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Beverly Maria Cordone and Eric Randall Steele were united in marriage Sept. 15 in Grafton. The bride is the daughter of Wende and Michael Cordone, of Kearneysville. The groom is the son of Sheryl and Mark Steele, of Morgantown. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a white lace gown with dark purple sash and finger-tip length veil. She carried a bouquet of purple roses, zinnia and cherry blossoms. The groom wore a black tuxedo with dark purple vest and tie.
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63.55 for Julia. Come on Tuk!
Heggelson is also a beautiful skater. Shame about the errors on the jumps. I also love her costume.
I still want Ashley to do well and win
Another really low score... Sigh.
How is Liza doing?
3T-3T step out I don't know about rotation, 3Lz and a lovely 2A at the end. The spins were not so good though
Wow I really enjoyed Liza. It was so interesting to see this program preformed again a year later- she really is much more expressive now than she used to be and it was nice to see that.
I expect her to go into second but we will see...
Liza went back to the Tango... I miss her 3Lz+3T!! But at least she did the lutz!
Oh and she went back to her tango SP!!
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While NVIDIA still holds a tenuous grip on the highest
end offerings, with its GeForce GTX 280 GPU, this might soon slip,
depending on the performance of AMD's dual processor 4870 X2 (R700) card,
likely coming in Q3 2008. Meanwhile, NVIDIA faces challenges
from Intel in its low-end and laptop graphics offerings, and from AMD's
PUMA chipset/graphics package in the laptop market.
The economic repercussions
of NVIDIA's slippage are already visible. NVIDIA announced yesterday
that it was going to turn in revenue of $875 million to $950 million for Q2
2008, which ends July 27. This is significantly
lower than the current analyst expectations of $1.1 billion.
That was not the end of the bad news from NVIDIA either. It announced
that it was facing a massive recall, due to overheating GPUs in notebook
computers. NVIDIA reported higher than average failures in both the
laptop GPUs and in laptop chipsets.
NVIDIA said that the chips and their packaging were made with materials that
proved to be too "weak". NVIDIA passes the blame to notebook
manufacturers, which it says contributes to the problem. Typically
notebooks have poorer ventilation and components concentrated in a smaller
space than desktop computers.
The result of the recalls is that NVIDIA will be taking a onetime charge of
$150M USD to $200M USD to cover the damages. It plans to use the money to
repair or replace defective parts. It also hopes to collect part of the
money from insurers it uses. However, it has acknowledged its problems
and switched the materials it uses.
The news has resulted in NVIDIA taking a beating on the stock market, sliding over
25 percent.
quote: AMD decided a while back, after the R600 debacle, to stop building high-end GPUs as a cost-cutting measure and instead address the high end with multi-GPU solutions. They have since started talking about how the era of the large, "monolithic" GPU is over. I think that's hogwash.
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quote: Why don't people know the definition of monolithic? From dictionary.com: consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken RV770 is monolithic - it's one piece of silicon. That's all I'm saying.
quote: Diamond "Unlocked" Radeon HD 4870 XOC Black Edition graphics card comes with graphics processing unit clocked at 800MHz and 512MB of GDDR5 memory operating at 4400MHz, up from 750MHz/3600MHz on reference design ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics adapter. Moreover, according to Diamond Multimedia, the firmware of the board was modified and the board can be overclocked even further and can leave behind the current flagship Nvidia, the GeForce GTX 280."The firmware was custom designed to enable end users to go beyond the normal over clocked speeds and allow them to push their cards for higher performance via the Catalyst Control Center. The GPU's custom firmware has been unlocked to push cards to GPU settings of up to 950MHz and Memory of up 1200MHz," said Mr. Gastelum.
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While only trace amounts of snow fell Saturday in Weld County on Saturday, the National Weather Service expects a major snowstorm in northeast Colorado, though the heaviest snow will miss Weld.
"There's still a blizzard warning out for the northeast corner of the state," said Kari Bowen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder.
The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for northeast Weld and Morgan counties Saturday afternoon but canceled it later that day.
"The system kind of broke apart a little bit so we're trying to hone in on the areas that are going to be effected the most, and we really think the northeast portion of those counties is where it's going to be," she said.
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If you look at the whole of Philadelphia's architectural output over the last two decades, it becomes clear that much of the effort was about repair and recovery. Neglected neighborhoods were rediscovered, dilapidated houses were renovated, empty lots filled in.
The most intensive repair has already occurred in Center City's neighborhoods. Downtown is now in such good physical shape, and has so few vacant building sites left, that the reclamation has shifted to the ring of neighborhoods beyond Philadelphia's traditional core, to places such as Graduate Hospital and Northern Liberties. There are stubborn pockets of resistance, though: Chinatown North is one of them.


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One of the Lowcountrys best-ever high school football players has another honor to his credit.
Joe Hamilton, a 1995 Macedonia High School graduate, has been selected to the College Football Hall of Fame and will be inducted in December in New York.
Hamilton played quarterback for Georgia Tech from 1996-99 and is the school record-holder for total offense with 10,640 yards. He helped the Yellow Jackets earn a piece of the Atlantic Coast Conference title in 1998 and was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 1999 behind Wisconsins Ron Dayne. The same year, he won the Davey OBrien Award as the nations top quarterback.
Hamilton is the first quarterback in Tech history with a spot in the College Hall and 13th overall.
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After college, Hamilton played in three different professional leagues.
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I often hear from readers wishing there was a way to try out all the baby carriers before committing to buy- especially when you're spending $50-$100 or more. I wouldn't buy a pair of jeans online unless I'd tried them on before, and a good baby carrier is worth just as much as a good pair of jeans. You also have to consider if your baby will even like it, too!
Here's some suggestions:
1. Seek out babywearers near you- check online at places like TheBabywearer.com and Mothering.com- they have forums for finding local babywearers. You might have to register to view the forums, but it's worth it! Most babywearers own more than one (sometimes several!) slings. Meet up somewhere and try 'em on!
2. Find your local La Leche League and/or Natural Parenting group in your area- most often they will at least sell ring slings and are more likely to have babywearing Mamas with slings you can ask to try out.
3. Call around to local baby and maternity boutiques to see if they sell baby carriers you can try on. You might be surprised where slings are sold (ahem, I think even Target is selling some good ones now!)- and if you don't find any close to you, maybe you can suggest they start selling them!
4. Check out helpful resources like the Tummy 2 Tummy DVD, a babywearing instructional video, or the awesome Sling Comparison Chart at Mom4Life.
5. Know the return policies for the online sites you are interested in purchasing from. Many sites are flexible with returns if it's not what you had expected.
Have a sling just collecting dust? I wanted to tell you about SlingCycle, an awesome program that recycles and repairs used slings and distributes them to orphanages, NICU's and adoptive parents.
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After a run that included three playoff appearances in four years, the Durango High School football team is looking for a new head coach.
Greg Wyatt resigned as head coach of the Demons on Monday after four years in charge of the football program. He went 21-22 in four years, making the playoffs three times.
The head coach gave a pair of reasons for his departure Tuesday: family and a lack of support.
�One is that life had kind of gotten out of bounds,� Wyatt said. �I dedicate as much of my being as I can to this position. I give 100 percent of myself, my time. ... It�s a lot of dedication and passion that I have gotten to the point where it�s just gotten out of bounds.
�Second reason is I just don�t feel like � I�ve been trying to get help from the school, and I don�t think that�s been forthcoming. ... Support in the building and support outside the building, creating a safe work environment was definitely an issue for me. It�s time for somebody else to take the reins, and I just don�t feel like I�m going to get what I need to coninute to build this program.�
Doug Cuddie, an assistant coach for the football team and head wrestling coach at DHS, said outside pressures can wear on a coach, especially in a high-profile sport such as basketball or football.
�More people participated in those sports in high school, so more people think that they know what�s going on as far as Xs and Os,� Cuddie said.
�Without being a head football coach, I don�t know the extent of what goes on, but I know being through the season with Greg, it�s a consistent, constant thing. And I can�t say right or wrong ... I think it�s the way certain people go about it.�
Cuddie also was quick to point out that coaching changes aren�t always what fans pushing for them hope they�ll turn out to be in the end.
�I said to somebody (Tuesday), maybe they�d better watch out what they hope for, maybe,� Cuddie said. �You don�t know what you�ll end up with next time. Greg was a good man; I�ll say that.�
Wyatt took the Four Corners by storm in 2009, his first season in charge. He inherited a winless team from the year before, yet Durango started the season 8-0 en route to an 8-3 record and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2001, falling to Pine Creek 33-7 in the opening round of the Class 4A tournament.
The next season wasn�t quite as successful in terms of wins and losses, but at 5-5, the Demons earned consecutive postseason berths, losing to Broomfield 49-7 in a first-round contest.
DHS went 4-6 in the regular season in 2011, ekeing out another trip to the Class 4A state tournament. This time, it was Monarch that knocked off Durango in the first round, winning 53-3.
The only year Wyatt�s team failed to advance past the regular season was this season, which ended Friday. A young Durango team struggled to find consistency, particularly at the quarterback position, and finished 4-6. As it stands, Wyatt, a former quarterback himself, did go out on a victory along with the senior class, as Durango beat Montezuma-Cortez 34-10 last Friday in a nonconference game at Cortez.
�It�s always best to go out on your own terms, and like I said, we�ve built a solid program, and our main focus was to build great young men, and we made real good strides in that area,� Wyatt said.
Still, he�s not ready to pull his support from kids he�s coached the last few years. But additional time with his family is a plus.
�Family is No. 1 for me,� Wyatt said. �It�s time to put some time back into my family and taking care of them, and that�s where we are, and that�s where we stand. I wish the kids and the program the best.�


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In this episode, we would like you to meet our new additions to the Windows Azure Technical Evangelism Team namely Haishi Bai, Cory Fowler, Jon Galloway and Brady Gaster. Learn about their careers prior to Microsoft and find out what areas of Windows Azure they will be focusing on.
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SharePoint Easy Setup Script is a new tool released by Chris Johnson and Paul Stubbs to help you set up a SharePoint 2010 developer machine without requiring Hyper-V. The Easy Setup script will set up the machine, either as a native install or on a bootable VHD file. In order to make this process as easy as possible, we have created a series of PowerShell scripts that automate the entire process of building a fully running and ready-to-go SharePoint 2010 environment. The scripts are highly configurable, but out of the box they will download all of the required software and install all of the SharePoint prerequisites as well as other software such as Visual Studio and Office. The script will then install and configure SharePoint 2010 and, finally, the script will provision a site.
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Can this script be used on Windows Server 2008 R2? I like building Dev VMs on that OS to allow more isolation/customization of the host enviroment.
Oops! I asked my question befoere I finished the video. Although the question about WS2008R2 wasn't directly answered, the fact that they are working on an update that targets WS2008R2, it sounds like the current version may have issues on that OS.
Still looks like a great tool!
Can you post an example of PS scripts using downloaded files from MSDN?
I'll have to give this a try as well. Recently, I've been enjoying the flexibility of AutoInstaller which includes a xml file to configure your whole sharepoint deployment. its on codeplex http://bit.ly/kkautospinstaller-codeplex
Check out my post on AutoSPInstaller tips and tricks http://bit.ly/kkautospinstaller-tipstricks
My SP Easy install failed after successfully mounting the vhd and gave me this message:
Error: Could not find a part of the path 'Z:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
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Here are my VHD locations:
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Could my upgraded Win7 Home Premium to Ultimate be the problem?
This is a great script and time saver. I hope I can learn what I am doing wrong. Any help is greatly appreciated
This is really cool! Can you also create an EasySetup script to install FAST (for SharePoint) because it is giving me a serious headache.
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with so many others it the time of waiting that gets you awwwww ~Did you know that Your Dreams are Just Lost Pieces of Reality.~
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Village Council Wednesday night reclaimed the old Sky Bank building, possibly for new offices.
Council accepted the Main Street building back as a gift from the Leetonia Area Community Foundation. It had previously been home to the Point Man's LZ Refuge before the organization moved to a new location.
According to Village Administrator Gary Phillips, the building will require approximately $3,000 to fix two roof leaks and related damage to the interior walls. He said the building has averaged $250 per month in utilities. Other than the roof leaks and corresponding wall damage, the building is in good shape structurally, he added.
Council discussed the possibility of using it for storage or moving offices such as those for the village administrator and water and zoning departments to the building, thus creating more space for the police department.
In other business, Phillips reported that brush pick up has ended and that leaf pick up with the Vac Machine will end on Nov. 30. Bagged leaves will still be collected for as long as the weather permits.
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Christmas Remembrance of Loved Ones is scheduled for 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Oakdale Cemetery Chapel, with Pastor Kari Lankford officiating.
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No matter what i do, i cant break a score of 1500 at 40 min
Can you please help? but in games over 1 hour hte score skyrockets for some reason please help.
The best boom with Japan requires a British teammate for three reasons. One is cows, which gather better than sheep. The second is team gathering, which affect shrines. The third is team distillery, which gives you a 15% gold boost from paddies.
If you are alone then you have to rely on hunts, which gather at a low rate. The best maps for single-player land Japan treaty are Texas, Mongolia, and Deccan as you can catch cows. Deccan also has a goat shipment that you can get.
In an Andes test boom with few hunts at which to place shrines I got 1700:
You might watch this boom and see if you can do the same.
Se master Gobi Todič:saven is a pro
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Milky__:unlike treaty where he is a complete dumb f*ck saven is actually decent in supremacy tbh.
heavenly kami + port consulate for shrine boom. make shrines near hunts dont worry if its at the edge of your building radius theyre easy to remake and worth it for your boom.
gather the resource thats FU. dont have 50 vils on paddies gathering gold when you havent sent your gold cards.
market upgrades, dont get them for resources you arent gathering. get them for resources you are gathering....
so at begininning when youre gathering food for aging, and wood for shrine booming, get the wood, foos, and the general resources market upgrades from market. skip gold for then. etc etc.
cance port consulate once you layed foundation for 2 extra TC's then get dutch. keep dutch til last 7 minutes or so of treaty so you can get spain then jap.
watch a rec :P
1500 is not bad you jsut got 200 points to go ^^p
Ryz0n: I know you may be grumpy that I'll be a bit more strict here, there's a good reason I think you'll be excited about.
Storm's advice is dead on. Here is a boom that follows it and gets about 1950.
You will note that the Consulate has been switched to Japanese Isolation but is in process -- get the 10 block train ASAP. Both the Shogun and Diaymo are out and the fast-train card for them is on it's way. I've chosen a ranged-cav deck so have not upgraded Nags, but they can be later if needed. The few Sam's are still not quite Imperial but other than them everything else at the front is.
Right now the shrines are on wood. They are somewhat vulnerable but can be moved and/or walled as needed. The resource distribution reflects Japan's best standard unit, the Ashi. However, one or two paddies might need to be switched to gold in a few minutes.
Of course, in a real game I would have put more on wood and built more barracks, etc. I was seeing how fast the wood came in with shrines on hunts alone. Japan really needs cows -- with cows you should be able to boom well over 2000 with a bit of practice.
They want to look pro ;D
but srsly thats an horrible boom because you'll run out of wood in about 5 minutes..
I play Ports a lot where the Cassadores cost more food. Looking at the Ashis I find that they cost 80 food and 40 gold. Leaving a bit more gold for the Yabis and some wood for the arrows a good distribution would be 60% food, 30% gold, and 10% wood. Since about 100k total resources were gathered in the boom it would be 60/30/10.
Remember, however, that you are not collecting resources evenly throughout the boom or after it. You go food first as you need it to get the settlers out and that is what you have upgraded first. You stay on food until you get the wood-chopping and coin-gathering upgrades. If you have a lot of food at the start this is no problem -- food is the resource you use most and it only takes a few seconds to switch paddies to gold. Admittedly, the boom needs some more wood but shrines are on wood. This was an Ashi/Yabi deck. If you want to go, say, Yumi/Yabi then you will need considerably more wood.
Japan is a civ where you have to pick a unit-specific deck and plan a boom accordingly. Unlike just about any other civ it's the one where you actually have to make some important strategic decisions at game start.
not really. ashi yumi arrows is the key to any japan play. only card you need to switch depending on the way you play is the nagi boosts or the yabusame boosts.
and you did just food lame to get a high score. balance out the resources correctly and it would probly be average at best
same score as metis, but a bit more balanced.
I've tried, and you pretty much cant go low wood with jap or you''ll never ever keep up with your yumi costs.
But I do get that you were going for a ashi flame yab build or whatver metis, so thats fine
but yumi are facking op so why not use xD
Nice one ageien xD
i dont think i get more then 1800 tbh
iirc I get about 1700 average, maybe 1800 occasionally.
I think you'd need 45% food 30% gold 15% wood something like that. Depends on your playstyle a bit though.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - From the big sky sunsets and arid landscapes spanning the desert Southwest to the verdant mountains and azure oceans framing the Scottish moors, folk musicians Dana and Susan Robinson say they enjoy performing across every latitude and longitude they roam along the earth's star-crossed meridians.
Down their own yellow road, the successful, professional guitar and fiddle-playing duo will pick and strum their way into our town Friday, when they will appear at Trinity Orchard House in Martinsburg, the featured guest performers for December's "First Friday Coffeehouse."
Steve Warner, co-sponsor for the monthly event, said he established the jam session in an effort to provide both local and out-of-town musicians a time and place to foster relationships with listeners, as well as an opportunity to network with other musicians.
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From the big sky sunsets and arid landscapes spanning the desert Southwest to the verdant mountains and azure oceans framing the Scottish moors, folk musicians Dana and Susan Robinson say they enjoy performing across every latitude and longitude they roam along the earth's star-crossed meridians.
"The music community is small," Warner said about both the professional and aspiring musicians with whom he works.
"There are wonderful talents out there people should have the opportunity to hear perform," Warner said, adding in addition to featured performers there also is an open microphone session at the beginning of the night when yet-unrecognized musicians can perform in front of the live crowd in order to receive feedback.
For the Robinsons, a married couple whose schedule is booked year-around with gigs in both the U.S. and Europe, Shepherdstown is their next stop in an ongoing musical journey.
Like many well-known folk musicians who historically have embraced a life free from provincial constraints, this also is true for the Robinsons. Though they own a home high in the Smoky Mountains of Asheville, N.C., a conifer and deciduous tree-laden, black-soiled region through which cold streams rush over worn, ancient rocks and black bear roam, and which over the past 30 years has become a Mecca for naturalists, as well as singers, song writers and painters Dana Robinson said he and his wife are on the road more often times than not - in fact, he said, for nine months out of the year.
"It's both exhausting and rewarding," the husband-half of the traveling duo said about the couple's living out of a suitcase while roaming all over globe on performance bookings.
"We're always working, but we love to travel because there are so many unexpected, wonderful places and people we encounter all the time," he said.
During his young adulthood, which occurred during the Great Depression, Woody Guthrie "train hopped" across the United States in box cars, all the while singing and writing songs about migrant workers he met along the way, mostly of the American West.
Like Guthrie, Robinson and his wife also have embraced a life on the road, which for them seems to illuminate a common, "human" experience, the legends of which have served as the fabric with which the greatest folk music hits have been colorfully woven.
Readers may call to mind Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land (This Land is My Land)," which he produced in 1944 and for which he gained immediate fame.
In addition to a life on the road, also common to folk musicians and for the Robinsons' specifically, is their desire to draw out common, human factors that can unite an otherwise disparate population.
According to numerous, popular biographic sources, Guthrie himself said he wrote songs and performed in an effort to make people feel good about their differences, as well as to promote a sense of belonging.
"There is a joy being able to connect with others on a basic level," Robinson said about folk music, whose writers have historically written lyrics that unite people by highlighting common experiences - subjects including politics, society and nature.
Robinson said this shared experience is what makes folk music so popular among its listeners.
In his "Road Essays - Mountain Rails Live and the Old #18," a journal that Robinson maintains during the couple's travels, he writes about their experience through Colorado's Rocky Mountains, on board trains toward western outpost destinations where the pair has been hired to perform.
"Everybody gets on the train in the morning - audience, performers, crew, food service, and security," he begins.
"Worldly cares seem to fall away as we ascend in altitude," Robinson writes. "Sue remarked that it's kind of 'like rail therapy on the train spa.' And there really is nothing more for this captive audience to do but enjoy the ride - the music, clean air, scenery, abundant conversation and good vibes - all of which contribute to a feeling of well being."
Robinson said he and his wife look forward to promoting the same sense of well-being amongst their listeners at the First Friday event, where Dana Robinson said that in addition to their original music they also will perform a few crowd favorites like "Cuckoo" and "What Would Woody Do," in homage to Guthrie's centennial birthday anniversary.
"We look forward to providing a great night for all who come out," Robinson said, adding he and his wife especially enjoy performing in Scotland and Ireland, the Northern isles of which long have been social, economic and politically contentious regions.
"Folk music is a part of their history," Robinson said about the Scotts and Irish, many of whom immigrated to the U.S. in the middle of the 19th Century due to a blight that destroyed the potato crop.
Upcoming First Friday feature performers include The Rolling Coyotes in January, Tim Grimm in February and Craig Bickhardt in March.
Trinity Orchard House is located at 4599 Shepherdstown Road in Martinsburg, four miles from the four-way stop in Shepherdstown, just before the pump house. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for social time and open mic sign-up. Each open-microphone participant may perform two songs or eight minutes. A $5-$10 donation per person is requested.
For information about First Fridays, contact Steve Warner at 304-676-4422. For information about the Robinsons, visit www.robinsonsongs.com.


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Pope pleads for peace, denounces greed, greets crowd at the Vatican
The more-than 250,000 people who gathered in St. Peter's Square on this Easter Sunday have been rewarded with a visit from the new pontiff.
After celebrating Mass, Pope Francis stepped aboard his popemobile for a spin through the crowd, kissing babies and patting children on the head. One man handed Francis a jersey for the pope's favorite soccer team in Argentina. Francis briefly held it up, and the crowd roared in approval.
In his first Easter Sunday message to the world, the pope decried the seemingly endless conflicts in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula. Like popes before him, he urged Israelis and Palestinians to find the courage to resume peace talks and end a conflict that he said "has lasted all too long." On the Syrian crisis, he asked, "How much suffering must there still be," before there can be a political solution.
He expressed a desire for a "spirit of reconciliation" between the Koreas, at a time when North Korea says it has entered "a state of war" with the South.
And he lamented that the world is "still divided by greed looking for easy gain."
Earlier, wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis celebrated Mass in front of St. Peter's Basilica at an altar set up under a white canopy.


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It's fight night in America, and Cowboys Stadium is the setting for the latest big pay-per-view boxing event—a meeting of seven-time world champion and congressman from the Philippines Manny Pacquiao and the disgraced Mexican power Antonio Margarito.
The build-up to this fight has seen doubts raised about Pacquiao's fire and hunger, while Margarito has been praised for being highly motivated and in peak physical condition. All the pre-fight chatter and prognosticating, however, will be wiped away once the bell rings, and the first round of the main event kicks off.
Here, we'll give you constant updates on all the events unfolding in Cowboys Stadium tonight, leading up to and through the marquee Pacquiao/Margarito bout. Keep it here for all the developments in Dallas.


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Tough times in the concert industry as a whole don't seem to apply to the yearly Top 40 bacchanal that is Kissmas Bash.
Presented by Western New York's Kiss 98.5 FM, the yearly multi-act shows are a throwback to the variety tours of the 1950s and early '60s, when multiple hit acts offered 20 minute sets to adoring – and more often than not, giddily screaming – masses.
The downside of these sorts of shows is the fact that you barely get to know an act before they're whisked off stage to make room for the next one. The upside? Ask the reportedly 18,000 strong crowd that filled First Niagara Center on Monday night.
For a reasonable price, pop-savvy fans – and, let's face it, an awful lot of their parents – were treated to a fast-paced show, with Kiss 98.5 DJs ably filling the down time between sets with witty banter and well-received crowd participation bits.
Things got under way promptly at 6 p.m., with a set from "American Idol" Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips. Phillips' debut effort, "The World From This Side of the moon," debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard charts upon its release earlier this year, which meant that the arena was most of the way filled even at the early hour the man took the stage.
Phillips did so flanked by an acoustic guitarist, a percussionist and a cellist for what would prove to be one of the more dynamic, subtle and musical mini-sets of the evening. Like a more middle-of-the-road version of Dave Matthews, Phillips had them swooning with sensitive acoustic ballads that showcased his strong, soulful singing.
Next up came the first of the evening's social media-based superstars-in-waiting. By evening's end, we were treated to a rapturously received set from a 16-year-old who stole a bit of the spotlight by covering the likes of Justin Bieber and Adele on YouTube. But first, we heard from fraternal twins Megan and Liz, who also took straight to the social media "airwaves" with their harmonized, laid-back takes on tunes already proven hit-worthy by the likes of Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift. This certainly seems like cheating on some level, but then, what band didn't hone its chops by covering other people's songs at the get-go?
Megan and Liz were pleasant enough, although they played to backing tracks, sans corporeal musicians, and their own songs – "Sunset Somewhere," "Happy Never After" and "Bad For Me" – sounded like Taylor Swift-lite. Which is akin to filling half of your Lite beer of choice with tap water. The sisters harmonized nicely, though, and the crowd made their Buffalo debut a warm one.
Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Adam Young is the man behind the curtain with dance-pop hit machine Owl City. Young writes, performs, records and produces Owl City's recordings on his own, but he grabs a few warm bodies to deliver the goods when he takes to the road. Joined by keyboardist Breanne Duren, guitarists Daniel Jorgensen and Jasper Neplen, and drummer Steve Goold, Young delivered a frenzied set of electro-pop that was ebulliently received.
Owl City cranked out the hits, breaking it all down for sing-alongs during "Fireflies" and "Good Time" – a radio hit in its recorded form as a duet with Carly Rae Jepsen – and did its best to conjure a sense of sweaty arena spectacle for its 20-minute set. The crowd loved it, but from a musical standpoint, the glaring musical clichés and the, ahem, liberal use of the oft-abused Auto Tune effect on the vocals robbed the music of what might have been something resembling warmth.
Sixteen-year-old Austin Mahone was up next, and his set marked the most surreal of the evening. Mahone "made it" by covering Bieber, and his show felt like a fully scripted reenactment of the slightly older pop it-boy's gig. From the moment he took the stage, Mahone appeared to be lip-synching, and rather badly, at that. He did grab an acoustic guitar and play/sing "11:11" in real-time. But both "Say Somethin'" and "Just A Friend" appeared to be "phoned in." And then he was gone, amid a cacophonous collective female shriek, after a mere 15 minutes on stage.
British singer, songwriter, and guitarist Ed Sheeran arrived in the midst of all of this as a bit of an anomaly. Armed only with an acoustic guitar and a digital looping pedal, Sheeran sampled his own playing in real-time, crafting repetitive backing tracks, atop which he melded soul, folk and even a bit of rap. Like the others on the bill, Sheeran's set was a short one, but unlike them, he avoided rushing through a string of his hits, instead busting into a 10-plus-minute version of "You Need Me, I Don't Need You," replete with Pete Townshend-esque acoustic guitar meltdown, and a jam based on a self-sampled lick from Derek and the Dominoes' "Layla," which no one in the crowd seemed to recognize.
Sheeran stood out as a maverick on this bill, a young musician willing to push the envelope.
Led by vocalist/guitarist Martin Johnson, Massachusetts pop-rock quartet Boys Like Girls turned in an inspired set of Maroon 5-esque anthems.
Johnson stopped the band after a single verse of "Love Drunk" and addressed the audience in what was one of the cooler bits of stage banter throughout the evening.
"Please, for 3½ minutes, can you watch us play this song without taking pictures or recording on your cellphones? There's probably, like, 50,000 versions of us doing this song in the exact same way we're going to do it for you right now, all over YouTube. Can we do this old-school, without cellphones, with you right here in the moment with us?"
The place went nuts and, perhaps surprisingly, obliged. For their efforts, Boys Like Girls rewarded them with a singalong version of the coda bit from the Beatles' "Hey Jude."
Another holiday season, another packed house for Kissmas Bash.
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Mr. and Mrs. James P. Scanlon of Orchard Park celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family gathering in their home. Mr. Scanlon and Jane M. Natwora were married Feb. 2, 1963, in St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church, Buffalo. He is a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service; she is retired from Western New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office, West Seneca. They have four daughters and six grandchildren.


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The chemical element comprising the 'hidden mass' of the universe. Scientists have speculated for years about 'dark matter' but have recently discovered that in fact it is all stored in fat people. Fat people NEVER eat enough to become the size that they are, the extra matter contained within their foul frames is in fact composed of Lardium, chemical symbol - Ft.
The amount of Lardium in this fattie is off the scale, our instruments cannot measure it.
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A size of clothing that needs to be invented that is in between a large and a medium.
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Alternatively you could use Merge which means Zaklee (see Zaklee)the same thing.
"Hey man I checked out all the sports shops for a cool t-shirt but the all the mediums are too tight and the large one's are too big".
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Hi, there, Sugar Bee Crafters!! My name is Renee Joy of Charms Buttons and Bows It is a pleasure to be visiting and sharing with you today. I love sharing crafts….my favorite is scrapbooking….I also love eco-friendly crafting. It would be great if you would visit my blog and say Hi.
Thanks for featuring my Washi Tape Valentines, Renee and Mandy!
You are so welcome, Jill!! I love your project….it is such a great way to use Washi Tape, too!! Thanks for commenting.
Thank you Renee for featuring my Cupcake Liner Wreath! Happy Valentines Day to you! =)
It is my pleasure, Whit!! Your wreath is so very pretty. I am so glad that you shared it!! Thanks for so much for writing and your good wishes, too. Happy Valentine's Day!!
Such a fun surprise to see my donuts featured. Made my day! Except I think you accidentally wrote Jill instead of Sam for my name ;-).
I am so glad that you shared your donuts, Sam. They are simply adorable!! I am so sorry for writing the wrong name….Thanks so much for writing and sharing!!
Mandy, the link to Renee's blog wouldn't work for me. Any ideas?
Grammy, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am sorry that you had difficulty reaching my blog. I clicked on the link above and got through. I understand, though, because if I go through blogger sometimes I do get an error message. I am not sure why that happens.
I will post the url again here and see if that helps. Thanks for commenting, Grammy.
Hey there,just wanted to drop a comment to say I love your blog. I've been reading for quite some time. I hate that I can't use Google Reader anymore but I get why you needed to make the change. Because of the change I've been clicking over to read your posts but I thought I'd let you know how much I HATE that floating ad that covers up your content and moves when I scroll. I certainly don't expect you to remove it but thought you might appreciate the feedback.
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Cameron University Policies and Procedures
The OU Board of Regents is the governing board for Cameron University, Rogers State University and the University of Oklahoma. Cameron University and Rogers State University have a common Regents' Policy Manual. This link provides general information on the Board of Regents, member profiles, meeting dates, and agenda items.
Student Handbook
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Loyola maintains a very strong commitment to assisting students and parents in making a high quality private education affordable. We encourage you to review the information provided in each section of our website and contact us if you have any questions or need additional guidance regarding your options. Our goal is to make planning for your educational expenses as easy as possible.
At the undergraduate level, we sponsor an excellent program of institutionally-funded academic scholarships, need-based grants and athletic grants, in addition to our participation in the major federal and state student aid programs. Parents may also consider additional financing alternatives through the Federal Parent Loan Program (PLUS) and the TMS monthly payment plan.
At the graduate level, students may be considered for merit-based and need-based departmental grants and graduate assistantships. Students may also consider borrowing funds through the Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program.


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An automotive mechanic.
The word can be derisive or affectionate.
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My brother in law is a grease monkey. He repairs Fords, so he always has plenty of work.
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mechanic, or mechanically minded person
I got the grease monkey to fix my car
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a mechanic who works with and repairs automobiles.
If you don't get to a grease monkey soon, you'll be up a creek without a paddle.
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I use Greasemonkey in Youtube, I use a script that runs vids in HD automaticly.
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From Linda McMahon losing her Senate race to questions of which NFL team Randy Moss will call home, this Wednesday has already given us all kinds of sports news.
The San Francisco Giants will celebrate today with a World Series parade.
George Washington University basketball player Kye Allums has become the first openly transgendered athlete to play Division I basketball.
And John Wall tore it up last night against the Philadelphia 76ers.
I will keep you posted with all of today's latest sports stories.
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Amherst police are investigating a two-car crash at Wehrle Drive and Darwin Road that took the life of an 84-year-old woman driver about 2 p.m. today.
Loretta Sperrazzo, of Amherst, was taken by Twin City Ambulance to Sisters Hospital – St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga, where she pronounced dead, police Capt. Patrick McKenna said.
Sperrazzo was driving north on Darwin when an eastbound GMC driven by Irving R. Barrett on Wehrle crashed into her vehicle at the intersection, McKenna said.
Barrett, whose age wasn't available, also an Amherst, was uninjured.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to call police at 689-1311 and ask to speak with Senior Investigator Brian Walsh.


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A three-time captain with the Patriots, Mankins has earned six Pro Bowl berths and five All-Pro selections in his career. He also was selected to the New England Patriots All-2000s and 50th Anniversary teams.
In 2012, he won the Ed Block Courage Award, given annually to players who are voted by their teammates as role models of inspiration, sportsmanship and courage.
"Logan Mankins is everything we would ever want in a football player," Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said in a statement. "It is hard to imagine a better player at his position, a tougher competitor or a person to represent our program.
"He is one of the all-time great Patriots and the best guard I ever coached. Logan brought a quiet but unmistakable presence and leadership that will be impossible to duplicate."
The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Mankins was a first-round pick out of Fresno State in 2005. He has started all 130 games he has played in during his nine-year career. He has made 17 postseason appearances, including two Super Bowl appearances.
Wright played in all 16 games for the Buccaneers last season, starting eight. He compiled 54 receptions for 571 yards and five touchdowns.
Wright joined Tampa Bay as an undrafted free agent after the 2013 NFL Draft. He gives the Patriots insurance as Rob Gronkowski and Michael Hoomanawanui recover from injuries.
With the acquisition of Mankins, the Buccaneers moved quickly ahead to trim the roster to 75.
Tampa Bay placed cornerback Danny Gorrer on injured reserve, waived (injured) tackle Matt Patchan, cornerback Deveron Carr and tackle J.B. Shugarts. They also were awarded defensive back Marc Anthony and offensive lineman Jeremiah Warren off of waivers.
New England also got down to the 75-man limit by releasing six players and placing two others on injured reserve.
Rookie RB Tyler Gaffney and rookie LB Cameron Gordon were put on injured reserve. The Patriots also cut DL Ben Bass, DB Travis Hawkins, WR Derrick Johnson, LB Deontae Skinner, DB Jemea Thomas and WR Wilson Van Hooser.
---Washington Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather will appeal his two-game suspension that the NFL levied for his latest helmet-to-helmet blow, a hit his coach called a "legitimate football play."
Redskins head coach Jay Gruden is hoping that the league will reduce or revoke the penalty.
"Unfortunately, for Brandon, he's got a history of these types of events," Gruden told reporters. This is the sixth time Meriweather has been cited for a violation of player safety rules.
The Redskins contend that Meriweather could not avoid a helmet-to-helmet hit has both he and Smith lowered their heads as a pass sailed incomplete across the middle.
---The Seattle Seahawks reduced their roster to the NFL limit of 75.
The Seahawks placed linebacker Heath Farwell, cornerback A.J. Jefferson and guard C.J. Davis on injured reserve, designated defensive tackle Michael Brooks, wide receiver David Gilreath and linebacker Horce Miller as waived/injured, and put cornerback Eric Pinkins on the reserve/non-football injury list.
Farwell, Seattle's special teams captain, sustained a groin injury in a preseason game on Friday night against the Chicago Bears and will have surgery.
Also, the NFL fined the Seattle Seahawks $300,000 for violating the collective bargaining agreement provision on offseason no-contact rules.
ESPN reported that head coach Pete Carroll was fined $100,000 and the team $200,000.
The Seahawks have been accused of allowing players to engage in "excessive levels of on-field contact" during the team's mandatory minicamp for veterans on June 16.
---The Oakland Raiders placed cornerback D.J. Hayden on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.
Hayden underwent surgery on his right foot in July after suffering a stress fracture and will sit out at least the first six games of the regular season.
Selected No. 12 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft, Hayden has battled injury problems since joining the Raiders. He was limited to eight games and two starts as a rookie because of sports hernia surgery, finishing the season with 26 tackles and one interception.
Quarterback Trent Edwards was released. He was considered a long shot to make the final roster as he competed for a backup spot behind starter Matt Schaub with rookie Derek Carr and Matt McGloin.
Third-year wide receiver Juron Criner was waived, while second-year tight end Nick Kasa was placed on injured reserve. Safety Larry Asante, wide receiver Greg Jenkins and running back Kory Sheets were waived/injured, while guard Lucas Nix was waived after failing a physical.
---Josh Gordon's hearing on a DWI case in North Carolina was delayed until Nov. 18 after the Cleveland Browns wide receiver received a waiver.
The original court date was set for Tuesday, but Gordon's lawyer received a continuance. Gordon was stopped for speeding in Raleigh, N.C., in July and his blood-alcohol content tested at .09, just above the legal limit of .08 in North Carolina.
Gordon was driving a vehicle owned by Charlotte Hornets rookie P.J. Hairston when he was stopped at 3 a.m. on July 5 in Raleigh, N.C. The two athletes said they swapped cars at a local store. Gordon told police that he had a few drinks with vodka.
In the meantime, Gordon is still waiting for a ruling from the NFL on his appeal of an indefinite drug ban. He is facing a one-year suspension for a third failed drug test but hopes to have it shortened to as few as six games.
Also, the Browns placed offensive lineman Michael Bowie and linebacker Darius Eubanks on injured reserve and then added offensive lineman Nick McDonald on the reserve/non-football injury list to get the 75-man limit.
---Not satisfied with the veteran backups on the roster behind starter E.J. Manuel, the Buffalo Bills waived quarterback Thad Lewis just a day after severing ties with Dennis Dixon. They signed career backup quarterback Jordan Palmer.
Buffalo also placed linebacker Kiko Alonso on the reserve/non-football injury list. He had reconstructive knee surgery in July after tearing the ACL during an offseason workout and is not expected to play this season.
The Chicago Bears released the 30-year-old Palmer during the weekend after deciding to go with Jimmy Clausen. Palmer has not thrown a pass in the NFL since 2010 and only 15 in his career.
---The Tennessee Titans signed quarterback Dominique Davis to the roster to provide depth at the position for their final preseason game.
Starter Jake Locker is not expected to play much Thursday night against the Minnesota Vikings and backup Charlie Whitehurst has a sore right pinkie finger. That left rookie Zach Mettenberger as the only other available quarterback and prompted the signing of Davis.
The Titans are expected to keep Locker, Whitehurst and Mettenberger on the roster for the regular season.
---Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant is looking for a new contract, but if he doesn't get one by the start of the regular season, he'll put it on hold.
Bryant enters the final year of his rookie contract. He is scheduled to make $1.78 million this season.
"I don't want to talk about it anymore," Bryant said at a corporate event on Monday night. "Put it behind me. I love this game. Either way, I feel like I can't be distracted once I'm on the football field."
The 25-year-old Bryant wants to be one of the league's highest paid receivers. Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions currently has that designation with a seven-year, $113.5 million contract that includes $48.75 million guaranteed.
---Three more players were released by the Kansas City Chiefs: offensive tackle Ryan McKee, cornerback Kevin Rutland and cornerback Damond Smith.
The Chiefs released 11 players Monday to pare down their 90-man training camp roster.
In addition to Monday's moves, defensive back Sanders Cummings was placed on injured reserve.
---In order to reach the NFL mandated 75-man roster limit, the St. Louis Rams announced four transactions.
Quarterback Sam Bradford and center Demetrius Rhaney were placed on injured reserve. The team also waived DE Sammy Brown and S Matt Daniels.
Bradford was injured in Saturday's preseason game against the Cleveland Browns. An MRI disclosed he tore the in his left knee.
---The Cincinnati Bengals trimmed their roster before to reach the 75-player limit mandated by the NFL.
Quarterback Matt Scott, wide receiver Jasper Collins, linebacker James Davidson and second-year tight end Kevin Brock were released by the team. Linebacker JK Schaffer and cornerback LaVelle Westbrooks were waived/injured.
---In need of a kicker with Matt Prater facing a four-game suspension, the Denver Broncos acquired Brandon McManus from the New York Giants.
The Broncos sent a conditional seventh-round draft pick for the right to McManus, an undrafted free agent from Temple.
The 23-year-old McManus failed to beat out Josh Brown for a job with the Giants but was impressive in the preseason, kicking field goals of 46 and 47 yards. Of his 11 preseason kickoffs, 10 were touchbacks. The versatile McManus also can handle punting duties.
---At least Brady Quinn has a job with Fox.
The veteran quarterback, who signed with Miami Dolphins two weeks ago, announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he had been released.
The Dolphins made other roster moves to reach the 75-player limit. They designated defensive tackle A.J. Francis, running back Mike Gillislee and tight end Arthur Lynch as reserve/injured and waived wide receivers Armon Binns and Ryan Spadola, tight end Brett Brackett, cornerback Steven Clarke, defensive tackle Cory Grissom and center Tyler Larsen.
---Tight end Mike Higgins was released by the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday.
Higgins, a third-year veteran from Nebraska-Omaha, signed July 28, on the eve of training camp, after a workout at Minnesota-Mankato for team officials.
Higgins spent his three seasons in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints, including all of the 2013 season on the practice squad.
---Running backs Jordan Hall and Miguel Maysonet were among the Pittsburgh Steelers' first wave of roster cuts. With Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount still facing potential punishment after last week's arrest on marijuana possession, the Steelers still have backfield depth consisting of rookie Dri Archer, Tauren Poole, Josh Harris and Stephen Houston.
The team also waived wide receivers C.J. Goodwin and Kashif Moore, tight end Eric Waters, safety Jordan Dangerfield, cornerbacks Devin Smith and Lewis Toler, and linebacker Vic So'oto.
---The Carolina Panthers reached the roster deadline of 75 players by placing wide receiver De'Andre Presley on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list and quarterback Matt Blanchard, tight end D.C. Jefferson and center Kevin Matthews on injured reserve.
Presley and Blanchard are first-year players who are seen as developmental prospects; Presley was a quarterback at Appalachian State who has also spent time at cornerback, and is eligible to return after Week 6 of the regular season.
Jefferson, in his fourth year out of Rutgers, was battling for a roster spot with Brandon Williams and Richie Brockel, while Matthews was attempting to land one of the final spots as a reserve lineman. He is in his fourth season out of Texas A&M.
---The San Diego Chargers made five roster moves to reach the league-mandated 75-man limit.
The Chargers placed cornerback Marcus Cromartie and defensive linemen Kwame Geathers and Ricky Tjong-a-Tjoe on injured reserve. Geathers and Tjong-a-Tjoe both suffered knee injuries during last weekend's preseason game in San Francisco.
San Diego also placed guard-tackle Jeromey Clary on the reserve/physically unable to perform list and released cornerback Brandon Ghee.
---The New York Giants placed safety Cooper Taylor and wide receiver Marcus Harris on injured reserve and waived 13 other players to get down to the mandated NFL limit of 75 players.
Taylor, a fifth-round pick last year and Harris will be sidelined for the entire season.
The other players released are: tight end Jerome Cunningham, safety C.J. Barnett, tight end Xavier Grimble, defensive back Charles James, kicker Brandon McManus, linebacker Spencer Adkins, safety Kyle Sebetic, defensive back Ross Weaver, defensive end Emmanuel Dieke, linebacker Justin Anderson, wide receiver Travis Harvey, defensive tackle Everett Dawkins and guard John Sullen.
Also, Giants left guard Geoff Schwartz is expected to be in a walking boot for approximately 7-10 days before beginning a rehab program for his dislocated right big toe.
The timetable means Schwartz is likely to miss at least the Sept. 8 regular-season opener at the Detroit Lions, a big blow to the Giants' maligned offensive line.
---The Indianapolis Colts reached the league-required 75-man roster by placing running backs Vick Ballard and Deji Karim and tackle Ulrick John on injured reserve.
Fullback Stanley Havili was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.
Ballard has played in 17 games (13 starts) over the past two seasons, rushing 224 times for 877 yards and two touchdowns, while catching 18 passes for 147 yards and a touchdown.


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Part of creating your own identity is rebellion. And a huge part of that rebellion is taking a stand against social norms and actively fighting it. They say your hair needs to be a certain length, so you grow it long. They say your pants have to be a certain style, so you start wearing kilts. Like 10 at a time. When you can't take action, you use your voice. Maybe you've smoked some pot, so you take a stance on legalization and subconsciously look for opportunities to argue your case. If you can't find those debates, maybe you force the issue, shoehorning the topic into another conversation:
"I agree, what happened with those shootings was a tragedy. It's really a shame that we haven't legalized weed yet, because that could have prevented the whole thing. Wait, hear me out ..."
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"No, Chad, I refuse to listen to any more arguments that contain the phrase 'The Man'."
Those debates are calisthenics for the mind, and they are incredibly important. It's where you learn healthy confrontation and negotiation skills, which will probably be some of the most useful skills you'll ever acquire in life because it's how you will net yourself raises, promotions, and a neon-pink kitchen. Those things don't just hand themselves over without some debate and convincing.
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Eventually, you reach a point where you have heard virtually every debate point for every topic ever conceived by man. Nothing anyone says is new. Nothing anyone says is convincing the other side to "convert" to their line of thinking. Consider how long debates have been around between atheists and Christians, legalization and anti-drug groups, pro-lifers and pro-choicers, Democrats and Republicans, and on and on. So many of the talking points and debate styles overlap from topic to topic that you can damn near lip sync to them as they're being said. All debates have turned into a Nickelback album.
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"And now, to wrap up my final 30 seconds, is Chad Ripsmash on the drums."
When you reach a certain age, you don't even see the intelligence or perspective in a debate anymore because you've heard the arguments so much, it's just different people saying the same things in an endless circle jerk. For instance, I know with 100 percent certainty that even without me declaring a side on any of those topics that I listed off in the preceding paragraph, someone will make a smartass, snarky comment about one of them, and that spark will ignite a debate. Just from naming the sides of a debate.
You will reach this point so much sooner than you think. Especially if you hang out on the Internet as a primary or even secondary source of entertainment. Because these debates are everywhere -- they are inescapable. All of them require intelligence, introspection, unbiased examination, and scrutiny ... yet they are almost always conducted by average people with unremarkable IQs who think that winning a debate is determined by who can make the most smartass jab.
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Eventually, they'll make it a full-contact event, and then we'll see whose point is correct.
#1. You Lose the Ability to Be Surprised by Entertainment
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When You're a Kid ...
The Sixth Sense was one of the coolest movies I've ever seen. Not because of the main content, but because the ending alone was enough to cement that film in cinematic history. It was brilliant. Fight Club was the same way. Given, the meat of that movie was fun as hell to watch, but the twist was just mind-blowing at the time.
Those little surprises are what make entertainment awesome when you're growing up. I'm not just talking about "twist endings," though. They can be -- and often are -- more subtle. A punchline of a great joke is only funny because you didn't expect it. A horror movie is scary because you never know what's going to jump out at you next. Holy fuck, I nearly shit myself when I saw the first two Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Those twists and turns are what keep things interesting and fresh.
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"Hey, who let the preteens into The Crying Game 3D?"
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Unfortunately, they abide by a pretty strict formula, and once you've experienced so many of them, they become as predictable as a sunrise. A perfect example of this is BioShock Infinite. Don't worry, I'm not going to give out spoilers.
I bought the game because everyone I spoke to and every review I read said that it was quite literally one of the greatest games ever created. Their biggest praise fell on the storytelling, and I cannot find anyone who doesn't think that it's pure genius.
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That's the look of two motherfuckers who just got their goddamn minds blown, right there.
Except for all of my friends who are my age or older. None of us think it's a bad game, mind you. Hell, none of us really even think it's a bad story. But it is not even remotely close to being the mind-bending benchmark that the gaming world is declaring it to be. The reason for our very subjective, equally worthless opinions is because we've seen these plots a thousand times in a thousand different formats. Half of us predicted the "twist" in that game long before the setup was even complete.
That's not a slam on the game or a "Hey, look how smart and cool we are." It's a prime example of how our age and experience have trained us to read tone, music and visual cues, symbolism, pacing, three-act setup -- because we've played hundreds of games. We've seen hundreds of movies. We've read hundreds of books. We know stories. We know twists. And you will, too. It's not about intelligence. It's about consuming so much for so long that you can pick out the individual ingredients that went into making the cake.
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"Mmmm. Sweet misdirection, with just a dash of viewer doubt."
But don't let me scare you. Growing older is a good thing in most respects. I'm just saying that it can sneak up on you if you don't know what to look for. Once you're prepared for it, it's up to you how to use it. Hell, Steven Tyler is like 190 years old, and that dude is still going like age ain't shit.
John is a columnist right here at Cracked. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook.


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Visual Analyser is a complete professional real time software, transform your PC in a complete set of measurement instruments; no new hardware necessary (you can use the Sound Card of your PC) or you can use a specific external hardware (see Hardware section for an example). Visual Analyser runs on Windows 9x,ME,2k,XP,NT,Server,Vista,7. VA 2011 version now available, no longer compatible with Windows 9x. The 2011 version runs on Linux by means of wine utility.
Detailed Features:
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- ZRLC-meter with Vector scope, automatic sweep in time and frequency for automatic measurement.
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LISBON - Columbiana County commissioners renewed a series of contracts totaling $227,376 for programs designed to increase self-sufficiency among the working poor and others receiving some form of government assistance.
The contracts, which were approved at Wednesday's commissioners' meeting, are between the county Department of Job and Family Services and various service providers. The funding source is federal tax dollars received by the JFS.
Following is a list of the contracts and amounts:
-$31,000 for a program to provide the working poor with vouchers to purchase up to $100 in gasoline over the next year for use in getting to and from their job. The vouchers can be redeemed at Smith Oil gas stations.
-$48,000 for providing public transportation for the working poor needing a ride to and from their jobs. The contract is with the Community Action Rural Transit System.
- $90,000 with county juvenile court for a truancy officer position and support staff used to enforce school truancy among school districts and provide assistance programs for truant youths to keep them in school.
- $58,376 with the county Counseling Center to continue the Project SAFE program, a parenting assistance program.
The income eligibility for participation in these programs is generally 130 percent of the federal poverty level, which is about $30,000 for a household of four.
A contract for $29,170 between the JFS and Help Hotline Crisis Center of Youngstown was also approved by commissioners. Help Hotline provides after-hours phone service for callers seeking assistance from Children Services and Adult Protective Services, which are both agencies within the JFS.
In other action this week's meeting:
- Commissioners received a check for $4,749 from the Ohio Department of Natural Services as the county's share of proceeds from logging at Yellow Creek State Forest outside Salineville. Also receiving money are Wayne Township trustees ($4,749) and the Southern Local school district ($9,498) since the forest is within the township and school district.
- Commissioner Mike Halleck thanked the city of Salem administration for coming up with a plan so Salem's police officer assigned to the county drug task force could now work full time with the DTF. "It's no secret to anyone in this room that (drugs) are a problem in the city," he said.
- Halleck also thanked those officeholders who have been working with commissioners to stay within their budget by moving funding around as needed.


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Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset Limited concerns itself less with people than with archetypes. Black is played by a black man, White by a white man. White is an atheist professor. Black is a born-again ex-con. They meet because White has just tried to throw himself into the path of an oncoming commuter train called the Sunset Limited. Black has rescued him. At curtain rise, they are sitting in Black's kitchen inside a junkie-infested apartment building trying to understand each other.
McCarthy, a Roman Catholic, has assigned to White a black nihilism, and to Black the role of light-filled savior. Their exchange on the nature of faith and unbelief proceeds like a kind of dark Dinner With Andre, shot through with humor before the No Country for Old Men author's characteristic bleakness reasserts itself.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist has produced a play so rich in dialogue that it overshadows any other kind of dramatic device. That spareness doesn't make it any less compelling, and in the Rubicon's hands, it's nearly always riveting. As Black and White, Tucker Smallwood and Joe Spano turn in exceptional performances that help flesh out the archetypes into living, breathing (for now) human beings. Brian McDonald's minimalist direction keeps the language humming as the characters' diametrical perspectives advance toward a breaking point.
The details we learn of each man's life are slim. For Black, there were children and a wife, but no more. White had a father whom he neglected to visit on the latter's deathbed. Greater attention is given to Black's "jailhouse stories," vivid accounts of brutal, bloody savagery unlikely to startle McCarthy fans. More important is each man's viewpoint as the pair become proxies in a theological showdown.
Black says Jesus visited him after an attack that left him immobilized in a hospital bed. Taking the biblical "brother's keeper" admonition to heart, he chooses to live among crackheads, ministering to the forsaken. White put his faith in the bulwark of human achievement, until waning popular regard for high culture and the arts crumbled his conviction. All he believes in now, he says, is the Sunset Limited.
Talk-heavy plays like this one do best when equality of opportunity — to score a philosophical checkmate — is sown into the script. The same can't quite be said here. Along with race, class, education and life experience, McCarthy unevenly parcels out likability. White gets the erudite one-liners, but to Black he assigns the lion's share of warmth and charisma, along with a fair bit of moderation. (Black is a self-described heretic with creative notions about Jesus.)
Smallwood embraces this easygoing charm and Southern hospitality, and he makes even Black's more extreme positions sound inviting. Spano inhabits White's existential despair, both unrelenting and matter-of-fact, with his apparent need for control dressed up as fatalism. White's outlook is far less appealing, and isn't really a fair counterpoint to Black's sanded-down-around-the-edges Christianity. Regardless of how their personal beliefs align, audience members may find White's dogmatic atheism a bit chilly.
Such intellectual gamesmanship bears repeated viewing. With acting this good, that's a treat. The Sunset Limited catapults us into a journey we're happy to inhabit until the last stop.
The Sunset Limited, through Nov. 17, Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura, 667-2900 or rubicontheatre.org.


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Green Day have eleven albums under their belt, and they walk onstage each night prepared to play practically any track from that deep catalog. They also aren't afraid of arena rock bombast, embracing pyro, confetti cannons and classic rock covers like "Highway to Hell."
Showstopper: Billie Joe Armstrong brings a fan onstage every night to play guitar on "Longview." Even when they can't play a note it's still an absolute riot.


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on January 28, 2013 - 5:26 PM
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Once again, the Labatt Blue Buffalo Pond Hockey Tournament may have to delete the word "pond" from its name this year and substitute a daylong street hockey event Feb. 9.
The culprit, of course, would be the second straight warmer-than-normal winter in these parts.
While most Western New Yorkers are celebrating the unseasonable highs in the low and mid-50s forecast for today and Wednesday, those balmy temperatures could spell the death knell for this year's sixth annual version of the event on ice.
"Our hope is that we still will be able to play on the ice," said Lisa Texido, associate brand manager for Labatt Blue. "If we can't, we'll play on the streets."
The tournament needs a minimum of 12 inches of ice in Erie Basin Marina, tournament organizers say. The officials reported ice thickness of 3½ to 4½ inches in the marina Monday.
With ice fishermen visible in the marina over the weekend and the region stuck in a recent deep freeze, the 12-inch minimum seemed possible. Then the forecast emerged for temperatures climbing into the 50s this week. Tournament organizers also are concerned about heavy wind gusts that could help break up the ice.
On the other hand, temperatures are expected to move back into the 20s and teens later this week.
After a meeting Monday between tournament organizers and city officials, planners were still hopeful about the prospects for pond hockey.
"We're just going to have to wait and see," one organizer said. "By Thursday or Friday, we'll have a better idea of where we stand."
Because of the uncertainty of ice in the marina, tournament organizers this year planned just a one-day event, from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 9. If the ice weren't safe that day, the makeup day was set for the following day.
On Dec. 7, after a two-week registration period, tournament officials announced the 96 registered teams, each with four to seven players.
Last winter, the event had to move to land, as a lack of ice depth forced the teams onto the Erie Basin Marina parking lots for the weekend of Feb. 10-12. Slightly more than half of the 144 teams that signed up for the event chose not to play when the tournament moved to the parking lots.
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It's no secret that the relationship
between Apple and Google is a bit
rocky to say the least. While the two companies forged a
partnership with the launch of the original iPhone (Google makes its
presence known on the iPhone via Mobile Safari search, YouTube app,
and Maps app), Steve Jobs over the past six months or so has been
growing a bit resentful of Google's rise to power with its Android
mobile operating system.
However, Google's Larry Page now
contends that Jobs'
anger is misplaced. While speaking at the Allen & Co
conference this week in Silicon Valley, Page stated, "We had
been working on Android a very long time, with the notion of
producing phones that are Internet enabled and have good browsers and
all that because that did not exist in the marketplace."
"I think that characterization of
us entering after is not really reasonable."
Page then went on to say that Jobs'
characterization of the events that took place leading up to Google's
release of Android OS as "a little bit of rewriting history."
Earlier this year, Steve Jobs went on a
at an Apple Town hall stating that Google's "Don't Be Evil
Mantra Is Bulls**t" -- another source contends that Jobs said
that "a load of crap" was the actual statement used, but
you get the point.
Last month at the All Things D
conference, Jobs again touched on the Google subject stating, "They
decided to compete with us. We didn't go into the search business!"
Despite the difference of opinion on
Google' motives for Android, Google CEO (and former Apple board
member) Eric Schmidt also weighed in stating that the two companies
still have a strong partnership with the iPhone. And just this past
March, Jobs and Schmidt were seen canoodling
outside a cafe in Palo Alto, California.
quote: But wait that was what, 5 years ago now? iPhone wasn't revolutionary.. just a pretty package that included everyone else's stuff.
quote: Not really...Take a look at the original Palm hand helds... Full touch screen? Yep. Hand writing interface? Yep. Could we consider that a form of gesturing or multi-touch? sure. But really I mean if you don't believe me.. take a look here:"http://members.shaw.ca/guis/palmos41.html"Or better still, you think apple invented the full touch screen look?"http://www.pencomputing.com/images/tungsten_t5_rig..."I mean come on... You can say Apple has a pretty O/S, and that an App store isn't just a commercialized package repository that *nix users have been utilizing FOREVER... but please don't try even try to tell me with a straight face that Apple did anything first... It simply bundled what others had already done the major R&D on, with a certain balance of compromises that others hadn't tried yet.


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on January 31, 2013 - 12:01 AM
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Some things are inevitable, however slowly people may accept them. As same-sex marriage and other gay issues came to inhabit the American mainstream, it was inevitable either that the Boy Scouts would change its stand and accept gay Scouts and Scout leaders or that the organization would wither. The Boy Scouts apparently has chosen to accept reality, sort of.
It had to be a painful decision, but not only were the Scouts on the wrong side of history and human rights, but heading toward the wrong side of solvency. Big donors, including the Merck Co. Foundation, Intel Foundation, UPS and United Way, have stopped funding the Scouts because of its policy on gays.
The Boys Scouts strives to build character – young men who are "trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent." It's impossible to instill those qualities while at the same time making it clear that discrimination against some boys is acceptable.
The change came suddenly. Only last summer, the Scouts had reaffirmed its policy against gay Scouts and Scout leaders. In 2000, it won a Supreme Court ruling on the question. Now, the Boy Scouts says that as early as next week, it may abolish the national ban.
The plan going forward would be to vest that decision in individual Scouting organizations. It is, in that regard, a half a loaf, but big changes often come in increments. The new policy acknowledges that many troops are sponsored by churches, civic groups and schools, some of which may hesitate to accept gay Scouts and leaders.
They shouldn't. If Americans have learned anything over the past several years, it is that gays are their neighbors, relatives, colleagues and friends. Homosexuality is a fact of life, not a condition or moral failing.
There will be resistance. Southern Baptists, who consider homosexuality a sin, are already suggesting that they will support other boys organizations rather than the Boy Scouts. Let them go.
They'll come around, eventually, just as they did on slavery, Jim Crow and interracial marriage. Southern fundamentalists found biblical authority for all of those offenses – talk about sinning – but later thought better of those positions.
In the meantime, the Boy Scouts of America is taking an unexpected big step away from an outdated and indefensible policy. With that, it will be able to serve a larger population and retain the support of those who find it hard to tolerate discrimination.


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on February 19, 2013 - 10:17 AM
Drones save the lives of American soldiers
I have been giving thought to the much-discussed pros and cons of the use of Predator drones by the U.S. military. The debate regarding the moral, ethical and constitutional correctness is frequently discussed. I am of the mindset that we do what we must to dissuade the enemy, even at the risk of being assaulted by those who find this practice appalling and unconstitutional.
These same people are generally mute when it comes to the atrocities done to us and others. They use the Constitution, much like others who come to the country and try to force their values on us. They say what they like, stomp on our flag, mock our grieving parents of soldiers, cover their identities, use our resources, prey on our generosity and smugly claim that they want the protections and benefits of our great country.
Where are these same indignant people when our troops are killed, maimed by IEDs and shot by people they have trained to protect their own country? We have used the drones to eliminate the worst of those whose commitment is to the destruction of our country. Yes, there have been some innocent lives lost, even though the military tries to minimize that as best possible and still be effective. Why not reduce our ability, level the playing field, put away all of our high-tech weapons and see our men get killed so we can say we fought a fair battle? Does any style of combat try to reduce its tactical advantage to protect the enemy, and put its own forces in greater danger?
Let those who worry more about the others send their sons and daughters to the front line. I'm not a warmonger, nor am I in favor of wars versus peaceful resolutions, but I am sick and tired of fighting amongst ourselves at home while the country dodges one hurdle after another to accomplish what our enemies do unimpeded.
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President Obama has thus far failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change. After successfully passing his green stimulus package, he did nothing to defend it when Congress decimated its funding....Without presidential leadership that focuses intensely on making the public aware of the reality we face, nothing will change.
Many political advisers assume that a president has to deal with the world of politics as he finds it, and that it is unwise to risk political capital on an effort to actually lead the country toward a new understanding of the real threats and real opportunities we face. Concentrate on the politics of re-election, they say. Don't take chances.All that might be completely understandable and make perfect sense in a world where the climate crisis wasn't "real." Those of us who support and admire President Obama understand how difficult the politics of this issue are in the context of the massive opposition to doing anything at all — or even to recognizing that there is a crisis. And assuming that the Republicans come to their senses and avoid nominating a clown, his re-election is likely to involve a hard-fought battle with high stakes for the country....But in this case, the President has reality on his side. The scientific consensus is far stronger today than at any time in the past. Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real. It is time to act.
quote: It's called a "thermometer". You can't have "global warming" at the same time as a near record cooling trend.
quote: Umm bullshit. You got a link for that? 100% is a pretty strong claim. Why do I get the impression you're just talking out of your ass?
quote: But Reclaimer has proven time and time again that he is incredibly narrow minded. Would not expect him to grasp something as great global climate patterns.
quote: The question everyone is asking, are greenhouse gases, produced by heavy industry, automobiles, etc, speeding up the process??
quote: The debate for this IS important.
quote: Seriously?? Global Warming does not equate to every thermometer in every region of every land mass going up.
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The Internet Explorer and Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. teams released a prototype implementation of the W3C DeviceOrientation Event Specification draft on HTML5Labs.com. This specification defines new DOM events that provide information about the physical orientation and motion of a device. Such APIs will let web developers easily deliver advanced web user experiences leveraging modern devices sensors
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