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Not that there's ever a good time to have a plumbing problem that could run as much as $4,000 out of pocket, but it couldn't have come at a worse time for Rita Mitchell.
"I'm thinking by the end of this month, we're really going to start to really feel it," she said. "I have enough food, but I'm starting to get really afraid. We got house and car payments like everyone else, but this is starting to add up."
Mitchell's husband, Larry, is in Afghanistan. He works for the Department of Defense through a company called Tobyhanna, which deals in advanced communications.
At her request, names are fictitious because of the sensitive nature of Larry's government position as well as a downstate custody battle stemming from their two adopted children.
But their financial problem is all-too-real, thanks to a gridlocked Congress and the federal government shutdown that is approaching two weeks.
As a government employee, Larry is not receiving a paycheck, but he is still working 12 hours every day near Kandahar, Afghanistan.
It is Mitchell's fifth trip to Afghanistan, where he's been since July 29.
"I talked to him a few days ago, and he sounds edgy. He's nervous," Rita said. "It's all adding up. He'd like to come home and call it good, but the government is not issuing plane tickets right now. It's just really weird."
The commissary is a tent, and since the government is closed, the commissary is closed. Rita said her husband, like others there, has resorted to bartering for nonperishable items. Trading toilet paper for toothpaste can be a necessary swap.
A recent meal was a hot dog — minus the bun — and lettuce.
"It's ridiculous," she said. "They go to the mess hall to eat, and the mess hall can only serve what they have."
The financial problem grows with two adopted children, ages 5 and 3, and son Jason, 21, who is unable to work because of chronic pancreatitis.
Plus, Rita, who works as a medical assistant, is worried Larry's veterans disability check might not be forthcoming, or slow to arrive, with the shutdown.
"Congress needs to get off its rear and do what they're supposed to do," she said.
"We have a little money saved, but with $4,000 taking a chunk of it, there won't be much left. But they spend a ton of money to get elected, and they don't do anything for the people, when it comes down to it."
Hance had huge impact
If there were a Mount Rushmore for Texas Tech, Kent Hance's bald head should be on it.
Few have done more for the university than the Dimmitt native, who announced his resignation as chancellor Friday after more than six years in the university's top job.
It's one thing to be the only person to defeat George W. Bush in a political race, and it's another to spearhead a capital campaign that raised $1 billion, which Tech accomplished in February.
Tech, with more than 33,000 students, is experiencing unprecedented growth since Hance came aboard in December 2006.
The school is on target to reach 40,000 by 2020, one of Hance's goals.
Tech continues to close in on prestigious Tier I status among universities.
The 1965 Tech graduate is also a former Tech law professor.
The $3.5 million Kent R. Hance Chapel opened on campus in 2012 funded by private gifts, including those from Hance.
His tenure was not absent of controversy, where tough decisions come with the job.
There are still a few loons out there who have never forgiven him and Tech for the Mike Leach firing fiasco in 2009, but time and evidence showed Tech handled the crazy matter appropriately.
Hance, 70, never intended to stay much longer than he has.
Known as the "Hancellor" in some circles, he leaves with Tech in as good a footing as perhaps it's ever been. Not a bad legacy at all.
Go Wayland wrestlers
Johnny Cobb could sell typewriters to Bill Gates, so getting 60 wrestlers to run six miles on trails in Palo Duro Canyon on a windy Thursday for a worthy cause was no big deal.
Four years ago, Cobb helped start and is the head coach of the men's and women's wrestling program at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, the first college in recent times in Texas with an intercollegiate program.
He commutes 150 miles daily from Amarillo.
From 1988 through 2008, Cobb was the highly successful coach at Tascosa.
"I know they get tired of my preaching," Cobb said, "but this group has never hesitated on this."
For the third consecutive year, Wayland wrestlers raised money through a pretty grueling run for the Wounded Warriors Project.
The first year, they raised $800. Last year, it was $1,000.
This time, they more than doubled that to $2,000.
A couple of grand won't transform the charity, but it's $2,000 more than Wounded Warriors had.
And for his young wrestlers, Cobb wants them to understand the lessons of giving and the role of sacrifice.
Cobb's father, Johnny Jr., was a Marine who fought on Iwo Jima in World War II.
His mother, Vera, was a Rosie the Riveter, one of many women who worked in factories that produced munitions and supplies during World War II.
"There are so many great causes out there, but our kids wanted to get behind this one," Cobb said.
"I never want our kids to lose sight of the impact so many veterans have had on this country. Every chance I have I talk to our athletes about the sacrifices that have been made for the freedoms we have, even to get on a wrestling mat."
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WD Designs First Hard Drives for SOHO NAS Systems (Updated)
A line of SATA hard drives specifically designed for home and small office NAS systems with one to five drive bays, the 3.5-inch WD Red hard drives come in capacities of 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB.
Thursday, 12 Jul 2012
WD Redefines Personal Cloud with Dropbox Integration
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Wednesday, 13 Jun 2012
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WD VelociRaptor HD Scores New Performance Peak with 1TB Model
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Totalitarian feminism and the smearing of Susan G. Komen.
The smear campaign against the breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure appears to have had its desired effect, although this may turn out to be a case in which appearances are deceiving. LifeNews.com, an antiabortion site, quotes the statement by Komen founder Nancy Brinker:
We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities.
But Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, parses the statement for LifeNews and finds it actually reflects no change in policy: "We have known and have reported that they are continuing five grants [to Planned Parenthood] through 2012. This is a reference to that. The second clause about eligibility is certainly true. Any group can apply for anything. It does not mean they are going to get anything."
Of course, it also doesn't mean they're not going to get anything. The Daily Caller reports that Komen's donations doubled in the two days after the Planned Parenthood assault began, presumably because lots of people wanted to support its apolitical work against breast cancer but did not want to give money to a group that was subsidizing a group that both performs and advocates for abortion.
If that describes you, you might consider following the advice of our friend Susan Carusi: Give to a local breast cancer support group, "which provides counseling and assistance to women diagnosed with breast cancer. At least this way you know exactly what the money is being spent on."
While our sympathies are with Komen in this whole kerfuffle, we must say that the group has displayed an appalling naiveté in its approach to the matter. It's reminiscent of the last big controversy the group was involved in, which we wrote about in 2009. In that instance, Komen hosted a conference in Alexandria, Egypt, for "international advocates." Komen was sandbagged when Israeli doctors who'd been invited to the event received disinvitations from the Egyptian health minister. The Egyptians backpedaled, but by then it was too late for the Israelis to attend.
In breaking ties with Planned Parenthood, Komen made the same mistake: It failed to understand it was dealing with intolerant fanatics. Planned Parenthood's attitude toward abortion opponents is not unlike that of Egyptian officials in the old regime toward Israelis.
Further, Komen offered a rationale for its decision--a new policy denying grants to groups under governmental investigation--that seemed disingenuous and provided a point of attack for Planned Parenthood and its allies. "I'm reminded of the McCarthy era, where somebody said: 'Oh,' a congressman stands up, a senator, 'I'm investigating this organization and therefore people should stop funding them,' " Politico quotes Sen. Barbara Boxer as saying on MSNBC.
In truth, Komen was under no obligation to fund Planned Parenthood. Its decision not to do so was not punitive and did not even appear to be. The episode is reminiscent of George Orwell far more than Joe McCarthy. Komen's actual aim was to extricate itself from the divisive national battle over abortion by severing its connection with a leading combatant.
The conservative Media Research Center notes that CNN "aired a pretty one-sided piece including statements from Planned Parenthood's president Cecile Richards, evidence supporting her claims of right-wing 'bullying,' and even vitriolic Facebook posts decrying the de-funding." No supporter of Komen's position or critic of Planned Parenthood was included. Even more appalling than that lack of balance, though, was CNN's echoing the charge of "right-wing 'bullying,' " while the network was participating in Planned Parenthood's effort to bully Komen.
The Ministry of Information--sorry, the New York Times--editorializes:
With its roster of corporate sponsors and the pink ribbons that lend a halo to almost any kind of product you can think of, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has a longstanding reputation as a staunch protector of women's health. That reputation suffered a grievous, perhaps mortal, wound this week from the news that Komen, the world's largest breast cancer organization, decided to betray that mission. It threw itself into the middle of one of America's nastiest political battles, on the side of hard-right forces working to demonize Planned Parenthood and undermine women's health and freedom.
The truth is that Komen blundered into a political battle by supporting Planned Parenthood in the first place and was attempting to back out of it quietly.
The Times's view exemplifies feminism's gradual transformation into a totalitarian ideology. Totalitarianism politicizes everything, so that neutrality is betrayal--in this case, neutrality on abortion is portrayed as opposition to "women's health." As we wrote last year, this is also why purportedly pro-choice feminists can hate Sarah Palin and her daughter for choosing not to abort their children.
Komen would have been better off approaching the matter straightforwardly, by announcing that it wished to opt out of the abortion debate and would not support groups that take a position on either side of the issue, including Planned Parenthood. This would not have averted the smear campaign that followed, for Planned Parenthood and its supporters have internalized the notion that abortion is health, and are determined that everyone else internalize it too. But an honest position would have been easier to defend. No one would have been able to dent Komen's integrity.
Endangered Donks?
Is the Republican Party on the rise? A pair of surveys released yesterday, from Gallup and Pew, suggest so.
Gallup's poll is a state-by-state breakdown:
Democrats have lost their solid political party affiliation advantage in 18 states since 2008, while Republicans have gained a solid advantage in 6 states. A total of 17 states were either solidly Republican or leaning Republican in their residents' party affiliation in 2011, up from 10 in 2010 and 5 in 2008. Meanwhile, 19 states including the District of Columbia showed a solid or leaning Democratic orientation, down from 23 in 2010 and 36 in 2008. The remaining 15 states were relatively balanced politically, with neither party having a clear advantage.
In 2008, a whopping 29 states were "solid Democratic," one state more than Barack Obama carried. (Gallup's chart says 30, but that includes D.C.) Only five of the 50 states were on the Republican side four years ago, four "solid" and one "lean."
Pew, which breaks down its results by religious affiliation, finds a similar GOP upsurge:
The share of voters identifying with or leaning toward the GOP has either grown or held steady in every major religious group. . . .
Among white evangelical Protestants (a traditionally Republican group), support for the GOP has grown from 65% in 2008 to 70% today. The GOP has also posted gains among Mormons, with 80% now saying they identify with or lean toward the Republican Party. Republican gains are also apparent among white mainline Protestants (who were evenly divided between the parties in 2008 but who now favor the GOP by a 12-point margin) and white non-Hispanic Catholics (among whom an eight-point Democratic advantage in 2008 has become a seven-point Republican advantage at the end of 2011).
Even Jewish voters, who have traditionally been and remain one of the strongest Democratic constituencies, have moved noticeably in the Republican direction; Jewish voters favored the Democrats by a 52-point margin in 2008 but now prefer the Democratic Party by a significantly smaller 36-point margin.
There has been less change in the partisanship of black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated, two other strongly Democratic groups.
There may be specific explanations for some of these findings. Most obviously, it's hardly surprising that Mormons are moving toward the GOP when Mitt Romney is the party's leading presidential candidate.
More broadly, what seems clear from the Republicans' 2008-12 improvement is that the party's decline in 2006-08 was temporary--although it is an imponderable to what extent the resurgence is a reaction to the failed leadership of Barack Obama's Democrats as opposed to the anti-GOP sentiment of 2008 having simply worn off. It would be interesting to compare this year's numbers with those from 2004, the last time the Republicans were riding high in a presidential year.
Trump Roast
"On his campaign Twitter account Thursday afternoon, President Obama tweeted out a video of real estate magnate/reality TV star Donald Trump endorsing Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney," ABC News reports:
"@BarackObama: In case you missed it: http://OFA.BO/FTvUmj," the tweet reads, with a link to Associated Press video from the endorsement announcement.
"We wanted to ensure that no one missed what the Romney campaign believes is a critical moment in the campaign for them," a top Obama campaign official tells ABC News.
The network notes that the tweet didn't end "-BO," which means, according to Obama's Twitter bio, that it was written by a staffer and not the president himself. But this leads to a question: Does the Obama campaign think Trump's endorsement will cost Romney votes?
If so, we are skeptical. Elites on both the left and right--very much including this columnist--disdain Trump, but we find it hard to believe swing voters give a damn. The Obama campaign looks to us as if it's just making a play for the cool kids here.
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
- "Remember 'Compassionate Conservatism'? 'I'm not concerned about the very poor,' says this year's GOP front-runner."--headline and subheadline, Best of the Web Today, Feb. 1
- "Remember 'compassionate conservatism'? Mr. Romney has, however, done away with that pretense."--former Enron adviser Paul Krugman, New York Times, Feb. 3
Metaphor Alert
"When will we reign [sic] in our country's spooked team of political horses pulling a buggy full of culture trash? What scored them off their well-worn moral path? The drivers are of the new public opinion, brain-wash breed, that have whipped our equines into a frantic frenzy, just chasing after entertainment, fun, excitement and government entitlements. Where are those from our distant past who had trained them to travel the hard-working virtuous road? The ones who followed the narrow way of faithfulness and honor? The sustenance they carried was nourishment for our souls in God's own book."--Doris Kyllo, letter to the editor, Daily Record (Ellensburg, Wash.), Feb. 2
Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate
- "Editor's Note: A commentary by Leo Webb, 'Returning veteran has few marketable skills,' prompted questions from listeners about Webb's account of his service as an Army sniper in Iraq. A subsequent investigation found that the Army has no record of Webb. Webb also said he pitched for a Chicago Cubs minor-league team. Inquiries to the Cubs and to Minor League Baseball found no record of Webb. Marketplace has an obligation to provide accurate information. That was not met in this commentary. It has been retracted and the text and audio have been removed from the web site."--Marketplace.org, Feb. 1
- "Update 2:39 p.m. Scratch all of that. The Atlantic Wire has learned that ww5.komen.org, has always been the organization's website(and it still is today)--this also sort of debunks Gather's previous theory (below), meaning that the "hack" could have possibly been an alteration of one of the site's banners not the entire website."--TheAtlanticWire.com, Feb. 2
Out on a Limb
- "Ben Bernanke: Spending 'Unsustainable' "--headline, Politico.com, Feb. 2
- "The Importance of U.S. Military Might Shouldn't Be Underestimated"--headline, Washington Post, Feb. 3
The Rich Really Are Just Like the Rest of Us
"Some Wealthy Donors Drop Obama for Romney"--headline, RollCall.com, Feb. 2
That's What She Said
"Obama at Prayer Breakfast: 'I Have Fallen on My Knees With Great Regularity' "--headline, Investors Business Daily website, Feb. 2
'If You Take Half the People at an Ohio State Football Game on Saturday Afternoon and They Were to Have Voted the Other Way, You and I Would Be Having a Discussion Today About My State of the Union Speech'
"Kate Middleton, 'Hat Person of the Year'? Time for a Recount!"--headline, Los Angeles Times website, Feb. 1
It Shouldn't Make a Difference, Given the Law of Conservation of Mass
"Does Donald Trump Support Matter?"--headline, FoxNews.com, Feb. 2
Himmler Had Something Similar
"Q & A: How a Fancy Austrian Ball Stirred Worry About Neo-Nazis"--headline, Los Angeles Times website, Feb. 1
Holy Anatolia!
"Turkish Forces Kill 5 PKK Fighters in Batman"--headline, Reuters, Feb. 3
Answer: Enjoy Your Memories of the Good Old Days
"What to Do if You Have Recalled Birth Control Pills"--headline, Boston Globe, Feb. 3
The Lonely Lives of Scientists
"Scientists Coax Shy Microorganisms to Stand Out in a Crowd"--headline, University of Washington press release, Feb. 2
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
- "Baratunde Thurston Explains 'How To Be Black' "--headline, NPR.org, Feb. 1
- "Sex on First Date? 55% Say They Have"--headline, USA Today, Feb. 2
- "How Mormons Are Kind of Like Jews"--headline, Slate.com, Feb. 2
It's Always in the Last Place You Look
- "Vermont Inmates Hide Pig in Official Police Car Decal"--headline, Reuters, Feb. Feb. 3
- "New York Times Loses $40Million in 2011"--headline, Daily Mail (London), Feb. 2
Breaking News From Luke 18:11-12
"Obama Says His Religious Values Underpin His Policies"--headline, Miami Herald, Feb. 3
Breaking News From 2004
"When Kerry Saw Blue Tide Turning"--headline, Herald (Ireland), Feb. 3
News You Can Use
"How To Make Surveillance Drones Less Frightening: Paint Them Pretty Colors"--headline, Slate.com, Feb. 2
Bottom Stories of the Day
- "Newark Schools Won't Get Rich on Facebook IPO"--headline, WSJ.com, Feb. 2
- "Roseanne Barr 2012: Actress Seeks Green Party Presidential Nod"--headline, Puffington Host, Feb. 2
- "Don't Say He Didn't Warn You: Santorum Steers Audiences Away From Rivals With Doomsday Talk"--headline, Associated Press, Feb. 3
Hey, Remember Pearl Harbor?
Reading the recently launched blog of New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal has become one of this columnist's guilty pleasures. Here he is inveighing against the latest Republican outrage, or something:
Sen. Mike Lee, the Utah Republican, tweeted the following yesterday afternoon: "Jan. 4, 2012, may well be a day that will live on in infamy, as a day the Congress ceded one of its rightful powers to the executive."
This was alarming. What did the President do on January 4 that would warrant a comparison to Pearl Harbor? Did the president order a drone strike that day, maybe? Or sign a bill authorizing indefinite detention for suspected terrorists? Actually, those things happened on other dates without anyone--to my knowledge--invoking Japan's attack on a Hawaiian naval base.
Lee was referring to the president's "recess" appointments at a time when the Senate was not actually in recess, but that's not what makes Rosenthal's post so perversely amusing.
First of all, while we'll concede that Lee's words were an echo of Franklin D. Roosevelt (who actually said "a date which will live in infamy"), does that really amount to "a comparison to Pearl Harbor"? The opening line of Pat Benatar's 1981 song "Promises in the Dark" is, "Never again, isn't that what you said?" Would Rosenthal say Benatar was comparing her romantic disappointments to the Holocaust? (Though come to think of it, it sounds as though Benatar has had a few dates that live in infamy.)
Second and even more bizarre, look at the examples Rosenthal cites of events that he thinks are more comparable to Pearl Harbor: the killing and detention of America's enemies. A more apt comparison would be to a Pearl Harbor-like strike by the Allies against the Axis. Remember the Battle of Taranto!
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Encircled by a crowd of curious reporters Wednesday night – some of them peppering him with questions while others listened intently to his responses -- Don Anding handled the post-game buzz with a calmness and understanding usually reserved for seasoned veterans.
Yet after watching him play a short time earlier – even though the high-octane rookie had just logged his first minutes in a meaningful game for Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union – no one gathered at the Maryland SoccerPlex should have been the least bit surprised.
Not one.
Dispatched into the fray by skipper John Hackworth in the 73rd minute of the Union's 3-1 loss to D.C. United, the 22-year-old Anding made his presence known almost immediately after assuming his post on the left wing. And for 17-plus minutes, all Anding did was work.
Use his technical abilities and explosiveness to challenge right back Nick De Leon whenever the ball came his way.
Slip behind the United backfield and provide dangerous service from the left side of the SoccerPlex's immaculate pitch to Union teammates who were trying to find space to take a crack at goal.
Track back in an attempt to regain possession if, and when, the Union happened to give up the ball. And, at a high rate of speed.
Although Anding's cross immediately preceded a Jack McInerney rip that brought Philly within one score (2-1) in the 76th minute, he also whistled another delivery into a terrific spot a short time later that Sebastien Le Toux promptly whiffed on.
While the Union ultimately found themselves bounced from the 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, they had to be extremely pleased by Anding's impressive showing.
Maybe more appearances await – and soon – for a versatile performer who played in eight games (seven starts) and banked a pair of assists for the Harrisburg City Islanders, Philly's USL PRO affiliate.
"Hopefully," Anding said. "I just tried to work hard and that's what I think they expected of me, so hopefully that's what they saw in me."
Despite playing in an attacking capacity during his highly productive career at Northeastern, the Union envisioned the 5-11, 170-pounder as a left back. So, that's where Anding spent much of his time.
Even in Harrisburg, where the Long Island native began the season, City Islanders coach Bill Becher employed the left-sided Anding at left back. But when Stephen Basso returned, Anding moved forward.
Of course, that's whenever he was made available.
"When I'm here with Philly, I'm [used] more defensively," Anding admitted. "When I've been going to Harrisburg, I've been playing up top a lot. I've sort of been getting my rhythm back that I had at Northeastern. It wasn't overly difficult to get used to it, so I felt pretty comfortable there."
"He's a natural attacking player," Hackworth said. "We've used him almost solely as a left back in training, but obviously we see some qualities and he's got the speed to go at guys 1 v. 1."
Just like Anding did with the City Islanders, where his abilities fit snugly into a Harrisburg attacking group alongside players such as Sainey Touray, Lucky Mkosana, Morgan Langley, Yann Ekra, Cristhian Hernandez, Jimmy McLaughlin and Tom Mellor.
So with McInerney and the electric Antoine Hoppenot in place when Anding checked in, the Union was ready to go, go, go.
"That's just the kind of style I love playing," Anding said. "I love getting behind and I love the speed of the game, so playing with Jack and Antoine and those guys up top it just feels good.
"Feels comfortable out there."
Like he's been there for quite some time, not one 17-minute stretch.
Since the Union won't return to regular-season play until June 23 – when the New York Red Bulls visit PPL Park – Hackworth and his staff will turn their attention to Tuesday night's friendly at Skyline Sports Complex against Becher's City Islanders.
And since Hackworth was not pleased by his club's start Wednesday night, especially since Philly played extremely well its previous time out in a 3-0 win over Columbus, the Union may put a little more importance on the matchup with its affiliate.
"We'll use that as another training opportunity for guys to get a look against Harrisburg," Hackworth said.
"We need these kind of games, the real kind of games to make sure that we're playing at a consistent level."
Orlando's 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City earned Adrian Heath's Lions the $15,000 payday awarded to the USL PRO side that made the deepest run in the 100-year-old tournament. ...
Former City Islanders Tiyiselani Shipalane and Brian Ackley combined for three goals and an assist – including two goals and an assist in OT -- in the Carolina RailHawks' 3-1 victory over Chivas USA. ...
Nicki Paterson connected in Charleston's 5-2 overtime loss at Real Salt Lake, becoming one of two players to score in five straight Cups. The other? J.T. Noone, another former City Islander like Paterson. ...
Mechanicsburg High School graduate Bobby Warshaw logged 12 minutes as F.C. Dallas reached the quarterfinals by collaring Houston 3-0 in a matchup of MLS' Texas playmates.
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Cable says Bank's remit must be wider
Vince Cable has become the first Cabinet minister to suggest that the Bank of England should be made to give a higher priority to growth over inflation.
The Business Secretary has suggested that ministers look again at the target set by the Government for the Bank of England to determine whether it can be changed to help to boost growth, months before the arrival of a new governor.
"Every other quango in Britain is now required to have a growth objective," he said in a weekend interview, making Dr Cable the first Cabinet minister to publicly enter the debate on


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The migration of reproductive individuals between populations results in a movement of alleles called:
gene flow
Which of the following is the best measure of an organism's fitness?
the number of offspring it produces
Disruptive selection occurs when:
individuals with extreme values of a trait have greater fitness than individuals with intermediate values of the trait.
Three conditions are necessary for natural selection to occur. They are:
Variation in traits, inheritability of variation, differential reproductive success
Individuals with more favorable traits for a given environment will be more _________ and thus ___________ more than those with less favorable traits.
fit, reproduce
Exceptionally large babies increase a mother's mortality risk when giving birth and exceptionally small babies tend to die at birth or shortly afterward. For these reasons, birthweight in human babies is generally what type of natural selection? Explain your answer.
subject to stabilizing selection
What is the major difference between artificial and natural selection?
Natural selection acts without the input of humans; artificial selection requires human input.
Explain why some animals have evolved "extreme" traits related to mating habits (hint: think praying mantis or spider example)
While dying for the sake of reproduction may seem extreme, it increases the parents fitness if their alleles are passed to the next generation. It also allows nutrients from their bodies to be used to nourish either the female (praying mantis) or offspring (newly hatched spiders).


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Gaslight may refer to:
- Gas lighting, the use of flammable gas such as natural gas as a light source
- Gaslighting, a form of psychological abuse
- The Gaslight Anthem, an American rock band
- Gaslight (automobile), a defunct American automobile company (1960 – c. 1961)
- Gaslamp Fantasy, a subgenre of fantasy set in a Victorian setting, also known as gaslight fantasy
- Gaslight Tavern, a club in Lawrence, Kansas
- The Gaslight Cafe, a club in Greenwich Village in New York
- Gas Light (1938) a Patrick Hamilton stage play
- Gaslight (1940 film), starring Diana Wynyard, Anton Walbrook, Frank Pettingell, based on the play
- Gaslight (1944 film), directed by George Cukor, starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury, based on the play
- Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergas; a 2014 novel starring Slappy the Dummy and Aloysius Pendergast by RL Stine and Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
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Brown V. Board of Education
1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.


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Can the Knicks win their ninth game in 10 tries under Mike Woodson against the Atlanta Hawks tonight? Woodson's former employer has dropped its last two games and New York might just be the hottest team in the NBA right now.
In preparation for Friday night's battle with the currently sixth-seeded Hawks, here's NJ.com's daily aggregation of Knicks news from around the web:
• The Hawks might not even recognize this Knicks team, the New York Post's Marc Berman wrote: "Entering Friday night's game at Philips Arena, the Knicks have allowed 86 points per game under Woodson with opponents shooting a dreadful 40.8 percent. In the first 42 games with Mike D'Antoni, the Knicks allowed 96 points on 44.7 percent shooting. Their defensive rebounding has improved markedly and the Knicks are now a winning team at 26-25 for the first time since early January, when they started 6-5."
• Berman also wrote that injured Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire received a steroid injection for the bulging disc in his back: "Stoudemire's reaction to the injection ultimately will determine whether he is healthy for the first round of the playoffs, which begin April 28... The Knicks have listed a timetable of 2-to-4 weeks. With the epidural, Stoudemire has to undergo back-strengthening core exercises so he is less prone to reinjuring it."
• Was Knicks legend Bernard King snubbed by Springfield? Berman spoke with the Brooklyn native who said he was "quite disappointed" to have been passed over for enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame: "The Post reported on its website Thursday King, 55, was not voted in as an inductee to the Springfield, Mass., shrine, citing a league source. The official announcement on inductions is Monday at noon in New Orleans — site of the NCAA Tournament's Final Four... It was King's fifth time as a nominee and second time he was one of the 18 finalists. But Carmelo Anthony's idol will have to wait until next year. King lives in Atlanta and has been doing a handful of games as color analyst on MSG Network's telecasts this season... 'It's fair to say I'm quite disappointed,'' King told The Post Thursday. 'I was not selected this year with the 2012 class. Obviously, I'm honored to be a finalist. I think it would be a tremendous honor for my family if I'm inducted. It would be wonderful.'''
• Woodson and Carmelo Anthony never really discussed the latter's role in the offense when the former was promoted to interim head coach, explained Frank Isola of the New York Daily News: "Hours after Woodson replaced D'Antoni, he told reporters that he would run more isolation plays and post-ups for Anthony and Stoudemire. Anthony claims he and Woodson never discussed his role in the offense but that it was "implied" that the Knicks would play to Anthony's strengths... 'No, we never had a conversation about it,' Anthony said. 'He incorporated that into the offense and I guess he saw that I feel comfortable down there.'"
• We've seen Linsanity on the court and Linsanity in the marketing realm, and now, thanks to a story by Marc Weinreich of The New York Times, we're seeing the epidemic reaching sports collectibles: "(Yair) Rozmaryn, a card collector who lives in Manhattan and works as a job recruiter in the fields of health care and information technology, could already see the possibilities. And two days later, after Lin startled everyone again with a 28-point performance against the Utah Jazz, Rozmaryn went to work, buying a limited-edition Lin rookie card on eBay for $1,000. The card, from the 2010-11 N.B.A. season, when Lin played for Golden State, was autographed by Lin and was No. 17 in a series of 25 — making it more valuable, because 17 is Lin's uniform number... But at that point the story had just begun. Rozmaryn relisted the card on eBay on Feb. 13, at a point when the frenzy over Lin had grown even louder, and four hours later, received his first bid: $12,000."
• Was Woodson betrayed by his "friend and mentor" Cotton Fitzsimmons? The Times' Howard Beck gave us an interesting story of how Woodson joined the coaching ranks:
Woodson, drafted as a scoring guard by the Knicks in 1980, had retired from basketball after a respectable 11-year career. He was happily building his real-estate portfolio in Indianapolis when Fitzsimmons — his former coach in Kansas City and Sacramento — asked him to help with the Suns' summer-league team.
"You'd be an excellent coach," Fitzsimmons told him.
"Absolutely not," Woodson said.
The deal was closed when Fitzsimmons promised a week of golf. The ruse was exposed on Woodson's first morning, when Fitzsimmons departed the gym with his golf bag and left Woodson in charge.
"Cotton, what am I supposed to do?" Woodson said to his friend.
"Coach the team," Fitzsimmons said.
Woodson chuckles at the memory.
"He played golf every day," Woodson recalled, his broad smile stretching his stern black goatee. "I coached them. I never got to play golf, not one time."


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Chabad hosts Mayor
Oxford Chabad hosted a Shabbat dinner in honour of the city's first Jewish Lord Mayor for almost 900 years.
Councillor Elise Benjamin was joined by other civic dignitaries and around 80 students and university staff members at the Slager Chabad Jewish Centre.
Cllr Benjamin spoke of her pride at the Jewish community's connections to the city, which stretch back to medieval times.
Her own relationship with the city's Chabad team began a decade ago when she was instrumental in helping the organisation establish the tradition of displaying a 12ft menorah in the city centre every Chanucah.
Fellow councillor David Williams said the dinner was a night for celebration and said Cllr Benjamin's selection for the role represented "a historic moment for the Jewish community in Oxford and one that they take great pride in.
"It is a symbol that the Jewish community is respected and on a par with all other religions and faith communities in our tolerant and multicultural city".
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interesting stuff! yeah, all I keep getting is the abstract when I look for the full study too.
How calorie restriction influences longevity: Protecting cells from damage caused by chronic disease
Although the study refers to both ketosis and low-calorie eating, it specifically names βOHB as the factor creating the benefits. Man I'd love to see the full study, take a look at the numbers they got.
interesting stuff! yeah, all I keep getting is the abstract when I look for the full study too.
I assume you might need to pay for the full study. I wasn't able to find it, but found the abstract interesting. Any other papers or topics you find on Ketosis or the like, please feel free to send my way! Always enjoy the reading! Thanks!
~ Chris
there are other studies out there that are similiar in nature that post the full material free of charge, just requires some googling. I keep finding this topic is under a lot of debate.
~ Chris
If anyone wants to read more about this the book Primal Body, Primal Mind advocates for this very strongly. She gives some of the same info on her blog here Longevity | Primal Body Primal Mind Diet and Nutrition but the book is more extensive, obviously.
I just finished the book and eh, I dunno. I am more conscious now of eating only when I am actually hungry, instead of when I want.
One criticism of the ape study I've seen is that the low-calorie ape has a low-quality life - he doesn't move around or show a lot of emotion. Gedgaudas seems to be saying that by staying in ketosis 24/7 you gain all the benefits of the low-calorie model without the drop in activity level. By also avoiding fructose, stearates, trans-fats, and other things, and getting adequate aminos and other stuff you will live longer. I'm summarizing, lol.
Since it got republished my library picked up a copy, so it may be relatively easy to pick up to browse.
This is a pretty long paper you might find interesting: Glucose Hysteresis as a Mechanism in Dietary Restriction, Aging and Disease
It doesn't mention ketones but burning fat is anti-ageing while burning glucose is ageing. Calorie restriction results in a shift from gylcolysis to β-Oxidation of free fatty acids.
Remember the Okinawans? It wasn't the potatoes and rice that made them live longer, it was the calorie restriction and the resulting shift in fuel burning. Kitavan's, who have a similar diet only have a life expectancy of 75 at age 50. The difference is, they aren't calorie restricted. Wolfgang Lutz lived to be 97 after all. I think his diet had a lot to do with it.


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As the country gears up to deal with a mall explosion over the next few years, existing mall owners are already looking for key differentiating factors where they can leverage their strengths. Not surprisingly, food has emerged as one of the key focus areas.
Yogesh Samat, chief executive officer, Inorbit Malls, says the food court at the mall is being extended to roughly 75,000-80,000 sq foot. "We are looking at offering a different experience at our malls, and food is an important part of it," Samat points out.
It is estimated that about a third of the people visiting malls spend only at the foodcourt. Thus it makes sense paying more attention to this part of the business.
The Delhi-based MBD group's Neopolis too is working at ensuring that the food court at the malls they are planning goes beyond the standard format seen these days.
"The foodcourts will have a 5-star coffee shop kind of an ambience. Moreover, it will have a experience and ambience different from the rest of the mall," says Sonica Malhotra, executive director, MBD group.
The group is also planning to set up a chain of independent foodcourts under the name 'Gigabyte' in Mumbai and Bangalore, which will dish out a variety of cuisines. It will be set up in a 30,000 sq foot area.
Inorbit, meanwhile, is looking at introducing lounge chairs in the new extension area to move away from the cafeteria format.
"We already offer a number of exclusive dining options like Nando's and Thai Lotus which also have outlets elsewhere," says Samat. "Our foodcourt also has the largest retail mix in terms of brands."He adds that the company would continue to focus on the foodcourts in the upcoming properties as well. Inorbit plans on opening another 7-8 malls over the next few years. The mall already offers free Wi-fi connectivity, which again works in increasing customer loyalty.


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What are you most proud of? I was really pleased with the way the conkers turned out, as it was as close as I could get to the shape in nature. The aren't just a ball. The way I have constructed them, gives the top the characteristic dimple. But I felt that the conkers needed a little bed, which is why I have added the shell instructions to the pattern. I do realise some people may be thinking "Why knit a conker?", and I can only reply "Why not!".


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October 29, 2001
Pumpkin patch sentinel
|A scarecrow at the South 47 Farm corn maze stands watch over the pumpkins as Halloween approaches.
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|In a partnership between the city of Woodinville and the Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC), Woodinville city ordinances are now available on-line.
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The Mace is a symbol of the authority of the South Carolina House of Representatives. The scepter-like object rests in a rack at the front of the Speaker's podium whenever the House is in session and is sometimes carried in processions. The Mace has been used by South Carolina legislative bodies, with some interruptions, since it was made for the Commons House of Assembly in 1756. It was crafted in London by Magdalen Feline (d.1796). She was a master goldsmith who specialized in large pieces, such as bowls and candlesticks, and had her establishment in Covent Garden. Four other Feline maces are preserved in England.
South Carolina's Mace is approximately forty-eight inches long, weighs almost eleven pounds, and is fashioned of silver burnished with gold. It is topped by a symbolic royal crown. Around the cylindrical mace-head below the crown are four circular decorative panels: the pictures from the colonial great seal of King George II (with the king receiving a curtsy from a lady personifying the province, and the royal coat of arms) and allegories of commerce and agriculture. After the Revolutionary War, the Mace became the property of the House of Representatives.
Since the Middle Ages ceremonial maces as emblems of authority have been carried before high government, university, and church officials. The ceremonial mace is descended from medieval weapons of war and from kingly scepters. South Carolina's is the oldest mace in continuous use by any American state legislature.
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Deadly Disengagement
When Czech democracy needed defending, America was inattentive. The U.S. point man in Prague spent much of his time in New York.
In the race to liberate Prague at the end of World War II, Eugene Fodor won. The founder of the eponymous travel-guide series was a U.S. Army lieutenant and officer of the Office of Strategic Services when he bounced into the Czechoslovak capital with two other Americans in a lone jeep on May 8, 1945, V-E Day. Though Berlin had fallen to the Soviets almost two weeks before, Prague was still something of a no-man's land, with Russian forces hundreds of miles east of the city, American troops stalled just to the west and Czech insurgents battling it out against scattered Nazi diehards.
Fodor and the rest of his group—Sgt. Kurt Taub and Pvt. Nathan Shapiro—made it 100 miles through disintegrating German lines armed with only a rifle and a few pistols. Along the way, they managed to depose the pro-Nazi mayor of Karlsbad and pick up a shipment of insulin to deliver to Prague's besieged hospitals.
The soldiers' arrival in the city could have marked the beginning of a free and prosperous postwar future for Czechoslovakia. Instead it was a false dawn; a communist coup d'etat in 1948 left the Czechoslovakians under Moscow's thumb for four decades, until the collapse of the Soviet Union. As Igor Lukes shows in "On the Edge of the Cold War," his engrossing chronicle of the days when Czechoslovakia hung in the balance, the country's place behind the Iron Curtain was anything but foreordained. But the U.S. government's carelessness and indifference to the Czechoslovakians' fate conspired to give an easy victory to the Soviet Union in the embryonic stages of the Cold War. By the time American officials felt roused to act, it was too late. They had already been outfoxed by Stalin, who had a keen appreciation for Bismarck's maxim: Whoever rules Bohemia holds the key to Europe.
The Soviet Union's determination to rule Czechoslovakia might have been thwarted. Mr. Lukes says, were it not for a single cable sent by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to the Soviet high command on May 5, 1945. The message expressed Ike's interest in pushing American forces in western Czechoslovakia—where Patton's Third Army was soon to reach Pilsen, 50 miles west of Prague—all the way past the capital to the west bank of the Vltava River.
On the Edge of the Cold War
By Igor Lukes
(Oxford, 279 pages, $34.95)
Churchill and Patton, together with the British Foreign Office and U.S. State Department, had advocated loudly for just such an advance, which would have given the U.S. the opportunity to secure Prague and set the conditions for the emergence of a democratic government. But Moscow immediately objected and Eisenhower, eager not to roil Allied relations, obliged. "Patton did not hesitate to say that this was an unwise decision," Mr. Lukes writes, leaving the general's exact words to the reader's imagination. Though Lt. Fodor and his jeep crew had demonstrated rather spectacularly that nothing stood in the way of an American liberation of Prague, the city would be left to the Soviets, who arrived on May 9.
After Truman and Stalin agreed to simultaneously withdraw their forces from Czechoslovakia in late 1945, the stage was set for a cat-and-mouse political battle over the country's future, a battle that each side confidently predicted it would win. Mr. Lukes, a professor at Boston University, tells the story of this covert game through the eyes of the American officials in Prague who were charged with keeping Czechoslovakia out of Moscow's orbit.
Prime among these officials was Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt, a Wall Street lawyer and leading contributor to FDR's Democratic Party who had already served as America's prewar ambassador to Moscow and wartime minister to Ankara, Turkey. Though the ambassador earned high marks for vigorous performances in previous postings, his resentment at being excluded from the Yalta Conference in 1945 dampened Steinhardt's enthusiasm for diplomacy. "Some of his colleagues privately wondered whether he was still a U.S. ambassador fully committed to serving the president," Mr. Lukes writes, "or a rich attorney torn between public service and private interest." When the time came to defend Czech democracy, the author notes, America's point man for Prague spent much of his ambassadorial tenure in New York attending to his law practice.
Mr. Lukes's portrait of America's leading spies in Czechoslovakia is no less scalding. Maj. Charles Katek, the local OSS chief, developed a taste for wining and dining Prague's high society when he might have better spent his time courting sources inside the Czech Communist Party. Intelligence collection consisted entirely of gossip picked up during parties hosted at his OSS office.
The Americans' disengagement proved deadly. When Czechoslovakia's government, under heavy Soviet pressure, embarked on nationalization programs and currency "reform" that stripped the affluent of their assets, Steinhardt failed to raise the alarm. Instead, he put a generally positive spin on events while focusing narrowly on obtaining compensation for seized American property.
Beginning in 1947, the communists signaled the imminent staging of a coup by crudely attempting to assassinate leading Czech democrats and using the communists' control of the Interior Ministry to arrest top Slovak politicians on bogus charges. Steinhardt chose precisely this fraught moment for a trip to the U.S. to look after his business interests; his communications from New York with the Prague OSS office concerned the acquisition of ammunition for deer hunting and the condition of the embassy's linoleum. Fortunate indeed for Steinhardt that his government service preceded the advent of WikiLeaks.
Such inattention came at great cost to those patriotic Czechoslovakians who, at great personal risk, undertook to keep their neglectful American friends engaged. More broadly the cost would ultimately be borne by the Czech and Slovak nations, still working today to climb out of the social and economic hole left by communist rule. Mr. Lukes's invaluable account makes it hard to dispute CIA Director Allen Dulles's conclusion in the 1950s that Czechoslovakia "would never have been lost if someone had been there doing something about it."
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Keith Giles is an author, blogger and freelance copywriter in Orange County, California. WHAT IS SUBVERSIVE? It's a systematic overthrow of one system or power by those working from within. Jesus said the Kingdom of God was immediately accessible to all who follow Him. This is the Gospel message. This is subversive.
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This makes my heart beat faster! It's an awesome look at the House Church Movement around the world. What I love is that this movement is not built on a person's book or because of a personality or a celebrity leader, it is built on the individual calling of each person who has heard the voice of the Holy Spirit to leave the traditional structure of church in order to really "Be" the Church.
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Three special beacons are set to light up nature reserves north and south of the border to celebrate the life of St Cuthbert.
The unique venture will bring together three National Nature Reserves run by three different national organisations: Lindisfarne (Natural England), the Farne Islands (National Trust) and St Abb's Head (National Trust for Scotland).
They will unite around the figure of Cuthbert, known as the 'Fire of the North', a character who evokes a time when the ancient kingdom of Northumbria straddled what is now England and Scotland.
On 4 September (St Cuthbert's Day) last year, a beacon fire was lit by National Trust Rangers on Inner Farne to commemorate monks doing the same in 687 to signal the death of Cuthbert to Lindisfarne.
The event celebrated the life of Cuthbert, who went down in history as 'the Fire of the North'.
History will be repeated at dusk on September 4 this year when beacon fires will be lit on the Inner Farne and St Abb's Head to celebrate Cuthbert's links with the wider region and its vitally important nature reserves.
A programme of linked walks and talks at each reserve will lead up to the event.
Local historian and Lindisfarne volunteer warden, John Woodhurst, who is co-ordinating the event said: "St Cuthbert was the inspiration for the Lindisfarne Gospels and Durham Cathedral, but it's also amazing that there are three such internationally important reserves so close together in our region that all had significant links with Cuthbert. That's what makes our event irresistible."
Andrew Craggs, Senior Reserve Manager on Lindisfarne NNR said: "Once we get to know about his life, people working on nature reserves, especially in the northeast, regard Cuthbert as one of the earliest nature wardens.
"It was great to link ourselves with Inner Farne last year through the beacon fire.
"This year we're going to go one better by including another fabulous nature reserve with a Cuthbert link, St Abb's Head.
"I can't wait to see the beacon fires on the Inner Farne and St Abb's Head from Lindisfarne on September 4".


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On Monday, Heathers celebrated its 25th anniversary with the opening of Heathers: The Musical at New York City's New World Stages. Among the first Corn Nuts aficionados to see the off-Broadway adaptation was the original J.D. himself, actor Christian Slater.
The Nymphomaniac star stopped by the TODAY show to talk about the surreal experience of seeing the character he made (in)famous portrayed onstage.
"It was weird," said Slater. "Just seeing another guy up there in the black jacket, playing that part. There were parts of me that wanted to run up on the stage."
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After the show, Slater snuck backstage to deliver kudos to the new group of Westerburg High students and to reminisce about his days in Sherwood, Ohio.
Ryan McCartan, Heather: The Musical's dreamily diabolical J.D., even invited the actor to savor a moment wearing the character's signature black trench coat again.
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The Parent Cabinet (PC) sponsors and organizes a wide variety of events and programs, fostering a strong sense of school community. In addition, PC supports Journey School's educational programs and operations with its volunteer coordination and fund raising efforts.
The Cabinet is made up of one representative from each grade and includes up to three additional seats. PC members ideally serve a 2-year term in order to build school-wide capacity and sustainability.
The PC Executive Committee for 2016-2017 are Anna Brown, Michelle Cable, Amy Capelle, Jules Herzog, Lisa O'Neill, Tammra Tanner, and Nicola Wellner. The Executive Committee can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Once you click over to the PC website (www.journeyschoolpc.net) you will be able to:
- Log volunteer hours
- See the PC calendar
- Find out how you can help with events
- Get fundraising info
- Get links to class websites and room parent contact info
- See parent cabinet meeting agendas and notes


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My friend, Hannah, found an orange tree in France.
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Billy's Downtown Diner is not your everyday diner. It's not fancy on the inside, but it has cozy booth seating and art and press clippings decorating the wall. Express -Times Photo | BILL ADAMS
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If you would like to get the code to the room visit the St. Charles front desk from 7pm-10pm and a CA on duty can help you sign the correct waivers and give you the code to the room!
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Neil Edwards
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Full Name: Neil James Edwards
Born: October 14 1983 , Truro
County: Nottinghamshire
Other teams: Somerset, England U19
Batting Style: Left-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
One of many batsmen signed to try and solve Nottinghamshire's problems at the top of the order, Edwards has never really fulfilled his potential. Having represented England Under-19s, the opener looked set for a prosperous career when he struck an impressive 160 for Somerset against Hampshire in just his third first-class game. Things have not necessarily gone to plan since, though he remains a solid performer in the domestic game.


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Living corpse in suspenders. Something that should of died a long time ago, but keeps on living by sucking out the souls of his two young boys. He used to be best friends with Jesus.
"Larry King owns a talk show, and wears classy suspenders to keep from exposing his bony ass."
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The Larry King is a variation of the widely used 69 position, only when your girl goes down on you, you let out a massive fart. Preferably the fart is silent so she doesn't hear it coming. Television personality, Larry King, typically rips 4 or 5 of these beauties during his live broadcast. For added authenticity, leave your suspenders on while enjoying the Larry King.
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The Amarillo Bulls will be returning home, but it won't be to play another game — it will be as North American Hockey League South Division champions.
In thrilling fashion, Amarillo captured its second-straight berth in the Robertson Cup National Championship Tournament on Friday, knocking off the Topeka RoadRunners, 3-1, before 3,956 fans in Game 4 of the South Division finals at the Kansas ExpoCentre in Topeka, Kan.
Amarillo won the South Division title over Topeka for the second straight season.
"It is always difficult to close out a series, and there is no question this is a tough place to play," said Bulls head coach Dennis Williams. "I think this is a testament to the character of this team to come back and win this game. I am extremely proud of this team."
Williams, along with Topeka head coach Scott Langer, was ejected midway through the first period following a skirmish which included players from both teams.
The game was also delayed about 45 minutes due to a tornado warning in the Topeka area.
After blowing a 3-0 lead in the second period of Game 3 Thursday in a 6-3 loss, the Bulls were down 1-0 at the 14:28 mark of the first period as Topeka forward Ryan White got past Bulls goaltender Gregg Gruehl.
However, that would be all the offense for Topeka.
Gruehl turned in another strong performance in net, stopping 25 of 26 shots after blanking Topeka in Game 2, 3-0.
"Gregg played great in net again, and he made some really big saves, especially in the third period," Williams said. "They got up 1-0 on us, but our guys responded."
Bulls forward Mike Erickson finally got past Topeka goaltender Peter Traber at the 12:41 mark of the third period, tying the game at 1-1.
The clutch goal game-winning goal came from Bulls forward TJ Sarcona, who gave Amarillo a 2-1 lead at the 17:44 mark. Bulls forward Matt Johnson added an empty-
netter with a second to play.
The Robertson Cup tournament runs May 3-8 at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco. The Texas Tornado are the host team. The schedule will be announced once the division playoffs are complete.
Bulls 3, RoadRunners 1
Amarillo 0 0 3 — 3
Topeka 1 0 0 — 1
First period — 1, Topeka, Ryan White (Andrew OLeary) 14:28.
Second period — None.
Third period — 2, Amarillo, Mike Erickson (Matt Johnson, John Rey) 12:41; 3, Amarillo, TJ Sarcona (Karl Beckman, Omar Mullan) 17:44; 4, Amarillo, Matt Johnson (emptynet) (unassisted) 19:59.
Shots — Amarillo 12-4-14 — 30. Topeka 7-14-5 — 26. Penalties/minutes — Amarillo 6 for 26. Topeka 9 for 32. Powerplays/opportunities — Amarillo 0 for 6. Topeka 0 for 3. Goaltenders — Amarillo, Gregg Gruehl (3-1) 26 shots-25 saves. Topeka, Peter Traber (4-3) 29 shots-27 saves. A — 3,956. Three Stars: 1. Matt Johnson, Amarillo (goal, assist); 2. TJ Sarcona, Amarillo (goal); 3. Peter Traber, Topeka (27 saves).


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The Gospel Music Association announced the nominees for its 42nd Annual Dove Awards, and for the first time, the awards ceremony will take place in Atlanta.
All previous Dove Awards ceremonies have taken place in either Nashville or Memphis, Tenn. But this year, the GMA wanted to do things differently.
The historic Fox Theatre is one of the most beloved landmarks in Atlanta and will host the awards on April 20.
The list of nominees for Male Vocalist of the Year are: Chris August, Doug Anderson, Jason Crabb, Brandon Heath, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, and Chris Tomlin.
The nominees for Female Vocalist of the Year are: Audrey Assad, Francesca Battistelli, Natalie Grant, Britt Nicole, Janet Paschal, Kerrie Roberts, and Laura Story.
The nominees for Group of the Year are: Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Gaither Vocal Band, Mercy Me, Mikes Chair, Sidewalk Prophets, and Tenth Avenue North.
There are a total of 43 categories for the Dove Awards. To see the entire list of nominations, click here.
"Your immense talents and heart for ministry are cause for honor and celebration. The excitement and energy of the Dove Awards at the Fox Theatre is something we are all looking forward to," Ed Leonard, GMA chairman and president, said.
The Gospel Music Channel will broadcast the 42nd annual Dove Awards on April 24th, which is Easter Sunday. The show will air from 7-9 p.m. EST.
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"Only Rockstars Party Like We Do"
While most of the world would give their first-born child to look half as good covered in silver paint, apparently Kim Kardashian's upset over nude photos in W Magazine. "Oh my God, I'm more naked than I was in Playboy. I'm so mad right now. She promised I would be covered with artwork. You can see nipple. The whole concept was sold to me that nothing would be seen," Kim wept on her new show Kourtney & Kim Take New Yorkyesterday. Apparently Kardashian regrets the graphic pics, which she describes as "full-on" porn. Are we crazy to think that instead of crying, Kim just start rocking a layer of body paint 24/7? Seriously, those pics should be considered a masterpiece.
Of course, Kardashian's astronaut porn star look was not her first time at the public nudity rodeo. Besides her Playboy cover, Kim has also taken it off in the sex tape withRay J that made her a star, last week's erotic TwitPic and, of course, the hearts and minds of America's youth. "I'm never taking my clothes off again, even if it's for Vogue," Kardashian sniffed, though eventually she admitted "I'm glad I did them." We guess it comes down to what Kardashian hates more: getting naked, or not having pro-ball players want to date her and hundreds of thousands of dollars thrown at her feet. Tough call!
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Baglady Artist Lee Godie Is a Wacky Success—her Paintings Are Off the Wall and in Demand
"I have the painting you ordered," she says to a passing businessman. She's never met the man before, but he knows her by sight and reputation.
"Oh, really? Can I see it?" he asks.
"You're not smiling," she says, vamping shamelessly, while unfurling an ink-and-watercolor painting of a yellow-haired lady in a dress of yellow leaves. "I heard on the radio, 'If they smile, they're going to buy.' "
The man smiles and forks over $65. An hour later he's back again, this time dropping $60 for a pair of exotic-looking women with eyes big as saucers. "I think these are definitely long-term investments," the businessman confides, even as the artist blows him a parting kiss.
The word is out on Lee Godie: The 60ish baglady is hands down Chicago's most collected artist. Indeed, Godie—who makes her home, studio and gallery on the sidewalks of Chicago's Loop—might be referred to as the Grandma Moses of the Midwest. She might, except that, as art critic Dennis Adrian, who owns his share of Godies, is quick to say, "She's far more interesting than Grandma Moses, far bolder and stronger." Godie is the darling of the city's serious art collectors and critics, who revere her work as outstanding examples of "naive and outsider art." She's just as popular with the casual passersby who've bought thousands of her works on impulse. Though she sleeps in transient hotels or outdoors, security guard Dennis Baker claims that when he attempted once to bring her in from the cold, Go-die showed him bank accounts containing more than $100,000.
The question is, who is she and where does she come from? Alas, she does not suffer reporters gladly, especially since a long article in the Wall Street Journal made her a hot story for the media. Earlier in the day, a small posse of reporters tracked her to the Trailways Bus Terminal, where she was feeding quarters into a series of storage lockers that contain most of her worldly goods: plastic bags of unidentifiable possessions, some canvases and clothes, dry milk and doughnuts. Asked if she would stand still for an interview, she hissed, "No speak English!" in some sort of pseudoaccent. Try again, thought the reporter. "What kind of paintings did your mother do?" "No speak English!" she repeated. Then, a few moments later, in a conspiratorial whisper, "Nothing but oil."
Lee Godie is a puzzle even to her friends. John C. Jones, avid Godie collector and vice-president of Ultimo, the swank clothing store on Oak Street, thinks she's from Wisconsin. "All I know is that she admires her father," he says, "the reason for which I can't remember." Ken Walker, director of the influential Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, has dedicated an entire wall of his folk-art-filled loft to Godie, whom he describes as "a really extraordinary artist." Walker met her in 1968 when she first hit town and he was a student at the School of the Art Institute. "What we've pieced together," he says, "is that Lee had a normal middle-class life. She has talked about a husband and a daughter. Lee, I think, wanted to be a professional singer when she was a young woman. She's mentioned that her husband never allowed her to do that. When he was gone—none of us know what happened to him—she felt it was too late to be a singer, but she could be an artist. I think she began her art in 1968. She's mentioned that her daughter died somehow. That may have been the tragedy that transformed her life."
Last winter Walker and his roommate, painter Mark Jackson, ran into Godie on an arctic sub-zero night. "We got her a room in a hotel for several days," he says. "I think she was quite frightened. I don't see how she would have survived." He recalls that she was picked up once by the police in the early 1970s and was taken to a mental health center, where she was held, angry and terrified, for a few weeks, until eventually she walked out. "I think a lot of people would describe Lee as mentally ill," says Walker. "But I think Lee is quite functional, and I think she is very happy in the life she is living." Walker talks about joining his friend for dinner, at her invitation, on a park bench. "Dinner usually consists of a package of Twinkies or a little piece of cake. She carries tea bags around. Our duty is to run and get the hot water." On such occasions, he says, she's shared some "very poetic ideas. I remember they were tearing down a building on Michigan Avenue and she said, 'Oh, Ken, it's so interesting. They got tired of the design of this building, so they're tearing it down. They're carrying all the bricks over there.' She pointed to another place where another building was going up, and said, 'They're just taking all the bricks and redesigning it.' "
Back on State Street, an hour has passed and Godie has sold a total of three paintings for $185. She picks up her portfolio, turns the corner and walks north between the El tracks and Marshall Field's. Was she free for lunch? a reporter asks. She seems ready to accept, then pulls back like an animal scenting a baited trap.
"I mostly eat chocolate anyway," she divulges, a dietary precaution she says she adopted because her brother and father died of heart disease. "They say chocolate is good for the heart, so chocolate is my daily diet, every day. I didn't want to die—it was early. I was so young! Both of them died early, of heart trouble. That's all I want to tell you about."
The reporter tries again. Where is she from, originally—Chicago?
"I say we all came from embryos," she reflects. Then, "Quit following me, please!" This said, she ducks into a parking garage, where she crouches behind a car and eventually sneaks out the back entrance.
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Someone once said, ''Life is 10 percent of what happens to you and 90 percent of what you think or how you respond. The key is how you respond to what happens to you in life.''
By the time you read this article the Thanksgiving holiday will be over. The hectic shopping will be completed and family will have returned home. Regardless of what you see when you look around, there are many reasons to be thankful.
I have so much to be thankful for as I write this. Thanksgiving morning a close friend of mine who lives in Massachusetts called me. We are both early risers and we talked for about an hour. Then my wife and I went out for a four-mile walk. We usually talk a lot during this time. These walks usually help me think through issues and problems too. There is so much to be thankful for.
We planned on going to my sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. As soon as we walked in we were greeted by the great aroma of turkey and stuffing. My sister is as good a cook as my mom was. The house was hot and steamy, but the important thing is that my sister and brother-in-law were there. My nephews were there, too. Kids were running around and playing and sometimes they were real loud. There is so much to be thankful for.
Like any extended family at the holidays there were some people missing. Some family members live in different parts of the country. We talked on the phone and enjoyed them being there even if they weren't physically.
Some family members have died and we shared memories and stories and they live on in our hearts. There is so much to be thankful for.
In our family we stand around the table and hold hands and give thanks. My brother in-law said grace and then it was time to eat and talk. Our families talk a lot while eating but that is part of the fun. For my wife and me it has been a while since we have lived near family. My family has always liked getting together. We don't feel like we have to do it; we want to do it. There is so much to be thankful for.
We shared about times when the nephews were younger and we laughed and laughed. We got the new school pictures of their kids. We showed them pictures of our sons and granddaughter. We wished everyone could be here, but they couldn't. Life and jobs sometimes move loved ones far away. But there is so much to be thankful for.
Some of our extended family is unemployed right now. Some have lost good jobs because of the economy. Some are still working regularly the same job they have had for a long time. Some have had to move out of state to work. But we were together and enjoying one another's company and conversations. Somehow just being together talking and laughing made things better. There is so much to be thankful for.
Viktor Frankl, who spent time in a Nazi concentration camp, said, ''Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.'' Who knows what next year will bring. Right now there is so much to choose to be thankful for.
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Small Business Development Center's
Center for Global Competitiveness will host Financial Tools and Techniques for Growing International Sales on Friday, Sept. 20 at Saint Vincent College. Presenters include Andrea Caralis, senior associate foreign exchange, PNC Capital Markets; Julian Hoberman, international banking, PNC Treasury Management; and Gary Sladek, vice president of international banking. International trade topics include: benefits of exporting – opportunities and risks, methods of payment in international trade, incoterms, methods of credit overview, documentary collections overview, foreign buyer financing options and IC-DISC. Foreign exchange topics include: currency market overview, exchange rates and foreign wires, benefits of using currency for foreign sales and currency risk management strategies. This program begins with lunch at 12:30 p.m. and runs until 4:30 p.m. Cost is $50. Early registration is encouraged as seating is limited. Register by calling 724-537-4572. Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center is part of a statewide system of university-based economic development organizations, whose mission is to provide high quality education and consulting to entrepreneurs, to help them start and grow their businesses in the competitive global economy. Early registration is recommended, as space is limited. To register or to obtain additional information, contact the Saint Vincent College SBDC at 724-537-4572.
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