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How homosexuals fight
National | Activists co-opt language of the civil-rights movement and seek to "use talk to muddy the moral waters"
"How homosexuals fight" Continued...
At the San Diego offices of Update, a newspaper serving Southern California homosexuals, a royal blue bumper sticker clinging to the lobby wall is both confessional and prophetic: "Having abandoned the search for truth, I'm now looking for a good fantasy."
While the homosexual ethos depends on an abandonment of truth, the search for a good gay fantasy may not last much longer. After a week of demonstrations late last month, the fantasy nation long yearned for by American homosexuals may now be breaching the borders of reality.
With more than 300 pro-homosexual bills romping through state legislatures coast to coast, the potentially precedent-setting judicial assault on traditional marriage in Vermont, the growing fallacy-fueled drive for gay "civil rights," and the tactical defamation of religious opposition, the homosexual offensive is poised to make a forward leap so large it may alter American culture radically-perhaps irrevocably.
"In the culture war ... we are at a crossroads," said Focus on the Family president James Dobson in a March 23 broadcast that examined the forward rumble of America's gay political juggernaut: "We are at a strategic moment in the history of this country."
It is a moment not lost on homosexual activists. "We're on the verge of people understanding us," said Randy Allgaier, coordinator of a California homosexual lobby group: "More than tolerating us-potentially accepting us."
Other gays, while not as effusive, are also optimistic. "There are promising indicators that more and more of the population is sympathetic [toward homosexuals]," said Ryan Hurd, the clean-cut, twenty-something associate editor of Update.
The dim, bohemian office he shares with editor-in-chief Frederic Ball is revealing. The walls are decorated with bodies instead of, say, art. Mr. Ball's side of the room features a four-foot frontal nude poster of an unnamed platinum blond starlet. On Mr. Hurd's side, a black-and-white, 8-by-10 photo series marches across the wall: men, alone and in groups, absurdly muscular, nearly naked, and provocatively entwined. The decor betrays a subculture that, despite its own frantic claims to normality, is actually fixated on the promise of sexual gratification without responsibility.
Still, Mr. Hurd's optimism about the public's view of that subculture is not misplaced. It echoes the findings of a February Gallup poll that showed 50 percent of Americans now feel homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle. Just 34 percent felt that way in 1982. "A lot of what we see is very promising," said Mr. Hurd. He added that homosexual activism will be successful only to the extent that it is not seen as gay-and-lesbian-oriented so much as a fight for civil rights.
His statement is in line with the openly propagandistic tactics preached by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen in the activist primer After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's. A chief strategy: Portray homosexuals as victims, an oppressed minority groaning under the yoke of heterosexist tyranny. But the gay quest for "civil rights" bears little resemblance to the struggles of blacks and suffragists, whose eventual liberation benefited society at large. Instead, it calls up the American communists of the '50s and '60s who, in order to advance the radical interests of a narrow group, created a spurious "victim class," then convinced America that theirs was the side of justice.
Following the October 1998 slaying of Matthew Shepard, the slight, effeminate college student who was brutally murdered by two Laramie thugs, gay activists deftly leveraged the political capital dropped in their laps. They spun the storyline that pro-family ministries had created hate that was bound to generate just such an act. They marshaled thousand-candle vigils for Shepard and quickly canonized him. They stoked a public outrage and organized "Equality Begins at Home (EBAH)," a week-long 50-state campaign "to beat back the right wing and their relentless attacks."
Sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and billed as a populist demand for social justice, more than 250 EBAH events popped off across the nation during the week of March 21. Individual events included marches, rallies, lobby days, and conferences, often at state capitols. Homosexuals and their advocates demonstrated for the right to legally marry, adopt children, and stigmatize as "hate" criminals anyone who would stigmatize them.
Some EBAH events fizzled, like the meager, mostly lesbian klatch that gathered at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., to hear National Organization for Women director Patricia Ireland's predictable rah-rah, we're-with-you rant. But some events were historic: On March 21, at an official state ceremony attended by 250 people, a rainbow flag, the homosexual banner said to symbolize both diversity and unity, was hoisted above the capitol building in Hartford, Conn., where it flew for a week. The event marked the first time the rainbow flag was officially recognized by a state government.
"The fact that Connecticut raised the flag is symbolic of the acknowledgment ... and support of gay rights," said Connecticut homosexual activist Carolyn Gabel.
She may be right. While EBAH was specifically designed to claw up traditional values rooted at the state level, there is already growing support for homosexual "rights" among state officials and politicians. Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, whose brother died of AIDS, is pushing publicly for pro-gay, anti-discrimination laws in his state. Anne Boyle, chairwoman of the Nebraska Democratic Party, joined EBAH activists in a drive for "fairness" in the workplace. And newly elected California Governor Gray Davis has voiced support for pro-gay measures similar to AB222, a sweeping bill that would, among other things, mandate instruction on tolerance of homosexuality in California's public schools.
While state-level pro-gay legislative battles are nothing new, their sheer numbers have lately scaled alarming heights. By some estimates, pro-gay bills outnumber anti-homosexuality measures 2-to-1. In California, the national proving ground, the legislative assault is particularly dangerous, says Randy Thomason, assistant director of the pro-family Capitol Resource Institute in Sacramento. "Both houses of the California legislature are now controlled by liberal Democrats and Gray Davis is sitting in the governor's mansion sharpening up his ink pen," Mr. Thomason said.
Seven bills awaiting committee debate in the Golden State legislature would, if passed, virtually detonate the state's civil and educational landscape-and lay the cabling for similar destruction nationwide. In addition to making homosexuals a specially protected class, AB222 would require that children in public schools, kindergarten through 12th grade, be taught that homosexuality is simply one among several equally healthy and valid lifestyles. Another California bill elevates homosexuality to the same level as sex and race. And, should any citizen oppose homosexuality in a privately owned business or residence, another bill provides for tax-funded investigations under the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
"[Homosexual activists] are pushing and pushing hard," said Mr. Thomason. "They're not interested in toleration. They're interested in total approval, which means desensitizing, forcing approval, and punishing innocent citizens of conscience," he said, adding: "As California goes, so goes the nation."
The bills provide only murky religious exclusions. It is an indicator not just of political hubris, but of a spreading conviction among liberal lawmakers that religious conservatives are reeling, battered by blows ranging from the bitter vilification of Ken Starr to the mainstream media's trash-and-trivialize policy toward prominent Christian leaders. Homosexual activists, many of whom use the terms "enemy" and "Christian" interchangeably, are natural beneficiaries. But more than chance beneficiaries, they are also engineers.
In 1987 Guide Magazine, a publication for gays, published an oft-reprinted article by Marshall K. Kirk and Erastes Pill. In the piece, Mr. Kirk and Mr. Pill laid out the shining path to homosexual liberation in six sequential steps that have become for some activists a manifesto. Included in those steps are specific strategies for turning the public against the church, and the church against itself.
"When conservative churches condemn gays," wrote Mr. Kirk and Mr. Pill, "... we can use talk to muddy the moral waters. This means publicizing support for gays by more moderate churches.... We can undermine the moral authority of homophobic churches by portraying them as antiquated backwaters, badly out of step with the times and with the latest findings of psychology. Against the mighty pull of institutional Religion one must set the mightier draw of Science and Public Opinion. Such an unholy alliance has worked well against churches before, on such topics as divorce and abortion ... that alliance can work again here."
It's working like a stake in the heart of such major denominations as the Episcopal and United Methodist Churches, where issues like gay clergy and homosexual marriage have rocked church leadership. During EBAH week, organizers planned scores of faith-based events across the country. Officials at University Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, approved and attended a candlelight vigil at its facility for victims of gay "hate crimes." In Memphis, an event at the First Congregational Church featured testimonies by former ex-gays "traumatized" by the efforts of ex-gay ministries.
Indeed, many gays and lesbians now see all who oppose their lifestyle as a single, composite Foe called the "religious right." ("That's not far off the mark," said Update's Frederic Ball. "They're the ones who are attacking us," said Randy Allgaier.) In fairness, though, mainstream Christians haven't done much to combat the ugly image of such anti-gay crusaders as Fred Phelps of "God Hates Fags" fame.
For example, the only Christians in attendance at a March 22 EBAH event in Austin, Texas, were a cluster of grim-faced, middle-aged men bearing signs with biting slogans like "God calls fags dogs" and "Lord Jesus, Save the Children from the Sodomites." By contrast, homosexual marchers and their supporters appeared stunningly normal (another strategy espoused by Mr. Kirk and Mr. Pill). They were an all-American crowd: white, black, Latino, young, old, even toddlers in sunglasses sitting in strollers or on parents' shoulders. Nowhere in sight were the drag queens, dog collars, and other staple depravities of left-coast gay parades.
Seizing on the perfect foil, Chastity Bono, the lesbian activist daughter of entertainer Cher, used her podium time to hammer home the gay line on Christians: "I've always attributed [gay inequality] to the religious right and I still do, with even more conviction now," she said. "The tools they use against us are hate, fear, and the false mythology that somehow gay and lesbian people are a threat to family values.... We're not a threat, and we're not going away."
Miss Bono did not mention that the life spans of homosexual men are, on average, 20 to 30 years shorter than those of heterosexual males; and they are shorter even if the ravages of AIDS are not factored in. Or that the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, while claiming to champion freedom, partners with those who oppress and victimize young boys. Wrote Mr. Kirk and Mr. Madsen: "Our effort is achieved without reference to facts, logic or proof.... The person's beliefs can be altered whether he is conscious of the attack or not."
But some are fully conscious of the attack, and are both battling gay activists and reaching out to homosexuals who want to change. Focus on the Family's John Paulk teaches a day-long seminar for churches called Love Won Out. The program provides attendees with tools for ministering to gays and lesbians. In California, Randy Thomason heads the newly formed Campaign for California Families, a group that is specifically targeting swing votes on the state's pending pro-gay legislation. And pro-family legislators have introduced Defense of Marriage Acts in 21 states.
But organized pro-family activism is only part of the solution to turning back the homosexual offensive. Both Mr. Thomason and Peter LaBarbara, president of Washington, D.C.-based Americans for the Truth About Homosexuality, say the involvement of individual Christians is paramount, and express concern over widespread Christian apathy and "war-weariness." Indeed, many Christians, laymen and leaders alike, refuse even to acknowledge that there is a war, said Mr. Dobson in his March 23 broadcast.
Focus commentator Mike Trout agreed: "One day we [Christians] may wake up and find out that not only was there a war, but that we lost it."


text: When halftime rolls around at Super Bowl XLVIII, it's safe to say Bruno Mars won't be worried about the score. "Hawaii doesn't have a team, so I bounce around," says the Honolulu native. "I go for the underdog." That term hardly describes Mars, who will play the halftime show in the tradition of Paul McCartney, U2, Michael Jackson and other music legends. Mars is the first artist in ten years to headline before turning 30, but he's already got two platinum albums and 14 past Grammy nominations (including one win), with four new ones this year. His best preparation for the upcoming performance at MetLife Stadium may have been hosting Saturday Night Live in 2012, despite having about as much experience with sketch comedy as Hawaii has with snow. Says Mars: "You gotta be fearless, man. … If I'm ever gonna sing in a blizzard, it may as well be at the Super Bowl." To listen to Mars' curated playlist, created exclusively for FORBES' 30 Under 30, go to forbes.com/under30.

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AMES, Iowa – The Cyclones travel to Lincoln, Neb. tomorrow to compete in their season opener against former Big 12 rival Nebraska. While the Huskers no longer share a conference with Iowa State, the two schools anticipate a highly competitive dual.
"When they were in the Big 12, we were always duking it out," head coach Duane Sorenson said. "Now we're in two different conferences, and we're still duking it out. It's a great rivalry for both teams, but it's a friendly rivalry."
Last year's competition was one with momentous swings as each team took turns claiming several high finishes in a number of events.
"Last year it was a great meet between the two teams," Sorenson recalled."We would take first and second in one event, then they would turn around and take first and second in another."
Iowa State and Nebraska have met 39 times in dual meet play, and strategy plays a major role in who come out on top. Sorenson looks to gain the edge for his team by creating a lineup that will best match the times that Nebraska will post.
"It will be interesting what kind of strategy coach Morales tries to come up with," Sorenson said. "I'm sure he's trying to figure out what we're trying to come up with."
Iowa State anticipates another great meeting tomorrow, and they key to success, according to the coaching staff, will be simply competing in each race. If the Cyclones focus on racing the individuals in the lanes next to them, the times will take care of themselves, Sorenson explained.
With a successful intrasquad meet in the books, the Cyclones look to build off of their times from a week ago. Freshman middle distance specialist Karyl Clarete had a breakout night in the 500 freestyle, and she feels that she and her team are ready for competition.
"Overall, everyone swam really well," Clarete said. "From the feedback that I got from Duane and Kelly, I think that I posted some pretty good times at this point."
Tomorrow's dual meet will be the first competitive action for both the Cyclones and the Huskers. Coach Sorenson and his staff are eager to see where their team stands after a long offseason of training and preparation.
"Where we are in October and were we are going to be in February could be totally different," Sorenson stated. "This is good chance to see where we are."
The team will be happy to see improvements on their times and scores this week compared to the intrasquad meet; however, Sorenson knows that progress is no consolation to a victory. When asked what has to happen against Nebraska to consider the dual meet a success, his answer was simple: winning.


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Hey Zim, I drew my unit 38 elk tag with 4 points and a regular tag. According to MRS I had a 62% chance of drawing looking at last years numbers, so either I got lucky or there are fewer people applying this year. Looking forward to the hunt, my first time in the Big Horns.
As for Antelope, I have 4 points there as well but purchased a special tag and applied in unit 67. According to last years numbers (from that handy MRS section I should be locked into a tag). Let me know where you apply for, I would be gald to pass along any info I have, after all you helped me out last year.


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ANAHEIM, Calif.—November 8, 2013—The heroes of Azeroth are on the verge of a war that will reforge the fate of two worlds. Announced today at BlizzCon® 2013, World of Warcraft®: Warlords of Draenor™, the fifth expansion to Blizzard Entertainment's acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game, sends players to the world of Draenor at a pivotal moment in history to fight against and alongside legends from Warcraft's brutal past.
Across Draenor's savage jungles and battle-scarred plains, Azeroth's heroes will engage in a mythic conflict involving mystical draenei champions and mighty orc clans, and cross axes with the likes of Grommash Hellscream, Blackhand, and Ner'zhul at the height of their primal power. Players will need to scour this unwelcoming land in search of allies to help build a desperate defense against the old Horde's formidable engine of conquest—or else watch their own world's bloody, war-torn history repeat itself.
"Warlords of Draenor gives players a chance to take a commanding role in one of the Warcraft series' most crucial conflicts," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "This expansion also includes features that make it easy for anyone to jump right into the action, whether they've played WoW at some point in the past or are just setting foot in Azeroth for the first time."
To help new and returning players answer the call to arms on Draenor, the expansion will enable anyone to instantly boost one character to level 90, including a newly created character, quickly getting them up to speed and ready to enjoy the latest content with their friends.
To establish a foothold on Draenor once they've arrived, the displaced champions of the Horde and Alliance will be able to construct their own Garrison, an expandable, customizable stronghold that will serve as each player's personal base of operations throughout the course of the expansion. As the Garrison grows, players will be able to recruit NPC allies and followers to take up residence, gathering resources and embarking on missions on the player's orders.
Warlords of Draenor will also introduce fully revamped player character models and animations for many of World of Warcraft's existing playable races, bringing the orcs, humans, and several other longtime residents of Azeroth up to the visual standards of newer races while still maintaining their iconic style and identity.
Along with these new features, World of Warcraft players will enjoy a wide array of new content on their way to the new level cap of 100, including new Zones, Dungeons, Raids, Scenarios, Battlegrounds, and more. Warlords of Draenor will also introduce questing improvements designed to encourage exploration and add unpredictability to players' ongoing adventures.
BlizzCon 2013 attendees are able to play World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor on the show floor, and BlizzCon Virtual Ticket buyers can learn more about the expansion online by watching panels taking place during the event. Further details about Warlords of Draenor will be announced as development continues. For more information, visit the expansion's official website at www.worldofwarcraft.com/warlords.With multiple games in development, Blizzard Entertainment has numerous positions currently available—visit http://jobs.blizzard.com for more information and to learn how to apply.
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Nov 1, 2010
Mexican retail banks are known for making customers pay through their noses.
Clients endure costs for
even basic services like savings accounts and online banking,
as well as paying steep interest rates on loans and credit
cards set by a powerful banking oligopoly.
Such practices have
helped an already well-capitalized, conservative banking system
stay profitable when lenders around the world hemorrhaged cash
during global crisis, analysts say. So while some experts worry
that high prices could delay penetration of banking services in
Mexico, the benefits ensure that little is done beyond
incremental fee cuts.
BBVA Bancomer the largest bank in Mexico with $1.1
trillion pesos in assets as of June, according to the CNBV
is no exception. Its dominant position in most lending
segments allows it to take a lead in influencing prices, says
Fitch analyst Alejandro García. Moodys says the
bank has kept its net interest margin at 6.4%, more than the
peer average of 6.2%, despite crisis....
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1963 Airstream Trailer Transformed into Beautiful Modern Studio
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Snug in the heart of North Carolina, Greensboro is one of the cities that form the popular Piedmont Triad, along with Winston-Salem and High Point. The city has a long and fascinating history that pre-dates the American Revolution.
Quakers from Pennsylvania arrived in Capefair – Greensboro today – right around 1750. The city of "Greensborough" was founded in 1808, named in honor of Major General Nathanael Greene, a Revolutionary War hero in the Battle of Guilford Court House in 1781.The city's name was shortened in 1895.
Greensboro is home to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Greensboro College. Guilford College, the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Guilford Technical Community College are also located in the city. Greensboro is considered bicycle-friendly, with gently-rolling terrain and a historic downtown. The city is located on a piedmont between the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, making for a beautiful landscape and an ideal location for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Ready to find your apartment in Greensboro? Here's what you need to know about the Gate City.
Things to Do in Greensboro:
Greensboro is an action-packed city with a variety of things to do. Start downtown with historic Elm Street. With more than 200 years of history, Downtown Greensboro is fascinating – be sure to take a guided tour, and then explore the restaurants, shops, theaters, and art galleries that make up this terrific area.
Explore the history of the area further by visiting Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. This Revolutionary War battle was considered a turning point in the war. The British managed to win, but not without significant casualties that caused them to retreat from the Carolinas. The British surrendered just seven months later. The park consists of a visitor center featuring a live-action theater film, a battle map program, and exhibits that include original artifacts and weaponry. The Battlefield Walking Trail is an inspiring 2.5-mile walk through the wooded park. Bicycle and car tours are also available.
Blandwood Mansion and Gardens is a must on your history tour of Greensboro! Originally built as a four-room farmhouse in 1795 by Charles Bland, the Blandwood Mansion is located downtown and is a National Historic Landmark. The house was restored by North Carolina Governor John Morehead, who purchased the house in 1827. In 1844, Morehead hired architect Alexander Jackson Davis to redesign the home in an Italian Villa style. It is considered the oldest Italian Villa style home in the country. Tours of the home include the original 1795 farmhouse section, an 1822 addition, and the Italianate addition. The Blandwood Gardens, open daily, are a terrific example of Victorian-era gardens.
Kids and adults alike will love the Greensboro Science Center! This is a science museum, zoo, aquarium, and OmniSphere Theater. The OmniSphere Theater is a must-see, with a 40-foot dome ceiling, full-dome projection system, full-dome laser, and large-format 3-D capability. The science center was the first in the nation to use this technology, and is one of only two sites in the US to use the system.
If the zoo and aquarium at the Greensboro Science Center inspired you, be sure to check out Bog Garden at Benjamin Park. Walk along the elevated boardwalk that leads through seven acres of wetlands. After seeing the natural beauty of the Bog Garden, head to Greensboro Arboretum and view the more sculpted gardens that make up the 17-acre arboretum. This park includes a woodland trail, arbors, and a butterfly bridge.
After visiting the Bog Garden and the Greensboro Arboretum, you might be in the mood for nature on a grander scale. If so, then Hagan-Stone Park is the ideal location! This park consists of 409 acres and includes beautiful lakes. The park has hiking and biking trails, seasonal kayak rentals, playgrounds, a campground, and a swimming pool.
When you're in the mood to enjoy the fine arts, Greensboro delivers in this area, as well. Be sure to visit the Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, the only remaining historic theater in the state. This theater opened in 1927 and today is home to the Greensboro Ballet as well as concerts and music events, live theater, and special productions. And when you're in the mood to enjoy local talent, be sure to visit the Triad Stage, a regional not-for-profit theater located downtown.
The Weatherspoon Art Museum is the place to see one of the largest and most impressive contemporary and modern art collections in the southeast. UNC Greensboro, established in 1891, is the location of the Weatherspoon Art Museum. The museum has a permanent collection of about 6,000 works of art from artists such as Robert Henri, Willem de Kooning, Alexander Calder, and Andy Warhol.
What to Consider When Moving to Greensboro:
It could be said that Greensboro has the perfect weather – all four seasons, but none extreme. Winters are short and average about 39 degrees – with a decent amount of snowfall, with typical accumulations right around seven inches. Summers average about 79 degrees and are somewhat humid.
With its central location, Greensboro and the rest of the Piedmont Triad are considered a logistical hub for the region. Companies located in Greensboro include Lincoln Financial Group, Lorillard Tobacco Company, and Honda Aircraft Company.
Be sure to explore the various neighborhoods while searching for apartments in Greensboro. College Hill is the oldest neighborhood, settled around 1840. The College Hill Historic District includes 320 buildings representing architectural styles such as Queen Anne, American Craftsman, and Colonial Revival. This neighborhood includes UNC Greensboro and Greensboro College.
The South Greensboro Historic District is also a beautiful neighborhood, filled with Queen Anne Victorian, Italianate, Bungalow, and American Craftsman style homes dating from around 1870 to the 1930s.
The Fisher Park Historic District contains more than 540 historic homes, most built around 1900. This neighborhood is located in Northern Greensboro, along with Irving Park, Kirkwood, and Latham Park.
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text: I work with a guy that is a non-hunter(grew up in NJ,non-hunting family) and he understands what hunting is FINALLY. I have had to explain to him multiple times of why I hunt and that it is not just for the "killing". Yesterday he asked me if I could take him hunting so he can fill his freezer with organic meat and understand why I do it. Of course I told him yes..........hopefully he wont ask me to have a soy burger now! Hubba-I have to thank you like everyone else has for spending 5 minutes to explain what we really do and why we hunt. Maybe just maybe you have created a hunter.


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Royals meet with military members in Springfield
This year's Caravan has focused on reaching out to military members. At each stop, fans have been able to make cards for military personnel who are either overseas or returning from an assignment. For each card, $1 is donated to the USO's of Fort Riley and Missouri. Today, troops from Fort Leonard Wood visited the Royals Caravan in Springfield. Here's a look at that visit, plus a look at Royals fans creating the special cards.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Police say they're investigating a car crash in northeast Washington in which a 61-year-old man died.
Police say the crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Police say Ellsworth Rucker of New Carrollton, Md., was driving a 1994 Ford Explorer westbound in the 1700 block of Kearney Street NE when he collided with the rear of a parked Smart Car.
Rucker then drove up on to the curb, struck a tree and then collided with a parked 1995 BMW.
Rucker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.


text: Yesterday's post on tattoo etiquette sure was polarizing, huh? Some of you were quite understanding and appreciative of the points I made, while others were…less so. I figure I should take some time to address a few of the more, shall we say grave concerns brought up by my little lesson in manners. Twelve of them, to be precise.


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Club confirm they are in talks with Spurs star
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Tottenham transfer news: Schalke boss Huub Stevens has claimed he is in talks with the Dutchman's representatives
Schalke manager Huub Stevens has confirmed that his side are in talks with Tottenham star Rafael van der Vaart's representatives.
The Dutchman has insisted that he wants to remain at White Hart Lane but a reunion with the man who was his manager at Hamburg might be a tempting offer.
"His qualities are tremendous," Stevens told Voetbal International. "Schalke won't say no to Van der Vaart, I still know him from our mutual stay at Hamburger SV and would like to join forces with him again.
"We are in contact with his agent. I'm on holiday right now, but I'm in touch with Schalke general manager Horst Heldt on a daily basis about our plans.
"I don't know how Raf himself feels about a return to Germany. I haven't spoken him yet, he's with his mind on the Euros.
"His agreement with Tottenham is still running, so it seems that we have to pay a transfer sum in case he would come.
"Let's be clear: if Raf really wants to come, he's more than welcome. If we have this opportunity to contract him, which looks quite reasonable, we won't miss our chance.
"The attacking midfielder position, it is possible to shuffle within our squad. Julian Draxler, for example, is only 18-years-old, while Van der Vaart is a very experienced player."


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Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - The Brooklyn Nets have traded Tyshawn
Taylor and cash considerations to the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Nets also acquired the draft rights to Bosnian forward Edin Bavcic for the
second-year guard.
Taylor has averaged 2.9 points and 0.9 assists in 61 career games with the
Bavcic, 29, was selected by Toronto in the second round (56th overall) of the
2006 NBA Draft. He has been playing professionally in Europe and has yet to
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North Central College's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week features keynote address by Grammy-winning artist and actor Common, art, music, panel and more.
North Central College welcomes Grammy Award-winning artist, actor and author Common as Martin Luther King Jr. Week keynote speaker.
Called the king of conscious hip-hop, Common will speak on "Greatness!" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Pfeiffer Hall. A Q&A will follow. Admission is free to North Central students, faculty and staff with a College ID. Tickets for the public are $10/person; call 630-637-7469 or visit northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.


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I just completed an upgrade from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 (OS Edition, Ubuntu 8.04).
All seemed to go well, however, after upgrade all mail is sitting permanently in the queue as deferred.
Looking at the logs, it is showing the issue as an amavis-dspam one -
Oct 25 10:44:29 s11 postfix/smtp[4377]: A9F3644E03D: to=<mail@***.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=5.7, delays=0.01/0/0/5.7, dsn=4.5.0, status=deferred (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 451 4.5.0 Error in processing, id=04925-02, spam_scan FAILED: DSPAM failed: DSPAM: error running program /opt/zimbra/dspam/bin/dspam: exit 6 at (eval 87) line 109, <GEN30> line 163. (in reply to end of DATA command))
Anyone seeing anything similar - I tried to disable dspam checking, that did not seem to help.
Any Suggestions?


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Finance Major (BS or BA) at Westminster College
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Allegra Lucia was hired in the summer of 2010 as Assistant Athletic Trainer at Butler University. She is the primary athletic trainer for the men's soccer and softball teams. She also serves as the coordinator of Butler Sports Medicine's affiliation as a clinical site of the University of Indianapolis Athletic Training Education program.
Lucia came to Butler after spending a year as a certified intern at Virginia Commonwealth University. At VCU, she was the primary athletic trainer for the women's volleyball and men's and women's tennis teams.
Prior to her time at VCU, Lucia spent two years as a graduate assistant at East Carolina University. Her assignments at ECU included women's soccer, softball and men's and women's cross country and track. She was also a student athletic trainer for four years at Iowa State University.
Lucia graduated from Iowa State in 2007 with a degree in health and human performance. She earned a master's degree in exercise and sport science from East Carolina in 2009.
Head Athletic Trainer Ryan Galloy on Allegra: "Allegra has great compassion for helping our athletes succeed and reach their goals! Her dedication to helping our athletes has resulted in her contributing to some of the most successful seasons in Butler men's soccer history! She has also been instrumental in furthering our relationship with the UIndy AT program. Her work with UIndy has allowed us to provide even greater access to medical care for our athletes!"


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Spring Training is officially underway!
The Royals held their first official workout today! While only pitchers and catchers are required to be in attendance, nearly the entire squad is in place. Here are a few phone photos. The first team stretch is on the left. On the right, we take a look at John Wathan hitting grounders to the pitchers. For more Spring Training coverage, stay connected through our blogs and Twitter accounts. A few of our Twitter accounts include: @KC_Royals, @aroundthehornkc and @Swanee54.
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Thanks for the pictures. That's great to see. I'm losing my mind waiting for baseball season to start. It's finally here!! Go Royals!


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52. Ed Klein '36 Chevy three-window - Des Moines Top 100Written by Eric Geisert on July 30, 2008
A rare vehicle to start with, Ed Klein's '36 Chevy three-window combines the stylish look of the '30s with contemporary parts. It's all-steel and painted with a PPG blue color, which offsets the two-tone tan interior. An LT1 V-8 (Hey! A Chevy in a Chevy!) gives the coupe its go, and the Budnik 17-inch wheels are wrapped in Bridgestone rubber.


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The Temple Owls have made the NCAA Tournament an impressive 31 times in their history with their first appearance coming in 1944. The Owls are still searching for their first national championship, but they have advanced to the Final Four twice. The two Final Four appearances occurred in a three year span in 1956 and 1958 under legendary Head Coach Harry Litwack who was inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame after his 21-year coaching career. Over the years, the Owls have also won nine conference tournament titles and have been regular season champions ten times with most of this success coming under another Hall of Fame coach in John Chaney. Score with TicketCity - the place to go for Temple Owls basketball tickets.
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The Temple Owls play their home games at the Liacouras Center, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the campus of Temple University. With a capacity of 10,000 screaming fans, the Liacouras Center is the place to be for all Temple Owls basketball games. The Temple Owls home bench is located on the Liacouras Center sideline in front of sections 104-105. Liacouras Center parking information is covered in our Owls event guide.
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Temple along with city rivals St. Josephs, La Salle, Villanova and Penn compete in a round-robin tournament to crown the top program in Philadelphia. Temple has won the most titles over the years in this tournament to name the best Philly basketball team. The match-up with St. Joe's has become the biggest rivalry for Temple over the years. The games are often intense and the rich history has helped establish the strong rivalry between the two programs.
The Temple Owls have advanced to the Final Four twice in their rich history. The Owls have appeared in the NCAA Tournament an impressive 31 times. Temple has won the regular season title ten times and nine conference tournament championships.
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Faculty Summit 2010
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The eleventh annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit brought together more than 400 thought leaders from academia, government, and Microsoft to reflect on how current computing disciplines open new opportunities for research and development. Faculty Summit 2010 investigated compelling research topics such as Architectures of the Future, Natural User Interaction, Future Web / Web 4.0, and Accelerating Science. Learn more...
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A challenging theme, team projects, presentations to leaders in the design world, and a scavenger hunt—they're all part of the Design Expo, a program that fosters relationships between Microsoft and leading design schools around the world.
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Gamboa vs Solis Media Day
Media day for Featherweight Fury featuring Gamboa, Solis, M. Garcia, Zbikowski and more... read more »
Bonus Photos: Relentless
Pictures of celebs, boxers and ring girls from March 12 - Relentless: Cotto vs Mayorga. read more »
Gamboa vs Solis Weigh-ins
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Latin Fury 15 Fight Night
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Our colleagues in India are getting innovative with the recipe this week at PCTY in Delhi and Mumbai and are hosting guest speaker Chetan Bhagat, the best selling English language novelist in India's history.
As a big fan of the first amendment to the US Constitution and the innate desire for humans to communicate thoughts, given the choice between resting idle or reading what is handed to me, I'll read anything from a toddler's board book to an electronics catalogue. However, like a moth to the flame, the fiction junkie in me is drawn to made-up stories of all genres. Naturally I am intrigued by the choice in celebrity guest speaker at PCTY India.
If you are lucky enough to attend PCTY in Delhi or Mumbai this week, give us your feedback on anything from the latest analyst insights, industrial expertise, technology and service offerings presented by the Tivoli team in India, and of course guest speaker, Chetan Bhagat, who plans to deliver a satirical speech about, "Riding out the Tough Times."
I haven't yet read anything by Mr. Bhagat, but I do know that I care not to ride out any tough time without the accompaniment of satire.


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|PIE awards seven grants for education
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Seven applications for grant funds were rewarded by Partners in Education at the Friday, May 17 staff meeting in the JR/SR High auditorium. Awards were presented by Jessica Johnson, 2012-13 PIE president, and Jade Goldenstein, 2013-14 PIE president.
PIE holds an annual school carnival and donates the money earned back to the Holyoke School District teachers in the form of several grants. This year, the group awarded one $1,000 grant, two $500 grants and four $250 grants.
Teachers were asked to submit applications detailing how the money would be used. Applications were then evaluated by PIE and awarded according to merit.
Recipients are pictured from left, front row, Yesenia Bencomo and Christina Martinez; and back row, Nicole Churchwell, Kimberlee Bennett, Laura Loutensock, Marcia Dalton and Miko Martinez. Not pictured are Cindi Beavers and Wendy Grothman.
The awards were presented as follows, Beavers, $1,000, digital camcorder; Loutensock, $500, five digital cameras; Bennett and Churchwell, $500, classroom Jeopardy game; JR/SR high music department, $250, filing cabinets; special education department, $250, sensory materials; Christina Martinez, $250, drying rack; and Bencomo, $250, Spanish-to-English electronic dictionaries.
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I mentioned on the previous thread that the DPI/size request was just copying from other works for hire posts. I defer to the experts on proper map and file sizes.
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Very interesting and inspiring book. Thanks for sharing!
A friend & fellow DM sent me this beautiful link to a public domain book on mazes and labyrinths through history from 1922.
Mazes & Labyrinths.
And some photos to whet your appetite:
Very interesting and inspiring book. Thanks for sharing!
That's a great find--it's amazing what shows up on archive.org. Thanks for the post!
Yes, archive.org & other sites like it are an absolute treasure trove! I'm glad every day that Ravells has shared "The Public Domain Review" with me ... now, once I get a tablet, that'll be even more fun to browse & peruse!
Brilliant find! I'm so glad you like the PD Review. I keep going back there, it's got some great stuff in it and it's so well curated.
I forgot to mention earlier, this is a wonderful find. Doubly so for me and my love of mazes.
I hope to get around to reading the whole thing soon, but there's just so many books, my pile of "wonderful, have to look at!" content keeps on growing & growing!


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Right you are!
I misremembered that the TOP RATE was returned, for all the rates being returned, to the Clinton era rates. I regret my error, and also state a LOT of tax raising was still in the SB plan. Not only putting up the top bracket to Clinton's top rate, but taxing dividends and cap gains at that same elevated rate. (To be fair to myself, David Stockman and probably Alice Rivlin as well did call for returning all income brackets to the Clinton era rates, again iirc.)
From Ezra Klein's WonkBlog part of the WaPost site, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...impson-bowles/And while you're reading this list, remember: Simpson-Bowles is a centrist proposal.
1) Simpson-Bowles ends the the Bush tax cuts for income over $250,000. And note that they do that before they reform the tax code. The expiration of the tax cuts is built into their baseline. That way, their reform of the tax code starts from a revenue level that includes the revenue from those upper-income Bush tax cuts.
2) There are a lot of tax increases in Simpson-Bowles. $2.6 trillion over 10 years, to be exact. That's more than President Obama ever proposed. It's way more than the Republicans have ever proposed. It's $1.8 trillion more than in the "Bowles plan" that Boehner is proposing. Think about that: To follow the Simpson-Bowles recommendation on taxes, you'd have to take the $800 billion Boehner is proposing and then raise taxes by more than the $1.6 trillion Obama is asking for.
3) There are so many tax increases that the plan is nearly 1:1. According to CBPP's calculations, Simpson-Bowles includes $2.9 trillion in spending cuts and $2.6 trillion in tax increases. That's 1.1:1. If you add the $800 billion in projected interest savings to the spending side, then it's 1.4:1.
4) Simpson-Bowles taxes capital gains and dividends as normal income. The key difference between Simpson-Bowles-style tax reform and the tax reform plans we heard about through the election is that S-B eliminates the preferential rate on capital gains and dividend income. That amounts to a huge tax increase on the rich, and it's how S-B manages to lower rates while raising revenue and retaining progressivity.
5) Charities, homes, health care and states. Simpson-Bowles turns the deductions for charitable contribution and mortgage interest into 12 percent, non-refundable tax credits. It caps the tax exclusion for employer-provided health care and then phases it out entirely by 2038. It eliminates the exemption for state and local bonds.
6) Simpson-Bowles raises the gas tax by 15 cents. Just saying.
7) Congress has already passed 70 percent of the discretionary cuts. Under the Budget Control Act, discretionary spending will be $1.5 trillion lower from 2013 to 2022 than was projected in the Congressional Budget Office's 2010 baseliner. That means that 70 percent of S-B's cuts to discretionary spending are done.
8) Simpson-Bowles cuts security spending by $1.4 trillion, not including drawing down the wars. That's far deeper than what's in the law now, far deeper than anything the White House or the Republicans have proposed, and deeper, I believe, than the sequester cuts that so many think would devastate the military.
9) The Social Security changes. Simpson-Bowles makes three main changes to Social Security. It increases the taxable maximum on income to 90 percent of all income, which raises $238 billion over the next decade. It uses a different measure of inflation to slow cost-of-living adjustments. It raises the retirement age to 68 in 2050 and 69 in 2075.
10) Paul Ryan voted against Simpson-Bowles. And so, for the record, did Dave Camp and Jeb Hensarling, the other two House Republicans on the commission. Of the House Democrats, John Spratt voted for the proposal, and Xavier Becerra and Jan Schakowsky voted against. Among the senators, it was just the reverse: All three Republicans (Tom Coburn, Judd Gregg, and Mike Crapo) voted for it, as did two of the three Democrats (Dick Durbin and Kent Conrd). Max Baucus voted against it.
11) Simpson-Bowles went down in the House, 382-38. In March, Reps. Jim Cooper and Steve LaTourette brought a modified version of Simpson-Bowles to the floor. This incarnation of the proposal was actually quite a bit to the right of the original, including smaller tax increases and defense cuts. It failed, and failed big.
These 11 facts should shed light on a couple of Washington's enduring mysteries.
First, it should be fairly clear why the White House figured Simpson-Bowles was a nonstarter. They thought that if they endorsed it, Republicans would oppose it en masse, and hang every unpopular tax increase and spending cut around the White House's neck. In retrospect, I think the White House miscalculated here, but it's easy to see why they made the decision they did. The proposal the White House ultimately released included far fewer tax increases and security spending cuts than Simpson-Bowles.
Second, as popular as Simpson-Bowles is among the CEO community, and on Wall Street, most of those folks don't know what's in it. Wall Street doesn't tend to be hugely supportive of taxing capital gains as normal income, for instance.
Third, Republicans may want to associate themselves with Erskine Bowles, and they may want to attack Obama for not doing enough to support Simpson-Bowles, but they want nothing to do with Simpson-Bowles itself. After all, Boehner could have endorsed the Simpson-Bowles plan rather than the "Bowles plan," and that would have won him huge plaudits in the media, and many more friends in the CEO and Wall Street communities, at least at first. But he didn't, and, from his perspective, for good reason.


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Side-by-Side mount - The perfect marriage
Posted 22 April 2009 - 09:32 PM
So I decided to modify it using a Losmandy dovetail adapter. They in the model shop at work did the drilling an tapping for me as the setup will be used in a solar observing session at work next month as part of our Young Minds at Work.
above you can see the Losmandy adapter attached to the ADM side-by-side plate.
Here is the bottom of the modified plate. Notice the bow-tie shaped lighting cutouts on each side of the Losmandy adapter, they are perfect for the clamping screw. The cutouts allow the screw to turn so you can tighten it.
In this last photo you can see the 5 new drilled and tapped 1/4-20 through holes on the top side.
Now I can easily mount a side-by-side setup on my LX200GPS or LX200R OTA via the DM10 or DM12 top rail.
Posted 22 April 2009 - 10:13 PM
I just got one too (arrived today!!!), but don't think I'll have that issue, I also had to get the CGE adapter plate for Side-by-side which rotates the assembly 90 degrees while raising the assembly an inch to clear the CGE DEC clutches. Does add a bit of weight though.
Can't wait to see pics with the scopes setup!
[Edit: I guess I do sort of have this issue... I thought the CGE SBS adapter would be 90deg, but it's not. I think there's a mount setting to rotate DEC 90degrees for SBS...gotta look that one up now too...]
[Edit2: Now I'm just getting myself confused. I looked on the ADM site and the CGE SBS is shown 90deg. He probably had it assembled parallel for shipping...now just gotta find my allen wrenches...]
Posted 23 April 2009 - 08:29 AM
My question is, do we have to add that? And what would happen if you dont have it?
Posted 23 April 2009 - 09:34 AM
So if you have a CGE and firmware 4.15 you no longer need Anthony's CGE adapter.
Posted 23 April 2009 - 09:35 AM
Hi - i have the same ADM plate, but i did not add that losmandy adaptor as you did.
My question is, do we have to add that? And what would happen if you dont have it?
My Losmandy GM-8 doesn't have any switches and you don't have to change the firmware or anything. If your mount is like mine, just rotate the saddle 90 degrees and use the SBS plate as is.
Posted 23 April 2009 - 12:01 PM
The main thing is it is now also easily used to piggy-back dual scopes on top of my 10" LX200GPS and 12" LX200R OTAs.
Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:28 PM
While you don't need the do this, I don't want to have rotate my Dec plate on my GEM for a SBS setup, as it has hard stops.
The main thing is it is now also easily used to piggy-back dual scopes on top of my 10" LX200GPS and 12" LX200R OTAs.
If I'm reading your post correctly, you mean to say you're going to have four scopes setup on one rig... that would be a sight to see.
Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:50 PM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 12:43 AM
No I meant I would piggy-back the SBS on my LX200. Although the 4 scope configuration is possible, but who would do such a thing?
Ahhh, I think I get it now. So it'd be a triangle configuration.
Nice shot of the 4-stack. Almost looks like something out of a Star Trek movie...
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MARTINS FERRY - Martins Ferry had all sorts of reasons to be motivated for Monday's game against St. Clairsville.
Whether it was a chance to avenge its loss from earlier in the season, an opportunity to secure its berth in next week's OVAC Tournament or the fact that it was Senior Night, rookie coach Lindsay Coyne didn't need to say much to her team before the game.
Playing with a purpose from the outset, the Riders cruised past the Devils 64-39 inside the Tolbert Gymnasium.
"We took care of business," Coyne said. "My seniors did what you'd expect a group to do on senior night ... come out and kick butt!"
The victory clinches a spot within the top four for the Riders in the Class 4A tournament next week. The official pairings will be announced today by the OVAC.
"The girls knew the OVAC Tournament was on the line and that's been one of our goals since day one," Coyne said. "I'll probably sleep a little better knowing we're in the OVAC Tournament. These seniors deserve the chance to compete and hopefully we can send them out with a banner."
On the other side, the Red Devils' hopes of sneaking into the 4A field were dashed and a big reason for that was a bone-chilling 18 percent shooting clip and a 15-0 run from the latter stages of the first and into the first three minutes of the second when the Riders turned a 10-9 lead into a 25-9 lead.
"You have to come ready to play and we didn't," St. C. coach Alicia Freeman said. "(Ferry) pushed us and we didn't push back. We backed off. We just didn't play well."
The Riders led by a 36-16 count at the half and were never seriously threatened in the second half as Ferry's cushion swelled to as many as 29.
"For some odd reason, when we don't score, we can't do anything and that has to change," Freeman said.
The Red Devils, who have a regular season game against Bridgeport set for Wednesday and a make-up game with Buckeye Local still to be played, will await their opponents in the consolation round, which will also be determined today.
"It's disappointing because we were so close," Freeman said. "It was right there at our fingertips. We knew could beat Ferry, but the bottom line is they showed up to play and we didn't."
Martins Ferry was extremely balanced. Junior Morgan Stalder came off the bench to score a game-high 15 points. Senior Meghan Rose added 13 and Jessica Kinney, the area's leading scorer, finished with 12.
Senior Shaina Oberdick played really well on the interior with eight points and seven boards.
"This team isn't just one person and I've been saying that all season," Coyne said. "Yes, Jess (Kinney) is a very special player and I am glad she's a Purple Rider, but her teammates have the capability every night to score whenever they went."
St. Clairsville was led by Lauren Figura's eight points and Brigee Mick's seven.


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Clone Zone Classics: 1987 ISU-UNI Fourth Quarter
The Cyclones mounted one of the greatest comebacks in school history to give Jim Walden his first Iowa State coaching victory. ISU trailed 38-21 with ten minutes left. But Iowa State quarterback Brett Sadek, who completed 15-of-29 passes for 295 yards and three touchdowns, connected with Eddie Bridges on an 11-yard scoring toss that closed the gap to 38-28 with 9:06 left.
Late in the final quarter, the Cyclones drove 60 yards in eight plays for a touchdown that made it 38-34. Edwin Jones rushed for a two-point conversion that closed the gap to 38-36. The Cyclones then executed an onside "cluster kick" maneuver and ISU's Greg Gloede recovered the ball at the Iowa State 47-yard line.
Two plays later, Dennis Ross made a spectacular catch of a Sadek pass for a 39-yard completion. Ross finished the day with eight catches for 174 yards and a touchdown. Ross' reception helped set up the winning field goal, a 28-yarder by ISU's Jeff Shudak with 1:23 remaining.
The game featured 957 yards of total offense, including 580 yards of passing. UNI quarterback Mike Smith completed 20-of-33 passes for 285 yards and two touchdowns. ISU's leading rusher was running back Joe Henderson, who ran 27 times for 130 yards. Carl Boyd led Northern Iowa, with 21 carries for 134 yards and two touchdowns.


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You will usually see me wearing two things at all times. Shorts and a hat. My shorts, 90% of the time will be camo cargo shorts from American Eagle. That's it, they are my favorite, and its what I love to wear. The other 10% will be some sort of mesh shorts, like basketball shorts. Any brand is fine, but when it comes to hats, thats a different story.
I'm very picky about the hats I wear. I have a big head, and MASSIVE hair, so hats don't fit well, and I hate snap back hats. I am; however a big fan on flexfit hats. My buddies all tell me though, Flexfit hats are out of style, but I disagree. They fit my bean just right!
Problem is, I can never find flexfit hats, unless you are buying in a massive lot (i.e.. a business order). Well a few weeks ago, I was doing a live action broadcast for Bacardi Rum, when one of the representatives, asked me if I wanted a hat. I said, sure, and wouldn't you know it, its black, flexfit and fits my head!
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As a Non Resident, Region F certainly wasn't our first choice it wasn't even our third choice. However not drawing first, second or third with our points this year, we decided to get our feet wet and buy a leftover Region F tag. We've never been to Wyoming.
I've been doing lots of homework, even got our permission slips for the Regions 3 HMA's. Now I'm trying to narrow down an area. I understand as a non resident we can't hunt the wilderness without a guide or resident. 2009 Harvest reports show a majority of all hunters going to 122, and the majority of only non residents going to 111. However the report also indicates non residents have taken more bucks out of 112.
It's all over the board. I'm leaning toward the 111,112,113 Area. Can anyone please add some input and thought?


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Cyclones To Compete In First Southern Scuffle
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State wrestling team (6-1 overall, 1-0 Big 12) will ring in the New Year for the first time in school history at the nation's premier holiday tournament, the Southern Scuffle.
Where: Chattanoga, Tenn. – McKenzie Arena (10,928)
When: Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 1-2, 8 a.m. CDT
Webcast: Flowrestling (FloPro members only)
Live Stats: Live stats will be available at trackwrestling.com.
Live Blog: Michael DeBates, student assistant for athletics communications, will be holding a live blog each day of the tournament. Fans are encouraged to participate in the blog by asking questions.
Cyclone Notebook
- 34 All-Americans are in the field for the 2014 Southern Scuffle, including two Cyclones in junior's Kyven Gadson and Michael Moreno, who each sit on the cusp of career milestones.
- Gadson heads into the tournament ranked No. 2 at 197 pounds with a career record of 39-7, one win shy of career victory No. 40.
- Moreno heads into the new year ranked No. 6 at 165 pounds with a career record of 48-26, one win shy of career victory No. 50.
- Senior John Nicholson is anticipated to be back in the lineup for the Cyclones at 157 pounds. Nicholson, a native of Des Moines, Iowa, was forced to injury default out of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational back on Dec. 6-7 and has not wrestled since.
- The younger brother of All-American Michael, freshman Gabe Moreno, is fresh off his first bonus point dual win over D-1 opponents. Moreno dominanted from start to finish in a 12-2 major decision over NDSU's .
- Moreno took 7th at 141-pounds in the Cliff Keen Invite and has won six of his last seven matches dating back to the
- Sophomore Tanner Weatherman heads into the tournament ranked No. 12 at 174 pounds by InterMat. The Huxley, Iowa, native is 12-6 on the year and took down No. 17 Hayden Zillmer of NDSU in his last outing on Dec. 14.
- Former OTC resident Earl Hall is a dark horse in the field at 125 pounds. Hall, who is ranked as No. 12 in W.I.N. Magazine's latest poll, leads the Cyclones in pins this season with four.
- No. 9 Boaz Beard returned to the lineup at 184 pounds on Dec. 14 against NDSU after being sidelined with an elbow injury the entire season up to that point.
Scouting The Tournament Field
- Four NCAA champions, eight NCAA finalist, 34 All-Americans and 135 NCAA-qualifiers are set to compete in the loaded tournament field at the Scuffle.
- Returning champions include: No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) at 125 pounds, No. 4 Jon Morrison (Oklahoma State) at 133 pounds, No. 6 Mike Nevinger (Cornell) at 141 pounds, No. 1 David Taylor (Penn State) at 165 pounds, No. 2 Chris Perry (Oklahoma State) at 174 pounds, and No. 1 Ed Ruth (Penn State) at 184 pounds.
- 13 teams that finished in the top-25 at the 2013 NCAA Championships are in the tournament field for the 2014 Southern Scuffle.
Tickets are on sale now at GoMocs.com, starting at $15 per day for general admission. Reserved seats are $25 per day and $40 for a two-day pass. To purchase tickets, click here.
Schedule of Events:
Wednesday, January 1st
8:00 a.m. - Doors open for spectators
9:00 a.m. - Championship Round of 64
12:00 p.m. - Championship Round of 32 and 1st Round of Consolations
3:00 p.m. - 2nd Round of Consolations
5:45 p.m. - Championship Round of 16 and 3rd Round of Consolations
Thursday, January 2nd
8:00 a.m. - Doors open for spectators
9:00 a.m. - Championship Quarterfinals
11:30 a.m. - Consolation Round 5
12:30 p.m. - Consolation Round 6
1:30 p.m. - Championship Semifinals and Consolation Quarterfinals
3:30 p.m. - Consolation Semifinals
5:00 p.m. - Flips Wrestling Clinic, featuring Jordan Oliver (Maclellan Gym)
7:00 p.m. - Championship Finals and Medal Matches
Follow Iowa State wrestling on Twitter (@CycloneWR) and Facebook (Iowa State Wrestling).


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Maurice F. Strong has played a unique and critical role in globalizing the environmental movement. He was appointed to lead the Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1972. It was an historic event, marking the UN's first major conference on international environmental issues and resulted in the founding of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Six months later he was elected by the UN General Assembly to become UNEPs first Executive Director at its new headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, where until 1975 he played a critical role in globalizing the environmental movement. In June 1992 he was asked to lead another landmark meeting: the UN Conference on Environment and Development - best known as the Earth Summit - which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Current appointments include: Founder Chairman of Cosmos International Group; Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20); Honorary Professor of Peking University (Beijing), Member of United States National Academy of Sciences; Member of Korean Academy of Science and Technology.
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Man! He is AWESOME CoHi! How many weighted points did you have? What unit? Did you see many sheep?
Nothing to sell.
Nothing to promote.
Love to hunt!
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Haha! I'm literally Laughing Out Loud CoHi. Great story. Thanks for sharing. And thank god for unseen rocks, huh?!? That is so cool. I love sheep. Someday soon, I'll be out there after one myself I hope.
Nothing to sell.
Nothing to promote.
Love to hunt!
Some things are just meant to be, funny how things work out some times......Awesome ram and great story, good job
Congrats on a successful hunt.
Congrats! Nice ram.
Aim small, Miss small.
Wowza! Congrats!
Congrats dude!
Great ram! I'm jealous
I love the story CHC!
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To: Students, Faculty, Staff
The University on-line payment system will be down today, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone for a system upgrade. Payments cannot be processed during this time period.
Credit card payments can be made via phone by calling the Bursar's Office at 724-938-4431 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eatern Time Zone.


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College Station, TX (Sports Network) - A record-setting night for "Johnny
Football," another win for Texas A&M.
Heisman Trophy candidate Johnny Manziel threw for three scores and ran for a
pair of touchdowns, as the ninth-ranked Aggies blew out Missouri, 59-29, in
the final regular season game for both teams.
Manziel, who came into Saturday having already broken the school record for
total offense in a season, eclipsed the SEC mark for total offense. He entered
with 4,161 yards and needed only 167 to break 2010 Heisman Trophy winner Cam
Newton's mark for most offense. Manziel completed 32-of-44 passes for 372
yards and an interception, and ran 12 times for 67 yards.
Texas A&M (10-2, 6-2 SEC) wrapped up its first regular season in the SEC with
five consecutive victories. Included in that streak was a stunning win at
then-No. 1 Alabama on Nov. 10.
The Aggies received a scare with under four minutes left in the first quarter,
when Manziel appeared to injure his left knee while running for seven yards.
He was tackled by defensive back E.J. Gaines, who grabbed onto Manziel's
leg and twisted the knee.
On the next play, Christine Michael broke free for a 38-yard touchdown run for
a 21-0 Aggies lead.
Manziel went immediately to the sideline and later departed to the locker room
and was fitted with a knee brace. Jameill Showers was under center for part of
the ensuing offensive series, and Manziel returned to the field as time in the
first quarter expired.
Corbin Berkstresser finished 20-of-38 for 276 yards with a pair of touchdowns
and an interception for Missouri (5-7, 2-6), which failed to become eligible
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You Don't Mess With the Zohan
|Release Date: June 06, 2008
|Running Time: 113 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $100,018,837.00
|Genre: Action, Comedy
Adam Sandler
Rob Schneider
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Nick Swardson
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Summary:Zohan, a top Israeli commando, fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: becoming a hairstylist in New York. Though he wants to put his life of counter-terrorism behind him, he quickly finds that it is not so easy to escape one's roots. As enemies old and new try to take him out, they will all come to learn the same thing: you don't mess with the Zohan.
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Therapy does help a lot, but Laughter Yoga turned out to be a very interesting way of changing brain chemistry. I have seen it with Tanaz and how it helped her to recover. The frequency of her relapses decreased after she started doing Laughter Yoga, her level of wellness, when she was in between episodes, was tremendous and her response to medicine greatly improved once she delved into Laughter Yoga. I was so impressed that I referred my patients to her.
The research seems to show that the place where laughter helps in the brain, where laughter happens in the brain, the surprise element of the joke, the movement of the facial muscles and the realization that something different is happening in the brain, all happens in areas like in the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe which are the same areas where we are doing all the research on depression. Now, it makes more sense that physiologically using a functional MRI you can see the same areas of the brain being affected by laughter that are affected by medication and illness.
There is a very big hope that indeed Laughter Yoga will make a very big difference. I would like to encourage people to try it out and hope there are more Laughter Clubs and more benefits for the people."" />