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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new law in the most obese state in the nation says Mississippi cities and counties can't ban the Big Gulp or put other local regulations on food and drink.
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the bill on Monday, and it became law immediately.
Bryant, who is a runner, says it's up to individuals — not the government — to make responsible choices about healthful living.
Some legislators called it an "anti-Bloomberg" bill. That's a jab at New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who tried to ban the sale of super-sized soft drinks. A New York judge blocked the city's effort last week.
Bloomberg has called the Mississippi bill "ridiculous."
The Mississippi law says local governments can't require restaurants to list calorie counts on menus or ban plastic toys in kids' meals.

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It works like this. Girl meets boy, preferably in a quaint seaside town. Happiness. They clash. Sadness. Gradually they realize opposites attract and fall in love. Happiness. But they cannot be together because of leukemia / difficult parents / war / Alzheimer's / a psychotic ex. Sadness. They get together anyway. Happiness. Somebody dies. Huge sadness. But the survivors lead richer, fuller lives for having known each other. Happiness. Publish, collect millions, turn the story into a film, collect more millions, repeat. Massive happiness.
That's the algorithm that has fueled Nicholas Sparks' success for the past decade and a half. Sparks, a business finance major who sold pharmaceuticals before trying his hand at fiction, knows the value of a well-defined, reliable brand.
Every romance novel he's written — one a year since his 1996 debut, "The Notebook" — has been a New York Times bestseller. "Safe Haven" currently sits in the top three, and the film version, starring Julianne Hough ("Footloose") and Josh Duhamel ("Transformers"), opens Thursday.
It's Sparks' eighth film adaptation, and we're only halfway through his bookshelf. Meanwhile, he's developing a trio of TV series for ABC Family, TNT and Lifetime.
A 47-year-old "small-town guy," Sparks lived in Watertown, Minn., as a child, and now lives with his wife and five kids in historic New Bern, N.C., not far from scenic Southport, where "Safe Haven" was filmed last year. He was on the road last month with the stars in tow to talk about the business of crafting mass-market love stories.
Sparks believes that what women want from a love story is "female characters that feel absolutely real. Characters that are flawed, because everyone is, yet self-aware enough to know their flaws and to try to get better. In "Safe Haven" there comes a moment when Katie (the heroine, played by Hough) must decide to stay or go, and she decides based on her fear of what will happen to someone else. Combine all that and put her in a situation where she can meet somebody. The kind of male character that when he loves, loves deeply, and not just for a couple of hours."
Duhamel, who had read the script the year before, was the first to be cast. He came to the project with some misgivings. "I wanted to do a Nicholas Sparks movie, but I wanted to do it in a different way. They run the risk of being compared to the ones he's done in the past. You want to separate yourself with something a little different."
It wasn't until he reconsidered it a year later that the story's thriller and suspense elements convinced him it would stand apart.
"Even though the character didn't feel the most dynamic" — his recently widowed shopkeeper, Alex, spends a fair amount of time bashfully pining after Hough's Katie — "I loved the package. I'm a big fan of Lasse Hallstrom," who directed the film straight off "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen."
He, Hallstrom and Sparks talked at length about how to make the character "less perfect," Duhamel said. "He is having a hard time raising his kids and getting over the death of his wife."
After repeatedly saving planet Earth from rampaging robots, his new part dials back Duhamel's heroic stature considerably. "Safe Haven" features a peril-filled climax in which he does some brave things but doesn't save the day. That turn of events allows Hough's Katie, who has been fleeing a violent relationship, to step up and "fight the battle she needs to win," the actress said. "People need to be secure and strong in their own beings before they can be with anybody else."
The film dealt Hough, whose background is in dance, plenty of acting challenges, including an eyebrow-raising final revelation worthy of "The X-Files."
"That actually came easy for me because I grew up very religious and spiritual. There's something so beautiful about that moment in the book and the movie. It makes me cry."
What came harder was to play a person who is mysterious and guarded. "It wasn't easy to have my walls up and yet be accessible and likable and relatable so that we could have a relationship."
Sparks, who also produced the film, takes an active, hands-on, even argumentative role, he said. He decides who gets cast (he favors new actresses like Hough, having had good luck with Rachel McAdams) and who will direct (he had a good experience with Hallstrom on their earlier collaboration, "Dear John"). When shooting commences, he backs off. "You don't tell Josh, Julianne or Lasse how to do their jobs. That's why you hired them."
Hallstrom followed the same philosophy with his performers, Duhamel said. "I never felt so trusted. He would listen to ideas, incorporate suggestions we made. What I love about his movies, like 'My Life as a Dog,' are these little slices of life that don't necessarily move the movie forward but everybody can understand. We found an everyday thing for my character to deal with. The door to his store sticks, and he never gets around to fixing it. It's not pivotal to the story, but everybody can relate to who that guy is."
A guy who's a good candidate for some tender loving care, Nicholas Sparks style.
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John Dailey never knew why he was always so disorganized. His struggles in school grew into struggles at work. But when his 3-year-old daughter started to show signs of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, he realized that he had been seeing those very signs in himself his whole life.
"I had given up trying to figure out why I was the way I was and just accepted it and said this is me," Dailey told "Good Morning America."
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Dailey, from Ramsey, Minnesota, was diagnosed with ADHD six years ago, on the same day his daughter was diagnosed. He was 36 years old.
Dailey is among the estimated nearly 5 percent of American adults living with ADHD, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
With Diagnosis, Struggles Now Make Sense
Ashley McDermott is another parent whose diagnosis came about because of a child. While she was researching her son's ADHD, she was astonished to find that she was reading about herself.
"I closed the book the second chapter, and started to cry. This is my whole life. I can't believe this is me," she said.
"It was life-defining because suddenly my whole life makes sense," McDermott said. "Every part of my personality that I never could understand why I was the way I was, it all made sense."
Dr. Ned Hallowell, a psychiatrist who works out of Boston and New York, said there was no doubt that ADHD was genetically transmitted.
"There's some cases you can acquire it, but 95 percent of cases you acquire from the genes of your parents and grandparents," he said.
There appear to be differences in the way that grown women and men experience ADHD.
According to Sue Hallowell, Ned Hallowell's wife and author of "Married to Distraction," women are generally "more of the day-dreamy, inattentive type, so they're not the ones who were jumping off the walls like the boys with ADHD with hyperactivity disorder."
McDermott's lack of focus hobbled her in school and followed into her adult life.
"Every single report card -- I mean my entire childhood said the same thing, which is 'Ashley could be a very good student if she could calm down and stop talking and pay attention and focus,'" she recalled.
Medication Changed Their Lives
Dailey had similar obstacles.
"I'd always hit walls in terms of trying to climb the ladder and move onto bigger and better things and a lot of it was because I couldn't get organized," he said.
A combination of medication and behavioral therapies has transformed Dailey. He is now very productive at work and his performance is being rewarded.
"I think the first year on the medication we blew our numbers out of the water and I got about 145 percent bonus, it was absolutely enormous, we'd never seen that much money in one big fell swoop," he said.
Ashley, 45, is about to publish a novel. It's a feat that would have been unimaginable before she started taking medication for her ADD, another clinical term that can be applied to many types of ADHD.
"My ADD literally got so bad that I couldn't even read a book. So you have that constant noise in the back of your head and then suddenly you take your ADD medicine and it's like someone turns the staticky radio off," she said.
ADHD Resources
Dailey has weaned himself off the medication, but he has new strategies to cope with his disorder.
"If I know I've got a deadline, I'm actually going to shut myself away from everybody and focus in a nice quiet room, typically from my home office as opposed to going into the office, because in the office I'm talking to people," he said.
For more information about ADHD, here are a few resources:
The Attention Deficit Disorder Association.
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.


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Breaking Legs
Comedy involving a playwright who seeks funding from the family of a former student with Mafia connections, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 27, 2:30 p.m. $20, $18 seniors, $16 students, $15 ages 12 and under; $25 at door. Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. (631) 226-8400 or www.studiotheatreli.com.
John Patrick Shanley's award-winning drama, set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, about a popular priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled 12-year-old student, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m. $20 $17 seniors and students Friday and Sunday. Merrick Theatre & Center for the Arts, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.
Grace and Glorie
A two-character drama about a woman dealing with the end of her life and the volunteer worker who befriends her, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 27, 2:30 p.m. $25, $23 seniors, $18 students, $14 youth 12 and under, $28 at door. BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. (631) 581-2700 or www.broadhollow.org.
Intimate Apparel
Lynn Nottage's award-winning drama about the life of an African-American seamstress living on her own in a Manhattan boarding house in 1905, presented by Nassau Community College's Department of Theatre and Dance, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 30-31, 8 p.m. $9, $7 seniors. Nassau Community College's Little Theatre, Garden City. (516) 572-7676.
The Last Romance
The Long Island premiere of Joe DiPietro's heartwarming comedy about the transformative power of love, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m. $20 Friday and Sunday, $25 Saturday. Arena Players, Vanderbilt Museum Carriage House Theater, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport. 293-0674 or www.arenaplayers.org.
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
Pat Benatar and her producer/guitarist Neil Giraldo present a Sandy benefit concert, Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. $49.50. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd, Westbury. (800) 745-3000 or www.livenation.com.
Kathy Mattea
The singer-songwriter in concert, Saturday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. $50. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. 767-6444 or www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.
Super Diamond
The Neil Diamond tribute band performs Diamond's greatest hits, Saturday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. $29.50. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd, Westbury. (800) 745-3000 or www.livenation.com.
Diane Hoffman Quartet
A tribute to jazz singer Peggy Lee, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m. Tickets required. West Hempstead Public Library, 500 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead. 481-6591.
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Neil Simon's comedy about a script writer and his teenage daughter who dreams of movie stardom, presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m. $28, $20 seniors. The Show Place at the Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. 599-6870 or www.plazatheatrical.com.
Klezmer Mountain Trio
Clarinetist Margot Leverett joins forces with today's stars of klezmer and bluegrass, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2:30 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence.
Masters of Illusion
Rick Thomas and other renowned illusionists demonstrate their daring stunts, based on the award-winning television series, Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m. $69.50, $39.50 and $19.50. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd, Westbury. (800) 745-3000 or www.livenation.com.
The Mellow Tones
Charlie Pappas and Mickey Jimenez present a mix of cabaret, comedy and country music, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m. Tickets required. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
New York Clarinet Trio
Valerie Jones, Nancy Daniels and Heather Jackson perform, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2:30 p.m. Tickets required. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Tango and Beyond
Pianist-composer Cesar Vuksic in a recital featuring tango and other etudes, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.


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Subject: Fictitious Official Checks
Date: February 20, 2008
Description: First National Bank of Weatherford
Fictitious Official Checks of First National Bank of Weatherford, Weatherford, TX
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that fictitious official checks issued in the bank's name and using the bank's correct routing number of 111910267 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a mystery shopping scam.
These items are fictitious, as the First National Bank of Weatherford does not issue official checks. Checks presented to date have been made payable in the amounts of $3,875 and $3,950 and may include a remitter name of "CSS." Due to possible variations in appearance of the bank's official items and scams, it is suggested that officials of the First National Bank of Weatherford be contacted to verify authenticity of any of the bank's official items, if received from an unknown or questionable source.
The mystery shopper correspondence may contain the letterhead of "COMPARISON SHOPPING SOLUTIONS, PO Box 4800, Wildwood, NJ 08280, Tel: 1-905-920-5618, Fax: 1-888-380-8459." Note that the telephone number provided originates out of Hamilton, Ontario. The correspondence informs the recipient that he or she has been selected to be a secret shopper for the company. It explains that the enclosed check is to be used to purchase merchandise at various nationally known merchants as well as to transfer money using a nationally known wire service. The funds to be spent at each location are broken down by a specific dollar amount, with the shopper being allotted the remaining funds as payment for their mystery shopper service. The letter may be signed by Cathy Bradley.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - Rudy and Radim - Screen Test - FULL CONTACT
Latest Sets at WilliamHiggins.com
We set up a screentest for newcomer Radim Valovy, with the lovely Rudy Bodlak. As often happens between solo shoots and getting the guy in for a duo, Radim has changed his hairstyle and color. Rudy does a brief interview with Radim, to find out a bit about him and then they get on with the action. They start by kissing and quickly remove their underwear. Rudy grabs hold of Radim's cock and wanks it a bit as he moves down to suck it. It quickly gets rock hard as Rudy sucks on it, with Radim reaching over for a feel of cock himself. He wanks on Rudy's hard cock as his is being sucked and they soon move to 69. Both the cocks are thick and very hard as they suck each other. Radim, it seems, is accomplished at sucking as he works his mouth all over Rudy's cock and suck at his balls too. Rudy moves to get between Radim's legs and starts to rim his ass. Radim continues to lap at Rudy's balls too. Then as Radim lays on his back Rudy climbs over him and positions his ass over his face for rimming. He sucks on Radim's throbbing dick as he feels that fongue on his hairy hole. Rudy is then ready for more and sits that hole down on Radim's big cock. He rides up and down on it, working his hole real well. His own cock is rampant as his ass is filled, with Radim fucking him real well. Rudy really takes it well, that thick cock stretching his hole very nicely. They change position with Rudy on his back, one leg held up and Radim's cock slamming in and out of his ass. Rudy moans with each thrust of that cock. Radim wants to go deeper and pushes Rudy's legs up above his chest so he can really pound that hole. He is soon ready to dump his load and pulls out, moving up to Rudy's face and delivers that cum all over it. Rudy takes the spent cock in his mouth to clean it off. Radim then positions himself with his face above Rudy's cock, waiting for him to cum too. His tongue hangs out of his mouth lapping at the cock as Rudy shoots his load. Then Radim closes his mouth around that sticky cockhead to suck it dry. He then moves up to kiss Rudy on the mouth, finishing his screentest very nicely. Both guys did very well indeed and Radim is very keen to show us more.
Lukas Pribyl is a fabulous looking guy who we were very keen to work with. This massage was set up as a little softener for, hopefully, more to come. Lukas stands before us, against a dark background and dressed in dark clothes. He looks wonderful as he removes the clothes, showing us that sexy ass. Then he turns around and shows us the front view. Lukas then lays down, on his front to await the masseur, who duly arrives. He takes some oil and begins to work on Lukas' back. His hands rub, sensuously, all over his back and ass. Then they include his arms in the massaging, as he is astride Lukas' legs. Next the masseur moves his attention to Lukas' legs, firstly the right leg, on the thigh and working down to the ankle. Then he massages the left leg in the same manner. Lukas' feet are then massaged before the masseur switches his attention to that sexy ass. His hands squeeze and massage each cheek in turn. His hands slide down between the thighs as we look from the side and as we change angle we see that Lukas cock seems to be hard as a hand rubs over it. The hands spread the cheeks of that ass too, exposing the hole. The a hand rubs over the cockhead as another hand is teasingly rubbing the ass crack. Lukas moves onto his knees, with his cock down between his legs and the masseur takes hold of it and begins to stroke it. The hole is visible as the cheeks are nicely spread while he is being wanked. The masseur then takes a vibrator and, using some lube, slides it into that tight hole. It fucks in and out of the hole before a thicker one takes its place. As that vibrator is pushed into the hole we get a side view and see that Lukas cock is still hard. The vibrator is deep in his ass for a while, and he takes it well, before being removed. It is replaced by the slimmer one and that is again worked in and out of his hole as he is being wanked. Lukas then turns over and his cock, still rock hard, and ready for action. The masseur rubs it as Lukas, holding his legs in the air, feels the vibrator invading his ass again. The masseur wanks on Lukas' cock ti, with the vibrator held in his ass, he shoots a nice big load. The masseur milks that cock as he works the hole somem more, then he removes the vibrator and rubs that creamy load all over Lukas' body. What a lovely scene and Lukas proved himself to be a very good sport about it.
Yuri Bulakov lives in Zatec. He is 19 years old and is a student. In his spare time Yuri enjoys fitness and jogging. Yuri is a very handsome guy, who does his interview reclining on the sofabed. Then he begins to feel his body, opening his shirt to reveal a very nice chest, where we can see neatly trimmed hair. What a picture he looks. As he feels his chest a hand also dips into his jeans to grope his cock. He opens the jeans and writhes around, pulling his cock and balls out. Yuri wanks on that cock until he gets it hard and then shucks his jeans down to show us his very hairy legs. His cock is nice and thick and Yuri stands it up so we get a great view of it. He stands up and continues to play with his cock and feel his chest. The shirt comes off and Yuri turns around to show us a very sexy ass. He spreads his cheeks so we can see his hot hole and, wanting to give a better view, bends over so it spreads completely. The hole is fully exposed as he also pushes that big, fat cock between his legs. Yuri is ready to cum now, so he lays back on the bed and wanks himself to a massive climax, which shoots up his body. He rubs the cum all over his chest and then goes off for a well deserved shower. Yuri looks fabulous in this shoot and, luckily, we have done more shoots with him too.
Martin Poupa is aged 18 and lives in Brno. He is a student who enjoys sports, particularly ice-hockey. Martin has such a beautiful face and looks great in this shoot. He removes his shirt and we see that he also has a very nice body. Opening his jeans Martin then exposes his cock, with the head nicely hooded by his foreskin. He poses to make sure that he get a some great views of him before getting that cock very hard. Now the cockhead is fully free of the foreskin and stands thick and hard as he stands there. Martin then lays down and pushes that big cock up, towards the camera, showing it perfectly. His ass is not to be ignored though, and he lefts his legs to expose his nice, tight pucker hole. He leads us through a series of poses, showing that perfect cock and beautiful ass, including inserting a finger in the hole for us. All in all Martin does a magnificent job in this shoot and looks absolutely divine. I will really look forward to his erotic video.
Martin Bortlik is aged 18 and lives in Prague. He is a student who lists his likes as girls, drinking, swimming and jogging. Martin is a lovely looking guy, with a very full head of hair. After his interview he begins his show, swiftly removing his tee-shirt to show us a slim body, with some nice definition. Martin needs to pee before he can go much further, so he pulls his cock out and grabs a jug and lets go a nice stream for us. His cock seems to have grown some whilst he was pissing and now Martin begins to stroke. As he strokes that cock his big balls swing back and forth. Martin feels all over his body and turns sideways on, so we can see that big cock from a different angle. It is not only Martin's cock that he wants to show and he turns around to display his ass. He bends over and spreads his cheeks. We see a nice hairy crack and a hot pucker hole that opens slightly. Next Martin gets on the bed, on his knees, to show that ass, while he pushes his cock between his legs and wanks it. A helping hand arrives and begins to feel Martin's ass. The hands remove Martin's pants, shoes and socks and then begins to oil that ass. A finger pushes, briefly, into that tight ass before the hand moves down to wank of Martin's big cock. Wanking on the cock and feeling Martin's ass, the hand really works hard. Martin turns over and lays on the bed. The hands once more get to work on him and then takes a vibrator, as Martin wanks himself. The vibrator slides into his tight ass as he wanks his cock, keeping it nice and hard. It is not long before Martin wants to shoot his load and gets on to his knees again, to do just that. He shoots a nice creamy load of cum for us, milking his cock dry, and then goes off to the shower to clean up.


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Montana has the unique distinction of hosting the Nation's longest running snowkite event: The Montana Snowkite Rodeo. This year was the 10th anniversary and for those that attended it was four days of non-stop kiting, soaking in natural hot springs and long nights of excessive partying!
Based out of the Jackson Hot Springs Lodge, dozens of kiters from around the US, Canada and even Australia roamed the Big Hole Valley to enjoy superb kiting conditions. Every day was different; all were windy. At the north end of the Big Hole we kited Mount Haggin for two days. Those days could not have been better. Sunshine, smooth powder snow, never ending hills and fully lit 12m conditions made for a fantastic kickoff to the Rodeo.
A storm day greeted us the next morning and the participants spent that day atop Big Hole Pass. As the powder piled up, the west wind increased. Some of us brought snowmobiles and here we used them to "go long", ranging miles from the highway to kite deep powder.
Our last day was forecast to bring high pressure and no wind. That forecast apparently missed the mark as strong east winds lit up Big Hole Pass. Rodeo kiters hit up a nearby ranch, one that we had previous permission to kite, and we found ourselves throwing huge glides, powerful boosts and ripping endless powder on steep mountains. It was a crazy session that no one will ever forget!
Unfortunately all things come to an end and the four day weekend eventually wound down Monday afternoon. As we left the Big Hole and headed home we could feel the sense of Montana's strong kiter community. That feeling is as strong as ever. That is what makes the Rodeo special, seeing kindred spirits, flying kites on limitless snow covered hills and soaking our tired bodies in hot thermal springs.
See you at the Rodeo next year!
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Spartans gain defining moment win at Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. -- It had been 11 years to the day since Michigan State last came away victorious from Camp Randall Stadium, but the Spartans used stifling defense and just enough offense to pull off an 16-13 upset victory over No. 25 Wisconsin on Saturday in a Big Ten game.
"Offense made plays down the stretch when we had to make it," said head coach Mark Dantonio. "
After holding the Badgers (6-3, 3-2) to a field goal on its first possession of overtime, Michigan State quarterback Andrew Maxwell connected with Bennie Fowler in the end zone for a 12-yard touchdown pass to snap Wisconsin's 21-game home winning streak.
"To be the quarterback and take the ball down the field at the end of the game and score, I think that's what you dream of," Dantonio said. "And then to come back in overtime and win it like that, I thought it was very fitting it went to Bennie Fowler."
Fowler struggled earlier in the year with dropped passes, which were key in defeats against Ohio State and Notre Dame.
"Every football team every season has defining moments, one way or the other," Dantonio said. "I think it sort of defined us a little bit today.
"We've been close. And What I'd like to say is basically, hey, we're not going to quit. We won't quit on people. We've always hung in there and that's a tribute to our team leadership and our chemistry as a group of people and individuals."
Maxwell's heroics began late in the fourth quarter. With Michigan State down seven with just over six minutes to go, he led the Spartans (5-4, 2-3) on an impressive 12-play, 75-yard drive to tie the score with 1:08 to go. Maxwell threw for 63 yards and rushed for 7 before pitching the ball to Le'Veon Bell for a 5-yard touchdown run on a shovel pass.
The teams headed to overtime after Wisconsin's attempt to reach field-goal range was stopped
with a sack that drove the Badgers back to their own 29-yard line.
The Badgers came in as one of the hottest rushing teams in the country, averaging 356 yards on the ground in their past two games, but Michigan State showed why it has the Big Ten's best rushing defense by limiting Wisconsin to 19 yards.
"We just kept playing, just kept playing," Dantonio said. "We just said, 'Hey, push them pack, push them back, way back, I guess.
"Our guys had enthusiasm and they had confidence."
The Badgers defense was also a brick wall, holding Le'Veon Bell, the country's third leading rusher, to 77 yards on the ground and forcing Michigan State to go to the air time and again.
Maxwell found limited success in the first two quarters except on the last drive of the half, finishing with 216 yards and two touchdowns.
Wisconsin's offense was unable to get anything going after its first scoring drive in the opening quarter. The futility only increased when freshman quarterback Joel Stave left the game with a shoulder injury after being sacked on the first play from scrimmage in the second half.
The Badgers' only scoring drive of the second half came off a fumble recovery at the Spartan 18-yard line. Wisconsin ran three plays for minus-2 yards, including a holding penalty that wiped out a touchdown run, and settled for a 39-yard field goal by Kyle French.
Montee Ball led Wisconsin with 46 yards rushing and tight end Jacob Pederson caught three passes for 65 yards and a touchdown to lead all receivers.
"I thought our guys invested a lot into that game during the course of the week," said Wisconsin coach Brett Bielema. "To go nine straight weeks (without a bye) and then to be on the verge of getting everything back to where we wanted to be is difficult to swallow."
NOTES: Wisconsin didn't have a 100-yard rusher for the first time since Sept. 29 when Ball rushed for 90 yards against Nebraska ... Bell passed the 1,000-yard rushing mark in a season for the first time in his career ... After forcing only three turnovers in its first five games, Wisconsin has forced six in its last four, including one Saturday ... Saturday's game marked Wisconsin's first loss at home in 21 games.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bulldogs improved to 13-7 and 2-1 in the Ivy League with a 5-2 victory over No. 68 Cornell Friday at Yale University. Yale won five of six singles matches to clinch the victory.
The Bulldogs dropped the doubles point despite winning at No. 2 doubles. The doubles team of freshman Marc Powers and junior Calvin Bennett won that match 8-5 over Mirza Klis and Jonathan Jaklitsch.
But Yale rallied in singles play. Four of Yale's five singles victories came in straight sets. Once again it was freshmen that led the way for the Bulldogs.
At No. 1 singles, Powers won 7-5, 6-1 over Jaklitsch. Freshman John Huang rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Andy Gauthier at the No. 2 singles slot. Bennett defeated Jeremy Feldman 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3 singles. Playing No. 4 singles, freshman Daniel Hoffman cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win over Jonathan Fife. Sophomore Erik Blumenkranz battled to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles over Mizra Klis.
Yale is back in action Saturday when it hosts No. 45 Columbia.
Complete Results
1. Marc Powers (Y) def. Jonathan Jaklitsch (C), 7-5,
2. John Huang (Y) def. Andy Gauthier (C), 6-1, 6-2
3. Calvin Bennett (Y) def. Jeremy Feldman (C), 6-4, 6-1
4. Daniel Hoffman (Y) def. Jonathan Fife (C), 6-4, 6-2
5. Evan Bernstein (C) def. Joel Samaha (Y), 6-1, 6-3
6. Erik Blumenkranz (Y) def. Mirza Klis (C), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1. Feldman / Gauthier (C) def. Blumenkranz / Samaha (Y),
2. Bennett / Powers (Y) def. Klis / Jaklitsch (C), 8-5
3. Fife / Bernstein (C) def. Huang / Hoffman (Y), 8-3
Report Filed by Steven Horn '10, Yale Sports Publicity
Video by Sam Dorward '13, Yale Sports Publicity:


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Learning Index >> Thirteen Weavers
In the years 1930 to 1938 she worked on a prestigeous commission for the Elmhirsts to weave banners for the Great Hall at Dartington, Devon. These vertical, heavy wool hangings were intended to improve the accoustic for mucic performances and featured abstract designs symbolizing the estate's industries, agriculture and arts. They were woven in a weft inlay technique, using vat-dyed and vegetable-dyed yarns; Elizabeth Peacock had to learn vat dyeing especially for the work. Also in the 1930s, she studied drawloom weaving and built a drawloom at 'Weavers' with the expert on the subject, Alice Hindson, who was working with her from about 1933 to 1935.
Elizabeth Peacock's later researches encompassed fabrics for a project in collaboration with the archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes. With her students from Redhill and Reigate School of Art, she wove reproduction material to clothe figures from ancient history for the 1951 Festival of Britain exhibition on London's South Bank. The various fabrics were accurate in fleece and yarn and woven on a reduced scale.
From its inception in 1931, Peacock was active in the Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (GWSD) and was chief organiser of its annual summer schools in the years 1931-40 and 1946-56. These were based at Redhill and Reigate School of Art, Surrey where she taught part-time for 17 years (1940-57). She retired from teaching at age 77 when failing eyesight became a restriction. Her final works were the 'Cottage Tapestries', woven in the inlay technique and composed of narrow strips. She died in July 1969.


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It should just be 1 point for a win IMO and nothing else. Otherwise it gets too confusing
It should just be 1 point for a win IMO and nothing else. Otherwise it gets too confusing
i will keep both in mind
still just fine tuning how i will do everything at the moment
4 weeks out i will post a full set of "rules"
i will also post a full match schedule, and little things later on
the reason behind posting the rules 4 weeks out is to make sure everyone can have a look at them....Under no circrumstances will any modifications be made to those rules after that post however, before that date, make a suggestion and let it be open to the discrepency of the other tippers*
* - must be a registered tipper to have your say
Leeds United will make it back to the Premier League
"You tried and you failed miserably. Lesson here is never try"
are you going to use my rules???
or did you already have some made up
am i a registered tipper ???
yes...but only some
if you have said that you want to be in then you are registered
4 points for spot on result
3 points for getting the margin of victory correct (or a draw which is 1 goal out)
2 points for getting the outcome.
All predictions up to kick-off are valid, no editting of posts allowed.
Those rules were simple and used to work perfectly fine when we had something in the past.
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
My tuppence worth: we could all register on a site that lets you run a private league. It also has the advantage of preventing cribbing of others' tips.
However if posting tips in a thread is the way to go how about:
1 point for correct outcome (win, loss, draw)
1 point for correct score (1-0, 2-1, etc)
1 point for first goalscorer
2 point bonus for all three (i.e. if you tip England to beat Trinidad 3-0 with Rooney as first goalscorer and all come to pass you get 5 points)
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"At this point, the merciful thing to do may be to put up one of those big green curtains they use when a horse falls at a racecourse, to spare the crowd the sight, and afford the man some privacy, for the ruthless but necessary end of his Test career." - The Guardian's Andy Bull on Keaton Jennings
i like boy brumby's idea about the private league on a site the only problem is finding one
keep the ideas coming
My scoring system is tried and tested as being a fair way of awarding both those that are consistently accurate but also the spot ons!
Mind you, when we get near to the actual Tournament finding a site won't be a problem I'd think.
There'll also no doubt be a Fantasy Football thing for Dale to win.
im in, whatever the rules are.
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winner of formula 1 prediction thread 2005 competition and look forward to next year
Ok can i Join now..
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An important education goal has been set for the state of Hawaiʻi—55 by '25, to increase the number of Hawaiʻi's working age adults with a two- or four-year college degree to 55 percent by the year 2025.
"We need families, business leaders, community groups and the general public to pledge their support to help Hawaiʻi's keiki and students to strive higher, and to earn a two- or four-year college degree, so that they are prepared for the best careers and a family sustaining wage," said Karen Lee, the executive director of Hawaiʻi P–20 Partnerships for Education, which is spearheading the campaign.
Only 42 percent of Hawaiʻi's adults hold a college degree according to the latest U.S. Census information, and a recent study by Georgetown University found that by 2018, 65 percent of the jobs in Hawaiʻi will require some college—an alarming 23 percent gap.
"This is a national imperative, this is an imperative for the state of Hawaiʻi, therefore, it is an imperative for the University of Hawaiʻi System," said University of Hawaiʻi System Interim President David Lassner. "We take this extremely seriously. "
Governor Neil Abercrombie and leaders in education, business and government spoke at a news conference at Honolulu Community College in January 2014 about the importance of strengthening the state's workforce through education, from preschool to college.
"This is based on solid evidence of what works, how to do it. We know where we want to go, we know how to get there—the 55 by '25 campaign is it," said Governor Abercrombie.
The campaign is calling on parents to get more involved, government to expand and invest in more academic programs and initiatives and businesses to provide more internships and incentives for employees to complete college.
- TIPS: Parents | Students | Businesses
Local businesses have also joined the 55 by '25 initiative including Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaiian Telcom, First Insurance Company of Hawaiʻi and Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, the largest private employer in the state that operates four hospitals including Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children and Straub Medical Center.
"These hospitals could not function without an educated workforce," said John La Forgia, the senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Hawaiʻi Pacific Health. "We need doctors, nurses, lab technologists, x-ray technicians, a whole host of people, all of whom need to have specialized training, advanced training, advanced education to get what really are wonderful jobs."
Efforts are already underway on all fronts. In recent years, enrollment is up 25 percent across the UH System and graduation rates are up 27 percent, thanks in part to efforts like the Hawaiʻi Graduation Initiative.
"That is, we are getting more students through more quickly than we are enrolling and that's going to be essential for increasing degree output for the state," said Lassner.
55 by '25 is an initiative by Hawaiʻi P–20 Partnerships for Education, a statewide partnership led by the Executive Office on Early Learning, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education and the University of Hawaiʻi. Go to 55 by '25 website for more information.
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At this summit we are delighted to be running the Google Apps Educator Level 1 Certification preparation. For educators, the new 'Certified Educator' courses are truly transformative in helping you incorporate Google tools in your teaching. Rather than focusing on rote knowledge of apps the course and certification exam focuses on the practical application of the tools in the classroom. This day will focus on Educator Certification including a voucher. Many that attend this training quickly become Google Certified Educators and are qualified to become Trainers or Innovators. Exams are taken independently after Bootcamp.
Following the Fundamentals Training, we will utilize Google Classroom for this professional development experience (learn what it is like to be a student for a day in Classroom!) as well as Hangout Chats, Document, Slide and Drawing Collaboration for Engaging Learners, The Many Faces of Forms, Collaborative Calendars, and more. We will get your testing account setup and apply your voucher so you are ready to take the exam within days of the Bootcamp. Note: 'Passing the test is not guaranteed.'
Certification Course on Friday will take place at Room A215, first floor of Johannes Petri Skola, Hedenströms väg 1, 132 42 Saltsjö-boo, Sweden.


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BOSTON (AP) Olivier Hanlan scored 19 points, including the game-winning free throw with 20 seconds left, and Boston College beat Auburn 50-49 on Wednesday.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Eagles (2-3).
Frankie Sullivan scored 23 for Auburn (2-3), including a four-point play to tie the game with 48 seconds left. But Hanlan was fouled driving to the basket, then sank one of two free throws.
Sullivan dribbled down the clock but almost got tied up; Rob Chubb kept the loose ball from going out of bounds but Sullivan's desperation shot at the buzzer went off the front of the rim.
Joe Rahon scored 15 for BC, and Hanlan added six rebounds.
Sullivan had eight rebounds for the Tigers, who had never played in the state of Massachusetts before.


text: I've been really busy working on Renee's campaign lately. So busy, that I did not even take time to post a link to some columns I had posted this week. One was a piece at Townhall on conservative women that I've been writing for weeks and finally finished up over the weekend. The next was a review of the film Fire from the Heartland which ran at Big Hollywood. Then yesterday my review (and celebration of) the return of the series Dexter for its fifth season was posted at Big Hollywood. Please go take a look at them.


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Economic recovery through consolidation
This past week has seen major change and resolutions on important issues that are important to Americans. For instance, the contending teams for Super Bowl XLIII were decided. That was a high priority in the grand scheme of important stuff to resolve in America.
As unbelievable as it might be, the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to duke it out with the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa, Fla. for the top football prize. No, this is not a joke; the Arizona Cardinals are really going to the Super Bowl . . . to play.
Another newsworthy item concerns the Obamas, who decided to purchase an antique, king size bed for their new digs on Pennsylvania Avenue. That was a decision worth mentioning. Also, the Inauguration was a splendid affair.
An additional noteworthy item also involves our president, who worked hard during the weeks before taking over the oval office. He helped the country by getting a head start on resolving disturbing economic issues with a brilliantly architected plan.
It appears that since congress supported his program, The American people are going to rally behind their new leader and get involved in helping the country cure its economic woes.
I think it is important that we all do our part and try to contribute to the effort, even if we only do so in a small way.
I believe I have come up with a plan that could save hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of dollars in TV production costs. My idea even has the potential to save a few jobs in various industries. The concept is to consolidate TV commercials. I know it sounds far-fetched, but hear me out. This could work.
Did you ever notice that those really tough, manly men in the truck commercials are the same guys you see in the beer commercials. You know the ones I mean. The guys with the big muscles and heavy beards who heave boulders into the back of their pickup trucks, then they flash big, white, toothy smiles at the camera while women drool all over their TV sets. Those guys.
Well . . . The idea is to take the footage from the "Drive the truck that gets the job done" commercial, and combine it with a beer commercial. After the guy heaves the boulder into the truck bed, and six of those burly specimens of American manhood jump into the truck cab patting each other on the back and congratulating the driver, the commercial masterfully cuts to the same guys drinking beer in a "Drinkability" commercial.
That's the commercial where the burly men celebrate their big accomplishment with their manly truck by drinking beer, a manly drink and a most masculine pastime.
By combining the footage, two products could be advertised for the price of one. I believe that the same spot could include one more product because the spot needs sex appeal. Yes, sex appeal is always an integral ingredient in all truck and beer commercials.
To fulfill this need, I also noticed that the women who are in the dance the fat off with suggestive and obscene body movements commercials, are also the same women that are in the manly beer commercials.
You know the women of whom I speak. They are the young ladies that look as if they live in a gym, wear underwear from Victoria's Secret, and in real life never date or marry anyone whose name is not prominent in a Fortune 500 company.
We are talking about drop dead beautiful models and actresses who have never had a beer in a manly bar actually pass their lips.
Now the commercial cuts to these spandex clad babes working out while the announcer claims that they lost a hundred pounds each in only two weeks. After the workout, we cut back to the beer commercial where these women who were dripping sweat in the last frame, are now perfectly coiffed and dressed in designer jeans that fit tighter than the spandex they wore at the gym.
They bounce into the bar, grab a beer, latch onto the nearest hunk and stare dreamily into his eyes as he swigs brew and looks manly.
Put those three commercials together and millions could be saved. The commercial is a perfect example of the American dream. The story line is classic.
Hard working men driving manly trucks are rewarded for their efforts with beer and attractive women who have nothing better to do than practice sexy, suggestive exercises so they can look perfect and lust after men in manly bars.
I feel better already. I have put together the perfect formula advertising the American ideal in one commercial that will save big corporations millions. Only in America could all of this be accomplished while we contend with life in a system we can't understand.


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Columbia University. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
In May 1943, James B. Conant, the president of Harvard University, published an essay in The Atlantic Monthly titled "Wanted: American Radicals." Conant was on the lookout for "a group of modern radicals in the American tradition," whose ideas would encompass Thoreau and Whitman, Emerson and Marx, and who would be "lusty in wielding the axe against the root of inherited privilege" so as to prevent the growth of "a caste system." His proposal? The imposition of "really effective inheritance and gift taxes and the breaking up of trust funds and estates." Conant, whose essay infuriated Harvard's well-heeled trustees, was hardly a radical himself; he was, and would always remain, a man of the establishment. But in those days, college and university presidents did not limit their activities to fundraising, shmoozing, paper-pushing and administration. They had access to bully pulpits, and they occupied them.
Think about it: When was the last time a college or university president produced an edgy piece of commentary, or took a daring stand on a contentious matter?
It's a familiar lament. The university president, Upton Sinclair wrote in The Goose-Step, was "the most universal faker and the most variegated prevaricator that has yet appeared in the civilized world." William Honan, writing in The New York Times in 1994, wondered why college presidents no longer "cut striking figures on the public stage." "Small Men on Campus: The Shrinking College President" was the headline of a New Republic cover story in 1998. In their 2010 book Higher Education?, Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus declared, "Once upon a time, university leaders were seen as sculptors of society." Now they "are chiefly technocrats, agile climbers who reach the top without making too many enemies or mistakes."
Recently the old concerns about higher education leadership were revived by controversies concerning two Ivy League presidents: Ruth Simmons of Brown and Lee Bollinger of Columbia. Not so long ago, both were seen as public-spirited, visionary leaders: Bollinger, when he led the University of Michigan, spearheaded the fight for affirmative action in college admissions; and Simmons, in 2003, initiated a far-reaching investigation into Brown's historic connection to slavery and the slave trade. (She stepped down last year.)
Those actions won praise, but serious questions have since been raised about what these people do in their spare time. In 2010, the Times reported that Simmons had served on the board of Goldman Sachs and was partly responsible for a $68 million pay package awarded to its chairman, Lloyd Blankfein, in 2007. (Simmons ultimately left the Goldman Sachs board with stock worth $4.3 million.) In June, Bollinger, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's board of directors, defended the right of Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, to remain a member of that same board, despite the fact that Dimon's bank had contributed money to Columbia. Those who thought Dimon should resign, Bollinger reportedly said, were "foolish." Criticism came quickly: economist Simon Johnson, in blog posts for the Times, lashed Bollinger for serving on the Fed's board, for sidestepping an obvious conflict of interest and for lacking the credentials to serve. (Bollinger's term ended December 31.)


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Phil Keoghan Previews the New Season of 'Amazing Race'
This might be the most competitive season ever because we have three women fighting for the title of Miss Competitive Racer Season 23! Of course let's not forget that we have some former professional athletes, some guys who know how to live off the grid, ER Doctors who are used to making life-saving decisions while sleep deprived, and the "afganimals" in the mix as well. As always there will be new destinations and extreme challenges to match our super competitive Racers. The first challenge will literally take their breath away! — Phil Keoghan


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You know all that talk about how Superstorm Sandy will revivify efforts in Washington to address climate change? Write it down somewhere, because a few days or weeks from now it will be forgotten.
So will concerns about income inequality, and pledges to protect Social Security and Medicare from harm. They may be heading to the back burner after having only momentarily made it to the front.
These predictions are based on these issues' weight in the recent presidential campaign, which is barely any weight at all. Both candidates tirelessly reminded us that this election was "important," but the most important issues at stake for individual voters, for business and for the economy at large flitted by in their stump speeches and the three debates faster than you can say "attention span."
As for Sandy somehow resetting the debate on climate change, you should be skeptical. Sometimes the bigger the event, the brighter the flare of aftermath and the faster the burnout. The word after 9/11 was that the attack would usher in a period of unprecedented domestic political comity; instead we got the most ruthlessly partisan politics in generations.


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NEW YORK (AP) - As bells tolled solemnly, Americans marked the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Wednesday with the reading of the names, moments of silence and serene music that have become tradition
At a morning ceremony on the 2-year-old memorial plaza at the site of the World Trade Center, relatives recited the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died when hijacked jets crashed into the twin towers and the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa., as well as the 1993 trade center bombing victims' names.
In Washington, President Barak Obama, joined by first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden, and members of the White House staff, walked out to the South Lawn at 8:46 a.m. - the moment the first plane struck the south tower in New York. Another jetliner struck the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.
"It is an honor to be with you here again to remember the tragedy of 12 Septembers ago, to honor the greatness of all who responded and to stand with those who still grieve and to provide them some measure of comfort once more," Obama said. "Together we pause and we give humble thanks as families and as a nation."
A moment of silence was also held at the U.S. Capitol.
At the site in lower Manhattan, friends and families silently held up photos of the deceased. Others wept.
"Twelve years is like 15 minutes," said Clyde Frazier, whose son Clyde died in the attack and whose remains were never found. "Time stands still because you love your child, you love your son. ... Nothing changes except he's not here. It takes a toll on your body. You still look like you, but inside, you're a real wreck."
Bells tolled to mark the second plane hitting the second tower and the moments when the towers fell. Near the memorial plaza, police barricades were blocking access to the site, even as life around the World Trade Center looked like any other morning, with workers rushing to their jobs and construction cranes looming over the area.
"As time passes and our family grows, our children remind us of you," Angilic Casalduc said of her mother, Vivian Casalduc. "We miss you."
The anniversary arrived amid changes at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, where construction started Tuesday on a new visitor center. On Wednesday, the families of the passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 recalled their loved ones as heroes for their unselfish and quick actions. The plane was hijacked with the likely goal of crashing it into the White House or Capitol, but passengers tried to overwhelm the attackers and the plane crashed into a field. All aboard died.
"In a period of 22 minutes, our loved ones made history," said Gordon Felt, president of the Families of Flight 93, whose brother, Edward, was a passenger.
In New York, loved ones milled around the memorial site, making rubbings of names, putting flowers by the names of victims and weeping, arm-in-arm. Former Gov. George Pataki, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and others were in attendance. Continuing a decision made last year, no politicians will speak, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was watching the ceremony for his final time in office.
Over his years as mayor and chairman of the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum, Bloomberg has sometimes tangled with victims' relatives, religious leaders and other elected officials over an event steeped in symbolism and emotion. But his administration has largely succeeded at its goal of keeping the commemoration centered on the attacks' victims and their families and relatively free of political image-making.
Memorial organizers expect to take primary responsibility for the ceremony next year and say they plan to continue concentrating the event on victims' loved ones, even as the forthcoming museum creates a new, broader framework for remembering 9/11.
Douglas Hamatie, whose 31-year-old cousin Robert Horohoe worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and died on 9/11, said the day should become a national holiday.
"The kids today, they know when the next iPhone's coming out, and they know when the next Justin Bieber concert is, but they don't know enough about 9/11. So let's change that, please," he said, to applause from the crowd.
Around the world, thousands of volunteers have pledged to do good deeds, honoring an anniversary that was designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009.
By next year's anniversary, the museum is expected to be open beneath the memorial plaza. While the memorial honors those killed, the museum is intended to present a broader picture of 9/11, including the experiences of survivors and first responders.
"As things evolve in the future, the focus on the remembrance is going to stay sacrosanct," memorial President Joe Daniels said.
The organizers expect they "will always keep the focus on the families on the anniversary," Daniels said. That focus was clear as relatives gathered on the tree-laden plaza, where a smaller crowd was gathering Wednesday - only friends and family of the victims were allowed.
Denise Matuza, who lost her husband on Sept. 11, said people ask her why she still comes to the service with her three sons.
"It doesn't make us feel good to stay home," she said. Her husband called after the towers were struck. "He said a plane hit the building, they were finding their way out, he'd be home in a little while. I just waited and waited," she said.
"A few days later I found an email he had sent that they couldn't get out."
Associated Press writers Verena Dobnik, Jennifer Peltz and Meghan Barr in New York, Nedra Pickler in Washington and Kevin Begos in Shanksville, Pa., contributed to this report.
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Corn Nuts Are the Official Corn 'Nut Sack' of the UFC, According to Bruce Buffer [VIDEO]
(Sadly, this was the only interesting moment of the Lawlor vs. Carmont fight. Props: ybrekyert via Reddit MMA)
Even the suavest sons-of-bitches occasionally make mistakes. UFC cage-announcer Bruce Buffer — the sharply-dressed Trigg-abusing card-shark who has long showcased his golden throat and trademarked catchphrases as the "Veteran Voice of the Octagon" — made quite a verbal boner during the main card of UFC 154 on Saturday. Honestly, it's not his fault. When your product slogan includes the phrase "nut snack," you're setting yourself up for unfortunate accidents.
Prediction: Following his triumphant performance as the Shockmaster, Tom Lawlor will show up to his next UFC weigh-in appearance as a corn nut-sack.Read More DIGG THIS


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February 28. 2014 8:01PM
MANCHESTER — A Georgia man received a 5- to 25-year state prison sentence Thursday for forcibly raping a 9-year-old girl twice between December 2012 and last March.
Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Philip Mangones also imposed an additional 10- to -20 year suspended sentence on Terrell Wells, 29.
The girl told Manchester police last March that Wells sexually assaulted her while she watched a movie at her home in December and again in March, Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia M. LaFrance said.
Wells pleaded guilty to both counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault Thursday. The plea agreement had the support of the victim and her family. The victim also wrote a statement, which was read to the court.
Wells will be eligible for parole in five years, but only will be granted parole if he successfully completes the Sexual Offender Program at the state prison.


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WILLIAMSBURG, June 19, 1779.
To be SOLD, in the city of Williamsburg, on Thursday the 24th of this instant (June) for ready money, or tobacco at the current price, The brigantine Gouverneur, with her guns and materials, she is about 130 tuns burthen, a remarkable fine and fast sailing vessel, and lies in Matchapungo inlet upon the Eastern Shore. Also three fourths of the schooner Good Intent, about 50 tuns burthen, lately arrived into Curratuck, and ordered round to South Quay. Inventories will be shewn on the day of sale. PLEASANTS, SHORE, & Co.
Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Nicolson) June 19, 1779
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A BRIGANTINE or BRIG, for short, is a merchant-ship with two masts, at least one of which is square rigged. A SCHOONER is a smaller vessel with two or more masts that is easily maneuverable and used for fishing or cargo in coastal water.
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Premium-channel lesbian dramedy "The L Word" exposed me to Buddhist philosopher/psychiatrist Mark Epstein: De facto protagonist/power-lesbian Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals) attends Epstein's reading for Open to Desire: The Truth About What The Buddha Taught in the third season, second episode, "Lost Weekend." In his too-brief cameo, he explains James Joyce's idea of beholding: If held too closely, the subject of desire becomes pornography, but when we distance ourselves too much, it becomes criticism. Epstein contends it's possible to have intense, loving relationships with others and desire itself without attendant grasping and objectification. Epstein now tours with his latest, The Trauma of Everyday Life. This dense scholarly panegyric to transformative potential of trauma finds Epstein taking on psychodrama of trauma in the Buddha's childhood, as well as in his own life and those of his patients. Epstein's thoughts on traumatic memory being stored solely in implicit memory alone are worth the price of admission. Hear him out at Bookworks tonight starting at 7 p.m. (Samantha Anne Carrillo) Bookworks • Thu Aug 22 • 7 pm • free • ALL-AGES! • View on Alibi calendar


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Antec Nine Hundred Two Review
If you decide to spend hundreds, or even thousands of dollars on an insane computer, you're going to want the case to look as good as the hardware you stuff inside it. While some people may live by the paradigm, "It's whats on the inside that counts," it's these types who usually can't tell the difference between a microwave and a toaster oven. The real Gamers/Enthusiasts know that you need a sweet chasis for your rig. If the case looks great, that's awesome, and looks should be considered an added bonus. A great computer case needs to have good airflow, hopefully some kind of noise reduction, lots of space; and most importantly did I mention good airflow? If a case has all of these, it usually looks cool. The case I'll be reviewing is what I will call the sequel to Antec's popular Nine Hundred case - the Nine Hundred Two. With a 200X30mm top exhaust fan, two 120X25mm front intake fans with fan controllers, one rear exhaust fan, and room for 2 more fans, this case looks like a mid-tower beast. Because the case is a mid-tower, I'm curious on how things will fit in. Video cards seem to be getting bigger by the generation, so hopefully Antec has made room for any card to fit.
According to Antec, the Nine Hundred was one of the best selling gaming cases. This could be true as many people use an Antec case of some sort: the Three Hundred; Nine Hundred; or Twelve Hundred. The Nine Hundred Two is supposed to build upon the design of the original Nine Hundred. It should have increased air flow, as well as a dominating new look. If the Nine Hundred was 3 times better then the Three Hundred, then the Nine Hundred Two should be 2 times better then the original. Will this case be the new "Ultimate Gaming Case"? Let's find out!
Closer Look:
Antec took a more pleasant approach to the boxes design then usual. Instead of trying to cram it full of logos and specifications, we are greeted with a picture of the top portion of the case, as well as the Antec logo in the top left and along the bottom section. Additionally, there is the case name and a description of how this is the "Ultimate Gaming Case Evolved." I'm hoping it will live up to its title.
The back of the box reveals three pictures of the Nine Hundred Two, along with three columns. Each of these columns contain specifications in different languages. The Antec logo keeps its home in the top left corner, while the three other corners are populated with a Quiet Computing logo, some brief information about contacting Antec, and the bar code/pictures of junk (aka umbrellas, wine glasses, hands, and the recycle logo). Both sides sport separate pictures of the product with brief descriptions; one with all the special bits and where they are located and the other with a brief description of why the Nine Hundred Two is the Ultimate Gaming Case.
Upon opening the box, we see the top of the case tightly wedged between to pieces of foam. This is where we get our first glimpse of the "Big Boy." upon removal of the case, I was pleased to see that absolutely nothing had been damaged. The plastic did have a slight rip towards the bottom of the case. The way things are shipped these days, it wasn't unexpected.


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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828
El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun, c. 1806
Oil on panel
11 1/2 x 15 5/8 (29.2 x 38.5 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1933.1071
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Spanish Painting, 1928, cat. 7–12, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 166-a.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 69-a.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Goya, April 9-April 21, 1934, cat. 17.
Columbus, Ohio, Gallery of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Spanish Art, 1936.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Goya, 1941, pp. 46–49, cat. 71 (ill.)
The Toledo Museum of Art, Spanish Painting, March 16-April 27, 1941, pp. 136–137, cat. 90 (ill.).
New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Goya, For the Benefit of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, November 9–December 16, 1950, cat. 29.
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Goya Drawings and Prints, May 3–30, 1955, cat. 178.
The Hague, Mauritshuis, Goya, July 4–September 13, 1970; traveled to Paris, Palais du Louvre, September 25–December 7, 1970, cat. 33 (ill.).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Goya: Truth and Fantasy: The Small Paintings, March 17-June 12, 1994, cat. 84 (ill.).
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828: Prophet der Moderne, 2005, cat. 84; traveled to Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin, 2005.
Paris, France, Musée d'Orsay, Crime and Punishment, March 15- June 27, 2010, cat. 69.
Publication History
Zeferino Araujo Sánchez, Goya (Madrid, 1895), p. 100, no. 92.
Paul Lafond, Goya (Paris, 1902), p. 110, no. 65.
V. von Loga, Francisco Goya, 1903, p. 215, no. 485, pl. 51.
Albert Frederick Calvert, Goya, 1908, pp. 152–153, no. 24–29.
Hugh Stokes, Francisco Goya (New York, 1914), p. 351, no. 501–506.
A. de Beruete y Moret, Goya: Composiciones y Figuras, vol. 2 (Madrid, 1917), no. 158-163.
L. Estarico, Francisco Goya, trans. R. West, 1924, pp. 65, 177, no. 597, pl. 185–190.
A. P. McMahon, "Spanish Painting: Greco to Goya," The Arts 13 (1928), pp. 183 (ill.).
X. Desparmet Fitz-Gerald, L'Oeuvre Peint de Goya,Catalogue Raisonné vol. 1 (Paris, 1928-1950), no. 216, pl. 167.
The Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin 27, 1 (1933), p. 10.
Daniel Catton Rich, "Five Centuries of Early Painting in Chicago," Pantheon 12 (July-December 1933), pp. 93, 381.
"America Sees First Big Goya Exhibition," Art Digest 8 (April 15, 1934), p. 6 (ill.).
J. Gudiol, Goya (New York, 1941), p. 88, (ill.) 78-83.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpiece of the Month (June 1940), pp. 127, 128.
R. Hilton, Margato y El Ocaso del Bandalerismo Espanol (New York, 1946), pp. 1–10 (ill.).
Eleanor Sherman Font, "Goya's Source for the Maragato Series," Gazette des Beaux-Arts (November 1958), pp. 289, 291 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 201.
Rodolfo Pallucchini, "L'Art Institute di Chicago," L'Illustrazione del Medico 33, 218 (February 1966), pp. 12, 14, fig. 6.
Pierre Gassier and Juliet Wilson, The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya (New York, 1971), pp. 156 (ill.), 374, 381, no. 864.
Nigel Glendinning, Goya and His Critics (London, 1977), pp. 219,
John D. Morse, Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York, 1979), p. 144.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1988), p. 45 (ill.).
Jeannine Baticle, Goya d'or et de sang (Paris, 1994), p. 95.
Janis Tomlinson, Francisco Goya y Lucientes 1746-1828 (London, 1994), p. 173, fig. 136.
Marilyne Assante di Panzillo. "Figures du Crime Romantique: Brigand, Femmes Fatales, et Sorcières", Crime & Châtiment, Exh. cat. (Musée d'Orsay, 2010), p. 126, cat. 69.
Ownership History
One of a series of six small paintings in an inventory of Goya's collection, Madrid, taken in 1812 for the division of property between the artist and his son Javier following the death of the artist's wife; the group of small paintings marked X8 being allotted to the son: "Seis quadros del Maragato señalados con el número ocho, en 700 [reales]" (the inventory mark has been removed from the painting and is no longer visible) [see Gassier and Wilson 1971]; presumably Javier Goya after 1812. Lafitte collection, Madrid; sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 7, 1861, bought in together with other paintings from the series for 590 francs [see Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes (Paris, 1914), vol. 3, p. 360 and Despartment Fitz-Gerald 1928-1950]. Julius Böhler, Munich by 1911; sold to Martin Ryerson (died 1932), Chicago in May 1911 [see purchase receipt dated May 13, 1911]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.


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Vertical Communications Hopes to Out-ShoreTel ShoreTel
Fully redundant networking is one of the elements that the veteran VOIP startup is using to stay in the game.
Recently, I took a stroll down Memory Lane courtesy of Vertical Communications. It's a company that I tracked back in the day, when an IP-based PBX was both radical and revolutionary, and when it was still unclear if Cisco's acquisition of teeny-tiny Selsius would result in them being taken seriously in the market for business telephony systems. It was a dynamic, exciting time for several years. There seemed to be an endless stream of IP PBX start-ups setting up shop: AltiGen, Artisoft, Comdial, Merlot, NBX, Pingtel, Praxon, ShoreTel, Vodavi, Vertical Networks.
Then Cisco sold its 200,000th IP phone. Then its millionth. Then Avaya, Nortel, Alcatel, Siemens, and the other stalwarts of the PBX industry started to release their IP-based systems. Throw in a couple economic dramas that froze IT spending and made start-ups seem like a less-than-safe bet for companies investing in new voice systems. And Cisco's two millionth IP phone sale. And Microsoft LCS...no, OCS, no Lync. And Cisco's five millionth phone.... And long story short, the prospects of IP PBX start-ups quickly became less than rosy.
To their credit, several of the developers that first cropped up in the IP PBX heyday are still kicking around. ShoreTel is the most visible one I can think of, and arguably the most successful. AltiGen, which is regularly recognized as one of a handful of developers whose contact center software runs with Microsoft Lync, is still very much a player. The ghost of Pingtel lives on in Avaya Cloud Connect. (Avaya's hosted service is in part based on Pingtel code that came with the Nortel acquisition. And then there's Vertical....
Vertical spent the years following the IP PBX boom undergoing a series of corporate transformations. COO Rick Dell mentioned a set of investors--LG Electronics (whose LG-Ericsson joint venture recently introduced a PBX of its own), as well as Vertical founder Bill Tauscher, and another individual investor from Phoenix. (I would have asked the identity of the latter, but "the investor from Phoenix" sounded wonderfully mysterious and I wanted to keep it that way.) These investors bought out Vertical Networks and relaunched it as Vertical Communications. More or less at the same time Vertical acquired several of its struggling competitors: Artisoft, Comdial and Vodavi.
The Vertical Communications of today is privately held, so no details on revenues were provided in the mini-analyst event the company hosted in California this month. Dell did say that the company has recently become profitable following several years of heavy R&D investments. Sales are mainly through one- or two-tier distribution with the exception of large customers in the retail sector that make up 25% of the company's business and tend to have a direct relationship with Vertical.
A lot of the R&D investment that I mentioned centered around the product line consolidation that necessarily follows significant M&A activity. All legacy voice systems from Comdial, Vodavi, Artisoft, and Vertical Networks have been retired. Vertical Communications still supports existing installations, but sales and development on them have ceased. The Vertical Communications portfolio now centers around Wave IP, a PBX appliance whose code base has its roots in Artisoft TeleVantage but is now a distinct platform. This is Vertical's main go-to-market solution for SMBs, enterprises, distributed businesses, and vertical industries--companies requiring a fairly sophisticated set of communications applications. It can scale up to 500 users, but is typically sold to businesses within the 20-200 user range. MBX and SBX, Vertical's other two platforms, have their roots in Vodavi technology but, again, have morphed into distinct platforms. These are Vertical's key system platforms for SMBs (up to 200 users for MBX) and small businesses (up to 20 users for SBX) needing more of a plain-vanilla telephony system.
R&D activity has also focused on mobility, resulting in mobile client software that makes all voice, IM and other features available on iOS and Android devices. And Vertical has instituted an all-inclusive licensing model that Dell says "has propelled our growth in the past 24 months." Sheila McGee-Smith detailed this when Vertical Communications was in her neighborhood last week, so I won't delve into it. On the product development roadmap: Mobility software for Vertical's contact center and vertical solutions, something that is cloud-related but is otherwise hush-hush, and fully redundant networking for Wave IP that out-ShoreTels ShoreTel at a lower price point than ShoreTel currently offers.
Not on the Vertical Communications roadmap--and this surprises me--is support for server virtualization. Using hypervisors to run its communications software on industry standard servers in data centers doesn't seem to jibe with Vertical's all-in-one appliance-based approach to communications solutions. At least some vendor-sponsored reports are reporting an uptick in virtualization adoption among SMBs. Hopefully these aren't the same SMBs considering Vertical Communications' solutions.
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