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Three pit bulls attacked two children and an adult Monday in Killeen, police said.
Officers responded to a 911 call about a dog bite at Cody Poe Road and Armadillo Drive about 4 p.m., a news release stated. When officers arrived, witnesses said they saw three pit bulls attack a 12-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy and a 26-year-old woman who tried to help the children get away from the dogs.
Officers found the three victims and the aggressive dogs by Cody Poe Road and used deadly force to stop the attack. All of the victims suffered multiple puncture wounds, police said.
The 12-year-old was transported to Scott & White Children's Hospital in Temple in stable condition. The other victims were transported to Metroplex Hospital in Killeen in stable condition.
Killeen Animal Control took custody of the injured dog, but the other two pit bulls ran when the shots were fired and were still at large Monday night, police said.
Killeen police are investigating the incident. They did not release the victims' names.


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* I am building a directory of professional reviews of these reading list books to
aid you in making an informed decision about what book(s) to choose for your
report. I have not been able to find free on-line reviews for the books with an
asterisk. I will continue to search other sources as I have time.
This list was compiled with the help of UHM geography faculty and others. I asked
people to choose books that dealt with geography or geographic issues on a non-
academic level, books that had a component about geographic process, issues and
place. The books could be new or classics, the only criteria other than geography
related was that they were important to the contributor's perception of geography
and the world in which we live and/or engaging reading. This list is the result of a
combination of my favorites and those from other geographers who responded.
*10 Geographic Ideas that Changed the World, Susan Hansen ed, 1997, Rutgers
University Press - A series of ten essays by well known geographers on how
geographic research, theories and ideas impact everyone's life in today's world.
Topics presented are in geographic technology, physical and human realms.
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles Mann, 2005,
Alfred Knopf Publishing, - A book that looks at the myth that the Americas were
largely unpopulated continents before the arrival of Columbus. The author presents
the research of geographers and anthropologists characterizing the cultures and
settlements of North and South America in the centuries before western contact.
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, 1949, Gibbs Smith - This classic book on
ecology and landscape was published almost 60 years ago after the author's death.
Leopold was a forester, naturalist and environmental activist long before it was
popular. The book argues for the study of ecology and conservation but emphasizes
the need for nearing by observation in the field rather than from books.
A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time, John Jackson, 1993, Yale University Press -
A series of essays on place from the point of view of region and through the eyes
of different periods of people and cultures. Jackson explores many different
elements of place ranging from roads and their function to sights, sounds and smell.
A River Lost: the Life and Death of the Columbia, Blaine Harden, 1996, W.W.
Norton and Company - This book is by a journalist for the Washington Post, most
known for his articles on current events and environmental policy. The book traces
the conversion of the Columbia River from a free running salmon rich river to a
"machine river", dammed for navigation, irrigation, hydroelectric power.
About this Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory, Barry Lopez, 1998,
Alfred Knopf Publishing - This book is a series of essays, broken into four themes
that develops explores the role in the development of personality and social order.
The authors explores many places ranging from Japan to Antarctica as well as the
role of home and associations.
Becoming A Geographer, Peter Gould, 1999, Syracuse University Press - This book
is a loosely autobiographical set of essays about Peter Gould's travels through an
often love-hate relationship with the discipline and practice of geography and some
of its inhabitants. He has annotated and patched together a series of presentations
from different places and spends much time justifying his geography.
Blue Highways, William Least Heat Moon, 1983, Little Brown - This twenty some
year old classic is about one man's travels through America on the blue (smallest)
highways of the United States in search of the real America and himself. He
travels through the places that time and McDonalds have passed by and chats with
all kinds of people.
Cartographies of Disease, Tom Koch, 2005, ESRI Press - Koch's book studies the
spatiality and diffusion of disease looking at historical work in disease mapping and
the application of GIS to the field. The different chapters present case studies on
HIV and attempt to bridge cartography with the statistics laden epidemiological
research. The book discusses Snow's cholera work in London in more detail than is
usually seen.
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England,
William Cronon, 1983, Hill and Wang - This environmental history book traces the
ecology of New England from before the arrival of Europeans through the Indus-
trial Revolution and argues the degradation of the landscape and animal life of the
area was an effect of both European and Native American actions.
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Mark Kurlansky, 1997
Walker and Company – A history of the long standing fishing industry based on the
Atlantic Cod and the historical and political institutions that have driven the cod
to near extinction. The author blends history, politics, the Catholic Church and
recipes, to paint a very complex picture of the cultures and economics involved
with this fish and its restoration.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond, 2005, Viking
– This book which follows his earlier book on how societies gain strength through
agriculture, focuses on how societies fail when they mismanage soil, trees and
water. This book looks closely at the eastern and western settlements of the Norse
in 14th century Greenland and how they transplanted an agriculture pattern of
Scandinavia in an inappropriate environment.
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, Edward Abbey, 1968, McGraw
Hill – This classic in nature writing relates the authors work as a National Forest
back country ranger in Canyon Lands National Monument. The book is a memoir of
this time in the desert and his observations and criticisms of the people he
encounters as much as the desert and its inhabitants. Widely revered and
criticized, the book introduces Abbey as an ecological activist more than a student
of nature.
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, Alfred
Crosby, 2004, Cambridge University Press – The author examines the roots of the
dominance of European expansion into the rest of the western world. The author
argues that Europeans went where their agriculture and animals could easily survive
and override natural ecosystems.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser,
2002, Houghton Mifflin – The author traces the short history of the explosive rise
of the fast food industry in America and its affects on a culture, unaware of where
the food comes from and industrial decisions that direct its growth.
Five Billion Years of Global Change, Denis Wood, 2004, Guilford Press – In his
book on the accelerating global change precipitated by the earth's recent inhabi-
tants, Wood documents his "history of the earth" with a wide range of scientific
literature. The book is broken into two parts, the prehistoric and the rapid changes
that accompanied the presence of humans in late parts of the history.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, James Lovelock, 1979, Oxford University
Press – The GAIA hypothesis is that all the constituents of the earth comprise
one large interlocking self-regulating biosphere. The components of this biosphere
cooperate to keep the earth livable. Lovelock's book presents the hypothesis in
layman's terms to provide an alternative current destruction of the world by man
popular mindset.
Global Outlaws: Crime, Money and Power in the Contemporary World, Caroline
Nordstrom, 2007, University of California Press – The anthropologist author of
this study of world of illegal trade spent three years interviewing smugglers,
bankers and other participants in the international sale of all manner of goods. In
this analysis of this underworld of economic trade, the reader meets players from
many different parts of the world in this somewhat hidden economic system.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond, 2005,
Random House – In this book Diamond traces the development of societies through
the use of agriculture and domesticated animals in different parts of the world.
This award winning book poses a number of hypotheses on the differences in the
dominance of societies in Asia, Europe and the Pacific.
Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish, G. Bruce Knecht, 2006, Rodale
Press – This book is an action thriller of the pursuit and capture of the Patagonian
Toothfish in the international waters of Anarctica. It is a tale of failing fisheries
management in the case of the Chilean Sea Bass aka Toothfish which is being
eaten into extinction in the seafood restaurants of the world.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Nathaniel
Philbrick, 2000, Viking Press – This book is about the wreck of the Essex, when
when rammed by a sperm whale in 1820. This incident was made famous in Melville's
Moby Dick. Philbrick's treatment of the wreck and the aftermath is more an
analysis of the whaling industry as well as the officers and men that shared this
lowest class of the sailing industry. The author builds his report around the newly
discovered journal of a cabin boy on the Essex.
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, Aug 27, 1883, Simon Winchester,
2003, Harper Collins - This book details the massive explosion of the Indonesian
volcano Krakatoa, the massive volcanic explosion which killed almost 40,000 people
and whose effects were felt thousands of miles away. Written by a geologist, the
story is cast in the context of the period leading up to and after the eruption. The
international coverage of the event is highlighted by the timing of the disaster
shortly after the establish of world wide cable networks.
Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States
and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy, Andro Linklater, 2002, Walker and
Company - The rather grandiose sounding sub-title is a bit misleading about the
content of the book. Linklater's study is on standardization of measures, including
the township and range land mapping system in a young United States. An important
sub-theme revolves around Thomas Jefferson's fight to have the metric system
adopted in America.
Mental Maps, Peter Gould and Rodney White, 1986, Pelican Books - This is the
second edition of the classic book on the perception of geographic space. The book
starts with a discussion of perception and then moves to analyzing how people in
different areas perceive other parts of the world through the mapping of
information surfaces.
*Native Science, Gregory Cajete
On the Road, Jack Kerouac, 1991
*Plants, Man and Life, Edgar Anderson, 1952
PrairyErth (a deep map), William Least Heat Moon, 1991, Houghton Mifflin - The
author presents a historical study of one Chase County in the middle of Kansas. He
provides an almost random look at the people, natural history of this thinly
populated area almost in the center of the United States. 30 months of research
provides the base for an understanding of a small area that every country should
River Horse, William Least Heat Moon, 1999, Penquin Books - In this book Heat
Moon travels the small waterways of America in several types of small boats and
different companions. Unlike his book on the blue highways, the small blue streams
concentrate more on observations and discussions with his companions rather than
the people me meets along his travels.
*The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric
History, Jame Blaut, 1993
The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution, Carolyn
Merchant, 1980
The Map That Changed the World, Simon Winchester, 2001
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan, 2006
The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime, William. Langewische,
The Places in Between, Rory Stewart, 2006
The Republic of Pirates: Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them
Down, Colin Woodard, 2007
The River at the Center of the World, Simon Winchester, 1996
*The Road to Botany Bay, Paul Carter, 1987
The Slow Plague, A Geography of the AIDS Pandemic, Peter Gould, 1993
The Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen, 1978
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Anne Salmond 2003
The Unnatural History of the Sea, Callum Roberts, 2007
Travels with Charley: In Search of America, John Steinbeck, 1961
Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature, William Cronon, 1995
When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne
1405-33, Louise Levathes, 1994
Wisdom Sits in Places, Keith Basso, 1993

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|I want to go be there. I want to go be there now.
|Did you say something about American Express?
Because I was distracted by the dude on the left's highlights.
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|I want to go be there. I want to go be there now.
|Did you say something about American Express?
Because I was distracted by the dude on the left's highlights.
The hgtv links not working!ReplyDelete
I do the same thing to my hubby. He will be looking right at me, telling me about something, then ask me a question. And since I wasn't listening, I will answer the question with an "I don't know." To which he usually says, "I thought you knew everything!"ReplyDelete
O.M.G. I didn't think I could love you guys any more, but then you went and quoted the " No, I was just....shaving!! " Dumb & Dumber scene.
I wish I knew you guys in real life.
This site: the BEST in the world.
I want to do the funny stuff you do with putting your own stuff in the pictures.
Truly: loved this part: "don't let the kids poop in the toilet."
You guys: the best.
Once again Lydia, you convince me we are twins separated at birth. I don't want to have serious talks about important stuff after the kids go to bed b/c my brain is mush by then and we can't talk when the kids are up b/c obviously so we don't talk much which makes me sad that duh, we don't talk much! It is quite a vicious cycle. Let me know if you figure something out, b/c with both of my yahoos in school, I try to call hubby while he's at work, but he's always busy. So that doesn't seem to work either. Hmmmm...ReplyDelete
Love It! My hubby is also a Wolverine so I totally hear you about the Michigan football games. However, its the ENTIRE day of Saturday that we can't talk to him because he is watching College Game Day ALL.DAY.LONG.ReplyDelete
So now I'm wondering if my husband doesn't really sound like the Charlie Brown teacher... If that's just the way I hear him. I know I get a confused look on my face every time he talks to me and say huh? and what? A LOT. Poor guy... He probably thinks I'm an idiot!ReplyDelete
The epic one that I managed was when my almost-mechanic husband came in while I had a rare moment when both my kids were asleep BEFORE the new Criminal Minds. Of course, the hubby thought the time between the commercials was a great time to tell me an important bit of information.
Hubby: I got that part for your car, and it's mostly on, but I'm not going to be able to finish it tonight. I disabled your car, so you won't be able to turn it on or anything. I'll take my truck to school tomorrow and finish it when I get home after you take Squeebo to preschool and the little one to your grandma's. Just take my car, the carseats are already in it anyways. (I'm paraphrasing because I don't know exactly what was said).
Me: (mentally) I could watch Derek Morgan all day.
The next morning I spent about thirty minutes trying to switch carseats and put kids in the car with a cranky three year old screaming at me and a hungry baby not wanting to wait until I got to grandmas to eat. Finally settle in, turn key... nothing.
Angry phone call to husband gets the "I told you last night!"
We were pretty late to preschool that day.
Your picture of Mom having a nervous breakdown because NO ONE WILL SHUT THEIR FRICKITY FRACKIN PIE HOLES FOR 30 FLIPPIN SECONDS is my life. My boys don't stop (19 months and 3 1/2), then my husband comes home from "work" and ALSO wants to talk about politics, football, something something, I'm not sure what because I'm just not listening ANY MORE!!!! Ahhhh...the sweet blessed sound of silence is all I crave...but then it would be TOO quiet and I would know something is up! Something that would most likely make my eye twitch.
I just had to send this to my husband - and promise him that while I didn't write this, I easily could have. Except that he likes HGTV. Thanks ladies - for once again reminding me that I am not the only one :)ReplyDelete
My husband and I both do this to each other. It's hysterical and really annoying at the same time. Though, luckily for me, my hubby is the early to bed type. So, I have veg time after everyone else is in bed. Then I turn on HGTV and promptly crash out on the couch.ReplyDelete
My man "works" from home, so we get to have "meaningful conversations" all...day...long. When I deliver the evil stare, his wounded look makes me feel like a bitch. Thankfully, I get to walk the dog several times a day!ReplyDelete
At my house, we have a "Don't-Talk-To-Mommy-About-
Anything-Important-After-10 p.m. Rule." It has helped things a lot.
So my friend sends me a box of chocolates for xmas every year. The caramel quality varies year to year. So as my husband and I sat down to gluttonize the box while watching reruns of Six Feet Under, I asked him,"So how do you think the caramels are going to be this year?" He looked really excited and said. "Wow. I am really glad you asked me. I think LaRussa has picked a really good lineup and that Pujols will really come into his own..." I said, "WTF are you talking about? I just asked you about caramels." His reply, "Oh, I thought you said Cardinals." My reply, "WhyTF would I ask you that. Give me the chocolates."ReplyDelete
If it even possible, my sweet sweet husband talks more than my five children. Combined.
Also, he works a 72 hour shift, so he leaves Thursday and comes home Sunday, when it just so happens that Sister Wives and Medium are on TLC.
The only time I am able to shut him up is with food or sex. An with five kids, well... Let's just say he's puttin on a little weight.
OMG... did I just write this post??!! Seriously... this is EXACTLY what my life is like. I DON"T care about this gun or that politician or this policy or that new backpacking crap you want to buy... just shhhhhh... no talking. For the love of Maude... no.more.words.ReplyDelete
when he comes home i have missed him, but it is at that moment i am at wits end with the kids 2 and 4 and correcting them. they are tired from never napping and just making those screechy noises you described...the fresh beat band is on next to me, i am waiting for my 5 minute shower, partially half dressed, and you start telling me about so so at work which gets screamed over and i'm like what ? ok who again, this happens about 4 times, then i say i can't do this i must have add or something i love you. hey i might take the kids to the playground ok, cool...so i sit around, i tweeze my eyebrows for once and contemplate shaving, i get out of shower and he's mad bc we have 30 minutes before sun goes down...kids nees socks ( my house is in same state) but socks can be found...i am running with leg in on panthole toothbrush stuck in mouth wielding socks, trying to talk thru my toothbrush ( he can't stand that) flash fwd to 10 or 11pm we're finally having dinner, it's cleaned up, tv is on, he's getting his computer/slash free time and we just don't talk :( or it's about stuff that is govt. related to and i mm hmm and cringe lol, i want my jerseylicious! i love him i miss talking to HIM, and i am glad we watch a few shows together and talk about that, or that our relationship with the kids provides insides jokes, and we make fun of people just to each other...and occasionally i have to throw a water bottle in someones yard bc we are on a family walk in the neighborhood and i yell I JUST WANT A CHANCE TO TELL MY STORY!!! and neighbors go in from there porch, i retrieve bottle, yup! but i wouldn't change it, okay maybe a littleReplyDelete
My husband goes to bed early, so I at least get some time at night. However, I HATE to talk on the phone during naptime! It seems like everyone wants to call to chitchat at naptime, which is my only break during the day! (I guess they don't like to talk to me while kids are screaming in the background/I'm screaming at kids in their ear.) Note to those people: I'M PUSHING IGNORE!!ReplyDelete
maybe i should quit complaining about my silent type hubby. it's like pulling teeth sometimes to get that man to talk, but after this i just love him more for it. :)ReplyDelete
All you women complain about us men not wanting to have conversations with you. We do and we have them, you just don't hear them if McDreamy is on.ReplyDelete
Um, yup. Me too. MEEEEE TOOOOOO!!!ReplyDelete
Thank MAUDE we have a DVR because invariably my hubby wants to talk about our taxes or the state of the onion (or was it union??) during Criminal Minds/Derek Morgan's dreamy eyebrows making an appearance. GAK. So I pause the show, fake like I'm listening, mutter something and go back to my show. Then he gets annoyed with me...at least I think that's what he said...ReplyDelete
I just give blank stares after 10 pm. I tell them (hubby and teens) my brain is off. The downside... hubby has started waking me at 6am to talk. Now I need to turn off my brain at 9.ReplyDelete
You should be ashamed of yourself. "I dont care" about the issues....Everyone should care about who we putting in charge to make decisions about our lives. House Hunters? Really? You are a complete waste if your rejecting interaction because you want to watch tv. You should treat your man like a king becuase he loves you and after reading this post I would bet most men wouldnt.ReplyDelete


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Australian rapper Iggy Azalea has topped the iTunes charts in the United States with her debut album The New Classic.
Azalea, who grew up in Mullumbimby 15km west of Byron Bay (population 3000), drew several major reviews of The New Classic after increasingly grabbing the attention of the ultra-competitive American rap scene since moving to the United States in 2011 before scoring a record deal with Island Def Jam.
The New Classic currently sits at number one on iTunes in the United States, ahead of the Frozen soundtrack, and looks set to make a big splash on the official album chart in the US, the Billboard 200 this week.
Azalea initially attracted attention for song releases online and collaborations with the likes of Southern rapper/producer T.I., high profile DJ Steve Aoki and Diplo, performed at several major awards (such as the MTV Music Awards, where she sang Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke) and events (including the iTunes Festival). She even scored a spot at the Glastonbury festival in 2013 and opened for bigger names including Rita Ora and Beyonce, on her 2013 Australian tour.
Fairfax's Craig Mathieson gave The New Classic 3.5 stars, saying she "got the job done" with her debut. "The sparse, stylised production of Fancy showcases her sinuous rapping style", he wrote, while "the autobiographical Work … highlights the 23-year-old expatriate's ability to meld the club music sounds that are permeating American hip-hop and pop into something unexpected and affecting."
The American reviews have been mixed at best. XXL Mag's Kellan Miller said Azalea had "garnered the respect of hip-hop royalty like Nas and 2 Chainz" and added "there is too much good here to say with a straight face that Iggy will amount to nothing more than a flash in the pan". XXL placed her on the cover of it's 2012 'freshmen' issue (alongside Macklemore) marking her as one to watch.
The New York Times' Jon Caramanica wrote a report card-style review saying Azalea is "an extremely hard worker, but so much so that what's loudest much of the time is the labor involved, not the art itself … [her] complete commitment to character and form compensate slightly for the unrelenting weirdness of this project."
Rolling Stone's Simon Vozick-Levinson gave the album 2.5 stars saying Azalea has "a curiously affected drawl that could come from Atlanta, Houston or nowhere at all."
"She dresses [her underdog anthems] up in the kind of shamelessly poppy hooks that make top 40 programmers giggle in delight and "real hip-hop" heads shake theirs sadly."
Time magazine's Nolan Feeley called the album "a paint-by-numbers exercise in what a modern rap album should be: a song name-dropping brands here, a chilled-out track asking for alone-time and admonishing hangers-on there."
Spin.com's Alfred Soto says Azalea was "a competent rapper with a decent ear for hooks, but that's about it."
The critics may not love it, but the fact that a white Australian female rapper has drawn so much attention is notable in itself and marks her as the highest profile Australian rapper in the world's most competitive rap market.
That audience has liked what they know of Iggy enough to buy her record online. Whether they stick with her remains to be seen, but her profile seems assured for the time being.
Meanwhile Azalea has been forced to stop crowd surfing at her concerts after fans reportedly tried to grope her.
Azalea told New York radio station Hot 97 that security has been upgraded at her gigs, including erecting barriers, because fans try to touch her inappropriately.
''The crazy thing is, girls will try and do it the most,'' Azalea said during the interview.
Fans have also posted inappropriate comments on Twitter about trying to grope the rapper while she crowd surfs.
''I'll see it and be like, 'Please don't! That's a violation. I don't actually like that stuff','' Azalea said.
The 23-year-old revealed she now wears two pairs of underwear and skin-coloured tights while performing.
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By Greg Beacham, AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS Although Joe Louis Barrow Jr. bears a reasonable resemblance to his famous father, he isn't often recognized these days as the son of a legendary heavyweight champion.
It's been about six decades since Joe Louis reigned as arguably the most famous athlete in the world, and nearly 27 years have passed since he died. Though Barrow's father was an incredible athlete who also had a profound social impact on the 20th century, he knows Louis' memory won't stay strong in the 21st unless it's preserved.
"History does what it does: it passes," Barrow said. "If you don't have a chance to talk about it, it passes. If you don't make a conscious effort to remind people who individuals like my father were, then history will take its toll."
Barrow, whose father dropped his last name as a fighter, is determined to keep Louis' memory alive, and he's hardly alone. A documentary from HBO Sports, "Joe Louis: America's Hero ... Betrayed," will premiere Saturday night as the culmination of a longtime dream for Ross Greenburg, the executive producer and HBO executive who waited 10 years to do his respected organization's take on an oft-told story.
And on Thursday, HBO and boxing equipment maker Everlast opened the Joe Louis Boxing Gym on Manhattan Avenue in Harlem as yet another monument to a hero unlikely to be forgotten. Barrow also is a living testament to his father, parlaying a successful career as a business executive into a job as the chief executive officer of The First Tee, an organization created to expose millions of children to golf.
"I'm doing what I'm doing today because I really feel a sense of responsibility to do more for other people, and that comes directly from him," said Barrow, who also has worked for the Democratic National Committee and written a book on his father. "I'm passionate about him not because it's my father, but because he's a man who made a significant difference. America needed a hero, and this man emerged."
Though the documentary's title suggests a somber, cautionary tale, the film also focuses both on Louis' memorable rise to the heavyweight title and decades of conflict with the Internal Revenue Service over millions in back taxes and interest. Cultural icons from Bill Cosby to Jerry Lewis voice their displeasure with the IRS' zealous pursuit of Louis, which forced the former champ into dismal post-boxing endeavors ranging from pro wrestling to merchandising.
But Barrow believes the film never loses sight of Louis' importance as both a transcendent fighter and a black icon who opened doors for all athletes.
"There's some great footage I had never seen, and new voices I had never heard speaking about my father," said Barrow, who also appears extensively in the documentary.
Louis' history is highlighted by his two fights with Max Schmeling, the German champion whose victory in their first bout was hailed by Adolf Hitler. Louis demolished Schmeling in their rematch on June 22, 1938 - a day cited by several interviewees as the first time a black man became a champion of all Americans.
"This was probably the first time and the only time in the history of America that a black man ends up being a white hope," activist Dick Gregory told HBO. "He'd become the great white hope."
After Louis claimed the heavyweight title, he held it for more than 11 years, making 25 defenses to set a record unlikely to be broken. Louis' influence in both boxing and race relations was felt across the past century, with even Nelson Mandela honoring him as a prime example of what's possible when everyone has an equal opportunity.
As detailed in the documentary, Louis was a trailblazer in golf as well, earning a spot in a PGA Tour event to make inroads in a segregated sport. Louis' avid interest in the sport wasn't lost on his son, who has made a career in golf.
"It was the only time we could really be together," Barrow said. "When we went to lunch, everybody wanted an autograph. When we were out in public, he wasn't really with me. When we went golfing, we could be together, and that was special to me."
Louis eventually resolved his tax debts and spent his final years as a greeter at Caesars Palace - some thought an ignominious end to a heroic life. Barrow, whose mother divorced Louis when their children were young, never felt his father compromised his legacy.
"Some people say a greeter at Caesars, that's not where the champ should end up," Barrow said. "My father was happy there. It was his home at the end. He didn't die a pauper. He lived fine. He had a house, and a wife who loved him."
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Here's a look at retail stocks to watch on Thursday. Men's Wearhouse ( MW)was surging 6.5% to $27.90, after it narrowed its fourth-quarter loss and issued a better-than-expected 2011 forecast. During the quarter, the men's retailer, which sells suits and rents tuxedos, lost 19 cents a share on an adjusted basis on revenue of $542.1 million. Analysts were calling for a loss of 19 cents on revenue of $537.4 million. Looking ahead, Men's Wearhouse foresees full-year earnings in the range of $1.75 to $1.85 a share, ahead of consensus estimates of $1.72.
Stein Mart ( SMRT)was spiking 9.8% to $9.68, as fourth-quarter profit easily topped forecasts. During the quarter the department store earned 32 cents a share on an adjusted basis, better than the 21 cents Wall Street predicted. But sales fell short, with Stein Mart raking in $336.7 million, less than the $339.9 million analysts expected.
Coldwater Creek ( CWTR)is continuing on its decline a day after reporting it widened its loss in its fourth quarter. During the three-month period women's apparel retailer lost $37 million, or 40 cents a share, compared with a loss of $9.7 million, or 11 cents, in the year-ago period. Sales also fell nearly 21% to $252.1 million. Analysts were calling for a loss of 26 cents a share on revenue of $282.8 million. Coldwater Creek, which was tumbling 8.3% to $2.67, was also pulling down shares in other stocks in the sector, including New York & Co. ( NWY), which is off 3.3% to $5.51 in morning trading. Have questions or comments about retail stocks? Drop an e-mail or Tweet http://twitter.com/jpoggi. --Written by Jeanine Poggi in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Jeanine Poggi. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/jpoggi. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CBOE Holdings launched an integration website detailing the new corporate structure.
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Following up on my post from earlier this week, it seems a new 7" Kindle Fire is all but official. Amazon today announced that the existing Kindle Fire is completely sold out.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos:
"We're grateful to the millions of customers who have made Kindle Fire the most successful product launch in the history of Amazon. This has been a big year for digital products on Amazon—all of the top 10 sellers on Amazon.com since Kindle Fire launched just less than a year ago are digital products. Kindle Fire is sold out, but we have an exciting roadmap ahead—we will continue to offer our customers the best hardware, the best prices, the best customer service, the best cross-platform interoperability, and the best content ecosystem."
It seems very unlikely that Amazon will abandon the 7" tablet space, so this announcement seems to confirm a new 7" Kindle Fire 2 will be announced next week. Whether it'll be joined by an additional larger tablet remains to be seen.
Update: Someone sent The Verge an image that they claim is the new Kindle Fire 2. But the plot thickened when another tipster claimed to have used the new Kindle Fire and that the image that The Verge was sent isn't it. Guess we'll know for sure next week!
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A week after being jilted by his 25 year-old fiancee, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is making the most of his new "runaway bride" theme.
Hefner, 85, said in a Twitter message that an aborted TV special about what would have been his third wedding has been revived with a new twist.
"The marriage special planned for Lifetime TV is now going to have a 'runaway bride' theme & will air in July," Hefner said in a Tweet late Tuesday.


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Keep diggin' that hole Republicans, and dig it deep, because it's going to be your own political grave.
In the wake of Todd Akin's moronic and ignorant comments about "legitimate rape," you would think the Republican Party would have the good sense to just shut the hell up about rape in general. But no, they just can't help themselves as they stand in judgment of the female race, like some sick and twisted wanna be paternal figure who's really a closet sadist.
Take, for instance, Idaho Republican Chuck Winder. Winder is the sponsor of that state's "Double Ultrasound Bill," which would require women to have an ultrasound before they can access any abortion services. These ultrasounds would be offered "free of charge," but women would have to have them performed at an anti-choice crisis pregnancy center, where anti-choice operatives would do their best to talk women out of terminating their pregnancies. Then, if the woman decides to go through with the termination, she would have to fork over the cash for a second ultrasound, which would be performed by the abortion physician.
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PHILADELPHIA - Sydney Turchin delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh as softball came away with a 3-2 win in the final non-conference game of the season Wednesday night at Penn Park. The Quakers (28-15) were down 2-0 heading into the sixth, but would tie the game in that inning before Turchin's game-winning hit the following inning.
Alexis Borden pitched the final four innings in relief to pick up her 19th victory of the season. She allowed just one unearned run during her time in the circle. She came on in relief of Mikenzie Voves, who started and went three innings, allowing just one unearned run in her outing.
Delaware threatened early with runners on first and second following a single and defensive misplay. However, the Quakers turned a double play on the clean-up hitter in the Blue Hens' lineup as she grounded to Kayla Dahlerbruch at third. Dahlerbruch tagged third before throwing to first to complete the double play and help Penn get out of the inning.
In the second, Delaware would break onto the scoreboard first. After a leadoff single, the Blue Hens followed that up with a one-out single that got away from the Penn outfield, allowing the runner to score all the way from first. Penn was unable to get anything off of Delaware starter Chenxi Jiao through two innings and trailed, 1-0, heading to the third.
For the second straight inning, the Blue Hens put the leadoff runner on with a single in the third. Another one-out single put runners on first and second. Delaware would show bunt in the next at-bat, putting the Penn defense in rotation, and successfully execute the double steal. With runners on second and third, Voves would get out of the jam by striking out the next hitter and inducing a grounder to short to prevent any runs.
Penn would get its first hit of the night on a Stephanie Caso double over the left fielder's head, but Jiao would again hold Penn off the scoreboard in the bottom of the third. Borden came on in the top of the fourth and set down Delaware in succession in her first inning of work; however, Penn was still unable to solve Delaware's hurler through the first four innings.
The Blue Hens again put the leadoff runner on in the fifth after working a walk. The runner would advance to second on a wild pitch with one out. Both of Penn's first two outs in the fourth came on Borden strikeouts. With two outs, the Blue Hens went for the steal of third and scored their second unearned run of the night when the throw went into left field. In the bottom half, Samantha Erosa singled into center with one out, but again Delaware held Penn off the scoreboard.
After Borden set down the Blue Hens in order in the sixth, the Quakers would finally breakthrough in the bottom half of the inning. Back-to-back singles by Turchin and Elysse Gorney put the first two on, while a Dahlerbruch walk loaded up the bases with nobody out. After a long battle at the plate, Brooke Coloma smashed a line drive right at the shortstop for the first out. Jessica Melendez would then bring the first run of the game home with her RBI single into left field. Georgia Guttadauro then tied the game with a deep fly into right that scored the run from third.
In the top of the seventh, Delaware would single to start the inning and bunt that runner into scoring position, but Borden got the next two hitters to give the Quakers a chance to come away with the win. With one out, Karina Rios doubled into the left-center field gap and advanced to third on a wild pitch. This set this stage for Turchin, who singled back through the middle for her second walk-off at-bat of the season, lifting Penn to the 3-2 victory.
After being shut down for most of the first five innings, Penn managed five hits and three runs in the final two innings while Delaware made just four defensive outs during that time with the walk-off hit coming with one out. Penn finished with seven hits as a team with Turchin as the only Quaker with two. Penn's pitching scattered eight hits over its seven innings between Voves and Borden.
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By Paul Gardner
This past weekend has been, you may have noticed, the Big FAC Weekend. By FAC I mean England's FA Cup, and FAC has been the name of the game, certainly on Fox Soccer Channel. The FAC has been praised and exalted to the skies, all of this delivered in breathless, panting tones by FSC's coterie of Brits and wanna-be Brits.
Yes there is something different and potentially thrilling about the FAC -- it's an open tournament, any old club can enter, however small -- and with a bit of luck a small club can survive the early rounds and may end up playing against -- even beating -- one of the legendary clubs. Which is a lovely, lovely scenario.
We had some of that this weekend, with little Crawley Town -- not even in the four divisions of the Football League! -- playing at all-conquering Manchester United. And third division Leyton Orient hosting mighty Arsenal.
Before we got to those games, however, the FAC started off the weekend with Chelsea vs. Everton, which was not a good game to start anything with. A dreadful FAC game between two Premier League clubs, which droned on through overtime into the dreaded penalty kicks, from which Everton emerged as the winner. Or, more accurately, as the less bad of two awful teams. And the less said the better.
This was decidedly disappointing, because the jolly FSC mob had been promising all sorts of wonderful excitement from these FAC games. Next up came Birmingham City vs. Sheffield Wednesday, Premier League vs. third division, so this was a bit closer to the heroic David vs. Goliath matchups that we kept being told about.
If anything this was even worse. Birmingham romped away to a quick 2-0 lead, after which -- or even before which -- nothing of any interest happened, from the soccer point of view. It was dire stuff. If agricultural tackles are your thing, there was much to be admired, especially in the 22nd minute, when Sheffield's James O'Connor rammed into Alexander Hleb. Not to worry said the Brit commentators -- of course, just as they always do -- nothing serious. Hleb left on a stretcher, while the commentators admitted that just maybe it was more serious than they thought. Nothing more was seen of Hleb. No contest here -- Birmingham ended up 3-0 winners.
Then we got the prize exhibit of the FAC weekend. Little (we heard a lot of that word) Crawley Town challenging ManU at Old Trafford. This was, in theory, a really intriguing game, one that pulls out all the emotional stops in support of the underdogs. But this was never David vs. Goliath -- ManU backed out of that possibility by fielding a reserve team. Just a week ago ManU had played ManCity and from that lineup, the one used for a crucial game, only two players were on the field against Crawley.
Sure, Crawley made a game of it, against a largely dysfunctional, even nervous bunch of ManU subs, but ManU took it 1-0. That was Saturday. Yesterday came another potential David vs. Goliath game -- which was also torpedoed before it started, because Arsenal, like ManU, chose to field a shadow team. From the starting 11 that beat Barcelona in midweek, only one player survived! Another depressingly dreary game until with only a couple of minutes left, Orient scored to tie it up at 1-1. For the short remaining time, the crowd, which had become almost somnolent, burst into furious noise and, yes, this really was exciting.
As the game finished, commentator Martin Tyler remarked, "This is what the FA Cup is all about." We were whisked back to the studio where Warren Barton told us, "This is what the FA Cup is all about." Seconds later, Kevin Costigan chimed in with, "This is what the FA Cup is all about."
I had watched nearly five hours of utterly uninspired soccer before, for a few minutes, I got to watch what was the real thing. There were three other FAC games that I did not watch -- and I have every reason to believe that they were all equally barren. Just listen: Stoke vs. Brighton, Fulham vs. Bolton -- both of which managed to look woeful even in the highlights, and ManCity vs. Notts County, where the poor little Notts Davids got slaughtered 5-0.
What all of those games add up to is this: the so-called glamour and magic of the FAC is a thing of the past. It has been overtaken by a different world, a different society, a different game. And, of course, a different set of values. The over-riding value now is money. And that means the European championship.
Sadly. I say that with real feeling, as I grew up with the FAC in its glory days, when it really was a major competition -- indeed in many ways, even without all that David/Goliath stuff, many fans of those days rated winning the FAC a bigger achievement than winning the League.
This is so obviously not the case any more, that I'm stupefied that the FSC crew should try to con everyone into believing that nothing has changed. Do they think we don't know that ManU reserves vs. Crawley Town is quite different from ManU vs Crawley? That it makes a mockery of that cherished David-Goliath fable? That we don't know that ManU and Arsenal put out shadow teams because the FAC is no longer a major trophy?
It is even suggested -- though stoutly denied by the very coaches who put out reserve teams -- that the FAC is a damn nuisance, merely a competition that clutters the calendar. Does Arsenal need another game in its already crowded schedule -- which is what they've now got, with a replay against Leyton.
The scenes at the end of the Arsenal vs. Leyton game were heart-warming, as the minnows celebrated their moment of glory. But that scenario happens so rarely nowadays, and anyway has been so devalued by the attitude of the big clubs, that it makes no sense to keep repeating that "this is what the FA Cup is all about." Not any more, it isn't.


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Today's college freshmen hitting books harder, study says
This year's college freshmen are more studious than their counterparts of the past few years, says an annual survey released today on their high school academic habits.
More of them took notes in class, did homework and took more demanding coursework as high school seniors, and fewer said they drank alcohol, partied or showed up late for class.
Those and other trends point toward an entering college freshman class that has a better chance of succeeding academically, say researchers who conducted the survey.
STORY: Polls: Young non-drinkers up in down economy
STORY: Study: Spare time, drinking factors into performance
Some of the year-to-year changes are slight, the study says. But when coupled with continued worries about college costs and employment prospects, the overall portrait of today's traditional first-year student may reflect "the increased complexity of going to college during a recession," says John Pryor, director of UCLA's Cooperative Institutional Research Program, which has conducted the study each year since 1966. "What we're seeing, perhaps, is a little more (seriousness about) what you're called to do in college."
The survey, conducted last fall, is based on responses of nearly 204,000 first-time, full-time college students at 270 colleges and universities nationwide. It found that fewer students received scholarships and that the number of those receiving scholarships of $10,000 or more also dropped.
In each of the past three years, increasing numbers of entering students have said getting "a better job" was their top reason for going to college. A desire "to learn more about things that interest me," the second-most-cited reason, held the top spot for the first half of the past decade.
The survey also corroborated federal research showing declines in alcohol use among high school students. It also saw a drop, to 65.3%, in the proportion who said they spent at least some time partying each week as high school seniors, down from 69.7% in 2009. Respondents also were less likely to say they came to class late or were frequently bored in class than in recent years.
Among other promising changes:
•71% said they had taken at least one Advanced Placement course, up from 67.9% in 2009, and those who had taken five or more AP courses increased from 18.7% to 21.7% in that period.
•39.5% reported spending six or more hours a week studying or doing homework as high school seniors, up from 34.7% in 2009 and 37.3% in 2010. That figure has been inching upward since 2005, when a record-low 31.9% said they spent six or more hours studying.
•69.2% said they frequently took notes during class as high school seniors, up from 66.5% in 2009 and 67% in 2010. Also, 36.4% reported being frequently bored in class, down from 38.6% in 2009 and 39.2% in 2010.
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st: RE: What is Popularity? (with respect to R, SAS, SPSS, Stata...)
"Nick Cox" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
st: RE: What is Popularity? (with respect to R, SAS, SPSS, Stata...)
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:08:19 +0100
I agree. In fact, I'd say that there were several latent variables here.
If popularity is the criterion, then Excel probably trumps all other
programs, even focusing on statistical uses alone.
Michael N. Mitchell
I think this is a very interesting, unique, and challenging endeavor.
I think this is a
classic issue of having a latent construct that we want to measure
(popularity) and some
easy measures lying around. So far, I have not seen a discussion of how
we would define
this latent variable of "popularity" of a statistical package. In terms
of defining
"popularity" some random thoughts are...
1. Number of "users" (but of course there are different kinds of
2. Number of copies "in use" (but of course there are different kinds
of use,
occasional vs. vs. daily).
3. Amount of use (people hours, publications completed).
4. Preferred utilization (I must use X, but I would prefer to use Y).
5. Quality ratings.
I think that it would be useful to solicit discussion of how people
would define
"popularity" with respect to statistical packages. Then, each of the
available measures
could be assessed to the degree it reflects the underlying unmeasured
idea of "popularity".
On 2010-06-28 6.52 AM, Muenchen, Robert A (Bob) wrote:
> At http://r4stats.com/popularity I have added plots, data, and/or
> discussion of:
> 1. Scholarly impact of each package across the years
> 2. The number of subscribers to some of the listservs
> 3. How popular each package is among Google searches across the years
> 4. Survey results from a Rexer Analytics poll
> 5. Survey results from a KDnuggests poll
> 6. A rudimentary analysis of the software skills that employers are
> seeking
> Thanks very much to all the folks who helped on this project
> John Fox, Marc Schwartz, Duncan Murdoch, Martin Weiss, John
> HU, Andre Wielki, Kjetil Halvorsen, Dario Solari, Joris Meys, Keo
> Ormsby, Karl Rexer, and Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro.
> If anyone can think of other angles, please let me know.
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With the introduction of Dogalize (http://www.dogalize.com,) Business Competence is proud to provide dog owners with a social network which will allow them to interconnect with one another via the internet. Dogalize allows dog owners from all over the world to communicate with eachother, post photos/videos of their pets, and allows vacationers to find the best parks for dogs while on vacation.
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Amy Adams Cast as Lois Lane in "Superman" Reboot
Garnering yet another high profile gig, Amy Adams is the latest addition to an already star-studded cast being put together for Zack Snyder's "Superman" reboot.
The redheaded actress with be playing the well-known role of journalist Lois Lane, a character having previously been portrayed by Phyllis Coates, Margot Kidder and Kate Bosworth.
Announcing the selection of Miss Adams on Sunday (March 27), director Snyder said, "Second only to Superman himself, the question of who will play Lois Lane is arguably what fans have been most curious about. So we are excited to announce the casting of Amy Adams, one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today. Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois: smart, tough, funny, warm, ambitious and, of course, beautiful."
Amy joins current cast members Henry Cavill, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, with "Superman: Man of Steel" slated to be released in December 2012.


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Somewhere in New York is a non-Jewish German sailor whose refusal to pay homage to the doctrines of Hitlerism is likely to turn him into a man without a country.
If Theodore Eggaling, who was released from chains aboard the steamship Albert Ballin of the Hamburg-American Line and was put ashore under a writ of habea corpus last Wednesday night shortly before the vessel sailed forth onto the high seas, is still in this country on August 6, deportation proceedings will be brought against him, United States immigration authorities said yesterday.
Egalling was arrested in a Yorkville cafe on June 3 when he dared to denounce Nazism in the presence of a large crowd of Hitler sympathizers. Seized by a special policeman of the Hamburg-American line as he stepped out of Yorkville Court last Wednesday, he was taken back to the Albert Ballin and placed in irons, according to Sol Cohen, attorney in the offices of Joseph Brodsky, 100 Fifth avenue.
Cohen, retained by the International Labor Defense in the interests of the German engine wiper, sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe last Wednesday and effected Egalling's release. A few hours later the Albert Ballin sailed for Germany, carrying the writ with it.
A hearing was to have been held on the writ yesterday, but Attorney Cohen decided this was unnecessary, since the purpose of the action already had been served in that Egalling's freedom had been obtained.
The seaman is being sheltered by the German Workers' Club whose headquarters are on Third avenue near East Eighty-fifth street, it was indicated yesterday. Members of the club were inclined to view with suspicion all questions concerning the case, and refused to divulge Eggaling's exact whereabouts.
The sailor found himself in an anomalous position yesterday, since he is required under federal law to quit this country within sixty days of the time when he officially ceased to become a member of the Albert Ballin's crew.
He is unlikely to procure a berth aboard an outgoing vessel, his friends pointed out yesterday, since he speaks only German and is almost certain to find himself banned by German lines as a result of his denunciation of the current Reich government.
Assistants in the office of Attorney Cohen pointed out that there still remains one ray of hope for the outspoken sailor. The International Labor Defense is con sidering legal action to have Eggaling declared a political refugee, entitled to go to the country of his own choice, it was reliably reported.


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Have Medical Questions? Ask a Doctor Online!
Elevated glucocorticoids can cause a decrease in size of the hippocampus (a portion of your temporal lobe responsible for memory). However elevated glucocorticoid levels have NOT been linked to bifrontal atrophy. If you have bifrontal atrophy it is more likely related to age than Cushing's Disease. In patient's with frontal lobe atrophy, dementia is very likely. As such it is important to screen for the cause of dementia such as B12/folate deficiency, low homocysteine levels, and thyroid dysfunction. If your B12 level is low, it is very important to give you a supplement. If you have memory deficits, you can also consider asking your doctor for Aricept and/or Namenda. These are medications that used to treat mild/moderate dementia. It will not improve your memory, but it prevent it from getting any worse very fast. Finally it is very important to have an MRI once a year to determine the progression of the atrophy.
WIth regard to Cusings and Bifrontal Atrophy here is an article from the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience to back up what I said: doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2008.12.026
In terms of dementia, this can happen at relatively young age. The amount dementia depends on the level of atrophy and what areas of the brain showing atrophy. Patients with fronto-temporal atrophy can demonstrate the type of symptoms that you have mentioned. It is not age alone that lead to atrophy. Atrophy can also occur because of environmental factors as well as because of genetic reasons.


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Doctor Bulge - pacco del dottore
So I guess I'm not the only guy who REALLY LIKES his doctor. :-)
My Doctor is one NUCLEAR HOT Bear Chub !! He has the most beautiful eyes, a wonderful personality and a ***** smile. Needless to say, I would suck him off for breakfast, lunch and dinner !! :-O)
I've got to be the luckiest patient on Planet Earth ! A few years ago, I wasn't feeling well and I didn't have a Primary Care Doctor. I chose him (sight unseen) because his office was only 4 miles from where I lived, and I could get a next day appointment with him.
Not only is he a waking wet dream, he's THE BEST Doctor I've ever had !! I'd hate to lose him- so I try not to drool in his presence. LOL :-D
I saw him yesterday, and I've been monstrously horny ever since !! :-b...


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Cho'war the Pillager
Corki wants you to get Cho'war's Key so that you can free him from his cage. Return to Arechron at Telaar should you manage this task.
They call him Cho'war the Pillager, <name>. He's the ogre that forced out the gronn that used to rule over these ogres. You better believe he's powerful!
The chef said that Cho'war lives in the big cave - wherever that may be... Get that key and get me out of here! If we live through this, my father will no doubt give you the big reward! As soon as I'm free, seek him out.
You will be able to choose one appropriate item for your class from the following rewards:
|Ogre Slayer's Cover
|Ogre Slayer's Pendant
|Ogre Slayer's Band
You will also receive:
- 350 reputation with Kurenai


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People! I come among you to herald a golden age of gaming! The very latest in entertainment technology is soon to arrive in your living rooms, bringing gaming glory the likes of which you have never seen! Will you join with me in praising this most wondrous of times?
No, of course you won't, because most of you are too busy attacking each other over your choice of console. Twitter has been a dark, dark place over the last couple of days. "Screw Sony", "Microsoft? More like…uh…screw Microsoft!" and other such nonsense has filled my timeline and I've had enough. I've remained neutral, of course, in my eyes everyone is free to make their own choice of console and I'll think no less of them because of it. Of course, you've probably guessed that a "but" is coming and yes it is a big one…
I'm sick of being attacked because I've all but decided on an Xbox One. Sure, I can't defend everything Microsoft have done. In all honesty, Don Mattrick might as well have said "We have something for those without access to internet," before grabbing his crotch, thrusting at the camera and flipping the bird. Despite that, the reasons for which I'm told that I'm "aN 1deeut!" for opting for the Xbone (quit giggling, you) just don't sway my opinion. Reasons like…
1) "OMG DA XBONE R SOOOOOO UGLY!!!!!1!!!!One!!!!"
Here is the Xbox One.
Here is the Xbox One in a high wind.
Oh wait, that was the PS4? So sorry. Look, I'm not slating the PS4, I'm happy with the look of both of them. It's just that I don't think anyone should be openly mocking me via social media for choosing the "ugly" Xbox One, when the PS4 looks like the Xbox One in italics. Both are black, both have a mixed matte and gloss finish, and both will fit in nicely on your entertainment centre. What else have you got, internet peoples?
The Xbox One and Kinect 2.0 are a lot like Ant and Dec, inseparable. This means that there's a little camera watching everything you do and OMG! ITZ CAN BE HAXXORED!! The thing is, I spend most of my day in front of a computer. A computer with a webcam. If the "1 in 2 webcams can be hacked" figure currently floating about the net is true, there's probably someone watching me already. Question is, why would they bloody want to?
Well, there are fears of Microsoft collecting data recorded through Kinect in order to tailor advertising to households, for one thing. Also, we've seen rumours of recognition based rights for film and TV, blocking people from watching if the Kinect identifies them as someone who's not paid for whatever it is you're trying to view. There have also been weird conspiracy theories about government spies but they won't catch us because we're wearing tinfoil pants. That's right, yeah?
What no-one has mentioned is that Microsoft have addressed these issues. Kinect may be always on, kind of, to allow it to respond instantly. If you want to turn on the Xbox by saying "Xbox On" and feel like a boss, you need an active mic. That's not to say that you can't turn everything off if you want to, given that it's an electrical device and ultimately, even if it's a case of flicking the switch at the wall, generally speaking such devices come with an on/off switch of some kind. But why go to such extremes when Microsoft have stated (in an interview with Kotaku) that there will be "simple, easy methods to customize privacy settings, provide clear notifications and meaningful privacy choices for how data will be used, stored and shared".
If Microsoft want to check out what type of cereal I eat in the mornings and then try to sell me some more via dashboard ads, good luck to them. I don't think there's that much chance of this coming to pass but if it does, whilst I admit it's a slightly unsettling thought, I'll just ignore the ads and maybe switch to toast. Of course, if their reasons are more sinister and they're just really intent on watching a fat man prance about in the nude to Lady Gaga tunes, they only have to ask. I'm not shy.
Why not? I'm not going to try and defend Microsoft on this one, don't get me wrong. Yeah, I can see some benefits to the permanent connectivity, such as the hourly updates to EA Sports games, but that doesn't excuse the massive shafting that this delivers to those who, for whatever reason, don't have regular broadband access. I have regular broadband access. I'm sorry for those who don't and I agree one hundred percent that Microsoft need to do something about it that doesn't involve having Don Mattrick deliver a hearty "fuck thee" to the fans, but it won't cause me a problem personally.
Ok, not strictly true. I may move house at some point in the next four or five years and if so, will likely be without broadband for a week, maybe even two. If and when that happens, I won't be able to game. Then again, I'll be trying to move an actual shit-ton of boxes into a new house with two children running around under my feet and my wife constantly yelling at me that the couch is "TOO FAR TO THE LEFT, MORON!".
Past experience may have coloured my idea of the average house move, but either way it will be a temporary issue, some time in the future. When it comes I'll likely curse Microsoft to hell and back, but I'm willing to put up with that to get in on the ground floor of next-gen gaming.
I believe that means "Oh goodness gracious, the Xbox One certainly costs a pretty penny, wouldn't you say Jenkins?" or words to that effect. Yes, the price point is higher than expected and a little more than I'm comfortable in shelling out, but given that I'll most likely be looking at picking up an Xbox One a few months after release, I'll have time to hope for a price drop, keep an eye out for a sale and generally shop around a bit. Even so, I'll admit that Microsoft are overcharging a tad on this one. So how can I defend it?
I can't. But, I'm sick of people screaming at me that it costs too much and I'm an idiot to buy one. Specifically, I'm sick of Sony fanatics giving me a hard time for it. Casting my mind back…
SONY FAN (circa 2006): "Hey, just been out to pick up my PS3!"
ME (circa the same): "Nice! I opted for the Xbox 360. PS3 was way out of my price range."
SONY FAN: "You get what you pay for dude! Screw the Xbox!"
Fast forward a little…
ME (circa nowish): "Well, I'm off to pick up my Xbox One."
SONY FAN (also nowish, circa-wise): "Xbox One? You moron! They cost a fortune!"
ME: "So did the PS3 at launch, but you went for it. Each to their own and whatnot."
SONY FAN: "What? No it didn't. It was free. Your MUM cost a fortune at launch!"
The Xbox One pricepoint is high, much like the PS3 before it, but buying one doesn't make you a moron. It just means you're grudgingly handing over a few extra notes because you've decided the pros outweigh the cons.
Did you not watch the Microsoft conference? Right up until that £429 bit where the Internet went batshit mental, it was awesome. Setting aside the Xbox 360 titles, Microsoft showed off a total of 15 titles during their E3 conference and asides from a brief "SmartGlass is cool, huh", that's all they did. Games, games and more games were the order of the night.
The Xbox One is NOT just about TV. Yes, there's a lot of non-gaming gumph floating around in that box and if you don't want to use it, you don't have to. That's right people, free will is an actual thing and you can make use of it right there by saying "I'll play games on my 360 but I'm not too fussed about the telly stuff, thanks". Bob's your mother's brother, you've got yourself a console!
No, you don't. Let me rephrase before I'm beaten to death by the barrage of comments. You don't have any exclusives that draw me in, personally. It's no secret that I'm a Halo fanatic so the Xbox will always have that over PlayStation for me, not to mention the Gears Of War franchise and my burgeoning Minecraft addiction.
Sony did show off a wide range of indie titles which will debut exclusively to PS4 and some of them look fantastic, but for those with a time limited exclusivity, that means that some of those titles could come to Xbox in the future. So, Microsoft has exclusives over which I drool excessively, but what does PS4 have to offer me?
Drive Club – In my gaming career I have played three racing games which I have fallen deeply in love with. Rock 'n' Roll Racing on the SNES, Burnout Revenge on Xbox 360 and good old Mario Kart 64. Any other racing title that I've picked up has been a case of "shiny shiny shiny vroooom damn it crashed again bored now". So, though Drive Club looks like a fine example of the racing genre, it holds no personal allure for me.
Knack – When they showed this during the PS4 reveal, I had one thought. "Why are you releasing your tech demo and calling it a game?" Turns out that was a bit unfair and having seen the E3 trailer, I've got to say Knack is looking pretty damn good. That doesn't mean I'm desperate to pick up a PS4 to play it. Think of it as a night out on the town with whichever celebrity floats your personal boat. Sure, you'd probably have a lot of fun but it's not going to happen so why worry about it?
Infamous: Second Son – Having never played the previous Infamous titles, admittedly because they were PS3 exclusive and I'm an Xbox man, the sequel holds no immediate "OH MY GOD MOAR INFAMOUS" attraction for me. I can't deny what we've seen of it has left me with a teensy pang of jealousy for those who'll get to play it in the future, but again, not enough to make me jump ship.
So, that's your lot. If that's swung you over to Sony's side then more power to you and I wish you nothing but joyous moments and short loading times. Perhaps you could do me the same courtesy?
Oh, shut up. We're not going to go through this debate all over again. Unsurprisingly an Xbox-style controller for the PS4 has already been manufactured, which you can see in the image above. For me, the PlayStation controllers have always felt small, made my hands cramp and I hate the shoulder buttons. For PlayStation users, no doubt the Xbox controller feels cumbersome and unwieldy. The controller will NEVER make me jump ship and I doubt anyone else would either based on that.
Firstly, no I'm not you asswit. Secondly, you've touched upon one of the major reasons that the Xbox One is topping my Christmas list and that's the fact that other people will be buying it. chiefly, my friends. I've a regular, rag tag assembly of gaming buddies and while some may succumb to Sony's siren song, the majority are most likely going to be sticking with Microsoft.
Now, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Come closer so I can whisper it in your ear… GAMING'S MORE FUN WITH FRIENDS! Oh sorry, tad loud, but the point is made. Some of my happiest gaming moments have been tearing through co-op campaigns with a group of mates or taking a squad out into the wide world of competitive multiplayer, sharing many a giggle as we go.
It's thanks to gaming with my friends that I now quote Monster's Inc whenever I take someone out with a sniper rifle, why I regularly tell people to shut up for not saying anything, and why our clan will forever be known as Team Active Camel, for reasons too confusing to name. I don't expect you to understand any of what I just said because they are the in-jokes and stories which make multiplayer gaming with friends such a massive part of my life and I don't intend to be screwed out of that because I opted for the "wrong" console.
Anyone who's leaning towards the PlayStation 4 could easily reel off a list of reasons for siding with Sony and I would nod, smile and say "That's entirely your choice". As for me? Right now, I'm pretty certain that I'll be picking up an Xbox One. Microsoft have done us wrong in many ways but for me, on a personal level, the positive column has more ticks than the negative.
If you're going for the PlayStation 4, that's entirely your choice and I wish you well. Maybe I'll pop round for coffee and a blast on Infamous some time. The point that I'm trying to make and that I've been stressing throughout this entire article is that it all comes down to free will. Whether I buy an Xbox One, a PlayStation 4 or a pogo stick to ram up my arse so I can bounce about the house singing the Tigger song, the choice is mine and I shouldn't have to defend it to anyone.
Will you be buying an Xbox One or a PS4? What do you think about the current state of the console wars? Let us know in the comments below or hit us up on Twitter and Facebook.


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The High Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab) at INESC TEC has an opening for a 2 year Post-Doc position.
The position is within the cryptography and information security group in the HASLab.
The group is actively working on: provable security, domain-specific languages and software development tools for cryptography, efficient implementation of cryptographic software, and formal verification of cryptographic proofs and implementations.
We are looking for a highly motivated researcher with a recent Ph.D. and background in at least one of the following fields:
provable security,
efficient implementation of cryptography,
programming languages and verification,
and an interest in carrying out research at their intersection.
The position starts from November 2014. The salary is around 18K euros per year after tax. The working language is English.
Applications should arrive no later than September 19, 2014 and should include a CV, a cover letter, and the names and contact details for two references.


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The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) was founded in 2009 to support, promote and protect the artist community in the music industry.
The FAC nurtures a community of artists and provides support, advice and education in order to empower artist entrepreneurs in the ever evolving music industry. This includes running workshops, mentoring and networking sessions for our members.
The FAC functions as a collective voice, actively promoting transparency and fairness within the industry. Artists possess a persuasive voice in influencing political debates, so the FAC ensures that voice is heard by government and policymakers in the UK, USA and EU.
Within the music industry, the FAC encourages better standards and business practices from record labels, music publishers and other business partners. The FAC has secured a seat on the board of UK Music, an umbrella organisation that brings together all sides of the music industry. This ensures the artist voice is heard at the highest level and on an equal footing alongside labels and other stakeholders.
The FAC is also at the heart of umbrella artist organisation IAO (International Artist Organisation) in order to unite artists on an international level.
Thought Leadership
As music and technology evolve, the FAC considers emerging forms of creative expression and new and innovative ways for artists to earn a living from what they do. The FAC works positively with the technology sector to stand up for the artist's position while identifying solutions and opportunities to enhance the options available to artists.
The FAC board includes: Imogen Heap (CEO), Annie Lennox, Ed O'Brien (Radiohead), Fran Healy (Travis), Hal Ritson (The Young Punx), Howard Jones, Jeremy Pritchard (Everything Everything), Kate Nash, Katie Melua, Lucy Pullin, Master Shortie, Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Paul Pacifico (Pacifico Blues), Roxanne de Bastion, Rumer, Sam Lee, Sandie Shaw.


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Yet, thanks to Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution she cannot. It reads, "No person except a natural born citizen ... shall be eligible to the office of president." The 12th Amendment says the vice president cannot be foreign-born.
Elizabeth was born in Russia in 1998. She was adopted in 1998 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1999. If this outdated and unfair provision were amended, she could run for President in 2036. Let's give her, and all the kids who have come to this country as naturalized citizens something patriotic and noble to strive for.


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Kudos to the folks who put together the Big East baseball schedule, which has the league's top two teams meeting in the final weekend as USF and Louisville square off starting tonight. If that weren't drama enough, you have USF coach Lelo Prado returning to the program he coached for 11 seasons, leaving as the Cardinals' winningest coach with 320 career victories.
And while we've established that USF (32-20) can clinch a share of the regular-season Big East crown by winning just one of three games this weekend, there's more than first in play. Should USF fail to get that single win, the Bulls could fall as far as fourth place if West Virginia and St. John's are able to sweep their final series.
If there's something to be learned from USF softball missing the NCAA cut this week, it's that Prado's team, even with a regular-season Big East crown, likely needs to win the conference tournament to make the NCAAs. Softball's RPI was in the mid-40s and wasn't enough, and baseball's current RPI is 69, according to WarrenNolan.com.
USF actually had a higher RPI last season, when the Bulls went 31-27 and 14-13 in conference play to finish with an RPI of 64. Remember how softball was just 3-13 against RPI top 50 opponents? Baseball is 0-4 against the top 50, and the highest-rated team the Bulls have beaten is No. 68 Notre Dame, going 1-2 against them last weekend.
The Bulls' 14-14 nonconference record certainly hurts -- losing to Florida (RPI 6), Oklahoma (22) and Boston College (36) is one thing, but going 0-4 against Florida Gulf Coast (40), Jacksonville (52) and FIU (63) looks bad for USF.
Having said that, Louisville has an RPI of 27, so two or three wins this weekend, plus two or three wins in the conference tournament, could put USF into the 50s in the RPI and at least onto the bubble. WarrenNolan.com rates the Big East as the 12th-best conference in college baseball, so there's no real assurance of anything more than its automatic bid. Last year, St. John's got an at-large as the Big East regular-season champ, but with an RPI of 53 and just a 1-4 record against top 50 opponents, but with a solid 42-16 overall record.
USF will throw No. 2 starter Derrick Stultz (5-3, 4.21 ERA) tonight against Louisville ace Justin Marks (8-2, 3.81) -- a win tonight would take much of the pressure off USF the rest of the weekend. Marks shut out the Bulls for six innings in Tampa last year in a 10-2 Louisville win.
-- One more note on this: It was pointed out to me that if USF wins just one game this weekend and West Virginia gets a three-game sweep, both teams will finish 19-8, the teams will share the regular-season championship, even though USF swept the Mountaineers in their three-game series. The Big East uses head-to-head competition for seeding purposes, but simply splits a tie in the regular-season standings, rather than put one team ahead of another. So for USF to clinch the regular-season title by itself, the Bulls need two wins this weekend, or a win and a West Virginia loss ...


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Steam cleaning is a technique that uses very hot water to eliminate stains and odor and most homeowners love it because it certainly works. Unlike the dry techniques that don't use so much water, steam cleaning utilizes more water but it's still able to get rid of most germs and viruses that may have invaded your carpet. The biggest drawback with steam cleaning is that a carpet can take up to 24 hours a day to dry completely. Steam cleaning may also not be acceptable to certain types of carpet fibers such as silk, sisal and wool.
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Desert Vista graduate and Utah senior Luke Matthews will be in town this weekend as the Utes (2-1) take on Arizona State (2-1) at Sun Devil Stadium with a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Matthews, a 6-foot-2, 206-pound wide receiver, is a team captain, three-time academic all-conference recipient and he graduated with a degree in communications in May of 2012.
On the season he has three catches for 19 yards.
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Dickson County is scheduled to play Middle Tennessee Christian at 5 p.m. followed by a 7:30 p.m. game vs. Lebanon High.
* Rain is KILLING the local softball and baseball schedules. Wednesday's Watertown at FCS softball game was postponed as was Gallatin at Lebanon (baseball) and Mt. Juliet at Beech (baseball).
Check www.wilsonpost.com or go to our Facebook page to get the make-up dates for these and other games.
* I'm working on a story about LHS graduate Garrett Fanchier who's leading the Belmont pitching staff in ERA. Look for that report later next week.
* Here's what was so impressive about Lebanon's 2-1 baseball win over Beech Tuesday night. Three sophs and two freshmen were in the starting lineup for the Blue Devils. One of the sophs, rightfielder Jack McKeon, gunned down a Beech runner in the top of the first who was trying to go from first to third on a hit. McKeon threw a LASER on the fly to 3rd baseman Dent Burger who applied the tag. The kid was dead by four feet. BIG TIME ARM.
* After a rough start in the Gulf Shores Nike Classic, Friendship Christian baseball is back in form. FCS hammered Class AAA Portland 13-3 last Friday night, then pounded Red Boiling Springs 24-0 in the rain Tuesday. I know, RBS is pretty weak, but 24 runs in just four at bats is pretty impressive.
Austin Godwin drove in five runs with two doubles; Drew Erie hit two home runs and Caleb Snider threw a five-inning no-hitter. The lefty struck out 12 and for the record, 15 is all you can strike out in a 5-inning game. WELL DONE CALEB.