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Bunk is short for bunkum, which in turn is an alteration of Buncombe, the name of a county in North Carolina. In the year 1820, the Missouri Question, whether Missouri should be admitted to the Union as a slave or a free state, was being hotly debated in Congress. Near the end of the debate and amidst calls from the floor to have a vote, Felix Walker, the representative from Buncombe rose to speak. Walker launched into an irrelevant and seemingly interminable speech. When asked to desist, he replied, "I am talking for Buncombe," and continued on.1Read the rest of the article...
bumper crop
To the modern ear this phrase sounds odd. How did bumper become associated with agriculture?
The original bumper was a large cup, filled to the brim with wine, and used for toasting. Why it is called a bumper is a bit uncertain, but could be from the idea of knocking such glasses together during a toast. From Thomas D'Urfey's Madam Fickle of 1676:
Full Bumpers crown our Blisses.
Bumper eventually came to refer to anything large or abundant. From Gentleman's Magazine of 1759:
In some of the midland counties, anything large is called a bumper, as a large apple or pear.
By 1885 it was associated with crop, from the Times of London of 2 October:
The floods will have the effect of giving a "bumper" rubbee crop.
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
Most of us have encountered bugs in hardware or software, those defects that prevent computers from operating properly. But the term existed long before the age of computers. It has its origins in the shop of perhaps the greatest innovator of the industrial age.
The term was coined in the lab of Thomas Edison, perhaps by the man himself. Edison is the first to be recorded using the term in 1878. From Matthew Josephson's 1959 Edison: a Biography which quotes the man himself:
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"Bugs"—as such little faults and difficulties are called—show themselves and months of anxious watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success...is reached.1
Buckley's chance
Buckley's chance is an Australian phrase meaning a slim chance or no chance at all. It is first cited in 1898 in the Sydney Bulletin of 17 December:
"Devil shoot me!" muttered Tim..."if I see Buckley's chance of a shindy tonight."1
The origin is unknown, but there are two common explanations.
The more likely of the two is that it is a bit of wordplay stemming from the name of the Melbourne department store of Buckley and Nunn, founded in 1851. The term is often phrased as there are two chances, Buckley's and none.
A less likely, but more colorful, explanation is that it is a reference to William Buckley, a convict who escaped from Port Phillip prison in 1803 and lived with the Aborigines for 32 years before surrendering to authorities and obtaining a pardon. The problem with this explanation is the passage of time between his adventure and the appearance of the phrase and that fact that he did pretty well for himself in the bush. It's not the story of a man with no chance.2
And it is possible for both of these to be true—with William Buckley giving rise to Buckley's chance and it subsequently being punned into two chances Buckley's and none, playing on the department store name.
1Oxford English Dictionary, Buckley's, 2nd Edition, 1989, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 Dec 2008 <http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50028692>.
2Sydney J. Baker, The Australian Language, Sun Books, 1970 (Melbourne: MacMillan, 1966), 269.
Where did this slang word for woman come from? It comes from a broad being a playing card. This may sound absurd on the face of it, but if you follow the development of slang uses of broad it all becomes clear.
Broad is an 18th century slang term for a playing card, especially one used in three card monte. This usage may refer to style of playing deck. In modern card decks, a bridge deck has narrower cards than are found in a poker deck. If this variation in card size is older (I know words, not cards), then a broad could be a reference to this larger cut of cards. From George Parker's 1781 A View of Society:
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Black-Legs, who live by the Broads and the Turf [...] Cant for cards.
break a leg
Superstition against wishing an actor Good Luck! has led to the adoption of this phrase in its place. The date of origin is a bit obscure; as theatrical slang it existed long before it was ever documented in print, but the intent of the phrase is clear. It is simply a way of warding off a jinx. It being bad luck to speak of a positive performance, one instead speaks of a bad one.
Based on the recollections of actors, break a leg is commonly thought to date to the 1930s. Some claim a British origin, but the earliest citations are all American.1 The earliest actual appearance in print that anyone has found is from 1957, from the 29 May Associated Press wire service story about a dancer who literally broke her leg during a performance:
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In the theater, they say "break a leg" to an actor just before he goes on stage, but it really means "good luck."2
The word boondocks is a relic of American colonialism. British English imported lots of words from its far-flung colonial possessions, but American colonial aspirations mainly produced words derived from Spanish and adopted with the settling of the West. This one, however, is an exception.
It derives from the Tagalog word bundok, meaning mountain. It was adopted into the language by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines as a word meaning any remote and wild place. By 1909, only some ten years after the American conquest of the islands, the word had caught on enough to rate an entry in that year's Webster's New International Dictionary. Despite this, however, it remained primarily a military slang term, especially among Marines, until the 1960s, when, probably because of the Vietnam War, it gained wider, civilian usage.1
1Historical Dictionary of American Slang, v. 1, A-G, edited by Jonathan Lighter (New York: Random House, 1994), 239-40.
apron strings, tied to
To be tied to apron strings is to be controlled by or unduly attached to one's wife or mother. The phrase dates to 1848, first appearing in Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:
Even at his age, he ought not to be always tied to his mother's apron string.
The metaphor is fairly obvious and the term apron string has been in use in reference to women since the mid-17th century. An apron string hold or apron string tenure referred to property of one's wife, which was controlled by the husband during her life but which afterwards would revert to her original family.
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
Bogey is a term that today is usually only heard in the air force or on the golf course. Both these aviation usages date to World War II, but the term bogey is much, much older, coming from an old Scottish word for a ghost.
That word is bogle, often spelled bogy, bogil, bogie, and other ways. The term dates at c.1507, in William Dunbar's The Tretis of the Twa Mariit Wemen and the Wedo (The Treatise of the Two Married Women and the Widow):
The luif blenkis of that bogill, fra his blerde ene
(As Belzebub had on me blent) abasit my spreit.
(The love blink of that bogle, from his bleared eyes
(As Beelzebub had me blinded) abased my spirit.)1
Bogle is the source for our modern bogeyman or boogieman.
Several people have emailed asking how Humphrey Bogart's name became associated with a term meaning selfishness. Ah, how soon we forget the intricacies of '60s drug culture. The selfish connotation comes from hogging a marijuana cigarette. Someone who kept the joint in their mouth, hanging from their lip like Bogey, would be bogarting the joint. Instead of bogarting, one should pass it on to another. The term can be used for hoarding items other than pot.
The term is first attested to in the song Don't Bogart Me, by Elliot Ingber and Larry Wagner, which appears on Fraternity Of Man's eponymous album, released 24 June 1968 by ABC Records:
Don't bogart that joint, my friend Pass it over to me.
The song was featured the next year in the movie Easy Rider and is on that movie's soundtrack. (The song was later covered by the band Little Feat under the title Don't Bogart That Joint.)
In some circles, there is a slightly different definition of bogarting. It is to get saliva all over the joint before passing it on—again from the imagery of the cigarette hanging from Bogey's lip. But this sense seems to be used by a minority.
There is an older, unrelated meaning of the term—to be aggressive or bullying. It comes from the fact that Bogart played toughs in the movies.
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
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Amazon France listing suggests high-definition combination pack of PlayStation 2 action titles due out May 16 on PlayStation 3.
Shadow of the Colossus, SOCOM 3, Jak X: Combat Racing among PlayStation 2 games with new $20 price tag.
Fourth annual Ratchet game's arena-based combat puts more emphasis on perforating than platforming.
We spent some time with a preview build of Ratchet: Deadlocked to get a feel for some of the story missions in the game.
We sat down with a few levels of Ratchet: Deadlocked's multiplayer gameplay.
G4's third-annual G-Phoria event cast aside awards show pretenses in favor of a skate punk vibe and outdoor partying.
Insomniac shows us a new build of its upcoming shooter sequel that takes the beloved Ratchet & Clank series in a new direction.
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Actress Miley Cyrus talks about finding love and a tank full of hungry sharks during the shooting of her new movie, 'The Last Song.' The story comes from 'The Notebook' author Nicholas Sparks.
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We recently announced our 2013 Ask-A-Mom (and dads)—our resident parent experts who provide their tips and tricks for a great trip to the lodge. Over the coming weeks, we are going to introduce you to each of them and give you a look at why they love Great Wolf Lodge. Today, meet Anne Loucks for Great Wolf Lodge – Niagara Falls—lover of skiing, swimming, boxing, spinning and traveling with her family.
When the snow is blowing and the winds are howling, this Canadian family starts to think of traveling. Great Wolf Lodge is an escape that has been coined "Mini Canadian Disneyland" by my family. No planes to catch and my family has everything they need under one roof.
My son sings the Raffi song "I think I must be growing" in desperate attempts to see if he can go on the big slides yet. At a mere 45 inches, he still has a little ways to go. As my daughter follows everything her older brother does (the only female Spiderman for Halloween) she is excited to be tall enough to break out of the splash zone tree house area.
Promises of an adventure that includes: make your own sundaes, crafts that don't mean colouring on the dining room table, arcade games, Story Time and of course waterslides have my children packing in record time.
As a parent, I want planning a vacation to be simple and take less time than one load of laundry. Great Wolf Lodge reservation system is foolproof. I can pick bedrooms that suit whatever my vacation demands. Having two children born in the winter makes it challenging for birthdays. With a trip to Great Wolf Lodge I can book a Wolf Den and everyone comes away happy and feeling special.
Niagara Falls is only 6 hour from Ottawa, with outlet malls, casinos, fall wine tours and a place my children can have fun on slides year-round, who could ask for more?
Having 2 waterparks in our town, means I am constantly checking lifeguard safety. I am impressed with Great Wolf Lodge's ability to hire competent, friendly and efficient lifeguards—something you don't get to see enough of these days. This puts parents' minds at ease, knowing and trusting that safety is a top concern.
To sum it up, Great Wolf Lodge is a journey to adventure that should happen as often as possible. It is easy to promote a vacation hot spot when it is as fantastic as Great Wolf Lodge. With a fun theme, various activities for all ages (MagicQuest, hot tubs, parent free time) it leaves you with a burning desire to book again as soon as possible.
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On the corner of Southwest 46th Boulevard and 91st Street, Commissioner Mike Byerly gathered Thursday afternoon with county staff and residents for a walk along part of the planned Archer Braid Trail route set to run through Haile Plantation.
On the corner of Southwest 46th Boulevard and 91st Street, County Commissioner Mike Byerly gathered Thursday afternoon with county staff and residents for a walk along part of the planned Archer Braid Trail route set to run through Haile Plantation.
Byerly met with them to look at the route along 46th Boulevard in particular and discuss design options. He told the crowd of about 30 people that the turnout exceeded his expectations.
Earlier this month, the Alachua County Commission voted 3-2 to run the Archer Braid Trail — a path planned to stretch from the city of Archer to the University of Florida and beyond — through Haile Plantation. That reversed the board's September vote to switch to an alternative route connecting Archer and Tower roads directly.
Now, county staff are developing a design for the 2.2-mile Haile route, which will connect Archer and Tower roads by way of 91st Street and 46th Boulevard, in anticipation of the Florida Department of Transportation's March deadline.
Construction is expected to begin in fall 2013, said Chris Zeigler, senior engineering technician for the county.
Sara Novak, 33, said she came to the walk because she is under contract to buy a house in Haile by the intersection of 91st Street and 46th Boulevard and wanted to learn how it could impact the vegetation by that property.
"We're definitely purchasing the house, but we're trying to get as much information as possible," she said of herself and her fiance.
She was concerned about traffic noise even without the trail — her house can already be seen through the foliage from the intersection — and more so by the thought that more foliage could be removed due to the incoming route.
Dale Johnson, 52, a Haile Plantation homeowner, said the Haile route helped persuade her to consider buying a home in the neighborhood. She plans to use it every day once it's built.
"I wanted that connectivity," she said. "This isn't about people commuting from Archer inasmuch as it is about connectivity for people who live around here, too."
Byerly and the crowd first discussed ideas for the intersection of the two Haile roadways, where the trail needs to cross over from one to the other. He mentioned concerns about the trail's proximity to the road and nearby trees that staff don't want to uproot if possible.
One woman asked if replacement trees would be planted for any that are uprooted due to construction. Byerly replied that the county takes tree replacement into account.
"There'll be more trees when we're done than there are now," he said.
Joan Weiland, 81, questioned how Haile residents like herself will be able to maneuver with bicyclists riding across intersections along the trail.
"When I come out to get onto Haile Boulevard, I'm going to have bikes coming this way and that way," she said.
Byerly said bicycles are everywhere and bicyclists have a right to be on the road along with drivers.
In the wake of the commission's December decision, Weiland said she thought a lawsuit should be drawn up over the dispute. A couple other residents also spoke up about their opposition to the trail.
The issue has divided Haile residents in recent months. During the exchange, Byerly said he didn't want to rehash the controversy but rather discuss design issues. He did point out that they were on a public street and the county builds public infrastructure like this trail with public money. The Haile route will be funded by about $750,000 from the federal Department of Transportation.
As Weiland and her husband left the group soon after her brief exchange with Byerly, she said she didn't want to see the incoming trail make Haile Plantation, where she has lived for about 25 years, look "trashy."
"I don't understand why they have to come in and disturb the beauty of Haile Plantation," she said.
Other than that brief, heated discussion, the walk primarily was focused on the trail design. The group, comprised of both supporters and opponents of the Haile route, walked along the side of 46th Boulevard as staff described tentative plans along the way and residents offered their opinions.
Jeff Hays, the county's transportation planning manager, said the route would draw closer to the main roadway at many intersections to run in front of the white lines at stop signs. Vehicles already stop there, and routing pedestrians and bicyclists in front of them can improve safety.
Residents asked if stop signs would be posted along the trail for its travelers. According to Hays, some may be posted at intersections where the route runs behind the roadway stop signs.
Others asked about the width of the trail. Along 46th Boulevard, it should primarily be 8 feet wide except in places where obstacles like a large tree or stormwater drainage issues necessitate a narrower path, Hays said. It should be mainly 10 feet wide along 91st Street.
As he walked along the trail, Byerly said the point of this trip was to look at potential problems and gather ideas. Staff can later inform the commission of design issues and key decision points along the trail that have multiple planning options.
Wes White, a member of the Haile Plantation Association's board of directors, used a wooden measuring stick to demonstrate anticipated trail inclines and mentioned the primary intersection for the two roadways as a key concern.
As he left his fellow walkers, White, who disliked the Haile route, said he was left with many questions about the trail's design and said the excursion seemed like a public relations opportunity.
Byerly and other walkers continued on for a while, with bicyclists occasionally riding by in the road as county staff and residents alike examined the route for a future bicycle trail they could use instead.
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Thirteen students participated in the trip, which was sponsored by the GCHS History Club and led by history teacher Hal Adams and chaperones Libby Vaccaro and Sue Dalton. They flew from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C., where they spent the next four days walking through the city and learning about the government. The group also visited Arlington National Cemetery, numerous memorials, and toured several of the Smithsonian museums and the National Holocaust Museum.
"I honestly think this is the best thing I do for my kids in high school," said Adams. "I think they learn more on this trip than they get out of the classroom ... I think it's the best thing they can do in high school."
While in the nation's capital, the group also met with Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky before touring the U.S. Capitol building and watching the U.S. Senate vote on the new federal budget. The students also explored the city in smaller groups, visiting a variety of attractions including the National Gallery of Art and the National Archives, which houses the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
From Washington, D.C., the group headed by train to Philadelphia for a seven-hour stop. Despite inclement weather, the students visited the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Benjamin Franklin's printing shop, and Christ Church.
The group then headed to their last stop on the tour – New York City. They took a ferry to Staten Island to see the Statue of Liberty, which has been closed since Hurricane Sandy destroyed the historic island's docks. During the next several days, the students explored the city, visiting a variety of famous landmarks, including the Ground Zero Memorial, Wall Street, the Federal Building, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity Church, and the gravesite of Alexander Hamilton, one of the country's founding fathers. The group also visited Times Square, the top of the Empire State Building, and Highline Park and Central Park. They also saw the Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera," and several students met the show's lead performer.
The group returned to Moab on March 28.
Tiffanie Whipple and Jacob Francis were the only two juniors on the trip. The remaining 11 students were all seniors: Jake Horne, Wesley Rodda, Kris Kemp, Kamron Call, Madie Camps, Torrie Lopez, Nikysha Harmison, Sarah Quigley, Jordan Dolphin, Mary Rice and Morgan Dalton. The students paid for the trip themselves, which included everything from airfare to hotels to transportation fees and tickets to events. The group spent nearly a full year fundraising for the trip by running concessions at school and community events, selling tickets to community dinners, and soliciting local businesses for donations.
"We really let them have a lot of freedom on this trip because it really is their trip: they've paid for it and they get a say," Adams said. "We talk about what we're going to do and where we're going to go and let them make most of the decisions, because you don't get anything out of it if you're just being dragged somewhere that you don't want to go, and so they get a say and they've earned their independence and choice here."
Members of the GCHS History Club thanked the local businesses and families who helped make the trip possible, as well as the Grand County Board of Education and the school district office for providing support and encouragement.


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As part of a campus effort to raise awareness of hunger as well as reaching out to the local community, students at Emmanuel College offered a free food distribution to the public on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25, at the Swails Center.
This project was hosted by EC's Campus Activities Board (CAB) and EC's Mission Northeast Georgia Initiative.
"This food distribution is to give back to the community and to raise hunger awareness on the Emmanuel College campus," says volunteer Jennie Gardner, a junior at EC.
Even that morning's convocation service was devoted to teaching students more about the issue through a Hunger Banquet demonstration where some students were included at the table to eat while others were not.
"Wanting to go beyond just raising awareness in convocation, the food distribution provides an immediate application to what we addressed by emphasizing to actively engage in our own mission field of Franklin Springs," says Mr. Philip Cortese, Director of Campus Life at EC.
"CAB has developed what they call the Mission NEGA Initiative to do Kingdom work and engage the local community. In recent months, they have also partnered with Royston United Methodist, Franklin Spring PH Church, volunteered at City of Refuge in Atlanta and led a neighborhood outreach," he adds.
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Communications for Independent Musicians Workshop with Lisa Mezzacappa @ 12th Annual Outsound New Music Summit
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Bay Area bassist/bandleader and arts organizer Lisa Mezzacappa leads a crash course in communications strategies for independent musicians. Learn how to communicate your work clearly and effectively to the public, to venues and bookers, to the press. We will focus on writing bios, band descriptions and project/concert blurbs. Come prepared with a laptop or pencil and notebook, this will be a hands-on session.
In a storied career as an academic, journalist and arts administrator, Lisa Mezzacappa has been communicating about the arts, in different formats, for about fifteen years. She was a critic and arts reporter for a daily newspaper in New York before pursing an academic degree in ethnomusicology at UC Berkeley. She subsequently worked as Communications Director at New Langton Arts, and Campus Programs Manager at Stanford Lively Arts. She curates the annual Jazzpop series at the Hammer Museum at UCLA, is on the curatorial committee at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, and has organized many independent music series throughout the years, including the Monday Makeout and Mission Eye & Ear. She's also been involved in strategic planning and communications strategy at Headlands Center for the Arts, and has been part of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music's Artist Forum.


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The second topic is Youth Marketing Online, chaired by Kristján Már and including two speakers. The first is Mel Carson from Microsoft.
Mel begins by talking about the bishop that asked him to help him to recruit monks online. And it worked, surprisingly!
Whatever niche you're in, people are out there looking for your products and services and looking to change their lives in some way.
A research project Mel was involved in shows that young people are more pragmatic than some might believe. For example, 76% list family right at the top of their list. But 45% also feel they could not live without a computer and internet.
44% of them have played a game in the last week – and sharing is an important element of it. Either in the same room as their friends or online like via Xbox. In game advertising is therefore proving to be a useful tool.
76% of your people use instant messaging – and those people spend 45% of their online time using IM.
Online video is great too – and the effort and size of the screen means people pay more attention to it and are less likely to be drinking. TV has on the other hand become something of a background noise.
He then goes into some examples of what went wrong with some campaigns. Like all the young Singaporean guys searching for bleach. Bleach is a cartoon character, but the company was looking for middle aged American housewives.
As so many people watch TV while online at the same time – it is essential to advertise multi channels.
Online context is important too: advertise to general surfers and info seekers rather than those looking for entertainment.
The future of teens: They will be more interested in news than any other generation, they trust peers more than experts, will not have landlines.
The message is to put your message right in the middle of everywhere, and not just throw a message in a bottle out and hope.
The bottom line is that everyone says they don't click banners – buy 47% of us have in the last month!
Next onstage is Siôn Portman from Nike UK. He starts by showing a brilliant Nike ad. But he warns that as soon as it gets put out there, people start sharing it, changing it, talking about it and adding their own music etc.
Nike's youth marketing base point is and always has been great athletes. Ronaldo, Lance Armstrong et al.
Also, poor quality products will soon get a bad rep online in no time.
Great stories around the great products often involving great athletes is Nike Marketing's key modus operandi.
A current campaign they are running on 5 a side football uses several phases. They start by making a lot of noise beforehand to create anticipation.
They started by giving You Tubers the materials and inspiration to start creating content, then connect with "collectors" in order to finally hook in the casual observers.
Don't go out of your way to create viral vids. But if something comes up make sure you're able to use it.
Nikefootball.com is a place for consumers to express themselves. Not nearly as premium as Nike's TV ads, but cheaper and effective. The plan remains though to use these tools to get people interested in the big TV ads in the end and end up with a holistic marketing campaign.
In a unique twist, the Nike football final in May will be broadcast live solely on YouTube. They don't know how it will work, but youth are increasingly interested in online video.
He says Nike's campaign is no longer in their hands because of all the media pick up and social media chatter. And that is just fine by them.


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Have you put off having more kids because of the poor economy? If so, you're not alone. The rate of births in the United States is poised to hit its lowest point in 25 years, and isn't expected to rebound for at least two years, according to Demographic Intelligence, a company that produces quarterly birth forecasts for consumer products and pharmaceutical companies that market to pregnant and new moms.
While the average woman had 2.12 births in 2007, Demographic Intelligence estimates the rate to hit 1.87 this year and 1.86 next year—the lowest since 1987. The decline is particularly seen in twentysomethings, who might be having trouble finding steady work and still living with their parents instead of starting their own families. A later start could translate into fewer children later as fertility declines with age. Hispanics and the less educated have also seen a large dip in birthrate.
In order to keep the population steady, the birth rate must be 2.1 children per woman. A declining population could mean not enough young people to take care of the aging later.
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VANCOUVER — They could have started it with the first line of a song for which Charlie Chaplin wrote the music 74 years ago.
"Smile, though your heart is aching. . . ."
Sixty thousand hearts had to be aching inside BC Place Stadium for the family and teammates of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died horribly earlier Friday on the field of play — and somehow, the show had to go on.
Smile, because the world was watching? Hard to do.
When the black-armbanded Georgian team, which had debated leaving the Games, marched in with the parade of athletes from 82 nations to open the 21st Winter Olympics — our Olympics — it was a moment as thick with emotion as the voices of IOC president Jacques Rogge and Vanoc CEO John Furlong had been, earlier in the day, in confirming the awful news.
The ceremony was dedicated to Kumaritashvili's memory, the Georgian flag was raised, and when the magnificent musical instrument inside k.d. lang crooned Leonard Cohen's hauntingly beautiful "Hallelujah" she might have been singing it directly to the 11 heartsick Georgians who had marched in the parade, done a single lap around the stadium and departed.
Their black-shrouded flag was borne by alpine skier Isson Abramashvili.
The ceremony itself pasted on a smile, and did its best to carry on. At length.
The music of Sarah McLaughlin and Joni Mitchell was lovely, the Maritime fiddlers and step-dancers were wonderful, the visual effects and the lip-synched this and the piped-in that all worked, even if you did need crib notes to figure out what some of it represented.
But then, the big moment fizzled. All the speculation over who would be the final torchbearer to light the Olympic cauldron ended, instead, with a final five of wheelchair marathoner Rick Hansen, speedskater Catriona Le May Doan, basketball star Steve Nash, ski legend Nancy Greene-Raine and hockey icon Wayne Gretzky. Le May was left with nothing to light when one of the four "spokes" leading to the central cauldron jammed in the stadium floor and failed to elevate, and the ceremony was left with a lopsided-looking centrepiece.
A snowboarder got it rolling — first a video of a boarder carving a line in pristine alpine snow down an endless mountain, while the names and years of previous Winter Olympics were reeled off, the countdown arrived at Vancouver 2010 — then a real one appeared at the top of the stadium's upper deck and skied through the massive Olympic rings, landing far below on a ramp leading to the playing field.
After the official party arrived, 16-year-old Canadian prodigy Nikki Yanofsky sang what might have been the national anthem, and four giant totems rose from the ground, representing the four Host First Nations.
Accompanied by aboriginal dancing — and their stamina was Olympian — the countries paraded in, led by their stars: the Czechs by Jaromir Jagr, the Swedes by Peter Forsberg, former world figure skating champ Stephane Lambiel leading Switzerland . . . and, batting cleanup, the 206-strong Canadian team with speedskater Clara Hughes doing the honours and beaming as only she can.
As the Georgians entered, to a prolonged standing ovation, who inside the domed stadium could fail to feel the waste of Kumaritashvili's 21-year-old life? Why was the luge track with the record vertical drop running 20 km/h faster than it was designed to be? How could there be exposed steel posts a few feet off an outside curve where athletes are travelling 145 km/h? Was the athlete, ranked 44th in the world, expert enough to handle the dangerous course?
And, most disturbingly: Might Canada, in its zeal to protect its athletes' home-course advantage, have inadvertently contributed to the likelihood of crashes involving lower-ranked athletes who hadn't had sufficient opportunity to train on such a wild, fast run?
"The speeds are higher than any other track in the world, and there's nowhere to train for that," said U.S. bobsledder Steven Holcomb, who admitted he was entering the stadium on "a roller-coaster of emotions.
"At the Olympic Games, they limited the amount of access and training time we could have on the course. And while they're letting the Canadians on to train as much as they want, you have smaller nations that have never been down before. It's kind of unfair, and now it's a tragedy. This could have been avoided."
Smile, though your country is accused of flouting the Olympic spirit? Not so easy.
In a Games that opens with a rare — for Canada — combination of strut and confidence in our athletes' ability to own the podium, it was an early and perhaps necessary reminder of how fickle and unpredictable sport can be.
The Olympic and Canadian flags were lowered to half-mast, both Rogge and Furlong made emotional tributes to the boy who died doing what he loved.
Furlong's moving, eloquent speech challenged the world's athletes to "carry his Olympic dream on your shoulders and compete with his spirit in your hearts."
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If you're looking for a break from the slopes, visit Cascades Indoor Waterpark. Hop on one of two tube slides and you'll wind from inside the waterpark to the hotel itself, and then back in the park again before splashing into a crystal-clear pool. There's also a wave pool that undulates with 67,000 gallons of water. At Little Bear Falls, kids can splish-splash on a swing set or pint-size water slide. Later, you can unwind at Waterfalls Spa, where the service menu includes naturally infused hydrotherapy and Vichy treatments.
The resort resembles an alpine lodge with a crackling, 40-foot-tall stone fireplace and walls made of thick timber. Suites are trimmed with knotted-wood accents and are equipped with full kitchens and a flat-screen TVs. In the morning, visit the Acorn Grill for farm-fresh eggs, scrumptious cinnamon rolls, and other breakfast fare.
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The Wii U has only been out for a short time, but holes in the system have already been discovered. A gamer by the name of "Trike" was able to hack into the Wii U miiverse. Once there he found all sort of information.
Nintendo has commented on this. He accessed Nintendo's "mock up" menu for the Miiverse. If you recall from before there was a Yoshi symbol on the main Miiverse hub when Nintendo originally showed it off. According to Nintendo it was only there for mock up purposes.
"It has come to our attention that some people were able to access a mock up menu on Miiverse following the launch of Wii U in the US. Please note that this was only a mock up menu and has now been removed and is not accessible."
Time will tell if this is going to be an actual game or not, though.
Hmmm, Resident Evil for the Wii U? This could be interesting. Interesting if Resdient Evil didn't currently suck!
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Bill Bellecomo, left, will replace Tony Monken, right, as Vernon Hills head football coach.
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Those football plays that lil Bill Bellecomo used to carve in his yard are long gone. They left an indelible mark, however.
My old man used to catch me in the back yard drawing them up in the dirt, Bellecomo, Ray Bellecomos boy, said with a laugh.
Not that Bellecomo will draw up a play from his boyhood days when he directs Vernon Hills football team in the fall. But suffice it to say, he will draw on experience, from his days as a kid, to his days as a football player at Willowbrook High, to his years as an assistant coach studying under three highly successful high school head coaches.
Football has always been my passion, Bellecomo said. I remember as a young kid drawing up plays. Youd play Madden when you were a kid, and I always had the coachs mentality. When I looked at things, I was always analyzing.
Which explains why Bellecomo has always taught line play, both offensive and defensive, in his 14 years at Vernon Hills. He took his cue from former Addison Trail head coach Paul Parpet.
Coach Parpet told me a long time ago, if you want to understand this game, you got to coach the offensive line, Bellecomo said. So the men up front have always been my passion, and Ive never wanted to stray from that.
That wont change now that Bellecomo is Vernon Hills new head football coach. His official hiring Tuesday night capped a long process that started before Christmas break and included a second interview after the break. He replaces Tony Monken, whose desire to watch his strong-armed son Anthony wing the football his senior year for Libertyville as the reason for his resignation.
Bellecomo becomes just the second head football coach in Vernon Hills history.
Im ecstatic, Bellecomo, 42, said. This couldnt be a better opportunity from an administration standpoint and from a community standpoint. A lot of the guys we have on staff have been here since the school opened so they, including myself, have a lot invested in the program.
Bellecomo has kayak-sized coaching shoes to fill. Despite a 2-7 campaign in 2012, Monken was 22 games over .500 in 13 seasons and guided the Cougars to the state playoffs nine times. Vernon Hills reached the state quarterfinals twice.
Tony and I will always be friends, Bellecomo said. He allowed me to do a lot of things within the program, and he was just a great mentor for me. When this time came (to become a head coach), I felt ready because of the responsibility he gave me. He allowed me to do my thing.
Since those days when he played around in his back yard, Bellecomo always wanted to become a head coach. The 1988 Willowbrook grad did his student-teaching at Carbondale under John Helmick, who won a Class 3A state championship at Metamora. After finishing up his studies at Southern Illinois University, where he earned both his undergraduate degree (heath education) and masters (reading specialist), he coached three years at Addison Trail under Parpet, who coached 28 years and twice guided the Blazers downstate.
When Vernon Hills opened its doors in 1999, Bellecomo came aboard as the schools reading specialist and became the offensive and defensive line coach under Monken.
Thats like a grad-school program for football, Bellecomo said of working under Helmick, Parpet and Monken. The consistent thing that I learned from all three guys is that its about relationships with kids and developing those relationships. I took a little from each one. Theyve been my mentors.
Bellecomo is grateful, too, for the opportunity to learn from Bob Monken, Tonys dad and a hall-of-fame coach. Bob Monken helped Tony during his initial years at Vernon Hills.
To be around that guy and soak up his knowledge was unbelievable, Bellecomo said. I followed him around everywhere.
Bellecomo feels lucky to have what he calls a strong and supportive administration team, and what will also help him in his new position is his coaching staff. The band wasnt completely broken up, after all. Greg Stilling will still be calling the defense, and the Cougars will still run a 3-4 flex.
Corey Atwell will continue in his role as offensive coordinator, and Bellecomo says his team will continue to be an option team.
Within our system, well make some subtle changes, Bellecomo said. We got to look at our personnel, and thats something weve been talking about here as clinic season is coming what changes can we make to fit our personnel within our system.
For Bellecomo, a dream has been realized. But the guy with the blue-collared work ethic wont change who is he just because he has a new job title. Hell just continue to work hard.
And like his predecessor, whose two little boys, Anthony and Thomas, used to roam the sidelines during the early years of Vernon Hills football, Bellecomo wants his own small kids to be a part of the experience, with wife Heidis approval obviously.
Alexis is 8. Allison is 6.
Ill get them involved in the program, though, Bellecomo said with a laugh. They live for Friday nights.
So does their daddy.


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Hunter found dead in Swanzey
SWANZEY - The body of a hunter was recovered in Swanzey early Tuesday morning.
The N.H. Fish and Game Department was notified Monday night of an overdue hunter in the area of Talbot Hill Road, according to a press release issued by Lt. Craig Morrocco of N.H. Fish & Game.
Robert Lariviere Jr., 51, of Swanzey, was reported to have gone deer hunting in the vicinity of Talbot Hill Road in Swanzey early Monday morning. His family reported him overdue to local police. Immediately thereafter, at approximately 8:15 p.m., personnel from New England K9, N.H. Fish and Game Department, Swanzey Police Department, Swanzey Fire Department, Keene Fire Department, and Upper Valley Wilderness Rescue Team responded to the scene to conduct a search for Lariviere.
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LODI - For the first 4 minutes of Friday's game, it looked like Lincoln was going to do to Lodi what the Trojans did back in January.
LODI - For the first 4 minutes of Friday's game, it looked like Lincoln was going to do to Lodi what the Trojans did back in January.
Lincoln jumped out to an 11-2 lead, exposing Lodi's zone defense. Instead of fading, however, the way they did in a 20-point loss at Lincoln, the Flames switched to man-to-man defense, took a 19-16 lead by the end of the first quarter and never trailed again in a 65-54 victory that gave them a share of the San Joaquin Athletic Association championship for the third year in a row.
Jordan Belasco scored 18 points, Grant DeAndries and Benni Simi both scored 11, and Dante Durham had 10 for the Flames (18-8, 8-2 SJAA), who share the SJAA title with Lincoln (21-6, 8-2) for the second time in three years.
"Everyone is getting the ball to everyone," Lodi coach Dave Nutting said. "We're being unselfish. ... You could just see it, 'Who's going to make the shot? Who's going to make the pass?' I couldn't be prouder of them. They're playing better and better every day."
What's most impressive is Lodi rebounded to grab a share of the championship without three key players - Anthony Gonsalves, Cody Balzan and Abel Carillo - who recently were dismissed from the team for disciplinary reasons.
"Since we lost those three players, I think we're just determined to work harder and achieve our goal, which is to get to (Sleep Train Arena)," senior Brandon Michelucci said. "With (Gonsalves), we're losing the 3-pointer, Abel's got the boards and Cody is really quick with his hands. We just knew we had to step it up and keep moving on."
While Lincoln coach Gary Greeno wasn't pleased with his team's ongoing struggles from the free-throw line - the Trojans were 9 for 21 - he gave the Flames the credit.
"They just started hitting shots. They had 18 points on 3s in the first half," Greeno said. "This was just a game where they shot the ball really well, they took care of the ball, they played really solid defense.
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PS3 capacity boost claims are claptrap, says Sony UK
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Sony has dealt a blow to any storage-hungry PlayStation 3 gamers by officially denying that it's planning to introduce either a 120GB or a 160GB version of the console into the UK.
European PS3s aren't getting more storage capacity now - or tomorrow
This week, rumours have been flying around that the company's due to phase out production of its 80GB PS3 in the US to replace it with either a 120GB or a 160GB model for the same price. UK gamers hope that the sale of a larger capacity PS3 in the US would be mirrored in over here.
Well, no it won't. A spokeswoman at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today told Register Hardware that it "has no plans to bring either a 120GB or a 160GB PS3 into the UK".
It's been suggested that the higher capacity hard drive might appear alongside the anticipated PS3 TV tuner, the PlayTV, which Sony announced in August 2007 ahead of the product's scheduled "early 2008" launch. PlayTV contains two tuners to allow the PS3 to operate as a full digital video recorder (DVR).
In a double blow, the SCEE spokeswoman also denied that any larger capacity machine will include a DualShock 3 controller, as also rumoured yesterday. She instead stuck to her guns and reiterated Sony's 2007 speech that the rumble-enabled controller will appear in the UK and US at some point during 2008.


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Republican congressional candidate Lambert says he'd serve only 3 terms
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Recently retired Marine Col. Gary Lambert looks to the Marine Corps for a parallel to explain his pledge to serve only three terms — a mere six years — if elected to the 2nd New Hampshire Congressional district this fall.
Command assignments in the Marines last two to three years at the most, then the commander moves on, no matter how good he is, Lambert said.
"It's enough (time) to get something done, yet not enough to get entrenched in that, sometimes, DC cesspool," Lambert said last week at the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The 54-year-old is running against four others, including state Rep. Marilinda Garcia, for the Republican nomination to represent the vast, C-shaped congressional district, which includes the North Country, western New Hampshire, and the Nashua and Salem areas.
Lambert was a one-term state senator from 2010 to 2012 from the Nashua area. He said he was the first Republican in 94 years to represent his Nashua district in the state Senate.
He grew up in Rhode Island in a family that, according to his biography, lived below its means. He worked at McDonald's, a textile mill and a meat market. In his second year in college, his father died suddenly.
Lambert's mother, a post World War II German immigrant, took a job as a nurse's aide at a nursing home and earned her GED. At 82, she still works at the nursing home.
Lambert joined the Marine reserves in the late 1980s. When not activated, he has run a small law firm, where he concentrates on patent and trademark law.
The highlight of his career was the six months he spent as a Marine lawyer in Iraq, he said. He was the No. 2 military lawyer for coalition forces during that time in late 2004.
Coalition forces had just given the country back to the Iraqis. The Coalition forces' legal team helped the Iraqis write their constitution. Lambert was president of the detainee review board, which determined who would take custody of Saddam Hussein loyalists and insurgents.
Lambert said he moved to New Hampshire in 1994, shortly after traveling to the state on a blind date. He met his future wife, Lori. They have been married 18 years and have two daughters.
They have been involved heavily in their adopted city. He is a member of the First Church in Nashua and raised $2 million as co-chair of a capital campaign.
He's on the board of a family-faith foundation and the local mental health center. His wife is on the board of St. Joseph Hospital; she helped raise $2 million for the local soup kitchen.
On the campaign trail, the biggest issue is Obamacare, Lambert said. Businesses can't afford it, nor can the working poor whom the health care law was supposed to help, he said.
"I think we need to repeal it and replace it with free market alternatives," Lambert said. That includes multi-state insurance marketplaces and a requirement that hospitals post their prices, he said.
He calls himself pro-life and said he favors the Hobby Lobby decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Government regulations, especially environmental regulations, hamstring business, he said.
As a state senator, Lambert voted to keep New Hampshire enrolled in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Lambert said that if New Hampshire were to exit RGGI, electrical customers would have had to pay millions in higher electrical rates with no benefit.
But he would have voted against RGGI when it was established; he rules out voting for any federal cap and trade system.
"I look at a national cap and trade program like Obamacare. It would be a nightmare," Lambert said. He said human activity probably contributes to global warming, but none of the people he speaks to on the street care about climate change.
When it comes to entitlements, he ruled out cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits for retirees and those nearing retirement age. Lambert said he wants a Congressional committee to come up with reforms; he would not endorse any specific reforms during an interview.
"Isn't that what committees are for and panels are for?" he said.
Lambert retired six weeks ago as a Marine. He wears a Bronze Star ribbon on his lapel and cuff links with a Marine Corps emblem.
Lambert said it's easy to second-guess the decision to invade Iraq. At the time, countries were coming together and intelligence agencies reported about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
He faults Obama for not reaching a status of forces agreement with the Iraqi government. Such an agreement was key to keeping U.S. forces inside the country, he said.
Lambert said the United States needs to be more engaged in the world. But he would not favor military engagement with the al Qaeda splinter group ISIS — Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
"By itself, in a vacuum, us engaging with ISIS, I don't see that as a national security issue right now."


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Spain fell short of its targeted amount at a triple bond auction on Wednesday, prompting a rise in yields on the secondary market as investors await the government's move to trigger European Central Bank bond-buying.
The Treasury sold 4.3 billion euros ($5.6 billion) of bonds compared to a target range of between 3.5 billion and 4.5 billion euros, including 1.1 billion of its 10-year benchmark.
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The 10-year yield fell to 5.290 percent from 5.458 at the last auction but offered little or no premium to the rate at which banks were trading the paper ahead of the auction - a sign of a weak result.
The Treasury also sold a bond maturing Oct. 31, 2015 at a lower yield than the previous auction while another due July 30, 2019, at a higher yield than at a previous auction of the same paper in January.
"A bit disappointing that they didn't manage to raise the full amount," said Nick Stamenkovic, strategist at RIA Capital Markets.
"The sheer scale of issuance next year and the lack of demand from domestic investors suggest to me that it's just a matter of time before Spain has to make an official bailout (request) but that's a story for early 2013," he said.
Yields in Spanish bonds have fallen from highs of more than 7 percent reached over the summer, easing the feeling of crisis in the euro zone thanks largely to an ECB bond buying plan that requires an official request for aid to swing into action.
In Madrid's broader battle to rebalance its economy and get its debt down, yields remain high for a country facing another year without economic growth.
Hit by an economic slump that has left one in four out of work as well as overspending by regional and central government, Spain is likely to overshoot its 2012 deficit target.
But the auction on Wednesday - the second to last of its bonds for 2012 - should mean it has covered all of its financial needs for this year. After covering redemptions, the Treasury has additional funds of almost 44 billion euros, according to government data.
Spain's risk premium over Germany rose to 400 basis points after the auction, up 10 basis points from before the auction but still below highs of over 650 bps hit in July.
"There's still a somewhat Teflon-like feel to Spain's bond market despite the fact that demand at today's auction - a fairly modestly sized one at that - was not as strong as expected," said Nicholas Spiro of Spiro Sovereign Strategy in London.
"Still, the lower yield on the 10-year note is a further illustration of the enduring signalling effect of the ECB's bond-buying programme. The very fact that Spain is, at least on paper, pre-funding for next year and selling 10-year paper at 5.3 percent is quite an achievement considering how dire things looked as recently as July."


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WORCESTER � National Grid is tabling its plan to install a specialized tower at a Tory Fort Lane substation.
William Jones of National Grid told the City Council's Public Service and Transportation Committee Wednesday that based on feedback it received over several meetings with neighborhood residents and city officials, it has decided to explore other options and conduct further signal testing to see if another site for its so-called "WiMax" tower could be located.
The proposal for the new 80-foot-high lattice tower with a 10-foot-high mast extension at the Cooks Pond electric substation at 30 Tory Fort Lane was before the Zoning Board of Appeals, and has drawn strong opposition from residents in the area near Tatnuck Square.
As part of the utility's Smart Energy Solutions program, formerly referred to as the smart grid program, the network of WiMax towers would collect data transmitted from "smart meters" installed for 15,000 customers so it could be passed along to the utility, and back to customers through Internet and mobile apps.
Mr. Jones said the meters, installed as part of a pilot program, would give the utility more pinpointed information about customer usage, and said it would allow customers to get a better sense of how they use electricity. Some levels of the new service will allow customers to automatically control their thermostat, heating and air conditioning controls.
Several residents and other speakers at Wednesday's meeting at City Hall said they were concerned with the potential for adverse health effects of the electromagnetic and radio frequencies and radiation generated by the devices, which are typically being installed on the exterior of customers' homes.
According to National Grid, the relative power density of the smart meters is 10 to 20 times less than a laptop computer, and 5,000 times less than a microwave oven. Mr. Jones said he is not aware of any adverse health effects of the devices.
But Clare Donegan of Quincy said National Grid was not using "apples to apples" comparisons when compiling those statistics. For example, she said the utility uses a measurement for the effect of a microwave oven with someone standing at 2 inches from the oven door. She said she would like to see a more realistic comparison of the effect of someone standing farther away from the appliance.
Other members of the audience questioned the source of National Grid's research, and others complained about more mundane annoyances like a lack of attention to upkeep around the Cooks Pond substation.
That set off at-large Councilor Rick Rushton, who said he was growing tired of complaints about the utility.
"You are a terrible neighbor to that neighborhood," Mr. Rushton said.
District 2 Councilor Philip P. Palmieri told National Grid officials that if they can't do things like regularly mow the lawn at their substations, they will have trouble gaining the trust of residents on larger issues like the smart meter installations and tower locations.
The committee also asked for a report from the city's Public Health Department on the potential health effects from the smart meters and WiMax towers.
Some residents at the four-hour meeting had problems with the way the program was presented to residents. They said the utility made it the responsibility of customers to opt out of the program, rather than inviting them to opt in.
Mr. Jones said the utility notified customers in writing that they were selected for the program, and gave them instructions on how to opt out. He said workers also notified residents when they come to install the meters; if they are not home, door hangers are left behind.
Residents also noted that the utility plans on seeking approval from the state to charge residents a one-time fee and a monthly fee for opting out of the program.
Mr. Jones said that request was for a separate program. He said there is no charge for customers to opt in or out of the pilot Smart Energy Solutions program.
Mr. Palmieri said a future meeting will be scheduled that will be dedicated to the Smart Energy Solutions program.
Earlier in the meeting, the utility went over some of its tree-trimming efforts. Craig Allen of National Grid told the committee that the utility conducts trimming operations on a five-year schedule. He noted that climate change has elongated the growing season in Central Massachusetts, prompting the utility to consider altering its trimming cycles to prune at shorter intervals, or to trim more around the lines to keep the growth at bay.
Mr. Allen also said National Grid is planning for the impending invasion of the latest tree-killing bug, the emerald ash borer. He said he believes the ash borer will eventually kill all the ash trees in the Northeast.


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Atlanta, Ga – Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., commented today on Planned Parenthood's response to the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad.
"Planned Parenthood's response to the Tebow family's Super Bowl ad continues that organization's history of deception," said Dr. King. "It features two African Americans, Planned Parenthood's preferred target for abortion, talking about 'respecting' women's choices without ever mentioning the 'A' word. Spare me. If abortion is supposed to be a choice that everyone respects, why can't Planned Parenthood even allow the word to be spoken?"
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.
"The Spirit God has given us is no cowardly spirit." (2 Tim. 1:7)


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NEW YORK (AP) — So what's new on TV?
The new season of "America's Got Talent" starts Tuesday at 9 p.m. EDT. New judges include former Spice Girl Mel B. and supermodel/personality Heidi Klum, who are joining forces with Howie Mandel and Howard Stern. New York's Radio City Music Hall is the spectacular new venue.
Even so, the roots of this NBC variety competition are steeped in TV antiquity, reaching back to the medium's infancy.
It was on June 20, 1948, that "The Ed Sullivan Show" (then known as "The Toast of the Town") began its 24 seasons of jugglers, opera singers, comedians, animal acts and (of course) Elvis Presley and the Beatles.
It was also 65 years ago that "The Original Amateur Hour" moved to television after a successful run on radio (its final CBS telecast was in 1970).
The variety show was pronounced dead decades ago. And after "The Gong Show" in the 1970s and '80s, and "Star Search," which folded in 1995, talent competitions also seemed kaput.
But Simon Cowell has done his part to resurrect both genres.
He was, of course, the tart-tongued judge when "American Idol" began its epoch-changing run on Fox in 2002.
With his Syco Entertainment, he now serves as a creator, producer and judge on Fox's "The X Factor," which come fall starts its third season.
And off-camera, he is the driving force of "America's Got Talent," now starting its eighth season.
In a recent phone interview from his native London, the 53-year-old mega-impresario recalled enjoying talent shows like "Opportunity Knocks" and "New Faces" as a child.
And he described how a few years ago, amid the boom of singing competitions, he hatched the idea for the broader-based talent show "America's Got Talent" emerged as. He was watching a singing show in Britain when a contestant warbled a too-familiar song, and very badly, "and I remember thinking: 'I'd actually rather watch a dancing dog than listen to her.'
"Then I said to myself, 'I used to LOVE that kind of show! Why don't we bring back that type of show again?'"
So he did. "America's Got Talent" (the first in Cowell's global "Got Talent" franchise, with original versions of the format now produced in 56 territories) premiered in 2006. And last year (fittingly) a dog act, Olate Dogs, won the $1 million prize.
Cowell is expectedly bullish about the season ahead.
"The new panel has jelled very well. There's really good chemistry with the judges and the host (Nick Cannon)," he said. He also sang the praises of the series' new producer, Sam Donnelly. "She's totally revitalized the American show. It's by far the best we've done."
Of course, "AGT" is hardly Cowell's only project, even in the U.S.
Come fall, "The X Factor" returns on Fox after two seasons of conspicuously falling short of what the audience was led to expect.
Will its third be the charm?
"If you'd asked me that question even a month ago," Cowell replied, "I would have said I honestly don't know." But recent auditions in Charleston, S.C., were "by far the best two days we've shot" since the series began, he declared.
"It suddenly just clicked. And there's one audition in particular that's probably one of my favorites that I've ever been involved in — a one-in-10-million audition. I can't stop thinking about it.
"I think we may have got it right," he summed up.
The talent-show derby has been dominated in recent months by the hearty performance of NBC's "The Voice" (whose producers include reality mogul Mark Burnett) and the ratings erosion of "American Idol," whose judging panel Cowell exited three years ago.
"Not my problem anymore," he chuckled when asked to diagnose what is plaguing "Idol."
"It's so much in my past now," he said. "I deliberately this year didn't watch a single second of the show."
Maybe publicized clashes between its judges (only one of whom — maybe — will be back next season) upstaged the performers. Maybe the show is getting old in the tooth. Or maybe, with all the rival talent shows (including ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" and even AMC's new docureality series, "Showville"), the genre is glutted.
"There is no question about it, there are too many," Cowell said. "But funnily enough, that doesn't bother me. It makes you more focused."
Asked the most important thing he focuses on, Cowell didn't pause before replying, "relevancy. Somebody once said to me, 'Disco died in the '70s.' Those words haunt me. You have to stay relevant in EACH decade."
But how? "I listen. I listen to people who've had more experience than me. And I listen to 16- and 17-year-olds. I'm not threatened by someone who knows more than me. I just want them to TELL me!
"I love learning new things," said the man world-famous for his on-the-air outspokenness. "I'd rather listen than talk."
EDITOR'S NOTE — Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Still mourning the death of her mother, Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill returned to campaigning Wednesday as Republican challenger Todd Akin gained a dual boost from a former presidential hopeful and a political group that had aided one his rivals in the GOP primary.
Former Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich led a rally for Akin in Kansas City, urging supporters to send a powerful signal to "the moneyed Republican establishment" that — led by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney — abandoned Akin after an August remark about "legitimate rape."
Yet there were fresh signs that Akin was regaining GOP support. The Now or Never Political Action Committee, which backed an Akin rival in the GOP primary, announced Wednesday that it was buying $800,000 of TV ads urging Romney supporters to also vote for Akin on Tuesday.
Missouri polls have consistently shown Romney leading Democratic President Barack Obama, who narrowly lost the state four years ago. Some polls also have shown a tightened Missouri Senate race, as Akin has attempted to rebound from an Aug. 19 TV interview in which he said women's bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy after "legitimate rape."
McCaskil had canceled most of her campaign events during the past week to spend time with her ailing mother, who died Monday. She returned to campaigning Wednesday with an event outside a St. Louis County elementary school.
"This has been a tumultuous time in my life, obviously," said McCaskill, her voice seeming to break. "And part of me is a little lost. This is the first time I've walked out my house in the morning, campaigning, where I haven't had a chance to say, 'Mom, I'm out there. I'm going.' And she hasn't given me the, 'I wish I could go. Go get them.' So that's hard for me. She's been a huge part of my life in so many ways."
McCaskill used the school setting to criticize Akin's opposition to the federally funded school lunch program, which began during the administration of President Harry Truman, a Missouri native. Akin has suggested states could better handle the program.
"This is a program that should not be a place that candidates for the United States Senate differ, but we do. And that should remind Missourians how extreme Todd Akin is," McCaskill said.
At the rally in Kansas City, Akin suggested it is McCaskill who was out of touch with most Missourians in supporting Obama's federal stimulus act and health care law. He noted that 71 percent of Missouri voters approved a 2010 ballot measure rejecting a key provision in the health care law.
Akin also emphasized that low-income housing firms affiliated with McCaskill's husband, Joseph Shepard, have received tens of millions of dollars of federal subsidies. That's "your taxpayer dollars that are going to her family business," Akin said Wednesday.
Cheers mixed with jeers as Akin and Gringrich spoke at Kansas City's historic Union Station to a crowd that included about 100 supporters and nearly as many protesters, many carrying signs that referenced Akin's "legitimate rape" remark. The event highlighted the intensity of a campaign that has remained in the national spotlight and could help determine party control of the U.S. Senate.
Republicans need a net gain of four Senate seats in Tuesday's election — or just three, if Romney defeats Obama and gives a GOP vice president the power to break tie votes in the Senate — to retake the chamber's majority from Democrats.
"No single Senate race in the country will send a more powerful signal than the election of Todd Akin," Gingrich said at the rally, first noting the potential for Republican control of the chamber. But Gingrich said there was an equally strong point to be made within the GOP.
"There is no other race in the country that will send a bigger signal to the moneyed Republican establishment that it is votes that matter and citizens that matter," Gingrich said to his most enthusiastic applause. "When people of a state make a choice, they deserve to be respected for their right to choose the candidate they want, not the candidate Washington dictates."
Winning the majority was the reason cited by the Now or Never PAC for its new ad. The group had backed Akin rival Sarah Steelman in the Aug. 7 GOP primary.
"Todd Akin may have not been our first choice for Republican nominee in the race to replace Claire McCaskill," said spokesman Tyler Harber. "But congressman Akin plays an important role in securing the Senate chamber."
Among the protesters at Wednesday's rally in Kansas City was Neil Harris, a retired college teacher and McCaskill supporter who held a sign saying, "Todd and Newt (equals) Hypocritical Mass." Harris referred to Akin as "an idiot."
"His 13th century doctrine on women shutting down the possibility of pregnancy after rape seems to be far from reality," Harris said.
Akin supporter Kiley Chaney, a union bricklayer who drove an hour from rural Garden City to attend the rally, acknowledged that Akin had "made some blunders in the campaign." But Chaney said he was more concerned with McCaskill's ties to Obama and the large national debt.
"She's going to be a yes woman for Obama," said Chaney, later adding: "It's not fashionable to be for Akin, but I'm going to vote against McCaskill."
Salter reported from St. Louis.


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B1177 Engine Trouble Code
Meaning of B1177 engine trouble code is a kind of body trouble code and when your car's 'B1177 Check Engine' light comes on, it's usually accompanied by a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. The light could mean a costly problem, like a bad catalytic converter, or it could be something minor, like a loose gas cap. But in many cases, it means at minimum that you'll be visiting the car dealer to locate the malfunction and get the light turned off.
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B1177 Possible Solution:
Power Steering Pressure (PSP) Switch Malfunction In Key On, Engine Off Self-Test, this DTC indicates the PSP input to the PCM is high. In Key On, Engine Running Self-Test, this DTC indicates that the PSP input did not change state. Steering wheel must be turned during Key On, Engine Running Self-Test PSP switch/shorting bar damaged SIG RTN circuit open PSP circuit open or shorted to SIGRTN PCM damaged.
B1177 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Body (B) Trouble Code For Engine
|Fuel And Air Metering
|Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too High
|Cylinder 10 Contribution/balance Fault
|Shift/Timing Solenoid Malfunction/ 3-2 Shift Solenoid Circuit Electrical
Is the fuel pump sometimes not priming when you turn the key to ON(II)? Start by measuring the fuel pressure and checking whether you have bright white-bluish spark at all four plugs. The mechanical timing is also something that you should check, as we mentioned above.
B1177 OBD-II Diagnostic Body (B) Trouble Code DescriptionB1177 engine trouble code is about Shift/Timing Solenoid Malfunction/ 3-2 Shift Solenoid Circuit Electrical.
Main reason For B1177 CodeThe reason of B1177 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too High.
B1177 code on vehicles with electronically controlled automatic transmissions, the 3-4 shift solenoid is responsible for actuating the hydraulic circuits to activate clutches or bands that change gears inside the automatic transmission.