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Carnival of Madness Tour: Evanescence + The Used + LostAlone
Currently celebrating their 15 millionth Facebook Like, the Grammy Award winning rock band have announced that they will be returning to the UK for the first time since their brief visit in November 2011, when their self titled album topped the Billboard charts and other charts around the world.
The band have spent the summer playing sold out shows in Europe and around the world and head out on their Carnival of Madness tour in the US at the end of July. Recently singer Amy Lee was chosen as the recipient of the Luella Bennack Award at United Cerebral Palsy's 11th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon, for her work with the Out of The Shadows charity. The band also played at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo at the end of last year.
The Used and LostAlone will join the tour as special guests.
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Evanescence's use of that rarest of things in rock - a female lead vocalist - proved a phenomenal success. With what some call a meteoric rise to the top, Evanescence's first album, 'Fallen', brought them global success with two Top 10 singles, 'My Immortal' and 'Bring Me To Life', and two Grammy® Awards in 2003 (Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance for 'Bring Me To Life').
Second album 'The Open Door' was defined by Amy Lee's beautiful melodies, profound lyrics, stunning vocals and poignant piano, merged with Terry Balsamo's urgent, yet intricate guitar playing and formed a remarkable, ethereal blend perfectly rooted in the band's rock and classical sensibilities, including the hit single 'Call Me When You're Sober'. Meanwhile their eponymous third album 'Evanescence' debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 127,000 copies sold in its first week, and topped four other Billboard charts.
Following a hiatus, the band made a return to the stage at Japan's Ozzfest in November 2015 and have since resumed touring.
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The Used
Besides homelessness and substance abuse, The Used have overcome incredible difficulties to carve a name for themselves in the ultra-conservative confines of their Utah home towns. With a fiercely unpredictable show, crafted and honed on a punishing road schedule, they've created a raw but touching sound that veers wildy from a whisper to a full-on screeching wail.
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You want attitude? Here ya go then - a slice of brattish brit-punk, complete with crashing guitars vying for the limelight and a melody climbing into your brain to declare war on the establishment. Have some!
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This morning at Computex, Intel held a very small and private tech session that was aimed at showing off what a pair of their upcoming 45nm Penryn processors could do in their famed V8 test system that we first showed you back at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year. Just a couple months ago at the Beijing Intel Developers Forum, Intel let the media benchmark a single 3.33GHz Penryn processor and we found it to be a monster. It seems that Intel was trying to bury the hatchet firmly in AMD's back and they might have succeeded in their mission this morning.
It was all smiles from Intel Senior Performance Analyst Francois Piednoel as he just finished running benchmarks with the V8 system which was running a pair of 3.00GHz Penryn processors that offered a combined total cache size of 24MB (12MB per processor).
With all eight 3GHz cores ready for action and 16,358MB of FB-DIMM memory installed in the motherboard the Vista Ultimate 64-bit test system was ready for benchmarking!
One of the highlights of the benchmarking was Cinebench release 10, where the Intel V8 test system scored 22,936 at 3.0GHz. Let's take a look and see how that compares to some other Intel processors.
The V8 Penryn test system at 3GHz scaled nicely against the dual-core and quad-core 3.33GHz Penryn processors as well at the Core 2 Extreme QX6800 quad-core processor. AMD wouldn't comment on the record on what their upcoming Barcelona processor would score, but people in the know said that AMD is getting ~16,000 with a pair of their Barcelona processors on Cinebench 10. If this proves to be true and you keep in mind that the 45nm Penryn V8 system is underclocked right now and scoring ~23,000 on the same benchmark it means things could get interesting really soon.
At the end of the day it was all smiles from Matt Dunford (Performance Benchmarking Manager), Mahmoud Khroashadi (Performance Benchmarking) and Francois Piednoel (Senior Performance Analyst) as they all believe that the performance race between Penryn and Barcelona is already over before it's even started.
I guess it's all how you see things, but right now Intel firmly believes that they are driving away from the competition. Who knows if they are right or if they just have a good marketing team. Either way you look at it Intel has raised the bar and it's now up to AMD to fire back if they can!
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Microsoft doesn't allow developers to self-publish their games on the Xbox 360, nor will it be allowed on the Xbox One. There's been much talk about this limitation, but few really understand what it means, or why that decision not only screws over indies on the Xbox One, but the PlayStation 4 and PC as well. Microsoft, in one very broad stroke, has made it much harder for smaller developers to operate in gaming as a whole.
It's more than just the self-publishing issue (some people believe that if ONLY Microsoft would allow self-publishing, all would be forgiven).
It's all of the other problems, too. Microsoft dictates when your game can launch. IIRC, Microsoft dictates the price of your game. Microsoft dictates whether or not you're allowed to be on XBLA at all (based on their policy that you must maintain parity if it's a multiplat game).
Microsoft created a lot of restrictions because - for a time - they were THE go-to spot for indies on consoles. Now that has changed and now they don't have the installed base to muscle people around.
A shame indie developers won't be able to self-publish on the Xbox One.
I don't know why we feel like we have to tell Microsoft how to deal with their business.
Indie developers have other options so it's ultimately their choice.
Would it be better if they had self-publishing? Probably, but this problem is not for us to deal with.
I don't know why everyone cares so much about Indies. I have looked through the Xbox indie catalog and it has around 3000 titles. 3x as many as arcade titles.
But the problem is that the games themselves don't look good from the galleries provided. I don't know how to find the gems and in the end ignore the games.
The way I look at it is that with a publisher it's at least keeping the total down from 10000.
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The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, and his team were hit with a lawsuit by a British music publishing company that claims the singer ripped off the musical composition for his hit single "The Hills" from a track by composer Tom Raybould which was used for the 2013 movie "The Machine."
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles and obtained by E! News, Cutting Edge Music (Holding) Limited alleges that the artist "copyrighted musical composition of an original song, titled 'Revolution' on the soundtrack album and 'Revolution Sequence' on the cue sheet, from the score for the motion picture entitled 'The Machine.'"
The documents continue to claim, "With full knowledge of CEMH's copyright in the Track, and without CEMH's permission, Defendants blatantly copied a unique and significant portion of the Track and included it in a high profile and widely distributed single and album, thereby infringing on the copyrights exclusively licensed by CEMH."
"Specifically, both the Infringing Song and the Track featuring synthesizer bass-lines performed with almost identical idiosyncratic sounds at the same register and using the same pitch sequence, melodic phase structure and rhythmic durations," the lawsuit states.
Please note the following song contains strong language:
Furthermore, C.E.M alleges that producer Million Dollar Mano—aka Emmanuel Nickerson, who is also a defendant in the lawsuit, along with another producer, Illangelo, aka Carlo Montagnese—sent Raybould a direct Twitter message on March 9, 2015, stating, "I sampled your music might make it 2 the weeknd next album. Huge fan of what u did 4 the machine movie!"
The Weeknd's track was released a few months later.
E! News reached out to Weeknd's camp for comment.
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Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays! Our town hosts a huge parade and fireworks, with several events leading up to the big day. Potlucks and picnics also play a big part in the holiday fun, and of course the delicious Picnic Food is always top on everyone's list.
One of the reasons I love this holiday so much are all the 4th of July recipes, from Hot Dogs, to Pasta Salad, to Kabobs and everything in between. And let's not forget the dessert. Just by taking an ordinary recipe for finger JELL-O, making it with JELL-O Cherry Flavor Gelatin and JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin, adding COOL WHIP and layering it in small pint jars, adds a special festive touch to this dessert.
There isn't a man, women or child that I know that doesn't love JELL-O, especially when it's served in a fun way. The recipe for finger JELL-O is one that I have served for many, many years to my children. Their classmates would love when I brought in some for the class parties. There are lots of different flavors of JELL-O for you to enjoy for any holiday.
You can serve them straight from the jar, or add the lid and pack them in the cooler for your Potluck or Picnic. Either way, these 4th of July JELL-O Parfaits are sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
4th of July JELL-O Parfaits Recipe
3 small boxes (3 oz. each) JELL-O Cherry Flavor Gelatin
3 small boxes (3 oz. each) JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin
8 envelopes KNOX Unflavored Gelatine, divided
9 cups boiling water, divided
2 tubs (8 oz. each) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
4th of July Sprinkles, optional
2 - 8x8 inch pans
10 small (8 oz.) jars
Re-sealable bag or decorator bag
Baker's twine in red and blue
Small spoons
In a medium bowl, combine 3 (3 oz.) boxes of JELL-O Cherry Flavor Gelatin and 4 envelopes KNOX unflavored gelatin. Add 4 ½ cups boiling water and stir 2-3 minutes or until completely dissolved. Pour into pan and place in refrigerator for 4-5 hours or until firm. Repeat with JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin.
After JELL-O is set, cut into small squares. Add a few pieces of Berry Blue JELL-O to the bottom of each jar. Add thawed COOL WHIP to a re-sealable bag and pipe into jar on top of JELL-O. Top with a few pieces of Cherry JELL-O. Add more COOL WHIP and sprinkles if desired.
To serve in jars, add the lid and tie with twine, add the small spoon.
Recipe makes enough for 10 jars with about 1/2 a pan of JELL-O left over, if you need to fill more jars, just increase the amount of COOL WHIP.
Prep time: 20 minutes plus chilling time
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This past week the Massachusetts Attorney General�s Office released the results of their investigation of our July 2012 Open Meeting Law (OML) complaints against the Worcester City Council.
The investigation concluded that the city was not guilty of an open meeting violation, but the attorney general has clearly indicated that city councilors must abandon the practice of co-sponsoring items on the City Council agenda. The finding also points to the broader need for councilors to avoid �working things out� amongst themselves before many Council meetings. There are many topics that come before the City Council which are uncomfortable to discuss and messy to resolve.
Yet these discussions need to be conducted in the open. This is why we have an Open Meeting Law.
The Massachusetts OML makes clear that the public should have full access to the entire deliberation process. When three, four, sometimes as many as 10 councilors sign on to an item before it is even publicly discussed � as was recently the case of a City Council item supporting negotiations with a slots parlor developer � it becomes immediately apparent that a decision has already been made, without public comment, without public input, and without the collective wisdom and insights of the full community.
We should also examine the questionable advice the Worcester City Council has been receiving from the usually dependable City of Worcester Law Department. When these latest OML complaints were first brought before the council, the Law Department responded to the complaints months after a response or request for extension is due per the Open Meeting Law.
Despite being presented with the Boston City Council�s 2009 legal opinion on this exact same question, the response and advice given to Worcester�s mayor and city councilors was to just keep carrying on the way the city always has. We hope the City Council and Law Department can respond to any future requests in a timely manner and without knee-jerk appeals to the status quo.
The attorney general�s direction in this case poses a far bigger challenge to �business as usual� by the Worcester City Council, and for other public bodies like the School Committee and city boards and commissions. This finding makes clear that it is a violation of the OML if a council/committee member�s opinion is shared amongst a quorum of members outside of public view.
In this case, the AG�s office found that the mere statement of �yea� or �nay� in response to an email query qualifies as an expression of opinion and thereby violates the law. That�s an easily identifiable � and easily crossed � threshold.
And it�s one that council/committee members must all work hard to avoid crossing in the future.
It is not enough for the Worcester City Council to have been found by the attorney general to have not intentionally violated the Open Meeting Law in this instance. The AG�s finding also contains a loud and clear wake-up call, a reminder that the council needs to embrace greater public transparency, full public access and genuine civic participation in Worcester. Rather than view the AG�s response as any sort of endorsement of current practices, the council and all public bodies in Worcester should take note of how closely they have flirted with the edges of OML law. Now is the time to abandon questionable past practices and embrace transparent and inclusive deliberation procedures.
Currently there are five outstanding Open Meeting Law complaints on which the City Council needs to take remedial action. These complaints need to be reviewed immediately in light of the AG�s decision with a renewed commitment to full transparency.
This legal decision shouldn�t be seen as a black mark on our City Council, but rather a reminder that ongoing evaluations and changes are a necessary component of good government.
We look forward to working with Councilor George Russell�s Rules Committee and others to focus in on all of these issues and craft new rules and policies that invite and strengthen civic participation.
Nicole Apostola and Kevin Ksen are active members in the Worcester Sunshine Group. The group is composed of members of the local media and Worcester residents seeking to improve government transparency, public access, and civic participation here in Worcester.


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Durkee Properties, LLC is the current real property owner of the 8.45 acres of land (Area/Site) in the City of Richmond where a land use covenant is being implemented. The Site was previously owned by the Former Witco Corporation (Witco). From 1967 to 1984, Witco operated at the Site a chemical manufacturing process which produced wastewater. At that time, the wastewater was held in two unlined surface impoundments, identified as Ponds 1 and 2, and treated before being discharged into a wastewater treatment plant. In December 1989, Witco ceased operation at the Site and by March 1990, all related hazardous materials were removed from the Site. In the mid-1980s, environmental concerns associated with the former Ponds 1 and 2 were identified when tetramethyltetrahydrofuran (TMTHF) and benzene were detected in the groundwater at the Site. In 1986, the former Ponds 1 and 2 were closed. Hazardous waste was completely dug out from former Ponds 1 and 2. The pits were backfilled with clean soil. In 1999, DTSC and Witco entered into a Consent Order which required Witco to complete the corrective action process for the former Ponds 1 and 2 which includes the assessment, investigation and remediation. On March 15, 2007, DTSC approved the remedies which included the implementation of dual-phase vapor extraction to cleanup the remaining TMTHFin a small area in between the former Ponds 1 and 2, periodic groundwater sampling and monitoring for TMTHF and benzene, and entering into a Land Use Covenant between DTSC and Durkee Properties, LLC to restrict the use of property. The Land Use Covenant for Durkee Properties, LLC was recorded at Contra Costa County Recorder Office on May 23, 2007.
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This advanced course is focused on the law and policy of sentencing and corrections. In addition to providing a substantive grounding in this area of law, it provides students with the opportunity to engage in research and reflection on a topic of personal interest related to the course, culminating in a research paper. Several quizzes will also be administered.


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Aeschylus' Oresteia, composed and first performed in 458 BC, is the only complete dramatic trilogy we have from ancient Athens. Not all Athenian trilogies were fashioned from related stories, but the Oresteia was: it tells what happens to the family of Agamemnon when the great general returns home to Argos, victorious from the Trojan War, with his concubine, Cassandra, and spoils from the conquered city. In the first play, Agamemnon, the general arrives with blood on his hands: that of the victims in Troy and that of his daughter Iphigeneia, whom he sacrificed to the gods so that the winds would blow his fleet to war. Agamemnon, along with Cassandra, is killed in turn by his wife, Clytemnestra, with the help of her lover, Aegisthus. In the second play, Choephoroi, these murderers are killed by Orestes, Clytemnestra's son, with the help of his sister Electra. The house of Agamemnon is again defiled.
The final play of the trilogy, the Eumenides, is named for its extraordinary Chorus. The "Eumenides" means the kindly ones, the euphemistic, apotropaic name for the Furies, who appear onstage in the play. They must have been an amazing sight, dressed in black, snakes in their hair. Divine agents of vengeance who stand opposed to the gods of the upper world, the Furies yearn for blood and defend the bonds of family over the newfound bonds of society and political allegiance. The Furies curse Apollo, protector of Orestes: they claim that the blood of Clytemnestra demands that Orestes must die. The cycle of killing seems ceaseless.
But then, in an extraordinary conflation of myth and history, the setting of the play shifts from Argos to Athens, to the court of the Areopagus, where murder trials were judged. The court was near the Theater of Dionysus on the Acropolis. The goddess Athena appears as representative of Zeus, to judge the trial of Orestes for matricide. Athena insists that the case be judged by a jury: democratic due process seems to have been introduced as the solution to the endless round of revenge. The jury is evenly split, and Athena, a goddess who has no mother, casts her own vote to acquit Orestes.
The Oresteia tells a story about political and cultural stasis and transition. What happens when the crimes and mistakes of one generation seem to repeat themselves in the next? After a long history of oppression, marginalization or victimization of one group by another, can equality be restored? Can justice be upheld without revenge? Can a bad inheritance be overcome? At the same time, Aeschylus' trilogy moves from a system of private justice to one of public law; from the family to politics, tyranny to democracy, matriarchy to patriarchy; and from perplexing signs to revealed truth, as the shady, densely metaphorical and ambiguous language of the Agamemnon yields to the clarity of the Eumenides, and deep metaphysical and theological doubts are answered by the manifestations of gods onstage. In each case, the change is represented as progress. The Oresteia is a great work of art but also a dangerous piece of social propaganda that suggests that the only way to create a safe state society is to limit and suppress the power of women and the family.


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Beacon and Troy, N.Y. - The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries has named James S. Bonner, Ph.D., P.E., as REON Director of Research. A nationally recognized expert in real-time water monitoring technologies, Bonner will lead the development and implementation of the River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) to create the first technology-based monitoring and forecasting network for rivers and estuaries. REON is a joint effort between The Beacon Institute, IBM and Clarkson University.
REON will allow for minute-to-minute monitoring of physical, chemical and biological data from New York's Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers via an integrated network of sensors, robotics and computational technology distributed throughout both rivers.
Tremendous human impact occurs in the regions where rivers and estuaries meet the 'coastal margin' - coastal wetlands, bays and shoreline, explained Bonner. "In the United States, this region is home to 70% of the population and 20 of its 25 largest cities. It is also where most industry and ports are found."
In addition to his new post with The Beacon Institute, Bonner concurrently serves as Director of the Center for the Environment at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., where he is a member of the civil and environmental engineering faculty.
Bonner also established the Shoreline Environmental Research Facility in Corpus Christi, TX, where he developed and implemented technologies that use high-frequency radar to map surface water along the Texas coastline. He has developed new technologies that provide real-time continuous monitoring with in-situ sensing ("sensing in place") to measure important water parameters. With funding from the National Science Foundation, he has undertaken a national effort to create a cyber-collaboratory framework, enabling collection and circulation of real-time data and data analysis in the study of oxygen depletion in water.
Jim Bonner is one of the most innovative talents in the country in the field of advanced environmental technologies, and a respected thought-leader in real-time monitoring, said John Cronin, Director and Chief Executive Officer of The Beacon Institute. "His impressive expertise, combined with his extensive network of collaborators, makes him the perfect choice to direct and propel our REON initiative forward."
Clarkson University is very pleased to have this opportunity to associate with The Beacon Institute through Jim Bonner, said Clarkson University President Tony Collins. "Jim's depth of experience and knowledge, along with the resources of our Center for the Environment, will combine to safeguard the future of two waterways most vital to future generations of New Yorkers."
I am excited and proud to have the opportunity to shape and lead The Beacon Institute's REON initiative, Bonner said. "Through our collaborations with New York's industries and educational institutions, we are applying technology and research to monitor the pulse of the environment, which will yield valuable data and management options to inform the design and creation of public policy for environmental restoration and protection."
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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Meet Jo Ann Okabe Kubo, Employee of the Month
Jo Ann Okabe-Kubo has been selected Employee of the Month for January. The division administrative assistant in Intercultural/International Studies, she has worked at De Anza for 25 years.
"Jo Ann is one of the most friendly, courteous, helpful and professional people that I have met on the campus," wrote her nominator, Business instructor Jack Lynch. "She sets a great example of running a truly customer-oriented operation and keeps her division's focus on student (customer) success as being De Anza's number one priority."
Okabe-Kubo was pleased that her nomination for the award came from an instructor from another division, observing that "our work is often known within our respective divisions, but not always observed by other divisions' instructors."
What does Okabe-Kubo like best about her job? "The division assistant position is an opportunity to meet and assist students and the public and be that 'smiling face' that they can associate with De Anza College," she said.
Okabe-Kubo has high praise for Intercultural/International faculty and staff: "They are an amazing group of talented and dedicated people to work with, and have provided an opportunity to learn so much about the areas that we teach.
"I couldn't be an Employee of the Month without all of our faculty and staff," she went on to say. "The job that I do reflects the contributions of the grounds staff who make our working environment pleasant to work in, and the purchasing staff at the district who turn around our requests to get material into the classroom, the custodial crew, ETS [staff], who keep the classroom and office computers/media functioning: everyone. I am proud and honored to have been selected from among this dedicated and terrific group of workers."
According to Okabe-Kubo, who spent some of her formative years in Hawaii, "When I do my job well, I have an opportunity to help students, faculty and the dean to be able to do their best jobs possible. It is also my chance to 'live aloha' and share the 'aloha spirit' in as many ways as I can."
Okabe-Kubo earned a B.A. degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has also completed a certificate through De Anza's Business division and taken classes at UC Santa Cruz.


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Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, Gospel of Life Ministries, issued the following statement today to congratulate the new Cardinals named by Pope Benedict XVI.
"On behalf of the international association of Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries, and our entire pastoral team, I want to congratulate the new Cardinals, but more importantly, to assure them of our union with them in the defense of our unborn brothers and sisters, "usque ad sanguinis effusionem" (that is, unto the shedding of our blood, which is what the bright red color of Cardinals signifies)."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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BOSTON -- Tuukka Rask turned aside 30 shots for his fifth shutout of the season and third in April as Boston completed a three-game sweep of visiting Tampa Bay in the season series with a 2-0 win on Thursday.
Defenseman Dennis Seidenberg and Daniel Paille scored goals for the Bruins. Rask collected his 16th career shutout as Boston moved two points ahead of Montreal for the Northeast Division lead. Montreal played Winnipeg later on Thursday.
The Bruins held two of the league's top three scorers, Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos, to six shots on goal combined and killed three Lightning power plays. Anders Lindback made 22 saves for Tampa Bay.
Seidenberg broke the scoreless tie 4:22 into the second session, beating Lindback from the top of the right faceoff circle after a drop pass from Brad Marchand. Paille doubled the lead a little over nine minutes later, converting a cross-ice pass from Gregory Campbell.
Rask stopped nine shots in each of the first two periods, including two in succession on Lightning rookie Alex Killorn late in the second. Tampa Bay has not won in Boston since the first game of the Eastern Conference finals in 2011, losing the last six.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Lightning wore a "Boston Strong" ribbon stickers on their helmets to support the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and the city. ... Bruins RW Nathan Horton missed his third straight game with a hand injury. ... Tampa Bay D Matt Carle, C Nate Thompson and G Ben Bishop were named the United States roster for the World Championships - set to begin May 3 in Finland and Sweden.


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I am looking for an online dictionary for Ancient Greek. I am mostly interested in Koine, but info on Attic would also be useful.
Ideally, I was hoping there might be something similar to Whitakers Words (http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe) But for Greek, is there anything as good as that? If not, what is the closest thing?


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|2006-03-08, 13:51
|Link #1
Join Date: Dec 2005
Angel Heart
I noticed there's absolutely no thread about this anime, so i thought i'd start one.
There are 52 episodes planned and 13 are available on fansub now
I really like it so far... as i liked City hunter before it and i have to admit that the new female main character is not making me miss Kaori (even if of course she wont end up with ryo, that place, at least in my eyes, is for Saeko).
Can't believe i'm really the only one that's watching it?
Last edited by Ryusei; 2006-03-08 at 18:55.
|2006-03-10, 18:36
|Link #4
Senior Member
I thought it was especially good. I'd never seen City Hunter
but I didn't need to see that to understand what was happening
in this series.
Great animation at times - the apocalyptic opening scene where
our Heroine
building lights animated looked almost real - very nice.
Some heartfelt emotions and some intrigue as to her background
and if City Hunter will find some way to live post-Kaori.
Great stuff so far. 52 episodes! An epic then! I'm all for it.
|2006-03-10, 19:14
|Link #5
Join Date: Dec 2005
I admit i was quite shocked the first time i heard about Angel Heart... it's quite unusual for a mangaka to kill one of the main characters at the very beginning of a series.
to be honest, though, it opens the road to a couple interesting scenarios. I wonder if anything "serious" will develop between Ryo and Saeko.
Their relationship seems to have deepened somewhat between kaori's death and the beginning of Angel heart. She behaves quite differently towards Ryo than in City Hunter (where she was just another girl on wich Ryo used to hit on, just a recurring one), she for sure thinks of him in a more romantic way, and is even much more jaelous and possessive. In a way i'm glad about it, i always saw her as a very cool character, so i would be glad if she got some spotlight during this sequel.
|2006-03-27, 02:30
|Link #6
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
I like Angel Heart very much. As we all know it's the continuation of City Hunter.
City Hunter has been pretty repetitive for the last 100 + episodes. I guess thats what makes it fun to watch, but to a point some changes is required to continue on.
And boy this is the type of change I've anticipated.
Personally I kind of disliked Kaori lol I find her very annoying and was a bit sick of her and the repetitive stuff in the series. This is exactly whats needed to help make Kaori a favorite. Angel heart looks good in terms of story content, it's very serious stuff, the plot actually connects episode after episode.
Back in City Hunter it didn't really matter which order we watch the episodes, because the most it connect is 3 episode part 1 , 2, 3. Now in Angel Heart you pretty much need to watch from the proper order, which is refreshing in terms of watching City Hunter.
I hope more group looks into subbing it.
So far the English subbing I've found is only up to 11.
It's subbed by Anime-kraze. thats the only group listed on baka-updates.
|2006-06-27, 13:12
|Link #10
Grumpy Senior
Join Date: Dec 2003
I've just recently started watching City Hunter again. I've randomly watched episodes a long time ago, but recently I decided to just straight out watch this series from beginning to end. And I just knew about this relation to City Hunter in this anime. (yes, I would have known much earlier if this anime was more popular).
|2006-06-27, 19:07
|Link #11
Eternal Dreamer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Caladan
I ended up watching some of Angel Heart just to see the rare tender moments between Kaori and Ryo that I never got to see in City Hunter. I guess the author felt guilty. Anyways, AH is not so bad. I can't see this as a continuation because the story about Kaori and how Kaori first met Ryo totally deviated from City Hunter. AH looks really nice but I prefer CH art though. Though it's not as refined but it looks more appealing to me. I also like the atmosphere in CH more.
|2006-06-27, 19:46
|Link #13
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Canada
Age: 33
cuz both series are not 100% related
since some of the character backgrounds are different from the original city hunter
I haven't watched the anime of Angel Heart
but I have read up to Vol.10 of it
but still, I like City Hunter a lot better......
|2006-06-29, 16:16
|Link #14
A Sucker for Romance
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: USA
|2006-07-23, 01:58
|Link #16
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
I think AH is really underated... It has a good mix of action/comedy/touching moments... I absolutely adore this show...and have bought every Manga up to this point...
I actually prefer AH much more than CH...for various reasons:
* Saeba is much more mature in AH... His OVERLY "flirty" antics in CH get repetitive...
* the "deviations" form the CH story line fit really well in AH
* I love watching the special bond between Glass Heart and City Hunter grow...
* In CH, you know Saeba cares for Kaori...but you hardly see it on screen...Even in Manga, you don't get some real "awwwww" moments till the last several Volumns... but in AH, you see immediately how much Saeba cares for Xian Ying...
* (the Saeba Vs. best friend Vs. father Arc was definitely the BEST in CH)...but I have high hopes that AH will have an Arc that will surpass that... Since the early Arcs in AH are much more powerful/emotional than early arcs in CH.
In short, give it a chance...you don't need to know much about CH to enjoy this show...but of course, you would appreciate some of the elements much more if you have prior knowledge... This anime has much more substance than most out there... My 2 cents...
|2006-08-14, 14:30
|Link #17
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: California
Totally off subject, and yet still on subject, does anybody know what the song was in Angel Heart, they play it during Kaori and Ryo's scene in episode 1, 'nd episode 2 when Glass Heart sits down at the Cat's Eye.
Found it, nevermind. In case anybody else wanted to know, Kanon - Gloria.
Last edited by SemperMalum; 2006-08-14 at 15:07.
|2007-03-21, 15:13
|Link #18
Senile Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Across the Mississippi from St. Louis, MO
Episode 27 is out now. Thankfully, episode 26 was just a "filler" type show, instead of a redirection to a lighter-comedic style. This show has been good the entire time. The "episode per month" period let's them put out some really polished shows.
In this episode, you do get to really see Saeba's feelings for Kaori... I'll not say more and spoil it...
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|2007-03-22, 08:13
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Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
I know that Angel Heart is an alt universe, but I can't help but take all my memories of Ryo and Kaori from CH, tie it into the AH story and wham....
Spoiler for that scene made me sniffle:
I know lots of my friends who are CH fans don't like AH as its not the same or has too much drama, but I really like the way the whole story (not just Ryo) has grown up.
It's good to see some of Kaori's violent tendencies slipping out
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Adopting the motto "start as you mean to go on", we're continuing our popular Creativity Challenge into 2014. On a bi-weekly basis we'll be setting creativity challenges to collect illustrations, handmade objects, photos, hacks and sketches responding to a specific theme. Reach down the back of your cupboard, dust off the old camera, take up the glue stick, spread your favorite coloring pencils out on the carpet and turn paper into art for your chance to win a special package of Moleskine tools.
This is how it works:
Check back here every two weeks for the theme.
Get crafty: don't let a lack of glitter glue hold you back.
Upload your work to the myMoleskine gallery with the right tag within two weeks.
Vote for your favorite uploads.
The highest rated will receive a special package of Moleskine special collections, limited editions and hard to find layouts.
Need inspiration? Check out our past challenges below. It's over to you now: good luck and happy hand making!
9th January 2014
This week's creativity challenge is: The Simpsons
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17th December 2013
This week's creativity challenge is: Winter Wonderland
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10th December 2013
This week's creativity challenge is: Digital Love
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This week's Creativity Challenge is: My Planner. How has your planner changed?
Is it just us or have the last 12 months flown by? It seems like just yesterday we were lying on a beach in the south of Italy in August, let alone making New Years' Resolutions in January. For this week's Creativity Challenge, we're asking you to share your Planner with us: it can be just a page from an important day, a customized cover, or wherever the ribbon bookmark may happen to fall as you open it.
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This week's Creativity Challenge is: The intricacy of the Paperband.
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Arizona Adopts Pearson's NES (National Evaluation Series) Teacher Certification Tests
Candidates Can Take Arizona Licensure Exams at 1,000 Secure Test Centers Worldwide
PHOENIX – Jan. 8, 2013 – The Arizona Department of Education announced today that it is adding 25 NES® (National Evaluation Series™)tests to its teacher certification program.These tests join other Pearson-delivered licensure tests that are part of the Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments (AEPA), to fulfill the testing requirements for Arizona teacher certification. NES tests are comprehensive, computer-based exams offered year-round, by appointment, at Pearson test centers throughout Arizona and at more than 1,000 secure test centers in the United States and around the world.
"As we continue to work to increase graduation rates, accelerate achievement and prepare all Arizona students for success in college and careers, ensuring that state teachers are ready to teach in 21st century classrooms and help students meet new learning goals is the lynchpin to our success," said Todd Petersen, Deputy Associate Superintendent, Arizona Department of Education. "The NES tests will help us accurately evaluate teacher candidate readiness and fully realize our state's educational goals."
Arizona teacher candidates will now take the NES Assessment of Professional Knowledge tests to fulfill the professional knowledge testing requirement for Arizona teacher certification. These tests assess candidates' knowledge of essential areas such as student development and learning; assessment, instruction and the learning environment; and the professional environment in both elementary and secondary education.
Teacher candidates seeking certification in one of 23 subject areas will now be required to take NES Subject Knowledge Tests. Aligned with the Arizona academic and professional standards, including the Arizona Common Core Standards, the NES tests include Art, Biology, Business Education, Chemistry, Chinese, Elementary Education, English Language Arts, French, General Science, German, Health, History, Mathematics, Middle Grades Mathematics, Middle Grades English Language Arts, Middle Grades General Science, Music, Physics, School Library Media Specialist, Spanish and Special Education.
"Arizona's leaders have set forth an ambitious education agenda and are making important investments in accelerating achievement for all state students," said William Gorth, Ph.D., president of the Evaluation Systems group of Pearson. "We are proud to be a part of Arizona's teacher certification program."
To support them as they prepare for the NES tests, Arizona teacher certification candidates have access to a full complement of NES preparation resources and tools, available for all NES test fields, including:
- NES Profile: free, online study guides that include the essential information a candidate needs about a NES test, such as the format and content covered, as well as sample test questions.
- NES Practice: full-length, online practice tests designed to simulate the experience of taking a NES test.
- NES Prep: interactive, online study guides that feature a diagnostic test, review exercises, a review of test competencies and, for 13 fields, instructional content for additional study.
For more information about the NES, visit www.NEStest.com. For more information about the Evaluation Systems group of Pearson, go to http://www.teacher.pearsonassessments.com.
About Pearson
Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global reach and market-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO). For more information about the Assessment & Information group of Pearson, visit http://www.pearsonassessments.com/.


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A-7 Corsair II
The A-7 Corsair II was a light bomber and attack aircraft used primarily by the Navy. It was intended as a complement and eventually a replacement for the A-4 Skyhawk, going into service in 1966.
The Navy wanted an aircraft with increased range and payload to replace the A-4. Several companies, including Grumman, Douglas, and North American tried for the contract, but eventually it was Vought who received the contract.
Vought built the aircraft in a remarkably short time, mostly because it was basically the same design as the F-8 Crusader. The first test aircraft (named after the World War II fighter) were delivered in 1964.
After a period of onshore testing, the A-7 was delivered to VA-147 on the USS Ranger in 1966. The Air Force also bought a more highly powered version for light ground support.
The A-7Bs had the more powerful Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-8 engine, which provided 12,200 pounds of thrust. These airplanes were the primary A-7 version in Vietnam.
The A-7Cs were modified to carry the 13,400 pounds of thrust Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-408 engine.
The A-7Ds were the first to carry the M61A-1 Vulcan cannon in the fuselage. They also were equipped with laser-guided bombs.
The A-7Es had an Allison/Rolls-Royce engine which provided 15,000 pounds of thrust. It also was equipped with forward looking infrared (FLIR) equipment which enabled it to fly at night.
The A-7's combat debut came in Vietnam, where it was effective in attacks on North Vietnamese MiG bases and on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. The first A-7 squadron to be deployed to Vietnam was VA-147, based aboard the USS Ranger; they flew over 1400 sorties, losing only one aircraft.
A-7's were effective in search and rescue missions, where they escorted helicopters to the location of the downed aircraft; they replaced the A-1 Skyraider in this role. Air Force A-7D's flew nearly 13,000 missions in Vietnam, and the aircraft was second for the record for the most ordnance dropped on Hanoi, after the B-52 Stratofortress.
One shining star on the career of the airplane came when six Navy A-7s with Mark 55 mines, supported only by several F-4s and two EA-6 Prowlers, mined Haiphong Harbor in 1972.
Despite doubts by some military leaders, the aircraft held its own against supersonic jets. Only one Corsair was lost in air-to-air combat, to a MiG-21 in May 1972.[1]
Corsairs saw combat again ten years later, in strikes on Syrian positions in Lebanon in December 1983.[2]
A-7's also saw action against Libya in 1986; after Libyan air defense operators fired SA-5 surface-to-air missiles at a pair of F-14 Tomcats, two A-7Es from the USS Saratoga attacked and destroyed the Libyan radar with AGM-88 HARMs. Later, Corsairs from the America participated in Operation El Dorado Canyon, supporting the main strikes against Tripoli and Benghazi by suppressing SAM sites with AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-88 HARM missiles.[3]
The aircraft saw action against Iranian targets in the Persian Gulf during Operation Praying Mantis in April 1988. A-7E's sank the Iranian frigate Sahand after the destroyer Samuel B. Roberts hit an Iranian mine.
First Gulf War
Navy A-7s were still effective in the first Gulf War, using Walleye TV guided bombs, HARMs, and laser bombs to attack Iraqi targets. Tanker A-7s also performed well.
By the second Gulf War, the A-7s had been retired. The last mission of A-7s in active duty was the testing of anti-radar equipment for the F-117. The plane has been replaced in the Navy by the F-18 Hornet and in the Air Force, by the A-10.
Greece operates two A-7 squadrons, which have been much upgraded with superior avionics and arms capability, under the name of A-7H and A-7E. They are used for ground attack missions, although they also use some variants as training aircraft.
Portugal ordered 20 A-7 airframes in 1980, and later purchased six training aircraft and 24 other A-7's. Corsair II's logged over 64,000 flight hours in the Portuguese Navy before being retired in 1999.
Thailand purchased fourteen A-7E's and four TA-7C's in 1995. They are currently operative but not operational.
|Light attack aircraft
|Power plant
|(A-7E) One Allison/Rolls-Royce TF41-A-2 with 15,000 pounds of thrust
|46 feet
|16 feet, 1 inches
|690 miles per hour without stores
|38 feet, 9 inches
|19,111 pounds empty
|Unrefueled 2,861 miles
|Maximum Weight
|42,000 pounds
|Assorted stores up to 15,000 pounds, including Mark 55 mines, anti-radiation missiles, unguided bombs, TV guided bombs, and laser-guided bombs. One Vulcan M61A-1 cannon in the fuselage.
External links
- ↑ MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War, by Istvan Toperczer, Osprey Publishing, 2001
- ↑ Disaster in Lebanon
- ↑ El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Qaddafi, by Joseph T. Stanik, Naval Institute Press, 2003


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UNH researcher finds no benefit to ice baths for athletesBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
September 04. 2013 9:48PM
DURHAM — Ice baths have long been used to help collegiate and professional athletes recover after grueling training and performance.
But research from the University of New Hampshire recently published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology shows that the treatment may not be effective at all.
Lead researcher Naomi Crystal said subjects who engaged in post-exercise cryotherapy showed no mitigation of post-exercise strength loss or decreased soreness compared to a control group.
The study was conducted between 2010 and 2011 with 20 active, college-age men. Each subject ran for 40 minutes on a treadmill with a 10 percent decline. Half were then subjected to a 20-minute ice bath at a temperature of 5-degrees Celsius. The other half was not.
Although her research shows there is no benefit, there is plenty of other research that suggests otherwise, Crystal said.
"Ice baths are very popular as a treatment, but the research is really mixed as to whether they're beneficial," she said.
John Dana, the head athletic trainer at UNH, said they started using ice baths consistently between five and seven years ago, but ice baths have been around for quite a long time as a recovery tool.
Dana works with the UNH football team and said about 30 percent of the team does an ice bath right after each practice.
"The logic is that it makes their legs feel better, maybe hurt a little less, maybe not so stiff and sore, maybe recover a little faster for the next time we play," Dana said.
Some players enjoy the ice baths, others hate it, and everything in between, Dana said.
"I think probably 75 percent think it is either a really good idea or worth doing and 25 percent could take it or leave it," Dana said.
He said he was not surprised at all by Crystal's research, and is not sure if there is anything that proves if ice baths works one way or the other.
"I look at it this way. Basically all you're doing is icing your legs. I don't think there are many negatives associated with that, but like they said, the UNH research says there is no proof that it helps. You could find research that just as easily says that it does help," Dana said.
Dana said he has never been a "mandatory ice bath believer" and does not think the research will change his everyday thinking.
"Because it is kind of ingrained now. After a hard workout, you do an ice bath. A lot of track kids, especially long-distance kids, do an ice bath every day as recovery from beating on their legs. I don't think this will change. I don't know that we have a better alternative. Certainly it would open the conversation about whether this is worth doing. Ice baths require a certain amount of effort," Dana said.
Creating conversation about the use of ice baths is what Crystal is hoping for. She said she hopes athletes look at all the research and not just her study before making a decision on the treatment.
The study was Crystal's master's degree thesis and was co-authored by UNH associate professor of kinesiology Dain LaRoche, assistant professor of kinesiology Summer Cook, and associate professor of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences Dave Townson.


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NHIAA Div. III Wrestling: Windham notches second straight title
February 16. 2013 11:31PM
Heading into the championship finals, Windham needed a strong showing to repeat as the Division III wrestling team champion.
That's exactly what it received as Jeff Armstrong and Dylan Swiderski won laurels at 113 pounds and 138 pounds, and Chris Serri guaranteed the gold medal with his 8-1 decision over Alex Lavalliere of runner-up John Stark at 182 pounds.
The Jaguars are in their fourth season of varsity wrestling.
Windham finished with 164 points while John Stark tallied 153 and Plymouth 145.
"During our first year we scored just six points, and the next year we finished fourth," said Windham coach Tom Darrin. "Now we've got two championships in a row."
Darrin was named the D-III Coach of the Year.
"It's a nice honor," said Darrin, "but it's the kids who won out there today. Windham is a great school with great kids. They never give up."
Windham finished the regular season undefeated in Division III competition with a 10-0 record.
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1 Side Lunge with Lateral Raise
(strengthens: shoulders, upper back, obliques, glutes, quads)
a. Stand with feet hip-distance apart, arms at sides holding light weights. Step right foot a few feet out to right side, deeply bending right knee; keep knee aligned over ankle. At the same time, lift arms out to sides to shoulder height, palms down.
- b. Reach left arm overhead and toward right side, pulling through the waist; at the same time, reach right arm straight down toward floor and lift right heel. Lower arms; step back to start and repeat. Do 8 reps per side.
(Make it easier: Keep heel down.)
2 Reverse Pushup with Leg Lift
(strengthens: arms, glutes, hips, hamstrings)
a. Sit on floor with knees bent, palms under shoulders with thumbs pointing forward. Lift hips and right heel; press shoulders down. Bend elbows slightly, keeping hips steady.
- b. Straighten arms; at the same time, lift hips high as you extend right leg, as shown. Lower to start and repeat. Do 8 reps.
(Make it easier: Bring leg to hip height only or keep both feet on floor.)
3 Second Position Pli¿/Hug the Tree
(strengthens: chest, biceps, inner thighs, quads, calves)
a. Stand with feet wider than shoulder-width apart, toes pointed out 45 degrees. Hold light weights in front of chest, elbows slightly bent.
- b. Bend knees 90 degrees, thighs parallel to floor as you lift heels; at the same time, bring weights behind thighs as shown. Straighten legs, bringing weights in front of shoulders with arms extended. Bring weights together in front of chest, elbows slightly bent. Repeat. Do 8 reps.
(Make it easier: Don't lift heels.)
4 Full Plank to T-Stand
(strengthens: shoulders, chest, abs, obliques, glutes, outer thighs)
a. Begin in a full pushup position, palms on floor under shoulders, legs extended, forming a straight line from head to heels, with abs tight. Keep a pair of light weights close to both hands.
- . Pick up weight with right hand and rotate body to the right, raising arm above shoulder as you drop heels to side. Lower to start, Do 8 reps. Repeat on opposite side.
(Make it easier: Keep bottom knee on floor for support.)
Kneeling Hamstring
(stretches hamstrings)
Kneel on right knee, left leg extended in front of you. (Keep knee soft.) Lean into left leg, feeling the stretch along the back of your hamstring. Stay here for two deep breaths. Switch sides and repeat.
Child's Pose Reach
(stretches: lower back, sides, hips)
Begin on all fours, hands under shoulders and knees under hips. Sit back on heels, extending arms in front of you on floor, palms down. Slowly reach arms to left while shifting hips to right. Stay here for two deep breaths. Switch sides.
Upright Lunge
(stretches chest, hips)
Stand with feet hip-distance apart, arms at sides. Lunge forward with left leg, bending front knee 90 degrees. (Keep knee aligned with ankle.) Straighten right leg behind you while reaching arms back, opening up chest. Stay here for two deep breaths. Switch sides and repeat.


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Winter 2014
Table of contents
Rise up, my love
There are the sanctuaries built for worship—and that carry beauty and grace for all to see. Then there are the improvised places of faith, perhaps more subtle in how they speak to the wonder worked there.
The chaplain is in the House
With the way things have gone recently in Congress, looking to the heavens for some help and guidance might seem like a very good idea. In fact, that's what Pat Conroy, S.J., M.Div. '83 is there to do.
Welcome to Citizenville
Who published the one book on government in 2013 that conservative firebrand Newt Gingrich told all true believers that they should read? Well, the author is now lieutenant governor of California. Before that, he was mayor of San Francisco. That's right: It's Gavin Newsom '89.
Mission Matters
Women's soccer wins the West Coast Conference championship.
Patent trolls, beware
The White House has brought on SCU's Colleen Chien, a leading expert in patent law, as senior advisor.
A sight of innocence
George Souliotes went to prison for three life sentences after he was convicted of arson and murder. Twenty years later, he's out—after the Northern California Innocence Project proved he didn't do it.


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February 05. 2014 5:29PM
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Dems say Scott Brown 'has gone from carpetbagger to snake oil salesman'
By John DiStaso
Senior Political Reporter
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5: SCOTT'S EMAILS. Democrats today pounced on Republican former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for renting his ScottBrown.com email list to a firm that used it to promote a doctor who has long espoused controversial theories at odds with scientific evidence.
Brown had been renting his email list to Newsmax Health, an affiliate of conservative news website Newsmax.
He said he severed ties with Newsmax following a Wednesday morning email was sent to his list that included a video titled "5 Signs You'll Get Alzheimer's," which promotes the claims of "renowned neurosurgeon and nutritionist Dr. Russell Blaylock."
In the video, Blaylock issues a warning not to drink fluoidated water or use toothpaste as a way of avoiding Alzheimer's Disease and warns against the use of pesticides and herbicides to avoid "brain inflammation."
"Dear Patriot," Brown wrote in the email, "I thought you might be interested in the offer below from our sponsor Newsmax Health. Thank you, Senator Scott Brown."
Brown said Wednesday he did not approve the email.
Brown's email list on Tuesday received a message from him discussing Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly's interview with President Barack Obama that was sponsored by The Franklin Prosperity Report. The email contained an ad promising to show readers a "Weird Trick" that "adds $1,000 to Your Social Security Checks!" It also included a sponsor's note claiming: "Special: Seniors Scoop Up Unclaimed $20,500 Checks."
Brown, who recently moved full-time to what had been a vacation home in Rye and is considering running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, said Wednesday afternoon in an email to media outlets, including the Granite Status, that he had just severed his relationship with the vendor.
But state Democratic Party spokesman Harrell Kirstein said Brown "should be ashamed of himself. He has gone from carpetbagger to snake oil salesman, and New Hampshire residents are his latest mark as he cashes in on radical conspiracy theories and scams -- making money by sending emails from known hucksters and frauds."
Other Republicans have reportedly used rented their lists to Newsmax only to have unorthodox emails sent carrying their names as well.
According to the Huffington Post, the same message from Newsmax Health went out over former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's email list earlier this month.
Brown emailed reporters Wednesday, "Like many other past and present elected officials, you are aware that we often rent out our lists. I have done so with the guidance of counsel and am very selective about who we rent to.
"With regard to this vendor, I have been exploring entering into an occasional rental agreement with the vendor that this morning, sent out the email in question.
"While the issue of Alzheimer's is personal to me, and is an issue I have been working on for years, I did not approve or authorize the sending of this particular email. Due to this and other issues, I am terminating my relationship with this vendor effective immediately.
"Not much more to add," he wrote. " Was not aware of it until this AM and dealt with it.
"I know that the Dems are doing their usual, but due to their troubles throughout the country with the mess they have created, they have to try to change the subject somehow. No big deal."
(See a new Granite Status report below.)
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5: 'WILD IRISH' JINDAL. Louisiana Gov. and potential 2016 presidential candidate Bobby Jindal will be a featured guest at one of the state's biggest St. Patrick's Day events.
Jindal will attend the "Wild Irish Breakfast" for the PLUS Company, Inc. at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua on March 14, said Jill Neunaber, executive director of his advocacy organization, America Next.
Also featured will be Gov. Maggie Hassan and Sen. Kelly Ayotte.
It's one of several "must-attend" St. Patrick's events and has in the past featured national leaders, some of whom have gone on to run for President.
In 2011, for instance, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was featured as he was on the verge of a presidential campaign.
Neunaber said Jindal later on March 14 will keynote the Northeast Republican Leadership Conference, also in Nashua at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, and hosted by the state Republican Party. The conference is billed as an effort aimed at "expanding the Republican Party's base" and winning in Democrat and competitive areas."
(See earlier Granite Status reports elsewhere on this page or by clicking on "Granite Status" above.)


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WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross published a new blog entry on JrsBarBq.com. Here are some highlights.
Legends on tonight's Raw: "WWE.com released an impressive list or names earlier today that are slated to appear on tonight's Old School Raw. Happy to see them all especially guys like the Honkytonk Man who hasn't been involved in WWE programming in quite some time. Always good to see my old Mid south Wrestling buddy Hacksaw Jim Duggan get a call as well as Nature Boy Ric Flair who I'm sure the Buffalo, live audience will embrace. I know that Mean Gene Okerlund has been looking forward to this night for quite some time. The Million Dollar Man will be on RAW tonight with two, newly replaced knees."
John Cena vs. The Rock: "One could realistically expect some sort of confrontation between The Rock, the WWE Champion, and his number one contender and WM29 opponent, John Cena. If this confrontation does occur, I'd guess that both men will be compellingly serious. The responsibility that they carry in closing the show at WM29 is massive. The top guys always carry the heaviest load but with that comes the greatest rewards. Some guys can handle the pressure and some fold like a cheap shirt….and often blame the promotion for their lack of push or general success."
CM Punk: "It's also a huge night for @CMPunk, arguably WWE's MVP for the past year and change, as he has to re-position himself for WM29. There's lots of speculation on this matter and we'll hopefully know more conclusive info during tonight's three hour broadcast. @HeymanHustle will be knee deep in whatever happens, as well, one can assume.
"I'm guessing that we come out of tonight's Old School RAW with a much clearer picture of what we can expect to see from an upper card level respect at WM29 on April 7 at MetLife Stadium.


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Francisco Yeste believes the speculation surrounding the future of Fernando Llorente is harming Athletic Bilbao.
The striker is yet to sign a new deal at the club with his current contract expiring in June 2013 and former Los Leones midfielder thinks the situation is not helping the side.
"Right now I'm not in the Athletic locker-room so I do not know what is being experienced," Yeste told Marca.
"[But] the way the year has started, the case of Llorente has unbalanced the atmosphere a bit."
The Basque outfit have made a poor start to their Liga campaign having taken just 11 points from their first 10 games, but the 32-year-old believes current coach Marcelo Bielsa is still the right man for the job.
"I believe that Bielsa is very good and I don't know that changing coaches would be the solution.
"I believe that the key to overcome the crisis is to allow the coach to work and give confidence to the players. They are a young team though and experienced players have come out of this."
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base monitoring maps showing Santa Claus' progress have answered more than 41,000 phone calls from children asking about the jolly old elf.
Phones have been ringing nonstop Monday at Peterson Air Force Base, headquarters of the North American Aerospace Command's annual Santa-tracking operation.
Hundreds of helpers at NORAD are taking calls and tracking Santa's location on large projection screens. They're posting updates for nearly 1.2 million Facebook fans and more than 120,000 Twitter followers.
The maps show Santa is nearing Denmark on his journey west. NORAD says he has delivered more than 3.5 billion presents so far.
The volunteers started taking calls at 4 a.m. Mountain time and will keep updating until 3 a.m. on Christmas morning.


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Nicole Kidman & Zac Efron: Back to Work on 'Paperboy'
Nicole Kidman wears a pink and purple blouse on the set of her latest movie, The Paperboy, on Friday (August 5) in New Orleans, La.
The 44-year-old Aussie actress, along with co-star Zac Efron, got to work shooting some more scenes.
Nicole and Zac, 23, who were spotted on the film's set earlier in the week, star opposite Matthew McConaughey in the thriller.
The flick, based on the 1995 Pete Dexter novel, centers around a Miami Times reporter as he returns to his Florida hometown to investigate the imprisonment of a death row inmate.


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Kristin Kreuk has long been known as Lana Lang, the angsty high school student and focus of Clark Kent's romantic attention on the CW's "Smallville." As the show flies through its eighth season, Kristin has shed the role and is now embarking on a Superman-free (for now) career. Her female-empowering Girls By Design (or click here) organization takes up a lot of time, but she's back on screen now, taking on an video game icon in her latest film as she becomes Chun-Li in "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" (out in theaters today). We were able to track down the Canadian actress in Los Angeles and ask a few questions.
So, it's well known that you're into martial arts (purple belt!), though you gave it up at a young age. How was training for the "Street Fighter" movie, and why did you quit martial arts as a kid?
I was going in [to 'Street Fighter'] with the want to learn. And when I was a kid I was really defiant about it. So this time, I went in everyday and was really excited to build my skills with these people. And these people were sooo good. Every single person on Dion's [Lam — fight choreographer] team was skilled in some form. There were people who were proficient in wire work and some who were excellent in acrobatics … and people who were amazing at wushu. So I got to see all of them and learn from all of them. Many of them didn't speak English with me, so I learned from them in a very sort of visceral way. They would show me something and I would try to copy it. They would say something to me and I would try to communicate back. It was a lot of fun.
I quit karate originally because it wasn't something that I was initially passionate about … So, I had the opportunity in school to do a social studies class that was advanced, and I knew my mom would like that, so I bartered to take the advanced socials class and drop karate!
Jumping around … have you heard the "Twilight" sequel rumors and comments, and do you have any position on it?
I have not really heard much about that. I read something somewhere that someone liked me, on some random site somewhere, but I don't think that means anything necessarily. No one official has ever spoken to me about "Twilight." … I read the books, though, and I think they're fun.
How did you approach Chun-Li? Go back to video games or look at comic-book story lines, or did you just go straight from the scipt?
I went straight from the script. Justin Marks, who wrote it, is a Street Fighter nut and knows everything there is to know about it, and he was on set for a while so I to ok advantage of that… It's not a really complex story, though. I wanted to give her some depth so that people could relate to her with all of the fighting going on, I guess because I'm a woman and I really do appreciate — even in an action movie — people that I can connect to. And that was important to me.
Tell me what you think about the direction of "Smallville" from the beginning to where it is now.
Well … I look at the kids on the CW now and the kids don't seem like kids, they seem like adults, but on "Smallville," in the beginning they were always kids. Clark was dorky and he tripped, and we all looked pretty young and it just seemed so different. "Smallville," for I think about three seasons, was all about small-town kids and about this kid growing up and struggling with his identity. And then it shifted into much more — well, not that it wasn't always sci-fi because there was always the 'freak of the week' as we call them — but then it got into more dark and twisted stuff for a few years after they graduated. Through Lana's witchiness and Lex's development and Lana and Lex's marriage…. now it's much more about Clark becoming a superhero. He's now at the Daily Planet and you can see him interacting in an environment with Lois, and I think that's the direction that it's going in now. They're getting into much more Lois-and-Clark territory now. But I've left, so I don't know what their vision is for Season Nine.
How was that split?
I was ready to go, so I don't have any anxiety about leaving or anything … and I don't think the show needed Lana at that point, so I think it was a good thing. I will continue to see a lot of the people because I adore them, we all live in Vancouver and Allison [Mack] will be around for another year, which is great 'cause she's one of my dearest friends. But it was hard to say goodbye.
I'm sure you get this a lot, but what kind of role would you like to get into, besides Chun-Li, now that Lana's in the rearview?
People ask me this a lot, so I should come up with a really good answer. I just want to portray a very honest character that displays traits that people can truly relate to and can help them — the audience and myself because I learn from the characters as well — help them see themselves in a perspective that is outside of what they know already, and grow from that experience. So, I know it's really broad, but there aren't a lot of roles that fit into that category. There isn't a specific person in my mind that I'd want to play. Yet.
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In the graffiti sequence that became famous in the sixties, the first item announced, "I love grils." The next item responded, "That should be 'girls,' you moron," or something to that effect. A final item inquired, "What about us grils?"
By the same token, I've been wondering how David Souter feels to have become the negative benchmark against which Republican nominees to the Supreme Court are measured. In talking to knowledgeable court watchers over the past few weeks, I've been struck by how little sense of him that people who've worked at the Court have. He is described as being a private, gracious man. But how does it feel to be David Souter? I don't have a good answer and I'm sure few people care, but I wonder.
The current issue of National Review carries a good review by Professor Robert George of the new book on Harry Blackmun by Linda Greenhouse — she of the infamous New York Times "Greenhouse effect." Merely to recall Blackmun in this context gives cause for reflection on how large and positive an impact the Federalist Society has had on the overall quality of federal judges appointed by Republican presidents. Among the all time worst appointments to the Supreme Court by Republican presidents, Blackmun has to rank right at the top along with William Brennan. At least Eisenhower knew that Brennan was a Democrat. How could Nixon have known Blackmun would be so bad?
In any event, Professor George's review has a paragraph on Blackmun's reaction to his post-Roe vilification that describes how I would guess Souter feels:
Of course, Harry would be vilified by conservative Christians and other fuddy-duddies. But this would serve only to confirm his belief in the rightness of what he had done and open his mind more generally to the righteousness of liberal doctrine. From now on, he would no longer be boring old Harry the square Republican. He would be a full-fledged jurist, indeed a lion of liberal jurisprudence, right up there with William O. Douglas, Wiliam J. Brennan, and Thurgood Marshall. Harry was redeemed! He had become Justice Blackmun.


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Imagine this scenario:
On your way home from work, you get a call from your significant other asking you to pick up a few items at the grocery store.
When you get to the store, you realize there are no prices on anything. You think it's odd, but you're in a hurry, so you grab a gallon of milk, a jar of peanut butter and a carton of eggs.
In the checkout line, you notice the customer in front of you is buying the exact same items, nothing more, nothing less. Curious, you eavesdrop as the clerk tells the customer the bill comes to $8.25.
Now it's your turn. The clerk scans your items, bags them, and tells you the cost will be $15.33.
Furious, you demand the clerk to explain why your cost is so much higher than the person who was in front of you.
"I'm just scanning the items, sir. This is what it tells me it costs," the clerk replies.
Unhappy with the response but needing to get home, you swipe your credit card and leave in disgust.
A few weeks later, you receive your credit card statement in the mail. It says you actually paid $9.50 for the groceries.
Does that make any sense?
Of course not.
And as consumers, we wouldn't put up with it.
But consumers of America's convoluted health-care system often deal with similar frustrations when undergoing many different procedures, though at a significantly magnified expense.
According to figures released recently by the federal government, area hospitals charge vastly different prices for the same services. But what the hospitals charge and what consumers pay vary depending on a complex series of factors, including whether the consumer has insurance and what kind, whether Medicaid or Medicare is involved, the type of patients being served, and what other services that particular hospital provides.
Ultimately, consumers have no idea what they're going to have to pay when they need a procedure done at a hospital.
"The complex and bewildering interplay among 'charges,' 'rates,' 'bills' and 'payments' across dozens of payers, public and private, does not serve any stakeholder well, including hospitals," Rich Umbdenstock, president of the American Hospital Association, said after the release of the hospital data. "This is especially true when what is most important to a patient is knowing what his or her financial responsibility will be."
The federal government intends provide states with $87 million to help them improve hospital-rate review programs and make health care pricing more transparent.
With more provisions from President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act being implemented, and the costs of health care continuing to rise, rate transparency needs to be a top priority.


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