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UPDATE: Escaped bull captured in Casselton, N.D.A bull on the loose in Casselton forced elementary students to miss recess Thursday.
By: Forum News Service ,
CASSELTON, N.D. — On one of the nicest days of the year, Central Cass Elementary School kept its kids inside for early recess and Casselton childcares refrained from taking their kids on their morning walk.
That's because a cow was seen wandering the streets of town, and across people's backyards.
Kelly Everson and Nichole Bye, owners of Future Stars Daycare and Preschool in Casselton, were about to take the kids on a walk when they received a text message from a mom who is a teacher in the Central Cass School District saying there was a cow on the loose.
A short time later they spotted the cow across the street from their home-based childcare.
"All the kids were watching it," Bye said. "They were so excited."
"They were mooing," Everson said. "I think they thought if they mooed it would come here."
Chris Bastian, Central Cass Elementary School principal said the school kept the kids inside at recess for precautionary measures.
"It was never on school grounds but it was across the street," he said, adding that the Cass County Sheriff's Department advised the school to keep the kids inside.
The cow apparently got loose from Casselton Cold Storage, a full-service meat plant for processing beef, hogs and big game animals in Casselton, Bastian said.
Bastian said he was able to see the cow from his office window.
"I'd much rather have a cow perpetrator than anything else," he said.
The cow has been captured according to school officials.
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The fact that there is VERY VERY little dog fighting in this game makes me sad. I've heard of modern day pilots taking out enemy fighters with the mounted chain-gun almost as if it was a common tactic. You have almost unlimited missiles in this game and that's all you do. Lock on shoot missile. Missile misses. Get behind guy again and lock on again. On the plus side, flying low to the ground and weaving between building is very fun.
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YWDB Week Rock 2014
Nigel Young
I cannot remember the exact moment we decided to attend the 2014 Day Boat Week in Rock but it was quite an easy decision to make. It turns out in talking to my father who is now 84 years old that we have had a family association with the class for over fifty years with Dad attending his first Day Boat Week in 1963. He won two races that year in a brand new wooden Glued Clinker Day Boat named Sea Nut that he had built, I think that name follows our families love of the sea! That followed many years later with our next outing in 1980 when Dad had built his first "Smoothie" cold molded boat DB 588 and I crewed for him aged 15 years, we had a great week but no trophies this time except for the cadet race! That boat was later sold onto Tim Parkinson who raced her successfully for many years before he was tempted back to the traditional clinker construction that he sails today.
The YWDB is an excellent boat for racing, cruising and teaching and it was the teaching aspect Dad had in mind when he built the original PaPa. That boat was built in 1999 / 2000 for my sister to teach her children to sail in and then a few years later he built PaPa 2 for me to teach my own children to sail in as well. The boats are very roomy and heavy and also have a metal centerboard so they are super stable, ideal for taking small children and the whole family out to sea in safety. As our boats are 100% wood and cold molded they look like a piece of furniture on the water, there is nothing quite like sailing a wooden boat. Check out
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It was back in 2002 when Fiona and I were living in the UK that we decided we should have a go at Dayboat Week in the original PaPa. Our first outing was in Poole Harbour and we had a rude awakening with our poor downwind speed! Despite that challenge we managed 3rd overall with Fiona on the tiller and me pulling the strings. 2003 we went to Rock in Cornwall and managed 2nd overall, still not quite fast enough or clever enough to beat Peter Hewitt the Champion at the time but improving. Finally in 2004 we got our act together and managed to win the week again with Fiona on the helm and me on the strings, then we put the boat back in the shed for a while. There was a rest period of 10 years whilst our own boys grew up and got a few sailing trips under their belts before a mad idea came into my head one winter's day in 2013.
So that brings me nicely onto 2014, as you can see we may have been associated with the class for 50 years or more but we don't actually sail in the main regatta's that often! It was decided that I would sail our own boat PaPa 2 with my eldest son Jack as my crew. Jack and I raced together for the first time in 2013 in the Glandoore Classic Week and also in the Castletownsend Dinghy Week both in a mixed handicap fleet. PaPa 2 had never actually seen another YWDB let alone raced against one so it was going to be interesting on the start line for race 1 in Rock!
At some stage in the regatta planning we also decided that I should get the original PaPa from the Isle of Wight and Fiona would sail that one with here sister in the regatta. Easy to say but actually quite a logistical nightmare to organise but it did offer me an excuse to ride my motorbike............Once I realised that was part of the plan then the rest fell into place.
We arrived on mass in Rock, Cornwall a couple of days ahead of the regatta to give us time to set the boats up and see how they were going. We had to measure a couple of new jibs and Peter Hewitt obliged with his tape measure on the Club house floor. With all the official stuff taken care of we rigged and launched the boats and put them on their moorings for the week. With the boats being so heavy and the sand being nice and soft in Rock it was no problem letting the boats dry out every night and certainly a lot easier than dragging them up the slipway after racing every day.
Finally race day came and fortunately for us it was light winds as my crew was a little below average weight at 35kg. One championship race was sailed on the first day and after a long battle with the current National Champion Peter Hewitt we managed to win the race by a small margin. The boat was actually quite fast upwind and a little sticky downwind so it made for a really interesting race. There were 26 boats on the line with several past class champions so it was a real test for us on day one.
Straight after the points race the class hold what they call an 'Opportunity Race'. This is a Crews / Ladies / Cadet race all in one and the results are taken out of the one race for all categories. Jack jumped ship for this race as the wind was up and my sister in law Nicola took the helm of PaPa 2 with me as the crew. We only made our change over just in time to get the one minute gun and start so we didn't get the best start to the race possible. Diana Parkinson led the way for 99% of the race with us chasing hard, it was only in the final few metres to the line that we managed to slip past Diana and for Nicola to take the Ladies Prize and the Crews prize for the race. Well done Nicola.
The theme continued for the week with light airs and building tides and we continued to work on our downwind technique as the week went along. In each of the points races we were never more than a few boat lengths away from Peter Hewitt or Murray Glenister and we had some really nice racing. I think its safe to say that racing with your own son or daughter in the boat is really something special. We were talking all through the race and I was trying to explain to Jack in simple terms why we were doing what were doing etc..........We had a ball and he learned so much about tides and wind it was a great experience for him and an even greater one for me sailing with him.
Somehow we manged to keep the wheels on the wagon and won races 1,2,3 and 5 with a small slip up in race 4 where we had a shocking start. However after a long fight back in race 4 we managed to get up to second and secure the Championship with a race to spare. That was a nice moment but the best was still to come. The final race 5 was the nicest of all with about 12-14 knots of wind, sunshine and a strong flood tide. We managed to make a better start and win the pin this time leading from start to finish. We had some new faces chasing us in this race as the wind was up for the first time.
Finally it was all over and we went ashore for the last time and the prize giving dinner. I had some plans to make a really nice speech and talk about how it's been great fun growing up with a boat builder as a father and sailing with him and then years later repeating the exercise with my own son. For those of you there the story was a little different as I was slightly overtaken by the emotion of the whole event. Dad was supposed to be at the regatta watching his son and grandson racing but due to ill health that never quite happened. However he was delighted to see the original boat arrive back home on the Isle of Wight in one piece and listen to all the stories from the week.
The Dayboat Class may not be a modern high performance boat but like any One Design Racing its the purest form of racing you can do. When you get a fleet of 26 boats sailing under their own class rules on short courses you can be certain of some great racing. We are planning a return visit in 2015 if the dates work out and I guess as my crew is growing fast we might like a little stronger winds! Or maybe not, if its a light forecast I can always take my youngest son James!
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The voices spoke. The minds went to work. And a fervent need for Ford competition in the South turned into the inaugural Nitto Tire Lone Star Shootout, presented by Quantum Performance at Houston Raceway Park.
For three days in November 2009, the NMRA took over the HRP facilities to offer Ford and Mustang enthusiasts a place to burn some rubber, compete against the locals and those from out of town, and to just plain have fun with their modified Fords.
As the NMRA and Promedia staff scrambled to assemble a race in Texas after it had already begun it's 2009 season, the event came to life with Pro Outlaw and Super Street Outlaw match races, the heads-up Harland Sharp Street Bandit class, which utilized the rules from the NMRA Edelbrock Hot Street for naturally aspirated cars and NMRA Diablo Sport EFI Renegade for the power-adder cars, as well as JDM Engineering Super Stang, Detroit Locker Truck and Lightning, Roush/Steeda Mod Comp, and of course, the crowd favorite, Tremec True Street presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords magazine.
In addition to the standard True Street class, the NMRA also offered a Lone Star True Street Shootout, which featured the quickest 16 cars from the field on Saturday in a heads-up eliminator. Let us tell you, there were a lot of cars in the field with parachutes, and that always makes for an exciting showdown. Some 69 were entered, but there was a high attrition rate, as only 53 made it through the cruise (which turned out to be 44 miles instead of the normal 30) and three rounds of back-to-back passes.
Though there was great racing action, a sizable car show, and manufacturer's midway and swap meet to enjoy, we thought the best thing about the event was how appreciative and supportive the attendees all were with regard to the event coming to town. Whether it was the NMRA staff or your MM&FF crew, we were all thanked on numerous occasions for coming to Texas and putting on a show. It was something we really hadn't seen before and it showed just how much people enjoyed the competition and Mustang atmosphere.
Having received such a warm welcome from the Lone Star state, the NMRA made plans to return to Houston Raceway Park this November 12-14, 2010. Once again, it will be a non-points and limited-class event, but the NMRA will join forces with the NMCA to open the event to all makes and models. With the rampant success of the Superbowl in Joliet, Illinois, and the Zmax event in North Carolina, this Houston, Texas event should be even better than this year. See you then.


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There is a trivially exploitable XSS vul on Google Urchin Web Analytics 5's login page. The vulnerability has been tested on versions 5.6.00r2, 5.7.01, 5.7.02 and 5.7.03 (latest). Previous versions are most likely to be affected as well. In case you didn't know, Google Urchin is the install version of Google Analytics.
I reported the issue to Google back on Jul 25 and was confirmed by their security team. They are now working on a fix. [...]
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I think your probably spot on there. The partition never gets unmounted and passed to Windows so when it gets 'unmounted' to be passed back it doesn't respond as expected so throws an error. Either way it doesn't seem to affect anything other than the error message it gives. If you have the storage swap bug I guess that is better than your storage getting swapped on every boot.
I have the same thing - my guess is the OS is trying to re-mount both the 'internal' and external sd cards - but it can't remount the internal (probably because it was never dismounted, as we only see one drive on the PC now) and gives this stupid error cause it doesn't see the fs it expected.
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For the second season in a row, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey has been caught in the middle of massive tension between her husband, Peter Thomas, and her sister Malorie.
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Wetpaint Entertainment recently caught up with Cynthia at Bravo's Upfront presentation in New York, where she updated us on her family drama.
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Ventura College women's basketball topples Mt. SAC, claims state title
This Ventura College women's basketball team started at the bottom.
The school's seventh state championship was built on the ashes of one of the most painful postseason losses in school history.
Twelve months after suffering through a shocking upset to a No. 15 seed, four sophomore starters climbed the ladder Sunday afternoon at Cerritos College with scissors and ear-to-ear smiles to cut down the net, following the Pirates 68-55 win over Mount San Antonio in the CCCAA state final.
"Words can't even explain it," sophomore forward Adrianne Sloboh said. "As soon as the last buzzer of last year, this is the moment we wanted so bad."
Sloboh had career-high 27 points and 19 rebounds, sophomore point guard Lisa Marie Sanchez had 22 points, six rebounds and five assists and sophomore center Brooke Dixon added 14 points and seven rebounds.
The push vaulted the Pirates (32-3) back atop its crow's nest with a record seventh state title, breaking its tie with two-time defending champion Mt. SAC (29-5).
"This is a special group," Ventura coach Ned Mircetic said. "So it's really fitting that they not only won, but they beat the best."
The duel of the state's two top dynasties was no contest. The Pirates scored 22 of the game's first 26 points, never allowing its lead to shrink inside double digits.
"We can say that we beat the best," Sanchez said. "It wasn't an easy road getting here. We went through a lot of great teams, a lot of great players. We did that as a team."
Mt. SAC, which suffered its only previous title-game loss when these two teams met to decide the 2002 title, never held the lead.
"I felt like we were in control the whole game," Sanchez said.
"I expected it to be a closer game," sophomore Cynthia Hernandez said.
Which isn't to say that it was easy.
Mt. SAC held the state's No. 1 offense to its lowest point total in 26 games, dating back to Dec. 7 when Mt. SAC beat the Pirates 63-54.
"We beat them at their game," Mircetic said. "They actually took our game away and we had to go to Plan B, which was to grind out the game like they like to."
Central to that plan was Sloboh. The 5-foot-6 power forward from Royal High capped off a postseason run in which she averaged 18.8 points and 16.8 rebounds with another oversized performance against a bigger frontcourt.
"We knew if we could keep them from getting second attempts there was no way they could beat us," Sloboh said.
VC won the battle of the boards, 46-40.
"That's how they live," Sanchez said. "They live off their misses."
As Sloboh helped lock the game away at the free throw line in the final minutes, chants of "MVP! MVP!" rained down from the orange-and-black masses in the stands.
"I've never been more proud of her," guard Adrianna Vega said. "She played the game of her life.
Sloboh joined Dixon on the all-tournament team. Sanchez, who shook off the back injury suffered in Friday's semifinal win over Fresno City for another fine performance, was named tournament MVP.
VC took control from the outset, grabbing a 11-2 lead as Mt. SAC missed 12 of its first 13 shots.
Sloboh finished in transition and Dixon, the 6-foot center, flashed her skill by taking a long rebound the distance for a breakaway layup.
After leading the state in 3-pointers by more than 50, VC made a season-low 1 of 10 from distance. But that one, a swish from Sanchez off an offensive rebound, made it 20-4 with 5:40 left in the half.
"Open shots weren't easy to come across," Sanchez said
When Sloboh followed with another steal and transition layup for a 22-4 VC lead, Mt. SAC coach Brian Crichlow took his third timeout.
Even when Mt. SAC mustered some offense, putting together a 5-0 run, VC answered.
Sanchez's sweet runner at the first half buzzer sent the Pirates into the locker room leading 26-13, as the fans' chanted "VC! VC!"
Mt. SAC had held its opposition to an average of 19.8 points per game in the first half of its four playoff games. When the VC fell to Mt. SAC on Dec. 7, it was held to just 15 first-half points.
But the Pirates turned the tables, holding the Mounties to 6 of 33 shooting (18.2 percent) in the opening 20 minutes.
"Last time, they took us out of our game," Sanchez said. "This time, we took them out of their game."
VC simply had to protect the paint and its lead after halftime. Much of that protection took place at the free throw line, where VC was 24 of 30 in the second half.
Sloboh had 20 of her 27 points in the second half, including 10 of 11 from the line. All 13 of Sanchez's second half points came at the line, where she was 15 of 18.
The lead peaked at 65-43 with 2:26 to play.
"The feeling is indescribable," Sanchez said.
As the celebration began, the sophomores, four returning starters and two who had redshirted, began thinking back to 12 months prior, when No. 15 Palomar pulled off the shocker, 59-58, in Ventura.
"I think that experience really opened our eyes," Sanchez said. "I could tell, right away, from our very first practice this year that we were focused mentally.
"From the very beginning, we had this pictured in our heads."
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VENTURA (68) — Sloboh 27, Dixon 14, Sanchez 22, Hernandez 5.
Halftime: Ventura 26, Mt. SAC 13.
Records: Ventura 32-3, Mt. SAC 29-5.
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Sean C. Young and Benjamin J. Tran are lifesavers. The two electronics engineers with the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, created an aerial sensor that has helped U.S. service members to find and destroy dangerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan.
Young and Tran spearheaded the development, testing and deployment of the sensors, which were placed on unmanned aerial vehicles in support of an Army division in Afghanistan. During the first 15 months of the new technology's use, no soldiers in the unit were killed.
A second implementation of six weeks proved to be just as successful, with the drone sensor system helping troops uncover multiple IEDs and weapons caches, as well as malicious acts against coalition forces.
"This put technology in the hands of commanders at the lowest tactical level," said Hector Guevara, chief of AFRL's Radio Frequency Systems Branch. "It's a unique application that is reshaping the way operations are undertaken in the field. "Units have a better understanding of the full environment and can better engage the threat."
For their work in developing this lifesaving technology, the Partnership for Public Service recently named Young and Tran as finalists for the 2014 National Security and International Affairs Medal. The award recognizes federal employees who have made important contributions in the area of national security and international affairs. This includes defense, diplomacy, military affairs, foreign assistance and trade.
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Federal News Radio asked each of the Sammies finalists questions about themselves. Here are Young's responses:
What three words best describe your leadership philosophy? Personable, Active and Focused.
Personable: I get to know the members of my team so that I know what motivates them for success. This helps put individuals in the right roles so they can contribute to the best of their abilities.
Active: I don't ask any member of my team to do something that I wouldn't do. If something needs done now, I roll up my sleeves and get busy!
Focused: I always have a goal, no matter if it is long-term objectives or simple tasks that need to be accomplished today. Goals also need to be flexible. As soon as an objective changes, everyone has to get back on the same page to get there efficiently.
What's the best piece of advice (or words of wisdom) you've ever received and who gave it to you? My supervisor, Hector, always uses the phrase "Sell the sizzle!" I think this is a great piece of advice in that understanding what your customer wants is half of the battle. The rest of the puzzle is delivering on that need and communicating to people what you are doing, how you are doing it and why it is important.
Who is your greatest role model and why? My biggest role model is definitely my mother. Through difficult circumstances, including raising me on her own, she showed me that no matter if the odds are stacked against you, if you have focus and determination, you can get whatever you want out of life. She also taught me that you have to have fun along the way! She has given me the courage to go after my goals and aspirations and helped me become the person I am today.
What would be the title of your autobiography and why? Enjoyment of a Challenge – The best part of accomplishing your goals is looking at the journey that it took to get you there.
National Security and International Affairs Medal is just one of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) presented annually by the Partnership for Public Service. View a photo gallery of all the Sammies nominees.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – It is clear Mississippi State's defense came in wondering if Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy could beat them.
Wonder no longer.
The senior quarterback, who months ago said his toughest week of preparation last year came before the game against State, made carving up the MSU defense look easy in Alabama's 30-10 victory over the 17th-ranked Bulldogs Saturday night.
"I think the offensive game plan was fantastic tonight. We had a great week of study and we just went out there and executed the way coach Saban demands," McElroy said.
With Mississippi State's defense pressing up to stop last year's Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram at the line of scrimmage, McElroy simply flicked his wrist twice and suddenly the 11th-ranked Crimson Tide had the sellout crowd on its feet the rest of the evening.
"We did not follow the recipe for success tonight, which was protect the football (and) make the plays when we need to make them and we were sloppy," Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen said.
The senior, who has a touchdown pass in every game he's played this season, finished the night completing 12-of-18 for 227 yards and two touchdowns in just over three quarters of work.
The first big pass play came on a flag route toward the near sidelines to junior wide receiver Marquis Maze and after the speedster broke a pair of MSU tackles, he found a clear path to the end zone for a 45-yard touchdown strike.
Maze tried to make it back-to-back touchdowns when he found a seam on a punt return for a 80-yard return to the end zone but a holding penalty brought the ball back deep into Alabama territory. On the next play, State forgot to account for Ingram out wide as the Tide (8-2, 5-2 in Southeastern Conference) threw a screen toward the same sideline and he used some fancy footwork to avoid MSU defensive backs before ripping off 78 yards for the game's second touchdown. The pass from McElroy to Ingram was his longest career scoring play for the 5-foot-10, 215-pound tailback in his much-acclaimed career on the Tuscaloosa campus.
"We got some guys that can make explosive plays and we want to put the ball in their hands so they the opportunity to do it," Alabama head coach Nick Saban said. "Getting ahead of these guys is important as well, so those big plays helped us do that."
Ingram now has his longest career reception and rushing play (the 70-yard scoring scamper last year at Davis-Wade Stadium) against Mississippi State.
As both teams entered the locker room for halftime, Alabama had out-gained State by 106 yards in nine less plays thanks to the big plays coming from the right arm of McElroy.
"I really think our gameplan was stopping the run but McElroy did a real good job in passing yardage and do a better job in our coverage to stop them from doing stuff like that," MSU senior linebacker K.J. Wright said.
The 30 points that Alabama put on the scoreboard were the most given up by a Mississippi State defense during the 2010 season.
"It's going to make our guys sick to watch the film," MSU defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said. "We ruined a lot of really good downs with three horrendous ones."
The Crimson Tide were without its leading rusher in sophomore Trent Richardson due to a knee injury suffered last week at LSU forcing Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain to showcase a lot of no-huddle and empty-set formations to speed up the tempo of the contest.
Alabama didn't waste any time early in the second half to give themselves a cushion as a wide receiver sweep to All-American Julio Jones went for 56 yards and more importantly made it 27-3 on the scoreboard in favor of the home team.
State's offense, which hasn't won a game in the 2010 season when they've been behind at any point, was then forced to deal with the onslaught of a pass rush sent by Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart.
MSU junior quarterback Chris Relf, who said all week in practice he'd need to make some plays in the passing game, failed to get the aerial attack going as the Montgomery native ended with just 70 yards in that department.
"Overall I thought Chris did a decent job," Mullen said. "Did some decent things – missed a throw here and there that we should've had. The first interception – bad interception…when you're in this type of environment you can't give away momentum like that."
The only touchdown of the night for the Bulldogs came in garbage time late in the fourth quarter when backup quarterback Tyler Russell found sophomore receiver Chad Bumphis in between two defensive backs for a 27-yard score.
The loss Saturday night means Mississippi State (7-3, 3-3) has been outscored 93-13 in the last three meetings with Alabama. The margin of defeat was the most for State in a road game since the 45-0 loss at Ole Miss in the 2008 Egg Bowl matchup.
"When you come into these environments, these are the places you have to learn how to win at if you're going to be a championship football program," Mullen said.
This marked the first contest for State since the tragic passing of sophomore defensive end Nick Bell. Mississippi State players wore a patch on its white jersey Saturday to honor their fallen teammate and the University of Alabama observed a moment of silence for Bell before the opening kickoff.
Mississippi State will try to recover from its first loss since Sept. 18 when they return home for a Senior Night contest Saturday against Arkansas.
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Eating dinner off a TV tray is an awkward experience because it and your couch were designed separately, preventing them from working together in harmony. And that's an oversight that Merely's Marcin Wielgosz has solved with this brilliant Hocky seating collection featuring custom designed end tables that slot into couches.
Can you wrap your head around the awesome potential here? No longer do you have to awkwardly perch on the edge of your living room furniture to enjoy a meal in front of the TV. The modular collection not only makes it easy to fill every centimetre of a room with padded comfort, but the clever slotted design means that the accompanying wooden tables can sidle up right next to you. So you can sit back and dine without the worry of spilling all over yourself, and you'll never have to reach for a handful of popcorn again.
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Um, why not just make the tables long enough to go over the ends of the couch?
Stupidly over-engineered.
because that would mean a person on the end of the couch who is NOT using a table will be blocked by the table. doing it this way allows each seat to use the table when they want to. much better idea imho.
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Mayor Larry Pruitt said there was a public hearing on the city's budget at 5 p.m. before the main meeting at 5:30, and because most of the budget discussion took place in the public hearing, the main meeting lasted less than half an hour. During the budget discussion, he said, the only real change compared with last year's budget concerned an addition to W.O. Shivers Park.
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Breaking Bad TV Expectations
Breaking Bad's Skyler White should be taking her place as one of the most beloved TV characters of all time. Performed with vanity-free honesty by Anna Gunn, Skyler, wife of the show's protagonist Walter White, has gone through a lot the past three seasons: discovering her husband's secret meth business, agreeing to cover it up with him, and eventually realizing that she's stuck in a domestic violence situation with no clear path to escape. Despite all this, the character has shown remarkable fortitude and cunning that often equals her husband's, as if she were a better version of Walter, equipped with the compassion and humility he lacks.
So why do the fans hate her so much?
That fans hate Skyler isn't up for debate. In a recent poll during the show's online scrolling service Story Sync, 55 percent of fans disagreed with Skyler's assertion that she's Walt's "hostage" and not his wife, even though in the very episode before he made a speech where he explained to her that he controls her and she has no real option to leave him or the money laundering business. You have to burn with hate for a character to disagree when she states what really can be regarded as an objective fact.
Plenty of TV critics have noticed the haterade. Stephen Silver and Alyssa Rosenberg both wrote extensively about the unfair fan hate for Skyler, and Gunn had to answer questions about it during interviews with Rolling Stone and The Wrap.
The anti-Skyler brigade seems to be part of a larger trend of fans loathing wives on television—especially if they're married to anti-heroes—and this antipathy stems from underlying sexism that comes rushing out in the socially acceptable terms of hating a fictional character.
Silver noticed the trend back in 2002, when fans would frequently express their desire to eliminate all the female characters from The Sopranos—the bulk of the scorn aimed at Tony's wife Carmella. So it has been since, especially with prestige television. Did you think fan hatred around Betty Draper on Mad Men was simply a reaction to the ice queen aspects of her character? Well, the second Mrs. Draper, Megan, is deliberately characterized as Betty's opposite, but the fan vitriol just switched to her.
Sexism explains quite a bit of this kind of reaction. A lot of viewers tune in to watch bad boys being bad, and want the wives to shut up and make them a sandwich. The language aimed at these characters certainly points to this as the motivation. Skyler is called fat. Megan is called a "shameless hussy." Carmella is accused of "whining," as if being married to a mobster gives one no cause to complain.
Still, there might be a bit more going on with fans' reactions to characters that should elicit sympathy but instead generate contempt. Much of it stems from the way that anti-hero shows thwart traditional expectations about how a narrative works. Most of us grew up with the most basic story of all, evident in everything from fairy tales to "Star Wars" to every 80s comedy about nerds overcoming bros: Good guys fight for good and/or try to go about their lives. Bad guys resist them. Good guys conflict with the bad guys, eventually overcoming. We in the audience hiss at the bad guys and cheer the good guys.
Anti-hero stories resist that. Yes, the main character comes across people who thwart and resist him, but since the protagonist isn't a good guy, characters resisting him usually have good reason. Wife characters are easy to plug in for writers as the characters who push back the hardest, often because they have most to lose. The audience, however, reverts back to old tropes about hating everyone who resists the main characters, even when the resisting characters objectively have a better case for audience sympathy.
Take, for instance, the character of Rory Williams on Doctor Who. Fans hate Rory, because Rory spent his first season on the show trying to pry his wife, Amy, away from the Doctor and return her back to normal life in small town England. Amy is the hero, and so Rory, who gives her indigestion, gets treated by fans like a villain. But he's actually not a villain, but an ordinary man with reasonable concerns about his wife traipsing off with another man she's clearly attracted to. In fact, his resistance goes away completely once he realizes Amy loves him and not the Doctor.
The real problem then? Fans aren't only sexist but short-sighted. They resent characters who clash with the protagonists, even when those characters have a legitimate point. The problem is that without conflicts, there is no story. Conflicts give the story meaning and bring out the traits in the characters we enjoy watching. How will we know that a character is truly an anti-hero if we don't see the people he hurts push back?
This is the burden writers and producers of prestige television must bear. By bringing more complex, interesting stories that flout the childish conventions of lowbrow TV (such as having the protagonist always be a good guy to root for), they're turning what was once considered a worthless medium into an art form. But such a dramatic rewriting of television's traditions leaves much of the audience confused. So, they turn to the internet to complain about those bitch characters with their tireless demands that their partners not murder anyone. It seems audiences not only have sexism to overcome, but also simplistic expectations about what makes an interesting story.
Fri, 2012-08-17 13:50
Well, that is awfully presumptive, linking not liking Skyler to being sexist.
I dislike Skyler because she's a coward. She just sits there and takes everything that Walter throws at her even though she's plenty clever enough to fight back. My wife would have killed me in my sleep if she thought I was putting her children in mortal danger. Hopefully, her character will continue in the vein of her recent actions, like getting the kids out of the house without Walter knowing. Now that, I liked.
I would also care for a link that shows some evidence that Doctor Who fans hate Rory. True most are glad to have a new companion on the way, but that's just how the show works. Also true that he did grate nerves for his first few appearances. But he turned into his own kind of hero, and a pretty badass one at that.
And, really, Amy is the hero? Do you even watch the show? Pond is great, but The Doctor is always the hero.
Fri, 2012-08-17 14:26
Your mention of Rory, and emphasis on his being "ordinary" and "reasonable", helped me think of this; one of the reasons anti-heroes are appealing is that in a lot of ways normalcy sucks. We cheer for the anti-heroes for standing against that, even if they choose poor ways to do so. Skyler and Rory are advocates of normalcy (on however reasonable grounds), and so perhaps they're disliked for that reason, rather than people just uncritically disliking whoever opposes the protagonist. Not that sexism isn't likely also a contributing factor in the case of Skyler, but I do think that there's more at work here.
Fri, 2012-08-17 15:18
I'm still working my way through season 2 but it sure looks to me like the writers go way way out of their way to make the audience dislike both Skyler and her sister. They're presented as vapid, prudish, gossipy scolds. It's weird to blame this on the audience. At the very least before you speculate about why people don't like a character you ought to first establish that the character is, in fact, likable.
Fri, 2012-08-17 15:30
This commentary misses a key point of why I think people hate both Skyler and Carmela: In essence, they accepted the 'deal' when they saw the money, but have been whining about it ever since.
They went for the comfort and luxury and wealth of being married to the bad-boy, but refuse to accept what comes along with that. On the flip side: they could each just leave (it is absolutely false that Skyler is any sort of 'hostage'; she could just leave), it's just that they'd be giving up comfort/faux 'respectability' in doing so.
It is this stubborn rejection of basic realities - wanting to have it both ways - that, I think, really earns them such contempt.
Sat, 2012-08-18 20:21
I'm one of the 45% that does not hate Skylar...
That sympathizes with her and Betty Draper....
That knows how well the men in real-life CAN make their wives hostage, CAN drive them frigid...
I look forward to seeing an actual consequence to Walt's actions, and his eventual demise.
I gave up on that for Don Draper... Too many male viewers are in love with him... The writers will keep him young and debonair, unaffected by the smoke and alcoholism.... The men will keep dreaming they are like Don...
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The Hillsborough County Commission unanimously approved a $4-billion budget last night, their first since the state mandated budget cuts to cities and counties provide property tax relief.
The budget eliminates 442 jobs, including 97 positions currently held by full-time employees. Overall, it cuts nearly $56 million from the budget.
One of the biggest losers in the battle for fewer taxpayer dollars is the countyâs public access channel, Speak up Tampa Bay.
Many citizens last night decried the cuts to social service programs as well, compared with increases for the Tampa Bay Sports Commisison and the Visitors & Convention Bureau.
There were many references throughout the three-hour plus hearing to the Tampa Sports Commission, which, unlike virtually every other department in the county, was not asked to submit a decrease in its budget, but instead was allocated $450,000 more than lastâs year budget.
And Commission Chairman Jim Normanâs pet project, the $40-million dollar Championship Park Sports project, also got bashed.
The reason for the budget cuts is the stateâs property tax crises. But there were grumbles by some that the cuts wouldnât provide much relief for homeowners.
Susan Davis referenced the foreclosure crisis engulfing the country, and said citizens deserve a bigger property tax cut.
The county has three channels for Public Access, Education and Government programming. The government channel is looking at no financial cuts. However, the other two were in danger of seeing their share of funding from the county being completely cut.
Mark Klutho spoke up for the Education Channel. He said the channel has provided quality reporting on the dangers of global warming that is not reported by other stations.
The countyâs Cable Access Channel, The Tampa Bay Community Network, also known as Speak Up Tampa Bay, was in a much more precarious position.
Earlier this decade, there was support to kill the stationâs funding, led by former Commissioner Ronda Storms. Although she is gone, the bitter feelings among other commissioners apparently isnât.
And that led producers at the station to make a desperate last-ditch effort to save their station.
After public ccomment ended, Commissioner Mark Sharpe made a motion to give both the Education Channel and the Tampa Bay Community Network a set $250,000 on a one-year basis. Sharpe cautioned this could be the last time the channels could get such funding.
Sharpe then broke his motion into two parts. The first, on funding the Education Channel, was supported 5-2, with only Jim Norman and Ken Hagen voting no.
But the decision on Public Access was in doubt. Weeks ago, three of the commmissioners -- Sharpe, Rose Ferlita and Kevin White -- had indicated that the channel should not be completely de-funded. But they could not find a fourth vote. Commissioner Ferlita then tried to lobby cable access, by reducing the amount to just $150,000.
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By Tony Hicks
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 1:34 pm in Uncategorized.
I'd already had the obligatory Corey Haim discussion this morning before my colleague Laura Casey came in. So when she sat down across from me, fired up her computer, and made a startled noise upon discovering Corey Haim was dead, I made a couple mean jokes. Because, as many of you know, I'm insensitive.
Then Laura, who's about a decade younger than me, therefore wasn't a sneering 20-year-old rocker who thought he was tremendously cool when Corey Haim was a god to teen girls, pointed out that he was her first celebrity crush. She was a bit upset about what I saw as an inevitable ugly death of someone I never cared for.
I get it – I remember my first celebrity crush (Jan Brady who – despite popular myth – was much hotter than Marcia in the Brady Bunch's last season). I misted up a little bit for Michael Jackson. Not for the adult who'd gone off the tracks, but the kid singer I loved when I was a kid.
And "Lucas" really was a good movie. In fact, my wife and I were in Petaluma last weekend, and drove by one of the houses in the movie.
So – because I'm incapable of writing a Corey Haim appreciation on my own – and I wanted to say sorry to Laura for being an insensitive ass – I told her to write up a little tribute and I'd put it on the blog:
Corey Haim was my first celebrity crush. I remember his was the first poster to go on my wall and I kissed it so much, the paper was worn away on his lips. I watched most of his movies and enjoyed him as an actor and a hunk. I was 11 when License to Drive came out and I made a point to catch it in the theater. Not the best movie in the world, but something about him made me feel like I knew him or could know him at some point in my life.
I guess his death bothers me so much because, first, it's the death of that innocent crush I had on him — the death of all those teeny bopper magazines I bought with his face on the cover.
It's also a predictable ending to what could have a bright life that was ruined by drugs which, later in life, appeared to be a mask for mental illness and childhood sexual abuse. For some reason, I kept up on news stories and YouTube videos of him, most of which showed a depressed and depressing man. I felt sad for him.
It's been years since I thought he'd restart his career, but I always hoped something good would happen for him. Maybe he'd find sobriety, or get married, or land that movie that didn't totally suck. Now that he's dead, it's a sad ending to a very long, sad tale.
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Tai Woffinden's timely return can help Wolverhampton conquer Birmingham on Monday, says Kelvin Tatum.
Last Updated: 01/07/12 9:59am
Wolverhampton will be extremely disappointed to be sitting in eighth place in the Elite League.
The Wolves, who won the division in 2009, are used to being a top-four team, but they have been hit by injuries so far this season.
Tai Woffinden has been out for some time with a hand issue but he should return against the Brummies on Monday night, and that will be a massive boost for the Wolves. He has a combination of exuberance and class and is without doubt a very talented rider.
Woffinden has always had terrific natural ability but he hasn't always focussed as well as he should have done. Prior to this injury, though, he was beginning to look like a rider that had really matured.
Peter Karlsson is not in the Wolves team this season and that has given Tai the chance to be the main support to Freddie Lindgren. The team's fans will be hoping he can fill that role once he is injury free.
Lindgren is a world-class rider and has been in wonderful form this term, for Wolves and also in the last three Grands Prix, in Sweden (which he won), Denmark and Poland.
But he cannot do it alone and I think Wolves are one rider short of being able to secure a top-four finish, despite the fact that spot is up for grabs.
Nicolai Klindt has been recalled and if he can rediscover some of the form he showed at Swindon maybe Wolverhampton can sneak into the play-offs but, so far, they look a bit weak.
Birmingham are enjoying just their second full campaign in the Elite League.
After finishing one place off the bottom last year, they have revamped their team with a clutch of pre-season signings, including the vastly-experienced Bjarne Pedersen.
The Dane is supplemented by Sebastian Ulamek and Danny King and the Brummies now have a very solid backbone - and serious ambitions to make the top four. I think they can make it if they get their act together.
Birmingham are fifth at present and haven't quite clicked as a team, though that has a lot do with the dreadful weather we have had which has wreaked havoc with the fixtures.
Pedersen has yet to really fire this term, which is a tad surprising considering how well he knows the Elite League. He has been shovelled around recently, though, taking in spells at Poole, Eastbourne and now at Birmingham and perhaps that has unsettled him.
He could be getting to grips with living in another part of the country, or maybe he has not yet become accustomed to riding around the Brummies' track.
Young Josh Auty has stepped up to the plate, however, and was excellent in the recent 46-46 draw with league leaders Poole. I am really pleased for the lad.
He is someone who has long been expected to make a breakthrough and that pressure is not easy to deal with, but he is now finding his feet in the Elite League. That is good news for him and British speedway because we need to see young riders making their way.
The Auty-Pedersen tandem should work well for Birmingham over the rest of the season. Auty has that dynamism which can infect a team, while Pedersen can pass on his experiences to the up-and-comers and give them a helping hand if they are struggling somewhere, such as in terms of bike set-up.
Poole were understrength in that draw with Birmingham, but the Brummies will take massive confidence from matching the table-toppers. However, I would expect Wolves to win Monday' clash if Woffinden is fully fit
There are big question marks over that and if he is below par Birmingham might nick it, but I can see the Wolves man getting eight or nine points and that should be enough to see Woffinden's side home.
You need good technical ability around Monmore Green. It is a fast track but you need to turn the bike hard. As an away rider, it is not a track that you find easy to negotiate. If you are fully focussed you can accrue points but it is very demanding and you can't be complacent.


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Belmont University's new program in motion pictures announced today the inaugural workshop in a series of master classes for the program. Special guest J. Todd Harris, a producer of more than 40 feature films including 2010 hit, The Kids Are All Right, will lead the first workshop, "Producing the Independent Film," on Mon., April 15 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the campus' Neely Dining Room. This event is free and open to the public.
Harris noted that this workshop will be a practical guide for individuals who are new to, or are looking to learn about, production. "As a producer, you have to inspire people to give you money, give you time, effort and compassion," he said. "You have to create a sense of higher purpose and credibility. You have to pick and manage a team and take them the distance. I find credibility to be a huge factor for all kinds of producing. You have to convince yourself that you have a valid project and then go about convincing dozens of others."
Over the course of the three-hour workshop, Harris will guide attendees through the entire cycle of producing, including obtaining rights, developing a project, pitching a film, packaging and financing a movie, marketing, distribution and much more.
Last summer Belmont announced the opening of a new undergraduate degree program in motion pictures, the study of screenwriting, directing, producing, etc. The curriculum for this Interdisciplinary Studies program has been developed by Will Akers, Belmont's new assistant professor and chair of the program. Motion Pictures classes will begin in fall 2013.
Akers said, "The Master Class series is an integral part of our curriculum, and Mr. Harris, an Oscar-nominated producer, is the perfect person to kick it off. Everyone needs to know how to produce. No matter what aspect of motion pictures interests you, you better be comfortable wearing the producer's hat."
J. Todd Harris is the president of the Los Angeles-based Branded Pictures Entertainment. Originally from New York City, he spent many years in Palo Alto, where he earned both his B.A. and MBA from Stanford and served as managing director of the award-winning repertory company TheatreWorks. Of the nearly 40 movies Mr. Harris has produced, highlights include Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated The Kids Are All Right, Bottle Shock, Crooked Arrows, Jeepers Creepers and Piranha 3D. A former lecturer at the Los Angeles Film School and columnist for trade publication Indiewire, Harris has been a member of the Motion Picture Academy since 1999 and recently became a founding board member of the Napa Valley Film Festival.
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Nomura and Development Bank, its partner in Tokyo-based DBJ Nomura Investment Co., are in final talks to shift full ownership to the state-run lender, said the people, who asked not to be named before an announcement. They declined to say how much Development Bank would pay for the stake in the company, which manages 50 billion yen ($624 million) of assets.
The Asahi newspaper reported the plans to end the partnership earlier today. Keiko Sugai, a spokeswoman for Nomura in Tokyo, declined to comment.
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Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray is determined to keep striker Marvin Emnes and wants to offer him a new contract.
The 23-year-old Dutchman's current deal expires next summer and he has recently been linked with a move to Premier League new boys Swansea.
But Mowbray told the club's official website: "I would like to extend Marvin's contract and keep him here longer-term."
He added: "It's something we are looking at and that I'd like us to try to do.
"I like Marvin as a player. I think he is technically very good and he gives opposing defenders a lot of problems in this league.
"We will be looking to work on Marvin to encourage him to score more goals because he is definitely capable of doing so."
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The standoffs from last week all get resolved one way or another, leading to some tensions, reunions and loyalty shifts. Yippee!
A note to first time BSG watchers; these aren't the reviews for you. I plan to write about the show with the ending in mind. If you haven't seen the show, you will be spoiled on stuff that happens at the end. You've been warned.
So, the second part of the midseason break is over, and more or less, "Rapture" got the job done (even when the dialogue was plodding; I'm starting to see Jacob's criticisms on David Weddle and Bradley Thompson more and more). All of the plot threads for the last episode were wrapped up while moving the overall story along to the next phase (and the rest of the season).
After getting his destiny all mixed up with D'Anna's, Baltar is back with his people, who all hate him, who are sorry he survived and who will spend the next 10 episodes finding new and interesting ways to torture him, physically and emotionally. What's heartbreaking is his quest had nothing to do with the fleet or betraying them or anything but his need to know if he's a Cylon. They won't believe him, but why should they at this point.
But happy news, Hera is back with her family. In one of the show's most heartbreaking scenes, Athena convinces Helo to kill her so she can rescue their oft-kidnapped daughter. He does it, because he knows it's the only way, but man, Helo in pain is just so hard to watch. But that scene really does demonstrate just how far Grace Park has come as an actress; in the first season, I would say she was easily the show's weakest link. There were noticeable improvements in Season Two, but now, she's grown tenfold in her craft. By the end, she's one of the show's strongest assets, a sentence I never thought I would type.
Also along for the ride in the fleet is Caprica Six, who once again instigated an incident of Cylon-on-Cylon violence, killed Boomer and helped Athena escape with Hera. The war heroes have split up, because Boomer wants to be the machine while Caprica wants to be fully human. New Caprica had more ripples than we thought.
"Rapture" also marks the last time we'll see Lucy Lawless this season. She won't be back until "The Hub" (can't wait!), but really, after this episode, I can't really blame the Cylons for wanting to get rid of her. Cavil has his own reasons to keep her knowledge secret, but even before she saw the faces of the Final Five, she was a threat to Cylon unity.
In civilized society, that's not what we're supposed to do; we're supposed to talk to each other, work out our differences and come to some kind of consensus so both sides can win a little without losing too much. Cylons, for all their talk of unity and togetherness and love, are drifting apart and here's the first big schism for their tribe. She was the kid with matches who stumbled upon a cache of dynamite, and she knew good and well what she was doing when she lit the match.
She was far too dangerous a player for Cavil and his dreams of control and robotic superiority to keep around. Shame she became so unpredictable and untrustworthy the other Cylons agreed with Cavil. I get her rage at Cavil later, but really, that one is all on her.
One last note here; I found the ground battle stuff a bit on the boring side, except for Lee and Dualla's interactions. The dude has some nerve, sending his wife out to save his girlfriend's life. Dee is such a good officer that she follows his orders to the letter and saves the day, but she's no pushover either. She binds Kara's wounds and at the same time gives Kara crap about her dalliances with Lee. That's my girl.
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TV Info
Episode PremiereNovember 19, 2013
Show Period2012 - Now
Production CompanyNBC Universal Television, Wolf Films
Cast and Crew
DirectorMichael Slovis
ScreenwriterMichael Brandt, Ryan Rege Harris
Main Cast
- Jesse Spencer as Matthew Casey
- Taylor Kinney as Kelly Severide
- Charlie Barnett
- Monica Raymund as Gabriela Dawson
- Lauren German as Leslie Shay
- Eamonn Walker as Chief Wallace Boden
- David Eigenberg
- Joe Minoso
- Yuri Sardarov
- Christian Stolte
- Izabella Miko as Katya
- Alexandra Metz
- Teri Reeves
Additional Cast
- Treat Williams
- Brittany Curran
An anxious Boden lies still in the MRI scanner, knowing he has to wait 24 hours until he's officially diagnosed with lung cancer. Herrmann finds the chief crossing names off the 1985 roster. In a moment of vulnerability, Boden confesses three men from the list have died due to asbestos exposure.
Severide confronts the young woman he saw Benny laughing and chatting with over lunch - does she know Benny has a wife and kids? The woman stares strangely at Severide and drops an emotional bomb: she's Katie, Benny's 21-year-old daughter. Severide begins to put the pieces together: Benny left Severide and his mother to fend for themselves about 21 years ago...
Clarke stomps out of the firehouse, angry that his estranged wife, Lisa, wants to speak with him. She left him when he needed her most. Lisa apologizes for bailing but insists Clarke treated her like garbage. Despite their issues, she wants to reconnect with her husband.
Summoning his courage, Chief Boden addresses his firehouse for the last time. It's been an honor serving with them; he knows the house will be in good hands, which is why he's retiring. Firehouse 51 is stunned by the news, but before they can verbally respond, the emergency siren sounds.
The dazed firefighters pile into the fire truck, expecting a routine call. However, they're greeted by a derailed train, dozens of injured and trapped passengers and the root cause: a rogue tanker filled to the brim with liquid propane. Boden barks initial orders, instructing Dawson and an inexplicably distracted Shay to set up triage. Due to McLeod's cutbacks, Firehouse 51 is fighting this battle without any backup.
Casey helps a man with a severely snapped leg hobble to triage, promising him he'll find his missing daughter. Clarke cuts through a jammed door and frees dozens of passengers. Clambering into the car, he watches a man twisting a corkscrew into another passenger's head to relieve pressure. The man, Westin, is an Army medic and he's not leaving the injured behind. He and Clarke are working fervently to assist passengers when Westin suddenly collapses, trying to conceal a massive bruise on his side.
Triage experiences a stroke of luck: David, a local hospital's chief of trauma, happened to be driving by the accident. Rolling up his sleeves, David rallies the harried Dawson and Shay, making the difficult decisions about whom to save. Clarke protests when David places Westin on the fatal black tarp, but he's beyond saving. His tough Army attitude kicks in with Clarke holding his hand as Westin breathes his last.
Mills and the chief have just charged into the neighboring warehouse for two potentially trapped workers when two tons of debris pen them inside the building. The propane tanker's release valve breaks, forcing Boden to call it - all personnel need to pull out and allow the able-bodied to evacuate. It's only a matter of time before the tanker blow the block to kingdom come. The firefighters refuse to allow Boden's last mission to end in catastrophe. Charging back in, they free him and Mills.
Genius strikes Severide and he hooks up the squad's broken water hose to the tanker, funneling the propane a safe distance from the flames. Mills chucks a flare at the hose, allowing the propane to catch fire and burn off. The immediate danger dissipates and Firehouse 51 wraps up their assignment. David hands Dawson and Shay his business card, complimenting them on their extraordinary work.
Later, McLeod greets the team, pleased with herself that her system "worked." Chief Boden corrects her: his team is well-trained, but they were left to roast today. They ran out of supplies and were severely understaffed. They escaped by the skin of their teeth today but maybe not tomorrow. During his exit interview, Boden refuses to back down to McLeod's bullying. He will not leave his house vulnerable and he doesn't give a damn what she says.
Benny apologizes to Severide for being a crappy father. He knows he screws over women. He's going back to Beth and the boys - Firehouse 51 is Boden's. Meanwhile, Boden receives the much-anticipated "all-clear" from the doctor. He's officially cancer-free. Clarke knocks on Lisa's door to apologize for being a jerk earlier.
Casey proudly flashes a hotel brochure at Dawson and explains he intends to take Griffin and Kevin fishing. Suddenly, he receives an unexpected call from Heather - she's been released early due to overcrowding! She has decided to start a new life for her and the boys and has taken an apartment management job in Florida. Casey envelops Griffin and Kevin in a bear hug, saying goodbye possibly for the last time.


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It's rare for unique, historical jewels to come up for sale. Some say it may be once-in-a-lifetime. The Beau Sancy is a unique diamond with a rich history, which went under the hammer at a Sotheby's auction last year, making it the oldest diamond to have ever done so.
The Beau Sancy is a "modified pear double rose-cut diamond" with a weight of 34.98 carats. It was originally the smaller of a pair of diamonds, with the larger diamond being the Sancy and weighing 55.132 carats. The Beau Sancy is quite different from the Sancy in that while they are both shaped and cut the same, this diamond has "smaller and more numerous facets which are centered on an eight-point star".
The diamonds were brought from India to France by Nicolas de Harlay, Lord of Sancy, thus the names of the diamonds. In 1604, the pair of diamonds were separated when James I of England bought the Sancy to wear in his hat. Queen Marie (formerly Marie de Medici, Europe's richest heiress) had wanted to buy the Sancy, so in her fury she made her husband buy the Beau Sancy and she added it to her private collection. In fact, she wore it on top of her pearl and diamond coronation crown in 1610.
Eventually Queen Marie was forced to flee France due to quarrels with her son, King Louis XIII. She was protected for a while by her cousin, the Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia of Spain and Portugal. But when the Infanta died, Queen Marie was still not in good standing with her family. She pledged her jewels to pawn brokers, and when she died in 1642, everything that was left was sold to pay off expenses. Prince Frederick Henry of Orange bought the diamond. He and his wife were "monarchs in all but name" and when they arranged their son William's marriage to Mary Stuart, the Princess Royal of England, Prince Frederick Henry gave Mary the Beau Sancy, a fitting choice not only because of his family's status, but also because Mary was the granddaughter of Queen Marie.
Mary gave birth in 1650 to a son, William, one week after her husband died. In 1659, after the restoration of the English monarchy, Princess Mary pawned the Beau Sancy to help pay for her brother Charles to take his place as king of England. After Mary died of the plague in 1661, her son's grandmother and guardian bought back the diamond. In 1677, William married his cousin Mary and gave her the Beau Sancy as a wedding gift. The next owner was Frederick III, who inherited it due to William and Mary having no children of their own. Frederick schemed and crowned himself King of Prussia, and had the diamond set in his crown, as it was the most important stone in the Prussian Crown Jewels. Queen Elizabeth Christian then had it set in a "bouquet jewel with other diamonds" and it stayed set that way until 1822 when it started being worn as a "pendant to a necklace of twenty-two rose-cut diamonds". It was later attached to a different necklace, then was simply a pendant again, then part of Queen Augusta's stomacher. The Beau Sancy was worn to all of the fanciest of occasions – royal weddings, state visits, balls, etc.
In Helsinki in 1972, the Beau Sancy and the Sancy were reunited after being apart for 370 years, when they were put on display by Finnish historian of diamond cutting Herbert Tillander. Mr. Tillander called the Beau Sancy "an incredible masterpiece of precision and artistic inventiveness".
The Beau Sancy was put up for auction in Geneva, Switzerland on May 15, 2012, by the House of Prussia and dubbed "one of the most important historical diamonds to ever come to auction". It was estimated to bring between $1,980,055 and $3,906,595 USD, but an anonymous buyer splashed out $9,678,187 USD for the diamond. Up until that point, the diamond had only had royal owners, but with this anonymous buyer, that may well have changed. Sophie Dufresne, a Sotheby's employee, said, "It is a very moving object. It is not just its perfect shape, but the impressive history that goes with it. There's a kind of energy that radiates from it." The chairman of Sotheby's Europe, Philipp Herzog von Wuerttenberg, said "You are buying an historic work of art. You are not buying a diamond." The larger Sancy diamond is now on display in Paris, at the Louvre.
Here's a video on the sale of the Beau Sancy:
Photo credits: Sothebys, AP, AFP, Getty, flickr
Sources: Sotheby's, Guardian