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Shaq left game with a knee injury, anyone know whats up yet?
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Shaq left game with a knee injury, anyone know whats up yet?
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Well I'm not one to hope for injury, but it would be a huge boost if he was out for tomorrow's game, and I'd figure he would be if it was anything serious.
Shaq hasn't played near a full season in quite a few years.
yes this is good for us and i expect miller to 15+ tommorow since he got rest today.
Didn't he just have a 5 day rest? Well, it doesn't matter as long as we win, but it'd be nice for him to score 15+ tommorow on the HeatOriginally Posted by ReggieMiller8325
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He had 5 days off during the all star break, isnt that rest also?
I hope Shaq is okay but has to miss the game tommorow
I don't know about you guys, but as a fan, I always wanna play teams when they are at full strength. Makes it sweeter, there's no excuses. *I know somebody is gonna bring up Ron now * but that's a special case.
Most seem to think it is not that seirous, it has been deemed a left knee strain for now. Whether there is a tear or anything of that sort will not be known until after the MRI Wednesday.
Sounds like he probably won't be playing against us.
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Man, Ben Gordon is good in the 4th. Just hit 2 threes in a row to give the Bulls the lead.
WOW, Eddie Jones with a tip-in to put the game into overtime.
As sad as things are now, I'm rooting for the Heat to win, so the Pacers pull closer to the Bulls.
Bah....Chicago is going to win
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
I must admit when I got my tix this was one of the games I wanted to see. I ASSUMED the Pacers would be full strength and on a championship thrust as would Miami and Shaq.
I also don't take as much pleasure in winning against a team above us when they aren't at full strength. It also makes LOSING to them suck majorly
I understand Anthem's reasoning and I wouldn't complain to win no matter what but for all intents and purposes we are at what has become full strength for this season and I'd prefer to see Shaq out there for the same reason travmil has already stated.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
We're not at full strength until Tinsley isn't in cleary pain every time down the floor.
I think we need a win right now more than the pride of beating Miami at full strength. We did that already in Miami!
I hope Shaq is okay, but it would be nice to get another W and continue our momentum into what is going to be a tough stretch of schedule when we need wins the most....At this point, I'll take all the wins we can get, and I agree with Anthem's opinion that everybody else got wins when we were dressing fans for games......Time to get a little gravy back and start movin' on up! I want that number 6 seed!!!
I think Shaq is faking an injury. If he doesn't play it's because he is afraid to go up against Pollard.
I'm getting the impression from what little I've read and heard this morning that the Heat are going to be Shaqless tonight. Fine by me. Winning and building momentum is more important than a "statement game" right now, which we already made in Miami anyway, if it matters.


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British newspaper editor sentenced for phone hacking scandal
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JUDY WOODRUFF: A British court sentenced the former editor of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid to 18 months in jail today for his role in the so-called phone hacking scandal. Andrew Coulson also later served as a key adviser to British Prime Minister David Cameron.
We have a report from Andy Davies of Independent Television News.
ANDY DAVIES, ITN: In a story about power and privacy, Andy Coulson has precious little of either right now.
Once at the helm of Britain's biggest-selling paper, once at the side of a prime minister, the 46-year-old buttoned up his jacket, turned briefly for the cameras, and walked into court for the inevitable.
Neville Thurlbeck, his former award-winning chief reporter, had perhaps hoped for a suspended sentence. He pleaded guilty to hacking before the trial began. But he was jailed too, along with Greg Miskiw, another veteran News of the World man who turned up alone, his shoe laces undone, pulling along his suitcase, preparing for the worst.
Like Thurlbeck, he was jailed for six months. Both are unlikely to serve more than three. The only two to walk in and walk back out, former news desk editor James Weatherup, and the paper's erstwhile private investigator and hacker in chief Glenn Mulcaire. Their sentences were suspended.
This final act at the end of this dramatic eight-month trial played out before a packed court number 12. I counted around 130 people crammed into that courtroom. There were lawyers and detectives who had worked on the case standing at the back by the door. There were some jurors who returned witness it all, relatives looking on from the public gallery. And there, in the glass-paneled dock, this once formidable unit of tabloid journalists with their highly paid private investigator took their seats.
And for the first time, they were flanked by security guards. And then Mr. Justice Saunders began. He spoke of the many thousands of phone hacks they'd been responsible for, some of intensely personal messages.
Rights to individual privacy counted for little during this time, he said. They wanted stories and showed little concern for how they got them. The defendants, other than Mulcaire, he said, were distinguished journalists, who had no need to behave as they did to be successful. They all achieved a great deal without resorting to the unlawful invasion of other people's privacy. But, he added, those achievements will now count for nothing.
As Andy Coulson was led from the dock down to the cells, he turned and glanced briefly up at the public gallery. Brief, too, was the comment offered by his old boss, David Cameron, who last week apologized for hiring him.
DAVID CAMERON, Prime Minister, United Kingdom: Well, what it says is that it's right that justice should be done and that no one is above the law, as I have always said.
ANDY DAVIES: Today, the judge said Coulson, who had fought the allegations for so long, had to take the major share of the blame for the phone hacking. He knew about it and encouraged it, when he should have stopped it.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Five other defendants, including Rebekah Brooks, another former editor at the paper, were acquitted last week.


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Victorian building unions' attempts to break away from the Cbus retirement scheme are damaging the sector's image, union-backed superannuation funds say.
The unions, including the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union and the Electrical Trades Union, have taken the unusual step of inviting retirement schemes to replace Cbus as the default fund across hundreds of workplace agreements.
The CFMEU said it was seeking alternative funds because it was concerned about Cbus's weak corporate governance standards, but the employee groups' motives have been called into question by industry chiefs.
"If it is seen that a super fund is being bullied over industrial relations issues, that is not a good thing," the chief executive of the Association of Industry Superannuation Trustees,
"From [an industrial relations point of view] it is damaging. Brand super [across the board] has been damaged a lot in the past year. We don't need any more brand damage."
The head of one large super fund, who asked not to be named, said: "Arguably this is doing damage to the industry super movement regardless of whether [the unions' threat] is real or perceived."
Another senior industry figure said: "This has given the Liberals more ammunition," referring to calls by the opposition to reduce union influence in the $1.5 trillion retirement savings sector.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has accused union officials who sit on the boards of super funds of creating a "gravy train".
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IRS makes it easier for procrastinators
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Car dealers offer scholarship option
Mercedes-Benz of Athens joins Mercedes-Benz dealers nationwide in a Mercedes-Benz USA $1.5 million scholarship program available to students who are the first generation in their families to attend college.
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China's Net population hits 111 million
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Attorney Bentley honored for service
Athens attorney Upshaw C. Bentley Jr. received the Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service for his outstanding contributions to the Athens community. The award was presented during a January presentation at the State Bar of Georgia's Midyear Meeting at the Waverly Renaissance Hotel at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Houston Bass III, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Helen Bass, to Charles Lewis Armentrout, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Armentrout, of Athens. Wedding vows will be exchanged at the First Presbyterian Church, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on April 29, 2006. A reception will follow at Gulf Hills Resort.
Shot fired in fight with ex-girlfriend
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Disturbed teen runs away after theft
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Student robbed at downtown ATM
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Van wreck on Chase causes power outage
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Ex-boyfriend sought in shooting incident
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No arrests in North Oconee school fire
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Electronics taken in vehicle break-ins
Someone broke into two cars at The Woodlands apartments off Barnett Shoals Road between 2 and 4 a.m. Thursday and stole items valued at thousands of dollars, Athens-Clarke police said.
Franklin deputy facing sex charges
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Georgia women's tennis team rolls
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Nation's best at its best
The top-ranked Georgia gymnastics team used the nation's top score to beat host No. 5 Florida 197.025-196.6 on Friday in Gainesville, Fla.
Bill Hall: To improve schools, let teachers teach
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J. Paul Clark: Editorial on court ruling in Oregon case was wrong
The Athens Banner-Herald's Jan. 19 editorial on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding Oregon's Death With Dignity Act ("Court decision on end-of-life issue was wise") includes the following: "In other words, the Supreme Court held it was improper for the federal government to attempt to use federal law to counter a state law with which it might not agree. That is a proper view of how this country's legislative and judicial processes should work. It is a basic tenet of federalism that state governments, because they are closer to the people being governed, are the proper venue for addressing perplexing social questions such as end-of-life issues."
Robert Harman: War dissent amplified by media coverage
I read James Holmes' Jan. 22 column ("Lively debate beneficial in wartime") with great interest.
Laura Davis: Photo reflected problem with Athens Tech space
Sherry Ann Ward (Letters, "Front-page photo was in poor taste," Jan. 25) expressed her "disgust" at the photograph in the Jan. 23 Athens Banner-Herald showing Athens Technical College nursing students using a mannequin to learn how to insert a catheter.
AARP program provides free tax prep for elderly
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Screen Actors Guild Awards kicks off week in television
Poised (if that's the right word) between the Golden Globes and the Oscars in March, "The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" are a handy pit stop along the highway of show-biz self-promotion.
Freshman's heave sparks Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Bobby Frasor found himself 30 feet from the basket with time running out in the first half. No one on his team - most of all Frasor - seemed surprised when what looked like a desperation heave rattled in.
UConn streaks on
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Hilton Armstrong had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Josh Boone had nine and 13 on Saturday to lead No. 1 Connecticut to its seventh consecutive win, a 76-62 victory over Providence.
Ice-cold Bulldogs at a crossroads
To Billy Humphrey, Georgia's chartered flight from Baton Rouge to Athens late Wednesday night seemed a bit longer than the one that ferried the Bulldogs to the Louisiana bayou in the first place.
Late tip-in saves Villanova
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The smallest player on the court came up big for Villanova in the final seconds.
Gators bounce back
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Al Horford blamed himself for Florida's last loss.
Lofton leads Vols to win
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl doesn't like calling timeouts to stop opponents' runs. That's the job of 3-point shooter Chris Lofton.
Bulldogs don't cash in on gifts
AUBURN, Ala. - Georgia bussed to Auburn to play a basketball game on Saturday.
Families observe disaster's 20th anniversary
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The widow of Challenger's commander laid a wreath of roses and carnations at a memorial honoring fallen astronauts Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the day the space shuttle lifted off from a launch pad a few miles away and blew apart 73 seconds later.
Mozart's home opened in honor of birthday
VIENNA, Austria - When it comes to parties, apparently there is no such thing as a hangover for die-hard Mozart fans.
Simulations reflect real life of poor
Working a minimum-wage job, paying off a loan, helping a girlfriend support two children - all while trying to just get by, day to day - was frustrating, angering and revelatory by turns, Ronnell Ivy discovered Thursday morning.
Suspect in Barrow slaying faces execution
WINDER - A Texas judge has set a May 10 execution date for a Mexican national suspected in the 1998 murder of an 81-year-old Carl woman, and the condemned serial killer will almost certainly never see a Georgia courtroom.
NRA fights in defense of deadly force
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In the "Cowboy State," where guns are present in more than half of all homes, an unlikely battleground is forming in the fight over the appropriate use of firearms.
Former library director sentenced in theft case
MACON - The former director of a central-Georgia library system has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for stealing thousands of dollars in library funds.
Minding the money: Test for schools
Get a receipt - a numbered receipt - every time.
Georgia's voter ID law still faces hurdles
ATLANTA - With its second vote in just more than a year, Georgia's legislature last week made the state's voting laws some of the toughest in the nation.
Roof collapse leaves at least 20 dead
KATOWICE, Poland - The snow-covered roof of a convention hall in southern Poland collapsed Saturday with as many as 500 people inside for a racing pigeon exhibition, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens.
Fire set at school in Oconee
A small fire Friday afternoon in a chemistry lab at North Oconee High School was intentional and investigators won't rule out the possibility that a student or employee set the blaze.
Man pleads guilty to child-sex charge
ATLANTA - An Oregon man who called himself the "King of Pedo" has pleaded guilty in Atlanta to enticing a child for sex.
Two ex-soldiers convicted of killing fellow serviceman
COLUMBUS, - Two former soldiers were convicted of murder Friday in the stabbing death of a colleague just days after they returned from combat in July 2003.
Residents want quieter strips for intersection
A blind man might think Spring Valley Road was home to a hive of giant bumblebees rather than a quiet rural community.
McBee honored for dedication to higher education
ATLANTA - The state's academic community said "thank you" Saturday evening to Louise McBee for her two careers supporting higher education.
Group wants court to review permit
ATLANTA - The Sierra Club is asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to review again why the Environmental Protection Agency has not required a power company to comply with pollution rules.
Hamas: Group will not change despite world pressures
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Following their resounding election victory, the Islamic militants of Hamas met the question of whether they will change their stripes with a loud "no": no recognition of Israel, no negotiations, no renunciation of terror.
Animal agency awaiting OK to investigate abuse
Athens-Clarke Animal Control officials are waiting for local prosecutors to decide whether animal control has jurisdiction to investigate a cruelty complaint against an Athens veterinarian.
Pope: Decisions on annulment must be quick
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged concern about the plight of divorced Catholics, who are not permitted to receive Communion after remarriage, and appealed to a Vatican tribunal Saturday to issue "rapid" rulings on annulment requests.
Residents split over plans for county's growth
DANIELSVILLE - There seemed to be two main schools of thought at a meeting on Madison County's future land-use map, the plan that's supposed to guide growth in the county north of Athens.
Unit decorated for Lynch rescue
SAVANNAH - The Army unit that helped rescue prisoner of war Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital during a nighttime raid has been given an award for valor.
Rankin Foundation marking anniversary
The Jeanette Rankin Foundation will open its 30th anniversary celebration this year with an event Monday recognizing the founders and first grant recipient of the nonprofit educational organization.
Officer critical after friendly fire incident
NEW YORK - In a tragic case of mistaken identity, police shot and critically wounded an off-duty officer as he pointed a gun at a suspect outside a fast food restaurant early Saturday, authorities said.
No injuries reported in apartment blaze
ATLANTA - No one was injured in a two-alarm fire in midtown Atlanta Friday that damaged six units.
Saddam's trial set to resume
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The troubled Saddam Hussein trial resumes today with a new judge and with international human rights groups saying political interference is threatening the tribunal's independence.
Documents show U.S. seized Iraqis' wives
The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show.
Kidnappers renew threat to kill 4 activists
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers holding four Christian peace activists gave U.S. and Iraqi authorities a "last chance" to release all detainees in Iraq, threatening to kill the hostages if their demands were not met in a videotape broadcast Saturday.
Fatah activists demand leaders quit
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Thousands of activists from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party demonstrated in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday, burning abandoned cars, shooting in the air and demanding corrupt leaders resign after their devastating election loss to the militant Hamas movement.
Not on my watch
Cynthia Dillard's not one to hold her tongue.
Donations will keep homeless shelters open
Two Athens homeless shelters that had been set to close at the end of January now have enough money to stay open for another six months.
Trend to infill spreads
Flanked by railroad tracks and tiny run-down cabins, Harley Krinsky recently bought a brand new one-story house near Hiawassee Avenue - one of dozens of such houses in and near the historic Boulevard neighborhood.
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In the private sector, if you raise money for one purpose and spend it on another, you could be prosecuted for fraud. Yet, in the public sector, this bait-and-switch tactic is done all the time.
Congress might be ready to work in the sunlight
It's received no coverage in the mainstream media, but all three candidates for House majority leader have endorsed, at least in principle, applying the Freedom of Information Act to Congress.
Shields: Public campaign financing would be a bargain
In my youth, which was shortly after the cooling of the Earth, I worked in political campaigns in some 38 different states. I learned early, if not well, that the late Jess Unruh, the speaker of the California Assembly, was never more right than when he said, "Money is the mother's milk of politics."
Winders: Duck, cover on redistricting question
Thanks to Sen. Ralph Hudgens, we don't need to check the index of James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" to get our fill of bold-faced lies and shaky truths. Nope, the good senator provides us with plenty of our own.
Johnson: Movie is a good lesson in sports history
The recently released film "Glory Road" chronicles the stunning upset of the Kentucky Wildcats by the all-black starting lineup of the Texas Western Miners in the 1966 NCAA championship game.
Thompson: Anti-poverty effort has to get personal
It was a simple little exercise. Nonetheless, it did spark the imagination of the dozens of people gathered in a meeting room at St. Mary's Hospital on Monday night. A few minutes with a marker and some big sheets of paper, and those people got a glimpse of what this community could be like, if a nascent effort to address Athens-Clarke County's staggering 28 percent poverty rate is sustained over time.
High court nominee no fan of 'little guy'
Do you remember when being a Republican meant supporting a limited federal government? It's hard to recall that time with the George W. Bush brand of conservatism, most recently embodied in the form of Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Chamber of Commerce straying from its mission
Just four years ago, Republicans in the Georgia General Assembly cried Democrats were breaking up "communities of interest" in legislative redistricting. But now that they're in power in the statehouse, the Republicans are doing the same thing.
Jones: The '65-percent solution' may force consolidation
Gov. Sonny Perdue's proposal to limit spending on school administration is drawing the expected static from the administrators lobby as it sails through the legislature, but some of their objections could trouble conservatives.
State lawmakers are overreaching from Gold Dome
State Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, hails from a political party that holds the words "local control" as a basic tenet of its philosophy of governance.
Cedar Shoals blows out Habersham
MT. AIRY - Cedar Shoals pulled away after a close first half to defeat Habersham Central 92-68 and remain undefeated and on top of Region 8-AAAA North. Bryan Browner had a triple-double for the second game in a row with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Chris Kupets led the Jaguars with 33 points by hitting seven 3-pointers. Luvonte Rhines added 20 points.
Brooks boosts Jefferson to win
JEFFERSON - Shalita Brooks got mad during Senior Night on Friday.
Lady Glads wrap up the sub-region
Cherrelle Pullen received a rose and a bracelet with her name and jersey No. 10 engraved on it during Clarke Central's senior night Friday.
Gladiators wrap up sub-region
Cherrelle Pullen received a rose and a bracelet with her name and jersey No. 10 engraved on it during Clarke Central's senior night Friday.
Bolling them over
JEFFERSON - Some say he did it with his eyes. Others say it was his persistence.
Lady Dragons bank on Brooks
JEFFERSON - Shalita Brooks got mad during Senior Night on Friday.
Dominant duo leads Jaguars
MT. AIRY - Chris Kupets scored 33 points and Bryan Browner recorded his second straight triple-double as Cedar Shoals pulled away in the second half to defeat Habersham Central 92-68 and remain undefeated and on top of Region 8-AAAA North.
Eagles' pressure, Dennis menace Tigers
Commerce might be having nightmares about Athens Christian's full-court press for some time.
Washington, Pa., changes name to Steeler, Pa.
WASHINGTON, Pa. - Just to make sure there's no confusion about which team they are pulling for in Super Bowl XL, the mayor and council voted unanimously to change this city's name.
Scott wins National Pole Vault Summit
RENO, Nev. - Oconee County senior Jordan Scott lept to the top of the competition Saturday at the USA Track and Field's National Pole Vault Summit at the Reno Hilton.
USC beats out Dogs for highly touted RB
Georgia couldn't pry running back Stafon Johnson away from hometown Southern California, but the Bulldogs still could land another tailback they are seeking on signing day.
Jobe is driving ahead
SAN DIEGO - Brandt Jobe now can say he is leading the Buick Invitational after handling the tough South Course with a 5-under 67 on Friday. How he got there remains a mystery to him.
Shinn: It's best for Hornets to stay put
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn said Saturday the team should remain in Oklahoma City next season.
All-star field highlights grueling, 24-hour race
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Looking around the garage area at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, it was impossible to miss the high-profile entries.
Johnston: OK, you can throw out Thor
In reality, Thor never had a chance. Lori made that perfectly clear seconds after we found out we were having a boy.
Celtics wreck Artest's debut
BOSTON - Ron Artest's 15 points weren't enough in his Sacramento debut and the Boston Celtics got 18 points from Paul Pierce to win 84-74 Friday, beating the Kings for just the second time in 12 tries.
Browner extends triple-double streak
At Cedar Shoals, Bryan Browner posted his third consecutive triple-double Saturday as the Jaguars closed out their regular season with a 72-62 win over Northview.
Grand feeling for Mauresmo
MELBOURNE, Australia - Amelie Mauresmo won her first Grand Slam title early today, dominating Justine Henin-Hardenne before the Belgian retired in the second set of the Australian Open final because of stomach pain.
Bobcats drop 11th straight
WASHINGTON - Gilbert Arenas scored 34 points and the Washington Wizards beat undermanned Charlotte 107-97 Saturday night, the Bobcats' franchise-record 11th straight loss.
Garcia surges to lead
SAN DIEGO - Sergio Garcia believes his putting is now good enough to take him to new heights. The first step will be getting past Tiger Woods in the Buick Invitational.
Skating to the playoffs
ATLANTA - Sure, it's still January. Even so, the Atlanta Thrashers are doing plenty of scoreboard watching each night.
Bubba a big hit on tour
LA JOLLA, Calif. - The biggest word resonating on the PGA Tour these days isn't Tiger or Phil or Finchem or FedEx. It's Bubba.
Holmgren eyes history
Bill Parcells failed. Dan Reeves, Dick Vermeil and Don Shula never had the chance.
Success owed to the owners
DETROIT - Dan Rooney was attending the funeral of Giants owner Wellington Mara last October when he felt a tap on his shoulder.
Brazilians face odds in bobsled
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - The Brazilian bobsled team is back.
There's no man like the '12th Man'
SEATTLE - Around Seattle, the symbol of the Seattle Seahawks' "12th Man" is like winter rain.
NFL Network gets eight games
The NFL Network will broadcast eight prime-time games on Thursdays and Saturdays beginning next season.
Federer puts on show for legend
MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer spent some time chatting with Rod Laver on Friday afternoon, then went out and showed the tennis great why he's dominating the sport right now.
Diaw happy in return
ATLANTA - Boris Diaw scored 25 points in his first game in Atlanta since he was traded, leading the Phoenix Suns to a 110-106 win over the Hawks on Friday night.
UGA police seeking to seal search warrants
University of Georgia police will ask to seal information on search warrants executed during the investigation of the apparent alcohol-related death of a UGA freshman when they return them to the Clarke County Magistrate Court early next week.
Students step it up for charity
Hundreds of college students mouthed the words as a local band belted out Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" so loud, conversation was nearly impossible anyway.
Crisis workers honored, reminded to respond to own fatigue
Regardless of her young age, lack of professional experience and working with some of the most traumatized clients she may ever meet in her career, University of Georgia student Kimberly Kolat felt well-prepared for the stress of helping Hurricane Katrina evacuees who came to Georgia.
Tasha on target
Tasha Humphrey loves a challenge. The Georgia sophomore thrives in the biggest games against the toughest opponents. She wants the ball in her hands when the game is on the line. That's when she's at her best. Humphrey did it before she was a Lady Bulldog, and she's only gotten better since arriving at Georgia.
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Had that money been refunded to my loan after the contract was in effect and payments would not have been reduced, it would have taken 10 mos off the loan and saved me $1004.24, and worst case, had the $1800 never been charged and the loan pmts been less for the same amount of time, I would have saved $459.39. They think I'm so lucky to be getting a full refund instead of a prorated refund that I should consider myself lucky. I think I paid interest on my own money without the benefit of the service I'd paid for and they owe me my interest back as well as interest it would have earned, or just the $1004.24 and call it even.
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I was hoping someone might help me (by that i mean, write it for me) strip and email signature off emails that get posted to a website.
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Or at least very close.
It is sometimes a picture signature too that I would need to strip out.
If I could get some help with this, that would be great.
I would also be ok with something a simple as *find the @ from the email address, remove 2 lines below and four lines above* and simply tell users they cannot post email addresses at all in the posts.
We are all from the same IT company so you could also do something by finding the 123 Computer Company name.


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Nissanâs Mardenborough Grabs Another GP3 Podium
Jann Mardenborough had another successful weekend in the GP3 Series, taking a podium finish at the Hungarian round of the championship. The young Brit had to work hard in Saturdayâs race â he qualified in 13th place after a red flag stopped his fastest run â but he got stuck in and took a very creditable seventh. This put him on the front row of the grid for race two on Sunday.
âI didnât get as good a start as yesterday and Patrick (Niederhauser) got the jump on me,â explained Jann. âI settled in to third place and managed to hold onto it for the full race, despite the pace not being as good as yesterday.
âItâs great to get a podium, and of course last weekâs win, which takes me into the summer break with lots of new points. This also builds my confidence for the next round at Spa so I canât wait for that to come around now.â
The Nissan GT Academy Team RJN GT-Rs have made it to the end of one of the toughest Spa 24 Hours in recent times. The No.80 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 of Alex Buncombe (GB), Wolfgang Reip (BEL), Florian Strauss (GER) and Nick McMillen (USA) took the chequered flag in 13th position in class and 25th overall after 24 hours of hard graft. The sister No.35 GT-R of Katsumasa Chiyo (JAP), Mark Shulzhitskiy (RUS), Miguel Faisca (POR) and Masataka Yanagida (JAP) also finished the race in 38th place overall and 19th in the Pro-Am class.
It was Reip and Chiyo who took the start of the race in numbers 80 and 35 respectively after taking fourth and seventh in class in Saturdayâs Superpole shootout. Those class positions put them in 13th and 19th positions overall on a grid of over 60 GT3 cars.
The early part of the race was marred by serious accidents, which kept the two safety car drivers fully employed. The No.80 Nissan GT-R managed to avoid the drama but only because Buncombe proved himself capable of some incredibly fast evasive action when he was almost wiped out through Eau Rouge. Chiyo was less fortunate and was hit by a Porsche at the Bus Stop Chicane during his first stint, which put the No.35 GT-R in the garage for 1.5 hours while the team repaired some suspension damage.
After four safety car periods the race was red flagged at 21:25hrs to give the safety team the time and space they needed to help the driver of the No.111 Ferrari after an alarming accident at Stavelot. At 22:25 the race was restarted and by the six-hour mark the no.80 GT-R was 16th overall and seventh in class. After itâs lengthy stop the No.35 GT-R was lying 52nd overall and 25th in class.
It wasnât until darkness fell that the race really settled down. With no more big accidents the drivers were able to finally get into the rhythm of the race and for the two Nissan GT-Rs it was time to begin the fight back.
The early accident put the No.35 right to the back of the field and, as the team circulated through the driving squad, the GT-R steadily climbed back up the order but it was a hard slog. From 25th in class at the six-hour mark to 23rd after 12 hours, to 19th at the finish. The fight back wasnât helped by punctures but there were no more major troubles for No.35.
âEveryone knows this is a hard race,â said the man who took the chequered flag in the No.35 GT-R, Mark Shulzhitskiy. âWe had bad luck at the start with the contact with the Porsche and after that we tried to stay out of trouble, be consistent and gain as much as we could. It was a good result for me as I didnât finish here last year. Next year will be better.â
The No.80 GT-R was seventh in class after six hours but had fallen to 16th by the halfway mark. This is because of a brake change and then a further brake change that was needed due to a punctured tyre rupturing a brake hose.
It was local man and 2012 GT Academy Europe winner, Wolfgang Reip, who took the fastest time of the race in the No.80 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.
âIt was great to race at Spa in the GT3 GT-R,â said Reip. âWe showed in qualifying that we had the pace as we were comfortably through to Superpole. I took the start and it was immediately obvious that with the higher temperatures, the car just wouldnât work in the heat. During the night when I did two double stints the situation switched as the cool temperatures made the car handle like magic. Despite us having the brake issue, which probably cost us a Pro-Am podium I really enjoyed racing here at Spa.â
âThat was one of the toughest 24 hour races we have ever done,â said NISMOâs Darren Cox. âHaving said that at least we got our cars and our drivers back in one piece. All of our best wishes go to everyone who was less fortunate than us. We can take some positives out of the race though. Our newest NISMO Athletes got a good amount of track time so they should be on great form when we get to the Nurburgring 1000kms in September. This race was great experience for them as it is a tough track and they were racing within a world-class field.â
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There have been all kinds of rumors spreading about whether 2 Chainz was signed to G.O.O.D. Music or not. Now, Kanye West takes it to his Twitter account to basically confirm that 2 Chainz is a part of the label. Nothing has been officially confirmed yet.
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MCALLEN (AP) — A judge has sentenced a 28-year-old South Texas man to 1½ years in prison for pointing a green laser beam at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter.
Margarito Tristan III of Donna was sentenced Wednesday in McAllen. U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez also ordered him to serve two years of supervised release upon completing his prison sentence.
Tristan pleaded guilty on July 1 to shining the laser pointer on the helicopter, which was involved in a night training operation March 7. He could have been sentenced to up to 5 years in prison.
During the sentencing, Alvarez expressed special concern not only for the lives of the pilots disoriented by the beam, but also for those who would have been endangered on the ground if the helicopter had crashed.
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As a hardcore/punk fan, you might like the following XLR8R podcast...Chavy Boys of London podcast
It's garage/house, but with the choppy, anarchic sampler energy of early rave, and some of the aggression of punk bands like The Exploited.
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St. Patrick's Day: Leprechauns, shamrocks, lore charm non-Irish
St. Patrick's Day originated in Ireland, but millions more of Americans celebrate the "Wearin' 'o the Green" every March 17.
More than 35 million U.S. citizens — 12 percent of the total population — trace their roots to the Emerald Isle. Ireland's population numbered 6.3 million in 2012, including both the Republic of Ireland ("Catholic") and the much smaller Northern Ireland ("Protestant").
In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated as a religious holiday as far back as the 9th century, but it wasn't a national holiday there until 1903.
The holiday honors St. Patrick, who was born in the late-4th century in England — not Ireland.
He was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave when he was 16. Six years later, he escaped, traveled to Gaul (northern Europe), became a Roman Catholic priest and then decided to convert Ireland to Christianity. (At that time, the Irish were still pagans who worshiped many gods.)
Snakes a myth?
Within 200 years of St. Patrick's arrival, virtually all Irish citizens were Catholics. Irish folklore holds that St. Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland by waving a wooden staff. At the time, he was supposedly standing on a hilltop named Croagh Patrick. All sources agree that the Irish tale is fishy in nature, lending itself to oral embellishment over the generations.
Eventually, England invaded Ireland, and Catholicism was outlawed along with the Irish language and the island's music. During Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1533-1603), bagpipers who played Irish tunes were ordered hanged on the spot.
Today, the largest part of the island — the Republic of Ireland — is predominantly Roman Catholic, embracing the green on St. Patrick's Day. The Protestants in the North wouldn't be caught dead drinking green beer; no green shamrocks in their lapels, either.
Ireland's celebration remains tinged with the Catholic religion. In secular America, it's often said that "everyone" is Irish on St. Patrick's Day.
The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in 1762, when America consisted 13 British colonies. Some Irish soldiers serving in the British Army marched in New York City. In the centuries since, New York's parade has swelled to 150,000 to 250,000 marchers on March 17. No floats or vehicles are permitted; the parade makes its way along Fifth Avenue from 44th to 66th Streets, to the cheers of millions.
Irish: No. 2 in U.S.
Perhaps America's enchantment with Ireland is partially because Irish immigrants outranked all others, except for Germans. The first wave of Irish came here in the late 1600s and settled in New England. Most were poor Catholics who came as indentured servants, and most converted to Protestantism to assimilate into Colonial American society.
The first significant wave of Irish came in the 1700s from Ulster (Northern Ireland). Known as "Scotch-Irish," they were the descendants of English farmers who had been sent to Ireland by the British government to raise crops and livestock.
At least 250,000 Scotch-Irish, usually Presbyterians, settled in Colonial America, most of them in the frontier of the Appalachian Mountains. Many fought in the American Revolution. Some Scotch-Irish became wealthy; others gained political influence, including becoming U.S. President. The first was Andrew Jackson, who served from 1829 to 1837.
Scotch-Irish are nicknamed "Orange Irish." The orange refers to their Protestant background and dates back to the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, in which Protestant English King William III defeated Catholic English King James IV; the two fought over who would rule England, Scotland and Ireland.
The largest wave of Irish immigrants came to America between 1820 and 1860 — 75 percent of whom were desperately fleeing the Great Irish Potato Famine (1847-1852), also known as the Great Hunger.
These Catholic Irish were impoverished and usually unskilled.
Women typically worked as maids for wealthier Americans. Men found the going even harder; they struggled to find jobs. American factories and businesses were often hostile toward the newcomers, who usually spoke Irish dialects instead of English. "No Irish Need Apply" signs suddenly appeared in the windows of employers.
As the Catholic Irish moved westward, they favored large cities — Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco. They found comfort because of the thriving Irish neighborhoods there.
The Irish Brigades
During the Civil War, thousands of Irishmen formed Irish Brigades, mostly fighting for the Union, although some did fight for the Confederacy.
After the war until around 1920, more Irish immigrated — this time for the same reasons that others came.
Italians, Russians, Scandinavians, Hungarians, Slovaks, Poles and others joined the Irish in seeking better working conditions or religious freedom — the same reasons that had lured the Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock in 1620.
Just as America is a melting pot, so it is with St. Patrick's Day, when "everyone" is Irish and the common greeting is a heartfelt "Erin Go Bragh!" — "Ireland Forever!"
Laura Szepesi is a freelance writer.


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London - A relative of the Indian-born nurse who apparently killed herself after an Australian radio station's royal hoax call said on Sunday her family is shocked at the news.
Jacintha Saldanha, 46, had answered the prank telephone call to London's King Edward VII hospital, which was treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine for morning sickness.
She had put the call from the station through to a colleague, who relayed details about Kate's condition which made headlines around the globe. Saldanha was later found dead in staff accommodation.
A member of her family, who live in the town of Shirve 400km from the southern city of Bangalore, said they could not believe the mother-of-two could commit suicide.
"We were shocked to hear from her husband (Benedict Barboza) that Jacintha was no more. He did not tell us that she committed suicide," Jacintha's sister-in-law Irene D'Souza said by telephone.
"It is hard to believe Jacintha could commit suicide as she was not the type of woman to do it."
D'Souza said Jacintha was planning to come to India to celebrate Christmas with the family and they were planning a big party.
"But today we are going to the church to pray for her soul and for her children, who are going through a bad time."
The presenters at Sydney's 2Day FM radio posed as Queen Elizabeth II and William's father Prince Charles to obtain details of Catherine's condition.
British media have termed Saldanha's death a suspected suicide. Police, ahead of an autopsy next week, say it remains unexplained but is not being treated as suspicious.
William and Kate, who left the hospital last week, said they were "deeply saddened" by the death of the nurse.
Saldanha lived with her husband and two children in the western English city of Bristol. She had moved to Britain from India around 12 years ago. - AFP


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MERCED, Calif. — The solar energy industry is emerging as a key player in the multi-pronged approach California will take in leading the nation in renewable energy, experts say.
And the University of California's research is leading the way.
The University of California, Merced, home of The University of California Advanced Solar Technologies Institute (UC Solar), is sponsoring a seminar exploring the solar industry present and future, and the many creative initiatives being developed by the University of California.


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From Essays
Being in possession of a vagina while walking on the streets of New York is a tricky feat.
It's hard, y'all.
Unlike, say, smoking a joint, there's really no way to hide it. When I take my vagina out for a walk, I make sure she wears layers.
First, a layer of panties from Target. And then, a layer of stretched out "denim" from Old Navy.
But, despite these glamorous efforts, everyone still knows that it's there. It's a concealed weapon that you can't ever fully conceal.
A few years ago, there was all of that controversy over those new airport scanners. The supposedly X-Ray vision ones.
I couldn't really understand the uproar. For women, that's just a stroll to the deli or taking our dog out to pee.
Because, as far as many men are concerned, their eyes are the same thing as those scanners.
There's a man who works as a dog walker for a vet clinic on my block. On any given day, I can gauge about five different things about my appearance based solely on his response to me.
He's standing there cockily by the curb in spearmint green scrubs as a giant German shepherd wearing an Elizabethan collar takes a dump. But, he's still got the swagger to try and chat me up.
Maybe he should ditch the dog walking gig and be a confidence coach for women instead.
Whenever I take my chihuahua Clementine out for a walk, I try and see if he's standing down the block. If he is, I always try and drag her the other way.
But, my avoidance tactics don't always work. Sometimes he'll pop out of the clinic with that cocky grin emerging as soon as he sees me chained to the chihuahua who is excitedly sniffing layers of accumulated stench.
His reaction tells me a lot more about me than it ever does about him.
First, how good I look that day. If I'm looking really good, I get both a provocative "Hey" and a petulant "Bye."
If I'm looking just kind of good, it's only a "Hey."
But here's the interesting thing: When I'm dressed up. If I'm wearing designer clothes and or shoes, then he doesn't say anything. Not a damn thing.
In fact, he barely even looks my way. I guess he thinks a lady in sort-of designer duds is a waste of his time. He is a professional dogwalker after all.
The sad thing is I found this kind of thing flattering when I first moved to New York. I've never been all that popular with the fellas. At least not the straight ones.
Suddenly experiencing all of this male attention was nice. That lasted for about a week. Because then I realized that the attention was purely sexual and really fucking creepy.
Every "Hello" and "Hey Girl" was just a thinly veiled code for "I wanna bone you." And that's just all kinds of "Ewwww."
When I first moved to New York, I lived in Spanish Harlem. I quickly learned that listening to headphones while walking on the street was an easy way to ignore panhandlers. I'm a total pushover, so I have to have an aural barrier not to give away all of my cash.
A few months later, I got dressed up to go out and forgot my headphones. Suddenly, instead of hearing Win Butler whine about the Suburbs accompanied by his way-too-large band, all that I heard was a symphony of "Hey Mami!" and a few "Looking good girrrrl"s playing in stereo.
I vowed never to leave home without headphones again. In fact, if I go deaf prematurely from listening to too much music on headphones, I'm going to blame random New York perverts.
My second New York apartment, on 82nd street, was a huge upgrade from the closet I rented in East Harlem. No more "Hey Mamis!" for this girl.
I believed that my new address would magically transform me into a Disney princess.
I imagined little songbirds flying into my window every morning to fix my hair. This was a really unrealistic fantasy because none of the birds ever got stuck in this tangled mess.
This idealized version of my new life was snatched away like a drag queen's wig the first time I left my apartment. I had just exited the stoop when I noticed a man walking towards me.
He was completely unremarkable in every way. Ordinary looking, even attractive. Mid-thirties. Dressed in plain, but nice clothes. He had every serial killer red flag.
He also had his penis hanging out of his pants. It was as if he had forgotten to wear underwear and zip his zipper. Just flopping along as he passed me. He didn't make eye contact with me. Or look at me at all. He just waved his freak flag.
Full disclosure: I don't have a penis.
So, it seemed possible (if highly improbable) that this swinging penis was an accident. Maybe it had fallen out and he hadn't noticed it.
My boyfriend, Jon, scoffed at this theory. "He knows it's out there. He wants it to be out there."
"He gets off on you seeing it."
"It wasn't even hard!"
"Not yet."
For some reason, I never reported The Flasher. I just walked by him at least once a week while we both pretended it wasn't there.
A few months later, The Flasher got a girlfriend. I would see them walking down the block together chatting happily like any couple. (His penis was always inside his pants when his girlfriend was with him.)
I wanted to scream at her, "Run! Run while you can! He's a FLASHERRRRRR!"
Then, I started to wonder if any of the men I know personally are secret flashers. I have the top candidates picked out, but I've yet to hang out on their blocks to verify my suspicion.
It's not like all of this on-the-street perving is straight-up pervy. Sometimes, occasionally, they try and play it romantic.
I was smoking a cigarette on 5th Avenue when an extremely well-dressed man approached me.
"Excuse me, Miss. Are you Swiss?" He asked. Both "Miss" and "Swiss" rhymed with wheeze when this guy said them.
I Swissily exhaled some smoke and replied wittily, "No."
"Are you sure? Because you have the most beautiful little Sweeze face I've ever seen!"
I guess he's never seen any real Swiss people. I was quite flattered by this.
I do look like the Swiss Miss girl, I thought. I could totally be on a hot chocolate package!
He continued his nationally-confused sales pitch. "You are so beautiful! I will take you to dinner anywhere in the city! Anywhere! I have a lot of money. Name the place and I will take you there."
That's a pretty damn good offer. I wonder what kinds of propositions real Swiss women get if a Knock-Off Swiss is doing this well.
I let him down gently by telling him that I have a boyfriend. And, I comforted myself all afternoon with fantasies of bragging about the encounter to aforementioned boyfriend.
Yeah, I'm kind of a bitch.
In my fantasies, my boyfriend would be filled with the kind of jealous rage that insecure people like me really get off on. I imagined thrown books, shattered dishes, wild proclamations of love and then wild love making. And, I did it all with a smug, satisfied smile.
Finally, i went over to his apartment that evening and told him. Pretty much as soon as the door opened.
Big breath. (I'm a smoker.)
"Did I mention he was really rich?"
"Really? That's so cool! Where are you going?"
Fuck me. He wasn't jealous. Like, at all. Instead, he was excited I was getting a free fancy meal.
Because I'm as stubborn as I am insecure, I asked: "You'd really be okay with that? If I went on a dinner date with another guy?!
He shrugged. "Sure, if you're only doing it for free food."
Well played, Jon.
I'd passed up the dinner without even the reward of jealousy. I guess when you're a woman walking the streets in New York, you really can't win.


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Heidelberg's a blast! This German university town has something about it that simply says "style." It also has a history of revolutionary ideas, religious schisms, destruction, anarchy and heroic restoration.
This may be why it attracts 3 million tourists a year.
There's a thoroughly imposing, partially ruined and utterly Teutonic schloss (castle) that looms large on a central peak overlooking the River Neckar. There are mysterious little cobbled alleys that make the perfect set for a fantastic game of hide-and-seek (or a remake of "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"). There are street markets and courtyard cafes and musty subterranean beer halls. The buskers play harps or violins.
Black Hole of Calcutta
I'm sure another of its features will appeal to readers involved in the teaching profession. There is a prison specially designed for university students! Admittedly it's not a very big prison — if every Japanese university student in a typical classroom was arrested for falling asleep/ poor attendance/ ignoring the hapless professor/ reading pornographic manga/ jabbering/ being an irredeemable imbecile/ arriving one year late just before exams and expecting an automatic pass (tick felony as applicable) — then in this size of prison you'd be looking at a Black Hole of Calcutta scenario. Which is to say a seriously overcrowded dungeon. The prison is small. Far too small for the volume of Japanese university students who require incarceration. The principle, however, is sound. And speaking from experience as a former lecturer in Tokyo, it is in dire need of replication, nay expansion, in Japan.
But back to this medieval city of Heidelburg that houses Germany's oldest university. There's a lot to tell.
Heidelberg is in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, a German tourist destination second only to Bavaria in popularity, mainly because the area is dominated by the Black Forest.
Baden-Wurttemberg as a geopolitical entity was only formed in 1951 (by amalgamating the two famous white wine-growing regions of Baden and Wurttemberg with Hohenzollern, a province that spawned the Hohenzollern imperial dynasty and World War I).
Modern yes, Baden-Wurttemberg turns out Porsches and Mercs and is high tech with a capital "H." And "T." But it is drenched with history.
Homo erectus Heidelbergensis checked out locations in the Heidelberg area and found the prospects jaw-dropping. That was back in 600,000 B.C. The dropped jaw was recovered in 1907 by paleontologists. At that time the find was the oldest evidence of humanity's presence in Europe.
The Celts arrived rather later. In the fifth century B.C. they established a desirable residence where the long-suffering Heidelberg schloss now stands. They incorporated features such as palisades and places of worship, sacrifice and lethal-weapon manufacture.
This set a trend. Everybody who subsequently invaded or just passed by felt the urge to construct a castle. Before they did, of course, they had to destroy or renovate the existing fortifications.
Romans came. Built a fort. Declined. Fell.
The philosophy of humanism arrived. Martin Luther then got rid of that sort of nancy-boy nonsense by turning up and strictly re-defining Christianity as everybody else had known it.
War loomed. The castle grew. Lightning struck. The upper part of the castle went to hell.
Calvinism was imposed. The Heidelberg Catechism became required reading for all reformists. Catholics and Protestants as usual then had a major fight. The castle took another bashing. And, oh dear! More lightning! All that hard building work gone up in flames. More castle reconstruction was initiated. But in vain.
We are now in the year 1623. The Bavarians arrive, assault the town and their troops go galloping off with Heidelberg's magnificent Palatinate library.
The Swedes turn up. Nobody seems sure why, but they too had a go at the castle.
Space restrictions prevent me from describing all the subsequent castle disasters. The French destroyed everything (1688/89). Then later they rebuilt it.
It is a curious fact, but the semiruinous state of the schloss actually enhances its appeal. In the 19th century it was a magnet for Romantic poets, most notably Goethe, and walking through the huge courtyards overlooked by ranks of empty windows still brings to mind ghosts and owls and mystery.
Three things not to miss while prowling the castle's armor- and statue-haunted corridors, dungeons and precipitous parapets are the Great Tun, the portrait of its "Guardian" (a dwarf named Perkeo) and the German Apothecary Museum.
The 8.5-meter-wide tun, made in 1751 out of 130 oak tree trunks, can hold 221,725 liters of wine. At the time of its installation, the hard-drinking castle inhabitants were downing at least 2,000 liters of wine per day, with the hideous Perkeo leading the debauch. His comeuppance came when he inadvertently drank a glass of water. The shock killed him. Allegedly.
Mummified bodies
The apothecary museum is pure Harry Potter, and features replicas of apothecary's shops through the course of history. The dried lizards, vile brews, shreds of mummified Egyptian bodies etc. are enough to make you feel ill (rather ironic given they were all once prescribed to make people feel better).
Meanwhile, the Blown Up Tower (it blew up) still looks appropriately blown up. Half of it fell into the moat, so affording modern visitors panoramic views. The Hall of Mirrors (they shattered when it blew up, too) remains an atmospheric shadow of its former self. And the Seltenleer (literally, "seldom empty") Prison is a wreck (yup, blown up).
But, just like the town, much of the castle has been scrupulously and beautifully restored. And perhaps because they were getting a bit fed up with all this detonation/restoration malarkey, the authorities and citizens had the very good idea of surrendering the town intact (with the proviso that nobody blow it up) when the Allied forces turned up toward the end of World War II.
Which is why Heidelberg remains such a delight to visit today. But please don't take gunpowder!


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AFTER doing their bit for Yorkshire at Le Grand Depart for the Tour de France, Leeds band Hope And Social will be among the big names at FEVA, Knaresborough's community Festival of Entertainment and Visual Arts.
The festival will run from tomorrow until August 17, and the six-piece Leeds band will play on the last day at the Hope And Social Beach Party on the "Urban Beach" at Henshaws' Arts and Crafts Centre, in Bond End, where the music and mayhem, special guests and even a sand castle or two are promised between 4.30pm and 9pm.
Festival-goers will be able to enjoy the Knaresborough Urban Beach throughout the festival at the (sometimes) tranquil Henshaws, discovering a place of sand, games, loungers, chairs and tables, music and food and drink in the café.
Expect entertainers, fitness classes and ticketed concerts in the evenings; details of each day's entertainment on the beach can be found at feva.info
Veteran folk musician Vin Garbutt will perform on FEVA's opening night, tomorrow at 8pm, at the Frazer Theatre, preceded by the Northern Songbirds at 5.30pm that afternoon at Henshaws.
Lux Aertana, a vocal and choral group of St John's choir members and friends, will perform works by Herbert Howells, Alan Spedding and Charles Wood at St John's Church on Saturday at 7.30pm.
Knaresborough Players will stage A Slice Of '64, in celebration of their 50 years at the Frazer Theatre, with two nights of musical theatre and hit songs from 1964 on Saturday and August 16 at 7.30pm.
History Wardrobe will present Women And The Great War, a demonstration of the impact of the First World War on women and fashion in a moving and amusing performance at the Frazer Theatre on Monday at 7.30pm, when the fashions can be examined at first hand.
Queen II will pay tribute to Freddie Mercury and co at Knaresborough Working Men's Club on August 13 at 8pm, while the Strings Gee &T concert at St John's Church on August 16 will bring together Knaresborough ProMusica and international soloist Matthew Gee, principal trombone with the Royal Philharmonic at 7.30pm. Albrechtsberger's Trombone Concerto and string works by Albinoni, Vivaldi, Grainger will be complemented by G & Ts on The HUB terrace at St John's in the interval.
Free daytime and early evening entertainment will be provided in the Market Place throughout the festival, except on Wednesdays; the Knaresborough Lions Club will run their traditional beer festival tomorrow and Saturday; and FEVA's free Picnic in the Park concert will be held in the open air at Knaresborough House on August. 16 from noon to 5pm. Hosted by DJ Trev, the line-up will include Alister's Theory, About Town, MG Band and The Detail. There will be no food or drink stalls, so bring your own picnic.
During FEVA, children can enjoy street entertainers, medieval storytelling and the chance to learn sword-fighting, while festival activities will include scarecrow making, an open day at the allotments, sketching lessons and the Flag and Bone Gang's dance lessons.
Authors will give talks and readings from their works, such as Yorkshire author Peter Robinson launching his latest DCI Banks book, Abattoir Blues, at Knaresborough Library on August 17 at 7pm. If you want to stretch your legs, there will be walks around Knaresborough's dusty corners, shows, concerts and displays.
Among other names heading for FEVA are a nine-piece jazz combo from Leeds called The Wonderful World Of The Cinema Organ, who will create a live soundtrack to archive cinema and cine-camera footage at Henshaws on August 12 at 8pm with everything but a cinema organ. Americana band The Whiskey Dogs will play the same place, same time, on August 14, but look away now if you might blush at Henshaws' revival of their cheeky burlesque evening on Saturday with Lily La Belle. Last year's show sold out, so book pronto.
FEVA would not be complete without its Visual Arts Trail at 17 locations, its trompe l'oeil optical illusions, painted on13 walls, and a host of special menu offers from the market town's restaurants, pubs and cafes.
These Flavours of FEVA will range from an Elvis Night at The Spice Merchant Indian restaurant on Wednesday to the Bangla Thai Night at DiRaj on Thursday and FEVA's Afternoon Tea Chill Down at Cafe Halle from noon to 6pm on August 17.
The distinctive pink FEVA programme can be picked up free from Knaresborough's shops, library, cafes, pubs and restaurants, and from beyond Knaresborough too. Alternatively, log on to feva.info for full listings and booking details. All ticket prices are kept below £15 and a third of the shows and activities are free.


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If you would rather your Halloween jack-o'-lantern be whimsical than spooky this year, you may want to try carving a classic cartoon character. Because Minnie Mouse's face is made of contrasting colors and simple shapes, she is a particularly easy character to convert into a pumpkin stencil. You can download Minnie Mouse stencils from the Internet or create your own.
Things You'll Need
- Picture of Minnie Mouse's face
- Pencil with eraser
- Printer paper
- Butcher knife
- Drop cloth or newspaper
- Metal spoon
- Scissors
- Pushpins
- Thin nail
- Carving saw
Making the Stencil
Trace the picture of Minnie Mouse onto printer paper. Shade in the black sections of her face, such as her ears, her nose and the pupils of her eyes. Do not shade any colored sections that are not black, such as her bow or the peach parts of her face.
Review your pattern for white areas surrounded entirely by black, such as Minnie's eyes and tongue. The black sections of your pattern represent sections where you will cut away the pumpkin, while the white sections represent areas where you will leave the pumpkin intact. This means that white areas surrounded entirely by black represent sections of pumpkin that would have to float in midair.
Erase tiny segments from the lines enclosing floating white areas. These areas will no longer be surrounded entirely by black, meaning that a small piece of pumpkin will still hold them up when you carve the pattern. You will need to erase lines from the borders of Minnie's cheeks, the borders of her eyes, the area under her tongue and the borders of the bow in her hair. If your picture of Minnie has polka dots on her bow, you will also need to erase tiny sections from the outline of each dot. Whenever you erase a segment from the left side of one of these areas, erase a segment from the right side as well to distribute the weight of the pumpkin properly.
Review your pattern to make sure you can still see Minnie's face with the sections erased. Elongate the lines to make the erased segments smaller if necessary.
Cut a lid away from the top of the pumpkin using your butcher knife. Angle the knife inward slightly so the top of the lid is wider than the bottom. This will prevent the lid from falling into the pumpkin. Cut a small notch crossing from the lid to the side of the pumpkin so you will be able to line up the lid with the top of the pumpkin when you put it on later.
Place the pumpkin on a drop cloth or newspaper. Scoop the seeds and strings from the interior of the pumpkin. Scrape the bottom of the pumpkin with your spoon until it is relatively flat, as this will make it a safer surface for candles or pumpkin lights.
Locate a side of your pumpkin that is relatively flat, with few scars and blemishes. This will be your carving surface.
Scrape away the flesh from the inside of your carving surface until it is thin enough for you to see light shining through it. This will make it easier for you to pierce the carving surface with your tools.
Cut diagonal lines inward from the corners of your stencil. Do not cut into Minnie's face itself. Lay your stencil flat against the carving surface of the pumpkin and secure it with pushpins.
Poke holes along the outlines of Minnie's face and features with the thin nail, creating a series of dotted lines on the carving surface of your pumpkin. The holes on these lines should be no more than 1/4-inch apart. Remove the stencil from the pumpkin when you have punched holes through every line.
Cut along the dotted lines with your carving saw, holding the saw as you would a pencil and using a gentle sawing motion. Begin by cutting away the smaller areas, such as Minnie's eyes and mouth. This is because as you cut away more and more of the pumpkin, it will weaken, making it more likely to collapse. You may want to cut away Minnie's ears and the top of her head in several sections rather than one large piece so your carving will not be damaged when you push that piece out of the pumpkin.
Tips & Warnings
- When turning a corner with your carving saw, do not change angles abruptly, as this will break the saw. Instead, gently turn the saw while cutting or remove the saw and re-insert it at the new angle.
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