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Former multi-time WWE Champion and Superstar, musician, television host and star of the new web series "But I'm Chris Jericho" Chris Jericho joined "2012 Award Winning Best New Show" the Rack Thursday Night. In a nearly 15 minute interview, he discussed his new web series, his inspiration, what sets his web series apart from others, what can we expect in future episodes, what role/character he'd love to try in the future, how real life experiences helped to make the show, his thought on the current WWE product, what would he like to do in the future, who his dream match would be with and much more.
About his new web series "But I'm Chris Jericho": "Well obviously, it's kind of an extended universe for me and almost a kind of mockumentary, Christopher Guest kind of a vibe of this initial concept that I had from a nugget of truth of when I first moved out of wrestling and came out to Los Angeles to study acting and break into this world over here; I realized very early on that while I was a 'superstar' from another genre of entertainment, a lot of people out in Hollywood really didn't care what I had accomplished in the past. So, I would come to do an audition with 10 other people who would look just like me for 'Bachelor part #12' to deliver one line, like 'This telephone is not working' and they'd say 'Thanks, next!' And I'd go 'But I'm Chris Jericho, don't I get a chance? A better shot?'
So, I started thinking: what would happen if (Chris) Jericho got kicked out of wrestling, got blackballed and had nowhere to go, nowhere to turn, so I had to get into acting, but I had to take what I could get and kind of start at the lowest level to survive. And so, that's kind of the whole concept of the show, and it took us about 6 years to sell it. We worked long and hard in doing the pilot and writing the scripts and we tried to pitch it and no one was really interested. Then, about a year and a half ago, my partner called me and he's like 'I sold the show'. I was like 'What show is that?', he said 'But I'm Chris Jericho'. I said 'You're still working on that?!' and he told me yeah.
So that's how it all got started and to come and do it as a web series was even smarter in this day and age because I think 3 or 4 years ago, doing a web series was like doing a direct-to-dvd movie or something, but now to do a web series, it's the smartest way to have content in this day and age and it's almost the way of the future as far as the way people will be watching tv shows from now on, I'd have to say."
The reason for the length of episodes and his inspiration for it all: "The reason for that was, we had a great good budget on this, for a web series, but my schedule was super busy and packed; we had like 5 days to film the 10 episodes that we did and then, of course, we wrote more content, so when I left, we had some of our amazing cast members do some extra stuff. From my roommate, Christian Potenza, to Laurie Elliot, playing my crazy next door neighbor, to Scott Thompson, who is like my wacky acting coach; he was amazing doing some of the stuff he did. So, it adds to this whole universe and that's' something that's really cool about the show and that is that some people expect because it 'But I'm Chris Jericho' that it's going to be all about me, but in this universe I'm almost just the straight man and the sanest guy on the show and I like that aspect of it because it makes for a broader show and it's almost like the way Seinfeld was; it was his name but he was almost the most normal guy on the whole program and that was kind of an element we wanted to focus on for our show as well."
How is his show different from other web series: "Well, it's about me, let's be honest. (Laughter) Yeah, I think one of the things we really worked out and focused on was what you said earlier and that was each show is 8 minutes, 7 minutes long and we did that on purpose because you really have to focus when you're doing a show like that, with a shorter amount of time and it's almost like being in a jazz trio: everybody has to be good, every line has to make sense; there can't be any filler. There can't be any 'oh well the first ten minutes were great and the last 10 minutes were great but the rest is just taking up time between commercials; we couldn't do that. Everything had to be meticulously well written and all the characters had to be good. So, it made a better show for us with those clarifications on us for having a shorter timeframe."
"When you're doing a comedy, you have to have no inhibitions and have no second thoughts about going all the way. And that's always something that I take great pride in; and that's I don't have any problem taking the piss out of myself. I'm my own easiest target, so when I can go in there and wear a French maid's outfit or wrestle with a naked man or you'll see in some of the more ridiculous stuff that I do as the series progresses. That's the fun part of it because I think that a lot of times that because I worked in wrestling for so long that people have this misconception that I'm just having to play mr. macho all the time and that's not what I've really ever felt comfortable playing. I like this, I like being kind of the butt of the jokes, I like doing things like putting on the French maid's outfit and posting it on Twitter; where people are like 'What the hell are you doing? Why would you do that?' And then, when you watch the show, you realize why I'm doing it; it's pretty funny circumstances as to why. So that's another reason why I really enjoyed doing the show, is because it's so outlandish in a lot of ways, it's broad comedy and we have all sides of the coin, of the comedy spectrum involved in 'But I'm Chris Jericho' and it's on purpose, you know? We wrote it that way."
What part he'd love to possibly tackle in the future: "I don't know; it's funny because I've done a lot of work in Hollywood over the years but never really got, kind of, the part that I really fell like I could gel, like a comedic part or something. So, you know the saying, 'When you don't get invited to the party, start your own party and that's why 'But I'm Chris Jericho' is the perfect outlet for me, because this is what I do best. And now I have the perfect calling card, to say 'Here I am! Here's my thing!' If you think Chris Jericho can do comedy, well, there's the perfect example of it.
And the fact that it's loosely based on my own life made it that much more fun to do and if you saw the episode 'Pirates', that came out last week; that is a legitimate, honest-to-God, true story. 85% of that episode is exactly true and really happened to me about 6 years ago where I was doing this very serious audition for one of those Lifetime movies of the week, like 'Jenny, Your Mother is Dying' starring Mary Tyler Moore and I was doing this very serious read and next door they were auditioning pirates for a pirate movie and it just went completely ridiculous because all I could hear when I was delivering all these sad, heart-wrenching lines was pirates going 'Arrrr! Walk the plank matey!' and it was just like 'What are you guys doing?! Can you not hear these pirate noises coming from the next room?' and the casting director was mad at me and was saying 'You're blowing this audition! You've got to pay attention and drop in' and I said 'I can't drop in when there are pirates next door!' And so I thought this was one on the worst experiences ever but, man, is that ever going to make a funny episode of a TV show one day, and seven years, we got it and we did it."
Does he follow the current WWE product: "I don't watch a lot because of my schedule being super crazy, over-the-top busy, but I follow along with what's going on online and stuff. I like what the Shield was doing. I like the Daniel Bryan character. I like some of the more underrated characters; I think Antonio Cesaro is a tremendous performer. You know, there's a lot of different guys that I think are really coming into their own and a lot of guys that WILL come into their own over the next few years and that's basically the most important thing when you're in that business, playing character, is that you really have to get the confidence and the ability to know what it is that you're doing and where it is you want to go with your character and once you can kind of stumble upon that, you'll grow by leaps and bounds. Sometimes it just takes time to figure out 'Who am I, as this character?' and 'What do I need to do to bring this guy forward?' "
Is there anything he hasn't done that he'd like to: "I've pretty much kept it, like it seems like I do a lot of stuff, and I do, but it's all in the same realm of being creative and working on these things that I've always dreamed of doing: wrestling and music. But acting is definitely part of that. I just want to do more of what I've been doing; the band has been going great and Fozzy has really blowing up over the past few years. So, I want continue to grown with Fozzy and to do more acting. I love playing a character; I really enjoyed filming 'But I'm Chris Jericho'. I love, obviously, watching it and seeing all of the feedback we've been getting, all the positive feedback.
I like surprising people; I don't like being complacent and doing the same thing over and over and over again. I like changing it up and switching it up and broadening my creative themes; that's very important. I think that's you should never get sterile with what you're doing in your life, or get bored; you've got to continue to grow and get better and try new things if you think you can accomplish them. That's kind of what I've based my career on over the past 5 to 6 years."


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Conference Primers: #19 – Big SkyPosted by rtmsf on October 27th, 2007
Predicted Order of Finish:
- Montana (21-6) (13-3)
- Weber St. (19-8) (12-4)
- Portland St. (17-10) (10-6)
- Northern Arizona (15-13) (9-7)
- Montana St. (12-16) (8-8)
- Sacramento St. (9-17) (6-10)
- Eastern Washington (9-18) (6-10)
- Idaho St. (8-21) (5-11)
- Northern Colorado (5-22) (3-13)
WYN2K. The Big Sky is a league where what you see is typically what you get. It consistently rates in the lower teens in the computer rankings, and its record vs. OOC opponents the last three years is 109-173 (.387), but make no mistake, this is a one-bid conference every year. A typical Big Sky year goes something like this – its league champion is a team that didn't win it the year prior (only one repeat champion in the last 13 yrs – Montana – 2005 & 2006), it usually gets an NCAA seed in the range of #13-#15, and its NCAA stay is typically short-lived (3-23 in the 64/65 team era, .115). Every 6-8 yrs, a Big Sky team will pull an upset and win one NCAA game. Stir, mix and repeat. This high-scoring league (#3 nationally at 74.5 ppg) is characterized by top-heaviness where several teams have mid-level D1 profiles, while the bottom teams are often very bad (ranking in the bottom fifty teams nationally).
Predicted Champion. Montana (#14 seed NCAA). We're going with the media pick of Montana here. The Grizzlies return four starters from a 10-6 team, including quality big men Andrew Strait (#43 nationally in eFG%, 61.1%) and Jordan Hasquet, both of whom were all-conference performers last year. They also bring back last year's Big Sky ROY, guard Cameron Rundles, who shot a ridiculous 47.8% from three last year. One area of concern is that the Grizzlies give up a whopping 42.1% against the three-ball (negating Rundles' effectiveness!) last year. Nevertheless, with a solid inside/outside game, a little better three-point defense, and the experience garnered in Montana's back-to-back NCAA appearances in 2005 and 2006, we feel that Montana is the team to beat.
Others Considered. This is not to say that we think Montana will run away with the title, because Weber St. is in good position to defend its tournament crown. They lost their best player and conference POY David Patten to graduation, but they return a solid complement of players, including seven of their top nine scorers and three starters from last season. All-conference guard Juan Pablo Silveira runs the show for a very good shooting team (#34 nationally in eFG%, 53.8%), both from two (52.1%) and three (38.7%). Our only concern with this squad is their apparent lack of experienced size, an area where Montana should have an advantage. Portland St. is another team that could make a run at the conference crown with a roster that returns three starters (including the superb backcourt of Dupree Lucas and Deonte Huff) from a 9-7 team that gave Weber St. all it wanted in the semis of last year's conference tourney (losing by three). Last year's regular season co-champ Northern Arizona is set to take a step back with the loss of its top three scorers, all of which were all-conference selections last year. Still, the Lumberjacks have an excellent coach in Mike Adras and they have made the last three conference tournament finals, so they can't completely be counted out.
Games to Watch. The key games to watch will be the home-and-homes between the three primary contenders listed above – Montana, Weber St., and Portland St. Gotta love conferences with true round robins.
- Weber St. @ Montana (01.20.08) ESPN FC & Montana @ Weber St. (02.21.08)
- Montana @ Portland St. (01.31.08) & Portland St. @ Montana (03.01.08)
- Portland St. @ Weber St. (01.10.08) & Weber St. @ Portland St. (02.16.07)
- Big Sky Championship Game (03.12.08) ESPN2
RPI Booster Games. The Big Sky plays a steady diet of Pac-10 and Big 10 teams in addition to several strong mid-majors, and this year is no different. Last year the league went 3-21 against BCS teams, with Northern Arizona (defeated Arizona St. 75-71), Montana (defeated Minnesota 72-65), and Portland St. (defeated Arizona St. 71-67) pulling the victories. Some of this year's best opportunities:
- Portland St. @ UCLA (11.09.07)
- Sacramento St. @ Kansas St. (11.09.07)
- Montana @ Gonzaga (11.11.07)
- Northern Arizona @ Arizona (11.13.07)
- Northern Arizona @ Kansas (11.21.07)
- Montana @ Washington St. (11.23.07)
- Weber St. @ Illinois (12.01.07)
- Weber St. @ BYU (12.05.07)
- Sacramento St. @ Marquette (12.15.07)
- Montana St. @ Arizona St. (12.18.07)
Odds of Multiple NCAA Bids. None. 23 years, 23 bids.
Neat-o Stat. Eastern Washington's Rodney Stuckey (the 15th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft) was probably the best player to have ever played in the Big Sky conference, despite only playing at EWU for two seasons. He won the conference ROY and POY in 2006, becoming the first player to ever do so in the same year. Yet, while his numbers were sick last year (24.6 ppg, 5.5 apg, 4.7 rpg, 2.4 spg, incl. nine 30+ pt games), there is some question about his leadership abilities, as his team was mediocre throughout his tenure there (26-29) and EWU didn't even make the Big Sky conference tourney in 2007 (the top six conference teams make the tourney).
64/65-Team Era. As stated above, the Big Sky is 3-23 (.115) during this era, with each of the three wins spaced out somewhat evenly – 1995 (#14 Weber St. defeated #3 Michigan St. 79-72), 1999 (#14 Weber St. defeated #3 UNC 76-74), and 2006 (#12 Montana defeated #5 Nevada 87-79). Both Weber St. teams were close to reaching the Sweet 16 (losing by two to #6 Georgetown in 1995 and by eight in OT to #6 Florida in 1999), but no Big Sky team has reached that goal in the 64/65 team era. Unfortunately, with the notable exception of Montana in 2006, the general rule has been that the Big Sky representative has gotten ripped by an average of 18.0 points in the last six appearances. But why focus on the negative? We couldn't find any footage of probably the Big Sky's greatest moment – Harold "The Show" Arceneaux carrying Weber St. to victory over UNC in 1999, but we instead found this clip of a Rex Chapman clone named Kral French who played for Montana St. back in the 80s throwing down some of the most disgusting dunks you'll see from a white guy.
Final Thought. We have to admit we don't know much about the Big Sky other than its location in the lonely expanse between the Pacific Northwest and the Great Plains. But our mind's eye suggests that places such as Dahlberg Arena (Montana), the Dee Events Center (Weber St.) and Worthington Arena (Montana St.) would be no fun for many visiting teams to play in. The word "pit" comes to mind. A quick review of 2007 records shows that those three teams were 32-13 at home last year. Yeah, just as we thought. Maybe that's why no BCS teams visit those arenas.

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What's News: British police make two new arrests related to the murder of a British soldier. House panel may recall IRS's Lois Lerner to testify. Netflix releases new season of "Arrested Development" this weekend. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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TarzanBlu-ray Disc - 1999
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One of the "nicest" tellings of the Tarzan story I've seen. There's just enough darkness to set the appropriate tone for both children and adults alike, without being too scary for the little ones. Lots of good lessons can be taken from this entertaining movie.
Featuring a lean, athletic and very likable Tarzan character, this first-rate, animated, Disney film tells the entertaining story of a dauntless and devoted hero who strives to be accepted amongst the gorillas of the jungle where danger lurks, for one and all, just beyond every tree.
As Tarzan enthusiastically bellows out his famous "call-of-the-jungle", join our loin-clothed protagonist in this ripping, good tale of adventure in the wild that wraps up nicely with the happiest of "happy endings" where, yes-indeed, Tarzan finds himself the perfect mate.
Yes. Tarzan is definitely one of the most entertaining, animated, feature films that I've seen in a long-long time.
A lot of this film's overall charm and appeal came from the fact that its title character (Tarzan) was such a likeable and endearing kind of guy. And when Tarzan turned hero (which happened more than once) I was cheering for him all the way.
Containing lots of fast-paced action, this first-rate adventure story of courage & loyalty didn't miss a single beat for the entire duration of its 90-minute running time.
I found that even the Phil Collins' songs that punctuated Tarzan's story blended in nicely with the general mood and flow of this delightful tale from 1999.
From its dramatic opening sequence, to its jubilant, high-five finale, Disney's "Tarzan" is, without question, a very entertaining re-telling of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale of a helpless, human baby reared to adulthood, in the jungle, by a band of gorillas.
Featuring some excellent action sequences (mixed generously with moments of slapstick comedy and the excitement of adventure), 1999's "Tarzan" certainly turned out to be a mighty fine example of first-rate story-telling that actually tugged on this viewer's heartstrings, occasionally.
In this animated feature film, the lean and athletic Tarzan (as the story's dauntless hero) comes across as being a truly likable and endearing character.
Punctuated by songs (which seemed a bit out of place) from pop star, Phil Collins, "Tarzan" is still a delightful movie-experience that can easily be enjoyed by all ages, young and old.
The Disneyfication of Edgar Rice
Burroughs. If you've ever read the books you'll be annoyed, but novices may find parts amusing.
Tarzan is an old story about a dude raised by gorillas. In 1999 Disney amplifies the entertainment value with a bad guy & love interest. All I can say is that it's an entertaining movie about exploitation, friendship & allegiance. It also features some of the best tree-limb surfing I've ever seen. I want Tarzan's feet! Phil Collins is featured as the soundtrack provider.
I didn't realize how spectacular the animation was until I gave it another watch, it's awesome! A little different from your usual Disney movies. The music is great as well.
What I want to know is, why is there only one copy?
This movie had some funny parts but overall was pretty average. Good for younger children...
it is about a kid named tarzan and
he learns that he is not different from
The Last Truly Great Movie, Of A Truly Great Era For Disney! Too Bad, So Sad! Please, Disney, Start Making Good Movies Again- We've Had Enough Of Your Slumps! Start Making More Movies Like "Princess And The Frog" And "Tangled". I'm Convinced That Those Two Could Really Make A 2nd Disney Renniasance!
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A small boy is orphaned in the jungle, a gorilla mother takes him in and raises him as their own. The boy "Tarzan" discovers that there are more of his kind and interacts with them against his gorilla father's wishes. Tarzan falls in love with "Jane" a daughter of an scientist. but all is nearly ruined by the evil Clayton and his plan to kidnap all of the gorillas.
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The Huffington Post is reporting that a pesticide commonly used by farmers in the US called atrazine was found to exceed EPA limits in drinking water within the four states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kansas. The dilemma: The customers were not told about the contamination, the EPA has not published the results, and misleading concentration levels were ultimately reported on water bills.
What is Atrazine?
Atrazine is a herbicide that was approved for use in 1958 and is used in the control of broadleaf weeds and some grassy weeds. It's estimated to be the most heavily used herbicide in the U.S. with the majority of agricultural use areas in being the midwest, particularly Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Nebraska, and Delaware.
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Northern Ireland Screen will present a two minute promo teaser from Terry George's siege comedy Whole Lotta Sole starring Brendan Fraser at its networking chairman's lunch today in Cannes.
The film is still shooting in Belfast and being sold here by Essential Entertainment. Delivery is planned for winter 2011.
Northern Ireland Screen invested in the film supported by Invest NI and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The organization is also promoting four films showcasing in the market here.
AV Pictures is selling Hotshot Films' Jump, an urban fairytale which filmed in Derry and Belfast and was directed by Kieron J Walsh (When Brendan Met Trudy).
The Salt Company is representing two films funded by Northern Ireland Screen - comedy horror film Grabbers directed by Jon Wright and Killing Bono which opened this year's Belfast Film Festival.
Meanwhile Belfast's Chris Martin and Revolution Films' Andrew Eaton will be at the lunch tomorrow to talk up Good Vibrations. Currently in pre-production, the project has secured international sales agent in The Works, is now fully financed and set to go into production at the end of the summer.
Screening in Short Film Corner is Yuki, a Northern Ireland/Japan co-venture written and directed by Jonathan Beer about a girl dealing with her mother's mysterious illness.


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Modern societies could learn a lot from a sixth-century monk, according to the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.
In a lecture delivered at the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm, Williams used passages from the Rule of St. Benedict to comment on the idea of authority in the world today.
He said that "what the Rule distinctively does is that it ... asks what is the style of authority that will enable 'faith beyond resentment.'"
Williams continued: "The pressing issue is how we sustain a civilization capable of asking itself questions about its purpose and its integrity; only a civilization that can do this will generate people -- citizens -- who can turn away from individual instinct and self-protection ... because they know what sort of beings they are, mortal, interdependent, created out of love and for love."
The Anglican archbishop said the Rule of St. Benedict both defended those in authority and provided a voice for those being governed.
"There is a clear and unambiguous assumption that there is such a thing as a common good, and that therefore each distinct diverse perspective is open to challenge; that is what obedience is about," he said.
Regarding globalization, the archbishop of Canterbury said that "it is hard to deny that economic powerlessness of the kind that rapidly and insensitively enforced globalization breeds may be fertile ground for destructive behavior."
Williams said a civilization which took a more Benedictine approach to authority would develop the ability to deal more stably with distinct minorities within it.
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"Good governance and government is always about an engagement with the other that is neither static confrontation nor competition, but the production of some sort of common language and vision that could not have been defined in advance of the encounter," he said.
The Anglican archbishop added: "The migrant group that is prepared to work within the civic framework of a host society, that aspires simply to citizenship, is one whose voice in the community overall is of significance alongside those who have a longer history and a political or economic advantage.
"Once within the relationships of purposeful common life, the facts of coming from ethnically or religiously different backgrounds should not disenfranchise them."
"What we can reasonably ask, in the light of the Rule," said Williams, "is that political order should recognize that it cannot survive without space for some exploration of what human identity is."
Religion, he said, could not be sidelined: "A laissez-faire reduction to market principles is not neutral in regard to human self-understanding."


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Apple Cider Campout In Sonoma
In September, a group of friends were invited to the farm of someone that our group knew up in Sonoma County. The farmer invited us to come camp out in his grove of fruit trees, pick apples, spend the night, and then make apple cider the next day. Someone in our group had all the necessary apple pressing/cider making supplies. It was a great way to spend a weekend – we picked apples for ourselves, and helped the farmer pick his other crops.
What I really enjoyed about this experience was the collective effort. We all worked together to pick the apples, cook the meals, and make the cider. One person brought the apple cider-making equipment, another person brought a solar oven and made an apple pie. The farmer generously donated his apples and his land do us in exchange for some farm labor and apple cider. We learned how to make apple cider. At the end of the weekend, everyone went home with a gallon or two of fresh-pressed apple cider.
Consider seeing if you can start up a similar campout with your friends. Maybe someone has fruit trees that they need help picking, a vegetable garden that they need harvesting? Or even an animal that needs to be butchered? Although there are classes offered in many places, sometimes they are expensive. With the right place and the right combination of people, you could create a collective effort that doesn't cost a lot of money.
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Kara L. Hendricks 7/22/2009 7:51:00 AMCongratulations on this VERY worthy finalist Karen... best of luck in the next round!! #1157747
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The islands were colonized by the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries, and through long processes of educating local populations and accommodating traditional practices, the Catholic faith spread, often through waves of resistance and acceptance. Major Catholic religious orders, including Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans and Augustinian Recollects began missionary work in the late 1500s, and today, in addition to these orders, many more are at work.
Filipino Catholics show a strong devotion to the Virgin Mary, establishing many local images and devotional practices, and there are dozens of Marian pilgrimage sites throughout the country. Images of the Blessed Mother often reflect Spanish influence and are highly ornate, such as the image of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila. In addition, many Catholic movements are active, including the Neocatechumenal Way, and several groups were born out of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, such as El Shaddai, Couples for Christ and the Assumption Prayer Group.
In his visit Jan. 15-19, Pope Francis will show his closeness to those who are suffering, which has endeared him to people around the world during his pontificate. Last October, a deadly earthquake struck the country, killing more than 200 people and injuring nearly 1,000. In November, a deadly typhoon, Yolanda, struck the country, killing more than 6,000 people, and more recently, on July 17, another typhoon, Rammasun, killed at least 94 people and left hundreds displaced.
"I think one of the purposes of the visit of the Holy Father is to come close to the people who suffered from the recent typhoon and the earthquake," Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said in a report by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.
Speaking of Pope Francis' visit while recovery efforts are still ongoing, Philippine Postmaster Maria De la Cruz told Catholic News Agency, "Our country has gone through a lot over the past months. In fact, the reconstruction is not going to be easy ... but I really think the hope of having the pope there will give [people] so much inspiration as they try to move on with their lives, because so many people have died; so many families have suffered."
The Church has come to play a major role in Philippine society. Although separation of church and state was officially implemented during the period of sovereignty of the United States (1898-1946), many Catholic holy days are also celebrated as national holidays. The Spanish custom of celebrating fiestas on saints' feast days is common, and the president declared a three-day mourning period following St. John Paul II's death in April 2005. The country also issued special postage stamps honoring Pope Sts. John Paul II and John XXIII on the occasion of their canonizations in April.
In 1986, then-archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin, made an appeal via radio for people to peacefully oppose the regime of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, starting a movement that became known as the People Power Revolution. More than 1 million people took to the streets in peace, praying the Rosary and singing while surrounding the police and military headquarters, successfully driving out Marcos, who fled to Hawaii. Cardinal Sin again intervened in politics in 2001, supporting a movement that led to the resignation of president Joseph Estrada amidst accusations of corruption.
The Church has also been active in applying the principles of Catholic social teaching to local issues in which the common good is threatened. For example, the Church has supported indigenous people against mining corporations who damage the natural environment in their regions.
On his way to the Philippines in January, Pope Francis also plans to visit Sri Lanka, an island nation located just off the southeastern coast of India. There, from Jan. 12-15, he will encounter a situation vastly different than those in either the Philippines or South Korea. Political tensions stemming both from a 26-year civil war (1983-2009) and from continuing strife among ethnic and religious groups still persist. Nevertheless, since the end of the war, Sri Lanka has had one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The country gained independence from Great Britain in 1948 and is the oldest democracy in South Asia.
In a speech to the bishops of Sri Lanka during their ad limina visit to Rome in May, Pope Francis said, "After many years of fighting and bloodshed, the war in your country has finally ended. Indeed a new dawn of hope has arisen as people now look to rebuild their lives and their communities ... In response to this, you rightly note ... that much work needs to be done to promote reconciliation, to respect the human rights of all the people and to overcome the ethnic tensions that remain."
Like the Philippines, Sri Lanka has also suffered from major natural disasters, including a tsunami in 2004 that killed more than 35,000 people, and typhoons and floods more recently, including deadly floods this year which killed at least 20 people and displaced more than 27,000. During his visit, Pope Francis plans to draw close to those who have suffered from disasters or violence and encourage the Church in its work to help the country heal and find a political solution to the ongoing tensions among various groups.
The pope's decision to visit a country facing such difficulties indicates that he is not afraid to jump into challenging situations.
One of the immediate challenges still facing the Church is the care of refugees, which numbered 300,000 at the end of the war. As Bishop Thomas Savundranayagam of Jaffna, the capital city of the Northern Province, said during his ad limina visit, "People are traumatized from having lived so much violence, seen killings, death. Today, we work hard for reconciliation, accompanying people to overcome this phase and to have faith in God who is Providence."
Pope Francis praised the work the Church has already done in disaster relief and post-war reconciliation and rebuilding, as well as in education, health care and outreach to the poor.
Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka's largest city, has also stressed the importance of preserving "the diversity of the different ethnic and religious groups and foster[ing] unity in that diversity," he said in a June news release. A rally on July 19 in Jaffna denounced the government's treatment of Tamil people in the north. Suresh Premachandran, a lawmaker of the Tamil National Alliance, pointed out that there are 150,000 soldiers deployed in the north — an area of 1 million people — which in his view, "clearly points to an ongoing militarization of the area," he told the website AsiaNews.
In recent weeks, the country's defense ministry has restricted activist groups and nongovernmental organizations from holding press conferences, workshops and training courses for journalists. This has led to protests by human rights activists and Christian religious leaders, who claim the government is violating the constitution. According to Father Reid Shelton Fernando, a former archdiocesan coordinator of the country's Christian Workers Movement, "preventing people from gathering and participating in peaceful events will not prevent the truth from being heard. Sacred Scripture says that one day the truth will [come] out. Till then, according to our faith, we pray to our God to lead us to a peaceful society."
John Lindblom studies in the World Religions and World Church doctoral program at the University of Notre Dame.
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Analyst: Motorola's Best Play Is To Become A Patent Troll & Destroy Android Ecosystem With Patent Lawsuits
from the great dept
The successful launch of the iPhone on Verizon, he writes, has "taken the wind" out of Android's sails. The Google app store is "a disaster." Honeycomb, the operating system on which Motorola has hitched its wagon, is "incomplete," "unstable," has a "poor UI" and is basically "dead on arrival."Or, you know, the company could take that effort and focus on making a better product and improving the overall market. But, suing everyone else and burning down the whole Android market is apparently more fun... at least for those with a ridiculously short-term focus on quarterly results, rather than a long-term focus on innovation and actually building out profitable business lines.
All in all, Motorola's "competitive fixation" on Apple (AAPL) and Research in Motion (RIMM) is misplaced. Rather than trying to innovate on software, Chowdry suggests, "selectively attacking with patents other Android phone OEM's is a better strategy."


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Anne Arundel County Police evacuated the Cinemark Theater at Arundel Mills Mall Saturday night after a report of gunfire, which was later determined to have been fireworks. No injuries were reported.
Police were called to the mall a little after 10 p.m. when they received a report of shots fired in theater No. 11, which was showing the new release "300: The Rise of an Empire." About 300 people were in the theater at the time, police said.
Police confirmed that there was no gunfire but that someone had set of some type of fireworks. Officers found the remains of juice bottle that had been filled with some sort of fireworks, police said. The fireworks did not cause any damage to the theater.
A number of vehicles and officers responded, a police spokesman said on Twitter, "out of an abundance of caution." In January, 19-year-old Darion Marcus Aguilar shot and killed Brianna Benlolo, 21, and Tyler Johnson, 25, near the food court in Columbia Mall before taking his own life.
The Fire Marshall's office was working to determine what type of fireworks were used and police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call 410-222-6155.


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Missouri State Parks has received confirmation that a bat found in the entrance of Onondaga Cave at Onondaga Cave State Park in Crawford County has tested positive with white-nose syndrome.
Missouri State Parks has received confirmation that a bat found in the entrance of Onondaga Cave at Onondaga Cave State Park in Crawford County has tested positive with white-nose syndrome.
The disease spreads mainly through bat-to-bat contact and has not been found to infect people, pets or livestock but is harmful or lethal to hibernating bats.
The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome may be inadvertently carried between caves by humans through clothing and equipment.
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center confirmed the bat had the disease described as a white fungus, or Geomyces destructans, which is typically found on the faces and wings of infected bats.
Education is an important aspect of the overall effort to manage white-nose syndrome.
In 2010, Missouri State Parks staff began educating and screening visitors before each cave tour to help minimize risks to bats.
While the disease is mainly transmitted bat to bat, scientists believe that the fungus can be carried on clothing, footwear and caving gear. Therefore, staff will require visitors to wear only clothing and bring equipment that has not been in another cave before.
In addition, staff took action to protect the bats from disturbance while hibernating in caves and adjusted the touring season to avoid disturbing the bats in fall and spring when they are gathering for, or preparing to leave, hibernation.
Nearly 20,000 people visit Onondaga Cave every year. Staff will continue to provide information and require additional measures for visitors to follow both before and after a cave tour when the cave opens for the tour season to help reduce the risk of cave-to-cave transmission of the fungus.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated that white-nose syndrome has killed at least 5.5 million cave-dwelling bats since the disease was first detected in New York in 2006. Signs of the disease have spread to 21 states and the disease has been confirmed in 19 states and four Canadian provinces.
Signs of the disease were first discovered in Missouri in 2010. Today, signs of the disease or the fungus have been confirmed in 15 bats from caves in Pike, Shannon, Lincoln, Perry, Washington and now Crawford counties.


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The Farmingdale State men�s lacrosse team improved to 3-4 overall after a 19-6 victory over Division II Dominican College in Blauvelt, NY on Wednesday afternoon. Freshman Gianluca Carrabs (Glen Cove, NY/Glen Cove) and junior transfer Dennis Forgit (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) scored 3 goals a piece to lead the Rams attack. Sophomore Joe Meola (Rocky Point, NY/Rocky Point) added 4 assists and 1 goal for the Rams, with four other players adding 2 goals a piece.
Senior goalkeeper Tony Sheridan (Merrick, NY/Mepham) was awarded the win after 4 saves in the first two periods. Junior Kevin Winters (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) tallied 4 saves in the third period and freshman Chris Hardgrove (Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale) stopped 7 shots in the final period of play.
For Dominican, Sal Betty (Suffern, NY) tallied 2 assists and a goal. Goalkeepers Mike Delillo (Yorktown, NY) and Dan Stiso (Suffern, NY) combined for 10 saves on the day.
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Capcom Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced Spyborgs, a new action game coming exclusively to the Wii home video game system from Nintendo. In Spyborgs, players take on the role of a diverse team of five bionic superspies in a fight to save the world from a group of dastardly villains. Wii gamers will be set to save the world when the game launches in 2009.
The first title developed by Bionic Games, a newly-formed development team comprised of former Insomniac Games and High Impact developers known for their work on hugely popular franchises Ratchet and Clank and Resistance: Fall of Man, Spyborgs is a unique action-adventure game set in a stylish world that resembles a Saturday morning cartoon. Engaging players in team-based challenges designed to utilize 2-player co-op play, Spyborgs takes the theme of "team" to a whole new level of fun. In Single-player mode the "team" theme continues as players jump from one member of the superspies' team to the next, rapidly tackling different challenges designed around each character's unique abilities. Fast, addictive gameplay, unique controls offered by the Wii Remote(TM), and a storyline that refuses to take itself too seriously, Spyborgs will provide players with a dynamic and fresh gaming experience like no other
"Our goal is to maximize the potential of the innovative Wii Remote while delivering a new paradigm in cooperative game play," said Michael Haller, president, Bionic Games. "We also wanted to bring a lot of humor to the game which we feel we have accomplished. This game will make you laugh -- for all the right reasons."
Players jump between the identities of a team of five bionic superspies to combat a rogue squad of wacky, dysfunctional super villains. Each character has unique powers to match their super-spy skills, such as heavy firepower, martial arts, bladed weaponry, acrobatic skateboarding skills or pure robotic destruction. This cast of characters may make a misfit group individually, but by utilizing them as a team, the Spyborgs will have the power to save the world -- if they don't blow themselves up first! Spyborgs' tongue-in-cheek action and compelling interactive cartoon theme keeps players engaged from the first episode to the last with one of the most fun and entertaining games to be developed for the Wii system.


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Pro-Life AND Pro-Choice
[ Since publishing this, there's been quite a bit of movement from the Government – See links at bottom of post ]
I'm continually disappointed at the failure of those people who approve of abortion (who call themselves "Pro-Choice", and are called "Pro-Abortion" by their opponents) and those people who do not approve of abortion (who call themselves "Pro-Life" and are called "Anti-Choice" by their opponents) to engage in any kind of constructive discourse which takes any notice at all of each other's positions regarding abortion.
The "Pro-Life" argument is this : Human Life is sacred, and to take it away deliberately is an act of murder. Human Life begins at conception, therefore an abortion is the deliberate taking of life and is therefore an act of murder. That is why they oppose abortion.
The "Pro-Choice" argument is this : Human life may well be sacred – but the mother's life is the one principally affected in the case of an unwanted pregnancy. Human life begins at the moment of birth, and an unborn child is therefore not alive, and an abortion is nothing more than a medical procedure to remove what is technically a part of the mother's body. This is why they support a woman's right to choose whether she has an abortion or not.
Now is it just me ?
I can see that there is an eloquent logic in both of these arguments. They are both reasoned positions, they are both admissible arguments, irrespective of whether you agree with either position. I find it easy to respect the thinking behind each of these arguments.
So why can't the Anti-Choicers or the Pro-Abortionists ?
It's really not so difficult to understand these arguments, but each side gets ever more deeply into the dismissing the other sides claims as "madness" or even "evil".
It frankly bores me. There's no attempt at accommodating each others position, no attempt at a move out of the impasse, no thought of synthesis or reconciliation – just ridicule and venom in equal measure, to and from both sides.
It seems very clear to me that the key issue separating the two sides of the argument is not over whether the mother or the child's life is more important. It is about whether life begins at conception, or whether life begins at birth.
It seems though that neither side seem to want to address this fundamental difference of opinion. This saddens me.
It saddens me further that it seems highly likely to me that neither position is true. Human Life clearly does not start at birth – since births can be induced prematurely, and babies can be delivered by section, all without harm to the child – if performed at the right time. It's also unlikely that Human Life begins at conception – other than in an abstract sense. Is a group of cells a person ? Does it have conciousness ? Does it possess – dare I say it – a soul ? I think it's unlikely.
So the question of exactly when a foetus or embryo becomes a human being is an important one to ask. Unfortunately it's not one we're likely to get a definitive answer on – it involves complex moral, religious, and philosophical considerations, as well as complex issues of science and human biology. We might as well argue about angels dancing on the head of a pin.
For me though the argument around abortion becomes simpler when I consider this. Human Life clearly begins at some point between the moment of conception, and the moment of birth – which is quite a long time for a margin of error.
To me abortion doesn't seem quite right. It seems that when we carry out abortions we are carrying out actions which are at least ethically questionable, and which many people find undesirable.
Neither though does it seem quite wrong. I can not believe that an abortionist, or a woman who has an abortion, is a murderer. They are clearly entering into a procedure in the firm belief that they are not taking a life, and there are many reasons why they should do so.
When it comes to the anecdotal heart string pulling stories that are wheeled out both for and against abortion, I think I've encountered most variations of them in my life.
I've had female friends who've had abortions, and never regretted it for a second, and I've had those who've spent the rest of their lives feeling guilty. I've known those who've considered abortion and rejected it, and been delighted with their baby. I've never known anyone say out right that they've regretted NOT having an abortion – but I've seen a few who don't need to say it – it's written all over their face frequently.
I could tell you wonderful stories – like my cousin who was told she was expecting a Down syndrome child, and advised to terminate the pregnancy. She did not – and her baby is loved by all the family – and doesn't have Down syndrome.
A fairy tale ending – but not all of the stories have a happy ending. I've taught children with some of the most severe disabilities throughout my career – and though I'm particularly attuned to valuing the lives of all of these children however disabled they are, I also see some of the almost unbearable suffering that some of them endure – and see parents struggling to cope, year after year. I could not judge those parents if they decided to abort the pregnancy of a potentially disabled child.
I could tell you a story of a girl, abducted by soldiers in Africa, forced to become a sex slave, who then escaped to England, only to be pimped into prostitution on arrival and abandoned when it was realised she was pregnant. She had her baby who suffered severe brain damage and will have severe medical problems and learning difficulties throughout his life. She loves her son dearly but who could have blamed her for terminating that pregnancy ? And who can fail to be moved by her faith and strength of character in choosing not to abort ?
So I find that I'm someone who is pro-Life – I don't like abortion. I want to promote life, not end it. Though many pregnancies are unwanted, most children are wanted – and I'd hope that my own daughter would be able to feel confident that she could have a child that she would be helped to provide for, should she find herself in the position of having an unwanted pregnancy – she's 15 at the moment.
I'm also pro-Choice though. I don't think these decisions are easy, I accept that I may be right or wrong on these issues, and I accept that there are situations which make the issue so complex that it is nigh on impossible to come to a reasoned conclusion one way or another. And I realise that ultimately it will be the woman carrying the child, who will need to make that decision – and will need to live with it afterwards. If that's the decision my daughter came to, my wife and I would support her and help her all the way.
That the issue of abortion has risen to the surface on social media and in mainstream press in the last couple of days or so seems almost entirely due to the amendments proposed to the upcoming Health Bill made by Conservative MP Nadine Dorries, and Labour MP Frank Field which propose amongst other things, to prevent the existing agencies Marie Stopes, and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service giving counselling and advice to women considering abortion, on the grounds that as paid providers of abortion services they have a conflict of interest, and are not independent. It has been reported – notably in the Guardian Ministers back anti-abortion lobby reforms that the Government intend to implement this part of the proposals without legislation, in favour of independent advice – provided by agencies as yet unknown – but it's widely thought that anti-abortion group Life will be invited to form part of this.
It's understandable why this has caused a storm. On the one hand it seems entirely reasonable that women considering abortion should be able to avail themselves of as much advice and counselling as they can. On the other it seems ludicrous to brand esteemed organisations such as BPAS and Marie Stopes as biased, in comparison with the lop sided argument they are likely to receive from Life.
I feel that in any open debate this would not be seen as a way forward – there are many sources of truly independent advice which considers all options : The Brook charity for instance is one such source that is widely respected, and BPAS and Marie Stopes could well argue that they already provide impartial advice.
The thing is though that this is not going to be an open debate. It's going to be tagged on to the much larger – and potentially much more important – debate regarding the Tory proposals to change the NHS. ( See Kerry McCarthy MP's blog regarding this : Right to choose -v- right to know ) Any time spent discussing changes to abortion law in parliament, will be time not spent discussing the rest of the proposed legislation.
So we now come to see the real political opportunism that Nadine Dorries and Frank Field are using. They've managed to bring their proposals to such a state that they could potentially threaten to de-rail the Tories' show piece legislation that is the Health and Social Care Bill. They know that MPs from all sides of the house will be clamouring to debate and de-rail their proposals on abortion. They know also that David Cameron's government, can ill afford to waste time on this side show to the main event. They have thus apparently been successful in extracting a concession from the Government in the shape of the proposal to alter the provision of counselling and advice.
Both Field and Dorries are mavericks in their parties, Dorries in particular is a grandstander who delights in being controversial
While Pro-Choicers everywhere seem to be chomping at the bit to denounce them as mad fruitcakes, the pair seem to have pulled off a remarkable coup – extracting a change of policy without legislation from the Government, presumably in exchange for leaving the way clear in the commons to push through the changes to the NHS.
If you really believe in choice you might want to consider whether the new bill will give any of us greater or less choice in our lives, or indeed those of our unborn children
UPDATE : Since writing this it would appear that David Cameron has done a U-Turn on the promise to change the regulations on provision of counselling, without legislation. He's now saying that this is NOT on the cards, and that Tory ( & Lib Dem) MP's will be advised to vote against the amendments (although still allowed a free vote) – If they are debated . Quite how much time this will leave for debating the rest of the bill is by no means clear.
Full Details in this Guardian Article : Downing Street forces U-turn on Nadine Dorries abortion proposals . This analysis of the situation is also rather enlightening Abortion advice from Nadine Dorries is classic backstreet politics
This all leaves things in a rather uncertain state – perhaps the only certain thing is the Guardian's assertion that
"The U-turn, stemming from No 10's frustration about the health department's handling of the situation, is another embarrassing blow for the health secretary, Andrew Lansley."


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text: Host Jimmy Kimmel continues his prank war against America's children, this time charging parents with buying their kids an embarrassing outfit for the first day of school and then videotaping their upset reactions for all of us adults to laugh at. The results are pretty funny, though I must say that I look forward to the day that a boy can dress in girls' clothes or a kid can wear a shirt that says "I'm So Gay" to school without it mattering a lick. You know, a lot of those male children were complaining about wearing dresses, but, deep down, I think some of them may have liked it.


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Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler: UK Bounty Hunter Premiere!
Jennifer Aniston clings onto co-star Gerard Butler at the UK film premiere of The Bounty Hunter at London's Vue West End on Thursday (March 11).
Jen, 41, sparkled in a Valentino mini-dress, Alexander McQueen tuxedo jacket, Fred Leighton jewels, strappy Jimmy Choo "Lance" sandals and a Ferragamo clutch. Gerry, 40, wore a Gucci "Signoria" suit.
The Bounty Hunter opens in theaters nationwide next Friday (March 19). Excited??
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20+ pictures inside of Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler premiering the Bounty Hunter in Britain…


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The Greek Anthology ('Gathering of Flowers') is the name given to a collection of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. To the collection (called 'Stephanus', wreath or garland) made and contributed to by Meleager of Gadara (1st century BCE ) was added another by Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1st century CE ), a third by Diogenianus (2nd century), and much later a fourth, called the 'Circle', by Agathias of Myrina. These (lost) and others (also lost) were partly incorporated, arranged according to contents, by Constantinus Cephalas (early 10th century?) into fifteen books now preserved in a single manuscript of the Palatine Library at Heidelberg. The grand collection was rearranged and revised by the monk Maximus Planudes (14th century) who also added epigrams lost from Cephalas's compilation. The fifteen books of the Palatine Anthology are: I, Christian Epigrams; II, Descriptions of Statues; III, Inscriptions in a temple at Cyzicus; IV, Prefaces of Meleager, Philippus, and Agathias; V, Amatory Epigrams; VI, Dedicatory; VII, Sepulchral; VIII, Epigrams of St. Gregory; IX, Declamatory; X, Hortatory and Admonitory; XI, Convivial and Satirical; XII, Strato's 'Musa Puerilis'; XIII, Metrical curiosities; XIV, Problems, Riddles, and Oracles; XV, Miscellanies. Book XVI is the Planudean Appendix: Epigrams on works of art. Outstanding among the poets are Meleager, Antipater of Sidon, Crinagoras, Palladas, Agathias, Paulus Silentiarius. The Loeb Classical Library edition is in five volumes. Volume I contains Books I-VI; Volume II, Books VII-VIII; Volume III, Book IX; Volume IV, Books X-XII; Volume V, Books XIII-XVI.Warmington, E. H. is the author of 'Greek Anthology' with ISBN 9780674990937 and ISBN 0674990935.[read more]
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Princeton Wins On Own Goal In Overtime
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's soccer team flirted with danger for much of Saturday's game with Princeton. It was just old fashioned bad luck, however, that ended up costing the Bulldogs in a 2-1 overtime loss.
The Tigers scored the winning goal late in the first extra period when a Yale defender inadvertently headed Liana Cornacchio's long throw in into her own goal.
"It's unfortunate," said Yale head coach Rudy Meredith, "but Princeton was a little bit better than us today."
The Tigers (4-3-1, 1-0 Ivy) had a 16-6 edge in shots and a 5-2 advantage in corner kicks.
Still, Yale could have escaped with a win. The Bulldogs scored first at 11:18 when Muriel Battaglia headed in a Melissa Gavin corner kick.
Princeton, though, tied it nearly 13 minutes later when Gabriella Guzman fired a hard shot into the top corner from 25 yards out.
Yale (5-4, 0-1 Ivy) was fortunate the game was tied at halftime, as Princeton outshot the Bulldogs 9-1 in the first 45 minutes.
Yale was better in the second half and nearly scored with less than five minutes remaining. Frannie Coxe made a couple of nifty moves to free herself and got off a hard shot that got by Princeton goalkeeper Claire Pinciaro. Defender Kacie Kergides, though, cleared it away just before it got to the goal line.
"We applied more pressure in the second half and it led to some opportunities," Meredith said. "I applaud our effort."
The Bulldogs also did an outstanding defending Princeton's Jen Hoy, who entered the game leading the league with nine goals. Hoy managed four shots but none were too dangerous. Still, the Tigers had the edge in play for most of the game.
"I thought we gave them too much time and space in the midfield," Meredith said.
Freshman Rachel Ames was in goal for all 97 minutes for the Bulldogs and played with confidence in her first Ivy game. She finished with four saves.
This was the sixth straight year that the visiting team won in the series.
The loss snapped Yale's three-game winning streak.
The Bulldogs are off until next Saturday when they play at Harvard.
"I told the team after the game that all we can do now is focus on Harvard and nothing else," Meredith said.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Toy Piano Festival
09/05/2014 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Geisel Library, Seuss Room
A family friendly free show! Come early, or else you'll end up sitting on the floor (the toy piano performers have to sit on the floor, though, so you'll be in good company!) Hope to see you at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 5, 2014 for our Fourteenth Annual Toy Piano Festival!
Serious music for toy piano?
The first composer to write a "serious" piece for toy piano was American composer John Cage. His Suite for Toy Piano, written in 1948, uses nine consecutive white notes of a piano keyboard. This is significant because some toy pianos only have white notes (the black notes are sometimes merely painted on as a reference point so that players will know where "C" and all the other notes are.) Composer George Crumb used toy piano to great effect in his chamber music piece Ancient Voices of Children (1970). The score of this piece even shows a diagram of where to place the toy piano on stage.
Here at the UC San Diego Library, toy pianos are celebrated with great fanfare in the month of September, with special attention on composer John Cage's September 5 birth date. It is then that we host our annual toy piano festival. In preparation for that festival, composers visit the Library and pick a specific toy piano from the collection, and a piece is written specially for that instrument. Some toy pianos only have nine notes, some three octaves—so each piece has its own special charm and special limitations.
The Toy Piano Collection at Geisel Library consists of actual instruments, recordings, extant literature and commissioned scores. In 2001, because of the Toy Piano Collection's activities, the Library of Congress issued a special call number and subject heading for Toy Piano Scores: M 175 T69
UC San Diego has a history with toy pianos that predates the Library's annual toy piano festival. Composer Robert Erickson, a founder of UC San Diego's Music Department wrote a piece for toy pianos and bells that was premiered on California's PBS television stations in 1966.
Featured at the 2014 festival: new works from local composers, a work from John Cage and songs from The Cat in the Hat Songbook.
Performers and composers this year include: Sue Palmer (the Queen of Boogie Woogie!) Ryoko Amadee Goguen, Christian Hertzog, Kenneth Herman, Gail Gipson, Ellen Lawson, James Chute, Samara Rice, Alex Segal and Scott Paulson.


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At the 2011 Crime Mapping Research Conference, NIJ sponsored a contest to encourage effective and innovative use of cartographic techniques and design principles to present spatial data analysis of crime activity, trends, patterns, or phenomena. Following are the winners:
ESRI and the Urban Strategies Council, Oakland, Calif.
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The following description was submitted by the entrant:
East Oakland has faced multiple crises over the past decades. Specifically, issues such as heavy disinvestment from the mid-century, to spiraling crime, consistently high unemployment and failing public school systems are still present. On top of this, long-term stress for the part of the city referred to in the maps are from the predatory lending of the early 2000's; and this has further resulted in massive foreclosures across an area with historically stable home ownership.
In 2009, the Urban Strategies Council and key allies formed the Oakland Community Land Trust in an effort to stabilize these communities. The model used combines very detailed neighborhood-level data on crime, assets, foreclosures and housing conditions to ensure work is data-driven and proactive.
This map illustrates the growing burden of the foreclosure crisis in Oakland over time. It also shows the changes in stability and serious crimes in this neighborhood that make neighborhood stabilization efforts even more difficult. When considering which foreclosed properties to acquire and rehabilitate (for moderate income affordable housing), it is crucial that there be consideration for the neighborhood context of each property. For example, homes on gang occupied corners or on streets known for shootouts, present serious challenges in attracting new home owners. Likewise, an area with high property crime may result in increased construction costs due to building-site thefts.
Timothy Mashford, State Intelligence Division, Victoria Police
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The following description was submitted by the entrant:Victoria Police has made use of GIS technology since the 1990's to map and analyze crime, in support of an 'intelligence-led' approach. With over 300 intelligence analysts making use of desktop mapping applications, Victoria Police relies on GIS to identify problems, locate activity hotspots, and target resources effectively. Victoria Police use GIS to map crime incidences on Melbourne's metropolitan train network — a network of 15 lines, containing 830km of track and 211 train stations. With more than 219 million journeys made each year, crime statistics show that travel on the network is mostly safe. However, like all transport systems around the world, the network does experience crime and anti-social behavior, and it is therefore important that police resources are efficiently targeted to reduce crime and maintain public confidence.
Incidents which occur on a train cannot easily be geocoded to a single point on the map, as they often occur 'in transit'. For example, an act of vandalism may occur while the train is in motion, effectively covering several kilometers of track. To deal with this, a new methodology was developed which calculates the probability that the offence occurred within any of the between-station sections along the railway network. For example, a crime recorded as having occurred over 4 sections would apply a score of 0.25 (or 25% probability) to each of these sections.
These probabilities are then summed for each section, to calculate a total score per section which can be used to thematically shade the sections with the highest count of offences. Utilizing this methodology allows over 95% of the data to be visualized on the map, providing a more complete view of the distribution over the network. Intelligence analysts can then further examine the data using other methods such as temporal analysis, to identify the 'where' and the 'when' for crime reduction patrol targeting.
Crime Analysis Unit City of Riverside Police Department, Calif.
Given scarce policing resources and a move towards working smarter with innovative tools and analytics, the Crime Analysis Unit at City of Riverside is providing information to support targeted policing strategies. One of the methods developed is the use of weighted hotspots derived from previous year crime data to identify "Hot" specific locations and "Hot" address blocks. Specifically, vehicle burglary crime type is used to illustrate the method.
Densities of vehicle burglaries for the 4th Quarter in the years 2008, 2009, and 2010 are generated using the Kernel Density method with a search radius of a quarter (1/4) mile. The Natural Jenks classification method is used to highlight the "areas of highest density as well as revealing subtle patterns" (Mitchell - ESRI Press) for each year. The objective is to highlight the concentration based on the data per year as opposed to using the same classification method for each year.
Using the raster calculator in ArcMap, the hotspot data for the three quarters were assigned weights to derive a "Weighted Average Density." The density for the 4th Quarter 2010 is assigned the highest weight. This is based on the assumption that locations of crime incidence in the most recent quarter play a more significant role in predicting crime for the forecast quarter.
The weighted average density map serves as a good visual for highlighting potential concentrations of vehicle burglaries for 2011. To add a quantitative dimension to the map, the medium to high concentration areas are converted from raster grids to polygons using the reclassify and raster to polygon tools.
Vehicle burglaries within the "hot" areas are then selected using the "hot" polygons and exported to Microsoft Excel for data mining. Summary heat charts are generated in excel showing hours of occurrence in places with high vehicle burglaries. These identified target locations are then overlaid on the hotspot map to make it more meaningful for policing. In addition, the data is summarized by address blocks to widen the scope of the target areas for vehicle burglaries.
Deliverables to Patrol and specialized units are (i) The map showing the weighted density overlaid with the target locations, and (ii) The heat charts for specific places and address blocks. Patrol officers and specialized units are now armed with information to support the targeted policing strategies. In addition, Crime Analysts have access to the data in excel to further analyze and routinely compare it to the current year's crime and advise if patterns remain consistent; if they change; and if new patterns emerge.
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Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States of America. Its waters are part of the states of Maryland and Virginia
Other destinations
This article is about places around the Chesapeake Bay and concentrates on places which can be reached by a short walk from the shores of the bay and its tributaries. It also includes some information on good places to stay "on" the bay (e.g., anchorages). It is probably most useful if your mode of transport is a boat, but many of the places discussed are also reachable by less convenient wheeled conveyances.
Get in
If travelling from far away, the best way to get in is probably BWI Airport. It is close to the major ports of Baltimore and Annapolis. BWI Airport is served by many major airlines and passenger rail service via Amtrak.
Get around
By boat
The best way to access the sights mentioned in this article is to use a boat. Getting access to a boat is sometimes a bit tricky, but here are some suggestions:
Some people prefer boats powered by the wind, others prefer those powered by motors.
By car
If you are using the aforementioned wheeled conveyance to visit these sights, there are a fine collection of roads, but only three crossing points in the 120 mile length of the bay. This makes some itineraries inconvenient.


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Items where Research Group is "Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics" and Year is 2004
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Number of items: 21.
Allwright, D. J. and Kaouri, K. (2004) Circulation in inviscid gas flows with shocks. Applied Mathematics Letters, 17 (7). pp. 767-770.
Breward, C. J. W. and Howell, P. D. (2004) Straining flow of a micellar surfactant solution. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 15 . pp. 511-531.
Cropp, Roger and Norbury, John and Gabric, Albert J. and Braddock, Roger D. (2004) Modeling dimethylsulphide production in the upper ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18 (GB3005).
Howell, P. D. and Siegel, M. (2004) The evolution of a slender non-axisymmetric drop in an extensional flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 521 . pp. 155-180.
Howell, P. D. and Stone, H. A. (2004) On the absence of marginal pinching in thin free films. European Journal of Applied Mathematics . (Submitted)
Howison, S. D. and Ockendon, J. R. and Oliver, J. M. (2004) Oblique slamming, planing and skimming. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 48 (3-4). pp. 321-337. ISSN 0022-0833
Kozyreff, G. and Howell, P. D. (2004) The instability of a viscous sheet floating on an air cushion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics . (Submitted)
Little, M. A. and Heesch, D. (2004) Chaotic root-finding for a small class of polynomials. Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 10 (11). pp. 949-953. ISSN 1023-6198
Moroz, I. M. (2004) The Malkus-Robbins dynamo with a nonlinear motor. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 14 (8). pp. 2885-2892.
Moroz, Irene M. (2004) The extended Malkus-Robbins dynamo as a perturbed Lorenz system. Nonlinear Dynamics . (Submitted)
Ockendon, J. R. and Fitt, A. D. and Kozyreff, G. K. (2004) Inertial levitation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 508 . pp. 165-174.
Orphanidou, C. and Moroz, I. M. and Roberts, S. J. (2004) Wavelet-based voice morphing. WSEAS Journal on Systems, 10 (3). pp. 3297-3302.
Reisinger, Christoph and Wittum, Gabriel (2004) On multigrid for anisotropic equations and variational inequalities: pricing multi-dimensional European and American options. Computing and Visualization in Science, 7 (3-4). pp. 189-197. ISSN 1433-0369
Roose, T. and Fowler, A. C. (2004) A mathematical model for water and nutrient uptake by plant root systems. J. Theor. Biol., 228 (2). pp. 173-184.
Roose, T. and Fowler, A. C. (2004) A model for water uptake by plant roots. J. Theor. Biol., 228 (2). pp. 155-171.
Shaw, William T. (2004) Recovering holomorphic functions from their real or imaginary parts without the Cauchy-Riemann equations. SIAM Review, 46 (4). pp. 717-728.
Siegel, Michael and Caflisch, Russell E. and Howison, Sam (2004) Global existence, singular solutions, and ill-posedness for the Muskat problem. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, LVII . pp. 1-38. (In Press)
Trefethen, L. N. and Chapman, S. J. (2004) Wave packet pseudomodes of twisted Toeplitz matrices. Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 57 (9). pp. 1233-1264. ISSN 0010-3640
White, G. S. and Howell, P. D. and Breward, C. J. W. and Young, R. J. S. (2004) A model for the screen printing of Newtonian fluids. Journal of Engineering Mathematics . (In Press)
Conference or Workshop Item
Little, M. A. and Moroz, I. M. and McSharry, P. E. and Roberts, S. J. (2004) Variational integration for speech signal processing. In: Proceedings of IMA Conference on Mathematics in Signal Processing VI, December 2004, Cirencester, UK.
Kaouri, K. (2004) Secondary Sonic Boom. PhD thesis, University of Oxford.


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|2004-04-05, 23:19
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Age: 36
*Finally got it from a friend in IRC*
There are no technical problems, per se. But the translation quality is obvious to anyone that watches it. You don't have to know Japanese to know when people are talking and there's no english on the bottom of the screen. Also, there were mistranslations splattered across the episode in a very strange way. I mean, they'll word something very well one second and then completely mistranslate something like a minute later. It's like they had multiple translators and one didn't know what he was doing. They skipped the baseball/dating analogy, they mistranslated the talking tits joke to make it not a joke at all and have nothing to do with tits, they erased Shiori's joke entirely if you went with nothing but the subs ("Kore dekita? *points at little finger*" translated as "Hey look at this!"? ... What...?)... so while it doesn't fall into the 'terrible ala classic AnimeJunkies subs' category, it's still none too good in my personal opinion.
|2004-04-06, 01:06
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Join Date: Apr 2004
That was a good one. Downloading the first episode now, and I've been reading the manga for a couple weeks (ever since the previews showed up).
|2004-04-06, 05:45
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also known as K!
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Add in ^_^, and I think Triad mentioned they will be doing this as well.
And a quick plug for Seichi: We have two native speakers helping to translate :D
|2004-04-06, 17:45
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Age: 36
Oh my. There's a comparison I've never heard before, never expected, and don't agree with. Hanamichi's a 'ripoff' of any steriotypical delinquent with a good heart. They've been main characters for over 25 years. Midori's a 'ripoff' of any bubbly happy cute chick except for that whole hand thing. Naruto's a ripoff of countless braindead heroes capable of doing anything if they set their mind to it. There are no original characters anymore, just original stories.
|2004-04-06, 18:25
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: 加拿大
Age: 32
You know who Seiji reminds me of? A combination of Genzo in Tenshi na Konamaiki, and Tomonori Iwaki of Rizelmine. Seiji's got the fighting power of Genzo, and the attitute toward the girl of Tomonori. But snoopy said what I wanted to say...
Getting A-E subs right now...
|2004-04-06, 20:19
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Uber Coffee for da win!
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Middle of insanity
I liked the episode overall, but based on what I remember of the manga, they seem to be rushing this series a bit. I mean seriously, they hit some points in the anime that just blew my mind. Not about how they were done, because they were kept fairly true to the manga, at least from what I saw. What got me was how fast they seemed to blow through manga chapters in just this first episode. If this anime is supposed to go the full length of the anime, then heaven help us because it's gonna overtake the manga real darned quick as it is now.
|2004-04-06, 21:22
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Since I've heard some concern about "bathroom humor", I'll say this. I've read a few volumes, and I've only caught two bad parts: one, the realization that Midori must eliminate straight through Seiji(that is, the same blood vessels flow through both, so his waste disposal mechanisms take care of both) The only other thing is that right-handed Seiji has a little trouble handling his zipper with his left hand, and Midori is just a little over-eager to help her beloved out of ANY jam. Otherwise, it's not too bad.
As for plot, I have high hopes. There have been many hints and clues in what I've read of the manga, so I'm looking forward to seeing it. Keep up the seeds!
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|2004-04-06, 23:27
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Join Date: Dec 2003
I thought the 1st episode was really funny! And yes, I agree that Seiji's quite the gentleman and I can't wait to see how this anime series is going to turn out. Very high expectations after reading the manga translated by snoopy. <thanks! =)>
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U.S. Sees Worst Job Growth in 10 Months, and More
Disappointment on the jobs front as US employers add just 88,000 new jobs in March; South Korea prepares to evacuate an industrial park in North Korea; Obama's budget proposal has limits on Social Security. Kelsey Hubbard reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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hse ... USA is the worst job growth in ten months ... this is what's news at this hour I'm WS J live I'm Kelsey Havre disappointing on the jobs front as U S employers added only eighteen thousand new jobs in March that's far below economists' expectations of up to two hundred thousand jobs added ... is the weakest gain since June of twenty twelve and more people dropped out of the labor force altogether writing new evidence that the pace of hiring has slowed ... him play rate knocks down a seven point six percent ... largely due to workers leaving the workforce ... South Korea preparing to head back to lead an industrial park in North Korea if necessary but doesn't see a need to do so yet ... the trade zone known as the Chi song industrial complex is considered the last remaining major symbol of cooperation between North and south ... but since Wednesday North Korea has blocked South Korean managers and delivery staff from traveling to the zone ... increasing already heightened tensions in the area ... North Korea hasn't prevented anyone from leaving aside the managers of the complex say without additional supplies from the south ... operations in the zone can only continue a few more days President Obama is a new budget proposal will include limits on the growth of Social Security benefits ... the proposal due out next week will include a number of tax and spending changes including higher tobacco taxes to help pay for early childhood education ... and new limits on tax deferred retirement accounts for the wealthy among other things ... the budget changes would amount to about one point eight trillion in deficit reduction over ten years ... these changes would replace the so-called sequester or across the board spending cuts that began on March first ... bookie keep us anomaly this is developments the rapid day on what's news I'm WS J live ...