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NEW PORT RICHEY — Most days, Cotee River Elementary School principal Lou Cerreta finds his campus one of the most serene and peaceful places he has ever worked.
Chickens cackle from the west. More than 100 acres of pines and oaks buffer the hustle-bustle of nearby Little Road to the east and Ridge Road to the north.
If only he didn't have to deal with the gunshots.
At least 10 times this year, most recently on March 4, Cerreta has quickly and quietly canceled outdoor physical education classes and recess because of the blasts that, according to third-grader Emily Ratliff, "sound like a big huge bomb."
"In the principal handbook, where is the part on hunters shooting?" the veteran principal said, shaking his head. "You want to err on the side of caution. God forbid there could be a stray bullet."
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has gotten involved, with the full permission of the neighboring corporate land owners. Five people received trespassing citations when the sheriff's environmental crimes unit scoured the woods on March 14, said Lt. J.R. Law, the school district's head resource officer.
None were armed.
"Patrol deputies and members of the SRO Unit have checked the area in response to these calls and even walked the wooded area in attempts to locate the source of the shooting," Law said via email. "Deputies also perform directed patrols at and near the school."
Law noted there's also a deputy who lives in a mobile home on the campus — a fairly common practice that provides added security at schools and remote parks. He said that deputy "assists with monitoring for activity in the wooded area near the school."
Occasionally a school goes on lockdown if deputies are chasing a suspect in the area. But district officials don't know of any other Pasco school that has ongoing problems with gunshots near campus.
Officials recognize there is heightened anxiety over guns and schools in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings. Even before that, though, Cotee River officials tried to keep their situation low-key to avoid scaring students. But at lunch recently, third-graders said they knew what was going on beyond the fence and the berm behind their school.
And they didn't like it.
"There's people that are back there and they're training to shoot guns," said Maddie Lanzi, 9. "When they shoot, we're not able to go outside."
"It scares me," said classmate Emily Ratliff, also 9. "If there's kindergarteners out there and people are shooting at the trees, they might hit a kid."
Not only is it scary, but it also ruins school, added 9-year-old Dylan Akers: "It cuts off all our exercise time, and we don't get to have great muscles."
Physical education teacher Valerie Lundin, who has worked at Cotee River since it opened in 1994, said the school always has endured the occasional gunshots in the distance.
"This year has been the worst year," Lundin said, after seeing a class back to its room. "I find that they're not being very considerate or responsible. . . . We have so many activities going on at our school, and it shuts everything down. . . . Someone needs to find out who it is and make it stop so no one gets injured."
Parent Michael Davis was so concerned about the threat that he told the school that his fourth-grade daughter was not allowed outside at all for about four months. During recess, she helped first-graders with their reading lessons.
"Did she like it? No. She wants to be able to go out there," said Davis, 31, who has looked into transferring his daughter to a private school. But "she full well understands what guns are, what they can do and what can happen."
Davis stressed that he's not looking to see peoples' gun rights restricted. He said he has several firearms of his own, as well as a concealed carry license. What he wants to see, though, is common sense.
"Why would you discharge a firearm, whether it be target practice, whether it be hunting, near a school?" he wondered.
Cerreta said he hoped the increased attention to the activities in the woods would lead to the end of the shooting or, at the very least, push it even farther away from the school.
Jeffrey S. Solochek can be reached at [email protected], (813) 909-4614 or on Twitter @jeffsolochek. For more education news visit the Gradebook at tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook.


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D Modiano
Affiliation: University of Rome La Sapienza
Country: Italy
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- Distribution of human CYP2C8*2 allele in three different African populationsGiacomo M Paganotti
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, P le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Malar J 11:125. 2012..CYP2C8 enzyme is involved in the metabolism of the anti-malarials amodiaquine and chloroquine. The presence of the CYP2C8*2 defective allele has been recently associated to higher rate of chloroquine-resistant malaria parasites...
- Haematological parameters, natural regulatory CD4 + CD25 + FOXP3+ T cells and γδ T cells among two sympatric ethnic groups having different susceptibility to malaria in Burkina FasoGuillaume S Sanou
Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
BMC Res Notes 5:76. 2012..abstract:..
- Wide cross-reactivity between Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus SG6 salivary proteins supports exploitation of gSG6 as a marker of human exposure to major malaria vectors in tropical AfricaCinzia Rizzo
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, P le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Malar J 10:206. 2011..gambiae species complex whereas the A. funestus homologue, fSG6, is more divergent (80% identity with gSG6). The aim of this study was to evaluate cross-reactivity of human sera to gSG6 and fSG6...
- Interferon regulatory factor-1 polymorphisms are associated with the control of Plasmodium falciparum infectionV D Mangano
Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Sezione di Parassitologia, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Genes Immun 9:122-9. 2008..02). These findings provide the first evidence of the involvement in malaria susceptibility of a specific locus within the 5q31 region, previously shown to be linked with P. falciparum infection levels...
- Haemoglobin C protects against clinical Plasmodium falciparum malariaD Modiano
Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Sezione di Parassitologia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria Epidemiology and Control, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185, Rome, Italy
Nature 414:305-8. 2001....
- The lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria of Fulani of Burkina Faso (west Africa) is associated with low frequencies of classic malaria-resistance genesD Modiano
Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Cellulare e Animale, Universita di Camerino, Italy
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95:149-52. 2001....
- Genetic epidemiology of susceptibility to malaria: not only academic exercisesF Verra
Malaria Epidemiology Group, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Parassitologia 50:147-50. 2008....
- Haemoglobin C and S in natural selection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a plethora or a single shared adaptive mechanism?F Verra
Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Sezione di Parassitologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
Parassitologia 49:209-13. 2007..Thus, these findings suggest that both HbC and HbS affect the early development of naturally acquired immunity against malaria. We reviewed the hypothesized mechanisms so far proposed in light of these recent results...
- Antimalarial antibody levels and IL4 polymorphism in the Fulani of West AfricaG Luoni
Fondazione Pasteur Cenci Bolognetti, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Genes Immun 2:411-4. 2001..These data highlight the possibility of combining inter- and intra-ethnic comparisons to characterize critical determinants of malarial immunity in a natural setting...
- Differential structuring of human populations for homologous X and Y microsatellite lociR Scozzari
Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Am J Hum Genet 61:719-33. 1997..Possible factors involved in this differential structuring for homologous X and Y microsatellite polymorphisms are discussed...
- Different response to Plasmodium falciparum in west African sympatric ethnic groups: possible implications for malaria control strategiesD Modiano
Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Cellulare e Animale, Universita di Camerino, Italy
Parassitologia 41:193-7. 1999..These differences should be considered in the development of anti-malaria vaccines and in the evaluation and application of malaria control strategies...
- Genetics of susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum: from classical malaria resistance genes towards genome-wide association studiesF Verra
Department of Public Health, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Parasite Immunol 31:234-53. 2009..Thus, we anticipate substantial advances in the interpretation and validation of the effects of genetic variation on malaria susceptibility, and thereby on molecular mechanisms of protective immune responses and pathogenesis...
- Severe malaria in Burkina Faso: urban and rural environmentD Modiano
Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Cellulare e Animale, Universita di Camerino, Italy
Parassitologia 41:251-4. 1999..4 vs 14.8%, p < 0.000). Our data, in line with previous results obtained comparing rural areas characterized by different inoculation rates, show that the epidemiological context influences the clinical presentation of SM...
- Combined use of biallelic and microsatellite Y-chromosome polymorphisms to infer affinities among African populationsR Scozzari
Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita La Sapienza, 00185, Rome, Italy
Am J Hum Genet 65:829-46. 1999..Despite some correspondence between language affiliation and genetic similarity, geographic proximity seems to be a better predictor of genetic affinity...
- HLA class I in three West African ethnic groups: genetic distances from sub-Saharan and Caucasoid populationsD Modiano
Istituto di Parassitologia, W H O Collaborating Centre for Malaria Epidemiology, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Tissue Antigens 57:128-37. 2001..555). Our study does not suggest the involvement of HLA I in the higher resistance to malaria of Fulani, and confirms a low, if any, Caucasoid component in their gene pool...
- Control of epidemic malaria on the highlands of MadagascarM Albonico
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy
Parassitologia 41:373-6. 1999..4% of these infections were imported cases from coastal endemic areas. The efficiency of the system in monitoring the trend of malaria morbidity and in the rapid detection and response to malaria epidemics is still being evaluated...
- Host genetics and parasitic infectionsV D Mangano
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy Istituto Pasteur, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Clin Microbiol Infect 20:1265-75. 2014....
- Genetic complexity and gametocyte production of Plasmodium falciparum in Fulani and Mossi communities in Burkina FasoG M Paganotti
Institute of Infection and Immunology Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
Parasitology 132:607-14. 2006..Multiple-clone infections with more than 1 gametocyte genotype were equally prevalent among Fulani and Mossi. These differences can most probably be attributed to genetic differences in malaria susceptibility in the 2 ethnic groups...
- Distinct interethnic differences in immunoglobulin G class/subclass and immunoglobulin M antibody responses to malaria antigens but not in immunoglobulin G responses to nonmalarial antigens in sympatric tribes living in West AfricaA Bolad
Department of Immunology, Wenner Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Immunol 61:380-6. 2005..In conclusion, our results show that the Fulani in two different countries show higher levels of anti-malarial antibodies than sympatric tribes, and this appears not to be a reflection of a general hyper-reactivity in the Fulani...
- [Epidemiology of malaria in a village of Sudanese savannah in Mali (Bancoumana). Anti-TRAP and anti-CS humoral immunity response]A Dolo
Département d épidémiologie des affections parasitaires, Faculte de Medecine, de pharmacie et d odonto stomalogie, BP 1805, Bamako, Mali
Bull Soc Pathol Exot 96:287-90. 2003..These findings suggest no clear evidence of the protective role of anti-TRAP antibodies in uncomplicated malaria, possibly due to the limited persistence of these antibodies under natural situations...
- Immunoglobulin enhancer HS1,2 polymorphism: a new powerful anthropogenetic markerV Giambra
Dipartamento Biologia E Calef, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Viale della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy
Ann Hum Genet 70:946-50. 2006..Analysis of molecular variance of the allele frequencies indicates that the HS1,2-A polymorphism can be considered as a reliable anthropogenetic marker...
- Validity of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to optimize falciparum malaria surveys in low-transmission areasL Rabarijaona
Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, University of Rome, Italy
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95:267-9. 2001..LQAS is an effective tool for rapid assessment of falciparum malaria prevalence when monitoring malaria transmission...
- [Epidemiology of malaria in a village of Sudanese savannah area in Mali (Bancoumana). 2. Entomo-parasitological and clinical study ]A Dolo
Dép d épidémiologie des affections parasitaires, Faculte de Medecine, de pharmacie et d odonto stomalogie, BP 1805, Bamako, Mali
Bull Soc Pathol Exot 96:308-12. 2003..This reduction of parasitologic index between 1993 and 1994 may be related to an increase of anti-malarial drug use in the population. Our results show that malaria is hyperendemic in the village of Bancoumana...

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A new Gallup survey found that 58 percent of smokers in the United States see increased state and federal taxes on cigarettes as an act of unjust discrimination, while 39 percent believe the tax hikes are justified.
The latest Gallup 2014 Consumption Habits survey shows that smokers are slightly less likely to feel discriminated against than in 2002, when 68 percent felt the tax increases were not justified versus 29 percent who felt they were.
One reason state and municipal governments have increased levies on cigarettes in recent years is that many public health advocates believe cigarette taxes can reduce smoking. For example, the median state cigarette tax is $1.36 per pack, and the federal government tacks on another $1.01, according to the survey.
In New York City, for example, the combined city and state tax is as high as $5.85, which is often higher than the cost of a pack of cigarettes. Last November, the Chicago City Council approved a 50-cent per-pack tax hike as part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2014 budget. In combination with state and local taxes, the city tax increase pushes the total taxes on cigarettes sold in Chicago to $7.17 a pack, which makes it the highest cigarette tax in the nation.
But according to the survey, the large majority of smokers (71 percent) do not believe they personally smoke less because of the cigarette tax increases. However, about one-fourth (26 percent) of those surveyed admit that the higher levies discourage them from lighting up – a finding that policy advocates might see as a success.
Gallup researchers noted that independent studies on the effectiveness of tax increases for reducing smoking is mixed. A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research says, "It will take sizable tax increases, on the order of 100 percent, to decrease adult smoking by as much as 5 percent." Still, other researchers conclude that higher cigarette prices do reduce smoking rates among certain subgroups, such as the young.
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Results of this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted from July 7-10, 2014, with a random sample of 1,013 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.
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Two drivers seriously injured in Staffordshire crash
Two drivers were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a crash in Staffordshire.
The crash happened on the A515, Rileyhill, near Kings Bromley at around 3.10pm on Friday. Two ambulances, a paramedic officer, and the Midlands Air Ambulances from Cosford and Staffordshire attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "Crews arrived to find two cars that had been in a serious collision. Both vehicles had suffered substantial damage.
"The woman driving one of the cars, believed to be 21 years old, suffered serious leg injuries, suspected chest injuries and was trapped in her vehicle for around 60 minutes."
She was airlifted to University Hospital North Staffordshire for further emergency treatment.
The woman driving the second car suffered suspected serious pelvic injuries and was trapped for around 90 minutes. She was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Both hospitals had been pre-warned of their arrivals.
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Jeff Worthy romanticizes the situation.
When asked why he decided to commit to Arizona before ever playing a junior college game, the Santa Anna Community College defensive lineman paints a picture.There's no mention of playing time or how he'll fit in with the defense. Instead, he starts discussing feelings.
"When I was up there on my visit, I looked into the field and looked into the stadium," Worthy said. "I could just feel the energy coming out of the field. It was just a weird feeling. There wasn't anybody there but I could feel it."
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And so Worthy who split with Boise State after some trouble with team rules, rode his feeling into a verbal commitment. He waited a week after the visit to reflect and talk things over with his family. Once that was said and done, he made the phone call.
"I called Coach [Rich] Rodriguez to commit about 10 minutes ago," he said. "I think the opportunity was too good to pass up. They just have a vision there."
Maybe the commitment was too fresh in his mind. Maybe the 290-pound defensive tackle was too overcome to talk specifics. Whatever the case, Worthy has trouble describing the tangible reasons for his choice.
This, it seems, was the product of instinct.
"I had that feeling," Worth said. "I had the vibe. The coaches are great and the opportunity is too great to turn down. I wanted to wait for some more offers, but I felt that they wanted me and that's where I wanted to go. It's a good fit."
Worthy, a three star prospect out of high school, says he expects other schools to call him as he plays his first season at Santa Ana but does not intend to waiver on his commitment or take other visits.
"I want to stay committed to them," Worth said. 'I know that you should be able to trust my word. I'm not out to sneak behind anybody's back or anything like that. Coaches are going to call me, but I'm going to let them know that I'm a Wildcat and tell them to bear down."
Worthy chose Arizona over offers from Colorado, Fresno State, Texas State and Western Kentucky. He was receiving wide-ranging interest from a number of other schools.


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Disruption 7: Nearly flawless speech recognition
Another mobile input application on the horizon is better speech recognition, which will be enabled by more powerful mobile chips.
"Speech recognition got bogged down because it was only 98% or 99% accurate," Burrus said. "Even at that accuracy, many of us found it was faster to type. A lot of the problem had to do with processing power -- speech recognition needs a lot of horsepower."
More powerful mobile processors will solve that problem, Burrus predicted. And speech playback will become more natural-sounding, he added. In other words, everything you do with your keyboard at your desk, you'll be able to do with speech while you're mobile.
Why it's important: If you have a teensy mobile device that is, say, tucked in your ear, better speech recognition and playback means you don't need a keyboard or display. You'll be able to perform complex functions such as Web searches or buying things using your voice.
What could hold it back: Users could be reticent about letting others in public places hear their business. They may prefer to combine better speech recognition with other methods of input.
Disruption 8: Foldable displays and e-paper
Vendors such as Philips and Fujitsu Computer Systems have been publicly showing foldable and e-paper displays for mobile devices. Both will enable tiny devices to display data clearly on easily stowed screens.
E-paper uses a mylar-like screen, said Paul Moore, senior director of mobile product marketing at Fujitsu.
"You can maintain the image with no power at all," he said. "So I take a small tube [of e-paper] out of my pocket, unfold it and there's the New York Times. I can use the same e-paper for tomorrow's paper."
E-paper will have a dramatic effect on laptops, Moore predicted. That's because, when it is improved enough that it can support constantly changing images and not just static ones, it can replace laptop LCDs. That will dramatically cut both laptop weight and power consumption, Moore said.
In addition, Japan's NTT DoCoMo is experimenting with e-paper to replace keys and icons on phones. With e-paper, those keys and icons can change as you change applications from, say, being in voice mode to being in media playback mode.
Why it's important: Foldable screens and e-paper mean we can easily have big displays with our miniscule mobile devices.
What could hold it back: The technology still must be perfected. Also unknown is how much such displays will cost.
Disruption 9: Centralized storage
Fast, ubiquitous wireless access will enable centralized storage on remote servers, which will have a series of important ripple effects, according to Burrus.
"You don't need a lot of bulk [on a device] if you offload storage and other functions to a [centralized] server," Burrus said.
Kerton agrees. "How much sense does it make to store a specific jazz album on your device and everybody else is storing it on their device, too?" Kerton asked. "We're doing massive edge storage and that doesn't make sense."


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Givenchy presents a luxurious leather baseball jacket for the Spring/Summer 2014 season. Embroidered with the French fashion house's signature suede stars around the collar, the jacket is constructed in Italy and successfully merges the decadence of Givenchy with the street-friendliness of Creative Director Riccardo Tisci. The jacket is available now for €2,000 from MR PORTER.
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Instead of introducing students to college-level history with a survey course, literally weighed down by a 500- to 600-page textbook with timelines and arcane facts, we should devise a laboratory course modeled after that in the sciences. Several years ago, while on a university-wide committee to develop new general education guidelines, I had to contend with colleagues in the sciences who did not see history as vital to general education because, they said, it was just about memorizing facts. That they all tested their students using multiple-choice exams when we in history used essay exams did not shake them from their view of history as mere transmission of knowledge from teacher to student.
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I envied the scientists' defense of why science is important and particularly their talisman, the lab course. They did not just want science to stay in general education. They wanted the lab course to stay. A better metonym for their discipline than the primary document is for ours, the lab course replicates scientific inquiry from inception to discovery to interpretation of results. Most eye-opening for me was how the scientists, if they were to have only one opportunity to communicate to students what science was, wanted that moment to be spent immersed in scientific practice, not scientific content.
Because "[i]ntroductory surveys only make students knowledge consumers" instead of "knowledge producer[s]," she therefore has developed a lab course (or "as [she] prefer[s] to call it, 'workshop' course") she calls "The Historian as Detective." (Shoemaker doesn't mention it, but The Historian as Detective (1968) was also title of a book edited by Robin Winks popular in the 1970s and 1980s for undergraduate "introduction to the History major" courses. I read it in the late 80s as an undergraduate, and even had the pleasure of meeting Prof. Winks when he visited our campus that year.) Shoemaker writes, "I modeled my course after Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum's Salem witchcraft course, which they had taught for many years at the University of Massachusetts and which eventually led to the monograph Salem Possessed (1974):"
For my topic, I chose the most infamous American whaleship mutiny without a published book-length account, the 1857 mutiny on the Junior. The Junior mutiny had drama, mystery and sufficient obscurity to frustrate students Googling for an authoritative voice to provide "the answer." In a writing-intensive seminar, 18 sophomores spent a semester with all the primary sources I had been able to collect on the topic and produced a book, collaboratively researched and written, in which they recounted the events of the mutiny, its aftermath, and its larger meaning and significance. They now know a lot about whales and whaling history, some ocean geography, and some of the history of labor, prisons, and pardons in 19th-century America. More importantly, they did the work of real historians and along the way discovered the pleasures of the hunt, felt exhilaration when new information transformed understanding, and realized the satisfaction of piecing together bits of evidence from the documents to tell a coherent story. They also encountered the frustrations of real historical research: the inevitable gaps in the documentary record, questions that remain unanswered, and bad handwriting. I have yet to figure out how I will reproduce the experience on a larger scale, but I know that Boyer and Nissenbaum achieved that at the University of Massachusetts, where they taught large classes with sections led by teaching assistants.
Ah–but why should Shoemaker try to "reproduce the experience on a larger scale?" (Aside from university bugetary reasons, I mean.) There are no pedagogical or disciplinary goals that would be served by taking a seminar of 18 sophomores and turning it into a survey class to serve 100 or 250 students. Indeed, I'm sure that one of the things that made the course especially valuable to Shoemaker's students is that they could take a class as a sophomore with a professor and fellow students who knew each other's names and had conversations with each other about historical research. But, I of all people know what it's like to teach at a large state school. It's all about the F.T.E.s, baby–I get that, and teaching a History Lab course to 100 or 250 is a better idea than offering the same students standard survey classes. And if you could have one T.A. for every 20 students, it would be a dream. (For me, who has just one graduate T.A. for 123 students–kind of a nightmare, actually!) Still, as I have said before, we all know what works–but who will pay for it?
Shoemaker's History Lab course is a specific solution to my generalized critique of the survey course and the damage that it does to students, professors, and our discipline. I love it–now all I have to do is figure out who will pay for it!
And for those of you who just can't seem to get enough history pedagogy, you should head on over to John Fea's blog, The Way of Improvement Leads Home. He's had a series of provocative posts this week about history teaching called "Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts," and is up to part 9 so far. Check it out–and congratulations on the sold-out hardcover book and the release of the paperback, John!


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A flasher who struck three times in under a month in the same Lancashire neighbourhood has appeared in court.
Aaron Birney, 21, pleaded guilty to three cases of indecent exposure and will be sentenced in three weeks time.
Birney, of Moss Nook, Burscough, was arrested after he committed his latest offence on Tuesday this week in Liverpool Road, Longton near Preston.
He appeared before Chorley Magistrates the following day where he also faced two other charges of flashing in neighbouring Much Hoole. Birney's arrest followed a police appeal for information after a series of incidents in the area.
The first offence happened on the afternoon of December 17 when a man got out of a vehicle on the car park of the Fox Cub pub in Liverpool Road, Much Hoole and exposed himself to a woman before getting back in and driving off towards Southport.
The victim described the culprit as around 6ft 3in tall, of slim build, aged 23-24 and wearing smart black trousers, a white shirt and a light grey hooded zip up top.
Police were then called to an incident in Liverpool Road, Much Hoole at around 8.20pm on January 2 after reports a man had exposed himself to a woman out jogging near Brook Lane. The man, described as around 6ft 2in, of skinny build with light coloured hair and wearing dark jeans and a long-sleeved top, then ran off down Brook Lane.
After that incident Det Insp Damian Barrow said: "The two flashing incidents appear to be linked by the description of the man involved. On both occasions the man appeared to be under the influence of drink.


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China's new role as peacemaker
Diplomacy does not have to be only for superpower countries, but having economic and political clout helps. China's offer to broker peace between Israelis and Palestinians speaks of a new confidence and willingness to take a bigger and more responsible international role. With decades of US effort having achieved little, there has for some time been a need for a fresh mediator. To Beijing's credit, it has seen the void, sized up the situation and taken the initiative.
Befitting the difficulties, President Xi Jinping has approached the task cautiously. Although Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were visiting China at the same time last week, the idea of them meeting was floated, not engineered. As it happened, the handshake that seemed possible did not occur; Abbas left Beijing on Tuesday, a day before Netanyahu arrived from Shanghai. That nonetheless gave ample opportunity for Xi to present China's four-point peace plan to Palestine's leader and for Premier Li Keqiang to urge his Israeli counterpart to rejoin negotiations.
China has taken a bold and, some would say, brave step. There are few conflicts as protracted or complicated. The US has tried repeatedly since the 1970s to bring about a solution, got closest in 2000, but ultimately failed. Negotiators from other countries have flitted in and out of the region, former British prime minister Tony Blair among them, to little avail.
But while other brokers have had strong international standing, they have also been hampered by historical baggage. China is not impeded in such a way; it has good relations with Israelis and Palestinians alike. The business and investment deals Netanyahu and Abbas left China with attest to Beijing's advantage. Few countries are as well-placed as China to rein in Iran, a major oil trading partner, but also Israel's biggest threat.
Getting involved in Middle East peace is not new for Beijing. It has had a special envoy to the region since 2002 and its present representative, Wu Sike, visited Israel and Palestine last month. Nor was the plan - centred on a Palestinian state beside Israel with East Jerusalem as the capital and based on the 1967 boundaries - extraordinary. It merely formalised China's long-held position. The proposal nonetheless raises the nation's image, marking it as willing to take a larger role in global matters. With the spotlight now firmly on its efforts, it has to make plain how committed it is to working for lasting peace.
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Soulja Boy ft. Drake - Play Ball
Ok, so here's how this is going to go down. If you're a teenage girl you're going to hyperventilate over the new Soulja Boy and Drake track Play Ball, plus probably make it your new ringtone and opening track on your MySpace page. If you're an old school hip-hop head you're going to take one listen to Play Ball and think it's the latest sign of the impending hip-hop apocalypse. Personally, I can identify much more with the latter group: the auto-tuned production by Boi-1da is aggravating, Drake loses some of the credibility he amassed with his Forever flow and Soulja Boy, well, that's just SB being SB ("girls suck on my body like mosquitoes"). Still, I won't be surprised if it's a hit: BET, MTV and radio eat this stuff up. Play Ball is off Paranormal Activity, one of three new mixtapes Soulja Boy is dropping on October 31. Stay tuned for more (hopefully better) tracks from Soulja Boy's impending mixtape onslaught.


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Brenda Fisher wrote a review of Black Diamond Orbit Lantern on December 29, 2013
Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
How can something so small be so bright? I gave this to my son for Christmas & he was thrilled to see how small it was & easily fit into his backpack! We have not used it camping but we shut the lights out & were very impressed. I have so much faith in this little guy I bought another!


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Except, you know, there aren't those devices that, uh, goes into you. (Hey, it still beats getting molested by the TSA at airports.) Other than that? It looks like whoever wrote Barry Sonnenfeld's "Men in Black 3" had a little inspiration one night while watching an old episode of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's "South Park", and decided to incorporate Mr. Garrison's little invention into a chase scene in the sci-fi sequel. I could be wrong, of course.
Take a look at a new clip from "Men in Black 3", which finds Will Smith traveling back into the past to team up with a younger Agent K (now played by Josh Brolin) in order to save the present day from an impending alien invasion. As with the previous two "Men in Black" films, expect plenty of goofy aliens, some shockingly obvious CG, and Will Smith being Will Smith. Aw hell yeah!
Also starring Alice Eve, Emma Thompson, Tommy Lee Jones, Bill Hader, Nicole Scherzinger, Jemaine Clement, and Michael Stuhlbarg.
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Now that a pro-life group has won a long legal fight, an Arizona commission is being ordered to meet by Jan. 23 and approve a special "choose life" license plate.
U.S. District Judge Paul Rosenblatt set the deadline in an order that also requires the state to take all necessary steps for "timely production and issuance" of the new plate.
The judgment comes after the U.S. Supreme Court in October left in place a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in favor of the Arizona Life Coalition.
The 9th Circuit said the state commission on license plates violated the group's constitutional right to free speech by turning down its application.
The plate envisioned by supporters would have drawings of the faces of two smiling children in an overall design based on Arizona's regular plate. The "choose life" slogan would appear twice.
While the case has been portrayed as being centered on the abortion issue, members of the Arizona Life Coalition have said they are speaking of adoption and other concerns, as well.
Other states offering "Choose Life" plates include South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.
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Yesterday, NBC announced that Stone Phillips would be leaving the network a cost-cutting move that, according to USA Today, favors more versatile on-air talent than the one-dimensional Stone. Versatile, like Ann Curry, who showed some of that versatility today on Today: she made Angelina Jolie cry.
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One of my cats absolutely loves being brushed; the other two hate it with a passion. If that passion was confined to, say, a bit of a growl then that'd be fine and I'd plough on regardless. Unfortunately, the way they choose to express their displeasure at being groomed is through the medium of violence so I'm always on the lookout for anything that'll make the job a bit easier. They're both short-haired cats so I probably could just leave them to their own devices, but Jellybean has a tendency to hack up furballs in the most unfortunate places (my knicker drawer, once) and that's something I'd like to happen as rarely as possible. Now, for the non-cat owners amongst you I should elucidate that before I owned cats, I thought furballs translated to 'small balls of fur'. Oh, those innocent days. Now I own kitties, I realise it actually means 'horrid brown watery sick with clumps of fur in it that will stain any fabric it touches as indelibly as permanent marker'. Grooming lessens the incidence of furballs, which in turn may mean that my carpets (and knickers) don't need replaced for a while yet.
~*~What does it look like?~*~
A big fabric glove that's suffering from a particularly bad case of chicken pox.
~*~How does it work?~*~
You put the glove on and simply stroke your cat with it, the idea being that the raised, rubbery-feeling spots on the palms and fingers of the glove will remove any dead hair and add gloss and shine to your pet's coat. Because you're not actually using a brush, the sensation for your cat should be relaxing and soothing; not unlike when it grooms itself. Both sides have the textured dots on them, so it's suitable for left or right-handers.
~*~Do the cats like it?~*~
Well, the reality is a wee bit different to that which the manufacturers suggest. For a start, the glove is MASSIVE which means you feel a bit cack-handed and awkward with it on. Admittedly, I have weeny hands but it really is comically big: even the BFG would find his fingertips flapping around in it. The minute I put it on and my hand touches the cats' backs, they whip around with that 'what the...?' expression on their faces and then I start to feel their claws digging into my legs. Not, I should point out, in that quite endearing 'paddling' way that cats have. Oh no, this is in the 'if you keep touching me with that weirdy glove thing, I'm going to hook my talons through your femoral artery and watch, dispassionately, as you bleed to death'. Neither of my shorthaired kitties will tolerate it for more than a couple of minutes before they scarper to stare at me reproachfully and it's totally pointless to use on my longhaired cat as it would do little more than just glide, ineffectually, over the top level of his fur. The material of the glove is quite thick and heavy-duty but believe me when I tell you that you'll still feel it of one of your mogs decides to bite down really hard on your finger. Despite those obvious drawbacks, if it was any good I'd've gritted my teeth and continued, but even after repeated efforts, this glove just doesn't really seem to achieve anything: a few stray hairs come off but not enough to justify the effort and blood-loss involved. Nor do I think the cats' coats look particularly radiant afterwards and it certainly hasn't lessened Jellybean's rate of furball-sicking-up. Not only that, but it's a sod to clean and you either have to pick strands of hair off one by one, or be left with a big hairy mitt (which sounds like it should be a euphemism, but isn't).
~*~Should I buy one?~*~
Nope, it's a total waste of time. The only possible use for it would be as part of a really-quite-rubbish Michael Jackson costume, but even then you'd have to go to the effort of spray painting it silver and I'm not at all sure it's worth the hassle.


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Titanfall Game Update 4 now live on Xbox 360
The 4th update for Titanfall is now available on Xbox 360, Respawn Entertainment announced today.
Released for Xbox One and PC last week, the new update adds a number of new features, the most prominent being the "Featured Game Modes." This playlist includes game modes that will be available for a limited time, launching first with the Marked for Death game mode. Wingman Last Titan Standing is "still coming," Respawn last said.
The update also brings 14 new burn cards that add amped Titan weapons and enhanced Titan abilities, Titan Insignias, Titan OS voices, and a challenge tracker. Of course, there's also a number of gameplay tweaks, fixes, and improvements made to matchmaking and team balancing.
Laster this week, the Titanfall: Frontier's Edge DLC will arrive on PC and Xbox One alongside Game Update 5. Of course, these will also be released on the Xbox 360 version, but at a later date.


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Scatter Rug Makers Focus on Product
September 17, 2007,
Raw material prices are up. Gasoline prices continue to climb. The cost of living has increased.
And in some cases, as in the novelty imported styles, retail price points have even dipped.
If nothing else happened over the past year in the scatter rug category, the steadfastness on their retail tickets — despite rising costs — has kept major players on their toes in terms of creativity and persistence.
The past two market events in New York are proof of this. As major category suppliers attest, in the past year they have all significantly boosted their introduction count to offer a wider variety of styles, fiber contents, constructions and designs to offer retail partners fresh looks that can hopefully beg better price points.
The effort isn't always successful. In most cases, price points for new products are kept within the existing limits — $9.99, $12.99, $14.99, $19.99 and $24.99.
"There has not been any inflation in the rug business for a significant time," said Charlie Bowers, president, High Point, N.C.-based The Bacova Guild Ltd. — one of the main suppliers in the category, with a broad offering of domestic and imported tufted, woven and printed natural fiber and synthetic varieties serving all tiers of retail. "Our business has been prone to deflation rather to inflation. So what we have done is try to improve our efficiencies in order to absorb cost increases, since we've been unable to pass them on to the marketplace."
Pricing is indeed "a tricky thing" in this competitive environment, noted Arnold Stevens, vp, Scottsboro, Ala.-based Maples Industries, the fourth largest rug supplier with $150 million in sales in 2006 for its domestically-made textured and solid-colored synthetic offerings.
"It's extremely competitive right now in the rug business," he continued. "The fiber cost is still going up, driven by oil." Maples created new fiber blends this past market to refresh its assortment. Stevens said, "Everyone is showing more products, trying to make unique product and showing more new product to get that competitive edge."
Also in August, Bacova upped its offerings but in a different direction — with more environmentally "sustainable" rugs, many of them organic in construction and fiber. "We're not interested in cutting corners, or cutting quality," Bowers emphasized, "for the sake of price point competition. Instead, we are interested in giving consumers a product they can trust and enjoy once they take it home."
The middle price point bracket — $12.99 — is where Dalton, Ga.-based Shaw Living has found a new comfort level. Shaw — the second largest rug supplier with $231 million in sales in 2006 — found success in February with a new olefin collection, Next Generation, with the look and feel of a natural product. Based on the strong response, the company was happy to help it live up to its name, expanding it in August to 20 styles up from the original eight offerings.
"We expanded it because it put us right in the middle of a key price point," said Marilyn Hartman, product development manager, domestic tufted bath and scatter rugs. "We had a good range of basic and transitional patterns that filled a void. The colors are very organic. Even though it is a synthetic collection, we made the colors look more natural, and the patterns run a gamut from borders to soft contemporary."
The "estate rug" is a concept that Anderson, S.C.-based Orian Rugs is banking on to reposition its price point while still offering customers more make — these pieces stretch to a larger dimension, 31-by-45, to be able to sit across double doors of larger homes. They are set to retail for $49.50 for the 1.5-million point styles under the Shakespeare Collection, and $19.99 for the indoor/outdoor pieces.
The economy isn't helping scatter rug price points inch upward, a likely reason Sugar Valley, Ga.-based Mohawk Home is seeing its more functional product offerings — opening price-point, synthetic utility scatter rugs made domestically — lately picking up in sales.
"People can't afford to invest in fashion right now," explained Jim Quist, vp sales, Mohawk Home. "As the economy gets more difficult, they can't invest in fashion. They need a clean new rug for their washroom or laundry room, but they can only buy the basic product."
That's not to say the company is leaving fashion by the wayside, he urged. Natural looks in better synthetic fibers — polypropylene and poly-blends — and new constructions are also on the upswing, a trend that is encouraging Mohawk to pursue more imported fashion goods.
Quist said the company is seeing "renewed interest in our imports" and to respond to demand, Mohawk will soon be adding more cotton, chenillle, and blended imports "that we can't make here but can source from India and China," he said. "Our growth in the next six months will come in the functional utility side and on the fashion side with imports."
But will those imports carry higher price points?
Not necessarily, said Gary Shafran, vp, New York-based JLA Rugs. As competition proliferates in the scatter rug landscape, he said, prices for these novelty looks are becoming "more aggressive."
"Pricing for handmade accent and scatter rugs has come down, wholesale pricing. And the reason is there are aggressive companies like ours that have the proper infrastructure in place in China that allows us to be more competitive in pricing," Shafran explained.
That capacity comprises more than 400 staffers, based at JLA's two Chinese offices — in Hangzhou and Shanghai — and who are responsible for the company's overseas supply chain operation.
"Where there were only a few players in this category a year ago, there are now more, like us, and because of our large infrastructure in China we're able to offer great new designs and the same quality the market is accustomed to, but at much more aggressive price points," he noted.
Citing competitive reasons, Shafran said JLA does not disclose these reduced prices for its various constructions of handmade washable novelty accent rugs.
Good design, not pricing, should be the point of differentiation in the competitive arena, said Paula Paquette, vp, soft home, Saddle Brook, N.J.-based Nourison.
"I think people are using cost as a weapon more than design," said Paquette. "People use cost and many times they aren't necessarily coming up with better product."
Nourison has for several years been known as one of the leading suppliers of novelty handmade washable accent rugs.
Nine months ago when industry veteran Paquette joined the company, she took the design direction of this division to a new place, she said, while maintaining some of the more popular kitchen themes Nourison continues to refresh with updated colors and patterns.
"Everyone is looking for alternatives in constructions, fibers, fabrications — because the customer demands it. You have to keep up," she said. "And I think where we have kept the value is in our design. We look a lot to ready-to-wear and the colors there. We are trying to use creativity, pattern and design to keep driving sales, vs. price compression — because once you get into that, it is crazy."
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Arsenal have officially announced the long-rumored signing of Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer from Schalke.
Arsenal left it late but Nacho Monreal bounced a shot off of Robert Huth and past Peter Schmeichel as the Gunners beat Leicester City 1-0 at the Emirates.
Nacho Monreal is back in the Arsenal starting line-up for their FA Cup match against Sutton United.
Arsenal may be missing as many as three fullbacks for the visit of North London rivals Spurs on Sunday.
Arsene Wenger revealed Nacho Monreal missed the north London derby due to a minor calf strain.
Arsenal couldn't contain substitute Bafetimbi Gomis for the second time this season as Swansea stole a win from Wenger's men at the Emirates on Monday.
Nacho Monreal has been good for Arsene Wenger and fantasy managers over Arsenal's past two matches but that run may come to an end with Kieran Gibbs healthy again.
Arsenal's defensive injury issues continue as Nacho Monreal will miss out on the Week 15 match with Stoke City due to an ankle injury.
Just when it seemed Arsenals' treatment room was beginning to clear a spate of recent injuries has ruled up to eleven players out of Wednesdays' crucial game against Southampton at the Emirates.
Nacho Monreal isn't an obvious candidate to play center back but he continued his effective play deputizing for Laurent Koscielny in the center of the Arsenal defense.
Nacho Monreal deputized out of position at center back for the injured Laurent Koscielny and did well.
Spanish international Nacho Monreal is likely to plug the center back gap caused by Laurent Koscielny's Achilles injury.
Nacho Monreal has missed Arsenal's last couple matches with a back injury and will face a late fitness check on Sunday.
Nacho Monreal became the latest Arsenal defender to be sidelined after the player suffered a minor back injury during Saturday's home draw with Manchester City. The Spanish full-back did not travel with the rest of the squad to Germany where the Gunner's face Borussia Dortmond in their opening Champions League game on Tuesday.


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This was sooo simple!!! And I made it too short. TT But...Panty's dress is super short anyway. I made the gun with craft foam and stationary paper. XD cheap... but it worked! I used my Disgaea Flonne wig for Panty because the wig I wanted wasn't going to arrive in time. Worn for Cherry Blossoms! I got all of my jewelry in downtown LA along with my fabric/peachskin (one of my fav recently!) Dress made with drapery technique and lined.
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- I NEVER thought I'd ever cosplay from this series. I love it. I thought of Stocking at first, but was drawn more to Panty. I love her crazy personality, and she makes me laugh. Plus...I'm kinda flat so prob easier to pull off flatter character. ^^;; Also, a lot of pictures just screwing around XD
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Hi! :) I'm newer in codeigniter and I have searched on web an example of code captcha that works. Many examples not working, but an example maybe could work. This example is here How to add a captcha in CodeIgniter Code Example - Runnable
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BRANDON The Calgary Hitmen didnt expect to be sleeping in their own beds Saturday night.
They were supposed to be in their Brandon hotel, trying to get some shut-eye before the biggest game of their lives.
The party wasnt supposed to end early.
Whether or not they would have toppled the powerful Windsor Spitfires in Sundays final is now a moot point.
But everyone in the dressing room believed they had a legitimate shot.
And in a one-game showdown, who knows?
Anything can happen.
And thats why the Hitmen are home watching Sundays finale.
They came out flat at a time when there was no room for error.
Time after time, they had beaten the Brandon Wheat Kings taking 13 of the past 14 post-season meetings, including the last five.
The Hitmen proved they were the better team.
But they still had to come out and earn their spot in the final.
They didnt.
Its hard to imagine how a team could be so lethargic with so much at stake.
It was even harder to explain.
Im surprised, head coach Mike Williamson said. I think we seized up at times (Friday). It wasnt a matter of not wanting to work hard or do the right things.
We had a lot of guys standing around and watching.
We did a good job on a lot of things all year the defensive game and the penalty kill and some of those things werent very sharp.
As strange as it may sound, goaltender Martin Jones was probably part of the reason why the Hitmen werent as sharp as they needed to be.
The WHL goaltender of the year has been brilliant in the post-season.
And he had another beauty going in the semifinal.
The Hitmen took a fortunate 2-0 lead to the dressing room after the first period thanks to Jones, who was standing on his head at the other end.
They had a lead on a team theyve routinely beaten, and their goaltender was working his usual miracles.
And they took their foot off the gas.
Maybe they had a false sense of security with where the score was, Williamson said.
We had a lot of guys who didnt play the way we needed them to or, for whatever reason, do what they needed to get done.
But I dont want to take anything away from Brandon because they were the better hockey team (Friday).
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Pinnacle Technology has reported a £1.1 million loss for last year, after a £115,000 profit in 2011, but it now has institutional confidence in its ambitions as a Scottish growth stock.
The group, founded 15 years ago by Alan Bonner, raised £2.95m in a placing this month to fund inroads into the cloud solutions and IT security markets, alongside IT services and traditional telecoms.
It is stressing a 49% increase in revenues, 79% in recurring contracts, to £12.7m, and 61% rise in gross profit to £4m, and shrugging off the chunky £1.6m of "exceptional and restructure costs" which saw it plunge back into loss.
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Mr Bonner said: "For a small business to be capitalised in the way we are is fantastic ... I have been knocking on these doors for years but they have been bolted shut."
He said institutions now appreciated that the business was no longer new, had de-risked, and created a stable platform for growth.
Pinnacle's penny shares, which had spiked up by 25% ahead of the results to 0.42p, fell back 20% to 0.34p.
But shareholders will next month be asked to approve a 1 for 100 consolidation, which should enhance their appeal.
They will also confirm the arrival of Dr James Dodd as chairman and Dr Tom Black as non-executive director.
Bill Allan, the former Thus chief executive who is stepping down as chairman, said: "Pinnacle has been bold in building a business from core strength and acquisitions to compete more effectively in a changing telecommunications market, where business customers require a more sophisticated portfolio of services. Pinnacle now has the building blocks to compete and win."
Mr Bonner said there were "good reasons to be optimistic". He said the firm had invested £767,000 in one-off acquisition costs and had achieved underlying net earnings, including profit from acquisitions, of £515,000.
He said: "Our financial strength will enable us to continue to invest and reposition the business, and, despite the current economic conditions, we intend to make further investment in our sales teams to take advantage of the opportunities we have to increase our market share.
"While the results of our cross-selling strategy may take time to deliver, we are confident the actions we have taken to date and the strategy we are pursuing will ensure the group continues to prosper."


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Hold the Back Page: BODballs rubbish must be discarded
Can we give the O'Driscollatory a break? Please?
There's poor Peter O'Mahony, maybe Ireland's best player of the season so far, being interviewed last week and what do they ask him? Peter, will Ireland be knocked off their stride against Italy because it's Brian O'Driscoll's last home game, will ye?
And young O'Mahony, being a sane man, answers, "We are professional enough that that won't affect us. There is a job to be done at the weekend."
At least he escaped the fate of Rory Best who after saying that no, Ireland didn't speak about winning the game against Wales for O'Driscoll's sake, saw this transformed into, 'Ireland's unspoken pact'.
It's nuts, isn't it? In the run-up to the England game, Ireland's most important match in five years, a section of the media seemed convinced that what mattered most was 'O'Driscoll's farewell to Twickenham'. You'd imagine no one else was playing. And the lead-up to the French game, which will decide whether we win the championship or not, will probably be the same.
Enough already with this shit.
Fact 1: Brian O'Driscoll is the greatest Irish rugby player of all-time. He is the best centre to have played the game. He has always been a credit to the green jersey. He is one of my favourite sportsmen.
Fact 2: The most important thing about this year's Six Nations Championship for Irish fans is not that Brian O'Driscoll is retiring at the end of it, it's how Ireland perform in it.
Fact 3: If the Irish players perform well, they are not doing it for Brian O'Driscoll. They are doing it for Ireland, for themselves and for their team-mates, one of whom happens to be Brian O'Driscoll.
These should be pretty obvious and non-controversial statements but I feel like a bit of a blasphemer for coming out with them. Because there's been such a tsunami of gush and bluster about O'Driscoll, it's as though hyperbole and sycophancy have been added to the Olympics and contestants only have till the end of March to reach the qualifying standard.
Most of this BODballs actually doesn't feel like sports reporting at all. Or news reporting for that matter. It's more like that British tabloid fixation with the Royal Family where they breathlessly inform their readers that the Queen is walking on her hind legs or Kate Middleton cut a cake or Prince Albert went to a match. It's nonsense. Seeing the entire Six Nations championship through the prism of how it affects Brian O'Driscoll leaves you with a grossly distorted picture.
Having said that, I would like nothing better than to see Brian O'Driscoll score the try which clinches the Six Nations title. It's not his fault that so much rubbish gets perpetrated in his name. As he's reputed to be a pretty modest gent, chances are he's probably embarrassed by a lot of it.
You know what was also pretty embarrassing? All that 'Ireland beating Wales proves Warren Gatland was wrong to drop Brian O'Driscoll from the Lions team in the third Test' stuff. In reality, Warren Gatland was proved right when the Lions beat Australia. That's the way of sport. The 2014 Six Nations series is intriguing enough in its own right without being hyped up as some kind of retrospective referendum.
Suppose Ireland lose to France and Wales beat England and sneak the championship. What will that prove? That Gatland was right and then wrong and then right again? Danny Care outplayed Conor Murray last week but that doesn't mean Care rather than Murray should have come on in the third Test. Mike Brown, who may be the best back in the Six Nations so far, wasn't brought to Australia at all. And England, who won four games in last year's Six Nations, had two starters in the third Test while Ireland, who won one game, had three. Yet I haven't noticed the English papers claiming their victory over us as some kind of revenge for selectorial injustice.
Supporting the national team doesn't require you to jump on the bandwagon marked 'Collective stupidity'.
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The strongest wind speeds in Iceland as of 10:30 today, according to the Icelandic Road Administration metering stations, are as follows:Kjalarnes wind speed (blue) and gust speed (red) in m/s. From Vegagerðin, the Icelandic Road Administration.
Kjalarnes, just north of the capital: 115 km/h, 71m/h (with gusts of up to 187 km/h or around 51 m/s, 116 miles/h or around 30 m/s).
Southern part of Snæfellsnes peninsula: 126 km/h, 78 miles/h.
Lómagnúpur, South Iceland: 104km/h, 65 miles/h.
A storm warning was issued for various parts of Iceland yesterday morning with strong winds and freezing temperatures prevailing in Reykjavík.
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Australian parliament passes adults-only R18+ rating for video games
For a while now, Australia's ratings system has been causing a few headaches for some video game publishers. For years, the highest rating, MA15+, has been making it hard for games that surpass that in adult content (like, say, EA's Syndicate reboot) to even be sold in the country.
But now that has changed, as it was confirmed tomorrow (Australia time, that is) that the Australian Parliament has passed a new R18+ rating for games, something that they've been up and down about for a long time.
"These are important reforms over 10 years in the making," said Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare. "The R18+ category will inform consumers, parents and retailers about which games are not suitable for minors to play and will prevent minors from purchasing unsuitable material. The reforms also mean that adults are able to choose what games they play within the bounds of the law."
Not only will this allow games like Syndicate to be sold in the country without much hassle, by bringing in the R18+ rating, classification for video games will be in line with the rest of the classification system currently used for films and such, not to mention it makes Australia more in line with international standards.
According to Senator George Brandis, it makes sense for the system to be uniform, "classifying all media according to a single set of criteria".
"The passage of this bill will no doubt be welcomed by adult gamers all across Australia," Brandis told the Senate. "The industry has been waiting for this change for some time."
The introduction of the R18+ rating is set to begin on January 1, 2013. Until then, feel free to speculate on the matter in the comment section below.
Source: News.com
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Housing association chiefs are warning their social housing tenants to beware cold callers using dubious tactics to persuade them to exercise their right to buy.
Housing associations that have taken over the management of council estates around the country have told The Observer that their tenants are being targeted by cold-calling canvassers knocking on their door. This is a practice that breaks Financial Services Authority mortgage rules if it involves selling, but the firms contacted by The Observer claim that they are simply making tenants aware of their right to buy.
In many cases, the housing associations report that canvassers are making false statements and pressing tenants into signing application forms when they have no real interest in buying their homes.
Ron Dougan, chief executive of Trent & Dove, a housing association that manages more than 5,000 homes in the Midlands, says estates in Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter have been targeted by at least four right-to-buy service firms to his knowledge.
He says some cold callers have falsely claimed that housing benefit payments would continue after a property has been bought; that Trent & Dove would still carry out repairs for the tenant even after completion of the sale; and that retired tenants would still be eligible for mortgages even when the state pension was their only income.
'They have also told tenants that the housing association will allow them to clear rent arrears on completion of the sale, encouraging them to build up arrears in the meantime, and that they can add fees for the broker's services [approximately £3,000] and any miscellaneous debt to the mortgage,' he says. 'This means the tenant will end up paying interest on an arrangement fee and wipe out the benefit of the discount the tenant receives on the value of the property.
'I'm angry about any organisation that misleads tenants into making one of the most important decisions of their lives - decisions that can create a great deal of misery if they are not fully informed.
'We've had tenants come back after buying their homes with all sorts of problems - they can't afford the repairs or their mortgage, and in some cases their homes are about to be repossessed. At an educated guess, I would say about 5 per cent of those properties we have sold have been repossessed by the lenders.'
Tenants are often told that it will be cheaper to have a mortgage than rent, but because housing association rents are much lower than those in the private sector, this is rarely the case.
Debbie Davies, a single parent and an adviser volunteer for East Staffordshire Citizens Advice in Burton upon Trent, has herself been targeted by cold canvassers. At the time she was working just a few hours a week and did not qualify for working tax credit, yet the canvasser told her that if she included the child benefit for her three teenage children in her income details, she would be able to apply for a mortgage.
'The way they wrote it down, I sounded like a millionaire, even though in a few years my children would be grown up and therefore no longer eligible for the benefit,' she says.
Cold canvassers have persuaded tenants of Trans-Pennine Housing in Halifax to apply for right to buy by telling them that the scheme is ending. Karen Morley, head of finance for the housing association, says: 'The cold callers are targeting vulnerable persons who often do not understand what they are signing - and certainly do not realise that they do not need to pay a fee to get help with the process.'
Tenants of housing association properties, particularly those who were previously council tenants, usually receive large discounts on the value of their home when buying. But this discount has to be repaid if the house is sold on or repossessed within three or five years of purchase (depending on when you bought your home).
Morley says Trans-Pennine has been asked not to reclaim discounts by former tenants who wanted to sell their home to avoid repossession.
Former tenants in this situation are unlikely to qualify for further help in finding housing from their council or housing association as they will be deemed to have made themselves 'intentionally homeless' by taking out a mortgage they could not afford.
Other housing associations whose tenants have been targeted include Aspire Housing in Staffordshire, Luminus in Cambridgeshire and Community Gateway in Preston.
Sue Washington, legal services manager for Aspire Housing, says cold callers claim to be acting in conjunction with the housing association. 'We have in the past complained to Trading Standards on this issue. The names of the organisations often give the appearance of council tie-ins or involvement.
'We frequently get "batches" of applications - often on the wrong form - which result in us having to refuse the application and advising that the appropriate form be completed and a pack is enclosed. We send these direct to the tenant rather than to the cold caller. The tenants then telephone us to say that they have said they are interested just to get rid of the cold callers and ask us to cancel any subsequent application that we receive.
'We have also been informed by the tenants of one property that the right-to-buy application had been sent in without their completing the form or authorising the action.'
'He asked for help, they gave him a bigger loan'
Six years ago Arthur Stone, a postman in Burton upon Trent, bought the council home in which he had lived with his parents since he was 10. He had been wrongly told by acquaintances that, after the death of his parents, Trent & Dove Housing Association would not allow him to continue renting their house.
He bought the property with a £17,000 mortgage from the Nationwide, and six months later took out a further £10,000 for a new kitchen and bathroom. At this point Arthur, who struggled to understand money after his employer stopped paying him in cash, could no longer work out his budget. Because he had a mortgage he was bombarded with offers for credit cards and loans, which he took up to pay his mortgage. As his debts escalated, he remortgaged - first with HSBC for £60,000 and then GE Money for £75,000.
The extra £15,000 from the GE loan was intended to pay off a loan with Household, a division of HSBC. But when he tried to pay the money into his HSBC account prior to paying off the loan, he says the bank advised him to take out a cash mini-Isa and put the remainder in a savings account. Instead of paying off the loan, he has been using the 'savings' to meet the monthly payments on all his debts and his mortgage. He owes more than £100,000.
Suman Antcliffe of Citizens Advice is trying to help. She says: 'Arthur wants to do the right thing, to repay his debts, and every time he has asked the banks for advice, they appear to have encouraged him to take out a bigger loan.'
Arthur is unlikely to be able to meet his mortgage payment next month, and Antcliffe fears that unless GE Money agrees to renegotiate, he will soon lose his home. He is likely to be treated by the housing association as if he had made himself 'intentionally homeless'.
GE Money says Arthur's mortgage was reasonable based on his income and the monthly payment was lower than those for his previous mortgage and debts, but says: 'We should have taken action when Citizens Advice first contacted us. We will now talk with Mr Stone about what course of action can be taken.' However HSBC says it cannot help, and has done nothing wrong. A spokesman said: 'Our branch teams are trained to a very high standard ... and we are confident that they followed standard procedure.' Citizens Advice is advising Arthur, who intends to complain to the ombudsman.


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February 15, 2009
February 15, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. — DePauw, ranked 12th in Division III, dropped to 2-1 on the season following a 5-4 loss to 16th-ranked Washington University.
The Bears took a 2-1 advantage after winning at number two and three doubles. The Tigers claimed victories at one, two and six singles. Three of the singles matches were decided in three sets with Washington claiming victories in two.
DePauw returns to action on Friday, February 27, when it competes in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Indoor Championships at Gustavus Adolphus College in St, Peter, Minn.
Washington University vs DePauw University Feb 15, 2009 at Greencastle, Indiana #16 Washington University 5, #12 DePauw University 4 Singles competition 1. Janelle Arita (DEPAUW) def. Erin Swaller (WASHU) 6-2, 7-6 2. Greer Mackie (DEPAUW) def. Karina Kocemba (WASHU) 6-1, 6-2 3. Jacyln Bild (WASHU) def. Kelly Gebert (DEPAUW) 6-1, 6-4 4. Elise Sambol (WASHU) def. Kayla Smith (DEPAUW) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 5. Kalee Cassady (WASHU) def. Tricia Wilks (DEPAUW) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 6. Kristine Lewry (DEPAUW) def. Allison Dender (WASHU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 Doubles competition 1. Greer Mackie/Kayla Smith (DEPAUW) def. Erin Swaller/Kalee Cassady (WASHU) 8-5 2. Karina Kocemba/Allison Dender (WASHU) def. Janelle Arita/Kelly Gebert (DEPAUW) 8-6 3. Jacyln Bild/Elise Sambol (WASHU) def. Kristine Lewry/Tricia Wilks (DEPAUW) 8-6 Match Notes: Washington University 2-0; National ranking #16Back
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PS - if you're a regular reader and wondering where I've been, my attentions have been tugged between the school-readiness programme for Mimi (I can't believe she's almost in 'big' school!) and getting the house ready for the new addition to our family (no not a baby) a pup!
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"The Big Country": Cinema Paradiso film maven Rob Davis will lead a discussion about composer Jerome Moross, followed by a screening of "The Big Country," which includes his Oscar-nominated score. The classic 1958 western — directed by William Wyler and starring Carroll Baker, Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons and Burl Ives — will be screened at 7 p.m. The composer's daughter, Susanna Moross Tarjan, will take part in the evening, which begins with a courtyard reception at 6 p.m. $12, $10 seniors/students, $8 members. 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale. 954-525-3456 or FLIFF.com. — Ben Crandell
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Senior linebacker Nick Holman (Madison, Ala./Bob Jones) has committed to sign with the South Florida Bulls, according to multiple reports.
Holman originally announced his decision on Twitter:
I'm very happy to announce that i've decided to play the next level of football and attend school at the University of South Florida!! #USF
— Nick Holman (@Holmanator_48) October 7, 2013
UAB also offered the 6-foot-3, 225-pound prospect. Other programs including BYU, Illinois, Louisiana-Lafayette, Minnesota, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky expressed interest.
He registered 77 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and seven sacks as a junior.
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Bath Street was dealt another blow this week as it was announced that McDonald's is to close down after 28 years in the town centre.
The fast food chain blamed a dip in trade for the decision but said they will be opening a new restaurant on Rutland Street next month.
McDonald's is the latest big name to leave Ilkeston town centre and this announcement will mean another empty retail space in the Albion Shopping Centre.
Tim Dobbs, McDonald's Ilkeston franchisee, who will run the new store, said: "I can confirm that in conjunction with McDonald's, we have made the tough decision to close our restaurant at the Albion Centre in Ilkeston.
"Having traded on Ilkeston high street for over 28 years, this decision was not taken lightly. However, in recent years trading patterns in Ilkeston have changed, and the restaurant was no longer viable. "
The restaurant will close it's doors for the last time on Saturday May 10.
Staff at the town centre restaurant have all been offered transfers to the new Rutland Street branch due to open on May 21.
Mr Dobbs added: "The opening will create 80 local jobs; a net increase of 40 jobs in the area.
"I would like to thank all our customers who have supported the Ilkeston restaurant, and also all of my staff and colleagues for their efforts over the years.
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Morning Drink War: Tea Or Coffee
Tea or Coffee:
About 80 percent of the world's population want something to drink immediately after they wake up in the morning. This habit make them addicted to different drinks, some love coffee in the morning while some love tea and there are even many people who love to drink a glass of plain water. But the percentage of people who love to have a cup of tea or coffee in the morning is greater than those love to drink plain water.
That remains a big question in the minds of coffee and tea drinkers that whether a coffee or a cup of tea is beneficial for them in the morning? This is very simple question in fact. How? Because both coffee and tea has benefits and cones and that's totally depends on your taste that which cup you love to kiss first in the morning as you wake up. So here i am going to compile the pros and cones of both drinks to solve this war, that's upon you what you choose better for your health and taste.
Morning drink war: Tea or Coffee:
- Both coffee and tea have caffeine in different amounts in them. That help in reducing or fighting against different diseases. Coffee contain higher amount of caffeine that helps in fighting against Alzheimer's disease.
- Coffee contain stimulants that combat with asthma also, it clears the air passages in the lungs and give a relaxing breath.
- Caffeine in coffee and tea constrict the blood vessels in your brain that helps in combating and reducing or even removing headaches and even migraines.
- Coffee also fight against diabetes 2 disease.
- While on the other side tea is equally beneficial for health like coffee. Tea contains anti-oxidants that fight against cancers and help in reducing the chances of developing cancer in the life ahead.
- Tea contains poly phenols that works in preventing DNA damage in human.
- According to NCI national cancer institute, drinking tea helps you stay away from cancers and tumors for the whole life if you are taking 3-4 cups of tea a day.
- Tea and coffee makes you feel relax and energetic in no time when you take them in morning.
- If you have to go to job early morning and you don't have time to prepare breakfast then I recommend you to have a cup of coffee or tea to gain instant energy that make you stay alert and active for many hours.
Also read: Benefits of drinking coffee in Summers
- Too much intake of coffee or caffeine on daily basis may lead to devastating results. Caffeine cause restlessness, nausea, sleeplessness, anxiety, depression and cholesterol problem.
- Increased cholesterol due to caffeine may lead you to various heart problems, like angina pains and even heart attacks.
- Too much intake may lessen your hunger and make you feel full all the time and when you are not taking your proper food on time, then surely you are at great risk of becoming the victim of many other diseases.
- While on the other hand, no doubt tea improves your dental health because it contains fluorides in it. But too much intake may also cause other health problems too.
- Tea cause weakening of bone, a disease called osteoflourosis. This weakening of bone can happen in the early stages of life if you are taking too much of tea cups a day.
Also read: Disadvantages of drinking coffee daily
At the end I would say that, nothing can compete a healthy and natural food. If you are taking a cup of coffee or tea in the morning that will not help you more than if you take a glass of mint water or a plain water. So that's your decision now a cup of coffee or tea?


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Great style — and tempting rates — at Condesa DF, in Mexico City.
Design Hotels, the international marketing consortium that represents an array of — you guessed it — design-conscious hotels and resorts, has unveiled some special promotions at its member properties around the world. Happily for travelers headed south of the border, the hotel deals are available with Grupo Habita, Mexico's leading boutique hotelier.
Special hotel rates are available at several of my favorite Mexico properties. At the relaxed retro-chic Boca Chica (see my review here), which opened just a few months ago in Acapulco, you'll get a 10% discount on the best available rate, breakfast included, for a minimum two-night stay. At the swanky-cool Condesa DF in Mexico City, guests receive a 15% discount on the best available rate for two-night minimum stays, breakfast included. And it gets better: You get 20% off for four-night stays, and 25% for stays of five to 99 nights (I can only wish I had 99 nights to spend here). Those looking for a Caribbean view can check out Grupo Habita's minimalist Basico, in Playa del Carmen, where discounts are the same as at the Condesa DF.
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This thread is great. Derek, proving what the minority of people think of UKIP and it's members is actually true, by trying to argue they're not. Classic.
I think you'll find the majority is about to give y'all a rude awakening - hence lefty panic
All those years of the liberal leftish elite rubbing the noses of the right into multiculturalism, political correctness, not to mention EU corruption , 'uman rights lawyers, and the general mis management of just about everything, coming home to roost and if you're a true right winger, Cameron counts as part of that left wing.
That's not saying I want any part of it, it's just a commentary on the shape of things to come and not much anyone here can do about it, which I have found some amusement in pointing out.
It has been a good thread, nice to see the boys on their back foot for a change..