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And before it did all of that, the Puppy Bowl inspired an entire online ecosystem of cute. It got its start two years before "I Can Has Cheezburger?," the chronicler of LOLcats, became an Internet brand. Since then, cute websites have only multiplied. Cute Overload. Zooborns. Reddit's "Aww" section. Buzzfeed. The Daily Puppy. The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee. Cute Roulette. The Fluffington Post. The Cat Scan. Caturday. Squishfacedogs. Stuff on My Cat. That's just to name a few, and does not include the genuine animal celebrities, like Boo, the furball of a Pomeranian who has plush toys in his own image and a book, or Maru, the box-loving Japanese cat who has starred in hundreds of YouTube videos.
"People caught on and got smart with the cuteness," says Puppy Bowl executive producer Melinda Toporoff, who also produces "Dogs 101" and "Cats 101," two Animal Planet shows that could best be described as "cute porn" for the way cameras linger in slow motion over the most adorable specimens of every breed.
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The two-day Puppy Bowl taping begins not with puppies, but with hedgehogs. They've been cast as cheerleaders this year, a role previously filled by bunnies and piglets. On a November morning in a Manhattan studio, their adoptive parents gather in the green room to share stories about their quirky obsession with the spiny-but-lovable creatures.
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A Florence soldier returned home from Afghanistan Wednesday and got to meet his four-month-old daughter for the first time.
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Charlottesville prosecutors and attorneys for George Huguely are working on a deal to delay the case against the 23-year-old accused killer. That came out in court Monday morning where the former University of Virginia lacrosse player faced five new charges in connection to the death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love.
The commonwealth's attorney tacked on those new charges late Friday. The hearing in General District Court lasted a total of about five minutes with both sides in this case agreeing they need more time.
Huguely waived the right to appear, even via video link from jail, where the now 23-year-old has been locked up since May 3. Huguely faces five new felony charges related to the death of Love. The new warrants, filed late Friday, tack on charges of robbery, burglary, statutory burglary, grand larceny for allegedly stealing Love's computer, and felony murder. Huguely is already charged with first degree murder.
UVA Associate Professor of Law Josh Bowers believes the new charges will allow the commonwealth's attorney to develop several theories to prove murder.
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Bowers says Virginia law calls that death a felony murder, even if prosecutors can not prove premeditation was needed for a first degree murder conviction. But Huguely's attorneys are sticking by their Friday statement, saying "We think it is significant that the amended charges acknowledge that there was no premeditation."
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I think it is fair to claim that Trek's Golden Age comprised the TOS movies as well as early and middle TNG. TOS is often quite raw and unsophisticated and while we all have our favourite post-TNG series none of them are as good as TNG if we try to be honest and objective.
I think there is one key structural reason that explains this. In the beginning the universe was empty and in the end it was crowded, universe meaning not just the galaxy, familiar aliens, sense or absence of mystery and so on but also the social universe which became more soapish, emphasizing personal relations among the main characters more and more.
Let's take a look at the Klingons. Initially there are many variations, the cold warriors from TOS, the barbarians from TSFS and early TNG and the more human Klingons from TUC. This was interesting but also a bit unpolished. When TNG changed the Klingons into the Viking-like culture and began to tell epic stories with Sins of the Fathers they became undoubtedly better. But then Trek was flooded with Klingon stories and while they are in no way bad (I do not belong to the 'there are too many Klingons in Trek' fraction) it all became a bit stale. DS9 added little new to them and VOY's B'Elanna did neither.
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In response to those trying to impose their knee-jerk and ivory-tower ideals on the United States while ignoring real life in the real world, I offer my history to be included in this discussion.I was born and raised in the Dexter and Chicago Boulevard area of Detroit, which was a changing neighborhood during the 1940s and '50s. As a youth, I went to the Fisher YMCA and learned to swim, shoot pool and .22s. At a penny a bullet, I earned Marksmanship, Sharpshooter and Expert badges. At Cass Technical High, I took ROTC and trained with the M1 Rifle and M1 Carbine.
After graduation, I had the choice to either work in a factory or join the military. In the U.S. Air Force (USAF), I trained with an M1 Carbine that the USAF considered a side arm, along with the .45 and .38 caliber pistols. I earned a Small Arms Medal that I was not allowed to wear because I was a medic with a Geneva Convention Card. I served in the USAF for eight years and had the experiences of being part of the Cuban Missile Crises.
When I left the USAF on June 30, 1967, I purchased an Army surplus carbine for $17.34, and returned to Detroit just in time for the Detroit riots. I saw all reason, law and order disappear in less than 24 hours. I had to drive through free fire zones to get to work at Henry Ford Hospital, where I worked in surgery on fire and police casualties. My home in Dear-
born was just three blocks from the Detroit line, and I had to fire my M1 Carbine to defend my wife and two kids from the gangs and fire bombers attacking my house.
I attended night classes at Wayne State University where we had to park, wait and walk to and from classes in groups.
After graduation, I moved to the security of Northbrook, Ill., and worked as a field auditor covering a 10-state area.
In 1988, I moved to the East Village neighborhood in Chicago, which was a drug and gang infested neighborhood. Fed up with all the shootings, we, the community, organized and cleaned up the neighborhood. We managed to turn Division Street from skid row to sidewalk cafes. We were lucky and had one of the only houses in our area that was not broken into, thanks to the "Trespassers Will Be Shot" signs in our front basement windows.
During this period, the Illinois State Senate was creating the definition of an "assault weapon." I went to Springfield and testified to the committee using the Army Tech manual and manufacture's manual that my M1A1 Carbine was a .30 caliber, semi-automatic (one shoot per trigger pull) weapon with a standard 15- round magazine. They ignored all testimony and outlawed the M1 Carbine. Serving on this state Senate Committee was then state Sen. Barack Obama!
After I retired, I escaped to Wisconsin and now enjoy the North Woods. However, a few years ago, I was faced with the problem of four hunters on my posted property. I told them there was no hunting on this side of the lake and asked them to leave. I got my carbine from the gun locker, fired two shots into the air, watched them run and was glad I still had 13 rounds left.
I strongly believe in our U.S. Constitution and I will keep my carbine to defend my family and my home from the wild animals, savages, outlaws, crazies and dictators of this world.
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VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | September 29,2013MONTPELIER Vermonts health care exchange is set to launch Tuesday thanks to an influx of $172.6 million in federal funding to help the state meet the requirements laid out in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010.
While many states have opted to allow the federal government to create the required online marketplace for health insurance, Vermont has embraced the federal requirement and set out to create its own unique version. The Obama administration has rewarded the state handsomely dishing out five separate grants totaling $172,641,000 to complete the work.
Vermont already has the federal money in hand, so its health exchange is not immediately threatened by a weekend move by Republicans in the U.S. House, who are trying to delay the launch of Obamacare, by a year.
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Vermont Health Connect is the largest overhaul of health care in Vermonts history, and the cost of implementing it is massive. The entire cost of setting up the exchange is covered entirely by federal grants, however, according to Lindsey Tucker, deputy commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access.
Much of the work has been performed by outside contractors. As of the end of June, the state had spent about $24.6 million of the $172.6 million allocated by the federal government in grants, according to Tucker. Significantly more has been spent during the current fiscal quarter and will be reflected when it closes at the end of the month, she said.
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Notes on a Scandal
David Carr reviews "Hack Attack," in which Nick Davies traces his campaign to uncover the full extent of the British phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.
August 31, 2014, Sunday
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Charting Love, Longing and Loss
Matthew Thomas's devastating debut novel, "We Are Not Ourselves," is a starkly honest, intimate family story with the power to rock you to your core.
August 22, 2014, Friday
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In Iraq, Dread Is in the Air
"Fives and Twenty-Fives," by Michael Pitre, follows a platoon in Iraq, where even fixing potholes can be fatal.
August 21, 2014, Thursday
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A Physician With a Troubled Conscience Puts Himself on the Couch
Sandeep Jauhar reveals much in his memoir, "Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician."
August 20, 2014, Wednesday
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Her Past: A Child Star in the Worst Kind of Film
In Chelsea Cain's "One Kick," Kick Lannigan, held captive by a pedophile as a child, is now a young adult who teams up with a mysterious investigator to save others from experiencing what she did.
August 19, 2014, Tuesday
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A Railroad Built Out of Prisoners' Pain and Sweat
Richard Flanagan's "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" depicts Allied prisoners of war forced to build a railway under appalling conditions.
August 18, 2014, Monday
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Black and White
In 1928, two brothers head to Africa to collect film footage.
August 17, 2014, Sunday
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Way to a Man's Heart
A British housewife kills her husband. Then she eats him.
August 17, 2014, Sunday
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Chelsea Cain's new heroine can't escape her past.
August 17, 2014, Sunday
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- Tribe to slow down Pestano, speed up Tomlin
- Indians call up promising reliever Putnam
- Indians gear up for grueling stretch drive
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ARLINGTON -- Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo had been targeting the current series to return to the lineup, and manager Manny Acta confirmed that barring a setback, he will return on Thursday against the Rangers."Choo has a chance to play in the last game of this series," Acta said. "He's going to take it easy today to take a break from the work yesterday, go for baseball activities tomorrow, and if he's fine after that, he'll probably be activated after that." The return of Grady Sizemore and Choo, who is batting .260 with eight home runs in 84 games, could displace Kosuke Fukudome, who has played in right and center field in the 42 games he has played for the Indians. Since Fukudome is swinging a solid bat, going 43-for-149 (.289) with 10 doubles and three homers in his past 36 games, Acta said he would see some time in left field, since Sizemore will start in center field when he plays. Shelley Duncan has mostly played in left field, but he's also seen time at designated hitter and first base. "We are going to have [Fukudome] take some balls in left field, just to have him give us the option to be in the lineup," Acta said. "We know that Sizemore doesn't play every day going forward. But still, there are going to be some days that Choo and Sizemore are going to be there, and if we want to keep Fukudome in the lineup, then he could play left field for us. In the next couple of days, he's going to work out there just to get a feel for it."
Tribe to slow down Pestano, speed up Tomlin
ARLINGTON -- Indians manager Manny Acta said the Indians were hoping to limit the innings of rookie reliever Vinny Pestano, while ramping up the rehab of Josh Tomlin.Pestano, who appeared in 62 games last season between Triple-A Columbus, Double-A Akron and the Majors, has appeared in 61 games this season for the Indians. He is 8 1/3 innings short of the number he pitched last season. "In a perfect world, you should increase the innings and the appearances for next year," Acta said. "He's in place to do that the next couple days, and then having those extra guys will give us an opportunity to back off of him a little bit." Acta said that Pestano is healthy, but the first Major League season is always a grind for any rookie, as their previous seasons never lasted more than 150 games at most. "He's been pretty good over these last 15 days," Acta said. "It's normal for him to feel a little bit of fatigue at the end of the season, but he's been fine." Acta also said Tomlin has not had any problems with his rehab and can be expected to pitch again this season. "Tomlin threw to 100 feet, no setbacks, we're hoping to get him on the mound in a couple days," Acta said. Acta also said it is uknown at this point whether Tomlin would resume his role as a starter or if he would go to the bullpen. Acta refused to speculate, saying the organization would have a better idea of Tomlin's rule for the remainder of this season after the simulated game.
Indians call up promising reliever Putnam
ARLINGTON -- Before Tuesday's game against the Rangers, the Indians called up reliever Zach Putnam, who had spent all season in Triple-A Columbus.Putnam, a fifth-round pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, impressed the organization with his performance in Triple-A, posting a 3.65 ERA and amassing 68 strikeouts with 23 walks in 69 innings. "He's a guy that we like," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "We feel that he has the stuff to be an option for us next year to be in the mix. We're going to take a look at his last couple weeks and see what he can do up here. He had a pretty decent year for us in Triple-A. We feel he's got some out pitches that can help us out." For Putnam, putting on a jersey for the first time in a Major League ballpark represented the realization of a lifelong dream. "It's unbelievable, words can't describe it," Putnam said. "I'm so excited." Putnam, who resides in Ann Arbor, Mich., said his mother couldn't make it to Arlington, but she will be on hand when the Indians return to Cleveland next Tuesday for a doubleheader against the White Sox. "My dad just arrived," Putnam said. "My mom won't be able to make it this time, but she'll catch us in Cleveland when we get back there."
Indians gear up for grueling stretch drive
ARLINGTON -- On Tuesday, the Indians embark on their most grueling stretch of the season, as three rainout makeups have not only erased their final off-day, but have also added two more games.The Tribe will close with 18 games in 16 days. Even so, manager Manny Acta has said he will approach those games like the first 144. "If you don't see our everyday guys playing every day, it's because they're finishing their rehabs up here, like Grady [Sizemore] and [Jason] Kipnis," Acta said. "Up until the end, we're not going to back off on anybody or give some kids time." Acta said it would be a disrespect to the game to field anything other than the team's best lineup. "We're playing meaningful games, even towards the end," Acta said. "If we fall off, we're still going to be playing teams that are going to be in it, up until we see Chicago and Detroit in the last week. Out of respect to baseball, that's the way it should be. We're going to go all out." As far as the physical toll of the sheer number of games over the 16-day span, Acta said they would be less intense about having batting practice every day. Acta also said the depth of the roster since the Sept. 1 expansion will make it easier to keep individual players fresh. "We have a couple of doubleheaders, so we're going to have to monitor that," Acta said. "The fact that we do have some extra players now because of September callups gives some guys a breather."
Louie Horvath 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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Consonant Sounds: L Blends
Topics : First Grade, Phonics
Jump into consonant practice with letter blends! A letter blend is a group of two or more consonants, like in clap, where all the letters are pronounced. Work on blends with the letter L with this handy picture worksheet.
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Posted by Tasha Weiss on April 29, 2011 at 4:26 PM.
Older buildings with steel frames, such as the Wellington, New Zealand building shown in the above photo, remain standing after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit the city just over two months ago. Research on the performance of steel structures in the New Zealand events as well as observations on the devastation in Japan will be discussed in AISC's free webinar on May 12 at 8:00 a.m. EDT.
First in September, and then again in February, large earthquakes struck New Zealand killing 200 and causing more than $20 billion in damage. On March 11 Japan was rocked by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and a 30-foot tsunami that claimed hundreds of lives, evacuated thousands from their homes, and damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant. Seismic research has begun on the structural damage that occurred in these two disastrous events and you can learn about it at this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference on Thursday, May 12 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. Or, if you're unable to attend the conference in person, AISC will stream the session live over the Internet for free at www.aisc.org/nascclive.
Alistair Fussell, manager of Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) will provide an overview of the events in New Zealand with a special emphasis on the performance of steel structures. Included will be a look at the performance of pure Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBFs), combination EBF/Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs), and Concentrically Braced Frames (CBFs). Finally, he'll provide some details on seismic research currently underway in New Zealand.
Gilberto Mosqueda of the University of Buffalo, who traveled to Japan after the earthquake, will report on what he saw there. His report will consist of preliminary observations of structural seismic and tsunami damage. Structural damage reports are still preliminary, but this session will report on what is currently known.
Detailed information on this special session can be found in AISC's press release at www.aisc.org, here.


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"I was sitting in Wells Central, waiting to meet a friend, and one of my professors walked by and said, 'Hi, how are you doing? How's the article review coming?' My professors know who I am. If you have open communication with them, they're very flexible and they want to help you."
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Week 1 of the 2013 regular season has a bunch of great games, highlighted of course by the Ravens at Broncos.
Check out who the CBS Sports NFL analysts see the Ravens taking in next week's NFL Draft.
Check out this interview with Ray Lewis on a variety of topics, including how the game has changed.
Could the Ravens be interested in the younger brother of Paul Kruger?
After the Orioles could not accommodate the Ravens home opener, the Ravens returned the lack of favor for the O's home opener.
Ravens QB Joe Flacco will be playing Baltimore Colts QB Johnny Unitas in an upcoming film.
Check out who Mel Kiper has the Ravens taking in his most recent two-round Mock Draft.
The Ravens have to consider more than just the current upcoming season before extending offers to potential players.
Who will the Ravens target as their next free agent signing?
Dare we say that the 2013 version of the Ravens defense could actually be an improvement over the 2012 one?
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Wrestling Bus Trips will present a bus trip from Queens and Manhattan, NYC to the debut House of Hardcore event in Poughkeepsie, NY on Saturday 10/6 which will feature:
A - The round trip bus trip from NYC to the show and back.
B - A General admission ticket to the event.
C - First admission into the Mid-Hudson Civic Center to grab the best GA seats and secure your place on the autograph lines.
D - A free House of Hardcore commemorative seat cushion similar to what is sold at NFL games - perfect for getting signed that night.
E- A tip for the driver.
F - More to be announced! We are working to add more to the trip but right now, that is what we can officially offer and guarantee. We hope to do a private event for the bus but that will be locked in as we get closer.
If you prefer to get ringside seats, etc. on your own, you can go on the trip, minus the cost of the ticket. The bus trip will not handle any autograph or photo ticket requests. You can get information on all that at www.houseofhardcore.net and with over 2,000 fans expected, we advise getting those signing and photo tickets EARLY!
The HOH festivities will begin around 4 PM, so we will leave NYC around 1 PM to insure we don't have to deal with traffic. We will have our two usual stops - The White Castle in Elmhurst on Queens Boulevard and The Manhattan Center on West 34th and 8th Avenue. The exact times will be announced in September.
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SearchAll Refuges
Cinnamon teal can be seen in the wetlands throughout the refuge complex. Teal are dabbling ducks that feed on vegetation and invertebrates in shallow water.
The Sutter National Wildlife Refuge offers great waterfowl hunting.
Visit the Sacramento NWR's hunting page
Learn about opportunities for hiking and photography.
Sutter Spring Trails
The Blue Goose insignia, designed by J.N. Ding Darling, is the symbol of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
National Wildlife Refuge System
During the summer, herons and egrets nest at Sutter along the canal. This colony of birds make stick nests in the tops of the trees.
The Complex headquarters is located in Willows, CA.
Sutter is managed as part of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants.
Enjoy limited wildlife viewing and photography opportunities from Hughes Road, which bisects the refuge.
Additional opportunities for hiking, photography and wildlife observation are available this spring and summer...
From Yuba City, travel south on Highway 99 approximately six miles to Oswald Road. Turn west and proceed five and one-half miles to Schlag Road. Travel north on Schlag Road for about one-eight of a mile, turn west onto Hughes Road, which bisects the Refuge.
For access to the hiking trails (February 15 -June 30) or the hunting check station, turn south off of Hughes Road onto the Bypass Levee and follow several miles. The hunting check station will be first (a small building to the east of the levee). The parking area for the hiking area will be farther south and off the levee to the east toward the very southern end of the Refuge. A Refuge gate and kiosk will be visible. Visit the brochure for a map.
Often small groups of northern shovelers bring food to the surface by swimming rapidly in a circle while swinging their bills side to side. They strain aquatic vegetation, plankton, and tiny invertebrates through the comb-like edges of their shovel-shaped bill.
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Updated Sep 6, 2013 - 4:06 pm
Neighbor dispute turns deadly in Phoenix neighborhood
By Martha Maurer
Originally published: Sep 6, 2013 - 1:46 pm
Originally published: Sep 6, 2013 - 1:46 pm
PHOENIX -- Police arrested a man Friday who is believed to have shot and killed his neighbor.
According to Phoenix Police Sgt. Steve Martos, the shooting took place near 51st Street and Thomas just before Noon.
When police arrived an adult male was in front of his house and had suffered gunshot wounds. Witnesses identified both the shooter and victim as the two men who lived across from each other.
Martos said police have learned the feud between the neighbors has gone on for a few months, even years possibly.
On scene on 52nd Street and Thomas. Traffic restricted in area. Use alt route. pic.twitter.com/KTponWBd3l— Steve Martos (@SgtMartos) September 6, 2013
Schools were placed on lockdown for a short time but that was later lifted.
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Evan Peters on when he first met Emma Roberts
Evan Peters admits that when he first tried hitting on his "American Horror Story" co-star and now-fiancée, Emma Roberts, it didn't go so well.
"I didn't really know how to approach her or talk to her or any of that stuff," Peters tells Vulture. "I tried to talk to her a few times and, I don't know, I kept saying the wrong thing. I would just try to make jokes, you know? But they weren't going over very well. You know how when you like somebody and then you say things kind of like a fifth-grader? You like the person so you kind of tease them a little bit or you joke around a little bit? Emma didn't get that I was joking, so it just kind of came off all wrong."It hasn't been an easy road for these two. Emma Roberts was arrested on July 7, 2013, for domestic violence. She and Peters were staying in a Montreal hotel when a fellow guest heard them fighting and called the police. Because Peters had clear physical injuries, including a bloody nose, the actress was taken into custody.
However, Peters declined to press charges, so Roberts was released after a few hours, according to the Daily Mail.
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Routes Sorted
L to R R to L Alpha
Another good, short sport route. Start at the steep face between Twilight Time and Buried Treasure. Thin face moves past the first three bolts lead to easier ground above. Climb right of the second bolt for an easier line (10d); left of the second bolt for a harder line (11d). Continue up past the little pine to the anchor shared with Twilight Time.
Take the Treasure Wall approach. Head right, up the hill, about 40' to the start of the route, about 10' right of Twilight Time.
5 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor with lowering hooks (shared with Twilight Time).


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Rick Vale in concert Sunday
ANDERSON — Central Christian Church, 10th and Jackson streets, will present Rick Vale in concert, "Love Songs-All Shapes and Sizes" at 3 p.m. Sunday.
There is no charge for admission. A freewill offering will be appreciated.
Contributions will benefit the church's music department.
A ramp and elevator can be accessed at the church's 10th Street entrance between the chapel and sanctuary.
Information: www.central-christian-church.com.
New Birth celebrates anniversary
ANDERSON — New Birth Worship Center, 403 W. 22nd St., will celebrate its church and pastor's ninth anniversary Sunday. The theme will be "We Are Pressing On," from Philippians 3:12-16.
Guest speaker for the 10:30 a.m. service will be Rev. Clarence Alexander of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Muncie. The evening service will be at 3:30 p.m. with Pastor Floyd Edwards of Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church.
Church will consecrate The Factory
FRANKTON — Frankton First United Methodist Church will have a Consecration Service at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16. The service will take place in the Community Room of The Factory.
Taking part in this service will be the Building Team Chairman, Mike Shuter; Pastor Gary Elsten; Rev. David Schramm and District Superintendent, Michelle Cobb.
The Factory is located at 8th and Sigler streets across from the Frankton First United Methodist Church.
The public is invited to attend this special service.
Washington preaching at AU chapel
ANDERSON — Nichele Washington, planting pastor at Faith Church in Fishers and administrative assistant at the AU School of Theology, will be preaching at the Anderson University School of Theology Chapel at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Amity Rees will lead worship and Phil and Phyllis Kinley will serve as Chaplains in Residence.
Triumphant Quartet in concert Feb. 20
MATTHEWS — Epworth United Methodist Church, 105 W. Eighth St., Matthews, will host Triumphant Quartet in concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. Admission is a $10 donation and a love offering will be taken. After the concert, there will be a meet and greet time in the Fellowship Hall with refreshments served.


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One of the great things about distributed version control is that you can unplug from the internet and keep checking in.
If you recreate your gitit wiki offline, you can unplug from the internet and keep interacting with your repository via your offline gitit wiki.
Here's a newsgroup discussion that describes how to use your gitit wiki offline
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Villanova plays anywhere from three to five games at the Wells Fargo Center in south Philadelphia. Should they play more in the future?
The post explores the growing divide in baseball between large and small market teams. This split is developing a Quad-A league within Major League baseball.
Texas is the college sports revenue king largely because it both charges high ticket prices and gets lots of money in donations.
While Barking Carnival still flies an independent banner -- Bill Little at the helm of the Dreamwagon chasing unicorns into a burnt orange sunset -- we are technically a member of the SB Nation...
Dumb and dumber opine. "The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil." - HL Mencken John...
The Angels commitment of more than $325M to just two players is only the latest reminder of what the Cleveland Indians lack - money. Bill Shaikin, of the LA Times, writes that the Angels' spending...
I don't know how many people realize how little teams benefit directly from post season ticket sales, at least if there is a sweep. Check out this article I found on the way playoff revenue is divided up. The players make A TON by making the post season. The owners, not so much in direct revenue unless there is longer series.
Not surprised to see Cardinals fairly low on this list. Of course, this was pre-Holliday contract.
This is pretty unusual actually. A lot of major universities lose money on their athletic programs.
I find this to be a big jump considering Bettman was talking about a flat or 1% increase around the All-Star Break.
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No change in condition of rollover survivors
There has been no change in the condition of the four people who survived a fatal rollover accident Wednesday night near the Wyoming/Nebraska state line.
19 year old Tyler Hill of Lyman, who was ejected from the pickup, remains in critical condition. The driver of the pickup, 22 year old Ethan Kaufman of Cheyenne, is listed in serious condition. 23 year old Stetson Allen of Morrill and 20 year old James Burford of Morrill are in stable condition.
The accident killed two Scottsbluff women, Alexis Wheeler and Hallie Anderson, both 19 and both students on the WNCC Scottsbluff campus. The investigation by the Wyoming Highway Patrol report indicates excessive speed and alcohol may be contributing factors in the accident and the Goshen County Attorney's office will make a final determination on filing of any criminal charges.
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By Joe Mahoney The Daily Star
Cooperstown Crier
---- — Six companies involved in administering health care services have expressed interest in acquiring the 174-bed Otsego Manor nursing home, the chairwoman of the panel coordinating the effort to privatize the facility said Monday.
The half dozen proposals were forwarded to the Otsego County Health Facilities Corporation (HFC) in response to a request for proposals issued two weeks ago, said Rep. Katherine Stuligross, D-Oneonta.
She declined to identify the companies that are interested in purchasing the Manor.
County officials decided to sell the nursing home last year, contending county government could no longer afford the multi-million-dollar public subsidies the home would require year after year.
"Things are moving ahead very well," Stuligross said. "We had been told to expect four proposals so this is more than we anticipated."
Additional proposals could still be en route to the committee because the deadline for submissions is not until Sept. 27, she said.
Representatives of one New Jersey-based company that has submitted a proposal to the HFC toured the Manor last Thursday and appeared to be impressed with the facility, Stuligross said.
Stuligross, who is also the chairwoman of the county's Manor Committee, said the HFC directors will rate the proposals based on a scoring system that the corporation's board members will devise. The corporation is scheduled to meet today at 3:30 p.m. at the Manor.
The request for proposals states that the HFC "reserves the right to contact any potential proposers with follow-up questions as needed to clarify our understanding of the proposals." The candidates deemed "most qualified" will face a "second phase" of review, which will include on-site visits by HFC directors to health care properties that the candidates operate.
The union representing Otsego County's public employees, the Civil Service Employees Association, has raised strong objections to the attempt to privatize the nursing home, arguing that the quality of care will decline once the home is no longer run by the county.
While the union has said it was looking into the possibility of filing a lawsuit aimed at derailing the sale, Stuligross noted no litigation has been commenced by CSEA. She said the union has brought three legal claims against other counties trying to sell their nursing homes and all have been thrown out in the courts.
A CSEA representative said the union continues to weigh its options.
The HFC explained in its request for proposals that it will not necessarily sell the Manor to the highest bidder because it is placing a "high priority" on a demonstrated ability to provide "high quality services" to the home's residents.
The county board voted in January to contract with the Center for Governmental Research to serve as its consultant in the development and marketing of the Manor.


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Each spring semester the University Bookstore, hosts a Grad Faire for future graduates of CSU Stanislaus. The Grad Faire is an opportunity for you to celebrate your accomplishments, get discounts on graduation items, and visit various informational booths.
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It was a memorable lineup of musical performers. The 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief began at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in New York and lasted until well after midnight Thursday.
It also was memorable for another reason.
As the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger noted, "This has to be the largest collection of old British musicians ever at Madison Square Garden."
The Stones performed two songs, and Eric Clapton played three. Other British musicians in the lineup included Paul McCartney, The Who and Roger Waters.
According to media reports, the show closed with Alicia Keys -- the only woman performer -- with the other stars.
As the New York Times' set-by-set review noted, New Yorker Billy Joel said, "We're going to get through all this. This is New York and New Jersey and Long Island and we're just too mean to lay down and die."
The Huffington Post has a review and video of McCartney joining the band Nirvana onstage.
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In the spring of 2008, I was invited to give a briefing on human rights to a Bush-appointed US ambassador scheduled to be posted to the Middle East. But the ambassador had little interest in talking about human rights.
"What I want to know is this," he said. "Is Islam the problem here? Is Islam retarding progress—economically, socially, politically?"
I tried to steer the meeting back to human rights but the ambassador kept persisting. "I mean you're a Muslim…so do you think Islam is standing in the way?"
I had participated in enough of these discussions to know that in agreeing to meet, both us were checking off boxes: He could say he was listening to the concerns of a human rights advocate; I was able to say I relayed the concerns of my employer, Amnesty International, to a US ambassador.
Most of the ambassadors I met were like this: They thought it neither important nor virtuous to understand—let alone to love—the people of the Middle East. The role of the ambassador, they reminded me, was not to listen to people's ideals and hopes but rather to convey to people America's ideals and hopes for them.
When I learned of the killing of the US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens last week, I mourned the sad irony that a US diplomat who wore his love for the Middle East and North Africa on his sleeve would be killed serving the very people who inspired him.
In a YouTube video posted soon after his murder, Ambassador Stevens is seen standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, the cherry blossoms in full bloom behind him, introducing himself to the Libyan people.
"As-salaam alaikum," he begins using the traditional Islamic greeting that means "Peace be upon you." He looks happy, giddy almost.
"Growing up in California, I didn't know much about the Arab world," he says. "Then after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, I traveled to North Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer." He taught for two years in the mountains of Morocco and "grew to love this part of the world."
Colleagues and friends who knew him spoke about his passion for listening. French writer Bernard-Henri Levy admired his "great capacity to listen and his strategy to speak last." Elizabeth Dibble, his colleague at the State Department, spoke about Stevens' unique diplomatic style.
"It takes a lot of tea," she said. "You don't rush into talking points, you develop a relationship and a personal connection, and a series of connections becomes a network."
In a moving tribute published on CNN's website, his friend Judith Drotar spoke about Steven's remarkable judicious restraint. "What really made Chris exceptional to me, however, was his ability to distance himself," she writes. "Not the aloof kind of distancing that you might expect from someone in his position, but the kind where one puts emotion and ego aside in order to truly listen, to understand, and then to find a way to build bridges."
But in the aftermath of Stevens' death, we are tearing down those very bridges that he worked so hard to build.
The cover of this week's Newsweek features a close up photo of two bearded, turban clad Muslim men, clutching an Egyptian flag, shouting to the camera under a headline that reads, "Muslim Rage: How I survived it and how we can end it."
In the article, Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes, "In the age of globalization and mass immigration, such intolerance has crossed borders and become the defining characteristic of Islam."
Stevens would be ashamed. He worked his whole life to add nuance to our understanding of the Middle East and North Africa. To suggest that one film—or the religion of Islam—alone caused the violence that swept across 16 countries is as incomplete as suggesting that the LA riots of 1992 were sparked only by the Rodney King verdict.
But it's easy to blame the protests that erupted in 16 Muslim majority countries as a reaction to a film. It is more difficult to examine the policies of our government that have sparked this resentment.
A week before Stevens died, the US fired two drone strikes 80 miles southeast of Sanaa, Yemen. One hit an Al Qaeda operative; the other missed its target, hitting a commuter mini-bus. Fourteen were killed, including three women and a child.
Mansoor al-Maweri was nearby when the attack happened. "You want us to stay quiet while our wives and brothers are being killed for no reason," he said. "This attack is the real terrorism." Hundreds of angry people took to the street. Few cameras were there to beam these protests to television sets in America.
It is attacks like this, as well as the film, that sparked the current outcry. The tragedy is that Stevens would have understood this perhaps more than any other diplomat. Sometimes the explanations are painful; sometimes we do not know what is happening; and sometimes the best course of action for the United States is to pour a cup of tea and listen.
Zahir Janmohamed recently completed a fellowship at the San Francisco Writers' Grotto and is writing a book about Juhapura, the largest ghetto of Muslims in India
Abulhassan Banisadr, him and the rest of the liberal sorta secular Iranians got played by the Ayatolla and his flunkies while making these idiotic strained logic rants. The commonalities between the the Iranian dupes in 1979 and this are amazing.
The well meaning sorta secularists got played by the religious nut cases in Iran. The new breed of sorta secular and leftish Muslim apologists are little different, they will be the new casualties of the revolution.
What sparked the riots is a bunch of idiots wanted to riot because they are religious idiots. Only on the American left are nutty Christians who are mostly peaceful screamed about, while nutty Muslims are given a pass. Even more odd is that the crazed left calls the right wing Jesus freaks the "American Taliban."
This article was stupid. There were dozens of student ass kissers of the Ayatolla and hsi rioters, and all hey got was a bullet for their good works.
Why is that? You don't any more than I do. In your article, you preach ppl to not rush to judgement yet that is exactly what you do. On NPR there was an interview with a leader of the one of the largest very-Islamic groups in Libya and it's obvious their motivations are beyond any mistaken drone strike and are not much different from the typical hardline Saudi cleric.
If you don't have any particular reason to state what your saying then save everybody the noise from your keybd for that's all it is. If you have the results of an interview, a survey, a personnel experience, etc, by all means let's hear it.
But these useless and probably erroneous speculations are just that - useless, and possibly harmful if you're spreading views not based on reality.
The reality - which you don't acknowledge - is that they're are powerful forces in Libya aigned with Al Qaeda - either in spirit or in actuality - which they are freely admit as their flying AQ's flag shows - who would have killed the American diplomat if no drone had never mistakenly killed innocents.
If you got facts to present, present them. Save us from useless and probably erroneous speculations about the motivations of ppl you presumably know little about on a firsthand basis.
It's remarkable that a religion that demands deference to the point of submission accords no respect whatsoever to the non-Islamist. But at least we can rest assured that Islam is a religion of peace (and the occasional beheading).
The notion that the US is somehow responsible for raging mobs of fanatics in the Middle East is ridiculous. Rationalizing the behavior of the very people who killed Ambassador Stevens is simply perverse. Ayaan Hirsi Ali has personal experience of contemporary Islam---genital mutilation and death threats. She has found refuge in the US, the Great Satan! This rabid behavior goes way back. President Washington and President Jefferson had to deal with it in the 18th Century.
Hirsi Ali is on the payroll of the American Enterprise Institute. She reminds me of Ayn Rand or many American sectarian leftists, in the sense that she is rebelling against the restrictive circumstances of her upbringing and instead of finding a happy medium, lurching full thrust to the other side. I'll look elsewhere for good ideas than right wing think tans like the AEI or Heritage Foundation, thanks.
The conduct of the US and UK in the region have been reprehensible and criminal for most of the past century.
But that is no excuse for resorting to violence against people who are from the same country as someone who insulted one's imaginary friend.
The fact that there are underlying wrongs does not justify violence against something that is only wrong for a small sliver of indiviudals.
The take away conclusion from this incident is that most Muslims are not fundamentalist freaks and did nothing in response to the video, that there are both Muslims and Christians and Jews who would use this to stir the pot to advance their narrow agendas.
If only there were some way where we could reconfigure The Great Game so that the fundies of Islam, Judiasm and Christinaity could all be pitted against one another so that the death toll could be restricted to the freak show.
upset about The Last Temptation of Christ protested comically outside theatres.
Muslims extremists riot and kill, then American leftists publish moronic strained apologies about how we are all to blame. Oddly American leftists trend towards atheism, and oddly American leftists call American right wingers American Taliban.
American foreign policy has nothing to do with this. Fundy Muslims are prone to rioting, just as they are prone to all sorts of insane antics.
It's amazing, in the 80's the only people mentioning how crazy these backwards religious idiots were was the American left. Read most any leftish examination of Reagan policy on Afghanistan and you will see Chumskyites complaining about how the US was dealing with religious nut cases. The first place one could read about female genital mutilation was the Nation, the fist place one could read about the Taliban was on the American left. Now the American left and their idiocy are apologists for the ignorant and intolerant Muslim's.
The Bay Guardian leftists are perfect examples of Orwells observations that he made obvious in his novel 1984.
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Modernised facility will also fetch AAI higher royalty from carriers, other users
After renovation, the Kolkata airport is likely to become one of the most expensive in the country. The airport, managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), will, however, be less expensive than the privately-managed Bangalore airport.
In terms of rentals or licence fees that are paid by private airlines for booking space, the Kolkata airport (also called the NSC Bose International Airport) is likely to charge nearly Rs 1,250 per sq metre a month. The Bangalore airport charges Rs 1,334 per sq metre.
The rentals also include fees for back office space, check-in spaces inside the terminals and ticket counters.
B.P. Sharma, regional airport director, Kolkata, said there would be a "routine increase" in rentals at the Kolkata airport.
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Carriers and other users will have to pay nearly 32.5 per cent of what they earn as royalty at the modernised terminal of Kolkata airport beginning September.
At the old terminal, they used to pay 13.5 per cent of their revenues as royalty to the AAI.
According to an Airlines Operating Committee official, private carriers would be over-burdened with such a steep hike in royalty.
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Rentals for office space at Kolkata airport will be at par with the recently refurbished Chennai Airport (also maintained by the AAI).
In comparison, both Delhi and Mumbai airports have substantially lower rates.
Market sources maintain that in Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport), maintained and operated by GMR, rentals are charged at approximately Rs 1,130 per sq metre a month – or nearly 10 per cent lower than the proposed rates in Kolkata.
Another GMR-maintained airport, the Hyderabad International Airport (Rajiv Gandhi International Airport) has a licence fee of nearly Rs 950 per sq metre (24 per cent less than Kolkata) and a flat Rs 67,000 per month charge for common area maintenance.
Similarly, according to sources, at the Mumbai airport (Chhatrapati Shivaji International Aiport) monthly rates are pegged at Rs 1,042 per sq metre or approximately 17 per cent lower than Kolkata. Mumbai airport, however, charges a monthly rental of Rs 2,550 per sq metre for a space provided at the international terminal.
GMR and GVK both declined to comment on the matter.


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Welcome to the websites of Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), a recognized leader in the field of grants management and program administration in the South Caucasus. EPF is comprised of three locally registered offices in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, each with nearly 13 years of experience in the field of grassroots civil society development.
EPF is linked into the expertise and resources of the broader EF Network – sharing programming, ideas, systems and lessons that enrich all activities in the South Caucasus.
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To empower people to effect change for social justice and economic prosperity through hands-on programs, helping them to improve their communities and their own lives.
To foster increased, better-informed citizen participation in political and economic decision making, the Eurasia Partnership Foundation in Georgia runs a program to promote and enhance the impact of participatory civic monitoring.
The on-going project has mobilized civil society organizations to comment on the design and implementation of the ENP AP in Georgia.
The Youth Bank program provides opportunities for young people ages 16-25 to manage a small grants program in their community. Youth Committees have been created in Marneuli, Batumi, etc, etc.
EFG operates a corporate social investment program, which promotes the private sector's interest and involvement in addressing the country's development needs while at the same time improving their long-term competitiveness.
The Foundation's Open Door Grant Mechanism is a tool to support innovative pilot projects
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The main objective of the program is to promote an increased sense of national unity among the citizens of Georgia.
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With funding from the European Union, EPF began the Strengthening the Media's Role as a Watchdog Institution in Georgia
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Eurasia Partnership Foundation invites lawyers (member of the Bar) to provide legal aid to consumers in the regions of Georgia. The services are sought as part of the EU funded project Transparent Convergence to EU Policies in Sanitary Issues: the Case of Georgia and Moldova.
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Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) seeks an evaluation Consultant(s) to conduct an evaluation of its EC–funded project I eat therefore I care: promoting civil society engagement in food safety reform in Georgia.