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General manager Phil Emery entered free agency this week on a mission to find two starting defensive ends to fortify the Bears' beleaguered front.
He completed that task Thursday morning when he signed Willie Young to a three-year, $9 million contract that includes $4 million guaranteed. He joins newly-signed free-agent end Lamarr Houston as the faces of a defense that aims to be more unpredictable and versatile in coordinator Mel Tucker's second season.
"Offenses are going to have to figure out some kind of way to stop two guys who are coming off the edge with no intentions other than to harass quarterbacks," the former Lions end said via a media teleconference.
Young had three sacks and 47 tackles, seven for loss, last season. With the Lions, the four-year veteran learned to wait and learn from older veterans.
For his first three seasons, he had Kyle Vanden Bosch and Cliff Avril as mentors. Last year, with Vanden Bosch retired and Avril heading to the Seahawks as a free agent, Young had an opening to showcase all he had learned.
Emery was attracted to Young's length — he's 6 feet 4, 251 pounds — and toughness.
"He has 35-inch arms," Emery said. "He uses that advantage to gain leverage and separation. He has strong hands, a good punch. He's a good athlete with a lot of upside."
Emery also noted Young's experience in playing on the right and left sides. Although Young played about four times as many snaps on the left last season than the right, according to Emery's count, Emery hasn't penciled Young or Houston into either side. He will wait until the roster is filled out later in the spring.
Young's first two seasons at North Carolina State in 2005-06 were also Bears coach Marc Trestman's two years as the Wolfpack's offensive coordinator. Emery scouted Young later in Young's college career.
"One thing that has been hitting my eyes since I first saw Willie at North Carolina State is how passionate and hard this guy plays the game," Emery said. "He's really an old-school player.
"I guess it's a little sensitive to use the word violence in relationship to football anymore, but he's a tough, physical player who really has learned to use his length. And he just gets after it. He has really good pursuit and instincts to get around the ball and get involved in plays as both a pass rusher and a run defender."
Also agreeing to a deal Thursday was receiver Domenik Hixon. He will compete to return kicks on a one-year contract, Emery said, as the club seeks to replace Devin Hester.
Hixon, who was listed at 6-2, 205 with the Panthers last season, hasn't returned kickoffs since 2009 with the Giants, when he averaged 22.6 yards on 57 returns. He last returned punts in 2012, gaining a total of 36 yards on five attempts. He has one touchdown on 80 career kickoff returns and one touchdown in 56 career punt returns.
The Bears also re-signed tight end Dante Rosario for the second time in two weeks.
As for defensive tackle Henry Melton, the Bears might not have the money or might not be willing to meet his demands if Melton's effort to gauge his value on the open market drags on, Emery cautioned.
Melton's visit to the Vikings on Thursday was expected to continue Friday, ESPN reported.
"I think he still has some teams to visit," Emery said. "We pretty much left it with Jordan (Woy), his agent, that he was going to go through this process, and when he got through it and he had a pretty good idea what his market is, we could talk at that time.
"Of course, the clock is ticking, so our resources and what we have at that time may have changed. But we'll see where we're at when that is all finished."
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Dr. Dog To Release New Album 'Be The Void' On February 7, 2012
Beloved Philadelphia band Dr. Dog are poised to release a staggering burst of vital rock 'n' roll with their new record Be The Void. The album hits stores this February 7th via Anti-Records and is the raucous follow up to the group's critically lauded Shame, Shame.
While the band's previous records boasted meticulously crafted symphonic pop, this time around the band turns up the guitars and delivers a truly great cathartic rock 'n' roll album played with near reckless abandon and passion.
With the addition of new drummer Eric Slick and electronics-percussionist-guitarist Dmitri Manos, the band entered the studio (Meth Beach) with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and confidence, tracking the songs live to perfectly capture the rough and tumble energy of their renowned live show.
"We would just get in the pocket and go with it because it sounded great," bassist-vocalist Toby Leaman explains. "There wasn't this endless deliberating. We just went with our gut feelings on things."
"It was reminiscent of when we were starting out and were these fearless weirdoes in a basement, so confident and reckless and bold," guitarist-vocalist Scott McMicken adds. "It was really liberating."
The songs on Be The Void flawlessly combine Dr. Dog's adventuresome and expansive arrangements with a far leaner and meaner primal sound. The beats are harder, the guitars louder and edged with a warm distortion. "Guitars stopped being problematic and started becoming very exciting to us," McMicken explains.
From the rollicking re-imagined blues of the disc's title track to the searing guitars of "Vampire," the frenetic punk urgency of "Over Here Over There" and the beautifully fuzzed out rock of "Warrior Man," Dr. Dog's Be The Void is a truly great rock 'n' roll record and the unmistakable sound of a band whose moment has arrived.


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Cole completes Villa medical
Joe Cole appears set to sign for Aston Villa on a free transfer after the club confirmed he had passed a medical on Tuesday.
Former England midfielder Cole is a free agent after his contract at West Ham expired.
Villa had been strongly linked with the 32-year-old and a deal now seems close to completion.
The Midlands outfit posted a picture of Cole in Villa training gear on their official Twitter account on Tuesday, accompanied by the message: "Joe Cole at Bodymoor Heath (Villa's training ground) having completed a medical this morning."
After lengthy spells with West Ham and Chelsea earlier in his career, Cole has switched clubs on a regular basis in recent seasons.
He joined Liverpool in 2010, but was soon loaned out to French side Lille, before rejoining West Ham in January 2013.
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The growth hormone suppression test determines whether growth hormone (GH) production is suppressed by high blood sugar.
Alternative Names
GH suppression test; Glucose loading test
How the Test is Performed
At least three blood samples are taken.
The test is done in the following way:
- The first blood sample is collected between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m before you eat or drink anything.
- You then drink a solution containing glucose (sugar). You may be told to drink slowly to avoid becoming nauseated. But you must drink the solution within 5 minutes to ensure the test result is accurate.
- The next blood samples are usually collected for 1 to 2 hours after you finish drinking the glucose solution. Sometimes they are taken every 30 or 60 minutes.
- Each sample is sent to the laboratory right away. The lab measures the glucose and GH levels in each sample.
How to Prepare for the Test
Do not eat anything and limit physical activity for 10 to 12 hours before the test.
You may also be told to stop taking medicines that can affect the test results. These medicines include glucocorticoids such as prednisone, hydrocortisone, or dexamethasone. Check with your health care provider before stopping any medications.
You will be asked to relax for at least 90 minutes before the test. This is because exercise or increased activity can change GH levels.
If your child is to have this test done, it may be helpful to explain how the test will feel and even demonstrate on a doll. The more familiar your child is with what will happen and why, the less anxiety the child will feel.
How the Test will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or slight bruising. This soon goes away.
Why the Test is Performed
This test checks for a high level of GH, a condition that leads to
Normal Results
Normal test results show a GH level of less than 1 nanogram per milliliter (ng/mL). In children, GH level may be increased due to reactive
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What Abnormal Results Mean
If the GH levels are not changed and stay high during the suppression test, the doctor will suspect gigantism or acromegaly. You may need to be retested to confirm the test results.
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight, but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
Hematoma(blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Guber HA, Farag AF. Evaluation of endocrine function. In McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henrys Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 24.
Melmed S, Kleinberg D, Ho K. Pituitary physiology and diagnostic evaluation. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 8.
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Kamui Kobayashi should feel pretty good about himself. He finished a strong 6th place in the Australian Grand Prix in his Ferrari-engined Sauber car. Instead he's tweeting crazy shit like this. People react to pressure differently, we guess.
This could be a bit of translation gone awry, but I think not. The all-knowing Wikipedia tells us he is "named after Kamuy, divine being in Ainu mythology, and the letter of the name imitated the sound citing three Kanjis from the sentence "Enabling great dream(s)."
This + Snookie Baby = The End Is Nigh.
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Rattling around in our genealogical closets are not just skeletons, but secrets. And on Friday evening at the Family History Expo in Mesa, AZ, author M. Bridget Cook (Handling and Healing the Skeletons in Your Genealogical Closet) will share how "a lot of healing can take place."
Watch the video below to hear more and the register for this exciting event.


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I was wondering:
I use showindow MAXIMIZE and popup style window to let it appear to be fullscreen (without changing resolution).
But I see all game opengl apps change their resolution to go fullscreen. I dont. Will this have impact on the performance, since I have a buffer of the entire screen size?
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Kankakee is a city in Kankakee County, in the Chicagoland region of Illinois, United States of America.
The Kankakee metropolitan area has a population of about 75,000. The elevation of Kankakee is a little below 700 feet above Sea Level.
The major industries of the Kankakee area are health care, higher education, manufacturing, and retail trade. The Kankakee Area is the regional retail market center for the area South of the Chicago suburbs, with a strong reputation as a City of Restaurants serving Interstate Highway 57 travelers, from Interstate Highway 57 Exit 308, Interstate Highway 57 Exit 312, Interstate Highway 57 Exit 315, and Interstate Highway 57 Exit 322. Suburban Bradley is the retail hub serving Interstate Highway 57 Exit 315.
The Kankakee Area has a hot summer, cold winter climate, typical of the interior Midwest region of the United States of America.
Get in
By train
Kankakee is served by the Illinois Central Railroad, a Canadian National Railway subsidiary, which provides Amtrak passenger service to Kankakee Depot and freight service. The Amtrak Station ID is KKI. In addition, one can use the University Park Metra Station, located approximately 18 miles north, on Governor's Highway (Route 50). This station is operated by the Regional Transportation Authority, and facilitates travel to the city of Chicago, terminating at the Randolph Street Subway.
By bus
Kankakee is served by Greyhound Bus Lines.
By car
Kankakee is located on Interstate Highway 57, from South to North served by Exits 308, 312, and 315; United States Highway 45; United States Highway 52; Illinois State Highway 17; Illinois State Highway 50; Illinois State Highway 113; and Illinois State Highway 115.
By plane
The Kankakee Area is served by the Greater Kankakee Airport (IKK).
Get around
By bus
Kankakee is served by the River Valley Metro Transit District.
With its reputation as a City of Restaurants the Kankakee area has a greater share of restaurants, and of fine restaurants, per capita than its population would suggest. The restaurants are located throughout the city and the adjacent suburban villages. A trip to the nearby city of Momence can also reward the traveler looking for fine dining.
Interstate Highway 57 Exit 308
Interstate Highway 57 Exit 312
Illinois Route 17
Central Business District
West Kankakee
Central Business District
Kankakee is the home of Olivet Nazarene University, located in the suburban Village of Bourbonnais.
Kankakee Community College is located in Kankakee.
The telephone area code 815 serves the Kankakee Area.
The United States Postal Service Zip Code is 60901.
Stay healthy
The Kankakee area is served by Provena St. Mary's Hospital, 500 West Court Street, Kankakee, and the Riverside Medical Center, 350 North Wall Street, Kankakee.
Get out
The City nearest to Kankakee is Momence, population about 3,000, also located in Kankakee County. Kankakee suburbs include the Villages of Aroma Park, Bradley, Bourbonnais, and Sun River Terrace. Other nearby Villages include Herscher, Grant Park, Hopkins Park, Manteno, Union Hill, and St. Anne, all in Kankakee County. Chebanse is located in Kankakee County and neighboring Iroquois County; and Reddick is located in Kankakee County and neighboring Livingston County.


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Call Me By Your Name
Forget the squabbles about Armie Hammer (Was he miscast?) and the hair rending over the fact that the younger half of the sexual awakening partnership depicted in this film is supposed to be 17 years old. Because A., the age of consent laws are what they are, and at least this isn't the story of some middle-aged evangelical dude looking to marry a 13-year-old; goodbye, Kentucky, hello Italy. And B., let's face it -- no one raises a ruckus when it's a 17-year-old guy, or young woman, hooking up with a slightly older person of the opposite gender.
"Call Me By Your Name" isn't perfect; it's literary to the point of falling out of the screen in a scattering of pages, and paced with such leisure that if the cinematography or direction were the tiniest bit less exquisite the movie would be a snoozefest, livening up only for scenes of intellectual and sexual tension -- the younger man, Elio (Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet), wresting lovely music into various shapes and colorings to aggravate his father's grad student helper, Oliver (Armie Hammer) or, later on, pawing Oliver in a frenzy that sees all theory vanquished by practical inquiry. But the direction is superb, and so are the actors -- especially Chamalet, who brings great texture and roundness to his character. Elio doesn't confine his sexual investigations to Oliver, or even to a peach (in one of the film's most famed -- and thematically important --scenes). He also sleeps with his girlfriend, Marzia (Esther Garrel); he's figuring out, as best he can with the only means he has available, who he is and what he wants. The year is 1983, and the setting is northern Italy.
Elio is the beneficiary of lucky parentage; his American father (Michael Stuhlbarg) and European mother (Amira Casar) not only are not freaked out that their son is sleeping with their grad student guest, but wholly supportive of Elio's heartbreak at the end of the summer, when Oliver has to leave. Stuhlbarg's speech to Elio near the film's end -- one of the things that's made this movie a sensation, especially for gay Boomers and Gen Xers -- is powerful because of James Ivory's sensitive screenplay (adapted from the novel by André Aciman, and for which Ivory won an Oscar), but also because it's so truthful, so lovingly offered, and so plain-spoken.
This Blu-ray captures the film crisply and vividly, which is a great service to Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, the cinematographer, and his work on 35-mm film. This release offers two of the film's stars on its audio commentary track; the actors murmur amicably to one another about favorite scenes and their recollections of the film's production. No, it's not Hammer and Chalamet, as you might expect, but rather Chalamet and Stuhlbarg; screen "father" and "son" reunited as professional actors reflecting on their characters, and themselves as artists, and conduits for those characters. It's a lovely conversation if a little abstruse at times.
The other extras on this Blu-ray release offer some intriguing tidbits, but nothing with the sheer natural flow of the audio commentary. There's a featurette, "Snapshots of Italy: The Making of Call Me by Your Name," which peeks behind the cameras at the production; there's also a panel discussion between stars Chalamet, Hammer, Stuhlbarg, and director Luca Guadagnino (the former two dressed formally, the latter two much less so), which takes the form of a Q&A. (We see the questions as title cards, and the celebs are then allowed to speak at length on an array of topics.)
There's also a music video - cryptic and stylized - that mixes clips from the movie tougher with images of classical statuary. The track to which these images play out? The film's Oscar-nominated theme song, "Mystery of Love," by Sufjan Stevens.
When all controversies about this film have faded, "Call Me By Your Name" will remain a classic of American LGBTQ cinema. Be ready now: Go get your copy.
"Call Me By Your Name"


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Updating your Suunto Ambit2
You can update your Suunto Ambit2 S software automatically in Movescount.
When you update your Suunto Ambit2 S software, all the existing logs are automatically moved to Movescount and deleted from the watch.
To update your Suunto Ambit2 S software:
- Go to www.movescount.com/moveslink and install the Moveslink application.
- Connect your Suunto Ambit2 S to your computer with the Suunto USB cable. The Moveslink application will automatically check for software updates. If an update is available, your watch will be updated.
You can use the Moveslink application without registering to Movescount. However, Movescount greatly extends the usability, personalization and settings options of your Suunto Ambit2 S. It also visualizes recorded tracks and other data from your activities. Therefore, it is recommended to create a Movescount account in order to utilize the full potential of the watch.


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I had this recipe in my New Recipes to Try File. I can't remember where I saw it posted, but the credits on the recipe say it's from Sunny Anderson @ Food Network. I love PB & J anything, so this recipe caught my eye. This seemed like the right weekend to give it a whirl.
I had a bag of blackberries in the freezer that I stumbled across when I put a few things away last week. I typically will flash freeze blackberries and raspberries when they go on sale for $1 a pint at the grocery store. I'm so glad I have a few more bags stashed away in the freezer, because this recipe is definitely going to be making a repeat occurrence on our Sunday Brunch menu rotation.
The pancakes were very light and fluffy, and they taste almost like a fluffy peanut butter cookie. The syrup came together in just a few minutes and was definitely the star of the show. The sweet and tart on top of the peanut butter pancake was simply divine. I had a third pancake; I usually try to limit myself to just 2 pancakes. They were that good! I decided to just take an extra long walk tonight!
Here's the recipe:
PB & J Pancakes
For the Pancakes:
1 cup flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp sugar
1 egg
1 cup + 2 Tbsp milk, plus extra to thin if needed
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, melted (I used Skippy Natural)
2 Tbsp oil
1. Combine the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
2. Combine the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
3. Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until a smooth batter forms, adding more milk if needed.
4. Cook over medium high heat on a well greased griddle.
For the Syrup
1 pint blackberries
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp corn starch
3/4 cup water
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1. Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat.
2. Bring mixture to a boil and boil for about 2 minutes until it starts to thicken.
(I made the syrup first and then let it cool and thicken slightly while I made the pancakes)
|What a scrumptious way to enjoy PB & J
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Revolutions International Theatre Festival kick-off party
This weekend marks the beginning of the Tricklock Theatre Company's 12th annual Revolutions International Theatre Festival. Each year, artists from around the globe gather to participate in giving audiences an unforgettable experience with performances, workshops and special events. Tonight, Tricklock invites you to help kick off the festival with a bang. Party attendees receive a special swag bag, a performance preview, gourmet food and free drinks. Starting at 8:30, the bar will be open to the public for a rockin' dance party with a cash bar, munchies and live music. Visit tricklock.com/


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Neither one, however, takes into account the often under-measured metric of chronic absenteeism with students in the city. Mayor Michael Bloomberg wanted studies that told a truer story of how bad absenteeism was in New York City.
The numbers on the New York City Task Force for Truancy website shows statistics that are not good regardless of them being a few years old. Another study out of Johns Hopkins University with more recent data shows that New York City has a problem with truancy in its public school system.
We can debate the better ways to teach math and science, but if students are not in the classroom on a regular basis, not much else matters. Past ideas, such as mentoring programs have worked at getting students to focus and build relationships with their schools. But what do cities do to get parents more involved with attendance rates?
Many of us in Queens and Brooklyn are from blue-collar families, where our parents wanted a better education for us than they had for themselves. Our parents knew, at the very least, that we needed to be in school in order for us to have a chance in adulthood.
That sentiment may be shared by many parents today, but it is not as widespread. Too many people see education as just another government program that a child simply endures until the institution hands them a diploma.
If lawmakers want to invest more money into public education, there needs to be an online database that tracks truancy and attendance – and it needs to be updated regularly. The public needs to see if these programs are being utilized.
It is little use to criticize parents of students with truancy problems. If they were bothered by it, it would not be an issue in the first place. What the city can do, however, is offer an incentive program.
Start with the schools with the biggest truancy issues, and make a deal with parents. If a student has perfect attendance for two months, maybe the family gets a food card for $100 for a local supermarket. It would not work for all families, but we could ratchet down the numbers by making it worthwhile to families.
When one out of five students have missed a month or more of school (as was the case only a few years ago), there needs to be a conversation between parents and their children.
We did not need incentive programs 30 years ago, because the incentive to stay in school was to have a career and build a life. People have less confidence in that outcome today.
We need to create a new incentive that has a more instant effect. What is more, this is the kind of program that only costs the government money if it works. It is a back-end welfare program that only gets disbursed if the results are good.
Attendance is a statistic that we can track quite easily, so we can do this with little effort on the government end. There is no need for a new agency and more bureaucracy. If we are going to spend more money on new programs, we owe it to the public to show that the programs are being attended.


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ENGLAND'S 2010 World Cup campaign gets underway in South Africa today. This leaves we Scots, for the third World Cup in a row, outside looking in, with a conundrum – do we support our neighbours, or do we sign-up for the ABE (Anyone But England) campaign?
So, if you're still swithering, here are some aide memoirs as to whether or not to support England.
Ten Reasons to Support England
1. England did, after all - if not actually invent football – give it form and stature, as well as writing the original Laws of the Game.
2. To re-write Andy Cameron's 1978 hit song: "They're representing Britain and here's the reason why: Scotland willnae be there fur they couldnae qualify".
3. Their squad, might be over-hyped and over-rated, but their qualification with so few top-quality players, no midfield general and so many injury doubts is a triumph of perspiration over inspiration, which we should all applaud.
4. Just think of all those subsidies which the taxes of the 50 million plus in England (allegedly) pay-in to the British tax pot to keep us Scots in style. We should be grateful and support England.
5. "Here's tae us – wha's like us" may be the ultimate Caledonian delusion, over- stating our place in the world. Well, we've spent the best part of 130 years exporting our best footballers to England. Now, they like us, under-perform on the biggest stage and we should therefore show solidarity with England, by backing them.
6.That wisdom might be driven by English opinion, but received wisdom has it that Scotland is: 'The Land of the Dodgy Goalie'. Given that England has taken 'Calamity' James and 'Goofy' Green to South Africa, we must show solidarity with their accident-prone goalies.
7.That Toshiba TV deal: £10 for every goal England scores in South Africa, that's the sort of cash-back deal we canny Scots must support.
8. England has offered homes and shelter to the poor of Eastern Europe and the world. We should welcome the feeling of moral superiority this largesse has given the English, by supporting their desire to prove their sporting excellence in South Africa.
9.They see themselves as our feudal superiors, therefore we are duty bound to fly our St George's Crosses and get behind them.
10. They might stop going on about 1966 if they win.
Ten Reasons Not to Support England
1.Their treatment of Sir William Wallace.
2.The way they have NEVER, since 1707 been able to distinguish between 'England' and 'Great Britain' or 'The United Kingdom' as in Nelson's pre-Trafalgar signal to the BRITISH fleet: "England Expects etc".
3.The way they continue to hijack God Save the Queen as the English rather than UK national anthem – get your own.
4.Sir Stanley Matthews, Sir Tom Finney, Sir Trevor Brooking, but most of all Sir Geoff Hurst; when it's Mr Denis Law, Mr Kenny Dalglish, Mr Dave Mackay, Mr Billy McNeill.
5.1966 and all that; 1986 - the Hand of God; 1996 - Football's Coming Home; the way they re-write history to glorify England's triumphs and make their defeats
seem like victories.
6.BBC bias – the way the Londoncentric BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation assumes everyone in Britain is behind England all the way.
7.Ian Wright.
8.Their fans. The Tartan Army may be at times guilty of anti-social behaviour, but: we go forth in peace, England travels like an invading army.
9.Ashley Cole.
10.ITV commentators – they make the BBC boys appear models of even-handedness and neutrality.


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Use a pty for prefixed output instead of pipes for stdout/stderr. This is so that programs can get information about the controlling terminal. This change was triggered by bug #188506 where it's possible that stdin, stdout and stderr didn't point to a terminal but ended up on one via our pipes. Using a pty means that stdout and stderr always point to a terminal, but we lose the ability to tell them apart. If there is not a pty available then we use un-prefixed output as normal. This change has also introduced the need for a signal pipe so that SIGCHLD can exit the loop cleanly.
Added the checkown applet based on the work by Renato Caldas, #192682 checkdir ensures that the specified files (or directories) are owned by the current user/group or as specified on the command line. You can optionally check permissions too.
/lib/rcscripts -> /lib/rc
More --as-needed foo
Work better with --as-needed
librc should link against libeinfo too
Makefile in src now supports pmake as used on the BSDs.
Add esyslog support
Don't link to rt anymore as it makes dlopen leak - we now use nanosleeps to achieve the same goal (a loop + timeout). No longer put / at the end of directories, instead prefix like so RC_LIBDIR "/foo" to ensure more robust code.
Fix rc-update, #187487 and release rc2.
Wups, don't force those CFLAGS
Force some stuff
Fix building on Linux
Link the right objects against rc
All our binaries are now mulicalls into rc, which makes our on disk size a lot smaller.
Punt the dodgy ebuffer code. We now force prefixing for parallel starts which also reduces our variable pollution.
Stop using getimeofday for timeouts incase the clock changes.
Allow time for pidfiles to be created, #178274. Use int instead of char for getopt, #178084 thanks to drizztbsd.
Added the rc-abort command, #175106 thanks to Daniel Drake.
Rationalise our colour usage a little.
Ignore and clean .depend
make sure .depend gets regenerated automatically
add .depend / .PHONY support
use CPPFLAGS rather than CFLAGS where appropriate and make LDFLAGS/-rpath dynamic by only enabling when in .svn repo
revert previous commit
dont create .so links as they arent needed for runtime
use ln -sf rather than ln -s incase target exists
add a symlink for update-rc -> rc-update
Add new service hooks, remove pmake stuff from our Makefile and fix rc_services_in_state for scheduled.
Misc network fixes so we work on my stable server. Splash plugin removed as splashtuils-1.4 now ships with its own.
Use names instead of numbers for reporting signals and trap signals in rc
Only use some gcc flags if gcc actually supports them.
LIBDIR -> LIB. When interuppted, ensure service state is restored correctly. When stopping, don't uncoldplug too early.
Move env-update back to /sbin as everything non baselayout expects it in $PATH, including our documentation
Misc fixes, plugged a memory leak in runscript.c and use va_copy to avoid nasty segfaults
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You're looking at a full-featured deck with Advanced Bluetooth control that's easy and intuitive. This one-stop music player comes with a sleek 2-line LCD Display with fixed classic blue illumination. Alpine's signature rotary knob makes controlling all your music a breeze. The CDE-W235BT also comes with a convenient Front Panel auxiliary input - so you or your passenger can plug in your portable media player as an additional source.
Don't fuss or fiddle with your phone and say goodbye to uncomfortable headsets and earpieces. Most importantly, stay focused on safe driving. Many state laws require you to use a hands-free device if you are driving behind the wheel, and with good reason. The perfect way to stay safe and still carry conversations in the car is with the use of a hands-free device. Get the convenience of both with the CDE-W235BT! This unit is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology so there is no need for any additional adapters.
This unit comes with all that's needed for Bluetooth convenience. The CDE-W235BT comes with a tuned microphone that's engineered to reduce noise interference and feedback. This allows optimal placement in your car, for the best possible sound quality.
Now, make and take phone calls conveniently. You can set up your cell phone/head unit to automatically answer your calls. Use the supplied microphone to speak, and then listen through your car's speakers. When a call comes in, your music mutes to carry the phone call. View caller information including caller ID, missed, dialed, and received calls right from the head unit display. If you receive a second call, you can have the first caller wait momentarily by pressing 2 for call waiting mode. Once both calls are finished, the music plays again. This truly makes the transition from your phone calls to music an enjoyable, convenient driving experience. You can even use the CDE-W235BT's preset buttons to quickly jump through your phone book, making navigation through large phone books much faster.
To bring sound balance to your Hands-Free experience, you can adjust the CDE-W235BT's mic gain, phone output and ring tone volume. If that's not enough, there are 5 sound quality settings to choose from to get the balance just right for you. This flexibility will make your phone calls a pleasurable experience.
Do you have a large music library on your phone? The CDE-W235BT can stream A2DP and AVRCP music. Not only can it control and stream your music through Bluetooth, it can process your music using its built-in DSP Sound Expansion to ensure you get the best sound you deserve.
Expecting an important text message? The CDE-W235BT can give you a notification on the display with a blinking mail icon indicator for 30 seconds while receiving a text message. The mail icon indicator will remain on if there is an unread message on a connected mobile phone.
*Depending on the mobile phone, this function may not be available.
If your car has factory Bluetooth steering wheel controls, then it will also control your new CDE-W235BT's built-in Bluetooth. Or, control your head unit right from your factory installed steering wheel controls by adding a third party adapter. Use popular brand names such as Soundgate or PAC to add this feature.
Improve Bluetooth® compatibility with your Apple iOS 6.0 (or later) smartphone and enable audio streaming control with song information display. Download the latest software here.
With a dedicated USB input and USB cable, you can even connect USB memory devices like thumbdrives. Song lists on USB devices are displayed in alphabetical order, and allows eight levels of file / folder search capabilities. This unit will find music files while ignoring other file types on the USB device.
Note: MP3 device or cell phone can only be independently controlled through the head unit when using the USB connection, not with the AUX connection.
The CDE-W235BT is more than just a CD player, it is designed to work with your iPod or iPhone - so you can enjoy all your favorites wherever the road takes you.
Connect your iPod or iPhone using the USB cable that came with your iPod or iPhone and you've got access to all your music, right from your head unit. Adding the optional heavy-duty, automotive-grade Alpine KCU-445i iPod/iPhone cable is an even better option, since it will stand up to the rigors of in-car use unlike the cable supplied with your iPod or iPhone. With USB you get convenient control so you can scroll through all your Playlists, Artists, Albums, and Songs - and view all your song information right from the head unit display. Enjoy all your music whether from your iPod or iPhone, Alpine brings the music to your car.
Note: MP3 device or cell phone can only be independently controlled through the head unit when using the USB connection, not with the AUX connection.
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Friends managing music in your car earning the coveted passenger seat just got easier. The CDE-W235BT has a "Passenger Control Mode" that gives the passenger control of the tunes directly from the iPod's or iPhone's menu. The driver still has play/pause, track up/down, and volume control right from the CDE-W235BT's faceplate. When the driver wants to take control again, a 1 second press of the volume knob switches the control from the iPod back to the CDE-W235BT's menu.
Have tons of music? Find it fast! With Alpine's exclusive QuickSearch technology, you'll be able to find what you want, the quickest and easiest way possible. With so many ways to listen to thousands of songs, now you can get super-fast access to artists, songs, albums, playlists, and radio stations. Large control buttons and a rotary encoder make it easy to scroll through all your sources, including your iPod, Radio stations and CD's. No interruptions, while you search, just let the Alpine play.
For especially big music libraries, Percentage Search function uses the preset buttons for quick jumps to specific parts of the list. Save yourself from scrolling through each song one by one, when you can just jump to a segment of your library with a touch of a button.
Standard in-vehicle solutions may drain the battery of your phone, but with the CDE-W235BT, your phone charges via the USB cable, so you can enjoy nonstop music and recharge your phone at the same time.
Select from 10 different EQ modes to get the best sound from all your sources. (Flat/Pops/Rock/News/Jazz/Elec Dance/Hip Hop/Easy Lis/Country/Classical). If the Equalizer presets aren't enough for your listening taste, there's a 3-Band Parametric Equalizer you can adjust and save as a user preset for a better sound response curve. The setting – Bass, Mid and Treble- can be adjusted in the 3-Band Parametric mode.
With Alpine, expect the premium sound your ears deserve. This head unit allows you to customize your crossover adjustments so you can control where you send high and low frequencies, so you get the best sound out of your factory or upgraded system. Of course for a true power upgrade just add-on the KTP-445U Power Pack to instantly increase your head unit's power to a true 45Wx4 RMS, now we-re talking about some serious sound!
Use the CDE-W235BT's pre-amp output to add a subwoofer and mono amplifier, to complete your musical experience with clean, deep low bass output.
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(NewsUSA) – A little-known relationship between acorns and mice has set the stage for what may be one of the most severe tick seasons in recent years. As more people go outdoors to enjoy the warm weather, they could also be at a greater risk for tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the U.S.
Experts across a variety of fields have pinpointed the reason behind the increased risk — acorns.
Jim Fredericks, an entomologist with the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), says that acorn abundance from budding oak trees gives rodents a jumpstart on breeding. And rodents, especially mice, happen to be the primary source of food for thirsty blacklegged tick larvae.
Thus, we see a problematic circle of life. Since acorns fell at unprecedented rates in 2010, white-footed mice bred more heavily, and ticks feasted well. But a succeeding lull in acorns in 2011 means more ticks are waking up hungry in 2012 with fewer mice. The next easy targets are humans, walking through tall grass and playing outdoors.
"Many of these nymphal ticks may potentially have contracted Lyme disease from feeding on infected mice as larvae," said Fredericks. "These hungry ticks will soon be looking for another blood meal, which puts people at risk as they head outside to enjoy the weather."
Because Lyme disease can sometimes be difficult to diagnose, and not all people react in the same way, it's important for anyone spending time outdoors to be vigilant about ticks. NPMA suggests the following tick prevention tips:
* Use tick repellent when outdoors, and wear long-sleeved shirts and pants, preferably light in color so ticks are easier to detect.
* Use preventative medicine on pets, as prescribed by your vet.
* Once indoors, inspect clothing and entire body. Check family members and pets, too.
* Keep grass cut low, including around fences, sheds, trees, shrubs and swing sets. Remove weeds, woodpiles and other debris.
* If a tick is found attached, remove it with a slow, steady pull so as not to break off the mouthparts and leave them in the skin. Then, wash your hands and the bite thoroughly with soap and water. Ticks should be flushed down a toilet or wrapped in tissue before disposing in a closed receptacle.
* If you suspect a tick bite, seek medical attention.
* If you suspect a tick problem in your yard, consult a pest professional for treatment options.
For more information about ticks, visit www.pestworld.org.
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Here's an easy one that we're making for our Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow at the in-laws (we're supposed to bring the greens and I'm just getting home from the office – LOTS of orders we had to go through). We'll let you know how this turns out!
Baconnaise Broccoli Salad
- 2 bunches broccoli, florets only (5-7 cups)
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 red onion, chopped
- Slivered almonds, toasted (you can also brown them in a frying pan with butter)
- 10 slices cooked bacon, crumbled (optional)
- 1 cup Baconnaise
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Sammie is a First Dance Choreographer, she teaches couples how to dance together for special occasions. The dance can be staged and choreographed so it is obvious that the couple have worked on it or it can look as if they have danced together all there lives. It is a lovely added touch to make your day extra special.
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Yarn Bombing; is it Explosive or a Dud? Part IV Leanne Prain
I also interviewed Leanne Prain, co-author of the book Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti published in 2009. Leanne started as most Yarn Bombers do as a knitter. She had gotten sick and a friend brought her a kids knitting book. From there she created a Stitch and Bitch where she and her friends could get together and drink and knit. From these skills and the discovery of Knit Graffiti on the Internet she became increasingly interested in knit graffiti. The book started out as a student project but ended up being noticed by Arsenal Pulp Press. Partnered with her co- author Mandy Moore the Yarn Bombing book was created.
Leanne went into Yarn Bombing as a curious person, not an expert and came out with a wonderful book and plenty of knowledge. She does Yarn Bomb and has noticed a lot of what other Yarn Bombers have. One trend she's noticed is that People are doing more and more community projects, where people come together and knit or crochet. This trend seems natural considering that the public areas belong to the public, by getting together and creating something for their community it really does pull the neighborhood together. The other trend is that people have started to push the envelope to see what they can make of Yarn Bombing. The Bull that was Yarn Bombed on Wall Street is one example. These people who are taking on bigger projects are spreading the word about Yarn Bombing and Leanne says she expects to be surprised by what is to come.
One of the other Yarn Bombers that I interviewed wanted me to ask Leanne Prain how she feels about how people interpret and use the Yarn Bombing book and if the message had been diluted. Leanne responded to this question saying that she's completely happy with the way it has been interpreted, that everyone has a different interpretation and that is the point of Yarn Bombing and art. She says that older people like the absurdity of Yarn Bombing, while the younger generations could become interested because of traditional graffiti and use it as a "jumping off point". She says that "Every time I think I've seen it all someone surprises me, people are artistic and expressive and I appreciate the initiative." This ability to interpret Yarn Bombing as a craft and the art pieces themselves is shared amongst many Yarn Bombers, they want people to interpret their work in their own way so that there is meaning, in the end this art form is there to make people happy.
Leanne also mentioned that there is a sort of gender issue within the Yarn Bombing community. There are not many males who actually Yarn Bomb. Men tend to be really defensive when asked about knitting and it is seen as a more feminine art form. However, this cultural stigma does not have to stay around and as more closet male knitters reveal their work it will become more acceptable for males to participate. Leanne spoke about her seven-year-old nephew wanting to learn to yarn bomb. In fact she says that people of all ages have asked her about it and seem interested. The future of Yarn Bombing really depends on these people to pick up knitting needles and start creating art. In her mind the future of Yarn Bombing is a mystery and she is excited to see it unfold. For many future Yarn Bombers it will all start out by stumbling upon Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti.


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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) trimmed its forecast for U.S. growth in 2013, warning that the ongoing budget impasse in Washington could damage the recovery.
The group cut its forecast from GDP growth of 1.7 percent to a 1.6 percent expansion for this year.
While there was a healthy momentum to the U.S. recovery in recent months, the government shutdown, now in its tenth day, "could hamper the U.S. recovery and, if left unresolved, could potentially impact the global economy."
Even an eventual resolution which postponed the discussion for a few months would merely prolong the uncertainty and could create another drag on the still fragile recovery, OPEC said.
The U.S. growth forecast for 2014 remained at 2.5 percent.
While U.S. political tensions have increased, OPEC said that the easing of global political problems had started to bring the average price of oil down. The price still rose for a fourth consecutive month in September.
World oil demand is still expected to average 89.7 million barrels per day for 2013, an increase of 800,000 from last year.
(Read more: OPEC sees higher demand, more oil pumping in 2013)
"An improvement in supply prospects from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and Sudan, along with assurances by major suppliers and international oil agencies that the market was well-supplied, also dampened the upward pressure on crude oil prices," the report stated.
Oil supply is expected to continue to grow, with higher-than-expected supply from the U.S., Brazil, Kazakhstan, South Sudan and Sudan, while Syria, the U.K., Norway and Australia represent the steepest declines in oil supply as 2013 comes to a close.
(Read more: 'OPEC obsolete' if Keystone pipeline OK'd: Pickens)
OPEC's global growth forecast for 2013 and 2014 remain the same, 2.9 and 3.5 percent respectively, but there was a downgrade for India on top of its downgrade for the U.S.
India's 2013 and 2014 forecasts have been downgraded to 5 and 5.8 percent respectively.
(Read more: US shale oil threatens to derail OPEC's future: IEA)
Looking ahead to the winter season, OPEC said the oil market will vary, with the U.S.and Europe expected to remain stable, while Asia's contribution to growth in demand is expected to decelerate. That is mainly due to general demand reduction during the monsoon and the lessening of diesel subsidies in places like Indonesia and Malaysia.
"Despite the more positive outlook for the U.S. and Europe, global product markets are expected to come under pressure over the winter season. The combination of sluggish demand and increasing product supplies are likely to dampen margins, leading to lower refinery runs over this period."


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After nearly two weeks off, the Tennessee State University women's basketball team will get to return to the court to face Cleveland State in non-conference action. The Lady Tigers will host the Vikings on Sunday, December 16 at 2 p.m. in the Gentry Center.
TSU vs. Cleveland State will be streamed live online at OVCDigitalNetwork.com. Audio of the live broadcast can also be heard at tsuradio.com.
The Lady Tigers have dropped their last two contests and with a 3-5 record, TSU will look to get back on track against Cleveland State. TSU is 1-1 at home this season with a win over Cumberland and a loss to Kansas State. The Lady Tigers' most recent loss came to Big Sky member Montana State, 65-55.
The game was a part of a three-game road swing that included match-ups with Idaho and Montana at the Lady Griz Classic. TSU went 1-1 at the tournament while Kesi Hess and Simone Hopes were named to the All-Tournament team.
As a team, TSU is averaging 53.9 points per outing while shooting 34.4 percent from the field and 26.0 percent from beyond the arc. TSU is currently shooting only 65.9 percent from the free-throw line while committing an average of 18.1 turnovers per game.
TSU averages 37.2 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 9.3 steals per game.
TSU dropped a hard-fought contest to Montana State, 65-55, on the road. The Lady Tigers led, 29-28, at halftime and were tied with the Bobcats with about seven minutes left in the game before MSU used a run to pull away down the stretch. Jasmin Shuler knocked down five triples in the contest and led TSU with 15 points while Simone Hopes added 12 points and eight boards.
Cleveland State is coming off an 87-75 win over Miami (OH). The Vikings have now won three straight with wins over VCU and Indiana. The Horizon League member opened the season with a win over South Dakota before dropping four straight. With this latest winning streak, CSU has moved to .500 (4-4).
In the win over Miami, five players scored in double-digits for Cleveland State. Shalonda Winton led the Vikings with 29 points and 14 rebounds for a double-double while Kiersten Green followed with 17. Cori Coleman and Honesty King each added 15 as Haley Schmitt chipped in 11.
As a team, Cleveland State averages 69.2 ppg behind a .414 shooting percentage. The Vikings are shooting, .325 from three-point range and average 18.1 turnovers per game.
Winton leads CSU with 24.1 ppg and 11.0 rpg. Coleman averages 12.3 ppg while Green rounds out the top three scorers with 10.4 ppg.
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Tennessee State and Cleveland State will meet for only the second time in the program's history. TSU trails the series, 1-0. In the last meeting, the Vikings defeated the Lady Tigers 74-56 in Cleveland, Ohio.
TSU will return to action on Tuesday, Dec.18 when the Lady Tigers travel across town to face Lipscomb in non-conference action. The Lady Tigers will officially kick off the Ohio Valley Conference season on December 29 against Eastern Illinois.


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ANTIOCH — A man who held his family hostage at gunpoint, then chased them through city streets, was arrested Wednesday outside the Antioch Police Department.
Police received a call shortly before 1:30 p.m. from a 12-year-old girl saying that her father had a gun and was preventing seven people from leaving their home in the 2000 block of Sherman Court. While the girl was on the phone with police, her mother and other children were able to escape the home and drive off, prompting the suspect to follow.
A chase through city streets ensued and ended outside the Antioch Police Department where officers cornered the suspect. The 43-year-old man then locked himself in his car and refused to come out. Officers eventually broke the driver's side window and arrested the suspect.
No one was injured in the incident, but several firearms were found inside the car.
The man, who is not being identified because he was involved in a domestic incident, has been charged with attempted murder, child endangerment, false imprisonment and making criminal threats. His bail has been set at $8.4 million.
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Blurting Out Breaking Bad's "Baby Blue"
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Gotta love the deadpan vocals combined with the weirdly merry sounds of a melodica. Albuquerque's top living-room pop act, the blurts, recently provided the musical entertainment for the Walter White funeral reception at Vernon's Hidden Steakhouse. If you couldn't afford the steep ticket price for that event, you can catch them at Blackbird Buvette this Saturday where they will be participating in The Music Lab, a monthly event featuring quick performances by a bunch of local bands. Check out the blurts' other fine recordings on ReverbNation.


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It's been about one month since protesters first occupied Dilworth Plaza in Center City, and the Occupy Philadelphia (OP) movement has evolved into a 400-plus tent colony around City Hall. On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 2, the Local made a trip to City Hall to speak with protesters.
During an interview with an occupier, the subject received a call that protesters were being arrested at the Comcast Center at 17th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Nine protesters were arrested at the building.
Protesters had marched to the building from City Hall around 12:30 p.m. to call attention to the media giant Comcast in solidarity with Occupy Oakland and its representatives' call for a general symbolic 99-minute strike beginning at noon on Wednesday. "We are the 99 percent," has been a constant call from occupiers.
While the 10 persons arrested – the first arrests connected with Occupy Philly – were booked by authorities inside the Police Administration Building the next day – a crowd of more than 30 assembled outside the doors chanting and offering support. Dozens of workers in surrounding buildings watched the scene from their windows as members of media outlets converged on the scene.
Occupy Philly protesters reported on their Facebook page that the group had targeted Comcast for several reasons, among them was that for locating its headquarters in Center City, Comcast was given more than $42 million from the state, and pays no property taxes for the first 10 years. In addition, protesters said Liberty Property Trust, the construction firm that built the headquarters, received $30 million dollars from the state.
These subsidies and tax cuts, they noted, could have saved the AdultBasic program that Governor Corbett has gutted, which provided more than 45,000 low-income Pennsylvanians with health insurance, according to a post on the OP Facebook page.
Since convening at City Hill on Oct. 6, protesters and facilitators have began to discuss more of the issues affecting them. They have also worked to develop more than 25 working groups to help facilitate the process. There are tents for health, media, food, clothes, outreach, labor concerns and more.
"A major focus the past month has been infrastructure stuff to solidify our occupation and make sure we can stay there," said John Laing, an OP media outreach facilitator and technology support facilitator.
On Oct. 31, OP representatives presented their first proposal: a call for a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood as allowed by an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A major issue facing the hundreds of people camped outside of City Hall is what to do on Nov. 15 when construction work on a $50 million project that includes an ice skating rink, open lawn, fountain and cafes and tree groves is set to begin.
That is a conversation protesters are having during inter-community meetings, which take place in the Dilworth encampment during the afternoon, and general assembly (GA) meetings, which take place under the arch of City Hall at a homemade library facing 15th Street, at 7 p.m. each evening.
At the Dilworth colony, in addition to campers and tents for a variety of interests, there is a Ron Paul tent, labor and union organizers and a tent in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was sentenced to death for the 1981 killing Philadelphia Police officer Daniel Faulkner – a sentence recently declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"We want this to be an indefinite occupation," said Cory Clark, 32, a media outreach coordinator and OP online radio station host, a father of two and former marketing employee who was homeless before the occupation began. "We want to be a leader of the democratic movement."
During our afternoon walk-through, Dilworth Plaza was slow and quiet. Passers-by stopped to look at what was happening.
At the information tent on Dilworth Plaza, there are countless informative documents and an official yet non-binding set of bylaws for "Direct Democracy and Facilitation [of the] Working Group[s] of the Philadelphia General Assembly."
It defines a facilitation working group as a group of anyone willing and able to take responsibility of providing the Philadelphia GA with an infrastructure by which direct democracy can efficiently and effectively function and lists facilitator roles. There is a pamphlet that illustrates how someone can present an idea at the GA.
If someone has an idea for a proposal, it begins with that person presenting the idea at the GA and is followed by an informal discussion. It then goes to a working group for more discussion and refinement before it is heard by a coordinating committee for more of the same. It is then placed on the GA agenda.
At the GA, a member of the working group presents the idea, where it is discussed and perhaps amended before a decision is made by a straw poll. Often, there are numerous straw polls and further discussion before a final decision is reached.
That is how occupiers have been debating what to do come Nov. 15.
"It's really been a dividing issue," said Ally Knauss, 24, a West Philadelphia resident who previously worked in the corporate world.
According to Knauss, there are three options. To remain on Dilworth Plaza "in solidarity and protest the construction in a real physical way," to relocate to a place where occupiers still have symbolic visibility or a combination of both.
"We don't need to clash with police to get a message across," Clark said.
According to Laing, there are people who feel strongly about staying and just as many who feel the same way about finding another suitable location. Occupiers have discussed moving their tents but returning to Dilworth during the day.
"It's still an open debate," he said.
In the short to long term, occupiers are working on getting through the winter. For this they are accepting donations and have raised around $10,000, according to Jordan Mueller, 27, a media outreach facilitator.
Upcoming events, which are posted online, include a second march from City Hall to Comcast on Saturday, Nov. 12. Occupiers also plan to withdraw their money from large banks and to open accounts at smaller institutions and credit unions.
For more information visit occupymedia.org, OccupyPhiladelphia on Facebook, and @OccupyPhilly on Twitter.


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NORTON, Mass. - The Engineers kept their opposition off the scoreboard for the first time this season as they blanked Wheaton College 2-0 at Clark Field yesterday. The win was the second in as many days for MIT, now 11-2 overall and 3-1 in NEWMAC play. Senior Cheryl Texin tallied a goal and an assist in less than two minutes to power the Engineers past the Lyons (4-9, 1-4 NEWMAC).
Texin opened the scoring 10:52 into the contest when she capitalized on a penalty corner pass from senior co-captain Noelle Kanaga. Texin received the pass and fired a hard, direct shot from the top of the arch inside the left post. 1:51 later, MIT junior Sharon Prange notched her first goal of the season on a feed from Texin to negate Wheaton's building momentum. Junior Anna Ayuso had an opportunity to put the Engineers up by three a few minutes later, but Wheaton's senior goalkeeper Emily Fiskio made an athletic stick save to keep the game interesting.
Wheaton finally managed to string together some quality scoring chances in the final 11 minutes of action, but MIT sophomore goalie Alexa Herman was up to the challenge. She turned away multiple shots from Wheaton junior Shea Clarke, including a penalty stroke. MIT's defense was able to fend off Wheaton's late offensive, and time ran out on the Lyons.
Herman played very well and finished with 10 saves for the Engineers in her first shutout win of the season. Junior Mary Catherine Boll stopped nine saves after coming in for Fiskio, who made three of her own.
The Engineers host Mount Holyoke at Jack Barry Field this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in another important NEWMAC contest. MIT will look to build on their impressive 11-2 record and work toward their regular season best mark of 13-3 (6-1 NEWMAC) set in 1995.


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Hi everyone,I really do not think Barbini made this piece. This looks more like a Toso piece, talking about the style. Have seen this bowl cased in white before, with a Venetian Glass label (the oval and scalloped ones).Javier
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Oct. 2, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Robert Pilawa headed in the game-winning goal on a corner kick by Ryan Sheffler 3:20 into the second overtime to give MIT a 3-2 win over Lasell College on Saturday. With the win, the Engineers' record improves to 4-1-1.
Sheffler helped put Tech on the scoreboard in the 29th minute, assisting in Alex Morgan's goal. The Lasers tied the game early in the second half with a goal by Brian Whelan. He then set-up Matt Denham's go-ahead goal in the 79th minute. MIT responded by evening the score at two with 4:07 left to play in regulation. Scoring the first goal of his career, Chris Desrochers connected on a pass from Walter Song.
In the net, Morgan Mills collected two saves for the Engineers.
The next game for MIT will be on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 3:30 p.m. when it hosts Brandeis University.


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An odd item happened this week in our state. No, I don't mean Dr. Phillips getting an invitation to join Conference USA and, besides, word on the street is that the Panthers turned them down. We are talking about a golf club in Miami Beach asking Michael Jordan to change his pants and, because he didn't, saying he will not be invited back.
Oh, no! Now there is one golf club on the planet that won't welcome Michael Jordan. What ever will he do?


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Whistle-blowing Scientists (Trying To Prevent Dangerous Products From Reaching The Market) Sue FDA For Snooping On Their Personal Email Accounts
from the shameful-suppression dept
More evidence of the insane lengths the federal government will go to against whistleblowers has been revealed in the form of a lawsuit from a group of FDA scientists and doctors. The group had been trying to blow the whistle on fraud and abuse in the FDA, in the form of approvals for medical devices that didn't actually meet health and safety standards. The scientists reached out to Congress to blow the whistle... and in response, the FDA started spying on their personal emails. Yes, it does appear that these scientists were accessing their personal Gmail accounts from work computers, and using them to work with Congressional staffers to craft their whistleblowing complaint, but does that give the FDA the right to spy on their personal communications? The doctors, via their lawsuit, believe the answer is no.
The FDA is defending its actions by claiming that this whistleblowing involved "improperly disclosed confidential business information about the devices," and it wanted an investigation of the doctors involved. That sounds ridiculous. Or, perhaps, all too typical. It seems clear that the FDA bosses just didn't like the fact that some folks there blew the whistle on what they were doing and took vindictive actions. This is exactly the kind of thing that a Whistle Blower Act should protect. That it doesn't do so already is really a shame.


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Welcome to UE. Your command of English will improve faster if you are always careful when using it, including here in your posting:
'Hi [avoid extra letters; please spell properly, not in computer-slang], everyone, I am a new English learner from China, and I wrote a review of some material. I hope someone can check the grammar mistakes for me. Just grammar mistakes; but if you have other ideas for it, go ahead, write it down, and I will be thankful. Here is the whole piece, just three hundred words, not too long. Thanks [don't be sloppy; one 's' is correct]. My email is [email protected]
and I hope I will receive your kindly reply.'
[I will post corrections here, Zhang, rather than emailing them, so that all can read and learn-- or correct me.]
'Among this weeks readings, I was interested in Buthalia Uvashis Beginning, which explores the idea that borders are created and sustained not only by force, but also by history and memory. In this introduction, the author looks with empathy and humanism [these two are somewhat synonymous, and one could easily be deleted at the question of partition; it is not just a voice of the partition of India, but also of the shift of all colonial areas.
In fact, when an area is colonized by conquest, it not only changes the notions of territory, dominion and other external aspects, but also deeply changes the memories of the people; how deeply it changes depends on how much land the colonizers have conquered. Inevitably, a new notion of nationhood and border and frontier are created.
In answer to the first question,How have frontiers and borders been related to colonialism, it is clear that British colonizers divided India into two separate countries by their process of colonization. When the British introduced severe colonial rules to the Hindus, drew the lines of division, then created Pakistan, colonialism became not only a kind of external aggressive instrumentality, but also a force for historical meaning.
In answer to the second question, Buthalia Uvashi clearly explores the idea that borders and frontiers are created by force, and are sustained by mythologies and memory. The evidence to prove this idea is the continued enforcement of the border between India and Pakistan, or between Hindu and Muslim, after the British colonial process has ended. The new generation, obviously, finds it hard to imagine themselves in the situation of colonialism. The only way to show them a clear, comprehensive view of the past is through memory, and this memory is sometimes accompanied by prejudice, misapprehension and a sense of inevitability. With the passage of time from generation to generation, this prejudice and misapprehension is likely to fade from peoples minds, but it is more likely that the concept of borders and frontiers will be sustained, deeply rooted in the succeeding generations.
Buthalia Uvashi states that partition was not, even in her family, a closed chapter of history, but that its simple, brutal political geography infused and divided us still. (Buthalia 2000 p. 5)
So, sometimes this situation could be thought of as inevitable and tragical, still sustained from its unfortunate beginning.'


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(BLOOMINGTON) - Lauren Kahn's last words were recorded in a 911 call she made while lying on the floor bleeding to death from stab wounds inflicted by Michael Angle Jr. the night of Nov. 14, 2011.
"My name is Lauren Kahn. ... I'm at the Garden of Eden. I've just been attacked. I'm bleeding. He stabbed me. I'm bleeding," the 47-year-old told the dispatcher who took the call, who asked where she had been stabbed. "Everywhere. I can't move. Please hurry. Please hurry. ... Please hurry. I'm gonna die."
Kahn was bleeding heavily from deep stab wounds and barely breathing when Bloomington police officer Jeff Rees responded to a robbery and assault at the Garden of Eden in November 2011.
He tried to save Kahn's life, but it was too late. She had multiple stab wounds to her torso and chest, and deep cuts to her neck.
Michael Angle Jr is accused of stabbed 27-year-old Kahn more than 20 times and killing her. Angle's fate is in the hands of a Monroe Circuit Court jury. Angle claims he is not guilty of the killing because of a mental defect and has filed an insanity defense.
Kahn was working as a clerk at the Garden of Eden, an adult entertainment store, when Angle entered the store in November 2011 and stabbed her.
Angle admitted to the crime, and was charged with felony murder.
He did not leave the store with any cash, according to a probable cause affidavit on the case.
Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Kehr says Angle did not provide an explicit explanation for stabbing Kahn with a Gerber pocket knife with a 4-5 inch blade and he gave no explanation on why the intended robbery ended in murder.
Police were given no indication that Angle and Kahn knew each other.
Angle told officers he decided to rob the in the 700 block of South Walnut Street based on the fact that the only employee of the store was by herself and "it looked like an easy store to rob," according to the affidavit. "Michael stated that he had grown tired of being broke and not having any money as well as being depressed and lonely."
Angle gave his account of the stabbing and attempted robbery after he turned himself in at the Monroe County Jail about 90 minutes after the murder. Accompanying him to the jail were Angle's two sisters and his mother, who told police her son had gotten out of the military in August.
He brought with him, in a separate bag, the blood-covered clothing he wore at the time of the stabbing. He described where he had discarded the knife, which police found in the street.
Police say Angle entered Garden of Eden, looked around the store for a bit, than tried to get Kahn to show him something in a display case. He then pulled the knife from a pocket and started stabbing her.
"An interview was conducted with Michael where he did provide a very detailed confession to having stabbed Lauren Kahn," the affidavit reads.
He then told officials that as he started walking toward the area where the money was kept, a man opened the door, causing him to chase this witness and leave without actually getting any money.
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A Lake in the Hills man attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign died this morning after being severely injured in a hit-and-run collision late Friday, authorities said.
Anthony G. Pauls, 22, was declared dead at 7:54 a.m. at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, accordding to the Champaign County coroner's office. Charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, driving under the influence, and other charges was Albert Fleming, 20, of Champaign, according to Urbana police.
Pauls was hit by a vehicle about 11:50 p.m. near 200 West University Avenue, and the vehicle fled the scene, but was stopped a few blocks west, according to police news releases.
As officers were responding to the area where Pauls was hit, a police sergeant saw Fleming's vehicle, which had heavy damage, police said.
The sergeant said the driver had a "strong odor of alcoholic beverage on his breath," and admitted to drinking when his vehicle hit Pauls, police said in a release this afternoon. Two other people in the car were charged, one with marijuana, the other with having an open bottle of alcohol in the car, according to police.
Fleming is being held without bond in the Champaign County Jail, according to the jail's Website.
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The change in the sun's location during sunrise and sunset over the course of a year is explained through this student-lead NASA eClips segment. The resource also includes a lesson that contains a pre- and post-test, and an activity using the Frayer... (View More) model. The Real World series of NASA eClips™ connects classroom mathematics to 21st century careers and innovations and are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving. (View Less)
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"A promotional deal between the Cincinnati Zoo and the Creation Museum was scuttled Monday after the zoo received dozens of angry calls and emails about the partnership," reported the Cincinnati Enquirer (December 1, 2008).
Philip Kitcher's Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith (Oxford U.P., 2006) was the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award for Notable Book for 2008 from the Lannan Foundation, which "hopes to stimulate the creation of literature written originally in the English language and to develop a wider audience for contemporary prose and poetry." The award includes a $75,000 prize. A Supporter of NCSE, Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.
Barbara Forrest explained "Why Texans Shouldn't Let Creationists Mess with Science Education" on November 11, 2008, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Now video and audio of her talk is available on-line.
Selected content from volume 28, number 1, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website.
The Texas state board of education heard testimony about the proposed new set of state science standards during its meeting on November 19, 2008 — and plenty of the testimony concerned the treatment of evolution in the standards. As the Dallas Morning News (November 20, 2008) explained, the standards "will dictate what is taught in science classes in elementary and secondary schools and provide the material for state tests and textbooks. The standards will remain in place for a decade after their approval by the state board."
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