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GAINESVILLE — Florida will conclude spring football practice Saturday with its annual Orange and Blue game hoping it has gotten a productive start on the long process of discovering who the Gators are in the post-Tim Tebow era.
Coach Urban Meyer said the last time he remembers being this uncertain about his offense was his first season with the Gators (2005).
"And then in Year 2 at Florida …" Meyer quipped, referring to the national title after the 2006 season.
Among the goals this spring was to establish a new quarterback, find out who the go-to receivers will be and just what kind of offense the Gators' personnel will be most successful in.
"You want to determine who we are offensively," Meyer said. "I don't know. We don't have an offense; I told you that five years ago. (People ask) are you guys going to change a lot? We have no idea right now. We're going to do what we do well. And if that's I-formation, if it's shotgun, if it's Jordan Reed at quarterback, if it's throwing it all over the lot, I don't know."
Redshirt junior quarterback John Brantley has waited patiently behind Tebow for three seasons for his chance to take the starting job, and while he said he's pleased overall with the spring he has had, even he isn't sure of the Gators' offensive identity.
"I don't know," Brantley said. "I know we're all out here working hard. I guess we'll just have to see."
Meyer hopes to implement a two-quarterback system similar to the one he used with Chris Leak and Tebow in 2006, but never got to use once Tebow took over the starting role. Brantley is more of a prototypical drop-back passer who, by his own admission, isn't going to "run over people like Tebow." So the Gators hope to continue with the single-wing offense using freshman quarterback Trey Burton and redshirt freshman quarterback-turned-tight end Jordan Reed.
"I think we have to," Meyer said. "On third-down-and-3 I know what we want to do, and Johnny's probably not going to do it just because he's not that kind of player. Everybody said we just ran Tim because he was a great player. That's partially true. The other part of it is single-wing offense you are plus in the run game. Jordan Reed has proven he can do it, and Trey Burton can run real well, too."
If the Gators are successful in implementing the system, expect to see Burton doing a few things in the wildcat formations that you didn't see Tebow do in 2006.
"We've expanded since '06, so some of those plays we were running with Trey we didn't have with Tim in '06," offensive coordinator Steve Addazio said. "But there's no question (the package will be there). And you see Jordan Reed. I told you we're going to have a pretty good wildcat package because we have some real good wildcat people."
The receivers are in a state of transition with the loss of leading receiver Riley Cooper, a former Clearwater Central Catholic standout, and the addition of receivers coach Zach Azzanni. Receivers Frankie Hammond and Deonte Thompson have been impressive this spring, and Azzanni said he sees strong potential in senior Carl Moore, who sat out all of last season with a back injury, freshman Robert Clark and senior Justin Williams. The return of receiver/running back Andre Debose, who missed all of last season after surgery on his hamstring in September, also has raised Azzanni's expectations.
"I'm really excited about some of these guys the last three or four practices," Azzanni said. "With (Brantley) being such a pure thrower, everything is about timing for us right now. Our job right now is to get open and paint a picture for him, and be where we're supposed to be when we're supposed to be there so he can let it go and not run around. No, they are not where I want them to be yet, but have they gotten better? Yes."
The Gators expect to have a strong unit of running backs, including junior Jeff Demps, redshirt junior Chris Rainey, senior Emmanuel Moody and sophomore Mike Gillislee. Demps missed spring practice to concentrate on track, and Rainey and Moody were slightly hampered with injuries, but new running backs coach Stan Drayton said he's encouraged, adding, "We're ahead of schedule right now."
Moody said with the departure of Tebow as a dominant running quarterback, the role of the running backs will most likely expand.
"We had a great quarterback in Tebow, but now it's time for the running backs to step up and really contribute in a big way next year," he said.
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Maybe the best part of Watchmen, and reading it for the first time there were too many good parts to keep a hold of in a single thought, was how the quotes at the end of most of the chapters shaped your experience and understanding of reading those chapters. Could Bob Dylan have written "All Along the Watchtower" specifically for that near-to-last Ozymandias chapter? "Outside in the distance a wild cat did growl, two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl" reads the Dylan quote at the end of "Two Riders were Approaching…". And exactly that happens within the story. Bubastis the GM lynx growls at the sight of Rorschach and Nite Owl drawing closer to Ozymandias's Antarctic fortress on their tiny hovercraft Segways.
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If you read comics during the '90s, you'd recently have gotten the sense of "coming through" reading comics back then. The signs are everywhere in the industry and hard to miss even after the most cursory of glances. Digital distribution has allowed us to understand what was broken about the way the '90s tackled the problem of popularization—by removing comics from the cultural mainstream. Look at your iPad (or if you must, look at your Android)—those days are gone. Comics have become mobile again, tucked into a coat pocket as the winter closes in, moving with us wherever we head. Reading comics in 2014 feels very much like we've all come through reading comics in the '90s, regardless of whether or not we were around at the time. The cultural differences between reading comics now and reading them then stand in that stark a contrast.
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There are cup holders in the toilet stalls at the Orleans Hotel. I think the official name for that phenomenon is "Hog Heaven," non?
We were there, several thousand of us crowded four or six to a room in Sin City's shittier hotels, for the fourth annual Viva Las Vegas. And except for Viva Las Vegas, it was a swell time indeed!
The problem wasn't the music—except for the occasional set by Germany's Lucky 13, it was excellent —or the way promoter Tom Ingram ran his rockabilly festival. Lines ran smoothly, which is pretty much the apotheosis of good festival planning. There was no frowning Hootenanny Gate Nazi to block the way; instead, there was pretty Suzanne Hawkins (grown-up daughter of Greg the Fireman's colleague at the Hermosa Beach Fire Department), smiling and handing out wristbands. Even United Airlines was going with the program: my flight arrived 25 minutes early, and they let us off the plane right away instead of making us sweat on the runway, carry-on luggage at the ready in our hot little hands. (The flight was 20 minutes early on the way home, too—on United!—and my brain was dangerously close to exploding from the cognitive dissonance of it all.) The scene over at the Orleans, where vendors of vintagewear had set up in the Bienville Room, was friendly and relaxed. Dave "The Chairman" Mau, Pauly with the big mustaches, and La Femme Cassandra manned the Linda's Doll Hut booth (Linda Jemison herself was mostly busy availing herself of the Jacuzzi-jet tub in her room) while Goldenvoice's Bill Hardie; his pretty wife, Michelle; and their good baby, Hannah, chatted from the table next door—not drinking. The Frenchmen at the booth across the aisle gave massages on Linda's merch table. And did I mention there are cup holders in the toilet stalls?
But I've said it before, and I'll say it again now, if only to save myself the grim burden of original thought: with the lone exception of a Delta Gamma party, the rockabilly scene is as exclusionarily high school as they come. It just wasn't any fun doing perimeter checks through the casino at the seen-better-days Gold Coast (site of the convention), where the music was jumping and dreams go to die. I swear, it was like Reno in there, with all the seniors hobbling to the Video Poker machines, Pall Malls dangling from their gnarled fingers and big-lipsticked mouths.
But the oldsters weren't the problem, and by Friday, when the greasers moved through the aisles like fat through George Argyros' arteries, les anciens had retreated to midnight at a different oasis anyway. The soul-sucking sadness of the whole thing was the overwhelming feeling of being judged (and found not just lacking but also irrelevant) at every step through the casino's smoke. My hair wasn't right: it was Big Vegas instead of sleek Bettie Page. I wasn't wearing a pretty vintage dress or the right pants. My whole life is not wrapped up with which car show I will attend this weekend. I am not a slave, happy in my captivity.
Nor was I being overly sensitive. I heard girls comment incessantly on the parade passing by—a parade that included a glad-handing Big Sandy; a happy Pedro the Hairdresser; and bouncing at the show, none other than Alex (of Alex's Barfly), such a gentle bruiser. And while the girls watching the pomade promenade were often complimentary ("Oooh, her dress is beautiful!"), nothing was getting past their eagle eyes, right down to the kind of underwear girls were sporting beneath their pedal pushers. Others who attended, like former pro skater and fabulous dancer Li'l Mikey Folmer, said the same thing. He had just arrived and was wearing jeans and tennis shoes when a friend chastised him. "Dude, you should be wearing your best gabardines!" his friend instructed Mikey.
Fuck that. Last time he was here, his best jacket got stolen. I haven't seen a scene based so narrowly on looking like everyone else since last time I was at a Black Flys party in Huntington Beach.
The less time I spent in the mix, the happier I was. I headed down to The Strip, where the casinos took a lot longer to take my money than the tables at the Orleans and the Gold Coast. At least they gave the impression of a sporting chance, despite the fact that they built their Taj Mahals on all the winners who've come to chase bad money with good over the years. At Paris (the only casino as pretty—and just plain pleasant—on the inside as it is majestic on the outside. Everywhere else was magnificently built, but once you hit the air conditioning, all you could see was the ugliness of the carpets, each more shockingly hideous than the last), I was hitting ace/deuces and yos (11 to 1) left and right, plus a couple of high/lows (31 to 1), which looked really cool and made everyone jealous.
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But then I'd start feeling guilty —I was, um, working, after all, and was supposed to be getting snubbed by the rockabillies at the Gold Coast, not having fun by myself down on the Strip—so I would head back to the Show, where I chased bad money with good and helped build another Taj Mahal. With the craps needle in my arm, I made like the boys of Peepshot before me and got another free $40 beer.
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Hello, I am a 20 year old male and I feel my nose is very feminine (photo on the left). I wondered if its possible to make the nose wider and and my nasal tip less pointy and more rounded like my photo on the right shows shows, can anybody help? Thank you.
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Rhinoplasty for a more masculine nose
Rhinoplasty is capable of many changes to your nose, but there are definitely limitations. I would consult with an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon and tell them what your desires are. They should be able to give you some helpful suggestions to accomplish your desired goals.
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Without additional pictures and a consultation with a physical examination it is not possible to provide you with specific details. I highly recommend that you schedule a consultation with a well-experienced surgeon.
In general a harmonious look to the nose is the main goal for any type of surgery.
It is important to mention that the finest cosmetic results in any particular case are based on a variety of factors, including: the unique anatomy of the patient, realistic expectations, a well-informed and detailed discussion with your plastic surgeon concerning the best options for you especially covering a deep understanding of the pros and cons of any given choice you will adopt.
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Male rhinoplasties are completely different. The principles may be similar to the female rhinoplasty, but the end result needs to be much different in that the nose has to match masculine facial features which means it cannot have as a refined nasal tip nor a significant, if any, nasal supratip break area.
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Rhinoplasty to make a nose more masculine
A masculine nose is generally bigger, longer, and wider. A feminine nose is smaller and more triangular. Your nose can be masculinized; first we have to see more pictures- I'm not convinced you need any surgery at all.
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Rhinoplasty can make nose more masculine
It is possible to do reverse osteotomies to widen the nasal bridge. Cartilage grafts, such as spreader grafts can be used to create width to the lower third of the nose. Alar batten graft will make the tip less pointy if needed.
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It is possible to make the nose wider and add fullness to the tip. I would need to see additional photos and/or perform an examination to give you the best advice. Thank you and best of luck.
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An ideal nose should be in proportion to the surrounding facial structures." Masculine" therefore usually suggests a larger nose with more projection and stature. The nose can be augmented in rhinoplasty surgery. Because this is an unusual request , be real clear with your surgeon what will be changed.
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You have a relatively uncommon request however this is veru possible and fairly simple to do.
Cartilage from your septum would have to be transferred to your dorsum (bridge) and nasal sidewalls as well as your tip. Spreader grafts and alar spreader grafts are several specific ways to accomplish widening of your midvault (middle third of your nose) and the bridge and the lower tip cartilages.
In exterme cases or in cases where you would need or want a very dramatic widening effect, a tiny piece of your own rib cartilage can be grafted.
Hope this helps.
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Your request is a unique one. But, indeed the nose can be masculinized. It would most likely involve the use of cartilage grafts to widen your cartilages and possibly even breaking your nasal bones to widen them as well. Good luck!
Plastic surgery for a masculine nose.
Certain features are said to make a nose appear more feminine. These incude the angle of the columella with the lip. However, making the tip more broad is significantly more difficult and may require more aggressive managemetn of the lower lateral cartilages with onlay grafts. Seek a consultation with an experienced surgeon.
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In the May 1986 Aaronic Priesthood commemoration fireside, we issued a call to have you join the marching army of God. This thought inspired me to write the following verse. It ties into the theme I would like to explore.
My life has been blessed by the association I have had through the Aaronic Priesthood, the MIA, Scouting, athletics, and cultural activities of the Church. I prize more than life the associations of wonderful priesthood and Scouting leaders, friends I made as a young man, friendships that are more dear and precious all these years later. Let me mention four examples.
Example one: Years ago Dene Kesler was the deacons quorum president in the Edgehill Ward in Salt Lake City. Dene was a very special young man. One morning during priesthood meeting he came in to our elders quorum. He presented a sum of money that his quorum had raised for the building fund. I served as a Scoutmaster in the Edgehill Ward for a short period of time. I came to know of the heart of my wonderful young friend. We often went golfing together at 4:30 in the morning. More than once before it was light, I have driven a golf ball out into the darkness, unable to see it after it left the tee. It seems that Dene always found his ball, and I seldom found mine.
We had an unusual friendship over the years. We floated several major rivers together. We have sat by campfires and told stories, had midnight swims, and shared almost every kind of outdoor experience together.
When Dene was called to go on a mission, I spoke at his farewell. Dene was an outstanding missionary. Sometime during his mission he wrote me a letter and shared a poem with me. He said some kind words and then included this verse. And, after all these years, I would like to quote it back to Dene Kesler, my great young friend.
("Touching Shoulders," in The Best Loved Poems of the American People, comp. Hazel Felleman, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1936, p. 126.)
Thanks, Dene, for sharing this great verse. I have quoted it to my wife, my missionaries, counselors in priesthood callings, general boards, and to prophets of the living God. I am glad, Dene Kesler, that I touched shoulders with you.
Example two: In 1956 I was transferred to Boise, Idaho. Along with myriads of choice friends, I met the Dennis Flake family. The oldest son, Dennis, was in my priests quorum during the time I served as adviser. Patriarch Flake and his wife both served missions, as has every son. They are a wonderful family of chaplains, religion teachers, and Church Education supervisors. What a contribution this family has made to the Church. Dennis and Lawrence, the two older boys, have served as mission presidents. The other sons are equally worthy.
I remember pitching silage with Dennis all day long. I thought that I would die, but I could not stop as long as Dennis continued. Dennis's farming background gave him a strength of character, a purity of heart, and a love of good and honorable men. At an Aaronic Priesthood campout, after we had a program around the fire, I remember when my priests and I went swimming about 11 o'clock in the South Fork of the Salmon River, which drained into the Middle Fork. After the swim we dressed, and I will never forget walking back to camp, arm-in-arm, singing "Redeemer of Israel"—all four verses. We had many wonderful experiences during the time I lived in Boise. After I moved back to Salt Lake, Dennis was called on a mission. I was invited to speak at his farewell. He went to Australia and served under Elder Bruce R. McConkie. We wrote to each other occasionally, and contained in one of the letters from Dennis was this poem.
(Douglas Malloch, "Good Timber," in Sourcebook of Poetry, comp. Al Bryant, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1968, p. 456.)
This poem has been a great influence in my life. Now Dennis is in a stake presidency and his brother Lawrence is a Regional Representative. Their father is a Patriarch in Boise. And these beloved brethren qualify. Patriarch Flake, Dennis, Lawrence, I rehearse back to you these lines:
What a wonderful influence you have been in my life. Thank God for the influence of good people, and these are the best.
Example three: Years ago I lived in a large ward with a great number of youth. I served as the Scoutmaster at a time when there were 53 Scouts in the troop. There was a young man in the ward who was a little older. He was not a Scout nor had he been. His name was Neil Schmitt. We worked in a produce department which had eight full-time and six part-time employees. We were able to help Neil become active in the Church. When he became active he was truly converted. Before I got to know him, I remember seeing him once downtown on a Saturday, about midnight, selling newspapers. I was impressed with his ambition. We used to discuss scriptures at work. We hiked to the peak of Mt. Olympus together.
Years ago there was a millpond in the Salt Lake area that was a young man's dream of the ideal swimming hole. It was a large pond down in a gully. On the rear side it had a six-foot bank straight down to the water. It was kept filled from a large underground spring. A large tree on the bank leaned out over the pond. The pond was deep, and someone had nailed a board for a platform about six feet up the tree. This was about 12 feet above the water. There was another diving place at about 18 feet. Then about 10 feet above that was a large branch on which a long rope had been tied so you could swing out over the pond. You could also dive in from that height. You could take the rope, run down the bank, and swing in a giant circle out over the pond. Then you could drop into the pond or swing on around and crash into the tree. It was a great place.
I remember my first experience at the millpond. I challenged Neil that I would be first in the water. We walked down to the pond and changed into our suits. Then Neil hesitated, and I dove in. The next time we went I gave the same challenge. He ran down and changed. He was a sprinter, and I was quite a few steps behind him so he had a head start. Just as Neil was pulling on his swimsuit, I dove into the water partially undressed and beat him. The third time Neil was determined that he would be first in the water. We had challenged each other. This time I knew that Neil meant business. He sprinted ahead of me down to the millpond. I believe he had his suit on under his clothes. I've forgotten. But, by the time I arrived at the pond, Neil was almost ready to dive in. I kicked off my shoes and dove in fully clothed. I beat him. When you are older and not so fast you need to think of shortcuts. All through the years we have had that kind of fun together. Our friendship over the years came from more than a responsibility to activate. I really love him. Over the years Neil has been more than a friend.
Example four: I have a friend named Jay Hassell who was in my Sunday School class years ago. We have kept in touch over the years. Along with the rest of the class, we hiked to the peak of Mt. Timpanogos. We went swimming down at Rockport. I attended football and basketball games he played in. I was with him when he did some amazing things in track. He was a competitor to the core. He was a high school student body president. He served a great mission in France, returned home, went to medical school, and now is an orthopedic surgeon.
A few years ago I was invited as a member of the Young Men General Presidency to attend a regional youth conference in the eastern United States. When I got off the plane, Jay and his wife were there to meet me. We were both filled with emotion. I wept. He wept. His father had passed away some time before, and I gave this sweet young friend a fatherly hug. We spent two days together. Now the years have passed, and Jay has been a great blessing in the life of my son Lawrence. Although we do not spend much time together, I love him dearly and am grateful for his interest and love. Jay has served as a bishop and is now serving in a mission presidency. Jay Hassell, I want you to know you have been a great influence in my life.
Now these young men have always been faithful. I know that they have had faith in Christ all their lives. Good and faithful young men need leaders who care. We want all you wonderful young men who are active in the Church to know that we love you—that we are terribly proud of you. Thank you for your activity. Thanks for being consistent. Thanks for your participation and for holding fast to the iron rod. The active and faithful also need good friends with strong faithful testimonies. We need the Church and we need the activities and programs which hold us close to good leaders and strong peers and which strengthen our testimonies through critical years.
God bless all of you young men for your righteousness. We are grateful you have believing hearts, like my four young associates over the years. It means a great deal to us that you are not rebellious, that you have tended to your duty. We love you and we are humbled by your goodness. Now we know you are being tempted and that it is not easy to maintain your purity, but you are doing the right thing. It is easier to walk through the tempestuous years of a thousand voices if you are active and associating with good people like Dene, Dennis, Neil, and Jay and hundreds more. It is good to spend fun times at the millpond, floating rivers, hiking to mountain peaks, participating in seminary, ward dances, parties, and all the other wonderfully fun things we do as members of the Church.
The service projects we do together bring joyous memories. No other service activity compares to helping someone remain active in the Church, or activating or converting someone presently not involved. I know the Lord is pleased when we care for the poor, the widow, the orphan, the ugly, the lonely, the beautiful, the wealthy, the dull, the bright—all of God's children.
Now to all of you who are within the sound of my voice—the Denes, Dennises, Neils, and Jays, and a hundred thousand more—go out after those who are not attending. You have a sacred responsibility to reach out and bring to others the glorious blessings, the fun, and the excitement of this wonderful church. Hardly a good mother or father goes to bed at night but they have a deep prayer in their hearts and on their knees for a wayward son or daughter. They grieve deeply. They need us. We can help. Let us go out after them. We can be the "others" in their lives.
There is a poem that shares the tender feelings of a loving mother:
("Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" in A Treasury of the Familiar, ed. Ralph L. Woods, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1978, p. 465.)
In February 1986 Vice President George Bush shared this inspiring story at the national meetings of the Boy Scouts of America:
"Way back in 401 B.C., a young Persian prince named Cyrus hired an army of 10,000 Greek soldiers to help him take the Persian throne away from his brother. Cyrus and his Greek companions marched 1500 miles overland from the western edge of Turkey, through the deserts of Syria, and onto the plains of Iraq. They met the Persian king and the army near what is now Baghdad. The Greeks won the battle, but they lost the war when Cyrus was killed in the day's action, and that left the Greeks and their army in a terrible fix. They no longer had any cause to proceed further; they couldn't retreat eastward, for no food remained on the land, and to the north, mountains, which we know today as the wilds of Kurdistan, and the highlands of Georgia and Armenia were all inhabited by savage mountain tribes. And to make things worse, the Greek commanding general and his entire staff of officers had gone to a conference with the Persians under safe conduct, and they had been assassinated. And that seemed to leave absolutely no alternative to the Greeks but to surrender and throw themselves on the mercy of the Persians. Some of you will remember this. One of the Greeks, a private in the ranks named Xenephon, had a different idea, and he voiced it to his Greek comrades: 'Notice that our enemies lacked the courage to fight us until they seized our general. They think that we are defeated because our officers are dead, but we'll show them that they turned us all into generals. Instead of one general, they'll have 10,000 generals against them.' The Greeks' spirits rallied and they resolved to fight their way through the mountains. Xenephon turned out to be a brilliant strategist and his army of 10,000 generals did reach safety, 2500 miles and four months later. Perhaps the most celebrated march of that time, celebrated escape, if you will, in western history" (comments at the 75th Anniversary Dinner of the Boy Scouts of America, 7 Feb. 1985, Washington, D.C.).
Let us turn 10,000 young men of the Aaronic Priesthood into shepherds, then 100,000, and eventually 800,000 young men and more into shepherds. We must not fail. There is too much at stake. God bless you, our young shepherds. As you search for the flock you will secure yourself a high place in the Lord's book of the elect.


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The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples has decided to protest the government's austerity measures... with FIRE.
A crazed museum director in Naples burned one of his own institution's paintings yesterday, and is threatening to destroy three more each week until Italy decides to better fund the arts.
A platoon of Italian commandos has taken up position around the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in preparation of storming in with flash-bangs and beanbag guns. Actually, no: There's no indication that the Italian authorities care one whit about this wanton attack on the nation's cultural heritage. And that's kind of Manfredi's point. As he told the BBC, "Our 1,000 artworks are headed for destruction anyway because of the indifference of the government."
Italy's debt crisis has led politicians to pass a number of harsh cuts, which have dinged museums and other cultural institutions. Manfredi has been trying to draw attention to the economic starvation of his museum for some time, reports the BBC:
Last year, he announced he had written a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel asking for asylum, saying he was
fed up with the government's failure to protect Italy's rich cultural heritage.
He said he would take his entire museum with him if the asylum was granted, but never received a reply.
To commence his "Art War," as he calls the fiery pogrom against Casoria's treasures, Manfredi lit up a painting of a flower by French artist Severine Bourguignon, who watched in approval via webcam. One would've hoped that Manfredi would begin with one of his own artworks, but nope – maybe that's a perk of being the museum director.
So will Italy recover in time to save Casoria? Perhaps. At the rate of three incinerations a week, it will take the museum until 2019 to completely deplete its stock.
Top photo of museum director Antonio Manfredi by an unnamed Reuters stringer.


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If you're not familiar with the name Bryce Jenkinson yet, you soon will be. The 2015 inside linebacker prospect from Greenville (Ohio) has earned plenty of attention from college coaches and recruiters after a strong start to the camp tour making an appearance at the Rivals Camp Series top in Dublin (Ohio) coupled with a strong junior season at Greenville high school.
The 6-foot-1, 224-pound linebacker already holds offers from Toledo, Kent State, Ball State, Miami (Ohio) and recently picked one up from Yale. Several other schools are starting to take notice and have been reaching out to Jenkinson.
"I've been receiving really strong interest from Ohio University, Cincinnati, and Michigan State recently," Jenkinson said.
Jenkinson spoke with the Cincinnati coaching staff on Thursday night and had a positive call as the Bearcats are looking to get him on campus for a visit.
"The call went great," Jenkinson added. "They are super excited. I'll be going down to campus the first week of June for a visit."
Out of any of the teams that are in on Jenkinson, does any one team hold an edge at this point of the process?
"Toledo is the coaching staff that I have the best relationship with right now," said Jenkinson. "I would definitely say that Toledo is the top school out of my offers."
2013 was a strong showing by Jenkinson on the field and he finished the season with 133 tackles (43 solo, 90 assisted) in a 10 game season. Add to those totals a pair of quarterback sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery and it is easy to see why teams are impressed when they pop in Jenkinson's tape.
Jenkinson plans to hit the road and work the camp circuit this summer and in addition to his visit to Cincinnati also has plans to hit the Nike camp in Columbus (Ohio) in June as well as a stop at Michigan State's team camp and the potential of a visit to the Ohio State team camp.
With the increased interest from more schools, has this had any effect on when Jenkinson would like to make a decision?
"At first I had planned on committing right before my senior season began," Jenkinson explained. "However, if things go well, I could commit sooner, maybe as early as sometime this summer."
As a young man with a lot of options for where he will play his college football, it can often be tough to narrow down schools that interest you or to decide where you want to go. What does the linebacker look at to determine the right fit for him?
"Great academics. Academics are definitely at the top of my list for choosing where I want to go," Jenkinson added. "I also want to make sure I go somewhere with a great football program and find a staff and team that show great leadership qualities."


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The Miami Heat have plenty of haters, but the Oklahoma City Thunder can claim a big-time Hader. "Saturday Night Live" star Bill Hader, a Tulsa native, talks up the Thunder before Game 2.
Dolphins wide receiver Chad Ochocinco roots his new hometown team to its 100-96 victory against Oklahoma City Thursday. He is joined by this man in black -- at least when the Saints choose their dark uniforms.
Will where the hell you been... Heat got this big bruh RT @iWillSmith: @ochocinco Who you got Chad? #NBAFINALS
— Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) June 15, 2012
Smith, a defensive end for New Orleans, has been suspended for the first four games of the season. He kept his followers updated throughout the game. He is pretty pleased with the outcome:
Let's bring it to Miami!! Get these dudes out of here!! #NBAFINALS #HEAT
— Will Smith (@iWillSmith) June 15, 2012
Jeff Gordon stays up a bit too late to cheer on the Thunder:
Way past my bedtime but this game has gotten too good to sleep. #NBAFinals
— Jeff Gordon (@JeffGordonWeb) June 15, 2012
In the sounds-like-NASCAR department, the other Jimmy Johnson (the one with the "y" and those two Super Bowl rings) reinforces his South Florida ties:
My Heat going to make this finals VERY interesting!
— Jimmy Johnson (@JimmyJohnson) June 15, 2012
Away from the court, Minnesota's Ricky Rubio puts his followers through quite a workout:
#staypositive @rickyrubio9 twitter.com/MNTimberwolves…
— MN Timberwolves (@MNTimberwolves) June 14, 2012
A major coaching announcement in the Premier League set Twitter abuzz on Friday. The below-mentioned Spurs reside in Tottehman, not San Antonio:
Unless Spurs get Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, Michael Laudrup to Swansea is the sexiest managerial appointment of the summer
— Liam Twomey (@liam_twomey) June 15, 2012
After offering his English teammates some scoring tips, suspended striker Wayne Rooney will be cheering them on vs. Sweden:
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— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) June 15, 2012
The Kings celebrate their Stanley Cup crown and the NHL offers this championship-eye perspective of the festivities:
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— NHL (@NHL) June 14, 2012
Finally, today's "aw, shucks" image of the day comes courtesy of Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald:
Devin & I had fun @ fan fest last night what a turn out 15k fans. Just broke mini camp 40 days to training camp opens. twitter.com/LarryFitzgeral…
— Larry Fitzgerald (@LarryFitzgerald) June 14, 2012
• Just how young are Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant? Well, they look up to Micheal Cera and Carly Rae Jepsen on the celebrity age chart. (Buzzfeed)
• Oh, heavens no! Kevin Marcus Ellison of the Spokane Shock Arena League jumped from his burning third-floor apartment, reportedly after he started a fire with a marijuana cigarette because "God had told him to," authorities said. (The Spokesman-Review)
• Who says it isn't always about the money? Check out the monetary prize breakdown from this weekend's U.S. Open. (GolfBlogger.Co.UK.)
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Historical Background
"Many are called, but few are chosen" (D&C 121:40). Such is the story of James Covill, a man called by a personal revelation through the Prophet Joseph Smith to labor in the Lord's vineyard, and a man who failed to give heed to the counsel given him. Every call to serve in the latter-day building of Zion requires personal sacrifice. James Covill had been a minister for about forty years. He was now called to be baptized into the Lord's Church and to preach the gospel. To accept such a call would require him to forsake many of his former beliefs, to confess to his followers that he had now found a fulness of the truth, and to move to Ohio to join the Saints. It would also require that he find another way to make a living.
Shortly after the Church conference of 2 January 1831, the Prophet Joseph Smith recorded: "There was a man came to me by the name of James Covill, who had been a Baptist minister for about forty years, and covenanted with the Lord that he would obey any command that the Lord would give to him through me, as His servant, and I received the following: [D&C 39]." (History of the Church, 1:143.)
Marvelous promises had been made to James Covill if he would obey the word of the Lord that had been given to him. What thoughts might have filled his mind as he contemplated leaving the ministry he had been engaged in for forty years? What sacrifices would be required of him to join the Church and move to Ohio? Whatever his thoughts, James Covill decided to reject the revelation of God. The Prophet Joseph Smith recorded simply: "As James Covill rejected the word of the Lord, and returned to his former principles and people, the Lord gave unto me and Sidney Rigdon the following revelation [D&C 40], explaining why he obeyed not the word" (History of the Church, 1:145).
Notes and Commentary
D&C 39:5–6. James Covill Was Taught the True Gospel
Elder Bruce R. McConkie explained the significance of the word gospel:
"The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan of salvation. …
"Literally, gospel means good tidings from God or God-story. Thus it is the glad tidings or good news concerning Christ, his atonement, the establishment of his earthly kingdom, and a possible future inheritance in his celestial presence. 'And this is the gospel,' the Prophet recorded by way of revelation, 'the glad tidings, which the voice out of the heavens bore record unto us—That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness; That through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him.' (D. & C. 76:40–42.)" (Mormon Doctrine, pp. 331–32.)
In Doctrine and Covenants 39:5–6, the Lord explained to James Covill that repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost are essential if one would receive Christ.
D&C 39:7–9. With What Problem Had James Covill Been Plagued in the Past?
Verse 9 indicates that James Covill had rejected the Lord many times because of pride and the cares of the world. Little is known about James Covill, other than what Joseph Smith recorded. It is therefore impossible to say what things he had done that caused the Lord to give him this solemn warning. But Elder Spencer W. Kimball gave modern Saints a similar warning:
"Frequently, pride gets in our way and becomes our stumbling block. But each of us needs to ask himself the question: 'Is your pride more important than your peace?'
"All too frequently, one who has done many splendid things in life and made an excellent contribution will let pride cause him to lose the rich reward to which he would be entitled otherwise." (Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 297; see also D&C 121:34–40.)
D&C 39:10–11. The "Iffy" Blessings
In these verses the use of the word if is an indication that the blessings James Covill was to receive were conditional. President Harold B. Lee said:
"I sat in a class in Sunday School in my own ward one day, and the teacher was the son of a patriarch. He said he used to take down the blessings of his father, and he noticed that his father gave what he called 'iffy' blessings. He would give a blessing, but it was predicated on … 'if you will cease doing that.' And he said, 'I watched these men to whom my father gave the "iffy" blessings, and I saw that many of them did not heed the warning that my father as a patriarch had given, and the blessings were never received because they did not comply.'
"You know, this started me thinking. I went back into the Doctrine and Covenants and began to read the 'iffy' revelations that have been given to the various brethren in the Church. If you want to have an exercise in something that will startle you, read some of the warnings that were given through the Prophet Joseph Smith to Thomas B. Marsh, Martin Harris, some of the Whitmer brothers, William E. McLellin—warnings which, had they heeded, some would not have fallen by the wayside. But because they did not heed, and they didn't clear up their lives, they fell by the wayside, and some had to be dropped from membership in the Church." (In Conference Report, Oct. 1972, p. 130; or Ensign, Jan. 1973, pp. 107–8.)
D&C 39:19–24. The Second Coming of Christ Is Imminent
In this revelation given in 1831, the Lord revealed some important truths about His Second Coming:
The kingdom of heaven is at hand (see v. 19).
The servants of God are to prepare the way for His coming (see v. 20).
No one knows the day and hour of His coming (see v. 21).
Those who receive the Holy Ghost will be looking for His coming and will know Him (see v. 23).
He will come quickly (see v. 24).
Elder Bruce R. McConkie said: "We do not know when the calamities and troubles of the last days will fall upon any of us as individuals or upon bodies of the Saints. The Lord deliberately withholds from us the day and hour of his coming and of the tribulations which shall precede it—all as part of the testing and probationary experiences of mortality. He simply tells us to watch and be ready." (In Conference Report, Apr. 1979, pp. 132–33; or Ensign, May 1979, p. 93.)
D&C 40:1–2. Why Did James Covill Reject the Word of the Lord?
President Joseph Fielding Smith explained that James Covill "was convinced of the truth, for it is clear that the Lord revealed to him things which he and the Lord alone knew to be the truth. However, when he withdrew from the influence of the Spirit of the Lord and had time to consider the fact that he would lose the fellowship of the world, and his place and position among his associates, he failed and rejected the promises and blessings which the Lord offered him." (Church History and Modern Revelation, 1:174.)
The Lord, in His explanation of James Covill's rejection, used language from the parable of the soils (see Matthew 13:1–9; 20–22).


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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — The expanse of blue ocean seen from the living room of this coastal home seems almost endless. Sometimes, as day gives way to evening, a line of pink stretches like a crayon scrawl in the sky.
Margrit Ucar fell instantly for the panorama. Even before her husband, Manas, had a chance to see the house, she knew it was where they would raise their two young daughters, twins Margo and Grace.
Twenty years later, the home with the breathtaking view is where investigators say father, mother, daughters and a grandmother killed themselves.
Late in 2008, after a six-month investigation, detectives closed the case. Sometime in early May, the exact date unknown, Margo and Grace, both 21; Fransuhi Kesisoglu, 72; and Manas, 58, committed suicide with Vicodin, sleeping pills and antidepressants, they said. Only Margrit did not have drugs in her system. As Manas lay unconscious from the overdose, she shot him in the chest. Then she put the gun into her mouth and fired.
Investigators are at a loss as to why. So are friends and family. There were no indications of marital troubles or psychological problems. No one was in financial straits, and detectives found no evidence of bad health.
"There's just nothing there," said Orange County sheriff's Detective Dan Salcedo, who has been trying to decipher the case since late May. "I'd like to find something, have something, some possible reason to give the family some closure.
"If there were any problems," he said, "they certainly kept it to themselves."
Manas came to the United States in the 1970s from Istanbul, where he was part of a tight-knit community of Armenians who had migrated from Zara, a small town in central Turkey.
Everyone knew of one another. They knew Manas' father, a tailor who could not find work in the big city, and his brothers. They knew of Manas' successes as a student. But they knew little else about him, said Antranik Zorayan, a leader of a small community of Zara immigrants who now live in Southern California.
Most years, Manas was busy studying. He earned a degree in engineering before moving to the United States for graduate study. Soon after completing his studies, he took a job teaching in the engineering department at Syracuse University in New York.
"He was a very, very calm person," recalled Bruce Pounder, a former student. "He was very smart and very generous with his time and willingness to help students like me."
Margrit joined him in Syracuse. She had been raised in Turkey by Kesisoglu, who family members said was her mother. Margrit told friends that Kesisoglu was actually an older sister who raised her from a very young age, a claim family members deny.
Margrit was a doctor but couldn't practice in the United States because she lacked the proper credentials. In 1986, Margo and Grace were born.
The family bought the hilltop estate in San Clemente, about 60 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, where they would be near Margrit's and Manas' brothers, and settled into their new lives.
Through Manas' work as an accident investigator, a lucrative profession that relied on his engineering background, they became close to a nearby couple, attorney Glenn Rosen and wife, Peggy, but seemed to have few other acquaintances.
Margrit's daughters were her life, the Rosens said. Starting in 1992, she operated a jewelry shop named Margaux Grace after the girls at a high-end mall in Newport Beach.
When the twins graduated from high school and enrolled at the University of California, San Diego, Manas and Margrit followed, renting a house where they all lived together for much of the time during the years the girls were in school. Margrit told friends that she wanted to tutor the girls as they prepared for medical school.
The girls distinguished themselves as premed students. They continued doing everything together; they took the same classes, wore the same kind of clothing — dark shirts and pants, large gold crosses around their necks — worked as teaching assistants in the same class and interned together at a psychiatric center.
Margo and Grace finished their degrees in biology a year ago, one semester ahead of schedule. In mid April, the family, accompanied by Kesisoglu, went on a cruise to Mexico. After they returned, the girls went back to their internship at the psychiatric center and Manas returned to work.
On May 3, someone used the family's transponder to access their community vehicle gate. That was the last sign of them.
The home provides no clues to what happened in their final hours. There was no food on the table, no dishes in the sink. Everything was clean and put away. The girls and Kesisoglu apparently washed the pills down with water — half-empty glasses were found nearby. The twins lay side by side on a bed in the master bedroom; Kesisoglu was next to them, on a chaise.
Investigators believe Margo, Grace and their grandmother were dead by the time Margrit, using a gun she bought years ago, shot Manas. Then she turned the gun on herself. His death was ruled a homicide, but investigators believe he took so much Vicodin he would have died anyway.
It was weeks before anyone found them. On May 25, after trying repeatedly to reach the family, the brothers arrived at the house. It was Margrit's birthday. By then, the five bodies were badly decomposed. Detectives say the family had been dead three weeks.
Manas' and Margrit's will was not updated, although they often are in cases of suicide. There was no paperwork indicating the couple was heading toward divorce. There were no unusual phone calls or notes, "no indication that somebody was going to do something," Salcedo said.
"Everybody seemed to be content with their lives."


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Grand Junction tops Glenwood 7-0
Grand Junction won every match in straight sets as the Tigers opened the girls tennis season with a 7-0 nonleague win over Glenwood Springs.
Grand Junction got 6-0, 6-0 wins from Carolena Campos at No. 1 singles and its No. 3 doubles team of Anjana Thapa and Jessi Smith. Dropping just one game in getting their wins were Morgan Mantlo at No. 2 singles, Sarah Megan Erb at No. 3 singles and the No. 2 doubles team of Mariah Prinster and Kristin Balke.


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Cairo, Jan 16 (IANS) At least three people were killed and seven injured when an eight-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian city Alexandria Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
The building was illegally constructed on a narrow street. Though it was built five years ago, digging was on for sanitation services, residents said.


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$925 4 bed 3127 S PERRY ST, MONTGOMERY AL, 36105
Previously Listed $925 4 bed
3127 S PERRY ST, South Hull, Montgomery, 36105
Commute to Downtown Montgomery
This apartment is in the South Hull neighborhood in Montgomery. Nearby parks include Bellingrath Park, Lower Cloverdale Park and Taylor Field.
3127 S PERRY ST has a Walk Score of 53 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
3127 S. Perry St., Montgomery, AL 36105Bedrooms: 4; 2.5 Bathrooms, 2.5; Price $925Deposit $200 for Voucher Holders. Close to Bellingrath Middle and Sidney Lanier High Schools. No credit checks for Voucher holders! This beautiful old Montgomery home is located in the South Hull Street Historic District. It has a formal LR, dining Rm, family room, eat-in-kitchen, an extra large glassed Florida room, patio with cover and toilet, screened side porch, one car garage with storage, and more! This amount of space is excellent for a large family! For more properties like this visit GoSection8.com.
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If you're looking to enhance your fireplace by adding a mantel there are plenty of choices to spark your interest. Fireplace mantels come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, materials and designs. To choose a mantel that best suits your needs and your decor, consider the size of your fireplace as well as available wall space.
A mantel serves as a decorative element for a fireplace and can be a focal point in a room. Whether in a living room, dining room, family room, kitchen or bedroom, a mantel can take a fireplace from ordinary to extraordinary by adding to the fireplace's height; serving as a display shelf for ornamental items, collectibles or artwork; or making a fireplace compatible with surrounding room decor.
Some of the most popular types of mantels are made from stone, wood and marble.
Stone mantels, well suited to large fireplaces, come in many different colors and types of stone, including limestone, granite, concrete and river rock.
Highly popular, wood mantels range from simple, rustic beams to intricately carved shelving. Wood mantels come in many varieties of hardwoods such as cherry, oak and cedar. Unlike stone mantels, wood mantels can be painted or stained.
Marble mantels create an elegant, rich look when placed atop a fireplace. Best suited to formal decor, a marble mantel, due to the hard nature of the material, is sturdy and long-lasting.
Because fireplace mantels are available in many styles, you can choose one that fits your particular decor. Popular mantel styles include Colonial, Victorian, French and rustic.
Colonial mantels, reminiscent of days gone by, bring charm and warmth to a home and serve as a complement to traditional decor and furnishings.
Somewhat ornate and often constructed of dark wood, Victorian mantels usually have elegant carvings or details, lending a more formal feel to a room.
French mantels feature decorative ornamentation that calls to mind the homes of the wealthy and privileged in Europe. This type of mantel, while beautiful, would appear out of place in a relaxed and informal decor.
Ideal for country decor, rustic mantels can be created out of logs, wooden beams, salvaged wood remnants and old doors. Rustic mantels are often left uncluttered, allowing the beauty of the wood itself to be the focal point.
Antique Mantels
An alternative to newly constructed mantels, antique mantels offer timeless beauty, sophistication and unique designs. Antique mantels are often ornate and somewhat heavy due to their size. Because historic fireplaces generally were larger than modern-day fireplaces, an antique mantel may be too large for a recently built fireplace. Before purchasing an antique mantel you should consider how much of the mantel will need to be trimmed to ensure a proper fireplace fit, and whether altering the mantel will affect its beauty and the look you're trying to achieve.
When deciding on the type and style of mantel you want, consider the amount of wall space surrounding your fireplace. Although mantels often extend beyond the width of the fireplace, an overly long mantel may seem disproportionate in size, dwarfing the fireplace and becoming a distracting focal point in the room. A mantel should always enhance your decor, never overwhelm it.
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(LOS ANGELES) — The 2013 American Idol Live! tour dates have been announced. Finalists from season 12 of American Idol will be joined by a finalist from season 11 on this year's trek. The 40-show outing kicks off on June 29 in St. Louis, MO with stops in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, among other cities, before wrapping up in Nashville on August 31.
Season 12 finalists on hand include Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Candice Glover, Curtis Finch Jr., Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Lazaro Arbos and Paul Jolley. They will be joined by finalist Aubrey Cleland, who missed making the top ten, but who was subsequently voted onto the tour by the viewers.
Tickets go on sale at AEGlive.com and AmericanIdol.com/tour at 10 a.m. local time on May 3. For every tour ticket purchased, American Idol Live! will donate $1 to the Melanoma Research Alliance which funds research to help cure melanoma, a skin disease ranked among the fastest growing cancers.
Here's a complete list of American Idol Live! tour dates:
6/29 — St. Louis, MO, Chaifetz Arena
6/30 — Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center
7/2 — Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
7/5 — Detroit, IL, Joe Louis Arena
7/6 — Rosemont, IL, Allstate Arena
7/8 — Tulsa, OK, BOK Center
7/10 — Broomfield, CO, 1STBANK Center
7/12 — Las Vegas, NV, Mandalay Bay Events Center
7/13 — Ontario, CA, Citizens Business Bank Arena
7/14 — Oakland, CA, Oracle Arena
7/19 — Kent, WA, ShoWare Center
7/20 — Portland, OR, Rose Garden
7/22 — Sacramento, CA, Sleep Train Arena
7/23 — Los Angeles, CA, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
7/24 — Phoenix, AZ, Comerica Theatre
7/27 — Grand Prairie, TX, Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
7/28 — Houston, TX, Reliant Arena
7/30 — New Orleans, LA, UNO Lakefront Arena
8/1 — Orlando, FL, Amway Center
8/2 — Miami, FL, AmericanAirlines Arena
8/4 — Duluth, GA, The Arena at Gwinnett Center
8/5 — N. Charleston, SC, North Charleston Coliseum
8/6 — Knoxville, TN, Thompson-Boling Arena
8/8 — Charlotte, NC, Time Warner Cable Arena
8/9 — Fairfax, VA, Patriot Center
8/12 — Trenton, NJ, Sun National Bank Center
8/14 — Newark, NJ, Prudential Center
8/15 — Long Island, NY, Nassau Coliseum
8/16 — Atlantic City, NJ, Arena at Trump Taj Mahal
8/17 — Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena
8/19 — Boston, MA, Agganis Arena at Boston University
8/20 — Manchester, NH, Verizon Wireless Arena
8/21 — Providence, RI, Dunkin' Donuts Center
8/23 — Bridgeport, CT, Webster Bank Arena
8/24 — Reading, PA, Sovereign Center
8/25 — Youngstown, OH, Covelli Centre
8/27 — Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
8/29 — Columbus, OH, Schottenstein Center
8/30 — Louisville, KY, KFC Yum! Center
8/31 — Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
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Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: Sample Parameters File?
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Why am I mucking around with this? The parameter-override (this) mechanism is the only way I've found to set the "DefaultMaster" parameter of acs-subsite so that all subsequently created subsites pickup this value automatically.
It's a little odd (I think) that when I use the "install.xml" mechanism to set the acs-subsite DefaultMaster parameter, it doesn't cause new subsites to use the defined value. However, install.xml does work as expected when setting parameters of an 'instance' of acs-subsite. Very subtle...
The answer in AS4 is to convert the .ini to .tcl and source the file from you serviceN.tcl startup script. This can be accomplished with ini2tcl.tcl found in the aolserver source distribution.
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With the checks now in the U.S. Treasury, a judge closed the contempt of court action against Wells Fargo on Wednesday.
Although U.S. District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen Jr. was close to dropping the financial penalty against the bank for contempt of court, he changed his mind after the court received documentation that proved Wells Fargo's assertions in court Feb. 11 were false.
"More than anything else, this matter must be put to rest. Wells Fargo's efforts to exculpate its corporate self have had only the effect of tarnishing its collective credibility by miscommunications which are ... disingenuous at best (and deceptive at worst)," Bowen wrote in his order.
Wells Fargo, one of the country's largest banks, landed in trouble after it repeatedly failed to comply with court orders.
Bowen found the bank in civil and criminal contempt of court at a Feb. 11 hearing. The final straw was an 11-day delay in the receipt of an $8,000 check out of the bank account of a convicted bank robber — Andrew Nelson, who robbed a Wells Fargo branch on Jan. 5, 2013.
Bowen ordered the bank to pay a $5,000 penalty for criminal contempt of court and $2,500 for civil contempt of court. The fines were paid immediately, Bowen noted, and a $8,000 check was turned over to the clerk's office after the hearing.
The original $8,000 check that the bank's attorneys said was issued and mailed Feb. 5 wasn't sent until Feb. 10, Bowen noted. That check was received on Tuesday.
In his order, Bowen wrote that one of the $8,000 checks would be returned to Wells Fargo.


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Enviros target George LeMieux with TV ad
An arm of the League of Conservation Voters says it has bought a "substantial" amount of Tampa Bay TV time to air this ad chastising George LeMieux for supporting the so-called Murkowski Resolution to strip away the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
It's the worst oil disaster in American history. And Floridians are bracing for the consequences. But at a time when we need leaders who will fight for Florida's economy and environment, Senator George LeMieux voted to let oil companies off the hook and overturn pollution rules. Senator, when you fight to protect our coasts, we're with you. But when you stand with Big Oil, you let us down. Call Senator LeMieux. Tell him not to disappoint us again, and to support a strong, clean energy future.


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New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday unveiled its much-awaited compact SUV Vitara Brezza at the Auto Expo 2016.
Vitara Brezza is powered by 200 DDiS engine that is mated to a five-speed manual transmission. While it will initially be available in diesel variant, the company said it is working on a petrol trim.
"In 'Suzuki Next 100', our mid-term management plan, India is positioned as the most strategic market and production base. I am proud to introduce the brand new Vitara Brezza. It is developed under a unique process to design, with a special focus on taste and values of Indian customers," Suzuki Motor Corporation President and COO T Suzuki said.
Meanwhile, Kenichi Ayukawa, managing director and CEO of Maruti Suzuki India said, " Vitara Brezza is true to its category of a compact urban SUV. It is muscular, bold and sporty, with a district presence. It offers style and glamour, and features and customization never seen before in SUVs in India."
The SUV will face a stiff competition against the likes of Mahindra TUV300 and Ford EcoSport in the Indian market. (ANI)


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The lowdown on the upcoming Olympic venue
For visitors to the Winter Olympics, Sochi may feel like a landscape from a dream - familiar and strange at once.
Palm trees evoke a tropical seaside resort, but the Black Sea itself is seriously cold.
Turn away from the palms and the jagged, snow-covered peaks of the Caucasus Mountains rise nearby.
Lively and garish modern buildings mix with Stalin Gothic piles, like trophy wives on the arms of elderly men.
Billboards are written in an alphabet where some letters sound exactly how you'd think, others mean something else and the rest are flat-out alien.
What may seem oddest of all is the city's cheerful and relaxed aura in a country stereotyped as dour.
Even a local statue of Vladimir Lenin catches the casual vibe.
Sochi is a resort city that's often called the Russian Riviera. If you've never been, this is what you can expect:
Rather like New York City, Sochi is a sprawling municipality, incorporating four boroughs. Confusingly, one of the four is called Sochi.
All the Olympic events take place in the Adler borough, though the snow sports venues are often referred to as being in specific settlements such as Krasnaya Polyana and Esto-Sadok.
Sochi borough is more or less the Manhattan of the city, home to the best restaurants, coolest clubs and the main cultural institutions.
The urban part of Adler also has attractive restaurants. But while its attractions are relatively cosmopolitan and its coastline is 90 miles long (145 kilometres), Sochi is not a big city population-wise, with only about 350,000 inhabitants.
Volunteer staff at Olympics test events spoke excellent English and sometimes struck up conversations to improve their skills (or show off).
But outside the Olympic venues and large hotels, communication in languages other than Russian is likely to be difficult.
The Games' organising committee recommends that mobile device users download a translation app.
The Cyrillic alphabet isn't as hard as it may look, and spending a couple of hours to master it brings sizeable rewards.
Rain, snow, sun, fog, warmish, cold - a few days at the Olympics likely will include them all.
On the coast, where the ice sports and opening and closing ceremonies take place, daytime temperatures should be about 50F (10C) and freezing is unlikely.
In the mountains, temperatures generally don't get severely cold; at the lower elevations, where ski-jumping and sliding sports take place, the prospect of rain and above-freezing temperatures is a concern.
Russian cooking can be hard on the waistline but good for the taste buds.
Even nominally low-calorie soups such as the beet-based borscht boost their count when a large dollop of sour cream is added.
Pelmeni, dumplings filled with minced meat or vegetables, meet almost everyone's taste.
Entrees often come without additional items, so potatoes and other vegetables must be ordered separately.
Russia has a wine industry of sorts, but refined palates may find it disappointing.
Vodka, seen as both Russia's treasure and its curse, is often ordered by the gram, with 100 grams (3.5 ounces) the standard to get the night started.
Sochi also a good place to sample the food of nearby Georgia.
Downtown Sochi and Adler both have seaside promenades, complet with tacky souvenir stands, lively bars and restaurants.
Sochi also has an attractive passenger harbor and an art museum.
The most idiosyncratic attraction may be Sochi's extensive mountainside botanical garden, the Dendrarium, with an unusual array of plants showing the variable climate.
A swim in the Black Sea may make an unusual Winter Olympics memory. The beaches are stony and the water temperature will be about 50F (10C); concerns have been raised about pollution in the sea around Dagomys, north of downtown Sochi.
Although most of Sochi's sports facilities will be devoted to the games, the Gornaya Karusel ski area expects to have some slopes open to the public, organisers say.
A classic Russian way to while away an afternoon is a trip to the banya, like a sauna but somewhat steamier.
Local tourist agencies offer other excursions. These include day trips to the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia, but visitors will need a double-entry Russian visa to get back into Sochi, and travel to the rest of Georgia is forbidden to those who come to Abkhazia from the Russian side.
A trip to Sochi can be a jumping-off point for exploring other parts of Russia, notably Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
February is the most severe of the winter months in both Moscow and Saint Petersburg and visitors to these cities should be prepared for temperatures colder than anything they're likely to experience even in the mountains of Sochi.


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It took some time (quite a bit of time, actually), but the New Haven Hillhouse High School class of 1943 will finally be having prom this Sunday.
Why are moms awesome? Here are (just a few) reasons why moms are awesome.
These funny Photoshop manipulations are one better than "stars without makeup" photos. They aren't just celebrities without makeup -- they're celebrities without stylists, personal chefs or trainers, or expensive clothes. We call it 'Extreme Makeunder: Celebrity Edition.'
If you're anything like us, right now you're probably mentally screaming, "WHAT? What is this?!! How have I never seen this adorable creature anymore?" Don't feel too bad -- it's a quokka, and it lives primarily on some islands off the coast of Australia, and is currently listed as being a "vulnerable" animal. So it's not like they're walking around all over the place.
We would say this impressive, but it seems more appropriate to say this kid is the uber-little brother. Breaking into his sister's room? Check. Stealing her stuff? Check. Doing it in a manner that makes it hard to prove it was him? Check.
To be fair, we can't say schadenfreude, but that doesn't mean we aren't having a good chuckle at these Germans struggling with the word "squirrel."
Here it is. The bit that puts Seth MacFarlane either on a course to success or so many hours of suck. William Shatner seemed like an ... odd choice, but maybe it's a sign that this is just the beginning of a four-hour episode of 'Family Guy.'
Last night's Golden Globes were certainly filled with some memorable moments. The Tommy Lee Jones death stare, Taylor Swift's disapproving face, Adele's delightful acceptance speech. But today most people are talking about Jodie Foster's sort of rambling acceptance speech for the Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award.
Al Roker truly is a man of the people. He loses weight. He makes jokes. He video bombs 'Today Show' segments by freezing in place. And apparently he can't resist telling everybody when he has a little accident at the White House. The admission, which came out during an interview on 'Dateline,' has him catching all kinds of flak, but we have to admit we're impressed.
It's that special time of year when people take all the funny things that happen and make them all into one big thing. Here, for example, are the best funny news bloopers of 2012.
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"Very Prejudice Review"
I love this writer team. I love the series. They call this book a spin off because it does not feature the main romantic couple from the other books, but for those who have read any of the books after book 1, these are characters who have constantly been there and have independent, unique, and non-flattened personalities. This book is simply another great example of the solid writing style I expect from this author.
As for the reading, I enjoyed the entire performance. I love the consistency of having the same reader throughout the series. There is a wholeness, a consistency, with the performances that makes it easy to want to listen to the whole series everytime I think about listening to one of the books.
I love to read, but I am time-limited. Audible allows me to keep up with all my favorite authors while on the hiking trail. Thanks, Audible!
"Fun listen!"
Gunmetal Magic is a fun journey. Andrea Nash is hired to investigate some pack deaths. To investigate the murders, Nash must interact with Raphael. Some of the truly great characters in this series such as Barabas, Roman, and Aunt B also return. If you like other books by these writers, you will like this book, but I do not suggest starting the series with this book. You should read the Kate Daniel's series first to get full enjoyment out of this book. Renée Raudman is still great.
"I want another Andrea book!"
I love this book, the series, and the narrator! It's the perfect blend of funny and intense.
"A good fantasy detective story/quest."
The book has a good storyline and moves quickly. There are a few too many instances where the narrator has to imitate sounds and noises, especially at the beginning, but overall I'm glad to have listened.
My name is Irene and I'm a lifelong bookaholic. A few years ago, I started adding audiobooks and I'm so happy I joined Audible in 2015 :-))
"Andrea & Raphael's Story"
Andrea & Raphael's story set in a conflict against gods Anubis & Anapa. We learn about Andrea's background & why the Order was so important to her. She fights against one of the last ghosts of her past, and chooses the pack. We also get to see Roman's "good" side & find out a little more about him. Raudman, as always, is the voice of the series.
"I love andrea and rafael, but..."
I think this would have worked as a longer novella or special ebook better than a full book. The story was disjointed and choppy, even though there were several dynamics going on. Andrea coming to terms w herself. Andrea and Rafael working on relationship issues. Andrea finding a place in the pack. The rest of the story should provide the framework that the other issues can be processed from.
Reading is my passion, happy endings the greatest gift an author can give me.
"Another Alpha Bites the Dust"
Ilona Andrews can do no wrong in my books. Their heroines are utterly amazing. Andrea Nash deserved another story and her happily ever after which of course had to be won with sweat, blood -lots of blood- and love. Raphael got under my skin for a bit, however, little by little he earned my respect. This is a story about Andrea coming to terms with her painful and horrible past as well as her acceptance that it is okay to belong.
Raphael and Andrea had broken up in a previous book and how they finally mended their relationship was a thing of beauty and this is why I love Ilona's take on relationships. Andrea and Raphael had to first, rant and vent for a time, then play and flirt and lastly they had to talk about how they hurt each, why they both reacted and did the things they did and finally they accepted each other as they are. So not only did they had to kill a god but they had to fix themselves. All in the day's work for Andrea and Cutting Edge. Oh, and Kate and Curran graced us with their presence and that was awesome.
Ms Raudman is one of my favourite narrators. She has different voices for all characters and does it superbly. She is now part of Kate Daniels universe and hope it never changes.
"Doesn't standalone as well as some spin-off series"
I bought this book because the premise sounded interesting.
I read/listen to a lot of scifi/fantasy & I'm usually pretty quick about grasping the "rules." But Ilona Andrews assumes the reader is familiar with this world & doesn't give a lot of foundation, s/he just plunges into the story & tosses out a few breadcrumbs here & there. I haven't "read" any of the Kate Daniels stories this is spun off from, so I spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out how this universe worked - Boudas are hyena shapeshifters, but they don't have to completely shift, they can partially shift into a hybrid "warrior" form, but there are shapeshifters whose parents were animals that shifted to human & mated with a human and those Beastkins are lower class freaks....What?.
I think I would have enjoyed it more, if I could have understood the rules & who the players were earlier in the story.
As for the narrator, I'm not a fan. The voice she used for Andrea was irritating, both in her human & beastkin forms. A lot of the male characters sounded alike; which would be fine, except she was clearly trying to make each character different. And, at one point, she completely forgot how she had made two characters sound; so, later in the story, when a recording is played of a conversation, the voices were completely different from their previous appearance.
I might try one of the Kate Daniels stories, but at this point, I'll probably go back to a tried & true author & narrator. (I highly recommend Wil Wheaton or Susan Erickson as narrators - both are excellent)
"Keeps getting better, runs deep"
The series keeps getting better and better. This Book has only entertaining value but also deeper themes. I love the way the series is continually developing characters and they grow in nuance and depth. Having a whole novel told from Andrea's point of view is delightful. Definitely one of my favorite books so far this year. The narrator continues to impress. I will definitely find more books narrated by her.
"The start of the addiction"
This is the book that started me on my Ilona Andrews addiction! Unique and creative, I can't get enough!