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- Cold weather continues to cause problems
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for people sleeping outdoors.
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A spokesman for the governor of Zabul
province said the passengers were shot on Friday while driving toward a
roadblock where a combined group of NATO and Afghan troops were trying
to disable a roadside bomb.
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Indian Batsman Suresh Raina and Afghan
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Agriculture Development Team
KABUL, Afghanistan (April 30) - ISAF
forces in Zabul Province gained a new tool in the agricultural redevelopment
process this month as the Zabul Agriculture Development Team (ADT) started
The ADT, made up of approximately 60
members of the Arkansas National Guard, arrived in the provincial capital
earlier this month and has been establishing relationships with governmental
- It is impossible to discuss the economy
of Afghanistan without giving equal considering to the perilous security
and political situation that overshadows all activity in the country. A
protracted presidential electoral process culminated in the inauguration
of President Karzai on December 19, 2009. The parliament has rejected many
of the President's cabinet nominees, leaving 11 posts still vacant at the
time of this writing. Given the short lead time and outstanding issues
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climate. Today, overwhelming scientific evidence has led to a consensus
among scientists that climate change is real, is caused by human activities,
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$9.9 Billion Promised for Haiti
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International Mine Action day is marked
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leading up to the day. On 3rd April an Open Day was hosted by implementing
partner OMAR. UN special representative of the Secretary General in Afghanistan
joined the ambassadors of the USA and Canada in giving speeches and committing
to support Mine Action. All attendees had the opportunity to visit the
landmine museum as well as meet many implementing partners who set up displays
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in southwest Helmand. The road was littered with improvised explosive devices
and surrounded by insurgent positions, and was previously impassable for
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If it was on WC I know the one you're thinking. If not, that sucks. As to something smart, Freddie Mercury is brilliant and deeply missed.
I just read a thread on a message board (not Jinxworld) that made me want to put my fist through a wall. Right this minute I despise comics "culture."
Somebody say something smart.
If it was on WC I know the one you're thinking. If not, that sucks. As to something smart, Freddie Mercury is brilliant and deeply missed.
Listened to a podcast today where they talked about a study that showed that humans can memorise 5-9 numbers (7 +/- 2) and that the closer to 9, our reasoning was impaired and emotion figured stronger in our choices.
The study had people memorise numbers, half the people had a 2 digit number, half had a 7 digit number. They had to walk up a hall and recite the number in another room. Halfway up the hall, they were offered a snack, ostensibly to say thanks for their participation in the study.
They were offered a choice between fruit salad and chocolate cake. The people who had a 2 digit number to remember mostly chose the fruit salad. The people who had a 7 digit number chose the chocolate cake.
The suggestion being that the people who had less to remember were more able to make a choice that was healthy/better for them, while the people who had more to remember erred towards the emotionally satisfying choice.
It was marketing psychology research, I believe.
So, it's a bit of a jump, but I was thinking maybe there's something here for storytelling: if you need to explain something complex (your heist plot) keep it simple. If you want an emotional reaction (like the reveal of Gull's hallucination of the Great Architect in From Hell) overload the senses.
I wonder how well the principle holds (I can think of examples that seem to do the opposite), but it made me think.
Hope that helps.
I'm not feeling all that smart today, I'm afraid. Um... Oh, look! Here's someone ELSE being smart:
http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2011/08...s-and-pellets/ (read this first)
And then:
Toby is a smart guy, a great writer, and a pretty cool person. I think these two recent posts apply to writers whatever their chosen genre/medium - maybe they'll give you something to take your mind off the crap.
"Somebody say something smart."
Spurgeon's recent essay on Comicsreporter + MF's interview on Comicsalliance = pretty inspiring stuff.
Tom Gastall
I've always believed it (or perhaps just wished it) but jerks, dumbasses and assholes die sooner.
Perhaps there is hope for the universe afterall.
I nth Tobias Buckell being all-around awesome.
I also fear for my sanity, because when the nice psychiatrist asked me to memorize a bunch of numbers some years ago, I got far enough past nine that she looked worried and then halted the recitation entire and asked me how I was doing that.
maybe you got that thing like marilou henner has. and now she has a show!

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"Through the ORBIS Lens" is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world.
ORBIS, in partnership with the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) has released "Towards Better Eye Health for Africa's Children" a report focused on improving access to quality eye health for Africa's children.
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A cadre of Soviet psychics, led by a teenaged girl, struggle against a Nazi brigade attempting to resurrect a centuries-dead malevolent spirit and turn the tide of WWII. The animation and production design are courtesy of the visionaries at Studio 4°C, with a story by writers from the Russian studio Molot. The whole package is impressive, but falls a little short especially towards the end—although it's at the very least a wholly original creation instead of an adaptation of an existing piece of material.
- Creative, original co-production from Japan and Russia.
- Solid animation courtesy of mavericks Studio 4°C.
- Middling story which also peters out somewhat towards the end.
- Director: Yoshiharu Ashino
- Released By: Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Distributed Domestically By: Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Price: $29.99 (DB) / $24.99 (DVD)
- Age Rating: Unrated (suggested for mature audiences)
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The occult side of WWII
First Squad: The Moment of Truth deals with an idea that's been explored before in Western comics and movies like Hellboy, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Captain America. WWII was fought not only by soldiers, but by experts of the occult on both sides—specifically on the Nazi side, thanks to Hitler's obsession with mystical artifacts and powers.
First Squad's novel in that it gives us the Russian side of the struggle—"Division Six," a clandestine unit made up mainly of young people with powers of telepathy, precognition and other supernatural abilities. Among them was little Nadya, formerly of a family of circus performers, drafted into Six along with several cohorts her age (one of whom she has a crush on). When a German division attacks, her comrades are killed and Nadya loses her memory.
We first meet Nadya months after this incident, traveling with a shabby little troupe that goes around entertaining the soldiers on the front lines, USO-style. Her trick is to walk out blindfolded and to correctly say the names of soldiers she's never met or seen, but it's no gimmick: she really can do such things. Then she has horrible premonitions of everyone in the area being killed, and seconds later it comes true as German bombs rain down on them all once more.
After much struggle—which includes an encounter with a pair of sneering female German soldiers straight out of Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS—Nadya finally returns to Moscow and the leader of her unit, a general clandestine enough that his own comrades think he's dead. The visions Nadya's been having point towards disaster: the German paranormal squad plans to resurrect a knight who's been dead for several hundred years and lead him in a key charge against a Russian division, a fight that could turn the tide of the war decisively in the Nazis' favor (the "Moment of Truth" of the title).
Division Six's plan to fight this is no less crazy. They will use a newly-developed piece of technology to allow Nadya to make contact with the world of the dead and persuade her deceased comrades to cross the veil and help prevent history from shifting. They don't need a whole lot of persuading, as it turns out, but there are complications all along the way—like how Nadya's comrades have to fight their way back up into the real world through Nadya's subconscious, which is a rather hostile place to be.
Great looks, somewhat less-than-great story
The biggest and most obvious notable thing about First Squad is that it's a Russian-Japanese co-production—one of the first of its kind, at least on this scale. Japanese animation studios have gradually started to collaborate on a broader scale with foreign cohorts; one of the biggest and most memorable such products was (and is) Afro Samurai. Such crossovers are a source of new ideas and inspiration, even if they sometimes fall short of the mark.
First Squad does fall a little short sometimes, but one area where it doesn't fall down badly is the animation. The actual art was produced by Studio 4°C, the folks behind everything from The Animatrix to the new Thundercats animated series. It's a little stiff at times, but there are endless standout moments: the battle scenes, the psychic warfare sequences, or a finely-choreographed moment when Nadya jumps onto a moving train—the wrong train—and has to quickly change tracks or be shot dead. One clear tipoff you're dealing with a production company that makes anime is in the cutesy touches—like Nadya's sword, which is a) a katana and b) has a bear charm hanging from it.
Less effective, but still interesting, is the way the directors have interspersed talking-heads clips from historians, war veterans, researchers, etc. in an attempt to give First Squad a mockumentary flavor. I was on the fence as to whether this made the whole thing more credible (as if that mattered!), or whether it was just an attempt to add some minutes to the movie's running time. The biggest flaw is the ending, which seems great in theory—resurrected undead knights charging Russian soldiers on a frozen lake with psychic children battling them!—but the way it plays out on screen comes off as a little ridiculous. And the whole thing ends with a hook to allow a sequel, although I doubt one will be produced anytime soon.
Complaints aside, First Squad is a striking project. It's an original, and that automatically makes it a little more interesting than the hordes of manga adaptations and spin-offs that usually crowd the release schedules in a given year.


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According to reliable sources, Southern Miss will name Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Todd Monken as the Golden Eagles new head football coach on Tuesday or Wednesday. He replaces Ellis Johnson who was fired after guiding Southern Miss to an 0-12 record this past season.
Monken helped develop a high-octane offense, helping Oklahoma State finish among the top five offensive teams in the nation in 2011 and 2012. Before spending the last two seasons at Oklahoma State, Monken coached two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL. He also coached at Notre Dame and LSU.
Monken reportedly will begin working at Southern Miss immediately with National Signing day the first Wednesday in February, so he'll be hitting the recruiting trail and will not coach the Cowboys' offense in Oklahoma State's bowl game.
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Edward Blandford - Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow at CISAC
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Nuclear News, November 2011
When the Obama administration withdrew the license application for the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, the United States not only ended more than 25 years of research and effort in developing a long-term solution for dealing with HLW, it also lost the regulatory framework for the same. The Environmental Protection Agency's standards and the implementing regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are site-specific, unique to Yucca Mountain. In the absence of a repository at Yucca Mountain, a new standard and new regulations will be required. In this article, two different viewpoints are given on how to assess compliance.
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2014 Annual Meeting
2014 Annual NCSA Meeting
April 10 – 13, 2014
Cincinnati, Ohio
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency
on-line membership and registration
Doing Good: Positive Behavior, Promising Programs, Promoting Change
This year we are trying something new. Rather than submitting proposals to specific sessions, participants may submit paper proposals to a broad topic area listed in the online submission form. Participants are also welcome to organize a closed research or teaching session (please see point 5 under submission guidelines for details).
Submission Guidelines
- You must be a NCSA member and register for the conference to be on the program.
- The NCSA requests that individuals limit their participation to no more than three appearances on the program to accommodate as many participants as possible.
- For research or teaching papers, roundtables, or posters, submit the information online at http://tinyurl.com/2014IndyNCSA. Please enter the author's first and last name, institutional affiliation, most frequently checked email, and abstract up to 150 words. Please also submit any co-author information, including names, institutional affiliations, and email addresses. Please note the topic that best fits your paper. If you do not feel your paper fits any of the general research or teaching topics, please note the "other research" or "other teaching" option on the form. We do not collect finished papers, so papers or posters in progress may be submitted.
- For workshops and panels, please submit the information online at http://tinyurl.com/2014IndyNCSA. Please include a brief description of the workshop or panel. For all members of your workshop or panel, please enter participants' first and last names, institutional affiliations, and most frequently checked emails.
- To organize a closed research or teaching session, recruit between three and five papers before November 1. For closed research sessions, email Anna Linders at firstname.lastname@example.com. For closed teaching sessions, email Jacqueline Bergdahl at email@example.com the email, provide the name of the session, names of presenters, titles of presenters' papers, abstracts for all papers up to 150 words each and institutional affiliations and email addresses for all presenters.
- For undergraduate papers, please email your name, title of paper, school affiliation, abstract up to 150 words, and email address to Gail McGuire, the Chair of the undergraduate student conference, at email@example.com. Please see the North Central Sociology Student Conference Call for Papers for additional information.
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Teaching Session: three to five papers of scholarly work typically presented (not read) in a 10-15 minute presentation of key findings; the presentation of papers is followed by a 15 minute discussion from audience and/or discussant.
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Roundtable: a facilitator leads a table discussion on a specific topic. This is a great opportunity to share ideas on scholarly work not yet sufficiently developed for a paper, such as common challenges, idea sharing, teaching concerns, and sharing tips for effective teaching and scholarship. Roundtables are also appropriate settings to discuss global and national issues that impact society and various institutions.
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Hicks cancels USC visit
A snip from ESPN: Hicks, the No. 2 prospect in the ESPNU 150, has had to cancel his trip to USC. Hicks' mother was unable to arrange a flight to Southern California, so her son called his trip off. Hicks may reschedule the visit for the weekend of Dec. 5. He has previously made official visits to Ohio State and Texas. He also has an official visit set to Florida for the weekend of Dec. 12. It is not certain if he will make an official visit to Alabama. James will be heading to the University of Florida this weekend to make his first official visit. He also has official visits scheduled to Notre Dame the weekend of Dec. 5 and Ohio State the weekend of Dec. 12. He has not yet scheduled an official visit to Cincinnati. So he made it to an Ohio State game and a Texas game, but apparently has no plans to catch an Alabama or Florida game if he makes an official visit. If he keeps his Notre Dame plans, he'll miss USC's last game as well.


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We had 62 people make their predictions on the brb-pickem site, and all but two correctly picked your Houston Texans to beat the Colts, ManningFull or ManningLess.
Only BleachBum and TexansSuck (who also picked us to lose to the Phins, and the next 14 games as well) are 0-1. Everyone else wins!
Again this week only two people have us losing to the Phins, the aforementioned TexansSuck (I may start to question his loyalty) and nsn, who has us finishing at 7-9. Incidentally, nsn is the only other picker who has us finish with a losing record.
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I'm ready to move out into the mountains after reading Soule Mama's post about their Adventure in the Woods. Her photos make me want to pack up the kids and head up the canyon this weekend. And this little stick house looks like the perfect place to cozy up!
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The Wings looked to close out a 5-game homestand by going 4-1 against a slew of good teams and the Florida Panthers. Instead, they went 3-2 after losing in a shootout to the Panthers. Detroit blew a two-goal lead in the third to get that far and had a goal waved off, but allowing a shorthanded marker to tie it is inexcusable.
The reffing in this game fucking sucked. 1/4 on the power play for the Wings with one shorthanded goal allowed and 0/4 for the Panthers. Shots were 37-30 in favor of the Panthers.
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Jonas Gustavsson was completely left out to dry on one of the goals, but I would have liked to have seen a save on at least one of the other three. They weren't bad goals, but Monster just didn't have it in this game. He got the team as far as the shootout, but let in one while Thomas stoned all three shooters.
The Goals
1st Period 01:48 - Florida Goal: Sean Bergenheim (backhand) from Dmitry Kulikov and Mike Weaver
The Panthers break a guy in on a neutral zone stretch pass and Bergenheim backhands it into the net to make it 1-0. After a tough board battle, Florida clears it all the way down behind their own net, allowing the top line to get off as the Glendening line comes on with DeKeyser and Quincey. Nyquist back-pressures Mike Weaver up the boards while Miller stands up on him to pinch before Nyquist goes off for a change as Weaver passes it cross-ice to his D-Partner Kulikov. After a few steps, Kulikov throws it blue line to blue line and hits a streaking Sean Bergenheim entering the Detroit zone behind the D. Glendening chases, but Bergenheim has room as he dangles the backhand out in front of him cutting in front of the net. Gustavsson tries to stay square to him, but leaves a lot of room as Bergenheim simply lifts a backhander through him. I'm not happy with this goal, but it doesn't qualify for the automatic minus-clearing "soft" description, as it's on a breakaway. I am going to clear the minuses for Miller, Eaves, and Quincey though. They're each in position.. DeKeyser is in position to step up on his man, but I think that's less important than holding the last-man back positioning he had. DeKeyser will get an extra half-minus for being too far up. More-importantly, Glendening has to be covering back on Bergenheim better and can't let him get the puck behind him like that. This mistake will cost Glendening an extra minus on the coverage.
2nd Period 08:12 - Detroit Goal: Gustav Nyquist (snap shot) from Johan Franzen
Mule makes his return known with a good forecheck that creates a loose puck and enough room to make Tim Thomas freeze on a shot, which Nyquist puts through the five-hole to tie it. Detroit recovers a dumped-in puck and moves it up ice while Florida changes, getting it in on the stick of Franzen at the right wing boards. Mule holds it in against two defenders until Alfredsson steps into help and pushes it deep. Thomas gathers the puck and throws it back up the near-side boards under pressure from Abdelkader. Alfie intercepts and battles to get it to Ericsson at the point for a shot through traffic which is kicked back to the right-side corner. Hayes pokes it out past Riggy, but Ericsson recovers at the center stripe and throws it cross-ice to the opposite wing where Abdelkader gets it and immediately re-enters the zone while Alfredsson goes off for Nyquist. Abby pushes through some interference by Olsen, but loses the puck to Jovanovski in the corner. Here, Abdelkader chases Jovo out to the opposite side where he feeds it to Shore low in the circle. Franzen immediately jumps up on Shore to pressure him, causing the young forward to try a backhand chip around him. Franzen blocks this attempt at the dot and immediately has body position on both Shore and Jovanovski who look to step around him to the outside. This gives space for Nyquist to jump in from just behind Franzen and move in on Thomas. Olsen is in front, but he dives down to prevent a cross-ice pass to Abdelkader. With nothing left to do but shoot, Nyquist rifles it through Tim Thomas' legs from right in front. Lots of movement to make this happen, but I'm going to give Alfredsson a plus, despite him having changed earlier for the goal-scorer. He helps the zone entry and the transition-stifling pressure which helps the Wings regain the attacking zone. Franzen will get a plus and a half for the entry and the two separate forechecking pressures which cause turnovers. Additionally, Franzen will get a penalty plus on this. Shore hooks him down after the steal and the ref's arm is in the air to call this penalty when Nyquist buries it and negates that call. Still, Franzen deserves credit for drawing the penalty above just the steal which led directly to the goal.
2nd Period 09:31 - Detroit Goal: Daniel Alfredsson (wrist shot) from Brendan Smith and Brian Lashoff
Shortly after, the Wings take the lead on a faceoff win and a Nick Lidstrom special shot/pass from the front which leads to a rebound that bounces back out in front for Alfredsson to put home. Tim Thomas freezes a puck to give the Wings an offensive zone faceoff to the left side. Helm gets himself thrown out of the circle with a false start, putting it on Cleary to win, which he does. Lashoff gets it and feeds it to Smith at the top of the zone for the one timer aimed low to the side with all the traffic. The puck misses wide, but comes off the end-boards and bounces back in front of the goal where Alfredsson has won the race to put the puck home. The clean faceoff win by Cleary will earn him a plus. It's an unexpected bonus for a winger to win a draw that cleanly. Smith will get a half-plus for the intelligent shot selection.
2nd Period 18:15 - Detroit Goal (PP): Riley Sheahan (wrist shot) from Tomas Tatar and Patrick Eaves
Detroit gets a power play goal on a wonderful net-front play by Sheahan to spin with a puck and jam it under the goalie to make it 3-1. Sheahan false starts on an offensive zone faceoff twice and is asked to leave, so Tatar comes in and ties up the center, allowing Jurco to step in and push it back to the point for Eaves. The point men spread out on the faceoff win to set up the umbrella play with Eaves going to DeKeyser, who goes back to Eaves now at the top of the point. Goc pressures here and is beaten by a saucer pass to Tatar moving to the point from the faceoff win. Tats ranges down to the half-wall while everybody shifts over to that side of the ice. Once he gets into position just outside the top of the circle, Sheahan holds his position in front of Thomas while leaning over with his stick out to the side of the net. Tatar circles slightly back to the middle to find a shooting lane, which draws Thomas to square to him. From here, Tatar passes it through Kulikov onto Sheahan's stick. Sheahan is already spinning to address the goal when the stick gets there and Thomas goes down to attack the initial redirect/backhand shot from the side of the net. Instead, Sheahan pulls it back to his forehand and throws it under the sprawling goalie. This is a smart, calm play by Sheahan at the net-front and I want to see more of this stuff. Tatar will get a half-plus on the faceoff win, since it's not as clean as the Cleary win that drove the previous goal.
3rd Period 09:12 - Florida Goal: Jesse Winchester (wrist shot) from Tom Gilbert and Marcel Goc
The Wings get a goal called off for a player near the crease and then the Panthers score one with a net-front scramble and guys all over the place when Winchester pops a loose puck over a sprawling Gustavsson to make it 3-2. Winchester gets to a cross-ice dump-in as Lashoff angles to keep him to the outside. The Florida forward throws it low on Gustavsson, who kicks it to the opposite side boards where Brian Campbell gets to it first and throws it behind the net where he follows up to battle for it against Franzen while Smith holds off Goc. As Winchester comes in to help, Franzen throws it up the boards where Gilbert gets to it and chucks it to the front around Abdelkader. Goc tips it in on net where Gustavsson sprawls to make the save, but can't control the rebound. Winchester is inside both defensemen with good position and is able to jam it home before the whistle goes. Nyquist will be the only one who slightly gets away with this and he'll still only have his minus halved because the Campbell step-up is his responsibility. Abdelkader allows too much space for the Gilbert shooting lane up top so he keeps his minus. Lashoff, Smith, and Franzen will each get an extra minus (Lashoff coverage, the other two turnover). Smith is besieged at first and then kind of let down by Franzen, but he does get the puck on his stick twice during this play and can't force a better result. Franzen somewhat panics throwing it up the boards instead of the corner, turning it over to the point. Lashoff allows Winchester to establish the inside of the net-front and then doesn't knock him on his ass before he scores.
3rd Period 13:33 - Detroit Goal: Tomas Tatar (wrist shot) from Riley Sheahan and Tomas Jurco
The Young Guns get the Wings' lead back up to two goals with a great tic-tac-toe passing play ending with Tatar all alone on the side of the net to roof it over a sprawling Thomas. After a Panthers dump-in where DeKeyser wins the race and tries to turn it up ice only to turn the puck over on what is almost a goal for Boyes, the Wings get an odd-man as the rebound bounces past the net-front scrum and onto the stick of Tatar coming deep to help. Tats takes the center lane as Sheahan joins on the left and Jurco to the right. Quincey is also just behind them on this rush as only two Florida D-men are back. Jovanovski steps in front of Tatar at center, causing him to dump it off to Jurco on the right wing side. Olsen watches him and forces the step up above the faceoff circle as Jovo watches Tatar drive to the net. Jurco goes cross ice to a wide-open Sheahan cutting in on the left. Jovo releases Tatar to challenge Sheahan cutting into the slot. As Sheahan pulls the puck out of his skates, Tatar coasts to the back door to receive the pass from Sheahan and wrist it over Thomas for the goal. I'm going to clear DeKeyser's plus on this play. The turnover turns into a happy accident as Florida gets caught too deep, but he's very lucky this wasn't a goal for the other side. I don't think he deserves to join in the plus parade for his teammates. Tatar will get a plus for the backcheck and turn while Jurco and Sheahan will each get a half-plus for their smart, aggressive, and fast play in transition.
3rd Period 14:28 - Florida Goal: Drew Shore (wrist shot) from Tomas Fleischmann and Brian Campbell
Less than a minute later, the Panthers pull back within one with a pretty passing play of their own to create an open net goal of their own. After an icing and some battling, the Wings aren't able to get a full change when they fail to get it deep. Florida turns it from inside their blue line while Glendening initially pressures, but quickly steps off in favor of Helm, leaving Eaves and Smith stranded on the far side. Campbell and Gilbert utilize this space both rushing up the ice with Gilbert laying it off at the point for Fleischmann before pushing to the front of the net while Fleischmann makes a run up the boards with the puck. The nature of the two players on this side and the zone entry gives Fleischmann room to turn from the outside boards to the middle of the ice, cutting between Smith and Eaves into the slot. Gilbert ties up with Kronwall in front as both of the tired players collapse in an attempt to stop Fleischmann. Nobody picks up Shore jumping in behind them in the circle. Fleischmann tries a shot which is blocked by Smith, but goes straight to Shore, who has a wide open net to shoot at and hits his mark easily. Helm and Cleary will be cleared. While Helm is back in the scrum, stepping up on Fleischmann to make a play while two other people chase him would leave Hayes ridiculously open on the back door for a goal. Cleary had just stepped on and was never in a position to affect this play. I'm going to give Drew Miller a turnover minus for this goal, as the original icing and the failure to get the puck deep on the subsequent clear were on him. Kronwall will be halved. He's covering Gilbert from the get-go and that's what he should be doing, but the play happens right around him and in my wishful thinking, he'd at least have his stick on the ice here. Brendan Smith is caught here because of a mistake by Eaves which makes this somewhat difficult to score. One of Smith or Eaves needed to have aggressively stepped on Fleischmann as he receives the Gilbert pass. Kronwall is in position to cut off the return to the rushing D-Man, so this isn't a problem. Eaves really is the one who should be doing this, as Shore jumps in behind Fleischmann. Eaves stepping up makes the pass to spring Shore incredibly difficult and gives Smith a chance to pick up the loose puck if he angles him off. The failure to do so backs Smith off from doing it himself until the last second when it's too late (since Eaves is still chasing Fleischmann, nobody is covering Shore). As Fleischmann cuts to the middle, both players chase him. Smith has to do this because he's the only one of the two in front of his man (which turns out to be the right choice when he gets his stick on the eventual shot attempt). Eaves is close enough to taste it on Fleischmann, but can never reach him. Really he should release and go to the far post where he'd be able to cover Shore. This play goes directly through Smith, but he's caught by the bad coverage choices of his forward here. Smith will keep his minus, but he doesn't deserve extra blame. That extra blame will go to Eaves in the form of an extra 1.5 minuses. The immediate failure to pinch off on Fleischmann will combine with the next decision to chase the same guy and take himself out of position to cover the goal-scorer (who is coming in from the defenseman's spot, which is Eaves' coverage responsibility).
3rd Period 16:14 - Florida Goal (SH): Brad Boyes (wrist shot) from Brian Campbell
Florida pulls even on a shorthanded odd-man rush goal that Boyes finishes low to the stick side. After a few clears and a great missed opportunity for a goal, the Wings get it into the zone with Alfredsson carrying up the right wing while Franzen drives the right-middle side, Abdelkader goes up the left side, and Nyquist follows just behind the play up the middle. After cutting in to the faceoff dot, Alfredsson tries a cross-ice pass to Abdelkader on the back door which is blocked by Campbell and picked up by Boyes on the turn up ice in what is now a 2-on-1 with Bergenheim after Nyquist pinches too low. Kronwall is back and stays in the middle lane because Nyquist is pushing hard to get back on Boyes. Goose is never able to close the gap as Boyes skates in on the right side of the slot. Gustavsson is square to Boyes, but overcommits to his left and is beaten to the right (far) side on the immediate shot. I'm not happy with this goal either but will again hold off on defining it as soft because it's an odd-man rush and there are specific minuses which should automatically be kept. Franzen, Abdelkader, and Kronwall will be cleared here. Mule and Alfie are driving the net-front when the puck is turned over and Kronwall is doing exactly his job to block the passing lane when he's let down by his goalie giving up the angle. Alfredsson will keep his minus. He makes the cross-ice pass a half-second too late and gets it blocked in the process. It's only a kept minus and not an extra one because it's not Alfie's fault that Gustav Nyquist jumps far too low into the zone on this play. The coverage mistake by Nyquist will earn him an extra minus. He has to trail farther to prevent Boyes from getting this break.
Penalty Adjustments
1st Period 17:55 - Marcel Goc (high sticking): Florida is pressuring in front of the Detroit net when Goc gets his stick up in Lashoff's face. No adjustment. Sucks for Lashoff, who had just broken up a 2-on-1 rush.
2nd Period 04:47 - Jonathan Ericsson (hooking): Riggy loses a positioning battle to Upshall behind the Wings' net and hooks his man to slow him down. Minus for Ericsson. Dumb penalty to take.
2nd Period 12:48 - Jonathan Ericsson (elbowing): The Wings have a bit of a problem with the puck in the neutral zone and Ericsson tries to help by stepping up on Jimmy Hayes at the blue line. Riggy misses full body contact and instead grazes him with the elbow. Ericsson will get a minus. He's kind of lucky he didn't catch Hayes more solidly with this one.
2nd Period 16:30 - Sean Bergenheim (tripping): Brendan Smith and Bergenheim get tied up together going after a puck at center as Smith steps up on the guy and threatens to win the positioning battle on the loose puck he creates. Bergenheim throws his stick out to slow down Smith and brings his legs out from under him. Smith lays on Bergenheim's stick as he goes down, but that's due to the nature of how he's tripped. This was a confusing play to watch live, but on the replay, it's a good call and Smith will earn a plus.
2nd Period 18:24 - Sean Bergenheim (closing hand on the puck): Off the faceoff after the Sheahan goal, Bergenheim dives out of a tie-up with Eaves and falls on top of the puck, closing his hand on it momentarily to keep it away from the Wings (which he fails at). This gets Bergenheim sent right back to the sin-bin. No adjustment here. Bad play.
2nd Period 20:00 - Justin Abdelkader (interference): Abdelkader is standing behind the Florida D, but in the neutral zone as the Wings try a last-second rush up ice. As Franzen moves up ice, Mike Weaver is backing in and inexplicably skates backwards into Abdelkader before falling down. The refs whistle this one because it gives Franzen a break into the zone, but this one is a very bad call. Abelkader is in the neutral zone standing in an area he has already established. Weaver and the Florida D-man takes a ridiculous angle back in the first place to trip over the back of Abdelkader's skates. No adjustment.
3rd Period 06:41 - Justin Abdelkader (slashing): Niklas Kronwall turns over a puck in the defensive zone and Abdelkader comes in to prevent it, but does so by chopping the stick out of Jimmy Hayes' hand. This one's a weak slashing call. I'm going to give Kronwall the minus for the bad pass and Abdelkader only a half-minus for the understandable chop trying to limit the options by knocking down the player's stick. Guy needs to hold the lumber better (heh).
3rd Period 14:46 - Marcel Goc (roughing): Darren Helm takes a punch in the back of the head from Goc, who disguises this act as an attempt to swim around the guy on a dump-in. No adjustment, as this is just a bad pay by Goc.
Bonus Ratings
-1 to Daniel Cleary: He didn't have an awful game, but he had a bad third period, including one extremely bad turnover.
+1 to Tomas Tatar: Even an adjusted +2.5 didn't do him justice. Tatar was possessed.
-0.5 to Niklas Kronwall: 28 minutes played for the guy was a lot, but they weren't the toughest minutes. He's got to do a bit more with this kind of opportunity than he showed. While he was ok defensively, he didn't move the puck very well in this game at all.
Honorable Mentions:
I liked Franzen in his first game back, but think I would have preferred him on the wing. Helm played pretty well, as did Alfredsson. Kyle Quincey was the only D-Man who ended the night an overall plus and I'm actually ok with that.
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Picture Of The Day: Photo of the Day: Eight Ball Gets His Grub On
Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 12:00AM
Good Eats: Memphis rap legend 8Ball gets his grub on.
Check out 8Ball break down his new "Good Girl, Bad Girl" hit in Singled Out!
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I'm trying to install rubygems, and the rails.
I have installed ruby already.
How do you do this? I can't find any help installing these?
I have downloaded the package and the instruction is:
(extract, then run "ruby setup.rb")
This file isn't executable, I tried in CMD with ruby, or should I use windows Run command?
Why is that always so that installing is the most difficult part, I have had more experiences. For example Java, there is no indication what do I have to download and they change the names, so the installing guides in the books won't match, then MySQL etc.:lol:


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Craft and Folk Art Museum
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Opens Thursday Jan 31, 2013 (5–8pm)
Feb 1, 2013 – Feb 2, 2013
Daily (11am–5pm)
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd
Shopping is in the CAFAM courtyard.
Craft and Folk Art Museum's award-winning shop welcomes four nationally hailed artists for a two day trunk show. Chris Triola, Randall Darwall, Valerie Hector, and Terri Logan will be greeted with a cocktail social - open to the public - on the evening of January 31st where their work will go on sale. The event will continue in the museum courtyard the following two days with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit Craft and Folk Art Museum.
From Lansing, Michigan, Chris Triola developed a fascination with fibers and textiles in the early 1970s while teaching art. She works to incorporate the the freedom and expressiveness of painting into the fundamentally 3-dimensional forum of worn fabrics. She creates each of her one-of-a-kind garments exclusively from pima cotton yarn. Her work has been selected and shown at a number of prestigious craft shows throughout the country, including shows with the Smithsonian, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the American Craft Council. Over the last 30 years, Randall Darwall has built up a small community of talented artisans who focus on making diverse and versatile textile works that range from his original focus of small wearable accessories, to full ensembles and interior works. Beyond the quality of the craftsmanship, Darwall's work has been praised for its ability to use its complexity to fit in almost any setting. He has been featured in Craft in America. American Craft, Surface Design, and Fiberarts are just three of the many magazines that have included his work. Valerie Hector has maintained a studio in Chicago since 1988 where she produces jewelry which blends beads and metal in continually meticulous and innovative ways. A fascination with Chinese history, art, culture, and language has informed much of her aesthetic, and she has been praised in the media and won various awards for her work. In 2005 she published he first book, "The Art of Beadwork," and is working on another. Terri Logan produces jewelry that binds the aesthetic forms of organic creations and industrial landscape. Equally amalgamating are the materials she uses, which prominently feature a blend of metal and river rocks and other found objects. She takes symbolic imagery from the strength of her materials and takes that into her design. Logan has featured her work in nearly every state in the nation, has lectured in universities, and spent 18 years practicing art therapy.


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Tulsa County Republicans will pick a new district attorney
Officials predict a low turnout August 26 for a runoff election that includes two races that will determine a new district attorney and a new state representative.
Officials predict a low turnout August 26 for a runoff election that includes two races that will determine a new district attorney and a new state representative.
Governor Mary Fallin announced she would ask lawmakers to work with her in the next legislative session to support legalization of medicinal cannabidiol oil (CBD) on a limited, medically supervised, trial-only basis.
Broken Arrow voters will go to the polls August 26 to decide whether to borrow $59,900,00.00 for streets, parks, public safety and other projects.
More than 600 illegal immigrant detainees released by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in February 2013 have previous criminal convictions, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General.
The non-profit Circle Cinema presents Where Was God?, an Oklahoma-made documentary that explores the role of faith and hope through the eyes of survivors of the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado. The film plays at Circle Cinema August 22.
It's anticipated that 10,000-12,000 voters will turn out August 26 to vote in the runoff election in Tulsa County.
Here's is more hard evidence that global warming is a myth.
A growing number of atheists believe that public displays of Christian faith should be prohibited.
It didn't take a genius to see this tragic episode unfold - lost lives and injuries and a family suffering over loss of loved ones. The recalls are symptoms of a larger problem. The root of the problem was the government bailout of General Motors.
Concerning the story "National Guard Impacts Economies," how is it that when the taxpayers take money from their pockets and then receive a portion (income tax, etc.) in return, that it improves the taxpayers' economy?
The Glenpool Post is gone.
As you might expect, I think about the state of the churches in America a great deal. In my column last week, I announced that it was time to begin archiving and documenting America's churches now while we have the opportunity to do so.
One of the more entertaining economic interviews is when Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, appears on Yahoo Finance.
The daily newspaper in Tulsa has a column which briefly recounts historical incidents that happened on that same day. Earlier in August one of the items was headlined: "1977 - Canal turned over."
Our family celebrates two birthdays this month. Our oldest son turns 38, and our grandson turns one. These birthdays have caused me to reflect on the difference between being a father and a grandfather.
Before last season, Tulsa had an 8-1 record against Tulane and had not lost to the Green Wave since 1968.
For ten years the Professional Bull Riders tour has made a stop in Tulsa, and each year something interesting comes out of a night of covering the event.
Some of the best players in the National Football League played collegiate ball at Oklahoma.
Oklahoma linebacker Eric Striker is on the first team of Sports Illustrated's 2014 Preseason All-America Team.
Typically, most sports reporters would tell you the summer months are the slow time of the year in their business.
DORA, Mo. - Myron and Ann McKee have built an oasis in the Ozarks in Southwest Missouri that is famous for fly fishing but offers so much more.
BRANSON, Mo. – People like to look up to Janice Martin.
BRANSON, Mo. – There's always something new in Branson but one thing is not new – a deep sense of patriotism and love for America.
BRANSON, Mo. – Two aspects of the production of Jonah by Sight & Sound Theater here are particularly striking.


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Its about that time.
Free agency is mediocre at best this year. The best we can hope for is Sacramento kings re-signing Marcus and Samuel. This free agent class has some pretty decent talent that could get Sacramento over the hump, seeing that we need veteran leadership the most. And this free agency has no lack of that. While Carmelo is out of the question because his new contract with NY we do have some players that should be a question of interest. some names that come to mind are players like Micheal Redd who played for the U.S. team and helped win a gold medal for us, Jamal Crawford, Kenyon Martin, Tyson Chandler, good ol' Peja, T.J. Ford, Aaron Brooks, or Grant Hill. All of these players could help contribute with the leadership. There are more i just cant think of anymore. Once we get help with leadership the kings will climb the ladder back to relevance because they have the talent, they just need the camaraderie to help them become better.


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Health & Safety Essentials: Management
Health & Safety Essentials Part 1 - Health & Safety Management
Q. What is Health & Safety management?
Good Health & Safety management is about making the safety, health and welfare of your workers and others (such as clients, contractors and members of the public) of equal importance to both quality and sales within your organisation.
Health & Safety management is not just the responsibility of your Directors and Management Team; it is the responsibility of all of your employees. It should become part of your organisations culture and ultimately the way 'things are done around here'.
Park City's Health & Safety consultants can make you aware of this responsibility but they cannot embed this culture in your organisation for you. It is the duty of your organisations owners, directors and management team to make Health & Safety one of it's core values.
Q. What practical steps can I undertake to ensure I have a safe and healthy workforce?
Whilst it may sound like a daunting task, you must do whatever is 'reasonably practicable' to protect the health, safety and welfare of your employees and others.
In order to do this, you must first identify all of the risks that have the potential to cause harm as a result of your activities. You must then assess these risks based on the likelihood of something occurring and the severity of any potential outcome. This is known as 'Risk Assessment'.
High risk activities need a higher level of time, money and effort to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. Low risks will require less effort. Importantly, you are not aiming to eliminate all risk, but to sensibly manage this risk.
Park City can train you and your employees about how to analyse and assess risks in your organisation and suggest ways of sensibly managing this risk.
Q. Once I have assessed the risks in my organisation, what should I do next?
You should formulate a plan that outlines how you propose to sensibly manage risk in your organisation and the control measures needed to reduce risk where it cannot be eliminated.
Decide on what you want to happen, put safe methods of working and systems of work in place, make sure that your employees have the right training, safe equipment/tools to do their jobs safely and efficiently and importantly, check on a regular basis that work continues to be done safely.
Crucially, involve your workforce - as mentioned before, good Health & Safety management is about ensuring that all your employees are involved in your decision making processes. Listen to their problems and successes and make improvements based on what they tell you. Remember, it is often your employees 'on the front line' that are exposed to risks on a daily basis.
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Middle school students learn steps to take to live a purposeful life.
Rachel's Challenge is a movement that began following the Columbine shooting. Rachel Scott had a premonition that she was going to die young and therefore lived everyday purposefully. The foundation looks at her writings to promote prevention of teen violence.
One of Rachel's Challenge's certified presenters, Dave Gamache spoke to Rochelle Middle School students.
"We see things like what happened in Connecticut and we can sit back and wonder why or we can wonder what can I do about it to try to make sure people just take better care of each other. I think all the harm being done in the world comes down to people just not feeling connected or not having enough friends or not feeling like people care if they're here."
Rachel Scott was 17 years old and the first murder victim of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.
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Stroud musician Hattie Briggs performs live on Radio 2 during annual Folk Awards (From Stroud News and Journal)
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Stroud musician Hattie Briggs performs live on Radio 2 during annual Folk Awards
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TALENTED Hattie Briggs performed live to thousands of listeners during last night's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Hattie, 20, who lives in Ebley, was one of four acts nominated in the Young Folk Award category, which is for 16 to 21 year olds.
All four performed one song each during an interval session hosted by Simon Mayo in a backstage studio at the Royal Albert Hall, where the awards were held.
Hattie, the only solo artist to be nominated, performed first, playing her new single Pull Me Down which the presenters likened to Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
Also nominated were Gentleman of Few, Granny's Attic and the Mischa Macpherson Trio, who were named the winners.
Hattie released her debut EP My Shepherd's Hut in November last year.
Pull Me Down is available from the iTunes store from Monday.
To find out more about Hattie's music and performances see www.hattiebriggs.co.uk
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A large crowd gathers in Seattle's Westlake Park to protest the Trayvon Martin shooting Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Porcia Green, center, listens to the speakers. Several hundred people attended the rally. Seattle resident Drew Dambreville, 35, organized the rally with the help of the Mount Calvary Christian Center and NAACP.
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Payday Loans Can be Addictive
NEW YORK (MainStreet) Imagine trying to pay off a short-term loan with an interest rate of nearly 400%. That's the debt treadmill many borrowers face with payday loans, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). And while proponents say these "cash advances" help families with few financial resources meet unexpected expenses, a 2012 Pew Research study reported that only 16% of payday loan customers borrowed money to pay for an emergency need. Instead, more than two thirds (69%) used the funds to meet a recurring expense, such as paying the rent or buying groceries.
It's a money pit deep and dangerous: the majority of payday borrowers renew their loans so many times they end up paying more in fees than the original amount of money they borrowed. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says four out of five payday loans are renewed within 14 days.
"We are concerned that too many borrowers slide into the debt traps that payday loans can become," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. "As we work to bring needed reforms to the payday market, we want to ensure consumers have access to small-dollar loans that help them get ahead, not push them farther behind."
The high-interest, small-dollar loans are often $500 or less, but over 60% of the loans are a part of rollover loan sequences lasting seven or more loans in a row. Nearly half of all loans are made with renewals of ten or more loans in a row. With a typical payday fee of 15%, consumers who take out an initial loan and six renewals will have paid more in fees than the original loan amount, according to the CFPB.
The study found that four out of five payday borrowers either default or renew a payday loan over the course of a year. Only 15% of borrowers repay their loan when due without re-borrowing again within 14 days. Fully 20% default on a loan at some point -- 64% renew at least one loan one or more times.
One out of five borrowers remained in debt the entire year of the CFPB study, a category of borrowers of which more than half (58%) were elderly Americans or disability recipients receiving Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability.
Lenders issued $40 billion in payday credit in 2010, generating revenues of $7.4 billion. About 5% of U.S. households have at some time used payday lending according to a Federal Reserve report issued in January.
States concerned with payday lending practices have passed numerous laws to regulate it, some of which may be implemented in forthcoming federal regulations. Such laws include interest rate caps, loan-size restrictions, term limits and renewal ("rollover") limitations.
--Written by Hal M. Bundrick for MainStreet