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A Drunk Diane Keaton Explains Tantric Sex on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
"You have that thing called the orgasm. For nine hours. That's ridiculous!"
Wearing what appears to be a Sensei's pink robe, a drunk and bubbly Diane Keaton pulled red wine from her purse and told Ellen DeGeneres all about her role in The Big Wedding. "Do you know what tantric sex is ... the Audience?" she asks. "Look, I'm Diane and the character I play is someone else ... The definition is something like, well, when you have tantric sex you go for a long time and you have that thing called the orgasm. For nine hours! That's ridiculous." She then breaks down in giggles, revealing that Topher Grace plays a 29-year-old virgin ("I don't know a man who's 29 and a virgin ... ") and that she gets up close to Robert De Niro ("I enjoyed the kissing of the men ... And I put my head on his chest. And his chest did not have clothes on"). Was there an open bar at this Big Wedding, though? If so, we'll be seeing it.


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Every woman dreams about one day living in her own castle.
The fantasy includes taking afternoon tea in a library overlooking a precisely groomed garden, gliding around a vast ballroom with her Prince Charming and having a staff of servants do her bidding.
I am no different. But my prince didn't come with his own castle, so we rented one for a night instead.
On paper and in pictures, Abbeyglen Castle Hotel, a four-star 19th-century Victorian castle on the west coast of Ireland, fits the fantasy.
From the moment we caught sight of our castle-for-a-day from the narrow country road, I felt titters of excitement.
Sure, we had already been wowed by the super-posh and stately Ashford Castle, the epitome of the luxurious castle hotel experience, during a surreptitious walk-through earlier that day. The immense and imposing five-star castle had its own golf course, sat on a gigantic lake and boasted a swank, all-service spa, antiques and art on every surface and more dark oak than most California forests. It also had celebrity cachet: Jack Nicholson, Prince Rainier and John Travolta have all stayed at Ashford.
Ashford Castle was twice the size as Abbeyglen, but it was barely half as warm.
Our own castle was less shiny but loaded with quirky charm and on the whole, a lot more inviting.
Pretension is not part of the package.
Besides, Abbeyglen has had some star power guests, too. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton, Canada's own award-winning actor Christopher Plummer, director Woody Allen and actor Ed Harris have all stayed at Abbeyglen.
Our large two-storey, ivy-strewn brick behemoth sat on a rambling green meadow, in the shadow of the 12 Bens mountains (what we in Calgary would call "hills.") It overlooks bustling Clifden town with a view of the Atlantic Ocean in the distance.
The castle was built in 1832 by the founder of nearby Clifden.
Over the years, it was leased to a parish priest, became a girl's orphanage, then a mixed orphanage before closing in the early 1950s and falling into disrepair.
Cows and sheep were the only residents for a time before a lo-cal couple reopened it as a hotel in the 1960s. In 1969, the Hughes brothers became the latest, and perhaps most successful owners. Today, this 45-bedroom hotel has a nine-hole pitch-and-putt, tennis courts, a spa and two helipads.
The key to opening the front door of this castle? Go in off-season. At Abbeyglen, you don't have to pay a king's ransom to stay.
Our early March stay in a double room (including a full Irish breakfast) cost 119 euros (about $155). During high season, our same room runs for about 149 euros per person.
Inside a stone entryway, a blazing fire took the chill off the damp air. Fireplaces of all description - gas-fuelled, peat and wood burning - were seemingly in every room.
A large wooden front door opened into an inviting reception. Deep and delicious dark leather club chairs beckoned guests to sit, read a paper and stay awhile. (This was also the best spot in the castle with decent Wi-Fi.) Original art hung on walls, a grandfather clock kept time and a roaring fire warmed the intimate room.
After check-in, Gilbert the house parrot greeted us from his post beside the reception desk. A castle with its own parrot? Maybe it was a Disney castle.
Our spacious room easily accommodated a four-poster canopy bed, an emerald-green love seat, two spindle-legged writing desks, a double-doored wood wardrobe and an open-flame, gas-fuelled fireplace framed by ceramic tiles and weighed down by mammoth copies of aged Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Our view was limited yet lush. Two cathedral-sized windows overlooked a small waterfall and wild, thick greenery behind the castle. It wasn't exactly the intricately designed garden I had imagined but nice nonetheless. Front-facing rooms got the meadow and ocean.
The ensuite bathroom, mean-while, was a show stopper with a super-sized, claw-foot tub, double sinks, a toilet and a corner shower with plenty of cavorting room for my prince, myself and our 18-month-old.
Castle hotels do a lot of things right and installing a modern bathroom is an essential for today's modern princess.
Dinner was served between 7 and 9 p.m. I swapped my travel-friendly, comfort-is-key yoga pants, sweat jacket and running shoes for pants, a blouse and dress shoes. I was underdressed. Dressing for dinner is serious business at a castle. Many ladies wore dresses, while others donned matching sweater sets accessorized with scarves or necklaces. Hair was done just so and makeup was a must. Men all wore dress jackets and shirts, some with ties, and freshly pressed slacks. Everyone was put together. And at least 20 years older than us. Many were Clifden locals having a night out.
Others were Irish tourists on a getaway. It was clear that Abbeyglen has many repeat visitors.
During dinner, neighbours leaned over and struck up conversations or smiled from across the dining room. A pianist played in the corner.
That's when co-owner Brian Hughes appeared, charming the room, table by table. The affable and self-effacing hotelier was clearly the heart of the operation.
After chatting us up briefly, he returned with a camera. He snapped a picture of our group, departed and returned post haste with two prints for our table. The castle felt a bit like a cruise ship, but in a good way.
Dinner was an elegant and refined four-course affair (49 euros per person). True to most Irish menus, locally sourced food is proudly noted. We opted for the a la carte menu at 20 euros apiece. In keeping with the casual atmosphere, our waiter advised us to "just take some" dessert off the loaded sweets table.
After dinner, many folks retired to the barely lit main-floor bar for cocktails and a singalong at the piano. Short of a leprechaun, the stereotypical Irish scene included free-flowing whiskey, Guinness and lots of the craic (Irish banter at its best). Guests took turns singing songs at the piano and inviting others to take a turn. The first volunteer - no exaggeration - produced a tear-inducing version of Danny Boy. The night was turning into an Irish tourism commercial.
Lulled, we retired to our four-poster bed, slept in, and took a late checkout without asking for it.
Abbeyglen was a real castle but for real people. Reality, as it turned out, wasn't so regal as the castle of my dreams, but it was much more fun.
Ireland's castles
Castles of all description, size and amenities dot the country-side throughout Ireland. Here are a few castle hotels:
- Ashford Castle, north of Galway in County Mayo. Ultra-luxurious, five-star castle to the stars on head of the Lough Corrib with its own golf course. It's near Cong, where 1952's The Quiet Man starring John Wayne was filmed. Guests can try falconry. ashford.ie.
- Abbeyglen Castle Hotel, west coast in Clifden. This four-star castle features pitch-and-putt golf course and full-service spa. Built in 1832, the Victorian castle-manor was an orphanage before being transformed into a hotel. abbeyglen.ie.
- Waterford Castle, southeast coast near Waterford. One of the oldest castles in the country going back 800 years to Norman times with some 17th-century upgrades. A private ferry picks guests up at the shores of the River Suit. Golf course on site of this five-star castle. waterfordcastle.com
- Dromoland Castle, southwest in County Clare. Considered one of Ireland's most impressive castle hotels, this neo-Gothic, 19th-century fortress is the ancestral home of the O'Briens. Request a room with a lake view in this five-star castle. Two restaurants include a casual option or eating French food beneath chandeliers. Golf course on site. dromoland.ie
- Cabra Castle, Midlands, 114 kilometres northwest of Dublin Dating to 1760, this four-star castle hotel sits on 36 hectares of gardens and parklands and includes 80 rooms. Nine-hole golf course on site and horse-back riding. cabracastle.com
- Sources: castlesinireland. com, fodors, discoverireland.com
- For information and prices on castle hotels in Ireland, go to manorhousehotels.com, discoverireland.com, castlesinireland.com and hotelireland.com.
- For more information: go to abbeyglen.ie.

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Details: Quark Expeditions is searching for an Official Blogger to join a voyage to Antarctica. Their goals, according to an email I received recently from their official spokesperson, Prisca, are to have their official blogger write a daily blog entry in English about his or her experience on this Antarctic trip, and to help raise public awareness of the environmental and conservation issues that pertain to the Antarctic. To select their official blogger, they are asking candidates to enter a competition where the public votes for whom they think would do the best job.
I am a wonderful candidate for this job as the official blogger for Quark Expeditions because I have been a prolific writer of a science and nature blog for five years, I have earned essential scientific training and background as well as having taught all age groups from children through adults, I have always strongly supported environmental and conservation objectives, and I possess intellectual curiosity combined with a sense of wonder.
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21 Things You Didn't Know About Rushmore
1. Alexis Bledel is in the film.
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Before she starred as Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, actress Alexis Bledel was an uncredited extra—she played a Grover Cleveland High School student—in Rushmore. You can see her in the background in various scenes, including dancing with the character Magnus Buchan (Stephen McCole) at the end of the film.
2. Rushmore Academy was the director's Alma Mater.
Director Wes Anderson sent location scouts across the United States and Canada to find the perfect high school to shoot the movie. He was having a tough time trying to find the school, until his mother sent him a picture of his old high school in Houston, Texas: St. John's School. Anderson thought it was the perfect location to make the movie.
3. Film critic Pauline Kael had a private screening.
Pauline Kael's film criticism was a heavy influence on Wes Anderson's view of cinema; he once wrote to her, "your thoughts and writing about the movies [have] been a very important source of inspiration for me and my movies, and I hope you don't regret that." Kael retired from The New Yorker in 1991, so Anderson arranged for her to have a private screening of Rushmore before the film came out in 1998. Kael later told Anderson, "I genuinely don't know what to make of this movie."
4. Owen Wilson Appears in the Movie.
Although co-screenwriter Owen Wilson doesn't have a credited role in Rushmore, he does appear as Ms. Cross' deceased husband, Edward Appleby, in a photo in Appleby's childhood bedroom.
5. Bill Murray wanted to do Rushmore for free.
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Once Bill Murray read Anderson and Wilson's screenplay, he wanted to be in the movie so badly that he considered appearing in it for free. Murray ended up working on Rushmore at scale with the Screen Actors Guild day rate minimum for smaller indie film projects. Anderson estimated that Murray made about $9000 for his work on Rushmore.
6. Wilson's Dad Inspired a Moment in the Movie.
Wilson's father, Robert Wilson, was the inspiration for Herman Blume's speech about privilege at the beginning of Rushmore.
7. Rushmore was Jason Schwartzman's debut film.
Casting directors searched throughout the United States, Canada, and England to find a young actor to play the lead role of Max Fischer. Australian actor Noah Taylor was the frontrunner for the part when, on the last day of casting in Los Angeles, Jason Schwartzman auditioned. He was wearing a prep-school blazer with a Rushmore Academy patch that he made himself.
8. Be on the lookout for Ryan.
A small boy named Ryan appears as an extra in almost every scene in Rushmore. He can often be found placed between two characters talking or in the background of most scenes. Jason Schwartzman nicknamed him "Dart Boy."
9. One of the Film's Producers Also Had Another Role.
Barry Mendel, one of the film's producers, also served the hand double for Max in close-up shots. Mendel and Schwartzman have very similar builds and hands.
10. Schwartzman's Phantom Planet Bandmates Get a Shout Out.
Some of the names on Max's "Save Latin" petition are members of Schwartzman's former band Phantom Planet, including Alex Greenwald, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, and Jacques Brautbar. The band's manager Dan Field also appears on the petition.
11. Anderson's Brother has a Part in the movie.
Eric Chase Anderson plays the architect who designs Max's aquarium.
12. Owen Wilson's private school experiences inspired some of the movie's plot points.
As a sophomore at St. Mark High School in Dallas, Wilson was expelled for stealing his geometry teacher's textbook (the one that contained all the answers); he went to Thomas Jefferson High School to complete 10th grade. This was the inspiration for when Max is expelled from Rushmore Academy and is forced to attend Grover Cleveland High School.
13. A Wilson Brother plays Coach Beck.
Owen and Luke Wilson's older brother Andrew plays Rushmore Academy's baseball coach, Coach Beck. He also appeared in Anderson's directorial debut, Bottle Rocket, playing the bully John Mapplethorpe.
14. The Movie's Editor Makes a Cameo.
Rushmore editor David Moritz plays the Dynamite Salesman; he sells Max the dynamite and explosives for his stage play "Heaven and Hell" at the end of the film.
15. Mason Gamble Almost Didn't Play Dirk Calloway.
Wilson referred to the character of Dirk Calloway, played by Mason Gamble, as the conscience of the film. Originally, Anderson didn't want to cast Gamble in the role because of the actor's previous role as Dennis Mitchell in the 1993 live-action movie Dennis the Menace.
16. Producers Made a Deal to get a Bentley.
Producers needed a Bentley for Bill Murray's character, Herman Blume, but Rushmore's production budget was only $20 million and they couldn't afford to rent one. A Houston resident was willing to lend them his Bentley if they gave his daughter a role in the film. Producers agreed; the man's daughter plays an usher who seats Miss Cross at Max's play at the end of the movie.
17. Robert Yeoman is a Blue Devil.
On days off, the crew would play basketball at a hotel in Houston. The film's cinematographer, Robert Yeoman, played for the Duke basketball team during his freshman year.
18. Anderson's Brother Did the Movie's Criterion Collection Artwork.
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Eric Chase Anderson did the artwork for the Criterion Collection DVD cover, an interoperation of a shot from the montage of Max's extracurricular activities at the beginning of the movie. The Yankee Racer shot is itself a re-creation of a photo from French photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue, taken in 1909 when he was only 15. Two of the three racers in the background are Wes Anderson and Wilson.
19. Rushmore Upset Francis Ford Coppola.
Director Francis Ford Coppola owns a winery, and when he first saw Rushmore, he was upset with Anderson because he used Coppola's chief Napa Valley wine rival during Max's post-play celebration.
20. Schwartzman waxed his chest to play Max.
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Although Max only shows his chest once in the film (during the high school wrestling match), Anderson made Schwartzman wax his chest for the duration of Rushmore's filming.
21. The Max Fischer Players Appeared on MTV.
During the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, the Max Fischer Players re-created the year's hit movies—The Truman Show, Armageddon, and Out of Sight—as stage plays.


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Growers saw for themselves the outcome of trials on scores of red, russet, chipper, long white, and other potato varieties at the recent field day held by the California Potato Research Advisory Board at Arvin.
Ron Voss, University of California Extension vegetable specialist was on hand among the tagged piles of tubers to report particulars of the trials, measuring performance according to nitrogen rates and spacing.
Voss also discussed the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act in view of interest by breeding companies in exclusive seed rights. The issue will be considered by the industry during the summer.
The Kern County trials, held at a ranch of D.M. Camp and Sons, had 64 entries in replicated trials from western and southwestern regional trials, plus 84 others for observation.
Voss said the season of 125 to 130 days, which began with planting of the replicated and observation trials at Arvin on Feb. 5 and ended with grading the week of June 18, was early. Vine growth and health were excellent, making the season a good one for growers.
Little learned
However, he added, from the standpoint of board-funded research projects to learn more about late blight and potato Virus Y, the season revealed little.
Despite inoculation from infected plants from Kern County fields, late blight did not appear in trials at Shafter, making the third season the trials have been blight-free. Although potato Y virus continues to be a major concern in development of new varieties, its incidence in this year's trials was significantly less than in recent years.
In the second year of nitrogen-rate screening, 12 varieties were rated on response to rates of none, 80, 160, 240, and 320 pounds per acre. Applications were split: one-half at planting and one-half 45 days later.
"In the first year of the study, 2000, the different varieties did respond differently to nitrogen rates. Some reached maximum yields at lower rates than others. This study will be conducted for three years before conclusions will be made."
"We have the full range of very deficient to sufficient levels of nitrogen rates," said Voss. "In the first year of the study, 2000, the different varieties did respond differently to nitrogen rates. Some reached maximum yields at lower rates than others. This study will be conducted for three years before conclusions will be made."
Complementing the nitrogen studies are in-row spacings of six, nine, and 12 inches. These tests are intended to determine specific cultural requirements for the new varieties. Of particular interest are management practices best suited for new clonally selections of Russet Norkotah, opposed to those used for the variety's original strain.
Voss said the Plant Patent Act of 1930 excluded potatoes, and no one could claim exclusivity, own, or collect royalties on a potato variety.
But during the mid-1990s, potatoes came under the Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970, and the change included European varieties, which are privately developed and grown. Foreign potato breeders would not market in the U.S. without the program.
In the U.S., where Land Grant universities and USDA do virtually all potato breeding, varieties are named and protected as they are released.
Colorado russet lines, for example, Voss said, are protected, and growers pay an additional 50 cents per hundredweight of seed of those varieties.
In California, on the other hand, the CPRAB, through industry assessments, has funded more than $1 million since 1970 in development of new varieties.
UC, like other Land Grant institutions, has a policy for patents and other intellectual property, with licenses and royalties, including developments made in cooperation with other institutions.
The UC, California-Oregon Seed Co., and Zuckerman-Heritage, Inc. are interested in applying for protection of new potato varieties under the act, said Voss.
Must act quickly
Time is critical because of the act does not allow advertising or sale of a variety for more one year before an application is filed.
Following industry discussions, CPRAB has been asked for its recommendation on the issue at its September meeting.
Voss said although water shortages in the Tulelake/Klamath Basin reduced potato production this year, research continues at the Intermountain Research and Extension Center. Trials with fertilizer rates and planting spacing such as those in Kern County were confined to the russet varieties. After harvest in September, a field day will be held.
Observational trials for red, yellow, and white entries, excluded in the trials at water-short Tulelake, were done instead in the Delta near Stockton, also the setting for nitrogen rate trials on mostly red-skinned varieties in organic soils.
Voss said the Stockton area trials "give a important, and unique, production area in California some attention that it has not received in the past."
The California potato crop for 2000 was 14.7 million hundredweight, slightly more than the 13.8 million of the 1999 season.
The 18-grower CPRAB allocated $85,000 in 2000 for research on varietal development and the causes of Erwinia early dying, a disease responsible for yield losses in Kern County.
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Michael Grabner – your window of opportunity is open, but only a crack. You had better grab that window and throw it open quickly before it slams shut on you.
The Vancouver Canucks have bestowed a wonderful opportunity on 22-year-old Michael Grabner. With Daniel Sedin out 4 weeks with a broken foot, Grabner has been placed on the top line with Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows. Henrik is a quintessential playmaker and Burrows blossomed into a bona fide goal scorer last season.
Mike Gillis and Alain Vigneault have both made it abundantly clear that Grabner had better make the most of this chance. If not, he will likely find himself with the Manitoba Moose permanently this season, or he'll find himself in another organization. Grabner's window of opportunity is open, but closing rapidly.
There are many fans who think that Grabner needs to pay his dues before his gets top-line minutes. They feel that he has to earn his spot on the first line after proving himself through hard work on the third or fourth line.
That is utter horsesh*t.
Michael Grabner is a goal scorer. He is not a fighter. He is not a checker. He is not a shut-down player. There is absolutely no point in letting Grabner toil on the bottom two lines, where he cannot do what he does best. As a goal scorer, in order to see his full capabilities, you need to surround him with the quality players that will help him do his best. If he cannot shine in the next three to five games playing alongside the team's best playmaker, then he will not survive on this team.
The other fact that should put pressure on Grabner is the fact that Sergei Shirokov is waiting in the wings to get another shot with the Canucks, to prove he can shake off his rust and stick around in the big show.
So Michael, your time is now. Your coach and manager have both told you so. And you have a teammate just chomping at the bit to take your place, if you fail. It's time to put up or shut up.


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Explore the potency of the arts for social advocacy…
Create, share new bodies of work…
The Philippine Educational Theater Association and Phare Ponleu Selpak, and with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, present The Mekong Performing Arts Lab 2007, a three-week intensive training course using theater and performing arts for advocacy on gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS designed for the performing artists of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region.
This year, the Festival happens November 25 to December 16, 2007 at Battambang, Cambodia.
Event happenings…
November 25, 4pm – Opening Parade & Celebration of Loy Pratip (International Day Against Violence Against Women) at the Veal Preah Meruh Park, Phnom Penh
December 14, 7pm – Performance Recital at the Phare Ponleu Selpak, Battambang (Anh Chanh Village, O Cha Commune)
The Greater Mekong Sub-Region remains the epicenter of HIV/AIDS in Asia since the plague was well established across the region in the late 1990s. It has an estimate of over 2 million people living with the virus, with a 15% increase of infection in 2004-2006. With this scourge, approximately 29% of infected individuals within the region are adult women, excluding the many cases that have been discovered among the young ones. Despite the virus' different stages and dynamics of development, significant increases in proportion of infection among women have become a common thread throughout the region. Women are contracting the virus at a faster rate than men. Gender and sexuality constructs contribute significantly to this vulnerablity of women to HIV/AIDS. Inequality in gender manifests in culture-specific sexual norms and behaviors that translate into gender-power dynamics in sexual relationships. Such complexities require a multi-disciplinary approach. These must be fought in all arenas of battle, including the artistic spaces of the Mekong Sub-Region's creative communities.
Vibrant and diverse, the creative arts communities in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region have spanned centuries of exchange across countries and cultures. This, in effect, gave birth to a great diversity of artistic expressions and performing arts traditions, uniquely woven into the very fabric of each culture.
The arts community has always played an important role in epitomizing Mekong societies and serving as catalysts of change. Many have used arts as an alternative to people's education and development in the face of the various threats to human security such as HIV/AIDS.
Within this milieu, PETA organizes the 3rd Mekong Performing Arts Laboratory. PETA, through its Mekong Partnership Project, commits itself to providing avenues for the arts communities in the sub-region to gather together, hone skills, share and create new bodies of work while exploring the potency of the arts for acvocacy on gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS.


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Top 10 Contemporary Artists Working With Ceramics
Francesca Gavin
Image rights: © Sterling Ruby, Courtesy Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Photo by Henk Schoenmakers
Sterling Ruby, a multidisciplinary artist who makes urethane and bronze sculptures, hallucinatory color-field canvases, and handmade ceramics, addresses the conflict between individual desire and social structure, and the influence of institutional architecture, both literal and figurative, on human behavior and psychology. In 2011 Ruby presented "Vampire," an exhibition that explored the vampire as an archetypal seductive predator, standing in for the uncontrollable and insatiable drives that inform the darker aspects of human behavior, particularly that of Americans.
American, b. 1972, Bitburg, German, based in Los Angeles, California
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FAYETTEVILLE — Forward Marshawn Powell apparently has decided that four years in an Arkansas uniform is long enough.
The redshirt junior revealed his plans to enter the 2013 NBA Draft from his Twitter account on Tuesday, adding "thank God for even being in this position."
Powell successfully returned from a knee injury that sidelined for most of the 2011-12 season to finish second on the team in scoring (14.5 points a game) and first in rebounding (5.3) in 2012-13. He also shot 49.3 percent from the field, which ranked third in the Southeastern Conference, and made a career-high 27 3-pointers.
"I wish Marshawn all the best as he moves on to the next stage of his basketball career," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said in a news release. "He had a tremendous junior season after recovering from a knee injury and was a big part of the success that we had this season. He is a skilled forward who can stretch the defense because of his ability to shoot. He can also create by putting it on the floor and has a nice post up game. I feel that his best basketball is in front of him."
Powell's decision is not much of a surprise even though the Virginia native is not included on most mock drafts. The 23-year-old will try to begin a professional basketball career after an Arkansas run with plenty of highs and lows, including a long list of injuries (broken hand, broken foot, torn anterior cruciate ligament).
Powell still could withdraw his name from the 2013 NBA Draft pool before the April 16 deadline because he has not hired an agent. But Powell isn't expected to remove his name from the draft pool and return to the Razorbacks.
Powell's departure leaves Arkansas without its most consistent frontcourt scorer for 2013-14. He ranks 22nd on the school's career scoring chart and became the 35th Arkansas player to notch 1,000 or more career points earlier this season.
Powell also is one of just five Razorback players to tally at least 1,000 points, 450 rebounds, 100 assists and 75 blocked shots in his career. The other four were former Razorbacks Todd Day, Scott Hastings, Ron Huery and Corliss Williamson.
But Powell does enter the draft without accomplishing one thing: The Razorbacks never earned an NCAA Tournament or NIT berth during his four seasons on campus.
Leading Arkansas into the postseason was his goal earlier this month, when he was asked about the future before the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
"Everybody asks me about it. Am I coming back or not?" Powell said at the time. "I'm just not really thinking about it to be honest. If you ask me in a couple weeks, I'll probably tell you something. But I'm not really thinking about it. We've got to get a win. I'm still trying to do something I haven't done here ever."
Arkansas intends to accomplish it next season and should have plenty of frontcourt depth to work with even if Powell leaves his name in the draft.
Coty Clarke (7.6 points, 5.2 rebounds) and Hunter Mickelson (5.4 points, 3.5 rebounds) are eligible to return next season. The Razorbacks also signed two frontcourt players in 6-foot-9 Bobby Portis, a McDonald's All-American and the Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year, and 6-9 Moses Kingsley.
Alandise Harris is available to help the Razorbacks as well after sitting out the 2012-13 season because of NCAA transfer rules. Anderson said last week Harris should bring toughness to Arkansas' frontcourt after showing glimpses in practices.
"What Alandise gave us (in practice) was a guy that could bang and push and shove with Marshawn," Anderson said. "That's the thing I liked seeing. He's a guy that rebounds the basketball. He's just got a knack for the basketball. There are some guys that have a nose for the ball, and he's one of those guys."
Powell is the first Razorback to announce his plans to enter the 2013 NBA Draft, but may not be the last. Guard BJ Young – who entered the draft after his freshman season and withdrew his name from consideration to return to the Razorbacks — has not revealed whether he'll be back at Arkansas for his junior season.
The NBA Draft early entry deadline is April 28.
Young led the Razorbacks and ranked fifth in the SEC in scoring (15.2 points). He and Powell were named second-team All-SEC selections by the league's coaches earlier this month and also received Associated Press honorable mention honors.


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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr. has taken the top command position at West Point during a ceremony Wednesday morning on the campus overlooking the Hudson River.
Caslen officially became the 59th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, replacing Lt. Gen. David Huntoon Jr., who is retiring from the U.S. Army after 40 years.
Caslen is a 1975 West Point graduate who has commanded at every level from company through division. Most recently, he was the Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation for Iraq. Caslen had previously served as West Point's commandant, a top academy position in charge of day-to-day operations of the cadets.
He's the first person since 1951 to serve as both commandant and superintendent at the academy, following Maj. Gen Frederick Irving, who had been commandant in 1941-42.
During the change of command ceremony, Caslen was presented the academy colors by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno.
"I am well aware of the great gift that has been given to me today," Caslen said in a statement on the Army's website. "Command is always a privilege. Command in time of war and in the transition of a post-war Army is a distinct honor."
Huntoon had been superintendent since 2010. The 1973 West Point graduate was involved in Operation Desert Storm and was commandant of the U.S. Army War College.
Huntoon was admonished last year after a Department of Defense inspector general report concluded he misused his position, government resources and personnel. The report said he improperly allowed subordinates to give driving lessons, didn't properly compensate those who worked at a charity dinner and misused his position to obtain cat care.
The report said Huntoon took full responsibility and repaid the affected parties $1,815 based on prevailing labor rates.
Army officials have said Huntoon's retirement is not related to the investigation.
The change in command also comes after a series of negative stories about the 211-year-old military academy whose graduates include Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur and George Patton.
An Army sergeant assigned to West Point was charged in May with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the academy, including in a bathroom. And West Point's men's rugby team was temporarily disbanded after cadets forwarded emails that were derogatory to women.


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Medical News
February 4, 2002
Coerced sex in dating relationships, including forced sexual initiation, is not rare in sub-Saharan Africa. Results of a study in Cape Town, South Africa, showed that 72 percent of pregnant teenagers and 60 percent of teenagers who had never been pregnant had had coerced sex, but little research has been done on sexual abuse in earlier childhood.Adapted from:
In the 1998 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey, researchers assessed the frequency of rape in a nationally representative study of 11,735 women ages 15 to 49. Researchers selected women by multistage random methods who were stratified by province and urban or non-urban regions. The study complied with World Health Organization guidelines for research on violence against women, and every participant provided written informed consent.
Researchers asked women if they had been "forced to have sexual intercourse against their will by being threatened, held down, or hurt in some way" or "persuaded to have sexual intercourse when they did not want it." Women who responded that they had, were asked if these events had happened before the age of 15 years, in which case researchers concluded that they had been raped. The response rate for the survey was 90 percent.
Child rape violates human rights and causes immediate and long-term mental and physical health consequences for the child. 153 (1.6 percent, 95 percent CI 1.2-1.9 percent) of the women surveyed had been raped before age 15. Two (1.3 percent) of whom had been raped by gangs of three and ten men. 85 percent of the rapes took place against children ages 10 to 14 years, and 15 percent between 5 and 9 years. In the United States, 1.9 percent of women have reported rape or attempted rape before age 12, a finding close to that of this study. Younger women were significantly more likely to report rape than older women.
Schoolteachers were the most common child rapists and were responsible for 33 percent (95 percent CI 23-42 percent) of rapes. Relatives were also a major group (21 percent), as were strangers or recent acquaintances (21 percent), and boyfriends (10 percent). South Africa has only recently made sexual relations, consensual or otherwise, between staff and students a serious offence that results in dismissal of staff. Many countries do not have such legislation. Enforcement still presents a substantial challenge.
The role of schoolteachers in child rape has been reported in many other African countries. Through such abuse, a girl's body is violated as well as her right to an education. Not only is risk of HIV-1 transmission increased through the sexual act, but in many countries, child rape has increased the likelihood of unsafe sexual practices during later years, including having multiple partners, participation in sex work, and increase in risk of rape in adulthood. Intergenerational sex fuels the HIV-1 epidemic by providing foci of infection within every emerging age group, leading to transmission of the virus to peers once children reach the stage of consensual sexual activity. Many girls are forced to leave school because of pregnancies fathered by teachers and because of harassment by teachers. A girl's ability to reach her economic and social potential is thus reduced, and likelihood of subsequent dependency on sex for payment rises.
Educational status and type of residence were not associated with childhood rape, but ethnic origin (based on the apartheid-defined population categories), province, and age-cohort were. After adjustment for province and age, more white women reported rape than African women. Women in the Northern Cape, Free State, and North West reported rape significantly less often than those in the Western Cape (after adjustment for ethnic origin and age). Women were significantly less likely to report rape with increasing age. Age-by-province and age-by-race interactions were not significant.
Research suggests that child rape is becoming more common, and lends support to qualitative research of sexual harassment of female students in schools in Africa. In addition, findings from this study confirm that rape of girls, especially in school, is a substantial public health problem in South Africa. Research is necessary to understand its broader social context, nature, and magnitude, and to develop interventions for primary prevention and prevention of its long-term health consequences. Effective action to address rape and sexual harassment of girls in schools is needed.
01.26.02; Vol. 359; No. 9303: P. 319-320; Rachel Jewkes; Jonathan Levin; Nolwazi Mbananga; Debbie Bradshaw
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


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FAA tells US airlines not to fly to Tel Aviv
FAA tells US airlines not to fly to Tel Aviv
Jul. 22, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airlines Tuesday they are prohibited from flying to the Tel Aviv airport in Israel for 24 hours following a Hamas rocket explosion nearby. The ban began 12:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, the agency said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the issue of the ban with Secretary of State John Kerry, who was in the Middle East on Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
"The FAA's notice was issued to protect American citizens and American carriers. The only consideration in issuing the notice was the safety and security of our citizens," Psaki said in a statement. "The FAA continues to monitor and evaluate the situation, and will issue updated guidelines within 24 hours of the time the notice went into effect, she said.
In its notice to airlines, the FAA said that "due to the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza, all flight operations to/from Ben Gurion International Airport by U.S. operators are prohibited until further advised." The Hamas rocket strike landed about 1 mile from the airport, the agency said.
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Bank and mortgage scam nets ID crooks thousands
Why settle for just emptying an online bank account?
Scammers conned both a mortgage firm and a bank to hit an IT director for £60,000. UK police are hunting the gang responsible for the scam, and at least nine others like it, that are estimated to have netted ID fraudsters hundreds of thousands of pounds, The Times reports.
Phishing fraudsters are typically satisfied with milking money from online accounts, but the group hunted by detectives from the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit was more ambitious. The gang's basic modus-operandi involved hacking into individual bank accounts and ordering new credit cards which are subsequentally used to buy jewellery, electronic goods, or foreign currency.
The gang pieced together enough information about one victim, an IT director, to transfer £60,000 from his mortgage reserve account to a current account, which they later emptied to buy jewellery in Barcelona.
Instead of conventional ID fraud, where loans and credit cards are obtained under a false name, the gang specialises in taking over existing accounts.
Detective Constable Keith Harrington told The Times that the crooks use social engineering tricks to find information about victims prior to convincing a bank to issue a new card and PIN. This card is picked up at a local postal office by a crook impersonating the prospective mark, an aspect of the scam that seems to rely on knowing the victim will be away from home.
"The whole operation from start to finish takes a few days and usually by the time anyone notices the money has gone the gang will have bought the goods and sold them on," DC Harrington said.
"When we first came across it we thought it was unusual but we have found it is happening all over the country."
The unfortunate IT director came back from holiday in Thailand to discover that £60K had been moved into his current account at Barclays Bank before being spent on expensive jewellery. Investigators reckon the gang tricked bank staff into revealing where the man held his mortgage prior to using a similar ruse on the mortgage firm in order to persuade it to transfer money into his current account. The victim has been reimbursed by Barclays for losses he incurred as a result of the scam, which raises serious questions about both bank and mail security.
"It seems [the gang] told Barclays that 'I' needed a new debit card as the current one was damaged and a reminder of the PIN and then all they had to provide as identification to the Post Office was a Tesco Clubcard and a fake utility bill," the victim told The Times.
"Somehow or other they managed to convince my mortgage company to transfer the £60,000 and then used the new card to spend it. This has all been rather disconcerting, especially finding out how easy it is for people to pretend to be me and how easy it was for them to get to my post. It is not as though I am lax with my internet security," he added.
Barclays told the paper that it was inappropriate for the bank to comment during an investigation.®


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Quote from: kenpostudent on October 04, 2010, 06:19:20 PMBoyd is ranked higher in legal writing than almost all of the T14 schools. So, we may have a different ballgame 15 years from now... not that this will do me much good by then. Honestly, Harvard is better than Boyd or GGU. Even if your in the top 10% at Boyd I think the prestige of Harvard will win out. Getting into Harvard is just an accomplishment in and of itself. I almost feel like it is harder to get into some of those schools than it is to rank in the top 10% of a tier 2,3, or 4 school. With that said I have to go on another tangent about these rankings. Boyd is ranked higher in legal writing, Vermont is ranked highly in environmental law, Pepperdine is great at negotiations, but again WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM. I mean these subrankings do not even have any measurable statistics whatsoever. At least as awfully measure as the rankings are at least there is approximately 10% objective facts. These subrankings just seem like they are selected at random. I feel like U.S. News rankings has gotten Wizard of Oz type status. The Wizard was "allegedly" this great all knowing, all powerful entity, yet he was nothing. Nobody questioned his power or how he got there they just accepted well he is the wizard you can't interrupt him, you can't see him, you can't interact with him, but he does know everything. We all know how that turns out. U.S. News is the same thing I have no idea when they started ranking or why, or who determines these rankings, it is just THE GREAT ALL KNOWING U.S. NEWS. Who is on this committee how did they rank my school as a top 25 public interest school , how did they determine Boyd is a top writing school, how did they determine Pepperdine is great at negotiations. I would love answer to any of these questions, but none exists other than U.S. News said so. Based on what how these anonymous random people felt. It is so ridiculous. The really sad part is that people take these rankings so seriously. I know a girl from my school that transferred to Santa Clara she was in the top 2% at my school and they gave her a full scholarship. However, she transferred because she wanted to do IP law. She has no engineering background whatsoever, but Santa Clara is ranked 8th or something in IP according to U.S. News. So she is going to go 80,000 more in debt than she would have and even though U.S. News says they are the 8th best IP school she will probably lose out to anyone in the Bay Area with a J.D. from and an engineering background. Realistically, if she really wanted to do IP law it would have been better for her to save a ton of money staying at GGU and used the 80,000 in savings to get some type of engineering degree. IP is one of those industries where they don't really care what school you went to if you know how technical things work then you are set. Which is why the patent bar exists. However, U.S. News all knowing as they are and with no facts to support it said Santa Clara is the 8th best IP school. So she up and left leaving 80,000 on the table. I hope it works for her she was a cool person, but odds are she is going to go 80,000 more in debt and not have anymore prospects from Santa Clara than she would from GGU. Maybe I am wrong, but I really think U.S. News is just an awful thing that people use to make life changing decisions. U.S. News has no facts to support anything and yet people follow down the yellow brick road just as Dorothy did. To follow some unnamed, anonymous, thing, that is not there. It made for a great movie, but in real life people need to question these rankings and how they come about.
Boyd is ranked higher in legal writing than almost all of the T14 schools. So, we may have a different ballgame 15 years from now... not that this will do me much good by then.
The subrankings come from law professors and the deans of law schools. So, they are based on reputations in the legal academic community.
Quote from: kenpostudent on October 05, 2010, 10:05:33 AMThe subrankings come from law professors and the deans of law schools. So, they are based on reputations in the legal academic community.I am sure sure Boyd is a great school. I think most schools require 3 writing classes I know mine does as well, but at this point in law school career I don't really know or care what other schools graduation requirements are. I care about my own and that is really it at this point. Are you sure the sub-rankings are based on Deans and Professors? That would be some type of fact and it would better than how I thought they were ranking the schools. Even if that is the system how would the Dean of Gonzaga know how well Franklin Pierce's IP law program is. If employers wrote reports about how well student's from certain schools were performing and if they were getting raises or just still around then that would be some kind of fact. I don't know if these deans and law professors are involved in the rankings and if they are it is better than what I thought. However,I still think it is completely inefficient to publish these subrankings or rankings period.
, Boyd requires more writing classes (3 to graduate) plus a scholarly (publishable - aka Law Review Note, minimum of 25 pages not including footnotes) from EVERY student to graduate. Harvard doesn't require that.
It is very possible that the average Boyd admit is weaker than the average Harvard grad upon admission, but ends up equal to or stronger than the average Harvard grad at graduation because of a more rigourous legal writing program.
I don't think it's fair to say Harvard is "better" than another law school. Yes, Harvard has better placement,
Quote I don't think it's fair to say Harvard is "better" than another law school. Yes, Harvard has better placement, From a prospective student's perspective, placement is the only thing that really matters.


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Mendon's Brooke Howard was awarded the Female Athlete of the Year
Dedication, hard work and determination are just some of the words that fully describe senior athlete Brooke Howard.
Longtime student of Mendon Public Schools, Howard was chosen for the 2013 Sturgis Journal Female Athlete of the Year.
As sports have had such a big importance in Howard's life, she has loved every moment of her high school athletic career.
"Sports are what I live for," Howard said.
The senior, 17, has been very involved in athletics at Mendon High School all four years in volleyball, basketball and track.
"Basketball is my main love," Howard said.
She took a liking to basketball at an early age.
Howard described how she would pick up a basketball and spend time with her father playing in the driveway during her youth.
"I can remember shooting hoops outside in the driveway with my dad when I was really little," Howard recalled.
She probably didn't know at the time she'd develop into a multi-sport athlete playing multiple years of her high school days at the varsity level. In her trek of playing her passion, Howard hit her 1,000th point for basketball during her junior year. This was a career-driver for Howard.
"My 1,000th point was almost a surreal moment for me," Howard said. "It takes a lot of hard work and dedication and if you stay the extra 10 minutes, just that little bit can mean so much. Hard work and dedication, it all pays off in the end."
Such a powerful statement from someone who is so determined, especially at the high school level.
Howard said she remembers the exact moment when she made history on the basketball floor.
"I remember they took me out of the game... I looked up in the crowd and I saw my mom jumping around in the stands. Then sure enough, the announcer came over the P.A. and announced my 1,000th point," Howard reflected. "After they announced what I had just done, I almost started crying."
Most recently Howard and her basketball team opened their season with wins, which is something the Lady Hornets are used to this time of year. Mendon has opened the season winning all four of their games, none of which have been close, winning by an average of 33.5 points per game.
Their team, being mostly made up of members from the volleyball squad, was almost a challenge.
"It took a little bit to get everyone in to the chemistry of playing basketball," Howard said.
The transition from volleyball to basketball was relatively quick. That's because in each of the last two seasons the Mendon volleyball team reached the Final Four, which takes place just a few days before the Lady Hornets began basketball practice.
"Volleyball was really a lot of fun this year," Howard said.
Howard and her team made it to the Final Four back to back years in volleyball, which is something she is really proud of.
Howard is also really ecstatic of her achievement but is mainly proud of her team for fulfilling what they had and for working together to build a strong, united team. This team building skill is something that Howard goes out of her way to execute.
Being an All-State athlete in both volleyball and basketball multiple years is something that is a rare occurrence. A strong moral of Howard is not thinking of herself, but of her team as herself. This is something that helped with her success.
One big example of this happened last year in the basketball playoffs. Howard and the Hornets lost to Athens in a game where she fouled out.
"The loss against Athens was by far my toughest loss," Howard said, noting that she let her team down in that instance.
That's what keeps Howard moving along at a highly efficient and motivated spirit.
To her the team always comes before herself. Because without the team she isn't a part of anything. Despite being very talented she knows she can not beat teams playing by herself.
The All-State athlete that works together with others is excited for the remainder of her senior year and beyond.
"I'm excited for the future and what it holds," Howard said. "I enjoy competition a lot. You never know when it's going to be your last time."
College sports for Howard is not a for-sure thing. Playing sports year-round can get tiring, even for a teenager. Howard has mixed feelings about competing at the next level in her career. She plans on attending Grand Valley State University, but isn't completely shutting the door on competing at the college level in athletics.
"It's been really hard for me to say I am not going to play sports," Howard said. "I'm not the type of person who will drop sports all together."
No matter how Howard plans to approach her college dream she will always keep the moral of what her high school teams have taught her.


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Frank Ocean Wears Nothing But Underwear In Shirtless Selfie
Well, I guess we now know that Frank Ocean is a boxer briefs kind of guy.
The openly gay R&B sensation posted an outrageously hot bedroom mirror selfie to his Tumblr before having second thoughts and deleting it. Thankfully, this is the Internet, where nothing is ever truly deleted. Because of some intrepid Frank Ocean fans, we not only have had to have our jaws rewired in an emergency appointment this morning, we also know that Frank shared this caption along with the image that will replace our I Hate Mondays poster above the desk: "shout out to the selife god."
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Horoscopes for week of October 30, 2003
Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week, Aries? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
If I were writing this horoscope for "Gun Lovers' Casino Porn Today" magazine, I might advise my Taurus readers to keep their vices firmly in check, as this is a time when anti-social vices are likely to cause even more havoc than usual. However, since you are reading my words in a respectable publication and are undoubtedly a refined and ethical person, I feel comfortable advising you to tap into the instinctual part of your nature that is usually off-limits. Halloween costume suggestion: the animal whose spirit would best awaken your dormant wildness.
Got enough clues to chew on for a while, Taurus? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
"You may have been born to be a worrywart," says Edward Hallowell in his book Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely. "Some people have a nervous system that is like an alarm system that goes off too easily." In my experience, only about eight percent of the Gemini tribe fit this description in normal times. But between late October and mid-November every year, the number zooms. Many of you suddenly act as if you're hard-wired to generate anxiety. You seem to enjoy scaring yourself silly. Why? What's going on? It's true that this is a favorable time to confront your doubts and fears. But the point is to conquer them, not let them consume and demoralize you. My advice, then, is to unleash your inner warrior immediately. Halloween costume suggestions: your favorite superhero or crusader for justice.
Want to explore the coming week even further, Gemini? Dig deeper? Feel stronger? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
New species of delight are headed your way, lucky one. Outbursts of exotic bliss await you. There's only one obstacle that could interfere with your enjoyment: your attachment to old familiar ways of stirring up the good times. Be willing to put them aside, at least temporarily, so that you can be fully available for sources of future happiness. Keep William Blake's poem in mind: "He who bends to himself a joy / Does the winged life destroy; / But he who kisses the joy as it flies / Lives in eternity's sunrise." Halloween costume suggestion: your favorite bird.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Cancerian? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
In my meditations on your immediate future, I have sometimes seen poignant images: a wet firecracker, for instance, and a flickering flame on a thin candle propped up in a paper boat floating down a creek. But there have been other times when the image that came to mind as I meditated on you was a lover crying cathartic tears while in the midst of a powerful orgasm. Which of these two perspectives is likely to predominate for you this week? It may depend on your ability to create a potent blend of the magic of fire and the magic of water. Halloween costume suggestions: a mermaid carrying a torch or Neptune, god of the sea, holding a thunderbolt.
How much do you want to know about your destiny in the coming week, Leo? How far do you dare to go? For more insight into your shimmering, undulating fate, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
The current state of your fate could drive you half-crazy if you're not patient. The gods seem to be teasing you with tantalizing promises that they later rescind. You've practically been forced to master the art of living on the edge and in between. I'm reminded of a passage from a poem by Octavio Paz: "All is visible and elusive,/ all is near and can't be touched." My advice, Virgo: Visualize your predicament as an intriguing enigma, not a maddening ambiguity. See if you can approximate the condition the poet William Wordsworth described: "fleeting moods of shadowy exultation." Halloween costume suggestions: a puzzle, a majestic cloud, a second mask worn over the first mask.
No one knows you better than you do, Virgo. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"Dear Rob: I've spent my life trying to adjust to the fact that I never finished being born. Literally. It's as if I didn't actually agree to leave the womb; never surrendered to being cast out of heaven and exiled into this heavy, difficult place called Earth. As a result, I feel I'm not completely here; I'm always holding back a little. But I'm tired of this tentativeness. I want to arrive fully and embrace my destiny. Can you help? -Unborn Libra." Dear Unborn: Interesting you should bring this up. It's a favorable time for you Libras to come all the way down to earth. I suggest that you do a meditation in which you visualize yourself being born while filled with a sense of glee, triumph, and freedom. Halloween costume suggestion: a very happy baby.
Hungry for more inspiration, Libra? Curious about the unfolding mysteries? For more juicy details about your destiny in the coming week, check out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
If you enjoy tormenting yourself with fantasies of bad things that might happen in the future, surf over to the "Dante's Inferno Test" website. There you can get a prediction about what level of hell you'll be exiled to after you die. If, on the other hand, you're finally ready to shed your perverse attraction to doom and gloom -- and my astrological analysis says you are -- then zealously avoid entertaining yourself with fear and anxiety. Instead, use all your ingenuity to track down fascinating encounters with boom and zoom. Halloween costume suggestions: a pirate wearing smiley face buttons or a gangsta rapper with a fuzzy Sesame Street puppet.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Scorpio. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
You're a giant surrounded by ants. Unfortunately, the ants are better organized than you. What are you going do about it? It's not too late to launch a crash program to match them in their disciplined strength. If you do it now, you can accomplish this seemingly improbable feat without diluting the creative power of your messy fertility. Here's one suggestion that might help: Design a Halloween costume that expresses both extremes. You could be a soldier wearing a jester's hat, for instance, or an ant riding a unicycle.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Sagittarius? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"Confront the difficult while it is still easy," suggests the ancient Chinese book Tao Te Ching. "Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts." This is perfect advice for you to act on in the coming weeks, Capricorn. To it I will add three variations on the theme: 1. Fix things before they're broken. 2. Arrange to have a showdown on your home turf as soon as possible so you don't have to submit to a confrontation in a time and place your adversary chooses. 3. Go looking for good trouble before it degenerates into bad trouble. Halloween costume suggestions: scout, tracker, pathfinder, fortuneteller.
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text: CAUSE (Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education - www.causeweb.org) is happy to announce the sixth annual undergraduate statistics project competition (USPROC). The purpose of USPROC is to encourage the development of data analysis skills, to enhance presentation skills, and to recognize outstanding work by undergraduate statistics students. There are two main categories for submissions to the competition. Undergraduate Statistics Research Project Competition (USRESP): This competition is for undergraduate students who conduct research projects that are statistically related, either methodological or applied. The types of research projects may include research work from REU research projects, senior capstone research projects, or independent research projects that are not based on a specific course that students are taking. Undergraduate Statistics Class Project Competition (USCLAP): This competition is for undergraduate students who are taking an applied statistics course(s) at introductory, or intermediate levels, in which class project is part of the course work (either required or optional). Some general rules applied to both competitions A project can only be submitted to either USRESP or USCLAP. A student can be an author or a co-author of only one project submitted to the two competitions


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|January 23, 2013, 12:09 PM
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30-06 help
Hello not long ago I bought a remington 700 in 30-06. Put some factory ammo through it everything was peachy. Worked up a load for it then switched to a magnum primer.
After switching to the magnum primer I have noticed the report seems to be louder but muzzle blast seems to be less also it recoils more like my 300 win mag. Just wondering if a mag primer could cause these changes? By the way it shoots lights out.
165 grain hornady SST 57.5 grains of h4350 and a CCI 250 magnum primer
|January 23, 2013, 12:22 PM
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It is possible the magnum primer is burning the powder more thoroughly sooner, rather than some powder burning nearer the muzzle and creating more blast. I wouldn't expect your recoil to change; it may be sharper as you've altered the pressure curve.
I've used that same combination of bullet, powder, and primer in a few rifles.
|January 23, 2013, 12:29 PM
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thanks cosnyka
I too was surprised at the change in recoil you are probably right though the recoil is definitely sharper and I think I perceived it as more. One thing I am sure of is that it was definitely noticeable.
|January 23, 2013, 01:14 PM
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According to my Lyman manual, 57gr of 4350 is a compressed max charge with a 165gr ballistic tip bullet. 57.5 is above that even, then throw in a magnum primer...yikes!
|January 23, 2013, 01:16 PM
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Define the difference between report and muzzle blast. Any change in components should be acompanied by a reduction in powder charge.
|January 23, 2013, 01:46 PM
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report and muzzle blast
The difference in report is the the rifle is simply louder considerably louder according to my friend who stood next to me at the bench. I wear ear plugs and sometimes noise is subjunctive so him and I switched places and I was the by stander firing both rounds. One with a magnum and one with standard.
To define muzzle blast. The smoke and any noticable blast at the front of the firearm at discharge. I can not measure muzzle blast only give an opinionated observation. Seems to be less.
On another note I got my load data from hodgdon with a start load of 54 grains of said powder and a maximum load of 59 grains of said powder with a wlr primer.
Its not really a huge problem just looking for a little insight. This is the first time I have ever used a magnum primer in a standard case.
|January 23, 2013, 02:24 PM
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Chris, 57 g is not a compressed load in my cases. Were you referring to H4350 or IMR 4350?
|January 23, 2013, 03:06 PM
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Chris, 57 g is not a compressed load in my cases. Were you referring to H4350 or IMR
I have a the same result. They are very close to compressed though.
|January 23, 2013, 05:10 PM
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Why the magnum primer? The powder charge with the standard LR primer is sufficient. When substituting primers: regular to magnum, One should back off charge weights at least 10%. 57.5 grains of H 4350 is a compressed load according to Nosler # 6.
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|January 24, 2013, 08:58 AM
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I have experimented with LR and magnum primers with my .270 and .30-06 loads on the assumption that a magnum primer would ignite the powder column a bit more vigorously.
In both calibers, the accuracy was slightly better with the magnum primers and the point of impact is slightly different (1/4-3/8ths inch at 8 o'clock at 100 yards with the .270) with the magnum primers.
The average group size was tighter with the magnum primers (0.860 for the LR primers versus 0.761 for the magnum primers with the .270 using 140 grain Nosler BTs with 54.8 grains of IMR 4350 at depth 3.370). That is .020 off the rifling in my .270 with the 140 Nosler BTs.
My chronograph measured velocity with the magnum primers and the same load with the magnum primers was about 12 fps faster on average with the .30-06. SD was almost identical.
I didn't chronograph the .270s (didn't set it up that day).
I didn't notice any appreciable difference in recoil with either caliber.
I have more testing to do with a variety of loads but these results were interesting.
|January 24, 2013, 09:24 AM
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It is appropriate to use a magnum primer with IMR4350 or slower stick powder I.E 4831, 7828 etc for reliable ignition, additionally I always use a mag primer with ball powder. Cold temps is another reason to use magnum primers with the above mentioned powders, I had a hunting trip to Colorado that didn't turn out well because of my choice of using a standard primer with IMR4350.. FWIW Hornady manual says 57 grs is a max load with their 165gr SST, the only thing I can find fault with you should have reduced your charge of 4350 by a couple of grs when you switched to the magnum primer, reestablished that the 57gr charge didn't produce pressure signs. Anytime you change /switch components you should work up the load again.. Don't get in the habit of assuming all is well when you make what you assume will be minor changes, this hobby doesn't work that way.. William
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|January 24, 2013, 11:47 AM
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Thanks all signs of pressure seem to be OK. Like I said it shoots lights out so I may not change anything. Does anyone have any idea what kind of velocity I might be getting. Maybe a ball park?
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At the moment, there is no harmonized guidance on the pre-use integrity testing of sterilizing filters. FDA does not formally require it, stating in its aseptic processing guidance that "Integrity testing of the filter(s) can be performed prior to processing..." (1).
In contrast, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) states in EU GMP, Annex 1, "The integrity of the sterilized filter should be verified before use..." (2). So, while integrity testing after use is a common requirement, pre-use testing, whether before or after sterilization, is not a universal requirement.This situation is further complicated in Europe where different national authorities apply EU GMP differently. Some European inspectors demand that pre-use, poststerilisation integrity testing be conducted because it is specifically required in EU GMP, while others are more flexible and do not require it.
The topic was discussed during a workshop at the May 2012 PDA–PIC/S conference in Geneva. Arguments were expressed both for and against testing, but insufficient time was allotted to fully explore the technical issues and no resolution could be drawn. This situation leaves manufacturers with inconsistent international regulatory expectations, and more work is needed to ensure that inspectors have a common understanding.
The issue is relevant to single-use disposable technology because EMA's published rationale for requiring pre-use, post-sterilization in integrity testing is based on the risks of filter damage or other loss of integrity during hightemperature sterilization processes, such as steam-in-place or autoclaving.
EMA states, "The filter sterilization process may be physically stressful for the filter. For example, high temperatures during the process may cause the filter to distort, potentially leading to fluid pathways that allow the passage of particles greater than 0.2 µm in size. The performance of a filter can improve with use, as particles begin to block individual pathways and remove larger pathways that smaller particles could successfully navigate" (3).
Although such filter distortions have been reported for some prototype membranes, commercialized sterilizinggrade filters are validated to maintain integrity and not undergo fluid path distortions (enlargement) during steam sterilization that might enable initial bacterial penetration. Furthermore, sterilization by gamma irradiation, which is typically applied to single-use filtration systems, can be considered a less stressful process (low heat, low pressure), and has not been implicated in the distortion of fluid pathways or loss of filter integrity so long as the membrane material is compatible with gamma radiation and that gamma dosage does not exceed specified maxima. These parameters are typically certified with every filter or single-use system lot. Many users question whether the possible risk of introducing contamination by performing a pre-use, poststerilization integrity test on a sterile filter in a gammasterilized single-use filtration system is higher than the risk of not performing the test.
The decision on whether or not to perform pre-use integrity testing should be made on a risk-assessment basis. Many users consider the filter manufacturer's integrity test prior to release to be sufficient confirmation that the filter is integral as made and is ready to use upon installation and sterilization. It is rare for users to experience filterintegrity failures post use, so any user pre-use testing, before or after sterilization, seems unnecessary. Experience with steam sterilized filters, however, suggests that most instances of post-use filterintegrity failures, when they do occur, are due to gross filter damage incurred during poorly controlled steam-in-place or occasionally autoclave cycles. Where steaming processes are not well characterized and controlled to avoid filter damage, damage (if it occurs) can be recognized prior to product filtration if a pre-use/poststerilization integrity test is performed.


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As it turns out, Etsy isn't just a place to buy horribly overpriced old stuff labeled as "vintage", or hand knitted cat-hats... nope, if you dig beneath the surface, there's actually a great amount of horror/nerd inspired stuff for you waste your money on as well.
In a recent interview, Neve Campbell drops hints that Wes Craven may indeed be back for "Scream 4". While not official, it could be good news for this franchise reboot.
Rueben Fleischer, director of "Zombieland" reveals in a recent interview that 3D is a definite possibility for the planned sequel.
Stephen King lets slip to David Cronenburg that he has ideas percolating for a sequel to his classic "The Shining". With King however, that could still be decades away.
Want a good approximation of the new Freddy Krueger makeup? Then check out this new figure from NECA toys.
"Left 4 Dead 2" not fully filling your zombie killing quotient? 2k Games has released its first official expansion for "Borderlands", "Zombie Island".
Visiting Universal's Halloween Horror Nights on the West Coast and worried about finding your way around? Worry no more! Check out Universal's iPhone app for the fest. Ain't technology grand?
Joss Whedon's "Cabin in the Woods" gets bumped ALL the way to January 2010, and in the meantime will be "converted" into 3D. An interesting move considering we don't even fully know what the film's about yet. Thoughts?
Bored at work today? Got the day off? Check out The Jigsaw Game. Should be good for freaking out your co-workers.
If you're interested in Platinum Dunes' remake of "A Nightmare on Elm St.", visit their Twitter page for updates including behind the scenes set photos, beginning today.
I unfortunately do not have the trailer for "A Nightmare on Elm St." just yet, but there are whispers that a teaser trailer will front "Zombieland" on October 2nd, a movie that most genre fans won't have to go out of their way to see. I'm just glad it's not attached to a "Saw" film.
This clip from "Zombieland" has a zombie clown in it... so that's pretty awesome.
See the upcoming premiere of Showtime's "Dexter" early in NY or LA. Lucky bastards.
Rumor has it that the "Nightmare on Elm St." trailer will be coming soon, with the possibility that it will be seen infront of prints of Columbia's "Zombieland" on October 2nd. Expect the internet version to show up just about that time.
Here's 5 clips from "Dexter" season 4, which I won't watch because I'm still making my way through season 3, which by the way has been just as kick ass as the first two so far. Highly recommended.
Zombies "strike" Chicago bowling alley... hipsters rejoice?
Today sees the announcement of "Never Sleep Again: The Elm St. Legacy", a retrospective documentary on the Nightmare series. It comes co-directed from the man who brought us "His Name Was Jason", but promises to be more in-depth and informational, which sounds good to me. I enjoyed "His Name...", but couldn't get over the fact that it felt like giving Jason Voorhees a blowjob for 90 minutes. A little more substance this time around would be a great thing.
Another purported "Cloverfield 2" viral video. The only thing that doesn't make sense to me is why someone would be so excited about moving to NYC after what happened just a few years ago (In the "Cloverfield" universe that is). The city looks to be in awfully good shape for one that was decimated by a giant crab-monster thing.
Let me just state this on the record right now... "Ring 3D" sounds like possibly the worst idea I've ever heard. Know this.


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