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Extra Points: Racially insensitive 'Redskins' are anything but
Philadelphia, PA – Daniel Snyder is a lot of things to a lot of people.
Depending on your audience, Snyder may be labeled as a brilliant businessman or perhaps the meddling, often incompetent owner of the once-proud Washington Redskins franchise.
The 'Skins, of course, were a traditional powerhouse who won three Super Bowl titles under the brilliant stewardship of the late Jack Kent Cooke and Joe Gibbs during the 1980s and early '90s.
Since May 1999, however, when Snyder purchased the team and Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (now FedEx Field) for $800 million in what was the most expensive transaction in sporting history at the time, Washington has been awash in a sea of mediocrity, compiling a 101-123 record during Snyder's time at the helm.
Snyder's reign with the Redskins has been defined by a haphazard approach featuring a revolving-door of head coaches as well as a disturbing pattern of signing high-priced free agents in favor of building through the draft, things that have been somewhat alleviated by the hiring of Mike Shanahan as head coach and the drafting of Robert Griffin III with the second overall pick in 2012.
Controversy, though, always seems to find Snyder. Some issues are self- inflicted like when the billionaire had his team sue season-ticket holders who were unable to pay during the 2008-2009 recession. He also has alienated his own fan base by banning all signs from FedEx Field and charging exorbitant parking fees that reach even higher for tailgaters.
In fact, anyone with any knowledge of the NFL and how it works would almost certainly rate Snyder as one of the worst owners in the sport.
All that said, however, it's hard to call him racially insensitive for owning one of most famous franchises in sports, which happens to be called the Redskins.
Snyder recently poked a hornet's nest by going on record saying he would "NEVER" change his team's name, something that set off several members of Congress who evidently haven't been getting enough attention.
In a letter signed by the co-chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) and Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota), as well as Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia's delegate in Congress and seven others, Snyder has been accused of committing to keep using a racial slur.
"Native Americans throughout the country consider the R-word a racial, derogatory slur akin to the N-word among African Americans or the W-word among Latinos," the letter states. "Such offensive epithets would no doubt draw widespread disapproval among the NFL's fan base. Yet the national coverage of Washington's NFL football team profits from a term that is equally disparaging to Native Americans."
In case you wondering, yeah, you also have been singled out as a racist by Congress for buying that Redskins jersey or hat.
To most of us, this is just another example of political correctness run amuck.
The NAACP first passed a resolution calling for the end of the use of Native American names, images, and mascots in 1999. By 2001, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released an advisory opinion calling for an end to the use of Native American images and team names by non-Native colleges.
Some have voluntarily changed their names and mascots over the years. Stanford had "The Stanford Indian" as it mascot from 1930 to 1972 before changing to "The Cardinal" to honor the university's team color. Marquette pivoted from the Warriors to the Golden Eagles in 1994 and Miami University in Ohio began discussion regarding its former Redskins nickname way back in 1972 before making the change to Redhawks in 1996.
Others have held firm, most notably the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Illinois Illini and the Central Michigan Chippewas, whose nickname was placed on the NCAA's "hostile or abusive" list but finally removed when the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation of Michigan pledged its support.
Three other schools -- the Florida State Seminoles, Mississippi College Choctaws and University of Utah Utes -- also were granted waivers to retain their nicknames after gaining support from those respective tribes.
Since I'm not a Native American, I don't feel comfortable telling a race of people to ignore an issue they might feel passionate about. There is no doubt plenty of Native Americans find these types of nicknames deeply disturbing just as the waivers in the NCAA prove there are many who couldn't care less and actually take pride in some of them.
What I am able to say unequivocally is that a word only has power if you let it have power. As an Irishman, I could bend over backwards and say that Notre Dame is bringing up the ugly stereotype of the drunken Irishman by calling its sports teams the Fighting Irish.
Instead I chose to remain lucid and analytical and understand the university isn't trying to offend me or anyone else. It's all about tradition and the same holds true with the Washington Redskins.
Generally when people refer to African Americans using the N-word or Latinos using the W-word, they are trying to be derogatory and hurtful. In this case, you can make a strong argument that a football team turned what was created by white people as a racially insensitive word toward Native Americans into anything but.
There isn't even a hint of animus behind Daniel Snyder's continued use of the nickname Redskins or his team's fans in embracing it. And however it started, the term is now a revered and celebrated part of the Beltway's culture.
Today even the worst Archie Bunker-type personality in D.C. isn't sitting around the dinner table and throwing out "Redskins" to belittle Native Americans. They are wondering if the 'Skins beat the Cowboys.
Native Americans certainly have the right to remain insulted and continue to lobby for a name change. Just understand -- in football at least -- the term "Redskins" is and will remain something positive.


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Problems with Restriction Digest Results
Posted 22 April 2012 - 05:03 AM
I recently ligated a ~900bp insert into a P-Gem T easy Vector (3015bp) then transformed the vectors into DH5-alpha cells. After miniprep I cut the plasmid with EcoRI then ran the samples on a 1% agarose gel. Upon viewing the gel under a UV lamp I found the expected bands at the 900bp and 3000bp mark but I also found bands forming at the ~2500bp and ~700bp mark in the same lane. This promblem occured in Lane 5 and 10, as can be seen in the uploaded picture.
I am finding it difficult to explain what caused this.
I thought perhaps star activity occured on some level, as it causes cleavages to occur at any AATT site opposed to the GAATTC site. Though I am not sure whether that is the case, again because the expected bands also formed on the same lane.
The EcoRI enzyme I used went out of date sometime in 2005, was the only available enzyme in the lab, and I thought perhaps this had some strange effet upon the plasmid. However, the other samples worked out fine by only showing bands at the expected 900 bp and 3000 bp mark, leading me to think that this was not the problem.
I ruled out methylation because excision of the insert clearly occured. However, when I pasted the sequence in NEBcutter it stated that the EcoRI sites may be affected by CpG methylation.
After sequencing the sample it was found the plasmid had mutations. For example, one of the EcoRI cleavages sites was GATTC instead of GAATTC and the insert was determined to be ~500bp in length instead of the expected ~900bp in length.
I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure this one out and am having a very hard time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted 22 April 2012 - 08:38 PM
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 04:30 PM
I'd re-stain the gel and look for small fragments (<200 bp) You may have cloned in concatemers. Is there for sure no Eco site in your product?
I sequenced the plasmid samples and there seemed to be no evidence of concatemers, only one gene insert per sample. Yes there are EcoRI sites in most of the samples, as there should be as that is what the pGEM-T easy plasmid contains near the gene insert site. However, sequencing revealed that in some samples one of the two EcoRI cleavage sites had mutated slightly (i.e. GATTC instead of GAATTC), none the less the expected bands were gained in the gel although with some additional bands at the ~700bp and ~2500bp marks.
Another thing i forgot to mention was that I incubated the samples in a water bath overnight and the samples volume was very small (10μl). I thought that perhaps the use of a water bath would cause evaporation and condensation formation which would result in a lower water volume but higher salt concentration in the samples, this would only have been worsened by the unnecessarily long incubation time. This would cause non-optimum conditions for the restriction mixtures, which may point to star activity occuring in some samples. Does this sound like a plausible/likely cause?
Posted 23 April 2012 - 10:02 PM
I didn't use uncut plasmid as a control. is it possible that uncut plasmid is in lanes 5 and 10? I don't see how that could happen after exposing the samples to EcoRI, as it would cause it to be linearised.
Sorry, I misread your original post and got confused about which bands were the unexpected ones, so my suggestion is somewhat irrelevant.
But yes- you absolutely can have uncut plasmid in a sample that has been digested with an RE. It is not uncommon for digestion to fail to go to completion in sub-optimal conditions (for example, too much DNA for the amount to RE added).
Posted 24 April 2012 - 02:09 AM
Thank You. I am really appreciating your help with this.
Posted 24 April 2012 - 02:41 PM
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2012 Baseball All-Scholastics
Meet the standout performers who earned All-Scholastic honors for their work this spring:
Players of the Year:
Casey DeAndrade, East Bridgewater, Senior
DeAndrade was selected South Shore League MVP after batting .484 with 25 RBIs and 14 stolen bases and pitching 43 2/3 innings with 59 strikeouts and a 1.44 ERA. The vice president of the school's National Honor Society, he will attend New Hampshire on a football scholarship.
Jason Harper, Northeast, Senior
The Commonwealth lower division MVP went 9-1 with a 1.04 ERA and 112 strikeouts and batted .345 for the Golden Knights. He was a four-year all-star and plans on attending Franklin Pierce in the fall after playing AAU Senior Babe Ruth this summer.
Matt Tulley, Lowell, Senior
Tulley won his third straight Merrimack Valley Conference player of the year award this season after going 7-1 with a 1.46 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 59 innings. He also batted .306 and led the team with 20 RBIs. He will be attending Virginia Tech next year.
Brandon Walsh, North Andover, Senior
Walsh was named the Cape Ann League Division 1 MVP for the second consecutive year after batting .490 with 4 homers and 20 RBIs and going 6-3 with a 2.10 ERA and 91 strikeouts. He was also a football All-Scholastic in his junior and senior years and will attend UMass.
Brandon Bingel, St. John's Prep, Junior
The junior pitcher/shortstop for the Eagles was named Catholic Conference MVP after batting .418 with 5 homers and 25 RBIs and going 5-2 with 3 saves, a 1.10 ERA, and 44 strikeouts. He is a member of the National Honor Society and has committed to play baseball at Bryant University.
Pat Delano, Braintree, Senior
The 6-foot-7-inch righthander was named the MVP of the Bay State Carey Division, turning in a 1.21 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 57 innings while batting .292 with four home runs. He was drafted by the Red Sox in the 35th round of the draft in June and plans to attend Vanderbilt.
Kyle Gauthier, Lynn Classical, Senior
The Northeast Conference all-star went 8-2 with a 1.55 ERA and 70 strikeouts and also batted .420 with 15 RBIs. With a 4.28 GPA, Gauthier is in the top 5 percent of his class and will be playing baseball and studying physical therapy next year at the University of Hartford.
Sam Jordan Dover-Sherborn, Senior
The senior was named the Tri-Valley League MVP after batting .541 with 9 doubles, 3 home runs, 19 RBIs and 20 runs. On the mound the southpaw went 7-2 with a 1.42 ERA, 51 strikeouts, and 11 walks in 44 1/3 innings. He will be attending Trinity College next year to play baseball.
Kevin Kwedor, Marshfield, Senior
The senior lefthander went 8-1 with a 1.53 ERA for the Rams and was named to the South team for the EMass All-Star Game. He finished his career with 14 wins for Marshfield and next year will be attending Southern New Hampshire University.
Sean O'Neill, Norwood, Senior
The Bay State Herget MVP was clutch in the postseason, going 9 for 14 in three tournament games. In the regular season he batted .416 with 24 RBIs and 22 runs and had a 1.40 ERA. The honor roll student will attend Merrimack College next year.
Pat Ruotolo, Peabody, Junior
The junior righthander tossed three no-hitters for the Tanners, including back-to-back efforts against Swampscott (May 7) and Salem (May 16). He was named the Northeast Conference MVP and finished the year 8-1 with 130 strikeouts.
Chris Shaw, Lexington, Senior
The Middlesex League MVP batted .475 with 7 home runs and 27 RBIs and went 5-0 on the mound with 95 strikeouts. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 26th round of the June draft and plans to attend Boston College to play baseball.
Brandon Shileikis, Dighton-Rehoboth, Junior
The junior pitcher and center fielder went 9-1 for the Falcons, improving his career record to 23-6, with 74 strikeouts and a 1.75 ERA and also batted .427 with 28 RBIs. This summer he will play for the In the Zone Thunder 17U prospect team.
Scott Tully, Reading, Junior
The junior southpaw is a three-time Middlesex League all-star and went 8-1 with a 0.82 ERA, a school-record 114 strikeouts, and four saves this season. He tossed a no-hitter against Arlington and holds the school career mark with 290 strikeouts. He has a verbal commitment to attend Notre Dame.
Joe Walsh, Taunton, Senior
Walsh was co-MVP of the Old Colony League after batting .447 with 3 homers and 31 RBIs. He also scored 23 runs and had a .562 on-base percentage. A National Honor Society and school council member, he is committed to play baseball at Eckerd College.
Rhett Wiseman, BB&N, Senior
The 2012 Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year and ISL MVP batted .444 with 8 home runs, 24 RBIs, and 26 runs for the Knights. A First Team Rawlings/Perfect Game All-American, Wiseman, who also plays outfield, plans to play for Vanderbilt University.
Coach of the year: Frank Carey, North Reading
In his 47th year coaching the Hornets, Carey led them to a Division 3 state title with a record of 22-4. He has a career record of 697-266 and this fall will be elected into the National High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Coach of the year: Don Chouinard, Bishop Connolly
Chouinard led the Cougars to a 17-7 record as the team reached the Division 4 South final before falling to Harwich. He has collected 293 wins in 32 years of coaching at Bishop Connolly and this season was named the Mayflower League Large coach of the year.
Coach of the year: William Cuthbertson, Dighton-Rehoboth
Cuthbertson led the Falcons to a 20-3 record and their 14th South Coast Conference title in the last 18 years as Dighton-Rehoboth reached the North Division 2 final. In 33 seasons at D-R, Cuthbertson is 484-227.
Coach of the year: Dan Graham, Lowell
Graham led the the Red Raiders to an impressive 21-5 finish. After finishing the regular season 17-4, he led Lowell to the North Division 1 title before falling to Xaverian in the EMass final. He has led Lowell to three straight Merrimack Valley titles and is 76-46 in five seasons.
League All-Stars
Atlantic Coast — Dennis-Yarmouth: Joe Coughlin, Spencer McCaffrey, Matthew Montalto, Brendan Sullivan. Falmouth: Wyatt Hamilton, Kyle Kasprzyk, Zach Zaino. Marshfield: Max DiTondo, Kevin Kwedor, John Ryan. Nauset: Ben Rome. Plymouth North: Jamie Dougherty, Cody Holmes, Alex Rozak, Jake Stearns. Plymouth South: Jake Smith. Sandwich: Jason Hendy.
Bay State — Braintree: Pat Delano, Steve Lee. Brookline: Eric Dumas, Mariano Suriel. Framingham: Matthew Cronin, Kevin Lacy, Kevin Murphy. Milton: Justin Curley. Newton North: Alex Joyce, Dan Swain. Norwood: Peter Kelly, Sean O'Neill, Mark Saulnier. Walpole: Johnny Adams, Mike Gaughan, Cam Hanley, Craig Hanley, Dan King, Matt Lavanchy. Wellesley: Tim Superko. Weymouth: Sam McKay.
Big Three — Brockton: Matt Guillemette, Joe Sever. Durfee: John Bonanca, John Ciullo, John O'Neil, Devin Sanders. New Bedford: Jon Finnerty, Javier Lozada, Ricky Morales, Mike Raposa, Jacob Souza.
Boston City — Boston English: Nelson Barreiro, Brandel Delgado, Jeffrey Pena, Wanderson Pinales, Jesie Valdez, Jonathan Vega. Boston International: Junior Perdomo, Frank Rosabal, Nelfy Velez. Brighton: Christopher Delouchrey, Jonathan Marrero, Jesus Soto. Burke: Mark Benjamin, Shaylim Blackwell, Elvin Perez. Charlestown: Miguel Arias, Alberto Melo, Frank Rosabal. Dorchester: Moises Beltre, Amine Emeghnie, Paul Lewis. East Boston: Conner Henry, Manny Martinez, Michael Theriault. Latin Academy: Vincent Lopriore, Sam Steeves, Brendan Woods. Madison Park: Kevin Arroya, Manny Garcia, David Mercado. O'Bryant: Fernando Burgos, Michael Mejia, Brandon Ruiz. Snowden: Jancel Cardenas, Paul Maurice, Luis Medina. South Boston: Donnell Hightower, Frederick O'Brien. West Roxbury: Jonathan Bonilla De Leon, Yendry Guerrero, Christopher Moreta.
Cape Ann — Amesbury: Noah Kligerman, Mac Short. Georgetown: Mark Berkland, Ryan Browner. Hamilton-Wenham: Ryan Foringer. Ipswich: Patrick Curran, Louis Galanis. Lynnfield: Dylan Costa, Carmine DiCesare, John Festa, Peter Franchi, B.J. Neil. Manchester Essex: Joe Burgess, Matt Corwin. Masconomet: Tom Budrewicz, Ben Panunzio, Speros Varinos. Newburyport: Brett Fontaine, Colton Fontaine. North Andover: Daniel Laorenza, Tyler Leavitt, Dan Rivet, Brandon Walsh. North Reading: Keith Linnane, Ryley Warnock. Pentucket: Parker Kelly, Corey McNamara, Alex Ministeri. Rockport: Tucker Meredith, Mike Tupper. Triton: Richard Fecteau, Blaise Whitman.
Catholic Central — Cathedral: Fransisco Napalotano, Alex Rodriguez. Cristo Rey: Thomas Marcucci, Adrian Mata-Torres, Javier Soto. Lowell Catholic: Liam Coughlin, Aaron Crandall, Mack Flynn, Craig Maxfield, Jim Mullaney, Chris Underwood. Marian: Derek Frasca, Alex Holt, Brian Leblanc, John Walsh. Pope John: Sean Balsar, Anthony Cuellar, Nick Kelley. St. Clement: Kevin Foley, Jamie Thompson. Trinity Catholic: Joey Brennan, Jin Young Kim, Jalen Morris, Brett O'Keefe.
Catholic Conference — BC High: Chuckie Connors, Tom McDonald, Bob Melley, Justin Sivestro, Ryan Tufts. Catholic Memorial: Pat Hurley, Kevin Murphy. Malden Catholic: Dylan Dennis, Manny Powers, Joe Velozo. St. John's Prep: Brandon Bingel, Anthony Capuano, Rob DiFranco, Dustin Hunt. Xaverian: Tim Duggan, Chris Hoyt, Alex Person.
Commonwealth — Chelsea: Brandon Morales, Jason Reyes, Carlos Vega. Greater Lawrence: Angel Abreu, Oscar Reynoso. Greater Lowell: Corey Dionne, Brandon Moreau. Lynn Tech: Elvis Aquino. Minuteman: Dylan Caples, Whyatt Rojo. Mystic Valley: Joe Foley, Kyle Howard. North Shore: Max Brown, Matt Herlihy, Bryan Jackson. Northeast: Jake Crowley, Jason Harper, Hector Nunez, Joe Tallent, Shawn Withrow. Shawsheen: Mike Bowse, Austin Cummings, Paul DePlacido, Joe Sodergren, Cory Surrey. Whittier: Matt Frongillo, Anthony Licciardello, Paul Mahoney, Andrew Wells.
Dual County — Acton-Boxborough: Thulani Denaro, Joe Euele, Ryan McDonald, Peter Sikalis. Bedford: Kyle Laughlin, Devin Liang. Boston Latin: Mike Lenane, Malcolm Nachmanoff, Patrick Naughton, Brad Petitpas. Concord-Carlisle: Derick Amodei, Gibson Holland, Phillip Mitchell, Vincent Wnukowski. Lincoln-Sudbury: Brian Carroll, Dan Cellucci, Dylan DeFlorio, David McCullough, Cam Waggener, Sid Warrenbrand, Alex Wieland. Newton South: Jesse Feldstein, John Jennings, Mike Kinch, Bryan Sellers. Waltham: Anthony Cacciatore, Joe Dwyer, Sean Kelly, Jack LeClair, Nick Neshe, Richie Scanlon, Curtis Tirone. Wayland: Chris DiMico, Matt Goddard, Andrew Herstine. Westford: Will Alden, Mike Bibinski, Luke Morse, Thomas O'Brien, Matt Sullivan, John Troy. Weston: James Goulart, Gage Hartman, Brooks Parker, Noah Tocci.
Eastern Athletic — Bishop Feehan: Ryan Cabral, Nate Patch. Bishop Stang: Zack Bernier, Nick Proulx. Coyle & Cassidy: Keaghan Austin, Mackenzie Curran, Ryan Feeney, Donnie May, Nolan Medeiras, Davarn Nova. Martha's Vineyard: Jack Roberts, William Stewart. Somerset Berkley: Jake Salpietro, Brett Turner.
EIL — Bancroft: Peter Bovenzi, Aditya Dharampuriya. Beaver Country Day: Henry Hirshland. Berwick: Ricky Kramer, Neil Maietta, Conor McFarland, James Winkler. Chapel Hill: Andrew Merlino. Concord Academy: Tim Chamberlin, Aidan Konuk, Naseem Silver-Hajo. Landmark: Johnny Barrett. Lexington Christian: Nathan Grimley, Eric Walker. Pingree: Nick Antenucci, Erik Larsen, Luis Rodriguez. Portsmouth Abbey: Chris Brown, Darren Colbourne, Sean Quinn.
Greater Boston — Cambridge: Ted Downing, Joe Kozlowski, Deshaun Velez. Everett: Matt Cafarella, Chris DiNapoli, Zarif Pajazetovic. Malden: Bradley Applin, Chuck Gibson, Adam Lucey, Nick Powers, Austin Teal. Medford: Dave Center, John Lavoie, Mike Pizzi. Somerville: Ryan Nolan, Jeff Wairi.
Hockomock — Attleboro: Ryan Olmo. Foxborough: Brendan Fowler. Franklin: Tyler Buck, Bobby Chaiton, Brendan Skidmore, Reed Turgeon. King Philip: Brian Crafton. Mansfield: Adam Blake. North Attleborough: Jake Connolly, Jordan Picini. Oliver Ames: Matt Harding, David Holmes. Sharon: Jake Fishman, Tyler Schuster. Stoughton: Pat Jackman.
ISL — Belmont Hill: Drew Burgard, David Cunningham, Sean Gustin, Jacob Levine, Eric Oberg, Keelan Smithers. Brooks: Nick Potter. BB&N: Aidan Hartigan, Matt Pugh, Rhett Wiseman. Governor's Academy: Chad Martin, John Russolillo. Groton: Pat Florence. Lawrence Academy: Brady Burns, Max Tishman, Kevin Wnukowski. Middlesex: Nick Zaffiro. Milton Academy: Mike Davis, Josh Ellis, Jake Farabee, Jared Friedberg. Nobles: Phil Sciretta. Rivers: George Crowley, Connor Rooney. Roxbury Latin: Kevin Godin, Gavin Pittore. St. George's: Riley McCabe. St. Sebastian's: Justin Bellinger, Jared Clement, John Nicklas, Andrew Vandini. Thayer: Pat Carroll.
Mayflower — Avon: Sean Manning, Christopher Mitchell. Bishop Connolly: Joey Almeida, Ian Chaney, Koby Mitchell. Blue Hills: Derek Cahill. Bristol-Plymouth: Mark Cassese, Matt Cassese, Mike Goyette, Ben Kistner. Diman: Austin Campos, Jordan Mace. Holbrook: Dante Brittle. Norfolk Aggie: Evan Witherbee. Old Colony: Tom Gammell, Courtney Guidry, Jacob Pringile. Sacred Heart: Tom Gerhard. South Shore Voc-Tech: Jake Petruzelli. Southeastern: Kevin Merrick, Dan O'Sullivan. Tri-County: Nate Lagos. Upper Cape: Tyler Croken, Jordan Frazier, Ryan Steek. West Bridgewater: Brandon Becovitz, Zach Grant, Derek O'Brien, Tyler Taccini. Westport: Jacob Friar.
Merrimack Valley — Andover: Cam Farnham, Andrew Johnian. Billerica: Patrick Bradanese, Max Frawley, Dylan Lavery. Central Catholic: Nick Gorski, Paul Trabucco. Chelmsford: Dave DeDonato, Mike DeDonato, Matt Rabbito. Dracut: James Machado. Haverhill: Jon Delacruz. Lawrence: David Quezada. Lowell: Mike Hart, Matt Tulley. Methuen: Eric Lacroix.
Middlesex (Large) — Arlington: Derek Costa, Kyle Hood. Belmont: Mike Richardson, Tomo Shinoda. Lexington: Mike Loughlin, Nick Murray, Chris Shaw, Jason Tzannes. Reading: Greg Altobello, Mac Cook, Mark Sheehan, Scott Tully. Winchester: Brian Carney. Woburn: Billy Cuozzo.
NEPSAC — Boston Trinity: Matt Fennell. Brimmer & May: Quinn Iuliano. Cambridge Weston: Jason Bair, Josh Zaleznik. Gann Academy: Aaron Goodtree, Danny Orlin. Newman Prep: Sean Howard. Phillips Andover: Dan Dymecki.
Northeastern — Beverly: Harry Brown, Kevin Cuneo, Anthony Diorio, Cam Rogers, Brandon Sungy. Danvers: Ray Arocho, Dan Connors, AJ Couto, Scott Hovey, Brandon Hyde, Nick Valles. Gloucester: Kyle Lucido, Jordan Pallazola, Jason Vizena, Alex Webb. Lynn Classical: Kyle Devin, John Finnigan, Kyle Gauthier. Lynn English: Ben Bowden, Matt Burnham, Matt Merritt. Marblehead: Colton Dana, Braden Engstrom, Connor Green, Will Quigley. Peabody: Tommy Burns, Genaro Ciulla, Steve Girolamo, Casey Grenier, Bobby Losanno, Pat Ruotolo, George Tsonis. Revere: Tommy Portrait. Salem: Teaghan Malionek, Jehnsy Trancoso. Saugus: Justin Desantis, Danny Groark, Al Nahigian. Swampscott: Frank Legere, Trevor Massey, Nick Meninno, Sean O'Brien, Michael Walsh.
Old Colony — Taunton: Joe Walsh.
Patriot — Duxbury: Sam Jacobson, James Marcello. Hanover: Ben Amate, James Harrison. Hingham: Eddie Bowler, Evan Flanagan, Sean Greene, Ryan Linehan, Rob Madden, Stephan White. Middleborough: Chris Holdsworth, Pat Nicholson, Luke Szulak. North Quincy: Tim Liuzzo. Pembroke: Mike Martin, Luke Nagel, Conor Noonan. Quincy: Adam Nazzarro. Scituate: Matt King. Silver Lake: Sam Ballerini, Tucker Bouchard, Andrew Chenard, Mike Lundin, Zach Schindler, Sam Shepherd. Whitman-Hanson: John Caliri, Sean Goldman, Anthony Villanueva.
South Coast — Apponequet: Dan DePippo, Nate Michael. Bourne: Hunter Silva. Case: Aaron Chouinard. Dighton-Rehoboth: Adam Benvie, Evan Mondor, Bryan Rocha, Brandon Shileikis. Fairhaven: Ryan Baldwin. Greater New Bedford: Nate Dean. Old Rochester: Matt Beatty. Seekonk: Ryan Corry, Matt Foley. Wareham: Sean Conway, Billy Peterson, Ian Searles.
South Shore — East Bridgewater: Casey DeAndrade.
Tri-Valley — Bellingham: Tyler Colacchio, Brad Rebello. Dover-Sherborn: Brian Hands, Sam Jordan. Hopkinton: Nick Burns, Alex Hulme, Ryan Sullivan. Medfield: Will Cousins. Medway: Jake O'Rourke. Norton: Colin Feeney. Westwood: Bo Berluti


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As Congress prepares to improve cybersecurity, experts are urging lawmakers to balance threat detection with individual privacy.
Privacy lawyers and a representative from software security company Symantec told Congress on Thursday that sharing data is important to stopping threats. However, private companies must share limited data, not data that can personally identify Internet users. They insisted that government should be transparent about data usage, and that civilian agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are preferable to military or CIA oversight of private data.
"No one's eager to open the door and hand over information to the government unless there's a process of some sort—some rule around it," Harriet Pearson, a privacy lawyer, told Congress.
Thehairman of the cybersecurity subcommittee, Republican Rep. Patrick Meehan of Pennsylvania used the example of a hacked Associated Press Twitter account falsely reporting about attacks on the White House to express the urgency for more security.
"Earlier this week we saw the ramifications of a hacked Twitter account that nearly sent our financial markets into a tailspin," Meehan said.
One of the largest points of contention was whether Internet protocol (IP) addresses count as data that can reveal a person's personal information. Former DHS privacy chief Mary Callahan told Congress that information such as email, phone number, and name are definitely considered private and should be removed from private company data provided to the government. However, Callahan said IP addresses are currently a "gray area."
Cyber attacks such as the recent AP twitter, previous news organizations like The New York Times, and banks like Wells Fargo have created pressure to increase and invest in cybersecurity measures. Government bills designed to address cybersecurity have created a groundswell of opposition as going to far. For example, The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which passed in the House, met resistance in the Senate this week due concerns over privacy.
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I can not be at Wittering on 9 May, so a Full Cat as DI will be required.


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Scream star Neve Campbell is pregnant with her first child.
The actress surprised photographers in Los Angeles on Thursday when she showed off a baby bump while running errands, and a representative has now confirmed the happy news.
The father is Campbell's boyfriend, actor J.J. Feild. The couple began dating last year.


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Have you heard that there's a new version of Google Maps out for the iPhone?
Just in case you haven't, Google is running ads on Twitter.
We've seen a Promoted Tweet on Twitter's mobile app and a Promoted Trend on Twitter's desktop website.
It's obviously important for Google to make sure iPhone users hear about the availability of Google Maps, since Apple replaced its Google-powered maps with its own mapping service when it rolled out the latest version of its software for iPhones and iPads in September. (Apple Maps was such a dud that two executives responsible for it subsequently left Apple.)
We just think it's interesting that Google felt it needed to turn to Twitter, arguably a rival to its Google+ social network, to promote Google Maps. Google doesn't currently run ads on Google+, arguing that it's more useful to gather data about users and show them ads at other times, like when they search.
Twitter has recently tweaked its ad products to make them especially effective for promoting app downloads—for example, allowing advertisers to show ads for iPhone apps only to iPhone users.
Of course, there's a very good reason why Google might want to buy ads on Twitter: To learn firsthand how its ads perform.
Twitter declined to comment, referring us to Google. A Google spokesperson didn't respond to our inquiry.
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Will Ahmed was one of eight Crimson starters to register 3-0 wins against Brown Friday night (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In its final match at the Murr Center this season, the No. 4 Harvard men's squash team swept Ivy League foe and No. 16 Brown, 9-0, Friday night.
The Crimson (14-2, 5-1 Ivy League) won its fourth straight and third consecutive against an Ivy League opponent. Harvard took 27-of-28 matches that were played in the top nine, as eight Crimson starters won by 3-0 tallies.
Harvard improved to 21-0 all-time against Brown with its 19th sweep of the Bears.
Senior co-captain Will Ahmed, the Crimson's lone senior, was victorious in the final match on his home court. Ahmed breezed past Avinash Bhavnani, 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-2), at No. 9 to lead the way.
Freshman Ali Farag improved his career opening winning streak to seven with yet another win. The Cairo, Egypt native took down Brad Thompson in the No. 1 spot, 11-1, 11-1, 11-3. Farag's five points surrendered was the least of any Harvard starter.
Nick Hopcroft had the only hiccup for Harvard, losing 11-8 in the second game, but quickly rebounded for a pair of 11-6 victories to win at No. 2 The final seven spots in the Crimson order all had perfect bouts.
The Crimson takes on rival Yale in New Haven, Conn., Sunday at 1 p.m.
No.1 Ali Farag (H) def. Brad Thompson (B), 3-0: 11-1, 11-1, 11-3
No. 2 Nick Hopcroft (H) def. Blake Reinson (B), 3-1: 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6
No. 3 Gary Power (H) def. William Bryan (B), 3-0: 11-1, 11-2, 11-1
No. 4 Julian Kirby (H) def. Eamon O'Connor (B), 3-0: 11-5, 11-2, 11-2
No. 5 Zeke Scherl (H) def. Alexander Hsu (B), 3-0: 11-8, 11-1, 11-5
No. 6 Thomas Mullaney (H) def. John Oberbeck (B), 3-0: 11-1, 11-4, 11-3
No. 7 Jason Michas (H) def. Charles Lebovitz (B), 3-0: 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
No. 8 Alexander Ma (H) def. Neel Swami (B), 3-0: 11-9, 11-4, 11-3
No. 9 Will Ahmed (H) def. Avinash Bhavnani (B), 3-0: 11-9, 11-8, 11-2
No. 10 Sachin Patel (H) def. Patrick O'Neill (B), 3-0: 11-7, 11-4, 11-5


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Kiersten posted an impressive 17-9 record in singles play. In doubles play, Kiersten went 12-11 playing with Paola Cos, April Scatliffe, Stacy Yam, Erica Cano, Karolina Klecki and Megan Carter.
Kiersten Meehan achieved an overall singles record of 9-15...In dual matches she was 8-13...Played primarily at the #3 spot where she went 3-7...Also had a 5-3 record at #4...Meehan was 10-15 overall in doubles, inclding 9-13 in dual matches...Teamed with Jordan Dockendorf to go 4-10 overall and 4-9 in dual matches, but when she was teamed with Natalia Lozano, she was 9-8 overall and 7-5 at the #1 spot in the dual lineup.
Kiersten Meehan was a consistent contributor in her first season as a Gaucho, compiling a 14-7 singles record, including a 7-0 record at the #5 spot....Finished the season with an overall doubles record of 8-5.
High School
Attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif...Ranked among the top-10 in Northern California and has actually been top-5 at one point...Ranked in the top-300 nationally...Attended the Saddlebrook and Weil Tennis Academies.
Meehan is the daughter of Ed and Alicia Meehan...Tim Sunderland is her personal tennis coach...Favorite movie is Forest Gump...Also competed in soccer at Archbishop Mitty...Was a CIF and NSH honor student in high school...Roots for San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks, Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics...Plans to major in English.


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I'm getting tired of having to spoonfeed this to some of you people individually. As it turns out though, thankfully, I can edit the OP so at least read this. I am not arguing against love, relationships or commitment, or anything the like. Quite the opposite, I'm saying they're good enough on their own without the need for the legal paperwork, money-waste and label of marriage. I welcome any opinion whether I like it or not, but not when you're missing all of the actual points like a little boy splashing the rim and substitute your own. No one's forcing you to read the whole thread, but at least read the damn OP of the thread next time or don't bother. It's getting frustrating having to read through your condescending tones just to find out you just didn't pay attention.
Hey. I'm not sure if I made a thread before but I'd like to put some of my thoughts on marriage here and see what all of you guys think. I see many of you as much smarter than me, and I think I can learn some. This got a little long, and I don't know if I should post it as a blog instead, but since my objective is to get some sort of exchange/discussion going a thread is more fitting. This is my opinion only. I'm not going to talk about gay-marriage or things like that, we all already know enough about that. I want to talk about marriage itself.
My stance on marriage is not that everybody should be allowed to have one, including gays. My stance is that nobody should get married, including straight people. And I'm often confused as to why atheists, secular intelligent people, would want to engage in this antiquated, forcefully contrived and often religious social construct.
I've said this in one form or another before. People like to think about marriage as this magical bond between two people in love, but for the bigger part of its history marriage wasn't about love at all. We know that in the past ages marriage was only used as a form of sales-contract, a political relationship building tool between two parties, and a way for the rulers to keep tabs on their subjects, while making sure they don't run amok fucking and raping each other aimlessly. It was an easy social structure to introduce into a primitive society that would otherwise kill each other over women to rape (which they did, and still do regardless). As a religious construct, it has been solely used for the above mentioned purposes, plus turn women into property. We need only look at some religious men and their harem of wives, to see that in that marriage women have become nothing more than a commodity. In marriage, even today, women are often nothing more than merchandise. Why do you think religious men always emphasize the importance of staying pure and staying away from sex until marriage? Because some men have very small penises. And some men with small penises are willing to pay high prices for a certain commodity: virginity. They want sex with virgins, because the small-dicked man knows the virgin doesn't know any better, so he has a confidence boost. Same reason they marry old geezers to little children, under the ruse of "our prophet did it." It's all about keeping the business running. Tell girls not to fuck. Slut-shame them should they dare to have sex outside of marriage. Call them whores, sluts, whatever. Put peer-pressure on them. Because if they do, the market will run dry.
There are a some popular arguments for/about marriage that I'd like to take on.
- It's a public declaration of loyalty. / It shows commitment.
This is a common error. Marriage doesn't make someone any more loyal then s/he would've been anyway, and if it does it's either because of peer-pressure (look up countries with the lowest divorce rates) or simple disingenuity. If you are in a relationship (which is not open), then you should be able to stay loyal and make it clear you're committed all by yourself, without a ring on your finger to vouch for you. Saying marriage ads to the commitment and shows loyalty is really no different than, for example, saying the bible gives us strength and hope. We should be able to have those things by ourselves, and those who cling to it show only a lack of those traits in themselves; just as someone who can not be as loyal without marriage shows a lack of confidence in their loyalty to begin with.
Now there also many people who say that they want a marriage to make sure their partner is committed. To me, a person who says they cannot expect loyalty and commitment unless their partner agrees to marry them is a person who displays a severe lack of trust, confidence and faith in their partner. A crucial flaw which wouldn't work out too well for a relationship to begin with.
I'm quoting the next point from a post from another member, MikeLong, here. I originally wanted to answer you in that thread, but the lack of a reply button was getting on my nerves, sorry.
- If shit goes south, marriage makes us try harder to preserve the relationship, rather than simply cast it aside as just another failed relationship.
Again, I think this should go without having to be married. If the relationship is worth it you should put all effort in, but not because you think "Oh well, we're married now. And it's kinda too much work to get divorced anyway." If marriage is your only incentive to keep a relationship alive, it's not a relationship of love as it is a cold iron chain locking you together.
More importantly though, just because a relationship is over doesn't mean it's failed. We fall in love, and then often we get jaded, and it's over. But that doesn't mean it wasn't worthwhile, that it was a waste of time, or that it failed. We experience something nice, and then it's time to move on. What marriage does is hold you trapped, after you've had enough. And I believe that the idea of an ended relationship being a "failed" relationship is something, more often than not, pushed into our culture by clergy. They are mostly the ones we hear bitching about divorce rates in secular countries and how it's somehow directly related to the moral decline in that country. That's bullshit. The only thing a divorce means is that two people no longer want to be together. What does the reason matter? Clergy often pretend like it's because people turn gay and the men divorce their wives because they want to go to a gay bar and have wild gay sex out of wedlock (ironically the solution would be to allow same-sex marriage, but I digress). But even if it were so, so what? How would it make those two people any more happy if they were continuously trapped in a marriage? Even when, at first, only one of the two partners wants a divorce, to me it would be much more horrible to force the other person to stay married. I certainly wouldn't want to be in a relationship with someone who doesn't want me anymore. Platonic love doesn't end well for either party.
So what I'm rambling on about it that ending a relationship is not always a bad thing. Call me a cynic, but I believe that it's a good time even most of the time. Something sucks, you work at it. But at some point you have to stop and accept that it might just not be worth it to try and pick up all the pieces off of the floor so you can glue them together and hope it sticks for just a little while longer. At some point you just have to leave the pieces lie and move the fuck on.
- marriage is the sacred bond between a man and a woman
Obviously, this is an argument that comes from the theist camp. Now I'm not going to argue about how retarded it is to suggest that gays have any less of a right to a marriage, we already know that, but instead tell you why I think religion loves pairing different genders so much. It's because man + woman = baby. Baby = another unit in the army. That's it. Nothing profound to it. Sacred bond my ass. It's about growing numbers like a virus. Rulers in all ages understood that if you want to build a powerful nation, what you need are people. Many many people. As many as possible. Living conditions, quality of life - doesn't matter. If he can hold a weapon and become cannon-fodder he's good enough. Same reason religion values men more than women. They're physically stronger. Same reason clergy are against abortion, it kills potential units and dwindles their numbers. (It also kills off all the pussy in the age range they like.)
- We do it for the civil / legal / financial rights.
I actually don't know enough about this to be able to fairly comment, so I'd love some input. Obviously I still don't like it. I know people who have been together for years but have no intentions of getting married for any benefits, my own sister included, and they seem to lead happy lives. But are the benefits worth compromising your integrity?Is there no other way to achieve those rights? Would it be at all possible for us to change this? I'm aware that gays fight for marriage because they want the rights that come with it. Now I remember Strega saying in a different thread that if they made some other civil construct which would allow her, as a gay person, to have all the benefits of a usual marriage provides, she'd do it right away. Even if it wasn't called a marriage. Do you agree with this, or do you think that, if anything, both straight people and gays should get the exact same thing? In which case it cannot be a religious union, because all major religions are homophobic. And so...I'm tired.
That's it for now. I actually have much more to say, but I kinda already wrote more than usual and I'm getting bored and I'm sure I've bored most of you by now too. I might add some later. Cut me some slack!
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It's your own weakness and lack of self-control
Since we are all weak, and lets face it, we are, perhaps it is these silly, insignificant pieces of paper that keep all of us together. Weak Forces keep the sun burning.
Are you playing word games out of purpose?
You advocate a world without defined borders of conduct, mixed with a solid sense of responsibility to yourselves, the earth, and others. That's ok, and there are places where that is the guiding principle. It's been a while since I've been there, but the communes that you might have heard about that were started in the '60's, some of them still exist, at least they did about 12 years ago in Upstate New York near Woodstock.
Since we are all weak, and lets face it, we are, perhaps it is these silly, insignificant pieces of paper that keep all of us together
Must suck to think so little of yourself. I'm sure married people appreciate being told that it's just a piece of paper standing between their partners and them cheating. So, let me guess. We also need the bible to be moral? Do we have original sin too? We are powerless until we give our lives over to a higher power? That's where your road is leading, be careful. I'm sure you're better than that.
You advocate a world without defined borders of conduct,
I advocate a world with as clearly defined borders as possible. You don't. Love is not an emotion you can clearly define. I love my girlfriend. I love my brother. I love animals. I love chocolate. It's an extremely ambiguous word, and what marriage does is put it into a legal binding contract. Signing a document promising you'll always be in love with someone, is like signing a document promising to be lucky. I promise to be lucky or else you can sue me for half my stuff. Brilliant.
mixed with a solid sense of responsibility to yourselves, the earth, and others.
We have a responsibility to those we commit to willingly. Either tell your girlfriend you're going to cheat on her, or don't cheat on her. Either way, don't jeopardize your honor. And of course we also have a responsibility to ourselves, what else is possible? You can't blame the absence of a piece of paper for thinking with your dick. It's your own fault.
And now what gave you the idea I care about the earth?
It's been a while since I've been there, but the communes that you might have heard about that were started in the '60's, some of them still exist, at least they did about 12 years ago in Upstate New York near Woodstock.
Where's "there" supposed to mean, and what communes are you even talking about? I live in Turkey. Where are you pulling all of this out of?
Oh he thinks marriage doesn't add anything to a relationship? He things age doesn't make right? He must be part of some anarchist hippie commune!
You'd make a brilliant apologist I must admit. You have this natural talent of going off on tangents. I talk about automatic knowledge, you talk about Scottish peasants. I talk about self-control, you talk about Woodstock.
I've been saying that marriage isn't important except when children are involved and that the evidence tends to show that children don't thrive as well when raised in other situations. I heard about this study on the news today:
A report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, released today, suggests a gap between children from single-parent and married families that will continue to widen as they grow.
Family studies researcher Ruth Weston said love and affection was shown by all families in the study of 5000 children, but twice as many women in wedded couples had a university degree and were more likely to be employed.
"The study shows 31 per cent of the married mothers had a university degree or higher-level education compared with 15 per cent of single or cohabiting mothers," Ms Weston said.
"A family's financial circumstances are clearly very important for the wellbeing of children."
But Victorian president of Parents without Partners, Rhonda McHugh, slammed the taxpayer-funded study, describing it as "detrimental".
"It is unfair assuming children of single parents are not going to do well. A lot of our kids are doing well in sports and going to university," Ms McHugh said.
Typically, the response by the Parents without Partners is anecdotal ("I know exceptions") and I remind you that statistical truths can't be refuted by stories of exceptions. We all know a smoker who died of old age without contracting lung cancer, yet the statistics show us there is a causal relationship between smoking and lung cancer.
It's understandable that we don't want single parents to feel bad, especially since they are often in that situation due to circumstances beyond their control or out of necessity. However, it's necessary to set those feelings aside if we are to understand best how to deal with the single-parent situation.
"The study shows 31 per cent of the married mothers had a university degree or higher-level education compared with 15 per cent of single or cohabiting mothers," Ms Weston said.
I don't know if it's just the phrasing, but they didn't get a higher-level education because they were married, so how is it related? At most we can say that people with a lower-level education tend to end up single more often, while people with more education end up picking better partners and relationships. And obviously the better educated ones are more likely to be better parents anyway. We all can agree on that, right?
Unseen I'm confused, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to think the opposite of marriage is being a single parent. I don't remember anybody making the point that being single is better than being in a relationship, though I have not read every reply in this thread so I may have missed it. But I think those same educated people could've been in plain relationships, not single parents, but not married either, and done just as well with their kids, could they not?
@ kOrsan,
I think that the term "marriage" is the main culprit of the whole confusion. You can have all the legal obligations to your partner without being married (at least in my country) and the same applies to the care for children.
The added value of marriage is therefor precisely "zilch".
Apparently (??) in some countries you can't disconnect commitment from marriage, that's why people in those countries get married young and divorce often. I was highly surprised the first time I went to the states and found out that most of the people of my age that were in a relationship were already married, even after being together only shortly people married one another as if it was obligatory, very odd.
It reminds me a bit of the people of my grandparents' generation, they also married young as to them it was an auto-include. You find a guy/girl, you stick with them and you marry first and then get kids. I'm not saying that this is not what people should do, please by all means if you're comfortable do so.
But, for those (like me) who do not roll that way, marriage is completely unnecessary and the baggage that it comes with is not appealing to us. This does not mean that we're afraid of commitment (legal or not) or that we don't want the best for our children, it's just that we don't see the concept of marriage (NOT (LEGAL) COMMITMENT!!) as useful.
I don't remember anybody making the point that being single is better than being in a relationship
To clarify, by "single" I meant "single parent."
There are plenty people who prefer to be single, me included.
I agree. I see marriage as a tool designed to control people's behavior, much like taxes or the criminal justice system. It is used to opress outsiders (i.e. Gays transgenderd people), it was even used to enforce social ideas about race division. Unlike taxes and the criminal justice system though, marriage is unnecessary and built on a foundation of wrong headed traditions about societys right to drag us around by our genitals.
And who are the puppeteers? You see, I think the views your expressing here are just so much conspiracy theory horseshit.
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You're right. As I get older I find myself typing homonyms now and then (when I really do know what's right) and I don't always take a second look with short posts. With longer posts, I tend to do a little proofreading. LOL
How is that a conspiracy? Marriage isn't used as a tool to influence society? When I hear christian politicians say that Gay marriage is wrong because "Homosexuality is not something that society should endorse", what are they really saying? What I'm hearing is that they want to influence other people's personal sexual/life decisions in a forceful way. Taxes are levied against tobacco and alcohol, in part to discourage the use or overuse of these substances, is that a conspiracy theory? There isn't a fucking secret thing about it. When the Romans laid out laws about who could and could not marry into their citizenry, was that a conspiracy theory? or was it an open public policy designed to shape their society in the way they saw as best? It used to be illegal for white and black people to marry, was that a conspiracy theory, or was it a racist public policy designed to shape society in the way that was seen as best?
CONSPIRACY THEORY: a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators
Public, not secret. Policy, not plot.
Words can have more than one meaning and/or use.
From Dictionary.com:
1. the act of conspiring.
2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
3. a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.
4. Law. an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.
5. any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.
I think 3 and 5 cover what you are saying as well as your other examples (the Romans, for example). The conservative/religious politicians conspire to defeat the establishment of pro-gay legislation, either by blocking it or by fomenting legislation designed to preemptively forbid it.
The way you describe them, they are conspirators according to some of the meanings of "conspiracy."


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>> Thursday, December 1, 2005
With Philips being a dutch company, it may not surprise you The Netherlands was one of the most succesful countries for CD-i. When the format was already abandoned in the USA, the dutch CD-i love flourished a lot with a crave for new games. When most companies who produced CD-i games were involved with the format from the beginning, in the Netherlands there were several parties who started just a tad after the 'hype'. Ofcourse it should be noted Philips was the big spender and most CD-i projects were funded and initiated by Philips…
One of these 'dutchies' was called the 'Dutch Interactive Media Associates'. With the same approach as with the Philips in-house studios like Sidewalk and Artspace, the main objective of DIMA was to produce relatively cheap CD-i games in a relatively short period. They gave us the well-known Family Games, a great game collection of classic small games which was a give-away with european CD-i sets in 1994. In 1995 they released a christmas surprise: Christmas Crisis. Without any preview this title hit the market and hooked the CD-i fans to their screen. With Christmas around the corner this is the perfect chance to relive a CD-i classic with excellent digital video.
When Philips pulled the plug out of their own studios, DIMA people took a step and got totally independent. Being the first company to publish their own CD-i games, this was a big step for the CD-i community. These were the days of 'Creative Media', a small company who brought to you Christmas Country, a true follow-up to Christmas Crisis but without the help of Philips digital video encoders… When you compare these christmas platformers you'll notice the last one was more rough but it supported horizontal scrolling which was a real difficulty on CD-i.
One of the test prototypes was a conversion of Nintendo's 'Super Mario Bros', which is a perfect example that CD-I was capable of playing original NES games. The 'brains' of Creative Media were headed in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. With all classic consoles around, they were fanatics of classic games. "With Cd-i you don't have the perfect game console; Other game consoles win easily when it comes to speed and graphics.The amount of memory is just too low for that to compete. On the other hand it is a real challenge to get out of it what is possible to the max. That's what we did with Christmas Country: Good graphics with loads of enemies on screen and with a solid framerate. The downside was a lack of music in the game but believe me, the framerate would drop enormously if we would have used in-game music. To add, the game had to be finished in a relatively short period. Ofcourse it's great when you're allowed to work on a game for a year but it costs too much money. It's just not profitable for a small company in a small country. Along the years things are getting easier to develop. The development time of Family Games and Christmas Crisis took around 6 months each, Christmas Country only took us over 3 months to finish."
Christmas Country was a winner of the International CD-I Association Awards in the category "Home Entertainment Children". In 1996 Creative Media started developing games for both the PC CD-ROM and the Sony Playstation, but ofcourse they didn't forget the CD-i. In 1997 they were planning a remake of Christmas Country (The Lost Levels). This game would incorporate more scrolling effects and background music, including all-new levels. A classic remake of Break-Out was developed with the name Whack-a-Bubble, which was released in 1997.
More plans …
Four new games should have been released before 1998. 'Mr. Miner' was a classic remake of 'Dig Dug', You had to dig down in vertically stretched levels, kill enemies and gain the bonus items to get into the next level. 'Atomic Shift' was a remake of the classic 'Asteroids'. In this game you were flying in a space ship and you had to shoot atoms in parts which would melt together again and again… Very addictive and very high-score-minded! 'Haunted Pyramid' should have been a remake of 'Lode Runner', which was a perfect classic for primitive platform and puzzle action. 'Marchin' Ants' was based on 'Centipede', a classic shooting game.
Unfortunately none of these games saw the light of day, but they sure have a lot of CD-i gems in the vault. One of them is a conversion of Nintendo's 'Super Mario Bros', which is a perfect example that CD-I was capable of playing original NES games. I'm always thinking that, with the Nintendo license Philips had (thanks to their 'Philips Odyssee Console' patents), they would have been able to release a remake after the cancellation of the highly anticipated Super Mario's Wacky Worlds.
With this potential they also developed a four-player adapter for use with certain CD-I players. They designed games for multiplayer action like this with 'Taco's Toyroom Troopers', which was displayed on the back of Christmas Country. The main problem was the incompatibility with different player models. In the end the project was too expensive and neither Philips nor Creative Media wanted to invest more money in the ill-fated CD-i. If the internal issues of the different players were minimized from the beginning, the chance we got to see another third party controller would have been realistic. The four player controller prototype is on our agenda to investigate in the near future so check out the resources regularly!
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- Konikoff J, Brookmeyer R, Longosz AF, Cousins MM, Celum C, Buchbinder SP, Seage GR 3rd, Kirk GD, Moore RD, Mehta SH, Margolick JB, Brown J, Mayer KH, Koblin BA, Justman JE, Hodder SL, Quinn TC, Eshleman SH, Laeyendecker O. Performance of a Limiting-Antigen Avidity Enzyme Immunoassay for Cross-Sectional Estimation of HIV Incidence in the United States. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e82772. PMID: 24386116
- Moore RD, Hillman CH, Broglio SP. The Persistent Influence of Concussive Injuries on Cognitive Control and Neuroelectric Function. J Athl Train. 2013 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24377962
- Moore RD, Broglio SP, Hillman CH. Sport-Related Concussion and Sensory Function in Young Adults. J Athl Train. 2013 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24377961
- Drollette ES, Scudder MR, Raine LB, Moore RD, Saliba BJ, Pontifex MB, Hillman CH. Acute exercise facilitates brain function and cognition in children who need it most: An ERP study of individual differences in inhibitory control capacity. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2013 Nov 16;7C:53-64. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2013.11.001. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24309300
- Monroe AK, Rowe TL, Moore RD, Chander G. Medication adherence in HIV-positive patients with diabetes or hypertension: a focus group study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Nov 25;13:488. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-488. PMID: 24274688
- Moore RD, Rutter ED, Zapko DR, Kolade VO, Ayyoub SM. Abdominal aortic aneurysm with inferior vena cava compression in association with deep venous thrombosis. Am J Med Sci. 2013 Dec;346(6):521-2. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182a55a96. PMID: 24263082
- Hanna DB, Buchacz K, Gebo KA, Hessol NA, Horberg MA, Jacobson LP, Kirk GD, Kitahata MM, Korthuis PT, Moore RD, Napravnik S, Patel P, Silverberg MJ, Sterling TR, Willig JH, Collier A, Samji H, Thorne JE, Althoff KN, Martin JN, Rodriguez B, Stuart EA, Gange SJ; North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD) of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA). Association between U.S. State AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Features and HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation, 2001-2009. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 18;8(11):e78952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078952. PMID: 24260137
- Chinthakanan O, Miklos JR, Moore RD. Laparoscopic mesh sacrohysteropexy with concurrent laparoscopic myomectomy for treatment of multiple myomas: case report and literature review. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2013 Nov-Dec;20(6):903-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.04.025. PMID: 24183280
- Cousins MM, Konikoff J, Laeyendecker O, Celum C, Buchbinder SP, Seage GR 3rd, Kirk GD, Moore RD, Mehta SH, Margolick JB, Brown J, Mayer KH, Koblin BA, Wheeler D, Justman JE, Hodder SL, Quinn TC, Brookmeyer R, Eshleman SH. HIV Diversity as a Biomarker for HIV Incidence Estimation: Including a High-Resolution Melting Diversity Assay in a Multiassay Algorithm. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jan;52(1):115-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02040-13. Epub 2013 Oct 23. PMID: 24153134
- Beach MC, Roter D, Korthuis PT, Epstein RM, Sharp V, Ratanawongsa N, Cohn J, Eggly S, Sankar A, Moore RD, Saha S. A multicenter study of physician mindfulness and health care quality. Ann Fam Med. 2013 Sep-Oct;11(5):421-8. doi: 10.1370/afm.1507. PMID: 24019273
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The core capabilities are energy-industry consultation, multi- commodity-optimization, forecasting and SCADA-technology for dispersed power generation. EUS GmbH is a company of KISTERS Group (KISTERS AG, Aachen, Germany). In the W2E project EUS GmbH is responsible to develop the Virtual Power Plant, to approve it and to support the trial operation.
Volker Bühner (1969) is branch manager of the EUS GmbH. He received his diploma degree in Electrical Engineering in 1994 and his PhD in 1998 at the University of Dortmund. He is also responsible for the product management and development of IT-solutions for the liberalized energy markets, as forecast and optimization systems. Mr. Bühner was project leader in the R&D-Project "Virtual Power Plant Unna" where one of the first still operational Virtual Power Plants was built in 2003. He is author of 20 international publications including the co- authorship of the study of the German Power Engineering Society "Smart Distribution 2020".
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People ask for my early impressions of new Bills coach Doug Marrone. I tell them to check back with me in September. But from what I gathered in minicamp, the players are excited about the energy and optimism of the new staff.
Here's a quote from Fred Jackson, one I'll store away for future reference:
"When a new coach tells you we're going to the playoffs this year, that changes the mindset of some guys," Jackson said Wednesday. "It's not a guy coming in and saying we're rebuilding."
That's no surprise. Rookie coaches don't usually come in and tell people to prepare for the suffering. They're young and full of themselves. They're competitors who expect to win. And they're in charge of a bunch of confident athletes who expect to succeed, too.
So when Marrone says the Bills can make the playoffs, Jackson takes him at his word. He's a captain, a leader, the most respected guy on the squad.
Look, I don't expect the Bills to contend this season. It is a rebuilding year, despite what Marrone says. But he needs to tread carefully. A new coach has to be consistent with his players, especially his veterans. If he talks playoffs, he has to back it up.
That leads us to the quarterback issue. There's a school of thought that says Marrone should make rookie EJ Manuel the starter from Day One. Throw him out there and let him learn on the job. What do you have to lose, right? They're not going to the playoffs, anyway.
Tell that to Jackson or Eric Wood, or Kyle or Mario Williams, who have never appeared in an NFL playoff game. If they're buying into the notion that the Bills have a shot, it'll be hard for Marrone to sell roster moves that compromise the team's ability to win in the short term.
Remember 2005? It's understandable if you'd rather forget. That was the year they unloaded a fading Drew Bledsoe and handed the starting job to J.P. Losman, who was in his second NFL season.
Losman was a disaster. Mike Mularkey, in his second season as coach, yanked him twice in the first four weeks, then gave the job to Kelly Holcomb. The veterans, who had expected to contend after winning nine games in '04, were against the Losman move from the start.
That was the year when Takeo Spikes and London Fletcher talked about making history on defense. When Losman struggled, there were mutterings in the locker room that Mularkey was hurting their playoff chances by playing Losman.
There were suspicions that Mularkey was taking his lead from Ralph Wilson and Tom Donahoe. He lost the locker room. He had a falling-out with Eric Moulds. At the end of the season, Mularkey, Donahoe and Moulds were all gone. It was one of the most embarrassing seasons in team history.
This situation is different. Manuel is a rookie. No rookie has won the Bills' starting QB job out of camp since Jim Kelly in 1986, and Kelly was 26 at the time, with two years of USFL experience.
Manuel is an exciting athlete with a big arm. But he's raw, and he's likely to struggle against NFL defenses at the start. He might be even less ready than Losman was as a second-year pro in 2005.
Sure, it'll be great if Manuel is a revelation, if he picks up the NFL game in training camp and dazzles us in preseason games. Management is surely hoping he'll win the job, raising the hopes of fans who believe they have a true franchise quarterback at last.
But Marrone has promised a competition at every position. Manuel will have to fight Kevin Kolb for the starter's job. That's why they cut Tarvaris Jackson, to reduce it to a two-man battle and give Manuel enough practice reps to prove himself.
Manuel signed his rookie contract on Friday: A four-year deal for an estimated $8.9 million, commensurate with the 16th overall pick on the rookie wage scale. It's good to have Manuel locked up early, ensuring that he will be happy and in camp on time.
That's a fairly modest contract. A four-year, $8.9 million deal is what you pay an average offensive lineman nowadays. In 2009, Aaron Maybin got $25 million over five years as the 11th overall pick. Maybin got $14.2 million in guarantees.
So there's no urgency to play Manuel right away to justify the investment. I don't buy the notion that management must "sell him" to the public by playing him right away.
The Bills are great at selling hope to a captive audience. They've done a nice job by restructuring the organization, putting young faces in the key management and coaching positions, and drafting a potential franchise quarterback and hot young receivers.
Bills fans are a patient, forgiving lot. They won't disappear if it takes Manuel time to develop into an NFL quarterback. He doesn't have to be Andrew Luck, Cam Newton or Russell Wilson to justify the pick.
Kolb has the upper hand right now, in deference to his experience. I asked Kolb if he needed to be the clear-cut winner to get the No. 1 job. He just smiled. He said he's played every role in quarterback competitions. He knows how the game is played.
These things have a way of working themselves out. Kolb has been more prospect than producer in his career. He's been prone to injury, partly because he holds the ball too long in the pocket and doesn't handle pressure well.
If Kolb exceeds expectations and the Bills get off to a fast start, fans will be thrilled. It's more likely that he'll falter and Manuel will get his chance. Of course, there's also the chance that Kolb will have an uninspiring camp and Manuel will do well enough to win the job.
Marrone's job is to conduct a fair competition. He said during minicamp that he expects the winner to become evident during training camp.
"I think it's going to be something that we're all going to see, not just a decision that's made," Marrone said. "I believe that we'll be able to see it at training camp. I think the players on the team are going to be able to see that separation, and that's the most important thing."
It's interesting that Marrone would talk about the players being able to see the separation. He's saying it won't be that close, which leads me to believe that he doesn't expect Manuel to be ready.
Marrone's words also show that he's sensitive to his players. He knows they're watching to see if he's true to his word. The last thing Marrone needs is for players to suspect that the quarterback decision is being influenced by the men upstairs.
Quarterback is by far the most important position in the NFL. But don't forget, the Bills also have a rookie head coach. He's trying to find his way, too.
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Topic: Things you made when you were like my age ( 10 and over )
Well, I made a tunnel fort like a month ago and it's still there!
It's a fortress tunnel where you can climb through and get to the other side, ( the exit ) And have fun crawling through it!
I got two more cardboard boxes and some sheets of cardboard to add to it today with my Mum and me in Ikea.
Ikea is a Swedish store where you can buy furniture, beds, food and desktops etc. there.
The thing is, my cat Milo was spaying in a few of them a few days ago!
I had to throw out two of my cardboard boxes....
So, did anyone or some people, have made/ is still making cool creative ideas like tunnel fortresses like me?


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Should a rocket blast off on schedule early Tuesday evening, May 5, 2009, from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia, a potentially spectacular sight might be visible across a wide swath of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
It would be only the fourth attempt at launching an orbital rocket from this coastal Virginia range—located just south of Assateague Island—in the last 13 and a half years. The first time NASA attempted an orbital launch from Wallops, in October 1995, the liftoff of a 50-foot-tall Conestoga rocket ignited normally, but the vehicle exploded over the Atlantic just 46-seconds later. A problem with the rocket's guidance system was blamed.
Then in December 2006, a 69-foot, 5-foot wide, 35-ton, four-stage Minotaur I rocket successfully launched the TacSat-2 satellite, carrying a semisecret payload from the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency. In April 2007, a Minotaur rocket sent the NFIRE satellite into orbit.
Now another Minotaur I rocket awaits liftoff from the Wallops Flight Facility next Tuesday evening, no earlier than 8:00 p.m. EDT. The chief goal of this flight is to place the 880-pound TacSat-3 satellite with its trio of payloads that will offer real-time imagery (within 10-minutes of collection), sea-based information transmitted from ocean buoys and plug-and-play avionics to assist warfighters in keeping one step ahead of their adversaries. In addition, threecubesats will be launched as secondary payloads on the TacSat-3 mission.
A launch window from May 5 to 9, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EDT each day, has been established to take into account bad weather or equipment glitches (see Final Points below). A launch after 8:00 p.m. EDT would occur just after sunset along the entire Atlantic Coastline.
Over the years, similar rocket firings have routinely taken place from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. Rocket launches that have occurred around the time of sunrise or sunset have left long, glowing contrails in their wake that have been seen for a few hundred miles across the Desert Southwest; often becoming contorted by high level winds into strange and exotic patterns and sometimes, prismatic colors.
While many Westerners are fairly familiar with such sightings, they are all but unknown here in the East and as such may end up surprising millions of people should the Minotaur I lift off on schedule at 8:00 p.m. EDT or shortly thereafter on Tuesday evening.
Based on a very similar launch from Wallops Island in December 2006 and similar dusk and dawn launches from Vandenberg as a guide, I've determined that it should be possible that Tuesday's post-sunset launch may be visible as far north as southern Maine; as far south as northeastern Florida and as far west as eastern Kentucky. The rocket will be launched on a southeast trajectory. Approximately six minutes after launch it will be passing north of Bermuda. Three minutes later it will reach orbital altitude over the middle of the North Atlantic.
Observers who are situated within about 800 statute miles of the Wallops Island Flight Facility appear to have a reasonable chance of catching a view of the Minotaur I contrail within the first few minutes after launch.
The key to making a sighting is to have a clear, unobstructed view of the horizon in the direction of Wallops Island. For example, a viewer in Raleigh, North Carolina should look toward the northeast; in Boston, Massachusetts look southwest; in Wheeling, West Virginia it will be due east.
Areas farther to the northeast (toward southern New England) have an advantage since skies will be darker—sunset will come somewhat earlier than it will along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. At Wallops, it's at 7:57 p.m., but from Boston it's at 7:49 p.m.
Farther to the west, in the Ohio Valley, the Sun will still be above the horizon so the launch may only be barely visible, if at all against the blue daytime sky. But should the launch be delayed by just 30-minutes, sunset will arrive, sufficiently darkening local skies.
The Minotaur I is a launch vehicle sometimes called half man and half beast because it combines features of the Minuteman missiles and Pegasus rockets. It also merges space technologies designed for both military and commercial ventures.
Another factor in this launch is the upcoming May 11 launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to Wallops Public Affairs officer Keith Koehler, the Wallops tracking systems are needed to support a shuttle Launch. We have to stand down because of the Space Shuttle launch on May 11. We have assets that support the launch. Then I believe there is another launch at the Cape that will be using assets that we use.
Wallops is NASA's cynosure for tracking orbital payloads and receiving meteorological information relating to North America. And although it has never been used for this purpose, Wallops can also boast that its 8,750-foot runway, usually reserved for winged-aircraft safety tests, is an approved shuttle emergency-landing site.


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Pleasant Valley Camp is a place of kind Locale belonging to the County of ( McHenry ).
The closest populated place is that of Coyne that is6.52 miles far from Pleasant Valley Camp.
Pleasant Valley Camp is also 15.27 miles far from the closest airport or heliport, the Lake in the Hills Airport .
The weather forecasting are available for the town of Woodstock , that is 8.09 miles far from Pleasant Valley Camp .
The Zip Code of Pleasant Valley Camp is 60098.
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Either use the web interface at
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* http://groups.google.com/group/limp-devel
Or, use the plain-text interface at
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* email@example.com (subscribe firstname.lastname@example.com)
This will make it much easier for me to get a picture of what the users want from Limp, as well as being able to easily accept patches.
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Amarillo Crime Stoppers is offering up to $300 for tips that could lead to the arrest of an Amarillo man wanted for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Shawn Adam Whitney, 24, was arrested Oct. 30 after he threatened another man with a knife before taking his belongings, Amarillo police said. Whitney was taken to Potter County jail on the felony charge.
About 4:30 p.m. Oct. 30, a man flagged down officers at Northeast 15th Avenue and Manhattan Street and told them he had just been robbed, authorities said.
The victim told officers he and Whitney had entered a house in the 800 block of Arapahoe Street after getting a nonalcoholic drink when Whitney displayed a knife and took the victim's wallet, cellphone and backpack, police said. The victim left the house following the robbery and later pointed out the house to officers, authorities said. Police arrested Whitney inside the house.
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|Southern Iced Tea made with the addition of pineapple, orange & lemon juices.
Southern Fruit Iced TeaThis is a spring and summer take on our fabulous Southern Iced Tea, made with the addition of pineapple juice, orange juice and lemon juice - and a touch of cherry juice, if you're so inclined. Now if that doesn't scream spring, I don't know what does! Okay, yeah. I know I'm a little early. And, I know we are technically still in the winter season, yes, even down here, but this little taste of spring weather that we have experienced in the past couple of weeks has had me in the mood for ushering in springtime. It's a short lived season down here anyway, but one of my favorite times of the year.
Even though this winter has been uncharacteristically cold even for The Deep South, except for those rare occasions where bringing out the cocoa is more appropriate, southerners drink iced tea pretty much year round to be honest. Fruited iced tea is a Deep South favorite and most recipes do include some combination of orange, pineapple and lemon juices, though, as always, there are many variations. I like this combination when made with my iced tea concentrate, and when I have a jar of Maraschino cherries in the fridge, I like to add a bit of the juice too.
Here's how to make it.
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Recipe: Southern Fruit Iced Tea©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 5 min | Yield: 1/2 gallon (8 servings)
- One batch of Deep South Dish Iced Tea Concentrate
- 1 cup of granulated sugar*
- 1/2 cup of pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup of orange juice
- Juice of one lemon
- 1/8 cup of cherry juice, optional
- Lemon, orange or pineapple slices and/or Maraschino cherries, for garnish
Make one basic recipe of my iced tea (I do 5 tea bags, 4 cups water, steeped 5 minutes), except after steeping the tea, squeeze tea bags and remove, and set the tea aside to cool slightly. To a 2-quart pitcher, add the warm tea concentrate and stir in the 1 cup of sugar until dissolved. Add the pineapple juice, orange juice, lemon juice and cherry juice. Fill the pitcher with ice, top off with water, only if needed, to fill the pitcher, stir and serve. Garnish with a slice of fruit and a cherry, if desired.
Cook's Notes: Keep in mind that different brands of juices have different levels of sweetness so you may need to make adjustments in the additional sugar. Double to make a gallon. Substitute 4 cups of apple juice in place of the tea for a variation of the fabulous Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant's "Applewood Julep."
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