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OK moms, I have a simple Christmas craft for YOU today. You spend so much time doing for others, now is the time to take a few minutes to yourself and create. This adorable Christmas Chalkboard Frame is great to greet guests, countdown the days until Christmas, or write a holiday message.
- Unfinished wooden chalkboard frame (purchased at JoAnn but any craft store would carry it)
- Acrylic paint
- Sponge brush
- Mod Podge
- Mod Podge Rub on Transfers
The first thing I did was tape off the edges of the chalkboard using masking tape.
Next, I painted the wood on the top and sides using some red acrylic paint.
When the frame dries you can use the Mod Podge Rub on Transfers. I picked a sheet with Christmas sayings.
I cut out the sayings I wanted to use on my frame and placed them on sticky side down and rubbed them on using a Popsicle stick.
When I finished adding the rub on transfers all around the frame I decided it needed something more, so I added a layer of Mod Podge to give it a finished and polished look.
When it was all dry, I wrote a message with some chalk and propped it up in a frame stand. I told you it was simple!
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Chandler disliked the servile mindset of the civil service and quit, to the consternation of his family, becoming a reporter for the Daily Express and the Bristol Western Gazette newspapers. He was an unsuccessful journalist, published reviews, and continued writing Romantic poetry. Accounting for that checkered time he said, "Of course in those days as now there were...clever young men who made a decent living as freelances for the numerous literary weeklies..." but "...I was distinctly not a clever young man. Nor was I at all a happy young man."
In 1912, he borrowed money from his uncle (who expected it repaid with interest), and returned to the U.S., eventually settling in Los Angeles. He strung tennis rackets, picked fruit and endured a lonely time of scrimping and saving. Finally, he took a correspondence bookkeeping course, finished ahead of schedule, and found a steady job. In 1917, when the U.S. entered World War I, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, saw combat in the trenches in France with the Gordon Highlanders, and was undergoing flight training in the fledgling Royal Air Force (RAF) in England at war's end.
After the armistice, he returned to Los Angeles and his mother, and soon began a love affair with Cissy Pascal, a married woman eighteen years his senior. Chandler's mother, who had opposed the union, died on 26 September 1923, and not long after, in 1924, Chandler and Pascal married. By 1932, in the course of his bookkeeping career, he became a vice-president of the Dabney Oil syndicate, but a year later, his alcoholism, absenteeism, and a threatened suicide provoked his firing.
He regained US citizenship in 1956.
After his time in England he returned to La Jolla, where he died of pneumonial peripheral vascular shock and pre-renal uremia in the Scripps Memorial Hospital according to the death certificate. Helga Greene inherited the Chandler estate after a lawsuit with Jean Fracasse. Raymond Chandler is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California, as per Frank MacShane, The Raymond Chandler Papers, Chandler directed he be buried next to Cissy, but wound up in the cemetery's Potter's field, because of the lawsuit over his estate.
The high critical regard in which Chandler is generally held today is in contrast to the critical pans that stung Chandler in his lifetime. In a March 1942 letter to Mrs. Blanche Knopf, published in Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler, Chandler complained: "The thing that rather gets me down is that when I write something that is tough and fast and full of mayhem and murder, I get panned for being tough and fast and full of mayhem and murder, and then when I try to tone down a bit and develop the mental and emotional side of a situation, I get panned for leaving out what I was panned for putting in the first time."
Chandler's short stories and novels are evocatively written, conveying the time, place, and ambience of Los Angeles and environs in the 1930s and 1940s. The places are real, if pseudonymous: Bay City is Santa Monica, Gray Lake is Silver Lake, and Idle Valley a synthesis of rich San Fernando Valley communities.
Raymond Chandler also was a perceptive critic of pulp fiction; his essay "The Simple Art of Murder" is the standard reference work in the field.
All of his novels have been cinematically adapted, notably The Big Sleep (1946), by Howard Hawks, with Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe; novelist William Faulkner was a co-screenplay writer. Raymond Chandler's few screen writing efforts and the cinematic adaptation of his novels proved stylistically and thematically influential upon the American film noir genre.
These are the criminal cases of Philip Marlowe, a Los Angeles private investigator. Their plots follow a pattern in which the men and women hiring him reveal themselves as corrupt, corrupting, and criminally complicit as those against whom he must protect his erstwhile employers.
Interestingly, in the 1950s radio series The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, that included adaptations of the short stories, the Philip Marlowe name was replaced with the names of other detectives, e.g. Steve Grayce, in The King in Yellow. In fact, such changes restored the stories to their originally published versions. It was later, when they were republished, as Philip Marlowe stories that the Philip Marlowe name was used, with the exception being The Pencil.
Most of the short stories published before 1940 appeared in pulp magazines like Black Mask, and so had a limited readership. Chandler was able to recycle the plot lines and characters from those stories when he turned to writing novels intended for a wider audience.
I'll Be Waiting, The Bronze Door and Professor Bingo's Snuff all feature unnatural deaths and investigators (a hotel detective, Scotland Yard and California local police, respectively), but the emphasis is not on the investigation of the deaths.
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March 26, 2012
Cape Town Carnival 2012 in Photos
Fazielah Williams
Fazielah Williams has lived in and loved her Mother City since birth. Having lived all over the Peninsula during her childhood, she now calls the picturesque City Bowl home and likes nothing more than watching the sun set over Table Bay from the window of her apartment.
A lover of the arts and proud Cape Town fanatic, Fazielah began her writing career by spending many hours as a child conjuring fantastical stories that featured independent heroines from faraway lands who saved the Prince instead. This Capetonian princess has enjoyed stints as a magical arts PRO and TV publicist before finding her calling as a travel writer.
When not waxing lyrical about the Fairest Cape's most loved attractions and activities and embarking on unexpected adventures, Fazielah can usually be found taking in a show at one of the City's fabulous theatres.
Cape Town's Fanwalk was awash with vibrant colour as the third annual Cape Town Carnival exploded on Saturday March 24, 2012.
More than 100 000 spectators descended onto the Fanwalk in Green Point to witness a spectacle that boasted no less than 11 pods for its Cape to Cairo theme.
From shimmering belly dancers to fearsome crocodiles and mighty African warriors and queens to sexy Brazilian performers, this year's carnival was a smorgasbord of culture.
With costumes designed by the talented Cape Peninsula University of Technology students, performances by 2 000 voluntary performers and more, it was a celebration of diversity.
"We are so proud of the performers who delivered outstanding performances and the people of Cape Town did themselves proud with exemplary behaviour," said Rachel Jafta, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Cape Town Carnival. "We say a huge thank you to the National Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile, and our Mayor, Patricia de Lille, for their on-going support of the project."
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For most people that go to college, money is scarce. Everyone has heard the stories of starving college students saving up their money just to buy ramen noodles or a loaf of bread. Take it from someone that was poor throughout the entirety of my six and a half year college career; just because you're poor doesn't mean you have to live poor. If you follow these four easy steps, you too can live well and never have to pay for anything in college.
If you follow these rules you will never pay for anything in college and you will never have to get a job. You're welcome.
- Take out as many student loans as possible: I cannot stress this enough. Take out as much money as they will give you. Why not? It's free. If you don't follow this step you will have to get a job, and no one wants that. The only downside of student loans is that for the first couple of years of college they don't give you very much money (and that you have to pay it back after you graduate, but who can think that far ahead). Until your student loans increase, I suggest to supplement that income with a credit card.
- Get shit for free: Go to the student affairs office (or your school's equivalent) and ask for a schedule of all the events, speeches and meetings. Go through the list and find all events that have speakers from out of town, all club meetings, and any event that the Dean will be attending. I guarantee that everyone of those events will have cheese, cookies, finger sandwiches and maybe even pizza. Don't forget you MP3 player though, because those speeches are boring as shit! Enjoy and remember to always wear pants or shorts with cargo pockets so you have places to shove free food.
- Work: Calm down, I'm not talking about a job. The work I'm talking about usually involves the use of your body for the exchange of goods. This could be sex with a guy if you are either a chick or if you're a guy and willing to bone a dude. Remember, the only people willing to pay for sex is men. You could whackoff into a cup and sell you semen (god knows you get enough practice), but that market was saturated (pun intended) in the late 80's. There are buildings full of millions of containers of jizz. Most sperm banks are no longer willing to pay for your spluge, believe me I've tried them all. Medical experiments and selling organs are also good options, but those are hard to find. Your best bet is probably selling plasma. This may be less fun than selling your load to old married couples, but it pays well, and if you go out drinking after you're done, you will spend less of your hard earned money because you can get drunk faster.
- Be crafty: College is filled with opportunities for free stuff, but I can't layout every scenario for you. You're smart, you're in college, use your brain! If you are near the cafeteria and the fire alarm goes off, wait around and when everyone goes back in, walk in like you own the place. If you are walking and someone is giving out something for free, take one, circle the building and take another one. You can usually do this five or six times before they recognize you. And it doesn't matter what it is, take it. You never know when you will need it.
If you follow these rules you will never pay for anything in college and you will never have to get a job. You're welcome.


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Cumbess' Do-It-All Effort Leads No. 5 Softball Past Penn State
Feb. 23, 2014
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Senior pitcher Lauren Cumbess picked up her fourth win of the season and went 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBI, while senior outfielder Emily Jolly belted her fourth home run of the season, leading the No. 5/6 University of Kentucky softball team to a 8-1 victory over Penn State on Sunday in the final day of the FAU Invitational in Boca Raton, Fla.


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LANDOVER, MD — Allergy and asthma challenges get plenty of billing in the spring and fall, but there's usually very little mention of the hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system or the chronic inflammatory disease of the airways during the winter. However, December is when asthma flare-ups frequently occur, primarily because of triggers related to the flu, resulting in a higher number of hospitalizations.
"Allergies are an all-year problem that can make life miserable," said Mike Tringale, vice president of external affairs for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). "In the past, it's been considered a springtime phenomenon. Those of us who live with allergies and/or asthma know it's a year-round problem. The spring and fall are the two biggest seasons because outdoor allergens get in the way, a little less-so in summer and winter."
Roughly 22 million Americans have asthma. Some 40 to 45 million Americans have nasal allergies, with some crossover of the two maladies.
"With crossover in these two chronic diseases, it can make it difficult to manage," said Tringale. "Part of it is recognizing indoor versus outdoor allergens, and outdoor allergens that are brought inside, such as wood burning in the fireplace during the holidays. To get ready for the winter, it's important to have allergies and asthma under control."
The Wrinkle
Primary care providers (PCPs) see the vast majority of patients with asthma, and have a critical role to play if patients aren't also seeing an allergist, said Tringale.
"It's really important for them to be familiar with latest information about treating and preventing asthma," he said. "Many PCPs may not recognize the link between allergy and asthma. For example, a patient may come in during the fall for an allergy checkup, wheezing and coughing due to a respiratory problem, and/or constriction of air passages in the head and throat. They should also be screened for asthma, which has a different kind of diagnostic, workup, and questions."
Asthma emergency room visits and hospitalizations spike during flu season, noted Tringale. "The flu affects lungs and airways," he explained. "People with asthma already have compromised airways leading to the lungs, and the flu adds another layer of complexity and problems of chronic disease. In fact, patients with food allergies and asthma are at a higher risk of death. Even during the time of flu shot shortages, asthma patients were among the higher-risk population to receive flu shots, along with the elderly and pregnant women. It's very important for a physician to talk to a patient with moderate to severe allergies, and history of chronic bronchitis, to serve as a clue that they're at a higher risk for asthma."
PCPs, who are becoming the critical gatekeeper for the healthcare system, do a great job managing allergy and asthma patients, Tringale said.
"They're trained and are expected to be a much more comprehensive provider, with more comprehensive training in all disciplines," he said. "They're incentivized from keeping patients to go to specialists. On the flip side of the coin, many health plans don't want patients to go to specialists unless it's absolutely necessary – with rather severe symptoms."
In allergy care, many health plans have turned their philosophy into policy: the fail first approach, Tringale said.
"Many health plans now require a PCP to instruct allergy patients to seek over-the-counter solutions before providing a prescription for medication," he explained. "That means patients must visit the doctor twice, and try a medication that might not work for them. Trial and error isn't a very safe approach. Nonetheless, patients are driven to their healthcare providers, and if PCPs had a full array of asthma and allergy medications, they could manage the mild to moderate allergy and asthma patient well. Allergists often see the more severe form of disease, and have a few more tricks in their bag to help the severe allergic patient."


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YIELD: Serves 6
Cut the greens from the beets, leaving about 1 inch of the stems attached, and reserve the greens. Scrub the beets, wrap them tightly in 2 foil packages, and roast them on a baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until they are tender. Unwrap the beets carefully, discarding any liquid that may have accumulated in the foil, and let them cool until they can be handled. Peel and halve the beets and cut them into 1/4-inch slices.
In a small bowl stir together the crème fraîche, the horseradish to taste, the zest, and salt and pepper to taste. Wash well and drain the reserved greens, in a large skillet cook them with salt and pepper to taste in 1 tablespoon of the butter over moderately high heat, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until they are wilted, and transfer them to a platter. In the skillet cook the beets with salt and pepper to taste in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter over moderately high heat, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until they are hot, and spoon them over the greens. Top the beets with the horseradish cream and sprinkle the cream with the chives and salt and pepper to taste.


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My name is Ryan, I'm a big goof ball trying to find someone with whom to share laughter and fun times. In general, I'm a very light-hearted guy, that probably likes all the things everyone else says they like on here, plus some extras. So what makes me different if everyone puts that they like the same things, you ask? I have recently taken up curling (yup the weird winter Olympic sport where the athletes sweep the ice for what seems like no reason). Also I have run a marathon in addition to being part of a 12-member 189 mile relay race in Oregon. I've pretty much made my apartment into my personal gallery with my paintings taking up most of the wall space. And finally, I have a keen ability to twist a pun that will make you either laugh hysterically or want to punch me in the face, depending on your stance on puns. I'm looking for someone who is confident, who likes quirkiness and has a keen wit. I love good jams regardless of genre, so if you can introduce me to some new music and can understand my eclectic music taste, you are golden. I like someone who is very candid and comfortable in their own skin. Finally, above all else, I look for optimists. If you make the best of every situation, you rarely have a bad time. Hopefully I'll be hearing from you soon. P.S. I'm a big Stars and Rangers fan, so bonus points if you are into those teams.
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Quotes About Inspirational
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"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth."
― William W. Purkey
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth."
― William W. Purkey
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
― Mahatma Gandhi
― Mahatma Gandhi
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story
― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
― Mahatma Gandhi
― Mahatma Gandhi
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
"Without music, life would be a mistake."
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the Hammer
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the Hammer
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
― Marilyn Monroe
― Marilyn Monroe
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present."
― Bil Keane
― Bil Keane
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
― Thomas A. Edison
― Thomas A. Edison
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
― Elie Wiesel
― Elie Wiesel
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!
"This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."
― Marilyn Monroe
― Marilyn Monroe
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
― George Eliot
― George Eliot
"Everything you can imagine is real."
― Pablo Picasso
― Pablo Picasso
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
― Theodore Roosevelt
― Theodore Roosevelt
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
― Shel Silverstein
― Shel Silverstein
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
― Helen Keller
― Helen Keller
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
― C.S. Lewis
― C.S. Lewis
"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
― George Bernard Shaw
― George Bernard Shaw
"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."
― Audrey Hepburn
― Audrey Hepburn
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
― Winston S. Churchill
― Winston S. Churchill
"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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But Russia hadn't advanced to either Euro or WorldCup playoffs since 1990, so the "patriots" lost the battle. Now, if Guus Hiddink doesn't succeed in leading Russia to the quarter-finals, the opinion that the Russian team needs a Russian coach will receive a serious boost. Russian football bureaucrats are notorious for their short temper, and it seems unlikely that the Dutch coach will have a chance to stay until the next World Cup."
It has world-class stars: Ibrahimović, Larsson, Ljungberg. Of course, it's a strong team, but not as strong as the Spanish. Our team can win, if we organize our game along proper tactical lines, and if everybody plays with total commitment. As for the game itself, I think it will be similar to the previous game with Greece. Russia will attack, and Sweden will try to use our possible mistakes and counter-attack."


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SGI Autumn Training Session Held in Tokyo, Japan
On November 12, 2009, 250 leaders from 60 countries and territories participated in the opening meeting of the 2009 SGI Autumn Training Session at the Soka International Friendship Hall in Sendagaya, Tokyo.
In his message to the SGI members attending the training course, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda expressed his appreciation for those who traveled a great distance to Japan and stated they were "pioneers" of the worldwide effort to create lasting peace.
Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was present at the introductory session to answer questions. Mr. Harada emphasized that a leader should be able to encourage those who are struggling, and that leaders should impart to members the joy and conviction that arises from practicing Buddhism.
SGI-Hong Kong General Director John Ng Chor Yuk and SGI-Peru General Director José Juárez Salazar reported on recent SGI activities in their respective countries. Lastly, SGI General Director Yoshitaka Oba stated that a leader with strong conviction and faith can impart hope for others.
On November 13, participants attended a lecture at the Soka International Friendship Hall. SGI Study Department Chief Katsuji Saito spoke about the true nature of benefit which practitioners derive from the Lotus Sutra and emphasized that through correct Buddhist practice each person can bring forth the courage to break through their limitations.
On November 15, training session participants attended local Soka Gakkai exchange meetings at thirty-two venues in five prefectures within the Kanto region. SGI members from Italy, Sweden, Iceland, Greece and Norway attended a meeting at the Urayasu Peace Center in Chiba at which a boys and girls chorus performed.
Members from Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica attended an exchange meeting in Tochigi Prefecture. SGI-Panama General Director Gabriel Martínez Garcés reminisced about his visit to Tochigi 26 years ago and expressed his appreciation for being able to visit once again. Local members performed a classical Japanese dance for the visitors. Several representatives shared experiences of practicing Buddhism.
[Adapted from articles in the November 13, 14 and 16, 2009, issues of the Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan; photos courtesy of Seikyo Shimbun]


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Tom Walker's "Ramicack!" to be featured in art exhibit at AU
The Jessie C. Wilson Galleries at Anderson University are proud to present "Ramicack!" an exhibition of letterpress prints by Tom Walker.
In this installation of baseball-themed, pennant posters Walker showcases his love of experimenting with printing methods, using metal and wood type from the collection at Indiana University Graphic Design Press.


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Stephen Keel shows the world how the Red Bulls do it in Cancun
Stephen Keel shows the world how the Red Bulls do it in Cancun
While everyone else in the New York area is still dealing with the last remnants of winter, the Red Bulls skipped out of town for preseason preparations in Mexico. To document the proceedings in Cancun, someone came up with the idea to give Stephen Keel a camera and let him go wild.
The result was some absolutely vintage stuff from Keel packed into four episodes of priceless footage.
Highlights in no particular order:
- Red moustaches
- bocce ball
- Remember the Titans
- Alcohol-free Piña Coladas
- Scandinavians
- Oblivious tourists
- Zip lines
- Fake English accents
- Ball washing stations
- Scandinavians
- Baby fat
- Designer sunglasses
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Broncs end season at regionals
Date posted: May 16, 2014
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Broncs ended their soccer season at regionals in Gillette on Thursday night. The Broncs played Cheyenne East and lost 2-1.
"We will continue to grow over the summer at camps," head coach Kevin Rizer said.
The Broncs' Dontae Crow scored a goal in the first eight minutes of the game.
Rizer said both teams played well in the first half. In the second half, the Broncs gave up a goal and East was able to get another goal 20 minutes into the second half. The Broncs couldn't get the ball in the back of the net after that.
"With a young team I feel everything starts with the football team and rolls from there," Rizer said. "We like the athletes to play other sports to help them get competitive and stay in shape."
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I used to love Chick-fil-A.
It started when I was a kid. Mom would take us to the mall, and every so often we'd get lunch there; I remember how much I loved the hearty warmth of their chicken noodle soup on a cold day. The summer after fourth grade, we moved from North Carolina to Pittsburgh, where there was nary a Chick-fil-A to be found. I missed it — and with a child's naivete, I didn't even know it was a chain restaurant, so I was delighted, years later, to discover my error.
Now, I've never eaten a lot of fast food. My family treated drive-thru fries and chicken nuggets as a road-trip treat, or occasionally a desperate necessity. As an adult, I grew almost too snobby even for that, wanting to join friends and foodies in eschewing the evil that McDonald's (et al.) was wreaking on American bodies and souls.
And yet we'd all make an exception for Chick-fil-A.
We'd exult in the juiciness and perfectly spiced breading of the chicken nuggets. The robust potatoey goodness of their waffle fries – with the skins on, salt crystals mingling with tangy ketchup, you could still just about convince yourself that you were eating your vegetables. The rich, creamy cole slaw dressing on crisp shredded cabbage. The happy little secret that you could order a kid's meal (if you weren't THAT hungry), and trade in the "toy" for an Ice Dream cone. Their breakfast burritoes were a revelation; their milkshakes, a joy. And I was so proud that the cracktacularly tasty Chick-fil-A sauce was created in my family's adopted hometown of Fredericksburg, VA. Sure, we all bemoaned the irony there was no day you wanted Chick-fil-A more than Sunday, but we agreed that their willingness to sacrifice a day of moneymaking for their beliefs was eminently respectable.
So yes, as you can see, I really used to love Chick-fil-A.
But there are a lot of things I love in this world.
I love truth. Which means: I love logic, with its structured proofs. I love science and its continued illumination of the universe. I love compassion, and the way that the Golden Rule seems to be as close to a universal guideline for good living as we can get.
I love art that is full of emotion and intelligence. Which means: I love Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate. I love Ani diFranco's music. I love Andy Warhol's soup cans. I love too many Oscar Wilde quotations to count. I love the comedic Midas touch of Neil Patrick Harris. I love the warm, gentle humor of Ellen deGeneres.
I love my family. Which means: I love my aunts, who married almost a year ago in a beautiful ceremony followed by an epically kick-ass party. They've been there for me at my best and my worst, shared their wisdom over wine and whiskey, and somehow always make me feel like I'm as cool as they are.
I love my friends. Which means: I love the ones who have come out to me, and entrusted me with the deepest and most incontrovertible secret of their hearts – a secret that could get them killed if they were in the wrong part of the world (or the country), and could have gotten them kicked out of the military (before DADT was repealed, anyway… with no discernible effect except that brilliant, talented people aren't compelled to lie or leave the service over who they love anymore).
I love somebody else terrific who I think might be gay, but until he tells me himself or broadcasts it on social media, I am respecting his quiet. Because what I don't love – what I truly hate – is the fact that he might have problems if people knew that he likes boys. That he might be discriminated against, mocked, bullied, or beaten up because he's not like the majority. That he might be forced to hide, and lie, and play "the pronoun game."
Above all, I love love. I love love stories, seeing my friends fall in love, love songs. And back in my dating years, I would fall in love the way some people fell into debt, or perhaps an uncovered well. I was a junkie for the exhilaration of new crushes, of heady first kisses, of meets-cute that gave a fleeting glimpse of all the fun that might be yet to come. And in among all this blithe pinballing, I kept falling in love again and again with this one wonderful guy, who never failed to bring a calm, warm sunshine to my life. I am blessed to call him my husband now (we got married on a pirate ship; it was freaking awesome). With him, I've learned that real, true love between two people – the kind that runs deeper than mere attraction or interest or spark, yet combines all those things with enduring friendship and respect and commitment – can only bring good things to the world. We can do a lot more together than we ever could separately: for our community, for our friends, for our families, and for each other.
So, hey: marriage suits us, but it isn't for everyone, and if you're a sworn bachelor[ette] for life, that's completely awesome ::high fives:: But if you have found someone you want to stick with, and you want a certain kind of life, marriage helps. It makes things easier if you want to live together and share property, and way easier if you want to visit each other in the hospital, or share your benefits. Marriage becomes a requirement if you happen to love someone who lives in another country (as I found out, I couldn't legally live in Japan with my husband until we were married), or isn't an American citizen yet (as a dear friend found out, when she fell in love with a handsome Irishman and entered the green-card jungle). Most laws, policies, and rules — and particularly those surrounding worst-case scenarios — seem to revolve around the legal concept of marriage and family. So whatever your feelings on marriage as a religious sacrament or cultural tradition, the simple truth is that a civil marriage, the kind that is a legal contract between two consenting unmarried adults, is often the easiest way (and sometimes the only way) to build a life with the person you love. I believe we all deserve the opportunity to enter into that contract, if we choose to, and I know I'm lucky to be able to do so of my own free will.
Of course, I've been lucky in many ways. No one has ever made rude comments about the gender of my partner when I was out on a date. No one judged me when we held hands. Nobody protested my wedding, and no establishments will refuse to serve me dinner if I lean over and kiss my spouse. But there are many people — people I respect, whose contributions to society I value, who I care about deeply — who are not so lucky. And I refuse to demean them by knowingly supporting anyone with a message that tells them that they aren't worthy of love and all the joyful things that go with it.
So, back to the chikin. About a year ago, I started hearing murmurs that Chick-fil-A had made donations to organizations whose agendas were decidedly anti-equality. But as Chick-fil-A had continually claimed that they were not "anti-anybody," and since I live in Japan (no Chick-fil-As here) and I wasn't really keeping up on domestic fast-food headlines at the time, I'm ashamed to say it didn't really register.
Then, in July, Dan Cathy made his infamous "guilty as charged" comments about his support for the "biblical definition of the family unit," to include substantial donations towards groups that are actively fighting to prevent marriage equality from becoming a reality. Many people have discussed and challenged his comments at lengths both incredibly thoughtful and satirical. And I've been thinking about them continually over the last several months.
I have never had an issue with marriage equality. As an ill-informed youngster, I admit I briefly bought into the "civil union" pitch, but that was because I didn't understand the difference between civil unions and marriage. And honestly, I didn't really understand the difference between civil marriage and religious marriage until I was preparing for my own wedding. It turns out that the American public-at-large's conception of Christian marriage is more of a snapshot-mosaic of the current prescriptions and traditions of many flavors of Christianity. Churches are [mostly-] voluntary groups of individuals who can choose to set their own in-group societal norms, in accordance with their First Amendment rights. Marriages performed by and included in those churches may (and typically do) include obligations, responsibilities, or privileges (all within the church) beyond those of the civil marriage contract. A church can choose not to perform or recognize a marriage that doesn't comply. Congregants, in turn, may choose to abide by the terms of the church, perhaps try to change them, or choose to leave.
I fully support the rights of these groups and members to set and follow their rules, and apply them to themselves and each other ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…"). But, interestingly enough, there are religious traditions that are totally okay with marriage equality; should we democratically elect legislators who introduce church beliefs into law, mightn't such a law have to pass the Constitutionality test with respect to equality-friendly free exercise?
That line of argument notwithstanding, my litmus test for any religious organization that wants to take their in-group norm and introduce it into law is: show me that this law isn't just an extension of your beliefs, but that it will be rationally related to a legitimate government interest (I'm no Constitutional scholar, but I think I get the gist of the rational basis test). If they do not (and thus far, anti-equality groups have not done so to my satisfaction), I will view them and their supporters as suspect. And if you add that suspicion to my fierce objections to any message that declares someone fundamentally sinful or wrong because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (oh, and after being told that their "sexual orientation is a choice," trying to change, and inevitably failing, they are driven to self-loathing/self-harm/suicide)… well, I get a little fired up.
In our increasingly-connected world, private beliefs quickly become public. A microcosm of society can spread a message lightning-fast, to great effect. And before you knew it, the July news cycle and the Twittosphere and Facebook were abuzz with discussion of the a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, and Chick-fil-A kiss-ins, and city officials threatening to block Chick-fil-A from establishing new locations in their areas.
Back then, a guy whom I usually regard as rather worldly and practical wrote (and I quote):
Who cares what the CEO of a restaurant believes? As long as it serves food that meets your diet needs and offers courteous service to all people regardless of their values/lifestyle, it shouldn't matter. I'm sure that if the CEO of Dairy Queen announced that he was for same-sex marriage, we wouldn't be seeing the tiny conservative towns in Texas and in the south militantly attacking their local DQ.
Another commenter on his thread chirped up:
Starbucks took a stand about something like that and Christians didn't stop going to Starbucks or boycott it.
Now, I am as guilty as anyone of looking for the news that tells me what I'm interested in, so I was aware that the National Organization for Marriage tried to organize a boycott of Starbucks, and that it hadn't gone well.
So who cares what a CEO does? It seems both sides do. The question is, how much?
I have a hypothesis that people who do not support LGBTQ rights generally aren't experiencing personal hardship if ground is gained in the fight for, say, marriage equality. They might generally disapprove of events in the political arena, or a company's stance on the issue, and they might feel icky if they accidentally tune in to Modern Family, but they can find ways to express those opinions (at home, in church, calling in to Rush Limbaugh) without experiencing any real discomfort or inconvenience. So in the end, it's harder to get a non-supporter to make an inconvenient personal choice, say, to dump their tasty pumpkin spice latte and stick it to Starbucks… because it's ultimately not that big of a deal.
But people who support LGBTQ rights tend to do so because they have experienced the personal hardship of discrimination themselves. Or they have a close friend or family member who has experienced discrimination. (Or maybe they're just, y'know, committed to human rights, equality, and liberty.) As a result, supporters tend to be a lot more vocal and passionate, and far more willing to make lifestyle changes that withdraw their support from any organization that actively undermines their rights or the rights of the people they care about.
Boycotts against homophobic organizations succeed because supporters of marriage equality know what's at stake. We are willing to fight for marriage equality because we know it IS that big of a deal. Marriage equality is not actually about sex, or lust, or sin. Not at its heart. It's about the one thing we all want and need more than any other in this world: love.
This week, Chick-fil-A is back in the news. I was momentarily hopeful when it seemed they had reconsidered their position on marriage equality, but it appears nothing has changed – at least, not yet. So as sad as I am to say I once loved Chick-fil-A, I will always love my family, my friends, and equality for everyone a lot more. If a company chooses to express private beliefs in the public arena, that is their right. Likewise, it is our right to engage in public discourse and peaceful legal protests, and in that other great American tradition: voting with your dollars. I've learned to fry some pretty tasty chicken since July, so while Dan Cathy can do what he chooses with his money, he won't be doing it with mine.
(And you know… I always thought the cows were kinda creepy.)


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The Clio Awards are given to reward creative excellence in advertising and design. They are awarded in a number of fields, including: TV, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Integrated Campaign, Innovative Media, Design, Internet, Content & Contact, and Student work.
The awards are named for the Greek Muse of history Clio and were first given in 1959. They were expanded to include international work in 1965. The 1991 ceremony was plagued by scandal. The scheduled presenter failed to appear and two impromptu presenters struggled to carry out the show—a task that was made all the more difficult by the lack of a winners list. Following this, a group of investors headed by Chicago publisher Ruth Ratny reorganized the awards program, and eventually sold it to Dutch-owned company VNU, which in 2007 changed its name to Nielsen and is the Clio's parent company to this day.
Clio is one of the largest awards programs of its kind. Their official press release indicates that in 2007 they received over 19,000 entries from all over the world, and over 110 judges from 62 countries comprised the jury.
The judges are instructed to value ideas more highly than mere execution as they look at all entries submitted and select a shortlist. From that, they vote to award the very best work with statues—bronze, silver or gold. The Clio judging process allows for more than one Gold, Silver or Bronze winner, or in some cases, no winner at all, within individual mediums (TV, Print, etc.). If judges determine a Gold winner is "best-of-the-best" in the medium, the Grand Clio may be given to that entry. Only 1% of all entries receive awards, which are given at two separate award shows during a four day Clio Festival in South Beach, Miami, Florida in May.


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Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program
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Army ROTC at Wayne State College is offered through a cross enrolled program between WSC and the University of South Dakota's ROTC Program. The college courses offered through ROTC are referred to as "military science courses" that add leadership training and management experience to your chosen academic pursuits. Students may major in any given major that will lead to a bachelor's or graduate degree at WSC. Basic military science courses in geo-political topics, history, management and leadership count as social science credits applicable toward graduation. All ROTC military science courses are tuition free and books are provided to students from ROTC and not purchased at the bookstore.
There is not military service obligation for enrolling in military science basic courses level 100 and 200. The curriculum is designed to be exciting, educational and flexible enough to meet scholastic requirements while helping you to accomplish your academic and personal goals. Advanced courses refine skills and abilities and include a paid 32-day Leadership Development Advanced Course at Fort Lewis, Washington, in between your junior and senior year.
Students enrolled in military science basic courses at WSC can participate via classroom, teleconference and video class instruction. ROTC instructors teach basic military science courses on the campus of WSC and you will have the opportunity to come to USD and participate in fun and adventurous leadership labs where you will meet USD students in the ROTC Program. Students can expect to participate in activities that include: rappelling, marksmanship, field training exercises, Ragner Challenge, color guard, and military socials.
Two and three year Scholarships are available each year for students enrolled in ROTC courses at WSC that pay for full tuition/fees, $900 a year for books and a monthly stipend ranging from $300-400 dollars to pay for any other expenses such as rent or room/board. The military service obligation for on-campus ROTC scholarship recipients is 4 years active duty. In addition, you may even qualify to join the Army Reserve or Army National Guard while enrolled in ROTC and receive additional educational and financial benefits.
If you're a veteran, you may use your military experience to receive academic and advanced placement credit and take full advantage of your veteran's benefits in addition to Army ROTC benefits.
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Fring, Slacker, TeleNav, NAVIGON comment on Apple's iPhone 4.0 multitasking
The first of Apple's big iPhone OS 4 announcements was multitasking, and the first set of multitasking announcements were APIs to let streaming music (think internet radio), location services (think navigation, check-in games, social networks), and VoIP services (think internet telephony) register threads in the background. For users this means you can keep listening to your songs, getting your turn-by-turn directions, and answering your virtual phone all while surfing the web or playing a game.
To find out what it means for developers, we asked some. Read what they had to say after the break!
NAVIGON, which makes MobileNavigator [$79 -- iTunes link]:
We are very excited about the background location feature and will work on implementing this into our app, so that the app can run in the background and provide directions when, for example, taking a call. We've really been waiting for this, so it's great to see this happening now.
TeleNav, which powers AT&T Navigator [Subscription - iTunes link], Rogers Navigator [Subscription - iTunes link] and other location-aware services and apps:
Overall, we are very excited about the new multitasking and background location features as it opens up a variety of new capabilities for navigation and other location-based services on the iPhone. We're actively working on new features and capabilities and look forward to sharing these with consumers soon.
Slacker, which offers Slacker Radio [Subscription - iTunes link]:
Right now 4 out of 5 of our mobile apps are on platforms that support multitasking and our listeners have let us know they enjoy being able to utilize their smartphone's functions while listening to their favorite music. We are elated that soon Slacker listeners using their iPhone will have this same capability.
Fring, which makes the VoIP service of the same name [Free - iTunes link]
fring is congratulating Apple for reaching this decision, which will only enhance the iPhone/ iPad's user experience. With the allowance for VoIP calls over 3G and now the background VoIP functionality, Apple is taking great steps allowing for the freedom of choice fring has been a big supporter of, since day one.
Seems like they're happy. While some internet chatter has revolved around whether iPhone OS 4 is providing "true" multitasking or not, the end result for the user is that they're getting these 3 types of functionality in the next update. Of course, we'd enjoy other services as well, including persistent connections for SSH and like protocols, and background updates for timelines like IM, but from zero to this for 3rd parties is certainly a good start.
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Reader comments
Fring, Slacker, TeleNav, NAVIGON comment on Apple's iPhone 4.0 multitasking
Multitasking should of been implemented on 3.0 just like mms should of appeared on 2.0; iPhone is the greatest phone in the world but no matter what AT&T was saying at the time, mms came a year too late just like multitasking did.
On the bright side, I'm looking forward to this even though all my iPhones have been jailbroken to date.
I find this hilarious everyone going bonkers over the soon to be multitasking capabilities of the iphone 4.0 os when the majority of people have been multitasking with proswitcher for a while now. It is really a great feature however apple needs to come up with something that we have not already beaten them to.
I just want to see the 93 other features. What we have seen so far has put the phone right where just about every other phone is. I'm not really thinking about the new phone. Just the OS. We already know the phone will take it up some more notches. It's the features. I do have a question though. If in app SMS is coming as a feature what about the apple apps? Will that have it as well.
@Gino from the Bronx:
I don't think they should update the older phones. All companies drop support for older devices. It costs money to implement the software for older devices. Not only do they have to test it (it is unreasonable to think they should just release it without testing), but for the devices with half the memory, develop ways to make it work efficiently. The iPhone 3G has 128mb while 3Gs has 256mb. Multitasking will obviously need the memory. If you want those features ... then upgrade your phone. Simple.
Christopher cox, I was referring to operating systems not the actual phone generations. I've had a 2g, 3G and now 3GS. Ive upgraded every year and will probably continue on doing so :)
I'm not surprised that Developers are talking nice-nice about the new possibilities. After all they want to curry favor for when they submit their first app for review.
It remains to be seen whether this form of multitasking as imagined by Apple will be sufficient. Its not really a true multitasking environment as you would find in OSX, Linux, or even (shudder) Windows. That apple looked only at existing apps to determine what they might need to multitask sort of limits what might be possible if they did it in a more traditional way.
ProSwitcher ftw. I think i will not upgrade 4.0 since i got everything else from a jailbroken 3gs. And considering it, i have to charge up Every day without using multitasking. I will stick with live multitasking ( wich should he also a features who wants to run apps without services. Just saying.
I'm happy that they're happy and we can all be happy when 4.0 is released (provided we have a 3GS or buy a 4th generation device). However, now that the cat's out of the bag on this feature I'm more interested in the other API's that were alluded to but not focused upon in the presentation. No doubt many will allow new capabilities in the apps we already have and bring even more goodness to the next release this summer.
To those who keep talking about pro switcher. Consider probably 90% of iPhone owners don't even know what a jailbreak is. We do because we're lame and commenting here. But the vast majority the multitasking is new. Say jailbreak or proswitcher to the average iPhone user. They'd look at you with a fish eye. A majorty don't use proswitcher. We the small minority do.
Sometimes people don't understand that Apple may not be the first to do things. Apple was not the first to make a "smart phone", but in my opinion they were defiantly the best at making the smart phone. Apple was not the first at doing a touch screen, but MANY people have said they were the best at doing it. These are just 2 examples of how Apple may sometimes be a little late to the game, but when they get there they are game changers.
Backgrounder has let me have this for months. If apple really loved us theyd give us the abilty to choose which of our apps run in the background.
Apple is doing it right. I have an Android phone as well for development and it's the most unstable piece of crap ever made. Virtually worthless in my opinion - and if they don't get their act together soon I will drop app support for the platform.
Moving forward with features too fast to support the less than 1% of all users who whine and jailbreak their phones to get "features" that are not supported is not smart business.
Making a rock solid platform that works for 90% of their users right out of the box is sound business. Delivering additional features as the hardware and software can solidly support them - and the market will use them and pay for them - is the right approach.
Love them or hate them, Apple understands how to be successful and make killer products at the same time.
I have been with Fring for sometime now, and I am satisfied with it, really nice software.


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Dutch photographer Sander Meisner beautifully explores neglected urban corners
Botanica by Sander Meisner, is the latest offering from London-based publishers The Velvet Cell. A beautifully realised volume of urban landscape photography it approaches its subject with an unusual twist. Where many of his contemporaries focus their lenses on either the urban or the rural specifically, Sander explores the point where these two opposing worlds converge – with a wizened branch creeping across a motorway siding and neglected patches of foliage that lurk behind service stations.
Sander began concentrating on these unobserved landscapes quite by accident while undertaking another project with an architectural theme. Finding himself constantly drawn to the neglected spaces that occur sporadically across cityscapes he began photographing them religiously, and the result is now available for all to enjoy.
We've commented before on our scepticism for night photography (in fact that's how we became aware of Sander's project in the first place) but once again it's a thrill to have our doubts shattered by a man who clearly understands how to capture the night.


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'Glee': You Ask, I Answer on Neil Patrick Harris, Molly Shannon and a shocking reveal
Your "Glee" questions, my answers...
The Neil Patrick Harris/Joss Whedon "Glee" episode is almost here. I feel like we've been waiting forever. Have you seen it? Do you think it's good? -Devin
Yes. NPH is great in everything he tackles, as far as I'm concerned -- check out a clip of him on the show, playing Schue's high school nemesis -- but the highlight of the hour is actually the Artie-Tina storyline. It's pretty intense and kind of heartbreaking. Artie's definitely going through a hard time. Thankfully, he has the love of a good woman to keep his spirits up. With Tina's encouragement, he will start thinking about the possibility of maybe getting out of the wheelchair one day. That positive attitude will lead to a fantasy sequence in which Artie not only walks, but shows off Kevin McHale's impressive dance skills. In a mall. It's kind of awesome.
What is Molly Shannon doing on "Glee" in the episode that Joss Whedon directed? -Katherine
I believe she's only in one short scene, but she will put some very Molly Shannon-esque stuff on display. If you're a fan of hers, you'll get a good little laugh. Oh, and her hilarious "Kath & Kim" costar, John Michael Higgins -- whom you may also remember as Jennifer Aniston's sing-songy brother in "The Break-Up" -- makes a great cameo as well.
I need Jesse St. Sexy scoop, Korbi! Will we ever see him again? -Mel
Oh, yeah. St. Sexy returns this Tuesday (May 18) and he will forgive Rachel for the "Run, Joey, Run" debacle. In fact, he comes back even sweeter than before and so very supportive of Rachel's desire to find her mother.
Just remember, as executive producer Ryan Murphy told us, the kid does have an agenda. Be prepared for a huge reveal this week, in which Jesse is involved. His true intentions will finally become clear.
Did Jesse St. James go back to Vocal Adrenaline after breaking up with Rachel? -Natalie
No, apparently he was just on Spring Break last Tuesday... sort of weird how he was the only one, but whatever. He's still in New Directions. By the season finale, however, the situation will change.
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Man dubbed 'East Coast Rapist' pleads guilty to Maryland crimes
East Coast Rapist: Aaron Thomas in courtComment
The man known as the "East Coast Rapist" was in court Friday in Prince George's County. Aaron Thomas faces first degree rape and related charges.
Aaron Thomas indicted on six rape charges in Prince George's CountyComment
Aaron Thomas has already been sentenced to five life terms plus 80 years in connection with a series of sexual assaults in Leesburg and Prince William County.
Aaron Thomas sentenced to two life terms for Leesburg attackComment
The man dubbed "The East Coast rapist" was sentenced Friday to two life terms in connection with a 2001 rape and kidnapping in Leesburg.
Aaron Thomas, East Coast Rapist, sentenced to three life terms in prisonComment
A Prince William County judge showed no mercy Friday to the man who was responsible for as many as 17 attacks across Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Aaron Thomas, suspected East Coast Rapist, pleads guilty in Prince William CountyComment
The suspected East Coast Rapist pleaded guilty to additional rape and abduction counts Friday in Prince William County a day after he admitted guilt in Loudoun County.
Aaron Thomas, suspected East Coast rapist, pleads guiltyComment
The accused East Coast rapist pleaded guilty to one count of rape and one count of abduction in a Loudoun County courtroom Thursday.
East Coast rapist: Aaron Thomas backs out of plea dealComment
Aaron Thomas, the man who allegedly raped more than a dozen women across the East Coast for more than a decade, has backed out of a plea deal in Prince William County in connection to the rape of two girls in Northern Virginia.
East Coast rape suspect: Women were objectsComment
"They were objects," Aaron Thomas told The Washington Post in a series of telephone interviews from his jail cell in Virginia's Prince William County. "Whoever came down the street, an object. ... It's awful. It's scary. ... I don't know why I couldn't just stop."
Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast rapist, denied second competency evaluationComment
A judge agreed with prosecutors that there was no reason for a new evaluation for the suspected East Coast rapist. A prior report concluded Thomas was feigning mental illness.
Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast Rapist, declared competent to stand trialComment
As three of the girls he allegedly victimized looked on Thursday, 40-year-old Aaron Thomas, the accused East Coast Rapist, was formally charged with two counts of rape in a Prince William County court.
Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast rapist, indicted in VirginiaComment
A grand jury in Prince William County formally charged Aaron Thomas on Tuesday with abducting three teenage trick-or-treaters on Halloween 2009 and raping two of them.
Aaron Thomas' first court appearance lasts only five minutesComment
In hearing that lasted all of five minutes Wednesday morning, Aaron Thomas immediately demanded access to an attorney. He faces eight counts of rape, abduction and use of a firearm.
Suspected East Coast rapist now in Prince William's custodyComment
Aaron Thomas, accused of raping 17 women along the East Coast, is now in the custody of Prince William County Police in Manassas.
Aaron Thomas, suspected rapist, to be extradicted to VirginiaComment
A Connecticut judge on Monday agreed to send a man suspected in rapes along the East Coast to Virginia, where he faces more charges and a longer sentence if convicted.
Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast Rapist, to fight extradition to VirginiaComment
Prosecutors in the case against, Aaron Thomas, the man who stands accused of raping and attacking 17 women throughout the East Coast, are planning to have him extradited to Virginia.
Police: East Coast rapist linked to 1999 Md. assaultComment
A man suspected in a series of rapes along the East Coast, including Virginia and Maryland, may be connected to another sexual assault in Maryland.
East Coast Rapist: Suspect in rapes from Virginia to Connecticut goes back to courtComment
Aaron Thomas, the alleged "East Coast Rapist" who is from Virginia and also lived in Prince George's County, is due in court. Authorities say DNA confirms he's responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women from Virginia to Connecticut.
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Cendere: name of a little river and a place, site of a Roman bridge, built by the Sixteenth Legion Flavia Firma.
The construction was 118 meters long and is part of the road to Nemrud Daği. On each of the two bridgeheads were two pillars with a statue, dedicated to the emperor, to his wife Julia Domna, and to their sons Caracalla and Geta. (When the latter was murdered, his statue was removed and his name erased from the inscriptions.)
The statues of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna shown below are not from Cenderey, but from a nymphaeum in Perge in southern Turkey, and can now be seen in the Archaeological Museum of Antalya. Similar statues were standing on top of the pillars at the Cendere bridge.


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By Sgt. Christina Rockhill, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service
CAMP AL-TAHREER, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2004 With recent questions raised in the media about the battle readiness of troops in Iraq, 1st Cavalry Division leaders wanted to assure their soldiers that they have the best equipment the Army has to offer and are continuing to work the issue.
Force protection was the driving force behind the 1st Cavalry Division's efforts to provide armored layers to its fleet of vehicles, officials said. The effort began even before the division began migrating north from Kuwait into Baghdad in April.
"Task Force Baghdad soldiers are sent on combat patrol missions in an armored tracked vehicle, an M-1114 (armored Humvee) or a Humvee with Army-provided add- on armor," said Brig. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, assistant division commander for support. "We continue to maximize every opportunity the Army provides to apply more add-on armor. We also continue to work tirelessly to add such armor to our heavy truck fleet."
Lt. Col. Larry Phelps is the chief of logistics for the 1st Cavalry Division, and is known in the division as "Larry 'Up- Armor' Phelps." He arrived in January before the division, and has been the driving force in making sure the soldiers of Task Force Baghdad have the needed equipment to accomplish their mission.
"We have not missed a single opportunity the Army has afforded to apply armor to our vehicles," Phelps said. "We've far outpaced most units in the Army in our ability to apply that armor."
More than half of all the division Humvees in theater are up-armored, either through Army-provided add-on-armor kits or as M1114 up-armored Humvees. Phelps said 24 new M1114 Humvees are on the way, and as production in the Army has increased, so have the systems for Task Force Baghdad units.
"Humvees do not depart any of our camps for any reason unless they are up- armored," Hammond said. "However, not everything is up-armored to the degree we want, and we won't rest until all vehicles are up-armored."
Enhancing the force protection posture of Task Force Baghdad has been a work in progress.
"Every time the Army goes out to war, we never start out with the perfect equipment. It has to evolve over time, and I think this is part of the evolution," Phelps said.
"We've done everything humanly possible to make this thing work, short of building an up-armored wheeled vehicle factory here," Hammond said. "Does that mean because I occupy an M-1114, I'm not going to get hurt? Well, we know nothing in this environment is for certain. But, we have the best equipment available. And that -- combined with good, smart tactics on the road -- gives you the greatest opportunity for troop force protection."
Making sure the vehicles are up-armored isn't the only way the division is looking out for its Task Force Baghdad soldiers. Phelps said the division has made sure its soldiers have the proper individual equipment such as outer tactical vests with small-arms protective inserts, ballistic protective eyewear, combat earplugs and protectors for the shoulder and armpit regions.
"There's nothing we won't do to protect our soldiers," Phelps said. Phelps also said the soldiers' confidence in their weapons systems, training and leadership plays a large role in their safety.
As new units are added to Task Force Baghdad, it provides new challenges and opportunities to keep the soldiers equipped and ready to fight, Hammond said.
Since assumption of this mission, the task force has gained a National Guard brigade, an active Army brigade and two additional battalions from the 82nd Airborne Division. "In each case, we've ensured these units have the necessary track vehicle and Humvee up-armored force protection capacity," Hammond said. As the two battalions from the 82nd Airborne Division arrived last week, they were equipped with 62 new M-1114s.
"We are looking for every option to make sure all soldiers are protected and safe," Hammond said. The division has armored more than 3,000 systems since arriving in Baghdad and still has plans to armor as much as they can for the next group soldiers in Operation Iraqi Freedom III, Phelps said.
"We have over 100 slots in the month of December, so as that armor is provided by the Army, we will send those vehicles to the application point and appliqu armor will be applied to those vehicles," Phelps said. "We are setting conditions for those Reserve units and active units to fall in our footprint, and every possible piece of armor that can be hung between now and the time we redeploy (will be) going toward the useful purpose of setting the conditions for Operation Iraqi Freedom III."
Hammond said the division will keep working to ensure the safety of its soldiers.
"Facts speak louder than words, and the facts are in," he said. "You will not find an unarmored 1st Cavalry Division Humvee operating outside a base camp on the road or on a combat mission. You can tell a 1st Cav convoy or patrol on the road, because they are armored-up; the soldiers are focused and serious."
(Army Sgt. Christina Rockhill is assigned to 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs.)


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Portraits of Two Scribes Seated with Books and Writing Table Amid Gold Flowers, Section of a Margin of a Royal Album Page
These exquisitely painted figures once appeared on the margins of a painting in an album made for the emperor Shah Jahan (the ruler who built the Taj Mahal). Illuminated borders were frequently used in royal albums, where they served to frame and protect a wide array of cherished paintings and calligraphies. The two seated men in this margin are either scribes or librarians: the man on the left with an open book in front of him is reciting to the man seated in the center. At the far right is a low desk with a cup, pens, and decorated manuscript pages. We do not know the location of the painting that this margin once framed. Perhaps it was damaged and only this element could be salvaged, or perhaps it was taken apart and sold in several pieces.
- Culture: Indian
- Medium: Watercolor and gold on paper
- Dates: ca. 1640-1650
- Dynasty: Mughal
- Dimensions: 2 x 9 5/8in. (5.1 x 24.4cm) Other: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4in. (36.2 x 48.9cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Asian Art
- Museum Location: This item is not on view
- Accession Number: 86.227.153
- Credit Line: Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Caption: Indian. Portraits of Two Scribes Seated with Books and Writing Table Amid Gold Flowers, Section of a Margin of a Royal Album Page, ca. 1640-1650. Watercolor and gold on paper, 2 x 9 5/8in. (5.1 x 24.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.153
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The free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile now has an open beta date stamped on it. Developer Grinding Gear has announced that the game will be in a public state on January 23, 2013.
The game is currently in a closed beta state, with the game's first two acts playable. When the game hits open beta, a character wipe will be done and the entire third act of the game will be added. Before the date hits, Grinding Gear will be increasing the number of beta testers, community events, and beta key giveaways. The developer has not announced the date for the full version of the game yet.
Path of Exile is a free-to-play fantasy action RPG, and according to the game's official website, features "a strong barter-based online item economy, deep character customisation, competitive PvP and ladder races."


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Stirling is a village in Warner County, Alberta, Canada. The population was 921 at the 2006 Census. The village is located on Highway 4 31 km (19 mi) southeast of Lethbridge and 72 km (45 mi) northwest of the United States-Canada border.
Stirling was founded on May 5 1899 by Theodore Brandley. The town was one of two communities that owed its existence to a partnership between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Charles A. Magrath of the North Western Coal and Navigation Company, and is one of only three communities designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. Stirling was named after John A. Stirling, Managing Director of The Trusts, Executors and Securities Corporation of London, which owned shares in the Alberta Coal and Railway Company.
After arriving at the Stirling siding, Theodore Brandley quickly started planning the lay-out of the town. The town site was made up of one square mile (640 acres), then divided into lots of 10 acres; each with a surveyed road around the entire area with a lane running north and south, dividing it into two parcels. The parcels were then again divided, east and west, making four lots, each 2.5 acres, giving the residents room to build homes, barns and shelters for animals, with large gardens. Theodore planned the town site after the Plat of Zion, which Stirling still follows today, and is recognized as the most well-preserved, Canadian example of the Plat of Zion. For this reason, Stirling is known as Stirling Agricultural Village
In the 1890s the Alberta Rail and Irrigation laid a narrow gauge line that ran diagonally from Lethbridge to Stirling and then to Coutts. In 1912 the Canadian Pacific Railway bought the rail line and needed extra space for a junction point for the line between Raymond and Foremost. This junction was named New Stirling, creating a new town latter to be named Maybutt. Due to confusion between the two post offices in Old Stirling and New Stirling, the name was changed to Maybutt. Mr. Fisher who was the original owner and planer of the town site, decided to rename the town after his wife, May Butt.
Since the Dust Bowl era, Maybutt has slowly died off making it a ghost town with few buildings remaining.
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Stirling is subject to chinooks, which bring temperatures in mid-winter above 10 °C (50 °F). Chinooks bring more than 200 days of wind a year.
Historically, Stirling's economy has relied mainly on agriculture as a main industry. Stirling's location and rich history makes tourism another main industry. Stirling has a variety of businesses, such as a convenience store, creamery, large concrete terminal grain elevator, a wooden crib grain elevator now used as a hemp plant, a truck and tractor dealer, a pool, a community-owned campground, and a community park known as Centennial Park.
In 2006 Stirling had a population of 921 living in 299 dwellings, a 5.0% increase from 2001. The village has a land area of and a population density of . The 2008 municipal census reported Stirling has grown to 1041 from 951 in the 2007 municipal census.
According to the 2001 Canadian census, of those respondents who indicated religious affiliation, all but 13% considered themselves Christian.
The village is governed by a village council composed of a mayor, four councillors and a village manager. Municipal elections are held every three years.
The village is connected to two highways: Highway 4, which heads south to Interstate 15 and north to Lethbridge, and the historic Red Coat Trail also known as Highway 61, which heads east to Foremost and then ends in Manyberries.
Stirling Emergency Services are provided by the Raymond and District hospital and police station located in Raymond, as well as the village's own fire station, that has served the Stirling and area since 1957.
Stirling's recreational facilities include ball parks, a swimming pool, a tennis court, a community centre, a picnic area, playgrounds, rodeo grounds, fish pound, and library. The Milk River Ridge Reservoir south of Stirling supports water recreation in the summer months, and Stirling Lake, also known as Michelsen Marsh, north of Stirling supports bird watchers year-round.
After Stirling's founding on May 5 1899, the 24th of July, known as "Pioneer Day", now called Stirling Settler Days, was celebrated to mark the Mormon pioneers' arrival in the Salt Lake Valley.Michelsen Farmstead: The Michelsen Farmstead is a typical farmstead of the 1800s era, located in Stirling. It was declared a Provincial Historic Site of Alberta in 2001, and has been restored back to its original 19th century Victorian style. Galt Historic Railway Park:The Galt Historic Railway Park has displays of life and travel in the 1880s in the restored 1890 North West Territories International Train Station from Coutts, Alberta, Canada and Sweetgrass, Montana, USA. The station was moved to the current location just outside Stirling, in 2000.William T. Ogden House: The William T. Ogden House is a Neo-Classical style house that is declared as a Provincial historic Site of Alberta located in Stirling. Every year around Halloween the owners of the home decorate the house as a live haunted house, making it the largest haunted house in Southern Alberta.
Lost Frontier Mini-Railway: The Lost Frontier Mini-Railway is a small train park open by booking from May to October and is a very popular local attraction. Located on the grounds of the William T. Ogden Home, the park also has a petting zoo.
Stirling has one school that covers Kindergarten through grade 12 in the Westwind School Division. Enrollment for Stirling School was 322 in 2006.
Stirling School is home to a few athletic teams, from volleyball to badminton, even golf.
The high school girls basketball team won the 1A girls basketball provincial championships in 1997–1999. They placed in three other provincial championships between 1996 and 2006. The Lakettes won or placed second for 6 straight years between 1996–2003.
The high school boys basketball team won the 1A boys basketball provincial championships in 2001, 2003 and 2006. They placed second in three other provincial championships between 1996 and 2006. The Lakers have played in 6 of the last 10 championships.
In 2006 the final game was a decisive 98-68 victory over the third-ranked Youngstown Falcons. Besides the provincial title, the Stirling Lakers recorded a season of 30 wins, 9 losses, and 3 other tournament champion titles, including the 1A South Zone Title, the Picture Butte Sugar King Invitational, and the Mccoy Invitational.
The Stirling Lakers followed up their 2006 season with another provincial title in 2007. The Lakers were victorious in the championship game over their rivals from Foremost. On their way to provincials, the Lakers were also crowned South Zone champions.
In 2008 Stirling hosted provincials and ended up winning their third provincial title in a row.
Stirling has many different types of news papers such as Westwind Weekly, Lethbridge Herald, and Prairie Post. At one time, Stirling had a newspaper of its own called the Stirling Star. In the 1980s Stirling also hosted the cast of a film called "Pure Escape" staring James Garner.


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AJ LeeApril Jeanette Mendez
- Birthdate: 3/19/1987 (age 28)
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AJ Lee is a self-professed "nerd", as she loves...
On Strange Fan Encounters: "The other day I was in Walgreens just trying to buy a toothbrush... and this guy who works there is helping me for like 10 minutes, then all of a sudden he blurts out: 'You shouldn't let Daniel Bryan talk to you like that!' and runs away. I was like, 'What?' I was so confused. [laughs] It's so weird because people know you even if you don't know them, and I'm still wrapping my head around that... I had someone come up to me at the airport and grab my engagement ring after Daniel Bryan proposed to me, and she was like, 'Oh my God, this is amazing. You and Daniel are going to be so happy.' It's weird. Everyone feels like they know you. It's an adjustment."
On Her Character Blowing Up: "I think the important thing is that I've never tried to be someone I'm not. People can read right through that. There's a place for people who are unattainable where you want to have their poster on your wall because they're larger than life, and that's fine, but that's not me. I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am... I think I'm a girl that represents someone you might know or would like to hang out with, and I think people just relate to me. I also look like I'm about 14, [laughs] so maybe I look like I do go to high school with everyone. I just think it's cool that people have taken to me. Before I was on the show, I was a fan, and I think people can see that."