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The Big 12 is yet to release its schedule for the 2012 season in part thanks to the uncertainty of whether or not West Virginia will be a member of the conference or forced to stay in the Big East. Though that doesn't mean that some games aren't becoming a bit clearer, and one thing many Big 12 fans have been wondering, Texas in particular, is who will replace Texas A&M as Texas' Thanksgiving opponent.
Well, according to Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds, it looks like it will be conference newcomer TCU.
"That is the one that I've heard," Dodds told the Dallas Morning News' Chuck Carlton. "It looks like we're going to have a Thanksgiving day or night game in Austin."
Though Dodds did also caution that the schedule is still tentative, so nothing is set in stone just yet. Which is a sentiment TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte echoed to CBSSports.com's Bryan Fischer.
"It's just in a review stage, we have to make sure West Virginia is in the hopper first," said Del Conte. "Texas put on a proposal that I thought was interesting - to rotate their games there. But that would mean they'd always end on the road.
"I think, for our conference, what is the best game to showcase the Big 12 That's what everyone wants. In my selfish case, what's the best game to showcase TCU? If it's a rotation of games there, does that really help the conference or is it better to go home-and-home? That game has been a historical one between Texas and A&M and from a television standpoint, we have to put in the right components to make it a great game. I do feel that TCU ought to be the right ones to fill that one in."
As for when we'll know for sure and when the Big 12 schedule will be released, nobody is all that sure right now. Though Big 12 spokesman Bob Burda also told Carlton that "it's getting closer and closer." Of course, nobody knows how close "closer" is, and with West Virginia still fighting with the Big East, it could still be a while.


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Summer weather is finally here and my day job hours have become sensible again, so I can turn to catching up on the genealogy tasks I have put aside for months. I missed most of not one, but two, rounds … Continue reading
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My Golden Rules for the Genealogy Do-Over
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Welcome! I was in First Grade when this school photo was taken. You see a very happy student!
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Brian Swett, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space for the city of Boston, talks about maintaining the city's historic heritage while planning for the future.
Add a new item to the list of things that have migrated in response to climate change: the latitude where hurricanes reach their maximum intensity. The shift was accompanied by increasing vertical wind shear near the equator.
In April 2011, Texas was in the midst of what may have been its worst fire season in history. As the season began, NOAA outlooks and observations helped fire managers think strategically about where their resources could be most effective.
A lack of snow covering the harsh terrain of the Iditarod this March made the 2014 race especially challenging, and many mushers pulled out of the race due to injuries and broken sleds.
Climate change is a global phenomenon, affecting weather events around the world.
If mid-century projections of sea level rise prove true for New York City, four times as many people may be living in the 100-year floodplain than were previously estimated based only on observed changes.
In October 2003, a little-known think tank in the Department of Defense quietly released a report warning that climate change could happen so suddenly it could pose a major threat to our country's national security. Why was the Pentagon worried about abrupt climate change? Because new evidence from Greenland showed it had happened before.
Working with private companies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency uses precipitation data from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center as part of an insurance program for ranchers and those who grow hay or other livestock forage. This video describes how it works.
According to the 2009 National Climate Assessment, heavy downpours have increased in frequency and intensity during the last 50 years. Models predict that downpours will become still more more frequent and intense as greenhouse gas emissions and the planet's temperature continue to rise.
Persistent cold temperatures in the Midwest this winter almost completely frozen over many of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) reported that 88 percent of the Great Lakes were frozen as of mid-February.


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Sean Wilson is a seasoned chef hailing from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where he started his career at the age of 14 working in some of the country's best fish houses. Sean left the beach and in his travels attended the renowned New England Culinary Institute. Over the last decade Sean searched out and worked in some of the best kitchens in New York, Boston, Seattle, Spain, Vermont and Northern California, with such chefs as Todd English, Jonathan Sundstrom, Matt Frothingham, and Louise Dumhal.
Sean Moved to Des Moines in the fall of 2006 and has worked at Andrew Meek's Sage, and with Jeremy Morrow at Azalea, where he took over the kitchen at Azalea in winter of 2008. Sean's pork-centric menu was heavily influenced with southeastern flavors and technique, and brings a playful and sensible approach to new American, comfort foods from around the country to Des Moines.
Proof pushes the envelope of Des Moines cuisine. Taking its influences from the Mediterranean and Northern Africa, Proof blends the old world with the new by using local ingredients in all of its dishes. Proof believes heavily in the experience – we want you to come and feel comfortable enough to let our staff provide you with the evening you were looking for.
We love good cocktails. Good wine. Good food. Good atmosphere. Good service. We offer the most unique food in town with a passion for great wine, housemade cocktails and top-notch service.
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Armed with this information, we can create the perfect meal for you that evening.
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There are thousands of grapes in the world – we intend to try them all. Our wine list is structured around this goal, peppered with a few old favorites. New world and old world, different types of grapes. Bridging the gap between old and new world styles and grapes.
Chef "Doc" Wilson's bar is an imaginarium of liquids. The focus is freshly prepared cocktails and liquors, so fresh many are made in house. Doc will be featuring several different flavors of sweet vermouth as well as house made bitters. Cocktail creations are based on the season so look for unique and obscure liquors both housemade and worldly found.
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OnePlus One design sketches suggest aluminum unibody
OnePlus One just can't stay away from the public ahead of its announcement. The upcoming flagship is a regular in our news section both via officially shared information and various leaks.
Today's leak spills the beans on the One's design and build materials. According to the sketches the OnePlus One will be using a unibody aluminum shell. You can check its alleged design below.
The leaked OnePlus One sketches (click to expand)
The OnePlus newborn company is composed primarily of former Oppo employees. It is designing a top-notch smartphone with a 5.5" 1080p display with some of the thinnest bezels we've seen so far - a previous leak suggested the OnePlus One can disappear completely behind the 5" Xperia Z1. The One will run on the snappy Snapdragon 800 chipset and will cost less than $400.
The OnePlus One should go official on March 16, so we'll know everything very soon.
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cant wait till the 23rd of April to see this phone hopefully it will live up to its slogan of never settle and be released in the uk too
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full of hype no device... epic fail
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Thank God for Zambia
The Zambians were an ordinary team. But they had players who knew the mood of their nation and its people - lift the Africa Nations Cup diadem in Libreville for the sake of departed heroes who died on April 27, 1993.
They had no identity but knew what they set out to achieve. They stuck together listening to their coach Renard, whose confidence on the bench was infectious. Zambian coach Herve Renard was calm. Renard winked when he should, gesticulated when he ought to and surged forward with a sign language that the players understood perfectly. They were determined, disciplined and resilient in their approach to the 120 minutes encounter.
The Zambians were not flamboyant. They had no outstanding performer. Even if they did, it was the goalkeeper. A few may add their captain. But placed against the Ivoriens, it was unthinkable for anyone except the Zambians to expect any upset. They knew those to mark, unlike the Ivoriens. This turned out to be the deciding feature of the thrilling show-piece.
The build-up to the final game for the Zambians was anchored on the unfortunate incident of April 1993. They visited the crash venue and threw flowers into the high sea. Their gesture attracted the attention of people at the beachside but many ignored the significance of that visit in the eventual outcome of the final tie.
The lesson to be taken away from the final game is that the gods played a part in the game. The Ivoriens dominated the play, did what they should do, yet, Didier Drogba missed a penalty kick. Looking back, it is clear that the mystical ways of our creator will forever confound mankind. Otherwise, who would have taught that the 1993 incident would be the turning point for the Zambians in their epoch feat of lifting the Africa Cup of Nations' diadem?
About 20 minutes to the start of the game, I walked up to the computer where we were planning the cover of SportingLife and instructed the planner to cast this headline- Zambians are champions.
The newsroom roared with laughter but I stuck to my guns, insisting that the only change to that headline would be the eventual result. I told my stunned audience that something told me that the Zambians would not cry in Libreville, Gabon, after what happened almost 19 years ago.
I told them that our God is always fair. I was sure that Libreville would offer the succour that the Zambians needed, not because they relied on that factor, but because they had worked for it through the qualification matches. Many in the newsroom sneered but waited for the Ivoriens to teach me a lesson.
So, when Drogba lost the penalty kick, coupled with the unbelievable misses in front of the goalpost by the Ivoriens, people watching the game started sharing my mystical optimism.
Like they say, the rest is history. But the lessons shouldn't be lost on Nigeria. We have seen a Zambian side assembled from the dead rise to become the best in Africa. The Zambian government neither wrestled with the FA chiefs nor struggled for power shift in a sadistic like we do here.
Nowhere in the last three weeks did we read media reports where those who lost in the Zambia FA politics wished the team failure like we do here. Nobody took credit for every stage of the team's qualification. We saw Kalusha Bwalya as the face of the team even though government officials were with them. There was no in-fighting in the camp and the language was the same- win the trophy in a country where our heroes died in the high seas. With such sincere wishes coupled with hard work, what happened last Sunday shouldn't come as a surprise.
Those who criticised Bwalya sheathed their swords in national interest. They had their say by condemning his decision to recall a coach who dumped them. But results such as the one on Sunday explain why Bwalya is one of the icons in Africa football, having been voted the Africa Footballer of the Year n his playing days.
This is what Coach Renard said about Bwalya on Sunday night: "He is the best Zambian player of the last century and he escaped the plane crash. He was criticised for giving me the second chance. I dedicate the victory to him because he gave me the opportunity to coach. I also thank Claude Le Roy for giving me my first experience in Africa as assistant coach in 2008 with Ghana."
Those who think that Zambians' victory had nothing to do with the mystic but with their dint of hard work must read Coach Renard's post-match comments: "It was unrealisable before the start of the tournament and we realised we had to believe in ourselves. We were not the best team but have the strength to fight on. We wanted to honour the dead players and that strengthened us. Our first game was against Senegal and the team was on its way to Senegal for a match when the plane crashed. The plane crashed in Gabon and we won the final in Gabon. It is a sign of destiny."
Things don't happen this way always. Zambians' juju was the love among the players. They enjoyed playing together. Even when they lost a defender to injury, it was written on their faces that a pillar had fallen. But they stuck on with one another and resolved that this injured lad wouldn't work in vain. Bonding is the key in team sports and that was what the Ivoriens lacked because their team was an assemblage of the best African stars in Europe. Sadly, names don't win matches. The Zambians enjoyed every moment of the game unlike the Ivoriens who became frustrated by the opponent's resilience. Were they expecting to roll over the Zambians in a cup final? It showed because they became confused during the sudden death stage of the penalty shoot-out where they quarrelled among themselves over who should take the kick that Kolo Toure eventually lost.
For Nigeria, there is the urgent need for our ex-internationals to emulate Bwalya by abiding by the dictates of the FIFA statutes. They must subject their popularity to an election like Bwalya, starting from their state of origin.
Zambians didn't withdraw from FIFA competitions to rebuild their team. They grew their squad through the soccer competitions on FIFA calendar. Not even the death of a generation of players 19 years ago could force them to take the cruel decision of withdrawing from FIFA competitions like some Nigerians are advocating for selfish reasons. Those stakeholders who lied that Ghana withdrew from FIFA competitions must tell us the year it happened? Can they now say that the strategy worked with what happened in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea?
A country's soccer team, they say, is as good as its domestic league. The Zambians play in their domestic league. Those of them who are not playing in the Zambian league are in South Africa playing, which is almost like theirs in character and style.
The National Sports Commission (NSC) must allow the NFF to learn from their mistakes. I always laugh each time NSC eggheads tag some people as stakeholders. Ninety per cent of the clubs in Nigeria are government-owned. Those parading themselves as stakeholders are sacked members of state government-owned teams. Most of them have nothing to do with the teams and cannot take any decisions for these clubs. The real stakeholders are the state governors, maybe their sports commissioners. That is the gospel truth.
Did anyone ask if the Eagles would have acted the Zambia script? Perish that thought. Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji died playing for Nigeria on August 12, 1989. Less than two weeks after Okwaraji's death, Eagles stars chose the return trip to Angola to protest over unpaid allowances, not minding that one of them lost his life during the first leg in Lagos. The players wanted to be paid upfront.
They stayed back in their hotel in FESTAC, Lagos, until the late S.B Williams provided the cash. Again, has anything changed? Yes, if you ask me about the Aminu Maigari-led board and the one before it, by Sani Lulu. Such hostage packages no longer exist.
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With the up coming Halloween season, the creepy stories will begin to surface. Who hasn't heard of an urban legend or two? Every legend can have a bit of truth it. Even if you don't completely believe in the legend, try it out and see if you don't get to the point where the hair on the back of your neck or arms stands up. Some of the creepiest urban legends are done behind the closed doors of the small confines of your bathroom in front of the mirror and in complete darkness.
The Blue Baby Urban Legend
To execute this legend, you need to go into the bathroom, close the door and shut off the lights. This could possibly be enough to start the creepy factor, depending on how small your bathroom is and whether you are claustrophobic or not. The next step is to pretend that you are rocking a baby, while you chant the phrase "Blue Baby" thirteen times. They say a baby will appear and scratch you. When this happens you must drop it and run, because if you don't a women will appear and scream loud enough to break the glass, "Give me back my baby!" If you are still found to be holding the baby, she will kill you. Are you brave enough to rock the baby?
The Bloody Mary Urban Legend
There are said to be two different versions of this urban legend. I am sure that either one will be enough to give you a good scare, if you should be so daring enough to give them a try when you are home alone and in the darkness of night.
The back story to this legend is pretty much the same. It tells the story of a girl who was thought to be dead, but she was buried alive. When she made the effort to escape the confines of her coffin, she couldn't get out. When the parents realized that the girl might have indeed been buried alive, they dug up her grave to see that she had tried to claw her way out of her coffin.
The first way you can have Mary come and pay a visit to you is:
On a Friday the 13th turn off all the lights in your house. Make your way to the bathroom and turn on the water in the sink, as well as, the bathtub and flush the toilet. Then, look into your mirror and "Blood Mary" five times. She may just appear in the mirror and if she does you better turn on those lights real quick or she will stab you in your back.
The second way to conjure up a visit from Mary is:
You must be alone in the dark and in front of a mirror. While you say "Bloody Mary" three times, you must turn around in place. After the third time, she will appear behind you in the mirror and scare you half to death.
I guess there is more than one way to stir up a Bloody Mary.
The Candy Man
Be careful when asking the Candy Man to come for a visit, because if anybody can do it, the Candy Man can.
When you are in the bathroom, make sure to turn off all you lights. Look into the mirror and say the "Candy Man's" name five times. Then you will see a pair of red glowing eyes appear staring back at you. As soon as you see those creepy eyes, you must turn on the light and run to the brightest spot in your house, because if you don't do it, he will come through the mirror and kill you.
The Lady in White
Are you missing a loved one? Well The Lady in White urban legend gives you a way of seeing them again.
Enter your bathroom alone and turn off the light. Turn around five times and utter the phrase "Lady in White." Turn the opposite way and say the name of your deceased loved one. They will appear in the mirror after you say their name.
Not a bad way to catch up on old times, huh?
Now, that you know the proper ways of executing these urban legends, try them out and see if you can scare yourself enough to believe in them.
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I'm not sure where he got it, but my husband has long loved the name Getty for a son. The poor guy ended up with me, though, so before he can live out that particular fantasy I need to know if there are proper, full name, options that could be nicknamed Getty. You all are about 150% more qualified to find that than I am; as far as I got was, well, it kind of sounds like Geoffrey, or Gretchen, which would be unfortunate on a boy.
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The first one that comes to mind is Garrett or Gareth. Maybe Grant or Gilette?
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Samsung said Tuesday that it will drop its attempts to get Apple products banned anywhere in Europe using its standards-essential patents (SEPs).
It's not dropping its infringement suits, but will limit its SEP claims to monetary damages. It will still seek injunctions for Apple's alleged infringement of its non-SEP patents.
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It also says, "What's unclear at this point is whether Samsung has a gentlemen's agreement with the European Commission that the antitrust investigation will be dropped (without remedies, or maybe with only soft remedies) if it withdraws its European requests for injunctions (again, it does not have to, and apparently has not, withdraw its pursuit of FRAND compensation). If there is such an agreement, then the European Commission will soon comment favorably on Samsung's announcement and close the case. If there is no such agreement, then the investigation may continue and Samsung may still be fined, but it would certainly be in much better shape than if it had carried on with its enforcement, especially in Germany."
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Dan Duquette and the Baltimore Orioles have made two trades in 2013, will they make another before Wednesday's deadline? (Photo credit: Greg Fiume/Getty Images North America) The Major League Baseball trade deadline is fast approaching. By Wednesday, July 31 at 4 p.m. Eastern time, all non-waiver trades must be completed. After that, players involved in trades must first clear waivers before being traded. Dan Duquette and the Baltimore Orioles have made two trades so far this season, both involving pitching. On July 2 the O's acquired Scott Feldman from the Chicago Cubs and more recently, picked up Francisco Rodriguez from the Milwaukee Brewers. If pitching is what the Orioles are looking for, there are several high-profile candidates still out there. Jake Peavy of the Chicago White Sox has been one pitcher frequently discussed about landing in Baltimore. In 2013 Peavy is 8-4 with a 4.28 ERA in 13 starts for the White Sox. The 32-year old is signed through the 2014 season and has a possible $15M player option for the 2015 season. According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the Orioles along with AL East rival Boston Red Sox, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Oakland Athletics are all discussing a possible Peavy deal. But Olney ranks the O's as an underdog in the Peavy race. Current read on Peavy talks: 1. Oakland. 2. St. Louis 3. Boston 4. Baltimore — Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 28, 2013 The O's don't have too many holes to fill in terms of their offense. Though discussed as a possible replacement for Brian Roberts, Michael Young of the Philadelphia Phillies could serve as the team's primary designated hitter. And in addition to Raul Ibanez of the Seattle Mariners and Carlos Quentin of the San Diego Padres, a couple of new names have surfaced as possible options for the Orioles at DH. Along with Ibanez, fellow Mariner Michael Morse and Minnesota Twins first baseman/DH Justin Morneau were among players a top Orioles scout was watching this past week, according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun. Morse, who the Orioles were reportedly interested in prior to the start of the season, is still rumored to be on the team's radar. In 56 games with the M's this year, Morse is batting .251 with 11 home runs and 23 RBIs. Morneau is a four-time All-Star and the 2006 AL MVP winner. Between 2006 and 2009 he hit at least 23 home runs in each season and collected at least 100 RBIs. In 95 games with Minnesota he's batting .267 with eight homers and 53 RBIs. A full-time DH could take some pressure off of Orioles first baseman Chris Davis who has struck out at least once in his last 22 games and has yet to hit a home run post All-Star break. Morse and Morneau both have experience at first and could be used in a rotation with should the O's make a trade for either. The Orioles trail the Red Sox by five games in the AL East. They currently sit in the second AL Wild Card spot but three teams trail them by two and a half games or less. With less than three days until the MLB trade deadline, trade talks and rumors will certainly become more serious. Stay tuned to isportsweb.com for the latest news on Baltimore Orioles trade rumors and other MLB transactions.
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Kip Meintzer
This is Kip Meintzer, Director of Investor Relations for Check Point Software. On the call with me today are Gil Shwed, Chairman and CEO, Jerry Ungerman, Vice Chairman and Tal Payne, Chief Financial Officer. We'd like to thank all of you for joining us today to discus Check Point's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2008 results.
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Now, before we begin with management's presentation, I'd like to bring the following to your attention. During the course of this call Check Point representatives will make certain forward looking statements. These forward looking statements may include our expectations regarding the announced available for repurchase of our ordinary shares, our beliefs regarding the proposed acquisition of the Security Appliance Business of Nokia including the expected closing date, our expectations regarding our sales pipeline, our expectations regarding the potential impact of market conditions on our business as we move forward and our expectations regarding our business outlook for the first quarter 2009.
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I'm happy once again to begin the review of an excellent quarter and what turned out to be an exceptional year for Check Point. We achieved record quarterly and fiscal year results from revenues, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS perspective. Our results both quarterly and for the full year came in the high end of our projections as we continue to demonstrate solid growth across all regions. We continue to see the adoption of our products from new and existing customers throughout this quarter and the year as customers continue to embrace our unified security architecture and total security solutions.
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