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Bob Casey's approval ratings are nothing to write home about, but he continues to have a large lead over all of his potential Republican opponents.
38% of Pennsylvania voters approve of the job Casey is doing to 36% who disapprove. A higher than usual 26% have no opinion. Usually a Senator with a 38% approval rating would be in a lot of trouble. But Casey actually has an unusual amount of crossover support from Republicans, with 22% approving of him. The reason his numbers are low is that only 58% of Democrats approve of him to 23% who disapprove. Usually Senators are in the 70-80% range with members of their own party.
Casey may have only 58% of Democrats who approve of the job he's doing, but 76-78% of them still commit to voting for him in the general election against any of his potential Republican opponents. In addition to strong support from the Democratic base he takes anywhere from 17-22% of the GOP vote against his possible foes, and leads with independents by 17-23 points.
It all adds up to a 15-20 point early lead no matter who runs against him. Sam Rohrer comes the closest of the Republicans, trailing by 15 at 49-34. Tom Smith and David Christian trail by 18 points at 49-31 and 50-32 respectively. Marc Scaringi and Steve Welch do the worst, trailing by identical 20 point margins at 49-29.
In addition to being the strongest Republican candidate against Casey Rohrer is also leading the GOP primary field for the time being. He's at 16% to 12% for Tom Smith, 10% for David Christian, 8% for Marc Scaringi, and 5% for Steve Welch. The big winner though is undecided- 48% of voters say they don't yet know who they'll choose.
The indecision among Republican voters is mostly a function of the fact that they don't know who any of these candidates are. Rohrer has the 'highest' name recognition, but even he is known to only 27% of primary voters. Smith has 25% name recognition, and after that it's Marc Scaringi and Steve Welch at 16% and David Christian at 15%.
The one thing that's good news about the GOP hopefuls being so little known is that once one of them becomes the nominee they'll probably pull closer to Casey. In the head to head match ups there are a lot more undecided Republicans than Democrats so once they get around a candidate the race will tighten. But Casey looks like a strong favorite by any measure.
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For USC fans who wondered all week whom head coach Steve Spurrier had chosen to catch the annual off-the-bench pass at Saturday's Garnet and Black Spring Game, watching USC women's basketball coach Dawn Staley haul in a touchdown at the end of the first half was worth the wait.
Gamecock fans speculated in the days leading up to the annual spring game at Williams-Brice Stadium which "local celebrity" Spurrier had tabbed to enter the game off the sideline for one play. Names like Darius Rucker, Patrick Davis, Mayor Steve Benjamin, USC president Harris Pastides, Marcus Lattimore and even Dale Earnhardt Jr. were tossed into the conversation, as was Staley's.
But when senior quarterback Dylan Thompson lobbed a 30-yard pass into an open corner of the end zone with 25 seconds left in the first half, it was Staley - who took over USC's basketball team in 2008 - who ran onto the field from the sideline and caught it.
The three-time Olympic gold medalist used both hands to secure the ball, then went to the ground with it before soaking up the moment with her new football teammates. The play, which Spurrier has run at his spring games since his days at Florida, gave the Black team a 21-10 lead going into halftime.
"The best play of the spring game had to be the catch by wide receiver Dawn Staley," Spurrier said, adding that he was a bit anxious about having Thompson throw the pass from so far away.
Spurrier said he hoped the Black team offense would have driven down to the 10- or 15-yard line before running the play. But with the clock winding down, Spurrier said he had to "hustle it in there" and call for Thompson to throw the ball roughly 45 yards through the air.
"That ball was in the air quite a while, you know," Spurrier said, noting that he wasn't sure Staley would be able to track it down.
"Dawn made an excellent catch," Spurrier said. "Got down with it, and of course, she was in the end zone. She knew to hit the ground with it, so it was an excellent catch."
Spurrier wasn't the only one feeling uneasy before the play.
"That was the most nervous I've ever been throwing a pass," Thompson said. "I didn't know, you know? Basketball and football - it's a different game. I was like, 'Should I throw it hard, soft, whatever?' And she was like: 'Just throw it. I got gloves on.'"
Spurrier said he called Staley Wednesday night to ask if she would be interested, and told her to make sure she didn't let the word out before the game.
"I said: 'I want you to catch the off-the-bench play. You think you can catch it?' Spurrier said. "And she said, 'Coach, I can catch the ball.'"
Spurrier said it was the first time he's ever had a woman catch the off-the-bench pass at a spring game, and speculated that it might have been the first time it's ever happened.
"Have any of y'all ever seen a female off-the-bench play?" Spurrier asked after the game to media members, who shook their heads in response. "Well by golly, we set history today, didn't we? We set history."
Spurrier said he told Staley to try to earn a celebration penalty after the catch, but the referees never called it. After the catch, USC players hoisted Staley up on their shoulders and carried her off the field.
USC running back Mike Davis said he was proud of Staley, and that she did a "terrific job" to hold on to the ball.
Thompson was just as proud, though partly for ulterior motives.
"I was happy she caught it because I would have gotten a lot of junk if she wouldn't have," Thompson said with a grin.
For Spurrier, who brought USC's women's basketball team on to the field at halftime to be recognized in front of the crowd of 36,412, it was the perfect play call.
"It was neat," Spurrier said. "She enjoyed it, and I think her players did also."
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Justin and Jessica Breakup Rumor Rundown: Who Was Miserable and Wanted Out?
By Kat Giantis
A week after Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel announced they were "mutually" pulling the plug on their four-year relationship, speculation continues over what, exactly, caused their bust-up.
In recent days, blame has been placed on everything from Justin's alleged two-timing to his supposed infatuation with Mila Kunis to a rumored fight earlier this month during a ski vacation.
Now, Us Weekly and People magazine weigh in with two different takes on what led them to splitsville.
Timberlake "had been aggressively trying to end things" since the Golden Globes in January, one of his pals tattles to Us. "He hasn't been happy with Jessica for close to two years."
That timeline tracks to the start of repeatedly denied rift rumors ("Justin Says, 'It's Over!'" Us declared in 2009).
"You'd be surprised at how soon the love was lost on this one," JT's friend callously adds. "Justin said he was miserable."
No word on why the crooner-turned-actor didn't just give the romance the Band-Aid treatment: One painful yank and it's done. But the mag says he eventually came clean about his amour apathy after he hit the big 3-0 on Jan. 31.
"He just said he didn't want to marry her and it didn't feel right," relays a source, who says the actress didn't see it coming. "It just stung her in the heart."
RELATED: Justin 'cozy' with Mila at SAG Awards?
Earlier this week, the London Daily Mail claimed that problems were evident at a party Jessica tossed to celebrate Justin's milestone.
During the soiree, she reportedly made a teary-eyed toast about her love for her beau and what he meant to her. His purported response: "Yeah, b-tches!"
People mag, however, has a different take on the commitment chatter, insisting that the nuptial talk had nothing to do with their decision to part ways.
"The topic of marriage wasn't the catalyst or final straw that broke up the relationship," says an insider.
Still, if Us' sequence of events is accurate, Timberlake confessed his ostensible commitment-phobia just as a report surfaced claiming that Biel had been spied checking out engagement rings at jeweler-to-the-stars Neil Lane.
But a Jessica confidant maintains to People that the bauble browsing never happened: "There was no ring shopping. She wasn't even thinking about marriage. That didn't play a part in their breakup at all."
So what did?
According to Us, during his heart-to-heart with Biel, Timberlake sidestepped rumors that his eye had wandered (at times in the apparent direction of Olivia Munn, who is rumored to have received a text from Justin a few months back that read, "My relationship is basically over").
"He didn't admit the cheating, even though we all knew it," snipes a snitch.
RELATED: Olivia talks to Wonderwall about the Justin rumors
But People's source paints a more sympathetic picture of Justin's feelings, saying he is "upset" over the breakup, which came just weeks after the pair got their PDA on while hitting the post-Oscar party circuit.
"They always spent vacations together. They always spent down time together. He was invested in her, in her friends and family," shares the spy. "He was invested in their relationship on a lot of different levels. After four years it's just not easy to walk away from it."
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PRINCETON, N.J (Feb. 19)
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American Jewish physicist who was officially credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb," died at his home here last night at the age of 62. He had been ailing since early last year with cancer of the throat.
Dr. Oppenheimer received the Presidential citation and a Medal of Merit for his role in the development of the atomic bomb which, in the words of the wartime Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, was "largely due to his genius and the inspiration and leadership he has given to his colleagues."
In 1954, he was stripped of his security clearance by the Atomic Energy Commission because of his alleged association with Communists. The same agency, however, nine years later awarded Dr. Oppenheimer the $50,000 Fermi award for "his outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and his scientific and administrative leadership." President Johnson himself presented the award to Dr. Oppenheimer.
Born in New York City, the son of a textile merchant who emigrated from Germany, Dr. Oppenheimer in later life attributed his active interest in social affairs to "a continuing smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany." He later helped rescue a number of relatives from the Nazi holocaust, and bring them to the United States. He served as professor of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton since 1947.
Dr. Oppenheimer was actively associated with the Weizmann Institute of Science at Rehovot, Israel from its inception. He dedicated the Weizmann Institute of Nuclear Science in 1958; was an honorary Fellow of the Weizmann Institute, and a member of its board of governors.


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BAR1 Motorsports won the final three American Le Mans Series races in 2013 and is looking to add a fourth win to the list with Martin Plowman.
Plain City, Ohio – BAR1 Motorsports is eager to announce Martin Plowman as their pro driver for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Martin Plowman has an impressive racing background that includes IndyLights, IndyCar, and most recently clenching a 2013 FIA/WEC LMP2 Championship and 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 win.
The Englishman and Snowball Express Ambassador, Martin, recently announced he will compete in IndyCar Series' "Indy Double" this May, including both the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and Indianapolis 500 with ABC Supply/AJ Foyt Racing. Martin and BAR1 Motorsports will continue to support Snowball Express for the 12 Hours of Sebring, after a successful Snowflake Event at the Rolex 24.
Also thanks must go to Larry Foyt for giving me his blessing to race this weekend. Sebring is such a historic race and one that every driver would love to add to their resume, especially a second time around! This race came as a great surprise to me. I was due to have a quiet weekend at home, but now I'll be busy packing for a week in Florida!"
"We are very excited to have Martin joining us for the 12 hour race," said Brian. "We worked with Martin and Snowball Express at Daytona, and to have him join us as a driver completes the package. Martin's experience in prototype cars will help elevate our entire teams effort over the course of the week. He is a true professional and we are proud to have him be a part of our team."
BAR1 Motorsports will compete in the 2014 62nd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida with a Prototype Challenge entry. BAR1 Motorsports won the final three American Le Mans Series races in 2013 and is looking to add a fourth win to the list with Martin. Brian Alder and BAR1 Motorsports has assembled a driver lineup for the 12 Hours of Sebring that holds a diverse and extensive background which will benefit the team throughout the 12 hours and remainder 2014 season. BAR1 Motorsports will announce their entire 12 Hours of Sebring lineup in the coming week.
The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship will continue their 2014 season at the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 15th.
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On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Kenneth Tilton <kentilton(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote: > > > Martin Gainty wrote: >> >> yes i would suggest using OID >> included in Postgres distro is a sample create table,index named >> fti.pl >> >> does this answer your question? > > oid would have been fine, but I am going with Rodrigo's suggestion to simply > use the returning option on insert which I somehow missed. One of the cool features of returning is that it can return sets. insert into table values ('abc'),('def'),('ghi') returning id; 1 2 3
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Professor says NYU fired him for giving James Franco a D
One of James Franco's NYU professors is suing the university after he was fired for giving the actor a D, the teacher says. What, just because he missed all but two of the 14 classes? C'mon, man, college kids are busy these days.
Jose Angel Santana, 58, told the New York Post he's suing the school because it fired him for the D, which he says the actor earned for skipping 12 of 14 class sessions for his course, Directing the Actor II. He says he suffered first when Franco called him out publicly, then when his own department at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts scolded Santana, then fired him.
"The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that's for sure," Santana said. "The university has done everything in its power to curry favor with James Franco. ... "In my opinion, they've turned the NYU graduate film degree into swag for James Franco's purposes, a possession, something you can buy."
Santana theorizes that since Franco hired Jay Anania, another NYU professor, to write and direct Franco's movie William Vincent, the good grades he was getting from other instructors was simply quid pro quo, the Post reports. Franco, 33, taught a course last fall on turning poetry into short films, the Post points out. Then it's just as well, because seeing Santana at the faculty mixer would have been aaaawkwaaaaaard.
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Two companies with local roots were honored recently, and a local home show set for March seeks exhibitors.
Saratoga Olive Oil Co. garners honors
The Olive Oil Times has named Saratoga Olive Oil Co. in Saratoga Springs one of five olive oil shops with a great selection.
"This shop prides itself on educating the public about olive oil. Presented with an impressive variety of olive oils from around the world, the customer is encouraged to taste different styles before purchasing," Denise Johnson, Olive Oil Times contributor, wrote. "The shop is adorned with beautiful thoroughbred racetrack paintings to reflect the history of Saratoga."
The other four stores Johnson reviewed are in New York City, France and Spain, making the family-owned Saratoga shop honored internationally.
Owned and operated by Clint, Barbara and Chad Braidwood, the Broadway store offers flavored olive oils, gourmet oils, white and red balsamic condimento vinegars, sea salts, local bread and crackers and beauty products.
Find out more about the shop at www.saratogaoliveoil.com.
Vermont Peanut Butter wins honor
A Saratoga native battled startup challenges and even a hurricane to create a delicious product that recently earned top honors.
Vermont Peanut Butter Co. founder, President and CEO Chris Kaiser received the Best New Food Product award at the 2012 Made in New England trade show. Winners were picked from thousands of products.
Boasting Vermont's world-famous maple syrup and an industry-leading 10 grams of protein per serving, maple walnut is one of the company's best sellers.
Kaiser started the business in 2009 with the idea to build a Ben and Jerry's-like company that caters to a healthier crowd, but with the same flare, fun and deliciousness of the now-famous ice cream company.
When Hurricane Irene struck in August 2011, Vermont Peanut Butter lost its entire facility and operation in Waterbury, Vt. -- ironically, the former home of Ben & Jerry's.
Afterward, Kaiser's firm moved into a brand new 5,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility. In 2011, sales were affected significantly, he said, but since then, Vermont Peanut Butter has grown another 200 percent and is now one of the fastest-growing food companies in New England.
"I take my health and the health of those who enjoy my products seriously," Kaiser said. "We take extreme care to develop the most delicious, nutritious and clean products in our market: no hydrogenations, no palm oils, no preservatives, no excess salt or sugars. We are poised to triple our business in 2013 and 2014 with the launch of several new packaging styles, and our new relationships with professional athletes from Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League."
For more, go to vtpeanutbutter.com.
Booths available for home show
Limited space is available for exhibitors at the Saratoga Home & Lifestyle Show, to be held March 1-3 at the Saratoga Springs City Center.
The show will feature more than 120 exhibitors throughout the center's first floor, with a wide range of home improvement, outdoor living, family recreation and lifestyle products and services, as well as prizes.
The show, which will see about 5,000 attendees, is managed by the Saratoga Springs Rotary Club to raise funds for the club's donations to community organizations, youth scholarships and humanitarian aid. Formerly called the Home & Garden Show, this event will mark its 40th anniversary in 2013.
Show hours at the City Center will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 1; from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2; and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 3. Admission is $6 for adults, $1 for kids ages 5 through 12 and free for those 5 and younger.
Remaining booths are available at prices starting at $715. Go to www.rotaryhomeshow.com.
Businesses interested in a booth can contact Heather Kisselback at 932-1367 or email@example.com.
Check out "In the Biz" at inthebizsaratoga.blogspot.com.


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A week and a half ago, an ITV documentary which was investigating Colonel Gaddhafi's alleged support of the IRA contained footage of a helicopter being shot down by terrorists. The episode was the first of ITV's "Exposure" series. The issue was that the footage was instantly recognized by ArmA II fans as a clip from a gameplay trailer for the PC first person shooter.
The television studio is now in hot water with the UK's media regulator, Ofcom, who has announced that the company will be investigating the matter. According to The Guardian, the series producers claim they had intended to use actual 1988 IRA footage, but the "other footage" was accidentally included. Of course, this begs the question of why there was ArmA II footage in the studio at all.
Bohemia Interactive CEO Marek Spanel was shocked and subtly pleased by the controversy regarding his military shooter, stating: "Sometimes creativity and realism in our games lead into crazy results and this is one of such example. I just briefly watched the entire documentary and I still can not believe it as it is overall very serious and lengthly feature. We are surprised our games apparently may look real enough to some users already that they can not tell it is not real life footage."
Below is the actual clip of the news piece, since the original documentary was pulled from YouTube.
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Activity note: PLEASE NOTE: Order of some activities may change dependent upon weather, birding availability, and other factors.
Afternoon: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Hotel check-in. Meet in hotel lobby at 5 pm for introductions followed by walking to dinner.
Dinner: Dinner at local restaurant, order off the menu, non-alcoholic beverages included
Evening: Orientation meeting to learn about the week's activities and introductions.
Activity note: Morning: Walking up to 1/2 mile in pre-dawn, freezing temperatures; standing in unheated blind for up to 2 hours; Evening: Walking up to 1/2 mile in cold windy temperatures; standing on bridge for up to 2 hours
Breakfast: Microtel Breakfast Buffet including hot and cold items
Morning: In the very early morning hours we will experience our first "crane rise" as the "gray sandbar islands" of the Platte River turn into clouds of Sandhill cranes leaving their roost sites. Pre-dawn crane music turns into a crescendo of wake-up calls as the cranes awaken and leave their riverine roost sites. We have a reserved blind at Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary for prime views of the cranes in areas along the river's edge. With an expert crane naturalist from Audubon, we will experience the almost deafening chorus and clamor of tens of thousands of cranes taking flight toward the cornfields and prairies where they will forage during the day. After watching this exciting spectacle, we take time to view the displays at the sanctuary and to watch birds at the feeders: Harris, White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows, White-breasted Nuthatches, and possibly Red-bellied Woodpeckers. We also may find Green-winged Teal or some early migrating shorebirds feeding on the river's mudflats, returning to Kearney for a "Brunch" in town.
Lunch: Restaurant meal, order off the menu
Afternoon: We will return to the Rowe Sanctuary in early afternoon for the resident naturalist's lecture on "Crane Habitat and Behavior. Then spend the remainder of the afternoon viewing more crane activity in the fields south of the Platte River. After an early dinner, we visit Fort Kearny State Park. In trees we look for wintering and resident passerine birds such as Cedar Waxwings, Northern Cardinals, and Bluejays, while keeping an eye out along the river for the majestic Bald Eagles that frequent the Platte. Then venture out at sunset to watch the cranes come into roost from the former railroad and now the walking bridge over the Platte
Dinner: Early Dinner at local restaurant, order off the menu, non-alcoholic beverages included
Evening: After a very early start and a long day, free to relax and prepare for tomorrow's adventure
Activity note: Walking and bird viewing up to 1/4 mile; cold windy conditions may exist
Breakfast: Microtel Breakfast Buffet including hot and cold items
Morning: Today we enjoy a more leisurely morning after yesterday's early awakening. After breakfast, we drive south to Harlan County Reservoir with its excellent habitat for viewing a variety of waterfowl, shore birds, and resident raptors. There may be our first opportunity to view from a distance a Greater prairie Chicken Lek along the drive.
Lunch: Lunch at a local Subway, order off the menu
Afternoon: We drive through wetlands and ponds of the Rainwater Basin, one of the west's important areas for migrant waterfowl. Depending upon season and weather conditions, we hope to find over a dozen species of waterfowl. Recent drought conditions have diminished this area, but conditions can change and we will explore the area.
Dinner: Dinner at local restaurant, order off the menu, non-alcoholic beverages included.
Evening: Our evening is free to pack for our two night stay at Calamus Ranch.
Activity note: Morning: Walking and bird viewing up to 1/4 mile; cold windy conditions may exist
Breakfast: Microtel Breakfast Buffet including hot and cold items
Morning: We depart after breakfast early to drive to a viewing deck on the Platte River where we observe sandhill cranes. We will have an exciting visit (we will announce the location) from naturalists and rescued birds of the Raptor Recovery Center - Helping Nebraska's raptors. The birds they will bring are injured raptors that are being rehabilitated for possible release back into the wild. Learn and experience first hand their work. We return to the motel to check out and load baggage.
Lunch: Restaurant meal - order off the menu. We depart from the restaurant for our afternoon drive.
Afternoon: We begin our trip north to Calamus Reservoir and accommodations at an ecotourism award-winning ranch. We also look for the first migrant shorebirds to show up along the Loup River, and for early songbird migrants such as Eastern Bluebird and Eastern Phoebe. We arrive at our lodgings on a private ranch near Calamus Reservoir at Burwell, NE in the afternoon, birding at Calamus Reservoir en route.
Dinner: Dinner will be catered in our lodge by ranch staff. The ranch prepares a simple and plentiful set-menu buffet.
Evening: Enjoy the hospitality, and in the evening, a chance to look and listen for Great Horned and Eastern Screech Owls.
Activity note: Morning: Walking up to 1/4 mile in pre-dawn, freezing temperatures; sitting in unheated blind for up to 2 hours. Afternoon: Walking and bird viewing up to 1/4 mile; cold windy conditions may exist
Breakfast: Morning coffee before pre-dawn viewing departure. Lodge hot breakfast buffet after viewing
Morning: This morning we arise before dawn to be able to witness the spring courtship rites of Greater Prairie Chickens. By this time in March they have started their dawn-hour dancing and booming at lek (dancing ground) display sites. Sharp-tailed Grouse may also be displaying at these sites. With luck, we'll also hear a dawn concert of Western Meadowlarks and watch Northern Harriers hunting near the lek site. Our hosts at Calamus Outfitters have set up a great system for observing Greater Prairie Chickens at close range. Our blind is an old school bus and the birds are right outside the windows! By 8:00 – 9:00 AM, activity at the lek will diminish and we return to the ranch for a delicious hot breakfast. After a break, we drive around Calamus Reservoir, stopping at various fishing access points, some with trails, to find a variety of birds. We are likely to see Bald Eagles and a good variety of ducks – all bright in breeding plumage. White Pelicans may pass as chevrons in the sky, and with luck we'll find some of the first spring migrants such as Eastern Bluebirds or Eastern Phoebes.
Lunch: We enjoy a cafe lunch in town, sampling a bit of Nebraska rural life.
Afternoon: After the early morning rising, a nap or quiet time is likely in order for mid-afternoon. Late afternoon we take a drive up to a nearby creek where warm springs provide open water for waterfowl and Horned Larks feed on prairie hillsides that line the road. Wild Turkey and possible Long-eared Owls may be present on the ranch as well.
Dinner: As evening approaches we watch sunset over the prairie and enjoy dinner at our lodgings prepared by ranch staff. The ranch prepares a set-menu buffet.
Evening: Free to walk on ranch property and reflect on the week's adventures.
Activity note: Morning: Walking up to 1/4 mile in pre-dawn, freezing temperatures; sitting in unheated blind for up to 2 hours.
Breakfast: Morning coffee before pre-dawn viewing departure. Lodge hot breakfast buffet after viewing
Morning: This morning we venture out early to witness the annual spring courtship rites of another elusive grassland species, the Sharp-tailed Grouse. It is remarkable to have displays of two species available for our viewing with such ease. It will be a great opportunity to compare the differences in behavior of the two species. The spring air is brisk, so we bundle up to drive out to another set of school bus blinds, and return again for a great hot breakfast. Killdeers call from the yard, and with luck we may have a Rough-legged Hawk pass by overhead. After breakfast, about 9 am, we will journey back to Kearney arriving about 11:30 am for independent departures.


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Gary Mendoza, who served in the RAF for 13 years before becoming a top sports nutritionist and sports nutrition lecturer, was looking to complete a challenge in aid of charity when he came across Blind Veterans UK's annual fundraising walk.
"Taking part in a 100km walk in aid of a military charity seemed perfect for me, being an ex-serviceman," he said. "My father was a Warrant Officer 1 in the Royal Marines and I went to a military forces school in Singapore when my dad was serving out there, so I naturally feel a strong affiliation with the military."
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Gary, who lectures in nutrition for sport and exercise at Cardiff Metropolitan and Bath Spa Universities, trains new personal trainers across the UK and runs a weight loss programme online. He is helping some of the other walkers by providing advice on nutritional strategies for the walk.
Blind Veterans UK still has places available for its 100K walk. The cost of a place is £99 per person or £120 per relay team. The charity is also introducing two-man relay teams so that for the first time people will be able to take part in pairs, walking 50km of the trek each.
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Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor)
|Jeff Davis
|United States Senator
from Arkansas
|In office
March 4, 1907 – January 3, 1913
|Preceded by
|James H. Berry
|Succeeded by
|John N. Heiskell
|20th Governor of Arkansas
|In office
January 8, 1901 – January 8, 1907
|Preceded by
|Daniel Webster Jones
|Succeeded by
|John Sebastian Little
|Personal details
|Jefferson Davis
May 6, 1862
Rocky Comfort, Arkansas
|January 3, 1913
(aged 50)
Little Rock, Arkansas
|Resting place
|Mount Holly Cemetery
Little Rock, Arkansas
|Political party
|Ina MacKenzie (1882–1910)
Leila Carter (1911–1913)
|University of Arkansas
Vanderbilt University
Cumberland University (J.D.)
Jeff Davis (born Jefferson Davis; May 6, 1862 – January 3, 1913) was a Democratic politician who served as the 20th Governor of Arkansas from 1901 to 1907 and in the United States Senate from 1907 to 1913. He took office as one of Arkansas's first New South governors and proved to be one of the state's most polarizing figures. Davis utilized his silver tongue and ability to demagogue to exploit existing feelings of agrarian frustration among poor rural whites and thus build a large populist appeal.[1] However, since Davis often blamed city-dwellers, blacks and Yankees for problems on the farm,[2] the state was quickly and ardently split into "pro-Davis" or "anti-Davis" factions.
Davis began his political career as Arkansas Attorney General, where he immediately began making political waves. His office challenged the legality of the Kimball State House Act and made an extremely controversial extraterritorial interpretation of the Rector Antitrust Act. His fight to prevent trusts from doing business in Arkansas and the extreme lengths he went to enforce his opinion would be a common theme throughout his political career and provided him with credibility among the poor rural whites that would become his base.
Davis' three two-year terms as Arkansas Governor "produced more politics than government",[3] but succeeded in building a new state house and reforming the penal system. An almost-constant series of scandals and outrageous behavior characterized his time in office, which followed him when he won election to the United States Senate in 1906. Davis is often put in the same class as Benjamin Tillman, Robert Love Taylor, Thomas E. Watson, James K. Vardaman, Coleman Livingston Blease, and later Huey Long, controversial figures known as part-Southern demagogues, part-populists and part-political bosses.
Early life[edit]
Davis was born near Rocky Comfort in Little River County in southwestern Arkansas. His parents were Lewis W. Davis, a Baptist preacher originally from Kentucky and his wife, Elizabeth Phillips, originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[4] Lewis Davis did not join the Confederate army until drafted in 1864, but he named his only son after Jefferson Davis, then-President of the Confederate States of America. His service was largely a chaplain's commission, but he quit the ministry following the war and became a lawyer.[5]
Civil War and Reconstruction[edit]
No Civil War battles were fought within Sevier County's bounds, but there were many opportunities for the war to make an impression on a young Jeff Davis. After the Union captured Little Rock in 1863, the state capitol was moved to Washington. Union General Nathaniel Banks later lead the Red River Campaign, an unsuccessful attempt to capture Shreveport, Louisiana via southwest Arkansas, through the county. Beginning in 1865, Laynesport became a Confederate garrison, not far from the Davis property. Perhaps equally indelible was the romanticism of "The Lost Cause" in the years following the war; as a majority of southwestern Arkansas residents remained staunch Confederate supporters.[6]
Following the war, Lewis Davis was elected to serve as county and probate judge of Sevier County, and later Little River County following its creation in 1867. The following year, Radical Reconstruction swept Davis and most other Democrats from office. Confederate supporters did not accept this political overhaul, turning to vigilante groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the White Camelia to intimidate blacks and Republicans. The rough and tumble nature of Little River County was especially conductive for gangs, outlaws and violence.[5] Eventually the situation devolved to such lawlessness that governor Powell Clayton declared martial law in Little River and nine other counties to restore order. Desperado Cullen Baker initially assembled a posse to oppose Clayton's militia, but after several skirmishes the militia gained control of the county. Local history tells of rape, torture, murder and pillaging by the militia in the ensuing months. The martial law months were later described by Jeff Davis as the "most bitter episode of his youth".[5] The Davis family moved to Dover, Arkansas in the Arkansas River Valley in 1869.
Move to Pope County[edit]
Following a move to Pope County, Lewis Davis' former judgeship quickly elevated him within a very small legal community. However, the Davis family had moved into a similarly explosive post-war situation rooted deep in Pope County's past. Divided sharply into city-country and Union-Rebel factions, both sides held grudges long after the war was over. The Republican domination of local government lead to resentment from the ex-Confederate Democrats, and the situation exploded in 1872. Later known as the Pope County Militia War, the county fell into lawlessness for six months resulting in robbery, murder and pillaging.[7] Pope County Democrats became heroes across the state for providing openly armed resistance to Powell Clayton's state militia. In a new town but witnessing a violent conflict, Reconstruction violence continued to make an impact on ten-year-old Jeff Davis.[8]
Education and early career[edit]
Davis attended public schools in Russellville, Arkansas.[9] After being rejected by West Point in 1878, Davis enrolled at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he studied until 1880. Davis transferred to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Completing the two-year law curriculum in one year, the Vanderbilt University Law School withheld his diploma for failure to satisfy their residency requirement.[10] He returned to Russellville in the summer of 1881 and received bar admission despite being underaged with the help of his father's influence. In the fall of 1881, Davis enrolled at Cumberland University, which granted his law degree in May 1882.
Now twenty years old, Davis joined his father's law firm, L.W. Davis and Son, Attorneys, in Russellville as a junior law partner. Focusing on homestead cases, the law practice had become rather successful. The elder Davis, buoyed by a growing law practice while also working as a newspaper editor, real estate broker, and local booster, had become one of the county's most successful citizens.[11] The elder Davis won election into the Arkansas General Assembly in 1877, and Jeff became heavily involved in political campaigns as early as 1884. After supporting Grover Cleveland in the 1888 presidential election, Davis decided to run for district prosecuting attorney in the Fifth Judicial District the following cycle.[12]
At the time, the South was ruled by an unofficial one-party system, with Democratic hegemony, white supremacy, and black disfranchisement remaining intertwined between the Civil War well into the 20th century.[13] Redeemers, usually prominent landowning white men, ruled politics in the South during much of Davis' adult life. This group sought to reverse Republican gains made during Reconstruction and a return to the white supremacy of the Antebellum South by establishing Jim Crow laws. An underground paramilitary component, including groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, also rose to prominence during this period, committing countless lynchings and other acts of violence against Republicans, blacks, and other groups.
Style and contemporaries[edit]
Davis is often put in the same class as Benjamin Tillman, Robert Love Taylor, Thomas E. Watson, James K. Vardaman, Coleman Livingston Blease, and later Huey Long, controversial figures known as part-Southern demagogues, part-populists and part-political bosses. Davis was one of many Southern demagogue politicians who rose to power on a populist message of agrarian frustration with big business and elites. His coarse language, insults, and theatrics were all crafted to enhance his "common man" credentials.[14] Davis made a career of skewering the business interests, newspapers, and urban dwellers in order to appeal to the poor rural citizens of the state. He portrayed himself as 'just another poor country boy' against the moneyed interests that held back the common man. Davis often used words such as "rednecks" or "hillbillies", but as terms of endearment rather than pejorative, a technique Huey Long learned from Davis and later used with success in Louisiana.[15]
As with many of his contemporaries, a strong segregationist component drove much of Davis' rhetoric. Although Davis did not succeed in implementing many of his racist promises on the stump, Davis supported disfranchisement of blacks, segregation of school taxes, and white supremacy.[16] He attacked 1904 gubernatorial opponent Carroll D. Wood for appointing a black man as a jury commissioner, promising "no man could be appointed to office under my administration unless he was a white man, a Democrat, and a Jeff Davis man".[17]
It was also said that many of his supporters incorrectly believed he was of familial relation to the Jefferson Davis, the former President of the Confederate States of America, a belief that Davis did nothing to discourage, and may have covertly encouraged.[18]
Early career[edit]
Davis served as prosecuting attorney of the Fifth Judicial District of Arkansas from 1892 to 1896.
Attorney General[edit]
He was then elected Arkansas Attorney General and served from 1898 to 1901.
He served as Governor of Arkansas from 1901 to 1907.[19]
In 1905, when President Theodore Roosevelt visited Arkansas, Davis greeted him with a speech in defense of the practice of lynching. Roosevelt responded with a calmer speech in defense of the rule of law.[18]
U.S. Senate[edit]
Davis was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1907 until his death in Little Rock, Arkansas on 3 January 1913. He was chairman of the Committee on the Mississippi and its Tributaries.
Davis served in the United States Senate until his death in 1913. He is buried at historic Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.[20]
Selected Quotes:
- "The Helena World says that I'm a carrot haired, red-faced, load-mouthed, strong limbed, ox-driving mountaineer lawyer. That I'm a friend to the fellow that brews 40 rod bug juice back in the mountains. Now, I have a little boy, God bless him, and if I find that boy is a smart boy I will go and make a preacher out of him. If I find that he's not so smart, I'm going to make a lawyer out of him but if I find he has not a bit of sense on this earth, I'm going to make an editor out of him and send him to Little Rock to edit the Arkansas Democrat."
- "They sent for the high-collared crowd - that crowd that wears collars so high they can't see the sun except at high noon, looking over the top of their collars. They sent for that crowd that when they shake hands with you, they only give you the tip of two fingers." Davis scolding members of an anti-trust committee for inviting businessmen but not farmers to testify.[21]
- "Jeff Davis, Thrice Governor of Arkansas arouses enthusiasm of that part of his followers whom he calls "red necks and hill billies" in effort to oust Senator Berry, who has represented state at Washington for more than twenty years-Governor's career has been marked by sensational episodes and his enemies are as enthusiastic in their hatred of him as his friends are on his behalf."
See also[edit]
- ^ "Ozarks" (1988), pp. 5-7.
- ^ "Ozarks" (1988), pp. 11-13.
- ^ "Governors" (1995), p. 130.
- ^ "Governors" (1995), p. 115.
- ^ a b c "Ozarks" (1988), p. 29.
- ^ "Ozarks" (1988), pp. 26-27.
- ^ "Governors" (1995), p. 116.
- ^ "Ozarks" (1988), p. 29.
- ^ "Governors" (1995), p. 116.
- ^ "Governors" (1995), p. 116.
- ^ "Governors" (1995), p. 116.
- ^ "Governors" (1995), p. 117.
- ^ "Demagoguery" (1980), p. 120.
- ^ "Demagoguery" (1980), p. 117.
- ^ "Demagoguery" (1980), p. 117.
- ^ "Demagoguery" (1980), pp. 118-119.
- ^ "Demagoguery" (1980), p. 118.
- ^ a b "The Arkansas News: Jeff Davis Funeral Attracts Crowd of Thousands". Archived from the original on 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "Arkansas Governor Jefferson Davis". National Governors Association. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "Jeff Davis". Find A Grave. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "Demagoguery" (1980), p. 116.
- Arsenault, Raymond (1988) [1984]. The Wild Ass of the Ozarks (2nd ed.). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press in arrangement with Temple University Press (original publisher). ISBN 0-87049-569-0. OCLC 16684346.
- Donovan, Timothy P.; Gatewood Jr., Willard B.; Whayne, Jeannie M., eds. (1995) [1981]. The Governors of Arkansas (2 ed.). Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-331-1. OCLC 31782171.
- Niswonger, Richard L. (Summer 1980). "A Study in Southern Demagoguery: Jeff Davis of Arkansas". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. Fayetteville, AR: Arkansas Historical Association. 39 (2): 114–124. ISSN 0004-1823. OCLC 60621130.
- "Jeff Davis, Thrice Governor of Arkansas". The St. Louis Republic. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress). St. Louis, Mo.: G. Knapp & Co. July 23, 1905. p. 4. ISSN 2157-1368. LCCN 84020274. OCLC 10528286.
- Jeff Davis, Governor and United States Senator, his life and speeches
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor).
- National Governors Association
- Jeff Davis at Find a Grave
- Jeff Davis, late a senator from Arkansas, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1914
- United States Congress. "Jeff Davis (id: D000112)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1862 births
- 1913 deaths
- 19th-century American politicians
- Arkansas Democrats
- Burials at Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock
- Democratic Party state governors of the United States
- Democratic Party United States Senators
- Governors of Arkansas
- People from Little River County, Arkansas
- United States Senators from Arkansas


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Cesc Fabregas tells Stan Kroenke: Arsenal must buy big-money stars
Cesc Fabregas has told Arsenal to start spending big or risk becoming also-rans.
In a clear message to manager Arsene Wenger and the club's new owner Stan Kroenke, the Spain midfielder made it clear he is increasingly unhappy at seeing major honours elude the side.
Arsenal, without a trophy since 2005, know they are likely to face another summer of struggle to keep Fabregas out of the clutches of Barcelona.
And the captain's latest outburst is unlikely to allay those fears.
The 23-year-old said: 'From 2007 I had already started saying "we're not winning, but we're playing well". And then you realise that's no use.
'The coach is an intelligent person and the club value other things – that the team is always in the Champions League, bring through young players, economic stability.
'I guess for the board that is important. Although I imagine there will be a moment when you have to take the plunge…either you win or you don't.'


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Here We Go, One Painful Life-0: born to a mother of 16, sent to facility where I would be promised happiness
-3 or 4: sent to first foster family. Woman beat me with a belt. Man just stood there, watched tv, drank, etc.
-6 or so: back where I came from
-8: next family! A man and his two sons. Divorced with his wife. Raped me regularly. Damn pedophiles.
-11: back again
-12: next family, alcoholics. Only beat me if I deserve it. Currently drunk.
-13: bf kills himself
-13: raped by pervs, gang rape. Stupid Reading PA!
-13: I die in car crash. Stupid drunkards I lived with!
-14: current fiancé befriends me
-15: I move in with her, for good!
-16: she confesses she really does love me.
-17: we get engaged
-17: life is still ******* on me, stupid rabbit I saved.
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A Trip to the Sacred Grove
Brianna J., age 10, Iowa
My family took a trip to Palmyra, New York. We took a tour of Joseph Smith's home, and we visited the Sacred Grove. While we were in the Sacred Grove, I felt the Spirit and I knew that Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus. I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus live.
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Eliza L., age 9, New York
I really enjoy the Friend magazine's Web site. It is the perfect thing to do on Sundays because it helps me keep the Sabbath day holy. I love the puzzles online and am so glad there are so many things I can print out. I also love the interactive coloring pages. I love the Friend magazine too. I especially liked the
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What I especially like about the Friend are the games, such as the "Scripture Picture Game" in the November 2008 issue. My family had a fun time playing it for family home evening! I like the games because they offer a fun learning experience.
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The Church publishes a magazine for children, youth, and adults who speak languages other than English. It is called the Liahona magazine. The Liahona is printed in 50 languages! The magazine has been redesigned to better reach Church members around the world. Some pages of the Friend are in the Liahona. To subscribe to the Liahona magazine, visit ldscatalog.com.
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text: Men who drink two pints of beer before tackling brain teasers perform better than those who attempt the riddles sober, scientists have found. In findings that will be toasted by pub quiz aficionados, researchers found drinkers got more test questions right and were quicker in delivering the right answers. It is thought alcohol hinders analytical thinking and allows 'creative' thoughts that might otherwise by stifled to take root, allowing test subjects to come up with more imaginative solutions. Psychologists at the University of Illinois set 40 healthy young men a series of brain teasers. They involved being given three words, such as coin, quick and spoon, and coming up with a fourth word that links the three - in this case, silver. Read more here.


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While the Brett Favre saga plays out in a different NFC North city, the Packers believe they've found their quarterback in Aaron Rodgers. However, even with Dom Capers in town to fix a defense which allowed 42 touchdowns last year, they'll struggle to pass Minnesota and Chicago, the two teams that finished the season ahead of them.
OFFENSE (#8 total yardage, #17 rushing, #8 passing, #5 scoring):
Green Bay only managed a 6-10 record in 2008, but moving on from the Favre Era appears to have little to do with that. Few could complain about Aaron Rodgers' performance in his first season as the Packers' starter: the fifth-year Cal grad threw for 4,038 yards and 28 touchdowns against just 13 interceptions, compiling an impressive 93.8 passer rating.
Second-year players Matt Flynn and Brian Brohm are waging a pitched battle for the backup job; Flynn – drafted five rounds later than Brohm, who has the big arm and the better pedigree – won the job last season, and is on track to do the same in 2009.
Rodgers will have the luxury of handing off to Ryan Grant, one of just four running backs in Green Bay's long and storied history to surpass 1,200 yards in a season. Grant was a workhorse last season, totaling 312 carries and adding 18 catches, leaving backups Brandon Jackson, DeShawn Wynn, and Kregg Lumpkin to combine for just 54 carries. Rookie Tyrell Sutton could also be a factor.
Greg Jennings and Donald Driver give the Packers one of the better wideout tandems in the league. Both hit the 1,000-yard mark last year, with Jennings' 80 catches, 1,292 yards, and 9 receiving touchdowns all leading the team. James Jones, trying to rebound from an injury-plagued season after a breakout rookie year in 2007, appears ready to reclaim the No. 3 slot from Jordy Nelson. Tight end Donald Lee (39 catches – 303 yards, 5 TDs) also plays a significant role in the offense, with 2008 third-round pick Jermichael Finley waiting in the wings.
The left side of the line is set with tackle Chad Clifton and guard Daryn Colledge, but on the right side, Breno Giacomini is pushing Allen Barbre for the chance to replace Mark Tauscher, who remains unsigned after an ACL injury ended his 2008 season. Scott Wells is still listed atop the depth chart at center, but there's a chance Jason Spitz could shift over from right guard, with second-year player Josh Sitton moving into the starting lineup.
DEFENSE (#20 total yardage, #26 rushing, #12 passing, #22 scoring):
The Packers are switching to a 3-4 set under new defensive coordinator Dom Capers, who replaced current Bills DL coach Bob Sanders in that position. That could mean playing time at end for Green Bay's first-round selection, Boston College nose tackle B.J. Raji. After signing late, the No. 9 overall pick is listed behind starter Ryan Pickett, but don't expect that to last. One way or another, Raji needs to be on the field. Cullen Jenkins and Johnny Jolly are the current starters at end, but the Packers could be hurting for depth; Justin Harrell, expected to be part of the rotation, may have to retire due to a back injury.
One of last year's starting defensive ends, Aaron Kampman (who led the team with 9.5 sacks), is making the transition to outside linebacker. Veteran middle linebacker Nick Barnett is slowly making his way back from a torn ACL, and probably won't play against Buffalo, leaving Brandon Chillar to line up alongside A.J. Hawk on the inside. Likewise, the team's other first-rounder, USC's Clay Matthews, will miss Saturday's fame, with Jeremy Thompson taking his place.
The secondary should be one of the best in the league; cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Al Harris and free safety Nick Collins all made it to the Pro Bowl following last season. (Harris was an injury replacement for Woodson.) Atari Bigby provides a veteran presence at strong safety.
Mason Crosby made 27 of 34 field goal attempts last year, including an impressive 8-for-12 from 40 yards and out, and was perfect on 46 extra-point attempts. Jeremy Kapinos, one of very few left-footed punters in the league, and former Redskin Durant Brooks are vying for the honor of trying to kick in the cold winter winds of Wisconsin.
Will Blackmon is an average kick returner, but dangerous on punts; his 11.1-yard average in 2008 includes two touchdowns. The coverage teams are decent, allowing 23.4 yards per kick return and just 7.5 on punts.
QB After two games, Trent Edwards has yet to throw an incompletion. Can't get much better than that ... although actually going downfield more than once or twice a game would be nice. Some of that's on Edwards, some on the line. But if the Bills want to make full use of their talented set of starting wideouts, Edwards will have to eventually reconcile himself to taking the occasional hit.
Let's hope those hits are infrequent at best. While Ryan Fitzpatrick did look better than he has in practice, if it's all the same, I think I'll hold off on anointing him the next Frank Reich until I see a little more work against the other team's starters.
RB: Bruce Hall showed a little better than the first game, I thought, but the No. 4 back (third while Marshawn Lynch sits out his suspension) is still Xavier Omon's to lose. Unless they're considering actually letting Cory McIntyre carry the ball a few times, as they did at the end of last Saturday's game? Intriguing development, although I'm not going to throw around superlatives about the inability of the Bears practice squad to stop the burly fullback.
WR: Steve Johnson is back at practice, so we should see him work his way into the lineup. Watch for him on the kick-coverage teams, too – if he can handle one of the "gunner" positions, Justin Jenkins' grip on a roster spot gets a little more tenuous. Of course, leaving James Hardy on the PUP list does create some wiggle room for the players fighting for those last couple of jobs.
TE: Shawn Nelson hopefully gave fans a preview of coming attractions with his leaping touchdown catch against Chicago; haven't seen a Bills TE make an athletic play like that in a long time. The team will probably keep three at the position, with the draft choices having a natural advantage, but don't count out Jonathan Stupar just yet.
OL: After opening against two 4-3 defenses, the Bills get their first look at a 3-4 set. Hopefully, Langston Walker handles the challenge better than last week. If not, guess it might be time to permanently park a TE off his left shoulder, because Edwards won't last until October otherwise. Didn't see much in the way of run blocking, either, against a Bears team missing Pro Bowl DT Tommie Harris.
DL: Coming off strong performances against the Bears, Chris Ellis and Copeland Bryan get one more chance to showcase their skills before Aaron Maybin begins cutting into their reps in practice on Monday. At least one of them is probably on the bubble, and I'm not entirely convinced John McCargo has safely made the team, either.
LB: Has anyone seen Pat Thomas lately? Me neither. As the days go by and the only veteran backup on the roster doesn't practice, I continue to wonder if he'll be this year's Will James, released to make room for the young guys. Ashlee Palmer is also still sidelined – shame, because his potential intrigued me. Of course, with barely any film available on him, the Bills might be able to sneak him through to the practice squad while his ankle heals.
Oh, yeah ... I should probably mention the guys who will play against Green Bay. Looking for continued improvement out of the Nic Harris/Marcus Buggs/Alvin Bowen second unit, because I could honestly see those three all making the 53-man roster.
DB: With Drayton Florence likely on the shelf until the regular season, Reggie Corner should be able to lock down the nickel spot. Did Ellis Lankster's two-INT night against the Bears' scrubs push him ahead of Ashton Youboty? The veteran probably gets the benefit of the doubt, but how much longer can the team put up with his injury history? At safety, we finally get to see Jairus Byrd, No. 31 on your roster. Let's hope he lives up to the expectations the Bills had when they spent a second-round pick on him.
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Developing News: Tokyo, Monday 19:18 (PST, Monday 11:18 – GMT, Monday 10:19)
It's gone from bad to worse for Japan. The official death toll has now reached near 1,700, and there is news of 2,000 more dead bodies being found near the Miyagi Prefecture. The radiation threat is also becoming a scare among the people after the third explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, even though the authorities say that there has been no major radiation leak as of yet.
The rescue operations continue, and by now more than 15,000 people have been rescued.
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Hart graduate Anthony Ervin got off to a poor start in the 50-meter freestyle and finished fifth with a 21.78 in the event final on Friday in London.
Florent Manaudou — younger brother of 2004 gold medalist Laure Manaudou — shocked defending Olympic champion and world-record holder Cesar Cielo of Brazil in the 50 freestyle.
Manaudou touched in 21.34 and pounded the water out in Lane 7, then got a big hug from his sister as soon as he climbed from the pool. Cullen Jones of the United States took silver in 21.54, while Cielo was left with bronze in 21.59.
Ervin was slow off the block and trailed throughout in the sprint event, which consists of just one trip down the pool.
Ervin seemed flustered by a slight delay in the start because of a woman yelling in the stands. He was slowest off the blocks — a crucial miscue in the one-lap dash — and never caught up. He was timed in 21.78, leaving him 0.19 behind Cielo for a spot on the podium.
Still, it's been quite a journey for the eclectic swimmer, who shared the 50 free title with Gary Hall Jr. at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, won a world title the following year, then stunningly walked away from the sport at age 22. Ervin was gone for eight years, selling off his gold medal to aid victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, playing in a band, finishing college and never staying in one place for too long.
Just one year after coming back, the 31-year-old nearly got another Olympic medal.
"Being here is my own form of redemption," he said. "What's next? I'm going to have a nice dinner with my friends and family, people I really care about. Without them, this could not have happened."


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WASHINGTON, DC — One of the two contenders to succeed Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan told panel attendees that he had concerns over the deal to trade Taliban captives for U.S. prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl, but avoided directly critiquing the Obama administration's decision.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah is due to face off against his one remaining opponent in a run-off election for the Afghan presidency on Saturday. Speaking at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council and Center for American Progress, Abdullah — appearing over Skype — told attendees that while there were concerns with the release of the five Taliban members who were transferred to Qatar as part of the Bergdahl swap, he had not been briefed on many of the details, only knowing what has been released in the media.
"Our main concern is about those who have been released so they do not join the battlefield, because they are men who are criminals who have committed crimes in a massive way against the Afghan people," he said. Abdullah pointed to prisoners released in Afghanistan as part of past attempts to make peace between the government and Taliban, but have returned directly to fighting against Kabul, a reason to be watching the exchange closely. "Our prime concern would be that one," he said.
Abdullah avoided, however, criticizing the framework of the deal and didn't comment on whether it was the correct move. "We also know back there in Washington, there are a lot of discussions about it and the security of your forces — your armed personnel here," Abdullah continued. "We don't know anything further about the deal and what will be the future of the five people."
Abdullah's tight-lipped response is unsurprising given the lack of discussion of the deal during the ongoing campaign. As the Los Angeles Times noted on Wednesday, neither former Foreign Minister Abdullah nor his opponent — former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani — have brought up the exchange on the campaign trail. "In a strange way, the Taliban are not a factor in the elections," Michael Semple, a former European Union senior official in Afghanistan, told the LA Times. Even though Abdullah last week survived a suicide bombing last week, the "contest between Abdullah and Ghani is over other things," he said.
Many of those other issues were brought up for discussion during the event on Thursday. Abdullah answered questions about promoting women's place in society and the economy, increasing the rule of law and fighting corruption, and developing Afghanistan's national resources. He also downplayed the potential struggle for influence in Afghanistan between India, Pakistan, and China once the United States removes its combat troops at the end of the year. "Relations with one country should not be played against relations with another country," Abdullah said, promoting the idea of a "win-win situation."
At one point, Abdullah took a thinly veiled swipe at the current president. Karzai has so far refused to sign a Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States, formalizing the role of U.S. troops in the country after combat troops leave. Both Abdullah and Ghani have pledged that they will sign the BSA should they be elected, but Abdullah — who ran against Karzai in the 2009 election — poked at the frosty relations between Karzai and Obama in recent years. "I think the past 3–4 years of contentious relations and lots of rhetorics used here in Kabul weren't helpful," Abdullah said. "The sustainability of our national institutions requires long-term cooperation from the United States, as well as the international community, based on the foundation of a new spirit of partnership from both sides."
The presidential hopeful also declined to say whether he would be willing to renegotiate the American troop pullout — which will see all U.S. forces out by 2016 — to be more based on the conditions on the ground. "Hopefully zero option will not mean zero cooperation," Abdullah said. Instead, he said, he hoped that the BSA will be utilized in order to maximize the level of cooperation. "We cannot dictate from here the conditions out there," he said, rather encouraging focus on cooperation and taking action on matters that are in Afghan hands.
Abdullah, however, did not directly answer whether he would include people with records of alleged human rights violations in his cabinet should he win, saying it was a "serious issue" for his country. "The priority of the future Afghan government should be having the issue of human rights and women rights as part and parcel of every decision which is being made in terms of appointments as well as other issues," Abdullah said. He quickly then pivoted to the need to reform the judicial system within Afghanistan to combat and prosecute current human rights abuses. "The country is not able to deal with current violations let alone violations of the past," he said.


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A recent customer satisfaction survey by Canstar revealed some interesting statistics about Australian television buyers.
Among them: How often do you eat a meal while watching the television? Actually 39 per cent of respondents to the survey said they ate all their meals in front of the telly.
Nearly half have three or more televisions in their home and just over half (52 per cent) have a television in the bedroom. And 13 per cent said they couldn't go to sleep without the television operating in the background.
If this is you one of the fundamental features you'll need with a television destined for the bedroom is a sleep timer, to automatically turn things off after you've started pumping out the zeds.
It's one of several things that make buying a second (or third) television quite different to getting one for the living room.
The essential difference is this: In the living room you've most likely allocated space for the television – you know where it's going to go and plan the room and the furnishings accordingly.
But in other rooms the television is usually an add-on and space is at a premium. The size of the screen therefore becomes a delicate balance; you want something big enough to show up all the detail, but small enough to leave the space you need for all the other stuff that's in there.
Thus you need the biggest possible screen with the smallest possible footprint.
So you'll find televisions with built in DVD or Blu-ray players a great idea. That way you get to watch movies on disc without having to find more space for a disc player, and without having cables hanging about everywhere to tangle things up. This is part of the reason Teac has done so well with its smaller televisions, all of which have a built in DVD or Blu-ray player.
A headphone plug is a great idea; you get to watch your program while your partner gets to sleep. And you'll get better sound quality than the television yields through its inbuilt speakers.
Check the remote – it should be intuitive and have major controls you can easily memorise, so that you can use it in very low light.
If you want a television for the kitchen the good news is that they no longer take up a lot of bench space. The bad news is that they can get quickly glugged up by flour, splashes and the general detritus a kitchen generates. They can be protected temporarily by cling wrap, just make sure you don't cover up the ventilation apertures.
Tellies in the kitchen, as in a rumpus room or a home office, are easily bumped and knocked so think about that when positioning them. And if you're tempted to have your computer monitor double as a television check its performance – many monitors are designed around reproducing static images and don't handle constant or fast movement terribly well. That's a major reason for so many of them costing so much less than a television.
Since the advent of very slim cabinets the sound quality of in-built speakers has been plummeting because it's difficult to fit good speakers in such thin cabinets. This makes an external speakers a good idea and several are now available that sit immediately under the television, taking up very little space and radically improving the sound.
These range from a small cylinder speaker from Teac for just under $100 to some soundbars that cost thousands of dollars. These obviously sound a lot better than the Teac, but as a general rule all of them comprehensively out-perform just about any in-built television speaker system.