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The Steelers and the Packers are getting ready to kick off the Super Bowl and there's a lot of folks in Cuse Nation who still haven't figured out how they want this one to go down.
Do you root for the Steelers cause they're closer? Do you root for the Packers cause they enjoy cheese? Tough decision. Let's see if we can't make it easier.
ROSTERS - A quick glance at the active rosters shows that neither the Packers nor the Steelers will feature a Syracuse player during the game. That said, technically a Syracuse player is involved with the Packers. Safety Anthony Smith is among that dubious group of Packer players on IR you've been hearing so much about lately. Maybe that makes you want to root against the Packers for the way they treated players in Smith's position, or maybe you just want to root for them cause he'll probably get a ring if they do win.
There's also this...Smith was originally a Steeler and played for them for three seasons. After the 2008 season the Steelers did not offer him a new deal and he became a free agent. Vengeance time?
HISTORICAL - Historically, the Packers have had six Syracuse players on their roster (Smith, Paul Frase, Blaise Winter, Larry Morris, Tim Moresco and Jim Ringo). Meanwhile the Steelers have had thirteen (Gary Anderson, Craig Bingham, Dee Brown, Erinie Brown, John Brown, John Hinkle, Pat Killorin, Dick Lasse, Terry Richardson, Guy Ruff, Willie Sydnor, Anthony Smith and Craig Wolfley). So I suppose if you want to support the most Orange possible, you can go with the Steelers.
LOCALES - Let's apply where these teams are from to our selection process. The Packers represent Wisconsin, home of Marquette, who recently vanquished us National Marquette Day-style. The Steelers are from Pittsburgh, home to the Pitt Panthers, our nemesis of late. We can hate them both equally for recent transgressions but the Eagles still don't measure up to the Panthers. You can bet there's a lot of folks who are Steeeler fans AND Pitt fans. Let's not give them any more satisfaction than we already have.
FAVRE FACTOR - Brett Favre isn't involved, which is great. A Packer win would tarnish his reputation just a bit as the Packers will have won a Super Bowl without him despite his burning desire to prove them wrong. Aside from every broadcaster out there, we can all go with that.
At the end of the day, Syracuse fans have to go with the Packers. The Anthony Smith factor is present but also a vote for the Steelers is a vote for the Pitt Panthers. And that's just not kosher.


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The city of Fenton's verdict? "Flushable" cleaning rags and other products — aren't.
The Elizabeth Street sanitary sewer lift station has been experiencing pump plugging in pump #1, said Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Daniel Czarnecki, at Monday's council meeting. When that happens, DPW staff pulls the pump from the wet well and clean off the flushables and other debris wrapped around it.
"Flushables are not really flushable," Mayor Sue Osborn said.
It's an issue that is arising across the nation, Czarnecki said.
None of Fenton's other six sewer lift stations have the problem, he added. After a number of cleanings of pump #1, part of it's been damaged. The cost to rebuild it, from Kennedy Industries, would be $4,932, while installing a new one would cost $5,368.
The city upgraded all seven of its sanitary sewer lift stations in summer 2010. It replaced the motors, pumps, controllers, and wet wells, and added a standby generator to each station. But Fenton's Elizabeth Street sewer lift station is the only one the city has that's powered by single-phase electric service instead of three-phase electric service, he said.
Fenton's previous engineering consultants from HRC told Czarnecki the original Elizabeth Street lift station was single phase, and they replaced it with the same. HRC looked at the existing power source, and three-phase power wasn't readily available, Czarnecki said.
DPW staff believe the one-phase electric service is leading to the problem with the pump plugging at the Elizabeth Street station, he said.
"We suspect there are just as many 'flushable' products being sent down the sewer in all areas of town, but the pumps in those areas are able to move those products along," Czarnecki wrote in his Nov. 19 memo to City Manager Lynn Markland.
Single-phase pumps don't have the power when they start up to clear the pump enough and move "flushable" materials along, Czarnecki said. Three-phase pumps, however, have more power at start-up to move these materials along. If the city continued with single-phase pumps, the Elizabeth Street sewer lift station would most likely keep experiencing plugging, he said.
Councilman Les Bland, also a retired Fenton DPW director, said his department sent flyers to every house on the Elizabeth Street system at least three times. People didn't pay attention, even though sewage can run into houses if the lift station fails, Bland said. This happened a number of times in the southeastern part of the city, where the Elizabeth Street lift station serves approximately 400 houses.
As a result of the flushables issue, instead of rebuilding or replacing pump #1 at the Elizabeth Street sewer lift station, Czarnecki recommended that city council approve the purchase of two pumps and variable frequency drives for power conversion (to three-phase). The cost is $7,990. In addition, installing these purchases is another expense, hopefully under $1,500, he said.
Council approved the $7,990 quote from Kennedy Industries, of New Hudson. The money will pay for two Flygt pumps and two AC Tech variable frequency drives.
A licensed electrician with experience in sewer pump stations will install the equipment, Czarnecki said, and the city was trying to find a good price for the installation.

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ALBANY, N.Y. - Phase two of the construction project to repair the Twin Bridges on the Northway begins Friday night.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State Department of Transportation announced the second phase of a $29 million project to replace the decks on the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Bridge — commonly known as the Twin Bridges — carrying the Northway over the Mohawk River will begin on Friday night, April 5.
The construction will take place at night so the disruptions are minimal to drivers; an initiative of the Governor's Driver's First Initiative, which prioritizes the convenience of motorists and ensures that disruptions are as minimal as possible to drivers at highway and bridge projects across the state.
The decks of the northbound and southbound structures are being replaced through Governor Cuomo's NY Works program. The replacement of the northbound deck was completed last fall. This spring's work will replace the southbound deck.
Friday night begins the first of many nights of work on the twin bridges, work that will continue through Memorial Day weekend. While the Department of Transporation is purposely doing the construction during the off-peak hours, there will inevitably be some headaches for drivers.
"They were doing the northside of the bridge and it was just unbearabe," says Agatha Pyskadlo, who lives a couple hundred feet from the bridges.
Even closer to the construction live the Grazianos. 11-year-old Nicholas says he knows all about the overnight work.
"It bugs me because it lights right through my window and it's basically a huge nightlight," says Nicholas Graziano. "It's really annoying when I'm trying to sleep."
During the project, the deck on the southbound side will be replaced, as well as the steel beams. The work will begin each Friday night and continue through Monday mornings.
"This is probably the best of a bad situation, it has to be done," says Pyskadlo. "There is so much volume on the northway going north and south, that there really isn't a happy medium for this."
Start Date: April 5, 2013
Expected Completion Date: Work is expected to be completed before Memorial Day weekend
Closures: Northbound traffic will be reduced to a single lane and two southbound lanes will be shifted onto the northbound span, which was the span that was renovated this past fall. The southbound bridge will be closed at 10 p.m. on Fridays, reopening before the rush hours on Monday mornings.
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With fresh mint and tangy notes of citrus, this coleslaw is a refreshing salad for your summer parties!!
What a wonderul,refreshing and colorful salad!Blessings,dear Cathrine!ReplyDelete
This is healthy and delicious. Anothe great and lovely salad!ReplyDelete
Oh how excited am I, Catherine. I just picked up some lovely carrots and the cabbage is already in the fridge. I will be "throwing" this Earthly Coleslaw together for dinner tonight!
Thank you so much for sharing...
A light salad, like coleslaw is always welcome at my family's table. Next time, I'll give them this one :)
Looks delicious..you can't beat home-made coleslaw. this recipe is slightly different to mine so I think I will be giving it a try!!ReplyDelete
I love the addition of the citrus. My husband has decided he likes cole slaw now, I am excited :)ReplyDelete
I'm not usually a big fan of cole slaw but I could come around to this!ReplyDelete
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The same old mistake all over again
January 4th, 2012
Germany didn't have to surpass the combined economies of Britain (and the former members of the British empire), France and Poland in order to go to war with a serious chance of success.
Japan's economy was a cartoon of the American economy, yet with good planning it could have inflicted a lot of damage to an unsuspecting US.
The expanding Chinese economy, massive population and dictatorial government run by competent people combine to produce the most formidable threat the US has ever faced.
The overweight, spoiled American young men have the worst fighting potential in the history of this country.
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Vicki Burns is a jazz singer who has been delighting audiences for years. A vocalist with impeccable taste, a sure sense of rhythm and a glorious tone, she infuses each song with heartfelt expression, digging into the lyrics and melody for their richest interpretation. No wonder the great jazz drummer; Max Roach once described Vicki's singing as "a gold mine"!
Some of Vicki's performing highlights in New England include: singing with the great jazz drummer, Alan Dawson, for the Martin Luther King Jr. "Journey into a Dream" Concert series in Boston and opening for Billy Taylor and Max Roach in the "Bright Moments" Concert series in Amherst, MA. She has performed regularly at these Boston area jazz clubs: Ryles, 1369 Club, the Starlight Roof and the Turtle Café. She has also been featured on "Music America", a syndicated WGBH broadcast hosted by Ron D'Ella Chiesa....
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AwardsPPI Radio Award/National Radio Award 2008 for the radio series "Jazz on the Bay", hosted by Melanie O'Reilly and features interviews and the music of jazz musicians/vocalists of the Bay Area as well as international jazz artists such as Dave Brubeck, Marion Mc Partland, Chick Corea, and James Moody. The winning series included "Women of jazz on the Bay, " which featured artists such as Vicki Burns, Anna de Leon, Susan Muscarella, Frankye Kelly, Tammy Hall, Faye Carroll,and Denise Perrier.
Vicki Burns has a limitless future. Her very attractive voice, versatile style and infectious delivery combine to give her her own memorable sound." Scott Yanow
Vicki Burns does indeed 'burn' on this recording. The stars were aligned just right when she was blessed with a singing voice that was made for the jazz idiom. John Gilbert ejazz.com
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Singer VICKI BURNS is next from her new release, SIREN SONG …(A) Bay area singer of jazz interpretation, Burns will blow your mind. A young Carol Sloane? I'll try not to get to far out in hyper never land, but this lady has got it and it's all on this CD. A June Christy like thrill… Sometimes the small labels create great music and VICKI BURNS is one to be reckoned with... Would a Helen Merrill comparsion apply here? "Bop'N" Dick Crockett "The Voice" 88.7 fm Sacramento, CA.
"For a debut CD collection, SIREN SONG gives the listening audience topnotch performances from all concerned. Vicki Burns is a knockout with her beautiful vocals, and phrasing. The musicians with her are excellent." Lee Prosser jazzreview.com
"Avoiding the predictability of safe havens, her music brims with many more surprises and uncharted delights in the jazz tradition. Vicki Burns is irresistible."
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MB: Do you think you guys would have become famous without the Internet?
Kim: I don't think so. I think a lot of our fanbase, and a lot of our connection with people is Internet-based. I think that the Internet has brought on a different kind of celebrity. We are very well aware of who we are, and what our place is. We are so active on Twitter, on our Facebook pages, we are writing back, we are connecting. We enjoy it.
You can read our full interview over on the Paper Mag website.
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Swirly Hearts Cake
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- Category: Sweet Treats
- 3 tubs of Pillsbury Vanilla buttercream (you could use your preferred brand or recipe instead), tinted pink.
- 1 container of red shiny sprinkles
- 1 bag of Wilton pink candy melts
How to Make
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and spray cake pans with cooking spray. -For pans, use either heart shaped pans (10-inch, 8-inch, & 6-inch for the 3 tiers), or just your round 3-inch deep pans (10-inch, 8-inch & 6-inch rounds) and plan to cut the cake to a heart shape (directions below).
Making the cakes:
-Mix cake ingrediants according to directions on the mix box, and pour into pans as directed (~1/2 to 2/3 full).
-Bake your cakes ~3-5 minutes longer than recommened to make your cake a bit more firm.
-Once baked & cooled on a cooling rack in the refridgerator, level your cakes, and if you used a round pan, cut into the heart shapes (*see below for how to make a paper-towel heart template).
-Now spread a layer of frosting on each of your layers as a crumb-coat (not too thin though) and put in the refridgerator to set for a few minutes.
*For the paper-towel heart template: To cut your round cakes into perfect heart shapes, simply make heart-shaped paper-towel templates! First, cut a paper-towel to the same diameter as your round cake using the baked & cooled cake as your guide (not the pan as cakes shrink up upon baking & cooling). Next, fold your round template in half and draw half a heart with a Sharpie marker. Finally, cut out your heart leaving the fold intact, and viola...a perfect heart like you made in grade school. Once you have your heart template, simply place it on the cake, and using a sharp serrated knife, cut around your template.
Frosting the cake:
-Once your frosting is set, stack your layers from largest to smallest putting each tier in the center. You will not need any cake supports in this cake as 1- your tiers do not have layers (there will be enough frosting on the outside of the cake to fullfill even the most needy sweet tooth!) and 2- your frosting is a light buttercream v. a heavier fondant or ganache.
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Chris Flanagan column: Speculation means silly season is in full flow
12:50pm Wednesday 17th October 2012 in Sport By Chris Flanagan, Sports reporter
WHAT do Diego Maradona, Luis Figo, Edwin van der Sar and Andy Ansah have in common?
All greats of the game, I hear you say. Except Andy Ansah.
We can go on. What about Roberto Donadoni, Carlo Ancelotti, Ronald Koeman and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink?
All of these names, and many more, appear on at least one list for the managerial vacancies at either Blackburn Rovers or Burnley – or even both.
Bookmakers in Lancashire are probably planning their summer holidays as we speak such is the happy coincidence they have stumbled upon with Rovers, Burnley and Bolton all without a manager at the same time.
The bets must be flooding in.
And at times like these, all notions of reality are suspended.
On one national bookmaker's list for the Burnley job, virtually alongside each other at 66/1 are Ancelotti, Ansah and former Blackburn goalkeeper Brad Friedel.
Now it would perhaps be unfair for me to rule out any of those as possibilities, but those don't seem to be particularly enticing odds.
Ancelotti, admittedly, must be seriously pondering whether to give up his job at big-spending Paris Saint-Germain to throw his hat in the ring.
Meanwhile Ansah's qualifications for the role include a brief spell as a player with Brighton, choreography for a number of football TV adverts and, most compellingly, a role in Sky's once renowned Dream Team programme as assistant manager of the fictional Harchester United.
Give that man the job now.
Depending on where you look, you can even get odds of between 16/1 and 100/1 for Steve Kean to turn up as the new Turf boss.
At Rovers, after previously chasing the signatures of Ronaldinho and David Beckham, admittedly anything is possible most of the time.
But one suspects that does not stretch to the appointment of Van der Sar, Didier Deschamps or Brian Laws. If you disagree, though, you can get 66/1 for any of the three, or 250/1 for Pep Guardiola.
The actual appointments Rovers and Burnley make will hopefully revive two clubs who are now sadly slipping backwards after facing each other in the Premier League only three seasons ago.
That none of the three currently has a manager says a lot about the problems they have collectively encountered in that period.
For each club, appointing the right person is important now.
If they get it wrong, they will surely have one nagging doubt.
If only they'd chosen the safe option and gone for Maradona.
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Quote from: beniro on January 26, 2007, 05:05:12 PMThat answers a question of mine: his fault or the line's?It doesn't answer it for me. Over the past two seasons Banks and Rosenfels combined for only 66 passing attempts, while over the same two seasons Carr has thrown the ball almost 900 times. Not a really fair sampling, I'd say.
That answers a question of mine: his fault or the line's?
Garcia is old and can go smap crackle pop at any time, he is like class.
The disparity is so gross that the sample size is bearable, figure they get whacked 4 times as much and they are still much better than Carr. That's what is so bad. Plus, it bears out what plenty of folks have said about Carr being a bit gun shy.
I agree with the sentiment that he can tear up a prevent like nobodies business.


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A simple surgery could fix an embarrassing and very common problem, and most people do not want to talk about. The fancy name is urinary incontinence, but it means losing control of your bladder-often when you cough or sneeze.
The National Association for Continence estimates that one in four women over the age of 50 suffers from this, and it happens to men too. It tends to run in about One in ten men after age 50. It's not a life and death issue, but it is a quality of life issue.
The association wants people to know that a very common procedure can fix the problem. They offer a sling to lift and support the bladder, which may have dropped from childbirth or aging.
Dr. David Clark says, "It stretches a little bit, and has this webbing in it. So tissues grow in and around help stabilize its position as well."
It's just a 20 minute procedure to put the sling into place and close the incision but it may take a lot longer to work up the nerve to ask your doctor about this.
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Monday, February 20, 2012 - SDG&E is asking the Public Utilities Commission for authority to charge customers ninety percent of their uninsured damages from the 2007 wildfires, and from all future fires. KUSI's Michael Turko broke that story over two weeks ago, and tonight he has an exclusive interview with a top SDG&E executive on that hotly contested issue.
SDG&E was accused of negligence after the 2007 wildfires. Two government agencies determined the power company's equipment caused the fires. SDG&E settled those charges and paid a small fine with no admission of negligence. Now they say all that's beside the point, and doesn't really matter.
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Still coming off cloud nine from yesterday's excitement. Thanks for all the love! Here's a little love gesture back, to mirror how I'm feeling today, a humble and grateful soup. People fall into two camps when it comes to the humble split pea soup. They either love it or hate it.
I'm in the first camp. My key to making an excellent split pea soup just last year was to simmer it with a ham bone. Since that kind of thing obviously doesn't go down in my kitchen anymore, I had to figure out a new way to get that smoky flavor…
Smoky Vegan Split Pea Soup
- 1 diced red onion
- 4 diced carrots
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1 large russet or red potato, peeled and diced
- 1 t. dried thyme
- 1 t. dried oregano
- 8 C. vegetable stock
- 1 T. liquid smoke (yes it's vegan and an entirely natural product)
- 16 oz (1 bag) dried split peas
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 t. sea salt
- 1/2 t. ground black pepper
- dash of cayenne
Method: Water saute the onion, carrots, garlic and potato and thyme in large saucepan with 1/2 C. water until the onion is translucent. Add all the other ingredients and bring to a boil. Then simmer over low heat with the lid on for 30-40 minutes, until peas are very tender. Remove bay leaves. Serve as is, blend until smooth or pulse a few times with a stick blender (my favorite method) for a slightly thickened but still chunky soup. This recipe can also be made in a slow cooker. Note: split pea soup is always much thicker the next day, those peas just keep expanding!


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Elizabeth Bautista is the Senior Delegate from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where she works as a High Performance Computer Systems Analyst for NERSC. She has eleven years of service with LBNL.
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- Financial stress is a big cause of overall stress and even health and relationship problems. Financial stress is linked to health problems like depression and decreased immunity, and a leading cause of divorce!
- People don't always know how to correctly do taxes, but there are big penalties for not doing them. This makes the whole process seem scary.
- There's always the threat of an audit, which is an even bigger source of stress!
Know What You're DoingIf you understand the process, doing your taxes is much easier. There are even some online resources that can help make the whole process much easier. The following can help make the process of doing your taxes easier to understand and more streamlined: Tips on Filing Your Taxes.
Start EarlyDon't save doing your taxes until the last minute. That only multiplies the stress you'll feel! Set yourself a deadline for getting things done that's at least a week or two earlier than your actual deadline. Even if you're using a C.P.A., try having your portion of the work prepared before your C.P.A. needs it. The sooner you get it done, the less time you spend with the thought of taxes occupying your mind.
Take Baby StepsIf your tax situation is complicated, it might be best to break up the job into smaller parts, and tackle a little bit each night over the course of a week rather than taking up a whole chunk of a weekend day. So, unless you're the type who needs some serious pressure to stay motivated to reach a goal, I recommend that you set a schedule for yourself and work for either a set amount of time or tackle a specific part of the job each night until it's done.
Make It FunYou don't need to be working in a 'library' environment; you can set a fun mood in your workspace and the job may be more enjoyable. Put on some nice background music, put out some aromatherapy candles, prepare some snacks, and just do it. You'll still be doing taxes, but it can be a more sensual, relaxed experience.
Reward Yourself:Once you've completed what you need to do for your taxes, reward yourself for a job well done by doing something you enjoy, or trying something new. I suggest going dancing, seeing a funny movie, visiting the batting cages, getting ice cream or trying one of these 25 stress relievers.
Professional HelpUnless your tax situation is very simple, you might want to reduce the stress of taxes by using a C.P.A. to prepare your taxes. While this doesn't completely eliminate the work you need to do, it does reduce stress by minimizing your workload, and it's reassuring to have someone who knows exactly what they're doing in charge of the process. Depending on your situation, the expense of going with a C.P.A. may be offset or completely eclipsed by the money you save in deductions they can recommend and you may have missed. Here's an article on choosing an accountant, and these are the documents you should bring to a C.P.A.
Minimizing Next Year's Stress:If you maintain an organized system for keeping track of your tax records as they accrue throughout the year, you can make next year's tax preparation process much easier. You may even experience less stress throughout the year knowing how much easier you'll be making things for yourself. (Who knows; maybe you'll be looking forward to tax time next year!) The following resources can help you:
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Philadelphia Eagles (0-2)@
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Thursday, August 20
Lucas Oil Stadium
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Game Leaders
14/22, 130 yds, 1 tds, 0 int
10/14, 167 yds, 2 tds, 0 int
2 car, 13 yds, 0 tds
19 car, 46 yds, 0 tds
5 rec, 52 yds, 1 tds
2 rec, 90 yds, 1 tds
Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Peyton Manning threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 23-15 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in preseason action.
Manning completed 10-of-14 passes, playing three series in the victory. His main beneficiary was Reggie Wayne, who caught two passes for 90 yards -- including a 76-yard touchdown in the opening quarter.
Curtis Painter completed 11-of-19 throws for 116 yards and recorded an interception, and Joseph Addai ran for 11 yards on just two carries. Anthony Gonzalez recorded a touchdown reception in the win.
Donovan McNabb also played just three series, completing 5-of-7 passes for 77 yards and a score for Philadelphia, which played its last preseason game without embattled quarterback Michael Vick.
During the Eagles' first preseason game -- a loss to New England -- it was announced that the team had signed Vick to a one-year deal with a team option for 2010. Having been conditionally reinstated last month into the league by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Vick is not eligible to participate in preseason action until Philadelphia's next game at home against Jacksonville on August 27.
DeSean Jackson caught McNabb's touchdown pass, a beautiful over-the-shoulder 39-yard score at the end of the opening frame. Brandon Gibson added four catches for 49 yards and a late score, while Adam DiMichele completed 14-of-22 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown in defeat.
Gonzalez's and Wayne's touchdowns in the first quarter gave the Colts an early 14-0 lead, but Jackson's catch with just over a minute left in the frame cut the deficit in half.
Shane Andrus accounted for all the scoring in the second and third quarters, respectively, making field goals from 24- and 41-yards out to extend the lead to 20-7. His third field goal of the game, a 31-yarder in the fourth, made it a 16-point game.
Gibson's 21-yard touchdown grab with 26 seconds left in the contest made it 23-15 affair after a Rob Myers two-point conversion catch, but the ensuing onside kick was unsuccessful.


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The founders of Pipe, an app we think is the most useful Facebook app of all time, are giving BI readers access to try the service first.
The first 5,000 people to sign up will be sent a key from the Pipe team and will be one of the first to test out this awesome service that makes transferring files between friends ridiculously easy.
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A massive, planned reservoir in Hendry County received the initial go-ahead Thursday in Washington, D.C.
The C-43 Reservoir, a more than half a billion dollar project, can help solve Southwest Florida's water crisis.
The U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure unanimously approved the Water Resources and Reform Development Act (WRRDA).
Local experts welcomed the news with hesitation. They stressed C-43 is not a complete solution to the water releases' impact on our environment and on our economy.
Near the Caloosahatchee River Thursday afternoon, Al Dowkin who lives on the water told us he's frustrated by the color caused by the ongoing releases from Lake Okeechobee.
"It's dirty. It really is," said Dowkin. "It's disappointing. You can't fish. Some do… I don't know if they'll be sick."
Diverting Lake Okeechobee's dirty water will take massive storage options and plenty of cash. Jennifer Hecker with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida welcomed C-43's progress but cautioned more needs to be done if we want blue, pristine waters year round.
"We feel we've waited long enough. Our water infrastructure is crucial to our economy and our environment," said Hecker.
Former Lee County commissioner Ray Judah said people need to understand C-43 alone isn't our saving grace.
"To suggest this is going to alleviate the massive releases from Lake O is a hoax," said Judah. "It's not true."
WRRDA still needs a full house vote and about $297 million in federal funding. State leaders plan to pick up the other half of the tab. For those reasons, some like Judah want Florida's governor to make a bold move.
"Our Governor has an opportunity to declare a state of an emergency, which we're experiencing," said Judah.
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The Chicago Bears left tackle suffered a right calf injury that has him listed as "day-to-day."
Daily Slop: Jammal Brown's Deal a Costly Mistake; Theismann Likes Pistol 'On Certain Teams'
Jammal Brown's season is over after the Redskins placed him on injured reserve Tuesday.
Garcon will likely play hurt and Jammal Brown had a setback.
The Washington Redskins announced a handful of roster moves Tuesday, including right tackle Jammal Brown being cleared to practice. Brown, a two-year starter, has not been removed from the PUP list.
Washington Redskins right tackle Jammal Brown could return in Week 11.
The Redskins are injury-free, for the most part, heading into Week 1 of the NFL season.
Hogs Haven explores a path the Redskins should have explored when putting together their 2012 team back in March.
Hogs Haven has some fun with some 2012 Redskins prop bets.
The latest on Redskins injuries and who's in/out for the Bills game on Thursday.
One CBS report has Jammal Brown has healthy while a Washington Post report mentioned Jammal Brown's other hip is being problematic.
Former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Jordan Black has enjoyed a longer career than many might realize given his inability to make it work with KC, but the Washington Redskins announced a...
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) Brianna Baldwin, a senior softball player at Grand Junction High School, has stepped out and encouraged her friends and classmates to give through "Change for Change" - a fundraiser to help support her cousin who was diagnosed with cancer.
"It was nerve wrecking, but I felt inspired" said Baldwin after talking in front of her high school at their pep rally. "I just really wanted to help him out, and I thought that everybody else would, too."
Benjamin Gibson is just 12 years old, an eighth grader at Columbine Middle School in Montrose. A few months ago he was diagnosed with cancer. He was an all-around athlete, playing basketball, baseball, soccer and football.
Baldwin hopes she can continue to raise money throughout the community and give back to a family member in need.
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World Values SurveyOffsite — Description Large global surveys of 'values' taking place every five years since 1990 described on its website as "The world's most comprehensive investigation of Political and Socio-Cultural Change". Openness: Semi-Open Access: download in bulk is possible as well as analysis on the website. However have to go through terms and conditions (not automatable) ...
HapMapOffsite — Description The International HapMap Project is a partnership of scientists and funding agencies from Canada, China, Japan, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States to develop a public resource that will help researchers find genes associated with human disease and response to pharmaceuticals. Datasets From ...
Werner Icking Music ArchiveOffsite — Description Lots of sheet music. While quite a bit has source files much only seems to be in pdf. Openness: OPEN License: not specified but strongly appears to be open plus most of the works are in the PD so apart from typesetting issues the scores should be PD. Access: ok. bulk: no. api: no. www: yes.
The Mondial DatabaseOffsite — From home page: > The MONDIAL database has been compiled from geographical Web data sources listed below: > > * CIA World Factbook, > * a predecessor of Global Statistics which has been collected by Johan van der Heijden. > * additional textual sources for coordinates, > * the International Atlas by Kümmerly & Frey, Rand McNally, and Westermann, > * and some ...
Fred 2.0No Data — Description Library of Congress Authority data harvested in December 2006. From the [readme](http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/authorities/readme.pdf): > Using a custom agent, we were able to harvest 6.95 million authority records using the publicly accessible interface to the Library of Congress authority files located at authorities.loc.gov. > > Retrieved records ...
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Over the past nine days I profiled the prospects that I believe have a chance to take a big step forward in 2009. Some on the list will no doubt blossom into top prospects in our system, while others will inevitably take a step back in their development.
The beautiful thing about following prospects is that it allows for the opportunity to witness the emergence of hope. Last season that hope came in the form of the meteoric rises of Derek Holland and Neftali Feliz, but also the less-heralded climbs of prospects such as Mitch Moreland and Tim Murphy.
My Nine in '09:
- Matt West
- Miguel De Los Santos
- Clark Murphy
- Geuris Grullon
- Matt Thompson
- Kennil Gomez
- Jacob Brigham
- Cristian Santana
- Evan Reed


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Camel has a strong connection to the element of water, it will gorge on water when it discovers an oasis in the midst of the desert. It does not drink enormous amounts of water out of greed, but because of its survival instincts. Camel doesn't know how many days or weeks may pass before it finds another watering hole and is merely restocking its body's reserves. When camel appears it could be a reminder to take care of your needs, also to take only what you can carry. You may want to take inventory of your pantry or food stuffs as well, the camel showing up could be warning you to stock up for leaner times ahead.
The camel is a beast of burden which has been put to service to carry people and their belongings across desolate regions. A person with camel as their personal totem often chooses a career of service to others, helping to lift burdens from the weak, crippled, or sick. The camel person has the challenge of learning how to help others without giving to much of themselves. Giving too much is the final straw that breaks the camel's back.


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- About Ateneum
Ateneum in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam will present a major exhibition entitled Illusions of Reality - Naturalist painting, photography and cinema 1875-1918. The exhibition explores the many sides of Naturalism - an important movement in Finnish art as well - through various themes. Alongside paintings, lesser known photographs and early films will be exhibited.
The curator of the exhibition is Gabriel P. Weisberg, an internationally renowned expert on Naturalism. The exhibition will be held at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam from 8 October 2010 to 16 January 2011 and at Ateneum from 18 February to 15 May 2011.
Naturalism was an international movement The centre of which was Paris. In addition to the Nordic countries, it was popular in such countries as Hungary, Russia and the united States. The exhibition presents works on loan from 31 museums, including the Scottish National Gallery and the Musée d'Orsay, as well as from private collections in the USA. Famous names on display include Jules Bastien-Lepage, the great role model for Naturalist art, as well as Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret and Émile Friant.
The exhibition also presents major works of Finnish art, including Conveying the Child's Coffin (1879) by Albert Edelfelt, Boy with a Crow (1884) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and Under the Yoke (1893) by Eero Järnefelt. These works of art, so familiar to Finns, will now be exhibited in their international context.
In the rapidly industrialising Europe of the late 19th century, Naturalism became one of the dominant movements in painting, literature and theatre. The themes of the paintings included the realities of contemporary society and the everyday lives of ordinary people. These themes were drawn from the hot topics of modern life. Labourers, farmers, the affluent middle classes - all layers of society served as subjects.
Naturalist works of art tell stories and contain messages for their audiences. The purpose of Naturalist art was also to instruct and entertain, just like the cinema in subsequent years. Indeed, the large paintings that were realised with photographic precision attracted great popularity among the general public at the time. The paintings were displayed in exhibitions and museums, but also in public buildings. The works of art are full of details that reveal their story piece by piece, helping audiences to understand their message. They also bring the world of yesterday and its human fates closer to contemporary audiences.
Illusions of Reality exhibition is accompanied by Victors and Victims, presenting Naturalism in Finnish literature in the 1880s and 1890s.
Review in Die Welt 12.11.2010 by Tilman Krause: Die Elenden standen vor den Salons. Und sie wurden gemalt
"Die eigentliche Entdeckung der Ausstellung sind dann aber doch die drei Finnen Albert Edelfelt, Armas [Eero] Järnefelt und Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Bei ihnen verbindet sich die aufgehellte peinture des französischen Impressionismus mit einer realiengesättigten Milieuschilderung, die alles Krasse, plakativ Kritische vermeidet. Hier sind große Porträtisten am Werk, die ihre Figuren ganz ohne Effekt mit einer Würde ausstatten, die einen ihre soziale Stellung vergessen lässt und sie zu empfindsamen Charakteren macht."


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A small, clean and affordable Bed & Breakfast in central St Petersburg, just minutes to the beaches, downtown, and the glbt business district, Grand Central. Located in the Central Oak Park neighborhood, this relaxing oasis allows you to unwind with a private, clothing optional heated pool, sauna/exercise room and 6 person hot tub.
All six rooms have private baths and entrances, off-street parking, and free wifi. All rooms have a tv with dvd player, microwave and refrigerator. The poolside cottage has a full kitchen. Single rooms have one queen bed, and doubles, including the cottage, have two queen beds. Rooms from $69 per night and a special weekly rate, pay for 5 nights, stay for seven! Your friendly pet is welcome.
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As a native Floridian and St Petersburg resident for 24+ years I can help you plan your visit to the St Petersburg area. The GayStPete House was built in 1929 and is a mixed of long term rental units and guestrooms. Owner Brian Longstreth lives on site and is very involved in the local glbt community.
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We enjoyed the home feeling that was waiting for us when we arrived. We enjoyed our stay so much in March over spring break, we are going to stay with Brian again when we come back to St Pete in July. It's nice to find such a warm inviting place to stay,
it makes coming to St Pete that much more enjoyable.
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Police in Detroit say two young siblings missing after leaving school on the city's southwest side have been found safe.
The department's Southwestern District says 9-year-old Michael Marcellus and his 10-year-old sister Deonna Fletcher were recovered late Thursday.
They were reported missing Thursday afternoon when they didn't return home. Police Sgt. Eren Stephens says in an email they ran away because they were "on punishment."
Stephens say the children were found when a person spotted them walking down a street.
- The Associated Press contributed to this report
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The Opinion Zone
Tag: powder cocaine
Should all crack cocaine offenders get reduced sentences?
- 4:17 pm Thursday, April 19th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
In 2010, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act, which attempted to make equalize prison terms for those convicted of crack cocaine offenses, who tend to be black, and those with powdered cocaine offenses, who tend to be white.
Sentences for crack were far longer than those for powder.
But Congress didn't specify whether the reduced sentences for crack should apply to those who committed their crimes before the law took effect but who were not sentenced until afterward.
The Supreme Court must now make that determination.
Justices heard arguments on Tuesday.
"Why would Congress," asked Stephen B. Eberhardt, a lawyer for two Illinois men who [More]


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From Baseball America:
Cincinnati Reds
Draft picks signed: RHP Michael Bohana (26), RHP Justin Freeman (32), RHP Will Hudgens (23), RHP Pedro Villarreal (7), LHP Bryan Gardner (34), LHP David Torcise (47), LHP Justin Walker (41), C Kyle Day (12), 1B Michael Konstanty (39), 3B Frank Pfister (17), SS Alex Buchholz (6), OF David Sappelt (9)
Released: LHP James Morris
Acquired: RHP Henry Arias from Royals as player to be named in earlier trade of RHP Brad Salmon
Traded: RHP Jim Brower to Cubs for cash considerations
Acquired: OF Tom Collaro from White Sox for future considerations
Recalled: RHP Homer Bailey, RHP Gary Majewski, LHP Danny Herrera, OF Drew Anderson, OF Corey Patterson
Added to 40-man roster: LHP Danny Herrera, 3B Jolbert Cabrera
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Danny Herrera
Outrighted off 40-man roster: OF Drew Anderson
Placed on 7-day DL: 2B Justin Turner
Reinstated from DL: RHP Marcus McBeth, LHP Tyler Pelland
Collaro once was a decent prospect, hitting 29 HR in 2005 in A-ball. He's known as a tremendous 5 o'clock hitter, putting on impressive displays in BP but failing to translate it into games. Arias, as we discussed in an earlier post, has a live arm but is on the wild side.


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There are many Candlesticks patterns, but some are more important than others. We have
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Various types of CandleSticks patterns can also be filtered out, for e.g. Bullish Reversal, Bearish Continuation etc.
ADX (Average Directional Index): Important technical indicator that shows the strength of a trend. It is on a scale of 0 to 100. Index values above 40 indicate that the particular trend is strong, while values less than 20 indicates that a trend is weak. Please Note: It only shows the strength of the trend, NOT the Direction of the trend (Up or Down).
The other two indicators, Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI), complement ADX by defining trend direction
RSI (Relative Strength Index):Important technical indicator which measures the magnitude of gains over a given time period against the magnitude of losses over that period. It is on a scale of 1 to 100. Some technical analysts believe that a value of 30 or below indicates an oversold condition and that a value of 70 or above indicates an overbought condition. It is NOT that relevant for trending stocks.


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Anybody have any inside information on this guy? I was looking through Josh Norris's Top 151 draft prospects (Link) and at #60 he had Quanterus Smith. That's a name I hadn't seen anywhere when going through all the draft info on sites. Looking at CBS Draft Rankings he is ranked #311 overall but his write-up is pretty promising (Link). The thing that caught my eye was the opening game of the 2012 season where he had 3 sacks against Alabama! 12.5 total sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, and 3 forced fumbles. He also appears to have multiple moves so just not a straight up the field speed rusher. He did tear his ACL on Nov 17th and is only 250lbs as of the Combine, which is a little light for a 4-3 DE.
Just wondering if anyone has actually seen him play and what your impressions of him are? Sounds like he could be anywhere between a 3rd round pick and UDFA depending on what site you look at. Walter Football had him in the 6th for whatever that is worth.


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Thursday 10/25/12
Today we spoke with Adrian Simpson, the director of Chillisauce.co.uk. We asked Adrian all about the world's biggest bra being auctioned for a breast cancer charity. The bra, modeled on a 34B T-shirt bra, is actually a "mega 1,360B" that is nearly as big as two tennis courts and weighs as much as 1,800 traditional bras. The aim in auctioning the bra is to build awareness and involvement in Wear It Pink Day as well as raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign in the process. The bra is being auctioned on eBay with a starting bid of £500 (U.S. $800.30). The auction continues through October 28, 2012. To view the direct link to place a bid on the largest bra click here.
Playboy's premier non-nude model search is on the hunt again. We got to know our October Playboy Miss Social Finalists Nelette and Lisa! Make sure you vote at PlayboyMissSocial.com by 12:30pm PT today!
We continued the countdown with our Top 34C Boob Songs of All Time! Cracking the Top 10 is "I Love Breasts" by Karma #9: "Tits Techno" and #8:" "The Titty Song!"
Learning about another HAUNTED HOTEL, we talked to Leanne, the manager of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast Museum in Fall River, MA.
As he does every Thursday, Mr. Skin kicked off the Power Hour with lots of sexy celebrity nudity. We got to see beautiful breasts belonging to Halle Berry, Olivia Munn and Gretchen Mol, as well as ALL of Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman! Then we introduced today's Halloween Hottie, Lisa, who was a very sexy cop. Lisa demonstrated the two easiest ways to remove her costume, which were pulling it down or lifting up her mini skirt! Also, Robert Herjavec, from ABC's show Shark Tank, joined us in-studio to tell us how he has earned his incredible wealth, by overcoming the odds with hard work and intuition. He launched a computer company from his basement, and now has a net worth of over $100 million dollars. In true Shark Tank style, Kevin, Andrea, Jaron and Gina pitched their inventions to Robert, while Lisa and our second model Stacy helped demonstrate them. In the end, Robert was most impressed with Gina's BridalFlips – handmade bridal flip-flops designed to match a woman's wedding dress.
Wednesday 10/24/12
This week we have been learning more about the top rated Haunted Hotels featured in Playboy! Today we talked to Everette Hoard, Commodore of The Queen Mary! The ship is known to have a number of psychic "hot spots." This historic ocean liner is now permanently docked, but the ghostly activity continues. The hotel offers haunted history tours, so call ahead to reserve your spot.
We continued with our Top 34C Boob Songs of All Time! At #12: "Rack City" by Tyga #11: "I Must Increase My Bust" by Lords of Acid. Then our Playboy Advisor, Chip Rowe joined us to talk about breast implants, sex partners and much more!
We began today's Power Hour on a sweet note with two more Food Porn Submissions! One demonstrated a marshmallow threesome, and the other involved a cherry pie, a banana and a lobster! See them for yourself here. Also, be sure to email your own submission to us firstname.lastname@example.com! Then we introduced today's Halloween Hottie, Carlotta, who showed off her 'sexy fruit lady' Calypso costume. After Andrea told her to ditch the ruffled sleeves, Carlotta's sex factor hit the roof! We also welcomed Radio legend Tom Leykis into the Mini Mansion for his first in-studio appearance. Tom, who is known for talking about his personal life on "The Tom Leykis Show" and telling his listeners how he failed four marriages, broadcasts online these days at BlowMeUpTom.com. Tom also advises men not to marry women when they are young, and to learn from his mistakes. We introduced Tom to two more of our models, Sara Liz and Titania, who joined Carlotta for our new segment, "Does the Carpet Match the Drapes." Tom, Kevin and Andrea asked each girl a personal question while they hid behind the curtains. Then they had to decide whether the models "curtain" (pubic hair style) was shaved, landscaped or consisted of a bush, and whether it matched their "drapes" (hair).
Tuesday 10/23/12
In Northern California, High School athletes formed a "Fantasy Slut League" that awards points for sexual conquests. Piedmont High School principal Rich Kitchens says the league, which has existed up to six years, has disbanded. A letter was sent to parents on Friday saying female students are drafted as part of the league and male students earn points for having sex with the girls.
Scott Alexander who was declared TABLETGEDDEN, gave us an update on all new Games & Gadgets. The Apple factory has released it's new iPad Mini or rumoured as the iPad Air ! The brand new seven-inch iPad is now thinner and lighter than before. Apple's invitation for October 23 makes it crystal clear there's more new iGear coming this year. It will range between $250 0r $350 depending on storage. Scott also talked about a new 13 in Mac Book Pro in the works.
Then we played back our Top 34 C Boob Songs of All Time landing us at #15 with "Titties & Beer" #14: "Milkshake" (temporary place holder) and #13: "Touch Them Breasts." Girls keep touching them titties!
This week Playboy is listing the top rated and most notoriouslyHaunted Hotels! We started off today talking with Bill Ott, Director of Marketing and Communications for The 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa. Dubbed the most haunted hotel in America, the Crescent Hotel located in Eureka Springs was built in 1886 by a couple of tycoons hoping to cash in on a health craze. At the time, Eureka Springs was known for its healing water, which many believed cured ailments and even cancer. They market themselves as a Mountain Top Spa -with ghosts. If you want to read more about the haunting of the 1886 Crescent, visit AmericasMostHauntedHotel.
Before the Power Hour we played a game of "Is This Cheating." Listeners asked Andrea whether or not their scenarios were considered cheating.
We kicked off today's Power Hour with another Food Porn video, this time from Mark in Texas, called "Eat Shit and Pie!" If you haven't submitted a video yet, you should! Send it firstname.lastname@example.com! Then we introduced today's Halloween Hottie, Desiree, who was dressed as a sexy vampire – wearing sharp fangs, a sheer body suit, fish net stockings and thigh-high boots! We were also thrilled to have Mark Boone Junior stop by the Mini Mansion. His friends call him Boone, but you may recognize him as "Bobby" on FX's adrenalized drama, Sons of Anarchy. Boone discussed his busy schedule wrapping up season 5 on SOA, his experiences playing in a band with Steve Buscemi, and his love for riding his Harley Davidson motorcycles. Make sure you catch Boone on FX Tuesday nights at 10pm E/P. Last but certainly not least, we had two sexy girls, Samantha and Krystin, join the fun for a game ofChicktionary! The girls had to guess what pictures were being painted on their chosen body parts by Kevin and Andrea. As a seasonal theme, the first picture was a pumpkin patch, followed by a gas pump and an iPad Mini. The half-naked babes did a great job posing, and Samantha won the game with the most correct guesses.
Monday 10/22/12
We spoke to the beautiful Mandy Caruso who revealed the sexual harassment she endured at Comic Con when she dressed in a racy costume for the gathering of comic book, at comic con New York. It's common for young women to dress in revealing and deliberately skimpy costumes for comic conventions. It's also common, Miss Caruso revealed in a post on her blog, for them to be sexually harassed by overzealous fans. She described several encounters at last weekend's NY Comic Con with men who posed for pictures ogling her breasts. She also recounted being 'surrounded' by a camera crew who claimed to be filming a feature on fans, but instead seemed more interested in talking about her cup size.
Then we talked with Math Professor Michael Small from Western Australia University who gave us the secrets to playing Roulette. Small says knowing where the ball starts bouncing and which deflector it hits is key to narrowing down which of the 36 squares (in a casino-grade European roulette wheel) it will eventually come to rest in. Small and colleague Dr. Chi Kong Tse of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed a simple model for the motion of a roulette wheel and ball. They showed that if you know the initial position, velocity and acceleration of the ball you can narrow down where it's going to land, thereby increasing the odds of winning.
After, we got into some Good Naked/Bad Naked stories involving scandalous teachers and naked car thieves.
We kicked off the Power Hour playing our Top 34C Boob Songs of All Time in honor of Touch them Titties Month. Today we heard #18: "Feel Your Boobies" #17: "Big Boobs" and #16: "Breast Self Exam Rap." Then we introduced today's Halloween Hottie, Jackie, who showed off her sexy long legs in a Fantasy Football costume. Her sheer jersey top and lace-up panties left our imaginations running wild. We brought in two more models, Lindsey and Kat who stopped by to try out for our All Sorority Team in the Rho Beta Chapter (Rho Beta stands for PB)! The girls took turns spinning The Wheel of Playzing, full of special tasks to complete such as Human Centipede, which had the ladies get on their knees, line up mouth-to-ass and walk in unison as a single, SEXY creature. After the girls completed their given responsibilities, we officially welcomed them into our Theta Iota Theta (TIT) Sorority! So far our pledge class is up to six! Before the show came to an end, Andrea's titties predicted the Chicago Bears to win tonight's NFL game!


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The Contract Murder of Kathryn Ann Martini-Lissy
Gathering Evidence
As he continued to methodically examine the hotel room, Davis observed a black purse, unzipped, lying on top of the nightstand along with a pair of sunglasses. When he examined the purse he discovered that it did not contain any identification, nor did it contain a wallet, credit cards, or money. All he found inside it was a set of car keys. The missing items from the purse suggested robbery as a possible motive.
Next to the bed on the floor, in front of a nightstand and slightly south of the woman's feet, which hung over the side of the bed, lay a pair of crumpled white slacks, presumably Kathy's, that had been turned inside out during the process of being removed from her body by either herself or the assailant. Nearer to the nightstand, Davis observed, lay a Tampax tampon.
The tampon didn't look like it had been used, at least not for its usual purpose, because it didn't have any blood on it. Davis wondered if the tampon had been dropped there unnoticed by the woman. But then, he reasoned, a woman who by all appearances seemed so neat and clean wouldn't have simply left it there. If she had known that she had dropped it, he felt that she would have picked it up and put it back in the box with the others. But where was the box? Not seeing it in the immediate area, Davis made a note to look for it when the room was processed more thoroughly. The tampon definitely seemed out of place to him, and seemed stranger still when he got down on his hands and knees to look at it more closely. He called Schuessler over, and pointed out that it appeared to be stained with a substance he could not immediately identify. Schuessler agreed that it was stained with something, and made a note to analyze it later at the crime lab. As they searched around the room they made a cursory examination of the contents of the trash cans inside the room and found no evidence, such as other tampons, that Kathy had been using tampons or having her period. They did not find a box of tampons, either.
A brown, soft leather satchel, apparently undisturbed, lay on a writing table next to the east wall of the room. Several official-looking documents, which Davis and Poppe believed the victim had carried into the room inside the valise, were spread out on top of a coffee table that was positioned in front of a sofa and next to a wicker side chair at the north end of the room. A full glass of what was soon determined to be water sat on a circular end table between the couch and the armchair, prompting the detectives to conclude that the woman had been doing some type of work prior to her demise and hadn't wanted to impair her mental faculties by drinking anything stronger.
At one point Davis walked behind the wicker chair to a group of windows and a sliding glass door that led out onto a balcony. He pulled the curtains back and found that the door was locked. Like the front entrance door, he saw that it had not sustained any type of damage from someone trying to break in. Davis considered whether the absence of any signs of forced entry might mean that she had known her attacker. It was a possibility. Davis, being a seasoned detective, knew that it could mean a number of things, including the possibility that she had left the door ajar. The detectives also theorized that the killer might have shoved his way into the room as Kathy entered, or might have stolen a key to the room and waited inside for her to return. In their search for answers, the investigators worked long, tedious hours questioning hotel employees, other guests, known business associates and so forth. It was their intention to reconstruct Kathryn's last hours as completely as possible.


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Archive for April 2011
In which interesting trivia is uncovered
I don't know if it's true, but it's a nice story.
A table or a chair with only one leg can not remain stable. It was used once at the dangerous production of nitroglycerine. Process vessel was monitored by a worker on a one-legged chair, to prevent that he had been sleeping.
In which the hazy past is recounted, part one
My grandmother Jones took me to see a movie at HQS in, wikipedia tells me, 1981. I went with her and a friend of hers; they enjoyed the movie, and I thought it was cool to watch a boat sink (still think it should have caught fire). The loons! The loons!
Perhaps as penance for subjecting me to this crude torture, she took me to a record store and changed my life. I really didn't know what kind of music I wanted or liked; I asked mom for KISS, I got Yellow Submarine (looking back, I'd say she made a wise choice; second grade was no time for KISS). Somehow, my grandmother bought a tape of a certain classic album. I knew nothing of Rush, what the lyrics were about, but my ten-year-old self played the ever-living shit out of that tape; In particular, Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, and YYZ.
Before ESL, everything was either what my parents listened to or what was on the radio. After ESL, I could leave planet Earth at will (as long as the batteries lasted).
Thanks for that!
In which nothing of value was lost
It appears CheyTac has, or is, going under. This guy's restraint is amazing; if I spent $22000+ on a rifle system that wouldn't feed, wouldn't shoot, and couldn't keep the magazine in place, I'd be livid.
CheyTac, if you recall, was the wonder-rifle maker that only sold de-tuned rifles to civilians. Fuck 'em.
In which the obvious is stated in tshirt-worthy form
Sure! Let's have a meeting about this fucking email! I've got nothing but time! No deadlines ahead, no cocksucking PMs waiting in the wings!
In which the obvious is stated
"that was a very, very bad idea". He's about as Russian as my socks, but hey, his videos are funny. Good to see an SOT having fun.
In which the power of everything is increased exponentially
These clever folks are selling a bit of glue that, applied properly, means you can interact with anything, anywhere, from anywhere, without much work. Android devices are cheap as chips; with a little Java, you could now put a powerful, modern microcomputer on the side of any damn thing you want.
There's so much win here my nipples are exploding with delight.
In which damage is spotted from afar
I was tooling around Bing Maps for no good reason and noticed some strange damage on a building. I asked someone I knew who worked there; my guess was an industrial accident, but he said it was tornado damage.
I only saw it as I was searching for some of the places we used to go skate; I wonder how much damage is visible elsewhere.


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Could the (former) Big 12 team that started the dominos be one of our biggest allies? Colorado speaks out about keeping OU/UT out of their footprint.
Certainly this whole thing feels as humorous as something from straight out of Spinal Tap, as we've just lost our third drummer (A&M) to spontaneous combustion, but I thought I would start a central place to document/house all things optimistic towards what appears to be the current long-shot of keeping this thing together. I'm sure this will be a daily update follow the jump to see what others are saying about the downsides to conference realignment/case for keeping things smaller and regional.
However if OU/UT did leave, a former BYU official says big 12 move is completely off the table. So you're saying there's a chance (one in a million of course). Otherwise the plan is to stay indy.
I find it interesting a TCU official is saying he's starting to doubt the security in the Big East. Seems to me it might be an easy way to back out of something realizing there's an opportunity to get BCS status and stay close to home.


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A lot of fans are like lawyers or politicians.....
I posted this on BTSC as well
...same thing really. We present one sided arguments to make our points without really being totally honest about a situation. Or we overlook the things that have no clear cut answers so we try to find them. We never want to think of our team as inferior to another.
That's what makes us fans, and that is why fan comes from fanatic, and I get that way myself. Then I try to think about it objectively. Boy that's hard to do. It takes time long after a game. So we say things like "those guys played dirty!, and "that ref made a bad call!. And really, your gonna get that on both sides of a football game. I mean it's a physical game. So what do you have left?
Us Ravens have been whipped by you guys many times. Eventually we're gonna build a team to beat you if nothing else for only one day. And that feels good to a Ravens fan. It feels good because we just couldn't seem to play 60 minutes of football last season and beyond. We would get a lead and then blow it. And this time, our team showed us that they ARE capable. In some way, you guys are complimented solely by the entire Ravens organizations decision to to train using Pittsburgh as the hardest to win against.
In our losing games, we think in a one sided way too, we always seem to say, " man that Cam Cameron has got to go!" And I think that we say that in a justified way, as he seems to be the bipolar OC we either love him or hate him depending. Now in a game like like last Sunday, we love him again. I hope he has learned not to be so one dimensional and obvious. I hope he gives Flacco a little more decision making power. If we're gonna decide he's our QB. let him play QB so we can find out how good he really is.
But then there's another thing about a football game. There's an unexplainable part of every game. There's the heart of one team, and the heart of the other. Then there's a certain heart of the game itself that seems to live apart from the players. It's the part that sometimes surprises everyone involved. It causes upsets and lopsided scores if it's strong enough. It usually gains strength when there's a noticeable momentum shift in place. It's at the root of the fact that simply, sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose.
And when we win, we think we were great in every possible way. and when we lose we're ready to throw out the baby with the bathwater (e.g.; Cam Cameron)
But maybe all it was in last Sunday's game was the heart of that game. And it's as simple as that.
To add to this, I think these Ravens have the heart to sway the heart of the game against anyone this season.


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New study names 'toxic toys'
Choking and noise also deemed major hazards
TAMPA - "If you see a child holding his ear up to a speaker tell him to stop," said Ashley Leniart.
Leniart, an Ozona Elementary 5th grader has a younger brother and she knows how dangerous some toys can be.
"I always have to think is this safe for him," she said.
Ashley joined experts and child advocates at St. Joseph's Children's hospital to talk about the latest study from the Public Interest Research Group, known as PIRG.
They say despite tougher standards passed by Congress in 2008, many toys still have dangerous levels of toxic chemicals and lead.
That includes this activity mat made by Tomy, that PIRG says has high levels of Antimony.
"Manufactures use these chemicals to plastic softer, but they are connected to adverse reproductive and health issues, once again it's children who are most vulnerable to these health effects," said PIRG associate Dalyn Houser.
PIRG says Noise levels are too loud on the Lil Phone Pal and the Fisher Price Laugh and learn, hitting 85 decibels.
And it when comes to choking, the study says Littlest Pet shop toys poise a hazard.
They say the small cylinder that federal tester use isn't big enough, and if a toy fits in a toilet paper roll, it's dangerous for kids under three.
"We found numerous near small parts which do not violate the choke test rule but that children still have choked on, for instance this ball doesn't fit into the cylinder, but it still has been choked on by kids," said Houser.
One thing experts say should buy are safety helmets, to protect kids riding bikes, scooters, skateboards or anything else.
Read the entire Toy Safety Survey at http://media2.abcactionnews.com/html/documents/201311/ToySafetySurvey2013.pdf
See the list of hazardous toys at http://media2.abcactionnews.com/html/documents/201311/HazardousToysList2013.pdf .
For more information, go to saferproducts.org


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Fear the Fin's "Night at the Tank" - Filling up fast!
Well, we met the 25 person minimum! As it stands, we've got 27 people signed up for a good time at the Ducks @ Sharks game on December 26th. If you haven't signed up yet and would like to attend, you must do so by FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th. I will be giving you the payment details then.


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There was a flurry of minor activity on the first business day since the end of the postseason. Today was the deadline to decide on 2012 contract options and the Reds also cleared space on the 40-man roster in advance of open free agent season. The team has until November 19 to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft and until November 23 to decide whether to offer arb to ranked free agents (Cordero and Hernandez, both Type A).
For more info on the offseason than anyone not working in a major league front office requires, check out the "Hot Stove" section of the sidebar or the newly-minted Red Reporter Calendar, which captures key hot stove dates and offseason events of interest.
Here's what happened:
- Matt Maloney went to the Twins on a waiver claim
- Francisco Cordero's $12M option was declined
- Brandon Phillips' $12M option was exercised
- Jared Burton and Daryl Thompson were outrighted off the 40 man roster