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LOS ANGELES Steve Nash could have earned more money while enjoying the twilight of his remarkable NBA career in Manhattan, his offseason home. Or he could have returned to Canada, finishing up his playing days in Toronto with an eye toward national history and another career in the front office.
Instead, the two-time MVP point guard is going Hollywood.
Nash is teaming up with Kobe Bryant and whatever 7-foot stars end up with the Los Angeles Lakers for at least a few more seasons of title contention on the best team within a short flight of Phoenix, where his three children live.
So what if the Lakers have been among his biggest rivals throughout his entire NBA career with Dallas and Phoenix? So what if he'll be in a backcourt with a ball-dominating superstar who has never shared possession with a point guard of Nash's abilities? So what if he can't wear No. 13, which is hanging in the Staples Center rafters with Wilt Chamberlain's name forever attached to it?
Children and championships trumped everything else in Nash's mind when he agreed to a sign-and-trade deal that will put him in purple and gold next week.
"The idea to be close to my son, my daughters, who will be in Phoenix, was the No. 1 priority," Nash told ESPN's Los Angeles station Thursday.
"Don't get me wrong, it's fantastic," he added. "I think I'm a good fit for the team, and we have a great team, we're a contender, that's all incredible, too. But as far as getting over the hump and being able to be a Laker after being a Sun and trying to beat the Lakers in the playoffs all those years, the reality is it was too great of an opportunity to pass up as far as my children were concerned. And fortunately for me, it's a great basketball situation."
The 38-year-old Canadian says he spoke to Bryant by phone Monday to see whether he wanted to work together. Bryant took a break from his basketball camp in Santa Barbara to confirm he thinks Nash would be a perfect fit in the Lakers' backcourt, providing a dimension they never possessed even in Derek Fisher's best years - a playmaking talent Los Angeles hasn't seen since Magic Johnson was running the show.
Nash said Bryant thinks he can be "somebody to handle the ball and lead. He also felt that we were complementary leaders. I'm more on the positive side, he's more ... I think as he said it, cracks the whip. I think pick-and-roll, adding that to the offense and being able to space the floor for the big guys inside, I think it's a good fit. He was excited, and I think that was important for me. It's going to be fun to work it all out and try to create some cohesion and chemistry on the floor and make all these pieces work."
The rest of those pieces are similarly overjoyed at the prospect of playing with Nash, even if the club can't officially acknowledge the deal until the free agency moratorium ends next week. About seven months after the Lakers' efforts to get Chris Paul were squashed by the NBA, they turned a trade exception acquired during that fiasco into Nash.


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Louisiana's top education board has backed accountability standards suggested by Superintendent of Education John White for the private schools that will get taxpayer-subsidized students through the voucher program.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 9-2 Tuesday for the criteria.
Schools in the voucher program that hit certain enrollment standards — estimated to be about one in four voucher schools this year — will get performance scores and face penalties if their students are deemed to be failing. The scoring and penalties will apply to private schools with more than 10 voucher students per grade or more than 40 voucher students in all tested grades.
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Taruna Nusantara
|Taruna Nusantara
Satu Nusa, Satu Bangsa, Satu Bahasa
("One Motherland, One Nation, One Language")
|Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia
|Private, Co-educational, Military (non-armed), Student Uniformed Group, Boarding school
|Wahid Hidayat
|10-12 (US Equivalent)
|350 pupils/year
|Average class size
|32 pupils
|approx. 6000 (1992–2008)
Taruna Nusantara (also called Tarnus or TN) is a boarding senior high school with Military-like discipline that is located in the town of Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The school gains reputation from its strong emphasis on national values[1] in addition to exceptional academic and leadership achievements.[2] The school and its teaching method has been referred to as "the inspiration for the setting up of other top schools in Indonesia."[3]
Taruna Nusantara can be liberally translated as "Patriot of The Archipelago." The word Taruna itself also generally refers to Indonesia's military cadet, which has no direct relation to and should not be confused with the school and its students.
The idea for the school was made by then- Indonesian Minister of Defence and Security, Gen. Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani in 1985. He envisioned a civilian school that is able to educate country's best talents and produce graduates who can continue carrying forward the national mission set by the nation's founding fathers.[4] It was then followed by the signing of MoU by Indonesian Armed Forces and Taman Siswa, which is among the first local and formal educational groups in Indonesia, to set up and support a foundation called Lembaga Perguruan Taman Taruna Nusantara (LPTTN). It is this foundation that eventually crystallised Gen. Moerdani's vision, and subsequently oversaw the operational process of the school.
The school was unveiled by the then- Commander of Armed Forces, Gen. Try Sutrisno in 1990. The whole campus, consisted of the school compound, students' dormitories and teachers' housing complex, occupied an 18.5 ha site, donated by the neighboring National Military Academy. During the first six years, the school admitted 245 male students every year. Starting from 1996, it became a co-ed school by accepting the first batch of 70 female students, and to accommodate this change, the school area was expanded to 23 hectares.
To be able to attract outstanding teenagers, the school, backed by the politically and financially strong Armed Forces, offered full scholarship to all students. Its teachers also enjoyed above-average salary and facilities. However, after the severe Asian currency crisis in 1997 and the change of national political landscape thereafter, the school faced financial difficulties and withdrew its scholarship scheme in 2002 or when accepting its thirteenth batch of student. To date, some needy students still receive the scholarship,[5] which is sponsored by private corporations,[1] state's departments,[6][7] local and regional governments,[8] or its alumni.
Although the school is sometimes referred to a having military-like discipline, it is not in any way similar with the military. The school curriculum derives from the national education curriculum system, and so all students receive the same education as others at senior high school in Indonesia.
The school's graduating students do not have any obligation to go to a military academy, and many continue their education at university.
Selection process[edit]
The school screening process for applicants includes academical, physical and psychological tests, health check, and interview.
In delivering its lessons and developing its pupils, the school focuses on the three aspects: nationalism, patriotism, and national culture.[9] These aspects are reflected in its curriculum: besides studying based on the compulsory national curricula, the students must take special subjects which are not taught elsewhere to people in their age, namely Leadership, Nationalism and National Defence.[10][11]
Leadership development programs[edit]
In order to prepare its students to become a leader in their respective fields and contribute back to the society, the school provides leadership opportunities through a combination of both theoretical concepts and practical application of leadership principles.[12] The school runs classroom lectures on leadership theories, organizational behavior and public speaking, just to name a few.
In order to make sure that leadership opportunities are available to each and every students, and not only the selected few, the school has a rotation program, where all students are alternatingly being assigned to a class and/or dorm leader position for one week.
Other activities[edit]
- Three-month basic education process. All pupils in their first three months of freshman year join this basic education process, which may consist of nationalism education and basic military training. During this period, they are not allowed to make any contact with outside parties, including their own families; the purpose being is to strengthen their independence and self-confidence.
- Journey of Gen. Sudirman. One of the field activities of the students is to take part in a journey on foot to jungles and mountains, simulating guerrilla war led by General Sudirman, a famous military leader during Indonesian National Revolution. The journey follows a 40 km (about 24.8 mil) route and takes about four days to complete.
- Camps and social works. Students have camps and social works to attend. In many cases, the camps require them to stay in wilderness under minimal supervision, a method believed to cultivate their sense of survival.
Extracurricular activities[edit]
Extracurricular activities available at Taruna Nusantara includes the Student Board Organization (Organisasi Siswa Intra Sekolah / OSIS), Student Representatives (Perwakilan Kelas / PK), Ceremonial Platoon (Peleton Upacara / Tonpara), School Security Patrol (Patroli Keamanan Sekolah / PKS), Honorary Symbol Section (Pasukan Tanda Kehormatan / Pataka), Gita Bahana Nusantara Drum Band (GBNDB)(formerly Gita Bahana Nusantara Marching Band (GBNMB)), First Aid Club, Debating Society, Sports Team (Soccer, Tennis, Volley, Swimming, Athletic), Arts and Performances (Gamelan, Gendang Rampak and Band).
Another feature of the school is the qualification of its principals who, before the time of incumbency, were high-ranking military officers, with the exception of the first principal who previously was a rector in a local university.
The principals:
- Prof Dr Tarwotjo Tjitrosoedjono; M.Sc. (1990–1994)
- MajGen Bambang Hartoyo; M.B.A. (1994)
- BGen drs Sadja Moeljoredjo (1994–1998)
- BGen Bambang Pradjuritno; L.L.B. (1998–2004)
- BGen (Ret) drs Untung Susoro (2005–2006)
- BGen (Ret) Djuwari Sarmyanto M.Sc. (2006–2010)
- Cdre (Ret) Djoko Sasongko (2010-2011)
- BGen (Ret) Bambang Sumaryanto, S.E.., M.M. (2011-2013)
- BGen (Ret) Wahid Hidayat, S.I.P. (2013-now)
Best Graduates[edit]
Best graduates of the school are awarded the 'Garuda Trisakti Taruna Tama' Gold Medal. Awardees are selected based on their academic accomplishments, leadership competence, personality, character, and physical fitness.[13]
List of Garuda Trisakti Taruna Tama awardee:
- Firman Dwi Cahyono (1993)
- Jati Setiawan (1994)
- Dito Sutejo (1995)
- Yusa Adi Hartanto (1996)
- Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (1997)
- Andi Arvianto (1998)
- Achmad Hikam (1999)
- Wulan Asti Rahayu (2000)
- Muhammad Syaiful Anam (2001)
- Ina Damayanti Dwi Artiningsih (2002)
- Muh Farid Isnawan (2003)
- Dhana Putra Prasetya (2004)
- Intan Nur Asma Hardhani (2005)
- Satrio Tegas Wicaksono (2006)
- Ronggo Wiyono S. Putro (2007)
- Ryan Putera Pratama (2008)
- Bagas Dhanurendra (2009)
- Guinandra Luthfan Jatikusumo (2010)
- Fauzy Pratama (2011)
- Anggara Putra Bagustama (2012)
- Anastasha Puspagita Herasmoro (2013)
- Fransiska Herline Novitasari (2014)
- ^ a b Bantuan Lembaga Perguruan Taman Taruna Nusantara
- ^ SMA Taruna Nusantara: Nasionalisme Hingga Apresiasi Chris John
- ^ SMA TN Beri Ilham Berdirinya Sekolah Unggulan
- ^ http://www.taruna-nusantara-mgl.sch.id/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=127&Itemid=47
- ^ Beasiswa SMA Taruna Nusantara (TN) Tahun Ajaran 2009-2010
- ^ ANTARA Jateng News : Pertamina Bantu Perbaikan SMU Taruna Nusantara
- ^ Tempointeraktif.com - SMA Taruna Nusantara Dapat Bantuan Dari 14 BUMN
- ^ SMA Taruna Nusantara
- ^ Sekelumit YKPP Dephan RI
- ^ http://www.taruna-nusantara-mgl.sch.id/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&Itemid=48
- ^ http://www.taruna-nusantara-mgl.sch.id/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=49
- ^ http://www.taruna-nusantara-mgl.sch.id/ Taruna-Nusantara-mgl.sch.id
External links[edit]
- (Indonesian) Taruna-Nusantara-mgl.sch.id Official website
- (Indonesian) Ikatan Alumni Taruna Nusantara Website Alumni website


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Does this only drop from the boss? Has anyone had this drop from a non-boss encounter?
Finished over 20 runs of T6 --no drop till now...
did anyone get this companion lately? i am at 50+ runs and i;ve never seen it on AH eigher...
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I saw one on the AH last night for 2.5 million.RoC, ToS, FAQ The Dweomerkeepers Campaign Chosen_of_Mystra Alliance NW_Legit_Community @zebular
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I recently upgraded my last pet to Purple so I could run with 4 x lvl 30 pets in the T6's and got a Lightfoot Thief last night... Very cool looking.
1) ONLY seems to drop from the final boss (Reminds me of the GWF/DC OH from MC in terms of drop rate)
2) Not bound, is BoE (Transferred mine to my alt)
3) Does descent damage and aggro (Currently lvl 11, doing Sharandar dailies to grind it)
Keep on grinding for it!
Side note, I wish blue or purple marks would drop on the final boss too. These green marks are a disappointment, at least drop blue rank point stones!"It is said that idle hands are the Devil's tools: Idle geek hands, however, came up with gunpowder, nuclear weapons, and toilet plungers." -Illiad
01-07-2014, 11:16 AM #58Silverstar
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Hover your mouse over a dungeon, it will show you what the rewards are. You WILL get all those rewards if you *complete* the dungeon. "Complete the dungeon" does and always has meant: "finish the final boss", which translates into: pick a dungeon, kill the final boss, receive *everything promised*.
Now hover your mouse over the Tier 6 dungeon. See the blue Lightfoot Thief listed there, at the end, on the far right? Kill the boss of that Tier 6 dungeon and you, too, can have one.
Just like it works in-game: Quest-giving NPC tells you were to go and shows you the rewards you will win. Go do it, win and receive exactly the reward the NPC said you'd receive.
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Nah just kidding
I'll still try to get this thing tomorrow or so. Need 2 more levels on my Dancing Blade and then I have 4 level 30 epics... finally.
i just wanted to tell the guys that got it in 1st try: I HATE YOU!!
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So far all I've uploaded are MP3s at 320K. Would it be beneficial to include a wav file, too?
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Book your room at Oak Wood Arms Hotel
3-star eco-friendly hotel, walk to Skycourt Shopping Centre
Located in the heart of Shannon, this eco-friendly hotel is 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from Skycourt Shopping Centre and within 6 mi (10 km) of Bunratty Castle and Folk Park and Shannon Golf Club. Dromoland Castle Golf and Country Club and Knappogue Castle are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this hotel has a fitness center and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a sauna, a steam room, and a business center.
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All 101 rooms offer WiFi, room service, and plasma TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include coffee makers, free newspapers, and hair dryers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to a sauna, Oak Wood Arms Hotel features a steam room and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
A business center is on site at this 3-star property. 8 meeting rooms are available. This eco-friendly hotel also offers concierge services, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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A Good Cancer?
- I don't think anyone is ever the same once they hear the words, you have papillary thyroid cancer. Despite being told that it is a good cancer, hearing those words changed me forever. I am grateful that it has been 3.5 years since my surgery and I31 treatment, but I must admit I am always wondering if and when the cancer will return. Physically, I have much less energy than I did previously--I must push myself to do many of the things I love to do. I work very hard to maintain my weight, but have had a slight weight gain. I suffer some brain fog, but most days are ok.
- —Guest Barbar Buske
I feel lucky
- My life changed for the better after my thyroid was removed. Once considered A.D.D. and ineducable, post-operation I was able to focus and received my bachelors degree effortlessly. I now have a career, where as before I was lazy and unfocussed. My TT changed my life. I am on Synthroid and Cytomel that is prescribed by my doctor and I take two amino acids (alpha GPC and phenibut) to help with brain fog and depression. I have not gained any weight that I didn't deserve to gain by my own glut, and yeah, it's harder to lose, it is possible when I focus. I credit my superior endo, Dr. Nathan Becker for this, who is leaps and bounds above the 16 other endos I've tried in the world and know just how lucky I am to have found him.
- —Guest Shani Haller
When will it ever be over?
- I am healthy - I have had my lifetime ration of I-131 after thyroidectomy. Thyroid cancer doesn't take much out of my daily life anymore, besides taking my meds every day, and avoiding the foods that block them. The thing that's different about thyroid cancer, however, from any other cancer I have talked to anyone about or read about is, that with thyroid cancer you can have a little bit of thyroid cancer left that they won't treat with additional I-131, or do surgery to remove, and chances are VERY good that it will never grow enough to cause a problem. But that doesn't take away the fact that you never really feel like you're done with it. You always feel like something could happen.
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Addition of T3
- I've done pretty well since I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer a few years ago. I've been taking levothyroxine. I was still a bit tired, and feeling fuzzy-brained, so I talked to the doctor about adding some T3. We added a small dose of T3 to my treatment, and that seems to have really made a big difference in my energy and concentration.
- —Guest JR
- I had to have several traditional scans, where I went off my Synthroid, and had to become totally hypothyroid. It was really exhausting, I gained weight each time, and had to cancel almost everything just to get ready for the scan. The last two scans, I've used Thyrogen, and so I didn't have to go hypothyroid, which made it so much easier to cope with. I recommend that thyroid cancer patients ask their doctors about the Thyrogen protocol for scanning.
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Borrowing From the Bard
By ROBERT NOTT I
"Shakespeare like you've never seen it performed before" — that's how director John Flax describes Grottesco's 12th Night, the local theater ensemble's take on the Bard's well-known romantic comedy of errors, Twelfth Night. The description sounds plausible, given that this isn't officially a Shakespeare work — it's Twelfth Night from the servants' perspective, written by Flax and the
participating performers, with some help from playwright Craig Barnes.
The original, written around 1600, goes something like this: our heroine, Viola, gets shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, home to Duke Orsino. She dresses up as a man and gets a job as the duke's page. He's in love with the fair Olivia, so to aid him, Viola befriends her, but then she falls for Viola (thinking Viola's a man – - or so they say). The story makes room for a lost twin and buffoonish characters like Sir Toby Belch, Feste the fool, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. The play also features some well-known quotes, including "If music be the food of love, play on," and "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."
Grottesco's 12th Night is the 25th-anniversary production for the company, which was founded in Paris in 1983 by Flax and Didier Maucort; Elizabeth Wiseman joined the troupe the following year. Maucort bowed out in the late 1980s to pursue a career in writing and performance, and Flax and Wiseman brought the company to America — first
to Detroit, then to Santa Fe in 1996.
Since landing in Santa Fe, the ensemble — known for incorporating a variety of theatrical styles in a blend of comedy and drama that addresses the plight of humanity trying to survive and thrive in this crazy world — has presented evenings of short works (Keyholes, 2003), revivals of established shows (last year's Fortune: The Rise and Fall of a Small Fortune Cookie Factory was originally done here in the late 1990s), and new pieces (2005′s A Dream Inside Another, which is based on short stories by Chilean writer Isabel Allende).
Grottesco's 12th Night started as one of those short pieces in Keyholes five years ago. Why choose to revamp this Shakespeare play? "There's a lot of material to pull from," Flax said. "Plus it's the Shakespeare comedy I knew the best." (He's been in a couple of productions of the play.)
What interested Flax and company was the story before and between the acts. How did Viola come
to be shipwrecked? Well, the lighthouse lamp had no oil, so it couldn't guide her ship safely past outlying rocks, according to Grottesco's version. What happened when the duke left his estate to woo Olivia? Apparently the servants took over, though they weren't sure what they were doing or why they were doing it.
And therein lies at least one message in Grottesco's version. "What happens when the people in charge let go of their responsibilities in favor of pet obsessions?" asked Grottesco member Rod Harrison. "What
happens to the servants? Do some just want to leave? Do some want to take charge?"
"And how well prepared are they to do that?" Flax added. "That's a big question for all of us today."
The servants end up enacting the love story of their superiors, impersonating the duke and Viola and Olivia and merging various other characters from Shakespeare's play. They act out, according to Flax, because "They're human beings. They can either bend to the mundane task at hand or make it
a little richer."
Left to their own devices, they show their true colors. There's some cruelty and some comedy, some love and a lot of lust. "The rich can afford this poetic, mooning view of love — they have the luxury to address unrequited love with its ornate trimmings," Harrison said. "The servants are just screwing left and right. They're living."
Still, Flax maintains that the piece is wholesome — so much so that the company is inviting a group of fifth and sixth graders to a special weekday matinee performance in October.
The company's style is to work on a new piece for at least a year, workshopping it via classes and exercises in historic theater forms like puppetry, mime, and commedia dell'arte. In the case of Grottesco's 12th Night, it started with putting together that short piece for Keyholes. Then, about a year ago, Flax outlined a more formal draft. Ensemble members — Harrison, Charles Gamble, Kate Kita, Aimee Lasseigne, Joy Mills, and Mona Malec — began working with Flax to reshape the piece through writing, improvising, and play. "What if?" became a constant query in the proceedings. Only in early September did the group finally put a stop to the editing process.
Flax said you don't have to know Shakespeare's play to enjoy this version. Barnes, who has written three period pieces about Queen Elizabeth I for the Red Thread Collective, helped the ensemble create authentic-sounding Elizabethan dialogue. The ensemble added a good deal of "simpler English that people would probably call modern," according to Kita. On top of that, Flax and Harrison estimate that there's still at least 25 percent of Shakespeare's original play in the text.
Still, purists may be put off. Harrison, who appeared in several Shakespeare in Santa Fe productions on the campus of St. John's College over the years, recalls patrons sitting in the front row with the text of the plays in their laps, reading along to see if the company was faithfully adhering to the script. "You could see them nodding and saying, 'Hmm. They cut this part out,' or 'They missed a line here,'" he said. "Those people may not be happy."
In a recent preview performance of selected scenes at the Santa Fe Opera's Stieren Hall, Flax told the audience that this show is really a lot of fun for a serious piece. Grottesco is renowned for its clowning, but for the company, it's vital that each play have a message beneath the mirth. "Most serious human emotions are riddled with comedy," Flax explained. "If you take that out, the results can be deadly." One scene, clearly inspired by the antics of the traveling commedia dell'arte players, involved Harrison's
futile attempts to wrest a bottle of wine away from an inebriated Gamble. Though it appeared to be s for shtick's sake, the byplay allowed the two performers to display an obvious affection for each other, in the manner of Laurel and Hardy.
So with its oblique references to the way we treat one another — and the suggestion that the hoi polloi isn't paying enough attention to its leaders to know what to do if leaders suddenly up and leave town —
is Grottesco's 12th Night political art?
"Mona said something in rehearsal the other day that really nails it," Flax said. "She said, 'Grottesco does political theater by not giving all the answers, so people can think, and that's a political act.'"
"We ask the questions," Kita added.
Who provides the answers?
"Hopefully you will," Flax said. "We're counting on you.">>
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Worst college football teams of all time
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Last week we offered our picks for the
10 greatest college football teams of all time
, so now we turn our attention to the worst.
We've compiled our list of the 10 worst college football teams below, and
our readers' choices for the worst college football teams
. Check them out and be sure to vote in the poll to crown the worst of them all.
1. Prairie View (1989-98)
Once-mighty Prairie View -- the Panthers won five national black college titles between 1953 and 1964 -- took quite a fall. During the 1990s, Prairie View set a record that might stand forever, losing 80 straight games, a losing streak that nearly doubles the second-longest Division I-AA streak -- Columbia's 44-game skein. Their worst year might have been 1991 -- they scored only 48 points all season, while giving up an
of 56 a game. After the Panthers ended their streak by beating Langston State 14-12, running back Kevin Ball said, "One isn't good enough for me. I don't want people to think it's a fluke." It wasn't -- the Panthers went 2-9 in 1999.
2. Macalester College (1974-80)
Between 1974 and 1980, the St. Paul, Minn., school lost 50 games in a row. The Scots' worst season probably came in 1977, when MIAC rivals Concordia Moorhead -- yes,
Concordia Moorhead Cobbers -- beat them 97-6, scoring 14 touchdowns to set an NAIA record that still stands (Cobbers kicker Kurt Christenson scored 13 points on extra point kicks alone). Also in 1977, Macalester set a Division III record by allowing 59.1 points per game. The losing streak ended in dramatic fashion: Kicker Bob Kaye put a 23-yarder through the uprights with 11 seconds remaining in an early September 1980 contest as the Scots beat Mount Senario College.
3. Northwestern (1979-82)
The Wildcats were in the midst of a 34-game losing streak (the longest in Division I-A history) during the 1981 season, when they lost all of their games, getting outscored 505-82 -- an average of 40 points a game. Northwestern fans celebrated a 61-14 home loss to Michigan State by tearing down the goalposts and marching through Evanston shouting, "We're the worst!" After the Wildcats ended their losing streak, defeating Northern Illinois 31-6 on Sept. 25, 1982, coach Dennis Green said, "When I woke up this morning, I knew it was a special day."
4. Columbia (1983-88)
Columbia lost 44 games in a row during these years, the second-longest in major college football history. Things got so bad that the band played the "Mickey Mouse Club" theme when the team took the field. During one 1985 game against Harvard, Columbia actually looked like it might win -- it was leading 17-0 with five minutes left in the third quarter. But the Crimson came back, and scored 49 unanswered points in the time remaining. When the Lions lost their 35th straight, to set a Division 1-AA record, their coach, Larry McElreavy, told The New York Times, "I'm realistic; there's not a lot of talent here."
5. Oberlin (1994-2000)
In 1994, Oberlin went 0-9, giving up 358 points and scoring only 10. In 1995, the Yeoman were outscored 469-72. After losing 56-0 to Allegheny in one 1992 game, the Yeoman had so few players they had to forfeit their next game against Wittenberg -- and the forfeit turned out to be one of their finest outings. "Nobody got hurt," one school official told Sports Illustrated. "And a forfeit shows up as a 6-0 loss in the books, which was better than most of our scores." Swarthmore and Oberlin scheduled a 1999 matchup just so one of them would end their losing streak. Swarthmore succeeded, while Oberlin marched on, not ending a 40-game skid until October 2001.
6. Swarthmore (1997-99)
The small Pennsylvania school has a rich football tradition, but in the late 1990s fell into a stupor. On Sept. 19, 1997, the Garnet Tide's defense allowed 10 different Johns Hopkins players to score touchdowns, a Division III record. The Garnet Tide snapped a 28-game losing streak when they defeated Oberlin 42-6 on Sept. 4, 1999, in what was called "the game that somebody had to win." (See above.) In 2000, the Tide seemed to be rising, as the squad went 4-5. It wasn't enough. Swarthmore had been playing football for 122 years, but despite the occasional win and occasional interest on the part of students, school administrators decided they had enough, and made a controversial decision to end the program after the 2000 season.
7. Duke (1999-2001)
Duke ran its losing streak to 23 games by the end of the 2001 season, and many prognosticators thought the Blue Devils had a good shot at breaking Northwestern's record of 34 straight losses by the end of this season. Blue Devils coach Carl Franks explained what, exactly, the problem was: "Winning football games has certainly been harder than I anticipated." On a positive note, Duke proved the prognosticators wrong by winning their 2002 season opener against East Carolina, 23-16.
8. Marietta College (1980-84)
Between Sept. 27, 1980, when the Pioneers defeated Otterbein 14-7, and the start of the 1984 season, they were outscored 1,124 to 148. The Pioneers' 41-game winless streak ended Nov. 3, 1984, when Marietta defeated 0-8 Wooster 15-2. The week before, the Pioneers had ended their 34-game winless streak by tying Ohio Northern (which had beaten Marietta 60-0 the year before) 3-3. Linebacker Phil Schmucker had been looking on the bright side all along. "Even in losing, there are still some positive values," he said. "Like you still have to be responsible and be on time."
9. New Mexico State (1988-90)
The Aggies started being awful in the late 1960s, and reached a peak of futility in the late '80s, when they lost 27 in a row, including a 52-7 drubbing by Kansas State, a team so bad SI called it "Futility U." One new assistant coach, watching his first practice, said, "Lord have mercy on our souls." New Mexico State's losing streak ended in November 1990 in a game that pitted the country's two worst major college teams against each other -- the 106th-ranked Aggies beat the 105th-ranked Titans of Cal State Fullerton 43-9. Head coach Jim Hess credited the victory to a minimum of turnovers. "We didn't even fumble the center snap," he said. "That's amazing."
10. Virginia (1958-60)
From the third game of the 1958 season to the last game of 1960, coach Richard Voris' Cavaliers set an ACC record for futility when they lost 28 in a row, going 0-10 in 1959 and 1960. But 1959 was probably their worst season, as they lost by an average margin of 31 points a game.
Also receiving votes:
Kansas State: Lost 28 in a row between 1944-1948
Eastern Michigan: Lost 27 straight between 1980-1982


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Family feud: Kaskade and his ZEFR-founding bro take different stances on copyright law
Well this could get awkward.
Brothers Rich and Ryan Raddon, the former being the co-founder of YouTube rights management platform ZEFR and the latter being better known by his DJ name, Kaskade, seemingly find themselves on opposing sides of the copyright debate.
Late last week, Reuters reported that uber-popular YouTube star Michelle Phan is being sued by Ultra Records, a music label which happens to represent Kaskade, along with other electronic dance music (EDM) names like deadmau5 and Calvin Harris. Ultra claims that Phan used approximately 50 of its artists' songs without permission in videos – primarily beauty and style tutorials – on YouTube and her own website. Phan, who has more than 6.7 million subscribers and 976 million views on YouTube, is one of the video platform's most visible stars.
ZEFR, which offers a SaaS software solution and managed services practice to help major brands manage their content rights on YouTube, confirmed to Pando this morning that Ultra is indeed a client. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. (The company did not respond to requests for further comment on the Phan case.)
But, Kaskade, whose works Reuters says "feature most prominently in the record label's complaint," doesn't seem thrilled about the suit. He recently tweeted:
Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.
Earlier this week, Kaskade tweeted out a link to a then one month old blog post about a similar content rights dispute with Soundcloud, with the message:
We can't love [& won't buy] music we haven't heard. http://t.co/LsgyLEEwgp #FreeTheMusic
— Kaskade (@kaskade) July 19, 2014
The DJ went on to offer his support to Phan, tweeting:
Summary: I'm not suing @MichellePhan + @ultrarecords isn't my lapdog. I can't do much about the lawsuit except voice support for her. — Kaskade (@kaskade) July 19, 2014
I find that @MichellePhan has great taste in music *ahem*, and knows secrets on how to make my eyes really POP. What's not to like?
— Kaskade (@kaskade) July 19, 2014
So how do the Raddon brothers reconcile their respective stances on copyright law and its enforcement? Ryan (Kaskade) is a content creator, and thus rights holder, who you might expect to be pro-copyright enforcement. And yet, he compared such laws to a dinosaur. Rich owns a software company valued in the multiple-hundreds of millions of dollars precisely because these laws exist and offer rights holders the ability to monetize their digital content.
There's an undeniable incongruity in the two Raddon's positions.
To ZEFR's credit, it's always taken an audience-friendly stance, preferring to "claim" and "monetize" infringing content published to YouTube, rather than the previous best practice of removing that content and, in some cases, pursuing legal action against the infringing channel owner. But in this situation, the decision, it would seem, is being made by the company's client, Ultra.
Kaskade, by a similar token, appears to take the more progressive-minded approach adopted by many of today's artists that using free online channels to build an audience is a net positive. In the EDM genre, in particular, artists earn the vast majority of their revenue through live performances, rather than via music sales. In that light, Kaskade's position makes even more sense.
So the one constituent whose actions are the least reasonable, given the current landscape, would be Ultra. As Kaskade explained in that same Soundcloud dispute blog post last month (which, by the way, is worth reading in full):
When I signed with Ultra, I kissed goodbye forever the rights to own my music. They own it. And now Sony owns them. So now Sony owns my music. I knew that going in…
Am I authorized to post my music? Yep. Does [Soundcloud's] soulless robot program know that? Not so much…
I post mash ups mainly because I don't need to keep these things tucked under my pillow, pulling out my little Precious only to be played at gigs. You want to hear it? Grab it. Like it? Great. The end.
But the labels, they aren't feeling this approach so much.
There's always been this cagey group of old men who are scared to death of people taking their money.
Make no mistake about it, that's what this is about. Money. And control. It's no secret that the music industry has been in a state of upheaval over the last two decades, with legacy constituencies like labels seeing their decades-old business models disappear, practically overnight. So with these giants scraping for sources of income anywhere they can get it, it's no surprise that they don't take kindly to Phan (and others) generating massive followings, and with it real revenue, in part through using their content.
To Ultra's credit, it is incumbent on Phan and other YouTube stars that belong to multi-channel networks to negotiate their own music licenses, rather than simply relying on YouTube's blanked Content ID system. In 2012, Phan launched her own MCN called FAWN and thus falls squarely within this category.
But it's a shame when it's not enough that one content creator (Kaskade) supports another creator's use of his work (Phan). But content ownership is often a tangled web with many overlapping and conflicting interests.
In this case, it means that Phan may soon have a day in court and the Raddons are in store for some awkward family dinners.
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The Northern District of California granted partial summary judgment in favor of The Hershey Company in a putative class action where the plaintiff alleged Hershey's representations about certain of its products were unlawful and/or misleading. Plaintiff took issue with Hershey's representations about antioxidants, nutrients, sugar, serving size, among others on its advertisements, packaging and website upon which the named Plaintiff alleged he relied when he purchased Hershey's products.
Hershey sought summary judgment as to Plaintiff's claims that were based on representations upon which he did not actually rely. Plaintiff argued that he need not prove actual reliance under California's Unfair Competition Law, one of Plaintiff's theories of liability, but also that summary judgment cannot be decided before ruling on class certification, citing the "one-way intervention" rule.
The Court noted that because Hershey, not the Plaintiff, had moved for summary judgment, Hershey was choosing to waive the potential protection afforded by an early resolution on class certification, and found that no prejudice to class members or to Plaintiff would result from a pre-certification summary judgment as putative class members would remain able to sue Hershey.
The Court then granted partial summary judgment in Hershey's favor because the Plaintiff testified that he had not even viewed Hershey's website and off-label advertising, and that he did not rely on most of Hershey's labels. Plaintiff testified that he did not purchase any of Hershey's products as a result of, or in reliance on deceptive advertising, except for representations regarding antioxidants, which Plaintiff testified were a factor in his decision to purchase certain of the products.
Khasin v. The Hershey Co., Case No. 5:12-CV-01862-EJD (N.D. Cal. May 5, 2014)
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Beware another Iraq quagmire
Published on Aug 19, 2014 11:30 AM
The United States is at risk of getting sucked into another misadventure in Iraq, three years after President Barack Obama ended what he called a dumb war. That entanglement of dubious justification left Iraq - the fabled Mesopotamia of antiquity - in a shambles for the net gain of one dictator's removal. (Of course, America also coveted the oil.) The US-led invasion hurt America's moral standing, which the nation should guard above all of its other leadership attributes.
Mr Obama has consistently argued that there is no American military solution to Iraq's existential dilemma spawned by conflicting regional allegiances based on ethnicity and faith. These have bubbled up and consumed the country in sectarian violence as a consequence of the previous American attack begun in 2003. Just last week, when ordering air strikes to evacuate persecuted minorities fleeing the murderous Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, Mr Obama said he would not allow the US to be dragged into another war in Iraq.
But military operations unfolding in the past 48 hours show he is being pulled along by the dynamic of war. He seems to have little choice, given the threat of ISIS militants establishing a firmer hold on the ground. US bombers and fighter jets have been helping local fighters to regain control of a strategic dam in Mosul. ISIS has captured dams elsewhere in Iraq, a tactical gain of lethal proportions. Wresting back these assets will go well beyond the remit of humanitarian assistance the President initially imposed on his mission. In Baghdad, the central government, which controls only about half of the country after losing territory to the ISIS advance, is pressing the US to widen its air attacks on ISIS positions, including around the region of the capital.
Pressure also is growing from Mr Obama's Atlantic allies, principally Britain, to extend the scope of intervention to counter the ideological virulence that ISIS represents. This is much like a reprise of Afghanistan and the Taleban. Yet, if the Americans end up fighting the Iraqi government's war to evict the extremists and shut down their caliphate, it will be war all over again as no such campaign is possible without the use of troops.
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Exclusive: Treat white working-class boys like ethnic minority, Willetts tells universities
Massive fall in admissions demands drastic action, Universities minister says
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Richard Garner has been Education Editor of The Independent for 12 years and writing about the subject for 34 years. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a disc jockey in London pubs and clubs and for a hospital radio station. His main hobbies are cricket (watching these days) and theatre. On his days off, he is most likelt to be found at Lord's or the King's Head Theatre Club.
Thursday 03 January 2013
Universities will be told they should recruit more white, working-class boys in the wake of figures showing a massive slump in applications from men for courses.
The Universities minister David Willetts wants white, working-class teenage boys put in the same category as students from other disadvantaged communities and ethnic minorities – as groups that should be targeted for recruitment.
The move has the potential to create conflict with Britain's independent schools if universities – as a result – use it to discriminate against middle-class applicants in order to curry favour with the university access watchdog, the Office for Fair Access.
The watchdog "can look at a range of disadvantaged groups – social class and ethnicity, for instance – when it comes to access agreements, so I don't see why they couldn't look at white, working-class boys," Mr Willetts says in an interview with The Independent.
He also warns, in an accompanying article: "There are now more women who enter university each year than there are men who submit a Ucas [university application] form."
The final figures for last autumn's intake show the slump in applications from men last year was 22,000 – and the decrease in the entry rate for men to university was four times higher than that for women.
Mr Willetts called this "the culmination of a decades-old trend in our education system which seems to make it harder for boys and men to face down the obstacles in the way of learning … That is a challenge for all policymakers and all parties."
He added: "I do worry about what looks like increasing under-performance by young men."
Mr Willetts said he plans to advance the question of including white, working-class boys as a target group for recruitment in university access agreements – which universities have to sign to gain permission to charge higher fees –in his forthcoming meeting with Professor Les Ebdon, the director of the access watchdog Offa.
If universities fail to deliver their access agreements, they can be refused permission to charge fees of higher than £6,000 a year – although this sanction has not yet been invoked.
William Richardson, the general secretary of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, which represents 250 of Britain's independent schools, said reaction would depend on how universities reacted to "tie-breaks" in admissions – where two candidates have exactly the same qualifications.
"We wouldn't expect middle-class girls' applications to be turned down in favour of working-class boys. Each application should be looked at individually."
Dr Wendy Piatt, director general of the Russell Group, which represents 24 of the country's most selective universities, said: "Universities cannot solve this problem alone.
"The root causes of the under-representation of students from disadvantaged backgrounds are under-achievement at school and poor advice on the best choices of A-level subjects and university degree course."
Many universities would be able to convince the watchdog they had met the requirement to attempt to recruit more white, working-class boys by pointing to summer schools they already run in disadvantaged areas, it was being argued last night.
The latest gender breakdown on applications for university (for 2011) show that girls outnumber boys in medicine and dentistry (10,145 to 7,190), and also in law (19,080 to 13,255). In applying for courses to gain teaching qualifications, they lead by 60,335 to 19, 725.
In terms of this year's A-level results, they massively outperform boys in the creative arts and drama, English, languages and psychology.
The performance of boys – particularly the white working classes – has worried Ofsted, the education standards watchdog, for more than a decade ever since a report it published bluntly said they concentrated more on the three Fs (fighting, football and f***ing) than the three Rs.
In his article, Mr Willetts also reveals there will be a major increase in funding for teaching in universities over the next two years – up from £8bn now to £9.1bn in 2014 – as income from the higher fees begins to roll in.
This will allow them to improve teaching standards and cut back on the size of classes, he says.
In addition, he wants to increase the flexibility for universities to recruit students by removing the rigid cap on over-recruiting students (whereby universities face stiff fines for going above their target number).
Parents will also be targeted in a new drive to convince school leavers they should not be fearful of the new fees structure, he added.
He said they "reportedly understand the details of the student finance system less well than their children – for example, no eligible student has to pay upfront fees".
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From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE…
The Other Oath
It was four years ago that I published the official document below in C&J. In the interests of a smooth inauguration, I'm re-publishing it as a reminder to a certain Supreme Court Chief Justice who, according to Pulledoutofmybuttipedia, reads C&J religiously and agreed to the following:
An Oath for Our Chief JusticeFingers crossed. By the way, Sasha is in sixth grade now. Still not seasoned enough to be president, but more than qualified to replace the current Speaker of the House.
I, Chief Justice John Roberts, do solemnly swear that I royally fracked up trying to administer the presidential Oath of Office from memory.That I embarrassed myself and the nation by getting something so simple---something memorized by every boy and girl in third grade---so excruciatingly wrong. And in so doing, came within a butt hair of accidentally making Sasha Obama President of the United States.Take 2: January 21, 2009
Not that that would necessarily be a bad thing, but you have to admit juggling second grade and the presidency might be a bit much for a seven year old.
Most important, I do solemnly swear that four years from now, when I'm swearing in Barack Obama for a second term---in fact, any time I'm swearing anybody in for anything---I will execute the...no, wait!...I will faithfully execute the Herculean task of doing what Justice John Paul Stevens had the good sense to do when he swore in Biden: namely, bring an index card, which I can get a whole pack of for a buck plus tax over at The Dollar Store…on which I will have scribbled, legibly, the words to the Oath of Office, so that I don't frack up again, unnecessarily reminding the world once more that I am an appointee of former President George W. Bush.
So help me God.
Your west coast-friendly edition of Cheers and Jeers starts below the fold... [Swoosh!!] RIGHTNOW! [Gong!!]
Cheers and Jeers for Friday, January 18, 2013
or Mao's book?
Note: How do we know that the Bible Obama plans to get sworn in on won't actually be a copy of Mao's Little Red Book doctored to look like the Bible Abraham Lincoln used during his first inauguration in 1861 and hollowed out to hold the ashes of Stalin? We don't! Our only hope is that Donald Trump finds out in time to save the republic. That story plus Hank with sports and the parade of babies in banana suits on NewsCenter at 11.
By the Numbers:
Days 'til the State of the Union address: 25
Days 'til the Big Bay Whale Festival in San Diego: 8
President Obama's job approval-disapproval rating one year ago in the Gallup daily tracking poll: 45% - 46%
Obama's approval-disapproval now: 53% - 41%
Number of new Amtrak ACS64 trains being bought for the northeast corridor over the next six years at an investment of $466 million: 70
Percent of the energy from "regenerative braking" that the train adds back to the electrification system: 100%
(Source: Fast Company)
Weight of the $36 billion in gold bars that Germany is transferring back from Paris and New York to its own vault in Frankfurt: 700 tons
Monday's Inauguration Day Forecast:-
Partly sunny with a 70% chance of widespread coffee breath. High: 40. Low: Rand Paul's presence.
Puppy Pic of the Day: Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba!!!
CHEERS to 1,461 days at the helm. Wow---seriously, where does the time go??? Four years and three thousand Republican filibusters since he first swore to preserve, protect and yadda yadda the yadda yadda, POTUS 44 is grayer, wiser, and rarin' to get back to work on an aggressive agenda plus whatever unexpected shit gets thrown his way. The big D.C. shindig is Monday, but on Sunday (noonish, and televised, I hope), the first Obama-Biden term officially ends and the second one begins. Here's Obama's official second-term photo, taken by the eagle-eyed Pete Souza and released today:
CHEERS to strange dreadfellows. Next week Satan worshippers are staging a rally in support of Florida Governor Rick Scott. My reaction: scary, creepy, weird, ick! And I believe the same thing about the Satan worshippers, too.
CHEERS and JEERS to dollars (if not sense). When it comes to business and economic news, my brain typically goes ZOT!!!! if I go beyond the headlines. So that's all you're getting:
illion-ollar oincay.
> President: debt limit not a game.Oh, and my first nominee for the Nobel Prize in economics for 2013 is the guy who paid a fraction of his salary to outsource his own job to China so he could spend his time at work watching cat videos and shopping online. Nice work if you can get it---and he did!
> Data show economy gained at the end of 2012
> Credit card use remains tight
> Signs for 2013: Gas to cost less
>Small businesses fading as drivers of growth, hiring
> Apple reports 2 billion apps downloaded in December
> Slumping Apple stock tempers markets
> U.S. workers drawing on retirement savings to get by
> Feds giving small farmers a way to grow
> Debt crisis has eased, EU block likely to live on
> Unemployment claims drop to lowest level in five years
> New home construction highest level since June 2008
> Toyota back in driver's seat as the top-selling automaker
> GM to open new center near Atlanta, create 1,000 jobs
CHEERS to Synonym Fever! Happy 234th Birthday to Peter Roget. He created the first thesaurus. For which we are thankful. Grateful. Appreciative. Heaving with sweaty mojo. Writhing with blessings between satin sheets. Shuddering with reciprocal gladness in the shower...er… Sorry 'bout that. I probably shouldn't watch the Spice Channel while I'm writing.
P.S. On this date in 1955, Scrabble made its debut. The highest scoring word, if you've ever wondered, is "Sesquioxidizing," which can earn you 2,044 points. Plus some really dirty looks from the other players.
CHEERS to home vegetation: weekend edition. Hooray---Bill Maher returns tonight with a new season of HBO's Real Time. Guests are Martin Short, Bob Kerrey, journalist Rula Jabreal, former Ohio Rep. Steve LaTourette and CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. New DVD releases include Woody Allen's To Rome with Love and Liam Neeson back in revenge mode in Taken 2. The NFL schedule is here. (The Patriots will crush the Ravens "forevermore!"---Ha Ha Ha!!!) Jennifer Lawrence hosts SNL. On 60 Minutes: Sonia Sotomayor and job-killing robots.
On Bill Moyers & Company (link): union leader Larry Coehn talks about the need for filibuster reform. Of course, you can't go wrong weekend mornings with Up! With Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris-Perry. And here's your Sunday morning lineup, which I'm sure has lots of exciting and unusual guests for inaugural weekend! Or not...
Meet the Press: Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX); inauguration roundtable with Chuck Todd, David Axelrod, Tom Brokaw, Richard Engel, Joe Scarborough and Doris Kearns-Goodwin (who will hit a milestone when she reminds us for the 10,000th time that she "woke up with Abraham Lincoln every morning for ten years").Wow. So glad they moved heaven and earth to line up such unique and exciting guests on inaugural weekend. Happy sleeping in!
This Week: David Plouffe; Inauguration committee co-chair Eva Longoria; roundtable with George Will, Cokie Roberts, Jennifer Granholm, Matt Dowd and Rick Santorum, whom it is still not safe to Google in polite company.Peggy Noonan insisted that "all
the vibrations [were] right" for
Mitt Romney to win big. Yet she
still gets invited on the Sunday
morning shows because...???
Face the Nation: David Plouffe; Condoleezza "Smoking Gun/Mushroom Cloud" Rice, Dee Dee Myers, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward; Texas's Castro twins; MLK's legacy with Taylor Branch, Joe Califano, and Dr. James Peterson.
CNN's State of the Union: Dunno. They haven't updated their web site.
Fox GOP Talking Points Sunday: David Plouffe; Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO); roundtable with Brit Hume, Liz Marlantes, Juan Williams and Bill Kristol.
Five years ago in C&J: January 18, 2008
JEERS to an inconvenient re-entry. The Department of Homeland Security---where "Hey, don't stick that in your ear" is heard more often than in any other federal agency---will be imposing stricter ID standards for border crossing from Canada or Mexico into the U.S. Starting January 31, you'll need stronger proof that you're an American. Like a passport. Or not being able to locate Canada or Mexico on a map.
CHEERS and JEERS to the chess king. Bobby Fisher has died at 64. He scored a cold-war victory "against a product of the grim and soulless Soviet Union" (Boris Spassky) in 1972, but in later years said filthy things about Jews and praised the 9/11 attacks. And not many people know this: he may have been a chess prodigy, but he lost 321 games of checkers. In a row. To a four year-old.
And just one more…
of these in her mouth.
A few years back, Washington Post writer Gene Weingarten published an excerpt from his book Old Dogs. Truer words were never written:
In our dogs, we see ourselves. Dogs exhibit almost all of our emotions; if you think a dog cannot register envy or pity or pride or melancholia, you have never lived with one for any length of time. What dogs lack is our ability to dissimulate. They wear their emotions nakedly, and so, in watching them, we see ourselves as we would be if we were stripped of posture and pretense. Their innocence is enormously appealing. When we watch a dog progress from puppyhood to old age, we are watching our own lives in microcosm. Our dogs become old, frail, crotchety and vulnerable, just as Grandma did, just as we surely will, come the day.Happy Birthday, old lady---and thank you for teaching me the most important life lesson of all: there is no shame in peeing in public.
Have a great weekend! Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?


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Will know for sure later today! It's going to be pet day via UPS, should also have a Petco order arriving.
It did come today!
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the old one exp 2/28
this one exp in March!
People who say "money cannot buy happiness", never paid an adoption fee!
Cheap dog beds!If you have Factory 2-U (Fallas Paredes Discount Store), go take a peek for clearance dog beds! I was so happy when I found them! I have 3 dogs of my own so obviously I took a few extras.
AKC pet pads were $.50!
Rectangular beds were $1.00
Circular round bed (tested all the beds and this is by far their favorite) $2.00
I feel like I hit the jackpot!
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There's a $10/$60 coupon for Pet Supplies Plus that's good through today or tomorrow, but I can't get the link to work over here. It came in my email, so you might want to check spam also. If you google Pet Supplies Plus $10 February 2013 coupon there will be a blog that has the pdf though. It makes for a nice competitor coupon also.
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PetCo March 9th & 10th $5/$25
http://www. petco.com/petco_Page_PC_storeadoptions_Nav_114.aspx?cm_mmc=pf-_-NAW-_-banners-_-lola300x250
Copy and paste and remove the space between the www. and petco and hopefully it will work for everyone.
Purina One Dog Food at Target
Saw this deal on KCL and TT- Pretty nice if you still have the Target insert Q from SS 1/6!
There is an Unadvertised (regional?) GC deal -Get $5 Gift Card wyb (3) Select Purina One Beyond Dog Food thru 3/16
Buy 3 Purina One Dog Food, 3.5 lbs $6.49, regular price
Use three $2.50/1 – Purina ONE Beyond Dog Food, any variety – (couponsdotcom)
$2.50/1 – Purina ONE Beyond Dog Food – LINK [pillsbury.com]
stack with
three $2.00/1 Purina Dry Pet Food, 3 lb or larger, Target Coupon from SS 1/6 (exp 2/28)
(limit 4 Target coupons per household)
Pay $5.97, Receive $5.00 Gift Card
Final Price: $0.32 each, when you buy 3
Good news, bad news on a TMF cat litter.
I was at WM last night and found a TMF on ProSense bamboo cat litter (must be a WM brand), but it's made in China so I wouldn't trust that it doesn't have pesticides in it and left it on the shelf. I was hoping it was carried at the pet stores and I could use it as a $/$$ filler, but since cats lick their paws all the time I personally wouldn't trust the litter, but maybe others aren't anti-non American products, so thought I'd share here.
I researched the store and was amazed we actually have it here in Phoenix. I honestly
had never heard of it.
So I dragged hubby across town, but all the dog beds were 5.99
Still a good price compared to PM etc., but not got enough to pick up oodles for the shelter!
Was worth a shot though, thanks for the info!
Did you go to the Chandler one or the Phoenix one? I had no idea that we had these either and didn't bother to look them up until I read your comment.
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