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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says he aggravated his sprained left ankle in 13-9 win at Cleveland last weekend but expects to play in the wild card game at Denver on Sunday.
Roethlisberger says he experienced a "setback" early in the third quarter but isn't sure when it happened. He completed 23 of 40 passes for 221 yards while taking every snap.
Roethlisberger was limited in practice on Wednesday and walked into the trainer's room afterward with a noticeable limp. He injured the ankle while beating the Browns on Dec. 8 and missed a 24-0 win over St. Louis on Christmas Eve before returning in the regular season finale.
Center Maurkice Pouncey (left ankle) was also limited in practice while linebacker James Harrison (toe), defensive end Brett Keisel (right groin), running back Mewelde Moore (sprained left knee) and safety Troy Polamalu (right calf) did not practice. All but Moore are expected to play against the Broncos


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Report: Sony PS4 may support cross-platform interactivity
Rumors about the PlayStation 4 continue to swirl around the Internet ether and will do so until Sony officially unveils its next generation game console.
Most of the current rumors floating around have to do with the controller and exactly what features new console features Sony will be offering. In fact, the image below is a mockup of what the new PS4 controller might look like.
As previously discussed on TG Daily, the PlayStation 4 could lose the DualShock design we are all familiar with in favor of something very different. However, other rumors claim the PlayStation 4 controller looks very much like the controller on the current PlayStation 3. We've also heard some other strange rumors about the next-generation console, including one that it may stream games over the Internet.
Interestingly, yet another new rumor surfaced today with industry sources claiming the new console could interact or interface with other hardware, such as the Vita and other Sony smartphones.
The sources also reportedly corroborate some of the other PlayStation rumors floating around, including the rumor of video game streaming over the Internet using Gaikai technology, Facebook achievements, and the ability to brag about your achievements via Twitter.
Of course, we are only a day and a handful of hours away from the February 20 official reveal of the PlayStation 4, or at least what everyone expects to be the unveiling of the PlayStation 4. Hopefully, in the next day all of these rumors will be settled once and for all.


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Poster 3 in our "Alberta's Radical Past" poster series recalls one of the seminal moments of the early alberta labour movement, the 1932 Edmonton Hunger March.
The poster describes the profound level of despair and anger of average Albertan's who were suffering through the Great Depression with little or no government supports. Thousands of unemployed men and women rallied in edmonton's market square to voice their frustration. The following is an excerpt from the poster text which describes this historic event:
"There were people gathered. People wanted jobs. People wanted decent conditions for their families. None of us could understand why people were starving in a big beautiful half empty country. We couldn't understand."
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VS Stylist Says Kate Upton Is Too Fat; Anja Rubik Is Perfect?/
When my friend Jennifer Lewis posted on my FB page that there was a dustup over Kate Upton representing a move from Sports Illustrated to use curvier models, I brushed off the comment, beliving that SI is a guy's magazine and it generally prefers curvier models.
We featured Kate Upton's 2011 Victoria's Secret catalogue photos and noted that she wasn't in the 2011 fashion show. So what?
Even I gulped when I saw the phone pics of some of Kate's publicity stunts. With the social conservatives out in full force these days, VS must be extra careful of their affiliations. Pics like Kate's left may go down with drunken guys at Hooters or even Yale, but they don't get her credibility with organizations like Victoria's Secret.
Nevertheless, Kate Upton has done a great job of building her career — and let's not forget her credentials as an excellent, award-winning equestrian. Kate's an all-American girl. Just like rebuilding General Motors, such a woman might become popular again. Don't count her out
As a former VS executive and Fashion Director, I'm pretty calm about the Sports Illustrated Swimwear issue. It drives good traffic and readers stick around our websites, converting to committed direct supporters. I learned long ago that our women readers love the same images as guys do — and we try to filter out the ones they wouldn't.
You're Kidding Me | Kate Upton Is Fat?
Bottom line, I've been on cruise control over the Kate Upton images until learning that the fashion industry is all holier-than-thou about Kate Upton being fat. OK, could somebody get me about four Advil. Yes, writes The Gloss, 'Kate Upton Gets Hated On For Being Awesome' and also Stop Calling Kate Upton Fat (It Makes You Sound Stupid).
Reading along, I've changed my mind. Forget the Advil. Please bring me a Bombay Sapphire martini straight up. I don't believe this crap. The Gloss does not exaggerate.
We could leave it there had Sophia Neophitou, who just signed on as a key person in choosing models and themes for the Victoria's Secret fashion shows, now absolutely brutalized Kate Upton in the public press this week. The stylist is also the founder of 10 Magazine and a major contributor to fashion's obsession with size 0 models.
After her comments to the New York Times Style section this week about Kate Upton, Columbus Victoria's Secret executives must be choking.
We would never use Ms. Upton for a Victoria's Secret show," Ms. Neophitou said by telephone last week from London. And, while Ms. Upton has, in fact, modeled on occasion for the company's catalog, her look, said Ms. Neophitou, is "too obvious" to be featured in what has become the most widely viewed runway show in the world.
"She's like a Page 3 girl," Ms. Neophitou said, referring to the scantily clad voluptuous women featured in The Sun, a London tabloid. "She's like a footballer's wife, with the too-blond hair and that kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy."
Simply stated, I am speechless.
I promise you that Sophia Neophitou got a call from Victoria's Secret's Ed Razek about her sudden role as a public spokesperson for the Victoria's Secret brand. Trust me, Ms Neophitou will never speak this candidly about any model again because such snide and brutal comments from this loftly stylist do nothing to help the brand's image. Nothing.
Carine Roitfeld has enough common sense to never make a statement like this and Roitfeld says she herself prefers the curvier body of a model like Kate Upton or the original Lara Stone.
I find this entire conversation disgusting — to call Kate Upton fat underscores fashion's irrelevance to women who aren't little robots marching to the drum of fashion industry people like Neophitou or Karl Lagerfeld, who recently couldn't keep his mouth shut about Adele. What disgraceful people!
Now that I understand Neophitou's perspective, it's clear why Upton wasn't in the Victoria's Secret show — being too fat for the haute stylist's standards.
Models like Anja Rubik are now front and center as Victoria's Secret's new sex symbol of 2011? Am I reading this right?
Let's put the common Kate and haute Anja side-by-side. Remember that fashion monasticism doesn't believe in visible sexuality in the same way that Sarah Jessica Parker is proud that she never had sex on 'Sex and the City'.
We're talking about a different breed of fashion female role model here and sexuality is not part of her mindset.
Make that Bombay Sapphire martini a double please … and don't count out Kate Upton quite so fast, Sophia Neophitou. Mr Razek may just go around your narrow, authoritative vision. Retro pinups are all the rage in fashion this season.
I understand the female mind way better than you do — and big business in America. Victoria's Secret doesn't have a haughty public relationship with American women or the Brits either, now that the brand is crossing the pond.
If they wanted Karl Lagerfeld to bring his articulate stance on fat to the Victoria's Secret fashion show, they would have ponied up the bucks for him. Let us know how your forthright commentary on Kate Upton works out for you, Sophia. As for Kate Upton — don't change a thing, my dear — but no more balancing beer on your breasts, okay? Anne
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Air Berlin Replaces Cost Cutting Expert with Aviation Sector Pro
Still, when he stepped down in 2009, many German railway customers cheered because a decline in the level of Deutsche Bahn services was considered a reflection of his cost-cutting measures. But giving up the helm of the financially troubled Air Berlin …
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Chikaonda faults the govt over cost–cutting measures
Press Corporation Limited (PCL) chief executive officer Mathews Chikaonda has criticised the government of President Joyce Banda for not showing seriousness on cost cutting measures. Speaking in Lilongwe on Saturday during a private sector – civil …
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Air India crew resist cost–cutting
Aviation minister Ajit Singh, worried by the projected net shortfall of Rs. 404 crore per month in AI, appointed a committee headed by an IIM Ahmedabad professor last week to suggest cost-cutting measures and cut down wasteful expenditure. Cost cutting …
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New Delhi, Jan 3 — The government Thursday formed a panel to suggest measures to cut rising operation costs of Air India after the national carrier was found to have suffered an average net loss of Rs.404 crore a month March-October last year.
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Definition of storm cuff in English:
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A tight-fitting inner cuff which prevents rain or wind from getting inside a coat.
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- It features raglan sleeves with underarm ventilation, adjustable storm cuffs, and brass-finish two-way metal zipper.
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Definition of legitimate in English:
- They are laws because they are instructions given by a legitimate authority, not because they are backed up by force.
- It would be outside the scope of legitimate judicial interpretation.
- He says tenancy databases are an important and legitimate tool which help real estate agents carry out their job responsibly.
- Many of the arguments made thus far sound like excuses rather than legitimate reasons.
- And since when does having a democracy excuse any country from legitimate, reasoned criticism?
- Well, both factors play a role here, but they really serve as excuses more than legitimate reasons.
- From 1767 to 1772, four legitimate children were born.
- Yet, parents thank the almighty for providing legitimate children to their girls.
- So a British father of an illegitimate child born abroad is not recognised as a father for the purposes of Section 2 but a British mother is; so is a British father of a legitimate child born abroad.
- William sent out news of his victory and invited the Saxon lords to recognize him as the legitimate king.
- It had to be secured by purchase from the legitimate rulers of the tribes.
- William wisely would not accept the throne until he was recognized as legitimate king by Parliament.
- These theatres focused on legitimate drama and opera but halls providing popular stage entertainments also began to appear.
- They think it's not legitimate theater, it's not reality.
- Critics who claim opera is not legitimate theater must be silenced by the unforgettable performance that has been preserved here.
verb[with object]
- The rhetoric of rights legitimates claims and mobilizes support for groups demanding autonomy.
- If the state thinks it is legitimate then it legitimates its own laws.
- But she finds subtle shifts in the way governments legitimated their foreign policies.
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- On the contrary, even leftist commentators are lamenting its lack of legitimation.
- What exactly are the mechanisms and institutions of legitimation?
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- She says that for many students, exchange legitimatises traveling before they finish school.
- The boy informs her that he is Sean reincarnated, and he drops a few tidbits intended to legitimatize his claim.
- These two events had the effect of legitimatizing the Chicago mathematics department within one year of its opening.
Late Middle English (in the sense 'born of parents lawfully married to each other'): from medieval Latin legitimatus 'made legal', from the verb legitimare, from Latin legitimus 'lawful', from lex, leg- 'law'.
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The words legacy (Late Middle English), legal (Late Middle English), legitimate (Late Middle English), and loyal (early 16th century) all descend from Latin lex 'law', the source also of law. The phrase law and order is found from the late 16th century. It was Charles Dickens who first said the law is an ass, or rather his character Mr Bumble did in Oliver Twist: '"If the law supposes that," said Mr Bumble…"the law is a ass…a idiot."' See also jungle
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A Chronicle of an Event Foretold? Sankaran Krishna
Guest Post by SANKARAN KRISHNA
As journalists, academics and other pundits scramble to make sense of the just concluded elections to the Indian parliament, one can discern a few broad strands of opinion. One group – lets call them the Optimists – point to India's almost seven-decades long experiment with electoral democracy and aver that we have the institutional strength and resilience in civil society to keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party confined to a moderate middle that will be, ultimately, not very different from other regimes (single-party or coalition) that have ruled from Delhi. Prominent voices among the Optimists are Ashutosh Varshney, Ram Guha and Pratap Bhanu Mehta.
A second group – lets call them the Alarmists- see the BJP's clear parliamentary majority (albeit arising from a mere 31% of the popular vote) as inaugurating an era of unapologetic Hindu majoritarianism that could severely strain and irreparably damage the plural fabric of Indian society. They are especially concerned about the fate of the Muslim minority and regard the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat as a foretaste of things to come. The Alarmists range across activists like the late Asghar Ali Engineer, politicos like Mani Shankar Aiyar and intellectuals such as Akeel Bilgrami.
A third group –lets call them Lefties for now – argue that the predominant forces impelling the BJP were weak and jobless economic growth alongside the corruption and rudderless quality of the incumbent UPA regime. In other words, BJP's success had less to do with its Hindu-ness and more to do with the desperate desire – especially amongst the huge cohort of new and young voters- for inclusive economic growth and improved prospects for employment. A well-orchestrated media and advertizing campaign funded in large part by impatient domestic and international corporate groups imparted that critical final push. This position is usually occupied by analysts such as Achin Vanaik, politicians like Sitaram Yechury, and many an academic in left-liberal spaces such as JNU and Delhi University.
And there is a final group, provisionally titled the neo-Gandhians which avers that the ascent of the BJP is proof that a transplanted ideology, secularism, never really took root in Indian soil and these results mark the predictable if long postponed end of a period of Indian exceptionalism. We are a deeply religious people and secularism invariably came as part of an elitist modernity that held the simple faith of most Indians in thinly-veiled contempt. With these elections, finally the distribution of our religious and our political allegiances are in sync with each other. Prominent neo-Gandhians include Ashis Nandy, Shiv Visvanathan and T.N. Madan.
It bears reminding that these are analytical distinctions that don't necessarily capture all the variance of opinion or exhaust possible explanations. Nor does their broad-brush character do justice to the detailed filigree of the positions taken by many of the individuals mentioned as exemplars. Moreover, particular individuals (including this author) may inhabit more than one of these positions, and –being supple Indian minds – even be allegiant to all of them at different points in time and context.
In this brief essay, I would like to assess the significance of these elections from a slightly different tangent, one that arguably eludes all of the outlined positions. I pose these questions: what does it mean for an openly religious party to achieve a clear majority in our national Parliament? What does that mean for our ideas of nationhood, and our desired futures? And how does it alter our understanding of the dominant narratives that we have hitherto used to understand our past?
To me, the most significant aspect of the elections of 2014 is that for the very first time in the history of our Republic, a political party explicitly based on religious identity has secured more than 50% of the seats in our Parliament. There is little comfort in either the fact that there have been regimes in the past where the BJP (or its former incarnations such as the Jan Sangh) was part of a ruling coalition, or "only" a minority of Indians voted for it, or that such votes were motivated more by economic interests or anti-incumbency than were by religion. All said and done, the fact is that what distinguishes the BJP in our political landscape is that it is an overtly and unashamedly religion-based party – and it has just come to power on its own steam.
With all its compromises on caste, untouchability, private property, gender rights, sexual preference, and a host of other issues including secularism, Congress represented –more often in rhetoric than in practice- a variant of nationalism that was inclusive, pluralist, and, for its times, rather exceptional. Perhaps it was the very divisiveness of the Indian social formation (caste and religion being major instances), or its racial and linguistic diversity, that necessitated it but our sense of Indian-ness emphasized shared history over more "tangible" elements like blood, book, and biology that animated altogether too many nationalist projects elsewhere.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in a judgment that later historians would come to gradually and grudgingly accept, averred that Congress's secularism was not so much an index of either its respect for minority rights or a desire to maintain a firewall between religion and politics. Rather, secularism was the most expedient discourse for a political party whose Hindu identity and worldview were so ubiquitous that they were hidden in plain sight, especially from its own leadership. Just as the fish cannot seem to see the water it looks through, Congress seemed oblivious to its own Hindu-ness – whether it was on the sacrality of the cow, or the upper castes who were its social base, or the Hinduness of nearly every one of its leaders (can one seriously think of Mahatma Gandhi or Sardar Patel or Babu Rajendra Prasad or Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari in ways shorn of their high Hinduism?), or the heavy overlap between membership in the Congress party and various Hindu community and religious organizations in the cities, towns and villages, and in multiple other ways.
It took the eye of a minority – a Muslim – to see what was invisible to the "average" Indian: Congress secularism and an upper-caste Hindu sense of Indian-ness were ideal bedfellows rather than opposing principles. It was the political myopia of the Hindu right – the RSS and earlier variants of the contemporary Sangh Parivar- that they wanted explicit recognition for something that was implicitly theirs to begin with, namely, that India was an overwhelmingly Hindu space in terms of its political and public culture.
Just as the Frenchman Alexis De Tocqueville had insightfully argued that the secularism of the mid-19th century United States was not so much a departure from but a sign of its deep Christianity, Jinnah correctly surmised that Congress's secularism was at best the self-confident "neutrality" of a comfortable religious majority that refused to name itself as such, and at worst, an expedient discourse that sought to lure the gullible Muslim and permit a transfer of power to this majority. Or as he pithily put it in an address to the Muslim League in 1940 – after the chastening experience of trying to work with Congress majorities in a number of Provincial Assemblies in the years just prior, and as talks of a transfer of power to Indians based on universal mass suffrage gathered momentum: ultimately the Muslim had to mobilize as a Muslim while Congress could afford the luxury of appearing to be above religion and appeal to a secular idea of nationhood because "brother Gandhi has three votes, and I have only one."
For all of Congress's failures, its repeated inabilities to live up to the ideals of secular nationalism, its cynical use of communal strife (often fomented by itself under Mrs. Gandhi,) it did remain the repository of an ideal – of a commitment to a pluralist and composite national space and culture, one that was above religious and other sectarian claims. One could seek some solace in the idea that this composite and inclusive nationalism was something aspirational, our own version of a movement "towards a more perfect union." As decades have gone by, the ability to articulate and defend that vision of secular nationalism eroded amongst the leadership of the Congress. It has possibly reached its nadir when left to the eloquence (such as it is) of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. The elections of 2014 may represent a significant moment in the consigning of that pluralist vision of the nation to the wayside of history. That may yet prove to be its enduring – and damning- contribution to the history of our Republic.
My generation which came of political age in the afterglow of the Nehruvian era found Jinnah's insistence that the subcontinent comprised of two nations – one Hindu and one Muslim- difficult to accept empirically or experientially, and even more anathema at an ideational level. As Narendra Modi orchestrated a media spectacle at Varanasi replete with all the symbols of high Hindu culture, and made his grand entry into Delhi, a wave of cynical laughter echoes down the labyrinth of my mind. My blood runs cold as I recognize the mocking guffaw of that prescient Gujarati, wracked with tuberculosis and aware of his own impending death, who had long ago said it was always and would ever be thus.
Sankaran Krishna is professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, USA and can be reached at email@example.com
Priya Bala-Miller permalinkJune 1, 2014 12:22 PM
Excellent post. Thanks!
ahanasmi permalinkJune 1, 2014 1:51 PM
BJP is an "overtly religious" party? While it may have been so twenty years so, going by the campaign tacks taken by the BJP and Congress this year, it would seem that the label "overtly religious" would apply more easily to the Congress.
Another troubling trend that reached its zenith this year was the complete inversion of the meaning of the word "secular" in Indian political discourse, and it was ironic to see that a party (the BJP) that had originally been founded on more or less an "overtly religious" agenda running perhaps the most "secular" campaign: it was not the BJP that asked religious leaders to preach its politics to their parishes, for example, but the Congress. It was not the BJP that asked people to unite in the name of faith and caste, but its "secular" opponents. Admittedly, to a neutral observer, the BJP campaign would not have looked an epitome of "secularism" (the symbolism of Modi choosing Varanasi, for example). but it was certainly far more "secular", objectively speaking, than the campaigns run by, say, the Congress.
Satya Sagar permalinkJune 2, 2014 8:55 AM
A very good expose of the bogus 'secular' credentials of the Congress. The BJP of course does by day what the Congress did by night though, i.e. the championing of upper caste Hindu domination of Indian society. The real battle in Indian society has not been about 'Hindus vs Muslims' but about 'Aryan savarnas versus Rest of India', from the time of the Ramayana. As for Jinnah, like many elite Muslims of his times (and perhaps some in our own times) the anxiety was always to establish parity with the upper-caste Hindu, with little concern for the fate of either 'lower caste' Hindus or Muslims and certainly none for indigenous populations. With the BJP coming to power the savarna Hindu has finally achieved his goal of making India look exactly like Pakistan politically. In due time this anal vision of India together with the shameful kowtowing to global capital will also reduce India to exactly the same size geographically. The hijacking of the aspirations of a bulk of the Indian population by a small group of Aryan brahmins, kshatriyas and baniyas – cannot go on endlessly without much violence and all the consequences it begets.
RDS permalinkJune 3, 2014 1:36 AM
Sir, here is a problem. Your thesis of Savarna/Aryans and rest of India/ non-Aryans would lead to some unacceptable conclusions. Mr Modi, the Indian PM, is a non-Dallt untouchable, His Cabinet has hardly any Brahmin, His strongest adversary, W. Bengal CM, Mamata Bannerjee, is a super (Kuleen) Brahmin. She replaced CPM CM Bhattacharya, a priestly Brahmin. His moderate adversaries, Orissa CM Patanaik and Tamilnadu CM Jayalalita are also Brahmins. Then should we conclude that BJP is led by a non-Aryan/rest of India kind fellow and anti-BJPs and Communist Parties by Savarna/Aryans? I am sure, you would not. Do you know that Dr Ambedkar a non-Aryan, was financed for higher education by a Savarna/Aryan Maharajja Gaekwad, married an Aryan girl, and lost deposit in his first parliamentary election against a now unknown non-Aryan. But so did an Aryan, Savarkar. You are critic of Ramayana, and yes it talks of a great dark-skinned Aryan, but written by Dalit Valmiki, and undoubtedly a great poet and Sage! I also must add that Mahabharata was written by son of an unwed tribal girl who, if Hindus followed Manusmriti, would be considered an outcaste. But both displaced highly intellectual earlier great Brahmin, Kshatrtiya and rarely Shudra Sages of Vedanta and Buddhism, without contradicting them, but providing an alternative that resonated with every strata of society, particularly poor and uneducated. You must provide a good alternative, otherwise your criticism of a political adversary carries no weight. Sir, that is what a Marxist intellectual has to do. Aryans/non-Aryans, Savarna/ Avarna secular/communal are too simplistic descriptions of a society full of regional, social and economic complexities in present day India, irrespective of its genesis. A leftist intellectual must draw a zig-zag road map for advancement for an exploitation free society, free and fair to all, to Aryans/non-Aryans (who so ever they are, who cares), Dalits to Brahmins, Hindus to Muslims, etc., rather than being bogged down by the hills and valleys of contradictions and controversies. Further fragmentation of the society would not help either to left or to right politics.
tu permalinkJune 2, 2014 11:49 AM
What is secularism and who is (not) secular. Congress brand of secularism meant bill on communal violence and reservation for muslims and special programs for minorities which meant more benefits for muslims. Secularism has been reduced to appeasement and vote bank politics. Sankaran Krishna perhaps does not know that in the 1960s DMK had alliance which included muslim league and Rajaji's Swatantra Party and that alliance ended the rule of congress in tamil nadu. Nehruvian secularism was different from the secularism of UPA I& II.


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Ravana burning at dusk in the town square, a blaze of fireworks, flames, smoke. That's Dusserah, right? Not necessarily. Not in Bastar, at least. Here, in the tribal heart of middle India, Dusserah isn't fireworks. It's a riot of colours, instead. It is days of elaborate rituals and ceremony. Vibrant, pulsating, exotic. We knew when we set off for Bastar in October last year that Dusserah there would be very different, very colourful. But what we experienced was well beyond our expectations.
In Bastar they don't just celebrate Dusserah, they live it. For almost a week, the city of Jagdalpur, Bastar's main town in what is today Chhattisgarh, becomes the stage for a flaming, throbbing, exuberant pageant. Tribesmen and women, in bright colours, some sporting traditional headdresses of feather and horns, congregate from all over the countryside, beating their booming drums, breaking into dance, carrying many-coloured chatris (umbrella-like sacred object representing village deities).


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The country is hardly waiting with bated breath to see what the third and final leaders' speech of this year's party conference season holds, but it should be. Jane Austen wrote in Pride and Prejudice that " … a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife". And so it is surely, every political leader must be in want of a vision.
Leaders' speeches are an opportunity to overcome perceived weaknesses in their leadership and to bring unity and drive to their parties. It is being said that the title of David Cameron's speech will be "Britain can deliver" and that it will be about aspiration and social mobility.
With the economy floundering and a sense of renewed solidarity following the Olympics, there could be no better theme for a speech than this autumn. But what might a genuine vision of opportunity look like? With all the parties fighting it out for the centre ground, this is the assessment the British public must make.
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When Drew was born, Quinlan went through the typical growing pains that generally accompany adding another baby to the family. But since Margot has arrived and become pretty darn cute, it's been a lot more difficult for her to adjust to being the big girl.
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Eat Like a Rock Star
by: David Latt
Complaining that busy lives preclude shopping for fresh ingredients and making home-cooked meals, most people rely on shortcuts that include fast food, prepared meals, or bowls of cereal for dinner.
Imagine how you would eat if you were living the life of a rock star, traveling from city to city, performing for hours before thousands of screaming, out-of-their-minds fans.
For big-name musical groups, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll don't cut it anymore. Healthy, freshly prepared meals are the order of the day.
To see just how it's done, I hooked up with Green Day in the fall when they were performing south of Los Angeles at the Irvine Amphitheater.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool like to tour. Preferring one-night performances in each city, they are continually on the move. In the last two years, they traveled throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, the United States and Latin America. On show nights, they always eat at the same place, in the tents set up behind the stage, and they always eat food prepared by caterers Sean Stone, who is the head chef, and Steve Jenkins, the chef, from the London catering company, Eat Your Hearts Out, and served to them by runner, Steve Ricalis, a Toronto native.
On show night, a 14-hour day is typical for the catering crew. When they're moving from town to town, after the concert, instead of heading to a motel, the crew loads into the bus. Before Irvine, the last concert was in Arizona. "We drove all night and slept on the bus," Stone said. "When we arrived at 10 a.m. in Irvine, we went shopping at Whole Foods and H Mart, a Korean-Chinese supermarket. Then we started cooking."
While Stone and Jenkins were shopping, Ricalis set up the kitchen.
Whether the band is performing in Lisbon, Bangkok, Dallas, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro or Lima, the chefs shop locally, use the freshest ingredients, and prepare each meal to order.
They do all this in less-than-hospitable circumstances.
Makeshift kitchen, fresh ingredients
"We have to adapt," Stone said. "We've cooked in a bullfight arena where they slaughter the bulls in Spain." In Irvine, the setting was less colorful but nonetheless inventive. They set up their kitchen behind the stage in a parking lot with half a dozen portable butane stoves, a convection oven, and one small refrigerator, all wedged between the tractor-trailer trucks that carry the lighting gear and the band's dressing rooms.
Their situation might be makeshift, but the food is anything but. Served on good china and well plated, each dish is cooked with an attention to detail. The band cares about what they eat. So do Stone and Jenkins.
For every concert, the caterers prepare two meals — a light menu after the sound check at 7 p.m. and a protein-rich meal after the performance, about 11 p.m. While an outside caterer feeds the crew, the chefs feed the band, their close friends and family members.
Variety on the road
Like any family, the band wants a lot of variety. Nobody wants to eat the same thing everyday. "Thursdays are taco night," Stone said. "Everyone loves taco night."
They make a lot of Thai-themed dishes because Jenkins, a Brit, lives in Thailand. Mexican, Korean, Italian, Chinese and Japanese dishes are favorites, as are grilled meats and fish and plenty of fresh salads.
The band knows that what they eat affects their performances. With concerts lasting two or three hours without a break, they burn up calories. They avoid junk food because, as Stone says with a smile, "They're superstars on stage, but they want to stay thin."
The band has specific requirements. As Ricalis explains, when they arrive, "an egg burrito is waiting for them, if they want." There's always a vegetable crudités platter, cheese, fresh fruit and a selection of fresh berries.
"The platters have a lot of protein, like beef and chicken breasts." Coolers are kept filled in the catering area, in the dressing rooms, and on stage: one cooler for beer — only Miller Lite and Stella Artois — another for sodas and a third for waters, including coconut water — a big favorite — juices and Muscle Milk. Ricalis will keep a good supply of wine too, "choice stuff from everywhere," and, when they are in Europe, a selection of local wines and beers.
'There's a lot of pyro'
Their preferences extend to the cups the band uses. "They only drink out of Solo cups, 18 ounce, and black is the ideal color. Those cups are available only in Philadelphia. Whenever we go back there, I order one to three boxes," Ricalis said. To match the black cups, they also prefer black straws and tiki umbrellas, "because, with the umbrella up, none of the stuff from the pyro will get in their drinks and there's a lot of pyro, especially with Tré."
While the band performs in front of tens of thousands, the chefs work behind the stage cooking under work lights. They know the shows so well their work is choreographed to the band's performance. They know when to press their fingers in their ears just before the special-effect explosions go off on stage. From the chorus of the last medley, they calculate when to fire up the last sauté.
The night in Irvine, the menu consisted of char-grilled chicken with brown rice, broccoli and asparagus, veal escalope with crispy Parma ham and lemon butter, Asian baked trout with brown rice, and pumpkin sage ravioli with herb oil. Head of security, Eddie Mendoza, who frequently helps out, prepared an after-concert meal of Korean barbecued meats and kimchi salads.
The ravioli were especially impressive for their ease of preparation. Taking only 10 minutes, the time it took to boil the ravioli, with the addition of fresh tomatoes and parsley, the meal was light, refreshing and full of flavor.
For any home chef who has complained about the paucity of good ingredients or the size of their kitchen, Stone and Jenkins offer a good lesson on how to quickly prepare home-cooked meals using fresh ingredients.
So when you're cooking at home, put on a Green Day CD, rock out like you are backstage at one of their concerts and before you know it, dinner will be on the table
Fresh Ravioli With Tomatoes and Butter
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- Heat to boiling, 5-6 quarts of water salted with kosher salt. Drop in the fresh pasta, being careful to separate the ravioli. Cook 4-5 minutes until al dente. When you drain the ravioli, capture 1 cup of the salted pasta water. Set both aside.
- Heat the butter and olive oil in a sauté pan, add the cooked ravioli, tomato pieces and garlic. Season with sea salt and pepper. Toss and stir 5 minutes.
- Raise the heat, add ¼ cup pasta water. Simmer and reduce the sauce.
- Serve on a plate, topped with a sprinkle of Italian parsley and grated cheese.
Zester Daily contributor David Latt is a television writer/producer with a passion for food. His new book, "10 Delicious Holiday Recipes" is available from Amazon. In addition to writing about food for his own site, Men Who Like to Cook, he has contributed to Mark Bittman's New York Times food blog, Bitten, One for the Table and Traveling Mom. He continues to develop for television but recently has taken his passion for food on the road and is now a contributor to Peter Greenberg's travel site and the New York Daily News online.
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Sean Stone and Steve Jenkins of Eat Your Hearts catering company.
Stone and Jenkins at work in their kitchen behind the Irvine Amphitheater stage.
Ravioli stuffed with pumpkin sage puree, topped with parsley, tomatoes and grated parmesan.
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The Benefits of Laser Isotope Separation (LIS)
The Benefits and Risks of Laser Isotope Separation (LIS)
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Our planet contains vast natural resources, still largely untapped. These resources hold the promise of detecting and treating cancer, saving energy, making new materials, and advancing basic science. What are these valuable resources? Where can they be found? How can we make them available?
The answer to the first question is that the resources are rare isotopes of the elements. The answer to the second question is easy: these isotopes are literally in our midst, within the elements that make up our planet. The third question is the crux of the matter; isolating rare isotopes of elements has been extremely difficult because they have nearly the same physical and chemical properties as other, more common, isotopes of the same element. This is the reason that many rare isotopes are the most expensive commodity on earth, with a price that can be over one thousand times that of gold! This prohibitive cost severely limits the exploration of new applications and therapies.
Here are just two examples of rare isotopes that could be widely used if only they were less expensive : Nickel-64, a stable isotope with a natural abundance of only 1 percent. It can be converted in a medical accelerator to Copper-64 which is a short lived radio-isotope with great promise for PET scans and cancer therapy. Calcium-48 is a stable isotope with a natural abundance of 0.2 percent. It is used as a diagnostic for osteoporosis in women, bone development in children, and for a basic physics experiment that may determine the mass of the neutrino.
The only method for separating such isotopes dates back more than eighty years. This method, known as the Calutron, relies on electron ionization of atoms, and separation by the charge-to-mass ratio. Although first used in the 1930s for separating uranium, they were replaced by the gas centrifuge which is limited mostly to that element. The Calutrons remained as general purpose, though inefficient, isotope separators. Today, these machines are only operating in Russia, with an obsolete technology that is facing imminent shut-down. Without an alternative approach, most rare isotopes will not be available in the future at any price. The looming shortage of crucial isotopes is a national priority, as indicated by a 2009 report of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee to the Department of Energy, "Isotopes for the Nation's Future."
I recommend this report to anyone with an interest in the scope and uses of stable and radio-isotopes. One topic discussed in this report is laser isotope separation. Although isotopes are almost identical in every manner, the wavelengths of the atomic transitions of different isotopes are slightly shifted from one another.
This "isotope shift" makes it possible to excite only one isotope with a narrow-band laser, leaving the others unaffected. The common wisdom until now has been that one must use lasers to selectively ionize the desired atoms. However, it turns out that in order to have a large probability for ionization, very high laser power at multiple colors is required. The scale is so large that it required a government effort, with one dedicated goal: laser isotope separation of uranium. This effort was ultimately terminated in 1999, mainly due to the high cost and complexity of the lasers, and to the best of my knowledge is not being pursued. Laser separation of a molecular compound of uranium is still being pursued commercially by GE-Hitachi. I have followed this work from a distance, and always felt there must be a solution which would be simple and cost-effective for the many smaller-scale isotopes that are needed. It came from an unexpected direction.
Over the past few years, my research has focused on developing general methods for controlling the motion of atoms in gas phase. The successful realization of these methods uses single-photons to control the magnetic state of each atom, followed by magnetic manipulation. It has brought to reality a thought experiment by James Clerk Maxwell from 1870 known as Maxwell's Demon. This work is reviewed in an article that I wrote for Scientific American, "Demons, Entropy and the Quest for Absolute Zero," published in the March 2011 issue. I realized that these very same methods can also be used for efficient isotope separation with low-power solid-state lasers, a paradigm shift from ionization. We are pursuing this avenue with a proof-of-principle experiment, soon to be completed. This will then be applied commercially towards production of important medical isotopes, where the need is most urgent. In fact, this could save your life!
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Start Date: Sep 16, 2013
End Date: Sep 15, 2018
Non-native ambrosia beetles are significant pests of field-grown nursery crops. In particular, X. crassiusculus has become a key pest in the mid-Atlantic, southeastern, southern, and mid-western US. Studies aimed at improving our understanding of ambrosia beetle biology, behavior, and monitoring are necessary to develop sustainable management strategies. Experiments will be conducted to characterize the preference of X. crassiusculus for physiologically-stressed trees. In particular, the influence of flood-stress, drought-stress, frost injury, and root infection by Phytophthora species on host attractiveness and susceptibility to X. crassiusculus will be determined. Efforts will also focus on understanding the patterns and causes of ambrosia beetle attacks within ornamental nurseries. In particular, host traits and the distribution of ambrosia beetle attacked trees within ornamental nurseries and potential association with abiotic or biotic stressors will be characterized. Optimum trapping methods will also be determined for monitoring ambrosia beetle flight activity, including comparing the efficacy of laboratory grade ethanol vs. denatured ethanol in attracting ambrosia beetles to ethanol-soaked and/or ethanol-infused bolts. Trapping efforts will also be used to identify the regional distribution in abundance of X. crassiusculus in relation to Xylosandrus germanus, which is more abundant and problematic in Ohio nurseries. The temperature-dependent development and cold tolerance of X. germanus and X. crassiusculus will also be compared under field and laboratory conditions. Understanding their temperature-dependent development and cold tolerance will provide important insight into their biology and physiology, and potentially predict future changes in their distribution. The efficacy of conventional insecticides, botanically-based insecticides, repellents, and/or ethanol-masking treatments for preventing ambrosia beetle attacks on healthy and physiologically-stressed trees will also be assessed. Results from the aforementioned studies involving repellents and attractants will then be used to develop a 'push-pull' management strategy for protecting vulnerable nursery stock from ambrosia beetles.


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From Guadalajara, Mexico, Esteban Hernandez trained at The Rock School in Philadelphia and at The Royal Ballet School in London. He joined San Francisco Ballet in 2013.
Hernandez has danced principal or featured roles in Tomasson's Giselle (pas de cinq), Nutcracker (center Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Nutcracker Doll), and Concerto Grosso; Kobborg's Les Lutins; and Lifar's Suite en Blanc (pas de cinq). He created a corps de ballet role in Tomasson's Caprice. His repertory also includes Caniparoli's Lambarena; Possokhov's Firebird and The Rite of Spring; Ratmansky's From Foreign Lands (Italian, Spanish, and Hungarian) and Shostakovich Trilogy (Chamber Symphony); Robbins' Glass Pieces; Scarlett's Hummingbird; Tomasson's The Fifth Season; and Wheeldon's Cinderella (Autumn).
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The Niagara men's hockey team accounted for four members of a record-setting 14 student-athletes who were named Atlantic Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year for posting a 4.0 or better grade-point average.
Dan Baco, Robert Martini, Chris Noonan and Kevin Ryan were the four Purple Eagles who had 4.0 or higher this past season. NU had the most student-athletes (four) to earn the award and was followed by American International, Army, RIT and Robert Morris who all had a pair of student-athletes and Mercyhurst and Canisius which had a single student-athlete.
"As a team, they are all very responsible in regards to their academics," head coach Dave Burkholder said. "These four student-athletes certainly did a great job balancing the books and hockey."
For a ninth straight year a new standard has been set in the classroom for the student-athletes of Atlantic Hockey as 179 have earned a spot on the All-Academic Team. The 179 student-athletes eclipse the mark of 175 that were honored after the 2011-12 season. In the ninth year of existence, 18 players earned their fourth appearance on the All-Academic squad. In addition, 26 are appearing for the third time, while 58 are being honored for the second time.
Niagara had 16 members named to the AHA All-Academic Team: Scott Arnold @; Dan Baco @; Jason Beattie @; C.J. Chartrain; Nick Gawron; Sam Goodwin @; Jeff Hannan @; Giancarlo Iuorio; Robert Martini @; Tyler Matthews @; Chris Noonan @; Ryan Rashid @; Kevin Ryan @; Daniel Weiss; Matt Williams; Marc Zanette @.
Robert Morris had a high of 26 members on the All-Academic Team with American International following the Colonials with 22.
To qualify for the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team an individual must post a 3.0 grade point average or higher in all of the academic periods during which his team was actively competing. Atlantic Hockey's Top Scholar Athlete is an award given annually to the player or players who achieves the highest grade point average over the course of the academic semesters of competition.
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Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair Theme of Morality and Ethics
Because Vanity Fair is a satire, it is by definition an exploration of the moral and ethical questions of its time. At the same time, satire is a conservative genre, in the most basic sense of that word: it seeks to conserve and preserve the cultural traditions of the past in the face of modern erosion. Thackeray's disparaging eye ranges over rampant materialism, snobbery, and the brutal internal logic of the social hierarchy. The rigid social distinctions of a bygone era are being muddied by the influence of wealth and the desire of the newly moneyed for upward social mobility.
Questions About Morality and Ethics
- Do you think Becky did it? (Committed adultery? Murdered Jos?) Does it matter to the reader? Does it matter in the novel? Why or why not?
- Becky thinks she could be a good woman if she had 5,000 pounds a year, which suggests that she thinks morality is situational rather than something that comes from within. Does the novel agree? Why or why not?
- The novel makes sure to give even its least pleasant characters a mitigating back-story. For example, Lord Steyne has his mentally disturbed son, while Becky has her impoverished and abusive childhood. Does this complicate our view of their various misdeeds? Why or why not? Are there characters that get sad back-stories but are upstanding adults? Are there negative characters who don't get some kind of emotional grounding? How does this change our view of those who do?
Chew on This
Becky's act of freeing Amelia from George's memory and letting her marry Dobbin is completely kind and selfless. That Becky is capable of such things means that she is correct about simply needing an income to be a "good woman."
In the novel, almost none of the characters who act badly or do wrong are punished or get any kind of comeuppance. This makes the novel a very dark satire indeed, as it gives us a picture of a world with no morality, either private or public (legal).


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Published: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 11, 2013 at 10:14 p.m.
When a criminal confesses to a crime and takes a "plea deal" to keep from getting a longer sentence, he should be required to spend every day agreed to behind bars. It was their choice, not the courts. Make it a law and then make sure they understand they have no option when serving the time.
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In response to the Sound Off (Nov. 6) blaming Republicans for the recent government shutdown, it is well-known that the so-called shutdown was caused by the president's refusal to meet with members of Congress to work out a compromise. He expected Congress to cave in to his demands. I am proud that they did not. The few government areas that shut down were carefully selected by the Democratic administration to get the most publicity, such as parks, monuments, etc. Besides, those federal employees who were affected have already received back pay for the time they were off.
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Is it legal to defend with both ends of the D-Pole? As in using the capped end to stick check with, and keeping the net near your waist?ANSWER Yes make sure your check is stick to stick and not to the player. Examples of this are the Ice pick check and Kayak check. high risk but also at times high reward checks.
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cydisc11895 wrote:This isn't a commentary on the catching ability of the Ewing baskets (I think they're fine), but I think they would be a good fit for Greenwood because of how quiet they are as compared to Mach 3s and 5s. Loud chain clanking is just going to give the course's opponents more heartburn.
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> But I wanted something a little more sophisticated for the
> console than a 80x25 VGA non-scrollable text-mode display. What
> are my options? Apparently I still don't have any good ones.
> Except for raw X, there's still only Gnome and KDE (maybe later
> there'll be xfce). I'd brought up KDE a couple of years ago and
> it ran like a slug on the old hardware (200MHz P1, Matrox Mill2
> video, 9GB SCSI UW2 disk), so I switched to Gnome, which ran a
> little faster if not so decoratively.
On my laptop (which has an Intel graphics system) i can get very
beautiful console with very fine resolution. This requires recompiling a
kernel with
options SC_PIXEL_MODE
and playing with vidcontrol to find a nice setting which works.
Such thing like
allscreens_flags="MODE_27 green black"
but with better mode, in /etc/rc.conf
If you want to run X and the machine is underpowered, there are
environments far lighter than gnome or KDE, such as fvwm2,
icewm, fluxbox, xfce, etc.
> Is the project mired in the Puritan idea that moral worth comes
> from hardship? Do key people who work on FBSD secretly (or maybe
> openly) believe in the old not-quite-joke that since it was hard
> to develop, it should be hard to use, and that anyone who doesn't
> want to spend a week or a month figuring out how to piece things
> together should just admit they're effete lusers and stick to
> Windoze or a Mac? We all know people like that, I'm sure. Yet,
> funnily enough, those same people ride bikes and drive cars
> without having first assembled them from ill-fitting parts.
Let me quote a mail appearing very recently in the FreeBSD mailing
lists, written by a high profile developer Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Ian Smith
> Re your original issue, can you get any mileage out of using
> acpi_ibm,
> devd and this post and/or the other one it references:
The laptop in question does not run FreeBSD. I gave up running FreeBSD
on any sort of desktop or laptop computer years ago.
So i think you can safely replace "secretly" by "openly" above. If you
want no problem, no fuss unixlike system on a laptop, Ubuntu is the
obvious choice, otherwise a Mac running Mac OS X, if you agree to pay the
Mac tax. If you want to tinker, and your laptop doesn't have too hard
ACPI problems, you can get good results with FreeBSD. FreeBSD used to
work OK on IBM Thinkpads, but here you had to pay the super IBM tax, and
it seems that newer Lenovo laptops are not well supported. Maybe Dell
laptops work OK. My Sony Vaio is more or less supported under FreeBSD
(read no suspend, things work only with FreeBSD-7, etc.) but much better
with Ubuntu.
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"The theme this week was to strengthen our bond as a team, to come together. We came out in the second half and we were all connected. Our arms were connected, and that symbolized our pride."
"Every dark cloud has a silver lining, having the patience to wait till it is revealed is the true test"
"We're an American Legion post, so we're emphasizing the red, white and blue. But we're also using lavender and silver balloons to acknowledge our connection with the community."
"We've been promoting the whole area, coming together as a team. Our main theme has been what's new since 1999."
"One girl's father offered to take the pictures and we all worked together to come up with the themes for each photograph. We had an initial donation by one girl's brother to cover all the production costs and now we have calendars ready for sale."


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|Geometric Interoperability via Queries
|May 19, 2014
|The problem of geometric (model and system) interoperability is a non-trivial generalization of the classical problem of part interchangeability in mechanical assemblies. Interoperability subsumes the challenging problems of geometric model quality, exchange, and interchangeability, as well as system integration. Until now, most of the interoperability solutions adopted a data-centric approach that requires exchange and translation of standardized file formats and/or computer representations. The difficulties with a data-centric approach include lack of consistent supporting mathematical models, high overhead in supporting new representations, and inability to provide local, adaptable, and incremental interoperability solutions. We adopt an alternative approach to interoperability using queries: formally specified computable functions that are widely supported by different systems. We propose a hierarchy of such queries and demonstrate that they are adequate to provide interoperable solutions to many common geometric tasks in computer aided design and manufacturing, including model acquisition and exchange, metrology, and also computer aided design/analysis integration.
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It's freedom of speech
While I appreciate Ms. Wright's right to her zealous comments in last week's letter to the editor, I would like to point out that Pastor Runyan was a guest writer on the Church page where area ministers give short sermons.
He comes from a Bible-based church and stated his beliefs. That's what sermons are. In religion, as in politics, there will always be disagreement.
However, the same amendment that gave Pastor Runyan the right to state his feelings also guarantees Ms. Wright the right to express hers. It's called freedom of speech.
Good bless America.
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In 2011, we got closer than ever before to some kind of fundamental fast-food truth when we learned that 88 percent of Taco Bell's so-called "seasoned beef" is, or was, cow. Now, seized by an explainer-culture-prone fit of transparency or something, the company has posted an in-depth notice online that still doesn't quantify amounts or even list anything "proprietary," but it does at least try to make you feel better about funny "tongue twister" ingredients like trehalose, maltodextrin, torula yeast, soy lecithin, etc., etc. "They do have weird names," it admits, but relax — they're "completely safe and approved by the FDA." Phew.
The company basically argues you couldn't escape them if you tried — they're "found in food items at your grocery store" — but the everybody-else-is-doing-it defense probably won't win over those incredulous of fast-food chains, especially because the explanations for things you're the most curious about mostly boil down to unhelpful lines and non-explainer explainers, like trehalose is a "naturally occurring sugar that we use to improve the taste of our seasoned beef." They should have just gone with "because it makes our tacos taste like our tacos."


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Welcome to the online version of the Earth Institute's donor report for 2010
We remain committed to finding extraordinary solutions to unprecedented world challenges, and this report highlights some of our innovative projects in research, policy and education.
The past year has been dynamic and rewarding for the Earth Institute in many ways. We helped launch a new graduate program in sustainability management and a new undergraduate major in sustainable development, participated in the inauguration of a new global center in India to build on our work in South Asia, studied how climate in Africa and elsewhere affects the spread of diseases like meningitis and malaria, addressed extreme poverty and natural hazards in Haiti, and so much more.
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TAUNTON — The Bristol County District Attorney's office says a Taunton police officer has fatally shot a man who pulled a gun on officers trying to arrest him on outstanding warrants.
Spokesman Gregg Miliote said in a statement Thursday night that officers approached 34-year-old David Arraiol near the intersection of Wales and Mason streets at about 3:30 p.m. He said Arraiol walked toward the driveway of a house on Wales Street and hid behind a car, then reappeared with a drawn handgun.
Miliote said police ordered Arraiol to stop and drop the gun. When he didn't comply, one officer shot Arraiol.
Police disarmed the wounded man, who was rushed to a hospital. He was pronounced dead.
Miliote said state police and prosecutors assigned to District Attorney Samuel Sutter's office are investigating.
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SANTA CLARA -- With his team trailing by 16 points in the first half Friday night, Archbishop Mitty coach Tim Kennedy gathered his players and told them to take a deep breath.
They did that and a whole lot more.
The Monarchs absorbed Serra's sizzling start, got back in the game before halftime and outlasted their gritty opponent down the stretch to successfully defend their Central Coast Section Open Division boys basketball title with a 68-60 victory before a boisterous crowd at Santa Clara University.
Mitty prevailed behind a dominating performance from 6-foot-8 sophomore Ben Kone (26 points, 16 rebounds) and the crafty ballhandling skills of senior point guard Matt McAndrews, who not only ran the offense but did it with showmanship.
"We were concerned, but we've been in that position before," McAndrews said after Mitty claimed its fifth section title in a row, the past two in the Open division. "The coaches always keep us focused. They were hitting all their shots, and we weren't playing Mitty basketball. We started getting defensive stops and started playing Mitty basketball."
McAndrews' night ended prematurely. He fouled out with 3:31 left and Mitty holding just a two-point lead. But fellow senior Connor Peterson, who ran the point in big games last season, moved over from the wing, and the Monarchs continued to roll.
"We're lucky we have two senior ballhandlers, that know how to finish games and know how to finish at the cup or know how to drop it off to guys," Kennedy said. "It makes me look like I know what I am doing."
It also nice to have Kone, who has helped fill the massive hole created by the departure of Aaron Gordon, now a star at the University of Arizona.
"He reminds me of Gordon," Serra coach Chuck Rapp said of Kone. "They surround him with shooters who hit open shots."
Serra had it rolling early, running its motion offense to perfection and converting its shots. After Kone scored the game's first two points, the Padres reeled off the next 13 with Danny Mahoney and Cory Cravalho leading the charge. Mahoney finished with 20 points.
The Padres' run continued into the second quarter as Serra eventually widened its advantage to 29-13.
"We threw the first punch," Rapp said. "Guys were sharing the ball, moving the ball, looked good in transition. But we just couldn't sustain it. Give Mitty credit. They made a few more plays than we did. They're bigger, stronger, faster."
After Serra went ahead by 16 in the second quarter, Mitty called a timeout as Kennedy calmed his players.
"I told them the basic coach speak, take a deep breath and we need to get three stops in a row," Kennedy said. "That's what we always talk about, preaching, three stops in a row. When we get stops, it leads to our offensive transition, and that is when we're at our best."
McAndrews driving through the lane and finding Kone, it did not take long for Mitty to roar back into the game.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by McAndrews capped a 13-0 run that pulled the West Catholic Athletic League season and tournament champions to within 29-26 with 2:54 left in the first half.
McAndrews' pass near the basket moments later resulted in a 3-point play for the big fellow that cut Serra's lead to 32-31.
Mahoney answered with a banked in 3-pointer to push the lead back to four. But Mitty's sharpshooter, JP Rindfleisch, answered with a 3 just before intermission to bring the Monarchs to within 35-34.
Kone, a transfer from Salesian, said he's gotten a "million times" better since the start of the season.
"Matt got me fired up in the locker room, the coaching staff did a great job of helping me out in the locker room," Kone said. "It's all mental."


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"Sir Morris"
wrote in message
> Hi all,
> this info was buried under another thread so I thought I'd bump it
> into its own.
> Rich of RWAP has set up an english language bulletin board for the
> discussion of zx80 and 81. There are some excellent and worthwhile
> forums in other languages, but my brain's ability to learn either
> German or Portugese has long since left me. The speccy has quite
> enough action of its own so it's about time that us anglophones got
> off our bums and put an '80/1 forum back on the web!
> Sign up today - let's make it a good one.
> Congrats Rich!
> Charlie
> http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ZX80_Z...rums/index.php
Signed up waiting for my confirmation email.
Many thanks Rich,
As a side note i see that Sir morris has already posted a hardware idea,
simple io i have already built such a device using just 3 chips.
this was built as a pseudo 2 way 8 bit comms, you could split the output
(top chip, Latched outputs) and input (bottom chip) to give you 8 in and 8
Regards Andy


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Berks HRIM student appears on Rachel Ray Show
Penn State Berks student Taylor Leren Mahoney (far right) appeared on the Rachael Ray Show's 1,000th episode on Monday, February 20, 2012. A Four Diamonds child, she was diagnosed with leukemia at age 12. Mahoney talks about watching the Rachel Ray Show and being inspired in the midst of chemotherapy treatments to become a chef and own her own restaurant–a dream she's now pursuing by majoring in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management at Penn State Berks–at the 2:51 mark of this video: http://goo.gl/y1u6v.
It all started when Mahoney's great-aunt wrote into the show when they were soliciting stories about how the show has been an inspiration in the lives of its viewers.
Mahoney got to meet her idol, Rachel Ray, on stage and she wasn't disappointed. "Sometimes people say when you meet somebody you really like, and they're not like what you thought they were, then you don't like them anymore or don't idolize them anymore. But I like her even more now I think because she was so nice," Mahoney said.


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Maybe instead of fighting over champagne, they should figure out the debt ceiling problem? See Chad's email below:
Urgent: Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee says inauguration lunch champagne doesn't violate law
Per Pergram-Capitol Hill
The champagane lobby expressed outrage earlier that the "California champagne" being served at the inauguration lunch at the Capitol after President Obama is sworn-in should not be called that…since it's from California and not from the Champagne region of France.
But the Joint Inaugural Committee says the
Champagne Bureau, a lobbying organization is wrong.
The bottles will be labeled "Korbel Natural, Special Inaugural Cuvée Champagne, California."
The committee says that does not violate the law as a 2006 agreement allows such sparkling wines from California to be classified as such, even if they are not from the Champagne region of France.
What matters is the label on the bottle. And the committee says that meets the terms of the accord.
Statement below.
"The Champagne Lobby should have a glass of their own product and relax. We are proud to be serving American Champagne at the Inauguration, and its location of origin will be appropriately displayed on the label and the menu in accordance with the law, and international treaties." – Matt House, spokesman, Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
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