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Wow, that just doesn't sound right does it? But from watching the game they were the true difference in this game. They got pressure up the middle and the LB's actually covered recievers and Tight ends! I don't know about you guys, but I was totally impressed with thier performance. On the Defense I don't think that you could name one weak link for the game? All phases were looking strong. I really hope that they work as hard next week against Philly as they did this week, because if they can play another game like that we are in the NFC Championchip for a little revenge against them "Dirty Birds". How sweet does that sound?
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Man I felt like I was watching a different team today, a team I knew was there the whole time but just hadn't shown up in the past few weeks. But our defense definitley stepped up and they sure picked a good time to do it. And yea revenge against the dirty birds would be SWEET!!
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Definitly, they played very well. I want to give a shout out (props) to Darrion Scott who i thought played smart football today. Willie Offord for coming in for the first time in 2 and a half years and causing two fumbles on crunching hits. Winfield comes back from injury with a pick and eleven tackles. Cris Claborne also did really well today, as he has for the last 6 games, when hes healthy he's great. B Will also had a very nice game, i seen him in on some nice tackles, batted away two or three balls, one that was volley balled to Brown. Then he had his pic too. Good game to those guys, they really stepped it up and made it happen.
Oh yeah and Dontarius Thomas showed me some fuil for the future, he was an animal today, wow hes got speed!
Game ball goes to the DEFENSE?
Been a long time coming,but they deserve it after today's performance.
On to Philly!!
Game ball goes to the DEFENSE?
Isn't it weird that we scored exactly 31 points AGAIN against the pack? But yes, this time our D stepped up and knocked it outta the park!!! What a game, and what a great time to have one of their best games all season!!! SKOL VIKES!!If you keep on doing what you ve done, your gonna keep on getting what you got.
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Like Tice said, that was the smartest football played by the defense all year."Meet at the quarterback!" -Purple People Eaters
Game ball goes to the DEFENSE?
It sure helped having a 14 point lead.
They need to continue to play like we have the lead in the game even if we don't. It helps them stay loose.
01-11-2005, 07:32 AM #8Del Rio Guest
Game ball goes to the DEFENSE?
The defense has been showing signs of improvement all year. All the little things seem to improve and some big plays have been made the last few weeks.
The only difference here was pure attitude. Something I have found hard to achieve. That's why I feel our team was struggling this year they had a hard time gaining confidence and attitude. Just from my experience if two teams face off and one has many superstars but has less confidence and desire then the other they will lose.
If you watch closely you will see the Ends doing a better job of contain. At the begining of the year they would not hold that gap. When the ends contain it makes for easier reads for our LB's and we all know the easier we can make their job the better. Once you finally achieve that confidence and attitude like we seem to have gained last Sunday it is very hard to lose.
This couldn't have happened at a better time. You practice with your team and go to war with them but you need something else to draw you together. And with all the media scrutiny and BS that they are trying to feed us about our team they basically gave prosac to a sleeping Giant. Now we are awake and pumped and ready to cause havoc.
I fear for all who stand in our way.
Game ball goes to the DEFENSE?
Amen - You got that right, that didn't even look like our D. They played exceptional!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:
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During the National Council Session, three proposal were addressed by the Council.
I. Authorization for Annual General Program Fee for Girl Members: this proposal was approved as amended. The fee will be called Annual Council Service Fee, is set by each Council annually, and applies to girl members only. It may not exceed the annual membership dues.
II. Timing for the Election of National Council Delegates in Councils: this proposal was defeated. National Council Delegates will continue to be elected during the year preceding the National Council Session.
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Throughout the National Convention, we found ourselves asking the same question over and over again. How can we possibly thank the girls, women and men of San Jacinto Council for their part in the most successful convention in recent memory? Words or gestures cannot fulfill the message of gratitude that we and so many other people feel at this time. So many people stepped up: our board, our staff, our delegates, our volunteers, and our attendees. It made us so proud, and honored the great traditions of our council. Three groups deserve special recognition which, again, words can't possibly express.
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CENTRAL ILLINOIS -- The American Cancer Society is looking for Central Illinois residents for a nationwide study called CPS-3.
This is fourth follow-up study of its kind to help researchers find what causes cancer and how to prevent it.
The American Cancer Society said they are about 150 people short for the study.
To enroll you must give a blood sample.
You can do so Thursday, September 26 during an open enrollment event at Pekin Hospital from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information log on to cps3illinois.org.
The deadline to enroll is Thursday, September 26.


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It is quite easy for one class of citizens who will never be stopped and frisked to suggest the policy is a good balance of safety and rights.
Perhaps if there were equivalently intrusive means of frisking white collar criminals, would the nyc financial sector acquiesce?
This is a very interesting companion piece to this week's articles on affirmative action. Allowing the government to create different classes of citizens based on skin color seems like it's pretty much always going to be problematic.
The US Supremes have long recognized the need to balance public safety with individual rights. Even if these stats were to be accepted where are many of the stops taking place - in neighborhoods with high crime rates, some of which may have large numbers of minority residents. Does that mean that only minorities are targeted? Stats can be manipulated. Ask victims of crimes in those neighborhoods where the police should have the tools to do their jobs.
Not all cities are like NYC either. Retraining of police in areas where the policy may be abused, yes. Scrapping a practical tool to prevent some crimes from happening, no.
More relevant than the overall racial percentages for the city would be the percentages of crimes committed by racial groups. That is why certain groups are stopped and frisked more than others.
Two thoughts: first, a Terry stop is justified if there is reasonable suspicion of illegal activity, and the frisk is permissible in order to search for weapons (i.e. officer safty pat-down). Most white collar crime is not going to be occurring on the public sidewalk for the cop on the beat to get suspicious about.
Second, the closest analogy for white collar crime purposes would be the police having the power to ask you questions about your emails and internet activity when they have reasonable suspicion of illegal activity (not pull your emails or track your internet -- that would require a warrant -- but merely to go into your office and ask you questions about them). They do this now. You are free to end that questioning when you feel like it, but there is no constitutional violation in the police simply asking.
It is important to understand that a "Terry stop" (i.e. stop and frisk) is a "seizure" of a person for 4th Amendment purposes, however it is considered an exception to the warrant requirement. Thus, the principle of stop-and-frisk is entirely constitutional. Nevertheless, it is still possible to exercise an otherwise constitutional authority in an unconstitutional manner. For example, you can have a right to question a suspect, yet become so violent that your questioning becomes a constitutional violation. The issue is therefore not whether Terry stops are constitutional (they are) but whether ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS they are being conducted in an unconstitutional manner. The problem I see with this case is that each stop is unique on its own facts, therefore I cannot see a federal court being able to decide this matter as a class action -- the only way to invalidate the entire program would be if it is producing unconstitutional searches a majority of the time because of some sort of invalid criteria built-in to the program.
I will also note, as an aside, that the mere fact that only a fraction of stops produce arrests or discover contraband is not, by itself, prima facie proof that the stop is improper or unconstitutional. A person may be exhibiting suspicious behavior which would justify a stop-and-frisk, and not have anything on them or not have (yet) committed a crime.
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Molly's Sketchbook: Luxury Liberty Scarves
These Liberty of London, Tana Lawn scarves were inspired by a beautiful scarf Purl Soho's manager Nikki made for her mother. As you probably already know our love for Liberty is boundless! One of the most common things we hear from customers when they feel it is, "Is this silk?". They simply can't believe it's 100% cotton (but it is!) It has such a smooth feel and beautiful drape. It also comes in the most inspiring and incredible prints and I thought a large square scarf would be just the thing to show it off. (By the way, if you love it as much as we do you'll be very pleased to learn that we were recently able to lower our price on this gorgeous fabric a bit since we are now getting it directly from Liberty in London!)
I chose two complimentary prints for each scarf and finished them with a simple double fold binding. It didn't take very long and the results are spectacular! I can't wait to pull one out of my bag next time I feel a chill. --Molly
Materials and Cutting
To make one 36-inch square scarf you will need:
- 1 yard of Liberty of London Tana Lawn for the scarf panel. I used Blue Sydenham Palace for the example above and Grey Orange Droxford for the second scarf.
- 1/4-yard of Liberty of London Tana Lawn in a complimentary print for the binding. I used Hot Pink Wiltshire in the example above and Multi Flowers 0025a for the second scarf.
- 100% cotton thread to match your fabrics, I used color 1140
- Hand Quilting Thread to match your fabrics, I used color 0829
Cut the scarf panel fabric into a 36-inch square.
Cut three 2-inch strips from selvage to selvage from the binding fabric and then cut off the selvages. You will have three 2-inch by (roughly) 52-inch strips.
Sewing the Binding Strips
Pin one binding strip to another, right sides together at a 90-degree angle as shown above so there is a square shape where they overlap. Draw a diagonal line from the top left corner of this square to the bottom right corner and sew the strips together along this marked line. Back stitch at the beginning and end of the seam.
Trim this seam to a 1/4-inch by cutting off the corner of the right angle as shown above.
Pull the right angle apart and your binding should lay flat. Press the seam allowances to one side and press the binding strip flat.
Repeat these steps to attach the third binding strip.
Once all three binding strips are sewn together and pressed flat press the resulting long strip in half length-wise with it's right side facing out.
Attaching the Binding
Place the scarf panel with its right side facing up and starting at the middle of one of its sides pin the raw edges of the folded binding strip to the scarf panel edge as shown above. Both raw edges will be pinned to the scarf panel's raw edge and the fold of the binding strip will face toward the center of the scarf. Leave a 3-inch tail at the beginning of the binding strip.
When you get to a corner fold the binding strip away from the scarf panel at a 90-degree. This creates a little triangle shape as shown above.
Then double back, leaving the little triangle of excess formed by the previous step, and continue pinning the raw edges together along the next side.
The picture above shows the "triangle of excess" that will help to form your mitered corner later.
Pin the binding around the entire scarf panel in this manner until you get back to the first side. Stop pinning 3-inches before you started leaving a 3-inch unpinned gap. Do not cut the binding strip. Instead leave a tail at the end as shown above.
Sew the binding on to the scarf panel with a 1/4-inch seam allowance starting and stopping your seams 1/4-inch from each corner. Do not sew into your corner triangle of excess. Back stitch at the beginning and end of each seam. Leave the 3-inch gap unsewn.
Once you've sewn all of the pinned binding, lay the tails down along the gap's edge and mark where they meet in the middle of the gap.
Pin them together close to this marking, pulling them away from the scarf panel as shown above. Be careful not to twist them.
Sew the tails together along the marked line and then trim the seam allowance to 1/4-inch. Press the seam allowance to one side.
Pin the sewn together binding tape along the raw edge of the gap and sew it down with a 1/4-inch seam allowance back stitching at the beginning and end of this seam.
Finishing the Binding
Flip the scarf over so the wrong side of the scarf panel is facing up.
Press the edge seams out towards the binding tape on all four sides of the scarf.
Fold the binding tape around to the wrong side and pin it so that it just covers the seam. Don't pin around every side all at once but rather just pin a few inches in front of you as you work. Eventually you might not need the pins at all but rather you could just finger press as you go.
To stitch on the binding use a slip stitch:
Take a tiny horizontal stitch from the scarf panel fabric, just below the folded over binding.
Then, entering the binding just above your first stitch, slip your needle though the fold of the binding, thus hiding the thread, and come out 1/4-inch to the left.
Then take another tiny stitch from the scarf panel directly below where your needle came out.
And then, again, stick your needle into the fold of the binding just above the stitch and slip your needle through the binding 1/4-inch to the left.
There will be an almost invisible row of little stitches on the front of the scarf, just along side of the binding.
Sew the binding down in this manner along all the sides.
When you get to a corner, fold the triangle of excess into a pleasing mitered shape (it should do this almost automatically) and tack the corner down with a few small stitches.
The miter on the right side of the corner should fall into place once you've done this.
Once you're done sewing down the binding your scarf will be finished!


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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A proposal to give a university tuition discount to some immigrant students in the United States illegally has been rejected by the Arizona Board of Regents.
The board on Thursday rejected Regent Dennis DeConcini's proposal, with other regents saying the proposal wouldn't survive a legal challenge.
Students not in the country legally have to pay out-of-state tuition rates, which are much higher than in-state rates.
Arizona law prohibits providing in-state tuition rates or state-funded financial aid to students not legally in the country.
DeConcini's proposal would have created a new rate of 110 percent of in-state tuition for so-called "dreamers" in the federal program for deferred action from deportation.
Maricopa County's community college district has been sued by Attorney General Tom Horne over its giving in-state status to "dreamers."
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Pledging to bring government back to the people, Abel Collins, a 33-year-old Matunuck resident, environmental activist, poet and political newcomer announced he is challenging Congressman James Langevin for Rhode Island's second congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
"This campaign is going to be about more than just making a point," Collins said last week from the podium of the State House's state room at a press conference where he announced his candidacy. "I am in this race to win."
Collins is a graduate of Brown University and a program director for the Sierra Club. He lives in Matunuck with his wife and four children.
Collins, running as an Independent, has four major platform issues that will be the focus of his campaign: financial industry accountability, campaign finance reform, a Green Works program and a grassroots effort to reengage the public into the political process.
"Over the years I've talked to thousands of Rhode Islanders on doorsteps, at meetings, rallies, public hearings, even here in this State House," Collins said. "There is a general sense the public is becoming less and less powerful. We're losing our voice.
"We need to take it back."
Collins said he would start by holding big banks accountable, regulating them to make sure they're not betting with derivatives in opaque markets that cannot be controlled. He said The Federal Reserve needs to be held more accountable so they're not "simply representing the interest of the large banks."
The financial crisis that led to the ongoing economic malaise was the result "of a massive amount of fraud," the trail leading to the highest levels of those financial organizations, Collins said.
Financial industry accountability is critical to getting our economy running again, Collins said.
"The big banks have only grown bigger since the financial disaster of 2008," Collins said. "Right now we need to make sure there is no too big to fail. Too big to fail is too big to exist."
"We need to prosecute," he said. "The people at the tops of those organization who think they're doing God's work—our regulatory agencies have the authority to do that right now but our politicians in Washington just aren't making them do it. So when I go to Washington, I'll make sure that job gets done."
Next is campaign finance reform. One of the biggest problems facing our country is "the amount of money that influences our public corporations," which "right now are considered people and have the ability to make unlimited campaign donations," Collins said.
"That is hurting our Democracy," Collins said, calling for sweeping changes, including requiring all elections to be publically funded to reduce the influence of corporate money on the political system.
To grow as a country, Collins said he believes a Green Works program is a solution to a host of issues, including unemployment, pollution, crumbling infrastructure and a bleak economic prosperity landscape for most people.
"That means investing in commuter rails, making sure that mass transit is available," Collins said. "Rhode Island has a lot of advantages that I'd emphasize in Washington. We have a beautiful state with a wind resource that can be captured and turned into renewable energy. We can do a lot to invest in creating a greener transportation system. These are things that will save Rhode Islanders money — and will provide good, high paying jobs for Americans."
The state already has a small, sustainable farming community that keeps growing "but can be encouraged" to grow more, Collins said.
He also would take a tough stance on international trade issues — a major priority for him. Fair trade instead of free trade to make sure "we're bringing back jobs lost to other nations because they engage in unfair trade practices."
"They are abusing their workers," he said. "They're abusing their environment and gaining an unfair advantage over America. We can build those goods safely and cleanly in America but we have to make sure our government isn't giving an advantage to those factories overseas."
Collins noted that he has a lot of respect and admiration for Langevin, but believes that in many ways the Congressman has served as a rubber stamp and failed to fight for the types of changes that need to take place in Washington.
The broken political system has discouraged the public, which feels "apathetic, disenfranchised, disaffected," Collins said.
"I have become increasingly alarmed by how little faith people have left in their government to do the right thing." Collins cited the dismal voter turnout in the last election and the Tea Party and Occupy populist movements that have sprung up in the past three years as evidence of the disaffection of the public.
Collins said he will prove that a grassroots campaign surrounding an Independent candidate such as himself can demonstrate that the two-party system can be challenged.
"Half of my campaign is really about getting people involved, making sure the grassroots are represented in Washington," Collins said. "I think people will be surprised by how well this campaign does."
Though facing a financial disadvantage, Collins said he knows that voters can be reached and energized in new ways. Using social media Web sites could prove to be more effective at getting younger voters than TV advertisements.
"We live in a new world where social media and new media communications can get our message out to tens of thousands on a limited budget. There are ways to run a campaign that I don't have to spend as much as Langevin," Collins said. "To be honest, some of the old media won't be as important in this election. People are paying attention to what their friends are doing on these social media sites instead of watching advertisements on television. Many are just fast forwarding over them."
Collins has never held an elected office before and said he wishes he had the time to start small and run for Town Council and spend years building up his reputation to "assure me victory, but that time does not exist."
"These issues need to be addressed now," Collins said.
His decision to run came only recently, after a groundswell of support from friends, family and people he's met over the last few years.
Collins will tap into a large network of volunteers who will fan out across the state for the campaign. Many of those workers are people he connected with as part of his involvement with the RIPTA Riders Group, which aggressively lobbied the General Assembly in protest of cuts to the state transit system's budget and to promote mass transit.
Collins was the point man for the group and takes credit for helping coordinate a collection of frustrated and politically unconnected people into a lobbying force to be reckoned with on Smith Hill.
At the Occupy Providence movement, Collins served as a moderate voice in the crowd, he said in the hopes of encouraging dialog and stimulating protesters to turn their frustration into action. He did not camp overnight, but tried to serve as an intermediary in the hopes of finding common ground.
He indicated the same skills would come into play in Washington. Here at home, he'll be confronting "a perception there's left and right, Democrats and Republicans, but it's more complex than that," Collins said.
"Both parties have populist elements to them and I'm more of a populist," Collins said, citing Ron Paul's ability to garner support from both liberal and conservative-minded people.
Though socially liberal, Collins said his focus on financial industry accountability and getting jobs back to America will transcend the left vs. right fight.
"I consider myself frugal and conservatively run my household budget," he said. "And that's the way I want Washington run. We need to be spending money efficiently, but we also need to be spending money sufficiently, investing in the right areas, making sure our infrastructure is adequate for what we need to do economically."
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He decided to sponsor a bill that would give Alabama teachers an annual stipend to purchase school supplies.
Like the majority of legislators in the initial stages of drafting a bill, Reed met with representatives from the Legislative Fiscal Office and the Legislative Reference Service to draft the bill.
Reed said that, even in cases where the bill is suggested by a interest group, lawmakers still consult with both of the state offices.
The Legislative Reference Service works with lawmakers to take their ideas and compose a bill that has the proper legal prose to accomplish what the lawmaker wants.
"They serve a great purpose with us," Reed said.
The job of the Legislative Fiscal Office is to review the bill and determine what impact it will have on the state's general fund, or in the case of Reed's bill, the effect on the Education Trust Fund. That report is called a fiscal note and is accompanied with practically all bills taken before the Alabama Legislature.
Reed said the amount of the annual stipend in his bill, $300, was set after he talked with the chairs of the House and Senate budget committees. He said they worked to hit a figure would help teachers while not causing significant budget cuts elsewhere.
One lawmaker suggested making the annual stipend $1,000. However, Reed said the budget chairs said that amount would take out around $50 million from the Education Trust Fund.
Reed's bill, SB 257, had a unique characteristic of having little opposition throughout the legislative process.
"It's not that everybody didn't agree with it; it's that everybody wanted to take credit for it," he joked.
When a draft of Reed's bill was ready, he then had to lobby Republican Sen. Trip Pittman, the chairperson of the Finance and Taxation Education Committee.
The chair of a committee decides which bills will be placed on the committee's calendar to be discussed for a vote.
Once SB 257 passed the education committee, Reed had to lobby the chair of the Senate Rules committee to have the legislation placed on the Senate floor for a vote.
The bill passed the Senate 31-1.
Rep. Bill Roberts (R-Jasper) then carried the bill in the House, where it went to the House Ways and Means Education Committee. There, Roberts had to lobby the chair to have the bill placed on the calendar. He also had to do the same for the chair of the House Rules Committee to have the legislation go to the House floor for a vote.
While in the House, the bill received an amendment further clarifying the definition of a teacher for the purposes of the stipend. Reed said lawmakers wanted to make sure the allowance wasn't going to aides or employees that do not oversee classrooms.
The House ultimately voted 103-0 to approve the bill. However, because the House added an amendment, the bill went back to the Senate for approval.
The Senate voted 33-0 to concur and adopt the legislation. Had the Senate not concurred, the bill would have gone into a conference committee where representatives from the House and Senate would have worked out the differences, and sent a compromise bill back for a vote by both House and Senate.
Since the Senate concurred, however, the bill went to the desk of Gov. Robert Bentley and was signed into law on May 14.
Reed said nearly 2,000 bills are proposed every legislative session in Alabama, and approximately 10 percent of those actually make it to be a law.
Reed said the process is made difficult on purpose, though.
"The fact that you have to go through all these steps to become a law is frustrating, but even though that can be frustrating, it's not a bad process," he said.


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The NC House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would strengthen the punishment for anyone caught stealing Venus Flytraps in New Hanover County. The bill now moves to the state Senate for approval.
Rep. Ted Davis (R-New Hanover) introduced HB1059, which received a favorable report Thursday morning from the House Finance Committee, sending it forward in the process toward possibly becoming state law. The bill had previously cleared a Judiciary Committee.
Davis said he made changes to his original bill, which makes stealing the Venus Flytrap a Class "H" felony offense punishable by up to 25 months in prison instead of a misdemeanor. The original bill covered only New Hanover County, but Davis added Brunswick, Onslow and Pender counties to the version heard and approved in Committees.
Thieves stole thousands of Venus Flytraps in 2013 from locations in Brunswick and New Hanover counties. The only place in the world where the plants grow naturally is within a 70 mile radius of Wilmington.
The bill also includes a provision that could allow money collected from the room occupancy tax in the unincorporated area of New Hanover County to be used for "tourism-related expenditures", which could include beach nourishment.
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"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees."
. . . William Blake
I constantly use trees in my art work and am captivated by them. I can't tell you exactly why that is. What I do know is that I grew up on five acres in the Pacific Northwest and as a child the woods were my playground. I remember walking down to the stream just beyond our property line and sitting . . . just sitting. Something in me shifted as I sat and took it all in. Being in the forest surrounded by trees brought about a feeling of calmness, peace, and serenity, and when I reflect on my youth, I am often brought back to these moments.
Today, I get the same sense of serenity going out into nature. I can also tap into this stillness by taking notice of a simple tree, imbedded in a planter on a city street. I also know that I have only begun to skim the surface of the meaning and magic of trees. The more I learn about trees, the more amazed I am.
In Sandra Kynes' book, Whispers from the Woods, she writes about a bristlecone tree that is over 4,600 years old! She also writes about the yew tree, which can live for thousands of years and was thought to be immortal by the ancients. Kynes illumes the life, death, and rebirth cycle of trees, which they have come to symbolize. I too have noticed the life cycle embodied in trees. In contemplation, I have asked myself why I am especially drawn to leafless trees. I think it is because they represent a mysterious part of the cycle. Even though all leaves are gone, the tree remains strong and proud. The tree will weather winter and arrive in spring refreshed and renewed. As in life, sometimes the branches are barren, but underneath, it is all a miracle waiting to happen. I love looking to nature for guidance and asking, "What can I learn from you?"
(Kynes, Sandra. Whispers From the Woods. MN:Llewellyn, 2007.)
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CATEGORIES Comedy, Casting, CinematicalIt looks like Tim Allen, otherwise known as Henry Lefay, has found his second, and err...umm... fourth wife. (This one got a repeat performance!) The Hollywood Reporter has posted that The Six Wives of Henry Lefay has finally finished its cast with Darma herself -- Jenna Elfman. The movie, which started shooting in Connecticut this week, is about a man (Allen) whose wife and ex-wives fight over his will when they think that he's dead. Elfman's character is the "small-town diva" wife. Since they range in ages from 25 to 55, you can imagine what sorts of jokes the flick will likely use.
Elisha Cuthbert, who will play Allen's daughter, told Cinematical about the feature back in June, and THR followed suit with most of the wives in August. They are: Andie MacDowell, Paz Vega (Spanglish), Kelli Garner (Thumbsucker), and S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order). Considering the fact that there's only five, I don't know why the flick, written and directed by Howard Michael Gould, couldn't be called The Five Wives of Henry Lefay. Is this supposed to be funny and quirky, like that whole "Happyness" title?
Seeing that they make sure to mention that Cuthbert's character doesn't marry, and IMDb lists one other person on the cast -- Eric Christian Olsen (The Last Kiss) -- I'm thinking he's her love interest. You know -- the father is so very dysfunctional (especially if he's only assumed to be dead) that she has to figure out if she can handle a real, long-term relationship. Or, maybe I'm wrong and he's a gardener, a step son, or something else.


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The half-minute-long commercial for energy drink IRN-BRU on YouTube isn't all that original or really very funny. All the same, the clip "R0049_TDAU8" garnered 113 million hits and received a five-star review, with more than 70,000 visitors giving the clip the popular video site's highest content approval rating. (Editor's note: the file has since been removed from YouTube.)
Is it a victory for bad taste? No. In fact, YouTube's user-generated "Comments & Responses" area is filled with messages wondering how the clip -- which parodies a woman giving birth to a can of fizzy beverage -- was even flagged as interesting in the first place.
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The credit for the success of the clip, researchers say, lies with schemers who are gaming the online voting systems used by content-sharing networks to serve their own ends, including the spread of malicious software and adware, according to Ben Edelman, an assistant professor at Harvard University and longtime Internet fraud researcher.
Scammers have created sophisticated programs that mimic legitimate YouTube traffic and provide automated feedback for videos and other content they wish to promote, said Edelman.
In other cases, scammers merely purchase the traffic from companies who have developed a cottage industry in providing artificial Web site visits, he said.
By either method, schemers are corrupting the systems used to drive much of the content pushed to the most popular areas of YouTube and similar sites, Edelman said. In the process, they are also lowering the value of the multimedia portals and finding ways to line their own pockets.
"YouTube is actually the victim in this case, as videos that aren't really that great end up in the 'Most Viewed' or 'Top Rated' categories, and people look at those and it impacts their perceptions of the site," Edelman said. "But it also makes you wonder what steps these types of sites are taking to prevent this sort of thing, as we're only seeing this now because scammers are getting so greedy that it's become noticeable."
According to the researcher, who is based at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Mass., the YouTube energy drink clip in question was probably pumped up by a combination of paid traffic and a malicious program that forces people's browsers to secretly imprint the site as they go about their normal Web browsing.
The paid traffic is provided by any one of a number of companies, such as Buyhitscheap.com, that offer Web traffic for a fee. Individuals at Buyhitsheap.com did not respond to efforts by InfoWorld to speak with someone regarding the traffic pumping issue. The Web site is registered through DomainsByProxy.com of Scottsdale, Ariz. (Slogan "Your identity is nobody's business but ours.")
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- Callups Nickeas, Lutz give Mets some depth
- Dickey adds to NL Cy Young Award resume
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MIAMI -- When Major League rosters expand to 40 players at the start of September, it does more than just help teams bring in added depth, according to Mets manager Terry Collins.
It changes the dynamic of the final month of the season, as well.
"It does change the game," Collins said. "It changes the way it's played, not only teams like us, but teams that are in contention."
The Mets skipper admitted he liked that the roster expansion gives teams chances to reward some Minor Leaguers for great seasons, but the move from 25 players to up to 40 changes strategy, especially because some teams call up more Minor Leaguers than others.
Collins also recalls in the early 90s when he was coaching in Pittsburgh and the Pirates were in the hunt for the pennant, and they traveled to St. Louis for a series in September.
"They didn't have a left-handed reliever all summer and then they had three of them in September," Collins said of the Cardinals. "It's a whole different game. When you've been fighting four or five months, that sixth month sometimes can be real different."
While Collins would like to see changes to the rules that limit the September callups, he isn't sure what alternative option he would offer, whether it would be to limit the roster to 30 players instead of 40, or to do like they do in Japan, where they have 28 players on the roster and three active scratches each night -- usually starting pitchers.
"I'd like to see some changes," Collins said. "I don't know how to do it ... but still it's just a different game in September. I thought [former Cardinals manager] Tony [La Russa] last year in the month of September used his callups to absolute perfection. He used them absolutely perfectly, and it's tough to defend them when you don't have [as many]. Some teams bring a lot, some teams don't bring as many in."
Callups Nickeas, Lutz give Mets some depth
MIAMI -- As expected, the Mets added two players before the second game of their three-game series with the Marlins on Saturday.
New York recalled catcher Mike Nickeas and corner infielder Zach Lutz from Triple-A Buffalo to help bolster the team's depth for the final month of the season.
"I haven't given a lot of thought to how they're going to be used, but I think they can help pinch-run or if there's a pinch-hitting role that comes up," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We've got some guys that certainly will give us some depth."
Nickeas was on the Mets' Opening Day roster and appeared in 42 games before the team optioned him to Buffalo on July 16. He hit just .168 (17-for-101) with three doubles, one home run and 13 RBIs during his stint with the Mets.
Since he was sent down to the Bisons, Nickeas hit .364 (24-for-66) with a .405 on-base percentage and a .905 OPS. He hit six doubles, a home run and six RBIs in 22 games.
Lutz made his Major League debut with the Mets earlier this season, but spent most of the year with Buffalo. In four games with New York, he went 1-for-4 from April 24-29. In 72 games with Buffalo, he hit matched Nickeas' OPS (.905) and hit .299 (73-for-244) with a .410 on-base percentage, 16 doubles, 10 home runs and 35 RBIs.
"I know all about him," Collins said of Lutz. "He's got power, he's a good hitter, he plays first and third. He can be dangerous."
Dickey adds to NL Cy Young Award resume
MIAMI -- After R.A. Dickey threw a shutout Friday night, much of the postgame chatter was about the 37-year-old knuckleballer's National League Cy Young Award candidacy.
Mets manager Terry Collins and Marlins skipper Ozzie Guillen both lauded Dickey after the game -- his third shutout and fifth complete game of the year -- and said the righty was deserving of the award. Friday's performance also gave Dickey his 17th win of the year, tying him with Reds righty Johnny Cueto and Nats lefty Gio Gonzalez (who threw his own shutout Friday) for most in the Majors.
All three have strong resumes for the NL Cy Young Award -- Cueto leads the trio in ERA (2.48), Dickey leads them in strikeouts (190) and WHIP (1.01), while Gonzalez leads all three in opponents' batting average (.212). The only discernible difference among the trio is that Cueto and Gonzalez are putting up their numbers on teams that are in the pennant chase. Both the Reds and Nats lead their respective divisions.
While some might argue that as a knock on Dickey's body of work, Collins thinks the Mets' struggles make Dickey's numbers that much more impressive.
"No question," Collins said. "We've had a tough time scoring runs, especially in the second half of the season, and he continues to win. We are seven games below .500 and he's what, [13] games over .500? That says a lot."
Davis impresses Mets with perseverance
MIAMI -- If there's one thing that impresses Mets manager Terry Collins more than Ike Davis' eye-popping numbers after a slow start to the year, it's the resilience Davis displayed during his offensive turnaround.
"He's certainly responded to the patience the organization had with him after the start," Collins said. "We all knew he had power and we all know he's a good defender. He stayed with his plan. He stayed with the work ethic he has to get his offense going."
According to Collins, the key now for the Mets is to get Davis, who has a career-high 25 home runs and 74 RBIs, off to a faster start next season. Davis hit just .170 with a .220 on-base percentage through the first two months of the season, but has hit .257 with 20 home runs and 53 RBIs since the start of June.
The Mets would also like to see Davis improve against left-handed pitchers, especially since many teams add another lefty in the bullpen when rosters expand each season. Entering Saturday, he is hitting just .179 with seven homers and 18 RBIs against southpaws.
"We've got to get Ike to be a little more productive against left-handed pitching," Collins said. "If that means straightening up [his stance] helps him see the ball better against left-handed hitters, we've got to find that comfort zone where he feels good. ... If he starts doing damage against left-handed pitching, it will change the whole dynamics of your lineup."
Tom Green is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Now that the weather is finally warming up, it's time to start incorporating more "summery" foods into my dinner. The June issue of Cooking Light included a recipe for Tilapia with Pineapple Salsa and Tomato-Avocado Salad that sounded like the perfect warm-weather dinner. I used turbot instead of tilapia, but you can substitute in whatever whitefish you'd prefer. I also added some paprika to the fish for a bit more flavor and color. Ingredients: 1 cup chopped pineapple 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion 1/2 jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely chopped 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice, divided 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 1/2 cup thinly vertically sliced red onion 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil 1 medium tomato, cut into thin wedges 1 peeled ripe avocado, cut into 8 wedges 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 4 (6-ounce) whitefish fillets 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon chipotle chile powder 1/4 teaspoon paprika


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WR Santonio Holmes, considered the top player on the market at his position, agreed on Wednesday morning to re-sign with the Jets. It has been reported that the contract is a five-year deal. ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted that the deal is worth $50 million, with $24 million guaranteed.
Holmes, who was acquired by New York last April in a trade with the Steelers, was a dynamic playmaker for the team in 2010. He caught game-winning touchdowns in back-to-back games for the team during the middle of last season, and emerged as the favorite target for QB Mark Sanchez.
There had been some concern that Holmes would receive a larger offer from a rival team or that the Jets would choose to spend their salary-cap space on a different position, but in the end, head coach Rex Ryand and GM Mike Tannenbaum realized Holmes was too important to let go. There is still a strong possibility New York could lose free-agent WRs Braylon Edwards and Brad Smith, making Holmes' return even more vital.
Holmes, the MVP of Super Bowl XLIII while with Pittsburgh, finished 2010 with 52 receptions for 746 yards and six touchdowns, despite playing in only 12 games.
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This was an important move for the Jets to make and one that allows them to remain a Super Bowl contender. While their offense is still based around a strong running game, Sanchez needs downfield targets to throw to, and there are few in the NFL better than Holmes. Even if the two other free-agent receivers sign elsewhere, the Jets' offense should still be tough to stop next year because of their dynamic playmaker on the outside.
Signing Holmes won't be the last move by the Jets in free agency. The team still needs to acquire a cornerback, either by re-signing Antonio Cromartie or bringing in another player on the market. There have been several rumors the team would like to sign ex-Raider Nnamdi Asomugha to team with All-Pro Darrelle Revis, forming an amazing pair of pass defenders. To do that, however, several Jets would need to re-structure their contracts to create salary-cap space.
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It appears Terry Francona will pay for Boston's sins. Reports have been trickling out since Thursday night that the Red Sox and their manager will part ways, and now all that's left is the official announcement.
SI.com's Jon Heyman is reporting that even after winning a World Series in 2004 and 2007, Francona is out after eight years in Boston. The Red Sox will decline to pick up the option on Francona's contract.
The decision was apparently made last night and may be announced today. There were differences over how things were handled this season.
The outcome follows the second consecutive season in which the Red Sox missed postseason — this year that absence was the result of a historic collapse that included a 7-20 record in September. Still, it's a somewhat surprising end to the relationship between a team, and a manager that presided over the most successful run for the franchise since the early 20th century.
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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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The Phelps Knights basketball team split a pair of games last week, falling to Laona-Wabeno 45-36 last Tuesday before defeating White Lake 49-34 Friday.
Although there were a number of turnovers committed by Phelps during the White Lake game, the team did well enough otherwise to take the victory.
White Lake held a 9-4 lead after the first quarter, but a big second quarter for Phelps saw them head to the locker room with a healthy 21-13 halftime lead.Phelps pulled away in the second half,
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Runners in this weekends Fargo Marathon will of course want to load up on carbs and energy the night before the big race.
The one restaurant in charge of making it all possible and feeding about 2,300 people is Johnny Carino's and they've got a marathon of their own starting today.
They'll be cooking about: 100lbs of marinara sauce, 150lbs of alfredo sauce, 500lbs of pasta, 250lbs of chicken, and 300lbs of romance lettuce for caesar salads.
This is not the first time Johnny Carino's has been challenged with this task, after this year they will have cooked for all eight Fargo Marathon's. Carino's also has fed the Fargo Force and NDSU athletic teams before their games.
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