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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Treasury prices swung mostly higher Friday as tensions in Ukraine mounted, recovering from sharp losses after a jobs report that indicated a bounceback in hiring.
Members of the United Nations Security Council traded barbs as it met to discuss the conflict in Ukraine. Ukraine embarked on a military operation Friday to reclaim portions of the nation lost to pro-Russian separatists, raising further concerns about escalation of violence.
The 10-year Treasury note US:10_YEAR yield, which falls as prices rise, was down 2 basis points on the day at 2.586%, though it climbed as high as 2.688% in the immediate aftermath of the jobs report, according to Tradeweb. The yield hit its lowest close since early February, nearing its lowest yield of the year.
The 5-year note US:5_YEAR yield rose 1.5 basis points to 1.668%. The 30-year bond US:30_YEAR yield fell 3.5 basis points to 3.367%, its lowest since last June. The difference between the two yields narrowed to 1.70 percentage points, its least since 2009.
Treasury prices initially sank Friday after a jobs report showed strong April job creation, but the market cut losses soon after, as investors concluded the data wouldn't shift the Federal Reserve's outlook on the economy.
Hiring picked up in April, and the 288,000 new jobs blew past Wall Street forecasts of a 215,000 reading, feeding expectations that the economy is bouncing back from anemic growth at the beginning of the year. The unemployment rate dropped to 6.3% from 6.7% in March.
But embedded within the report were some indicators that strategists said were less-than-stellar, such as the absence of an increase in average hourly earnings, an indicator of wage growth. The rate of participation in the labor force also dropped.
Given that the Fed has widened the dashboard of indicators it uses to assess the health of the labor market, those disappointing figures are likely to restrain expectations of when the Federal Reserve will eventually raise its key lending rate, now anchored near zero, market participants said.
"It has flattened the curve a bit, but I don't think it really changes the dynamic. I think we will turn the page pretty quickly," said Kevin Flanagan, chief fixed-income strategist for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
Traders who bet on the future path of the fed funds rate put a 52% probability of the first rate hike occurring in June 2015 US:FFM5 according to CME FedWatch. Prior to the jobs report, the expectation had been for the lending rate to rise during the July 2015 US:FFN5 Fed meeting.
The jobs report follows a spurt of data this week, including a preliminary estimate for first-quarter growth, which showed gross domestic product readings slowing to a trickle in the first three months of the year. Initial indications are that the economy has bounced back in the second quarter, but investors are "in a show-me kind of mood right now," said Flanagan. He added that evidence of a rebound could take one-to-two months to flow through.
The swing higher in Treasury prices Friday also reflects a movement of investors into longer-dated Treasurys in the wake of volatile payrolls data.
"The last two employment reports have been used to accumulate duration at higher yields, with the risk of the NFP report gone," said Richard Gilhooly, U.S. director of interest-rate strategy at TD Securities, in a note to clients.
Next week, the market will absorb $69 billion of debt auctions.
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Fourth seed David Ferrer has continued his smooth progress through the draw with a straight-sets victory over Richard Gasquet to reach the US Open quarter-finals for the second time.
The Spaniard had dropped only one set on his way to the fourth round and had too much consistency and quality for Gasquet, winning 7-5 7-6 (7/2) 6-4.
Gasquet probably should have taken the second set as he served for it and then had three set points on the Ferrer serve but the fourth seed saved them all and did not allow his concentration to waver during two lengthy rain delays.
Ferrer is having a brilliant season and has now made the last eight at all four grand slams, with his best performance coming at the French Open, where he reached the semi-finals.
Ferrer has been elevated into the top four because of the absence through injury of his countryman Rafael Nadal but, despite his success, he has been very much overshadowed by Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
Ferrer completed his victory just in time before the rain came again, delaying the other fourth-round matches involving Djokovic, Janko Tipsarevic and Andy Roddick.
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Collagemama wrote today about the summers of her childhood in which she had plenty of unstructured time to contemplate the marvels of nature. She wonders how much time today's children have for such things.
I remember the long summer vacations we had when I was little. We had three full months of freedom from school. Most days, my mother had some chores for me, but after the dishes were done, I had long afternoons to do whatever interested me. My schedule was open to...
- Play house with my sister
- Look for wild mushrooms after a rain
- Feed bread crumbs to the ants
- Help the mama cat take care of her kittens
- Read a book from cover to cover
- Collect snails from the windmill tank in a jar
- Fish with a cane pole from the Skull Creek bridge
- Make a comfy nest in the haymow
And if I got tired of doing those things, I could...
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- Find Indian turnips in the pasture
- Visit the hayfield to watch the haystacks being made
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Educators are worried nowadays that the kids will forget too much during a long summer vacation. Here in our county, there's been talk of year-round school with a couple weeks off at the end of each quarter. After public protest, that idea was officially dropped, but for about five years now, school has started early in August. It's not year-round school, but summer vacation is greatly shortened.
In addition, many children spend their days at daycare centers or summer camps. They may also have a busy schedule of lessons, practices, and competitions or games. When they do get home, many electronic amusements are available. Certainly, all of this reduces the time that children spend creating their own simple ways to have fun.


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Filmmaker Chadi Zeneddine offers four perspectives on life in Beirut over the course of thirty-three years in this episodic independent drama. In 1975, a wanted man hides out in a public restroom, where the graffiti on the walls speaks of the ongoing war and the toll it has taken on those who live though it. In 1982, a woman wonders where her boyfriend has gone as her isolation comes up against the abrupt and unexpected violence that plagues the city. A segment set in 1990 depicts a family that's been emotionally shattered by years of war. And in 2008, an elderly man living in a building that's been decimated by bombs shows off the snapshots he collects, which depicts people living under happier circumstances. Wa-ala el-ard el-Sama'a (aka Falling From Earth) was screened in competition at the 2007 Dubai Film Festival.


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Stylish Northwest Home with a Cool Neutral Palette
Calming colors are stylish while creating a zen-like atmosphere
Slide 1 Of Stylish Northwest Home with a Cool Neutral Palette
Interior designer Henry Brown doesn't typically go looking for trouble, but it's easy to imagine him nyah-nyah-nyahing the heavens as he braces for another rainy day in Portland. The dove-gray palette he chose for his home's interior, at least, seems a direct challenge to the Pacific Northwest's notorious gray skies. (What? No sunny yellow walls? Not a trace of ersatz sunshine even in the accessories?) Henry, instead, is confident that he and partner Steve Bedford finally have found a home in which they can weather the intractable overcast with the calm colors they love.
"This is our first house here with a southern exposure, and we're hooked," he says. "The sun is a very limited thing in Oregon, and a southern exposure allows in a wonderful, radiant warmth. Our other houses had city views, which meant northeast exposures. We gladly gave up the city view for this."
The southern exposure plus 1960 multilevel architecture by the late Halsey Jones, a pioneer of Northwest contemporary style, cinched the deal. "Halsey was selective in choosing his projects, so he only designed a handful of houses," notes Henry. "But he really knew how to make each one live. His scale and proportions are exactly right."
As Henry and Steve well know. Their previous residence, 10 years older and twice as large as their current home, also was designed by Jones. "When we decided to downsize, we wanted another Halsey house, and this one was just around the block. Even though it's small, it lives large, thanks to Halsey's incredible understanding of space and what it takes to live luxuriously," affirms Steve, co-owner of the couple's popular upscale home and garden shop, Bedford Brown.
But even seminal designs grow dated. Before moving in, Henry knocked out walls dividing the living room and den, and he relocated the powder room that had separated those spaces to a more private area off the foyer. The result is a plan that lives even larger than Jones's original airy design. Now, only a grand piano separates the two discrete conversation areas that Henry created on the first floor, leaving the eye free to roam the entirety of the long southern-exposed space.
Another dramatic change is the open grillwork that Henry invented to separate the living room from the step-up dining room behind it. The wall articulates the division of spaces without sacrificing a single ray of coveted southern light.
"Typical of that era, an iron half-railing had divided the living and dining rooms," explains Henry. "I wrestled with how to replace it. Something was needed to shield you from seeing dining room chair legs when you look up from the living room, but I didn't want to lose the light from the living room windows."
After toying with the thought of a flat grillwork screen that would rise halfway to the ceiling, Henry realized that a better solution would be to extend the grid all the way up. Plus, he determined that the grille should be broken up instead of flat, with sections converging at jaunty angles for more interest. "The geometric grid needed this angled design to add dimension to the room," he explains.
The new wall is the redo's most decorative element. "I'm drawn to highly decorative designs, but I only like these things against very clean backgrounds," notes Henry. "In a 1910 house with ornate moldings, for example, it all becomes a little too intensely decorative for me. I prefer the juxtaposition with clean backgrounds to prevent feeling overwhelmed."
Thanks to the home's southern exposure, Henry was able to decorate for the first time with a palette of cool neutrals—mainly eggshell, pale honey, and gray. The clean colors ensure that collections of overscale architectural salvage and paintings by Northwest artists pop. Dimming down the backdrops included replacing the previously carpeted floors with whitewashed oak, then topping them with gray-white cowhide rugs for toe-teasing texture. Dove gray dominates the drapery and upholstery fabrics. The strongest living room color, in fact, is honey—a dollop on a chair cushion's Fortuny fabric, and a richer dose on a leather chaise longue.
"Warmer colors, which I've been forced to use in all my other homes, would have made this house too warm," confides Henry. Besides showcasing the collections, the pale palette serves a more personal purpose: "As the owners of a design shop, we work with color all day long. It's nice to go home and have that quiet, Zen-like palette to unwind in," says Steve.
Not only neutrals but a paucity of pattern imbues the spaces with an uncommon serenity. And those few patterns that are present are hushed, never cacophonous. The scale of the animal print on the living room's fireside chairs is so small that the fabric appears to be a pattern-free solid when viewed just a room away, and the shagreen paper on the custom cabinets flanking the fireplace is more about texture than pattern. Even in the most graphic space—a small den that doubles as a guest room—pattern emanates organically from animal patterns and single-color curtain panels intersticed, like a stone on the Oregon beach, with veins of white.
More notable than the pleasing palette or even the architectural pedigree are the home's objects. "I've always been drawn to large scale and interesting objects. Those are my real loves," confesses Henry. Pieces like the zinc capitals atop the living room cabinets, a collection of antique bone currency mounted as sculpture, parchment boxes, and 18th-century Portuguese zinc finials on stone stands in the dining room travel from house to house. "We'll sell upholstered pieces," says Steve, "but our art and objects always travel with us whenever we move."
Photography: John Granen
Produced by Barbara Mundall
Architect (original): Halsey Jones (deceased).
Architect (remodel): Hilary Mackenzie, Mackenzie Architecture, 2827 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97212; 503/282-4035, mackenziearchitecture.com [1].
Interior design: Henry Brown, Henry Brown Interiors, 1825 N.W. Vaughn, Suite A, Portland, OR 97209; 503/274-0966.
Retail store: Bedford Brown, 1825 N.W. Vaughn St., Portland, OR 97209; 503/227-7755, bedfordbrown.com [2].
Landscape design (original): Wallace K. Huntington, Huntington & Kiest, 2892 N.W. Upshur St., Portland, OR 97210; 503/222-3383.
Builder: Jon Lee Contracting & Construction, 1640 S. Carriage Way, West Linn, OR 97068; 503/679-1999, jonlee.cc [3].
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Living Room Towards Piano
Removing a powder room that bisected the main floor created one large living room.
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Bar Area
The living room's bar area is defined by an antique French frieze fragment repurposed as a mirror frame. The radial arrangement of four wing chairs creates instant coziness.
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Living Room Details
Artwork and oddities find a home on an antique Chinese pedestal table. A statue of a head from Thailand lends a dose of zen to the living room.
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Henry Brown (standing) and Steve Bedford.
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Dining Room
Zinc 18th-century Portuguese finials are presented as sculpture on stone pedestals in the dining room, where mirrored doors increase the brightness. Antique orchid pots and candlesticks adorn an intimate pair of custom tables. The custom open-grid wall permits a peek into the living room, where 19th-century zinc capital molds crown custom chests.
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Hallway Table
The hallway's marble-and-gilt 18th-century Italian table, purchased when I. Magnin closed in San Francisco, is flanked by 18th-century shield-back chairs. The 1930s mirror is French.
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The kitchen's sleek concrete countertops and linear architecture are softened by a collection of Vietnamese plates on the wall, vintage tole trays, and spiraling topiaries.
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Kitchen Towards Range
A stainless-steel backsplash brings industrial-style modernity to the stove wall.
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The streamlined cabinets designed by Henry receive a subtle dose of richness with a strié finish.
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Kitchen Details
Organization is mandatory with stainless-steel open shelving. A colorful terra-cotta ram oversees all.
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A pair of old Portland street lamps flank the entry.
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The den's high ceilings allow for dramatic decorating with oversize accessories and art. "High ceilings—anything over 8 feet—create a sense of spaciousness," designer and homeowner Henry Brown explains. Even when square footage is limited, the lofty altitude will expand breathing room for a more comfortable environment.
See more from this room on the following slide.
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Den Sitting Area
An antique Asian side table and curious artwork by Jeff Bertoncino inspire creativity in the den's sitting area.
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Den Daybed
The den doubles as another guest room that features a daybed plus comfortable seating and bookshelves. Monkey prints above the daybed add a touch of playfulness to the room's quiet palette.
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Guest Bedroom
Sisal carpet and corals on the window ledge create an organic feel in a guest room. A masculine color scheme creates a subtle yet sophisticated retreat for visitors.
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Master Bath
Natural light flows freely through the bathroom, where marble and glass combine to create an indulgent spa-like atmosphere. The shower features a glass wall, which provides breathtaking views of their stunningly serene Oregon setting.
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Master Bedroom
The symmetrically composed master bedrooms features twin swing-arm sconces for bedtime reading and a tall, upholstered headboard.
See details on the following slides.
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Master Bedroom Details
Soft details lend subtle elegance on the plush bedding from French Quarter Linens.
Slide 21 Of Stylish Northwest Home with a Cool Neutral Palette [60]
Master Bedroom Sitting Area
A pair of Klismos-style antique chairs adds character to the master bedroom.
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This home's rich design doesn't stop here. Henry and Steve's sophisticated style continues into their backyard, which boasts a gorgeous outdoor living room. [64]


text: Shocking yet true, body mass index isn't always the best indicator of a person's physical and mental health. But know what is? Asking a person if he or she thinks she should weigh less. The desire to drop pounds due to "social constructs that surround ideal body types", it turns out, is a pretty good indicator of compromised health, reports a study coming out of Columbia University. Says Peter Muennig, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management, "Younger persons, Whites, and women are disproportionately affected by negative body image concerns, and these groups unduly suffer from BMI-associated morbidity and mortality." [Science Daily]


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In a case that hinges on a disputed confession, the judge said there was enough evidence to sustain the charges against Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, N.J. He is accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz, last seen walking to his Manhattan school bus stop in 1979.
The ruling propels the case toward a trial that would likely revolve around whether Hernandez' confession amounts to a mentally ill man's imaginings, as his defense claims.
"We're prepared to move forward to trial and show the people of New York that Pedro Hernandez had nothing to do with whatever happened to Etan Patz in 1979," defense lawyer Harvey Fishbein said after court.
Etan's disappearance, which helped impel a movement to publicize the cases of missing children, vexed investigators through decades of fizzled leads and inconclusive findings.
Authorities say they have finally found the culprit in Hernandez, who confessed after his arrest last year and had made incriminating remarks years before. But his lawyer has said that Hernandez is schizophrenic and bipolar, and that his admission was false, peppered with questionable claims and made after almost seven hours of police questioning.
"No evidence or witnesses have been found corroborating any of the few facts" in Hernandez's confession, Fishbein wrote last month in papers arguing that the case should be dismissed.
The Manhattan district attorney's office has said there's enough proof to sustain the case, Hernandez willingly talked with investigators and prosecutors don't believe his confession was the product of psychiatric problems. Under New York law, a person can be convicted based only on a confession, if there's additional evidence that a crime was committed.
Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley said in a written ruling that the evidence against Hernandez was "legally sufficient to support the charges."
The judge ordered a hearing on whether Hernandez' statements can be used at trial. Such hearings are fairly common.
Hernandez, 52, sat stock-still during a brief court appearance, as his wife and daughter and a friend watched from the audience. The women hugged tearfully in the courtroom hallway afterward and declined to speak with reporters. Prosecutors had no immediate comment.
Etan vanished on May 25, 1979; the anniversary later was named National Missing Children's Day in his memory. He became one of the first vanished children pictured on a milk carton.
Hernandez, 52, was arrested last May after police got a tip that he'd told people years before that he had killed a child in New York City.
Hernandez then told authorities he'd seen Etan at the bus stop, offered the boy a soda to entice him to a corner store where Hernandez worked and choked the boy in the basement. Hernandez said he tossed Etan's book bag behind a basement freezer, put his limp body in a box and left it with some trash about a block away.
Hernandez is due back in court July 31.


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The Nerdy Hot 10 List
Maxim released its annual Hot 100 List today, focusing on women with exceptional beauty and bodacious bods. (House's Olivia Wilde got the top spot.)
Looking at some of the names, I thought the chosen women are indeed gorgeous but physical perfection is only one way to judge hotness. Year in and year out, the same people seem to end up on these lists.
So I decided to release my own Nerdy Hot 10 List, with male celebs who are sexy not because of their ripped bodies (though some might have them), but because of something a little imperfect, goofy, or nerdy about them. So here's my list, in no particular order, and the reasons why these guys made the cut.
1. Colin Firth. Firth is the epitome of the awkward man who always gets tongue-tied around a pretty girl. But that awkwardness is what makes him so endearing, as evidenced by the hilarious scene in Love Actually when he publicly proclaims his love in halting, butchered Portuguese to the object of his affection. And remember those dreadful reindeer sweaters he sported in the Bridget Jones movies? He's hot for having the courage and good humor to wear them.
2. Hugh Laurie. He often appears slovenly and unshaven on House and behaves like an ass. But then you hear him play piano, sing a funny ditty on a talk show or give a humorous, humble acceptance speech for an award and all is forgiven.
3. Paul Rudd. He's most famous for doing bawdy comedies as part of the Judd Apatow gang; his blue eyes and boyish charm allow him to get away with all the mischief. But he can also do Shakespeare (I saw him do Twelfth Night in a Lincoln Center production), write scripts, sing, produce and all these hidden talents add up to one sexy guy.
4. Robert Downey Jr. The first time I saw him was in The Pick-Up Artist, where he played a pretty geeky guy trying to hit on Molly Ringwald. What a difference twenty years make. Despite all his legal troubles and drug abuse, he's somehow managed to salvage his quick wit, intelligence and ultra-sized talent. You may be well aware of his acting prowess but have you ever heard him sing? Forget about it. He's got a voice that can melt inhibitions.
5. James McAvoy. He may not be the tallest, most muscular or dashing man but oh, is he romantic. Check out those intense blue eyes. When he looks at his leading actresses in movies like Starter for 10 and Atonement, he really looks at them, as if they're the most exquisite creatures he's ever seen. And we the audience can almost feel him gazing right through the screen into our own eyes.
6. Jon Hamm. I tried watching one episode of Mad Men and Hamm did nothing for me as Don Draper, though he was certainly groomed and dressed well. Then I saw him on 30 Rock as Tina Fey's hapless boyfriend and developed a crush immediately. Hamm was ridiculously funny as the guy who was so beautiful, no one would tell him the truth about anything. He played tennis atrociously but thought he was awesome, rode a motorcycle like a drunk but thought he was cool and was clueless about the correct usage of the word "ironic." I think Fey is a comedy genius and for Hamm to keep pace with her is sizzling hot.
7. James Franco. He's not that interesting as Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man movies but when he's goofy, like in Pineapple Express and funnyordie.com videos, he gets my sexy stamp. Plus, he gets extra points for being a nerdy academic, with an English degree from UCLA and working towards graduate degrees in creative writing and film at Columbia and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, respectively.
8. Bret McKenzie. As half of Flight of the Conchords, he doesn't have much luck in his career or with the ladies on the show. But he, along with Jemaine Clement, makes me laugh hard with brilliant, kooky songs and their hilarious, clever lyrics. I don't get starstruck much but if I ever meet him, I'd be completely tongue-tied and that's a true sign of hotness in my book.
9. Daniel Craig. Yeah, he beefed up for Bond and looks great in a tux but before that, he played a scrappy drug dealer in Layer Cake, a murderer in Infamous and an unsympathetic Ted Hughes in Sylvia. His face isn't conventionally pretty, with rough features that look like he's been in a few brawls, but I'll take him over the typical Calvin Klein model any day.
10. Brad Pitt. I swear he's not on this list for the obvious reasons because, frankly, I find him rather bland when he plays heroes and pretty boys on screen. But he rocks my socks when he plays crazy like in Twelve Monkeys or a doofus like in Burn After Reading. A funny man who also happens to look like Pitt? Smokin'.
What do you think? Who else should be on the list? To see who's on my Nerdy Hot 10 List—Female Edition, click here. (UPDATE: Check out my new 2010 Nerdy Hot List here.)
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I love the way you think, PCN! Charisma. In bucketloads. Truckloads, even.
My particular faves from your list are Colin Firth, Hugh Laurie and Oh My, where did you get that Robert Downey Jr pic? I'm pleased I wasn't following your lead and reading while stopped in traffic, or I'm sure I'd have stepped on the gas instead of the brake. And the way his tie is a little askew – extra blood pressure points for that.
Yay! No pretty little boys! Now we just need to get a couple of chubby nerds on the list…
Okay, I'm too straight to comment, but I will stay that this is a great list. Also, I am probably in the minority of men, but those Maxim layouts are lame. There's a lot of padding and a ton of airbrushing going on. Never found it sexy. Um, I just read the magazine for the articles. (LOL!)
Colin Firth, Paul Rudd, Robert Downey Jr, Daniel Craig–all totally list-worthy.
Hugh Laurie, Brad Pitt–eh. they don't make me drool, but they're not awful either.
James McAvoy, Jon Hamm, Bret McKensie–these guys do absolutely not-a-damn-thing! for me. I just don't get it AT ALL.
And James Franco? He gets a list all his own! I know, i know! He's an actor, he was jsut doing his job, but no matter how cute or goofy he is in ANY other role, i can NEVER EVER forgive him for Spiderman 2. You remember the scene, big ol party for the i'm-SO-RICH crowd, Harry's drunk and pissy, and SLAPS Tobey, er, Peter in the face??? Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. I could kill him right now just THINKING about it!!! grrrrr…
But aside from THAT… 😉
Yes, I know the exact scene! I think Franco makes fun of it in one of his funnyordie.com videos (called "Acting with James Franco") so I think he's aware of how over the top that was.
Who would be on your nerdy hot list, Shelley n, since half of mine do nothing for you? 🙂
Jim Parsons, Kunal Nayyar and Johnny Galecki from Big Bang Theory! I LOVE those guys!! (But not the guy who plays Walowitz, ick!)
Also, Jon Cryer from 2 n a Half Men. GOTTA love Duckie!!
Glad to see Bret is up there, but what about Jemaine Clement? Where's the love?
Simon Baker should have been mentioned. Those little suits-with-vest numbers he wears on The Mentalist are pretty nerdy.
I wanted to put Simon on the list but couldn't find anything nerdy about him. Thank you, READER#9, for coming up with a reason! He can be #11.
James Marsden? Billy Crudup? Clive Owen? Hugh Dancy?
Those guys are just hot, period! They have to be nerdy and/or goofy somehow to be on the list. Now that I think of it, Marsden was pretty goofy in Enchanted.
You have excellent taste, Bailey.
Colin Firth is # 1, of course. But I also love the older actors, who were HOT in their heyday…& to me, they still are HOT: Albert Finney; Sean Connery; Donald Sutherland; Patrick Bergin; Tom Berenger; Gabriel Byrne; Hart Bochner; Peter O'Toole; Tommy Lee Jones; Tom Selleck; Alan Alda; Edward J. Olmos; Mark Harmon; David McCallum; David Keith; Joseph Montenga. Their excellent ability to get into a character, masters of their craft, as actors, makes them sexy, alluring, & they STILL rock!!
Hi Roberta,
I like some of the guys on your list, too! Mark Harmon, Tom Berenger, Gabriel Byrne are still sexy. And what about Dennis Quaid? He's still got it. But my #1 crush of all time is Gregory Peck. His death crushed me. I don't know if we'll ever see anyone like him again.
Like your choices. Love Firth and Laurie. Don't know that I would have thought of Jon Hamm and Brad Pitt as "nerdy", but I see your point.
Thanks for putting McAvoy on the list and for articulating what I think is a large part of his appeal. He rocks my socks! I don't think he's nerdy in it, but in Rory O'Shea Was Here/aka Inside I'm Dancing he plays a guy with MD that's immobilized in a wheel chair and can't move. And he's still sexy! Really good movie.
Oooh, I haven't seen McAvoy in that movie; will have to check it out. I can see how he'd still be sexy while immobilized. All he has to do is look at you with those eyes!
Hope you like the film. If interested, check out this fan message board: http://www.jamesmcavoy.yuku.com/directory It's a good source for articles/photos/videos/girltalk.
Thanks for that! I have to tell you—I got to see McAvoy in person once. It was at a screening of Atonement and he was only a few feet away from me, speaking in his full-blown Scottish burr. Adorable.
Oh yeah, McAvoy is hot, hotter than most.
very nice list.. i approve of all but brad pitt.
he is just too conventional looking.
too well-liked i guess! ahaha..
I think Jude Law should be in it….no??
Hi, Janet, he's definitely hot but is he nerdy in any way? If you can come up with a nerdy example, I'd be glad to add him!
Ok, well you know on The Holiday, and hes quite nerdy/soppy on that, you know when he's cries etc etc.
OK, done! I don't need much convincing when it comes to Jude. Thanks, Janet!
Oh I like what your thinking Janet!
I think Robert Downey Jr. could be 3rd?! could he not ? becuase he's kinda hot and still in my oppinion nerdy! 🙂
Hi Holly, any fan of RDJ is a friend of mine! He's very hot and nerdy.
The list isn't ranked by level of hotness/nerdiness; I just put them in random order.
Oh.. I was thinking it was actually in order of hotness and nerdiness!
So, Colin Firth isn't actually first?? 🙂
Nope, Firth isn't first. It really is random. Who's on your list, Holly?
Well. it's mostly the same as yours apart from a few changes 🙂
Let's hear your changes!
I'm thinking about posting a nerdy hot list of women since this one has been so popular. I think it's only fair, don't you?
ooh i have another one….justin bartha?
He's a good one! I wish he'd make better movies, though.
How is Brad Pitt nerdy?
Hi Poppy, just check out Twelve Monkeys & Burn After Reading. He even said Angelina Jolie stopped being attracted to him when she visited the set of Reading and saw him in wardrobe.
ohh my god!!! robert downey is son damn gorgeus!!!
and colin firth too. and hugh laurie oh yeahhh
they are my favorite actorsss
Anyone that does not understand the appeal of James McAvoy.Go and rent Becoming Jane and come back.I got the dvd without even knowing the actor and now i have a small collection of his work going back to his work in the U.K.
Hi Jackie,
Oh, he's fab in Becoming Jane. Atonement, too.
Hi pop culture nerd….I'm a huge fan of British actors but James McAvoy is my favorite.He is in another movie called starter for 10.With atonement,becoming jane,last king of Scotland and penelope,McAvoy has proven that he can be an strong romantic leading man despite not being 6 foot tall.
Oh yes, I'm very familiar with Starter for 10. Rebecca Hall is one lucky girl in that one!
I have to tell you it's hard to go anywhere on the internet and not have to debate Twilight (Rob)fans.Let me ask you what do you think of Jason Statham, the action star,i think he is handsome but he's never on anyone's list.
I find him slightly annoying because in his early work (i.e. Jet Li's The One), he was trying too hard to be a tough guy. Either you've got it or you don't, you shouldn't have to try. Some of his movies are also unwatchable. I detested Crank and can't believe they made a sequel.
Don't read or watch Twilight but found Pattinson adequate enough as Cedric Diggory. He wasn't given much to do so I don't have strong feelings about him either way.
I think both Statham &Orlando Bloom got pigeonholed in their choice of movie roles.I also think Shia is falling into the same trap.I am not sure about Zac Efron future either but Hollywood today is about having pretty faces.By the way, you put together a good list.
I don't get Shia's appeal at all. And thanks for liking my list. Hope you check out my other articles here and come back often.
I found a McAvoy fan,i will be back .And i agree with you about Shia's appeal but he's out there.I will share my top guys list(well you shot down one already in Statham)perhaps you would like the others. Good bye.
Yes, please share your list! I want to see the other eight.
popculture nerd..Im back with my list of hottest guys most are actors with one athlete.Russell Wong,Gerard Butler,Jude Law,Michael Greyeyes native americanactor),Ioan gruffudd,David Beckham,Henry Cavill( tudors),Ewan Mcgregor. For your consideration,What do you think?
Russell Wong is really pretty, but he's rather stiff as an actor, don't you think? I like Butler, McGregor & Law a lot. Have only seen Ioan Gruffudd in the Fantastic Four movies and they're terrible though he's not. I need to see Horatio Hornblower before I can form an opinion of him as an actor. Not into Beckham because massive amounts of tattoos scare me. And I don't watch The Tudors so I'm not familiar with Cavill's work but I've seen pictures and he sure is handsome.
Russell Wong could not survive the crap roles he got over the years.His best movie for me was Joy Luck Club even in his small part to me he showed some talent.As for Native actor Michael Greyeyes he never stood a chance in Hollywood .His best role was Captured Women,Stolen Hearts.If you google search that movie you will find that women loved it.
Michael Greyeyes is a fine native American actor who stays true to his culture. You have to appreciate the Native American culture/life to understand why Hollywood does not understand nor appreciate the true Americans of this country. Natives make big money for the industry and not well respected for their skills and talents. Many thanks to Michael, his work and all native actors.
Dear pop culture nerd, I love your list, thank you. I suggest Ralph Fiennes who can be wonderfully stiff, Jason Schwartzmann and Philipp Seymour Hoffman. I am sure Hoffman could embody hotness if he was given the chance. There is also an East German actor, Ulrich Muehe, who featured in "The Life of Others". He is very nerdish but his eyes made up for it tenfold.
Please redefine hotness again and do create a similar women's list.
Welcome, Birte. I'm aware of the late Ulrich Mühe and think he was quite good with his expressive eyes, like you said. And yes, I've been working on a list of nerdy hot women so I hope you check back for that.
Pop culture nerd …Do you think James McAvoy have a chance of getting an Oscar nod this year. I do not want to get my hopes up.
I haven't seen Last Station so I can't give you my opinion but I haven't heard much buzz on his performance.
Hugh Grant Should Be On Here 😛
You're right! Maybe he'll end up on next year's list. I'm taking suggestions.
I suggest Hugh Dancy again. He was quite nerdy in the Jane Austen Bookclub and also in Confessions of a Shopaholic (about the worst movie I saw because I liked on of the actors). Please publish the female nerdy hot list soon. I'd love to see Olivia Williams and Joan Allen on it. Maybe there should be a list called "women we finally want to see in hot roles". Toni Colette would be my favourite one for that.
I suggest Hugh Dancy again. He was quite nerdy in the Jane Austen Bookclub and also in Confessions of a Shopaholic (about the worst movie I saw because I liked on of the actors). Please publish the female nerdy hot list soon. I'd love to see Olivia Williams and Joan Allen on it. Maybe there should be a list called "women we finally want to see in hot roles". Toni Colette would be my favourite.
I love Hugh Dancy. I've been collecting names for the female nerdy hot list and hope to publish it soon. Thanks for your suggestions!
Bret McKenzie! Lovely! He doesn't get nearly enough acclaim for his looks-just sayin'. Franco does it for me too. Great list!
Well golly, I came over to post my chair story and found this post floating around in the featured section. It's an older post, but I couldn't resist. LOVE Colin Firth…love Hugh Laurie. The name I'd definitely need to add would be *sigh* Harry Connick, Jr. And *cough* can R.C. make this list or does acting status need to be on their resumes?
This is one of the greatest lists ever. I love this topic. I'm joining the club a little late, but, well, I couldn't resist.
I am so glad someone mentioned _Penelope_; it might not be McAvoy's nerdiest role, but it's a sweet movie and he's adorable in it. It's an example of what happens when you take a simple, fun movie and put talented people in it (himself, Christina Ricci, etc). Also, check him out in _Shakespeare Retold: Macbeth_ (available on Netflix watch now, at least) as the title character.
Putting aside some less famous actors with a potential nerd quotient (Peter Wingfield, anyone?), how about Alan Rickman? His range is incredible. From villains in _Die Hard_ and _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_, to the tender, quiet Colonel in _Sense and Sensibility_, the deeper-than-he-looks Professor Snape, the comedy (& occasional sadness) of _Galaxy Quest_, and I can't not include his textured performance from _Blowdry_.
Have to put a vote in for Topher Grace. Adorably nerdy in _That 70s Show_. His movies have been up and down, but he was often good regardless. I know a lot of people are Tobey Maguire fans, but I would've liked to see what he could've done as Peter Parker.
I continue to have mixed feelings about Brad Pitt, but I can go along with your reasoning. I still don't find him hot, but movies like _Burn After Reading_ make me like him as an actor. Colin Firth, Hugh Laurie, Robert Downey, Jr.–all fantastic. I'm not a big fan of bawdy comedies, but Paul Rudd is adorable.
There's so many adorable, goofy, nerdy actors out there: Paul Bettany, Masi Oka, Robert Sean Leonard (overshadowed, perhaps, by Hugh Laurie, he is still adorable yet imperfect), Nathan Fillion, and so on. To classic actors who could be goofy AND sexy, I'd add Cary Grant, Peter O'Toole, and William Powell.
Thank you for bringing this up and for putting together a great list!
(p.s. In retrospect this is a really long comment. I don't often comment online; if this is bad form, I apologize.)
Clearly, you a genius. Add Richard Armitage, and I can die happy.
Zachary Quinto, anyone?
He played Spock. It doesn't get any nerdier then that, and he's gorgeous.


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CAIRO (AP) - Hosni Mubarak's health entered a "dangerous" phase on Wednesday, and doctors had to administer oxygen five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, according to security officials at his prison.
Mubarak's health crisis came days after he was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters in the uprising that unseated him last year.
The officials at Torah prison south of Cairo said Mubarak, 84, was suffering from shock and high blood pressure as well as breathing problems. Specialists were called in to examine him, and a transfer to a military hospital was being considered, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
Mubarak was sentenced to life on Saturday, but he and his two sons - one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa - were acquitted of corruption charges. The sons are also being held in Torah, awaiting a separate trial on charges of insider trading.
The officials said prison authorities were allowing Gamal to be by his father's side. Alaa also applied for permission, but it has not yet been granted, the officials said.
Though Mubarak's authoritarian regime was widely unpopular by the time of his overthrow last year, conditions in Egypt have deteriorated since then, with a wave of deadly protests, a battered economy and seemingly endless strikes.
Some evidence of displeasure over conditions could be seen in the second-place finish by Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, in the first round of presidential elections last month, ahead of more liberal candidates.
Shafiq is facing Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi in a runoff election June 16-17, but it could still be called off.
A spokesman for Egypt's highest court said it would look into whether a "political exclusion" law is constitutional on June 14, two days before the runoff. The law bans senior officials who served in Mubarak's regime starting in 2001 from running for office. It applies to prime ministers, vice presidents and senior members of Mubarak's now-dissolved ruling party.
If upheld, it could mean that Shafiq could not run - possibly forcing cancellation of the runoff and a repeat of the first round.
Quoted by Egypt's official news agency, the spokesman, Maher Sami, did not say whether the Supreme Constitutional Court will issue its verdict on the same day. Sami, however, said the court's experts have prepared their report on the law, suggesting that a June 14 ruling is likely.
Also to be considered by the court on June 14, according to Sami, is a ruling by a lower tribunal that ruled against the law that regulated recent parliamentary elections.
If the ruling is upheld by the higher court, the elections would be declared illegal and the Islamist-dominated parliament would be dissolved.


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The Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that is within the jurisdiction of the Church of Constantinople but de facto is administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. The metropolis is located in Northern Epirus in northwestern Greece.
A Diocese of Dryinoupolis has existed since at least the Third Ecumenical Council at which Bishop Eutychius took part. The seat of the diocese initially was located in the city of Adrianoupolis. The diocese was noted in a Notitiae of the eleventh century as the seventh ranking diocese of the Metropolis of Nikopolis. In 1318, the diocese was placed under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Metropolis of Ioannina. In the mid-fourteenth century the see was transferred to Gjirokaster with the title of Dryinoupolis and Gjirokaster. The diocese continued to exist through the centuries until in 1832 when the Diocese of Dryinoupolis was merged with the Diocese of Cheimarras and Delvinou to form one diocese titled Dryinoupolis and Torrents. Then, in 1835, the Diocese of Dryinoupolis and Delvine was raised to a Metropolis.[1]
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It's Stanford in get-down-and-dirty win over Beavers
CORVALLIS -- In the end, there was too much Tyler Gaffney, too much defensive pressure and not quite enough precision on the offensive end by Oregon State.
It added up to a 20-12 victory Saturday night at Reser Stadium for eighth-ranked Stanford (7-1 overall, 4-1 in Pac-12 play), a result that will leave the Beavers (6-2, 4-1) as rueful film critics on Sunday.
"Our guys will be disappointed," OSU coach Mike Riley said. "This will be a hard game to watch on film. There will be stuff where we just missed our chances. They'll see some plays they could have made."
One of them came at the end, after Oregon State came back from the almost dead to put itself into position to force overtime. On fourth-and-goal at the Stanford 7-yard line, with those remaining of the crowd of 44,519 on their feet in breathless anticipation, Sean Mannion rifled a pass into the end zone that Kevin Cummings caught, then dropped as he was blasted by a pair of defenders with one second remaining.
"Thought we were going to score, tie it up and go to overtime," Riley said. "I like how we fought."
Stanford threw for 88 yards, lost the first downs battle 23-13 and was 2 for 9 on third-down conversions. But Gaffney rushed for 145 yards and a career-high three touchdowns and the Cardinal stuffed Oregon State's running game and sacked Mannion eight times to knock the Beavers from the ranks of the unbeaten in conference action.
"Offensively, we put our defense in some tough spots," Stanford coach David Shaw said. "For the most part, (the Cardinal defenders) bailed us out, especially there at the end."
It was a bruising, physical battle in which the defenses of both sides had the upper hand most of the way. The Stanford offense went smashmouth at times, going for 185 yards rushing. But Oregon State's defense more than held its own and almost completely shut down the Cardinal aerial attack.
"Every year, Stanford comes with a hard-nosed team," OSU senior cornerback Rashaad Reynolds said. "When you play Stanford, you have to make sure you put your dukes up. Those guys play hard every down. They did that tonight. But we were up for the challenge."
Oregon State's defenders "were outstanding," Shaw said. "I want to give them credit, as mad as I with our effort on the offensive side. Their pass rush was phenomenal. They got after us. It wasn't just (Scott) Crichton, and I've always respected that young man. It was the whole group up front."
Mannion, leading the nation in nearly every statistical passing category and averaging 414.3 yards per game, completed 41 of 57 passes but for only 271 yards and one touchdown. The 6-5, 220-pound junior had Stanford defenders in his face all night and often wasn't left with enough time to find open receivers.
"Stanford is very good, tough and smart defensively," Riley said. "Their pass rush is good. In order to get the ball downfield, you need a little time. They play very deep with their linebackers and secondary. You sometimes don't have the time to wait to have your (receivers) go through some of those seams. They have a lot of veterans who have been good for a while. I have a lot of respect for them."
The Cardinal boast a Pac-12-high 16 senior starters, including punter Ben Rhyne, and a defensive group that contained both Mannion and Brandin Cooks, who entered the game leading the nation in every statistical receiving category.
Cooks went electric after a quiet first half, finishing with nine catches for 80 yards, three carries for 18 yards and three punt returns for 74 yards. Those numbers were palatable for the Cardinal.
"I'm not just kissing up to him," Shaw said. "Outside of when we played SC last year with Marquis Lee, (the pre-game scouting video on Cooks) is the best receiving film I've seen since I've been here. Brandin Cooks is phenomenal.
"We had a really good game plan. We tried to play him over the top. He caught some balls in front of us, and we said we would live with that. It was a great team effort, because you can't put just one guy on him. He's so fast and explosive. We kept him under wraps for the most part."
The Cardinal "play smart defense," said Cooks, who had two receptions for only two yards in the first half. "Their coach puts them in the right position. But it gave other guys chances to step up for us -- Richard Mullaney, our tight ends and our screen game."
Mullaney caught six passes for 68 yards. Tight ends Kellen Clute, Tyler Perry and Caleb Smith combined for 11 receptions. Running backs Terron Ward and Storm Woods combined for another nine catches.
But the Beavers ran for a net 34 yards as the badly harassed Mannion suffered 60 yards in losses via sack.
"We need to be better at beating pressure," Mannion said. "As the game went on, (the Cardinal) turned up the heat on us. But I threw it a few times where I need to get rid of the ball faster.
"We left a few plays on the field. I'm upset about a few plays myself."
"Sean knows how this thing works," Riley said. "There were times he missed throws. But there were times when he didn't have a chance."
The Beavers had their chances to the very end, but a 92-second span at the end of the first half and start of the second half spelled their doom.
They held a 3-0 lead and had fourth-and-a-foot at the Stanford 34 with less than a minute to go in the second quarter. Riley eschewed a 51-yard field goal attempt by Trevor Romaine -- who had already booted one from 50 -- and tried a quarterback sneak. But Mannion was stuffed, turning it over to the Cardinal with 46 seconds left.
On third-and-12, QB Kevin Hogan found Ty Montgomery for 37 yards down the left sideline to the OSU 31. Two plays later, Hogan scrambled for 22 yards to the OSU 4. On the next play, Gaffney bounced off a pile at the 5 and skirted into the end zone for a touchdown and a 7-3 halftime lead.
"We'd played a great half up to that point," Reynolds said. "We did some things you can't do right before halftime. It gave (the Cardinal) a little momentum."
On the opening kickoff of the third quarter, Oregon State true freshman Victor Bolden fumbled, Stanford recovering at the OSU 12. Two plays later, Gaffney scored from nine yards and shockingly, before many of the Beaver fans had found their seats, the Cardinal led 13-3.
"That was absolutely the tale of the game -- the end of the first half and opening of second half," Riley said. "Fourteen points in a low-scoring ballgame occurred within three minutes of each other."
About half that time, actually.
Late in the third quarter, Oregon State put together an impressive drive that covered 90 yards on a dozen plays. Mannion capping it with an eight-yard touchdown strike to Cooks. Romaine's PAT kick was blocked, though, leaving the Beavers behind 13-9 with 46 seconds left in the quarter.
Stanford upped the ante to 20-9 after Gaffney's 32-yard TD scamper with 12:01 to play. Oregon State appeared dead in the water after punting to Stanford still trailing by 11 points with 4 1/2 minutes left. But Gaffney's fumble was recovered by OSU's Dylan Wynn at the Cardinal 20, giving the Beavers new life.
Romaine's 39-yard field goal closed the gap to 20-12 with 3 minutes to play.
Riley chose not to onside kick, and Oregon State's defense forced a punt. Cooks -- who had already returned one punt 41 yards -- took this one back 28 yards to set up the Beavers at the Stanford 43 with 1:34 remaining.
The Beavers, with no timeouts remaining and needing a touchdown and two-point conversion to force an extra session, moved to the Cardinal 7 on Cooks' 14-yard reception with 23 seconds to go.
After three incompletions, Mannion fired to Cummings for a final chance to pull off a miracle. For a fleeting moment, it appeared he caught the ball, but to no avail.
"We were right there on the 7-yard line," Cooks said. "The opportunity was there.
"There were some errors we could have fixed throughout that game. We'll learn from it. We played a great team. With so many mistakes like that, you lose by eight points? That's going to give us hope for the rest of the season."
Oregon State was only 6 for 17 on third-down conversions and 1 for 5 on fourth-down conversions. Not long after Romaine booted his career-long 50-yard field goal, Riley turned down a 35-yard attempt to go for it on fourth-and-3 from the Stanford 18 with the Beavers ahead 3-0 in the second quarter. Mannion threw an incompletion. There was also the potential 51-yard attempt when Mannion failed on a quarterback sneak.
Does Riley regret not going for the field goals?
"I probably will," he said. "I thought we should be able to get (a first down). We've been pretty consistent with that this year.
"We'll probably look back at a lot of things in this game as missed opportunities. That's what I see those as -- not just not trying a field goal. We had opportunities at their end of the field that we didn't capitalize on."
Cooks said he was glad Riley chose to go for it instead of punt or try a field goal.
"That's what you have to do in a big-time game like this, when you're playing a top-10 team in your own backyard," the junior receiver said. "Coach Riley trusts us. It's not on him. We have to make those plays."
Riley said if he had it to do over again, he wouldn't have punted to Stanford trailing 20-9 inside the game's final five minutes.
"I just felt I'd use our timeouts and (let's) see what would happen," he said. "We ended up getting lucky the way it worked out."
The Stanford game is the beginning of a five-game minefield stretch of schedule that includes Southern Cal next Friday night, followed by Arizona State, Washington and Oregon.
"What we'll try to do now is position ourselves to beat SC," Riley said. "There's no getting around it -- the toughest games on our schedule started today.
"As we go we will be defined according to how we finish against the best teams in our league. It will be challenging, for sure, but if tonight's an indication, we have a shot to win some more games."
NOTES: Mannion had thrown for 350 yards or more in each of Oregon State's first seven games. Ward's 34-yard run in the third quarter was Oregon State's longest of the season. Oregon State did a great job with Montgomery, who came into the game leading the nation with a 35.2-yard kickoff return average. He returned three for 50 yards and also caught only three passes for 55 yards. Oregon State, already without starting tight end Connor Hamlett (knee), lost backup Caleb Smith to a back injury in the first half. Starting defensive tackle John Braun (shoulder) started but played sparingly and linebacker D.J. Alexander left the game in the second half with an apparent stinger. Stanford ended the first half with 162 yards total offense -- 101 rushing and yards passing. Oregon State managed only 98 yards -- 88 through the air and 10 via the ground. The game's most spectacular defensive play came after Stanford marched into the OSU red zone on its second possession. On first-and-10 from the OSU 17, Stanford reserve quarterback Dallas Lloyd fumbled. OSU's Crichton scooped it up and raced 36 yards to the Cardinal 42. Stanford started Jordan Pratt, a walk-on from Central High, at receiver instead of injured Devon Cajuste. Pratt, 28, played pro baseball for eight years, advancing as high as Triple-A as a right-handed pitcher in the Dodgers' organization. Pratt did not catch a pass.
Stanford 0 7 6 7 -- 20
Oregon State 0 3 6 3 -- 12
OSU -- Trevor Romaine 50 FG 12:48
STAN -- Tyler Gaffney 4 run (Conrad Ukropina kick) :07
STAN -- Gaffney 9 run (kick failed) 14:08
OSU -- Brandin Cooks 8 pass from Sean Mannion (kick blocked) :46
STAN -- Gaffney 32 run (Ukropina kick) 12:01
OSU -- Romaine 39 FG 1:13


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- Newspaper and other stories , facts, and statistics showing common types kinds of crimes against families like yours and ways to avoid being a crime victim..
- Facts you have obtained concerning the frequency of accidents and of crimes involving families in your locality in your local area.
- A paragraph or more, written by you, explaining how your family life could be changed by a serious fire, accident, or crime could change your family life.
- A list of safe practices and safety devices currently used in your home and automobile by your family, such as safety practices used while driving or working and safety devices that prevent injuries or help in an emergency.
- Do the following:
- Using a safety checklist approved by your counselor, make an inspection of your home. Explain the hazards found and how they can be corrected.
- Review or develop your family's plan of escape in case of fire in your family's home.
- Do the following:
- Discuss with your counselor how you contribute to the safety of yourself, your family, and your community.
- Show your family members how to protect themselves and your home from accidents, fire, theft burglary, robbery, and assault.
- Discuss with your counselor the tips for online safety. Explain the steps individuals can take to help prevent identity theft.
- Discuss with your counselor the three R's of Youth Protection and how to recognize child abuse.
- Show your family the exits you would use from different public buildings (such as a church, theater, municipal building, library, supermarket, shopping center , or your place of worship) in the event of an emergency. Teach your family what to do in the event of a panic that they need to take shelter in or evacuate a public place.
- Make a plan for an accident prevention programs plan for five family activities outside the home (at your place of worship church, at a theater, on a picnic, at the a beach, and while traveling , for example). Each plan should include an analysis of possible hazards, proposed action to correct hazards, and reasons for the corrections correction you propose in each plan.
- Plan and complete a safety project approved by your counselor for in your home, school, place of worship church, place of employment, or community. Include in your plan an explanation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Advisory System and appropriate actions to take for each threat level.
- Learn about three career opportunities in the field of safety. Pick one career and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this choice with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.
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Chuck you are correct if say they have 2000 XP and need 5000 to level if they died and theier XP went to say 1500 then they'd need 5500 to get to next level. On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Chuck wrote: > At 01:34 PM 9/10/96 +1000, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > After mucking around with a new character in my mud recently I > >found what could be a big problem. As we all know whenever a char levels > >they get extra HP, Mana, Moves and pracs. But if they die and loose a > >level they dont loose those HP etc that they just gained. So a sneaky > >player could just get to level 2. Then get killed by something that will > >drop his/her exp below level 2 number and loose a level. Then keep do this > >over and over, getting heaps of HP, Mana, etc. Has anyone worked out a way > >to stop this happening? I though of adding a new variable for Max HP, mana > >and moves, which would hold the stats from the chars previous level. Then > >when a player dies these values are set for the current. However I havn't > >worked out how to remove pracs, as players could spend their pracs after > >leveling and then die and relevel again. :( > > > If I am not mistaken, players do not lose levels when their exp drops below > that required for their current level. ie: 2000 exp required for lev 2, players > has 2010 and dies bringing him to 1500 or whatever, I believe he is still level > 2. (just takes him longer to reach lev 3) > > I may be wrong, anyone? > > > Chuck > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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Root-knot nematode infests up to 65 percent of California's vineyard acreage, weakening vines, reducing vine establishment and ultimately limiting productivity. Even nematode resistant rootstocks, such as Harmony and Freedom, have become susceptible to this aggressive type of nematode.
Researchers at Cornell University's Grape Genetics Research Unit in Geneva, N.Y., are looking at wild grape materials from the tropics and subtropics to develop resistant new rootstocks that will protect against root-knot nematode. Resistant traits from these wild materials can be crossed over many generations with domestic Vinifera species to isolate for resistance while breeding out rank growth and other negative cultural characteristics.
Root-knot nematodes damage vines by burrowing into grapevine roots. The roots swell and crack, reducing their ability to take up water and nutrients and providing a pathway for secondary pathogens.
These aggressive nematodes can lay up to 2,000 eggs, which hatch and move through the soil looking for new uninfested roots. Pre-plant fumigation and soil drenches can help limit the spread of root-knot nematode, but the long-term solution lies in resistant rootstocks. Resistant rootstocks are not only more environmentally friendly, but will provide systemic protection throughout the life of the vineyard.
Grape rootstocks have long provided protection against soil borne pests and diseases. The grape industry first used rootstocks to turn the tide on phylloxera, an insect that also feeds on the roots of vines. It's an arduous, time-consuming process, but geneticist Peter Cousins, a grape rootstock researcher with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, told growers at the recent San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium that researchers are well on their way to isolating traits from resistant rootstocks that can be incorporated into new rootstocks for grape producers in California.
"In our breeding program we are looking to combine nematode resistance with good horticultural characteristics like easy rooting, grafting and phylloxera protection that are found in our commercial rootstocks," Cousins said. "We are selecting for resistant rootstocks that have resistance superior to Freedom and are able to perform well in the vineyard."
At the Cornell research center, Cousins and his team have made hundreds of crosses with wild and commercial rootstocks and selected the most promising cultivars for further study. About 5 percent of those crosses move on to the field research level and Cousins now has trials at the UC Kearney Ag Center in Parlier to determine the vineyard performance of the most promising selections. Once these experimental rootstocks have been through field trials, they are sent to the virus testing program at Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis, to determine if they are free of viruses.
"These are now in replicated trials in the San Joaquin Valley and we have entered into the advanced stages of testing to see if they will be adequate to provide root-knot nematode resistant rootstocks," he said. "These rootstocks have nematode resistance coming from different sources and we are interested in looking at resistance, but also propagation ability and cultural performance of grafted grapevines in the vineyard."
Cousins is currently seeking grower cooperators throughout California to participate in on-farm rootstock trials in commercial vineyards.
In addition to isolating for root-knot nematode resistance, Cousins said USDA's Grape Genetics Research Unit is also focused on finding vigorous rootstocks that can withstand drought type conditions in the vineyard.
"Right now we have fairly good sources of water and our water quality is quite good compared to other parts of the world, but it seems likely that that is going to change," he said. "More vigorous rootstocks in the future could be a useful way to compensate for less water or lower water quality in San Joaquin Valley viticulture."
The University of California Cooperative Extension put on the symposium. It was sponsored by the California Raisin Marketing Board.


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STILLWATER — Near misses and could-haves.
The Davis Wolves fell just short, dropping a thrilling and heartbreaking 44-41 decision to Oklahoma Christian School in the Class 2A state championship Saturday in Stillwater.
In a game that went back and forth all night, the Saints (14-1) got in a couple more punches than the Wolves (13-1), thanks to a career-defining performance from senior quarterback Austin Brooks, who threw for 384 yards and five touchdowns.
Brooks' most prolific target was sophomore Connor Sikes, who caught seven balls for 211 yards and two touchdowns.
Brooks' start, however, could not have been rockier, as Davis was able to capitalize on three early interceptions, scoring 13 points of its 20 first half points on takeaways.
In fact, it was Wolves field general Alec Hetherington who looked sharper at the start, running the Davis wishbone offense with efficiency and coming up with two interceptions.
His first, on an attempted screen pass by Brooks, was returned 20 yards for a touchdown.
After his second interception went for naught when Davis lost a fumble at the 1-yard line, Chase Taliaferro stepped in and picked off yet another Brooks pass that set up Davis running back Michael Nowden for the first of his three touchdowns — this one a 20-yard burst that gave Davis a 20-13 lead with 1:27 left in the first half.
However, OCS didn't get out of its rhythm. Brooks and the Saints got right to back to work, driving down the field on an incredibly efficient drive that ended with a 7-yard touchdown pass to receiver Blake Barnes.
The second half was dominated by Brooks and the OCS passing game, which torched the Wolves vaunted defense for 300 passing yards and four touchdowns in the final 24 minutes of play, turning the game into the shootout Davis heartily wanted to avoid.
The Wolves didn't quit, matching every OCS score but one, a Michael Blakely 20-yard field goal that gave the Saints a 37-27 lead with 9:36 left in the fourth quarter.
Though Davis would never even the score again, the teams matched each other blow for blow to the bitter end.
Davis missed out on its best chance to steal a late win. With OCS driving to a first-and-goal with just over 3 minutes left and leading 37-34, the Wolves held on the first two downs before Hetherington dropped a sure interception on third down.
That allowed Brooks to complete a 5-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal to extend the lead to 10.
Davis marched down the field and scored again, this time on a Hetherington 20-yard pass to Nowden.
Once again, OCS drove to first-and-goal before burning the clock down to 17 seconds and giving the ball back to Davis.
Hetherington's desperation pass was intercepted by Barnes with 12 seconds left to seal the win for the Saints.
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Thread: Battle of the Bards 2012!
Saturday, 29th September, 2012, 05:51 PM #1
Battle of the Bards 2012!VOTING HAS BEGUN!
HEAT 1: Won by MARY CROWELL with I PUT MY LOW STAT
HEAT 2: Won by MISSISSIPPI BONES with DUNGEON HUSTLE
HEAT 3: Won by AJ with CLICHE RPG SONG
HEAT 4: Won by W. Scott Snyder with LEVEL ONE
FINAL: Begins Monday Dec 17th.
ENTRIES CLOSED! Calling all bards! Get ready for the greatest musical event ever to strike role-playing-games! OK, the only musical event ever to strike role-playing-games. But you get our drift!
Welcome to BATTLE OF THE BARDS. It's time to face the music!
It's a song competition and it works like this: you create a song, you record and send it to us, and then legions* of adoring fans vote for the winner. We'll take the winner and make an awesome animated video with it which you can take and show to your friends; we'll publish it on our YouTube channel, too. And we'll offer you a paid contract to write (and possibly perform) a song in our animated show, THE PERTURBED DRAGON.
No, nobody's gonna get rich or famous from this - not you, and not us! It's all in the name of fun and community. So, if you feel it's something you might find fun, give it a shot!
1. You may enter multiple songs up to a maximum of three entries.
2. Your lyrics must be an original creation. You may compose your own music (an original composition) or you may use existing music and set your words to it (a song parody along the lines of Al Yankovich).
3. Your entry can be serious or funny, happy or sad - anything you want. But it must be about RPGs in some way.
4. You should record your entry in .mp3 format and send it to email@example.com and cc it to email@example.com with the subject line: "BOTB Song Entry: [Song Title]". One email per entry.
4a. Alternatively, you are welcome to send us a video instead, with the same email requirements. Videos can be in any major video format.
5. You must also include the full lyrics of your song!
6. Your email should also include: your name(s), song name, your location (town - we don't need your full address at this stage but we need to be able to say "Bob from Springfield" or wherever). You MAY choose a stage name or a group name instead of your real name(s) if you prefer not to make your real name(s) public, but we must know your real name(s) for legal reasons. If you prefer us to refer to you by your chosen stage name, let us know in your email.
6a. If your song is a parody (uses the tune of an existing song) be sure to mention it in your email. There's no guarantee we'll recognise it!
7. Your email MUST also include the LEGAL STATEMENT noted below or it will be discarded.
8. Your entry may include no profanity or statements of an offensive, racist, sexist, or other discriminatory nature. This is a family-friendly competition.
9. BATTLE OF THE BARDS is open to all amateur and professional songwriters and anyone regardless of nationality or origin.
10. Entrant retains all ownership rights to all submitted song(s). EN World will not have any ownership rights to any song(s) submitted. However, you will be granting EN World a license to use the song(s).
11. All genres of music are admissible.
You have until 31st October 2012 to send in your entry. Entries received after midnight at the end of that day (GMT) will NOT be counted.
Public voting will begin on November 5th and will last until the end of that month. We reserve the right to split entries into separate categories if necessary.
Voting will take place on www.enworld.org. All valid entries will be made available for public voting. The exact method will be announced at the time.
We do need to cover our backs, so each entry MUST contain the following written statement in your email:
"I, [your REAL name], warrant that this entry does not infringe any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties. I hereby indemnify and hold EN World harmless from and against any claims inconsistent with the foregoing. I grant EN World a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to play, broadcast, alter, benefit from, and distribute this entry in any form it sees fit. I furthermore warrant that I am empowered to grant this license. This does not affect my own rights to use my entry as I see fit."
What this means is that EN World is protected in case you go all crazy and decide to start suing us, or in case you 'borrowed' your friend's work without telling him; and gives us the ability to flexibly use the work without hindrance in order to effectively run the competition. It doesn't take away your ownership of your work.
- 29 September 2012 - competition launches
- 31 October 2012 - closing date for entries
- 5 November 2012 - public voting begins
Have fun!
The most important thing - have fun! Don't take this too seriously; it's all in the name of fun. We hope you enjoy it and that some entertaining things come out of it for everyone to enjoy!
*By which we mean three. Maybe as many as seven.
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Yay! Guess who was already in the process of recording something? This guy, thats' who.
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Finally, a chance to put one of my ridiculous songs to good use
I may be a level 3 DM, but i'm at least level 15 on guitar
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I'm good with lyrics, good with composing, but guess who can't sing at all. No one to team up with either.All that is necessary for the triumph of bad gaming is that good GMs do nothing.
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My husband says when I sing it sounds like someone is torturing a cat.All that is necessary for the triumph of bad gaming is that good GMs do nothing.
Sunday, 7th October, 2012, 01:39 PM #9
We've had our first entry! Hirelings, by Nathaniel Webb. I'm playing it right now; the rest of you will have to wait until November, though we might preview some at some point.
In the meantime, enjoy this little intro sequence:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2XvnSYxslA]Battle of the Bards Intro - YouTube[/ame]
Thursday, 11th October, 2012, 02:58 AM #10
20 days left to enter, folks! It'll creep up on you quicker than you expect!
And please don't delay - we have to do a bunch of stuff with each entry, and we hope we won't be sitting up all night doing the whole lot on the last day!
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