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Neowin: "Major Nelson, the blog where many Microsoft Xbox 360 announcements are made, has just posted a countdown clock to E3 2013, which could be a tease for the reveal of the next version of the game console.."
No, its just a countdown to E3...
except that Microsoft has never done this before on their blog...so I'm guessing it means they're doing something huge at e3 this year.
and e3 2013 does seem like the perfect time to announce and show off their next-gen xbox.
Anyone who is not expecting the new Xbox at E3 this year are in denial
more kinect games
im kidding
i really hope is the next gen console
Something huge... to ms that means KINECT!
Sony has DESTINATION PLAYSTATION coming in 3 weeks. This is clearly MS getting ready to counter. I am expecting a bunch of teasing for next gen, so hype can be built for E3. But for the clock, MS has always gotten the opening spot for E3. It's been long enough. Look at the Wii U pulling a 1 year head start. Look at MS's insane lack of games, look at Sony pushing all their heavy exclusives before the summer. They are getting or have gotten all their current titles out to close out the year. Next gen consoles are coming.
As long as its not something stupid. Imagine getting all hyped up and arguing for nothing.
I'm so pumped to see the next Xbox. still loving halo4 at the moment but dam looking forward to playing next gen games :) hope they stay wit the Xbox controller design :)
Something "HUGE" means that Little Kim will come out and sing a song while a Kinect video plays.
I should really bookmark this post so i can come back after the E3 event and laugh at all the "Something big is something to do with kinect" that'll be fun.
"The next xbox was said to be out last year with 100% confidence. .........how will this be any different?"
By whom? Did Microsoft have a countdown timer last year like this?
"according to Microsoft they said last year that the 360 has more than two years left.
and also shane kim said the 360 will be around in 2015"
So. Sony said many years ago the PS3 had a 10 year cycle as well. That doesn't mean Sony was going to wait 10 years before they release the PS4. What that meant is they believe the PS3 will be available in production for that long. The PS2 was in production even longer than that but the PS3 came out 6 years after it came out.
Microsoft is also confident there will be support until at least 2015. Still don't mean that is the year the Xbox 720 comes out.
This year is an exciting time for me. Valve is rumored to have a Steambox. Both Sony and Microsoft could announce new hardware. Apple might even get into the mix or at least more news about iTV. Both Vita and the Wii U will have a big push this year. The PC is very alive and kicking ass as well. I just think Microsoft really needs to take a look at previous E3 events and do a much better showing. For the past few years they have been terrible from my perspective. They might do well as far as sales in the U.S. but it's hard to watch as a consumer.
Winter is coming.
One doesn't simply walk into E3.
@ VickBoss
Shane Kim hasn't worked for MS in over 3 years, you idiot. What do you really think he knows about their interior dealings now?
I actually think both xbox and playstation will be announced before e3.
If it releases around the end of this year I am betting my money they'll make a reveal before E3.
What's funny is that people actually expect the next XBox to be what they want it to be. Microsoft has been all miss for the last two to three years, with their only successes being third-party software. Sure, the big countdown may not be Kinect2, but it's not going to be a console with twin Nvidia 680 graphics cards, 16GB Ram, and an i7 Extreme, either.
If it is, I'll eat my hat.
I hope at least Microsoft has some new Ip's because have to wait halos and Gears it's so annoying and tired. Wait a year for a new game not like the Ps3.
So if he posted a topless picture of himself in some kind of drunken rage would that mean the 720 is coming?
Just because it wasn't done before doesn't mean it relates to the 720.
An completely ridiculous assumption.
That doesn't mean I think we will not see a new console at E3. I do.
The only thing I dont like is I have a Kinect and now they're making a Kinect 2... so it's not gonna be compatible?
I doubt it, with the recent news it really seems like the Xbox is set to reveal at E3. Well, it was expected anyhow.
Also, how often does Major nelson post a coutdown to E3? Never...really? Oh ok.
Oh in case anyone doesn't know, there's a rumor floating that MS is essentially finished the Nextbox. It's getting done now. All that's left is testing it at it's release stage extensively/
that may be, but it stands to reason that the next xbox (as well as the next playstation) will be announced at E3 this year.
They've never done this before, and this early? This must be special
SONY will most likely announce their console after E3:
1- To wait and see what Microsoft exactly have to offer.
2- To not ruin the sales of games like TLOU-Byeond.
I don't think that they'll wait because even if they see what MS has to offer they won't have the time to react to it unless they want to release PS4 in 2015 or so. And I don't think an announcement would ruin TLou sales at all. Can't remember PS3 ruining any sales for late PS2 games especially when it's one of the most anticipated games to come.
On Topic: I think MS will annonce the Nextbox before E3 and show some games plus giving more details (like release date) at E3.
I wouldn't doubt that Sony already has some idea of what MS will already do next gen, and vice versa. These companies cooperate a lot more than they compete. They also both have analysts which can look at what the other company is doing and make predictions on what is to come. Those predictions come from real fact checking and market trend predictions, and not wild speculation. On top of that, both these companies have numerous patents that they will be using off one another, and those were likely licensed well in advance of now.
I know they already have some strong info about the other console's specs ( ram - GPU ) but what i meant is that SONY might wait to see what the next XBOX console will be priced at, release window, models etc.
@ grave lord you're making a grave mistake as abash and others have pointed out M N have not put a countdown to E3 before.Now Sony is forced to show/tease their next system on their event amonth before E3 and price+ release date at TGS
The new Xbox will probably be out by the end of next year, they will announce it this year at E3, show it a little bit more at E3 2014 and then release it a few months later
A countdown for nearly half a year must mean something big.
If it is not XBOX 720, Alan Wake 2, Lost Odyssey 2, new Banjo Kazooie game or new Conkers Bad Fur Day game, count me out.
well...i would think if the new xbox were to launch this year, Microsoft would at least announce that the console exist well before E3'13, so as to start the hype train and advertisement. other than that, i guess the countdown clock is either Microsoft's way of generating some buzz for themselves having a big E3 presence or simply just a countdown to something else entirely around the same time frame.
MS is in a great position, alot of new studios built up from the ground, outstanding 3rd party support, tons of money to buy DLC/Exclusives and a huge huge huge brand with Xbox that is now everywhere, from Iphone, to Windows Phone 8 to Windows 8.
Sorry but I'm curious....new studios built up from the ground....like?
I mean apart from the obvious ones 343, Lionhead, Rare, Black Tusk Studios and the ones that does all that Kinect crap
Disagrees for asking something
You guys are way too sensitive
There are non next to 343 there is 000.
No disagree's from me but here is a list of the 21 game studio's off of Wikipedia
United States:
343 Industries – Halo series
Connected Experiences – Untitled Project – Design Large scale multiplayer title and help other
Good Science Studio – Kinect Adventures, Kinect Fun Labs
Kids and Lifestyle Entertainment – Untitled Project
Microsoft Studios – Los Angeles – Untitled Project
Microsoft Studios – Mobile Gaming – ilomilo
Microsoft Studios – Redmond Publishing – Overseeing and co-developing multiple projects in conjunction with third party development studios
Platform Next Studios – Untitled Project
Playful Learning – Untitled Project
Skybox Sports – Untitled Project
Turn 10 Studios – Forza Motorsport series
Twisted Pixel Games – The Gunstringer, LocoCycle
Xbox Live Productions – South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!, South Park: Tenorman's Revenge, Avatar Kinect
Lionhead Studios – Fable series, Black & White series; Unannounced MMO-like New IP
Microsoft Studios – London – Untitled Free-To-Play Project
Rare Ltd. – Banjo-Kazooie series, Viva Piñata, Perfect Dark series, Kinect Sports series
Soho Productions – Kinect Sesame Street TV
Press Play – Untitled Project[23]
BigPark – Joy Ride series, Kinect Sports: Season Two
Black Tusk Studios – Untitled Project
Microsoft Studios Victoria – Untitled Project
Root! you missed a few, and you made it way obvious.
Nice try though
Well I'm pretty certain about one thing given the past games the majority of the those studios have worked on.
There will be no shortage of Kinect titles. Probably the majority of their launch lineup could be all focused on Kinect given what kind of audience Microsoft has been aiming for the past couple of years.
Not saying it's bad, it's just not my thing : /
Most of them are Kinect titles in the making and I said not the obvious ones
So what are you actualy left with...titles that have been in the making since the begining of this gen but in the end will be Kinect titles.
I have brought this up many times and always get the kinect excuse. The reality is only four of those 21 studios have made kinect games. Even if they were to do so again next gen that still leaves 17 studios. The Sony bias on n4g is in denial because for the last three years they have gotten used to a lack of first party content from ms (rightfully)
Soeaking of Sony.. They only have 12 studios now. One is SCE London which has only made singstar and eyepet games. San Diego only makes baseball games which only North America cares about. Ico and Cambridge who have released nothing between them this gen. That leaves 8 relevant studios. I seriously think people will be surprised when next gen hits..
Actually Gaming wise Microsooft is being Crushed by SONY- Nintendo, those 2 have more Exclusives and successful ones.
Barley got our foot in 2013 and a possible mega ton announcement is already planned. 2 words
Bring It.
Looking to be a fantastic year to be a gamer no matter what platform you support. I for one intend on enjoying my 360 and ps3 a bit longer before taking the next gen plunge though.
3rd times the charm, now that MS has carved a spot in the video game stone and established itself with the big boys and learned some hard lessons from the 360 it'll be great to see what they bring us with their next system.
I am seriously looking forward to it.
I would argue that in MS's case, 2nd time was a charm.
The 360 has been a HUGE success for MS.
Anyone claiming the 360 has not been a huge success is in full denial. Selling 70+ million units in direct competition with the PS3 and Wii with their 2nd console is a huge success.
Totally agree. Most people who own a 360 were Sony and Nintendo long before the Xbox was announced, now they have either switched sides or enjoy multiple consoles.
Having been a Nintendo and Playstation fan, who never owned an original Xbox, I agrre that the 360 has been a success. I love it.
Hopefully next gen, and I don't mean to preach the same rhetoric, but I really hope for new IP's. Not for fanboy bragging rights, but for enjoyment. As most exclusives are successes.
Compared to Sony they actually gained install base this gen, instead of losing it.
Countdown to more Kinect crap.
Maybe for you it seem like crap but for Father's like myself & others it's not crap but quality time w/family.
There is nothing quality about Kinect, anyway can't wait for E3 2013 we need the next consoles this year or early next year.
I said it before and ill say it again.
My current backlog of games is so big that i am still hoping they will delay it a little. imo, The market is not ready.
Just looking at these company losing money, The economy, Publisher having issue and moving to ios type game instead, Free to play on pc.
I think they should be careful and not rush in there.
Honestly, I'm ready for the 720. I play xbox, but I've never personally owned one. I think the time is right.
I just hope they can make some reliable hardware this time around.
KInect 2.0, hardware meltdowns, and $50 a year for Xbox Live. Honestly thats kinda what I'm expecting from the next Xbox until proven otherwise.
cant wait for a new era of flame wars on the internetz with the release of the PS4 and Xbox 720
Yeah, and come next gen I probably won't be on this site. Trolling, lies, one sided opinions bashing, bashing and the dreadful fanboys. Is only a few things that make me want to leave this site. Not to mention doom and gloom articles.
I bet you as soon as the new Xbox gets announced we will have "journalist" bashing it like crazy. Trying to morally bash the new Xbox before its even release. Just to try to turn peoples thoughts and excitement into negatives, yeah we've seen it TONS this gen.
As I said I might not be on this site come next gen. I'll check the news but I dunno about commenting. That is if this site gets its act together until then (which I doubt)
This website was a great place before it became N4G. There were 3 separate websites, one for each console maker. Eventually they put them together to create N4G, and then the trolling and fanboyism just went out of control.
I stop by every once in a while, this website is a nice place to get your news all in one place but the community for the most part is just embarrassing.
I'm all for sharing opinions and stuff but many comments go way beyond that and are just pure insulting. There are many other places for people to go for a better community. For any Canadians, I highly encourage you to sign up for Tsilon/G-List.
N4G needs a filter for opinion pieces and flamebait articles. I come here for gaming news not that sucks articles.
Alright! My next gen consoles are the next Xbox and the Steam box. That will cover ALL my gaming needs.
I still wonder what would happen to your opinion when Sony offers same type of service as XBL for free on PS4. Why buy next Xbox.
Xbox has only had Halo that gathers my attention to their console. I personal have little interest in Gears, but New one shows some promise for a new direction.
PS4 and Steambox have my attention. Next Xbox could pull me in to buying it, but I think I will wait out the first batch or two of consoles just in case any errors and see what Microsoft is bringing to the table before I decide to grab their console. Its been said that Dec 31st was the start of their production. So some units could be ready before Fall 2013.
I think I may just go PC next gen.. not sure yet.. Steambox looks intresting yet I have a gaming rig lol.. I say this yet I will probably end up getting a ps4 and a x720 to go along side my PC :P
The 360 is a fantastic console but it needs more exclusive games, but im seriously, if their launch titles are involved with kinect crap 2.0 then im sooo done with xbox, looking forward to PS4.
Hopefully MS announce prior to this though and just do a full showing at E3.


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Ben11 needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 142 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
Foodie Registry (http://www.foodieregistry.com) is an online wedding registry for upscale restaurant gift certificates. It works just like a wedding registry at say Macy's for housewares, but instead of towels and toasters couples register for restaurant gift certificates or, as we like to say, date nights! Registering for actual restaurant dining experiences is something wedding couples have never been able to do before. Sounds simple, but people don't want housewares as much for wedding gifts these days, yet their alternative options are quite limited until now and cash is still a taboo gift for many. We try to focus on the idea of registering for date nights - that being able to request and receive a fun and romantic night out together as newlyweds is more special and meaningful than a kitchen appliance or cash. Our site was designed with a lot of dark colors to evoke the feeling of a sexy night out on the town, and we'd probably like to keep similar branding in an ad, or at the very least avoid too much white, which is sometimes the default with wedding stuff. We position ourselves as a chic, luxury service used by modern, stylish brides in-the-know, and want our ad to reinforce that.
This quarter page ad will print in both Chicago Social Brides magazine as well as San Francisco Brides magazine, and the target is sophisticated engaged women in those cities between the ages of 25-40. We never want to appear snooty or exclusive, just hip, trendy, fun, and upscale. Please note the Foodie Registry bride tends to be urban, professional, well educated, and slightly older than, say, a rural small town bride. These women will, we assume, not know anything about Foodie Registry so this ad is intended to get their attention, explain in the simplest terms what we are, and get them to go to our website to learn more. We ran an ad previously in Chicago that, while clever, I think may not have made sense to people who have never heard of us or don't quite get the concept off the bat (attached for your reference). Hence I want to keep it simple and make sure above all else that if they look at our ad they will understand our service. Also please remember this same ad will run in two markets so unless you want to deliver 2 ads for the price of one :) make sure the ad is non-geography specific.
I included some of what might be considered a requirement in terms of tone, etc., above, but what I can add here is that this will be a quarter page ad ran in two markets. A number of helpful attachments are below:
1) The spec sheet for size and file type reqs. Please make sure to read this.
2) The half-page ad we ran previously that was good but I thought too clever and maybe not obvious enough to people who didn't know of our service, for reference only
3) Our logo in a couple different file types
4) Various stock photos we own rights to that can be (but do not have to be) used in this ad. Please note if you want to find another stock photo for use in your ad proposal we would be willing to consider spending up to $50 on a photo if you felt it truly was the best. Please just make the proposal with a watermarked image and indicate price of the image and from what site.
Please note if your ad is selected I will mail you copies of both magazines so you can have a copy of your published work for your portfolio. Please feel free to be creative and if you want to pull elements of our website for the ad feel free. Note I am not specifying the ad copy, that is part of this project, looking for creative ad copy as well as design, but just remember we only have 1/4 page. Thanks!

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NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partners. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer and age
My question pertains to the commonality of pancreatic cancer with regards to age group. What I`d like to know-- since I haven`t seen much in the way of information-- is what exactly the rarity of this type of cancer in individuals in the 24-27 age range?
Pancreas cancer is extremely rare during this age group. Pancreas cancer occurs in the sixth and seventh decades of life. Patients in the third decade probably make up less than 5% of all patients. The exact number is not known.
Syed A Ahmad, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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CAD Manager's Survey 2011 Goes Live28 Sep, 2011 By: Robert Green
The annual survey is back — and it needs your input to succeed!
Over the past decade, I've been surveying the CAD management community to report on salary trends and various other factors that reflect job conditions for CAD managers. Each year, I ask for your help so we can all learn where we stand and how conditions compare with previous years.
In the past three years we've seen a lot of volatility in the economy, and resultant changes in the compensation and duties for CAD managers. There have also been profound technology developments — including BIM (building information modeling) adoption, cloud computing, WAN (wide-area network) challenges, and self-paced training tools — that have conspired to change the tools we all use to manage CAD in our environments. So in this year's CAD Manager's Survey, I'll be asking some new questions to help quantify how the CAD management landscape is changing.
Please take a few minutes to read through the content of the survey and the descriptions of the analyses I will perform, then log on and participate in the survey. The more replies we get, the more useful the survey will be. After the results are tabulated, I'll digest and analyze the data and draw some conclusions that I'll report to you in future issues of the CAD Manager's Newsletter.
Here goes.
Compensation and Demographics
The number-one thing I'm asked is how much CAD managers are making, given the experience and educational credentials they bring to the table. I'm seeing a rift growing between 2D and 3D/BIM managers, so questions to measure these trends have been added this year. I'm also tracking gender and age information to determine how the CAD manager role is changing in terms of average age and male-to-female ratio.
Questions will include the following:
- Are you male or female?
- What is your age?
- How long have you been a CAD manager?
- Do you have a two-year, four-year, or advanced college degree?
- What is your total pay?
- Are you salaried or hourly?
- If hourly, do you receive overtime pay?
- Has your pay been cut in the last year?
- Has your pay been frozen in the last year?
- Did you get a raise in the last year?
- Do you receive profit-sharing benefits?
- Do you receive an annual bonus?
- Do you receive company-paid health insurance? (U.S. respondents only)
Economic Uncertainty
In order to correlate industry performance and compensation, I'll be asking some questions about the business environment of your company. Since all these questions will refer to the past year, we should get an accurate picture of whether our companies are emerging from the global recession, staying the same, or experiencing worsening conditions.
- Has your company had layoffs in the past year?
- Have your weekly hours been reduced? If so, how much?
- Is your workload increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?
- How secure is your current CAD management position?
- What has happened to the number of CAD users in the past year?
- Is your company purchasing new hardware?
- Has your company allowed software subscriptions or licenses to lapse?
- Has your company training budget been cut?
Software, Hardware, and the User Environment
These are the basic figures required to compute the hard metrics of CAD management like support ratios, product knowledge, and IT involvement. Additionally, software, hardware, user counts, and technology platforms allow analysis on how software is actually used to complete projects within the company.
This year I've expanded the coverage to delve much more deeply into how 2D and 3D are being used and how software is being customized. To simplify the analysis I'm "de-product-izing" the survey this year to reference software types (mechanical 3D, BIM, 2D drafting, etc.) rather than keep track of product counts. I hope to compile a new analysis of 3D adoption and usage rates after the survey is completed.
Questions will include the following:
- How many CAD machines do you manage?
- How many CAD users do you support?
- Do you specify hardware or does IT do so?
- Do you support hardware? If so, how many hours per week?
- What's your main CAD software?
- How many total CAD software packages do you manage?
- Do you manage rendering/visualization software?
- Do you manage analysis/simulation software?
- Is your company totally 3D, totally 2D, or a mixture of the two?
- If it's a mix, what percentage of your users are 3D?
- Are you investigating new 3D technology?
- Do you collaborate with customers/vendors using 3D models?
- Do you use 3D visualization or prototyping to assist in design?
- Do you customize your CAD systems?
- Do you use/can you program AutoLISP?
- Do you use/can you program Visual Basic?
- Do you use/can you program VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)?
- Do you use/can you program .NET?
Company Size and Coverage
More and more big companies are located in small places, or are distributed all over the globe. Instead of correlating compensation to the size of the city, I've become more interested in finding out how parameters like discipline focus, size, and geographic coverage determine compensation. I'm also very interested to learn how many companies are using technologies like remote access, clouds, and WAN acceleration to simplify coordinating multiple offices.
Questions will include the following:
- What industry do you work in?
- Are you a prime contractor, subcontractor, or product supplier?
- Does your company operate internationally?
- Does your company have single or multiple locations? If multiple, how many branch offices does your company have?
- Do you run any CAD software from the cloud? If so, are you doing so to speed network transport of data?
- Do you use any synchronization tools to replicate data to branch offices?
- Do you use any hardware buffering devices to speed data rates?
- Do you use remote graphics to access software on WAN servers?
Job Factors
Having observed the number of part-timers increase over the past few years, I'm eager to find out how much CAD management we're actually doing, and under what circumstances. I also want to take an "attitudinal pulse" of the job environment to draw some conclusions about the work environment CAD managers operate in.
Questions will include the following:
- Are you a full-time CAD manager? If part-time, how much time per week do you spend on CAD management?
- Do you want to become a full-time CAD manager?
- Do you feel pressure to be "billable" while you CAD manage?
- Are you ever told to stop doing CAD management and do "real work" instead?
- Do you feel supported by your senior management team?
- What department do you report to (engineering/IT/architecture/etc.)?
- Do you think your company needs a full-time CAD manager?
- Is CAD management a recognized part of your job?
- Are your opinions on CAD issues respected?
Standards, Budgeting, and Authority
Like it or not, CAD standards and budget planning are part of the job. Success with CAD standards is usually dependent on a variety of factors that include managerial support, perceived authority, and willingness of employees to follow along. Success with getting the hardware, software, and IT resources you need is also a function of authority — budgetary authority. This year I'm writing questions to help measure these factors.
Questions will include the following:
- Are you responsible for writing CAD standards?
- Are you responsible for enforcing CAD standards?
- Do your users see the need for CAD standards?
- Does your senior management see the need for CAD standards?
- Does your senior management help you enforce CAD standards?
- On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard is it to enforce CAD standards? (1 is easy, 10 is impossible)
- Do you specify hardware/software for purchase?
- Do you specify your company's CAD budget?
- Do you have "signature authority" to purchase items without approval?
- Do you participate in staff hiring?
- Can you fire staff?
- Can you discipline staff?
Most CAD managers are responsible for training in some form or fashion. But training is changing rapidly as new computer-based training tools replace older styles of training. My goal in this survey is to gauge how training is being conducted, by whom, and to what extent. Since training budgets have taken a big hit in the global recession, I'm uncertain about what the responses will indicate.
Questions will include the following:
- How many hours of training do your users receive per year?
- Has training increased or decreased since last year?
- Do you perform some, none, or all of your own training?
- Do you use outside resources to help you train?
- What methods of in-house training do you use?
- Do you write your own training materials?
- Do you use audio/video for training?
- Do you use classroom training?
- Do you provide books/self-study resources to users?
Tabulating the Results
The survey questions will be formatted with multiple-choice responses in most cases, a Yes/No option in cases where that's appropriate, and input boxes for numeric values. This approach makes the survey much easier to deploy, sort, and cross-correlate. In all cases I will have an N/A (not applicable) response should you wish to skip a question or an entire section. There are a lot of questions, but it shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes to input your values.
I certainly hope as many CAD managers as possible will participate, so we can gather a better sample to analyze. To take the survey now, click here: CAD Manager's Survey 2011.
Summing Up
The CAD Manager's Survey 2011 should yield a better picture of how CAD management is changing so we can all make better educational, career, and technology decisions for ourselves and our companies. The information gained will be shared with you throughout several issues of the CAD Manager's Newsletter this fall. If you have any suggestions about the survey, please contact me via my web site, www.cad-manager.com.
About the Author: Robert Green
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Five nasty World Cup games
No one expects Wednesday's semifinal in Sao Paulo between Netherlands and Argentina to get this bad but just in case, here's a look at some of the nastiest games in World Cup history:
Battle of Berne
Brazil vs. Hungary
The Hungarians were one of the most talented nations in soccer 60 years ago and took a quick 2-0 lead over Brazil before the South Americans clawed a goal back. But in the second half, English referee Arthur Ellis awarded Hungary a penalty. That was the cue for a pitch invasion by, yes, Brazilian journalists and officials, who had to be ushered off the field by police. The game then degenerated into a series of increasingly violent fouls. The last moments of the game were little more than a running battle between the two teams. Brazilian forward Humberto Tozzi kicked Hungary's Gyula Lorant prior to the final whistle and was sent off. In total, 42 free kicks and 2 penalties were awarded.
Battle of Santiago
Italy vs. Chile
This was called the most "sickening display of soccer in the history of the sport." The first foul was awarded after 12 seconds, the first sending-off after four minutes. Giorgio Ferrini, the Italian involved, refused to leave the field and play was held up for 10 minutes until armed policemen forced him to the showers. The pitch quickly became a battlefield as players forgot the ball and concentrated on kicking the nearest opponent, according to newspaper reports. Chilean player Leonel Sanchez, son of a professional boxer, broke the nose of Italy's captain Humberto Maschio with a left hook and got away with it, and then landed another blow to defender Mario David. An Italian player was sent off for karate-kicking a Chilean player.
Battle of Britain
Portugal vs. Brazil
Pele was the best thing to happen to soccer in years. He helped Brazil to two World Cup championships but wouldn't be given a chance for a third. He suffered a living hell in the first game against Bulgaria and had to miss the second game, a loss to Hungary. Although he returned for their third match against Portugal, Pele's threat was stopped by Portugal's Joao Morais who did everything except use a rope on the young star. From the start, every time Pele touched the ball, he was put down by a Portuguese player. It ended for Pele when he escaped two fouls but was violently hit by Morais and had to be carried out the field, unable to walk. Portugal went on to win the game.
Massacre at Nuremburg
Portugal vs. Netherlands
Also known as the The Battle of Nuremberg. Russian referee Valentin Ivanov issued a FIFA World Cup record four red cards and 16 yellow cards, setting a record for cards shown at any FIFA-administered international tournament. Portugal won the match 1-0 over the Netherlands. Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz was booked for a foul which injured Cristiano Ronaldo and would eventually force the substitution of Portugal's star winger before half time. Ronaldo left in tears and proceeded to describe Boulahrouz's tackle as "clearly an intentional foul to get me injured." By the end, it was a match that bore no semblance to a game of soccer.
Nastiness at Nezahualcoyotl
Uruguay vs Scotland
Uruguay and Scotland both had a chance to make it to the next round of the Mexico World Cup. But the game turned nasty on the field and in the press conference afterward. Uruguay's Jose Batista took out Gordon Strachan with a tackle from behind only 56 seconds into the game. Scotland needed a win to advance to the next round but the South Americans didn't let that happen. They fouled and elbowed the Scots at every opportunity. No word on whether anyone got bitten. The game ended 0-0 and Uruguay were slapped with a $20,000 fine by FIFA for the nasty way they had played against Germany and Scotland. In the press conference, Omar Borras, Uruguay's coach, wasted no time in attacking referee Joel Quiniou of France, calling him a "murderer" for having ejected Batista when the game was only 56 seconds old. Scotland coach Alex Ferguson wasn't having any of that. "For Borras to try to defend his team today, he doesn't have the talent that great men have, the ability to look at themselves. He's sitting there lying and cheating. He mutters a lot of rubbish about his country here," Ferguson said.


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Former teacher takes on lice in Plaistow clinicBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 06. 2013 10:40PM
PLAISTOW - If constant head-scratching has you feeling lousy, it may be time to make a stop at New Hampshire's first head lice treatment salon.
Nits End recently opened a clinic at 73 Newton Road (Route 108) to offer an alternative to chemical lice treatments and hours of nitpicking and combing.
"It's definitely something that about 50 percent of families have dealt with, but most people don't like to talk about it," said owner Christine Cherry of Thornton, a former elementary school teacher who understands the challenges and the social stigma that come with head lice.
At Nits End, Cherry attacks the lice by using the LouseBuster, an FDA-cleared medical device that kills all stages of head lice, including the eggs, in a one-time, 30-minute chemical-free treatment.
The LouseBuster uses controlled heated air to quickly kill lice and their eggs through rapid dehydration.
Cherry, 41, said her salon is the first head lice salon in northern New England to use the device.
"It's a very, very effective treatment," she said of the $185 service.
Cherry began Nits Ends in 2011 by making house calls to treat patients. To meet the growing demand, she decided to open a salon in Plaistow.
Cherry said she will offer free head checks at the salon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the month of January. She urged people to call to make an appointment.
Cherry found her inspiration for the head lice removal business after her daughter was infested with them two years ago when she was 7. Cherry ended up with head lice as well. Living in the White Mountains, she said it was hard finding a service to treat the lice.
"I was losing time at work, which was costing me money," she said, "and then there was the stress of going through it with your daughter."
Head lice are a common problem in most school settings from time to time. Stratham Memorial School recently sent letters home with students in a few classrooms that reported head lice cases.
"We're able to catch them pretty quickly, so we're not seeing huge clusters of students," said Elizabeth Lacasse, school nurse at Stratham Memorial School.
Last September, 10 students in five classrooms were found with head lice at North Elementary School in Londonderry; the school is now lice-free.
"I am very happy to say that all students have been accounted for and we do not have any," Principal Mary Coltin said.


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"Black2 (Black and Square)" is the exhibition conceived by German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic that analyzes the presence of the black square shape in the contemporary design. Through a selection of fifty products that are more or less well-known, Grcic combines non-homogeneous objects within a homogeneous formal and linguistic category.
With its rectangular shape and classic black color, the Moleskine notebook becomes naturally part of the exhibition, alongside the Apple iPhone and iPad chip, the IBM ThinkPad, the Marshall amplifier, the letter "l" in the font Helvetica, and the BASF audio-cassette tape, the first object without precedents produced in plastic by modern industry. In other instances it is a matter of more complex design choices, applied to traditional objects such as a cooking pot (it is the case of La Cubica by Aldo Rossi from 1991), a storage cart (the Boby by Joe Colombo from 1970), a chair (the Vitra03 by Maarten Van Severen) or the TV Black ST 201 by Sapper and Zanuso (1969).
The exhibition neither establishes a method, nor exalts the artists, but takes cognizance of the "horizontal" diffusion of a formal element that belongs to very different contests.
Istituto Svizzero di Roma
December 12, 2010 - February 12, 2011
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Romance, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. What makes a home romantic to one might not appeal to someone else. With this in mind, TopTenRealEstateDeals.com scoured luxury listings to make a list of homes with romantic attributes that could appeal to varying tastes.
Three of these extraordinary properties were the homes of celebrities who have had legendary love affairs. Others have histories of love that sometimes traveled to other continents, and/or were made with materials sourced from the old country. Others simply look like they are the setting for an epic love story. You'll see details such as stone walls, vines, and Spanish moss — all of which are regarded as romantic characteristics to many — on the grounds of estates from San Francisco Bay to the Mediterranean Sea.
Perhaps you are a generous husband or wife with $2.3 million to $50 million set aside to spend on your beloved this Valentine's Day. If so, consider this a gift catalog, with 10 estates from which to choose. (You're welcome!) If you have less than $2.3 million to spend, feel free to click through these choices anyway to indulge in the fantasy.
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Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD, assistant professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will present portions of an ongoing study about the daily activities of youth and their risk of being violently injured.
Violent injury, the second leading cause of death among US youth, appears to be the end result of a web of factors including alcohol, weapons, and dangerous urban environments. Using new techniques, a team led by Dr. Wiebe is investigating how the nature and whereabouts of daily activities relate to the likelihood of violent injury among youth.
Injured youth are recruited during hospital treatment; uninjured controls are recruited from households across Philadelphia using random digit dialing. Laptop-based, portable mapping technology is used to interview each youth and construct a graphic, minute-by-minute record of how, when, where, and with whom youths spent time or moved about over the 24-hour time period leading up to their injury. Each youth also reports their activities, including use of alcohol and weapons at each point throughout the same day. Characteristics of streets, buildings, and neighborhood populations are then linked to each point in their daily activities.
"The ultimate goal is to inform communities of place-based risk factors and identify opportunities to make communities safer," says Wiebe. "Simply put, where youth go throughout their day influences the opportunities they have to get hurt. The goal is to identify the most high risk places." The hope is that this type of information can be used to better design and revitalize urban environments for safety.
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probably because the Steelers are going to sign some expensive free agents this off-season!
Steelers raise ticket prices again
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Saturday, March 6, 2010
For the fourth time in the past six seasons, the Steelers are raising ticket prices.
Season-ticket holders began receiving invoices today that detailed the price increase. A ticket that cost $85 last season will cost $92 for the 2010 season.
In a letter to ticket holders, the Steelers said the increase was so the team could "continue to meet the challenges of remaining competitive in the National Football League."
Curiously, the two times the Steelers did not raise ticket prices in the past six years was following their Super Bowl championship seasons in 2005 and 2008.
The Steelers also announced that their final preseason game will be played at Heinz Field on Thursday, Sept. 2 against the Carolina Panthers. The rest of the preseason and regular-season schedule will be released at a later date.


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By Michael Yudell
"We will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations," an emboldened President Obama declared in his inaugural address Monday. Following the disconcerting absence of climate change from campaign 2012 and limited climate policy action during his first term, the president has finally told us that not only will he act, but that we (and he) have an obligation to do so. What could be more important, after all, than acting on behalf of our children and future generations?
But the New York Times is already reporting that, even in the wake of the president's eloquence on the imperative to act now, his path forward will be a restricted one. Instead of focusing on comprehensive legislative change, Obama will use the power of his office to administratively "reduce emissions from power plants, increase the efficiency of home appliances, and have the federal government itself produce less carbon pollution." He can do this by directing the Environmental Protection Agency, for example, to issue regulations to decrease coal power plant emission, a move likely to face a litany of court challenges.
These types of actions build on Obama's important but limited success on climate change from his first term. The rise in fuel standards for cars and trucks will help reduce the amount of carbon and other climate-warming pollutants spewed into the atmosphere. And the United States is on track to reduce, over the next seven years, its carbon pollution by 17% (from 2005 levels), just as Obama promised at the Copenhagen climate talks four years ago.
All of this is well and good. But it is barely a beginning, and likely isn't enough action to avert what many scientists expect to be between a 2- and 11.5-degree Fahrenheit increase in temperatures globally by 2100, depending on the level of future greenhouse gas emissions, and the outcomes from various climate models. The effects of warming are already with us — sea levels are rising, economies are suffering, and people are dying from changing climate.
Obama's new policy approach seems to accept both the limitations of his office and recognize the intransigence of his current opposition.
With the Neanderthal science caucus firmly entrenched in the 113th Congress, the president's Congressional options are limited. Prodded by climate change deniers like the Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity, the House is likely to reject any climate change legislation.
At Monday's inaugural, Obama called out the deniers: "[S]ome may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms." If that's true, then the president must do more than act at the margins. Although polling indicates that a vast majority of Americans now accept that the planet has warmed the past 100 years, only 49% believe that climate change is a "very serious" problem "if nothing is done to reduce global warming in the future."
Perhaps, then, the president's most important job between now and the 2014 mid-term elections is to raise that number — to foster a movement that will chase the climate change deniers from office. There is one important and thus far underused tool in the president's arsenal that can help move the public on this urgent matter: the bully pulpit.
At his inauguration, Obama seemed keenly aware of this power. His desire to be remembered as a transformational president will be for naught if he is first remembered as the leader who had the last great chance to do something meaningful about climate change and failed.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants had threatened to kill an Australian hostage before his family paid a ransom to secure his freedom last week after 15 months of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, a Filipino official said Monday.
Former Australian soldier Warren Richard Rodwell, 54, was released early Saturday in Pagadian city in southern Zamboanga del Sur province, emaciated and barely able to walk from his long captivity in the hands of the Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist group dreaded for beheading some of its hostages.
Al Rasheed Sakalahul, the vice governor of southern Basilan province who helped negotiate Rodwell's freedom, said Abu Sayyaf commander Puruji Indama agreed to release him after receiving 4 million pesos ($98,000) in ransom from the Australian's family on Thursday.
Sakalahul said he scrambled to help secure Rodwell's release because of his frail health, the possibility that he might die in crossfire and an Abu Sayyaf threat to kill the captive.
"If Rodwell was not released before the Holy Week, there was a threat to kill him," Sakalahul told reporters in Manila.
Rodwell was flown to Manila on Monday and thanked Sakalahul and police officials, along with the Philippine and Australian governments, for their efforts to save him.
"I'm sort of overwhelmed to know the amount of effort and compassion that were put into these operations," Rodwell told a news conference at the Manila airport. Asked how he was, Rodwell, who was limping, said, "I'm getting stronger."
Rodwell's sister Denise Cappello and brother Wayne Rodwell flew to Manila on Monday to meet him.
They read a family statement expressing hope that police could track down the kidnappers.
"We hope they will be brought to justice so others don't have to experience what Warren has just been through," they told a separate news conference.
Sakalahul, citing intelligence reports, said he suspected at least three armed groups were involved in the kidnapping. Working together, two separate criminal groups appeared to have abducted Rodwell on the Zamboanga Peninsula and held him there or on nearby islands, while the Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf negotiated for money. Basilan, where the Abu Sayyaf was founded in the 1990s, is a short boat ride from the Zamboanga Peninsula.
Rodwell is married to a Filipino woman whose cousin handed the ransom payment to Indama in Basilan's hinterland in Sakalahul's presence, the vice governor said.
Both the Australian and Philippine governments have strict policies of refusing to pay ransom. That left Rodwell's family to struggle to raise funds, including selling some of their properties, according to a report seen by The Associated Press.
"We don't encourage these ransom payments, but we can't stop the family from raising funds to save their loved one," Sakalahul said, expressing alarm at how different armed groups now appeared to be conspiring to carry out kidnappings.
After checking if the money was authentic, Indama counted the bundled bills and said he would order Rodwell freed. He even promised to return the money if the release was scuttled, Sakalahul said.
A Philippine military official who closely monitored the kidnapping said he suspected rogue members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a former Muslim secessionist group that signed a preliminary peace accord with the government last year, the Abu Sayyaf, and a kidnap gang called the Al Khobar group collaborated in the kidnapping.
Over the last 15 months, Rodwell appeared in several proof-of-life videos posted by the militants. His jungle captivity appeared to have taken a toll on his health and he looked weaker in each video.
When his captors let him go from a motor boat in Pagadian, the still-dazed Rodwell plodded along a muddy coast until he was found by a villager, who asked if he was a tourist. He replied that he had just been freed by kidnappers and asked for help.
The Abu Sayyaf, which is on a U.S. list of terrorist organizations, is believed to be still holding two Europeans, a Jordanian journalist, a Malaysian and a Japanese treasure hunter on southern Jolo Island.
U.S.-backed Philippine military operations have in recent years eased attacks and terrorist activities waged by the Abu Sayyaf, which is estimated to have 350 fighters who have split into several groups. But they remain a serious security threat in the impoverished region, where minority Muslims have been fighting for self-rule for decades.
Associated Press writer Hrvoje Hranjski contributed to this report.


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Blizzard being sued over Battle.net security, "forceful" Authenticator purchases
Blizzard is being sued in a class action suit, filed last week, over "deceptively and unfairly" charging customers for Battle.net Authenticators to protect their private information from hackers.
The class action suit was filed by two people which claim Blizzard failed to secure personal information and instead forced them to purchase and authenticator "in order to have even minimal protection for their sensitive personal, private, and financial data."
The suit claims due to Blizzard's negligence with player information, repeated security breaches occurred, such those in May and when Battle.net was hacked in August.
"Defendants negligently, deliberately, and/or recklessly fail to ensure that adequate, reasonable procedures safeguard the private information stored on this website. As a result of these acts, the private information of plaintiffs and class members has been compromised and/or stolen since at least 2007," reads the complaint.
"Most recently, on or about May 19, 2012, reports proliferated that class members' Battle.net accounts had suffered a security breach ('hack') at the hands of unknown parties ('hackers'), and on or about August 4, 2012, hackers massively breached Battle.net's security and acquired the private information of all of defendants' customers in the United States, as well as the remainder of North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia."
Class damages are being sought for "consumer fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, breach of contract and bailment," due to the "security problem, and after-market fix," for StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3.
The claim states players who $6.40 for the authenticator have provided Blizzard with $26 million in sales for something which neither Activision nor Blizzard used to ensure "steps to alert" gamers of hacks were implemented.
The suit also seeks and injunction to forbid Blizzard from "tacking on undisclosed costs" after purchasing a game, and from forcing players to sign up for Battle.net accounts.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: In commemoration of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944, Battleship Cove Executive Director Brad King gets into character and transports us back in time to 1944 to capture the scene from his native England. King offers this series, written from the perspective of a roving correspondent of the time. This is the final installment of the series.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In commemoration of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944, Battleship Cove Executive Director Brad King gets into character and transports us back in time to 1944 to capture the scene from his native England. King offers this series, written from the perspective of a roving correspondent of the time. This is the final installment of the series.
I wander around talking to the crew who feel really special and have a certain swagger when they tell me that on the 25th May they had a visit from King George VI and Field Marshal Montgomery. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower has issued a message to the troops saying, "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world."
We have a briefing from the HQ staff. There are about 100 correspondents scattered around the fleet, and we haven't filed anything substantial for a couple of weeks. We still can't, so we can be told that the boys of the invasion force have been on board their ships since the 4th June (we know!) and riding with the tide. They are locked down ready for the signal to go, but the weather has not been playing along. The 5th has been canceled for the invasion, and we don't know what has been happening. I guess the staff at supreme headquarters are poring over weather charts.
We learn that some of the slower ships had already sailed as they needed a head start. Because of the necessary radio silence, destroyers have been sent to round them up and return them to port. The disappointment amongst the troops must be awful when they have gotten themselves keyed up and ready to go. Morale will slump to be sure.
After the briefing, I decide to have some Navy food (pretty good as it happens) and turn in. I find I doze off but stir when I am aware of activity. The first is the throb of engines, which make my ears twitch, followed by the running of booted feet and then the drone of aircraft overhead. I rouse myself and go "topside." In the night, I feel, rather than see a huge fleet of aircraft going over head. The noise is deafening, but we have been told this is the paratroop force going over to secure the left and right of the invasion area.
The dock has been an impressive sight with hundreds of ships gathered there, but now as we sail and dawn breaks, we suddenly realize what we are involved in. There are ships as far as the eye can see on all sides. Barrage balloons float above to ward off low level air attack. PT Boats and MTBs (Motor Torpedo Boats) skitter around the fleet like sheepdogs and then fly off on some alert or other.
There is only one direction – SOUTH, and the skipper has allowed the "lower deck" crew to come up for 15 minutes by group to see one of the most amazing sights in history. Boilermen and engine room mechanics, stores men, cooks and the rest gulp in the dawn air and gaze at something they will bore their children with for years. We are briefed on what we are about to witness.
First, we gather mid-channel and then get into order on a prearranged plan and believe me the planning has been formidable. Nothing has been left to chance. The USAAF and RAF have gone over to start bombing the shore line defenses and rail and communications behind the beachhead. I cannot help feeling sorry for the enemy. How can they survive this onslaught? But then we must realize for every one of the enemy killed, one of our boys or allies will be saved.
We get into position off of the beach. There are five of them over a 50-mile front. First to the left the British and Canadians have been allocated SWORD, JUNO (Canadian) and GOLD and to our right the US Army is taking OMAHA and UTAH – out of our line of sight. The USS Augusta, a heavy cruiser is behind us. Off to the right, I make out the large shape of the old Texas, a relic of the First World War, but deadly nonetheless, with her big guns. She is with the British cruiser HMS Glasgow. To the left I am told is a French cruiser "George's Legs." I ask myself, "Huh?" I then find this is the way our sailors have worked out the way "Georges Leygues" should be pronounced. "The French people have suffered enough," my liaison officer quips. "Now they have to hear their language mangled." The humor is not forced, but there is anticipation, of course, in the air.
5:27 a.m.
There is a crack and roar from the east. We are in-between the U.S. and British landing beaches and HMS Belfast has fired the first shot. All hell breaks loose as the fleet opens up. Flames and smoke erupt from the coast. The depot ships – the mother ships – have swung out and dropped their landing craft of various sizes for the assault and these tiny frail boats circle to form up and get into order before forging ahead to the beach and destiny.
The roar from the fleet makes it difficult to think, but we wish them good luck.
As the morning progresses, we hear that the landings are going well except for OMAHA. Something has gone wrong and the troops are hung up on the surf and under the beach wall. The tide is coming in behind, although they started with a daunting dash of 200 yards ahead of them. A decision allows destroyers to fire into the defenders, very close to the troops, and we hear that landing craft have been returning with heavy casualties and wounded men. How heavy we cannot say. A destroyer (later we learned this was the USS Frankford) sped into the beach guns blazing and actually backed up to keep firing on the bunkers. A look through powerful Navy binoculars shows black dots in the water all along the beach, and it becomes obvious these are men floating in their life vests, unmoving save for the rise and fall of the waves. The initial assault at 0630 is followed by the second wave and hour later, the next and so on. Reports back to the command ship are sketchy, but small groups are finally making it up to the bluffs and consolidating their hold. A General is ashore and rounding up stragglers for another effort to get off the beach.
At 1300 hours, the voice of a BBC announcer comes over the ship's PA system.
"D-Day has come. Early this morning, the Allies began the assault on the northwestern face of Hitler's European fortress. First official news came just after half past nine when Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force, usually called "Shafe" from its initials, issued Communiqué No. 1. This said, "Under the command of General Eisenhower Allied naval forces supported by strong air forces began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern coast of France."
So it's official! We are allowed to send a short communiqué ourselves, and the tension is broken. Further waves go into the beach to bolster the assault troops and in the early afternoon we are told that a foothold has been made, and men are finally moving inland. We see landing craft coming back with prisoners. The mighty "master race" looks distinctly unimpressive, but they are highly trained and motivated, and we forget that at your peril.
The RAF and USAAF are flying really low and we have not seen any of the Luftwaffe. I speak too soon as towards the end of the day some aircraft — again flying low — penetrate the cordon and make hit and run attacks. Anti-aircraft fire — Ack-Ack — erupts like a typhoon around us, and I regret standing next to a 40mm gun mount. A German Junkers 88 is hit and splashes into the sea, the fire of the gasoline gradually diminishing as the light fades. Our gun team is elated, and no doubt will paint a white star in victory on their gun by the morning.
Tense anxiety makes way for grins and then euphoria as we realize that we are definitely "ashore" and set to stay. The Germans have NOT thrown us back into the sea as they and their commander planned for. The much vaunted Desert Fox, Field Marshal Rommel holds sway here and has a formidable reputation. However, we should remind ourselves that Montgomery has already defeated him once. Troops are moving inshore and now the stage is set for more reinforcements to flood in behind the fighting men. The "build-up" will increase with the dawn tomorrow.
Now doubt we will see that young men have grown old this day. For those who have suffered four long years of occupation, they go to sleep in the night buoyed by a message to them from Gen. Eisenhower.
"People of Western Europe. A landing was made this morning on the coast of France by troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force. This landing is part of a concerted United Nations plan for the liberation of Europe, made in conjunction with our great Russian allies. I have this message for all of you, although the initial assault may not have been in your own country, the hour of your liberation is approaching."


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A 45 minute masterclass from Cluj did the damage as they beat Braga 3-1 at the Stadionul Dr. Constantin Radulescu.
Both teams headed into this match knowing that a defeat could well spell the end of their hopes of progressing to the knockout stages and it was the home side that seized the early initiative.
From the opening whistle Paulo Sergio's men were dominant while their Portuguese visitors struggled to find any rhythm and on virtually their first real attempt on goal the hosts took the lead.
Brazilian Rafael Bastos was the orchestrator as he set up his Portuguese team-mate Rui Pedro to break the deadlock after just seven minutes.
After taking the lead Cluj did not rest on their laurels as they continued to push forward and it was that man Pedro who soon chipped in with his second of the night.
Bastos, a former Braga player, again played a key role in the lead up to the goal. Pedro somehow slalomed his way in between two defenders to steer the ball home and make it 2-0 after just a quarter of an hour of play.
But, to their credit, this time Jose Peseiro's side struck back almost immediately. Ruben Micael took control of the ball just outside the 18-yard box and delivered a fine through ball that teed up Alan from close range and the veteran Brazilian made no mistake as he pulled his side back into the contest.
The goal seemed to spark Peseiro's men into life as they very nearly made it all square moments later. Again it was Micael that was causing the problems for the hosts as he picked out Eder, who drifted in between two defenders, but unfortunately his tame effort was easily saved by Felgueiras.
Still trailing, Braga were very much the team in the ascendancy midway through the first-half as they seized control of the midfield and enjoyed the lion's share of possession.
Nevertheless, the Romanians continued to look dangerous whenever they had the ball and perhaps against the run of play it was they that would have the last say of the opening period.
Unsurprisingly it was Pedro who got himself on the scoresheet to seal his hat-trick. Modou Sougou did all the hard work with a penetrating run down the flank, before he cut the ball back for his team-mate to finish with aplomb and restore his side's two-goal advantage.
However, there was time for yet more drama before the referee called for the half-time break, when Douglao received his marching orders for raising his arm in the face of Camora, who certainly made the most of the contact.
The second-half was a much less eventful affair and it took almost 10 minutes for either side to register an attempt on goal.
Reduced to 10 men, Braga struggled to regain any sort of rhythm as the Romanians looked to extend their lead. Still, the teams did trade shots on goal, though it was not until the hour mark that a real chance was created.
Camora should have extended the host's lead and put an end to Braga's hopes of coming away with anything when he found himself clean through on goal.
But he took too much time and allowed the defence to get back in time to put him under pressure and eventually Beto had a relatively routine save to make.
As the game wore on, both sets of players appeared to tire as Cluj looked to close out the game. However, Braga did still manage to provide a scare with 15 minutes remaining on the clock when Mossoro had an effort ruled out for offside.
Cluj responded straight away and came within an inch of scoring their fourth of the night when Camora's shot rattled the post.
It was the Romanian side's second home win in eight Champions League matches but it could prove vital come the final round of group stage matches
For Braga, their European campaign is in tatters and even a place in the Europa League seems unlikely after Galatasaray's surprise win over Manchester United.


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You're not going to see any bikinis, cute little frogs or race cars at Back Forty Beer Co. But if you're downtown during regular business hours, it's likely you will smell the aroma of fresh grains used to brew Truck Stop Honey, Naked Pig, Kudzu Porter and Freckle Belly IPA. And if you happen to be in the tasting room at 200 N. Sixth St. in Gadsden, you might even learn a little about why craft beer is increasing in popularity.
You're not going to see any bikinis, cute little frogs or race cars at Back Forty Beer Co. But if you're downtown during regular business hours, it's likely you will smell the aroma of fresh grains used to brew Truck Stop Honey, Naked Pig, Kudzu Porter and Freckle Belly IPA. And if you happen to be in the tasting room at 200 N. Sixth St. in Gadsden, you might even learn a little about why craft beer is increasing in popularity.
"We have some stereotypes to overcome in the beer industry," Jason Wilson, the company's founder, says.
Marketing for traditional beers is geared to guys, using sporting events, music concerts, beautiful women and catchy commercials.
At Back Forty Beer Co., the focus is on the beer.
"It's more about education," Wilson says. "Most people have no idea what goes into the beer they drink. At Back Forty, we focus on educating people about things like flavor profiles, alcohol content and pairing beer with different types of food."
Beer dates back a few thousand years.
"Beer is the oldest retail product on the planet. It's been brewed and sold around the world for thousands of years," Wilson says.
It took brewers years of practice to hone their techniques. Then came prohibition.
"Before prohibition, there was a brewery in just about every town in America. It was a very respectable trade," Wilson says. "But all of a sudden, their craft was illegal, and it has taken years to resurface after prohibition."
The art of brewing beer in micro breweries continued to be strong in Europe, Wilson says.
"In Europe, you might see 100 different types of beer on the wall," Wilson says. "But in the United States, it has taken almost 70 years to see craft brewers make their way back into the mainstream."
Wilson and his team hit the ground running and are seeing the company grow by leaps and bounds since production moved in January to Gadsden. But the company is not just about growing and making money, he says.
"We want to focus on educating our customers and being active members of the community. We donate thousands of dollars each year to local charities, and we take that responsibility very seriously," he says.
It was learning about the beer and how it was made that drew Wilson to the craft more than 10 years ago. He was 21 years old and visiting his brother in a small Colorado ski town when he struck up a conversation with the brew master at the local brew pub. He left there with a vision to bring great craft beer back to Alabama, specifically his hometown in Gadsden — a place where he wanted to return.
"After graduating from Auburn University, I was able to do some traveling and visit some other brewing operations. At 150 brewery tours later, I was ready to start Back Forty Beer Co.," Wilson says.
He met Jamie Ray at a brew pub in Montgomery and knew Ray would be a perfect fit as the brew master for Back Forty Beer.
Ray has more than 20 years of experience in the brewing profession and is the most highly decorated brew master in Alabama. Ray began working on a series of test recipes that eventually became the craft beers now sold by Back Forty in three states.
With Ray's technical knowledge of brewing and Wilson's business experience, Wilson brought on his longtime college friend, Tripp Collins, to assist with managing the day-to-day operations at the brewery.
Wilson met Collins at Auburn University, and they later worked together at Georgia Pacific in Atlanta. They shared a cubicle, and one day Wilson shared his dream with Collins.
"I told him he was crazy," Collins says. "But I also told him to call me when he could afford to hire me."
Collins, by coincidence, went on to marry a woman from Gadsden. With his wife already in Gadsden, Collins moved here in February 2010 and began his role as Director of Sales and Operations for Back Forty Beer.
With the team in place, the company started growing.
"(Wilson) knew it would be a positive move to bring Back Forty Beer to Gadsden," Collins says.
And he wasn't disappointed. Even with the sluggish economy, the craft beer industry is bigger and stronger than it ever has been, Collins says.
The popularity of craft beer has led to triple-digit growth for Back Forty Beer during the last three years.
"It's new. It's different, and there are more options for consumers to choose from," Collins says.
There are several styles of craft beer, with the Brewers Association recognizing more than 80 distinct choices.
"There's something out there for everyone," Collins says.
"They all have different characteristics. What's different about craft beer is the ingredients and the way it's brewed."
Back Forty Beer Co.'s product originally was brewed and packaged under a contract with Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. in Mississippi. Back Forty began selling the product locally in 2009.
Early on, the brewery was awarded a silver medal in the Specialty Honey Beer category for its Truck Stop Honey Brown Ale at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo. The GABF is the largest beer judging and tasting event in the world. It attracts about 50,000 attendees each year. The festival features more than 3,500 beers from more than 500 breweries representing all 48 contiguous states. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded in 79 style categories.
The gold medal went to Blue Moon Brewing Co. of Denver for its Blue Moon Summer Honey Wheat Ale, and the bronze went to Boston Beer Co. for its Sam Adams Honey Porter. Sam Adams is the largest craft beer company in the United States. Blue Moon is run by Coors.
With the popularity of the Back Forty products increasing, they knew it was time to find a location in Gadsden. They sought the help of Lesa Osborn at the Gadsden Commercial Development Authority and Kay Moore with Downtown Gadsden Inc. The two helped them through much of the process to bring a micro brewery to Gadsden. They found a building one block from Broad Street that once housed Sears and Roebuck's Southeastern regional repair center, originally built in the 1940s.
While it wasn't required by law, Wilson was determined to be a part of downtown Gadsden's historic district and set out to have the building rezoned by the Gadsden City Council. The company leased the 27,000-square-foot historic Puckett Building in 2010 and spent 11 months renovating and remodeling the building to operate as a production brewery.
When the final permits were in place and all of the renovations were complete, brewing began on Jan. 1. Sales have doubled since the first of the year and tripled in some locations, Collins says.
"That's a good place to be," he says.
It's Back Forty Beer Co.'s goal to brew enough beer to be distributed throughout the Southeastern United States.
"It's definitely here to stay," he says.
The brewery has expanded its capacity in the last several months, from about 2,500 barrels a year to 9,000 barrels a year. It has increased from five employees to 16, Collins says.
It takes about 15 to 18 days to complete the process of producing beer, from brewing to fermenting and packaging.
"We do a really good job of shipping it out as soon as it's done," Collins says. "Because we don't pasteurize our products, it's the freshest beer on the shelf."
Collins says Gadsden has been a perfect fit for Back Forty.
"We love being in Gadsden," Collins says.
"We've already made a pretty positive impact, and we're excited to see what the future holds for Back Forty Beer and for the city as a whole."
For a sample of Back Forty's selection of beers, the company's tasting room is open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. ∫


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David Haye wants to play a villain in 'The Expendables'.
The burly boxing champion is exploring a career change into acting and would love to star alongside Sylvester Stallone in his action franchise.
He told BANG Showbiz: ''I'm looking into a move into action films once my boxing career comes to an end - hopefully voluntarily so it won't get ended by someone else.''
The professional boxer is keeping tight-lipped about potential movie roles, but did say ''the wheels were turning''.
He added: ''I want to be a baddie, to be honest. That would be my ultimate role so I can really get all 'eviled up' for it.''
Haye cited 'RED 2' star Bruce Willis as one of his action heroes alongside other actors in 'The Expendables', including Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren and Chuck Norris.
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She attributed these to people dealing with their own imminent deaths. The popular media seized on these stages and attributed them to people grieving the death of a loved one. This is not what she had intended.
Eventually, the stages were debunked as not necessarily uniformly, nor sequentially, felt by most people. After my husband's son died, we went to one of her workshops when she lived in Escondido. It was helpful in as much as we were surrounded by others who were equally grieving the loss of a loved one. These were children having lost a parent, parents having lost a child, spouses mourning the loss of a mate and even someone bereft after the loss of a dog who had been a constant companion. Neither my husband nor I went through these so-called stages, although some people felt helped by being able to put a name to their feelings.
Three years ago, I lost my husband and again went from unbearable pain to eventual peace without the interim stages, and now another death propels me to rethink whether there are, indeed, stages to go through. I just lost my son after a long illness and in trying to understand the processes I am going through, I came up with the following. This may or may not help others, I did no research to find out whether these are also familiar to other mourners.
Since these are not necessarily sequential, I call them "emotional states," rather that "stages."
The first I call the "zombie" state. It was days of numbness, of feeling nothing, of living in some kind of fog, going through the motions like an automaton. Nothing seemed real. From there, I went on to "free-floating anxiety," a kind of pervasive feeling that something awful was about to happen (when in fact it had already happened), an anxiousness not related to anything in particular, just this unpleasant feeling in the pit of my stomach.
Next was "the meltdown," when tears were hovering just below the eyelids, ready to spill at any trigger or at nothing in particular. Crying made me feel drained. It did not help. Where I am now is "get out of your own head by doing something for someone else." I had to give a speech I had committed to some months ago, and even though I considered canceling, I went. It was not one of my best addresses, but I got through it, and it turned out to be therapeutic.
One should expect the recurrences of the fluctuating emotional states in bits and pieces. So, today, I am a bit of a zombie while still functioning more-or-less normally. Tomorrow, I may feel anxious when I wake up or shed a tear during breakfast, but whatever happens, naming the states somehow makes me feel like I have, if not some control, at least some understanding and I will not get caught off-guard by the reaction.
"Oh," I will say to myself as a sob starts somewhere in my throat, "I am in my meltdown state, and it too will pass."
I really don't know whether this is helpful to anyone else. Everyone grieves differently. There are no rules, no better or worse ways of dealing with death. We all experience losses, some more damaging than others. Loss of a job can be devastating. The loss of a pet, loss of a home, even the loss of a beloved object can trigger sadness. But, of course, loss of a person who was part of one's life is the hardest to come to terms with. The literature speaks of "complicated grieving." This term refers to obsessive grieving beyond one year, at which point it is suggested that one should seek help.
One grieves differently if a loved one dies suddenly or after a long illness. One grieves differently depending on the relationship. One grieves differently for a parent, spouse, child or best friend. Everyone grieves differently with some of these emotional states lasting weeks, others lasting hours, some never felt and others I can't imagine. We need to have compassion and tolerance toward ourselves as we go through unpredictable emotional states. Healing begins when the loved person is less constantly in your head and starts resting more peacefully in your heart.
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The nearly 3 in 10 white girls of high school age who use indoor tanning beds likely will soon come face-to-face with a new and stiffer warning aimed at young people eager to get that sun-kissed glow in a hurry: Don't.
Faced with mounting evidence that indoor tanning greatly increases cancer risk among younger users, the Food & Drug Administration proposed Monday to require tanning booths and beds to carry a warning encouraging young people not to use the devices.
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Once finalized -- a process that could be thwarted by congressional action -- the
Compared to those who start later or do not go to tanning salons, people who begin tanning at ages younger than 35 have a 75% greater probability of developing melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, and of developing cancers of the eye, not to mention wrinkles and premature aging of the skin.
Despite such evidence, in 2010, 32% of non-Latina white women between the ages of 18 and 21 (and the same proportion of girls who are seniors in high school) reported they artificially tanned using UV devices. And those who report doing so said they averaged roughly 28 sessions a year.
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Currently, California and Vermont have laws banning tanning bed use by minors younger than 18, and 33 states have implemented lesser restrictions that include parental permission requirements for minors. Brazil has outlawed the use of tanning beds altogether, and the United Kingdom, Germany, Scotland, France and parts of Canada and Australia have made it illegal for people younger than 18 to use tanning beds.
"Using indoor tanning beds can damage your skin and increase your risk of developing skin cancer," said FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg on Monday in announcing the agency's proposed new regulation. "The FDA's proposed changes will address some of the risks associated with sunlamp products and will provide consumers with clear and consistent information," she added.
Whether the FDA's warning will slow or stop these devices' use is questionable: More than one-quarter of melanoma survivors said in a recent survey that they never wear sunscreen, about 15% said they rarely seek out shade to protect themselves and 2.1% said they had been to a tanning salon within the last year.


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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Wixen Music Publishing Inc has slapped a lawsuit against music streaming company Spotify for allegedly using thousands of songs without a license.
According to Wixen, Spotify used songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors and did not compensate the music publisher.
Wixen, which is an exclusive licensee of songs such as "Free Fallin" by Tom Petty, "Light My Fire" by the Doors, "(Girl We Got a) Good Thing" by Weezer and works of singers such as Stevie Nicks, is seeking damages worth $1.6 billion along with injunctive relief.
Wixen said in the lawsuit, filed in a California federal court that the music streaming giant Spotify failed to get a direct or a compulsory license from Wixen that would allow it to reproduce and distribute the songs.
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WASHINGTON – After leading Hampden-Sydney 10-7 at halftime, CUA (3-1) saw the Tigers (4-1) score 24 unanswered points in the third quarter and the Cardinals were unable to come back, falling 31-17 on Saturday. Junior Alonzo Cooke had a big day for CUA, hauling in eight passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns.
Saturday's game matched the top two scoring offenses in the ODAC vs. one another, but it was hard to tell in the early going with neither team able to muster any points in the first quarter.
After the ball changed hands several times in the second quarter, CUA finally put an end to the 0-0 deadlock when the Cardinals went 60 yards in only four plays for Cooke's first touchdown. This one covered 49 yards and came following a Hampden-Sydney fumble that James Fucillo caused and Kirk Kasa recovered.
The Tigers answered right back with a 14-play drive that covered 69 yards and ended on Evan King's two-yard TD plunge to tie things at seven.
The scoring continued on CUA's next drive when Brian Gongaware capped a 47-yard drive with a 28-yard field goal to put the Cardinals in front by three, a lead they eventually took into halftime.
Not much went right for CUA in the third quarter, beginning on the first drive when Greg Cordivari was intercepted and ten plays later HSC took its first lead on Travis Lane's six-yard score.
After the Cardinals went three-and-out, Hampden-Sydney added to its lead with a Lane to Kyle Vance 15-yard touchdown, making it a 21-10 game with 8:24 to play in the quarter.
Things only got tougher for CUA from there as Cordivari was picked off again, this time by Sean Stewart who returned it 40 yards for another Tigers TD.
HSC added a field goal late in the third quarter and took a commanding 21-point advantage into the final 15 minutes.
CUA scored for the final time with 4:23 to play when Cordivari hit Cooke on a 13-yard strike and that set the final margin at 14.
Cordivari finished the day 33 of 52 for 288 yards, but the junior was intercepted four times. Sophomore Mike Pitsenberger carried the ball 12 times for 73 yards, good for an average of 6.1 per attempt, and he also caught five passes.
Conor Stueckler had a solid day from his linebacker spot, totaling 11 tackles, including one for loss and a sack. Miniard Culpepper registered eight tackles, and Marc McEvoy, Rob Schaetzl and Joe Tretter added seven apiece.
CUA finished with 355 yards of total offense, while HSC registered 433. The Cardinals were called for 13 penalties during the game, which was ten more than the Tigers.
The Cardinals have a short week and return to action on Friday, October 7 when they play host to Randolph-Macon at 7 p.m. on Family Weekend.


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Designing and Styling this party was seriously the most fun I've had by myself in a long time...lol Kahlen is completely in love with Tutus & Baby Dolls at the age of 2. So it was pretty simple that her theme would be TwoTwo's (tutus) & Baby Dolls. That girlie side in me came out in a snap....oh, and I enjoyed every part of that side as long as I could!
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