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Broadcom claims world's broadest automotive Ethernet product portfolio
December 8, 2011 by John Day
Ethernet automotive solution delivers 100Mbps over unshielded single twisted pair cable
Broadcom Corporation announced the world's broadest automotive Ethernet portfolio, engineered to meet the rigorous qualifications and demands of the automotive semiconductor market. Broadcom's BroadR-Reach® automotive portfolio delivers high-performance bandwidth of 100Mbps and beyond while dramatically reducing connectivity costs up to 80 percent(1) and cabling weight as much as 30 percent(2).
The Broadcom automotive Ethernet product portfolio consists of five devices including three highly integrated switches with embedded PHYs, and two stand-alone PHY solutions. Each device in the automotive portfolio is designed to meet in-car EMC requirements and extreme automotive temperature grades. Broadcom is TS16949 compliant and AEC-Q100 qualification is currently under way.
Enabling the Next-Generation Connected Car
As consumer demand for in-vehicle connectivity continues to grow, automotive manufacturers are under pressure to deliver competitive, innovative features while minimizing cost. Broadcom's BroadR-Reach automotive solutions allow multiple in-vehicle systems (such as infotainment, on-board diagnostics and automated driver assistance) to simultaneously access information over unshielded single twisted pair cable. By eliminating cumbersome, shielded cabling, automotive manufacturers can significantly reduce connectivity costs and cabling weight.
Proliferation of Automotive Ethernet Connectivity
This announcement follows the recent introduction of the OPEN (One-Pair Ether-Net) Alliance Special Interest Group (SIG). Established to drive wide scale adoption of Ethernet-based automotive connectivity as the standard in automotive connectivity, the SIG will address industry requirements for improving in-vehicle safety, comfort, and infotainment, while significantly reducing network complexity and cabling costs. Members include Broadcom, NXP Semiconductors N.V., Freescale Semiconductor, Harman International, BMW, Hyundai Motor Company and Jaguar Land Rover. License to specification for BroadR-Reach is available to all interested OPEN Alliance members under RAND terms via a license from Broadcom. Visit www.opensig.org to learn more.
Market Drivers:
— In-vehicle electronics growing in volume and complexity(3)
— Ongoing migration from analog electromechanical systems in cars to digital
— Increase in number of cameras, sensors, diagnostics, ADAS, infotainment, etc.
— In-dash display consoles becoming computerized nerve centers for driver/passenger control
— Automotive manufacturers require open, scalable, in-vehicle connectivity(4)
— Need for a common network that supports multiple electronic systems and devices
— New devices & solutions require higher bandwidth and convergence(5)
— Prevalence of in-vehicle electronics has nearly doubled in the last decade(4)
— Consumer demand for automotive connectivity increasing at a rapid pace(3)
Product Portfolio Key Facts:
BCM89500 7-port, layer 2 switch with four integrated BroadR-Reach PHYs
Designed to support IEEE 1588 and IEEE 802.1AS timing functions
Deep sleep and ultra-low power modes for reduced power consumption
BCM89501 7-port, layer 2 switch with five integrated BroadR-Reach PHYs
Designed to support IEEE 1588 and IEEE 802.1AS timing functions
Deep sleep and ultra-low power modes for reduced power consumption
BCM89200 4-port, layer 2 switch with two integrated BroadR-Reach PHYs
Supports various uplink ports for connectivity to external devices
Designed to support IEEE 1588 and IEEE 802.1AS timing functions
Deep sleep and ultra-low power modes for reduced power consumption
BCM89610 Single-port, 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY
Optimized for in-vehicle diagnostic applications for when vehicle is powered off
Supports variety of connectivity options for external devices
BCM89810 Single-port, 100Mbps BroadR-Reach PHY
Optimized for multiple in-car network applications for when vehicle is powered on
Supports variety of connectivity options for external devices
All devices (with exception to BCM89610) are compliant with OPEN Alliance specifications.
Devices are now sampling with production volume slated for the second half of 2012. Visit go.Broadcom.com/Automotive to learn more.
(1) Based on current market prices for unshielded single twisted pair FlexRay cables and weight of two-meter twisted, single-pair FlexRay cables and connectors
(2) Based on combined weight of 2-meter twisted, single-pair FlexRay cables and connectors versus 2-meter LVDS cables with LVDS connectors
(3) Gartner – The Automotive Industry Accelerates Innovations; Published: 16 November 2010 ID:G00209090
(4) ABI Semiconductor Forecast 2011
(5) IEEE 802.1 AVB Task Force Meeting, March 2011


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Edina will join six other cities in holding an at-large seat on the Noise Oversight Committee, which is expected to review the Federal Aviation Administration's plans to concentrate plane traffic over Edina.
NOC's bylaws are expected to be changed at its March meeting to include Edina on the at-large seat. The other cities sharing the seat are St. Louis Park, St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, Inver Grove Heights, Burnsville and Apple Valley.
The city originally requested its own seat on the Metropolitan Airports Commission's NOC. The issue arose when the NOC approved in November new flight-routing technology that would create two paths over Edina where plane traffic would be routed departing the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. The Metropolitan Airports Commission declined to implement the technology for planes departing from two gates which would fly over Edina.
The seat is currently held by Apple Valley City Councilmember Adam Bergman. The position doesn't rotate between the cities, but rather the group annually chooses the person, usually an elected official, to fill the seat.
It would be an opportunity to be able to put someone in that role, City Manager Scott Neal told the Edina City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Neal will also be attending a planning meeting on Monday, Feb. 4, for an Airport Advisory Committee being formed by a neighborhood association in southwest Minneapolis. The association would like Edina to be a part of the committee, Neal said.
More 50th and France parking
The Housing and Redevelopment Authority, which is comprised of the Edina City Council, authorized Neal to begin negotiations to either lease or purchase the property at 3944 W. 49 1/2 St., whcih is currently Hooten's Cleaners.
The property owners are interested in considering a lease or sale to the city, according to Bill Neuendorf, the city's economic development manager.
If purchased, the city is proposing to change the property into additional parking at 50th and France.
Neuendorf said the city has found more parking is needed in the business district after studying the issue for several years. The north parking ramp next to Hooten's Cleaners can be expanded.
Construction of more parking is preferred before the city begins renovating the south and middle parking ramps at 50th and France to alleviate a shortage of parking while the renovations occur, according to Neuendorf.
Contact Lisa Kaczke at [email protected]

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We just listed the six anglers who have finished in the money at all five Elite tournaments this year. What about the anglers who have bombed — missing every cut and not earning a penny in prize money so far this year? Well, there are seven of them. Here are the names and their AOY ranks:
Kevin Short (#74)
Byron Velvick (#88)
Michael Simonton (#94)
Dave Smith (#95)
Jared Miller (#96)
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Following the introduction of the all-new 2011 Toyota Sienna in December and the cancellation of the Nissan Quest last month, I speculated that Toyota finally had its shot to overcome Chrysler as the segment leader for minivans. Of course, then came the huge issue of recalls and Toyota's sales dropped considerably. With Chrysler still a few more years from a redesign on its minivan duo, Honda now looks to become the top dog in the market judging by the design of the 2010 Honda Odyssey Concept that was introduced at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show.
In concept form, the new Honda Odyssey design has a surprisingly aggressive stance thanks to a lower overall height and a wider stance. Other than conceptual elements such as the door handles, headlights and wheels, this is what the fourth-generation Honda Odyssey will look like when it goes into production later this fall as a 2011 model. Honda says that the Honda Odyssey Concept as well as the production version have been designed and developed by Honda's research and development facilities in North America that include Torrance, Calif. and Raymond, Ohio. Like the current minivan, the 2011 Honda Odyssey will be produced in Honda's Lincoln, Ala. assembly plant.
The new Odyssey will ditch the blocky styling of the current minivan and use a sleeker, more identifiable shape instead. Oddly enough, the Honda Odyssey concept features noticeable design elements that have been made popular by other vehicles. For instance, the stepped down 'lightning bolt' beltline looks very similar to what Hyundai designed into the 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe while the taillights look like something right off the Subaru Impreza hatchback. Even the boxy minivan roofline is spiced up a little by adding a D-pillar that is very reminiscent of the Mercedes-Benz R-Class.
The new Odyssey will ride on a wheelbase that is identical to the current model with an overall length that is about an inch longer. More noticeable is the half inch drop in height while the width has been increased by an inch and a half. The extra width of the new Odyssey will be especially noticeable in the second-row seat which can now accommodate child seats three abreast. Honda did not release any images of the interior other than design sketches, but the new dash layout and eight-passenger seating layout are both visible. One of the key aspects of minivan design that was not released about the new minivan is exactly how the rear two rows of seats will fold and stow. Following Chrysler's Stow n'; Go seating used on the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country, other minivan makers have been looking for innovative ways to quickly transform seating areas to cargo space.
One thing that is likely to remain the same for the 2011 Honda Odyssey is the drivetrain. The front-wheel drive only minivan will still offer the 3.5-liter SOHC V-6, but the i-VTEC system and Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) cylinder deactivation system could become standard equipment on all models as Honda claims that advanced powertrain technologies will help improve the overall fuel economy of the new minivan. In addition to the upgraded powertrain systems, the new design is also more aerodynamic and Honda expects the fuel economy on the 2011 Odyssey to improve to 19 miles per gallon in the city and 28 mpg on the highway (up from 17 city/25 highway on the 2010 model).


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Durban - Blayne Shepard kicked a former Royal Marine and gave a friend a high-five after a Super XV rugby match in Durban, the city's Regional Court heard on Wednesday.
Moments later Brett Williams was declared dead.
Fidelity Security Services manager Neil Burger said he had been on duty at Kings Park on the night of March 23 when the Sharks beat the Melbourne Rebels and Williams was fatally beaten.
Brothers Blayne and Kyle Shepard, Andries van der Merwe, and Dustin van Wyk each face a charge of murder, three of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and one of crimen injuria.
Burger said that he went to the scene of the fight on one of the stadium's outfields after receiving a report over his radio, but when he arrived in his golf cart there was no fight.
"There was no fight in progress. Things seemed to have quietened down. I could sense the situation was still volatile."
He said that there were two groups of people, one of which appeared to be more agitated than the other.
He then noticed Williams standing next to a pump house and a man in a green shirt shooing people away.
"He was saying 'Go away. Leave him alone'," Burger recounted.
It was then that Burger noticed a man step away from the crowd, looking on the ground for a chain that had been hanging around his neck.
"At that stage all hell broke loose."
A group of people surged forward towards where Williams had been.
Burger said he got out of the golf cart with the intention of intervening in the fight but as he approached he was hit.
"As I got to the group I collected a punch on the right hand side of my face. I staggered back and fell down. I have no idea who hit me. I never saw it coming."
Burger said he picked himself up and returned to his golf cart. He then saw Williams lying on the ground.
"I then saw accused number one kicking and stomping him. He stomped on his chest. He then walked past the golf cart and he gave someone a high five."
Burger said he recognised Blayne Shepard and knew him as he had been previously introduced to the man by a woman who worked at Fidelity Security Services. Shepard had been her boyfriend, but Burger only knew him by his first name.
Earlier, the court was told that Grant Cramer, Shepard's best friend and then gym partner, had wanted Williams charged with assault.
Cramer, who in an earlier altercation had held Williams in a choke hold until he passed out, said: "I wanted to lay a charge of assault against the deceased."
Cramer explained that a photograph had been taken of his split lip to be used as evidence.
When asked why, he admitted that he had been upset at Williams punching him.
Cramer said his girlfriend had urged security guards to call police but there had been no response.
The court previously heard that Cramer and Williams had a verbal spat that led to Williams punching Cramer.
Cramer then put Williams in a choke-hold until Williams passed out.
Cramer was initially charged with assault, but has denied being part of the final beating that led to Williams's death.
Christo van Schalkwyk, for the Shepard brothers, questioned Cramer as to whether he was aware that Williams had been robbed at knifepoint the night before in Durban's Florida Road.
He questioned Cramer as to whether he had seen any injuries on Williams prior to his altercation with the former Royal Marine.
The trial continues on Thursday.


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Devin Cherry scored 16 points and had five rebounds and Dwight Tarwater chipped in 13 points and six rebounds off the bench as the Red team's double figure scorers. Josh Figini made 4-of-5 shot from the floor for eight points, while Miles Asafo-Adjei, Eitan Chemerinski and Shonn Miller each tallied seven points apiece. Asafo-Adjei added a game-high eight assists, while Chemerinski had five boards. In all, the Red team posted a 32-24 edge on the backboards. Senior Pete McMillan had five points and three assists in the win.
The white got strong offensive efforts from Johnathan Gray (game-high 24 points) and Errick Peck (16 points, three rebounds, two assists). Only teammate Galal Cancer with eight points, four rebounds, three steals and three assists, had more than three points for white. Mike Blaine's team shot just 30 percent before halftime, but heated up after the break to shoot 14-of-28, including 6-of-12 from 3-point range.
The game served as the debuts of freshmen Nolan Cressler (two points, three rebounds, two assists, two steals), Holt Harmon (three points) and Robert Mischler. Freshman Braxston Bunce joined junior Jake Matthews on the sidelines for the game while recovering from preseason injuries.
The Big Red will continue to work toward its season opener on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 12 p.m. when it faces Western Michigan at Newman Arena.


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BROOKSVILLE — A jury late Thursday acquitted a man who faced life in prison for his suspected roles in two separate robberies in Hernando County last year.
After about two hours of deliberation, a six member-jury found 25-year-old Christopher Hood not guilty on multiple counts of armed robbery and robbery.
Hood and four other men were accused of entering the Beach Bar on Shoal Line Boulevard in Hernando Beach at 2 a.m. one Saturday last January and robbing at least nine customers at gunpoint.
Hood was not accused of using a gun in that crime, but did use a gun in a robbery the day before at the AVA game room on U.S. 19 in Spring Hill, Assistant State Attorney Don Barbee told the jury.
The cases were consolidated and relied almost entirely on the testimony of codefendants who wore orange prison jumpsuits on the stand, and that likely had an impact on the verdict, Barbee said.
"It's disappointing, but you've got to respect the jury's decision," he said.
Hood, who was listed as homeless at the time of his arrest, was released from prison in August 2009 for a burglary charge. As a prior offender, he faced life in prison if convicted of armed robbery.
Hood didn't go free after his acquittal, though. He is being held as he awaits a Jan. 31 trial date on a charge of armed robbery in Pasco County. Prosecutors say Hood was one of two men who snatched a woman's purse in Hudson last year.
The victim identified Hood from a photo, said Assistant State Attorney Chris LaBruzzo. Hood, who is suspected of being affiliated with a gang, faces a mandatory minimum 15 year sentence if convicted.
"I'm excited to try it because I've got eyewitness testimony, video evidence and jailhouse informants," LaBruzzo said.
William Pent, 21, of Weeki Wachee and Joshua Depew, 20, and Richard Depew, 22, both of New Port Richey, all took plea deals in the Hernando case. A fourth suspect, Shawn McLoughlin, 25, confessed and is also expected to accept a plea deal that would cap his sentence at 15 years, Barbee said. He has a court appearance set for next week.
Tony Marrero can be reached at (352) 848-1431 or email@example.com.


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Monday, April 26, 2010
Listening to Prozac, Listening to Pedophilia
I am a psychiatrist, a psychotherapist, and a psychoanalyst. It's a peculiar life that I lead, listening to, thinking about, and trying to heal the maladies of mood, thought, character and self-regard (or lack thereof) that are brought to my office and to my couch. It was strange the first six months that I did it, and strange ten years later, and still strange twenty-plus years into it, as I am now. Not strange to me, just strange to most other people. I am enough of an introvert that most of the time I am content to sit with the muddle and the misery and keep them largely to myself, save for the conversations I have, usually at a somewhat abstract level, with other therapists and analysts who do what I do in their own offices. The epiphanies I share with individual patients have a way of sustaining a person like me, whose penchant for privacy and wealth of reserve is a good fit, and maybe even a necessary one, for the work that I do.
There's something about the ongoing debacle of the sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, however, that leaves me feeling like the kid in the back of class raising his hand with something to say, and never called on. Years of listening to and thinking about the voices of the sexually abused, from every perspective, on and behind the couch, have led me to feel particularly endowed and particularly burdened with insight into these matters. The experience of growing up Catholic and spending time in "formation" at a Catholic seminary prior to medical school gives me a particular vantage from which to view the church. Yet my status as a gay man who is frequently singled out for particular censure by the Catholic hierarchy gives me pause when I think of commenting on their failings. Would anyone hear my voice and not think I am just peeved at my own excommunication from the fold? But it turns out I have a lot to say on the subject of pedophilia in the church. The dilemma seems only to be: Where do I start?
One of the observations made recently in the media that I found particularly trenchant came from Maureen Dowd, commenting on Father Gabriele Amorth, the chief exorcist for the Holy See, who said that the abuse scandal showed that Satan uses priests to try to destroy the church, "and so we should not be surprised if priests too ... fall into temptation. They also live in the world and can fall like men of the world."
Dowd's comment was "Actually, falling into temptation is eating cupcakes after you've given them up for Lent. Rape and molestation of children is far beyond what most of us think of as succumbing to worldly temptation."
The failure of the Roman Catholic hierarchy to contemplate that maybe there is something about the church and the priesthood itself that breeds the sickness of pedophilia is exasperating in the extreme. The easy answer they prefer, that it is cultural permissiveness about sexuality that fosters the sexual abuse of children, is so lacking in insight and rich in smug self-regard that it makes me nearly apopleptic. The idea that mastery of a sexual life might be what guards against the trends that end in sexual abuse of children is so far from their comprehension that I hold little hope of their arriving at a position of moral wisdom on this subject, at least in my lifetime. They are as bought-in as a group of people can be to their doctrine that sexuality is sinful unless it is subordinate to procreation, and it is precisely this equation of all other aspects of sexuality, however they might be viewed by the rest of "the secular world" as opposites, as optimal and healthy on one end of the scale and deranged and perverse at the other, that disables their moral reasoning on the subject of sex. I think it also attracts the pedophilic character structure to the priesthood. If you know, deep in your heart, that your sexual and interpersonal reality is one that successful, actualized adults view as twisted and insufferable, then the twin enticements of the priesthood are these: The elusive ideal of chastity is seen as superior to a sexually expressive relationship between adults, and the intention to fulfill or attain it, even if doomed to occasional or frequent or, as we have seen, compulsive lapses, provides a balm of superiority to the battered self-esteem of the emotionally-hobbled pedophile. And the doctrine that all non-procreative acts are equally or at least similarly in violation of natural law, the view that enables Father Gabriele Amorth to think of child seduction or rape as "giving into temptation" instead of acts of an entirely other order, likewise appeals to the fractured vanity of the pedophile, who can feel he's no worse than all the fornicating, contraception-using, masturbating masses, and maybe even a step above them, as he has worn the cloak of priestly virtues in at least some traditional respects, comforting the bereaved, preaching charity, forgoing personal wealth, stifling the impulse to petty gossip, and the like.
Certainly the Catholic priesthood over the centuries has attracted exemplary men, men of exceptional ego strength, uncompromised virtue, and true sacrifice. But it has also attracted quite the opposite, and the church cannot pretend that its attraction of large numbers of pedophiles has nothing to do with the contours of the institution it has created. The longstanding and current assertion that it is permissiveness about homosexuality in the secular world with which the church must coexist, or perhaps on the formation staffs of its own seminaries, that accounts for the ghastly pervasiveness of sexual abuse by ordained priests, is not merely misguided and inaccurate. It is that (misguided and inaccurate), and it's a logical outgrowth of their superiority complex about the renunciation of sex for gratification's sake, but it is also pathetic, dishonest, and selfish—-the scapegoating of yet another vulnerable population-—and it's unworthy of anyone who would make claims to honesty, charity or moral authority.
The Roman Catholic hierarchy exists in a world of their own deliberate perpetuation that is pre-modern and basically ahistorical with respect to sexuality. The actual world in which we live, in which health and maturity are achieved, or in which they prove to be beyond the capacity of certain unfortunate or, yes, morally defective individuals, is not one in which moral wisdom exists only in the valuing of virginity and the observance of due gravity about procreative capacity. Almost any normal, moral, mature adult could tell you this. The hierarchy of the church, however, cannot or will not. While we know the large chasm, and many differences, between the activities of a pedophile with a child and the consensual, respectful, tender activities of two adults who are motivated by many things but not by any wish to conceive a child, the church hierarchy conflates them in an instant, and points to our tolerance for the supposed evils of the latter as breeding ground for the former. Psychologically, this happens to be the exact opposite of the truth, and in the twenty-first century we are not such victims of misinformation that we can't come right out and say so. Pedophiles cannot manage the rigors that adults in functional, intimate, ongoing sexual relationships with other adults must rise to: We must let another whole, more-or-less equal person, whose interests we must consider mutually with our own, into the vulnerable and messy recesses of our lives, and not only survive it but come back to it another day and in fact come back to it on a string of other days stretching forward into an indefinite future. Pedophiles, on the other hand, are terrified of vulnerability. They either avoid it entirely, or keep an internal running score of acts of domination that compensate for what they feel are the accumulated humiliations of interpersonal relations, and so lead split lives of seeming normalcy alongside hidden perversity that, in their view of things, equalizes the psychic imbalance. It is the capacity to accept ourselves as imperfect and messy and perhaps at times ridiculous in our own eyes, and in the eyes of at least our chosen intimate partner, and the ability not to judge our imperfections too harshly, that makes us capable of sexual intimacy in its most moral form. It is the inability to tolerate any such thing that prompts the pedophile to do what he does. The teaching that sexual relations for purposes that are not procreative, or even masturbation, are evil in the eyes of God does not help any individual prepare for sexual or interpersonal maturity, or to direct their sexual energies into channels that are consistent with health instead of the tortured path of sickness and depravity.
A second subject, tangled up with the splitting of life into normalcy and perversity that so often attends to the existence of pedophilia, is the meaning of secret-keeping. Part of the domination of a child by a pedophile is coercion to accept that the reality of these events is authored only by the abuser; they have only the meaning he gives them or are in fact made magically unreal by his wish that they be so. Most any survivor of sexual abuse can tell you that secrecy about the events of their abuse protects the abuser and perpetuates the destruction of the victim. How is it that members of the hierarchy can unselfconsciously utter the assertion that they thought secrecy was in the best interests of the Universal Church? They are more than a bit like Michael Jackson telling Martin Brashear on network television that there was nothing wrong about an adult sharing his bed with children, in fact nothing more beautiful in the world, and not realizing that he had, by his own obliviousness, convicted himself in the court of public opinion. No one in their right moral mind could have said what he said, and most everyone but him knew it instantly. Exactly what is the moral derangement that allows some, many, in fact, in the Roman Catholic hierarchy to perceive a greater moral good in secret-keeping about priestly pedophilia than in bringing pedophilia into the light, and marshalling every force, religious and civil, that could bring it to an end? That greater moral good is not apparent to we mere lay people, and we do not suspect, as a matter of fact, than any exists. I for one suspect that the hierarchy's different ordering of values has something to do with the very notion of hierarchy-—that the mutuality and equality that orders life for those of us who maintain intimate adult relationships is at odds with the hierarchical order of Roman Catholic clerical life, and the idea that one's subordinates should accept bearing a cross for the good or the aggrandizement of someone or something greater seems more in keeping with moral order when everyone is one up or one down, and never straight across the breakfast table from you.
Few in the Roman Catholic hierarchy could care less what I think, except perhaps if there's an advantage to be gained in tying an unwelcome message to a messenger as discredited as me. But I believe, nevertheless, that the reformation necessary to address what's ailing their church is one in which the inequalities between clergy and laity, male and female, celibate and sexual, adult and child, gay and straight, all begin to bend to the sensibilities of the-—heaven forfend!—-modern world in which we find ourselves. Only then will the exploitation of the weak, and the cover-ups that perpetuate it, strike them in something like the way it strikes us—as an unmitigated injustice, with no veneer of godliness.
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Finally, someone who really gets it! I am a survivor of clerical sexual abuse and it does me no end of good to see someone who has the correct answer to this problem. I only wish Rome would have the balls to man up to the situation and do something right for a change.ReplyDelete
Just dropping by (via seeing your blog posted elsewhere) to say that I, a Clinical Psychologist, am thrilled with your post! (and will do my best to spread it around!) I too have been weighing in on this abuse crisis here:ReplyDelete
Best wishes! Wonderful analysis!
Compassion and wisdom rarely coexist as definitively as they do in this excellent post. Arlene Kramer RichardsReplyDelete
Beautiful exposition. Clarity. Visiting from father Tony's site.ReplyDelete
Come with me: http://gainaoptimista.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
I am a clinical psychologist who bumped into your site by accident. This is one of the finest expositions I have ever read (but long sentences - I had to reread a few several times over!), and of course it is because you understand sexuality itself so well. Mature sexual relationships are tied to the maturation of each person that may come with adulthood, but of course not in all people - mutual respect, empathy with the vulnerability of our partners (in sometimes awkward sex as much as awkward life), accepting our own moral failures in not living up to our relationship responsibilities as perfectly as we feel we should (or so we batter ourselves, even when our partners think we are fantastic), and so on. Our adult intimacies require a psychological and emotional development that is blanket ignored with the blanket damnation of anything that passes as sex, and so it follows that the sometimes lack of such spiritual development in the celibate pledged to priesthood must be reckoned with somehow in their training, selection, and the like. Danny Vogel (www.dannyvogel.com)ReplyDelete
I suspect that too many people became priests for the wrong reasons. I suspect that many become priests to please their parents or because their parents groomed them to it. I also believe that some number became priests because they were gay, and being a priest was a socially acceptable role for someone who was unmarried. But cynically, it's also a great cover for someone who is gay.ReplyDelete
I seriously considered the priesthood through my early thirties. I had the perfact background, interests, personality, and so on, but I was also a case of believing I "should" become a priest. At one point I had a consultation with a well-known priest-psychologist about becoming a priest.
To his credit and my gratitude, he told me that unless every bone in my
body was aching to become a priest, I should not become one. And I did not (but there was more to my decision than that of course.)
I guess it is somewhat like being an artist--I've heard it said that only those that are driven to become artists, people for whom it is unthinkable that they do anything, should become artists (Everybody else should go get an education in something that has job security and a living wage.)
Yesterday a Facebook friend posted this:
"A monk told a young man who was wondering whether to marry or become a monk, 'If you have ask that question, you shouldn't be a monk. You should be a monk if the alternative to being a monk would make you crazy'" John Garvey writing in Commonweal.
I think that only those who ache to become a priest, only those who would otherwise go crazy, have some chance of sucessfully living a celibate life.
I fear that I may be arguing with myself:ReplyDelete
The church teaches that someone who follows Christ as a celibate is a better and more commited follower of christ than someone who is married. I find that preposterous. First of all, the apostles were married. And the church also teaches that each person has a calling/vocation, say to marriage or some career. If someone has a calling to marriage (as most people do) yet becomes a priest instead, then wouldn't that be opposing God's will? So how can the church say carte blanche that celibacy is "better" than being married. A calling to a life of celibacy can only be determined by God and his grace, thouhg it may require discernment on one's part. An individual cannot will himself to do it.


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Real Salt Lake AZ Claims Third in Dramatic Penalty Kick Finish
MILWAUKEE (July 16, 2011) – Real Salt Lake AZ claimed third place in the U-15/16 age group of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy 2011 Finals Week in a dramatic 8-7 penalty kick finish against Real So Cal.
ussoccer.com Man of the Match Isaias Juarez netted the clinching penalty after Real So Cal's Cory Miller sent his shot over the crossbar in the eighth round of kicks.
Real Salt Lake came out of the gate pressuring Real So Cal and looking to score an early goal. In the eighth minute, Real Salt Lake earned a free kick from about 20 yards out after Forrest Solis used his hand to bring down the ball. Joshua Goss had too much flight on his kick and no one could get a head on it.
After another Real So Cal foul, Goss took control of the free kick close to the right touchline. This time, his kick sent a perfectly timed ball into the box, but Dylan Kelly's bicycle kick attempt proved uneventful.
Real So Cal fought back with chances of their own. In the 18th minute, Steve Manios sent a long cross in front of the goal that Quentin Anson attempted to deflect the ball while sliding towards goal, but his foot took the ball over the crossbar.
Just before the half, it was Manios again who battled a defender inside the penalty box and turned on him to have a free lane to kick the ball, which went right of the goal, sending the Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Joey Speshock diving in anticipation.
Real Salt Lake dominated the second half, keeping the play mostly in Real So Cal's half. In the 53rd minute, Jose Navarro took a hard shot at goal that was saved by a defender. Danny Gavin collected the rebound and one-touched the ball just wide of the empty net.
In the 68th minute, Real So Cal's Brandon Vincent took their only corner kick of the game, sending the ball into the box where Daniel Dannas tried to get a head on it but sent it misdirected.
In the last minute of regulation, Real Salt Lake tried to close out the game on a corner kick, but it flew past the goal and out of bounds, sending the game straight into penalty kicks.
After seven rounds of penalty kicks saw all 14 takes find success , Real So Cal's Miller stepped up to the spot to begin the eighth round. With too much power behind his foot, Miller sent the ball over the crossbar, giving Real Salt Lake the opportunity to win the game with a goal.
Juarez took the eighth kick for Real Salt Lake and netted the game-winner when he fooled Real So Cal's goalkeeper Jason Trejos and sent the ball in the opposite direction of his dive. With the goal, Real Salt Lake claimed third place in the U-15/16 age group at 2011 Finals Week, an impressive feat for the first-year club.
- U.S. Soccer Development Academy Match Report -
Match: Real Salt Lake AZ vs. Real So Cal
Date: July 16, 2011
Competition: 2011 Development Academy Finals Week; U-15/16 – Third Place Game
Venue: Marquette High School (Quad Park); Milwaukee, Wis.
Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake AZ 0 0 0
Real So Cal 0 0 0
Penalty Summary:
RSC: Steffes (goal), Dannas (goal), Vincent (goal), Arteaga (goal), Samayoa (goal), Rosescu (goal), Solis (goal), Miller (miss)
RSL: Bates (goal), Semintedi (goal), Bailey (goal), Gall (goal), Spencer (goal), Uriarte (goal), Alarcon (goal), Juarez (goal)
Real Salt Lake AZ wins 8-7 on PKs
RSL: 52-Joey Speshock; 35-Jesus Dominguez (34-Rodrigo Uriarte, 41), 26-Jon Zabasajja, 15-Julio Alarcon, 30-Isaias Juarez; 27-Joshua Goss (33-Nick Semintedi, 56), 61-Alan Rivera (48-Brian Bates, 52), 32-Miguel Salazar, 23-Jose Navarro (40-Romain Gall, 61); 24-Danny Gavin (29-Ben Spencer, 54), 45-Dylan Kelly (28-Kainoa Bailey, 54)
Subs not used: 50-Tyler Wilson
Head coach: Mike Muñoz
RSC: 1-Jason Trejos; 6-Kevin Martinez (43-Cory Miller, 58), 21-Brandon Vincent, 2-Forrest Solis,12-Shane Steffes; 11-Juan Samayoa, 23-Richard Martinez (4-Lewis Perez, 52), 33-Dante Nino (16-Luke Rosescu, 52), 9-Angel Fernandez; 7-Steve Manios (13-Christian Arteaga, 64), 18-Quentin Anson (8-Daniel Dannas, 52)
Subs not used: 0-Jonathan Price, 14-Jesse Gallardo
Head Coach: Terry Davila
Stats Summary: RSL / RSC
Shots: 5 / 3
Shots on Goal: 2 / 0
Saves: 0 / 2
Corner Kicks: 2 / 1
Fouls: 6 / 9
Offside: 2 / 7
Misconduct Summary:
RSC – Forrest Solis (caution) 8th minute
RSC – Shane Steffes (caution) 37
RSL – Kainoa Bailey (caution) 76
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Assistant Referee 1: Baboucarr Jallow
Assistant Referee 2: Desmond Miller
Fourth Official: Tony Crush
ussoccer.com Man of the Match: Isaias Juarez (Real Salt Lake AZ)


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JURIST is reporting that a group of animal rights activists filed a lawsuit on Dec. 15, 2011 to challenge the constitutionality of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), saying the law has the potential to criminalize many forms of protest that are protected by the First Amendment. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of five animal rights activists who argue that they can no longer engage in lawful advocacy out of fear of prosecution under AETA.
According to the lawsuit:
In 2009, four activists were charged under AETA by participating in demonstrations at the homes of University of California scientists who did animal research. A judge eventually dismissed the charges.


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The 2012 Trouble in Toyland report is the 27th annual U.S. Public Interest Research Group survey of toy safety. In this report, U.S. PIRG provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing toys for small children and provides examples of toys currently on store shelves that may pose potential safety hazards.
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Given the history of shady dealings between banks and colleges, Congress needs to take a hard look at the increasingly common practice of schools contracting with banks to disburse financial aiddollars to students.
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Consumer advocates have long criticized the amount of fees associated with debit cards. Most recently, a report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund found that hundreds of colleges have partnerships with financial companies to put a student's financial aid on debit or prepaid cards that carry hefty fees. Under some of these deals, official student photo ID cards can double as debit cards.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Siimpel Scores Design Win
Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation, a provider of MEMs-based, optical microsystems, has scored a design win in a Motorola handset. According to Siimpel, Motorola is uses its MEMs-based, continuous autofocus camera within a cellular handset, the MING A1600. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed, however Siimpel said the handset is the first to integrate its autofocus camera technology. Among features on the handset enabled by the camera are panoramic image stitching, translation and scanning of both English and Chinese characters, and automated geotagging of photos. Siimpel's MEMs-based camera reduces the size of phone cameras. The firm is venture backed by Motorola, QUALCOMM, Micron Technologies,Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Global Catalyst, Scale Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Portage Ventures, and SunAmerica.


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Bob goes prom and glam! Raise the hair and style it to the side for an haute coiffure look that won't be rivaled. Edgy, feisty and modern, this classic underwent a texture tune up. The sides and back are styled sleek and down, but all of the power sits in the bangs.
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: USC's Troye Kiernan, Central Valley's Ashley Mutkus
Troye Kiernan
School: Upper St. Clair
Year: Senior
Sport: Soccer
Claim to fame: Kiernan scored a goal for the Panthers in their 3-0 win over Peters Township in the PIAA Class AAA quarterfinals Nov. 9. He also scored three times in a 9-0 rout of Erie McDowell in the first round of the state playoffs Nov. 5. The St. Francis (Pa.) recruit scored 18 goals this season.
How happy are you with how the season has gone?
Well, we're one of four teams left (in the state), so you can't complain about that. Unfortunately, we had that loss in the WPIAL finals, but I really just love this team and all the guys.
How good are your chances of winning a state title?
I'd say I'm confident we have a good shot at it. If we keep playing hard and focus on what we need to do, we'll be fine. We have to be sure to play very defensive-oriented.
Why did you opt to commit to St. Francis (Pa.)?
I went up there a few times and I like that they have a good physical therapy program. Also, the team does very well and is competitive in the NEC. I liked how all the guys on the team came together.
What will you do to prepare for the college level?
One things is definitely I want to play the ball quicker. At the D-I level, people are physical and move the ball well. Also, I'll have to be in good shape because it's hard to earn a spot up there.
Ashley Mutkus
School: Central Valley
Year: Senior
Sport: Soccer
Claim to fame: At the start of the second half of the Class AA girls soccer championship, Mutkus launched a shot from midfield that bounced over the Hopewell goalkeeper's head and secured the Warriors' 1-0 win and first WPIAL title in the school's four-year history. Mutkus — a four-year starter and returning all-WPIAL selection — has been a key cog in the Warriors' backfield this season. Mutkus played her freshman and sophomore years as a forward before being switched to defense.
What made you decide to shoot that ball in the championship game?
Right before the half started, I heard coach (Mark) Perry yell 'shoot it on goal.' I know it sounds crazy but I just tried to hit the frame of the goal and try to put it in.
What was going through your mind when you realized you actually made it?
Well, when I first kicked it, I thought it was too short. When it bounced, I couldn't believe it was going over the goalie's head. It felt awesome because it was a pretty cool way to score and our team needed it.
Where are you going to go to college?
I haven't decided anything officially yet. I'll make my decision very soon. It's going to be a D-II school.
What major are you hoping to pursue?
Education. I want to be a teacher for either a primary school or a high school.
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Ah, spring -- when a Winnipegger's fancy turns to getting some greenery in that muddy, newly visible backyard. Or if you're part of a garden share, perhaps in somebody else's.
It's a simple concept that's slowly but surely gaining traction in the city: connecting landless wannabe gardeners with those who have the space but can't or don't want to garden in it. The gardeners get a place to put down roots, and the landowners get to see their land put to good use -- and, depending on the arrangement, a share of the veggie proceeds.
A small organization in South Osborne is helping area dwellers make the connection. The South Osborne Community Co-op started three years ago and hosts a range of programming, including an intergenerational garden program and, for the first time last year, a garden-share project.
"The community seems to be super receptive and supportive with everything we're doing," said the co-op's president, Evan Bowness, who helped found the group in 2009.
For 25-year-old Bowness, the co-op marked a dramatic life shift from business-minded student on a football scholarship dreaming of law school and Bay Street living to environmentally focused sociology major with hopes of pursuing a PhD.
Bowness credits his change in focus in part to a series of classes with University of Manitoba professor Rod Kueneman -- now a board member at the South Osborne co-op -- dealing with how humans interact with and affect the natural environment. It was a "totally life-changing" look at everything from global environmental crises and industrial agriculture to the challenges of sustainability.
Bowness said he felt compelled to act after the classes wrapped up. A lifelong resident of Riverview, where there's ample green space, his mind turned to gardening and food.
"Food is the central piece of community," he said. "You can talk about all these issues as they relate to food."
The garden-share program started as a pilot project with six families, helped out by a provincial grant. This year they're hoping to expand to as many as 20 more participants, Bowness said.
"It was a sharing kind of relationship between someone who wanted to garden and someone who had garden space," he said.
Bruce Coyston, one of the half-a-dozen initial participants in the project, opened up his backyard to a trio of neighbourhood gardeners.
"I had a weed-filled backyard -- lots of dandelions," he said. With Kueneman's help, new sod was laid and a garden space created, and the neighbours gardening in the space shared the potato harvest with Coyston.
"I'm particularly fond of potatoes, and I have much less area to mow in the backyard now. Hardly anything," said Coyston, who expects to take part again this year.
There are no special tricks to a successful garden share.
"The structure of the program doesn't really determine that. It's what the participants are like... It all comes down to just finding really good people," Bowness said.
But there are advantages to starting up a program with no serious overhead costs. Converting a lawn to a garden space can be as simple as covering it with cardboard and organic matter for a summer.
"You can do this project with no funding, which is really great about it," Bowness said.
The co-op's intergenerational garden project, meanwhile, came about as a garden share of a different sort. Four different garden sites around the neighbourhood were offered up by organizations including the Riverview Health Centre and Lord Roberts Community Centre, with the goal of getting daycare kids and area seniors gardening together.
A garden share doesn't always require a backyard. St. Boniface resident Linda Postma has, with permission of the company that owns it, converted part of a vacant field next to her home into a garden site. Her family shares a house with Postma's sister and brother-in-law, and the two families share the garden space, as well.
They've opened up the land to two other families in recent years: a pair of apartment-dwellers looking for a space to plant, and more recently, a River Heights couple with too tiny a yard at home to start a garden.
"It's just great sharing it with other people," Postma said. "I'm really such a believer in community gardens and would love a community garden." Postma paused. "I guess that's kind of what we're doing."


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Right in the middle - the thing the "P" on it, directly underneath the white connector.
This is the main fuse, first one after the battery - it's underneath the handgrip on the side - to get to it you have to take the front off (and loosen the top flash/buttons/lcd panel).
This blew - don't know how, and the camera was completely dead.
Ended up replacing it with the thinnest wire I could find - a single strand of a wire used in a computer, and it works fine!
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On Wednesday night, 200 of National Australia Bank's senior staff gathered in the Eureka Tower on Southbank in Melbourne to pay tribute to
So after 5½ years running the big four banking laggard, how should Clyne's performance be assessed?
A mark of 'distinction' might be overly generous.
Despite a strong 2013, NAB's share price during Clyne's tenure has underformed its rivals, to the chagrin of its institutional investors. NAB's Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks in the UK have served as an albatross around the stock's neck, while the market has remained underwhelmed about the performance of MLC.
But the disastrous forays of NAB abroad and the serial underperformer of the wealth business doesn't warrant giving Clyne a 'fail', for two key reasons.
First, the problems were not of his own making. When Clyne was appointed CEO in January 2009, NAB was already licking its wounds after its UK loans to commercial property were exposed by the financial crisis, and since NAB overpaid for MLC in 2000 the division had always struggled to pay its way.
Second, during his tenure Clyne has worked tirelessly to turn the UK banks around, cutting headcount, improving operating metrics and reorganising the loan books. The $1.13 billion sale this week of a batch of troubled UK loans to Cerberus Global Investors show the progress that has been made in extracting NAB from the UK economy.
Albeit late in the piece, he also began the process of overhauling the culture at MLC by integrating it into the main bank under a new leadership team.
Several other achievements suggest merely giving Clyne a 'pass' mark might underrate his contribution to the bank.
Market share
During his first speech as CEO, Clyne laid out what would become the "More give, less take" strategy, which resulted in NAB abolishing various fees to encourage its rival's customers to "break up" with the other big banks. This made Clyne unpopular with the rest of the big bank fraternity but saw NAB's share of the mortgage market climb from below 13 per cent to more than 15 per cent today.
Clyne has also maintained the pre-eminence of NAB's business bank, taking advantage of the financial crisis to support business customers by continuing to lend and winning market share as competitors pulled back. More recently, NAB lost some business bank market share but Clyne said at the most recent results the attrition came from pro-active de-risking of the book, especially in commercial real estate.
So it seems Clyne deserves a 'credit', perhaps even a 'high credit' – which is an appropriate grading for a banker.
Clyne did plenty to change the culture at NAB and didn't baulk at the multifarious challenges that confronted him. He's done a lot of the heavy lifting for Thorburn to continue to work through the legacy issues.
As Clyne told The Australian Financial Review's Boss magazine in February, during his time in the job he was focused on putting the bank in a stronger position than when he started "so the future management team in this organisation will be able to spend more time focusing on the future, unencumbered, hopefully, by the fact that we've taken more lead out of the saddlebags than we've put in".
Michael Chaney, NAB chairman since 2005, said earlier this year that because Clyne was not burdened with a big ego, he was able to suck up the short-term criticism knowing he was acting in the best interests of the bank.
Ultimately, that took its toll. But it seems likely that history will judge Clyne more favourably than the sharemarket has in recent times.
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The 2013 round of municipal elections is behind us and they provided some very interesting scenarios to be considered in greater detail. If there was a story of statewide interest in the elections it would have to be the vigorous and highly orchestrated effort of the Mississippi Republican Party to weigh in on some carefully targeted municipal campaigns.
In the interest of full disclosure, it is appropriate to point out that although I am considered an expert on politics, I am also the father of the mayor of Starkville, Miss.
For "pointy headed academics" in the field of political science one of the scarce components of scientific research is that of highly structured field experiments similar to those that take place in the laboratories of the "hard sciences." It can be said that in the recent municipal elections that the Republican Party came as close as one can get to providing just such an experimental opportunity.
In an effort to broaden and strengthen party support at the "grassroots," Republican Party leadership selected four cities to mount an all-out effort to elect Republican mayors in those cities. The four cities chosen were Ocean Springs, Meridian, Starkville and Tupelo. The Republican project was not a secret; the party widely publicized the effort from the outset. During the respective campaigns the Republicans held fundraisers, put out the call for volunteers from all over the state to come to Jackson and join phone banks, created and sent direct mail pieces, and perhaps most significantly of all, dispatched the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of Congress to the four targeted cities to join in the campaigns.
There is much to be gleaned from this experiment in bringing partisan politics to the municipal level. Before speculating on some of the potential lessons learned from this effort it should be noted that the Democratic Party candidate won in each of the targeted cities. A number of curiosities can be associated with these outcomes.
First, the question arises as to whether it was indeed advisable for the Republicans to attempt such a highly publicized effort at bringing the partisan divide into prominence at the level of municipalities. From the perspective of party-building, the Republican efforts were entirely legitimate. While the Republican Party has done quite well in capturing the legislative branch and statewide elected offices, Democratic Party viability still exists at the county and municipal level. Thus, it is only logical that Republican Party chairman and crew target municipal elections as the next battleground for party politics in Mississippi.
A second lesson learned has to do with the perceived place for hyper-partisan politics in the fabric of municipal elections. These elections are fought, sometimes fiercely, over the array, quality and cost of services that contribute to or detract from the quality of life in a community. Water, sewers, police, fire, streets, and recreation among many others are not issues readily able to be affected by Republican or Democratic solutions. Indeed, in every city these and related issues manifest themselves in vastly different and unique ways, and thus are not subject to "patent medicine" policy positions of the respective political parties.
A third lesson expressed quite frequently was one of resentment of outside efforts to influence local government. Municipal government and the requisite elections take place among friends and neighbors who often share the same church pew. Republicans and Democrats alike have been heard to object to intrusion of outsiders into elections that would decide the direction taken by a municipality for four years after the party operatives left town.
A fourth, and perhaps unexpected and certainly unintended, consequence of the Republican plan was an answer to a "call to arms" by a heretofore somewhat anemic Democratic Party. Democrats in the four targeted cities became organized and hit the streets and telephones in numbers that have not been seen in many years. The oft-spoken sentiment among Democrats is that there may be some significant grassroots Democratic support in this state after all. At the state level both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Trust contributed significantly to the publicity and fundraising efforts in the targeted cities.
In the end it is hard to see that the efforts to introduce an increased level of partisan politics at the municipal level took hold. In Tupelo where 37-year old Democrat Jason Shelton became the first Democrat in 28 years to win the office of mayor a number of notable Republicans prominently crossed party lines to vote for Shelton. By contrast, in Starkville three African-American Democratic elected officials actively campaigned for the Republican mayoral candidate and participated in a Republican fundraiser featuring Gov. Phil Bryant. Indeed, it would come as little surprise if one or all three of these officials announced their decisions to switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party in the next few weeks.
In summary, the efforts of the Republican Party to bifurcate local issues by party, while logical as a party building strategy, nevertheless demonstrated that municipalities are perhaps not quite ready for partisan politics to steer the course of municipal services. The next round of municipal elections will tell us a great deal as to whether the Republican and Democratic Party hierarchies are indeed fixtures in grassroots municipal elections.
Dr. William Martin Wiseman is director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and professor of political science at Mississippi State University. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bloomfield Township said 911 is still available for emergencies.
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EVER thought of mixing oysters with sausages?
Well, that's what the organisers of the Colchester Oyster Festival have done.
Don Quinn and Terry Croucher, of event organisers Snake in the Grass, have spent the last month concocting specialities the Colchester Sausage and an as-yet-unnamed sausage made in honour of the Gazette, for the event.
The two sausages will be on offer at the festival in Colchester Lower Castle Park on Saturday, September 6.
Mr Quinn said: "It's been difficult to create different sausages. We had to work out how it could reflect Colchester, as well as creating something that tasted nice.
"It's been hard work getting all the ingredients to work together."
Each of the sausages begins with a base of beef, taken from fillet steak and blade steak, and oysters, before spices and other ingredients are mixed in.
A dozen oysters are used to make eight sausages.
Mr Quinn said: "I tried using pork first.
"However, I felt the flavours overwhelmed the whole thing and made it unpalatable.
"So that's why we've gone with beef."
The meat, which is cut and mixed by hand, is housed in natural hog cases, in line with most sausages bought in supermarkets.
Each sausage is then fried on a very low heat.
Mr Quinn said: "The trouble with bangers is that they do just that – they go bang if they're not cooked properly.
"We tried oven cooking and grilling and the only thing that gave us a result was grilling.
"It is definitely something people will have to try.
"We won't be offended if they don't like them, but we really hope it's a hit."
The pair have also joined forces with Colchester butcher Allen and Son, based in St Botolphs Street, to create a pork, cider and apple sausage, which will also be on offer next month.
We want readers to come up with suggestions for a name for the sausage made in honour
of the Gazette.
Name that sausage!
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Michelle Obama's Inauguration Outfit: Holy Toledo!
What does a First Lady wear on what's bound to be the most momentous day of her life?
If you're Michelle Obama, you go with a suit by designer Isabel Toledo.
Michelle, 44, draped herself in a lemon grass-colored outfit put together by the Cuban-born designer and former creative director of Anne Klein, as she watched her husband get sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on the steps of St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., this morning.
The outfit, made of lace layered over wool and adorned with sparkle around the neckline, was reportedly purchased via special order from Ikram, Obama's favorite Gold Coast boutique, the Baltimore Sun reports.
"It was a classic choice and pitch-perfect for the occasion," opines Nicole Phelps, executive editor of style.com. "But leave it to Mrs. Obama to mix it up a bit—did you see those teal green pumps?"
Forget the shoes; the most important accessory that Michelle sported this morning was the Lincoln Bible, which she held before her husband was sworn in on it.


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A QUIZ night is to be held at the Evesham Methodist Church on Wednesday, March 26.
The event, beginning at the Waterside church at 7.30pm, will see a whole new approach to answering questions and accumulating points leaving everyone waiting for the outcome until the very end.
Teams of four can enter for £6 and this includes tea or coffee.
For tickets please contact Eric or Viv Jones on 01386 48788.


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|It's first assigning 1 to y, and then it's assigning octal 024 to y i.e. decimal 20.
|In the C and C++ programming languages, the comma operator (represented by the token ,) is a binary operator that evaluates its first operand and discards the result, and then evaluates the second operand and returns this value (and type).
|1) Is the following statement valid? If not, why not? If so, what does it do?
int x = (1,024);
int x = 024;
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|2) How does cin >> ch differ from cin.get(ch) and ch = cin.get() in how it views input?
cin >> ch) all whitespace is skipped. With the form
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|1) Is there any way to remember this, since with the parenthesis it accepts the 3 digits after the comma; but without the parenthesis it accepts the digit before the comma.
int x = (1,024);
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x = (1, 024); results in x equaling 024.
y=1, 024; the compiler sees it as the parenthetical expression
(y=1), 024 where
(y=1) is the first operand of the comma operator (see the precedence rules mentioned by giblit above.) So,
y=1 is evaluated and the resulting value is discarded. The expression then takes on the value of second operand. However, that value is never used for anything.


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Link Time!
- Get inspired by vacant lots that are now flourishing gardens! — Re-Nest
- Paint your own tin ceiling tiles. — Charles and Hudson
- Make a rustic wood side table. — Craft
- Check out this teen's surprise bedroom makeover. —AT:SF
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- Tour three to-die-for vacation villas. — Shelter Pop


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Port Adelaide's late charge to convince Paddy Ryder to switch allegiance to the Power came as the 26-year-old and his family held talks in Brisbane late on Tuesday with Lions coach Justin Leppitsch and his football boss Dean Warren.
As Ryder's manager Paul Connors delayed a decision on Ryder's future after a Tuesday meeting with Essendon's CEO Xavier Campbell, it emerged that the player had elected to fly to Brisbane to meet Leppitsch before the Lions coach headed away on annual leave on Wednesday.
The talks between Connors and Campbell broke up with both parties agreeing to meet again next week. Both parties have cautiously agreed to a cooling-off period with the prevailing view that Ryder will leave.
The Lions now believe they have been overtaken by Port in the bid to secure Ryder, although Port, which takes on Hawthorn this Saturday in the preliminary final at the MCG,will make no firm offer to the player until its season has completed. Any player contract offer exceeding $300,000 annually or three years in term must be put before the club's board.
Fairfax Media understands Port coach Ken Hinkley has been in contact with Ryder. The star ruckman is a good friend of former Bomber Angus Monfries, who has spoken with Ryder regarding his positive experience at Port Adelaide. The Monfries view has been that he has managed to thrive in Adelaide despite that city's strong AFL culture because he has not been the focus of ongoing fall-out from the Bombers' drugs program.
Monfries and Port have also communicated that club's strong reputation with indigenous players through the Power's highly regarded Aboriginal engagement and employment manager, Paul Vandenbergh.
Neither Brisbane nor Port has made a firm offer to the player who has the right to terminate his contract with Essendon should he demonstrate the club has breached its contractual duty. It is understood Ryder will seek to expedite the AFL judicial process, which could include the league's grievance tribunal and arbitration should the Bombers refuse to grant the player a trade.
The view of the AFL Players Association has been that no footballer seeking to continue his career elsewhere with a genuine grievance should be forced into contractual wilderness should a club refuse to allow him to leave. Essendon, meanwhile, has continued to insist it would not trade Ryder, who is midway through a four-year contract.
The player, his partner Jessica McDonald and their two young children were expected to remain in Queensland for several days. The couple's wedding will be held on the Sunshine Coast in October.
The athletic big man saw the Brisbane coach at the club and checked out the Lions' set-up and facilities.
Ryder is expected to be offered a four-year deal of in excess of $600,000 a year by the Lions, who have a massive amount of room in their salary-cap.
Greater Western Sydney is the other, less likely suitor for Ryder, whose management had told the Bombers that the ruckman wanted out.


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If you're looking for a food or drink deal, Bloomfield is chocked full of 'em!
Blog Category: Food & Drink
Affordable lunch & dinner specials at Wai Wai in Bloomfield
1/2 off pierogies at this unique happy hour in Bloomfield.
Affordable Thai restaurant on the Northside with a great reputation
$7.95 lunch buffet includes EVERYTHING but your beverage – soup to dessert
Half priced pizza pies in Pittsburgh!
Pittsburgh's new indoor public market opens it's doors in The Strip!
Coupon for Buca di Beppo
End-of-the-day discounted pastries at this upscale pastry shop
Wing Nights and drink specials you won't wanna miss!


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Without restaurants, waiters would purposelessly wander parks all day, folding swans out of actual swans. Keep their hands occupied with this Groupon.
$15 for $30 Worth of Pizza
Toppings congregate atop four sizes of specialty pizzas ($5.50–$27.50) such as the St. Paddy's corned beef and cabbage pie, with potatoes, carrots, and pepper jack cheese in mustard sauce. Ham, pepperoni, and linguica nest within the cheesy confines of the all-meat calzone ($9.25–$16.50), and oven-baked sandwiches enclose fillings such as roast beef, ham, and pastrami ($6.60). See the full food and drink menus.
To ensure high quality, all menu items are prepared to order and take time to prepare. Calling in orders in advance is recommended.
Mission Pizza & Pub
Mission Pizza & Pub's owners, Debra and Phil Willis, serve their handcrafted pizzas and craft beers to the tune of live country and bluegrass on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, which give their Fremont eatery its down-home feel. Every inch of the walls is lined with vintage beer memorabilia, and an illuminated Guinness sign reminds visitors that it's easy to read in the dark if the words are made of lights.


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Talks aimed at avoiding tomorrow's tube strike by London Underground (LU) workers have resumed.
Officials from the RMT and TSSA unions are meeting LU bosses at conciliation service Acas to try to resolve the row over ticket office closures.
Union members staged a 48-hour walkout last week, which meant the Metropolitan Line did not run services to and from Watford.
Another 48-hour strike is planned from 9.30pm tomorrow unless a deal can be agreed.
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Cape Town - A witness was asked in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday whether he received tik (methamphetamine) from a man on trial for Anni Dewani's murder.
Xolile Mngeni's friend, 26, who may not be identified, was first asked what Mngeni's source of income was.
The witness said he thought Mngeni asked for money at home.
"Didn't he have a good supply of tik?" Mngeni's lawyer Qalisile Dayimani asked.
"No, I do not remember tik," the witness replied.
Dewani was killed in Gugulethu on November 13, 2010, in an apparent hijacking while on honeymoon with her husband Shrien.
Mngeni has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder, and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Dayimani said his instruction was that the witness was provided a cut of Mngeni's supply.
The lawyer put it to the court that some of the witness and Mngeni's friends would exchange tik for cellphones.
Judge Robert Henney warned the witness that he was not compelled to answer these questions if he felt this would incriminate him.
The witness said: "I had nothing to do with that... No. There's no such thing."
The trial continues. - Sapa


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Experience UVA
There are many ways to experience the University of Virginia. Prospective students can attend an information session, sit in on a class or spend the night on Grounds. Alumni can take advantage of career services and participate in a range of events, including reunions. History enthusiasts can take historical tours offered through the University Guide Service (and at Monticello). Parents, prospective faculty and families can do all the above, plus enjoy walking tours and attend a variety of cultural events happening across Grounds.
Location, Maps And Information
The University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, approximately 120 miles southwest of Washington, DC. Please review our maps and our parking instructions before making your trip. We look forward to meeting you!
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Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature away from heat and direct light. Do not refrigerate or freeze. After treatment, throw away any unused medicine.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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- The book that Mr. Garrison is assigning is The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. It had been often challenged due to its themes of sexuality, angst, rebellion, alienation, and teenage confusion.
- This entire episode was directed at people's tendency to interpret their own themes in material that obviously never intended that "hidden meaning".
- Strangely, it is Stan who exclaims in excitement at the risque themes, when Kenny is the one who has been shown with an obsession with the female body.
- The insane man who kills the Kardashians looks strikingly familiar to both Mark Chapman and John Hinckley Jr.
- Al Roker's statement that The Catcher in the Rye caused someone to make an assassination attempt on former President Ronald Reagan is partially incorrect. Although it has been claimed that John Hinckley Jr. who attempted to kill Reagan, could have been motivated by The Catcher in the Rye, it is more widely said that he was instead supposedly motivated by Jodie Foster's performance in the 1976 film Taxi Driver.
- While Kenny does not die in the episode, Cartman does declare him dead while they, along with Kyle, are playing Xbox 360.
- In a deleted scene for this episode, the boys, Butters, and Ike are sitting around a bed and saying dirty words and Cartman puts them into a dirty sentence. At the same time, the school is holding a meeting for Catcher In The Rye to be removed from the banned books list.
- This episode was released on DVD before South Park: The Complete Fourteenth Season was released; the episode was included on the 2010 DVD boxset A Little Box of Butters, which was released seven months before the former DVD.
- This is the second time where one of Cartman's friends (Kenny) has agreed with him on murdering someone in order to accomplish their goals, the first being in "Good Times with Weapons" when Kenny gets his shuriken stuck in Butters' eye and Cartman suggests that they kill Butters which Kyle, fearful of his mom, agrees with.
- In the original airing, Kyle mouths "What?" twice and no voice comes out. South Park Studios later corrected this in the re-runs of the episode.
- Meredith Vieira's lips change shapes between shots.
- When the boys first start writing The Tale, chapter one begins with "It was a warm spring morning..." but when Stan's mother finds it, she reads "It was a warm summer morning...". When Randy finishes the book, he reads "That was all long ago in some brief lost spring". Also, while Cartman gives the book the title "The Tale Scrotie McDickinass", when Sharon finds it the title is "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs".
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Girl's Family Sues KFC For $8 Million Over Brain Damage
Four years ago, Australian girl Monika Sumaan ate a "Chicken Twister" from a KFC and, boy, did it really did twist her life up. The day after her fast food excursion, she got violently ill. Turns out that she got salmonella poisoning from the bad meat, and it's caused her serious brain damage. Now that she's 11, she's confined to a wheelchair with spastic quadriplegia. Her family is suing KFC for more than $8 million in damages. They're in court as we speak.But luckily, the problem seems to be about this specific KFC branch in Australia, not KFC at large. This store often failed its health inspections, and people suspect the contamination happened because workers weren't too careful about moving between stations with raw and cooked chicken. Peeps who messed around with raw chicken often went over to help their friends at the cooking station without washing up. Wow, Colonel Sanders would so not be pleased. [Times Online UK]


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Rogue Pictures has revealed that Bob Hoskins will accompany Rhona Mitra to star in "Doomsday."
Well, he should become one great addition to the lineup indeed. Rogue Pictures, through co-presidents Andrew Karpen and Andrew Rona, has confirmed yesterday, January 29 that Academy Award-nominated actor Bob Hoskins is positive to play opposite Rhona Mitra in its action-thriller project "Doomsday."
The next directorial project of British filmmaker Neil Marshall after "The Descent", the picture will see Mitra portray Eden Sinclair, a member of an elite group of specialists assigned to go to a country infected with virus known as the Reaper. Meanwhile, Hoskins will appear as Bill Nelson, a career policeman who nominates Eden for the mission and monitors its progress.
Production on the movie is slated to start February 9 this year in South Africa with Alexander Siddig, Adrian Lester, Nora-Jane Noone, and Chris Robson co-starring. Apart from helming the flick, Marshall is also on duty to pen the script while Crystal Sky Pictures' Steven Paul plus Benedict Carver are set to produce for Rogue in association with Intrepid Pictures.


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A set of room keys used by a man being hunted over the fatal stabbing of a guest house landlady in East Yorkshire are being sought as part of the murder inquiry.
Bei Carter, 49, was found dead at the guest house she ran in Bridlington on Friday.
Officers are continuing to search for guest John Heald, 53, from Rotherham, and have said the keys for room 1 - where he checked in on 17 July - are missing.
Anyone who sees Mr Heald is asked to dial 999.
Det Ch Insp Matthew Baldwin of Humberside Police, who is leading the murder investigation, said the keys may have been "lost or discarded" in the Bridlington or South Yorkshire area.
Mr Heald is thought to have travelled back to South Yorkshire.
More than 150 police, including armed officers, are involved in the hunt for him.
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Fear of meeting boyfriend's daughter raises red flags
Question: I am dating a guy who has a 9-year-old daughter. He is fun and he makes me happy, but I can't seem to get comfortable that he is a father. He wants me to meet his daughter, but I'm not sure if I want to. I'm a little afraid she might not like me and that will end my dating her father.
Answer: We see lots of red flags here. The biggest one is that you aren't being honest with the guy you're dating. He has no idea you're uncomfortable with his being a father. If he did, and he still wanted you to meet his child, we'd be worried about him as well. It's not a good idea to introduce a new partner to your kids until you know they are partner material. Even you don't know!
The second red flag is your fear that the relationship will be over if the child doesn't like you. We're wondering if Dad told you that or if that is a secret fear. True, it is the reason for some breakups, but that's usually after an attempt to get to know each other, not an arbitrary single meeting.
It takes time to cultivate a positive relationship with your partner's children. There will be bumps, and the kids might not like you at first. You might not like them at first, but that is what commitment is all about. It's not uncommon for kids to act like they don't like you so that you have to prove your commitment to them and to their parent. Remember, this child is the product of a breakup. How you and her father resolve conflict and interact with her mother teaches her how to trust again and how to problem-solve her own relationships in the future.
When someone has children, it's a lot more than "he's fun and makes me happy." We are not diminishing the importance of attraction and having fun. We do hope, however, we've made the point that no relationship with a person who has children is frivolous if they want to introduce you. Doing so is a commitment of sorts. If he doesn't look at it that way, he should. And if you don't, take another look.
Jann Blackstone-Ford, Ph.D., and her husband's ex-wife, Sharyl Jupe, authors of "Ex-Etiquette for Parents," are the founders of Bonus Families.


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Womens Apparel in Lucknow
Latest Website Listings
- MIDAS EXPORTS The company is promoted and owned by Mr. Anurag Agarwal, who has a wide experience of working with some of the leading corporate besides being professionally qualified. He has earned his M.B.A. from a leading management institute of India. Mr Anurag Agarwal is supported by Mrs Smita Agarwal, who has a in-depth knowledge of Lucknowi Chikankari craft and blending this ancient art with the contemporary styles and moods.
- Diamond Exporters Exporters of embroidered readymade garments, sarees, salwar suits, curtains, tops, dining table sets, etc.
- Anvi Creations Engaged in manufacturer of hand embroidered sarees, bridal lehnga, hand embroidered kurti and lehnga choli.
- Real Ratna Fashion Manufacturer & exporter of embroidered sarees, embroidered suit dupatta, embroidered lehnga chunni, embroidered scarves and dress materials.
- KEDAR NATH RAM NATH & CO. Since ancient times, decoration of home and stylizing of one's attire has been a top priority for every socially active person across every culture. We, Kedar Nath Ram Nath & Co. understand the preferences of our fashion and style conscious customers and offer them a wide range of quality products in home decoration and chikan garment categories.
- SelfEmployed Womens Association Self-Employed Womens Association SEWA-Lucknow is an autonomous organisation of Chikan artisans. Impetus for setting up SEWA-Lucknow came from a UNICEF sponsored study conducted in 1979 on the condition of Chikan artisans. The study established that over 40,000 Chikan artisans working in and around Lucknow were highly exploited in the industry even as middlemen made hay.
- Riyansha Sarees Riyansha Sarees is in business of manufacturing high quality Indian ethnic Sarees both for National and International market. Riyansha Sarees is a unique blend of creativity and management skills.
- Lucknow Chikan House Exporters and suppliers of lucknow chikan embroidered ladies suits, sarees, tops, kurtas, dupattas, mens shirts & kurtas and bedsheets & cushion covers.
- MAHARAJA EMBROIDERIES MAHARAJA EMBROIDERIES presents a luxurious and timeless collection of Embroidered Apparels in breathtaking thread embroideries. A hallmark of old tradition and excellent quality, we have not only managed to retain the original craftsmanship from the bygone era of the Nawabs but have also amalgamated the latest trends and technologies, preserving our position among the eminent Ladies Kurtas Manufacturers in India.
- Sahara India - Products Division Launched on 13th March, 2000 with the objective to satisfy the needs of the consumers better than the competition, by plugging price & quality gaps in different product categories. The products have received high degree of acceptance by our valued customers both from urban & rural areas. This has primarily been achieved through our continuous efforts to produce quality at affordable prices and our ability to reach distant homes through our strong chain of network of establishments across the country.
- REAL RATNA FASHIONS PVT. LTD. Ratna Fashions Pvt. Ltd., have attained many admirers of our ethnic and traditional designer collection of ladies wear. We are amongst the most sought-after manufacturers, exporters, and wholesalers of Embroidered Sarees & Lehengas, All Kinds of Ladies Suits, Party Wear, Fancy Wear, Bridal Wear, etc. Our gamut of ornately designed collection is stitched with extreme attention to detail and finish that attracts the customers with a cohesive force similar to that of a magnet.
- MANVI Creations The word MANVI means "THE CREATION OF HUMAN". We are a reputed manufacturer and exporter of an exclusive ZARI collection of Women's Wear that include sarees, Salwar Suits, Lehanga Choli, Salwar Kameez since the year 2000. Our entire range is available in unique designs and vibrant colors.
- Paridhan Chikan Udyog Manufacturer and supplier of all types of ethinic chikan goods, ladies wear, gents wear, kids wear and home furnishing products etc.
- Nusrat Collection stablished in the year 2005, Nusrat Collection has carved a niche in the Ladies Apparel markets. Mr. Noor Miyan is the CEO of the firm, under whose headship; we have been scaling new heights of success. Today, we stand among the major Designer Embroidered Sarees Manufacturers and Wholesale Fashion Kurtis Suppliers in Lucknow.
- RIYANSHA SAREES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED "Riyansha Sarees" is in business of manufacturing high quality Indian Ethnic Sarees, both for National and International Market. Riyansha Sarees is a unique blend of creativity and management skills. Our brand has been able to capture the imagination of its target audience and now facilitates and makes the shopping experience simple and exciting for our online customers through our e-commerce website.
- MAHARAJA EMBROIDERIES Embroidery is an art of handicraft or decorating fabrics with needle and thread or yarn. Beautifully and elaborately embroidered clothing, religious objects, and household items have been a symbol of wealth, prestige, royalty and status in many cultures and countries for many centuries.
- Rishub Fashion Manufacturer and exporters of ladies hand embroidered garments made of 100% cotton.
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The growth of mobile browsing further resonates with IDC's reports for a disheartening 10.1% decline from last year in 2013 PC sales. Although the PC will remain the definite platform for productivity for the time being, we are pondering a future where the personal computer has become a niche device sought mainly by working professionals and hardcore gamers. For casual computing needs, such as browsing, communication, multimedia, light gaming and document editing, tablets seem to be unscrupulously replacing laptops and desktops left and right. PC manufacturers don't really have to lose from this shift, as long the most popular devices carry their logos. Although, this task is anything but simple in such a saturated market.
source: StatCounter.com via GigaOM and Computer World


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It must have been a long night for NBA TV's Chris Webber and Greg Anthony or they had nothing better to do.
During the Magic-Pacers game, a fan was caught in the stands chomping an an ice cream cone and not sharing it with his girlfriend who went in for a scoop.
The guy pulls it away and her reaction was that of "Oh no you didn't!"
Enter C-Webb and Anthony.
The two took to the telestrator to diagram how the ice cream incident went down. Seems they really had way too much time on their hands.
Let the hilarity begin!