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Those videos are being used as evidence, according to the Boston Globe. Police say Sean Murphy of West Roxbury and the 17-year-old did not know each other. They began kissing near a concession stand before moving to the lawn. The Attleboro Sun Chronicle reports the incident was halted when another woman intervened and asked the alleged victim if she was consenting. Police say the second woman pulled Murphy off the girl.
An update on the Mansfield Police Department Facebook page indicates a male fan was the first to notify police of the alleged act. After obtaining a description, "exit gates were limited" and police scanned the crowd to find the alleged perpetrator.
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Culture Slut is a quarter-size perzine written by Amber Forrester of Montreal, Quebec.
Culture Slut is a queer feminist perzine. Most issues are put together in the classic cut and paste manner, with a combination of handwriting and typewritten text.
She also keeps a zine review blog called Hello Amber!
There are currently 23 issues of Culture Slut. It is an ongoing series.
Two issues of Culture Slut were published as split zines with Telegram Ma'am, written by Amber Forrester's twin sister, Maranda Elizabeth. One issue was published as a split zine with Stab Heart by Jane Boston.


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Jovanovich '84: China's Economy Changingby John Dykstra '13 • February 22, 2012 Share:
The 'golden age' of China's economy has reached its end. The transition into the fifth generation of the country's leadership calls for needed changes.
"The China of my career is not the China of the future," said Ray Jovanovich '84, a retired CIO of Amundi Asia who has lived in Asia for the past quarter century. "But analysts should welcome, not fear, a slowing Chinese economy."
Jovanovich addressed the issues China's economy will face in its leadership transition.
"The rise of labor and the rise of consumption is the future of China," Jovanovich said. "China's economy can no longer sustain this one-dimensional nature of investment into manufacturing for exports. Effectively, this rebalancing is vital to the next 30-year stage for China's economic development. They have reached the limits of the export model. The country has to evolve and embrace change."
In the past 30 years, China thrived on its open-door policy, which Deng Xiaoping established in 1978. China's economy has been in its 'golden age' since then, but reliance on excessive credit and low consumption rates have caused instability. China's new generation of leadership now faces the challenge to develop a healthier, more stable market.
"Consumption is being dwarfed by the massive amount of investment that is being sponsored by the state, and this is unsustainable," Jovanovich said. "This is why the change has to occur. You can't continue to have this excess credit phenomenon which we have seen in China over the course of the past several years. So comprehensive social security reform and the stimulation of consumption are also the future of China, but it is a monumental challenge; it will take decades to evolve, but they will do it on their terms."
The fifth generation of leadership will have difficulty making changes to the economy because it has less control over the nation than previous generations.
"The China of the next 30 years that I see is absolutely incumbent for another change in the direction of the country, and change is always difficult," Jovanovich said. "It's always difficult without strong leadership. The transition to the fifth generation, which will take place this year, brings new challenges for change. This fifth generation of leadership has, perhaps, less control than any previous generation. In fact, the ability to run China has become more complex and more complicated. So, the ability to assert authority is a major challenge for the fifth generation, and that is why this issue of implementing change in terms of rebalancing China is absolutely vital."
China's one-child policy has caused a "demographic nightmare." The country is aging rapidly and is not wealthy enough to survive on low consumption and high savings rates.
"The reality is that there is no other future for China because of the evolving demographic nightmare," Jovanovich said. "Within Asia, the demography runs the entire spectrum. Japan of course is a nation that is aging rapidly and is very old. But Japan is a wealthy nation with high savings rates and low consumption. China's demography, in many respects, is similar to Japan, but it is not as wealthy as Japan.
"The one-child policy has become somewhat of a restraint because now it is a demographic nightmare with the country aging so rapidly. And this I believe is what is driving the change and the willingness to embrace change because there is no other way forward given the way that demographic change occurred."
Jovanovich also discussed how international student programs encouraged by Deng contributed to the Chinese economy's long term stability during its golden age.
"The golden age was made possible by this embrace of change which Deng recognized," Jovanovich said. "Deng embarked on a policy which was effectively similar to his own experience, and that is to allow the best and the brightest of the nation to go abroad, to be educated by the best universities that the west has to offer because he felt that this was another prerequisite for China's future 50 years later. He also recognized that most of these students would not return to China over the first several waves that sought education beyond China because there was not an economic opportunity to return to China, but that over time there would be—that China would grow and develop. From his point of view—and this is what makes him a great statesman—is that he recognized that this was the way to accelerate the development of China, to ensure China's rise."
That message resonated to senior economics major Su Haoyuan. Su intends to return to China after either attending grad school or working a few years in the United States.
"I learned a great deal of information about the whole economy in China and a little bit about the investment strategies in China," Su said. "I think Ray's point of view is different from the majority of the investors and business magazines and newspapers. It is really fascinating because that is his personal experience."


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Last year's Tony Awards lacked drama in the major categories, with heavy favorites "Spring Awakening" and "The Coast of Utopia" nabbing best play and musical, respectively. This year – with the possible exception of the Tracy Letts play that has generated so much buzz – we're back to a world of uncertainty. Which outsider show will bring home the night's big prize for best musical: "Passing Strange" or "In the Heights"? And which beloved masterpiece – "South Pacific" or "Gypsy" – will nab the golden statuette in the surprisingly competitive best-musical-revival category? Here are our predictions for who will and should win trophies in eight of the major categories. Tune in to the 62nd annual Tony Awards telecast (Sunday, 8 p.m. ET, CBS) to find out what happens.
Best Play
Will Win/Should Win: "August: Osage County"
Also nominated: "The 39 Steps"
If there's a sure bet at this year's Tony ceremony, it's Mr. Letts's "August: Osage County," which already won the Pulitzer Prize and stands as this season's runaway critical darling. The absorbing dysfunctional family drama combines the acid humor and ferociousness of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" with the insidious secrets and self-deluding lies of Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece "Long Day's Journey Into Night." The bad behavior on display includes adultery, incest, pill-popping, and pedophilia, and despite the radioactive revelations, the play remains a relentlessly entertaining – and deeply moving – piece of drama. Tom Stoppard won this award last year for his epic "Coast of Utopia" trilogy, so it's doubtful he'll score a repeat with the lauded "Rock 'n' Roll." The young Irish writer Conor McPherson penned a sublime meditation on loneliness, self-loathing, and redemption with "The Seafarer," but his best plays are still ahead of him.
Best Musical
Will Win: "In the Heights"
Should Win/Could Pull Off an Upset: "Passing Strange"
Also nominated: "Cry-Baby," "Xanadu"
Both of the leading contenders for best musical, "In the Heights" and "Passing Strange," serve as beacons for the future of the musical form. Adventurous, underdog shows that originated off-Broadway, they're brimming with the kind of characters and music rarely seen or heard on the Great White Way. Set in the barrio and populated with a vibrant mix of working-class Hispanics, Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" deftly melds salsa, reggae, reggaeton, and, most encouragingly, hip-hop, into its standout score. While the show is a crowd-pleaser, the tissue-paper-thin book and sentimental dramatic conflicts keep it from stacking up against the sardonic humor, deep feeling, and wistful regret of "Passing Strange," about a young man searching for his artistic voice in a strange and sometimes hostile world. Written by and starring African-American musician Stew, "Passing Strange" at first feels like a glorified concert laced with rock and R&B grooves. But thanks to its indelible shape-shifting cast, incisive book, and poignant tale of the sacrifices an artist makes to pursue a creative life, the show stands as one of the freshest and most exhilarating pieces of musical theater since, well, last year's indie rock-infused Tony winner, "Spring Awakening."
Best Revival of a Musical
Will Win: "South Pacific"
Should Win: "Gypsy"
Also nominated: "Sunday in the Park With George," "Grease"
This year's biggest Tony showdown pits the first Broadway revival of "South Pacific" (since the original won best musical in 1950) against what many theater fans consider possibly the greatest musical ever written, "Gyspy." Based on Patti LuPone's heartwrenching performance in the twin climaxes of "Gypsy" – "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Rose's Turn" – the show should be the hands-down favorite. But critics and audiences have been drooling over the sterling revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's postwar classic thanks to its expert direction by Bartlett Sher, breathtaking set design, and sublime score, featuring landmark tunes such as "Some Enchanted Evening" and "There's Nothing Like a Dame." While "South Pacific" may have been pioneering for 1949, its simplistic, soft-shoed, and self-congratulatory treatment of racial intolerance feels a bit tacked on and pales in comparison to the brutal self-delusions and savage irony that made "Gypsy" a modern classic.
Best Revival of a Play
Will Win: "Macbeth"
Should Win: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Also nominated: "Boeing-Boeing," "The Homecoming"
The bloody and bloodcurdling, modernist production of "Macbeth," starring Patrick Stewart, seemed to divide theatergoers, as did Harold Pinter's provocative masterpiece "The Homecoming." So my vote goes to "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." The stylish revival has been unfairly maligned by some critics, but in Rufus Norris's hands, the play shifts effortlessly between farce and tragedy and serves as a damning indictment of the plight of women in a male-dominated society. The entrancing pas de deux of deception, manipulation, and betrayal between Laura Linney's calculating Marquise and Ben Daniels's seductive Valmont is a pleasure to watch.
Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical
Will Win: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Should Win: Stew, "Passing Strange"
Also nominated: Paulo Szot, "South Pacific"; Daniel Evans, "Sunday in the Park With George"; Tom Wopat, "A Catered Affair"
Mr. Szot boasts a pitch-perfect tenor, not to mention palpable chemistry with co-star Kelli O'Hara, but his performance as Emile de Becque felt a little stiff. Look for this award to go to one of the fresh-faced Broadway newbies. Stew will probably garner the nods for Best Book and/or Best Original Score, so we guess Mr. Miranda will bring home the gold for his rapping skills and ebullient performance as a barrio-dwelling bodega owner.
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Will/Should Win: Patti LuPone, "Gypsy"
Could Pull Off an Upset: Kelli O'Hara, "South Pacific"
Also nominated: Jenna Russell, "Sunday in the Park With George"; Faith Prince, "A Catered Affair"; Kerry Butler, "Xanadu"
Two years ago, Ms. LuPone and Ms. O'Hara were facing off in this same category. Then LaChanze in "The Color Purple" scored the big upset. Could there by another spoiler this year? O'Hara oozes charm and vivacity as the irrepressible Nellie Forbush. But Mama Rose is the role LuPone was born to play, and she brings the full weight of her enormous talents to bear. It's almost historic. This would be her first Tony for best actress in a musical since her iconic turn in "Evita" almost 30 years ago. Really, folks, it's Patti's turn.
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Will/Should Win: Patrick Stewart
Could Pull Off an Upset: Ben Daniels, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"; Laurence Fishburne, "Thurgood"
Also nominated: Mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing"; Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll"
You know a Tony category is chock full of worthy contenders when Kevin Klein gets left off the list for his luminously low-key performance in "Cyrano de Bergerac." Royal Shakespeare Company veteran and big- and small-screen star Patrick Stewart has already become the first actor to receive a Tony nomination for playing the title role in the Scottish play. Count on him making it so and walking away with the gold statue.
Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play
Will Win/Should Win: Deanna Dunagan or Amy Morton, "August: Osage County"
Could Pull Off an Upset: Eve Best, "The Homecoming"; S. Epatha Merkerson, "Come Back, Little Sheba"
Also nominated: Kate Fleetwood, "Macbeth"
In yet another mind-bogglingly competitive category, Ms. Dunagan, as the pill-popping matriach, or Ms. Morton, as the steely, sharp-tongued daughter, stand as the favorites for their wildly entertaining performances. But if the two Steppenwolf Theatre Company regulars split the vote, look for "Law and Order" veteran Ms. Merkerson or powerhouse British import Eve Best to sneak in for the win.


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Yesterday was Pesach Sheini. Pesach Sheini is not really a holiday as such. In a nutshell, it is the day in Jewish history when those who could not bring the Karban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice) on Pesach itself, and so they got a second chance to do it, on this 14th day in the month of Iyar.
I absolutely LOVE the idea of Hashem giving us so many chances to improve ourselves and our lives.
From the day I was born until the day I got married, my mother always had full time cleaning help. This meant that I never made a bed, cleaned my bedroom, did a load of laundry or any other chores for that matter. I did help take care of my siblings, and cook for Shabbos. But I loved cooking and it wasnt a job. But in regard to housework, I never even thought about it.
My friends always told me how lucky I was that I didnt have to help around the house. I never really thought about it. Until I got married. And had kids. And had to run my own home.
It has always been a struggle for me. Sure, my house is clean and organized, but it has taken SO much work on my part- not just the physical act, but mentally figuring it all out (which I am still doing daily). I have cleaning help, my husband helps and I am constantly reading and taking advice from all these amazing organizing blogs out there. But it has really been a journey.
The one thing I realized, and this has only hit me lately, is that I cannot have my kids grow up with everything being done for them like I had. So we have started a system where every day after lunch and before quiet time the kids have 30 minutes of chores to do. Included in these chores are cleaning their bedrooms, tidying up after lunch, cleaning the playroom and any other chores that need to be done to keep the house tidy.
I'm not the type of mom to constantly be on top of the kids to clean up after themselves all day, so taking a half hour and dedicating it to cleaning has really worked.
I will not lie- the first day I implemented this, there were tears and lots of resistance! The second day there were less tears and less resistance. And by the third day I did not even have to tell them what to do. And now they actually take pride in their work. They will call me to the playroom to show me how clean it is and what a good job they did. And the nice thing is, because they are cleaning every day, its really not much to clean each day as it is constant.
I find that by setting up certain times to do certain things, it keeps you focused and really helps get so much done as you know that this specific time is for this specific task.
The reason I started this post off with Rabbi Nachmans' quote about starting over each day and many times each day is that the beauty of life is that Hashem is always giving us so many chances to change things and make things better. Things don't and wont have to stay a certain way. We really have the power to change things in our lives.
I have attached a few charts and things that I have made to make my life easier. I did not grow up with menu plans, daily schedules, chore charts or any of that stuff, but these are things that make my life so much easier.
This is just a cute printable, I laminated it and put it up on the wall in the kitchen. The kids take turns filling it in every day with a dry erase marker and it helps them with remembering what day it is, month etc.
I made this and stuck it on my fridge. Its a constant reminder of what to have ready made in the fridge so no one has to complain that they are hungry and that theres nothing to eat.
This is my weekly menu plan. I excluded Friday and Shabbos as that is in its own category. I sat down with my kids and every one gave me their favorite things to eat for each meal and we came up with this. Honestly, my kids could eat pasta every day for lunch if they could, and I don't stick to it every day, but it keeps things simple for me.
This is our daily schedule for now. Obviously it is always evolving, but having it up on the wall where the kids can see it is a tremendous source of sanity for all of us.
Here's our little bedroom clean up chart. Its simple, not overwhelming and it works.
You dont need a million charts all over your house- but for someone like me, I need to get it out of my head and onto paper where I can see it.
So I encourage all of you to take a moment, look at your life and see where your challenges are. Then think of ways, which are sometimes so simple, to make things easier for yourself.
Good luck and have a wonderful, restful Shabbos,


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Glycemic Index
Learn about the glycemic index and how it can play a role in healthy weight loss. The articles in this section will teach you the difference between the glycemic index and glycemic load.
We know there's no miracle munchie, but if you had to choose just one food for snacking, based on how long it would keep you from getting hungry again, what would you choose to eat?
Maybe a better question is how would you choose? Diners and dieters familiar with the Glycemic Index (GI) could run through the numbers they know from that nifty scale and come up with a pretty good response for the question, but others may be more stymied.
There's actually another measurement tool might help us identify the best hunger-fighter foods of all. It's called the Satiety Index, meaning that it's a gauge of how well a food keeps you feeling satisfied and keeps hunger sensations at bay. It's similar to GI, and it's a pretty nifty tool in its own right.
All the scores can seem a little daunting at first, but after a while, you just learn which foods you want to eat in order to achieve your particular result. And you don't have to memorize any of this anyway. You can get handy little resource materials like wallet card references for either index, so you might as well arm yourself with the best information from both ideas to help you pick the best foods for your own defensive diet.
Reviewing the Glycemic Index
The GI is a ranking of foods based on their immediate effect on blood sugar levels. It measures how much your blood sugar increases over a period of two or three hours after a meal.
Glucose, a simple, very quickly digested sugar, is used as the "index," or the standard against which other foods are measured. It's assigned a value of 100. Highly processed carbohydrate foods that break down quickly during digestion end up with the highest rankings. High-protein foods and high-fiber complex carbohydrates tend to rank low. And generally speaking, when it comes to identifying healthy, hunger-abating foods, low GI is good.
The index has been around for years, and it supports arguments in favor of low-fat, high carbohydrate diets for weight loss, as well as prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In fact, diabetics are often urged to memorize the index with the same diligence they used in going after the multiplication tables in fourth grade. That's because foods that take longer to digest (low GI scores) produce less dramatic spikes and drops in blood sugar and insulin production.
While those fluctuations can actually be dangerous for diabetics, for nearly any dieter, they are at least a misery, causing urgent, even painful hunger sensations to race off to the brain. People who want to lose weight choose foods with the lowest glycemic index.
Meet the Satiety Index
Of course, for dieting in general, the limitation of the GI is that it mostly includes carbohydrate foods, those most likely to have a significant effect on blood sugar. And that's not all most of us eat.
So, a few years ago, Susanna Holt, PhD, of the University of Sydney wanted a system specifically to measure different foods' ability to produce satiety and fend off hunger.
In Holt's Satiety Index, a slice of white bread is the index, and it's also assigned a value of 100. The satiety value of other foods is rated relative to the bread, with foods offering longer-lasting hunger abatement scoring higher. That means on this scale, people trying to lose weight would choose foods with the highest numbers.
In developing the satiety index, Holt's test subjects were college students, not famous for their wise diet choices. The students were invited for a 'breakfast' which consisted of 240 calories worth of various specific foods--anything from jelly beans to bacon.
After eating, the students were asked to rank their feelings of hunger every 15 minutes for the next two hours, during which they could continue to eat more of that particular food, but nothing else. Holt's various tests yielded the scores used in the Satiety Index.
Here are a few samples from each scale, for comparison. There's no Satiety Index score for the plain sugar, because, well, who wants to eat plain sugar?
Now, looking at the differences between the two scales, you might start to suspect that there is more to satiety than the effect a food has on your blood sugar. Indeed, protein and fat both have minimal effects on blood sugar.
And here is where Dr. Holt's studies produced some real surprises. She and her hungry student volunteers demonstrated that foods high in fat made people want to eat more, even though we usually think of rich, high-fat foods as filling. This explains the apparent contradiction between potatoes, the runaway winner on the Satiety Index, and french fries, which scored poorly on both scales. It's not the spud that's to blame, it's all that fat!
Dr. Holt speculated that because the body responds to fat as something to be stored for a 'rainy day,' a period of scarcity, rather than something to be used immediately, the gut doesn't stop sending hunger signals as soon, so we go on wanting to eat more.
But let's don't forget the function of sheer mass. A 240-calorie serving of boiled potatoes is just a lot more food than a 240-calorie serving of greasy French fries. As a rule, it's going to take longer to digest and therefore, it will hold off the next round of hunger signals for a longer time.
But why would whole wheat bread be 54 percent more satisfying than the same number of calories in white bread? It's not any bigger a slice, is it? It may or may not be, but what's at play here is the fact of processing. As foods become more refined, the seed coats and other fiber components that are removed are the very ones that slow the passage of food through the digestive tract, resulting in prolonged "I'm not hungry" messages to the brain.
The Satiety Index really only measures short-term satiety, because the experiments ran for just two hours. Fruit was very satisfying initially, because 240 calories worth of fruit is a rather large portion--that matter of mass again. But because fruit is really mostly water and sugar and a little fiber, it leaves the gut rapidly, so hunger returned at the end of the second hour for the fruit eaters.
On the other hand, participants who had eaten whole grain bread or lean protein kept their nibbling impulses at bay for much longer as their bodies continued to work on what they were still processing.
Taken together, the best scoring items on these two indexing tools offer a variety of really good choices for healthy, low-calorie foods to incorporate into your daily diet. And if you can only pick one for snack time, go for something with some staying power.
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I thought I would share my latest design: here is my original pattern for the ribbed crochet cowl!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Free Ribbed Crochet Cowl Pattern
I thought I would share my latest design: here is my original pattern for the ribbed crochet cowl!
6 comments:
- AnonymousJune 26, 2010 at 6:38 PM
This is beautiful and SO what I need! I am sick of my scarf flapping all over the place and I was nervous about trying a circular cowl in case it ended up being loose. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
No problem! The pattern works up really quick but looks fab!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2011 at 3:33 AM
Hi, I'm pretty new to crocheting but love the look of this cowl. I'm hoping to make one for a friend but wondered if you could give me some help first ... do you use UK or US terms? And also, what does flo and blo mean? So sorry to be a pain ... :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 1:57 AM
flo means front loops only... and blo means back loops only :)ReplyDelete
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Katie's wet t-shirt
Katie Holmes is still working on Mania Days in New York with Luke Kirby. Today they were outside, shooting a scene on a bench, holding hands, and then splashing through a water fountain. Be honest. Are you full perving on these photos? Be honest.
She took precautions. Which makes me think of Jennifer Aniston. Because if precautions are available...
Anyway, Katie looks happier on this set than she has in a long time at work. And so young and so free, Xenu. So young and so free.
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from Amazing Phrases
Similar to the traditional blues lyrics format, call-and-response phrasing usually comes in groups of three consecutive phrases: introductory phrase, an exact or close repeat of the introductory phrase, and a resolving phrase.
This solo uses call-and-response techniques to navigate two choruses of a 12-bar blues in A. In the first chorus each call/response/conclusion spans four measures, making a total of three sets of call-and-response phrases. The second chorus, however, takes a different approach by extending the phrasing, resulting in one long call/response/conclusion section.
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Jan. 28, 2000
San Luis Obispo, Calif. - Utah scored the game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth Friday afternoon for a 4-3 baseball victory that spoiled UCSB's season opener at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Utah's Sam Swinson stroked the two-out single cleanly down the right-field line to score a runner from second. The hit came off Chris Quiroz, who relieved UCSB starter Gabe Neboyia at the start of the seventh inning.
The Gauchos, meanwhile, scored three runs off Utah starter David Ebrights in the first inning, then were shut down the rest of the way.
Chris Crawley led off the game with a base hit and Dan Kemper doubled him to third. Chad Peshke's sacrifice fly scored Crawley and Mike Kolbach singled home Kemper. Kolbach then came around on Dave Molidor's deep RBI double.
The Gauchos loaded the bases one out later in the first but Ebrights struck
the next two batters to get out of trouble. He pitched the rest of the way, limiting UCSB to seven hits overall.
"We came out like gangbusters," said UCSB head coach Bob Brontsema."Then after the first inning we couldn't muster much of anything. (Ebrights) was very effective.
"You don't want to lose. The fact they played three games already probably helped them, they've seen more live pitching than we had. But it was a well-played game on both sides. If we play this well, we're going to have a real good year."
Crawley and Molidor each had two hits for the Gauchos. Freshman Ryan Spilborghs, formerly of Santa Barbara High, got a two-out triple in the eighth but was stranded.
UCSB is scheduled to play Centenary tonight (5 p.m. start) at Cal Poly, if Centenary makes it. The Louisiana team was snowed in on Friday.


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Wolves Tossed By Heat
The Miami Heat benefited from a questionable ejection in defeating the Timberwolves Monday night at Target Center.
The Heat won their fifteenth straight game, a franchise record, while at the same time sending the Wolves to their sixth straight loss with a 97-81 win at Target Center Monday.
The Wolves trailed 76-70 when JJ Barea got tangled up with Miami's Ray Allen. Barea gave Allen a chest bump that sent the Heat guard sprawling to the hardwood. Barea was ejected from the game for the contact, which was termed a "non-basketball play" by officials.
Miami sunk both free throws and pulled away with the game following the technical foul.
Miami's Dwayne Wade led all scorers with 32 points and ten assists, and LeBron James had a double-double for the Heat with 20 points and ten rebounds.
Derrick Williams led the Wolves with 25 points and ten rebounds. Ricky Rubio had 14 points, eight assists and six steals.


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There were lights and sirens during routine traffic stops today, but there were also smiles.
Fort Worth Police handed out Thanksgiving turkeys instead of tickets for small violations. Five teams of officers spread out around the city and handed out dozens of birds.
"They are ready to give it out to citizens who need turkeys for Thanksgiving next week," said Ofc. Tamara Valle.
Officer Anthony Colter was the behind the wheel on East Lancaster Avenue, where he was looking forward to surprising citizens.
"Even though we do enforce traffic law and we do have some unpleasant decisions to make, we still are about the people," Colter said.
He made five stops, ranging from failing to signal to not wearing a seat belt. But in each instance, he gave the drivers a reprieve.
"We're going to overlook that," he told a driver. "Instead of giving out citations, we're going to give you a Thanksgiving turkey!"
Charles Miller got stopped for failing to use his turn signal. He was on the way to the hospital to pick up his wife, who recently had knee surgery. When the officers delivered the news, he erupted into a grin.
"I'm going to tell everyone," he said. "I'm going to show 'em my turkey too!"
For the officers, it was a chance to spread happiness and share a positive interaction with police at a time when skepticism toward law enforcement is at the forefront. It's a message that wasn't lost on citizens either.
"I'm pleased to see it, because there's so much hate in this country right now," said Howard Miles, who took home a turkey. "To see brotherly love, it's very, very inspiring."


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Through Post-Election Fog, a Fiscal Cliff Looms
WSJ reporters look ahead to the immediate challenges for Barack Obama's second term, including the approaching fiscal cliff and the likely way Congress will solve it. Photo: Associated Press.
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Last night's latest episode of the Laochra Gael series featured controversial Meath legend Graham Geraghty and it's safe to say that it didn't disappoint GAA fanatics, going by the reaction on Twitter.
One of Gaelic football's most natural talents, Geraghty's 28 years playing with the Royal County earned him All-Ireland minor, U21 and senior (2) honours as well as three Leinster SFC titles and two All-Star awards.
However, his success wasn't without controversy, as last night's documentary on TG4 also encapsulated, having previewed the programme with the following:
"Talented, unorthodox, volatile and photo-friendly, Graham Geraghty proved a larger than life gift to the emerging tabloid culture of the 1990s and noughties. From controversial and outrageously gifted footballer to social worker helping young people to repair their fractured lives - Graham's journey has been a rollercoaster ride of incident and antidote."
Geraghty touched on several of the highlights from his playing career during the show, including his two All-Ireland wins, earning trials with Arsenal and that performance against Tyrone in the 1996 All-Ireland semi-final.
Asked at the end of last night's programme if he had one piece of advice if he could go back to his younger self, he responded: "Keep your mouth shut."
@Laochra_Gael My first roommate on the International rules duty in 2006, took me under his wing. Graham Geraghty was some baller, tough as nails too. He had loads of ups and downs but with modern day political correctness and social media we won't see characters like this again.- Kieran Donaghy (@starryboy14) March 7, 2018
Sound man and some baller !!! Great craic aswell https://t.co/kSAVVZT5Ka- Conor.mortimer (@Conmort) March 7, 2018
Brilliant. What a player . https://t.co/fSTkVlWtrt- paul galvin (@pgal10) March 7, 2018
@Laochra_Gael forget some of the non football shit tonight Graham Geraghty @MeathGAA was an amazing footballer with sublime skill on SportTG4 tonight you watched a remarkable 2 footed footballing genius on the field who like the rest of us had flaws #stunning #gaa- Bernard Flynn (@bernardflynn15) March 7, 2018
Didn't realise Ger Canning had Irish like that #LaochraGael Also, love Graham Geraghty - Alongside Colm Coyle as one of my first heroes in the #GAA #AnMhí pic.twitter.com/3tSaQzaKhO- Jamie Wall (@Jamwall7) March 8, 2018
Watching Graham Geraghty on Laochra Gael is a great start to any day. Tremendous player in a tremendous era. That Meath team were a tough bunch. Meath lording it over Dublin? How thing should have changed.- Niall Ó Ceallacháin (@NAYL0R_) March 8, 2018
Great hours viewing #LaochraGael Graham Geraghty was a super footballer, stellar performances throughout his career.- Paul Hearty (@paul_hearty1) March 7, 2018
Watching the great Graham Geraghty on #LaochraGael What a character. So many stories. Nice to hear him not giving usual "we were bad" answer to THAT game in '08. My personal fave Gaelic Grounds moment #GalvGoal #TotalFootball pic.twitter.com/1QGfbeJPYs- Pa Ranahan (@PaRanahan) March 7, 2018
Graham Geraghty was a riduclous athlete. He was the naturally fit huar who can chat away comfortably during horrific running, while you let alone can't talk, but all your strength is focused on not kealing over and getting sick!! #LaochraGael- Rory's Stories (@RorysStories) March 7, 2018
If you missed the show last night you can catch up on #LaochraGael Graham Geraghty on the #TG4 player now: https://t.co/j4GgklqVXk #GAA pic.twitter.com/DPwyGaKHWq- Laochra Gael (@Laochra_Gael) March 8, 2018


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The Chigger Patch of Fandom was a science fiction fandom fanzine edited by Nan Gerding and Bob Farnham (d. December 30, 1965).
Chigger Patch was released in the 1950s in Roseville, Illinois, U.S.A.
Contributors included Garth Bentley, Robert Bloch (Science Fiction Fifty Yearly), Ed Cox (Triton, Altair), Rory Faulkner (Shangri L'Affaires), Eva Firestone (Bronc), Jim Harmon (Riverside Quarterly), Bert Hirschhorn (Tyrann), Olive Morgan, Orma McCormick (Starlanes), Noah W. McLeod, Tom Piper, Hal Shapiro (Hallucinations), L.L. Shepherd, Robert R. Wheeler, and the editors.
Cover art was by Glover Prescott, and others. The cover of issue two bears the defiant slogan, alongside the cover drawing in small print on the left side, "WE IRRITATE SOME", and on the right side, "OTHERS IGNORE US".
The Chigger Patch of Fandom was a member of "Fanvariety Enterprises", an affiliation of fan publishers put together by Max Keasler and Bill Venable. It included such publications as Max Keasler's Opus, Bill Venable's The Pendulum, Norman Browne's Vanations, Harlan Ellison's Science Fantasy Bulletin, Dave English's Fantasias, Norbert Hirschhorn's Tyrann, Ian MacAuley's Cosmag, Joel Nydahl's Vega, and Starlanes by Nan Gerding and Orma McCormick.
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Ellen DeGeneres: The Mark Twain Prize
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This special celebrates beloved television icon and entertainment pioneer Ellen DeGeneres, the latest recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. From the stage of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, some of the biggest names in comedy salute the 15th recipient of the humor prize.
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Buckcherry Ready to Share Their 'Confessions' Album + Film
Buckcherry have given their all for audiences over the last few years, and now they're taking it a step further. The group is letting the cameras roll on a film that will mirror the themes of their new album, 'Confessions.'
Singer Josh Todd told Alternative Addiction, "I had already been writing a screenplay somewhat based on my life, my childhood, and growing up in the music scene, so I decided to make a short film out of it all … It was actually fun because it gave us all a direction. The seven sins have been done by other bands, but the way we approached it was really cool and I think that the people who love this band and those who are new to this band are really going to embrace it and enjoy it."
Todd says that working on an album and a short film simultaneously could have led to issues, but his fellow bandmates have embraced the process and everyone feels this could be something that will make their next release something special. He adds, "We just kind of go with what we're feeling at the time when we make records and I think it was a natural way to go. We had never done something like this before and we always want to be challenged in the studio when we're writing songs so that we can reach a new level as artists."
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TMZ has obtained photos of Holly Hester -- the woman who acknowledged she had a relationship with David Letterman in the early 1990s -- back when she worked as an intern for Dave.
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The Titans have a choice to make soon.
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Gosling 'embarrassed' after splitting up street fight
The Notebook star was strolling through the streets of the Big Apple's East Village when he spotted two men brawling in the middle of the road.
Gosling was hailed a hero for stepping in to separate the pair - who were fighting over the ownership of a painting - but the actor is adamant he now regrets his actions.
He tells MTV News, "I'm embarrassed. I think that guy really was stealing that other guy's painting, so I should have just kept my nose out of it. It was sad, because it turns out that I said to the guy, 'Why are you doing this?' He said, 'Well, he tried to steal my painting.' I said, 'How do you know?' and he said, 'Well, he comes here every day and looks at my paintings,' which means the guy was a fan, and so he wanted the painting so bad he had to steal it because he couldn't afford it.
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#1 May 7, 1920 Erle Halliburton launches Halliburton05-10-2013, 07:19 PM
The Halliburton Company is organized as an oil well cementing company in Wilson, Oklahoma, by Erle P. Halliburton (18921957), succeeding his New Method Oil Cementing Company formed a year earlier during the Burkburnett boom in Texas.
The use of cement in drilling oil wells remains integral to the industry, because its injection into the well seals off water formations from the oil, protects the casing, and minimizes the danger of blowouts.
Halliburtons company, which will reach global dimensions within his lifetime, in 1922 patents a new jet-cement mixer that increases the speed and quality of the mixing process. By the end of the year, 17 Halliburton trucks are cementing wells in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Despite his success, Halliburton continued to tinker with technology, notes one historian. He introduced cement pumps powered by truck motors rather than steam from rig boilers and a device that allowed the testing of a formation without setting casing.
Major advances in cementing technology also ensued, explains William Pike. Halliburton was the first to offer self-contained cementing units operating under their own power.
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#2 This brings back memories...05-27-2013, 09:12 PM
When Haliburton would cement our surface casing we would have a bunch of empty 5 gallon buckets and snag as much of the excess cement as we could out of the surface ditch and pour little pads out by the shale shaker, jet manifold (many rigs then used earthen pits and old rotary shakers) and anywhere else we could. A boot without mud is a happy boot!Support diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.
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