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What a Difference a Year Makes
Off Season Changes Make a World of Difference for Red Raider Softball. From recruiting to scheduling to the overall team makeup, this season's squad is a new and improved version.
Head coach Renee Gillispie strengthened her coaching staff by adding experienced fastpitch players Bobby Reeves and John Harris. Then, with a full year to recruit, she brought in talented transfers and freshman to add to a strong, yet small group of returnees. Thus, the new and improved Red Raider softball program was born.
"The opportunity we had to thoroughly recruit is reflected in the way the team plays. Recruiting is the main reason we have such a high level of talent on this year's team," Gillispie said. "It was a good fall for us. We learned how to work together and what our strengths and weaknesses are as a team."
Six top returnees will supply the majority of leadership. Three of those returnees will provide the team with pitching duties as well. On the mound will be juniors Danielle Brady and Jenny Cannon, and sophomore Emily Hayes. Returning catcher Jessica Karenke will again see time behind the plate.
Junior first baseman Kim Tillett and sophomore infielder Jessica Wimpy return from last season and are expected to add stability. Wimpy was one of only two Red Raiders named to the first-ever All Big 12 team. She was selected as an honorable mention shortstop.
Also back from last season is sophomore outfielder Lora Delashmutt. She will provided added strength for the Red Raiders hitting game, as well as giving Tech some Big 12 outfield experience.
"The squad members we have back from last season laid a strong foundation for us to build on. They are a talented group who will continue to help us, especially with the addition of our new players," Gillispie said.
With only seven team members returning, the Red Raiders are looking to talented recruits to fill in major holes. Two of Tech's top recruits are transfers from softball powerhouse Sacramento City College.
Centerfielder Denise Jackson and third baseman Kim Martinez were All-Americas in junior college. The duo helped lead Sacramento City to the California JC State Championship and also played against the 1996 USA Softball squad.
New Mexico transfer Stephanie Walls will add much needed depth at second base and in the Texas Tech outfied positions.
Gillispie expects four new freshmen to make a large impact. At shortstop will be Paula Workman of Spicewood; catcher Ellen Middleton joins Tech from DeSoto; Tamara Harrington of Broken Arrow, Okla. is a first base specialist; and Christina Munoz of Carlsbad, N.M. will play outfield.
Other recruits adding depth to the lineup are catcher Stephanie McCoy and first baseman Christina Jenkins, both of Albuquerque, N.M.
Offensively, Tech looks to improve by reaching consistency in the hitting game. With a strong one through six lineup, Tech feels their hitting will only strengthen with time. Tech will also look to improve their base running skills, while patiently working to overcome young mistakes that arise from inexperience at the collegiate level.
"Team-wise, we need to be hitting over .300. Our concept is if we have less than two errors and more than seven hits a game, we can win," Gilispie said.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders have set their goals for the season. The first one is to finish as one of the top five teams in the highly competitive Big 12 Conference. That will be a difficult task, since the conference is filled with such experienced teams as Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Kansas and Texas A&M. The second goal is also one that will take a lot of hard work -- advancing to the NCAA Regional Playoffs.
"What we need are strong leaders who will help build the program and who know where we have to go and what we have to do to win," Gillispie said. "Rather than delegating team captains, I feel that everyone is responsible enough to be a leader at some point in time."


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Pellet gun vandalism continues in Rutland areaBy Brent Curtis
STAFF WRITER | January 24,2013A vandalism spree involving the use of a pellet gun to shatter car windows in the Rutland area continued for a second day with about 30 reports, according to Rutland City Police.
On Wednesday, police in the city fielded complaints from about 75 people — mostly car owners along with about a dozen homeowners and a half dozen business owners — whose windows had been shot out sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. Wednesday.
On Thursday, the damage continued with about 30 reports from residents in Rutland, Center Rutland and West Rutland whose vehicles were vandalized overnight and, in about eight instances, during the day.
"I went inside for about 10 minutes earlier today and when I came out my window was shot out," Scott LaFrancois said waving his hand around the empty space once occupied by the driver's side window of his Chevrolet Cavalier.
LaFrancois, whose car was parked in a lot on Meadow Street in the city when the vandalism occurred, didn't see the shooter but he suspected a dark sport utility vehicle containing a teenaged driver and passenger who laughed as they drove by the scene shortly after.
"They spotted me and I could see the 'Oh (expletive)' expressions on their faces," he said.
But Rutland City Police Sgt. John Sly said police had reason to believe a different vehicle was involved.
"We have some information from a very credible source so it's looking like the (dark colored SUV) might not be the vehicle we're looking for," Sly said.
The sergeant didn't say what vehicle police believe might have been involved because they are pursuing a lead in search of a specific suspect.
With a tally of vandalism reports within the last 36 hours exceeding 100 cases, Sly said the spree was the worst of its kind in a long time.
"It's the most expensive and the most widespread we've seen in awhile," he said. "It's impacted a significant amount of people and I'm not exaggerating when I say the damage is in the tens of thousands of dollars."
The spree has also been unusual for the acts of vandalism committed during the day when there are more potential witnesses, he said.
If police are able to make an arrest in the case, Sly predicted that dozens of felony charges of unlawful mischief could be forthcoming and he appealed to the public to help find those responsible.
"If a vehicle doesn't fit in the neighborhood or is passing slowly, please call us right away," he said. "If you can get a license number that's great but at a minimum a description of the vehicle and direction of travel phoned into us right away would be a great help."
Anyone with information about the vandalismsis asked to call Rutland Police at 773-1816.
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I get this question a lot, most often from wives who want to help their husbands by sharing energy healing, Dressing Your Truth, etc.
How can I share this with my husband if he doesn't want to hear it?"
I want to share an answer I gave a TYPE 4SM woman with this very same question.
She could see the ways that her husband was stuck because he'd been shut down all his life for who he was. And she knew that energy healing and Energy Profiling could help him heal and be happy.
But this woman's husband never seemed interested. And she worried that he wouldn't embrace the help and insight she offered him.
How to help your husband or loved one—even if they're not open to it yet.
UPDATE: This video was recorded in 2009 and our location has since moved —it is no longer in Draper, Utah. Visit our current Dressing Your Truth location.
Watch the video to learn the 2 surprising reasons why this woman's approach wasn't working with her husband.
Discover the damaging silent message that you might send when you try to share. And get some empowering ideas of what you CAN do to help someone live their truth!
Plus, don't miss the P.S. I added to the end of the video when I had an a-ha! (it starts at 5:55)…
Thanks for watching. I'd love to hear your own ideas and experiences about how to help your loved ones. Please share your thoughts in a comment.
Let go of fear and share what you love
Have you learned something meaningful from me, from this blog, from Dressing Your Truth or the Carol Tuttle Healing Center that you really want to share with someone in your life?
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Just remember what I said about how healing really happens.
I am confident that you will be able to help your spouse, friends and loved ones come into harmony with their natural expression. Just keep loving them for the people they are right now. And make sure you love yourself, too!
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If you're a woman looking to help your husband live his truth, get the men's course for yourself even if he's not yet ready to learn the information for himself. The course will help you immensely in seeing your husband's true nature and loving him for who he really is. Then, when he IS ready, you'll already have what he needs to move forward. And make sure you've gone through the Dressing Your Truth women's course for yourself, too!
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Kugler Excited About Miners Momentum, Wary of Southern Miss
Slowly, but surely, Sean Kugler has been trying to teach his team. Toughness. Pride. Teamwork.
But maybe the biggest lesson is that those are only words unless you work to give them definition.
The Miners may not yet fully comprehend, but after dominating UTSA for their first road shut out since their coach played here, you can safely say they've cracked open the dictionary to find out.


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Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Prices | Volume 1, Number 10
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Current Price Topics: The Use of the CPI in Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs)
More than 50 million people currently receive Social Security benefits.[1] In 1972, Congress passed legislation tying Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to changes in the Consumer Price Index. Specifically, these COLAs are based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), All Items, from the third quarter of one year to the third quarter of the next year.
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COLA effective for 2009. The third quarter average 2007 CPI-W, All Items index stood at 203.596. The CPI-W average for the third quarter of 2008 was 215.495, an increase of 5.8 percent. (See table 1.) This 5.8-percent cost-of-living increase, which became effective in 2009, was the highest COLA in more than 25 years. The steep rise was due to both sharply higher gasoline prices, which climbed 35.2 percent from the third quarter of 2007 to the third quarter of 2008, and higher prices for food, which increased 6.2 percent over the same period.
COLA effective for 2010. From the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009, the CPI-W actually fell 2.1 percent, due in large part to gasoline prices, which dropped 32.5 percent over that period. This was the first time the CPI-W, All Items index had fallen since Social Security COLAs were tied to the CPI. When the CPI-W falls, Social Security benefits do not fall. Instead, they remain unchanged.[2] For this reason, there was no COLA for 2010.
COLA effective for 2011. In the third quarter of 2010, the CPI-W stood at 214.136. Although this was higher than the 2009 third-quarter CPI-W average of 211.001, Social Security recipients will not receive a COLA in 2011. This is because, by legislation, the CPI-W must exceed its previous third-quarter peak, recorded in 2008, in order for there to be a positive COLA the next year. Put another way, because the third-quarter 2010 CPI-W level of 214.136 did not exceed its previous peak of 215.495 in 2008, there will be no automatic COLA in 2011.[3]
Current Price Trends: Rise in Energy Prices Drives Third-Quarter Retail Inflation Picture
All items
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), All Items, increased at a 2.7-percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) during the third quarter of 2010. For the first 9 months of 2010, the index has increased at a 0.7-percent SAAR, compared with a rise of 2.7 percent in 2009.
A turnaround in the energy index was the main cause of the third quarter upturn in the all-items index. The energy index increased at a 24.5-percent annual rate in the third quarter, after falling sharply in the second quarter. The index, which rose significantly in 2009, continued to climb in the first 9 months of 2010, but at a more modest pace. Inflation for the index for all items less food and energy continued to decelerate, with the increase for 2010 rising at one-third the rate posted in 2009. In contrast, the food index has risen modestly in 2010 after declining in 2009.
Energy remained the most volatile major CPI component. After climbing at a 9.2-percent SAAR in the first quarter of 2010 and declining at a 25.7-percent SAAR in the second quarter, the energy index jumped 24.5 percent in the third quarter. (See chart 1.) For the first 9 months of 2010, the energy index has risen at a 0.4-percent SAAR, after increasing 18.2 percent in all of 2009.
Within the energy component, the gasoline index increased at a 48.8-percent SAAR in the third quarter of 2010, after falling at a 38.9-percent SAAR in the second quarter. This trend continues the sharp changes seen in gasoline prices over the past few years. From July 2007 to July 2008, gasoline prices rose 37.9 percent. After crude oil prices peaked in July 2008 at more than $134 a barrel, they plummeted during the last 5 months of that year, to under $32 a barrel. At the retail level, gasoline prices fell by more than 50 percent. In 2009, pump prices turned sharply higher again, increasing more than 50 percent, with crude oil prices increasing to around $70 a barrel by the end of 2009.
The household energy index rose at a 1.9-percent SAAR in the third quarter of 2010, after falling 10.1 percent in the second quarter. All the major components of household energy rose in the third quarter. The natural gas index rose at a 1.8-percent SAAR in the third quarter, after declining at a 17.7-percent SAAR in the second quarter. For the first three quarters of 2010, the natural gas index increased at a 2.9-percent annual rate, after falling 18.1 percent in 2009. The electricity index rose 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2010, identical to its first-quarter performance, but was down 7.1 percent in the second quarter. Electricity prices had declined 0.5 percent in 2009. The fuel oil index increased 0.1 percent in the third quarter of 2010, after falling at an 8.9-percent rate in the second quarter.
Food prices rose at a 1.6-percent SAAR in the third quarter of 2010, after rising 0.6 percent in the second quarter. The food index has increased 1.5 percent so far in 2010, after slipping 0.5 percent in 2009. Grocery store food prices rose at a 1.2-percent SAAR in the third quarter, after a flat second quarter and an increase of 3.7 percent in the first quarter. Of the six major grocery store food groups, the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs group increased the most in the third quarter, 3.2 percent. Prices for a variety of breakfast items climbed significantly in the third quarter, with coffee and egg prices up at SAARs of 13.0 percent and 32.8 percent, respectively. In addition, prices for bacon and breakfast sausage rose 29.6 percent. Most of the other food at home groups posted modest increases in the third quarter of 2010. Cereals and bakery products rose 2.3 percent, dairy products increased 2.2 percent, nonalcoholic beverages were up 2.1 percent, and other food at home increased 1.8 percent. In contrast, fruits and vegetables fell at a 5.7-percent SAAR in the third quarter, with fresh fruits falling 10.7 percent. Within fresh fruits, apple prices were down 21.2 percent and oranges fell 21.3 percent. These decreases more than offset an 8.6-percent increase in the banana index. The index for fresh vegetables decreased at a 2.5-percent SAAR in the third quarter, with lettuce falling 13.5 percent.
Prices for food away from home rose at a 2.3-percent SAAR in the third quarter, after rising at a 1.4-percent rate in the second quarter. Food at employee sites and schools jumped 9.2 percent in the third quarter of 2010, after more modest increases earlier in the year.
Both grocery store prices and the index for food away from home were up 1.4 percent over the past 12 months.
All items less food and energy
The index for all items less food and energy rose at a 0.7-percent SAAR in the third quarter of 2010, nearly half the 1.3-percent rate of increase recorded in the second quarter. This index had fallen at a 0.2-percent annual rate in the first quarter. The shelter index decelerated as well, increasing 0.4 percent in the third quarter after a 0.9-percent increase in the second quarter. Shelter prices had fallen 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2010. Within shelter, owner's equivalent rent and rent of primary residence each rose at a 0.5-percent SAAR in the third quarter. Lodging away from home declined 5.1 percent in the third quarter, after a 23.1-percent spike in the second quarter.
The index for other goods and services rose at a 3.6-percent SAAR in the third quarter of 2010. Other significant components with increases included the medical care index, which grew 3.2 percent, and the index for new and used motor vehicles, which rose 1.8 percent. By contrast, declines in the third quarter were noted in apparel, which fell 0.9 percent, and recreation, which fell 2.3 percent. For the first time in many years, educational books and supplies fell; the drop in the third-quarter, 2010, SAAR was 3.8 percent. The index had increased 6.2 percent in the second quarter.
Household furnishings and operations declined 1.5 percent in the third quarter of 2010, compared with a 3.7-percent rate of increase in each of the previous two quarters. The index for airline fares reversed in the third quarter, falling 4.6 percent after a 14.3-percent increase in the second quarter. The communication index was unchanged in the third quarter, after falling at a 1.3-percent rate in the second quarter.
The annual rate of inflation for all items less food and energy continued its deceleration in 2010. (See chart 2.) The 12-month percent change ending September 2010 was 0.8 percent, the smallest increase since March 1961. For the 5-year period from September 2004 to September 2009, this index had increased at a 2.2-percent annual rate.
The shelter index also has decelerated in recent years. The 12-month percent changes in shelter ending September 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 were 4.2 percent, 3.5 percent, 2.4 percent, and 0.7 percent, respectively. In 2010, shelter continues to pull down the index for all items less food and energy, with the current 12-month percent change for shelter standing at �0.4 percent. Other indexes contributing downward pressure on the annual index for all items less food and energy included household furnishings and operations, apparel, recreation, and communication. In contrast to prices for shelter, prices for used cars and trucks have increased 12.9 percent over the past 12 months.
Price movements described in this text reflect data released on October 15, 2010. Except as noted, all 12-month-and-longer percent changes reflect data that were not seasonally adjusted. Percent changes covering less than a year are based on seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise noted. CPI seasonally adjusted indexes and percent changes are subject to annual revision.
Further information is available from the CPI Information and Analysis section, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (202) 691-7000.
[1] See Press Office Fact Sheet: Social Security Basic Facts (U.S. Social Security Administration, Aug. 10, 2010), on the Internet at www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/basicfact.htm (visited Nov. 1, 2010).
[2] That said, changes in Social Security benefits are potentially affected by factors other than COLAs, such as changes in Medicare premiums.
[3] More information on how the Social Security Administration uses the CPI to adjust benefits can be found in Automatic Increases: Latest Cost-of-Living Adjustments (U.S. Social Security Administration, Oct. 15, 2010), on the Internet at www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/latestCOLA.html (visited Nov. 1, 2010).


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BARNSLEY lad Joshua Morris won't be opening up an account with Santander after the bank's decision to turn him down because his circus skills business caused them a "moral problem".
Joshua, 20, from Dodworth Road, set up Circus Uncertainty with his business partner Lucy Tucker and employs acrobats, jugglers, stilt walkers and fire performers.
Joshua applied for a business bank account with Santander. But bosses at Santander took exception to burlesque-style outfits worn by showgirls, after checking out pictures on Circus Uncertainty's website.
He said a bank spokesman told him they had a 'moral problem' with the business.
** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated August 1. **
I've just looked through the website and I've seen girls wearing less in Barnsley on a Friday night. Black mark to Santander
It all looks a bit "arty". Perhaps the bank are happy supporting real businesses ? The ones that might develop to provide employment for a wider group of people ? For too long the young people of Barnsley have been told the lie that they can sing, act and dance their way out of the towns problems. Performing arts has had it's day. We need to look carefully at developing proper science and technological enterprises.


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Released in 1990 as a direct-to-video movie, 1989's The Dark Side of the Moon is a hybrid science fiction and horror film about a group of space repairmen who encounter none other than Satan himself when their spacecraft drifts into the dark side of the moon. Although this movie has some pretty good ideas going for it, the lack of budget and a wonky script, as well as some uninspired direction, make The Dark Side of the Moon a difficult and at times tedious experience.
The movie takes place during the year 2020. It seems that humanity still can't get along, as the Earth is surrounded by nuclear-armed satellites. These satellites are maintained by SPACECORE craft with minimal crews. One such craft, SPACECORE-1, is dispatched to repair a satellite. However, the craft experiences power failure and begins to drift toward the dark side of the moon, a placed known as Centrus B-40.
With the ship's power systems down, the crew begins to run out of oxygen and heat. Fortunately, the crew soon discovers an old NASA space shuttle drifting in the same space. They capture this shuttle, designated Discovery, and raid its oxygen and power resources. However, there are more than just resources aboard this shuttle. Satan himself is aboard, having possessed the crew and dispatched them more than 30 years ago. And now Satan intends to take over the crew of SPACECORE-1 and do the same with this crew.
Writer brothers Chad and Carey Hayes (The Warren Files, The Reaping, and many others) borrow openly from films such as Alien, The Thing, and possession flicks to turn in a wonky script that suffers from lack of scientific detail and that leaves more questions than answers once the end credits start rolling. Director DJ Webster makes his movie debut, and it shows. Webster seems uninspired with the script and consequently his actors all appear wooden and stiff. There's very little action in this spaceship-bound movie, and what few action scenes there are come off as lackluster.
What is interesting is that this movie has a good mix of new and character actors. I recognized quite a few faces while watching this movie, and what struck me most was that some of these actors have turned in some really good work previously. On The Dark Side of the Moon, however, these same actors feel uncomfortable with the dialogue and come off as wooden, as if they are not really bought into what they are saying.
You may not know the name Joe Turkel, but you will recognize him as the bartender in The Shining or as Tyrell in Blade Runner. The same is true of John Diehl, whose credits include Stargate, Stripes, A Time to Kill, and the television series The Shield. And then there's Alan Blumenfeld, whose credits include WarGames, Inner Space, The Ring, and Olivier's Ghost. With such talent available, it really falls on the director and the screenwriters to account for such a lackluster production.
Now, the overall idea that the devil was banished to the dark side of the moon and must now rely on spacecraft crews for souls is admittedly a new one. So is the idea that Centrus B-40 and Earth's Bermuda Triangle are mirror images (and both coordinates have the affiliation 666, the number of the beast). However, these ideas are brought up but are never expanded. Moreover, there is no real solid payoff as to any of these ideas, with Satan merely coming off as a weakling who possesses people to devour their souls.
Dragging the film down even more is the fact that the screenplay borrows from previously successful science fiction/horror hybrids. For example, SPACECORE-1 has its own chair-bound android by the name of Lesli (played by Camilla More), who is a combination of Alien's "Mother" and Ash. The possession of the crew members is a solid nod to Who Goes There?, which of course was played out to great effect in John Carpenter's The Thing. And then there is the Satan thing, and putting him in space really is not all that novel.
The Dark Side of the Moon may of interest to fans of low-budget movies that have some interesting and redeeming qualities. However, most fans of horror and science fiction won't find much to like on The Dark Side of the Moon—as a matter of fact, it's all dark ;).


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According to an Apr. 7 report from Fansided, NXT star Paige pinned AJ Lee during the Apr. 7 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw to become the new WWE divas champ.
Lee, who held the WWE divas belt since early last year, goaded Paige into accepting a match during WWE Monday Night Raw in New Orleans, and not many fans thought the NXT star would notch the victory so soon into her WWE career.
After all, Lee defeated 14 WWE divas one night earlier during the Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational at Wrestlemania 30.
Unfortunately for Lee, it appears the WWE wants a changing of the guard in the WWE divas division.
Paige, a 21-year-old from England, became a huge star in NXT after defeating Summer Rae and Natalya last year.
Most of WWE Universe knew she was climbing quickly up the ranks, but not many expected her to become the WWE Divas Champion so quickly.
The WWE loves to throw its fans curveballs, and that's exactly what happened during the Apr. 7 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw.
Of course there's a chance that AJ Lee will win her belt back in the weeks ahead, and possibly start a feud with Paige that will culminate at next year's Wrestlemania.
Unfortunately for Lee, it appears Paige is the real deal and that the WWE wants to give her a big push in the months ahead.
The Apr. 7 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw also featured an appearance from Alexander Rusev, another former NXT star who has been making waves in developmental territory.


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View of Bougival, 1873
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Gift of Jane Bradley Pettit M2001.161
Photo credit: John R. Glembin
View of Bougival epitomizes the characteristics that would come to define Pierre Auguste Renoir's special contributions to the Impressionist movement. The blue lavenders of the foreground shadows, the rich salmons accented on the staircase, and the ochre oranges of the skiffs along the shore would become favored colors in Renoir's work. The ambiguous flirtation of the man and the woman, who seem to be deciding between taking a boat or a stroll, presages many of Renoir's later boating scenes of couples tentatively moving towards romance.
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WASHINGTON (AP) â Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee harshly faulted the Obama administration Tuesday for lax security and a slow response to the deadly 2012 attacks at the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya. But they produced no new allegations about then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron fended off anger from other European Union leaders at an unprecedented summit charged with uncertainty about the union's future without Britain. Leader after leader rejected Cameron's pleas for favorable conditions for Britain once it leaves, while he frustrated them by refusing to initiate the divorce proceedings just yet.
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LONDON (AP) — Turkish tourists are heckled in the heart of London. An Eastern European family in Rugby finds dog excrement shoved through its mailbox. A Polish teenager in Gloucestershire is taunted with threats of deportation at her high school.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on Pat Summitt, the former Tennessee women's coach who died Tuesday morning at age 64. (all times local):
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who lifted the women's game to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee, died Tuesday. She was 64.
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Buddy Ryan took a back seat to no one. Neither did his fierce defenses that won two Super Bowls.
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LONDON (AP) — This was not the Serena Williams the tennis world is used to seeing on Centre Court. It was still good enough for the defending Wimbledon champion to advance to the second round in straight sets.


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The NASCAR Gen 6 cars bring the brand new Chevrolet SS, Ford Fusion and Toyota Camry models into the game for the first time. Players will be able to put these new cars through their paces online and in selected single player modes.
The NASCAR Gen 6 cars will be available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later in February and can be purchased using the in-game Ticket currency or as part of the Inside Line Highlights (sold separately).
The Inside Line Highlights are a series of in-game DLC packs that utilize telemetry data from actual NASCAR races and lets players relive and rewrite race events just as they unfold for real.
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FDA Looks at Antibacterial Soap for Hormone Effects
Is antibacterial soap better to cleanse your hands of germs than regular soap and water?
That's one question weighing on the FDA as it conducts a safety review of triclosan, an ingredient designed to fight bacteria that's in a variety of consumer products, including liquid hand soap, kitchenware and even some toys and clothing.
The agency disclosed the "scientific and regulatory review of the safety of triclosan in FDA-regulated products," in a statement posted to its Web site.
The FDA announced its review after queries from Rep. Edward J. Markey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. He sent letters to the FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year about triclosan. Triclosan is regulated as an antimicrobial active ingredient by EPA while the FDA oversees its use in consumer products.
In a letter to Markey released today, the FDA said it shares Markey's concern about the potential effects of triclosan and triclocarban as "endocrine disruptors" that can adversely affect the function of hormones. Evidence of such effects has emerged since the FDA last addressed the use of triclosan in consumer products in 1994.
The agency said its safety review would take about a year. It is also writing a proposed rule that could potentially limit use of triclosan in consumer products, but couldn't say how soon the rule would be finished.
FDA said it would likely propose to regulate consumer hand-wash products separately from those marketed to health-care professionals where the "risk of exposure to pathogenic bacteria is high."
For now, it added, it doesn't have evidence that triclosan in antibacterial soap offers a benefit beyond soap and water.
But that's not what the soap industry's trade group thinks. The Soap and Detergent Association said it was concerned about some of FDA's statements, adding there was evidence that antibacterial products containing triclosan killed more germs than plain soap.
"Antibacterial ingredients like triclosan are regulated by governmental bodies around the world and have a long track record of human and environmental safety, many of whom have specifically found these ingredients to be safe for use in hygiene and cleaning products," the group said.
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Historical note
A commission to promote rapid transit for the City of Boston and its suburbs was created by Chapter 365 of the Acts of 1891. The expenses of the Commission were paid one-half by the Commonwealth and one-half by the City of Boston. The Commission made a report to the Legislature, April 5, 1892, and a supplementary and final report May 16, 1892. Based on the findings of the Rapid Transit Commission, the Massachusetts Legislature authorized the creation of the Boston Transit Commission in July of 1894. The Commission had charge of the construction of the Tremont street subway, the Charlestown Bridge, the tunnel to East Boston, the Washington street tunnel, the tunnel under Beacon Hill from the new Cambridge Bridge to the Park street station of the Tremont street subway, the East Boston Tunnel Extension, Boylston street subway, and the Dorchester tunnel for train service. The official existence of the Boston Transit Commission terminated on July 1, 1918.
The Ordinance of 1918, Chapter 3, approved by the Mayor on July 2, 1918, established the Transit Department under the charge of a board of three commissioners appointed by the Mayor, for the term of one year each. The board exercised the power and performed the duties formerly exercised and performed by the Boston Transit Commission as defined by chapter 185 of the Special Acts of 1918. The Acts of 1947, chapter 544 created the Metropolitan Transit Authority. In July of 1949, the Massachusetts General Court and the Governor approved chapter 572 of the Acts of 1949, entitled "An Act Amending and Revising the Act Creating the Metropolitan Transit Authority". Section 3 of this law inserted in St. 1947, c. 544, a new section 8A providing for the abolition of the Board of Commissioners of the Boston Transit Department, and the transfer of that department and of Boston's subways, tunnels, and rapid transit lines to the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Section 8A became effective when it was accepted by the City Council and approved by the Mayor on July 25, 1949.
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Records of the Rapid Transit Commission, 1891-1892; Boston Transit Commission, 1894-1918; and the Board of Commissioners of the Transit Department, 1918-1949. Includes minutes of each entity, financial journal of the Rapid Transit Commission, photographs used in the 12th annual report of the Boston Transit Commission showing views of East Boston Tunnel and Tremont Street Subway and publications. The publications include the Report of the Rapid Transit Commission of 1892, annual reports and select contracts.


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Popular Teas from Brodie'sSee All 6 Teas
Recent Tasting Notes
How i got it: Bought it
Experience: I went with the looks and, honestly, expected less of this tea due to its humble packaging, but ended with a fairly good cup. Mildly intense aroma, mainly composed of Ceylon and a bit of Assam notes too. In one moment, I happen to sense some spiced notes, like the ones from a Chinese tea, but just for a second. Its taste is intense and lasting, simple and lacking great nuances. I could describe its flavor as a balanced mix of Ceylon and Assam, holding some likeness to a Breakfast blend. It reminded me of Basilur's Oriental Delight, too. Malty and caramel-like notes begin the sip, to later give space to earthy (like a Kenyan tea) and mildly bitter ones, ending with muscatel. A bit of astringency is present too. A better tea than I expected!
Would i buy it again?: Have some possibilities for a change of pace in the evening cup.
1 tea bag used
Extremely bitter and flat-tasting. I was given this tea bag as a part of "student welfare week" at my school so I'm not sure how fresh it is. It smelled fruity in the bag even though it tastes like a breakfast tea. I'm guessing that this may not be a representative of the actual flavour and I will withhold my rating.
I recently did a taste test, ordering several breakfast teas and putting them in a brew-to-brew battle. Brodies came in with a definite win. This is a rich, dark tea, with a robust flavor and a lovely maltiness without getting bitter. Others were weak and light-colored in comparison.
When I'm having my daily brew I'm an impatient drinker of tea, and I love that I can pour boiling water over a bag after dinner and it has steeped in just a minute or so. If I'm in the mood to really sit down and go through the tea rituals I'll choose something more exotic from my cupboard, but this is a great daily blend that comes out on top for me.
Compared against: Taylors of Harrogate Scottish Breakfast and English Breakfast, London English Breakfast, Harney and Sons English Breakfast, Thompson's Family Tea Irish Breakfast.
The Leaf: They have a nice, strong, fresh aroma typical of good Assam tea. The leaves are cut fairly small, but still give a coarse look with very jagged edges and folds. There are some golden tips visible as well, composing maybe 10% of the total leaves.
The brew: It has a nice deep brownish red liquor, minimal basic aroma, and a bold flavor that lingers. The aroma is very light, but has a slight sweetness to it. The flavor is typical of an Assam, very malty, almost woody, slightly bitter with an aftertaste that is a lesser version of this. The mouthfeel is slightly thick with a definite dryness that lasts a little too long and is too strong.
I drink all of my teas cold.
A strong black tea, which I brewed for three minutes rather than the recommended four as it seems like it would oversteep very quickly. Tasty enough and takes milk well but the leaves are more like coffee grounds than leaves. It looks like Lipton's sitting in the basket. Fortunately it is better than that.
This is a great morning tea, a perfect replacement for coffee. It has a subtle yet bold flavor, if that makes any sense. I recently stopped drinking coffee again (for the nth time) and I picked up some of this team at a European delicatessen for $12.50 (50 bags). It is seemingly a good value for when I want some good plain tea.


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Coverage of the Mars Rover Landing
NASA's $2.5 billion Curiosity craft achieved the most complex, costly and high-risk landing ever attempted on another world. Watch video from NASA below.
- Article: Curiosity Lands on Mars
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Mastic Home Exteriors Siding
Leader in the siding industry for nearly 80 years, Mastic Home Exteriors now makes durable vinyl and aluminum siding in a variety of colors and styles. If you're in the market for siding, you won't want to overlook this company. Here's some more info to get you started.
On average, vinyl siding should cost from $1 per square foot for the DIY variety to $7 for professional installation. This can vary depending on the materials used and the price of labor. Get siding quotes to estimate costs in your area.
Mastic siding is durable and can easily withstand the elements.
Doesn't require painting or staining.
Won't peel, blister, or rot like wood siding is prone to.
Mastic siding is very durable and won't rot, peel, or warp like wood siding options. It is also backed by a warranty that covers defective products.
Mastic siding requires very little maintenance and repair. All the company suggests is occasionally power-washing the siding at eye level (if you aim the water upwards, it can collect behind the siding). Make sure to set the pressure between 1,500 PSI and 2,400 PSI.
Common Questions and Answers
What type of warranty does Mastic offer exactly?
Mastic offers an exclusive Registered VIP Limited Lifetime Warranty that covers product defects. If defective, the product will be replaced for the original homeowner as long as they live in the home and for any subsequent owners for up to 50 years after
Can Mastic vinyl siding increase a home's energy efficiency?
Yes, Mastic vinyl siding increases the insulation of walls up to an additional R4, which means that the wall system R-Value can go up by 26%.
HistoryMastic first entered the siding market in 1932, when they came out with an asphalt-based siding that they patented. They began marketing vinyl siding in 1959 and later joined the Alcoa family (of Alcoa Brand Exteriors) in 1989.
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Women's Basketball Falls To Detroit, 63-43, In Horizon League Quarterfinals
March 6, 2003
Green Bay, Wis. - The University of Illinois at Chicago women's basketball team shot a season-low 24.7 percent from the field as Detroit defeated the Flames, 63-43 in their Horizon League quarterfinal matchup at the Phoenix Sports Center on Thursday afternoon.
Seniors Jaysie Chambers and LeKesha Williams each scored 12 points apiece to lead the Flames. Collectively, UIC was 18-for-73 from the floor, while the starting five was a combined 14-for-58. UIC also did not draw many fouls as the Flames were 3-for-4 from the free throw line.
Detroit improves to 9-19 on the campaign and will face the winner of the UW-Milwaukee/Cleveland State at 5:00 p.m. in the Horizon League Semifinals on Friday evening. UIC ends the 2002-03 campaign with a record of 17-11.
Freshman Katie Solner led Detroit with 18 points, while teammates Caitie Goddard and Sara Crum each tallied 10 points apiece to lead the Titans.
Solner scored 12 of her 18 points in the first half to help propel Detroit to a 35-26 lead heading into the intermission. Following the break, UIC went on a 5-0 run, led by a three-point play by freshman point guard Chrissy Dizon (5 points) to narrow Detroit's lead to 35-31 with 17:44 left in the game.
30 seconds later, Dizon was called for a personal foul on the Detroit end of the court and was quickly issued a technical foul for slamming the basketball down following her infraction. Detroit capitalized and went on a 12-0 run to put the game out of reach for the Flames.


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Ubisoft's next-gen only game, Assassin's Creed Unity, is expected to outperform this year's release of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare while Bungie's Destiny is expected to sell more copies than any other game according to early analyst predictions. In a report from VG247 on June 30, it was revealed that Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz anticipates several titles to outsell what has been one of gaming's most top-selling franchises for the past several years by predicting that three games will beat out Call of Duty this year.
The analyst publicized that he believes that Bungie's persistent shared-world shooter will find success as Creutz feels that Destiny will be the top selling game of 2015. Going down the list, the Cowen and Company specialist next predicted that Halo: The Master Chief Collection will likely secure the number two spot followed by Assassin's Creed Unity in third. Pushing down what was once considered an unbeatable juggernaut within the industry; Creutz expects that this fall's Call of Duty entry will only be the fourth best-selling game of the year.
Destiny is Activision's newest IP that is being developed by the team behind Halo, Bungie. The publisher is giving the multiplayer shooter their full support after CEO Bobby Kotick referred to the title as being a $500 million investment on more than one occasion. However, there seems to be some confusion involved in the game's exact cost of the game considering Bungie has repeatedly shot down the idea that Destiny has a budget anywhere near that large.
Unlike other games on the list of game that are expected to have the best sales of 2015, Activision has ensured that Destiny can reach a much larger user base since the MMO-like shooter will release across both the new and old generation of platforms. While titles such as Assassin's Creed Unity will only appear on the Xbox One and Playstation 4, Destiny has the advantage of also launching on last-gen platforms which can be found in a significantly larger number of households.


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College Hockey:2002-03 Minnesota State Season Preview
In his second season at Minnesota State, head coach Jeff Vizenor feels his team has improved enough to move up from the WCHA's cellar, where the Mavericks have dwelled for each of the league's three seasons.
He has a number of reasons to feel confident that his team can move up in the league standings: some of those were evident in MSU's 6-1 exhibition win over the Toronto Jr. Aeros Saturday.
Scoring six goals in a game was a major feat. The Mavericks scored just 38 goals in 32 games last season and had not scored six in a game since Jan. 9, 2000, in a 7-3 win over Division III Gustavus Adolphus. Four of those goals came from newcomers to the Minnesota State roster, including a pair by sophomore transfer Melanie Salatino, who finished third in goals and fourth in scoring in Division III at Wisconsin-Superior. Freshmen Devon Nichols and Amber Sharratt also tallied for the Mavericks.
"I learned we can put some pucks in the net," Vizenor said after his team's exhibition victory. "One thing about Salatino is that she came from Superior where she scored goals, that was her job. She's come in here and we expect the same thing, that's the only job we really give her."
Vizenor expects his team to be higher-scoring than in the past and, if they can produce more goals, the Mavericks know they have the goalies to keep their opponents at bay.
Despite seeing 38 shots per game, junior goalie Shari Vogt posted a 3.21 goals against average and a .916 save percentage. Senior Katie Beauduy, who has seen nearly 35 shots per game during her career, has a 4.15 GAA and .880 save percentage overall.
"When you talk about our goaltending, you have to talk about Shari Vogt," Vizenor said. "We're going to expect her to log a lot of minutes for us again and win some games."
Vogt simplifies her duties.
"I have to stop the puck," she said. "I have to make big saves when the team needs me to and I need to keep the puck out of the net."
Keeping the puck out of the net will start with MSU allowing fewer shots per game. Vizenor feels that his team understands its responsibilities better this year, but the addition of Sharratt, 5-9 Jen Johnson and 5-7 Andrea Jensrud should help. The Mavericks have not enjoyed size on their blue line and will look to use it to their advantage.
Up front, Salatino and Nichols bring their goal-scoring abilities to an offense that desperately needs them. However, Vizenor has upperclassmen who he expects to step up this season.
Senior Amy Egli has been handed the captaincy of the team. She and classmate Tristin Stephenson, the team's leading active career scorer, are among the returning players who will be looked to for offensive output.
Egli realizes she will have to play a larger role on this year's team.
"I have a lot more responsibility," she said. "I have to lead by example and help keep everyone working together.
"We have a great group of freshmen and my role is to help them learn. They bring a great deal of energy to this team and they can score goals."
One of the primary goals at MSU this season is getting the team into the WCHA playoffs. Moving from seventh to fifth in the league standings, though, won't be easy.
"It's going to take a consistent effort," Vogt said. "Every series, every game, every shift, everyone is going to have to be consistent all of the time. This league is good and anyone can beat anyone on a given night."
"Whenever you talk about the WCHA, you have to talk about Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth," Vizenor said. "They've been the top teams and they've added top players. But everyone else has gotten better, too. No one in this league can go out and assume they're going to win. We have to work hard and give a good effort every night if we want to finish in the top five."
The Mavericks open up the WCHA's season by hosting Ohio State at All Seasons Arena, Oct. 11-12.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo Chapter 66 Summary
Matrimonial Projects
- Mr. Danglars visits the Count and tells him that he wants his daughter, Eugénie, to marry Andrea Cavalcanti instead of Albert de Morcerf.
- Danglars tells the Count that Albert is actually not a nobleman – his dad was once a poor fisherman named Fernand Mondego.
- The Count casually mentions that he once heard of a Fernand Mondego who betrayed a man named Ali Pasha (Haydée's dad) to the Turks.
- The Count urges Danglars to research this piece of history and the Morcerfs' connection to it.
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Brandi Glanville says Lisa Vanderpump has always given her a hard time because Glanville does not actually life in Beverly Hills. When Glanville found out Vanderpump once lived in the same area that Brandi now lives in she got tired of Vanderpump's snarky jabs and struck back.
On Tuesday, Feb. 18 Brandi Glanville gave an interview to Us Weekly explaining why she felt the need to step forward and speak out about Lisa's previous "undesirable" zip code and divulge the fact that Lisa and her husband Ken Todd once filed for bankruptcy.
Brandi maintains that it was Kyle Richards who told her that Lisa and Ken had filed bankruptcy and that they lived in Calabasas. Brandi went on to say that she merely repeated something that Kyle Richards said and that she does not know if Vanderpump and Todd were close to or filed for bankruptcy.
Vanderpump asked Glanville to set the record straight about the bankruptcy rumors as they had already had serious consequences. Lisa posted a series of tweets on Feb. 17 asking Glanville to retract the story she had given to E! News.
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Today is a sad day for the fashion world as Alexander McQueen, 40, passed away suddenly in his London home (boston.com).
A cutting edge designer, McQueen was known for his gothic, rebellious style and for his current futuristic looks in the
Spring 2010 Collection. He studied fashion at Central St. Martins College in London, apprenticed on Savile Row, and worked as head designer for Givenchy before starting his own label (Wikipedia).
For a history of McQueen's aesthetic, UK's TimesOnline presents a timeline of his work since 2000.
Below are some of the more "affordable" items from the McQueen label.
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2013-14 Student-Athletes Honored at Annual Awards Banquet
Mandelbaum and Doss named Female and Male Athletes of the Year, Schelske and Schmidt earned Female and Male Scholar Athletes of the Year Honors and Magee and Walker receive the James W. Wilson, Jr. Award
Lopez Porras and Tarrant Named Female and Male Athletes of the Year, Arceneaux and Barrios Earned Female and Male Scholar Athletes of the Year Honors and Benzio and Myer receive the James W. Wilson, Jr. Award
Freshman (2010): Named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year...earned Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors...were named Second Team All-State by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association...earned Conference USA Player of the Week on November 8...started all 32 matches and played in 112 sets...ranked 20th in Conference USA in points per-set (3.01)...was second on the team in total blocks (84)...ranked third on the team in kills (275), points (337), service aces (17) and hitting percentage (.183)...ranked fourth in assists (29) and fifth in digs (210) on the team...posted seven double-doubles...had two double-digit blocking matches, seven double-digit dig matches and 15 double-digit kill matches...opened her career with three kills and two digs versus #4 Stanford (8/27) at the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic...posted 12 kills and 15 digs for her first career double-double against Purdue (9/4) at the Pitt Invitational...had nine kills and 11 digs at Pitt (9/4) to close out the Pitt Invitational...had eight kills in each of her first two matches at the Terrapin Invitational, adding eight digs versus Fairfield (9/10) and six digs versus Penn (9/11)...posted ten kills and seven digs versus #16 Oregon (9/17) at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic...had ten kills and 13 digs in the finale of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic versus FIU (9/18)...chipped in ten kills and 15 digs in a five-set loss versus SMU (10/1)...had ten kills and ten digs at Rice (9/8) and followed that with five kills and 15 digs against the Owls (9/26) on a C-USA roadtrip...tallied 15 kills versus UTEP (10/15)...posted a season-high 18 digs and added 12 kills in a five-set loss to UCF (10/17)...had 11 kills and 11 blocks at Memphis (10/31)...posted ten kils and ten blocks in a five-set win at UCF (11/5)...had 13 kills and six blocks at UTEP (11/7)...had 11 kills in back-to-back matches at versus UAB (11/14) and at Marshall (11/19)...had ten kills and eight blocks at East Carolina (11/21).
About Cori Martone
Prep: Lettered all four years for Saint Joseph's Academy and head coach Sivi Miller...was selected as team captain during her senior season...garnered team MVP honors as a junior and senior...was an All-American selection as a senior as selected by PrepVolleyball.com...earned First Team All-State honors during her final two seasons with the Redstickers...earned the Louisiana Division I 5A Miss Volleyball honor as a junior and a senior...was an All-Metro and All-District selection her final two seasons at SJA...was ranked among the "Seniors Aces" as ranked by PrepVolleyball.com...was selected to play in the Louisiana Volleyball Coaches Association All-Star Game as a senior...was named the East Team MVP at the LVCA All-Star game...played club volleyball for the Louisiana Volleyball Club...helped them to a runner-up finish at the 2008 AAU Nationals...guided the team to a 5th place showing at the Junior Olympics in 2009...both of her high school coaches, Miller and Brenda LeBlanc, played volleyball at Tulane.
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The Veepstakes Sherm-O-Meter
Which potential Romney running mates are doing the best job of pretending to be uninterested in the gig?
In our latest rankings, Marco Rubio goes from near-Shermanesque to noncommittal, Chris Christie pretends that his family might be opposed to him joining the ticket, and Tim Pawlenty just wants to be a volunteer.
Mitt Romney may not have a vice-president shortlist yet, but through rumor, guesswork, and sometimes even actual evidence, the political media has already assembled one for him. It contains household names like Marco Rubio and Chris Christie, and less famous politicians such as Rob Portman and Kelly Ayotte. Over the course of the next few months, these potential running mates will be bombarded with questions about the prospect of joining Mitt Romney's ticket, and they will respond by performing a rhetorical balancing act for our amusement. Sound too enthusiastic, and you alienate your constituents (assuming you have them) and set yourself up for embarrassment when you're not picked. But sound too disinterested, and why should Romney pick you at all, you jerk? Or, you may honestly not want the gig, in which case an outright Shermanesque refusal would make your intentions perfectly clear.
It is this delicate dance of thinly veiled bullshit that we intend to chronicle until a running mate is finally chosen. By ranking the major veep candidates based on the eagerness of their most recent veepstakes-related remark — on a scale of William Tecumseh Sherman to "That's the Ticket," which is a reference to something Jon Lovitz used to say on SNL a long time ago — we hope to illuminate the majesty and awkwardness that is the veepstakes.
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Former Senator Rick Santorum
Senior adviser John Brabender, April 10: "I think that as he has said in the past, he is ready to help America in whatever way he can do best."
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell
May 3: "Of course you'd consider it. But I'm not asking for it, interviewing for it. I just want to see Mitt Romney win."
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Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan
May 4: "It's someone else's decision."
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
May 8: "There's a lot of people who have a say in that other than me. Their names are Mary Pat, Andrew, Sarah ...."
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Florida Senator Marco Rubio
May 7: "I'm not going to discuss the vice-presidency. Governor Romney has a process in place and I'm going to respect that."
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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
April 17: "I haven't heard from candidate Mitt Romney on that but it's certainly a great honor to even be mentioned as a possibility ... Well that is, that is something that we would just have to wait and see."
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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
April 15: "I haven't gotten the call and I doubt I will. I just go merrily on about doing my business."
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Ohio Senator Rob Portman
April 11: "I want to help. I don't need to be on the ticket to do that."
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Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey
March 23: "I think that's so extremely unlikely that I don't spend any time thinking about it. I've got a great, great job that's very challenging, it's fascinating, it's exciting and it's rewarding ... I think there's a whole lot more that I can accomplish, so I'm focused on being the very best senator I can be."
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Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno
March 13: "I love my job, and I really — I want to stay here, if I can. I really enjoy what I'm doing, I'm looking forward to another four years of continuing to turn a corner here and making our economy grow."
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
May 3: "Look, I've got the job that I want ... but I'm definitely going to be supporting Mitt Romney and whoever he selects as his running mate."
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New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte
May 6: "It's an honor to be mentioned in that vein, but my focus is on serving New Hampshire and there's so many good candidates out there that governor Romney has to choose from."
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Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
May 7: "I think he's going to have a lot of great people to pick from ... the best way I can help is as a volunteer."
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Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels
April 22: "I think I would demand reconsideration and send Mr. Romney a list of people I think could suit better."
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
April 16: "Rice also said she would not be interested in joining Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as his running mate."
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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
May 2: "The governor appreciates the investment the people of South Carolina made by allowing her to serve as governor. She wants to honor this commitment by finishing the job she was hired to do," a spokesman said.
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New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez
April 17: "No ... Emphatically ... I am going to say that I am very honored and very humbled but I must decline."


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If you are over 65, male, and live in the Haddington area, East Lothian Council wants to hear about your sporting memories!
As part of an innovative new scheme, the council's Ageing Well project is working in partnership with the Sporting Memories Network to give the county's older residents the chance to reminisce and share their own tales of sporting glory – either as a spectator or a participant.
The pilot event will take place in Haddington's John Gray Centre, which houses Haddington library, a new museum for East Lothian and the county's archive and local history services. Activities will include the chance to look through local and national archives, view photos of legends of sport from across the years, and for participants to tell the co-ordinators about their own favourite stars or teams and those special moments in sport that stay with them.
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As we all know our little ones love the iPad as much as we all do. So Leapfrog has come out with the LeapPad Explorer for kids, which I see as the kids version of the iPad. It sounds fun, with different educational apps and more without costing as much as an iPad, and made durable for a toddler.
So that's one of the items on our "wish list" this season. I know for sure my son would love it, because he loves playing on his grandpa's iPad.
Only reason I am questioning our purchase a bit would be because of the apps and books that need to be purchased separately. I'm horrible with anything that you spend so much money on and still need to spend overtime to enjoy it. It just becomes a new expense added instead of a new toy or item just purchased. I'd want my little boy to enjoy the LeapPad to the fullest, so I have to decide if I'm willing to continue to make more purchases.
It's a given with any gadget that you need to purchase more to enjoy it, so I really am liking what I see despite all that I just said. Really seems like the new must have for little ones this season. Wish I owned it already for our vacation coming up, sounds perfect for the long flights and waits in between.
Do you have it already? What are your thoughts?
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Federal investigators have targeted Las Vegas Sands Corp., a casino empire owned by billionaire Republican supporter Sheldon Adelson, for possible money laundering activity, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles may soon file criminal charges against the company due to its handling of financial transactions with a Mexican businessman who was later indicted for drug trafficking, according to sources.
Sources indicate, however, that Adelson himself is being investigated, although he may eventually face some heat for the actions of his company since he is its chief executive officer and largest shareholder.
The transactions eyed by investigators include the company's handling of millions of dollars received from two big-time gamblers who may have gambled with money they obtained through illegal measures.
One of these wealthy gamblers was the wealthy Mexican who was indicted on drug charges in the United States, and the other is Zhenli Ye Gon, another Mexican citizen who was indicted in 2007 for allegedly selling raw ingredients used to make methamphetamine.
According to sources, the Sands Corp. is responsible for noticing warning signs that gamblers are using tainted money, and are supposed to alert federal authorities when such gamblers spend millions of dollars at its casinos.
But some observers believe that the federal investigation may be politically motivated, and the Wall Street Journal hinted this week that the Justice Department could be trying to slow Adelson's efforts to elect Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate.
Sources say that Adelson plans to spend a remarkable $100 million on Republican candidates in this fall's national elections.
Adelson accrued his wealth through his ownership of massive casinos in Las Vegas, Singapore, and Macau, and has become a polarizing public figure in the wake of his huge contributions to various candidates' campaign coffers.
If, however, his casino did break the law by ignoring signs of money laundering, accusations of political motivations may fall on deaf ears.
Sources say that both questionable gamblers who spent millions of dollars at the Las Vegas Sands had long public records of legal disputes, and were not exactly flying under the radar.
And sources say that at least one of the targeted gamblers gave more than $100 million to the Sands, which is a sum that even a large casino would find hard to ignore.
To add further fuel to the fire, investigators are also determining whether the company breached the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing officials in Macau, sources say.


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See that stuff. It's red clover. It grows everywhere and apparently you can EAT it. Jonathan M. Forester of SlashFood insists the shoots are yummy and the flowers are loaded with protein. Check it out:
Red & White Clover are both edible raw in salads, as cooked greens, and more. The young and tender shoots and greens can be tasty, but older ones can get tough. Just stick to ones that look fresh and haven't gone grass-like and you should be fine. The flower heads are nutritious and full of protein but they should either be soaked in salty water for a few hours or briefly boiled or cooked before eating; so that they are easier to digest. Eating them raw is usually not as good an experience. I like them stir fried or sauteed until well done, or lightly battered and made into fritters or tempura. I find that the saltiness of the tempura dipping sauce works well with them. If the blossoms seem past their prime, or even going to seed, all the better. Because then you can dry them and grind them into a protein rich and nutritious flour. Just don't try to cook and eat them unless they are soft and fresh, or they will be quite unappetizing.
I was personally introduced to them when I was studying wilderness survival, and one day we had to prepare and eat them every way we could. It wasn't a high point of the week long course, but not the low point either.
I have to admit. Eating flowers makes me nervous. Not sure why. Although, I've seen Dr. Fuhrman himself eat an orchid. Even still, it weirds me out—do any of you eat flowers?
Oh, and for more interesting plant news. TreeHugger is talking about hemp.
Love it! I am very interested in Wilderness Survival and that is some good knowledge to know! I barely ever watch TV and if I do it is Survivorman.
I ate a tiger lilly recently! They are very tasty and have a kinda peppery affect, interesting aftertaste.
Oh yes, I eat flowers! I've been eating nasturtium for years. I grow my own and don't use pesticides, so I pick them and eat them right out of my garden. Delicious!!
I agree with you. Eating flowers just seems a little too strange to me. I know that some of them are perfectly fine to eat but it just seems wrong!
I used to eat these as a kid. My mother would always get upset and tell us that a dog could have peed on them. Never ate any salty ones so I got lucky.
Edible flowers are nothing new. Italians cook squash blossoms, nasturtiums are great in salad, Martha Stewart decorates cakes with violets.
Just google "edible flowers" and you will find lots of lists.
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After a long period of time in the courts arguing over the name of Queensryche and who has sole control over it, would it be Geogg Tate (former lead singer), or the decades members Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield or Michael Wilton. The decision has been made and below is the official statement.
"We wanted to let Queensryche fans around the world know that an amicable settlement has been reached between Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton and Geoff Tate with regard to the future of the Queensryche name. According to the agreement, original Queensryche members Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton along with recent members, Todd LaTorre and Parker Lundgren, will now be the sole entity recording and touring as Queensryche, performing selections from their entire musical catalog that spans over 30 years of material.
Original Queensryche lead singer Geoff Tate will continue to record, perform and pursue a variety of other creative endeavors and, as part of the agreement, will have the exclusive rights to perform Operation: Mindcrime I and II in their entirety as a unique performance.
Both sides wish each other well and are excited about what the future holds. We want to thank the fans for standing beside us through this ordeal and look forward to sharing our music with you for years to come." -
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State's first weekend law enforcement class graduates from SFCC
Monday evening's graduation ceremony had special significance for the 13 cadets in South Florida Community College's Basic Law Enforcement Class 227. After training every weekend for the past year, they can finally reacquaint themselves with simple pleasures like sleeping late, attending a son's football game, or even mowing the lawn.
The cadets rearranged work schedules, put aside family obligations, and sacrificed leisure time to accomplish something unique. They are the first graduates of a weekend Basic Law Enforcement class to be offered by any police academy in Florida.
"No other law enforcement academy in the state has offered this course on the weekends as far as we can tell," said Richard Morey, coordinator, Criminal Justice. "And these students got through it with a 100 percent passing rate."
Robert Weronik, the class leader, was instrumental in getting the weekend class off the ground. Before he became the corporate crisis manager for General Electric, Weronik spent 15 years as a police officer in Connecticut. He wanted to become certified in Florida, but his full-time work schedule left weekends as the only time he could devote to education. Various law enforcement organizations told him he was not likely to find a weekend academy, and his research proved that to be true.
"Everyone said no until I talked to Richard Morey," Weronik said. "He was very accommodating and understanding. He said, 'If you can find the students for it, we'll do it.'"
Not one to be daunted by a challenge, Weronik began helping Morey recruit students, and came across Steighner, who had similar desires. As a young man, he had been a deputy for the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. Now in his 40s with a family and three businesses, he wanted to become recertified so that he could volunteer as a reserve officer.
"It was a huge commitment for the students and the college," said Steighner, who gathered support for the endeavor from political leaders and law enforcement organizations. "Part of the challenge was convincing people it would work. Bob and I knew it would, if we could get the bodies to fill the seats."
They did. On Sept. 27, 2008, 13 cadets arrived at the SFCC Public Service Academy for its first weekend Basic Law Enforcement class. Among them were young people looking to enter the profession as well as former officers, business people, and attorneys seeking volunteer and part-time opportunities. The majority came from Miami, Tampa, Sarasota, and other cities more than 100 miles away.
To reflect the distances they traveled in pursuit of a common purpose, the class adopted the motto: "Statewide – Unified."
The routine was grueling. The cadets met on Saturdays and Sundays for one year, missing holidays like Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Easter. In addition to tuition, they bore the costs of lodging in hotels and eating in local restaurants. In the spring, many used vacation time to attend a weeklong unit on first aid at the Public Service Academy.
Steighner calculates that he traveled more than 14,000 miles between Pasco and Highlands counties just to complete the class.
"I got a lot of support from my family and my employees," said Steighner. "My wife basically said, 'I don't want to be sitting in my rocking chair someday listening to you complain that you didn't do this.' I missed my sons' football and baseball games. My 12-year-old read Florida Statutes to me. He now knows more about constitutional law than most seventh graders."
"By accommodating us, SFCC filled a statewide need," Weronick said. "This class has created other energy throughout Florida." At the SFCC Public Service Academy, a second weekend class is tentatively scheduled to begin in January. Anyone interested should call Morey as soon as possible at 784-7285.
Weronik isn't quitting his day job, but he will put his training to good use. "This enables me to volunteer in my community, which is a missing piece of my life right now. I have the career. I did this so I could fulfill a part of my life that is being unmet."
Steighner is becoming a part-time reserve deputy with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Part of his mission will be to build up its reserve program, something he feels passionately about. "I hope when it's my time to stop volunteering, I will have a lot of gray hairs on my head, and I can turn over my badge to my grandson."
As an outgrowth of the class, members formed the Volunteer Florida Officers Alliance, which is planning to hold its first conference at SFCC in February 2010. Steighner is starting a scholarship for training reserve officers.
"From the bottom of my heart, I can say that all this happened because of Mr. Morey," Steighner said. "He made sure it stayed on track. Every weekend, he was there for us. His compensation is that he got to see 13 people, smiling and happy because we got through this process."
"This class was exceptional because of the commitment they had to make," Morey said. "They held up their end of the bargain."
The graduation service proved to be a family affair as well as an affectionate parting. The invocation was delivered by retired Major James Murray, from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, whose grandson, John Murray, was among the graduates. New graduate Ted Silva beamed with pride when a fellow cadet received the firearms award for achieving a perfect shooting score. The cadet was his son, Kenny Silva.
For more information about the SFCC Public Service Academy, call ext. 7280, 453-6661, 494-7500, 773-2252, or 465-5300, or visit the Web site www.southflorida.edu.


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Copyright 2003 The Dance Insider
PARIS -- Sasha Waltz
is a trickster, a tonic of a physical poet operating from deep within
the territory of an otherwise increasingly bodyless German tanztheater
who, in "NoBody," the final episode of the triptych begun with "Korper,"
has rejected prop-induced hysteria in favor of controlled kinetic
kaos. Experienced -- and that's the proper word for it, because
this work cannot be observed in reserve or remote -- last night
at the Theatre de la Ville - Sarah Bernhardt in its Paris premiere,
"NoBody" is in fact the most beautifully body-full modern dance
work to hit this town all season.
Arriving at the theater
last night, I was a bit in a New York state of mind, slightly regretting
that I wouldn't be across the ocean to personally witness the rebirth
of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Earlier in the day, my colleague
Darrah Carr and I had been talking about how, as much as Modern
Dance has spun out since Martha Graham gave it its first vocabulary,
it is important to be reminded of the roots. In some parts of the
world -- Belgium and Germany come to mind -- Modern Dance has spun
out so far that it has unravelled. Dancers talk, they stand around
as breathing components of an installation, they sing, they play
music instruments -- the healthy impulse to use the other arts as
devices or even partners has become perverted until even self-identified
choreographers don't show much by way of choreography, or the dance
cannot be heard above the multi-media racket.
Another colleague opined
that Waltz is her generation's Pina Bausch, and that's true to the
degree that she has her devoted adherents; no spectacle here produces
"Cherche une place" signs in front of the theater like Sasha Waltz.
But unlike Bausch, while Waltz certainly can dazzle with prop bazaars,
she has not relegated choreography to the role of second-class citizen.
Dancers (and some dance critics, including this one) like Bausch,
but I'm not sure how much she dances anymore.
Waltz, by contrast,
at least as seen by this critic last night, not only works at choreography,
but makes her audience and critics work to apprehend it. During
most of the first part of "NoBody," created last year in Berlin,
my first thought was how inadequate a dance critic I am. Except
for the three sets of lucite windows in which dancers were occasionally
seen to assume tableaus, the vast stage was propless -- but not,
with a cast of 26 (twice that of "Korper"), peopleless. The best
description I could think of was 'ameoba' -- which, as it was explained
to me later by a company member, is in fact what Waltz was going
for in this chapter of the triptych. "Korper" aimed to be about
the body, often separated out into parts (confirmed by the observations
of my colleague Nancy Dalva in her
review in these pages), "S" about the feelings associated
with the body (my
own review is mixed on whether she got this across),
and "NoBody," about the bodyless body, if you will.
The pattern here was
for large groups of the performers, usually encompassing all but
a a couple of the 26, to move about the stage clustered together
and in evolving, amorphous shapes. In one of the most engaging segments,
they congealed downstage left and, keeping only their toes glued
to the stage, shot out heads or arms in unison or canon in various
directions. Torsos dipped. Heads riveted robotically. In another,
25 of the 26 played pile up. What impressed was not so much what
individual dancers were doing, but the way Watlz deployed them all
around the stage, the way she used it and the way she arranged her
This is not to say there
were not smaller moments that gripped. For much of the first part,
a single performer detached from the ensemble -- often Junko Wada,
riveting in her slow, single-minded walk around the circumference
of the stage.
I should mention, too,
that -- though I didn't get that this was the intention until it
was explained to me later -- for the first part of the spectacle,
all of the dancers were facially detached from what their bodies
were doing, displaying neither the somber nor the cold face of post-Modern,
but rather visages out of which the life had been washed.
Regarding "Korper,"
Nancy Dalva noted in her review that Waltz's "is a kind of participation
metaphor." Two times last night, she seemed to respond to my silent
queries. In the first part, just as I was internally remarking on
her spare use of props, a giant white fabric dropped from the catwalk
and inflated, prompting general panic from the performers, who for
the first time oralized, screaming en masse as they scrambled around
trying to take care of each other until they fled into the wings
or up the aisles. (I thought of the Orange balloon in the '60s television
show "The Prisoner.") But then suddenly -- as if, the hard work
over, Waltz had released them with an "Okay, now let's play," the
mood changed. Costume props were injected, the dancers were permitted
to smile, and I started seeing things I recognized, albeit slightly
After a male dancer
had torn off his shirt and stuffed it into his mouth, followed by
a colleague stripping down to her underwear and stuffing the rest
of her vestments into his mouth also as he continued to try to speak,
suddenly a man in a triangular wooden dress glided onstage and rang
a bell. Five more performers entered and minced/cascaded around
the room: Intended or not, it was a total parody of the "Nutcracker"
dance in which Sugarplum's minions glide over the stage in floor-length
dresses. Only these 'dresses' were wood, enabling them to serve
also as percussive instruments, whether beaten by the hands of their
wearers or echoing when the performers fell backwards, like dominos.
Heads would also submerge into the necks and between the straps
of the gowns and then pop back up.
Later, or I think it
was later, and as the rest of the dancers looked on, engaged, Juan
Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola, harumphing, slid onto the ground next
to Nicola Mascia and slipped himself into the latter's sleeveless
pullover -- while Mascia was still wearing it. Then Kruz Diaz de
Garaio Esnaola frantically removed his own pants, and fitted his
legs into Mascia's expanding white trousers. Pilobolus fans will
know what happened next (although I've never seen this on Pilobolus):
"He" arose and suddenly a four-footed, eight-limbed human was trudging
around the stage. (A creature apparently also conjured in "Korper.")
The beast took on a lyrical aspect when Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola
nudged his partner out of the pullover, leaving his naked torso
swinging behind him. At one point, the ensemble picked him up lengthwise,
leaving Mascia's torso to swing under him perpendicular to his partner's
body and the floor.
Later, the ensemble
picked them both up, at either of its ends, obscuring the lower
body of one and the upper body of the other, the effect being, especially
when the one's upper body rose at one end of the group and the other's
legs fell at the other, of a super-long body.
There was still that
white balloon to contend with, though, and as it got bigger and
more and more rambunctious, everyone skeedadled until only the diminuitive
and girlish Claudea de Serpa Soares was left to engage it. This
she did charmingly, standing between the object and us in a bullet-riddled
white dress and then commencing to ride it like a giant wave, reacting
wondrously -- with widened eyes or whistle-forming lips ("Oooohhh!")
-- to how it lifted her. The sphere formed a cushy chair and lifted
her into the air, it made a giant beanbag which subsumed her, and
finally became a wave which submerged her.
Then, remarkably in
touch with their bodies, everyone circled the giant white balloon
and collapsed it then scrunched it to a tiny bundle. But not before
a shower of shredded black paper rained down on them, washing all
angst away.
Helping to set the insulated,
magical mood of the evening was Hans Peter Kuhn's ambient soundscape.
The rest of the spirited
performers, all of whom were also credited in addition to Waltz
with the choreography, were Mikel Aristegui, Rita Aozane Bilibio,
Hsuan Cheng, Clementine Deluy, Lisa Densem, Luc Dunberry, Andreas
Ebbert, Su-Mi Jang, Hans-Werner Klohe, Thusnelda Mercy, Grayson
Millwood, Michal Mualem, Sasa Queliz, Laura Siegmund, Norbert Steinwarz,
Takako Suzuki, Mohan Thomas, Laurie Young, Matan Zamir, and Zuan
Sasha Waltz's "NoBody"
continues at the Theatre de la Ville - Sarah Bernhardt through Sunday,
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