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The acting was good and the singing was very good. Since this play is about burlesque, expect to see some skin, but no nudity. Some good comedy as well.
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Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
Original production by David Merrick and Leland Hayward
Entire production originally directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Directed by Joe Calarco
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I'm enjoying the Obama series: sort of a "Where's Waldo" of the garden/political world.
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BRUNSWICK — A Columbia Township woman is accused of using unusual weapons — two steaks — to assault a Giant Eagle employee Saturday night.
Frances L. Slyman, 44, was charged with misdemeanor assault after police were called to the Giant Eagle at 3440 Center Road about 9 p.m.
According to a police report, Slyman ordered two steak filets. She asked that they be cut smaller than usual, explaining that she was on a diet.
When the employee handed over the steaks, witnesses told police that Slyman removed the cellophane from the steaks and threw them at the employee, shouting that the employee had called her "fat." One of the steaks struck the employee in the eye and the other on her shoulder.
Slyman told police that her husband said he overheard the employee make a derogatory comment about his weight.
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Letter I (Beep Beep) is an animated segment/song about the words that start with the short sound of the letter I. In this segment, a man drives in a little bathtub-like car with eyes and mouth; as he moves along, the cartoon illustrates some examples of short-I words in the song. (When the lyrics mention "illegal", for instance, a policeman stops the driver for driving in the wrong direction.) The segment ends with the man taking a lower-case I into his car as a passenger.


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Stop by Magpie this Wednesday, January 23rd to celebrate National Pie Day with a slice of pie and a free cup of house coffee!
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This weekend, Magpie will be offering a new seasonal trio - sStop by and try the Pomegranate Tio. As always, try all three for $9.00 or individually for $3.50 each.
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This Weekend! (January 12th and 13th) - The Tropical Trio! Break away from the cold!
The trio consists of a Caribean Lime, Blossom Cream and Banana Pineapple Mini Pies. Try all three for $9.00 or individuals for $3.50 each
THIS WEEKEND! - The Meyer Lemon Trio! A mystical flavor of lemon with a hint of tangerine makes it an ideal fruit for baking.
The trio consists of a Shaker Lemon, Lemon Meringue and Lemon Sponge Mini Pies. Try all three for $9.00 or individuals for $3.50 each.
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| Dec 14, 2012
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By Carly Szkaradnik Published: 12/14/2012
Oh, goddammit. Is it just us, or does Holly Ricciardi at Magpie (1622 South St.) have an uncanny sixth sense for what people want to binge on? Because her menu additions—like this month's peppermint bark pie, seen above—are starting to feel almost manipulative: a brownie pie? Laden with ganache and crushed candy canes? It would be better, for us, if we didn't have the option of just walking into a store with $30 in our pocket and buying an entire pie's worth of that.
So we have to recommend that you visit with friends whose presence will shame you into only buying a slice ($5), or order one for a holiday gathering with enough guests in attendance that everyone insists on slivering every sweet in sight.
Of course, if you go on the right weekend (follow the bakery on Twitter if you're the type who doesn't have to eat pie just because you see someone tweet about pie), you might also luck upon a mini version. Through December, they're featuring a rotating cast of seasonal miniature pies ($3.50) on weekends, including flavors like casserole-inspired sweet potato with toasted vanilla meringue or eggnog cream with crushed gingersnaps. Fans of persimmon, look out for the persimmon custard mini with candied pistachios. Just don't look for us, because we're trying our best to hold off on the all-out gluttony for another week or so.
And available for Holiday orders too!? Here's to wishing your taste buds Happy Holidays! Stop by and try a slice and remember - get your orders in soon...limited pies available for the holidays.
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Though the weather outside is not even close to frightful, Magpie is prepping early for Jack Frost's return. Using espresso from La Colombe, Magpie has crafted several hot drinks perfect for fighting off the frost.
The Pie Latte is made from La Colombe espresso, warm milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, topped with buttery caramel sauce and pink peppercorn. Other available lattes include the Pumpkin Spice Latte, Vanilla Latte, Orange Cardamom Latte, Peppermint Latte and Peppermint Mocha, all with syrups created in-house.
Since Magpie is extending their Friday and Saturday hours to 10 p.m., try their ultra-chocolaty hot chocolate with house-made vanilla bean marshmallows to avoid late night caffeine. Unless, of course, you're into that.
The 12 oz. lattes sell for $4.50 while the hot chocolate costs $3.50.
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Starting Tuesday, November 27, we will be taking orders for the holidays. The following pies are available: Buttery Carmel Apple, Butterscotch Bourbon, Chocolate Coffee Cinnamon Pecan, Pumpkin Praline and Chocolate Peppermint Bark. Please stop by or call us to place your order. We will be open on December 24th for pie pick-up.
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One of the city's newest and most buzzed-about bakeries, Magpie, located at 1622 South St., takes special orders for individuals, weddings, and special events. Magpie's creative turns on classic pie flavors -- such as buttery caramel apple and praline streusel pumpkin -- will tickle anyone's tastebuds. The special order page at Magpie's website includes details, or you can call 267-519-2904 Tuesday through Sunday or email email@example.com. Prices: Fruit pies $38 and up; custard pies $30 and up; savory pies $39. Gift cards are also available.
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TC TO MARGARET A. CARLYLE ; 26 June 1839; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18390626-TC-MAC-01; CL 11: 144-146
Chelsea, 26th June, 1839
My dear Mother,
We are decidedly packing up now, with intent to set out Northward in the beginning of next week! I write you this, if even nothing else; because I know it will give you great pleasure, and put an end to uncomfortable guessings. The weather has never yet been at all disagreeably hot; copious showers have always cooled us down: excellent weather for all kinds of growth here. However, we do now go: Jane is packing and sorting (with a bad headache today, poor dame, tho' otherwise generally very well); all is to be secured, fast bolted and nailed, the valuables sent to the Sterlings's even,—for she is an accurate woman!
We go first to Liverpool, most likely by the railway, and in the night, if the weather threaten heat. We shall have to stay, and speak a little with the Liverpool friends; but after that, we propose making direct for Annandale: so Jamie can fetch the Gig Alick talked of, and prepare to meet us at the Annan shore if all go right. Our maid, I suppose may travel on towards Templand; but Jane and I ought to make up towards Scotsbrig, and hover with you a little before following her thither. You need not trouble yourselves much; I think, if the bed where Jack slept last year were made ready, that would be all the preparation needed. We are bad sleepers; and have no other difficulty.— But you will hear more minutely when we get to Liverpool: some time next week, it is likeliest. I will keep the Examiner here till the night before we are to set out; that will be a sign for you, dear Mother, if you attend to it. Then, in some two days more, if we prosper, some Newspaper from Liverpool may indicate that we are there; or a Letter direct will do it more decisively. But do not weary for the Examiner till it do come;—or think that anything has gone wrong because it does not! If anything more than a day or two of delay before setting out be found necessary, I will send you some other Newspaper as a token that it is delay merely, that all is right otherwise; and then the Examiner will come by and by.
I got my horse, two days after writing to you about it; I have it lodged in a Stable-keeper's near this, and have ridden it every day since except one. A beautiful black quadruped, in perfect condition, training and equipment: truly I might have felt myself set up,—and yet I felt nothing of the sort, nothing but confusion and anxiety; with a great joy too at getting out into the green solitudes hereabouts, which are beautiful to escape into, out of the city whirlpool. The riding seemed to do me ill for two or three days; brought out headaches, rheumatisms &c; however, I persevered with confidence, and do find myself now much better, more like a sound man than I have been for a long while. The son of Mr Marshall,1 who has a farm some twenty miles off, is to ride the horse away thither, on friday or saturday next, and keep it there till my return; so that I have but some two days more of the business now, and by the time you read this you must fancy me done with my riding till I mount at Scotsbrig again. It has given me great pleasure in itself, this kind act of the worthy Mr Marshall's in making me such a present.
Our Printing and other affairs go on without material change of aspect. The American Books, first part, are got to Fraser's I should think, today; Fraser was very clever and punctual in getting them thro' the Custom house, and saved me some £14 of hard cash there by his own industry. My "Article" is still greatly in the background, but I must fasten on it heartily when once in Scotland.
And so, Bairns, we are very glad at the near prospect of seeing you all once more! Let us all be thankful for that, and reckon it among the blessings vouchsafed us amid all our trials. Best affection to one and all. Farewell, dear Mother,—we hope not for long this time!— Your ever affectionate
T. Carlyle
That Note for James Aitken2 is about ready-cash to be received by him for me at Dumfries. If he have it safe on Wednesday, it will be as soon as needed. Perhaps you will seal up the whole concern, this letter of your own too, and send it to him?
Jenny we hope is still with you, and well. Mary shall give us tea at Annan as we pass. Our address while in Liverpool, if it should chance that we could do anything for any of you will be: "Care of John Welsh Esq, 3 Maryland Street."
It has been thunder and rain; and promises to be a bright afternoon for a horseman: the ground here can never get enough of wet; it is all sandy, like a filter or sieve, and is flying about as dust in few hours after its muddiest state. With rain enough it is the greenest country I ever saw.— Enough now!


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Ah. First morning back in LA, and I see that the fig tree at the front is under attack by lots of small birds. I managed to rescue some, picking a few maybe a day or two earlier than I'd prefer, for optimal flavour, but they'll still be great. Of course, the ripe ones bursting their skins with flavour are wonderful.
I've left some of the half-eaten ones on as a distraction to the feathered visitors. The tree at the back, with the mission figs, is showing signs of attack from squirrels. The 2011 chapter of the war against Fluffy and Flitty begins.
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Proposed ASU on Revenue RecognitionOn June 24, 2010, the FASB issued an exposure draft of a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU), "Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) – Revenue from Contracts with Customers." The proposed guidance, developed jointly with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), would establish principles that an entity would apply when reporting information about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from its contracts to provide goods or services to its customers. The proposed ASU would supersede most of the existing guidance – consisting of broad revenue recognition concepts and numerous requirements for particular industries or transactions – on revenue recognition contained in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Under the proposal, an entity would recognize revenue in an amount reflecting the consideration it receives, or expects to receive, in exchange for the goods or services transferred to customers. To apply the principles, an entity would:
The exposure draft can be viewed on the FASB's website. Comments on the proposal are due Oct. 22, 2010.
Proposed ASU on Fair Value Measurements and DisclosuresOn June 29, 2010, the FASB issued an exposure draft of a proposed ASU, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) – Amendments for Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs." The result of another joint project with the IASB, this proposed ASU is intended to ensure that fair value will have the same meaning in U.S. GAAP and in the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and that their respective fair value measurement and disclosure requirements will be the same except for minor differences in wording and style. The proposed amendments would change the wording used to describe many of the principles and requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. It would also clarify the FASB's intent about the application of some existing fair value measurement guidance and require some additional disclosures about fair value measurements. Many of the ASU's requirements are not intended to result in a change in the application of the guidance currently contained in FASB ASC Topic 820, but some of the proposed requirements would change a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value such as:
The exposure draft can be viewed on the FASB's website. Comments on the proposal are due Sept. 7, 2010.
Delay in Standards Convergence Project AnnouncedThe FASB and the IASB issued a joint statement on June 2, 2010, regarding their timeline for convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS. The boards had set a target date for completion of the convergence projects by June 2011, but now say a few projects may be extended into the second half of 2011. The delay is in response to constituents' concerns about their ability to provide high-quality input on the large number of exposure drafts originally planned for publication by June 30, 2010. The FASB and the IASB have modified their plans to prioritize the major projects and to limit the number of significant or complex exposure drafts to no more than four issued in any one quarter. The revised strategy and timeline is not expected to negatively impact the Securities and Exchange Commission's work plan to consider whether and how to incorporate IFRS into the U.S. financial reporting system.
Ruling Issued on PCAOBOn June 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) issued its decision in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The Court ruled that provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that allow for the removal of PCAOB board members by the commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) only for good cause contradict the Constitution's separation of powers provisions. However, the decision notes the PCAOB may continue to function as it previously has if the board members are made subject to removal at the will of the SEC commissioners. No other aspects of the PCAOB or its programs are affected by the Court's decision. Therefore, registration, inspection, enforcement, and standard-setting activities of the PCAOB will continue unchanged.
The Court's decision can be viewed here.
Auditing Standards Board Delays Clarity ProjectThe Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has voted to change the effective date of clarity standards that have been completed but not yet issued as authoritative. The new effective date is for reporting periods ending on or after Dec. 15, 2012. The ASB had previously indicated the revised standards would be effective no earlier than for years beginning after Dec. 15, 2010, but extended that date to allow more time for finalization of the standards and to allow practitioners more time for training and updating of audit methodologies. The ASB's clarity project is intended to make U.S. generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) easier to read, understand, and apply, while converging U.S. GAAS with the International Standards on Auditing. All sections of currently effective Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs) in AICPA "Professional Standards" are being rewritten to conform with clarity drafting conventions. More information about the ASB's clarity project can be found here.
The ASB recently issued an exposure draft of its latest standard – redrafted in accordance with the clarity drafting conventions – "Filings With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Under the Securities Act of 1933." The proposed SAS does not change or expand the guidance in SAS No. 37, "Filings Under Federal Securities Statutes." The exposure draft can be viewed here. Comments are due Aug. 2, 2010.
Proposed SSAE on Compiled Prospective Financial StatementsThe Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA has issued a proposed Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE), "Reporting on Compiled Prospective Financial Statements When the Practitioner's Independence Is Impaired." The proposal would permit, but not require, the accountant to disclose the reason for an independence impairment in the accountant's report on compiled prospective financial information. If adopted, the proposal would align the reporting guidance for prospective and historical financial statements. Disclosure of the reason for an independence impairment is currently permitted when reporting on historical compiled financial statements (Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services No. 19, "Compilation and Review Engagements"). The guidance in the proposed SSAE would be effective for compilations of prospective financial statements for periods ending on or after Dec. 15, 2010, with early implementation permitted.
The exposure draft can be viewed here. Comments on the proposal are due Sept. 10, 2010.
New name for the Accounting Standards Executive CommitteeThe AICPA has changed the name of the Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC) to the Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC). FinREC is the AICPA's senior technical committee for financial reporting matters. It is responsible for determining the AICPA's technical policies regarding financial reporting standards and is the AICPA's spokesbody on those matters. FinREC also provides nonauthoritative guidance on financial reporting matters.
Red Flags Rules Delayed AgainOn May 28, 2010, the FTC announced a further extension of the compliance enforcement deadline of the Red Flags Rules through Dec. 31, 2010. The Red Flags Rules – officially "Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003" – require covered entities to implement programs to identify, detect, and respond to signs of possible identify theft. The extension gives temporary relief to covered entities, which include financial institutions, automobile dealers, and certain other businesses that extend consumer credit. The FTC will begin enforcing the Red Flags Rules after the U.S. Congress passes legislation that more precisely identifies the entities covered by the rules.
The news release announcing the enforcement delay can be viewed on the FTC's website.
Study on Fraudulent Financial Reporting ReleasedThe Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has released a study entitled, "Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1998-2007, An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies." The study is an in-depth analysis of the nature, extent, and characteristics of 347 alleged fraudulent financial reporting cases investigated by the SEC. Key findings are compared to those of COSO's previous study released in 1999. COSO believes the results of the study will be useful to investors, regulators, boards of directors, external auditors, and other stakeholders as they seek to prevent, deter, and detect fraudulent financial reporting.
Some of the significant findings of the study include:
The complete study can be viewed here.
GASB Issues Omnibus StatementOn June 24, 2010, the GASB issued Statement No. 59, "Financial Instruments Omnibus." The statement updates and improves existing financial reporting and disclosure requirements of certain financial instruments and external investment pools. Issues addressed in the statement include:
The statement is effective for reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2010, with earlier application encouraged. The GASB's news release announcing the issuance of the new standard can be viewed here.
Exposure Draft on Service Concession ArrangementsA revised exposure draft of a proposed Statement of Governmental Accounting Standards, "Accounting and Financial Reporting for Service Concession Arrangements," was issued on June 17, 2010. The revised proposal reflects changes made as a result of comments received on a previous exposure draft published in June 2009.
The proposed statement would establish accounting and reporting requirements for service concession arrangements (SCAs). SCAs are arrangements between a transferor (a government) and an operator (governmental or nongovernmental) in which: 1) the transferor conveys to an operator the right and related obligation to provide services through the use of a facility; and 2) the operator collects and is compensated with fees from third parties. The guidance would apply only to arrangements in which specific criteria determining whether a transferor has control over the facility are met. A transferor would report a facility that is subject to an SCA as its capital asset, following existing guidance. New facilities constructed or acquired by the operator would be reported by the transferor at fair value when the facility is placed into operation. A corresponding deferred inflow of resources would be recorded and subsequently reduced in a systematic manner over the term of the arrangement. The proposed statement also provides guidance for governments that are operators in an SCA. Required disclosures about SCAs would include a general description of the arrangement, along with information about the associated assets and liabilities, rights granted and retained, and guarantees and commitments.
The requirements of the proposed statement would be effective for reporting periods beginning after Dec. 15, 2011. The provisions generally would be required to be applied retroactively for all periods presented.
The exposure draft can be downloaded from the GASB's website. Comments on the proposal are due Aug. 17, 2010.
Preliminary Views Document on Pension StandardsOn June 16, 2010, the GASB issued a Preliminary Views document, "Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers," which outlines the board's current views about how to improve pension accounting and financial reporting by government employers. The GASB is seeking input about the proposed document from constituents before developing more-detailed proposals for changes to existing standards. The proposed changes in the Preliminary Views document would move government pension accounting and reporting away from the funding orientation that now exists and instead would introduce recognition and measurement standards that based on the GASB's conceptual framework. Recognition of the effects of pertinent transactions and other events in the net pension expense of the employer would be required in the period they occur rather than in the period they are funded. The GASB believes that, by improving the measurement of pension expense, the proposed changes would provide information that would better assist financial report users in assessing the relationship between current-year revenues and the cost of the services provided by the government during that year.
The Preliminary Views document, along with a plain-language supplement, can be downloaded from the GASB's website. Comments on the proposal are due Sept. 17, 2010.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Blast of Tempest is the best anime of the year, if not the century.Whenever I look through the shows section a new anime that pops up in the top 10 most popular always catches my attention, (especialy when it causes the Shugo Chara anime to go down 3 spaces). I clicked on this one with moderatly high expectations (after all, it has to be top 3 for some reasoon, right?) This series deffinetly did not dissapoint me. The animation is beautiful, the scenery is ...Read more
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In the first episode you're presented with a heinous crime: the death of an innocent young girl named Aika. The entire series is two boys trying to figure out what kind of world could allow such a horrible event. That's it. And it's ...
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:This was an awesome animeThis anime is one of my favorites. Comedy, action, romance, all in one anime.
Time is out of joint, and I need my season 2 (I couldn't care if the first season had a good ending, I WANT MORE)
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:Captivating & Suspensful for the Most PartI really enjoyed Blast of Tempest. It kept me on the edge of my seat which was amazing even though you would often find yourself in a particular situation for several episodes and much of the suspense was built up in dialogue. I would have given it 5 stars but I found that the last 1/4 of the series didn't live up to the suspense and ingenious problem and solution resolution that were ...Read more
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College Hockey:Fit To Be Tied: Bulldogs and Huskies End Game Even
Duluth Sophomore Netminder Hielle Saves 41
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Goalie Brady Hjelle knows something about making saves. He had a Minnesota high school record 74 as an International Falls junior against Cloquet-Esko-Carlton.
The Minnesota Duluth sophomore made 41 Friday night, his most as a collegian, in a 3-3 overtime tie with St. Cloud State in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game before 6,009 at the National Hockey Center.
The tie kept the No. 18-ranked Bulldogs unbeaten in the league at 2-0-1 and kept Hjelle unbeaten at UMD at 4-0-1. St. Cloud State (1-2-2 and 0-0-1 in the WCHA) outshot UMD 44-33, yet never led. The Bulldogs were called for twice as many penalties, leading to 10 penalty kill situations.
Its tough when you kill so many penalties and you could see for part of the third period we were gassed. But we played our hearts out, said Hjelle. I got a lot of shots, but I loved every second of it. Thats how I grew up, seeing a lot of shots."
UMD (3-1-1 and 2-0-1 WCHA) got goals from Justin Fontaine, Kyle Schmidt and Brady Lamb. St. Cloud State saw Minnesota high school career scoring leader Ben Hanowski of Little Falls record his first two collegiate goals.
The Huskies, 8-0-1 the past nine games at home against UMD, had two power-play goals for a unit that has five goals with the man advantage the past two games.
Were looking to develop some secondary scoring [behind stars like Garrett Roe and Ryan Lasch] and so I liked how we played, said St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko. Hjelle really played well. He looked confident.
UMDs second power play of the game led to a 1-0 lead 4:42 into the first period. Justin Fontaine drove a shot from the right circle for his seventh goal and fifth in three games.
The Huskies then had three straight power plays and evened the score just after the third shift ended. Hanowski scored with 6:59 left in the opening period from the crease on a pass from another Little Falls star, Jared Festler.
When it looked as though the period would finish 1-1, UMD winger Schmidt connected from an almost impossible deep angle on the left side. He banked the puck off the leg of St. Cloud State freshman goalie Mike Lee of Roseau, Minn., for his first point of the season and a 2-1 lead.
Thats probably a 1-in-a-hundred goal, but we keep talking about getting pucks to the net and good things will happen, said Schmidt. We never laid back, we tried to keep taking it to them. The way the calls were going, though, it wasnt easy. It seemed like we were killing penalties all the time.
UMD was without freshman defenseman Dylan Olsen, who was ill, while sophomore defenseman Scott Kishel looked to have suffered an upper-body injury in the game.
St. Cloud State had the best of the second period, outshooting UMD 15-9 and outscoring the Bulldogs 2-1 for a 3-3 tie with the help of two power-play goals. Hanowskis second goal was put through Hjelles legs at 9:19 and Festler made a tip at the left edge of the crease with 2:35 left. Between those scores, UMD defenseman Brady Lamb smacked a right point attempt that just did trickle through Lee.
UMD had a 4-2 shots edge in overtime and had a power play.
This game was hard to assess how we did 5-on-5. What I liked is we had the lead the whole game and our penalty killers did a good job, said UMD coach Scott Sandelin. We had a good first period and then the next 40 minutes there wasnt much 5-on-5 hockey.
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This year has already seen its fair share of Biblical movies, but the genre is far from done from being present on the silver screen. Coming this December is a new rendition of the story of Moses called Exodus: Gods and Kings. This biblical epic will be directed by acclaimed director Ridley Scott. The movie features a number of stars such as Christian Bale, Aaron Paul, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver.
There has been very little on the film, however it seems that Exodus will be picking up steam in the near future. It begins with an update from Entertainment Weekly. The magazine featured the new biblical epic with five images on the film. Each pictures features a different character and moments from the film. There is even a pic featuring Ridley Scott on the set. Just by looking at these images, you can tell that this may not be the classic interpretation of the story of Moses. From what we can see from the title characters, Moses seem to be more battle hardy then he is parting the red sea. Then again, there is still a chance to see the classic Moses. Perhaps the images of the character are the early parts in the movie and Bale's Moses will gradually change into the leader of the Israelites. We will see when more comes out on the film.
Speaking of which, the trailer for Exodus: Gods and Kings is coming. According to Comingsoon.net, the preview for the film is coming soon. While that may seem blunt, it is likely that thanks to this update the trailer should not be far behind. All the same, it would be wise to keep an eye open on more of this Biblical Epic.
What do you think of the pics? Do you think we will be seeing the trailer soon? Express your opinion in the comments below. Exodus: Gods and Kings hits theaters on December 12th.


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In early January, 2007, Knoxville's Chris Newsom and his girlfriend Channon Christian planned to have a mellow evening out. What they found was hell, and one of the perpetrators who created that hell is now up for parole. The friends, family, and supporters of Chris and Channon have created an online petition to deny parole for the perpetrator.
Chris and Channon were carjacked by multiple assailants, then taken to a house in East Knoxville where they were brutally tortured and raped. Christopher was repeatedly sodomized with a foreign object. He was bound, gagged and blindfolded and then dragged outside and shot, his body was set on fire. Channon was tortured for several hours. She was beaten about the head and raped. Bleach was poured over her body and down her throat to destroy evidence. She was covered with several plastic garbage bags, dumped in a disposal bin, and suffocated to death.
Evidence led to an arrest of several perpetrators: LeMaricus Davidson, Letalvis Cobbins (24), George Thomas (27), Vanessa Coleman (18), and Eric Boyd (34). Vanessa Coleman initially refused to assist law enforcement. She eventually testified at the trial how she assisted in keeping Channon captive, and a part of the diary she kept during the time of the abduction reads, "I've had one HELL OF AN ADVENTURE since I've been in the big TN. It's a crazy world these days! But I love the fun adventures and lessons that I've learned. Its going to be a long interesting year! Ha! Ha!"
Coleman was indicted on a total of 40 counts: 12 counts of felony murder, 1 count of premeditated murder, 1 count of especially aggravated robbery, 4 counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, 20 counts of aggravated rape, and 2 counts of theft. Vanessa Coleman was sentenced to 53 years in prison. In December 2011 a special judge granted a new trial to Vanessa Coleman. In November 2012, Coleman was convicted a second time (on lesser charges than her initial convictions) and re-sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Now, due to prison overcrowding Coleman will serve only 30% of her sentence before being eligible for a parole hearing. In addition she has been accumulating additional time toward an early release, up to a possible 192 days per year for good behavior. She is set to go before the Parole Board in December 2014.
The friends, family, and supporters of Chris and Channon have created an online petition to deny parole for Vanessa Coleman. In less than two weeks the petition reached over 75,000 signatures. As of August over 200,000 people have signed (more than the number of people living in the city of Knoxville). The list gets longer as the petitioners prepare for the parole hearing.
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This interview is part of a series focusing on candidates in the running for the 2014 ENnie Awards. The Gen Con EN World RPG Awards (the "ENnies") are an annual fan-based celebration of excellence in tabletop role-playing gaming, with voting beginning 7 a.m. Central on Sunday, July 20 through 7 p.m. Central on Wednesday, July 30. The winners will be announced at Gen Con, the Grand Hall at the Historic Union Station on Friday, August 15. To vote, see http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/. In this interview I spoke with friend of the site and frequent interview subject Martin Ralya, Owner of Gnome Stew and Engine Publishing.
Michael Tresca (MT): Sooo...how many ENnie nominations do you guys have at this point?
Martin Ralya (MR): Counting both Gnome Stew and Engine Publishing, we have six wins (five for the Stew, one for Engine Publishing's Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game) and an additional six nominations.
MT: What products do you have up for nomination?
MR: Gnome Stew is up for Best Blog and Engine Publishing's Odyssey: The Complete Game Master's Guide to Campaign Management is nominated for Best Aid/Accessory. Engine Publishing is also nominated for Fan's Favorite Publisher (along with many, many others!).
MT: What distinguishes your entries from your competitors?
MR: Gnome Stew has been posting system-neutral GMing material since 2008, and a few things make the site stand out: the subject matter (there's lots of stuff online for GMs these days, but much of it isn't system-neutral), longevity (six years is an eternity online), the team behind the Stew (veteran GMs, authors, designers -- a great crew), the fantastic community of readers and commenters that's grown up around the site (the signal:noise ratio in our comments, for example, is insanely good), and the volume -- over 2,500 free articles!
Odyssey, like Engine Publishing's other four books to date, is also a system-neutral resource for GMs. Written by Phil Vecchione and Walt Ciechanowski, who also write for Gnome Stew, it's the first book of its kind -- dedicated entirely to starting, running, and ending campaigns -- and one of relatively few gaming books out there that isn't for a specific game. It has something to offer new GMs and grizzled veterans alike.
MT: What products will you be producing for the remainder of this year?
MR: We just released Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters in July, which is an anthology of essays by 23 different authors, all industry veterans and experienced GMs. We've got one more product planned for this year -- the first time since I started the company, back in 2009, that we're shooting for two books in the same year. I'm not ready to talk about that one just yet.
MT: Have you participated in any recent Kickstarters? Are there any upcoming Kickstarters on the horizon?
MR: Of course! I love Kickstarter, despite the headaches backing projects sometimes entails. (My profile is under my real name, if anyone's curious to see what I backed.) My three most recent projects backed out of around 70 overall were Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds, Primetime Adventures, and Servants of the Cinder Queen. These days I don't pay attention to what's coming to Kickstarter anymore -- I just find it or learn about it when it pops up. There's just too much out there to worry about all of it.
MT: What do you think of the new edition of D&D?
MR: I haven't checked it out since the very first playtest packet, so I have no idea yet. My Starter Set is still in shrink, waiting for me to have a free evening to peek at it.
MT: Will you be at Gen Con? Where? Will any new products debut at Gen Con?
MR: I won't, and I'm bummed about it! This will be my longest gap between Gen Cons since my first, back in 1997; the last one I attended was in 2012. But Engine Publishing's newest book, Unframed, will be at Studio 2 Publishing's booth, along with all of our other titles. It'll be Unframed's wide-release debut; currently it's only available in print directly from Engine Publishing. (Later this year, it will be available in retail stores.)
MT: Where can we find out more about your company online?
MR: I keep the Engine Publishing website up to date, and the company blog is a great way to keep up with news about our products. I'm also very active on Google+, and Gnome Stew and Engine Publishing both have a (quieter) presence there as well. (Gnome Stew of course, is a company and website all in one!)
MT: Anything else you'd like to share?
MR: I'd like to congratulate all of the other ENnie nominees: Congratulations! One of my favorite things about the day the ENnie nominations are announced is seeing the field, and the field this year is jam-packed with awesome stuff. I love it. Thanks for chatting with me, Michael, and happy gaming!


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Re: Re: nor flash issue
Syed Ismail <ismail.riyaz <at> dyansys.com>
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 Gary Thomas wrote : > Andrew Lunn wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 06:01:46PM -0000, Syed Ismail > wrote: > >> Hi > >> I have an arm based processor and amd nor flash. I > built redboot for mx31 ADS board and everything works > fine. We have a custom board and are building redboot > for it. Here is my problem. > >> i do fis write and when i read the written space > using x -b...., I get a corrupted data(for eg,"data" is > listed as "dada" in flash). > >> I read the data through debugging tool(not through > redboot) and found that the data written using fis > write in flash is actually fine. Any data in flash is > not being read properly through redboot. write works > just fine. What might be the problem. (Same code works > fine in the ADS board). > > > > Try setting CYGSEM_IO_FLASH_READ_INDIRECT > > Also, try turning off data caching on the FLASH device. > Thanks for the suggestion. When I looked at the data cache code, I came across the configuration registers (WEIM) for the chipselect which connects nor flash in hal_platform_setup.h. Changing the configuration register values to those which worked when testing the flash separately, solved it. Now the redboot works fine. Thanks again Gary and Andrew. -- --(Continue reading)


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Information in the game database is updated periodically. Below, you'll find that information compiled as pertains to Frontier Developments. The company may be involved as a publisher, developer or both.
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo [October 16, 2003]
Infestation [September 1, 2000]
V2000 [October, 1998]
Dog's Life [August 24, 2004]
Thrillville [November 21, 2006]
Thrillville: Off the Rails [October 9, 2007]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [October 7, 2005]
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo [October 21, 2003]
Thrillville [November 21, 2006]
Darxide [December, 1995]
LostWinds [May 12, 2008]
LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias [October 19, 2009]
Thrillville: Off the Rails [October 9, 2007]
Coaster Crazy Deluxe [November 21, 2013]
Thrillville [November 21, 2006]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [September 27, 2005]
Wallace & Grommit in Project Zoo [October 14, 2003]
Kinect Disneyland Adventures [November 15, 2011]
Kinectimals [November 4, 2010]
Kinectimals: Now With Bears! [October 11, 2011]
Zoo Tycoon [November 22, 2013]
Zoo Tycoon [November 22, 2013]
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Ellen Luckett Baker is a wonderfully talented designer and sewist who blogs at the long thread. Her first collection with Moda, called quilt blocks, is due to arrive in stores in April, and it was definitely one of my personal favourites from Fall Quilt Market.
From the moment I saw it I knew we just had to have a designer challenge. Everything about Ellen's fabrics screamed at me – the designs, the colours, the scale. It was unlike anything else I had seen at Market and anything else I had ever seen. I absolutely adore it, and think it'd be incredibly versatile. The large scale of some of the prints would be wonderful cut into small pieces, like I have done here with some english paper piecing. I added in a couple of solids and polka dots and let the colours shine rather than the patterns (for reference – the squares in this piece are 2″ finished).
So, I put a call out for some volunteers who would all be sent the same 2 fat quarters from Ellen's collection and let loose on creating something – anything. I thought it was quite a tricky challenge – just 2 FQs per person. Obviously I should have known better – when you guys are set a challenge you always come up trumps. I was totally blown away by the results, and over the next week or so as we share the different projects I think you will be too!
First up we have Kim with a tutorial for a bedside book pouch. Grab a cup of something hot , sit back and enjoy! I'll hand over to Kim now….
Greetings from sunny Saskatchewan! (That'd be one of the flat provinces in the western half of Canada if you aren't well acquainted with our lovely country.) I'm Kim from Milkybeer* and I am absolutely thrilled to be sharing this simple little tutorial with all you Fat Quarterly blog readers today.
When I saw Katy's tweet about joining in on the Longthread Quilt Blocks Designer Challenge, I jumped at the chance to play along. I'm a huge fan of Ellen's blog and her book, so I was pretty sure I'd love her new fabric too (and wouldn't you know it? I was right! I love this fabric!)
I knew right away I wanted to make something that we would actually use around the house. One look into my daughter's bedroom and I knew exactly what I was going to make – a bedside pouch to stash her pajamas and books.
My little girl is obsessed with books to the point where when I check on her at night, I'm almost sure to trip over any one of a dozen books she leaves laying on the floor! I'm
probably kidding myself that this pouch will solve the problem, but a crafty mother can hope – can't she?
There are three components to this project: outer pocket (for pajamas), inner pocket (for books) and the anchor (to hold the pouch in place under the mattress). Here's the cutting list for this project (length x width):
Anchor: cut one lining and one outer piece 40″ x 12.5″ (101 x 32 cm)
Inner pocket: cut one lining and one outer piece 12.5″ x 12.5″ (32 x 32 cm)
Outer pocket: cut one lining and one outer piece 11″ x 15″ (28 x 38 cm)
You'll also need to prepare enough bias tape or binding strips to finish the two long edges and one of the short edges of the finished pouch.
A .25″ seam allowance is included in these measurements. Metric folk can probably get away with a scant 1 cm.
I went with an array of colours that I thought looked nice with the Quilt Block fabric and mixed them up so that each colour was only used once. Some of the fabrics can't even be seen on the finished piece because they are lining the inside of the pockets, so keep that in mind when you're deciding what fabrics to use.
Okay, now, have you chosen your fabrics? Are all your pieces cut? Yes? Let's begin…
1. With right sides together, stitch along the top edge (i.e. one of the short edges) of the anchor pieces. Turn the pieces right side out and press.
2. Repeat the same process with the top edges of the inner pocket pieces.
3. Stack the outer pocket pieces in front of you with wrong sides together and mark 1.5″ (approx 4 cm) squares on both bottom corners as pictured.
4. Cut out the marked squares.
5. Turn the outer pocket pieces right sides together and stitch around the squares and along the top edge.
6. Snip a notch into the 90 degree corner of the squares so that fabric will lay flat when turned out.
7. Turn the outer pocket right side out and press. The bottom corners should now look like this:
8. Fold and press the three flaps of the outer pocket in toward the back/lining of the pocket as pictured.
9. From the right side of the outer pocket, edge stitch along each fold.
10. Neatly stack the three components (anchor, inner and outer pockets) aligning the bottom edges. Make sure the outer pocket is centred along the bottom edge!
11. Baste the bottom edge.
12. Align and pin the left and right flaps of the outer pocket making sure the bottom edge of the flaps are positioned just above the basted seam from the previous step.
13. Baste along the full length of the pieces on both sides.
Your bottom corners should look something like this once you're done basting:
14. Prepare and attach binding strips or bias tape as you normally would around the unfinished edges of the nearly finished pouch. Hopefully you'll be smarter than me and won't position your binding so that a seam falls on the corner…can you say bulky?!
And…you're done! Just tuck that anchor underneath your mattress and you're good to go.
Thanks to Fat Quarterly and Ellen Luckett Baker for letting me play with such lovely fabrics. I hope you all enjoyed my little tutorial! Be sure to pop over to the ol' Milkybeer blog and say "Hi!"
Thank YOU Kim, that tutorial totally rocks and was such a great idea from just 2 FQs. I told you we had some good stuff coming, make sure you stop by over the next week or so and see what all the other wonderfully talented designers have come up with!
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Ham & Lorraine® Sandwiches on Pretzel Buns with Dijon Spread
Makes 4 sandwiches.
- 1 orange bell pepper, sliced
- 1 shallot, sliced
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 4 pretzel buns, sliced
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 6 oz. thinly sliced ham
- 4 slices Lorraine® cheese, cut in half
- 1/2 c. romaine leaves or baby spring greens
For the Dijon Spread:
- 3 Tbsp. high quality or homemade mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp. French-style Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. fresh horseradish
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
In small bowl, combine mayonnaise, Dijon, lemon juice, horseradish and salt. Stir to combine. Set aside.
Turn oven to broil. Toss bell pepper slices and shallot in oil. Place in baking dish or baking sheet and cook until edges begin to brown, about 10 minutes, turning once to avoid burning. Butter pretzel buns and toast under broiler as well.
To assemble sandwiches, distribute roasted vegetables, ham and Lorraine® cheese over four pretzel buns. Spread Dijon Spread over pretzel buns and serve.
Find this recipe and more at FoodForMyFamily.com!
Recipe and photo courtesy of Shaina Olmanson, Food for My Family


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This reminds me of a story I highlighted from Spain last year where activists stole food in bulk in order to bring it to a local food kitchen. In this case, a Georgia supermarket that was being evicted was forced to dump all of its fresh food into the trash as hundreds of hungry people watched in shock. Naturally, it was a bank that made the decision to trash the food. SunTrust bank to be specific. We learn:
In the hopes of obtaining free groceries, hundreds of Augusta, Ga. residents gathered in the parking lot of a shuttered supermarket Tuesday only to be pushed back by police overseeing disposal of the food into dumpsters.
Richmond County Marshal Steve Smith said that as a result of the store's eviction the food belonged to the property's owner, Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank. The bank asked authorities to dispose of the food that piled up in the store's parking lot.
Onlookers, many holding plastic bags and storage containers in anticipation of a giveaway, watched in horror as food, furniture, and other household items were discarded like trash into dumpsters.
The merchandise was later disposed into area landfills.
Full article here.
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Their Artistic Ambitions Are So Big, New York–Based Twentysomethings Have No Space
So how do they make it work?
The Times takes a look at a sampling of New York–based twentysomethings living in New York City today. That appears to be the entire premise of the story, though it just so happens that they all live for cheap in small apartments. But what do they really have in common? Ambition. A passion for the arts. Cuteness. And melancholy coupled with a vague sense of optimism. There's a lot of 'em, according to the Times: "New York City was home to nearly 1.28 million people in their 20s last year, up from 1.21 million in 1980." And their homes are smaller than ever: "Battered by the one-two punch of persistent unemployment and the city's high housing costs, they are squeezing into ever smaller spaces and living in neighborhoods once considered dicey and remote," the paper reports, as if this is sudden. Stefan Rurak, a 26-year-old furniture-maker in Greenpoint, explains: "I came to New York after college. I never planned on staying this long, but I did various things. It's not that I like New York so much. But things happen here that wouldn't elsewhere."
The paper hones in on a 22-year old unpaid intern in Bed-Stuy, a 21-year-old with a passion for cinema in the Bronx, a 24-year-old who works for a nonprofit and lives on the Lower East Side, an FIT student, and a 28-year-old photographer. All of them boast of "tiny" apartments and rents under $1,000. "There's always a compromise. And when I say compromise, I don't just mean that you don't have nice floors or good light," explains Allison Gumbel, a 28-year-old artist who lives in a third-floor walk-up in Clinton Hill. Still, these kids seem to believe it's worth it: "They come to find work," the Times explains. "To find one another, and to hang out in neighborhoods like Williamsburg and the Lower East Side that have become almost geographic extensions of college dorm life."
Not honed in upon in this story: Twentysomethings who work in finance. There's one concession to this group:
"Even young people in high-paying fields like finance have to make sacrifices. There's the investment banker who can afford only a 450-square-foot studio, and the financial analyst who lives in a third-floor walk-up studio illegally divided into two rooms."
Yep, even two bankers. That's pretty disproportionate, given the long list of hipsters the story reports on. Where are the trust-funders? Or, you know, any of the non-artistic types with their heads on straight, living comfortably in doorman buildings with gyms? It's a one-sided portrait of New York's young and restless, but it is at least a romantic one.


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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
What: Shares of specialty chemicals company American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD) jumped as much as 10% today after updating guidance.
So what: The update was actually pretty terrible, with management predicting that second-quarter revenue would be down 21% and the company would only break even. That equates to $68.6 million in revenue versus the $81.1 million estimate from Wall Street, where there was also an expectation of a $0.10 per share profit. But cost-cutting measures are expected to save some money, and demand is expected to pick up later this year.
Now what: Clearly the guidance wasn't very good,, but management expects that most of that is due to reduced inventory in the channels that feed end customers and isn't because of lower fundamental demand. As a result, sales should pick up heading into the 2015 planting season if all goes well, which is a long time for investors to wait to see their investment thesis play out. I really don't see the reason for the pop today, except that maybe investors were expecting even worse, but with shares hitting a 52-week low early in the day, it looks like the bad news was already priced in. Long-term, the company should be on solid footing, but short-term it'll be a volatile ride like it was today.
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Debby Goldsberry, co-founder of Berkeley Patients Group and United Cannabis Collective, was named the HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter of the Year at the 24th Cannabis Cup in 2011. Debby is one of the most prominent activists fighting for marijuana law reform in America, but she was inspired by tolerant pot policy in Amsterdam. We asked her to share some of her Cannabis Cup memories. Here's what she had to say:
My first Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam was the 7th annual, and it opened my mind to the possibilities of legalizing cannabis at home here in the US.
I was blown away by the amazing strains, the exotic hash and the innovative cannabis technology. And, it was so fun meeting other stoners from all around the globe.
Since then, I have attended around thirteen Cannabis Cups in Amsterdam, and will keep going back for more. Simply put, there is no better party on the planet. The Dutch cannabis scene is inspiring!
The 26th Cannabis Cup will take place this November 24-28. Join HIGH TIMES in Amsterdam as we name the Freedom Fighter of the Year for 2014. Get your judge's pass today!


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Andrew Neil receives grilling from 10-year-old in sugar tax debate
'Well, maybe you weren't educated properly enough about health and wellbeing'
'Well, maybe you weren't educated properly enough about health and wellbeing'
"The great thing about playing this festival is that there's music to fill any awkward silences," says Shappi Khorsandi of the jazz pleasantly leaking from an adjacent tented venue. Khorsandi, however, is not one for leaving silences; she's ever effervescent and with all the more reason to be these days, thanks to a growing audience, in part swelled by TV appearances that range from Friday Night with Jonathan Ross to Question Time.
The Foreign Secretary has never got over his fashion faux pas as Tory leader. So why repeat the crime?
Anyone with a heart during Thursday's Question Time on BBC1 will have found themselves toying with the remote, pondering whether the act of watching constituted an intrusion into private grief. The post-Budget agony manifested by Vince Cable was better suited to a renaissance painting of Christ on the cross than a chat with David Dimbleby.
In the most startling reinvention this industry has known in decades, the Daily Mail shrugs off its reactionary stereotype to host an intriguingly hybrid social experiment. The pit canary here is the magnificently prolific Liz Jones, who single-handedly spearheads two major breakthroughs – the first recorded case of Mr Cameron's Big Society in action, and the inaugural deployment of a newspaper column as care in the community. As many of you will know, Liz likes to keep the readership minutely informed of life, latterly dwelling on the £150,000 debt she says has depressed her even more than her rejection by the Somerset neighbours who took mystifying umbrage at being depicted as toothless imbeciles. "Being in debt," wrote Liz, "is worse than anything I have experienced." Given what Liz has experienced – and short of alien abduction, bless her, what has she not? – that's going some. "When you have no money people assume it's because you are lazy or profligate." The rank injustice. The very idea that a woman who spent £26,000 on a bat sanctuary, and lavishes more than £1,000 a year on mineral water, tends towards the wasteful!
Piers Morgan's Life Stories, ITV1
Jerry Hall, David Gilmour and Emilia Fox attended the announcement of the 2009 Costa Book of the Year award at London's swanky Quaglino's, hosted by GMTV's Penny Smith.
When Andrew Neil bought a house in France, it was a ramshackle retreat. After some painstaking changes, it's now a luxurious home
The former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil has emerged as the unlikely saviour of Peters Fraser & Dunlop, the London talent agency that once had some of the biggest names in showbusiness on its books.


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College Hockey:Denver Tops Chaotic Poll
Miami ranks for the first time this year
MINNEAPOLIS — Denver reclaimed the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll on the strength of two convincing wins, both games by a 5-3 score, against a visiting Wisconsin. The Pioneers captured 27 first-place votes when last week's No. 1 team, New Hampshire, dropped a 3-2 decision to No. 7 Boston University and correspondingly fell to No. 3 this week.
While Denver finished with a healthy majority of first-place votes and
with a significant lead over No. 2 Boston College, a whopping eight teams
received at least one first-place vote. Four undefeated teams are in the
top ten, and three received a first-place vote: No. 2 Boston College at
5-0-1 (three first-place votes), No. 5 North Dakota at 6-0-0 (two), No. 10
Providence at 7-0-0 (one). Cornell, with a 3-1 win over battle-tested Ohio
State, improved to 1-0-0 and held steady in the No. 8 slot.
Also receiving first-place votes were No. 3 New Hampshire, which downed
Merrimack 4-3 before the loss to the Terriers; No. 4 Minnesota, which won
a two game set against visiting Alabama-Huntsville; and No. 7 Boston
University, which won a wild 7-6 game against Northeastern before the 3-2
thriller in Durham.
Entering the poll this week is No. 14 Miami, owners of an impressive 8-2
record, including a sweep of then-ranked Northern Michigan two weeks ago.
Coming up this weekend is a WCHA feud as North Dakota travels to the
National Hockey Center to take on No. 15 St. Cloud for two games.
Providence will put it's newly-found top 10 status on the line with a
home-and-home series with Northeastern, and No. 13 Michigan State returns
to action, hosting Niagara for a set.
The USCHO.com Poll is compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, and consists
of 40 voters, including 28 coaches from the Division I conferences and 12
beat writers from across the country. The poll is published weekly by the
Associated Press.
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Tide players learn from weekend shake-up
Published: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 8, 2012 at 11:24 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | The college football landscape was shaken over the weekend, and with the University of Alabama idle, Crimson Tide players got to see much of the shake-up for themselves on television.
Three teams that entered the weekend unbeaten and ranked high in the polls absorbed their first losses of the season Saturday: LSU fell to Florida, Georgia lost to South Carolina and Florida State was stunned by North Carolina State. UA coach Nick Saban was quick to point out the fallout Monday.
"There's a lot of parity in college football. The teams that most of you in this room make head and shoulders above other teams, obviously shows you this last weekend how badly you can be mistaken," Saban said. "I know I can be mistaken and get criticized, but you guys are badly mistaken when you make teams that are like so much better than everybody else. This weekend kind of proved that your predictability is not very good. I think what it proved is the only thing predictable about college football is its unpredictability."
The new Associated Press poll maintained the Crimson Tide at No. 1 in the nation, followed by Oregon, South Carolina, Florida and West Virginia. Kansas State, Notre Dame and Ohio State, all unbeaten, are ranked Nos. 6, 7 and 8, respectively, while LSU is now the AP poll's highest-ranked one-loss team at No. 9.
"I did," said Alabama safety Robert Lester when asked if he watched some of the weekend action. "And what I learned is anything can happen in the SEC — great teams, great games. ... We try to tell the young guys you don't want things like that to happen in your season, to open your eyes while you're trying to accomplish what you want to do. Anytime you lose a game like that it sucks for the rest of the season."
The Crimson Tide visits Missouri on Saturday for its third Southeastern Conference game of the season. This weekend, the opening BCS standings will be released, which should provide some insight into which unbeatens have the best opportunity to play for a national championship.
Linebacker C.J. Mosley said he took note of the upsets as well.
"We take it as a wake-up call to us that anyone can be beaten. iIf we don't bring our A-game and be ready for everybody every week, we could end up in the same boat," Mosley said.
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High School Sports: Rowing, soccer
High School Awards: Lettered in soccer freshman year ... Most Inspirational Player for JV soccer at Rio American ... rowed for Capital Crew ... sat No. 2 seat in the varsity four that won gold at 2000 US Rowing Youth Invitational ... member of women's varsity eight that placed seventh at 1999 U.S. Rowing Youth Invitational ... three-time Most-Outstanding Athlete honoree for Capital ... team captain for Capital Crew in 2000.
Major at Washington: English
Husky Rowing Experience: 2001 (Freshman) - Rowed two seat in the varsity four that won a gold medal and helped lead UW to the team title at NCAA Championships ... rowed six seat in the novice eight that earned victories at Pac-10 Championships, Windermere Cup and San Diego Crew Classic ... helped UW to two wins at Cal dual, rowing in the novice eight and again in two seat of the varsity four.
2002 (Sophomore) -- Sat bow seat in the varsity eight that captured the NCAA national championship ... member of the varsity eight that went undefeated during the regular season ... won the 11th consecutive gold medal for Washington's varsity eight at Pac-10's ... Helped the Huskies collect victories at the Cal, Wisconsin, Washington State and Oregon duals, and also at the Windermere Cup and San Diego Crew Classic regattas.
2003 (Junior) - Member of the varsity eight that placed fourth at the NCAA Championships and helped Washington to a third place team finish ... captured a silver at Pac-10's and helped UW win the conference team title ... part of varsity eight crew that placed second behind Belarus at the Windermere Cup Regatta ... helped lead the Huskies varsity eight to victories in the Caifornia, Washington State and Oregon State duals.
National Team Experience: Competed with the U.S. Junior National Team ... rowed in the eight at the 2000 Junior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia and finished fourth ... competed in a pair and finished seventh at 1999 Junior Worlds in Bulgaria ... was invited to the U.S. national selection camp, but was unable to attend.
Personal: Daughter of Vicki and Bill Stenken ... mother attended Sacramento State and is an elementary school teacher ... father attended Long Beach State and owns an insurance company ... has one older brother, Gerrett (25), a PHD student at Indiana University.
I chose Washington because: I wanted to be a part of the best women's rowing team in the country.
The best thing about Seattle is: The nature, the water, the beauty and the diversity.
The best thing about UW is: It's a great school and it has an amazing rowing team.
My best race was: NCAA Championships, 2001 and 2002. Result: first place both times. It's nice to get out ahead and stay ahead, It doesn't have to be a close race to be a good race.
After I graduate, I plan to: Get my California teaching credential and become a teacher.
If I could tell my incoming teammates one thing, it would be: Take things seriously and work hard.
Stenken says: "We work hard so that we can win by many (not a few) seconds."


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If you haven't seen any of the Professional Bowlers Assn. League matches, Sunday's televised competition might be a good time to start watching.
The talent-laden Los Angeles X will take on the defending-champion New York City WTT KingPins in a semifinal match at 2 p.m. on ESPN.
The winner will take on the survivor of the other semifinal, which will pit the Silver Lake (Calif.) Atom Splitters against the Philadelphia Hitmen.
Behind franchise player Jason Belmonte and Parker Bohn III, the X swept past the BROOKLYN STyLES, 4-2, in its opening match – which was shown Feb. 9 on ESPN.
The KingPins won their opening match, 4-2, against the Motown Muscle. The match was shown Feb. 16 on ESPN.
The KingPins feature PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber (shown in photo) and also boast top bowlers Scott Norton, John Szczerbinski, Jake Peters and Stuart Williams.
Rounding out the X team are Mika Koivuniemi, Andres Gomez and E.J. Tackett.
The two semifinal winners advance to the PBA League Elias Cup finals, which will be shown April 13 on ESPN from Brunswick Zone Carolier in North Brunswick, N.J.


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Location: Guangzhou: approx. 36 km north of Guangzhou
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