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Minutewomen looking for their first wins of the 2013 season
Feb. 21, 2013
UMASS RETURNS TO FLORIDA FOR NFCA LEADOFF CLASSICAfter going 0-3 to open the season at the FAU Kickoff Classic last week, the Massachusetts softball team returns to the Sunshine State for the NFCA Leadoff Classic, held at the Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in Clearwater, Fla. The Minutewomen's five-game slate begins on Friday with games against Pacific at 3:30 p.m. and Indiana at 6 p.m. On Saturday, UMass will face Illinois State at 10:30 a.m. and Southern Illinois at 3:30 p.m. Play concludes on Sunday with a 12:30 p.m. tilt against UCF.• The Moore Complex features nine field over three complexes, so fans will want to double check which field the Minutewomen are scheduled to play each game. A detailed map can be downloaded at www.usfseries.com. Friday, 3:30 p.m. vs Pacific, Field 3Friday, 6 p.m. vs Indiana Field 3Saturday, 10:30 a.m. vs Illinois State, Field 8Saturday, 3:30 p.m. vs Southern Illinois, Field 2Sunday, 12:30 p.m. vs UCF, Field 3
• Live stats will be available at UMassAthletics.com by clicking on the GameTracker links. Postgame interviews with head coach Elaine Sortino and selected student-athletes will also be available following each day's action. A live blog will also be conducted when time permits.• Head Coach Elaine Sortino is in her 34th season at UMass with a 1,167-483-6 (.707) overall record. The 2004 NFCA Hall of Fame inductee ranks fifth among active Division I head coaches in wins and has guided the Minutewomen to 23 Atlantic 10 championships, 21 NCAA Tournaments and three Women's College World Series appearances.• UMass is coming off a 2012 campaign in which the Minutewomen finished with a 38-13 overall record and tore through the Atlantic 10 with a perfect 19-0 mark, followed by three postseason wins and the A-10 Tournament Championship. Sara Plourde and Cyndil Matthew were each named Second Team All-America.
UMass Making 15th Leadoff Classic Appearance• UMass is participating in the NFCA Leadoff Classic for the 15th time since 1996. Their first 13 showings came in Columbus, Ga. before last season's event in Clearwater, Fla. The Minutewomen are 31-37 all-time in the event.
UMass Making Florida Trips A Habit• Not only will UMass open the season in Florida, it will play its first 15 games in the nation's 27th state. For the year, the 15 Florida games are second only to the 18 scheduled contests in Massachusetts - 16 at the UMass Softball Complex and one each at Boston College and Boston University.• UMass has traveled to Florida for a total of nine events since the 2008 season, compiling an overall record of 30-17 (.638).
UMass Team Analysis• UMass returns 13 letterwinners and six position starters from last season's squad.• The 2013 squad consists of four seniors, five juniors, five sophomores and five freshman. The 19-member team hails from eight different states, with the majority coming from Massachusetts (8), California (2) and New Hampshire (2). UMass also has one player each from Arizona, California, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
Series History Against The Field• Pacific: UMass and Pacific have only met once before, with the Minutewomen claiming a 6-3 win 2003 Leadoff Classic.• Indiana: Indiana holds a 4-2 series edge. The Hoosiers won a pair of games in 1985 to start the series. UMass' two victories came in 1995 and 2007. IU won the last game, 2-1, in the 2008 USF/Under Armour Classic.• Illinois State: The Redbirds hold a 4-1 advantage which includes the season-ending 1-0 loss in last year's NCAA Columbia (Mo.) Regional.• Southern Illinois: The Salukis are 5-1 against UMass. The most recent games came during the 2003 NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa, Ala. UMass went 3-2 in the event but both losses were to SIU.• UCF: UMass and UCF will face one another on the softball diamond for the first time.
UMass Picked First In A-10 Preseason Poll• UMass has been predicted to finish first in the 2013 Atlantic 10 Championship in polling of the conference coaches. Head Coach Elaine Sortino's Minutewomen have won the seven of the last eight A-10 titles, 16 of the last 18, and 23 overall. Fordham, the 2011 champion, was predicted to repeat with Saint Joseph's in third.• Charlotte was predicted fourth, followed by Temple, Dayton, Saint Louis, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Rhode Island and La Salle.• The six-team, double-elimination A-10 Championship will be held May 8-11 at the Sortino Field in Amherst.
Follow UMass Softball• UMass Athletics offers several ways you can follow the Minutewomen. Your No. 1 source for information and news on the softball team is always UMassAthletics.com. Check in often for previews, recaps, news, box scores, and blog entries.• You can now follow UMass softball on Facebook! Simply search UMass Softball and click the "Like" button to follow the Minutewomen and receive up-to-the-minute news.• Follow UMass Athletics on Twitter at twitter.com/umassathletics. Receive the latest news on all UMass teams straight to your Twitter feed.• All of the latest UMass videos: hightlights, interviews, features, etc., can be seen on UMass' YouTube channel. Just go to youtube.com/umassathletics.
2013 Season Tickets Now On Sale• 2013 UMass Softball Season Tickets are on sale now! The 23-time Atlantic 10 Champions are primed for another successful season in 2013 and the Minutewomen look forward to you joining them at the UMass Softball Complex for their 18 home games on 15 dates. Tickets can be ordered by calling 866-UMASS-TIX or by visiting the ticket page at UMassAthletics.com.• UMass softball season tickets are once again the best deal around, with plans ranging from $26 to $75 - that works out to between $1.52 and $4.17 per game! Purchasing softball season tickets also earns you Priority Points towards other UMass season tickets, including basketball, football, and hockey.


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Despite breaking down his own barriers of becoming the first person of color to star in ABC's "The Bachelor", former soccer star Juan Pablo Galavis doesn't believe another barrio should be broken. As TV Guide reports on Jan. 18, the current "Bachelor" star doesn't believe there should be a gay or bisexual bachelor.
Galavis shot down the idea in an interview with The TV Page, where of course he followed up the homophobic comments stating that he has many gay friends. He most likely alienated those friends and a particular demographic of the show's viewership with the following comments:
"I don't think it is a good example for kids to watch that on TV. Obviously people have their husband and wife and kids, and that is how we are brought up. Now there is fathers having kids and all that, and it is hard for me to understand that too in the sense of a household having peoples…Two parents sleeping in the same bed and the kid going into bed…it is confusing in a sense. "
He goes on to say that also he doesn't understand the different structures of family, he does respect them but feels it would be too much for television and in some respect would be crossing the line to have gay and bisexual exposure on a show such as "The Bachelor".
Although the show is not necessarily a show made for kids, Juan Pablo Galavis further alienated the LGBT community by accusing gay people of being "more pervert in a sense".


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Racism in America is alive and well, but perhaps we should call it something different.
Race has been a hot topic in America in the years since the Nation's "first black President" was elected (not Bubba but Barack) and has received heightened attention in headlines over the past year. In electoral politics accusations of racism have been flung from both sides of the aisle. In coverage of tragedies like the shooting of the black 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by the Hispanic (white if you work in media) George Zimmerman, racism has been exploited as a sensational motive. And just yesterday, the Supreme Court heard a case involving a word that should have long ago been thrown in the trash bin with "nigger," "spic" and "kike": affirmative action.
After President Barack Obama was elected nearly four years ago, cries of jubilation from the hope-and-change peanut gallery were idealistic in tone and hinted of a new, improved post-racial American future. In fact, a poll released by Gallup in the summer following the President's ascent to power showed that a little more than half of the population felt optimistic that the division of the past between blacks and whites in the Nation was closer than ever to being forgotten.
The results of that particular Gallup poll offer interesting, albeit heavily anecdotal, evidence of who more strongly believes that America can remove race from the success/failure equation and replace it with merit. As in "he didn't hire me because I am black do not have enough experience in the field for the job" or "I wasn't accepted into the University of Texas because the school couldn't add more white students and still meet diversity requirements didn't feel my application was as strong as others."
That particular poll noted that while 59 percent of whites saw the election of a "black" President as a boon to American race relations, only 50 percent of black respondents shared the same view.
Since Obama took office, it has become harder and harder to tell who the most egregious racists in America are, save the obvious examples like the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nation and The New Black Panther Party which have given unfortunate merit to the race-baiting existence of organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center for decades. The examples of outright racism that are not so easily pointed out are those that burden the person pointing them out with proving that he is not indeed a racist himself.
If you're white, criticizing the President is ridiculously likely to get you called a racist.
And pointing out that Huffington Post dedicates an entire portion of its website to black people — that's racist — is a surefire way to elicit a response like the one of an impassioned young Occupy Wall Street Trotskyite forever immortalized on YouTube (the video, by the way, has an impressive number of views): "Are you a white man? If you're a white man, then shut the f**k up about race because you don't know s**t other than how to rape and kill."
He goes on to mutter something about white people criticizing black people for criticizing the "power structure" — it is all so very Black Panther circa 1960s, but I digress.
Along with HuffPost's "Black Voices" section, you can visit "Latino Voices" and "Gay Voices" if you are feeling incredibly minority-tastic. In honor of Columbus Day on Monday, one of the publication's esteemed "Black Voices" columnists (a black man) penned a wonderfully racist column about "underwhelming" white people. The list, entitled "The 15 Most Overrated White People", includes the likes of Elvis Presley, Ronald Reagan, the entire National Hockey League (except Wayne Simmons, a black Canadian), William Shakespeare, Joel Osteen, Sarah Palin and Bill Clinton.
The list includes such fallaciously sarcastic observations as this bit about Palin: "Although her political career is likely over, Palin continues to be a powerbroker among Right wing extremists. Despite her lack of knowledge of policy or strategy, Palin is still a go-to pundit on conservative media outlets. No one destroys the myth of white supremacy more effectively than Sarah Palin."
While some of the author's observations are actually spot on (Palin is no policy genius, and Osteen is a bit of a shameless self-promoter), imagine the racially charged vitriol coming from a white columnist in a similarly named article "The 15 Most Overrated Black People." In the spirit of fair play, a few names come immediately to mind: Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, many others whose names are preceded by "The Reverend," Lil Wayne, Kanye West, the Congressional Black Caucus and anyone involved in the production of one of those dreadful Tyler Perry films.
Of course, you'll never read that column because it would be an incredibly racist and culturally misguided critique of black culture coming from a white pundit.
The simple fact that the columnist in question felt the need to write about "overrated white people" in an all-black forum on Columbus Day demonstrates perfectly the damage that affirmative action, political correctness and the perpetual myth that white people are always trying to tread upon black people are doing to the Nation. Columbus Day has become a popular time for bleeding hearts to remind everyone that bad things happened in the past and will continue to happen as a result of evil and hate. And that's fine, but picking selective racial battles only to self-embolden black identity is no noble endeavor. Perhaps a better article would have been "The 15 Most Underrated Native Americans Killed By European Settlers." Of course, HuffPost has yet to add a "Native American Voices" section.
There is no shortage of white racists in America, but they by no means have the monopoly on hate and closed-mindedness. And so, because racist has always been such a white-centric term and "reverse racism" is an idiotic one, perhaps it is time to find another word that could encompass both the ignorant white man in his hood and robe and the spiteful black man who blames pigment for all of his problems. Luckily, we already have one: moron.
Racist Morons Everywhere You Look : Personal Liberty Digest™.
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From Monstropedia
In Irish mythology, a leprechaun (Modern Irish: leipreachán) is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland before the arrival of the Celts. Some alternative spellings of the word leprechaun that have been used throughout the ages are; leprechawn, lepracaun and lubberkin. The word leprehaun has also been used.
Aka : The Gentry, Monaciello, Fir Darrig, Cluricaune, Logherima,
There are a number of possible etymologies of the name "leprechaun". One of the most widely accepted theories is that the name comes from the Irish Gaelic word leipreachán, defined by Dinneen as "a pigmy, a sprite, a leprechaun; for luchorpán"; the latter word Dinneen defines as "a pigmy, a leprechaun; 'a kind of aqueous sprite'"; this word has also been identified as meaning "half-bodied", or "small-bodied".
An alternative derivation for the name, and the one quoted by the Oxford English Dictionary, is leath bhrógan, "Leith bhroyan" or "Leith phroyan" meaning shoe-maker — the leprechaun is known as the fairy shoemaker of Ireland and is often portrayed working on a single shoe. Originally coined by Thomas Keightley in The Fairy Mythology (1850)
Another derivation has the word "leprechaun" deriving from luch-chromain, meaning "little stooping Lugh", Lugh being the name of a leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
The word leprechaun was first recorded used in the English language in 1604 in Thomas Middleton and Dekker's The Honest Whore as lubrican. The original meaning was of some kind of spirit and not specifically associated with the Irish mythological character.
"As for your Irish Lubrican, that spirit Whom by preposterous charms thy lust has raised."
The cluricaun is often confused with the leprechaun. The leprechaun is related to the clurichaun and the far darrig in that he is a solitary creature. Some writers even go as far as to substitute these second two less well-known spirits for the leprechaun in stories or tales to reach a wider audience. The cluricaun is considered by some to be merely a leprechaun on a spree.
Solitary dwarf male faery wearing an emerald green frock coat and green tri-cornered hats and bestowed with the knowledge of the location of buried treasure, often in a crock of gold. Infamous hoarders, they are loathe to spend a single penny, which probably explains their poor appearance in spite of their great wealth.
The leprechaun originally had a different appearance depending on where in Ireland he was found. Prior to the 20th century, it was generally agreed that the leprechaun wore red and not green. Samuel Lover, writing in the 1831 describes the leprechaun as,
Yeats, in his 1888 book entitled Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry describes the leprechaun as follows:
He is something of a dandy, and dresses in a red coat with seven rows of buttons, seven buttons on each row, and wears a cocked-hat, upon whose pointed end he is wont in the north-eastern counties, according to McAnally, to spin like a top when the fit seizes him.
In a poem entitled The Lepracaun; or, Fairy Shoemaker, the 18th century Irish poet William Allingham describes the appearance of the leprechaun as:
Some commentators accuse Allingham of leaving the legacy of the modern image of the leprechaun described below.
Music, dancing, fox hunting, and drinking Irish whiskey are said to be the Leprechauns' favorite pastimes. Once a leprachaun begins dancing to a human's song, it is said that he cannot stop until the tune ceases. His exhausted state may cause him to make outlandish offers, including his crock of gold, if you will please only allow him to stop dancing. Other means of finding his gold include looking at the end of a rainbow, which may lead him offer 3 wishes in exchange for his treasure. His promises of gold alway proves hollow, as the Leprechaun always employs clever tricks in his granting of wishes, often resulting in the embarrassment or injury to the one who expected a bounteous reward.
According to legend, If caught by a mortal, he will promise great wealth if allowed to go free. He carries two leather pouches. In one there is a silver shilling, a magical coin that returns to the purse each time it is paid out. In the other he carries a gold coin which he uses to try and bribe his way out of difficult situations. This coin usually turns to leaves or ashes once the leprechaun has parted with it. However, you must never take your eye off him, for he can vanish in an instant.
According to legend, if anyone keeps an eye fixed upon one, he cannot escape, but the moment the eye is withdrawn he vanishes.
Leprechauns and other creatures of Irish mythology are often associated with "faerie forts" or "faerie rings", often the sites of ancient (Celtic or pre-Celtic) earthworks or drumlins. They are also said to dwell at springs in wild areas with large grassy hills, sometimes in cellars.
By nature, leprechauns are said to be ill-natured and mischievous, with a mind for cunning. Many tales present the leprechaun as outwitting a human. Although rarely seen in social situations, leprechauns are supposedly very well spoken and, if ever spoken to, could make good conversation.
They usually take the form of old men who enjoy partaking in mischief. Their trade is that of a cobbler or shoemaker but their clientele is limited to the faery world and they only work on one shoe. They are said to be very rich, having many treasure crocks buried during war-time.
Leprechauns rarely appear in what would be classed as a folk tale; in almost all cases the interest of these stories centres round a human hero. Stories about leprechauns are generally very brief and generally have local names and scenery attached to them. The tales are usually told conversationally as any other occurrence might be told, whereas there is a certain solemnity about the repetition of a folk-tale proper.
Examples of tales involving leprechauns
A farmer or young lad captures a leprechaun and forces him to reveal the location of his buried treasure. The leprechaun assures him that the treasure is buried in an open field beneath a particular ragwort plant. The farmer ties a red ribbon to the plant, first extracting a promise from the leprechaun not to remove the ribbon. Releasing the leprechaun, he leaves to get a shovel. Upon his return he finds that every weed in the field has been tied with an identical red ribbon, thus making it impossible to find the treasure.
In another story, a young girl finds a leprechaun and bids him show her the location of his buried money. She takes him up in her hand and sets out to find the treasure, but all of a sudden she hears a loud buzzing behind her. The leprechaun shouts at her that she is being chased by a swarm of bees, but when she looks around there are no bees and the leprechaun has vanished.
In other stories they are told of riding shepherds' dogs through the night, leaving the dogs exhausted and dirty in the morning.
The Field of Boliauns
NE fine day in harvest--it was indeed Lady-day in harvest, that everybody knows to be one of the greatest holidays in the year--Tom Fitzpatrick was taking a ramble through the ground, and went along the sunny side of a hedge; when all of a sudden he heard a clacking sort of noise a little before him in the hedge.
"Dear me," said Tom, "but isn't it surprising to hear the stonechatters singing so late in the season?" So Tom stole on, going on the tops of his toes to try if he could get a sight of what was making the noise, to see if he was right in his guess. The noise stopped; but as Tom looked sharply through the bushes, what should he see in a nook of the hedge but a brown pitcher, that might hold about a gallon and a half of liquor; and by-and-by a little wee teeny tiny bit of an old man, with a little motty of a cocked hat stuck upon the top of his head, a deeshy daushy leather apron hanging before him, pulled out a little wooden stool, and stood up upon it, and dipped a little piggin into the pitcher, and took out the full of it, and put it beside the stool, and then sat down under the pitcher, and began to work at putting a heel-piece on a bit of a brogue just fit for himself.
"Well, by the powers," said Tom to himself, "I often heard tell of the Lepracauns, and, to tell God's truth, I never rightly believed in them--but here's one of them in real earnest. If I go knowingly to work, I'm a made man. They say a body must never take their eyes off them, or they'll escape.Tom now stole on a little further, with his eye fixed on the little man just as a cat does with a mouse. So when he got up quite close to him, "God bless your work, neighbour," said Tom.The little man raised up his head, and "Thank you kindly," said he.
"I wonder you'd be working on the holiday!" said Tom.
"That's my own business, not yours," was the reply.
"Well, may be you'd be civil enough to tell us what you've got in the pitcher there?" said Tom.
"That I will, with pleasure, said he; it's good beer."
"Beer!" said Tom. "Thunder and fire! where did you get it?"
"Where did I get it, is it? Why, I made it. And what do you think I made it of?"
"Devil a one of me knows, said Tom; but of malt, I suppose, what else?"
"There you're out. I made it of heath."
"Of heath!" said Tom, bursting out laughing; "sure you don't think me to be such a fool as to believe that?"
"Do as you please," said he, "but what I tell you is the truth. Did you never hear tell of the Danes."
"Well, what about them?" said Tom.
"Why, all the about them there is, is that when they were here they taught us to make beer out of the heath, and the secret's in my family ever since."
"Will you give a body a taste of your beer?" said Tom.
"I'll tell you what it is, young man, it would be fitter for you to be looking after your father's property than to be bothering decent quiet people with your foolish questions. There now, while you're idling away your time here, there's the cows have broke into the oats, and are knocking the corn all about."
Tom was taken so by surprise with this that he was just on the very point of turning round when he recollected himself; so, afraid that the like might happen again, he made a grab at the Lepracaun, and caught him up in his hand; but in his hurry he overset the pitcher, and spilt all the beer, so that he could not get a taste of it to tell what sort it was. He then swore that he would kill him if he did not show him where his money was. Tom looked so wicked and so bloody-minded that the little man was quite frightened; so says he, "Come along with me a couple of fields off, and I'll show you a crock of gold."
So they went, and Tom held the Lepracaun fast in his hand, and never took his eyes from off him, though they had to cross hedges and ditches, and a crooked bit of bog, till at last they came to a great field all full of boliauns, and the Lepracaun pointed to a big boliaun, and says he, "Dig under that boliaun, and you'll get the great crock all full of guineas."
Tom in his hurry had never thought of bringing a spade with him, so he made up his mind to run home and fetch one; and that he might know the place again he took off one of his red garters, and tied it round the boliaun.
Then he said to the Lepracaun, "Swear ye'll not take that garter away from that boliaun." And the Lepracaun swore right away not to touch it.
"I suppose," said the Lepracaun, very civilly, "you have no further occasion for me?"
"No," says Tom; "you may go away now, if you please, and God speed you, and may good luck attend you wherever you go."
"Well, good-bye to you, Tom Fitzpatrick," said the Lepracaun; "and much good may it do you when you get it."
So Tom ran for dear life, till he came home and got a spade, and then away with him, as hard as he could go, back to the field of boliauns; but when he got there, lo and behold! not a boliaun in the field but had a red garter, the very model of his own, tied about it; and as to digging up the whole field, that was all nonsense, for there were more than forty good Irish acres in it. So Tom came home again with his spade on his shoulder, a little cooler than he went, and many's the hearty curse he gave the Lepracaun every time he thought of the neat turn he had served him.
The three wishes
"The Three Wishes" by Mark Shapiro
Recent 'sightings'
In 2006, there have been alleged sightings of the Crichton Leprechaun in a tree in the Crichton neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama, although according to one local man filmed for a news report on the alleged sightings, it is just a shadow. Supposedly the leprechaun only comes out at night and disappears if one shines a light on it. The local news story about the supposed sightings has circulated on the Internet as a subject of humor.[1] Most recently, the Crichton Leprechaun has created a stir in the United States, although his garb is presently undetermined.
Art / Fiction
Movies, television cartoons and advertising have popularized a specific image of leprechauns which bears scant resemblance to anything found in the cycles of Irish mythology. Many Irish people find the popularised image of a leprechaun to be little more than a series of offensive Irish stereotypes and a trivialisation of Ireland's rich and ancient Irish culture
The stereotypical image of a leprechaun bedecked in green is particularly strong in the United States, where it is widely used for a variety of purposes, both commercial and non-commercial.
Films / TV
Homer: Leprechaun? Don't they live in Ireland?
Moe: Yeah, but they come over here in the wheel wells of Aer Lingus jets.
Carl: You know, I was hexed by a troll, and a leprechaun cured that right up.
Lenny: Hey, you know what's even better is Jesus. He's like six leprechauns.
Carl: Yeah, but a lot harder to catch. Go with a leprechaun.
-- "Treehouse of Horror XII"
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RIM announce huge surge in sales ....
Global BlackBerry web filter vow to block child abuse sites
RIM's proxy-style web delivery is bypassing mobile network operators' filters on internet filth, including the thoroughly illegal sites listed by the Internet Watch Foundation, much to the delight disgust of the Daily Mail. RIM admits that it isn't implementing a block on sites identified by the IWF as hosts of banned material …
I often wonder if people are as naive and stupid as articles like this make them appear to be, and then I realise that yes, yes they are.
IWF doesn't block all cp, it blocks a tiny percentage that could be found if you wanted too as it tends to rely on people reporting it to them as opposed to going on exhaustive hunts.
As to porn, I can legally sign a contract which means I'm over 18, having a tick box may be of some use if I were buying an internet connection for a child, but I probably wouldn't bother ticking it, I'd educate my child and until it's in its mid teens it wouldn't have a phone that could do anymore then make calls and text messages, no camera, I know what teenagers do with cameras, I don't want to find out the lads have found a picture of it naked on instagram.
Oh I do like these posts from people who clearly haven't got any children of their own :-)
Thanks for the Daily Fail link.
I was amused to see the juxtaposition of two items in their other-headlines sidebar:
"# Call of booty: Channel 4 computer game featuring condom-wearing soldiers shooting sperm wins Bafta
# Feeding cows on wine dregs improves milk and cuts on, ahem, 'methane emissions'"
So, it's quite alright to mention condoms and 'shooting sperm', but farts are too far beyond the pale to refer to without coy euphemism? Hahaha what a, ahem, 'fecal matter'-y rag.
What are Japanese BB users going to do with IWF censorship?
Their adult material is the sickest of the lot.
Just Great
So now the whole world (of Blackberry users) will be subjected to IWF's nonsense? I don't own one, but if I did I wouldn't be happy at all.


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Nov. 13, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. - Just a few hours after the Bulldogs wrapped up conference play with a thrilling 3-2 win over Utah State, the Fresno State volleyball team took a drive up to Children's Hospital Central California to spend the day with some of the young patients.
"Going to Children's Hospital today was really fun because we got to make the children laugh and smile," freshman libero Christina Lee said. "It feels great to know that we brightened their day and made them happy."
The joy spread across everyone's faces all day as some played outdoor basketball and the team shared insights into the life of a Bulldog.
The opportunity allowed the 'Dogs to get to patients and families of all ages and backgrounds, and the team handed out homemade pillow cases to the children.
"This experience was very rewarding," freshman Molly Pearson said. "I was able to teach a girl some new card games that's she'll be able to play later on."
Throughout the day, the team spent time with patients in the playroom where they colored Thanksgiving pictures and played card and video games. They also got to play with the dolls and cars and create a jumbo game of Candyland.
"Coming to Children's Hospital was a great experience," sophomore Kristen Sciacca said. "I got to apply what I'm learning in school by speaking Spanish to several children who didn't understand English."
In addition to their competition, class and practice schedules, the team regularly makes time for similar volunteer opportunities in the San Joaquin Valley.
"We Are Your Team!" --- Fresno State will visit the NAIA's Fresno Pacific on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in an exhibition match before heading to Las Vegas for the 2011 WAC Tournament. The fifth-seeded Bulldogs will battle the fourth-seeded and defending tournament champion Utah State Aggies on Monday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Orleans' Arena. Tickets are available through the Bulldog Ticket Office, by calling 278-3647 or online here at www.gobulldogs.com. The match will also be streamed live at wac.tv.
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France – Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache – 1 hr 53 min – w/subtitles
The story of two men who should never have met — a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects who is hired to care for him. This feel-good dark-comedy is the second most successful French film of all time. Starring Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy.
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The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, bears responsibility for the people of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union and should step down, the Czech minister of foreign affairs, Lubomír Zaorálek, said on Czech Television on Sunday. Mr. Zaorálek said Mr. Juncker was in his view not the right man for the job. The Czech foreign policy chief also said that talks between Brussels and London over managing the UK's exit should be launched as quickly as possible.
Zeman: Brexit vote means EU will not be equal partner to China, Russia or US
President Miloš Zeman says the UK's vote to quit the European Union is bad for both sides. Speaking on TV Prima, Mr. Zeman said Britons would have not backed Brexit if the EU were headed by forceful personalities, adding that he had hoped the union would be an equal partner in dialogue with China, Russia and the US, but that would not now happen. The head of state also said he believed that Scotland was now likely to quit Great Britain, which would further undermine the UK economically.
Hundreds attend Ležáky memorial on 74th anniversary of atrocity
Hundreds of people attended a memorial on Sunday observing the 74th anniversary of the razing of the village of Ležáky by the Nazis and the murder of 52 of its citizens. Speaking at the ceremony, the chairman of the lower house of the Czech Parliament, Jan Hamáček, said Ležáky was an eternal reminder of the bad that people were capable of when they were guided by a hateful ideology. The village was burnt down on 24 June 1924, two weeks after a similar attack on Lidice. Both atrocities were part of reprisals for the assassination of Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich.
Fire officers called out three times more often than usual after storms
Fire officers in the Czech Republic were called out three times more often than usual on Saturday to deal with the affects of heavy storms that hit large parts of the country. The worst-affected areas were south and central Bohemia and the Plzeň and Liberec regions. While average call-outs for fire brigades number just under 300 a day, on Saturday there were over 1,000, a spokesperson said. They have mainly been removing fallen trees, pumping water out of underground spaces and clearing drains.
Jágr, 44, wins Golden Hockey Stick for player of year for 12th time
Veteran star Jaromír Jágr has crowned a successful season with victory in the Golden Hockey Stick poll of Czech ice hockey player of the year. The third most productive player in NHL history, who is 44, picked up the prize for the 12th time in a ceremony in Karlovy Vary on Saturday night. Jágr said that he had first been in the 10 best in the Golden Hockey Stick way back in 1990 and that it remained a huge honour for him.
Iggy Pop performs at maiden Metronome festival in Prague
US singer Iggy Pop headlined the first edition of the Metronome music festival in Prague on Saturday. The punk pioneer, who is now 69, performed a 90-minute featuring many of his best-known songs as well as tracks from his most recent album Post Pop Depression. The two-day Metronome is taking place in parallel to United Islands of Prague, a long-running free festival that is held at various venues in the Czech capital.
Social Democrats buy debt of lawyer they owe enormous sum
The Social Democrats have bought a CZK 5 million debt of lawyer Zdeněk Altner, with whom they are locked in a legal dispute, and launched distraint proceedings against him. A spokesperson for the party said this would improve their position with regard to Mr. Altner, to whom they have been ordered to pay a huge sum. Mr. Altner's legal representative said the move would not impact the case between his client and the Social Democrats, while the lawyer himself described the move as base. Earlier this year the Social Democrats were ordered to pay Mr. Altner CZK 377 million in connection with his representation in a case surrounding the party's headquarters.
Plíšková loses Czech-Slovak Eastbourne final to Cibulková
The Czech tennis player Karolína Plíšková was beaten in the final of the UK's Eastbourne tournament on Saturday by Dominika Cibulková of Slovakia. The 5-7 3-6 defeat denied Plíšková her second WTA title of the season and despite reaching the final at Eastbourne she is set to remain at 17th in the world rankings.
Sobotka: Europe may pay high price for Cameron's Brexit vote pledge
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says Europe may pay an excessively high price for his UK counterpart David Cameron's pledge to hold an EU referendum in order to unify his Conservative Party prior to elections. Speaking a day after the UK's vote to leave sent shockwaves around the bloc, Mr. Sobotka said that would had happened was not the end of European integration – just the end of the UK in the EU. The Czech leader said the main thing now was agreeing co-existence with Great Britain under conditions advantageous to the Czech Republic; the priority is ensuring the maintenance of smooth exports and good conditions for Czechs working in the UK, he said.
Czech Republic in line to join European Space Agency programme
The Czech Republic is likely to join the prestigious Ariane and Vega space programme run by the European Space Agency at the start of July, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday. Finance Minister Andrej Babiš has pledged to provide financial backing, saying he wished to support the country's orientation in the aviation and space industries. Czech firms and researchers are expected to take part in the development, testing and production of parts for the Ariane 6 launch vehicle, whose first test flight is scheduled for 2020. A spokesperson for the Czech Ministry of Transport said the country would come on board once the move had been approved by existing ESA members.


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Jun 19, 2014 - Gnylmarung community
Well this app can't find gnylmarung on a map so I have marked cape leveque, which is the closest spot it recognises. Gnylmarung is not on hema maps, wiki camps or any other map, even the road sign where you turn on to cape leveque road, EXCEPT the Kimberley map Clare gave me before I left. Yay Clare! The community has only been open to visitors for 2 years and there are only 6 campsites so I was pretty lucky to find out about it at all ( the guy in the bait shop told me!!! He goes there). They may expand to a maximum of 10 sites in the...Jump to full entry
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Aug 19, 2013 - Cape Leveque
Middle lagoon 17/08/13 On our way up to Kooljamon (Cape Leveque) we stayed at Middle Lagoon. We had a swim and went snorkeling where we saw lots of fish, crabs, rocks and coral. This was a good practice for when we get to Ningaloo Reef & Coral Bay. Z Cape Leveque (Kooljamon) 18/8/13 & 19/8/13 Today we went to Kooljamon (Cape Leveque)and went to the beach. There we had a swim and walked along the boardwalk and had a try at fishing along the beach. Curtis caught a rock cod and dad caught a trevally. The next day mum and Curtis went on a whale...Jump to full entry
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May 28, 2013 - Cape Leveque
BREAKING NEWS: WE CAUGHT EDIBLE FISH!!! After telling fellow travellers we are heading to Broome every single one says 'make sure you go to Cape Leveque'. We were looking forward to finally getting up there after hearing this so many times along our travels. No caravans up there so we underwent the epic task of swapping from caravaners to tent campers. Massive job, imagine preparing to go camping for 4/5 nights from your house, then think of me trying to get out what we need when everything is shoved in tiny storage compartments. We have...Jump to full entry
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Jun 29, 2012 - Cape Leveque & Horizontal Falls Flight
29th June Amazing day, we got on a flight for the Horizontal Falls and Cape Leveque.On a smaller plane this time. A Cessna 206,a 6 seater. Lucky me I got the back seat to myself. Greg got to be co pilot sitting next to Kate our pilot. Fortunately he wasn't allowed to touch the controls. After our weigh in and safety talk. Kate showed us on the map where we would be flying for the day. We headed for the plane where Kate loaded us up making sure that we had our seat belts on. Our flight today includes flying over cultured pearl farms, we...Jump to full entry
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Jun 24, 2012 - Dampier Peninsula
We drove to Cape Leveque on a a red dirt road. Dad hated the drive. The road was sandy and bumpy and it took three hours. Our hut was opposite the beach. The water was warm but there were lots of rocks. There is a big croc at Hunters creek. The signs said not to go there. We collected shells when the tide went out really early every morning. We ate at the restaurant and had a campfire every night. I loved the campfires because we had marshmallows and toasted them. We drove to other places and had a drink and cake at Cygnet Bay. We played I...Jump to full entry
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Jun 4, 2012 - Broome
Oh yeah, it was a cold night, Bridget ended up sleeping with us as we werent quite prepared for how cold it was going to be.....after a hot shower we headed into Broome for Breakfast and good coffee. First stop was the Tourist Bureau, we picked up a few brochures and got some info on Cape Leveque and local spots to see. Bridget picked up a little magnetised turtle and has been attached to it since..... We parked up in Chinatown (main street area) and headed to Coles and Brumbys for breakfast and then around the corner at the Dragon fly Cafe...Jump to full entry
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Oct 7, 2011 - Day 32 & 33 Quondong Point
We are back from 2 days of beach camping, and this is the first opportunity we have had to update the journal. After leaving the beautiful Cape Leveque, we travelled only about 150km south to do some free camping on the beach. Quondong point is just the next one around from Prices Point, where the protest against Woodside's gas hub is taking place. We made a brief stop at Beagle Bay to see the church with the alter made from shells. Mick and I took turns going in, and when I went in India showed me how daddy had just taught her how to cross...Jump to full entry
Oct 5, 2011 - Day 31 Cape Leveque
Wow, what an absolutely stunning place to be! Mick headed off at daybreak to try and catch some fish for dinner. He returned with news of a snagged line and cut feet. I got some meat out of the freezer! We drove down onto the beach and spent the morning in heaven. Only the pictures can explain, but I can't upload them at the moment, so you will just have to imagine paradise. After getting too much sand in her swimmers, India wanted knickers and a dress. When I did my best to create her a dress out of mine, she said she was going back to...Jump to full entry
Oct 4, 2011 - Day 30 Cape Leveque
After saying goodbye to Bec, Paul, Emma and Adam (and their kids), we were on our way out of Broome. Cape Leveque is 200km north of Broome, 100km of which is unsealed, red, sandy and at times extremely bumpy road! We stopped a short time into the drive so that Mick could talk to the people at the Blockade who are protesting against Woodside's Proposed Gas Refinery. They have been there for 120 days, and are apparently making progress. I spent the rest of the dirt road trying to provide suspension for my bouncing belly. Paddy of course...Jump to full entry
Jul 28, 2011 - Cape Laveque (26 & 27)
Tuesday, 26 July - Day 1 of Chomley Tours On a beautiful sunny morning we headed off on our 2 day mini adventure to Cape Laveque with Chomley Tours... a 2 day 4WD tour...and what a brilliant time it was... 7am pickup by 4WD - where we met our other fellow adventurersss... then a 2hr drive straight up the coast of that amazing bright red dusty, corrigated road. First stop Beagle Bay where we visit an Aboriginal community and their pearl shell church. A lovely morning tea under the tree...little did we know what lay ahead sitting there under...Jump to full entry
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Jun 21, 2011 - Cape Leveque
Take 2, Chris unplugged the lap top so as i was just about finished the lap top died and i could have killed him!!! After 90km of the roughest dirt road we have were driven on and after becoming airborne 3 times, causing Chris to get car sick( I was feeling the same but i was in the front,)we made it to Cape Leveque. Beautiful beaches, crystal clear water, sand in 2 colours white and red just like the dirt but it was from the sandstone rocks that lined the beaches. Not much else to do but enjoy the views and relax and do nothing, which...Jump to full entry
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Jul 23, 2010 - More Meet and Greets and More fishing
This morning we went out to Cygnet Bay at Bily's invitation. They were harvesting the pearls, so there was lots to see - it's a very delicate operation. He gave us a tour and explanation, and then I showed the boys Billy's great house, with open air shower and bath with views onto the water. And with finished both Cyggie Bay coffee and cake for breakfast. We went into OAP and saw Maureen, and her son MooChoo recognised me. Then I went over to see Vivien teaching - she's gorgeous - cute as ever. Then we walked up to see Aunty Violet, at...Jump to full entry
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Woodbine, MD – August 25– More than 150 Howard County residents attended the fourth annual "Saturday Soiree" to benefit cancer services at Howard County General Hospital: A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center, a service of the hospital. The event was hosted by 16-year cancer survivor Mary Esmond and her husband Dan Esmond of Woodbine.
"Our caring and generous community of neighbors, family, friends and business leaders embraces our 'Saturday Soiree' and helps it grow each year," said Dan Esmond. "This year we again exceeded our financial goals for the event, nearly doubling last year's results thanks to everyone involved, including our dedicated volunteers who helped organize the event; the generous benefactors who contributed funds and services; and the people and businesses who sponsored the event, attended, and donated auction items," said Mary Esmond.
Over $31,000 was raised through the silent and first-ever live auctions, which showcased over 110 items donated by Howard County residents and businesses. The live auction included a $7,000 Dimension One spa courtesy of Sweetwater Pools and Spas; a $2,000 weathered-iron outdoor bench donated by Abbington Accents owner and soiree hostess, Mary Esmond; and three 25-foot trees valued at over $3,000 each donated by Bob and Laura Haney, owners of Town Creek Landscaping and Construction Company. The silent auction included an authentic Las Vegas casino machine donated by Doug Doudt and many sought-after sporting event tickets, including two Ravens skybox tickets donated by Baltimore Sun publisher Tim Ryan. In addition, an autographed Keifer Sunderland poster from the hit television series "24" was donated by Bill and Stephanie Albright and five front-row tickets to High School Musical on Ice were donated by Vicky and Joe Cutroneo. The auction also included a Charleston, South Carolina getaway donated by soiree host Dan Esmond, as well as a dozen unique home furnishings valued at over $7,500 donated by Mary Esmond.
Top bidders included Mel and Alexias Sharoky, Doug Doudt, Steve and Christine Callahan, Kevin and Eileen Dietz, Dane and Amy Rianhard, Mary Jane Register, George and Marilyn Doetsch, Todd and Kathy Mattis, Scott and Barbara Kapinos, and Frank and Kelly Saglimbeni. First-year sponsors of the event included lead sponsor Vice President of Leach Wallace Associates Inc. Rob Banas and his wife Karen; President of Surpreme Orthopedic Systems Stephen Callahan and his wife Christine; and Tom and Patty Buescher. Karen Banas, Vicky Cutroneo, Christine Callahan, and Karen Nelson served as the event's committee leaders. The event's 50/50 drawing raised over $1,300 for the Michael A. Fiorelli Education and Charitable Trust to benefit Nicholas Fiorelli, age 9, who lost his father earlier this year to esophageal cancer.
Local restaurateurs Gilberto Cortez and Fernando Duran, owners of El Azteca, Pachanga, La Palapa, and Broadneck Grill restaurants, catered the event with Mexican fare. Live music was performed by Kaos. Chaun and Michael Hightower provided technology systems for the silent auction and check out. The event program's graphic design and printing services were donated by Ann Bonner and Rick Reese of LPR Printing, respectively. Headgraphics donated sponsor signs.
Event attendees included Howard County General Hospital President and CEO Victor Broccolino and his wife Tina, hospital CFO Jim Young and his wife Julie, hospital Sr. VP of Managed Care, Planning and Marketing Paul Gleichauf and his wife Sue, and VP of Development for the Howard Hospital Foundation Chris McCabe and his wife Deidre. Also in attendance were State Delegate Warren Miller and his wife Jane and County Councilman Greg Fox and his wife Ilene. Other financial supporters of the event included Amir Dahan of Dahan Electric and his wife Celia, Dane Rianhard of FranklinMorris and his wife Amy, George Doetsch of Apple Ford and his wife Marilyn, and co-owners of Eggspectations David Albert and his wife Mary and Jon Hinkle and his wife Mylinda.
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- 2 jalapenos; seeded and cored
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- 6 oz extra firm tofu or tempeh; finely chopped
- ½ papaya; finely diced
- ¼ c dried cranberries
- ¼ c sunflower seeds
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon or lime juice
- 2 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp agave nectar
- ½ tsp ground cumin
Preheat oven to 350F.
Roast jalapenos in oven for 30 minutes.
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Add couscous, stir, remove from heat, cover and allow to sit for 20 minutes while it absorbs the water.
Once jalapenos are roasted and cooled, dice them.
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They take a lot of guff from snobby cinephiles and other people over the age of 12, but deep down everyone loves a good summer movie. So while we're busy trashing "Transformers: Age of Extinction," here's a list of five of our favorites.
Summer of '42 (1971)
Long ago, in the days before "Star Wars" and "Jaws" (both disqualified because they appeared in previous polls), summer movies targeted adult audiences. But adults weren't the only ones who attended. "This was the first R-rated movie I saw," writes reader Jo Bogart about this teary teen initiation drama. "We were underage and snuck in. It was the first time I saw sensuality on screen."
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
It seems like only yesterday that you couldn't pass a store window without some "E.T." merchandising staring at you with irresistible, blue, poached-egg eyes. Steven Spielberg's tale of the title alien hidden by kids from cold-hearted adults delighted children of all ages even as it spun a bizarre, messianic fantasy.
RoboCop (1987)
While the recent remake demonstrated everything an action movie should not do (which may be why it was released in February and not in the summer), Paul Verhoeven's original film about a cyborg cop caught up in the corporate corruption of a future, dystopic Detroit (i.e., Detroit today) is hilarious, thrilling, and ingeniously subversive.
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
Some summer movies are great not so much for their content, but for their context. Journalist Daniel Brockman has fond memories of this early entry in the Jim Varney oeuvre, "Me and a friend in middle school saw 'Ernest Goes to Camp' in a suburban Syracuse theater at a weekday screening. We were the only ones in the theater and we could yell at the screen all we wanted — that ruled."
The Avengers (2012)
One way to guarantee a superhero summer hit is to combine all the superhero movies that hit pay dirt in the past into one giant extravaganza. Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and such characters in search of a franchise as the Black Widow and Hawkeye team up to battle Norse god of mischief Loki. Sounds like a mismatch, but wait until the Chitauri pay a visit to New York City through the wormhole!
So much for summer movies. How about movies about summer? In honor of the solstice on June 21, tell us your favorites. And looking ahead: With a documentary about him opening on June 27 and a feature shooting in Boston, Whitey Bulger is the hottest gangster on the screen. What other movie mobsters could whack him? Cast your votes at www.boston.com/cinemania.


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text: CHICAGO — Self-service laundry owners in the West are starting to see a slight increase in sales for the month of November, and other regions aren't showing as dramatic of a decrease as in previous months, indicating that perhaps the decline in business due to the economic recession is finally coming to an end, according to a recent AmericanCoin-Op.com StatShot survey.Survey respondents in the West saw the first sales increase in months, with storeowners in the region reporting an average 3.7% increase in sales for November 2009 compared to November 2008. In addition, other regions reported less dramatic decreases, with the Midwest reporting just a 2.7% drop and the Northeast reporting a 4.7% drop. The South still seems to be suffering, however, with survey respondents reporting a 9.9% sales decrease."November 2009 was the best month I've had in 15 months," commented one operator in the Northeast.We also polled self-service laundry owners on drop-off service. The extra-profit service seems to be a popular offering among laundries in all regions except the West. In the South, 75% of owners said they currently offer drop-off, and 6.3% of respondents in the region said they just started the service this year. In the Midwest, 73.9% currently offer it with 13% having just started the service this year, and in the Northeast, 70% have offered the service for at least two years, the survey shows. In the West, the service doesn't seem to be as popular, with 52.6% of respondents saying they currently offer the service, and 15.8% said they just started the service this year.In some cases, the drop-off service is growing where overall sales are dragging. For example, survey respondents in the Midwest who have offered the service for more than a year reported a 9.4% increase in drop-off sales, comparing November 2009 to November 2008."Drop-off service has been steady over the past year, even growing some in the last few months," one operator in the South commented. "Self-service is the worst it has been since I bought the business 18 years ago."Most regions reported an average decline in drop-off sales, however. The West reported a 2.9% decrease in drop-off sales for the same period, and the Midwest and South reported 9.4% and 14.2% drops, respectively."People are holding back on washing due to the Christmas season," said one operator. "They [would] rather purchase gifts for their family than drop-off service."AmericanCoinOp.com's StatShot includes information on sales, wages, costs and other financial data based on anonymous survey information provided by industry owners and operators. Subscribers to American Coin-Op's Wire e-mails are invited to participate in these unscientific surveys, which are conducted online via a partner website, on a regular basis. Readers are encouraged to participate, as a greater number of responses will help to better define industry trends.Click here and follow the menu instructions to sign up for the free e-mail service.


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Things were pretty uneventful this past weekend at the Box Office. The chilly weather didn't make many movie fans feel like stepping out to the theaters, and it didn't help that the Box Office selection wasn't very motivating. "That Awkward Moment" and "Labor Day" were the only new additions to theaters. On Monday, February 3, BoxOffice.com updated their charts to feature the top 10 movies of the weekend.
"Ride Along" kept the top spot for the third weekend in a row, accumulating another $12.3 million. According to ComingSoon.net, since 2010, only a few movies have lasted at the top for three weeks – "The Avengers," "The Dark Knight Rises," and "The Hunger Games," to name a few. Following not so far behind is "Frozen" brought in $9.3 million. So where are the new debuts?
"That Awkward Moment" peaked at number three, with a low $9 million. While "Labor Day" did even worse, barely making it to the top 10 at number seven with $5.3 million. The reported budget of "Labor Day" is $18 million, so it has a lot of catching up to do in order to pull in a profit.
- "Ride Along" $12.3 million
- "Frozen" $9.3 million
- "That Awkward Moment" $9 million
- "The Nut Job" $7.6 million
- "Lone Survivor" $7.2 million
- "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" $5.4 million
- "Labor Day" $5.3 million
- "American Hustle" $4.3 million
- "The Wolf of Wall Street" $3.5 million
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Panama, March 4, 2010 – In accordance with operational guidelines established by the Chilean authorities, Copa Airlines announces that it will resume operation on March 5 of its two daily flights to and from Santiago, Chile.
Meanwhile, airport procedures in Santiago will continue to take place in temporary facilities until operations return to normal. To facilitate the boarding process, Copa Airlines recommends that customers arrive at the Santiago airport three hours before their flight with their boarding passes or cards in hand. Boarding passes may be obtained at www.copaair.com/webcheck-in. Passengers also may obtain their boarding passes in person at the Copa Airlines offices in Santiago, located at Fidel Oteiza 1921, office # 703, Providencia.
Starting today, March 4, all passengers with confirmed reservations must present themselves for their respective flights according to their travel itinerary. Those customers who have not yet completed their travel to or from Santiago should contact our Call Center to make arrangements for the remainder of their itinerary.
In addition, the date for waiver of penalties has been extended to March 15, 2010 for those customers who prefer the option of changing dates and flights to/from Santiago, Chile. We recommend that customers check this site periodically since information may change without prior notice depending on requirements of local authorities and on local circumstances. We will update information as soon as it is available.
The rest of Copa Airlines flights continue to operate as normal.


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SA gymnast springs closer to Commonwealth Games dream
Kirsten Beckett, who has qualified for two finals at the Turnier der Meister Challenge Cup, hopes her scores will land her at the 2014 Glasgow games.
South African gymnast Kirsten Beckett qualified for two finals at the Turnier der Meister Challenge Cup in Cottbus, Germany, at the weekend to stake her claim for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Beckett finished fifth on vault and eighth on floor and will submit her points scored, and those gained at the African Championship in Pretoria later this month, in the hope of being named in South Africa's team to compete at the Glasgow games in July.
She is a silver medalist on vault at the 2011 Youth Commonwealth Games.
Claudia Cummins, who is ranked fifth in the Commonwealth, was injured during the warm-up and could be sidelined for a month.
"Claudia was about to challenge Kirsten on vault. If she recovers in time, should be a medal hope in Glasgow," coach Ilse Roets said.
Cummins, who spent six weeks in the US preparing for these competitions, is hoping to recover in time for the African Gymnastics Championships in two weeks time. – Sapa.


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Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before…admin | May 1st, 2009
So a guy walks into crowdSPRING… …that's all I've got so far. Still working on it. Greetings and salutations, crowdSPRINGERs! Kevin DeLury here, doing all the new guy stuff that new guys are wont to. So far my time here has consisted of scuttlework: scrubbing the floors, polishing ping pong balls and re-doing the grip […]
12 Questions: Meet Allen (Utah, USA)Ross | April 20th, 2009
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build […]
We Hired Snow White!Ross | March 20th, 2009
We received about 500 applications over the past 21 days in response to our ad looking for help with customer service. We talked with and met many outstanding people, but Jaclyn Moser turned out to be the fairest of all. And so, what could eight dwarfs do but to hire Snow White? We've tidied-up our place and now whistle while we work, with a smile and a song.
Interview With Ron May – The May ReportRoss | March 14th, 2009
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to talk with Ron May about The May Report. Like him or not (and many don't), Ron May and The May Report have outlasted the many Chicago tech companies who have appeared in the report over the last decade. In this 9 minute video interview, Ron and […]
Short Interview – Chad PaulsonRoss | February 19th, 2009
Is it possible that a man can be too obsessed with a movie? Not if you listen to our lead engineer, Chad Paulson. Chad and our dev team make magic happen. When we ran into issues with our content management system, here's what Chad said: We came, we saw, we kicked its ass! (you'll recall […]
12 Questions: Meet Jamie Vijayaraghavan (Indiana, USA)Ross | February 12th, 2009
A 12 questions interview with Jamie Vijayaraghavan, a designer from Indiana, USA who works on http://crowdspring.com – Jamie talks in this interview about her love for graphic design, her favorite work, and her passion for animal rescue.
Short Interview – Chris DetmerRoss | February 12th, 2009
A short interview with crowdSPRING's front end developer, Chris Detmer.
Short Interview – Jerome (the French Guy)Ross | February 2nd, 2009
Jerome suggested it would be cool to interview people on our team. I thought it was an awesome idea. And Jerome was surprised to be the first interviewee. Here we go: Interview With Jerome Derradji – crowdSPRING's Customer Service Guru from Ross Kimbarovsky on Vimeo. And in case you doubt he studies ping-pong videos on […]


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1963 – Establishment of the University of West Florida
The Florida Legislature allocated funding to develop the University of West Florida, which became the sixth university in the State University System of Florida.
1965 – Ground Breaking
Groundbreaking for UWF took place on April 16, 1965. In the same year, the University adopted the chambered nautilus as the official UWF emblem.
1967 - Classes Begin
The first students enrolled in the fall of 1967. The first commencement ceremony was held in June 1968, and fifty-eight students received degrees.
1969 - University Accreditation
UWF earned its accreditation for undergraduate programs from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 1969. The University also established its first master's degree programs this year.
1979 - Creation of Traditional Colleges
Initially, the University was organized into three resident colleges, Alpha, Gamma and Omega, and designed for upper-level and graduate students. In July 1979, the University organized into a more traditional structure by establishing three colleges — the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business and the College of Education.
1983 – Establishment of a Lower Division
The University was authorized by the Florida Legislature to establish a lower division, and freshman enrolled for the first time in Fall 1983.


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Texas Success Initiative
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2501 Whitis Avenue
Austin, Texas 78712
Phone: 512-232-7146 | Fax: 512-471-6464
Students who are not exempted from TSI requirements by other means must take the TSI Assessment.
If your TAKS, SAT or ACT scores exempt you from one or more sections of the test, you do not have to take that section of the TSI Assessment. For example, if you are exempt from the math TSI requirement, but not reading and writing, you will only need to take the reading and writing sections. Some students will need to take one or two sections, and some will need to take all three sections (reading, writing, and math.)
Your TSI Assessment scores will determine whether you will be required to enroll in developmental courses offered by the Texas Success Initiative. To learn more about the TSI Assessment, please visit our TSI Assessment Preparation page.


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Wars generally have winners and losers. However, when it comes to America's war on drugs, no one but the for-profit prison systems seems to be coming out on top.
From the New York Times:
Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1971, which is one of the longest-running, most disastrous programs — in both wasted money and wasted lives — in the history of this country.
After more than 40 million drug arrests and $1 trillion spent, what do we have to show for it? For one, an obscene, bloated mass-incarceration system. According to the Sentencing Project, "The United States is the world's leader in incarceration with 2.2 million people currently in the nation's prisons or jails — a 500 percent increase over the past thirty years.
Considering all the damage the war on drugs is doing to America, the obvious question is why do we continue these failed and expensive policies? In a word, politics.
Elected officials are supported by money from lobbyists, many of which represent the private corporations that run our prison system. Prisoners have also become a source of cheap labor for a variety of industries.
According to Global Research, "Private prisons are the biggest business in the prison industry complex. About 18 corporations guard 10,000 prisoners in 27 states. The two largest are Correctional Corporation of America (CCA) and Wackenhut, which together control 75%. Private prisons receive a guaranteed amount of money for each prisoner, independent of what it costs to maintain each one."
As long as businesses are guaranteed government payments per prisoner, there will be a financial incentive to keep prison populations high.
Author's note: The opinions and commentary in this report are based on the author's original reporting and independent analysis of public information.
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St. Augustine Historic Inns
Historic Downtown St. Augustine
St. Augustine, FL 32084
Saturday & Sunday
December 10 & 11, 2016
The 23rd Annual B&B
Holiday Tour
Please join us!!
The Tour's charity partner for the 2015 event is the local Betty Griffin House, which provides shelter and counseling for victims of domestic violence. (www.bettygriffinhouse.org)
Partial proceeds of the 2014 tour were donated to Fresh Starts in Culinary Arts, which is operated by First Coast Technical College, who train qualified homeless participants leading to food service certification. The aim is to help graduates find jobs in the food service/hospitality industry, or to transfer into FCTC's culinary arts program.
This is a self-guided walking tour. Your ticket will include an extensive tour booklet with a map of each day's Inns on tour, restaurant partners, and more. You can begin at any Inn and go in any order.
There will be a FREE tour shuttle trolley, courtesy of Old Town Trolley. The trolley will stop at several locations along the tour route, however some walking is still required.
Please see "Frequently Asked Questions" for more information.
If you have any questions about the tour, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Copyright 2009 St. Augustine Historic Inns. All rights reserved.
St. Augustine Historic Inns
Historic Downtown St. Augustine
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Renfroe now has 13 fence-clearing swings this season to share the top spot in the SEC and rank tied for second in the NCAA in home runs. He hit .571 on the weekend with three multi-hit games, including back-to-back three-hit showings as State clinched its first SEC road series sweep since 2011. He added a pair of doubles and finished with a 1.357 slugging percentage for the weekend. It marked the second time this season Renfroe has homered in each game of a three-game SEC series.
Half of his 54 hits have gone for extra bases and he now leads the NCAA with a .865 slugging percentage.
Tennessee senior right-hander Zack Godley fired a six-hit complete-game shutout to earn SEC Pitcher of the Week honors while Florida rookie outfielder Harrison Bader hit .462 to take SEC Freshman of the Week laurels.
Mississippi State (30-9/8-7 SEC) is 7-1 in the month of April and ranked 10th in the latest USA TODAY Sports coaches poll. The Bulldogs open a three-game Super Bulldog Weekend series against SEC West rival Auburn (22-14/5-10 SEC) Thursday at Dudy Noble Field. The game has a 6:30 p.m. start and will be televised nationally as part of the SEC's Thursday Night Game of the Week series on ESPNU. In conjunction with the game, Chevron is sponsoring a T-shirt giveaway to all fans attending Thursday's series-opener. A fireworks display will be held at the conclusion of the game.


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Name: Jessica Adell.
School: North Oldham Middle School.
Sport: Softball.
Age: 13.
Position: Pitcher/shortstop/outfield.
Hometown: Goshen.
Accomplishments: Adell is pulling double-duty this spring as a leader of the undefeated North Oldham Middle School softball team and a starter on the North Oldham High School varsity team.
A 2007 South Oldham High School grad died Sunday morning while traveling to Louisville with friends.
Kiara Hinkle, 21, of Louisville, died at the scene of a crash on I-64 in Franklin County.
According to Kentucky State Police, Hinkle's vehicle left the roadway and overturned several times shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday in the westbound lanes of I-64 near milemarker 58.
Hinkle and her four passengers are all students at the University of Kentucky.
Oldham County's police chief and jailer are both under doctors' care in Louisville hospitals.
Chief Michael Griffin is recovering after suffering a heart attack early Sunday morning.
Lt. Col. Billy Way said Griffin was transported to Baptist Hospital East hospital by Oldham County EMS about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, where surgeons completed a successful angioplasty to open a blocked artery.
A second vein has a 60 percent blockage, and another vein has some blockage, Way said.
An Oldham County grand jury has indicted a 20-year-old Corbin woman who told police she doesn't recall giving birth while visiting a La Grange prison or allegedly concealing the infant's body in a restroom trash can.
Police say Ashley Nicole Cox gave birth to a 6 pound, 5 ounce healthy baby girl March 7 in a visitor's restroom at Roederer Correctional Complex before stuffing the infant's mouth with toilet paper and concealing the body in a trash can.
A Carrollton man faces charges of second-degree manslaughter after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident March 28.
According to Kentucky State Police, Esteban Valasquez, 25, lost control of a 2002 Ford Explorer while traveling south on I-71 and struck a pillar supporting an overpass at mile-marker 34.
Police believe alcohol is a contributing factor, and Valasquez is charged with driving under the influence.
The crash ejected a 27-year-old male passenger from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The May primary is fast approaching, and officials from the Oldham County Clerk's Office are reminding voters to be prepared.
For the 2010 election season, voters are reminded to verify their party affiliation, address and precinct by contacting the clerk's office prior to election day. For information, call 222-0047.
Absentee voting will be conducted at the clerk' s office in La Grange beginning April 21.
Those eligible to vote by machine starting on that date include:
• voters who will be absent from the county on election day;
A new online map launched by E.ON U.S. will show power outages in real-time for E.ON customers.
According to a press release from the company, the online outage map shows outages across service territories of Kentucky Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Old Dominion Power.
The map is accessible by smartphone.
Regardless of storms or clear days, officials said the map will be available online year-round and a tutorial is offered to navigate the system.
A representative from Insight Communications advised members of Oldham fiscal court Tuesday that broadcasting a political debate on Insight Channel 25 is possible, but risky.
Keith Hall, senior vice president and deputy general counsel for Insight, detailed the partnership between Insight and county government. Oldham County's franchise requires one channel – Insight Channel 25.
Members of Goshen Elementary School's site-based decision-making council recently selected Lisa Peters as the school's new principal.
Peters has accepted the position effective July 1.
Jackson invited to all-star tryouts
When: April 16-17.
Where: Campbellsville University.
What: South Oldham High School senior Casey Jackson is one of 11 players from the Louisville area invited to tryout for the Kentucky All-Star basketball team in the annual summer series with Indiana. There were 43 seniors nominated for the tryouts.
Jackson, a 6-foot-3 swingman, led the Dragons to a 27-6 record and the regional finals this season and was named to the all-region team for the second time.
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The Oldham Era is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Oldham County and LaGrange, Kentucky, and the surrounding area.


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EE 1. EECS: The First Course
Catalog Description: (2 units) Introduction to engineering concepts and techniques in general, and to forefront topics in electrical engineering and computer sciences in particular, involving hands-on experimentation, lectures, demonstrations, readings, and practice with written and oral communication. Course intended for first-year undergraduates.
Prerequisites: None.
Course objectives: This course is intended to introduce basic techniques and principles of electrical engineering as preparation for subsequent EE courses.
Topics covered:
- On Being an Engineer
- Essays and advice about some of the less technical aspects of engineering, such as modeling, design, technical writing, and the conduct of a large research project and the roles that are played in such a project by the specialties within EECS. In addition, there are a number of very brief technical articles about interesting technical developments. This section also contains some homework exercises.
- Electronics, with Water Models:
- The goal is to help the student develop a primarily physical, intuitive understanding of electronic components and devices, alternating currents, semiconductors, op-amps, and digital devices. Basic laws are introduced, and hydraulic models for each device are described in order to help one understand how the devices work. This section also contains homework exercises.


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John Benrard Matisi
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Height: 6-2 Weight: 221 lbs.
Born: November 2, 1920 in New York, NY
Died: April 29, 1997 in Youngstown, OH
High School: Union Endicott
College: Duquesne (school history)
Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 7th round (54th overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
Relatives: Brother of Tony Matisi
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Author(s): Cowley, Joy; Plecas, Jennifer
ISBN: 9780448464770 / Paperback / 5/16/2013
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by Michael Kleinmann
New Year's Eve is right around the corner which means it's just about time to pick out your best party outfit of the year, starting with your underwear.
Metallic waistbands were seen in multiple ranges this year from both popular underwear brands and those you've never heard of. Brands as varied as Calvin Klein Underwear and AussieBum, Clever and Croota released gold and silver metallic waistbands that, if worn, ensure a NYE you'll never forget. At The Underwear Expert, we're all about a party and since we always do it right, we can say for a fact that when you wear metallic, you have a damn good time.
To highlight the season's best underwear capped with metallic waistbands, we took the liberty of painting our models in gold and silver (you'd have done the same, right?) and asked them to serve up their best Mr. Roboto for The Underwear Expert photographer Aydin Arjomand. The result? See for yourself.
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Today the LGBT community and the rest of America experienced a horrific tragedy; 50 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a mass shooting in Orlando. This massacre is the deadliest shooting in American history and is an act of terror, hate and assault on the LGBT community and all Americans.
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We're always looking for good people to help us with this important work.link
Affirmations values the generous contributions that its donors make to sustain the organization's important mission.
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Gospel Light is a non-denominational publisher which offers a Vacation Bible School (VBS) program each year. This year's curriculum is called SonTreasure Island: Discovering God's Love and has a tropical island theme. The photos from the curriculum are reminiscent of the old TV show, Gilligan's Island. There is also treasure to be found on the island, the greatest treasure of all—God's love, which is discovered through the life of Jesus. This theme lends itself to colorful decorating, fun crafts, and tropical snacks.
All five stories are about Jesus and illustrate the five daily focuses: that God gave us Jesus, God's love is kind and patient, God's love is for everyone, God's love is forgiving, and God's love never fails. The age level for the program is preschool through grade 6.
The Deluxe Kit lists for $169.99. New this year is a Reproducible Power Pack with a list price of $149.99. It includes many resources that can be printed out or e-mailed including leader guides and student guides. This seems like it would be an economical alternative to buying printed materials.
Weekend Adventures
Gospel Light also offers a SonTreasure Island Weekend Adventure 3-Day VBS. It is fully reproducible and works with all the SonTreasure resources. It features a Friday evening session, Saturday morning and afternoon sessions, and a Sunday closing program which could be used in worship or for a celebration lunch after the service. The kit lists for $89.99.
Gospel Light Roman Catholic Version
There is a Roman Catholic version of their VBS from Liguori Publications.Their website states that although VBS started as a Protestant tradition, it is a relatively new concept for Catholic parishes. The Deluxe Starter Kit sells for $169.99.
SonRise National Park
Gospel Light also offers several VBS kits from previous years, such as SonRise National Park VBS. As kids explore the beauty of nature they'll learn the most important survival skill, which is that they can always depend on Jesus and His promises. The Starter Kit sells for $47.99 and the Super Starter Kit is $119.99.
SonRock Camp
SonRock Kids Camp is where kids build their lives on the rock, which is Jesus. This VBS provides evangelism opportunities and the salvation message in every lesson as kids play fun games, make new friends, and sing around the campfire. The Starter Kits sells for $39.99 and the Super Starter Kit is $99.99.
SonQuest Rainforest
Another kit for sale from Gospel Light is SonQuest Rainforest. The program is based on five key BIble verses, including John 3:16, that will change a child's life. This VBS will transport kids to a vivid rainforest environment of jungle sounds, sights, and smells. The Starter Kit is $47.99 and the Super Starter Kit is $119.99.
SonWest Roundup
Kids will learn to trust Jesus at SonWest Roundup VBS. They will learn through the Old Testament stories of Moses about Jesus' unchangeable love and will enjoy games, crafts, music, skits, Bible stories, and tasty snacks. The Starter Kit is priced at $59.99 and the Super Starter Kit is $149.99.


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Ever wanted to convert your HTML table or recordset to the most common file formats with the press of a button? It's all possible with the Universal Data Exporter ASP.
Choose from Comma Separated (CSV), XML, Excel or PDF file formats and get a direct download! It's all done on the fly without the need for coding or server components!
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William Christie Movies and Career Information
Dec 19, 1944
Actor, Director and Producer
Dec 19, 1944
Actor, Director and Producer
William Lincoln Christie is an American-born French conductor and harpsichordist. He is a specialist in baroque repertoire and is the founder of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants. Christie studied art history at Harvard University, where he was briefly assistant conductor of the Harvard Glee Club. From 1966, he began studies at Yale University in music, where he was a student of harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick. He was opposed to the Vietnam War, and served in a reserve officers course to avoid the draft. He subsequently taught at Dartmouth College, but after his Dartmouth post was not renewed, Christie moved to France in 1971. He was one of a number of young men who left the United States at this time because of disagreement with the Vietnam War, and in order to avoid the draft. In France, he became known for his interpretations of Baroque music, particularly French Baroque music, working with René Jacobs and others. He also performed contemporary music alongside baroque music with the Ensemble Five Centuries. In 1979, Christie founded Les Arts Florissants, named after the opera of the same name by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, which was to be its first fully staged production.
- William Christie Movies before 2015
- Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island Encore 2012
- Jefferson in Paris 1995
- Opéra Comique: Les Fêtes vénitiennes dAndré Campra
- Movies Directed by William Christie
- Les Arts Florissants 2001
- Movies Produced by William Christie
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As the religious landscape of Atlanta becomes more diverse, the "city too busy to hate" must continuously seek to improve the civility and enrich the tapestry of its people through interfaith efforts. Higher Ground is one local initiative helping to accomplish such a task. You are invited to a special presentation on Wednesday, February 6 featuring the Higher Ground Group, composed of four Atlanta faith leaders, the Rev. Joanna Adams, Imam Plemon El-Amin, the Rev. Joseph Roberts and Rabbi Alvin Sugarman Moderated by WXIA anchor Ted Hall, the faith leaders will discuss the following topics:
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