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This article was also published in the Financial Times.
The news on this Bastille Day for those who enjoy eating out in France appears to be encouraging.
The last election saw the departure of a teetotal President, an acute source of chagrin for the country's winemakers, while the country's new cabinet has no place for those who once introduced the 35-hour week that forced so many restaurateurs across France to curtail their opening hours.
And now from Paris comes the news of three exciting new openings. While Les Jalles and Semilla are very different in style, they are both, unusually, open seven days a week - a boon for those who wish to enjoy a weekend in this city when so many independent restaurants remain resolutely closed. And Albion in the 10th arrondissement joins two other favourites, Chez Michel and Chez Casimir, in not only offering excellent food, but doing so within easy walking distance of the Gare du Nord.
Certainly, nothing could have looked more Parisian chic than Les Jalles as we staggered in with our suitcase. There was a liveried doorman on the outside; a modern take on an Art Deco interior inside; and, most encouragingly for two hungry travellers, two wide openings into the far wall that allowed excellent views into the kitchen.
To the left stood a smiling young chef in whites peeling potatoes while in the main kitchen stood Magali Marian, dressed in black, who, with his partner Delphine Alcover, opened Les Jalles following their success with Bistro Volnay nearby. While the latter draws its vinous inspiration from Burgundy, Les Jalles derives its name and the bulk of its wine list from Bordeaux.
But with this association came the first of two sources of disappointment. The kitchen produced some excellent food: a ravioli of goats' cheese with broad beans and leaves of crisp lettuce; a ceviche of bream with lime and cubes of artichoke; a cocotte brimming with monkfish and potatoes; and a fillet of cod with colourful, summery vegetables. Only a heavy, bland cherry clafoutis disappointed. But with a menu on which three of the six main courses were fish, it was difficult to find a suitable mature red or white wine to accompany our food, particularly when both of the two white wines we initially ordered were out of stock.
But what marred this meal more than anything else was Alcover's determination to control the dining room rather than to manage it. Only she was allowed to greet the customers; seat them; take their orders for food and wine; open the bottles; and pour the wine as well as prepare our bill, for which, as she was in the bar upstairs, we had to ask three times. There is no doubting Alcover's determination - I watched her give the same poor waiter a terrible telling off twice - but this very rigid, and very French, approach to dining-room etiquette is not in the customers' best interests.
A more relaxed, friendly approach is the leitmotif of New Zealander Drew Harré and his Cuban/American partner Juan Sanchez at Semilla on the Rue de Seine close to their ever- popular restaurants Cosi and Fish. And yet, thanks to an extremely clever association, they still manage to maintain the same high culinary ethos.
Having stripped back the interior of a dilapidated restaurant, installed steel beams across the ceiling and an open kitchen, these two restaurateurs have recruited Eric Trochon, a teacher at the highly regarded Ferrandi professional cookery school. Last year Trochon passed the highest professional exams to become a Meilleur Ouvrier de France.
As the Mexican maîtresse d' handed me my menu at 1.15 pm, I watched Trochon scurry in, change into his chef's jacket with the distinctive red and blue stripes around the neck and quietly lead and encourage his young brigade. The two-course, 19-euro lunch menu included a plate of three starters – a broccoli soup, beef carpaccio and two walnut biscuits – that was followed by an outstanding main course: a precisely steamed fillet of cod lying on diced, sautéed, buttery strips of endive and topped with passion fruit. This was a relatively simple dish that, contrary to expectations, worked very well, combining freshness, acidity and exciting colour.
Fish was once home to the British chef Mathew Ong, who, with New Zealand restaurateur Hayden Clout, has moved on to convert a former tabac into an extremely exciting wine shop and restaurant (pictured above). Their use of glass in the large front window and front door, in the floor that affords a bird's eye view into the wine cellar below, and in opening up the windows along the wall that overlooks a small garden make Albion an extremely attractive place to sit.
Their combined skills make Albion an exciting place to spend an evening in, too. While Clout oversees a wide ranging and well-priced wine list, from which we drank a Domaine des Lises 2010 Crozes Hermitage from Alain Graillot's son, Ong produces a small but well balanced menu whose highlights included a confit of salmon with a salad of daikon radishes; a risotto of peas and asparagus; and sweetbreads with girolles and Corsican liver sausage. Most intelligently, those normally very expensive fraises des bois - tiny, delicious wild strawberries - are here served as a parfait for 8.50 euros.
And all of this was delivered with wit. The baguettes stand proudly in a bright red bucket while a bottle of wine acts as the counterweight for the outer door to the lavatories. Albion and Semilla exude fun, an ingredient sadly missing from our evening at Les Jalles.
Les Jalles 14 rue des Capucines, 75002, tel 01.42.61.66.71 www.lesjalles.fr
Semilla 54 rue de Seine, 75006, tel 01.43.54.34.50
Albion 80 rue du Faubourg Poissonière, 75010, tel 01.42.46.02.44 www.restaurantalbion.com
Chez Michel 10 rue de Belzunce, 75010, tel 01.44.53.06.20,
Chez Casimir 6 rue de Belzunce, tel 01.48.78.28.80


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Spike Lee was a pioneer in several ways when he started making movies in the 1980s. Now with a new Kickstarter campaign, he's become the latest director to jump on the go-to vehicle for 21st century pioneers (and the occasional celebrity).
Acknowledging "Veronica Mars" and Zach Braff's "Wish I Was Here" as inspirations, Lee took to the crowdfunding site Monday to ask for $1.25 million to make his new movie, joining a bevy of filmmakers that also includes James Franco.
"It's a very different climate now," Lee said as he referenced the comparatively easy era in which he was able to get films like 1992's "Malcolm X" made. "And the only way to ensure as an independent filmmaker that your vision gets on screen is when you bring your money to the table."
PHOTOS: Spike Lee's controversial quotes: A brief history
Lee was circumspect about the contents of the new film — he hinted there were vampires but didn't say much more than that. ("This film is about the addiction of blood. Lot of sex too.") He added in his written appeal that "it's not 'Blacula'."
The director has switched up his studio and indie projects lately — the remake of "Oldboy," due from mid-major FilmDistrict in October, was preceded by the independently distributed "Red Hook Summer," his coming-of-age religion/molestation drama he made with even less money than this new one — and in just a few weeks.
Though there may be vampires, Lee took pains in his Kickstarter essay to distinguish it from studio films. "Do you wish to see Human Beings dealing with each other on a Human Level? How many more explosions with Ear splitting Sound Effects can you take? C'mon People, please get behind this Joint," he said, plaintively.
And despite the turn to the genre, Lee was quick to go through his body of work and remind that he'll keep fighting the power. He'll just do it with the latest fight-the-power tool.
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Melges 32 Fleet Ushers In Third Act Of Audi Tron Sailing Series — Talamone
5 June 2014
Talamone, Italy - This forthcoming weekend, the third round of the 2014 Melges 32 Audi Tron Sailing Series circuit organized by BPSE Sports&Events in coordination with Melges Europe commences with three days and eight scheduled races featuring fierce competition and sixteen masterful Melges 32 teams.
Still fired up after their respective wins in Napoli and Porto Ercole, Richard Goransson's Helly Hansen Inga From Sweden with tactician Morgan Larson, and Andrea Ferrari with Jesper Radich calling the shots on Spirit of Nerina return in true form, ready to race in an effort to add yet another trophy to their collections.
For Ferrari, Talamone will be key as he is the current 2014 Series leader, only four points ahead of Valentin Zavadnikov's Synergy GT in second. Edoardo Lupi on Torpyone is currently third and has had a banner year thus far with Lorenzo Bressani by his side. Mauro Mocchegiani's Fratelli Giacomel Audi E-Tron and Filippo Pacinotti's Brontolo H/H round out the top five in fourth and fifth. View The Full 2014 Melges 32 Audi-Tron Sailing Series Ranking.
Returning to the stage after being absent in Porto Ercole are two highly competitive Italian teams, sure to be in contention for a prize — 2014 Melges 32 Miami Winter Regatta Champion and Mini Maxi Volcano Race winner Roberto Tomasini Grinover's Robertissima, and Alessandro Rombelli's STIG with Star Class Olympic Gold Medallist (London 2012) Freddy Loof serving as tactician. A robust social schedule is planned. On Thursday, teams will enjoy a welcome cocktail gathering at the Audi hospitality tent, a drink party at Circolo della vela Talamone sponsored by Series logistics partner Kuehne + Nagel will be held on Friday evening, and a crew party is planned for Saturday night.
As in the past, the start of the Audi Tron Sailing Series means the return of the Audi test drives too. Anyone can demo the A3 g-tron, S3 Sportback, Admired A1, SQ5 and RS6 Avant. For further details, please call 345.9585343, or e-mail.
The Audi Tron Sailing Series has reconfirmed its innovative style with a brand new mobile app - now available on Google Play and iTunes Apple Store for free.
In addition to main sponsor Audi, the Audi Tron is supported by official sponsors Kuehne+Nagel, Torqeedo electric motors and technical partners such as the Ente Fiera di Genova, Nespresso and Olicor.
As with other Melges 32 events in Europe and around the world, racing updates will be posted online at the Official Audi Melges 32 Facebook Page. Tune in for the latest racing information, results, video interviews, and photos. Race reports, press releases and photos will be available online each day post racing at melges32.com.
1.) Carlo Perrone/Andrea Casale, Atlantica 19
2.) Filippo Pacinotti/Gabrio Zandona, Brontolo H/H
3.) Andrea LaCorte/Andrea Fornaro, Celedrin/Vitamina
4.) Mauro Mocchegiani/Branko Brcin, Fratelli Giacomel Audi E-Tron
5.) Giangiacomo Serena di Lapagio/Hugo Rocha, G Spot
6.) Richard Goransson/Morgan Larson, Helly Hansen Inga From Sweden
7.) Giovanni Arturo di Lorenzo/Matteo Ivaldi, Malafemenna
8.) Vincenzo Onorato/Gabrielle Benussi, Mascalzone Latino
9.) Roberto Tomasini Grinover/Vasco Vascotto, Robertissima
10.) Valerio Bartoleschi/Carlo Gugliemo Cattaneo, RYMIG
11.) Andrea Ferrari/Jesper Radich, Spirit of Nerina
12.) Alessandro Rombelli/Freddy Loof, STIG
13.) Valentin Zavadnikov/Michele Ivaldi, Synergy GT
14.) Pavel Kunetsov/Eugeniy Neugodnikov, Tavatuy
15.) Edoardo Lupi/Lorenzo Bressani, Torpyone
16.) Fritz Homann/Nicola Celon, Wilma
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Black Law Students / Re: Southern University Law Center Anyone???« on: April 22, 2007, 06:11:54 PM »
I recently visited the school and the individuals I did meet were nice and helpful. The school is not in the best condition and it is right in the center of campus. I am still considering on going there but besides one apartment complex by the school, I beleive finding suitable housing will be the hardest part for me. Did you get into Howard U.? Which school are you thinking of attending?


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Nissan 370Z sales soar
Dubai, May 27, 2013
Arabian Automobiles, the exclusive dealer of Nissan in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, has recorded a jump of over 750 per cent in Nissan 370Z sales following its repositioning for the 2013 model year, said a statement.
The 328 hp 3.7-litre V6 sports car is sold at a starting retail price of Dh139,000 ($37,844).
The price was not the only new feature of the 2013 370Z, it features a new front bumper design with LED lights, a new 19-inch wheel design, brake caliper color change to red, modified interior meter finisher color (gray to black) and two exciting new colors – magma red and midnight blue, it added.
"We have seen many sales successes in retailing Nissan's innovative and exciting model range in the many years we have been its exclusive distributor in Dubai and the Northern Emirates," said Salah Yamout, sales & marketing director.
"However, the jump in sales we have seen in Nissan 370Z since its price repositioning has been exceptional, especially for a model which has been on the market for some considerable time. It underlines just how appealing the 370Z remains and the assurance customers benefit from when buying from Arabian Automobiles."
Nissan 370Z is also a key part of Nissan's performance enhancement division, Nismo. - TradeArabia News Service


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The Rise of "Logical Punctuation".
The period outside the quotation marks is not a copy error.
For at least two centuries, it has been standard practice in the United States to place commas and periods inside of quotation marks. This rule still holds for professionally edited prose: what you'll find in Slate, the New York Times, the Washington Post— almost any place adhering to Modern Language Association (MLA) or AP guidelines. But in copy-editor-free zones—the Web and emails, student papers, business memos—with increasing frequency, commas and periods find themselves on the outside of quotation marks, looking in. A punctuation paradigm is shifting.
Indeed, unless you associate exclusively with editors and prescriptivists, you can find copious examples of the "outside" technique—which readers of Virginia Woolf and The Guardian will recognize as the British style—no further away than your Twitter or Facebook feed. I certainly can. Conan O'Brien, for example, recently posted:
Conan's staffers' kids say the darndest things. Unfortunately, in this case "darndest" means "incriminating".
The British style also rules on message boards and bulletin boards. I scanned four random posts in Metafilter.com (about Sony Playstation's hacking problems, the death of Phoebe Snow, the French police, and cool dads) and counted nine comments with periods and commas outside, seven inside.
I spotlight the Web not because it brings out any special proclivities but because it displays in a clear light the way we write now. The punctuation-outside trend jibes with my experience in the classroom, where, for the past several years, my students have found it irresistible, even after innumerable sardonic remarks from me that we are in Delaware, not Liverpool. As a result, I have recently instituted a one-point penalty on every assignment for infractions. The current semester is nearing its end, but I am still taking points away.
Why has this convention become so popular? I offer two reasons, one small and one big. The small one is a byproduct of working with computers, and writing computer code. In these endeavors, one is often instructed to "input" a string of characters, and sometimes (in the printed instructions) the characters are enclosed in quotation marks. Sticking a period or comma in front of the closing quotation marks could clearly have bad consequences. So, for example, the Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition), which otherwise endorses the American way— "This is a traditional style, in use well before the first edition of this manual (1906)"—makes an exception in the case of computer instruction, illustrated by:
name your file "appendix A, v. 10".
But the main reason is that the British way simply makes more sense. Indeed, since at least the 1960s a common designation for that style has been "logical punctuation." The best way to grasp this is to look at an example, such as what Slate commenter Dean Hamer wrote under a recent article about PBS and NPR:
[I]ronically, given the anecdote about "Tales of the City", PBS is the ONLY widely available channel that has any serious LGBT content; e.g. documentaries such as "Ask Not" and "Out in the Silence".
"Tales of the City" and "Out in the Silence" are units—consisting of the words and the quotation marks. Insinuating a period or comma within the unit alters it in a rather underhanded manner. American style is inconsistent, moreover, because when it comes to other punctuation marks—semicolons, colons, exclamation points, question marks, dashes—we follow British/logical protocol. Dean Hamer would pass muster in any U.S. newspaper or magazine, for example, if he were to write: I am a big fan of "Tales of the City"; did anyone else see "Ask Not"?
If it seems hard or even impossible to defend the American way on the merits, that's probably because it emerged from aesthetic, not logical, considerations. According to Rosemary Feal, executive director of the MLA, it was instituted in the early days of the Republic in order "to improve the appearance of the text. A comma or period that follows a closing quotation mark appears to hang off by itself and creates a gap in the line (since the space over the mark combines with the following word space)." I don't doubt Feal, but the appearance argument doesn't carry much heft today; more to the point is that we are simply accustomed to the style.
For some, though, logic is more compelling than tradition. Language, the journal of the Linguistic Society of North America, for instance, has adopted the British way. * The first item under "Punctuation" in its Style Sheet says:
The second member of a pair of quotation marks should precede any other adjacent mark of punctuation, unless the other mark is part of the quoted matter: The word means `cart', not `horse'. He writes, `This is false.'
By far the biggest fount of logical punctuation today is Wikipedia, which was started by two Americans but whose English-language edition is by and for all English-speaking countries. The site's style guide notes that "logical punctuation … is used here because it is deemed by Wikipedia consensus to be more in keeping with the principle of minimal change." That is, if you put a period or comma inside quotation marks, you are wrongly suggesting that the period or comma is part of the quoted material, and thus you have "changed" it.
Thus in the Wikipedia entry on Frank Sinatra one finds:
… an FBI report on Sinatra, released in 1998, showed that the doctors had also written that he was a "neurotic" and "not acceptable material from a psychiatric standpoint". This was omitted from his record to avoid "undue unpleasantness for both the selectee and the induction service".
Logical punctuation is also the official style at the popular music site Pitchfork, where, as I write, the lead story notes that "Covers on the LP [from Iggy Pop] include the Beatles' 'Michelle', Fred Neil's 'Everybody's Talkin' ', and tracks from Serge Gainsbourg and Henri Salvador." I asked managing editor Mark Richardson why Pitchfork does it that way, and he emailed me to say that it was "partly because it makes sense when the quoted titles don't contain punctuation (which I guess is why it's called 'logical') and partly because it was absorbed from reading the UK music press."
Pitchfork is an outlier in this regard. That is, the vast majority of the legion of logical punctuators are not consciously rejecting illogical American style, or consciously imitating the British. Rather, they follow their intuition because they don't know the American rules. They don't know the rules because they don't read enough. Don't read enough edited prose, that is; they read plenty of Facebook posts and IMs that make these same sorts of mistakes.
Some shifts in punctuation practice make their way, over time, to grammar books and official acceptance. Imagine Jane Austen starting a book today with the sentence, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Her editor would take both commas out. But despite the love it gets from the masses, logical punctuation isn't likely to break through to the rule-keepers any time soon. The old way is just too established. When I asked Feal and Carol Saller, who oversees the Chicago Manual of Style, if there was a chance their organizations would go over to the other side, they both replied, in essence: "How about never? Is never good for you?" What's likely is a more and more pronounced separation between official and unofficial practice. That is, prose published by established entities will follow the traditional rules, while everyone else will follow logic. As a wise man once said, "You pays your money, and you takes your choice".
Correction, May 13, 2011: This article originally misstated the name of the Linguistic Society of America. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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comon damnit! Holding!
sputtering...classic prevent offense right here...gotta love it
Nice drive turning to crap...
i'll take punts into the endzone all day long with cribbs back there
no goddamn way this offense gets them anywhere in the playoffs...not a chance
OK, lets go D, lets pad some stats...get some sacks, turnovers, etc.
unless we blow them out the starters are gonna be in there the whole game
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Dear Father I have always known about St John leaping in his mothers womb. But never heard this/born without original sin. Why as catholics are we not taught this. This is so wonderful/ so great and when he baptises Our Lord (maybe not describing so well) it makes perfect sense/noone else could. Thankyou for telling us this. Does this him make him the greatest Saint. This was wonderful to read and will share with others thanks God Bless and have a wonderful year tjay
|Answer by Fr. John Echert on 1/2/2013:
Our Lord himself spoke of John as best of the Old Covenant. As to all time, second to
Mary he is a strong contender. Spread the teaching on this matter to others. They will
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Hangover Sports Roundup:BCS Standings, Cowboys Struggle
College Football
ESPN's Mock BCS standings had Boise State as the number one team in the nation but now the real rankings are out, giving college football fans a reality check. The Oklahoma Sooners sit atop the rankings but they should be sleeping with one eye opened. With unbeaten power teams such as Auburn, LSU, and Michigan State below them, Oklahoma needs to hope those teams look bad when losing. As for Boise State, TCU, and Utah, also need the power teams to lose multiple games in order to even have a shot at playing for the national title. It's a shame computers and rankings decide the fate of so many talented teams because it robs the fan of seeing a legitimate national champion. Sadly, Boise State and TCU will get continue to be disappointed until either we get a playoff system or they play in a power conference.
When your 'America's Team' having an 1-4 start is going to have the Cowboy faithful putting pressure on owner Jerry Jones to make major changes. Once again turnovers and penalties turned possible Dallas victory into a road loss disaster against the Minnesota Vikings. The Cowboys will have a chance to erase their 24-21 loss to the Vikings with two home games against New York and Jacksonville. Meanwhile fans are hopping on the Minnesota bandwagon with not only the win but also with the production of Randy Moss. If Brett Farve can handle his text messages controversy, the Vikings can recover and make a run at the playoffs.


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NSW Police have executed search warrants at the upmarket Westin Hotel in Sydney and a union related credit union and seized documents in relation to investigations into rorting allegations about former Labor MP Craig Thomson.
Along with the documents, the Sydney-based fraud squad detectives are believed to have taken hotel CCTV screen shots dating back to 2005.
Union records show that Mr Thomson stayed at the Westin in Sydney's CBD in May 2005, paying a total of $255.53.
A statement issued by the NSW Police Fraud and Cybercrime Squad's Strike Force Carnarvon on Tuesday said: "Investigators also served a notice to produce at a state government employees credit union in Clarence Street, Sydney."
Mr Thomson's lawyer, Chris McArdle told News Ltd: "It's a pity they are wasting their time. They should be chasing real criminals."
The now independent federal MP is charged with 154 counts of fraud, allegedly committed while he was national secretary of the Health Services Union.
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BABSON PARK, Mass. – Five different players recorded hat tricks to lead the Babson College women's lacrosse team to an 18-7 victory over visiting MIT in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest at MacDowell Field on Tuesday night. With the win, the Beavers improved to 7-7 overall and 4-1 in the conference, while the Engineers dipped to 8-5 overall and 2-3 in NEWMAC play.
MIT received a team-high three goals from Katie Kaufmann and two scores from Kaitlyn Nealon. Kelly Duncan and Erica Little also netted goals for the Engineers, while goalie Sarah Ritter finished with seven saves. Stephanie Leger tallied three draw controls, setting a new Institute mark for career draw controls, to go along with two groundballs and two caused turnovers. Molly McCartin bolstered the defense with three groundballs and three caused turnovers.
Babson was paced by Alyssa Hood, who scored three goals and assisted two others for a game-high five points, and Trisha Babson, who tallied three goals, one assist, and a team-high eight draw controls. Jamie Spang, Morgan Lockwood, and Colleen Mulligan also netted three goals apiece for the Beavers, while Ellen McCurdy chipped in two goals and one assist. Sarah Macary turned away five shots in net, as Kate Danforth and Kristy Benoit both picked up one groundball in their final regular season home contest.
MIT controlled the pace early on, scoring four of the game's first six goals, including a pair by Nealon, to build a 4-2 lead with 17:39 left in the first half. However, Hood, Babson, and Mulligan all scored within the next three and a half minutes to move their team in front, 5-4, before Kaufmann netted her second of the game to even the score at 5-5 with 12:54 left in the period.
It would be all Babson from that point on, as the hosts scored four straight goals to end the first half and then tacked on four more unanswered strikes to start the second. Spang scored all three of her goals during the decisive 8-0 run, which gave the Beavers a 13-5 lead with just over 20 minutes left in the game. Kaufman would snap the Engineers' scoreless streak with her third of the night at 19:08, but Babson went on to score five of the contest's final six goals to earn the 18-7 victory.
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Apple Rejecting Apps That Use Dropbox Because *Gasp!* Users Might Sign Up For Dropbox Accounts
from the control-control-control dept
Reason for rejection is the fact that if the user does not have Dropbox application installed then the linking authorization is done through Safari (as per latest SDK).Dropbox is trying to work around Apple's excessive rules, but the whole thing seems a bit crazy. At some point you have to wonder when Apple is going to trip various antitrust rules about using its dominant position on the platform to hurt other companies. It seems developers are eventually going to recognize that, even with Apple's giant market, it might just be easier to focus on more reasonable and open platforms.
Once the user is in Safari it is possible for the user to click "Desktop version" and navigate to a place on Dropbox site where it is possible to purchase additional space.
Apple views this as "sending user to an additional purchase" which is against rules.


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April 4, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT (9-5) connected on a season-best 22 hits, including a 5-for-5 effort from senior Ricky Tydus, as the Engineers outslugged Wentworth 20-10 in non-conference action, Monday afternoon. Wayne Duggan recorded his second win as many tries, while MIT ensured its seventh victory in eight games.
The Engineers offense got cooking early, with the meat of the lineup supplying most of the day's damage. After a one out single by Jason Witzberger in the bottom of the first, Wayne Duggan followed with an RBI double. A single by Warren Bates sandwiched in between doubles by Kyle Zeller and Tydus pushed Tech's lead to three at the end of one and set the stage for another explosive offensive effort.
MIT upped its lead to 10 after the second, although the Engineers scored seven times on just four singles during the frame. Wentworth didn't help itself in the third, surrendering six runs, the first three of which developed through two walks and four wild pitches. With two on, and one out, Mike Batty homered over the left field wall, swelling the advantage to an insurmountable 16-0.
A two-run double off the bat of Garrett Fisher in the top half of the fourth produced the Leopards' first runs of the game and accounted for the only blemishes in Duggan's performance on the hill. Before leaving the game after the fifth, Duggan made the most of his final at-bat with a monster pop to left field that jumped out of the yard almost instantly.
The Leopards scored five times in the top of the seventh in their best attempt to claw back into the battle. Matt Moyen, who went 4-for-5, ignited WIT with an RBI double, while Jared Cianciolo followed with a two-run single. Wentworth scored two more unearned runs to cut the lead to 17-8, but that was as close as the Leopards would get.
Batty closed the day with a game-high four RBI, while he, Zeller and Blaine Ziegler crossed the plate three times each.


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While many of you moms out there are looking forward to Mother's Day—the one day out of the year dedicated to the most challenging yet rewarding job ever—Christy Turlington Burns as well as a handful of other celeb moms will be boycotting the holiday and are asking you to do the same.
This may seem like a bit too much to ask for, but Turlington Burns' "No Mothers Day" campaign is aiming to raise awareness of the issue of maternal mortality and help folks understand just how devastating the loss of a mother can be—especially to the families of the nearly 360,000 women who die each year globally due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Of those, 90 percent of the deaths are preventable. Turlington Burns' Every Mother Counts, a maternal health advocacy and mobilization campaign founded in 2010, is sponsoring "No Mothers Day."
Plus: Celebrating Mother's Day After Losing My Mom
The two-minute film (directed by Turlington Burns' hubby Ed Burns) was made to encourage other moms to partake in this act of unity by using May 13, 2012 (Mother's Day) as a day to disappear. This means no phone calls, e-mails, gifts, and most of all, no status updates! The model and activist hopes that by doing this, everyone will see the absence that a woman leaves behind after dying during childbirth. She also hopes that this will bring more attention to maternal health so that more mothers can celebrate in the years to come.
Plus: Check Out Christy Turlington Burns' Documentary No Woman, No Cry
How do you feel about this movement? Are you willing to sacrifice the one day out of the year dedicated to you to help thousands of other mothers around the world?


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A few notes from the Grand Opening Weekend of Rivers of Light at Disney's Animal Kingdom:
- The show features a 15 minute long Prelude Sequence prior to the published start time.
- The public debut of the show has a run time of 16 minutes (down from 18 minutes during earlier previews).
- Guests with FASTPASS+ reservations will be seated only in the Asia Amphitheater.
- Guests with Rivers of Light Dining Package reservation will be seated only in the DinoLand USA Amphitheater.
- The Standby Queue is only available at the DinoLand USA Amphitheater; Standby viewing is comprised of both seating and standing room.
Disney's Animal Kingdom has published the Grand Opening for the Rivers of Light on February 17, 2017 at 7:15 pm.
After the Grand Opening date, the show is currently scheduled to continue on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday through April 7, 2017.
From April 8th through June 2017 the show is currently schedule nightly (entertainment hours are currently not published passed June 2017).
FastPass+ is now open for the show beginning with the 2/17/17 performance.
The first Guest previews of the Rivers of Light were held on 2/7/17. As part of the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, attending Guests were given a private performance of the full Rivers of Light show.
The show appears to be similar form to the Cast Previews held at the end of 2016, with some potential improvements on the show's climax (or at least some improved opinions of it).
After this Private Guest Preview, Cast are still reporting that Public Guest Previews are slated to begin during the February 12th through March 4th window.
Below is the video Jones Family Travels took of the Full Show during the Preview and has shared on their YouTube Account:
Continued after hours testing and a recent update to the park hours schedule have added to new rumours of a soft open (public preview) run for Rivers of Light.
Cast have reported that the show has continued to be tested after park hours to empty theaters after the Cast Preview shows in Late November and Early December.
Additionally, Park Hours for Disney's Animal Kingdom have recently been extended to an 8:00 pm closure from February 12th through March 4th. With a Sunset between 6:14 - 6:28 pm for the park during this period; it appears that this could be a likely sign that the park hours were extended for the new show.
Cast have reported that any showings between 2/12 - 3/4 are likely to be considered "previews" as park hours currently return to a 7:00 pm closure on March 5th.
Buried among a plethora of previously announced items, the Walt Disney World resort made their first announcement regarding a Rivers of Light debut date since their vague "Fall 2016" update:
Despite the new year-long target, Cast Previews have been continuing since the first preview on 11/27/16.Originally Posted by Walt Disney World Resort
Current Rumours are that the show may continue in a test/adjust mode with a Public Debut just ahead or during the 2017 Peak Spring Break season (March 4-20, 2017).
Cast Previews were held 11/27/16 as planned with an additional Cast Preview tonight.
There was reportedly one show re-set due to a technical issue, but otherwise ran with no further issues.
The aggregate report from the debut of the 18 minute show has been overwhelmingly positive. As shown in publicity pictures from Spring 2016, the show is comprised of multiple floats that fill the River of Life and perform various synchronized movements along with fountain and lighting effects.
The floats move with out any "driver" and move 'autonomously' through-out the show area along the river. Many of the Cast who experienced the show were impressed by the complexity and elegance of the synchronized movements that comprise the body of the show.
The main constructive criticism reported was that storytelling of the show is so subtle that it may not be followed by some Guests leading them to gain only a partial experience.
Despite the first set of previews, Disney has yet to make an internal announcement regarding the Public Debut (or previews) for the show.
Below is the Publicity Picture from Spring 2016:


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Technology is exciting and makes us happy for a variety of reasons, but one of the biggest advantages of new technology is convenience. Convenience makes our lives easier by simplifying tasks that we don't necessarily want to spend a lot of time on. Smartphones have made our lives a lot easier with apps for just about everything, but what if you could do your grocery shopping directly from your fridge? Well, if you hate going to the grocery store, Samsung has just announced a refrigerator that you'll want to put on your wish list.
The new E-commerce enabled refrigerator joins Samsung's high-tech line of home appliances with all the usual bells and whistles that go along with a refrigerator, plus one extra-special feature. Samsung has partnered with E-Mart to offer users access to over 22,000 products sold by E-Mart directly from the built-in LCD screen on the front of their refrigerator. The screen will let users choose their preferred items and select a date for delivery. Sounds more efficient than that magnetic list pad that's on your fridge now, right? The high-tech fridge should be available in the market later this month. No word yet on how much this thing will cost or when or if it will be available anywhere other than Korea, but it certainly makes us excited about the possibilities of future technology in the kitchen.
Would you use a grocery delivery service that was built into your fridge?


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We are 10 days into the month, did you make resolutions this year? Do you want to lose weight, learn a new skill or organize your apartment in Ridgeland, SC? Whatever your resolution is, here are some tips to help you stick to it throughout the year.
1. Make it attainable. Be sure that your resolution is attainable. Sticking to your monthly budget is attainable; making a million bucks may not be (just yet).
2. Tell everyone. If you tell everyone about your resolution, you are more likely to keep it. If you want to quit smoking, you can even go as far as telling your friends that you'll give them $50 if they catch you lighting up.
3. Be specific. If you want to get fit in the new year, set a specific goal. For example, instead of saying you want to get fit, say you want to lose 10 pounds and tone your arms and legs.
4. Start small. Create small goals for yourself. If you want to organize your house, assign one room to each month. In January, organize your kitchen. In February, organize your bedroom. In March, your organize your office. In April, you organize your garage, and so on.
5. Write it down. It's important to motivate yourself throughout the year. Write your resolution down on every month in your calendar. Don't let yourself forget about your resolution as the year goes on.


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At mid point a second piano comes in with a single note, as if inspired to echo the melody of the main one.
Both Wave and Mp3 format included.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa – The University of Dubuque Spartans were looking to remain unbeaten in Iowa Conference play on Saturday, but the visiting Wartburg College Knights scored on a 17 yard pass play with :35 seconds left of the game to take the lead and the victory by a 22-15 score.
UD opened the day with a safety after a blocked punt by Darren Myles deep in the Wartburg half of field. A mad scramble to secure the ball as the the ball rolled out of the back of the endzone resulted in a team safety to give UD a 2-0 lead. The game's defensive battle would continue for most of the opening half of play. The Spartans missed on a 44 yard field goal attempt with 3:41 left of the second quarter when the ball bounced off, half way up the right upright. The Knights scored with :23 left of the second to take their first lead 7-2. The Spartans held the Knights to 76 total yards and just four first downs in the opening half.
UD took the lead again in the third quarter on a five yard touchdown run by Bryan Bradshaw with 4:07 remaining. The Spartans went for the two point conversion and failed as Bradshaw was sacked in the backfield with the score 8-7 in favor of the host Spartans. Wartburg scored on a three yard pass with 1:14 remaining of the third to once again retake the lead 15-8.
The Spartans Chris Bagley caught a six yard touchdown pass from Bradshaw with 11:47 left of the final quarter of action to tie the game 15-15. UD's defense held the Knights to three and out in next series. The Knights defense stopped the Spartans in the following series, but it was UD's defense making the big play. As Wartburg was third and 13 yards to go, they threw a pass which was picked off by Vincent Whipple and he returned it 14 yards to the Spartans 39 yard line. The Spartans were once again stopped and punted to the Knights 32 yard line.
Wartburg received the ball with 3:13 left of the contest. They started their drive with a 16 yard pass to their 48 yard line. On first down, a seven yard rush. The second down was held to a rush of two yards. Third down was for no gain and the Knights called a timeout. Unfortunately for the Spartans the fourth and short ended in favor of the Knights on a seven yard scamper to keep their drive alive. A pair of passes, one for a gain of 19 yards a 17 yard touchdown with just 35 seconds left of the game pushed the Knights in the lead once again by a score of 22-15.
The final Spartan drive started with 31 seconds left on UD's own 27 yard line. Two quick pass plays moved the ball to the Wartburg 38 yard line with only 10 seconds left. UD next pass was intercepted at the Wartburg 25 yard line ending the chance for a Spartan comeback.
UD led in just about every statistical category, but the score. The Spartans finished with 25 first downs and held the Knights to 12. Possession time UD finished with 39:04 while Wartburg held the ball just 20:56. The Spartans held the Knights to 1 of 11 third down conversions.
Last week's IIAC Male Athlete of the Week, Bryan Bradshaw, completed 27 of 43 pass attempts for 266 yards and a touchdown. Tyler Rutenbeck caught nine passes for 78 yards and teammate Chris Bagley grabbed eight for 73 yards and a touchdown. Kyle Acker rushed for 66 yards in the loss. Doug Lillibridge punted inside the Knights 20 yard line twice. Vincent Whipple led the defense with eight tackles and an interception return for 14 yards. Ryan Arnold had five tackles with three for losses including two sacks for losses of 12 yards. Reggie Cole Jr. added an interception with a return of 20 yards for UD.
The loss was the Spartans first league loss (4-3 overall, 3-1 in IIAC) and the Knights improved to 4-0 and 6-1 overall. Next week UD will travel to Indianola to face the Simpson Storm (5-2, 3-1 in IIAC) with a 4:00 p.m. kick-off. Simpson beat Coe 41-38 in two overtimes on Saturday.


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Dec. 14, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the third consecutive year, senior 2 meter man John Rogers was named to the Division III Eastern Championship All-Tournament First-Team. Junior 2 meter man Kevin Amendt joined Rogers on the First-Team this year as well, while sophomore utility man Morgan Laidlaw garnered a spot on the Second-Team. Rogers was also named to the Northern Division III All-Conference First-Team for the first time.
Rogers, Amendt and Laidlaw were instrumental in the success of the water polo team this year. The team, under the tutelage of first-year head coach Felix Mercado, went 15-14 after finishing 14-14 in 2004. Rogers, who is MIT's all-time leading scorer with 174 career goals, led the team all season and finished with 59 scores. It is the fifth highest season total in MIT water polo history. Amendt was fourth on the team with 26 goals, and Laidlaw was sixth with 12 tallies.


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1:00 pm
French In Action "Portraits II" Robert is slim, well-built, athletic and maybe just a bit less quick than Mireille. What will happen when these two meet?G
1:30 pm
French In Action "Genealogy" An impromptu visit to the family's country house, where we meet many of Mireille's relatives, including a 10-year old sister who has a mind of her own.G
2:00 pm
Western Tradition "The American Revolution" The British colonists fight first for their rights as Englishmen and then for universal freedoms.G
2:30 pm
Western Tradition "The American Republic" The new republic demonstrates that a revolution can create a free, stable society.G
3:00 pm
Discovering Psychology "The Mind Awake and Asleep" Surveys the nature of sleeping, dreaming, and altered states of consciousness, and how consciousness empowers us to interpret, analyze, and direct our behavior in adaptive, flexible ways.G
3:30 pm
Discovering Psychology "The Mind Hidden and Divided" Delves into the subconscious mind, examining how events and experiences that take place below the level of consciousness alter our moods, bias our actions and affect our health as demonstrated in repression.G
4:00 pm
DragonflyTV "Planet Earth" Los Angeles rafters learn to read and ride the whitewater as they shoot down American River, exploring the ecology, geology and splashy thrills of the infamous rapids known as Satan's Cesspool. And DRAGONFLY TV spins a new query: how can you prove that the Earth actually rotates around the sun?. D
4:30 pm
Biz Kid$ "A Closer Look at Financial Careers" When is a job more than a job? The Biz Kids look at what it takes to find your true calling. You'll learn ways to start exploring careers. The kids talk to several celebrities and find out how they got their start and how they keep achieving their dreams. D
5:00 pm
Wishbone "A Tale of Two Sitters" This live-action program follows the exploits of Wishbone the dog and his human friends, Joe, David and Samantha through their adventures in their hometown of Oakdale. Wishbone's everyday experiences trigger his imagination and he finds himself in scenes from classic works of literature. In this episode, it is guilt by association when Emily and a friend cut loose and get Wishbone in trouble. D
5:30 pm
Cyberchase "Chaos As Usual" Introducing Memoryville, home to a vast storehouse of Cyberspace data, where The Slugball Open, a Cyberspace version of baseball, is in progress. In their attempt to win for a day the Key to the City, Team Motherboard has made it to the finals . along with, you guessed it, Hacker! Unbeknownst to most (except, of course, to Hacker), this Key opens all doors to the city-including the door to the data storehouse! With surefire plans to win, Hacker can hardly wait to delete the data and create untold chaos. D
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It's Sew Easy "Custom Jackets" Let the experts guide you on a jacket journey. This season each week features a tutorial from Angela Wolf on making a custom jacket. Today's lesson is prepping the pattern with fusible and sewing the jacket body. D
6:30 pm
Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop "The Hudson River Painters at Kaaterskill Falls, NY" David visits the top of the 300-foot Kaaterskill Falls in the Catskill Mountains, painted by many Hudson River artists. These artists, considered the first American school of painting, portrayed the awesome immensity and sublime effects of nature. These artists painted from a various motivations but always with a scrupulous observation of nature, in the words of Thomas Cole (1800 - 1848), considered the father of the Hudson River painters. D
7:00 pm
Cooking with Nick Stellino "Pork Chop & Pineapple Upside-Down Cake" Nick visits the butcher shop and the chicken coop and prepares Pork Chops with Apple & Whiskey Sauce and a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake that will rekindle your memory and seduce your palate. D
7:30 pm
Chef's Life "A Road Trip for Rice" Vivian travels to Columbia, South Carolina, to meet with Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills and learns about Carolina heirloom rice growing in fields on the Savannah River. Glenn explains Anson Mills' efforts to save heirloom grains and discusses the importance of ingredient biodiversity. Glenn's passion inspires Vivian to host a "rice dinner" at Chef & the Farmer, where each course centers around this grain. D
8:00 pm
Ask This Old House "Repairing A Rotted Porch Post/Dealing with High Indoor Humidity" Tom repairs a rotted porch post. Richard visits New Orleans, Louisiana, to help a family deal with high indoor humidity. And the guys ask, "What is it?". D
8:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Iran:Tehran and Side Trips" Rick visits Tehran and a small village for a look at some of civilization's important historical sites and a sense of Iran's 21st-century culture.G
9:00 pm
Rudy Maxa's World "Four Great Cities of Asia" Only three per cent of the world's population lived in cities in 1800s, but that number will swell to 70% by 2050. Cities in Asia underwent rapid growth in the past century, and "Four Great Cities of Asia" examines the remarkable evolution of the mega-city. From the world's largest city, Tokyo, to the colorful chaos of Delhi, and from the modern miracle of Seoul to the teeming streets of Bangkok, "Four Great Cities of Asia" is a passport to the high-tech marvels and back-street secrets of four of the world's most amazing cities. D
9:30 pm
Lidia's Italy In America "Another Seafood Celebration" Casino Clams, Mussels Triestina and Cioppino are delicious ways to enjoy seafood. Lidia takes viewers to Swann Oyster Depot for King Crab Legs and Eataly to explore the fish counter. Many Italians from the northwestern coastal region of Liguria settled in the San Francisco area, and it's not surprising that they brought their Cioppino with them. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Chicken for Everyone!" NULL
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Pati's Mexican Table "Easy Comfort Food" Simple, easy, home-style cuisine that you'd find in just about any Mexican home, recreated for the American kitchen. This meal was Pati's favorite "everyday" meal growing up in Mexico, and one she regularly makes for her own family today. She's proud to share the steps so that you can enjoy it, too! Dressed-up Chicken Milanesa; Chayote Squash and Pickled Onion Salad; Chunky Chipotle Mashed Potatoes. D
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Clodagh's Irish Food Trails "County Waterford" NULL
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Rick Steves' Europe "Iran:Tehran and Side Trips" Rick visits Tehran and a small village for a look at some of civilization's important historical sites and a sense of Iran's 21st-century culture.G


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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Navel or no?
Today in theological debate, mentioning Adam and Eve is likely to get you into discussion about the interpretation of Genesis 1, the age of the earth, or whether the Fall was a real historical event.
There was a time, however, when you'd have been pinned to the wall by your sparring partner and forced to declare your position on the thorny issue of whether or not Adam and Eve had navels. While Monks spent time literally 'navel gazing' over the puzzle in the quiet of their monasteries, fierce rival factions warred outside over what they took to be a key theological battleground. When Michelangelo painted Adam with a navel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he was labelled a heretic by some theologians. In 1646, Sir Thomas Browne an English philosopher published his Pseudodoxia Epidemica in which a whole chapter was dedicated to the evils of 'Pictures of Adam and Eve with Navels', describing it a 'vulgar error'.
Michelangelo dares to paint Adam's navel on the roof of the Sistine Chapel.
The opposite team argued hard for Adam and Eve's belly buttons, laughing-off accusations that they must have pictured God with one since the our first parents were made in His image. Unfortunately, this group had to deal with some internal politics as three distinct camps emerged; the pre-umbilicists, mid-umbilicists, and post-umbilicists. The first group assumed that Adam and Eve were created with navels (usually in order to give the appearance of prior history, solving the infamous chicken and egg connundrum); the second posited that surely Adam's navel was created when the Lord removed his rib to create Eve, and Eve went without; the third places the umbilicus on the pair after the Fall as a reminder that they'd been severed from the Lord, just as a child would be severed from his mother at birth.
The debate over whether Adam and Eve's navels were intrusions (innies) or protrusions (outies) is still simmering in theology faculties around the country.


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Gov't Says They Requested 24,270 Wiretaps In Total; Sprint Alone Says They Received Over 50k Requests
from the something-doesn't-add-up dept
While T‐Mobile does not disclose the number of requests we receive from law enforcement annually, the number of requests has risen dramatically in the last decade...Perhaps more troubling may be the tidbit that Julian Sanchez noticed in Sprint's response (pdf), in which they admit to 52,029 court orders for wiretaps:
Over the past five years, Sprint has received approximately 52,029 court orders for wiretaps; 77,519 court orders for the installation of a pen register/trap and trace device; and 196,434 court orders for location information. [...] Over the same time frame Sprint received subpoenas from law enforcement agencies requesting basic subscriber information. Each subpoena typically requested subscriber information on multiple subscribers and last year alone we estimate that Sprint received approximately 500,000 subpoenas from law enforcement.As Sanchez notes, this is problematic, because Sprint -- which is just the third largest mobile operator -- appears to be claiming more court orders for wiretaps than various officials reports to Congress of how many wiretaps had been sought in total. In other words, either Sprint's definition of "wirtetaps" is different than everyone else's, it's number is wrong... or... someone's been lying to Congress.
That seems like a pretty big miss by someone...
Certainly a report of 52,029 wiretaps over five years--and that just from the third largest carrier in the country--is remarkable in and of itself. But it's also more than double the number of all wiretaps counted in annual reports required by federal law. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts keeps track of the number of wiretaps authorized each year for criminal investigations. The Justice Department files an annual report to Congress on individual warrants issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for intelligence investigations. (If you don't feel like wading through, The Electronic Privacy Information Center has charts and graphs that should make it clear.) The total number of all wiretaps counted in the official reports over the five year period 2007–2011 comes to 24,270. I've made a table breaking it down year by year:
YEAR TITLE III (Criminal) Wiretap Orders FISA (Intelligence) Wiretap Orders 2011 2,732 1,745 2010 3,795 1,579 2009 3,043 1,320 2008 2,631 2,083 2007 2,927 2,370 TOTAL 15,173 9,097
The obvious question: How is one cell phone carrier—and not the largest by a longshot—reporting 27,759 more wiretap orders than the official numbers acknowledge for all carriers?


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MILWAUKEE—Jerran Young and Cole Darling each had 18 points and Wright State jumped out to an early lead and never looked back to defeat Milwaukee 64-49 on Saturday night for its third straight win.
Wright State (17-8, 8-4 Horizon) began the game with a 13-4 run capped off by Young's 3-pointer with 13:40 remaining in the first half. The Raiders, which led by as many as 17 points in the second half, shot 47.7 percent from the field and were 16 of 19 from the free-throw line.
Parris Gulley was the leading scorer for Milwaukee (5-20, 1-10) with 10 points. Jordan Aaron and Demetrious Harris added seven points apiece for the Panthers, which shot only 40 percent from the floor and committed 16 turnovers.
Milwaukee never led in the contest and has lost seven straight games.


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Marshawn mostly mum again as Seahawks meet media
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey – Beast Mode was Least Mode again.
Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch abruptly ended his media availability -- again -- walking away from a throng of reporters and escorted by a member of the New Jersey State Police on Wednesday after about 7 uncomfortable minutes in which he answered just a few questions.
The elusive Lynch, who created a stir at media day Tuesday by talking for only 6 1/2 minutes, writhed in his seat and leaned his head back at times as a few dozen reporters, lined up as much as five deep, tried to ask him questions during the players' 45-minute availability at the team hotel.
"I don't appreciate this," he said in a tone barely above a whisper. "I'm just here so I won't get fined."
Earlier this month, Lynch was fined $50,000 for not cooperating with the Seattle media. The NFL put that fine on hold, saying it would be rescinded if he complied with media obligations. During media day, Lynch spoke for 6 1/2 minutes before leaving, and then returning to speak to Deion Sanders for NFL Network, to the Seahawks website, and to Armed Forces Network -- and acknowledged he was trying to avoid being fined by the league for not meeting his media requirements.
It didn't appear Lynch would be fined by the league, for either Tuesday or Wednesday.
"Players are required to participate and he participated," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Associated Press. "His comments of the past two days have been widely circulated."
Fullback Michael Robinson, one of his buddies who was seated to his left, even poked fun at the situation by asking Lynch a question of his own.
"What do you think of your fullback?" Robinson said, laughing. "Is he a pretty cool brother?"
"No," Lynch responded.
"What?" Robinson asked incredulously.
"No," Lynch repeated.
"That's messed up," a smiling Robinson said. "We went to dinner last night and everything, man."
After Lynch was short with his answers to a few questions, Robinson moved the microphone over to in front of him and began answering questions for Lynch.
"I'm going to slide up in this thing," Robinson said with a smile, "and break up the monotony a little bit. Uhh, Marshawn ain't going to try to say nothing to you guys, so you can direct your questions toward me."
Robinson used the running back's "boss" figure of speech to end each sentence, as Lynch did when asked by Sanders if he was camera shy and responded: "I'm just about that action, boss."
One reporter asked how Lynch was feeling.
"He just wants to play ball, boss," Robinson said.
Robinson was then asked how he would define "Beast Mode."
"It's a lifestyle, boss," Robinson responded as Lynch sat back in his chair smiling.
Lynch was asked if he was concerned he could be fined for not showing up at the availability, and he handled that one himself.
"I'm here, man," Lynch said.
At one point, Lynch looked up at a team staffer and asked, "What's up with that time?" A few moments later, as a reporter tried to ask a question, shouting, "Hey, Marshawn!" Lynch got up, climbed over a few chairs and made his way through the crowd of reporters and disappeared through an area restricted to team personnel.
"He gets it done on game day," Robinson said after Lynch left. "If you're looking for somebody who's going lead by example, all you have to do is watch him run the ball and you know what time it is."


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The adult classes held John O'Connell High School under the Adult/Vocational Education Division of the San Francisco Unified until this division was transferred to the San Francisco Community College District in 1972. These adult classes came under a jurisdiction called the John O'Connell Center until the reorganization of 1991 where the Center was renamed the John O'Connell Campus of the City College of San Francisco.
Role of City College of San Francisco in Apprenticeship Programs.
City College of San Francisco is the LEA, Local Education Agency, who provides the classroom-based instruction for the apprenticeship programs. City College of San Francisco in cooperation with the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards and local Joint Apprenticeship Committees (JATC) offers "related training" apprenticeship programs in designated trades or occupations. Apprenticeship Programs includes Meat Cutting, Plastering, Plumbing, Refrigeration/Air Conditioning, Roofing, Stationary Engineers, Steam Fitting.
Seven program sponsors are partnered with CCSF as described and indicated in terms of length of program, minimum on-the-job training hours, class hours below:
Course Apprenticeship Occupation Program Years Class Hours
APPR 9710 Meat Cutting Appr 1 144
APPR 9713 Plasterers 4 576
APPR 9714 Plumbers 5 1080-1286
APPR 9715 Refrig/Air Con Appr 5 1080-1286
APPR 9721 Steam Fitting Appr 5 1080-1286
APPR 9716 Roofers /Waterproofing Appr 3.5 378
APPR 9720 Stationary Engin Appr 4 670-864
Upon successful completion of apprenticeship training, they are issued a "Certificate of Completion: by the State of California Department of Industrial Relations California Apprenticeship Council.
Persons interested in seeking apprentice status and enrollment in apprenticeship " related training" classes listed in the CCSF catalog should contact the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Apprenticeship Standards or the local sponsoring Joint Apprenticeship Committee. For further information, please contact the Apprenticeship Department at the City College of San Francisco at (415) 550-4453, or by inquiring with the individual apprenticeship program offices listed below: For more information, please refer to the Apprenticeship website at www.CalApprenticeship.org.
Apprenticeship Training.
Apprenticeship is designed to prepare an individual, generally a high school graduate, for
occupations in the skilled trades and crafts.
Apprentices attend classes of related technical instruction, usually in the public schools. This instruction, supplementing the training on the job, gives apprentices a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical aspects of their work. Related instruction is one of the fundamental features in every trade. For example, in most cases this means attending classes at night 4 hours each week, for at least 144 hours a year. The instruction includes such subjects as safety laws and regulations, mathematics, drafting, blueprint reading and other sciences connected with the trade.
Each apprentice signs an apprentice agreement either with a JAC or an individual employer. This agreement is filed with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
Apprenticeship is similar to college in that it may take one year or as many as seven years to
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differences between college and an apprenticeship:
• An apprentice is an employee who receives an hourly wage and other benefits while learning a craft/trade. Benefits such as safe working conditions, health insurance, and pension plans.
• The vast majority of training occurs on-the-job, and is supplemented by classroom instruction by CCSF.
• The apprentice works side by side with an experienced craftsperson or "journeyperson".
• Employers (management) and Workers (labor) join together to design the length and structure of apprentice training in the particular trade.
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If there's been a theme to the first two days of NFL free agency - aside from the usual bad teams overpaying for marginal or unproven talent - it's that the receiver market has gotten out of control.
What does that mean for Wes Welker's future in a Patriots uniform?
You can ignore the megadeal handed out to Calvin Johnson by the Lions. He deserved the eight-year, $132 million contract because he is that talented and he does it the right way. He is the game's most dangerous weapon.
Even the five-year, $55.6 million deal that the Buccaneers gave Vincent Jackson is understandable given his skill set, and that he is in his prime at 29 (nearly two years younger than Welker).
But then there are the following contracts, with their reported value, that threw everything out of whack.
Robert Meachem, Chargers: four years, $26 million ($14 million guaranteed).
Laurent Robinson, Jaguars: five years, $35 million ($14 million).
Stevie Johnson, Bills: five years, $36.3 million ($18.1 million).
Pierre Garcon, Redskins: five years, $42.5 million ($20.5 million).
DeSean Jackson, Eagles: five years, $47 million ($15 million).
And Welker is stuck with the franchise tag and holding his hand out for a viable contract extension from the Patriots?
What kind of NFL justice is that?
Those players might be younger than Welker and arguably have a higher ceiling, but none of them is anywhere close to the player Welker has been or will be the next couple of seasons.
A perfect example is Jackson.
While Welker was busy catching eight passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns on the winning side in a November game at Philadelphia, Jackson was dropping and short-arming passes for the losers, and then getting benched.
And that guy's supposed to be paid more than Welker?
As it stands, that's the state of affairs.
It wouldn't be outrageous to think that the Patriots just priced themselves out of retaining Welker beyond the 2012 season, when the franchise tag becomes cost-prohibitive.
The team would have to seriously debate how far they should go financially for a player who will be 31 in May and has taken a lot of hits on his 5-foot-8-inch body.
Even though Welker has been everything that a Patriot should be, sentimentality doesn't win games in the NFL. A team constantly has to gauge financial value against the risk of what the future will bring.
But instead of the market causing the Patriots to move on from Welker, the greatest security blanket in the league for a quarterback, what if it had the opposite effect?
What if the market made the Patriots realize they have it pretty good with Welker, who they know isn't going to demand an idiotic deal, and it brought the sides closer to a contract extension that would enable Welker to retire as a Patriot?
That's where we think this is going.
Call it a moment of crystallization for the Patriots in regards to Welker or whatever you want, but sometimes you need outside factors to make both sides realize what they have is special and they need to find a way to keep it going.
Maybe that's what the crazy market of 2012 will do for Welker and the Patriots.
All we know right now is that while both sides have been far apart on the shape of deal - the Patriots' two-year, $16 million guaranteed offer looks foolish now - there's a growing sense that both sides will figure something out.
That will certainly be the best outcome for the Patriots, Welker, and the fans.
But just like many other deals for the Patriots - Vince Wilfork and Logan Mankins, among others - it's a shame that the road traveled to clarity has to be so bumpy.
When you look at what's been going on in free agency, you can't help but go back to Dec. 17.
That was the day the Patriots elected to give linebacker Jerod Mayo a five-year extension instead of making a deal with Welker. They didn't have the cap room to do both.
There's no question that Mayo deserved an extension, but the timing was curious. It wasn't like he was playing under his original deal - it was r enegotiated on March 3, 2010 - and Mayo was locked up through 2012.
Despite being the league's leading receiver from the moment he was acquired from the Dolphins, Welker was still playing under his original contract at the time of the trade - five years, $18.1 million with a $9 million bonus - and his contract was set to expire at the end of the 2011 season.
The Patriots should have just taken their medicine and done Welker's deal first. They could have gotten Mayo done this offseason. There aren't any more deals that will shape the market at linebacker. But the team took the safe route with the younger player - certainly understandable - and the least messy negotiation.
After the Patriots executed Mayo's deal, they now have to deal with the market being set for them.
So it's going to hit them a little harder in the wallet then it probably should have.
If Welker thinks he's going to match or exceed what Vincent Jackson got, then he's dreaming. But he certainly deserves to outpace DeSean Jackson, Garcon, and Stevie Johnson in terms of per-year average and guaranteed money.
Basically, what would be fair for Welker is something in the ballpark of $40 million over four years with $22 million guaranteed.
Is that something the Patriots would be interested in? Considering Welker's age and wear and tear, should they be? Is Welker really that vital to the Patriots after this season at age 32?
We'll have to wait to find out what the Patriots decide, because after doing Mayo's deal and seeing the impact of the first two days of free agency, the decision is now theirs alone.
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The following is an editorial by Armstrong Williams.
Many people who find the President's behavior and tenor at times divisive and confronting lament that he is 'dividing' the country. What they may fail to realize, however, is that President Trump became a leader of a country that was already deeply divided.
The signs were obvious long before Trump took office or even considered running in the past election. We lived through a decade-long recession in which national leaders failed to come together on issues of critical mutual concern – health care, the national deficit, critical infrastructure spending, and reducing our national dependence on globalism and foreign intervention.
We saw culture wars deeply divide the electorate, whether it came to gay marriage, gender-specific public facilities, and even the meaning of the national flag and confederate monuments. These divisions worsened over the years and culminated in an election that brought an unlikely and certainly novel personality to the stage as representative of American democracy.
These divisions continue to rage on unabated. And they are not merely split along ideological and political party lines, although they may appear to play out that way. When GOP voters were asked in the most recent CNN poll whether they approved or disapproved of Trump's relationship with Republicans in Congress, 68% responded that they approved. While this is a majority it pales in comparison to the approval rating of GOP voters when questioned about other aspects of Trump's leadership, such as whether Trump will lead the country in the right direction. Fully 85% of GOP voters who responded thought Trump was leading the country in the right direction.
This points to a serious fracture, not across the political divide, but within the GOP itself. While Trump does lead the party, almost a third of the Republicans find themselves at odds with the President. This is a remarkably low approval rate among his own party for a President less than a year into his first term.
The country is certainly divided, but not just along traditional political lines. We are divided at the very level of our souls. The marches in Charlottesville and the counter-protests in the NFL portray two different, and yet differently bad Americas. The chants of 'blood and soil' among Charlottesville marchers decrying what they say is a diminishing status of white identity stand in stark contrast to an American creed of constitutionalism that guarantees all an opportunity irrespective of race or heritage.
The NFL players' protests mark another extreme in the widening polarity. Seen from afar, many find it incredulous that these celebrated and highly-paid players could have any complaint about the country that has afforded them so much wealth and opportunity. The players – many of who come from communities that exist in the dark shadow of the American dream - see that often, despite their economic status, their race places them and their communities in peril when it comes to interacting with law enforcement.
So here we are; many blacks and wealthy, educated whites peering incredulously at poor whites who feel marginalized in their own country. They cannot for a minute fathom that so-called 'white privilege' has left them behind. And on the other side of the spectrum, Stadiums full of fans who feel incredulous that rich, privileged black athletes could have any complaint about race relations in this country.
And so, because we are so divided and out of touch, we each reach for the lowest common denominator. Blacks are merely disrespecting our law first-responders and military members. Whites are merely calling for the days of slavery and racism to return. These are each intractable positions. There's no room to deal from these corners of sectarianism, where something clearly American as Sunday night football, or as historically significant as a statue of Robert E. Lee become fodder in the war over America's soul.
And into the fray walk the politicians. They slice and dice the electorate into ever smaller groups, pitting one group against the other. It is as calculated and cynical an approach to divide and rule as has ever been put on public display in our country. The more we try and ignore by sticking to our carefully prepared scripts, the more we nibble around the edges of the coarsening of the discourse, the worse the situation seems to get.
Our American dilemma has been plainly aired on the global stage. Allies and enemies alike are starting to seriously consider whether or not the American experiment has run its course. They are using America's shrinking moral authority as a cover for the reemergence of despotism and cruelty. We see it in the increase in brazen political assassinations in Malta and in Turkey, and in China's signaling its' own ambitions at increasing global political influence.
We have come to a place in this country where we may believe that our current military superiority gives us the bully pulpit in world affairs. This is a direly deficient perspective. It was never America's military might that brought it to the fore of World leadership. It was our democratic system and the values of freedom and opportunity that made us the beacon on the hill. Without that salient moral illumination, we, and large parts of the world, will likely perish.


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The reunion event spanned all 50 years and included current and former faculty, students and parents. The event sold out, drawing 200 people to the Lake Merced Golf Club last month.
Many said they hadn't seen some of their classmates since high school. Especially those in the original graduating class of 1965 spent a lot of time reconnecting with their former classmates.
Caro Pemberton, Oceana principal said, "It feels like I walked into a great big family reunion."
As speakers told the audience what Oceana meant to them, it became apparent Oceana had from day one provided an atmosphere where excellence in academics and a safe social network provided students with a base to socially and emotionally establish themselves.
Quite a few people said they met their future spouses at Oceana.
"Under Oceana's care, I became the teacher I am today," said former student and current Oceana faculty member Kent Yuen, who also met his wife at Oceana.
Lois Jones, Oceana's first principal, received an honor from the community recognizing her for her pioneering spirit in education and her hard work setting up Oceana with the high standards it had from the very beginning.
"Lois was a leader and a tough decision maker," said Pemberton, who introduced Jones to an appreciative audience.
Jones spoke about how she sought to build up traditions from the beginning.
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In the 1990-91 school year, the traditional high school program at Oceana restructured into an alternative academic program. Students attended longer class sessions. Faculty members reached out to guide students through an individual graduation requirement that gave students a glimpse into the questioning give and take that exists on college campuses. The staff embraced this extra work because they could see the long term benefits for the students.
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