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(also okay) informal
1Used to express agreement or acceptance: OK, I'll pass on your message OK, OK, I give in
More example sentences
- The city hits you with permit fees - okay, fine.
- Hope to see you all - okay, not all, as there isn't a bar big enough to fit everyone, but lots of you - on the 9th.
- I hope my labours (and, okay, those of the musicians) are enjoyed by the ne'er-do-wells.
1.1Used to introduce an utterance: 'OK, let's go'
More example sentences
- I thought: okay, this is the one I'll call on first.
- Stefan came into the office, 'Okay, and now I need everyone's opinions so I can do some work.'
- Okay I think that your phone is broken.
1.2Used at the end of a statement to invite agreement, approval, or confirmation: humour me, OK?
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- So, just accept this pointless, but important Internet ranking, OK?
- Be nice to him OK, Simon?
- Now to give you an idea, the average now is under one, okay?
1Satisfactory but not especially good: the flight was OK
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- In fairness, Casey probably did an okay job of the song, but I'd fallen asleep ten seconds into it.
- He was doing an okay job, until he missed one swing.
- Even though the job scenario has been okay, you just know something was bound to go wrong somewhere.
satisfactory, all right, fine, in order, acceptable, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent;
adequate, tolerable, passable, reasonable, quite good, fair, decent, not bad, average, middling, moderate, unremarkable, unexceptional
informal hunky-dory, so-so, fair-to-middling, (plain) vanilla
British informal, dated tickety-boo
North American & Australian/New Zealand informal jake
1.1In a satisfactory physical or mental state: are you okay, Ben?
More example sentences
- But only to reassure you that she is physically okay.
- She seemed to be okay physically as far as I could tell, but she frowned when she saw me - something was up, obviously.
- For me, it's a physical need to see to it that you're okay.
fine, all right, well, in good shape, in good health, fit, healthy, as fit as a fiddle, as fit as a flea, in fine fettle, up to snuff
informal in the pink
British informal as right as a trivet
1.2Permissible; allowable: it's not OK to say that to a teacher
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- I have a strong preference to avoid checking any luggage, so carry-on appropriate items are okay; things that have to be checked, not so good.
- 'I said any date would be okay when his schedule permits,' Koizumi told reporters after the meeting with Primakov.
- Most even find that it's okay to go further than that, with permission from everyone concerned of course.
permissible, allowable, acceptable, all right, in order, permitted, fine, fitting, suitable, appropriate
In a satisfactory manner or to a satisfactory extent: the computer continues to work OK
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- We've done okay this season and have tried to cover up our weaknesses as much as we can.
- By and large it seems to be going okay and according to the returning officer we are on course and all the papers are due to go out this week.
- Just because we did okay last year doesn't mean we cannot fail this time round.
all right, fine, well, well enough, satisfactorily, passably, tolerably, acceptably
noun[in singular]
An authorization or approval: the officer gave me the OK
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- A misconception is that if they give the okay for organ and tissue retrieval, they won't be able to have an open casket or a funeral at all.
- They don't need an okay from the Ministry to proceed with any project.
- The family made an application for a grant and, on April 16, 2002, they were given the okay for the work.
authorization, approval, seal of approval, agreement, consent, assent, permission, endorsement, ratification, sanction, approbation, acquiescence, confirmation, blessing, leave, imprimatur
informal the go-ahead, the green light, the thumbs up, say-so
verb (OK's, OK'ing, OK'd)[with object]
Give approval to: despite objections, the committee ok'd the construction
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- If the Senate approves the exact legislation okayed by the House - down to every single word and comma - the legislation would then be sent to the President.
- Technically this bill required no Presidential approval, and it was okayed by the Governor.
- The plan, which recently resurfaced after being dropped, still has to be okayed by county traffic chiefs.
authorize, approve, agree to, consent to, sanction, pass, ratify, endorse, allow, give something one's consent, say yes to, accede to, give something one's approval, give something the nod, rubber-stamp
informal give something the go-ahead, give something the green light, give something the thumbs up, give something one's say-so
Mid 19th century (originally US): probably an abbreviation of orl korrect, humorous form of all correct, popularized as a slogan during President Van Buren's re-election campaign of 1840 in the US; his nickname Old Kinderhook (derived from his birthplace) provided the initials.
The word OK came from the USA, and is probably an abbreviation of orl korrect, a jokey spelling of 'all correct', that was used as a slogan during the presidential re-election campaign of Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) in 1840. It was reinforced by the initials of his nickname Old Kinderhook, derived from his birthplace.
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Ken Campbell discusses the news and events around the NHL and world of hockey
by Ken Campbell - November 30, 2013 1:03 PM UTC
The GTA Centre, is about the NHL. Always has, always will be. Everyone involved in this project, which is very close to becoming a reality, is tiptoeing around the subject of an NHL team because they all want to play nice. But nobody is going to take on a project like this one without visions of an NHL team dancing in their heads.
The people most directly involved with building an NHL-caliber, 20,000-seat rink in suburban Toronto held another news conference on Saturday.
by Ken Campbell - November 25, 2013 11:59 PM UTC
Could this be the year the Bruins and Blues reprise their roles as Cup finalists? Well, after watching the best team in the Eastern Conference and the best one in the Western Conference beat formidable conference opponents Monday night, the prospect is tantalizingly possible.
The last time we saw the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup final, it was 43 years ago and Noel Picard was sending Bobby Orr airborne to create one of the most enduring images in the history of the game.
by Ken Campbell - November 25, 2013 4:20 PM UTC
The Maple Leafs are 28th in shots for and 29th in shots against. With numbers like that, it's a wonder how the Leafs ever even have the puck on their sticks during a game. But they do and when they have it, good things usually happen...at least for now.
To put the Toronto Maple Leafs analytics-defying season into perspective, consider the following: In the past 15 NHL seasons, there has been one team that has finished the season being outshot by a wider average margin than the Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres are in 2013-14.
by Ken Campbell - November 18, 2013 5:04 PM UTC
Why Andrew Ladd and Josh Harding should make Team Canada, as of today; why the gimmicky shootout is likely to stay; and why shot blocking is overblown.
Some Monday morning musings: • There are two players you would have never thought would work their way into the Canadian Olympic conversation who should be giving Steve Yzerman and his management team a lot to think about heading into the stretch run for selecting the team.
by Ken Campbell - November 16, 2013 3:35 PM UTC
The Brodeur boys are pursuing hockey like their dad and late grandfather, but the similarities end there. They are very much their own people. But – for certain – the tale of Brodeurs between the pipes is far from over.
It was a Saturday afternoon in Winnipeg. Martin Brodeur set up camp in his hotel room and fired up his laptop to watch his son play hockey two provinces and almost 2,000 miles away.
by Ken Campbell - November 13, 2013 4:07 PM UTC
It's comforting to know that Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula and the guy who checks the passports at the Queenston-Lewiston border crossing are on the same page. They both think Pat LaFontaine is the best man to run the Buffalo Sabres.
It's comforting to know that Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula and the guy who checks the passports at the Queenston-Lewiston border crossing are on the same page.
by Ken Campbell - November 11, 2013 4:44 PM UTC
Icing, goalie fights will be hot topics at GM meetings; Jagr shows no signs of slowing down; remembering a Hall of Famer who died in the war.
When the NHL's 30 GMs meet Tuesday in Toronto, it's expected the league's rule changes for this season will be discussed.
by Ken Campbell - November 8, 2013 3:44 PM UTC
The Panthers aren't suddenly going to turn their season around under a new coaching staff. This team needs a new and improved roster.
Ask any coach in professional sports and he'll tell you that fairness is not part of the equation when it comes to his chosen employment.
by Ken Campbell - November 4, 2013 4:15 PM UTC
Not one Ottawa home game has been sold out this season and the team is allowing a ton of shots against each night - not exactly the start the team was looking for in its first year after Daniel Alfredsson.
The Ottawa Senators have hosted six games so far this season at the Canadian Tire Centre and not one of them has sold out. By comparison, the other NHL teams based in Canada have combined for 1,662 home games since the 2004-05 lockout and not one of them has had an empty seat.
by Ken Campbell - October 31, 2013 5:36 PM UTC
The 10-1-0 Avalanche traded Steve Downie for Max Talbot, which left this THN columnist scratching his head and wondering "why?"
Part of my job here at The Hockey News, particularly when analyzing trades, is to provide some perspective and some reasoning behind why a move was made.
by Ken Campbell - October 29, 2013 5:08 PM UTC
John Tortorella has always been known as a coach who plays the heck out of his star players, but will that have a negative impact on the Canucks in an Olympic year?
When John Tortorella and Alain Vigneault essentially switched places this past summer, they brought their coaching philosophies with them.
by Ken Campbell - October 28, 2013 12:08 AM UTC
The Sabres shipped out their big-name scorer for Matt Moulson and draft picks, which means their GM will be the one in charge of the long-term rebuild.
It seems only fitting that on the week of Halloween, the GM with more lives than any other in the NHL would make a blockbuster trade. And for many Sabres fans, the news that Darcy Regier was at the helm to make it will be greeted with as much happiness as a zombie apocalypse.

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Web Operations. By John Allspaw and Jesse Robbins, O'Reilly 2010, with a chapter by myself. (Here's a link to the publisher's site).
I wrote a chapter for this book, and it's now on shelves in bookstores near you. I got my dead-tree copy today and read everyone else's contributions to …[Read more...]


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PHOENIX -- A's closer Grant Balfour threw 25 pitches off a mound Friday morning, his first time on the hill since his Feb. 14 surgery to remove a bit of meniscus from his right knee.
The right-hander said there was a little residual soreness in the knee but said things went about as well as he could hope. He now has a full month to get himself ready to be the Oakland ninth-inning guy come the opener against Seattle on April 1.
"The area where they cut, it hasn't quite healed up," Balfour said, rolling up his pant leg to show off the scar left from the path of the arthroscope. "There's a little swelling. But basically it's all good."
Normally, Balfour would start out throwing a diet of mostly fastballs. But given the truncated time available to him, he threw a smorgasbord of all his pitches.
"I think there's enough time to get to (where he needs to be on) opening day," he said. "But all I really know is that I've got an easy day (Saturday), and then we'll see where we are after that."
For Balfour, who was cleared to take the mound by the A's medics on Thursday, his rehab is all about the knee. He never stopped throwing and working on his shoulder to make sure he didn't get too rusty, so his arm hasn't atrophied.
"This is kind of the start of the spring for a lot of guys," manager Bob Melvin said. He and pitching coach Curt Young took a look at all the innings logged by A's pitchers in the second half of the season and in the playoffs and decided to hold a total of nine pitchers back at some level.
Asked if the holdouts had been going stir crazy, Melvin demurred.
"I don't think so," he said. "They knew in the offseason this was the plan. And it's only March 1."
Parker was clearly in his comfort zone, letting just one man reach base in two innings. Blevins was hit hard (three runs, two earned in two-thirds of an inning), and Cook and Doolittle both threw scoreless innings in the A's 13-9 loss to the Giants.
After needing only 22 of his allotted 35 pitches to get two innings in, Parker asked for a third inning but was summarily denied.
"I begged for it," Parker said of getting a third inning. "Maybe in July I'll be good for an eighth or ninth inning."
Parker had the option, as all spring pitchers do, to get in extra throws in the bullpen, but he opted against that.
Olson wasn't among the pitchers being held back by 2012 overwork and pressure games. Instead, his hopes to make the roster as an invited player had been hobbled by a mild hamstring injury. And while he gave up a couple runs -- and Andy Parrino saved him from worse with an unassisted double play at third base -- at least he was able to get on the mound.
"There's always some trepidation for a pitcher getting out there with a leg issue," Melvin said, dismissing the importance of the stats Olson put up (four hits, two runs) in his first inning back.


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While we do not know the exact cause of most colorectal cancers, there are certain known risk factors. A risk factor is something that affects a person's chance of getting a disease. Some risk factors, like smoking, can be controlled. Others, such as a person's age, can't be changed.
But risk factors don't tell us everything. Having a risk factor, or even several, does not mean that you will get the disease. And some people who get colorectal cancer may not have any known risk factors. Even if a person with colorectal cancer has a risk factor, it is often very hard to know what part that risk factor may have played in the development of the disease.
Researchers have found some risk factors that may increase a person's chance of getting polyps or colorectal cancer.
Risk factors you cannot change
- Age: your risk gets higher as you get older
- Having had colorectal cancer or certain kinds of polyps before
- Having a history of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease
- Family history of colorectal cancer
- Race or ethnic background, such as being African American or Ashkenazi
- Type 2 diabetes
- Certain family syndromes, like familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC, also called Lynch syndrome)
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Some lifestyle-related factors have been linked to an higher risk of colorectal cancer.
- Certain types of diets: one that is high in red meats (beef, lamb, or liver) and processed meats (like hot dogs, bologna, and lunch meat) can increase your colorectal cancer risk.
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Five Takeaways From GDP Report
The economy grew at a rate of 1.7% in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That's better than the first three months of the year — but only because the government revised down its estimate of first-quarter growth to 1.1%. Economists are still digesting today's report, but here are five initial takeaways:
Appearances can be deceiving. The 1.7% pace of growth in the second quarter is markedly better than the roughly 1% rate economists expected, and well ahead of the most pessimistic estimates. Those who feared the recovery was stalling out can breathe a sigh of relief. But in many ways today's report actually makes the recovery look worse, at least in the recent past. Growth in the first quarter, which economists once hoped would top 3%, was revised down to 1.1% from 1.8%, and the government now says the economy barely grew at all at the end of 2012. The rosy view is that the economy's growth rate has now picked up for two quarters in a row. But it's building off a lower base than previously believed, and 1.7% is no one's idea of rapid growth.
Mixed bag in the details. Consumers, who have powered the recovery in recent quarters, slowed their spending somewhat in the second quarter, but the business sector, which has been sluggish, performed better than expected: Investment in equipment grew at a 4.1% rate, and investment in structures grew at a 6.8% rate after contracting sharply to start the year. Exports picked up too, a sign that weakness overseas hasn't yet hit American businesses. And the housing market continued its strong recent performance, with residential construction spending rising 13.4%.
Government is a drag. The public sector contracted for the third straight quarter and the 10th time in the past 12. That wasn't a surprise given the "sequester" budget cuts, which began to take effect in the second quarter. The pace of contraction actually slowed, however, and barring a government shutdown or other drama from Washington, the so-called fiscal drag should ease by the end of the year. State and local government spending, meanwhile, actually grew slightly for the first time in over a year, another piece of evidence that local governments are starting to rebound.
Inflation stays in check. The better-than-expected growth in the second quarter will likely fuel speculation that the Federal Reserve will begin winding down its bond-buying program at its September meeting. But if it does so, it likely won't be because of fears of accelerating inflation. The Fed's preferred inflation measure, the price index for consumer expenditures, showed a 1.1% increase from a year earlier; excluding food and energy, the index rose 1.2%.
Longer run looks better. In addition to its routine revisions to recent data, the Commerce Department on Wednesday also released a major "benchmark" revision to prior years' figures. If the updates to recent data were disappointing, the longer-run changes actually made the picture look brighter. The economy grew 2.8% last year, better than the previously published 2.2% rate, and the earlier years of the recovery also look generally better, though this still ranks as the worst recovery since World War II. The changes also serve as a reminder: Today's second quarter data were preliminary, and will be revised at least twice in the months ahead. Some economists are already pointing to an unexpectedly big build in inventories — which contradicts monthly data — to suggest that the initial estimate could be revised down.


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I am new to this forum and first of all I would like to apologize if some of my questions have already been answered, but I have tried searching but I have not been lucky with my searches. Please point me in the right directions with a link if there are answers already
I just found this server yesterday and I am quite amazed with my finding so far.
But I have some questions to how things work. (and how to setup it all )
I have a hp mediasmart server with ps3 server installed on, I have already 2 other streaming servers which is preinstalled on the machine pvconnect (twonkymedia) and media connect.
Before I found ps3 media server I riped my dvd's into 1 big vob file using dvd decrypter.
I liked this setup because it streamed flawlessly movies onto my ps3 with the minus of
A. No subtitles (English is my second language and although both my girlfriend and I consider our self good at it we would prefer subtitles if possible, also we have Chinese, Japanese and French movies which we would like to watch in its original language (which we don't speak))
B. No DTS. If possible I do prefer DTS instead of dolby digital but I could live without it.
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I really really like Cyberduck. Per ssh pub key ability is nice and it's open-source. Transmit says it can use ssh pubkeys, but none of the documented methods work. This saves me big time when I need to scp a file from a machine that only serves ssh. It's weakness is concurrency and large file operations, but I can forgive it for that mostly, it's not that mature. Very nice UI design, and I can easily migrate the bookmarks.
Best FTP client I've ever used. And it's GPL !
Works good, is updated often and is free. I liked the trial of Transmit, but just not the price. I would recommend this application.
This is a must have. It is one of the applications that reminds why you switched to the Mac.
Never had any problems. Does all I need and Growl integration to boot.
Found it to be glitchy on a G5, but no troubles yet with my Core2Duo.
I like the interface but FUGU is much more stable. Don't know why, but sometimes the duck dies.
The best FTP client for the casual user.
I absolutely love Cyberduck. It's easy to use and I've never encountered any problems with it...Has lots of nice features.
A must have.
Works well, intergation with textmate is nice, but seems to be a bit slower than comand line sftp.
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Sunday April 7, 2013
Augusta, Ga--Masters week is finally upon us as the eyes of the sporting world and beyond turns to Augusta. Today, moving in day for many of the top players in the world.
It is the calm before the storm. The gates behind me, nobody's here yet because it is Sunday at Augusta National. But the course itself, and the practice range is busy. A number of golfers already in town getting ready"
"You know you're really excited because you know you have a big challenge in front of you but this is the place where a lot of dreams can come true" said Hunter Mahan
The azaleas are in bloom signifying the begining of spring and the begining of masters week among those on hand today, the number one golfer in the world Tiger Woods. For pretty much everyone here, this is the start of something special.
"Just to get to come here every April and play in this golf tournament is just a dream come true" said Larry Mize " I'm like an excited kid every time to come back"
While many are here to compete and win, the amateurs are pretty much in a different boat. Tj Vogel is the Public Links champ and its safe to say it'll be tough to wipe the smile off his face.
"This is a lifetime dream of mine to be able to play in the Masters" said TJ Vogel "I wasn't expecting this to play as an amateur, so to be able to do it you know, at the age of 22, it's a great feeling"
The drive down Magnolia Lane will never get old. From long time veterans to the youngesters here for the first time. It's officially Masters week


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Tide's Jones, Moore honored at NFF awards dinner
Published: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 11:24 p.m.
University of Alabama athletic director Mal Moore and Crimson Tide offensive lineman Barrett Jones were honored Tuesday night at the National Football Foundation's annual awards dinner in New York.
Moore received the foundation's John L. Toner Award for "superior abilities in athletics administration." Jones won the William V. Campbell Trophy, becoming the first winner of the nation's premiere scholar-athlete award from UA.
"Barrett is perhaps one of the greatest scholar-athletes to have ever played the game, and we are so proud to honor him tonight," foundation presdient and CEO Steven J. Hatchell said.
The Campbell Trophy criteria combine performance in football and academics, as well as community leadership. Jones, one of the nation's top offensive linemen, carries a 4.0 grade-point average, already has his undergraduate degree and is among UA's most active players in community service.
"Charles Barkley famously said, 'I'm not a role model.' I think the fact is, with all the exposure college athletes get today, we are role models," Jones said. "I think everyone sitting here are people that use that status in a positive way. I'm very grateful to be sitting on stage with 14 other worthy candidates."
Moore's award was one of the foundation's four major awards presented each year. Other winners were Roscoe Brown Jr., (NFF Gold Medal), George Bodenheimer (NFF Distinguished American Award) and Bob Barry, who was posthumously honored with the Chris Schenkel Award for broadcast excellence.
Since Moore became UA's athletic director in 1999, Alabama has won seven national championships and 19 Southeastern Conference championships in various sports. According to an NFF release, more than $220 million has been raised for athletic facility upgrades in Moore's span in his role.
Finalists for the Campbell Trophy, the 2012 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, included Jones, Matt Barkley of Southern Cal, Rex Burkhead of Nebraska, Cody Davis of Texas Tech, Nick Driskill of Mount Union, Nick Florence of Baylor, Nabal Jefferson of Northern Illinois, Aaron Mullane of West Texas A&M, Ryan Nassib of Syracuse, Nolan Nearhoff of Robert Morris, Ethan Peterson of MIT, Sean Renfree of Duke, Manti Te'o of Notre Dame, Patrick Ward of Northwestern and Shane Zackery of Saint Xavier.
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October 24, 2007
DOE, EPA, and CRS Announce the Green Power Leadership Awards
DOE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) recognized a variety of organizations and two individuals on October 22nd for their work to advance and develop the voluntary purchase of electricity from renewable energy sources, also known as green power. DOE selected six companies for its 2007 Green Power Supplier Awards, including Constellation NewEnergy; 3Degrees; Sterling Planet; SunEdison; Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power; and Silicon Valley Power. The combined green power provided by those six winners equals more than 5 billion kilowatt-hours per year, which is enough to power nearly 465,000 average U.S. households. See the DOE press release.
The EPA recognized the West Division of Macy's Inc., the Timberland Company, and the City of Chico, California, for their on-site generation of solar power, and also recognized New York University and six companies for purchasing green power. The EPA also named the City of Bellingham, Washington, and six more companies as their Green Power Partners of the Year. Among all the companies, PepsiCo stands out as a partner of the year, because three of its bottling companies were also honored for buying green power. In addition, CRS awarded its Market Development Awards to the Western Washington Green Power Campaign, Clif Bar, and two individuals: John Schaeffer and Bill Spratley. See The EPA press release and the full list of awardees.
The awards were announced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Twelfth National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, which concludes today. Throughout the country, more than half of all U.S. electricity customers now have an option to purchase some type of green power product from a retail electricity provider. Roughly one-quarter of the nation's utilities offer green power programs to customers, and voluntary retail sales of renewable energy in the United States totaled more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours in 2006, a 40% increase over the previous year. For more information on green power, see DOE's Green Power Network Web site.


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Denmark, 2013, 91 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, ThrillerLanguage: Danish English Sub-Titles
Micheal Noer follows up his 2010 prison film R with a new Danish drama following two brothers through the rough, crime-ridden area of Northwest. Casper (Gustav Dyekjaer Giese) is an 18-year-old who burgles homes to make money for his family. After turning his back on Jamal, a low-level neighborhood thug, Casper begins working for big player Bjorn and is thrown into a darker world of drugs and prostitution. He and his younger brother Andy (real-life brother Oscar Dyekjaer Giese) are challenged morally and must choose whether to go toward the darkness or stay in the light.
Noer captures the racial and territorial tensions of the area through character interaction. The director brings back Roland Møller and Dulfi Al-Jabouri from R to play competing gang leaders Bjorn and Jamal. Noer chose unknowns to play the two brothers of the film. The connection between Casper and Andy feels authentic. Noer reminds the audience that the two are just young boys. Family is essential despite the larger actions of the protagonist. Casper cares deeply for his family; he spends the money he earns on his siblings and mother, and brings his younger brother into the fold as a last resort.
The film revolves around the conflict of a young man with few opportunities who is faced with choosing crime over what is morally correct. Northwest captures the transformation of two boys into men. Casper and Andy must choose their paths and what kind of men they want to become.
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Average Bowie to start with, maybe a few spots here and there while everyone gets settled in. Bouncing was pretty average as well. Trey says the wrong name (Leo) for the solo in Poor Heart leading to whispers of Cactussssss... Otherwise it was well played. Ice had a creepy middle section. Glide sounded like Trey was a pinch out of tune. Rift was better than the last two, but still loose in Fish's timing. I thought Stash was really good and a highlight of this show. Funny announcements from Page and Trey as a good Lawn Boy is dedicated to Delaware. I don't believe that Trey's solo is that rare for these earlier '90's shows. Maze was good, but the solo climaxes were a little off. Golgi is a solid closer for this well played set.
Good Jim to open the second set. In fact this is a pretty solid, well played set all the way through. Tweezer was another highlight. YEM vocal jam was great, especially Mike leading them into the Lion Sleeps part. Nice false Fishman intro as Trey goes into HYHU again to piss Fish off. Lengthwise is funny and long with a requested vacuum solo over it. Coil was good with great Page soloing at the end as usual. Cavern was actually pretty sloppy sounding including a vocal flub and the only real chink in the armor tonight after a really good second set.
The usual Grace was ok after the shushing. Tweeprise was good. Pretty standard encores for this tour.
Overall a very well played show tonight makes me give this one four stars to bump up the average score to about three and a half. Definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard much of '93.


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In 2000, I was a much more naive person when it came to both free software and the legal environment in which it exists. To be fair, I suppose I was far from alone.
At that time, the idea of applying free licensing to artwork was pretty new (the Creative Commons hadn't really built up much steam, even if they did exist, which they probably did, but I can't remember). There were a lot of theories about the reasons why it was hard to motivate artists to use free licensing, perhaps because an awful lot of people were still fuzzy about why programmers did it.
However, there was definitely an opinion that artists just weren't having with any of this free licensing stuff. For example, I was told that free software graphic adventure games were missing largely because artists simply wouldn't contribute to a free software game project.
I didn't buy it then, and I still don't—and now I have quite a bit of evidence to back up the point.
Unfortunately, this isn't sufficient to get me out of the woods, as I will explain.
But, back to 2000...
In order to disprove this preposterous idea that artists wouldn't contribute to a free project, I decided to start a project at Sourceforge to develop a game, starting with the artwork. That became "The Light Princess", and I found that, indeed, I could find artists to contribute, but I had to work at it. Instead of idly posting a help-wanted through Sourceforge that would be seen only by programmers (like that would help, duh!), I went to places where I knew I would find artists.
First of all, I asked my wife about good, public domain source material for a game. It turns out that she was particularly fond of George MacDonald, and this story in particular (The Light Princess). And of course, due to being written way back in the 19th century before copyright nazism had time to take root, the work had expired into the public domain, which is why, for example, you can find a printed copy from Dover Books, which makes a living out of reprinting copyright-expired books. In fact, they have a very nice, illustrated collection of many of GMD's books.
Then I set out to find artistic contributors. I knew that SF and Anime fan communities had long traditions of amateur and/or semi-pro "fan artists", who often went on to do more original work, when they got tired of retreading other people's characters. Some of these people are amazingly talented. But would they contribute to a free-licensed project? That was the experiment. Because, instead of trying to sell free-licensers on doing art, I was trying to sell artists on free-licensing.
I found anime fan art websites by individual artists, looked at online galleries, and even found a French bulletin board dedicated mostly to artists with an interest in the manga/anime style. You'll notice I didn't bother much with Japanese anime art websites—there's a good reason for that: Japanese amateur manga artists have an ice cube's chance in a very hot place of landing a professional job as a manga artist. People in the US and France on the other hand, are very unlikely to be able to overcome their geographical and ethnographical challenges. That means that they are much more likely to try alternative channels to success, which is what free art is.
I didn't spend as much time on it, but I also hunted down free-licensed musicians. Curiously, the idea of free-licensing musical content, at least for verbatim recording, seems to have penetrated much deeper. After all, there's a long tradition of illegal but semi-officially sanctioned "bootleg" recordings and I think I'll leave you to investigate the sticky issue of "internet music file sharing" on your own, as I'm sure you won't have heard a thing about that, right?
But, I'm not really talking about those folks. I'm talking about the guys who actually, for whatever reason, go ahead and use a genuine FSF-Debian-OSI-approved FREE license on their works. Yes, the real thing. These exist too, and in somewhat larger numbers than for graphic artists.
I became attracted to the writings of a particular musician/programmer/free-licensing advocate named Michael Stutz, who, wrote a license he called the "Design Science License" to address what he thought were failings of applying a license written with software in mind, like the Gnu General Public License to artistic works.
Dang that was a mistake. I bet on the wrong horse. Not that there's anything actually wrong with the DSL, but it was a lot like buying a "BetaMax" VCR back in the 1980s. Once VHS took over, you just couldn't keep using it. Standards matter.
And that happens in the free software community because legal language doesn't allow us to completely express what we mean. Ask any sane artist, who gives you something under a GPL, DSL, or Creative Commons BY-SA license, whether they really care if you re-release it under one of the others in that set, and (assuming they understand what you're asking) they'll almost always say "sure, what's the difference". Because, indeed, all of those licenses have almost exactly the same intent—they allow the same basic freedoms and require the same basic restrictions.
They're also legally incompatible. You must ask permission to switch from one to the other, because the nature of the copyleft—that fantastic legal hack we owe to Richard Stallman—relies on requiring that the same license be used on all derivative works. Not a license with the same intent, the same license!
But, you ask: "If the intent is the same, why do you need to change it? What are you really trying to do, you evil license switcher!?". Well, okay, some people may be up to dark deeds with this kind of talk, but I'm talking about the situation where you want to combine a bunch of free-licensed material into a creative work with a free-license.
Intuitively, you'd expect that to be easy, but the law is frequently counter-intuitive. The trouble is, if the soundtrack is BY-SA, the artwork is DSL, and the computer programming is GPL, what license can I release the whole under?
Answer: you can't release the whole. Period.
Somebody has to give you explicit permission to change the license, or you are just plain out of luck.
To make matters worse, I have to explain this to a not-really-interested artist, who just doesn't want to be bothered by all these nasty details. I would say "who is also a teenager", except that they aren't now, this is five years later! Oh yeah, I also have to explain it in a foreign language that I took in school, but never really got all that good at. Je parle tres mauvais francais, and I can't even figure out how to type the stupid accent marks.
Did I mention yet that I bet on the wrong horse? Yep. The DSL is dead. That is an ex-parrot. Totally disavowed. The Free Software Foundation is the only place you can find a copy, with a cute little disclaimer warning you that "this license is not endorsed by the Free Software Foundation". Michael Stutz's webpage which formerly promoted the benefits of the DSL now promotes the benefits of his new book on Linux. More power to him, but where does this leave me?
O-kay. So which license won? Well, the Creative Commons has been very successful in the field of art and music, and of course, the GPL is still with us. The GPL is to free licenses what Unix is to operating systems. It will never die, no matter how decrepit it gets. Having just been burned by the DSL experience, I remained ancy about trusting the durability of the CC By-SA license, so I decided that the GPL made more sense. However, I discussed this with some of the people who are still interested in the project. (After five years! I am amazed, and deeply gratified that there are still any such people. Thanks guys!) And I got persuaded that it might be cooler to dual-license the game, under both GPL and By-SA, thus covering even more territory, and allowing for somewhat simpler accounting for the artistic content (the By-SA is much more economical in the notices it requires, due to the realities of distributing single-file data like song recordings and JPGs that don't allow for so much meta data—by including an "okay to convert to GPL" clause, dual licensing is achieved and everything is peachy).
Except of course for all that concept art that is licensed under the DSL right now. What do I do?
Well, of course, I proceed to track down the artists. I still haven't actually emailed them for permission on this, so I don't actually know yet if they are going to be okay with it, but I also feel a little touchy about making promises to them. After all, I had to table the whole project years ago, and I don't want raise hopes again unless I'm prepared to deliver (ironically, the project failed for lack of programmers, darned hypocrites!). So I've promised myself that I will work on the software side until I'm ready for that. But I still wanted to know where to find them, just so I knew.
Well, there were actually four great artists on this project back in 2000 and 2001. I think it's cool to mention their names, as they are already in the credits: Katherine Chi, Daniel Fu, Corene "Nezumi" Werhane, and Marc Yang. They're all great, and I highly recommend you look up their work. Unfortunately, one of them, Marc Yang, has apparently been abducted by aliens and taken to a far distant star. Or he's dead. Or working as a sales executive for Taiwanese computer company (but that seems unlikely—my money's on the aliens).
Did I mention that Marc designed the two main characters for this game? Yeah. Kind of hard to just cut out of the plan. I do have alternate designs from Katherine Chi, which are really good, but not my first picks for those characters (on the other hand she and Daniel Fu have a lot of other terrific character work—Nezumi is mostly a furry artist, but she did a really nice animal character and great costume design). But the point is, I feel really annoyed at having to make a decision on anything but what's right for the game, and I'm also pretty sure that if Marc knew what was going on, he wouldn't want to be cut out. But of course, that's a personal opinion, not a legal finding.
In my next blog entry, I hope to rationalize my way into a solution for this problem, but we'll just have to see how successful I am at that. In the meantime, note the comment form—I'm all ears.
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Comment from: Lori Angela Nagel [Visitor] · http://www.jastiv.com
10/28/05 @ 12:42
The big thing both licenses have in common is this, you can't have some proprietary entity taking your work, making derivatives, and the not allowing you or other third parties to continue to make derivatives of this new work. I'm sure a lot of people want to avoid that in order to reuse their own modified work,
There was a discussion http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8113recently on the Battle for Wesnoth forums about the suitability of the GPL for artwork. I think this issue needs to be be brought up again before it comes back to get us later.
I see creative commons by-sa and GPL as being very similar, but also somewhat different, in addition to requiring derivative works to be licensed under the same licensed, they also have each have a separate different requirement. For the GPL, this is the requirement for the source code, a requirement that some people have difficulty with, as this discussion states. The biggest problem seems to be that everyone does not necessarily agree on what the preferred form of the work for making modifications is. For programs this is easy, you just have a plain text file, for art there is .xcf, .png, .jpg, psd etc.
I wonder if someone will address this in GPL 3.0, unless of course, as some seem to suggest, addressing it will cause more harm than good. It seems however, that the issues will come up sooner or later no matter how hard we try to suppress or ignore them, so it is better to take a look at them now, rather than later when even more stuff is made available under these licenses. Yet these programing projects like everything to be under the GPL. After all, as you stated, a game is not going to be successful no matter how many artists you have if you can't find one single programmer.
Fortunately for projects like a piece of music or collaborative artworks, you can keep the programmers out. For by-sa this is the requirement that you give credit to the author, I would hate to see the list for some project that ended up with thousands of contributers on some tiny file so that the lists ends up being larger than the file.
So, given these problems with the current popular licenses, should I write up another license to fix them? Hell no, the last thing we need is more incompatible licenses floating around. We have all heard the horor story of the OSI and how companies write up licenses to try and meet their particular goals, but really, I think people do not want to spend all their time reading and writing licenses unless maybe they are lawyers. Programmers would rather code, artists would rather draw, and musicians would rather compose.
Comment from: Vance [Visitor]
10/28/05 @ 16:50
A couple points:
First, it's not the case that a GPL program can only be assembled from all-GPL components. There are a number of licenses compatible with the GPL. For example, one can take new BSD-licensed code and incorporate it into a GPL'd project because it's possible to meet the requirements of both licenses simultaneously. I'm not all that familiar with the Creative Commons licenses, so I don't know how they interact with the GPL.
Second, it may not even be necessary for the license for the artwork to be compatible with the license for the software. I regularly (and perfectly legally) use GPL software to view images and listen to music which are "All rights reserved." If the artwork and music exist as separate files from the game software, the fact that the artwork and software licenses are different may be a non-issue.
I'd suggest you contact the Software Freedom Law Center to see if they've done any work in this area. They've surely got the brainpower and experience to illuminate these issues.
Comment from: Terry Hancock [Member] · http://www.anansispaceworks.com
10/29/05 @ 17:36
Just a brief response to the comments (I'll follow up in more detail in my next blog entry).
First, it's not the case that a GPL program can only be assembled from all-GPL components. There are a number of licenses compatible with the GPL. For example, one can take new BSD-licensed code
Absolutely, but the BSD (and MIT, X11, etc) license provides no copyleft protection for the author. Therefore, it's a fairly unattractive choice for many authors.
On the other hand, I'm not aware of any way to make a copyleft license which is GPL compatible, without explicitly allowing conversion (as the LGPL does for example), or dual-licensing, which is almost, but not quite the same thing (the distinction is that if you merely allow conversion, you don't have to provide the whole GPL package, as described below).
Second, it may not even be necessary for the license for the artwork to be compatible with the license for the software.
Yeah, this is trying to invoke the "mere aggregation" clause. Also, the data processed by a program is not affected by the license. But in practice, this is a matter of interpretation; and it depends rather finely on the design of the software.
I see creative commons by-sa and GPL as being very similar, but also somewhat different, in addition to requiring derivative works to be licensed under the same licensed, they also have each have a separate different requirement. For the GPL, this is the requirement for the source code
The GPL requires both the source code and the full text of the GPL license to travel with the work. That means typically that the work can only be distributed as a ZIP or TAR archive package. This is fairly inconvenient for images or music files, since people tend to want to distribute those as separate files (in fact, you often can't use them unless you do that, given the limitations of client applications). Even if it's technically possible, it's often more hassle than it's worth.
In practice, many people write code or create art and then offhandedly say "this can be distributed under the terms of the GPL" without really understanding what that means. While strictly speaking this is not illegal (they being the copyright holder), it does not encourage compliance. To be truly compliant, anyone receiving such a work, in order to redistribute it, must add the license text and package the result! Of course, almost no one ever does that! The result is that the work actually gets distributed according to informal "you know what I mean" rules that are not actually the GPL (but instead, very close to what the By-SA actually does say).
So, given these problems with the current popular licenses, should I write up another license to fix them? Hell no, the last thing we need is more incompatible licenses floating around.
The reason for my cautionary tale, is precisely this -- multiple copyleft licenses create conflicts, and we currently have no mechanism to resolve them (other than getting the original author to permit re-licensing).
By adhering to a relatively new and somewhat experimental license, I got myself into a bit of a pickle! On the other hand, it remains true that the GPL is a poor choice for art because the language is difficult to interpret in that context (you wind up having to say something like "for the purposes of this license, 'source code' means...", detailed language which only a lawyer could love, and most artists find repulsive). The By-SA is pretty good, and I might've used that originally had I known it would be as successful as it has been.
Look what I stumbled on when checking google to see where my name popped up. My vanity (and checking where my website fell in the name search... not even a blip :( Time to redesign) led me to this blog posting from last year regarding the Light Princess project I was involved in way back in 2000.
If you've been trying to find me, Terry, here's my contact info:
And current webcomic:
The Retriever
Thanks for the mention :)
Daniel Fu
Hi Daniel
I actually did find your site, BTW. I just have still not got a working engine, so I haven't contacted any artists yet (I promised myself not create any false hopes of a restart until I was sure). Meanwhile, time flies by...


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Bell training for dogs
Help your dog 'talk' to you with bells
Here's an easy way your dog can let you know she needs to go outside without any barking or scratching at the door. Hang some bells from the doorknob and your dog will quickly learn to associate the sound of the bells with the door opening. Soon she'll nudge them herself. You can speed things along by jiggling the bells and saying "Outside? Wanna go outside?" for a few days every time your dog goes out. Your dog will be able to "talk" to you about going outside even when you're somewhere else in the house.
Dog-spot solutions
How to keep your lawn looking good
Growing a neat lawn in an area frequented by dogs is difficult but not impossible. Here are a few tricks for keeping the grass green.
- Apply lime or gypsum regularly to neutralize the acid in the soil.
- Water the area heavily each week to dilute the urine.
- Don't fight it! Replace the grass with small round gravel (pea rock) bordered with stone cobbles or brick. Place landscape fabric beneath the rock to prevent weeds from popping up. And another plus—less grass to mow!
Rainy-day doghouse
Use a plastic storage bin for a dog house
A nice little doghouse that will hold up in the rain can cost $100. But you can make your own for a fraction of the price using a plastic storage bin. Cut a small hole in the bin, flip it over on its lid and stick a dog bed inside it. Your dog will love watching the rain from inside his snug little house, and you'll save $85! Don't be surprised if your cat likes it so much you'll have to make one for her too.
Portable water dish
Use a shower cap as a portable water bowl
A long walk with your dog on a hot day will make you and your pet pretty thirsty. Before leaving the house, stuff a plastic shower cap in your pocket. That way, you can give your dog a drink from any handy tap, drinking fountain or your water bottle whenever she needs a slurp.
Wind-proof dog dishes
Weighted ice cream buckets stay put
How many times have you gone outside to fill your dog's food or water dish only to find that it's blown halfway across the yard? The really heavy pet dishes are expensive, but here's a cheap dog dish that won't blow away. Fill a plastic ice cream bucket with a couple of inches of sand, and then put a second container the same size inside it. Use the inside bucket as your dog's dish and it'll stay right where you put it.
Fur filter
Use mesh pads to catch the fur
If you wash your dog in the bathtub or shower, you're begging for a clogged drain. Keep fur out of the drain with a mesh-type scrubbing pad. In a shower, clip the pad to the drain plate with a bobby pin. In a bathtub, wedge two pads under the stopper from two sides. The pads catch fur but let water flow through.
Ideas for clean birdbaths
Keep the birds happy!
To clean your birdbath, put two cups of vinegar in the bath and fill it to the brim with water. Cover with a trash-can lid, and let the bath soak over night. Scrub and rinse well. To attract butterflies to your birdbath and avoid algae, put a layer of builder's sand in the bottom of the birdbath. Add a pantyhose leg stuffed with oat straw (available at amazon.com ) inside to your water for an algae-free birdbath.
Quick cleanup cat litter
Eliminate pet stains and odors
Enzyme sprays can be effective
Enzyme products are easy to use on pet stains—just spray or blot them on the stain according to the directions. The products contain harmless bacteria that "eat" the organic matter that causes the odor. When the organic matter is gone, the bacteria run out of food and die. The whole process will take anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Some manufacturers recommend covering the area with plastic or a wet cloth to keep the bacteria moist and healthy. Available at pet and discount stores.


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Liverpool Message Board
Rodgers' error that could have cost top 4..
The more and more I read about the Joe Allen injury and surgery, obviously more is revealed, and in that, I'm really disappointed that they (Rodgers & Allen/Medical team and whoever else) did not address this sooner, because with injuries, sometimes you have to take a calculated gamble, but the facts reveal this was one not worth it..
To read Rodgers commet: "to touch Allen's shoulder alone (near the end up to surgery) could have broken it", is a baffling statement to make, and I think it's the biggest mistake he's made to date by a long shot. Allen was very, very good in the early season, winning our player of the month (twice I think?), even a stand out to me at the Olympics for team GB, but his form became absolutely dreadful, and obviously this would be the reason why. If it was that bad, medically speaking, not only could he have broken it in right in a match, but he could have damaged himself long term, injured his career and possibly caused a never ending personal issue.. Furthermore, saying this, is a mistake by Rodgers for me, and a bad one, because hiding an injury and revealing it later when things go good, or fall just short of something great, make it a brave thing, but seeing how bad he was aside from the Zenit game, makes you realize what bad judgement was made. At the end of the day, it could have been Joe's decision, and that's the way today's athletes are, at least here in the states and we accept that, BUT, I find it hard to believe that his form was so superb in training, despite the injury, to outperform Henderson who was doing a nice job, and Shelvey who looks flat out angry when he's not playing..
If Lucas was also that badly injured, and only on the bench as an emergency, then why start either of them, and not play both of Jordan and Jonjo, or tweak it somewhere else to get in Sterling or Suso?
There is no 20/20 hindsight here.. And reading all the facts now, makes me very disappointed. Overall, I think Rodgers is doing a good job with all things considered, but he's made mistakes, and if playing Allen all this time, in such poor health is the case, he could have cost 2-3-4 games where we might have done better in the middle with someone else. This is a mistake I think/hope we never ever have to learn the hard way again.. I'm very disappointed with the facts, but looking forward to the weekend!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Jason... Loki addressed some questions to me and Ive replied to his post twice on this this thread each time its registered as posted and when I go "back to board" theres nothing there ??? R u experiencing similar problems with this board or is it just me btw this is the first time Ive experienced this particular problem... I detest this board format !
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I see Loki's questions, but I don't see a response from you Colin, just a series of responses from Sofa replying to himself, which I suppose resembles some memories of our old board format and normalcy.
I understand they're trying to make things look more modern here, but the quality, style and manner in which we seem to be able to respond to each other, and track the order / consistency of the threads is pitiful. While you and I will never, ever agree on Andy Carroll, I know amongst many other things that we do agree on, this new format absolutely SUCKS!!!!!!!!
I'd rather be posting on the 1993 format of internet even if it makes us dinosaurs because this space age #$%$ is really annoying and stupid. And who the hell cares about popularity of a thread, just show the last poster for god's sake!
Yahoo, you will always walk alone here!!!!!!!
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Mar 29, 2013 16:20 Flag
I thought the point is to play your strongest team available? Well if fielding 2 clearly injured players is part of our strongest team.. then we're in serious trouble. Especially when we had other players who were fully fit.. Some serious questions need to be asked of Rodgers and the medical staff.. If Rodgers went against medical staff advice regarding Lucas & Allen.. then that raises serious doubts his ability to coach / manage LFC.
Jason...Ive been posting up my suspicions about Rogers and his playing his fave-boy from Swansea for quite some time, before it was revealed he had this shoulder injury. Even he hadnt had the shoulder injury his shockingly bad form should not have even earned him a spot on the bench let alone starting him...too right it was a huge mistake by Rogers...in my book another huge mistake to add to plenty of others hes made since his arrival. He is making all these mistakes while he learns his trade as a manager he should have been making his mistakes and learning his trade elsewhere we are too big a club to put up with his apprenticeship ..we should have brought someone with proven experience in to manage our club a journeyman not an apprentice.
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Mar 29, 2013 16:29 Flag
I agree Colin.. FSG should've appointed a proven quality manager then hired Rodgers as his assistant. cos Rodgers isn't good enough or experienced enough to take the reigns of such a big club as ours.
Well Colin,
I agree there have been other mistakes, but for me this is the biggest in particular because Allen went from very good, to very bad in a quick period of time and none of us could really figure it out. I appreciate the fact they didn't want to make excuses, but I don't appreciate finding out how truly bad it was, and for whatever reason he was selecting him recently after a stint on the bench. It does raise a fair question about how Lucas is getting on, and quite obvious he's not at his best after the knee, but brings up Jordan and Jonjo
I think BR has gotten a lot of things right, and while I know you're not a fan along with others, in grand scheme of things I'm happy with things he's done, especially since we haven't had a manager who's had to deal with the plethora of issues he has, rather than just being a manager. But I hope in hindsight, he's learned his lesson here, and it will help him focus on what else he needs in the summer aside from the names we can feel fairly certain about, and the others we may cross our fingers over.
This summer will be critical for both Allen and Borini. Fortunately both are very young and we've at least seen what Allen can do on a good day, whereas Borini has not impressed and had 6 months of injuries. He was a very good player at Roma, but he's got to show something this summer or we need to #$%$ adding another striker or two.


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Alabama journalism professor Jennifer Greer named interim dean of communication college
Published: Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 23, 2013 at 11:56 p.m.
University of Alabama journalism professor Jennifer Greer has been named interim dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences.
Greer, the chair of the Department of Journalism, is scheduled to assume the interim role Sept. 1, according a message to the college's faculty and staff from Interim Provost Joe Benson. She will replace outgoing Dean Loy Singleton, who is scheduled to retire Oct. 31. Greer will work with Singleton until his retirement, when she will take full responsibility for the college until a permanent replacement is found, according to Benson's announcement.
"I feel very positive out about it," Greer said.
Greer said she and Singleton had developed a plan for a smooth transition.
Greer noted that as the interim dean she will be ineligible to apply for the permanent position. She has been chair of the journalism department since 2007, according to her profile on the UA website.
Singleton announced his plans to retire in late June. He has served as dean since July 2006, according to his UA profile.
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SAN JOSE -- In its first West Catholic Athletic League game of the post-Aaron Gordon era, Archbishop Mitty scored the first nine points Tuesday night against previously unbeaten St. Francis and rolled to a 69-42 victory.
Seniors JP Rindfleisch and Connor Peterson and 6-foot-8 sophomore transfer Ben Kone all scored in double figures as the Monarchs gave their home crowd plenty of reason to cheer.
Mitty led by 13 points at halftime, widened the cushion to 23 after three quarters and cleared its bench for good with 5:19 to play.
The battle-tested Monarchs, who geared up for their league schedule by playing games in Spokane, Wash., Wisconsin and Modesto, looked like a team that has no plans to relinquish its reign atop the WCAL.
"This is just building stones to bigger and better things," said Rindfleisch, who led the Monarchs with 12 points. "This is a tough St. Francis team. They're really dangerous when they start getting hot. If we stick to the game plan each and every night, we should be fine for the rest of the season."
Peterson drove for a layup on Mitty's first possession, and Rindfleisch followed with a 3-pointer.
Mitty (9-2, 1-0) was off and rolling.
The early spurt, Mitty coach Tim Kennedy noted, gave his team a lot of confidence.
"Especially the first game of the league, you always want to come out with a quick start on your home court," Kennedy said. "I thought we got some good defensive stops and got some easy buckets."
St. Francis (10-1, 0-1) answered the 9-0 game-opening run with five straight points. But the Lancers would get no closer as they lost to Mitty for the ninth consecutive time dating to the 2009-10 season, Gordon's freshman year.
Gordon now stars for top-ranked Arizona, but the message the two-time California state player of the year left for his former teammates is not forgotten.
"We're still working hard every practice, just like he wanted us to do," Rindfleisch said.
Asked how the team has changed without Gordon, Rindfleisch added, "We're not feeding the post as much, relying on him to get a lot of boards. But other teams are going to have to stop all five players instead of just Aaron."
Mitty does have a post presence. Kone, who transferred from Salesian in Richmond after his mother moved to an office in the South Bay, showed Tuesday that he is going to be a force.
"It's a work in progress, always," Kennedy said. "He keeps getting better. When he goes and grabs everything with two hands, he's a monster. Any time he goes with one, though, he just makes himself small."
Mitty was by no means small Tuesday. St. Francis would attest to that.
Archbishop Mitty 69, St. Francis 42
St. Francis 9"12" 6"15--42
Mitty 16"18"16"19--69
St. Francis (10-1, 0-1) -- Carbonel 3-0-7, Witt 0-1-1, Quinn 0-1-1, Mihanovic 0-2-2, Douglas 1-0-2, Frazier 2-2-6, Stapes 3-0-7, Morgan 1-1-3, Garrett 4-2-10, Hewitt 1-1-3. Totals 15-10-42.
Archbishop Mitty (9-2, 1-0) -- Peterson 4-2-11, McAndrews 1-2-5, Aguilar 3-1-7, Kone 3-5-11, Young 1-0-2, Korb 2-0-5, Reindfleisch 4-2-12, Ho 0-1-1, Wedlow 1-0-3, Diaz 0-2-2, Serra 0-3-3
Monroe 3-1-7. Totals 22-19-69.


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Kristen Stewart got props from two of her "Twilight" castmates this week, who defended her over her affair with director Rupert Sanders while dating their other castmate Robert Pattinson earlier this year.
"Well, I just think that media frenzies like that," said Dakota Fanning, for the December issue of InStyle U.K. "Everyone thinks they have the right to, you know, publicize the struggles and sadness and heartbreak and all that. It's like, 'Why do you think you think you are the authority to judge people's experiences?'"
Yeah! Who the hell are you people in the media who think you can just keep taking advantage of Kristen Stewart's love life and heartbreak by writing about it every day just to get traffic on your website, especially you grown men in your 40s who seemingly have nothing better to do with your lives then live gratuitously through the lives of people better looking and more talented than you?
Uh ... anyway, Taylor Lautner was a bit more diplomatic.
"To be honest, I've never been involved in any of those situations, so I don't know (if trust can be regained)," Lautner told the December issue of Cosmopolitan when the topic of cheating not so subtly came up. "It would be just a guess and a shot in the dark, and I don't want to give that if I haven't even been there myself."
In any case, he had nothing but praise when asked directly about his costar.
"Kristen is fantastic at everything she does. I'm always proud of her."
We all are, Taylor. We all are.
LINDSAY LOHAN COULD BE IN BIG TROUBLE ... BUT PROBABLY NOT: Lindsay Lohan will be charged this week with of lying to police when she claimed she was not behind the wheel of her Porsche when it crashed into a big rig on the Pacific Coast Highway in June, according to TMZ.
Really? That's impossible. I find that hard to believe.
Lindsay Lohan still works enough to afford a Porsche?
Lohan told police her assistant was driving when the Porsche collided with the 18-wheeler. But multiple witnesses said Lohan was behind the wheel and they all, like, totally ganged up on her and snitched or something.
Law enforcement sources supposedly told TMZ the case will be filed as a misdemeanor by the Santa Monica City Attorney, possibly this week. Which doesn't sound like a big deal, until one factors in the fact that Lohan is currently on probation for stealing jewelry ... after her DUI and another car crash, but before she was accused of stealing stuff from a private party and running her car into that other guy.
Where have you gone, Amanda Bynes, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
Anyway, judges tend to not like it when people on probation crash into big trucks and lie to police about it.
Then again, Lohan could be caught setting fire to the judge's robes and probably get away with it.
TMZ also said its police sources say officers found prescription pills in her purse after the crash. Witnesses told TMZ pills were also scattered in the car's trunk. But to be fair, sometime Tic Tacs melt a little bit and can re-form looking like prescription drugs.
Those same sources said authorities were prepared to charge her for illegal drug possession as well, but Lohan's lawyer produced a doctor's note ... for the drugs, not her driving.
HAN SOLO MAY FLY AGAIN: This will likely be bigger news to "Star Wars" geeks than any dumb old presidential election.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Harrison Ford is open to bringing Han Solo back to life on the silver screen in 2015.
"Harrison is open to the idea of doing the movie and he's upbeat about it, all three of them are," , a source close to the just-announced "Star Wars" sequel told the magazine, referring to Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher, the trio that starred in George Lucas's first three Star Wars films.
As for Hamill, he's now an in-demand voice actor; and Fisher used a gift for acerbic memoir to deliver "Postcards from the Edge" and "Wishful Drinking."
Unlike his co-stars, Ford, who was 35 when the Star Wars franchise was launched, became a Hollywood megastar. But for some reason Ford, now 70, hasn't disguised his disdain for Solo. "As a character he was not so interesting to me," the frosty Ford explained in an ABC interview in 2010.
Stop it ... (sniff). You STOP IT HAN SOLO!
Solo was actually supposed to be killed off in early outlines for "Episode VI: Return of the Jedi," a decision that would have upset many, many fans and ewoks. As Ford told ABC in the same interview: "I thought he should have died in the last one to give it some bottom ... George didn't think there was any future in dead Han toys."
Ha Ha Ha (I laugh nervously, clutching a Han Solo action figure in each hand).
No, really. I am.
Disney, which acquired Lucasfilm in a $4.05 billion deal, sees plenty of retail future with the "Star Wars" franchise, and the media giant will certainly be offering a stellar payday to coax Ford back to the series.
Entertainment Weekly also pointed out that Ford might be drawn back by changes at Lucasfilm, where the respected Kathleen Kennedy is taking over as company president and as executive producer of the "Star Wars" series, while Lucas will take on a consultant role, leaving the director's chair for someone else.
In other words, having aliens in the last Indiana Jones movie was stupid.
A source told EW that Ford won't engage in serious contract talks until there's a script and director in place.
Still, Ford signaling any interest has to warm the hearts of wannabe Jedi everywhere.
CAMERON DIAZ WANTS HERSELF A VAMPIRE BOY: The whole Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart thing doesn't seem to faze Cameron Diaz.
The 40-year-old was allegedly all over Pattinson on Oct. 27 at the L.A. County Museum of Art's Art + Film Gala, according to Us magazine.
I'd make a "Mrs. Robinson" joke here, but anyone interested in this story probably wouldn't get it.
"She was pretty obvious," says one of three witnesses who watched Diaz come on to the 26-year-old "Twilight" star. "Cam was seated next to Rob at dinner. She was touching his arm, doing her big Cameron laugh at everything he said and trying really hard. He was polite, but not having it."
He should've bitten her.
His non-interest shouldn't be surprising. Just two days earlier, Pattinson and Stewart couldn't keep their hands off each other at a Prince show at Hollywood's Sayer's Club.
"They were inseparable -- kissing passionately," says a concertgoer. "It was like watching one of their movies"
That bad, huh?
Just kidding, Twihards. Please don't come to my house.
The pair even danced together. "Rob was grinning the entire time," said the onlooker.
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Wednesday is Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2012. There are 54 days left in the year.
1811: U.S. forces led by Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison defeated warriors from Tecumseh's Confederacy in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
1861: Former U.S. President John Tyler was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives (however, Tyler died before he could take his seat).
1862: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln replaced replace Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac with Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside.
1912: Black boxing champion Jack Johnson was indicted in Chicago for allegedly violating the Mann Act with a white woman, Belle Schreiber. (Johnson was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison; he fled the U.S., later returning to serve his term.)
1916: Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress.
1917: Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.
1940: Washington state's original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm.
1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.
1962: Republican Richard Nixon, having lost California's gubernatorial race, held what he called his "last press conference," telling reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, 78, died in New York City.
1972: President Richard Nixon was re-elected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern.
1973: Congress overrode President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executive's power to wage war without congressional approval.
1980: Actor Steve McQueen died in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, at age 50.
1992: Former Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek, whose failed attempt to loosen the Communist grip on his country became known as the "Prague Spring," died at age 70.
2002: In his first news conference since the midterm elections, President George W. Bush, charting an agenda for the new Republican Congress, said that homeland security came first and that an economic-recovery plan with new tax cuts would wait until the next year. Dick Gephardt stepped down as House Democratic leader in the wake of his party's election losses.
2007: An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at his high school in Tuusula, Finland, killing seven other students and the principal before taking his own life. A cargo ship struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, causing the San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades. Space shuttle Discovery and its crew returned to Earth, concluding a 15-day space station build-and-repair mission.
2011: A jury in Los Angeles convicted Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, of involuntary manslaughter for supplying a powerful anesthetic implicated in the entertainer's 2009 death (he was sentenced to four years in jail). Former heavyweight champion boxer Joe Frazier died in Philadelphia at age 67.
Evangelist Billy Graham (94), singer Johnny Rivers (70), singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell (69), CIA Director David Petraeus (60), actor Christopher Knight ("The Brady Bunch") (55), rock musician Tommy Thayer (KISS) (52), actor Christopher Daniel Barnes (40), actors Jeremy and Jason London (40), actress Yunjin Kim (39).
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Yesterday, FoodFacts.com noted that the New York State Supreme Court upheld the ruling against the mayor's proposed ban on sugar-sweetened beverages. The court's four-judge panel was unanimous in its decision that the New York Board of Health and Mental Hygiene "violated the state principle of separation of powers" with the proposed ban. Many other states were waiting on the Court's decision with great interest, as their legislatures pondered the introduction of similar bans. The hope for legislation like this is that it would eventually have a positive effect on curtailing and perhaps, even reversing the obesity crisis.
So now that New York won't be banning the sale of large-sized sugar-sweetened beverages, there are other courses of action for the government to consider – one of them being a federal tax on sugary beverages. Today we learned of a joint study from researchers at RTI International, Duke University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, exploring such a tax.
The study, published online in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, found that a half-cent per ounce increase in sugar-sweetened beverage prices, which adds up to about ten cents on a typical 20-ounce bottle of soda, could reduce total calories from the 23 foods and beverages examined under the study. Unfortunately, researchers also found that a reduction in consumption of sugary beverages due to a tax would most likely lead consumers to substitute those beverage calories by increasing their calorie, salt and fat intake from untaxed foods and beverages.
To conduct the study, researchers used data on household food purchases from the 2006 Nielsen Homescan panel, a large national consumer panel maintained by the Nielsen Company. Families in the panel are provided with a handheld scanner and instructed to scan the Universal Product Code (UPC) of products they purchased at retail outlets, record purchase quantities and coupons used and identify the retailer that the product was purchased from. Researchers noted that while levying a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages may seem similar to using taxes to curb smoking habits in the population, it isn't the same thing. In the case of beverages, consumers can simply substitute an untaxed food item for the taxed beverage. It's also important to consider that there are many other ways to promote healthy eating and reduce nutrition-related chronic disease.
FoodFacts.com thinks that this study, and others like it, are interesting food for thought regarding our country's approach to tackling the obesity crisis. Bans on large-sized sugar-sweetened beverages and taxes on sugary drinks might serve to curb the excessive sugar consumption that's rampant in our population. What it doesn't serve to do is to recognize the other end of that same problem. The foods and beverages will still be out there on our grocery shelves, in our fast food chains and our smaller food retailers. And those foods and beverages will still contain the excessive amounts of sugar that they contain now. Until processed food products contain less added sugars, we'll still have a problem in the population, even if proposed regulations might make the problem a little smaller. Educating consumers and promoting nutritional awareness is still the best method of empowering the population and creating real, positive change. Let's all continue to share our awareness within our own networks. We can all play an important role in reversing the worldwide trend of obesity.


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Divya Sachdev, YES+ teacher, shares instructions and experiences of yoga warm-up exercises in The Art of Living International Center, Bangalore.
It was a beautiful Friday morning. I sprang out of my bed as I was looking forward to a wonderful morning yoga session at the meditation hall of The Art of Living International Center (a place I call home). Usually Dr. Sejal, an Art of Living Yoga teacher, leads the morning yoga sessions through a series of graceful yoga postures. We follow suit – perhaps not as graceful, yet with complete sincerity. It is beautiful to watch hundreds move synchronously while chirping birds provide the background score. This morning was no different.
Firing up with a smile
We started on-the-spot jogging and jumping, feeling a surge of energy well up. The pace increased as we heard Dr. Sejal say, "Jog as if your feet are on fire". We jogged vigorously, moving our whole body - swinging our arms, bringing our knees to the hip level and moving the upper torso forward and backward. The next few moments we heard the 'thuds' of hundreds of feet people shouting "Fire" with a smile. And as we relaxed, I realized that I wasn't sleepy anymore.
Yoga for the face
Then we did some Sukshma Yoga exercises for the face. We massaged our head, eyes, eyebrows, ears, cheeks and our chin. Dinesh Kashikar, senior Art of Living Yoga teacher, says "Warm-up sequence should flow in one direction, either head to toe or toe to head." That day we were perhaps following the head to toe order. Yet it didn't really matter to me. That moment was all about the gentle massage I was giving my cheeks. That simple movement made me feel so free and relaxed. I was ready for the next round.
Dance of breath and yoga
Five to six neck rotations followed. Slow movements synchronized with the breath. Thanks to the Art of Living Yoga teachers, I have come to expect instructions on how to breathe in different yoga postures. It's simple. Just as toothpaste and toothbrush go together,so does following a breath pattern with each yoga posture. Dr. Sejal's instructions followed soon, "Breathe in as you take your head up." And breathing out, we brought our head down to touch the chin to the chest. We followed the same breathing pattern while rotating other parts of the body, such as shoulders, wrist, waist and knees. Nope, we didn't forget the elbows. Breathing out, I threw my arms outwards and breathing in I placed my palms on my shoulder.
Ghost walk for foot massage
We walked using the inner side of the foot and then the outer side while twisting our hands in various ways and laughing making different sounds, sometime 'hee hee' or 'haa haa'. My friends call it the ghost walk. We walked like this for a few minutes and met a few other laughing ghosts.
Some tips while creating your warm-up sequence
- Move your joints and muscles in all possible ways
- Follow a breath pattern
- Move in one direction during warm-up, either head to toe or toe to head
- Get creative with fun ways to warm-up
Yogic sitting on 'seat'
"Now, let's all sit down comfortably," came the next instruction and we followed our leader into the Chair Pose. We bent our knees keeping the upper body straight, hands ahead parallel to the ground. If you prefer sitting on a sofa, you can straighten your smile and relax like you are sitting on a sofa! Bending a little more from the knees… and a little more, we finally sat on our yoga mats.
Just as a car needs to be warmed up before starting it, I was now warmed up to go on an inward journey. We completed the morning yoga session with Padma Sadhana followed by Sudarshan Kriya.
Warm-up exercises have immense benefits. What we did on that Friday morning was just one way of putting together a few postures and creating a warm-up regimen. You can create your own series of warm-up exercises and practice a different one each day. Let us know your favorite warm-up sequences on the Art of Living Yoga Facebook page.


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Liverpool City Council has burned down. Reported here in the SMH.
Listening to the Mayor being interviewed on radio this afternoon; you get the sense that the data loss and impact will be huge. I don't think she [the Mayor] seems to get what a problem they have. They believe they have backup tapes "from last Thursday", but don't seem to have computers to restore them to. They believe they'll have *a* computer in a temporary office, "but no email".
Listening to this, I just thought, what a f**king disaster! What genius decided that a DRP was not worth having? (Unless of course this has all been reported incorrectly). If not, this will be a great case study.
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Eagle Police were called to Town Park Oct. 4 on a report of a teenage boy climbing on the roof of the Centennial Stage.
Officers arrived at the scene around 3 p.m. and saw the youth scrambling to get down from the roof and two other young men fleeing from the area. The two youths said they had not climbed on the roof and had "kinda" discouraged their friend from doing so.
When ordered to come down, the youth on the roof youth climbed down. Characterizing his attitude as "poor," the officers informed him that climbing on the roof was considered trespassing and issued him a ticket. Officers called the youth's father to inform him about what happened and left a phone message about the issue. The father returned the call and said he would be speaking with his son about his actions.
'Bracelet' stolen
The company that fits monitoring devices for Eagle County Court contacted Eagle Police Oct. 2 to report one of its ankle 'bracelets' was missing.
The company employee said a local man was fitted with a device on Sept. 20 as part of a pre-trial/bond condition. The bracelet was valued at $1,824.50. The man was slated to report on Sept. 25 to have the device data downloaded, but he failed to show up for his appointment.
After two attempts to contact the man and leaving voicemail messages instructing him to reschedule his appointment, the company filed a police report listing the monitor as stolen. A warrant was issued for the man's arrest.
Later that same day, the man called the company to report that he had mailed the ankle monitor back via certified mail. He did not include information about a tracking number for the monitor or the mailing address where he sent it. After consultation with the district attorney, the arrest warrant remains in effect.
Miscellaneous Mischief
• Eagle County employees discovered graffiti scratched on the sandstone facade of the Eagle County Building on Broadway. Damages are estimated at $200. Police contacted some local students regarding the incident but could not identify a culprit or a suspect.
• While conducting a foot patrol of the Eagle Regional Visitor Information Center, an officer noticed spray paint graffiti on the rail car at the site. The date and time of the occurrence is unknown and the estimated cost of repair is $100.