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It's like she didn't know the dance routine. She looked like it was the first time she had heard that song. Oh boy.
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What the?
It's like she didn't know the dance routine. She looked like it was the first time she had heard that song. Oh boy.
She looked horrible. That outfit which once would have looked great on her made her body look odd. Her dancing consisted of standing in one place and moving her hips or walking from side to side of the stage. It was extremely obvious that she was lypsyncing and she looked spaced out. Definately not comeback material. In my opinion it was pathetic.
the only reason I even put on the VMA's was to see Britneys 'comeback' - I feel soooooooooooooooooo sorry for this girl - it isn't coming back, it's not even miles away - she looked so unsure about the steps, actually she looked like a scared girl at cheerleader tryouts in high school - she forgot to sing the words yet the soundtrack was going - her outfit was horrendous and her hair - awww man, she has a beautiful face, she should have let her hair grow out naturally forget that 'weave' or whatever it was.
I think the saddest part of all is that SHE thinks she's good - SHE thinks she can bring it back - and I'm sure she has so many people around her filling her up with lies and telling her what SHE wants to hear
When they panned to the audience, the looks on their faces - I don't know if it was amazement or embarrassment
My youngest daughter loves Britney and keeps saying that she will be good again - and she even said it was horrible and embarrassing
She was sluggish and bloated.
I am not really a fan but I do feel bad for her.
Didn't she do something with Criss Angel? Or was his power to create good illusions not enough to make her look good?
Okay, I decided to check it out - how sad. It was like she wasn't feeling well and tried not to move too much so she make herself sick.
And the song, well, it was just terrible anyway.
Is anyone really surprised??
link in case you missed it:
Oh wow, just... wow. Jaw dropping, I can't believe that even made it to air...... I can't wait to see the press handle this one tomorrow.
Doesn't she have a drug problem? She appeared to be way out of it. When the video first started it looked like she almost fell twice. Maybe it was a "dance" move?
This was hilarious.
Wow. She looked completely loaded. Half the time she looked like she was about to fall over.
Wow, that was really bad. Nothing wrong with putting on a couple of pounds but not in that outfit. She should fire her people for letting her go out like that.
I think my favorite celeb reaction was 50 cent's "WTF is going on here?" look.
That was painful to watch.
I was so ready to see her big comeback and then I'm like huh?
It was horrible. She barely moved. She looked like she was sick or something. Like others have said, it was VERY obvious she was lip-synching.
*sigh* what a let down.

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The Wronged Woman
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This article is littered with spoilers, so I reckon you might ought'a mosey on down the road if you don't want to read any plot details.
The Wronged Woman is a Stranger side-mission in Red Dead Redemption.
A woman named Clara LaGuerta has become pregnant, and has been ostracized by the people of Blackwater and left alone without any money or a home. Meet the father and ask him for money to support her and her unborn child.
Mission PrerequisitesEdit
Before this Stranger will appear on the world map, the player must complete:
- Abraham Reyes mission: "An Appointed Time".
- The game time must be between 6:00 PM and 7:00 AM.
Mission ObjectivesEdit
After speaking with Clara LaGuerta, the player must:
- Speak with Harold Thornton in the Blackwater Saloon.
- Duel Thornton.
- Loot his corpse, return to Blackwater Chapel and give the money to Clara.
- After a short time, return to Blackwater Chapel and speak with Elizabeth Thornton in the cemetery.
Mission DetailsEdit
Speak with the woman inside Blackwater Chapel (visit the church after 6:00 p.m.). She tells you she was seduced by her employer, Harold Thornton, and is now pregnant with his child. He fired her once it was apparent that she was pregnant, and Harold has since become an alcoholic. She wants you to find Harold and get a few dollars from him so she can prepare for the child's birth.
You will find Harold at the bar in Blackwater. He will deny everything and seems confused, forgetful of ever hiring or knowing Clara (although he says he used to have a housekeeper named Sarah) and challenges you to a duel. You must kill him (no honor change), loot his body ($200) and go to Clara and hand her the money. She will then worry about his death and run out, yelling "maybe I can catch the funeral!".
A few days later, return to the chapel's graveyard to find a bereaved woman crying at his grave; the woman is Elizabeth Thornton, Harold's wife. She will talk about Harold, saying he was a good man and didn't deserve to die. She also mentions that Clara attended the funeral laughing, indicating that Clara had never worked for the Thorntons and was not impregnated by Harold, but instead used you to kill him and obtain the money for a different use. This can be clarified by reading the notes under "Strangers" in the "Stats" menu after completing this mission.
Duel DetailsEdit
For this duel it seems that targeting Harold in a lethal manner is required. Attempting to target the gun and/or arm of the target (normally a disabling shot) always results in a failure to shoot first and the player's death. Following this, the player must retry the duel until a fatal shot is successful. The player can also fight him, but he will draw his gun. He can then be hogtied and killed. He can also be shot in the back, also getting an execution in the process. Even if done right in front of a lawman there will be no repercussions.
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- Hogtie Harold, carry him out of town, and kill him while he's out of town and out of sight. This will spawn a new Harold ready to duel and can be repeated for extra cash ($200). If you wish, do this over and over again (for $10k). NOTE: This glitch does work but, you can not use your horse to transport him out of town, and when you kill and loot the body the +$200 will not show up but will be in your total money. (This can be viewed by opening up the pause menu.) In the PS3 version of the game, you can transport a hogtied Harold out of town on horse. If you travel far enough for the stranger icon to reappear on the map in front of the saloon, you can then kill Harold to gain $200 when you loot his body.
- Ghost of Harold (confirmed on PS3): Hogtie Harold, carry him out of town and travel far enough for the stranger icon to reappear on the map in front of the saloon. Carry Harold back to the saloon. If you kill him, a new Harold will spawn right before your eyes in front of the saloon! If, while the dead body of Harold still is present, you kill the newly-spawned Harold while not in duel mode, he will disappear again into thin air!
- Another possible glitch can occur on the way to the duel, with Harold standing on the sidewalk instead of the street. When the point comes to duel, you will be shown facing nobody, and when the time comes to draw your view will be obscured by your own character as you are aiming at him on the sidewalk.
- Another possible glitch can occur after the cut scene with Harold. Harold will just stay in the bar and not head to the street to duel you. To fix this, simply load up your save again.
- If you try to snipe Harold from a hill in Blackwater without being caught, after he wants to duel you, Harold's corpse will simply disappear, though advancing the story line. Thus, making you have to reload a previous save.
- After speaking to Harold, he will go to the street waiting for the player to duel him. If the player instead goes to save the game between meeting Harold and the duel, Harold simply disappears. In the Strangers log, it says the player attacked Harold before the duel and that the body needs to be looted. However, Harold is nowhere to be found. The only solution is to reload your game before meeting Harold.
- Players can do the dishonourable thing and kill Harold before commencing the duel (while he is waiting outside the Pub) which, surprisingly does not lead to losing honour, having to "deal" with eye witnesses or having a bounty placed on one's head. Once Harold is killed, the player can loot his body and meet Clara in the church to continue the mission.
- If you try to kill Clara by fire or dynamite (since you can't with a gun, due to a blue X indicationg she is not an enemy), she won't die; she will just begin to run then stop at the door and return to her position, praying at the altar.
- This mission can also be completed after the final story mission "The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed" on PS3; it can be completed on Xbox 360, but only if it was started before the final story mission.
- The mission is still available for completion, even if John Marston starts the mission (in 1911), and Jack Marston finishes it. Doing so would somehow leave Clara pregnant for three years, which would be impossible in real life, or indicate she had become pregnant again recently within the time of meeting Jack.
- If the player doesn't feel like waiting "a few days" for Harold's funeral, he or she may find a way to die, whether it be through suicide or a duel or replaying a short mission (This is Armadillo, USA) for example will also work. After waking up in the nearest safehouse, the last part of the mission should be available (talking to Harold's wife).
Aiding Strangers will contribute toward the following Trophies/Achievements:
Complete 15 tasks for Strangers.
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This is one of the very earliest MMORPGs, possibly THE earliest with most of the concepts of current games. Its appearance was really primitive because it was totally generated on the host and sent to the user at low-bandwidth; there was no client to generate the display. But in spite of its "crappy" appearance it has a lot of fairly sophisticated game features in it.
It has progression thru experience and training, choice of profession (fighter, mage, healer, etc.), kinships, fellowships, kinship private rooms, lockers, banks, player-player and player-group communication, quests, item trading between players, and a large geographical area with a variety of terrains. It had a couple of cool things that current games lack.
I played it around 1980 and hasn't changed since then except that now it's playable through the Internet. So you can consider this working game to be a kind of museum piece. I spent (or wasted) hundreds of hours compulsively glued to my weak little computer with its 2800-baud modem trying to grow my character. You were charged by the hour, not by the month, and it wasn't cheap, but it seemed worth it.
For most of the people who played it, it was the first and only MMORPG they had ever experienced so it seemed miraculously powerful, and most players were very addicted to it. You really did develop a personal attachment to the little stick figures and a sense of fear or excitement in the various areas your entered. And strong bonds developed between some players just as they do in current MMORPGs.
It had one dreaded feature, and that was that when you died and resurrected elsewhere you lost all the money you were carrying plus some of the items you were wearing, usually your most valuable items. And in some areas you could be "one shotted" (killed by surprise with a single hit) so dying couldn't be totally avoided. Typically you would be wearing precious weapons and armor that you had spent hours questing to get and those would be the things you would lose. In some places you would lose everything and not have a single weapon or armor unless you had spares stored in your locker. The lost items would stay on your "death pile" at the spot where you died for several hours (maybe 24 hours) and could be retrieved if you could manage to get back to that spot. But of course without your best items you were a lot weaker than when you were killed, so it would typically be impossible to retrieve your items solo. People spent a lot of time recruiting friends to help them get back to the spot where they were killed so they could retrieve their death pile. On top of that, whenever you died you lost one "constitution" point, which made you *permanently* weaker. A constitution point could only be restored by drinking a rare potion that was very hard to obtain.
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I played Classic Kingdom of Drakkar. I believe around 1989. I do remember it cost me $6 an hour to play and my budget for the month went fast.
For the time it was a great game. It probably had the best community of any game that I had ever played in--and I have played in a lot.
It used to be text based and would send you an ASCII map. They eventually made an 8 bit gui interface to go over the top.
The things I remember most were the deathpiles, meeting people at the lockers that would get you a yeti or rd scales if they were up.
I remember one of the first times my then girlfriend but now wife came over my place for a date. I was very late as I had an opportunity to get a baskie shield. She still rolls her eyes when I tell her "I gotta get my shield".
Kingdom of Drakkar did probably borrow from a lot of Muds. I know there was another graphic thing out there at time called Kesmai (or something like that). Of course, it is dated now, but still a classic.
The only thing I do not like about it is that when last I played a gold account with locker access for multiple characters was about $30 a month (this was early 2000's). Also, instead of embracing the classic that they had, they tried to update it with talent trees, level restrictions on gear, ect.
Anyway, I will always fondly remember KoD.
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Too much is not enough.
Nice to know there's at least one other person in the world who remembers KoD. I'm playing Lotro now (Lord of the Rings Online.)
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every old game with multiplayer had amazing communities because back then gaming wasnt as cool as it is now there werent such a thing as casuals / hardcore and people actualy had to deal with actions they made. Now adays people ninja loot items and no1 even cares etc just different times its become very popular and faceless its not just kod etc.
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Gosh .. people actually remember this.
I use to play it on MPGnet accessing using telnet and it costed like $2 an hour.
In restrospect, obviously it cannot hold its own against modern games but it was a huge thing at the time.
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Reminds me of Legends of Kesmai.
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This was my first mmorpg so I remember it fondly.


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At 12:57 PM local time, on May 10, 1997 a large earthquake struck eastern Iran near the Afghanistan border. The magnitude, as measured by the amplitude of its surface waves, was 7.3. Close to the epicenter, the maximum horizontal acceleration during the quake was 70% of the acceleration due to gravity. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 33.654 N latitude and 59.739 E longitude according to the US geological Survey. The nearly vertical fault ruptured the top 20-25 km of crust.
The quake was felt over an area of 500,000 km2 including the cities of Mashad, Kerman and Yazd. In addition to these major population centers, 150 smaller villages experienced damage. The epicenter of the earthquake was located close to the town village of Ardekul. Most of the damage and human impact occurred in a 100 km strip between Birjand and Qain. There were over 150 significant aftershocks as strong as magnitude 5.8. Aftershocks occured all along the rupture and as deep as 24 km. In the tiny village of Abiz, located 90 km east of Qain, all 700 mud houses were leveled and one third of the 1200 residents perished.
The Khorasan Province of Iran, where the earthquake struck, abuts the Afghanistan border and lies on the eastern side of the Iran's central desert. The northern affected areas are dry and desert-like while the southern area is mountainous. The terrain is rugged throughout. The province is poor and most families rely on subsistence farming. People either tend livestock or farm the land for a living. Camels and sheep are popular livestock. Wheat and saffron are the chief agricultural products. This area is often referred to as Iran's "saffron capital". The area is populated with people of diverse ethnic and sectarian affiliations. The relative isolation of many of these groups has resulted in less communication with the central Iranian government.
Iran sits in a very complicated tectonic region. To the south of Iran lies the Arabian plate (outlined in red on the top map). To the north lies the rest of the Eurasian plate. Arabia is slowly pushing northward into Eurasia. Iran sits in this collision zone. In this zone there are several smaller blocks which accommodate the motion. These are so-called microplates. A map of seismicity (seismic activity) in Iran displays an interesting feature. The majority of seismic activity in Iran occurs near its borders. This is because most of Iran sits on one microplate. The Zagros mountains mark the southwestern boundary of the plate where it contacts Arabia. As the Arabian plate pushes north, Iran is pinched and forced to the northeast against Eurasia. In essence, most of Iran is being forced into its northeast corner. This results in numerous sets of mountains along the north and east border (visible on the topography maps) as the block is slowly compacted. Strike slip faults along the north and east (including the one which ruptured during in this event) are also evidence of this motion. As one might expect, the northern faults are left-lateral and the eastern faults are generally right-lateral.
The eastern region of Iran is known as the Sistan collision zone. This is the region were the central Iranian block abuts the Afghan block to the west. It is an area filled with faults as the Iranian block is pushed northwest into Afghanistan and the two blocks slip sideways relative to each other. There are several faults in the vicinity of the epicenter. The region is well known for destructive earthquakes. Field investigations showed that the quake occured on the northwest-southeast trending, strike-slip Korizan fault (labeled in gray on the northeastern Iran topo map). A small thrust component is evident in the fault rupture as well. This section of the fault had last ruptured in 1979. Displacement along the fault was right lateral. [That is, as one looks across the fault from either side, the opposite side moved to the right. Or, the eastern side of the fault moved south relative to the western side moving north.] The maximum observed displacement across the fault was 2.2 meters in the horizontal direction, and 0.25 meters in the vertical direction. In all, about 130 km of the fault ruptured.
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[Video] Tamar Braxton Throws Shade On Towanda's Rumored Relationship With Kordell Stewart
It was all tea and nothing but shade this week as the Braxton sisters (minus Toni) stopped by "Bethenny" and Tamar let the world know how she really felt about her older sister's new relationship. During the show, Towanda was asked about being spotted around the ATL with Porsha Stewart's estranged husband Kordell Stewart but before she could answer, Tamar jumped right on in to say she watched "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and wasn't impressed at all by Kordell:
Towanda: He's a really nice guy.
Tamar: Lies![…]I wouldn't consider him a catch. No shade, no shade, no shade! This is not milkshake right now. This is based upon what we all saw on ["Real Housewives of Atlanta"]. She couldn't go nowhere. She couldn't do nothing. It's not cute.
Towanda: What I'm saying is this. You don't know exactly what happened. I don't know exactly what happened in their marriage. That was just a one-sided situation. He wasn't on the show, she was on the show, so she was telling her side of the situation. I don't know. I don't care. He's just a really nice guy to me. He's a great dad. People don't understand that when you put everything tumultuously on television, it effects the children.
When Towanda was asked about the rumors that Kordell may be gay, Tamar jumped in and said:
I don't like to call nobody or give them a crown — meaning I don't want to call nobody no queen if I don't know.
Towanda: The word jealousy has never been apart of our vocabulary.People on social networks like Twitter or Instagram or Facebook, they have created this jealousy forum against the Braxton girls because we've always supported on another with everything we've ever done.[…]Toni's the oldest. There's a ten year difference between Toni and Tamar.
Tamar: It was weird with Toni as old as she was singing love songs. We're almost eleven years apart and when we were all singing together. We were singing love songs and I was singing them as well. I was a kid so it was different.
Trina: You can't have Toni singing "Another sad love song breaking my heart" and Tamar being ten-years-old…what does she know about that?
Towanda: We look at Toni as the trailblazer of the "Braxton Family Values."
Tamar: When she brought us out on the road with her, it really showed us the business at a very young age. Then she allowed us to sing her [background singing] and it just kind of worked out like that.
Check out clips from the ladies' "Bethenny" visit below, and see what else they had to say about being compared to the Kardashians and Tamar's attempt at riding the NYC subway for the first time:
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Full detailed profile on Kate Howard (Past) Played by Megan Ward on General Hospital Daytime Soap Opera.
Megan Ward (Nikki Nelson/WENN.com)
Birthday: September 24 1969
Frustrated with Sonny's revenge tactics, Kate says he belongs with Claudia. Sonny insists he is doing all of this for her but she doesn't care.
Carly gets to the Metro Court to find Lulu waiting. She asks Carly again to get Johnny a job without letting him know that Lulu put Carly up to it. As they are talking Kate comes down and tells Lulu she can't just leave work whenever she wants. She threatens to fire Lulu but Carly says she can't! Carly gives Lulu some time off, telling her that Jax won't let Kate fire her. Kate turns on Carly, saying she couldn't stand to see Sonny happy and she got her wish – because now Sonny is married to a woman who might kill him! Carly says Sonny doesn't want to be saved and that he married Claudia as penance for Michael, not as revenge for Kate! She brings up the benefit, saying Kate is the reason Michael is in the condition he is in! Kate wonders if Michael would agree with Carly's decision to cut Sonny out of the kids' lives. Carly gets her things and storms off but Kate stops her, asking why Claudia is better than she is. "You are irrelevant," Carly says and storms off.
At the Metro Court Kate overhears Olivia confirming some details about the benefit. She gives Olivia the watch she planned to give Sonny as a wedding gift, asking her to give it to him. Olivia wonders why Kate isn't delivering it herself; she says Sonny won't care who delivers it.
Sonny goes to the Metro Court and tries to give the watch back to Kate. She says she doesn't want it either because it will only remind her of her wasted year. He says the year wasn't all bad; she reminds him that he lied about the mob and then married Claudia. He vows again to find out who shot her. She says it won't change anything. "I promise you whoever it is will pay," he whispers.
Kate finds Jax in the lobby at The Metro Court to ask what kind of dealings Jerry had with Claudia. Jax says that he doesn't' know, but they are certainly both psychotic enough to have had something going on. He then tells Kate an awkward truth - that he and Carly are working on their marriage. Kate is sorry to hear that and tells him that he deserves better.
Claudia is devouring Sonny's bedroom for the next DVD that Jerry left. She only gets a second to herself before Kate busts in and demands to know what she's doing. Claudia insists that this is her room now, but Kate isn't buying it and won't be thrown out. She tells Claudia that Sonny has made it very clear that she is welcome in his room, and life, anytime she pleases. Claudia tells her that love doesn't rate as high as power does on Sonny's list of priorities and the best she can be at this point is Sonny's mistress. On her way out, Kate says that she is going to tell Sonny that his wife was searching his room. Once she's gone Claudia quickly continues her search and finds the DVD.
Jax and Kate go into Kate's office and check out the layout of the next Crimson cover. Kate isn't happy with the model so Jax draws a mustache on the face. She is playfully trying to get it from him when Sonny comes in. He tries to get Kate to come for coffee, but Kate tells him to give her best to his wife.
Kate runs into Jax at The Metro Court. She's surprised to hear of his plans to spend the holidays with his mother and says that she was hoping to spend them together since they are both Christmas orphans this year. She says that Olivia is spending the holidays in Benson Hurst and she doesn't feel like joining them for more family arguing. Jax insists that Lady Jane needs him and Kate says that at least she knows he won't end up with Carly.
Sonny arrives at the hospital as Kate is visiting Mike; she gets up to go and they immediately start arguing about Sonny's marriage – again! Sonny tells Mike that he only married Claudia to find out who shot Kate but Kate isn't interested in his reasons any longer. Mike tries to logically figure out who in the Zacchara family would have shot Kate but can't figure it out. Kate says that is because the Zacchara's didn't shoot her and Sonny married Claudia to get back to the mob wars. Sonny says if she was over him she wouldn't be so mad; she says she slept with Jax! "That's not right," Sonny says. She says their relationship is over and walks away. Mike tells Sonny he can fix this; Sonny says he is fixing things – by taking over the Zacchara operation and finding out who shot Kate. Mike asks what happens when this ends. Sonny says this isn't going to end because no one is going to want Anthony back at the helm when he is done! Mike is worried about Claudia; Sonny says he has Claudia figured out and is just playing her to learn the Zacchara secrets. Mike says none of this will change how Kate feels; Sonny says he has to know the truth.
Claudia is none too pleased to find Olivia strolling around her living room. She tells her that if she's well enough to roam around snooping, she's well enough to go home. Sonny walks in and Olivia asks if his wife speaks for him? Sonny yells at Claudia, but admits that Olivia would be better off anywhere but here. He offers to get her a car, but she says she can manage to stroll across the football-sized lawn over to Kate's place.
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By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2001 The U.S. Postal Service made its special "United We Stand" stamp available Oct. 24 in areas where postal officials thought it would have the most meaning.
The Postal Service produced the stamp in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to postal spokesman Don Smeraldi. The terrorists slammed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside.
"We made the stamp available in the Washington metropolitan area and in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut," Smeraldi said. "We issued it in New Jersey and Connecticut because they're so close to the World Trade Center and a lot of people from those areas were there on Sept. 11. The Washington metropolitan area includes Northern Virginia, where the Pentagon is located, down to Richmond.
"We had enough stamps printed to supply those post offices," Smeraldi noted. "We'll have enough printed by Nov. 5 to stock all post offices nationwide, including the military APO and FPOs."
The 34-cent self-adhesive stamp features "Old Glory" with the words "United We Stand" below it. The stamp is available in booklets of 20 and coils of 100. Customers can order the stamp online at www.usps.com and via the Postal Service's toll-free telephone number at 1-800-STAMP-24.
To obtain a digital image of the "United We Stand" stamp, visit the Postal Service Web site at www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_067.htm


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Updated at: 10/10/2012 3:05 PM
By JOHN KEKIS
(AP) SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Excuse Big East commissioner Mike Aresco if he's feeling a bit giddy this week. When the dust settled after weekend play, he still had three undefeated teams ranked in the AP Top 25.
While nine ranked teams lost, No. 18 Louisville, No. 20 Rutgers and No. 21 Cincinnati boosted their combined record to 14-0 and remained among the 14 undefeated teams in major college football.
The best news for Aresco is that all three are staying put as he continues to rebuild the much-maligned conference.
"Louisville, Cincinnati and Rutgers are some of our core programs, and they have strong football," Aresco said. "What it shows also is that, going forward, we will have even stronger football. It's only going to get better. This is early evidence of it."
Boise State (4-1), currently No. 24, joins the conference next year. That should more than make up for the departure of Pittsburgh and Syracuse after this season as they make the jump to the Atlantic Coast Conference. If only West Virginia _ 5-0 and ranked No. 5 _ hadn't bolted for the Big 12.
"When we bring in the new schools, we're going to have a powerful football conference top to bottom," Aresco said. "It's going to be very competitive, very rugged."
It already is. Just ask Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer, whose Hokies used to play in the Big East.
After Pittsburgh started the season under first-year coach Paul Chryst with a stunning two-touchdown loss to Youngstown State, which plays at Division I's second level, and followed that with a loss at Cincinnati, Pitt upset then-No. 13 Virginia Tech, 35-17, forcing the Hokies into four first-half turnovers.
Tech hasn't been the same since, also losing to Cincinnati and North Carolina. So, for the record, the Hokies, another former league member, are 0-2 vs. the Big East.
"(The Big East is) having a good year, that's for sure," Beamer said. "Cincinnati was for real, and the day we played Pittsburgh ... they were good, so I have nothing but respect for them."
Since 2006, the Big East is 215-89 (70.7 winning percentage) in nonconference play, behind only the SEC (304-70, 81.3 percent) and the Big 12 (259-86, 75.1 percent). And since 1998, the Big East has the best postseason record (43-27) of any Bowl Subdivision conference during the Bowl Championship Series era.
So, why is the conference always an afterthought?
"Because we beat each other up," Louisville offensive guard Jake Smith said. "There aren't too many unbeaten teams that come out of the conference. It's tough. I won't say we'll have the national champion every year, but I think there are really good teams in the Big East."
It's just that nobody seems to notice.
Such is life in a league with no dominant teams, even if players such as Baltimore Ravens tailback Ray Rice (Rutgers) or New England Patriots rookie defensive end Chandler Jones (Syracuse) quickly become household names as pros.
"This conference is really underrated, honestly," Smith said. "There are a lot of really good players that come out of the Big East. You don't have to look far to find great talent.
"It's kind of offensive when you see somebody just bashing the conference that you're in. Last year, when West Virginia was in the conference, they came and blew out Clemson (70-33 in the Orange Bowl), and then they moved to another conference and have become a top-10 team _ and that's the team we beat last year. I think it's the perception nationally. I don't think that's how it should be."
Aresco already knows he won't have three unbeaten teams at season's end, and he's OK with that.
"It's always been a conference that has been able to reinvent itself and get even stronger," Aresco said. "We're doing it now. It's not surprising to me that we've got teams that are in the Top 25. It's nice to have undefeated teams, but they've got to play each other."
Not yet. Which means Aresco still has three good bargaining chips on his side as the league continues negotiations on a new television contract.
"It's great timing," Aresco said. "It sends the signal that I've talked about. We are a strong football conference, we're a valuable football conference, we're going to be valuable to our media partners. Not only is it great timing, but it foreshadows the future."
The drawback to the start, though, has been everyone else. If you take out the three ranked teams, no other league member is over .500. But at least, there are the Cardinals, Scarlet Knights and Bearcats to brag about.
"We really didn't know what was going to happen this year," Smith said. "Cincinnati had questions, Rutgers had some questions, and with us there were some questions of youth. But to have three undefeated teams, it's good to see that competitiveness.
"And I like it."
Aresco does, too.
AP Sports Writers Gary Graves in Louisville, Ky., and Hank Kurz in Richmond, Va. contributed to this report.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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All the characters in this family will be doing some funny activities. Make the parents to kiss each other without getting hit by the other characters, as otherwise you will lose the life. Click on the character that you want to kiss. Fill the kiss loader within the time duration to move further levels. Also escape from the other characters when they do funny activities on them.


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The ILST course is intended to help Boy Scouts in leadership positions within their troops understand their responsiblities and to equip them with organizational and leadership skills to fulfill those responsibilities. ILST replaces Troop Leadership Training and is a prerequisite for Boy Scouts to participate in more advanced leadership courses (i.e., National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) and National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE)).
Working as patrols, this hands-on course provides adult leaders the practical outdoor skills they need to lead Scouts in the out-of-doors. Upon completion, leaders should feel comfortable teaching Scouts the basic skills required to obtain the First Class rank. This course is required of all direct contact leaders registered in Boy Scout Troops and Varsity Scout Teams, in order to wear the Trained patch. Check with your District Training Committee for the next scheduled course.
This course is designed to help Webelos leaders enhance the outdoor program for the Webelos Scouts in their den by teaching some basic outdoor skills as well as skills needed to complete many of the Webelos activity badges. This course can be taught as a stand-alone experience but is often presented in conjunction with Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS).
Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class rank requirements video.
Available both as an instructor-led course and online, this course focuses on the core beliefs, aims, and methods of Scouting. It specifically helps each committee member learn and identify his or her role and responsibilities in support of the unit in order to provide a quality troop experience for the Scouts. Estimated time to complete: 45 minutes.
This is the syllabus for the instructor-led course for Varsity Scout leaders. The course will provide an introduction to the Boy Scouts of America and to the responsibilities, opportunities, and resources that will ensure a successful Varsity team ledership experience.
ILSC is intended to help Venturers in leadership positions within their crew understand their responsibilities and to equip them with organizational and leadership skills to fulfill those responsibilities. ILSC replaces the Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC) and is a prerequisite for Venturers to participate in the more advanced leadership courses (i.e., National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE) and the Kodiak Challenge).
Providing support to new Venturing crew leaders, this self-paced course covers crew officers' roles and responsibilities, resources crew officers need and use, working with Advisors and older adults, and how to plan your crew's annual program, along with other planning resources.
ILSS is intended to help Sea Scouts in leadership positions within their ship understand their responsibilities and to equip them with organizational and leadership skills to fulfill those responsibilities. ILSS replaces the Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC) and is a prerequisite for Sea Scouts to participate in the more advanced leadership courses (i.e., National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE) and the Kodiak Challenge).
Supplemental training modules are designed to provide Scouting leaders with orientation beyond the basic training offered in This Is Scouting and leader-specific training.
This presentation provides a detailed briefing for individuals selected to serve as a camp health officer at a council or district camping facility.
Climb On Safely covers eight key safety points about climbing and rappelling and is required training for at least one adult leader on any type of Scouting outing that involves climbing or rappelling. You will watch a brief video broken into three sections and answer questions after each section. Completion is noted automatically in the BSA training records database if the module is experienced online. Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes.
Take this session and have a broader understanding and deeper appreciation of the diverse range of ages and life experiences of the volunteers and professionals in our organization. You will be able to recognize and define the four generational groups of people currently in the BSA.
The Kodiak Challenge is designed to be an adventure that pushes the boundaries of every participant - one that will encourage you to try new things that may be out of your comfort zone. It is an experience - but one that has its underpinnings in the application of the leadership skills they learned in the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops or Crews, NYLT, and/or NAYLE. It is, as is all of Scouting, an adventure with a purpose.
This mentoring workshop will introduce participants to the two different styles of mentoring, as well as their benefits and when these models are appropriate. Using the mentoring framework, the participants will enter into a mentoring relationship using learned conversations to demonstrate mentoring in action.
Open to both registered adults and youth who are at least 13 and have completed the 8th grade, Powder Horn is a hands-on resource management course designed to give you the contacts and tools necessary to conduct an awesome high-adventure program in your troop, team, crew, or ship. Contact your council training chair for information about upcoming courses in your area.
All swimming activities in Scouting are required to follow the eight basic principles known collectively as the Safe Swim Defense plan. A unit that follows the plan can expect a safe, enjoyable aquatic experience. Safe Swim Defense is required for BSA tour permits.
All boating activities in Scouting are required to follow the nine basic principles of Safety Afloat. With an emphasis on accident prevention through proper preparation and skills, a unit that follows Safety Afloat can expect a safe, enjoyable activity. Safety Afloat is required for BSA tour permits for any trip afloat.
"Trek Safely" covers seven key safety points about trekking and is recommended for adult leaders organizing any type of trek. You will watch a brief video broken into two sections and answer questions after each section. Completion is noted automatically in the BSA training records database if the module is experienced online. Estimated time to complete: 20 minutes.
Weather Hazards training must be completed prior to requesting a tour permit from the BSA. The module presents safety precautions for eight different types of weather, as well as planning, preparation, and traditional weather signs. You will answer questions about the topics after each section. Completion is noted automatically in the BSA training records database if the module is experienced online. Estimated time to complete: 40 minutes.
Since 1950 The Philmont Training Center (PTC) has provided a unique environment for training volunteer and professional leaders, and a fun family program for every member of the family.
National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE) offers participants an unforgettable Philmont backcountry wilderness experience that develops leadership and teamwork skills, using the core elements of NYLT to make these skills intuitive.
Physical Wellness Training was developed to help prepare attendees for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. It is appropriate for leadership in all program areas and for Boy Scout and Venturing youth. The module focuses on Mind, Body and Spirit. Learning objectives include the ability to define physical wellness; identify ways to improve the wellness of the mind, body, and spirit; describe the role self-responsibility plays in wellness; and answer questions about nutrition. Completion is noted automatically in the BSA training records database if the module is experienced online. Estimated time to complete: 40 minutes.
The Trainer's EDGE replaces the Trainer Development Conference (BSA 500) as the required train-the-trainer course for Wood Badge and NYLT staffs. It is meant to supplement the practice offered through Wood Badge and NYLT staff development, with a focus on the participant, while raising the level of skill a trainer brings to the staff experience. Only practice can polish these skills, but this course is intended to "train the trainer" on behaviors and resources while offering hands-on experience in methods and media.
Providing knowledge, program ideas, skills, and fun resources is the purpose behind the Boy Scout Roundtable Planning Guide. Using this guide along with local resources, Boy Scout roundtable commissioners can enable and motivate unit leaders to deliver an outstanding program to their Scout troops. The 2011-2012 planning guide is designed to allow program topics to be used in the order best suited for your district.
This session will assist you in recruiting the right people to get Scouting done in your district. Learn how the coordinated meeting makes the best use of time, as it breaks out into six operating committees that interact with one another.
Both the AFL-CIO and the VFW recognize the value of Scouting and particularly the value of Wood Badge training. Both organizations offer scholarships to their chapter members to better equip them to serve the youth of their communities. Each of the four regions can award up to three scholarships a year. Applications can be downloaded, printed, and sent to the Volunteer Development Team at the national office. Deadline for submitting both applications is March 31st.
Want to escape the winter weather next January? The Volunteer Training Team is offering four training conferences that you might be interested in attending.
This training outline teaches how Scouts can plan and safely carry out council and unit high-adventure treks using Leave No Trace techniques.
The Philmont Training Center now offers a Masters Track Square Knot that you may have completed all or part of the requirements if you have visited the training center in the past two years. If not, this is one you might want to be working on the future.
More information can be found at National Council.


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Bobby Jindal's Prayer Rally Explicitly Advocated a Christian Theocracy in America
Media reports on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's "prayer rally" made it seem completely unremarkable. Just some religious folks praying, that's all. Good clean fun for the whole Christian family!
But Right Wing Watch supplies us with a video clip that shows the true intention of this religious right crowd — they literally want to control every area of American life, including the government.
Gene Mills, president of Louisiana Family Forum (an official state affiliate of the Family Research Council) spent his entire ten-minute speech at Jindal's prayer rally this weekend openly preaching Seven Mountains Dominionism from the stage.
Christians have been tasked to take control of "the sphere of influence around civil government," Mills said, because all areas of culture "belong to God." Jindal's prayer rally, Mill's declared, was a key component of their effort "to reclaim territory that rightfully belongs to God" because "these seven spheres of influence are under enemy occupation right now."
After revealing that last month, he and other prayer rally organizers knelt in prayer with Jindal "asking God to break unholy alliances" over these areas of society, Mills led the gathering in a similar prayer.
"Father, we cry out for the seven mountains of influence today," Mills said. "We pray that you will give us government, arts and entertainment, education, the church, and the family. That our ambassadors would occupy the high places. That you would bring us into a place of understanding that they need to be occupied by the body of Christ because it's rightfully His."


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HOWARD — The East Knox school board on Wednesday reluctantly, but unanimously, voted to close the elementary building in Bladensburg as a cost savings measure. Students will be moved to the Howard campus effective at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.
"This has not been an easy decision," said board member Renee McDaniel. "An operating levy has failed seven times and we just have to cut our expenses."
Board president Warren Edstrom, who promised the Bladensburg community he would not vote to close the building unless there was an overriding financial reason, said there now is an overriding financial reason. "We're basically bankrupt," he explained. We don't like having to take this action because we know the school is the center of the Bladensburg community. We don't see that we have any choice."
Approximately three dozen people were in attendance at the meeting, but none spoke publicly in opposition to the board's action.
To accommodate all students at the Howard campus, the middle school will be reconfigured to house grades kindergarten through grade six, and the current high school building will serve grades seven through 12. The board authorized the superintendent to make adjustments in contract days, classroom assignments and job duties as related to the closing of the elementary building.
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Time for the letter C in the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge!
C is for Census
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I always prefer a fresh fruit smoothie over the frozen fruit kind. This persimmon smoothie is no exception. With coconut milk, orange juice and ripe persimmon, this drink is earthy and sweet, spicy, and just slightly tart. Oh, and it is vegan!
See My How-To on Buying Persimmons
1. Peel 3 persimmons. You can leave it on, I usually do for most meals using the persimmon –this is really just a texture preference for me.
2. Cut the persimmons into small pieces, removing any found seeds. We don't want chunks of seeds in the smoothie.
3. Add the persimmon chunks, 1 cup of coconut milk and the juice of 2 oranges together and blend them in a blender or using an immersion blender.
4. Chill and serve.
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The Minnesota legislature is focusing nearly $3 billion in higher education funding on keeping college costs as low as possible.
The House and Senate budget bills unveiled Monday would send more money to the state's grant program for financial aid and give public colleges and universities millions of dollars dedicated to freezing tuition rates for the next two years.
"It's been about 8 years since we've had a positive number in higher education," said Rep. Gene Pelowski, referring to almost a decade of budget cuts to universities and colleges. "I would hope that we focus it and use it wisely."


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Constricted ready for Feb. 8 gigWritten by Mike Bauman | | firstname.lastname@example.com
It's been nearly a decade since local progressive metal outfit Constricted started to take shape. While it's taken some time, lineup changes and a couple sweet contracts involving Hershey's and Rally's, the band said its chemistry is in a good place.
Featuring Vince Rinker (bass), Joe Genovesi (guitar), Will Ackerman (guitar), Ray Tharpe (drums) and Ryan Mullins (vocals), Constricted is excited to unleash its music live to fans this year. That begins with a show at Headliners on Feb. 8 that also features Earth Below Us, A Year in the Dark and Aeris.
"Me, Ray, Joe and Will, the day everybody joined we've been in it for the long haul," Rinker said. "The only way out is in a box."
Constricted's core of Rinker and Tharpe has been playing music together for quite some time. The two are cousins and got exposed to lots of old school rock by their dads, including the likes of KISS, Ted Nugent and Judas Priest. Nearly 11 years ago, the pair met Genovesi when he was taking guitar lessons from Damien guitarist Chuck Stohl.
At the time, Genovesi was just a teenager and recalled not being taken so seriously by his elders.
"They wanted me to play for them, and they thought that I would suck and that they'd laugh at my expense," Genovesi said of Rinker and Tharpe. "However, I started playing some stuff and they really liked what I was playing and asked me to be in the band, and it's been that way ever since."
After a couple of years jamming together, Rinker said the trio wanted to get more serious about its music. They discovered Ackerman via MySpace and brought him in for a tryout, which included playing Iron Maiden's "The Trooper."
"We didn't discuss who was going to play what arrangements as far as guitar-wise," Rinker said. "It just fell into place. Both guitar players knew which solo to take without saying and the rest is kind of history along with the binding agreements.
"Joe joined the band over a Hershey's candy bar. Then Will got luckier, and he was offered Rally's in the offer."
Though Constricted's offer wasn't rich, its musical ability is. Influenced by the aforementioned Iron Maiden as well as Dream Theater, Opeth, Pantera, Camel and Yes, among others, the band showed off its technical ability on its self-titled 2010 demo.
"We all didn't start out that great [of players], obviously, but we just kept pushing each other because of the stuff we were getting ourselves into," Genovesi said. "And then things that we got into we wanted to learn how to play so that way we could play it together. Through that it kind of helped all of us evolve as musicians and as individual players."
Constricted's progressive metal sound has continued to evolve with its latest addition in Mullins. Mullins replaced longtime Constricted vocalist and friend Tony Knisely, who split with the band amicably in October.
"Actually, I was a fan of the band before I even joined, so it's really cool getting a chance to play with them," said Mullins, whose first live show with Constricted will be on Feb. 8. "As soon I heard that Tony was leaving, I was like, 'Really?! Maybe I'll have a chance.' And low and behold, I did."
Constricted has been working on new music with Brett Dennison of FireFly Studios. Though Knisely's departure was difficult in the midst of that recording, Mullins has since been adding his flavor to the group's dynamic sound.
"It does have more abrasive vocals in certain parts, but it would be almost like Between The Buried And Me [in] how they jump from clean vocals to abrasive vocals," Mullins said of Constricted's latest material. "It's a good mixture."
Lyrically, Mullins added that he also blends the personal with the conceptual.
"I write about things that have happened to me or people I know, a lot of things happening in the world," Mullins said. "But I try to write vague enough where people can interpret it however they want to."
With Mullins fitting into Constricted from both a musical and chemistry standpoint, Constricted is eager for the new year with its new singer.
"He fits in with all of us, and we all listen to a lot of the same stuff," Tharpe said of Mullins. "He's showing us new music, so it's just really refreshing when you have everybody [together]. All of five us guys are really good friends."
Headliners is located at 4500 N. Detroit Ave. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. The show starts at 8 p.m. For more info, visit innovationconcerts.com.
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RACINE - The Racine Police Department has joined the Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
"We are pleased to have you as a member of the Wisconsin ICAC Task Force and pledge our full support to you as we work together to make Wisconsin safer for our children," said Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.
As part of this affiliation, the Racine Police Department is eligible for:
"The City of Racine Police Department is pleased to join the ICAC network of law enforcement agencies who have joined forces to identify and aggressively target online predators," said Racine Police Chief Kurt Wahlen. "As a result of a recent ICAC investigation involving child victims in multiple states, an online offender was recently traced to the City of Racine," said Wahlen.
"In response to this investigation, Racine police detectives worked closely with law enforcement officials from the state of Georgia, resulting in the execution of a series of local search warrants and the recovery of crucial evidence against the Racine-based offender," said Wahlen.
"After firsthand observation of the far-reaching impact and efficiency of the ICAC network, our organization immediately took steps to become a formal partner in the ICAC network. We look forward to future opportunities to assist in the fight against internet crimes against children."
To learn more about the ICAC Task Force program at the Racine Police Department, contact Deputy Chief Arthel Howel at 262-635-7759.
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Department of Justice Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. "In the past decade, Wisconsin's ICAC Task Force and Affiliate Agencies have arrested 728 suspects, executed 1,017 search warrants, and rescued countless numbers of children throughout the state," said Van Hollen.
According to Van Hollen, there are over 22,304 internet protocol addresses in Wisconsin containing and offering to distribute known images of child pornography. One in seven children are asked online to engage in sexual activities, sexual talk, or provide personal sexual information.
Van Hollen has placed a priority on law enforcement's proactive response to the growing problem of internet crimes against children. To that end, Van Hollen has directed a 67% increase in the number of special agents assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force within the Division of Criminal Investigation.
In addition to expanding investigative capacity internally, Van Hollen and the Department of Justice have continued to add additional local affiliates to the Wisconsin ICAC Task Force. The number of local law enforcement partners to the Department of Justice's ICAC Task Force has increased by more than five times to 155 since Attorney General Van Hollen took office. You can access a list of affiliates at http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dci/icac/afflist.asp.
"Let internet predators take note. Our commitment is unceasing. We will identify you, arrest you, and take you off the street; we will follow you to every area of the internet, no matter where you try to hide; and we will work together in law enforcement to stay one step ahead of you," said Van Hollen.
For more information on how your community can become an affiliate of the Wisconsin ICAC Task Force contact Michelle Dubois at (608) 266-1671.


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For a few months, I've had a bag of Conte's Stuffed Shells in the back of my freezer. On a busy night when I couldn't decide what to have for dinner, I decided to give them a try.
Oh my! These were so good and so easy to make! Unlike their ravioli, which requires boiling, the shells simply needed to be covered in sauce and baked in the oven. It was so incredibly easy. All I needed to do to get dinner on the table was open the bag of shells, plop it into a pan, cover it with sauce and wait 35 minutes. Other than the baking dish and the plates we ate off of, there were no dishes to wash!
The shells, honestly, were delicious. More than delicious. They were suburb! I was reminded of filled shells I'd enjoyed prior to going gluten-free at Italian restaurants. The ricotta filling was flavorful and the pasta was tender. I might have moaned a little while eating dinner. The shells were that good! In fact, they were so good, I forgot to snap a photo of them! I was too busy eating!
As with most pre-made gluten-free foods, these shells are expensive! A bag, barely enough to feed two hungry adults, was $9.99 at my local market. Honestly, before I tried the shells, I thought, "These are so expensive. I'll try them once and never buy them again." Then I ate them. While they aren't something I would make once a week, they are going on my list of "treats." Because, for me, $9.99 for a great dinner for two--that doesn't require dirtying more than one dish--is a pretty good deal.


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I have seen some statements with "thank you for your time and consideration" at the end, or something along those lines. What do people make of this? A nice touch? Redundant?
If you have space left for that you can include it. I don't think it is a bad idea. But with all those SOP size limitations I believe it must be difficult for many appicants to finish their statements this way. I know, it's only like seven words, but anyway. You'd have to write it in a separate paragraph... I spent so much time trying to squeeze my ideas in a SOP that I really do not think such ending can work for me
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