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Equinix Announces Initial Carriers Participating in Ethernet Exchange Development Program
New York, NY - November 3, 2009 at the Light Reading Ethernet Expo Americas 2009 Conference - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced AboveNet, Exponential-e, Hibernia Atlantic, Level 3, PCCW Global, Reliance Globalcom and Tinet, among others, as initial participants in the recently announced Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange platform, a development program to define enhanced solutions for the exchange of data traffic between carriers providing Ethernet services.
The Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange development program consists of a platform for multi-provider carrier Ethernet interconnection that meets Metro Ethernet Forum standards. The program is reviewing a variety of solutions including Ethernet Network to Network Interconnection (NNI) and additional services that leverage the density and breadth of networks operating within Equinix's centers. The platform is available at Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers globally using Alcatel-Lucent's service routing portfolio.
"Demand for AboveNet's Ethernet services continues to grow," said Philip Olivero, vice president of Engineering for AboveNet. "The current process for extending our Ethernet service offering outside of our service area requires the establishment of multiple, complex interconnection relationships with other carriers. A multi-carrier Ethernet exchange platform would simplify interconnection, reduce costs and speed delivery of Ethernet services to off-net customer locations."
"As a leading international provider of fiber-based communications services, Level 3 is helping our customers keep pace with the demands of an increasingly networked world. Our customers are turning to Ethernet to support applications like server virtualization, cloud computing, and data center consolidation," said Russell Shriver, Level3's vice president of Internet and Data Services. "Today, business is dispersed all over the world, and it's technically challenging, time-consuming and costly for enterprises to pull together end-to-end Ethernet services. By working with Equinix, Level 3 will expand its ability to provide a seamless, high-performance Ethernet offering. "
"Ethernet is gaining greater acceptance as a transport and transit technology as more and more global enterprise customers and content service providers rely on its speed, cost and performance advantages," said Dr. Kamran Sistanizadeh, chief technology officer, Reliance Globalcom. "Equinix is in a unique position to provide an exchange platform that will enable Reliance Globalcom to easily execute interconnection relationships with other Ethernet carriers outside of our current service area in order to capitalize on the new customer demands for regional, national and global Ethernet services."
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure the vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises, content and financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix's insight and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets. Equinix operates 45 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across 18 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the investor relations page of its website located at www.equinix.com/investors. We encourage you to check Equinix's website regularly for the most up-to-date information.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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"IBM Monitoring and Diagnostics Tools for Java - Interactive Diagnostic Data Explorer (IDDE)" technical preview has now been released via the IBM Support Assistant.
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Ronaldo in the dark over Mourinho
Cristiano Ronaldo admits he does not know what Jose Mourinho's future holds beyond this season but believes his winning mentality will see him continue as Real Madrid coach at least until the end of the current campaign.
Mourinho has found himself under fire with Madrid's title defence in tatters after falling 16 points behind arch rivals Barcelona in La Liga.
There has also been speculation of discontent among the players at the Bernabeu, while Mourinho's recent decision to drop long-serving club captain Iker Casillas did not go down well with supporters.
However, while there may be some question marks about Mourinho's long-term future with the Spanish giants, Ronaldo feels his fellow Portuguese will not be leaving any time soon.
Asked if he knows what Mourinho will do once the season finishes, Ronaldo told AS: "I don't know. I think he will continue until the end of the season at least, because he's a coach who always wants to win and we have several challenges ahead which we can achieve.
"After that he will decide what's best for him, for his professional group and for the club. But I don't know what either he or the club thinks and therefore I prefer not to talk about this subject."
Madrid face Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie next week, while they are locked at 1-1 heading into the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final clash with Barca.
Ronaldo was also keen to move on following reports of a row between him and Mourinho last month, adding: "It's a very personal issue, it's sorted and everything's fine. Things that happen in the dressing room stay in the dressing room."


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Jonathan Cooper becomes the first offensive guard picked in the top 10 since Colorado's Chris Naeole was selected by the New Orleans Saints at No. 10.
Chapel Hill, N.C. - North Carolina offensive guard Jonathan Cooper was selected No. 7 overall by the Arizona Cardinals Thursday night in the first-round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Cooper is the 21st overall first-round draft pick in Carolina history and the fifth in the last six years.
"What an exciting moment for Jonathan and his family," said head coach Larry Fedora. "Coop is a great ambassador for our program and the University of North Carolina. He is everything you could ask for in a student-athlete. He is a great player and one of the best I've ever coached at offensive guard.
"He provided great leadership and character during his career at UNC and I'm proud of him for earning his degree. Arizona is getting an outstanding player who is an even better person."
A native of Wilmington, N.C., Cooper is one of the most decorated offensive linemen in UNC history. He earned consensus All-America honors and was a finalist for the 2012 Outland Trophy. Cooper started 48 games in his career and was a three-time All-ACC pick, including first-team honors as a senior.
"He is one of the most athletic offensive guards I've seen in 35 years," said ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper. "He's one of the best players in this draft at any position."
Cooper is just the fourth offensive lineman and second guard to be picked in the first round from UNC. The other first-round offensive linemen from UNC were guard Ken Huff in 1975 (No. 3 overall), tackle Brian Blados in 1984 (No. 28) and tackle Harris Barton in 1987 (No. 22).
Cooper becomes the first offensive guard picked in the top 10 since Colorado's Chris Naeole was selected by the New Orleans Saints at No. 10.
As a senior, Cooper became the seventh offensive guard in UNC history to earn first-team All-America honors (George Barclay, 1934; Ron Rusnak, 1972; Ken Huff, 1974; Ron Wooten, 1980; David Dreschler, 1981-82; Pat Crowley, 1989). He became the first guard to be first-team All-America since Crowley in 1989 and he was the first consensus first-team All-America at UNC since Julius Peppers in 2001.
North Carolina's First-Round Draft Picks (22)
1965 - Ken Willard (RB) - No. 2, San Francisco
1971 - Don McCauley (TB) - No. 22, Baltimore
1975 - Ken Huff (OG) - No. 3, Baltimore
1981 - Lawrence Taylor (LB) - No. 2, New York Giants
1981 - Donnell Thompson (DE) - No. 18, Baltimore
1984 - Brian Blados (OL) - No. 28, Cincinnati
1985 - Ethan Horton (RB/TE) - No. 15, Kansas City
1987 - Harris Barton (OT) - No. 22, San Francisco
1993 - Thomas Smith (CB) - No. 28, Buffalo
1996 - Marcus Jones (DT) - No. 22, Tampa Bay
1998 - Greg Ellis (DE) - No. 8, Dallas
1998 - Brian Simmons (LB) - No. 17, Cincinnati
1998 - Vonnie Holliday (DT) - No. 19, Green Bay
1999 - Ebenzer Ekuban (DE) - No. 20, Dallas
2002 - Julius Peppers (DE) - No. 2, Carolina
2002 - Ryan Sims (DT) - No. 6, Kansas City
2008 - Kentwan Balmer (DT) - No. 29, San Francisco
2009 - Hakeem Nicks (WR) - No. 29, New York Giants
2011 - Robert Quinn (DE) - No. 14, St. Louis
2012 - Quinton Coples (DE) - No. 16, New York Jets
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In the wireless industry, the mark of a hot emerging technology is that a standards war will rise around it. With energy harvesting the "next big thing" for wireless devices, automobiles, and more, the ability to wirelessly charge handheld devices is beginning to reach consumers. This progress is in large part due to the work of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), which published the Qi low-power specification in August 2009 in hopes of creating a new protocol for how people interact with power—much as the Wi-Fi Alliance did for wireless networking. While the WPC has made great progress, it now faces some stiff competition from big names in electronics and other markets.
The independently operated Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), for example, counts Broadcom, NXP, Qualcomm, and Samsung (also a member of the WPC) as its members. At the end of October, the A4WP announced that its technical working committee had approved a flexible wireless power specification that will allow consumers to charge their mobile devices on a variety of compatible surfaces. The A4WP specification permits spatial freedom based on loosely coupled magnetic-resonance technology. Thus, power can be transferred wirelessly through surfaces to multiple portable devices.
Instead of focusing on proprietary technologies or unregulated specifications, the Power Matters Alliance (PMA) plans to bring the Power 2.0 agenda to commercial realization while working under the umbrella of the IEEE. The PMA counts AT&T, Google, and Starbucks among its members. Among the products of the alliance's working groups are two specifications for smartphones. The first one defines the physical and logical interfaces of an insertable wireless charging card (WiCC). In contrast, the second specifies the PMA protocol, enabling any compliant device to charge at compatible locations as well as on wireless power products sold by major retail chains.
Finally, Intel's Wireless Charging Technology (WCT) lets users charge their smartphones wirelessly from their notebook PCs. This past August, Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) announced that it will develop and deliver chipsets for WCT. The resulting solution promises to go beyond inductive charging and "smartphone on a charging mat" usage. It also promises to deliver size and cost reductions.
Despite all of this competition, things still look good for the WPC and its Qi standard. With the backing of many handset manufacturers, the magnetic-induction-based Qi standard promises to allow users to charge their devices wirelessly, no matter where they are in the world. The idea is simple: All devices with the Qi logo will work with all Qi chargers. Over 100 Qi-certified products are already available. In addition, phase one of the Okudake-Juden (Place and Charge) campaign has been successfully completed, adding Qi wireless charging at more than 60 popular locations throughout Japan. There are plans to expand to 126 total Qi charging locations by the end of this month. Although it is unclear whether Qi will indeed become the ubiquitous standard of choice, the world clearly has wireless charging in its future.


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Beat The Creep With Bigger BrakesPosted in How To: Transmission Drivetrain on March 1, 2012
Ever wheel a Jeep with an automatic and a 4:1 transfer case? Most require a ton of brake pedal effort to stop—unless you pop the transmission into Neutral. This scenario can be nerve-racking at first and then downright annoying once you get used to it. We contacted a few of the industry's better-known Jeep builders to see how they go about resolving the issue on customer rigs. The answers we received were as varied as the customers. As you might expect, each solution has pros and cons. In this story we will explain each method and why you should consider them to overcome torque multiplication compounded by extreme low-range gearing. Check it out.
How It Happens
To understand why low-range creep is a problem, you first need to understand a few basic principles about torque multiplication, clamping force, and friction. Let's establish the fact that hydraulic braking systems amplify driver effort when pushing on the brake pedal. Now, pretend that your Jeep's engine is a massive gasoline-powered breaker bar on the end of a huge ratchet. The crankshaft is the business end and the flywheel or flexplate is a massive socket. The more power your engine develops, the longer the breaker bar is. On automatic-equipped vehicles, when rotational force is applied to the breaker bar, the flexplate engages the internals of the torque converter, which governs how much rotational force can be transmitted to the transmission. The torque converter is basically a giant liquid pump that uses a stator (series of blades) between the engine-driven impeller and turbine. Think boating. Just as the diameter, spacing, and angle of propeller blades on a boat influence acceleration and top speed on the water, the diameter and angle of the blades inside a torque converter impeller, stator, and turbine affect how much and how quickly torque is transmitted to the transmission. As the stator redirects fluid from the impeller, it also multiplies torque by a ratio from anywhere between 1.8:1 to 2.5:1.
Inside the transmission, torque makes its way through a series of planetary gears, where further torque multiplication can be achieved. Next, the transfer case enters the picture. In high range, torque travels straight through to the driveshafts. In low range, however, the engine torque is multiplied further still. Rubicon models have a 4:1 planetary which allows the transfer case to quadruple the torque output for a given engine rpm. This is like adding four times the leverage to the breaker bar mentioned earlier.
The differential gearing multiplies this effort even further and when the torque finally reaches the wheel mounting surfaces, a staggering amount of brake friction force is required to overcome it. Most factory braking systems are optimized for high-range gearing and stock tires and wheels. Multiplying the mechanical advantage of the engine takes a serious toll on the effectiveness of the braking system, and if you add bigger tires to the equation, the brake system has to overcome the additional rotating mass. When you add it all up, it's easy to understand why stock brakes have trouble controlling the creep.
Brake Upgrades
One way to address the creep problem is to increase the performance of the braking system. There are basically two ways to go about it: The first and most common method is to increase the amount of hydraulic pressure the master cylinder can supply to the calipers. This increases the amount of friction between the pads and rotors. The second method increases the size of the rotor (diameter) and adds additional clamping force to the pads by way of larger brake calipers with bigger or additional pistons. Big brake kits are typically the most expensive way to resolve the creep issue. Increased rotor diameter typically requires a bigger wheel to provide appropriate clearance between the outside of the brake caliper and inner diameter of the wheel. So, unless you plan to swap in a larger set of wheels, big brake kits are better left to guys with big budgets.
On power brake arrangements, the additional power comes from either engine vacuum as is common to OEM applications, or hydraulic power (hydroboost) driven by the power steering pump. Both types have drawbacks and while neither is exactly cheap, both will improve braking performance noticeably over a manual arrangement. Vacuum-assist requires a somewhat-bulky diaphragm to amplify the driver's physical effort on the master cylinder. This can create challenges in terms of packaging under the hood and because the system is always vacuum dependent, it won't work on diesel engines or those that lack a steady, reliable source of vacuum. Hydroboost setups produce almost four times the operating pressure of vacuum assist and come in a compact package that can be juiced by the factory power steering box. One downfall to hydroboost is its dependency on engine rpm. Should the engine fail, the system has a small accumulator that will allow for one or maybe two power assisted brake applications prior to defaulting to manual brakes—which is better than vacuum boosted brakes can claim.
Friction, Clamping Force, and the Missing Link
Many people think that simply adding clamping force will improve brake performance. However, pad material also has a lot to do with the system's effectiveness. Pads are the final point of the system and come in a staggering array of compounds for different applications. To understand the creep issue completely, it's important to understand how the different compounds affect brake performance when hot and cold. All brake pads are required by law to have a published edge code that tells consumers what the average coefficient of friction is over a given temperature range. These ratings, once decoded, can tell you a lot about why a braking system on a Jeep with 4:1 gearing fails to stop the vehicle in low range. Chrysler designs all brake systems to work in a variety of real-world driving scenarios. Slowing the vehicle to a stop while in low range idling over boulders is not a major concern to Chrysler's R&D team—such activity generates very little heat in comparison to a life-threatening panic stop on the interstate.
For example, the JK Rubicon front brake pads have the following alphanumeric sequence: FF0821MR. The FF portion of this code tells us that the OEM pad has an average coefficient of friction between 0.35 and 0.45 for both low and high temperature ranges. The higher the number, the more friction you get. These numbers are not particularly high when compared to pads found in the racing industry. However, high-performance pads perform best when hot. High brake heat is not typically associated with low-speed rockcrawling, so regular pads with higher friction at lower temperatures would in theory grab better when rockcrawling. We think the industry needs to develop special brake pads for Jeepers with dedicated trail rigs that employ a compound that delivers a high coefficient of friction at below average brake temperatures. If such a brake pad existed, it probably wouldn't stop well at high speeds, but it might prevent the creep from happening off road.
Torque Converter Upgrades
Often overlooked by Jeep builders, the torque converter is probably the best place to spend money when attempting to reduce low-range creep. To do so, you need to raise the stall speed of the torque converter. The stall speed is the point at which the engine rpm begins to transmit torque to the transmission. Manufacturers tune factory torque converters so that they don't transmit very much torque to the transmission while at idle. This is why you don't have to press the brake pedal very hard while sitting at a stoplight in 2-Hi. Think of stall speed as the point at which the clutch begins to transmit power to a manual transmission on a stick shift rig.
Stall speed is determined by several factors, including the distance between the impeller and the turbine and the design of the stator. Stock JK torque converters are set up around the 2,200 rpm range. By modifying variables of the torque converter's internal components, manufacturers can alter the stall speed and create a torque converter that engages at a higher or lower engine rpm. Raising the stall speed allows the engine to spin faster before transferring power to the transmission. The negative effect of a higher stall speed is increased heat in the ATF, as the engine will need to rev higher to propel the vehicle from a stop. However, with only a slightly higher stall speed, say 300 to 400 rpm over stock, the effect is minimal. In low range however, the additional rpm afforded by the higher stall speed can help significantly as the braking system isn't trying to fight gobs of torque at idle.
Remember how we told you that torque is multiplied by the transmission and transfer case gearing? Well, if a higher stall torque converter is used, less power (at idle) is sent to the transmission in the first place. If less torque is present downstream of the torque converter the factory brakes have a better chance at controlling the creep. Luckily, replacement torque converters are available for several Jeep models and are not super expensive ($250-$350) and with a virtual smorgasbord of suppliers across the country, you won't have to wait long to get one. The only bummer we see in swapping in a torque converter with a slightly higher stall speed is the fact that the transmission and transfer case have to be removed to gain access. Additionally, you don't want to tow heavy loads with one because it will cause excessive heat.


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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Monday convicted top Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say of denigrating religion through comments he made on Twitter and handed down a 10-month suspended prison sentence, his lawyer said.
Apparently Mr. Say, who has played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony, and other world class orchestras, made a comment considered disparaging to Islam on his Twitter account. Criticizing a short call to prayer, he mused that the muzzein must have had a waiting mistress or a glass of alcohol to get to. And another, comparing heaven to a tavern or a house of ill repute.
And, the current Turkish government wonders why they're application to the European Union keeps getting delayed.
In other news, the Islamist group Al-Shabaab (a/k/a Mujahideen Youth Movement) - linked to Al Qaeda - murdered 30 people in Mogadishu, Somalia. Must have been for the glory of Allah, which means if they slaughter enough people, destroy the fledgling government of Somlaia, they can institute Sharia law for fun, profit (or international piracy as it's know in the rest of the world), and finally get rid of those pesky prohibitions against doing an honor killing on your sister or mother for showing a bit of ankle in public.
Religion - keeping people enslaved since the first con man met the first fool. (With apologies to Mark Twain).
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Free speech is fundamental to a free society. Turkey can either learn that or watch as their application to the European Union continues to get sandbagged.
I agree.
Proof I'm a dinosaur: I fail to appreciate that Twitter is a means for discourse. News reports, including this one, regularly discuss people who have stirred controversy or gotten into trouble via Twitter. How can anything meaningful or useful be discussed i 140 characters? It's worse than a 30 sec radio or TV ad, and anyone who is popular for any reason can make uneducated thoughtless comments about anything, and thousands will read it.
More proof I'm a dinosaur. I don't use Facebook either.
I agree with Loren, better spoken than I could be.
Then we got TWO dinosaurs here, SB - I don't use either Twitter or Facebook. I HAVE occasionally followed Twitter on an event here and there, but that's the extent of it.
Make that four. I use Twitter occasionally to attempt some activism, or to see what (real-life) friends are sharing, but I have no use for putting my life in an online goldfish bowl.
(I also have a LiveJournal account, which I've never posted to; it's just to read what certain friends write, when I actually remember to go look.)
Number five right here. I've never had a Facebook page (or MySpace, or Google+, etc.) and I don't use Twitter. I don't even have a smartphone. I'm still using my flip-phone purchased in 2007, although I admit to having plans to upgrade to a smartphone very soon.
I don't feel the need to publish the details of my mundane life in an "online goldfish bowl" (thank you to Grinning Cat for the very appropriate metaphor.) I generally find the whole social aspect of Twitter to be rather pompous and arrogant.
"Listen to what I have to say."
"Here's my unasked-for opinion."
"Here's what I'm doing that is so important I needed to tell you."
"I'm important, dammit!"
Back on topic: I'm a bit surprised that Turkey has such blasphemy laws to begin with, being that they seem to be the most "westernized" of the mostly Islamic countries.
It's a quick opportunity to state something poorly. In one case, a twitter does not fully represent what one is trying to say. In the other, one may accurately state a portion of what they are trying to say, yet still be misunderstood due to a lack of information or context. In either case, it's obviously a good way to get into a lot of trouble.
If you're going to say something controversial, you should probably stick with a forum where you can flesh out what you'd like to convey.
No, I don't use twitter. I can't even effectively communicate with my wife. Why would I want to do the same thing with the rest of the world? I think Twitter is used primarily by people who want everyone to think they're incredibly witty. That intention rarely works out for the better, especially when the person is not so much witty as snarky. Those of us who are more plodding in our communications, and I consider myself in that category, should probably refrain from Twittering.
I wonder if a blasphemy charge could ever happen in the US.
So long as the US is at least a de jure secular nation, it better not. If it does, you can watch the smelly stuff hit the rotating blades pretty damned quick.
It can come here but it will be classified as religious 'bullying'
Yes it could happen in the US. Dominionists want to impose their Xtian version of Sharia law in the US. Many of them are in positions of political power in the US - local, State, and Federal. As horrible as this may sound, I sincerely hope that the terrorists who hit Boston today are homegrown. A foreign act of terror will only give the homegrown, US, theocratic fascists more grist for their mill.
Islam is not a religion of peace/freedom/tolerance, and Turkey is steadily drifting away from Ataturk's secularism back towards fundamentalism. Muslim countries, when toppled of their dictators, revert to the barbaric traditions of the warlord prophet Muhammad. It's as predictable as gravity.
It's a shame that Obama can't see this because Egypt, Libya, Syria, and the whole Arab Spring, are headed the same way. Back to 7th Century Muhammadism. So long as the doctrine of Islam is whitewashed with the "religion of peace" lie, there is no hope for Muslim countries to liberalise.
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BETHEL, Conn. (AP) – A 46-year-old Connecticut man and his 23-year-old daughter told police they weren't certain they were related before beginning a sexual relationship and having a son together, police said in charging them with sex crimes.
George Sayers Jr. and Tiffany Hartford, of Bethel in western Connecticut, were charged Monday with third-degree sexual assault, obscenity and conspiracy after authorities said DNA tests showed Sayers was the father of both Hartford and her baby. Each pleaded not guilty and was being held on bail.
Hartford told police she aspired to be a porn star before she got pregnant, according to arrest warrant affidavits. The infant is now in state custody.
Hartford's public defender didn't return a message Thursday. It's not clear if Sayers has a lawyer. A woman who answered the phone at their home Thursday hung up on a reporter.
The investigation began in February when Hartford's now-former girlfriend complained to police that Sayers didn't get her permission before selling videos and photos of her and Hartford having sex, according to the affidavits.
Questions about the relationship between Sayers and Hartford arose when police executed a search warrant at their home in the pornography investigation. Detectives asked a relative at the house about the couple's relationship, and she told them that "Tiffany is his girlfriend, but we also think that she is his daughter," the affidavits say.
Police then asked Hartford about the relationship and she said Sayers was her boyfriend. When pressed if Sayers was her father, Hartford said she wasn't sure, police said.
Police said Sayers initially told them that Hartford was a friend. He later acknowledged that he was once told he might be her father, but he didn't believe it, the affidavits say. Still later, he told detectives that he or other men, including his deceased brother, could be Hartford's father, and insisted there was no proof that she was his daughter, the affidavits say.
Investigators say they asked Sayers if a paternity test would show that Hartford and her baby were his children, and he responded that it could be a possibility, according to the affidavits.
Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky declined to comment, citing rules of professional conduct on pending cases. He said incest cases are rare in Connecticut.
The arrest warrant affidavits were first obtained and reported by The News-Times of Danbury, and later by The Hartford Courant. They are now sealed from public view.
The obscenity and conspiracy charges are related to the selling of the videos and photos of Hartford and her former girlfriend, the affidavits say. The girlfriend was 16 or 17 at the time and knew she was being recorded having sex with Hartford, police said. The age of consent in Connecticut is 16.
The third-degree sexual assault charge is a felony that carries one to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. They are accused under a section of the charge that deals with related people.
Sayers is being held on $100,000 bail and Hartford is detained on $25,000 bail. They're due back in Danbury Superior Court on Dec. 21.
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Ah yeah, just found out that it's because I didn't set my region profile to US when I booted up my 3DS before. It works fine now and I can find/download some games Then again, it's not like I'm going to buy anything until AA5 comes out..
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Edgeworth is back as a prosecutor, now donning glasses, and Trucy returns as well:
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I find it humorous that Capcom went on record as saying that Digital Only will not hurt sales. Wrong. There will be far fewer impulse buys, and those like myself who don't purchase digital will not buy it.
However, I believe they just misspoke, and what they meant is it won't hurt profits. The offset of lost sales will be made up by the lack of physical production overhead.
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Edgeworth is back!!! Woot!! Damn he hasn't changed at all in 8 years despite being in his early thirties it's kinda weird.
Now all we need is an appearance from Maya, Pearls, Oldbag, and Gumshoe and this game is complete and I can officially say screw my complaints of Digital Download I'm getting both the Japanese version and the U.S. version.
How do you guys envision Maya and Pearls to look like after these long years anyway?
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Seeing Edgeworth back is great and all (and makes the pain of no overseas AAI2 throb even more), but I really want to see the return of Gumshoe more than anything. He was always one of my favorite characters, so it would be great to see him again (though if AJ was any indication, Ema will probably take his place again.....).
Also, now that Edgeworth is back, I wonder if that means Kay Faraday will appear in this title? I guess it would just be neat to see some elements of the spinoffs becoming a part of the main series.
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So I got my wish. :3
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I'm so happy that my favorite character, Pearl is returning for this title. I'm hoping she'll have an actual role and will do more than make a minor cameo appearance.
Other characters I'd like to see return are:
Maya Fey
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Dahlia Hawthorne
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Ema Skye
Lana Skye
Dick Gumshoe
and some other characters I'd kind of like to see again:
Larry Butz
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Lauren Paups
Rhoda Teneiro
Cammy Meele
Some characters I'd like to see return for the story, I'd really like to see what became of them since we last saw them (The Fey family, Ema, Lana, Vera, Gumshoe)... while others I'd just like to see again just for fun (Ron, Lauren, Rhoda, Cammy). I know some of them are either dead, in jail, or so minor they're not really worth the effort to bring back, but I mean... Pearl is back at least so that should potentially cover all those who died, and it's always possible that one of the ones who are in prison/jail to either escape or be seen or mentioned again. I'm not expecting anything and I'm honestly just happy to see Pearl again, that alone made this title a must-buy for me. :3
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I'd like to see Will Powers return also, there are so many recurring characters in the series.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Back at home on the Charles River, the MIT women's lightweight crew team completed the fall portion of its 2012-13 schedule by competing in the Foot of the Charles regatta. The Engineers had two entries in the Varsity Four race, the primary competition of the event, with the "A" boat turning in the best showing with a 27th-place finish.
Racing in a field that included lightweight and openweight crews, the MIT A boat completed the course in 15:14.4 for its 27th-place showing in a field of 42. Coincidently the Engineers were sandwiched between the two entries from its openweight team, finishing 0.2 seconds behind one and with the same time as the other. Of the lightweight fours in the field, MIT finished fourth behind crews from Radcliffe. The MIT B boat was 37th overall in a time of 15:48.7.
In the Varsity Eight competition MIT completed the course in 15:02.1 to finish 12th overall. The Engineers also had an entry in the Novice Eight race, with that crew turning in a time of 16:24.9 for an 11th-place showing ahead of a pair of openweight crews from UMass and Rutgers.
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The NSW State Government reform agenda focuses on integrating services and realizing a more "citizen focus".
The LMBR Program supports this agenda by improving the range of services available to students, parents and industry groups. The program will also enhance service delivery channels and improve administrative processes, providing more time for teaching and learning.
The LMBR Program supports NSW Public Schools focus on providing quality education under the new educational reform agenda. It is designed to help schools to:
deliver quality educational outcomes
support student wellbeing and development
plan and monitor effectiveness of service delivery to students
expand information flow between schools and the community
support increased local decision making
replace ageing and inefficient systems and processes with a new, integrated IT solution.
In addition to supporting TAFE to provide quality education under the new educational reform agenda, the LMBR Program also reflects a number of TAFE reform priorities, which include helping TAFE to:
provide the capability to manage the end to end student lifecycle – enrolment to completion
provide contemporary tools, such as Employee and Manager Self Service, to manage the workforce
deliver one payroll for all TAFE staff
integrate human resources, payroll and financial systems
enable data integration to support improve financial management.
Departmental wide
By streamlining services, DEC is helping employees spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time focusing on higher-value activities. The LBMR Program involves significant transformation. It impacts business solutions, technology, processes—and most importantly—people and the way they work. Considering the extent of this transformation across schools, TAFE and Corporate, a well-qualified transformation service provider with experience with large-scale and complex change was essential to work with the Department to help achieve the targeted benefits of the program.
As the transformation service provider, Accenture is helping to develop new business processes and replacing existing student administration, learning management, financial and human resources applications in schools and TAFE institutes.
The LMBR program involves new integrated end-to-end services which are focused on the students being deployed over a number of releases.
These systems will operate across schools, TAFE and corporate offices, helping to streamline processes and enhance productivity. It is a fundamental part of DEC's larger transformation agenda to enhance critical learning management and student administration services.
The Accenture team is helping DEC implement the business transformation supported by the key business solutions: Student Administration and Learning Management (SALM), Finance and HR/Payroll, delivering outcomes and helping to deliver on the reform agenda priorities as outlined above.
Accenture is working collaboratively with the Department utilizing cost effective services through its Global Delivery Network and team of highly professional people focused on the true business benefits this program will help deliver.
The LMBR Program implementation started in April 2007, and it is scheduled to be completed at the end of December 2014. Working together, DEC and Accenture are focused on the rollout of the HR and Payroll functions, core financial functions and critical student administration solutions across schools, TAFE Institutes and corporate offices.
By building a modern and student focused service delivery model, DEC is creating a solid foundation to meet current and future needs as a high performance government department. DEC's 100,000 strong employee network of teachers, TAFE workers and administrators will be able to rely on a fully integrated system which provides them with the information and support they need, ultimately allowing them to spend more time on the things that matter most – educating and promoting lifelong learning for the students of NSW.


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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - With holiday travel plans just around the corner, another airline fee price hike is set to be released this week.
Flyers now have less than 24 hours before having to pay more to travel with a popular airline.
When you get ready to fly, now you'll have to think carefully about what you'll pack for your trip and how you'll pack for the airport.
Spirit Airlines' latest increase in fees will affect the most important thing flyers bring, a suitcase.
"You try to take only one bag. But it's ridiculous with the fees. We never had this years ago why now all of a sudden?" questions traveler Mary Ann Ward.
Soon, those baggage fees could cost you even more. And if you feel like you're being nickeled and dimed to death, you are.
Price hikes are everywhere you turn, for carry-on bags that you pay for online or at the airport, as well as checked bags.
The biggest fee will now come if you have to check your bag at the gate; it will cost you $100.
According to experts, these fee increases are currently some of the largest seen in the industry. Spirit has been ranked as one of the top airlines to get more out of your wallet from all its different fees.
Travelers say they don't want to pay for the airline's latest actions.
"The airline itself, I have no problem. But their fees? It's just getting way out of line," complains traveler Virginia Ward.
The Spirit price hike starts Tuesday.
Travel experts say whenever you're booking a flight, make sure you always read the fine print so you know what you're getting into. Then plan ahead when it comes to packing.
Across the industry, fees have increased 11 percent over what you were paying last year. The evolving fees are changing some people's thoughts on how they travel.
"How far of a drive is it to Myrtle Beach? You start thinking like that," admits Mary Ann Ward.
Airlines are expected to report making $36 billion this year alone, and that money isn't coming from the fares to fly. Much of that dollar amount is due to the fees you're paying when you book your ticket.
While travelers may expect to pay for bags, we're seeing all kinds of fees popping up now. Delta and US Airways, for example, are now charging you to choose your own seat and for wanting more leg room.
Experts say these fees won't be going away any time soon, so some people are thinking of other options and alternatives.
"Well, I try to pack something I can carry on and just put under the seat. But if I'm going for long distance, it may be cheaper to just send it some other way rather than pay them the money," decides Virginia Ward.
Spirit Airlines accounts for about half of the traffic that comes in and out of the Myrtle Beach International Airport.
Now that MYR is host to increasing fees again Tuesday, some are wondering how this will affect the airport's numbers.
The higher fees will be an interesting mix, since airport managers are trying to get more people to fly through the facility.
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Sept. 24, 2008
Complete Release in PDF Format
• The Schedule
Friday, September 26, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. (PST)
UC Santa Barbara at Arizona State
at ASU's Sun Devil Soccer Stadium
Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (PST)
UC Santa Barbara at Arizona
at Arizona's Mulcahy Stadium
• Long and Winding Road Continues
The 20th-ranked (NSCAA/adidas) UC Santa Barbara women's soccer team will travel to Arizona for a pair of matches this weekend. On Friday, the Gauchos will take-on Arizona State and on Sunday they play at Arizona. Following this weekend, the Gauchos will remain away from home for two more, traveling to UC Riverside (Oct. 3) and Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 5) to open Big West Conference play, before returning home for an Oct. 10 match against Cal State Northridge. The contest against Northridge will be Greek Night at Harder Stadium with the Greek Games taking place at halftime.
• Rank and File
Despite a 2-1 overtime loss at Hawaii on Sunday night, UCSB remains at No. 20 in the NSCAA/adidas National Ranking. The Gauchos are sixth in the NSCAA/adidas Far West poll, but they have dropped out of the Soccer Buzz Magazine and Soccer America national polls. They have, however, jumped into the Soccer Times poll at No. 24, and they remain at 42 in the Top Drawer Soccer ranking.
• UCSB Equals Win Total
UCSB's win over Montana in Honolulu on Friday was the team's sixth victory of the season, equaling last season's total. The Gauchos have 11 games remaining to surpass the total.
• The Gaucho Record
UCSB enters its Friday match against Arizona with a record of 6-3. Last weekend, the Gauchos split matches at the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Soccer Classic in Honolulu. On Friday night, they blanked Montana 4-0, and on Sunday night they dropped a tough 2-1 overtime decision to the host Rainbow Wahine.
• Four Gauchos Make All-Tournament Team
A quartet of UCSB players were named to the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Classic All-Tournament Team. The foursome included one freshman, one sophomore, one junior, and one senior. Earning the honor were senior midfielder Sami Svrcek, junior forward Genelle Ives, sophomore forward Kylie McDonald, and freshman defender Alexa Stringer.
• Scoring Frenzy
The Gauchos have not only tied their 2007 win total, they have surpassed their goal scoring total of 2007. Last year, UCSB scored 19 goals in 20 matches, in 2008, the team has already tallied 20 goals in just nine matches, an average of 2.22 goals per outing.
• Pick Your Poison
One of the primary reasons for UCSB's emergence in 2008 has been its increased offensive production. Not only are the Gauchos scoring more goals this season, but more players are scoring those goals. Last year, just eight different players found the back of the net for UCSB, and four of those players scored just once. This year, 11 different players have tallied goals, and five have scored two or more. Four Gauchos – Kailyn Kugler, Genelle Ives, Jacqui Simon, and Kylie McDonald – have scored a team-leading three goals. Midfielder Cory Yoshida is the other multiple-goal scorer, she has two.
• Ives Approaches Top-10s
Junior forward Genelle Ives has bounced back nicely from a knee injury that forced her to redshirt in 2007. Through nine matches, Ives has scored three goals and assisted on three others. In her career, she has now tallied 16 goals and 13 assists for 45 points. Ives's 16 goals are the 11th most ever scored by a Gaucho and she needs just two more to tie her former teammate, Allie Kueny, for 10th all-time. Her 45 points puts ranks the Dana Point, Calif., native 12th all-time, but she still has a way to go, needing 18 to enter the top-10.
• Not Much Room For Error
UCSB has played a lot of close games in 2008. While the Gauchos do have a pair of blowout wins (4-0 over Montana and Nevada), they have played six one-goal matches. In the one-goal matches, UCSB has posted a 3-3 record, including an overtime defeat at Hawaii, and last-minute victories over San Diego and Pepperdine.
• Shooting Gallery
Even in defeat, the Gauchos tend to outshoot their opponents. In their 2-1 overtime loss at Hawaii, they had 16 shots, compared to the Rainbow Wahine, who had 8. On the season, UCSB has outshot its opponents 136-88, an average of 5.3 per game.
• On The Stumpf
Paul Stumpf is in his 10th season as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. He enters this week's action with a record of 93-72-21. His total of 88 wins ranks second on UCSB's all-time list. Last season, he guided the Gauchos to a 6-10-4 overall record, including a 3-4-1 record in the Big West. Stumpf has led the program to records of .500 or better in six of the last eight seasons, including, at one point, four straight seasons of 10 or more victories, the first time the program accomplished that feat since 1988-91. In 1999, Stumpf's first season as the head coach at UCSB, he took a team that was selected to finish last in the conference, but instead posted an 8-9-1 overall record and a 5-4 mark in the Big West. Following the season, he was chosen as the Big West's Coach of the Year. He has, in fact, guided the Gauchos to a top-three league finish in six of the last eight seasons, and twice he has led the program to regular season championships. Before arriving in Santa Barbara as an assistant coach in 1998, Stumpf spent two seasons as an assistant at Humboldt State. In addition, the San Diego native spent several years coaching club teams in the Santa Rosa area.
• UCSB Selected to Win Big West
UCSB, which finished fifth in the Big West standings in 2007, was chosen to win the league's 2008 regular seaso n crown in a poll of the nine coaches. The Gauchos collected four first-place votes and a total of 74 points to edge Long Beach State, which garnered three first-place votes and 73 total points. The 49ers are a two-time defending league regular season champ. Cal Poly had a pair of first-place votes and 62 points, while Cal State Fullerton, which has won the last two Big West Tournaments, had 60 points. The Gauchos will open Big West play on the road as they travel to UC Riverside on Oct. 3 and Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 5. They will play their first home league match on Oct. 10 when they host Cal State Northridge. The rest of UCSB's conference home slate includes Pacific, Long Beach State, and UC Irvine.


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Phillip Phillips Braves Kidney Stone Surgery to Sing 'Hard to Handle' on 'American Idol'
'American Idol' contestant Phillip Phillps fought through the pain of six-day old kidney stone surgery to perform 'Hard to Handle' on 'American Idol' tonight (March 13).
OK, so maybe considering that, we should be nice to the guy, and we do indeed wish him well health-wise. But from what we've seen of Phillips so far this season, he's a bit too much of a generic Dave Matthews Band disciple for us to really support.
In fact, it's been a bit maddening watching Steven Tyler and his fellow 'Idol' judges praise Phillips' "originality" when you could see and hear the same high-slung guitars and "hee ha ho humm" vocal style performed by any one of a dozen earnest, scruffy freshmen at your nearest college campus right this second if you wanted to.
(Randy Jackson dresses like a friendless high school rich kid.)
So, while Phillips did an alright version of 'Hard to Handle,' which any of the Black Crowes will eagerly remind you is actually an Otis Redding song, we can't agree with Tyler's statement that the young singer needed to watch his melody a bit, but otherwise did a good job. But we certainly wish him a full recovery!
(Randy Jackson needs to expand his vocabulary.)
Watch Phillip Phillips Sing 'Hard to Handle' on 'American Idol'


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Tuesday, 21 July 2009
shes a ghost
you are right.. ghosts can be very very quiet
but that doesnt mean that they dont exist.
they are like love, sometimes
they dont make a sound.
here is a little ghost skirt i made
and wore it all the way over the
ocean back to england...
my customs officer said
"welcome." no ones
ever said that to
me before.
the skirt is made of vintage doll dresses.
first photo taken by the great kimi quirt
16 comments:
- maxine alice said...
your skirts are beautiful! i love the grey blue one especially, i want one like that so much ♥ xxxx
- 21 July 2009 at 17:17
- littlebyrd said...
I believe in ghosts. Your creation is beautiful and I love your stockings too! Welcome home ;)
- 21 July 2009 at 17:35
- a mouse said...
aw thanks flowers! :)
- 21 July 2009 at 18:11
- magnoliaamber said...
I also believe in Ghost but do not wish to see the scary and bloody one..
I love your skirts and some of your previous post...I really want to wear such skirts but my mum will scream at me if I dare to=(
And was it handmade? For I hardly can find such style in here...
what a dreamy blog you have...I love it!
- 21 July 2009 at 19:24
- KnitXcorE said...
i had dream about a ghost peacock queen lost in a hedge maze the other night. she was beautiful.
i wish i could draw.
- 21 July 2009 at 22:17
- a mouse said...
ooooh a peacock queen! i love that dream
now thats a dreem not a dream.
just perfect... i will ask myself
to dreem that tonight too.
- 22 July 2009 at 07:03
- a mouse said...
thank you magnoliaamber
yes its handmade :)
- 22 July 2009 at 08:58
- E said...
your skirts are beautiful and dreamy :)
- 22 July 2009 at 12:27
- a mouse said...
*thank you* :)
- 22 July 2009 at 20:24
- willawisp said...
Thanks for the comment on my blog... Your words and photos are so beautiful, so I am pleased you like it :)
- 23 July 2009 at 03:22
- PinkBow said...
i love this romantic feel
- 23 July 2009 at 06:30
- Lara (Dream Bubble) said...
i have been following your posts for a couple weeks now and simply adore your definitely "dreamy" blog! you are a wonderul music artist too. we definitely share a soul :) have a perfect weekend doll!
- 23 July 2009 at 10:33
- a mouse said...
ah! lara.. your blog is super super dreamy too.
i love it! for some reason its not letting
me leave a comment there though! :(
silly blogspot ... acting up again.
- 23 July 2009 at 13:07
- Bettycake said...
This is so beautiful! I wish I could make one, you are very talented! And I downloaded your album the other day & I LOVE it, I can't stop listening to it :) xxxxxx
- 23 July 2009 at 15:48
- Emma Adeline said...
- 23 July 2009 at 18:25
its sooooo beautiful and I want one.....I wish you would make them to sell and then the whole world could dress as fairies!
- 26 July 2009 at 04:42


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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball officially opens its 2017-18 season on Friday when it visits Southeastern Conference member Ole Miss in a 7 p.m. contest at The Pavilion at Ole Miss.The rest of the story
Just merge with my thread...
GAMEDAY MFers
....So what does the movie Blind Side and the UL OM basketball game have in common......testing you Beau!!! Lol
Yeah baby! I'm so ready for a good basketball team to follow. Is this the beginning of the rise of UL basketball?
SEC + has the game listed at 7:30pm
Guess I'll tune in at 7 and see what happens
Bryce Washington and @RaginCajunsMBB officially opens the season tonight at the Pavilion. Catch the action on SEC Network +. #GeauxCajuns pic.twitter.com/PfHvMTorvb— Ragin' Cajuns MBB (@RaginCajunsMBB) November 10, 2017
It's an awesome arena
Finally! Basketball! Go Cajuns!!!!!!


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Training camp 8/08/03....
Saints News
Friday August 08, 2003
Temperature: 89 degrees
Heat index: 103 degrees
Attendance: 250
In the spotlight: Left cornerback.
Depth chart
No. Player Ht. Wt. Exp.
21 Dale Carter 6-1 194 11
29 Keyuo Craver 5-10 195 2
35 Fakhir Brown 5-11 192 4
Carter is the returning starter and looked terrific before being sidelined with tendinitis. Craver has also been a standout and gives the staff confidence in its top four corners. Brown is trying to hold off youngsters Lynaris Elpheage and Deveron Harper for the fifth cornerback spot.
Position: CB
Height/weight: 5-11, 187
Experience: Second year
Age: 25
College: Notre Dame
Hometown: Orangeburg, S.C.
Did you know: Younger brother of former San Diego Chargers cornerback Dwayne Harper. . . . Originally signed with the Carolina Panthers as a rookie free agent in 2000. . . . As a rookie, played in all 16 games, primarily on special teams. . . . In 2001, played in eight games and made one start at cornerback, totaling four tackles. . . . Played with the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe. . . Was a three-year starter at Notre Dame, totaling 174 career tackles, four interceptions and four forced fumbles. . . . Graduated from Notre Dame with a degree in marketing.
He said it: "Scotland was great. They really play bagpipes on the street corner over there, and men go to work wearing kilts. Everything is so green because it rains so much. It was a great experience."
WHO'S HOT: WR Michael Lewis made two sterling touchdown catches during 7-on-7 passing drills in the red zone. Since returning from a neck injury, Lewis has been outstanding and has seized the No. 4 receiving spot behind Joe Horn, Jerome Pathon and Donté Stallworth.
WHO'S NOT: WR Talman Gardner has shown flashes of ability but needs to be more consistent catching the ball. He has dropped several balls during camp, including a couple Thursday, and appears to have fallen behind Derrick Lewis and fellow rookie Kareem Kelly in the race for a reserve receiver spot.
PLAY OF THE DAY: Dropping into zone coverage during team drills, LB Sedrick Hodge read QB Aaron Brooks' eyes and stepped in front of a pass for an interception in the left flat.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He never ceases to amaze me. When he first got here, he couldn't catch a cold. You wouldn't be afraid to put him in a game right now." -- Saints coach Jim Haslett on Michael Lewis.
INJURY REPORT Out
RB Tavian Banks (hamstring)
DT Jovon Bush (hamstring)
CB Dale Carter (tendinitis)
DT Henry Ford (ankle)
G Peter Heyer (shoulder)
DE Darren Howard (hamstring)
G Melvin Paige (hamstring)
OT Scott Sanderson (hernia)
DT John Schlecht (back)
TE David Sloan (shoulder)
LB Darrin Smith (groin)
Worked on a limited basis
G LeCharles Bentley (pectoral)
TODAY'S SCHEDULE: Morning practice, 9 a.m.; evening practice, 7:30 p.m. at West Jefferson High School.
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Are the Glory Days of Airfare Gone for Good?
Remember the golden age of travel when when food was free, service was top priority, and there was even the occasional piano bar? Scott McCartney has stories straight from the flight attendants and pilots who lived it. Photo: Emily Berl for The Wall Street Journal.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Teen Mom 2 was a mess tonight. Leah's pregnancy news started to spread. First she told Jeremy, then her mom, then her friend, then Corey. The last one was the most painful.
Last night was just a series of painful, humiliating moments for these moms. Leah's whole situation was just so sad. Usually when you announce a pregnancy, people are thrilled and excited for you. In Leah's case? Not so much. Telling Corey was particularly depressing. He actually cried. It was so painful to watch. Even Leah's mom was depressing.
The look on her face. Shiver. Let's just say I never want to see that look on my dad's face. And even worse? That conversation with her friend where she admits she would leave Jeremy if she weren't pregnant. Um, hello? That's not good!
Memo to Leah: Want the man first. Then want the baby. Trust me when I say that no good ever came from a couple who stayed together for the fetus. Oh Leah. Why must you make such rushed, juvenile decisions?
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Of course, the saddest honor of the evening went to Jenelle. She was trying to prove Andrew was NOT Jace's father. But that conversation over Skype with him was one of the most genuinely depressing things I've ever seen on TV.
Jace isn't a doll. He isn't a puppet or some kind of prop who can be shared or tossed around. He is a real person with real feelings and his mom and dad act like complete children.
They brought him into the world in a ridiculous, immature, and irresponsible fashion. Jenelle couldn't have picked a worse baby daddy if she tried. I didn't buy any of what he said last night. First it seemed like he wanted to get out of child support, then it seemed like he wanted to and was thrilled with the results.
Poor Jace is caught in the middle.
Personally, if I were Jenelle, I would be humiliated and angry at the whole idea of having to take a paternity test. She didn't seem nearly as bothered by it as she should have been.
Call me naive or prudish, but I tend to think it's a good thing to know who the father of your child is. That seems mildly important. Jenelle doesn't seem to think it says anything about her that she doesn't know this vital piece of information. Hmmmm.
The whole thing is just a mess. And now we DO know. Somehow I still don't think the problems will be over.
Were you surprised by the paternity results?
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