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TEHRAN -- One day Facebook is a handy way for Iranian government ministers to confer with the people. The next day it can be denounced as "a Zionist tool."
As with its on-again, off-again claim to want better relations with the West, Iran's recent flip-flops on social media reflect infighting within Tehran's religious and elected leaderships, analysts said Tuesday.
Iranians were jubilant on Monday when the usual blockages and filters on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook fell by the wayside. In the wake of other signs that the new leadership of President Hassan Rouhani was embracing the tweets and likes of modern communication, Iranian social media users thought the government was relaxing the strictures imposed in 2009 after massive demonstrations organized online to vent anger over the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
By Tuesday morning, though, the government firewall was back in place, forcing those seeking contact with prohibited groups or websites to resume the cumbersome task of circumventing the censors.
"God willing, it was just a mistake," Iranian media quoted Abdolsamad Khoramabadi, head of the committee overseeing Internet regulation, as saying of the brief lapse in censorship. "But if it was due to delinquency, based on computer crimes regulations, those who did it must be punished."
One analyst close to the government attributed the lapse to conflicting views at the highest levels about how much information freedom is appropriate in Iran.
"There is a dispute over whether to lift the blockages on social networks or not, and I think the controls will remain for the foreseeable future," he told The Times.
The retreat on social media policy appeared to conflict with Rouhani's encouragement of his Cabinet ministers to open Facebook accounts to enhance the leadership's accessibility. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif even turned to social media to send Rosh Hashana greetings to the global Jewish community -- a striking contrast with the Ahmadinejad government's expressed wish to see Israel wiped off the map.
As evidence of residual opposition to both social media and better relations with the outside world, several hard-liners have denounced Facebook and its spreading popularity in government echelons as "a Zionist tool."
Conflicting signals are also emanating from Tehran on its disputed nuclear programs. While constantly reminding U.S. and Western officials of Iran's sovereign right to enrich uranium for civilian nuclear uses, the new negotiators appointed by Rouhani have been making public pronouncements of wanting to ease suspicions that Tehran is clandestinely acquiring the capability to manufacture nuclear weapons.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham confirmed on Tuesday that Rouhani and President Obama have exchanged letters over the last month. It was a rare incident of official communication between leaders whose nations have lacked normal diplomatic relations since 1980, when Islamic revolutionaries were holding 52 Americans hostage at their besieged embassy in Tehran.
The quiet contact initiated by Obama's letter of congratulation to Rouhani after his Aug. 3 inauguration has given rise to expectation that the two presidents might meet on the sidelines of next week's U.N. General Assembly gathering in New York.
At a meeting in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday, Iranian atomic energy agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi said of the decadelong nuclear dispute with the United States that Iran "will facilitate the resolution of this issue if the other side is willing."
As a gesture of its interest in breaking the impasse, Iran is prepared to decommission its uranium enrichment facility at Fordow in exchange for the West lifting withering economic sanctions, the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported in this week's edition, citing unnamed intelligence sources.
The reported offer, if genuine, represents compromise from the previous Iranian government's insistence on enriching uranium to 20% purity, which can be quickly converted to weapons-grade fuel and is beyond what is needed for civilian nuclear projects like power generation. But proposing to close Fordow would be received in Washington as an opening bid, at best, in negotiations that Rouhani has hinted he wants to kick-start during his New York visit.
Both the IAEA efforts to gain access to Tehran's nuclear facilities for inspection and Iran's negotiations with six world powers have been idle since spring, when the Iranian presidential campaign was underway and compromise on the nuclear issue was off the table for political reasons.
Nuclear and foreign policy have long been controlled by the religious leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, not Rouhani's Cabinet. But Rouhani announced this month that responsibility for nuclear policy negotiations in Vienna and with the six-power forum -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany -- had been transferred to the elected government. That was a move seen by analysts as conveying Khamenei's blessing for a new approach after the combative posture struck by Ahmadinejad during his eight years in office.
Khamenei also weighed in on the public pronouncements of a new day ahead on the nuclear front in a televised speech Tuesday. The supreme leader, who would have the last say in any nuclear deal reached in either forum, professed Iran's "flexibility" in the negotiations, although he added the caveat that Iranian delegates needed to keep in mind that the country has enemies among its interlocutors.
"A wrestler may exercise flexibility for a tactical reason," Khamenei said, according to the Mehr news agency. "But he won't forget who his rival is and what his goal is."
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Special correspondent Mostaghim reported from Tehran and Times staff writer Williams from Los Angeles.


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Editor's note: There are good reasons to believe that the U.S. will play a dominant role in the 21st century. according to commentator Satyajit Das. This is the first of four articles examining the resilience of America's economic power.
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — There are fundamental economic, financial, political, military and social reasons to doubt that America's central role in the world is ending.
In a 2011 article, Michael Beckley, a former research fellow in the International Security Program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs, concluded that, based on economic, technological and military indicators, America was wealthier, more innovative and more militarily powerful compared to China than it had been in 1991.
The U.S. economy remains by some distance the world's largest. Its GDP (gross domestic product) at $15-16 trillion is around 25% of the global economy and almost twice that of No. 2 China.
Americans, on a per capita basis, remain relatively wealthy. GDP per capita is around $50,000. This is among the highest in the world, especially when low population (Luxembourg, San Marino or Singapore) or commodity-rich nations (Middle East oil producers, for example) are excluded. By comparison, China's GDP per capita is around $5,000-6,000.
American households have substantial net worth in excess of $70 trillion, although that is down from a peak of more than $80 trillion before the 2008 financial crisis.
While the global financial crisis has damaged America's economic power, its position remains superior to many other countries. This reflects a variety of factors.
The U.S. was among the first nations affected by the financial market meltdown. Securities traders say that "if you are going to panic — panic first." America benefitted from first-mover advantage during the crisis.
The country's problems, which emerged in 2006 and 2007, related primarily to $1 trillion of sub-standard mortgages (then about 10% of the total U.S. mortgage market). While there were flow-on effects, the scale was smaller than say the current sovereign debt problem in Europe.
American policymakers, unlike their counterparts, moved aggressively to recapitalize financial institutions to reduce the risk of contagion. Large government budget deficits and specific industry programs (such as for the car industry) helped support demand, reducing the effects of the financial problems on the real economy. While the appropriateness of specific measures is debated, the policy helped ensure that problems were minimized.
The U.S. economy is now growing, albeit modestly. While well-below trend and theoretical potential, the growth rate is above that of most developed countries. Jobs are being created slowly, although both unemployment and underemployment remain at unacceptably high levels. Housing prices, having fallen by about 35% on average, have rebounded.
On a comparative basis, even America's debt statistics are better. Total debt (government, corporate and household) has fallen to about 330% of GDP from a peak of 359% in 2008. Public debt levels have risen sharply, in part because of the crisis. But households and corporations are gradually reducing their level of borrowings. While still high in absolute and historical terms, U.S. debt levels compare favorably to other developed countries.
U.S. government net debt at around 84% of GDP is higher than Germany (58%) but well- below that of weaker European nations. Household gross debt (86% of GDP) is higher than many countries. But U.S. household net debt (gross household net debt adjusted for financial assets and liabilities) is negative 235% of GDP — that is financial assets are greater than liabilities. This is better than most nations and only less than Japan among developed countries. Corporate net debt (83% of GDP) is in the middle of the range of comparable economies.
Financial institution debt (88% of GDP) is lower than all developed countries except Canada. U.S. banks have decreased leverage, having been forced to aggressively deleverage by selling off assets and raising capital. Banks also have only modest exposure to sovereign debt (8% of GDP) compared to banks in Europe (13%-35%) or Japan (83%).
America is also less vulnerable to external shocks than comparable economies. U.S. gross external liabilities (161% of GDP) are lower than most developed countries. U.S. net external liabilities (amount owed to foreigners adjusted for a country's international investment position) are a manageable 26% of GDP. It ranks behind Belgium (negative 65%), Japan (negative 57%), Germany (negative 38%), the U.K. (8%), Canada (12%), France (16%) and Italy (24%).
In this laundry basket of the developed economies, the U.S. has emerged as the "cleanest dirty shirt."
Satyajit Das is a former banker and author of "Extreme Money" and "Traders, Guns & Money."
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Bebelove from Hot & trendy These sandals are much better in person. I really like the spikes which are very much on trend for spring & summer. All the shine makes them stand out & look hot especially with the black. They fit true to size in length but for me they were a little narrow. My pinky toe slightly comes off the side. I've never had that happen with other Bebe sandals but I'm happy I got them.
Date published: 2013-04-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by Namrata from Awesome When I saw these sandals I was drawn right to them. The little spikes with the crushed stone is great. I wouldn't have thought so but they are awesome. They are true to size and they have a good number of holes to adjust the straps. I bought these in the blush color and I can't wait to wear them after the snow melts. I would highly recommend these. The material is sturdy and they are comfortable.
Date published: 2013-03-03
Rated 4 out of 5 by QDEE from This sandal is rugged but cute! I really like this BEBE sandal. Style is great. The insole that your foot rests on is very soft to toch. Lots of padding for a flat sandal. The only thing i don't like is that it should've had the BEBE label dangling or made on the sandal.
Date published: 2013-02-25
Rated 5 out of 5 by Iulechkach from Beautiful sandals! These are great! True to size and pretty comfortable.They look so much better in person,I highly recommend them.I got them in both colors and very happy with my purchase.
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Beyoncé's Biggest Fan Explains Why He Threw Blue Ivy A Fake Baby Shower
[Last week we told you about a random group of white people who threw Blue Ivy a fake baby shower, complete with fake Beyonce and fake Blue Ivy. We has no idea who these people were or why they did it. Luckily we have the Internet to solve these mysteries for us! Drew contacted me to let me know this was his party, there was a perfectly reasonable explanation and he had more photos to share with us. We had a such a wonderful email exchange (which is such a rare thing on the interweb) I just had to post his response.]
At first glance, onlookers would not likely identify me as a Beyoncé fan.
Judging by appearances, many might initially describe me as a hipster – another college-aged white kid whose music selection is limited to Bon Iver, Mumford & Sons, and bands that are so indie that no one else has heard of them. The style of my clothing might lead someone to believe that I am a thrift store shopping, organic produce-purchasing fan of white alternative music.
In actuality, while I do appreciate many musical styles, I could not identify a single Bon Iver song or differentiate most artists within the alternative genre.
Knowledge of where I was raised might prompt a different perception. I was born within thirty minutes of over six ski resorts in a state with five national parks that claims to have the "best snow on earth."
It would be easy to assume that I am an avid outdoorsman with a passion for an array of winter sports.
The truth is, I have never been skiing or snowboarding. My parents do not care for the cold, and neither do I.
It is no wonder that many were puzzled by photographs from a recent party I held in honor of Beyoncé and newborn baby Blue. The comments in response to the article and accompanying photographs clearly demonstrated the numerous ways that the Beyoncé-themed event was perceived.
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Understanding Your CP160 Notice
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Families of Bernardo victims say marriage plans 'appalling'
TORONTO — "It's appalling and incomprehensible."
Lawyer Tim Danson, who represents the families of schoolgirl murder victims Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14, summed up his clients' immediate reaction to the news that a woman is considering marrying the serial killer.
"The notion that a person like Paul Bernardo could be reaching out to someone outside the prison and I assume developing a relationship (leading to marriage) is a concept that they would find appalling on two fronts," said Danson.
"One is that it's appalling that there would be any woman would want to wed him after knowing the horrific, sadistic, violent, sexual crimes that Bernardo perpetrated against innocent girls and the Scarborough rape victims," Danson said this week. "How could anyone be in love with this man and want to marry him?
"Second, the very thought that Bernardo would be reaching out and want to marry someone, even though he's going spend the rest of his life in jail, is further proof of how delusional and how dangerous he really is."
If the French and Mahaffy families could, Danson said, they would strongly oppose any conjugal visits for him.
He wondered whether the cultivation of a relationship was a ploy that Bernardo was using to boost his non-existent chances of obtaining parole, which first arises in 2018.
"If this is some kind of superficial trick to assist any parole possibilities, my view is he'll be incredibly disappointed," Danson said.
He stressed that Bernardo should remain "in protective custody where he can think about the incredible harm and hurt he has caused so many people in both Toronto and the Niagara region."


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Area teams have good weekend
The Sturgis and Constantine wrestling teams took part in the Edwardsburg Invitational Saturday.
The Falcons ended the day 4-1, while Sturgis was 3-2. Constantine placed second overall in the tournament while Sturgis was third.
Constantine defeated Sturgis 40-26, Maple Valley 68-6, then dropped their match to Mishawaka Penn 39-19.
The Falcons ended the day with wins over Niles B team 50-18 and the host Eddies 55-18.
"Overall a pretty good day," Constantine coach Steve Wilson said. "We started out a little slow and a little flat. But, I felt we finished strong at the end of the day."
In the match between the Trojans and Falcons, Sturgis picked up 12 points on voids. Getting those wins for Sturgis were, Tyler Elmore (103 pounds) and Alejandro Soto (112).
At 119 the Trojans Dakota Smith defeated Jeremiah Schrock 7-3. In their 125 pound match, the Falcons Anthony Rudloff pinned Sturgis' Noah Gleason.
At 130 pounds, the Trojans Ricardo Soto defeated Will Ryan 6-6 and at 135, Constantine's Cody Hartwick beat Austin Smith 8-3.
At 140 pounds, Andres Montoya pinned the Trojans Zach Matthews and in the 145 match, Luke Carver defeated Cody Vance 16-0.
At 152 the Trojans Dayland Bowser beat the Falcons Adam Kinser 6-1 and at 160, Constantine's Tommy Reed beat Sturgis' Will Fry 8-3.
At 171 the Falcons Ben Mallo pinned the Trojans Cole Campbell and at 189, Constantine's Dominick Rogers pinned Sturgis' Juan Birruete Espinoza.
The Falcons Nate Petoskey defeated the Trojans Jake Stevens 9-0 and at 285, Constantine's Andrew Turner pinned Sturgis' Zach Heavrin.
On the day for Constantine, Mallo, Phil VanZile (215) and Petoskey were all undefeated.
At 4-1 for the Falcons were, Schrock, Rudloff, Ryan, Hartwick, Montoya, Reed and Rogers.
Sturgis dropped a second match on the day to Mishawka Penn, 11-52. Penn was first overall on the day.
The Trojans rallied to beat Edwardsburg 41-25, Maple Valley 60-21 and Niles B team 73-6.
Elmore finished the day at 3-2 while Alejandro Soto was 4-1 at 112 pounds.
Dakota Smith was a perfect 5-0 on the day, as was Bowser at 152 pounds. Ricardo Soto won all five of his matches for Sturgis.
Austin Smith, Fry and Mathews all were 3-2.
In JV action, Sturgis' teams were at Comstock.
Taking first place was Nolan Tom with a 3-0 record. Vince Urik-Brokus also placed first in his flight, going 2-0.
Union City Duals
Mendon's grappling team was 3-2 at the Union City duals.
The Hornets lost to the host Chargers 33-30. They beat Eau Claire 52-9, lost to Marshall 41-33 and beat Hastings 55-15 and Michigan Center 54-30.
Leading Mendon were Kyle Wiswell (171), Caleb Henckel (1120 and Danny Cleveland (152) all 5-0.
Jonah Grimm (125), Mitchell Coler (145), Cole Harrison (189) and Colin Friel (119) all went 4-1.
Brandon Bray (140), Chance Vroman (135) and Ryan Pinkster (160) went 3-2.
White Pigeon's wrestling team also competed at Union City.
The Chiefs picked up a win in the opening round 66-18 over Union City's "B" team before beating Michigan Center 45-35. White Pigeon dropped matches to Coldwater 24-54 and Marshall 36-42 but did beat Olivet 39-34.
Going 5-0 on the day with five pins was Jamie Rangel at 135 pounds. Rogelio Segundo was 5-0 with four pins at 103 pounds.
At 140 pounds, Austin Terry was also 5-0 on the day. He had two pinfall wins.
Brayden Steeb at 119, Chas Rathburn at 171 and Devin Hoover at 189 all went 4-1 on the day.
Going 3-2 was Shawn Harman at 145 pounds.
Three Rivers seventh
The Three Rivers wrestling team was seventh at the Allendale tournament Saturday. The Wildcats finished with 118 points.
Taking first place was Allendale with 256 points. Hamilton was second with 183.5 while Kent City was third at 145.5 and Leslie was fourth at 144.5 points.
Finishing in second place was Derek Tulla at 130. He lost 5-4 to J.J. Covington of Reeths Puffer in the finals. Also claiming second place on the day was Dallas Recker at 285 pounds.
Mike Vidmar at 125 pounds placed sixth on the day. Mike Brown at 160 pounds and James Arndt at 112 pounds each took sixth place as well in their respective flights.
Bronson at Hastings
The Vikings wrestling team took second behind Hastings on Saturday, scoring 193 points to Hastings' 200.
"We had a couple kids out with the flu," said Bronson coach Al Sosinski. "It was in our grasp, but I was really pleased with their effort."
Taking first place were Wes Disbro (112), Jake Littlefield (119), Hunter Machus (125), Kahle Scheenks (130) and Joe Albarran (140).
Taking second place were Tom Littlefield (103), Brandon Losinski (152) and Jukoada Sexton (160).
Jordan Jimenez was third at 189 and Humberto Martinez (135), Mykal Kline (145) and Skyler Riker (285) all took fourth.
Bronson hosts Coldwater, Marshall and Buchanan on Wednesday at 6 p.m.


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Orleron wrote:just like Toril is the "Forgotten Realms" campaign, Avlis would be the "Big Gay Hoser" campaign.
Orleron wrote:You have to excuse Themi. Tact, diplomacy, and softness are not his best traits, but he does not mean anything by his writing. He's a nice guy. You just get used to it after a while because he doesn't seem to learn.
Thank goodness Vicky finally gave up that powergamer character, Tehenen. If I saw her one more time at the Ice Caves, I was gonna throw up! Jesus. To go from level 1 to 5 in 8 months is just ridiculous. I bet she has like 4200 gold too. Unbelievable how fast she was gaining levels and wealth.
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Summary On the average Web page or blog post, users may read about 20 percent. The first 10 seconds are critical. This score supports your efforts in keeping readers longer.
Here is some very interesting work going on by my colleague Urs Gattiker in Switzerland who is working on algorithms to help businesses measure engagement on their websites.
This is tough work but I think Urs is on to something here. While we don't have measures yet on the quality of stories on a website/blog, the algorithms here will indicate if the stories you share on your site are captivating (longer site visits). If you end up with a low score, you probably need to revisit your content and visuals.
I look forward to hearing more about Urs' work as he continues to work on these algorithms and shares his results with us.
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Is sin still 'in'?
Statistics show that Catholics are not darkening the doors of confessionals much these days. Are we too lazy to go to confession? Perhaps we are just too proud to sit down and confess. But even if most of us envy the people who make it to confession on a regular basis, it seems like Catholics don't really know what to do or think about sin and the things that go with it. So we at U.S. Catholic want your help! Is fire and brimstone your preference, or is forgive and forget, with the emphasis on "forget" more your speed? Don't be greedy; share your wealth of experience with us. Take our survey and let us know!
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Khaos Abyssi Appearing On New Four Way Split
Iranian black metal act Khaos Abyssi has contributed to a new four way split release titled "Four Chapters of Satanic Evil," which will see release via Azermedoth Records. The other bands to appear on the split are Mystes, Nekrokrist SS, and Calvarium Funestus. The cover artwork and additional details on the split can be found at this location.


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Mallo, Cabral, Tunez, Lago
Bustos, Lopez
De Lucas, Park, Krohn-Dehli
Arbeloa, Varane, Pepe, Coentrao
Khedira, Alonso
Callejon, Ozil, Ronaldo
Real Madrid continue their quest to regain the Copa del Rey trophy as they face Celta Vigo in the last 16 at Balaidos.
Fabio Coentrao could return to the starting line-up for Jose Mourinho's side having missed out on the 3-2 win over Valladolid with a pulled hamstring. However, should the coach wish to give the left-back more time to recover, Nacho could fill in at defence. Raphael Varane may be rewarded with a starting spot though Sergio Ramos could still feature in front of Iker Casillas.
Having all trained together earlier in the week, there are unlikely to be many changes further up the field with Karim Benzema spearheading the attack while Jose Callejon starts from the right.
Having missed out on a starting spot in the weekend defeat by Athletic Bilbao, Enrique de Lucas and Park Chu-Young are in contention to begin against Los Blancos. Paco Herrera may also opt for a South American defensive pairing of Gustavo Cabral and Andres Tunez.
- Celta Vigo have not managed to defeat Wednesday's opponents in front of their own fans in over 10 years.
- The highest transfer fee that the Celestes have ever received saw Claude Makelele (pictured right) move to the Santiago Bernabeu for €14m.
- The Galician side were taken all the way to extra time to progress past second-tier outfit Almeria in the previous round.
- Iker Casillas was involved the last time Real Madrid were beaten in Vigo. A Blancos side also including Raul, Luis Figo and Roberto Carlos were defeated 3-0 in the 2000-01 La Liga season.
- Los Merengues faced little resistance as they cruised into the last 16 with a comfortable 7-1 aggregate win over Alcoyano.
- Madrid's youngest ever goalscorer, Alberto Rivera, netted his first goal at 17 years and 144 days old on his debut against Celta Vigo in 1995. Now 34-years-old, Rivera plys his trade for Elche in the second division.


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The talents of the cast and director George Cukor (A Star Is Born, My Fair Lady), combine to bring off this otherwise routine Western based on a Louis L'Amour novel. Sophia Loren is Angela Rossini, a woman who seems to create the situations she gets into, and Anthony Quinn is the strong, silent but soft-hearted Tom Healy. Rather than playing it straight, Cukor opts for satire and effective comedy in taking The Great Healy Dramatic and Concert Co., with its two-wagon loads of thespians and their gear, and turning it into a fun romp. As the troupe carries on with their performances heading through Wyoming, they are fighting for their economic survival and, as often as not, running like the devil from the law. There is a likeable villain in the piece, Mabry (Steve Forrest), a zany woman who has sacrificed her own dubious stage career for that of her daughter (Eileen Heckart), a so-called Shakespearean actor (Edmund Love), a banker with menacing undertones (Ramon Novarro), and a really hysterical Indian attack.~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Director: George Cukor
Writer: Walter Bernstein and Dudley Nichols
Producer: Marcello Girosi and Carlo Ponti
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O'Brien, Steve Forrest and Eileen Heckart
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August 23. 2013 9:12PM
Norovirus concerns at state park
By Jason Schreiber
Union Leader Correspondent
— The state is testing the water at Pawtuckaway State Park and Campground for possible norovirus contamination after about 20 people fell ill while camping at the lake last weekend.
The state's public health department ordered the testing of lake and drinking water at the popular park on Lake Pawtuckaway to check for the presence of norovirus after campers developed gastrointestinal symptoms, according to Dr. Jose Montero, state public health director.
The state generally doesn't test for norovirus in water, but Montero said it's conducting an "experimental" test that officials hope can be used in the future.
Norovirus is a highly contagious virus, more commonly seen during the winter months, that can cause stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting.
Concerns were raised after state officials were notified of the illness that struck two different groups of campers last weekend.
Approximately 20 people between the two groups, including several children, experienced diarrhea and vomiting, state officials said. A lifeguard who swam in the water earlier in the week also reported feeling ill.
Steffany Vallo, an epidemiologist with the state public health department, said those who were sickened became ill within 24 to 48 hours after visiting the park but their conditions have now improved.
According to Montero, it's possible for norovirus to be spread in the water through vomit or feces.
State health officials are also looking into the possibility of food poisoning, but Montero said "we believe this is going to be norovirus."
While there's been no confirmation of norovirus in the water, the state Department of Environmental Services decided to post a "preemptive illness" advisory at the park Tuesday notifying swimmers of potential illness, said Sonya Carlson, beach program coordinator with DES. The action was taken "out of an abundance of caution," she said.
After receiving no additional reports of illness since Tuesday, Carlson said the advisory was lifted Friday morning.
The state performed typical E.coli testing of the lake water this week, but the results showed only low levels of bacteria, Carlson said. Testing also showed no indication of fecal contamination.
Even when water is tested and levels of E.coli are low, Carlson said people still need to take precautions by washing their hands and not drinking lake or pool water.
"There are risks everywhere. You never know what's going to be out there. A little bit of precaution can prevent something bad from happening," she said.


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Thousands of women have liposuction in the UK each year. But what does the procedure actually involve, how much does it cost, and what can go wrong?
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The stress and pressures of modern life continue to grow so it's hardly surprisingly that most of us get anxious from time to time. However, an increasing number of people, from children to the elderly, are suffering from more severe forms of anxiety.
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hello friends. this is my first post, though i have been lurking for the past 3 months or so. july 12,2012 i had a melanoma, 3.05 without an irritated site. removed along with an alledged negative snb. one small area of which had an area that the pathologist would not declare negative, nor would he declare it positive. i thought i was in good shape. had a good year. august 2013, noted groin node in lymph area of past surgical site. (left ankle) had node removed and clean out of lymph nodes. wore drain 4 weeks, then had 23 days or radiation to site. was waiting for randomization to trial of 2 arms ipi and l arm interferon. just learned that i was placed in the interferon group. i am a robust 75 who looks 65 and is healty other than a little arthritis and hypertension.and don't want to waste one of my possible last years being miserable i did learn through probling my onc, (very nice, but not mel specialist) that i am braf negative, and NRAS positive. (i know this is not good news) i have just completed negative pet and ct scan or head. ( i cannot have mri or head due to implant in ear) i am asking for advice re next step. i would like to see a mel specialist at a large cancer center. vanderbilt is much more convenient, sloan kettering could be managed. and what is "watch and wait" really like. is that good enough for me. any bit of info provided would be appreciated and evaluated. i have learned so much from this site and felt such kindess and knowledge frin every post. thanks to you all.
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(12/16/2013 - 6:53pm)
I've been reading up about interferon. I'm beginning to understand why there is so much confusion and controversy about it. Part of the problem, especially in the early clinical trials intended to gain FDA approval for interferon, is that neither sentinal node biopsy nor complete lymphadenectomy were commonly practiced at the time. Lymph node involvement is an important progostic indicator for melanoma and that was not always determined in these studies.
The second problem I see is that many of the treatment guidelines published prior to 2011 (when Zelboraf was approved) or 2012 (when Yervoy was approved) had nothing to offer patients that was better than interferon. Once someone became Stage IV it was going to be "lights out" for them in 6 to 9 months so you might as well take interferon and hope for the best.
The best write-up I have seen about interferon for Stage III patients at high risk for recurrence (i.e., primary lesion >4.0mm or any lesion with lymph node involvement) is from Canada (published in 2009 and updated in 2013). "Systemic Adjuvant Therapy for Patients at High Risk for Recurrent Melanoma".
Basically, they recommend that Stage III patients at high risk for recurrence find a clinical trial because "at most a small overall survival benefit exits" for interferon with or without chemotherapy. If one is going to do interferon, the only significant benefit results from doing the whole year-- 1 month of high dose interferon followed by 11 months of low dose interferon.
One of the major interferon clinical trials (from 2000) said that 44% of high dose interferon patients remained disease free for 5 years while 35% of the control arm (observation only) remained disease free for 5 years. That is a net benefit to 9% of the patients. They also said that there was no difference in overall survival between the interferon arms and the observation arm. In other words, interferon may delay recurrence of melanoma in 9% of the people who take it. But once it recurs, the prognosis is bleak (remember, that was back in 2000 when no other treatments were available).
As always, the choice of treatment is a very individual and personal decision. A lot of factors have to be taken into account including whether or not you have young children to care for and how many years you expect to live during which the melanoma could reccur-- melanoma at 30 is different from melanoma at 70. But personally, I would not be too afraid of Stage III melanoma. Stage III is not going to kill you. If and when you get to Stage IV, there are several treatment options available to you that are not currently available to Stage III patients and more treatments are in the pipeline.
If it was me--at my age (semi-retired) and with no children, I would pass on the interferon. I would try to find a promising clinical trial. If no trials were available, I would watch and wait and enjoy my life to the max unless and unitl I hit Stage IV.
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(12/17/2013 - 10:44am)
This is a great document that you posted. I actually used this as a part of my decision making process on whether or not to do Adjuvant Interferon Therapy. From all the reading ive done, it seems like time after time the conclusion is that it is very controversial. Again a very personal decision but you must be confident in your choice and never look back.
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(12/17/2013 - 9:25pm)
A couple years ago I was stage III and got randomized into the interferon arm of the same trial. I did the full year of interferon and even though I managed fairly well compared to others it still was no picnic. About 4 months after finishing my year I progressed to stage IV. POW's summary is right on the money. I knew the long term survival was not helped much by interferon but I felt there was enough evidence it might delay a recurrance to give it a try. I was 43 at the time with a 1 year old and 3 year old. Would I do it again? Yes. Would I do it if I was 75? Probably not. You have about a 50-50 chance of having a recurrance. If it were me I would start looking at getting myself as healthy as I could with exercise, nutrition, and supplements (despite the recent thread on supplements I think it's worth a try). I would look for other clinical trials if they are available. Finding clinical trials in the adjuvant setting is tricky but there have been various vaccine trials in the past.
Good luck Lucy. Sorry you are in your situation but try your best to stay positive. The recent advances in treatment options for stage IV has been amazing the last couple years. Hopefully you won't ever need them but it's nice to know that if you do some of them should be availble in the not too distant future.
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(1/2/2014 - 2:31am)
Basically says 47% of NRAS patients responded to IL-2
2013 NIH report NRAS & IL-2
Should read the full report.
The purpose of this study is to identify clinical and molecular characteristics of melanoma patients that predict response to high-dose interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) in order to improve patient selection for this approved but toxic therapy.
We reviewed the records of 208 patients with unresectable stage III/IV melanoma treated with HD IL-2 at The University of Texas M.D Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) (n=100) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) (n=108) between 2003 and 2009. The BRAF and NRAS mutation status of the tumors was determined for patients with available tissue samples and the mutation status and clinical characteristics were compared to clinical outcomes. Pre-treatment serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels were available for most patients (n=194). Tissue was available for mutational analysis on a subset of patients (n=103) and the prevalence of mutations was as follows: BRAF 60%, NRAS 15%, WT/WT 25%. In the subset of patients for which mutational analysis was available, there was a significant difference in the response rate based on the mutation status: NRAS 47%, BRAF 23%, and WT/WT 12% (p=0.05). Patients with NRAS mutations had non-statistically longer overall survival (5.3 versus 2.4 years, p=0.30) and progression free survival (214 versus 70 days, p=0.13). Patients with an elevated LDH had a decreased PFS (46 versus 76 days, p<0.0001), decreased OS (0.56 versus 1.97 years, p<0.0001), and trended toward a decreased response rate (7% versus 21%, p=0.08). NRAS mutational status is a new candidate biomarkers for selecting patients with melanoma for HD IL-2 treatment.
I'm me, not a statistic. Praying to not be one for years yet.
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(1/3/2014 - 5:34am)
Great information Jerry. Thanks.
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(1/3/2014 - 11:09pm)
Uggh. Not anonymous. Kylez.
2 primaries; lung/brain mets in past; paratracheal lymph node currently; participating in Opdivo/Lirilumab trial
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(1/3/2014 - 11:08pm)
Thansk Jerry. I wonder how many of us have even been tested for NRAS? I am seen at an academic institution and they sequenced my tumor a couple of years ago and found an NRAS G12A mutation. There's a few NRAS mutations noted for melanoma, that's one of them.
I also responded to HD IL-2 in my lungs bilaterally, both were NED on the PET scan after 2 cycles IIRC. That hasn't been the end of the story for me but it was a very good start. I haven't hit 5.3 years yet but I like those numbers. They would seem to be a (very) good reason to keep HD IL2 around as a tx.
Re: randomized to interferon in clinical trial(1/3/2014 - 11:12pm)
^^^^ kylez.
2 primaries; lung/brain mets in past; paratracheal lymph node currently; participating in Opdivo/Lirilumab trial


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Spotted at last
Elusive bear finally captured on filmBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
August 30. 2013 8:34PM
RAYMOND — Brenda Fowler has been waiting two years to see a black bear in her backyard.
As soon as she moved to New Hampshire from Florida with her fiancé, Andre Roy, her Grout Farm Road neighbor started telling them the backyard bird feeder pole was being bent by a bear.
Roy moved his deer camera from his camp in Canada to his backyard in Raymond in an attempt to catch an image of the hungry critter. They spent months trying to get a picture, but captured nothing but a blurry image and gave up.
Then on Tuesday, the couple came home to find "big, old bear prints" on the patio table outside, Fowler said, and they knew the neighborhood scavenger was back.
On Wednesday around 4:30 p.m., Roy was standing on the patio talking on the phone when he spotted the black bear on its hind legs hugging a tree.
Roy dashed for his camera, placed it outside, and then retreated to watch from the safety of the kitchen.
"The bear started slowly coming to the bird feeder, gets on his hind legs and is getting ready to bend the pole, so Andre opened the door and looked out and that bear just darted out back of the woods again," Fowler said. "Dirt was flying everywhere. He said he'd never seen a bear move so fast."
But the camera captured a clear image of the burly bear in the backyard before it ran off.
Fowler said she is not scared one bit by the bear, although for now she has pulled her bird feeders inside.
"I love wildlife and there is nothing like this back home, and I enjoy seeing this," Fowler said.
She is also happy they finally captured a picture of the elusive neighborhood bear.


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I'm gonna live my life slow, at a comfortable pace
They call me granddad, cause it's written all over my face
My behaviour's controlled
No need to make the most of tonight, 'cuz I'm gonna die old
Live fast die old
[Verse 1]
Not that old, 23
Got my life ahead of me
What's the point in having fun?
I'll do it when I'm 81
My favourite party's when nobody attends (You Know)
I'm in pants my watching a box set of Friends (For Sure)
Oh my god... They're at it again (yeah)
Making my songs sound better again (double rhyme)
Parody is easy see, the words are right in front of me
Ke$ha is the best to do, cause her words are already poo
[Verse 2]
Different song, same old shit
Long as it gets YouTube hits
MSN, after ten
You're really gonna do that joke again?
You thought that we'd be better, we been three years now together
Still got semen on my sweater from the one time we met Ke$ha
When I rap I slur, yes I got a lisp sir
Least I'm not rapping half pissed like Ke$ha
Oh my god... They've done it once more (yeah)
Making a song that makes me look like a whore
Those gorgeous brits, they can't be controlled
The party don't start till we get old
This is the part where we break it down
This is the part where we eat a clown
This is the part where the DJ skips
This is the part where we show our nips
This is the part on a different track
When I cry that my Dad won't ever come back
But he's back...
He's just an actor
Live fast, die old


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- Show: May 22, 2010 @ Cornerstone Music Conservatory
Workshop "Spontaneous Inspiration For Jazz Improvision"┬Ā┬ĀColors + Emotions + Sounds by Michael White & Leisei Chen + Live Performance by Michael White Quartet, Michael White violin, Leisei Chen vocals, Tim Young guitar, Danny Frankel percussion.CD "Voices"($15) & "Voice Of Brazil"($10) for sale.
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Italian opera during much of the first half of the nineteenth century, opera was dominated by one man whose work continues to delight opera audiences today, Gioacchino Rossini. Rossini, the creator of nearly forty operas in less than two decades, had an immense impact upon the development of opera. Scholars often note that a vital component of his success was the tunefulness of his music and the effortlessness with which he composed. Rossini was born to a family of musicians in Pesaro, Italy, on February 29, 1792. His father was a horn player and his mother was a singer. Rossini learned to do both as a child, and studied music in Bologna, Italy, where the family lived when he was growing up.
Rossini's first opera, La Cambiale di Matrimonio was produced in Venice when he was 18. At this time, he had already received awards for shorter compositions. Between 1810 and 1813, he wrote operas for Bologna, Rome, Venice and Milan, all of which were fairly well received. It was also during this period that he wrote the wildly popular Tancredi, an arrangement of Voltaire's tragedy. For the next four years, he produced a string of brilliant comic operas, including Il Turco in Italia, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola and La Gazza Ladra, which were performed all across Europe to great acclaim.
In 1817, he moved to Naples, where he shifted his focus to devote his time to serious opera, writing Otello and Semiramide during this time. At the age of 32, he moved again, this time to Paris, where he took the post of Director of the Theatre-Italien. There he composed four works for the Paris Opera, the last being Guillaume Tell. He retired at the age of 37, due to a variety of factors, including the death of his mother and his weakening health.
He remained in Paris until 1836, when he returned to Italy as the director of the Bologna conservatory, but was drawn back to Paris in 1855. There he held court to just about every celebrated European composer and musician, including Wagner.
Rossini died in Paris in 1868, almost 39 years after composing his last opera. He was buried in Paris in the famous Pere Lachaise cemetery, near Chopin, Cherubini and Bellini, but in 1887 his body was disinterred and sent to Florence, where he was re-buried for a crowd of over 6,000. In the years following his death, the popularity of his works began to fade, and within five years all but a few works were forgotten. However, towards the end of the nineteenth and into the twentieth century, a revival reestablished his popularity among audiences. Now, the term "Rossinian" is often used, particularly in conjunction with the term "Wagnarian." Works that are Rossinian in nature are accessible, effortlessly entertaining and bring a smile to the fact of the audience.


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This is not a wish list thread..news should be trickling in the next few months and this is a place where we can keep track of things and discuss the confirmed or heavily rumored (with source) acts and feel free to post stuff in here as you stumble upon it and I will update this page.
Set Times
Main Stage
LCD Soundsystem
Main Stage
Tiesto http://twitter.com/tiesto/status/7973371485
Muse http://pitchfork.com/news/tours/881-...ng-tour-dates/
Hot Chip http://www.billboard.com/news/hot-ch...04059322.story
Phoenix http://twitter.com/ultra8201/status/6776548791
The xx Spin
Devo http://themusicslut.com/2009/10/8-questions-with-devo/
Pretty Lights http://twitter.com/theprettylights
Zoe http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/93719.html
Miike Snow http://www.examiner.com/x-17319-Chic...-of-Miike-Snow
A Place to Bury Strangers http://www.facebook.com/stateside?ref=mf
Big Pink http://www.facebook.com/stateside?ref=mf
She and Him
Craze and Klever http://amonly.com/default.aspx
Hockey http://www.iprong.com/music/musician...key-interview/
Busy P http://busyp.coolcats.fr/page/3/
Corinne Bailey Rae http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100109/music_nm/us_rae Rae
Bassnectar confirmed via twitter
Mayer Hawthorne http://detnews.com/article/20091217/...ayer-Hawthorne
Aeroplane http://www.myspace.com/aeroplanemusiclove
El Gran Silencio http://monterreyunder.wordpress.com/...oachella-2010/
As Tall As Lions http://www.neworleans.com/index.php?...73&Itemid=2322
Kevin Devine http://www.alterthepress.com/2009/12...coachella.html
Caravan Palace http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainmen...#ixzz0c8A8DYML
Heavily Rumored
The Rolling Stones http://www.buddyhead.com/category/gossip-home/
Gorillaz http://gorillaz-unofficial.com/news/index.htm
Beastie Boys ("Considering playing") http://www.movieline.com/2009/12/ada...ella-plans.php
Soundgarden http://soundgardenworld.com/
Public Image http://thescenestar.typepad.com/ss/2...up-rumors.html
Spoon and Deerhunter
Pavement http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive...vement_re.html
Tiesto http://www.examiner.com/x-25804-Musi...-Faith-No-More
Wilco (Coachella is in between stops from PA and Japan) http://www.wilcoworld.net/shows/index.php
Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan talked about hopefully playing coachella in an interview)
Dead Weather (said he might go to coachella on the vault chat someone took a screen shot here) http://www.coachella.com/forum/showt...t=33601&page=8
Faith No More (Are apparently playing SF in April) http://twitter.com/Roddybottum
Echo and the Bunnymen-Touring West and East Coast in April
Sunny Day Real Estate (in talks to play according to superfiction who talked to them)
Vampire Weekend-Lediable said that they told him they were playing coachella after a show.
Grizzly Bear http://pitchfork.com/news/tours/71-b...european-tour/
Hot Chip and the xx (touring together in April 16 in SF)
Tegan and Sara (spring tour does not include LA and stops in SLC Utah on April 6) http://teganandsara.com/shows/
Bad Lieutenant "additional dates in April" http://pitchfork.com/news/37101-bad-...ancel-us-gigs/
The Cribs-Johnny Marr said so after a show
Major Lazer and Rusko Hard SF lineup Arpril 16
Beach House http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/Sal...RRAL_ID=tmfeed
Passion Pit http://www.myspace.com/passionpitjams
Dirty Projectors (pancakes talked to them after the show and confirmed it)
Hard NYC Lineup April 4: Proxy, Boys Noize, Buraka Som Sistema, Major Lazer.
Porcupine Tree http://www.porcupinetree.com/tour.cfm
Imogen Heap: wants to play and working on getting booked http://twitter.com/imogenheap/status/5180421079
Camera Obscura http://coachella.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35114
Cornelius http://www.windishagency.com/avails
looking for opportunities in Spring around anchor festivals
Avett Brothers (playing in Nevada the weekend of Coachella and stagecoach http://www.theavettbrothers.com/events
Mew-confirmed by dub vulture at one of their shows
Hockey (supposedly Alt Nation on XM radio said they would be playing)
Yeasayer http://pitchfork.com/news/37394-yeas...national-tour/
Baroness (said they were playing after a show)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (Coachella Bound was told by the band they have an offer to play)
Delorean-touring with Miike Snow
Girls (said that they are in talks to play after a show)
jj SF show on April 16
Washed Out http://pitchfork.com/news/tours/71-b...european-tour/
rx bandits http://www.myspace.com/rxbandits
Iglu and Hartly weeklymix was told by the band that they were playing
Pearl Jam-playing Jazz Heritage festival in April
Iggy Pop and the Stooges http://www.myspace.com/iggyandthestooges (dates in france during Coachella)
Spacemen 3 http://www.nme.com/news/spiritualized/48730 no interest in reuniting. previously reported: offer from coachella to reunite for $500,000
Cornelius not touring
Bloody Beetroots in Europe


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There's an old saying that the devil wants us to believe we have all the time in the universe because that's the way we get recruited to do nothing or bad things. If you think you are going to live forever, you tend not to value the moment and end up wasting a lot of time.
I'm not saying you should be a compulsive maniac - I'm talking about productivity in your life. And I'm not just talking about work productivity. It could be at home, school...anywhere.
So, how can you use your time well? I'll start by telling you what I used to do in college. I was a serious maniac because I was very serious about my education. Every night before I went to sleep, I would plan out my whole day on a three-by-five card starting with what time I woke up:
7 a.m.: Wake up 7 - 7:15 a.m.: Shower, get dressed, go to breakfast 7:15 - 7:35 a.m.: Breakfast
And so on.
I literally had every five minutes of the day planned out - when to have lunch, when to review my notes...everything. At the end of the day, everything that I had to get done got done.
You can use this technique in your home too. Focus on what has to be done. Usually the biggest percentage of what you do doesn't actually have to be done. There's a lot of excess busyness debris in your lives. Don't confuse things that can be done with what needs to be done. What's important at the end of the day is that you feel satisfied and impressed that you did what you were responsible for. If you end the day that way, you are going to be more productive the next day, and you're going to feel happier, nicer, and better.
You don't have to be as maniacal as I was in college, planning out every 15 minutes of the day. I'm not even that way anymore. However, I still put a schedule in my head. I know what I'm going to accomplish in the morning, and when I accomplish that, I'm going to see what I feel like doing in the amount of time I have before I go on the air. In the afternoons, I have scheduled times to play tennis with friends, take a pool lesson, practice archery, or do whatever. I just try not to do be doing more work after I get off the air because I get up at 5 a.m. Of course, there are times when there is more work to do and that's OK. I just don't get crazy if it doesn't get done.
The good side to being disciplined (and by the way, discipline is about choices, not genetics) is that you get a lot of things done. The bad side is that sometimes you push yourself too hard, and then you don't realize that your brain just exploded. When it feels like my brain exploded, I realize I'm putting too much in a day and need to yank the pace back. I'll just take the dogs out for a walk and experience the breeze, flowers, and sun.
I have a few ideas to help you be more productive:
First of all, you have to assess your priorities. A lot of you spend way too much time doing what somebody else wants you to do and not something you are obligated to do. There are friends and relatives who you let impose on you because you don't want to seem mean. You don't want them to judge you negatively, and you don't want to be disliked. However you have to get over that guilt because it's childish. If someone - even if they're your parent or best friend - nags you, wants to usurp your time, energy, and attention, doesn't reciprocate, or fails to respect any kind of boundaries, then who cares if they don't like you.
You've really got to be more of a gladiator when protecting your time because it is finite. It is not forever recreating itself. Get over the guilt of "I really want to be doing something else, but they're going to be mad." Nobody has died from being annoyed. Stand up to people who vampirously suck you dry.
Next, figure out what activities fall under "obligatory time" and "discretionary time." There are times when you have committed to others to be at a certain place at a certain time. That's obligatory time. Your discretionary time is the time you can manage. You create your next moment. Make a list of all of the things you think you should be doing tomorrow and put an A, B or C next to each item. A = must do, B = should do, C = could do. Do the A's first, and then try to slip in the B's. The C's may just go by the wayside, and in the process, you might discover that they make no difference in your life.
In your mind or on a piece of paper, check off what you've done and note what you haven't finished. Juggle the unfinished things into the next day's schedule and reprioritize. Don't kill yourself trying to do too many things perfectly - you are just going to burn out.
Finally, don't confuse being busy with being productive. It's not enough to be busy. Ants are busy. The question is, what are you busy about? You've got to be ferociously selective. There are certain things I will not do, especially at this stage in my life and career. I wish to use my time differently. I'm 65 and I'm using my time as well as I can. Unfortunately, when you're 25, you think you have infinite time, and you tend to waste a lot of it. That's why the joke is, we should be born knowing everything and just get younger. We would use our time better that way.
Basically, you are totally in control, whether you think so or not. It's all about time management, making decisions, and making choices. You have to govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Here are some great stats about how poorly we mismanage our time.


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Man who spent days under Salem woman's trailer recording sentenced to prisonBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
May 24. 2013 11:24AM
BRENTWOOD - A judge reluctantly sentenced a Massachusetts man 3 to 6 years in state prison, suggesting he deserved more time behind bars for spending two days under a Salem woman's trailer while secretly recording videos and taking pictures of her and watching from a bathroom air duct.
Prosecutors said they crafted the harshest sentence they could for Christian Hobbs, 44, but couldn't give him more prison time because one of the laws he broke - violation of privacy - was a misdemeanor.
"While I probably would have liked a little more time, the violation of privacy, which is the most egregious part of this case, unfortunately is a misdemeanor," Assistant County Attorney Jerome Blanchard said on Friday.
Hobbs, formerly of Salem, pleaded guilty Friday to burglary, criminal mischief, violation of privacy and attempted interception and disclosure of telecommunication or oral communications prohibited.
He spent Aug. 14 and 15 under the Salem woman's trailer after secretly planting baby monitors and using a cell phone to take videos and photos of her.
For more on this story, see Saturday editions of the New Hampshire Union Leader.


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'CSI' sends Ray Langston on a three-city, crossover odyssey
CBS is planning a "CSI" extravaganza for November sweeps -- star Laurence Fishburne (Dr. Raymond Langston) will appear in all three scene-of-the-crime shows in one week, and the whole thing wraps up on the flagship "CSI" on Nov. 12. Mild spoilers about the episodes follow.
Langston will first visit "CSI: Miami" on Nov. 9; he travels south in an episode titled "Bone Voyage" to investigate a case with ties to Las Vegas. Fishburne and "CSI: Miami" star David Caruso are pictured at left; perhaps Langston and Horatio Caine are talking about cool sunglasses, which Langston is still sporting when he arrives in New York on Nov. 11 (Fishburne and "CSI: NY" star Gary Sinise are pictured at right).
In that "CSI: NY" episode, "Hammer Down," according to CBS, "a big-rig accident results in the discovery of an interstate trucking ring that specializes in human cargo and black-market organ harvesting, and sets off a race against time to save a hostage."
The three-part crossover concludes on Nov. 12 on "CSI." In that episode, viewers will learn more about what Langston is investigating: "a nationwide human trafficking network that abducts young girls forces them into prostitution," according to David Weddle, who penned the episode with his writing partner, Bradley Thompson.
Ubiquitious guest star Mark Sheppard, who played Romo Lampkin on "Battlestar Galactica" (a character who knew a thing or two about shades), has a guest role in that Nov. 12 "CSI" episode. Sheppard, who has a credit list as long as your arm and apparently by law must appear on every scripted show in existence, also appears on USA's new show "White Collar" Oct. 23 and "Supernatural" on Nov. 19.


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Rivals in awe after epic Bode run
February 08. 2014 8:21PM
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) - A vintage Bode Miller set himself up as favorite for the showcase men's Olympic downhill on Saturday after rolling back the years with a storming run in a crash-hit final training session.
The 36-year-old American showman, who will become the oldest man to win an Olympic Alpine title if he repeats the feat in today's race, sped down the icy Rosa Khutor course in two minutes, 06.09 seconds.
His closest rival, Norway's reigning world champion and 2010 silver medallist Aksel Lund Svindal, was second fastest and a hefty 0.66 slower. Italian Peter Fill was third, a second off Miller's pace.
It was the second time in three days that super-combined Olympic champion Miller, a Franconia, N.H. native, has blown away the best and led the timesheets. Norwegian rival Kjetil Jansrud described the veteran's latest run as "epic.''
"He's a great skier and you can see ... how he does something that nobody else does," he told reporters. "He will be very dangerous tomorrow. I think he's probably the biggest favorite."
American teammate Marco Sullivan agreed: "That was pretty incredible skiing," he said. "If he can pull that off tomorrow, it's his race to lose in my opinion.
"He looks so smooth and fast on top and he let up through the middle a bit because I think he was trying to save some strength. So to still come down a second ahead it's pretty amazing."
Fired up
"Unbeatable'' was another word on other skiers' lips, although not Svindal's, and Miller made no bones about his aspirations in what are his fifth Games.
"The idea is to be unbeatable. Race day is always different. It's going to be hard to stay calm," he told reporters in the finish, after a hug from compatriot and 1998 super-G champion Picabo Street.
"Some courses, if you get fired up or you have too much intensity, you go slower. This one I don't think is the case. I am going to be ready. I want to win," said Miller.
Svindal, naturally enough, refused to accept it was his rival's race to lose.
"Skiing is never like that. There are just too many things that can happen," he smiled. "But is he the favorite? I think so. He has been the best skier on this mountain.
"So right now he looks like the favorite. But there's me and three or four other guys that could beat him. So we'll see what happens."
He listed among those other contenders young Austrian Matthias Mayer, who was fastest on Friday after Miller made a mistake, and Swiss skiers Patrick Kueng and Carlo Janka.
Mayer was one of several skiers who failed to finish, with the first three out of the starting hut quickly finding themselves in trouble.
Slovenian Rok Perko, the first to go, left a bloodstained mark on the snow after a fall that led to a lengthy interruption.
Sullivan followed him out with an error that could have had major consequences but fortunately left him only slightly shaken.
The American lost control after landing off the Bear's Brow jump and was heading towards a flimsy-looking red plastic safety fence at high speed before veering to safety.


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Listen to Previews of Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die: Paradise Edition' Songs
Want to hear 1:30 snippets of songs on the 'Paradise' edition of Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die?' Well, you are in luck, LDR lovers. Minute-and-a-half snippets of the album have landed online, and are posted below for your listening pleasure.
'Gods & Monsters' swirls with curse words and treated vocals. 'Yayo' finds the lovely, auburn-haired queen known as LDR hitting the highest of notes.
'Bel Air' is as noir as it gets, while 'Burning Desire' is breathy LDR, the one we've come to know and love, and criticize.
Actually, rather than breaking these all down, we can effectively sum them up, thanks to LDR's signature style. She's breathy. She heaves. She's sex kittenish. Her songs are noir, and loaded with production bells and whistles of the synthy sort. It sounds like tons of cash was dumped into these songs to make them sound rich and lush. All of the song snippets play to her strengths and the sound she has established as her hallmark.
If you love what LDR did on the regular ol' version of 'Born to Die,' which came out back in January, then we are confident that you will totally crush on the majority of these tracks.
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September 07. 2013 10:48PM
Allen Lessels' College Football: UNH gridders can't hang on against Central Michigan
By ALLEN LESSELS
Keith Charles makes his way up field in the first half during Saint Anselm's matchup against Bowie State on Saturday afternoon at Grappone Stadium in Goffstown. (Bruce Preston / Union Leader)
The University of New Hampshire football team, looking for its first win against a Football Bowl Subdivision team since 2009, came up just short in Mount Pleasant, Mich., on Saturday afternoon.
Redshirt freshman kicker
Ron Coluzzi
chipped in a 27-yard field goal on the last play of the game to let Central Michigan sneak away with a come-from-behind 24-21 win over the Wildcats at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
Led by a stifling and promising effort from its defense, UNH owned nearly three quarters of the game and led 13-7 going into the fourth quarter before the Chippewas showed off some of their big-time speed and talent and roared back.
In the end, it was a tough day all around for the state's collegiate football teams.
St. Anselm and Plymouth State both lost their season openers at home on Saturday, but they had this in common, too: They had much more competitive games to start out than a year ago.
The folks at UNH have talked about the need to improve their defense since last season ended and head coach
Sean McDonnell
vowed the defense would play hard during his Wednesday press conference.
"I expect we're going to run hard to the football," he said. "We've been preaching it and have done it since last spring. I'd be shocked and disappointed if we didn't do that."
The Wildcat defense did not allow Central Michigan to gain as much as a first down until the second period was more than half over.
In the meantime, quarterback
Andy Vailas
, the junior out of Bedford, and the UNH offense were chipping - sorry - away at the Chippewas.
On its second possession, UNH drove down the field and closed things out with a 16-yard end around touchdown by junior
R.J. Harris
. A conversion run by
Chris Setian
, who ended the game on the sidelines because of injury, was just short.
UNH ran its lead to 13-0 midway through the second period when Vailas hit senior
Justin Mello
in the end zone for a 17-yard score.
The Wildcats came up with a super goal line stand to keep the Chips off the scoreboard early in the third period.
Next time though, Rush directed a scoring drive that ended with his 9-yard scoring pass to
Titus Davis
and it was 13-7 with 3:13 left in the third period.
UNH answered with a nice drive and a
Nico Steriti
2-yard TD run and Vailas conversion run to push it back to 21-7 in the first minute of the fourth quarter.
Rush and Davis (6 catches 184 yards), it turned out, were just getting warmed up.
UNH had Central Michigan pinned deep after a
Brad Prasky
punt, but Davis got behind the defense and Rush hit him in stride for what turned into a 97-yard touchdown play to tie it with 9:08 left.
Each defense came up with a three-and-out and UNH had good field position and started to move again.
The Wildcats were at the Central Michigan 21-yard line with a third-and-one, but an exchange between Vailas and Steriti got botched and the Chippewas recovered.
They marched methodically from there to their winning field goal.
Bowie St. 35, St. Anselm 31
The Hawks kept pace with the Bulldogs through three periods and it was 28-28 with 15 minutes to play. Bowie pulled away with a pair of touchdowns in the fourth period.
St. Anselm lost its opener, 58-6, to Kutztown State last season.
Sophomore quarterback Andrew Murphy, outstanding as a rookie last year, completed 19 of his 39 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns and also had two passes intercepted.
Eric Feehan, a senior wide receiver out of Bedford and Bishop Brady High School in Concord, scored St. Anselm's first TD of the season on a 36-yard connection with Murphy.
Junior Justin Bernard had seven catches for 29 yards and a pair of scores.
Castleton St. 35, Plymouth St. 31
The Panthers took a 31-28 lead on a 30-yard field goal by Rob Giles, a junior out of Pinkerton Academy in Derry, with 10:53 left in the game.
Castleton went back the other way and Elias LaCount scored the winning points with his third short rushing touchdown of the day, from 4 yards out, with just under nine minutes left to play.
The Panthers struggled to score points last season. They didn't score more than 20 in a game and averaged just 11.2 per contest.
Senior quarterback Jake Tyler completed 12 of his 16 passes for 194 yards and led the Panthers to 451 yards of total offense. PSU averaged 238.9 yards a game last season.


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Hall of South American Peoples
The Hall of South American Peoples features the art, tools, technologies, and traditions of the continent's pre-Columbian cultures—the ancient Inca, Moche, Chavin, and Chancay—in addition to exhibits about the traditional cultures of modern Amazonia.
Works of exquisite craftsmanship abound in this hall. The importance of textile art among the ancient Andeans, a 5,000-year-old tradition that conveyed status and identity, is presented through examples of elaborate fabrics that demonstrate a wide range of techniques, designs, and materials. Along with exhibits on Andean mining and metallurgy, remarkable achievements in metalwork are highlighted through artifacts such as the Royal Llama of the Inca from Bolivia. Also on view are examples of spectacular Amazonian featherwork, including a headdress made from toucan and macaw feathers that once adorned a young man of the Rikbaktsa, an indigenous people of Brazil.
The hall also features an open-air model of a Sipán tomb excavation from the Moche civilization on Peru's north coast, an important archaeological discovery that offered invaluable insight into the burial traditions of a high-ranking member of that ancient culture.
The Museum's Amazon featherwork comes from the native peoples of the Amazon Basin, whose survival is now in danger along with that of the rain forest. Deforestation is rapidly increasing the loss of both crucial natural resources and human cultures in the Amazon.
The Museum's wide variety of Incan artifacts represents the breadth of their empire. Inca maintained ethnic diversity throughout their vast territory, ruling over different regions and maintaining a smooth flow of people and goods with the help of a sophisticated road system.
Most Inca goldwork and silverwork was melted down by the Spanish conquistadors. The Museum's silver llama figurine is a rare example of Inca metalwork. Approximately 500 years old, it is from the Island of the Sun, or Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
An early Nasca ceramic trumpet and Nasca ceramic vessel bear the image and shape, respectively, of a mythic killer whale.
This Late Paracas (circa 100 BC) spear-thrower is made of whalebone, and the thumb rest was carved from a sperm whale's tooth. A drawing in the Early Hunters case in the first section of this hall shows how hunters or warriors used these to propel spears with great speed, momentum, and accuracy.
The Yaghan (Yámana) harpoons, bark canoe model, and miniature lean-tos in this section are among the oldest public exhibits in the Museum, dating from the original South American hall, which opened in 1907.
The early peoples of South America may have hunted a giant ground sloth, Mylodon darwinii, that became extinct 10,000 years ago. Its skin and dung, displayed here, were a gift from President Theodore Roosevelt.


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Soyuz capsule returns from space station
September 11, 2013
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts touched down on Earth Wednesday after undocking from the International Space Station following 166 days in space.
NASA's Chris Cassidy and Russians Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin landed safely in Kazakhstan, where they launched on March 29.
Live NASA footage showed the three men emerging from the capsule and onto the sunny Kazakh steppe, where they were first put into reclining chairs to help them readjust to the earth's gravity.
The Soyuz is the only means for international astronauts to reach the orbiting laboratory since the decommissioning of the U.S. space shuttle fleet in 2011.


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2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Values
Select a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee trim level
2012 model year changes
Following a full redesign in 2011, the Grand Cherokee returns, adding a new SRT8 high-performance variation that sports a 6.4L 465-horsepower V8. The standard equipment list on the base Laredo was slimmed down a bit with a corresponding reduction in base price, but a "Laredo E" group can add much of that equipment back. The 70th anniversary models have been dropped for 2012.
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True, proven off-road prowess; luxurious interior; powerful engine lineup; new high-performance SRT variant
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The Grand Cherokee has proven itself the premiere luxury SUV for 20 years. The newest Grand Cherokee builds on that tradition by offering civilized highway driving as well as the equipment to make a credible show off-road. The base Laredo 2-wheel drive starts at just under $27,000 and comes very well-equipped. The top-of-the-line SRT8's all-wheel-drive on-road performance rivals that of the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, but for half the price.
The 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-size SUV with off-road capabilities and a towing capacity in excess of 7,000 lbs. Engine-transmission combinations consist of a 3.6-liter V6 (290 hp/260 lb-ft of torque) with a 5-speed automatic, 5.7-liter V8 (360 hp/390 lb-ft of torque) with a 6-speed automatic, and the SRT8 trim 6.4-liter V8 (470 hp/465 lb-ft of torque) paired with a 5-speed automatic transmission. RWD and 4WD drivetrains yield fuel mileage within an EPA estimated range of 12 mpg city to 23 mpg highway, depending on engine selection. Features include 20-inch wheels, bi-xenon HID headlamps, rear seat entertainment system, 19-speaker sound system, steering-wheel mounted controls, leather interior, navigation, heated steering-wheel, and a dual-pane panoramic sunroof. Safety is comprised of advanced airbags, anti-lock braking, electronic stability control, collision warning, blind-spot monitoring, and trailer sway control. The Grand Cherokee is backed by a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty.


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LONG BEACH – Children's story time at the Bay Shore Neighborhood Library is something that Charlynn Rick plans her weeks around.
Rick, 43, said her children enjoy the summer reading program offered at Bay Shore in Belmont Shore, so much so that she goes there rather than branches closer to her home.
Soon, Rick and her children may have to travel across the city to get their reading fix, as Bay Shore readies to convert into a "self-service" library with limited librarian assistance, fewer literacy programs and more self-checkout use by patrons.
The cuts, along with others affecting most of the city's parks, are just part of a proposed plan to close a $17.3 million budget gap in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. However, they are among the reductions that could have the greatest impact on area youth and children.
To Rick, the library reductions are unfortunate for families that are trying to encourage a love of reading in their children.
"Why does it always have to be the kids' stuff?" she asked.
The answer has to do with trying to maintain full library – and park – services in the most vulnerable parts of Long Beach, officials say.
Six `self-service' facilities
With $1.3 million in cuts required under City Manager Pat West's proposed budget, library officials decided to downgrade offerings in more affluent areas of the city to preserve services in at-risk neighborhoods where adults and children have fewer alternatives, according to Long Beach Public Library Director Glenda Williams.
The facilities chosen for the self-service model are the Alamitos, Bach, Brewitt, Bay Shore, Dana and Los Altos branches.
Though the move would lower costs by $392,471, Williams said the figure doesn't account for expenses at the Alamitos, Bach and Brewitt branches.
Those libraries were targeted to become self-service in last year's budget but were saved through the City Council's "one-time" use of surplus oil revenue. The funding ends Sept. 30.
"We have to live within our budget parameters," Williams said, adding, "I'm very glad we're not closing locations."
Besides increased reliance on self-checkout and the other changes, cash registers would be removed from the self-service branches, meaning library users will have to go to other locations to pay fines. Credit cards aren't accepted at libraries, Williams said.
Library officials would also likely end CD and DVD lending at the branches under the proposed budget, since the rentals are fee-based.
According to Long Beach Public Library tracking, 16,142 CDs and 16,573 DVDs were checked out at the six libraries in fiscal year 2011.
In other reductions, staff at the Harte and Mark Twain libraries would be chopped to match other full-service branches, trimming another $289,687.
Hours at the Main Library would also be cut to those of branch locations and staff will be reduced, saving $523,237. The changes, officials said, would result in longer lines, fewer new materials and less opportunity to have reference questions answered, among other effects.
That's bad news to Long Beach City College student Crystal Arreola, 19, a frequent visitor to the Main Library.
Arreola said she feels library services will eventually disappear if the city continues to cut from them.
"There are some things here that you can't get at schools," said Arreola, who commented that her college's library is small.
To one library official, at least one of the changes to the way Long Beach runs its libraries is welcome.
Alamitos librarian Annabelle Rice said the self-service kiosks are a positive development and the devices should be used in more libraries.
"Some people embrace technology and some people want something more personal," Rice said.
Park, pool cutbacks
The budget calls for even greater cuts from the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department, which would spend $2.8 million less in the coming year.
The largest chunk of that, $1.3 million, would come from ending city-run youth programs at College Estates, Wardlow, Whaley, Pan American, Somerset, Stearns, Cherry, Drake, Miracle, El Dorado West, Davenport, Deforest and Bixby parks.
After-school programming, Summer Fun Days and youth sports would be affected, according to officials. The open gym at Pan American Park is also set for closure.
Services would continue in West Long Beach parks, where populations are considered at-risk.
The after-school program, offered to children ages 5 to 12 Monday through Friday during the school year, is particularly popular, with 361,916 participants days recorded in fiscal year 2011, said Business Operations Manager John Keisler.
However, after a decade of budget cuts, Keisler said the department can't maintain current city programs at present levels and are instead turning to private partners to deliver pay-in, contract classes such as music enrichment, sailing and photography. More are likely in the future.
"It will be demand-driven, depending on what people are willing to pay for," Keisler said. "We'll still be able to provide something, even if we won't be the primary providers of these services."
Other abatements planned in the Parks Department include fewer city-programmed pool hours, with Silverado Pool only open for the summer, Will J. Reid pool closed and Millikan Pool no longer operated during the summer. The reductions save $63,239.
The Park Ranger program at El Dorado Regional Park would also move to a peak Friday, Saturday and Sunday schedule, removing $235,351 from the budget.
Another $217,729 would be cut by conducting maintenance tasks less frequently, and the city would partner with private groups for programming and support for Adaptive Recreation, the El Dorado Nature Center and the Long Beach Senior Center to save $364,791.
The possible closure of Will J. Reid pool, located at 4747 Daisy Ave., is a big deal for its surrounding community. Long Beach resident Monica Maravilla, 26, takes her two kids to play in the pool every day it is open when they are on summer vacation.
"Hopefully, they don't close," Maravilla said. "Everywhere else you have to pay to get in."
Knowing how popular the pool is to her and her neighbors, Maravilla said she would call the city and get signatures if it meant the pool will remain open to the public.
Kat Negrete, 35, said she wouldn't mind paying if it meant her son, who is almost 2 years old, has a place to swim in her neighborhood. She is also willing to pay more if the pool were open at more convenient hours for her and her son.
"North Long Beach is not the safest," Negrete said. "So many kids can be in trouble. There is nothing for the kids to do in the area. I think the city is making bad choices."
The choice hasn't been officially made yet. In the coming weeks, the council will consider the proposed budget and whether to change it during public meetings. The council has until Sept. 15 to approve a budget.
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Donovan McNabb made it clear Friday, in a session with Philadelphia-area reporters, that he does want to discuss his contract when he sits down with management in the offseason, and he suggested this would not be news to the team, contrary to recent statements by team president Joe Banner stating that the Eagles are unaware of any issues involving McNabb's contract.
But more important might be the fact that McNabb stated emphatically: "I want to retire as an Eagle." Asked about NFL Network commentator Deion Sanders, who keeps insisting that McNabb and his family want out of Philadelphia, McNabb said: "Deion's not speaking for me."
Asked about Banner's repeated assertions that the Eagles haven't heard anything about McNabb's contract from McNabb or his agent, Fletcher Smith, McNabb said the contract indeed will be discussed.
"Everybody knows that," McNabb said. "You guys know that, and you talk about it. We'll just leave it behind closed doors, communication will go well, we'll hopefully get things solved. We'll be (in the Super Bowl) hopefully next year, and I won't have to go through media row. I'll be sitting at the little tent with the chair (on an interview podium) talking about the game on Sunday."
His deal has two more years to run, but a new contract would lower his salary cap number - $9.2 million next season and presumably give him a signing bonus that would make it very hard under the salary cap for the team to part with him within the next few years.
McNabb suggested that he, Andy Reid and Banner were going swimming in Tampa today, with Reid "wearing a Speedo," Banner carrying "a little float" and team chairman Jeffrey Lurie barbecuing. This seemed perhaps to be a joke.
The Eagles have said that McNabb will remain their quarterback.
Earlier, in a tour of radio row at the Super Bowl media center in Tampa, McNabb said: "I have talked to the fans, especially early on in my career, about helping to bring a Super Bowl back to Philadelphia," he said. "We got so close and we got close this year. I want to bring that back to Philadelphia because they deserve it. The Phillies won it and that was a great thing. I've been there 10 years and we've been so close and I want to be able to have that parade down Broad Street. I want to tell the fans that, 'Hey, we've been working extremely hard to bring the Super Bowl back to Philadelphia and I want to do that for the fans.' "
As for where the Eagles stand and how he feels about the offseason, McNabb said: "I feel great. To finish the season out healthy, that is the most important thing. The way that we finished things out from no one really counting us in to the situation of the playoffs all the way to the NFC championship and that close to the Super Bowl. I'm very excited about what we can do next year. I'm very excited about the guys we have. I'm very excited about the draft picks and the free agents we can bring in to help out. We'll communicate about other things as well as things continue on. I'm anticipating this opportunity of hopefully being in Miami at the Super Bowl."
Earlier, the Eagles announced an increase in ticket prices and changes to the coaching staff.


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