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July 31, 2007
President Lawrence S. Bacow
Ballou Hall
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Sent by U.S. Mail and Facsimile (617-627-3300)
Dear President Bacow:
FIRE is disappointed to write to you once again to express our continuing concern about Tufts University's punishment of the student journal The Primary Source (TPS). We note with dismay that, despite receipt of FIRE's April 24 letter and numerous public admonitions, Tufts has yet to reverse its ruling that TPS' December 2006 and April 2007 issues constituted harassment and created a hostile environment for Tufts students.
As we stated in our previous letter, neither TPS' December Christmas carol nor its April parody of "Islamic Awareness Week" constitute "hostile environment harassment," as both articles were political satire and students were under no obligation to read either article. Further, the latter article contained what the authors described as examples of "astonishingly intolerant and inhuman behavior," which were actually verifiable facts about the Muslim world. Not only would the publication of such facts unquestionably be protected outside the Tufts community, but Tufts' own stated commitments should make them welcome even on the Tufts campus. Tufts' actions therefore undermine basic freedom of expression, the centrality of satire to the democratic process, and the explicit promises that Tufts has made to its students.
On May 10, 2007, Tufts' Committee on Student Life (CSL) issued its ruling on the April 30 hearing regarding two complaints filed against TPS during the 2006-2007 school year. The first complaint, filed by student David Dennis, claimed that TPS' 2006 Christmas carol, "Oh Come All Ye Black Folk," which mocked affirmative action at Tufts, constituted harassment and created a hostile environment on campus. Similarly, the second complaint, filed by members of the Muslim Student Association (MSA), charged TPS with harassment and creating a hostile environment for printing an article on April 11 titled "Islam—Arabic Translation: Submission," which relied on quotes from the Koran and factual assertions such as: "Author Salman Rushdie needed to go into hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni declared a fatwa calling for his death for writing The Satanic Verses," and "The seven nations in the world that punish homosexuality with death all have fundamentalist Muslim governments." CSL ruled on May 10 that TPS "violated the university's harassment policy in both cases."
As we said in our April 24 letter, printing a parody, no matter how objectionable to some, is in no way tantamount to "harassment." The Supreme Court has held that "in the context of student-on-student harassment," the behavior in question may legally constitute hostile environment harassment "only where the behavior is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it denies its victims…equal access to education." Davis v. Monroe County Bd. of Educ., 526 U.S. 629, 652 (1999). Similarly, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights declared unequivocally in a 2003 open letter to college administrators that hostile environment harassment requires unwelcome behavior "sufficiently serious (i.e., severe, persistent and pervasive) as to limit or deny a student's ability to participate in or benefit from an educational program." Clearly, the parody here in question could not possibly be construed as an example of "hostile environment harassment." Offended students, after all, could have easily avoided exposure to the articles in question and were at all times free to disagree with the sentiments expressed. Tufts' decision that TPS' political expression constitutes "harassment" is therefore a clear and brazen distortion of a defined legal term.
FIRE also argued that TPS' expression constituted core political speech; that is, through both articles in question, TPS expressed its view on controversial political issues. Yet the CSL ignored the expressive elements in TPS' articles, attributing to the paper's staffers only malicious intent. The CLS decision concluded with an explanation that:
We find that the above-mentioned carol and commentary, rather than promoting political or social discourse, as claimed by the members of The Primary Source, instead were designed to harass and intimidate members of the Tufts community because of their race (black) and religion (Islam). (Emphasis added)
To conclude that TPS' December and April articles had no ideological, satirical, or political value, and that their only possible intention was to "harass and intimidate," willfully ignores that these articles addressed affirmative action and radical Islam, two of the most pervasive political issues of our day. TPS' articles are no less core political speech than a pro-affirmative action statement or Islamic Awareness week itself.
You demonstrated that you understood that TPS' expression did not constitute harassment in your comments in the "Viewpoints" section of the Tufts Daily on April 24, where you wrote in response to the April article on Islamic Awareness Week, "what should be our community response? As was the case with the Source's offensive parody 'O Come All Ye Black Folk,' some have called for censure or more. I disagree. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and that includes most offensive speech." Furthermore, the "Message from the Dean of Student Affairs" counsels students that, rather than being shocked by "controversial dialogue" at Tufts, they "should cherish the opportunity to be learning in a place where controversial expression is embraced." [Emphases added.]
Unfortunately, less than three weeks after you publicly claimed to respect students' rights to engage in "offensive speech," the CSL acted unanimously to subvert your promise and Tufts' contractual promises of free speech to all of its students. Indeed, the CSL went even further by imposing unjust punishments upon TPS. First, the CSL recommended "that student governance consider the behavior of student groups in future decisions concerning recognition and funding." A January 18 article in the Tufts Daily, entitled "Community initiatives underway in response to Primary Source carol," documented the fact that "many members of the community called upon the Senate to reconsider the amount of funding that The Primary Source receives." With students already eager to cut funding for TPS, the CLS recommendation reads like a virtual promise that the Tufts Community Union Senate will cut TPS' funding because of its controversial speech.
The CSL's second punishment is also disconcerting, as it prohibits TPS' use of unsigned articles or editorials. The panel ruled that "[f]rom now on, all material published in The Primary Source (whether characterized as satirical or otherwise) must be attributed to named author(s) or contributor(s)." This punishment runs afoul of both standard journalistic practice and the First Amendment protection of anonymous speech. As the ACLU of Massachusetts highlighted in a letter to you on May 30, the Supreme Court has ruled that "[t]he decision in favor of anonymity may be motivated by fear of economic or official retaliation, by concern about social ostracism, or merely by a desire to preserve as much of one's privacy as possible…Accordingly, an author's decision to remain anonymous…is an aspect of freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment." McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 514 U.S. 334, 341-342 (1995). Given Tufts' finding that students' expression of controversial political opinions constitutes harassment, TPS writers now have more reason than ever to publish articles anonymously. If TPS had printed the names of individual students responsible for the articles in question, those students would likely face individual disciplinary action. The threat of being found guilty of harassment for merely publishing satire will certainly chill speech at The Primary Source. While this may please some students and administrators, such action is fundamentally at odds with your and Tufts' stated values.
Finally, we bring your attention to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's comments in his commencement address at Tufts. Referring to Tufts' case against TPS, Bloomberg said:
Instead of suppressing the publication (which might very well have happened on other campuses) and despite the emotion of the moment, I think the students and the faculty and all of Tufts University deserve an enormous amount of respect because you respected the rights of others to express themselves. You discussed the piece…you debated it…you picked it apart. It was a classic example of free speech versus free speech.
Obviously, Mayor Bloomberg was misinformed (possibly deliberately so) of the finding against TPS. Having been erroneously lauded for handling the situation fairly before students, faculty, parents, alumni, and a national audience, it is high time for Tufts to reverse its findings against TPS, finally proving Tufts worthy of the praise Mayor Bloomberg so mistakenly offered.
FIRE has been joined by the ACLU of Massachusetts, outraged alumni, concerned citizens, and journalists from across the country in calling for Tufts to reverse the ruling against TPS. Tufts' actions to betray freedom of expression on campus have elicited negative attention from such media outlets as the Huffington Post, The Phoenix, The Boston Herald, The New York Sun, and the New York Post (articles enclosed). Additionally, Tufts is one of only three schools that FIRE has put on "Red Alert," an ignominious distinction reserved for those institutions that have shown particularly severe and ongoing disregard for their contractual or constitutional commitments to uphold students' fundamental rights. The "Red Alert" distinction serves to warn current and prospective students and parents that students are not free to speak their minds at Tufts, meaning that students are in danger of being censored and sanctioned merely for expressing unpopular opinions on campus.
It is time for Tufts to reestablish its commitment to fostering an open environment of free expression, where students are encouraged to speak their minds without fear of administrative sanction. When the 2007-2008 school year commences, Tufts must grant The Primary Source and all publications on campus the basic freedom of the press that students at Tufts have come to expect. We ask that you reverse the "harassment" findings, instruct the Tufts Community Union Senate to fund all publications equally, and once again permit the printing of unsigned editorials. True freedom of the press at Tufts requires no less.
We request a response to this letter no later than August 21, 2007.
Greg Lukianoff
Hon. Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City
Patricia E. Harris, First Deputy Mayor
Stu Loeser, Press Secretary, Office of the Mayor
Carol A. Robles-Roman, Deputy Mayor for Legal Affairs and Counsel to the Mayor
Kevin Sheekey, Deputy Mayor for Government Affairs
Shea Fink, Senior Advisor to the Mayor
Dennis M. Walcott, Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development
James Anderson, Communications Director, Office of the Mayor
Edward Skyler, Deputy Mayor for Administration
Jamshed Bharucha, Provost, Tufts University
Margaret E. Newell, Vice Provost, Tufts University
Suna Grassi, Assistant Provost, Tufts University
Bruce Reitman, Dean of Students, Tufts University
Marisel C. Perez, Associate Dean of Students, Tufts University
Veronica Carter, Judicial Affairs Officer, Tufts University
Shiva Bhashyam, Vice Chair of Tufts Community Union Judiciary, Tufts University
Jodie Nealley, Director of the Office of Student Activities, Tufts University
Dickens Mathieu, General Counsel, Tufts University
Lisa Coleman, Executive Director of Institutional Diversity, Tufts University
Tom Alperin, Tufts University Board of Trustees
A. Dana Callow, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Kathryn C. Chenault, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Peter R. Dolan, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Steven B. Epstein, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Fares I. Fares, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Joanne Gowa, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Martin J. Granoff, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Annetta Grisard-Schrafl, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Sharon M. Halverson, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Bernard Harleston, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Irwin Heller, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Hirsh C. Jane, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Deborah Jospin, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Jeff Kindler, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Abby Kohnstramm, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Daniel Kraft, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Ellen J. Kullman, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Daniel Liveris, Tufts University Board of Trustees
David McGrath, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Ioannis Miaoulis, Tufts University Board of Trustees
Joseph Neubauer, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees


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Virginians Reminded to be Mindful of Recreational Water Hazards
(Richmond, Va.) In the aftermath of severe weather, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reminds people to take precautions when enjoying recreational water activities. During a heavy rainfall, animal waste and inadequately treated wastewater from sewage treatment plants that become overloaded by an excess of rainwater can end up in rivers, lakes and streams, posing risks to human health.
"Heavy rains like the ones we have recently seen in Virginia can increase the risk of contamination in natural waters," said State Epidemiologist David Trump, MD, MPH. "So it is especially important for people to take steps to stay safe when enjoying recreational water activities at this time."
The most common waterborne illnesses are gastrointestinal and may cause vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain or fever. These illnesses result from swallowing water contaminated by disease-causing microbiological organisms. Contact with contaminated water can also cause upper respiratory (ear, nose and throat) and wound infections.
VDH offers the following safety tips for people planning to swim, kayak, canoe, or go rafting in Virginia's natural waters after heavy rains:
- Avoid getting water in your mouth. Never swallow water from an untreated water source.
- Don't swim if you have an open wound. Bacteria, viruses and other organisms can infect open wounds and cause more serious illness.
- Remember to shower with soap and water after swimming.
- Do not swim when you are ill.
- Avoid swimming if dead fish are present. To report a fish kill, contact the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) at (804) 698-4000.
For more information regarding recreational water safety tips visit www.vdh.virginia.gov.

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Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Friday and Saturday in Missoula [AUDIO]
Law enforcement personnel will be joining together Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4 to carry the Flame of Hope through Missoula County on its way to the Special Olympics State Games in Billings on May 15.
Missoula County Sheriff's department spokesman Jason Johnson said Wednesday he had been involved with the torch run for many years.
"On Friday morning, we'll be starting up on the county line near Condon and bring the torch into Missoula," Johnson said. "Then, officers from Ravalli County will be meeting us at Murdock's on Reserve Street at 5 p.m."
Johnson said the Missoula Police Department is also participating the the Torch Run.
Then, on Saturday, the police department will begin their leg of the run, and they'll take it from Missoula out to Drummond," Johnson continued. "They'll pass the torch on to other law enforcement personnel, who will take it all the way to Billings for the start of the Special Olympics State Games on May 15."
Johnson said he and his fellow law enforcement personnel will be tough to miss out on the highway.
"We'll have a big Class A motor home that's been provided to us by Bretz RV, so we certainly appreciate their partnership," Johnson said. "Mountain West Cenex is providing the fuel for the motor home, as well, so lots of folks are stepping up to help out Special Olympics."
Donations to the Special Olympics will be accepted at the Missoula Pollice Department and the Missoula County Sheriff's Department, or online at the Montana Special Olympics website.
Sheriff's Spokesman Jason Johnson


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What's the Best Way to Teach Children How to Spell, Write and Read?
There are many programs and methods for teaching children how to spell, write and read. But when The Spalding Method was compared with two of the most popular mainstream reading programs, the Arizona State University study showed Spalding students' achievement test scores were significantly higher.
The four-year findings strongly suggest that use of "The Writing Road to Reading" (the textbook used in The Spalding Method) is an effective method for enhancing performance on critical early literacy skills.
The study started in the 2006-2007 school year and concluded with the 2009-2010 school year. It included 11 Arizona schools where an average of 1,000 general education kindergarten through third-grade students participated in each of the four years. Five experimental schools used "The Writing Road to Reading" (also referred to as The Spalding Method) and six control schools used one of two mainstream reading programs, published by Harcourt School Publishers or Houghton Mifflin. All students were tested three times annually on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS).
The report states, "In each administration, Spalding students had consistently higher mean values on all DIBELS areas, which provides evidence that Spalding has been more effective than the methods used in the control schools to teach those reading skills."
According to the researchers, since both the control and experimental groups used detailed teacher guides evaluated by the Arizona Department of Education for research-based reading components, theoretically, they should have produced similar results. That was not the case as Spalding students' results differed dramatically. For example, in the final test for second graders the mean oral reading fluency score for those using The Spalding Method was 109.96, compared to 87.48 for those using one of the two mainstream reading programs at a control school.


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In your youth was Sesame Street. If you were lucky when you got older there was Bill Nye. Now it would seem you're too old for education set to music. But if that's what you think, you're wrong. Check out these tunes:
Thanks to ProfDodd for the tip – They Might Be Giants sings all things science on their album (that's a CD for you young'ns) rightfully titled Here Comes Science. Listen to track previews on Amazon.
The folks over at The Biomimicry Institute have produced an excellent piece of work which you can also preview on Amazon.
Rapping is taken to a new level by a couple of guys from Stanford. This video is timely for what we've been talking about–ATP, energy, glycolysis–but check out his YouTube page for lots of great videos.
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The Washington Post's Ezra Klein takes issue with my argument — detailed in The Zombie Rises: The Return of Simpson Bowles — that the American elite consensus on austerity will take us down the same path that Europe is heading towards recession. But he misses the point.
Ezra argues that people living in parts of America like Nevada suffer a higher unemployment than "most of Europe." And others living in Virginia are "better off than most of Europe." Sure, and those who live in the Nordic countries of Europe are far better off than those living in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal (that are suffering though brutal austerity programs). Which incidentally was my point. Austerity inflicted on weak economies adds to the misery.
Then he argues that America is in a much stronger position than Europe because investors assume America is going to survive, while growing numbers are starting to question whether the euro zone is sustainable. "The euro zone doesn't have a debt problem. It has a continued survival problem. America's got a debt problem."
But that's an argument with conservatives who keep railing about America's deficits will make us the next Greece. Neither Ezra nor I believe that.
I was making a different argument. America has a jobs problem. Austerity will make it worse, and might make the debt problem worse too. And proof of that is in England where austerity inflicted on an economy just beginning a halting recovery drove it back into recession. And the proof is in the euro zone where the austerity that Germany has inflicted on the countries in trouble has producing rising unemployment, increasing misery and chaos, while making reduction of deficits more difficult, and doing nothing to lift the confidence of investors.
We can learn from Europe. One of them is the lesson Ezra teaches: that conservative hystrionics are wrong: our deficits won't turn us into Greece in the bond market because no investor thinks we will default – notwithstanding the loopiness of congressional Republicans – and no one thinks we might break apart. And one of them is the lesson I suggest: that austerity inflicted on weak economies like this one will add to misery, not cure it.


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Statement by Peter Spencer,
Assistant Regional Commissioner , San Francisco
before the a Senate Select Committee
December 12, 1995
Madam Chair and Members of the Committee:
I am pleased to be here to discuss SSA's role in employment authorization verification. The Clinton Administration believes that worksite enforcement of immigration laws is a necessary and effective means of controlling illegal immigration, and is firmly committed to establishing an effective, non discriminatory means of verifying the employment authorization of all new employees. In fact, the Administration has already taken a number of steps to address this issue, and I will review them today.
SSA's Role in SSN Verification
Let me begin my discussion today by briefly reviewing how SSA now verifies Social Security numbers (SSNs) and then discuss our plans for piloting new procedures to help prevent unauthorized work.
SSA has always had the capability to verify SSNs, which is an important function in ensuring accurate wage reporting and, ultimately, accurate benefit payments. Employers may immediately verify SSNs for payroll purposes by calling our 800-number or local office. Relatively few employers call, however, because they tend not to question the name and SSN provided by an employee. And although this option is available to employers, neither the 800-number nor local offices are equipped to handle large numbers of SSN verification requests.
With the expansion of the SSN's use over the years, especially as a result of widespread dependence on computers, SSA began to experience more and more requests for SSN verification for purposes other than the Social Security program. Many of these requests were from government agencies for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy of other Federal and State benefit programs, and automated data exchange systems were developed to comply with these requests.
One of the systems that was developed to verify SSNs for States is available to employers to verify SSNs. The Enumeration Verification System (EVS), which was designed to carry out SSA's role with respect to the Federal State Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS), verifies SSNs based on data such as name and date of birth. Under Federal law, since the mid-1980's, each State has been required to have an IEVS to match financial information.
One of the pilot projects is a two-step process using SSA and INS databases. Current plans call for 25-50 selected volunteer employers in California, Florida, Texas, New York, and Illinois to request verification of employment eligibility by submitting to SSA, by touchtone phone, a newly-hired employee's SSN, name, and date of birth. SSA will match that information against its database and will also check for citizenship/alien status coding. If SSA records indicate that the employee was not a citizen at the time he or she applied for an SSN card, SSA will advise the employer to verify with INS, using the employee's alien identification number, that the employee is authorized to work. We expect to begin the pilot on a s mall scale by Spring 1996 and to expand it to 1,000 employers by early 1997.
In conclusion, Madam Chair, we fully understand and share this committee's concerns about improving the integrity of the employment eligibility verification system. SSA will continue to assist employers in verifying employment eligibility.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Erin Ortega's goal in the 78th minute broke a scoreless tie as UC Santa Barbara blanked the University of Nevada at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium on Sunday afternoon, 1-0.
The Gauchos (4-5-1) dominated the Wolf Pack (1-8-0) but until Ortega's tally they had nothing to show for it. Overall, UCSB had 28 shots, 10 of which were on goal, while Nevada had just one.
Ortega's second goal of the season came after freshman Kelly McGrath's header off of an Erica Shelton corner kick was blocked by Wolf Pack goalkeeper Jenna Riddle. Ortega collected the ball and pushed a shot into the left side of the goal.
After outshooting Nevada 11-0 in the first half, UCSB was even more dominant in the second half with a margin of 17-1. In fact, the Wolf Pack didn't record their first shot until the waning seconds and even then it was a long non-threatening attempt that sophomore goalkeeper Makenna Henry caught for a save.
While it was Ortega who scored the Gauchos goal, it was junior Katy Roby who had her way with the opponent's defense on Sunday. Roby had nine of her team's 28 shots, five on goal. Ortega had five shots while Shelton and Indiana Mead had four apiece.
The Gauchos return to action on Wednesday, Sept. 21 when they play at San Diego State in a game that will kick-off at 4:00 p.m. After another road game at Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday, Sept. 25, UCSB will return home to open Big West play on Friday, Sept. 30 against Long Beach State.
Tickets to all Gaucho home games are available by visiting the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB or online by clicking here.


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MORRISON – After a heated discussion by residents, Mayor Roger Drey broke the City Council's tie Monday by voting to allow three building owners to opt out of the city's controversial historic preservation district.
Steve Deckro, Judy Zuidema and the Masonic Lodge own 101, 112 and 227-228 E. Main St. The council was split 4-4 on allowing them to opt out of the downtown district, a move the Historic Preservation Commission did not approve of.
Councilwoman Marti Wood sided with the property owners, in part because she said the preservation district ordinance was not set up properly. Many notices about the ordinance were sent to water bill recipients, some of whom did not own the property where they receive their bills, she said.
"A petition was never procured, property owners were never identified," Wood said. "The property owners we are discussing are already taking care of their properties without additional money. We should commend them, not condemn them."
Stephanie Deckro, owner of Stephanie Deckro Interiors at 101 1/2 E. Main St., said if council members did not allow people to opt out, they would be infringing on individual rights.
"Be very cautious in taking away the rights or people who pay taxes, who maintain the buildings," she said.
The district includes the downtown, areas along the Lincoln Highway and the Hill residential neighborhood.
Opponents of the historic district say the city failed to involve the community in its development. They also contend the rules on what can be done to the buildings are overly restrictive.
Bob Vaughn, who owns four downtown buildings and is on the Historic Preservation Commission, said the council also must consider the rights of business owners who want to be in the historic district.
One reason he bought his buildings is because they are in the district, Connelly said. "Individual rights, it cuts both ways," he said.
Downtown areas are disappearing, and "it's important for us to know there's a more cohesive business climate downtown," Vaughn said.
Also Monday, the council voted 8-0 to refer the designation of a property at 117 W. Wall Street back to the commission for further consideration. The property was approved as a historic landmark in 2006 under a different owner who applied for the designation, but the current owner has expressed concern with the designation.
Members also voted 8-0 to designate five properties historic landmarks: 708 W. Lincolnway, 13909 Lincolnway, 402 W. Lincolnway, Grove Hill Cemetery and Veterans Park and Memorial.
The current owners all have reaffirmed that they want the designation, City Administrator Jim Wise said.
How they voted
For the opt out: Michael Blean, Sarah Thorndike, Leo Sullivan, Marti Wood, Mayor Roger Drey.
Against the opt out: Guy Hayenga, Pat Zuidema, Dave Rose and Scott Connelly.


text: At the beginning of the month, the NaBloPoMo prompt was "Are you a fan of a sports team? When did you become a fan?" As a San Francisco resident, I am a fan of the SF Giants. I became a fan when I went to my first game. I had gone to baseball games before, but I think they were all minor league games. I think this was my first major league team that I watched live. It was the best baseball game I went to, which is probably not saying much. In Connecticut, people are mostly fans (or even fanatics) of The New York Yankees or The Boston Red Sox. I watched people in my school fight (nothing violent) about "their" baseball team. I like that when you walk down the street (especially on game days) you can see a number of people wearing some sort of Giants gear-a hat, a jersey, etc. Some fans go all out and wear as much stuff as they can. Some people just wear a lot of black and orange. I feel like there is, for a moment, one big happy, Giants-loving family walking down the street when I see a bunch of people in this garb coming or going to a game. Even though they don't know each other, they are happy to be walking together, talking about the players and the history of the team. I like that it is just a baseball team that can bring these people together. I think this is something you would only see in San Francisco. People banning together and loving one thing. While there are people from all over, even transplants like myself even get in on that action. I think even if I move away from SF, I will be a Giants fan because of all the loyalty. This is such a great city.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (Sept. 26, 2011) -- Matthew Sanders, professor of clinical psychology and director of the Parenting and Family Support Centre at the University of Queensland, will be the 2011 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science.
The lecture, "Making a Public Health Approach to Parenting Support Really Work," will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, in The Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus. The lecture is sponsored by the Penn State Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, through the Bennett Endowment to the center.
Sanders is an experienced clinical researcher in the prevention and treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems. He has received many competitive grant awards and has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals on the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of behavioral and emotional disturbance in children and adolescents. He is the founder of the Triple P -- Positive Parenting Program. Triple P was the first evidence-based public health model of parenting intervention to be experimentally tested and has now been disseminated to 22 countries worldwide and translated into 16 languages, with 58,000 practitioners having delivered the intervention to over 7 million children.
Sanders received a Distinguished Career Award from the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology and the Australian Psychological Society. His Triple P has twice won the National Violence Prevention Award from the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Australia. He received an International Collaborative Prevention Research Award from the Society for Prevention Research in 2004.
Sanders has served as a consultant for government departments interested in the adoption of evidence-based parenting and family support strategies and has been a member of the National Illicit Drugs Strategy Community Expert Panel, chairperson of the Evaluation Policy Subcommittee for the board of the National Suicide Prevention Council, and member of the Ministerial Task Force on Work and Family. He acts as a media spokesperson for the Australian Psychological Society on Child and Family Issues.
Recent Bennett lecturers have included Mary Ann Pentz, professor of preventive medicine and director of the Center for Prevention Policy Research at the University of Southern California; Thomas Dishion, professor of psychology and director of the Child and Family Center at the University of Oregon; Roger Weissberg, distinguished professor of psychology and education and president of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago; G. Alan Marlatt, professor of psychology and director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington; and Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Bat-Yaacov Professor of Child Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, director of the UCLA Global Center for Children and Families, and director of the UCLA Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS).
For additional information, contact Mark Greenberg (814-863-0112) or Lee Carpenter (814-865-5204) or email email@example.com.


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Sofia Vergara has topped Forbes' list of highest-paid prime-time TV actresses for the second year in a row.
The Emmy-nominated "Modern Family" star's ranking comes embedded in the financial magazine's Celebrity 100 list, which sees TV queen Oprah Winfrey in the No. 1 spot overall. Vergara ranks No. 54 on that list, with the likes of female performers Madonna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Ellen DeGeneres and Jennifer Lawrence ahead of her.
Vergara, 41, raked in $30 million thanks to a major boost in her salary and endorsement deals with Diet Pepsi, CoverGirl, Rooms to Go, Comcast, State Farm Insurance and thyroid medicine Synthroid, according to the mag. Those deals are said to make her one of the "most in-demand spokespeople" because she has that whole crossover appeal thing going on. The actress' K-Mart clothing line is thriving, and she sits as executive producer of ABC's new drama "Killer Women." She's also one-half of management company Latin World Entertainment.
To compare, the Colombian native earned a cool $19 million when she topped the 2012 list. Her success may seem like a surprise, since she burst on the scene with American audiences in ABC's critical and massive hit "Modern Family," but the actress has been working for nearly two decades in other markets.
The magazine looked at the earnings from June 2012 through June 2013, counting cash only from projects completed and contracts made good on during that time, it said. That means upfront pay, residuals, endorsements and advertising work.
Behind Vergara -- with a big pay gap -- are "The Big Bang Theory's" Kaley Cuoco and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's" Mariska Hargitay, who each earned $11 million last year.
Here's the list of top earning women in prime-time television. For more on how they earned their wages, click here:
1. "Modern Family's" Sofia Vergara, $30 million
2. "The Big Bang Theory's" Kaley Cuoco; "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's" Mariska Hargitay, $11 million
4. "30 Rock's" Tina Fey; Bravo personality and talk show host Bethenny Frankel; Reality stars Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian; "Mike & Molly's" Melissa McCarthy, "Grey's Anatomy's" Ellen Pompeo, $10 million each
11. "How I Met Your Mother's" Cobie Smulders, $9 million
12. "How I Met Your Mother's" Alyson Hannigan, $8 million
13. "Parks & Recreation's" Amy Poehler; "The Good Wife's" Julianna Margulies, $7 million
15. "Girls'" Lena Dunham; "New Girl's" Zooey Deschanel; "CougarTown's" Courteney Cox, $6 million
18. "Whitney's" Whitney Cummings, $5 million (Thanks to "2 Broke Girls")
19. "The Mindy Project's" Mindy Kaling, $4 million
20. "Scandal's" Kerry Washington, $3 million
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I'll be the first to admit that playoff fantasy football doesn't
appeal to me quite as much as the usual 16-week animal, but that
doesn't mean I don't still enjoy it. And coming off my most profitable
fantasy season yet, I'm looking to make a great season even better.
For better or for worse, I want to share my experience with you
(no matter which category mentioned in the first paragraph you
may fall under) in hopes that some of you can end this season
on a definite high note.
For the first time in my "fantasy career", I'll be
taking part in multiple playoff leagues this year. I will compete
in one free league with CBS Sportsline and two money leagues with
Fuzzy's Fantasy Football. My goal over the next four weeks will
be to help each of you through your decision-making process as
you attempt to boost your bottom line.
Offensive Statistics
All TDs = 6 points
Passing Yards - 1 point for every 25 yards
Rushing/Receiving Yards - 1 point for every 10 yards
Two-point conversion = 2 points
Interception - 2 points
Fumble Lost - 2 points
Field Goals 0-49 yards = 3 points; 50+ yards = 5 points
Extra Point = 1 point
Defensive/Special Teams Statistics
Touchdown = 6 points;
Safety = 2 points
Interception = 2 point
Fumble Recovery = 2 points
Sack = 1 point
Points Allowed
0-6 = 8 points
7-13 = 6 points
14-20 = 4 points
21-27 = 2 points
28+ = 0 points
Yards Allowed
0-49 = 12 points
50-99 = 10 points
100-149 = 8 points
150-199 = 6 points
200-249 = 4 points
250-299 = 2 points
300+ = 0 points
The Rules
Choose a starting lineup of eight NFL players. You will have
300 units (or salary cap dollars) to "spend" assembling
your team. You will be able to change your lineup, without penalty,
until the lineup setting deadline for the Wild Card Playoff Round.
Once your lineup locks for the Wild Card Playoff Round, you will
have eight lineup moves to make for the remainder of the postseason.
You may use as many of the moves allotted in any round as you
would like, however, you will not be able to exceed the eight
moves allotted for the remainder of the postseason. In case
there was any doubt, the number listed by each player is their
"cap number".
What this means for you: Pick
as many winners (team, not individual) as you can for your lineup
this week. For the most part, it's not good strategy to use any
more than three players from any one team simply because an upset
or two can severely hamper your ability to make roster moves later.
Of course, you are also trying to score the most points each week,
so there is a delicate balance between the present and the future.
Generally speaking, if you can get at least four players on your
Wild Card week roster that you would be willing to keep on your
roster all the way through to the Super Bowl, you'll probably
be in good shape. Ideally, I'll need about three roster moves
next week, two for the AFC and NFC Championship Games and the
last three for the Super Bowl. But at least for this week, the
goal is to get the highest-scoring lineup out there that the cap
will allow and contemplate the future when this week's games are
Position Requirements: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K,
1 Defense/Special Teams
Wild Card Weekend Results - 136
Drew Brees, vs ARI 86
Peyton Manning, vs BAL 82
Philip Rivers, vs NYJ 75
Brett Favre, vs DAL 74
Tony Romo, @ MIN 72
Kurt Warner, @ NO 63
Joe Flacco, @ IND 58
Mark Sanchez, @BAL 36
First Cuts: Brees, Manning, Rivers, Favre, Romo, Flacco, Sanchez
The Final Choices: N/A
Warner: Ride the hot hand.
The Call: Warner. In the first of several responses that may
sound like a broken record, roster moves are limited and this
is no time to be making moves just to make moves. Then again,
why would I opt for another QB when the one I chose last week
threw for over 300 yards and five TDs (and is the cheapest option
of the legit starters)? Furthermore, he'll get to play under a
roof once again against a Saints defense that has slid considerably
over the second half of the season. The key to getting to any
QB - young or old - is getting quick pressure, preferably up the
middle. With DT Sedrick Ellis probably still operating at less
than 100% and DE Charles Grant out for the rest of the season,
that pressure isn't likely to happen without blitzing. While the
Saints don't mind doing that, CB Jabari Greer will likely still
be rusty from his long injury layoff. The point to be made here
is that Warner & Co. should be poised for another strong offensive
game, although the running game is sure to be more prevalent against
a New Orleans' defense that struggled to stop the run down the
stretch. This won't be a repeat of the historic Wild Card Week
shootout, but a 38-24 or 38-31 game wouldn't come as a total shock.
No matter what, Warner is going to post a line comparable with
any of the other QBs he is listed with above.
Running Backs
Adrian Peterson,
vs DAL 63
Ray Rice, @IND 56
Thomas Jones, @SD 50
Joseph Addai, vs BAL 47
Pierre Thomas, vs ARI 37
Marion Barber, @ MIN 34
LaDainian Tomlinson, vs NYJ 36
Wells, @NO 33
Darren Sproles, vs NYJ 29
Tim Hightower, @NO 28
Reggie Bush, vs ARI 27
Willis McGahee, RB BAL @NE 26
Chester Taylor, vs DAL 19
Felix Jones, @MIN 19
Tashard Choice, @MIN 16
Donald Brown, vs BAL 15
Shonn Greene, @SD 13
First Cuts: Peterson, Barber, Tomlinson, Sproles, Hightower,
Bush, McGahee, Taylor, Choice, Brown
The Final Choices: (RB1) Rice, T. Jones, Addai, Thomas (RB2) Wells,
F. Jones, Greene
The RB2 Call: Felix Jones.
This may seem like a classic case of chasing last week's numbers,
but Dallas has made getting Felix more touches a priority for
the last few weeks. Including the Cowboys' upset win at New Orleans
in Week 15, Jones has touched the ball between 14-18 times in
each contest. With his big-play ability and that many touches,
he is liable to explode for at least one big play a game (or more,
as evidenced by the team's blowout win during Wild Card Week vs.
the Eagles). In all honesty, I would have preferred to leave Wells
here this week against what has become a soft Saints' run defense,
but I wanted to upgrade/replace my RB1 and TE from last week (Thomas
Jones, Jermichael Finley) and it wasn't going to work under the
cap if I left him in that spot. Of course, since Arizona refuses
to keep Wells in the lineup in the high-leverage situations most
of the time, it's quite likely I'll be getting similar production
from Jones at a more reasonable rate. As for Greene, he is evolving
into the back I thought he was going to be at the beginning of
the season, however, I don't foresee him having near the game
vs. the Chargers as he did against an injury-plagued Bengals'
defense last week. Plus, since I expect San Diego to win, I would
be wasting one of my valuable roster moves on a backup RB (committee
RB at best) for one week.
The affordable Jospeh Addai.
The RB1 Call: Addai. Addai's
season - up to this point - has been a bit mind-boggling. He didn't
have a single 100-yard rushing performance (only topped 100 total
yards twice) and was held to 3.8 YPC. Yet, he finished No. 9 overall
among fantasy RBs in non-PPR despite sitting out the final five-plus
quarters of the season - finishing only five points ahead of Jamaal
Charles and four points ahead of Jonathan Stewart - in large part
due to 13 total TDs. But all this does is show you what a good,
consistent workload can do for a RB in a highly proficient offense
- Addai received 16 or more touches in all but two of the Colts'
first 14 games. In the end, Addai gets the nod over Rice and Peterson
because of his affordability, but truth be told, what assurance
do we have Peterson is going to see a heavy workload vs. Dallas?
Rice should, but is he going to lose out on short scores to McGahee
or Le'Ron McClain? Thomas was my favorite for this spot before
the start of the playoffs, but his three broken ribs have me a
bit concerned for his long-term playoff success. I like Thomas
for one-week play (see below), but I have a better feeling that
Indy will be playing next week than I do New Orleans.
Wide Receivers
Miles Austin, @MIN 45
Larry Fitzgerald, @NO 43
Reggie Wayne, vs BAL 43
Vincent Jackson, vs NYJ 41
Marques Colston, vs ARI 37
Sidney Rice, vs DAL 37
Derrick Mason, @IND 34
Robert Meachem, vs ARI 32
Anquan Boldin, @NO 30
Percy Harvin, vs DAL 29
Austin Collie, vs BAL 26
Pierre Garcon, vs BAL 24
Roy Williams,
Jerricho Cotchery,@SD 23
Braylon Edwards, @SD 21
Steve Breaston, @NO 21
Devery Henderson, vs ARI 22
Bernard Berrian, vs DAL 19
Patrick Crayton, @NO 18
Malcom Floyd, vs NYJ 16
Mark Clayton, @SD 14
First Cuts: Colston, Mason, Meachem, Boldin, Harvin, Collie,
Garcon, Williams, Cotchery, Edwards, Henderson, Berrian, Crayton,
The Final Choices: Austin, Fitzgerald, Wayne, Jackson, Rice, Breaston
The WR2 Call: Austin. The former
undrafted receiver from Monmouth has already moved into the upper
class of receivers after a breakout season. However, for a receiver
to go from non-starter to Larry Fitzgerald territory is insane.
Judging by his production from Week 12 on, he's actually been
more consistent. He's scored in all but two of the seven games
and has posted at least six catches and 71 yards each and every
week. Beyond that consistency, it's hard not to like the matchup
this week for Austin. Usually I would never say that about any
WR about to face Antoine Winfield in primary coverage, but the
Vikes' top CB is not healthy. Perhaps the bye week will help more
than we know, but since returning vs. the Bengals in Week 14,
Winfield has contributed to the opponent's WR1 stat line which
has totaled 26 catches, 364 yards and two scores. Austin is playing
at a higher level than either Steve Smith or Devin Aromashodu
(the three WRs he faced in Weeks 15-17), so another huge game
is quite likely against a reeling Vikings defense. Jackson is
actually a consideration for this spot despite his matchup because
Philip Rivers has proven time and again that he will throw the
ball Jackson's way regardless of coverage. But, for all
the reasons I just stated above, the easier route to a fantasy
explosion this week will come by using Austin.
The WR1 Call: Fitzgerald. Both
of my WRs from last week make the cut again this week. And why
not? It's not as if either receiver's matchup is going to get
tougher than it was last week. In Fitzgerald's case, he'll face
some combination of the rusty but underrated Jabari Greer, Randall
Gay and Tracy Porter one week after drawing Green Bay's Charles
Woodson for most of the game. But honestly, I'm not sure anyone
- including Darrelle Revis (although I'm glad I don't have to
make that decision anytime soon) - could steer me away from using
Fitzgerald for as long as Arizona is in the postseason. It's actually
a bit frightening how consistent his numbers stay game after game,
year after year. The fact that he gets a slight break in terms
of his one-on-one matchup this week should just make his owners
that much more comfortable with him again this week. I imagine
a 7-120-1 line is a fairly good bet for him this week, with or
without Anquan Boldin in the lineup.
Tight Ends
Dallas Clark, vs BAL 40
Antonio Gates, vs NYJ 37
Visanthe Shiancoe, vs DAL 25
Jason Witten, @MIN 24
Todd Heap, @IND 22
Jeremy Shockey, vs ARI 18
Dustin Keller, @SD 15
David Thomas, vs ARI 10
First Cuts: Shiancoe, Witten, Heap, Keller, Shockey, Thomas
The Final Choices: Clark, Gates
The Call: Gates. This one boils down to two of the game's best
TEs, if not the two best. This is a close call but I'll opt for
Gates because his cap number is a bit more palatable. Since I
believe the Chargers are the AFC's best team, I may also be saving
myself a roster move down the line if I am correct in that assessment.
Now, I'm not typically in the business of rolling the dice against
the league's top defense, but Darrelle Revis can only guard one
player (and that player will be Vincent Jackson). Because of Jackson's
supporting cast, New York won't have the luxury of doubling Gates,
which is about the only way I expect Jets' safeties Kerry Rhodes
or Jim Leonhard to hold up in coverage against him. Dallas Clark
needed only a little about a half to post a 4-57 line vs. the
same Jets secondary in Week 16, so I expect Gates to have similar
success. Meanwhile, the last time Clark faced the Ravens in Week
11, he managed a single catch - a three-yard score. Baltimore
isn't going to repeat that kind of shutdown performance, but I
expect a less-than-average day from Clark.
Nate Kaeding, vs NYJ 34
Ryan Longwell, vs DAL 29
Jay Feely, @SD 26
Neil Rackers, @NO 20
Shaun Suisham, @MIN 19
Billy Cundiff, @IND 18
Matt Stover, vs BAL 14
Adam Vinatieri, vs BAL 9
Garrett Hartley, vs ARI 8
First Cuts: Kaeding, Longwell, Feely, Rackers, Cundiff, Stover,
The Final Choices: Hartley, Suisham
The Call: Suisham. Once again, I'm in the business of saving roster
moves. However, much like the other players I'm sticking with
again this week, I don't see the need to make a change anyway.
The Cowboys' offense is rolling, the Vikings' defense isn't
as good as it was at the beginning of the season and Suisham is
hitting his attempts. So, with a manageable cap number, it's hard
for me to make a change here to someone like Hartley, who may
be playing for a one-and-out team.
vs ARI 40
vs NYJ 27
Jets @SD
vs DAL 26
vs BAL 24
First Cuts: Saints, Cards, Ravens, Vikings
The Final Choices: Chargers, Jets, Colts, Cowboys
The Call: Cowboys. Second verse, same as the first. There is simply
no need to waste a roster move when I already have the defense
that is playing the best of any team remaining in the postseason
and is a cheapest alternative available. It'd be nice if the Dallas
defense would find a way to notch a return TD or two, but I'll
settle for 14-17 points allowed, a couple turnovers and 3-4 sacks
in the meantime.
Fuzzy's Playoff Leagues
(Two leagues)
Wild Card Weekend Results - 174
points (both leagues)
Fuzzy's playoff format is much more streamlined than Sportsline's.
Fuzzy's uses traditional PPR scoring (all TDs worth six points)
with no salary cap, no limit on roster moves between rounds and
no yards allowed bonuses for the defenses. In short, your goal
is to pick the highest-scoring lineup each week with no strings
attached. The main difference outside of the ones I've already
mentioned is that Fuzzy's leagues contain no more than 50 teams
whereas Sportsline employs a one-man-against-the-world approach.
As a result, 20% of the entrants into Fuzzy's playoff leagues
will - at the very least - recoup their entry fee, with first
through ninth place receiving a nice bonus for their troubles.
Position Requirements: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 K,
1 Defense/Special Teams
(Because the players/matchups are same as they are above, I'll
skip the step of mentioning each player again and get right to
my choices.)
QB: Brees and Warner. Unlike last
week, I will "diversify my portfolio" this week. In
other words, my lineup will not look the same in both leagues.
Much like last week, however, I will employ the same strategy
when it comes to the tiebreaker element, which was using the QB
from the ARI-NO matchup that I don't start as my tiebreaker. (Of
the top 5-10 teams in each league - of which I am proudly a part
of - I was surprised how few owners didn't use a QB from the Packers-Cards
game last week as their tiebreaker option, but I digress.) As
for as why I'm going with these two QBs, it should be fairly obvious,
but I'll go into a bit of detail anyway. Quite simply, I like
Rivers, but expecting huge numbers against the league's top defense
that allowed eight passing TDs all season long is no way to go.
Favre is a poor bet against a Cowboys' defense that has shut down
an explosive Eagles' offense two weeks in a row. Romo is a fair
play, but the Dallas offense is balanced enough that his numbers
won't be off the charts. Flacco and Sanchez don't even merit consideration.
As for why I'm going with Brees and Warner, both QBs play for
offenses that don't mind ditching the running game and, in a game
that should see around 65-70 total points, that is probably going
to happen at some point.
RB: Rice and Peterson/Thomas. In
PPR scoring, Rice is an obvious pick for both of my teams. If
his team is leading, it likely means he is tearing it up on the
ground. If his team is trailing, he and Derrick Mason are easily
the top targets in the passing game. With 27 touches and 20.5
fantasy points scored in the Ravens' first meeting vs. the Colts
in Week 11, I feel confident that Rice will once again live up
to my expectations.
The other RB slot is a bit trickier. In large part because he
doubled his previous career highs in receptions and receiving
yards, AP scored double-digit fantasy points in all 16 games this
season (which allowed him to actually be more consistent than
Rice in that regard since Rice scored less than 10 fantasy points
in the MNF game vs. Green Bay back in Week 13). But while Indy
is no pushover on defense, Rice's matchup is a bit easier than
Peterson's, which is why I feel better about Rice than Peterson
this week. In other words, I'm willing to bet on Peterson, but
no so enamored by him that I want to bet on him with both of my
teams. On the other hand, there has been an awful lot of speculation
that Thomas' limited use throughout the season was due largely
to save him for the postseason for use as the Saints' feature
back and I'd be foolish in not taking a shot with him against
a Cardinals' defense that has to be lacking confidence. Mike Bell
will be a threat to steal short yardage carries for as long as
he is on the Saints' roster, but he was abysmal down the
stretch and Reggie Bush isn't a great candidate for anything more
than 8-10 touches. Even more in Thomas' favor, New Orleans
would be wise to use the run throughout the game to slow down
the pace both teams will be tempted to set, if for no other reason
than to eat clock. And much like Felix Jones, Thomas is liable
to explode for a big play at any time, so I feel confident that
PT will reward my faith as long as he sees at least 15 touches.
WR: Austin, Fitzgerald and Wayne/Rice.
As if you haven't noticed by now, I feel Austin and Fitzgerald
are almost automatic plays at this point. Therefore, let's move
on to my WR3, where I get to plug Reggie Wayne in as my last WR
in one league and Sidney Rice in another. Understand that Rice
doesn't quite belong in Wayne's class yet as a fantasy WR, but
realize that unlike Rice, Wayne has another 100-catch play to
compete for catches with on his own team in Dallas Clark. With
that said, Rice has shown the tendency to get bottled up by some
of the game's best CBs despite breaking out in a big way this
year. Certainly, CB Terence Newman qualifies as an upper-echelon
corner. So, I feel compelled to make sure I don't count too heavily
on Rice despite the fact he is Brett Favre's favorite target by
a long shot.
In some ways, I've already stated the case as to why I don't
feel comfortable going all in on Wayne. I'm more fearful of Clark
or perhaps Pierre Garcon being featured this weekend than I am
of the Ravens' defense. Over the last five weeks of the season,
Wayne only had one game worth getting excited about in fantasy
(and that was against a sad Jags' secondary), although Weeks
16-17 weren't exactly his fault. Unlike Rice, Wayne won't have
to square off against a top-notch CB and he does have a seven-catch,
89-yard game to his credit against Baltimore earlier this season.
I can't imagine Wayne outperforming either Austin or Fitzgerald
this week, but another 15-point fantasy week from him isn't asking
the world.
Gates: A physical mismatch.
TE: Gates/Clark. After looking
at the other options available, it's not hard to understand why
I would opt for two of the top three top PPR TEs in fantasy this
season. Coming off a career-best 1,157-yard season, I would expect
another huge game out of Gates if not for the fact that New York
is so stingy in allowing TD passes. He might get one, but I don't
foresee a Jermichael Finley-yardage line out of him. He's a physical
mismatch for either one of the Jets' safeties, but I have to assume
Rex Ryan will make Tomlinson or Malcom Floyd beat him as opposed
to Vincent Jackson or Gates. Something in the neighborhood of
6-80-1 would be the most I expect from Gates this weekend.
Clark may have taken a back seat to Tom Santi the last time the
Colts faced the Ravens, but I can't imagine that happening again.
I like what Baltimore has at safety a bit more than I do the Jets,
but Clark is a hard cover for a lot of CBs, much less safeties.
Much like Gates, he won't come close to posting career highs in
this game, but his track record is such that he won't let his
owners down. Although he's a better bet to explode than Gates,
I'm putting a bit more faith in Gates this weekend.
K: Kaeding. In a week-to-week format
like this one, it's often good strategy to pick a strong-legged
kicker who plays for a high-powered offense. Ideally, his team
is facing a top-notch defense, which then requires his team to
turn to him to kick at least two field goals. This week, I think
that description best suits Kaeding, who posted eight double-digit
fantasy point totals for San Diego this season using Fuzzy's
scoring system. As is the case most weeks, I cannot come close
to guaranteeing that he'll give us No. 9, but I foresee a pair
of Philip Rivers' TD passes with the rest of the Chargers'
points coming via Kaeding's leg. Whether that means he'll get
two attempts or five remains to be seen, but I believe he has
the best chance of any kicker this week to post a high number.
D/ST: Cowboys. I'm really not a
fan of the Cowboys, but I am happy to support any unit playing
as sound as Dallas is right now. The 'Boys are getting a high
level of production out of the three key spots from the front
seven of a 3-4 defense (NT Jay Ratliff; OLBs DeMarcus Ware and
Anthony Spencer) while everybody else is at least playing to their
potential. Just as the pass rush has picked up, the pass coverage
has also improved greatly as Dallas is getting very good play
from its CBs (Terence Newman, Orlando Scandrick and Mike Jenkins).
It ought to be interesting to see if the Cowboys' rush defense
maintains their play this week, however, as Adrian Peterson represents
the most formidable RB this defense has faced all season. Since
Dallas began its late-season run, it has faced a strong passing
team (New Orleans, Philadelphia) or an inept offense (Washington)
every time. In fact, the best fantasy back the 'Boys have faced
up to this point of the season is Ryan Grant (No. 10 overall in
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may have to wait until this weekend to see if it exists. Nevertheless,
the Cowboys are playing the best defense of any team remaining
and it's not unheard of that Brett Favre has a multi-INT game
in the playoffs, so Dallas is the clear choice for me this week.
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Review of Studies of Possible Toxic Effects from Past Environmental Contamination at Fork Detrick: A Letter Report (2012)Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
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Fort Detrick's Area B has been used for disposal of chemical, biological, and radiological material, storage of explosives, and research activities. The groundwater of Area B was contaminated by perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE), which leaked from storage drums buried in Area B. Members of the public who live near Fort Detrick in Frederick County, Maryland, are concerned that the contaminated groundwater might have affected their health. This report reviews two investigations of potential health hazards: a 2009 public health assessment conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and a cancer investigation in Frederick County by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Frederick County Health Department.
Key Messages
- The committee found limitations in ATSDR's assessment which makes the scientific soundness and quality of the conclusions that can be drawn questionable. Thus, the committee disagreed with ATSDR's conclusion that the available environmental and health data are adequate for concluding that past exposures to the groundwater were unlikely to produce any harmful health effects. Because the available measurements of PCE and TCE were inadequate for forming reasonable estimates of past exposure, the committee judged that no conclusions could be drawn about the likelihood of adverse health effects. Thus, the committee concluded that Area B groundwater presented an indeterminate public-health hazard.
- The Maryland cancer investigation was performed well and appropriately acknowledged its limitations. The committee concurred with the conclusion that there is no evidence from the available cancer-registry data that total cancer rates in Frederick County and the census tracts that surround Fort Detrick are different from those in Maryland. It also agreed that the rates of lymphoma appear to be greater in the three census tracts closest to Fort Detrick than in Maryland, and supported the Maryland and Frederick health departments' plans to explore that finding further. The findings from this study neither support nor refute an association between Area B groundwater contamination and the occurrence of cancer.
- The committee was asked to consider whether additional studies should be performed that would be helpful in addressing the question of whether any health outcomes might be related to contaminated groundwater in Area B. After careful consideration, the committee concluded that unless contaminant measurements from the past are discovered, additional studies would not be useful in assessing hazards.
- In communicating the results of this study to the general public, the Army should recognize that the tendency of local residents to hold the Army responsible for their cancers and other diseases is primarily a function of distrust. It should ensure that evidence in support of conclusions is publicly available, easily comprehensible, and is placed in appropriate context. The Army should engage in activities, beyond health reviews, that build trust with the community.


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*At the time of this event Josiah Jolly (snr) and his wife Susan were living in Plough Street, Bungay. The Plough Inn mentioned below was on this street. Today, Plough Street is known as Wingfield Street. Josiah Jolly (jnr) had married the previous December and the 1851 census return (taken 30 March 1851) puts them both at Shipmeadow Workhouse as Inmates.
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It would appear that my Jolly ancestors had a penchant for being in the wrong place at the wrong time or were mixed up with and embroiled in misdemeanours, rumours, and, pardon me for saying so, a series of unfortunate events.


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The Thing has stayed a rite-de-passage tale – (about growing up – literally, rites of passage – to adulthood), when i thought the main character was going to be a mature person, like me – but some brat's moved in and taken over.
Not only that, but i realised despite over a million words set in this world, i'd never written the story of the man who made the kingdom. So i've gone back 2,050 years in their time.
This is the advantage to being the Antichrist, and a god in my own right, you see? I can do what i like. Well, the pesky buggers have minds of their own, but generally, i'm forcing them in the direction of the plot.
This is radical, this plot thing. I've only recently started writing with a plot laid out before i start, and it's actually much easier. People have been telling me this is a good idea for years, but nobody said it was easier. I'm not sticking to it 100%, and it's not super-detailed, so characters can still jump out and surprise me.
Just before i started The Thing in its current incarnation, I joined a hashtag group on Twitter – #amwriting – nice bunch of people and very inspiring. There are pertinent posts for writers, and of course, you get to read other people's work.
Tip: don't spam the #hashtag.
Writers are generally polite, but there are some who post a link to their blog over and over (not even to a new post) with"#amwriting, #writing, #writer, #writers, #author, #authors, #novelwriting, #blogger, #blogging" so it shows up everywhere. Some of those hashtags are very quiet – so all you see is one writer, spamming over and over.
About a millimetre away from being blocked.
Some Advice for Writers
I don't think i have an original thought in my head, so i'd like to thank the people i've been taught by, or whose wonderful books on writing i have read. And those whose books i read and thought, hmm, i love this, or i hate this – why?
I once had to suffer through an otherwise-excellent fantasy epic where the writer kept confusing the front of the saddle with the back.
If you don't know the facts, or you're assuming, check with someone who's experienced – if you don't know anyone, and it doesn't show up on Google, make a polite phonecall or email to someone who does know, and ask if you can pick their brains.
Everyone has a story inside, and I believe Anyone can write, but of course, the corollary is that Anyone can write garbage. Over the last 14 years or so, since i started writing books as well as the poetry, songs, and scripts which i've written since i was a child – I've written quite a few books.
I tried to count them, gave up, but it's about 17, all over 100,000 words – i wasn't happy with them. They weren't proper stories – because i kept removing most of the conflict. (Essential bit of a story.)
I presume it was some control freakery that reflected the bad times i was living through, which i couldn't have an effect on, so i was trying to write away real life for a while there.
It's all experience.
I learned a lot from all my non-books. The crucial importance of using the right word at the right time, and of pacing out fight, rescue, and ESPECIALLY sex scenes.
Unless you've done it, try lying down on the bed, or the kitchen table, test out your character's actions. Oops, guess what? He can't reach her pink bits with an egg-whisk from there.
You may not have had the kind of wild sex you're writing about, but you must convince the reader that you've done it. You don't have to be explicit (and i don't mean just about sex – explicit means "clearly developed or formulated") but if you do decide to go into exact detail, get your freaking facts straight.
Quick quiz: which side would a right-handed man have the scabbard of his sword?
Answer: The left.
Quick tip: Want to make me stop reading your bit of swords-and-sorcery or historical novel? Fuck that one up.
A writer i picked up at the library used a word in the wrong context – so jarring i went to a dictionary – and went steadily south from there.
I'd just got used to a main male character, who was the first introduced, so i assumed he was a main man, but he was killed. i presume the writer did this because he thought his character was a cliché or that he should "kill his darlings" when he wrote and he was fond of the character, so the character had to die.
Do not do this to your readers – don't give them a protagonist then kill them! Then the writer pretended to kill another one, but in the same style as the first, so i assumed he was also actually dead. But he wasn't. Oh har-fucking-har. ("Kill your darlings" = cut out the bits where you're being clever and showing off, as people don't need to read such self-indulgent twaddle.)
The plot was one of the worst ever – it was the end of the world because of a Nasty Thing, but somehow, the Nasty Thing went away without any effort from anyone. "Arrhh, there we go, guv'ner, *sound of angels farting* it was the Hand of God wot saved us all."
Do not do this, i will track you down and kill you, or more probably, never read anything of yours again. I won't be reading this writer again, either. It's the laziest, snidest, CHEAT to your readers to suddenly say after they've slogged through at least 100,000 of your words…
"OMG! The Nasty Thing is gone! Whatever was wrong is fixed! Nobody knows why! But it's terribly convenient, because obviously the author didn't think the bloody plot through! We're saved!"
At least try to give a plausible reason. *cries* To top off the insult to me as a reader, aside from the Nasty Thing just going away, the action in the human side of the plot was resolved by the writer's equivalent of saying this…
"Haha, the main protagonist's wife was working secretly with the guerillas, and saved everyone from the power-hungry evil guy who was taking advantage of the Nasty Thing messing up society – but nobody knew until the last page, especially not the reader, because the writer only put that in at the very end, (haha, suckers!) in a sad and futile attempt to force the book to make sense."
Usually, when someone shows you they are crap, they then stay crap – at least for the rest of that book. So the moment they're shown crap, most people don't bother reading it all the way.
Unless they're freaks like me, who are very curious, and can read several thousand words a minute, compared to the average speed of about 250. I try to limit my length in posts – i don't succeed – but i know for instance, that most people don't have 16 minutes to spare to read a 4,000 word post. (This isn't that long, not any more.) No matter how fucking witty i'm being. *sigh*
If I write one that's even 2,000 words long, and they do read it, I am blessed with the nicest, most perfect Beloved Visitors in the world! And i had better make them laugh, be pleasantly and genuinely educational, and/or entertaining in some major way.
If i cheat them with my words, they won't come back.
Books are different, people are prepared to devote time. So the same goes, about not cheating your readers with your words, but doubled.
The point is, (omg, she has a point!) the books that annoyed me were multi-published writers, (selling enough to say they 'were a writer' without people laughing at them) but they were so sloppy that i had to force myself to keep reading.
Far as i can tell, they'd had a big seller with one lucky book, and hadn't learned their craft well enough to sustain their run, or maybe they had become lazy under the pressure of churning out the next novel.
I can only imagine they're surrounded with people too sycophantic to say, "Excuse me, but that really is tripe." (Or perhaps something more constructive that gets the tripe idea over.)
I've found it an intensely frustrating time, building my worlds, thinking each time as i wrote a book that it was going to work this time, but it's ultimately rewarding.
I'm writing fantasy fiction, so eventually i need to look at who publishes that genre. (I will later, let me finish The Thing first. As an unpublished writer, there's no point otherwise.)
Find a book that's in your genre, look up the publisher online. They will have their specifications for submission there. (There are also paper publisher directories that give a nice range of detail, most libraries have them.) Read the specifications, then read them again. A day later, look again. Then consider doing your submission.
As a former editor and slushpile reader, i'd ask you to please do this, because so many people send something the publisher will never publish – like romance novels to a publisher of science fiction. You're wasting your time and theirs.
Oh – and before i forget. Do not argue with anyone who rejects your work. A polite rejection is not an invitation to write back and say they're wrong and why. (This goes for people on dating sites, too, just by-the-by.)
Take your emotions out of any correspondence. You're entitled to your opinion, to think that you're the next big thing, however, tell me that, and I am entitled to tell you that I think your work is a derivative piece of fluff and you copied the dialogue off a Hallmark card. I would not normally tell you this in such a hurtful way.
This is me being unrestrainedly rude, instead of constructively critical – spot the difference? Usually, I would be polite, suggest anything pertinent that came to mind with the piece, and advise that you join writers' groups and creative writing classes, because i do believe, anyone can learn to write. (Anyone who's prepared to work at it.)
You saying anything negative in response to a rejection is only going to make an editor remember your name, (not good if you want to send them more work).
And the funny thing? It was always the really crap people who thought they could argue me into changing my mind, or that they could explain their work so that it would be published. You can't explain your work. It stands alone.
An even more disturbing occurrence, in view of the completely psycho picture it painted of the writer was when i would get the same piece resubmitted a few months later, sometimes unedited, without any notice that it was a repeat submission.
Tip: If you're resubmitting, say so.
Editors are very like elephants – they have long memories, thick leathery grey skin, huge tusks, roam the Serengeti, and are cranky. They Some of them enjoy trampling people. They work for vultures publishers who are often unpleasant people to work for.
Editors remember stories, so always say if you're resubmitting something – and always make sure it's been changed substantially in line with any actual criticism they gave you, otherwise you're treating the editor like an idiot.
And exactly like elephants, editors will gore you to death if you don't show respect. Until you sell well, in which case you become the biggest tusker in the herd, and they'll all bring you bananas. Even the vultures publishers will be nice if they think you'll make them money.
Elephants Editors are usually underpaid and well-educated, doing what they do because they love books – they're not in it for the remuneration, *sound of hysterical laughter* as money in publishing is generally low. Alright, alright, it's pitiful.
On the other hand, I think literary agents are like hyenas – everyone thinks they're just unpleasant scavengers, but researchers have discovered that agents hyenas kill more often than lawyers lions do. A good agent will bite off someone's face for you make it much easier to get a vulture publisher.
Interestingly, girl agents hyenas have the biggest clitorises in the animal kingdom. Seven inches, momma.
Anyway, I'm off, back to The Thing – hope you enjoyed and possibly learned something – even if it was just about the girl hyenas.
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This post was more than halved in the editing process.
Worse than usual, my verbosity. I did keep some chunks of it for later.
Oops, and that's now 2116 words.
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Miro 2.5.4 Description
Miro has a simple, gorgeous interface designed for fullscreen HD video. Since Miro downloads most videos, you can take your shows with you, even on an airplane. Quite simply, Miro is a better way to watch all the video you care about.
Best of all, Miro is 100% free and open source, developed by a non-profit organization and volunteers around the world.
Miro 2.5.4 Changes Log
Miro 2.5 launches 2 – 4 times faster (especially for users with lots of videos and feeds)
New audio podcast section of the Miro Guide
Better interface for audio playback
Button to download from YouTube when you add as sidebar site – also see: 4 ways to download files (including torrents) from websites inside Miro
Smarter handling of bittorrent files, especially videos
New Library interface with 'Video', 'Audio', and 'Other' sections
New keyboard shortcuts for virtually all functions (great for programming a remote control)
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Eliminated: Jeanette Cortinas, Enclave
How long have you worked there? Two-and-a-half years Age: 23 Neighborhood: South Loop What's your favorite thing about the job? "I love having fun with the other guests and meeting new faces all of the time." What's your most memorable story/experience on the job? "Serving celebrities is always very exciting. The most memorable celebrity encounter was with Zac Efron. It was almost like he was a friend of ours." What plans or ambitions do you have for the future? Cortinas plans to graduate a year from now from the Illinois Institute of Art and become an interior designer. "A dream of mine is to work with a commercial company in interior design." What's a fun fact about you, regarding your work as a server or otherwise: "You can always catch me dancing while I'm serving!"
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Change is Always a Constant, but Some Things Never Change by Andy Loranger
The end of 2011 will mark my first full year as the new manager of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Since this is my second tenure at the Refuge, the first as a wildlife biologist from 1988 to 1992, many of you have asked how things have changed over the last 20 or so years.
Our first arrival on the Kenai was in and of itself a significant change for my wife Linda and me, after spending several years working out of Galena in Alaska's Interior. Adjusting to life on the road system was easy and enjoyable here, made more so by the presence of our newborn son John and the birth of our daughter Emily at Central Peninsula Hospital shortly thereafter.
My new duties involving several exciting wildlife research and monitoring projects didn't hurt either. Into the early 1990s, the moose population on the northern Kenai Peninsula was still benefiting from high quality wintering habitat created by the 1969 Swanson River wildfire, which had burned nearly 80,000 acres. I was struck by the high wintering moose densities observed during hours of aerial surveys over that burn, contrasted by those in the even larger 1947 burn where forests had matured and were no longer providing quality browse. We knew then that this area's moose population would soon begin to decline in the absence of new fires; this prediction, of course, has played out.
Refuge biologists were in the midst of an intensive long-term telemetry study of lynx and the monitoring of snowshoe hare populations. Snowshoe hares in the late 1980s were at the low end of what turned out to be a prolonged low cycle, and lynx densities were low and declining. Kitten survival was low, and some female lynx would soon even stop producing young altogether. Results of these studies helped provide impetus for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's current lynx harvest strategy. Trapping for lynx on the Kenai is now opened during periods when snowshoe hares are abundant, and the season is closed during the low end of the hare cycle to ensure enough lynx remain as breeders. In recent years, near-record lynx harvests have occurred, corresponding to the ongoing high end of the snowshoe hare cycle.
Relatively little was known about the status of Kenai Peninsula's brown bear population when I first arrived, and the Interagency Brown Bear Study Team (comprised of biologists from ADF&G, the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service and the Refuge) had recently been established. In ensuing years, several collaborative studies were conducted to obtain needed scientific information. Since that time, most experts agree that the brown bear population has slowly increased on the Kenai, and many theorize that larger runs of sockeye salmon are behind this increase. What is certain is that conflicts between bears and a growing human population have increased in recent years, making conservation of this iconic species as complicated as ever.
The Refuge faces many new challenges that were either not on the radar screen back then, or just beginning to come into perspective. The Kenai's human population has grown significantly, and continues to grow. While not readily apparent driving the Sterling Highway or other primary roadways, I was struck while flying recently by the amount of new residential and recreational development along the Refuge's western boundary and off the Refuge along the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers. The maintenance of healthy riparian habitats is critical to maintaining healthy salmon runs, and to the health of many other fish and wildlife resources. The aerial perspective also really drove home the growing challenges we face in safely managing backcountry wildfires, something we must do because of the ecological importance of fire and in order to reduce the likelihood of future large, catastrophic fires.
While the problems posed by invasive, exotic species have long been recognized in the lower 48 states, we were not envisioning in 1990 that they would soon also affect Alaska's ecosystems. Today, over 100 species of exotic plants, several of which are considered invasive, occur on the Kenai Peninsula, and recently discovered invasive insects such as the green alder sawfly are currently affecting important riparian habitats over large geographic areas in southcentral Alaska.
While scientists have for years been studying the world's changing climate, few of us were aware of its potential ramifications. We now recognize that climate change is occurring, and more rapidly at northern latitudes. While great uncertainty remains related to effects on fish, wildlife and plants, impacts of a changing climate now documented on the Kenai include receding glaciers, drying wetlands, rising tree line, more frequent spruce bark beetle outbreaks, warming water temperatures in non-glacial streams, and changing wildlife distributions.
Another take on this question might be to consider things that have not changed. While new challenges will undoubtedly require new management approaches, the core mission of the Refuge remains the same – to ensure healthy fish and wildlife and an enduring wilderness resource for the benefit of our children and grandchildren, and all generations to come.
Another constant is how wonderful a place this is to live and work. Over the years, through other career stops in Arizona, Minnesota, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and northern Virginia, Linda and I often remarked that we thought of Alaska, and particularly the Kenai, as home. While being given this opportunity to return and the responsibility to help to steward this amazing wildlife refuge are beyond anything we imagined possible, the warmth, hospitality and support given by this community, and by old friends and new, since our latest arrival makes one thing perfectly clear – it's very good to be home.
On behalf of the entire Refuge staff and our families, we wish all of you a joyous holiday season and a very healthy and prosperous 2012.
Andy Loranger is the Refuge Manager at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Check out our Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.


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Saturday Night Live
"Saturday Night Live," NBC's Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, enters its 40th season in September for another year of laughs, surprises and great performances. Since its inception in 1975, "SNL" has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation. As The New York Times noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy-winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999, "in defiance of both time and show business convention, 'SNL' is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture." At the close of the century, "Saturday Night Live" placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past fifty years.
A trio of women form a musical group in Atlanta.
LUCIOUS LYON is the king of hip-hop. An immensely talented artist, the CEO of Empire Entertainment and a former street thug, his reign has been unchallenged for years. But all that changes, when he learns he has a disease that is going to render him crippled and incapacitated in a matter of three years. The clock is ticking, and he must groom one of his three sons to take over his crowning achievement, without destroying his already fractured family.
All Together Now
Singing contest hosted by Rob Beckett which sees a range of talented singers take to the stage to perform in front of the 100 - a unique panel of music experts and performers from all over .
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Rebecca Bunch is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: suburban West Covina, CA.
Lip Sync Battle Shor
Nick Canon and Jo Jo Siwa host a lip sync battle show for kids.
American Music Award
Music award show on ABC.
School of Rock
Misadventures of Dewey Finn, a rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school as he teaches his unconventional and overachieving students to play and love rock 'n' roll.
The Comedy Jam
Comedians come out and tell a true life story and put their hearts into the songs they choose and sometimes the actual vocalist will come out and join the comedians as they have their moment of being a rockstar!
Late Night with Jimm
Saturday Night Live veteran Jimmy Fallon takes the Late Night reins from Conan O'Brien when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as new host of The Tonight Show in 2009.
Mozart in the Jungle
Mozart in the Jungle is all about sex, drugs-and classical music-and shows that what happens behind the curtains at the symphony can be just as captivating as what happens on stage.Mozart in the Jungle was written by Oscar-nominated writer and director Roman Coppola, actor and musician Jason Schwartzman, and Tony-nominated writer and director Alex Timbers. The project is based on the memoir Mozart in the Jungle by Blair Tindall.


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Queen's Tea on June 10th, 2017
The English-Speaking Union
Dallas Branch
The Queen celebrates two birthdays every year. Her birth date is on April 21st and that is celebrated privately at the palace and her "official" birthday is celebrated on Saturday in June where she traditionally appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with members of the Royal family after the Trooping of Colors Ceremony is over. This is a tradition that was started by George II in 1748 and it owes its origins to the ageless problem of the English weather.
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