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"It's one possibility out of 100, but this vehicle was close to a Viacom building (photo at left), which owns MTV and Comedy Central," Rep. Peter King of New York said during an appearance on the Cable News Network. "And you have the whole issue with South Park, which Islamic terrorists were threatening to have retribution for. So all of these things have to be looked at."
A posting on the Web site of Revolution Muslim warned producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone of a deadly retribution after the April 14 episode of South Park depicted Muhammad in a bear suit. The show routinely lampoons religious figures as well as politicians and celebrities. While many of the caricatures are crude and vulgar, Muslims consider any visual depiction meant to represent Muhammad as blasphemy.
The post, written by a member named Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee, said the episode "outright insulted" the prophet, adding: "We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid, and they will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them."
Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker, was killed by an Islamic militant in 2004 after he made a film about the abuse of Muslim women in some Islamic societies. Two years later, the publication of cartoons satirizing Muhammad in a Danish newspaper touched off Muslim riots in the Middle East and in Europe.
The posting included what the Associated Press described as a "gruesome picture" of Van Gogh, who was both shot and stabbed to death on a street in Amsterdam. It also listed the addresses of Comedy Central's New York office and Parker and Stone's production office in California and included a link to a Huffington Post article that described a Colorado retreat owned by the two men. In an interview with the AP, Al-Amrikee said the posting was intended to raise awareness of the issue. When asked if the producers should feel threatened by it, he said "they should feel threatened by what they did." Amrikee said he "can't answer that legally," when asked if his organization was in favor of jihad. In the interview, he expressed support for Ossama bin Laden. "We look up to him and admire him for the sacrifices he has given for the religion," he said.
In a separate blog, Revolution Islam sought to clarify the warning to Parker and Stone. "By placing the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a bear suit, the creators of South Park sought to insult the sacred, and show their blatant and general disregard for religion, the blog post said. The group claimed it was "not trying to directly incite violence, but we are trying to explain the gravity of the situation and prevent this from occurring ever again."
In interview with the Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail, of Younes Abdullah Mohammed, a founding member of Revolution Muslim, said the group was not calling for the killing of Parker and Stone, but said they deserved such a fate.
"If it happens to them, they deserve it," Mohammed told the Toronto publication. "South Park plays a role in the hedonistic, vice-based society that keeps America ignorant." Last year, Mohammed told CNN that there was nothing wrong with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"I don't think it was wrong, I think it was justified," he said. "We're commanded to terrorize the disbelievers." In the interview, Mohammed defined "terrorize" as "making them fearful so that they think twice before they go rape your mother or kill your brother or go onto your land and try to steal your resources."
The New York Times reported on April 22 that Mohammed, in a telephone interview, related the group's complaints about "South Park " to American support for Israel and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Asked at the time if the F.B.I. were investigating the organization over the threat to the show's producers, Special Agent Richard Kolko told the Times the bureau did not "monitor people or groups, we investigate criminal activity." He said that while the F.B.I. investigates threats over the Internet when it sees a potential for the threat to be carried out, "in most cases there are First Amendment issues and the F.B.I. vigorously defends people's First Amendment rights." Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told the Times: "We don't think that this threat, as currently assessed, rises to a crime right now."
The warning apparently had an effect on the following week's episode of "South Park," which continued the story line about efforts to bring Muhammad to a fictional Colorado town. But Parker and Stone had covered the image depicting the Prophet with the word "CENSORED" and each mention of his name was "bleeped" out. On their SouthParkStudios.com Web site, the producers later said that Comedy Central added more "bleeps" and deleted a speech at the end about "intimidation and fear."
"It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too," they wrote.
Apparently, threats or warnings from some Muslim groups get the attention of Comedy Central in a way that protests from other people and organizations offended South Park's presentations do not. According to the Associated Press, the cable channel banned Parker and Stone from showing an image of Muhammad planned for a 2006 show in what was intended as a commentary on the furor at the time over the caricatures of the Prophet in the Danish newspaper.
"Instead," the A.P. recalled, South Park "showed an image of Jesus Christ defecating on President George W. Bush and the American flag."
Photo: A Viacom sign is shown at the company's headquarters in New York: AP Images


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SAO PAULO (AP) — World Cup organizers say they aren't sacrificing worker safety in the rush to get venues ready for next year's tournament in Brazil.
Ron DelMont, the managing director of FIFA's World Cup Brazil Office, says "there is never a discussion that says you have to cut any corners to make sure that you deliver the stadium."
DelMont says "at no point" has FIFA suggested a loosening of safety requirements and "everything that we ask for is within the legislation and the guidelines of the government."
A worker fell 115 feet to his death on Saturday at the Arena Amazonia in Manaus. It was the second death at the stadium in less than a year, and the fifth at a World Cup venue in the past two years.
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Senator Golden Disappointed with Latest MTA Misstep Effecting Brooklyn Subway Riders
Brooklyn – State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) took the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to task today for its treatment of stranded riders, as published reports today indicate, on an N train Wednesday night. After confusion and a lack of communication to riders, around 100 people, who some are residents of his district, were left stranded in Coney Island overnight. Commuters taking D train service into Brooklyn late Wednesday night were rerouted to the N line and then left there for four hours, after it was decided service would be discontinued and riders were informed they would have to make alternative travel arrangements.
Senator Golden said, "While the MTA is not responsible for the rough weather Wednesday, it is responsible for providing riders with reliable and safe service. Providing reliable service is not only about making sure the trains run on time, but also communicating with riders when service is going to change. This is especially true when a lack of communication might result in paying customers being stranded in a location far from home with no alternatives for getting home."
Golden continued: "This incident is reflective of a disturbing trend we are witnessing in the MTA's behavior toward its customers. Service is being reduced while fares are being increased. Communication is lacking while more and more changes are going into effect. The MTA needs to make a better effort at going out of its way to do the little things for customers that are already struggling with drastic changes in service."
Senator Golden is currently negotiating with the MTA in court to restore some of the service lost in June 2010.


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May 3, 2016
WATCH: The hilarious moment US TV station declares Spurs as champions
Spurs drew 2-2 with Chelsea last night, ending their title hopes and handing the Foxes the crown.
But that didn't stop one American host making a right balls-up!
The news show cuts to footage of celebrating Leicester fans and the host says: "This is the reaction today when Tottenham won the EPL."
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President Obama has a big advantage over his opponent Mitt Romney. But you have to dig deeper than the horse-race numbers from the polls to see it. (More)
Now that the Republicans have chosen their nominee and polls have started to tighten (no, I'm not referring to Gallup or Rasmussen, but to the latest from Pew) we're seeing something emerge that I think gives President Obama a strong advantage going forward. But you have to dig beyond the horse race numbers that are all the media tends to report.
I have to thank Steven Benen for putting this information from both the latest CNN and WaPo/ABC polls into graph form so its easy to read.
Here's the details from CNN:
And here's the same from WaPo/ABC:
What this tells us runs contrary to much of the media narrative about President Obama over the last few years. No, the American people don't find him weak, elite, professorial and aloof. They find him likable, in touch with their concerns, inspiring, strong, and trustworthy.
While many of us who classify as political junkies tend to focus on the policy and process of this administration, these are the kinds of things low information voters count on to decide who to vote for. Some refer to this as "the guy you'd like to have a beer with" syndrome. But I think it goes deeper than that. It comes down to who you trust to be a good leader. And right now President Obama is beating Romney on that one by a mile.
Of course, this is exactly why folks like Karl Rove will go after President Obama on these very qualities. But I'm betting on the fact that the American people have had over 3 years of watching this President at work. They've made up their minds about him. It will be Romney's job to find a way to pull up his own numbers on these kinds of things. So far, he's not off to a great start on that one.
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Ask Think Big Analytics CEO Ron Bodkin what he looks for when vetting job candidates, and you might notice his first few answers appear to have little to do with Hadoop and other big data technologies. Rather, they focus on people.
"It's more art than science," Bodkin said of evaluating big data talent. In an interview, we asked Bodkin, among other things, what he looks and listens for when evaluating candidates for big data-related roles. Here's what he had to say.
Prioritize a person's potential over his past"Our basic philosophy is to find the overachievers who are super capable and have the right attitude," Bodkin said.
To do so, Bodkin and his team place more emphasis on so-called soft skills than on technology chops. Sure, if you want to be a top-notch data engineer, you're going to need to develop premium programming skills. Similarly, if you want to become a data scientist, a strong background in math and statistics wouldn't hurt. But the underlying skills are more tools for the job than predictors of success in Bodkin's eyes.
"...people [who] have proven they can learn new things, they can drive results, they work well on teams, they collaborate -- those are some of the key qualities that we look for," Bodkin said.
[How connected will future vehicles be? Read 5 Ways Big Data Can Improve Your Car.]
There will probably always be a seat at the table for the brilliant engineer more comfortable with machines than people; there will be many more seats reserved for those who pair sought-after IT skills with the ability to communicate and work well with others.
"We need to have people that are able to work with our customers... and communicate effectively and understand what they need," Bodkin said. The same ability would hold true with internal partners and stakeholders, too. "Almost anybody building a successful big data team [needs those people]."
Tech skills still matterPeople skills are big on Bodkin's list, for sure, and he believes that if you hire good people with the right aptitudes, you can train them on the nitty-gritty of Hadoop, Cassandra, Pig, HBase, Yarn, and other big data technologies. "We teach a lot of technical skills based on hiring the people with the right potential," he said.
Still, you can't ignore tech skills entirely. That CPA might be a whiz with numbers, but that doesn't make her a data scientist. Here are some of the things that Bodkin said he likes to see in a candidate's background, especially in combination:
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Theodore Bikel: A man in full
[July 21, 2015] I just heard the sad news that Theodore Bikel passed away. This is a column I wrote about him last year. He was a man in full, like no other.
In theory, I was supposed to meet the great Theodore Bikel because of the tribute concert celebrating his 90th birthday coming up on June 16 at the Saban Theatre. But while I was interested in the concert, which will feature a cast of musical and theatrical stars who have shaped Bikel's legendary career, I also had another agenda.
I wanted to apologize.
I felt I'd been a little harsh in a column I wrote a few months ago, in which I rebuked Bikel for the way he'd characterized the Israeli government's plan to resettle Arab Bedouins in the Negev desert. His analogy to czarist Russia may have been overkill, but I didn't need to play "gotcha." It was too easy.
Had I done some research, I would have found examples of Bikel fighting heroically for Soviet Jewry or defending Israel in a way that would make any right-wing Zionist proud. But I only saw one part of him — the part that annoyed me. I didn't see the man in full.
The man who met me for lunch at Pat's the other day accepted my apology with grace, then jumped right in with a story. Bikel does this very well — he jumps in with stories.
Of course, he has spent 90 years creating and living out these stories. His real talent in life, he said, is to "dive in," especially when it comes to anything musical or cultural.
In his early years, he immersed himself in Jewish-Austrian culture, until, in the spring of 1938, he stood next to his father as Hitler and his troops marched into Bikel's beloved native city of Vienna. Within a few days, Theodore and his fellow Jewish students were targeted for bullying, with the explicit endorsement of the school's headmaster.
Because his father was a staunch Zionist who had seniority in the movement, the Bikels were able to get British papers to immigrate to Palestine, which they did before World War II broke out.
In this new land, Bikel had to dive into a whole other culture, that of kibbutz life.
"I'm not the agricultural type," he said, "but I really believed in the socialist ideals of the kibbutz movement."
These socialist ideals long have co-existed with an artistic career that has spanned the kaleidoscope of the performing arts — from theater to opera to music to movies and television. He's best known for playing Tevye the milkman in more than 2,000 stage performances of "Fiddler on the Roof," and for his many years as a Jewish folk troubadour singing for peace and justice — but what most intrigued me were Bikel's offbeat acting choices.
In particular, I wanted to discuss his part as Sheriff Max Muller in the 1958 Stanley Kramer film "The Defiant Ones." The role, which earned him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, is as far from Tevye as Don Corleone is from Cinderella. Bikel plays a sheriff in the Jim Crow South leading a posse to catch two fugitives chained to one another — a white man (Tony Curtis) and a black man (Sidney Poitier).
Bikel wouldn't have taken the role, he told me, if the tough sheriff didn't have a redeeming feature, in this case, a sense of fairness at a time when little fairness was shown toward blacks. Once he embraced the role, he dove right in and perfected the persona of the sheriff, southern drawl and all.
Another of his roles we discussed was Zorba in the theatrical production of "Zorba the Greek." Again, his socialist ideals came into play.
"What I loved about Zorba," Bikel said, "was that he had the extraordinary freedom that comes from not owning things. He knew that if you own things, they could end up owning you."
If there's one thing Bikel owns, it is the legacy of bringing joy and meaning to millions of people.
From the concert halls of Europe to the early cultural life of Tel Aviv to the stages of Broadway to the film and television sets of Hollywood to the folk festivals of the American heartland and the protest sites of social justice, Bikel has spent a lifetime creating moments of human artistry that people are compelled to remember.
These days, what brings him the most joy is his recent marriage to Aimee Ginsburg, a Jewish writer and journalist who previously lived in Israel and India and who joined us for lunch.
After his previous wife passed away in 2012, Bikel feared he'd "live out the rest of my days as half a person." But, as fate would have it, he met Ginsburg at a Shabbat dinner while she was visiting Los Angeles. Ginsburg knew there was something special when, while they were oceans apart, "We couldn't wait for the next Skype session." They've been in bliss ever since.
For a man who values human experiences over material belongings, this is bliss that probably comes naturally. Bikel may have been blessed with an oversized talent, but perhaps his biggest blessing is simply an extraordinary love of life — a love that will be on full display at his June 16 concert.
It is this great love of life, with all of its possibilities and complications, that has "owned" Theo Bikel and made him a man in full.
David Suissa is president of TRIBE Media Corp./Jewish Journal and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WASHINGTON -- Representatives of US Muslim groups said yesterday that such organizations should have had more input in the Sept. 11 commission's final report, which they say fails to lay out a comprehensive plan to win the hearts and minds of Muslims overseas.
''Why would they fail to consult a key group who could help them understand what's going on in the Muslim world?" said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The groups, reacting to the commission's final report, called the recommendations a ''step in the right direction," but ultimately inadequate in addressing terrorism's root causes. Many Muslims abroad resent Americans, because they think US actions don't match the rhetoric about freedom, they said.
''The report describes a message of standing for freedom and opportunity. Step number one to push any message is that we ourselves should live up to it," said Maher Hathout, a senior adviser for the Muslim Public Affairs Council. He cited the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
The groups noted the report's failure to explore the impact of US policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as whether the war in Iraq has made the Middle East and United States safer or at greater risk to terrorism.
In its final report, the panel of five Republicans and five Democrats recommends reshaping foreign policy with a ''preventive strategy that is as much, or more, political as it is military." To reach unanimity, commissioners avoided the contentious issue of Iraq and took no position on Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Al Felzenberg, Sept. 11 commission spokesman, said the panel did not meet with any advocacy groups, but it privately interviewed academics who specialize in the Muslim community. Commission staff also traveled to the Middle East to investigate details of the plot.
Khaled Medhat Abou El Fadl, a visiting professor at Yale Law School who specializes in Islamic law, testified in December before the commission. He discussed US Muslim immigrants and their fears of unlawful detentions after the attacks, though he did not address conditions abroad.
The commission's report says the United States should work to spread a message of freedom and opportunity in the Arab and Muslim world, so terror groups cannot find sanctuary in ''lawless places," including parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia.
''We should offer an example of moral leadership in the world, committed to treat people humanely, abide by the rule of law, and be generous and caring to our neighbors," the report states. ''If we heed the views of thoughtful leaders in the Arab and Muslim world, a moderate consensus can be found."
One step to building consensus, the advocacy groups said, is to stop identifying the 9/11 problem and its aftermath as ''Islamist" terrorism, which appears to unfairly attack Islam or ''Islamic" religion as a whole. In the final report, ''Islamist" refers to the extremist groups bent on harming the United States.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Shane Mosley took a $10 million gamble and lost.
Winky Wright outworked Mosley over 12 rounds Saturday night, taking the fight to him and scoring the bigger punches to win a unanimous decision and become the undisputed 154-pound champion.
In the biggest fight of his career, the unheralded Wright consistently beat the speedy Mosley to the punch, ruining his planned $10 million megafight with Felix Trinidad later this year.
There were no knockdowns but the fight was fast-paced from the opening bell as the two champions went after each other. Mosley, though, was never able to get inside and attack Wright.
Judges Dave Moretti and Chuck Giampa scored it 117-111, while Paul Smith had it 116-112. The Associated Press had Wright winning 116-112.
Joe Mesi decisioned Vassily Jirov 94-93 on all three scorecards to win an earlier bout.
"I deserved it. It's been a long time," Wright said. "I always thought I was better. Shane has speed but I was better all around."
Sensing he was behind, Mosley came out in the final round throwing everything he had. But Wright responded and the two fought toe-to-toe as the crowd stood and cheered at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.
As the final seconds ticked down, Mosley swung so hard with a right hand that he fell down as the bell sounded. He got up and the two fighters embraced.
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LONDON: Tim Southee bowled New Zealand back into contention in the first Test against England with a dramatic burst late on the third day at Lord's on Saturday.
At stumps, England were 180 for six in their second innings -- a lead of 205 runs.
England were in the process of building a sound position at 159 for two when paceman Southee wrested back the initiative with three wickets for four runs in 17 balls.
In all, England lost four wickets for 12 runs to throw the first of this two-Test series wide open, although their lead was now almost as much as New Zealand's meagre first innings 207.
Jonathan Trott (56) and Joe Root (71) shared a third-wicket stand of 123 before the latter's exit sparked England's slump.
They had steadied the ship after England captain Alastair Cook, caught in the slips off Trent Boult and fellow opener Nick Compton, bowled by Neil Wagner, had both fallen with the total on 36.
Shortly after tea, Root was nearly run out when he dabbed the ball onto the offside and set off for a single.
Trott, however, wasn't interested and Root, from half-way down the pitch, had to turn back.
A direct hit by New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum would have seen the Yorkshireman run out but the diving Root just did enough as wicket-keeper BJ Watling tried to make the best of a bad return with a despairing effort of his own.
Watling injured his knee in the process and was replaced behind the stumps by McCullum, who had given up keeping in Tests because of knee and back problems.
Root, in only his fifth Test and first in England, punched Wagner through the covers for four to complete a 78-ball fifty featuring six boundaries.
But in sight of beating the Test-best 73 he made against India on debut in Nagpur in December, the 22-year-old, promoted up the order because Ian Bell was suffering with flu, inside edged Southee on to his stumps.
Root's Yorkshire colleague Jonny Bairstow, top-scorer in England's first innings with 41, was then yorked off his foot by Southee for five.
Matt Prior, so often England's saviour with the bat, completed a pair when he pulled Southee straight to square leg before Trott's painstaking innings ended when he was bowled by a sharply turning off-break from part-time spinner Kane Williamson.
Southee had close figures of three for 34 in 14 overs.
Nightwatchman Steven Finn was six not out and Ian Bell nought not out at stumps.
Before lunch, England dismissed New Zealand for 207 in reply to their first innings 232 -- a lead of 25 runs.
James Anderson, who on Friday had become only the fourth England bowler to take 300 Test wickets, finished with five wickets for 47 runs in 24 overs.
It was the 30-year-old Lancashire swing bowler's 13th five-wicket or better innings return in an 81 Test-career that started at Lord's a decade ago.
Having taken three wickets on Friday, including that of New Zealand top scorer Ross Taylor (66), Anderson returned Saturday figures of two for 15 in nine overs.
He was well supported by Finn (four for 63) although it was Stuart Broad, the third member of England's seam trio, who had dangerman McCullum caught behind for two Williamson, 44 not out overnight, marked his first Test in England with 60 before he was caught behind off Anderson.


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mezza maiolica
...true majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware. In German it is sometimes known as halb-fayence ("half faience"). Both terms are misnomers; the ware is more correctly classified as sgraffito. That is, it is decorated by incision through the slip to reveal differently coloured clay beneath.
pottery types
...vessel before firing. A common mode of decoration is to incise a pattern through the slip, revealing the differently coloured body beneath, a technique called sgraffito ("scratched"). Sgraffito ware was produced by Islamic potters and became common throughout the Middle East. The 18th-century scratched-blue class of English white stoneware is decorated with sgraffito patterns...
...dynasty, continued in the Chosŏn dynasty. Inlaid decoration was also executed during the early part of this period, the pattern often being engraved by stamps rather than incised freehand. Sgraffito decoration, in which patterns were incised through a grayish-white slip, is also seen occasionally.
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...pattern was incised freehand, was taken over by Chosŏn potters, but they soon began to use stamps to produce in a matter of minutes an overall tiny floral pattern. Sometimes they also used sgraffito decoration in which patterns were incised through a grayish white slip. The potters of the 16th century abandoned designs altogether and simply coated the vessel with a white slip either...
...called barbotine. Originally, defects of body colour suggested the use of slip, either white or coloured, as a wash over the vessel before firing. The decorative uses of slip later evolved include sgraffito and carving, painting, trailing, marbling, and inlay.
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...revealing clear glass beneath; in pottery the pattern is incised through a white or coloured slip (mixture of clay and water washed over the vessel before firing), revealing the body colour beneath. Sgraffito ware was produced by Islāmic potters and became common throughout the Middle East. The 18th-century scratch blue class of English white stoneware is decorated with sgraffito patterns...


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Tirupathi Chandrupatla
Writing's Iterative - Poem by Tirupathi Chandrupatla
Sheet's plain white
Inviting to write
Mind thinks otherwise
Blank's fine it says.
Write a letter or two
Turn it into a word
Words look wonderful
Only meaning's lacking.
It's time to edit
Inserting, striking off
With no satisfactory
Compromise being reached.
Filled up sheet
Pressed into a ball
Falls into the dustbin
Nice throw it feels.
Process starts all over
Again on a new blank sheet
Previous thoughts seem
To come in handy this time.
Writing's iterative
More the attempts made
Better it turns out
Finally converging.
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Savita Tyagi (5/4/2014 8:56:00 AM)
some time really it is so hard to write. Like words are in prison released one at a time. All tied up so nice in a lovely poem. Thanks. (Report) Reply
Dinesh Nair (4/25/2014 8:09:00 PM)
These breaks but have a continual impact too and so in pieces innumerable a poet finds his thoughts established and let known. A unique thought plank has made you write like this sir. (Report) Reply
Dave Walker (4/22/2014 1:09:00 PM)
A great poem, the ideas we get always come in parts letting us write many poems. (Report) Reply
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CNN's "Campbell Brown" led their show last night with the first video of Saturday's mid-air crash over the Hudson River — video that had been obtained by NBC News just a few hours earlier.
The video, shot by an Italian tourist, first aired on WNBC at 6pm, then on MSNBC around 6:10 and on Nightly News at 6:31pmET.
CNN took the airing from MSNBC's "Ed Show" and John Roberts, in for Campbell Brown, read a short story as the video rolled: "You're looking at exclusive amateur video that was obtained by NBC News showing the very moment when the small plane clipped the helicopter sending both aircraft plummeting into the water."
The exclusive crash video also appeared on MSNBC's 8pm show, "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," but not until 8:45pm.
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A thug who subjected a bus passenger to a seven-and-a-half minute attack because he asked a child to stop throwing sweets has been jailed.
Brutal Jason Wilson, 35, squirted lemon juice in terrified 21-year-old Ashley Madden's eyes and kneed him before breaking his nose in the "barbaric" attack in Birmingham.
The attack began when Mr Madden asked a 10-year-old boy to stop throwing sweets over his shoulder on the top deck of the number 24 bus travelling to Quinton.
Prosecutor Claire Harris told Birmingham Crown Court: "The assault was prolonged and sustained.
"The defendant went off and came back for more.
"On one occasion he lifts himself up off the floor and kicks the defendant in the face and then he squirted lemon juice in his face.
"It was used in order to blind the complainant and to degrade him.
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"What you did is to remonstrate, you gave as good as you got.
"This was a violent attack in a pubic place, in the middle of a bus, in the middle of an afternoon.
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New Free PBM 'Zine
There's a new free pdf 'zine available that focuses on play-by-mail games. PBM games were big in the 1980's and 90's, and I was heavily involved in them myself, both as a player and a moderator. Suspense & Decision magazine (great title, btw, which excellently captures the feel of what classic PBM games are all about) covers a lot of ground, and I look forward to the next issue. In fact, I recently found what might well be the only surviving copy of the rules of my own PBM game, "Sail the Solar Winds", and really should write up an article about it for the magazine. Blasts from the past indeed (although some outfits are still running PBM games to this day - a reason to check the mailbox other than to get the electric bill!).
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Melvin shows confidence in Donaldson
The decision paid off, as Donaldson put together a career night in the 8-6 loss, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and five RBIs.
On Thursday, a leadoff ground ball off the bat of Texas' Michael Young went right under Donaldson's legs in the bottom of the ninth inning in a tied game, allowing Young to reach second and giving the Rangers a prime chance to celebrate a walk-off victory. And though reliever Ryan Cook managed to escape the scene without a run scoring, Donaldson again was a topic of discussion Friday, as the error came after he misjudged a Craig Gentry ground ball that helped Texas plate two runs in Wednesday's loss.
"You have to give him a little room to grow," Melvin said. "I think, for the most part, he's done well defensively. When they're struggling like that, you have to support them. You do address the issues, but you have to support them and let them know you have confidence in them."
Melvin had another third-base option in Adam Rosales, who boasts a career 3-for-8 showing with one home run off Giants starter Barry Zito. The A's skipper said his staff "thought long and hard about third base today" but ultimately settled on Donaldson, in part to allow him the opportunity to regain confidence.
"That can weigh on you a bit," he said. "[Thursday's error] didn't cost us. But he's been pretty good over there. He's been working hard to make himself a third baseman. You have to try to support him. You say something to him, you keep running them out there. Obviously, there's a point, whether offensively or defensively, where you do have to draw the line, but I think if I come down on a guy and run him out there and keep coming down on him, I think it's more difficult to play that way."
Entering Friday, Donaldson was 1-for-17 since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento last week and overall has just four hits in 49 at-bats on the season for a .082 average. He smacked a homer to lead off the third inning vs. Zito.


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Capcom's famous survival horror series returns, this time with three different protagonists! We stopped by the Capcom booth at E3 2012 for an exclusive gameplay demo featuring Chris Redfield's mission, an action-packed rampage across infected rooftops littered with monstrous creatures. These eight minutes of gameplay show off some serious excitement, including transforming enemies, active cover and QTE commands, the helpful co-op partner, as well as some good old fashioned zombie blasting. Check it out, and get ready for RE6 coming to 360 and PS3 later in the year.


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Last year, we enjoyed reading about a $12,000 luxury kitchen remodel with granite counters, tile back splashes and nice appliances.
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Cornell University College of Human Ecology History of Home Economics Fellowship
The College of Human Ecology at Cornell University is accepting applications for the 2017 Dean's Fellowship in the History of Home Economics. To learn more about the history of the fellowship visit: http://www.human.cornell.edu/fellowship/fellowship_exhibit_home.cfm
We invite faculty members, research scholars, and advanced graduate students (must be eligible to work in the United States) with demonstrated background and experience in historical studies to apply for this post-graduate opportunity. The fellowship recipient will receive an award of $6,500 for a summer or sabbatical residency of approximately six weeks to use the unique resources available from the College and the Cornell University Library system in pursuit of scholarly research in the history of Home Economics and its impact on American society.
At the conclusion of the residency the fellowship recipient will provide a final report to the dean, including a bibliography of research pursued, and preservation recommendations for pertinent library and archival holdings. In addition, the recipient will be invited to give a public presentation on their research at a later date. Research projects should be intended for publication.
Relevant historical subject areas may include, but are not limited to: the role of women in the family and society, the history of women in higher education, the history of food, nutrition, housing, consumer economics, the family, child development, design, clothing and textiles among other key topics in American social history. We welcome applications in which the historical subject area may inform the investigation of contemporary societal issues.
The deadline for receipt of all application materials is Friday, March 2, 2018. For additional information, see: http://www.human.cornell.edu/fellowship/ Please circulate this announcement to your professional networks.
Call-for-Proposals: New Book on Midwestern Politics
Scholars, commentators, and political analysts are asked to submit proposals of 500 words or less outlining a proposed chapter for a volume on the history of Midwestern politics since 1945. Given the recent election outcome, in which major Midwestern states such as Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio switched their support from previous election cycles, the editors believe this is an important moment for a deeper exploration of the dynamics of Midwestern politics and the political culture of the region. The editors also believe this is the key moment to bring together two emerging and critical trends in American historiography, namely the burgeoning of scholarly work on the growth of political conservatism in the United States in the late 20th century and the recent upsurge of interest in the history of the Midwest. Topics for the volume could include, but are certainly not limited to, the following: cross-regional dynamics such as the farm economy, industrial labor organization and strife, key political sub-regions (such as Dutch Michigan, Western Iowa, Appalachian Ohio, the Driftless, the Upper Peninsula, Little Egypt, Appalachian Ohio, the Iron Range, the Cutover of Wisconsin, etc), various Cold War dynamics, the politics of deindustrialization, the tendency or failure of once strongly-Republican Midwestern states to "re-align" or become Democratic in the decades after the New Deal, the decline of major urban centers such as Detroit, urban versus out-state conflicts (Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis, for examples, versus the more rural parts of Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota), varying and evolving forms of conservative or economic populism, the relationship between the industrial economy and the farm economy, the working class culture of cities such as Youngstown, the history of the Midwest as a political swing region, the presence and political impact of African-Americans in Midwestern states, the impact of conservative activism in Midwestern states, profiles of prominent Midwestern politicians which reveal important components of Midwestern political culture, the political culture of the Midwest as expressed in literature, music, etc, the rise of the Christian right, the activities of the Left in the Midwest (Madison, Ann Arbor, etc), white flight from urban areas and the subsequent impact on regional politics, immigration from Asia, Latin America, and Africa and its impact on politics, the evolution of religion/decline of mainline churches/rise of more conservative churches, changing forms of media and the lessening of rural isolation, the impacts of wars such as Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq/Afghanistan on politics, responses in the Midwest to social changes of the 1960s/70s, the impact of Reaganism in the Midwest, various aspects of the culture wars in the Midwest, the influence of the military or military spending on local and state politics, etc. Jon Lauck of the University of South Dakota and Catherine McNicol Stock of Connecticut College at will serve as volume editors. All proposals should be sent to Jon Lauck at email@example.com and to Catherine McNicol Stock at email@example.com by September 1, 2017 and include a vita pasted at the end of the proposal (please include the proposal and vita in one document). If a proposal is accepted, the final version of an author's chapter will be due on August 1, 2018. The University Press of Kansas has expressed preliminary interest in the volume. Publication is expected, but not guaranteed, during the summer of election year 2020.
September 1, 2017
Call for Papers (revised): Rural Women's Studies Association
Surviving and Thriving: Gender, Justice, Power, and Place Making
Rural Women's Studies Association Triennial Conference
Hosted by Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
May 17-19, 2018
The theme, "Surviving and Thriving: Gender, Justice, Power, and Place Making," emphasizes the role of gender in rural community formation and survival. It allows for exploration of the ways that gendered identity (as women, men, or bi- and trans-) and raced identity (within separatist communities, segregated neighborhoods, or integrated spaces) affected personal power, individual choice, and community development. These subjects lend themselves to exploration of rural activism, business development, cultural expression, self-governance, and collective experiences—both historical and contemporary—locally, regionally, nationally, and globally.
RWSA is an international association founded in 1997 to promote and advance farm and rural women's/gender studies in a historical perspective by encouraging research, promoting scholarship, and establishing and maintaining links with organizations that share these goals. RWSA welcomes academic scholars, public historians and archivists, graduate students, and representatives of rural organizations and communities as conference participants and members.
Presentations take many forms at RWSA conferences, including workshops, panel sessions, tours, interactive sessions, roundtable discussions, poster presentations, open-mic discussions, performances, readings, and audiovisual presentations. The RWSA encourages inter-, trans- or multi-disciplinary approaches that connect rural women's/gender history and present-day political, ecological, or social and economic concerns, worldwide. The RWSA seeks to integrate creative work with the conference theme, and we encourage artists working in visual, film, performative, and literary genres to submit their ideas to make the conference most dynamic.
The theme: Surviving and Thriving encourages exploration of several sub-themes:
• coping with change using creative and alternative strategies
• ecofeminism; natural resources; environmental legacies, livelihoods and politics
• sustainable development, feminism, activism and social justice
• rural economics; gendered and spatial analysis of poverty, economic inequality, and wealth
• folkways, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and cultural identities
Please submit the following information by 31 May 2017 EXTENDED to 15 June 2017.
1. Title of paper/panel/poster/workshop/performance (working title is acceptable).
2. 200 word description/abstract of paper, panel, poster, workshop, performance, etc.
3. Brief vita/bio of presenter or panel participants and complete contact information for all.
Please indicate if your proposal does not fit in the regular session time of 1.5 hour with three presentations and discussion.
We will acknowledge receipt of proposal and the status of your submission (accepted or requests for revisions or rejection) after June 15, 2017.
Submissions should be sent electronically (as a single word document) to: firstname.lastname@example.com
OR can be submitted electronically at: https://www.ohio.edu/cas/history/institutes-associations/rwsa/2018-conference/call-papers.cfm
If it is not possible to send your proposal electronically, please send by regular mail to:
Cherisse Jones-Branch
Professor of History
Department of History
P.O. Box 1690
State University, AR 72467
p: (870) 972-3291
Program committee co-chairs: Cherisse Jones-Branch, Arkansas State University
Debra A. Reid, The Henry Ford (Dearborn, Michigan)
Program Committee members: Mary Larson, President of the Oral History Association and Oklahoma State University; Maggie Weber, Iowa State University; Suzie Acord, Athens County Rural Action; Amy McKinney, Northwest College; Rebecca Montgomery, Texas State University; Catherine Wilson, University of Guelph, ex officio member.
For information on travel grants and letters of invitation, contact Katherine Jellison
Call for Contributors: Tennessee Women in the Progressive Era
We invite abstracts for chapters for an upcoming anthology on the work of Tennessee Progressive Era women, to be published by the University of Tennessee Press in 2019, in time for the 2020 centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Building on Tennessee Women in the Progressive Era: Toward the Public Sphere in the New South (UT Press, 2013), the editors wish to expand and deepen understanding of women's work across Tennessee during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Explicitly not a collection of women's biographies, the upcoming volume seeks to be comprehensive in scope; to encompass a wide range of issues; to be intersectional; to broaden research beyond work on urban, white, elite women; to showcase women's work geographically across and within as many sectors of Tennessee as possible; and to shed light on women's activities in Tennessee's non-elite communities and rural counties.
Critical themes of the analogy are the foundational aspects of women's work toward Progressive reforms and women's actions that generated, or demonstrated, societal changes. Whereas in the 2013 collection, we intentionally excluded suffrage campaigns, in the upcoming volume woman suffrage efforts are very welcome, especially those that move beyond the "Perfect 36th" ratification narrative. We envision contributions to scholarship in at least six general areas: business/labor; education; social clubs/community associations; church/synagogue outreach; politics/government/law; and civic engagement, broadly defined. Surprise us; what have we missed?
Possible research areas that lend themselves to the anthology include the work of women's social clubs, Jeanes teachers, women's academies, women in higher education, public health initiatives, municipal development, immigrant programs, penal system matrons, social work, rural women's programs in their communities, journalism by women in small-town newspapers, Jewish women's leagues, NACW and other African American women's societies, unionization, shirt factory workers, additional labor groups, teachers' unions, Girl Scouting, National Congress of Mothers, legislative and legal campaigns, and many other areas of interest.
Proposals should be problem based and centered on movements or endeavors by women or women's groups, emphasizing women as public actors in progressive (and regressive) efforts in Tennessee. Although we are not interested in biographies, highlighting the struggles of key individuals may be integral to your topic.
The anthology is state focused, but we understand that women's intersecting missions often positioned them regionally and nationally with relationships, impacts, and implications beyond state circumscription. Relevant regional papers, therefore, with Tennessee linkages, are also welcome.
Chapter proposals should be in the form of a 250-500 word abstract with title and bibliography. Include name, full contact information, and brief c.v. Send chapter precis by August 1, 2017. We encourage open lines of communication and welcome your involvement. Please feel comfortable to call and discuss your ideas.
Mary Evins
Honors College and Department of History
Middle Tennessee State University, Box 267
Murfreesboro, TN 37137
(615) 904-8241
Minoa Uffelman
Department of History
Austin Peay State University, Box 4486
Clarksville, TN 37044
(931) 221-7704
Southern Labor Studies Call for Papers
Where: The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia When: May 17-19, 2018
The Southern Labor Studies Association invites academics, activists, archivists, and others to
propose panels, roundtables, and workshops for our next conference, which will take place at the
Richard B. Russell Library at the University of Georgia (yes, that Richard B. Russell).
The theme of the 2018 conference is "Dirty Work." This topic encompasses southern industries
(mining, timber, turpentine, farming, chicken processing, catfish, etc.); the service economy
(trash collection, domestic service, nursing, food service, etc.); bound labor (slavery, indenture,
and prison labor); as well as work deemed morally "dirty" – from sex work and drug-selling to
policing and overseeing. Panels discussing public history, archival projects, teaching, oral
history, important works in progress, and digital history are welcome. Southern labor studies
topics outside the "Dirty Work" rubric are welcome too.
The SLSA defines southern labor and working class studies broadly. We welcome historical and
contemporary topics, all relevant academic disciplines, non-academic participants, and regional
as well as comparative and transnational approaches. Our hope is to assemble a broad and
diverse set of participants on a wide range of subjects.
Session proposals should include an abstracts of the plan for the session (100-300 words) plus
abstracts for individual participants' papers if papers will be presented. Please include 100 or so-
word biographical statements. Email proposals and other queries to Cindy Hahamovitch
The deadline for submitting proposals is August 1, 2017.
2017 Agricultural History Conference Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the 2017 Agricultural History Society Conference in Grand Rapids, MI June 8-10. For more information and to register, click on the meetings page on the left.
State Historical Society of Iowa 2017/2018 Research Grants
The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) announces a grant program for the 2017/2018 academic year. SHSI will award up to ten stipends of $1,000 each to support original research and interpretive writing related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest. Preference will be given to applicants proposing to pursue previously neglected topics or new approaches to or interpretations of previously treated topics. SHSI invites applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including academic and public historians, graduate students, and independent researchers and writers. Applications will be judged on the basis of their potential for producing work appropriate for publication in The Annals of Iowa. Grant recipients will be expected to produce an annotated manuscript targeted for The Annals of Iowa, SHSI's scholarly journal.
Applications for the 2017/2018 awards must be postmarked by April 15, 2017. Download application guidelines from our web site (https://iowaculture.gov/about-us/about/grants/research-grant-authors) or request guidelines or further information from:
Research Grants
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History of Science at 2018 AHA
The History of Science Society encourages individuals to collaborate and propose sessions on themes in the history of science for the 2018 AHA conference on a new wiki page. (https://history-of-science-at-aha.wikispaces.com)
The 2018 AHA will take place in Washington DC, January 4-7. The theme is Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Global perspective. (https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting/future-meetings/submit-a-proposal)
Since AHA only accepts full proposals, the HSS has set up this Wiki so that members across different affiliate societies, with similar research interests, can find each other. Session organizers may seek the endorsement of affiliate societies (up to 5), and the HSS encourages organizers to seek multiple endorsements (endorsement does not guarantee a spot on the program). Organizers who would like their session to be considered by HSS, should send their proposals to firstname.lastname@example.com by February 6.
Additionally, the HSS will be meeting in Toronto in Nov 2017, and welcomes proposals that deal with science, medicine, the environment, computing, technology and other facets of science. Please check HSS website (www.hssonline.org) for updates.
CFP: Symposium for History Undergraduate Research
An Undergraduate Research Symposium
The History Department at Mississippi State University invites undergraduate scholars to submit papers for the ninth annual Symposium for History Undergraduate Research (SHUR). The symposium will provide students with the opportunity to present their research in the format of an academic history conference and have their work discussed by Mississippi State history professors. The event is scheduled for April 28-29, 2017, on the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville.
Papers are welcome on any historical topic, but especially those that reflect the Mississippi State University History Department's strengths in the history of science and technology; agricultural, rural, and environmental history; military and diplomatic history; the Civil War; gender history; African American history and civil rights; and the American South.
The paper should be based on original research in primary sources. Interested students should submit a proposal or abstract of not more than 400 words to Dr. Andrew Lang and Dr. Muey Saeteurn at firstname.lastname@example.com by March 1, 2017. Students whose papers have been accepted will be notified by March 15, 2017. The History Department will offset the costs of one night's lodging for presenters and provide a BBQ banquet dinner on the Symposium's opening night.
SHUR is online at history.msstate.edu/shur, and on Facebook at facebook.com/MSStateSHUR.
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture History Research Grants
This research grant, supported by the Wisconsin Historical Society located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, provides access to the resources of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Archives and other UW campus libraries and supports research and writing on the history of the modern organic and sustainable agriculture movement in the United States. The Wisconsin Historical Society's Archives has assembled a growing collection of documentation on organic and sustainable agriculture topics including significant individuals and organizations working in the area of organic and sustainable agriculture, organic certification, state and national organic standards development, marketing organic produce, and other related subjects. An updated list of the organic and sustainable agriculture collections in the Wisconsin Historical Society's Archives may be found here: http://bit.ly/2eqeAPt.
Successful applicants will receive an award of up to $2000 in support of travel, living, and/or research expenses. Awards must be used between April 1, 2017 and September 30, 2017 and recipients must reside in Madison during the period of their awards. Successful applicants are expected to present their research at an event to be held at the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2018 and will receive an additional $500 stipend for this purpose. Up to three (3) scholarships will be awarded.
There is no special application form. Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter and brief research proposal not to exceed three pages. Applicants are also asked to submit a résumé or curriculum vitae. The proposal should emphasize the relationship of Wisconsin Historical Society and University of Wisconsin Libraries collections to the project and include the length and preferred dates of the visit. Send applications to:
Matt Blessing
State Archivist and Administrator
Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2017. Successful applicants will be notified by March 15, 2017.
Newberry Library Fellowship: Deadline December 15
All short-term applications must be submitted by
11:59 PM CST on December 15 in order to be considered.
The Newberry Library's long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. In addition to the Library's collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment.
We invite interested individuals who wish to utilize the Newberry's collection to apply for our many fellowship opportunities. Short-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and those who hold other terminal degrees. Short-Term Fellowships are generally awarded for 1 to 2 months, and unless otherwise noted the stipend is $2,500 per month. These fellowships support individual scholarly research for those who have a specific need for the Newberry's collection and are mainly restricted to individuals who live and work outside of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Many of the Newberry's fellowship opportunities have specific eligibility requirements; in order to learn more about these requisites, as well as application guidelines, please visit our website. Questions should be addressed to email@example.com
DEADLINE EXTENSION: Agricultural History Society Graduate Workshop
The Agricultural History Society has extended the deadline for paper submissions for the 2017 graduate workshop preceeding the annual meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The extended deadline is December 15, 2016. For more information, see http://www.aghistorysociety.org/meetings/grad
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Mikel Ferrero presents a way to cut hair that is very personal, urban and contemporary. We are a men's and ladies hair salon based in warm and relaxing premises in the old town of Fuengirola close to the City Hall. We have gained a good reputation among Espats in Fuengirola and are welcoming new and...
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Being among the most reputable and reliable audit - and law firms in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol and in fact throughout Spain through 52 years is impressive.The company was founded in 1961 by Senor Bravo, and is still run by the family Bravo. Today, divided into three offices with specialists wh...
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We welcome you to a versatile and inexpensive tapas restaurant in the heart of Fuengirola which has operated since 1986. At tomaquet we have all the classic Spanish tapas, but in addition we have a choice of our own specialties. We have salads, skewers, shellfish and seafood and in addition we make ...


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Normally, concept designs are at least loosely based on existing technologies, making them seem possible and somewhat realistic. But not this Universal Translator! I'm not sure we'll have the technology to actually produce this thing in 20 years, let alone now.
You see, it's essentially a thing slab of glass. You can hold that slab up and look through it, and it will provide you with a context for anything you're looking at, from places to objects. Oh, and it can also translate from any language to any other language, both text and voices.
Sure, that's possible. I don't even think you could make a cellphone that looked like this, let alone a device that could do all of these magical things. But hey, nice renderings.
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The first day of April brought — no fooling — warm sunshine and temperatures close to 80 degrees. In other words, perfect for baseball and softball.
Chittenango took full advantage of this situation, as it two varsity diamond teams both went to Homer to get a timely start to the 2010 season.
On the baseball side, the Bears got off to a near-perfect start against Homer, and rode that fact to a 6-2 victory over the Trojans.
A season ago, Chittenango reached the Section III Class A playoffs, only to get bounced in the first round in a 7-6, eight-inning defeat to Jamesville-DeWitt. Enough players are back for the Bears to improve upon that finish.
In its first inning of the season, the Bears tagged Homer pitcher Tyler Simmonetta for four runs. It added single tallies in the fourth and fifth innings and would not get caught.
Jeff Pierce pitched most of the way, earning the win as he and reliever Kevin Streeter combined to allow just six hits. At the plate, Wes Burghardt led the Bears with two RBIs.
It proved quite different on the softball side as Chittenango ran into Homer, the defending Class B-1 champions, and lost by a score of 12-0.
The Bears weren't quiet at the plate, getting seven hits off Trojan ace Alexis Brown, but stranded all those runners. Meanwhile, Homer went in front with a three-run third inning, then used seven runs in the bottom of the fourth to get away.
Kaleigh Koegel took the loss, with Samantha Weeks seeing a relief stint. The Trojans' power really stood out as it hit four home runs — two from Alyssa Morgan, one each from Gabby Luety and Rachel Perry. Luety also had two doubles.
With the weather expected to stay warm this week, both Chittenango teams will be in action against Fulton and East Syracuse-Minoa.
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The Nine Nations of North America, by Joel Garreau, has become a classic text on the current regionalization of North America. While his lack of academic rigor has been criticized, Garreau never establishes himself as a scholar, he is a journalist and an observer. He traveled and wrote about the differences he saw in various parts of the United States and Canada. He found nine basic cultural zones. In looking for an example of what the various sets of national geography teaching standards want one to walk away with, this book serves as a good model of what should be in a student or other's mind.
- Quebec: The French cultural dominance of Quebec makes it an area to itself. The language issue is widely recognized, but French culture runs much deeper than language. The attitudes, ethnicity, political outlooks, and other cultural factors separate this area from the rest of North America. The focus of the area is on Montreal, making it a nodal region, too.
- New England: The Canadian Maritimes and the traditional New England of the United States are seen as one region by Garreau. He saw an area with strong elements of decline seeking self-sufficiency and new industry (computers). Recreation and tourism are growing. The wood stove is seen as a very important focal point. The wood stove, popular in this area, recognizes that this area was hit hard by energy cost rises in the 1970s. The stove was the method to save money and combat another region.
- The Foundry: This is the manufacturing belt of Canada and the United States. It is the place of cities in trouble and declining industries. The industrial might of both countries was made here, but the toll of time and competition has left this area lagging. Resource depletion plays a role in this. Newer and cheaper resources are in locations that do not favor this area as was once true. This area is also heavily populated and faces tensions over that.
- Dixie: This region is defined by grits and the traditional South of the Civil War. While poverty areas still are large and widespread, Garreau saw "change" as the keyword here. The New South was turning cheap labor into a selling point for companies trying to stay in America. The rise of Atlanta as a major city is a part of this effort.
- The Islands: The Islands are tied together by their focus on Miami as a shopping and cultural hub. As people from Eastern North Dakota might go to Fargo to shop, or Minnesotans to Minneapolis, wealthier people (and beyond) in the islands go to Miami. The drug business is certainly another sign of what this area is involved in. Of course, the population of Miami has had a large influx of Cuban people since Castro's Revolution.
- The Breadbasket: This region feeds the nation. It is an emptier place than The Foundry, with lower population densities, as one would expect in a farm area. It also faces declining population and the loss of small towns.
- MexAmerica: This region's culture mixes Anglo with Mexican. It is difficult to ignore the population characteristics and their impact on food, broadcasting, music, etc.
- Ecotopia: New industry (aircraft, computers, etc) dominate the look at this region. Ecotopia takes its name from the ecological orientation of people who live here. The crazy culture of California, as those east see it, is a part of this.
- The Empty Quarter: This region is seen as empty because comparatively it is. Some areas have little population because of mountains or cold environments. It is a resource provider to the nation, and suffers from a sense of damage because of the exploitive nature of those resource taking activities.
In conclusion, it should be noted that the regionalization of places is a process many engage in. The regions that result reflect the variety of characteristics selected by people. Garreau looked out at what he saw and categorized it.
Book by and map from Joel Garreau, 1981, The Nine Nations of North America, New York: Avon.


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AMC is mostly known for its Sunday night programming, but the network would like to make Thursday a big night on the schedule, as well. While AMC's Sunday focuses on scripted programming, AMC's brand new Thursday night schedule will feature different unscripted endeavors. After the schedule premieres, however, it looks like it will take a little time to solidify.
The new night will feature some old unscripted favorites, as well as some newer fodder. Originally, the lineup will include episodes of Comic Book Men, Freakshow, and Immortalized. Later in 2013, The Pitch and Small Town Security's second seasons will jump into the schedule. According to Deadline, a new series, tentatively titled Road Show, will also pop into the Thursday schedule at some point. I'm assuming that eventually a more regular schedule will be worked out. Regardless, we still have a while to wait to determine whether or not Thursday is a viable night for programming on AMC. The programming schedule won't kick off until February 14.
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The promised return of star striker Jeff Cunningham came 70 minutes too late at BMO Field yesterday and the result was predictable -- another goalless loss by Toronto FC, this time 2-0 to Chivas USA.
It marked the sixth consecutive game against Major League Soccer competition that TFC has been unable to score, taking the team to the brink of the league record (557 minutes) of futility, which it will set if it doesn't score in the opening five minutes of next week's home game against D.C. United.
Even more ominous for the first-year squad, however, is that a rift between some of the players and manager Mo Johnston appears to be forming in the locker room.
Cunningham -- who Johnston claimed on Friday was pain-free and ready to play -- said yesterday that he is neither and should not have been put into the game.
"On the pitch, I wasn't effective at all," he said. "I was questioning (Johnston's) decision (to put him in). If I was my normal self, I could help but I am not able to do it."
When asked if maybe it was just that he wasn't fit enough after being off for five weeks, Cunnningham was adamant that it was the injury that has slowed him.
"Of course it's the injury," he said.
In the post-game press conference, Johnston said he thought Cunningham had been effective in his 20 minutes of play.
"I thought he was getting behind the defenders like I know he can," Johnston said.
Across the TFC locker room from Cunningham, midfielder Andy Welsh was steamed that he had been taken out of the game after what even Johnston admitted was his best half of play since the club's goalless skein began last month.
"Welshie played very well for the first 60 minutes or so," Johnston said. "But he suffered a charley horse and was not able to keep up with the play after that. Guys were going by him."
According to Welsh, he did not have an injury.
"I was fine. I wanted to stay in," he said. "Am I unhappy about being taken out? Yes, I am unhappy."
Welsh has been in Johnston's dog house -- he didn't start in the previous two games -- until yesterday when he was at his regular position at the opening kick.
Johnston said that he feels Welsh, Danny Dichio and Carl Robinson, who all played full seasons in England before joining TFC this past spring, may all be experiencing fatigue.
"I know Carl has played 70-plus games this season and Danny and Andy aren't far behind," Johnston said. "They need rest but, in our position, we can't afford to give them a month off."
Dichio made his return to the team yesterday when he was substituted for Andrea Lombardo at the start of the second half. He has been out four games with a hip flexor.
A third injured starter, Marvel Wynne, also made a brief appearance.
But by that time, TFC was behind 1-0 on a goal in the 57th minute from Maykel Galindo that Johnston alleged was clearly offside.
"That took the wind out of our sails," he said.
The second Chivas goal came off the foot of Francisco Mendoza in the 89th minute.


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Could this be the start of a beautiful friendship?
After all, Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Hudson have just teamed up in a new Weight Watchers ad, and it certainly looks like they connected.
The spot, which begins airing on Jan. 3, shows the two company spokeswomen strutting their slimmer selves as they recall struggling with extra pounds in the past.
"I was overweight my whole life," Hudson says. "I just figured I was born that way."
"I obsessed about my weight my whole life," notes Simpson, who recently confirmed she is pregnant again. "I was always on some new life-stopping diet."
Both ladies then go on to praise the program they're both here to endorse. "It lets me, be me," Simpson points out, while Hudson remarks, "I naturally became a healthier me."
Weight Watchers confirmed last week, though, that while Simpson is a valued spokeswoman, she won't be following the diet plan during her second pregnancy and will instead consult with her doctor after giving birth to decide when to resume the program.


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Today I will present to you a great mountain traveler and photographer Sorin Rechitan. He is also one of the admins from www.alpinet.org a site I use to visit a lot.
Here is one of the mountains he use to photograph a lot.
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In honor of the Friday art show, I thought I would post a variety of Bohn advertisements that I've collected over the years. While they aren't all entirely on-topic, they all do focus on form and shape - something you can never learn enough about. ...

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Beintehaa 18th June written episode: Zain meets Usman before leaving for the office. He informs Usman about all the details of the meeting Fahad and he are going to attend. While he remains strong, Fahad finds it tough to hold his composure seeing Usman in a paralyzed state. Police investigation starts at the hotel. Zain reprimands the employees who look after the elevator. They are interrogated one by one.
Suraiya calls the family of Aaliya to the hall and tells them that she cannot tolerate them for a single moment. She tells Shabana that her daughter is responsible for Usman's accident.
Zain comforts Aaliya who comes to her room and cries. Ghulam tries to tell Suraiya that it was a mere coincidence; Aaliya can never harm Usman intentionally. Suraiya becomes more stubborn.
She does not stop here. She tells Zubair's mother that her son was expelled from the house after she caught him romancing with Aaliya. Before the shock is over, police comes to the house with the investigation reports.
Police says that it was not an accident, but someone planned it before. The inspector shows a men's watch that was found in the spot. Shazia says that she has seen the watch on Zubair's hand.
The inspector shows CCTV footage where Zubair is seen around the lift. He claims that the evidences go against him, but the motive is not clear. Zubair helplessly appeals to everyone, to make them believe that he was not responsible for the accident, though the watch belongs to him and he was seen around the lift.
Suraiya claims that Zubbu has done this to avenge his insult by Suraiya. She tells the officer to arrest him!
Zain Consoles Farhad
Zain would be the stronger one among the brothers and he would console Farhad too.
Zain Questions The Employees
Zain would question all the employees and checks if any of them are involved in Usman's lift accident.
Suraiya - Shabana
Suraiya would inform Shabana that it was because of her daughter that Usmaan is in such a state.
Police Have Clues
Police would drop in to show the clue they have found. It turns out to be Zubair's watch.
Police Say He Has No Motive
Police declare that though there is proof saying he was at the scene, it does not prove he has the motive to do such a thing.


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It took me a few tries to perfect the brewing of this tea to make it taste like how I expected it too. I read other reviews and saw that most people prefer the hibiscus's strong flavor and the pomegranate's muted tanginess, but I would prefer less hibiscus and more pomegranate. Overall, however, this tea was lovely and I'm going to be pretty sad when I start running out!
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NAACP Uninvites West Over Communist Charges
Rep. Allen West, the modern-day Joe McCarthy, may have turned heads when he inaccurately accused 81 House Democrats of being communists, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was not amused. West was slated to be an NAACP Florida branch keynote speaker at its annual fundraiser last weekend, but instead the event was rescheduled and a new speaker was booked. "We don't want to look like we support that statement he made," the branch president said.


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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation supports the Governor in meeting his obligation to appoint qualified, representative and appropriate people to the important leadership roles within the department's Professional Boards, Council and Commissions. Members are appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
The Board of Employee Leasing Companies members work with the department in meeting its mission to "License Efficiently. Regulate Fairly." There are over 400 licensed companies pursuant to Chapter 468, Part XI, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 61G7, Florida Administrative Code.
An Employee Leasing Company assigns its employees to a client and provides the direction and control over the assigned employees between the leasing company and the client.
The Board of Employee Leasing Companies is comprised of seven members. Five members shall be engaged in the employee leasing industry and must be Florida-licensed. One of the licensed members must be in an employee leasing company that has an annual gross Florida payroll for its leased employees which is among the smallest 20 percent of licensed employee leasing companies in the state at the time of the member's appointment and each reappointment. The remaining two board members must be Florida residents and must not be, or ever have been, connected with the business of employee leasing. No member may serve for more than the remaining portion of a previous member's unexpired term, plus two consecutive 4-year terms.
As the terms of the members expire, the Governor shall appoint successors for terms of four years; and such members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Governor may remove any member for cause. No person shall be appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.
Each board member shall receive per diem and mileage allowances as provided in Section 112.061, Florida Statutes, from the place of her or his residence to the place of the meeting and return to the residence.
The Board meets approximately six times a year for one and one half days, and conducts six telephone conferences that average less than a half day. Prior to each meeting, there is an average of five to ten hours of pre-meeting preparation required. Preparation activities may include reviewing agenda items, reviewing application information, reviewing disciplinary information, and/or reading Florida Statutes and Florida Administrative Code.
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