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Listen Locally – Cuidado Tango BandCuidado is Pittsburgh's most dangerous tango band. Members of the group have performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Their extensive backgrounds in tango, classical and jazz music fuse to create a fresh and unique sound unlike any other group performing today.10/30/2013Time: 7:30 pmAndrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
Russian MasterpiecesGuest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier returns with a program of early 20th-century Russian music. Young 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition winner Daniil Trifonov performs Prokofiev's tumultuous and technically-demanding Piano Concerto #2. Then, Totelier conducts Rachmaninoff's passionate and sweeping Symphony #2, which restored the composer's confidence after the poorly-received First. 11/01/2013 - 11/03/201311/01 - 8:00 pm11/02 - 8:00 pm11/03 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Blue/OrangeJoe Penhall's Olivier Award-winning Blue/Orange is a caustically funny play about race and the mental health system. In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient (Rico Parker) claims to be the son of an African dictator--a story that seems unnervingly plausible. What begins as a battle of wills between a young idealistic doctor (David Whalen) and his jaded superior (Sam Tsoutsouvas) over the appropriate course of treatment for his patient, eventually turns into something altogether different. Andrew S. Paul, director; Mark Clayton Southers, producer.11/01/2013 - 11/23/2013Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, 937 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Flanders Recorder QuartetAn R&B favorite, the world's foremost recorder quartet returns for a delightful program inspired by their boundless admiration for J.S. Bach. Original arrangements of works by the German master comprise the first half and in the second you are invited to dine on delectable "courses" – early and contemporary – inspired by Chef Bach.11/02/2013Time: 8:00 pmSynod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Combined ChoirsVoices of Spirit, Pappert Men's Chorale, Pappert Women's Chorale and University Singers. Craig Cannon, director.11/02/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Duquesne University Chapelwebsite
Opening NightOpening Night features Handel's Royal Fireworks Music, Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Bach's Magnificat featuring the all-new 40-member Westmoreland Symphony Chamber Singers under the direction of Marc Tourre.11/02/2013Time: 7:30 pmPalace Theater, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, PAwebsite | map
City LightsUniversally praised as one of the greatest films ever made, City Lights – written by, directed by, and starring the great Charlie Chaplin – is presented in all its cinematic glory on the big screen, with the orchestra performing the superb soundtrack live.11/02/2013Time: 7:30 pmButler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PAwebsite | map
Pitt Jazz Seminar Concert Geri Allen, Pitt's newly appointed Director of Jazz Studies, will lead an all-star band as they carry on the legacy of Nathan Davis, the founder of the Jazz Seminar and Concert who retired this past summer. Performers taking part this year include Allen, piano; Brinae Ali, tap percussionist; Marcus Belgrave and Randy Brecker, trumpet; Vincent Chandler, trombone; Ravi Coltrane and Ernie Watts, saxophone; Russell Malone, guitar; Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall and Jeff "Tain" Watts, drums; and Carmen Lundy, vocalist 11/02/2013Time: 8pmLocation: Carnegie Music Hallwebsite
Turn of the ScrewAdapted by Jeffery Hatcher, from the novella by Henry James, Turn of the Screw is "a total theatrical experience, a challenge for the imagination." An old English Manor House is filled with secrets, strange movements flicker in the underbrush, unidentifiable cries are heard in the moonlight, and abrupt coldness and breezes touch your imagination. Do the ghosts haunt the children? Or is it just her imagination? Joe Warik directs.11/02/2013 - 11/10/2013New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Mildred Miller International Voice CompetitionNamed after Opera Theater's founder, the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition attracted 183 emerging young professionals (ages 19-35) from throughout North America, Bulgaria, France, Russia, Korea, and Taiwan. Semi-finals on Saturday: 11a-1p & 3p-5p. Finals on Sunday: 3-5p.11/02/2013 - 11/03/2013Location: Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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STEUBENVILLE — Visiting Juvenile Judge Tom Lipps is expected to rule next week on several motions in the case of two Steubenville High School student-athletes who have been charged with rape....
...and to think we are paying out the hiney for this circus! Can you even imagine the total cost of this when it is all sung and danced? This is like the never ending saga that just grows and grows and grows in our society. And it all started with two undisciplined, uneducated kids with the power to make bad choices.
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The 4 Most Impressively Weird Sex Lives of U.S. Presidents
#2. Calvin Coolidge Is Sick of Having Sex With His Wife
Here is one of my favorite stories from a book that is exclusively dedicated to stories about how famous people boned. It's about Calvin Coolidge:
One day, the president and Mrs. Coolidge were visiting a government farm. Soon after their arrival, they were taken off on separate tours. When Mrs. Coolidge passed the chicken pens, she paused to ask the man in charge if the rooster copulates more than once a day. "Dozens of times," was the reply. "Please tell that to the president," Mrs. Coolidge requested. When the president passed the pens and was told about the rooster, he asked "Same hen every time?" "Oh no, Mr. President, a different one each time." The president nodded slowly, then said, "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge."
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Yes, that's Calvin Coolidge dressed up as a cowboy. Try to stay calm, ladies.
This idea -- the sensation of men becoming rearoused by the idea or presence of a new female -- is today named after President Coolidge. Ask any of your sexologist friends (I have six sexologist friends, two licensed and four unlicensed), and they'll tell you all about the Coolidge effect. The Coolidge effect is present in males (and some females) of almost every mammalian creature observed. You stick a rat in a cage with a willing female, and you get a sex party. Eventually, the male rat will get tired of sleeping with the same rat and lose his sex drive completely. Until, of course, a new female is introduced, which reignites the rat's sex fire, which he uses to ... burn the female rat's vagina to the ground? This fire metaphor got away from me.
Above: Relationships 101.
Put simply, when a new, willing female is introduced, the brain releases chemicals that are all telling you "leave no willing mate unfertilized."
And we named it after Calvin "Silent but Sexy" Coolidge.
#1. John F. Kennedy: Sex Junkie
You can't bring up the topic of presidents at your neighborhood sex party without someone mentioning John F. Kennedy. According to his friends, no one was off limits to Kennedy, including the wives, sisters and mothers of his closest friends. His list of sexual conquests includes Hollywood actresses like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Gene Tierney, famous strippers like Blaze Starr, famous painters like Mary Pinchot Meyer and White House staffers like literally every female White House staffer. He had sex all over the White House, from the White House pool, where he regularly swam nude, to the closet of his bedroom, where he regularly put closet stuff.
Still, don't imagine any romantic ideas that JFK was a passionate, incorrigible rake whose only crime was that he loved women too much. Kennedy was less Casanova and more somewhat charming sex addict. To Kennedy, sex was like a sport, or like a Pokemon ... party? Like Pokemonning, like the act of when a person Pokemons, I'm trying to say that Kennedy just wanted to "catch all the sex." He didn't want to be good at sex, and it's possible that he didn't even enjoy it; he just needed it. He once told British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan that if he went too long without sex, he'd get severe headaches. (Three days, by the way. That's how long "too long" is in Kennedy fuck-time.)
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"If this plane's a-rockin', please come a-knockin'. Because I'll be done soon and it never hurts to line up more strange."
Sex was a mechanical process for Kennedy (who reportedly said that he couldn't be satisfied unless he'd had a woman at least "three different ways"). He would rarely kiss during sex (to make sure things stayed impersonal), and the women he slept with were left, for the most part, unsatisfied. "Just in terms of the time he spent with a woman, he was a lousy lover. He went in more for quantity than quality," says former Senator George Smathers, one of Kennedy's closest friends.
"I believe this process is what you'd call Pokemonning today," he probably said later.
Presidential sex secrets got your head spinning? Don't let these past Commander-in-Chief sexcapades keep you from casting your vote. Text VSPOT to 38383 to find your nearest poll locations. Seriously - go vote! Courtesy of Virgin Mobile -- they are definitely mobile, but much like these former presidents, they're definitely not virgins.
For more from Dan, check out 3 Internal Monologues from Bad Days in Presidential History and The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time.


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بواسطة Jenny Ditz أكتوبر/تشرين الأوّل 8, 2003
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
ramming one's penis rapidly in between a set of gigantic tits
That fucking whore needs a real good titty fucking
بواسطة jay إبريل/نَيْسان 29, 2003
When a man puts his dick between a woman's breasts and thrusts until ejaculation. Usually results in a pearl necklance.
By titty fucking, I just gave my girlfriend a pearl necklace.
بواسطة PokeHomsar فبراير/شباط 25, 2007
Thrusting a throbbing hard cock into to some humongous boomers.
Bryan is titty fucking her while drinking a beer, playing the guitar ,and playing Halo at the same time.
بواسطة UGA Dawg مارس/آذَار 9, 2006
fucking a girl with your dick between her tits
crystal-"damnnn did you see that titty fucking episode last night"
will-"no, i was busy with my mom"
crystal-"eh? excuse me?"
~cryatal slowly backs away~
will-"no, i was busy with my mom"
crystal-"eh? excuse me?"
~cryatal slowly backs away~
بواسطة Joey White إبريل/نَيْسان 10, 2008
the act of placing a penis in between two "titties" and making a humping motion.
the last time I saw a set of breasts that nice I had to tittyfuck them
بواسطة tittyfuckers فبراير/شباط 18, 2003
A commonly performed sexual act involving a man gently placing his penis in between a women's breasts, usually resulting in ejactulation on said womens chin.
No, we didn't go all the way, but that bitch and I were titty-fucking all night long.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
With a week remaining in the 2013 regular season, the Cane Bay High baseball team controls its own destiny.
The Cobras enter Wednesday night's game at Stratford eyeing a spot in the class AAAA state playoffs but need a strong finish to secure a berth.
A 7-0 blanking of West Ashley on Monday night pushed Cane Bay to 3-2 in region 7-AAAA and 8-11 overall.
"Every win is huge at this stage of the season," said Cobras head coach Shane Todd. "This was one we had to have. There is not a lot of separation one through five in this region so every win is crucial. We have three games left. If we win out, we win the region. But we've got a long ways to go and we take one at a time."
Senior right-hander Austin Timm was brilliant Monday, allowing two hits and striking out 10 hitters to improve to 2-2 on the season.
Offensively, junior shortstop Trey Burdette had two hits and two RBIs and junior third baseman B.J. Thompson had two hits. Timm, senior centerfielder Davon Higgins and senior second baseman Cody Blewer each had RBIs. Senior leftfielder Justin Shelton scored two runs. The Cobras tallied seven hits in the game.
Timm pitched around an error and two walks in the first inning and Cane Bay scored three runs in the bottom of the first.
After Shelton was hit by a pitch and stole second base, he moved to third on a Thompson's fly to right. Higgins grounded to short to score Shelton for a 1-0 lead. After Timm walked, courtesy runner Mike Morris scored when Brian Coleman reached on an error. Burdette then delivered Coleman with a single to center.
In the fourth, Blewer's single to center scored Blaine Peck for a 4-0 lead. The Cobras added a run in the fifth on Burdette's infield single over the mound.
Timm's RBI single to left scored Shelton in the sixth and Thompson came around to score from first on an error by the West Ashley left fielder.
"Austin was pretty good tonight," said Todd of his senior ace. "His last two outings have been really strong."
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Drought increases importance of selection decisions
Drought increases importance of selection decisions
High feed costs make every animal count
This summer's extensive drought has left feed supplies tight and costs high — making efficient management of herd inventory more important than ever for beef and dairy producers. One way producers can identify the cattle in their herd with the greatest short- and long-term profit potential is through the use of genomics. Investing in genetically superior animals, selecting for economically relevant traits and not investing valuable resources in cattle that don't possess the genetic capacity to contribute to herd profitability are all important steps to help manage feed costs and assure genetic progress for future profitability.
"Producers who can find solutions to the current short forage and grain supply and increasing feed costs will be the ones who prosper in the future," says Kent Andersen, Ph.D., associate director, technical services, Pfizer Animal Genetics. "And currently, it's an expensive time to retain and develop replacement heifers, which makes informed selection and mating decisions all the more important."
With the help of genomic information, producers have the opportunity to more accurately identify superior heifers earlier in life — rather than delaying decisions regarding which females to retain for breeding and replacement inventory and incurring the additional development costs, Dr. Andersen explains.
"For example, the probability that a heifer will be productive enough for timely recovery of her high rearing costs is significantly influenced by her genetic merit for a variety of maternal traits," Dr. Andersen says. "With genomic-enhanced genetic predictions, producers can more dependably rank animals for future productivity and make earlier and better decisions about which heifers to retain."
CLARIFIDE® can help commercial dairy producers select, mate and manage Holstein, Jersey and Brown Swiss dairy females for the best possible return. For beef producers using Angus genetics, both genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs) powered by High-Density 50K (HD 50K) and GeneMax™ from Certified Angus Beef can help provide greater insight into the genetic potential of breeding cattle.
Dr. Andersen says producers can help reduce feed expenses by using these tools early in an animal's life for more timely, accurate and complete selection. Droughts come and go, but managing high feed and input costs impacts profitability each and every day.
"Given the current high input costs, producers can benefit from earlier and better selections," Dr. Andersen says. "Genetic technologies are helping provide information necessary for producers to be more confident in their decisions of which animals to keep and they provide the flexibility of testing early in an animal's life to help navigate high feed costs."
To learn more, visit www.pfizeranimalgenetics.com, call 1-877-233-3362 or contact your Pfizer Animal Health representative.
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Pfizer Animal Health, a business unit of Pfizer Inc., is a global leader in the discovery, development, manufacture and commercialization of animal health medicines and vaccines, with a focus on both livestock and companion animals. For more than 60 years, we have been committed to enhancing the health of animals and bringing solutions to our customers who raise and care for them. To learn more, visit www.pfizeranimalhealth.com.


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On instant Star, Jude Harrison, and Tommy Quincy together as a couple. *Their couple name*
I like Jommy better than Juderman, and Jumie.
από unspoken_love_x3 20 Ιανουάριος 2008
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Can you define these popular missing words?
1. The Australian way of pronouncing "jammies" (pajamas)
2. Australian genitals
2. Australian genitals
1. We're going to go back to our room and put on our jommies!
2. Let me put my jommies in your mouth!
2. Let me put my jommies in your mouth!
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a complement to the jimmy. Also known for its excessive cuddleness.
Give me the jimmies and jommies!
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The perfect date! It's not to hot and it's not to cold! All you need is a light jacket!
Person A: What is your idea of the perfect date?
Person B: April 25th!
Person B: April 25th!
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Anzac day. Celebrates the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landing at Gallipoli.
April 25th is anzac day. Walzting matilda, waltzing matilda, you'll come waltzing matilda with me!
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An open source political party? | Opensource.com
An open source political party?
Do you like the concept of an open source political party?
That's the same question that crossed my mind when I came across this site. Highlighted in green at the top, "Liberty, Democracy, Transparency!" So far so good. But is this for real?
One of my favorite things about working at Red Hat is a very prominent "take the ball and run with it" attitude that persists because of the open source way. If you're passionate about something--do it. See if you can get people to do it with you and make it better. And I think that's what this Open Source Party concept is about.
My curiosity got the best of me. I started looking into the different resources mentioned on the Open Source Party site. I reached out to the media contacts to find out more, and Trevor Tomesh responded. Whether you think the Open Source Party will take over the world or it's just a vision for a few passionate people who want a different political world, hear what Tomesh has to say in my interview with him.
I'm Trevor Tomesh, and I helped co-found the new International Open Source Party with R.U. Sirius. I am a BSc in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, and am currently working towards my PhD in Computing. I am a firm believer in the freedom of information and open source principles not only in software design, but in academia, governance, and culture. Open source is my code of ethics.
The Open Source party, as it stands, is an exploratory group. We have varying ideas as to how we should approach it. Personally, I believe that we should use Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" as the starting point for our platform.
Originally the "Open Source Party" was formed around R.U.'s essay: The Open Source Party Proposal. The original idea went into remission until I read R.U.'s essay and emailed him about reviving it. Give the original essay a read.
Also, a new essay was published by R.U. on the revival of the Open Source Party in h+: Open Source Party 2.0: Liberty, Democracy, Transparency!
We have a website (although it has not seen as much action since the introduction of the Facebook group.)
Tell our readers about the Open Source Party. What is it and what are you looking to accomplish?
We are an exploratory net-roots campaign to re-envision the world political system and government as an open source exercise in democracy rather than what it has become -- to a large extent, an oligarchy of the super-rich, and a playground for mega-corporations aimed at optimizing goals other than human good. See R.U. Sirius's article in H+ Magazine for more information.
Is the Open Source Party movement related in any way to Occupy Wall Street?
Officially, we have no involvement with the Occupy Wall Street movement. However, I would be bold enough to guess that the vast majority of our members do support the movement.
What role do you think open source plays in government?
The American government, currently? None. The American government, as with many western governments, is run under an opaque, closed-source, almost corporate model. Of course, there is the illusion of democracy, but the ability for the people to choose our leaders is no more democratic than the Pepsi corporation allowing Mountain Dew fans choose the new flavor. Think about it.
Now, what role should open source play in government? Well, that's what our entire party is about...coming up with an answer to this question. Of course, there are various answers from various members as to how to utilize open source principles. I am personally of the view that the old system should be completely replaced with a new model based on Raymond's essay.
How do you see the Open Source Party interacting with the Open Government Partnership?
Well, our goals are the same: Transparency and accountability. We approach "Open Governance" at a more literal angle. However, as with all good open source projects the Open Source Party thrives on cooperation.
How does someone get involved with the Open Source Party?
Simple. Join the Facebook group and ask what you can do!
What do you think about the Open Source Party?
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Pirate Party comes very close. And they also understand open source and open standards and why they matter. And if I'm not mistaken they also work in an opensource way.
Jason, this used to be so here in Europe. Especially in DE, the Pirate Party has gained a lot of hype since the summer of 2009, and they actually won a couple of seats in some regional and local parliaments. It remains to be seen how they will do in the next federal elections in 2013 but if the trend continues, the Liberal Democrats (FDP) will be out and the Pirates will be in.
aquí Pirate Party International http://www.pp-international.net/
en mas de 50 paises
The open source method is probably a good way to organize a democratic political party. But the method of organization says nothing about the political stances taken by the resulting party. Rather than organizing a party and then trying to come up with a political platform it would be better to join a political party whose platform you agree with and try to get that party to reform itself to run on open source principles.
Without stating any opinion on the Tea Party political platform, I would like to say that the Tea party is the party in the United States that comes closest to being run on open source principles.
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Should the open methodology have a political agenda? Absolutely. But a separate political party would detract from the level of influence needed to educate and persuade current and future business, professional and political leaders on the wisdom and benefits of open practices. As Steve Sites points out a party platform demands a set of policies and stances that could divide and alienate support. The open methodology predicates neither a conservative or liberal tendency as both left and right viewpoints can be accommodated. This might appear advantageous but could also suggest ambivalence, which appears to be anathema to the American voting public.
What is important, however, is that the movement promotes open thought and action in all aspects of life, much in the way this blog does by covering education, health, law as well as government and business. By establishing a party to change the current system you invite resistance and opposition, it is far better to change the system from within, and convince those currently in power that their interests are better served through open methods. It is better still if you can get them to think that they are the authors or initiators of the open way.
An open standards political party would be a better move. Because instead of a platform that open source is better, you challenge commercial entities that their software is more open. It takes the mandate of open source out of the equation, and replaces it with a merit-based competition.
Yes, there will still be commercial entities that "play the game" on open standards. But having peers that review and call out what is an open standard, and what is not, goes a long way. And it does it without locking out responsible, commercial vendors.
I'm a 100% proponent of open source. But there are some excellent, responsible entities that produce closed source software that actually does open standards very well. The original concept of proprietary was meant to mean long-term value. Unfortunately, many proprietary vendors have gone the route of lock-in, hostageware and, gasp, even purposeful abandonware (forced upgrades and related incompatibility).
We need to separate the true open standard believers, both open source and commercial, from those who are not focused on open standards, or taint open standards. We'll find more support in those areas.
Just my view.
This is silly. An open source political party has no meaning. Adding an open-source component to an existing political party would be a good idea, but outside of the idea that 'information is free', what else could it bring to the table.
An open-source project about re-imagining government has some possibilities, but only if people could come to some sort of agreement about how to govern people. Unfortunately, this requires some sort of agreement about human nature which is precisely the problem with our current (US) government - the parties have distinctly different views of human nature that cause them to support radically different policies.
One can have a political party and action committee without offering a candidate for an office. And such a political party can endorse candidates of other parties, as well as lobby representatives for action.
As far as "problem with our current (US) government," I see no less than 228 years of American civics where the people, their representatives, the press and the greater constituency have always had not only their differences, but their own, self-generated issues. I.e., the issues aren't very different today, and politicians have always been influenced by the media as well as citizens who have organized themselves into action committees.
The idea of the "social contract" was extensively discussed during the Second Continental Congress, whether freedom and capitalism were compatible. Ultimately they resolved that no commercial endeavors could be limited, as it would affect the farmer as much as the trading company. Of course, there were countless lobbyists for various entities, and we've had committees and lobbyists ever since.
In the end, I find most of the time, politicians and political parties actually represent more of the populous than people want to admit.
Democracy is the solution.
Democracy with a capital D
Power from the people, to the people without any representatives.
Joining an existing political party is not a viable answer. Every attempt at changing things from within in US politics has resulted in those trying to effect change being swallowed up with little to no difference being made. The Tea Party was coopted by the Republican party, the Green Party was swallowed by the Democracts. If this group is to have any chance at changing things, or even at educating people about open government or open education, it must remain separate from the existing system.
Further, to affiliate itself with an existing political party in the US would keep some people from having anything to do with the group. Association with the Tea Party would imply that everyone in the group is ultraconservative, which would keep liberal minded people away. Association with the Democrats would keep conservatives away. That's not what we're about. You can't effect change by doing what's always been done.
This is a great idea, but given that the US system is designed to only allow votes between two parties all a third party does it highlight issues. However, in my opinion every vote for a candidate who does not have a chance of winning, from either party, is a vote againt that party's interests.
Jason: You bring up an interesting question about a "global" open source party. While the idea seems to merit thought, unfortunately historically speaking the only party that I can think of that has ever cut across borders was the Communist party. (Please correct me if I'm wrong). The problem is that national identities impact political party values too much for there to be one broad "global" political party that could push forward any policy agenda. In the UN there is the non-aligned movement, but that acts less as a political party and rather more as a nebulous grouping that rarely acts in unison and is often fragmented by allegiances to other countries. Would the NAM be considered akin to a political party?
I don't even believe that there is a single political party in the European Union, which would likely be a testing ground for this idea. Are there any European contributors to this site who could comment on the feasibility or existence of a pan-European political party? Could it work across national lines? How would that impact the political calculations of the EU Parliament? Perhaps a small pan-European political party does exist, which would be an excelletn example.
Many thanks for bringing this great topic into conversation. It's a great example of how open source could go beyond both borders and politics, but I'm not exactly sure how it would work in practice. I look forward to reading more as debate continues.


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In an attempt to refine its criminal case against The Pirate Bay, prosecutors once again altered the charges placed against Pirate Bay figureheads Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundström.
Swedish newspaper The Local reports that the prosecution made two adjustments:
In an interview with Wired, Stockholm University legal scholar Daniel Westman said the 'all components' line likely placed extra difficulty in proving the prosecution's claims, as it may feel "uncertain" it can show that "all components" of the site – its search engine, its tracker, and its torrent database – are necessary to commit infringement.
"The question is whether the defendants fulfill the requirements in the penal code for complicity in a crime," said Westman. "One could maybe argue that the degree of complicity were higher if all three components could be proven, but the court may as well decide that only one or two is enough."
Tuesday also saw the first round of testimony from the plaintiffs, with International Federation of Phonographic Industries lawyer Magnus Mårtensson taking the stand.
Mårtensson testified that he successfully searched for, downloaded, and listened to a copy of the album "Intensive Care" by British pop rock star Robbie Williams. He then presented screenshots documenting the download process.
In the defense's cross-examination, however, Mårtensson later admitted that part of his testimony was based on assumptions, on account of his lack of expertise in file-sharing; when asked whether his was sure his BitTorrent client used The Pirate Bay's tracker, he replied, "I just assumed it."
Defense attorney Per E. Samuelson pressed further, asking Mårtensson to confirm exactly what his BitTorrent client was doing. "I can't answer that," replied Mårtensson.
When asked whether he knew he could also download .torrent files on Google, Mårtensson's answer was the same.
"I've never done it using Google. I can't answer that," he said.
Immediately following Mårtensson's testimony came a similar, though far more solid, briefing from ex-police officer Anders Nilsson, who now works to the anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån.
The media industry appears to find itself on increasingly shaky ground – an authors community on Facebook, asked for a few choice quips for prosecution to use in its closing arguments, recently observed that "the whole situation is dominated by the pirates."
Humorously, the author who posted that comment – Carina Rydberg – had previously and begrudgingly praised The Pirate Bay, in the same Facebook group, for helping her track down books and movies that she could not find otherwise.
"The Pirate Bay is an invaluable source for content that publishers, record labels and movie studios for some reason can't or won't offer," she wrote. "If someone on The Pirate Bay chose to download the book I wrote in 1989 I would have no objection to that. That novel is practically impossible to get hold of and as an author I want to be read."
The hybrid civil/criminal trial against The Pirate Bay kicked off last week to a packed courtroom, and is expected to conclude by the end of the week.
quote: This would be the equivalent of (Given my example) Disney releasing a blockbuster movie in the theatres, but never putting it out on DVD.
quote: You may not like guns...however you can not punish the gun manufacturers when someone in the hood robs a liquor store.
quote: If you start down this road you might as well check into the Grey Rock Hilton right now and not bother to wait because we are all criminals by the time the lawyers who are constant gaming for an edge against us normal folk are done.
quote: If you go with your definition that TPB is 'merely' the user upload site
quote: They are trying to prove that TPB is hosting or encouraging the spread of copyright materials.
quote: Who's side are you on?!
quote: I was stating the differences between the two search engines, Google is a crawler, TPB is not. Google adheres to take down notices, TPB does not.
quote: Google does not fall under this category as they do not provide the ability to upload torrent files
quote: and the lack of adhering to take down notices tells me that they think this is acceptable. This is what I have a problem with.
quote: Google is a global corporation, and legally HAS to adhere to take down notices.
quote: So, your only problem is with the fact that TPB is only obeying Swedish law, and thus should be punished for it.
quote: TPB does not provide any more ability to upload torrent files than Google does. That ability is provided by the bittorrent client, and to my knowledge TPB does not provide their own bittorrent client.
quote: Torrent sites are public domain for any content and non discriminatory just as any kind of search engine. People can put legal and illegal stuff on there, and there is plenty of both.
quote: Your blaming the pen instead of the penman with the torrent sites.
quote: IMO the above comments are akin to someone saying we shouldn't charge a getaway driver with the crime because they didn't actually go into the bank to get the money, they just sat outside and helped the real criminal(s) escape.
quote: Do any of you seriously think TPB was created to distribute legal works? Their name states quite clearly that the creators knew what their service was for.
quote: Personally, I think that there is much blame on both sides of the fight (with corporations and TPB).
quote: I swear omnicronx works for the MPAA.
quote: Just look at how he defends them and how he's all for them taking our freedoms away.
quote: And your point is? In the rest of the EU this is illegal, and come April 1st in Sweden, it will probably be illegal too.(this is the date that Sweden is expected to implement the EU enforcement of intellectual property rights).


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Babcock played for my local team the Whitley Warriors who are based in Whitley Bay on the coast of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North East of England. There is a small article on his Wiki page about his short playing/coaching career in the UK.
Babcock was a trio of signing for the Warrriors along with Scott Morrison and Luc Chabot. This was at a time when Ice Hockey in the UK was gaining vast popularity. Sadly it is nowhere near as exciting as it used to be these days.
The following video shows Babcock in action against Fife Flyers (scottish team) in the play off finals held at Wembley Arena.
Some history of the Warriros:


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Imagine, if you will, that you've been given purview over a full season of free summer concerts in our region. You get to call the shots on who plays some of the highest visibility gigs of our prime outdoor concert season.
So what do you do? Do you simply check off your own personal bucket list, and fill the roster with artists you and your buddies would love to see this summer? Or do you attempt to satisfy the greatest number of people by booking a diverse lineup that cuts across demographic, generational and stylistic lines?
Odds are, while you might entertain notions of the bucket list approach in the first blush of excitement, come reality check time, you would end up opting for the second course of action.
That very reality surely faced organizers of the annual free Thursday downtown concerts, now officially known as the Thursday at Canalside concert series. They, too, seemed to favor a cross-section approach when concocting this year's schedule, announced by Buffalo Place on Wednesday along with the Buffalo Place Rocks Canalside series.
The Thursday schedule moves freely in a widely variegated arc that includes indie rock (the Hold Steady and Hollerado on June 6), modern alternative pop (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros on June 13), '90s alternative (Steven Page on June 20), roots and blues (G. Love and Special Sauce on July 11), '80s alt-pop (the Fixx on July 25), contemporary bluegrass (Yonder Mountain String Band and Railroad Earth on Aug. 1), neo-metal (Halestorm on Aug. 8), classics from the album-oriented rock glory days (Todd Rundgren on Aug. 15) and jam band stylings (Lotus on Aug. 29).
To suggest that this year's lineup offers something for everyone is ludicrous – there's no jazz, after all, no true electronic dance music, no thrash metal, no punk, and so forth. But there is an awful lot of variety here, and unless you happen to be a billionaire footing the bill for a concert series without concern for pleasing anyone but yourself, variety is by necessity the name of the game.
Both the Thursday at Canalside free shows and the ticketed Buffalo Place Rocks Canalside shows favor schedules that might appeal to a wide swath of the general public.
The six Rocks Canalside shows – presented in three weekend groups of two – are what is known in the industry as "soft ticketed" shows, meaning that similar bills at arenas, "sheds," or the like would cost you at the very least three times as much to attend. Most of these concerts have an advance price of $15 a ticket, $20 day of show. The Counting Crows/Wallflowers double bill on June 28 is $16 advance, but includes a free download of the band's new in-concert collection "Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow" with each ticket. (By comparison, a ticket for the same Crows/Wallflowers bill at the Bank of American Pavilion in Boston on June 18, would set you back $80.50 per ticket for the best seats.)
In addition, concerts featuring the Wailers and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (July 26) and Bel Biv Devoe (July 27) will be a free admission affair.
The Canalside area is abuzz with new builds and beaucoup construction activity and will remain so throughout the summer. This fact has not been lost on Thursday at Canalside and Rocks Canalside organizers. Buffalo Place Manager of Marketing Jackie Jonmaire said a second entrance will be opened this year, allowing attendees to access the concert grounds via a gate at Main and Perry streets, to provide a more fluid human traffic flow in and out of the concerts.
There's also the issue of parking, with the former paid public lot at the corner of Scott and Washington streets now a construction site.
"The surface lots and the ramp adjacent to the First Niagara Center are open to the public," Jonmaire said. "I've been telling callers to park like they would park when going to a Sabres game or an event at the FNC. Also, we noticed increasingly last year that more and more people were learning to use mass transit to come to the shows, which is a positive development."
Significantly for the Buffalo original music scene, local openers will continue to be added to each show whenever possible – meaning, whenever the headliners aren't already carrying support acts of their own. That's as it should be. It's fitting that one of the highest-visibility stages in the area will offer a forum for homegrown music.
So what about the shows?
Many of the bookings jump off the page right away, but which ones they happen to be is certainly a matter of personal taste. For myself, the inclusion of a legend like Rundgren, who has been playing the Tralf Music Hall most summers for the better part of a decade now, is incredibly exciting. Rundgren has proven himself a pop music visionary repeatedly over the years, and is touring behind a compelling new album, "State," this summer. (That album is comprised almost exclusively of Rundrgren's interpretation of modern electronic dance music, so expecting solely a "greatest hits" revue from the man's Canalside appearance is probably unwise.)
Kicking things off with the double bill of the Hold Steady and Hollerado – both bands that played the dearly departed Mohawk Place in the past – is a classy tip of the hat to the indie-rock contingent in our area.
I'm pleased that the young and rapidly rising neo-metal outfit Halestorm – led by the beguiling guitarist/vocalist Lzzy Hale, who stole the show during last year's Edgefest at the Outer Harbor – is being given a headlining slot this year. Lotus is the only true jam-band on the Canalside roster this year, and I'm glad it's there. The appearance of '80s New Romantic legend Adam Ant certainly has my interest piqued.
Mostly, though, I'm pleased by the diversity of the roster, and the fact that organizers split the difference between returning favorites and first-timers. The Canalside area will be buzzing with activity this summer. Only a cynic could interpret this as a bad thing.
Thursday at Canalside
Concerts are from 5 to 9 p.m. and are free.
June 6: The Hold Steady and Hollerado (Indie-rock double bill)
June 13: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (Brilliant chamber pop)
June 20: Steven Page (Pure pop gems from former frontman of Barenaked Ladies)
June 27: Teddy Riley and Blackstreet (The "king of New Jack swing")
July 11: G. Love and Special Sauce and the Joy Formidable (Tasty mixture of funk, blues and soul)
July 18: Los Lonely Boys (Texican rock 'n' roll and blues)
July 25: The Fixx (Return of 1980s alternative band)
Aug. 1: Yonder Mountain String Band and Railroad Earth (A night of bluegrass and Americana)
Aug. 8: Halestorm (Hard rock from central Pennsylvania)
Aug. 15: An Evening with Todd Rundgren (Rock icon)
Aug. 22: Adam Ant and The Good, the Mad & the Lovely Posse (British New Romantic favorite)
Aug. 29: Lotus (Instrumental electronic jam sounds)
Buffalo Place Rocks Canalside
Concerts are from 6 to 11 p.m. Tickets are available at the Buffalo Place box office (671 Main St.), tickets.com or charge by phone at (888) 223-6000. For more information, visit buffaloplace.com.
June 28: Counting Crows and the Wallflowers (Rock with a rootsy touch; $16 advance, $20 day of show) June 29: KEM (Smooth mix of R&B, soul; $15 advance, $20 day of show)
July 26: The Wailers and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (Reggae at its finest; free)
July 27: Bel Biv Devoe (More R&B, free)
Aug. 30: Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo with Eric Burdon (Classic rock royalty; $15 advance, $20 day of show, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday)
Aug. 31: To Be Announced.
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on January 16, 2013 - 12:01 AM
By Bucky Gleason
The announcement came suddenly but subtly, a by-the-way insertion in monotonic fashion that's typical when Bill Belichick addresses the media. The Patriots' head coach was speaking to reporters Monday, a day after New England beat Houston, when he offered a little nugget.
"I'll just put it out there now that we're in the process of bringing Brian Daboll back onto our staff," Belichick said. "As soon as we get that worked out, he'll be part of our coaching staff going forward.''
In terms of the immediate future, it didn't sound like big news. New England has more important items on the agenda, starting with Sunday's rematch with Baltimore in the AFC Championship game, than bringing back their former receivers coach. The Pats are looking for their second straight trip to the Super Bowl.
In the grand scheme, however, the move was so calculating, so intelligent, so Belichick, that his agenda could not be ignored. He could have re-hired Daboll after the playoffs and avoided speculation about him becoming a possible replacement for Josh McDaniels. But why wait when the St. Francis High graduate can help the Patriots win now?
Let's connect the dots.
Daboll was offensive coordinator in Kansas City before getting swept out the door with head coach Romeo Crennell. Kansas City played Baltimore and Atlanta this season. New England lost to Baltimore, 31-30, in Week Three. The Pats also lost to San Francisco by a touchdown and didn't play Atlanta.
You can safely assume Daboll spent hours breaking down the tendencies of Baltimore and Atlanta the way Belichick taught him as an assistant with the Patriots from 2000-06.
Belichick, always on the lookout for an advantage, is hoping Daboll can bring something — anything, a sliver, a shred — that can help win another Super Bowl.
He also might have his next offensive coordinator if McDaniels, again considered hot property for his work this season, bolts for another chance to become a head coach. Anything is possible, and Belichick is making sure he has every short- and long-term scenario covered in the best way possible.
Say what you will about the Hoodie – that his genius is overstated, that he lacks personality, that he's uncooperative and prickly. You could also argue he's the best coach in the history of the NFL. Yes, that includes Vince Lombardi and Chuck Noll and Tom Landry and Bill Parcells.
In an age in which more players switch teams and schemes become more complex than ever, Belichick has adjusted better and found more creative ways to win than anybody else. New England is where no-names become stars if only for a brief time in which Belichick can use them and discard them for a similar plug-in player.
The Patriots haven't won the Super Bowl since the 2004 season, but they do everything with a championship in mind. Look no further than their 41-28 victory over the Texans to reach the AFC Championship game for the latest examples of what has made New England so successful under Belichick.
New England selected two tight ends in the first four rounds of the 2010 draft, a decision that left many scratching their heads. Belichick has since shown how Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez cause major matchup problems in the secondary because they're too fast for linebackers and too big and strong for cornerbacks.
Gronkowski re-injured his left arm in the first quarter Sunday. Danny Woodhead, an undrafted free agent who was cut by the Jets, suffered a thumb injury. No problem.
Shane Vereen came off the bench, became the third player in NFL history to have two receiving touchdowns and one rushing touchdown in the same playoff game, and joined the long list of nameless, faceless Patriots who have made a difference.
Having a future Hall of Fame passer in Tom Brady helps, obviously, but one could argue that Brady has been the bigger benefactor in his relationship with Belichick. Can you imagine Brady having the same success under Mike Mularkey or Dick Jauron? Could you see Wes Welker putting up the same numbers with, say, Cleveland or Jacksonville?
Belichick started grooming Brady as a rookie and taught him how to look, where to look and when to look for every possible advantage while turning the offense into a machine.
Brady now has 17 playoff victories, the most of any starting quarterback in NFL history. Welker has 17 games in which he caught 10 or more passes, another record.
Brady is the only player who remains from their first Super Bowl. The Pats gradually overhauled the roster despite picking near the end of the draft order every year. They continued no matter who wore the uniform or which coaches worked under Belichick.
Every decision was made with a purpose, to win the Super Bowl.
And that's why Daboll is back.
Not so clear
Baseball writers last week bemoaned rules prohibiting them from picking more than 10 players each year for induction into the Hall of Fame. It eventually could lead to several changes in the voting process. Let's hope the standards are tougher and clear.
Roger Clemens picked up 37.6 percent of the votes, about half of the percentage needed for a place in Cooperstown, while Barry Bonds had 36.2 percent. Both would have coasted into the Hall if not for the steroids mess. The idea that neither would be inducted during their lifetimes appeared to be gaining momentum last week.
That's asinine.
The Hall of Fame is an honor bestowed among the best players of all time, but it's also a museum that helps record and store history. I'm not saying needles should be on display, but treating the steroid era as if it didn't happen is worse than baseball ignoring the problem in the first place.
"It's not news that Bonds, Clemens, [Sammy] Sosa, [Rafael] Palmeiro, and [Mark] McGwire didn't get in, but that they received hardly any consideration at all," Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt said in an email to The Associated Press. "The real news is that [Craig] Biggio and [Mike] Piazza were well under the 75 percent needed."
The aforementioned players and hundreds of others played when players used performance-enhancing drugs. It's a fact that has tainted many a career, but too many voters made decisions based on suspicion rather than fact. Basically, a tainted jury is deciding on tainted careers. It makes no sense.
ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian in several interviews last week said the voting process was long and painstaking. He spent 12 hours analyzing his own ballot knowing arguments could be made for and against him. He still wasn't happy when submitting his vote. Give him credit for caring, but it should take about 15 minutes.
Baseball writers should know whether a player belongs in the Hall of Fame long before he's eligible for induction. It should be obvious during his career. If a voter needs half a day to make a decision, the player doesn't belong.
Equally ridiculous is the idea that only the best players, the elite of the elite, are granted induction on the first ballot. We don't need a Hall of Fame for the Hall of Fame. You're either in or not. In a perfect world, they would get three chances rather than 15.
Three strikes, and you're out.
Keep talking, Lance
We'll see what Lance Armstrong says when his 2�-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey airs Thursday, but it's already become anticlimactic. Armstrong's decision to come clean merely confirmed what most people suspected, especially after he had apologized to the staff at Livestrong.
What happens in the months that follow is more compelling than Armstrong's admitting his involvement in the doping scandal. Cycling has been littered with doping accusations for years, which has left the entire sport under suspicion. Armstrong has the power to speak the truth and clear cyclists who weren't involved.
It would go a long way in restoring whatever credibility he has left.
"He used to be one of my husband's best friends and because he wouldn't go along with the doping, he got kicked to the side," Betsy Andreu, the wife of former cyclist Frankie Andreu, told CBS News. "Lance could have a positive impact if he tells the truth on everything. He's got to be completely honest."
Just a bite ...
Venus Williams is back among the top 25 women's tennis players after slipping below the top 100 last season. Her slide down the rankings came after she was diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome, which had left her exhausted and short of breath.
Williams, 32, told reporters covering the Australian Open that she wants to play this season and next, which would give her 20 years on tour.
She had to change her diet and stop eating high-calorie foods and anything loaded with sugar. She calls herself a "chegan,'' or a vegan who cheats.
"If it's on your plate, I might get to cheat," Williams told The Associated Press. "If you're sitting next to me, good luck. You turn your head once and your food might be gone."
Ryan Miller on the NHL lockout: "It was just a stupid, useless waste of time."
Stats Inc.
400,116 — Dollars earned on the Web.com Tour last year by Russell Henley, who pocketed $1.008 million for winning the SONY Open in his PGA tour debut.
15 — The ranking of Niagara University among Division I hockey teams in the country, according to the latest U.S. College Hockey Online poll.
Quick Hits
• The Heat are still the best team in the NBA's Eastern Conference, but they're going to have a difficult time getting back to the NBA Finals unless they solve chemistry problems.
Dwyane Wade has been moping about not getting enough shots. Chris Bosh has had too many nights in which he looks as if he's going through the motions.
• For the sake of storylines, I'm pulling for the 49ers this weekend. A Harbaugh-Harbaugh coaching matchup would be irresistible, but a rematch between the Niners and Pats wouldn't be bad, either. Baltimore-Atlanta in the Super Bowl could mean addressing items on my "Honey, do ..." list.
• In case you were wondering, Jaromir Jagr and Eric Lindros led the NHL with 70 points apiece in 1995, the last 48-game season. It would have been good enough to tie Eric Staal for 21st place last season, when he had 24 goals and 46 assists in 82 games.
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Echoes of '09 at World Ag Expo 2012
Echoes of '09 at World Ag Expo 2012
Economic reverberations took a toll on big outdoor equipment displays.
Mud, sun, warmth, cold, crowds, and fun were all part of the familiar mix at World Ag Expo last week in Tulare, Calif. But it's what was not there that was the show's biggest dairy story.
If 2009 was the year the dairy economy collapsed with a loud "thud!" for milk producers, 2012 is when its echo reverberated in the outdoor dairy equipment area, and it was just as loud.
When times were good, outdoor exhibits in the "dairy equipment village" next to the Dairy Center building were large, often elaborate, and sometimes extravagant. The philosophy seemed to be "bigger is better" and displays sometimes featured nearly complete small herringbone, parallel, and/or rotary parlors. Over-the-top was common and it made for a great sightseeing experience for producers.
This year was much different. Big was out. Belts were tightened. The equipment presented was smaller in both size and number, and some things were gone entirely. For example:
- A major foreign-based manufacturer of rotary parlors was not at the show at all.
- Nor was a leading dairy buildings contractor that gave up its permanent display structure.
- The huge permanent display of a leading global manufacturer of milking equipment was about two-thirds smaller than in previous years.
- One of the seven roofed exhibit structures in the outdoor exhibit area was used for storage this year. Another was used for presentations by a local utility company.
All were clearly the result of the dairy industry's financial collapse of 2009, the slow recovery that continues to hamstring producers' ability to make big purchases, and the tough choices equipment manufacturers have to make about budgets for shows. Don't be surprised if this downsized approach to big exhibits continues for a while.


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Ball State Sports Link, the nation's first fully immersive sports media and production program, continues its coverage of Bowl Week with a special episode of 3rd Down Chirp, delivered by Papa John's.
Today's show was filmed on the beach in St. Petersburg prior to Ball State's game with UCF at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The show was hosted and produced by Chris Renkel, Pat Boylan, Timmy Fogarty, Josh Blessing and Alex Kartman.
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During the semester, students will produce a broad range of media from live remote productions, live-to-tape events, television programs (WIPB-TV, Comcast Indiana, ESPN Networks, Fox Sports Net, Cardinal Vision 57), student-athlete features and webcasts. Other facets of the immersion program include radio, newspapers, podcasts and the use of mobile technology and interactivity via the web.To maintain a focus on cross-platform promotion, students repackage the feature stories they create for local use at Ball State and send them to local news stations and outlets in the hometown of the featured player—on any platform the station may require.


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A statement from President Moore about undergraduate student loans and debt
Many people are concerned about the increasing volume of loans financing an undergraduate college education. Here at Lesley University, we take these concerns seriously. That is why we offer significant institutional aid (grants) so that students will not finance their Lesley education dominantly through loans. High debt levels are too great a burden for most young people beginning their careers. However, some college loan debt is manageable for most students who earn their degrees.
Individualized Financial Aid PackagesAt Lesley we construct a financial aid package for each student that is customized to the student's financial situation. We ask each student to complete the free, federal student aid application and we use that data to build the financial aid package. We always begin with any and all grants for which the student may be eligible: federal, state, local, private and Lesley grants. Grants are not paid back. We then consider work, including work-study options. The last piece of the aid package is loans, most often federal Stafford loans, that must be paid back.
Meeting Financial NeedJust over 75% of Lesley's institutional grants for undergraduates support students with documented financial need. This investment in grants reduces the amount that students might otherwise borrow. We work carefully with each student to identify potential grants from all sources. Then we help students design a plan to integrate some hours of work, and the resulting income from that work goes into the equation. Finally, we advise and support students to understand all the details about loans. Our goal is to begin with the overall price of a semester or year at college, and reduce that price (through grants, work and loans) to an actual cost that is manageable for the student.
Average Loan Debt for Lesley Undergraduates The average federal loan debt for a Lesley undergraduate student who completed a degree program in 2012 was about $23,000. The average for all undergraduate program completers (including those who didn't take a federal loan) was about $18,000. College graduates earn more than those without a college degree, both short-term and long-term. The monthly cost of these loans (about $270 per month) is much less than the gain in income for the college graduate. College grads also have lower levels of unemployment, vote more often, volunteer more hours, and have greater access to health care.
Low Loan Default Rates One measure of our success in helping our students manage loans is the low loan default rate for Lesley students. That default rate is currently 2%, about one-third the national loan default rate. We make sure our students know about every type of loan, what the payback options are, what the future payments will be and for how long, and what loan "forgiveness" options might be associated with particular loans – such as for teaching in a school in a poor community or engaging in public service for a specified period of time.
Meaningful Employment for College GraduatesThe bottom line is that students must earn an income to be able to pay back their loans. We are always seeking to add more value to the degree experience so that it results in meaningful employment. Our curriculum integrates theory and practice; we use the Boston/Cambridge area for superb internships related to each of our majors (for the learning and the professional networking); and our students and alumni work with professional staff in our Career Resource Center to find productive positions in their fields.
Genuine Return on InvestmentMany students could never go to college without loans, but these loans must be manageable and understandable. Under these conditions, carefully managed loans can be a smart investment for a college graduate with a job on a career path.
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The upcoming Stetson men's basketball game at UCF has been moved to Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m. The rescheduling of the contest, which was originally planned for Dec. 21, was due to the Knights' football team's appearance in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg on Friday.
The game between the Hatters and the Knights, now on Thursday night, will still be televised on CSS. The Hatters Radio Network will also carry the game live on WSBB 1230 AM in New Smyrna, 1490 AM in DeLand, and online at www.MyAM1230.com
Fans looking to attend the game in Orlando can call the UCF Athletics ticket office at (407) UCF-1000.


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With thanks to Rupert's lovely reps, we now have five pictures of him larking around racing toy cars with members of the under-20's team (Nick Tompkins, Maro Itoje and James Chisholm) and, later, posing for a photo with Courtney Lawes and Ben Foden.
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Virgil Thomas Murfin, 76, of Geneseo died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at Geneseo Good Samaritan Village. A memorial visitation celebrating his life was held Thursday, Oct. 11 at Vandemore Funeral Home, Geneseo. Cremation rites have been accorded. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be directed to Hospice Compassus.
He was born on April 20, 1936, in Macomb, the son of Gaillard R. and Wilma I. (Sims) Murfin. He was a 1955 graduate of Bushnell High School. Virgil was a former member of the Geneseo Moose Lodge No. 990 and the Geneseo Lions Club.
Survivors include his son, Tim of Geneseo; granddaughter, Sydney Murfin of Geneseo; his brother and spouse, Gary and Sandra of Mt. Carmel; his sister and spouse, Phyllis and Jerry English of Bushnell; and his brother-in-law, Harry Hendrickson of Glenshaw, Pa. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Gene; and two sisters, Eileen Hendrickson and Marsha Murfin.
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4 Problems With Living in the 'Game of Thrones' Universe
#2. The Blonde Woman Who Leads the Badass Dothraki Is Boring and Terrible
Danyul fled to the wandering tribe of strong, terrifying Dothraki horsemen. He needed to lay low for a while, and he got the distinct impression that, since the Dothraki still didn't have armor or medicine or pants, they probably weren't up on the latest news (re: Danyul's many acts of high treason and illicit fornication).
"Y'all seem like an absolutely wonderful tribe of horrifying rage-monsters, I love it. And you -- skinny blonde woman -- are you their queen? That seems pretty out of place. I feel like you can't really lead these people."
"I can," Daenerys Targaryen, queen of the Dothraki, said, "and I will!"
"Is that how you're gonna deliver that line?" Danyul said quietly to no one in particular. Bad enough that it was an overused line, but now it was saddled with the performance of a high school theater actress in an unconvincing blond wig. If something interesting didn't happen soon, Danyul was liable to abandon the Dothraki and--
SUDDENLY, the leader of the Dothraki TOTALLY RIPPED SOME OTHER DUDE'S THROAT OUT. For the entirety of the series, Khal Drogo, the king, carried himself like a man who could at any moment rip out the throat of another dude so convincingly that Danyul was frustrated every second that he didn't do just that. When he finally DID rip that dude's throat out, Danyul wept with joy. Then Khal Drogo died (having done the thing he was put on this earth to do). And there went the only interesting thing about the Dothraki tribe.
"I'm in charge now. I will lead the Dothraki," the local theater actress playing Daenerys said unconvincingly. Danyul, knowing that leaving the Dothraki meant certain death at the hands of the king, decided to take his chances and bailed.
#1. It's Not Just Me, Right? We HAVE to Kill the Little Blond Kid, Right?
His work with the savage Dothraki tribe complete, Sir Danyul, Screamer of Filth, Toucher of Butts, traveled onward to King's Landing, whereupon he met the newly crowned king, Joffrey Baratheon, son of Robert. Joffrey wore the crown unconvincingly; the crown only highlighted how out-of-place it was atop Joffrey's golden head, like a soldier wearing the tails and accoutrement of a nobleman, or like when a dog wears sunglasses. Despite the alien nature of the crown, he smirked the smirk of one intoxicated by his own power. Also he looked like this.
People came from all over the world to pay their respects to the new boy king. There were lines of peasants offering gifts, wise men offering advice and soldiers offering their swords. Danyul sat in the back with Hordor (his closest and only friend) and a few other random townsfolk: Jorg, who was a merchant; Rolph, son of Dagar, who was a former knight; and Mertha, who did something with dogs (no one was really sure).
"Quite a large turnout," Rolph said, clutching his gift (a rare dagger he'd acquired in the previous war).
"Indeed," agreed Jorg. "We've come out in droves to honor our new, brave king."
"Hey," Danyul said.
"I do hope this king is a merciful king."
"Yes, merciful and fair, not unlike his father."
The gentlemen tried to politely ignore Danyul, but he was from somewhere between the Wall to the North and all of those hoards of zombies and mutants, where grace and social etiquette are not only not taught but actively frowned upon.
"Hey, you guys, it's me, Danyul."
"I'm sure whatever way our king decides to rule will be the right way," Mertha offered, in an attempt to block Danyul's conversational stampede.
"We totally have to kill that kid, you guys."
There was a long silence.
"It's me, Danyul."
"We know who you are," Rolph said in a hasty whisper, "stop introducing yourself. What you speak of is treason."
"Right, and I'm WAY against treason. You're not going to find a dude more against treason than me. Ask anyone 'Who hates treason?' and they'll tell you: this guy." Danyul punctuated that last point by using both of his thumbs to indicate himself.
"Then why would you suggest regicide?"
"Well, I'm against treason, and I'm also against judging a book by its cover, and I'm ALSO against murdering children ... but seriously, look at that fucking kid. Again, I'm not an advocate of harming children, but if there's any kid in the world who, at face value, was clearly evil, it's that kid, right there. Lord Children of the Corn, His Holiness of the Aryan Brotherhood, or whatever."
"You only say that because he had the good Ned Stark executed," Mertha said.
"He did that? This is the first I've heard of it. I actually don't know anything about this kid, I just ... I mean, look at him. He sucks. And he's objectively evil-looking. If I had to design someone to be the embodiment of slimy evil, he's the guy I'd design. He looks like if vanity, smugness and blond hair had a baby. He's what entitled douchebags bow and pray to at dawn. At all times he looks like he just can't wait to go home and smell his own poop. Slimy, slimy little twerp, I hate him."
"Sssssurely he doesn't have the market cornered on sssslime, does he?" asked Varys from the shadows.
"Oh, Christ, seriously screw you, Varys."
For more from Dan, check out My Brief Time as a Student at Hogwarts and If 'Twilight' Was About Dragons (And Contained More Fisting).


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at Leipsic
2012 Record: Hopewell-Loudon (4-6); Leipsic (8-3)
Coaches: Hopewell-Loudon, Jeremy Nutter; Leipsic, Joe Kirkendall
Last Year: Leipsic 41, Hopewell-Loudon 13
Outlook: The last two years the Chieftains and the Vikings have traded wins, each victory going to the road team, with the winner ending up in the playoffs each year.
Leipsic is fresh off a Week 11 appearance last year, and Nutter is expecting another quality Viking team when he brings the Chieftains to Putnam County.
"They're a well-coached football team," Nutter said. "They're big and physical, have a running back that can make you miss, and a quarterback that can make all the throws. You put it all together, and it's a pretty formable squad."
Nutter brings in a team that has to fill some key holes at the skill positions. But he says his team is coming off a good summer and will be ready when the ball is kicked off.
"We had a very successful camp," he said. "The kids work their butts off and are focused on getting better every day."
Facing a team with the firepower the Vikings possess, ball control will be key for the Chieftains.
"Take care of the football," Nutter listed as a key to coming back home with a win. "We're going to focus on keeping possession.
"They're so explosive on the offense, we need to stay ahead of the downs on offense, convert third downs and control the football, put points on the board."
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2012 Records: Seneca East 7-3; South Central 3-7
Last year: Seneca East 20, South Central 0
Outlook: Seneca East has beaten South Central in the season opener the last three years, but Phillips is expecting to see a different Trojan team this year.
"They're big up front, good offensive line. They like to tun off-tackle over and over and keep coming at you," Phillips said. "They were kind of one-dimensional last year. They've improved greatly at the quarterback position; they're throw efficiently. Adding that component to their offense, they've become much more multi-dimensional."
Phillips will have some youth on the field Friday night, but he's excited about what that youth can do.
"We're going to put some young guys out there," he said. "But they're young guys who worked hard and we believe in. They can get the job done and they're playmakers.
According to Phillips, the game will be decided by which team gains control up front.
"They got some beef on both the offensive and defensive lines," he said. "Our ability to control the line of scrimmage is the key to the game. On top of that, in your first game, just like every game taking care of the football is extremely important."
at Upper Sandusky
Coaches: Carey Todd Worst; Upper Sandusky Jake Moyer
2012: Carey 8-2; Upper Sandusky 7-4
Last year: Upper Sandusky 26, Carey 12.
Outlook: One playoff team from last year, and one that missed by less than a point.
Add to the fact that the teams are close in proximity, and you have the ingredients for a wonderful week one matchup.
"It's gonna be a slam bang affair, there's no way to predict who has the upper hand," Moyer said, "because both teams are capable of winning the game."
And both sound - sound, anyway - like they are approaching the contest with similar offensive game plans.
Moyer said that while some talk about the "firepower" the Rams return -starting with star quarterback Tylor Pritchard - they seem to forget about what the team lost up front.
He said the Rams will come in with a somewhat conservative approach.
"Basically, we're gonna try to play a little bit of keep away, because of their offense and how they like to control the clock," Moyer said.
The Upper Sandusky coach said he wouldn't be surprised to see the Blue Devils open up their offense.
"We know just about what they're going to do," Worst said. "They've evolved a bit. In the scrimmages they're showing a spread."
Worst said no one should expect a Kenton-like pass happy offense, though. When asked if the Blue Devils would open up their offense a lot, his deadpan response indicated that.
"Depends on your definition of 'a lot, he said. "Maybe from years past... I don't see myself as that kind of person. We need that physical mindset.
"We're gonna have to do what we can to get some good yardage," Worst said. "at the same time, get some good ball control, play keep away."
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Coaches: Buckeye Central Jeffrey Niedermier; New London Marc Marsh
2012: Buckeye Central 2-8; New London 6-4
Last year: Buckeye Central 28, New London 19.
Outlook: In a matchup between first-game coaches, Niedermier said the Bucks have yet to decide on a starting quarterback for Friday evening.
"Not yet," Niedermier said when asked if he'd decided between Kameron Jones and Grant Loy. "It will be more of a game-time decision for that."
Niedermier said Buckeye Central will have to be ready against the New London offense, which will "run a lot of stuff out of the gun."
Niedermier said it will be a challenge.
"I expect them to come out and give us a game," he said. "I think our guys feel real good to be able to go out there and play.
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Coaches: Marian Pleasant Aaron Cook; Mohawk Erik Baker
2012: Marion Pleasant 7-3, Mohawk 3-7
Last year: Did not play.
Outlook: Mohawk faces a big test in week one, which is just the way Baker wants it.
"The old coaching axiom is that this is the time of the year where the most improvement happens," Baker said. "That is what we are looking for; we feel like we are improving as a team every day. This will be a great challenge for us... one that we have been training for since we took this game...it is a 'bar raiser."
Offensively, Baker said Pleasant runs a "jet sweep based offense."
"[The Spartans] like to pound ball and then throw over top to their very quick receivers," Baker said.
Baker said it's a big game for his squad.
"For us to grow as a program, this is the type of competition we need to play," he said.
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2012: Ottawa-Glandorf 12-1; Fostoria 0-10.
Coaches: Ken Schriner; Jim Kelly, Fostoria.
Last year: Ottawa-Glandorf 62, Fostoria 7.
Outlook: If anything constitutes a down year for Ottawa-Glandorf, this would be it.
The Titans return just one starter on offense and three on defense, but one thing O-G always brings back is tradition. The Titans enter this fall on a string of eight playoff appearances in a row and 11 out of the last 17 years, with last year's lone loss (41-31 to Bishop Hartley) coming in the Division IV regional finals.
But while the names and faces change, what to expect doesn't, Kelly said.
"With them, they run, play action it," he said. "We know what they run, they're very good at. They're going to stick to their system.
"That run game is going to be key," he said.
Senior fullback Brad Racer (55-370, 7 TDs) will figure big in that. He's the lone offensive starter back and returns after being used primarily as a blocker for an offense that set several school records.
Friday he'll be called upon to clear the way for tailback Shane Schroeder (46-357, 4 TDs).
Fostoria only returns 10 letterwinners of its own, but two of their veteran senior linemen (Deante Lincoln and Micah Randall) might miss Friday's game because of injuries.
"We're a little banged up, but we're going to go out and compete," Kelly said.
"That hurts, but it is what it is and we've got to grow from it. That's part of a young team," he said. "We've got to have guys learn and get ready."
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2012: Arcadia 4-6; Lakota 2-8.
Coaches: Pat Gehrisch, Arcadia; Dave Vodika, Lakota.
Last year: Arcadia 41, Lakota 20.
Outlook: Arcadia has a size advantage coming in, with 35 players returning, 11 with varsity experience.
The Raiders come into the season opener with just 24 players on the roster, 15 of which are letterwinners.
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Better collaboration among agencies. Better transportation. New video games.
The recommendations on how to connect young people in Buffalo with the thousands of jobs that open up every year included ones heard often in Western New York and those that are less conventional, such as commissioning a new video game to help job applicants learn life skills, such as the importance of showing up on time and dressing appropriately.
A team of IBM executives has been in Buffalo for the last three weeks to help the city tackle high unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 and presented its findings this week.
"Jobs do exist here," said Erica Webber, an associate partner in IBM's strategy and transformation consulting.
The team noted that 22,000 jobs open up in Western New York every year but that those opportunities are not always accessible to job seekers and that other factors, such as a high dropout rate and a mismatch between skills employers need and the skills in the applicant pool prevent young people from obtaining employment.
The team recommended that the city, school district and service agencies share data to develop more complete profiles of young people and that more measurement and accountability is done of programs already in place, as the city does with data collected through 311, which measures city services.
Sharing data with each other and the public, as New York City's Open Data initiative has done, would help agencies know how they measure up against others, said Katie Trask, director of data and outcome measurements for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo.
Trask knows that students who regularly attend Boys and Girls Clubs have a higher high school graduation rate than the general population, but knowing other metrics would be valuable in seeking grant funding, she said.
"We all have these different measurement tools," she said.
Mayor Byron W. Brown said that the city would make available data it has on city youth and that he plans to implement IBM's recommendations quickly.
"There are a lot of jobs coming online, and us leading the way and opening up data, we hope will influence the business community and the service providers to work with us ... ultimately leading to more people being employed," Brown said.
The team also recommended that the city take the lead on coordinating youth employment efforts and that a branding and marketing campaign be executed to let people know where to get information.
The video game idea, if executed, would be the first of its kind for a city, said Yu Kit Lee, IBM's chief technologist, adding that the federal government has grants for video game development.
Naim Sabir, 20, said he appreciated IBM's research but was interested in how it will be executed. Sabir, who lives near the Fruit Belt, said agencies such as the Buffalo Urban League do a good job preparing young people for the interview process but even with that preparation, young people deal with other barriers to employment, such as transportation.
A detailed report with items that can be acted on in one-, two- and three-month time frames will be submitted to the city at a later date.
Buffalo was one of 100 cities around the world that won IBM's "Smarter Cities" challenge grants, equivalent to approximately $400,000 in in-kind services.
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Can America Embrace Biking Like Denmark Has?
Slate: Can America Embrace Biking Like Denmark Has?
Cycling can save enormous amounts of energy and money. But the United States remains resistant.
By Austin Troy
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012
Ninety percent of Copenhageners own a bike. Only 53 percent of Copenhagen households own a car. Fifty-eight percent of Copenhageners use a bike on a daily basis for at least small trips, and 37 percent make their daily commute on bikes. (The city's target is 50 percent by 2015.) Many government service providers now use bicycles, like postal workers and police officers. With a robust public transportation network to complement the biking routes, only 31 percent need to commute by car. The energy impacts of this are huge: Bicycles have displaced more than one-third of all transportation fossil fuel use in Copenhagen and, in the process, eliminated 90,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year.
The destination I was aiming for on my rental bike was the apartment of Mikael Colville-Andersen, known to many as Denmark's unofficial ambassador of bicycle culture. In addition to being a journalist, filmmaker, and photographer, Colville-Andersen is a frequent consultant to the Copenhagen government on bicycle issues and author of the internationally famous bicycle blogs Copenhagenize.com and Cyclechic.com (the latter of which spawned an international movement of blogs documenting fashionably dressed people on bikes).
Biking in Copenhagen is easy and fast partly because of the city's amazing investment in bicycle infrastructure. With more than $10 million in annual investments (20 to 25 percent of the road budget), the results are stunning. In addition to 397 kilometers of combined cycle tracks, lanes, and greenways and almost 35,000 bike parking spaces on roads as of 2008, the city has implemented some innovations for bikes, such as the so-called "green wave," in which traffic lights on several main arteries into the city center are synchronized during rush hours for the benefit of bikes. This means that bikers can maintain a comfortable 20-km-per-hour cruising speed without putting a foot down to stop for a light for up to 6 kilometers. And on one of the busiest of those routes, they've closed down the road to car traffic.
Concerns about safety are a significant barrier to cycling in most places. Numerous surveys have found that one of the primary reasons people in North America avoid bike commuting is because they tend to see it as dangerous, largely because of car traffic. Bicycle fatality rates are nearly four times higher in the United States than in Denmark. One reason why cyclists in Denmark are safer than those in more car-dependent countries is that with bicycles, safety comes in numbers. According to studies conducted in America, Europe, and Australia, as the number of cyclists in a city goes up, the rate of injuries goes down. The explanation is that in cities where bicycle commuters are few, drivers do not expect them or adequately prepare for sharing the road.
No matter how safe, fast, convenient, and inexpensive bike commuting can be made, however, it won't be adopted if it can't at least partially out-compete cars. So, beyond the "carrot" of incentivizing bicycle commuting, Copenhagen (and many other European cycling cities) also employs the "stick" of policies designed to discourage car use. Some of these policies are actually national—for instance, Denmark imposes a tax of 180 percent on car sales (which is not as bad as it sounds, given the $20-per-hour minimum wage), and gas costs almost $10 per gallon. Every year 2 to 3 percent of parking spaces are removed to gradually wean residents from auto-dependency. In addition to being scarce, parking is expensive—about $5 an hour in the city center. And as the inconvenience and cost of parking increase, so, too, does the rate of bicycling.
The success of cycling in Denmark raises the question of why America, with all its massive resources, lags so far behind on something that could be so beneficial to cities and inexpensive to implement. In the United States as a whole, only 0.4 percent commute by bicycle. The highest rate in the country is found in Portland, Ore.—but at about 6 percent, it's nowhere near Copenhagen's 37 percent. This question of why cycling is not more common is particularly vexing for the American Sunbelt, where biking weather is often ideal for much of the year. Copenhagen, which is near the same latitude as Moscow, manages to keep 80 percent of the biking population during its long and difficult winters (even during snowstorms, that level only drops to 50 percent, thanks in part to the active plowing of bike lanes). Yet cities like Los Angeles or San Diego, with their minimal precipitation and moderate temperatures, can barely manage to break a 2 percent bicycle mode share.
It wasn't always like this. According to Colville-Andersen, after the invention of the bicycle and before the onslaught of the car, it was commonly thought that bicycles would become dominant in Sunbelt cities. In a guest blog for the Los Angeles Times, he quotes an 1897 newspaper article: "There is no part of the world where cycling is in greater favor than in Southern California, and nowhere on the American continent are conditions so favorable the year round for wheeling." At the time, he points out, the world's most impressive separated bike path was located not in Europe, but between Los Angeles and Pasadena. The Arroyo Seco Cycleway (also known as the Dobbins Veloway) was a wooden, elevated, multi-lane bike path replete with features like lighting and gazebo turnouts. Ironically, after its abandonment it became the right of way for the Arroyo Seco Freeway, the first in California.
Whether attitudes toward cars and bicycles are the cause or the consequence of the massive differences in transportation philosophy between these two countries, there's no disputing that the gulf in these attitudes is as wide as the Atlantic. Coville-Andersen summed it up for me in this anecdote. "I was in Washington … and somebody asked me a question: 'you know in the States we go for bike rides on the weekend. What do you guys do?' And I said, 'we go for car drives.' And people laughed. We'll get a car and drive out to see my mother-in-law, or somewhere we don't normally go. Cars are for the weekend."


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