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Millicent's life as an American expatriate in Tangier was a triangular walk from her department store job to a market down the street to her apartment across from both. She was bored but knew it was an exile for her past. Her upcoming late afternoon buzz would placate everything. The rock song "New York Groove" played from inside her purse as she left the market with two bottles of tequila and assorted sundries in brown paper bags. She answered it as she crossed the street for her triangle's final point.
"Hello Pauline, how are you and the baby?"
Millicent listened to her pregnant friend's updates from New York while walking inside her building. Her friend provided enough money for something better than the 900 square foot, two-bedroom place she'd found on the same day she found employment. But everyone in the building spoke French. In Tangier, the popular languages were French, Spanish, and Arabic. She was confident in her French. It made her feel like she was living in Europe, where she planned on running next time. She believed in a next time.
"I'm fine. Busy at the store then I made my walk around the Eye of Fatima, you know; work, grocery, home."
Her friend's phone calls were the brightest parts of life.
"Bye Pauline, let me know when you can pluck me from here so I can help you with the little one."
After hanging up, she dropped the phone in a different purse pocket. She felt two cyanide syringes she'd prepared earlier. She put the key in the door lock and noticed it was open. She picked out one of the syringes, hiding it behind a grocery bag, then walked inside. A tall man with a towel around his waist came out of the bathroom. She rolled her eyes as he spoke in broken English.
"Ah Sandra. Soree, I call but no ahnshur."
Millicent put the bags on the kitchenette counter then slipped the syringe in her bra for later.
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UMass' announced earlier this week that it was going to wear commemorative helmet stickers during its spring game to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, and offer those who participated in the Marathon a chance to come down to the field at halftime, run a lap and finish the race at a ceremonial finish line at midfield.
But this morning, the team added another touch — special jerseys to honors the victims and the city of Boston.
Four players will wear the names of those killed in the bombings — 8-year-old Martin Richard (DL Stanley Andre), Boston University grad student Lingzi Lu (TE Brandon Howard) and restaurant manager Krystle Campbell (WR Klysmann Afonso) — as well as the name of the slain MIT police officer Sean Collier (DB Randall Jette). Team captain Ron Blanchflower's jersey will simply bear the hashtag #BostonStrong.
Captain Rob Blanchflower will be wearing this to honor those affected by this weeks events. #BostonStrong twitter.com/UMassFootball/…
— UMass Football (@UMassFootball) April 20, 2013
This is yet another element to an already touching tribute by the UMass football program and will no doubt bring a tear to the eye of anyone in attendance.
Well done, UMass. Well done.
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Golden State Can Be Reinvigorated
If you are worried about California's future, there's no shortage of disturbing statistics to keep you up at night. California's unemployment rate was 9.8 percent in November – and, with a host of new regulatory mandates added when the New Year began, our state is becoming even more unattractive for businesses.
California's three largest pension funds have promised $500 billion in retirement benefits that they don't have the money to pay for. California's cities have another $135 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, and a couple of municipalities have already filed for bankruptcy.
California also faces a $765 billion infrastructure deficit over 10 years. Worse, the current paradigm for selecting, financing, maintaining and managing infrastructure is dysfunctional and filled with inefficiency.
And while education costs consume more than half of the state budget, far too many children are trapped in poorly performing schools. California students lag behind national achievement averages in math, science and reading.
Without immediate action, expect state service cuts, along with closures of schools, parks and fire stations in many California cities. It's time for taxpayers and leaders to step forward: What do we want California to look like in 10 years – and how do we get there?
Hopefully, the budget Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to release Thursday will offer a good starting point. But even though they won tax increases in November, some Democrats say even more tax and fee increases are needed. Many Democrats are also eagerly looking to expand existing government programs that have had to be cut back in recent budget battles.
Republicans, meanwhile, whose ineffectiveness has paved the way for historic Democratic supermajorities in the state Senate and Assembly, say they oppose higher taxes and support smaller government. Far too often, though, the GOP arrives at policies that voters perceive as "smaller government and subsidies for me, but not for thee."
Both major political parties have failed to address the state's fundamental problems. You cannot simply pump more tax dollars into a broken system – or, for that matter, starve the system, without offering credible alternatives and choices.
Californians must change the system itself – and that's the focus of Reason Foundation's new California Reform Agenda. The project will follow the model we developed with the successful "San Diego Citizens Budget" project, which in 2003 helped uncover that city's financial problems and produced an ambitious reform agenda that has helped save the city from bankruptcy.
Critics said you could not implement major fiscal reforms in a city as Democratic as San Diego, which boasts a voter registration and demographics that largely mirror California. In the end, we got many reforms through a Democratic-controlled City Council – and voters overwhelmingly approved major reforms to advance the outsourcing of city services and switch city employee pensions to a 401(k) retirement program.
Our critics also said we could not solve the city's financial woes without tax hikes. Yet, over six years, we defeated three attempts to raise taxes – and balanced budgets without tax hikes or service cuts.
It worked in San Diego. Put simply: reforming California is possible.
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Mr. Demaio to your point on education. I have an idea for parents.
DON'T SEND YOUR KIDS TO COLLEGE!!. By not sending them to college and getting them any job, you give your kids a 4 year head start on their peers. Many employers don't care if you went to USD, UCSD or SDSU. Furthermore your kids will be less likely to experiment with drugs. They won't be saddled with enormous student loan debt and become indoctrinated into being a socialist. How does that prepare them for the capitalist world?
Lower the demand for higher education, it will force colleges to adapt or focus their enrollment out of state. Bringing suckers with their money to California.
I am sorry, but that is very bad advice.
"…over an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $1.2 million; those with a bachelor's degree, $2.1 million; and people with a master's degree, $2.5 million. Persons with doctoral degrees earn an average of $3.4 million during their working life, while those with professional degrees do best at $4.4.million."
Hypocrisy, better advice would be to pursue more inexpensive ONLINE education — in both K-12 AND college. In many cases, that will provide the needed "learning."
Texas is in the process of trying to provide a full 4 year college education mostly online — for $10,000. MIT is offering some free online courses. The best professors can reach tens (heck, HUNDREDS) of thousands of students via online courses.
This area is growing rapidly. Tweedy, tenured college professors are apoplectic.
That study came from the same government that twists unemployment numbers to suit the president's political agenda. Its nothing more than marketing for a business. And yes education is a business. But this business fails its customers (students) by not prepare them for the real world unless they want a job working the fantasyland rides at disneyland. Why is it that training companies are marketing classes in how to deal with millenials and their artifical sense of self worth? They attend classes that grade on the curve. Should schools teach kids on how to work in an organization and in the real world grading on the curve works the exact opposite where the weakest link brings the group down. College provides kids with a rude awakening and a mountain of debt. But hey I sure had fun getting drunk while there.
Unemployment among college graduates is and always has been significantly lower than for those without a college degree. College graduates also earn more and those with advanced and professional degrees do even better. Those are indisputable facts, but I wouldn't expect a simple thing like the facts to dissuade you from what you think you know to be true
Politicians like Carl Demaio put us in "mess" not supporting/Ignoring the will of voters. If prop 215 was implemented in 1996 when passed, the medical marijuana issue would be done by now. Regarding policy for revitalizing the state, just the industrialization of the cannabis plant alone would create phenomenal revenue (pharma, paper, plastic, oil, fuel…) Politicians pushing prejudices put USA behind worlds economy; like solar, another advancement America could currently be the worlds leader in! Through prejudicing Medical Marijuana, politicians created this "mess", if they had done their "Job" not push own prejudices! I believe this issue would have been long over and our state would have revenue from medical marijuana regulations. I want to fulfill the will of people and fix! Carl Demaio had the opportunity to address the issue and he was not present or voted against while in city council! Hurting his own LGBT community as they need relief from AIDS! Politicians like Carl Demaio are the Root of our states problems,Pushing own prejudices rather then do their elected job! As a country lets "grow up" and fix these issues!
Formerly Ken Dagganar
Do you believe EVERYTHING the government tells you or just the "facts" you want to believe?
Also do you really think you are going to convince me or the majority of righties who read this blog into agreeing with you by using a snide comment?
Joe (or Ken),
You can't actually be saying that most of the conservatives who participate in this blog don't believe it is advantageous to have a college education and degree. Do you really believe that only liberals strive for higher education?
This is inane. It doesn't take a government study to look around and know that those with higher levels of education generally achieve better in their careers (and thus financially) than those who don't. I guess I'm now a liberal.
A "college degree" in itself may not be the gateway to a better life it once was (and yet, it WAS just such a gateway). A lot depends on what KIND of degree one gets.
For instance, earning a "victim theology" degree (black studies, gender studies, etc.) might be not the ticket to prosperity those students thought. And if the CA and U.S. economy continue to struggle while our welfare giveaways grow (a la Europe), we may end up with a lot of degreed folks unemployeed, or underemployed — just like Europe.
On the other hand, a STEM degree in the tech/math fields IS likely a worthwhile ticket to punch. If one has the inclination, education foundation and intelligence, this option seems to offer reliable rewards.
Smarter people will always do better on average than dumb people, but the college degree IN ITSELF may be losing its "purchasing power" in the marketplace. Time will tell.
Agreed, Richard. I also wasn't even addressing whether higher degreed and/or higher earning folks equates to more happiness for them. Maybe we need a government study to tell us.
4 years of sex, drugs, booze and wild parties. Of course college equates to more happiness. Parents need to know that kids who work part time while in school will be better experienced for the work world when they leave school rather than attending full time. The real world has a humbling effect on kids who expect an $100k diploma equates to an instant 100k job. Thank you Richard for pointing out that this belief needs to be reevaluated by parents. They need to maximize the ROI on their kids education. I'd like to know if a diplomas earning power is higher for the more expensive UC schools vs the less expensive Cal state schools,
Actually, Joe, the UC schools can be dirt cheap — for parents and students — compared to other alternative brick and mortar colleges (except for community colleges). That's because all poor and many middle class California UC students don't pay the "fees" (our state's euphemism for tuition). There are no fees for most California families with under $80K income.
Of course, it's just one of the MANY reasons the state of CA is broke — and getting more broke every day.
Richard thank you for the clarity on that. I wanted to put out a radical idea and see where it led. I like the results. I still think that working at a young age part time or full time is better than attending school full time. One of the first questions HR reps ask any job applicant is. "what kind of experience do you have?"


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GREENVILLE, S.C. – McKenzie Adams opened her college scoring account, but a Furman goal with just under a minute to play allowed the home side to escape with a 2-1 win against Mississippi State Thursday evening in Greenville, S.C.
Aaron Gordon's side fell to 0-3 on the young season as Stephanie DeVita collected a cross and volleyed it past goalkeeper Rhylee DeCrane with :52 left in regulation.
It was a tough result for DeCrane, who stopped a season-high seven shots in her first game back in her home state.
Furman (2-1) out-shot the Bulldogs 23-18, but MSU was more efficient with its attempts, claiming a 7-5 edge in on-goal opportunities.
DeVita's winner came eight minutes after Adams headed a Kayleigh Henry cross into the far-side netting to level the match 1-1.
"It was a hard-fought game, and I am very proud of our overall team effort. It was another basically even match. I thought Furman dominated the play in the first half, but we had our moments," Gordon said. "At halftime we reorganized and I thought were the more dominant side although they had some chances that they finished.
"Our response late in the game was unbelievable. We took over and dominated for a large stretch. We were fantastic, and I thought we were going to overtime. Unfortunately, they just sent a long ball in that dropped to their best player."
After neither team was able to convert in the opening half, the Paladins took the advantage in the 56th minute as Molly Dwyer volleyed in a pass from Carlie Couch from the top of the 6-yard box.
Mississippi State turned up the offensive pressure but was unable to convert as Payton Gruenewald had a shot saved, and Mallory Eubanks had one attempt turned back by Furman keeper Rose Hull and another hit the crossbar.
During that stretch DeCrane made three of her seven saves to keep the Bulldogs down a goal until Adams' equalizer.
Furman's Alyssa Althoff and DeVita had a go-ahead attempts stopped by DeCrane, while Eubanks' effort on the other end was stopped by Hull, who had five saves on the night.
After DeVita netted the eventual winner, Henry had a last-second equalizing attempt go just right of the post.
Mississippi State returns home Sunday, hosting Southern Miss at 6 p.m. on SEC Network +. The contest will be Kids' Day at the MSU Soccer Field, with $2 hot dogs and free ice cream being offered along with free MSU stadium cups.
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I'm still being asked for ridiculous amounts of money from agents. Anybody else?
I thought this had been tweaked.
Signing on fees seem to have gone through the roof, or is it just me?
I'm still being asked for ridiculous amounts of money from agents. Anybody else?
I thought this had been tweaked.
Signing on fees seem to have gone through the roof, or is it just me?
You should post some examples, or should we all guess what you think is ridiculous?
Or, instead of being sarcastic, you could post if you have noticed any change in your game.
Some agents are greedy and no doubt will make a potential transfer less attractive. This is intended behaviour as this obviously happens in real life, so we would need specific examples to reconsider how this is currently set-up.
yep they appear to have gotten even more outragous than ever. Also they seem less willing to lower their demands , not that they were particularly flexable before. However, they do seem to have dropped the idiotic constant top earner demands and some of the older more settled players in my squad have taken quite reasonable deals. Still when i offer a contract that basicly triples a players wages and all their bonuses and agent is still whining i have to assume SI have gained a sense of humour with this particular feature
Edit: Stu when a player has over year left and they are being offered a pay rise for the same duration... they ought to take it. Agents that screw up deals like that ought to be sacked.
i was coming on to see if this was just me. seems its not.
was trying to sign a regen offered 115 grand a week all his clauses met. agent wanted 10million however despite going to 3.5million he rejected it 4 times and quit.
10 million with no room for negotiation is insane
was currently on 62 grand a year (offered to nearly double his wage) and i am in his favorite people
What is needed here is the introduction of hitmen into the game, this way the player can influence the agents attitude My backroom advice is telling me i have players who will be out of contract in 18 months and i should offer them an new one, seem to me thats just 1 year that i dont have to deal with poxy agents
Trying to sign a player for 20million - The agent wants 7million, a 9millon signing on fee and 185k a week for the player. No change at all from some of the daft agent demands on 11.2.
I think SI have had plenty of specific examples already to fix the problem.
It seems pretty clear to me that it's still a problem. For example, if you add up all Man City's transfers over the last two seasons and then see how much they paid out in agent fees you can see quite clearly that it's way off. If I paid 7million to agents on three, 20million transfers, I would be paying 21million in agent fees! That is not realistic at all and hardly seems any different to the 11.2 patch.
To be perfectly honest, I think it's a crap feature that is ruining this version. You cant put agents in that can do what they like with no consequences from the players that employ them, because the AI of the player isn't good enough to do anything about it. So it's pretty much common sense to say it's flawed.
Last edited by dking; 10-03-2011 at 10:29.
Never liked the addition of agents to begin with.
But haven't seen if 10.3 changes anything myself. I will agree that agent fees were too extreme, end up paying out as much (if not more) on agent fees as my entire transfer budget each season.
One example or two proofs nothing. There are greedy agents in the game, that is intentional. The question is always about the balance. How many are greedy, how many average, how many friendly.
Well then there are way too many greedy agents in the game. Either way, it's a problem and no amount of dressing it up will sway me.
Who are you all signing that require such outlandish agent fees?? I think the most I've ever seen an agent ask for is ~4m on a 35m transfer (I don't consider 10% unreasonable). Furthermore, I was able to negotiate the agent fee down by over a million on the same agent (who had an 18 fee stat), while still getting the player to slash his unreasonable 115k/wk request to 65k.
The only thing I would like to see happen is either let talks proceed longer if progress is being made, or have talks restart much faster after failures if the player wants to move. For example if you and the agent disagree on 4 clauses, but then next offer you agree on two more, it should auto-extend one round. Talks should only end once progress stops.
I also think its ridiculous that if a big club wants a player, and the player wants to join, you only have 1 chance to get it right, even if you start talking at the very start of a transfer period. I would think that IRL the two sides would continue to work together until they got it done in this instance. If that meant that both sides had to continue meetings for a week, it would happen. We can already make new offers to clubs if they don't like the transfer fee, but if an agent negotiation fails, your just completely out of luck until the next window.
EDIT: I'm not saying talks should continue until the player agrees to accept what you give him, just that should be able to restart talks and continue to make progress until you reach a mutually agreeable deal.
Over all agents make the game feel much more realistic. Once you get used to dealing with them, its usually fairly easy to tell right away whether a deal will happen or not. If its not going to happen, you move on to the next target. I think the real issue most people have is that they want to be able to sign whoever they want, whenever they want, regardless of whether the club wants to sell or the player wants to move. If you want a leading Prem keeper, its not a problem finding and signing one. If you must have De Gae at Man United (whom he initially wont talk to), don't complain if he and his agent try and rip you off and/or cant get the deal done.
There are also several good guides floating around the web which can help you learn how to make the most out of negotiations and how to use them to save money overall (and I'm not talking about abusing bugs to make people accept 1p/wk)
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I still question whether agents actually get a seperate fee as part of the transfer or really get a percentage of the player's signing on fee, transfer fee and wages. I thought it was the latter and that any additional fees to the agent were for doing things unrelated to the transfer of the player.
However the agent fees are easier to implement which is fine... the problem is it massively increases expenses without more income for an already questionable financial model. I can't say how it's changed with 110.3 yet, but when you spend as much on agent fees alone as your entire transfer budget then it's broken.
I think this is still an issue!
Tried to sign Vidal for Arsenal in summer 2013 and both myself and Barca have bids accepted for £16m. Agents starts with demanding £200k and week £8m signing on fee and £7m agent fee, plus other add ons!. Vidal's currently on something like £60k a week so I reduced the demands to around £90k a week and reduced fees to, what i thought was an acceptable amount. But these were rejected. The lowest I got him down to before he walked away was £175k a week £6m signing on fee and £6m agents fee!! I tried to sign him 3 more times with pretty much the same outcome before he signed for Barca.
So I thought they must have paid him well and went to check! £83k a week!! Cheers!! Now I know I cant find out signing & agents fees, but i'm sure they weren't the sums he was quoting me! The most i offered him a week was £130k! I'm sorry but this aint right!
Trying to now sign M'Villa and the same thing is happening! It's like I cant buy anyone, regardless of what I offer them!
Agents are still broken in 11.3!!
I wish players could over rule, or that we could tell a player their agent is messing up negotiations.
Silly when a player who likes you and/or your club won't sign for you becuase you can only offer £3.5m to the agent and the agent wants £4m.
you then find out the agent dislikes you and its then even harder to get him to re-enter negotiations.
agents were an interesting idea however i think these issues spoil the entire game
Seems case not closed then??dking
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Well, discussion over. The agent fees have been lowered in the patch because...yes, you've guessed it, they were completely unrealistic and had to be tweaked! Thats the official word from SI. Well, sort of official. The fact they changed it pretty much says it needed changing.
Really, case closed.
First off, I said case closed because people were arguing that there wasn't a problem and I was arguing that there was. So get your facts straight before posting such ill informed drivel.
Secondly, why didn't you reply to my facts on the other thread? I'll tell you why, because you had absolutely no argument to counter it, so instead you follow me into another thread which is basically me arguing the EXACT same point and start trolling? You're completely lost in this argument, aren't you? :confused:
Seriously, before trying to argue, get your facts straight.
Last edited by dking; 10-03-2011 at 19:46.
Ok, lets see who is 'lost'.
You stated: Well, discussion over. The agent fees have been lowered in the patch because...yes, you've guessed it, they were completely unrealistic and had to be tweaked! Thats the official word from SI. Well, sort of official. The fact they changed it pretty much says it needed changing.
Now, you are saying that the 'case over' meant that people were arguing there wasn't a problem?? I read that from the sentence above that you felt the case was closed because SI had done what you felt was correct. Now you know they haven't altered anything and you have thrown your toys out of your pram like a 2 year old.
Secondly, I did reply to you in the only other thread I saw. I did not see that you had then replied to that. I don't follow you around, please, do not flatter yourself. But please let me reply to you now. Not sure how you got to Man City spending £241m, but ill post facts for you.
So, as you can see from that, there are some clubs there that spend a large amount on agent fee's compared to their total transfer fee's. Chelsea, for instance, spent £9.5m on agent fee's. Say they bought 2 players for £23.5m each, their agent fee's would then be nearly £5m each player. Is that not what you are saying is unrealistic?Code:Code: Team Agent fees Winter 2008 Summer 2009 % Manchester City £12,874,283.00 £48,500,000.00 £96,000,000.00 8.91% Chelsea £9,562,223.00 £0.00 £47,250,000.00 20.24% Liverpool £6,657,305.00 £0.00 £40,000,000.00 16.64% Tottenham £6,066,935.00 £36,000,000.00 £24,500,000.00 10.03% West Ham £5,527,548.00 £10,000,000.00 £12,000,000.00 25.13% Arsenal £4,760,241.00 £10,000,000.00 £10,000,000.00 23.80% Wigan £3,576,972.00 £12,500,000.00 £4,900,000.00 24.01% Portsmouth £3,184,725.00 £6,400,000.00 £14,000,000.00 15.61% Bolton £3,166,611.00 £1,000,000.00 £6,200,000.00 43.98% Everton £2,008,407.00 £0.00 £49,900,000.00 4.02% Sunderland £2,007,040.00 £0.00 £24,500,000.00 8.19% Aston Villa £1,708,374.00 £3,500,000.00 £23,000,000.00 6.45% Blackburn £1,610,885.00 £2,000,000.00 £9,752,000.00 13.71% Manchester United £1,517,393.00 £8,000,000.00 £23,000,000.00 4.89% Fulham £1,469,258.00 £0.00 £500,000.00 293.85% Stoke £716,042.00 £5,750,000.00 £18,350,000.00 2.97%
So, there are my facts.
Perhaps an issue with those who are already playing a game, rather than a new save?
Last edited by Markmilan; 10-03-2011 at 21:21.
I've said this in other threads, and I'll say it again, and moreso than it being my argument, it is also SI's argument - the agent fees in the game are what SI believes are roughly the same as agent fees in real life.
People can moan that they are too high, and that is a justified moan. But no-one on here can say with any certainty that they are not realistic. Unless you are a professional manager of a top team, and have personally signed a player like Messi and paid £5m in agent fees, and then bought Messi on FM and was quoted £20m in agent fees, then you cannot possibly say FM has it wrong.
Now, I'm not defending SI blindly. I am happy to admit that in isolated cases, FM could do with some tweaking. Perhaps the fees are slightly high for some players, but then they might be slightly low for others. I do think however that generally, agents were a necessary addition as SI are constantly attempting to reach total realism (like it or not, that's a different argument), this is the first year for agents so some tweaking over the next few years will be inevitable, and they actually work reasonably well already.
Obviously people are entitled to their opinion, and I might suggest that if you come up against a ridiculous demand, you should post a screenshot and description in the Bugs Forum and upload your game to the Bugs FTP Server and let SI investigate. This will be the only way agents will be tweaked for future versions. Posting general moans won't really help. If you seriously think it's an issue, find a big example, post a proper post in the right place, give SI your file and let them sort it out through the proper channels.
Again, get your facts straight before trying to argue.
I've never seen somebody talk so much **** and at the same time try and make sense. You should be a politician. I'm done with this conversation and your ridiculous arguments.
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If the thread starter is done, then perhaps it should be closed.
I think the end result is that agents were tweaked slightly and the current position is one SI are happy with and believe reflects real life.


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A pencil sketch of my little sister visiting a copper mine (hence the hard hat). After drawing it, I realized that I have a distinct style when I draw portraits- big heads, light shadows, large eyes, and long noses.
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It's no secret that Sandra Bullock has been having one helluva year. Her most successful year, in terms of box office sales and critic acclaim, is finally here with her hit The Blind Side. Not only is Sandy paparazzi shy, down to Earth, and an entrepreneur with numerous businesses outside of her movie career, she's a philanthropist. She recently made headlines when news broke out that she gave a generous one million dollar donation to the crisis in Haiti. Here's a week dedicated to Sandra, a woman who is equal parts relatable and inspiring.
At last week's Golden Globe Awards, where she was nominated, Sandra gave us a whole lotta purple! Her floor-length gown wasn't a favorite of some, but to us the dress was pure magic. Like the one that Sandra was wearing, the Maggy London Strapless Twist Dress ($138) is strapless and comes in an exquisite purple shade. This dress will get more use than a floor-grazing frock and nothing says elegant like a deep eggplant hue.
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Songwriting can be a nifty entry-level profession for the aspiring pop star, but that doesn't mean it's always an especially lucrative one. Case in point, Ke$ha's paycheck for writing Miley's Cyrus' "The Time of Our Lives," which the singer tells Seventeen barely would have covered a vending-machine run:
"It was like $1.63 cents for a song I wrote—I think for Miley Cyrus. It was an embarrassingly tiny amount. But I never cashed it and it's on a bulletin board in my house."
In all fairness, the songwriting session was pre-"Party in the USA," for a track that eventually ended up on an EP: It's possible Cyrus' camp just didn't have a whole lot of cash to throw around back in those days. Still, though, that's a comically small amount. What can you purchase with $1.63? Here's a short list:
- This adorable mustache ring
- A single "Born to Be Wild" Jungle-Themed Favor Box
- A McDonalds Mac Snack Wrap
- The romance novel Playing to Win, on Amazon
- A digital copy of "The Time of Our Lives" on iTunes
Yes, that's right: Ke$ha was paid only 34 cents more to write the song than it costs to buy it.


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After completing Truck Hustle, Phil Bell recommends Niko to his boss, Jimmy Pegorino, whom Phil asks Niko to go meet at his mansion in Westdyke.
When Niko arrives Pegorino explains that he has been trying to get his Alderney crew onto the Liberty City based Commission for years and that he is hoping that his friendly stance toward Pavano operations in Alderney is about to pay off. He's going to meet the Pavanos and bring them a cash offering in Acter Industrial Park in hopes of convincing them to put a good word into the Commission on the Pegorino's behalf. Pegorino however does not entirely trust the Pavanos and asks Niko to come and watch over the meet with a sniper rifle.
Niko then drives Jimmy and two of his goons, Marco Bonnaro and Peter Marchetti, to the meet. Within seconds of commencing the meeting erupts into gunshots as the Pavanos ambush Pegorino killing Marco and Peter. Pegorino fights and eventually makes a run for a warehouse while Niko must man the sniper rifle and make sure Pegorino survives.
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Let $R$ be a DVR with maximal ideal $xR$, and assume that $R$ is not complete in the $xR$-adic topology. Let $\hat{R}$ be the completion of $R$ in the $xR$-adic topology. Set $K=Q(R)$, the fraction field of $R$, and set $K'=Q(\hat{R})$. Must the degree of the field extension $K'/K$ be infinite? The answer is "yes" for all the examples that I know, and it feels like it should be true in general, but I don't see it in general.
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Demi Moore Victim of Aggressive Photog
"Demi Moore Attacks Photographer," screams the headline of a piece on X17Online.
The photo and news site claims on Friday, "Demi attacked and verbally abused a photographer who spotted the actress at a nail salon."
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Main Street Helena has a new director. Aston-Brooke Corder was chosen to head the organization and has been on the job since Dec. 6 2013. Corder noted that one of the main projects she has been working on is the launching of the new Main Street Helena website www.mainstreethelena.org. She stated that the website will include the Main Street four-point approach, which includes the design, organization, promotion, and economic development and revitalization. The website will also feature various Main Street Helena committees and membership, and it will feature all the services and attractions downtown. The function of Main Street Helena, Corder noted, is to "Make sure businesses and organizations are promoted, to bring in new businesses, to revitalize historic downtown." She said that one thing she would like to do is to "Bring more restaurants in and build more lofts downtown and bring in contractors that can do something. I think if we brought in more apartments downtown that would bring in more restaurants, and that in turn would bring in more retail." Main Street offers several incentives for investing in downtown Helena. One of the programs available is the Main Street Helena's mini-grant program. This program includes the distribution of mini-grants to property and business owners in downtown, "To encourage facade improvements such as fresh paint, new awnings, and improved signage." This competitive program requires a cash match and is awarded annually. Another program that Main Street offers is the Main Street Helena Technical Assistance Program. This program offers consulting services to all Main Street Helena members including business and property owners downtown, "Utilizing the expertise of Main Street Arkansas, services include architectural design, interior design, and small business development." This program is free. The National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Services and Emergency Intervention Fund is also available to downtown businesses. These funds help match grants from $500 to $5,000 for preservation planning and educational efforts. The program also provides intervention funds for preservation emergencies. Corder noted that the Southern Bancorp Capital Partners offers a low-interest loan, established with support from the USDA and the Walton Family Foundation. Rates in this program vary from 3 percent for a 7-year loan to 4 percent for a 20-year loan. The Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit can give support to someone starting a business in downtown Helena. The IRS offers a 20 percent tax credit, "For the preservation and adaptive reuse of commercial and income-producing buildings." The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program must certify all historic rehabilitation tax credit projects.
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Worked through design development and construction documents on a wide range of projects. For the renovation of the historic Cincinnati Music Hall I developed the proscenium, the stage and the house. On a State University of New York building in Cobleskill , New York I worked on wall sections, stairs, exterior site details, and developed the custom greenhouse structures. On a large NYU hospital tower in New York City I was responsible for all stairs, elevators and mechanical floors. For the proposed Educational Center at Vietnam War Memorial on the mall in Washington, D.C. I developed all exterior and site details.
Mitchell|Giurgola Architects, LLP, New York, NY, US, Architect
Was an integral and flexible member of the project team, working on several educational projects. Worked primarily on a NATO base school in Belgium. We brought the drawing set to an advanced level of design development, and passed the set off to the Belgium based firm. I also helped to correspond and coordinate the construction documents with the Belgium firm. In addition, I helped complete deadlines on an elementary school in Brooklyn and an upper education building on Cornell's campus.
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Was brought in for a temporary position, to help complete the design development set for Abercrombie and Fitch's flagship store in Paris, France. The project was very demanding, requiring a high level of detailing and customization. The project ran on a very strict schedule, which we continually met. Following the completion of the Paris project, the office kept me on to work on a high end four story penthouse project in Manhattan. The penthouse project was canceled, and while I remained on excellent terms with this office, their work load was not sufficient to keep me on.
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Oversaw and produced several work packages that are part of a large urban mixed-use development, coordinating with multiple architects, owner representatives, contractors, engineers and other consultants. I have taken the projects from design development, into construction documents and through construction administration.
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Comic-Con Advice for First-Timer Stephen Amell
Fringe's Joshua Jackson an d Elementary's Lucy Liu, both Con vete rans, advise the Arrow star that the fans he'll meet in San Diego are some of the mos t well-versed he'll encounter, while Once Upon a Time's Ginnifer Goodwin suggests he take a lap of the convention floor sans sec urity. Meanwhile, Amell reveals some of the early feedback he's gotten from archery fans: Don't pull an Orlando Bloom and have bad form.
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After yet another school shooting took place in Connecticut on 2012, New York lawmakers passed the SAFE Act effectively banning assault weapons in the state. However, according to an article published by Fox News on Feb. 14, some New York gun shops are still selling the most controversial assault weapon commonly sold today; the AR-15.
Fox News reports that gun shop owners in New York are selling AR-15 rifles with slight cosmetic changes that make the weapons legal even with the SAFE Act in place.
There are 10 features listed on Governor.ny.gov that make a weapon illegal to own according to the SAFE Act including detachable magazines, folding, thumbhole, or telescoping stocks, pistol and fore (also called a second grip) grips, bayonet attachments, flash suppressors, muzzle breaks, or a compensator, and last, but not least a threaded barrel.
Reports indicate that the so-called "New York-compliant AR-15" currently being sold in New York has a modified stock and no bells or whistles like flash suppressors making them legal to sell, buy, and own.
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Northern Illinois falls 1-0 to Eastern Michigan on penalty kick in the 62nd minute
NIU hosts Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan
It will be the first contest between Northern Illinois and South Dakota
Huskies host Redbirds and Ramblers Friday and Sunday, respectively
Huskies and Falcons were tied 0-0 after the first half
Head Coach John Ross and goalkeeper Amy Carr talk about the Huskies fall camp and look ahead to their exhibition match with Valparaiso Friday August 16 versus Valparaiso.
Appeared in eight games for a total of 156 minutes ... scored one goal in Huskies' 2-1 win over Ohio (Oct. 27)... Recorded one shot on goal ... Had a perfect 1.000 shot% on the season.
2012 SEASON: Appeared in 15 matches, starting 12 in the defensive third ... Missed four matches with injury late in the season ... Totaled 850 minutes of play ... Aided the Huskies in all six of their defensive shutouts ... Part of an NIU defense that allowed the fewest goals in the Mid-American Conference ... NIU defense allowed 85 shots on goal, the second-fewest in program history ... Played the full 90 minutes in a 2-1 win over Bowling Green (Oct. 5) ... Saw action in 102-of-110 minutes of action in tie versus Buffalo (Sept. 30) ... Part of a back line that did not allow a shot on goal at Eastern Illinois (Sept. 9). 2011 SEASON:Made 16 appearances and started in 12 contests ... Tied for the team lead in goals scored (two) ... Scored her first collegiate goal, an equalizer, versus Ohio (Oct. 2) ... Notched the go-ahead goal at Kent State (Oct. 9) before team fell, 3-2 ... Second leading scorer on the team (four points) ... Totaled 17 shots, nine on goal.2010 SEASON:Started in 13 contests, while seeing action in all 19 matches ... connected with Kelsey Passagalia in the game-winning goal against MAC foe Bowling Green ... fired eight shots on the season, including three shots on goal ... tallied shots on goal against Central Michigan, Green Bay, and Toledo ... part of a Huskies defense that recorded seven shutouts to rank fourth among MAC opponents in shutouts during the 2010 season ... member of the Huskie backline that held its opponents to a 0.390 shot on goal percentage, allowing just three goals on NIU's home turf ... helped the Huskies go undefeated in conference play at home this season (4-0-1), while recording a 7-1-1 overall home record ... helped hold Huskies opponents to one goal or less 11 times this season, en route to a 9-8-1 record that gave the Huskies a MAC Tournament berth
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Let $G$ be a group acting on a locally finite connected tree $T$ i.e. each vertex degree is finite. Let $G$ has compact open topology i.e. for each compact set $C$ and an open set $U$ of $T$, the sets $\{f\in G\colon f(C)\subseteq U\}$ form a subbasis of this topology (see Topology and Geometry-Bredon). Prove that $G$ is locally compact. Can we replace tree by arbitrary graph?
Edit: (T.B.) This question is closely related to (but not a duplicate of) Automorphism Group of a graph.


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Conepatus humboldtii
|Scientific Name:
|Conepatus humboldtii
|Species Authority:
|Gray, 1837
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|While many authors have traditionally considered skunks a subfamily (Mephitinae) within Mustelidae, recent molecular evidence indicates that skunks do not lie within the mustelid group and should be recognized as a single family, Mephitidae (Wozencraft 2005).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Emmons, L. & Helgen, K.
|Duckworth, J.W. (Small Carnivore Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
This species is listed as Least Concern as the species is widespread in an area of relatively intact habitat and it is common, sometimes occurring at high densities (Cofré et al., 1999).
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|Range Description:
|The species is found in southern Argentina and adjacent parts of Chile (Redford and Eisenberg, 1989).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Argentina; Chile
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|Olrog and Lucero (1980) state that it is locally common in Argentina. Some indication that the numbers ofC. humboldtii have decreased (Broad et al., 1988), but the numbers killed each year in Patagonia are not known and unpublished data show that population levels have been stable from 1989 to 1993. Population density value estimated for Chile is 89 individuals/km2 (Cofré et al. 1999).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Habitat use for Patagonian hog-nose skunks ranges from grass and shrub land to rocky outcroppings. They may also be found around human dwellings (e.g. houses, sheds, etc.). C. humboldtii is found at elevations from 200 to 700 m above sea level (Fuller et al., 1987). This species is solitary and active mainly at night. Home ranges of individual skunks may overlap and range from 9.7 ha to 16.4 ha. Patagonian hog-nosed skunks forage exclusively in green grassy areas (Chapman and Feldhamer, 1982; Fuller et al. 1987). They primarily eat insects but may also feed on small mammals, shrubs, and fruit in addition to insects. (Fuller et al. 1987)
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|The pelts of C. humboldtii were exported a great deal between 1960 and 1980 although of lesser value than other Conepatus species. In 1983, C. humboldtii was protected against export in Argentina and Chile. These animals are apparently still used in the pet trade (Chapman and Feldhamer, 1982).
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|Conepatus humboldtii is listed on the CITES Appendix II (Fuller et al. 1987).
Broad, S., Luxmoore, R. and Jenkins, M. 1988. Significant Trade in Wildlife: a review of selected species in CITES Appendix II. Volume 1: Mammals. IUCN/CITES.
Chapman, J. and Feldhamer, G. 1982. Wild Animals of North America. Biology, Management, and Economics. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA and London, UK.
Cofre, H. and Marquet, P. A. 1999. Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment. Biological Conservation 88: 53-68.
Fuller, T., Johnson, W., Franklin, W. and Johnson, K. 1987. Notes on the Patagonian hognosed skunk (Conepatus humboldtii) in southern Chile. Journal of Mammology 68(4): 864-867.
Olrog, C. C. and Lucero, M. M. 1981. Guia de los Mamiferos Argentinos. Ministerio de Cultura y Educación, Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucuman, Argentina.
Redford, K.H. and Eisenberg, J.F. 1992. Mammals of the Neotropics, The Southern Cone: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.
Wozencraft, W.C. 2005. Order Carnivora. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition, pp. 532-628. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA.
|Emmons, L. & Helgen, K. 2008. Conepatus humboldtii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T41631A10523806. . Downloaded on 25 June 2016.
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The Palm Presents An Evening with Coco Peru
Published Jan 29, 2014, 12:52pm -
The Palm Cabaret and Bar is excited to announce the Puerto Vallarta debut of popular comedienne, film and television personality, Coco Peru in her new show An Evening with Coco Peru, beginning February 1, and continuing through February 13.
Coco Peru is the drag persona of American actor, comedian and drag performer Clinton Leupp, known for her role in the 1999 independent film Trick and for her series of live theater performances. Recognizable by her trademark copper-toned flip hairdo, Peru also starred in Richard Day's Girls Will Be Girls and was one of six performers featured in the Logo original stand-up comedy series Wisecrack. She has also appeared in a number of other supporting and guest-starring roles in film and television.
In An Evening with Coco Peru, Coco will tell stories about her life, sing some songs, and basically change lives. Well, maybe that last part is a little too much, but all she asks of her audience is to pretend that they're at a big group therapy session… and it's her turn to talk. It's sure to be an hysterical evening!
For 20 years Peru has starred in various one-woman shows across the US and other countries, and hosted LGBT events. Since 2005 Peru has appeared in the "Conversations With Coco" series in which she interviews and celebrates the lives and careers of the LGBT community's favorite icons. Peru's guests have included Bea Arthur, Lesley Ann Warren, Karen Black, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.
Leupp is a native of City Island, New York and a 1983 graduate of Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, New York. Leupp's first one-person show was Miss Coco Peru in My Goddamn Cabaret in 1992. Several more Coco Peru shows followed, as well as a 1994 guest role on New York Undercover and appearances in both Wigstock and the movie To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar in 1995. Peru next had a role in the 1997 romantic comedy Nick and Jane. Her follow-up was the 1999 independent film Trick. According to Peru, Trick director Jim Fall was a friend and fan, and five years before the film was shot, she helped him audition actors by reading the role which ultimately went to Tori Spelling. Peru's role in the film was added specifically for her: "They wrote me a part, which I rewrote using my own experiences. I wrote that line 'It burns.' Most of the part was written by me, which is why I played it so well."
Peru later starred in Richard Day's Girls Will Be Girls and was one of six performers featured in the Logo original stand-up comedy series Wisecrack. She has appeared in a number of other supporting and guest-starring roles in television and film, including Will & Grace, Arrested Development, and Twins in 2006. The Bravo network's reality series Boy Meets Boy and Welcome to the Parker. In 2008 Leupp said, "I'm not impersonating a woman. It's just an extension of me. I'm telling autobiographical stories.
A full calendar of performances is available online at www.thepalmpv.com. The Palm is non-smoking (a patio is provided for smokers) and is located at Olas Altas 508, Colonia Emiliano Zapata.


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Aurora Theatre Massacre Victims Show Solidarity With Batman Garb
James Holmes, the 24 year old alleged Colorado theatre massacre shooter, was charged on Monday with 142 counts, including 12 counts of first-degree murder & 116 counts of attempted murder. The Arapahoe County District Attorney's office charged Holmes with two counts for each victim — one for carrying out the crime "after deliberation" & the second for "malice manifesting extreme indifference to human life." Holmes was greeted in the courtroom by a multitude of images of "The Bat," as many of the victims & victims' families attending the hearing wore Batman t-shirts.
Dark Knight Rises Composer Releases Song Dedicated to Colorado Victims
Hans Zimmer, the composer for The Dark Knight Rises, has released a song dedicated to those lost & affected by the July 20th tragedy. The song, titled "Aurora," was recorded in London only a few days after the violent shooting. It is a sincere tribute to the victims and their loved ones. The song is based on Zimmer's work from The Dark Knight Rises & is over 8½ minutes long. All proceeds will be donated to the Aurora Victim Relief organization.
"Aurora" can be purchased above or on iTunes.
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Batman: Dark Knightfall Trailer & Hot Toys Products
Hot Toys is putting out some really cool stuff for the Dark Knight Rises and other avenues of the Batman franchise. Here's a cool stop-motion animation featuring some of their products.
Two Voices in the Man of Steel Trailer
As many of you know, the trailer for next year's Man of Steel officially debuted during the previews attached to The Dark Knight Rises.
What many of you might not know is that there are two trailers for Man of Steel. Theatre audiences were given the chance to see two trailers — identical in content — save for the fact that the voiceover for each was done by either Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent or Russell Crowe as Jor-El.
GOTHAM NEWS RADIO 3 is here and we got all the news about batman from San Diego Comic Con. We get you caught up on hot batman team Scott Snyders and Greg Capullo's take on Joker's upcoming story arc "Death in the Family". We also got video game news and of course a preview of The Dark Knight Rises.
Excited? Well hit the play button damn it!
Listen to the Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack
Music can make or break a movie. It can compliment a great story & elevate it into the iconic. Imagine not hearing the epic french horns at the beginning of John Williams' Superman theme or the staccato cadence from Molossus in Batman Begins. It scarcely bears thinking about.
For the first time in the Nolan Batman trilogy's history, Hans Zimmer has chosen to fly solo & compose the score for The Dark Knight Rises on his own. At this moment, the full DKR soundtrack is available for preview courtesy of Empire.
No New DC Movie Projects Until 2015
The Dark Knight Rises is less than ten days away. The Man of Steel will come out June 14th, 2013. And then? It looks like DC live action movies may be taking a slight hiatus.
Two Bane Posters Revealed for 'The Dark Knight Rises'
I've been afk for a few days & haven't had a chance to post this. But last week TheFireRises.Com game revealed two Bane posters to commemorate the final chapter of the Nolan Batman saga. Fandango released an IMAX version of the black & white poster below only last night.
13 minute video for Dark Knight Rises
An official 13 Minute behind-the-scenes preview of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises". Featuring the cast and crew of the movie on-set during production.
Our buddies at FANDANGO let us know that their new Dark Knight Rises Gift Cards can now be collected! They had these cards for the Green Lantern movie and i bought them to collect, of course you can use them, but i collect them! Get yours now to use or collect!
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Celebrate "The Dark Knight Rises" Day on JULY 19th
In a recent press release, DC Entertainment has declared that Thursday, July 19th will officially be called "The Dark Knight Rises Day." To reward those anticipating the movie's release, a FREE Batman comic book will be offered to fans awaiting the release of The Dark Knight Rises on Thursday, July 19th.
The Dark Knight Rises Trailer #4 in HD
Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning & found out that Nokia has debuted a new full length trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. There is some awesome new footage mixed in with a few clips that we have already seen. Take a look!!
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* The new issue of ToyFare Magazine is out, and with it a new Twisted ToyFare Theater containing the debut of maybe my favorite TTT character ever, Golden Age Spider-Man. I think this was the most fun I've ever had writing a TTT.
* When I posted about the Eisners yesterday I neglected to congratulate The Comics Reporter, The Comics Journal, Comic Book Resources, and Comics Comics for their nominations in the journalism category. The former three publications have all paid me to write for them at one point or another, and Comics Comics is pretty good despite their woeful neglect in that department. I enjoy them all.
* This video interview with Paul Pope encapsulates a lot of the things I love about Paul, most of which have to do with the fact that he's stylish (which is to say he cares about style) in a way that isn't very stylish in altcircles these days.
* Matt Furie has posted a heaping helping of recent work. Go check it out. (Via Monster Brains.)
* Apparently Sin City 2 is no longer with the Weinsteins, maybe, possibly? Expect much rejoicing among genre-film fans given Los Bros Weinstein's handling of such pix in the past. (Via Bloody Disgusting.)
* Tom Kaczynski draws a Morrissey concert.
* Scott Horton reports that Senate Republicans are threatening to block various Obama Administration nominees unless Obama quashes the release of Bush Administration memos authorizing torture. (Via Eve Tushnet.) Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald notes that he, Keith Olbermann, and various high-profile Daily Kos posts are attacking Obama from the left on privacy and secrecy issues, abuses of which obviously go hand in hand with the authorization and implementation of torture.
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Houston-based death metal quintet War Master will return to Austin this Friday night at the Lost Well, a metal-friendly eastside venue. The band is slowly morphing into an Austin act with local members of the Blood Royale and Hod rounding out a revamped lineup.
In case you didn't guess, War Master is Bolt Thrower worship of the first order, and they're currently in support of their new EP, Blood Dawn, which should have made this reporter's "Best Metal of 2013", but was acquired too late to make the cut. In any case, it's an excellent throwback to the days when Earache Records ruled the roost and only 40 people showed up to the average Bolt Thrower show. There's no need to recreate that part of the experience, mind you. Both the admission and the beer are good and cheap for this outing, so be sure to make it out!
The lineup:
War Master
Mourning Cloak
The venue:
The Lost Well
2421 Webberville Rd,
Austin, TX 78702
Admission is $5
Doors at 8pm
Music at 10pm
For more info: Visit the War Master Bandcamp site


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This week's Throwback Thursday takes us back to a show we did in 2004 at Irving Plaza with Los Amigos Invisibles and then, up-and-coming Brazilian Girls. Giant Step had worked with both bands for a number of years, and seeing their careers grow and them putting on this fantastic show for us was really amazing. Originally from Venezuela, Los Amigos came together in the early 90s during a time of heavy rock and gave us a refreshing mix of funk and jazz, infused with the best genre ever: DISCO. Brazilian Girls came up from the NuBlu club with a sound that can't easily be described but is something like electronic music mixed with elements of tango and reggae. As a result, this pairing was an explosive and fun concert that had even the least inclined to jump up and dance.
Does this little nostalgia bomb make you remember some of your favorite moments with these bands? Maybe you were even at this show with us. Share your thoughts and memories as we'd love to hear them!


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Robin Pope disappeared without a trace
KENT ISLAND, Md. - Friends and family members hope to keep the memory of Robin Pope alive -- and to finally find out what happened to her.
Thursday night -- on what would have been her 53rd birthday – they gathered for a memorial on Kent Island.
"It would be like family and all these people. We would have a huge party normally," said Pope's daughter, Rachael Pope. "We don't want to just forget about it and not celebrate her birthday and it's kind of nice to know that all these people still care about it and come out."
READ MORE: Family, friends gather to remember murder victim Robin Pope
Pope was reported missing by her estranged husband in March of last year; weeks later her body was found. The cause of her death remains undetermined.
"Honestly I never thought it was going to keep going on this long," Rachael Pope said.
That's why her friends and family keep meeting like this.
"It keeps us still focused on trying to find an answer. We like keeping her name out there her picture out there as often as we can," said a long-time friend, Kathy Martin.
After more than a year, there has been no closure -- but still some comfort
"We've kind of all separated and moved on with our own lives but coming together is nice because it just kind of reminds me of when she was still here," Rachael Pope said.
State police have said since Robin Pope disappeared that they believe someone out there knows something. Her friends and family say they will continue coming together until that person comes forward.
- Robin Pope's daughters talk about new evidence, reward in missing woman's case
- Mystery continues in Robin Pope case
- Robin Pope laid to rest
- Body found on Kent Island identified as Robin Pope


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Texas Tech 7, Baylor 9
September 30, at Waco, Texas.
Attendance: 40,882
Two breakdowns in the kicking game and a sparodic offense proved too much to overcome as the No. 24-ranked Red Raiders dropped their Southwest Conference opener 9-7 to Baylor.
The Bears converted field goals after two big special teams plays: a 76-yard game-opening kickoff return and a recovered fumble on a short punt after the ball bounced off a Tech blocker.
The loss was the first by a Spike Dykes-coached team when it did not give up a touchdown.
The Raiders made it close by scoring a touchdown with five seconds left and then narrowly missed recovering the on-sides kick.
Tech held Baylor to only 44 yards passing, the least given up by a Raider defense since 1983. Tech did not allow a TD despite excellent field position by Baylor -- six BU possessions started at midfield.
"It was an old-fashioned alley fight," said Dykes. "It was a great defensive knock-down, drag-out affair."
Sophomore defensive tackle Corey Chandler was a major surprise. Starting just his second game he registered 10 tackles.
Rushers: TT--Hanspard 17-73; Lethridge 13-25, 1TD; Walker 4-9; Cherry 1-5; BU--Hodge 5-18; Douglas 25-157; Washington 10-32; Muhammad 2-10;Rubin 2-3; Watson 5-(10); Ford 1-(1).
Passing: TT--Lethridge 13-36-0, 146; BU--Watson 6-16-2, 44.
Receiving: TT-- Scovell 5-83; Darden 3-22; Adams 1-6; DuBuc 1-16; McKenzie 2-10; Hanspard 1-9; BU--Dennard 1-21; Douglas 2-(1); Muhammad 1-11; Pegross 2-13.


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What You Call a Food Is More Important Than What's in It
A salad by any other name has far less appeal to a diet-conscious consumer, according to an upcoming report.
Dieters perceptions of a foods healthfulness and taste largely depend on how it is labeled rather than on its nutrition facts, according to "The Impact of Product Name on Dieters and Nondieters Food Evaluations and Consumption" in the August issue of the Journal of Consumer Research.
Consequently, if a food is identified by a relative unhealthy name (e.g., pasta), those who are trying to lose weight will consider it less tasty and less healthful than their counterparts who are not on a diet. The identical food item assigned to the salad category would not suffer the same decline in regard by dieters. In fact, some salads are loaded with pasta and topped with fat-laden dressings, but dieters still feel they are making a good food choice when selecting a salad rather than a pasta dish from a restaurants menu options.
Consumers act on their perceptions, which is why those in the food business have learned to label their candies fruit chews, their sugar-sweetened drinks flavored water, while their milkshakes are touted as smoothies (or "lattes," in the case of the whipped cream loaded concoctions sold by Starbucks).
The studies show that people who consider themselves health-conscious are paying more attention to names than facts. What is interesting is that dieters, who try to eat healthy and care about what they eat, fell into these naming traps more than non-dieters who really dont care about healthy eating, according to Dr. Caglar Irmak, the head of the study.
The Corn Refiners Association is fighting a battle to get consumers to look at facts rather than the association made by names. Many people think high fructose corn syrup should be avoided more than other sugars. In fact, some products, like Hunts ketchup, have no high fructose corn syrup emblazoned on their labels.
Hunts touts its 100% natural products as responsive to what consumers want, food items that are natural or made with ingredients they might have at home. So Hunt's came up with ketchup that is 100% natural, with 0% high fructose corn syrup. That doesnt mean it is free of sugar, though. As the company explains, Hunt's simply uses sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup in its 100% Natural Ketchup. The recipe remains simple, with common ingredients: tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, salt, garlic and other seasonings and spices. The connotation here is that table sugar is simpler, more natural, and, by implication, better for you than high fructose corn syrup.
Understandably, that spin on high fructose corn syrup does not make the Corn Refiners Association happy. They insist that high fructose corn syrup is a natural product and affects the body no differently than table sugar does. In fact, scientific findings do back this view, if the Mayo Clinic is to be believed. The CRA draws on such findings in its attempt to change peoples perception through extensive marketing. It has a dedicated site, blog, Facebook page, Twitter feed, and a YouTube channel for its commercials.
But facts dont have the instant emotional trigger that names do, which is why CRA has been trying to get the name changed to "corn sugar" because independent research demonstrates that the current labeling is confusing to American consumers who mistakenly believe that there is a greater concentration of fructose in the corn product than in table sugar.
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CEREMONIAL ROOM · Zeremoniensaal
8:30 p.m. – 1 a.m.
8:30 – 9:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra
Nobuyoshi Yasuda, conductor
The University Symphony Orchestra is a 60-member student ensemble performing the symphonic repertoire of the 18th century to the present. The orchestra presents an on-campus concert each semester, performs annually in a tour to high schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and accompanies one fully staged opera or musical play each year.
The Beautiful Blue Danube … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Voices of Spring … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Jordyn Beranek, soprano
Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker … Peter Tchaikovsky
Artist's Life … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Thunder and Lightning Polka … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tick-Tack Polka … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Cinderella Waltz … Richard Rodgers
Waltzes from Die Fledermaus … Johann Strauss, Jr.
9:30 – 10:30 pm
Jazz Ensemble I
Robert Baca, conductor
Jazz Ensemble I, recognized as one of the premier jazz ensembles in the United States, has toured throughout the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim. Six of their CDs have received a prestigious DownBeat Award and two have been nominated for a Grammy Award. Jazz Ensemble I's 18th CD release, Jazz in Clear Water — Black, Brown and Beige, marks the first recording of Duke Ellington's largest work since the Ellington orchestra's own recording in 1943.
American Patrol … F.W. Meacham
April in Paris … Vernon Duke
Beer Barrel Polka … Jaromír Vejvoda
Begin the Beguine … Cole Porter
Bye Bye Blackbird … Ray Henderson
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White … Louiguy
Everything Happens to Me … Tom Adair
Girl Talk … Neal Hefti
Greasy Sack Blues … Woody Herman
I've Got You Under My Skin … Cole Porter
In the Mood … Joe Garland
In the Still of the Night … Cole Porter
Lassus Trombone … Henry Fillmore
Marie … Irving Berlin
Melancholy Baby … Ernie Burnett
Opus One … Sy Oliver
Salute to the Big Bands … Calvin Custer
September Song … Kurt Weill
Shiny Stockings … Frank Foster
Sing, Sing, Sing … Louis Prima
The Song is You … Jerome Kern
Stardust … Hoagy Carmichael
Stompin' at the Savoy … Edgar Sampson
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile … Harry James
You Go to My Head … J. Fred Coots
University Symphony OrchestraNobuyoshi Yasuda, conductor
Grand March: The Emperor Waltz begins with a Grand March. David and Karen Goggin, longtime Viennese Ball supporters and proprietors of the Goggin Ballroom Dance studio in Eau Claire, will lead the committee and honored guests on Friday and Saturday. The Goggins will be accompanied by the Blugold Competitive Ballroom members Friday night, and on Saturday evening Two To Tango members will join the Goggins. Everyone is invited to join in the procession with the honorary leaders.
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Gold and Silver … Franz Lehar
Waltzes from The Merry Widow … Franz Lehar
Tick-Tack Polka … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Waltzes from Die Fledermaus … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker … Peter Tchaikovsky
Carmen Quadrille … Eduard Strauss
Radetzky March … Johann Strauss, Sr.
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Robert Baca, conductor
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University Symphony Orchestra
Nobuyoshi Yasuda, conductor
Cinderella Waltz … Richard Rodgers
Waltzes from The Merry Widow … Franz Lehar
Thunder and Lightning Polka … Johann Strauss, Jr.
The Beautiful Blue Danube … Johann Strauss, Jr.
Radetzky March … Johann Strauss, Sr.
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The Dorf Kapelle (Village Band) of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, performed for the first time in 1988 and has become known for its performances of traditional ethnic music of the German-speaking nations. Led by Ernest Broeniman, a retired music teacher and recognized authority on European wind music, Dorf Kapelle captures the folk style of a European village band with authentic vocals and the robust sound of brass and woodwind instruments. Dorf Kapelle was named one of the top five entertainers at German Fest Milwaukee and in 2008 was voted a cultural heritage award winner by the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame.