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Scientists who design underground facilities for low-level nuclear waste storage must plan for the worst, but what with earthquakes, floods, and a host of other major natural disasters to consider, who'd have ever thought to worry about gophers? Now researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are holding their breath, hoping that the burrowing activities of these rodents won't cause serious problems at disposal sites.
Within a period of 13 months, gophers dug 1.7 miles of tunnels through a 2.4-acre dump, sometimes moving as much as 130 pounds of earth each day. So far, none of the soil they've brought to the surface has a higher-than-normal level of radioactivity. Researchers don't expect the digging to present an immediate problem; the waste is buried four feet deep, and the gophers' activities seem to have been restricted to the top three feet of soil. But with tons of earth being shuffled around each year, scientists are beginning to wonder how long it will be before radioactive earth begins showing up on the surface.
A Huntington, West Virginia, courtroom was recently the scene of a lawsuit against three manufacturers whose asbestos products were said to have caused health problems in railroad workers. When the hearing was suddenly moved to a courtroom 15 miles away, the reason given for the change of venue was that workers were in the process of removing asbestos from the Huntington courthouse.
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Time Defiance Cleansing Treatmen is one of the most basic cleansers around, although it seems more impressive than it is because of the long list of fancy ingredients, all appearing in minuscule amounts after the fragrance and preservatives. For almost forty dollars, is it at all surprising that this cleanser claims to "defy age beyond procedures"? It absolutely cannot do that—all the state-of-the-art ingredients are going to be rinsed down the drain, and even sitting on your skin they can't stop aging. Still, this remains a good, water-soluble cleanser for normal to dry skin, if the price doesn't make your skin wrinkle!
The ultimate anti-aging cleanser to defy age beyond procedures. Gently cleanses while improving skin's firmness and elasticity.
Glycerin, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycol Distearate, Citric Acid, Myristic Acid, Fragrance, Methylparaben, Butylene Glycol, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Lauric Acid, Tea-Cocoyl Alaninate, Stearic Acid, Behenyl Alcohol, Sodium Pca, Urea, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Peg-8, Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate, Polyquaternium-7, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Honey, Carbomer, Trehalose, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Polyquaternium-51, Isobutylparaben, Propylparaben, Panthenol, Proline, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Lecithin, Hydrolyzed Oats, Atelocollagen, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Tocopheryl Acetate, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Chitosan, Dextrin, Cyclodextrin, Sphingolipids, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Ceramide 3, Beta-Sitosterol
Artistry by Amway At-A-Glance
Strengths: One of the few cosmetics companies that offers complete ingredient lists on their Web site; features some excellent moisturizers, serums, powder, lipstick, and eyeshadow options.
Weaknesses: Expensive for what you get (especially the Time Defiance products); lacks an effective disinfectant for blemishes; no viable skin-lightening options; some problematic toners and masks; foundations and lipstick with either low SPF ratings or a lack of sufficient UVA protection; OK makeup brushes.
Over 3 million people in 80 countries are selling Amway products, and for the most part their goal is to not only sell you products but to get you to sell the products yourself—and then you're supposed to get other people to sell them, and so on and so on. Statistically speaking, that means you have at some time been approached by someone offering you the opportunity to start a new business selling Artistry or other Amway products. As one Amway sales representative said to me, "Why would the company make anything that wasn't wonderful?" Obviously, no cosmetics line is perfect, or they wouldn't discontinue products and introduce new ones as this line has done, often with mixed results. The way Amway representatives, with the company's blessings, go about recruiting other salespeople to join their ranks is actually quite controversial. Amway is a multilevel marketing juggernaut with mythic proportions. Type "Amway cult" into any search engine and over 90,000 results are returned. A shopping experience accompanied by a recruitment push that could result in a risk of needing to be deprogrammed? Now that really is different! The company is aware of their detractors, and offers videos on their Web site to dispute the claims against them.
Contacting an Amway representative (Quixtar is the parent company, and they are part of the larger Alticor group of companies) is an interesting experience. Most are all too eager to perform a show-and-tell about the products, all with a presentation that's peppered with effusive praise and none-too-subtle hints that any products you like could make you more money than you thought possible, assuming you're willing to spread the word, and add to their "downline"—the term for those starting to sell the products under someone else's umbrella.
To shop Amway online is a tricky experience, at least in comparison to almost any other Internet commerce site. According to an article in Forbes magazine (June, 26, 2001) "Quixtar is the online offspring of $5 billion, Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Amway Corp. Launched by the company at the height of the Internet stock craze in September 1999, Quixtar's business model is virtually identical to Amway's, only it's Web-enabled. IBOs [independent business owners] gather for online meetings and in chat rooms on the Web, and introduce friends, family, and co-workers to the password-protected Quixtar Web site where they can buy thousands of the same mostly overpriced health, beauty and household products that Amway sells." we agree with Forbes--this is an odd way to shop for products!
When it comes to their skin care products, Artistry (which debuted in 1968) insists that they test their products extensively, but there is no published research or documentation (other than claims and snippets of data) forthcoming from the company. A claim to have study results is not the same as seeing the study first-hand—there are lots of ways to conduct studies to net the results you want. Further, as is true with many cosmetics companies, there are problematic ingredients in several products. On the plus side, more and more Artistry products are staying on the cutting edge of skin care science, from using cell-communicating ingredients to launching sunscreens with improved textures and efficient UVA-protecting ingredients.
Don't expect bargains: These products have prices right up there with the high-end department-store brands. Several products are worthy of consideration, though you have to be strong-willed and assertive to avoid the corporate trappings that are part and parcel of shopping this line.
For more information about Artistry, call (800) 253-6500 or visit www.artistry.com.
Artistry Makeup
Quixtar's Artistry makeup has expanded since it was last reviewed, primarily in the foundation category. Perhaps coincidentally, this is also where the line excels. It's a bit unfortunate that obtaining these products isn't as easy as stopping by your nearest department store, because the foundation shade range is extensive and impressive. Other categories don't fare quite as well, but overall the line offers a good selection of options to design your face. The positive wearability and ease of application many of these products have is overshadowed in Artistry's print and Web site information, where some skin-enhancing benefit is attributed to each cosmetic. Most of these claims (especially the anti-aging and look-younger talk) are typical hype, as evidenced by the ingredient lists, where the featured state-of-the-art ingredients appear only in tiny amounts that are listed after the fragrance or preservatives. Don't count on Artistry makeup to parlay significant skin-care benefits, but do rely on it (especially the foundations) as a well-executed cosmetics line to shop for many makeup essentials.
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Can i buy this time defiance cleanser anymore? Because in indonesia has been sold out.. Please do replay me soon.. Thank you..
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The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $162,422,199 contract modification as a follow-on modernization proposal which is the second of three Global Positioning System IIF contract change proposals that will address the effort needed to modernize the operational control segment to support the first modernized Block IIR (IIR-M) launch, the modernized Block IIF launch, and provide an initial operational capability for the new Global Positioning System military and civil signals. This proposal is a continuation of the 12-month undefinitized contractual action proposal that was placed on the Feb. 1, 2001 contract. The locations of performance are: Lockheed Martin Federal Systems Gaithersburg, Md., (51 percent); Computer Sciences Corp., Rockville, Md., (29 percent); The Boeing Co., Seal Beach (20 percent). At this time, $12,367,243 of the funds has been obligated. This work will be completed by December 2012. Solicitation began May 2001; Negotiations were completed May 2002. The Space and Missile Center, Los Angeles is the contracting activity (F04701-96-C-0025, P00165).
BAE Systems, Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Syosset, N.Y., is being awarded a five-year requirements $6,500,000 contract for essential repair of Theatre Airborne Reconnaissance System as well as line items for contractor technical support performed at contractors plant, contractor engineering assistance, contractor on-site services, operational and maintenance training, contract facility sustainment, contractor storage and warehousing as well as travel and per diem. At this time, no funds have been obligated. Solicitation began September 2001 and negotiations were completed May 2002. The Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (F42630-02-D-0010).
The James N. Gray Co., Lexington, Ky.; Caddell Construction Co., Inc., Montgomery, Ala.; The Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla.; Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Aurora, Colo.; and M. A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis are being awarded an indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract to provide for maintenance, repair and alterations of real property, and the construction projects, which may include design/build services for hangars, industrial facilities and related systems and equipment. The total contract amount is not to exceed $700,000,000. The aggregate of $700,000,000 will potentially be shared among all five contractors with each being awarded the minimum guarantee of $25,000. Work will be performed throughout the states of Atlantic Division's area of responsibility (East Coast from Maine through North Carolina and the Caribbean) however; projects may be added within the continental U.S. The term of contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of June 2007. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Naval Facilities e-solicitation Web site, with 17 offers received. These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Engineering Field Activity North, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Lester, Pa., is the contracting activity (N62472-01-D-0073/0074/0075/0076/0077).
Delphinus Engineering, Inc., Eddystone, Pa., is being awarded a $25,722,926 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, time and materials contract for engineering and technical services relative to shipboard fire protection and survivability upgrades. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va. (40 percent); San Diego (40 percent); and Eddystone (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2007. Contract funds in the amount of $35,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and advertised in the Commerce Business Daily, with 22 proposals solicited and three offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, West Bethesda, Md., is the contracting activity (N00167-02-D-0021).
Premier Roofing, Inc.*, Spring Valley, Calif., is being awarded a maximum amount of $8,894,510, guaranteed minimum of $5,000 (base period), firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for removing, patching and repairing existing deteriorated roofing systems, installation of new roofing systems, and related incidental roofing improvement work at Navy and Marine Corps activities. This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the total cumulative not to exceed contract value to $17,789,020. Work will be performed in San Diego and is expected to be completed by June 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Facilities e-solicitation Web site with seven offers received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest Division, San Diego is the contracting activity (N68711-02-D-8008).
Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $6,992,791 fixed-price contract for the Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability of the USS Elrod (FFG 55). Work will include miscellaneous structural, electrical, and mechanical repairs including shipalts, alterations to repairs, and drydocking. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by October 2002. Contract funds in the amount of $6,947,117 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and advertised via the Internet, with four proposals solicited and one offer received. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, U.S. Navy, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity (N62678-02-C-2065).
The Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $6,252,923 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-96-C-0054) for the manufacture, installation and testing of an engineering change proposal, which will provide the upgrade kits to the CV-22 Full Flight Simulator and the flight training device for advanced electronic warfare capability and Block 10 configuration upgrades. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (86 percent) and Ridley Park, Pa., (14 percent), and is to be completed by October 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River is the contracting activity.
On June 20, 2002, General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Taunton, Mass., was awarded a $6,334,653.32 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract (DAAB07-94-C-N853), for common hardware and software items for Project Manager Army Tactical Command and Control Systems computers and associated peripherals for Battlefield Commanders. Work will be performed in Taunton and is to be completed by April 10, 2005. Of the total contract funds, $2,654.32 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 50 bids solicited on April 21, 1994, and three bids were received. The U. S. Army Communications-Electronics Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J. is the contracting activity.
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LOS ANGELES -- An incidental but valuable benefit of growing a playoff beard is that it can hide some of the cuts and bruises players accumulate during a long postseason run.
Jeff Carter's thick beard almost covered a line of stitches on the right side of his chin, a painful souvenir of the high stick the Los Angeles Kings forward absorbed from Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith on Tuesday. The one-handed and admittedly retaliatory swing earned Keith a deserved one-game suspension from the NHL.
Keith, enraged after Carter had slashed at his bare hand, might have been aiming at Carter's shoulder and later apologized for his poor aim. Still, he had to be held accountable for striking Carter in the face and for the damage he caused.
While Keith got a game off, Carter got about 20 stitches on the outside and inside of his mouth, one chipped tooth, and a couple of cracked teeth.
"But I didn't actually lose any," Carter said with that remarkably matter-of-fact tone hockey players use to downplay injuries that leave lesser athletes in helpless tears.
Carter, playing center while Mike Richards recovers from a concussion, returned to the game and assisted on the empty-net goal that capped the Kings' 3-1 victory and cut the Blackhawks' Western Conference finals lead to two games to one.
Keith, who leads Chicago with an average of 24 minutes 44 seconds' ice time per game, will miss Game 4 on Thursday at Staples Center. Carter is expected to play as the Kings try to extend their home winning streak to 16.
What are a few stitches and soreness when your playoff prospects are on the line?
"We were battling in front of the net, up the ice," Carter said in recapping what happened. "I think I took a swing at his glove there -- he was trying to pick it up. I was in front of him. Next thing I knew, I was getting a stick to the face."
Asked during a news conference Wednesday how Carter was doing, Kings coach Darryl Sutter had a quick response.
"Awesome. I wish I was Jeff Carter today," Sutter said, drawing laughter from the assembled media.
Sutter and Carter spoke to reporters before the NHL handed down Keith's ban, but both said they had put the incident behind them.
"I moved on right after the game," Sutter said. "Had my feelings on it. I think I'm correct. After that it doesn't matter. To be quite honest, it never has."
Carter shrugged off suggestions the Kings were angry and might retaliate Thursday.
"There's bigger things to worry about right now," he said, his speech slightly impaired by a swollen lip and a gap where a bridge sat until it fell out last week. "We're in a fight here, down two games to one. I don't think that's on our minds.
"If he does get suspended, it's a huge loss for their team. He's a big part of their team. Nothing we can do about it. We have to get ready to play."
The Kings have no choice but to be ready.
They're still trailing in the series, more battered and bruised every day, and still unsure if Richards will return Thursday. Richards, injured on an unpenalized hit by Chicago's Dave Bolland in Game 1, worked out lightly Tuesday and skated Wednesday with the Kings' extra players, but his status remains uncertain.
Carter will have to play a prominent role for the Kings to pull even and avoid giving the Blackhawks a chance to end the series at home Saturday. He has already reconfirmed his versatility by moving from right wing back to his natural center spot the last two games, between Dustin Penner and rookie Tyler Toffoli. Carter won 19 of 28 faceoffs in those games and contributed a goal and two assists, providing offense to a team starving for production.
"It's been fine," Carter said of returning to the middle. "Obviously, going back to center, it's something that I'm familiar with. Very comfortable playing in the middle. I think it gives me a little more kind of free rein, if you will.
"You know, I think with the way that Dustin and Tyler have been playing the last two games as well has made it pretty easy for myself, pretty easy for our line to get things going."
If Carter and his linemates don't keep things going, the Kings might soon be gone. Getting mad about Keith's high stick won't help them get even in the series.


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Anderson Cooper needs to learn that when you hire Kathy Griffin, you get what you pay for! In 2009 the edgy funny lady dropped the F-bomb during CNN's live New Year's Eve coverage, and last year she stripped down to her underwear on-air while a confused and seriously stressed-out Cooper looked on. Despite the press backlash, the powers that be invited Kathy back for this year's live celebration in Times Square, and she did not disappoint. The ball wasn't the only thing that dropped at midnight, as Griffin pretended to give oral sex to her co-host Cooper! Yes, cries of "Happy New Year!" were mixed pretty heavily with shouts of "Wait, WTF?!" at our house.
It started early on in the night when Kathy told Cooper, "I'm going to tickle your sack." This understandably unnerved Cooper, who probably wouldn't want his sack tickled by Kathy in the best of occasions, let alone during a live TV broadcast in the middle of a crowded and freezing Times Square. "I don't know what you're talking about. I have no sack of gifts here," he said trying to defuse the situation. "A sack of Christmas presents. I did not bring a sack of Christmas presents."
Things got much worse around midnight, after the network cut away from a report in Maine, where locals traditionally kiss a sardine sculpture on New Year's. Without missing a beat, Griffin was seen down around Anderson's crotch area, prompting him to ask if she dropped something. "No, I was kissing your sardine," she confirmed. The veteran newscaster pulled the comedienne to her feet as she insisted, "You know you want to." Anderson answered with an uncharacteristically icy "Believe me, I really don't." Watch the whole uncomfortable incident in the video above!


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In 1968, Andy Warhol was quoted as saying "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." YouTube has, by and large, facilitated the realization of this prophecy. Enjoy our infographic, YouTube Sensationalism:
Infographic: YouTube Sensationalism
Written by Sean Valant
Friday, June 28th, 2013
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Most of image are looking funny.lol
I watch comedy, magic and music video on youtube.
Really, Ray William Johnson has 8.8 Billion subscribers. On which planet? :D Average video views 6.2 million and most viewed video 2.4 million.
You sent Ray William Johnson out of space… seems he has found another race o.0 – By that I mean your math is wrong ^_^
Curious about where you got your "total revenue" stats?
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Sans Souci Literary Club: First lady theme continues with Monroe
Feb. 15, 2013 @ 08:12 PM
The February meeting of the Sans Souci Literary Club was held in the home of Mrs. Joseph Callahan. 18 of 20 members were in attendance.
Mrs. Fred Wilson presided over the business session after dessert was served by the hostess.
Mrs. A. K. Hartsell presented the program for the afternoon meeting. Continuing the theme for the year of "First Ladies," Hartsell talked about Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright Monroe, the wife of President James Monroe.
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Jun 10, 2015 6:49am
New Intel Security "Cyber Parenting" Study Sheds Light on Kids' Online Lives and Parents' Attitudes Toward Internet Safety
Coinciding with Internet Safety Month, this June Intel Security (an NCSA Board member company) released findings from its new study, "The Realities of Cyber Parenting: What Pre-teens and Teens Are Up To Online," which examined both parents' concerns and the behaviors of American pre-teens and teenagers online and on social media.
Mar 13, 2015 11:37am
The closer we get to April 15, the more we'll be scampering around collecting receipts and crunching the numbers in hopes of receiving tax refunds. At the same time, cybercriminals and scammers will be working on ways to separate people from their hard-earned money. Learn how you can help prevent bad things from happening around the submission of your taxes.
Mar 10, 2015 6:59am
A new Microsoft-sponsored study released today by the by the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) reveals data adults and especially parents should know. Across the globe, young people are taking and sharing nude photos and videos of themselves, and the behavior is being exhibited by even younger age groups. How do we react to these findings in a meaningful way?
Jan 7, 2015 8:52am
EDUCAUSE and the higher education community were active participants in NCSAM 2014. Colleges and universities have continued to offer fun, creative cybersecurity and online safety activities and events for students, faculty, staff and their local communities. Here are a few highlights.
Dec 18, 2014 10:55am
Learn how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) participated in National Cyber Security Awareness Month this year and get some examples of how your organization can get involved in 2015.
Sep 19, 2014 7:03am
Post your commitment to the ethical and innovative use of data on social media to help meet the goal of 100,000 pledges by Data Privacy Day (Jan. 28, 2015)!
Feb 3, 2014 7:08am
This Tuesday, February 11th, is Safer Internet Day, a worldwide awareness effort to make the Internet a safer place and to harness the power of the Internet for good.
Jan 28, 2014 6:00am
"For those who would frame data privacy as the individual-versus-corporations or individual-versus-government, there are more constructive approaches to protecting privacy than adversarial ones," writes NCSA executive director Michael Kaiser on the annual observation of Data Privacy Day. "And that's why the theme of Data Privacy Day is Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust."
Jan 21, 2014 9:20am
Today, Target announced that has NCSA joined a coalition Target is creating with the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to initiate an education campaign to help people stay safer online.
Nov 7, 2013 7:00am
There is probably no technology that has changed the way we stay connected more profoundly and completely than the rise of the mobile Internet. As we move forward with our education and awareness efforts to make Internet users – and by extension, the Internet as a whole – safer and more secure, we're paying particular attention to the powerful computing devices that so many of us carry in our pockets.
Jun 29, 2013 12:10pm
NCSA executive director Michael Kaiser discusses why summertime is the right time to improve online safety behavior through the national cybersecurity education campaign, STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
Jun 5, 2013 7:00am
At NCSA, we want to make sure that you and your family do all they can to transition into a safer and more secure summer online. We're celebrating Internet Safety Month with two Twitter chats and by encouraging everyone to STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
May 16, 2013 8:20am
We're excited to announce that we'll be working with the LGBT Technology Partnership to encourage greater awareness about online safety issues affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender communities.
Jan 10, 2013 8:00am
The Safer Online Teen Challenge is a contest where teens can teach others how to stay safer online by creating a song, video, skit or other original work.
Oct 31, 2012 7:46am
Today is the last day of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). It will take some time to crunch all the numbers and capture the full picture of everything that took place but I sense that this was the best NCSAM ever. At the National Cyber Security Alliance, we are thankful for all the efforts everyone takes to make people aware of how stay safe online. At its core, NCSAM is an organic, grass roots effort.
Oct 23, 2012 12:08pm
Bullying is a persistent and dangerous challenge in both the physical and digital worlds.
Oct 22, 2012 2:44am
The funds are in recognition of the center's role in tracking international criminals behind the social-media botnet Koobface as well as other spammers.
Sep 28, 2012 10:48am
We all need to do our part to make the Internet safer and more secure. But what is your part?
May 29, 2012 8:45am
For the past several months, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has been working with other organizations to create the Industry Botnet Group, a voluntary group of companies, trade associations and non-profit organizations established to collaborate, share expertise and aggregate resources to combat botnets.
May 4, 2012 4:42pm
A lot has been written in the last couple of days about the Consumer Reports study on Facebook (Facebook is an NCSA Board Member company) users use of privacy settings.
Nov 21, 2011 2:39pm
Last month, we ended National Cyber Security Awareness Month with a landmark event. We signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to formally institute and promote cyber security education programs in K-12 schools, higher education, and career and technical education environments nationwide.
Oct 31, 2011 5:53pm
Is your computer set to automatically check for software and security updates? Do you type your name in search engines to see what personal information is online? Have you customized your security and personal information settings on social networks?
Oct 3, 2011 10:45am
President Obama today proclaimed October National Cyber Security Awareness Month!
Aug 4, 2011 5:34pm
Today, the Department of Commerce released a study about the gender gap of women in STEM careers.
Jun 1, 2011 6:25pm
Google reveals that a phishing campaign directed at Gmail users originates out of China and offers protection advice
Of course it's not surprising that the bad guys would go after Gmail accounts. Any pathway to personal information is a target for cybercriminals in their malicious attempts to exploit personal information for monetary or other gain.
May 27, 2011 10:23am
Mayor Bloomberg has noble intentions in making New York City the world's highest-ranking digital city and with the recent release of, "Road Map for the Digital City: Achieving New York City's Digital Future," he underscored this goal even further.


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The 2013 CMT Music Awards took place last night, and country songbirds, southern belles and guitar slingers all showed up to strut along the red (well, purple) carpet. While some in attendance went gloriously glam, a few stars donned some duds that definitely rubbed us the wrong way.
The 15 Worst Dressed Celebs At The CMT Music Awards
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The Frick Collection is pleased to offer Art Club for middle school students. Classes are free, but online registration is required; please see schedule below to sign up or call the Education office at 212-547-0704 for assistance. To see drawings made by other Art Club participants, visit the Art Club Students' Gallery.
The Art Club program will resume in fall 2014. Please try our Studio Programs or Summer Nights instead.


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A complex web of thoughts was weaving itself in the bear king's mind, with more strands in it than hunger and satisfaction. There was the memory of the little girl Lyra, whom he had named Silvertongue, and whom he had last seen crossing the fragile snow bridge across a crevasse in his own island of Svalbard. Then there was the agitation among the witches, the rumors of pacts and alliances and war; and then there was the surpassingly strange fact of this new world itself, and the witch's insistence that there were many more such worlds, and that the fate of them all hung somehow on the fate of the child.Meanwhile, two factions of the Church are vying to reach Lyra first. One is even prepared to give a priest "preemptive absolution" should he succeed in committing mortal sin. For these tyrants, killing this girl is no less than "a sacred task."
In the final installment of his trilogy, Philip Pullman has set himself the highest hurdles. He must match its predecessors in terms of sheer action and originality and resolve the enigmas he already created. The good news is that there is no critical bad news--not that The Amber Spyglass doesn't contain standoffs and close calls galore. (Who would have it otherwise?) But Pullman brings his audacious revision of Paradise Lost to a conclusion that is both serene and devastating. In prose that is transparent yet lyrical and 3-D, the author weaves in and out of his principals' thoughts. He also offers up several additional worlds. In one, Dr. Mary Malone is welcomed into an apparently simple society. The environment of the mulefa (again, we'll reveal nothing more) makes them rich in consciousness while their lives possess a slow and stately rhythm. These strange creatures can, however, be very fast on their feet (or on other things entirely) when necessary. Alas, they are on the verge of dying as Dust streams out of their idyllic landscape. Will the Oxford dark-matter researcher see her way to saving them, or does this require our young heroes? And while Mary is puzzling out a cure, Will and Lyra undertake a pilgrimage to a realm devoid of all light and hope, after having been forced into the cruelest of sacrifices--or betrayals.
Throughout his galvanizing epic, Pullman sustains scenes of fierce beauty and tenderness. He also allows us a moment or two of comic respite. At one point, for instance, Lyra's mother bullies a series of ecclesiastical underlings: "The man bowed helplessly and led her away. The guard behind her blew out his cheeks with relief." Needless to say, Mrs. Coulter is as intoxicating and fluid as ever. And can it be that we will come to admire her as she plays out her desperate endgame? In this respect, as in many others, The Amber Spyglass is truly a book of revelations, moving from darkness visible to radiant truth. --Kerry Fried --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
I remember reading these books as a kid. I still remember every bit of my journey through the universes and how Crushed I was when I flipped the last page of the Amber... Read morePublished 12 months ago by Andres Consumer
A beautiful and heart wrenching ending to an amazing series. I didn't want it to end but i couldn't put it down.Published 21 months ago by Becca Wood
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed His Dark Materials trilogy - the Amber Spyglass, in fact, was a book that kept me on edge almost the entire time I was reading it. Read morePublished on July 4 2010 by A. Taylor
This book, the last of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, was disappointing in that it didn't, to me, show the big picture clearly. Read morePublished on May 9 2008 by Chris
I loved the Golden Compass and the Subtle Knife but this book disappointed me terribly. I was outraged. Read morePublished on Dec 22 2007 by Andy
This is the third and last book in the His Dark Materials trilogy (after Northern Lights, or The Golden Compass in the US, and The Subtle Knife). Read morePublished on July 30 2004 by Stephanie Noverraz
I'm sorry to say that Pullman's main achievement in this last book is to create yet another soppy paean to adolescence. Read morePublished on July 15 2004 by theskeptic
The first two books of this series were wonderfully written, fast paced marvels that held me riveted by the hour - I couldn't put them down. Read morePublished on July 14 2004
Ok, this was a GREAT book, but I happened to find one MAJOR flaw in it. The ending. Not that it did not make sense, only that, it sucked. Read morePublished on July 1 2004 by Lee Ann Million


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A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper escaped serious injury earlier this month when her parked patrol car was struck by another vehicle while she was investigating another auto accident. Law enforcement officials say the incident serves as a reminder for motorists to heed Tennessee's "move over" law as they travel the highways.
THP Sgt. Diane Mays was sitting in the front seat of her patrol cruiser, which was parked off the left side of the northbound lane of U.S. Highway 11E in Washington County near the Greene County line, investigating a non-injury single-vehicle accident when she was struck from behind by another car. The impact spun Mays' cruiser around and into the median where it hit the car involved in the wreck she was investigating.
The "move over" law requires motorists to slow down and use caution when they approach work zones, accident scenes and other areas where public safety officers are present. Drivers are expected to move to the left lane or slow down when they spot public safety vehicles parked in the emergency lanes of interstates and dual-lane highways. Drivers who fail to yield can be charged with a misdemeanor and fined $50.
Tennessee became the 30th state to establish a safety zone to protect troopers, firefighters and other rescue personnel when the law went into effect in July 2004. Since that time, officials with the THP and Tennessee Department of Transportation have coordinated a public awareness campaign to educate motorists about the move over law.
Some drivers, however, are still not aware of their responsibilities under the move over law. It is, however, quite simple: Slow down and move to the left lane (if you can do so safely) whenever you see a law enforcement vehicle by the side of the interstate.


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Junior Neil Lindgren went 2-for-4 on Wednesday, including a solo shot in the third
May 20, 2009
DAYTON, Ohio - The Xavier baseball team won its first Atlantic 10 Championship opening round game since 2003 Wednesday with an 8-4 victory over defending champs Charlotte to mark the most wins in program history with 34. Back-to-back homers in the third provided the winning runs for the Musketeers, who will face No. 2 Rhode Island tomorrow.
Sophomore Ben Thomas went 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored and an RBI to lead the Musketeers. Juniors Neil Lindgren and Bobby Freking both had multiple-hit games as well.
"Zac did an unbelievable job for us. We missed him this year," said Xavier head coach Scott Googins, who led the Musketeers to their first win in the opening round of the Championship since a 6-3 win over Duquesne in 2003.
Xavier (34-18) got on the board first in the second inning after sophomore Ben Thomas reached with a single up the middle. Senior Jordan Conley was walked and both runners were moved over on a sacrifice bunt by junior Bobby Freking. Thomas was able to make it home on a ground out by senior Steve Brown to give the Musketeer the early 1-0 advantage.
Charlotte (32-21) had two costly errors in the third inning, starting with a throwing error on the third baseman that allowed senior Billy O'Conner to reach first. With junior Drew Schmidt at the plate, the pitcher attempted to pick off O'Conner and his throwing error enable the Musketeer catcher to make it to third. Schmidt grounded out, plating O'Conner, and junior Neil Lindgren followed with a solo shot over the left field fence, his fourth homer of the season. Thomas was up next and on the second pitch he saw he sent the ball out of the park, over the center field fence directly above the 402 marker (his team-best 15th of the year). After three complete, the Musketeers held the 4-0 lead.
After another failed pickoff attempt sent sophomore John McCambridge running for second he was able to make it to third on a balk. With two outs, senior Adam Pasono singled in McCambridge to collect an RBI on XU's fifth run of the afternoon. Pasono made it to the hot corner after stealing second and a wild pitch. The Niners would get out of the inning with no more damage as XU headed into the fifth holding the 5-0 margin.
The 49ers got on the board in the fifth as Aaron Bray singled in Justin Wilson for CHA's first run of the game. Another single put runners at first and second with two outs but the next Niner batter flied out to left to end the frame. XU remained in control, 5-1.
After back-to-back singles and a walk the bases were loaded in the bottom of the fifth. Freking stepped to the plate with one out and doubled to the left center wall scoring all three runners and collecting three RBI. Xavier surged out to a seven-run lead, 8-1.
Zane Williams led off the sixth frame for the Niners with a solo shot over the left field fence to notch Charlotte's second run of the contest. The Niners would put up two more in the eighth but it would not be enough as XU took the contest, 8-4.
Junior Zac Richard (3-0) got the win for the Musketeers after throwing a career-high 7.1 innings. He gave up four runs on eight hits and struck out two while walking two. Sophomore Brian Muransky provided 1.2 innings of relief.
Joe Yermal (8-3) took the loss for the Niners as he threw 3.2 innings. He gave up five runs (one earned) on five hits and fanned one while walking one.
The Musketeers return to action Thursday with a 3:30 matchup against second-seeded Rhode Island at Fifth Third Field.


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SANFORD — Mrs. Geneva Hunsaker Metcalf, 70, a well known Sanford artist, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013.
She was born on April 14, 1942, in Oceana, West Virginia to the late James and Evelyn Brown Hunsaker. Geneva loved to paint and sell her paintings as a dedicated member of the Sanford Brush & Pallet Club.
She is survived by a daughter, Sherry Metcalf House and her husband Donald of Franklinton, N.C.; a son, Ed Metcalf and wife April of Apex, N.C.; four grandchildren, Derrick House and his wife Wendy, Candice House, Jared Metcalf, and Chase Metcalf; and a great-grandchild, Isabella House.
The family will receive friends Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home. The funeral will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Rob Keffer officiating. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society, 8300 Health Park, Suite 10, Raleigh, N.C. 27615 or to Carolina Animal Rescue & Adoption (C.A.R.A.), P.O. Box 2642, Sanford, N.C. 27331.
Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc.
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LILLINGTON — Mr. James Carey "J.C." Burgess Jr., 88, of Lillington, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Liberty Commons in Sanford.
He was born April 24, 1924 to the late James Carey and Mary Leola Cameron Burgess. J.C. was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in the European Theatre during World War II. He was a Harnett County native and a retired Industrial Construction Superintendent. Mr. Burgess was devoted to his extended family and loved reading and education. He was the superintendent of construction at Campbell University during the 1960's and was preceded in death by a brother, Kenneth Burgess of Greensboro.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, January 11, 2013 at Union United Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Altman officiating. Burial will be in Barbecue Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sanford, with Masonic Rites. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1-2 p.m. at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Joseph Watterson Scholarship Fund, payable to Campbell University, PO Box 4050, Buies Creek, NC 27506 or Union United Methodist Church Building Fund, 2212 Nursery Road, Lillington, NC 27546.
He is survived by a sister, Lucille McLamb of Charlotte; brothers, Clifton Burgess of the home, Sam Burgess and wife Jean of Linden, George Burgess and wife Gerri, J. Lindsey Burgess and wife Brenda, both of Lillington, and Winfred Burgess and wife Lorraine of Greensboro; sister-in-law, Sandra S. Burgess of Greensboro, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to O'Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home.
Online condolences at www.oquinnpeebles.com.
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HENDERSON — Max Harold Wilson, 81, of 190 Water Front Drive, Henderson, N.C., died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at his home.
Born August 9, 1931 in Lee County, N.C., he was the son of the late Walker Cameron Wilson and Eula Cox Wilson.
Max joined the National Guard following high school and later enlisted in the U.S. Army. While in the Army, he earned a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and received numerous medals and commendations during his twenty-three years of active service. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. He earned the Senior Army Aviation Badge, Parachutist Badge, four Overseas Bars, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. He was rotary and fixed wing qualified and flew helicopters while serving in two deployments to Vietnam. Max H. Wilson, Major, United States Army retired in 1973. He moved to Henderson, NC., where he began a second career in farming and real estate.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Faye Hoyle Wilson; two daughters, Felicia Young and husband Edwin of Kittrell, N.C. and Michelle Gardner and husband Trip of Bangor, Maine; granddaughter, Sarah Young; grandsons, Tristan Gardner and Noah Gardner; and a brother, Walker Wilson of Johns Creek, Georgia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Juanita McPherson and Lucille Enos; and a brother, Albert Wilson.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at the home, 190 Water Front Drive, Henderson.
Funeral services will be held Friday, January 11, 2013 at 3 p.m. at Carey Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Al James. Burial, with Military Honors, will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675, or web site email@example.com would be appreciated.
The family expresses their appreciation to a wonderful friend, Mary Tart, for her kindness, support, and care of Max and Faye during his long illness.
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.
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PITTSBORO — Frank Henry Alston, 58, of 865 Hillsboro St., died Wednesday (1/9/13) at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Knotts Funeral Home in Pittsboro.
SANFORD — Angela Lambert Martin-McLeod, 56, of 2570 Colten Road, died Wednesday (1/9/13) at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Knotts Funeral Home.
CAMERON — James (Jim) Pickard, 46, died Thursday (12/27/12).
He was born in Asmara, Ethiopia, to James and Ruth Ann Pickard on March 8, 1966. He attended high school in New Hampshire. He served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army. After leaving the military, he lived in Virginia and later went to North Carolina and lived in Cameron. He is preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Ann Pickard.
He is survived by his daughter, Kayla Jones, and her two children; his father, James Pickard; his sisters, Janice Oliver, Michelle Richard and Stephanie Pickard; brothers, Ralph Pickard and Brad Percy; and numerous other relatives.
The service will be conducted by Pastor Gil Wise at 2 p.m. Saturday at Solid Rock United Methodist Church in Spout Springs.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Martha's Place (Community Outreach Center) in association with the Solid Rock United Methodist Church, mailing address for donations: Martha's Place, P.O. Box 100, Olivia, N.C. 28368.
Arrangements by Adcock Funeral Home & Crematory of Spring Lake.
SANFORD — Funeral service for Colleen Berryman Simms, 72, who died Saturday (1/5/13), was held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Sinai Holiness Church with Bishop Curtis Boykin, Bishop Roy McKoy and the Rev. Bruce E. Petty officiating. Burial was at the church cemetery.
Musicians were Apostle Joseph Green and God's Glory Choir. Soloists were Tierra Martin, Deon Allbrooks and Catina Hairston.
Pallbearers were Anthony Trapp, Rodney Berryman, Donnie Berryman, Gilbert Jones, Sherrod Berryman and Naguan Berryman.
Arrangements were by Knotts Funeral Home.
SANFORD — Thomas M. Campbell died Tuesday (1/8/13) at Lee County Nursing and Rehab Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Will and Mattie Campbell; three sisters, Margie Douglass, Willie Mae Dalrymple and a baby girl (unnamed); and five brothers, Lee, Nathanial, Joe, Crosby and George Emanuel. He was a member of the Chestnut AME Zion Church in Broadway.
He is survived by an extended generation of nieces and nephews, and a host of cousins and friends.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Chestnut AME Zion Church. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at 1:30 p.m. prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Chestnut AME Zion Church.
Arrangements by C.E. Willie Funeral & Cremation Services.
Condolences may be made at www.cewilliefuneralservice.com.
PITTSBORO — Bobby Knox Holt died Tuesday (1/8/13) at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.
He was born Dec. 19. 1941, to James Chesley Holt and Jessie Belle Seymour Holt of Chatham County. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, James Chesley Holt Jr.; a granddaughter; and a brother-in-law.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Donna Lutterloh Holt; a daughter, Lou Holt Byrd and husband Ricky; a son, Van Holt and wife Lisa; one great-granddaughter; siblings, W. Seymour Holt (Rheta), Marian Howard "Pete" Holt (Frances), Sylvia Butler (Billy) and Hilda Gardner; sister-in-law, Mary Lou Holt; and mother-in-law, Virgilia "Jill" Lutterloh.
Visitation will be today from 6 until 8 p.m. at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home in Pittsboro. Funeral service will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at Brown's Chapel United Methodist Church in Pittsboro with burial following at the church cemetery.
Flowers are welcome and memorial gifts are suggested for the Brown's Chapel Building Fund, c/o Teresa Martin, 138 Marshall Road, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312.
Online condolences may be left at www.hallwynne.com.
CARTHAGE — Robert "Wayne" Reynolds, 52, died Tuesday (1/8/13) at his home.
A celebration of life will be held today at 3 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Pastor David Reynolds officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
He was born in Pinehurst on March 31, 1960, to Robert Stoman Reynolds and Anniebell Cook Frye. He grew up in the Carthage area. He had been employed with Ithaca Industries in Robbins and Sanford Contracting.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Stumpf Reynolds; one daughter, Holly R. Reynolds and fiancé Jeff Wunsch of Aberdeen; one son, R. Chad Reynolds and wife Christina of Pennsylvania; his mother, Anniebell Cook Frye; two sisters, Lisa Volk and husband Gary, and Robin Frye, all of Carthage; one brother, Jonathan Frye and wife Cathy of Carthage; and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Stoman Reynolds.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to FirstHealth Hospice Foundation, 150 Applecross Road, Pinehurst, N.C. 28374.
Condolences may be sent to www.coxmemorialfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by Cox Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory of Vass.
SANFORD — Funeral service for Charles Russell Underwood was held Wednesday at Miller-Boles Chapel with the Rev. Vernon Tyson officiating.
Two special songs were played. Vocalist was Burton Cameron and pianist was Anita Leggette.
Pallbearers were Jody Wicker, Brett Langley, L.G. Hall Jr., James Dielhl, Michael McCaskill and Steve Pendergraft. Honorary pallbearers were John Carmichael and Tommy Kirk.
After the funeral, a graveside service followed at Farmville Cemetery where a special song was performed by Reggie Rosser at the graveside.
Arrangements were by Miller-Boles Funeral Home.
SANFORD — Ronald Martin Jefferson died Saturday (1/5/13).
He was born March 1, 1960, to James and Sarah Jefferson. He graduated from Lee County Senior High School in 1979. He joined Chestnut AME Zion Church and after moving to Winston-Salem, he joined Emmanuel Baptist Church. He was a counselor at Prodigal's Rehabilitation Center.
He is survived by his parents, James and Sarah Jefferson of Sanford; two brothers, Donald Jefferson of Sanford and James H. Jefferson Jr. (Rosalyn) of Broadway; three sisters, Chandra J. Rogers (Dewey) and Maureen Jefferson, both of Sanford, and Marva J. Ford (Parrish) of Uniondale, N.Y.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Chestnut A.M.E. Zion Church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. No wake will be held.
Arrangements by C.E. Willie Funeral & Cremation Services.
Condolences may be made at www.cewilliefuneralservice.com.
LILLINGTON — Annie M. "Jo" Bethune, 93, died Tuesday (1/8/13) at WakeMed in Raleigh.
She was the daughter of the late Guy and Eva Dean Morgan and was preceded in death by her husband, Hooper Bethune; and a brother, Irvin Morgan. Born in Granville County, she moved to the Lillington area in 1930 where she met and married her husband. Together they operated the Bethune Stockyard, Community Cleaning Center and Car Wash. In addition, she operated a beauty salon for many years. She was a member of the Lillington Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for over 50 years. She was past Training Union Director for the Little River Baptist Association.
Memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Lillington Baptist Church with the Rev. Ken Smith and the Rev. Don Bowen officiating. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends at her home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the T.E.L. Sunday School Class, c/o Lillington Baptist Church, P.O. Box 670, Lillington, N.C. 27546.
She is survived by her sons, Larry Bethune and wife Judy of Lillington, and Al Bethune and wife Diane of Apex; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by O'Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home.
Online condolences at www.oquinnpeebles.com.


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4 years in and Champion-Chip's really just starting to get this thing rolling. The method is more efficient, the player's all know how to practice before they step on the field. Foundation starts with longevity of coaches; only school in the nation since 2009 to keep every single coach. Depth from recruiting and the speed this team has all over the field. Practice is closed because no distractions are needed while this is becoming a well oiled machine. Might be a little buzz in the air at ESPN who can't wait for the Spring game, could bring in huge $$. This is now at a different level. Go Ducks!
If Alonso can stay focused he has all the makings of a first round draft choice. This line backing corp will anchor the D this year, this is as strong as I've seen it in years. All these guys will be playing on Sunday. Go Ducks!
Officiating in this game was embarrassing but that's the NBA. I like Hickson and said all along his pick-up was a no brainer and NO, getting rid of Aldridge is not the answer, sheesh. I want to see those two power forward/center's on the court at the same time. Add a big man and we need a big time scorer at the 2 or the 3. Draft Rivers and trade him to Boston for Rondo.
This just might be one of the deepest and fastest teams Oregon's ever put on the field. The Linebackers are awesome, the D will be strong. In the backfield, in the slot and on the outside, there's speed everywhere. The O-line will just pave the way. This should be great College entertainment this year, it's so awesome - "State"! Go Ducks!
I would give Kerr another chance at being a GM, the dude is knowledgeable, has name recognition and respect around the NBA. Who's to say who would make a good GM. Trading for the Big Cactus brought in a ton of money for Phoenix but it was a roll of the dice like Felton. It's been years since this team had a GM that built through the draft and actually has pieces in place to show for it. (Pritchard was assistant GM Roy/Aldridge draft) Bring on Kerr, give him 3 years and see what he can do. Kerr may also have more contacts and pull in this league when it comes to finding that great coach or maybe it's just finding that right coach?
DAT is too fast, everyone, everywhere, will soon know about him.
Byron Marshall should see some time this year but as long as Barner can stay healthy, Oregon will be fine at RB also with Bennett at QB we have an additional runner the likes of which has not been seen in a while at the QB position. This Offense will have speed all over the field. A stable of fast WR's will be emphasized. Either choose Barner, Bennett or DAT to cover out of the backfield, pick your poison. There are ex-RB's on this roster too, Colt Lyerla and Josh Huff were both pretty good RB's in High School but Ford should be an adequate back-up. Go Ducks!
Well I have to admit that this definition is for me "Will worship all things UO at all times." I drink the Kool-aid and wear the Rose colored glasses too, I can't help it.
Agreed! Aaron, any chance at finding out how many Division I schools do close their Spring practices and wonder what the media types covering those teams have to say about the lack of exposure and although new for the Ducks, might closed Spring practices be a fairly common practice?
quick change Aaron much hyped or most hyped? He looks good.
I'm as happy as any fan with a Blazer win but I think Jason's point is, wins this season don't help us to gain anything. With Felton FINALLY having a good game and leading his team to a win; Is that really too much to ask for? I wanted to believe in the guy but the dude has failed all year, so NO, I wouldn't have Felton in there and then be happy when he carries this team to a win for once. I know this sounds harsh but the best thing for The Blazer's future is to lose every game left and get as many ping pong balls to use in a trade or let's go to town in the draft. I do like a front line of Aldridge at Center, Hickson, Batum then draft a big also some nights Crawford is just awful and how painful to watch a shooter keep shooting, he's a short timer. They're all out auditioning.
quick change it's Winter
I'd much rather have Hickson to put in the game, rather than having that roster spot used by someone who is out for the season? Name someone available we want, who could be added that might help this team in the future? The move makes perfect sense. Nice job GM Buchanan!
We care that you have access, we just realize it's going to be limited and don't care about that. I'm not comparing the two but if you were writing an article about our military, I doubt you'd get much on the Stealth Bomber. I love to come to this site, read your stories and other writer's stories (especially about the Ducks) and I would never want you to stop writing. I know I called you AW and my goodness don't always agree with what you write but I would rather challenge than hate and hope it's okay when we can agree to disagree. It has to feel good to jar the troops (readers) after looking for snipers, that was funny. Some articles have 1 or 2 pages worth of comments, this one is on a roll.
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Perhaps give a reason why this would be the time to remind a player why he isn't good enough to be a 5th round selection when he's undersized and has below average speed. Could be a reason why these players didn't come over for an interview? This should be a Positive time in their life and maybe they knew you'd ask the tough questions which might damper any enthusiasm. Not sure I understand the comment; So why would they crumble if we point out weaknesses in their overall assessment which typically includes plenty of positives, as well. I think your readers would have took the article better by telling as much as you could about the Pro-Day and then in a side note say " but at the Pro-day at U of O us Media types were treated like crap". Not condoning the treatment you received but a blast at the ones in charge, might get someone from Eugene to call and listen to the complaints? I know, it doesn't help the experience. Keep the chin up.
Aaron I guess you took a beating on this one, I really thought Lindsay had written the article until I realized it was you. "If our access suffers, your view into the program suffers". This isn't really a card you should play. Most readers don't care that your access is limited, they want you to work harder finding different Duck stories to write about. Someone said it before me, this was Pro-day not Media-day. All the Media access for Pro-days from other institutions, probably had the same issues you had. Let's not accuse the Chip Kelly era with having anything to do with your Pro-day experience. That kind of coverage is probably controlled by the NFL. I did get to see LaMichael run his 40 and catch passes and lots of videos with interviews of a few players, so it was covered well enough, I guess?
When they first got Gerald Wallace, Portland traded Joel Przybilla, Dante Cunningham, Sean Marks, New Orleans' 2011 conditional first-round pick (acquired by POR in the Bayless trade,) and Portland's 2013 first-round pick.
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It took CMC senior Wendy Kao five years to convince her mother to pay for piano lessons. Since that first lesson at age nine (when she confidently informed her instructor that the next note after "G" was "H") Kao has come a long way. Since coming to college, she has fostered her musical curiosity studying piano under Scripps College Music Department professors Dr. Hao Huang and Annie Lin. She has also studied piano with Janet Ho, Kai-li Peng, and May Hsieh. Although Kao is an economics-accounting major and maintains that piano is "just a hobby," in the past three years she has actively accompanied numerous chamber music ensembles, including the Claremont Concert Orchestra. She has also performed at the Athenaeum for Parent's Day receptions and awards banquets. Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, Kao is the publisher for the five-college newspaper Collage and enjoys mixed media art in her spare time.
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"This is my favorite Italian beef recipe, handed down to me from an old neighbor in Illinois. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does. Serve with French rolls and pepperoncinis."
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1 tablespoon
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1 tablespoon
parsley flakes
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I make this recipe but I add a jar of pepperoncinis to the pot with about half of their liquid. Top sandwiches with mozzarella or provolone. One of my family's favorites.
Au jus is missing..... that may help......I heard Al from Als beef say he cooks his pot roast a day in advance and store it at 35 degrees over night. The next day he slices and reheats....he even makes his own peppers(carrots crushed peepers celery) just a suggestion for a REAL BEEF
7 Ratings
This was not quite the proper Chicago Italian beef we were hoping for (I honestly couldn't tell you what it's missing, though), but it was certainly good in its own right and curbed our family's craving for the much-missed Johnny's on Chestnut and State. I recommend slicing up the meat when it still has an hour or two to go and returning it to the broth.
Meat is getting very expensive. Save the rump for a special dinner. I use a chuck roast, cans of beef broth or ajus & fresh garlic to taste & 2 or 3 Bay leaves. Also add a jar of pepperocini [I trim the stems] with juice. Sometimes I add thick slices of onion. If I have time I brown the roast before I put it in the crock pot. Pour a can of broth in the pan & scrape bottom to pick up the extra bits of flavor from the browning & add it to the crock pot.
Delicious, everyone liked it.
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One year ago, our news cycle was dominated by a conservative who kept saying wacky things. Sarah Palin was all anyone could talk about, and what she said and did made headlines above and beyond what would normally be expected of a vice presidential candidate.
This year, our news cycle is still dominated by a conservative who keeps saying wacky things. But this time it's Glenn Beck, Fox News and radio host, whose TV show has become the go-to place for mustering up Republican opposition to action on climate change, green jobs, health care, protecting sea otters and turtles, frogs… you name it. (Tortured metaphor or not, it's never good to see a popular TV personality fake animal cruelty on the air).
There's a difference between expressing your opinion and engaging in outrageous lies that promote hate. It's a line that just shouldn't be crossed.
Sarah Palin's "palling around with terrorists" crossed it last year. Glenn Beck crossed it this year with his argument that President Obama is a "racist…with deep-seated hatred for white people."
ColorOfChange.org has been calling on advertisers to drop Glenn Beck from their buys — and more than 60 have. Media Matters runs a daily update on who is still advertising — and it's obviously having an effect.
But Glenn Beck keeps lying. This week, the White House had to release a Glenn Beck fact check after his extremist rhetoric against the Olympics went from outrageous to just plain wrong.
Even Republican Senator Lindsay Graham dismissed Beck's claims today.
Nevertheless, Glenn Beck continues to stir up the crazies (as he did in getting the vile 9/12 teabagger demonstration in Washington — and could his anti-census rants have played into the census worker killed in Kentucky?).
It's time for all of us to stand up and say no more. Glenn Beck's extremist rhetoric is fanning the flames of right-wing fringe intolerance — and unless we act, we are letting it happen.
Make your voice heard. Denounce Glenn Beck today!
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Becks numbers are growing and growing, guess what he says DOES matter to a lot of folks.
( * yawn * ) ....
Oh, well .... Guess I'll put some "secret stuff" in my Kool-Aid, and see what Bill Moyers has to say, lately.
Or ( better, yet! ) ... see if I can get through to Jimmuh Cahtuh. Seems as though he might need some help looking for a few "lost" cases of Billy-Beer in his basement.
Who's Glenn Beck?
Are the administrators of this website doing their fair-share in Australia ( hugging a few endangered marsupials, for example) ???
Oh, well .... Ain't life sweet?
This just in!!!! Our president wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize!
Now Beck has more to whine about ... maybe the Norwegian Noble Committee also has a deep-seeded hatred for White People and thus awarded our bi-racial president with an honor for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." (Bigots are always being awarded for advancing cooperation between peoples ... in the minds of the FOX-viewing faithful, no doubt.)
"Arabs as in oil countries my friend cindy, "
Oh; thanks. BTW, OPEC is less ambiguous if you're speaking of that group.
"if you dont think the dollar is on the down slide i dont know where you get your info. If you believe all these bailouts ect just happened for no reason, you are swimming in a different stream than i am."
If "stream" is a metaphor for political beliefs, indeed. Also, I wouldn't characterize the Dollar (US) as being on a downhill slide. It's just not keeping pace with countries whose economic policies are better than ours. The Bush years had and are still having a profound effect (neg.). Wages declined, in inflation-adjusted Dollars. So the Fed let borrowing fill the consuming gap, in a big way (the metaphor for that is "print money" ... actual printing is a mere convenience ... the money-supply is electronic). The Dollar began falling behind the Euro pretty-much at the 2-year mark for Bushand has languished since.
But, interestgingly, it rebounded during the "Bailout" (~$1.30 = 1E). But the Dollar is now back to the Bush-like level (~$1.50 = 1E). The EU probably won't let it get worse than that ... it makes their products too expensive for us and affects tourism.
But it helps in one respect: our products are cheaper for EU countries.
Maybe some sinister force is at work. But I doubt it. I suspect it's more likely that FOX / conspiracy theorists are being a smidge alarmist, and playing on ignorance/fear ... which is actually pretty easy to do. So we can expect to hear a lot of it. But I'm not losing sleep.
Arabs as in oil countries my friend cindy, which oil is purchased by the dollar standard, but with America having more oil than any of them countries, but cannot access becuase of the enviro clowns, which have been holding everything back for years now what can we expect!
It may not happen over night but it will come down to the IMF, yes i do read and listen to to other countries have international news feeds, if you dont think the dollar is on the down slide i dont know where you get your info. If you believe all these bailouts ect just happened for no reason, you are swimming in a different stream than i am.
Craig, I guess you want the rock all for yourself so as to invite your buddy Beck under it with you. That way the both of you can hide from the truth. He is an actor Craig and if you want to believe his act then you are the fool not me.
"Take the dollar for example read outside sources China, Brazil,Russia and the Arabs."
The Yuan (China) is matched to the US Dollar; the Real (Brasil) is gaining on the US Dollar ... indeed, Brasil is the fastest growing economy in the Americas ... and the music and food is incredible; the Ruble (Russia) is also gaining on the US Dollar. Arabs is a bit ambiguous, since I know of no country nor currency called "Arabs."
None of the currencies you eluded to are going anywhere in the foreseeable future. They're either on par with or outperforming the US Dollar, despite also suffering economically from the Bush 43 Debacle.
BTW, we're flat against the Yen (Japan), but weak compared to the Euro (Used by a group of highly socialized free market countries in Europe under the monetary and social policies of the EU, which is HQ'd in Brussels, Belgium ... a great city but the Mannequin Pis is surprisingly underwhelming for a quasi Belgian national symbol.)
If you're doing your global studies while watching FOX, that's OK. But repeating what they "teach" only embarrasses you among folks who actually know stuff.
Just a thought...
Rex do me a favor crawl out from under the rock please, you find Glenn a joke thats ok, he does go over-board sometimes, but that is a way to get your attention on what is being said. Take the dollar for example read outside sources China, Brazil,Russia and the Arabs have for a time now been trying to set up a new money system. If true wht has the Sect of Tres, the Feds, or commander in chief made a statement on this matter? Tell me what gives, you willing to wipe your a@@@s with it when down the road we have to exchange it for something else, i for one am not. Oh ben an paulsen, might have mis-informed the public really, research the latter find out who are (were) his friends please then get back to me with your findings, do take the time. As for Journalists the only one who is true is Anderson Cooper the rest just give their opinions nothing more they should be the ones digging for the truth not a Glenn Beck per say, How can they even come home after the week an feel good about putting their checks in the bank.
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I Don't Think The Wall Street Journal Gets It!
By JLP | November 3, 2006
Sorry for the rant but I just have to get this out of my system.
When I first started subscribing to the Wall Street Journal back in 1997, it was $175 per year. Over the past several years it has consistently gone up every year. Today I got a 1-year renewal notice for $249! That's $34 HIGHER than the $215 I paid for this year! That's a 15.8% increase! What the hell is wrong with them? Are they trying to lose customers? This is a BUSINESS newspaper! Don't they know that the newspaper business is in the toilet and that one of the main reasons for that is DECLINING CIRCULATION? So why would they then proceed to raise rates that much, especially on their loyal subscribers? I don't get it!
Another thing that ticks me off is I got my first renewal notice in September even though my subscription doesn't renew until February. Who wants to let go of $249 to renew something that doesn't expire for five months?
I LOVE the Wall Street Journal but there's a limit to that love. I just can't justify spending $249 on a newspaper, no matter how great it is.
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Dimes Says:
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:58 pm
But trees! You crazy bloggers don't respect trees! 😉
Maybe they have the idea that by dramatically increasing prices you can create a more exclusive image. If your reaction is any indication, I'm sure it will backfire. Unless they're trying to go out of business, of course.
JLP Says:
November 3rd, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Hey, I only subscribe to ONE newspaper. I know it sounds crazy, but I just can't read a newspaper online. But, I guess I'm going to have to get used to it because I'm NOT paying $249 per year.
kurt Says:
November 3rd, 2006 at 5:26 pm
Heheh. Just wait. They'll lower their renewal rate. Mine is much much much lower than yours ($159, I think. Just got it in the mail today).
What do they have to lose by throwing out such a large number? Some people might just pay it and move along. Calm down and wait. It will save you money and reduce your chances for a heart attack.
Foobarista Says:
November 3rd, 2006 at 5:27 pm
I subscribe to their web version. It's lots cheaper and I don't have to worry about recycling it…
Mateo Says:
November 3rd, 2006 at 5:49 pm
I just checked my new-subscriber price from a few months ago…$107. I'll bet that's the retention rate too.
Danielle Says:
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Call their customer service line and tell them you won't renew @ that rate. I'm sure they will come down in price instead of losing a loyal customer. I did this with Money Magazine and they gave me the lower rate.
Good Luck!!
Carlin Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 12:21 am
The new subscriber rate is like $99 for more than a year with the free weeks they throw in. I'd bet if you called them they'd drop it. Or just let it run out, and resubscribe under your wife's name or something. Work the system.
jim Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 8:28 am
WSJ is just employing a smart pricing strategy… they'll probably send you a letter a couple months beforehand offering you a much lower rate that you'll likely sign up for becuase it's under the going rate in your mind of $249.
Scott Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 8:54 am
Hang tough. I only paid a little over a hundred dollars. $249 is their opening bid, not their final offer.
MoneyFwd Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 9:18 am
Magazines and newspapers seem to be trying to get you to renew earlier and earlier. My mom once kept receving renewal notices for Reader's Digest about every 2 months no matter what. The sad part is, some people keep paying and don't even realize it.
Trent Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 9:25 am
Jim is completely correct, and this is a new trend in the newspaper and magazine business. They send out a renewal notice five to six months in advance of the end of your subscription, detailing a very expensive renewal offer. Of course, if you resubscribe at that price, they're overjoyed, but the real reason for that first offer is to convince you that the newspaper/magazine is actually worth that much. Then, as the end of your subscription nears, they send you "slashed" renewal notices, which use their original valuation as a psychological tool to convince you that this "slashed" rate is really a stellar deal, when it's actually not all that great.
My advice is to just wait for a while and see what else they send you. If it gets close and they've not sent you a low offer, then give them a call.
Nagel Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 11:09 am
If you can have only one I would go with IBD.
Tim Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
15.8% is a decent return on their investment. It allows them to easily improve profits and they probably charge more for advertising too. Lucky for me, I get to read it free at school everyday in the library.
sam Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
I haven't subscribed to a paper paper for at least a decade. I get my news on the internet from a variety of sources, including this blog. That way I can pick and choose what I read. I don't watch network or cable news on TV either, for the same reason, although I do watch the local news. Works good for me, and saves a tree or two.
VG Says:
November 6th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
A lot of airline mileage programs allow you to redeem miles for magazine subscriptions. I recently subscribed to the WSJ using Delta's program. I don't fly that often, so my miles were expiring. So if you have extra miles that might expire before you can use them to buy plane tickets, just buy subscriptions.


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