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We've punctured a number of writers' myths on this blog, including the notion that commercially-published writers must give back their advances if their books don't earn out, the fear that agents and editors will blacklist writers who displease them, the conviction that "just getting it out there" (via self-publishing, for instance) is enough to jump-start […]
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This morning, I opted out of the Google Book Search Settlement.
For several months, I've had no question that I did NOT want my books included in Google's database. It's not the display of bibliographic information, or even snippets, that I object to–it's the possible uses the settlement empowers Google to make of my work down the road (including selling my books in electronic and POD form). If those uses were limited and clearly defined, I might not have a problem–but they aren't, and I just can't see allowing such a sweeping license to my work, where the implications of granting that license are so unclear.
My only question was whether my desire not to participate in the Settlement would be best accomplished by opting out–in which case Google would "voluntarily" honor my request not to digitize or display my books, but not be barred from changing its mind at some point in the future; the advantage is that I would retain my right to sue Google for infringement–or by opting in and directing Google to remove my books from its database, in which case I would waive forever my right to legal action against Google for any use of my work. Either option presents the risk that Google might at some future point renege, and I might find my work used anyway.
Two things convinced me that opting out was not only the best, but also the most morally acceptable, decision. The first was reading Scott E. Gant's objection to the Settlement, which provides a blistering analysis of the Settlement's raid upon the very ground of copyright, and also of the inadequacy of Google's efforts to notify copyright holders. It convinced me that I couldn't accept the Settlement, even to the degree of opting in solely to prevent Google from using my work.
The second was my conviction that the Settlement will not be approved at the Fairness Hearing on October 7. The flaws are just too glaring, the objections are just too persuasive–and then there's the Dept. of Justice's antitrust investigation. There could be years of litigation ahead. For writers who've opted into the Settlement–or who've done nothing and have been opted in by default–what will the rights implications be? I don't want to be a party to that either.
In an article from the Guardian that I read this morning, an advocate of the Settlement is quoted:
"The obvious social justice and social utility impact that the book project is going to have … are getting lost in the discussion," said Professor Lateef Mtima, director of the Institute of Intellectual Property & Social Justice at Howard University, a pioneering black college in Washington.
He suggested it would help "so many segments of our society today who for decades have been left out of the communication exchange, who have been on the wrong side of the digital divide".
I don't disagree. In fact, I think it's a compelling argument. The article continues:
However, critics of the deal said that this does not address their concerns with the settlement – which are not about whether digitising books is useful, but whether the specific terms of the deal will hamper innovation and damage authors.
For me, this is exactly the issue. As alluring as is the prospect of a universal, digital world library, I don't believe that the Settlement, fatally flawed as it is, is the way to establish that.
If you decide you want to opt out, there's still time–you have till the end of today. See my previous post on opting out for links and information.
Writers: The deadline for deciding whether to opt out of the Google Book Search Settlement is September 4, 2009. That means you have to decide today.
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The views expressed by Charles Manson, prophet of "Helter Skelter," are not your garden-variety racism. In fact, when one ponders the vagaries of his turbulent 60's race-war dream, the only reasonable conclusion one can come away with is that he holds all mankind in contempt; black, white, and presumably other ethnicities, though he's said little about them.
Briefly, the convicted mass-murderer's ideas on race go something like this:
The white American establishment is comprised of "pigs." Both inhuman and inhumane, a tyrannical ruling class who anti-establishment types like Manson loathe beyond all else. Ironically, Manson's aspiration for himself and his family was to be the new Bourgeoisie and any remnants of the post racial-apocalypse outside of his circle – which he numbered at 144,000 as suggested to him by the Bible (Revelation 14:1) – would be the new social outcasts, subservient to their despotic reign.
As crimelibrary.com explains it:
"The core of this philosophy was a kind of Armageddon. Charlie preached that the black man was going to rise up and start killing the whites and turn the cities into an inferno of racial revenge. The black man would win this war, but wouldn't be able to hang onto the power he seized because of innate inferiority. Afterwards, when the black man failed at keeping power, Charlie's Family, which they estimated would have multiplied to 144,000 by that time, would then take over from the black man and rule the cities."
As an interesting aside, Manson's views on black people are consistent with the Darwinian thesis that "blacks and aboriginals are on the same evolutionary plane, consigning them to the status of 'anthropomorphic apes,'" essentially, "ape-men."
As convoluted and diabolic as Manson's views, and the actions he took to instigate this race-war are, at least one can grant that he spoke exactly as he believes. Today's race-baiters are much more subtle. They use terms like "social justice, equality, freedom," and other positive sounding euphemisms to masquerade their own deep-seated racially divisive agenda.
Aided and abetted as always by the obsequious liberal media, it has become abundantly clear that to many, "hate-crime," that is crime born solely out of contempt for people of other races, can ONLY be committed by Caucasians. When the offense is committed by a black person against a white person, it is simply considered a crime, the word "hate" is nowhere to be found.
As a black woman named Nandy (last name withheld) once opined within a withershins sort of justification tirade to this Examiner, in the comments of another article:
"As a person who is absolutely Not racist, I can tell you exactly why in a FEW incidents or crimes (very few) that blacks are not scrutinize (sic) as the whites. The bottom line is...we can NEVER catch up to the level of cruelty that whites made blacks go through centuries ago and even now. Go back and find as many documentaries as you can on slavery, selling our fathers, mothers, children, raping them as their partners watch, laughing, pointing, killing, spitting, children never knowing their parents and soooooo much more. The level of cruelty that we blacks will never catch up with the whites. It's that simple and still the laws are geared toward getting as much young blacks in jail as possible. Slavery, slavery, slavery. Blacks on the other hand have the right to be racist towards whites because they are still p*ssed."
The closing comment of this diatribe is particularly disquieting. "Blacks… have the right to be racist towards whites…" Although it would be a stretch, and eminently unfair stereotyping to conclude that this line of thinking applies to the majority of black people, the realization that ANY hold this view is indicative of the fact that the flames of hatred are routinely being bellowed by the usual suspects: Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Jeremiah Wright, Oprah Winfrey, et al.
As for the scrutiny of interracial crime, it is risible to conclude that any past misdeeds of whites against blacks warrants glossing over black-on-white atrocities while headlining the story any time a black is injured or killed by a non-black; Trayvon Martin being the most obvious case and point.
Meantime how many networks carried the video recording of the recent savage beating of a white teenage boy Alec, (last name withheld) aboard a Parkway Academy school bus in Delaware, by a group of black students? The youth managed to escape his tormentors and flee to the safety of the Magnolia, DE. fire station.
To sorely aggravate the matter, the bus driver – rumored to be a relative of one of the perpetrators – neither took any action to stop the assault or report it thereafter. Instead the driver stated that Alec had "left the bus for no reason."
Had the racial roles been reversed in this situation can there be the slightest doubt that every sycophantic journalist in the country would be inbound to the First State and that Jackson and Sharpton would be organizing another or their tawdry "kumbaya, woe be to us poor victims rally?"
To borrow a simile, the racial strife in this country appears at times to be about ready to blow, "like a frog on a hotplate." As long as the racists and race-baiters (six of one, half-dozen of another) continue to spew their venom unchecked, that is exactly the direction the country is headed in.
Resource: http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/manson/skelter_6.html


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Before an Irvine Marriott full house of 1,179 mixed martial arts fans, the February 20 opening night of the first of four Fist Series shows was a knockout of a night, as the action was non stop. Three of the seven bouts went the full three rounds, two went into the second round, and the female bout was voted the Fight Of The Night! CHECK OUT the video of the fights at the newly redesigned website www.battleintheballroom.com.


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All accepted papers will also be published in the ACM Digital Library.
We welcome papers describing design principles as well as applications pertinent to communications and networks with special emphasis on modeling and simulation. Papers are solicited in the following (but not limited to) area of interests for peer review and presentation in the conference:
|Network Security and Management
|Network Design and Performance Analysis
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|Traffic Engineering and Measurements
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|Distributed Simulation and Real Time Systems
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College Hockey:Union's three-goal first period topples Princeton
PRINCETON, N.J. — No. 16 Union scored three times on 23 shots in the first period and held on for a 3-2 victory over Princeton on Friday.
The Dutchmen outshot the Tigers 45-19 for the game.
Will MacDonald scored just 25 seconds into the game to give Princeton an early 1-0 lead. But four straight penalties gave Union the momentum to score three unanswered goals on 23 shots in the first.
Kyle Bodie got the Dutchmen (10-6-4, 4-2-3 ECAC Hockey) on the board on the power play at 9:29, followed by Max Novak at 12:24 and Daniel Carr at 18:08.
Tyler Maugeri scored in the second period to bring Princeton (5-8-4, 4-4-3) within one, but the Tigers were unable to beat the Union defense or goaltender Troy Grosenick in the third.
Grosenick finished with 17 saves for Union, and Sean Bonar made 42 saves for Princeton.
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CLAIM: Jessica Simpson in "Rush" to Wed
Jessica Simpson is in a "rush to tie the knot," claims the National Enquirer.
According to the supermarket tabloid, the singer "was so deeply moved" by her close friend CaCee Cobb's recent nuptials, "she's telling pals she's going to race ahead with her wedding to Eric Johnson."
"CaCee and Donald [Faison]'s wedding blew Jess away," a so-called "source" tells the Enquirer. "She was so touched by their deep abiding love, she's decided to fast-track her own ceremony."
Now, Simpson allegedly wants "to tie the knot just weeks from now."
RELATED – Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson Planning Secret Wedding in Hawaii?
"Jess and Eric are planning to marry in January or February and are debating between a wedding in Hawaii," claims the supposed insider, "or just putting on a down-home casual affair at their Beverly Hills home."
Adds the mag's tipster, Simpson "told guests at CeCe's wedding, 'This is the last time you'll see me as a bridesmaid. The next wedding I'm at, I'll be the bride.'"
While that may be the case, a source close to the singer tells Gossip Cop that the Enquirer's story is "not true," and that Cobb's wedding was NOT an impetus for Simpson to rush down the aisle.
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The house voted on Tuesday a spending package of $1.1 trillion dollar for 2014 that includes $447 million for the Pentagon component that launches cyber weapons and deflects hacks against civilian and military networks, reports the Washington Post today.
This House approval is expected to be passed by the Senate also. The new budget is a two fold increase over the 2013 budget of $191 million dollars.
The funding jump is mostly attributed to the growth of cyber mission forces, Pentagon officials told Nextgov on Tuesday. In March 2013, about 834 active duty military and civilian personnel were on staff, Cyber Command Chief Gen. Keith Alexander told lawmakers at the time. The goal is to grow cyber forces by 2,000 personnel annually, until 2016.
The change in funding shows the shift from anti-terrorism tracking to cyber safety and defense. Cyber space is not demarcated by geographic lines. For example, Cyber Command is bulking up "national mission forces" that will thwart incoming digital threats to American power, healthcare and other critical infrastructure sectors, while Homeland security is responsible for 'leading a coordinated national response to significant cyber incidents,' a DHS spokesman said last year.
Homeland security is waiting for Congressional approval on a spending bill of $792 million which is an increase of $35 million over 2013 budget.
Cyber Command - or CYBERCOM, for short - does a huge amount of the Pentagon's work in cyberspace. It reportedly played a role in launching the Stuxnet attack against Iran that disabled the country's nuclear centrifuges for a time, and exists under the same command that oversees America's nuclear arsenal.
CYBERCOM's budget has historically been obscured from the public. But appropriators this year asked that the figure be broken out explicitly in the bill for the first time. We now know that the omnibus spending package sets aside $447 million for Cyber Command this year while there are cuts elsewhere and trim to the Affordable Care Act.
The spending bill must still be approved by the Senate and signed by the president. But CYBERCOM's exploding budget makes a lot of sense for a defense industry that now sees cybersecurity, not terrorism, as the biggest (and growing) threat to the country.
Please, view the video atop this article about building a Cyber army and the articles listed below in Author's suggestions for more information on Cyber Command.


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I much prefer forms of snow and ice that come in a cone and are drizzled with some style of cherry-flavored syrup concoction. They're just not for me: I distinctly recall crying due to the chilly conditions as my dad tried to teach me how to ski when I was a kid. Yet to my dismay, no matter how much I pray for these styles of precipitation to stay up in the clouds, they still manage to make their way down to earth and cover the roads we drive on.
Since fewer people are driving Hummers and other commanding four-wheel drive vehicles, we're all finding the slick roads exceedingly difficult to navigate. To make things worse, weather forecasters are predicting yet another blustery season in the Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast. Don't worry, though! Meteorologists are occasionally incorrect in their forecasts, but in the mean time, let's make sure you're prepared for an emergency and ready to own the snowy roads we'll be seeing very soon.
Emergency items to keep in your vehicle
Survival Kit:
• Flashlight
• Batteries
• Blanket
• High-calorie, non-perishable food
• Multi-purpose tool or knife
• Maps
• Compass
• Bottled water
• Emergency cell phone charger
• Crank radio
• Sleeping bags
• Sterno
• Emergency candles and lantern
• Matches
• Hand warmers (I wouldn't have survived four years of freezing temperatures at college golf tournaments without these puppies. For added heat, pick up some of the thermal patches designed to ease back pain. They really do the trick on a blustery day and they're cheap!)
• Outerwear – boots, scarf, hat, gloves, coat
• Clothing – long underwear, wool socks
• First-Aid Kit
Emergency Car Kit:
• Tow ropes
• Ice scrapers
• Jumper cables
• Sand, gravel, salt, or cat litter
• Shovel
• Nylon cord
• Tire-changing tools (make sure your spare is not flat!)
• Small tool kit
Driving in treacherous conditions
Icy roads:
• Decrease your speed and allow yourself ample room to stop (at least three car lengths).
• Brake softly to avoid skidding.
• Heed extra caution in areas that freeze first (think: bridges, overpasses, and desolate roads).
• If your front wheels skid, take your foot off the gas and shift into neutral. Don't try to steer immediately. As the wheels skid sideways, your vehicle will slow down and you'll regain traction and the ability to steer in another direction. Put the transmission back into drive and accelerate slowly.
• If your rear wheels skid, take your foot off the accelerator and begin steering in the same direction you'd like your front wheels to go (example: if your rear wheels are sliding left, steer left). You may need to alternate steering directions a few times to regain control of your vehicle. If you have anti-lock brakes, apply steady pressure. In a vehicle with standard brakes, pump them gently.
Snowy roads:
• Don't drive in front of snow plows (the road in front of them is worse than behind, duh!
• If you get stuck, remember that spinning your wheels will only lodge your car deeper into the snow! First, move the steering wheel from left to right a few times to eliminate snow build-up around the tires. Accelerate slowly and with a light touch to ease the vehicle out. With a shovel, clear away snow from the undercarriage and around the wheels. Next, pour sand, gravel, salt, or cat litter in the path of the wheels to promote traction. As long as your owner's manual doesn't discourage rocking the vehicle, alternate shifting from forward to reverse to gradually dislodge the vehicle.
More life-saving tips
• Always keep your gas tank near full!
• In more desolate or unfamiliar places: avoid traveling alone and let someone know your itinerary.
• Get your vehicle checked and winterized before the season begins!
Hey daredevils, listen to this: I know you like to attempt to conquer the roads before the snow plows have done their work so you can get your Man v. Wild-style rush. That's cool and all when it's on TV, but these wannabe heroics can make driving dangerous for you and others. Besides, you should never assume your vehicle is apt to handle all weather conditions. I've seen plenty of trucks and SUVs in ditches during tough winters, and they likely ended up there because their vehicles made their drivers feel as if they had some sort of 4×4 halo of immunity! If there's bad winter weather, the best thing you can do is avoid it by staying off the roads.
I don't usually drive in bad winter weather… but when I do, I drive with caution and preparedness! Stay warm and safe, my friends!
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Knowing when it is safe to use your car especially during the winter season is very important to ensure your safety and other road users as well. During a blizzard or when the road visibility is quite poor, a responsible driver can apply the given tips in this blog post. Thanks!
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For most, the thought of living in a haunted house is not their list of dream homes. However, there are those who are more than willing to pay top dollar to purchase and move into a haunted home. So why are these homebuyers to excited to get their hands on a haunted home? Simple. They believe it is unique and cool to share their home with a ghost.
"There are buyers out there that think it's cool to own a home that may have ghosts," Cindi Hagley, a real estate agent, told ABC News' 20/20 in a report released on July 9, 2014. Hagley owns a real estate company in California call Past Life Homes, which specialized in selling of these haunted properties.
In the same 20/20 report, Hagley said that we are currently in a seller's market throughout all of northern California. "You can have a dead body swimming from the chandelier," she continued. "I'm still going to have ten offers on the phone."
Depending upon the age and history of the home, there may be a great chance it could be haunted. Several homes have reported ghostly encounters for generations. These supernatural tenants have called a specific property their home and in most cases, they refuse to leave. Some like the idea of living in a home with a paranormal tenant.
"Some don't care," Hagley told ABC and said some still make an offer on the haunted home. "Some expect a huge discount," she added.
So if you do not mind living in a haunted home, you may be able to get the deal of the century on your dream home. Plus, if you are not wanting to share your home with a ghost, you can still take advantage of the hauntingly low discount you may receive by purchasing a home that is haunted. Then you can call one of the local paranormal groups to help you deal with your unwanted tenant or rid your new home of any paranormal evidence. The choice is yours.
According to a recent Realtor.com survey, 62 percent of Americans have and would consider the through of buying a haunted home and 35 percent have reported they believe to have lived in a haunted house.
Some believe their haunted homes to be inhabited by "friendly" spirits. Jon Gochá told 20/20 that he knows his home is haunted and sees ghosts on a weekly basis in his Los Angeles Home. His home was featured on the Emmy-winning TV show, American Horror Story, and is currently for sale. "Every time I go by the laundry room with the washing machine on I hear conversations," he said. "People having conversations clear as day."
For more details about buying a haunted home watch the full story tonight, July 11, 2014, on ABC News' 20/20 at 10 p.m. ET


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Kwanzaa is coming up next Monday, December 26th, and will be celebrated for the next 7 days. Here are a few crafts to help get the kids involved in this African American celebration.
1. Doll Pin Kinara by Kaboose
2. Kwanzaa Placemat by Making Friends
3. Kwanzaa Bracelet by Yahoo Voices
4. Kwanzaa Pasta Necklace by Activity Village
5. Kwanzaa Coloring Page by Make and Takes
6. Kwanzaa Corn by No Time for Flash Cards
7. Kwanzaa Kinara by Family Fun


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Savings and tax breaks for education
Section 529 Plans
Among the most popular education accounts are the Section 529 college savings plans, which take their name from Section 529 of the U.S. tax code. It allows parents, grandparents other relatives, and friends to open an account and invest in a variety of stock and fixed-income accounts on behalf of a beneficiary. Savings grow tax free, and contributions and any earnings used to pay for qualified higher education expenses are federal and California income tax-free. Each state has its own plan. For California, check out ScholarShare, California's 529 College Savings Plan. California state residency is not required. However, investors residing outside of California should consider their own state's plan first as it may have tax advantages that are only available through that state's plan.
Overview of education tax benefits
When paying tuition and other related expenses, you be eligible for certain tax benefits associated with education-related expenses.
Tax credits
There are currently two tax credits available to help you offset the costs of higher education by reducing the amount of your income tax: the Hope credit and the lifetime learning credit.
Tax Deductions — lower your taxable income with these breaks:
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November 14, 2013
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From the Rafters: Sharks at Canucks (Sharks 2-1, OT)
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Try and Tackle podcast – November 14
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The Okanagan non-browning apple has been in headlines this week, with opponents beginning a 32-city campaign to make B.C. "GE free," while the United States moves one step closer to approving the genetically-modified fruit with a call for public comment … Continue reading
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Under the new guidelines for the first time, Stark announced, the body mass index will be used for American children under two.
Starks report, however, ended up a surprising departure from the medias usual scaremongering.
I dont think that this is another one of the millions of things that Americans need to obsess about, said Bill Gallagher, the father of a 15-month old boy. Yeah, added mother Anne Favret, as long as children seem to be healthy and growing well, I think most pediatricians will tell you theyre fine.
While Stark reported that doctors insist that its never too early for keeping track of a babys BMI, she also included some advice from Dr. Christopher Bolling of the Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, who cautioned parents not to overreact by putting their toddlers on a restrictive diet.
Under age two, you never want to limit cholesterol or fat. Those are important nutrients for brain growth and blood vessel development, said Bolling.
The solution, concluded Stark, its all about common sense.
While Starks report was balanced, the Business & Media Institute [1] has weighed the medias overall treatment of the obesity epidemic [2] in the scales and found it lacking.


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Fresno State Game Notes
By: Kimberly Fisher
Home Opener
With a little over two weeks of preparation, the `Dogs are looking forward to taking on Eastern Washington this Friday night in what will be the first season opening game played at home in six years. Following Friday night's game, the Bulldogs will host Gonzaga Sunday afternoon again at Bulldog Stadium.
About the Eagles
Entering his first season as head coach, Chad Bodnar leads Eastern Washington into its 2014 season. The Eagles return a total of 12 players and six starters. In addition to the returners, the team welcomes 13 newcomers including eight freshmen and five transfers to make up its 26 person roster. Eastern Washington concluded its 2013 season with an overall record of 3-15-0 and ninth place finish in the Big Sky Conference.
About Gonzaga
The Gonzaga Bulldogs will open its regular season Aug. 22 at Cal State Bakersfield under head coach Amy Edwards. Edwards is entering her sixth season after finishing with a 7-11-1 overall record in 2013. The Bulldogs are welcoming only four incoming freshmen to make up the 27 player roster consisting of top scoring leaders Karley Baggerly, Heather Johnson and senior midfielders Tori Lee and Kasey Rubosky.
MW Rankings
Entering its third season in the Mountain West, Fresno State was chosen to finish sixth with 73 points in the Mountain West Preseason Coaches' Poll. Of the 12 programs in the conference, San Diego State was favored to win the Mountain West regular-season title (115 points) by the panel of MW head soccer coaches. The conference welcomes in Colorado College this 2014 season. The Tigers finished second in the standings with 112 points and five first place votes. In addition to the first place Aztecs and second place Tigers, Boise State, New Mexico and Utah State were picked to place above Fresno State with a total of only 42 points separating the top half of the poll. Finishing four places above their predicted poll position, the Bulldogs finished second in the league at the conclusion of their 2013 season.
Returning Class
With only one true senior on the squad, the Fresno State coaching staff is relying heavily on the upper class to step into leadership positions. Jaycee Bingham is one of the 12 Bulldog returners, but at the start of her fourth season at Fresno State she is placed into a headship role, being the only true senior on the team. In addition to Bingham, the squad welcomes back Sam Brechmann, Joana Lopez, Alyssa Cruz, Fanny Johansson, Dani Rodrigues, Alyssa Holsworth, Rianna Cota, Amanda Nunes, Angie Weiner, Alyssa Wilson and Mountain West Freshman of the Year, Ariana Holmes as it heads into the 2014 season.
The 2014 Fresno State soccer roster is made up of 23 total players, in which 11 of them are new to the squad. Of the group of incoming freshman, 10 of them come from various cities within California including Kacy Dunn from Clovis, Alissa Pham from Morgan Hill, Myra Delgadillo from Union City, Peyton Cline from Woodland, Maria Gomez from Los Angeles, Julia Campos from Dinuba, Miranda Rudolph from Fresno, Ashari Hines from Sacramento, Sara Jo Ciapponi from Alameda and Carly Bracken from Granada Hills. In addition to Johansson, freshman Domenique Banta makes only the second individual on the team from out of state, joining the squad from Meridian, Idaho. This large group of freshmen not only brings new talent, but also adds depth as the `Dogs continue preparing for their upcoming season.
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On August 21 at approximately 10:30 p.m. a Hamilton, Ontario resident spotted an "orange/red disc moving across the sky." According to a Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) report the witness, who lives on the mountain was outside on a deck and looking southward when the object was spotted.
The witness wrote that the object appeared to be about 200 km away and "about 1 km above the ground. It moved at the speed of a slow moving plane or helicopter going from southwest to southeast. This was no plane or helicopter though. It was disc shaped and its color was orange/red."
The witness added that there appeared to be "some kind of vapor effect" around it making it impossible to be sure of its shape.
"Kind of looked like it was on fire but no flames were visible. It just had this bright orangy-red glow with a fiery mist that trailed behind it and surrounded it."
It was first thought to be a meteor but the witness said it traveled too slowly. As it moved further away, the person said it seemed to change its appearance.
"The orange/red color seemed to fade off and there appeared to be this umbrella-like whitish swirling vortex that seemed to be coming from the front of the object. Perhaps this vortex was creating its orange/red appearance?"
The witness wrote: "I do not know what it was I saw. Let me be clear though. I was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol." As well the witness claimed he spent two years studying the UFO phenomenon and was a believer. In fact, he wished that he would see one.
"I have met at least 4 people in my life who are first eye witnesses to UFO encounters. I always dreamed of having my own experience but let me tell you, now that it has happened my reaction is not what I thought it would be. I am deeply bothered by it."
At the same time, the person hoped there would be a rational explanation for what he saw.
"Is it some kind of military vehicle? I don't know."
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I'm a fan of dramas. I love it when I leave the theatre, but I'm still there; what I just saw is still effecting me when I get home. That happened with The Normal Heart, Wit, Dedalus Lounge, The Woman Standing on the Moon... and now Grace.
I'm not going to give a lot of specifics because I think you should see the show. That being said, there's significant foreshadowing in Grace. You receive information at the start that you hold with you throughout. It comes full circle, mostly - and I like that. I like that it's mostly full circle. (See the show and you'll see what I mean.) A structure used in dance, music, theatre - one that I've used a lot - is to end a piece how you start it, to come full circle. But after seeing Grace, I've got a different view. The fact that it was mostly full circle left the audience to fill in the rest, which was easy to do.
Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, and Ed Asner are the cast of Grace. Something else I appreciate about dramas, that is appropriate to mention now, is the dedication of the actors for performing an emotionally difficult show night after night. Comedies are fun ad light hearted, and might be physically challenging, and occasionally a little emotional, but to perform in a show with a difficult subject matter (Wit, How I Learned To Drive, Porgy & Bess) is presumably emotionally draining. And that, if nothing else, deserves applause and recognition at the end of the show. (Not to speak any less of comedies.) I think it's different with a musical, too, because you have the music (and dance) as an additional outlet.
I know Paul Rudd from Friends, and some movies. (I don't know him know him. Maybe one day :) ) He's known for his comedic roles, there's no doubt about that. He did a great job in Grace, the entire cast did! Ed Asner portrayed Lou Grant in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." among many other things, and it was really nice to see him on stage.
I find it interesting to see where shows drew their inspiration / what other shows they remind me of. Grace had elements of Phantom and... something else that I can't remember now... It'll come to me!
Well written (Craig Wright), well directed (Dexter Bullard), well acted. (Nice creative use of the set as well, Beowulf Boritt.)
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Seemingly battling for third place in Group A, Cameroon clashes with Croatia in the third and final live stream match on Wednesday's 2014 FIFA World Cup schedule. According to an SBN report on June 17, opening kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. Eastern Time (TV start time) on ESPN and free online on ESPN3 live stream.
Arena Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, will host tonight's finale between two countries desperately trying to get on the board. Croatia is coming off a 3-1 loss to Brazil, while Cameroon was stunned by Mexico by a final score of 1-0 in their openers.
With Brazil and Mexico knotted atop the Group A standings with 4 points apiece, these countries will need to play with a sense of urgency in what is likely their final attempt to climb back in the race. A win tonight would put either one of them right back in the mix, but a draw would practically make things impossible with one match to play.
For the Croatian side, a June 18 FIFA.com report details how Croatian star Mario Mandzukic is "eager" to face Cameroon after sitting out the opener due to a suspension. The Bayern Munich forward, who was an integral part of Croatia's World Cup berth, was forced to be a spectator versus Brazil after being tagged with a red card against Iceland last November.
"It is every player's dream to play at a world tournament. I'm eager to play, eager to prove myself together with my team," Mandzukic told the tournament's official website. "I hope that my first appearance at a World Cup will be marked with a positive outcome."
If 2014 World Cup oddsmakers are on the money, Croatia should be able to make things interesting for Brazil and Mexico in the Group A standings. According to the latest soccer money lines, Croatia is listed as -140 favorites to defeat a Cameroon side with long betting odds of an upset at +400.
In addition to the game lines, oddsmakers believe that Croatia and Cameroon will combine and score an OVER/UNDER of 1½ goals. Finally, the soccer odds that there will be a draw in this live streaming/TV match finale are calculated at +275 odds.
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I recently noticed that recreating the database for the web application I am working on is taking a lot of time. I had just reinstalled Mysql from Macport...
I am getting really lousy performances, for example :
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DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci TYPE=MyISAM;
On another machine, nearby I get 0.0016529560089111 seconds for the same query.
The trouble seems to be somewhat related to the disk : disk usage goes really high when I start creating the 70 tables in my database.
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Old Downtown Windsor is home to many fine dining restaurants and venues, with some of the best spots in the area featuring many choices of cuisine. Also great coffee spots and places to enjoy candy and confections.
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The Windsor Town Green is host to all manner of fun and interesting events. From our annual Christmas Tree Grove and the Winter Wine Walk, to the Windsor Day Parade, Summer Nights on the Green and live theater.
Windsor's Old Downtown offers opportunities to live, work and play. Enjoy the comfortable, friendly life for which Windsor is known. There is convenient lodging within walking distance of the beautiful Windsor Town Green, where you can enjoy fine or family dining and also investigate some of the most interesting specialty and retail shops in the north bay!


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Saints fans wanting to take part in a 5-kilometer race that begins in Champions Square, leads participants through the French Quarter as well as the team tunnel in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and culminates at the 50-yard line of the stadium field can sign up now.
Registration for the "2014 Saints Kickoff Run" at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6, opened Wednesday at Saints5k.com. The third edition of the annual race will also feature an NFL "Play 60″ Fun Run for Kids, and the proceeds of both events will benefit the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission and the Louisiana Children's Museum.
Registration costs for the Kickoff Run are $40 from Wednesday to Aug. 19; $50 from Aug. 20 to Sept. 2; and $60 on the weekend of the race, if available. The Saints then kick off the regular season the next day at Atlanta. For the Fun Run, it's $15, $20 and $25 during the aforementioned dates.
"We can't think of a better way to kick off another great season of Saints football than to join together and do what we do best — celebrate football, our fans and taking care of our community," said Rita Benson LeBlanc, team co-owner and vice chairwoman of the board.
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In between systems, another day of fair weather is ahead before the storm threat returns tonight and tomorrow.
Your Thursday will end up dry with mostly sunny skies lending space to some increasing clouds late. Highs will likely eclipse the 90° plateau. Tonight will find increasing cloud coverage and developing showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be capable of creating strong winds and heavy downpours. Lows will bottom out in the lower 70s.
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My favorite way to travel is to land in a new country with no plans whatsoever, improvising as we go. That's what we did in Iceland.
I've always wanted to go to Iceland, probably because it's remote and I perceived it to be a weird place. With clever routing you can go there for free any time you book a flight between Europe and the East Coast.
Knowing what happens when we don't plan, we rented a small station wagon, thinking that the three of us-- Todd, Christophe, and myself-- could sleep in it if necessary. Without so much as heading to Reykjavik to connect to the internet and get our bearings, we headed off to the countryside.
Our rough plan was to circle the island. We didn't know what was out there for us to see or do, but we figured that we could figure it out on the way. And if we conquered the whole island, we surely wouldn't miss anything major.
A brochure in the airport splashed around pictures of Blue Lagoon, a beautiful hot springs resort whose source is the runoff from a nearby geothermal power plant. Forget clean coal-- you know you have clean power when you can bathe in the byproduct.
True to the glossy pictures, Blue Lagoon was amazing-- an easy must-do for anyone visiting Iceland. The water is a opaque milky blue, a color I'd never seen in water before, but was assured it was natural. The surrounding area is lava rocks as far as the eye can see, covered in neon green moss. Tubs of white mineral face mask are scattered around the edges of the large blue pool. Between the bizarre landscape and the whitefaced bathers, you get the distinct impression that you're taking a bath on Neptune with a bunch of human-like aliens. It's relaxing.
After Blue Lagoon we headed east, counterclockwise around the island. We took roads at random, and something as small as a column of steam over a mountain was enough to distract us by hours from our route. During one of these detours we found ourselves perched on lava rock hill, looking down at fishermen fishing in the midnight sun. It never gets dark in Iceland during the summer-- only dim.
The scenery is beautiful, and seems to totally transform every couple hundred miles. Driving through a Martian lava rock landscape leads you to lush green fields bordered by the ocean on one side and green cliffs with dozens of waterfalls on the other. Before you know it you're driving past inlets with icebergs floating through them, with the glaciers off in the distance. Half an hour later you're crossing through freezing snowy mountain, which yield to pastoral farms filled with nothing but lambs and tiny Icelandic horses.
For a day or two we did little but drive around, stopping every hour or so to take pictures that did little justice to the scenery. It's almost reassuring when the pictures come out poorly, though, as if it justifies going to see it in person. Every night we'd pull over at midnight to document what the midnight sun looked like.
Sleeping in the car worked better than we expected. We left the diesel engine running at night for heat, and with a sleep mask or scarf around your face, you could nearly convince yourself that it was actually night time.
After completing notable life achievements like eating at the northernmost Dominos Pizza in the world (YOU try finding healthy food up there), we finally arrived at Reykjavik. We stayed at a great hostel, called Kex, and walked around the city. Maybe it was the contrast to the road trip, but the city seemed a bit boring to me. We did find a great vegetarian place to eat, though, so I was happy to take a few days to catch up on work and eat healthy food.
If you're going to Europe, take a few days to stop in Iceland. Visit the blue lagoon (and any of the other many hot springs around the country), drive around the countryside a bit, and get back on your way. I'll be back next time I'm headed to Europe, too.
Photos were taken by 1. Christophe, 2. Todd, and 3. Todd. The last one is mine. More of my photos are at Flickr.
I had a great trip, but it's good to be back to getting work done in SF.
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Hey Tynan, was the veg restaurant there memorable enough for you to remember the name (or a landmark location nearby)?
Did you have any issues with the girls while there? Roush seemed to enjoy the place and then caught well after publishing "bang Iceland"
So I worked hard and shot the lock off the wallet and made it to Iceland- it was amazing! Thanks for all the advice!
I'm game! I am curious as to how to find tickets that a bum like me can afford. What is snackies and to top it off how do I find a cheap ticket out of sxm short from sleeping with the pilot?
Well now, Iceland is not a real country! Everybody knows this. Tell me Tynan, where is it you REALLY went?
@Snackies Buy one way tickets from LHR or CDG -> REK -> NYC -> your city. Fly on Saturdays or Tuesdays-- they'll often be cheaper.
@Rusty Nope, never had an opportunity and didn't go looking for one :)
Iceland used to be used for astronaut training as the terain is unlike anywhere else.
Tynan- Did you ever try the Hakarl?
I've always hated anime. I never really gave it much of a chance as it combined two things that I didn't care for: cartoons and words I couldn't understand.
One night I was at my friend Charlie's house, hanging out in the living room. Someone in his family put on Hayao Miyazaki's anime mastepiece, "Spirited Away".
At first I ignored the movie, giving it just a small fraction of my attention. By the time it was over I was totally enthralled. The story was fantastic, the characters were great, but most of all the movie was beautifully drawn.
We were out on one of our Saturday jaunts with no particular place to go, when I spotted an intriguing feature on the map. (This is why I prefer maps to GPS, which doesn't give the big picture view of the territory to the left and right of your current trajectory.) #icelandsecret
There seemed to be a bridge or road or some sort of connection to an offshore island off Route 1 northeast of Reykjavik in a town called Grafarvogur.
Now some might argue that if there's a road, it can't be an island. But if it's a causeway that's under water at high tide, I respectfully insist that it is, at least some of the time, surrounded by water, the very definition of an island. And this distinction is essential to my assertion that we actually did what the title of this post says we did. The causeway is a rough, lava-strewn strip with a rocky beach on either side, but it was passable at low tide.
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The Vero Beach area along Florida's east coast is full of nature trails where hikers can get close with the area's wildlife. Many of these trails are surrounded by native plants and the footprints of animals of all sizes can be found in the dirt paths. Hiking at one of the trails in the Vero Beach area is a great way to spend an afternoon without having to spend a lot of money. This makes an afternoon of hiking with a picnic lunch an inexpensive way to enjoy the weekend.
Pelican Island's Centennial Trail
Pelican Island is a National Wildlife Refuge that was created by Teddy Roosevelt in 1903 as part of a new parks system with the goal of preserving the environment. This small island overlooks the Indian River Lagoon and is home to the brown pelican's breeding ground. The ¾-mile Centennial Trail is the shortest trail in the area and is also wheelchair accessible. The refuge is home to two other trails that each make a 2.5-mile loop through the area.
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is located just north of CR-501 along Highway A1A in Vero Beach. When traveling north on Highway A1A follow the signs to the Jungle Trail and turn into the parking area. For more information about the Centennial Trail and the Jungle Trail visit the website for the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Fort Drum Marsh
Covering more than 20,500 acres of Florida natural habitats, Fort Drum Marsh offers hikers a place to walk through orange groves, prairies and swamps all within a single trail. There are two trails -- the 1-mile Lake Trail and the 2-mile Hog Island Trail. Do not forget your camera when hiking through the Fort Drum trails because you will be able to see a variety of wildlife and a diverse amount of birds.
Fort Drum Marsh is located on SR-60 just east of Florida's Turnpike. Click here for more information about the trails at Fort Drum.
Environmental Learning Center
The Environmental Learning Center (ELC) offers a hands-on experience with nature, including plants, animals and sea life. The hiking trails will take you through a combination of dirt paths and a boardwalk, which will take you down to the Indian River Lagoon. While hiking you may be able to see bald eagles, egrets, manatees, raccoons and other wildlife native to the area.
Admission to the ELC is $5 for guests over 12 years of age, however, the first Saturday of each month is free to everyone. The ELC is located just off of CR-510 east of U.S. Highway 1. For more information call 772.589.5050 or visit DiscoverELC.org.
Indrio Savannahs Natural Area
Hikers will be able to enjoy the freshwater wetlands that are filled with migratory birds, such as ibis, dicks and coots when hiking through Indrio Savannahs Natural area. The trail through the area is 3.5 miles long. Hikers can enjoy a hike through the trail and spend the afternoon fishing or relaxing with a picnic.
Indrio Savannahs Natural Area is located between Fort Pierce and Vero Beach. To get to this area, take U.S. Highway 1 south to Tozour Road and turn left. Then take the first right and follow the road to the trail's entrance. For more information about this trail call the St. Lucie County Environmental Resources Department at 772.462.2526 or visit the St. Lucie County website.
Hopefully these hiking location ideas will help you plan your next outing when visiting the Vero Beach area. I personally will be packing a picnic and heading out to one of these trails this weekend.
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How can I add more disk space to my home directory?
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Using ultrahigh resolution optical tweezers, we demonstrate that it is feasible to optically trap and manipulate single HIV-1 virion in culture media 'contact-free' in three dimensions under native conditions. The back-focal-plane interferometry with angstrom-level resolution measured single virion diameter in culture media with less than 7% error compared to cryoelectron microscopy. Single HIV-1 virions orient themselves in the photon electric field, which permits measurement of the overall shape of individual particles. We show that majority of virions displayed a slightly elongated shape. This eccentricity was manifested only upon virion maturation, suggesting a global shape change of HIV-1 particle upon protease cleavage of Gag polyproteins. Using a simultaneous two-photon fluorescence detection scheme with single-molecule sensitivity, we show that the number of envelope spikes that are essential for viral infection varies widely on the surface of individual virions. The efficiency of virus infection varied with the envelope content in a distinct sigmoidal dependence, which revealed a Hill coefficient of 2.9±0.8. These results suggest that multiple envelope spikes cooperate on virion surface to mediate HIV-1 infection. As a result, individual virions differ in their ability to infect host cells due to heterogeneity of envelope spike content. We hypothesize that HIV-1 virions with high envelope spike content are preferentially transmitted in human populations, consistent with recent finding (Parrish et al., PNAS 2013) that transmitted founder viruses contained 1.9-fold more envelope per particle than chronic control viruses (Supported by NIH Director's New Innovator Award 1DP2OD008693).
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Get ready for some extra sizzle on the dance floor. Professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy is slated to make a return to the "Dancing with the Stars" ballroom, according to a Feb, 27 report by Us Weekly. The return will mark the Ukrainian hunk's 15th season on the show, following a two season hiatus.
Chmerkovskiy has been vocal about his frustration over some of the non-ballroom dance styles that have cropped up on the show in recent years, and in 2012 he slammed the show's "politics."
On his blog for TV Guide he wrote, "This show has become so much more about politics. It's about how much media coverage each couple has and now we have paparazzi camping out of the studio, which is ridiculous."
The 34-year old dancer was actually one half of a couple that got a lot of media coverage. Back in Season 10, Chmerkovskiy and partner Erin Andrews made headlines for their flirty relationship, but the duo kept fans guessing about an off-camera romance.
At the time, he told E! News!, "I think we showed partnership beyond just the show. I've apologized to our fans because romance or not, they will probably never know because I'm a private person… What Erin and I had is between me and Erin."
Interestingly, Andrews will also make a return to "Dancing With the Stars" this season. Earlier this week, Us Weekly revealed that the Fox Sports reporter would replace Brooke Burke-Charvet as co-host on the new season of the show.
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I requested a chocolate birthday cake from Celebrity Bakery based wholly on their reputation. I'm afraid to say, I was very disappointed.
The flavor was good enough but, the textures of the cake and frosting were way to dense. The cake should have been lighter and the frosting lighter and smoother.
Next year I'll request my birthday cake from Creme de la Cookie in Snider Plaza. Their bakery products have never disappointed. And, They're much less expensive, too.
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I don't know about you, but we still are in a winter wonderland where we live when Valentine's Day rolls around. As much as I am SOOO not a fan…I have come to embrace it.
If it happens to snow where you live leading up to the days of St. Valentine, how about making a fun sign for that cute snowman of yours to hold to give all your neighbors driving by a smile.
To do this simple craft, all you need is:
-a big piece of cardboard
-red and pink craft paint
-along with all the "fixins" for that cute snowman
First cut the cardboard into the shape of a heart, and paint the heart with the perfect conversation heart saying of your choice. For the mittens, stuff them first and then duct tape them onto the back of the heart. The sign hangs with wire around his neck, and that is it!
I'm getting excited for Valentine's Day, how 'bout you? This time of year, you just can't have too much pink and red.


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HBO's The Ricky Gervais Show presents "Armed Forces" this week. Karl Pilkington talks of wanting to be a soldier when he was little. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant certainly don't see Karl as the right type of guy to handle such a life. Karl defends his position by talking of his older brother, Karl's perfectly made bed, and how he bravely saved a pie once from robbers, who weren't really interested in his pie anyway.
The Ricky Gervais Show is often very, very funny. As many have said before, Karl has a mind that works like no other. To take his tales, musings, and ideas and animate them really brings to life what he's talking about. Not to mention, cartoons are a great medium for the outlandish places his stories go. In this, "Armed Forces" is just like any other episode of the series.
However, HBO's series takes its audio from a podcast of the same name, and so many viewers will have already heard all of the dialogue before watching, albeit on a radio or iPod, without illustration. Even if one has heard the particular podcast being used each week, it does not lessen the enjoyment of The Ricky Gervais Show. But in this, "Armed Forces" is unique, because it comes from a special podcast done solely for service members, and never before released to the public at large.
Because of why "Armed Forces" was recorded in the first place, the topic is kind of already set. Of course Karl is going to speak somehow about soldiers, and his experience with them. This is a group of people who deserve respect, and the central trio are not going to go into territory where they make fun of the men and women serving. Which is probably why "Armed Forces" doesn't get as zany or outrageous as many other episodes of The Ricky Gervais Show. It's still a good episode, but not one of the greats.
At the end of the day, though, the chance to hear some fresh material, when many fans of The Ricky Gervais Show are most often experiencing the spoken words for a second time, makes this week special and worth watching. Also, the spirit of charity behind recording this episode in the first place enhances the respect for it.
Did Ricky Gervais make a mistake by taking this exclusive story and spreading it out for everyone now? No, not really. It was exclusive for a long time, and at this point, the troops probably won't mind sharing the comedy. He did something special for them, yes, but enough time has passed that the public at large can hear it without taking away from the special-ness of it being a present to the troops.
Next week, The Ricky Gervais Show will probably be back to normal. Which means some very, very funny entertainment. Tune in Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO. In Lexington, if you subscribe to HBO, it can be found on channel 70 (satellite), 700 (digital cable), and 952 (high definition cable).
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Atletico Madrid have announced the signing of Angel Correa from San Lorenzo.
Madrid discussed the deal in detail on their website stating,
"Atletico de Madrid and San Lorenzo de Almagro, an Argentinian first division team, have reached an agreement for the transfer of Angel Correa (Rosario, March 9th.1995) to our Club, pending the young Argentinian talent gets past the corresponding medical check up. Afterwards, the forward will commit to our club for five seasons."


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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The UWG Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Kevin Hibbard, will present a winter choral concert on Thursday, February 19, at 8:15 p.m. in the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts on the UWG campus. Admission is free and the community is invited to attend.
The two choral ensembles will present music of many cultures and languages, including Israel, Germany, Russia and Bosnia, as well as a setting of the West African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child."
The Chamber Singers' repertoire includes compositions presented at the 2009 Georgia All-College Chorus, in which they participated in January. The choirs will also perform pieces by such popular American composers as Frank Ticheli, Eric Whitacre, Z. Randall Stroope and Paul Basler.
"The most unusual piece on the program is a native American song called 'Mi'kmaq Honor Song,'" said Hibbard, professor and chair of the music department and director of choirs. "The piece incorporates traditional native American chant, tone clusters and various animal sounds from members of the choir. Finding a Georgia student who knows how to imitate a loon has been a challenge."


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Tom Hayden, author of the article "Kilcullen's Long War" in The Nation, discusses David Kilcullen's advocacy for a global Phoenix Program, the emerging narrative that counterintelligence is just community policing and nation building, problems with making a 50 year war commitment in a (nominally) democratic country, Mullah Omar's power sharing proposal and how useless wars are continued simply to avoid defeat.
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After forty years of activism, politics and writing, Tom Hayden still is a leading voice for ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, erasing sweatshops, saving the environment, and reforming politics through greater citizen participation. Currently he is writing and advocating for US Congressional hearings on exiting Afghanistan. In 2006, he drafted and lobbied successfully for Los Angeles and San Francisco ordinances to end all taxpayer subsidies for sweatshops.
He recently has taught at Pitzer College, Occidental College, and Harvard's Institute of Politics. He has written eyewitness accounts for The Nation, where he serves on the editorial board, about the global justice movements in Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Chiapas, and India. He is the author or editor of seventeen books, including most recently The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama and Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader.


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Fargo-Moorhead winters are long and cold. By now, it's safe to say that many F-M residents are sick of the frigid temps, harsh wind chills and being cooped up indoors.
Fortunately, this weekend presents a great opportunity to combat cabin fever without risk of frostbite. "Fight the Frost" at the Fargodome, 1800 N. University Dr., "is an indoor event for families and young adults to come out and play on the 35+ inflatable games that Games Galore will have set up for the entire weekend of January 15th - 17th," according to the event's link on Fargodome's calendar of events page.
Parking is free for this special event; admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children 5-years-old and younger on Friday and $10 for adults and $8 for children Saturday and Sunday. Laser tag is available Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for $5 extra.
The event begins at 4 p.m. Jan. 15, 9 a.m. Jan. 16 and 12 p.m. Jan. 17. Three day passes are available for $20 per person.


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Well today is the 15th and we are officially halfway through the month of June. So far, it's been a pretty good month. I mean, it has not been perfect... I have had a few food related"relapses"; last night probably being the worst of them. When I came home from work, I was exhausted. I fell asleep and woke up at midnight. Now wide awake and home alone (my husband is away for 2 weeks for work) I found myself bored and anxious and mindlessly eating more calories than I care to add up. :-/ -It was a big blow, especially since my second weigh in is tomorrow, but I am not down for the count! -not even close!
This journey really is new territory for me, in that I have never before attempted a weight loss plan that focuses primarily on my mindset and rebuilding myself from the inside out. Only time will tell how effective this method is in getting fat off of my body, but so far, it feels right and I think it's what I've needed all of my life. In my old mindset, what happened last night would have ruined me. It would have caused me to not go to the gym today and to just sit home and hate myself for messing up. -but today, I have my sneakers on and I'm ready to go and feel pumped and positive. I have had too many good days so far to let this get me down.
Other thoughts this week:
"You must love yourself first"
You know it's funny, I always thought this just applied to lovers (you can't expect someone to love you, if you don't love yourself), but it's just as true with weight loss. I have hated myself for far too long. I don't know how I ever truly expected to see results in the past when I never actually believed I was worth fighting for..
This morning I was going through a folder on my desktop with a bunch of pictures from the phone I had recently replaced.
Last summer, I had got down to about 270lbs but something happened in the early Fall that just triggered a dark emotional state in my mind. Some might refer to it as a "quarter-life crisis". It was like out of nowhere I suddenly felt depressed, uncertain, and just not in control of my life, despite any progress I had started to make with my weight. It blindsided and nearly crippled me.
So I'm looking through the pictures I have taken in the past year and I feel so sad for myself. In an attempt to feel as though I had some control through this crazy period of my life, I had bleached my hair, and dyed it so frequently, that I nearly burned it off my head. What kills me is that it had taken me years to grow out long hair and to get back to my natural color and I destroyed that, all because I couldn't look in a mirror and like myself.
50 SHADES OF CRAY! -Ha!
I look at these pictures that I took of myself and I remember when they were taken and thinking "Ew, you're a troll!"
I look at them now, and I think "Well clearly I was not in the best mental state, but I wasn't ugly. -Why couldn't I see that then?"
I don't know...I guess I'm sharing all of this to serve as a reminder to myself and to anyone else who struggles with loving the person they see in photos or in the mirror that, you might be heavy, (and in my case have a big double chin that you hate!), but you are beautiful. -and beauty has nothing to do with weight.
I have created the following mantra for myself to remind me of this:
I am beautiful TODAY and one day others won't be able to shut up about it.
Now off to the gym for me!
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I recently have found enlightenment on the notion of loving yourself! Last week I was going through a terrible time and one day I snapped right out of it... and realized I had been going about this all wrong. INSTEAD of beating myself up, I gave myself leniency and told myself that I care and love myself. That as pushed me through this whole week! I do not plan on letting this new found self worth go!
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ABERDEEN – Greenville schools' former superintendent was sentenced to 76 months in federal custody Wednesday for a bribery conspiracy he admitted months ago.
Harvey A. Franklin is free on bond until the Bureau of Prisons decides where he will serve his prison term.
U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock sentenced the 56-year-old Franklin late Wednesday in the Aberdeen federal courthouse.
She also ordered him to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution with a $75,000 lump sum due immediately. Franklin also will be required to do 300 hours of community service work.
Franklin admitted to receiving cash, a truck and other financial benefits from Edna Goble, who ran a Georgia remedial reading program which contracted with the Greenville Public School District while Franklin was its chief executive.
Goble was due for trial recently, but when prosecutors discovered that Franklin intended to insist the benefits were a loan, not a bribe, they agreed to cut a deal with her for six months' house arrest.
Franklin's attorney contended that he believed prosecutors would recommend leniency for his sentence because of his promised testimony, but government attorneys said Franklin failed to cooperate and "did not earn" any leniency.


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Good Measures Come at Cost--Dirty Fuel Provisions tacked on to Finance Package
Washington, DC: Statement of Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope on the passage of the financial markets rescue plan:
"We are relieved that the financial package that has now passed the House and Senate includes vital job-saving extensions of tax incentives to support investment in and production of clean renewable energy as well as energy efficiency products and programs. The extension of these provisions will save tens of thousands of jobs that were already at risk, and paves the way for hundreds of thousands more to be created in the years to come."
"Last December, these job-saving measures were stripped from comprehensive energy legislation. Though each body had passed different versions of the clean energy tax incentives a number of times, the two bodies had been unable until now to come to final agreement."
"Passage of these benefits for renewable energy such as wind, solar, geothermal and energy efficient appliances and automobiles will help get the economy back on the right track but they did not come without a cost. In the final negotiations to get a bill through the Senate, a handful of "dirty fuels" provisions were tacked on that provide financial incentives for the refining of tar sands, and oil shale and programs that support liquid coal.
"It is outrageous that every time Congress tries to pass clean energy measures, the allies of Big Oil and Coal demand a ransom. The Sierra Club strongly objected to these provisions but while we regret the addition of these environmentally harmful provisions to the package, we nevertheless urged members of Congress to renew the urgently needed extensions of tax incentives to support clean energy and energy efficiency technologies."
"Passing these renewable energy tax incentives for wind and solar represents one of the most important ways America can enable the transition to a clean energy economy. Supporting investment in these clean energy technologies will create new high wage American jobs, save consumers money on their energy bills and reduce global warming pollution."


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New York state voters overwhelmingly favor legislative term limits in the wake of two federal corruption cases involving state lawmakers, according to a poll set for release Monday morning.
About 82% of New York state voters said they favor term limits, according to the Siena College poll. Voters appear less certain about the prospect of a full-time legislature, with about 54% saying they would support the idea, and 42% saying they oppose it. The poll asked voters if they would support a full-time legislature and prohibit legislators from having outside jobs, "while increasing their salary accordingly."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he does not personally support legislative term limits, but has acknowledged that he would raise the idea in discussions during his efforts to find legislative solutions to address corruption in the capital.
Cuomo has proposed repealing the Wilson-Pakula provision of state election law, which allows politicians to run on multiple ballot lines with the permission of party leaders, and about 55% of respondents in the Siena poll said they favor limiting candidates to one party line. About 40% of voters said they oppose this idea. New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Democrat who was arrested in a corruption probe along with five others earlier this month, was charged with allegedly trying to bribe Republican officials for a spot on the GOP line of the New York City mayoral ballot this fall. The defendants have all denied wrongdoing.
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As for the officials best fit to attempt to clean up Albany, 29% of voters chose federal prosecutors, while 27% chose Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. About 18% chose Cuomo. District attorneys and the legislature were each chosen by 10% of voters.
"When it comes to who should take the lead in trying to clean up the corruption, voters think it should be federal prosecutors or Schneiderman," Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement. "Surprisingly, local district attorneys are not seen as any better leading the effort than is the Legislature itself, and Cuomo falls somewhere in the middle."