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Sunday, February 17, 2008
National 'Kingpin' Appreciation Day
Five years ago – in February of 2003 – a TV show I created was broadcast to the masses. It was called "Kingpin."
Some critics dissed it, some kissed it. But I remain exceedingly proud of "Kingpin." And I have been feenin' ever since for another opportunity to be storyteller-in-chief for a bona fide Hollywood production.
Embedded below is a 7½-minute sequence from Episode 4 of "Kingpin." The network really did let us push boundaries when it came to violence, as you can see. But check out how I used the music of Susana Baca:
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- DeAngelo Starnes said...
Kingpin was a good show with Wire layers of characters. The network didn't give you a chance to get your shit off. In fact, they killed just when it was getting good.
My only beef was the woman you cast as the lead mobster's wife. I don't care that she was white but she was fucked up looking.
- February 17, 2008 at 9:37 PM
I enjoyed Kingpin too. I remember the commercials for it...I think they wore out Kinky's Mas so much that I went looking for it my damn self.
- February 17, 2008 at 11:00 PM
- Michael Fisher said...
Was that the show you had called Toy about?
- February 18, 2008 at 1:26 AM
- Abbie said...
I loved this show. I was just talking about it the other week- when they torture the guy by addicting him to heroin. That was pretty brilliant. And Bobby Cannavale played evil pretty well.
- February 18, 2008 at 7:25 AM
- Mes Deux Cents said...
Hi UBM,
I'll be putting Kingpin on my must see list. :)
And you have been tagged! I think you will enjoy this one. Please see my blog post about it.
- February 18, 2008 at 8:41 AM
- Andre said...
I know you've been asked this question a thousand times, but were there any other filmed episodes other than the ones available on DVD ? My wife and I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!!!!!
- February 18, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Huge fan of the show, but I have particular reasons for loving this scene.
By the way, she was very flattered, too!
It all starts with the "feenin'". Can't wait to see what's next for you.
I'm currently in the lab, trying to finish that NBC pilot. I was a good soldier and didn't work on it during the strike. It appears others worked on theirs, so I'm racing the clock...
--Jorge Reyes
- February 18, 2008 at 3:14 PM
I watched all of it and enjoyed it. Originally it was just a 6 episode miniseries With the possibility of becoming a regular series, no? I met Yancey recently on a bad TV movie we were both doing. He spoke fondly of you. He also said he was miffed by so many similarities between your show and CANE.
- February 19, 2008 at 6:19 AM
- Francisco said...
Dude! UBM! This show was 'teh awesome' and I've been patiently waiting for you to get off your ass and do another one. You and Me talked back in Television Without Pity about your awesome taste in latino music (which you need to feature more in your blog, BTW) and the plans for the aborted second season of Kingpin (artificial insemination babies! Lupita the witch goes nuts! Quinceañera party massacre, etc, etc...) Good Times. Do a kick-ass script and take it to AMC, they are doing awesome stuff now and willing to take chances.
- February 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
I'm currently in the lab, trying to finish that NBC pilot.
Jorge: Time to make the donuts, bruh. Rock that shit.
Andre: Sorry I'm late responding, but yeah, those six were the only six that got made. We had six more scripts, but the plug got pulled.
Thanks for the positive vibe, though.
- February 19, 2008 at 9:07 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
Francisco: Greetings! Thanks for that. I'll put some Latin music up for you in a minute...
Russell: Welcome to my spot, and thanks. Yancey is the coolest. I weep for what could have been.
- February 19, 2008 at 9:09 AM


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There's no debating that smartphones have sped up communication. But two professors at the University of Rochester are looking to do the opposite by using mobile technology to slow people down. Their new "Indeterminate Hikes" (IH+) app encourages participants to focus attention on the environment and experience nature in unexpected urban spaces.
"In general, smartphones or mobile phones are task-oriented," said Cary Peppermint, assistant professor of art at the University of Rochester. "With IH+ all this is disrupted because the phone becomes a tool for imagination, creativity, and exploration."
Peppermint and Leila Nadir, a writer and lecturer on sustainability, are the co-founders of EcoArtTech, a collaboration that explores technology and environmentally focused work with other artists and organizations. Their work, which uses new media to inspire awareness of nature in everyday life, can currently be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum, Walker Art Center, and New Museum.
"When we talk about sustainability and the environment it is usually about protecting rural spaces," said Nadir. "With this app, we want to adopt that same mentality but apply it to cities to understand how they evolve."
According to Peppermint and Nadir, a big part of that process is learning how to slow down. After downloading IH+, users "pioneer" a "hike" by entering a start and end location, similar to finding directions online. But instead of selecting a direct route, Google Maps generates a random path with prompts and activities that encourage users to look for wilderness in urban spaces. "The prompts increase awareness of the environment where you live and also cause social interactions you're using the technology to reconnect with space instead of people," said Peppermint.
When following the route, users may be asked to take a photograph with their phones at selected points, write a "field note" on their phones, send a text message to someone, or perform a particular taskall in response to their surroundings. "Hikes" are intended to be performed in groups and with one phone, to make the experience socially interactive.
"Wilderness is all around you and the app encourages users to give the same attention to inner city parks and rain gutters that we do to landscapes like canyons and gorges," said Nadir.
Once a hike is complete, users can download their experience to ecoarttech.org so others can view the journey. So far, hikes have been pioneered in both the U.S. and Europe. Participants also can choose to pioneer a hike in companion species mode, where scenic vistas are selected by pets for people to enjoy. The app is now available for both iPhone and Android phones.
"People are really excited and inspired by the newness of the experience," said Peppermint, who believes that good art should interrupt people's expectations. "We also find that when you bring art, nature, and technology together people are relieved. It doesn't have to be one or the other."
Peppermint and Nadir began collaborating in 1996 and created EcoArtTech in 2005 as a way to bring together their academic interests and practices through a shared interest in nature and the environment. Their research has received awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


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Bovada sent along their MVP odds for the 2014 NFL season. Let's break it down.
Peyton Manning 3/1
Drew Brees 11/2
Aaron Rodgers 15/2
Tom Brady 9/1
According to Bovada, the oldest skill position player in the NFL is an overwhelming favorite to win his sixth MVP award. If that were to happen, I don't know how people could continue to put Tom Brady (or anyone, frankly) ahead of Manning on lists of all-time greats.
It's surprising to see Brees ahead of Rodgers. Those two should be neck-and-neck for the second spot, well ahead of Brady, who has clearly declined late in his career. A healthy Rodgers, still in his prime, is probably Manning's biggest challenger.
Andrew Luck 16/1
Jay Cutler 20/1
Matthew Stafford 20/1
Colin Kaepernick 25/1
Cam Newton 25/1
Russell Wilson 25/1
Robert Griffin III 25/1
LeSean McCoy 25/1
Adrian Peterson 25/1
Calvin Johnson 25/1
McCoy, Peterson and Johnson are almost unarguably the best two non-quarterbacks in the game, which is why they're the only players who don't play that position to make the top 15. No other non-QB has odds better than 50/1.
It's a bit surprising to see Luck ahead of Newton and Wilson, both of whom have been better thus far in their respective careers. Bovada is banking on a breakout third season for the former top pick. And it's also weird that Cutler and Stafford — who simply don't feel like MVP candidates right now — are wedged in between Luck and those other young quarterbacks (including Griffin).
Matt Ryan 33/1
Nick Foles 40/1
Ben Roethlisberger 50/1
Eli Manning 50/1
Philip Rivers 50/1
Tony Romo 50/1
Marshawn Lynch 50/1
It's amazing to see Foles listed ahead of Roethlisberger, Eli Manning and Rivers. And it's also funny to see those three grouped together. Fellow first-round picks in 2004, they're seemingly always linked. And of course Romo and Eli have identical odds.
Ryan and Foles are in the correct spots. They're darkhorses who haven't reached their prime. But I really can't see anyone else winning the award beyond that.
Demaryius Thomas 66/1
Matt Forte 66/1
Jamaal Charles 66/1
Dez Bryant 66/1
Brandon Marshall 66/1
Julio Jones 66/1
Jimmy Graham 66/1
Joe Flacco 100/1
Johnny Manziel 100/1
Andy Dalton 100/1
Eddie Lacy 100/1
Arian Foster 100/1
Rob Gronkowski 100/1
Alex Smith 150/1
Alfred Morris 150/1
C.J. Spiller 150/1
Antonio Brown 150/1
DeMarco Murray 200/1
Frank Gore 200/1
Quarterbacks have won six of the last seven MVP awards. A receiver hasn't won it, and a defensive player hasn't won in more than a quarter century (Lawrence Taylor in 1986). Oh, and a rookie hasn't won either. So from the list above, the only realistic longshots are Flacco, Dalton and Smith. I'd take Dalton from there.


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Source: London, British Library, MS Harley 978, f. 11v
Is this the oldest surviving form of written polyphony? MS Harley 978 is renowned for its comical insert "Sumer is icumen in" (Summer is coming) dating from the mid thirteenth-century, originating in Reading Abbey. The manuscript, however, was most likely to have been copied in Oxford before it found its way to Reading, perhaps by a certain William of Winchester? Today, the musical item in MS Harley 978 is best known for its naughty explication of nature's somatic, indifferent delights:
Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu!Few actually remember that the "music itself" is a plural diacritical force yanked between two seemingly polar loci; the added red lyrics beneath the secular call to nature is, indeed, a completely religious account of God's sacrifice of Jesus for the holy redemption of mankind:
Groweþ sed and bloweþ med
And springþ þe wde nu,
Sing cuccu!
Awe bleteþ after lomb,
Lhouþ after calue cu.
Bulluc sterteþ, bucke uerteþ,
Murie sing cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes þu cuccu;
Ne swik þu nauer nu.
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!
Summer has come in,
Loudly sing, Cuckoo!
The seed grows and the meadow
And the wood springs anew,
Sing, Cuckoo!
The ewe bleats after the lamb
The cow lows after the calf.
The bullock stirs, the stag farts,
Merrily sing, Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, well you sing,
Don't you ever stop now,
Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.
Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!
- Perspice Christicola
- que dignacio
- Celicus agricola
- pro uitis vicio
- Filio
- non parcens exposuit mortis exicio
- Qui captiuos semiuiuos a supplicio
- Vite donat et secum coronat
in celi solio
- Observe, Christian,
- such honour!
- The heavenly farmer,
- due to a defect in the vine,
- not sparing the Son,
- exposed him to the destruction of death.
- To the captives half-dead from torment,
- He gives them life and crowns them with himself
- on the throne of heaven.
The wonderful explosive moment to the musical item - a worked ascent through A to high F, figures in a bullock stirring and the stag farting in this (musical and animistic) climax of this miniature tour around the farm of sumer is icumen in. The precise peak coincides with the ridiculous cuckoo call: "Sing cucco!" promptly echoed by the Pes repetitive parts, as unchanging as the actual irrational cuckoos who, for want of reason, are imprisoned by their own perpetual canon of mimetic birdsong. From the beastly dimensions of mock fin' amours, the corresponding juxtapositional text figures God as the "heavenly farmer" tending to his symbol-ridden bestiary. In an interpolative gesture, the text is precisely "layered," brought into corporeal proximity with its beastly other by the process of musical knitting. Religion, it seems "overwrites" the previous (proximal) secular lyric as the scribe "overwrites" (writes-over) the scraped, dried animal body (parchment) with meaningful symbols for reading. The music which is not one: always doubled by its own text-ure, but never fully reducible to the signifier either...
Corresponding to the (secular) lyric's conflation of the oral/anal drives (stag farting, the singer reaching a climatic high-f shriek), the sacred lyrics "supplies with captives half-dead with torment," a truly intriguing pairing of disconnect themes. Most interestingly, the climax of the sacred lyric - Vite (life) - is conspicuously disjointed from the musical phrase, only to be completed at the start of the next phrase after the brief rest. What is going on here? In the place of "vite," "supplicio" conforms to the high point, as does the inverted fart-breath of the stag sublimated into a joyous/ambiguous celebration/rejection/abjection of nature's machinic, hermetic writing and re-writing of its contradictory drives. The point of the verse, it seems, circulates around the mimesis of birdly (re)call, and the proper faculty of ars memoria: surely, by hammering in the cyclical (some say irritating) tapping of music, Christ's own torturous sacrifice is torturously hammered into the skull of the participant/listener, even musically displacing the actual receipts of Christ's sacrifice to the musical afterthought preceding the song's climax.
The registral shift from the (sung) bestiary to the ejaculatory wantonness of "cuccu!" frames Christian supplication to free the captive. Who is captive here? After a couple of rounds, inasmuch as music heightens the memoria of text, over-audibility could cause aural fatigue; the paradox, is that the climatic equivocal "cuccu!" flirts with an equally ambiguous "suplicio," perhaps the "suplicio" to rid oneself of the melody, to literally kill the music, to end a life by cutting short one's breath (which now stinks of flatulent music). Yet, the breath ironically supports the sustained (tone/)thought of Christ: the ridiculous conundrum of the cantor is therefore to sustain repetitiveness through perseverance: hopefully his singerly death (loss of voice) which becomes symptomatic of his devotion (his reduction to beastly ineloquence) transcends his corporeal (natural) enslavement: his flatulent "pneuma" turns into a blessed offering for the memorialization of Christ's sacrifice.


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February 27, 2013
Ah.. did everyone have a wonderful Oscar Sunday? The glitz, the glamor, the gowns… Captain Kirk? I only got to see a couple of minutes of the telecast so far so don't spoil anything for me. But I hope you all won your office pools. This is another super-fresh episode, just recorded yesterday. They don't…


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A Different Kind of Day, GIVING TUESDAY -- Area Company joins National movement
Philadelphia area Company, Jenkintown Building Services, joins a National Effort to develop a new day of giving, GIVING TUESDAY
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Nov. 26, 2012 02:17 PM
JENKINTOWN, Pa., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Where: The Connelly House
When: Tuesday, 11/27 9am-12pm
We all recognize Black Friday and Cyber Monday as days to shop for bargains, and flood the malls and online shopping sites. Jenkintown Building Services is joining a new national initiative called #GivingTuesday, a day to give back to the community in varied and creative ways and develop giving opportunities.
JENKINTOWN will perform a service project on Tuesday, Nov. 27th, for the Connelly House, rappelling the 8 story building and gifting free window cleaning. Connelly House, a 79-unit residence, is the first LEED certified affordable housing facility in Philadelphia. It is a partnership between Project H.O.M.E. and Bethesda Project and provides services and housing to formerly homeless men and women in Center City Philadelphia.
Marty Tuzman, CEO of JENKINTOWN, states, "I recently heard about #GivingTuesday and its call to service. I immediately thought it was a perfect counter balance to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday is the opposite of shopping. It asks people and organizations to find a way they can give back. It is a reminder for us to pay attention during this holiday season to the meaningful and unique ways we can each uniquely help others and the world we live in."
#GivingTuesday is a new national initiative that has become increasingly popular since it was launched by the 92nd St Y, in New York, less than a year ago. It encourages gifting, volunteering and other ways to give back to the community. Over 1600 partners have joined. Its supporters, also called "partners" are from all around the country and from all three sectors -- private industry, charitable sector and the government. The partnerships are listed on the web site, www.givingtuesday.org.
JENKINTOWN is joining as a partner to this effort.
"I hope this new initiative becomes a part of how Philadelphians plan for the holiday season. I will be spreading the word among the companies and organizations who work with JENKINTOWN and encourage them to get involved. I bet that by next year, we will be hearing about hundreds of projects that will be taking place in our region. I am happy to add this initiative to the varied ways JENKINTOWN gives to the community," added Tuzman.
Jenkintown Building Services is an 80 year old company that provides varied building services, including window cleaning, power washing, facade services and post construction cleaning.
For more information about #GivingTuesday, go to www.givingtuesday.org.
Contact: Marty Tuzman 215 432 4401
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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - October 28, 2013 --New Jersey's second medical marijuana dispensary is opening in the southern part of the state.
With Monday's launch, Compassionate Care Foundation in Egg Harbor Township joins a clinic in Montclair that opened its doors last December.
Compassionate Care CEO Bill Thomas tells The Press of Atlantic City 600 patients have registered with the clinic and over 200 appointments are booked so far.
More than 1,300 patients and more than 240 doctors have enrolled in the program since New Jersey legalized medical marijuana in 2010.
But the program has been slow in growing and the Montclair facility has had problems with an insufficient supply.


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WASHINGTON (AP) Robert Griffin III is getting a copy of ``Cool Hand Luke.''
Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said Friday he's sending his rookie quarterback a DVD of the movie.
Shanahan compared Griffin to the 1960s Paul Newman character after the Thanksgiving win over the Dallas Cowboys. Shanahan said Griffin is the type who ``doesn't get too upset about anything.''
But RG3 had no idea who or what ``Cool Hand Luke'' is, telling reporters it must be someone ``pretty cool.''
So Shanahan says he's texted Griffin to let him know it was a complement that he understood why a 22-year-old quarterback wouldn't know anything about a movie that's 45 years old.
Another new description of Griffin is ``MVP candidate'' after two impressive wins that have revitalized the Redskins' playoff hopes.
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New law will stop telephone scammers who charge fees to unsuspecting callers and requires notification of ensuing charges
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-60th, has announced that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed Bill S7652 into law. The measure, sponsored by Grisanti, requires persons or entities operating a telecommunications service system to provide notice when the caller will be charged a fee on their telephone bill. The purpose of the new law is to prevent unsuspecting victims from dialing local information and resources telephone numbers that turn out to be telephone scams costing money.
Many, if not most times, the caller receives worthless information after making the call and then notices a "remote call forwarding" charge on their next telephone bill. This new law requires a notice of warning of fee/charge imposition for calling certain telephone numbers.
"I am pleased that the governor has signed this law to protect unsuspecting victims who think they are calling a free helpline only to find a charge appear later on their telephone bill," Grisanti said. "Innocent citizens seeking helpful information on employment, affordable housing, child care, educational opportunities or other subjects of interest are being scammed into paying for expensive calls. This law eliminates the element of surprise and will allow customers the option to make an informed choice to continue with the paid portion of the call.
The jig is up on scammers who claim to be legitimate local assistance lines. New Yorkers will no longer tolerate deceptive pricing practices."
The New York state general business law will be amended within 30 days to require entities that run these interactive information network services to provide warning, including words to the effect, "In order for you to receive the information you are calling for, there is an applicable fee that will be charged to your telephone bill. If you do not want to pay this amount, please hang up." A 10-second delay before billing starts will then occur with time to disconnect.


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The oil market is ending its incredible run turning south just after the Super Bowl. Oil bears up until this point may know how the 49s feel but it looks more and more likely that the upside run is coming to an end. With reduced runs continuing into Seaway and potential talks with Iran over its nuclear program, the bulls have shined bright but now, for the short term, it is time to change sides. With maintenance season ahead the demand for crude will drop and the prices seem to be reflecting that new reality.
Oil products like RBOB looks like it is a bit toppy. After the squeeze play in February the market seems a bit more confident that we can see supply improve ahead of the next expiration. Heating oil seems to have a bit more momentum as does the gas oil in Europe but may be held back by the weakness in crude and RBOB.
Over all we look for crude supply to increase this week by 3 million barrels, gasoline up by 2, distillates up by 1 and runs down 1.0.
Natural gas short term looks terrible but long term we could be putting in a major bottom that will be the subject of an upcoming report on "The Trade." One reason may be the fact that demand for natural gas is rising sharply. Dow Jones reported that for more than three years, U.S. natural gas prices have struggled under the weight of soaring production that outpaced fuel consumption growth. But data suggest the weight is lifting. Global Hunter Securities says monthly November gas-consumption data released late Thursday, showed 7% demand growth from last year, "suggests there is a much better alignment of production to future consumption," which will prevent deep price declines. November demand rose to the highest ever for the month, while production growth rose 1.6% from year earlier.


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Axl Rose Has 'Mixed Emotions' About Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
The elusive Axl Rose has spoken about his "mixed emotions" regarding Guns N' Roses and their much-talked about induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rose sat down with the L.A. Times for a chat (while in Seattle) and the inevitable topic of the upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction came up. Slash has gone on record via his Facebook page to say that he has not turned in his RSVP nor has he committed to attend. Rose was equally up in the air when he spoke about the upcoming April 14 ceremony, which has everyone in the rock world speculating whether or not the original lineup will take the stage in Cleveland for the first time in over 20 years.
Axl's take is this: he is more than aware that the fans want to see the original lineup hit the stage. "I've got mixed emotions about what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame actually really is, but at the same time, there's a lot of people — the fans — that it just means something to them, and they're happy. It's like you won the Heisman or something," the singer said.
Rose doesn't want to ruin this special honor for others, citing the time that actor Marlon Brando sent an American Indian activist to accept his Oscar in his stead. He said, "People don't want that associated with their awards shows, even if you have a big audience. In one way it might be right, but it usually backfires on whoever does it. So I really don't want to spoil it for everybody else — or take the beating."
He finished by saying, "There is no plan yet. There really is no plan. We're still busy with this lineup. We're gonna be busy — we're gonna be busy all next year. We'll be putting out new stuff as soon as we can figure out what our deal is with labels, blah blah blah."
So just like Slash, Axl was non-committal and would not confirm anything regarding the induction ceremony which is a mere four months away. The wait-and-see game continues.
Despite the fact that Rose's publicist requests that interviewers do not pose questions about his former cohort Slash, it's Rose who always ends up bringing him up. He acknowledged that the push and pull between himself and his onetime guitarist was the root cause of the split, which is no shock, since the battles between lead singers and lead guitarists are legendary when it comes to the rock band dynamic. Those struggles often yield the best music, too.
"It was really a fight with me and Slash," Rose recalled. "Izzy was doing the same thing, but the fight with me and Slash started the day I met him. He came in, popped my tape out and put his in and wanted me in his band. And I didn't want to join his band. We've had that war since Day 1."
Perhaps the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony could be where they extend an olive branch or sign a peace treaty?


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Would you consider yourself a leper? We use that term to mean several things. It could mean a person with Hansen's disease, the brutal ailment that attacks nerves and limbs and causes deformity. It can also be a term for social marginalization, as in, "I'm a leper around here."
The Scriptures today are all about leprosy and being healed from it. The first reading from Leviticus is part of the law that addresses tzaraath, which could be anything from bona fide leprosy to one of a variety of skin afflictions that were especially feared because they were thought to be contagious.
We learn in the first reading that if a priest deemed you afflicted, then you would tear your clothes, muss your hair and cry out, "Unclean, unclean." Our reading ends with the words, "He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp." Having any kind of skin disease would have put a person in horrible circumstances. Adding insult to injury, skin diseases were also often regarded as a punishment for sin and elicited scorn more often than compassion.
The Gospel tells of a leper who approaches Jesus, kneels before him and begs to be healed. The leper violates the rules. Instead of warning all and staying away, he does the opposite. And Jesus, rather than showing disdain, is moved by great compassion. Then Jesus touches and thereby heals him. In this encounter Jesus makes himself "unclean" in order to heal the leper.
To us it is obvious that skin disease has nothing to do with sin and that, further, the alienation of those afflicted was both unnecessary and unwittingly cruel. But we may do well here to enter fully into the religious imagination of the text. So, even though I hope no one now associates skin disease with moral guilt, leprosy remains a good metaphor for the condition of sin. Sin renders the human condition ugly; it deforms us. A penetrating expression of the ugliness of sin in literature is Oscar Wilde's novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Gray, in a kind of deal with the devil, maintains a healthy, fresh, un-aging profile, living a decadent life without showing the effects on his body. But Gray's portrait magically changes to progressively reveal the state of Gray's deteriorating soul. By the end of the story it shows a hideous monster.
Consider also Isaiah's suffering servant, who becomes brutalized in taking on the sins of Israel: "So marred were his features…beyond that of human beings…. Yet it was our pain that he bore…crushed for our iniquity" (Is 52:14; 53:4-5). Our tradition sees Jesus' passion as the complete fulfillment of this text. When we look at the cross, we see an icon of how sin brutalizes us. In the reading today, Jesus prefigures this dynamic by touching the leper and becoming "unclean" in order to cleanse him.
Sin also distances us from others and even from our own truest self. People recovering from addiction regularly reflect on how addictive behavior isolates the addict, who becomes increasingly imprisoned in empty gratifications and filled with shame. As the addictive behavior worsens, the addict grows more and more distant from family and friends, becoming a leper "outside the camp." This is not simply a 12-step insight. Sin in general does this. It takes us from authentic communion with others to a deepening narcissism, while it numbs our moral horizons as surely as Hansen's disease numbs nerves.
In one sense, all of us are suffering from the leprosy of sin. But that disease is not our truest self, our deepest nature. Our true nature is inherently beautiful, made in the divine image and likeness. This is what Jesus would restore. It will not do to stay outside the camp, enduring the silent scream of our inner shame: "Unclean, unclean." We need the courage of the leper in the Gospel, unwilling to distance himself from the Lord and others. We would do well to come to Jesus, to seek his healing touch and hear his healing words: "I do will it. Be made clean."
This is what confession is for.


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Model Information: This is Micro-Trains first body style. It was introduced in 1972. Its is a model of a Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcar from circa 1957. Micro-Trains does not market it as a PS-1 so as to allow themselves some latitude so they can use this car to model non-PS prototypes. Hundreds of different releases have used this body style in various paint schemes and road names. It is not a model of a "modern" steel boxcar as the length (40 foot) and the roofwalk are more typical of the transition era (1939 - 1957).
Prototype History:
So just what is a PS-1? Well the simple answer is it is any boxcar built by Pullman Standard from 1947 on. The design changed over the years – sometimes subtly, sometimes for customer request, and sometimes in a larger way. In general, most PS-1's built from 1947 to 1961 share the same dimensions and basic construction techniques. These cars all had a length of 40′, a height of 10'5″ or 10'6″, welded sides and ends and roof of Pullman's own design. The greatest variation was in the size and style of doors used. Pullman Standard also offered 50′ and later 60′ boxcars – also with the PS-1 designation.
Road Name History:
The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport, an enterprise that (at one time or another) included a tugboat fleet and an airline (the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway). Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The ATSF was the subject of a popular song, Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer's "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", written for the film, The Harvey Girls (1946).
The railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.
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Brand/Importer Information: Micro-Trains is the brand name used by both Kadee Quality Products and Micro-Trains Line. For a history of the relationship between the brand and the two companies, please consult our Micro-Trains Collector's Guide.
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Micro-Trains Line Co. split off from Kadee in 1990 to form a completely independent company. For this reason, products from this company can appear with labels from both enterprises. Due to the nature of production idiosyncrasies and various random factors, the rolling stock from Micro-Trains can have all sorts of interesting variations in both their packaging as well as the products themselves. When acquiring an MTL product it is very important to understand these important production variations that can greatly enhance (or decrease) the value of your purchase.
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So far the marketplace has been in development for a little over a year, including a beta period that the firm has used to bring funds and investors online and start building a pipeline of offerings. A quick scan of the platform shows a variety of funds including hedge funds, manage futures firms, and other private funds with names investors will recognize. Ryden estimates that there is approximately $100m in Reg D issuance online now, which will continue to expand through the official launch. The official launch is on track for the end of September.
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Currently: Long Looking to: Sell at 122.61As of 10/19/18 close: Price 117'97.0Last week, I suggested holding longs until 121.25 and honoring stops below 116. I also suggested shorting at 122.99 with stops above 123.25.TY futures are still holding above 116 but haven't yet made anything close to a bounce happen. In theory, we should see that elusive bounce up to either 122.61 or 123.71 (using EW / Fibo rules).Hold longs until 122.61 and look to short at 123.71 with stops above 124 and use 113.75 as the downside target.
Currently: Long Looking to: Sell at 122.61
As of 10/19/18 close: Price 117'97.0
Last week, I suggested holding longs until 121.25 and honoring stops below 116. I also suggested shorting at 122.99 with stops above 123.25.
TY futures are still holding above 116 but haven't yet made anything close to a bounce happen. In theory, we should see that elusive bounce up to either 122.61 or 123.71 (using EW / Fibo rules).
Hold longs until 122.61 and look to short at 123.71 with stops above 124 and use 113.75 as the downside target.


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Metascore®Mixed or average reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
While several of the dance sequences admittedly pack a visual pop, the added dimension does the hokey scripting and some of the acting no favors by amplifying their already noticeable shortcomings.
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Rhythmically, athletically and energetically, Step Up 3D does not disappoint.
Step Up 3D isn't, in dramatic terms, a very good movie, but it's the first film in a while to use 3-D as more than a marketing ploy; it points toward an original way of making a musical.
It boasts a generous exuberance and, as entertainment products go, it's surprisingly sweet.
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OK for kids 12+
Fun dance routines are best part of otherwise boring movie.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the third installment in the Step Up franchise has some romance and some aggressive dance battles, but is overall an age-appropriate choice for younger teens. There's flirting, kissing, and at-times sexy dancing, but there's nothing truly risque, and the romance is tame by movie standards. One scene shows a violent club brawl, and all of the dance battles are aggressive and feature hostile dancers challenging each other. (And the 3-D makes the dance sequences all the more thrilling/intense.) Although the ultimate message is a positive one -- to follow your passion wherever it leads -- some of the characters make it seem like dancing is more important than attending college or pretty much any other responsibility.
Messages: Although ultimately the message is positive -- that people should follow their passion, whether it's dance, filmmaking, or engineering -- there are some mixed signals when Luke encourages Moose to blow off classes for the dance battles. The fact that Natalie lies about who she is for much of the movie is also a negative take-away for kids.
Role models: Luke is generous, offering dancers a place to stay when they have no where else to go, and Moose is an inspiration to stay true to your own gifts and talents. But the kids generally don't seem to do anything but dance and play. Natalie lies to everyone about who she is and why she's dancing with them. Of everyone, Camille is the best role model, because she actually pays attention to her school work and her friends.
Violence: The dance "battles" are aggressive but not necessarily violent, although they do lead to actual brawls between the dance crews one or two times. There's also some pushing and shoving between the crew leaders, but no blood or injuries.
Sex: A couple flirts for half of the movie, does a few sultry dance moves together (including an intimate tango), and kisses passionately a couple of times. Another couple kisses briefly in one scene. Several young women are dressed in tight or skin-baring clothes, and some of the choreography could be considered provocative.
Language: One use of "f--k," one "s--t," and one "bulls--t," as well as several insults like "loser," "ass," "jerk," and "stupid." Also "hell" and "oh my God."
Consumerism: In addition to the various Nike sneakers the dancers wear, brands are featured during the dance competitions, particularly Sprite. The friends play videogames on a PlayStation, which is also one of the sponsors of the competition.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: At a fancy party and in a dance club, there are people with cups in their hands, but it's not overt, and it's implied to be alcohol, rather than specifically confirmed.
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Glad offensive sign was removed
Towing hurts city's reputation
Boehner needs a new look at things
Glad offensive sign was removed
As a resident in the Town of Ohio, I apologize to anyone who may have taken offense to what I hope is not our new town motto.
A new welcome sign was displayed on state Route 8 at the southern entrance to town. I first saw it Dec. 5. It was still there Dec. 7, when the above photo was taken; on Dec. 9, I was glad to see it was removed.
A special apology goes out to any first responders — police, ambulance, firefighters — who have responded to alcohol-related accidents, and hospital workers or police who had to notify families of injuries or deaths from such occurrences. To the students and faculty in Poland High School, who are reminded every day as they enter the gymnasium that was dedicated to Linda Trzepacz, a teacher there who was killed by a drunk driver while on her way to a Students Against Drunk Drivers meeting, and to any other family that had a loved one destroyed by alcohol abuse.
Ironically, this sign was erected shortly after a felony DWI arrest was made after an auto accident in town. Perhaps whoever installed it meant it as a subliminal plea to increase police patrol in our community.
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Towing hurts city's reputation
Your editorial on the parking situation at Labor Ready failed to recognize this trap. I was one of 17 victims whose car was towed during a Utica Comets' game. I parked on the left side of Labor Ready in a small space where no signs are posted. Nearby, the black "no parking" signs are not visible at night.
When I realized my car was towed, it was 10 p.m. I was alone and locked out of the Aud in freezing weather. Rapid Recovery towed my car to an empty, dimly-lit parking lot on Oriskany Boulevard, two miles away, where there's no identifiable number nor business. I had to give $200 to a stranger who got out of the back seat of a parked car. This was a frightening experience.
Police Chief Williams recently commented that the towing operator has violated three city ordinances. The Utica corporation counsel's office is investigating.
Just when pro and college hockey are drawing fans and revenue downtown again, this has tarnished that success and revived the "Sin City" reputation.
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Boehner needs a new look at things
Speaker of the House John Boehner recently said the U.S. health system was the best in the world, once again exhibiting ignorance of the facts. That is, even for him, astounding.
The U.S. does lead the world in cost — more than $8,400 per capita, but in every other important category, it is dismal.
We're 31st in infant mortality; 31st in preventing premature death; 30th in medical students and hospital beds; 29th in practicing doctors; 29th in doctor consultations; 27th in life expectancy; 25th in preventing death from heart disease; ninth in cancer prevention deaths; second in prevalence of diabetes; only Mexico is worse.
Overall, the nation is rated 46th by the World Health Organization and 17 by Bloomburg Business.
And Boehner continues to rail against Obamacare because it might ruin our health care system. Perhaps Rep. Richard Hanna can relay this information to him and tell him it can't get much worse.


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Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter ending July 1, 2011 after the close of market on the NYSE on Thursday, July 21, 2011. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern. The live and archived conference call webcast can be accessed online at www.westerndigital.com/investor, click on "Conference Calls." The telephone replay dial-in number is 866.501.8774 in the U.S. or +1.203.369.1854 for international callers.
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Hi Everyone-
We've recently purchased a home and have ran into some interesting issues with the HVAC that I was hoping to gain some insight to.
Our home has two systems one for upstairs one for down. Both units are on the roof and are "combined" units. (a/c and furnace). The make of these are Trane.
The thermostat wires available are (Green (G), Blue(C), Red(Rc/R), White(W1), Yellow(Y1).
We recently started having an issue where the upstairs thermostat stops receiving power pretty much daily. At about 5pm the volts to the R wire go from 26v to 1.2v. Then at 11am the following day it comes back. I've been monitoring this for 3 days now and it has been consistent each day.
I don't believe there is any kind of timer, nor know why there would be?
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Oct. 18 Joe Girardi postgame interview
THE MODERATOR: Thanks for coming, Joe. Who has a question for Joe?
Q. Joe after the whole season, how tough is it to have the season end in this fashion? What do you think went wrong with the office the last 10, 12 days?
THE MODERATOR: Thanks for coming, Joe. Who has a question for Joe?
Q. Joe after the whole season, how tough is it to have the season end in this fashion? What do you think went wrong with the office the last 10, 12 days?
JOE GIRARDI: It is extremely difficult. You work a long time to get to this point every year and to have it end abruptly, and it's going end abruptly for all but one team, it is really, really difficult.
We didn't swing the bats. It wasn't one guy, it wasn't two guys, it was a bunch of guys. And it's hard to win when you don't score runs.
Q. Joe, you tried to do things and it wasn't like you kept sends out the same lineup. Is there a frustration level at that that you exhausted every possibility you can try and still weren't able to find it?
JOE GIRARDI: One thing I know is I'm getting effort from the guys. And, you know, so I don't become frustrated. You know, we come to work every day to win, and it hurts when you don't win. There's no doubt about it. Obviously life goes on, but sometimes as a manager you have to make tough calls. Sometimes the calls are simple to make. And you live with them and you move on.
Q. How much on the same level, Joe, how much did it surprise you that the different the configurations that you tried, no matter how they were reshuffled or who you used, it was kind of the same result?
JOE GIRARDI: There are a lot of good hitters in that room, and to be able to shut a lot of them down is very surprising to me. And some of the guys that replaced other guys are good Big League players that have had a lot of success in their career. Collectively we weren't able to get it done.
Q. Joe, CC didn't seem particularly sharp from the first inning. After he gave up the home run in the fourth, I thought you might have considered getting him out before the game got out ever hand. Did you think about that?
JOE GIRARDI: Yeah, he had Fielder and he got Fielder out and looked pretty sharp on that. I had Eppley up. I wasn't hesitant, but I have a lot of confidence in CC.
Q. Is there any way to explain Robinson Cano?
JOE GIRARDI: No, that one is kind of baffling for me. Because we have seen the type of hitter that Robby Cano is. For him to struggle as long as he did, and it seems a lot longer than it actually was, we're talking about nine games. And nine games during the course of the season you say ahhh, but to see it, it's pretty difficult for me to understand.
Q. Can you put your finger on anything?
JOE GIRARDI: No, I can't. You wonder if some of the balls that he hit hard early fall in, if it is a different story. I don't know.
Q. Do you think Game 5 took anything out of CC?
JOE GIRARDI: It's possible. I don't know. He had an extra day. I think he was well rested. But, I mean, you look at everything and you try to examine it, and you are never really going to know. But you are going to evaluate everything that you do.
Q. You sent Alex up there with two guys on. You were down by five, I believe. Were you thinking maybe this is the spot he hits the home run and all of a sudden you're back in the ballgame?
JOE GIRARDI: Yeah, that's why I sent him up there. You are guaranteed a spot against him against the left‑handed pitcher and he swung the bat good off all year long, and it didn't happen.
Q. Joe, I know you were saying that you didn't want to tackle this while the series was going on. Now what steps do you need to take to rebuild your relationship with Alex?
JOE GIRARDI: I don't know. As far as I know, we're okay. It's not something I wanted to do all ‑‑ you know that.
But I don't have any signals that he's mad at me. I know he wanted to be in there. I understand that. But I don't have any signals. Now, if there are things that I have to do, I'm going to do them. But as of right now ‑‑
Q. Do you feel that you need to have talk with him, or do you ‑‑
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I'll have a talk with all of my players as we move forward. That's what I'm going to do.
Q. Joe, to have to sit Alex Rodriguez, to not have a functioning Alex, how much did that almost devastate your lineup?
JOE GIRARDI: You know, the one thing I don't want to focus on is Alex, in a sense, because it wasn't just him that didn't hit. You know, if the other guys hit, one guy's struggles aren't going to show as much. But when you have so many guys struggling, and you're Alex Rodriguez, you're going to be the people ‑‑ he is going to be the one that people talk about the most.
But there are a lot of guys mightily struggling. Not just a little bit, a lot.
Q. Joe, is there something that you said to the team that you can share with us?
JOE GIRARDI: Sure. Well, I told them it's tough. This is never easy. We've been ‑‑ I've been on both sides. It's never easy. There is only one team that's going to be happy when the year ends.
But they did a lot of good things and they overcame a lot of good things this year. We know we fell short. We understand that.
But how do we get better? I mean, that's my message. How do we all, including myself, how do we all get better next year so we don't have this feeling.
THE MODERATOR: Anything else you want to say before we go?
JOE GIRARDI: I thank you for my privacy with my father.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you.


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7 U.S. Code § 1904 - Methods research; designation of methods
§ 1904.
Methods research; designation of methodsIn furtherance of the policy expressed herein the Secretary is authorized and directed—
to conduct, assist, and foster research, investigation, and experimentation to develop and determine methods of slaughter and the handling of livestock in connection with slaughter which are practicable with reference to the speed and scope of slaughtering operations and humane with reference to other existing methods and then current scientific knowledge; and
on or before March 1, 1959, and at such times thereafter as he deems advisable, to designate methods of slaughter and of handling in connection with slaughter which, with respect to each species of livestock, conform to the policy stated in this chapter. If he deems it more effective, the Secretary may make any such designation by designating methods which are not in conformity with such policy. Designations by the Secretary subsequent to March 1, 1959, shall become effective 180 days after their publication in the Federal Register.
(Pub. L. 85–765, § 4, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 863; Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(b)–(e), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1069.)
1978—Par. (a). Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(d), inserted "and" after the semicolon at end.
Par. (b). Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(c), (e), struck out "for purposes of section 1903 of this title" before "180 days", and substituted a period for the semicolon at end.
Par. (c). Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(b), repealed par. (c).
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–445 effective one year after Oct. 10, 1978, and nonapplicability during not to exceed additional 18 months in hardship cases, see sec. 7 of Pub. L. 95–445 set out as a note under section 603 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
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We've updated the interface to all email stations and lab computers to familiarize you with the look and feel of your own personal computer and computer interfaces you will find working in a firm. This new interface operates from the familiar Windows 95/98 display, but the icons have been positioned on the desktop to allow you to access the commonly used networking features, such as the Word Processors, Web Browsers and E-Mail. (That's right, we're making Internet Explorer available in addition to Netscape!)
One caveat to the new interface is that you get the standard Windows 95/98 shutdown screen. So now, when you click on the LOGOUT icon to logout of your session, we do ask that you click on the RESTART option and not SHUT DOWN. Selecting SHUT DOWN will indeed shut down the computer and before the next person can use the computer, they will have to restart the computer. If you select RESTART, then the computer reboots to the login screen and is ready for the next user.
Late last semester the virus protection software was updated to clean off a new virus that is transferred in Microsoft Word. As always, it is a good idea to update the virus protection software on your personal computer periodically to catch any new viruses that are out there. Since we have a site license to McAfee Virus scan, all students can install copies of this software onto their computers for free. (Thus, no excuse not to do it!)
Go to Room 775 and borrow the MCAFEE version 4 software to install on your machine. There are a limited number of software copies available, thus there is a 24 hour loan period. (We also have the program on a set of diskettes, if you don't have a CD-ROM drive.) After you install the latest version, you need to scan your machine for viruses. This is very important because the program does not automatically do this. To scan your machine, go to Start - Programs - Mcafee Virus Scan.
If you have access to the network, you can also install the latest update of the program. (This can only be done after you install Version 4 from the CD.) Go to KENTNET - STUDENT SERVICES - CENTER FOR LAW AND COMPUTERS - VIRUS DETECTION/REMOVAL and select MCAFEE UPDATE VERSION 4.14 DAT. Unfortunately, this upgrade is only available on the network and not on disk; however, any version of 4.0 or higher will be able to detect new viruses.
Online Student Directory
Student Printing Spring ' 99 Semester
May Graduates
Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions
of the CLC:
From the Kentnet Menu select STUDENT SERVICES
Then select CENTER FOR LAW AND COMPUTERS
Then select STUDENT PRINTING and the "current semester". This will pull up your individual account.
1) print a copy of your most current printing account, (See above question: How can I check my printing balance?)
2) circle or hi-light and total the # of pages of the jobs that pertain to work performed for the organization, professor, moot court competition, etc.
3) obtain advisor, professor, etc. signature and account # to be charged,
4) bring the signed printout to Michael Bentkover in Room 709. Those pages will be deducted from your account.
The remaining balance is the responsibility of the student who has two weeks into the following semester to pay off the balance. Each student with a balance will receive an email stating a specified date and time that payment in full must be received. If payment is not received by the specified date, network rights will be terminated until full payment is received.
Regular general maintenance of the network is necessary to ensure greater performance, both in terms of speed and the prevention of any serious problems. To achieve these goals, the Center for Law and Computers will periodically take down the network to perform this maintenance. We've scheduled the maintenance on a monthly basis, for only 1.5 hours on days and at times to inconvenience the least amount of users.
Here are the dates that we will be taking the network down. On these days, the network will not be available between 5:30am and 7:00am.
Tuesday, April 6, 1999
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Frigid temperatures aren't enough to keep passionate fans from huddling in stadium parking lots on Sunday mornings for a tailgate. There are franks and burgers to grill, brews to enjoy, and plenty of ways to prepare for winter's merciless wrath.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can stop a postal worker, but they will drop a tailgate dead in its tracks. Cold weather, though, can be manageable. The chef has an obvious advantage while quarterbacking the grill, but what do you do if you're a role player on the tailgate roster?
Let's start with the obvious.
Take a cue from those professional athletes you're paying a King's ransom to watch live in action. If that NFL equipment is good enough to keep a third-string running back warm and ready to rock on special teams, it should be good enough for you in the stands.
You can find inspiration from the late Steve Jobs and adopt the mock turtleneck. The NFL Shop offers the aptly-named "Cold Weather Mock Toasty Top" for about $50 to serve as your body's first layer of defense.
The mock top's design is described with a "next-to-skin fit," meaning it's super tight and can prevent the discomfort of layers bunching together at inconvenient spots. Cotton-based thermals are known for shifting, stretching out, and not holding in place.
I know what you're wondering and the answer is, yes, there are pants, too. Obviously, the hardest part here is pulling away from the mirror while striking a valiant superhero pose.
No matter how heroic you feel, you need to remember you're not a pro athlete and don't have the benefit of warm-ups and on-field activity to keep your blood pumping. A cold-weather compression get up is a start, but fleece jackets, thick hoodies, and/or heavy windbreakers – ideally with your team's logo – should not be forgotten.
Also, if you're the kind of guy who likes wearing jerseys, make sure you own one that's a little too big. A lot of folks really dig the hoody-beneath-the-jersey look, especially if they feel coats are too bulky for crowded stadium seats. It's important to not lose sight of why you're freezing your fanny off, so keep that team spirit high up with your body temperature.
They have a variety of names, but it's usually something obvious with "hand warmers" in the description. You see them by the checkout registers at Modell's, often in orange packets to represent heat. There is no shame in breaking open a few HeatMax products and sliding them into your gloves, socks, and shoes.
Don't let the dropping temperatures deter you from what you should normally do at a tailgate. Gluttony at the grill is a given during the festivities, but so is grabbing an old football to execute your best Matthew Stafford to Calvin Johnson impressions (just don't get injured). Keeping active while layered up will help you fight the frost.
If you're the kind of tailgater to party with a significant other, then you need no instruction. Snuggling under a fleece blanket is an advantage you have over the single folks in your party, so embrace it and share your warmth with someone special.
There's no such thing as a brief tailgate. You're going to be there for a while, so you might as well set up camp and make sure your party is as comfortable as possible.
Erik Manassy, a New York Jets season-ticket holder and avid tailgater since 1998, is no stranger to dressing in layers. But when the temperatures really get crazy, so does his party's preparation.
"During the cold tailgates, we bring a tent with walls," Manassy said. "Inside the tent, we have a space heater that uses propane and there are about four to five people hovering around it. On the really cold days, we bring the firewood and fire pit."
Who wouldn't want to add some roasted marshmallows to the tailgate menu?
It's easy to convince people of your unflappable will as a super fan, but your health and well being have to be a priority. The three hours to burn before kickoff can feel inhumane in unbearable temperatures – no matter how well prepared you believe you are.
Conditions are really unforgiving if your team plays outdoors. When there isn't a climate-controlled dome for the game, it's your job to know how much your body can handle for the next three to six hours.
"The coldest tailgate I can remember was the Jets' [Week 17] game against the Cincinnati Bengals to close out Giants Stadium [on Jan. 3, 2010]," Manassy recalled. "I was chilled to the bone. I hate to admit it, but I retreated to the car and stuffed those heaters in my socks, arms, you name it."
There's no shame in that, at all.
Angel Navedo is a contributing writer for ESPN Magazine, TheJetsBlog.com and more. Find out more about Angel at ThatsAngel.com and follow him on Twitter @NamedAngel.


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Brass scarificator with twelve blades, Europe, 1801-1900
Scarificators were used in bloodletting, a once popular treatment prescribed for a range of medical conditions, usually in combination with cupping. This brass device has twelve lancets operated by a spring released trigger. Skill was needed to make sure that the blade did not cut too deep into the body. Once the skin was cut, a special rounded glass cup could be applied over the wound. When warmed, it would help draw the blood out at a faster rate. The scarificator was introduced in the late 1600s, but they reached the peak of their sophistication and usage in the 1800s.
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A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged. The lancet is used in venesection (the act of opening a vein for bloodletting), and in opening abscesses.
Glossary: scarificator
A surgical instrument with several spring-operated lancets, used to break the skin.
Glossary: bloodletting
Puncturing a vein in order to withdraw blood. A popular medical practice for over two thousand years. Bloodletting often involved withdrawing large quantities of blood in the belief that this would cure or prevent many illnesses and diseases. The practice has been abandoned for all but a few very specific conditions.


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The Puzzles package contains a collection of 27 small one-player puzzle games, which were initially developed by Simon Tatham for Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X.
The actual games in this collection are re-implementations of many well known classic puzzles. The puzzle collection for Android contains of the following games:
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Today's fashion lines are blurry, and it's not my old 60-plus-year-old eyes that are the problem. No, I see the confusion among many of my fellow baby boomers when it comes to what fashion look is right for our age.
Is the line between what is "too young to wear" fading? Have the rules that our moms once held about how to dress for our age group vanished? Are we mystified about how to dress when the media typically only shows fashion ideas more appropriate for a 20-year-old? Yes to all.
Blame it on the Internet and Photoshopped models and movie stars gracing magazine covers. The obsession with looking young has created a whole new problem: What does someone older than 50 realistically look like today, and what trends can she wear?
As a stylist, fashion show coordinator and wardrobe consultant with more than 40 years of experience, my business is fashion. I visit hundreds of closets of women of all ages, but especially those of women 50 and older, who are frantically seeking assistance in finding a look that is contemporary yet age-appropriate. I've learned over the years that the key to the right look is balance: Don't dress too old or too young. But what's the trick to finding this balance?
Our model Irene, a busy mom of two, is just days from hitting the half-century mark but exemplifies how the "over-50" crowd can wear summer trends without having to reach for those reading glasses to find the just-right fashion look.
Be bold
The trend: Neon colors, and mixing prints with patterns
The body challenge: "Batwing" or out-of-shape arms; sallow, aging skin; heavy hips and legs; and hot flashes!
The fashion solution: Try a lightweight, neon sweater with three-quarter-length sleeves — great cover for arms, plus the neon adds a splash of much-needed color. The capped-sleeve V-neck linen tee is breathable, cool and more edgy than a solid tee when coupled with the skirt. The stitched-down pleated, printed skirt hides larger hips, while the hemline ends just below the knees in a flattering spot for thicker legs. The low-heel, patent linen wedge is a comfy, go-to choice. Geometric jewelry and layers of bracelets add summer fun to the outfit.
Graphic design
The trend: Lace, black and white, capri pants, statement jewelry
The body challenge: Large calf muscles, "cankles" (unsightly folds of skin on top of your ankles), petite and extra tall shapes, hefty lower body, thickening waistline, large upper arms and fuller neck
The fashion solution: This lightweight sweater in stylish black-and-white print captures the trend while keeping you cool. The lace top has a camisole beneath that smooths, while the lace lies flat across your waist and stomach. The slim, cropped capri pant hits at the perfect spot on our 5-foot-9 model's legs. A standout statement necklace brings more attention where you want it: the face. A patent, wedge shoe with an open front further creates leg length. Remember, gladiator sandals and ankle straps cut across your ankle, making your legs appear shorter. The laser-cut leather bag is trendy yet roomy enough to hold summer essentials.
Bright beauty
The trend: Bright lips, smoky eyes, nail art and wild colors
The body challenge: Thinning lips, sallow skintone and disappearing eyes
The fashion solution: Use bold lip colors to brighten your skintone. Also, try color that is infused with lip plumper. Forget the gloss; it slips into wrinkles and emphasizes unwanted lines. Use matte eye shadow to highlight eyes and mask the "hooded eye," that pesky skin that gathers between your brow and eyelid. Avoid wrinkle-maximizing frosted shadows and heavy-handed shades combined with harsh eyeliner. Blend thoroughly to create softer, more forgiving shades.
Go for classic nail colors such as red, coral and pink, or go nude. That means saying no to your daughter's funky nail polish. Skip the artsy pastel shades, nail art enamel or darker teen tones.
If you want something fun for summer, try brighter colors or coral and hot pink shades that work well with aging hands.
1. Show less skin. Highlight your silhouette and shape more than showing skin. Remember, less is more.
2. Emphasize the best parts of your shape today, not the shape you had 30 years ago. Focus on your best features. Yes, you still have them.
3. If you have lost or gained weight, visit a bra specialist for a proper fitting. As we age, we droop, but the correct bra can lift you in a way that will make you look like you just "lost" five pounds. And while you are at it, invest in a bra designed to be worn under T-shirts. It should be smooth with no show-through lace or "spillage."
4. Think like the French: Wear basic clothing that fits well, then add accessories to update classic items each season.
5. Wear narrow pant legs. The rule: The older you are, the slimmer the pant leg. It narrows your silhouette so that you appear thinner.
6. Don't sacrifice good looks for comfort. Say no to pants that are too loose, too tight or too bejeweled. And the unmentionable "mom jeans" — don't go there. There are jeans and pants that can be comfortable and fashionable on your body.
7. To wear or not to wear Spanx? If you feel more comfortable with some support underneath, look for lightweight shapewear. Today's offerings breathe so you can, too.
8. Don't try to keep past trends alive. Say no to crop tops, Peter Pan collars, glitzy nails, see-through and clinging fabrics, belly buttons on show, tattoos, piercing and writing on shirts (just to name a few don'ts).
9. Those fun-loving, cool-for-summer capri pants can make your legs look shorter instead of leaner. The style is sized for women at least 5-foot-9. If you are shorter, the pants will usually be too long. Hem them to the best place on your leg.
10. The best footwear choice is a platform, wedge, sandal or flat shoe for both comfort and style. Speaking of feet, put on those reading glasses and check your feet for hair. Yes, shaving those tootsies is a must.


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The International Energy Agency (IEA) cut its forecast for global oil demand in the fourth quarter, citing weakness in Europe and the impact of Hurricane Sandy in the U.S., but saw strong demand in emerging countries where oil demand is set to grow at its fastest pace in almost two years.
The IEA cut estimates for global oil demand in the fourth quarter by 300,000 barrels per day (b/d) in its monthly Oil Market Report released on Tuesday.
In all, the IEA has cut oil demand forecasts for the fourth quarter by 850,000 b/d since its June forecast.
"A weak economic backdrop – with the global economy forecast to rise by 3.3 percent in 2012 and 3.6 percent in 2013 – continues to restrain oil demand growth throughout the forecast," it added.
But the weak demand in developed countries sharply contrasted with a jump in demand in non-OECD countries, most notably China, the agency said.
It revised its estimates of Chinese apparent demand for September upwards by more than 500,000 b/d.
Iranian oil output rose by an estimated 70,000 b/d in October despite tough new sanctions imposed on the country by Europe and the U.S. on the country's energy and banking sectors.
The sanctions target Iran's nuclear program and are aimed at bringing the country back to the negotiating table. The sanctions were broadened in October and targeted major Iranian oil and gas companies.
"With the bulk of Iranian crude now heading to Asia, however, the main impact of the new EU measures will likely be on the country's financial sector," the IEA said.
Non‐OECD oil demand is estimated to have grown by 1.4 mb/d, or 3.2 percent, year‐on‐year in the third quarter of 2012 (to 43.9 mb/d), it said.
"If confirmed, this non‐OECD expansion would mark the region's fastest growth since the first quarter of 2011," the IEA said.
"The risks to the non‐OECD demand forecast are skewed to the upside, with a more rapid economic recovery potentially driving additional demand for products," it added.
The IEA said it remained skeptical whether September's expansionary pace of Chinese demand could be maintaineduntil it saw consistently robust Chinese growth.


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Tuesday 1st June, 2010
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Email had Sendmail, and the Web itself had Apache. Open Source software has been instrumental in the development of every revolutionary communications technology on the Internet. In this talk, StatusNet founder Evan Prodromou will discuss the state of the open social web and how projects like StatusNet, Elgg, WordPress, and Drupal are working to make a distributed and open social network across the Internet. He'll discuss security standards like OpenID and OAuth, as well as real-time publishing systems like PubSubHubbub and Salmon, data structures like Activity Streams as well as application suites like OStatus.
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How To Raise a Yurt in Four Hours
I've been working hard on the "back 40" of our place out in the country - a garden about twenty yards from the house that I'm slowly making into a destination and a series of outdoor rooms where you can hang out all evening under the summer stars. This Saturday, my friend, Chris Gauger, and I put up the garden yurt…
... which had been waiting under tarps since last August. Part studio, part guest bedroom, the inspiration here was to plug the round yurt into the rectangular garden to create a private and Eden-like retreat space for Ursula and her grandmother or weekend guests.
This yurt is the sixth one I've erected over the years and continues to be an awesome seasonal structure for many types of use. It comes as a kit in many diameters with many optional features and can be put up by two people in four hours (really!). This is where we've bought all of ours, Pacific Yurts , and it takes about five weeks for delivery depending on the season. The cost per yurt depends on the diameter and the add-ons that you order, but consider the starting base price to be around $4,670. The yurt you see here is a 16' model with french doors, weighs 200 lbs and cost about $6,000.
What You Need:
• One Yurt
• One Platform
• Hammer
• Drill with drill bits and screw bit
• Pliers
• Knife
• Step Ladder
• Pencil
Step One: The Platform
Arguably the most complicated part of the yurt process is building a good base, and every time (except the first time) we've hired a skilled carpenter for this. Pacific Yurts provides really good instructions on how to build a platform, and it takes a few days and a bunch of lumber to build one. I've always painted the floor with a few coats of high traffic floor paint before raising the yurt. This one got a nice black floor, which is my current favorite color for this use.
When you site your platform it's good to remember that while giving it a pleasing view out the front door is important, cozying it up under some trees will keep is shady and cool during the summer months. A fully exposed yurt can get so hot (unless you insulate the roof) that it will be too hot to spend time on sunny days.
Step Two: Unpack the Yurt
Yurts come nicely packaged in crates, but are very heavy and well protected, so you want to a. get it delivered as close to the platform as possible and b. set time aside just to extract it from all the packaging.
Step Three: Raise It!
The raise is intensely pleasurable and very simple when you follow the excellent instructions. It's a great job for two people, and three would make it fly by.
The lattice wall is the first thing to get slowly pulled apart from the back of the platform, when it is then hooked into your door frame. Simple hand screws attach the two, the door gets drilled into the platform and you are on to the roof.
A heavy aircraft cable is slotted around the top of the lattice wall and the rafters are slotted into this one at a time (the center ring gets raised with three rafters in one exciting moment). The combined pressure of the rafters pushing down on the cable locks the walls together and makes the entire thing rock solid.
Onto the rafters you roll out the roof. Onto the roof overhang you hook your sidewalls. Your top dome gets pulled up the outside and clipped into place. Voila! You are done.
As far as tools are concerned, you only need a drill with both drill bits and screw bit, a knife and a pair of pliers. We started putting up the yurt here at 10am, and we're done by a 2pm late lunch. The next thing? Furnishing it inside in a simple, comfy way. I'll have those pics for you in a few weeks.
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• 5 Yurt Escapes
• Ultimate Summer Hideaway #4: Puppy-Wuppy & Choocheska's Love Yurt
• Teepees, Tents and Yurts: 9 U.S. Getaways
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