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Class Certification, the Merits, and Expert Evidence
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George Mason Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2002
What standards should the courts use to determine whether or not to certify the class proposed by the plaintiffs? The answer to this question has ramifications for many areas of the law in which class actions have become an oft-used method for pursuing claims against alleged wrongdoers, including mass torts, securities, employment discrimination, and antitrust. This Article discusses two related aspects of the class-certification standard that determine where that standard lies on the strictness spectrum. One concerns whether evidence that bears on the merits of the claims should be walled off from the analysis of the class certification questions. The other deals with whether the courts should weigh expert evidence on the class certification requirements.
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Novus Folium, Kinetix, Ian Cooke and DeVotchKa spun on local radio this week. See who else got spins.
Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country. See the full playlists posted after the jump.
Novus Folium - "Nights on Fire" Glass Delirium - "Beisde Myself" Lacuna Drive - "Valedicine" Houses - "Fairweather" Bop Skizzum - "Little Black Book" P-Nuckle - "Love to Love Her" Esprit de Corps - "Black Gold" Shake-Up Brigade - "TBOS" Gromet - "Easy As It Starts" Achille Lauro - "Friends War" Swankstars - "Volatile Valentine" Other Russia - "IROC"
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Actually its very similar, new clothes on mannequins.. I like Ariel's better.
Thanks for the references :)
Man ! try to look beyond the execution, the idea is way better and the approach is the same. Every single idea has been done and done again...except by you
ah and I thought it's original. unfortunately it's the same thing...
If we're comparing ideas, both are stale because they make dummies out of consumers, but this one is worse, because at least the dummies involved look *involved* in the Ariel version. These ones look *thrown*. Or, given the art direction in this iteration and the label to the top-right, *hung*.


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Colorado Senate Votes To Strengthen State's Successful Clean Energy Standard
Colorado residents will now be able to enjoy even more clean energy coming out of their outlets, along with cleaner air and less carbon pollution.
After nearly two days of strenuous debate, Colorado's House of Representatives voted shortly before midnight Friday night to strengthen the state's successful renewable energy standard (RES). The bill, which has already passed the Senate and is supported by Governor Hickenlooper, will increase the clean energy standard to 25 percent for rural electric cooperatives by 2020 — a 15 percentage point jump from the current 10 percent. This would mean in seven years, rural areas of Colorado will benefit from one-quarter of their energy portfolio being derived from renewable sources.
These efforts proved successful despite:
- attacks from the conservative American Tradition Institute, including an ongoing lawsuit that argues the RES is unconstitutional
- previous attempts from state representatives to pass American Legislative Executive Council (ALEC) "model" bills to fully repeal the standard (documented across the country)
- sudden opposition to expanding the RES from utility interests like the Colorado Rural Electric Association, an organization that had actually supported a broader RES in 2007 as renewable energy prices dropped
Prior to the vote, Democratic State Representatives made strong arguments about diversifying their energy portfolios and how important it is to decrease carbon pollution. Rep. Max Tyler, author of the 2010 law increasing the standard to 30 percent for utilities, explained how his own utility bill was cheaper than those in rural electric cooperatives because renewable energy prices have dropped steadily. Speaker Pro Tempore Claire Levy reported that the utility Xcel found that increasing its share of renewables was good for its bottom line, and because this bill included a 2 percent rate cap, ratepayers would be protected. Responding to arguments that the bill is an "assault" on rural Colorado, Levy said that instead, the bill would allow rural areas to benefits from the economic activity generated by the higher standards in other areas. In the end, the bill passed the House by voice vote.
In 2004, Coloradans were the first to approve a renewable energy standard by ballot initiative. The Centennial State has already seen the benefits of implementing and expanding a robust RES. In fact, from 2005 to 2010, the clean technology sector grew by 32 percent. This growth has led to the creation of 1,600 clean technology companies that employ over 19,000 workers, which ranks Colorado fourth nationally in clean energy jobs. In fact, the clean technology sector was the only sector in the state to show growth in 2010.
Coloradans also overwhelmingly support the policy, with 72 percent of the state agreeing that "rather than using more coal, we should move toward cleaner sources of energy," a view held across party lines. Prior to the vote, nearly 4,000 Coloradans signed CREDO Action's petition in support of the bill, which urged the Colorado representatives to "Please vote yes on SB 252 to ensure that Colorado continues its transition to clean sources of energy."
Expanding Colorado's renewable energy standard will not only continue to create clean jobs in Colorado, it will also reduce soot, smog, mercury, and carbon pollution from the state's electricity sector. This legislation would promote investments in small-scale projects that will allow rural landowners to benefit by leasing land for wind farms — creating an additional income stream, as well as allow additional credits for renewable sources.
In fact, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, wind energy provides 10 times more local tax revenue than a coal-fired power plant in Colorado. If enacted, the legislation would clean up the grid for at least 100,000 Coloradans served by rural cooperatives and bring them closer to the 30 percent renewable target that urban customers enjoy.
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Clean energy seems to be a no brainer.
But why is it so hard for the classic energy providers to make the transistion? Does it come down to a lack of information/knowledge of the fast advancing technology?
If you build a solar/wind farm you can generate for years to come, with upgrades literally for ever! With fossil resources you have to constantly need to find new resources, need to bribe locals, have to pay compensation claims and such like that. Also your image is shitty…
"… attacks from the conservative American Tradition Institute, including an ongoing lawsuit that argues the RES is unconstitutional." IMO what is "unconstitutional" is the ability of corporations, now "Corpro/People," to profit from the pollution of the commons as "We the People" are fined for throwing a gum wrapper on the street. Go figure.
Great success story and really well written. This is something that can be reposted and can appeal to readers of all political stripes. Thank you CP!!
And the next question: will fewer Coloradoans drive monster sized vehicles to enjoy themselves in the mountains?
Note: I am a resident of Denver.
At least Colorado has a functioning legislature that heeds the views of the cross-party majority.
Earlier this week I participated in the 23rd Earth Day Lobby in Albany NY. We called for legislation in support for solar energy, limitation & reduction of greenhouse gases, child-safe products, a two year moratorium on hydrofracking, and election funding reform.
Like the US Congress, the New York State legislature has two houses with different political majorities. In New York the State Assembly is Democratic-majority, while the State Senate is GOP-majority.
The big reason that environmental groups in New York call for election funding reform is that so much common-sense legislation has been blocked by the influence of campaign donations, contrary to what the majority of the public wants.
Nationwide, why shouldn't environmental groups do the same? Call for election reform to clear the path for the other changes we desperately need.
The key point that cries out for in depth investigation is why is ALEC, the fossil boys' lap dog, suddenly going after RPS laws this year, and never before.
The obvious working assumption is that wind is becoming competitive w/o RPS, as in some parts of the country is solar. Add RPS, and they will be cheaper, which, I would have to think, will soon give them a leg up in the auction process that now determines whose power output is purchased by the Independent System Operator.
This is good news. I also heard the North Carolina legislature defeated a bill to gut their REC standards. So many states are afflicted with these astroturf anti-renewables efforts, but for the most part they are being defeated.
This doesn't change the fact that our adoption of renewables is too slow.
GREAT! Maybe now the Wingnuts who run the Mountain View Electric Association (unfortunately the monopoly I get electricity from) will support solar rebates in the manner that, for example, Excel Energy does. The moment they do my order for panels goes in.
These creation-believing, climate-change denying buffoons actually are going backwards. This year they changed the TOU rules from giving you a significant discount when night charging to almost no discount at all – very likely because they found that most participants in that program were electric car owners.
The 'courts' are a real bastion of elite rule. The 'common law' is basically elite law, drawn up over centuries to protect the privileges and prerogatives of the rich. The upper classes dominate the legal caste, and even access to the legal system requires huge amounts of money, making it inaccessible to the vast majority. Legal aid is under attack throughout the Anglosphere, part of the 'austerity' phase of the unending class war that the elites never cease from prosecuting. And judges are either political place-men selected for their ideological reliability or picked in order to deliberately insult under-represented minorities (eg when the great Thurgood Marshall was replaced by the narcoleptic Clarence Thomas)or elected in a nakedly partisan contest. And judges in the Common Law system can come to any basically ideological decision that rank sophistry and casuistry can cast a diaphanous veil over, knowing that the Rightwing MSM propaganda system will back them up, all the way, so long as the eternal common enterprise, the protection and furtherance of elite rule, is thereby served.
That is the absolute key to the resolution of all the major woes of capitalist democracy. Take away the money power of the rich to buy politicians, make electoral funding public, end corporate lobbying and allow the actual opinions of the people, for good or ill, rather than those of the parasite caste, determine governance. It won't happen without some form of, almost certainly violent, social catharsis, but it is the only hope of redemption.
Because it is harder for them to maintain their monopoly positions which allows them to make billions every quart in profits.
1) Low capital costs means Anyone can enter the clean energy game, including your grandparents who can setup solar panels on their rooftops.
2) Since the "fuel" is easily accessible to anyone (sun, wind) they can't maintain their monopolies and hence their huge profits by being the only ones who can bribe and get concessions from dictatorial regimes across the world.
Part of the problem is long payback periods are required to pay of the capital used to build power plants and other infrastructure. So utilities need a stable longterm rate of income in order to pay back long term loans.
Of course most of the renewable buildout is likely to be via medium scale utility power plants, whether windfarms or PV farms -or other stuff like low head hydro, geothermal etc. And these should match the utility model. I really think this will be the case with energy storage as well. For a variety of reasons I don't think batteries in every garage in going to be the way we store power.
Way too slow!! If we are going to electrify transportation and decarbonize electricity production enough to make any difference, given the current near-400 ppm CO2 levels – we are all going to have to rapidly convert to large-scale solar PV, wind and geothermal. I am not against rooftops, but they are limited – despite vociferous PR to the contrary – and we need to massively transform, not nickel and dime.
For sure. I figure Pv is roughly 15%/30%/55%, percentages residential rooftops, enterprise rooftops (including public buildings like schools), and utility plants. It is the later two categories that need the real push, since only they are capable of growing to the needed scale quickly.
But many people live in big cities, places i imagine you can not just easily place a solar panel on your roof. All these people are customers and if you look deeply into synergetic effects with an entire new economy based around electric infrastructure – companies today might been better off when investing into huge clean energy generation.
The President must stop allowing this corruption to continue to even try to slow down rapid action on climate change.
He has the political capital any time he needs to move on climate change.
It is not a matter of if; it is a matter of when and that must be now.
Daniel Coffey wrote: "I am not against rooftops, but they are limited – despite vociferous PR to the contrary – and we need to massively transform, not nickel and dime."
Well, everything is ultimately "limited", Daniel.
The potential of rooftop solar is vast. For example, installing solar photovoltaics on just the flat commercial rooftops that already exist in the USA (e.g. shopping malls, office parks, warehouses, factories, etc) could generate more electricity than all the nuclear power plants in the country.
And electricity produced at or near the point of use, typically during times of peak demand, is especially valuable.
As for "nickel and dime", that's just wrong. Distributed rooftop solar is a large-scale solution — in the same way that personal computers and cell phones are large-scale solutions to other techno-social needs. Both Germany and Australia have demonstrated that distributed rooftop solar can be scaled up with astonishing speed, to the point where it drastically alters the economics of centralized, grid-distributed electricity generation, and helps enable the rapid phaseout of coal.
I'll say this again and again: THERE IS NO DICHOTOMY between centralized utility-scale solar and distributed end-user solar. They are not in any way in opposition to each other; there is no either-or aspect to even be debated. On the contrary, they are complementary and help to enable each other.
And indeed, there is not really any clear line between them. Rather, there is a spectrum between mega-solar power plants at one end of the scale (e.g. the multiple solar power stations operating or being built in the Mojave, in the tens-to-hundreds of Megawatts range), to the multi-KW range installations typical of residential rooftops, with small-to-large scale corporate and municipal solar in the tens of Kilowatts to MW range in between.
That's one of the beautiful and powerful things about solar, is its scalability, literally from giant gigawatt-scale power stations down to something that fits in a backpack and provides basic electricity needs for a rural village in Africa.
prokaryotes: "people live in big cities . . . can not just easily place a solar panel on your roof."
Actually, . . . here's a site detailing the way NYC is solving this.
NYC Solar
Buildout photovoltaics whatever way as fast as possible for the great transition.
Ultimately, energy production will be living-system-like (if not in actuality) completely distributed and on-demand like walking is to transportation.
Smart microgids will satisfy communal needs.
Ooh can't wait.
How silly. We have a huge amount of that already.
It's called human power.


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A new study in the U.K. found that women who took the birth control pill starting in the late '60s lived longer lives that those who never took the pill, according to Associated Press. Researchers kept track of more than 46,000 women from 1968 and tallied up the number of deaths among the women who took the pill and the women who were never on it. The study found that the birth control supplement reduced women's risk of death from bowel cancer by 38 percent and from any other disease by 12 percent. A lot of us are going "phew," because the last time we saw an ad for birth control, the part where the narrator mumbles over the long list of side-effects made us second guess our choice of contraceptives. "Many women especially those who used the first generation of oral contraceptives many years ago, are likely to be reassured by our results," Philip Hannaford, the study's head researcher, told AP. However, while the pill might stave off bowel, ovarian and endometrial cancer, previous studies have found that it slightly increases the risk of breast and cervical cancer, which Black women have a higher risk of developing. Yep. It's time to talk to our doctors again. Read More:
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The Effect of Energy Prices on Iranian Industry Stock Returns
While previous studies have provided some evidence that energy prices have impact on stock returns across industries, to the best of our knowledge, it is surprising that no recent work is known about the Iran's emerging stock market. However, the published daily data on Tehran's industry stock indices since 2005 make such a study possible. Therefore, our study is considered very beneficial as it provides insights regarding information transmission and volatility estimation of oil and gas prices and Iranian industry equity returns. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of oil and gas prices on Iranian industry stock returns. To this end, we analyze 35 Iranian industry indices for the period from January 2005 to March 2010. Based on the multifactor model and using time-series regressions, our findings indicate that oil prices are an important determinant of returns in the banks, credit and other financial institutions, basic metals, electric machinery and apparatus and refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel industries. The findings also suggest that gas price movements do not seem to play a role for Iranian industry stock returns except for motor vehicles and auto parts industry. Moreover, consistent with the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), the market portfolio is a significant pricing factor in most of the (studied) industry stock returns. The results of this study help domestic and potential foreign investors to understand the effect of energy price changes on Iranian industry stock returns in order to manage their portfolios effectively.
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Providence Baptist Church, 1201 Oakland St., Hendersonville, will celebrate its fourth anniversary with a potluck dinner and hootenanny from 5 to 7 p.m. today, and special services, including "Providence Stories" at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. To reach the church, drive north on U.S. 25. Just past Boyd Cadillac, turn right onto Oakland Street.
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Zion Quartet, traditional Southern Gospel quartet from Seneca, S.C., in concert 11 a.m. Sunday, July 31, Saluda First Baptist Church. Info: 749-4301.
Henderson County Singing Convention, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, Dana Baptist Church, Ridge Road, Dana.
Blue Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, Edneyville, Sunday through Thursday. Services: 3:30 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Speakers: Sunday, Elder Alfred E. Blount, Tried Stone Baptist Church, Asheville; Monday, the Rev. Donald McDaniel, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Arden; Tuesday, the Rev. David Perry, St. John Baptist Church, Fletcher; Wednesday, the Rev. Leslie Hines, Pine Grove Baptist Church, Asheville; Thursday, the Rev. Odell Suber Sr., Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Fletcher. Info: 685-9548.
"Revival Under the Stars," 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays, through Aug. 26, in the parking lot of Tammy's Grocery Store, corner of Seventh Avenue East and Robinson Terrace, across from Cherry Street. Info: Elder Madison F. Smith, pastor, Faith Chapel Church of God in Christ, 697-7620.
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Mount Moriah Baptist Church, 635 Gilliam Mountain Road, Edneyville, will vote on the construction of a new church building Sunday. Members may call 685-3622 with any questions.
Precept Upon Precept Training Institute, Aug. 26 and 27, Calvary Chapel of Hendersonville. For more information, contact John or Pam McAloney, 891-5796 or visit www.precept.org on the Web.
Beth Moore -- Living Proof Life Simulcast, broadcast live from New York City, Oct. 7 and 8, Hendersonville First Baptist Church. Cost is $25 which includes both the Friday session from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and the Saturday session from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Info: The church office, 693-3493, or Patty Williams at 698-6887.
United Religions Initiative of Henderson County will hold "Interfaith Dialogue Groups" from 7 to 9 p.m. the second Sunday of each month in the fellowship hall of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2021 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville. For information on URI, call Mary Page Sims at 890-2631.
Submit written copy for the Crossroads page to Denise DeMaio, Times-News, P.O. Box 490, Hendersonville, N.C. 28793; fax to 692-2319; e-mail to lifestyle@ hendersonvillenews. com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Include contact name and number and publishable information number. Call 694-7864, for more information.
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Namco Bandai has released a new Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution trailer, showcasing the game's new 'Ninja World Tournament' mode, in which you can play through an original scenario that includes "four-ninja melee battles," pitting the player against three AI rivals.
The winner is the one who can collect the most Battle Orbs as you fight it out against ninjas from around the world on Festival Island. Competing in tiered battles, you'll work your way across the island until you reach the Ninja World Tournament's S-ranked battles.
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Melvin "Tony" Anthony Stoufflet, 60, a native of New Orleans and resident of Houma, died at 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2002.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Chauvin Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel, with burial in Blue Mountain Community Cemetery in Blue Mountain, Ark.
He is survived by his wife, Juanita Stoufflet of Houma; his mother, Josephine Marie Martin Stoufflet of Bourg; four sons, Melvin Stoufflet Jr. of San Antonio, James Gayle Stoufflet of San Antonio, Leslie Danier Stoufflet of Biloxi, Miss., and Alvin Dale Dickens of Lancaster, Calif.; four daughters, Tonye' Evette Browning of Longview, Texas, Charlesia Christina Felton of Morgan City, Lisa Irene Napier of Booneville, Ark., and Sandra Denise Day of Greenwood, Ark.; one sister, Betty Hebert of Houma; and 17 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father, Weldon James Stoufflet Sr.; one brother, Weldon James Stoufflet Jr.; two sisters, Cheri Lynn Guidry and Lana Mary Stoufflet; and one granddaughter, Savannah Diane Browning.
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The discipline model of Assertive Discipline was developed following the 1969 Gallup Poll on Education, which revealed that teachers were having significant issues with classroom management which was severely affecting student learning and achievement. In response to the public outcry that something be done to address these concerns, several discipline models were developed, including Lee and Marlene Canter's Assertive Discipline Model (Ellis & Karr-Kidwell, 1995).
Dr. Canter conducted an observational study of teachers who were viewed as having effective classroom management strategies and included his own observations and conclusions based on the work he and his wife had done previously while working with children with behavior problems. The main finding was that effective teachers were assertive in their interactions with students, clearly expressed their expectations and were fully prepared to back up their words with predictable actions. The model they subsequently developed was based on the overall premise that the teacher has the right to teach in an orderly classoom and to expect the students to obey (Baron, 1992). Similarly, students have the right to learn in a calm, orderly classroom. (Charles, 2008) In the Assertive Discipline classroom, the teacher is in full charge of the class and no student has the right to either disrupt it in any way. It is assumed that students are capable of proper behavior, and choose to break rules and misbehave. (Charles, 2008) The Assertive Discipline model stresses positive reinforcement for good behavior and consequences for misbehavior. The model is not meant to serve as a tool to punish misbehavior, but rather as a tool to prevent to prevent it from occurring in the first place (Ellis & Karr-Kidwell, 1995).
At the time of it's inception, assertive discipline was attractive to both teachers and administrators because it provided a straightforward approach to discipline and gave clear directions as to rule setting, rewards and consequences. It was easy to use and understand and appeared, in theory, to hold the key to restoring classroom order and minimizing disruption. (Curwin, 1989)
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Released: Mar 19th, 2010
Running Time: 184 Min.
Director: Joey Silvera
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Distribution Companies: Evil Angel
DVD Extras: Cumshot Recap, Still Gallery(ies), Trailer(s)
Cast: Alexia Sky, Sascha, Paulo Machy, Amy Brooke, Roge Ferro, Mia Lelani, Kimberly Kane, Andi Anderson, Allie Haze, D. Snoop, Sean Michaels, Eric John, Stefany Gold, Joey Silvera, Claudio Meloni, Jessica Taylor, Faith Star
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In Face Fucking Inc. 8 Joey Silvera presents eight kink-charged scenes that show the extremes of deep throat debauchery. Beautiful but incorrigible young wenches submit to cock and get their throats hammer-fucked, and there isn't a dry eye (or face) in the house when tears and gag spit obliterate their make-up and cascade down their bodies.
Gotta love when aggro oral enthusiasts show the business sense to incorporate. The tax benefits alone for incorporation enable write-offs for all those things that get the throat primed for relentless mouth-pounding. You see, Andi Anderson needs that Sobe water that she tries to use as pre-scene throat coat before the blowbang with Sean Michaels, Claudio Meloni and the guy who takes a special joy in plugging her nose while she's getting her face stuffed, also known as D. Snoop. Her scene is messy, loud and when the scene's over, she talks about sucking cock for the first time when she was 14 "for affection." Uh, OK…
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Another high-profile Hollywood twosome have called it quits: Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz have split after seven months of dating, Life & Style Magazine snoopsters reported Friday. The reason for the separation? Simple, sources say. A-Rod's rod no longer rises for Cammy. "He just doesn't like her anymore. That's honestly the […] Continue reading Alex Rodriguez Cameron Diaz Breakup
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It's all over between Gossip Girl lovers Penn Badgley and Blake Lively. A rep for the show confirms that the stylish pair ended their three-year relationship in September. An insider tells Us Weekly Magazine that despite their parting of the ways, the ever-leggy Lively, 23, and Badgley, 24, have remained "professional" on-set and maintain an […] Continue reading Penn Badgley Blake Lively Breakup
Stick a fork in 'em: Add Young Hollywood cuties Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan to the brigade of celebrity couples giving Cupid in the finger. Word on The Curb has it that Carey has moved back to her native Britain after cooling her relationship with LaBeouf. Apparently, Autumn is not the season for lovers. Distance […] Continue reading Shia LaBeouf Carey Mulligan Breakup?
Emilia Fox thinks that the heartbreak of her miscarriage led to the breakdown of her first marriage with "Mad Men" actor Jared harres. The actress said that her and Jared"s relationship never recovered following the loss of their child. They split in 2008 and were finally divorced in June. "Jared and I had a fantastic […] Continue reading Emilia Fox believes her miscarriage led to break-up of her first marriage
It's all over for Brody Jenner and Avril Lavigne, tattling snoops tell Star Magazine. We hear the reality hunk and his punk rock princess companion — who have been making out in parked cars all over Los Angeles since the spring — called time on their romance around the same time that Lavigne, 26, blew […] Continue reading Brody Jenner Avril Lavigne Breakup?


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Kid-friendly app of the week: Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box
I love it when an app is fun just for the sake of being fun. Don't get me wrong, I definitely value the importance of an app that's engaging and chock-full of academic goodness, but sometimes it's equally valuable for a child to take some time out to just enjoy himself.
That's where this week's kid-friendly app pick comes in. Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box by Cognable is filled with fabulous and stimulating visuals and sound effects that are sure to engage your little one in exciting sensory play.
If you've ever played with a traditional lightbox, you'll appreciate this easy-to-use digital version. The Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box app comes with "21 different scenes with high-quality audio and abstract visuals," and "provide(s) pleasing effects in response to various combinations of taps, short and long presses, swipes, multi-finger and multi-handed use."
The app was originally designed for adolescents with "visual impairment, autism and developmental disabilities," but has proven popular among younger special needs children as well as typically developing kids of all ages.
In fact, I've been known to smuggle my son Andrew's iPad into my bedroom long after he's asleep for the night and spend a few minutes creating a variety of visually-stimulating and relaxing patterns and sounds before calling it a day.
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Amsterdam native and movie star Kirk Douglas, who will turn 98 next month, killed a leopard and other big game during a 1962 African safari.
According to an article in the men's magazine True, Douglas, 46 at the time, said at the end of the trip, "I'm hooked. I don't know how I got along all those years without hunting."
History enthusiast Emil Suda, who lives in Amsterdam's East End where Douglas grew up as Issur Danielovitch or Izzy Demsky, provided a copy of the magazine's account of Douglas's safari written by Ralph Daigh. True folded in 1975. A chapter called "Killer Douglas" is devoted to the actor's hunting trip in his 1988 autobiography The Ragman's Son. Continue reading


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Native, a startup company founded by three University of Colorado Boulder alumni, has won the 2015 Collegiate Competition of Colorado State University's Blue Ocean Enterprises Challenge. The team received a grand prize of $20,000 in cash, six months of business mentorship from senior executives from Blue Ocean Enterprises and several other prizes.
What does it take to build an app or website in 36 hours? Judging by the participants in CU-Boulder's first national hackathon, a lot of teamwork, creativity and energy drinks.
More than 130 students from universities across the country gathered in the Idea Forge for the inaugural Hack CU event on April 10-12. Between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday, students worked in teams to develop an app, website or game from scratch.
This year, the College of Engineering and Applied Science has an unprecedented number of National Science Foundation CAREER award winners, with seven junior faculty earning this prestigious honor. Two of them – assistant professors Aaron Clauset and Tom Yeh – are from the Department of Computer Science.
When junior Tommy Hoffmann and his friends set out to create a video game for the Dare to Be Digital competition, they likely had no idea they would end up on stage at the BAFTA Games Awards, the gaming community's version of the Oscars.
But that is exactly what happened. On March 12, 2015, team Overly Kinetic won the Ones to Watch Award at the prestigious ceremony in London.
A study authored by assistant professor Aaron Clauset and recently published in Science Advances is getting a lot of attention, thanks to its revelation that the advantage of alma mater prestige in finding a faculty job is so great that it cannot be explained solely by a difference in educational quality between the universities.
For the first time since its founding at CU-Boulder in 2002, the Topplers Domino Award opened to students from other universities for 2014-15. More than 100 students from 44 schools participated in the essay competition, but when the judging was complete, two of the three awards still came home to CU-Boulder.
Assistant professor Shaun Kane recently spoke with TeleRead about how a prototype he created could be used to make Kindle e-readers more accessible to visually impaired readers.
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But in his spare time, Hadfield also makes videos of everyday life in space, which he posts on YouTube.
Here are Commander Hadfield's tips on zero-g living. [Video: Chris Hadfield, Social Media's Space Star.]
FIRST STOP: How to Brush Your Teeth
Here, Hadfield shows just how weird the familiar act of brushing your teeth in zero-g. Especially when there's no sink. [Watch the video]
NEXT: Can You Cry in Space?
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For one thing, fluffy white bread is replaced by a tortilla. Watch in amazement as Robonaut 2 and the Canadarm attempt to rip open the pesky peanut butter pouch. (Not really.) [Watch the video here and see the related story]
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First, you need a huge, fancy machine unlikely to exist in your everyday Earth kitchen. Spinach is worth it, though! [Watch the video here and see the related story]
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The NCAA is the bureaucratic bulldog of college athletics. What the organization enforces and doesn't enforce often makes no sense.
It was its typically heavy-handed self last week in initially ruling Stephen Rhodes was ineligible to play football at Middle Tennessee State. Was he signing autographs for cash? Did he cheat on tests? Was he given cash under the table?
No, no and no.
Rhodes is Marine sergeant coming off five years of active service. He wanted to walk on to the MTSU football program this fall because he was going to college, loves the sport, and wants to help the Blue Raiders on special teams or anywhere else he might fit.
But in the eyes of the NCAA, he had a transgression. He was deemed ineligible because of his participation in a military-only recreational league in 2012. What?
The NCAA initially ruled the 6-3, 240-pound Rhodes violated bylaw 184.108.40.206.1 that states student-athletes who do not enroll in college directly out of high school will be docked one year of college eligibility for every year in which they participate in organized competition. Rhodes' participation in the military football league was considered "organized competition."
"Man, it was like intramurals for us," Rhodes told the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, Tenn. "There were guys out there anywhere from 18 to 40-something years old. The games were spread out. We once went six weeks between games."
No matter. The NCAA initially told the school that Rhodes had to sit out a year. So here's a man in service to our country for five years who basically played a few games in a loosely-defined football league and he's told he's ineligible.
What kind of pinhead at the NCAA made that decision? Did someone not run that up the flag pole to a superior, saying that maybe this doesn't pass the smell test, maybe we'll look like out-of-touch bullies if Rhodes is ruled ineligible for a year?
Once the ruling went public, which included suppport from former Vietnam POW and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the NCAA backtracked. In a statement Monday, the NCAA credited its "continued review" of the situation for the change of ruling: "As part of its continued review of Steven Rhodes' eligibility, NCAA staff determined he may play immediately. Additionally, he will maintain all four years of eligibility. As part of the ongoing review of NCAA rules, our members will examine the organized competition rules, especially as it impacts those returning from military service."
While the NCAA did the right thing, let's not pat them on the back for being so magnanimous. Rhodes should have never been ruled ineligible to begin with and only a public backlash forced the NCAA to change what would have been a huge PR blunder for an orgainzation that needs all the goodwill it can get.


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They hope it's a combination that will help them bounce back from a 3-6 football season last year.
"It's going to be an advantage and disadvantage," senior lineman Benjamin Digby said of his small class. "We have a pretty tight-knit group of guys, especially the seniors. We have good juniors in leadership roles so it shouldn't hurt us too much."
The Turks are trying to break a trend that has seen them miss the playoffs in five of the past six years.
"At the beginning of the year, it's going to be a lot of picking people up, making sure they know it's OK to make mistakes and get better from it," said senior Cole Lennington.
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Chrome 2.0 Alpha: Linux Version in June
Google has released version 188.8.131.52 of Chrome. This latest rendering comes with an updated Webkit and heralds complete support for Linux and Mac.
Besides the revamped Webkit, which provides improved CSS support and a new zoom function, Google has, according to the release notes, modified the internal protocol. Instead of using the Windows' HTTP library, Chrome comes with its own HTTP network protocol. This clears the way for Linux and Mac versions of the browser. From the release notes:
"Google Chrome now has its own implementation of the HTTP network protocol (we were using the WinHTTP library on Windows, but need common code for Mac and Linux). We fixed a few bugs in HTTP authentication and made Google Chrome more compatible with servers that reply with invalid HTTP responses. We need feedback on anything that's currently broken, particularly with proxy servers, secure (https) sites, and sites that require log in."
From the Linux point of view, these are important changes. But there's more: among other new features, Google developers have built in support for Firefox extensions. According to a statement from product manager Brian Rakowski on NowCnet.com, the Linux and Mac versions of Chrome should be available in this year's second quarter.
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In San Diego, the average price is $4.124, which is nine-tenths of one cent above last week, 14 cents lower than last month, and 15 cents higher than last year. The retail state average is $4.122 a gallon for regular today, 1.4 cents less than last week.
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"The good news for drivers is that local wholesale prices have dropped for the last four days in a row, so pump prices should start dropping again if that trend continues," said Auto Club spokesman Jeffrey Spring. "So far this year, local drivers have paid about 4 cents less per gallon of gas than they did during the first six months of 2013."
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It's tipoff time.
You have questions.
We have answers.
1. Can Steve and Jeff find common ground?
On Houston's first day of training camp, Jim Jackson pulled Steve Francis to the side.
"He said, 'Yo, you've got to come in here and believe what coach is trying to teach us. If you try to fight it, it's never gonna work,' " Francis recalled. And thus crystallized the task for the post-Rudy Tomjanovich Rockets: trying to forge a bridge between Francis and Jeff Van Gundy. Van Gundy's penchant for disciplined, inside-out basketball -- meaning, get the damn ball to Yao Ming, would you? -- would seem to be anathema to Francis, who got the green light from Rudy for four years -- and naturally remained fiercely loyal to T up to and after Tomjanovich's resignation.
"This man [Tomjanovich] gave me the ball the first day of practice," Francis said. "And when I was going through my Meniere's [the disease that produced vertigo and migraine headaches in Francis during the 2001-02 season], he still stood by me."
Francis allows that the adjustment to Van Gundy's style was tough early in camp. Van Gundy made no secret of the fact that he thought the Rockets weren't in shape. They're now required to do seven miles on a bike three or four times a week after practice. "Go through a couple of 50 Cent and Jay Z CDs on that," Francis jokes. Practice is no longer run at a leisurely pace. And Van Gundy is demanding that Francis -- second in the league in turnovers last season -- take better care of the rock. He's played him some at two guard during the preseason.
"I haven't tried to overburden him," Van Gundy said. "My two things to him were one, he can get the same shots off of less dribbles, and two, the great players play both ends, offense and defense, and practice well. Every great player I know has done that. And if he wants to be a championship-caliber player, which I think he is driven to be, that's what he'll be. And he has been that so far. He's made really dramatic steps forward defensively."
For now, Francis says he's happy to do whatever Van Gundy asks, including being more verbal with his teammates.
"A lot of people want to say 'He's going to take the ball out of Steve's hands,' " Francis says. "Yao can't bring the ball up the basketball court. So at least I've got that job, to bring the ball up. I think things have been working out great for us."
I'm withholding judgment on this one, for now.
2. Have the Timberwolves turned the corner?
If "the corner" means "getting out of the first round," yes. The Wolves should finally play meaningful games in mid-May. It may not last long; Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell aren't kids anymore. But this season, with something big to prove -- and with Kevin Garnett's foot firmly planted in Michael Olowokandi's posterior when needed -- Minnesota should finish ahead of one of the West's Big Four, and finish one of the West's lesser off. The playoff performances of Cassell and Spree over the years was not lost on Flip Saunders when their names came up in trade talks.
"It's easier when you have people who have been in those situations," Saunders said. "No question, that was a big factor. The last few years around here, we've put KG in a situation where he had to make everyone around him better. And it's happened for a lot of guys. They've come here and really blossomed. But after last year, Kevin [McHale] and I sat down, and we decided that now it's time to bring in people who can make KG better."
Minnesota finally has some legit counters to match up with the firepower of teams like Dallas and Sacramento. Saunders says he plans to go small frequently, even after Olowokandi returns from offseason knee surgery, with Troy Hudson and Cassell in the backcourt, with Sprewell and Wally Szczerbiak at forward and Garnett in the middle. The Wolves will zone it up and let Garnett use his long arms and huge mitts to inhale boards. That's a good idea; Hudson, who starred in the playoffs last season, was truly bent out of joint when Minnesota traded for Cassell. And Hudson's got a contract-out after this season. Keep an eye on his minutes.
3. Which former Big Ten coach and first-year NBA head coach will get the most out of his Eastern Conference team: Randy Ayers, Kevin O'Neill or Stan Van Gundy?
Van Gundy (Wisconsin) had been the heir apparent to Pat Riley on South Beach for the last few years before Riley's stunning retirement four days before the start of the season. So in the short term, Miami might play pretty well. But Lamar Odom is ticked off, we hear, that Riles jumped ship on him after promising that he'd personally shepherd the rehab of LO's reputation. But there's no personal hatred of Van Gundy as yet. That's the benefit of being an assistant, one reason Ayers, Larry Brown's longtime top assistant, has Allen Iverson fully in his corner. The support of Iverson, Eric Snow, Aaron McKie and Derrick Coleman, to me, gives Ayers (Ohio State) the nod over Van Gundy and O'Neill (Northwestern).
Being a head coach "wasn't something I came to Philly looking to do," Ayers says. But being the head man at Ohio State "exposed me to some elite athletes and it helped me try to find ways to motivate that elite athlete. Hopefully, that'll help me at this level, with Allen, Glenn [Robinson] and those guys, and consistently motivate them."
Ayers hasn't thrown out Brown's playbook, though there are some more pick and rolls and isolations in Philly's sets. He's made subtle changes off the floor. Practices begin a little later than under Brown, mainly to give Ayers some extra time to think about what he wants to tell his team. (It also doesn't hurt on the occasions when a certain superstar stays out a little late.)
But the relationship between coach and player always changes when the coach moves over those 18 inches and becomes the Big Man.
"They understand you're making the final decision, and I think that's where it really changes," Ayers said. "I try to do my homework on decisions that we make. And really, I have a lot of input from my core guys: Iverson and Snow, McKie and Coleman. I talk to them quite a bit about things before making a decision. Especially things that I think, with their experience and being a veteran, they can have good input on."
4. Who will provide on-court guidance for the Blazers now that Scottie Pippen and Arvydas Sabonis are gone?
Would you believe Bonzi Wells? Swear to God, that's what Mo Cheeks says.
"He came into camp committed to understanding what it takes to be a leader," Cheeks said. "He came to camp in shape. His attitude has changed a lot in terms of interacting with the players, understanding what's right and wrong on the floor, and acting on it. In my two years here, that has not been a focus of his."
The Blazers, as usual, have superior talent compared with most of the league. Zach Randolph looks like he's about to break out; he's been so good that Cheeks has moved Rasheed Wallace from power forward to small forward. That gives Portland as talented a group of starting forwards as anyone in the league. But it means fewer minutes for guys like Ruben Patterson -- who the Blazers tried to give away in the offseason. Damon Stoudamire and Jeff McInnis have both played well at the point, but Stoudamire beat out McInnis for the starting spot. (Don't be surprised if Mike Dunleavy makes a pitch to repatriate McInnis with the Clippers -- though there are those in the organization who don't have fond memories of McInnis from his last stint in L.A.)
It will be up to Cheeks, again, to put out the inevitable fires that always seem to come up in the Rose City. He seemed to be onto something at the end of last season, when Portland came roaring back from an 0-3 deficit against the Mavericks in the first round -- and probably would have taken Dallas out in Game 7 if Dale Davis hadn't been injured. He's the best leader the team has. But owner Paul Allen continues to tempt fate by not giving Cheeks a contract extension.
5. Has Sacramento's window closed?
Not all the way. There's still a crack of air coming through. But the Kings don't have much time left to break through. Gone are Hedo Turkoglu -- "my little brother," Chris Webber says -- and team favorite Scot Pollard, both traded as part of the three-team deal that brought Brad Miller to Sacramento. Jim Jackson wasn't re-signed and allowed to go to Houston. Keon Clark was dealt to Utah for a couple of cans of paint. The close bunch of the last few seasons has been broken up -- especially frustrating to Webber, given how good the Kings looked before Webber's knee injury in Game 2 of the Western semis against Dallas.
The rotation now includes newcomers Anthony Peeler and Tony Massenburg, and third-year forward Gerald Wallace. With Webber out until December and Vlade Divac being nursed through the regular season to save him for the playoffs, Rick Adelman will depend more than ever on his core group: Mike Bibby, Doug Christie, Bobby Jackson and Peja Stojakovic.
"I count on the guys who've been here," Adelman said. "They have to lead the way. I've told them all that. They have to do more than they've done in the past. Whatever their strengths are to help us win, we're counting on them. With Vlade out, I have four guys out who've played a lot of minutes ... Those guys have to set the tone. Even Vlade and Webb, when they're not playing, they're still our captains. They still have to set the tone, how they talk to these young guys, how they get them motivated. Hopefully, we're going to be a lot better team four months from now than we're going to be right now. I've told those guys, the cavalry's not coming over the mountain. It doesn't matter how many games we've won in the past. We're a different team now."
But the Kings have lost some of their identity. What was the best passing team in the league will have to survive by being scrappy on defense, getting deflections, contesting shots and hitting the glass -- all things that they've struggled to do consistently in the past. The Kings will, however, still compete. After playing terribly through most of the preseason, Sacramento was feisty in beating the Lakers in its preseason finale.
"I think it's still a good team," Stojakovic said. "A lot of people don't count on us this year, looking at other teams in the West. But that's all right for us. We can do our job like outsiders."
6. Who will be Rookie of the Year: Melo or 'Bron?
Carmelo. The kid gets it. He doesn't have any entourage with him in Denver; he's getting on the glass, he's scoring at a strong clip and he's at least trying to improve his defense. Plus, he's got a little humility: When the Nuggets went to Syracuse for a preseason game in front of Anthony's old faithful, coach Jeff Bzdelik wanted to start the game by running a play for Anthony to get him a quick basket. Before tipoff, Anthony told Bzdelik, "That's OK. I don't need the attention."
In the Mile High, Anthony will probably get a few more touches per game than James -- and, let's face it, a lot of people make their decisions on awards based on whose averages are higher. James has drawn raves from opponents throughout the league by his seeming indifference to scoring and major deference to older teammates. (He is already required to get donuts before practice, although it was pointed out to James that he might do better just buying a Dunkin' Donuts franchise.) LeBron seems perfectly happy finding an open teammate for a basket, but he's still capable of getting his when necessary. "He's not gonna be intimidated by anyone," Paul Silas said. "He kind of has that swagger that most of the great ones have, and I'm not putting him in that category yet, but he does have that swagger about him."
But since Cleveland has a little more talent than Denver (and since LeBron still needs to work on his jumper), James' scoring average will probably be lower than Anthony's. The Cavs, though, will win more games.
7. Seriously, how can the Mavs keep all those guys happy?
If Antawn Jamison is serious about coming off the bench, the key is Antoine Walker. Don Nelson will get him on the floor, but a lot of times, that may be at point forward, and with the firepower the Mavs have, there may be games where Walker gets minutes, but doesn't get a lot of touches. He has to be able to roll with that and not squawk.
But since there's not really another center on the roster besides Shawn Bradley, Nellie can find minutes for people going to a three-forward rotation. The Mavericks looked around the West and figured, other than Shaq and Yao, who really has a center that scares you? Good point. So expect to see a lot of Dirk Nowitzki in the hole. That will allow Nellie to get Michael Finley some minutes at small forward as well as shooting guard. Otherwise, Tony Delk might get squeezed, but if that's the biggest predicament Dallas has this season, it should consider itself lucky.
The Mavs had to pull the trigger. They thought every contender in the West had gotten significantly better, and saw the Wolves coming up fast in the rear view mirror. Now, Dallas thinks it can roll with anybody out there. And it probably can. As someone who witnessed the Mavs put up an 80-point first half last season, I know what kind of mental pressure they can put on an opponent when everything's going well. That pressure will only increase with Walker and Jamison in the fold.
8. How well will Kobe play this season? And can the Lakers win without him?
He will play well because he's a great player and he will be playing with great teammates. There were times when the Fab Four of Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton were on the court in their two preseason games together that the ball didn't touch the floor. Originally, I thought he would not be able to perform well with the specter of a sexual assault trial and potential life imprisonment hanging over his head. Wouldn't it be better to take some time off? But after spending several days with the Lakers, you realize that Kobe needs to play like he needs to breathe. If he didn't have the game -- not necessarily his teammates, but the game -- to fall back on, there's no telling where he'd be mentally.
"He's got to let his game come to him," Payton said. "Right now, he's so competitive. He wants to go out there and do things. He's got to understand he's got four other guys that's going to help him. Especially with me breaking people down and getting to the basket, he's going to get a lot of open jump shots. And it's going to be easy for him. And even if we rotate the ball, a lot of people are going to be open. It's going to be good. Especially with Shaq getting doubled. We're going to be all right."
I think Payton could be a great bulwark for Kobe this season. Bryant has legitimate respect for Payton. On the floor, Payton will relieve some of the burden off Kobe by bringing the ball up and taking on the opposition's best ballhandlers. Off the floor, I think he could be -- really -- someone for Bryant to confide in, and open up to. We all know that Kobe has been removed from the Lakers that have been here for a while. A fresh face could help.
"For the guys that have been with him for so many years, I think he could tell if we were overcompensating for trying to reach out too much," Derek Fisher said. "The responsibility for most of us that have been with him year after year is to be the same and allow himself to extend himself as he sees fit."
The Lakers could win without him, but it would be tougher. Without him, they don't have much athletic ability on the wings. They really do miss Rick Fox's nastiness on the defensive end. Now, you can say that it's always about Shaq, that as long as the Big Fella is ready to roll, nobody can touch these guys. That's mostly right. But if Shaq gets nicked, it's harder for him to practice, and he needs to stay active to stay lean. Kobe takes pressure off of him, as well.
On-court issues, of course, pale with what is in store for Bryant in the coming months. That is the only verdict that really matters.
David Aldridge, who covers the NBA for ESPN, is a regular contributor to ESPN.com.