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Great news, Katie Holmes fans! She is all set to return to scripted television with an untitled Richard LaGravenese drama set to air on ABC, THR reports.
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TapouT Releases Official Statement on Death of Co-Founder Charles Lewis, aka "Mask"
TapouT has released an official statement after losing their co-founder and friend, Charles Lewis, better known as "Mask." Here it is, via their official website:
"It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we must regretfully confirm the passing of our beloved friend, brother and co-founder Charles "Mask" Lewis following a car accident that occurred last night. We are currently in the process of setting up a memorial service in his honor and will release more details as they become available. Many thanks to all for the outpouring of blessings and well-wishing during this incredibly difficult time." – The TapouT Family
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Each year the halftime performances have been the talk of the Super Bowl. From the first halftime show where the University of Arizona and Michigan marching bands preformed to Madonna's performance last year, the halftime show has always been the hot topic of the Super Bowl. Here are some of the most memorable halftime shows.
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Summerlander wrote:Quantum mechanically speaking, it is often said that the universe secretly plays out all scenarios before concluding the most probable one. This is one perspective. On time travel, one can be sure of this: we can 'skip' time by travelling at speeds near that of light. Or at least time will affect you less the faster you go. In this sense, it seems more apparent that only travelling to the future is possible but you can never go back (well, so far it seems that way).
It's funny how in the film Time Cop it is the other way around. Travelling to the future is impossible but you can always go back. But don't the time travellers get back to their present time which is the future of the past time they visit (which really becomes their 'continuum present' the moment they enter it)? In a sense, everything has already happened. To spice it up, they throw the parallel universes equation into the mix (and this is a real possibility!).
Perhaps everything has already happened but at the same time, it hasn't always happened in the same way. In this universe you may be an atheist, but, in another, you might have completely let your guard down and allowed yourself to be influenced by a God-fearing cult!
In another, you might have never heard of Stephen LaBerge or Rebecca Turner and never discovered or even got to experience lucid dreams...
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Metallica Ponder 'Wacky' Release Strategy for Upcoming Album
As Metallica gear up to record their 10th studio album, drummer Lars Ulrich reveals that the band is trying to find "wacky" new strategies for getting the music to the fans who want it.
Metallica are one of a handful of bands that have become so successful over the years that they now get to call their shots. As Ulrich tells Spin, the band's artistic freedom has only been furthered by their recent "free agent" status. "We're free and clear of our record contract. The world's our oyster," he says. "We can basically do whatever we want — and we're going to start figuring that out."
With the days of simply recording an album, pressing a CD, and getting it in stores becoming more and more distant in the rear view — Metallica are toying with new way to get their music to the fans. "We're writing music and we're going to be recording very soon," says Ulrich. "At some point we're going to want to share that with people that are interested in listening to it. So we gotta figure out ways we want to do that, from giving it away in cereal boxes to getting people to do handstands for it. We could come up with something wacky."
Despite trying to be ahead of the curve on the release of the album, Metallica are far from finished with the new batch of tunes. "We're still throwing ideas around. We work in stages. Some people will write a song from beginning to end in one go. We don't do that," Lars explains. "We'll develop, like, 10 ideas and do a couple cycles. We'll do a verse, chorus and maybe an intro, and then we'll leave them and go develop 10 other ideas. So it's a little early yet because we haven't gone back yet and started tweaking anything. Right now we're throwing ideas at the canvas and picking out great riffs."
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District court reasonably denied competency hearing where defendant's behavior was merely odd and disruptive
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Appeal of convictions for conspiring to impede federal officials in performance of their duties and for mailing threatening communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 372 and 876.
HELD: District court did not err by not ordering competency hearing. District court reasonably determined there was insufficient cause. While defendant's courtroom behavior was disruptive, it was not hysterical or out of control. Defendant's outbursts were limited to scripted presentations calculated to disrupt court proceedings and register continued protest against federal government. Nevertheless, while defendant advanced his anti-government claims by disruptive behavior and unusual pro se filings, nothing before the court suggested an inability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding or suggested an inability to form a rational understanding of the proceedings against him.
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In The Final Move Beyond Iraq, Mike Evans addresses the greatest threat America has faced since the Civil War: the Islamic revolution, or Islamofascism. While the United States debates the best way to solve the situation in Iraq, the terrorists are claiming victory and planning to take their show to American soil once again. Drawing from extensive interviews with prime ministers, CIA directors, and other insiders, Evans looks at the history and ideology behind the Islamic revolution to explore its very real threat to U.S. interests --why radical Islamic terrorists will only step back when they fear us, why victory in Iraq is important to U.S. security, why the United States and Israel cannot sit idly by and let Iran achieve its desire for nuclear weapons, and why stabilization in Iraq now would sound defeat rather than victory. The Final Move Beyond Iraq is a wake-up call to mobilize millions to action. America is fighting for its life in the first war of the twenty-first century.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A top aide says the surgery on President Enrique Pena Nieto to remove a thyroid nodule went smoothly and exactly as planned.
Chief-of-Staff Aurelio Nuno says Pena Nieto is awake and has returned to his room in the Central Military Hospital.
Surgeon Brig. Gen. Juan Sanchez said Wednesday there was no evidence of malignancy in the node.
Nuno said the surgery took less than two hours. Pena Nieto, 47, will take four days of recovery and hold private work meetings.
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December 1944, The German Army Headquarter orders the last big offensive: Watch on the Rhine. Thousands of soldiers supported by tanks, air fighters and bombardiers fought for three dramatics weeks around the Ardennes forest, now you can play it. Feel like a General Commander, leading tens of divisions to stop the German's offensive or breaking th Allied's defenses.
General Commander provides you of new combat systems, scale and supply management. The new rules will give you the opportunity to simulate the Blitzkrieg, the army's movements as it was in the WWII; the combats distance, the map scales and the supply dependency recreate the most accuracy game scenario existing now for Wide Real Time Strategic videogames.
Welcome to "WWII: GC", the first RTOS (Real Time Operational Strategy) game for the PC platform. The RTS world's mode breaks with the conventional way of playing and puts the player in an authentic WWII tactical and strategic decision making simulation. Moreover, the operational mechanics of the traditional turn-based strategy game have been optimised and also enhanced by a 3D engine that allows powerful zooms: it provides a continuous 300 square km real playing field, covering Belgium, southern Holland and north west France. The players will be able to direct their divisions, regiments and battalions attempting to occupy the most strategic positions and develop authentic and very close-to-reality manoeuvres.
WWII: GC. Operation: Watch on the Rhine is the first of several scenes that will cover the most important bellicose settings of WWII. The Battle of the Bulge introduces a new concept of game play, but more than anything it's a game to be played online, challenging one against another in the many scenarios that will be available, or to even create new ones to share with other players.
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Review: Isla ñ Gold Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 20, 2011
Isla ñ Rum is a small boutique rum distillery based in Tucuman, Argentina which is in the middle of a major subtropical sugar-producing region of Argentina. The company was established to recover old distilling techniques in the production of artisan rum. Thus the company considers itself to be a boutique distilling company and produces all of their rum on copper stills in small batches. The copper stills have been designed to produce rum by a method which the company calls 'slow distilling' which apparently allows the master distiller to have much more control over the process, and should enable the company to deliver a superior rum product.
Isla ñ Rum began appearing in the Alberta market about one year ago, and I thought that it would be interesting to review this rather unique rum from the sub tropics of Argentina. According to the company website all of the Isla ñ rums spend some time in french oak casks, and it states that large vat style casks are avoided in the maturation process. Further research indicates that the Gold rum which I am reviewing was aged for about 2 years, and that charred oak chips were added to the oak barrels to speed/enhance the maturation process.
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"…The initial nose is very crisp with some astringent birch and poplar aromas accompanying lighter toffee and coconut rind. Wood spices and a reedy tobacco lurk in the breezes as well and the overall effect is a rum which is very unique and interesting…"
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Gearbox "recruiting for next" Borderlands, new DLC for The Pre-Sequel
Randy Pitchford has tweeted he's on the lookout for more talent over at Gearbox Software to work on the next Borderlands project. "This is the big one," he said, likely referring to full sequel Borderlands 3.
Also out tomorrow is the Lady Hammerlock DLC for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, which adds a new character to play as, including her own three unique skill tress. It's priced at $10.
Original Borderlands to be remastered, reveals Australian ratings board
2K Games and Gearbox Software are remastering the original insanity that was Borderlands. According to the Australian ratings board, it will be called Borderlands Remastered Edition.
It is expected to arrive for PC, Xbox One and PS4. It was a collaborative effort between Gearbox and 2K Australia. This re-release was rated MA15+ yesterday, December 11th.
Free-to-play Borderlands Online releases in China in 2015
China-based Shanda Games is developing a PC and mobile version of Borderlands, and it's taking aim at the free-to-play market in the Far East. Borderlands Online is unlikely to come to Western markets.
Gearbox Software, creator of the series, is collaborating with Shanda. Chinese fans can expect a billion microtransactions for a gazillion guns no doubt. Its impact on the wider series is unknown.
Borderlands 2 made available for SteamOS, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel also on the way
Borderlands 2 has been made available for SteamOS, and Valve has confirmed that spin-off Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel will be released alongside it when it launches on October 14.
SteamOS is Valve's new Linux-based operating system. Though it's mainly intended for the launch of next year's Steam Machines, the Beta version is available for free on any PC right now.
Borderlands 2 free on Steam this weekend, also part of larger 2K sale
Borderlands 2 is free on Steam this weekend, and it's been drastically reduced in price if the game's brand of wacky co-op violence is your cup of tea.
The free weekend ends at 1pm PDT, but the game remains at 75% off until Monday August 25. Every bit of Borderlands 2 DLC is also on sale, including all mission packs and skins.


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Today we honor the roughly 25 million military veterans that have served in the United States military. For many this might mean the mail won't come in today, or perhaps you have a break from school or work, but by-in-large the holiday goes unnoticed by those outside of civic service. You don't have to agree with the politics behind the use of our military, but the support of the individuals who comprise our armed forces should be an issue without partisanship.
Take for example US Army Private First Class Jacob Peterson, who was able to return from the war in Afghanistan for only one week this entire year. Waiting for him when he arrived was the 2011 Fischer MRX that he had ordered, which Fischer Motorcycles tell us the PFC has already clocked 1,200 miles on in his short duration back with his family and friends.


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Watch Hill residents may get Taylor Swift as a neighbor
Westerly — A seaside mansion in the highly desirable Watch Hill neighborhood has sold for what may be a record amount in Rhode Island — $17.75 million.
TMZ, the celebrity news outlet, has reported that pop singer Taylor Swift purchased a Rhode Island mansion for $17.75 million in cash. The article didn't specify a location, but said the property was on 5.23 acres and that the house was more than 11,000 square feet, which matches the specifications of the Watch Hill mansion at 16 Bluff Ave.
James Michalove, owner of Seaboard Properties in Stonington, acknowledged there are a lot of rumors swirling around the identity of the buyer, but citing a confidentiality agreement, he declined to discuss the new owner.
The property sits atop a hill overlooking Block Island Sound and Little Narragansett Bay, he said.
"We sold the property next to this that had the previous record of $17.5 million," Michalove said. "It's definitely a record for Watch Hill and, unless something has happened recently, should be a record for Rhode Island."
Michalove said the "very elegant mansion," known to locals as The Harkness House, is on one of the highest oceanfront spots between Maine and Virginia. It was built in 1930.
"The views are fantastic," he said. "It's like being on a ship."
The property was put up for sale in the summer of 2009 but was removed a little more than a year later when the real estate market remained in a downturn, Michalove said. It was not put back on the market; instead, the buyer was referred by another agent, Jane Pfeiffer of Essex. "They said they had a buyer looking for a property like this," he said.
Records of the sale were filed at Town Hall on Friday. The buyer was listed simply as "Harbor Land Rev Trust." The sellers were James and Marlene Benson.
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Brad Keselowski ducked underneath Kyle Busch to take the lead with 10 laps to go Friday night and won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
Keselowski had to hold off a final charge from Kevin Harvick, but after Harvick closed within a few car lengths, Keselowski kept him at bay and slightly expanded his margin in the final laps to win the three-way dual among some of NASCAR's most aggressive and daring drivers.
The victory was the 21st of Keselowski's career in the series and second on the 0.75-mile oval.
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bruised and divided by November's election losses, Republican leaders emerged from a series of self-analysis and strategy sessions this week with the outlines of a game plan to reverse voting trends that favor Democrats.
After a frank assessment of the party's shortcomings, state and national officials at the Republican National Committee's winter meetings vowed, above all, to improve the image of a party that they acknowledge is seen as unwelcoming - or even hostile - to single women and the nation's growing minority population.
"You are going to see a very aggressive effort by this party to put on a different face," said Sally Bradshaw, a Florida political strategist and one of five party leaders on a panel that will study how Republicans can refurbish their image.
There were closed-door strategy sessions on using technology to counter Democrats' sophisticated methods of identifying potential supporters and getting them to vote.
Republican leaders also examined how to improve communications with grass-roots activists who are the backbone of national and local campaigns, and on how to cast the party's conservative message in more appealing ways.
But the underlying message in the meetings was the challenge that Republicans face in broadening the appeal of a divided party with lingering image problems and declining support among single women, Hispanics and blacks.
Those voting groups helped to carry Democratic President Barack Obama to victory over Republican Mitt Romney in the November elections. Republicans also lost seats in both chambers of Congress, where Democrats control the Senate and Republicans lead the House.
Romney carried most of the white vote, which makes up about 72 percent of the U.S. electorate. But he was blown out by Obama in the scramble for minority and single-women voters in particular.
The election followed a bitter campaign that was marked by sometimes incendiary rhetoric from Republican candidates that turned off many voters, especially women and minorities.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's secretly recorded comment about the "47 percent" of voters who were government-dependent and would not back him, along with insensitive comments about rape by two Republicans running for the Senate, helped to foster the notion that the party was an out-of-touch bastion of older white males.
There also were comments by various Republican candidates - including Romney - that were viewed as particularly hard-line against illegal immigrants. Those remarks hurt Republicans among many Hispanic voters.
In Charlotte, Republican leaders said they recognize that they have some rebuilding to do.
"It's not a particularly complicated formula: We got beat, so we have to change what we're doing," said Bradshaw, a close ally of former Florida governor Jeb Bush. "You can't do the same thing over and over again and expect to be successful the next go-around."
For Republicans, the challenge will be significant.
Polls continue to indicate that the nation's fast-growing minority communities favor Democrats over Republicans - and that nearly half of Americans have a negative view of the Republican Party.
For some Republicans, the formula to success among minorities boils down to a few principles: give the party a friendlier face, emphasize the virtue of conservative values, and have a platform on immigration that is seen as welcoming, not overly harsh.
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who led a strategy session called "Messaging Matters," said the party could learn from what he called former president Ronald Reagan's happy and optimistic outlook.
"We value anger as a habit," Gingrich said of Republicans, adding such a tone has hurt the party in its policy and political struggles with the popular Obama.
"We will win that argument better if we're in the Reagan tradition of happy warriors than if we are in the tradition of some of our candidates, who have been at best dour," he told reporters.
State officials from across the nation said the party should not abandon its conservative proposals for reduced government spending and stronger economic growth, but needed to articulate them better.
"We have to look at everything, from the way we deliver the message to the way candidates are trained," said Roger Villere, Louisiana state chairman.
But some policy adjustments could be required, including support for new immigration measures to appeal to Hispanics.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida is preparing an immigration plan in Congress, and Jeb Bush argued in a Wall Street Journal column on Friday for a broad approach that would help give illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship.
That proposal will be opposed by some of the party's conservative and Tea Party factions, which have been successful in challenging establishment Republicans in primaries only to see their more ideological candidates lose to Democrats in the general election.
But Republicans said there were still reasons for long-term optimism. Politics is cyclical, and Democrats have faced their own dark days after disappointing election losses in 1988 and 2004.
The party also still has a healthy outlook in many states, where there are 30 Republican governors. And there is a crop of young Republican lawmakers rising out of the statehouses - some with an eye on running for Congress as soon as 2014, or president as soon as 2016.
One of the Republican governors seen as a potential candidate for the White House, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, gave the meeting's keynote address on Thursday night and offered a blistering critique of the party. He said it was too focused on Washington-based budget battles and too insular to reach out to new constituents.
Jindal offered a list of political changes that he said Republicans should make before the next election, including suggestions such as, "Stop looking backward," and, "Compete for every single vote."
"The time for gnashing our teeth is over. Now we have some work to do," said Will Deschamps, state chairman in Montana. "We need a message that lets people know we care about them. We need to convince people that we are the party that can improve their way of life."
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Creator Theresa Rebeck Explains What Went Wrong on Smash
"Is power itself bigger than storytelling?"
Theresa Rebeck created Smash, but she won't be back to run the second season of the show. What went wrong? The same thing that always goes wrong: network meddling, she says. "One of the points of contention last year was that the network thinks they have the right to say to the writer of the show, 'We don't want her to do this. We want her to do this,'" Rebeck tells The Observer. "You have to respect who the character is. It has its own internal truth and you can't betray that. And if you don't betray that, it will not betray you," she says. "There is this sort of sense that if you don't fuck with the muse — if you don't fuck with the muse, the muse will stand by you." Apparently the muse did not stand by Rebeck et al, though, given how Smash turned out.
The push and pull between her and the network took on increasing significance, Rebeck says. "It turns into bigger questions about power and art, power and storytelling," she says. "Is power itself bigger than storytelling? And I would say no."
"The better executives understand that there's supposed to be tension and respect, but a lot of them are just like 'Do it. You don't own it. Just do it.' That's not a level playing field; you can't have a true discussion. You just get a lot of money. Everybody has to make those choices. Absolutely everybody. Sometimes I see movies and go, 'Oh. Ew. Did Julia Roberts need another $20 million? Because it's the only reason she would be doing that.' Why did that person do that? It must be for the money."
So ... just how much money did NBC give Rebeck to keep Leo, Debra Messing's annoying, terrible teenage son, who is basically the worst character on television?


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J. Iola Hinton, 96 - November 19, 2008
J. Iola Hinton, 96, of Gothenburg, formerly of Stockville and Curtis, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg.
Services were held on Saturday, Nov. 15, at the United Methodist Church of Curtis. Burial was held at the Arbor Cemetery at Stockville.
Hinton was born Aug. 4, 1912, north of Dickens, to H.A. "Gus" and Nellie (Pearson) Latimer. Her siblings, Mabel, Claude and Lynn, grew up together on a farm/ranch where the family raised registered Hereford cattle.
She attended Dickens High School until she entered North Platte High, as her school had not offered shorthand. She graduated in 1929.
Hinton later moved to Curtis to nanny for Jackie Hagadorn, who was Dale A. Hinton's niece. She and Dale met, fell in love and were married Feb. 12, 1936, at the Frontier County Courthouse in Stockville with Lauren Messersmith officiating.
She and her husband moved to a sod house six miles west of Stockville, then moved their family north and east to the Hinton farm, which still exists today. The couple enjoyed card parties, square dancing, baseball games and having fun with their neighbors, according to family members.
In December of 1969, Hinton and her husband bought a home at Curtis and lived there. He passed away on Sept. 11, 1981.
Hinton went to live with her daughter, Nadine, and husband Harold Brown, in July of 1987. She later became a resident of Senior Living Choices in Curtis and Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg.
She had worked as a volunteer at Sunset Haven Rest Home and drove her many friends who needed rides to doctor appointments.
Hinton was a member of the Congregational Church in Stockville where she taught Sunday school for many years. She was also a member of the Gay 60's Club of Curtis and the Stockville Women's Fellowship as well as pinochle and pitch clubs.
?She was especially fond of watching Husker football and keeping score for baseball games as well as working crossword and jigsaw puzzles and writing poetry, according to family members.
Hinton was preceded in death by: her parents, Gus and Nellie Latimer; a sister, Mabel Latimer; two brothers—Claude (Helen) Latimer and Lynn (Blanche) Latimer; her husband, Dale A. Hinton in 1981; her son, Don Hinton in 1993; son-in-law, Harold Brown in June of 2008.
Survivors include: her daughter, Nadine Brown of Curtis; grandsons—Chip (Lory) Brown of Springdale, AR, and children—Joel, Justin, Jamie and Melissa; Rick (Elaine) Brown of McCordsville, IN, and children—Nathan, Rachel, Renee and Ryan; Nick (Amy) Brown of Curtis, and children—Connor, Alissa, Joseph, Madison and Ethan; granddaughter, Jill (Adam) Patel of Curtis, and children—Joshua, Kyla and Jonathan; granddaughter, Kimberly (Mike) Keturoskey of Sedalia, MO, and children—Lyndsey Chaulk, and son Kamryn of Lincoln, and Lance Chaulk of Fort Cambell, KY; grandson, Kevin (Annthie) Hinton, and children—Kylie, Kellen and Kaylor of Lincoln; grandson, Kirby (Tara) Hinton, and children—Koby and Tanner of Omaha.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Arbor Cemetery in Stockville for a cemetery registry.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blase strauser.com.
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CHICAGO (AP) – It began with a convincing victory for the Blackhawks. Then Jimmy Howard and the Red Wings controlled the action for three straight games, pushing the NHL's top-seeded team to the brink of elimination.
Then there was the response from Chicago, which found its offense in time to take two in a row and grab at least one more home date.
Back and forth. Back and forth. Enough twists and turns to rival the greatest roller coasters.
The last act of the seesaw series between longtime rivals is set for Wednesday, when the Blackhawks face the Red Wings in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals.
It comes one night after the United Center hosts The Rolling Stones, who know all about exciting sold-out shows.
"It's about what competition is all about," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "If you're going to continue to play, you got to be successful in the game. You play to play again. … Anytime you go to Game 7, it's been a heck of a series."
Taking down the stage after Mick Jagger's last strut of the night and preparing the ice for the showdown will be a massive undertaking, but neither side seems to be worried about the playing surface.
The Red Wings just want to put their previous two losses behind them, while the Blackhawks were a long shot to even get to this point just a few days ago.
"I mean you've got to feel better about yourself coming off of two wins, but at the same time we're keeping our feet on the ground, the same way we did when we were down 3-1 in the series," Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said. "We know that it's just one game at a time and you can't worry about too many things at once."
After Chicago opened the series with a 4-1 win, Detroit turned up the pressure and Howard made 86 saves in 88 opportunities during a brilliant stretch that powered the Red Wings to a commanding edge.
The Blackhawks regained the momentum with another 4-1 victory in Game 5, and then stayed alive with a 4-3 win in Detroit on Monday night. Now the Red Wings get one day to regroup for their second Game 7 on the road this postseason.
"We knew it was going to be tough," Howard said. "They're a really good team and they showed it in the last two games."
Detroit carried a 2-1 lead into the third period on Monday, but Chicago grabbed control with a three-goal flurry that silenced the crowd at Joe Louis Arena.
First, Michal Handzus converted a wide-open opportunity right in front of the net, and then Bryan Bickell scored from in close. Michael Frolik used a nifty little move to convert a penalty shot at 9:43.
After managing just two goals in Games 2-4, the Blackhawks put a renewed emphasis on sending players to the net to make life more difficult on Howard. And it paid off in a big way, giving Chicago a chance to make it to the conference finals for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2010.
"Whether it's power play or regular strength, I think we want to put pucks at the net and people at the net," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said.
"They really try to box you out and prevent you from getting there. You've got to be willing to fight through it and I think that it's not an easy job, but you've got to be willing to do it."
A couple of Chicago's best players also showed up in time to prolong the series. Toews snapped out of a frustrating slump with a goal on Saturday night and two assists in Game 6. Marian Hossa scored the first goal of the game on Monday night.
Now some of the burden shifts to Detroit stars Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk, who have been mostly silent against Chicago. Zetterberg is without a goal in the series and Datsyuk has just two points.
"The way I look at guys like that when they haven't scored in a bit, they're due," Babcock said. "They're bound to contribute."
The Red Wings trailed 3-2 in the first round against Anaheim, and then took the last two games to advance. Datsyuk had a goal and two assists in Game 6 of that series, and Zetterberg collected three goals and two assists in the final two games against the Ducks.
"When you're in this situation, you look back at what you've done before and kind of use the experience you've been through," Zetterberg said. "I think it is nothing different for tomorrow. It is nice that we've been through it. It is going to be a great atmosphere here tomorrow and an exciting game. Two good teams are going to play a good game."
It will be the third Game 7 between the Original Six teams, which will be in different conferences next season under the NHL's realignment plan. They went the distance in consecutive seasons in 1964 and 1965, with Chicago winning 4-2 each time.
There were a dozen Hall of Famers on the ice over those two games, and this group of players is looking forward to another memorable series finale.
"We're excited about the game," Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith said. "We know it is going to be the toughest game of the series and they're going to be excited as well. We're going to have to play our best game of the year, best game of the series."


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Wreck This Journal Book, Assorted
Go ahead and let it all out with this illustrated journal. Keri Smith encourages you to do your worst through the use of prompts that will help fill up those empty journal pages or in other words destroy them with holes, painting and coffee. Fear the blank page no more and let it all come spilling out with Wreck This Journal. THINGS TO KNOW: - Author: Keri Smith - Publisher: Penguin Putnam - Pages: 192 SIZE: - 14cm (W) x 21cm (L) x 1.5cm (D)
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Looks like COR finally has a nerf coming.
Miser's roll is being rendered useless (at least for ranged attackers and 2H jobs) by converting to a "minimum guaranteed return" rather than an additive return. So basically if you have a Save TP effect of 20 and have a WS that gets 20 TP in return, you get no benefit unless you miss that WS (and really what 2 H misses?).
That's very kind of SE to take the major reason COR's are invited to VW and other events and totally destroy it.
Having gone through the RNG nerf years back and having spent millions of gil levleling both COR and RNG over the years, I can't tell you how much this totally frustrates me.
Only side benefit I see is the reversal of the bandwagon COR effect that seemed to be happening. Was that really such a problem SE?


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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica said on Wednesday it disagreed with a fine by European Union antitrust regulators on its competition agreements with Portugal Telecom and would appeal the decision with the Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice.
The European Commission said it was fining Telefonica 79 million euros ($104.96 million) and Portugal Telecom 12 million euros for agreeing not to compete against each other in the Iberian telecoms market.
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Kind Lady
Description: By Okuyatos
By Sho-T feat Brenda
He knew that his heart was healing
He'd been hurt too much to try again
But when she caught his eye
Ain't no man could fight the feeling
He knew he had to try to let love in
Smile to let her know
She was in the mood for talking
So then he began to play the game
Before he knew it
He had told her how much he'd been hurting
How he was hoping she was not the same
Could you be
The kind of lady that I'm seeking?
After all of this time
Could this be true love?
And she said, Boy you don't have to look no more
I'll give the love you need 'til you holler enough, guaranteed
Not like the rest, boy, I'm a kind lady
You've been hurt but be sure boy I am the cure
And when you wake up late thinking it's a dream
Just touch me boy you know, you can count on me
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You know what you've found in me
Is a lady
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That can give you what you need
A kind lady
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Geologists Set Up Earthquake Detection Stations
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science
The southern end of the 800 mile San Andreas Fault in California is currently being wired so that scientists will know when "the big one" hits. Bill Curtis, a technician with the U.S. Geological Survey, says that even the "smallest little bump shows up there." Eleven stations will be set up with each having two sensors that measure speed and acceleration. This project certainly came at the right time because of the 250 small tremors that recently struck. All were picked up by stations on the east shore of the Salton Sea. All told, there is a network of 300 stations across the state.
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Many comforts of home offered at most state parks, some wildlife areas; make reservations early
PRATT — Outdoor enthusiasts looking for an adventure without having to pitch a tent are in luck. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) offers more than 70 rental cabins — in 16 state parks and four wildlife areas — throughout the year. Many of these cabins feature all the comforts of home while providing access to the pleasure of parks and lakes across the state. But don't wait until the last minute to make a reservation; cabins fill up quickly, so reservations must often be made months in advance, especially for spring and summer visits. (Reservations are recommended but not required. Walk-ins are accepted if a cabin is open.)
Some cabins are handicapped accessible. For a list of all cabins, or to make reservations, click "Cabin Reservations" in the upper right-hand corner of the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us. Prices vary depending on location, season, day of the week, and amenities. Weekly and monthly rates are available.
While there's no place like home, the scenic surroundings and affordable rental fees of KDWP cabins provide escape from the "cabin fever" of daily home and work routines. Hunters, anglers, hikers, birdwatchers, boaters, and other outdoor enthusiasts can choose from a variety of cabins, ranging from primitive to modern. Some feature amenities such as full bathroom with shower; kitchen with microwave, refrigerator, and cook-top stove; beds for as many as nine people; screened-in porch; fire ring; and barbecue grill. Heating and air conditioning, table and chairs, basic pots and pans, and table service for four are also offered at many cabins, making them all-season getaways. Cabins without water or full bathrooms are located near park shower houses.
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SUN VALLEY, Nev. - The Washoe County Registrar of Voters reports more than 9,600 people came out for the first day of early voting on Saturday, but the process wasn't without problems.
Voters at the Sun Valley Neighborhood Center were forced to wait hours to cast their ballots. For most of the day, only three machines were available, resulting in long lines of people.
"I've never waited in line, ever," Debbie Shade, a long-term resident of Sun Valley said.
Multiple complaints to the Registrar of Voters Office resulted in two more machines becoming available. Luanne Cutler, Administrative Assistant for the Washoe County Registrar of Voters said they did send fewer machines to the location for two reasons.
One reason being the space available to them only fit three machines, and the second reason is they based the number of past voter participation.
But some voters aren't buying that excuse.
"They had plenty of time, months if not years to prepare for this, and they knew there would be a large turnout," Michael, a Sun valley Resident said. Michael declined to give his last name.
Others say the number of machines felt like sabotage.
"It's discouraging voters," Joanne Peden, a Reno resident said. " I have heard about having fewer resources in low income places where people are more likely to vote Democrat."
Peden was in Sun Valley for the PLAN rally earlier in the morning.
"A voter is a voter and every voter has one vote," Cutler said. "We don't care about income or situation. We just want everyone to be able to cast their vote."
But long lines may not have been the only problem.
"I even heard, and this is hearsay, that they were asking some people for IDs," Tim Shade, a Sun Valley resident said.
Cutler acknowledged the rumor and says they are looking into the claim, but there may be a simple answer.
"Only if a voter's signature doesn't match what we have in the computer will we ask for ID, and that should be the only time," she said.
Cutler says they've sent more machines to the polling location and rearranged the area, which should speed things up.
Early voting ends November 2. For more information on times and polling locations, follow the link below.


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RIEDEL Degustazione Red Wine
The wine-friendly machine-made red wine glass of the glass collection Degustazione is the perfect starter glassware for restaurateurs on the rise. The shape of the glass helps to release the aromas of the red wines, emphasise fruit and balance tannins. Created with young entrepreneurs in mind, Degustazione is a collection offered at an accessible price for restaurateurs who still wish to serve their customers flavor-maximizing wine friendly glasses. All RIEDEL glasses are dishwasher safe.
Year of design 2010
Volume 560 ccm
Height 224 mm
Box quantity 1
Type of Manufacturing machine production
Material Crystal
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Caring for your RIEDEL Crystal
- RIEDEL glasses are dishwasher safe. RIEDEL exclusively recommends MIELE
- To avoid stains: use soft water (low mineral content)
- To avoid scratches: Avoid glass contact with other glass or metal
- To remove stains: use white vinegar
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- Wash the glass under warm water (use detergent and rinse the glass carefully)
- Glass polishing: Use two polishing cloths, never hold the glass by the base to polish the bowl
- Stem snap: Occurs through mishandling = torque or bend pressure at the stem
- Storage: Avoid glass storage in kitchen cabinets which have strong aromas that translates into glass
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SAN ANDREAS - Former Calaveras County resident Zach Orman died Sunday in a paragliding accident in Arizona, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
SAN ANDREAS - Former Calaveras County resident Zach Orman died Sunday in a paragliding accident in Arizona, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
Orman, 28, was a paragliding instructor. He was flying in the Las Cienegitas National Conservation Area southeast of Tucson. Deputies reported that he was attempting to land about noon Sunday when he encountered a dust devil, which threw him against the ground, causing severe injuries.
Orman was flown to a medical center, where he died of his injuries.
STOCKTON - Police released a composite sketch Monday of an unidentified man, whose body was discovered in the Stockton Deep Water Channel about midday March 30, looked like.
Stockton police described the unidentified man as 20 to 30 years old, 5 feet 5 inches and 140 pounds, with dark eyes, recently trimmed black hair, a medium complexion and either Latino or Asian. He had crooked bottom teeth and a noticeable gap between his two front teeth. He also had a small scar on his lower right leg.
Anyone with information that could help identify the man is urged to call the Stockton Police Department Investigations Unit at (209) 937-8323 or San Joaquin County Coroner's Office at (209) 468-4300.
San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies were kept busy Sunday afternoon rounding up roosters and other farm animals at illegal events that drew hundreds of spectators to different areas of the county. No arrests were made in either incident, but investigations are continuing and charges could be filed in at least one of the cases by the District Attorney's Office.
About 3:50 p.m. Sunday, deputies responded to the 5000 block of East Mariposa Road southeast of Stockton for an illegal cockfight. Upon arrival, they contacted the property owners, who admitted "to fighting the roosters for fun and invited people over to watch," according to a report.
Deputies discovered 500 roosters, including one still in the cockfighting ring and eight of which were dead. They also reported finding cockfighting gloves, game bird conditioner and antibiotics.
Shortly after 4 p.m. in the 900 block of West Bowman Road in French Camp, deputies responded to an illegal rodeo that had attracted about 2,000 spectators on a 19-acre ranch. No permit had been issued for the event, which included bull riding and a prize horse competition.
The property owner reportedly told deputies he was holding the event to support a mission church in Mexico. The event was shut down.
STOCKTON - An employee of a business in the 1000 block of East Hammer Lane about 3:40 p.m. Sunday noticed a woman leaving the store with a wig she had not purchased, police reported.
He confronted her outside the store, and the two fought for two minutes, police reported. The woman then flagged down police and accused the employee of assaulting her, according to police reports.
Police arrested the woman, identified as Nikkiya Patterson, 28, on suspicion of robbery and battery.


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Although she might not have an acting career on the horizon, Nancy Kerrigan will turn out with all the other stars at the Oscars Monday night. She's going with the folks from Revlon and will be dressed by Vera Wang.
When Prince Charles stopped by the Virgin Megastore in Paris on Wednesday, he looked tanned and handsome in a dark blue double-breasted suit and an Hermes tie. The Prince has a reputation for being cold, but he was quite amiable, shaking hands and chatting with people in the crowd — particularly the pretty girls. His tour included the Tie Shop and the Body Shop, since he was in Paris promoting British business. But he seemed also to be promoting his new image of being just as warm and accessible as Princess Diana.
Charles is certainly ahead of Diana in the style game these days, according to the British press. Tatler magazine and the British tabloids are attacking the newly-shy Di for losing the style that turned her into a cover girl. The latest outfit that has the fashion critics in an uproar is an elephant-motif Escada blazer, tie and belt. Diana wore the jacket with black jeans from Banana Republic and caramel suede ankle boots.
"It was ostentatious and not right for a princess, even an off-duty one," screamed The Daily Mail. Former Di worshipers are fretting she's turning into an "Essex girl," a flashy English suburbanite with more money than taste.
Emanuel Ungaro is planning an eight-day blitz of America, fitting in a party for himself and 300 women.
In his first U.S. visit in four years, Ungaro plans to see Luciano Pavarotti at New York's Met when he arrives on Wednesday, April 13. On Thursday, Saks will host a lunch for the designer, and on Friday he's taking a group of 30 retailers and editors to lunch at La Grenouille.
Ungaro plans to hit the 26th Street flea market over the weekend before heading to the West Coast, where Betsy Bloomingdale is to host a lunch for him in L.A. on Monday. That night, he'll take a gang of friends to Spago. Also on the schedule, an appearance at Neiman Marcus's Beverly Hills store.
The trip's highlight will come on Wednesday, April 20, when Ungaro stages a runway show in Neiman's San Francisco store of his fall-winter 1994 collection to benefit Cancer Care Center. Chairwomen Ann Getty, Sharon Owsley and Ellen Magnum Newman have decided to restrict the after-show dinner to a few hundred women — plus Emanuel.
Anthony Hopkins, who's up for an Oscar for his role in "The Remains of the Day," is a little superstitious. That's why he's wearing the same Nino Cerruti tuxedo to the Oscars that he wore two years ago when he picked up the Best Actor award for his performance in "Silence of the Lambs."
Yves Saint Laurent has been reading the memoirs of Luchino Visconti lately and watching all the director's old classics. Now Yves wants to buy a residence on Capri where the Italian director spent many summers.


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Blog Counterpoint: Why Facebook should NOT buy Tumblr
Mathew Ingram has an interesting post on GigaOm today about why Facebook should buy Tumblr. He lays out a compelling case of Tumblr's insane growth, which I admit was bigger than I'd expected.
As I read I nodded my head, until I stopped reading, thought about it, and suddenly realized that buying Tumblr is the absolute last thing Facebook needs right now.
First, let's look at Ingram's reasoning. A deal for Tumblr is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. I would be surprised if Tumblr ever became a stand alone public company. And clearly, Facebook has advantages in getting a deal done with Tumblr that others may lack.
I doubt a Yahoo -- or any company that is truly desperate for Tumblr's hip demographic and gargantuan traffic-- can get this deal done unless the money is just insane. Tumblr has a position of strength, and it's founders have already taken a good deal of money off the table through secondary rounds. There's no immediate pressure that I know of, and I'd be stunned if Tumblr founder David Karp wanted to be some has-been Web 1.0 company's life raft.
And Facebook -- unlike Twitter -- has a publicly traded currency, which always makes acquisitions easier. Karp would actually know how much he's selling his company for, unlike Kevin Systrom who got about $300 million less for Instagram than he'd thought by selling to a pre-IPO Facebook.
Ingram's weakest point is the this-is-how-my-teens-use-it argument; always a tempting argument but one that should usually be resisted. This was the logic that lead VCs to pump more money into WebVan than any other ecommerce company save Amazon. But our wives want to pay more money not to have to go to the store! Not exactly how the average middle American housewife thinks. If we're going by that reasoning Facebook should also buy Yo Gabba Gabba. My son can't get enough of it.
More to the point, I've heard just as many people say their teens are so fickle that they rotate between these services regularly making any real behavioral trend hard to pinpoint. The key for any lasting social network seems to be not being reliant on this demographic at all for success. (Amiright, Formspring?)
But here are the bigger issues with his argument:
1. Tumblr is not another Instagram. This isn't an issue of size. What scared Facebook about Instagram was that it was all about photos, and it was all about mobile. The former has always been Facebook's core strength, the latter was Facebook's biggest weakness. Tumblr simply doesn't share those traits. It's primarily a Web property, like Facebook, and is more about sharing videos and gifs and short micro-posts than sharing photos with your friends. You can't just point to two surging social companies that are still private and say they represent the same thing.
2. Facebook should not be acting defensively. Yes, I know Wall Street has it in for Facebook, and morale has been tough at One Hacker Way. But Facebook is a still-growing, newly-public company that has done something no one else in the world has ever done: Wired 1 billion people together through real world relationships. We're not even at the beginning of seeing what that means for the company. The deal Ingram describes and the fear that he says Facebook should feel from Tumblr is the way you describe a Yahoo or even, maybe, a Google. But not a Facebook.
Dear God, if Facebook is thinking this way the company is in far worse shape than any of us know. If it's already at the point where it's going to go around the private Web Hoovering up any and all companies that might be a threat, things are going to get even uglier for the company. A string of mega acquisitions are distracting in practice and by design-- they are a way of masking organic growth numbers from Wall Street. Facebook needs to focus now. If the company does buy Tumblr, sell the stock. Because that's the move of a scared company.
3. What the hell is Facebook going to do with a third social network? I find it hard enough to believe that Facebook is going to keep Instagram separate. There is no way on earth this company -- with all of its challenges -- needs to be running three huge, separate properties. The waste of resources, distraction, silos, turf wars and infighting would be tremendous. When we asked Systrom whether he could assure users that Facebook and Instagram would always remain distinct he said he couldn't assure anyone of anything that far into the future.
And, again, for the reasons outline above, Instagram was a rare exception to Facebook's typical M&A playbook which is about buy small, kill the product, take the team. Tumblr would make it a pattern, which would be a rapid departure for Facebook and a signal that something is not right deep within the company.
4. More ad pages. Oh, hooray. There is one clear thing that Tumblr could bring to Facebook immediately-- a shitload of ad inventory. And no doubt that would please Wall Street temporarily. Again, this would be a textbook move if Facebook were a declining Web giant like Yahoo, desperately trying to stave off activist shareholders. Just keep bolting eyeballs on because there's no next product revelation coming. The only hope to grow the business is volume.
But that's not the position Facebook is in.
As I wrote before, what Facebook needs to get out of this funk isn't a billion more users or 20 billion more page views a month. It needs a better way of monetizing its users and the unique role that it plays in their real-world lives.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't stupid. He's spent much of his time as a public company CEO messaging that Facebook will become less reliant on brute force display ads, not more reliant on them: Whether that's getting into search, some sort of ad network, native ads, or even gifts.
If that's the only rationale for the deal, it's a pretty weak one.


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Police Investigate Stabbing Death in St. Anne
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Illinois State Police are investigating the Sunday morning death of a 21-year-old Manteno man.
Corey Patterson of Manteno, was stabbed early Sunday morning at a home located at 472 West Station Street in St. Anne. Patterson died in the E.R.at Riverside Medical Center at approximately 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
State Police are working with the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department as well as the St. Anne Police Department in its investigation.
One man is in police custody charged in a preliminary count of murder.


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The San Diego Padres sent SP Casey Kelly to the minor league camp Tuesday, March 15, according to MLB.com's Corey Brock. Also sent to camp were P's Colt Hynes and Rob Musgrave. OF Cedric Hunter was optioned to Triple-A Tucson.
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The San Diego Padres invited P Casey Kelly, 1B Anthony Rizzo, 2B Kevin Frandsen, IF Jesus Guzman, IF Gregorio Petit, C Guillermo Quiroz, P Scott Munter, P Luis Perdomo, P Anthony Bass, P Brad Brach, P Craig Italiano, P Alexis Lara, P Colt Hynes, P Rob Musgrave, P Juan Oramas, C Jason Hagerty, C Kyle Phillips, IF James Darnell, IF Logan Forsythe and IF Andrew Parrino to Spring Training, according to MLB.com's Corey Brock.
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text: Romantic landscape painter Thomas Cole, who emigrated from England at the age of seventeen, inspired a generation of American landscape painters known as the Hudson River School. Settling in the Catskill Mountains of New York, Cole strove to represent the majesty of the American wilderness, symbolic of the country's pioneering history and ideals of freedom. For The Oxbow (1836), Cole meticulously sketched directly from nature (known as en plein air) before composing the painting in his studio. In addition to his American landscapes, Cole is also famous for his dramatic depictions of Classical ruins in Italy and imagined vistas, such as the L'Allegro (1845) and Il Penseroso (1845) that allude to the poetry of the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608-1674).


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If you know someone who has everything then you'll know how hard it is to shop for them. In fact I have a few brothers who have everything. For that reason I decided to compile a list of some great gifts for guys who have everything. Each of these gifts are guaranteed not to be owned by your recipient. We know that because we went on a man hunt trying to find unique and original gift ideas. When we came up with this gift ideas we wanted to pick out products that we knew would be loved by all of those guys out there. The gifts we managed to come up with are as follows.
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If you know a man who loves guitar hero then they're going to love this gift. It's the only gift that allows you to get your fix of guitar hero. The pocket sized guitar hero includes ten playable songs. Which is just enough to get you through the day. When we first saw this gift we thought it was one of the more creative gifts out there. After all there are dozens of people who love guitar hero. If the guy you're shopping for is one of them then I would recommend buying this gift. It's the perfect stocking stuffer. On top of that the gift is also extremely cheap. With a price tag of only $9 it's the cheapest gift idea on this list.
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For our last gift idea we came up with a great gift for all those Simpson fans out there. Since we know that some guys can be immature even into their 40's. We thought that our last gift idea would be great for those Simpson fanatics who want to know as much as possible about the city of Springfield. The book we found covers seasons 1-20 and only cost around $80.


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MIAMI (AP) — Police say the Miami airport is up and running after a brief evacuation of one terminal.
A bomb-sniffing dog detected something suspicious on a pallet, and Terminal J was evacuated about 7 a.m. Wednesday. The evacuation lasted more than an hour.
Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Robin Pinkard says the suspicious package has been removed and an investigation continues.
During the evacuation, all planes were diverted away from the terminal.


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June 20, 2013: Jenny from the Block now has a star on the block. From "fly girl" to icon, Jennifer Lopez donned a bright Christian Dior gown while getting honored with the 2500th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in L.A. Click through for more photos, plus shots of Amber Rose rocking genie pants and dark lipstick during a lunch run.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent its first ever ministerial-level official to Taiwan for four days of meetings to rebuild ties with the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.
Protests in Taipei had set back relations earlier this year — and Zhang Zhijun had to go around scores of anti-China demonstrators to enter a hotel for the talks — but he said he was very happy to be the first Taiwan Affairs Office minister to visit the island.
"To reach Taiwan from Beijing I flew three hours, but to take that step took no less than 65 years," he said in remarks opening the meeting with his counterpart Wang Yu-chi.
China has described the trip as a chance for Zhang to understand the island better. Analysts say he will likely keep a low profile as he travels around Taiwan through Saturday, avoiding strong political statements during scheduled chats with students, low-income people and a figure in Taiwan's anti-China chief opposition party.
China and Taiwan have been separately ruled since the Chinese civil war of the 1940s. China sees the island as part of its territory that eventually must be reunified — by force if necessary — despite a Taiwanese public largely wary of the notion of Chinese rule.
In 2008, Beijing set aside its military threats to sign agreements binding its economy to that of the investment-hungry island.
Dialogue opened that year as Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou agreed to put off political issues to build trust and improve the island's economy through tie-ups with China's much larger one. The two sides have signed 21 deals, boosting two-way trade to $124.4 billion last year and bringing in about 3 million mainland tourists, who were once all but banned.
The easing in tensions across the Taiwan Strait has been welcomed by Washington, and its top diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Russel, said the U.S. was watching Zhang's visit with interest.
"We welcome all steps forward on cross-Strait relations that are acceptable to the people on both sides," Russel told reporters in Washington.
But in March, hundreds of student-led protesters forcibly occupied parliament in Taipei to try to stop ratification of a two-way service trade liberalization pact between the mainland and Taiwan. The 24-day action dubbed the Sunflower Movement spiraled into the thousands, many of whom demanded an end to Taiwan's engagement with China, which they still see as an enemy.
On Wednesday Zhang compared China-Taiwan relations to taking a boat upstream.
"If it doesn't go forward, it goes backward," he said.
The two men discussed details of establishing first-ever consular-style offices to help to investors and tourists. They also agreed to renegotiate minor clauses of the services trade pact after it takes effect.
Despite the protests, Taiwan's parliament is expected to ratify the deal, although it's not clear when that would happen.
Taiwan says it will make no announcements during the visit, and the main opposition party says it will not organize protests against Zhang, though smaller protest groups are vowing to follow him. More than 100 scuffled with supporters at the airport and clashed with a column of police at the hotel, leaving one activist injured.
"Amid all these tensions this particular visit obviously is important in terms of trying to soothe sentiments and trying to stabilize relations," said Dali Yang, a China expert at the University of Chicago. "Any representative from the mainland, going to Taiwan, I think the best they can do is to try to stabilize relations."
But the lack of big protests doesn't mean that more Taiwanese want closer ties with China, analysts say.
"The best one could say is that a muting of protests would reflect a maturing of attitudes in Taiwan, and a greater willingness to listen and to express concerns in a less confrontational way," said Alan Romberg, East Asia Program director at The Stimson Centre, a Washington-based think tank. "But it would not mean that those concerns have disappeared."
Associated Press writers Gillian Wong in Beijing and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed.


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A body digit or limb, such as your finger and toe (digits) or hand and foot (limbs), can sometimes get caught in objects such as bottles, jars, toys, pipes, railings, or fences. You may be able to free your digit or limb using home treatment.
Blood flow can be reduced or cut off if your digit or limb remains stuck in an object. Immediate removal can help prevent complications, such as the loss of your digit or limb. Remove your digit or limb carefully so that removal attempts do not cause injury.
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- Don't force the digit or limb. This may make the digit or limb swell and become harder to remove.
- Try to relax the digit or limb. Relaxation alone will sometimes enable you to free the trapped digit or limb.
- If possible, elevate the digit or limb above the level of the heart to reduce swelling.
- Apply ice around the exposed digit or limb. This may reduce any swelling and allow it to be released.
- If ice doesn't work, dribble soapy water or cooking oil on the digit or limb to make it slippery.
- Turn the object to "unscrew" it rather than pulling it off directly.
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University Crossing will become the hub of the UMass Lowell campus in the fall of 2014, but it's already spurring student engagement during its construction. When the final beam was raised on June 19, it bore the signatures of more than 1,400 students and alumni and 100 faculty and staff members submitted electronically from across the country.
"We wanted to include students who couldn't make it to the topping-off ceremony and thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if they could sign even if they couldn't make it to campus?' " says Gerry Nelson, executive director of web services, whose team developed a web application that allowed visitors to sign the beam electronically on a mobile or desktop device. "We came up with the idea, hoped for a few hundred signatures and couldn't be happier with the response."
In its first day, more than 100 signatures an hour came through the site. Signing required an official email account with the University, which many alumni signed up for, becoming more engaged with their alma mater in the process. Most signers found the link through social media after friends posted images of their signatures to Facebook and Twitter.
"I just thought, 'What's this thing blowing up my Facebook?' " says Will Carey '12 who signed the beam from his office in New York City.
With so much activity on campus, more students and alumni are looking to stay connected with the University's progress even while away from campus.
"I was thrilled at the chance to sign the beam remotely," says Johnny Martin '10, '13, who signed from his home in Vernon, Conn. "I appreciate the University's focus on serving the alumni community across the globe by using technology."
The project also drew interest from people not affiliated with the University. An organization in Maryland contacted the University Relations department and inquired about using the technology for their projects.
"This project would have been very different if we did a few years ago, but mobile advances made it easy and engaging," says Allen Williamson, the interactive developer who also worked on a virtual groundbreaking game for the new building. "It sets a good precedent for student participation in virtual projects."
After collecting the signatures over two weeks, the team arranged the 1,500 individual files onto a grid to fit on several large vinyl stickers. The stickers were placed on the 34-foot-long beam before the topping-off ceremony.
Many signatures were simple, listing a student's name and graduation year or a nickname. Others listed friends, organizations or wishes for the future of the school. Some signers were ambitious, leaving illustrations and sketches. Several people memorialized River Hawks who have passed away, helping friends leave their mark on the building for generations to come. Construction workers and community members signed the beam in person, filling out the entire length of metal with the names of people excited for the University's future. See photos from the ceremony in the University's Photo Gallery.
The 143,600-square-foot building will be home to a variety of student services and other amenities open to both the campus and the public, including the University's flagship bookstore, a food court and café, an event space accommodating up to 500 people and meeting rooms. The center will also house the offices of student clubs and related programs.
"The response to the virtual beam signing is an example of the student excitement level around University Crossing," says Jeff Cournoyer, executive director of public affairs. "Signing the final beam of a building is a long tradition, but this new twist came together nicely to get students engaged with their new center before it's even complete."


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Loyola Receives $1 million Gift From Jim And Hollis Forbes For Improvements To Reitz Arena
Loyola University Maryland has received a $1 million gift from Jim Forbes, '80, and his wife Hollis to renovate and refurbish Reitz Arena. The gift comes with an additional $100,000 to support SAP software training forstudents in Loyola's Sellinger School of Business and Management.
"I am extraordinarily grateful for the Forbeses' generosity, which will play a pivotal role in our overall progress as we work to achieve critical goals for athletics in the University's strategic plan," said Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., president of Loyola. "For members of the Loyola community and our neighbors throughout the Baltimore area, improvements to Reitz Arena will greatly enhance their experience as fans of the Greyhounds and strengthen their connection to the University, the unique opportunities we offer, and the spirit we foster on campus."
The Forbeses' $1 million gift will be used to add enhanced scoreboards and signage in Reitz Arena. Centrally located on Loyola's Evergreen campus, Reitz Arena is a 2,100-seat venue that is home to the University's basketball and volleyball teams and hosts many special events each year. The basketball court itself will ultimately be named Forbes Court in recognition of the couple's generosity.
Because Jim and Hollis Forbes also want to make a difference in business education, they pledged an additional $100,000 to support projectsrelated to the Student Experiential Learning Lab. The training will supportSellinger School students in the Student Applied Portfolio class who exercise discretionary investment authority over a portion of Loyola's endowment.
"I wanted to make a significant contribution because I really believe in giving back," said Forbes, who graduated from Loyola with a degree in business administration and whose career has led him to his current position as Vice Chairman for UBS Group, Americas in New York City. "My Loyola education has had a major positive impact on my career."
Forbes, a Loyola trustee, was inspired by last year's $5.2 million gift from Ellen and Ed Hanway, '74, chairman of Loyola's Board of Trustees, and the athletic success of the Greyhounds last spring.
Loyola athletics set new benchmarks in 2012 as many of the University's student athletes excelled on a national stage. In March, the men's basketball team won the MAAC championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in almost two decades. On Memorial Day, Loyola's men's lacrosse team won the NCAA Division I national championship after defeating the University of Maryland in Foxborough, Mass. In addition, Loyola recently accepted an invitation to join the Patriot League at the beginning of the 2013-14 academic and athletic year.
"We are very grateful for this considerable gift by our longtime supporters Jim and Hollis Forbes," said Jim Paquette, Loyola's Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics. "Their generosity will provide Loyola the opportunity to substantially improve what is already a great venue for college athletics, and make Reitz a compelling draw for the talented recruits who are sought by our coaches."
The athletics initiative in Loyola's five-year strategic plan, approved in 2008, calls for improved facilities to increase fan engagement and fieldmore competitive teams; position Loyola to participate in post-season eventhosting opportunities; and strengthen its reputation as an institution that recognizes the role athletics plays in the development of a well-rounded university. The primary goal of the strategic plan is for Loyola to become the nation's leading Catholic, comprehensive university.
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