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Titanfall Video: Statuesque
Respawn Entertainment has released a new video showing off the collector's edition of Titanfall, and the incredibly detailed statue that comes with it.
Coming in at just under 20 inches, the Titan statue included with the $249.99 edition of Respawn's Xbox exclusive is a massive beast. Capturing the size and scale of the Titan as it looks in-game was a big part of why Respawn decided to go gigantic with the statue. For added scale, a few human figures are also represented, and you really get a good idea of the difference and detail in the large form.
The multiple lights on the Titan are part of the ID Light system, which signifies which side of the war is in control of the hulking mech. Friendly troops are identified with blue, while enemies show up with red ID Lights. The replica Titan features both sets, so you can somewhat customize your statue to your tastes.
Titanfall will be out on March 11, 2014 for the Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. $250 is no amount of small change for a brand new IP, but there are sure to be some fans who take the splurge even without knowing whether or not they'll even like the game.


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Customers lining up at the door to try Five Guys Burgers and Fries at its new Miramar Beach location will be happy to know it�s opening in a matter of days.
The restaurant won�t open until Oct. 23, but already people are coming by in droves for the hand-cut French fries and hand-pattied burgers.
�We�re turning hundreds of people away,� said owner Blake Geoghagan, who also owns the franchises in Fort Walton and Panama City, as well as in Tallahassee. He says patrons at local restaurants will notice his Five Guys shirt and will pull him aside to ask when they can stop in to eat.
And if that number of Five Guys-hungry diners is a testament to the quality of its food, it�s going to be good.
Five Guys is a fast-casual restaurant that offers hand-prepared beef burgers in two sizes. Customers can add any of the 22 toppings, from saut�ed onions to jalapenos, for free, or they can pay a bit extra for cheese and bacon.
Matching the quality of the beef, the two varieties of French fries, Cajun and plain, are also hand-prepared from real potatoes and cooked to order. A whiteboard in the cooking area changes daily, reading where the potatoes came from that day.
�It�s all fresh, all prepared daily,� said Geoghagan. �We don�t even have a freezer on site.�
Each meal is cooked to order, and customers can watch as their food is prepared, which will take between five-and-a-half to six-and-a-half minutes from the moment the order is placed to delivery.
Geoghagan says he is excited for the doors to open for friends, and parents and children, to gather over good food.
�We encourage folks to come and pull tables together, sit with your family,� he said. �It�s a place to come in and relax and enjoy your family and friends.�
And while that isn�t the modus operandi for all burger and fry joints, to Geoghagan, it�s a no brainer.
�We�re focused on customer service and quality of food,� said Geoghagan. �We�re out to give a pleasant experience at a reasonable price.�
That�s the attitude Geoghagan takes with all of his Five Guys locations, the first of which opened to great response Feb. 14, 2008, at Pier Park in Panama City Beach.
�It was one heck of an opening day,� said Geoghagan of the Valentine�s Day opening that beat all of the standing records for food sales companywide.
Geoghagan is recently retired from his corporate career as a management consultant, and about six years ago, he had the foresight to look into bringing Five Guys to Northwest Florida to keep himself busy.
�I�d be bored playing golf all day,� he said.
In his career as a management consultant, Geoghagan had the pleasure to travel around the globe, and one stop was at the Five Guys headquarters in Virginia. He immediately became enamored with the concept.
Though local mouths are watering, Geoghagan said he has been waiting for everything to be �just right� before opening the newest location. He added that eager customers should mark their calendars for Oct. 23, when the store will open its doors to the public for the first time.
At the moment, the restaurant is hiring for the �high-energy environment.� If interested in employment, stop by the location across from Silver Sands and �Let us know you�re not here to eat,� said Geoghagan.

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The Argument From War Crimes Returns
Othershavealready covered this fairly well, but I suppose I should say something about Michael Goldfarb'spreoccupation with defending past war crimes. Julian Sanchez makes the important point regarding the nuclear strikes on Japan:
To the extent it's a controversial claim, it's controversial because we don't like calling U.S. presidents war criminals, not because it's a difficult question whether obliterating entire areas inhabited by large civilian populations with the flimsiest of military targets as a pretext should now be regarded as a war crime.
Sanchez is correct that it isn't a difficult question as far as law and morality are concerned. War crimes are not justified or obviated by necessity–necessity is almost always the rationale governments use to explain why they committed war crimes. As Stewart's pathetic backtracking shows, however, it continues to be a politically charged and risky thing for a prominent public figure to claim. Politically and as a matter of retaining viewers, Stewart may be right that acknowledging the nuclear bombings to be war crimes was "stupid," since there is no upside or popularity in saying so publicly, but Stewart's own recantation is a good example of how perverse and distorting the prevailing "judgment of history" can be. Judged by any consistent standard of treatment of non-combatants in wartime, mass incineration must surely rank as a far worse crime than the very serious crime of torturing prisoners.
Because the prevailing view of Harry Truman and his decisions at the present time happens to be favorable, we are all supposed to believe that the "judgment of history" has "vindicated" Truman. This is a nice way of saying that propaganda and hero worship have overcome moral reasoning, and time has caused the moral horror of even a significant part of the American right in the 1940s to fade from memory. This favorable view of Truman is inextricably tied up with the cult of the presidency, our depressing but all too human habit of praising bad wartime leaders at the expense of better peacetime executives, the mythologizing of WWII (and therefore the minimizing or justifying of any wrongdoing on the Allied side) and the implicit devaluing of Japanese civilian lives every defense of both fire-bombing and nuclear strikes includes. None of this seems to occur to the people who continue to glorify Truman and to use Truman as an example of how tainted, bad Presidents may yet be viewed as great successes by posterity. What Truman's posthumous rehabilitation should tell us is that half-truths and falsehoods, if repeated often enough, can become widely accepted, and that virtually no American political leader, no matter how many blunders he made and no matter what criminal acts he ordered, is beyond redemption at the hands of later sympathetic people who find that leader's decisions to be useful precedents for their own preferred course of action. The "judgment of history" has, for the time being, ruled in favor of Truman, and therefore challenging this judgment is something to be mocked.
Stewart might reflect on the truth that a "complicated decision in the context of a horrific war" could be applied to many crimes ordered and carried out by governments in wartime. If we aspire to hold America to a standard according to which "we don't torture," one might think the same concern for human dignity and justice would also require us to say, "We are America–we don't incincerate civilians, and we certainly don't do it en masse." Or, rather, we know full well that this has been done in our name many times in the past (and certainly not just at Hiroshima and Nagasaki), but we should also be able to say that this was wrong and should never be done again. Pro-life Christians who remind us of the Massacre of the Innocents to protest the terrible crimes committed against the unborn must be able to see the same Massacre in the gratuitous nuclear annihilation of the center of Japanese Christianity. It is when convenience and so-called necessity are most tempting that adhering to moral principle is the most difficult and the most crucial.
The love affair with war crimes that some on the mainstream righthavenever ceases to perplex me. When smaller wars have been waged in which civilian centers are being bombarded, we often hear from this crowd that the problem with Western nations today is that they lack the will to inflict the mass casualties inflicted during WWII bombing attacks, and when challenged about ongoing operations they will say, "Oh yeah, well what about Dresden and Tokyo?" To which I might respond, "Well, what about them? These were unspeakable crimes."
Many of the same people who preach such insipidly simplistic and irrational messages about fighting and even "ending" evil will be the first to find refuge behind the "complicated" nature of wartime decisions. At least they will do so if it means that they can ignore the real moral complexity of these situations, in which all belligerents are capable of committing war crimes and ought to be held to the same standard. It is this latter point that is really quite simple: if the torture practices authorized by the last administration had been carried out against Americans, we would not hesitate to call them crimes and demand punishment for the guilty, and if the same kinds of bombings were done to our cities by foreign military forces we would not think twice about calling them war crimes. Acknowledging this should not be an occsasion for excessive self-flagellation, but it does have to be acknowledged. Perhaps even more corrupting and dangerous than the abuses of power and wartime excesses themselves is the willingness to minimize or approve of wrongful acts carried out by the government.
P.S. Here is an older post from John Schwenkler to remind us of what it is we're talking about in this debate.


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I'm planning on phasing out the anans and airvans (probably the anans first since their range is 200 km or miles shorter than the airvans), however, I can't quite decide on what to replace them with. Maybe the Mohawks (i currently have 2) which perform very well, or go with the equinox, which looks like is would work well as a regional jet.
Right now, my airport network is still regional, most of the North America class 2 airports (except for some of the east coast and Canadian cities), central America, and the northwestern part of south America. I'm planning on getting the other class 2 and 3 cities in south America once I get more planes that can reach the Brazilian cities, Santiago, and Buenos Aires more easily.
I did have Honolulu for a while, but after I had finished the aloha achievement, it became not very profitable because only my two birchcraft could get there.
If I've already shut down my airport in San Diego, do I still get the prize? Since I did shut it down after the event finished & did over 100 jobs... Which by the way, when do we get our prizes?
[It'll come, be patient. The updates don't come immediately after the global event ends, it takes a while to push out the updates. Try exiting the game and coming back to it. That always does the trick for me. -Jay]
The truth to the Starship.
No it's not going to make you money in the short run.
I just put the Starship at Beijing and want to fly it to New York. So far for it I have two 7 Buxes. If one was to hold out until they get to 1,000 Bux and then cash them in it would be 1,000 Coin per Bux. Those Bux that you get flying from Beijing to NY yields 14,000 and the flight cost 8,000.
Therefore in the long run that flight will yield you 5,500 coins or so.
I myself am still on a quest to get to 15,000 Bux which is 8,000 Coin per Bux so therefore that flight would yield me 112,000 Coin. not too bad.......You will just need the worker bee flights that make good profit the smaller to midsized ones to be able to make that flight.
I don't want to many of them but one or two wouldn't be that bad.
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Cashing in bux refers to using the Bank (in the Menu) to exchange your bux for gold. The base exchange rate is 500 gold for 1 bux, but that rate increases the more bux you save. Check out this graph to view the scaling exchange rate. You can refer to the strategy guide above the comments for more information :)
Some people are using the Starship to deliver long distance jobs for several bux, then saving up their bux and exchanging them for large amounts of gold.
Hi bruins8990, when you exchange bux for coins, every 2 bux you cash in at the same time increases the number of coins each bux you trade in is worth. Bux start out at 500 coins each, but when you cash in lots of bux at once you get a much better conversion rate. See my comment titled "Save up your Bux before cashing them in!" in the Walkthrough Guide section above the comments that explains this in detail and includes a chart showing the bux conversion formula.
Jay, and everyone else ... I've been reading the string of hints, etc since around day 1 of Pocket Planes. It has really helped.
Couple of notes:
I stuck 4 of my fully upgraded PearJets in the hangar to bring out some planes that could fly into San Diego (level 1 airport). Now that I've brought the Pears back into service, all the upgrades are gone. Be aware.
My concentration (until event in Europe or Africa) is N & S America.
For this event, it was easy to open up Singapore & Bangkok and shuttle back and forth. Let's do just enough for second place (the big prize, good job NimbleBit).
Hi cgjohnst, small airports don't get much in the way of jobs, so you may be waiting a long time there for the right jobs to show up. You could try upgrading the airport, and even using advertising, that may help, too. I usually get at least a class 2 airport near a global event for the greater number of jobs they produce.
Hi GregoryABQ, thanks for pointing that out, that's a very important consideration for moving planes in and out of the hangar. It's not very logical that planes should lose their upgrades that way, so it would likely be a bit shocking to learn the hard way. I'll see about getting that added to our guide.
Update: Nimblebit's official response as of only a few hours ago states that this is an acknowledged bug and the issue will be fixed in the next update 1.0.4, which has already been submitted to Apple for approval. If you have lost your plane upgrades due to leaving them in the hangar, you may leave a comment with your G: number (to find your number, go to Settings from the menu and look for a string of numbers like "G:1555555" at the bottom of the screen) at this support page and a Nimblebit representative should refund you the amount in Bux.
In the meantime, a section will be added to our strategy guide to caution other players about the unfortunate risk of losing their plane upgrades until this update is in effect.
That probably would have been a better idea. I'm working on deciding which airports I want to have in the long run and which aircraft to have. This way I can have a clear plan and not waste coins or bux. I may even just drop $40 on the bux tonight and get this going much faster.
I did just have a job open up to singapore from palu, so I may be able to do it just slowly over the next few days. But hey, we're going for top 10, not 1st right =p
Technically, the bug is not caused by the amount of time your plane is in the hangar. It actually depends on whenever your device clears its memory. Although that doesn't usually happen immediately, I would recommend not putting any additional planes into the hangar until Version 1.0.4 is available.The exact cause (according to Nimblebit employee Dani Rudolph) is as follows:
"In the current version, the plane upgrades are only stored in the device's memory so when that memory is cleared by force quitting the app . . . if the app crashes or when your device determines that it needs more memory for another app the upgrades are lost. We've fixed this problem so that like the planes the upgrades are stored in the app's database where they should be and will not be lost when moving them in and out of the hangar."
Hopefully the update comes out quickly, although Apple doesnt seem to be known for pushing out published updates quickly.
I store a lot of planes in the hangar, so of the 11 planes currently in there, the only one that doesnt need a refund for upgrades is the starship because I haven't gotten around to taking it out of the hangar in the first place. One or two might not need a refund, but since I'm wasting bux to just take them out to look at them, might as well refund them all, aside from the starship.
My apologies to Kristian (KS). In my July 12, 2012 11:52 AM message, I reasoned that it was just the case the *he* had not figured out how to run the starship profitably. Having had it for a few days myself, I agree with his conclusion. It seems to be mostly a novelty. Any routes that are arguably profitable (such as a bux route if cashing in at a very high exchange rate) are probably *more* profitable with other planes.
Jay, I have 16 planes and 20 airports spread across North & South America that are currently doing very well. I am a level 21 and beginning to expand to Europe and Africa with 4 airports in Madrid, London, Cairo, and Lagos. That said, I only have 2 Aeroeagles and 2 Pearjets that can make the trans-atlantic flight. The rest of my planes are Equinoxes that work well in N & S America. How do you think I should continue my expansion and what planes should I invest in? I only have class 2 and class 3 airports at present. Also, should I save up to upgrade my planes to make them more profitable or invest in new planes? Thanks.
@alex: there was some discussion about it on the previous page. Basically though, since they are both class 1 airports, you'll have to use either the Mohawk or supergopher (with fully upgraded range) and set up a chain of airports from nome to Wellington. I haven't checked, but I think the Mohawk and the supergopher might be able to make the hop from nome to anadyr in far eastern Russia.
Does anyone have any recommendations to help me out? I'm getting stuck. I currently have LA, Dallas, Detroit, NY in North America. I have almost all my aircraft flying between these four. I also own London, Istanbul, and Beijing. I can only get to those with my starship for now, but I'm planning to have that straight line across the world for high level class 3's later on. I'm only level 12 currently.
First, should I just keep trying to work across the world like that or should I move down into South America instead?
Secondly, what aircraft will I gain access to next which I will want to start using for crossing the ocean?
And third, my plan is to use kangaroo-m's around the US to transport around, while using higher level planes to do the ocean crossing long flights and continue around the world. Should I branch out more around the world other than just class 3's?
Our strategy guide lists all the details about planes and what level you get them, as well as strategies for playing. Plus, there's a lot of good info here in the comments from questions and answers posted previously.
At level 12, you don't yet have aircraft to connect up with your overseas airports, but soon you will. At level 14 you'll get the pearjet and level 16 the aeroeagle, and both of those can make the transatlantic trip. You can even get a class 1 plane across from the north eastern tip of Brazil to to west Africa, but I don't recommend using class 1 planes for that. Getting the cities of Recife and Lagos is a good strategy for enabling intercontinental travel using class 2 and 3 planes. That's what I did.
For strategy moving forward, I'd keep a mixture of planes, a couple class 1s, several class 2s, and a couple class 3s, and have each type focus on what its good at.
You could still go and use a class 1 plane to grab the achievement if you wanted to. I'm planning on doing that, however, im busy working on the 100 jobs for Barrow, Punta Arenas, and Easter Island atm.
On top of that, my slow upgrading of the anans and airvans to mohawks is stalled until the update that fixes the hangar bug comes in.
Although, while the mohawks don't really perform any better than the anans and airvans (actually, their performance is taking a temporary hit right now due to me working on the 100 jobs achievements) , the ones that I'm replacing don't have the range for some parts of South America.
How do i get the trans Atlantic achievement? I cross the dang pond between the us and uk as well as sa and Africa constantly but no achievement is granted. Also I have 26 open airports and many more that I have opened and closed but still have not been credited with opening 20 airports. What am I missing?
It sounds like you are experiencing a common bug with the Pocket Planes achievements. Unfortunately, there is no current fix for this issue, but it will be addressed in the upcoming Update 1.0.4 which is estimated to be released some time this week. At that time you will not need to reset your game, but you may need to reset your achievements from the Settings menu.
From my understanding, after you reset your achievements you may have to complete just 1 job again for each of those "100 jobs" achievements to trigger the check to see if you've completed it.
UPDATE: It's been reported that with the 1.0.4 update, now the number of jobs you've completed for each of the "100 jobs" achievements DOES get reset when you reset the achievements.
Is it possible to use a class 2 plane to go from Honolulu to Tokyo? I'm just wondering, although the range circle doesn't seem to be able to wrap to the other side of the map, so I couldn't tell if my birchcraft could make it when I was doing the Aloha achievement.
Any expansion is stalled for now while I finish the last two '100 jobs' achievements as is changing the airvans over to Mohawks until the update comes out. However, since I'm spread throughout the Americas (still need to get buenos aieres and Sao Paulo or rio de janeiro), I'm wondering where I might expand to next. Maybe Asia....
Thanks for the tip on the list of planes -- I hadn't seen that. At level 21, I feel like I've really played out the strategy aspect of this game. When I play it, I'm making extremely trivial decisions about which destinations and cargo/passengers to choose. A bot playing my strategy would be mind-numbingly simple at this point. I enjoyed my run, but I think I'm done; I don't want to keep playing an indefinite period to *maybe* get a Concorde, as fun as that would be.
Version (1.0.4) now available!
Be sure to update your game right away as this update has lots of improvements and bug fixes (spoilered for length):
New game guide! Tapping the info button in the top right of a screen will load the game guide to the appropriate section.
Tapping and holding a load or unload button on the Jobs Screen now auto-loads/unloads all jobs with the same destination.
Pulling the list down on the Jobs Screen now gives you an option to refresh the current jobs.
Local (non Flight Crew) events now give a bux prize when completed.
City cap increased by two.
iCloud sync can now be disabled in the device settings.
Plane cargo now automatically removed when plane is moved to the hangar.
Minimum contribution to earn prize now shown on Flight Crew prize screen.
Costume unlocks now saved per plane.
Improved game startup time.
Fixed bug where planes can be stuck without a trip and can't be accessed.
Fixed crash when viewing planes list with no active planes.
Fixed bug where plane upgrades and stats were lost when hangared.
Fixed multiple achievement bugs.
Fixed bug where some screens would stay loaded in background and steal input.
Fixed crash when editing plane name while landing.
Fixed spelling of Oceania.
Fixed bug allowing plane upgrades in-flight.
Fixed bug where bux or coins could go negative.
So, you see, quite a lot of stuff has been fixed and improved!
I started north america and orlando then charleston were the first 2 airports i bought 3rd was new york at lvl 7 i or something. Goose bay is now the ge and i have quebec and thunderbay. Im gonna expand to los angels then across atlantic. Gonna get concorde for the big trips, is this a good setup because im lvl 13 going 14 for pearjet, have 240 bux
@trinn: It was mainly aimed at jay about 'The number of jobs you've completed for each one does not get reset when you reset the achievements.' since I didn't want to have to do them over again.
At least I have the airport network and plenty of planes to work on three of them at the same time. I know it would be easier to do it one at a time, but I have the airports open for those. Heck, I could probably Zerg rush two of them at once (one at a time of course).
Thanks for clarifying it. I'll update my previous comment about that then. It must be new with the 1.0.4 update that the 100 jobs achievement totals are getting reset because people had reported that they were not getting reset prior to the latest update and all they had to do was complete 1 job for each to trigger it.
Anyways, does anybody know what the average profit/ hour (or at least the cost difference of a flight) would be for a Mohawk with all upgrades vs one with only max range and weight reduction?
I'm asking because I made some of my new Mohawks not have the speed upgrades and tried to use the profit/hour to compare them, but the whole thing with the flights for the 100 jobs cities screwed up their usual routes I was planning on removing and then recommising the Mohawks when I had the bux to do so, but it's delayed by the fact that I have to do the 100 jobs again.
Actually, I'm not even sure if my layout is efficient or the way I'm doing it is efficient.
The answer to your question depends on the source and destination cities of the route, of course, but I think you can assume the difference to be very small. Perhaps only a couple hundred coins. You might find these Pocket Planes Tools helpful with that sort of thing.
Are you running the latest version? I'd make sure you update your app, if you haven't already.
Since the Flight Crew updates don't happen in real time, you have to be patient and check back in a bit when it says "will update shortly". Whenever I've seen that message, the update has always occurred within a few minutes to an hour.
If you never see anything other than "will update shortly" then you should post a trouble ticket on Nimblebit's customer support page.
1. I'm guessing cargo/passengers because you have to have done a minimum of 5 jobs to qualify for a prize.
2. Depends on your strategy I guess? Definetly phase out class 1s though. Although I did keep Havana for quite a long time because it was an important halfway point going from one side of the carribean to the other and later as a midway point for flights crossing the carribean to cities deeper into S America and N America.
The rankings go by how many items or people you have delivered. I'm not sure if the 5 jobs required are how many times you've flown at least 1 thing there or by when you drop 5 things off and get paid. I know the leaderboards are constructed by ranking how many items or people have been delivered.
I keep a few class 2 airports around, but not many. I think 13 of the 19 airports I have open are class 3. The class 2 I have are all either feeder routes or part of my large plane routes.
Does this game ever turn your world upside down?
Spoilering this just to be safe. Stop reading if you don't want to know.
So I read somewhere up there ^^^ where someone mentioned a siren and their plane upside down. I assumed they were just messing with us...but it just happened to me. Immediately after takeoff, an alarm/siren sounded and the plane is flying from San Francisco to New York upside down. All four passengers and the pilot have their mouths wide open. Everything else about it seems normal. I even flipped the phone over and they oriented themselves back into the upside down position. No events in the departure or destination city, and nothing special about any of the passenger names that I see.
I took a couple of screenies in case anyone wants a copy. Can post a link later, or Jay, maybe you would like me to send them directly to you for the guide.
I haven't seen that yet. Been hoping to though haha. I just hit lvl 18 today and I don't think I'm going to upgrade any planes until I hit the Cloudliner. A plan that's been working well for me is:
NY(lvl 3) > Madrid > Tehran > Beijing(lvl 3)
NY Feeder Cities: LA, Mex City, Dallas, Detroit, Goose Bay(for the event only)
Beijing Feeder Cities: Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Shenyang.
I also own London and Karachi as backups.
I use Kangaroo-M's to stock up NY with layovers. My aeroeagles and pearjets pick them up in NY and fly to one of the Asian airports. When they arrive, I stock them up with the top paying jobs(bux are always top priority), then fly them to beijing. I unload everything into beijing and fill up with whatever I can. Then I fly the pearjets/aeroeagles back to the USA, drop off the people/packages at whichever airport they go to. I stock up the plane again, then fly to NY. I put more layovers there, fill up the plane, and head back to Asia. Whenever NY is full of layovers, I use my kangaroos to fly around the USA and make small bits of $.


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Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, has announced the new class of the Penn State Library Leaders Program to include Russ Hall, reference librarian, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Patricia Hswe, digital contents strategist and head, ScholarSphere User Services, Penn State University Park; and Valerie Lynn, head librarian, Penn State Hazleton.
The program, which began in 2011, seeks to create learning opportunities and experiences for faculty who aspire to leadership positions within and beyond the University Libraries. Dewey initially had proposed the program noting the challenge faced by faculty members in academic libraries to gain the experiences and knowledge needed to advance. Library Leaders helps to bridge the gap and builds a pool of Penn State librarians who are prepared to fill leadership roles as they arise, both here at Penn State and at other institutions across the nation. Participants work with their respective associate dean and the manager of human resources to construct a development plan to meet their unique needs and interests. The two-year program includes attendance at a nationally recognized leadership development program.
The program is open to all full-time librarians at Penn State. The selection committee reviewed nominations/applications from eleven Libraries faculty members this year. Dewey notes, "All were well qualified in various ways, and it was a pleasure to have so many excellent candidates to consider."
For more information, contact Robert Harris, manager of human resources, University Libraries, at 814-863-4275.


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If your New Year's resolution is to change jobs this year, consider this ranking of least-stressful jobs.
In a a new ranking for 2014, CareerCast.com looked at 200 careers and weighed all sorts of factors that contribute to worker stress: travel (lots of travel increases stress), meeting the public (introverts, beware), and whether a job puts your life or that of others at risk (a no-brainer).
Other factors included deadlines, environmental conditions and physical demands. The careers website cautioned that there are no stress-free jobs — every occupation has its own challenges, but nonetheless here are the top 10 least-stressful jobs:
10. Drill press operator
9. Multimedia artist
8. Librarian
7. Medical records technician
6. Dietitian
5. Seamstress or tailor
4. Tenured university professor
3. Jeweler
2. Hair stylist
1. Audiologist, which diagnoses and treats hearing problems.
So which jobs are the most stressful? The ones where risk of death are highest, apparently. Unsurprisingly, newspaper reporters have among the most stressful jobs. In a shrinking newspaper landscape with real-time deadlines, that would contribute plenty of stress to any still-working journalist.
Here's a rundown of the most stressful:
10. Taxi driver
9. Police officer
8. Newspaper reporter
7. Senior corporate executive
6. Public relations executive
5. Event coordinator
4. Airline pilot
3. Firefighter
2. Military general
1. Enlisted military personnel


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Vice President "Dick Cheney" Indicted For Organized Crime By Texas Grand Jury! (Corruption In Jail System?.)
Cheney is accused of investing some $85 million in the Vanguard group that houses federal inmates. The grand jury accuses Cheney and Alberto Gonzalez of engaging in organized criminal activity.
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Reading to young children is a pastime enjoyed by many families.
To further encourage and expand this tradition the East Morgan County Library (EMCL) launched a new program a year ago called 1000 Books Before Kindergarten.
The early literacy reading program is designed to encourage adults to read to their children before they enter kindergarten, to introduce kids to books and also to encourage "snuggle" or bonding time, according to Laura McConnell, EMCL's children's librarian.
The way the program works is as the title states and is open to any child below kindergarten age. Each time a book is read to a child, a stamp on a bookmark sized card is checked. A completed card marks the completion of reading 100 books and reaching the first reading level. Once certain milestones are met, prizes are given such as a small stuffed animal.
If reading 1,000 books seems daunting, keep in mind that every time the same book is read to a child, which happens often when kids are young, each read counts as another book. So if the same book is read 10 times, it counts as 10 books read on the reading card. There also is no deadline to complete the program, so McConnell says "there is no pressure."
A child's progress in the program is also marked by taking a picture of the child at each 100 book milestone, and the pictures are posted on the library's walls. McConnell said the picture progress milestone was the idea of library staff who she said have been "awesome" in helping implement the program. Once a child and parent reach the 1,000 book milestone and complete the program, they are presented with a scrapbook with the pictures taken throughout the program.
EMCL introduced the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program last year after learning about it through a library in Indiana. Nationwide, the program is relatively new and was the launched by librarian Sandy Krost in Bremon, Indiana.
The program encourages parents to read to young kids of any age, even infants. McConnell said some parents will tell her that they don't know how to read to very young children such as a toddler, saying that "the kids won't sit still."
McConnell said it's not necessary to read the books word for word, and that parents can simply point out characters or items in the book's pictures, which encourages word recognition.
The program is sparking the interest of other libraries in Colorado and throughout the U.S. McConnell said she was fortunate enough to participate in a Colorado library system webinar with Krost to help explain how the program works.
She and EMCL's Christy Bellis also will soon share with other Colorado libraries how EMCL has implemented the program at a seminar in Englewood.
McConnell said the program has ran smoothly and "has been more successful than anticipated."
To mark the first year anniversary of the program and to acknowledge those who have completed the program thus far, EMCL will have a celebratory gathering Friday, September 6, at 3 p.m. at the library.
McConnell said of the 133 who have registered for program, 11 have completed it and 54 have turned in at least one first reading level card.
Enrollment in the 1000 Kids Before Kindergarten program is ongoing. For more information, call EMCL at 842-4596.
EMCL reading program marks first year
Reading to young children is a pastime enjoyed by many families.


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On Monday after the bombing at the Boston Marathon, actor-comedian Patton Oswalt sent out a Facebook message remarking on how many bystanders, instead of fleeing from the blasts, ran toward the scene to help the victims, and that those actions show, despite the evil, humanity will rise up to meet the challenge.
"So when you spot violence or bigotry or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will,'" he said in the widely circulated post.
While law enforcement worked this week to apprehend whoever perpetrated the killings and maimings, and reports about whether a suspect has been identified confused the issue, one thing became clear: Such senseless violence brings out the good in many people.
The people who rushed in to help triage the victims and comfort them, those who took off their belts to use as tourniquets, those who opened their homes to people stranded in Boston, those who brought in dogs trained to comfort people, and the crowd proudly singing the national anthem Wednesday at Boston's first sporting event since the bombing, all sent the message that Americans pull together in times of trouble.
On that day, Bostonians offered use of their phones and free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging to those who needed to contact loved ones. Restaurants offered people a place to sit down and rest, use restrooms or just not be alone, all without charging them for anything.
Colorado saw similar outpourings of sympathy and help following last summer's theater massacre, and Newtown, Conn., did as well after the December school shootings.
But, as we've also seen since those tragedies, once the immediate danger has passed it can be unfortunately easy to forget the victims.
The Boston victims, many of whom lost limbs, will have a long road ahead, and should not be forgotten.


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Hallingdal 65
Hallingdal 65 is made of wool and viscose, which complement each other well: the wool provides excellent durability and flexibility, whilst the viscose adds brilliance and depth to the colour.
70% new wool, 30% viscose
Approximately 100.000 Martindale rubs, EN ISO 12947
Cleaning: Dry clean or clean with foam detergents.Stain removal: See special guide.
EN 1021-1/2 ignition source 0-1. BS 5852 ignition source 2-5. DIN 4102 B2. Önorm B1/Q1. NF D 60 013. UNI 9175, 1IM. US Cal. Tech. Bull. 117. AS/NZS 1530.3. IMO A.652(16) (Copy of test report available)
Environmental benefits: Complies with EU Ecoflower. Long life span. No use of AZO dyes, which may split off carcinogenic acrylamines. No use of dyes containing heavy metals. No content of formaldehyde. No use of brominated flame retardants. Biodegradable spinning oil. We adhere to the limits set by the Danish Environmental. Protection Agency's "List of Undesirable Substances". Reduced Emissions: Indoor air quality certified under the Greenguard for Children & Schools Program, complies with CA Section 01350 requirements for schools and accepted for CHPS Low-Emitting Materials credits. www.greenguard.org


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In an effort to make the Apple chief executive his own, Tim Cook is making a few changes -- some of which Steve Jobs wouldn't like.
The changes seem relatively small: Apple matching employee nonprofit contributions and exploring a stock dividend or buyback, but are both actions that Jobs reportedly disliked, according to the Washington Post. Apparently Jobs did give money to charity but opposed Apple matching charitable donations. In essence, he didn't like to give money away.
The report also suggested that Cook may be considering using Apple's huge stockpile of cash (over $80 billion) for dividends or a stock buyback, two options that Jobs had eschewed in the past.
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For many, distributing Apple's stockpile of cash is a big deal, but Cook is supposed to be a logistics guy, not a "product guy" like Jobs, so most of his focus has been on how the company operates. Giving shareholders a dividend usually increases confidence and stock price. A stock buyback, where Apple would repurchase shares from shareholders, is also seen as investing back into the company. Both alternatives can be a positive for the tech giant, but Jobs liked neither option in the past.
Cook's most obvious change has been in promoting veteran Appler Eddy Cue to senior vice president of Internet software and services, but Cook has yet to name his second-in-command -- which is kind of odd for a logistics guy.


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The NBA Finals rematch of the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat has garnered about twice the attention more this time than in 2006, according to Google's Insights for Search tool.
The spike in overall search traffic for the Miami Heat is also about double the volume of the Mavs, but the consolation of a championship trophy probably eases the pain for Dallas.
The most popular player searches are pretty predictable, too, with Dirk Nowitzki as the most popular Mav and LeBron James outshining the rest of the Miami Heat. Overall, 17-year veteran and first-time champion Jason Kidd is outpacing all the players, though.
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Nowitzki is also doing well in his native Germany, while King James is doing well in his former city of Cleveland. (Hey, haters' traffic counts, too.)
Drilling down a little further, Google's official blog put the Mavericks to the ultimate test: How does the team fare against barbecue searches in Dallas.
That's right, the Mavericks have overtaken King James' talents as well as Texas' brightest food star.
Heady times, indeed, in the Lone Star State.


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Me in the Media
As I write this, my intestines are trying to crawl out of my body. They're very determined. No, no, I don't want your sympathy. Well, all right, then. Maybe just a blanket. And my feet are kind of sore. You could rub those.
But I'm not writing to let you know of my gastrointestinal issues. That's just a bonus. I'm writing because I'm doing stuff:
Me on Australian TV: I'm a panelist on "Jennifer Byrne Presents: Brave New Worlds," discussing Utopian/dystopian fiction. This is my first ever TV panel, and the more time that's passed since it was taped, the surer I've become that I was A TOTAL DICK. But I'm hoping they edited those parts out. To find out, tune in to ABC TV at 10pm Tuesday.
Me speaking: I'm delivering two talks on "Risk" as part of the PEN Lecture Series, in Sydney (Wed 15th July, with The Chaser's Julian Morrow) and Canberra (Tue 21st July, with Genevieve Jacobs). This will eventually be available on the web somewhere too, possibly here. Relatedly, here is me being interviewed about the upcoming lecture. Notice how carefully I speak while trying to hold my bowels together. That's professionalism.


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Anxious to counteract the hideous-ness inflicted on me by my family every December – yes – Doug's is the one in the middle – the 'Hello Kitty' one – he bought it drastically reduced, after xmas last year and kept it specially…at least my children have managed to co-ordinate, I nipped down to what is always an Oasis of tastefulness, the annual Christmas sale at my neighbour, Anna Gordon's home.
We are very spoilt us Gullane ladies, to have our very own resident jeweller to supply our every whim: Anna Gordon. Seriously, Anna is job-sharing head of the Silversmithing & Jewellery Department at Glasgow School of Art. and a leading contemporary jeweller.
Her jewellery is beautifully displayed in glass cases but she is happy to undertake bespoke orders as commissions. Contact her through the link above.
She shares the sale with friend, and our neighbouring village, Dirleton, resident, Ceramicist, Charlotte Cadzow. Also very accomplished, Charlotte teaches art at Loretto School and sells her work in galleries throughout Scotland.
I bought some Ceramic stars and a couple of mugs, raced home to display them…
…that's better…or is it??
Grabbed some Beatitude goodies for my sister-in-law too! Happy Birthday Carol Ann – have a super day and enjoy those oils!


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Feb 07 2012
H.R. 306: Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
Official Short: Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
Long Title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
Sponsors: Mr. Jones
THOMAS: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:H.R.306:
- Feb 6 2012: Passed House, amended. (voice vote)
- Feb 7 2012: Referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.


text: You may think that cosplaying as Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII is just about getting the hair, outfit and skinny-and-tall body frame right, but in order to nail that look down completely you'll need to do some face work as well. Enter Emma Pickles, who has made this helpful makeup video tutorial for just that purpose. I am enlightened.


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Electronic Arts announced that it will be launching a version of its hit game, "The Sims" for Facebook -- a move that could challenge Zynga's social gaming dominance.
"The Sims," a game that has sold 140 million copies worldwide, focuses on a virtual world with players controlling several Sims, or simulated people, as they grow up, date, marry, expand their career, have families and eventually die. The announcement of "The Sims Social," a game specifically for Facebook play, at the E3 2011 caused a frisson of excitement in the gaming community, the Atlantic reported.
So far the Facebook page for "Sims Social" has more than 84,000 fans, which isn't bad for a game just announced on Monday. Its hundreds of comments range from "Can't wait!" to "I love to play that! I wish I could play now!"
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So has a game come to Facebook that could actually challenge Zynga's chokehold on social gaming? Could it defeat "CityVille" and "FarmVille"?
Virtual reality games like "FarmVille" exist because of EA's "The Sims," a game that few thought would be a hit because it follows simulated people doing everyday activities. Zynga's "FarmVille" took the mundane to a new cartoonish level -- and let's face it, it's not as if the games are visually stunning or have compelling story lines. They're all basically a flimsy narrative to get users to buy virtual goods.
We can't help but think that if "Sims Social" has the engaging qualities of the original game, Zynga should definitely be scared.


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"I used to be hungry. I didn't know where to get my next meal. My life was so hard. And then I became pregnant and I was kicked out of school. I was so hopeless.
But God found me and I moved to *Rehema House. I have so much food now; I have a chance at education. I love God so much and I understand the Bible and his love for me. I have clothes and I am a mother now to my baby. I love my life."
Rose's story is just one of many. They all sound different, but they are the same.
This is my story, too.
I was living for myself, pursuing the American Dream of having bigger and better. But I woke up in a slum and found rich people among the poor. And discovered a spirit of poverty in my rich life.
God has the final say and He showed me how to give my life away.
And that's how I found it.
God turned my life around.
And He will do the same for you.
How to Turn Your Life Around
1. Accept Who He Is: God commands our destiny. When we accept His power and purpose for our lives, it throws open the windows of the impossible. He is I am.
2. Acknowledge What He Can Do: If anything, I pray my life will show you that God can do anything with anyone. He can make a way where there is no way. He delights in the impossible. Try Him.
3. Agree to Give Your Life Away: When we lose our life for His sake, we will find it. When we put God first, others second, ourselves third, we find true peace, happiness and wealth we cannot imagine.
"I now have hope.
God has turned my life around." -Rose, age 17.
*Rehema is Swahili for mercy.


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Former Mets general manager and current ESPN commentator Steve Phillips mentioned during the seventh inning of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast of the Twins/Brewers game that Minnesota was swiftly becoming a complete team with one exception: a true leadoff hitter. Phillips gestured that the Twins do have Denard Span in that role but that he thinks of Span more as a "seventh hitter". This was an interesting assessment of what has been viewed locally as the best leadoff hitter the Twins have seen since the departure of Chuck Knoblauch. Piquing my curiosity, I had to figure out what would inspire Phillips, someone who has access to data and analysis, to make such a comment? Have we as Twins fans been fooling ourselves on the importance of Span at the top of the lineup?
Through Monday, Span was hitting .302/.390/.407 (above the leadoff-average of .268/.343/.407) making his current value derived from his on-base ability much higher then that of your common leadoff man. True, his walk rate of 10% is just league-average indicating that his .390 on-base percentage is slightly inflated by a sturdy .338 batting average on balls in play. Then again, Span managed to maintain similar numbers in 2008 under the same pretenses. As a quick groundball/line drive hitter, it stands to reason that Span's BABIP would be higher than league average.
His walk rate aside, Span has a patient and selective approach to the plate. He is tied for eighth in the American League in lowest swinging percentage (38%) which has led to a very good 3.94 pitches per plate appearance. He does not strike out much but when he does, he goes down looking. In fact 62 percent of his strikeouts are looking which leads the league and as such his selectivity has resulted in 16 of his 26 punchouts. As an admission there are far greater sins than to strikeout looking, even Phillips should know that. Span also has great contact ability, connecting on 93 percent of his swings. Only Toronto's leadoff man, Marco Scutaro, holds a better contact rate than Span (Scutaro is also the AL's leading walks leader).
Phillips never did reveal what about Span's approach made him balk at his candidacy as a leadoff hitter. If I had to speculate why he felt as such, my guess would center on his runs scored total. In the first month of the season, Span scored just 10 times - a byproduct of the lack of production in the order behind him. In comparison, Scutaro scored 24 times for the Blue Jays while the Rangers' Ian Kinsler scored 18 times. Span got himself on base nearly 40% of his plate appearances yet was frequently stranded. In many ways, Span's run scored numbers in April was like that of Joe Nathan without any save opportunities. It is a hard statistic to compile if your offense or the game score isn't compliant.
Does this mean that Span is an ill-suited leadoff man? Absolutely not. On base abilities, selectivity and contact. These are qualities shared by some of the game's better leadoff hitters. Getting on base that frequently, especially someone with speed like Span, usually leads to huge gains on the scoreboard - even more so when you purge your lineup of your larger out-makers in the number two spot (Casilla, Tolbert). Since moving the league's best hitter to hit second, Span has scored five times in three games. Keeping Joe Mauer batting second will ensure that Phillips never underestimates Span's skills again.


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Adam Levine Marries Behati Prinsloo in Mexicoby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Sorry, ladies: Adam Levine is now a married man! The Maroon 5 frontman married Behati Brinsloo Saturday night (July 19) in a private ceremony at Flora Farms in Los Cabos, Mexico.
According to Us Weekly and People, between 270 and 300 people attended the affair which included stars such as Robert Downey Jr., Jason Segal and Jonah Hill. Earlier today, it was revealed that Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac would make an appearance to sing the newlyweds. Fellow 'Voice' judge and good friend Blake Shelton was not able to attend due to a scheduled tour performance in Chicago.
Prinsloo, 25, reportedly wore a custom-made Marchesa dress for her big day. Several of Prinsloo's Victoria's Secret model friends served as her bridesmaids and were in attendance, such as Candice Swanepoel.
Meanwhile, Maroon 5 keyboardist Jesse Carmichael was on hand to serve as Levine's best man, while guitarist James Valentine performed for the ceremony as well.
Levine and Prinsloo began dating in June 2012 and were engaged just a year later. Last November, Levine told former 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno that he originally never intended to get married.
"I still don't necessarily think you have to get married unless you meet someone that makes you want to marry them," he confessed. "And then you marry them and it's wonderful."
Congratulations to the newlyweds, who will be heading off to South Africa for their honeymoon!
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Rams Fall on Road at Merchant Marine
USMMA - 4, Farmingdale State - 1
Kings Point, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team fell 4-1 at Merchant Marine Academy yesterday in Kings Point, N.Y. The Rams now stand at 2-3 for the season, while the Mariners improved to 5-1 overall.
Senior midfielder Rusty Denson (Mount Juliet, Tenn./Father Ryan) scored the games opening goal 22 minutes into the contest, giving Merchant Marine the early 1-0 advantage. The Rams would answer seven minutes later on a penalty kick goal from senior midfielder Frank Volante (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Farmingdale). The teams would head into the locker room with the game knotted at one.
Sophomore midfielder Casey Desiderio (Media, Penn./Penncrest) scored on a rebound off the Farmingdale goalkeeper to put the Mariners on top 2-1. Senior midfielder Clint Foster (Mount Pleasant, Tex./Mount Pleasant) would add two more goals for the Merchant Marine Academy, capping off the 4-1 victory.
Senior goalkeeper Patrick Gubbins (East Patchogue, N.Y./Bellport) recorded nine saves in the defeat, while freshman goalie Gary Poulin (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) had two saves for the Mariners.
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Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) has petitioned EPA to restrict the use of glyphosate herbicide to protect the dwindling population of the monarch butterfly. The petition states that the rapid adoption of glyphosate-resistant (Roundup Ready®) corn and soybeans in the Midwest has depleted the milkweed "community," which serves as the exclusive food source for monarch butterfly larvae along the route of its annual migration from Canada to Mexico.
NRDC petitioned EPA under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA requires EPA to register each pesticide used in the U.S. and set parameters for the pesticide's use, such as target species, labeling requirements, and restrictions on use. Each pesticide must undergo a re-registration process every 15 years. The current glyphosate re-registration process will be completed in 2015; however, NRDC has requested EPA take action to restrict the use of glyphosate prior to the scheduled completion of the re-registration process.
Under FIFRA, EPA can register a pesticide only if it first determines that the pesticide "will perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on the environment." FIFRA defines an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment to include "any unreasonable risk to . . . the environment, taking into account the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use of any pesticide." In its petition, NRDC argues that the loss of milkweed communities brought about by increased glyphosate use has brought about unreasonable adverse effects on the environment because it has decreased monarch butterfly habitat.
It is hard to tell if EPA will take any action on NRDC's petition. While NRDC may have a feasible argument that the increased use of glyphosate is adversely affecting the monarch butterfly population, the law requires EPA to consider the costs and benefits of pesticide use. When viewed objectively, there are a tremendous amount of environmental benefits provided by glyphosate-resistant technology. The most striking benefit is the increased use of no-till or reduced till practices, which decreases soil erosion, water pollution, and fossil fuel use and improves carbon sequestration. Additionally, glyphosate replaces the use of other pesticides that pose larger environmental risks.
Farmers have been trying to get rid of milkweed for as long as they have been planting crops in North America. Now, with the advent of glyphosate-resistant technology, they finally have the tools to effectively control the weed. In other words, if farmers could have eliminated milkweed from agricultural lands prior to Roundup Ready® technology, they would have. I see no reason why farmers should have to handicap themselves to set aside a portion of their land for milkweed habitat, or more dramatically, give up glyphosate as a weed-control tool, simply to protect one species of butterfly.
To their credit, NRDC's petition does identify some alternatives to an outright ban on glyphosate or mandatory refuges (like those in place for Bt corn and cotton). While NRDC is not necessarily concerned about a farmer's need to control weeds, it does suggest that EPA could solve the butterfly problem by restricting glyphosate use in some non-agricultural applications, such as roadside ditches and electric line right-of-ways. If EPA does seriously consider NRDC's petition, this option may be the right one to take for agriculture. Roads and power line right-of-ways could provide a corridor of travel for the monarch butterfly without imposing a burden on agricultural uses for glyphosate.
I'll be following this issue and will update you if there are any developments.
John Dillard is an attorney with Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz P.C. (OFW Law), a Washington, DC-based firm that serves agricultural clients and clients with issues before federal and state courts, EPA, FDA, USDA, and OSHA. John focuses his practice on agricultural and environmental law. He occasionally tweets at @DCAgLawyer. This column is not a substitute for legal advice.


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'Mixology' review: Attractive sitcom knows the score
Mixology: Sitcom. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on ABC.
Ryan Seacrest and Arthur Schnitzler: two names I never expected to cite in the same review.
Yet, there they are, together for the first and perhaps last time, all thanks to a new ABC show called "Mixology," premiering Wednesday night. The premise may seem especially vapid, even for broadcast TV, but "Mixology" is a show that's smarter and much more entertaining than it sounds.
Produced by Seacrest and created by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore ("The Hangover"), "Mixology" is about 10 people trying to hook up over the course of a single evening at a trendy bar with throbbing lights, music and probably a few body parts as well.
Each episode focuses largely but not exclusively on one set of would-be lovers (mostly pairs, but at least one trio). They are all young, beautiful and, so far, straight (might want to fix that - it's 2014). Some of them seem as though they couldn't fail at any attempt at a hookup, while others seem incapable of ever connecting. But we connect instantly with every one of them.
The show is funny enough, although you might wonder where it would go in a second season, but here's the dirty little secret of "Mixology": It's intelligent and poignant as well as being entertaining.
Pretty as the characters are, each is vulnerable or flawed in his or her own way. Tom (Blake Lee) was just dumped by his girlfriend of eight years, but can't let go. He believes every relationship can be fixed and consistently sees rainbows in rainstorms.
Looks can deceive
His best friends, Bruce (Andrew Santino) and Cal (Craig Frank), have brought him to the bar to teach him how to pick up women. The woman Tom goes after couldn't be less promising: Maya (Ginger Gonzaga) dumps every man she's ever been with before they can dump her. She is an unapologetic she-wolf.
Maya's friend Liv (Kate Simses) is engaged to one of the only two men she's ever slept with but finds herself drawn to sexy and suave Briton Ron (Adam Campbell), an Internet entrepreneur who just went bankrupt that day and has been unsuccessfully trying to drown his sorrows in gallons of booze.
Single mom Jessica (Alexis Carra) wants some reassurance that she's still got it. She shows up at the bar in a sexy red dress and runs into her childhood friend Fab (Frankie Shaw), who seems to have everything Jessica had dreamed of when they were children: a successful career as a fashion designer and the freedom and looks to get any guy she wants.
But Jessica and the viewers soon learn that looks can be deceiving, which could be the alternate title of the show. Maya learned to be tough after the first and only time a boy dumped her, when she was a kid: She reacted by beating the stuffing out of him.
Bruce may have lost track of the number of women he's "smashed," but our take on him changes when we learn he was an overweight, bullied child who found the unlikely object of his prepubescent affection making the beast with three backs with his two brothers in the family rumpus room. Cal turns out to be a serial monogamist. OK, but does he have to marry every girl he falls for?
The other characters have enlightening backstories as well and they're sufficiently convincing to get us to care about them. The more we care about them, the more "Mixology" becomes something other than a frothy sitcom about attractive people looking to hook up.
Informed commentary
In 1897, Austrian Arthur Schnitzler created an enduring play called "La Ronde," about various couples who either had a sexual relationship or were about to. The play is structured as a series of linked scenes: One-half of the couple in one scene would appear with someone else in the next scene. When it was finally performed in public in 1920, it scandalized Berlin and later Vienna and was derided as pornography. Last year, playwright Neil LaBute created a contemporary version of the play for DirecTV called "Full Circle," which was smart and insightful.
"Mixology" may not be a direct reboot of "La Ronde," but it does use love-seeking duos as a way of making similarly informed commentary about our own attitudes about sex and its role as the lingua franca of contemporary single life. Schnitzler focused on how sex could transcend differences in class and social station. "Mixology" focuses on how we use sex to transcend our fear of vulnerability and emotional intimacy.
But don't let any of that dissuade you from stopping in at the "Mixology" bar: You'll have a good time, even if many of the characters are destined to go home alone.
David Wiegand is The San Francisco Chronicle's executive features editor and TV critic. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @WaitWhat_TV


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With the 2014 NFL playoffs ending Sunday with the AFC and NFC championship games, attention immediately turns to Super Bowl XLVIII.
The 2014 Super Bowl will be played February 2 at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands in New Jersey (with New York serving as an official host as well), marking the first-ever Super Bowl held at an outdoor stadium in a cold-weather city. Below is a look at the date, time, television info, and everything else you need to know for the game.
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Date: February 2, 2014
Time: 6:25 p.m. EST
Television Info: Fox, Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (analyst), Erin Andrews and Pam Oliver (sideline reporters)
Location: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J., home of the New York Giants and New York Jets
Halftime show: Bruno Mars and Red Hot Chili Peppers
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The United States has qualified more wrestlers to compete in the upcoming London Olympics than any other nation.
The U.S. has earned spots in 17 of the 18 weight classes to be contested in London, one more than powerhouse Russia and two more than Kazakhstan.
Countries can have only one wrestler compete in each weight class. They must earn those spots through qualifying tournaments, which wrapped up with the World Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament in Helsinki on Sunday.
The only Olympic weight class the U.S. failed to qualify for was 96 kilograms in Greco-Roman. Justin Ruiz lost his opening match in Helsinki on Sunday to 2009 world champion Balasz Kiss of Hungary 1-3, 0-1.
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ON STARTING A GROUP by Paul Harris
Twenty two years ago (1989), on a park bench in London, I mentioned to Laurence Freeman that I was thinking of starting my first meditation group in Ottawa, Canada.
He surprised me with a question: "Who do you think is going to profit most from starting your new group?"
With great crass and unabashed naiveness I responded: "Well I suppose it will be the people who join the group". " No", he replied, raising his voice, "You will be the one to benefit most from starting the group".
I felt at the time this was a rather facetious remark. Now many years later, having started many new groups, and being involved in the sharing and writing about Christian Meditation, I realize this was a very prophetic statement. A statement not only about myself but about the potential of all meditation group leaders.
The person who takes that extra first step of leadership in starting a group actually makes a commitment without knowing how things are going to turn out. This in fact is the first step in the "letting go" process of our meditative journey. Of course at first a new leader is filled with apprehension. Will anyone come to the group? Will I have the strength, the energy, and the perseverance to lead the group? Can I answer questions raised in the group?
But once started it is as simple as the weekly listening of a talk by John Main, and more importantly the meditation itself (the practice), that answers all the fears of the leader. In addition it is the practice itself which provides the spiritual growth and maturing of the leader as well as the group.
The leader soon learns that she/he are facilitators and not teachers. They also learn what John Main meant when he said: "Meditation creates community". With no special effort one-on-one relationships develop between individuals in the group. There is a great recognition that this is a support group. The caring and bonding of members one for another, and the quality of love in the group, is the decisive element in fostering a deeper and deeper commitment to the teaching and the daily practice.
Paul Turner Harris is a journalist, meditation teacher, and a frequent writer about contemplative prayer and spirituality..
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Fifteen years ago I read a review of a book on meditation written in the 'Tablet'. I bought the book and began practising Christian meditation. For the first five years on my own at home and then I found a group in a town nearby. I've just recently started a group in my own parish and though we are presently small it feels very worth while, and sometimes small beginnings are best. So thank you Paul for your book 'Silence & Stilness in Every Season' I'm on my second copy and if you ever publish a hard back copy, let me know; and thank you also for the words in your blog, I found them very encouraging, Kieran Murphy, Ballygorian Beag, Hilltown, Co. Down, N. Ireland.
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I find groups have different "flavors" dependning on the leaders and its great to attend several to try out. But they're all in the family of Chritian Meditators as long as they follow the teaching of John Main. Meditation does build community in some mysterious way, if we let it !
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Paul -- you're certainly very blest, in that Fr. Laurence's prophetic words proved to be true. Just think of the lives you've touched.
I am reminded of the man on Fr. Laurence's DVD, "Coming Home", who, after he retires, is looking forward to starting a meditation group in his home.
I appreciate your sharing.
peace and blessings,
Amie Ilva Tatem
Staten Island, NY