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|Tea Party protests
|Part of response to government social and fiscal policies
|Predominately 2009–2010
|United States
|Government spending and red tape, US national debt, taxation
|Government adherence to the Constitution, reduce taxation, reduce spending and waste
The Tea Party protests were a series of protests throughout the United States that began in early 2009. The protests were part of the larger political Tea Party movement.
Among other events, protests were held on:
- February 27, 2009, to protest the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) U.S. financial system bailouts signed by President George W. Bush in October, 2008, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus legislation signed by President Barack Obama;[1]
- April 15, 2009, to coincide with the annual U.S. deadline for submitting tax returns, known as Tax Day;[2][3]
- July 4, 2009, to coincide with Independence Day;[4]
- September 12, 2009, to coincide with the anniversary of the day after the September 11 attacks;[5]
- November 5, 2009, in Washington D.C. to protest health insurance reform;[6]
- March 14–21, 2010, in D.C. during the final week of debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[7]
Most Tea Party activities have since been focused on opposing efforts of the Obama Administration, and on recruiting, nominating, and supporting candidates for state and national elections.[8][9] The name "Tea Party" is a reference to the Boston Tea Party, whose principal aim was to protest taxation without representation.[10][11] Tea Party protests evoked images, slogans and themes from the American Revolution, such as tri-corner hats and yellow Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flags.[3][12] The letters T-E-A have been used by some protesters to form the backronym "Taxed Enough Already".[13]
Commentators promoted Tax Day events on various blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, while the Fox News Channel regularly featured televised programming leading into and promoting various protest activities.[14] Reaction to the tea parties included counter-protests expressing support for the Obama administration, and dismissive or mocking media coverage of both the events and its promoters.[14][15]
- 1 History
- 2 Protests
- 3 Tactics
- 4 Reports of abusive behavior
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 Further reading
- 8 External links
The theme of the Boston Tea Party, an iconic event of American history, has long been used by anti-tax protesters with libertarian and conservative viewpoints.[16][17][18][19][20] It was part of Tax Day protests held throughout the 1990s and earlier.[21][22][23] The libertarian theme of the "tea party" protest has also been used by Republican Congressman Ron Paul and his supporters during fundraising events in the primaries of the 2008 presidential campaign to emphasize fiscal conservatism, which they later claimed laid the groundwork for the modern-day Tea Party movement.[24][25][26][27][28][29] Young Americans for Liberty, with the endorsement of Rep. Paul, organized a protest in late-2008 for January 24 the following year with participants dressing in Native American costumes and dumping soft drinks into New York's Susquehanna River in protest of former NY Governor David Paterson's proposed 18% tax increase on soda.[30][31] As home mortgage foreclosures increased, and details of the 2009 stimulus legislation became known, more organized protests began to emerge.[32][33][34]
Tea bag campaign
On January 19, 2009, Graham Makohoniuk, a part-time trader and a member of Ticker Forum, posted a casual invitation on the market-ticker.org forums to "Mail a tea bag to congress and senate,"[35] a tactic that had first been attempted by the Libertarian Party in 1973.[36] The idea quickly caught on with others on the forum, some of whom reported being attracted to the inexpensive, easy way to reach "everyone that voted for the bailout."[37]
Forum moderator Stephanie Jasky helped organize the group and worked to "get it to go viral."[38] Jasky is also a member of FedUpUSA - a fiscally conservative, non-partisan activist group whose members describe themselves as "a group of investors" who sprung out of the market-ticker.org forums.[39] The group had previously held D.C. protests in 2008.[40][41] On January 19, 2009, Jasky had posted a formal invitation "to a commemorative tea party."[42] She suggested that supporters, in a coordinated effort, send tea bags on February 1, 2009.[38]
The founder of market-ticker.org, Karl Denninger, a stock trader and former CEO,[43] published his own write-up on the proposed protest. Titled "Tea Party February 1st?", it railed against the bailouts, the national debt and "fraud and abuse in our banking and financial system" which included the predatory lending practices currently at the center of the home mortgage foreclosure crisis.[44] Karl Denninger, who helped form FedUpUSA in the wake of the March, 2008 Federal Reserve bail out of Bear Sterns, had been a guest on both Glenn Beck and CNBC.[45] By February 1, the idea had spread among conservative and libertarian-oriented blogs, forums, websites and through a viral email campaign,[46] and Denninger has since been credited as one of the founders of the movement, and the organizer for the first Tea Party event.[47][48]
On February 11, 2009, talk radio host and Fox Business Network personality Dave Ramsey appeared on Fox and Friends, waving tea bags and saying: "It's time for a Tea Party."[34] He was on the show criticizing the newly confirmed Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, who that morning had outlined his plan to use the $300 billion or so dollars remaining in the TARP funds.[49]
"Porkulus" protests and "First Tea Party" claims
The dominant theme seen at some of the earliest anti-stimulus protests was "pork" rather than tea.[50] The term "porkulus" was coined by radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh on his January 27, 2009 broadcast,[51] in reference to both the 2009 stimulus bill, which had been introduced to the House of Representatives the day before, as well as to pork barrel spending and earmarks.[52] The term proved very popular with conservative politicians and commentators,[53] who began to unify in opposition against stimulus spending after the 2008 General Election.[54]
Competing claims have emerged over which protest was actually the first to organize. According to FreedomWorks state and federal campaigns director Brendan Steinhauser,[55][56] activist Mary Rakovich[57] was the organizer of a February 10 protest in Fort Myers, Florida, calling it the "first protest of President Obama's administration that we know of. It was the first protest of what became the tea party movement."[58] Rakovich, along with six to ten others, protested outside a townhall meeting featuring President Obama and Florida governor Charlie Crist.[59] Interviewed by a local reporter, Rakovich explained that she "thinks the government is wasting way too much money helping people receive high definition TV signals" and that "Obama promotes socialism, although 'he doesn't call it that'".[59] She was invited to appear in front of a national audience on Neil Cavuto's Fox News Channel program Your World.[60] Regarding the role Freedomworks played in the demonstration, Rakovich acknowledged they were involved "right from the start,"[61] and said that in her 21⁄2 hour training session, she was taught how to attract more supporters and was specifically advised not to focus on President Obama.[62]
New York Times journalist Kate Zernike reports that some within the Tea Party credit Seattle blogger and conservative activist Keli Carender with organizing the first Tea Party on February 16, 2009.[63] An article written by Chris Good of The Atlantic credits Carender as "one of the first" Tea Party organizers.[citation needed]
Carendar organized what she called a "Porkulus Protest" on President's Day, a few days before Rick Santelli used the phrase "Tea Party" in what has been characterized as a "rant" broadcast from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.[64][65]
Carender contacted conservative author and Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin in order to gain her support and publicize the event. Malkin promoted the protest in several posts on her blog, saying that "There should be one of these in every town in America," and that she would be supplying the crowd with a meal of pulled pork. The protest was held in Seattle on Presidents Day, 2009.[66] Malkin encouraged her readers to stage similar events in Denver on the following day where President Obama was scheduled to sign the stimulus bill into law.
A protest at the Denver Capitol Building was already scheduled to coincide with the bill signing. Malkin reported that it was organized by the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity and spearheaded by the conservative activist group Independence Institute, as well as former Republican Representative and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo.[67][68][69] Another protest organized by local conservative talk radio station KFYI was held in suburban Phoenix, Arizona, on February 18, and brought 500 protesters.[70] KFYI organized the protest in reaction to Obama's visit to the local high school to hold his first public talk on elements of the stimulus bill.[71] By February 20, Malkin was using her nationally syndicated column in an attempt to present these three protests as a movement to her fellow conservatives, continuing to call for more. "There's something in the air," she wrote, "It's the smell of roasted pork."[72]
Birth of the national Tea Party movement
On February 19, 2009,[53] in a broadcast from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CNBC Business News Network editor Rick Santelli loudly criticized the government plan to refinance mortgages as "promoting bad behavior" by "subsidizing losers' mortgages", and raised the possibility of putting together a "Chicago Tea Party in July".[73][74] A number of the traders and brokers around him cheered on his proposal, to the apparent amusement of the hosts in the studio. It was called "the rant heard round the world".[75] Santelli's remarks "set the fuse to the modern anti-Obama Tea Party movement," according to journalist Lee Fang.[76]
The following day after Santelli's comments from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, roughly 50 national conservative leaders participated in a conference call that gave birth to the national Tea Party movement.[77] In response to Santelli, websites such as ChicagoTeaParty.com, registered in August 2008 by Chicago radio producer Zack Christenson, were live within twelve hours.[78] About 10 hours after Santelli's remarks, reTeaParty.com was bought to coordinate Tea Parties scheduled for the 4th of July and within two weeks was reported to be receiving 11,000 visitors a day.[78] However, on the contrary, many scholars are reluctant to label Santelli's remarks the "spark" of the Tea Party considering that a "Tea Party" protest had taken place 3 days before in Seattle, Washington[79] In fact, this had lead many opponents of the Tea Party to define this movement as "astroturfed", but it seems as if Santelli's comments did not "fall on deaf ears" considering that, "the top 50 counties in foreclosure rates played host to over 910 Tea Party protests, about one-sixth of the total"[79]
Also on February 19, Young Americans for Liberty NY State Chairman Trevor Leach created a Facebook page called "The Capitalist Chicago Tea Party—Rick's Revolution," in response to Santelli's call for a national Tea Party.[80][81] According to The Huffington Post, a Facebook page was developed on February 20 calling for Tea Party protests across the country.[46] Eric Odom of the conservative activist group FreedomWorks was one of the group administrators, and it was created by Phil Kerpen from the conservative advocacy organization Americans for Prosperity. Soon, the "Nationwide Chicago Tea Party" protests were coordinated across over 40 different cities for February 27, 2009, establishing the first national modern Tea Party protest.[82][83]
Tax day events
April 15, 2009 is said to have been the day that had the largest number of tea party demonstrations reportedly in more than 750 cities.[84] Estimates of protesters and locations varied. The Christian Science Monitor reported on the difficulties of calculating a cumulative turnout and said some estimates state that over half a million Americans participated in the protests, noting, "experts say the counting itself often becomes politicized as authorities, organizers, and attendees often come up with dramatically different counts."[85][85][86] Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, estimated that at least 268,000 attended in over 200 cities.[87] Statistician Nate Silver, manager of FiveThirtyEight.com, has said that a cumulative crowd size estimate from credible sources was of 311,460 attendees in 346 cities, which accounted for all capitols and major cities little noticeable or no reliable media coverage in other protests could have contributed to a lower number of attendees and locations.[88] The largest event, in Atlanta, Georgia, drew between an estimated 7,000 to 15,000 protestors.[88][89][90] Some of the gatherings drew only dozens.[85]
On April 15, 2009, a Tea Party protest outside the White House was moved after a box of tea bags was hurled over the White House fence. Police sealed off the area and evacuated some people. The Secret Service brought out a bomb-detecting robot, which determined the package was not a threat.[91] Approximately one thousand people had demonstrated, several waved placards saying "Stop Big Government" and "Taxation is Piracy".[2]
Spring and early summer protests
Tea Party rallies continued in various locales around the nation. Many of these events were focused on opposition to state or local taxes and spending, rather than with national issues. Late April saw Tea Parties in Annapolis, Maryland, White Plains, New York,[92] Jackson, Tennessee,[93] and Monroe, Washington.[94] In May, there were six more Tea Party events in Tennessee,[95] New York,[96] Idaho,[97] Ohio,[98] Nevada,[99] and North Carolina.[100] During June, 2009, another dozen events were held in North Carolina,[101] California,[102] Rhode Island,[103] Texas,[104] Ohio,[105] Michigan,[106] Montana,[107] Florida,[108] New York,[109] and Washington State.[110] On June 29, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee, four thousand people rallied against proposed emissions trading (cap and trade) energy in Congress and universal health care.[111]
Independence Day rallies
A number of Tea Party protests were held the weekend of July 4, 2009, coinciding with Independence Day.[112][113] "The rally followed a national effort that drew thousands of activists to Tea Party events across the country on April 15, 2009 when income taxes are due."[114]
On July 17, 2009, there were additional Tea Party protests around the nation organized by a group called Tea Party Patriots, this time against President Obama's proposed health care overhaul that they labeled socialized medicine.[115]
Taxpayer March on Washington
On September 12, 2009, Tea Party protests were held in various cities around the nation. In Washington, D.C., Tea Party protests gathered to march from Freedom Plaza to the United States Capitol. Estimates of the number of attendees varied, from "tens of thousands"[5] to "in excess of 75,000".[116][117] A rally organizer asserted that one local ABC News station had reported attendance of over one million, but he retracted the statement after ABC News denied making any such report.[118]
Using the counts of those in attendance, the march may have been the largest conservative protest ever held in Washington, D.C., as well as the largest demonstration against President Obama's administration to date.[119][120]
First Tea Party convention
On February 4, 2010, the first Tea Party national convention was held in Nashville, attended by 600 people.[121] The convention received broad media coverage as former GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin was the featured speaker. Some tea partiers condemned the event, questioning the main sponsor, Tea Party Nation, a for-profit group, as well as the several hundred dollar ticket price. The former Alaska governor was criticized[122][123] for receiving as much as $100,000 to address the convention.[124]
The New York Times reported on August 8, 2009, that organizations opposed to the President Obama's health care legislation were urging opponents to be disruptive. It noted that the Tea Party Patriots web site circulated a memo instructing them to "Pack the hall. Yell out and challenge the Rep's statements early. Get him off his prepared script and agenda. Stand up and shout and sit right back down." The memo continued, "The Rep [representative] should be made to feel that a majority, and if not, a significant portion of at least the audience, opposes the socialist agenda of Washington."[125]
Some Tea Party organizers have stated that they look to leftist Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals for inspiration. Protesters have also appropriated left-wing imagery; the logo for the 9/12 March on Washington featured a raised fist design that was intended to resemble those used by the pro-labor, anti-war, and black power movements of the 1960s. In addition, the slogan "Keep Your Laws Off My Body", usually associated with pro-choice activists, has been seen on signs at tea parties.[126]
On April 8, 2010, it was announced that the National Tea Party Federation had been set up to publicize the movement, and organizers said it would issue news releases, respond to critics and help get the word out about tea party rallies and initiatives.[127] Tea Party activist Mark Skoda noted the slow response to critics who have charged the protesters with racism, stating: "It took us 72 hours to respond to John Lewis... We're not needing to meet every week. But there will now be a way to have a call to arms to respond to attacks with a crisp and clear message."[127][128]
Reports of abusive behavior
There have been allegations of racism and other abusive behavior by Tea Party protesters.[129][130][131][132][133]
On March 16, 2010, at a Tea Party protest at the Ohio offices of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, a counter-protester with Parkinson's disease was berated by one of the protestors and had dollar bills thrown at him with additional protesters also mocking the individual.[134] The man initially denied the incident, but later apologized for his "shameful" actions.[133]
On March 20, 2010, it was reported that protesters against proposed health care legislation used racial and anti-gay slurs. Gay Congressman Barney Frank was called "homo" and a "faggot several times."[135][136][137] Several black lawmakers said demonstrators shouted the N-word at them.[138] Congressman André Carson said that as he walked from the Cannon House Office Building with Representative John Lewis and his chief of staff, amid chants of "Kill the bill" he heard the "n-word" about fifteen times coming from several places in the crowd: "One guy, I remember he just rattled it off several times. Then John looks at me and says, 'You know, this reminds me of a different time.'"[135][139][140] Congressman Emanuel Cleaver said as he walked several yards behind Lewis, he distinctly heard "nigger", and he was also spat upon by a protester while walking up the stairs of the Cannon Building, although whether the spitting was intentional has been questioned.[135][136][140]
Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart, who wasn't there at the protests,[140] said the incidents reported by Cleaver, Lewis and Carson were fabricated as part of a plan to annihilate the Tea Party movement by all means necessary and that they never actually happened. He offered to donate $10,000 to the United Negro College Fund if Lewis could provide audio or video footage of the slurs, or pass a lie detector test. The amount was later raised to $100,000 for "hard evidence."[140][141][142] In addition, the National Tea Party Federation sent a letter to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) denouncing racism and requesting that the CBC supply any evidence of the alleged events at the protest.[128]
Representative Heath Shuler of North Carolina, who is white, backed up his colleagues, telling the Hendersonville (N.C.) Times-News that he too heard slurs.[140] Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, corroborated Lewis' version of events during a confrontation with Breitbart at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum by saying, "I watched them spit at people, I watched them call John Lewis the n-word. [...] I witnessed it. I saw it in person. That's real evidence."[143][144][145] One of Representative Anthony Weiner's staffers reported a stream of hostile encounters with tea partiers roaming the halls of Congress. In addition to mockery, protesters left a couple of notes behind. According to the New York Daily News, one letter "asked what Rahm Emanuel did with Weiner in the shower, in a reference to the mess around ex-Rep Eric Massa. It was signed with a swastika, the staffer said. The other note called the congressman "Schlomo Weiner."[132]
Kate Zernike, author of Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America, has observed, "Rather than explain it as a fringe of the movement, which they plausibly might have, they argued that the ugliness had never happened. Wasn't it suspicious, they asked, that there was no video of spitting or slurs, in an age when everyone's cell phone has a camera? It was difficult, if not disingenuous, for the Tea Party groups to try to disown the behavior."[146] Politicians from both political parties, black conservative activists and columnists have argued that allegations of racism do not reflect the movement as a whole.[147][148][149][150]
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Further reading
- Flanders, Laura (2010). At the Tea Party. New York, New York: OR Press. ISBN 978-1-935928-23-2.
- Lepore, Jill (2010). The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3696-3.
- Gladney, Henry M. No Taxation without Representation: 1768 Petition, Memorial, and Remonstrance, 2014.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Demonstrations and protests by the Tea Party movement.
- "Katie Couric interviews Tea Party Leaders", CBS News, January 25, 2010.
- Video coverage, the Taxpayer March on Washington, by C-SPAN
- Signs of Discontent: 9-12-09 in DC, slide show by Life magazine
- Signs of the Tea-Party Protests, photo essay by Time magazine
- "12 Tea Party leaders to watch", National Journal, February 4, 2010.
- Tea Party Express Comes To A Head On Tax Day by NPR
- "The Tea Party and the Economy", About.com, September 30, 2011.
- "A definition of the tea party", About.com.


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WASHINGTON -- After 103 days in office, it appears President Barack Obama will have an opportunity to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court.
Word has leaked that Justice David Souter, 69, intends to retire at the end of the court's term in June leading to speculation about who will fill his seat, SCOTUSblog reported Friday.
The last Democratic president to appoint a Supreme Court justice was Bill Clinton in 1994.
There has been a backup of available candidates in the intervening 15 years, CBS reports.
Govs. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan and Deval Patrick of Massachusetts are among the possible candidates, CBS says.
Harvard Law School possibilities include constitutional scholar Kathleen Sullivan or Solicitor General Elena Kagan. University of Chicago scholar Cass Sunstein already works at the White House.
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My heart was in my mouth as I expected one of the many lunatic spectators to cause a crash and ruin the stage at any moment, thankfully this didn't happen and both riders made it to the finish with Contador not contesting the sprint to the line. I was a little disappointed as what I was hoping was going to be a lesson in vicious brutality turned out to be more like this. The only real slap dancing came after the finish when Contador got all touchy feely with Schlecks face.
If you missed the action or you want to relive the tension you can see highlights by heading over to the sponsored link to the right. For me the ride of the day was by Carlos Sastre who in an all out, last ditch bid for a podium finish in Paris tried to ride across to the breakaway, which eventually extended its lead to an eight minute gap. It was a planned move as Sastre's team mate Konovalovas was already waiting off the front of the peloton to help him. In some kind of strange irony after the controversy of "chaingate" Contador himself tried to stop Sastre from going on the attack because the current holder of third place overall Samuel Sánchez had fallen and was being paced back to the peloton. Here's part of what Sastre had to say about it post stage;
"I've fallen in this Tour, I fell in the Italian Giro d'Italia, I've had technical problems and no-one ever waited for me."
"I think we're turning cycling into a sport for spoilt brats and that is what happens in these kinds of circumstances."
All I can say is thank you Carlos for a brave effort which animated the stage and had me shouting at the TV while urging you on instead of falling asleep like I normally would, I even spilled some beer.
Of course if it was the Giro then there would have been another three mountain stages with a mountain time trial thrown in for good measure for us to enjoy. I can't help having the feeling that this Tour de France is now over and I may as well stop watching.
KnowledgeI'm constantly surprised at people's lack of hygiene when it comes to their cycling kit. Having filthy kit is not befitting of a gentleman racer and in the case of your shorts can lead to more serious problems than people on your bunch ride talking about how much you stink. It's true, I've heard them.
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Light-matter interaction at nanometer scale is emerging as one of the most exciting fields in nanoscience. In combination with the advanced materials synthesis technique to tailor novel low-dimensional electronic systems, new doors are open toward design and realization of nanophotonic devices with novel functionalities. Here I will present two areas that have been pursued in my research group. The first concerns optical coherent control of semiconductor quantum dots as quantum light sources for quantum information applications[1-3]. In particular, I will discuss resonant excitation of quantum emitters in a cavity which enables observation of key signatures of resonant fluorescence such as Mollow triplets and Rabi oscillations in second order photon correlations. The second topic deals with recent exciting development in metal based plasmonic platform which enables the realization of plasmonic nanolasers that break the diffraction limit[4]. I will discuss the first CW operation of plasmonic nanolaser with ultra-low thresholds and show that the underlying mechanism is spasing. I will also show some recent breakthough in achieving full color nanolasers on the same materials platform [5]. Future perspectives of on-chip nanoscale quantum-photonic circuits will be discussed.
- Htoon, H., et al., Interplay of Rabi oscillations and quantum interference in semiconductor quantum dots. Physical Review Letters, 2002. 88(8).
- Muller, A., et al., Resonance fluorescence from a coherently driven semiconductor quantum dot in a cavity. Physical Review Letters, 2007. 99(18).
- Flagg, E.B., et al., Resonantly driven coherent oscillations in a solid-state quantum emitter. Nature Physics, 2009. 5(3): p. 203-207.
- Lu, Y.J., et al., Plasmonic Nanolaser Using Epitaxially Grown Silver Film. Science, 2012. 337(6093): p. 450-453.
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Making games may be largely a team effort these days, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't acknowledge the individuals who make outstanding contributions to the industry as well.
Gamasutra and its sister site Game Developer magazine have put together a "Power 50" list of people in the game industry who have stood out for doing work in the last year that is new, different, or better. This list was originally printed in Game Developer magazine.
The following are not ranked -- they are listed alphabetically by last name.
Joachim Ante
Unity Technologies
As we're wrapping up 2012, we've seen one very clear game-dev trend: Everybody loves Unity.
Whether you're an experienced dev in a major studio tasked with throwing together a quick-and-dirty prototype, a small-time indie studio looking for an off-the-shelf 3D engine to build a game for multiple platforms, or just a hobbyist dev throwing together a fun project for a game jam, you'll probably be using Unity.
Unity Technologies CTO, cofounder, core development team lead Joachim Ante has been central to that success; under Ante's leadership, Unity has blossomed into a tool that is powerful, polished, and relatively easy to use.
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Boyd Multerer
Microsoft's XNA framework (and associated dev tool XNA Game Studio) has been something of an unsung hero for indie devs over the last console generation, and since its future is in question (XNA applications won't be included in Windows 8's Metro UI or app store), we thought it only fair to give XNA -- and Xbox director of development Boyd Multerer -- proper acknowledgement.
XNA has made it easier for small-time indies and hobby game devs to make games and put them on Xbox 360s, Windows phones, and PCs around the world. We're fans of tech that democratizes game development, and XNA was unprecedented in terms of how available and accessible it made the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 platforms.
We're hoping that XNA sticks around in some form -- there are a few projects out there working to adapt XNA to other platforms, which could eventually enable XNA devs to build games for Metro, Android, iOS, Mac OS, and PlayStation Mobile -- but even if the worst happens and XNA falls by the wayside, we want to salute Multerer for his excellent work.
Simeon Nasilowski
Two Lives Left
There is something to be said for programmers who work on making programming more accessible to a wider range of people. Two Lives Left's Simeon Nasilowski did just that with Codea, a newbie-friendly iPad app that lets you quickly build game prototypes with Lua (see the June/July 2012 issue of Game Developer for the review). With Codea, anyone with an iPad and $10 can start dipping their toes in the game-dev pool, and we think that's pretty cool.
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Jarod Pranno
Phosphor Games
Unreal Engine is a great piece of tech, but we can't forget to show some love to the devs out there who make it sing -- and Jarod Pranno, studio art director on Phosphor Games's mobile title Horn did just that.
With Horn, Pranno demonstrated that Epic Games/Infinity Blade dev Chair Entertainment aren't the only ones who can make a great-looking mobile game, and we're eagerly paying attention to see what Pranno and Phosphor will be doing next.
Niklas Smedberg
Epic Games
By now, it's no secret that the Unreal Engine can make mobile games look amazing -- and some of that credit goes to Epic Games's senior engine programmer Niklas Smedberg.
Between Smedberg's under-the-hood look at mobile GPUs at GDC 2012, his work on the post-process graphics effects on the Infinity Blade series, and his current work on Unreal Engine 4, it's pretty clear that if you want your mobile game to look like it came straight from a console, he's the go-to guy.
Patrick Wyatt
Patrick Wyatt is practically the definition of "industry veteran"; between his stint at Blizzard leading the original Battle.net, cofounding Guild Wars dev ArenaNet, and more recently working as En Masse Entertainment's COO (TERA), it's hard to find an MMO that doesn't have his fingerprints on its network code.
When looking at a new MMO, it's easy to overlook the underlying nuts and bolts that keep customers happy. Wyatt's work on the platform underlying TERA's account management, billing, and other functions he described to Game Developer as "all the other unsexy parts of games" has shored up many player-experience design flaws others simply consider a fact of MMO life -- such as beefing up account security, filtering spam from chat, building in better analytics to improve player retention rate, and so on.
Derek Yu
More recently, Wyatt has been making efforts to share his knowledge on game server code by writing articles on his blog at codeofhonor.com and giving in-depth talks at the Game Developers Conference.
Derek Yu
Some games so tightly bind their programming and design together that it's hard to truly determine who deserves the credit. One such is Mossmouth's brilliant Spelunky, which released this year for Xbox Live Arcade.
Spelunky's randomly generated levels are the cornerstone of the game's addictiveness -- and a marvel of designer Derek Yu's algorithmic design. They're always navigable, always fun, and ever changing. You'll never complain that they weren't created -- or at least not directly -- by human hands.
Shaw-Han Liem and Jonathan Mak (pictured below, courtesy of Jeriaska)
Queasy Games
PlayStation 3 indie hit Sound Shapes marries music and platform-hopping together in a manner so elegant and intuitive you might not at first realize how many iterations it took to get right. Jonathan Mak and Shaw-Han Liem (the latter often credited as I Am Robot And Proud), from Toronto-based Queasy Games, are the two responsible for making Sound Shapes work.
Games built around music largely live or die by how well their designers can integrate music into the core design. In Sound Shapes, songs are the levels, and with the level editor, we too can make and play our music. With Sound Shapes, Mak and Liem remind us that music games can be more than a series of notes that we plug into a bulky, plastic, guitar-shaped controller.
Rich Vreeland
David Kanaga
If Sound Shapes gently massaged our brains into a state of musical play, composer David Kanaga's work on Dyad simply melted said brains outright. Thanks to Dyad, we can check "David Kanaga and (Dyad creator) Shawn McGrath" off our list of fantasy indie game dream collaborations.
Rich Vreeland
Polytron Corp.
After years of anticipation, Fez finally wowed indie game scenesters with its throwback look and feel. We would be remiss if we didn't include Rich "disasterpeace" Vreeland's Fez soundtrack work in this year's Power 50 audio nominations. Thanks to Vreeland, Fez feels atmospheric, pensive, maybe even a little bit melancholy.
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After years of coffee and cafe supremacy over the more humble cup of tea and cake shop, it seems that Afternoon Tea is firmly back in fashion. More and more hotels and restaurants now offer an "Afternoon Tea" service, and many people are even replacing the ubiquitous wedding buffet with an afternoon tea. Far removed from dusty Church meetings and retirement homes, this new style of Afternoon Tea reclaims it's history, being both beautifully smart and elegant while keeping that lovely sense of nostalgia.
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Tradition has it that "Afternoon Tea" as such was initiated by Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford, who complained of "having that sinking feeling" in the afternoon (at the time when the dinner meal was not started until 8pm at least). She found that this was relieved by a light meal of sandwiches or snacks and tea (usually Darjeeling), and this was such a sensible and sociable idea that the trend rapidly caught on. Soon anybody who was anybody in fashionable London was enjoying Afternoon Tea with friends in their drawing rooms.
Anna Maria Russell, Duchess of Bedford (3 September 1783 – 3 July 1857)
So, over 150 years on, what does an "Afternoon Tea" service look like at a fine hotel or restaurant? Well, as far as the food goes it is usually served on a 3 layer stand or trolley, and the layers contain (in order from bottom to top)…
1. A selection of dainty finger sandwiches
Popular selections of sandwiches include cucumber, egg & cress, some kind of chicken (coronation chicken etc.) and smoked salmon. Crusts off of course!
On the second (middle) layer of the stand you will usually find…
2. Scones with Jam and Cream
Clotted cream that is.
A quick aside… Whether you should put the cream on first then a dollop of jam, or the jam on first and a dollop of cream is commonly known as the Cornwall/Devon question. The former county tends towards jam first then cream, while Devon favours cream then jam. As noted last year by Susan Smillie in the Guardian, at last… a fight that's worth fighting for! Which side are you on?
3. Miniature Cakes and Fresh Pastries
The final (top) layer of the tray traditionally holds a small selection of in-house made pastries and other mini delicacies.
But of course one of the most important parts of the ritual is the tea itself. As noted above the Duchess of Bedford favoured Darjeeling, but at many hotels now the choice is enormous… ranging from the more traditional blends to organic and herbal infusions.
And speaking of tea, here are a few quick etiquette tips (extracted and paraphrased from the Palm Court, Langham London's guide) …
- Contrary to popular opinion your pinkie finger should NOT be raised when holding your cup, but should curve back gently towards your wrist
- Dunking of any food in your cup of tea is a terrible social faux-pas (luckily I don't think this includes super wines in the comfort of your own home!)
- When serving lemon with tea it is correct to serve slices and not wedges (presumably so as to not inadvertently squeeze lemon juice in your eye when retrieving said lemon from your cup). Also, be careful not to add milk AND lemon to your tea (or your clotted cream won't be the only thing with curdles in it)
So what with tea now being so fashionable and all, here at The Paper Package we are very excited to be introducing some of the fabulous Harney & Sons tea selections in our gift baskets.
So far we have featured the delicious, romantic Valentine's Blend of black tea, chocolate & rosebuds in a small selection of our Valentine's Day Gifts:
Tea for Two Valentine's Gift featuring Valentine's Blend + an assortment of 3 other Harney & Sons teas (note: tea cup & saucer not included – they just looked pretty!)
Classic Valentine Gift Box featuring the Valentine's blend.
And we have included some healthy Canton Green Tea Sachets in our His 'n Hers Valentine's gift…
His 'n Hers Valentine's Day Gift Basket
As well as the lovely classic tin of Darjeeling in our feminine "Roses are Red" Valentine's gift basket…
Roses are Red… Valentine's Day Gift Basket
These are only the first of a whole new year full of gift baskets and gift boxes that we hope to add to our website featuring delicious Harney & Sons Teas.
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More than 60 of the world's leading apparel brands and retailers, including Adidas, Burberry, H&M, PPR Group, Walmart, Target, and Macy's, along with the American Apparel and Footwear Association, have pledged to boycott cotton knowingly harvested using child laborers in Uzbekistan. The Uzbek government forcibly sends upwards of 2 million children—some as young as 7—to work in the fields for 10 hours a day, for two to three months each year, according to the Responsible Sourcing Network, which coordinated the nearly 900 signatories. The embargo will be in effect until the International Labour Organization verifies the elimination of bonded child labor in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan is the world's fifth-largest producer of cotton and its third-biggest exporter, so the impact of a ban is not inconsequential. The European Union also expressed its disapproval this month when the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee unanimously voted against including textiles in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus, and Central Asia, which would have lowered tariffs on imports of Uzbek cotton.
"Enslaving children and torturing dissidents is never chic," says Stev Swerdlow, a Uzbekistan researcher at Human Rights Watch.
"Enslaving children and torturing dissidents is never chic," says Stev Swerdlow, a Uzbekistan researcher at Human Rights Watch.
"The children do not work in small family businesses," Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, the French MEP who led the opposition to the amendment, said after the Oct. 4 vote. "It is really organized, forced labor. They transport the children, they put them on the cotton fields, and [the children] live at the site in deplorable conditions." Failure to meet the daily quota of 100 pounds of raw cotton can result in physical harm and expulsion from school.
As Stev Swerdlow, a Uzbekistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, puts it, "enslaving children and torturing dissidents is never chic." We commend these companies for their public commitment to sourcing their raw materials without exploiting innocent children. As they use their buying power as leverage for change, we hope our readers do the same.


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Ob/Gyn Dr. Thomas Wiley will be online Tuesday, December 13, 2011, from 8 to 9 p.m. CST to answer your "girl talk" questions. Post your questions at any time. Check back Tuesday to ask a question while he is online.To ask a question, submit a comment on this page in the "Leave a Reply" box.Dr. Wiley grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi and is a graduate of Mississippi State University. He earned his medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he also completed his residency and internship in obstetric and gynecology. Board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Wiley is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists, the Mississippi State Medical Association and the Southern Medical Association. He has served in a number of leadership capacities, including participation on the Advisory Board of the Mississippi Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, for which he also served as Vice Chairman and Chairman. He has also served on the board of Baptist Health Systems.
I am 52 and I have had MS for two years. My period stopped for 15 ,months and two months ago it started again and is extremely heavy and lasts for about 7 days. What do I do now?
Turning 50, at what point can I expect menopause to kick in?
I have been on antibiotics for a sinus infection and feel that I might be getting a yeast infection. I think I remember reading somewhere that this could happen. I have never had one before and wonder if I should be doing anything to prevent it from getting worse.
I would recommend that you contact your gynecologist for evaluation. Menopause is defined as the cessation of menses for greater than one year, and any bleeding after the menopause, called postmenopausal bleeding, in not normal. Your doctor will most likely recommend testing to rule out a significant cause of the bleeding. Testing may include an ultrasound, an endometrial biopsy, or maybe a D&C. Most of the time the causes of postmenopausal bleeding is due to benign conditions but sometimes can indicate premalignant or even malignant abnormalities.
The average age at menopause is 51 to 52, but the normal range is age 45 to 55, so it is hard to predict when yours will happen. Some women will have regular periods and then suddenly stop completely. Others will begin skipping period, spacing out, and then stop. Some women will experience the "dreaded" hot flashes and night sweats, while others sail through with no problem at all. If the hot flashes do become a significant problem, there are medications, including hormones and non hormonal medications, which can help get you through. If you experience any unusual bleeding during the premenopausal period, such as prolonged bleeding, heavy bleeding, or irregular periods, contact your gynecologist.
Kim,Yeast infection after taking antibiotics is a common occurance. Antibiotic not only kill bad bacteria but the normal bacteria that is found in the vagina. When the normal vaginal bacteria are killed, yeast will sometimes begin to grow, causing the itching, burning, and discharge. There are medications, some over-the-counter and some prescription preparations, that can give you relief. There is also a prescription oral medication, a one time dose, that treats vaginal yeast infections. Some women who know that everytime they take antibiotics they will get a yeast infection will go ahead and take it when they start the antibiotic.
I only got 2 out of the 3 Gardicil (sp?) shots.. I missed my appt for thethird & forgot to reschedule.. can I go at anytime & get the third or do Ihave to start all over with the first?
Heather,Gardasil is a vaccine which has been proven to reduce a woman's risk of cervical cancer. It is recommended that all women receive the vaccine, ideally before becoming sexually active. Most insurances will cover the vaccine up to age 26. Gardasil is a three shot series, with the second injection 2 months after the first and the third injection at 6 months. If a woman fails to complete the series as in your case, it is recommended that she to go ahead and get the last shot, even if it is late. It is not recommended that you restart the series.
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Janus Answer Fan Questions – Exclusive Video
Janus frontman David Scotney and drummer Johnny Salazar answer burning questions from their fans about the upcoming new album 'Nox Aeris' and more in a video Q&A premiering here on Loudwire.
Chicago alt-metal quartet Janus are set to release the follow-up to their well-received debut album 'Red Right Return' later this month. The concept-based 'Nox Aeris' will be released on March 27 and 'Stains,' the first single, is currently climbing the Active Rock charts. The band is on the road with Chevelle and Middle Class Rut, but still found time to answer some fan questions about the new album.
Here's the answer to one question: 'What is Janus' ultimate goal for the band?'
As a band we only want to write good music and when we came off of the last tour…we only really wanted to make another record if we felt like we had something compelling to say. Sure enough about four months in to [writing the new album] we really started to get really, really excited about the music. The music itself is what keeps us going.
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Perhaps this idea might be useful relevant to Genesis.
1. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Bible writer received "A."
2. Due to his Near East environment and upbringing, he thought "B."
3. He wrote "A" influenced by "B."
4. Due to unenlightened translation, we read "C."
5. Due to our inability to comprehend Middle East manners of speech, we
understand "D."
6. "A" and "D" differ, but some believe "D" is true, while others think the
writer was uninspired
Dick Fischer, GPA president
Genesis Proclaimed Association
"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
www.genesisproclaimed.org <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org/>
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Subject: Re: [asa] Proof (was: Our discourse here)
I would have thought that the answer to your question would have been
clear from my previous message. I regard the whole of Genesis 1 and 2 as
being an account of God's activity. "Natural" and "supernatural" are not
suitable categories on which to divide the Bible.
James Patterson wrote:
> So, which parts of Genesis 1 & 2 do you think are natural, and which parts
> do you think are supernatural?
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> I agree with Iain and with Michael.
> James needs to make the distinctions that other people on this list make.
> Otherwise there will be rank confusion. He should be careful to
> distinguish between supernatural events and miracles. The latter is a
> subset of the former. Miracles are signs of God's special activity.
> Further, he should be prepared to recognize that most scholars see
> different genres in the Bible, even if he himslf denies that that there
> are different genres.
> The NT miracle accounts and Genesis 1 are different in two respects: (1)
> genre, (2) content.
> I disagree with both of the statements "It is inappropriate to talk of the
> supernatural inregard to Genesis 1" and "Genesis 1 and 2 are not written
> in a way that they can be described a supernatural". But both statements
> are vague. Genesis 1 is clearly an account of God's activity, but not of
> the type that James thinks it is.
> Don
>> Michael said:
>> Genesis speaks of creation by God - whatever that means beyond creating!
>> It
>> is inappropriate to talk of miracles in regard of genesis one.
>> Iain said:
>> Genesis 1 and 2 are not written in a way that they can be described as
>> "miracles". It is clear in the Bible when miracles occur (e.g. Jesus'
>> miraculous healings, the parting of the red sea etc), but the creation is
>> not described as a miracle. Therefore I don't see a contradiction, or a
>> problem with the idea that it is there to say that God is the creator;
>> exact manner of creation being described in figurative language. By
>> contrast, it seems to me that miracles are signs and wonders that
>> subsequently to reveal God to His people; not a trick to bring creation
>> into
>> existence.
>> James replies:
>> OK, so first, we have a dividing point: Genesis 1&2 (creation accounts).
>> Secondly, we have a rationale for division: Creating is creating, and not
>> "miraculous".
>> Now, I sometimes use "miracle" and "supernatural" interchangeably, and
>> they
>> are not necessarily the same. I am familiar enough with language to not
>> that, and I am sorry. So the second question is this: Do you agree with
>> these statements, with "miracle" changed to "supernatural"?
>> "It is inappropriate to talk of the supernatural in regard to Genesis 1."
>> "Genesis 1 and 2 are not written in a way that they can be described as
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Remembering Grandma and Grandpa
This Christmas season, I would challenge you to take advantage of the time you're about to spend with family and friends.
Several years ago, while I was on Christmas break from college, I had the opportunity to spend the most wonderful afternoon with my Grandparents.
As part of a class project, I spent the better part of an entire day interviewing my grandparents. We talked about everything from where the family came from, to how they first met and what they did on their first date.
Yet to this day, it's one of my fondest memories of them - what a gift they gave me.
It was almost as if Grandma and Grandpa got younger before my eyes with each story they told. That afternoon, there was a twinkle in their eyes like I've never seen before.
Even though Grandma and Grandpa have been gone now for several years, I often think about them this time of year.
If you're lucky enough to still have your grandparents around - please don't miss out on a wonderful opportunity.
In this day-in-age of high-tech gadgetry, there's no excuse for not videotaping your family get together.
Sit the family down in the living room and start asking Grandma and Grandpa questions - and watch the memories unfold.
Trust me, the day WILL COME when those family memories (and hopefully videos) will be among your most valuable possessions.
And what a wonderful gift to leave behind for your grand kids.
Merry Christmas!


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The creaking yellow vintage trams of the Carris public transportation company look as if they belong in a museum. These are one of the best ways to get around the city. Tram 28 is famous, taking riders on a 40-minute trip up (or down) the hill through old neighbourhoods such as Graça, Alfama and Baixa, along many historical highlights, including the cathedral and the castle. Todos a bordo!
Lisbon is one of the cheapest capitals in Western Europe. However, this does not necessarily apply to transportation: a tour in a touristy double-decker bus costs around 15 euro. The 6 euro day card for the tram is a much better deal and allows you to ride all over the city for an entire day. No wonder line 28 is popular among tourists. Board the old-fashioned yellow tram and sit back for a fast and bumpy ride through Lisbon's winding streets.
After the introduction of the first horse-drawn tram in 1873, Lisbon's tram network grew enormously. In the 1950s there were 27 tram lines but now there are only five lines left. Tram 28 – called 'Elétrico 28' by the locals – is the most popular line and runs from the Martim Moniz square to the Prazeres district.
According to the timetable, the ride should take 40 minutes, but in reality the wooden tram often takes an hour to negotiate the many curves in the narrow streets with a gradient of up to 14 percent. Along the way the tram passes numerous attractions, such as the Castelo de São Jorge, perched on the highest hill of Lisbon. Disembark here and combine a visit to the centuries-old castle with a cup of coffee on the Miradouro Largo Portas do Sol, a panoramic terrace with fabulous views of the Alfama district and the azure blue Tagus River. Then the tram careens down Alfama's medieval streets to the old district of Baixa, passing by the Sé Cathedral, another must-see attraction that's worth a stop.
The ride then continues through the charming run-down Bairro Alto to the artistic neighbourhood of Chiado and concludes at Campo Ourique, its final stop. The daily food market here attracts shoppers who come to buy fresh vegetables, fruit, fish and meat. In the afternoon and evening, the market draws hip thirty-somethings who flock here to eat and drink - the perfect spot for a late lunch. Right across from the end stop is the Cemitério dos Prazeres, the final resting place of many famous Portuguese. It is worth a visit before boarding the tram back to downtown.


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Former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley will deliver the keynote address to the American Farm Bureau Federation's 90th annual convention set for Jan. 11-14 in San Antonio, Texas.
"Bill Bradley is a respected bipartisan statesman who is well-known for his ability to bring people together to solve problems," said AFBF President Bob Stallman, a Columbus, Texas, rice and cattle producer. "Sen. Bradley's comments will be particularly well-suited for Farm Bureau's annual convention in January because a new president and a new Congress will be coming into office. He will provide valuable insights on what the new president must do to achieve public policy success."
In his presentations, Bradley explores the complex state of politics today, shedding light on foreign and domestic policy, the economy, the role of the United States in a global society, and the ever changing face of America.
Bradley, a Democrat, represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997. He currently is managing director of Allen & Company LLC. In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president.
Prior to serving in the Senate, he was an Olympic gold medalist in 1964 and a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1977.
More than 5,000 Farm Bureau members from across the nation will gather in San Antonio to learn more about the forces shaping agriculture today and participate in a grassroots policy setting process that will guide Farm Bureau through 2009.
"Farm Bureau members will certainly enjoy being in San Antonio in January with the historic River Walk and world renowned Tejano culture," Stallman said. "I particularly look forward to welcoming my Farm Bureau friends from across the country to my home state of Texas."
The convention begins Jan. 11 with the opening presidential address by Stallman. The annual Young Farmer and Rancher competitions, scheduled for Jan. 11-12, are highlights on the agenda. Another important feature is the annual Farm Bureau Women's luncheon and business session, which is open to all women attendees, as well as delegates to the Farm Bureau's Women's Business session. Advanced tickets are required to attend.
Farm Bureau members can register for the 90th AFBF convention through their state Farm Bureaus.


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BOSTON -- Massachusetts recently passed legislation requiring health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator (AED) on site and train its employees to use the device. The administration of Gov. Mitt Romney, however, is pushing to exempt from the law clubs with fewer than 15 employees because purchasing a portable defibrillator would impose a substantial burden on small clubs. At least 57 of the 837 clubs in Massachusetts have 15 or fewer employees, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association.
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This is transparent material with an adhesive backing that is computer cut into patterns that go over your factory lights and allows light to pass thru. This 12 mil thick vinyl comes off as easy as it installs and will not damage the lens in any way. The material has a 2-9 year outdoor life span, the material takes the abuse of daily driving instead of your lens. Installs with water and a little bit of heat (heat gun or hair dryer works well). We include a squeegee and install instructions with all orders. Easier & better alternative to paint, window tint, sign vinyl or plastic covers.


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(If your name is Jeff, by viewing this photo you have officially committed to Virginia.)
Via Dr. Saturday, DB/WR verbal commit Jeffery Farrar shared this letter from UVa coach Mike London. "I'm not really sure what it means," Farrar wrote. At the very least, it means Mike London knows where he lives. And that should probably make him uneasy.


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SuicideGirl of the Day — Jive [PICTURES]
Meet Jive, a SuicideGirl who hates posters that aren't in frames, loves trees and can't live without double cheeseburgers.
Name: Jive
Age: 21
Location: United Kingdom
Into: Singing, beauty, tattoos, photos, clothes, music history, video games, independence, art/posters in frames, blah blah blah.
Not into: Posters not in frames.
Makes me happy: Trees.
Makes me sad: All the screwed up stuff on planet Earth.
Hobbies: Music stuff and documenting it and walking everywhere.
5 things I can't live without: Food, water, shelter, music and double cheeseburgers from Smacky D's.
Vices: Pot. Mmmmmm.
I spend most of my free time: Sleeping or eating.
Occupation: Sleepy Head/ Student.
Stats: Vertically challenged.
Sign: Peace.
Cigarettes: Nope.
My diet: Omnivore.
Alcohol: Occasionally.
My idea of a good time: Support local music. Go to a show.
I want: Friendship.
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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From Korean pop stars to catastrophic weather events, lotto jackpots to life's burning questions, Google's annual Zeitgeist is a barometer for what captivated Aussies during 2012.
Gangnam Style topped the list as the most trending search for 2012, beating The Voice and One Direction. Other most popular searches included: Whitney Houston, the year's biggest sporting spectacle, the Olympics, and a $100 million jackpot from Oz Lotto.
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"Google is often the first place Australians turn to follow their favourite people, settle debates with friends and learn more about the latest news," Google spokesperson, Shane Treeves, said.
"The year-end Zeitgeist is a cultural barometer that gives us a real snapshot of the big events, memorable moments and growing trends in Australia for 2012."
Technology and applications were the most searched "what is" question. leading the way were: Stop online piracy act (SOPA), iCloud, instagram, imessage and spotify, which outnumbered scientology, kony and yolo.
Hurricane Sandy, Julian Assange and Felix Baumgartner were the most searched for news. The majority of the major news searches revolved around natural disasters in 2012. The Melbourne Earthquake and the Hawaii Tsunami were also on the list.
The road to finding love is a possible priority for many Australians as 'how to love' was the most searched "how to" question. Physical appearance was a predominant search with how to change, how to bulk, how to handstand and how to squat following close.
In sport, the Sydney Swans were the most searched Australian sports teams, while Stephanie Rice was the most searched Australian olympians. The Lance Armstrong scandal led the cyclist to become the most searched for athlete, with Usain Bolt and Roger Federer running second and third respectively.
In music, Gangnam Style was the most trending song, followed by Call Me Maybe and Skinny Love, while the top lyric searches included Payphone lyrics, Lego House lyrics and Some Nights lyrics.
As for television, Home and Away was the most searched TV show. Big Brother and The Voice were close behind. However, The Voice and Big Brother topped the most trending TV show category.
Lara Bingle beat Miranda Kerr to be Australia's top searched celebrity. Internationally, Kate Middleton was only out-searched by interest in Whitney Houston's death.
One Direction trumped others to top Australia's Google image searches, but Bieber-fever, and an intense interest in his former girlfriend, continues in Australia with Selena Gomez in second and Justin Bieber slotting in at number three.
Australian travel destinations were also on the most searched list with Mount Hotham, Victoria in the top position for local attractions and the Whitsundays and Nelson Bay making the top 10 travel destinations worldwide.


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by Micah Hart
Last time this year, Dirk Nowitzki was joining the ranks of basketball immortals. Things didn't turn out quite as well for him this season, but at least he's using his new-found free time wisely.
Saturday night Swish41 made a surprise appearance during the Avett Brothers concert in Grand Prairie, TX, joining the band on stage during the song "I Killed Sally's Lover" and rocking out on the tambourine. Nowitzki comes in around the 2:00 mark:
If Dirk's disappointed he's not still in the mix for the title, he ain't showing it.
H/T @drewpackham
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Started by twin Brothers Richard and Antony Joseph, JosephJoseph has become a quick favorite for people with modern kitchens since they first hit the scene in 2003. Bringing together the two founders' backgrounds in design and business, this fast-growing company has gained instant popularity, thanks to their wide assortment of utensils that provide simple solutions for the kitchen that still look good sitting on the counter top.
We've featured some of our favortes of JosephJoseph before, but having just toured their booth at this year's New York International Gift Fair, I thought I'd show you what's new from this cool home wares company.
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Rutledge man faces burglary charges
A 42-year-old Rutledge man was arrested last Friday after a homeowner noticed the man was taking items from her garage without her permission.
On October 26 around 5:14 p.m., deputies responded to a home on Long Lake Road in Willow River in reference to a burglary that had just occurred.
As deputies arrived in the area, they noticed a green van parked down the street from the break-in. Deputies made contact with the homeowner who stated that she had witnessed a party known to her as Douglas Roy Booker, and another unknown male remove items from the garage at her residence and then flee in a green van.
Deputies immediately began searching for the green van seen earlier and ultimately located it parked in the garage of a known associate in the city of Rutledge. Inside the van, deputies saw property taken in the burglary. Among the items stolen were a remote control car and an animal skull with an insignia carved in it.
A male party at the residence told deputies that Booker had entered the house but then fled out a window. Deputies surrounded the house and requested an investigator be dispatched. While awaiting the arrival of the investigator, deputies returned to the scene of the crime and collected evidence and witness statements.
A consent search was conducted of the Rutledge house by a sheriff's investigator and deputies. Booker was found hiding in a closet and taken into custody and subsequently charged with third degree burglary.
According to the arrest report, Booker had borrowed the van from his girlfriend earlier in the day. Booker had asked another party to deliver gasoline to him so he could use the van. The girlfriend said she borrowed Booker the van and had no knowledge what he planned on using it for, the complaint said.
The green van containing evidence was towed and is currently being held pending forfeiture.