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Basically, people in chat say a,b,start, up, down, etc to play Pokemon (Red I believe)
They've somehow gotten through 3 Gym Leaders in 3 days. They've also been stuck in the same spot for 7 hours.
They've gotten through 4 badges now.
It has been related to the give an infinite amount of monkeys a typewriter and they'll write Shakespeare
Also, I think it is freaking genius of whomever decided to do this. Twitch pays you when you run ads, based on the number of viewers you have. The base is $4/1000 subscribers.
Right now there is 45,000 people watching this and playing along. 1 ad an hour is $180 an hour. The normal rate is 3 ads an hour on Twitch. So $540 every hour by writing a simple program and letting them play. That's 24 hours a day too. I estimate this person has already made $25,000 by doing this (some lead time to get it this popular).
I've been watching this for an hour and I have no idea why.
in case you feel left out: Twitch Plays Pokémon - Day 3 Timelapse + Highlights - YouTube
Strange. Yet awesome.
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Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like? You've got to be kidding me. I've been further even more decided to use even go need to do look more as anyone can. Can you really be far even as decided half as much to use go wish for that?
I've never played Pokemon so I have no idea what's happening, but it's an interesting concept.
Eyes closed, head first, can't lose.
Originally Posted by ISUCyclones2015
Basically, people in chat say a,b,start, up, down, etc to play Pokemon (Red I believe)
They've somehow gotten through 3 Gym Leaders in 3 days. They've also been stuck in the same spot for 7 hours.
and you wonder why no one will **** you
read this post quickly - it might not last long
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and you wonder why no one will **** you
I am doing long term investments now. I'm kinda done with the one night flings and stuff now
Couldn't you totally troll this?
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Originally Posted by ISUCubswin
Couldn't you totally troll this?
Not really, not a single person anyways, there's like 45,000 people watching right now and there's a delay.
Originally Posted by ISUCubswin
Couldn't you totally troll this?
Press Start over and over... which people have been doing.
This is still going on, 70,000 people now watching/playing
I checked this at 11 this morning and it's at the same place. I figured, when I opened it, they would be here forever.
Probably the most challenging part here.
It's the place where there are arrows that force you to go in one direction
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A new report from IUCN suggests that combining conservation, using plant diversity sustainably with a focus on poverty alleviation should be the future strategy for plant conservation in Asia. It emphasizes that the sustainable use of plants should be integrated in development plans, and climate change adaption and regional cooperation are also vital components for conserving plant diversity. … | French | Spanish | Chinese
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A section of roof ripped off the Hazleton Area Ninth Grade Center has been patched temporarily, and an oversized dehumidifier blowing dry air will speed the return of students to classrooms damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
On Friday, Superintendent Francis X. Antonelli said students might re-enter 12 damaged classrooms after Thanksgiving.
When the wind peeled a 12-year-old section of rubber mat off the roof on Oct. 30, rainwater soaked drywall ceilings in restrooms and ceiling tiles in classrooms of one wing of the school.
Ed Shemansky, assistant facilities director for the district, expected that workers would have to strip all the damp drywall from the classroom walls to prevent mold. The drywall from the bathroom ceilings caught water like a bowl and was removed.
To dry the classroom walls, however, the district's insurance company hired Berks Fire and Water Restorations of Reading. The company's workers parked the huge dehumidifier, which they call a desiccant, outside the wing with a generator for power.
Dry air from the dehumidifier streams into the damaged wing through temporary ductwork, a clear, plastic tube about 2 feet in diameter.
Red air movers placed in the hall and classrooms circulate the dry air, and eight air scrubbers placed in the hallway remove dust and other contaminants.
When the drywall dries it should harden, Shemansky said, and in about a week additional repairs such as replacing ceiling tiles and bent pipe can begin.
How soon students return to the classrooms is a matter of timing, Shemansky said.
"We could sign a contract for the roof, and it might snow the next day," he said.
Shemansky hopes to repair the roof before students return because noise from the work might enter the classrooms. Insulation beneath the rubber mat got wet and needs to be replaced before a new rubber skin covers the roof.
If weather delays the permanent repairs, the rooms could reopen beneath the temporary roof.
As a temporary repair, workers re-stretched the old rubber sheet over the roof, fastened it to the edges and patched holes.
Meanwhile, six classes have moved with their teacher to rooms at Hazleton Area High School, which is a few hundred feet west of the Ninth Grade Center on West 23rd Street in Hazle Township. The rest of the classes evicted by the storm found other rooms elsewhere in the Ninth Grade Center, which remains open except for the damaged wing.
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Every time it rains, Sarah Stocking says, she fears the two buildings that housed flamboyant lawyer Melvin Belli's offices will crumble into a heap of Gold Rush-era debris.
Of immediate concern, Stocking said, is the disintegration of the late Melvin Belli's two adjoining landmark buildings. A Superior Court judge is scheduled today to take up City Attorney Louise Renne's lawsuit against Belli's widow, Nancy Ho Belli, who is a member of the city's landmarks board, to force repairs of the structure.
Mark Slavin, Renne's spokesman, said, "We'll be asking the court to order (Belli) to take immediate safety measures. The physical state of the building is so dilapidated it poses danger to people on the sidewalk."
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Originally built in 1849 or 1850 and destroyed by fire in 1851, the Belli Building was immediately rebuilt, using the old walls and foundations. The building is built upon the original raft of planks, six to eight inches thick and to a depth of eight feet laid as a foundation in the mud of what was then Yerba Buena Cove. It is said that the tides still rise and fall in the elevator shaft.
The building was first known as Langerman's Tobacco and Segar Warehouse then the Melodeon Theatre where Lotta Crabtree performed. The stage door was in the alley to the rear. Tunnels, which are now blocked off, led to buildings across the alley.
After the theater, tenants in the 1860's included commission merchants and an auctioneer. In the early 1870's the building housed a Turkish bath. In the 1880's a medical establishment, using hydrotherapy, continued to operate the baths. From the 1920's onward it was used as a paper warehouse and also as a garment factory.
In 1959, the building was acquired by Melvin Belli and converted to law offices for his firm. The chief alterations were decorative: plaster covering brick was removed; a cast iron frame running around the top and sides of some windows was exposed, and a wrought iron gate from New Orleans was added.
The heavy cast iron pillars on the façade are also said to have come from New Orleans as part original building. The interior columns are thought to be ship's masts. Some of the heavy ceiling beams are originals. The floors are double, and between upper and lower planks on each, they are fireproofed with sand or with terra cotta.
The brick of the walls is of two types: a hard-fired one thought to have been brought round the Horn from New York; the other, soft-fired and made in Sacramento. There is an open courtyard between this building and the adjacent one, also owned by Mr. Belli. Shutters on the building are now wooden, replacing the original iron ones.
The Belli Building has been vacant since it was damaged in the Loma Prieta Earthquake on 17 October 1989.
Melvin Belli was known as the King of Torts for his success in litigating notorious personal injury cases. He represented Sirhan Sirhan who assassinated Robert Kennedy, and Jack Ruby who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald. Other clients included Errol Flynn, Ferdinand Marcos, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, the Rolling Stones, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha Mitchell, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West.
After winning a court case, Belli would raise a Jolly Roger flag over his office building and fire a cannon, mounted on his office roof, to announce the victory and the impending party.
Belli married six times and divorced five times.
His marriage to his fifth wife, Lia Georgia Triff, ended with a colorful divorce proceeding in 1988, in which Belli was fined for calling his wife "El Trampo" and accusing her of throwing their pet dog off the Golden Gate Bridge.
In 1996, Lia Triff married Paul-Phillipe Hohenzollern, Prince Paul of Romania, in Bucharest.
On 29 March of the same year, Belli married his sixth wife, Nancy Ho.
Three months later on 9 July 1996, Belli died at the age of 88.
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ePERMANENT presents WYSIWYG, a new online work by artist Yuri Pattison.
For WSIWYG Yuri Pattison has scraped Wikipedia for vector graphic digitisation (.svg) files of historic and noteworthy signatures, displaying them in a continually changing sequence of 2300+.
Originally inspired by Barack Obama signing a bill into law remotely using a device called the autopen ( http://nyti.ms/1eAyxwC ) the piece explores the shifting cultural importance and perceptions of the personal physical mark and in turn the changing role of the presence of the body and labour in digital / networked society.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Now this is a Super Bowl.
It's not just a super event featuring the teams fortunate enough to survive the NFL's grueling five-month slugfest. It's not just a game you will watch because the league can put Roman numerals behind any competition at this time of year and draw a television audience of more than 100 million. It's not just a reason to throw a party and consume 5,000 calories in four hours.
For a change, the matchup is worthy of the hype.
The Seahawks and Denver Broncos are true dominant teams with dissimilar styles. It's the league's best defense (Seattle) against its best offense (Denver). And for only the second time in 20 years, the No. 1 seeds in each conference have made it to the big game.
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In a league legislated for parity, the Seahawks and Broncos — old AFC West rivals — have been atop the NFL virtually all season, peeking each other's way from afar, all but expecting they would play for the Lombardi Trophy. Denver led the NFL in point differential during the regular season, scoring 207 more points than its opponents. Seattle was second, at plus-186.
Forget what the oddsmakers say. There is no underdog in this game.
"We're up against it," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. "But we'll see how this matchup goes. They have to play us, too."
The Seahawks and Broncos are as different as it gets, but they're similar in how they carry themselves. Both teams have the air of a winner. There are no wide eyes. There are no declarations that they must play the game of their lives to win. Both expected to be here, and both believe they merely need to transfer their level of play to this stage, not elevate their game.
And the teams have a healthy respect for each other.
"It's an extraordinary challenge — historically, it's as tough as it gets," Carroll said of playing against Denver's high-powered offense.
The Broncos averaged 37.9 points this season, setting a season scoring record with 606 points, the NFL's first team to break 600. Their legendary quarterback, Peyton Manning, established records for passing yards (5,477) and touchdowns (55). Even in a pass-happy sport currently obsessed with scoring, Denver's numbers are stunning.
"We wouldn't have it any other way," Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said. "They're an unbelievable, record-setting offense with a Hall of Fame quarterback. That's as tough a game as you can get in the Super Bowl. The No. 1 defense against the No. 1 offense — it doesn't happen like this too often, both No. 1 seeds making it. It's a testament to the hard work of both teams, and I'm sure it's going to be a fantastic game."
The Seahawks' defensive resume is quite impressive, too. They became the first team since the vaunted 1985 Chicago Bears to lead the NFL in the three most important defensive categories: scoring (14.4 points per game allowed), total defense (273.6 yards per game) and takeaways (39).
Denver accepts the Seahawks' praise for its offense and reciprocates when talking about the Seattle defense.
"They are as good as advertised," Manning said. "It's probably one of the more impressive teams in how well they play together as a unit. You see them communicating out there on the field — safeties talking with each other, linebackers talking to corners. That's not always true of every single defense. That's a big part of their success. And then you combine that with just a lot of talent on the defensive side of the ball."
This Super Bowl will provide an answer, at least for now, to the age-old question of whether it's better to build a team around offense or defense. It's only the fifth time since the AFL/NFL merger that the league's No. 1 scoring offense has played its No. 1 scoring defense in the Super Bowl. The defensive team has won three of the previous four matchups.
It's also just the second time since the merger that the league's No. 1 team in yards gained has played its No. 1 team in fewest yards allowed. The only other time that occurred was Super Bowl XXXVII, when defense-centric Tampa Bay crushed Oakland, 48-21.
"For the fans, I think it's an incredible matchup," Denver coach John Fox said.
For the teams, it's an incredible headache preparing for this one.
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that's very cool! not sure if Raiden would have been the game i would have picked, but cool that you were able to setup the jag over there and people actually played it. Surprised Bubsy wasn't in there - could have got some more entries in the high score club! ha!
Congratulations, that's probably the first "JagFest" ever held in Kuwait !
You might want to think twice before showing Bubsy to your guests, though
Too bad you didn't have a second controller since Raiden is a two player simultaneous game. Is Arifjan the post where everybody goes through on the way to Iraq, or at least used to, or is it another place?
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It was rumored the other day and now its confirmed - 20th Century Fox has closed a deal to pick up the screen rights to pulp comic-strip "Flash Gordon".
The package deal includes John Davis ("Chronicle") as producer, and up-and-coming "Star Trek 3" scribes J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay as the film's script writers.
George Nolfi ("The Bourne Ultimatum") reportedly penned the story treatment from which Payne and McKay will write the script.
"Flash Gordon" dates back to 1934, when it was created by famed comic strip artist Alex Raymond, and for decades after appeared in movie serials, animated fare, TV shows and a ultra camp 1980 feature helmed by Mike Hodges.
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FUNCTION: To recommend to the president, and to the chief information officer, and to the Faculty Council changes in policies regarding information technology; to consult with and advise the chief information officer about policies and procedures pertaining to information technology at the University.
COMPOSITION: Fifteen voting members of the General Faculty, thirteen of which will serve three-year staggered terms. In addition, every year the Chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two voting faculty members of the Faculty Council for one-year terms. Eight of the faculty members will be from college/school faculty information technology (IT) committees and will rotate among the colleges and schools that have faculty IT committees. As an IT faculty term expires, the deans of colleges/schools with faculty IT committees will send the name of a faculty member of the IT committee to the Committee on Committees. The remaining five faculty members will be selected through the regular procedures of the Committee on Committees (see HOP 2-1040 section B). The Committee on Committees will submit all faculty recommendations/nominations, including the IT panel, to the president for appointment. There will be four staff members appointed for two-year staggered terms. At least two of the staff member representatives shall not be employed in IT-related areas. The President shall appoint three student members for one-year terms, one from each panel of names submitted by Student Government, the Senate of College Councils, and the Graduate Student Assembly. Each year, the committee shall elect its own Chair and Vice Chair who shall be voting faculty members of the committee. The Chief Information Officer and a representative from the Information Technology Research & Educational Technology Committee (R&E) shall serve as ex officio members without vote. A representative from each of the following shall be selected by the President to serve as an administrative advisor without vote: the Center for Teaching and Learning, financial affairs, and department chairs.
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Members, 2013-14: Alu, Andrea 2013-2016 assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering Bizer, Marc 2012-2015 associate professor, French and Italian Davis, Patrick 2013-2016 faculty member of a college/school IT committee, professor, pharmacy Greenberg, Betsy S. 2012-2015 associate professor, information, risk, and operations manager Hughes, Joan 2013-2016 faculty member of a college/school IT committee, associate professor, education Liu, Chang 2012-2015 assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders Resta, Paul 2012-2014 professor, curriculum and instruction
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To get lean, chow down right.
The top five fat loss foods that are beneficial to helping you get lean and attain your fitness goals are:
- Oatmeal. Oatmeal is a great fat burner and easy to cook. But do pay attention to different brands and read the labels for sugar content.
- Plain old-fashioned chicken breast. Always make sure the chicken you pick is very lean with minimal fat. Breast meat is typically the leanest, so look for that first when you're at the store.
- Egg white. Egg whites have always been great for dieting and losing weight.
- Good old brown rice. As a slow starchy, carbohydrate, be sure to eat brown rice no later than the afternoon time. This prevents your body from consuming carbs during the evening, which can lead to fat gain. If looking to cut fat, avoid late night consumption.
- Fish oils. The best fish oils for fat loss are Omega 3 and Omega 6. These ramp up the fat burning effectiveness of your day-to-day activities.
- Lastly, a great fat burning food is asparagus. This is used quite a bit as a natural diuretic to get rid of the last water deposits before photo-shoots or competitions. Asparagus contains the chemical asparagines, which is an alkaloid that directly alters cells and breaks down fat. It also contains a chemical that removes waste from the body. This ultimately helps reduce fat levels.


text: Nicholas Allegra lives with his parents in Chappaqua, New York. The tall, shaggy-haired and bespectacled 19-year old has been on leave from Brown University since last winter, looking for an internship. And in the meantime, he's been spending his days on a hobby that periodically sends shockwaves through the computer security world: seeking out cracks in the source code of Apple's iPhone, a device with more software restrictions than practically any computer on the market, and exploiting them to utterly obliterate its defenses against hackers.


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January 24, 2011 by Plus Pets
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felines and felids, is a small furry domesticated carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests. Cats have been associated with humans for at least 9,500 years, and are currently the most popular pet in the world. Owing to their close association with humans, cats are now found almost everywhere on Earth. Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. As nocturnal predators, cats use their acute hearing and ability to see in near darkness to locate prey. Not only can cats hear sounds too faint for human ears, they can also hear sounds higher in frequency than humans can perceive. This is because cats' usual prey (particularly rodents such as mice) make high frequency noises, so cats' hearing has evolved to pinpoint these faint high-pitched sounds. Cats rely more on smell than taste, and have a vastly better sense of smell than humans.


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and import prices dont vary too much, landed cost of imports includes tariff, domestic taxes and transportation charges, unlike export price which doesnt include import tariffs and transportation charges.
The plan could pinch oil companies, though. Downstream oil PSUs must find alternative ways to boost revenue (improving refinery margins, for instance).
The OMCs concerns have already been expressed through their apex body Petroleum Federation of India, which sought to highlight that Indian refiners, in general, incur higher energy charges and pay more freight compared with their West Asian counterparts It is not clear if the upstream companies whose share of the subsidy burden has risen from around 30% in 2009-10 to 40% and higher in the three subsequent years will be shared the benefit of the new plan.
On subsidy payments, Citi Research recently said the government might defer at least 50% of its payment share of R1 lakh crore in 2012-13 to next year. It actually did slightly better and to be precise, the oil subsidy payment by the Centre this fiscal will be R60,080 crore. This factors in the comfort letter issued by the finance ministry last week to oil companies, promising an additional cash subsidy of R25,000 crore. (Oil firms had posted profits in the second quarter after reporting heavy losses in the first quarter, thanks to release of R30,000 crore earlier this year. Of the budgeted fuel subsidy outlay of R43,580 crore, R38,500 crore was used to pay the 2011-12 dues).
Of course, the proposed monthly hikes in retail diesel prices (till the under-recoveries are nullified in some to years) and the deregulation of bulk diesel prices that accounts for a fifth of the fuels consumption would bring significant savings on the subsidy bill 0.5% of GDP in 2013-14 according to Citi Research. Put differently, the gross fuel subsidy bill could be around Rs 1.1 lakh crore next fiscal as against an estimated Rs 1.6 lakh crore this fiscal. The governments share of next years oil subsidy burden would be Rs 69,800 crore as against over Rs 1 lakh crore this fiscal. If export-parity pricing is adopted for subsidy estimate (this benefit might be shared with upstream firms as well), bills would be even less. If the government opts to keep all gains from the partial deregulation of diesel price with itself, the share of upstream companies in the subsidy (in the form of giving hefty


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New Mexico and Steve Alford have reached a deal on a separation agreement.
Alford and UCLA will pay $300,000 to New Mexico to satisfy a buyout clause in his contract with his former employer. New Mexico had initially demanded a $1 million buyout when Alford was hired by UCLA in late-March.
Alford left New Mexico on March 30 just 12 days after agreeing to a new contract with New Mexico that was scheduled to take effect on April 1. Alford maintained that he was not responsible for the $1 million buyout in that new deal because he was hired by UCLA before it went into effect.
New Mexico argued that because Alford didn't provide 30 days notice of his departure as required by both his contracts at New Mexico, he was responsible for the $1 million.
New Mexico reported Friday a $625,000 net benefit to the school in its separation with Alford. That figure includes bonuses that Alford had previously agreed to forgo.
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Senate Blocks Abortion Amendment - Morning NewsBrett Singer
Senators voted to block an abortion amendment to the health care bill that had been proposed by Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson. The amendment would have banned "insurance companies operating in proposed insurance exchanges from offering abortion coverage to anyone receiving a government subsidy," according to the San Francisco Chronicle. I've been meaning to write about this for awhile now, and maybe I still will, but here's my point. Abortion is legal. Blocking a legal medical procedure is wrong. In fact, blocking a legal medical procedure should be illegal.
(Aside: if you want to know what's up with this weird photo of the President dressed as a doctor, click the image for a description.)
Death penalty news from Ohio. Romell Broom's execution in September was "botched", prompting the state to switch to a one-injection system. (The failed attempt used a "three-drug method".) Now Romell is arguing in court that to it is unconstitutional for the state to try and kill him again, no matter how few needles they plan on using. That did not stop the state from killing 51-year-old convicted murderer Kenneth Biros on Tuesday morning. (AP) Here's a video describing the whole thing.
Guess what today is. "Um… Wednesday?" Well, yes. It is Wednesday. This particular Wednesday "marks one year since former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest on federal corruption charges," according to the Chicago Tribune. I recorded my little tribute to B-Rod awhile back, set to the tune of "My Sharona."
But as usual, the real thing is better. Here is B-Rod doing Karaoke. Singing Elvis. Really. How can you not love this guy? I mean, other than the whole "he might be guilty of selling a Senate seat" thing.
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Santa Fe-Williston game moved to Bronson because of capacity issue
Published: Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 21, 2011 at 12:41 a.m.
The Santa Fe and Williston boys basketball teams will meet for a fourth time in Tuesday night's Class 3A, Region 2 semifinals.
The rematch of the District 5-3A championship game, to be hosted by the Red Devils, was originally slated to be played at Williston's gym.
But the game has been moved to Bronson because of a capacity issue.
"Our ticket taker made a decision to close the doors for the district championship game, which she did not have the authority to do and we corrected that problem for the regional quarterfinal," said Williston coach Steve Faulkner. "The official reason (for the move) is the capacity of our gym is not big enough to host a Class 3A regional semifinal."
According the FHSAA handbook, the minimum seating capacity for any Class 3A boys basketball playoff game is 700. Faulkner said Williston's capacity is 530 and added that fans of both Santa Fe and Williston were denied entry to the district title game won by Williston 59-43. The coach said that there were many attempts made in order to work out the issues that Santa Fe had.
After Santa Fe made the request for the venue change, which schools have the option of doing, Faulkner said Williston petitioned to try and keep the game. The seating capacity of Bronson's gym is around 1,000.
"As far as moving the game, it was something that our administration thought that needed to happen due to the doors being shut at Williston the last time that we played them," Santa Fe coach Elliot Harris said. "It doesn't really matter where we play because we still have to play on Tuesday.
"I hope Williston doesn't think that this is a shot at them to take away their home-court advantage. We're concerned about our fans and people that support us year round not being able to get in."
The Red Devils (18-8), who have won two of the three meetings with the Raiders (19-9) this season weren't exactly pleased with the news.
"One word to describe their reaction to the news of the game being moved to Bronson was anger," Faulkner said. "I have nine seniors who have had potentially their last home game taken away from them. My kids are taking this personally."
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text: Home Blogs The Grapevine Instagram Baby Pic Gets Woman Charged With Neglect A Tampa, Fla., mother was arrested after allegedly posting a picture of her baby dangling over a balcony. By: Tracy Clayton Posted: Sept. 12 2013 3:58 PM 0 Generic image (Thinkstock) Sure, Michael Jackson got away with it, but Michael Jackson, she is not. Tampa, Fla., resident Aisha Jean Clark was arrested after allegedly posting a shocking picture on Instagram. Her account is private, but according to the Daily Mail, her friends saw it and contacted authorities. The picture apparently showed Clark, age 25, dangling her baby over a 12-foot balcony by his right arm. Clark said she did it to prove a point. She is quoted as saying, "I can do what I want with my baby. Nobody can stop me." Clark isn't the first person to face legal repercussions for things they post on social media, and judging by the frequency with which it happens, she won't be the last. Read more at the Daily Mail. Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Powered by Livefyre


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20:35 03rd Jun, 2013
Computex 2013: Acer Unveils Liquid S1 With 5.7" Screen
The oversized phone features a 1.5 GHz CPU, dual-SIM support, and Android Jelly Bean.
At this year's Computex in Taipei, the Taiwanese hardware-maker Acer has announced an oversized phone called Liquid S1. It sports a 5.7" screen with pixel dimensions of 720x1280. The Android-based device comes with dual-SIM functionality. The Liquid S1 is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor (probably made by MediaTek). The 1 GB of RAM should be sufficient to handle Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Apart from that, you get 8 GB of internal storage, microSD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 2400 mAh battery. The phone also packs in a rear and front cameras, but the company hasn't officially shed light on the megapixel count.
- 5.7" screen, pixel dimensions of 720x1280 (~258 ppi density)
- 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash
- Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
- 1.5 GHz quad-core processor
- 1 GB of RAM
- 8 GB internal storage
- microSD card slot for memory expansion
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth connectivity
- 2400 mAh battery
- 3G, dual-SIM and single-SIM variants will be available
According to the press release, the phone's user interface includes several tweaks including Acer Float that allows several app windows to stay open so users can multitask without having to back out of one app to work on another. It also includes DTS powered Studio Sound offering a richer audio experience. The Acer Liquid S1 will start shipping in Q3 2013 in Europe and Russia with a starting price of 349 Euros (Approx Rs 26,000). If Acer releases it in India, the handset will compete directly with Samsung's GALAXY Mega 5.8. While we haven't tested these devices, the Liquid S1 looks better on paper due to its HD screen and quad-core processor.
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Feb. 15, 2012
NEW ORLEANS -- The Washington State University men's cross country team is one of 147 institutions to be named a United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) 2011 Division I All-Academic Cross Country Team. The Cougar men join the women's team which also earned All-Academic status for the 2011 season.
The Cougar men's cross country team had a cumulative grade point average of 3.13 after the Fall 2011 semester. The WSU team, under the direction of third-year Head Coach Pete Julian, had an outstanding fall season with a fifth-place finish at the prestigious Notre Dame Invitational, a fourth-place finish at the NCAA West Regional and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the first time in five years.
Members of the 2011 WSU men's cross country team who met the criteria for competition and were included in the team GPA included: Justin Englund (senior, Federal Way, Wash.), Lee George (redshirt freshman, Ferndale, Wash.), Andrew Gonzales (sophomore, Kennewick, Wash.), Drew Jordan (sophomore, Medford, Ore.), Andrew Kimpel (junior, Spokane), JonoLafler (senior, Maple Valley, Wash.), Richard Shroy (sophomore, Carson City, Nev.), Todd Wakefield (redshirt freshman, Australia), and Mack Young (sophomore, Redmond, Wash.). Kimpel was also selected as an individual to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team which was released Feb. 10.
"This is an exceptional group," Head Coach Pete Julian said. "For them to excel at the highest level in the classroom and for the men to compete in the national championships - that is a pretty rare thing. They met that standard of what we look for in a student athlete. I think it is fantastic what they did this past fall. It is everything we talk about, and they did it."
WSU is one of four Pac-12 Conference member schools to have a men's cross country teamearn USTFCCCA 2011 All-Academic status.
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better and have started at least five runners at their respective NCAA regional championship in 2011.


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Real Business Cycle Theory and the Great Depression: The Abandonment of the Abstentionist Viewpoint
1Department of Economics and IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, (email)
2Department of Economics and IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, (email)
Citation Information: Contributions in Macroeconomics. Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 1–26, ISSN (Online) 1534-6005, DOI: 10.2202/1534-6005.1403, November 2006
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Is the Great Depression amenable to real business cycle theory? In the 1970s and 1980s Lucas and Prescott took an abstentionist stance. They maintained that, because of its exceptional character, an explanation of the Great Depression was beyond the grasp of the equilibrium approach to the business cycle. However, while Lucas stuck to this view, Prescott changed his mind at the end of the 1990s, breaking his earlier self-imposed restraint. In this paper we document this evolution of opinion and produce a first assessment of real business cycle models of the Great Depression. We claim that the fact of having constructed an equilibrium model of the Great Depression constitutes a methodological breakthrough. However, as far as substance is concerned, we argue that the contribution of real business cycle literature on the Great Depression is slim, and does not gain the upper hand over the work of economic historians.
Keywords: great depression; new classical macroeconomics; real business cycle theory; equilibrium; unemployment
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Name: Lyric (no last name as per elven tradition)
Age: 70-ish (he's started losing count)
Race: 7/8 human, 1/8 elven
Choosen By: The Lady Ink
Gift: The Arrow; from compasses to spears, swords to needles, anything that includes a long object that comes to a point.
Description: Brown shaggy hair, Green eyes, slightly pointed features and a lithe frame (from the elven blood), travel worn clothes with a random assortment of adornments (miss matched wrist bands, a few necklasses, etc.), and almost always wearing or playing his trusty old guitar.
Personality: Curiosity has been his companion his entire life. Care-free and inquisitive, but stained by the last twenty years of reliving the worst day of his life. Darker and more driven and focused now, his old self still shines through on the occations when he is relaxed and/or playing a song.
History: A decendent of the tribal elves of his home world, his inherited keen senses and longevity he put to use by exploring the world with one simple goal in mind; learn as many songs and langueges as he can and become the greatest bard ever known. His mother was a Rainsinger, a mage that specializes in calling down persipitation through song, and from her he learned to become open to the world around him and to truelly appreciate the sights and sounds there in. His father, the side from which his elven blood came from, taught him the basics of music, basics which he promplty surrpassed. Early in his life he taught himself not so much how to simply play a guitar, but how to make one sing. Until he found The Song, he spent most of his life wandering, inventing little adventures and playing to the masses with his father's parting gift, the old and sturdy guitar.
-Elven Senses: Lyric's sight, and expecialy his hearing, are superior to most normal humans
-Music Prodegy: Lyric can play any song after hearing it once. Indeed, he is known to enhance most songs almost as if on instinct.
-Possesed by Music: Burned into his soul is The Song. Exactly what it is and where it comes from Lyric isn't sure. What he does know, however, is that The Song has developed a personality of it's own, one devoted to two basic urges; be writen out in some physical form (only accomplishable by finding a "container" that can house the vast power it has attained), and answer every challenge (by competing with anything that both has a soul and attempts to make music within earshot of Lyric). By answering the challenge and almost inevitably winning, it steals the soul of the competitor and adds it as a note to it's own music. Through doing this, it becomes more powerful, and just exactly how that power manifests, it seems, is up to it.
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Get out and vote Aug. 9 in Rehoboth
As election day looms, I am writing in memory of Joanne Hess, who died November, 2013, and to whom the Rehoboth Beach elections were very important. She was the person responsible for the wonderful Get Out And Vote ads each year in this paper, which always featured dogs (and occasional cats) on a full page, four color ad.
Two generations of our White West Highland Terrier pooches appeared in her ads. She also staged several pet parades in the parking lot outside the voting booths. She, and her wonderful ads, and her indomitable spirit, are missed.
A Californian who worked for 41 years in D.C. for the National Geographic, she embraced Rehoboth Beach with a deep and endearing affection. She was a civic watchdog, greeter at the farmers market and made us a better place in many other ways.
I will think of her with a special affection as I vote the Cooper, Markert, Zellers ticket, as I am certain she would have done. I am of course certain others will vote differently.
But, whatever, in Joanne's memory.... Get out and vote (Woof! Woof!)
Stan Heuisler
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WASHINGTON — In some respects, the drone strike in Yemen last week resembled so many others from recent years: A barrage of missiles slammed into trucks traveling by convoy on a desert road, killing at least 12 people.
But this time the trucks were part of a wedding procession, making the customary journey from the groom's house to the house of the bride.
The Dec. 12 strike by the Pentagon — launched from a U.S. base in Djibouti — killed what multiple sources in Yemen say were at least six innocent people and provoked outrage in the country. It also illuminated the reality behind the rhetoric surrounding the Obama administration's new drone policy that was announced with great fanfare six months ago.
Although U.S. officials say they are being more careful before launching drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan and elsewhere, last week's strike offers a troubling window on the intelligence breakdowns and continuing liability of a targeted killing program that remains almost entirely secret.
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The Pentagon and the CIA continue to wage parallel drone wars in Yemen, but neither is discussed publicly. A Pentagon spokeswoman declined to comment about the Dec. 12 strike, referring to a vague news release issued last week by the government of Yemen, written in Arabic.
Who the Americans were trying to kill in the strike, carried out in a desolate area southeast of Yemen's capital, remains unclear. Witnesses to the aftermath said one white pickup was destroyed and two or three other cars were seriously damaged.
The Associated Press reported Friday the target was Shawqi Ali Ahmad al-Badani, a midlevel leader in al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula who allegedly was behind a terrorist plot in August that led to the closing of more than a dozen U.S. embassies. U.S. officials declined to comment about that report.
At first, the Yemeni government, a close partner with the Obama administration on counterterrorism matters, said all the dead were militants. But Yemeni officials conceded soon afterward that some civilians had been killed, and gave 101 Kalashnikov rifles and about $110,000 to a mediator, who, in accord with Yemeni custom, will help determine how many people should be compensated.
Yemeni government officials and several local tribal leaders said the dead included several militants with ties to al-Qaida's Yemen-based branch, but no one has been able to identify them. Some witnesses who have interviewed victims' families say they believe no militants were killed at all.
The murky details surrounding the strike raise questions about how rigorously U.S. officials are applying the standards for lethal strikes that Obama laid out May 23 and whether such standards are even possible in such a remote and opaque environment.
In the speech, the president said targeted killing operations are carried out only against militants who pose a "continuing and imminent threat to the American people." In the past week, no government official has made a case in public that the people targeted in the strike posed a threat to Americans.
Moreover, the president said in May, no strike can be authorized without "near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured," which he described as "the highest standard we can set."
At the time, administration officials said that authority over the bulk of drone strikes would gradually shift from the CIA to the Pentagon, a move they said was designed partly to lift the shroud of secrecy from the targeted killing program.
But nearly seven months later, the CIA still carries out a majority of drone strikes in Yemen, with the remote-controlled aircraft taking off from a base in the southern desert of Saudi Arabia. The Pentagon strikes, usually launched from the Djibouti base, are cloaked in as much secrecy as those carried out by the CIA.
"The contradictory reports about what happened on Dec. 12 underscore the critical need for more transparency from the Obama administration and Yemeni authorities about these strikes," said Letta Tayler, of Human Rights Watch, who has done extensive research in Yemen about the drone strikes.


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George H.W. Bush through the years
Published On: Dec 26 2012 06:34:25 PM PST Updated On: Jul 16 2015 07:26:27 AM PDT
Former President George H.W. Bush fell Wednesday, July 15, 2015 while at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine, breaking a vertebrae in his neck, but it was not a life-threatening injury, according to his spokesman. Look back at the life and career of former President George H.W. Bush.


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Boris Bidjan Saberi — a Persian-German designer based in Barcelona and who shows in Paris — launched his eponymous men's label in 2007. With his multicultural background, he describes his design philosophy in terms of hybrids, such as "secular spirituality," "metropolitan religion," and "elegant sloppiness."
Thus, 'urban nomad' became a calling card that stuck, used to describe his blending and layering of natural fabrics like cotton and felt with manmade materials like vinyl and tar. This was how a recent claim to fame, transparent leather, which is in fact a chemical compound, came to be.
Now Saberi has launched a second line, called 11, that aims to attract a younger, punkier clientele. The fall 2015 collection, Snow Bleach, is intended to connote mountain soldiers in white camouflage. Snowboarders can't be far behind.
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There's no shortage of nuttiness in fashion (we're looking at you, Monsieur Owens), but Bas Kosters may have busted the nut-o-meter. During Amsterdam Fashion Week that just ended, the Dutch designer showed what easily could be mistaken for life-size piñatas, or particularly hallucinatory soundsuits by Nick Cave, or something out a Takashi Murakami fever-dream.
Any piece that bobs down any Bas Kosters runway is entirely hand-crafted through any combination of photo collage, decoupage, embroidery, and what's officially known in fashion as gluing on found shiny things. As extreme as it may seem, the collection merely is the latest in the very fanciful world according to Bas, where normal quotidian questions — e.g. "Is it women's or men's?" — are rendered irrelevant. Quite naturally, on the side he's involved in doll-making, jewelry design, and throwing performance-based parties in museums.
Two threads worked by emerging designers — sport and fairy-tales — come together in Petra Ptáčková's fanciful, charming clothes. The Czech weaves modern costumery from an elaborate mix of materials, volumes, adventures, and sheer arcana, resulting in fantasy-wear that has nothing to do with sex appeal and everything to do with a "magical realism," a term she borrows from literature.
Currently based in Prague and Paris, Ptáčková studied at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, where she discovered a passion for haute couture and its recherché techniques. With a hybrid style all her own, she's constantly traveling, forever on a quest to uncover forgotten ways and ideas. Every bit as spritely as her designs, she says the people who wear her collections are "open-minded dreamers with no boundaries. We create our own tomorrow."
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Atelier Brut is a newish street label out of Bucharest, Romania, that seems to revel in scrappy impropriety. Designer Andrei Dinu cobbles together deliberately chintzy sweaters and shirts (130-140 euros) — and a strange necklace hybrid of rosary beads and ID cards — from recovered bits of upholstery and needlepoint embroidery that's common in Romania. He also repurposes furniture in a way that melds old and new — a collision of jarring styles in one piece.
Recently Dinu has begun experimenting with financial ticker symbols. "Since techno-capital is a foreign, unknowable entity anyway," he says, "high finance aesthetics might as well be used as abstract decoration." The result is not just another reproduction of Tumblr aesthetics, he notes, but genderless, placeless, timeless pieces that are nonetheless one-of-a-kind.
This video, with its discomfiting portrayal of languid Romanian slackers, goes a long way in explaining the Atelier Brut ethos...
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BORN is a new crowdfunding site with a focus on style. Dewi Bekker is a new men's designer with a collection to fund.
While studying fashion design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands, Bekker interned with Bernhard Willhelm and Hannes Kettritz. Those familiar with Willhelm's work will recognize his cheeky experimentation in Bekker's playful take on menswear. She says she's searching for the perfect balance between the mundane and humorous through her use of unconventional materials — cork, tape, felt, plastic beads — and bright color palette.
So far she's reached just over 10% of her €8000 goal on BORN, based in Luxembourg, with two and a half months to go. If she reaches her goal, she'll use it to create and produce a new and second collection. In the process she may have also discovered the next business model for rising designers.
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That thing you've always wanted to do, tote around a fishbowl as an accessory, is now possible, thanks to the London designer Cassandra Verity Green, who's made quite the splash with her first collection since graduating from Central Saint Martins. Aptly called Neptune's Daughter, the range is based on the 1949 aqua-musical of the same name, starring the quasi-mermaid actress Esther Williams, as well as the designer's own grandmother, a 50s beauty queen. Hence the swimming caps, bright tights, and a bubbly insouciance.
While she brings a playful sense of avant-absurdism to the notion of luxury It bags, Verity Green is primarily a knit designer. So framing those eye-popping mobile fishbowls are her unique frizzy style of knit, incorporating coral-colored or transparent threads and crystal beading to create biomorphic shapes and prickly textures resembling undulating underwater sea anemones — not unlike the Internet phenomenon Seapunk. The result is a vibrant, slightly retro look that serves as both the bait and the catch.
Visit Cassandra Verity Green. Buy the fishbowl backpack at Not Just a Label
Like Scarlett Johansson's emotionless alien character in Under the Skin, Melitta Baumeister's silicone pieces resembling leather, cotton, and knit — "casted garments," she calls them — imply an authenticity that their molecular sophistication can't give them. While they are made in recognizable shapes — a tank top, a dress, a biker jacket — their rubbery tactility and harsh, clinical shades of black and white give them away. The notion of going to extremes to perfect what has already been perfected is at once mesmerizing and mind-boggling.
"I consider what is fake and what is real," says the German-born, Parsons-taught, New York-based designer — who, at the upcoming spring 2015 shows, will present only her third collection since earning her MFA from Parsons. "And I consider the loss of tangibility and the importance of experience," by which she means she's playing to an online audience as much as an in-the-flesh audience. "I find advanced technology that is able to replace or simulate reality extremely interesting. What else could be in store in tomorrow's world?"
Melitta Baumeister is available at Dover Street Market New York
VAVA sunglasses may be new (as in one month old), but the concept is so totally, so squarely from another era — the 80s. In particular, the unisex label looks to techno music of the era, an optimistic new sound that emerged from once-glistening, now-blighted cities like Detroit. Those contrasting extremes, promise and disillusionment, inform VAVA's two lines: the White Label draws from simplicity and purity, while the Black Label looks to darkness and the underground.
For Portuguese-born, Berlin-based designer Pedro da Silva, this sense of idealism isn't just conceptual; it's practical, too. The frames are created with cellulose acetate from Mazzucchelli, artisans of acetate since 1849, and the lenses are made from Barberini crystals. The flatness of the two lenses again harks back to the 80s and its preoccupation with computer graphics, while the cubed hinge, exclusive to VAVA, is influenced by the artist Sol Lewitt and his penchant for bold shapes.
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With its inviting name, Come for Breakfast's spring 15 men's collection is a welcome feast for the eyes — a sweet and savory blend of childlike insouciance with more adult themes and silhouettes.
Launched four years ago in Milan, Come for Breakfast is both a women's and men's line, though the men's side seems to be gaining more traction. For spring, designers Antonio Romano and Francesco Alagna were inspired, they said, by "scribbles, the pages of an old diary, the curious staring of children and their way of portraying the world around them." Thus, the duo looked to the wee years with playful, oversized volumes and paper-placemat drawings, but using sequins and leather for a collection fit for both daytime alertness and nighttime cocktails.
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The mysterious case of the pastry eating possum
Written by Petra Starke
Be Smart, News & Views
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A photo of a fat possum guzzling pastries in a bakery has set Australian social media abuzz, but is it real? We investigate the true story behind Twitter's favourite new critter.
Have you heard the one about the greedy possum that broke into a bakery? If you've been on Twitter lately you can't avoid it. The adorable photo above has spread like wildfire across social media over the last 48 hours with the accompanying description:
"Possum broke into the local bakery and ate so many pastries he couldnt (sic) move! This is how the bakery owners found him!"
Which bakery? No one knew. Was it real? No one knew, although everyone swore it was.
But it seems the true story behind the pastry-eating marsupial is as fuzzy as the possum itself.
The photo was actually posted two weeks ago on viral website Reddit with a claim it was taken at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
Reddit user "Magzy" posted the picture under the caption: "A friend who works at Taronga Zoo found this little possum who broke onto (sic) the cafe and ate so many pastries it couldn't move".
Magzy's original post didn't get much traction, but other users' reposts of it certainly did, making the front page of the website and earning hundreds of likes and comments. Some users angrily claimed the photo was old, and had already been posted Reddit six months earlier.
Three days later the photo turned up on the Twitter feed of Sydney North Shore community newspaper The Hornsby Advocate, under the caption "Hungry possum busted with a gutful of pastries":
Accompanying the photo was a link to a Facebook post which has since been deleted. As the Hornsby Advocate doesn't have a Facebook page of its own, it seems the paper may have been linking to the photo on another Facebook user's profile.
This doesn't help us establish the veracity of the picture, but as no news story about the amazing pastry-eating possum or the astounded shop owners who found it ever appeared on the Advocate's news website, one might assume that perhaps there was no story to be had. (Either that, or the Advocate missed a really good yarn!)
On February 29 the possum picture swept through Reddit again, this time with the story that it had been taken in a "local bakery". From there it spiralled into Twitter and Facebook, with some retweeters changing the story again to claim it was taken in New York (unlikely, as American Opossums look very different from the one in the photo).
But it wasn't until Sydney Twitter user "Sarah Hoppy Hopkins" tweeted it on March 4 that it really went bananas. As per the most recent Reddit posts Taronga Zoo had again become "a bakery" (although no one seemed to know which one) and suddenly the photo was everywhere, being retweeted by high profile Tweeps like Ruby Rose, Magda Szubanski and Tracy Grimshaw.
@Hoppy_Jnr later claimed the possum had been picked up by wildlife rescue WIRES, but she couldn't say where from.
It's strange that the bakery was originally a zoo when the possum picture first appeared on the internet. It's even stranger that @Hoppy_Jnr could know the possum had been rescued by WIRES, yet have no idea from where it was rescued.
I've contacted the North Shore Advocate, @Hoppy_Jnr and WIRES about the photo but as yet have had no replies.
You might think: Who cares? It's a cute photo, who cares who took it? Who cares what the story is?
Well, given the speed with which this photo whipped around the internet, shared around without a care in the world for its authenticity (including by me), I'd argue we should all care because it's reflective of a dangerous trend in modern journalism.
This seemingly innocuous, jam-covered possum shows just how quickly news can spread on social media and potentially infiltrate our mainstream media without anyone bothering to check its source.
I'm not saying the photo isn't real, or that @Hoppy_Jnr didn't indeed take it herself or know the person who did. I am saying that taking things on face value is a dangerous practice, particularly when journalists start doing it.
Of course, one might also consider these points:
- The possum appears unusually blurry in comparison to the surrounding pastries and box.
- There are no crumbs anywhere, and none of the pastries in the box appear to have been nibbled (that's one very neat possum, eh?).
- Possums don't typically eat pastry.
- Maybe that's not jam on its fur. (Think about it.).
>> Did you see the possum picture on social media? Do you think it's real? What do you think about journalists gathering news stories from Twitter?
UPDATE 10am: The Hornsby Advocate has confirmed via Twitter they received the photo from "a reader". They believe it is "several years old" and was taken at Taronga Zoo.
UPDATE 5pm: After some contact from journalists at the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph, @Hoppy_Jnr has tweeted she did not take the photo, simply that she retweeted it "from Facebook". She says she was later "told online" that the possum had been rescued by WIRES. The mystery continues…
UPDATE MARCH 7, 11AM: Reddit user "Magzy", who appears to be the first person to have posted the possum picture online on February 20, says he got it from a work colleague who told him it had been taken at the Taronga Centre in Sydney's Taronga Zoo. Magzy says his colleague "was adamant at the time that he knew the person who took the picture". Magzy says the phone number he has for this colleague no longer works so he can't be reached for comment. Research continues…!
UPDATE MARCH 7, 4PM: I received the following emailed response from Taronga Zoo's media manager Mark Williams:
"This photo has been doing the rounds. I've asked around and nothing like this has happened recently here, although staff often see possums in the grounds.
There's anecdotal evidence that something like this happened two or three years ago, although the details are sketchy, and I can't find anyone to corroborate the story. If it happened, the possum would have been checked by Zoo staff and released but our veterinary staff have no records of this going back even into last year."
Are we at a dead end here, people?


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Public Safety Building
The new Public Safety Building, 475 S. 300 E., is open! Public tours are available July 20-27, 2013. More details at: www.slcgov.com/psb.
In November 2009, more than 65% of Salt Lake City voters approved a $125 million general obligation bond to fund the construction of a new Public Safety Building. The facility, which includes a new Emergency Operations Center, will serve Salt Lake City residents, visitors and businesses and better meet the needs of Utah's Capital City. The project is expected to be completed by 2013.
"We are excited to begin the process of construction of the Public Safety Building. I promise that this construction process will be transparent and efficient. It will be on time, on budget and a beautiful green building that this City can be proud of."–Mayor Ralph Becker
Below is a Virtual Tour that will allow you to experience the energy efficient Public Safety Building from every angle, both inside and outside. You will be able to virtually fly through the new public lobby, plaza and festival space, and Emergency Operations Center.
View of Building from 300 East
The new Salt Lake City Public Safety Building will be 4 stories tall. The new Public Safety Building will frame views of the Wasatch Mountains to the east and will be a pedestrian friendly development. The building is being designed to fit the definition of a Net Zero Energy Emissions building. This means that the new building will produce at least as much emissions-free renewable energy as it would otherwise consume if obtained from emissions-producing energy sources. Net Zero Energy will be achieved by dramatically reducing building energy use and utilizing renewable energy. Energy use reduction is accomplished with high efficiency building and systems design, building operations, and occupant energy management strategies. Renewable energy is produced by photovoltaic and solar thermal arrays.
View of Lobby looking South
The building is organized around an entry plaza viewed through a tall curving glass wall. The curving glass wall defines circulation that overlooks the lobby, the exterior entry plaza and the neighboring community. The tall narrow atrium is designed to allow a visual connection between the floors but maintain a limited secure view up to the other floors from level one. This visual connection and an adjacent open staircase are designed to promote communication and camaraderie among the Police, Fire and Emergency Operations staff.
View of Plaza looking North
The Public Plaza will be a major new open space to be used and enjoyed by visitors, workers, nearby residents and occupants of the future transit oriented development. The orientation of the plaza and the overhead photovoltaic canopy will draw attention to the building and direct visitors to the main entry. The overhead photovoltaic canopy will provide filtered sun & shade on the public plaza. It will also provide strong visual and physical connections to Library Square, to downtown and to the public transit along E 400 South. The east/west axial connection to the library block and City Hall extends through the public space. Intimate gardens and seating will provide large and small gathering spaces and interest within the larger open area.
Updated PSB Project Schedule
- Project Fencing Erected – Feb 14, 2011
- Demolition – Feb 14, 2011 – May 15, 2011
- Excavation – May 15, 2011 – July 15, 2011
- Parking – July 15, 2011 – Oct 15, 2011
- Base Building – Oct 15, 2011 – Spring 2013
More resources about the PSB project are posted on the City's website.
December 22, 2015


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Nils Floren
SPRING 2011: Earned his third consecutive All-Big 12 honor from the league coaches ... competed in all seven tournaments of the spring and compiled four Top 10 finishes ... won medalist honors at the UTSA/Oak Hills Invitational and helped Tech to its lone team championship of the year ... shot 5-under to win a tournament that consisted of 94 total golfers ... finished 16th at the Big 12 Championship in Hutchinson, Kan. ... tied for fourth place (5-under) at the NCAA Southwest-Arizona Region in what was the final tournament of his Texas Tech career ... led the team with a 72.2 stroke average for the year (fall and spring) and competed in all 11 events and logged 32 total rounds.
FALL 2010: Finished the fall season right behind teammate Matt Smith with a 72.6 average per round after seeing action in all four fall tournaments ... recorded top-15 finishes in three of the fall's four tournaments ... posted his only top-10 finish as he led his team in its first-ever appearance at the coveted PING/Golfweek Preview as he shot a 4-over par 220 en route to a sixth-place finish individually and an eighth-place team finish.
SPRING 2010: Has been one of Tech's most consistent players throughout the season ... named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List early into the spring season ... earned All-Big 12 honors ... best finish has been a tie for second at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate ... only finished outside the top 20 twice in eight tournaments ... began the spring by tying for 19th at the Mauna Lani Invitational ... followed by tying for fourth at the UTSA Invitational ... tied for the lead with Chris Ward at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate following an even-par 71 first round ... shot a four-over 75 and another even-par 71 over the final two rounds to tie for second ... finished the Aggie Invitational at 2-under-par and in a tie for 18th overall ... was the first time to finish under par this spring ... opened the Big 12 Championships with a 3-under 69, but followed with a 75 in the afternoon's second round ... finished in sixth place after two-straight 1-under 71s over the final two rounds ... recorded lowest 54-hole total at the NCAA South Central Regional ... shot a 5-under 211 to tie for fifth with teammates Chris Ward and Finley Ewing IV ... started the tournament with a 4-under 68 to sit in fifth place ... was 1-under over the final two rounds ... his 211 card matched the 54-hole low for a Tech player at an NCAA Regional ... lowest score of the season ... struggled somewhat at the NCAA Championships, firing a 7-over 223 ... fell to Florida State's Drew Kittleson, 2 and 1, in the opening round of match play ... leads Tech with a 72.3 stroke average ... had the most top-five or top-10 finishes of any player.
FALL 2009: Averaging 70.9 strokes per round and has shot par or better in five of nine rounds ... has a 196-15 head-to-head record ... continued his consistent play at the talent-laden Isleworth Collegiate Invitational ... finished tied for third with the nation's No. 2-ranked golfer ... opened with a 69 and added rounds of 74 and 73 to claim his second top three finish of the season ... leader through two rounds at the Gary Koch Intercollegiate, following rounds of 66-70 ... finished in a 14th-place tie ... named Golfweek National Player of the Week after winning his first collegiate tournament at the Carpet Capital Collegiate ... tied for first after carding 69-68 in rounds two and three, respectively.
SPRING 2009: Placed second as he helped the Red Raiders to a win at the UTSA Intercollegiate after firing rounds of 70-68-69 for an 8-under par total of 205 ... tied for fourth at the USF Invitational with a 4-under par total of 212 compiling rounds of 71-70-71 ... led the Red Raiders in the stroke play portion at the Callaway Golf Match Play Invitational with a two-round total of 145 which was good for a seventh-place tie ... tied for 24th at the UH-Hilo Intercollegiate as an individual with firing 73-75-73 for a three-day total of 5-over 221 ... competed in the Morris Williams Intercollegiate and the Aggie Invitational ... tied for 12th at the Big 12 Conference Championships and was named All-Big 12 Conference ... fired bookend rounds of 71 at the event in Hutchison, Kan. ... placed in a fourth-place tie at the NCAA Southwest Regional in Austin, helping lead Tech to a second-place finish ... carded rounds of 70-73-73 ... shot 76-75-75 at the NCAA Championships.
FALL 2008: Did not compete.
SPRING 2008: Competed in the Linger Longer Invitational as his first spring tournament on the season ... carded in a second-straight 75 to mark at 150 while competing unattached.
FALL 2007: Competed in two events his first season as a Red Raider with an average score of 75.00...He has his best finish at the Jerry Pate National where he tied for 54th in a strong field with a 223...He shot his season low of 71 at that same tournament.
BEFORE TEXAS TECH: Graduated from Ostraboskolan High School in Ljungskile, Sweden ... finished second in the Italian Amateur Championship in 2006 ... Member of the Swedish Junior National Team ... Eighth ranked junior golfer in Sweden ... Carried a 72.38 stroke average in 2006.
PERSONAL: Nils Floren ... a native of Ljungskile, Sweden ... Born May 6, 1989 to parents Per-Erik and Catarina Floren ... Has one sister, Anna and one brother, Oscar, who was an All-American golfer at Tech and is now a professional golfer ... Career goal is to become the No. 1 ranked player in the world ... Interested in a degree in the Arts and Sciences school ... Hobbies include music, food, clothes and sports.


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Hi all.
New to forums. 60 y/o who restarted biking a little over a year ago. Ride a comfort hybrid (sorry) but moving up to a flat bar road bike soon. Bike to work and back, weather permitting, 10 miles a day, and stretch that to 15 miles on wads.


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Part One: A four century old mystery
The Superbowl Weekend edition of "America Unearthed" on History Channel H2 traveled to Roanoke Island, North Carolina, Gainesville, GA and Cambridge University in England to investigate the mysterious disappearance of England's attempt to colonize the coast of North Carolina. Forensic geologist Scot Wolter focused on the long overdue geo-chemical analysis of the so-called Dare Stones, but the program's one hour format did not have time for discussing new historical discoveries, which lend credence to controversial interpretations of these rock slabs containing Elizabethan English.
The year is 1583. England's arch-enemy, Spain, had been establishing colonies in the New World for 90 years. The gold and silver mined in these colonies, along with the horrific exploitation of their indigenous peoples had propelled Spain into being a super power. A private company of investors was led by some of the most brilliant men of the Elizabethan Age. They included Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Ralph Lane, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Captain John Hawkins and scholar Richard Hakluyt. They dispatched a shipload of brave Englishmen to establish a colony in Newfoundland.
British fishermen had been sailing to Newfoundland at least from the time of Columbus. Hakluyt claimed to have evidence that fishing boats form Cornwall and Bristol had been sailing to the coast of Newfoundland since the late 1300s.
The Newfoundland Colony was a disaster. Gilbert drowned there. The Virginia Company then decided to establish a colony farther south, where the climate was less severe. In April of 1584, a fleet set sail for North America, but became scattered in a storm off the coast of Portugal. Grenville's flagship, the Tiger, stopped first along the southern coast of Puerto Rico. Here they built a fort on Guayanailla Bay.
After some of the lost ships appeared, the colonists then sailed northward past the Spanish colonies of St. Augustine and Santa Elena to establish a colony on Roanoke Island. Most of the colony's food supplies were lost when the Tiger floundered on a shoal. Nevertheless, a fort was built on the island's north end under the command of Ralph Lane. The colonists soon alienated local Natives by burning an Indian village because a silver cup had been stolen. The Natives then unsuccessfully attacked the fort.
In May of 1586, Sir Francis Drake's fleet transported most of the colonists back to England. A token force was left at the fort. His fleet then continued southward to sack the Spanish colony of St. Augustine. The Spanish government soon ordered the much larger colony of Santa Elena in South Carolina to be dismantled and moved to St. Augustine, in order to put more distance between the Spanish colonists, and what Spain assumed to be a large pirate base, somewhere on the coast of Virginia.
In 1587 a new band of colonists sailed across the Atlantic to establish a colony on the Chesapeake Bay. They found a single skeleton at the fort on Roanoke Island. No evidence of this garrison's fate has ever been discovered. Without the garrison to guide them to Chesapeake Bay, the colonists wanted to return to England. However, they were ordered to disembark and establish a new fort on Roanoke Island. This is the one that was inspected by geologist Scot Wolter on the History Channel show. The new colony was much better managed under the leadership of Governor John White. He also created some exquisite water colors of the Natives and drafted an accurate map of Ocracoke Sound.
The new colony was able to establish relations with the Croatan Indians, but the other tribes remained hostile. Virginia Dare, the grand-daughter of John White, became the first English child born in the New World. One colonist had been murdered while catching crabs. The surviving colonists persuaded John White to return to England in late 1587 with two out of three of their ships, to explain the dangerous situation.
The attack of the Spanish Armada intervened. Queen Elizabeth ordered all experienced sea captains and armed ships to come to the aid of England. White was not able to return to Roanoke Island until August of 1590. His expedition found the fort uninhabited and carefully dismantled, as if the colonists planned to relocate. The word Croatoan was carved on a tree. White instructed the colonists to carve a Maltese cross if they were forced to leave the island in an emergency. No Maltese cross was found. A hurricane was rolling in so the expedition was not able to sail to Croatan Island. The fates of the garrison in 1586 and the colonists in 1587 remain a mystery to this day.
The Eleanor Dare Stones
In June of1937, the longest playing outdoor drama, "The Lost Colony," began performances on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. In September of 1937, a California produce dealer, named L. E. Hammond, was vacationing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. While deep in the woods near Edenton, NC, searching for hickory nuts, he discovered a moss-covered quartzite slab with strangely spelled English on it. He immediately assumed that it marked a buried pirate's treasure. Unable to find someone locally, who could clean and interpret the 20 pound rock slab, Hammond traveled to Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Various members of the faculty examined the enigmatic stone until it eventually reached the office of Dr. Haywood Pearce, Jr of Brenau College in Gainesville, GA.
After Pierce carefully cleaned the stone, he was astonished to see the words, "Ananias Dare & Virginia went hence unto heaven 1591." The back of the stone stated that a portion of the colony had taken refuge at that location, but were massacred by another tribe in 1591. Only seven of the original 17 members of that party survived. In 1607 Chief Powhatan told John Smith, leader of the Jamestown Colony that he had ordered the killing of a party of English colonists, who had taken refuge with an enemy tribe. These could have been the survivors of either the 1586 garrison or else the Dare party.
Numerous geologists and linguists declared the authenticity of the Annias Dare tombstone. This is the stone that "America Unearthed" host Scot Wolter declared to be authentic. Pierce then offered cash rewards for any other similar stones. Pierce purchased many more stones, often from farmers and poorly educated construction laborers, who couldn't possibly know how to fake 440 year old English rock inscriptions. A cluster of inscribed stones were found in a cave in the Nacoochee Valley that described the last days of the Roanoke Colony survivors. These seemed as authentic as the first one.
The Eleanor Dare stones marked a trail leading from Roanoke Island, North Carolina to the Nacoochee Valley in the mountains northeast of Atlanta. According to the stones found in the cave in the Nacoochee Valley, Eleanor had married a Creek Indian chief there and born more children before dying. The last tablet stated "Eleanor Dare dye February1599." It was signed by a fellow survivor, Griffin Jones.
A team of professional archaeologists, geologists and historians, led by Dr. Samuel Elliot Morrison of Harvard University declared all the stones to be authentic. North America's early history had been changed. Little known Brenau College in Gainesville, GA suddenly was in the national news. The tiny, all girls, liberal arts institution then started its own outdoor drama, which attracted large crowds because of the publicity about the Eleanor Dare Stones. That's when the trouble began.
The sponsors of the original outdoor drama in North Carolina were furious. They began a campaign to discredit the competitive outdoor drama in Georgia. Eight more stones, with far less authentic looking appearances, turned up near Atlanta. An inscription was carved on a boulder near the Chattahoochee River then sprayed with purple dye, in an obvious effort to make it appear faked. Academic rivals of Dr. Pierce posted letters to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which described him in most unflattering terms. North Carolina officials complained to the Saturday Evening Post because the magazine had initially publicized the Eleanor Dare Stones. The worst was yet to come.
In Part Two of this series on the Eleanor Dare Stones, we will examine the fraudulent strategies used by rivals of Dr. Haywood Pierce, to discredit all the "Eleanor Dare Stones" and then squelch any scientific analysis for seven decades. Use of archaeological fraud to discredit academic rivals has a long tradition in Georgia, going back many years before the Dare Stones controversy. Go to the URL below?
Those readers who wish to ask Richard Thornton questions about architecture, urban planning or Native American history may email him at firstname.lastname@example.com .