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7 questions To ask yourself when interviewing recent grads for a sales position
There's plenty of advice out there for candidates seeking a first-time sales job, but there's not much guidance for the person interviewing them.
The fact is, making first-time hires requires a special kind of expertise.
Entry-level candidates can be economical hires, who are easily groomed, and don't come with the bad habits of a seasoned salesperson.
However, you need to know what to look for, and the questions to ask to make sure you successfully fit the right people with the right positions. With that in mind, here are seven critical questions to ask yourself when interviewing a Millennial for a sales position.


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Escaping, Or Taking Refuge?
Professional gaming academic Ted Castronova has been talking about his new book, Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality, and he's been saying the kinds of things that have been playing on my mind a whole lot in recent months. How valuable is our gaming escapism? And what does it mean to spend so much time in virtual worlds? Ted's book is about making some judgments, as he explained to the BBC:
"If reality is a bad thing, and people are going into virtual worlds to reconnect, the word you would deploy is refuge," he said.
"A father of two spending 90 hours a week in a virtual world because he doesn't like his wife – I would say that's escapism, and it isn't anything you would say is good.
"But if it's a heavy-set girl from a small town who gets victimised just because her body isn't the 'right' kind of body, and she goes online to make friends because she can't get a fair shake in the real world, then I would say the virtual world is more of a refuge."
So are you escaping, or taking refuge, readers?

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Top 10 Best Torrent Sites in 2011
What's hot in the wonderful world of BitTorrent in 2011? At first glance little seems to have changed, as the top 3 is identical to that of last year. But moving down the list we see quite a few movers and shakers as well as a surprising newcomer.
Below we have compiled a list of the 10 most-visited torrent sites at the start of the new year. Only public and English language sites are included. The list is based on traffic rank reports from Compete and Alexa. In addition, we include last year's ranking for each of the 10 sites.
1. The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is probably the best known BitTorrent brand on the Internet. The site was founded in 2003 and is still expanding, despite the immense legal witch hunt launched by the entertainment industries several years ago.
Alexa Rank: 76 / Compete Rank: 412 / Last year #1
2. Torrentz
Torrentz has been the leading BitTorrent meta-search engine for years. A few weeks ago the site traded in its .COM domain and switched to .EU, but this didn't affect the site's traffic.
Alexa Rank: 164 / Compete Rank: 927 / Last year #2
3. IsoHunt
Last year was a tough one for isoHunt, as it became the first search engine that had to implement a keyword filter provided by the MPAA. Despite this setback, isoHunt is still the third largest torrent site in terms of traffic. In 2011, isoHunt hopes to get rid of the filter through the Appeals Court.
Alexa Rank: 194 / Compete Rank: 2,154 / Last year #3
4. KickassTorrents
KickassTorrents was the fastest growing newcomer of last year, and managed to continue this upward trend throughout 2010. The site released many new features and continues to innovate, still without a single banner ad on the site.
Alexa Rank: 289 / Compete Rank: 897 / Last year #11
5. BTjunkie
BTjunkie had a pretty quiet year, which is usually good news for a site that operates in the BitTorrent niche. The only setback was the removal of the site's front page from Google due to a DMCA complaint. As last year, BTjunkie settles in fifth place.
Alexa Rank: 299 / Compete Rank: 987 / Last year #5
6. Demonoid.me
The impossible happened. Demonoid finished 2010 with only a minimal amount of downtime, compared to weeks or months in previous years. A few weeks ago the site announced that it would move from the familiar .COM to a .ME domain in response to the news about US domain seizures.
Alexa Rank: 465 / Compete Rank: 1,647 / Last year #20
7. ExtraTorrent.com
ExtraTorrent is one of those robust torrent indexes that don't make the news very often. In 2010 it continued to expand and the site gained two spots compared to last year.
Alexa Rank: 519 / Compete Rank: 2,208 / Last year #9
8. TorrentDownloads.net
TorrentDownloads is in the same league as ExtraTorrent, a no nonsense torrent index that provides torrents to millions of users each month.
Alexa Rank: 736 / Compete Rank: 1,119 / Last year #7
9. TorrentReactor
TorrentReactor fooled most of the tech press last year when it announced that it had bought a Russian town, one of the better PR stunts seen in 2010. On the flipside TorrentReactor seems to have lost some traffic due to a Google penalty, dropping the site to 9th place this year.
Alexa Rank: 1,088 / Compete Rank: 1,972 / Last year #6
10. LimeTorrents.com
LimeTorrents is the best newcomer of 2010 in terms of traffic, which promises a lot for the new year. The site went live half a year ago and already made it into the top 10 in this short period. It's also a bit ironic as 'Limewire' got shutdown a few months ago.
Alexa Rank: 1,160 / Compete Rank: 7,127 / Last year #na


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I just finished my class for college called "Introduction to the New Testament", or as I call it, "Jesus class". The method of teaching was about the worst possible that I could imagine, and it annoyed me greatly. The notes for the class were basically just copying down anything that the teacher said while standing at the podium, and memorizing them word for word, or as close as possible. A couple class sessions before the tests, he passed out *ahem* study guides, which were the test questions, verbatim, and in order. If you put your notes in the same order, and memorized them well enough to regurgitate them for the test, you win.
So, Paul was a tent maker, he dictated his letters, repeated himself, digressed, and wrote the openings and closings himself. Great. There's 5 points for the test. Does it mean anything? Does it help in any meaningful way for life in the 21st century? No, except maybe I should print out emails and write "Thanks, TSgt Ward" at the end and hand deliver them, so that they can be authenticated as my writing. And then 2000 years from now, people can learn in a class about my life that I wrote to "give thanks" to other people, and used "So" to begin entirely too many paragraphs... Oh look, another point for the final test.
Now I won't say that the class was all bad. Regardless of the fact that I didn't learn much of anything useful in the class, it did encourage me to spread out my reading from purely secular stuff to some that could be considered either sacrilege or religious. The first book I read was called Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore, which dealt with the 18 years that were completely missing from the bible. Now, I will say that my Jesus class did help me with a little bit while reading this book. I learned who the Pharisees and Sadducees were, and why they (may have) treated the young Jesus the way they did. I knew who Mary of Magdalene (or Maggie as she's known in the book) was, and I got the story of the Sermon on the Mount (a collection of parables told at different times... another point on a test), and I learned that using too many parentheticals (like this) might make something harder to read. Chris Moore uses them a LOT in the book, mainly to explain things that people who haven't taken Jesus class wouldn't necessarily know.
If you are really religious, the book might not be for you. He takes some... shall we say... liberties with Jesus and how he came to lead his apostles that might be kind of off-color. I enjoyed it though, which is more than I can say for a lot of books that deal with times that are about 2000 years ago.
The other book that I bought, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A.J. Jacobs is interesting. He is a fairly secular Jew, who took on a quest to follow as many of the 600+ laws of the Old Testament and 10 commandments as he could, in New York City. I'm only about 2/3s of the way through the book, so I won't be able to spoil the ending. I don't think he kills or adulterates anywhere during the book, so he's good on those two at least. He spends the first 8 months of the year abiding by the Old Testament laws, including ones about tying scriptures around his arms and head, not shaving his beard, sacrificing chickens, and wearing tassels. He also visits an Amish community and Israel, to meet people who have been living biblically their whole lives. He writes the 10 commandments on his door frame, paints it with lamb blood (well, juices from his Passover dinner... close enough), and makes unleavened bread on his back. (Ew.) Between stories about freaking out people with his ultra-religious actions (Leviticus is his answer for about everything, from not shaking hands to not sitting where his wife has sat during her... um.... unclean times), he goes into some details about WHY the laws were written, which I thought was interesting, at least.
So there are the two books I read because of my Jesus class. I'm glad the class is over and done with, wish I had actually learned something useful (Oh hey, did you know that "Gospel" means "Good news"? I can totally use that to pick up chicks at a bar!) but glad that it expanded my reading past the Star Trek book of the month.
Next on my reading list? Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
Hi there, my devoted fans! Happy Thanksgiving, and all that jazz!
My holiday season got off to a rough start yesterday. As we were fighting to get out of the WalMart/Lowes/Michaels/Sams metroplex and onto a major street, we got stuck just outside a gridlocked intersection, and some idiot didn't see my brake lights and slammed into us. I looked into the rear view mirror, and saw a very shocked couple. When I pulled up and over to the side of the street, and as Tanya called 911, the idiot went around us and zoomed away, never to be seen from again.
We're alright, but Robin (my car, for those of you new here) needs a new rear bumper, which I estimate will cost around $2000. Insurance will pay all but $500 of that, so... there's that. Merry Christmas, body shop! You get all of our gift money. Yay!
The really really sucky bit, just from an irony standpoint, is that my last payment on Robin is on December 1. Four days from now, and she's all mine. And up until now, she's never been hurt (well, there was that one time, but anyways).
In other news, we had a couple Airmen from work over to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner tonight. Tanya did an OUTSTANDING job cooking a full many-course meal for us to enjoy. She rocks! Dinner was great, and then we played a couple games of Quirkle and Blokus, which were also great. A good time was had by all (I'm pretty sure, anyhow)
So, there's my update for the quarter or so. I really need to start writing more again. Maybe I'll make that my New Years resolution. Nah, I'd just break it within a week or two like all my others. Heh. We'll see!
Good night, folks!
So, after seeing in various places on the web that Kindles could be laser engraved (the giant "Don't Panic" on the back seems to be the only one in the wild so far, with the Engadget contest over, there will be a few more.)
I wanted to join the ranks of people with engraved Kindles, since it seems to be a very very small subset of the also-small subset of people with Kindles. I also thought "Hmm, Sharpie ink would probably get rubbed off the back, and signing the front screen would be a very bad idea", yet I wanted some way to show off the authors who bring life to my Kindle (Brandon Sanderson would have a field day with that idea... Awakened Kindles?)
I found a local shop through a business card at hanging up in an office at work, ostensibly there to provide plaques for goings-away and award winners, but I had my own nefarious purpose in mind! So, I wrote Sotos an email, asking if it would be possible, and he agreed after seeing the first link on the page. I scanned in the autographs I had, and found a couple other sources on the web for pre-scanned autographs, copied them into a single file and cleaned them up nicely. I sent that file over to Sotos, he tweaked it a little to make it all fit on the flat part of the Kindle's back, and engraved it!
The results are great... Now, instead of just being asked "is that one of them new ebook things?" I'll also be asked "what's with all the scribblin' on the back?" I can't wait!
Here's the picture you've been waiting for... clicking on it will bring you to a bigger size version at Flickr.
You can get your own Kindle from the link over there on the left. Buy some books through that link too, if you don't mind!
Last Wednesday, I had a chance to fly in an F-15 flight simulator on base. It was pretty darn cool.
Myself and seven others showed up at the simulator building, and after a short Q&A session about AFCEA, we were all issued visitor badges and escorted to a briefing room. We got to see a little movie about how cool the system is and how amazingly realistic the training is, as provided by Boeing. It was obviously a sales tool to get more funding for the simulators, but it did a good job of showing off the communication links between Langley and other bases that allow for cross-training between different types of aircraft, different pilots, and different capabilities (AWACS controlling simulated F-15s and F-22s, etc..)
After the video, we got a quick briefing about what our �mission� would be. We would start off in the air, a few miles behind a flight consisting of a KC-10, an F-4, an F-16, and a MIG of some sort. Once we caught up to them (since they would all be matching speed with the tanker, we could go much faster), we were supposed to simulate refueling by getting really close to the boom at the tail of the tanker, matching speed to within a single knot, and slooooooowly crawling forward putting the end of the boom over our left shoulder, where the refueling port on the F-15 is. After �refueling�, we were to drop back a little bit, take aim at one or more of the escort jets, and blow them out of the sky with our main gun. (100 rounds a second, rawr!) After practicing flying and shooting, we would be getting close to Langley AFB, and come in for a landing on runway 08.
During the briefing, we were asked if anyone had any �real� flying experience. I was the only one who raised my hand, so I was selected to go first, and everyone else could watch from the instructor area. They could see an over-the-shoulder camera of me, digital representations of the instrument panel, and an overhead map of the simulated area, including all other aircraft, and points of interest on the map (the James River, Langley, and Newport News Airport, to name a few.)
Since I was first, I had no idea what to expect. There were two real F-15 pilots on hand to look over shoulders of the people who were flying at the time. My overwatch was a LtCol with the callsign �Yoda�� I don�t remember his real name. Doh! Anyways, he showed me how to climb into the simulator�s seat, pointed out the instruments that I would be using (altimeter, speedometer, bank indicator) and showed me where weapon displays would be, if they weren�t turned off. (All of the missile systems are classified, which is why all we had was the main gun). He pointed out the throttle, which were two handles that we were supposed to treat as one for the purposes of the exercise, with a whole bunch of switches on the side that he would worry about (for flaps and airbrake).
Once I was ready to go, the simulator started. There was no actual movement; it wasn�t like one of the thrill rides with hydraulics shoving me around. The computer screens made a full frontal, top, and side view out of the cockpit though. If there wasn�t someone over my shoulder, the back of the simulator could also close and project what was going on back there, to give full 360 degree views. So I first got used to using the throttle, making tiny motions to change airspeed, and caught up to the flight after just a couple minutes. I think I came the closest of anyone to �refueling�, putting the tanker�s boom right over my shoulder and holding it there for a good 2 seconds. After that I peeled off, and dropped thrust to idle, and took aim at one of the small jets, and shot it down with about 1/2 a second of firing. I missed the second plane I was aiming for, and had to go around for a second try. The pilot over my shoulder told me to turn the jet on its side, and pull up to turn around� Nah, that�s just silly talk. A Cessna can do that! So, I pushed throttle to full, and pulled back on the stick until I was inverted, then twisted sideways until I was right side up again, and dropped throttle. Got one of the planes under the crosshairs, and ka-pow!
By this time, I was approaching the James River, and it was time to land. I could see the landing lights in the distance, so knew I was more-or-less lined up, followed instructions for dropping airspeed and altitude, and brought in my simulator for a landing. I was just slightly off the centerline, but good enough� the instructor wanted to know if I knew where the brakes were� I responded by braking. (: Soo� that�s a yes!
Once I came to a complete stop, the simulation ended, and I got out on shaky legs. Despite the fact that I knew it was just a sim, I landed an F-15!
I sat back in the instructor room, and watched everyone else fly, thinking of things that I wish I had thought to try while I was still in the seat (8-point-rolls, chief among them)� Oh well. One guy rammed the tanker while trying to refuel, another one crashed into the jet he was shooting at, and a third crashed into the runway. All in all though, we did well at it�
Flying such a realistic simulator has renewed my interest in flying. I checked out the aero club here on base, and their estimation of the cost to get a license is around $10,000� Which is about $9,900 more than I can realistically afford. Doh. Maybe I could get a sponsor? Anyone know anyone out there who wants to make a pilot out of me yet? (:
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Hello, my devoted fans! (and anyone else who stumbled on my site looking for pigeon cage cleaner...
The past few months have been pretty good for me. I've finally gotten around to earning my Community College of the Air Force degree, which will be formally awarded on October 14th (next Wednesday). I've also started going back to college to work on my BS degree. My first term, I took 20th Century World History and Integrated Arts. Both of these classes had really cool teachers, and I learned a lot from both of them. In the upcoming term, I'll be taking Integrated Physical Science and Human Behavior. That should be a good mix of left brain/right brain activity to keep me from getting bored or burned out. (:
I also placed in the top three in the annual "Sensor Olympics" that is put on by the Air Force ISR Agency. You can read more about it here. The jist of it, though, is that I get to go down to Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX, and learn about the Agency's mission and where it's headed and stuff from the commander and senior enlisted people. Tanya gets to go too. (: It should be a good time, even though it does break my promise to never go back to Texas. Oh well, you gotta do what you gotta do, sometimes!
I've finally gotten involved in the whole "Web 2.0" thing. I have a Twitter account (Kredal, of course), as well as my Flickr account (also Kredal, of course), and if those things don't make any sense to you, that's ok. They are barely comprehensible to me, and I'm SMRT. I guess the point of Twitter is to keep people updated on what you've been doing, but using less than like 130 characters to do it. Write short and write often... Which, given my update frequency here at Kredal.com, doesn't seem very likely to me. Flickr is the photo-sharing place... maybe they should find someone to share an "e" with them. Oh well.
My WoW addiction has been waaaaaay down lately. There just aren't enough hours in the day, what with class 4 days a week, work 5 days, sleep 7 days, etc. I think in the past month, I might have logged maybe 10 hours, total. A couple new games came out too, which didn't help. I got a free month on Age of Conan at Dragoncon, complete with in-game goodies. Unfortunately, my gaming computer has a super-sucky video card, and it's only AGP, so none of the new non-sucky video cards will fit in it. So I get about 5 frames per second. My free month of that ran out a few days ago, and I was like level 6 or 7 or something totally lame like that.
Warhammer Online went live this month too. I actually bought it, and thought I might be able to play it, even though my system specs (again, video card) was just under the required specs... Ha! They didn't inflate them at all. I get somewhere around 4 frames per second on that game, which makes it pretty much ... er, completely unplayable. Waste of money, until I waste MORE money to upgrade my computer. And with the economy the way it is? Fat chance. At least I can still play WoW. When I have time. (Which brings us back to do!)
I think that's about it. Worth waiting for? Doubt it. Let me know in a comment! Please? (:
So, it's been more than a year (even though it was only three posts ago) that I joked about getting an iPhone, and now I really do have one! It's very nice, and does everything I want it to, with one tiny exception that isn't really worth going into yet.
So far, I've been loving it. Much easier to use than my old Treo 650.
One of the primary uses I have for it is as an e-book reader. I was very happy when they announced that the eReader software had been ported to it. The screen is much higher quality than my Treo, and roughly twice as big, which means more text per page turn, which means faster reading. I always have my cell phone on me (except at work, in a secure facility) and it's much more convienent than hardcover, or even paperback books.
I don't use my phone much for actual calling, but I use it for everything else that the iPhone excels at. Playing games while waiting for planes, doctors, etc; browsing the web to look up stuff, listening to music while working out, messaging Tanya to say I'm on my way home, and even the new GPS capabilities once or twice.
So other than that, what's new? Well, I've re-enlisted for 4 years. There are LOTS of pictures up from it at Flickr.com along with LOTS and LOTS of pictures from my sister's wedding a week later. Tanya and I were regular shutterbugs. (:
It was really nice seeing so many family members at the wedding and stuff. Was almost like a family reunion! We should do that again some time, except we'd have to find someone else to get married, since now both Jen and I are taken. Any suggestions?
Oh, right. If you want my new phone number (the old number was stupidly innundated by people looking for "Boo" who didn't know his number started with 210 and not 310) drop me a line at kredal @ gmail.com and let me know who you are, and I'll give it to you. Especially of you also give me your phone number in exchange. That's only fair, right?
The one exception to "everything I want it to do", it doesn't allow for custom ringtones when I get SMS's. There is a short list of sounds and beeps and things I can use, but that's it.
Until it's hacked like the old version, at least. Yay hackers!
That was a triumph
So it's been nine months since I've posted anything here. Wow. And nobody has said anything in the comments here or anything. So unloved! *sniffle*
We do what we must because we can
Since August, I've been moved to another workcenter here, where I'm basically a helpdesk monkey. I manage a network of roughly 40 Solaris boxes, 30 Windows boxes, and a bunch of servers that do all kinds of fun stuff. It's a good job, and I'm learning a lot about different operating systems. Whee.
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
I just passed my PT test! Woo! Two years in a row! Woo hoo! Yes, I know, it's the "Chair Force" PT test, but it's still a challenge for me, mostly cause I have a big gut. Thanks, Chair Force! (:
Anyway this cake is great
My sister is getting married next month. Since I most likely won't post again here before then, I thought I'd mention it. Tanya and I are driving to Ohio for the wedding. "Isn't gas too expensive," you say... But it's cheaper than flying. With the MINI, we're looking at about $150 in gas to get there and back, at $4.00 per gallon. Flying Airtran, it would cost $600 for both of us, and would take almost as long to get there, what with airport security, a layover in Atlanta, and then a drive from Akron to Willoughby... oh, and we'd need a rental car too, which would cost even more. So ya, driving my own car.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do
Well, not science, but work. Which I have to get back to. Just thought I'd give a shout out...
Oh, and if you know what all the italicized lines are from, you probably have a song stuck in your head now. If not, look up "Still Alive" on YouTube. Anything with Portal or John Coulton in the description will do. And prepare to have a song stuck in your head. Muahahaha
(Title from The Simpsons of course.)
Anyways, recently someone at work made the suggestion that everyone on the shift should go take the Mensa qualification exam. So I did the legwork, found a contact address, got the test date information, made sure everyone knew when and where it was, and I was the only one who showed up. I took the test (which seemed easy to me...) and I guess I scored in the top 2 percent, cause they want me to join!
Actually joining Mensa doesn't get you much that I'm interested in, with the exception of 10% of at Office Depot, and $10 off any order of $40 or more at Thinkgeek which works for me... it's where I get most of my funny t-shirts. It also gives me bragging rights, and a card that says I'm officially smrt. (:
In other news, I was one of the first people in my squadron to pick up a set of the new ABU uniforms the Air Force is going to. It's very heavy compared to the summer-weight uniforms I've been wearing. I think it'd be too hot for the desert, but for the nice cold server room I work in, it's not bad. I like the fact that it's wash and wear... never have to take it to the dry cleaners! Yay! I have a picture of me wearing it somewhere... I'll get it uploaded here today or something.
In other other news, Metroid comes out for the Wii on Tuesday! I can't wait!
Well, I guess I can. And have to. Bummer.
So that's what's new with me. What's new with you?
Tanya let me get an iPhone this weekend. Check out the picture of me holding my brand new "convergance" device here.
OK, so, not really. Oh well. (: Maybe when the second gen comes around, I'll be able to get one.
So, news in my life.. (Why you're here, right?) Well, I'm working on a website for the guy who did my car's graphics, Steve Puckett. Basically just showing off what kinds of stuff he can do... some of the bikes are really impressive. Vinyl isn't meant to bend around corners like that!
I just started back on mid-shifts tonight, so that's fun... at least I'll be able to spend more time with Tanya now.. I'll actually be home when she gets off work. (: Horray!
I didn't make tech sergeant this year. Missed it by 7.34 points... even though I tested REALLY well (top 2 percent of my career field!), I just don't have the time in grade/service to make it. Maybe next year! *Crosses fingers*
Anyways, that's the major new stuff with me. What's up with you? Leave a comment, drop me a line, whatever. (: Oh ya, and sign up to get notification in email, if you haven't already. It's really easy, and it gives me more excuses to write!
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Iron ore set to hold onto price gains
Many commodity analysts are predicting a positive year for mining companies with the price of iron ore set to stabilise at relatively high levels.
The price of the steel making ingredient is currently around $US145 a tonne.
That may be well down on the $US190 it traded for almost two years ago, but it is much better than the $US87 a tonne it plunged to in September.
ANZ's head of commodities Mark Pervan says the price has risen as a recovery takes hold in the Chinese economy.
He expects are fairly buoyant year for iron ore producers as that momentum continues.
"If it can sustain these gains, what it does is allow investors to think about more sustainability around expansion plans and profit growth," he observed.
"So, at these levels, the margin ability in the iron ore industry is going to be very, very strong, so it will be a good outlook for the iron ore and bulk producers."
Mr Pervan says the price of iron ore is unlikely to plunge back to the levels it hit last September now that there is more optimism about China's economy, and should continue trading near current prices.
"China was manufacturing a slow down and of course they had the leadership change over. All of those sort of factors are passing so the leadership change over I think brings in a little more optimism," he added.
"I think they'll look to reignite a bit of growth next year, albeit it'll be a steady outlook.
"On balance, the global market will be more encouraging than it was last year, so fundamentally better conditions this year than there were last year."
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Well, this is probably one of the more bizarre controversies Lucy Hale will ever find herself in. Hale says she is sorry to anyone who got offended after she body-shamed... herself.
The 28-year-old "Pretty Little Liars" star posted on Twitter and Instagram this week a throwback pic of herself as a bridesmaid alongside her father as a Father's Day tribute and then drew criticism over a comment she made to a fan.
"Ugh, I was so fat," she said.
Many fans were not having it. Hale was bombarded with comments from fans, some of which expressed concern about her health.
"@lucyhale fat? Are you kidding me??" tweeted user @ciaraferguson17.
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Others were annoyed that people were annoyed.
"Jesus. People can't even say they're fat or feel fat without offending anyone," wrote user @missmcizzle.
Hale disabled comments on her Instagram photo. She also later took to Twitter to apologize.
"Sometimes I forget that people are watching everything I do and I say things I don't mean. I'm extremely sorry if my comment about my weight offended anyone," she wrote. "Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy. I know people look up to me and I should be way more aware of what I say sometimes. Thanks for all the love and support. Hope y'all can forgive me!"


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As the globe shrinks, carmakers such as Fiat that once were happy to dominate their home markets without competing abroad are being forced to face wider competition.
Manufacturers like Fiat, Renault and Peugeot -- which left the U.S. market decades ago after customers fled these unreliable brands for Japanese and German carmakers -- are finding those same competitors in their home markets. That is forcing them to improve their cars to the standards set by Honda, Toyota and increasingly, Hyundai.
Driving these Italian and French cars in Europe in recent years has been a revelation: They seem to be put together every bit as well as cars made anywhere else, and they often boast chic Euro-styling that sets them apart from bland Asian products.
2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio
Base price: $23,500 ($25,949 as tested)
EPA fuel economy: 27 mpg city, 32 highway
Pros: Head-turning styling, fuel economy, easy to park.
Cons: Numb, over-boosted steering saps driving fun, hard plastic interior surfaces detract from the premium image, terrible radio controls.
Standard equipment: 101-hp 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine, six-speed automatic transmission, fog lights, Sirius satellite radio.
Major options: Leather upholstery, seat heaters, Italian flag stripes, 15-inch aluminum wheels, Bose sound system.
Safety equipment: Electronic stability control, anti-lock brakes, front and side air bags, side air curtains, driver's knee air bag and reactive head restraints.
Verdict: Car nuts will have to wait for the Abarth hot-rod version, but city-dwellers will embrace the stylish 500 for its ease of use in cramped quarters.
The Fiat 500 is a case in point. The original 500, or "Cinquecento" in Italian, was the fondly remembered Italian equivalent of the Volkswagen Beetle or Austin Mini, so Fiat decided to follow VW and Mini's lead by introducing a new version that evokes the beloved classic.
Unlike VW, which stretched the New Beetle to preposterous proportions, Fiat stuck closer to the original car's size, producing a model that is even smaller than the Mini.
The Mexican-built U.S. version of the 500 feels as solidly assembled as the European models that have been sold on the Continent for several years, with none of the embarrassing manufacturing flaws that drove American customers away from cars like the Fiat Bravo and Strada, despite their appealing handling characteristics.
The version of the 500 I tested -- a convertible -- not only seemed solid, it also successfully repelled the drenching remnants of a tropical storm that flooded the East Coast recently. The 500's electronics didn't flicker during this virtual submersion test, and the car plowed happily along through the torrent without a hiccup.
With the reliability problems in its cars fixed, Fiat realized that the key to regaining customers was to focus on the company's longstanding fun-to-drive aspect.
When the 500 debuted at the Frankfurt motor show four years ago, Fiat played up the car's toy-like aspect with a display featuring the cars traveling on a track like an amusement park ride, with a giant-sized version of the 500's body shell serving as the fun house through which the cars traveled.
The stunt underscores the 500's appeal as a virtual thrill ride, but while the exterior style supports that notion, the chassis isn't cashing the checks the sunny exterior is writing. Steering and handling fail to live up to the lively, playful promise of the 500's diminutive dimensions.
Instead of the grasping-the-front-axles directness one expects from such a go-cartlike conveyance, the 500 driver is frustrated by lifeless power steering that feels directly lifted from an Oldsmobile Cutlass circa 1971.
For urbanites who suffer cars as a necessary evil and revel in the Fiat fashion statement, this dull steering will make no difference, as the car goes where it is pointed and the flyaway steering makes one-finger parking a breeze.
But those who are attracted by the expectation of fuel-sipping fun will be disappointed. Attempting to distract from that disappointment by enjoying the Bose sound system will only compound the problem as the radio is abominably hard to use due to the lack of rotary knobs for volume or tuning.Story: 1969 Camaro voted best Chevrolet of all time
Inside the 500 there is room for four, with just enough space behind the back seat for a row of grocery bags. It feels very much like the original Honda Civic in scale, but with a more claustrophobic cabin due to the thick bracing and small windows demanded by modern safety tests.
We don't yet know to what degree that modern reinforcement, with the aid of seven airbags, has bolstered crash test scores because results for the U.S. model aren't yet available. But in Europe the 500 was the first subcompact to earn a five-star rating, which bodes well for results from U.S. testing agencies.
A six-footer can genuinely fit in the rear seat behind a front-seater of the same size, though it means splayed knees, head restraint pressing against the neck and head grazing the ceiling, so the ride should be a short one.
Fiat returns to the U.S. boasting of its Multiair engine technology, which it promises will boost efficiency in its engines.Story: Deal on a car isn't a deal if you don't like the car
The 500's 29 mpg in combined city and highway driving is acceptable but not exemplary for a car with only 101 horsepower and six speeds in the transmission (for perspective, that means the Buick Regal eAssist has better steering feel and better fuel economy).
The 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine has a modestly thrashy character that is reminiscent of a sewing machine in the manner of Japanese engines of the 1970s. It's in no way obtrusive, but you are aware that it is toiling underhood. When stopped at a light with the automatic transmission in drive, however, the engine does vibrate at idle.
Such details won't matter to those for whom the 500's aesthetic is irresistible. It has the right look, it is easy to park, comfortable to drive and turns heads everywhere it goes. If, at $25,000 (as tested, as a fully loaded convertible), it's a touch expensive for an economy car, that may deter bargain hunters, but the fashionable set is accustomed to paying for style.
And if, at 29 mpg, the 500 isn't as efficient as accords its size, well again, many consumers are prepared to suffer for art, and 29 mpg isn't painfully bad, it just isn't boast-worthily good for a cramped four-seater.
The car has been cast in some reports as a slow seller, but with only 100 dealers concentrated on the coasts, Fiat is selling 3,000 a month these days, which is solid for a niche car from a brand that has been absent for three decades.
Look for it to sustain that sales strength for a while because this new 500 successfully marries Italian flair and style with modern global requirements for reliability and safety, so it's sure to succeed with urban trendsetters.
But for car enthusiasts, Fiat may still have some tweaking to do to dial up the fun factor.
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Fremont Street in Las Vegas is where you find the low rollers. The five-dollar tables and four-dollar steaks. It's a district with lower rents and higher ambitions, and that's where one gaming-themed bar is set to open this spring.
Insert Coin(s) will be a gaming lounge that resembles "Tron meets Blade Runner," says its owner, Chris LaPorte, 33. It'll feature "outlandishly huge couches" along the walls of the 7,600 square foot space, offering "every video game console ever" for play, in a space that's as much about amusement as it is a showpiece of the "evolution of the arcade.
LaPorte's interior design will focus on sociability, facing the sofas toward the center with the console screens mounted on a pole. Additional screens will be positioned so bystanders can watch. Hardcore gamers will be able to plug in with headsets. Renting a couch will go for $10 an hour. Bottle service is, of course, where the money will really be made.
One thing it won't have: Gambling. "I don't know many bars this big without video poker," LaPorte said.
Vegas' mayor, Oscar Goodman, thinks LaPorte's venture will be a strong addition to Fremont Street. "I think the combination of a bar with classic video games will be a home run," said Goodman.
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(CNN) -- It's nicknamed "The Kingdom in the Sky" -- where blue, chilly skies linger over barren mountains, lush green mountains, snow-covered mountains. This is truly a kingdom of mountains -- the southern African country of Lesotho.
But the breathtakingly beautiful landscapes are a tough place to live and some remote highland areas can only be reached on foot or horseback. During winter time, temperatures can drop down to -4 Fahrenheit (-20 C) and bad weather can cut off much of the population for months.
The rural mountainsides are where boys as young as five tend cattle and sheep. They are the herd boys of Lesotho, often spending months or even years away from their families.
It is estimated that around a third of Lesotho's school-aged boys are shepherds. Becoming a shepherd is a cultural obligation in the country and often deprives young boys of any form of education. Instead, they lead isolated lives.
"I wake up at seven in the morning. I boil some water and take a bath. I clean my surroundings and prepare for the day ahead. Then I take the cattle to the grazing field," says 17-year-old shepherd Thuso Leeto, who over time has formed a special bond with the cows that are his only companions and which he considers to be his friends.
"I have (even) given them names and when I reprimand them they listen and respond to their names," he says.
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The work of the herd boys is both mentally and physically demanding, but their income is often the only means of support for their families. For one year's work, some boys will receive just one cow or 12 sheep.
Prince Seeiso, younger brother of Lesotho's King and the country's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has co-founded a charity called Sentebale, together with Britain's Prince Harry. The aim is to help support some of Lesotho's most vulnerable children, the herd boys included.
"There is not much social security in this country as far as the welfare or wellbeing of the herd boys (goes)," says Prince Seeiso.
Prince Seeiso explains that whilst the tradition of the herd boys goes far back in time, the herding used to be done by older men.
"When the migrant labor began to get into Lesotho when the mines were opening, the older men went into South Africa and then there was a void. Then the kids became the herders," he says.
Lesotho has one of the world's highest HIV/AIDS rates, with around 23% of adults aged 15-49 being HIV positive, according to UNAIDS.
Providing support and information about HIV/AIDS is one of Sentebale's missions, and it is also providing an education for the herd boys through night schools.
"We are looking at the long-term goals of eradicating the need for herding, but in the meantime we try and bring some kind of respite in terms of education, in terms of appropriate clothing, in terms of appropriate technology, introducing them to mobile phones, so that when they are out there, they can be alerted to weather reports," says the prince.
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It's not only the possibility of floods, or the biting winds that easily find their way through the worn-out, thin clothes of the young shepherds, that threaten them. After rounding their livestock into holding pens and retreating to their own small huts, the herd boys nervously await the impending night.
This is peak time for cattle thieves and jackals.
Julius Majoro, one of the local night school teachers, became a herd boy when he was 12 years old. He knows the fears these young men face.
"Many thieves come during nighttime and attack the shepherds. They sometimes kill them with a gun," Majoro says, recalling the feeling of isolation. "I used to be lonely because I was just staying with the animals, also not feeling free, during the day and also during nighttime because I was supposed to care for (them)."
The isolation, the hunger (Majoro says he sometimes had to eat food left out for the dogs by the farmer who employed him) and the hard weather conditions motivated him to fight for the rights of the herd boys.
"The word shepherd, it sounds like an insult ... because those people have been abandoned by society, by our nation by everybody. Nobody cares for them," he says.
"Now what I always try to tell the shepherd, (being) a shepherd doesn't mean something bad, it means you're doing something special."
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Going the extra mile for education and a hot meal
As of October this year, Sentebale has three night schools for the herd boys, and Majoro runs one of them, in Semongkong, one of the remotest parts of the country. He has been teaching there for five years now, and this season he has about 30 students.
It's winter time, and the classroom is cold. But many shepherds walk for hours after they have finished their work for the day, to get basic education and a hot meal.
"It's very, very cold," Majoro says. "Even if it's worse than now, they will still come. Education is their need. They need love. They want to socialize. And only here at school is where they get what they need."
The lesson plans involve math as well as English and Sesotho --- the language of Lesotho. The young men are also being informed about HIV and AIDS.
But it's not only about the education. Their eyelids may be heavy after a long day of working, but here they can socialize. Here, they can break through isolation.
"They don't grow spiritually, they don't grow emotionally," Majoro says. "They don't grow socially, which is part of their life, because if they are not getting those things, they are not well complete.
"That's why we bring them here, teach them how to behave, counsel them. This is just like a big family."
Before returning to their respective cattle posts, the herd boys of Lesotho sing and dance together, forming a community spirit in remote highlands, 1,000 meters above the sea. Then they walk off alone, again.


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Even if you're not the biggest fan of Windows 8, it's hard to deny that Microsoft's Surface Pro is an impressive piece of hardware. Fortunately, as was confirmed recently by Microsoft's Panos Panay shortly before it's launch, you can install other operating systems on the Surface Pro. After unboxing my new Surface Pro this weekend and doing the initial tire-kicking, I decided it was time to see what else Microsoft's first real PC could do. It was time for Ubuntu.
When you examine the hardware in the Surface Pro, you realize that — compared to other ultrabooks on the market — it's a pretty sweet deal. The system combines an Intel Core i5 (Ivy Bridge) CPU with 4GB of RAM and HD4000 graphics with the ability to use both touch and pen (pressure sensitive Wacom) inputs with an 11.6-inch 1080p display. There aren't many other pieces of hardware on the market that can offer a similar specs sheet, and few come close to the $1,140 price point found on the Surface Pro (with a keyboard cover). The Pro incredibly portable with more than enough power to handle serious computing, even the occasional round of Diablo 3. Not bad right?
For many people, however, there's just no reason to use Windows anymore. If you've got the urge to check out Ubuntu on the Surface Pro, all you will need is a USB drive or microSD card to get started.
Linux on the Surface Pro
First, if you'd like to return to Windows 8 at some point, you can back up the restore partition from your Surface Pro onto an 8GB or larger flash drive. Hit the search button and type in "Recovery Drive Backup". There will only be two results in your search results, the first one being the one you need. This process takes about ten minutes, during which you'll see s progress bar creep across the screen.
Once you have created a recovery drive, you'll be prompted to delete the restore partition. As long as you keep that flash drive safe, you'll be able to boot from that drive and restore Windows 8 exactly as you had it when you first turned on your Surface Pro.
Disabling Secure Boot
There's no need to jailbreak the Surface Pro, unlike its cousin, the Surface RT. UEFI has been plaguing Linux fans for a while now, but the Surface Pro comes ready to disable the Secure Boot feature.
To do this, first swipe your Charm Bar in from the side and tap the Settings icon. You'll need to tap the Change PC Settings at the bottom of the Settings sidebar. From the Settings panel under General you can choose to boot into Advanced Startup. Once your computer boots into the all blue menu with the large touch friendly icons, you'll need to tap Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > UEFI Firmware Settings.
This will reboot your Surface and take you to an all black screen with two options on it, Security Device Support and Secure Boot Control. Tap the space next to Secure Boot Control that is currently labeled [Enabled] and a menu will pop up prompting you to change it to [Disabled]. Once the menu reflects the correct setting you can tap Exit Setup and the Surface will reboot. You can also reach this menu if you hold down the Volume Up key on the Surface Pro while booting.
Once Secure Boot is disabled, you will be able to install anything, regardless of whether or not it is signed. Disabling doesn't have any other effect on your Surface Pro, and Windows 8 won't behave any differently when you reboot the Surface. All this means is you won't have any trouble completing the next step.
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Booting from the Live USB
You will need to have a bootable copy of Ubuntu on your choice of USB or microSD in order to complete these instructions. For this tutorial, we will be using a USB drive. Follow our instructions here on how to create a bootable Linux USB drive if you are unsure of how to do this.
Put your Ubuntu Live USB disk in the USB 3 port on the Surface Pro, and head back to the Settings menu on the Charm Bar. Navigate back to the General PC settings and boot into Advanced Startup. Tap the icon with the USB stick and the DVD labeled Use a Device one the Surface has booted into the Advanced settings.
From here, you will be presented with a list of available boot options that are currently detected. Your USB disk will be clearly labeled in the list, and when you tap on the icon for your drive the Surface will reboot. From this point, you will no longer be in Windows, as you will be booting from the USB drive.
When the Surface reboots, you'll be greeted by impossibly small white text on a black background. The GRUB menu is prompting you to either install Ubuntu or boot from the Live USB and try it out for yourself before you install. As a rule, you should always try it out before you blow away your perfectly functional OS. Select try Ubuntu and wait while Ubuntu boots from the USB drive, which doesn't take long at all. As long as everything installed on the USB drive correctly, you'll find yourself looking at the home screen for Ubuntu.
Out of the box, your stylus, touch input, and keyboard covers will work just fine. Your pen will not be able to right click, as Ubuntu does not recognize the button on the side of the stylus. WiFi does not work out of the box, so you will need to connect to the internet using a USB to ethernet converter to grab the Marvell WiFi driver. Once you are satisfied that Ubuntu is going to work they way you want it to, double click on the Install Ubuntu option on the desktop.
Now what?
You'll notice out of the box that the 11.6-inch display on the Surface Pro makes things a little tiny and that the touch-friendly Unity interface isn't particularly useful when everything is this small. Windows 8 got around this by scaling everything up 150% in the Desktop portions of the UI, and you'll need to do something similar in order for Unity to be touch friendly. Because you're scaling everything up so much, you may notice some UI issues when using some of the menus or the browser.
You can adjust how high you want to scale things until you get where you personally prefer it. If you're more interested in the real estate, and you don't mind the small text and icons, you've got yourself a fine Ubuntu laptop with pen input.
After that, it's up to you, but know this: you have one of the slickest Ubuntu computers on the block! Geek.com will be following up this how-to with more Surface Pro coverage, including how to roll back your Ubuntu installation (not that you'd want to).


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List of R-Rated sci-fi horror movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated sci-fi horror movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Sci-Fi horror movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated sci-fi horror movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Sci-Fi horror movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Sci-Fi horror films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Sci-Fi horror film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
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Here's just one of them.
Top 10 Wedding Songs
1 Everything I do (I Do It For You) Brian Adams
2 Tonight I Celebrate My Love (Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack)
3 My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)
4 Light Up My Life (Debby Boone)
5 I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston)
6 Hoplessly Devoted To You (Olivia Newton John)
7 The Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
8 Can't Smile Without You (Barry Manilow)
9 I Just Called To Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder)
10 I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher)
Not so sure about number 6... I would have thought a song about a girl being dumped and nursing her broken heart might not be such a good omen as a wedding song, although always happy to see Livvy on a list.
A glaring omission from this list is of course that all-time classic love song "My Endless Love" which (according to Wikipedia) is "the greatest love song of all time" (must be true then). Think Blue Lagoon, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, lots of breathy singing and extended wavering vowels, long looks and dramatic crescendos. When it comes to wedding songs it doesn't get much better than this....???!!
BLUE opens July 31st and kicks off Object's Spring Series 2010. You can read a little more about the show and the artists involved here.
And here's some fascinating facts about the song My Endless Love, and a live rendition by Lionel and Di (wearing a very fetching frock). Go on, you know you want to.


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Brad Pitt's Hypnotic, Green Holy Cross Project
My wife sent me this article from Perez Hilton about Brad Pitt, who will be appearing on NBC's Today with Ann Curry to talk about his green development project in New Orleans. I'm not a reader of the celebrity sites, so I would have missed this, but the New Orleans development project is really moving along. And the green houses they are building are 100% incredible. Brad has good style — it fits so well with Jetson Green, we should just bring him on as a regular writer!
Global Green broke ground on the Holy Cross Project on May 10. Yesterday, they unveiled the progress on this first home, which is still under construction. It's going to be a showcase home, but in total, the Holy Cross Project will have 5 homes and 18 apartments. All of them will be affordable and green. The goals of the project are to achieve LEED Platinum certification (LEED-H for the single family homes and LEED-NC for the other buildings), net zero energy, and carbon neutral building. By using solar panels, high performance building design, HVAC systems, energy and resource monitoring systems, and energy efficient appliances, the buildings in the Holy Cross Project will use at least 75% less energy than typical buildings. In addition, Global Green is also exploring the use of river turbines in the adjacent Mississipi River.


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Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chian
Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools
Five long years I thought you were my man
But I found out I'm just a link in your chain....
found out I'm just a link in your chain….
Go ahead – click on the video and listen. I'll wait.
I'm certain you are thinking I've lost it. Why is ElementaryHistoryTeacher playing this particular song for nine and ten year olds as the opening salvo to a lesson regarding an aspect of the American Revolution?
Don't click off just yet. I have a connection.
Teaching history isn't all about reading a lesson in a book or having a teacher tell a fascinating story for kids to take notes from.
Teaching history is all about making connections and visualizing the links – links in a chain of events that ebb and flow through history to the present day. In this particular exercise where I play the Queen of Soul's famous song for my students I'm trying to allow them to own and claim the content and build some links of their own to the content.
I want them to listen to the song. I might even play it two or three times.
Okay, I might even play it a fourth time just for me.
I pop the lyrics up on my classroom screen and we read through them together. Some of my more talented students actually sing through them having already picked up the melody.
I pick up with the lyrics where I left off above….. (Read through them very carefully)
You got mw where you want me
I ain't nothing but your fool
You treated me mean oh you treated me cruel
Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools
Every chain has a wink link
I might be a weak child, but I'll give you strength
You told me to leave you alone
My father said come on home
My doctor said take it easy
Whole bunch of lovin is much too strong
I'm added to your chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain of fools
One of these mornings the chain is gonna break
But up until then, yeah I'm gonna take all I can take
Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools
Students are sitting in small groups, so I proceed to tell them to take another look at the lyrics and discuss how the situation between the British and the American colonies is similar to the lyrics of the song.
Seriously…….think about it. I'll wait. They don't tell you in teacher education school, but most of good teaching is knowing when to hush and let the student's think.
What did YOU come up with?
My students don't disappoint me. They make some great connections between the contemporary lyrics and the plight of the American colonists.
Students volunteer the following:
*The British government had the colonies where they wanted them. Taxing them, but not allowing them any representation in Parliament.
*The colonist felt they were being treated mean and cruel. Students cited situations like the Intolerable Acts as proof.
*The colonists were a chain of fools. They were being taken advantage of and needed to stand up for themselves.
*The weak links in the chain were Tories.
*Everyone has an opinion regarding what should be done…….the Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence, newpapers, the members of the Continental Congress.
*The chain is finally broken with Lexington and Concord.
Yes, this lesson is a great way to review. It's also a great way to bring up new content tying into the chain theme.
Let me throw a few names out to you…..Peter Townsend, Sterling Iron Works, Captain Thomas Machin, Colonel Timothy Pickering.
Do they ring a bell?
What about New York, West Point, the Hudson River? Those are more familiar, aren't they?
They all have something to do with one another. Early on during the American Revolution the Patriots were concerned about the security of the Hudson River and the military outpost at West Point. To keep the British from advancing up the Hudson they installed a chain across the river from Constitution Island over to the west bank of the river. It wasn't the only chain, but it is remembered as The Great Chain. It was an ideal place in the river since a heavy S-curve existed there. Ships had to slow down because of the curves and it was the perfect location for artillery to shoot at enemy ships.
Peter Townsend was the owner of Stirling Iron Works, the company hired to build the chain. The Stirling name hails from William Alexander, Lord Stirling – the one-time owner of the land where the ironworks was located and a Major General in the Continental Army. Captain Thomas Machin and Colonel Timothy Pickering oversaw the project.
The whole thing weighed around 65 tons and stretched out to 600 yards. Each link in the chain was two feet in length and weighed 114 pounds.
To compensate for the changing current and tide pulleys, rollers, ropes, and mid-stream anchors were used in tandem with the chain. The chain was supported by huge logs. To avoid damage by ice the chain was removed each winter during the war and replaced each spring.
One point of interest about the chain regards Benedict Arnold who informed the British it was possible to break the chain because he had actually weakened it. Arnold escaped to the British when he realized the Patriots knew he had been an informer.
The picture below shows 13 links of the chain that are on display at Trophy Point, West Point. Yes, 13 links for the 13 colonies.
History tells us the British fleet never attempted to break the chain.
You can find out more about the chain and Peter Townsend at this link.
This post from The New York Times dated February, 1895 provides more detail regarding how the chain was installed.


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It took more than five years, but Bit of War, which is God of War reduced to an 8-bit style platformer, is finally out, and it's available for the low, low price of zilch.
Holmade Games, the shop responsible for this, said the project has been going on in some form since 2007, and that this year everyone working on it "made a New Year's resolution to put everything else aside and give it the love it deserved and complete it."
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Visit Vocations Toronto at www.vocationstoronto.ca, a resourceful site in answering these questions.
The first reading today, from the Second Book of Kings, gives us the
account of the Prophet Elisha feeding a large number of people with a
little food. This helps us understand that God is always at work, not only
in the time of Jesus and through Jesus, but always God is at work. Perhaps
too often we think of the miracles of Jesus as something new. Or we think
that the teachings of Jesus are all new. Instead, we are invited to
understand Jesus as the fulfillment of all that has gone before Him and of
all that will come after Him. Jesus is truly the center point of all of
history and needs to be the way in which we understand all that has been
and all that will be.
This center point is perhaps best expressed in the words of the second
reading today, from the Letter to the Ephesians: one Lord, one faith, one
baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in
all. This unity is always present in all of history. The challenge is
that our eyes and our ears and our hearts are often closed and do not see
the connections and the unity.
As we return to the passage from the Gospel of John which is our Gospel
today, we see this wonderful miracle, which John always considers a sign.
A sign is meant to point to something else and not to itself. The real
danger of miracles is that we can get caught by them, want them, long for
them - and not see them as pointing to the Kingdom of God, directing you and
me to live in the Kingdom. When we are hungry, we want real food and not a
sign! If we are sick and dying, we want a true miracle and not a sign
pointing us to the Kingdom.
Faith tells us, however, that signs are actually more important than the
miracle itself. Encountering the presence of the living God in this life
is more important than eating or recovering from serious illness. That
takes a lot of faith! On the other hand, if we think about it, what a
wonderful gift to meet the living God personally, rather than just to have
food or health! Sure, that takes faith! And we could be like some of the
saint who would say: I want it all!
So let us ask for all today. Let us ask for the food to feed our hunger
and for the miracles for our health and wellbeing. Let us ask most to know
the living God and His love for us.
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Tim Tebow has been the subject of a couple of tabloid dustups since becoming a Jet, but so far the man himself has doggedly avoided saying or doing anything to fuel the media storms - a downright Eli-esque performance.
So, Tim, eight months in, how do you think you have been treated by the famously feisty New York media?
"It's a good question," he said Wednesday. "I was so open-minded about it that my mindset was ready for anything. So I felt prepared.
"I feel like I've built a relationship with a lot of the reporters who are here every day. I have tried to, at least. You get to know them a little bit. I try to tease them and make it more than just them asking me questions."
Has the experience been easier or more difficult than he expected? "I haven't viewed it as hard," he said. "I think they have to do their jobs so you understand that and try to help them as much as you can with it."
Tebow said he can't accurately assess how fair the coverage has been because he attempts to ignore it. "I just try to stay in a little bubble, as hard as that is and as much as you hear stuff," he said.
"I've been very blessed in my career to play in some places where they have very passionate fans and great fan bases so you get a lot of attention. But it's the New York market, so it's obviously a little different than most."
Like back page headlines? "Yeah," he said, laughing. "That's different."
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'Dolly' the wandering llama caught in Michigan
HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A llama spotted wandering for nearly six months in Michigan has been captured and is getting a new home.
Mlive.com reports the llama that Kathy Kuzma calls "Dolly" was found Saturday in Oakland County's Holly Township, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit.
Kuzma has been on the lookout for the animal, which had been wandering her neighborhood. On Saturday, Lisa Davenport came to Kuzma's house to get a look at the llama. Davenport has three llamas of her own along with other animals at a Michigan farm. The women walked into a field to give the llama some food, and Dolly stood still instead of being her usual skittish self. They then coaxed the llama into a barn.
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Scoring rubrics are designed to clearly distinguish among levels of student performance or proficiency. This kind of scoring tool is most often applied to constructed response items and to performance-based tasks.
Scoring rubrics are typically composed of:
The score scales (measurement scales) for rubrics may include a range of the number of points needed to describe all discernable levels of performance (e.g., 0-2, 0-3). Minimally, rubrics differentiate
between responses that should receive partial credit (those responses that are partially complete, partially correct, or overly general)
and those that should receive full credit (those that are consistently accurate, complete and well-developed).
Wherever appropriate, scoring rubrics should be accompanied by answer cues. Answer cues may illustrate the full range of acceptable responses
or take the form of a set of possible, acceptable responses. Answer cues may also be a list of key concepts, facts, or examples that are
likely to appear in a response.
Ideally, student sample responses illustrating each level of the score scale (often referred to as "anchor" papers) should be identified to help scorers make accurate score decisions and, when appropriate, to support instruction.
There are two types of rubrics:
Generic rubrics
Activity-specific rubrics
Generic rubrics are scoring tools used to apply general criteria to a variety of student work, be it a product (things they make) or a performance
(things they do), as long as each addresses the same objective or objectives. For example, a rubric that differentiates
levels of accomplishment in portraying character, action, and environment in a dramatic presentation could also be used
to score a solo performance, a group improvisation, or any number of other performance events.
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Activity-specific rubrics are the scoring tools most often used for constructed response items that require a response based on a specific situation or stimulus. Similar to a generic rubric, an activity-specific
rubric consists of a numerical score scale, along with brief descriptions of the characteristics of responses at each performance level.
Activity-specific rubrics differ from generic rubrics in that the score scale descriptors only apply to one particular
assessment activity, which may require a specific stimulus and specific response cues that include a
specific number of response parts (e.g., elements of art) and/or a specific content reference (e.g., Cubism).
A generic rubric,
for example, would include a score scale descriptor such as "an accurate and thorough explanation of how an artifact represents
the culture in which it was produced," while an activity-specific rubric would say "an accurate and thorough explanation of ways
the tribal mask represents the Sioux culture."
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Sometimes, answer keys are used as only a first step in making a score decision, that is, in instances when the number
of correct responses is determined first and then matched to criteria in a rubric or activity-specific scoring tool.
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Dance Activity 4
Dance Activity 6
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Music Activity 2
Theatre Activity 1
Theatre Activity 5
Sometimes, only a few words or phrases make a scoring tool activity-specific rather than generic. Changing those words
or phrases to more comprehensive language allows them to be used with a limitless variety of assessment activities,
as long as they address the same objectives.
The following are a few examples of scoring tools used in this Tool Kit that have been adapted to fit a wider array of activities.
Visual Arts Activity 3: In this scoring tool, a reference to a specific school of art (Cubism) has been replaced by the more general phrase in italics below:
The response to this activity provides evidence of the student's ability to compare similarities and differences in subject, style, content, and technique among schools of art and periods of art history.
Theatre Activity 2: In this scoring tool, a reference to a specific character has been replaced by the phrases in italics below:
The response to this activity provides evidence of the student's ability to interpret characters using information drawn from dramatic texts to support inferences and conclusions.
Dance Performance Task 9: In this scoring tool, a reference to a specific number of elements of dance (two, based on the number cued-for in the activity) has been replaced by a more open-ended reference to elements of dance in italics below:
The response to this activity provides evidence of the student's ability to manipulate the elements of dance to convey similar and contrasting ideas.
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Pictured: Freshman Felicia Sun posted a 3-0 record against Tufts in the No. 3 Crimson's previous dual match. (Gil Talbot)
The Particulars:
The Harvard men's and women's fencing teams travel to New York, N.Y. this weekend to compete in the St. John's Invitational along with five other nationally ranked teams. At the meet, the Crimson will face Columbia, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and St. John's.
Last Time Out:
The Harvard women's fencing team's previous event was a dominating 24-3 victory over Tufts, Dec. 3. The Crimson, which is ranked third in the country, swept the foil and sabre rounds. Seniors Katherine Chou, Arielle Pensler and Anna Podolsky, junior Yunsoo Kim, sophomore Hayley Levitt, and freshmen Elena Helgiu and Felicia Sun all posted 3-0 records against the Jumbos.
The Crimson men's last time out was at the Harvard Invitational Nov. 29. No. 7 Harvard earned four victories and dropped two decisions on the day. Sophomore Valentin Staller led the way for the Crimson with 16 wins in the sabre while freshman Thomas Kolasa racked up 13 victories in the sabre.
Scouting the Crimson:
The Harvard men enter the event with a 4-2 record and ranked No. 7 in the United States Fencing Coaches Association national poll. The Crimson has defeated North Carolina, NYU, Sacred Heart and Vassar, but lost to Penn State and Princeton.
On the women's side, Harvard is ranked No. 3 in the USFCA national poll with an 7-0 record. Sophomore co-captains Caroline Vloka and Noam Mills pace the Crimson with records of 18-0 and 14-0, respectively.
Sizing Up the Competition:
All ten Crimson opponents this weekend are ranked in the USFCA national poll or are receiving votes. Penn State is the top ranked team nationally in both the men's and women's polls. Notre Dame is the No. 2 men's team and No. 2 women's squad. Ohio State is ranked third in the men's poll and sixth in the women's. The Columbia men's squad is the No. 5 team and the women are the No. 4 team in the land. St. John's is ranked No. 8 in the men's national poll and is receiving votes in the women's poll.
Penn State, the defending national champion, owns a 5-0 record for the men's team and 4-1 in the women's entering the St. John's Invitational. The women's only loss of the season came at the hands of the Crimson at the Harvard Invitational, Nov. 29, a 14-13 decision. Columbia, Notre Dame, Ohio State and St. John's will all play their first dual matches of the season Jan. 23.
Up Next:
Harvard travels down the road to Waltham, Mass. to compete in dual matches against Brandeis, Duke and Yeshiva, Feb. 6.