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Week 11 Fantasy Football Projections: Running Backs Sure to Bust outNovember 17, 2012
Week 11 of the fantasy football season is upon us, and as your team battles for a playoff spot, the decisions on who to play become tougher and tougher.
This is especially true at the running back spot, where there are only a few consistent performers and more shared carries than ever.
But you've got to make decisions, and that's what I'm here for—to help you decide which backs will be studs and which ones will be duds in Week 9.
So, here are three halfbacks sure to put up monster numbers this Sunday.
Mikel Leshoure, Detroit Lions
Detroit's second-year back has shown flashes of his potential throughout the season, but has never quite reached a consistent clip. But he's set to have a great game this week against the Green Bay Packers.
The Packers do a good job defending the run, but the Lions have had success the last two years pounding the ball at home against Green Bay, rushing the ball 62 times for 326 yards.
Plus, the Lions will do whatever they can to keep Aaron Rodgers and an explosive Packer offense off the field. And it just so happens, Leshoure and their ground game is the best way to do that.
The Packers have allowed four rushing touchdowns over the last four weeks, and a big back like Leshoure is sure to take advantage.
He may be nursing a sore ankle, but Leshoure should net double-digit fantasy points at a minimum this week.
Felix Jones, Dallas Cowboys
DeMarco Murray is likely to miss his fifth straight game, and that's great news for owners of Felix Jones.
Jones has been a solid play during Murray's absence, but has yet to have a spectacular game. That could come Sunday against a terrible Cleveland rush defense.
The Browns are 27th in the NFL in rushing yards allowed, as they have surrendered 132.2 yards on the ground a game this season.
This is great news for Jones, whose quickness and breakaway speed should allow him to earn a few large runs. Plus, expect the Cowboys to pound the ball early and often to avoid turnovers—one of the few ways the Cowboys could lose a game to a less talented Cleveland squad.
Jones will have a big day, and should eclipse the 10-point mark for the third week in a row.
LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles were delivered a huge blow with the loss of Michael Vick, but it's good news for LeSean McCoy's fantasy owners.
With Vick out, rookie Nick Foles will get the nod at QB, and even with Andy Reid's obvious love of throwing the ball, you can expect him to keep it on the ground to protect Foles.
This means McCoy will be in line to see more touches than he has all year, and as talented as he is, it should mean huge numbers.
McCoy has gone over 10 fantasy points in all but one game this season, but has yet to reach the 20-point mark.
Without Vick, expect him to do so on Sunday against the Redskins.


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The IDF Spokesperson said regarding the IAF attack in Gaza Sunday morning that the "terror activist is Ahmed Saad, who was involved in recent days in firing rockets towards Israeli cities, as well as planning other high trajectory rocket attacks."
The spokesperson also said Saad "was directly responsible for the rockets fired at Ashkelon lat Thursday." He also played a crucial role in fighting against the IDF in Operation Pillar of Defense and in the escalation of rockets fired at Israel in March 2012, the spokesperson added. (Elior Levy and Yoav Zitun)

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Dont Let Legalism Kill Your Joy in Ministry
Legalism is a ministry killjoy. It destroys the natural joy that comes from serving others in ministry like nothing else Ive seen. Ive seen more ministries ruined by legalism than anything else.
What is legalism? Legalism happens when we substitute our rules and rituals for our relationship with Christ. Its a subtle trap that takes the focus off of what God has done for you and slowly turns it to what you have done for God.
In Philippians 3, Paul tells us flat out that hes tried legalism. In the process, he points out five different ways he had been a legalist ways that still haunt many of us today.
Legalism is putting your trust in rituals. Paul says, I was circumcised eight days after I was born according to the Jewish law. (Phil. 3:5a) Today, a Christian might say, I was baptized, or I joined the church, or I took communion. All of those are good, but they dont earn Gods approval.
Legalism is putting your trust in a race. Paul says, Of the people of Israel, I was of the tribe of Benjamin. (Phil. 3:5b) Ive got the royal pedigree here. Its like people today who say they have a relationship with God because their uncle was a missionary or their mom was a believer. It doesnt work that way. Everyone has to make his or her own decision to follow Jesus.
Legalism is putting your trust in a religion. Paul says, Im a Hebrew of Hebrews. (Phil. 3:5c) Some Christians today say the same thing. They point to their denomination when asked about their relationship with God. When we get to heaven, God wont ask us what denomination we are hell ask us how we responded to his Son, Jesus.
Legalism is putting your trust in rules. Paul also says, In regard to the law, I was a Pharisee. (Phil. 3:6a) The Pharisees were the spiritually elite. They turned the Ten Commandments into 613! Ten just wasnt enough for them. They would not eat an egg that had been laid on the Sabbath because the hen had to work by laying it. They would not scratch a mosquito bite on the Sabbath because that was considered work. By bringing attention to his background as a Pharisee, Paul is saying, You want to talk about rules? I kept the rules!
Legalism is putting your trust in reputation. Finally, Paul adds, As for zeal, and as for legalistic righteousness, I was faultless. (Phil. 3:6b) In other words, Paul was saying he was a superstar legalist! Today we might brag on how many people attend our church, how long we pray, or how many people we led to Christ last week. The end result is the same they wont make God any happier with us.
Nothing is wrong with any of these. The problem comes when we think they give us points with God they dont. He loves us unconditionally. If you start trusting in these things, youre going to lose your joy and your ministry will crumble.
The antidote to legalism is grace. Grace means we dont have to earn Gods love, and we dont have to earn his smile. God is always smiling at us. Because I deserve it? Not a chance. Because I keep certain rules and regulations? Not a chance. Its because Im covered with the blood of Jesus Christ.
The problem for many of us in ministry is we subtly shift our perspective from what God has done for us to what we are doing for God in ministry. Thats dangerous very dangerous. God wont love you any more or any less no matter how you serve him. What you get out of service is joy. You dont get approval. God approves of you, but its not because of what you do. He approves of you because of what Christ did for you already. Thats grace.
The Christian life is not a ritual and its not about rules its a relationship. Religion is based upon performance, but Christianity is based on a person, Jesus Christ. Dont ever forget that or your ministry is finished. And youll lose your joy. Nothing is sadder than a cynical person in ministry.
Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America's largest and best-known churches. In addition, Rick is author of the New York Times bestseller The Purpose-Driven Life and The Purpose-Driven Church, which was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th Century. He is also founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community for ministers. Copyright 2005 Pastors.com, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.


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Written on: 30/08/2010 by WilliamFamily (2 reviews written)
I am writing this review as a thank you to KBBC. Whilst I am very happy to recommend the kitchen from KBBC, I can only say that I should have let them fit install it for me as well.I opted for the cheaper option which was to let my builder fit the kitchen which ended up being a huge mistake. The time he took and the quality of his finishing was terrible. I called KBBC because we needed many extra panels and doors in order to get the kitchen to some sort of finished state. We told KBBC about our problem and they sent an inspector who checked what was needed. My builder had used the wrong panels in the wrong places and cut them wrong, It was a tough time to say the least. The customer service department passed on the information back to me that I needed the kitchen re-fitting as the units were not fitted correctly and it would not look right whatever they did. KBBC came to my rescue and they sent there own fitters to my home and in three days the fitter and his partner re-fitted the entire kitchen including the fitting of my appliances and worktops.
As We had already paid our builder for the kitchen to be fitted it meant that we were expecting to have to pay for the fitting again after all it was our choice to use a builder to fit a kitchen. This was where KBBC were different to everyone else! They fitted my kitchen "Free of charge". They did not charge me a single penny and I know they paid the fitters at least £1000.00 they didnt tell me that we were not going to be charged until the job was finished on the Friday evening. This is why this company deserve recognition and praise. I cannot thank and praise them enough for the generous and unselfish gesture that they had given us. I hope that KBBC is recognised and rewarded as a bright star amongst a heaven of darkness as they are a one in a million company and we hope that they benefit in some way from the care and kindness shown towards us and other customers that we know they have helped. KBBC is an amazing company with a very big heart and as long as they carry on in this way they will go from strength to strength. A massive thank you to all the KBBC team who helped us through our time of need.
Written on: 01/10/2010
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review, having had similar nightmares with builders in the past i am extremely reluctant to allow any tradesman into my home, but i am desparate to redo my kitchen, so it is an absolute joy to hear you found true professionals, what a sweet dream, you have inspired me and restored some faith to give kbbc a call, very best regards, so glad things got sorted out for you, i know what its like, i have been there, but we were forced to borrow money to correct other builders mistakes, i still cant believe there are companies like this around!
Written on: 12/10/2010
I found this review very helpful because...it shows the integrity and customer based focus of kbbc. They basically bailed out the customer after they had made a major mistake of judgement, and not only did they not say "told you so", they picked up the tab of labour and extra materials. Outstanding!
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The future of the car industry is driving into Silicon Valley.
Following in the brake pads of Tesla and Google, Apple is rumored to start developing an electric car. According to various reports the company has developed a unit called Titan. Hundreds of staff members have reportedly been assigned to the unit and the target date for the car is 2020.
Of course Apple is not commenting but the plan puts the company in line with Tesla, the current king of the electric car and Google's self-driving car. Before the tech industry got behind the wheel the U.S. auto industry was rooted in Detroit. And the top three automakers; General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are taking the outside threat seriously.
GM says it is not surprised Apple is jumping in the ring considering their recent success. Ford has gone as far as to open a research center in Palo Alto to investigate self-driving vehicles. Experts say it takes an average of seven years to mass market a car so while Detroit is not facing serious pressure the engine is warming up.


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Sep 13, 2010 - 5:53 pm
Hi to the "old Guard" and hello to the new on this site.
(In continuation of my post:"Hallways and marathons" Sept 9.)
My wife who cannot have Chemo or RT because of Fanconis Anemia, stopped Erbitux after 3 months owing to very severe effects.
She now has a flippin lump on her neck. In June this year the PET was clean and only two weeks ago there was no visible lump and ENT and Onco doctors saw nothing and felt nothing when they did their neck "squeezing-massage-feeling for lumps" bit.
Today we had needle biopsy and the Doc did two needle pokes; the second in an attempt to draw out fluids but didnt really succeed.
She said it was "behaving" like squamus. Solid 2.5 cm according to the ultrasound and produces fluid too. So the lump has remained.
If this is squamus, its frightening cos acceleration is high , isnt it?
if this is squamus, she will have to go back on the biological warfare Erbitux ,which she hardly tolerated. Not much left to cut out in the throat region.
She has clawed her way back from successive surgeries, physically removed her own
Eating + coughing, as a result of the last three surgeries + lung lobectomy, is a constant.
The thought of further suffering is just destroying.The next two days until results is going to be a long wait. I feel like im precipitating "going away".The feeling i got every time there was surgery. Robot living.
I have no practical advice to ask of any of you i suppose. To be painfully honest, i think im posting this because i want to make sure ure going to be there if i need you; cos this might be a long "going away".
(After the doc and biopsy etc, we went out to buy handles for some closets at home. How boring is that"?!).Ok , i recon i lost it slightly today.
Sep 13, 2010 - 7:00 pm
Sorry things are this bad for you. Have you thought of any more opinions? I understand where you are coming from, my mom was the same way with bone cancer.
What kind of severe effects was she having? I believe I had a allergic reaction my first infusion but was fine after that. The rash and finger & toe nails were another. I lokked on the toenails as it was working its way out and told it to ge the heck out. LOL
I wish you well and you have my prayers on whichever decision you & your wife make. Love
Sep 13, 2010 - 8:37 pm
Sep 13, 2010 - 8:46 pm
You are in my prayers. Was she able to take any meds to combat the side effects of Erbitux?
Sep 14, 2010 - 12:49 am
Hi Clearblue:
Just wanted to let y'all know you're in my prayers. Don't know that I can say a whole lot except I truly know how you feel. I was such a basketcase with my husband and all he went through when his cancer returned with such avegence. But I do believe it's important to remain as positive as you can no matter what and yes, that's easier said than done. Prayers to y'all and God Bless!
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Sep 14, 2010 - 1:52 am
Sep 14, 2010 - 12:38 pm
The docs got back to us quickly within 24 hours ( it must be my abrupt manner).
It is squamus. So theyve ordered another PET CT for thursday,and then will decide re surgery and treatment, Erbitux for sure. ( wonder if theres any pre prep that can be done before doing erbitux)
The last pet was clean. Im sure it was a false negative.
OK Pam i'm convinced, BORING is the goal.
Sep 14, 2010 - 12:48 pm
That was quick!
This waiting is hard, I know.
You and your wife are in my thoughts and prayers.
Hugs. Lots of hugs.
Sep 14, 2010 - 1:21 pm
Clear, I was struck by your search for closet handles. I'm on the hunt for same so pls add me to your boring club. You are such a supportive and caring husband. With everything else bearing down on you, you are still deligently working on "honey-do" list for your wife. Good job, guy.
As caregiver for my brother Mikey (squamous cell head & neck with occult tumor in 2006) ... just a few days ago I was telling my husband we needed to go to Lowes to find closet handles to put on Mikey's closet. My brother is now living in our guest room. Years ago we put new closets up in there but never got around to finishing the handle part. So everytime Mikey or I hang up his clothes, we have to PRY the doors back best way we can. It's one of those little daily pains and aggravations. Now I'm inspired to run out & fix his doors for him ASAP. It's a little normal challenge that even I can conquer. Other things for Mikey, I'm unfortunately not able to repair, mend or make better. He's alone really in that physical struggle. I do try to prop him up mentally. That's seems the best I can do.
Prayers for your wife and for you! You sound to me like a real jewel so don't give up. Fight & vent & do whatever you need to do to get though it. You are a good husband.
Sep 14, 2010 - 1:45 pm
Thinking of you and your wife as you travel down this awful road again.
Sometimes it is the mundane things, like closet doors, that get us through the tough days.
Sep 14, 2010 - 9:01 pm
double post- sorry
Sep 14, 2010 - 1:42 pm
I do not have personal experience with Erbitux, but have read that the meds I previously listed (check with your docs) can be started pre- prep.
Sep 15, 2010 - 7:28 pm
Sending all good vibes and prayers your way, glad to know you can still vent....good for you and keep it up. We all deserve it, our day to say what we have to say. denise
Sep 15, 2010 - 9:06 pm
I am deeply sorry to hear this but will continue to make your wife a matter of prayer


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My 17 yr old daughter and I wanted to combine my attending mother's birthday party in Republic, MO with college visit to Conway AR last weekend. We had a map, a rental car, some fruit, and a stack of library CDs. Ray Charles, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, David Grisman and co, I salute you.
Usually we buzz down I44 from St. Louis in four or five hours, with a lunch stop in Rolla and maybe another rest stop to stretch the legs, not lingering otherwise.
My mother started calling days in advance to warn that there was possible snow in the forecast, which I naturally disregarded. That morning, 1-2 inches was predicted, which I naturally sneered at.
The first flakes began to fall 30 min or so NE of Rolla. Ten miles outside of Rolla, traffic slowed dramatically in the slow lane while cars whipped by us on the left. Minutes later, we saw a car ahead and one behind spin into the ditch and then traffic stopped. There was still no more than an inch of snow on the ground, but it must have been some very special snow. Many semis, SUVs, other cars in ditches on both sides.
Two hours later, we crept into Rolla, had lunch at the excellent Panera Bread Company south of the interstate on US 63, and started off again, figuring that the obstruction would by then have been cleared. Seven miles and many minutes later, we sat another long time in front of an Army Surplus store on the north access road while I told Hannah stories about surplus store finds from my distant past.
Traffic started creeping again, optimism bloomed. At the rest stop, we talked it over with our fellow motorists and finally realized that we would not get any further that day. I called my brother, who found us a room at the Day's Inn, we turned around at the next exit and waited another half hour for tow trucks to pull a semi from the median. Almost no traffic was coming from the SW.
We retuned to the Army Surplus store, since we were no longer in a hurry, and realized we had entered a survivalist and militarist haven. My favorite of the bumper stickers had a US Marine Corps insignia and "When it absolutely positively must be destroyed by tomorrow." The aisles were full of intent looking men in various shades of camo. I bought a Norwegian Army blanket in grey wool for $18, and Hannah finally decided against a wool flight jacket for $7.95.
In the motel room, Hannah, who never watches it except for major sports and political events, switched on the TV. Rush Limbaugh's unmistakable voice boomed forth. I turned away and tried to concentrate on finishing London Fields. She switched to America's Top Model, then back to Rush, who was succeeded by a man from the NRA equating gun ownership with freedom. In my book, the apocalypse seemed imminent. It all seemed of a piece.
Supper was two doors down at the cheap and very good Lucky House Chinese restaurant. We headed for the campus of MO U of Science and Technology, looking for some action, and lucked into the last basketball game of the season, complete with very talented cheerleaders making pyramids of themselves.
The next morning dawned clear, and fortified with bad coffee we set out again. Ten miles later, we were on packed snow, passing more vehicular abandonment, and stopped for another recent wreck. Luckily, our family on the other end checked with highway patrol and found that we only had another 30 miles before it would clear.
Around that time I remembered the salmon I had marinated to grill at the party and left in the Days Inn refrigerator. Sorry, family; you'll need an emergency main course.
Let me just say that no one should attempt a road trip without plenty of 60's and 70's music to shout along with. Usually my musician husband is at the wheel and controls the tunes; singing along is frowned upon. Hannah and I belted out one after another, all the way into Arkansas and back. I Got a WO man! Hit the Road, Jack! No Woe man No Cry!
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Snowstorms and magnolias: a short trip through the scary heartland
My 17 yr old daughter and I wanted to combine my attending mother's birthday party in Republic, MO with college visit to Conway AR last weekend. We had a map, a rental car, some fruit, and a stack of library CDs. Ray Charles, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, David Grisman and co, I salute you.
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Glad you made it safely. I live in New England but I don't like driving in snowy conditions esp when other drivers don't know how to drive in snow. Sorry about the salmon.
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Sounds like a wonderful trip with your daughter, you will remember it for years!!!
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Yes, dfrostnh. Thanks. My brother regretted the salmon a lot, but whipped up a fish bisque instead.
And thanks, nelsonian. You are both very kind to read it.
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The problem is often those drivers who do not know how to drive in snow poster dfrostnh. Amen.
We were on the same I-44 close to Conway, MO and that special snow that had ice pellets mixed in caused our vehicle to be rear ended and totaled out due to one of those big semi-trailer trucks going much to fast for conditions. We were blessed to walk away from a terrible accident. I-44 was shut down in both directions for a long time.
This was a fast moving storm of which St. Louis received nothing. You were very lucky to only have been delayed on your journey.
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SandyBrit, SO SORRY. That must have been horrifying.
I tend to like truckers generally, with some egregious exceptions like the one who did your car in. Saturday I picked one whose style I liked and then followed him at a safe distance as long as I could. Sunday morning I was grateful for one with his flashers on who held the passing lane to 30 mph for many miles until we got past the worst.
That snow waas very special indeed. Zillions of tiny ice pellet ball bearings would account for it, now that you mention it. The snow-packed roads reminded me of some I've seen in northern NM mountains and never on interstates.
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Refreshed after a family brunch we headed south on US 65 through Branson.
The billboard and entertainment industries do what they can to prevent you from noticing the beautiful countryside. Huge grinning photos of The Baldknobbers, Yakov!, the This Family and the That Family drowd the sky. Hannah and I mull over the whole Branson phenomenon as we breeze through.
Northern Arkansas is beautiful and we are suddenly mercifully free of billboards. Ice storm damage from last month still leaves many trees disfigured. The road gets windier and more mountainous. Lots of 35 and 45 mph curves and a couple hairpin. We switch to Bluegrass CDs: You Are My Flower! Keep on the Sunny Side! Through the Buffalo River valley with whitened knuckles.
Conway AR is a lovely town of 52,000 with 2 colleges and a university. We like the Hendrix Campus a lot. A student gives us a tour of their fancy new athletic center, complete with exercise bikes where you can surf the net as you pedal. One night at the Days Inn, $50 on Priceline and much nicer than the reviews had led us to expect. We split a salad at Taco Bell for supper that hit the spot.
The next morning at Hendrix we could see that the forsythia, saucer magnolias, and bradford pear were all in bloom, along with lots of daffodils. Hannah likes it there a lot, but was underwhelmed with their fledgling dance dept.
We cut across to US 67 north that afternoon for the trip home.
Very good highway for awhile, petering down to a narrow and slow road for a long time afterwards but still mercifully flat and straight after the Ozarks terrain yesterday. We switch to flamenco guitar and a Brazilian woman singer with some very fine tunes.
Through Corning AR, the site of my one lifetime drunkeness at age 17, whereupon I decided I didn't like it, and then across the state line into MO.
I had been following a pickup truck who was going just slightly slower than I liked for many miles. 5 miles north of the state line a car turned left directly into his path and there was a violent crash, airbags popping and objects flying onto the road. I had kept a safe distance, stopped 10 yards away, and quoted Alec Baldwin's line in State and Main: "Well, that happened!"
I did my health care professional thing and determined no one was hurt, over Hannah's objections. She didn't like the looks of the liquid leaking from the truck, or of the bystanders who had come out of the roadhouse to gawk, or of the drivers probably. They were both unhurt, though the pickup driver and his massive belly had to be squeezed out of the passenger door. I handed him a note with my name and phone # for witness purposes, and we edged around the remains and headed carefully north.
Poplar Bluff MO is some of my old stomping grounds, and we always have to stop for supper at Haydens (World's Best Bar-BQ). Then north on 67, windy dark highways with lots of dimmer switch use. Bluegrass comes in very handy here, with enthusiastic singing along: Further along, we'll know all about it!
Late coming back into St. Louis, and finally across the Meramec River. Ray Charles, Bonnie Riatt, Van Morrison, you got us home. Thank you.
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I am just loving this !!
I grew up in the South and you brought back a few memories ... and I wonder why I left LOL
I love the Singing along with the radio .. this is very entertaining.. thank you.
And now, you may continue
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LOVED your trip report! My daughter and I are heading from Kansas City to Nashville next weekend; I hope our trip is MUCH LESS eventful than yours. We will also be traveling with much music...the only way to go!
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You are both very good to say so!
musicfan, there's lots of beautiful country between you and Nashville. Hope you have a smooth and lots less eventful trip with your daughter.
Scarlett, I'm reminded of just ONE more lyric,
Take me back to the place where I first saw the light:
To my sweet sunny South take me home.
Where the wild birds sing me to sleep every night.
Oh, why was I tempted to roam?
Though you are in the sweet sunny really south. Thanks!
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My goodness Stokebailey, you certainly packed a lot of adventure into one tiny little weekend.
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Thanks, Toucan.
DIdn't we? I had to rest up a but afterwards.
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During the Holliwood writers strike, Joss Whedon (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly) started a web project called "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" It stars Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser) as Dr. Horrible, a beginning evil scientist super villian, Nathan Fillion (Mal on Firefly) as Capt. Hammer, Dr. Horribles nemisis, and Felicia Day (Vi on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as Penny, the apex of the Dr. Horrible - Penny - Capt. Hammer love triangle.
The third and final part of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is complete and soon it will no longer be veiwable for free on the internet (but you can get it from I-Tunes). The dead line is Sunday, July 20th at midnight then it will be gone off the net.
I heard about it on NPR. I just got through watching it since I'm a fan of Joss Whedon's work (still think Firefly was the best space opera ever made). I'm not saying anything else about it. in this post.
My wife and her friends have been watching (& d/l-ing) it. She specifically stayed up to watch #3 when it was posted yesterday.
I came across it on accident last night, and watched the whole thing, beginning to end.
Excellent. I'll be picking up a DVD when it becomes available.
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I donno. Joss Whedon has a way of blending the goofy with the sublime. Maybe the goofy bits turn you off before you get to the twist.No big deal. Everyone has different tastes. I've seen Joss Whedon use elements of this production on different shows before. It still manages to surprise and delight.
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Yale Survey: Imported Oil is a Serious Problem and Increased Fuel Efficiency Standards a Top Solution
10 June 2005
A new Yale University research survey reveals that Americans overwhelmingly believe that the United States is too dependent on imported oil. The survey of 1,000 adults nationwide shows a vast majority of the public also wants to see government action to develop new "clean" energy sources, including solar and wind power as well as hydrogen cars.
Conducted on behalf of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, the survey found that fully 92% say dependence on imported oil is a serious problem, with 68 percent saying it is a very serious problem.
Results of the poll, which covers a number of other environmental issues, indicate that 93% of Americans see requiring the auto industry to make cars that get better gas mileage is a good idea to address the issue of oil dependence. Just 6 percent say it is a bad idea.
This sentiment varies little by political leaning, with 96% of Democrats and Independents and 86% of Republicans supporting the call for more fuel-efficient vehicles. (And 90% of SUV owners.)
These findings come on the heels of Congress' rejection of a proposal to require sport utility vehicles and minivans to become more fuel-efficient and achieve the same gasoline mileage as passenger cars. (Earlier post)
This poll suggests that Washington is out of touch with the American people. Republicans, Democrats and Independents, young and old, men and women—even SUV drivers—embrace investments in new energy technologies, including better gas mileage in vehicles—Dan Esty, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
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The poll also what indicates what people do not want to see as solutions. Least favored were taxes— a mileage tax, a
carbon pollution tax and an increased gas tax all vied for last place.
Interestingly, only 36% thought opening up ANWR for drilling was a good or very good idea.
A survey can be statistically valid and still misleading about what people might actually do. (Exit polls, anyone?) The Yale survey highlights the broad awareness of a problem, but also highlights confusion around what to do about it, or whom to believe as a source of information.
Nevertheless, as noted by Gus Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies:
This poll underscores the fact that Americans want not only energy independence but also to find ways to break the linkage between energy use and environmental harm, from local air pollution to global warming.
The survey was conducted by Global Strategy Group from May 15 to 22, 2005, using professional phone interviewers. The nationwide sample was drawn from a random digit dial (RDD) process. Respondents were screened on the basis of age, i.e., to be over the age of 18. The survey has an overall margin of error of ±3.1% at the 95% confidence level.
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A complication for those who want to extract policy goals from these results is that some of the measures in the questions have little directly to do with reducing oil consumption. For example not much oil is burned any more to generate electricity, so the questions on nuclear, wind, Solar, and hydro power, etc. indicate a general concern with the environment rather than oil consumption specifically.
Assuming that these results reflect what people are truly willing to have done, the challenge to policy makers is to:
1) implement the popular items that actually will reduce oil consumption and/or improve the environment (e.g., increase fuel economy requirements), and
2) implement as many of the helpful but unpopular items as people will tolerate (nuclear, carbon tax, etc.), while
3) wasting little time and resources on popular items that won't help much (hydrogen, hydropower), and
4) resisting the unpopular and unhelpful stuff which only serves a narrow political interest (drilling in ANWR).
That's an excellent summary of the challenge.
The results seem to imply that Americans want someone else to bear the burden of solving the problem. I.e., no increase in out-of-pocket costs (tax increases), no lowering of the speed limit.
But cars with better fuel economy? Sure. Really, if the choice is between two comparable cars, and one burns less fuel, who wouldn't want the latter?
Given these results, a worthwhile line of questioning (and if I were an automaker, I'd be having my pollsters working on it now) would be the degree to which buyers would pay more, or accept less in terms of performance, to achieve the greater fuel efficiencies.
One optimistic way to look at this is that, while we love our cars, we accept all sorts of regulation. It's a crime to remove smog equipment, or to drive 150 mph. Maybe people are reasonable enough to understand the trade-offs for fuel economy, and are ready to regulate their choices, through the car companies.
On the other hand, there could be a lot of denial. They could just be "voting" as you say, for the same cars, but with "magically" higher fuel economy.
I was making a prediction on my blog this morning that the existing, known, transportation technoliges won't be improved by more than 100% fron current best-of-breeds. I think that is a reasonable guess, based on the last century of progress, but ... to put it rudely: most people still believe in 200 mpg carborators.
Hm. the chart says that about 90% think solar power or wind will help, but only 3% of our electricity is made from oil!! 'It's the gasoline, stupid.': "Two thirds of U.S. oil consumption is due to the transportation sector." (scroll to the "Did you know?" part)
Solar and wind could help people who heat with oil by displacing demand for heat; I blogged about this back in March.
If people who heat with oil could get a plug-in hybrid car, they could cogenerate with their "motor" fuel. If the cogenerator was e.g. a diesel running at 30% efficiency compared to the typical car's 17%, they could generate all their heat and run the car on less fuel than it took to run their previous car alone.
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Cate Blanchett finds praise harder to handle than criticism.
The Australian actress has been lauded by critics since coming to international attention with her role in 1998 movie Elizabeth. She may have won two Oscars, three SAG Awards and three Golden Globes but the 46-year-old still isn't used to acclaim.
"In the end, the praise is far more difficult to handle than the criticism," she confessed to Vulture. "The criticism I know what to do with."
Cate likes it when people come up to her on the street to discuss her work, which includes star turns in Blue Jasmine, Notes on a Scandal and The Aviator, because it helps her truly gauge how her performances are being perceived.
Feedback is bound to be good for her next two offerings, Carol and Truth. The former sees Cate playing an older married woman who falls for a younger female shop assistant in the 1950s. In Truth, she portrays long-running 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes opposite Robert Redford.
Both movies have once again been highly praised by critics and Cate got a great deal of satisfaction out of them.
"I'd been with Carol for a really long time," she said. "It was very difficult to get made, and I'd been with it through all its ups and downs, so it had been living inside me for a really long time. I was just relieved that it was finally happening.
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Cate puts her heart and soul into her characters and it can mean she finds it hard to let them go once filming is over.
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Last year I wrote an article called Google 2012: an internet oddysey which extolled my view of what Google would do in 2012. This is a review of that article as well as a gaze into the crystal ball of what might happen for el Goog in 2013.
First up, last year's review in bullet points (so we don't spend too much time on them) with a score out of 10 based on how well I thought the prediction did:
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Our kids are going to look at hard disk storage and laugh the same way we look at 1.44" disks and giggle when we compare them to the SD cards of today. Google's already doing a lot to ensure that we have constant access to the cloud with the introduction of Google Fiber in Kansas and its aims aren't just fast, "free" internet either — Google plans on getting the rest of the planet connected via its O3b Networks Initiative.
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In order to truly take the tech world by storm, Google is going to have to produce another piece of insane hardware to justify the Motorola acquisition which continues to cost Google money and puts a dampener on earnings calls. Perhaps Google Glass could be enhanced by some of the technological innovation within Motorola — voice recognition is already a huge talking point and voice-search is already an awesome part of Google's search apps.
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It's estimated that mobile connected devices outnumbered the earth's human population in 2012. Other stats show that the use of mobile search has grown over 500% in the past two years. But the problem with the advent of mobile apps is that they're not searchable.
In the past, Google's relied upon user's searches to show relevant advertising that has sold well. Now, users are spending more of their time in walled native apps and this poses a different challenge. Google has done well to create Adsense display revenue from in-app advertising, and the inventory is growing extremely well, considering that there are now one million iOS apps and countless Android counterparts.
With that said, the CPCs on mobile advertising in general are lower than their desktop counterparts, which was evident when Google announced their Q3 earnings. I still believe that hyper-local retail is going to be fuelled by the combination of the Now, Glass and Maps products which are going to connect users to the world in an augmented reality.
As with any predictions column, it's impossible to predict a once-in-a-lifetime product launch like Google Glass, nor is it easy to predict the departure of someone I considered an integral part of the secret sauce – Marissa Mayer. Let's hope at least some of what I said works out this year.
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NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street closed lower on Wednesday as energy and materials share prices dropped while investors remained cautious a day after deadly bombing attacks in Belgium.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 79.09 points, or 0.45 percent, to 17,503.48, the S&P 500 lost 13.14 points, or 0.64 percent, to 2,036.66 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 52.80 points, or 1.1 percent, to 4,768.86. (Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by James Dalgleish)


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New Westminster overviewYou can easily spend a relaxing day in New Westminster visiting Moody Park and Queens Park. A stop at other sights like Royal City Centre Shopping Mall and Massey Theatre will create memories. If you're looking for a new favorite getaway, look no further than New Westminster.
Where to stay in New WestminsterWhether you're planning to stay for a night or for the week, the area around New Westminster has accommodations to fit every need. Search for hotels in New Westminster with Hotels.com by checking our online map. Our maps display the areas and neighborhoods around all New Westminster hotels so you can see how close you are from landmarks and attractions, and then refine your search within the larger area. The best New Westminster hotel deals are here with our lowest price guarantee.
How to get to New WestminsterFly in to Vancouver, BC (YVR-Vancouver Intl.), 11.5 mi (18.5 km) from downtown New Westminster. Abbotsford, BC (YXX-Abbotsford Intl.) is the next closest major airport, 27.6 mi (44.5 km) away.
Metro stations include:
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What to see around New WestminsterNature lovers will appreciate these places:
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- • Queensborough Landing
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- • January-March: 55°F day, 35°F night
- • April-June: 69°F day, 41°F night
- • July-September: 71°F day, 48°F night
- • October-December: 62°F day, 34°F night
- • January-March: 0.47 inches
- • April-June: 0.31 inches
- • July-September: 0.24 inches
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Instagram backtracks on photo policies
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Facing a storm of protest from users, photo-sharing app Instagram says new language appearing to give the company ownership of user images was misunderstood.
An update Monday to Instagram's terms of service said "a business or other entity may pay" Instagram for the use of user images and may do so "without any compensation to you."
The wording set off a storm on the Internet from angry users, causing Instagram to backtrack Tuesday and attempt an explanation on its corporate blog, CNN reported.
"The language we proposed ... raised questions about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement," Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom wrote in a blog post. "We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we're going to remove the language that raised the question."
The intent of the new terms of service was "to communicate that we'd like to experiment with innovative advertising that feels appropriate on Instagram," he wrote.
Many Instagram users were apparently not satisfied with the explanations and were abandoning the service, which is owned by Facebook.
Instaport, which offers a tool that lets users export, download and reclaim their Instagram images, was reporting high loads on its servers Tuesday.
"Our servers are very busy right now, so it may show you some errors," the company tweeted users. "Please try again later or tomorrow."
Study: Human hands evolved as weapons
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Hands evolved not only for manual dexterity needed to use tools or create art but also so people could make fists and fight, University of Utah researchers say.
Humans have shorter palms and fingers than apes and longer, stronger, more flexible thumbs -- features long thought to have evolved to give humans the manual dexterity to make and use tools -- but "the proportions of our hands also allow us to make a fist," protecting delicate hand bones, muscles and ligaments during hand-to-hand combat, Utah biology Professor David Carrier said.
As our ancestors evolved, "an individual who could strike with a clenched fist could hit harder without injuring themselves, so they were better able to fight for mates and thus more likely to reproduce," he said in a university release Wednesday.
No ape hits with a clenched fist, the researchers said. Apes' elongated fingers and hands evolved so they could climb trees.
The human hand has apparently evolved for widely divergent uses, they said.
"It is arguably our most important anatomical weapon, used to threaten, beat and sometimes kill to resolve conflict," Carrier and study co-author Michael H. Morgan said in the Journal of Experimental Biology. "Yet it is also the part of our musculoskeletal system that crafts and uses delicate tools, plays musical instruments, produces art, conveys complex intentions and emotions, and nurtures.
"More than any other part of our anatomy, the hand represents the identity of Homo sapiens," they said. "Ultimately, the evolutionary significance of the human hand may lie in its remarkable ability to serve two seemingly incompatible but intrinsically human functions."
Mystery leak from gulf oil rig wreckage
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast says an "unidentified substance inconsistent with oil" is leaking from some areas of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig wreckage in the Gulf of Mexico.
However, no sources of leaking oil were identified during BP's recent weeklong mission to inspect the undersea wells and wreckage from the 2010 explosion and oil spill, the Coast Guard said.
The exact composition of the leaking substance and the rate of leakage are not yet known, CBS News reported Wednesday.
Because it is not thought to be oil it cannot be the source of recurring oil sheens recently observed in the area of the Deepwater Horizon, the Coast Guard, which oversaw BP's inspection, said.
"No apparent source of the surface sheen has been discovered by this effort," Capt. Duke Walker said of the inspection mission.
BP has collected samples of the leaking substance with remotely operated vehicles for further laboratory analysis while the oil sheen on the ocean's surface is being monitored by satellite, the Coast Guard said.
"Next steps are being considered as we await the lab results of the surface and subsurface samples and more detailed analysis of the video shot during the mission," Walker said.
FTC beefs up online protections for kids
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says it's strengthening privacy protection for kids online and giving parents more control of children's Internet activities.
Final amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule will give parents greater control over the personal information websites and online services may collect from children under 13, an FTC release said Wednesday.
The FTC initiated a review in 2010 to ensure the rule keeps up with changes in the way children use and access the Internet, especially with the increased use of mobile devices and social networking.
"The Commission takes seriously its mandate to protect children's online privacy in this ever-changing technological landscape," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said. "I am confident that the amendments to the COPPA Rule strike the right balance between protecting innovation that will provide rich and engaging content for children, and ensuring that parents are informed and involved in their children's online activities."
The amendments expand the kinds of "personal information" that cannot be collected without parental notice and consent to include geolocation information, photographs and videos, the FTC said.
They also close a loophole that allowed kid-directed apps and websites to permit third parties to collect personal information from children through plug-ins without parental notice and consent, the commission said.
The amendments are set to go into effect July 1, 2013.