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Bublé's 'Christmas' leads batch of holiday albums
Yet every season one of the titles breaks from the pack to wind up among the year's overall bestsellers.
In previous seasons, Josh Groban and Susan Boyle had that commercial distinction. This month, it appears that Canadian crooner Michael Bublé is the people's choice, as his simply titled "Christmas" disc was the Black Friday leader.
Clearly, the masses want new voices on old favorites to add to those growing playlists.
With that in mind, here's a look at some of the new releases in the holiday music batch of 2011 – rated Ho-ho-ho for holiday music must-haves to Oh-no for those lumps of MP3 coal best left with the fruitcake from Aunt Maria.
Michael Bublé "Christmas "
The popular performer had one wish for his first full-length Christmas album: to bring back the feeling he had when he was a child and his parents played Bing Crosby's classic Christmas record over and over. "It was a record that introduced me to jazz and inspired me to become a musician. When I went into the studio, my goal was to make a record that would make people feel the same way that I did all those Christmases ago," Bublé writes in his CD's liner notes.
For some future crooner, Bublé will be that person's Bing. The richness and expressiveness of his baritone has never been on better display than it is here on the warm "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas." His lively, beautifully recorded big band swings the presents off the sleigh on a rousing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," he earns a smile or two with his amusing gender reversal on a Rat Pack-worthy "Santa Baby," and he offers a bilingual English-Spanish treat with Thalia on "Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad."
Recommendation: A hale Ho-ho-ho.
Carole King, "A Holiday Carole" For her first holiday offering, King leaves the songwriting duties on the few originals to daughter Louise Goffin (who also produces) along with Miami composers Jodi Marr and George Noriega on the "Latin Christmas Paradise" tune.
"A Holiday Carole" is otherwise King's attempt to honor other great songwriters like Oscar Hammerstein, Irving Berlin and Donny Hathaway with music that touches on R&B, pop and folk. The soulful album is everything one loved about "Tapestry"-era King: a voice that is earthy, warm, open and friendly, and intimate music played by pros on real instruments. If King hadn't already used the title for a 1974 album, she could rightly call this one "Wrap Around Joy."
Recommendation: A hearty Ho-ho-ho.
Justin Bieber, "Under the Mistletoe"
Tweens need some holiday tunes, too, and the Canadian super teen would be their first pick (sure enough, "Under the Mistletoe" spent its debut week atop The Billboard 200) but Bieber sings this mix of old and new in a joyless, near sullen tone as if he's singing about mid-year finals.
The only voice to raise any sort of jovial spirit on this seasonal misfire belongs to guest rapper Busta Rhymes on an otherwise execrable "Drummer Boy."
When you have to append a song title with the disclaimer "SuperFestive!" as the Beebs does on a duet with Mariah Carey on a cover of her enduring '90s hit, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" you have a problem.
Recommendation: Oh-no.
"Glee" Cast, "Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2" "Glee" isn't the hit it was last season when its first Christmas tie-in album was issued, but the studio hopes just enough fans remain to make Volume 2 a stocking stuffer. The reality: It's not looking good at McKinley High when the entire Glee club is trumped by newcomer Damian McGinty, winner of "The Glee Project," a reality show that gave its winners parts on the parent program.
Perhaps producers realized the homogenized voices of the real "Glee" cast tend to blend into a one-size-fits-all tub of egg nog over an entire CD. McGinty, unlike the interchangeable Darren Criss, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith et al., has a rich, distinct tone on his fine offering, "Blue Christmas." Among the New Directions, only Brittany (Heather Morris) has any real fun on a discoey "Christmas Wrapping" number.
Recommendation: Oh-no.
Joey + Rory, "A Farmhouse Christmas"
For a fresh take on Christmas music, husband-and-wife country duo Joey and Rory Feek, finalists on CMT's "Can You Duet" in 2008, offer 12 songs, 10 of which are either new or not generally associated with Christmas (such as Merle Haggard's downbeat "If We Make It Through December," which features harmonies from the legend).
Though not the most festive holiday album in the pile – song titles include "Let It Snow (Somewhere Else)" and "What the Hell (It's the Holidays)" – there's a certain rustic charm to the well-played music here. Joey's voice also has a nip of Dolly Parton in it, albeit not as perky.
Recommendation: Ho-ho-ho.
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By Ms. Yvonne Johnson (Army Homepage)
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - Creativity flowed in abundance during the first Open Mic Thursday at the Aberdeen Proving Ground North Recreation Center's North Side Grill Feb. 10.
Morale, Welfare and Recreation invites APG employees and Family members to participate in the event, which seeks to highlight spoken word, comedy, vocal and instrumental talents in the community.
The Baltimore-based jazz band Buddy Jordan's Beyond Blue backed up performers and provided musical entertainment for the first Open Mic Thursday. Led by Buddy Jordan on bass, accompanied by Sam Marshall on drums, Trendle Thomas on keyboard and Isaac Parham on saxophone, the band's smooth, flowing rhythm set the tone for the evening.
Spoken word artist Rebecca Dupas, an English literature teacher from Fort Washington, Md., hosted the event and delivered several of her original poems between acts.
APG participants included Annette Sanders of Army Community Service and Matt Jacobs from the Marine Corps Detachment. Sanders shared two spoken word poems, one that she wrote for her daughter for her upcoming marriage, and Jacobs sang two songs on guitar.
During breaks patrons took in displays set up by local vendors in the lobby.
Earlene Allen, MWR events programmer, said the program should become "even bigger and better."
"Open Mic Thursday is a great way for APG folks to come out and share their talents in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere," she said. "There's a lot of hidden talent on APG. Now is your chance to show your friends and coworkers what you've got."


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Inflammation and how to ease the painPublished 4:22pm Thursday, April 5, 2012
It has been suggested that measuring blood levels of "C-reactive protein" (CRP), a marker for inflammation, may be a way to assess one's risk for heart disease. One study at the Harvard School of Public Health found that high levels of CRP were associated with a 70 percent higher risk of heart disease in men and women.
Other conditions thought to be facilitated by inflammation include rheumatoid arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, gouty arthritis, polymyalgia rhuematica, head-aches, muscle stiffness and loss of energy.
Now we know what inflammation is, and what is does to our bodies, how do we deal with it?
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Motorola Moto G
HOT: Motorola's owner, Google*, uses this killer-price phone as an Android showcase, packing it with features
NOT: So-so camera specs, only 8GB onboad storage and no SD card slot (but 50GB free Google Drive cloud storage), no 4G
TECH SPECS: 4.5-inch, high definition (1280 x 720) 339ppi display, 5 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel rear camera; 1.2GHz quad-core processor; 129.9x65.9 x11.6mm; 143 grams, Android 4.3 (aka Jellybean); see full tech spec here
NETWORK: 2degrees from early Feb (compatible with Telecom, Vodafone SIM cards); also available through Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi from Jan 21
*Shortly after this review was written, Google sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo
Overseas critics have called this the king of the low-cost Androids. And I can see where they're coming from. For $299, you get a lot of features, such as a grunty quad-core processor, usually found in handsets sold for three times the price.
A number of top-shelf Androids have larger displays, but the Moto G's 4.5-inch high definition screen is half an inch larger (on the diagonal) than the latest iPhones. And, more importantly, it's 339 pixels per inch (ppi), a shade ahead of the Apple competition.
Why would Motorola shovel high end specs at you for a low price?
Google bought Motorola's phone business for $US12.5 billion in 2011. In part, the deal was to secure the treasure trove of patents owned by Motorola (the inventor of the cellphone) – a key weapon in the ongoing legal wars over smartphone hardware and software design.
But the purchase also allows Google to use Motorola to showcase its Android software, and mobile apps and services.
Now that almost every smartphone maker uses Android, they often try hard – often too hard – to "enhance" Google's mobile software with overlays and add-on features.
If you find that all a bit over-the-top, you'll appreciate the Moto G's unadorned Android 4.3 (aka Jellybean).
And where it can sometimes be confusing or uncertain if an Android handset made by the likes of LG, Samsung, Sony or HTC can be upgraded to the next version of Google's mobile software, the Moto G comes with a guarantee it will support Android 4.4 (aka Kit Kat) with an upgrade by year's end.
And while there's only a modest 8GB of onboard storage (Americans also get a 16GB option) and the usual SD Card expansion slot is absent. But you do get 50GB of onboad storage free for two years; Google is using the Moto G to nudge people toward uploading content to the cloud rather than store it on their handset.
The curvy case is mostly plastic, and leans toward the basic, but it's very comfortable to hold. It is a little thicker and noticeably heavy than the 112g, 7.6mm-thin iPhone 5s, which has the same size screen (and is three times the price).
The most obvious downside is that there's no 4G – which might be why the Moto G has turned up on 2degrees (which won't launch the faster mobile data technology until late this year). That's a glaring omission on the tech spec front in this day and age, but with mobile data still relatively expensive in NZ and data caps relatively low (meaning 4G speed can chew up your monthly data allowance in a heat beat), it's not a killer draw back. Still, it would give me pause.
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Buoyed by two defensive touchdowns and another beastly performance by Marshawn Lynch, the Seahawks kept their slim playoff hopes alive by pummeling the Chicago Bears. The UW men's basketball team, meanwhile, suffered a humiliating defeat at home against South Dakota State.
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But with Caleb Hanie at the helm for the injured Jay Cutler and starting running back Matt Forte also out with an injury, da Bears could not move da ball either. Nor could they keep possession. The Hawks forced five turnovers (four interceptions and one fumble), highlighted by behemoth defensive tackle Red Bryant taking an errant Hanie pass 20 yards the other way for six points. The 326-pound hulk high-stepped into the end zone like he was Deion Sanders.
"That's a fat kid's dream right there," Bryant quipped after the game.
All told, the Seahawks scored 31 unanswered points in he second half, giving them a 38-14 victory. Now the Hawks are two games out of a wild-card berth with two games remaining. They need to keep winning the rest of the way, and losses from the Falcons and Lions. But, nonetheless, they have improved to 7-7 and are clinging to a slim 4 percent chance of making the postseason. Barring a complete bed-shitting in the final games, the season has to be considered a success.
Speaking of shitting the bed, the UW basketball team laid a particularly malodorous stinkbomb of their own yesterday in Seattle. After beating an NCAA tournament-worthy UC-Santa Barbara team Friday at Hec Ed, the Huskies got waylaid 93-72 by the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.
South Dakota State sank 7-8 three-point shots, shot better than 70 percent from the field overall in the first-half, and led by as much as 30 points. The Dawgs rallied in the second half but had no answer for the Jackrabbits' Nate Wolters, who torched the home team for 34 points, while collecting seven assists and five rebounds.
UW has at least two projected NBA first-rounders (Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten) and two more with pro potential (CJ Wilcox and Aziz N'Diaye) but Wolters made them all look like also-rans. Wroten at least had 23 points but Ross scored just 6 and fouled out with 11 minutes remaining. Wilcox was a ghastly 4-15 shooting on the afternoon.
The loss snaps a 32-game nonconference home winning streak for the Huskies. They're now 5-5 after losing five of their past seven. The question on the mind of every Husky hoops fan is how does a team that nearly upsets Marquette and almost upends Duke in Madison Square Garden suddenly get embarrassed by a team from the Summit League that was 0-3 with double-digit losses against major conference opponents?
"I don't care who we play," Lorenzo Romar told reporters after the game. "We don't lose like we did today at home. It's just unacceptable...unacceptable."
What he said.
Elsewhere in college hoops, Gonzaga beat Arizona 71-60 at Key Arena Saturday. Lower Queen Anne was swarming with Zags fans, begging the question: why doesn't GU play UW in a cross-state rivalry game every year?
Both Romar and Gonzaga's Mark Few have said scheduling such contests are tricky, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the mighty mid-major from Spokane doesn't want UW dragging down their RPI ranking come Selection Sunday.


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Clouse, Thomas, Global Finance
Asia's economic powerhouses are shifting to a new economic model. The transition will be painful-but will also pay huge dividends.
Asia has played a starring role in the story of globalization. The region has pulled in massive foreign investment and found eager markets for its products around the world. The region's exports now range from simple consumer goods to sophisticated electronics and popular automobiles. The strong investment and booming exports have given Asian economies some of the fastest growth rates in history, and Asia now boasts the world's second- and third-largest economies, in Japan and China.
Asian policymakers, drawing from the lessons of the Asian financial crisis a decade ago, managed their countries' successes conserva- tively. They kept budgets low, limited external financing, pursued con- servative monetary policy and built up substantial foreign ex- change re- serves. They also pushed forward aggressive financial system reform, greatly strengthening banks and other financial institutions.
All of these moves have cushioned the impact of the current global eco- nomic crisis. Asia's regional economy maintained relative stability as global liquidity tightened, and policymakers were able to lower interest and reserve rates while introducing fiscal spending programs. In addition, Asian banks had only limited exposure to mortgage- backed securities. Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group esti- mates the region's total subprime loss- es at less than $35 billion, accounting for 0.2% of total bank assets. Bill Belchere, chief Asia economist for Macquarie Group, says, "From our macro perch, Asia has proven well equipped to maintain financial stability since the onset of the global recession and credit crunch by virtue of its both . . . high level of FX reserves relative to short-term external debt and sustainable current account positions with low non-performing-loan levels."
Belchere warns, however, that the strong financial positions of Asian countries cannot compensate for the long-term problems with the region's growth model. "One of our key macro themes for the first half of 2009 remains the struggle between Asia's strong macro balance sheet and its impaired growth/business model," he says.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh is known as the Steel City and the City of Champions, and today, it's going by the name "Sixburgh."
That's in honor of the record sixth Super Bowl title won by the hometown Steelers. The city today welcomed the team home from Tampa, Fla., and Sunday's win over the Arizona Cardinals with a victory parade. Thousands of Steeler fans from Pittsburgh and towns far and wide turned out to wave yellow "Terrible Towels" and cheer triumphant team members, who waved from pickup trucks as they captured the sight on their personal camcorders.
Coach Mike Tomlin had a big grin on his face as he mounted the stage to thunderous applause at the end of the parade. He declared "Steeler Nation" had left them all speechless, but then gave a little speech, saying he and the team appreciate all the love.
Tomlin triggered roars when he asked: "How about the Steelers? How about the greatest fans in the world? How about number six?"
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Topic: iPhone
Apple's iPhone 6s, 6s Plus win Anandtech's "Editors Choice Gold" award
11/02/2015, 07:11 pm
Anandtech has awarded Apple's new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus the site's "Editors' Choice Gold" ranking, the first iPhone to ever rank that highly and only the second phones to receive it since the site began in 1997.
T-Mobile gives away free 4G LTE CellSpot to Simple Choice subscribers
11/02/2015, 01:11 pm
T-Mobile USA on Monday announced a new peripheral for its subscribers, the 4G LTE CellSpot, which can provide a cellular signal in spaces with otherwise difficult access to the carrier's network.
Facebook forces some workers to switch from iPhone to Android to reflect majority of users & new markets
11/02/2015, 11:11 am
Facebook's chief product officer is reportedly requiring a number of team members to switch from iPhones to Android phones so they can experience how most people interact with the social network.
T-Mobile, Sprint poised to pick up subscribers from Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program
11/02/2015, 10:11 am
Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program appears to be leading U.S. phone buyers away from AT&T and Verizon toward carriers with cheaper fees such as T-Mobile and Sprint, a report said on Monday.
Samsung Mobile smartphone profits decline; unit sales to shrink for 2015
10/29/2015, 12:10 am
Samsung Electronics' IT & Mobile unit reported shipment growth in phones but noted that its "profitability declined" due to the fire sale pricing incurred to boost sales of its disappointing Galaxy S6, along with a lower handset Average Selling Price "due to increased sales of mid- to low-end products."
Walgreens to add Apple Pay support for Balance Rewards cards, reports say
10/28/2015, 05:10 pm
U.S. pharmacy chain Walgreens is on the verge of introducing Apple Pay support for its Balance Rewards card, anecdotes from a number of users hinted on Wednesday.
Skype, Snapchat, other iOS apps add 3D Touch commands, Apple blocks weight scale app
10/28/2015, 04:10 pm
A number of iOS apps have been updated with new 3D Touch commands for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, including mainstays like Skype and Snapchat. Meanwhile, Apple has reportedly rejected an app called Gravity that attempted to use 3D Touch as a weight scale mechanism.
iPhone Upgrade Program could eventually open up beyond Apple Stores, Tim Cook says
10/28/2015, 01:10 pm
Apple would eventually like to expand its new iPhone Upgrade Program so that shoppers can sign up for it without having to come into an Apple Store, Chief Executive Tim Cook said this week.
Latest iPhone 6s ad features Bill Hader, Siri and Nigerian prince
10/27/2015, 08:10 pm
Apple posted a new iPhone 6s commercial to its YouTube page on Tuesday touting the handset's new Siri Hands Free feature with the help of comedian and actor Bill Hader.
Android switchers accounted for 30% of iPhone buyers in Q4, highest ratio recorded
10/27/2015, 06:10 pm
During Apple's quarterly conference call on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook said 30 percent of iPhone buyers switched from Android during the fourth quarter, the highest ratio of "switchers" Apple has recorded in a single three-month period.
Kohl's begins accepting store-issued credit cards via Apple Pay
10/27/2015, 02:10 pm
Apple on Tuesday updated its Apple Pay roster to include Kohl's, marking the arrival of the platform's first store-branded credit card.
Judge draws parallels between iPhone search request and lethal injection drugs
10/27/2015, 01:10 pm
Ordering Apple to unlock an iPhone's data against its will is akin to ordering a drug company to supply drugs for a lethal injection, a judge commented in the ongoing dispute over a Justice Department request.
Apple's iPhone 6s awarded top smartphone sales share in China, outpacing Xiaomi, Huawei
10/27/2015, 09:10 am
Counterpoint Research reported that Apple's iPhone 6s "broke records" in China, selling 7 million units in a month to reach a leading 19 percent share of smartphone sales in September.
Study: Apple Pay has more Gen X users than Millennials, but adoption slowing
10/27/2015, 12:10 am
A study from Phoenix Marketing International says Apple Pay is still picking up users one year after launch, and recently saw a bump in usage rates from Gen X card holders, but overall growth is quickly reaching a plateau.
Apple's new iPhone 6s ad features NBA star Steph Curry, focuses on Live Photos
10/26/2015, 08:10 pm
Apple on Monday continued to draw on star power for its iPhone 6s ad campaign, releasing a short spot showing off the handset's new Live Photos feature with the help of NBA MVP Steph Curry.
JPMorgan Chase partners with CurrentC to offer Apple Pay alternative
10/26/2015, 06:10 pm
JPMorgan Chase, one the largest banks and an early partner of Apple Play, has announced plans to partner with the MCX CurrentC platform in an effort to offer its own "Chase Pay" app using scannable bar codes rather than tap-to-pay NFC technology.
Siri limits music chart questions to Apple Music subscribers
10/26/2015, 05:10 pm
Apple's Siri voice assistant in iOS will refuse to answer questions about music charts for people who aren't Apple Music subscribers, users noted on Monday.
Facebook revamps Notifications tab in mobile apps, adds new location-based options
10/26/2015, 03:10 pm
Facebook on Monday announced another series of changes to its mobile apps, most notably enabling new notifications more closely tailored to users and their current location.
Verizon asks FCC for waiver to enable Wi-Fi calling features
10/26/2015, 09:10 am
Verizon has submitted a petition to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, asking for a waiver that would allow it to enable Wi-Fi calling on its network.
Apple enlists A-lister Jamie Foxx, NBA star Steph Curry to tout iPhone 6s
10/25/2015, 06:10 pm
Apple released a trio of star-studded iPhone 6s spots on Sunday, with two shorts starring Jamie Foxx and Siri, and a proper minute-long commercial showing off iPhone's cameras with an assist from Golden State cager Steph Curry.


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In general, ISSS recommends that non-employee individuals from abroad who will come to Temple to engage in research, lecture, etc. should enter the US as a J-1 Exchange Visitor. Our office has seen too many instances of individuals being turned away at the border when they try to enter with a Tourist Status.
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How to make birthday special without friends or family/party?
"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish" - Mother Teresa
A trip to the zoo or the park. Maybe a picnic if the weather is nice. Do you have a childrens museum any where close? At this age they are pretty easy to please. For DS he loves a good jammie day, one where we don't have to go anywhere and can play outside in the yard.
Start with confetti. Throw some and sing happy birthday. He will love it. Then go out to a zoo/imaginarium,aquarium. Go out for ice cream. Laugh, play, sing, he will love it!
^^ Yup I second above post! They are so easy to please at this age. We (just DH and my other kids and my mom) took Marchie to McDonald's and let her play and eat and then came home and had cake--she was thrilled. Add a little balloons and confetti and you got a party. My Marchie keeps singing Happy birthday to herself after her "party" on Monday.
~**DS~17, DD~14, DS~14, DD~10 & DD~2 and Baby Boy Born 1-24-13
Ballons. Just the cheap ones you blow up yourself. Little did I know when I taped 4 to the table for our "party" (of 3) that they would be the life of the party. They beat the cake, hands down. She (& we) played with them for hours. Blowing out the candle was big fun too. She still talks about it.
I agree with the balloons...I have a friend that started a tradition for her kids at age 2, that they would sneak a whole bunch of balloons into their room right before they woke up in the morning. They thought it was soooo fun to wake up in a room full of balloons! Then they could play with them all day. At 2, the kiddos don't know if there's a party and honestly, a party can be overwhelming sometimes. I would just take the day and make it all about your lo. PPs gave great ideas. Make their fave foods, cake and ice cream, and do something special. :)
DS 03/2011, ^Twins^ 10/2015, DS due 10/2016
I think ANYTHING you decide will be special for him, especially if it's out of the ordinary. We are doing super small this year and I keep feeling bad but I have to remind myself that he is 2; I'm the one having the issue of no huge celebration, not my baby.
Just wanted to add something...we usually do bigger parties, only because our family is all fairly close and they want a party to attend and we have friends that also like to come. It's fun and everything but usually what happens is that everyone starts talking to one another and, while the kids have fun at their party, there isn't a ton of focus on them unless they're opening gifts. For ODD's 3rd bday, we just had a couple people celebrate with us and she loved it. It was allllll about her. We all played with her on her new swingset and all attention was given to what she wanted to do. So sometimes no party is a good thing. :)
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Kelly Clarkson Will Now Rule 94.7 FM
DCist notes that 94.7 FM switched from its classic rock format to its "fresh" top 40 format today. This means listeners woke up to Kelly Clarkson and Coldplay instead of Led Zeppelin. The Post writes about one DJ's fade out and the possible fade out of an entire genre (boomer rock):
"WTGB's end closes a chapter for FM radio in the Washington area. Until the rock era, AM radio was the dominant force, with narrow, Top 40 playlists. But in the late 1960s and early '70s, lured by the static-free FM sound, young people across the country turned in droves to the free-form, album-rock format pioneered by stations like WHFS. The music was introduced (and personally selected) by DJs such as Cerphe, Jonathan "Weasel" Gilbert and Damien Einstein, who became minor stars in their own right (Gilbert was let go by WTGB in October)."
Marc Fisher also seems to mourn the loss of classic rock. He also includes a potential playlist for the fresh format that should make most if not all Black Plastic Bag readers gag:
"Sugar Ray–Every Morning
Gwen Stefani–The Sweet Escape
Kelly Clarkson–Walk Away
Chris Brown–With You
Savage Garden–Truly Madly Deeply
Howie Day–Collide
Spin Doctors–Two Princes
John Mayer–Waiting On The World To Change
Rihanna–Hate That I Love You
Mr. Big–To Be With You"
This just makes D.C.'s lack of a viable college rock station that much more of a crime.


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Look forward to seing how this works out w/ scheduling. Hopefully Warhorn is ready to accommodate it.
I already have a Handling monk ready for play. :)
congratulations are well deserved.
sorry I don't know the rest of you... we shall remedy that next year...
Grats Michael!
I can't GM PFS about 2-5 times a month and play at least once a week I currently get credit for about 60% of the games I play (70% confirmation), and its about the same for GMing.
I can't always GM and with there only being 10-15 (repidly decreasing) scenarios avalible for me to play for credit @ any time. Looks lik I'm going to be driving home early or just sitting around 4 or more hours quite often.
I run for no credit all the time (actually prefer it that way. To many high lvl characters) Every time I run a scenario it gets better and it cuts down on my prep time.
For those that have signed up, thank you. This years aniverery looks like its going to be a blast.
That's disapointing... I fed up and played a Gnome urban bloodradger in our last test and it was so much fun. It fits the class mechanics so well.
I was waiting for this to be announced. I new Paul would crop up sometime, us here in Asheville (NC) doubted he would just disappear down some Hobbit hole...
I play a rogue/monk, He is very frustrating to most GMs w/ deflect arrows and Crane wing (deflect 1 ranged and 1 melee att) my AC is pretty awesome with no armor as well. It takes a bit of patience and lots of nail biting to get thew the first few lvls then you turn into a combat god (a squishy one).
I remember a Fraya too. It may have been Temmith though, I was only half paying attention as her and a Valeros walked by. I was about to get killed by a bulette at the time...
I have the stack from when Luth ran...
This wave is for "Dark Sasha" and "Jake in the Grass." If you are still looking for work, welcome to the crew.
JitG you are the Mechanic: "Santana Murtaugh" Classic ships engineer type. But you have one hiccup. You're alcoholic father pays for a cabin on this ship too. The Captain looks to you when Dad acts up. You dread the Captain's angry bellow of "Murtaugh!" It means you broke the ship or Dad threw up in the Captains quarters...Again.
This wave is for "Dark Sasha" and "Jake in the Grass." If you are still looking for work, welcome to the crew.
JitG you are the Mechanic: "Santana Murtaugh" Classic ships engineer type. But you have one hiccup. You're alcoholic father pays for a cabin on this ship too. The Captain looks to you when Dad acts up. You dread the Captain's angry bellow of "Murtaugh!" It means you broke the ship or Dad threw up in the Captains quarters...Again.
Affirmative. I like the latter start time.
One of Zylphryx's buddys here...
I'd love to play.
My flight into Seattle should arrive at 10:15am on the 4th, so I can get into the tail end of the World/character burning...
and I fly out at 12am Monday so as long as we wrap up by 10:30pm or so on Sunday I should be good.
The jobs don't sound all that deferant, both bodys and ships break from time to time just patch um up, make sure ya dont leave any tools inside, and pray she holds together...
I'll fix anythang ya'll got with this here duct tape and craftsman wrench, point me to my bunk. I'll start right after my nap...
I'd love to join the crew. (aparently I'm suposed to say Tyrone sent me...)
I was planning on running Dwarven lore on the 22nd... @ Mogmismo's request via facebook...
I know I will be there and probably at least 3 others from Asheville (dinketry, JakeInTheGrass and dinketry's girlfriend ... list them as tentative until they voice up one way or the othet).
I'm in. This sounds awesome! We may have 1 more... I'll try to get him to post...
SCARAB rocked! Stu and I got about 12hrs of sleep the whole weekend.
A regular Asheville PFS SCARAB. Mini-Con would be awesome.
I will be there Sat.
Had a great time running my first PFS game for you all. Hopefully you all enjoyed it as well. I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you as we can get at SCARAB
I had no idea you were running a game that must have been awesome. I'm sorry I missed it.
hope the games went well and I'm sorry I missed it (not that sorry though, I had a date). I can't wait for SCARAB and hope to see lots of you there.
Do you have any idea how many are coming - I have stuff from sponsors to give away and I am not sure I have enough for a really large crowd.
ooh free stuff! :P and it sounds like we will have lots of players. convincing more ppl to go to SCARAB is always a good thing. We might just have a good sized representation from our Lodge.
Man I just found this thread by accident.
I can't wait to play in another game run by you DCII. Dinketry and I both had so much fun at MACE.
I will be at both locations when you come as long as I am not working.
There are some white stones that actually work extremely well in place of chalk that don't go mush. I'm kinda brain dead atm so I can't think what they are called.
Pumice. That crap is everywhere on the West coast.
Kausk here! You got to love it, we got drunk then decided to go kill some Goblins.. At night.... The chickens sounded like a good idea at the time... They tasted good anyway.
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Supersize Your Passwords
A report by Anthony Mason on the CBS Evening News recently highlighted the latest consumer security concerns about hackers. A "white hat" expert from the security firm Trustwave managed to break Mason's 7-character password in just 37 seconds. And it wasn't an obvious one that the machine somehow guessed either, like the supposedly most commonly used one these days, "password1". No, it was cracked by good old-fashioned number-crunching. The ability to break passwords by sheer brute force, running through every combination there is until the right one is stumbled upon does not depend in the least on how the password was created or what it signifies. The algorithms don't try to guess meaning or substitutions – they don't care about your mother's maiden name, capitalization or whether you used a lower-case "l" or the number "1", or anything at all other than length. A password, using the standard English alphabet with both upper and lower case letters (like "E" and "e") plus 0-9 numbers and various punctuation characters, can be made out of roughly 72 or so elements. So for a 7 character-password, that's over 10 trillion possible combinations; while adding just one character increases it to over 722 trillion. Therefore if it took 37 seconds to break before , now it should take 44 minutes 24 seconds. Hopefully, that will be too much time and trouble, with so many other, easier targets available. So the best strategy is simple: … Continue reading
Recent Exploits Bode Ill for the Future
Every week new intrusive exploits by hackers are found across the Internet. Some unsuspecting new institutional victim is revealed to have been penetrated. Lately most have involved major commercial corporations which had personal data stolen, like the recent assault on health insurance provider Anthem. Three exploits that were announced last week took hacking to a new level. Each is breathtaking in scope, immensely sophisticated, and have apparently been around for quite a while before they were discovered. Each one by itself would merit alarm and concern by all thoughtful users, but taken together they signal scary times ahead for the Internet. One was an attack on the banking industry. Found by Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs, this is said to be the biggest and most sophisticated bank heist ever; over $1 billion dollars were taken from over 100 banks in 30 countries. The banks were scattered from Russia to the US, Germany, China, and Ukraine. And the means of attack varied from creating money out of thin air to reprogramming ATMs to spew forth cash – one doing so in Kiev before a gang-employed mule could pick it up was what apparently brought the heist to the attention of the authorities. The hackers apparently wormed their way in through a phishing attack that lured bank executives to booby-trapped webpages where they were infected. Once the hackers were inside the system, they watched the banks' activities carefully, and mimicked them to remain undetected. … Continue reading
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Hi Gil! :-) Snails I did not try there...
you have nice architecture in Finland:) I back to look better to know your country. Have a great weekend!greetings
I want a Runeberg muffin!
great tips!
Lovely town!
perfect restaurant list !!!! i'll try my best to check everything next week :-)
Nice page and tips! In 1984 I interailed to Porvoo and I ended up spending 12 yrs in Scandinavia...
very attracting and interesting. Is it your daughter on the front picture? Greetings!
The place looks wonderful... shares for a trip to Finland this year are rising...
Lovely Porvoo page : ) I have a close friend who lives there and keeps telling me to visit, so might see it for myself soon.
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When filling a grid with color such as when using contourf in pyplot, I need to find a way to change the color that pyplot uses to fill data that exceed the specified range of the colorbar. I wish to have a static colorbar that does not automatically change its range to fit the max/min of the data, so having occasional extreme values that exceed its bounds is inevitable, and colors need to be specified for such values.
The default color for values exceeding the bounds of the colorbar is white, which can glaringly clash with the surrounding data if the colormap does not have white as its end colors. Example image link below (sorry can't post it directly yet) - notice the white fill when values exceed the negative range of the colorbar:
I believe there is a way to specify which color to use at each bound if they are exceeded by using rcParams, but I have not been able to find information on this anywhere.
Any help would be appreciated.


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LAFAYETTE — Just before 9 p.m. last Saturday, Colorado's unusually mild spell in late winter was accompanied by a crystal-clear night sky and array of brilliant stars and constellations that lit up a darkened Warriors Stadium at Centaurus High School.
Moments later, the natural night lights were overcome by man-made glow sticks held in the hands of dozens of supporters who took two leisurely strolls around the track.
At the front was Bobby Marble, a junior sprinter and jumper on the Centaurus track team whose modest pace nevertheless set a personal record.
Having been released from Children's Hospital Colorado only two days earlier, the 17-year-old kept the pace of someone much older at the Warrior Marble Relay, but no one seemed to mind.
Overcoming acute myeloid leukemia isn't about speed. It's about winning the battle. To date, Marble may be spent from the chemotherapy, but he's ahead. He's in remission.
"I kicked cancer," a shaking yet smiling Marble posted on his Facebook page.
Marble had hoped to circle the football field once but was inspired enough to do it twice, victory laps that brought an end to 12 hours of walking, jogging and running by hundreds of participants (including some furry friends) who covered approximately 1,200 miles and raised an estimated $15,000 to $20,000, to be split between the Warriors track team and Marble's family.
Emotional reaction relayed
Planning for the event took months and involved everyone from students to administrators at Centaurus, as well as operators of local businesses. Curious spectators also became involved, including participants in a prep lacrosse game played during the day who took to the track, sticks in hand. And there was plenty of sweat to go around, although it was rivaled in volume by tears of joy by day's end.
"Who's not going to have the most emotional reaction?" asked parent and volunteer Louise Garrels.
She has a son at Centaurus who covered 26 miles Saturday. Marble was diagnosed with cancer last October and news spread through the school and community like a hot tweet.
"The kids heard that Bobby had 75 percent of his bone marrow consumed by this, which is the ridiculous nature of this type of cancer," she said. "This (relay) is the beauty of this. The kids were shaken and wanted to do something about it."
Lexi Llerandi, a freshman hurdler, walked and ran 27 miles and was present all 12 hours. She probably could have squeezed in more if needed. "I feel really good about this," she said.
So did senior Ben Johnston, who was in chemistry class with Marble.
"It was exciting for Bobby," he said.
As a family in Lafayette, the Niemanns had heard of Marble's situation but didn't know him personally. After attending the St. Patrick's Day parade in Denver earlier Saturday, they showed up for a few laps. One of Michelle Niemann's sons had multiple surgeries at Children's.
"You say to yourself, 'As bad as it is, there's always someone who has it worse,' " she said. "We wanted to be a part of it and come out to support his family. We know how tough it is to have a child in Children's Hospital."
Centaurus coach Devin Rourke said he "didn't even know them; I asked who they were, and they said they just wanted to drop by."
Endurance on display
Attendees kept track of their laps by — what else? — placing marbles in slots on several tables near the track arranged by Rourke, who noted that the event went through every marble and glow stick.
"How about that!" he said.
Centaurus multisport coach Jeff Jackson observed and marveled at the endurance of the prep participants. As Garrels suggested, many of them "hadn't run anything longer than a Bolder Boulder."
Marble's mother, Olga, a native of Mexico, said she feels "so thankful with everyone, I just can't find the words to say thank you. (Bobby's) doing OK, but we have to be careful. But it's a thrill, I'm so happy. Seeing him walk around the house ... he's definitely getting stronger."
Marble still has treatment and checkups to deal with, as well as having his mediport — implanted to help deliver his chemo — removed.
Rourke said Marble, who has been doing some schoolwork at home, is determined to graduate with his class and already has asked about returning to the track team.
"I mean, if I were his doctor, I would be careful," Rourke said. "It's in Bobby's best interest. But I'm sure he'll be back training with us."
Taxed beyond what he thought he could handle, Marble remains optimistic.
"Physically, I'll get it back slowly, I hope," he said. "I'll never forget this night, this support from everyone. It's overwhelming."
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Army Staff Sgt. Kyle D. Skaggs has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed to support the war against global terrorism outside the borders of the United States. U.S. troops serve in South, Southwest and Central Asia, the Arabian peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific, and Europe.
Skaggs is a squad leader assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. He has served in the military for seven and a half years.
He is the son of Bonnie Prell of Cherokee.
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Is hepatitis c curable?
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22 Jun 2010
What you do have to have is a more sensitive test once you have 'cleared' the virus so anti-bodies can be detected and not mistaken for a re-infection the last thing you want is a false positive. Some people have been known to clear the virus without even going through any treatment, it one of those wonder of the human body. I did the combination therapy about five years ago and am still virus free. Good luck!
I'm about to do the combination therapy. What was the treatment like for you? What side effects? How did you feel while on the treatment?
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I don't know if cure is the word but I had it and I was on a treatment. A pill called( Rebasphere)200mg and a injecting of (Pegasys) 0.5ml . the pills I took one in the morning and one at night. The shot was once a week. For 12 months and after the treatment I went to my doctor and he told me there was no sight. Of the hepatitis c in my liver and till this day still clear this was in 20011 . So I hope your friend finds this a little better out come for her.
18 May 2010
Majorie is wrong. Doctors, researches and scientist are using the word "CURE" now. As long as you sustain a SVR (sustained Viral Response) 6 months after your last day of treatment you are considered cured. I think it is 6 months. It may be a year but I'm sure it is 6 months. I have many friends who have no sign of hep c after 3 to about 8 years and 3 friends going on over 15 years.
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Show transcribed image text A very long straight wire, carrying uniform line charge density rholo [C/m], is placed in a very long dielectric cylinder of radius a. The dielectric constant of the cylinder is epsilon r, i.e., it is a linear dielectric. Find E, D and P everywhere as functions of rho (the distance from the axis of the wire): (i) rho < a, (ii) p > a. Calculate all the bound charge densities, rhopv and rho ps. [HINT] Find D first. You may use Gauss' law for D, since the charge distribution has cylindrical symmetry.


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Here's a photo from my summer roadtrip from Seattle to Salt Lake. This was taken in the Palouse from Steptoe Butte State Park in eastern Washington. I only got to spend one sunset here and I really want to go back. There is just so much potential here.
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Commanders of War III is a realism mod for the game Men of War: Assault Squad. It takes place in the war-torn Europe of late WW2 (1944-1945). Its main focus is larger battles with an emphasis on infantry and light-medium equipment and armor rather than heavy armor, a wide variety of units — especially for the infantry — and realistic tank combat.
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?Seattle Quality Collective is one of several new medical-marijuana dispensaries to open on Aurora Avenue in the past few months. The collective features a convenient, easy-to-find location, a good selection of cannabis, and a friendly and welcoming staff.
Medical-marijuana patients formed Seattle Quality in order to have access to true medical-grade cannabis, and to help other patients find the same. "We feel medical marijuana should be regarded as any other pharmaceutical: high-quality, consistent, without pesticides, mold, or overall poor quality," the collective says on its website.
The shop had about 20 strains in stock on the recent Saturday afternoon I visited. The flowers started in price at $7 a gram (outdoor Bubble Gum), with $8, $12, and top-shelf $15 strains also available.
Budtender Ken patiently guided me through my options, explaining that Bubble Gum's bargain price wasn't due to poor quality but to its smell (like hay) and taste (harsh). Always on the lookout for a bargain, I got three grams, but it was disappointing, even for a $7 smoke.
I've grown a bit of marijuana myself, and in my opinion the issue with the Bubble Gum flowers weren't that they were grown outdoors; that is almost irrelevant when it comes to taste, smell, and potency. The bouquet and harshness of these buds can be attributed to substandard curing. Despite their dense tightness, these flowers also appeared to have been harvested a week or two early.
?I also sampled some Blue Dream, a potent and medically useful sativa at $12 a gram, with much more favorable results. These flowers were covered with an inviting cotton-candy fuzziness of trichomes that bespoke their potency. Especially after smoking the rough Bubble Gum, the heady aroma and flavor of Blue Dream was delightful.
The Blue Dream flowers were covered with an inviting cotton-candy fuzziness of trichomes
For my top-shelf selection, I settled on a couple of $15 grams of Ogre Kush, a clone-only 70-percent-indica dominant. It was, as advertised by Ken, definitely a nighttime smoke, even a bedtime smoke, with its heavy body high and very effective pain relief. The Ogre is a potent sleep aid, especially if you suffer from nagging pain that interrupts your rest. It is also definitely couch-lock marijuana. This isn't a cinematic sativa or an energetic hybrid you'd smoke at a concert; this is goofy ganja, and while it provides wonderful pain relief, it will make your thought processes fuzzy (but fun).
Seattle Quality had a nice selection of medibles behind the counter, including a wide range of Cannaceuticals, one of the most reliably delicious and potent lines in town.
Also available was a soda called Pack-A-Punch; this was the first time I'd seen the amusingly named drink. Of course, with a name like that, it had better be potent, and it was. I tried two different flavors--cream soda and cola--and much preferred the former. The cream soda was good enough to make you forget it was medicated. The cola, on the other hand, needs work. I'm a big Coca-Cola fan, drinking more per day than I'd care to admit, so I speak from experience when I say it's a far cry from the classic brand.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Gerry DiNardo is now the latest coach to fail at Indiana.
DiNardo was fired Wednesday, 11 days after the Hoosiers ended a 3-8 season with a 63-24 loss to in-state rival Purdue. It was his third losing season.
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Adult Use of Marijuana Act powers forward in California.
The group leading efforts to legalize recreational marijuana for adults in California will announce Wednesday, May 4, that it has collected enough signatures to put its legalization initiative before voters on the November ballot, as reported by the Sacramento Bee.
The Adult Use of Marijuana Act has gathered more than 600,000 signatures, far exceeding the 350,000 needed. It has also received backing from billionaire Facebook co-founder Sean Parker and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in addition to the support of many other marijuana policy reform groups.
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