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Storms on Tuesday downed trees and damaged monuments on the Gettysburg Battlefield, just days before events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battle begin.
Click here to see photos of the storm damage.
Trees were downed along Confederate Avenue, closing the road for a short time.
The 72nd Pennsylvania monument was toppled during the storms.
Click here to watch Ed Weinstock's report.
Crews put the 1,500 pound monument back on its pedestal and will repair it later.
The toppled monument is the one featured on the 2011 Gettysburg commemorative quarter.

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1, 2, 3 Quiltby Ellen Luckett Baker Laura Malek
In this follow-up to 1, 2, 3 Sew, expert seamstress and craft blogger Ellen Luckett Baker shares her fun building-block approach to quilting. Organized by quilting shapes--squares, triangles, hexagons, circles, flowers, stars, and diamonds--this easy-to-follow guide provides a simple way to master the elements of quilt design. Twenty-four projects progress in difficulty, allowing readers to develop technical skills as they work through the book. From the minimal Argyle Apron to the stylish Hexagon Handbag and more intricate Star Quilt, these modern, bright designs will appeal to beginning and intermediate quilters alike.
1, 2, 3 Sewby Ellen Luckett Baker Laura Malek
Now in ebook for the first time ever!Sewing is as easy as 1-2-3! In this creative teaching book, craft blogger Ellen Luckett Baker offers a wholly unique approach to sewing: she presents projects in groups of three, each building on the techniques used in the project before. Baker shows, for example, how to sew a glasses case, then build on those skills to create a zippered pouch, and from there, make a more advanced cosmetics bag. There are 33 delightful projects in all, ranging from clothing to decor and accessories. This very special ebook includes easy-to-follow instructions, how-to illustrations, and instructions for how to print the patterns, making it an essential resource for beginning and intermediate sewers alike.
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Game of My Life Denver Broncos: Memorable Stories of Broncos Football (Hardcover)
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Founded in 1960, the Denver Broncos took thirteen years to achieve their first winning season; but since then, this indomitable team has catapulted to excellence. In this newly revised edition of "Game of My Life Denver Broncos," fans of past and present will relive the greatest moments of Mile High football through the eyes of the players themselves. Floyd Little shares the pride and joy of scoring a touchdown in his last game as a Bronco, and John Elway describes the glory of leading the Broncos to their first Super Bowl victory in 1998. From those infamous striped socks to back-to-back Super Bowl Championships, "Game of My Life Denver Broncos" has it all--a must-have for any Broncos fan.


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Black Family Channel
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Black Family Channel (founded in 1999 as MBC Network) was a network for African American families and the only wholly black-owned and operated cable television network (BET, as seen below, is owned by Viacom; TV One by Comcast & Radio One; Aspire by Magic Johnson & Intermedia Partners; Bounce TV by Bounce Media LLC; & Revolt by Comcast & Sean "Diddy" Combs). The network's schedule included a variety of programs including religious programs, sports, music, talk shows, and children's programs.
The network was started by noted Florida attorney & philanthropist Willie E. Gary, former all-star baseball player Cecil Fielder, four-time heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield, Marlon Jackson of The Jackson 5, and broadcast television veteran Alvin James through their business venture Major Broadcasting Corporation.[1]
The channel started off as Major Broadcasting Cable (MBC) Network. The name was rebranded Black Family Channel on October 1, 2004 in hopes that it would better identify the channel's content.[2]
BFC would effectively be run by actor/director Robert Townsend, who developed original programming for the network, including its most notable effort—the children's educational game show, The Thousand Dollar Bee, in which children would participate in tournament-style rounds of spelling challenges toward which the champion would receive a $1000 bond for his or her college education.
Unlike its primary rival, the Viacom-owned Black Entertainment Television, Black Family Channel avoided rap and hip hop-based programming (they showed gospel music instead).[3] The network was available in up to 16 million homes in the US.
On April 24, 2007, BFC announced that they would cease as a cable channel, effective April 30, 2007, as part of a deal in which BFC's programming and subscriber base would be sold to the Gospel Music Channel.[4] On May 1, 2007, the deal was closed.
The station was an associate member of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative.[5]
Over-the-air coverage[edit]
The network was also carried on two low-power television stations, W23BC serving the Jackson, MS media market, and WRCX-LP, which serves the Dayton, Ohio area. W23BC has since affiliated with Colours TV and (more recently) America One. WRCX has since affiliated with Ion Television.
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BFC Kids TV! (formerly MBC Kids, MBC for Kids, Kids on MBC and Kids MBC) was a children's programming block on Black Family Channel, launched in 2006, including programs like Aqua Kids, The Thousand Dollar Bee, Blue Peter, Rainbow Brite, The Get-Along Gang, Dennis the Menace, Popples, King Leonardo and Ulysses 31.
- ^ McGee, Sherri. "Broadcasting the Gospel". Black Enterprise. BlackEnterprise.com. Retrieved 1 November 1999. Check date values in:
- ^ Harris, Hamil. "MBC Network Changes Name To Black Family Channel". Black Enterprise. BlackEnterprise.com. Retrieved 1 September 2004.
- ^ Downey, Kevin. "Slow Build for Black Family Channel". Broadcasting & Cable. BroadcastingCable.com. Retrieved 10 February 2006.
- ^ Moss, Linda. "Black Family Channel-Gospel Music Channel Deal Is Official". Multichannel News. Multichannel.com. Retrieved 1 May 2007.
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"Interactions" is an international journal on British and American Literature and Culture, published biannually in Fall and Spring by Ege University Depts. of British and American Studies (Izmir/Turkey).
It is internationally refereed and indexed in MLA International Bibliography and Thomson Gale, featuring essays, film and book reviews (ISSN 1300-574-X).
Articles (4000-7000 words) and reviews (2000-4000 words) should follow MLA paranthetical citation format.
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Featured Golf News
Penn Tucker asks, What is meant by the term 'Sunday Pin'?
A "Sunday Pin" is a cup location that is difficult to access on your approach shot. The name comes from the way courses are typically set up on the last day of a tournament. I have adapted the name to describe one of my favorite green design concepts.
As we have discussed, green design must equally consider the two distinct skill elements of golf long play and putting. I design greens the way you play them, looking first at the approach, and then at putting. Those shots have a strategic relationship, even if (based on my game, anyway) there is no relation between the skills needed for either shot! I concurrently address maintenance/management issues, like cup rotation and speed of play.
Sunday Pin greens address many issues well, by allowing any hole to be flexible for everyday play, and occasionally provide challenge during special events. Sunday Pin greens accommodate all skill level players well, since everyone can aim for the "fat" middle of these greens, accepting par or bogey, or with more daring and skill, finding "birdie range" when the "tucked pin" requires. They have the following features:
· At/near fairway grade with an open front green (i.e. no frontal bunkers) which allows average players either a run up approach, or a safe shot without a forced carry to the "fat middle" of the green.
· One perimeter pin location guarded by exterior hazards, which allows a difficult pin position approximately once a week.
· Bail-out areas which penalize gently for most misses, but a harsher penalty for aggressive play to a tucked pin. This pin area will be open from the middle of the green, but may be guarded on the other three sides (front/back, and one or both sides).
· Gently rolling contours throughout the green, which proportionally reward shots near the pin with a shorter putt, while longer putts need to negotiate more contours.
Sunday Pin greens fit all types of holes on all types of courses. They offer daily variety based on wind conditions, cup location, tee shot length and position, and golfer confidence. I think these are so flexible and appropriate, that the majority of my greens on every course are "Sunday Pin" greens.
I vary the location of the Sunday Pin locations among greens, striving for at least one green each with the most difficult pin front right, front middle, front left, middle right, middle left, back right, back middle and back left. Most courses then set up a rotation of pin settings that balances length and cup location difficulty, while providing variety, by having three pins in each of the six basic cup areas every day.
By my definition (and in these writings, who elses matters?) the Sunday Pin shouldnt be in the middle, because most golfers believe that the middle of the green is "safe." However, I occasionally design the toughest pin spot in the green center, by creating a large green, and by using contours as a deflection knob to guard the middle.
Weekend Greens are a close relative to Sunday Pin greens. Many greens of this type usually a wedge-shaped green with a front opening and two tucked back pins naturally offer a blended variety of difficulty in their cup locations. These are adaptable to many holes, but I favor them on longer par-5s to create a precision approach with placement strategy on the second shot.
Thats a great question, Tucker. In the next installment I will discuss some other green approach concepts I use in design to fit special needs and introduce variety.
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Back in January we were at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City showing off our new designs, when Brother Timm dropped by our booth asking if we had any bags that would work on a wheel chair to make it easier to access his schtuff.
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In the Culinary Arts program at Cincinnati State, students receive training in all aspects of food preparation, including methods of cookery, sauces, soups, butchery, garde manger, pastry, and confectioneries, in addition to culinary management. Graduates earn an Associate of Applied Business degree.
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Derrick Rose Not Expected To Practice This Season
Derrick Rose is improving, but Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Tuesday that the former MVP isn't expected to practice with the team this season as he rehabs from surgery on a torn medial meniscus in his right knee.
"He's running on a treadmill," Thibodeau said. "Making a shot here or there, he's doing well. He's doing fine. He's still nowhere close to practicing or anything like that, but he's doing well overall."
In other Bulls' injury-related news, power forward Carlos Boozer is a game-time decision for Tuesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks as he continues to deal with a left calf strain that has kept him out of the last two contests.
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Jantzen vs Berding is new Bout of the Week on TheMat com Audio Video websiteUSA Wrestling has updated its new "Bout of the Week" which has been posted as a video file on-line on TheMat.com Audio/Video website .
The feature this week is the 2005 Jesse Jantzen vs. Kelaxsaev Berding men's freestyle match at the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey at 66 kg/145.5 lbs.
This match has been placed on the TheMat.com's new Audio/Video website, which was the former USA Wrestling Member's Only website. The new website has been redesigned and reformatted and was launched today. It is an exciting upgrade that will better serve the wrestling community and provides cutting-edge technology.
The World University Games (WUG) is a multi-sport event, which is similar to the Olympic Games or Pan American Games. This competition features only athletes who are enrolled in college. Wrestling was included in this event for the first time since 1981.
Often, World University events feature athletes who are already well known internationally, with accomplishments at the Olympic Games or World Championships. However, as in the case of the Jantzen vs. Berding match, this can also be an opportunity for a talented young athlete to make a name for himself internationally.
Just to be selected to compete on a national wrestling team competing at a World Championships indicates that an athlete is already among the world's elite in his craft. However, neither Jantzen, from a strong U.S. team, or Berding, who competes for world power Russia, had ever been at a major international event prior to the World University Games. This was their coming out party.
The U.S. coaches knew nothing about Berding, and could only study his earlier matches in the tournament to help Jantzen with his game plan.
Berding would also have no knowledge about Jantzen. He would not know that Jantzen had been one of the top young talents in the United States going back into his teen years. In fact, when Jantzen was a high school senior, he was the nation's best wrestler in his class, the winner of the ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year award.
He earned this honor by becoming the first four-time state high school champion in New York, a strong wrestling state that had just one class for its high school tournament. Jantzen also won a Junior National freestyle title, as well as a national folkstyle title as a student at Shoreham-Wading River High School.
Berding would have no idea about Jantzen's intelligence, which allowed him to be admitted into one of the world's most prestigious academic institutions, Harvard University. Not known worldwide for its wrestling program, Harvard and its coach Jay Weiss had big dreams for the program. Convincing the nation's best wrestler to join the team was a major step for the program. A fierce wrestler from the top position, who used techniques like crab rides and tilts that were popular in the 1980s, Jantzen continued to improve. He won three NCAA All-American honors, and a senior, he was Harvard's first NCAA champion in generations, the Outstanding Wrestler in the NCAA Tournament.
None of the competitors in Turkey would know that Jantzen quickly climbed the ladder of success on the Senior level in freestyle within the United States after college, placing at the U.S. Nationals and the World Team Trials against more experienced athletes. He proved to be the best freestyle wrestler who was taking college classes by easily winning the 2005 University World Team Trials event.
At the World University Games, Jantzen was on fire, winning every period of every match that he wrestled, and shutting out his opponent in seven of the 10 periods.
He opened the tournament with a 6-0, 3-1 win over Maksyan Melnya of Ukraine. His next victory was a 2-0, 6-0 win over Ahto Raska of Estonia. His third round win was a 3-3, 2-0 decision over Otar Tushishvili of Georgia. In the semifinals, he defeated two-time Olympian Arshak Hayrapetyan of Armenia, 1-0, 3-1.
On the other side of the bracket, Berding was also wrestling with skill and confidence, earning a spot in the finals against Jantzen. In the first period, Jantzen scored two takedowns to take a 2-0 lead. He then padded his lead with a two-point turn. In the second period, Jantzen again scored two takedowns, both in the first half of the period, for a 4-0, 2-0 victory. Jantzen was now a World University Games champion.
Jantzen joined Wade Schalles (1977) and Bruce Baumgartner (1981) as the only other gold medal wrestlers for the U.S. in World University Games history. Two other U.S. wrestlers won golds later in the tournament in Izmir, Nate Gallick at 132 pounds and Tommy Rowlands at 211.5 pounds.
This popular feature will be changed on a regular basis, allowing members to enjoy many of the greatest matches in wrestling history.
Posted in the archive section of the Members Only web page was the 2005 Nate Gallick vs. Odabasi Tevfik men's freestyle match at the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey for the gold medal at 60 kg/132 lbs. Many other entertaining and historic matches are in the archive section for the Bout of the Week.
While many of the features of the site will be available for everyone to use, the video clips will be accessible only to current members of USA Wrestling. To view the videos on this site, you must be logged into your TheMat.com passport account, which also must include your USA Wrestling Membership number. This is the same account used for TheMat.com Message Boards.
If you already have a Passport Account, make sure you are logged in and that your profile includes your USA Wrestling Membership Number. If you are a member and have not already registered for your online account, click the "Get Passport Account" at the top of the page. If you have an account and are not a current member of USA Wrestling, you will find a link to "Join USA Wrestling" on the Edit Passport Profile page.
The audio and video in this section are in a variety of formats, including Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, and Quicktime formats. If you do not currently have one of these players, you will find helpful links under the player windows for downloading and installing these free players. Due to the nature of video online, a high-speed Internet connection, such as Cable or DSL, is necessary to view videos.
2005 Nate Gallick vs. Odabasi Tevfik men's freestyle match
2005 Tina George vs. Marcie Van Dusen women's freestyle match
2005 Joe Warren vs. Jacob Hey men's Greco-Roman match
2000 Les Gutches vs. Cael Sanderson men's freestyle match
1999 Terry Brands vs. Eric Guerrero men's freestyle matches
2004 Cael Sanderson vs. Adam Saitiev men's freestyle match
1990 Rob Koll vs. Rahmat Sofiyadi men's freestyle match
1989 Michial Foy vs. Atanas Komchev men's Greco-Roman match
1995 Elbrus Tedeev vs. Takahiro Wada men's freestyle match
1993 Terry Brands vs. Jesus Wilson men's freestyle match
2005 Sally Roberts vs. Tela O'Donnell women's freestyle match
1999 Stephen Neal vs. Aydin Polatci men's freestyle match
1992 highlight video of U.S. Olympic Wrestling team in Barcelona, Spain
1988 Andy Seras vs. Mike Mann men's Greco-Roman match
1992 Kevin Jackson vs. Rasul Khadem men's freestyle match
1992 Chris Campbell vs. Puntsag Sukhbat men's freestyle match
2000 Garrett Lowney vs. Gogi Koguachvili men's Greco-Roman match
1988 Randy Lewis vs. Stepan Sarkissian men's freestyle match
1996 Kurt Angle vs. Abbas Jadidi men's freestyle match
1990 Chris Wilson vs. Arsen Fadzeav men's freestyle match
1990 John Smith vs. Stepan Sarkissian men's freestyle match
2004 Sunkist Kids International Open men's Greco-Roman gold-medal matches
2004 Sunkist Kids International Open men's freestyle gold-medal matches
1990 Bill Scherr vs. Alexei Golovko men's freestyle match
2004 Cael Sanderson vs. Moon Eui Jae men's freestyle match
2004 Rulon Gardner Olympic semifinals and finals men's Greco-Roman feature
2004 Sara McMann vs. Stavroula Zygouri women's freestyle match
2004 Toccara Montgomery vs. Kristie Marano women's freestyle match
2004 Joe Williams vs. Joe Heskett men's freestyle match
2004 Eric Guerrero vs. Mike Zadick men's freestyle match
2004 Cael Sanderson vs. Lee Fullhart men's freestyle match
2004 Dennis Hall vs. Brandon Paulson men's Greco-Roman match
1996 Townsend Saunders vs. Pat Santoro men's freestyle match
1988 Mark Fuller vs. T.J. Jones men's Greco-Roman match
1988 Nate Carr vs. Andre Metzger men's freestyle match
2004 Jared Frayer vs. Eric Larkin men's freestyle match
1987 Bill Scherr vs. Greg Gibson men's freestyle match
1992 Dennis Koslowski vs. Andrzej Wronski men's Greco-Roman match
1989 Jim Scherr vs. Makharbek Khadartsev men's freestyle match
2003 Sally Roberts vs. Marianna Sastin women's freestyle match
1996 Melvin Douglas vs. Mike Van Arsdale men's freestyle match
1988 Ike Anderson vs. Buddy Lee men's Greco-Roman match
1996 Tom Brands vs. Jang Jae-Sung men's freestyle match
2004 Eric Larkin vs. T.J. Williams men's freestyle match
1992 Rodney Smith vs. Cecilio Rodriguez men's Greco-Roman match
1988 Rico Chiapparelli vs. Lukman Jabrailov men's freestyle match
2003 Kristie Marano vs. Ewelina Pruszko women's freestyle match
1999 Stephen Neal vs. Andrei Shumilin men's freestyle match
2003 Cael Sanderson vs. Sajid Sajidov men's freestyle match


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Representatives of two mortgage lenders and city officials responsible for administration of the HOMEbuyer Assistance program agreed Thursday to recommend grant policy modifications to the Amarillo Housing Finance Corp.
After informal discussion of lending practices, interest rates and discount points, Vickie Covey, assistant director of community services division, and Deon Coffman, affordable housing program coordinator, agreed to suggest to the housing finance corporation that grant money be used only to cover down payments and closing costs on mortgage loans.
Additionally, interest rates could not exceed 1 percent over the Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Mortgage Corp. rates on the day a loan rate was locked in.
If, however, the potential home buyer qualifies for a mortgage loan under FNMA or FHMC's expanded lending guidelines, interest rates will be suggested to cap at 2 percent over posted rates.
If rates are capped, then sub-prime lending is essentially eliminated, said Coffman.
Sub-prime loans carry higher rates of interest and are offered primarily to higher-risk borrowers.
If the program is modified, participating lenders will have to sign new letters of understanding.
All 19 participating lenders were invited to attend.
The recommendations will be presented to the finance corporation at noon on Wednesday and any recommendations developed by them then will be presented at the June 12 public meeting of the Community Development Advisory Committee.
The program provides grants to qualifying home buyers for up to 75 percent of the down payment and closing costs up to $5,000.
The HOMEbuyer assistance program assisted 217 clients from Oct. 1, 1999, to Sept. 30.
About 150 home buyers have been assisted by this program during the current fiscal year, Coffman said.
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A recently released autopsy report shows that a suspect was shot several times in the back by Albuquerque police.
Police said Enrique Carrasco had a long criminal history, including several attacks on officers.
In August, he was killed after police said he attacked Officer Josh Brown with a knife.
The autopsy report states that Carrasco was shot seven times, once in the forehead, once in the back of the head, twice in the back of his scalp and three times in the back.
"The officer was seated in his car being attacked by a man armed with a knife and the officer was in a fight for his life, and he fired as many times as he needed to," Albuquerque Police Department Chief Ray Schultz said.
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An alcoholic beverage (usually beer or perhaps malt liquor) consumed inside a moving vehicle. This beverage can be consumed by passenger, driver, or both. Road sodas are illegal in most states due to open container laws. Still, they are widely enjoyed as evidenced by all the beer cans littering rural raodsides.
Let's grab a six pack before we leave, there's nowhere to stop on the way and it's a boring trip without any road sodas.
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A carbonated, malt beverage used as an elixir to help pass the time on long car journeys. Beer imbibed while travelling in an automobile.
Dude, we should stop before we get to the highway to pick up some road sodas for the trip to Ickey's.
автор: rugby fan 3 октября 2003
An alcoholic beverage taken along for the ride, usually poured into a discreetly looking cup
I'll need a road soda for the long drive
автор: RickerMan 25 июля 2005
Also know as beer. Road sodas work really well while driving.
Hey Stumpy Pants hand me one of those cold ass road sodas while i make a jew turn.
автор: Andrew Stump 30 августа 2005
Any alcoholic beverage consumed inside a moving automobile, but the term is used almost exclusively for beer (or perhaps malt liquor). The beverage is consumed by driver, passenger, or both. This activity is illegal in many states due to open container laws, but is still widely practiced and enjoyed!
"Since your sorry ass is two hours late, we won't have time to tailgate before the concert. Let's pick up some road sodas at the next liquor store."
автор: Paco 22 июня 2005
Grabbing a fresh beer out of the fridge for the ride to the bar, mountain,ect.
ME-Everybody load up,got everything,anybody want a road soda?
Everybody-you better believe it!
Everybody-you better believe it!
автор: bobby29 25 марта 2008
a Busch beer, not light, consumed en route to a party or destination.
"Yo hook me up with a gold top."
"You're driving."
"Yea, but I need a road soda."
"You're driving."
"Yea, but I need a road soda."
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Erie man waives hearing in robbery, assault case
An Erie man faces trial on charges in an October robbery and assault after waiving his preliminary hearing this morning.
James L. King, 21, waived his hearing on charges of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, recklessly endangering another person and theft by unlawful taking in the Oct. 30 incident. Erie 5th Ward District Judge Joseph Lefaiver changed King's bond to $30,000 unsecured during King's brief appearance in court.
Erie police accuse King of robbing and beating a man in the 600 block of East 25th Street on Oct. 30. Police said they are still looking for two other people who are accused of joining King in the crime.


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Several vehicles had flat tires from debris in the roadway on Interstate 4 westbound in Orange County.
The left lane was blocked near the exit to Florida Turnpike and traffic was backed up to Orange Blossom Trail at about 4 p.m.
Drivers are asked to use caution.
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A look back at last week's high school basketball action in Flint by the numbers:
20: Flint Hamady transfer Sydni McDonald's point total in her first official varsity basketball game at Carman-Ainsworth. McDonald's 20 points led the team as C-A beat Flint Southwestern 69-54 in Saginaw Valley League South action on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
13: First quarter deficit that Genesee's girls basketball team erased to defeat host Burton Bentley 45-39 on Saturday. Genesee trailed 16-3 in the first quarter.
11: Third quarter points scored by Francesca Coury in Flint Powers' 56-32 over Southwestern in the Game of the Week. Coury ended with a team-high 17 points and five rebounds.
6: Davison girls basketball players grabbed five or more rebounds in a 47-26 win over Flint Northwestern on Thursday. Brooke Graham led the team with 11 rebounds.
0: Losses suffered by the boys and girls basketball teams at Flint Hamady High School this season. Hamady's boys team is 8-0 and the girls are 11-0. Both of the Hawks programs compete in Class C.


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Hi, I have a weird problem that I've been getting nowhere with for
quite some time and was hoping this might be the place to point me in
the right direction?
I have two apps, usually living on separate machines, one a TCP
client, one a TCP server. They use non-blocking I/O and use select to
multiplex between multiple connections. When the two apps are on
separate machines this works solidly, very solidly, long up-times, no
drops and excellent detection of why something has gone wrong if it
The problem comes when I run them on the same machine talking to one
another. The client successfully gets a connection to the server and
believes it can then do work. The server however NEVER has the
listening socket set readable in select, thus preventing the server
reacting correctly.
I have a variety of options set on these sockets:
I check the return values of all pertinent calls (socket, bind,
listen, accept, connect, read/write etc.) and nothing appears untoward
or failing.
I'm building for Linux version 2.6.7 (gcc version 3.3.3 20040412
(Gentoo Linux 3.3.3-r6, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6))
I swear I've gone through Richard Stevens book with a fine toothed
comb now but I am still at a loss! Any help or pointers would be
gratefully appreciated,


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1. Oklahoma- The Sooners return four offensive linemen from a talented 2011 squad and will be very experienced next year. Sophomore left tackle Tryus Thompson is the least experienced of the group, but still holds experience from five games in 2011. Junior left guard Gabe Ikard has started 24 consecutive games for the Sooners and received All-Big 12 honors last year. Senior center Ben Habern is the Sooners most experienced offensive lineman as he will be a four-year starter next year. Habern should be expected to be the leader of the offensive line and could anchor the Sooners offense in 2012.
2. Texas- Like the Sooners, the Longhorns return four starters from their 2011 squad. Junior offensive guard Mason Walters has two years of experience and could really help the Longhorns running game flourish in 2012. Sophomore center Dominic Espinosa started last year and will have the experience necessary to be the anchor of the Longhorns offensive line. Along with Espinosa, sophomore tackle Josh Cochran will return with a year of experience under his belt. Lastly, junior tackle Trey Hopkins will provide more experience and depth at the tackle position. Texas will have to replace veteran guard David Snow, but will have enough talent to make up for the lack of experience at the guard position.
3. Oklahoma State- Although the Cowboys will lose two All-Big 12 linemen from last years team in center Grant Garner and right tackle Levy Adcock, they will still have plenty of experience from last years starters as well as backups who have had starts as well. Senior right guard Lane Taylor will be returning and has an impressive 36 starts in his career. Taylor will be looked at as the anchor of the Cowboys 2012 offensive line. Senior guard Jonathan Rush has 16 starts under his belt while tackles Parker Graham and Michael Bowie both started five games last year. The biggest question the Cowboys will have regarding their offensive line is who will start at the center position, which is up for grabs at the moment.
4. Texas Tech- The Red Raiders will lose experienced players on the offensive line from last year such as guard Lonnie Edwards, center Justin Keown and tackle Mickey Okafor for the 2012 season. With that said, Texas Tech should still be able to field one of the Big 12's better offensive lines as they have returning experience as well as young talent ready to play. New offensive line coach Chris Thomsen has veterans to work with in senior tackle Deveric Gallington and senior center/tackle Terry McDaniel. Coach Thomsen also has redshirt sophomore guard Beau Carpenter who has eight games of experience and will be a contributor in 2012. Along with this experience, newcomers Le'Raven Clark (redshirt freshman), Rashad Fortenberry (junior college), Trey Kennan (freshman), Alfredo Morales (redshirt freshman), Tony Morales (redshirt freshman) and Jared Kaster (incoming freshman) could all see playing time in 2012. Tech's offensive line has the talent and experience to be in the top half in the country and coach Chris Thomsen will need to be able to get them to mesh and play together to help the Red Raiders running and passing game.
5. Baylor- Other than the pure athleticism of Robert Griffin III, much of the Bears success in 2011 was due to the great offensive line play. The Bears were able to gain the second most yards in the Big 12 with 235.6 yards per game. The loss of All-Big 12 center Philip Blake and right guard Robert T. Griffin will hurt the Bears next year, but Baylor has a lot of incoming talent and enough experienced players to be fine in 2012. Senior guard Ivory Wade, junior tackle Cyril Richardson and senior guard Cameron Kaufhold will anchor the Bears offensive line in 2012. Along with these experienced players, redshirt freshman Troy Baker, freshman LaQuan McGowan and freshman Pat Colbert will all have a shot at playing time next year. The Bears may struggle to gel in the first few games next season, but will have a chance to be a solid unit by early to mid season in 2012.
6. Kansas State- The running game for the Wildcats was one of their best attributes for their 2011 team, partly due to their solid offensive line. For 2012, the Wildcats lose experienced offensive tackles Zach Hanson and Clyde Aufner as well as offensive guard Colten Freeze. The good thing for Kansas State next year is that they still return a number of experienced offensive linemen. The offensive line will be anchored by junior center B.J. Finney and will be important to protect quarterback Collin Klein. Other experienced contributors will be senior left guard Nick Puetz, senior left tackle William Cooper and massive 6-9, 322 pound senior tackle Cornelius Lucas. Manase Foketi will be battling for the right tackle job next year. There's no doubt that Kansas State will need their offensive line to step up and do a great job next year as the Wildcats rely heavily on the run and need good run protection. The loss of Hanson, Aufner and Freeze will hurt, but the Wildcats seem to have enough experience on the offensive line to keep their running game up to par in 2012.
7. Iowa State- The Cyclones will be missing offensive tackle/guard Kelechi Osemele as well as offensive guard Hayworth Hicks who anchored the offensive line in 2011. Although the Cyclones lost these two veterans, they return sophomore center Tom Farniok who started every game last year, senior guard Sam Tautolo who has five games of experience, senior tackle Carter Bykowski who has 33 experience in 33 games and junior guard Kyle Lichtenberg who has 25 games of experience in his career. This returning experience will serve Iowa State well next year as they are finding their starting quarterback and have their sites on another bowl berth.
8. West Virginia- The Mountaineers will be losing offensive tackle Don Barclay and offensive guard Tyler Rader for the 2012 season and will have to replace them with less experienced players. Returning for West Virginia next season are senior offensive guard Jeff Braun, senior center Joe Madsen and junior offensive tackle Pat Eger. The upside to the 2012 offensive line is that the three linemen who are returning are veterans who have combined for over 50 starts and will be able to anchor the unit next year. In order for the Mountaineers to have a dependable offensive line next year is for inexperienced players to step up and fill in the gaps. Sophomore left tackle Quinton Spain will need to play well as a first time starter as well as senior guard Josh Jenkins. The offensive line won't be a strong point for the Mountaineers next year, but they have enough talent and experience to be serviceable in 2012.
9 a) TCU- The Horned Frogs will most likely be a good team next year, but their offensive line will need some work to help quarterback Casey Pachall. TCU loses offensive tackle Jeff Olson, offensive guard Kyle Dooley and offensive tackle Robert Deck. The loss of all these veteran players probably won't go well in the Horned Frogs inaugural season of the Big 12. TCU does return senior center James Fry and senior offensive guard Blaize Foltz, these two should be the captains of the Horned Frogs 2012 offensive line. Sophomore guard Michael Thompson started six games in 2011 and redshirt sophomore tackle Nykiren Wellington got experience in two games last year. TCU's pass protection and running game could be affected by their offensive line play in the Big 12 next year unless some young talent can step up and play well.
9 b) Kansas- As with TCU, Kansas will have a shaky offensive line in 2012. The Jayhawks return senior guard Duane Zlatnik and senior Tanner Hawkinson who are both veteran offensive linemen. Zlatnik and Hawkinson will need to anchor the offensive line for the Jayhawks in 2012 as Kansas will be replacing three spots on the offensive line with inexperienced linemen. Likely candidates could be redshirt freshman guard Dylan Admire, redshirt freshman guard Luke Luhrsen and redshirt redshirt sophomore tackle Chad Kolumber who played in five games last year.


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Earth is a memory worth fighting for…
On April 12. 2013 (the scheduled U.S. opening) we are all going to witness a groundbreaking film called 'Oblivion.' It stars our favorite hero, Tom Cruise alongside movie legend Morgan Freeman and screen beauty, Olga Kurylenko. The film is inspired by a graphic novel (yet to be released) of the same name. It was written by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) who is also the writer/director for this new cinematic event.
When 'Oblivion' premieres in theaters and on IMAX screens around the world, it will look like nothing you've ever seen before. Don't believe us? Check out below the just released breathtaking trailer.
"Earth is a memory worth fighting for."
…and the trailer WITH director commentary…
Check out the first two photo reveals…
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Day 8; No Wheat.
Thanks eKatherine and Patti. I feel really good and have noticed I'm sleeping better and and some of the aches and pains that once were there are not any longer. Seems my belt is a notch down too.
dacec; agree on feeling more clear headed. Although that might have to do with the lack of sugar in my diet too.
fiercehunter; I agree.
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Day 9; No Wheat.
Wheat is evil.
Good job on the anti-wheat awesomeness.
Day 10; No Wheat.
Thanks KimchiNinja.
Day 12; No Wheat.
Day 13; No Wheat.
Day 1; No Wheat. Well I went on a trip over the weekend to a place that was hot and humid. What goes good with hot and humid? A nice cold beer, that's what. So I had some and it tasted good. Still have yet to have any soda or sweets in over three months.
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OAS faces critical financial situation; difficulties to pay salaries
The Organization of American States, OAS, faces a financial 'crisis' warned Monday Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza after country members approved the 2012 budget totalling 85.3 million dollars, with no increase over the current level of expenditure.
"We are facing a crisis situation" admitted Insulza at the close of an extraordinary meeting of the OAS general assembly in Washington to approve the budget.
"We have a precarious situation, any delay in the payment by any country is a conflict, a difficulty and the possibility of not having funds to pay for salaries" said Insulza who pointed out that the OAS funds are insufficient to cover outlays.
"There is an excess of mandates which countries demand from the OAS, but contributions are not coming" added Insulza.
The budget approved Monday calls for "a culture and practice of austerity, efficiency, accountability, transparency and prudence in the use, execution and management of the OAS resources", according to an agreement approved unanimously.
To start with five advisory posts of personal confidence have been eliminated and no new posts will be created in 2012, announced Insulza. Nevertheless the organization must begin a more ample discussion to redefine priorities and rationalize funds, he added.
Insulza admitted that even when the 2012 budget is 'balanced' and the organization has no debts, the 'equilibrium is only apparent': many basic activities such as electoral monitoring with observers are financed by specific donations.
"This year we were very close on not being able to finance electoral observers in two events because of lack of funds", revealed Insulza.
Further more the Inter American Human Rights Court and Commission are financed mostly by regular funds, which any shortage of funds will also affect its running.


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LINDEN, Michigan — Linden city employees would bear the brunt of cuts the Linden City Council is expected to make to compensate for drops in revenue.
Among the proposed cuts are the elimination of employees' vision, short- and long-term disability and life insurance; reduced hours and overtime; and a reduction in pay.
The police chief and deputy clerk will be part-time positions and the director of public works position isn't being filled after James Letts' retirement. Police Chief Peter VanDreissche also took a buyout from the city. All full-time department heads will be moved to salary.
The proposed cuts, which the council is expected to consider at an upcoming meeting, are expected to save the city $183,555.
The cuts won't have a large impact on city residents. Except for reducing the hours of City Hall, residents won't see any services reduced, City Manager Chris Wren said.
Wren said the city is supposed to serve the residents and cutting city services without first looking at all options unrelated to its services would be a disservice to residents.
The city, he said, also wants to continue its services without having to ask for additional tax dollars.
"I hate to cut services without first looking at getting our benefits and salaries in line," Wren said.
Starting in January, City Hall will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday.
Mayor David Lossing called the cuts a "proactive" step for the city, getting in front of the declining revenues to prevent the city from going under and having to make much larger cuts in the next few years.
Lossing said employees have had concerns and questions about the cuts, but residents have been grateful that they won't be hit with increased taxes, when they're already struggling with low home values and unemployment.
"We see this as a way of sharing the pain with everybody right now," he said.
As part of the cuts, new hires after January will not receive retiree health care or a city-provided retirement fund and will be required to contribute to their health insurance.
If approved, the cuts would take effect Jan. 1.


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I have a larger list (including multiple genres) here: http://www.feedbooks.com/list/11648
Is it rude to suggest my own for the list? I'm not sure how this is supposed to work. :(
My sci-fi novel, Stars Rain Down, is Creative Commons BY-NC-SA, and is available here on feedbooks @ http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/15557
Now properly formatted for Feedbooks, too! Thanks for the suggestion, Hadrien. :)
Thanks for starting this list, it's very helpful. :)
Thanks Hadrien. I didn't notice this post until now but already saw that you added the stories. Hope you got a chance to read some of them. I will check out the American authors link you mentioned. I actually decided not to upload Probability Angels just yet. I will let you know when I do.
I added the books that you mentioned but I can't find Probability Angels, are you sure that it was uploaded and published on Feedbooks ?
For modern day american authors, try this link, you'll find plenty of them: http://www.feedbooks.com/userbooks/recent?lang=en
Hello Hadrien. I came across your Lists and have a couple of story suggestions that I thought you would be interested...thought possibly would like to add these to your Lists.
Creative Commons Science-Fiction
Scarface's Burden
Light Years Ahead of His Time
He'll Always Have Paris
Creative Commons Fantasy
He'll Always Have Paris
Probability Angels
All 5 are short stories by Joseph Devon. I also started a list called "Modern Day American Authors". If you would like any of your stories added here that… (more)
Why don't you publish it here Jeff if it's CC ?
This way I'll add it to the list and it'll be directly available for Kindle users (http://www.feedbooks.com/help/kindle#guide) or iPhone users (http://www.feedbooks.com/help/iphone) on their devices.
Another CC science fiction novel published this year is Mars Girl by Jeff Garrity (yours truly), available for free download on this site. The book's site is www.marsgirl.us
Here's a review excerpt:
Mars Girl is reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's early satire ... [It's] a bizarre, satirical romp that offers a glimpse into the media and politics of a future that is probably nearer than most would like to admit.
-Bill Castanier, City Pulse, Lansing, Michigan
Jeff Garrity


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Cinema Doyen SS Rajendran Hospitalised
By Express News Service - CHENNAI
Published: 22nd January 2014 07:38 AM
Last Updated: 22nd January 2014 07:38 AM
SS Rajendran, yesteryear Tamil cinema doyen and the first actor-legislator of Indian politics, has been hospitalised with complaints of chest congestion. The 85-year-old has not been in the pink of health for a while now, and is presently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Chennai.
Rajendran has reportedly been unable to take solid food and has been on an intravenous diet since recent times. Sources say he was hospitalised after losing consciousness on Monday.
Rajendran or SSR as he is widely known was a leading face of Tamil cinema in the 1950s and 60s, considered on par with MG Ramachandran and 'Sivaji' Ganesan. He made his debut alongside 'Sivaji' Ganesan in the 1952 blockbuster 'Parasakthi'. He joined the DMK and became the first actor to be elected to political office, when he won from Theni Assembly constituency in 1962.
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13 months, 675 personal commits to the Yeti repo. Nearly a quarter million lines of code added or touched. It was an… interesting run, CIR. Sorry it had to draw to a close so soon (and before we had even fully launched). I'm proud of the work I accomplished there, but also frustrated, for reasons I won't go into here.
As of tonight, I am temporarily a free agent. Another chapter begins after Labor Day, this time at the California College of Arts in Oakland and SF. Looking forward to a green fields opportunity in a new environment.
"To infinity and beyond!"


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Just so you are all aware we are launching a campaign today for a card game we developed with designer Jason Tagmire called Famous Missions, Famous Missions is a party... Read more
So, how's it going?
So, I am pretty sure at least 99% of you should have your game, What do you think? You can be honest we won't take it too personally. Let us... Read more
Greetings froma far away land
EHello everyone, It's been awhile since an update so we wanted to take a minute and say hello and let you know what is happening. Ryan and I are in... Read more
By we I mean all of you, with your generosity and your support we were able to hit the $5000 mark and then some, I have been going crazy this... Read more
BUTTONS!!!!! Who doesn't like buttons?
So with less than 15 hours to go on the project we talked to a few folks last night and we decided to add one last stretch goal, but this... Read more
Steam Punk IBP Art is Here!
Just a quick hello but I wanted to announce the Steam Punk IBP Art for you all, it is on the home project page. Big Love to Matt McKenna because... Read more
Stretch Goal GAMMA Announced-Speculative Fiction
Stretch Goal GAMMA- SteamPunk Inspirational Booster Pack
We wanted to introduce an interim stretch goal in the last few days for a bonus booster pack and here it is "STEAMPUNK".... Read more
Stretch Goal 1.5 has been reached kiddies and I am as giddy as a lark! We are headed in the right direction folks, your vested support is really driving our... Read more
Stretch Goal 1.5 Annoucned!!!
Greetings Folks!
So we modified the current stretch goal a bit to be equally as juicy and less expensive. We have priced out some dice with stickers that will save... Read more
Production Value!!!!
Hello all,
A lot of folks have been asking me what we did to make the launch video and here is what I've been telling them.
Our good friend Max... Read more
156% And 12 days to go.
Just wanted to say hello and wish everyone a very Happy New Year!
We are working hard to make sure we have all of the things we need in order... Read more
New Pledge Amount
New Hands On! Tangrams Reward
Just wanted to put out there a new pledge reward at the $49 range to get some cool limited edition cards. We are limited to... Read more
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Greetings everyone~
Just wanted to send out a big thank youto all of you who have backed the project, for those folks who have been re tweeting and sharing... Read more


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The other Ferrari Limousine
September 14, 2007 We wuz wrong! We wrote earlier this week about the world's first stretched Ferrari, and we've since had several readers (thanks to Bill Siegfried and Peter Yu) who wrote to inform us of another stretched Ferrari that resides in the USA. It turns out the original world's first stretched Ferrari can be hired for the princely sum of US$400 an hour from Ali Baba Limousines in Philadelphia PA. Ali Baba specializes in exotic limos - the stable includes stretched versions of some serious automotive unobtanium, including Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Mercedes Benz, Range Rover, Hummer, and getting into "oh, how could they" territory a stretched Porsche Cayenne, a stretched Excalibur, and, heaven forbid, a stretched 1952 MG (sob!).
As for our mistake, Confucius say, "the man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on", and in this case we took the word of a well respected London-based publicist. We're not sure if that gives us an out or makes us look doubly silly.
The good news is that if you really want to ride in a stretch Ferrari, you can now do it on both sides of the Atlantic.


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I wanted something which is not online, so I can use it even if I am not connected. So, I have bought DietPower. This is a very efficient soft but its food catalog is really tailored for the US citizens and I must introduce many foods manually. Also, it is initially conceived for US measure system (but they are including the metric system and you can use it for logging food and activities). Moreover, it does not export at all the data and it has only some graphical analysis capabilities, very limited indeed. It is not free either. But it is quite powerful otherwise and has a large database (larger than FigWee after some small experiments with this, following Kate's advice. I am continuing my tests and maybe will ask for the Money-back guarantee if I do not get used to it.
I have not been able to discover any good European food based system or website yet. If you know any, I would be happy to experiment it.


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Michael Moore's 12-Year Project: How His Film Festival Changed a City
We sit down with the filmmaker, who has turned a sleepy resort town into a cultural oasis for sophisticated cinema.
We sit down with the filmmaker, who has turned a sleepy resort town into a cultural oasis for sophisticated cinema.
As documentarians, their politics couldn't be more different — but their backgrounds and playbooks tell a different story.
Male filmmakers will be featured in a sidebar: "Men Make Movies —The Struggle Continues."
Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore returns with what may be his most provocative and hilarious film yet: Moore tells the Pentagon to "stand down" — he will do the invading for America from now on. [Synopsis courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival]
Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public's opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy's last film.
A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Why do 11,000 people die in America each year at the hands of gun violence? Talking heads yelling from every TV camera blame everything from Satan to video games. But are we that much different from many other countries? What sets us apart? How have we become both the master and victim of such enormous amounts of violence? This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE is a journey through America, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.


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Master's Degrees
Non-Research Master's Degree
By understanding with the College of Arts and Sciences of Saint Louis University and individual departments, work for a master's degree can be spread through the three years, as can work on the Bellarmine program requirements, with the first two years spent in the College of Philosophy and Letters and the last year in the graduate program. A specially convenient master's, adding little to the Bellarmine requirements, is the non-research M.A. in Philosophy. This is a terminal degree, focusing on philosophy but not intended for those who wish to pursue further graduate study in philosophy. Prerequisites for the non-research M.A. degree are the Graduate Record Examination and eighteen hours of philosophy, not including introduction to philosophy.
Requirements are as follows:
- Thirty credit hours as approved by Departmental Chair.
- A minimum of twenty-one hours must be at the graduate level.
- A minimum of eighteen hours must be taken in philosophy. At least twelve of these hours must be at the graduate level.
- A student may pursue a minor concentration up to a maximum of twelve hours in no more than two fields other than philosophy, as counseled and approved by the Department of Philosophy.
- Completion of the Review Synthesis Course (three credit hours in philosophy).
- Final examination: A one-hour oral examination, conducted by a board of three members of the faculty, at least one of whom is from the Philosophy Department. The examination will be based on the student's synthesis paper previously prepared in the Review Synthesis Course and will also cover the student's course work.
Research Master's Degree
For students with an interest in later doctoral studies in philosophy, the regular M.A. in Philosophy offers an opportunity for more challenging philosophical preparation. Prerequisites for the thesis M.A. degree are the Graduate Record Examination and eighteen hours of philosophy, not including introduction to philosophy. Requirements are as follows:
- Thirty credit hours in philosophy: (a) twenty-four hours of graduate-level courses, with four courses in the historical periods (ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary), and (b) six hours of Master's thesis research under direction of a member of the Philosophy Department.
- Examination over an approved reading list covering the history of philosophy.
- Completion of the Master's thesis.
- One-hour oral examination over the thesis and coursework.
- Reading proficiency in a language approved by the Chair of the Philosophy Department.


text: I watched Markiplier play A Late Night Drink, and it looks amazing. However, I'm having some trouble with game play. I downloaded the first two downloads for this CS, and I'm not seeing text anywhere; no opening credits, the notes are blank, and so forth. I'm on a mac and I use iZip for custom stories. Any way I can resolve this? Thanks!


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Earth Day - a day to remember the importance of clean air, land and water - became a day of protest Monday in Williamsport.
Environmental organizations of the protest said they want to hold the state Department of Environmental Protection Agency more accountable for oversight of companies that drill for natural gas.
The protesters marched outside the department's regional office building holding banners and signs
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Anti-fracking protesters and those opposed to natural gas drilling impacts march at the corner of West Third and William streets during Earth Day Monday.
MARK MARONEY/Sun-Gazette
and demanding answers on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracking on natural resources.
Fracking is the process of using chemically treated water forced into the ground at well sites at a high volume to fracture the Marcellus Shale rock formation. The formation is more than a mile below the surface and lower than the water tables. Drillers then extract the gas that is trapped in the pockets of the rock. There are processes of vertical and horizontal drilling.
"It has taken years to find out (that) some of the chemicals used in the gas drilling process contain radioactive elements," said Lynne Whelden, of Canton.
While Whelden said he isn't against the men and women who work in the industry and doesn't blame them, he said its impact is all encompassing, from the glow at night from wells flaring to (potential) damage done to drinking and bathing water.
"Many gas wells are too close to the residential areas," he said. "Wells are all around us," he said. "The tunnels are under our water supply in the rock formation, which is ripe for infiltration."
A lack of precise answers of the toxic makeup in fracking water has bothered Nancy Shipley, of Cogan Station. "I get most upset about the inability to find out what toxic chemicals are used in hydraulic fracking," she said.
Jeff and Tina Richardson said they live near the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon outside of Wellsboro. The couple claimed that gas drilling damaged their water supply. The damage occurred, they claim, because of an "unrepaired" gas well and impedes their ability to shower and do laundry, which they do nearby, but not at their house.
Despite the gas industry providing fresh drinking water for the Richardsons, the couple doesn't feel safe with the well so close by.
Some of the banners on display were representative of the alleged impact of gas well drilling on nature. Among them was "The River of Life," an exhibit from Lewisburg that served as both community art and a warning.
The drawings include pictures of fowl, fish and aquatic life living along or in the river, according to Nancy Cleaver, who brought the material to the protest.
Jack Miller, of Middleburg, simply held up an anti-fracking sign. He didn't say much else.
City resident Michael Ochs said he viewed the need to establish a national energy policy to emphasize solar, wind and other renewable energy technologies.
Local activists were not alone, as a coalition of 60 organizations and individuals were spread throughout the state at regional offices of the department.


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A Hollywood Outcast Treats the Stars to An Acid-Dip Memoir
If all this seems a little rough, it should be noted that Julia Phillips, who slings these barbs in You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again—a book so controversial that, in the same week, it sold out in Los Angeles and cost her a producing job—is equally hard on herself. Phillips, 46, is a Hollywood prodigy turned pariah. She was the first woman producer to win an Academy Award, for The Sting—which she made in 1973, at age 29, with then-husband Michael Phillips and actor Tony Bill. She went on to produce Scorsese's 1976 Taxi Driver and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977. She also ruined her career with drugs, burning up her professional bridges and most of her private life and fortune.
Earning what she estimates as "between seven and 10 million dollars" in four years, Phillips spent $120,000 on cocaine in two months at the height of her addiction in the late '70s. At that time, she writes, her business manager told her she owed $774,000 in taxes. "I've never seen anyone spend quite so much in one year," he said. "Oh, yeah," Phillips responded, "well, you try doing a quarter ounce of freebase a day with a boyfriend who keeps destroying your house."
Why write such a brutal book—except for the fact, as Phillips admits, that she desperately needs money? "I'm just being honest," she says in her funky old house in Hollywood's Benedict Canyon. "I didn't write the book to get back in the business. I had to accept the fact that I wasn't in the business before I wrote the book. There is no rancor."
But her aggressive style of dress—which can best be described as in-your-face—and almost every word she writes belie her. The clothes are punk tough, the graying hair cut brush and brash as a Marine's. A chain-smoker, Phillips jumps on her exercise bike four times a day—and still it seems insufficient to burn off the energy and pain and rage. Pain at being pushed out—as she sees it—from the producers' club; rage at Hollywood sexism. All coupled with that quality which, she says, made her at first amusing and then appalling to the all-male powers of Hollywood: an inability to shut her funny but formidable mouth.
"I keep saying, 'When is everyone going to notice that Mike Ovitz [head of the Creative Artists Agency, the most powerful in Hollywood] first ruined movies, then sold out to the Japanese?' " she says. "And everyone keeps going, 'Shhhh." '
Least of all is she discreet in Lunch. Lawyers at Random House, her publisher, excised or revised approximately 25 percent of the 1,000 pages Phillips turned in. Nevertheless, many big names are furious. She says that the maître d' at Morton's, a chic eatery, recently told her he could no longer take her reservations: Some 20 high-powered regulars wanted her out. (Owner Peter Morton subsequently told PEOPLE, "If there's room, she's welcome.") Producer David Geffen, one of the town's richest men, fired Phillips from her one job: producing a movie of Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire.
"How are you going to make the creative process work when somebody is there reporting about meetings and reporting them inaccurately?" Geffen says. "She had me saying I consider myself a better filmmaker than Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick is a genius, a friend of mine. And I don't even consider myself a filmmaker."
Most others who are targeted have declined to comment, some saying they have not yet read the book.
Lunch is not merely a snort-and-tell compendium, it's a scathing, witty, fearless documentary of Hollywood life in which no detail is too intimate, no assessment too cutting. Here, for example, is Phillips's account of a hospital visit to producer Jeff Wald (ex-husband of Helen Reddy), recovering from surgery after years of cocaine abuse: "Mr. Wald is not that great looking to begin with, and this operation is wreaking havoc on his face. For starters, they have pinned his left eye I back on] with pins with little colored balls at the end. Just now he is sporting orange and blue. His mouth is already fixed in a permanent snarl because of childhood polio. He could end up with his facial features looking like a Picasso."
Wald is not upset. "She reported the truth." he says.
As for the others. Phillips is used to harsh talk. The elder of two children, she was raised in the brainy, opinionated milieu of Greenwich Village, her father a gifted scientist, her mother a brilliant, impossible-to-please woman who was dependent on tranquilizers. "My mother was this kind of '50s Miltown freak," says Phillips. "She had a terrible temper, though she was screamingly funny. Nothing was ever good enough for her. Once she made me rewrite a school paper five times. I was 8 years old."
After graduating from Mount Holyoke in 1965, Julia married Dartmouth grad Michael Phillips. She became a story editor at Paramount's New York City office, then hooked up with producer David Begelman. When Julia found a script entitled Steelyard Blues, the Phillipses and their friend Tony Bill went into business for themselves. Optioned together with The Sting for $3,500, Steelyard earned them $100,000. The Phillipses rented a house in Malibu, fell in with a flashy film set and had a daughter. Life was good.
But drugs—even before she hit Hollywood—were also part of her scene. In New York City, says Joni Evans, an old friend as well as her editor, Phillips was "always on a slant, always on cocaine." She wasn't, however, says Evans, "a drug person. What she was about was extraordinary drive and energy and saying what she felt."
By the evening Phillips picked up her Academy Award for The Sting, she was a drug person by anyone's standard. She downed, she writes, "a diet pill, a small amount of coke, two joints, six halves of Valium, and a glass and a half of wine." Two years later, producing Close Encounters, her marriage breaking up, she was using cocaine daily. "Cocaine had never been a problem before," she insists. "It was only after I started working with Steven [Spielberg]. He was such a perfectionist." Spielberg himself, Phillips concedes in Lunch, found her so wired he dubbed her the Madwoman of Beverly Hills.
Phillips was fired—not because of her drug use, she says, but because she demanded a percentage of the movie merchandising rights. Nonetheless, she admits, her drug use was escalating. In 1977 she began freebasing cocaine. In 1978, strung out from drugs and alcohol and involved with a violent addict, she missed her mother's funeral. "I let [the addict] beat me up the night before after a long day of martinis and coke, and I oversleep," she writes. The same man. in a fit of jealousy, later leveled an AR15 rifle at Julia and her daughter. Kate, then 5. Julia managed to get Kate next door.
"It was Kate who saved my life," Julia says. "I got off drugs because of her."
Drug-free since 1980. Phillips lives alone, sharing custody of Kate, 17. Her rambling house feels empty despite its clutter, as if the person who lived there never learned those intimate touches that make a home. Phillips's Oscar stands forlornly in a small hallway, face to the wall. Though Phillips has had a number of development deals, only one, The Beat, has been turned into a film in the last 10 years—and that was a flop.
Lunch—for which Phillips, uncharacteristically discreet, declines to name her fee—is, however, doing splendidly. Doug Dutton, owner of L.A.'s Dutton's bookstore, calls it "the fastest-selling Hollywood book I've ever seen."
And if that means even more former colleagues will hate her, Phillips professes—a bit too insistently—not to care. "I think the reaction will be, 'Oh, that Julia, God, I love her,' 'Oh, that Julia, God, I hate her,' " she says. "Just like it's always been with me."
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AURORA, Colo. — Police in Aurora were seeking a vehicle Sunday evening in connection with a backyard shooting.
About 7:25 p.m., a male victim was hit by gunfire in the 900 block of Zion Street, according to the Aurora Police Department.
Police were looking for a Hispanic male suspect driving a gray Chevrolet Blazer. Officers contacted someone driving an SUV in the area, but determined that it was not the suspect. The alleged shooter is still at large.
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John Hugh Donovan (Jack) 82, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013. He was the son of the late Jeremiah and Anna Donovan. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and he grew up and raised his family in Wenham, Massachusetts. Jack graduated from Beverly High School and attended the University of Massachusetts. Jack joined the
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Director Steve McQueen joined the stars of Hunger on the red carpet for the film's premiere at the London Film Festival on Sunday, October 19, 2008. The star-studded event was also attended by the film's two leads, Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham, as well as the likes of Jeremy Irons and Nick Moran. The critically acclaimed film is a bold and powerful interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike. Check out photos from the red carpet…
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Extraordinary results typically attract extraordinary scrutiny, and a pair of blockbuster papers recently published by Nature poses no exception. The papers, which are the work of researchers at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology and Brigham and Women's Hospital, astonished scientists and the public by presenting evidence that mature cells could be "shocked" into an embryonic stem cell-like state. Instead of relying on the insertion of genes to create induced pluripotent stem cells, the paper said, scientists could simply apply external stresses, such as an acidic environment or physical pressure on cell membranes.
Initial excitement over the papers is now being tempered by rising skepticism. As indicated by a Nature news story published February 17 ("Acid-bath stem-cell study under investigation"), blogs such as PubPeer have cited inconsistencies with images that appeared in the original papers. In addition, scientists have been reporting difficulty reproducing the results.
Summarizing the potential problems with the papers' images, the Nature news story said, "In one paper, one of the sections in a genomic analysis in the first figure appears to be spliced in. In the other paper, images of two placentas meant to be from different experiments look strikingly similar." Also, questions have been raised about images that appeared in a preliminary paper, published back in 2011, in which RIKEN biologist Haruko Obokata served as first author: "A figure showing bars meant to prove the presence of a certain stem-cell marker appears to have been inverted and then used to show the presence of a different stem-cell marker. A part of that same image appears in a different figure indicating yet another stem-cell marker."
With respect to the image problems in the 2011 paper, corresponding author Charles Vacanti, a Brigham and Women's Hospital anesthesiologist, contacted Nature to request a correction. Vacanti, like Obokata, is also among the authors of the acid-bath stem-cell papers. In the Nature News article, Vacanti is quoted as saying, "It certainly appears to have been an honest mistake [that] did not affect any of the data, the conclusions or any other component of the paper."
As indicated in a February 18 Boston Globe story ("Controversial stem cell study being investigated, scrutinized"), Vacanti was informed by a RIKEN-based co-author earlier this week that there was a problem with the paper for which he was a co-author. The Boston Globe also cited an email it received from a RIKEN spokeswoman about the institution's response to alleged improprieties. "RIKEN believes that the research results are valid but launched an investigation [on February 13]," wrote spokeswoman Juliette Savin. "We have asked specialists both outside and inside RIKEN to conduct this investigation."
While worrisome, the problems with the scientists' images may be less serious than the issue of reproducibility, or the lack thereof. Several groups have reported difficulty reproducing the acid-bath results, but at least some of the researchers quoted in the Nature news story seem inclined to adopt a wait-and-see approach: "The protocol might just be complicated—even Wakayama [a former RIKEN researcher] has been having trouble reproducing the results. He and a student in his laboratory did replicate the experiment independently before publication, after being well coached by Obokata. But since he moved to Yamanashi, he has had no luck. 'It looks like an easy technique—just add acid—but it's not that easy,' he says."
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On weekends the actor, who plays Dr. Mark 'McSteamy' Sloan on Grey's Anatomy, hops on his Ducati Hypermotard bike and cruises around Malibu's canyons with his friends. His wife, actress Rebecca Gayheart, "is cool with it," says Dane, 35, "but there's a sigh of relief when I pull into the garage."
Peter KRAUSE
Growing up in Minnesota, the Dirty Sexy Money star always dreamed of riding the waves. "It seemed so exotic and fun," says Krause, 42, who finally signed up for surf camp in 2001.
Taylor KITSCH
The Canadian-born actor–who stars as a troubled football player on Friday Night Lights–started playing hockey at age 3. "We had a pond in our backyard that would freeze over, and we'd play on it before and after school until dinnertime," says Kitsch, 26, a forward on his former competitive-league hockey team.
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A protester holds a placard in front of national guards near the Cuban Embassy in Caracas yesterday.
CARACAS: The United States yesterday ordered three Venezuelan diplomats to leave in reprisal for President Nicolas Maduro's expulsion of three American embassy staff accused of fomenting unrest that has killed at least 13 people.
Disputes between the ideologically opposed governments were common during the 1999-2013 rule of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez and have continued under his successor Maduro.
When it comes to oil, though, pragmatism trumps politics and the United States remains the OPEC member's main export market.
The US State Department said in a statement that two first secretaries and a second secretary at the Venezuelan embassy in Washington had been declared personae non gratae in response to Caracas' February 17 move against the three Americans.
"They have been allowed 48 hours to leave the United States," it said.
Venezuela and the United States have been without ambassadors since 2008, and Maduro expelled the three last week on accusations of recruiting students to protest against him.
Washington has rejected the claims as baseless.
Despite the latest bilateral spat, however, Maduro plans to nominate a new ambassador to Washington to try to kick-start relations and combat what he sees as propaganda against him.
"US society needs to know the truth about Venezuela," Maduro said in the latest of his daily speeches to the nation at a meeting with state governors late on Monday. "They (Americans) think we're killing each other. They think we can't go out to the corner. They're asking for US military intervention in Venezuela. What madness! Should that happen, you and I will be out with a gun defending our territory."
The crisis, in which more than 500 people have been arrested and about 150 injured over two weeks, has brought remonstrations from the US government and attracted wider attention.
Celebrities such as Madonna and Cher have condemned Maduro.
The 51-year-old former union activist, who narrowly won a presidential election to replace Chavez last year, says international media are in league with "imperialists" abroad to project an image of chaos and repression in Venezuela.
Argentine former soccer great Diego Maradona backed that stance while signing a deal to be a commentator for Caracas-based Telesur network at the upcoming World Cup in Brazil.
"We're seeing all the lies that the imperialists are saying and inventing. I'm prepared to be a soldier for Venezuela in whatever is required," said Maradona, a friend of both Chavez and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, before declaring:
"Long live Chavez, long live Maduro, long live Venezuela!" Sporadic protests continued yesterday, with students mounting roadblocks in the more affluent eastern districts of the capital Caracas. In a worrying sign of spreading violence, officials and residents in the provincial cities of San Cristobal, Maracaibo and Maracay all reported looting. REUTERS