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Q: Pain and fatigue often sap my desire to look my best. What easy fashion pick-me-ups do you suggest?
A: When I'm feeling my worst and I'm too sore to properly prep, I reach for my face-framing accessories. Think how a picture is transformed by adding a color mat and nice frame. Sunglasses are my all-time favorite accessory. (Keep them simple and classic; no gems or metal ornaments.) But I love these, too...
Fun hats. Are your fingers, arms or shoulders too swollen and painful to apply makeup and style your hair? Hats (and sunglasses) to the rescue! Avoid a Kentucky Derby look, and stick with practical hats that are soft, comfortable and fun. Turn front or back brim up.
Festive earrings. Think large, colorful and whimsical. Break out of your routine and have fun. Let them swing as you walk. It's surprising how they can transform a tough day.
Bold necklaces. Pick yourself up with big, bold, layered necklaces. The secret is to keep them close to your face, where they act as a collar.
Just be sure to avoid wearing large earrings and bold necklaces at the same time.
Christine Schwab is a longtime fashion reporter and author of Take Me Home from the Oscars: Arthritis, Television, Fashion, and Me (Skyhorse Publishing Inc., 2011), in which she chronicles her years battling rheumatoid arthritis in Hollywood.
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A Monday story by the Associated Press quotes NASA administrator Charles Bolden as denying that a Russian withdraw from the International Space Station would cause the project to be terminated. He claimed that no one international partner is crucial to the continuation of the ISS. This seems to fly in the face of the judgment of other space experts, not to mention Russia Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who implied that the Russians would detach its modules from the ISS in 2020. One is a propulsion module without which the space station cannot maintain a stable orbit.
The Houston Chronicle noted that Russia has another trump card to play even before 2020. Since the end of the space shuttle program the international partners have been totally dependent on the Russian Soyuz to access the space station. While space observers think it is unlikely the Russians will kick American astronauts off their spaceship, it is a card they could play at any time. Commercially operated, government funded vehicles that could take astronauts to and from the space station are not slated to be operational before 2017.
Bolden has apparently not elaborated on what exactly he means. To be sure, at least for now, the International Space Station will remain flying through 2020. But afterwards, if Russia carries through on its threat, its continued survival remains problematic.
The United States and the other partners could adapt to the Russian departure in a number of ways. It could build replacement modules for the Russian ones that would go away. It could keep the Russian modules on the ISS, perhaps by force. The former solution would cost extra money. The latter would be a bold diplomatic move that might result in the first international crisis in space, something that would not be lightly entered into. In any case, for now, NASA's official position is to deny that there is a problem.
Suggested Links
- Congress demands answers from NASA concerning Russian space station eviction
- Russia to evict NASA from the International Space Station in 2020
- Russia makes threat against American astronauts on the space station
- Punish Russia for the rape of the Ukraine by booting it from the space station
- Russia to shoot for the moon


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An open house for the historic Lorenz Hotel in Downtown Redding revealed the first of many changes the hotel will see.
The hotel is being renovated in phases; Wednesday's open house displayed the first phase.
The final changes will include new laundry rooms, a small living room, a bedroom and bathroom and a kitchen.
Operation Manager Willie Smith said the kitchen was her dream, literally.
"I woke up one morning, about three in the morning, and went 'We've got to put kitchens in,'" Smith said. "So I called my boss who's absolutely great and said 'Let's do kitchens' And he said 'Really? Kitchens?' I said yes …. We came in with architects."
Marge Fristoe, a tenant in one of the partially remodeled apartments, moved in to the hotel in December.
She said that she doesn't like to leave.
"This is the first place I ever had that was brand new," Fristoe said. "No one ever lived here except me, and I just love it! I'm 83 years old and I've lived my whole life without much, and this is a lot."
The $14 million renovations are headed by the Christian Church Homes Project. There are a total of 60 units being worked on at the Lorenz Hotel, the oldest building in the CCH's nationwide network. As of Wednesday, 18 apartments were in phase two and 21 apartments were in phase three.
Christian Church Homes is also renovating 50 units at the Redding Hotel.
The changes at the Lorenz Hotel should be complete come October.
Smith said that as baby boomers age, the need for low income senior housing is becoming critical.
"It's like a gift that we can give to these residents," said Smith. "And they deserve it."


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Got some special milk, plastic tubing, some red beads and salt water?
What's needed to spin spider silk proteins may seem pedestrian, but walking to the nearest hardware store for supplies and trying isn't recommended.
The spider silk research prowess of Professor Randy Lewis and his team in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Wyoming draws world-wide interest. For example, a presentation about his research was selected as a Top 5 hot talks/cool paper during the Materials Research Society's international fall meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The Top 5 were selected from nearly 5,000 oral and poster presentations.
The renewal of a half-million dollar Air Force grant and a $1.5 million grant from National Institutes of Health will enable the Lewis team in the College of Agriculture to examine using spider silk as sutures, and there is also interest in using spider silk technology as scaffolding for regenerating ligaments and tendons in humans. The grant will help the team continue research into production of spider silk for various commercial purposes.
They have to have the proteins first. The Lewis team derived small amounts from E. coli and is experimenting with alfalfa, but the mother lode of spider silk proteins may be using transgenic goats.
The team received about 600 gallons of the milk from Nexia Biotechnologies Inc. in Montreal, Canada, and began processing the goat's milk containing the spider silk protein for the production of recombinant spider silk – BioSteel® – for Nexia.
Fourth-year doctoral students Daniela Bittencourt of Brasilia, Brazil, and Melinda Creager of Green River began processing the milk this past winter and will eventually spin the protein fibers.
The two in a special cooler in the Animal Science/Molecular Biology building watched in January as a pump drew milk through a tube to eventually separate the protein from the milk. It was slow going. The milk had arrived frozen. When it thawed, fat globs formed and began plugging the system.
To obtain the milk from Nexia, UW agreed to process and provide 50 grams of protein to a company in Europe. "That doesn't sound like a lot," said Creager, "but it is. The protein is for a medical products company trying to coat latex gloves with the silk-latex mix for stronger gloves. The rest of the milk is ours."
Difficulties had to be overcome before the team could proceed. "We had to figure out how to do it," Creager said. "The fat comes out and creates lots of problems."
Fifteen gallons of milk provided the 50 grams of protein, said Lewis, and the process took about four days.
A plastic tube with microscopic holes lets proteins through but traps the fats. The liquid is then placed in another tube with much smaller holes that retains and concentrates the spider silk proteins.
The final step involves putting the concentrated solution with those afore-mentioned red beads. "For reasons unknown to anybody, the spider silk proteins stick to the red dye," said Lewis. A salt solution is poured over the beads, which washes away the wanted proteins.
The proteins naturally stick together and are put through a device that looks like a cake decorator's funnel for squeezing frosting. The fibers squirt out and are wound around a spool.
The process is not unique. "Nexia does it all the time," said Lewis. "They do hundreds of meters. We are more interested in the properties of the fibers. How strong and how far will they stretch?"
From milk to spinning fibers team members are happy about could take a year to 18 months.
"There are so many things we have to learn at each step to do it right to produce fibers with properties superior to anything out there," said Lewis. "At each step, there are things we have to solve."
Back in a laboratory, Bittencourt and Creager took "Persephone" out of her cage for photographs. She proved only a little camera shy as she crawled over their arms while being photographed. Named for the goddess of the underworld, Persephone is a Nephila clavipes, or a golden orb weaver.
Creager said the team uses five types of spiders regularly in the lab: the golden orb weaver, Argiope aurantia, also known as a black and yellow garden spider, Argiope trifasciata, native to Wyoming and commonly known as a grass spider, Araneus gemmoides, known as cat-faced or barn spiders, and Latrodectus geometricus, commonly known as the brown widow. They also have wolf spiders and three types of tarantulas.
The stable provides natural silk Creager, Bittencourt, and the team can compare to the artificial spider silk, both mechanically and structurally.
"Another use is that we're still looking at some of the other types of silk; there are still three silks we do not have a definite protein sequence for, although we're getting close, but we have to have the silk or glandular content to determine the sequence of these silks," said Creager.
The research by Lewis was a magnet for Creager and Bittencourt.
Bittencourt was interested in transgenic animals but switched emphasis to spider silk research and is attending UW on a fellowship. "If not the best, Randy is one of the best in the world in spider silk research," said Bittencourt, seeking a doctorate degree in molecular biology.
Both said Lewis is good to work for. "He is very open to your ideas and will give you guidance," said Creager, pursuing degrees in molecular biology and physical chemistry. "He knows what others have done and is always open to let you try something."
On the Web: http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/uwmolecbio/Faculty/R_Lewis.asp.


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Races in The Lost and Damned
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There are races throughout The Lost and Damned, the first DLC pack for Grand Theft Auto IV, which can also be played in Multiplayer in The Lost and Damned. The player must find a motorcycle and make their way to the start line. Whilst racing the player has a bat which can be used to knock other racers off their bike. Pressing "X" or "Square" will make Johnny Klebitz hit left and "B" or "Circle" will make him hit right (standard controls). The longer the player holds the button the more powerful the hit is. Hitting the button quickly will take several hits to knock a racer off their bike, but holding it for the maximum time will knock them off first hit. The other racers can hit back, taking the player off course. Knocking 69 racers off their bikes wins the player the "Get Good Wood" achievement. The reward for coming in first in all twelve races is a Hakuchou at your safehouses.


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Batman can fit inside this famous car, The Batmobile, and still have room for a second passenger!.
The Batmobile is the first car ever to be transformed into a Mez-Itz vehicle! It measures nearly 6-inches long and features a detailed cockpit, and a convertible hardtop so the Dark Knight and a passenger can fit inside. Batman and The Batmobile come packaged together in a collector-friendly window box.
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Shelly Cole Movies and Career Information
Aug 22, 1975
United States of America
Aug 22, 1975
United States of America
Shelly Cole is an American actress who has starred in the films Prey for Rock & Roll and Art School Confidential. She has also made numerous appearances on television shows, notably as the recurrent character Madeline Lynn on Gilmore Girls.
- Shelly Cole Movies before 2015
- Village Barbershop 2009
- Art School Confidential 2006
- Prey for Rock & Roll 2002
- Theory of Everything


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Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
Antoinette Mason Rochester Timeline and Summary
- Antoinette lives at Coulibri with her mother, Annette Cosway, and her brother, Pierre Cosway; her father has recently passed away.
- Antoinette comes across her mother's dead horse on the estate.
- Since her mother refuses to interact with her ever since her brother became ill, Antoinette seeks the company of Christophine, who sings her sad songs in patois.
- Antoinette becomes friends with Tia, who initially calls her racist names. Antoinette and Tia have an argument over a bet, and are no longer friends.
- Antoinette meets her mother's friends the Luttrells.
- That night, Antoinette has a nightmare where she is chased by a hostile stranger through a dark forest.
- Antoinette is a bridesmaid at her mother's wedding to Mr. Mason, and stays with Aunt Cora in Spanish Town when her mother leaves with Mr. Mason on their honeymoon.
- When the family returns to Coulibri with Mr. Mason, their house is burned down by rioters. As they are about to escape, Antoinette sees Tia and runs toward her. The next thing she knows, she's been hit by a rock, and blood is streaming down her face.
- Antoinette recovers from her injury at Aunt Cora's home in Spanish Town. Since her mother has become distraught after the death of her brother in the fire, Antoinette stays with Aunt Cora, and attends a convent school.
- While at the convent school, Mr. Mason informs Antoinette that plans are being made for her marriage.
- Antoinette dreams her nightmare for the second time. As Sister Marie Augustine comforts her, she flashes back to her mother's funeral.
- Antoinette marries Edward Rochester. They go to Granbois, Dominica, for their honeymoon.
- Antoinette and Rochester toast to their happiness. Antoinette shows him around Granbois and its environs.
- While at first wary, Antoinette eventually grows to trust Rochester and they consummate their marriage.
- Their relationship cools when Rochester receives a letter slandering Antoinette and her family.
- Antoinette fights with Amélie, her servant.
- Antoinette seeks help from Christophine, who gives her an obeah potion.
- Believing that her attempt to clear her name with Rochester has failed, Antoinette drugs him in order to seduce him.
- On discovering that Rochester has slept with her maid, Antoinette flees back to Christophine's house, where she stays for an indeterminate period of time.
- When she returns to Granbois, she confronts Rochester. The argument quickly gets out of control: she bites him and threatens him with a broken bottle.
- Antoinette is taken by Rochester back to Spanish Town.
- Antoinette is taken by Rochester to his manor in England, where she is locked up in a high room and guarded by Grace Poole.
- While confined, Antoinette has a tenuous hold on her memory and her sense of self. She dimly remembers the voyage across the sea to England, and she vaguely recalls trying to seduce a man to help her escape.
- Antoinette escapes when Grace Poole is asleep, and comes across two female guests at the house who believe she is a ghost.
- When Richard Mason visits her, Antoinette attacks him with a knife when he refuses to help her out of her marriage.
- Antoinette pulls out a red dress from the closet, which reminds her of her affair with Sandi Cosway.
- Antoinette has her nightmare for the third and last time. In the nightmare, she escapes from the room and sets fire to the house. She ends up on the roof, and jumps.
- When Antoinette wakes up, she lets herself out of the room with only a candle to light her way down the hall.


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Alderwood Costco going in across from Alderwood Mall?
The news today is that the old Lynnwood High School property across from Alderwood Mall is going to be a new Costco store. The new Alderwood Costco store will be the anchor tenant for the proposed Lynnwood Crossing development.
Honestly this seems like an odd move for them, but I guess they have their reasons. Personally I think the IKEA store that was rumored to be going in there originally was a better fit. As it is, right now there is a Costco in Silver Lake, one in Shoreline and then the business Costco in Lynnwood. Seems like plenty to me.
As the Herald points out though, they are regarded as a good employer and will add a good handful of jobs to the area. It is interesting to see the announcement of two new grocery stores, the other being Whole Foods on 196th during what most consider to be bad economic times. I guess when things are bad, it really is time to push ahead harder!
What do you think? Is this a good move or bad move for them, and how do you think the addition of a 160,000 sq. foot store will affect the area. Post your comments and let me know.
By the way – If having Costco come into the neighborhood has you either wanting to move in or move out, I can help you out with that!
UPDATE! 10/24/2011 – There is an open house Tuesday, October 25, 2011 – 4:30-7:30 PM to go over the 5 proposed development plans for the old Lynnwood High School property. Here is a link to the Lynnwood Crossing page if you want to take a look at what they are proposing!
UPDATE – 7/2/2014 – Construction of the new Lynnwood Costco is finally getting underway with the official breaking ground ceremony. Link Here. Construction will be underway for some time with the new store planned on opening in late 2015. Until construction is complete, I can imagine it will be a bee hive of activity, with construction vehicles everywhere. I still am curious how it will affect the already crowded mall traffic situation.


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Remember Valentine's Day in grade school, when everyone got to spend an afternoon creating their own card holders for their desk (with a resulting glue-and-glitter mess in the classroom), and then we all got a card from everyone in our class, plus sugary treats? Those were the days, people. We say, bring it back! Hand out To The Moon, Alice! Valentine's Day Cards (from $45 for 15 cards) from Minted.com and you'll be the hit of your social circle. Available blank or personalized. Up next on our "Bring it Back" list? Daily naptime - we'll happily spring for little cots that roll out from under our desks...
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This creeps me out for some reason, so it might as well creep you out as well on
The Overnight Open Thread.
This creeps me out for some reason, so it might as well creep you out as well on
The Overnight Open Thread.
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
Whoah hitter just launched his bat into the stands…. whew no one hurt
When the drugs wear off, Mickey's gonna wonder where his ears went..
#JayCarneyExcuses My dog ate my talking points. And The President ate my dog.
@ rain of lead:
Lucky mouse!
creep out? it's just ABC, NBC, & CBS lookin fo da money shot…
friends, romans, countrymen…
@ rain of lead:
You win.
Be back when I get home…
Mickey is slimming down I see! He went under the knife to get a 'New Jersey staple special' and ended up earless!
Great item by Styne …..
The Benghazi Lie
A failure of character of this magnitude corrodes the integrity of the state.
By Mark Steyn
Shortly before last November's election I took part in a Fox News documentary on Benghazi, whose other participants included the former governor of New Hampshire John Sununu. Making chit-chat while the camera crew were setting up, Governor Sununu said to me that in his view Benghazi mattered because it was "a question of character." That's correct. On a question of foreign policy or counterterrorism strategy, men of good faith can make the wrong decisions. But a failure of character corrodes the integrity of the state.
That's why career diplomat Gregory Hicks's testimony was so damning — not so much for the new facts as for what those facts revealed about the leaders of this republic. In this space in January, I noted that Hillary Clinton had denied ever seeing Ambassador Stevens's warnings about deteriorating security in Libya on the grounds that "1.43 million cables come to my office" — and she can't be expected to see all of them, or any. Once Ambassador Stevens was in his flag-draped coffin listening to her eulogy for him at Andrews Air Force Base, he was her bestest friend in the world — it was all "Chris this" and "Chris that," as if they'd known each other since third grade. But up till that point he was just one of 1.43 million close personal friends of Hillary trying in vain to get her ear.
Now we know that at 8 p.m. Eastern time on the last night of Stevens's life, his deputy in Libya spoke to Secretary Clinton and informed her of the attack in Benghazi and the fact that the ambassador was now missing. An hour later, Gregory Hicks received a call from the then–Libyan prime minister, Abdurrahim el-Keib, informing him that Stevens was dead. Hicks immediately called Washington. It was 9 p.m. Eastern time, or 3 a.m. in Libya. Remember the Clinton presidential team's most famous campaign ad? About how Hillary would be ready to take that 3 a.m. call? Four years later, the phone rings, and Secretary Clinton's not there. She doesn't call Hicks back that evening. Or the following day.
Are murdered ambassadors like those 1.43 million cables she doesn't read? Just too many of them to keep track of? No. Only six had been killed in the history of the republic — seven, if you include Arnold Raphel, who perished in General Zia's somewhat mysterious plane crash in Pakistan in 1988. Before that you have to go back to Adolph Dubs, who died during a kidnapping attempt in Kabul in 1979. So we have here a once-in-a-third-of-a-century event. And at 3 a.m. Libyan time on September 12 it's still unfolding, with its outcome unclear. Hicks is now America's head man in the country, and the cabinet secretary to whom he reports says, "Leave a message after the tone and I'll get back to you before the end of the week." Just to underline the difference here: Libya's head of government calls Hicks, but nobody who matters in his own government can be bothered to.
What was Secretary Clinton doing that was more important? What was the president doing? Aside, that is, from resting up for his big Vegas campaign event. A real government would be scrambling furiously to see what it could do to rescue its people. It's easy, afterwards, to say that nothing would have made any difference. But, at the time Deputy Chief Hicks was calling 9-1-1 and getting executive-branch voicemail, nobody in Washington knew how long it would last. A terrorist attack isn't like a soccer game, over in 90 minutes. If it is a sport, it's more like a tennis match: Whether it's all over in three sets or goes to five depends on how hard the other guy pushes back. The government of the United States took the extremely strange decision to lose in straight sets. Not only did they not deploy out-of-area assets, they ordered even those in Libya to stand down. Lieutenant Colonel Gibson had a small team in Tripoli that twice readied to go to Benghazi to assist and twice was denied authority to do so, the latter when they were already at the airport. There weren't many of them, not compared to the estimated 150 men assailing the compound. But they were special forces, not bozo jihadists. Back in Benghazi, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty held off numerically superior forces for hours before dying on a rooftop waiting for back-up from a government that had switched the answering machine on and gone to Vegas.
Throughout the all-night firefight in Benghazi, Washington's priority seems to have been to do everything possible to deny that what was actually happening was happening at all. To send "soldiers" on a "mission" to "fight" the "enemy" was at odds with the entire Obama narrative of the Arab Spring and the broader post-Bush Muslim world. And so the entire U.S. military was stood down in support of the commander-in-chief's fiction.
As Mr. Hicks testified, his superiors in Washington knew early that night that a well-executed terrorist attack with the possible participation of al-Qaeda elements was under way. Instead of responding, the most powerful figures in the government decided that an unseen YouTube video better served their political needs. And, in the most revealing glimpse of the administration's depravity, the president and secretary of state peddled the lie even in their mawkish eulogies to their buddy "Chris" and three other dead Americans. They lied to the victims' coffins and then strolled over to lie to the bereaved, Hillary telling the Woods family that "we're going to have that person arrested and prosecuted that did the video." And she did. The government dispatched more firepower to arrest Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in Los Angeles than it did to protect its mission in Benghazi. It was such a great act of misdirection Hillary should have worn spangled tights and sawn Stevens's casket in half.
The dying Los Angeles Times reported this story on its homepage (as a sidebar to "Thirteen Great Tacos in Southern California") under the following headline: "Partisan Politics Dominates House Benghazi Hearing." In fact, everyone in this story is a Democrat or a career civil servant. Chris Stevens was the poster boy for Obama's view of the Arab Spring; he agreed with the president on everything that mattered. The only difference is that he wasn't in Vegas but out there on the front line, where Obama's delusions meet reality. Stevens believed in those illusions enough to die for them. One cannot say the same about the hollow men and women in Washington who sent him out there unprotected, declined to lift a finger when he came under attack, and in the final indignity subordinated his sacrifice to their political needs by lying over his corpse. Where's the "partisan politics"? Obama, Clinton, Panetta, Clapper, Rice, and the rest did this to one of their own. And fawning court eunuchs, like the ranking Democrat at the hearings, Elijah Cummings, must surely know that, if they needed, they'd do it to them, too. If you believe in politics über alles, it's impressive, in the same way that Hillary's cocksure dismissal — "What difference, at this point, does it make?" — is impressive.
But the embassy security chief, Eric Nordstrom, had the best answer to that: It matters because "the truth matters" — not least to the Libyan president, who ever since has held the U.S. government in utter contempt. Truth matters, and character matters. For the American people to accept the Obama-Clinton lie is to be complicit in it.
— Mark Steyn , a National Review columnist, is the author of After America: Get Ready for Armageddon . © 2013 Mark Steyn
Two catholic nuns, Sister Marilynn and Sister Helen, are traveling through Europe in their car. They get to Translyvania and are stopped at a traffic light.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a tiny little Dracula jumps onto the hood of the car and hisses through the windshield. "Quick, quick!" shouts Sister Marilynn, "What shall we do?"
"Turn the windshield wipers on. That will get rid of the abomination," says Sister Helen. Sister Marilynn switches on them on, knocking Dracula about, but he clings on and continues hissing at the nuns.
"What shall we do now?" she shouts. "Switch on the windshield washer. I filled it up with Holy Water at the Vatican," says Sister Helen. Sister Marilynn turns on the windshield washer. Dracula screams as the water burns his skin, but he clings on and continues hissing at the nuns.
"Now what?" shouts sister Marilynn.
"Show him your Cross," says Sister Helen.
"Now, you're talking," says Sister Marilynn.
She opens the window and shouts, "Get the f*ck off our car!"
@ The Osprey:
Hey What do you think of those animal hats the Hipsters wear? 😆 Have you seen them in Arizona?
Good day to you!
If Benghazi had happened under a Republican president, the media would be on it 24/7. Because its their beloved god-king Obama and their great mother Hillary, they are running interferences. The coverup was because Obama at the time claimed al-Qaeda was defeated. Assad and Hizballah would disagree.
Whoo hoo,we just took the lead. the worlds largest grill, the johnsville brat truck is here. 5truck is here. 53 feet long. sniff. tis beautiful
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@ The Osprey:
Hey What do you think of those animal hats the Hipsters wear? Have you seen them in Arizona?
No, I haven't. Phoenix is a little hot for those things. But I'll bet I could find a hipster or two up in Flagstaff wearing one though! Especially in the winter.
Now, what is the deal with those animal hats? Is it just internet cuteness manifesting in the meat world, or do they have some sort of significance, like a PETA or Vegan thing?
The eco-hippies in Colorado have been wearing those Peruvian knit hats for a while but the animal ones are new to me.
Rodan wrote:
@ The Osprey:
Hey What do you think of those animal hats the Hipsters wear? Have you seen them in Arizona?
I've seen them for a few years at some trade shows.
But, I'm in the Deep South and most teenagers I know, who might qualify as hipsters due to their age, shun animal hats. I've rarely seen them on anyone running around cowtown.
@ The Osprey:
See my 24, Next week at 10 PM EST on H2, Benghazi!
@ Rodan:
Hiya Rodan.
Drip … drip … drip … The waters of truth are beginning to slowly wear away the web of lies that this US administration has woven. Even some MSM marvains are being shamed into at least acknowledging that something significant happened…. People died and Obama / Clinton lied !
I think they covered up arms running to al-Nusra (Syrian al-Qaeda).
The fact H2 is going to give it next week is huge.
@ The Osprey:
I don't know whats its about. I think its a bunch of people who have not grown up.
@ Rodan:
Re; Benghazi.
Bryan Suits of Dark Secret Place on KFI just let on that British SAS had a team in Benghazi, intelligence that an attack was imminent and an offer of assistance. Think that will come out anywhere else?
Been listening to him about Libya since it started there and he's been spot on.
Hey see #32, do you know anything about this?
@ Rodan:
I figure that the Three options in Syria that the Obama administration is considering needs a FORTH Option.
The first and most direct form of limited intervention is the establishment of a no-fly zone.
The unintended consequence of this would be the immediate collapse of Syrian government forces who would be defeated in place by rebel forces. Once stripped of air superiority the Syrians would tumble like dominos and air resupply would be cut so isolated Syrian forces would soon run out of ammunition and food.
This would mean a roll over of Syria to radical groups within the rebel coalition including al Qaeda. Real smart Obama !
Obama's second option is some form of targeted strike campaign utilizing aircraft and cruise missiles.
This would have the effect of destroying chemical weapons but at the cost of spreading lethal chemicals across the country in the process. The effects would be short term but the fall out would be deadly to all and sundry including northern Israel and Jordan. There is no way that air strikes would destroy all chemical stocks and Assad would be faced with use it or lose it scenario. He'd use all undestroyed chemical stocks and kill thousands. Another Obama home goal. Not very smart !
The third option, and according to recent reports the one receiving the most consideration from the Obama administration, is direct lethal aid to the rebels.
We have been here so many times before that this scenario just doesn't bear considering yet again. When the US gives sophisticated weapons to radical Arab groups these weapons end up in terrorist armouries and are used to kill Westerners. How many times can Obama make this same stupid decision? Not just this administration but many past administrations have made the same errors because they lacked imagination.
There is always the 4th option that has not been broached. This elephant in the room is hardly ever even considered but it should get an outing. How about allowing these Islamic Jihadists to get on with killing each other. Just ensure that there is minimal spill over and pass the popcorn and enjoy the sight of Islamists destroying each other. We have al Qaeda , Salifists of various stripes, revolutionary Arabists, assorted Arab socialists (Baathists), Shia, Sunnis, Alawites and even the odd Chechen and Bosnian trying to kill each other.
What's not to like?
Option #4 is obviously the way to go. Sometimes doing nothing is the best plan ! Therefore Obama will not even consider that because he's a foreign affairs fool as was Clinton and is the current Secretary of State Kerry.
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@ Aussie Infidel:
Hey see #32, do you know anything about this?
No I don't have any INTEL on British Special Forces in Banghazi except that I know that there was a couple of 'sword troops' and a support crew (About 10-12 total) sent to Benghazi after the British Consul's car was ambushed. I am unsure whether they were still there when the US Consulate came under attack.
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Rodan wrote:
@ Aussie Infidel:
Hey see #32, do you know anything about this?
No I don't have any INTEL on British Special Forces in Banghazi except that I know that there was a couple of 'sword troops' and a support crew (About 10-12 total) sent to Benghazi after the British Consul's car was ambushed. I am unsure whether they were still there when the US Consulate came under attack.
He was specific.
Said it in an interview today, on his own show last week and will probably repeat it on his show tomorrow.
@ poteen:
I haven't seen it on any Brit sites or news feeds. I would want to know where the report came from before i'd put too much credence in it. There are a lot of wild stories flying around much of it just supposition and folks interviewing their keyboard. I'd like to know where Bryan Suits got the information from.
Convince me !
Yup Option 4, is my choice.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
What's not to like?
According to some, that option is the "new" definition of isolationism.
Calo wrote:
Rodan wrote:
@ The Osprey:
Hey What do you think of those animal hats the Hipsters wear? Have you seen them in Arizona?
I've seen them for a few years at some trade shows.
But, I'm in the Deep South and most teenagers I know, who might qualify as hipsters due to their age, shun animal hats. I've rarely seen them on anyone running around cowtown.
I haven't seen any of them…I think they are furries really. 😉
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@ poteen:
I haven't seen it on any Brit sites or news feeds. I would want to know where the report came from before i'd put too much credence in it. There are a lot of wild stories flying around much of it just supposition and folks interviewing their keyboard. I'd like to know where Bryan Suits got the information from.
Convince me !
He's ex military, Iraq 1 and 2 with Kosovo in between. He has lots of SF and Military Intelligence sources. Regarding Libya his info has been weeks ahead of conventional media.
8 to 10 pm PDT on KFI640.com Listen online for yourself. He's good.
Yes it has that same quality as that tune that was on the radio when I was a kid in the '60shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iDl2zwF8TM&feature=player_detailpage It actually gave my older sister nightmares. Me not so much but it was creepy and weird.
Yes it has that same quality as that tune that was on the radio when I was a kid in the '60s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iDl2zwF8TM&feature=player_detailpage It actually gave my older sister nightmares. Me not so much but it was creepy and weird.
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@ dwells38:
They're coming to take me away ha ha hee hee to the funny farm, where life is
gay….etc..beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And They're Coming to Take me Away, ha haaaaaaa!
live space walk to fix leak…..
Lots of angry leftists and their idiot followers out this morning doing a lot of screaming.
Must be good things happening.
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LAREDO, TX (KGNS) - Most high school students go to the beach or go on vacation during Spring Break, but some kids would rather serve some veterans.
The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) had their last day of career camp. The camp is intended to introduce high school students to a variety of health careers. They added a special service learning project to this year's camp, which has the kids making a difference for local veterans at Volunteers Serving the Need.
"We're so excited that we have these young people here to help us with the holiday bag program," said Volunteers Serving the Need Founder Gigi Ramos. "They're just helping us bag the groceries, and just doing a little bit of everything."
The students were more than happy to help out. Volunteer Angel Vasquez said that the experience gives him a good feeling.
"It's important because not only are we helping this place out, but we're also helping ourselves by learning about this," said Vasquez. "So whenever maybe we get older, we know that there's things such as this and that we might learn from this experience."
The Area Health Education Center is made up of roughly 137 high school students from all around Laredo.


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6th Place Finish For Washington at NCAAs
The Huskies wrapped up the final day of the NCAA Championships with a 6th place finish overall, highlighted by a bronze medal by the varsity four.
Washington Owns Windermere Cup On Perfect Sunny Day
The men's and women's varsity eight rowed to their seventh straight Windermere Cup victories in the best weather and biggest crowd Opening Day has seen in years.
Huskies Win Five Races In Dual At WSU
With a race forced to be rescheduled to Friday the Huskies still manage to race well.
Huskies Earn Some Hardware in San Diego
The Washington novice eight boat took first in a wire-to-wire finish in the Women's Collegiate Novice Grand Final on the second day of the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay. The Huskies raced in a total of four grand finals on Sunday, earning two third-place finishes by the 2V8 and V4, and a fifith-place finish by the varsity eight.
Juniors Steal the Show on Class Day
For the second year in a row the junior class comes out on top at the 112th Class Day Regatta.
High School Sports: Basketball, Crew
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Husky Rowing Experience:2013 (Senior) - Rowed bow for the 2V8 that took home bronze at the Pac-12 Championships...Rowed bow for the winning 2V8 that took home the Erickson Cascade Cup at the Windermere Cup Regatta...Rowed bow for the winning Second V8 at the WSU Dual...Rowed bow for the women's senior class in the Seattle Times Women's Eight at the Class Day Regatta ...Rowed bow for the 2V8 shell that placed third in the Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic2012 (Junior) - Rowed in the bow for the victorious junior shell in the Seattle Times Women's Eight at the Class Day Regatta... Rowed two seat for the women's boat that won the 2012 Erickson Cascade Cup ... Pulled the No. 2 oar for the second varsity eight that placed fourth at Pac-12s ... Rowed two seat in the 2V8 shell that placed second in the petite final at the NCAA Championships...2011 (Sophomore) - Sat bow seat in the Husky varsity four that reached the Grand Finals of the NCAA Championships in Gold river, Calif. ... Pac-10 silver medalist ... rowed in the bow for the victorious women's Varsity 4+ at the 25th annual Windermere Cup...2010 (Freshman) - Bow seat in the novice eight that won the gold medal at the Pac-10 Championships...also earned victories against Stanford, UC Davis, Iowa, Washington State and California.
Personal: Daughter of Gary Harshman and Nancy Hanks ... Father is an environmental planner and mother is retired ... Full name is Lana Mae Harshman ... Has one brother, Andrew (22) and one sister, Natalie (18) ... Father attended UW and played rugby ... She and her sister rowed with Everett Rowing Association in high school ... Interests include piano and playing Counter Strike: Source.


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The NFL has announced Peyton Manning as the AFC offensive player of the week, according to Darin Gantt of profootballweekly.com.
Manning completed 23-of-29 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns, racking up a 144.8 rating in the 38-3 rout of the Kansas City Chiefs.
This makes it the 23rd time Manning has won player of the week award for Manning, putting him in a tie with Tom Brady.


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College students who have physical disabilities are allowed to have service dogs in their dormitories. This practice is protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); however, some students who have emotional problems own service dogs that are not allowed in dormitories at some universities.
In 2013, a lawsuit was filed by the United States against a university in Nebraska for a highly depressed student who was denied the right to have a therapy dog in her dormitory. The United States representative noted that the FHA does, in fact, allow students with emotional problems to have therapy dogs in federally-owned dormitories.
Students are allowed to have therapy dogs in federally-owned dormitories because these dormitories are considered temporary housing. Another reason a student could have a therapy dog in a dormitory is that the student's situation could have a certain type of exception to the normal rules. One such exception that qualifies a student to have a therapy dog in a dormitory is the age of the student. If the student is not nineteen yet and is living in a dormitory for adults aged 21 and over, the student with anxiety issues is allowed to have a therapy dog. This exception sometimes applies due to the fact that students who do not leave campus for holidays or breaks are often left alone.
The lawsuit that allowed an emotionally depressed student to have a therapy dog in a dormitory applied to a university in Nebraska; however, other courts may decide to rule in favor of the ADA law concerning emotionally challenged individuals as well. Due to the fact that the federal government supports the Americans with Disabilities Act which includes emotionally challenged individuals, universities may need to ensure they can accommodate emotional therapy dogs in the future.


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By Jason Krump
In early August, Mike Leach asked Bill Moos to address the Washington State football team about what it means to be a Cougar.
As he prepared to speak to the team in the Camp Room within the Bohler Athletic Complex, Moos didn't have to think long about what to say.
"I went in for 30 minutes and talked about the '72 team because that's what it means to be a Cougar," Moos said.
Now the WSU Director of Athletics, Moos was an all-conference offensive tackle on the 1972 team, a team that finished 7-4, its first winning season since 1965.
"I drew the parallels," Moos recalls of what he said to the 2012 Cougars, a team he sees many similarities with the '72 squad. "We were coming off a four-win season. The previous two seasons were one-win seasons. We were not getting respect.
"As a group we decided that's enough."
That was evident in the season's first game at Kansas.
At the site the Cougars were shut out 34-0 in the 1971 season opener, the Cougars seemed headed to a similar result a year later.
"I went in for 30 minutes and talked about the '72 team because that's what it means to be a Cougar."
- Bill Moos on what he said to the 2012 Cougar Football team.
WSU was down 17-0 entering the fourth quarter, but 18 unanswered points, culminating with a two-point conversion with just over a minute left, and the Cougars had their first season-opening win in three years.
"We scored to make it 17-16 and there was no question we were going for the win," Moos remembers. "We found a way to pull it out and we were going to find a way to have a successful season."
"It was a testament to all of our grit," says quarterback Ty Paine of the win.
It was a win that served notice this was going to be a season unlike the recent past. After the Kansas win, that week's Evergreen headline stated, "Once toothless Cougars now Pac-8 contenders."
A three-game winning streak gave Head Coach Jim Sweeny's Cougars a 5-2 mark and just one win away from securing their first winning season since 1965.
The sixth win would not be easy to secure. The Cougars were heading into a brutal four-game stretch to finish the season against No. 9 UCLA, No. 1 USC, No. 20 and defending Pac-8 Champion Stanford, and No. 17 Washington.
Losses to UCLA and USC left WSU at 5-4 entering the Stanford game.
Playing in front of a capacity crowd in a renovated Martin Stadium, the Cougars secured their sixth win, and a winning season, by defeating the Cardinal 27-13.
"We took it to Stanford pretty good that day," Moos recalls. "We had the accomplishment of the winning season, but had one thing left."
That one thing was a victory over an 8-2 Washington team in the Apple Cup.
Played at Spokane's Joe Albi Stadium, in front of a regional television audience on ABC, the Cougars carried a No. 20 nationally ranking in the game and ended the season in grand style.
"We were all elated. To beat those guys after losing to them for so many years was a thrill, and to end the season with a win made it even more special."
- Quarterback Ty Paine on the win over Washington in the 1972 Apple Cup
Down 10-3 at the half, Paine's 7-yard touchdown run in the third quarter sparked a string of 24 unanswered points by the Cougars as WSU defeated Washington, 27-10, to capture the Apple Cup for the first time since 1968.
The Cougar defense made life miserable for Washington quarterback Sonny Sixkiller all day. The WSU defense sacked Sixkiller six times, forced him into three fumbles, while Eric Johnson intercepted the Husky quarterback three times. Washington also lost five of six fumbles, had a punt blocked and finished with minus 11 yards rushing.
"We were on a mission and played almost a perfect game," says Moos. "It was a great victory over a real good team."
"We were all elated," remembers Paine. "To beat those guys after losing to them for so many years was a thrill, and to end the season with a win made it even more special."
This weekend, the 1972 team reunites 40 years later to relive special memories and undoubtedly look ahead to what the 2012 team can accomplish.
"I think there is the same type of character in this group," Moos says of the 2012 Cougars. "I think we've got a chance to have a real special year 40 years later."


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It's something about seeing a new one sheet come your way showing the picture of a killer wearing a silly hockey mask. The good thing is there are also some heavy guns in the picture so that means we must be in store for some hardcore "bro" action from the new film from Adrian Langley( A Violent State) Crook starring Adam Beach (Cowboys and Aliens).
In the course of one fateful day, the lives of a drug kingpin, an obsessed cop, a small-time dealer and a cunning call girl converge with deadly consequences.
Took me a while to track down the trailer but I have it for you here. It looks like a well driven storyline with some intense gun toting action. Crook has gotten some pretty good reviews so this seems to be a must see on the independent circuit. It should be available on outlets such as Amazon Prime and Itunes on March 4th followed by it's release on DVD May 20, 2014. I'll try my hardest to track down the film to give you an official review but for now enjoy the one sheet, images and trailer.


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The Latvian hockey team had not beat a team ranked in the top eight in Olympic competition in its' last 11 attempts. On Wednesday, they played a spirited contest against Switzerland; and it momentarily looked like they would have a chance to snap that streak in overtime
Tied 0-0 for almost the entirety of regulation; all that separated them from the sudden death extra stanza was eight seconds. Those eight seconds must have felt like a lifetime.
As time dwindled down, Swiss forward Simon Moser attempted to pass to teammate Nino Niederreiter from behind the Latvian net. Instead it hit off the stick of goaltender Edgars Masalskis, then the body of defenseman Georgijs Pujacs and slowly rolled into the net to seal the Swiss 1-0 victory.
"It was an unfortunate bounce," said Latvian captain Sandis Ozolinsh. "Of course we are disappointed with the outcome of the game but I think we cannot be ashamed of the way we played. We played our hearts out."
This was especially true of Masalskis, who was peppered by 39 shots, courtesy of the Swiss. Despite only having one NHL player on their roster (Buffalo Sabres rookie Zemgus Girgensons), Latvia did put in a spirited effort; only to ultimately come away empty-handed.
"We battled with all our hearts," said Ozolinsh. "We didn't get much luck, but there's no point saying we could have done this or that. The score is the only thing that matters now."
Suggested Links
- Sweden holds on during late surge to beat the Czech Republic 4-2
- 6 seasons removed from the NHL, Ozolinsh returns to the Olympic stage for Latvia
- 2014 Winter Olympics hockey schedule on NBC TV & live streaming online
- Former gold medalist and MVP Joe Sakic thinks NHLers should stay in the Olympics
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Barney Frank: Fannie, Freddie Bye Bye
"As I believe, this committee will be recommending abolishing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their present form and coming up with a whole new system of housing finance."
Such a salvo from U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D., Mass.) sent shares of the government-sponsored (and government-controlled) housing entities lower this morning.
That Fannie and Freddie are a mess of misplaced priorities, culminating from years of public/private influence, is no secret. That the two companies — which went into Federal conservatorship in September 2008 — continue to trade publicly is an even larger conundrum.
The U.S. government has poured more than $100 billion into the companies, providing a government backstop to Fannie and Freddie in their role as owners/guarantors of more than $5 trillion in home mortgages.
Re-privatization of the companies looks to be off the table. And nationalization, too, may not be in the cards.
So, in the meanwhile, the companies sit as day-trade fodder and targets for political spitballs.
For continued coverage of the Fannie/Freddie saga, keep up with the Developments blog.


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College Hockey:BU Bounces Back
Terriers Blank Huskies
BOSTON — Saturday night marked the first time that Northeastern netminder Adam Geragosian faced Boston University and their goalie coach his father, Mike.
For his sake, it probably would have been nice if the younger Geragosian could have played the entire game. But it wasn't to be.
The visiting Terriers chased Adam Geragosian out of the NU crease halfway through the game, scoring three times on 10 shots. Freshman Doug Jewer took his place and shut out BU for the rest of the game before an empty net goal with 1:15 left gave the Terriers a 4-0 win. The victory brought BU's record even both overall, at 8-8-2, and in Hockey East play, at 6-6-1. Northeastern, now winless in 10 games, fell to 1-13-4 overall, 1-8-4 HE.
"(Mike Geragosian) called me today. Usually he talks to the team about the weakness of the other goaltender," BU coach Jack Parker said, cracking a smile. "I said, just talk to John Curry, our goalie, and don't come in the dressing room to talk to the team. I don't want you to get divorced over this."
Despite being out shot 10-7 in the opening frame, BU carried a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. Five minutes into the game, Terrier sophomore Peter MacArthur picked up a loose puck near the Northeastern bench, carried it down the right wing and fired a wrist shot between Geragosian's legs for eventual game winner.
With 1:44 left in the period, just as a Northeastern penalty ended, senior John Laliberte took a pass from Brad Zancanaro and stuffed it by Geragosian's pad at the right post.
In the second period, again being out shot by Northeastern (7-6), BU made it 3-0. Freshman left wing Jason Lawrence skated down the left wing and ripped a centering pass towards the Husky net. It appeared to deflect off NU forward Bryan Esner before sliding through Geragosian five-hole, but NU coach Greg Cronin insisted after the game that it "trickled in" without being deflected by one of his own players.
Regardless, it ended the Geragosian father-son classic.
Terrier netminder John Curry (28 saves) held off a furious rush from Northeastern in the third period for his first shutout of the year. Midway through the frame, a point shot from Northeastern defenseman Jacques Perreault deflected off traffic in front of Curry. He managed to tip it and watched as the puck rolled all the way up his right arm, glanced off the post and fell wide.
"It feels good to get a shutout, always," he said. "Nine times out of ten it has nothing to do with the goaltender. Yeah, I had to make a few saves at the end, but for the most part we played pretty well defensively all game, especially in the second period. At that point, because the defense is playing so well you're sort of in the zone and it's a reaction save. I was able to get a piece of it and it still almost went it. Those are the things that happen when you're feeling good out there, so I'll take them."
In the games waning moments, after Cronin pulled Jewer (11 saves) with 2:03 to play in favor of an extra skater, Zancanaro took a pass from fellow senior David Van der Gulik and slipped it into the vacant Husky net.
"I've seen Northeastern play a couple times and I've talked to coaches who have played against Northeastern," Park said. "Every time I asked them, 'How was Northeastern?' and every time they went, 'They work like hell. They really work hard.' That was our challenge. Don't worry about the score, don't worry about anything else, we have got to try to outwork Northeastern, a team that might be the hardest working in the league. We did well tonight in that aspect. We worked very hard. They worked very hard too, but I thought we worked really hard."
Park continued: "I thought we played great the first two periods. In the third period they came at us pretty hard and we turned it over a few times at center ice, but we didn't give away odd man rushes. That was good. They played real hard in the third period down below the dots and John had to come up big a few times."
Neither team could accomplish much on the power play. BU was 0-5 with seven shots on goal, while Northeastern went 0-7 with five shots. "The power play really hurt us," Cronin said.
"When you get chances and your power play doesn't score goals or it doesn't generate any energy, it's just a downer. Our power play was just awful tonight. "I thought we had a bunch of chances," he said earlier. "We had breakaways, we had two on ones, we had scrambles in front of the net. (Curry) played really well for them."
Next weekend, BU hosts Maine for a two-game set at Agganis Arena, while Northeastern travels to Vermont for a pair of games at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
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Orono, Maine- Gerardo Suero recorded his fifth 20-plus point performance with 28 points and added six assists to lead UAlbany over Maine, 76-68, on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena. The Great Danes improve to 8-6 in the conference while the Black Bears fall to 5-8. With the win, UAlbany will lock up at least the number four seed in the conference with a loss by Hartford in its next four games.
Suero led the Great Danes with 28 points on 11-of-22 shooting from the floor along with 6 assists. Both Mike Black and Luke Devlin each contributed with double-digits points as well with 11 and 13, respectively. UAlbany out rebounded Maine by a margin of eight, 35-27.
Fraser led the Black Bears with 21 points, 14 of which came in the first half. McLemore, Maine's leading scorer, coming into the contest averaging 17.7 points per game, was held to 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Of McLemore's 19, 11 came in the last minutes of the game. Maine out shot UAlbany, 52.9 to 45.3 percent from the floor.
After a slow start, UAlbany went on a 12-0 run in the first half to grab a seven-point lead, 21-14, with 9:12 left in the first half. The run was capped by a Luke Devlin three from the left baseline.
Maine's Fraser would stop the bleeding with an eight-footer to cut the deficit to five, 21-16, with 8:28 remaining. Fraser would end the half with 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field.
The Great Danes would finish out the half with an 11-point lead, 36-25. Suero would lead his team in scoring with 10 points.
UAlbany would continue to build on its lead by going up 15, 53-38, at 10:30 remaining which was the largest lead of the game. Suero opened up with six points during that stretch in the beginning of the second half.
Maine's McLemore would do his best to cut the deficit down to eight, 59-51, with a deep three at 4:28 remaining in the game.
But the Great Danes defense would be too much by holding on to the lead without allowing the Black Bears to get any closer than eight points in the final four minutes of play. UAlbany will continue the 2011-12 season against Vermont at SEFCU Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 15 (7 pm).


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i was thinking that with all the posts and like minded people here that it would be interesting to hear What you believe to be a standard EVERY DAY CARRY ITEMS LIST,(i.e. primary, secondary,illumination, etc...)
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i was thinking that with all the posts and like minded people here that it would be interesting to hear What you believe to be a standard EVERY DAY CARRY ITEMS LIST,(i.e. primary, secondary,illumination, etc...)
minimum- firearm,wallet/id's,knife
perfered- primary firearm, secondary firearm, 2 reloads for both, primary knife secondary knife, wallet/id's, cellphone, flashlight, backup flashlight, EDC kit bag(this changes a lot)
Overkill-anything over perfered: this includes bodyarmor, longguns, impact weapons mace, extra ammo, blowout medkits, survival gear.
My standard everyday carry consists of primary weapon (in my case, CZ75 P-06), spare magazine, folding knife, permit and ID, and cell phone.
My standard EDC consists of my G22, 2 mags for this, G23, flashlight, folding knife, permit and Id and phone. All together I have probably close to 60+ rounds ready to serve me and keep my family safe.
My axiom has been, if you carry a gun, you carry a cell phone.
My EDC includes (in addition to the above)--knife, spare mag, flashlight
Depends. I don't carry all the time. But if you add my vehicle in there as well as on my person, then it is different. I carry alot of stuff in my Jeep. If I'm out in public, usually a minimum of gun, wallet, knife, and cell.
I carry what seems like 25 pounds of stuff. CCW, reload, flashlight, pocket knife, money/cards/ID clip, OC spray, 5 pounds worth of keys, lighter, cell phone, and a couple dollars in quarters. Sometimes I carry 2 CCWs w/ reloads for each. The other day, I carried a XD40sc and a Ruger SP101 .357 mag. surprisingly easily...with all of the other stuff.
My EDC consists of 2 guns, spare mags for primary, 1 knife, a watch, wallet, and cell phone.
My EDC
Min: light, watch,Tuff Writer, phone & wallet
Med: light, watch, blade, Tuff Writer, phone & wallet
Max: light, watch, blade, Tuff Writer, phone, wallet, pistol, spare mag
Small BOB in the truck
My EDC, in video form
knife, keys on a monkey fist, pf9, ids, cell, burts bees, a pen
Glock 22(tucked IWB scorpion), two mags, blackberry, knife, iD, wallet, light.
EMP, knife, wallet/permit, cell, keys, pen.
Trying to find a holster I like for a second mag and small flashlight.


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After Katrina, a Madison Tulane student heads to Hebrew U
September 23rd, 2005
After returning from a three-month visit to Israel this summer, Michael Felknor, 19, had no idea that he would be returning so soon.
But Hurricane Katrina helped to steer the Madison native back to the Jewish state this time as a student at The Hebrew University.
Felknor came back from an extended stay in Israel on Aug. 15, which included his participation in birthright israel, a 10 day free trip for 18-26 year olds.
A junior majoring in English at Tulane University, he was preparing to return to New Orleans for the fall semester. But then came Katrina.
He never flew back because, but by that time, Felknor said, Tulane had already delayed classes by at least a week. It was pretty clear that the hurricane was going to hit New Orleans, so I canceled the flight.
At home, when it became obvious he wouldnt be attending Tulane at all this fall, he began thinking about going to UW-Madison for the semester, and even went to an orientation there.
But then a friend from Tulane called, Felknor said, and told him that all six major universities in Israel are accepting students affected by the hurricane.
After reading about it online, Felknor discovered that he could attend Hebrew U with a full tuition scholarship. The offer of the Israeli universities was better than any American [school], he found, where in order to attend he would still need to pay the equivalent of his Tulane tuition.
It worked out well for Felknor, who said that he was previously interested in attending Hebrew U through a program at Tulane, but the school had suspended that program when the intifada broke out.
Now, Felknor will spend his fall taking classes including Israeli literature, the Bible and English literature, as well as a Hebrew ulpan program. He is working on making sure the credits will transfer back to Tulane.
Felknor has already arranged through a friend for an apartment when he arrives in early October. He is looking forward to the experience of living in Israel, rather then being mobile all the time, as he was during the summer.
Though Felknor plans to return to Israel when he finishes college, he hopes to return to Tulane after this semester is complete. [I have] plenty of friends at Tulane and I would like to graduate with them, he said.
But for now, though under the circumstances, I would hate to feel happy about it I missed Israel, and now I get to go back, he said.