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It will be a unique year in the ACC. The conference is moving forward with an 11-game football schedule that begins this week in which teams play 10 league opponents and one non-conference opponent. As part of that updated schedule, Notre Dame has been added as a temporary member that is eligible for the ACC title.
With the Irish added as the 15th team, the two divisions have been scrapped and the two teams with the best winning percentage at the end of the regular season will meet in the conference championship game.
It's a safe bet to say Clemson will be one of those teams. The Tigers have won five straight ACC titles with two national championships along the way. And while Clemson has dominated the Atlantic Division, a different team has represented the Coastal in the title game in seven consecutive seasons. Who will make it to Charlotte this year?
Below we've previewed all 15 ACC teams, listed in predicted order of finish. The teams' preseason conference title odds from BetMGM are listed in parentheses.
1. Clemson (-500)
2019 record: 14-1
With Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne back for another year, the Tigers' path back to the playoff is pretty clear this season. The biggest question Clemson faces is on offense, though, where the team needs to replace both Justyn Ross and Tee Higgins. Amari Rodgers is the only returning receiver who had more than 20 catches. Defensively, Clemson should once again stifle opponents as the entire starting defensive line is back under Brent Venables. The Tigers have given up fewer than 14 points per game for three-straight seasons and it won't be a surprise in the slightest if that streak extends to four — especially with a strong group of freshmen joining the mix.
2. Notre Dame (+650)
2019 record: 11-2
Notre Dame in a conference? Strange times, indeed. With so much uncertainty about the season, Notre Dame will play a full ACC schedule and is eligible for the league championship in 2020. The Irish should present a legitimate challenge to Clemson unlike the Tigers have seen in the conference in recent years. Notre Dame returns Ian Book for his third year as starting quarterback. Book will benefit from one of the nation's top offensive lines, but the skill talent around him is mostly unproven — as is new coordinator Tommy Rees. The defense should be one of the ACC's best with Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah emerging as a potential star nationally.
3. North Carolina (+800)
2019 record: 7-6
Just how good can the UNC offense be in 2020? Sam Howell, Mack Brown's first prized recruit for his second stint in Chapel Hill, threw for over 3,600 yards and 38 TDs as a freshman in 2019 and the offense returns nine other starters in 2020. That includes the entire receiving corps and RBs Michael Carter and Javonte Williams. Those two combined for over 1,900 rushing yards in 2019. And while the offense was really good a year ago, the biggest key to the Tar Heels' five-game improvement was the defense. It allowed fewer than 24 points per game after two-straight seasons of giving up over 30 points per game. The opt-out of defensive back Bryce Watts and two other members of the secondary will have an impact, but UNC shouldn't regress defensively.
4. Miami (+900)
2019 record: 6-7
Manny Diaz's first season at Miami was a roller coaster. The Hurricanes started 3-4 but looked poised for a strong finish when they reeled off three straight wins and clinched a bowl berth. That's when things imploded. Miami lost to FIU for the first time ever, dropped the regular season finale to a bad Duke team and then got shut out in the Independence Bowl by Louisiana Tech. Moving into 2020, Diaz will rely on a bevy of transfers, including ex-Houston QB D'Eriq King and ex-Temple DL Quincy Roche. King, who threw for 2,892 yards and 36 TDs while rushing for 674 yards and 14 scores in 2018, should finally give the Hurricanes some much-needed stability at the position, if only for a year.
5. Virginia Tech (+1600)
2019 record: 8-5
Is this a prove-it season of sorts for Justin Fuente? Fuente enters his fifth season at VT and his last three teams haven't matched the 10 wins his debut 2016 team recorded. The 2018 season was the first with a losing record for the Hokies since 1992, and 2019 got off to a really rough start. Entering 2020, the Hokies return 17 starters and add a few noteworthy transfers. Despite the opt-out of CB Caleb Farley, nine starters are back on defense, including four of the five top tacklers. Hendon Hooker returns as the top QB after he emerged as the team's starter midway through 2019 and helped turn the season around. He'll play behind a strong line with two running back transfers, Khalil Herbert and Raheem Blackshear, eligible to play.
6. Louisville (+4000)
2019 record: 8-5
Scott Satterfield inherited Bobby Petrino's mess and somehow led Louisville to eight wins in 2019. The UL offense is stacked with young talent, highlighted by QB Micale Cunningham (2,065 passing yards, 482 rushing yards), RB Javian Hawkins (1,525 yards, 9 TDs) and speedy wideout Tutu Atwell (70 catches, 1,276 yards, 12 TDs). The line, though, could be in for some struggles with Mekhi Becton now in the NFL. The defense also has some question marks, but Satterfield has a track record of development that will put UL in the top half of the ACC in 2020.
7. Pittsburgh (+3500)
2019 record: 8-5
Pitt finished 8-5 in 2019 despite giving up more points per game (22.5) than it scored (21.2). That's attributable to an offense that was shut out in a 28-0 November loss to Virginia Tech and to six of the Panthers' eight wins coming by one score. The defense will be without star DT Jalen Twyman after he opted out of the 2020 season in August. Twyman had 10.5 sacks in 2019. While losing Twyman is significant, there's still a lot of pass-rush talent returning on a defense that recorded 51 sacks last season. The offense, though, will need some of its young skill players to emerge to help senior QB Kenny Pickett.
8. Florida State (+3000)
2019 record: 6-7
This is a team with a lot of individual talent, but the last three seasons have been messy from the end of the Jimbo Fisher era through Willie Taggart's short-lived tenure. Now it's Mike Norvell's turn to take over a program on the heels of two losing seasons. He has plenty to work with. The defense returns 10 starters, led by massive defensive tackle Marvin Wilson, and Asante Samuel Jr. and Hamsah Nasirildeen in the secondary. The offense, though, will be Norvell's challenge to revitalize. Norvell's Memphis teams were high-scoring units. The Seminoles, though, have been inconsistent. The line has especially been an issue at FSU, but Norvell has the benefit of inheriting experienced players like QB James Blackman and WR Tamorrion Terry.
9. Virginia (+5000)
2019 record: 9-5
Asking Brennan Armstrong to do what Bryce Perkins did for Virginia, the 2019 ACC Coastal champion, is a big request. Armstrong was named the team's starting QB a week ago and is now tasked with replacing a guy who rushed for 769 yards, threw for over 3,500 yards and accounted for 33 TDs in 2019. He'll have to do it without Perkins' top two receivers in 2019 too; both Hasise Dubois and Joe Reed are gone. Defensively, Virginia returns its top three tacklers. The defense wasn't as good in 2019 as it was in 2018, but in 2020 the Cavaliers will have one of the ACC's top linebacker groups.
10. Wake Forest (+6500)
2019 record: 8-5
Wake Forest enters 2020 without its top two offensive players from 2019: QB Jamie Newman and WR Sage Surratt. Newman transferred to Georgia, but he — like Surratt — ended up opting out of the season. Luckily for Dave Clawson, he has Sam Hartman, who started in 2018 ahead of Newman, back in the fold to take the reins at QB. Aside from Hartman there aren't many proven options, though RB Kenneth Walker averaged nearly six yards per carry last year. On defense, there are eight starters returning, including Carlos Basham. Basham, who had 11 sacks in 2019, is one of the best players in the country you may not have heard of.
11. NC State (+8000)
2019 record: 4-8
After five consecutive winning seasons under Dave Doeren, NC State endured a miserable 4-8 season in 2019 with just a 1-7 mark in ACC play. The Wolfpack had the conference's worst offense, averaging just 22.1 points per game. Virtually that entire unit is back in 2020 with redshirt sophomore Devin Leary locked in as the starting quarterback. Leary's improvement — he completed only 48.1 percent of his throws in 2019 — will be paramount because the skill position depth around him is pretty solid. The offensive line will also need to improve if the Wolfpack wants to have a winning season. Defensively, the top four tacklers from 2019 return with the linebackers looking like the strongest group on that side of the ball.
12. Boston College (+10000)
2019 record: 6-7
Boston College managed to make it to a bowl game despite losing its QB to a knee injury and having one of the worst defenses in the country. It was BC's fourth straight bowl berth, but the lack of an upward trajectory for the program cost Steve Addazio his job. Now it's former Ohio State defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley leading BC. Hafley brought in Notre Dame transfer Phil Jurkovec, a former top 100 recruit, to lead the Eagles on offense, and Jurkovec will get to do so in 2020 after receiving an immediate eligibility waiver from the NCAA. Jurkovec will not have the security blanket of AJ Dillon (4,382 rushing yards in three years) lining up behind him, but David Bailey (857 yards in 2019) should fill the void nicely running behind one of the ACC's better offensive lines. Provided the defense takes some sort of step forward, Boston College could be a team that is better than most expect.
13. Duke (+10000)
2019 record: 5-7
Clemson transfer Chase Brice was named Duke's starting quarterback by coach David Cutcliffe on Sunday. Brice left the Tigers at the end of the 2019 season and is immediately eligible at Duke after backing up Trevor Lawrence for two seasons. The offense, with Cutcliffe returning to play-calling duties, returns RB Deon Jackson and its top two wide receivers, though neither Jalon Calhoun or Noah Gray averaged over 10 yards a catch in 2019. The loss of standout center Jack Wohlabaugh because of a torn ACL hurts the offensive line. The defense brings back seven starters and should be strong in the secondary.
14. Syracuse (+10000)
2019 record: 5-7
Syracuse might be at an inflection point as a program. The Orange went 4-8 in Dino Babers' first two seasons as head coach before an out-of-left-field 10-win effort in 2018. But the good vibes from 2018 did not carry into 2019 as the Orange struggled to a disappointing 5-7 season. Where will Babers' program go from there? Syracuse's biggest problem last year was its offensive line. Some experienced players from that unit return, but have they gotten better? For QB Tommy DeVito to succeed, he'll need some help from that group. Andre Cisco, an all-ACC safety, is back to lead a defense that was one of the worst units in the country in 2019.
15. Georgia Tech (+50000)
2019 record: 3-9
Georgia Tech enters Year 2 in its transition out of a triple-option offense under head coach Geoff Collins. Collins played mostly underclassmen last year en route to a 3-9 record, and almost all of his starters will be back. While the team's quarterback and receiver situations are still in flux, some talent has emerged at running back with junior Jordan Mason (899 yards in 2019) leading the way. The Yellow Jackets will be better in 2020, but the schedule makes wins hard to find. While many of its ACC counterparts will face FCS teams, GT's non-conference game is against UCF.
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(USA Today) OTSUCHI, Japan — Kozo Hirano can never forget that day five years ago (last) Friday.
Hirano and other town officials were discussing how to respond to a shattering earthquake that had just struck Japan's northeastern coast when cold, black water suddenly crashed into the town hall. Only 10 of 100 people in the building reached the safety of the roof. The others died in a 30-foot-high tsunami that struck 30 minutes after being triggered by the quake.
In all, the raging waters killed nearly 20,000 people, wiped out entire towns and city centers, caused one of the world's worst nuclear disasters and forever changed this part of the country. "We had too much faith in the levees," said Hirano, now Otsuchi's mayor.
Ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the 2011 disaster took place across Japan on Friday, as the long recovery efforts continue. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko appeared at a national service in Tokyo, and a minute of silence was observed nationwide at 2:46 p.m., the exact moment that the magnitude-9.0 earthquake — one of the most powerful ever recorded — struck about 40 miles offshore.
The government promised a massive response to the catastrophic damage. Nearly 400,000 buildings as far as 2 miles inland were damaged or destroyed. The nuclear power plant in Fukushima, about 150 miles northeast of Tokyo, suffered a partial meltdown. And 470,000 people were forced to find temporary homes, about half from the region surrounding the crippled nuclear plant.
Much has been accomplished since then. About 53 million tons of debris was hauled off to massive landfills and incinerators. New roads and rebuilt bridges dot the coastal area. Permanent housing has been found for nearly half of the evacuees, and residents have been allowed to return to some of the areas surrounding the Fukushima plant.
Yet, in many respects, the recovery is just beginning. According to the Japan Reconstruction Agency, 58,948 people still live in temporary homes — mostly prefabricated structures intended to last just two years. Many residents won't move to permanent housing until at least 2018.
Of nearly 600 levees and seawalls that the government plans to build, repair or replace along the rugged coastline, only 70 have been completed, and construction has yet to begin on many others.
Some of the delays appear to stem from a shortage of construction workers and materials diverted to the massive repair of the Fukushima nuclear plant and projects for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Recovery plans in this small fishing village hemmed in by steep mountains provide a glimpse of the massive scale of the reconstruction efforts.
Otsuchi took more than a year just to develop a recovery plan, because nearly all of its government administrators were killed and records were destroyed in the tsunami. Altogether, 813 residents died and 421 remain missing. That's roughly 10% of the town's pre-disaster population, one of the highest fatality rates.
Recovery plans include raising the level of the town center by 8 feet in a spot where only the shell of the two-story concrete town hall remains standing. That will match the height of an adjacent highway and other higher ground. A new seawall nearly 50 feet high will be built, as well.
It took more than two years just to haul away the debris and rebuild roads and other basic infrastructure here. About 60% of the town's pre-tsunami population remains in temporary housing. Few will be able to relocate until the landfill project is complete and new homes can be built there.
Even then, no one really knows if the town will be spared from the next tsunami in this earthquake-prone area of the world.
"It's never going to be completely safe, but this will buy time to get to higher ground, and the water won't reach as far inland," said Hiroyasu Haga, 66, a school monitor and chairman of a residents' committee at a temporary housing complex just outside Otsuchi. Haga's home was destroyed in the tsunami, but he, his wife and many neighbors evacuated to higher land before the wall of water struck.
Hirano said strengthening evacuation procedures is a big part of the recovery plan. Just as important, he said, is the emotional recovery for Otsuchi's surviving residents.
"This town was built over hundreds and hundreds of years, but in … just 10 or 15 minutes it was completely destroyed," Hirano said. "I saw people lose their lives just in front me. How do you recover from that? You have to rely on your family and your friends and your neighbors. That's the only way." (Psalm 46)
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Ancient stone markers warned of tsunamis
MIYAKO, Japan (Associated Press) - Modern sea walls failed to protect coastal towns from Japan's destructive tsunami in 2011. But in the hamlet of Aneyoshi, a single centuries-old tablet saved the day.
The stone slab reads: "Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point."
It was advice the dozen or so households of Aneyoshi heeded, and their homes emerged unscathed from a disaster that flattened low-lying communities elsewhere and killed thousands along Japan's northeastern shore.
Hundreds of such markers dot the coastline, some more than 600 years old. Collectively they form a crude warning system for Japan, whose long coasts along major fault lines have made it a repeated target of earthquakes and tsunamis over the centuries.
The markers don't all indicate where it's safe to build. Some simply stand — or stood, washed away by the tsunami — as daily reminders of the risk. "If an earthquake comes, beware of tsunamis," reads one. In the bustle of modern life, many forgot.
"It takes about three generations for people to forget. Those that experience the disaster themselves pass it to their children and their grandchildren, but then the memory fades," said Fumihiko Imamura, a professor in disaster planning at Tohoku University in Sendai, a tsunami-hit city..
The tightly-knit community of Aneyoshi, where people built homes above the marker, was an exception.
"Everybody here knows about the markers. We studied them in school," said Yuto Kimura, 12, who guided a recent visitor to one near his home. "When the tsunami came, my mom got me from school and then the whole village climbed to higher ground."
Aneyoshi, part of Miyako city, has been battered repeatedly by tsunamis, including a huge one in 1896. Isamu Aneishi, 69, said his ancestors moved their family-run inn to higher ground more than a hundred years ago.
But his three grandchildren were at an elementary school that sat just 500 feet from the water in Chikei, a larger town down the winding, cliffside road. The school and surrounding buildings are in ruins. Their bodies have not been found.
Farther south, the tsunami washed away a seven-foot tall stone tablet that stood next to a playground in the middle of Natori city. Its message was carved in giant Japanese characters: "If an earthquake comes, beware of tsunamis."


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LONDON (AP) -- A British judge granted bail to Julian Assange on Tuesday under strict monitoring conditions but the WikiLeaks founder remained in custody pending a possible appeal by Sweden.
Swedish authorities had two hours to lodge an appeal against the bail decision and their lawyer, Gemma Lindfield, said it was likely she would. An appeal would have to be heard by Britain's High Court within 48 hours.
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The 39-year-old Australian has been held in a London prison for a week since surrendering to Scotland Yard due to a Swedish arrest warrant in a sex-crimes investigation. He denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers say he plans to fight Sweden's extradition request.
One of Assange's lawyers, Mark Stephens, said the court was demanding 200,000 pounds ($316,000) in bail up front before Assange could be freed.
At Tuesday's hearing, District Judge Howard Riddle said Assange would have to wear an electronic tag, live at a registered address, report to police every evening and observe two four-hour curfews each day.
A total of 240,000 pounds ($380,000) has been promised as a guarantee by several supporters, including filmmaker Michael Moore, but Stephens said it was taking time to get the money in cash.
"It's impossible to say how long it will take" to raise the money, Stephens told reporters outside City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. "Whatever happens, Mr. Assange will have to stay behind bars."
Assange's next court appearance was set for Jan. 11, ahead of a full hearing on Feb. 7 and 8.
Lindfield, acting on behalf of Swedish authorities, had asked the court to deny Assange bail because the allegations in Sweden were serious, Assange had only weak ties to Britain and he had enough money "to abscond."
Another Assange lawyer, high-profile human rights advocate Geoffrey Robertson, said Vaughn Smith, founder of the Frontline Club, a London journalism venue, had offered to put up Assange in his country mansion in southern England, close to a police station.
"The Mr. Assange I know is honorable, hugely courageous, warm - not the things we read," Smith told the court.
Some Assange supporters suspect the extradition request has been motivated by WikiLeaks' decision last month to begin publishing a trove of 250,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables, something Swedish officials have denied.
A group held a noisy protest outside the court.
"It is too much of a coincidence," said protester Alex Potterill, 33. "This is an attack on the valuable work of WikiLeaks. It is an attempt to gag a valuable source of information."
Assange's mother Christine, who was flown to Britain by Australian media outlets, watched the hearing nervously from the public gallery, but gave a huge smile as the judge announced his decision.
"I just want to thank everyone who's turned up to show their support and who's taken an interest," Christine Assange said.
Assange remained defiant in comments from prison relayed Tuesday by his mother earlier. Australia's Seven network said that Christine Assange spoke to her son for 10 minutes.
"My convictions are unfaltering," the network quoted Julian Assange as saying. "I remain true to the ideals I have expressed. This circumstance shall not shake them. If anything, this process has increased my determination that they are true and correct."
The WikiLeaks disclosures, which have continued while Assange has been imprisoned, have deeply angered U.S. officials, who claim that other countries have already curtailed their dealings with the U.S. government as a result.
Assange's Swedish lawyer, Bjorn Hurtig, claims the courts are stacked against defendants in sex cases in Sweden. However, a 2009 European Commission-funded study found only 10 percent of sex offenses reported in Sweden result in a conviction.
A decision on whether to extradite Assange is expected to take several weeks. Both Assange and the Swedish government are entitled to appeal the ruling if the judge rules against them.
Britain's national security adviser said Monday that U.K. government websites could be attacked in retribution if Assange is not released. Online "hacktivists" have already launched cyber attacks on companies that cut ties to WikiLeaks, including MasterCard Inc., Visa Inc. and PayPal Inc.
In his statement Tuesday, Assange called those companies "instruments of U.S. foreign policy."
"I am calling on the world to protect my work and my people from these illegal and immoral attacks," he was quoted as saying.
Associated Press writers Jill Lawless in London and Rohan Sulivan in Sydney contributed to this report.


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WASHINGTON — Philadelphia starter A.J. Burnett decided to make a statement with the first pitch he threw after giving up a three-run homer in the second inning.
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Burnett and Philadelphia manager Ryne Sandberg were both ejected when Burnett intentionally threw ball one to Jayson Werth and motioned and yelled toward home plate umpire Chris Guccione.
"I did ask him twice in the first and second if that was out or that was down. Yeah, it was out, it was down, okay," Burnett said. "And the one I threw purposefully out, I said the same thing, but I said it more of a statement than a question. I said 'That's out.' That was it, pretty quick trigger."
Burnett (6-11) was done after 1 2-3 innings. He allowed five runs, one earned, on three hits and two walks, in what he said was his first career ejection. The Nationals went on to win 11-0 on Saturday night.
"No, he wasn't (warning me) at all. It's just one of those things where he felt like I showed him up in front of 40,000 people," Burnett said.
Anthony Rendon homered and drove in four runs, Jordan Zimmermann pitched seven shutout innings for the Nationals.
Rendon singled, hit a three-run homer, and doubled in his first three at-bats.
Denard Span, Asdrubal Cabrera and Wilson Ramos each had two of Washington's 14 hits, and every Nationals starter, including Zimmermann, hit safely.
"We've seen (Zimmermann) before, but he got the early lead," Sandberg said "That had to feel good on his side. He pounded the zone with strikes."
Zimmermann (7-5) held the Phillies to five singles and struck eight without a walk for his 50th career win, and first since June 30th.
He retired the last 11 batters he faced and left after throwing 97 pitches.
Sandberg said his chief concern in the wake of Burnett's ejection was the condition of Philadelphia's bullpen, especially after it had been forced to respond to Cliff Lee's early exit in Thursday's game.
"Well, as it turns out, the (staff) did a good job with the guys that we used. With (Cole) Hamels going tomorrow, things are set up pretty well for us," Sandberg said.
Marlon Byrd had two hits for Philadelphia, which had won the first two games of the series 10-4 and 2-1.
Washington loaded the bases in the second inning on two walks and an error. After Span drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, Rendon connected on a 3-1 pitch from Burnett for his 14th home run, making it 5-0.
Bryce Harper's RBI-single in the third made it 6-0.
Rendon's double was the one of four straight hits that opened a five-run fourth against reliever Phillippe Aumont
Sandberg said outfielder Domonic Brown, suffering from strep throat, is day-to-day and that outfielder Marlon Byrd has suffered a bruised right foot "for about four or five days now." There was no update on Lee.
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Can we get an amen?
Everyone is obsessed with Emma Watson right now, including us, and it's all thanks to Beauty And The Beast. A beast she has admitted to feeling tingly about. She's fancies Beast!
See: 7 Things You Might Have Missed From Disney's Original Beauty And The Beast Film
Speaking on the red carpet at the premiere, Emma told Yahoo that she had in fact been very attracted to the Beast. We can totally relate. After leaving the cinema we defy you not to be drawn to the gruff, masculine hotness the Beast exudes…
"There's something a bit sad about when he transforms. You're a bit like 'Oh. Ok…You were quite nice before. He's hot. The Beast is hot."
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"Aslan from Narnia.I found the lion quite hot. Is that wrong? Is that OK? Probably not. It happens! Sometimes animals in films are hot. I don't know what to say. That's where we're at."
Okay. We need to re-watch The Chronicles of Narnia but, with her record of spotting fit beasts, we're pretty happy to agree with Watson.


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I had to start at Penn State in the summer quarter, a week after graduating from high school, because my grades weren't high enough. I wasn't a good student; all I really wanted was to be done with education and go live in New York City. In 1962 Penn State was on the quarter system (a.k.a. terms), not semesters.
9:30 pm
Arrival Day at Penn State
I just got back from the Wesley Foundation. Barbara [roommate] hasn't come in yet. She is Jewish and went to Hillel. Our hall meeting is in about half an hour.
After you left I unpacked everything and put the suitcases in the hall. They are still there. I hear we are assigned lockers for them and put them there ourselves. But I don't feel like crowding up our lovely room till I get a locker.
I walked around for a while. We changed for dinner, I felt so sticky. Barbara and I and four other girls from our floor—Bella, Rita, Eve and another girl—went to the dining hall together. They certainly feed you around here. We had tomato juice, large salads, one or two cold beef-on-buns, french fries, ice cream, and iced tea or coffee. Behind us in line were two Indians who jabbered away in their own language the whole time except for saying their meal ticket numbers.
I couldn't find anyone else who was going to the Protestant meeting. There seem to be a lot of Jewish girls in this dorm. I looked at the sign-out sheet when I came in (I forgot to sign out) and many were signed to go to Hillel.
I walked up to the chapel with some girls who were going to Newman (Catholic) and met five people going the other way. They asked if any of us were Methodist. So I went with them; they drove me to the Wesley Foundation. There were about twenty kids there, mostly girls. We saw slides, played ping pong, toured the building and had refreshments. And scarce though the men were, one walked me home! He's an engineering student from New Jersey.
The square of dorms is pretty all lit up. Well, the meeting is going to start now.
11:15. The meeting just ended. I am really tired. Tomorrow will be a full day.
4:00 pm
Registering (as a Home Ec major)
This is the first time I've sat down all day, except for eating. My feet are killing me from walking, walking, walking in these sneakers.
This morning at 9:15 I registered. What an experience! It was complicated and I got confused. I left too soon, found out later that I wasn't completed, and had to go back. It must be a mile, that round-trip to and from Rec Hall.
At 10:00 I tried out for summer band. I wasn't very good (my lousy tone) except when you consider sight-reading. Anyway, he said to come back tomorrow at 12:45. He would know then if he could use me; it depends on the number of sax applicants.
Yesterday afternoon I took and passed the swimming test. It was exhausting. You had to dive in, tread water for two minutes, swim around the pool (huge) twice, and then finish out the fifteen minutes any way you wanted. No touching was allowed, the sides or the bottom of the pool. Passing it means that I don't have to take the swimming course before I graduate. By the way, I signed up for tennis in Phys. Ed. [...]
I just got back from dinner. It's 6:30 now. Barbara has the curtains down and the lights out in our room; she must have her nap. So I am sitting in the floor study hall, watching the boys out playing basketball below.
My "best friend" so far is Rita Ewing from Plymouth, PA. She's very nice. [...] She's tall too (5'9") and wears a size 10 shoe. What things we have in common.
There is a freshman mixer at 8:00 in the Hub ballroom tonight and I better go get ready.
5:30 pm
Late to Class
[...] Today was my second psych class. I walked over with Linda Moran from the seventh floor. We thought we remembered where it was so we didn't bring a map. Well, by the time we found it we were ten minutes late. Two boys were standing out in the hall across from the door getting a drink and we asked if they were going in late too (safety in numbers). They said they had already gone in and Dr. Singer had bawled them out for lateness and told them to leave and come back to see him after class. Linda and I stood there terrified for a few minutes, tempted to cut the class. The boys said it would be worse the longer we waited. Finally we screwed up our courage and walked in. As I closed the door I heard the boys burst out laughing. We got seats and the professor hardly glanced up. Urge to kill!!
The classes don't even seem like an hour and 15 minutes. Maybe it's just the newness, but they seem even shorter than high school courses. All my teachers are fascinating. In psych we spent the whole period hearing about an experiment on whether rats are more active when they are hungry or when they are normally fed. It turns out that they are more active when hungry. But hunger can't be measured. Only the individual knows how hungry he is. You have to measure food-deprivation.
Did I tell you I made summer band? I'm not so sure it's an advantage. I find I can't be in the fall Blue Band (the marching band, male only), the other summer sax player is really terrific (I feel so inferior!), and I miss lunch. Band rehearses every day, fourth period. I have classes third and fifth. No allowances are made for this. Lots of the other band members have it the same way. We just don't eat. And I get so hungry here! [...]
There is a dance at the Hub tonight. It's seven thirty now and I have to get ready, so am signing off. Tell Chris [younger brother] I appreciated his advice!
We're taking the bus out to Whipple's dam tomorrow. By the way, I think you'll have to fill out another slip because all the girls are sure it is not considered "campus", being ten miles out. But nobody will know if I go tomorrow. We're back before signing time (8:00). [...]
8:30 am
Expense Accounting
I got your letter yesterday and also a long one from Barbara R. Some of the things she said made home seem so real, like "Kathy got the car so we went bowling yesterday". It really is a shame to miss this last summer we could all be together. [I had to start in the summer instead of the fall because my grades weren't high enough.] Nevertheless, I'm glad I'm here.
I guess now is a good time for a complete financial run-down. I am enclosing a copy of my account pages to date. I just added up both columns. According to my figuring I ought to have only $50.63 left. I actually do have $50.76 left. Oh well. It's funny though, coming out with more than you should. I'll have to check my adding again later.
Boy, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I am on the go all day. After being late for psych twice now, I have come to the conclusion that I better not count on getting back to the dorm from 9:30 to five. Twenty minutes sounded like plenty of time between classes, but it isn't.
In psych we're supposed to put in 6 hours in volunteer free-time experiments. People come in at the beginning of the class period and ask for guinea pigs. I think it sounds like fun. I signed up for a personality test that will be given at 7:00 tonight in the lab. [...]
In band yesterday we played for the first time. I was so nervous I was trembling. But it didn't turn out to be bad. The boy on first sax, Bob, is really terrific, of course. I sight-read the music fairly easily. I can get it if I can practice. I'm going to ask if you have to rent a practice room to practice. Mr. Dunlop says he expects us to practice, but didn't say where.
I saw him and his wife and daughter in a store yesterday evening. Rita and I went shopping. There was a sale in a dress shop and we spent most of the evening looking at everything in that store, and nobody got mad at us (salesgirls, I mean), though we left without buying anything. This town is so wonderful, because they cater mainly to us! They don't mind if college girls paw through the merchandise. College girls are their best customers! And there are several little hang-outs where you can just buy a coke and sit as long as you want, with no dirty looks or cover charges. [...]
The food here is still out-of-this-world. I really look forward to meals. Of course, I'm always hungry, that could be why. You burn up a lot of energy just hiking around to classes. [...]
I can just get one radio station, WMAJ (State College), and even it isn't clear a lot of the time. Some girls have FM and theirs come in well. They say the college blocks out other stations to keep the radios off more, so you'll study more, which sounds sort of silly to me.
I'm going to St. Paul's Methodist on College Avenue. It's a big, nice church. I could go to the Protestant services on campus, but at the Wesley mixer Sunday night (the first night) I met two girls from the seventh floor who are Methodist so we go to the denominational church together. [...]
10:00 am
Dorm Telephones
[...]Band here is wonderful. It's really thrilling to be a part of such a beautiful sound. I still have to find out where I can practice, because I need to and want to. Our concerts are on July 22 and August 2. [...]
The first meeting of the bridge club was Monday night. I'd love to go, if they took beginners. Rita says she would too. Maybe we'll drop in next Monday and see. I went to the library last night for the first time. It's really nice for studying. Much quieter than the study lounge on this floor, where girls wander in and out with food all the time. I recently made a fatal discovery. There is a "grille" open from 8:30 to 10:45 in Pollock dining hall every night. They sell hotdogs, hamburgers, milkshakes, and all such junk. Night snacks weren't so tempting before when all I knew about were the vending machines.
I didn't sleep too well last night. I watched the Steel Hour, then went to bed at 11:00. My roommate was visiting another room. The kids next door weren't in. So I was the only one to answer the phone. (You can't hear the phone in the hall, only in the rooms it's ringing for; like, you can hear the phone just outside my door only in my room and the kids' next door.)
The phone rang three times between 11 and midnight and each time after about six rings I had to give up and answer it. No call for me, I just had to take messages or go find somebody. Then, this morning I woke up for the third morning in a row to "reveille" at 6:00 a.m. There is a boys' club staying in Nittany halls right next to our dorms. It is called "Keystone Boys State". All they do, all day, is march. And play that darn trumpet. The 4-H is also here now.
I'm really not complaining. It's all wonderful. I guess different groups will be coming and going all summer. I can look out the window now and see the Keystone boys doing drills on the field. They're fun to watch, they have a band.
4:30 pm
Outdoor Movies
This morning we went to St. Paul's for the late Sunday service at 10:45. I'd like to go to the 8:30 one but no one else seems enthusiastic. It was communion. I saw Mr. Dunlop, the band director, there. He's an usher.
The weather is really gorgeous today and I spent it in the library. Ugh! I had to finish my paper and study psych. I've tried to combine studying with sun-bathing on the roof but it doesn't work. The heat makes me too sleepy.
There is a plan hatching among us girls for a trip to Skytop (6 miles) on the fourth. We may rent bikes at Metzgers (.50/hour, 3.00/weekend). I haven't heard about any fireworks program here.
Friday night I went to the outdoor movie at the Hub. We brought beach towels to sit on. It was "Pillow Talk" and it was really good.
I found out about practice rooms. You can go over to Carnegie hall any time and just pick out a room. No charge. I was over there today to "case the joint", and played a grand piano. [...] I've got to get dressed for dinner now.
10:15 am
Fourth of July
The fourth wasn't too lively around here, but we had fun. I started the day by over-sleeping and missing breakfast. Rita came in around eleven and dragged Barb and I out in time for lunch. I spent the first half of the afternoon up on the roof and have a slight burn, especially my midriff.
At three-thirty we started up to the creamery for cones. Suddenly a fire engine came roaring around the corner onto Pollock road. There were a lot of boys on it and a few girls. They asked us where we were going, told us the creamery was closed, and offered us a ride. We (Rita, Barb, and I) got on and it was more exciting than the rides at the fair. We were clinging to the rails on the side when it tore around the corners. The boys were from Pi Kappa Alpha; their fraternity owns the fire engine.
At six we went down to College Avenue to watch the parade. There were bands and fire companies and American Legion posts from Hollidaysburg, Altoona, Bellefonte, Centre Hall, and State College. A large crowd turned out for it.
It ended up at the fair, which is on Beaver Avenue, blocked off for the occasion. That street was just a solid mass of people last night. We drifted around with the tide and looked at everything, eating most of the time. There are two big ferris wheels, one with yellow lights and one with blue.
Around ten we came back to the campus and went over to the pub (Pollock Dining Hall Rec Room) and played ping pong. Rita is just learning but I played with another girl two doors down, Linda Wolff, who is good at it. [...]
1:00 pm
Smoking in the Classroom
I'm sorry for the lapse in letters; I don't know what I've been doing all week. I'm glad to hear that you like my letters. I was especially glad to get yours, Daddy.
Yesterday a bus was supposed to run to Whipples again and again it rained, natch. I went to church this morning with a girl from the sixth floor. It was the first time I'd heard the Methodist minister give a sermon. I really liked him. He is short, sun-tanned and white-haired with a wonderful voice. He wore an all-white suit, white socks, and white shoes. His sermon was "Religion in the Public Schools". He advocated the New York decision, which surprised me. He said church and state should be separate. I agree.
I am having my first art history test tomorrow. That test worries me in a way. I don't know what it will be like. Our whole class period is spent in seeing slides. I think I've told you, that classroom makes me sick. The windows and blinds are closed to shut out light and the doors are closed and then all these kids start to smoke. I nearly suffocate.
This morning I made it to breakfast and was lucky to get any (the main course, that is). Since the great majority of kids don't get up for it on Sunday, they usually consolidate the facilities. This morning they really consolidated, having everybody from all four dining rooms in B. What a jam! Blueberry pancakes were on the menu and at least a hundred kids at the end of the line missed out on them, due to a low estimate by the supervisors. There was a lot of griping about this, especially since they didn't even have anything to substitute; the kids just had to make due with toast and orange juice.
Did I tell you I am playing in the dance band? It meets Wednesday and Monday evenings from seven to nine. ...I love being in it, playing things like "Talk of the Town" and "Mood Indigo". I'll feel so let-down if I'm completely "out-of-it" as far as band goes in the fall. [...]
On Thursday evening I went over to the Wesley Foundation to a play reading. So did a grand total of two other girls. I agree with Harry, that place is dead on its feet and a waste of the church-payers support money. [...]
Barb had her bike sent up [from Florida] . That kid! She has had so much stuff sent up here the freight company must be getting rich. She has twenty-one pairs of shoes. All her stuffed animals are decorating the room. A brand-new pink typewriter. She has a picture of her house. It looks like a Bermuda hotel. They live on Palm Island off Miami beach. And you think I spend money. She spent twenty dollars last Thursday on clothes in preparation for a trip to another girl's house this weekend. [...]
11:00 am
Please Send Money
This is a difficult letter to write because it must include the information that soon I will need money. I know I've been spending more than I should. Most of it has gone for food. I don't often miss a meal but it's hard to go without snacks after having food around at home all the time, especially in the evenings. I think my appetite has doubled since I came here.
Other expenditures include lamp, extension cord, bulbs, sax reeds, tweezers, ball-point pen (the give-away one I brought ran out of ink and the regular refills won't fit it), tennis balls (we were required to buy a whole new can of three balls, unopened, to contribute to the Phys. Ed. department), soap, a haircut, pingpong ball, church, laundry, stamps, writing paper, etc. Also movies.
It really kills me to ask for money. I have tried to avoid it. A couple of weeks ago I went in to see about a job. They said there would be vacancies later in July. So I went back this morning and Mrs. Pennato, the supervisor, looked over my schedule. She said the only vacancies were Monday, Wednesday and Friday on breakfast and lunch. I could shoot myself. The whole first half I've had Mon. Wed. Fri. breakfast time (6:30-8:30) clear. But when we re-registered for the last five weeks of Phys. Ed. I switched from 6th period tennis to first period swimming (8:00). This begins Wednesday, tomorrow. Honestly! I can't change it now. Mrs. Pennato said that if I wanted to work in the fall I should come in as soon as I've registered to get in the spots my schedule will allow, and I'm going to. They pay 85 cents an hour. Anyhow, at present I'm jobless and getting down to penniless and would appreciate some reinforcement.
[...] Yesterday in band us saxes got lit into for the first time. Usually it is the trumpets or clarinets or drums or some stand-out, large section that gets the "personal attention". But in the August concert we are going to play a piece the high school band did in our spring concert, the Second Suite by Holst. It's the one I had a solo in, that sounded sort like an Irish jig. Mr. Dunlop wants all the saxes to play it, not just Bob. We are supposed to sound like "one". He made us each play it separately. At such times I feel absolutely faint with terror. But I didn't do too badly. [...]


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How do you bring out the BOLD in your life? I bring out the bold in my life by spicing up my fitness routine and making no excuses. I found out a month ago that I broke my foot, so I have had to be super creative getting my workouts in every day. Whenever I think "I'll just skip my workout today, it won't make a difference," I remember every little bit counts and get moving.
Here are just a few ways you can spice up your fitness routine:
Rock a new outfit
Anytime I get a new tank top or leggings, I feel like a rock star during my workout. Wearing a new outfit to a class or even just home alone makes working out more enjoyable. Be bold: pick out a new bright print or color.
Try out a new class
Do you always do yoga on Fridays? Are you a creature of habit? Step out of your comfort zone and try a class you have never taken before (like the time I took a surfing class in Dallas). Most places offer discounted or free first time visits, so take advantage!
Workout first thing in the morning
Working out in the morning sets the stage for a BOLD day. Sometimes I do my morning workout at home. Other times, I take an early morning class at The Barre Code Plano before work. I like to set my alarm for 10 minutes before I have to jet out the door, so I jump out of bed and get moving right away. You can read other tips for getting in a morning workout here.
Can I tell you a secret?
I hate brushing my teeth before I eat breakfast. Not only does it make food taste terrible, if I don't brush after eating too, I don't really feel like I have good breath. So, right before I head to Barre Code, I swish around some Listerine Total Care to give me that minty burst of energy (not to mention kill the germs that cause bad breath and make my teeth 50% stronger than just brushing). That way, I can workout, eat breakfast, and then brush. I buy toothpaste once a month (or so), so I just grab a new bottle of Listerine on my monthly trip to Walmart (it's easy to remember since it's on the same aisle).
Get moving
Set an alarm on your phone or Fitbit to remind you to get up and MOVE (however you want) throughout the day! Maybe you take a 10 minute walk outside, do 50 squats by your chair, hold a 60 second plank, or turn on your favorite song and dance.
Since working out is dehydrating and dehydration leads to bad breath, I keep a Listerine Pocketpak handy. It's quick and convenient, dissolves instantly and gives another minty burst of flavor that kills bad breath and wakes up my brain and body. Your moving reminders can double as a reminder to freshen up too.
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Leave a comment and let me know how you bring out the BOLD in your life? You can also tell me how you like to spice up your fitness routine!


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Get LostFirst two minutes of Lost season six. The guy who posted it got angry emails saying he spoiled the premiere. His rebuttal:
Lost is unspoilable. What you think is happening either didn't happen, won't happen, will happen again, and has nothing to do with with happened previously or afterwards.
I agree! Though I would just change the word "unspoilable" to "unwatchable." Rest of explanation still applies.
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7 Factors That Raise a Man's Risk for Osteoporosis
Many men are unaware of their osteoporosis risk until it's too late, after a fall sends them to the hospital. Find out how to protect bone health.
It's a common misconception that osteoporosis only affects older women. In fact, men over 50 are more likely to break a bone due to osteoporosis than to get prostate cancer.
An estimated 2 million men in the United States have osteoporosis, and another 12 million are at risk for the bone-thinning disease. Men who develop osteoporosis are also more likely to become disabled or die as a result of a hip fracture or another complication than are women.
Despite these sobering statistics, osteoporosis usually isn't on men's radar as a major health risk.
"Men don't think about it as much as women," said Matthew Drake, MD, PhD, an endocrinologist, assistant professor of medicine, and male osteoporosis researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. It might just be time that you do.
What Raises a Man's Osteoporosis Risk?
Many of the same risk factors that affect women apply to men, too, but men also face some unique challenges when it comes to maintaining bone health and reducing their osteoporosis risk.
1. Age. "The main risk for male osteoporosis is simply getting older," Dr. Drake said. "Beyond the age of 50, men begin to steadily lose bone at rate of about 0.5 to 1 percent per year." Bone is constantly being removed, reabsorbed, and rebuilt in the body. This bone remodeling process is balanced, for the most part, until age 50. After that, he said, the amount of bone being reabsorbed into the body exceeds the amount being put back, leading to thinning, weakened bones.
2. Loss of testosterone. As men age, testosterone levels naturally decrease, and this likely contributes to the age-related loss of bone. "Because testosterone is the source of the small amount of estrogen we make, our estrogen levels decrease as well," Drake said. "Estrogen is very important at the molecular level and affects the balance of bone-building and bone-reabsorbing cells."
Drake added that part of the reason osteoporosis is less common in men is because they don't go through menopause and the accompanying rapid rate of bone loss due to declining estrogen levels. Instead, men tend to develop osteoporosis about 8 to 10 years later than women. He said there isn't much that men can do about the age-related decline in testosterone levels associated with bone health. Testosterone supplementation is not recommended unless testosterone levels are very low.
3. Not getting enough calcium and vitamin D. Calcium and vitamin D play a critical role in bone health. Calcium is a mineral essential to building strong bones, and vitamin D helps the body absorb the calcium in your diet. Men older than 50 need about 1,000 milligrams (mg) of calcium each day. Good sources of calcium include milk and other dairy products as well as fortified orange juice and cereals.
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If you don't get enough calcium through your diet, you may need to take a supplement. Spread out your doses throughout the day to avoid taking more than 500 mg of calcium at one time. If you take too much at once, it may overwhelm the body's ability to absorb it effectively, Drake said.
Your skin makes vitamin D when exposed to sunlight, but most people don't get enough that way, often because of spending too much time indoors or using sunscreen. Men 50 to 69 years old need about 800 to 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D every day. You might benefit from taking either a calcium supplement with vitamin D or a separate vitamin D supplement.
4. Not getting enough exercise. Try to get in at least 30 minutes a day. Exercises that make you work against gravity, called weight-bearing exercises — like walking, jogging, basketball, soccer, and hiking — help maintain bone health. Your bones support the weight of your body during these types of exercises, which keeps them strong.
5. Smoking. The use of tobacco is directly linked to decreased bone density.
6. Drinking too much alcohol. Overindulging can speed up bone loss. Drake recommended men drink no more than two alcoholic drinks a day to protect their bones.
7. Taking certain medications. Many common medical conditions and the medicines used to treat them can cause bone loss. Included are depression, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and drugs like steroids and some medications used to treat heartburn and cancer.
Talk to your doctor about the various medications you're taking, how they may affect your bones, and what precautions you can take to reduce your risk of osteoporosis.


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Female Lawmaker In Kenyan Kicked Out Of The Assembly Over "Indecent Dressing" - Photos
I am a Nigerian and I hardly see anything wrong with this dressing this sweet lady is putting on. Well apparently Kenyan Assembly saw something I couldn't see. Did they really see indecent dressing or is this the frustration of someone that she has jilted?
Well, according to reports, the Nyeri County Assembly in Kenya after nominated MCA, Elizabeth Nyawira, was kicked out by the Deputy Speaker over indecent dressing. The Deputy Speaker claimed that Elizabeth was not dressed according to the assembly's code.
Is her dressing indecent?


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- on the absence of inner realities.
While we could retain the common-sense notion that fostered appearances can be discredited by a discrepant reality, - there is often no reason for claiming that the facts discrepant with the fostered impression are any more the real reality than is the fostered reality they have the power of embarrassing. A cynical view of everyday performances can be as one-sided as the one that is sponsored by the performer. For many sociological issues it may not even be necessary to decide which is the more real, the fostered impression or the one the performer attempts to prevent the audience from receiving. The crucial sociological consideration, for this report, at least, is merely that impressions fostered in everyday performances are subject to disruption. We will want to know what kind of impression of reality can shatter the fostered impression of reality, and what reality really is can be left to other students. We will want to ask, "What are the ways in which a given impression can be discredited?" and this is not quite the same as asking, "What are the ways in which the given impression is false?"
I would like, finally, to add that the matters which the audience leaves alone because of their awe of the performer are likely to be the matters about which he would feel shame were a disclosure to occur. As Riezler has suggested, we have, then, a basic social coin, with awe on one side and shame on the other. The audience senses secret mysteries and powers behind the performance, and the performer senses that his chief secrets are petty ones. As countless folk tales and initiation rites show, often the real secret behind the mystery is that there really is no mystery; the real problem is to prevent the audience from learning this too.
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
Goffman's front and back regions and their associated performances are standard fare in the kinds of intro-to-cultural-studies units I've taught on, especially in relation to online participatory media, where it has been a popular way of understanding the liberating and playful 'face-work' that disembodied, pseudo-anonymous spaces afford. The front persona acts out roles based on scripts determined by the performative imperatives in play at any given moment - the particular stage being occupied, the nature of the audience present, the props and paraphernalia to hand, the superset of expectations and conventions which are mobilised by the narrative genre at work and the attendant sense of destination that such stories always demand. The 'front' persona is what we think it is - it is transparently a role, immediate in its ability or otherwise to convince us of its sincerity.
The back region is always more problematic. it is very tempting to ascribe to the 'back' region a hidden authenticity - the real actor behind the role, the performer behind the performance. If the front region is determined by the external pressures of peers, observers and the wider world, as well as the internal pressures exerted by self-consciousness and confidence, personal desires and aspirations, fears of failure and hopes of acceptance, then surely the back region is what is concealed by the performance: the inner drives and originating sources of such desires, fears and hopes - the real person behind the appearance. Common wisdom fears that excessive and injudicious self-exposure will reveal more of oneself than was intended or might be desirable or safe, precisely because areas of the back persona will escape through cracks in an out-of-control performance - corpsing.
I had gone along with this interpretation of Goffman's analysis, teaching undergraduates about the front persona and it's conformance to social norms, versus the back persona and its association with a more authentic, hidden self - until one of my colleagues demanded to know why I was so sure this back persona should necessarily be 'the real me', and even whether Goffman intended that we should understand it so. Why would I assume that 'back' were synonymous with 'real'? Go back to the text, the script.
The analysis of back regions focusses for the most part, (frustratingly for the essay-writing or lecture-planning skim-reader looking for a quote about online identities) on teams. The teams go front-stage together in their workplaces, sanatoria, suburbs and homes; they also go back-stage together where the anti-front actions play themselves out - informality, swearing, solidarity, irritability being a few of the symptoms Goffman lists. But back-stage is still stage: the actor has merely turned his back on one proscenium arch to face another audience. The back is just another front: the business of complying with scripts continues just the same. We may ask, where is the back region to this new front-that-was-back? Is there an end to the infinite regress, when the actor leaves and finds himself alone? Goffman himself notes the dilemma:
"it must be allowed that one can become so habituated to one's front region activity and front region character that it may be necessary to handle one's relaxation from it as a performance. One may feel obliged, when backstage, to act out of character in a familiar fashion and this can come to be more of a pose than the performance for which it was meant to provide a relaxation."
He seems to imply, here, that habit makes the back region a performance in itself, but I wonder if his aside - that the question of "what reality really is can be left to other students" - is not a hint that those other students might be chasing a hall of mirrors. The performances are - as the dramaturgical analogy implies - acts, and as such, they enact; they make real. Perhaps they do not reveal or conceal hidden depths, so much as they compensate for the absence of such essences, and in so doing produce what is now, newly real. There is no inner core which ever-withdraws from display and revelation. There is only a performer; there is no actor; and therefore - no gap.


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Nana Akufo-Addo, the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), took some time off his 'court petition' to boogie down at the Wags Hotel at Obomeng in the Eastern Region during the Kwahu Easter festivities.
Nana Addo's presence at the hotel soon became the talk of town and attracted several people who trooped there to catch a glimpse of him celebrating Easter in his home region.
Dressed in a white linen shirt and his hallmark round framed spectacles, Nana Addo was seen busily displaying some dance moves to Abrantie Amakye Dede's 'Akwadaa Wisua'.
Abrantie himself was performing live when Nana Addo joined him on the dance floor to display his boogie skills.
The audience could not hold their excitement, shouting various slogans while he danced. For over 15 minutes, Nana Addo held the audience spellbound with his electrifying dance steps.
Nana's performance on the dance floor attracted the attention of the audience, especially the ladies, who remained on their feet as they also danced alongside.
Nana continued to dance to the delight of the audience. And of course, he didn't fail to dish out his infamous 'Odo ye de' dance moves beyond their expectation.
Many music fans who attended the highlife musical bash were amazed and delighted to see Nana at the show. Some took photographs with him whilst he was dancing.
The attention-grabbing show compelled people driving by to stop, just to catch a glimpse of Nana, who was also accompanied to the event by his team.
Every available space at Wags Hotel and its immediate environs, stretching to the main roads leading to Mpraseo roundabout, was occupied.
There was plenty to eat and drink. However, a common feature throughout the show was the sight of the long and passionate embraces of ecstatic old friends, perhaps surprised at how far life had brought them.
No matter where you were in the thick crowd, you could see couples doing their own thing – dancing and drinking.
Music fans were also tickled by the extraordinary performance from Abrantie Amakye Dede, whose act brought more excitement to the show. He set the venues on fire with his stagecraft and unique style of delivery.
Abrantie mounted the stage a minute after he was introduced by Mikki Darling of Peace FM to the excited audience. He was consistent and controlled the crowd. He also delighted music fans with most of his hit songs.
He was unsurpassable as he was able to thrill music fans to their satisfaction. It was a hilarious spectacle as the prolific musician treated the excited audience to some serious dance moves on stage.
The annual Kwahu Easter Festival has now become an omnibus event where all manner of people throng the top of the Kwahu Ridge to celebrate.


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|What's the secret of time travel doing on Fry's ass?
–Leela, Bender's Big Score
|It was bound to be somewhere.
–Leela and Fry, Bender's Big Score
Turanga Leela (born July 29, 2975) is the captain of the Planet Express ship of Futurama.
With a "no rain or sleet" attitude and a "kick-your-ass" grace, this delivery captain is a refreshing source of professionalism to counterpoint the rest of the crew. For better or worse, the ship runs on her high octane passions, be it because of her longing for family, her love of violence, her commitment to a job well done, or her affection for animals. She has been known to scrap the missions on a whim on the promise of learning more of her past, jeopardize the crew's lives to spite Zapp Brannigan, and save Nibbler. Leela was the first female Blernsball player and the worst player ever because of her poor depth perception (this is due to the fact that she has one eye). However, in space, depth perception is less useful because things are further away and so Leela is the captain of the Planet Express ship. Later on, she finally met her long lost parents, who turned out to be sewer mutants.
She is the daughter of Turanga Morris and Turanga Munda. She is the granddaughter of Munda's Mother and the great-granddaughter of Munda's Grandmother. She is the mother of Kif Kroker's Offspring (Amy Kroker (nee Wong)'s adoptive children) and Elena Fry (the daughter of her and Fry). She is the wife of Philip J. Fry. She is the daughter-in-law of Yancy Fry, Sr. and Mrs. Fry (Philip J. Fry's parents). She is the paternal granddaughter-in-law of Enos Fry (deceased) and Mildred Fry. She is the maternal granddaughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Gleisner (Philip J. Fry's paternal and maternal grandparents). She is the sister-in-law of Yancy Fry, Jr., and his wife and the great-granddaughter-in-law of Yancy Fry (Philip J. Fry's great-grandfather). She is the aunt of Philip J. Fry II as well as the distant aunt of Floyd Farnsworth and Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth. She is the even further distant aunt of Cubert J. Farnsworth and Igner.
- 1 Appearance
- 2 Childhood
- 3 Adulthood
- 4 Personality
- 5 Relationships
- 6 Episodes where Leela Uses Her Martial Arts
- 7 Trivia
- 8 Gallery
- 9 References
Appearance[edit | edit source]
Apart from her single large eye, Leela is a very beautiful woman of curvaceous frame. Her usual attire is gray knee-high boots, black stretchy pants, and a white tank top. At her and Fry's wedding in "Meanwhile", she wears the same white wedding dress and has a veil with her hair up into a bun. Leela inherited the purple hair from her mother, Turanga Munda.
Childhood[edit | edit source]
Having grown up in the Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium, Leela long-lived the lonely life of an orphan, thinking herself as the only member of an unknown alien race. It is not until her 20's that she discovers she is, in fact, the daughter of Turanga Morris and Turanga Munda, shamed sewer mutants from Earth's own degraded depths.[1] It would appear that she was born as a surprisingly unmutated mutant, her only known mutations being purple hair, the elbow talons she usually shaves, a concessional appearance of a singing boil she named Susan and her distinct cyclops eye, she also occasionally lays an egg as stated in "Leela and the Genestalk" when she visits her parents. Leela was taught Kung-Fu by Master Fnog, who had crashed down on her dreams by telling her that she did not have "the will of the warrior" but the will of "a schoolmarm" or "housewife."
Adulthood[edit | edit source]
- "Look, I don't know about your previous captains, but I intend to do as little dying as possible."
- ―The Series Has Landed - Turanga Leela on dying After growing up, Leela begins work at Applied Cryogenics as a Fate Assignment Officer, code number "1BDI" (one beady eye). When Leela meets Philip J. Fry, she becomes a job deserter in favor of piloting for Planet Express.[2] Leela lives alone in a small unfurnished apartment, "1I" (one eye) in New New York City.[3] She was named Orphan of the Year in 3000[4] and for a short while, Miss Universe.[5] Due to an accident, she and Kif Kroker have several children together, though Amy Wong, as Kif's "Fonfon Ru", is considered the mother.[6]
Personality[edit | edit source]
Leela is known for her extreme sensitivity and no-nonsense personality. She is a headstrong woman who focuses on work first and fun later. She is known for loving animals that are endangered, which led her to meeting Nibbler for the first time. She routinely rejects perverts such as Zapp Brannigan. She frequently learns from her mistakes and tries to right many wrongs. She is not impulsive by nature but is a careful planner (for example, she has been known to cook a month's worth of dinners in advance so she can freeze and then defrost the meals as needed). Although she was very fond of Fry in the original series, she was mostly put off by his immaturity and childishness. Later in the series, she eventually fell in love with Fry for his boyish charm.
Relationships[edit | edit source]
Relationships with Misc. Characters[edit | edit source]
- "Men who call too much are the worst... I bet."
- ―Amazon Women in the MoodLeela had an ex-boyfriend named Sean: uneducated, unambitious, pasty, and hunched, with an incredible, beautiful creative soul and musical talent. Their breakup may not have been entirely mutual, judging by the fact that Leela stresses how mutual it was every chance she can and that she believed he was cheating on her. Apparently, he told his wife that she was crazy and he dumped her. She went on at least one date with Doug.[7] Leela dated the Dean of Mars University after Fratbots won a boating race, however, he didn't call her after one date.[8]
Leela started dating Adlai Atkins, an orphan she grew up with after she reconnected with him as an adult. They became engaged after he performed phases eye surgery on her but broke up after Leela realized he didn't like her the way she was.[9] Leela dated Chaz, the mayor's aide, but broke up with him after she realized he thought he was too important for most everyone.[10] While stranded on Omega 3, Leela has a quick fling with William Shatner.[11] Leela almost married Alkazar after he tricked her into thinking they were the last of their race.[12] Leela gets engaged to Yivo, along with the rest of the universe.[13] Leela made out with Amy Wong during the battle at Wipe Castle.[14]
Relationship with Zapp Brannigan[edit | edit source]
Leela met Zapp Brannigan en route to Vergon 6. She took pity on him and had sex with him, something she regrets constantly.[15] Zapp believes he still has a chance with Leela and hits on her every time they meet. Bender frequently reminds Leela about her one night stand with Zapp, to her disgust. Zapp makes an attempt to convince Leela that they will be the new Adam and Eve in the episode, In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela. Leela even got very upset when Zapp started dating her mom and got very close to marrying her.
Relationship with Bender[edit | edit source]
Leela first met Bender when she was chasing after Fry, before later working together at Planet Express. Although they are seen as friends, they rarely seem to agree with one another, or even enjoy each other's company, due to Leela's un-impulsive nature and Bender being the subsequent opposite. After Bender flushed Nibbler down the toilet, the Professor installed an empathy chip in Bender, allowing him to feel Leela's emotions. The act initially seemed to bond the two, but it was later revealed that the empathy chip had to be running at triple capacity to get Bender even close to Leela's true feelings. When Bender asked Leela what she likes most about him, she commented that she liked his "in-your-face attitude."
Relationships with other members of Planet Express[edit | edit source]
Leela's relationships with the rest of the Planet Express crew differs from time to time. Though she mostly spends time with Fry and Bender, she sometimes hangs around Zoidberg, Hermes, as well as the Professor. However, apart from Bender and Fry, she hangs out most with Amy Wong. She first met Amy after joining Planet Express and didn't think much of her. She was shocked when Amy saved her and Fry's life by flying to their rescue in the Planet Express ship. Leela and Amy's friendship is hot and cold at times, and Amy often feels jealous of her because she is considered prettier and has better luck with love.
Relationship with Fry[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Fry's and Leela's Relationship
Her relationship with Fry is a major theme throughout the series. At first, Leela didn't think much of Fry. but they became friends very quickly. After years the two grew together, dating in multiple episodes and she even eventually marries him twice (and almost another time if you count his time paradox duplicate), the second accompanied by "a very long honeymoon" that lasts for decades. 5 years after their marriage and helping The Simpson family to defeat Bart Simpson's creatures, Fry and Leela had a beautiful mutant daughter named Elena Fry (whom they conceive during their romantic holiday).
Episodes where Leela Uses Her Martial Arts[edit | edit source]
(Note: The list goes in chronological order.)
- "Space Pilot 3000"
- "Fear of a Bot Planet"
- "My Three Suns"
- "Hell Is Other Robots"
- "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
- "Raging Bender"
- "A Bicyclops Built for Two"
- "Bender Gets Made"
- "Anthology of Interest I"
- "War is the H-Word"
- "Amazon Women in the Mood"
- "I Dated a Robot"
- "Roswell that Ends Well"
- "Godfellas"
- "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch"
- "Less than Hero"
- "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
- "The Farnsworth Parabox"
- "Three Hundred Big Boys"
- "Bender's Big Score"
- "The Beast with a Billion Backs"
- "Rebirth"
- "The Late Philip J. Fry"
- "All the Presidents' Heads"
- "Möbius Dick"
- "Fun on a Bun"
- "Fry and Leela's Big Fling"
- "Murder on the Planet Express"
- "Meanwhile"
- "Simpsorama (The Simpsons episode)"
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Leela's officer code (1BDI) is a reference to her only having one eye.
- In the last quarter of S2E2, she said: I don't want to die at the age of 25.
- In a commentary track for Futurama, creator Matt Groening states that Leela's name is derived from the Fourth Doctor's companion Leela on the British science fiction television show Doctor Who.
- Her first name might also have been inspired by the German, Hungarian, Swedish and Spanish word lila ("purple, violet"), in a possible allusion to her hair color. It is also possible that Leela's name is a parody of Princess Leia Organa from Star Wars as she was once dressed up like her in the comic-con costume contest.
- Her name also plays on Turangalîla, the Sanskrit title of the landmark Turangalîla-Symphonie by French composer Olivier Messiaen which translates to time and love in Hindi.
- It might also be that 'Turanga' is the local spelling of a place near Christchurch, New Zealand, after local Maori tribesmen legend, which sounds just foreign and spicy exotic to be fit for 'alienese', and hence her whole family was perhaps given that name for the show because of it.
- The wrist device that Leela is seen consistently wearing has been shown to have at least seven uses: a communicator,[16] reattach Fry's nose (a small laser),[17] play Tetris [18] and Pong, detect whether or not the Omicronian young (later known as Popplers) are edible,[19] a tracking device receiver she uses in the Central Bureaucracy,[20] a tissue dispenser, targeted advertising, as well as has a (possibly deadly) laser.
- In "Rebirth", it is revealed that Leela wears size 12 shoes.[21]
- According to Zapp Brannigan in "Into the Wild Green Yonder", Leela's measurements are 36-24-36. This is the same as Bart's locker combination in The Simpsons. So Leela's body measurements match perfectly to having an hourglass figure due to a 36-inch bust and hip size, as well as a 24-inch waist.
- Leela also has a singing boil on her buttocks named Susan, a parody of Susan Boyle, which she lances all the time.
- In "The Butterjunk Effect", it is said that Leela and Amy auditioned to be Rockettes; however, they kicked two Rockettes to death and did not get the job."
- The name of Leela's hair color is actually called leela (a dark shade of purple).
- In her debut, it is shown that Leela can be easily annoyed by people who are put off by her one eye.
- Leela has 205 bones (a normal human has 206) in her body. ("Fry Am The Egg Man".). This may be due to the fact she only has one eye.
- Her birthday is July 29th, because in the episode ("The Late Philip J. Fry"), Farnsworth's time machine says 7/29 before Farnsworth, Fry, and Bender land on the date 12/3, 10,000 years into the future.
- When Leela tries to kill something, she says "it will be just like stomping a puppy."
- Leela has the last spoken line of the series: "I do".
- Leela becomes Yancy Fry, Sr. and Mrs. Fry's daughter-in-law after her and Philip's wedding.
- She's one of only three characters to have appeared in every single episode of the series (the other one being Zapp).
- Her last appearance is the 2020 Comedy Central "viewer discretion is advised" screen which is her non-physical appearance that was/is in the 2020 Comedy Central airings of In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela.
- Leela was originally going to be voiced by Nicole Sullivan.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Leela's Homeworld"
- ↑ "Space Pilot 3000"
- ↑ "Parasites Lost"
- ↑ Leela's Homeworld
- ↑ "The Lesser of Two Evils"
- ↑ "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch"
- ↑ "Love's Labours Lost in Space"
- ↑ "Mars University"
- ↑ "The Cyber House Rules"
- ↑ "The Why of Fry"
- ↑ "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
- ↑ "A Bicyclops Built For Two"
- ↑ The Beast with a Billion Backs
- ↑ Bender's Game
- ↑ "Love's Labours Lost in Space"
- ↑ "Space Pilot 3000"
- ↑ "Spanish Fry"
- ↑ "Luck of the Fryish"
- ↑ "The Problem With Popplers"
- ↑ "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back"
- ↑ Into the Wild Green Yonder
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LANSING, Mich. -- A group of friends and family is obscenely rich after winning a nearly $129 million jackpot with a lottery ticket bought at a Detroit-area porn shop. And some of the money will be devoted to sacred purposes.
Mike Greer, a member of the group, came forward Friday to claim the Powerball winnings on behalf of the others, who chose to remain anonymous. Greer -- who said only that the group has more than two members and fewer than 100 -- indicated some of the riches will be going to a church.
"The only thing I can assume is that the Lord trusted us to do certain things with the money that he bestowed upon us," he said. "That's the only thing that I can gather."
Greer said he didn't buy the ticket himself and doesn't know whether it was purchased inside the Uptown Bookstore or at its outside, walk-up lottery window. And he said that among the group's members, "nobody cares" where it was bought.
Many customers of the adult bookstore in a depressed section of Highland Park buy their lottery tickets without setting foot inside the place and getting an eyeful of its X-rated videos and magazines.
The group will take its winnings in a lump sum of $69.6 million instead of annual installments.
Greer, a 49-year-old from Farmington Hills, said he is self-employed in the digital imaging business. He would not give details on the others except to say that most are from the Detroit metropolitan area.


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POETRY 7 questions:
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The theme is temptation.
What motivated you to write this poem?
I was writing a suite of poems set in Italy, which included some on Italian saints, and then I felt one poem should take the reader inside a famous church.
How long have you been writing poetry?
My first poem was published when I was nine years old. My first play for the stage was written at 9, too.
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Geoffrey Chaucer — because I wrote my Masters thesis on his narrative poems.
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
I am a produced playwright so I work with actors all the time.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
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What is your passion in life?
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Peanut Butter and Macadamia Cookies
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1/2 cup Nuttelex (or any dairy free spread)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
100g macadamias (about 1 cup)
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5 ways Brian comes back to life on Family Guy: So you watched Sunday's episode of Family Guy in which Brian got hit by a car during a game of street hockey and died, and then kept watching waiting for him to be resurrected somehow at the end. Only the end came, Brian was still dead, and WHAAAAAAAAAA? Did they really kill Brian? Are we really now stuck with
Poochie Vinnie as the Griffin family dog?
Fans of the show are already up in arms, offering a petition to bring Brian back. Conspiracy theories abound: Did Seth MacFarlane kill off Brian to enrage fans and hasten the show's end?
I'm not buying that the show would kill off arguably its strongest character. Brian's going to come back somehow (TMZ seems to think otherwise).
5 ways Brian comes back to life on Family Guy:
Clone Brian Brian probably sheds, and if he's anything like my dog, his hair covers nearly every square inch of floor and furniture. Brian could easily be cloned from the DNA (it's been done before), and the family could raise him from a pup and see how the whole nature vs. nurture thing plays out. How much like real Brian will Clone Brian be?
Jedi Ghost Brian Star Wars fan MacFarlane has brought deceased characters back in ghost form before. Perhaps Brian found that right mix of liberalism/alcoholism that allows him to become one with the Force and return in spectral form a la Obi Wan Kenobi. So Brian may actually still be dead, from a certain point of view.
Time Machine Fix Stewie destroyed the time machine that would've allowed him to go back and change the events leading up to Brian being killed. Even though his source for primary components might not be able to come through anymore, would that really stop Stewie from finding another source and rebuilding it at some point? It's the obvious route that the episode tried to rule out, but the show's been guilty of similar things before, such as…
It Was All A Dream/Virtual Reality Sequence Remember Stewie Kills Lois/Lois Kills Stewie? I try to forget them, since there's no satisfying payoff in the double episode. The show is smarter than to pull the most hated of switcheroos on its fans a second time, but if they're desperate…
Whatever The Hell This Is All About There's this website called Brian Griffin's Special Announcement with a clock ticking down to Dec. 6. Is this all a November sweeps programming stunt to boost ratings or sell some merchandise? I guess we'll wait until the clock ticks down to find out.
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