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Who's No. 4?
Keeping in mind that polls shouldn't be released until the second week of November at the very earliest, and that early-season polls should vary wildly from week to week based on changing results and resumes, the No. 4 team in America should be Virginia Tech. The Hokies played Alabama tough, and then beat Nebraska (even though they needed some good fortune to do so), followed by the thumping of Miami.
No, it's not Florida, Texas and Alabama, only because the Gators and Longhorns haven't beaten any giants yet. Once they do, they will be duly elevated. For now, a results-based top 3 (in accordance with the methods used by Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer) should have Alabama on top, followed by Houston and then Boise State.
The big thing to realize is to not get your knickers in a twist. This season has that wacky 2007 vibe; plenty of upheaval lies ahead.
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Q: Who's No. 4?
It's tempting to throw Boise State into the four spot behind the Big Three, especially after Oregon's rout of California, but if you're looking for the nation's fourth-finest squad, it's Oklahoma. The Sooners were dismissed as soon as they fell apart in the second half against Brigham Young, and they deserved to fall, since that late Cougar drive had nothing to do with Sam Bradford's shoulder injury. OU has since won two games and shown itself to have the potential to have one of the strongest defenses in the country. The Sooners are slapping people around along the front seven, piling up the tackles for loss, and making it hard of late for enemy QBs to do much of anything. Go ahead and disparage Idaho State and Tulsa, but the Golden Hurricane has averaged 45.7 ppg in its games against teams other than Oklahoma, which shut out the high-powered Tulsa attack two weeks ago. The Sooners are running the ball well, thanks to DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown, and backup QB Landry Jones has looked sharp in his two games as a starter. If the offensive line continues to mature – and it has allowed two sacks all year and paved the way for 4.9 yards/rush – the Sooners will continue to be formidable. The big question, of course, is Bradford. He threw a little last week, and coach Bob Stoops refuses to say whether he'll play against Miami this week. Even without Bradford, the Sooners have a good shot against the 'Canes. With him, they can take out Texas in a couple weeks. If that happens, all will fine, and OU can start preparing to play the winner of the Florida-Alabama game for all the marbles.


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Even pools that look pristine harbor dangers for infants. "For newborns younger than 2 months we really worry about immunity — how vulnerable babies are to illness — so I recommend that parents not take their young infants into swimming pools, lakes, the ocean, and so on," says Howard Reinstein, a pediatrician in Encino, California and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Pools can easily be contaminated with bacteria that cause diarrhea, which can be very dangerous for a young infant.
Also, because your baby won't be able to regulate his body temperature until he's around 6 to 12 months old, you need to make sure the water's warm enough for him. "If the water feels chilly to you, it will be really cold for your baby," Dr. Reinstein says. The pool should be at least 84 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit for your baby to be comfortable. If he starts shivering, it's time to get out of the water.
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A Diva State of Mind is teaming up with Fashion Empowering Women to host a charity happy hour! Make a minimum $5 donation or bring school supplies(pens, pencils,markers, loose leaf paper, etc.)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Shades of Masculinity
12 Lounge of Georgetown
Join photographer Cedric Terrell as he presents his exhibit Shades of Masculinity. This is an an exhibit inspired by the social norms and expectations associated with masculinity. All donations made at the door will go to benefit the efforts of SMYAL. SMYAL supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the Washington, DC metropolitan region.
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Fashion blogger and Co-Owner of 8-Vintage.com, Krystin Hargrove is partnering with Current Boutique to celebrate one year of Be Loud Be You. Established in August 2011, Be Loud Be You has strived to show alternative and affordable ways to remain stylish, while being economically conscious. Current Boutique and local musical talent Holychild have joined forces with Krystin to highlight the theme of "Support Local." Guest will enjoy refreshments with the option to shop local, listen local, and celebrate with fellow Washingtonians. This will be a great networking event with DC's growing fashion community.
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Carnelian Boutique, an online apparel and accessories store is hosting a pop-shop and launch party to celebrate the launch of this new online store! Guests will enjoy treats and bubbly sponsored by Hello Cupcakes and Chat's Liquors.
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British music chain HMV to shut 66 stores: Administrators
LONDON (AFP) - Collapsed British music retailer HMV will close 66 of its stores over the next two months in a move that will axe nearly 1,000 jobs, administrators Deloitte announced on Thursday.
"The joint administrators of HMV today confirm that 66 of the group's stores have been identified for closure," Deloitte said in a statement.
"The affected stores employ 930 staff. No fixed date is set for the closure of these stores which will continue to trade in the meantime.
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Similarly, high school enrollments for grades 9 to 12 were 14.0 million in 1995. These enrollments would increase to 20.3 million under medium net immigration—with a range of about 2.5 million more or less under low and high immigration assumptions.31
In light of the geographic concentration of immigrants, it is important to remember that not all school districts will be affected equally by immigration. In fact, most school districts in this country will feel no consequences, no matter what happens with immigration.32 Other districts, especially those in the urban areas of the large immigration states, will be keenly sensitive to any changes in immigration policy.
Young adults, aged 15 to 24 years, are a crucial component of the population, given their unique economic role and place in the economy. These young adults are part of a special transition group who move on to postsecondary education, enter the labor force, and experience the highest rate of unemployment. They also are the ones who consider forming a household, getting married, and starting a family. They acquire the right to vote and are a critical recruitment pool for the Armed Forces. After peaking in the early 1980s, the numbers in this group have begun to increase again in the 1990s. Young adults numbered 35.9 million in 1995. Under the medium immigration assumption, that number will expand to over 42 million by 2020, and to almost 51 million by 2050.
With low net immigration, the young adult population will increase more slowly, from 35.9 million in 1995 to 44.7 million in 2050. Therefore, cutting immigration flows in half, a sharp departure from historical immigration policy, results in a young adult population that is 25 percent smaller 53 years from now then it would have been with continued current immigration levels. Under the high net immigration assumption, growth will be at a faster pace, with the young adult population reaching 56.6 million in 2050.33 The next chapter discusses the implications of such a change on the labor market outcomes of native-born workers.
The implications of these changes for college enrollments can be derived
Under the zero net immigration assumption, school enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in 2050 will still be greater than in 1995, increasing to 15.1 million. Under the very high net immigration assumption, the 9 to 12 grade enrollment will increase to 25.3 million.
Most school districts have relatively few foreign-born students because recent immigration is concentrated in a few states, usually in metropolitan areas. Although the regional and state concentration of immigration may shift in future years, it is still likely that most school districts will receive few immigrant students.
Under the zero immigration assumption, the young adult population will increase to 38.0 million in 2050. Under the very high immigration assumption, growth will be steady, to 62.3 million in 2050.


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In response to "No Reason to Laugh at Rosty's Plan," editorial, March 13:
Apparently The Times supports Rep. Dan Rostenkowski's (D-Ill.) plan to cut the federal deficit to zero in four years. The Times and Rostenkowski also supported the way our government tried to finance the (now defunct Medicare) catastrophic health care plan.
God knows something has to be done about our awful national debt but why involve seniors and Social Security? It is a well-known fact that our government continually "dips" into our Social Security fund in order to support this debt but this doesn't seem to be enough.
Two of Rostenkowski's proposal have merit, i.e., eliminate the "tax bubble" so the wealthy would pay at least as much as families who have a taxable income of $78,000 to $185,000. Also Rostenkowski's proposal of cutting military spending by 3%. But this is far too little. Because of the drastic changes in the world it would seem there should be far less spent for defense and a lot more made available for the great many domestic problems--and without disturbing or involving Social Security or its recipients!


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2013 American Country Awards Nominees Announced
The 2013 American Country Awards nominees (aka the ACAs) have been announced, and it's Taylor Swift who is leading the charge and reigning supreme with a whopping eight nominations this year.
The 2013 American Country Awards nominees (aka the ACAs) have been announced, and it's Taylor Swift who is leading the charge and reigning supreme with a whopping eight nominations this year.
Acadiana's own Hunter Hayes has been nominated for Favorite Male Country Artist at the American Music Awards, which will be held Nov 24th live on ABC. Geaux Hunter!
Punk and country music are two genres that don't mix very often, but now, they will. Country's Band Perry and Fall Out Boy are teaming up for an episode of 'CMT Crossroads.'
The Band Perry's Kimberly Perry will soon marry Major League Baseball player J.P. Arencibia, her boyfriend of less than two years. The relationship was something of an open secret, with neither one commenting on it publicly until after the Sept. 30 proposal. Even Perry's brothers kept quiet when asked about the relationship in 2013. So, who is Kimberly Perry's husband-to-be?
Keith Urban has a new song inside the Top 5 of the list of Top 40 country songs for October 2013. It's the second straight month he's done that, but he achieved the feat with two different songs. 'We Were Us,' Urban's duet with Miranda Lambert, isn't No. 1 this month. That honor goes to a song that is indisputably the hottest song in country music -- even if it's not everyone's favorite song.
A collective sad face for all men who are fans of Kimberly Perry, singer for The Band Perry -- she's engaged.
CMT's Crossroads has another installment coming your way soon -- The Band Perry and Fall Out Boy. Interesting, huh?
'Don't Let Me Be Lonely,' the third single from the Band Perry's 'Pioneer' album, is thematically similar to their biggest hit, but few will confuse this song with 'If I Die Young.' The latest track may not be as instantly catchy, but it's every bit the sharp songwriting effort the cut from the trio's debut album was.
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A Race Around Saturn
April 29, 2013
This illustration depicts the shearing of an initially circular cloud of debris as a result of the particles in the cloud having differing orbital speeds around Saturn. The numbers in the lower left of the panels in the still image show how quickly a cloud can be elongated. After the cloud is formed, each particle within it follows its own simple orbit. The cloud begins to elongate as particles closer to the planet orbit at a faster speed than the particles farther from the planet. Scientists can use the angle the clouds are canted to infer the time elapsed since it was formed. This method was used to determine the times of the impacts that created the clouds in Saturn's rings that were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft (see Meteors Meet Saturn's Rings for more information). An animated version of this graphic can be seen at A Race Around Saturn (Animated). For more information on clouds of ejected material see New Views on Old Finds. Credit: NASA/Cornell
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Zions Bank sued in Utah over 'unconscionable' fees
SALT LAKE CITY A customer who say Zions Bank makes it difficult - if not impossible - to avoid overdraft fees has filed a lawsuit in federal court, making the Utah bank one of dozens whose extra charges have triggered lawsuits from angry consumers.
The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, was filed this week by three law firms on behalf of Melinda Barlow, of Sandy, and other customers who were charged overdraft fees under policies that were in place between 2005 and 2010.
It comes more than a year after federal regulators slapped limits on bank overdraft practices and the resulting fees. U.S. banks reportedly raked in nearly $40 billion a year from the charges before regulations took effect in July 2010 requiring banks to get customers' permission to enroll them in overdraft programs and limiting how many fees could be charged in one day.
Court papers say Zions' policies allowed it to manipulate and alter the order in which debit transactions were posted so it could maximize the number of overdrafts, increasing the fees collected from customers.
The lawsuit also contends the bank does not routinely decline debit transactions when it's clear that doing so will overdraft a customer's account, which also results in additional charges to consumers.
For Barlow, a Zions customer since 1990, the practices resulted in about $100 in overdraft charges on a single day in 2009, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit also claims Zions doesn't routinely post deposits ahead of debit transactions, which could prevent accounts from becoming overdrawn.
"As a result of those acts and practices, Zions Bank's customers have been charged excessive overdraft fees," the lawsuit states. "Zions Bank's collections of those excessive fees is patently unconscionable and unfair."
The lawsuit's allegations are specific to Zions' roughly 130 bank branches in Utah and Idaho. Parent company Zions Bancorp also operates financial institutions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
Zions Executive Vice President Rob Brough said the company can't comment on the details of pending litigation. However, Brough said he believed this was the first litigation brought against Zions related to the issue of overdraft fees or policies.
Similar lawsuits nationwide seem to be favoring consumers.
In August, a federal judge in California ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to change what he called "unfair and deceptive business practices" that led customers to pay multiple overdraft fees, and to pay $203 million back to customers.
A month earlier, a federal judge in Florida said customers from San Francisco-based Union Bank can team up as a class to sue over its overdraft fee policy. That case is one of about 35 from around the country consolidated in Florida involving banks like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and big regional players like Regions Bank, U.S. Bancorp and BB&T Corp.
The Utah lawsuit seeks a recovery of fees and other restitution payments for losses customers have suffered "as the result of Zions Bank's unlawful and unconscionable overdraft fee practices and policies." It also asks a federal judge to bar Zions from continuing the policies.


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Obama's victory photo most retweeted, shared ever
WASHINGTON—A moving photo posted by President Barack Obama on his Twitter and Facebook pages just as TV networks announced his victory has made social media history as the most retweeted and shared ever.
The shot of a happy-looking Obama holding his wife in a loving embrace — captioned with the words "four more years" — had been retweeted over 650,200 times Wednesday morning and "liked" by 3.2 million people on Facebook.
Obama — who swept to re-election despite slow economic recovery and high unemployment — sealed his tech-savvy reputation Tuesday by announcing his win on social networks with the photo, hours before his victory speech.
"This Barack Obama photo is the most-liked Facebook photo of all time," the social network announced.
The tweet, meanwhile, broke the popularity record held by singer Justin Bieber, whose tribute to a fan who died of brain cancer garnered a "mere" 200,000-plus retweets, according to AllTwitter, which tracks the social network.
The emotional victory proclamations posted on Obama's widely-followed social media accounts mark the culmination of a sophisticated, months-long campaign on the popular platforms.
Social networks emerged as key tools in the US presidential campaign, with both Obama and his Republican foe Mitt Romney staging major pushes on Twitter, Facebook and others to draw in supporters and get them to vote.
But while Romney has increased his presence hugely on social media compared to 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, Obama is seen as having retained the upper hand from his successful online campaign four years ago.
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Steve Little's extra point made the difference for visiting Chapman, as the Panthers defeated Menlo in overtime, 26-25, in a nonconference football game Saturday at Connor Field in Atherton, Calif.
Rodney Freer's 47-yard field goal for Chapman (2-5) tied the score, 12-12, with 3 minutes 44 seconds in the fourth quarter.
Menlo scored first in overtime, with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Kahekili Hugo to Eddie Miller. Chad Simpson's kick made it 19-12.
Chapman bounced back when Mark Simpson scored on a 27-yard reception from Greg Hyland. Little's kick tied the score, 19-19.
Hyland then threw his second touchdown pass, 19 yards to Johnny Vineyard. Little's kick put the Panthers ahead for good.
Menlo (2-5) came back with a four-yard run by Dan Nguyen to narrow the score to 26-25, but a two-point conversion failed, ending the game.


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Jordan Deep missed the first 11 games of the season, but you couldn't tell by her first at-bat of the year.
The Buford sophomore hit a double to the fence in her return. She hasn't skipped a beat since then.
Deep has given Buford's lineup some much-needed power as it returns to Columbus this weekend for its sixth-straight state championship.
"I did decent that first game," Deep said. "I just remember that first at-bat 'Alight, maybe I'm not as rusty as I thought I would be.'"
Over the last 20 games, Deep has hit .456 with six home runs and 27 RBIs.
"She gives us the power. We don't have any big power other than her," Buford coach Tony Wolfe said. "We have a line-up full of speed, but she gives us that power that rounds us out a little bit and gives us that one-swing punchers chance."
Deep was playing first base for her travel softball team in the summer at the Premier Girls Fastpitch national championship. She stretched out to catch a ball and injured her hamstring less a month before Buford was to begin its title defense.
"I didn't feel like I was letting them down, but I was in a way," Deep said. "Just the fact that I couldn't be there and having my bat in the lineup."
Deep was at every game in the dugout, cheering on her teammates. But every game it was tougher and tougher for her to watch and not play.
"It killed me. I would have done anything to be on the field and help my team out," Deep said. "I cheered, of course, because that's all I could do. But it hurt not being able to get on the dirt."
The sophomore finally got her chance the first week of September. She was cleared by the doctors to hit and she did what she does best, delivering a double to the wall.
Over the next few weeks she slowly worked her way back into playing second base.
"I do what I can. As a leader, I feel like I should set the tone for everybody and just lead by example," Deep said.
Deep hit .383 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs last year as a freshman, but was overshadowed by seniors Kallie Case and Lexi Overstreet, who shared Daily Post Player of the Year honors.
"This year she's the main power source," Wolfe said. It's really been to watch her step up and meet that expectation."
Her power was on display in the elimination game of the second round of the Class AAA playoffs last week. Deep hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning to propel the Wolves to a 9-1 win over Franklin County. She finished 3-for-3 with five RBIs and two runs scored.
"Obviously, she's a great player. To watch her play at the level she's playing at, it's really fun and exciting to see," Wolfe said. "It's really exciting to see her come through like in Game 3 against Franklin County."
Wolfe will be counting on Deep's bat again this week in Columbus where the Wolves will play Jackson County on Thursday.
"As long as we keep winning games, I could care less about my numbers," Deep said. "I just hope to continue what I've been doing because it's been pretty good."
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My mental picture of Karl Rove is of him sitting with his back as straight as if he were wearing plywood instead of a shirt, his torso tilted forward with forearms resting on his desk, head erect, hands clasped with fingers interlaced, treating an interview as a quiz for which he is supremely confident that he will have the right answer. As the longtime political director for George W. Bush and the architect of the governor's presidential strategy, Rove is famous for the discipline he imposes on the campaign, and he is not about to let his own body language be the exception. So it was startling one day this spring to see him end a telephone conversation—he had been barking out instructions about how to deal with yet another stupidity committed by yet another Republican functionary—by slumping over, holding his head by the temples, squeezing his eyes shut."You can't get tired now," I said. "It's only May."
"That's not bad news," Rove said. "That's good news. It's been this intense since January of last year. Seventeen months down, only five to go."
Now it's only two to go—two months that will determine the fate not only of Bush but also of Rove. No other noncandidate involved in the presidential campaign has so much at stake. If Bush wins, Rove will stand at the apex of the political consulting profession, a status achieved first by a gent named Machiavelli and most recently by James Carville on the Democratic side and the late Lee Atwater on the Republican side. Rove's singular achievement was to design and execute a game plan for seeking the presidency that broke the mold. During Texas' 1999 legislative session, he orchestrated a parade of Republican politicos and fundraisers to Austin that amounted to a draft-Bush movement, crowding every rival off the stage and keeping Bush at home, away from premature national scrutiny. He successfully gambled that the campaign could raise enough money to fund the primary races without the help of federal matching dollars, thereby avoiding the spending restrictions that come with government largesse. After the GOP nomination was safely won, he unleashed a blitzkrieg of issue pronouncements by Bush, catching Al Gore by surprise and propelling the governor into the national convention season with a solid lead.
Once, American politics was run by backroom bosses who knew the secret of how to find good candidates and the votes to elect them. Today, after reform, television, and suburbia have decimated the big-city machines, consultants like Karl Rove have emerged as the new bosses—and are treated as such by the media. National reporters have probed his record and his psyche. He has been described as a "control freak"; he has been accused of running a dirty-tricks school for aspiring Republican operatives in his youth; his upbringing has been combed for clues to his personality; his failure to earn a college degree never escapes mention. Around the state capitol, he is regarded as a Rasputin whose ghostly presence explains every scenario: why a bill was vetoed, or an appointment made, or an issue embraced or rejected by the governor. (In fact, Rove seldom gets deeply involved in legislative business.) He is the elephant—the perfect metaphor for a Republican—and the rest of the political crowd are the blind men of Indostan in John Godfrey Saxe's poem,each groping for a different part but none seeing the whole. I caught up with Rove during a rare break from the rigors of the campaign over the long Fourth of July holiday. He was staying at River Oaks, a combination bed-and-breakfast and personal retreat overlooking the Guadalupe River between Kerrville and Hunt that he and his wife, Darby, bought four years ago. At first they acquired two cottages, and two years later they added the lodge. "This was built in the thirties by an eccentric from Corpus Christi," he told me as we toured the property. Rove's political reputation as a control freak stems from his obsession with details, and the same quality was evident in his conversation about the history of the lodge. Everything seemed to stimulate a story: the oil-pipe fence that had once served as an irrigation system; the dappled limestone floor that had been cut from the riverbed long ago; the high-water point of the 1936 flood, when a piano had washed down the river.It is not surprising that he acquired a B&B; next to politics, his favorite conversational subject is travel. Growing up in Utah, he toured the Southwest with his father, a geologist, before his parents' marriage ended in divorce. His family was apolitical. Rove was just the opposite; the first book he remembers reading was Great Moments in History. His involvement in Republican politics began in high school, where he served as youth chairman for a U.S. senator from Utah. He went on to join the College Republicans and rose through the ranks of operatives to become the group's chairman. Later, in what turned out to be a crucial connection for himself and for George W. Bush, he was a special assistant to the elder George Bush at the Republican National Committee during the height of the Watergate scandal. In 1974 he quarterbacked his first campaign, a congressional race in Nebraska. He came to Texas in 1977 to do fundraising for Bush's 1980 presidential bid. Soon he was the deputy chief of staff to Bill Clements, newly elected as the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction.
After two years with Clements, Rove was contemplating going out on his own as a political consultant specializing in direct-mail marketing. Clements brought the issue to a head by asking for Rove's commitment for the next five years, through what everyone expected would be a successful reelection campaign. Rove replied that he had decided to go out on his own, just as Clements had when he was about Rove's age. Then Rove asked his boss to be his first client. The answer was yes. Rove handled the mailings for Clements' 1982 race, but the Texas


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MANILA, Philippines—A retired policeman running for councilor was shot dead in Masbate province Friday afternoon, police said.
Superintendent Renato Bataller, Bicol police spokesman, said retired Chief Inspector Vicente Aragona was at his house in Barangay (village) Tonga in Balud, Masbate around 1:30 a.m. when he was attacked by three still unidentified gunmen.
Bataller was hit in different parts of the body, but it was clear if he died on the spot or on arrival in hospital.
Aragona was said to be running for the municipal councilor position in Masbate.
The killers were able to escape after the incident, police said, adding that investigators have yet to identify the motive behind the attack.
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Hawthorne, who grew up in Minneapolis but is now based in San Francisco and the Bay Area, says Soundlines is the result of the collaboration between herself and Christopher Jette, who is originally from Milwaukee. The two artists have been talking about bringing the piece to the Midwest, and since they are spending this week in Chicago for a residency at High Concept Lab, they contacted different spaces in Minneapolis in order to find a place to perform.
Soundlines is an exploration of how movement translates into sound. Using a video camera to track the dancers' movement, the information is sent to a computer where it is translated into a sound score, which is then modulated by the composer. The duo have performed the installation in a number of different venues, and there is always an element of response to the space, Hawthorne says.
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Carolyn Payne, Executive Director of SooVAC, contacted Shlichting and Van Loon, believing their pieces would work well with Hawthorne and Jette's installation.
For Untitled, Schlichting is developing a trio of dances built around the SooVAC space. The piece will interact with the "Untitled 8" juried show, which is currently exhibiting in the gallery.
Schlichting says he feels a natural impetus to have more cross-over between dancers and visual artists. "There are similar things happening, in similar languages," he says.
"Dance is such a tricky thing to talk about," says Schlichting. While someone watching his piece may not necessarily say, "Oh, that's that painting over there," his work is developed by generative processes that are invoked by impulses and patterns in the visual work.
Schlichting says that that while site-specific dance is not a new idea, it is particularly conducive to independent dance artists who have a real interest in finding sustainable ways of making work. "There is certainly a shortage of performance venues for independent artists that are comfortable and affordable," he says.
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Indeed. John Munger, who worked as the director of research for the national organization Dance USA, said in a City Pages interview earlier this year that as of December 31 there are 15 dance companies with budgets of $100,000 or more per year, and about 195 dance companies, pick-up groups, and independent choreographers that make less than $100,000 per year. That means there's more need for affordable spaces to create and perform work in. This sometimes means thinking outside of the box, with performance companies utilizing art galleries and DIY spaces both for artistic reasons and because they are more affordable.
But in addition to the financial feasibility of alternative spaces, Schlicting says independent dance artists are also interested in using different spaces for aesthetic reasons. A gallery is particularly fitting for a piece still in the development stages, and it's interesting to have performances bounce off different spaces before presenting the piece in a more traditional venue. The surroundings, Schlichting says, "affect the way you think about the work."
In addition to choreography by Schlicting and Hawthorne, audiences will get to see a Kristin Van Loon's Finishing Early (by Kristin Van Loon & the Interns). Van Loon, known for her work with Arwen Wildern in Hijack, presents a piece that she also created the soundscore for, along with dancers Chris Schlicting, Heather Spear, Chris Yon, and herself. It's sure to be a fascinating evening.
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Neetu! Get back on the boat.
Nick's on the boat now... he doesn't think it's hard enough so he does pushups when he wakes up. He just doesn't know what we know.
As I may have mentioned before, I am a huge fan of cruises. Although I haven't gone on one yet this year, I usually go on at least one or two every year. Where the cruise actually goes is wholly unimportant to me. Half the time I sleep through the stops anyway, and just stay on the boat. I just like having no cell phone, having great food available 24/7, and sitting on the back of the boat watching the waves.
It takes a certain type of person to enjoy a cruise. Usually that person is an old person. My friend Jonah and I are the two exceptions. I think we've gone on two cruises together, and each time we were the only people remotely close to our age. So much for meeting the hot ladies pirate-style.
On one such cruise we woke up at our usual time - 3pm. The boat was docked in Mexico, and was leaving at 5:30, meaning that everyone had to be on the boat at 5.
Hines Ward is a cool dude. No, really, I saw him speak. In case you don't know who Hines Ward is, he's a former half-Korean, half-black, American NFL player who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He saw two Super Bowl wins, was the Super Bowl MVP, made four Pro Bowl appearances, and had 1000 receptions. He talked about growing up, and challenges he faced as a biracial child. He talked about making it to the NFL, and how he doesn't have an ACL. He talked about giving back to the people who supported him, and he talked about how he's a mama's boy. He also talked a lot about choices.
Hines talked about the good choices and the bad choices he made throughout his life. He said he made bad choices when he joined the NFL, like spending his first paycheck on a Mercedes convertible (although he did buy a house for his mom, too). He said he bought all sorts of things that he didn't need. He made a lot of bad choices, but he says he kept smiling because he knew that he had to learn from his mistakes. He said he didn't mind making mistakes because he learned from them. He also said football gave him a lot of great things. It gave him a family, the opportunity to be on Dancing With the Stars and The Walking Dead, as well as in Batman The Dark Knight Rises and Celebrity Cook-Off. He is able to spend time with charities and he started his own foundation, the Hines Ward Helping Hands Foundation, which helps biracial kids living in South Korea. His motto for life is Will Always Rise above Difficulty (or WARD).
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The Gilford family's yearly reunion encompasses the lives of matriarch Marty Gilford and her four daughters, especially youngest daughter, Emma, 43, who has spent a good part of her life doing whatever her mother and sisters want without really thinking of herself. Then Samuel, a voice from her past, calls up to rekindle their romance and throws Emma's well-ordered life into turmoil. Emma is forced to do some tough self-examination and to embrace her sisters for who they are-good and bad. Radish displays an intimate understanding of boisterous families, and as a veteran at portraying female relationships, her affection for her characters shines through, but she's covering a lot of familial ground here, and it's easy to confuse the characters. Also, the complaining, put-upon Emma is not totally sympathetic. While those familiar with Southern families will delight in a taste of home and there are many funny parts, overall, Radish's latest falls short. (Aug.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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For SAC, It's $1.2 Billion And Counting
Why the biggest insider trading fine in history might not be the end of the giant hedge fund's woes.
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Hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP pled guilty to insider trading and agreed to pay a record-setting fine for the crime on Monday, Nov. 4, concluding part of the closely watched investigation that has gone on for years. But the saga of billionaire owner Steven A. Cohen isn't over yet.
The firm will have to pay $1.2 billion in addition to the more than $600 million it paid to settle civil charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission in March, if the plea deal is approved by the court. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said it was the "largest fine in history for insider trading offenses." The victory for prosecutors is a mighty fall for the firm that built a track record for astronomical returns that, at times, topped 25 percent annually. Mr. Cohen built a reputation as a brilliant investor and collector of expensive art, even as rumors of illicit activity continued to grow.
Prosecutors allege that SAC employees traded on and recommended trades to Mr. Cohen that were based on non-public information about more than 20 different companies, from 1999 through 2010. The firm allegedly recruited employees who knew people inside public companies and then failed to question them about trades that appeared to be based on inside information, according to the indictment. Several former employees have already pled guilty to obtaining inside information through networks of insiders and experts on everything from tech companies to pharmaceutical trials.
The agreement, if approved, would also require the firm to stop managing money for outside investors and submit to five years probation, including review of firm procedures by an outside compliance expert. Most of SAC's outside investors have already withdrawn their investments.
While the agreement is about charges against the firm, it leaves open the possibility of charges against Cohen or other employees, by specifying that it "provides no immunity from prosecution for any individual."
Cohen has not been charged criminally, but the SEC has a pending civil case against him for allegedly ignoring red flags and rewarding his employees for trading on "suspicious information."
"Greed sometimes is not good," Bharara said, referencing Michael Douglas's character Gordon Gecko's famous line from the 1987 movie Wall Street. (He said something similar when Galleon Group's Raj Rajaratnam was arrested for insider trading four years ago, according to the New York Times.)
Bharara also said no firm should believe it's "too big to jail," pushing back on the notion that prosecutors have been too hesitant to go after big Wall Street firms after the financial crisis.
Insider trading is a high-profile crime that hits a nerve because it evokes a common suspicion that insiders have advantages, but it's very different than the complex cases of alleged mismanagement that helped fuel the financial crisis. Legal experts don't see it leading to a watershed of criminal charges against financial firms.
"SAC was a situation where you had a single type of offense that went to the very heart of how they operated, SAC traded on insider information, that's what they did," said Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School.
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So what exactly is your concern with Zionism? Like our american ats owners/posters, is it that you believe they are bringing socialism(as if) or is it like the left wing position of blaming them for the austerity policies of Ultra capitalism.
Every one seems to have different reason or take why they bring this up. Yet none of the anti Semitic sentiments are consistent & due to the lack of consistency end looking very stupid.
I just want to add that this has nothing to do with Jews or being Jewish. This is really about the relentless torture of the Palestinians that, just quietly, I'd like to see settled.
Yet none of the anti Semitic sentiments are consistent & due to the lack of consistency end looking very stupid.
I was under the impression that you may have read at least some of this thread, clearly not, and you have consistently demonstrated that.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
To say that only the Jewish people are (and have been) involved in the Zionist movement is rather narrowly focussed, imho. Do posters actually read posts?
I dont see any need to repeat myself.
They could be freemasons or jesuits, whatever with pro zionist sympathies however they are still NOT zionists.


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What are the three cooking times? First, you brown the chicken. Second, you bake (sort of) the chicken. Third, you pop it under the broiler. Now you might be thinking how can you make this if your market doesn't have plums. Logical question considering the title of this dish but, well, there are no plums involved. The "plum" in this dish is an Asian sauce called plum sauce and you can find it in the Asian section of your local supermarket.
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- 6 chicken legs
- 1 green onion, minced
- 1 Tbs. sesame oil
- 2 Tbs. Chinese plum sauce
- 1/2 tsp. Chinese 5-spice powder
- 1 tsp. Asian chili oil
- Pre-heat your oven to 375.
- With a cleaver or chefs knife, remove the elongated bone from the legs. Set the chicken aside.
- Into a medium bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients.
- Into a medium saute pan or skillet, heat 1 Tbs. vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the chicken and brown on all sides
- Remove the pan from the heat and place in the oven 45 minutes.
- Spoon the sauce over the chicken. Place a lid on the pan and cook 15 minutes.
- Pre-heat your broiler.
- Remove the pan from the oven. Remove the lid from the pan.
- Place the pan under the broiler and broil 5 minutes.
- Remove from the broiler and serve.
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Prior to the World Cup, if you had to ask me to pick a favourite for the title, I would have said Argentina. But their performances against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran have left me rather disappointed. Yes, they are through to the next round, but that's largely due to the brilliance of captain Lionel Messi.
When I compare this Argentina side to the one coached by Diego Maradona at the last World Cup, I see no improvement from a tactical point of view. Maradona's side played with a burning offensive drive, but their tactical shortcomings eventually caught up with them. This team is similar to the one that played in 2010. In other words, the attacking players continue to shy away from helping out in defence. If this doesn't change, the two-time world champions are likely to encounter similar problems as their predecessors did four years ago.
Messi has lit up the tournament, though, with two spectacular goals, but there have been several others who have caught the eye. Take Luis Suarez; it was a fairytale return in every sense. The England players would all have been very familiar with his exploits in the Premier League, but Suarez was in that mood to give them another reminder of how deadly he is in front of goal. A performance like that just a few weeks after undergoing knee surgery beggars belief.
The Dutch duo of Arjen Robben and captain Robin van Persie are also in sparkling form as is the often underestimated France striker Karim Benzema. And we've seen some fantastic entertainment at the back too, particularly from Mexico goalie Guillermo Ochoa who frustrated hosts Brazil with some breathtaking saves when the two clashed in Fortaleza.
And trust there to be a bit of drama off the pitch too at a World Cup. Dutch coach Louis van Gaal gave the scribes plenty to write about when he accused FIFA of scheduling the fixtures to favour hosts Brazil. The former Bayern Munich manager is a smart coach renowned for being politically astute. This was just another example of him opening a sideshow to distract from other issues. It's thus bound to take the spotlight off his team, something we are very familiar with from a certain Jose Mourinho!


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great fights.. faber and pulver are badass and torrers fight was kick ass also
WEC 34 "Faber vs. Pulver" is set to take place Sunday, June 1st, live from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA.
Former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens "Lil Evil" Pulver is set to take on #1 ranked featherweight in the world, WEC Champion Urijah "The California Kid" Faber. A win for Faber, will cement his name in the top five the pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
The action will broadcast live on the cable television station Versus, starting at about 9pm EST.
great fights.. faber and pulver are badass and torrers fight was kick ass also
That was one of the best sunday night television I ever wacthed in my 35yrs in existstonsszzsss!! Two great fights and they were for titles. versus/WEC keep them coming.
wow what can i see faber is the POUND for Pound best.. pulver needs to work on his speed and torrers looks good
Best WEC ever!!!
2 Epic battles for the belt what more could you ask for.
I think the Maeda vs Torres was a little closer then Pulver vs Urijah but talk about a couple of wars.
My hero Pulver was outdone but still showed a fighters spirit and never quit. I hope if Pulver wants to that there is a rematch down the road.
Jens took an asswhooping i loved it …Faber showed me he can fight for real as i kinda knew all along
I have to admit, Pulver really impressed me, and I'm not really a pulver fan. I was rooting for faber. I thought Faber's speed, strength and wrestling would overwhelm pulver, but he did great. There really was no loser in that fight.
i was pulling for pulver and was hoping he would pull out some crazy knockout in the 5th but damn u gotta give it up for the guy he took a savage beating and never let the smile leave his face.
those fights and faber are baddass also torrer vs faber would be nice
No doubt in my mind the best WEC ever. Its up there for me as one of the best events I've ever seen and I've seen a lot. I only wish I could have made it out there live.


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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's sharply divided parliament has elected a speaker in a step forward in the delayed government formation process, while a renewed push by Iraqi forces to recapture Tikrit from militants ended in retreat.
World powers and Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, had piled pressure on MPs to set aside their differences in the face of a jihadist-led offensive that has overrun swathes of territory north and west of Baghdad.
After two fruitless sessions earlier this month, MPs elected Salim al-Juburi as speaker, a post traditionally held by a Sunni Arab that must be filled before the process of forming a government can go ahead.
US officials including Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Iraqi leaders and urged a rapid follow-up. Biden called Juburi and the pair "agreed on the importance of acting quickly, consistent with constitutional timelines, to form a new government capable of uniting Iraqi communities in the fight against" the jihadist militants, the White House said.
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Prosecutor: State will rest in Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. Prosecutors say they are resting their case in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the judge Friday afternoon that the state would rest its case.
Over two weeks, prosecutors called more than three dozen witnesses. Those witnesses included Zimmerman's neighbors, who heard parts of the fight between Zimmerman and Martin; Martin's friend, who was talking to him moments before he was shot; police officers who responded to the scene; and medical experts who testified on Zimmerman's injuries.
Zimmerman's defense attorneys will now present their witnesses.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting the 17-year-old. He is pleading not guilty, claiming self-defense.
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The prosecution's case in the murder trial of George Zimmerman drew toward a close in dramatic fashion Friday with Travyon Martin's mother and brother saying the screams for help that can be heard in the background on a 911 call came from the 17-year-old.
Sybrina Fulton sat expressionless on the witness stand while prosecutors played the recording, in which high-pitched wails can be heard as Zimmerman's neighbor urges a dispatcher to send police quickly. Moments later on the call, there is a gunshot and the crying stops.
"Who do you recognize that to be?" prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda asked Sybrina Fulton.
"Trayvon Benjamin Martin," she replied.
She was followed on the stand by her son Jahvaris Fulton, Martin's 23-year-old half brother, who also testified the cries came from Martin.
Identifying the voice could be critical to the case because it could help the jury determine who was the aggressor during the scuffle that ended with Zimmerman killing Martin. Zimmerman's father has claimed it's his son yelling.
Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder, has said he shot the teen in self-defense during a fight.
When introducing herself to jurors, Sybrina Fulton described having two sons, one of whom "is in heaven."
During cross-examination, Zimmerman attorney Mark O'Mara suggested - haltingly, in apparent recognition of the sensitivity of the questioning - that Sybrina Fulton may have been influenced by others who listened to the 911 call, including relatives and her former husband.
O'Mara asked Fulton hypothetically whether she would have to accept that it was Zimmerman yelling for help if the screams did not come from her son.
"I heard my son screaming," Fulton answered firmly.
The defense attorney also asked Fulton whether she hoped Martin didn't do anything that led to his death.
"I would hope for this to never have happened and he would still be here," she said.
O'Mara asked Jahvaris Fulton why he told a reporter last year that he wasn't sure if the voice belonged to Martin. Jahvaris Fulton explained that he was "shocked" when he heard it.
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The next session with availability runs from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. The last session follows from Sept. 3 to 7. To register your child, visit the camp's website at campdelcorazon.org
Clairemont teenager Joey Toczylowski is looking forward to attending summer camp this year, but not because of bonfires and kumbayas.
He misses the feeling of being understood.
"It's just fun to hang around with people that have the same condition," said Joey, 13, who received a heart transplant after suffering a heart attack when he was 6. "They're similar and have been through everything I have been through."
This includes a lifelong routine of medications and trips to the doctor, something those at Camp del Corazon can identify with.
The weeklong program on Catalina Island is designed for children with heart disease. About 350 campers each year are given opportunities to test their physical abilities in a safe environment under the supervision of on-site nurses.
For the first time, patients will not be separated by age groups. Those 7 to 17 can attend by submitting an application and medical information from a cardiologist.
The price? Nothing.
Individual donations and fundraising cover the costs.
Co-founders Lisa Knight and Kevin Shannon said they want to fill every bed.
Both were inspired to start the venture when a patient of theirs struggled with showing his scar. Knight said the patient was so self-conscious that he refused to take off his towel in his school's locker room.
"We were fixing their heart but not the other part of their heart, which is the healing that needs to take place after having these experiences," said Knight, now the camp's executive director.
The goal is to give kids a typical camp experience by eliminating obstacles. Parents no longer have to worry about whether medication is administered. A nurse is assigned to each cabin. Campers can choose from a list of rigorous activities — kayaking, rock climbing and even hiking up a steep trail — without afterthought. A nurse is there, too.
The abilities of campers varies, said Shannon, who is also the camp's medical director and a professor of pediatric cardiology at UCLA. Roughly half of the kids have normal activity tolerance. The other half are limited and show symptoms of heart disease.
Joey shows no signs of slowing down.
He keeps busy with basketball, baseball and soccer between studies at School of the Madeleine in Clairemont. At camp, he enjoys archery and reaching the top of the rock-climbing wall.
He even won first place last year in a "most awesome scar" contest judged by actor Tom Arnold, who visited for a taping of the camp for an episode of "ER." He lifted his brown Camp del Corazon T-shirt with a proud smile, exposing a series of scars that looked like branches across his chest.
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