan himself was disinclined to celebrate former glories. "Nostalgia is death," he remarked earlier that year to Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times.In 1997, Dylan inaugurated a stunning late-career renaissance as a recording artist. The pace of releases slowed down, resulting in fewer but stronger albums. Although only three appeared over the course of a decade (Time Out of Mind (1997), Love and Theft (2001) and Modern Times (2006)), each was a certifiable classic that could stand next to Dylan's best work. Whether atmospheric in texture, like the Daniel Lanois-produced Time Out of Mind, or stripped down to basics, as with Dylan's self-produced Love and Theft and Modern Times, all three captured an artist in peak form, with much to say and in complete control of his materials. Dylan's embedded his words in flinty, blues- and country-inflected grooves. These albums personified the term "Americana," coined to describe a more ecumenical approach to roots music adopted by a wave of younger musicians around this time. When Modern Times debuted at Number One – representing Dylan's first chart-topper since Desire in 1976 – the then 65-year-old singer/songwriter set a record for longest span between Number One albums by a living artist.Dylan has spent much time on the road over the past few decades. During 1986-87, he toured with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as his backing group, and in 1987 he did the same with the Grateful Dead (who had always been one of his strongest interpreters). In 1988, Dylan embarked on what has since been dubbed the Never Ending Tour ("NET," for short). The seeds for Dylan's wholehearted embrace of live performance began with a revelation during a concert in Locarno, Switzerland, on October 5, 1987. "That night, it all just came to me," he recalled in 2002. "All of a sudden, I could sing anything." He also gives credit to the evolving ensemble of musicians he put together. "This is the best band I've ever been in, I've ever had, man for man," Dylan told Rolling Stone in 2006. "I got guys now in my band, they can whip up anything, they surprise even me." The Never Ending Tour is said to have commenced on June 7, 1988, and Dylan has not been far from a stage in the ensuing 20 years.Back 1964, Dylan said he hoped to carry himself like Big Joe Williams, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly and Lightnin' Hopkins when he was older, and indeed he has done just that. Having embraced the role of wandering troubadour, Dylan is doing what his mentor Woody Guthrie no doubt would have done, had failing health not prevented him: performing his songs for people till the end of his days."If you are going to go out every three years or so, like I was doing for awhile, that's when you lose your touch," Dylan has said. "If you are going to be a performer, you've got to give it your all." And so this uniquely American legend remains alive and well, not to mention highly accessible as a performer.In 2008, Bob Dylan's unique contributions to American arts and letters received acknowledgement in the form of a Pulitzer Prize. The citation from the Pulitzer committee recognized his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."


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Vesta wrote:Hi everyone.
I am a 19 year old girl living in Middle east.I used to be a faithful Shiite Muslim. I defended Islam with all my strength.I wanted others to see the truth of Islam but suddenly it was me who started to see things differently.as soon as i finished school i started to doubt in many things.when i started university everything worsened.With every new word that i read i lose a part of my faith.
I wasn't trying to find some excuse not to wear Hijab or go to parties.My belief was shaken by more fundamental things.I began to feel that many excuses that are offered for some things in Islam are shallow and i would not have accepted them if they were from another group.So suddenly i woke up and with a panicked.Until then i have considered myself an opened minded Muslim.But then i looked at myself and saw that i am losing my faith completely.I was frantic and tried to regain my faith with extreme forms of prayer but that didn't answer.Even speaking of Islam was sickening for me.I felt very guilty.I felt that what ever i am feeling are because of my sins.
since then i am feeling worse and worse.Some times i feel depressed other times aggressive and angry.I feel that i should gave up on my faith but i feel so lost and terrified.Some times i am sure that some thing will happen to me for the way i am feeling.Some times i think what if all the conclusions i have made are all wrong and i am going to the wrong way?
My parents though educated fiercely believe in political Islam. I can't leave them and live some where else.I can't tell them how i feel.If i tell them that i can't be a Muslim anymore there would be no university no Internet no e books any more.Probably they will force me to marry some GOOD MAN.It's not that they are cruel.They just want me to go to heaven instead of hell and they think that God's love is above any love.I don't want to hurt them and if i turn my back to Islam it will
Welcome Vesta. To learn the truth is glorious. You are on a right track. Be patient. Inform yourself as much as possible. You are not loosing faith, what you are loosing is the myths you have been taught. You were made to believe that the myths of Shiite Islam are facts. You are finding out that myths are not facts, they are just beliefs. So do not despair. Give yourself time.
Right now, keep your thoughts to yourself. Get education. When you will be independent are able to be on your own you can decide what to do. If possible, go to a Western country for education. You can start working on it right away.


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Working its final movie mojo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 soared into the record books with the highest-grossing opening weekend ever. The series finale drew $169.2 million on around 11,100 screens at 4,375 locations, dethroning The Dark Knight's $158.4 million.
Deathly Hallows Part 2's first weekend flew past the previous franchise high of $125 million, posted by Deathly Hallows Part 1 last November, and it topped the franchise in terms of estimated attendance as well. While its opening gross also out-distanced The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($142.8 million), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($135.6 million) and the first Spider-Man ($114.8 million), Deathly Hallows Part 2's estimated opening attendance was less than those titles, ranking sixth overall.
After conjuring the opening day record of $91.1 million on Friday (buoyed by a record-shattering $43.5 million midnight launch), Deathly Hallows Part 2 saw the steepest Friday-to-Saturday drop on record for a non-holiday first weekend, falling 53 percent to $42.4 million. Its Saturday slotted ninth among the top-grossing Saturdays of all time. On Sunday, it declined 16 percent to $35.7 million, which ranked fourth on the all-time Sunday grosses chart.
Deathly Hallows Part 2 marked Harry Potter's first foray into 3D, and it made a splash with the broadest 3D launch ever (3,100-plus locations, including 274 in IMAX). However, the majority of moviegoers still opted to see the movie in the standard ("2D") format. 3D accounted for 43 percent of the gross, which was a lower share than Transformers: Dark of the Moon's 60 percent at the same point but in the ballpark of most of this summer's other big movies. Still, at an estimated $72.8 million, that translated to the second biggest-grossing 3D opening yet, behind Alice in Wonderland (2010)'s $81.3 million. In IMAX alone, Deathly Hallows Part 2 delivered the top-grossing start ever, generating $15.2 million versus Alice's second-place $12.2 million.
According to Warner Bros., 54 percent of Deathly Hallows Part 2's audience was female, compared to 57 percent for the last movie, and 45 percent was under 25 years old, compared to 56 percent for the last movie.
As a franchise, Harry Potter has now grossed $2.177 billion, and it's on the brink of eclipsing Star Wars' $2.218 billion to become the top-grossing franchise in history. In terms of estimated attendance, though, the eight Potter movies have had 57 percent of the impact of the seven Star Wars movies. Star Wars even wins on this front when just its initial releases are counted. However, Harry Potter has earned its place in the pantheon with remarkably consistent blockbuster performances. After Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the sequels' maximum attendance difference was less than 20 percent. That first movie, though, should remain the best-attended, even as Deathly Hallows Part 2 becomes the top-grossing entry. Discuss 'Harry Potter's record-breaking debut on Facebook, Twitter, and in Box Office Mojo's forums.
Since Deathly Hallows Part 2 alone accounted for nearly two out of every three tickets sold this weekend, there was little excitement for the rest of the movies. Transformers: Dark of the Moon retreated 55 percent to $21.3 million. Though it didn't gain ground on its predecessors, the robo-threequel became the first movie of 2011 to cross the $300 million milestone, tallying $302.9 million in 19 days.
Horrible Bosses took a respectable hit, down 37 percent to $17.8 million. The comedy held better than Bad Teacher and matched that movie's $60 million ten-day sum. Zookeeper continued its disappointing run with $12.3 milion, though it was off a decent 39 percent. Its $42.4 million ten-day tally was less than two thirds of Paul Blart: Mall Cop through Day Ten. Cars 2 rounded out the Top Five with $8.4 million, slowing 45 percent. With a $165.4 million total in 24 days, the animated sequel began trailing Ratatouille in terms of gross, not just attendance, for a 12-year Pixar low.
In the face of Harry Potter, Winnie the Pooh started with a whimper: $7.8 million at 2,405 locations. That was an improvement over Pooh's Heffalump Movie, it was less-attended than Piglet's Big Movie and The Tigger Movie. Distributor Walt Disney Pictures' exit polling indicated that 85 percent of the audience was parents and their children, and 62 percent was female. In terms of age, 38 percent was kids age 11 years old and younger, while 53 percent was 18 and older.
Meanwhile, Midnight in Paris surpassed Hannah and Her Sisters to become Woody Allen's highest-grossing movie ever, though it ranked as Allen's seventh in terms of estimated attendance and won't go higher. Midnight reached $41.8 million in 59 days.
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The wife of the man police say beat a Texas pastor to death said her husband was mentally ill.
Police say Derrick Birdow, 33, killed Danny Kirk Sr. after ramming into a Forest Hill church with his car.
Birdow died after police used a stun gun to subdue him.
"I am torn, because not only did I lose my pastor, I lost my husband," said Shanellia Harris Birdow, his wife.
Harris Birdow, an active member of Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church, said her husband did not know Kirk, although he had attended church there in the past.
She said that her husband, who had a lengthy criminal record, was mentally ill and had sought treatment last week at a Fort Worth hospital.
"He was sick," she said. "He was really sick. Even these last couple days, he was trying to get help, but he didn't get it."
She attended a vigil for Kirk on Tuesday night, unsure of how the congregation would react.
"I wanted them to know I didn't have anything to do with it," she said. "I don't know the reasons. I don't have answers to the questions that they have."
Candlelight Vigil Held for Slain Pastor
Church members and Kirk's family remembered the pastor at the candlelight vigil.
"Daddy, I am not going to do you wrong," said Danny Kirk Jr., the pastor's only son. "I am not going to bring shame to your name. You named me Danny Kirk Jr. for a reason."
He assured the congregation that he would take care of his mother and the church in his father's absence.
Danny Kirk Sr. had a daughter, Danielle, who died when she was just 3 years old. Church members say the family was still struggling with her death. His son said he takes great comfort in knowing his father and sister will now be together.
Police say Birdow rammed his car into the front of the church on Monday afternoon before going inside and beating Kirk, the church founder, to death. A janitor trying to stop the assault was also injured, police said.
Barbara Moore, the church secretary, witnessed the attack and called 911. She told NBC 5 that she locked herself in her office while the men were fighting.
"I saw them tussling in the truck, and he was trying to subdue him and he couldn't," she said. "I ran and called 911."
Police said Birdow was still attacking Kirk and the janitor when officers arrived. Officers used a stun gun to restrain him, arrested him and placed him in a police car.
Officers found him unresponsive about 10 minutes later, police said.
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Opinion: Entitlement Reform 101
Editorial board member Joe Rago on entitlement reforms that are worth considering. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... all are Frappes no greater consensus in Washington and the met entitlement reform is crucial to the country's fiscal health ... however nothing seems clear in the ... in the cliff talks right now the fiscal cliff that the entitlement seem to be slipping over the cliff in terms of reform ... so here to talk to me about what we mean realistically do about what reform is our Joe radio began a joke ... so if we're creating kind of ... our reform died for realist for entitlements how might we approach Medicare ... right will the Republicans remain concerned dial back their ambitions in the last two years they've been talking about ... Paul Ryan's premium support ... of planned that's ... obviously not can happen we've litigated that ... on the election so one thing that they can do is something called a ... comprehensive caution and where ... rate now Medicare traditional Medicare's three separate programs each with their own co pays deductibles ... on the seniors generally buys Mikko Medigap to offset all those premiums what this would do it to bring everything together ... give seniors more skin in the game ... and and start to bring down costs that the problem and Italy combined into a single probe especially one unified modern program yet on the dip looks a lot more like the private insurance you and I have ... I'm through through our employers ... the problem on health care is that there's not a lot you can do this horrible that's the Congressional Budget Office emotional and measure how much you save so ... although it's the ... biggest contributor to the fiscal problem ... it's also the hardest to result at least in terms of the ... Ark don't weigh ... these mines are much against their ... words ... this sounds like a great idea to me ... the simplification turns out to be complex exactly right ... and and connecting you know who knows how the budget homes will look at the same I find it increases costs to know stuff ... so it's it's always tricky their time and and is adding ... to the talks are an impasse right now I'm part of that is ... there's there's not a lot you can do no ... social security I mean that's something that ... the paper talking about running with it into a separate track on the song right they refer to this the sidecar so basically ... they want to resolve its fiscal Proms make it's all been in the long run on its on its own terms ... by itself ... so it did that this sort of demand that the peace or is this is a separate program ... op also ... is ... coming to the impasse ... what is so spoiled in most straightforward things that you go to ... patch social security ... typically difficult for right now that the big the big problem is that ... Sosa Security benefits grow each year ... all of these some measure of inflation that overstates ... inflation some seniors are getting far more than they paid into the program and far more than the growth of the economy ... on so what what he would do is is means tested the would say in effect in effect ... it's called progressive indexation ... time it would be read ... the benefits would grow more slowly ... and ... fewer of them would flow to the most affluent seniors ... but to understand this the way it's done now it's indexed to wage is and what they're talking about France's is indexing it to prices which strikes me ... as a more realistic weighted index of security that's what people are paying for all ... right absolutely aam did a lot of the Republicans are going a little bit smaller and Sosa scary than four per press events Asian summit called chained CPI ... which which ... indexes prices and a substitution effects for ... how senior spend their money it doesn't ... go as far ... as progress in the next ration doesn't really solve the problem that might be altering your time this this this round we have a bottom in one show when the objections to linking of the indexation to prices is that effectively it's a tax increase for the seniors ... but this raises the question of what ... realistically Social Security has the palm ... write to me means testing is a trend that left the station years ago Medicare's are means tested ... twice its current Republican give a third round of means testing ... and ... we we should be clear this is a tax increase the equivalent of a tax increase ... of the but ... it's not the same ... as for instance raising the cap on on wages ... for which the payroll tax is applied for for example ... it essentially saying ... seniors you're you're going get less for yuan to pay more ... and that's much less economically ... damaging I'm an increasing taxes to pay for a larger transfer program which is where Sosa Security this is headed on its present a ... Arike thanks so much


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La GLASS Valley is the world cluster N°1 for luxury glass bottles. It produces more than 70% of the world production for luxury bottles for perfumes, spirits and pharmacy.
Between Normandy and Hauts-de-France regions, la GLASS Valley brings together 70 companies and more than 7000 specialized employees.
This cluster and its centennial know-how, the one and the only in the world, proposes the most famous brands for perfumes, cosmetics and spirits a global offer which is in keeping with the luxury tradition "made in France".
Technical study, moulds' creation, glass bottles' manufacture, qualitative sorting and top-of-the-range decoration are all gathered on a same area and they offer La GLASS Valley the chance to realize more than 70% of the world production of luxury bottles for perfumes and spirits.
The world cluster for luxury bottles for perfumes and spirits, "La GLASS Valley", includes 70 companies and 7000 employees between Le Tréport and Feuquières but also around Dieppe and Abbeville.
Its Board of directors is representative of the various activities (founders, mould makers, glassmakers, sorters, decorators, artists/craftsmen and complementary activities) and includes 24 companies with all the glassmakers : BROSSE, NIPRO PharmaPackaging, POCHET DU COURVAL, SAVERGLASS, SGD Pharma, VERESCENCE, WALTERSPERGER as well as ALBEA.
The financial and institutional partners are members of the Board Committee, which includes the Regional Councils of Normandy and Hauts-de-France, which contribute, in equal parts, to the financing of La Glass Valley, the DIRECCTE and Lycée Anguier. The operational partners are also members : CCI Hauts-de-France, the SMA (Seine-Maritime Attractivité) and the CERFAV.
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I still have the very fragile and yellowed newspaper clipping...I had never seen a Cream Cheese Brownie before. The recipe called to me...
Maida Heatter
from SF Chronicle Food Section-Wednesday , June 29,1983
Chocolate Mixture
1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter
4 large eggs
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
6 ounces walnuts, coarsely chopped
Cheese Mixture
8 ounces cream cheese
4 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
Adjust a rack one third up from the bottom of oven and pre-heat oven to 350*. Butter 2, 8 inch square pans.
CHOCOLATE MIXTURE: Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. Melt the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over hot water on low heat. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly.
Beat eggs in an electric mixer until foamy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat at high speed for 3 to 4 minutes, until mixture is light lemon colored and forms a ribbon when beaters are lifted. On low speed beat in the chocolate mixture and then the dry sifted ingredients, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula and beating only until the dry ingredients are incorporated.
Remove and set aside 1 ½ cups of the mixture. Add one cup of the nuts(reserve the rest for the topping)to the remaining batter and stir to mix. Spread the chocolate mixture evenly in the buttered pans; the layers will be very thin.
CHEESE MIXTURE: Have the cream cheese and butter at room temperature. Beat them together in the small bowl of an electric mixer until soft and smooth. Add the vanilla and sugar and beat well. Add the eggs and beat again until very smooth.
Spread half of the cheese mixture evenly over the chocolate layers in the pans. Divide the reserved chocolate mixture and place by heaping tablespoonsful, on the cheese layer, letting the cheese show through between the mounds. Cut through the chocolate mounds and the cheese layer with a small spatula or table knife. Do not cut down into the bottom layer. Zigzag the knife to marbleize the batters slightly: don't overdo it. Sprinkle with the reserved chopped nuts.
Place in the pre-heated oven and bake for 40 minutes. Cool completely in the pan and then let stand at room temperature for a few hours. Do not cut too soon or the cake will be too sticky to cut neatly.
Run a small sharp knife around the sides of the pan to release the cakes, then cut into bars or squares. If you find it a bit sticky, cut the cake into quarters and transfer to a baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator or freezer until firm enough to cut into 4 squares.
Transfer the squares to a serving plate, cover airtight with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Or pack in a freezer box and freeze.
Makes 32 squares
*an updated version can be found in Maida Heatter's Cookies…1997 version.
She makes the recipe in one 9 inch square pan and the recipe is cut in half, baking time is then 30 minutes.
My Notes: You can line the pan with aluminum foil and then butter or spray it…and then turn the pan out onto a board , peel off the foil and then turn it back over again and cut and that is most likely easier.


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Holiday Inn Baltimore BWI Airport
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Welcome to Holiday Inn Baltimore BWI Airport
We are a full-service hotel located just 1.2 miles from Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
The Holiday Inn BWI Airport hotel is your Baltimore suburban gateway location for getting around the Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington, D.C. areas. Business and leisure travelers alike can experience the convenience of our Interstate 295 location on West Nursery Road in the BWI Hotel District that makes getting around easy. We offer 24-hour complimentary shuttle service to BWI Airport, BWI Amtrak Station, MARC, the Light Rail and the local area within a 2 mile radius..
Nearby attractions include: Baltimore's Inner Harbor, M&T Bank Stadium home of the Baltimore Ravens, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, Maryland Zoo, Baltimore Convention Center, Horseshoe Casino, Navy-Marines Memorial Stadium, Historic Annapolis and the US Naval Academy.
There is so much more within a short driving distance including: Northrop Grumman, Fort Meade, Port of Baltimore, Coast Guard Yards and The Arundel Mills Mall and Maryland Live Casino.
Convenient to University of Maryland College Park, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Columbia and Washington, D.C. all its monuments, museums and attractions are 30 miles south of the hotel.
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The Youth Services department is located on the first floor of the library.
We're open during regular library hours:
Mon-Fri, 9 AM - 9 PM, Sat, 9 AM - 5 PM, Sun, 1-5 PM.
Contact us for more details.
Visitors to our library will discover an exciting and very interactive Youth Services department, unlike any other they have experienced. We love showing families around and talking with them about the thoughtful planning and design behind our Youth department. Read on and learn more about this amazing space for kids and young teens!
Active Play features | Technology features | Game Room and Digital Studio
Youth Services: Why We Play
Helping kids grow and develop also means giving them an opportunity to engage in play. Play encourages cognitive development, literacy skills, social awareness and motor development. Active play helps in improving coordination, self-esteem, social skills, physical body systems, and thinking skills. All of these things help create successful readers and learners - so we created a new Youth Services space that encourages learning through play.
"Play is associated with neuro-physiological development that leads to stronger academic achievement, increased concentration, and improved math, reading, and writing test scores." (Playful City USA, KaBOOM! National Campaign for Play. "Play Matters: A Study of Best Practices to Inform Local Policy and Process in Support of Children's Play." KaBOOM. KaBOOM! National Campaign for Play, 2009. Web. January 30, 2013.)
Using chalk on a vertical chalkboard helps develop arm and hand skills that lead to writing, while encouraging inventiveness, creativity, graphic awareness, problem solving and social interaction ("Look what I made!"). Drawing with chalk helps promote the "tripod grasp" needed for efficient writing. For toddlers, scribbling is the motor form of "babbling." The magnet board activities encourage literacy, motor, and storytelling skills, as well as phonemic awareness and alphabet letter knowledge. Additional activities can teach math skills, spatial relationships, and geometric concepts.
Pretend Marketplace/Playhouse Puppets, Costumes and Stage
There are many benefits for kids who engage in real, dramatic or theatrical play. Acting out new or familiar stories gives them insight into narrative structure and points of view. Role-playing encourages empathy as kids learn to see through someone else's eyes and experiences. Pretend play introduces new vocabulary and social interaction as children engage with others. This type of play fosters cognitive development through problem solving, mental planning ("Wow, are we going to play spaceship?"), self-monitoring, and evaluation.
A puppet theater gives kids freedom from inhibitions and encourages speaking and listening skills. On stage, theatrical play develops public speaking skills and the ability to express different emotions, provides opportunities to role-play various life events, and helps to develop the imagination while strengthening spatial and kinetic skills.
DUPLO Room/Imagination Playground Blocks
DUPLO blocks and the Imagination Playground pieces encourage loose parts play. Loose parts play develops logical and mathematical thinking skills through actions such as counting, classifying, and estimating. Kids stimulate their imaginations by developing stories and turning abstract materials into concrete objects. Building specific projects develops problem solving skills and building with others encourages social communication skills such as negotiating, blending ideas, and more.
Playhouse Slide
In addition to the stage and puppet theater, the new playhouse has stairs, a viewing tower and a slide. Incorporating a slide into our space provides a movement experience that encourages spatial awareness, core stability, balance, and leg and hip flexibility. In addition, using a slide stimulates the vestibular system (important for balance and coordination), which is important for a child's development. The playhouse stairs also foster whole-body muscular strength, flexibility, and the sense of proprioception, the awareness of body position.
Technology Play
Throughout the new Youth Services space, there are opportunities to interact with technology. This type of activity increases a child's graphic knowledge, the ability to recognize and make sense of visual information and digital handling skills. Engaging the child with technology makes them an active participant and can create a positive learning experience. Along with a group of desktop computers with Internet access, the Youth Services department also provides:
Beyond providing experience with the Apple iPad, apps selected for the library provide literacy skills, information awareness, and graphic knowledge. Using the iPads can be a solo activity or it can involve friends and family. iPads loaded with appropriate apps are available for varying ages of children.
Windows 8 Computers:
Kids can become familiar with the latest Microsoft operating system in a touchscreen environment. Apps selected for these workstations encourage art, music, drawing, coding and creative exploration.
Light Bright Wall:
This large version of the classic children's toy encourages young artists to create while supporting pattern recognition, sorting, motor skills, collaborative play and parent/child play.
Digital Pond:
Interacting with the digital pond provides an opportunity to experience cause and effect relationships while encouraging small and large motor skills. When people move towards the fish, they swim away. If people stand still, the fish draw near.
Word Wall:
Words and images fall from the sky as visitors use their shadows to interact with them. Kids interact with words and images, learning how their movements, shadows and distance from the wall affect the objects.
YS Game Room
Kids in 8th grade and younger can reserve the game room to play video or board games with friends or family. The room may also be reserved by children to use as a study area. Not only are games fun, they can also enhance math, reading, thinking, and social skills. Learn more about the Game Room.
Studio Kids
Kids in 8th grade or younger can reserve this digital creation studio to create and edit videos, photos, audio files, presentations and more. Learn more about Studio Kids.
References - read more about the power of play
Beyond the Chalkboard
Why Is Play Important?
Benefits of Active Play
Active Play for Early Childhood Centres and Family Daycare
The Top 5 Benefits of Play
Research-Based Case for Recess
Play Matters: A Study of Best Practices to Inform Local Policy and Process in Support of Children's Play
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
The Arts as a Core Academic Subject
Normal Developmental Hand Skills for Young School Children
Fine Motor Skills Developmental Milestones
When Children Draw
The Importance of Art in Child Development
Writing to Become a Reader
Pretend Marketplace:
What is Dramatic Play and How Does It Support Literacy Development in Preschool?
How Dramatic Play Can Enhance Learning
Fine Motor Skills Developmental Milestones
Benefits of Puppet Play
Why Use Drama Games or Theatre Games?
DUPLOs/Imagination Playground:
Imagination Playground Associate Training Manual
Play On!
Proprioceptive Play
The Importance of Art in Child Development
Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children From Birth Through Age 8
Self-control? It's child's play. Some classic games help limit anti-social behavior.


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This is a video of the moment the Tour de Yorkshire officially got under way in Wakefield.
Riders whistled by Castle Grove Park and Sandal Cricket Club on Barnsley Road at about 12.30pm today (Sunday). It followed a ceremonial lap of the city centre.
They headed out past The Hepworth, through Sandal and onto Newmillerdam before leaving the district at Woolley.


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New England Tech instructor Stephen Souza teamed up with Good Natured Dog Productions and Mandy Miller, of SHIFT Communications this past weekend to film their entry for the Rhode Island "48 Hour Film Project."
After being assigned the genre of "Western," and a character of "plumber," the group set off to create movie magic in just one weekend. In just 48 hours the group had to write, cast, and film their flick, which had a time limit of no more than seven minutes. They also had to ensure the film was handed in on time – just one minute late would mean they would be disqualified.
The films entered into the competition – about 30 in all – will be premiering this week at Cinema World in Lincoln, with the winner to be announced on August 17 at the Columbus Theater in Providence.


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Hardy to play Kray twins in film
Hollywood star Tom Hardy has confirmed he will play both Kray twins in a new film about the East End gangsters.
The British actor has been linked with the challenging roles recently and has admitted he is definitely on board with the project, which will be called Legend.
The Inception and Batman star will take on the tricky task of playing both Ronnie and Reggie Kray simultaneously and while he admits it will be a challenge, it is one he relishes.
"I'm on that right now," Tom told Press Association.
"I've got to work out how to play both twins, which will be fun.
"It's another experiment and I'm really looking forward to it. I'm not going to put too much pressure on myself, I just want to have some fun and see what's out there and explore with the work.
"The more of a challenge I give myself, the easier it is to take on more projects which are complicated in the future, if that makes sense.
"It might not be the greatest movie in the world, but that's not the pressure you put on yourself. You never know what you're going to get."
Tom, who visited Birmingham this week to attend the premiere of his new film Locke, sees similarities between the two projects.
"We certainly didn't put any pressure on ourselves with Locke and think 'this has got to be the greatest thing' and it's done really well," said the 36-year-old.
"Like most things, it is a case of taking on a challenge, not beating yourself up about it too much, enjoying it and seeing what happens.
"Locke has turned out really well and I'm hoping The Krays, which is actually called Legend, will be a similar result. But you can't predict the outcome of these things and I wouldn't pretend to.
"But going into it, I feel like we're in the right team."
Tom is currently filming the second series of BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders, in which he plays a new character.
And while he admits his admiration for the show, the actor has revealed he has yet to actually watch the first series.
He said: "I still haven't watched it!
"My wife has, but I don't watch anything because I steal everything.
"I've watched episodes of it and really enjoyed it but I take on things really quickly and so I'll have to sit down and watch it properly.
"I'm watching Breaking Bad at the moment and I've finished The Wire recently. Television time is very precious. I don't get much of it, and when I do, I get immersed in one thing.
"I've got Peakys to come and I've already been in series two, so I'm really excited.
"But yes, guilty as charged, I haven't watched the first series."
The Londoner admits he has escaped the dreaded challenge of adopting a local accent for the Birmingham-based gangster show.
"Actually no, Steve (Knight, writer) created a character specifically tailored to a certain area," he explained.
"But the Peaky Blinders have moved - I don't really want to say what's going on in the programme but the locations have somewhat changed from Birmingham and gone further out into the regions. New characters have come in from all around the country. It's getting bigger."
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Just a couple weeks ago, a 6-year-old student was suspended for pretending to "shoot" another student with his hand and saying, "Pow!" He was playing of course, but the school officials were alarmed by the boy's behavior and suspended him. In the assistant principal's letter to the student's parents, she wrote that their son "threatened to shoot another student." After the parents secured a lawyer, they appealed the decision of the school, and the school overturned the student's suspension.
This very thing just happened again earlier this week to two other 6-year-olds in a Talbot County, Maryland school. A local CBS affiliate reported:
"There's controversy at a Talbot County school after two 6-year-old boys were suspended while playing cops and robbers during recess and using their fingers to make an imaginary gun."
And these gun control zealots claim that gun owners are the paranoid ones. They love to poke fun of us for thinking that our government will become tyrannical to the point that we'll need only the most powerful guns to defend ourselves. How silly, naïve and paranoid we must be to think that our government would plan to completely oppress us once they leave us defenseless. Never mind the fact that this very scenario has played out many times in history, but America is different, they say. To say that America would ever follow in the footsteps of tyrannies of the past is un-American. Actually, the naivety falls on those that deny that such oppression would ever happen here as it has in many other countries.
They continue to call gun owners paranoid conspiracy theorists, while they advocate suspending first-graders for fashioning their hands in the shape of a gun.
And on Tuesday, a school went under lock-down because a teacher spotted a "suspicious" teen student wearing a black jacket, carrying a black back pack and wielding a neon green Nerf gun. A SWAT team was dispatched, the school was locked down and all the rooms were searched for this neon green toy. Finally, they spotted the toy in one of the lockers:
"They eventually found the toy lime green and yellow lever action Nerf gun in a student locker. Police did not make any arrests and the lockdown was lifted. School officials confiscated the toy gun and say it will be returned to the parents. Inspector Kenneth Lack says the heightened response was due to 'an abundance of precaution.'"
Yeah, and we're the paranoid ones. That "abundance of precaution" that the Inspector mentioned is why we have the 2nd Amendment and why gun owners own guns. It was Thomas Jefferson who said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."


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MINNEAPOLIS, MN-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth men's basketball team moved up one spot this week in the latest d3hoops.com men's basketball poll, improving to 17th as they get ready for another big week.
The Corsairs will host Tufts Wednesday evening at the Tripp Athletic Center. The Corsairs are 17-2, and the Jumbos, usually a New England power, are uncharacteristically 9-11 this year. UMass Dartmouth is the only LEC team ranked in the poll, although Rhode Island College and UMD foe Salem State received votes this week.
"I thought we had a good week," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Brian Baptiste. "We won three games, and Salem State, one of the teams we beat, is getting national recognition by getting votes in the national poll."
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Hey Guys!
I know it has been a very very long time since my last post and for that I apologise...I promise I will explain!
In early January I made the decision to pack up my life and leave Australia to travel the world and work as a model wherever I went. I managed to streamline my belongings down to fit into a single suitcase and left on January 9th for America, with only a one way ticket from Sydney to Los Angeles to New York to Paris, with the journey set to finish in Paris around mid-June. I basically had no plans but I knew I wanted to travel to the USA and then on to Europe (as I have a british passport) and I figured that would give me enough time to soul search and work out where I wanted to be and what I wanted to do.
I very badly wanted to continue to blog my adventures but I just felt that the experience was one that I wanted to have alone as I left Sydney with many things that I wanted to sort out personally.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I travelled...A lot.
After arriving in Los Angeles I met my now boyfriend and roommate within two weeks of being there and my planned two weeks-month in LA turned into two and a half months. I mainly stayed in Los Angeles in that time but I also travelled to other parts of the US for work - San Francisco, Big Sur, Seattle, Las Vegas just to name a few.
From there I went to NY for a few weeks (whilst also travelling back and forth to LA for jobs) before heading on to Paris before travelling back to NY for a job. I then continued to travel around Europe, starting my journey at Iceland's picturesque 'Blue Lagoon' before moving from Paris to Barcelona, Spain for a few weeks and then continuing on to Milan in Italy for a month. Whilst in Italy I also travelled to Cannes for the Film Festival before heading back to Paris for a few weeks. Although I met a tonne of amazing people while in Europe and had a great time; my heart was still in America so in mid-june I made the decision to move back to the States on a more permanent schedule.
I have been back now for four months and I couldn't be happier. In the past few months I have travelled to Chicago and Jackson Hole, Wyoming as well as to Cancun in Mexico. I am loving making a home for myself in LA and I can't wait to continue my travels once I am settled here.
I have decided to start blogging again as I am finally in a position where I have a home (the first permanent home I have had since I left my family home two years ago) and the time seems right to recommence documenting my life, travels and style aesthetic.
Which leads me to my next point!
What do you get when you take an Australian (henceforth referred to as a koala) and transplant her to sunny California, USA?
A Koalafornian is what!
Please check out my new blog and follow me on bloglovin so I can reconnect with you all! Still the same old me...just with different clothes, a different vision and from a new part of the world.
I would love for you all to come on a journey with me as I muddle my way through making a life for myself in America!


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I didn't mean to leave you in suspense last week. I met my BFF for lunch this past Sunday and even she said to me, "I can't believe you didn't show your finished floors in your post. I was like, is that it!?" So you have my apologies. Though, in my defense, getting new kitchen flooring is a huge deal to me. For that reason, I needed to break this beast up into as many posts as possible. I hope you understand. So, without further ado, here is the floor!
As noted in the title of this post, these are just progress shots. While the actual floor is 100% finished, its installation created a domino effect of other projects. I chose a ceramic tile which has the look of carrara marble. It's beautiful without the high price tag. The installers did an amazing job, with only a few small issues that need to be corrected. Hopefully, that will be happening soon.
I originally intended to have the tiles set on the diagonal. Since my house is almost 100 years old, the floors are not perfectly level. This creates an issue when laying tile in a diamond pattern. If the floors are not close to perfectly level, the points of the tile will stick up. Obviously, this isn't ideal. Because of this, I decided on a staggered pattern which actually turned out to be a happy accident. I'm completely in love with this pattern. Not only does it have a modern feel, but I think it really reflects the house's character so much better. Don't you?
So back to those little details that need to be corrected. Over time, pretty much everything is going to be repainted. Although pink and gray aren't colors I'd pick if I were designing my own kitchen, I like them. I'll have some paint matched and get everything touched up. I knew there were some nicks and scratches here and there, but they weren't obvious until I got the new floor. Plus, I'm pretty sure that the installers created some new marks.
My goal over the next two years is to replace the countertops, backsplash, and stove. Since it took me five years to get new flooring, I'm not holding my breath.
You'll also notice my window still looks incredibly silly. Yeah, I was pretty bummed about that, too. You may remember that I partially removed the built-in banquette to let in more natural light.
Well, it turns out that part of the window is still blocked by some weird piece of wood. I'm not sure what's going on. So now the plan is to replace the window. (I suppose this is why they tell you to budget for more than the actual cost of the project.) Not only will this fix the weird wood issue, but I'll also put in a double-hung window that can actually be opened. Talk about a huge bonus. Hopefully, my Dad can help me get that in sometime soon. If not, I can wait until spring. I also will be replacing the molding around the window as I assume it was cut off to accommodate the banquette. It just looks pretty crappy right now.
Also, removing the banquette created this mess with the walls and molding.
You can see that I gave everything a quick coat of paint so it didn't look quite as terrible. Once all of that is complete, I can start decorating. I want some seating in the kitchen, but I still haven't figured out what. I've been searching online for benches with no luck so far. Right now, I'm trying out the cafe table and chair look.
I was kind of liking it, but then I got the new Better Homes & Gardens in the mail yesterday, and I fell in love with their front cover.
I mean, how perfect would this look in my space, right? Thank goodness I have some time to test things out.
Before I go, let's have one more quick look. Before…
and after.
Amazing! So that's it, my new kitchen floor. Thank you for being patient with me. I'll be sharing my efforts as I attempt to wrap this project up as soon as possible. What do you think? Big improvement, right?
P.S. I also think I need this refrigerator. Wouldn't it be too perfect? I just need one person to agree with me.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) NFL general counsel Jeff Pash says he expects independent neurological consultants to be on sidelines during games next season to help diagnose and treat concussions.
Speaking at a pre-Super Bowl news conference Thursday, Pash explained that the doctors would not be paid by the clubs or hired as team physicians. There could be more than one neurologist assigned to each team to divide home and road games.
Pash said ``details need to be worked through'' with the NFL Players Association.
The NFL is facing concussion-related lawsuits from thousands of former players.
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Thank you for stopping in to visit our site. In these pages you will see a variety of Warbirds ranging from World War I to Vietnam era aircraft. Although Lani and I have been working as photojournalists, now, for well over 20 years and have covered everything from the recommissioning of the battleship U.S.S. New Jersey to the decommissioning of Marine Observation Two (VMO-2), our first love has always been the Warbirds. These magnificent aircraft from years gone by are owned, flown and maintained by individuals like ourselves who strive continually to keep alive the Warbird Heritage.
Through the years we've been extremely lucky to make a number of friends who have provided us with numerous opportunities to not only write about and photograph their Warbirds, but with the chance work on a number of them as well. Working on these and other aircraft has given us a greater appreciation of what it takes to keep them flying.
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Watch: Zach Galifianakis Insults Oscar Nominees on 'Between Two Ferns' Two-Part Special
It's pretty amusing that one of the greatest characters Zach Galifianakis has every played is an a**hole version of himself, but it's true. His Between Two Ferns show on Funny or Die is always good for a laugh, and he's finally back with a star-studded Oscar edition featuring the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Naomi Watts, Christoph Waltz (or Christ of Waltz), Anne Hathaway and Amy Adams... and that's just part one.
As per usual, the basic gist of it is that all these celebs come on and Zach Galifianakis does his best to insult them as they insult him back. Highlights include Amy Adams' childhood nickname, a wasted Anne Hathaway, Christoph Waltz's reaction to questions like, "Have you ever thought about changing your name to Christoph Breakdance" and, well, watch the video below to see the rest.
Updated: You can now watch part two below, featuring the likes of Jessica Chastain, Sally Field and Bradley Cooper.
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Necessary Separation
I watched as you left in November
To sail onto the sea.
I knew it was just as hard on you
As I watched you wave goodbye to me.
Until you left and that bus pulled out,
I could not shed one single tear.
Now you have been gone for 180 days
It has been half a year,
It feels like only yesterday.
I have kept myself so busy
Working at a pace that has kept me
Spinning until I was dizzy.
Now you are almost home
And I jsut can't believe
How long I thought I would have to miss you
As I waited for you to leave.
But now you are almost home my love
I think I've done really well
We have people to see when you are on leave
We have a truck to sell.
I thought six months would never pass
But they have flown because I knew
That you were my protector
And God was there for you.
There were times that I was worried,
I thought things would never end.
I knew you would be back to me
Because you are my best friend.
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Turning the page on Tina Brown
When Newsweek relaunched in 2011, editor Tina Brown promised frugality and humility.
"I think that big, sort of theatrical relaunches tend to set you up for failure and hype," Brown, the ex-Vanity Fair, ex-New Yorker, ex-Talk editor whose name was once synonymous '90s-era journalistic extravagance, told The New York Times weeks before the relaunch. "I think the most important thing is to prove that a year from now we're thriving and still here."
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A relative frugality governed Tina Brown's Newsweek — given the financials, it had to. But editorially, humility was left on the cutting room floor.
Thanks to Brown, the final months of the once-venerable 80-year-old print magazine will be remembered for a series of shock-and-awe covers and sensational stories that showcased Brown's penchant for stirring up controversy in an attempt to boost brand recognition and newsstand sales.
( PHOTOS: Tina Brown's famous Newsweek covers)
Brown announced Thursday that Newsweek will cease publishing at the end of this year. Newsweek Global, an all-digital, paid-subscription publication, will take its place.
Brown, who also runs The Daily Beast, is celebrating the news as an "embrace" of the future. The print industry is dying, magazines are doomed, it wasn't a question of if, but when. And, after all, this isn't the end. "We are transitioning Newsweek, not saying goodbye to it," she wrote in a memo to staff.
True, but top staffers, including New Yorker veteran Peter J. Boyer, are already heading for the door. Newsweek's power was in print, which is why the mag didn't fold when it merged with The Daily Beast in 2010. For two years, Brown fought against the inevitable: She tapped a Rolodex of brand-name writers — from Boyer to Andrew Sullivan to Niall Ferguson — but circulation was low, advertising was thin, and Time magazine was miles ahead.
Whether the covers were part of the plan from Day One or a last ditch effort, they became Brown's crutch: Princess Diana, photoshopped back to life alongside Kate Middleton. The angry-looking Arab men above the headline "Muslim Rage." Jesus Christ in Times Square. President Barack Obama, wearing a rainbow halo, dubbed "The First Gay President." Mitt Romney's "Wimp Factor." Romney's "Mormon Moment." Michele Bachmann's crazy-eyed stare. The sexually suggestive stock photo of asparagus being lowered into a lipstick-adorned mouth. "The Fantasy Life of Working Women." Just to name a few.
With seemingly every new cover, a chorus of outrage would erupt across social media. Meanwhile, The Daily Beast counted the clicks, then touted the traffic. Brown never flinched amid the controversy. There were almost never any statements or apologies. To the complaints of so many American Muslims over the "Muslim Rage" cover, Newsweek's PR director merely said that it accurately depicted events.


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